MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                           2405

commissioners. An appeal shall be docketed in the
circuit court against the party or petitioner in whose
favor the decision of the county commissioners was made.
If the appeal is taken by a taxpayer not a party to the
proceedings, and the appeal is not sustained, the
appealing taxpayer shall pay the costs, unless the court
shall otherwise direct.

(b) In an appeal pursuant to subsection (a), either
party has the right to a jury trial. The circuit court
shall ratify, reject, alter, or amend the proceedings
before the county commissioners and in the court so as to
bring the events of the case fairly to trial. The
circuit court may enter the judgment in the case that the
county commissioners ought to have entered, including
costs. The judgment is final and may be enforced by due
process of law.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved April 22, 1975.

CHAPTER 454
(House Bill 910)

AN ACT concerning

Consumer Protection — Secondhand Watches

FOR the purpose of providing that the consumer protection
laws relating to secondhand watches do not apply to
secondhand watches which have been sold previously
to a consumer and are returned within [[ten]] thirty
calendar days for a refund, credit, or exchange in
an amount equal to the full amount of the purchase
price, if the seller keeps a written record which
sets forth certain information.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article — Commercial Law
Section 14-702(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(As enacted by Chapter ____(HB26) of the Acts

of the General Assembly of 1975)