HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 353

Laws of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Motor Vehi-
cles", sub-title "Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility",
said section relating to Taxicabs Not Operating Under the
Permit of Public Service Commission and Commercial Motor
Vehicles for Hire.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 107 of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code
of Public General Laws of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title
"Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Motor Vehicle Financial Respon-
sibility", be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

107. (Taxicabs Not Operating Under Permit of Public
Service Commission and Commercial Motor Vehicles for Hire. )

(a) No person, or any officer, agent, servant or employee of
such person shall operate, or cause, permit, or suffer any taxi-
cab not operating under permit of the Public Service Commis-
sion or any commercial motor vehicle for hire, to operate in
either interstate commerce or intrastate commerce over any
street or highway of this State in the transportation of passen-
gers or property for hire, without first obtaining a permit from
the Department.

(b) The Department shall not grant or issue such permit
nor register such motor vehicle until such person has first filed
with the Department, proof of financial responsibility as re-
quired by this Article and such proof has been accepted by the
Department, and the Department shall revoke the registration
of any such motor vehicle and any permit issued to the owner
thereof whenever the Department ascertains that such owner
has failed, or is unable, to maintain such proof of financial
responsibility.

(c) There shall be issued one permit only per motor vehicle
covered by the proof herein required. This permit shall be in
convenient form and shall recite the manufacturer's engine
number and any other identifying descriptions or informa-
tion as the Department may prescribe, and shall apply only to
the vehicle for which it is issued.

(d) The permit shall be carried upon such motor vehicle and
shall be subject to examination upon demand by any proper
officer responsible for the enforcement of the laws of this State.

(e) Any person violating the provisions of Sub-section (a)
of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

(f) Any person violating the provisions of Sub-section (d)
of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars.

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