2002 ARTICLE 56.

of every kind upon said motor vehicles or upon the receipts of those op-
erating the same except the taxes upon the same as personal property.

Class G. Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each rubber tired vehicle with a
carrying capacity of one ton or less, trailed .or propelled by any motor
vehicle on which a license is required to be displayed, and twenty dollars
($20.00) additional for each additional ton of carrying capacity or frac-
tion thereof, the carrying capacity of such vehicles to be determined by
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in disputed cases. Where the vehicle
so trailed or propelled is equipped with two or more, metal tires, the charge
shall be double those above specified. Said fees shall not be chargeable in
the case of threshing outfits, clover hullers, hay balers, binders and other
similar farming implements not designed for hauling purposes.

Class H. Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each tractor or traction
engine, or any other similar vehicles used for propelling, supporting or
drawing a trailer or semi-trailer. This charge shall not apply nor shall
registration tags be required to be displayed on a traction engine used
for hauling on an unimproved road or for drawing or propelling agricul-
tural or farming implements not designed for hauling purposes upon
any highway.

The charges herein prescribed shall be for the entire twelve months
of the year, and if the certificate be issued after April 1st or before July
1st, the charge shall be three-fourths of that prescribed for the entire year;
if after July 1st and before October 1st, one-half; and if after October
1st, one-fourth.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall have authority, in disputed
cases, to determine the classification in which any motor vehicle belongs,
under any of the provisions of this sub-title.

A duplicate registration certificate shall be furnished by the Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles for fifty cents (50c) in cases where he is satisfied
the original has been lost.

In the event any plate or marker issued by such Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles under the provisions of this or any other section shall be lost or
destroyed, the Commissioner shall cause an investigation to be made into
the circumstances of the alleged loss, and if he is satisfied that said tag or
tags have in fact been lost or destroyed as alleged by the applicant, he shall
issue a duplicate or duplicates thereof, or a new set of tags, in his discre-
tion, with appropriate registration certificate, at a cost not to exceed four
dollars ($4.00) in the case of a motor vehicle, or two dollars ($2.00) in
the case of a motor cycle or bicycle with motor attachment.

The owner of an, automobile who carries five men to and from their work for an
agreed compensation, is not a common carrier and does not operate his car " for
public use," and hence need not comply with sec. 251. This and the following
sections contrasted with sec. 251, et seq. Towers v. Wildason, 135 Md. 683.

This section referred to in holding invalid an ordinance of Havre de Grace pro-
hibiting non-residents of that city from operating automobiles for hire; unreasonable
discrimination. Havre de Grace v. Johnson, 143 Md. 606.

Sec. 135 (vol. 2), An. Code, 1912, cited but not construed in Hendrick v. State,
115 Md. 555.

See notes to sec. 171.