EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1581

SEC. 16. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from June 1, 1916.

Approved April 18th, 1916.

CHAPTER 687.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 133
to 161 inclusive of the Code (of 1912) of Public General
Laws of Maryland, title "Licenses, " sub-title "Motor Vehi-
cles, " as amended and added to by Chapter 133 of the Acts
of the General Assembly of Maryland passed at its session
of 1912, and Chapters 564 and 832 of the Acts of 1914,
the whole being intended to comprise a revision, and re-
enactment of all the laws of this State pertaining to motor
vehicles, with certain new and additional provisions relat-
ing thereto.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Sections 133 to 161 inclusive of the Code (of
1912) of Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Licenses, "
sub-title "Motor Vehicles, " as amended and added to by Chap-
ter 133 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland
passed at its session of 1912, and Chapters 564 and 832 of the
Acts of 1914 be and the same are hereby repealed and re-
enacted, to read as follows:

PART I.
General Provisions.

133. The provisions of this sub-title are intended to be
state-wide in their effect, and no city, county or other munic-
ipal sub-division of the State shall have the right to make or
enforce any local ordinance or regulation which shall change,
alter or affect the speed limits prescribed by this sub-title, re-
quire any registration or licensing of motor vehicles or opera-
tors thereof in addition to the registration and licensing herein
prescribed, or impose upon the owner or operator of any motor
vehicle any tax, registration fee, license fee, assessment or
charge of any kind for the use of a motor vehicle upon any
public highway or highways in this State, provided that incor-
porated cities and towns within the State may prescribe and
enforce reasonable traffic regulations by fine or imprisonment,
either or both in the discretion of the Court, applicable to all