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75TH CONGRESS, lsr SESS ION -CH . 76 0-AUGUST 25, 1937 r evoked . All evidence before and findings of fact made by the Com- mission and questions of law involved in any final decision or deter- mination of the Commission shall be subject to review by the District Cou rt of the Unit ed States for the District of Columbia upon a writ of certiorari, ma ndamus, appeal , or by any oth er method perm issible under the rules and practices of said court or the laws of the District of Columbia, and the said court may make such further orders with respect thereto as justice may require : Provided, however, Tha t application is made by the aggrieved party to the court within thirty day s after any de termination by the Commission or within six ty days after formal request shall be made upon it for action . Such appli- cat ion shall oper ate as a stay of any action o r finding of t he Com- mission revoking or suspending a license, and until final decision by the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia such licensee shall have the right to continue in business . An appeal may be taken from the judgment of the said court on any such appeal on the same terms and conditions as an appeal is taken in civil actions . Any pa rty to the pro ceedings desiri ng it shall be furnished with a copy of such s tenographic no tes, upon the p ayment to the Commis- sion of such reasonable fee as it shall, by general rule or regulation, prescribe . NONRESIDENT BROKERS AND SALESMEN SEc . 10 . A nonresident of the District of Columbia may become a real-estate broker or a real-estate salesman in the District of Colum- bia by conforming to all of the conditions of this Act, exce pt that the application of such person for a license need not be accompanied by the recommendation of real-estate owners in the District of Columbia prescribed in ]paragraph 2 of section 5 of this Act, but in lieu thereof the Commission shall require the filing of like recom- mendations by similarly qualified real-estate owners of property in the State, Territory, or county of such applicant's residence . (2) The Commission may recognize, in lieu of the recommenda- ti on and stateme nts otherwise required by thi s Act to accom pany an application for a license, the valid and existing license issued to a nonresident to act as a real-estate broker or salesman by any State ha ving a law for the licensing of such broker s and salesmen similar to this Act, upon payment of the license fee prescribed by this Act and the filing by the applicant with the Commission of a duly authen- ticated copy of applicant's license issued by such State : Provided, however, That every nonresident applicant shall file an irrevocable consent that suits and actions may be commenced against such appli- cant in the proper courts of the District of Columbia by the service of any process or pleadings authorized by the laws of the United States applying to the District of Columbia on the secretary of the Co mmission, said consent stipu lating and agre eing that such service of such process or pleadings on said secretary shall be taken and he ld in all cour ts to be as va lid and binding as if due or personal service had been made upon said applicant in the District of Columbia . Said instrument containing such consent shall be duly acknowledged and if made by a corporation shall be authenticated by the seal thereof . All such applications, except from individuals, shall be accompanied by a duly certified copy of the resolution of the proper officers or managing board, authorizing the proper officer to execute the same . In case any process or pleadings mentioned in the Act are served upon the secretary of the Commission, it shall be by duplicate copies, one of which shall be filed in the office of the Commission and the other immediately forwarded by registered mail Pr oviso . Time limitation. 795 Evidence, etc ., sub. ject to court review . App licat ion to act as stay . Appeal from court judgment . Nonresident brokers and salesmen . Provisions govern . ing. Pr oviso s. Consent to service .