HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 837

CHAPTER 379.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
187R of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1924 Edition), title "Licenses, " sub-title "Motor Vehi-
cles, " sub-heading "Insurance for Commercial Motor
Vehicles, " as said section was enacted by Chapter 591
of the Acts of 1933, increasing the time relative to notice
to be given for cancellation of bond or policy.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 187R of Article 56 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Licenses, "'
sub-title "Motor Vehicles, " sub-heading "Insurance for
Commercial Motor Vehicles, " as said section was enacted
by Chapter 591 of the Acts of 1933, be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

187R (a) The provisions of this Section shall apply to
any owner of a commercial motor vehicle, his, her or its
officers, agents, servants or employees, engaged in the
transportation of passengers or property in interstate or*
intrastate commerce on the public highways, streets and
roads within the territorial limits of the State of Maryland.
The term "commercial motor vehicle" shall include all
motor vehicles, including semi-trailers and trailers, de-
signed, constructed or intended to be propelled or drawn
by any power other than muscular power, except such vehi-
cles as run only upon rails or tracks, used or to be used in
the transportation of passengers or property for hire. The
term "owner" shall include any person, firm, association
or corporation owning, controlling or having the use for
hire of a motor vehicle by any device.

(b) No owner of a commercial motor vehicle, his, her or
its officers, agents, servants or employees, shall operate or
cause, permit or suffer said motor vehicle to be operated
over public highways, streets and roads within the terri-
torial limits of the State of Maryland, without a permit
from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, who shall not
grant said permit until the owner of the motor vehicle shall
have provided good and sufficient security for the protec-
tion of the public, which shall be satisfied on the filing of
an affidavit, together with a certified copy of the insurance
policy or bond required herein with the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles, to the effect that the owner has secured for
each commercial motor vehicle to be operated in this State: