1062 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 509
CHAPTER 509.
(House Bill 577)

AN ACT to authorize the Public Service Commission of Mary-
land to grant permission to those engaged in operating
ferry service across Chesapeake Bay from and to the City
of Baltimore to supplement or substitute existing service
by operating from and to points on the North Shore of the
Patapsco River, or on the Western Shore of Chesapeake
Bay north of the Patapsco River.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 330 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1935, and
especially paragraph D of Section 89 thereof, the Public
Service Commission of Maryland is hereby authorized, in its
discretion, and upon such conditions and terms as it may
deem proper, if it is satisfied that such action is required by
public convenience and necessity, to grant permission to any
person, partnership, association or corporation, who or which
has been engaged for a period of at least six months prior to
the effective date of this Act in the actual operation of a ferry
service across Chesapeake Bay, the western terminus of which
service is at the City of Baltimore, to supplement its existing
service or to substitute for its existing service, by operating
a ferry boat or boats to and from any point, approved by the
Public Service Commission, along the north shore of the
Patapsco River, or to and from any point on the western
shore of Chesapeake Bay and tributaries north of the Patapsco
River. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to amend or
repeal any part of Chapter 330 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1935, except for the purpose of authorizing the
addition or relocation, in proper cases, of existing ferry
termini at Baltimore to another point or points on the north
side of the Patapsco River or the western shore of the Chesa-
peake Bay, north of the Patapsco River.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1939.

Approved May 17, 1939.