ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                 1089;

"Rules of the Road, " to follow Section 209 of said Article and
to be known as Section 209A, and to read as follows:

SEC. 209A. Whenever any street or highway has been divided
into clearly marked lanes for traffic, drivers of vehicles shall
obey the following regulations:

(a). A vehicle shall normally be driven in the lane nearest
the right hand edge or curb of the highway when said lane is
available for travel except when overtaking another vehicle or
in preparation for a left turn or as permitted in subdivision (d).

(b) A vehicle shall be driven as nearly as is practicable en-
tirely within a single lane and shall not be moved from such
lane until the driver has first ascertained that such movement
can be made with safety.

(e) Upon a highway which is divided into three lanes a
vehicle shall not be driven in the center lane except when over-
taking and passing another vehicle or in preparation for a left
turn or unless such center lane is at the time allocated exclu-
sively to traffic moving in the direction the vehicle is proceed-
ing and is signposted to give notice of such allocation.

(d) The State Roads Commission may designate right hand1
lanes for slow moving traffic and inside lanes for traffic mov-
ing at the speed indicated for the district under this act, and
when such lanes are signposted or marked to give notice of such
designation a vehicle may be driven in any lane allocated to
traffic moving in, the direction such vehicle is proceeding, but
when traveling within such inside lanes vehicles shall be driven
at approximately the speed authorized in such lanes, and speed
shall not unnecessarily be decreased so as to block, hinder or
retard traffic.

Any person operating any vehicle in a manner contrary to
any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, subject to a fine of not less
than five dollars ($5. 00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50) for
the first offense.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 429.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 23
of Article 11 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edi-
tion), title "Banks and Trust Companies, " sub-title "Banks, "
and to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 46 of said
Article 11, sub-title "Trust Companies, " authorizing banks
and trust companies to deposit securities for the purpose of
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