786 ARTICLE 56.

have been registered for use upon either or any of said routes, may be used
interchangeably upon either or any of said routes. The operations upon
any route may be conducted with greater frequency than prescribed by the
approved schedule without obtaining permission therefor from the Public
Service Commission, provided, however, that the approved schedule shall
be strictly maintained and adhered to, until changed with the permission
of the Public Service Commission, and provided further, that whenever
the operations conducted are in excess of those prescribed by the approved
schedule, the. motor vehicle owner shall report to the Public Service Com-
mission, on or before the fifth business day of the succeeding month, the
actual number of miles traveled, and the license number of the motor
vehicles operated upon each route for the preceding calendar month, and
shall, at the same time send a duplicate of said report to the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles and pay to the said Commissioner the difference be-
tween the fee charged on the basis of the approved schedule and the fee
chargeable upon the basis of the actual number of seat-miles traveled; and
provided, further, whenever, in the opinion of the Public Service Com-
mission, it will be prejudicial to the public welfare and convenience, to
permit operations to be conducted upon any route with greater frequency
than prescribed by the approved schedule, said Commission may limit this
privilege in whatever manner it may deem proper or deny the said privi-
lege altogether, either at the time of the issuance of the permit or at any
time thereafter. Seasonal permits may be granted for a portion of the
year, if, in the judgment of the Public Service Commission, the granting
thereof is deemed essential to the public welfare and convenience, and
routes may be changed or abandoned, whenever, in the opinion of the
Public Service Commission, the welfare and convenience of the public will
not be prejudiced thereby. In the event any such motor vehicle owner shall
fail to report excess mileage and other information, as above provided, or
shall change or abandon a route or reduce a schedule, without first obtain-
ing the permission of the Public Service Commission, or shall operate with
greater frequency than prescribed by his approved schedule, where the
privilege so to do has been denied or limited, the Public Service Commis-
sion may, after due hearing, upon not less than three days' notice in writ-
ing, to be sent by registered letter to the address given by the motor vehicle
owner when applying for his permit, revoke or suspend all permits issued
to such motor vehicle owner under the provisions of this sub-title, and
refuse thereafter to issue such permits to said motor vehicle owner. Upon
the suspension or revocation of a permit by the Public Service Commis-
sion, all certificates of registration issued to such motor vehicle owner by
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall thereupon be likewise suspended
or revoked. The license, or registration fees, charged under this sub-title,
except in case of seasonal permits, as above provided, shall be on the basis
of the entire year, but may be issued on or after the first day of July, in
any year, for the remainder of the year expiring on the 31st day of Decem-
ber, in which event one-half of the yearly fee shall be paid. No portion