414                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      CH. 348]

17.

(b) When an application has been filed, the Commissioner shall
issue his warrant to the surveyor named in the application. The
warrant shall recite the name and address of the applicant, the
date on which [it] the application was filed, the nature of the
request made in the application, and a description of the alleged
vacant land and/or the land to be resurveyed as described in the
application. The warrant shall authorize and direct the surveyor to
lay out and carefully survey the vacant land and/or to resurvey the
land described therein. It shall enjoin the surveyor to prepare an
accurate plat and description by metes and bounds of the alleged
vacant land and/or land to be resurveyed; to run no lines within the
lines of any former patent; to correct any errors in the original survey
of any land to resurveyed; to compute the area of any vacant land
comprehended within the description and plat so prepared; and to
return his certificate thereon to the Commissioner within six months
from the date of the warrant. The warrant shall be signed by the
Commissioner and his seal affixed thereto.

19.

(b) In cases where a hearing is to be held, the Commissioner
may, upon motion of the applicant made prior to the time referred
to in subsection [(d)] (e), direct that the proof required by sub-
section (a) be taken at such hearing and not by way of deposition.

20.

(a) The Commissioner shall examine the certificates and plats
returned by the surveyor and, if they appear to comply with the
requirements of Section 18, shall file them in the proceeding. If
[the] any certificate or plat is found to be incorrect or incomplete,
it shall be returned to the surveyor for completion or appropriate
amendment.

[25.] 24.

(a)    After the Commissioner determines that it is proper to issue
a patent, he shall certify his decision to the applicant and any
party to the proceeding. He shall also notify the applicant of the
purchase price for any vacant land and 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.

(b)    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 Com-
missioner. 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.