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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 as shown above:

Up to 2,500                                       $5.00

2,501 to 5,000                                         7.00

The term "farmer" as used in this subsection 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.

Any farmer applying for a farm truck license shall make affidavit
as to his status and as to the proposed use of such motor vehicle, in
such form as may be required by the Department. Procurement 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 subsection shall be a misde-
meanor and upon conviction any person guilty thereof shall be subject
to a fine of $10.00. Upon the second or any subsequent conviction
against any farmer for either illegal procurement of a farm truck
license or illegal use of a farm truck, the Department 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.

The privilege of registering as a farm truck shall be available only
to Class E motor vehicles with 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.

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

Approved February 13, 1957.

CHAPTER 67
(House Bill 124)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 113 (h)
of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1956 Supple-

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[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing¹ law.
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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.