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and any person who shall be convicted of a second or addi-
tional such offense shall be subject to imprisonment for not
less than sixty days nor more than two years. Any person
convicted shall also be subject, in the discretion of the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles, to a suspension or revocation
of his operator's license. The provisions of this section
apply to the operator and to the owner who causes or per-
mits his motor vehicle to be operated in violation of this
section.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all outstanding
licenses for motor vehicles subject to the provisions of this
Act shall be cancelled on June 1st, 1933, but may be re-
newed upon the payment of the fees provided for in this
Act from the date of its passage, pro rated for the re-
mainder of the year. A credit shall be allowed for such
license fee as shall have been paid with respect to the same
vehicle for the current year.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That should any sec-
tion, 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, notwithstanding the in-
validity of such section or part of a section.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is an
emergency law and necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public health and safety, and for maintaining
the State Government, and having been passed by a yea
and nay vote by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 21, 1933.

CHAPTER 282.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tions 258, 259 and 260 of Article 56 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, 1929 Edition, title "Licenses",
sub-title "Public Freight Motor Vehicles"; to add two
new sections to Article 56 of the Code of Public General
Laws of Maryland, 1929 Edition, title "Licenses", sub-