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sub-section (i) of said Section and to follow immediately
after sub-section (h) thereof, providing that vehicles
NOT DESIGNED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF
PASSENGERS of a gross weight of 7, 500 pounds shall
operate at a maximum speed of ten miles per hour less
than vehicles of a gross weight less than 7, 500 pounds
in certain areas and zones.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That be and there is added a new sub-section to Section
176 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Opera-
tion of Vehicles upon Highways", said new sub-section to
be known as sub-section (i) of said Section and to follow
immediately after sub-section (h) thereof, and to read as
follows:

176.

(i) Every COMMERCIAL motor vehicle NOT DE-
SIGNED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSEN-
GERS of a gross weight of seven thousand five hundred
pounds (7, 500) or more shall operate at a speed of ten
miles per hour less than the lawful speed permitted for
motor vehicles of a gross weight less than seven thou-
sand five hundred pounds (7, 500), provided, however,
that the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply
ONLY in areas or zones where the maximum lawful speed
of any motor vehicle is less GREATER than thirty-FIVE
(30 5) miles per hour.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1953.

Approved April 27, 1953.

CHAPTER 644

(Senate Bill 515)

AN ACT to add 18 new sections to Article 7 of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title

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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.