HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1483

The license, or registration fees, charged under this sub-
title, except in case of seasonal permits, as above provided,
shall be on the basis of the entire year, but may be issued
on or after the first day of October, in any year,
for the remainder of the year expiring on the 31st
day of March, in which event one-half of the yearly
fee shall be paid. No portion of the license or registration
fee paid as aforesaid will be refunded for any part of the
year during which said license is not used, provided, how-
ever, that reductions in said fee occasioned by change of
route or schedule or abandonment of route, shall be al-
lowed as a credit upon all sums payable by such motor
vehicle owner, in the course of the current calendar year,
for excess mileage of any motor vehicle registered in the
name of such owner under the provisions of this sub-
title; and provided further that, whenever, pursuant to or
by reason of any direction or order of any agency of the
Government of the United States or of the State of Mary-
land, the owner of any motor vehicle registered under the
provisions of Section 293 of this sub-title discontinues the
operation of said vehicle, or reduces the mileage operation
of said vehicle, or eliminates any route over which said
vehicle is licensed to operate, or reduces the passenger
capacity of said vehicle, or in any other manner curtails
the operation of said vehicle, such owner, at any time on
or after such direction or order has become effective, (a)
may, in the event the operation of said vehicle is discon-
tinued, surrender the registration tags issued for such
motor vehicle, and may thereupon apply to the Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles for and shall be entitled to a re-
fund of the fee paid for registration of such motor vehicle
pro rata for the unused portion of such year, or (b) may,
in the event the route mileage or passenger capacity of said
vehicle is reduced, or any route over which said vehicle is
licensed to operate is eliminated, or the operation of said
vehicle is in any other manner curtailed, apply to the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles for, on forms by him to be
prescribed, showing the nature and extent of such reduc-
tion of operation or passenger capacity, elimination of
route or other curtailment, and shall be entitled to, a re-
fund of the difference between the fee actually paid for the
registration of said vehicle and the fee which would other-
wise have been required to be paid for the registration of
said vehicle calculated on the basis of the passenger seat-
miles theretofore traveled by said vehicle, plus the pas-
senger seat-miles which it is shown by such application for
refund said vehicle will travel in the remaining portion of
such year.