ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1129

of Motor Vehicles for certificates of registration issued
by him,, of one-eighteenth (l/18c) of a cent per each pas-
senger seat multiplied by the total number of miles that
said application shall show will be traveled by such motor
vehicle over State, State-Aid improved County roads, and
streets and roads of incorporated towns and cities in the
State of Maryland, during the year for which said certifi-
cate is issued, and no other additional fees, licenses or
tax, shall be charged by the State or any County or mu-
nicipal sub-division of the State except the property tax
and gasoline tax on gasoline purchased in Maryland in
respect to such vehicles or their operation. For each such
motor vehicle the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall
furnish a distinctive marker or tag, which tag or marker
shall be carried and displayed in such manner as directed
by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

A copy of the application filed with the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles shall be forwarded to the State Roads
Commission, which shall thereupon compute the fee pay-
able by such motor vehicle owner for each motor vehicle
for which application for registration has been made.

Such computation shall be based upon the mileage to
be traversed by said motor vehicle upon all highways hav-
ing a hard, smooth surface, composed of gravel, shells,
crushed stone, concrete, paving blocks, asphalt, or other
similar substances.

The State Roads Commission shall have authority, in
disputed cases, to determine which roads and streets
upon which such motor vehicles are to be operated should
be included in the computation.

The State Roads Commission, after making such com-
putation, shall forthwith certify the same to the Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles, whereupon the fee shown to be
payable by said computation shall immediately be paid
by such motor vehicle owner to the Commissioner of Mo-
tor Vehicles.

Upon the filing of the application and the payment of the
fees as herein provided, it shall be the duty of the Public
Service Commission to grant the application, and the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles shall forthwith grant the li-
cense in accordance with said application.

199A. The license fees prescribed by Section 199 shall
not be applicable to any motor vehicle when such vehicle
is operated exclusively on a route one fixed terminus of
which is within the corporate limits of any territory under
the jurisdiction of the Federal Government or of any muni-