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compliance therewith as the Commissioner deems necessary. After
the expiration of the time prescribed in the notice, the Commis-
sioner in writing, may inform the Attorney General of the fact that
the notice has been given and that the person or public authority
to whom it was directed has not complied with the notice. Upon
receipt thereof, the Attorney General at the earliest possible time
shall bring suit in the name of the State in the Circuit Court of
the County or in the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City in which
the public body is located, to enjoin the award of the contract for
a public works, or any further work or payments thereunder if the
contract has been awarded, until the requirements of the notice
are fully complied with. The Court may issue a temporary restrain-
ing order without notice to the defendant in the action. Upon final
hearing thereof, if the Court is satisfied that the requirements of
the notice by the Commissioner to the defendant were not unreason-
able or arbitrary, it shall issue an order enjoining the awarding of
the contract for a public works, or any further work or payments
thereunder if the contract has been awarded, until the notice is
fully complied with. The injunction shall continue operative until
the Court is satisfied that the requirements of the notice have been
complied with, and the Court shall have and exercise with respect
to the enforcement of such injunctions all the power reposed in it
in other similar cases. TO SEEK SUCH REMEDIES WHICH THE
COURT MAY FIND APPROPRIATE TO EFFECTUATE THE
POLICIES OF THIS SUBTITLE. Both the plaintiff and defendant
in the action shall have the same rights of appeal as are provided
by law in other injunction proceedings.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1970.
Approved April 22, 1970
CHAPTER 294
(Senate Bill 571)
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 431, 433,
434, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441 (c) and 442 of Article 23 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume and 1969
Cumulative Supplement), title "Corporations," subtitle "III. Par-
ticular Classes of Corporations," subheading "Professional Serv-
ice Corporation Act," to permit certain individuals to organize,
own, and service a professional service corporation; to establish
the number of required corporation directors and officers; to pro-
vide for the sale and transfer of the corporation's stock; to revise
the requirements for naming the corporation; to revise the re-
quirements for the corporation's annual report to the State De-
partment of Assessments and Taxation; and relating generally to
professional service corporations in Maryland.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland.
That Sections 431, 433, 434, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441 (c) and 442 of
Article 23 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement
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