1808 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1007

any local law, ordinance or regulation upon any subject for
Which provision is made in this Article, nor require any regis-
tration or licensing of motor vehicles or operators thereof in
addition to the registration and licensing herein prescribed,
nor impose upon the owner or operator of any motor vehicle
any tax, registration fee, license fee, assessment or charge of
any kind for the use of a motor vehicle upon any public high-
way or highways of this State.

The provisions of this Article (except as herein otherwise
specifically provided) are intended to be exclusive of all local
and municipal legislation or regulations, upon the various sub-
jects with which this Article purports to deal, and all Public
Local Laws, Ordinances and ^Regulations inconsistent or iden-
tical therewith or equivalent thereto are hereby repealed; and
the charters of all Municipal Corporations of this State are
modified so as to prohibit such corporations from making or
enforcing any ordinance or regulations in violation of this
Article.

Except as otherwise herein specifically provided, nothing in
this Article shall be taken in any way to add to or detract
from the right of any person injured in his person or property
by the negligent operation of a motor vehicle to sue and re-
cover damages as in the case of the negligent use or opera-
tion of other vehicles, and the violation of any provision of
this Article shall not be taken to give any right of action to
any individual who would not be entitled to the same in the
absence of such provision, except as is otherwise herein spe-
cifically provided.

No provision of this Article shall be deemed as repealed by
any act hereafter passed unless said provision is expressly re-
ferred to and repealed in terms or some other clear evidence
given of the intent on the part of the General Assembly to
change the policy of the State herein declared.

DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND PHRASES

2. DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND PHRASES: (a) The follow-
ing words and phrases when used in this Article shall, for the
purpose of this Article, have the meanings respectively ascribed
to them in this section, except as hereinafter specifically pro-
vided.

(1) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES: Vehicles of the fire
department, salvage department, police vehicles, and such am-
bulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments or
public service corporations as are designated or authorized by
the Commissioner or the Chief of Police of an incorporated
city.