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before doing so, first take out a license therefor, in the City of Baltimore,
if such business is transacted in said city, paying therefor an annual
license fee of $50.00; and in each county of this State in which said non-
resident person, firm or corporation shall operate, paying therefor an
annual license fee of $10.00.

Non-Resident Wholesale Liquor Dealers.

An. Code, sec. 186. 1916, ch. 704, sec. 186.

248. Any person, or persons, partnership or corporation, being non-
residents of the State of Maryland, who shall in this State sell spiritu-
ous or intoxicating liquors, or any malt, brewed or fermented liquors,
at wholesale, by or through agents, salesmen or other persons soliciting
or doing business in this State, shall before doing so, first take out a
license therefor, and paying an annual license fee of $300.00 for the
privilege of conducting such business within this State. Provided, how-
ever, this section shall not confer any power to sell the liquor referred
to in this section in any city, towns or county wherein the sale of liquors
is prohibited by law.

An. Code, sec. 187. 1916, ch. 704, sec. 187.

249. All licenses issued under the provisions of Sections 226 to 248,
both inclusive, of this Article, shall be granted by the Clerks of the Circuit
Courts for the Counties, and the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
in the City of Baltimore, and all licenses granted or issued by said Clerks
shall expire the first day of May next thereafter, and if granted for part
of a year, a ratable sum shall be charged therefor.

An. Code, sec. 188. 1916, ch. 704, sec. 188.

250. The failure of any person or persons, firm, company or corpora-
tion, resident' or non-resident, to procure the license as directed in Sec-
tions 226 to 249, inclusive, of this Article, shall be a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction, such person or persons, firm, company or corporation,
resident or non-resident, shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100) for
each and every offense.

Public Passenger Motor Vehicles.

An. Code, sec. 189. 1916, ch. 610. 1918, ch. 199, sec. 1. 1922, ch. 401, sec. 1.
1924, ch. 291, sec. 189.

251. It shall be the duty of each owner of a motor vehicle to be used
in the public transportation of passengers for hire 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 Commissioner annually
at the time and according to the method and provisions prescribed by law
for owners of all other motor vehicles, to make an application in writing