932 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 387

CHAPTER 387
(House Bill 505)

AN ACT to repeal and reenact, with amendments, Sub-sec-
tion (Class H. Pneumatic Tires. ) of Section 74 of Article
66 1/2 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supple-
ment), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Administration—
Registration—Titling".

SECTION 1. Be it enacted 'by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-section (Class H. Pneumatic Tires. ) of Sec-
tion 74 of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1947 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title'"Ad-
ministration—Registration—Titling", be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

74.

(Class H. Pneumatic Tires. ) School buses, publicly or
privately owned, under contract of the Boards of Education
of the political subdivisions, and/or owned or under con-
tract by accredited schools, shall pay a flat registration fee
of $15. 00 when operating for the purpose of transporting
pupils between home and school, between designated points
of collection and school, or to or from any school activity.
When operating for these purposes and for these purposes
alone they shall carry the usual school bus insignia, front and
rear, and "stop" signals, front and rear. When operating a
school bus for any purposes other than those above set forth,
the owner shall take out an additional license plate for which
the charge shall be $30. 00 per year. When operating a school
bus for any purpose other than the scheduled operation of
transporting pupils between home and school or to or from
any school activity, the operator of the bus shall cover the
school bus license plates as well as all markings on the bus
indicating it to be a school bus. The Department of Motor
Vehicles shall issue a distinctive plate to be used on buses
operating on a schedule for the transporting of pupils be-
tween home and school or to and from any school activity.

SEC. 2. And ~be< it further enacted,. That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 22, 1949.