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(b)  A copy of the application filed with the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles shall be forwarded to the State Roads Commission, which
shall thereupon compute the fee payable by such motor vehicle owner
for each motor vehicle for which application for registration has
been made.

(c)  Such computation shall be used upon the mileage to be tra-
versed by said motor vehicle upon all highways having a hard,
smooth surface, composed of gravel, shells, crushed stone, concrete,
paving blocks, asphalt, or other similar substances.

(d)  The State Roads Commission shall have authority, in disputed
cases, to determine which roads and streets upon which such motor
vehicles are to be operated should be included in the computation.

(e)  The State Roads, Commission, after making such computation,
shall forthwith certify the same to the Commissioner of Motor Ve-
hicles, whereupon the fee shown to be payable by said computation
shall immediately be paid by such motor vehicle owner to the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles.

(f)  Upon the filing of the application and the payment of the fees
as herein provided, it shall be the duty of the Public Service Com-
mission to grant the application, and the Commissioner of Motor
vehicles shall forthwith grant the license in accordance with said
application.

271. The license fee prescribed by Section 269 shall not be ap-
plicable to any motor vehicle when such vehicle is operated exclusively
on a route one fixed terminus of which is within the corporate limits
of any territory under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government
or of any municipality of this State, and the other fixed terminus
of said route is not more than ten miles from the corporate limits of
any such municipality or territory. For each such motor vehicle,
including reserve and substitute vehicles, an annual fee shall be paid
to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for certificates of registration
issued by him, of [Six] Four Dollars [($6.00)] ($4.00) per each
passenger seat, and no other additional fees, licenses or tax, shall
be charged by the State or any county or municipal subdivision of
the State, except the property tax and gasoline tax in respect to such
vehicles and their operation. For each such motor vehicle, the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles shall furnish a distinctive marker or
tag, which marker or tag shall be carried and displayed in such
manner as directed by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1957.

Vetoed by the Governor, February 27, 1957; passed over Governor's
veto, February 28, 1957.

CHAPTER 94
(Senate Bill 1)

AN ACT to add new Sections 215 through 227, inclusive, to Article
41 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Gov-

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.