LICENSES 2431

1933, ch. 596, sec. 255C.

307. All court costs in any action which may be commenced to
vacate and set aside any order of the Public Service Commission passed
in pursuance of the provisions of Section 305 of this sub-title, shall be
paid by the complaining carrier if the final determination of the action
by the Court shall be adverse to him, and such costs shall be paid by the
carrier complained against if the final determination of the Court shall
be adverse to him.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 256. 1912, sec. 193. 1916, ch. 610, sec. 5. 1933, ch. 596, sec. 256.

308. Each person owning or operating any such motor vehicles in
violation of any of the provisions of this sub-title, or in violation of the
rules and regulations aforesaid of the Public Service Commission or the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction subject to a fine of not less than five ($5.00) dollars
nor more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars for the first offense, and a
fine of not less than fifty ($50.00) dollars nor more than two hundred
($200.00) dollars for each additional offense or subsequent offenses.¹

See notes to secs. 293 and 304.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 257. 1912, sec. 194. 1916, ch. 610, sec. 6.

309. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent therewith, 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.
See notes to secs. 293 and 295.

1927, ch. 620, ch. 257A.

310. If any part or parts of this sub-title, or of any section thereof,
shall be held to be unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect
the validity of the remaining parts of this sub-title or of any section
thereof. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed the re-
maining parts of this sub-title, or of any section thereof, if it had known
that such part or parts thereof, or of any section thereof, would be declared
unconstitutional.

Public Freight Motor Vehicles.

An. Code, 1924, see. 258. 1912, sec. 195. 1916, ch. 714, sec. 1. 1918, ch. 304, sec. 1.

1922, ch. 401, sec. 2. 1924, ch. 291, sec. 195. 1927, ch. 152, sec. 258.

1933, ch. 282, sec. 258.

311. It shall be the duty of each owner of a motor vehicle to be used
in the intrastate public transportation of merchandise or freight, operat-
ing over State, State-aid improved County roads, and streets and roads
of incorporated towns and cities in the State of Maryland: (1) to secure
a permit from the Public Service Commission of Maryland to operate over
said roads and streets; (2) to present same to the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles annually at the time and according to the method and provisions

¹ Sec. 5 of ch. 596 of acts of 1933 reads as follows: Should any section or part of
a section of this act be held to be invalid for any reason, such holding shall not be
construed as affecting the validity of any remaining section or part of a section of
this act, it being the legislative intent that the remainder of this act shall stand, not-
withstanding the invalidity of such section or part of a section.