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any costs, fees or charges which will be due at the time of the
issuance of the patent. He shall also notify the applicant that his
failure to pay such costs, fees, charges and purchase price within
sixty days will result in termination of the proceeding and the sale
of any vacant land in accordance with Section 24 (d).

(b)    Time of issuance; stay on appeal. If no person has filed an
objection to the issuance of the patent within the time prescribed,
the patent may be issued at any time after determination by the
Commissioner that it is proper to issue a patent and the purchase
price for any vacant land and any costs, fees and charges have been
paid. If objection has been filed to the issuance of the patent, no
patent shall be issued until expiration of thirty days from the date
of the final decision or order of the Commissioner. Entry of an
appeal as provided by the Administrative Procedure Act and the
Rules of Procedure adopted by the Court of Appeals shall operate
as a stay of the issuance of a patent until the conclusion of such
appeal.

(c)    Form and contents of patent. The patent shall be drawn by
the Commissioner and shall contain the name of the person who
filed the application, the date of issuance of the warrant, the name
of any person substituted as applicant and the date of such sub-
stitution, the date of filing of the certificate or amended certificate
upon which the patent is based and a description of the land as con-
tained in such certificate. The patent shall grant to the applicant
the interest of the State to the land described. It shall bear a certi-
ficate of the Commissioner that the patent is proper to be issued and
shall be sealed with his seal. When so prepared, the patent shall be
presented to the Governor for signature; and the great seal of the
State shall be affixed thereto. The Governor shall rely upon the
certificate of the Commissioner as to the propriety of the issuance
of the patent.

26. Effect upon existing warrants and certificates.

All proceedings for the issuance of a patent following the effective
date of this subtitle shall be conducted in accordance with the pro-
visions hereof; but no such proceeding or any determination therein
shall destroy or affect any vested right or interest acquired by any
person under a warrant or certificate of survey.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 20 of Article 5 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Appeals,"
subtitle "Appeals to Court of Appeals," subheading "Appeals from
Commissioner of the Land Office," be and it is hereby repealed;
and that Section 16 of Article 36 of said Code (1965 Replacement
Volume), title "Fees of Officers," subtitle "Commissioner of Land
Office," be and it is hereby repealed and a new Section 16 be and it is
hereby added to the said Article, title, subtitle and subheading, to
stand in the place of the section so repealed and to read as follows:

16.

The Commissioner of the Land Patents shall collect and remit to
the State Treasury all monies received for the issuance of patents
for vacant land and the following fees:

(a) For the filing of an application for warrant and the issuance
of such warrant, $20.00 plus a fee equal to the amount charged for