78                                Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 66

weight limit upon which the registration fees are based for single
unit farm trucks.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Class E of Sub-section (a) of Section 80, said section which
appears first in the 1956 Supplement, of Article 66½ of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1956 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles",
sub-title "Administration—Registration—Titling", be and it is here-
by repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

(a) Classes of fees.—

Class E. Pneumatic Tires. Single unit commercial motor vehicles
with two or more axles, shall pay a registration fee based upon gross
shipping weight of the chassis and battery as certified by the manu-
facturer, with gross weight limitations for the vehicle and load, as
follows:

Chassis Weight Maximum Gross Weight Limit Fee

Less than 2,500
2,501 to 4,000
4,001 to 5,000
5,001 to 6,000
6,001 to 7,500
7,501 to 9,000

Over 9,001

Provided any truck having ¾ ton manufacturers' rating capacity
and under shall pay $17.00.

The Department shall pay to the county or Baltimore City in which
the owner of a Class E motor vehicle resides, the following sums for
such vehicles as per chassis weight as shown above:

¾ ton or less                                        $5.00

over ¾ ton to 2,500                                          5.00

2,501 to 4,000                                          8.00

4,001 to 5,000                                        15.00

5,001 to 6,000                                        20.00

6,001 to 7,500                                        35.00

7,501 to 9,000                                        35.00

Over 9,001                                        50.00

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 quali-
fied 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 certified by the manufacturer, with gross weight
limitations for the vehicle and load, as follows:

Chassis Weight           Maximum Gross Weight Limit Fee

Over ¾ ton and up to 2,500                                  10,000 $17.00

2,501 to 5,000            [20,000]          25,000 20.00