2426 ARTICLE 56

1929, ch. 225, sec. 252C.

298. 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.

1929, ch. 225, sec. 252D.

299. Applications for said special license plates shall be made each
year, and each application shall be accompanied by a new employee's Cer-
tificate of Convenience from the Public Service Commission of Maryland,
and the duplicate copy of said Certificate shall be carried in his car by
said owner when he is engaged in transporting employees for hire, and
shall be exhibited to any Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, or State, County or City
Police Officer upon request.

1929, ch. 225, sec. 252E.

300. Any owner having such special license plates who shall haul
passengers for hire otherwise than is provided herein and/or every person
operating any motor vehicle in violation of any of the provisions of Sec-
tions 293, 295 and 302 of this sub-title, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any Magistrate having
criminal jurisdiction in the County in which such violation occurs, or in
the City of Baltimore, if the violation occurs in said city, shall be subject
to the penalties prescribed in Section 308 of this sub-title, and in the case
of a second conviction of any such owner having secured said special
license plates, in addition to the foregoing penalties, said special license
plates shall be revoked by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and no
new license plates shall be issued for a period of six months, and then, only
when said owner has secured a new Employee's Certificate of Convenience;
and any owner failing to carry the duplicate copy of said Certificate in his
car, as provided in the preceding section, shall, upon conviction before any
Magistrate as aforesaid, be fined Five ($5.00) Dollars for each offense.
When, any such person is brought to trial before any Magistrate f or the
violation of any of the provisions of Sections 295-301, after judgment of
said Magistrate is rendered, an appeal may be taken by the accused or by
the State within ten days from the date of said judgment, to the Circuit
Court for the County in which the case originated, or to the Criminal
Court of Baltimore City, if the case originated in said city; in which
event the case shall be transmitted to said Circuit or Criminal Court as a
Criminal appeal as is now provided by law.

1929, ch. 225, sec. 252F.

301. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed to the extent of said inconsistency, but nothing herein shall be
construed to relieve any owner or operator of such motor vehicles as are
herein defined from any regulation otherwise imposed by law or lawful
authority.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 253. 1912, sec. 190. 1916, ch. 610, sec. 2. 1927, ch. 620, sec. 253.

302. Except as hereinafter provided, each and every such motor vehicle
so registered shall operate only on the route and schedule set forth in said