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order shall be sustained, rejected or modified, and the Board shall
pass a final order in the matter and shall mail a copy thereof by
registered mail as hereinbefore provided for the mailing of orders.

(d)  Appeal from order of the Board. The association affected
or the holders of at least ten per cent (10%) of the par value of the
free shares of said association shall have the right within thirty (30)
days of the date of mailing of any final order of the Board to ap-
peal from such order by filing a petition in the Circuit Court of Bal-
timore City or in the circuit court for the county in which the prin-
cipal Maryland office of the association is located. Such petition for
appeal shall set forth the action appealed from and the basis for
the appeal; copies of the petition shall be served upon the Director
and all other parties of record.

(e)  Judicial review. The court to which the appeal is taken shall
hear the matter de novo, without a jury, and the parties may call
such witnesses and introduce such evidence as may be proper in the
premises. The court may affirm, reverse, or modify the order ap-
pealed from, or remand the case to the Board for further proceedings
as may be required. An appeal may be taken from the decision of
the court hearing said appeal to the Court of Appeals of Maryland
by any party to the proceedings in the same manner as other ap-
peals are taken from decrees or orders of courts.

(f)  Stay. No appeal shall stay the operation of any final order
of the Board unless ordered by the court in which the appeal is
pending and upon such terms and conditions as the court may pre-
scribe.

161-I. DEPUTY DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEES AND EXAMINERS.

(a)  Appointment. The Director, with the approval of the Board,
shall appoint a Deputy Director, examiners and such number of
additional employees of the Department of Building, Savings and
Loan Associations as may be provided for in the budget. The ap-
pointment of all examiners and employees, other than the Deputy
Director, shall be from the classified service of the State of Mary-
land, and in accordance with the rules and practice of the merit
system. The Deputy Director shall be appointed and hold office at
the will of the Director, and the provisions of Article 64A of this
Code, title, "Merit System," shall not apply.

(b)  Merit System. The Director at his discretion may appoint
the Deputy Director from among the classified employees in the
Department, and if such appointee is subsequently removed from
or ceases to hold his position as Deputy Director, he shall be restored
to the merit system status in the position held by him at the time
of his appointment as Deputy Director.

(c)  Disqualification. The Director Deputy Director and examiners
shall not be officers, directors, attorneys, employees or agents of,
or in any manner be interested in, any association, except that they
may be holders of free share accounts.

(d)  Deputy Director to act for Director, give bond. In the absence
of the Director or upon proper delegation by him, the Deputy Di-
rector shall act in the place and stead of the Director and in so
acting shall have the same powers and duties as the Director. The