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of the said court of judge ordering such release or discharge for said
cause to reduce his opinion to writing within five days after ordering
said release or discharge, and to transmit the original papers in said
case, together with a copy of its or his order of release or discharge,
and of his said opinion, under his hand and seal, to the Clerk of the
Court of Special Appeals; and it shall be the duty of the said court
to consider the papers so transmitted to its said clerk, including said
order of release or discharge, and said opinion, at the earliest prac-
ticable period, after the receipt thereof by its said clerk, and to give
its opinion in writing upon the case so presented; and the said opinion
so given shall have and possess the same authority as if the same was
filed in a case formally heard and determined in said court on appeal.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 19 (a) of Article 66A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition, 1967 Replacement Volume), title
"Moving Pictures," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
an, amendment, to read as follows :

19.

(a) Any film duly submitted to the Board for examination and
licensing shall be reviewed and approved within five (5) days, unless
the Board shall disapprove such film under the provisions of Section
6 hereof, in which event the Board shall, within not later than three
(3) days thereafter, apply to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City
for a judicial determination as to whether such film is obscene, or
tends to debase or corrupt morals, or incite to crime, within the
meaning of Section 6 hereof. Notice of such application shall be
forthwith sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the address of
the person presenting such film for licensing. The Circuit Court for
Baltimore City shall, within five (5) days after the filing of said
application, conduct a hearing, and shall in connection therewith
view such film; within (2) days after such hearing said court shall
enter its decree and order requiring that said film be approved and
licensed or be disapproved if in violation of the provisions of said
Section 6 hereof. If the decree and order disapproves said film as
being in violation of the provisions of Section 6 hereof, then the per-
son presenting such film for licensing may appeal such determination
to the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, in accordance with the
Maryland Rules of Procedure, and said Court shall advance such case
on its hearing calendar to the earliest practicable date; and, in
reviewing the order appealed from, said Court shall view the subject
film. The burden of proving that the film should not be approved
and licensed shall rest on the Board.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 26 of Article 88A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1957 Edition, 1969 Replacement Volume), title "State
Department of Social Services," subtitle "Child Care," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

26.

Any institution, agency, society or person authorized to make a
placement who may be aggrieved by the decision of any agency or
local board delegated to issue licenses by the State Department shall
have the right of appeal to the State Department of Social Services.