WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1667

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.

CHAPTER 679.
(Senate Bill 452)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
240 (a) of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated code (1943
Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Opera-
tion of vehicles upon highways", relating to flares or
similar devices.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That section 240 (a) of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Motor
Vehicles", sub-title "Operation of vehicles upon high-
ways" and they are hereby enacted and repealed to read
as follows:

Trucks To Carry Flares Or Similar Devices.

240. (a) No person shall operate any vehicle, except
taxicabs or private passenger or commercial motor vehicles
or commercial motor vehicles for hire whose gross weight
of vehicle and load capacity is not more than 8500 lbs.,
upon the highways of this State, outside of a business or
residence district at any time there is insufficient daylight
to make substantial objects visible at a distance of three
hundred feet, unless there shall be carried in such vehicle
a sufficient number of flares, not less than three, or
electric lanterns or reflectors or other signals capable of
continuously producing a brilliant warning light for eight
hours.

Every such flare, lantern, signal, or reflector shall be
of a type approved by the Department and it shall pub-
lish lists of those devices approved as adequate for the
purposes of this Section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall
take effect June 1, 1947.

Approved April 25, 1947.