246 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Cir. 152

CHAPTER 152.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
258, 259 and 260 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, Edition of 1924, title "Licenses, " sub-title "Pub-
lic Freight Motor Vehicles, " to revise the annual charges for
registration; to subject to the provisions of said sub-title all
motor vehicles operating for hire on regular schedules or be-
tween fixed termini; to revise the regulations relating to
schedules and routes, and to add a new Section to said Article
and sub-title, to be known as Section 266, and to follow
immediately after Section 265, so as to make the several

provisions of said sub-title independent and severable.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 258, 259 and 260 of Articles 56 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland, Edition of 1924, Title "Licenses, "
sub-title "Public Freight Motor Vehicles, " be, and the same
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

258. It shall be the duty of each owner of a motor vehicle
to be used in the public transportation of merchandise or
freight, operating 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 writing for registra-
tion with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and to state
in said application besides the other matters by law provided;
(a) the carrying capacity as given by the manufacturer of
such motor vehicles; (b) the route on which such motor vehi-
cle 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 sub-
stitute motor vehicles and a complete description of each,
such motor vehicle 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, im-
proved County roads, and Streets and Roads of incorporated
towns and cities; (e) the weight of the vehicle when empty;
and (f) the schedule under which it shall be operated; and
(4) for each such motor vehicle, except reserve or substitute