1034                               Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 684

(3) The hotel shall contain a dining room with facilities for pre-
paring and serving regular meals for at least 125 persons at one
seating.

(4) the capital investment in such hotel facility shall be not less
than $500,000.00.

The annual fee for such a license shall be $2,000.00.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1959.

Approved April 28, 1959.

CHAPTER 684
(House Bill 698)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 273 (d)
and 276 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Operation of Vehicles
Upon Highways", relating to the design and requirements of lamps
and reflectors on motor vehicles, and relating generally to motor
vehicles in this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 273 (d) and 276 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Opera-
tion of Vehicles Upon Highways", be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

273.

(d) Same—Adequacy.—Whenever a red reflector is required or
permitted to be used in substitution of lamps upon a vehicle under
any of the provisions of this Article, such reflector shall be mounted
upon the vehicle at a height not to exceed 42 inches nor less than
[24] 20 inches above the ground upon which the vehicle stands, and
every such reflector shall be so designed and maintained as to be
visible at night from all distances within 300 feet to 50 feet from
such vehicle when directly in front of a motor vehicle displaying
lawfully lighted head lamps as required by this Article.

276. Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway or
shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended during
the time mentioned in Section 271, such vehicle shall be equipped with
one or more lamps which shall exhibit a white or amber light visible
to the front of such vehicle for a distance of three hundred (300)
feet and a red light visible from a distance of three hundred (300)
feet to the rear of such vehicle, except that local authorities may
provide by ordinance or resolution that no lights need be displayed

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.