2438 ARTICLE 56

1933, ch. 282, sec. 262B.

317. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and the Public Service
Commission is hereby empowered to inspect all books, papers, records or
charts of any character of carriers to which this sub-title applies showing
the schedules, routes, trucks and operation of such carriers within this
State.¹

1933, ch. 556, sec. 262C.

318. All court costs in any action which may be commenced to vacate
and set aside any order of the Public Service Commission passed in pur-
suance of the provisions of Section 316 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. 263. 1912, sec. 199. 1916, ch. 714, sec. 5.

319. Every person owning or operating any such motor vehicle in
violation of any of the provisions of this sub-title, or in violation of the
rules and regulation aforesaid of the Public Service Commission, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction subject to a fine of
not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for
each first offense, and a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more
than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each second offense or subsequent
offense.
See notes to sec. 312.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 264. 1924, ch. 291, sec. 199A.

320. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and
his deputies to enforce the provisions of sections 293, 295, 311 and 312.
See notes to sec. 312.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 265. 1912, sec. 200. 1916, ch. 714, sec. 6.

321. 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.

1927, ch. 152, sec. 266.

322. 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
remaining 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.

Secs. 311-322 applied to prevent co-operative company from extending its route to
compete with private company. Co-operative Co. v. Pub. Serv. Commn., 168 Md. 98.
See notes to secs. 304 and 311.

1 Sec. 5 of ch. 282 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.