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including those used by corporations, groups of individuals and associa-
tions engaged in the transportation of their stockholders, shareholders or
members, whether on the co-operative plan or otherwise, shall be subject
to the provisions of this sub-title, except the special class of motor vehicles,
provided for in the five following sections, and except that the public
duties of a common carrier shall not thereby be imposed on the owner of
any such vehicles not actually engaged in public transportation.
See notes to sec. 251.

1929, ch. 225, sec. 252A.

252A. The Public Service Commission of Maryland shall issue an
Employee's Certificate of Convenience in duplicate to any employee in
this State who is the owner of a pleasure passenger vehicle, when it appears,
that the employees he proposes to transport for hire do not reside at points,
reasonably convenient to any line of public transportation, or when it
appears that said employees are not furnished reasonably adequate trans-
portation service to and from their places of employment by any trans-
portation line, and said Public Service Commission shall have the author-
ity to require each applicant for such Employee's Certificate of Con-
venience to file an application, setting forth his name, address, place of
employment, and the names, addresses and place of employment of all
employees whom he proposes to transport to and from their work, and a
statement showing facts which bring said employees within the purview
of this section. Said application shall be made on forms prepared and
furnished free by the Public Service Commission and the statements con-
tained in said application shall be supported by the affidavit of the appli-
cant.

1929, ch. 225, sec. 252B.

252B. Whenever any Employee's Certificate of Convenience provided
for in the aforegoing section has been issued, the holder of said Certificate
may, by filing one of the duplicate copies of said Certificate, apply to the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for special license plates to be provided
by said Commissioner, and upon the issuance of said special license plates
and their display on said car, said owner shall be entitled to transport for
hire to and from their common place of employment such fellow-employees
as may be designated in said Certificate, but said special license plates and
certificate shall not authorize said owner to transport such designated
employees for hire anywhere except to and from their common place of
employment, nor shall it authorize him to transport anyone for hire not,
designated in said Certificate.

1929, ch. 225, sec. 252C.

252C. In addition to the usual license fees now provided by law, each
owner applying for the special license plates provided for in the preceding
section shall pay to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles an additional
annual fee of Three ($3. 00) Dollars, said annual fee to be paid for the
whole or any part of the calendar year for which said special license plates,
are issued.