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ART. LVl] PUBLIC PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES. 419
mit to operate any motor vehicle for the public transportation of pas-
sengers over any specified route, to investigate the feasibility of grant-
ing said permit, the number of motor vehicles to be used, the rate to be
charged, and if, in the judgment of the Public Service Commission it
is deemed best for public welfare and convenience that said permit
should be granted, said Public Service Commission is hereby empow-
ered and authorized to grant such permit, but if said Public Service
Commission deems the granting of such a permit prejudicial to the wel-
fare and convenience of the public, then the said Public Service Com-
mission is hereby empowered and authorized to refuse the granting of
same. The said Public Service Commission of Maryland is further
empowered and authorized to make such rules and regulations as it may
deem necessary to govern the control and operation of same, and enforce
the same by such penalties or forfeitures as it may prescribe, including
the revocation of the permit granted under the provisions of this sub-
title.
1916, ch. 610, sec. 3.
193. Every person owning or operating any such motor vehicle in
violation of any of the provisions of this sub-title, or in violation of the
rules and regulations aforesaid of the Public Service Commission, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction subject to a
fine not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars
($50.00) for the first offense, and a fine of not less than ten dollars
($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each addi-
tional offense or subsequent offenses.
1916, ch. 610. sec. 6.
194. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent therewith, are hereby
repealed to the extent of said inconsistency, but nothing herein shall be
construed to relieve any owner or operator of such motor vehicles as are
herein defined from any regulation otherwise imposed by law or lawful
authority.
Public Freight Motor Vehicles.
1016. ch. 714. sec. 1. 1918. ch. 304, sec. 1.
195. It shall be the duty of each owner of a motor vehicle to be
used in the public transportation of merchandise or freight, operating
over State, State Aid, improved County Roads, and Streets and Roads
of incorporated towns and cities in the State of Maryland, to secure a
permit from the Public Service Commission of Maryland to operate
over said roads and streets, and present same to the Motor Vehicle Com-
missioner annually at the time and according to the method and pro-
visions prescribed by law for owners of all other motor vehicles, to
make an application in writing for registration with the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles, and to state in said application besides the other
matters by law provided, the carrying capacity as given by manufac-
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