1304 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 657

VIDED FURTHER, THAT ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE
CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING, APPLICATIONS
MAY BE MADE AND SHALL BE ACCEPTED FOR SUCH
DUMP SERVICE REGISTRATIONS COMMENCING
JUNE 1, 1953, SO THAT THERE SHALL BE NO DEFER-
MENT OF SAME.

If the owner of any such vehicle also resides within the
corporate limits of any municipality or special taxing area
in a county, such municipality or special taxing area shall
be entitled to receive from the county one-half (½) of the
fee paid to the county for such vehicle.

If such vehicle is a single unit truck owned by a farmer
and qualified as a farm truck, as those terms are defined
hereinbelow, it shall pay a registration fee based upon
gross shipping weight of the chassis and battery as certi-
fied by the manufacturer, with gross weight limitations for
the vehicle and load, as follows:

Max. Gross

Chassis Weight Weight Limit Fee
IN POUNDS

Over % ton and up to 2, 500 10, 000 [$17. 00] $25. 00
2, 501 to 5, 000 17, 000 [ 17. 00] $25. 00
20, 000

The Department shall pay to the County or Baltimore
City in which the owner of a Class E farm truck resides
the following sums for such motor vehicles as per chassis
weight IN POUNDS as shown above:

IN POUNDS

Up to 2, 500 $5. 00
2, 501 to 5, 000 7. 00

The term "farmer" as used in this sub-section shall mean
any person or corporation engaged in raising, growing and
producing farm products on a farm of not less than three
acres in area. "Farm products" shall include food for con-
sumption by humans or livestock, tobacco, shrubbery,
flowers and plants, seed, livestock and livestock products,
poultry and poultry products, products of the farm wood
lot, and fibers. To be eligible for a farm truck license, the
truck must be owned by a farmer and must be used solely
in the business of the farm and farm home, in hauling farm
products and the labor, the supplies, the equipment and
other material necessary to the operation of the farm and
the farm home. A farm truck shall not be used for hire,