ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  839

immediately after Section 273 of said Article 56 of said Code
and to be designated as Sections 274, 275, 276, 277, 278,
279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284 and 285, said new sections pro-
viding for licensing of those engaged in the business of out-
door advertising; prescribing fees for such licenses; requir-
ing applicants to secure permits and to pay a fee therefor for
erecting or using billboards or other structures, signs or
posters for outdoor advertising, outside of incorporated mu-
nicipalities and within certain distance of public highways;
prohibiting issuance of permits for the erection of structures
injurious to the safety of public travel; requiring non-resi-
dent applicants for permits, and licenses to give bond; re-
quiring the State Roads Commission to administer this Act
and requiring applicants for permits and licenses to furnish
certain information; providing for the removal of billboards
or structures, signs, posters or display advertising erected
in violation of this Act; prescribing penalties for violating
this Act, and making certain exceptions in its application.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That twelve (12) new and additional sections be
and the same are hereby added to Article 56 of the Code of
Public General Laws of Maryland, title "Licenses, " under the
sub-title "Outdoor Advertising, " to follow Section 273 of said
Article 56, and to be designated as Sections 274, 275, 276,
277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284 and 285, and to read
as follows:

274. From and after June 1, 1931, no person, firm or corpo-
ration, resident or non-resident of this State, shall engage in the
business generally known as outdoor advertising for profit
gained from rentals or other compensation received for the
erection, use or maintenance of billboards, or any other struc-
tures, signs, posters or display advertising of any kind or
nature whatsoever, upon real property, without a license hav-
ing first been obtained from the State Roads Commission of
Maryland to engage in such business, for which the said firm,
person or corporation shall pay an annual license fee for the
use of the State of $200. 00; provided, however, that a person,
firm, or corporation maintaining not more than fifty billboards,
signs, posters, or other structures for display advertising, shall
pay an annual license fee of fifty dollars ($50. 00) and that
the licenses first issued under this section shall be dated June
1, 1931, and shall expire on the 30th day of April succeeding,