420                               Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 310

11. Duty of court of this State as initiating state.

(b) Counsel when petitioner without funds.—In the event the
petitioner makes oath that she is without sufficient funds to obtain
personal counsel it shall be the duty of the [city solicitor] State's
Attorney of Baltimore City AND BALTIMORE COUNTY OR
WORCESTER COUNTY or the counsel to the county commissioners
of the respective counties EXCEPT IN WORCESTER COUNTY
to act, without charge to the petitioner on behalf of the petitioner.

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

Approved April 3, 1959.

CHAPTER 310
(House Bill 77)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 259 and
267 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Operation of Vehicles
Upon Highways", amending the school bus law with respect to its
applicability and as to the penalty for a violation thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 259 and 267 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Opera-
tion of Vehicles Upon Highways", be and the same are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

259. The driver of a vehicle upon a highway outside the corporate

limits of incorporated cities and towns of more than twenty-five

thousand population, according to the most recent Federal decennial
census, upon ON A HIGHWAY WHEN meeting or overtaking any
school bus which has stopped on the highway for the purpose of
receiving or discharging any school child or children, school teacher
or school teachers, shall come to a full stop at least ten (10) feet
from such school bus, either in front or rear thereof as the case may
be, and such vehicle shall remain standing until the children are
received or discharged and the school bus has again started. THIS
SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF ANY INCORPORATED CITY OR TOWN WITH
MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POPULATION,
ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT FEDERAL DECENNIAL
CENSUS.

267. Any person operating a motor vehicle which fails to stop as
required, when a school bus, with the stop signal set, stops to take
on or discharge children, or who otherwise violates the provisions

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.