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vehicles, an annual fee shall be paid to the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles for certificates of registration issued by him,
of one-fifth (1/5) of a cent per each ton which such motor
vehicle, including its capacity load, shall weigh, multiplied by
the total number of miles that said application shall show will
be traveled by such motor vehicle over State, State Aid, im-
proved 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 Vehi-
cles shall be forwarded to the State Roads Commission, which
shall thereupon compute the fee payable by such motor vehicle
owner for each motor vehicle for which application for registra-
tion has been made. Such computation shall be based upon the
mileage to be traversed by said motor vehicles upon all roads hav-
ing a hard, smooth surface, composed of gravel, shells crushed
stone, concrete or other similar substances. The State Roads Com-
mission shall have authority, in disputed eases, to determine
which roads and streets upon which such motor vehicles are to
be operated should be included in the computation. The State
Roads Commission after making such computation, shall forth-
with certify the same to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles,
whereupon the fee shown to be payable by said computation
shall be immediately paid by such motor vehicle owner to the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

259. All motor vehicles, except when used exclusively for
hauling milk to cooling stations or freight platforms in the
counties, operating for hire over the improved roads and streets
of this State or any county or municipality thereof on regular
schedules or between fixed termini, including those used by
corporations, groups of individuals and associations engaged
in the transportation of freight or merchandise of their stock-
holders, shareholders or members, whether on the cooperative
plan or otherwise, shall be subject to the provisions of this sub-
title, except that the public duties of a common carrier shall
not thereby be imposed on the owner of any such vehicle not
actually engaged in public transportation.

260. Except as hereinafter provided, each and every such
motor vehicle so registered shall operate only on the route and
schedule set forth in said application during the year for which
said license is issued. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles, upon the presentation of a permit from
the Public Service Commission of Maryland, authorizing the