518 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 295

No person, firm, company or corporation, resident or non-
resident, in this State shall keep a garage for the hire, stor-
age or sale of automobiles until they shall first have obtained
a license therefor, and shall pay an annual license fee based
upon the square feet of each floor for each garage, viz.:
Garage containing not more than 166 square feet....... $15.00
Those containing more than 1600 square feet, and not

more than 2000 square feet................. 20.00

Those containing more than 2000 square feet, and not

more than 3000 square feet...................... 30.00

Those containing more than 3000 square feet, and not

more than 4000 square feet..................... 55.00

Those containing more than 4000 square feet, and not

more than 5000 square feet...................... 75.00

Those containing more than 5000 square feet, and not
more than 7500 square feet..................... 125.00

Those containing more than 7500 square feet, and not

more than 10,000 square feet..................... 200.00

For every additional 1000 square feet or fractional part
thereof the sum of $10.00 additional.

A garage, as used within the terms of this section shall
mean a place of storage for hire or a place where is kept for
hire any automobile, locomobile, or any vehicle of any kind
the motive power of which shall be electricity, steam, gas. gaso-
line or any other motive power except animals, whether such
automobile, locomobile or vehicle is kept therein permanently
or temporarily, but wherever such garage has included within
the building a machine shop, which machine shop is definitely
defined by permanent partitions in the building, the space
occupied by the same shall be exempted from taxation under
this Act.

SECTION 2. Be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1920.

Approved April 9, 1920.

CHAPTER 295.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 171
of Article 24 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land as codified by John, W. Staton and legalized by the
General Assembly of Maryland of 1914, and amended by
virtue of Chapter 212 of the Acts of 1918, title ''Worces-
ter County," sub-title "Ocean City."