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quarter, for which a seasonal permit has not been used, or a license has
been abandoned.

See notes to sec. 311.

See sec. 179 as to license year.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 261. 1912, sec. 197. 1916, ch. 714, sec. 3.

314. It shall be the duty of the Motor Vehicle Commissioner to keep
a separate account of all moneys collected under this sub-title, and any
and all moneys so collected shall be accounted for and remitted by the
Motor Vehicle Commissioner to the State Treasurer on or before the first
day of May of each year, along with a statement showing the amount due
to the State Roads Commission on account of all moneys so collected for
the use of State and State Aid Roads, and must further show the amount
due the respective Boards of County Commissioners for the use of all
improved County Roads and also the amounts due the Mayors of the
respective towns and cities in the State of Maryland for the use of all
streets and roads in said towns and cities, the amounts so due in each case
to be computed upon a mileage basis, and said Treasurer shall create a
special fund thereof and on the fifteenth day of May in each year shall
pay, on warrant, to the State Roads Commission of Maryland all moneys
so collected for the use of State and State Aid Roads, to the respective
Boards of County Commissioners all moneys collected for the use of
improved County Roads, and to the Mayors of the respective towns and
cities in the State of Maryland all moneys collected for the use of the streets
and roads of said towns and cities, and all such moneys so collected shall
be used for the maintenance of said roads and streets over which said
motor vehicles shall operate.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 262. 1912, sec. 198. 1916, ch. 714, sec. 4.

315. It shall be the duty of the Public Service Commission of Mary-
land, upon the application of any motor vehicle owner for a permit to
operate any motor vehicle for the public transportation of merchandise or
freight over any specified route, to investigate the feasibility of granting
said permit, the number of motor vehicles to be used, the rate to be charged,
and if, in the judgment of the Public Service Commission it is deemed
best for public welfare and convenience that said permit should be granted,
said Public Service Commission is hereby empowered and authorized to
grant such permit, but if said Public Service Commission deems the grant-
ing of such permit prejudicial to the welfare and convenience of the public,
then the said Public Service Commission is hereby empowered and author-
ized to refuse the granting of same. The said Public Service Commission
of Maryland is further empowered and authorized to make such rules and
regulations as it may deem necessary to govern the control and operation
of same, and enforce same by such penalties or forfeitures as it may pre-
scribe, including the revocation of the permit granted under the provisions
of this sub-title.¹

Bush & Sons v. P. S. C., 143 Md. 573, reversed in Bush Co. v. Maloy, 267 U. S. 317,
69 L. Ed. 627 (holding act 1922, ch. 401, sec. 4, invalid).

See notes to sec. 304.

1933, ch. 282, sec. 262A.

316. Upon complaint filed with the Public Service Commission by
any carrier setting forth under affidavit that a permit granted such carrier

¹ In view of the decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in Bush Co. v. Maloy, 267 U. S.
317 (69 L. Ed. 627), this section is codified as it existed prior to the act of 1922, ch. 401.