ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1255

mit, revoke or suspend all permits issued to such motor vehicle
owner under the provisions of this sub-title, and refuse there-
after to issue such permits to said motor vehicle owner. Upon
the suspension or revocation of a permit by the Public Ser-
vice Commission, all certificates of registration issued to such
motor vehicle owner by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
shall thereupon be likewise suspended or revoked. The license,
or registration fees, charged under this sub-title, except in
case of seasonal permits, as above provided, shall be on the
basis of the entire year, but may be issued on or after the
first day of July, in any year, for the remainder of the year
expiring on the 31st day of December, in which event one-
half of the yearly fee shall be paid. No portion of the license
or registration fee paid as aforesaid will be refunded for any
part of the year during which said license is not used, pro-
vided, however, that reductions in said fee occasioned by
change of route or schedule or abandonment of route, shall be
allowed as a credit upon all sums payable by such motor vehicle
owner, in the course of the current calendar year, for excess
mileage of any motor vehicle registered in the name of such
owner under the provisions of this subtitle.

255. It shall be the duty of the Public Service Commission
of Maryland, upon the application of any motor vehicle owner
for a permit to operate any motor vehicle for the public trans-
portation of passengers over any specified route, to investigate
the expediency of granting said permit; the number of motor
vehicles to be used, and the rate to be charged, and if, in the
judgment of the Public Service Commission, it is deemed best
for public welfare and convenience that said permit should be
granted, said Public Service Commission is hereby empowered
and authorized to grant such permit subject to such reasonable
conditions and terms, and for such duration of time, not ex-
ceeding the period of twenty years, as it may deem advisable,
provided, however, that permits to operate over the streets of
the City of Baltimore shall not be granted for periods in
excess of one year. But if said Public Service Commission
deems the granting of such permit prejudicial to the welfare
and convenience of the public, then the said Public Service Com-
mission is hereby empowered and authorized to refuse the grant-
ing of the same. The said Public Service Commission of Mary-
land is further empowered and authorized to make such rules
and regulations as it may deem necessary to govern the control
and operation of same, and enforce the same by such penalties
or forfeitures as it may prescribe, including the revocation of
the permit granted under the provisions of this sub-title.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a new section be,
and the same is hereby added to Article 56 of the Annotated