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affect the validity of any other section or provision of this
sub-title.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts
of Acts which are inconsistent, with the provisions of this Act
be and they are hereby repealed to the extent of such incon-
sistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1929.

Approved April 2, 1929.

CHAPTER 319.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
171 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, Edi-
tion of 1924, title "Licenses, " sub-title "Motor Vehicles, "
and to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 171A
of said Article 56 as the same was enacted by Chapter 520
of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, Session
of 1927, so as to authorize counties, special taxing areas and
other municipal sub-divisions of the State to prescribe and
enforce reasonable traffic regulations.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 171 of Article 56 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, Edition of 1924, title "Licenses, " sub-
title "Motor Vehicles, " be and the same is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as follows:

171. The provisions of this sub-title are intended to be
State-wide in their effect, and no city, county or other munic-
ipal sub-division of the State shall have the right to make or
enforce any local ordinance or regulation which shall change,
alter or affect the speed limits prescribed by this sub-title, re-
quire any registration or licensing of motor vehicles or oper-
ators thereof in addition to the registration and licensing here-
in prescribed, or impose upon the owner or operator of any
motor vehicle any tax, registration fee, license fee, assessment
or charge of any kind for the use of a motor vehicle upon
any public highway or highways of this State, provided that