118                              Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 93

(6)   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

(7)   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 consumption 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, nor shall it be used by the owner in any business other than
his farm operations as defined herein.

(8)  Any farmer applying for a farm truck license shall make affi-
davit as to his status and as to the proposed use of such motor
vehicle, in such form as may be required by the Department. Pro-
curement of a farm truck license through misrepresentation, false
pretenses or fraud shall be a misdemeanor and upon conviction any
person guilty thereof shall be subject to a fine of $50. The use of a
farm truck in a manner other than as provided in this sub-section
shall be a misdemeanor and upon conviction any person guilty there-
of shall be subject to a fine of $10.00. Upon the second or any sub-
sequent conviction against any farmer for either illegal procurement
of a farm truck license or illegal use of a farm truck, the Depart-
ment shall revoke the registration and the right of re-registration of
such vehicle as a farm truck, for a period of one year thereafter, in
addition to the fine imposed; such revocation shall be mandatory.

(9)   The privilege of registering as a farm truck shall be available
only to Class E. motor vehicles within a chassis weight of more than
¾ ton and not exceeding 5,000 pounds, as enumerated hereinabove.
Except as particularly provided otherwise, the provisions of law as
to Class E, Pneumatic Tire motor vehicles in general shall apply also
to Class E, Pneumatic Tire farm trucks.

(g) (Class F. Pneumatic Tires.) (1) Truck-tractors, tractors, or
traction engines, or any other similar motor vehicles used for pro-
pelling, supporting or drawing a trailer or semi-trailer shall pay a
registration fee of $65.00.

(2) This charge shall not apply to farm tractors being operated
by farmers in connection with their farming operations when trav-
eling upon the public highways or streets of this State, on which
shall be imposed in lieu thereof a flat fee of $4.00. No charge shall
be made for farm tractors where such tractor is being used in haul-
ing farm wagons or implements in connection with farming opera-
tions, or for farm tractor hauled trailers of farmers using highways
and not going a distance greater than five miles. The term "farmer"
as used in this sub-section means any person or corporation engaged