620 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 225

provided for in the preceding section shall pay to the Com-
missioner of Motor, Vehicles an additional annual fee of Three
($3. 00) Dollars, said annual fee to be paid for the whole or
any part of the calendar year for which said special license
plates are issued.

Section 252D. Applications for said special license plates
shall be made each year, and each application shall be accom-
panied by a new employee's Certificate of Convenience from the
Public Service Commission of Maryland, and the duplicate copy
of said Certificate shall be carried in his car by said owner when
he is engaged in transporting employees for hire, and shall be
exhibited to any Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, or State, County or
City Police Officer upon request.

Section 252E. Any owner having such special license plates
who shall haul passengers for hire otherwise than is provided
herein and/or every person operating any motor vehicle in vio-
lation of any of the provisions of Section 251, 252 and 253 of
this sub-title, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof before any Magistrate having criminal juris-
diction in the County in which such violation occurs, or in the
City of Baltimore, if the violation occurs in said City, shall be
subject to the penalties prescribed in Section 256 of this sub-
title, and in the case of a second conviction of any such owner
having secured said special license plates, in addition to the
foregoing penalties, said special license plates shall be revoked
by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and no new license
plates shall be issued for a period of six months, and then, only
when said owner has secured a new Employee's Certificate of
Convenience; and any owner failing to carry the duplicate copy
of said Certificate in his car, as provided in the preceding sec-
tion, shall, upon conviction before any Magistrate as aforesaid,
be fined Five ($5. 00) Dollars for each offense. When any such
person is brought to trial before any Magistrate for the viola-
tion of any of the provisions of this Act, after judgment of
said Magistrate is rendered, an appeal may be taken by the
accused or by the State within ten days from the date of said
judgment, to the Circuit Court for the County in which the
case originated, or to the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, if
the case originated in said City; in which event the case shall
be transmitted to said Circuit or Criminal Court as a Criminal
appeal as is now provided by law.

Section 252F. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed to the extent of said inconsistency, but noth-
ing herein shall be construed to relieve any owner or operator