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said application besides the other matters by law provided; (a) the seating
capacity for passengers of said motor vehicle; (b) the route on which said
motor vehicle is to be used; (c) whether reserve or substitute motor
vehicles are maintained by the applicant to be used only in emergencies,
and if so, the number of such reserve and substitute motor vehicles and
a complete description of each, such motor vehicles when in use to be
designated by a special marker to be furnished by the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles; (d) the length of the route in miles on State, State-Aid,
improved County roads, and streets and roads of incorporated towns and
cities, respectively, in the State of Maryland; (e) the weight of the
vehicle; and (f) the schedule under which it shall be operated; and (4)
for each such motor vehicle, except reserve or substitute vehicle, an annual
fee shall be paid to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for certificates of
registration issued by him, of one-eighteenth (l/18c) of a cent per each
passenger seat multiplied by the total number of miles that said applica-
tion shall show will be traveled by such motor vehicle over State, State-
Aid, improved County roads, and streets and roads of incorporated towns
and cities in the State of Maryland, during the year for which said cer-
tificate is, issued, and no other additional fees, licenses or tax, shall be
charged by the State or any County or municipal sub-division of the State
except the property tax and gasoline tax in respect to such vehicles or
their operation.

A copy of the application filed with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
shall be forwarded to the State Roads Commission, which shall thereupon
compute the fee payable by each motor vehicle owner for each motor
vehicle for which application for registration has been made.

Such computation shall be based upon the mileage to be traversed by
said motor vehicle upon all highways having a hard, smooth surface, com-
posed of gravel, shells, crushed stone, concrete, paving blocks, asphalt, or
other similar substances.

The State Roads Commission shall have authority, in disputed cases, to
determine which roads and streets upon which such motor vehicles are to
be operated should be included in the computation.

The State Roads Commission, after making such computation, shall
forthwith certify the same to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, where-
upon the fee shown to be payable by said computation shall immediately
be paid by such motor vehicle owner to the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles.

This section, et seq., valid. The operation of motor vehicles for carrying pas-
sengers for hire each Sunday over same route comes within provisions of this
and following sections, though passengers went through form of chartering vehi-
cles; injunction refused as aid in circumventing law. Restivo v. Pub. Serv.
Commn., 149 Md. 34.

This section does not deny equal protection of laws since it applies to residents
and non-residents alike, and does not impose illegal burden on interstate com-
merce. Red Star Line v. Baughman, 153 Md. 600.

To first note to this section, page 2046, vol. 2, Code, add Rutledge Assn. v.
Baughman, 153 Md. 306.

See notes to secs. 255 and 262.