976 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 415

by ordinance to fix requirements for the ownership and
operation of taxicabs in the corporate limits of Cambridge
and to provide for inspection and licensing of taxicabs, their
owners and operators. The regulation herein provided for
the taxicab industry in Cambridge shall be in addition to
any regulation by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of
Maryland or the Public Service Commission of Maryland.
Any person, firm or corporation subject to this sub-title who
shall be dissatisfied with any ordinance of the Commissioners
of Cambridge, enacted pursuant to the authority herein con-
ferred, may commence any action in the Circuit Court for Dor-
chester County against said Commissioners to vacate and set
aside any such ordinance on the ground that the regulation,
practice, act or service established by such ordinance is un-
reasonable or unlawful. The decision of the Circuit Court
shall be appealable to the Court of Appeals of Maryland by
either party.

115C. Any person, firm or corporation violating any ordi-
nance promulgated under the authority of this sub-heading
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall
be punished by a fine of not more than $250. 00 for each
offense. In addition, the Commissioners of Cambridge, upon
proof of any violation of any ordinance promulgated under
this sub-title, shall have authority to revoke or suspend any
license issued under the authority thereof after according
reasonable opportunity to the licensee to be heard in his,
her or its defense.

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

Approved April 22, 1949.

CHAPTER 415

(House Bill 665)

AN ACT to add a, new section to Article 52 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Justices of the
Peace", sub-title "Civil Jurisdiction", said new section to be
known as Section 7A and to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 7 of said Article, relating to ejectment jurisdiction of
trial magistrates and People's Court in certain cases.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article