1252 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 620

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 251, 252, 253 'and 255 of Article 56 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, Edition of 1924, Title "Licenses, "
sub-title "Public Passenger Motor Vehicles, " be, and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

251. It shall be the duty of each, owner of a motor vehicle to
be used in the public transportation of passengers for hire op-
erating over State, State Aid, improved County Roads, and
Streets and Roads of incorporated towns and cities in the State
of Maryland; (1) to secure a permit from the Public Service
Commission of Maryland to operate over said roads and
streets; (2) to present same to the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles annually, at the time and according to the method and
provisions prescribed by law for the making of applications
for registration tags in the case of all other motor vehicles; (3)
to make an application in writing1 for registration with the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles, and to state in said application
besides the other matters by law provided; (a) the seating-
capacity for passengers of said motor vehicle; (b) the route
on which said motor vehicle is to be used; (c) whether reserve
or substitute motor vehicles are maintained by the applicant
to be used only in emergencies, and if so, the number of such
reserve and substitute motor vehicles and a complete descrip
tion of each, such motor vehicles when in use to be designated
by a special marker to be furnished by the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles; (d) the length of the route in miles on State.
State Aid, improved County roads, and streets and roads of
incorporated towns and cities, respectively, in the State of
Maryland; (e) the weight of the vehicle; and (f) the schedule
under which it shall be operated; and (4) for each such
motor vehicle, except reserve or substitute vehicles, an
annual fee shall be paid to the Commissioners of Motor
Vehicles for certificates of registration issued by him, of
one-eighteenth (l/18c) of a cent per each passenger 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 certificate is issued, and no other
additional fees, license, or tax, shall be charged by the State
or any County or municipal sub-division of the State, except
the property tax, in respect to such vehicles or their operation.
A copy of the application filed with the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles shall be forwarded to the State Roads Com-
mission, which shall thereupon compute the fee payable by
such motor vehicle owner for each motor vehicle for which