LICENSES 2357

1931, ch. 498, sec. 187N.

1.78. The following words, as used in this sub-title, shall have the
following meanings:

(a) The singular shall include the plural; the masculine shall include
the feminine and neriter, as requisite.

(b) "Person" shall include individuals, partnerships, corporations, re-
ceivers, referees, trustees, executors and administrators; and shall also
include the owner of any motor vehicle as requisite, but shall not include
the State or any political subdivision thereof.

(c) "Motor vehicle" shall include trailers, motorcycles and tractors.

(d) "Province" shall mean any province of the Dominion of Canada.

1931, ch. 498, sec. 187-0.

179. The Commissioner shall make rules and regulations necessary
for the administration of this sub-title.

1931, ch. 498, sec. 187P.

180. Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff
in any action at law from relying for security upon the other processes
provided by law.

1931, ch. 498, sec. 187Q.

181. If any part, subdivision or section of this sub-title shall be
deemed unconstitutional, the validity of its remaining provisions shall not
be affected thereby.

Secs. 164-181 referred to but not construed in Newman v. Stocker, 161 Md. 557.

Insurance for Commercial Motor Vehicles.

1933, ch. 591. 1935, ch. 379. 1939, ch. 236.

182. (a) The provisions of this Section shall apply to any owner
of a commercial motor vehicle, his, her or its officers, agents, servants or
employees, engaged in the transportation of passengers or property in
interstate or intrastate commerce on the public highways, streets and
roads within the territorial limits of the State of Maryland. The term
"commercial motor vehicle" shall include all motor vehicles, including
semi-trailers and trailers, designed, constructed or intended to be propelled
or drawn by any power other than muscular power, except such vehicles
as run only upon rails or tracks, used or to be used in the transportation
of passengers or property for hire. The term "owner" shall include any
person, firm, association or corporation owning, controlling or having the
use for hire of a motor vehicle by any device.

(b) No owner of a commercial motor vehicle, his, her or its officers,
agents, servants or employees, shall operate or cause, permit or suffer said
motor vehicle to be operated over public highways, streets and roads
within the territorial limits of the State of Maryland, without a permit
from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, who shall not grant said per-
mit until the owner of the motor vehicle shall have provided good and
sufficient security for the protection of the public, which shall be satisfied
on the filing of an affidavit, together with a certified copy of the insurance
policy or bond required herein with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles,