1836 LAWS OP MARYLAND. [CH. 745

who may use taxicab facilities therein, the Mayor and City
Council of Havre de Grace are hereby authorized and em-
powered to enact, amend and repeal ordinances, providing
regulations for the ownership and operation of taxicabs in the
City of Havre de Grace, and to provide for and fix the require-
ments for the registration, licensing and inspection of taxi-
cabs, their owners and operators; to provide for and fix the
rates which may be charged by said taxicab owners and
operators for the transportation of passengers; when, where
and how said taxicabs may be parked on any of the streets,
highways and alleys in said City; to require a special license
for the operation of said taxicabs, provided the same is not in
conflict with the Motor Vehicle Laws of the State of Maryland;
to create and establish an agency such as a Taxicab Bureau
in which all the powers and authority hereunder may be
vested; and to limit the number of taxicabs and in general
regulate the entire taxicab operation in the City of Havre de
Grace. The regulations herein provided for taxicabs in the
City of Havre de Grace shall be in addition to any regulations
by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of Maryland or the
Public Service Commission of Maryland.

138C. Any firm, person or corporation violating any ordi-
nance promulgated under the authority of Section 138B shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall
be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) for each offense; and in default of the payment of
any fine imposed, imprisonment of the offender for a period
not exceeding twenty (20) days in the county jail or until the
fine be paid. In addition, the Mayor and City Council, upon
proof of any violation of any ordinance promulgated under
Section 138B, shall have authority to revoke or suspend any
license issued thereunder, after according reasonable oppor-
tunity to the licensee to be heard in his, her or its defense.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any provision,
clause, sentence, phrase, or part of this Act, or the application
thereof to any person, firm or corporation or circumstance, is
held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of
such provisions to other persons, firms and corporations and
circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

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

Approved April 25, 1947.