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as hereinbefore specified, and the sum of four thousand dollars
for the rebuilding and improvement of the highway through
the town of Poolesville as hereinbefore specified, provided,
however, that in the event that the State Roads Commission
shall appropriate the said sum of money for any one of the
improvements hereinbefore specified, then the County Com-
missioners are hereby authorized and directed to issue the
bonds and expend the money applicable under the provisions
of this Act to that portion of the work for which the appro-
priation shall have been made by the State Roads Commission.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this bill, being an
emergency measure, shall take effect from the date of its pas-
sage.

Approved June 27th, 1917.

CHAPTER 32.

AN ACT to provide for the examination and licensing by the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicle of persons between the ages
of sixteen (16) and eighteen (18) applying for a license to
operate, drive or direct automobiles, motor-trucks, taxi-cabs
or motor-cars.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is hereby
authorized and empowered to grant licenses to operate, drive
or direct any automobile, motor car, taxi-cab or motor-truck
propelled by gas, gasoline, steam or electricity upon any road,
highway, street, lane or other public way within the State of
Maryland, to persons between the ages of sixteen (16) and
eighteen (18) years, who shall make application therefor upon
blanks furnished by said Commissioner. The Commissioner
shall make an examination of the qualifications of the said
persons between the ages of sixteen (16) and eighteen (18)
years applying for such license, and may refuse to issue the
same if, in his judgment, the safety of the public would be