THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1275

CHAPTER 653
(Senate Bill 567)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sec-
tion 264 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition, title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title
"Operation of Vehicles Upon Highways", providing that
any vehicle transporting explosives shall be marked with
reflectable letters, that no vehicle carrying explosives
shall operate at a speed greater than 40 miles per hour,
and that any person who violates certain provisions of
Article 66½ shall upon a conviction have his motor
vehicle operator's license suspended for 90 days.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 264 of Article 66i/₂ of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-
title "Operation of Vehicles Upon Highways", be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

264. (Vehicles Transporting Explosives. ) (a) Any
person operating any vehicle transporting any explosive
as a cargo or part of a cargo upon a highway shall at all
times comply with the provisions of this section.

[a] (b) Said vehicle shall be marked or placarded on
each side, the front and the rear with the word "EXPLO-
SIVES" in letters not less than 8 inches high and each
stroke shall be not less than one inch (1") in width. Said
marks or placards shall be so affixed as to reflect light.

[b] (c) Every said vehicle shall be equipped with not
less than two fire extinguishers, filled and ready for im-
mediate use, and placed at a convenient point on the vehicle
so used.

(d) Any vehicle transporting any explosive as a cargo
or part of a cargo upon a highway shall not operate at a
greater speed than forty miles per hour. Any person who
is convicted of any moving violation under any section of
this Article shall, in addition to the penalty prescribed by
Sub-section (e) of this section, have his motor vehicle
operator's license suspended for ninety days.

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

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