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1933, ch 404, sec. 46J.

56. If any of the provisions of this sub-title or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance is held invalid or is in conflict with any State
or Federal law the validity of the remainder of the sub-title and the appli-
cation thereof to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby. Provided, however, that nothing in this sub-title shall apply to
Anne Arundel County.

Solid Fuel.

1937, ch. 349, sec. 46AA.

57. (Definitions.) Whenever used in this sub-title:

(a) "Solid Fuel" shall mean and include anthracite, semi-anthracite,
bituminous or semi-bituminous coal, lignite coal, briquettes, boulets, coke,
gas house coke, petroleum coke, petroleum carbon or any other manu-
factured or patented fuel not sold by liquid or metered measure except
charcoal.

(b) "Person" shall mean and include an individual, partnership, asso-
ciation of individuals or corporation.

1937, ch. 349, sec. 46BB.

58. No person shall engage in the business of selling solid fuel as
broker, dealer or otherwise, in the State of Maryland, unless he shall first
obtain a certificate of registration as a solid fuel dealer. Application for
such certificate of registration shall be made to the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in the City of Baltimore, or to the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for any county, upon a blank to be furnished by the said Clerk in
such form as shall be determined by the Chief Inspector of Licenses of
the State License Bureau, and shall be made in duplicate, one copy shall
be filed with the clerk to whom such application is made, and a duplicate
copy shall be filed by said clerk with the State License Bureau. Such
application shall be verified by the oath of the applicant or, if the appli-
cant is a corporation, by the oath of some officer thereof, and upon pay-
ment of the registration fee hereinafter provided and a filing fee of fifty
cents, the clerk shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration as
a solid fuel dealer for an annual period beginning on the first day of July
in each year. The fee for such registration shall be Ten Dollars ($10)
for each annual period, payable in advance. Any person selling solid fuel
in the State of Maryland, unless he has first obtained a certificate of
registration, as herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of
the provisions of this section, and upon conviction thereof, shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50) or by imprisonment
for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. This
section shall not apply to operators who have mines located in this State,
and who sell coal at the tipple either in car loads or by truck.

The provisions of this sub-title for licensing the sale and regulating the transportation
of solid fuel is valid and well within the police power of the State. Yarger v. State,
175 Md. 220.

1937, ch. 349, sec. 46CC.

59. The Chief Inspector of Licenses shall revoke any certificate of
registration issued pursuant to the provisions of this sub-title, upon proof
that the applicant has made false statements in his application for said