ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                1209

land, title "Corporations, " sub-title "Public Service Commis-
sion, " to be known as 361A, 361B, 3610, 361D, 361E and
361F, to follow immediately after said Section 361 of said
Article, and to read as follows:

3 61 A. 'No person, association or corporation shall, on or
after January 1, 1932, operate a taxicab or taxicabs in any in-
corporated city or town in the State of Maryland, having a pop-
ulation of more than fifty thousand persons, or between points
within such city or town and points in proximity thereto, until
such person, association or corporation, shall have obtained a
permit from the Public Service 'Commission to operate such
taxicab or each of such taxicabs. Such permit shall be issued
only after written application for the same shall have been
made to the Commission; and it shall be the duty of the Com-
mission, upon such application, to investigate the expediency
of granting such permit, the number of taxicabs to be used, and
the rate to be charged, and, if, in the judgment of the Commis-
sion, it is deemed best for the public welfare and convenience
that said permit should be granted, said Public Service Com-
mission is hereby empowered and authorized to grant such per-
mit, subject to such conditions and terms, and for such dura-
tion of time, not exceeding the period of one year, as it may
deem advisable. But if said Public Service Commission deems
the granting of such permit prejudicial to the welfare and con-
venience of the public, then the said Public Service Commis-
sion is hereby empowered and authorized to refuse the granting
of the same. The said Public Service Commission of Maryland
is further empowered and authorized to make such rules and
regulations as it may deem necessary to govern the control and
operation of taxicabs, and enforce the same by such penalties
or forfeitures as it may reasonably prescribe, including the
suspension or revocation for reasonable cause, or causes, after
investigation and hearing, of the permit granted under the pro-
visions of this sub-title; any person, association or corporation
of interest who shall be dissatisfied at the action of the Public
Service Commission for refusing to grant a permit or for any
ruling, order or regulation hereunder, shall have the right of
an appeal as provided in Section 404 of this Article and to
the Court of Appeals. Every person owning or operating any
such taxicab in violation of any of the provisions of this sub-
title, or, in violation of the rules and regulations aforesaid of
the Public Service Commission, shall, cumulatively but not in
substitution for any other process or method of remedial proce-