122                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [CH. 89

22 4 A.

(a)   The Commission may appoint three of its members to sit as
a Real Estate Hearing Board. The Commission shall designate one
of the members as chairman of the Board.

(b)   The Commission may refer charges or complaints made by
itself or other persons under the provisions of Section 224 to a Real
Estate Hearing Board for hearings on these matters. The Board
shall hold hearings on all matters referred to it and shall submit its
findings and recommendations to the Commission.

225.

(a) The Commission shall, before denying an application for
license, or before suspending or revoking any license, set the matter
down for a hearing before the Commission or a Real Estate Hearing
Board, and at least ten days prior to the date set for the hearing, it
shall notify in writing the applicant, or license holder of the charges
made, and shall afford said applicant, or license holder an oppor-
tunity to be heard in person or by counsel in reference thereto.
Provided, however, that in cases involving revocation of the license
of a nonresident of this State licensed under this subtitle by the real
estate commission of the state or district in which such nonresident
licensee is a resident, or where there is a conviction by a court of
competent jurisdiction of any licensee under this subtitle of any act
which constitutes a violation of this subtitle and the order of such
Commission or court of competent jurisdiction is certified to the
Commission, any real estate license may be revoked by the Commis-
sion without any hearing whatsoever. Such written notice may be
served by delivery of same personally to the applicant, or license
holder, or by mailing same by registered mail to the last known
business address of such applicant, or license holder. If said appli-
cant, or license holder, be a salesman, the Commission shall also
notify the broker named in the salesman's application or license by
mailing notice by registered mail to the broker's last known business
address. The hearing on such charges shall be at such time and
place as the Commission shall prescribe. Any member of the Com-
mission for], its secretary-treasurer, or member of a Real Estate
Hearing Board shall have power to administer oaths and to subpoena
and bring before it any person in the State, or take testimony of any
such person by deposition with the same fees and mileage in the
same manner as prescribed by law in judicial procedure in courts of
this State in civil cases. Any party to any hearing before the Com-
mission or a Real Estate Hearing Board shall have the right to the
attendance of witnesses, in his behalf at such hearing, upon making
request therefor to the Commission or a Real Estate Hearing Board
and designating the person or persons sought to be subpoenaed.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved April 10, 1968.