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illegal to operate or to cause to be operated in this State any vehicle
defined in Section 412 hereinabove unless the vehicle bears the [metal
tag] identification marker required by this section; provided, how-
ever, the Comptroller by regulation may exempt from the require-
ment for displaying the said [tag] identification marker such vehicles
as urban and public transit vehicles or others if in his discretion
they are clearly identifiable and the effective enforcement of this sub-
title will not suffer thereby and further provided that vehicles bear-
ing valid, registration plates issued by this State shall be exempt
from the provisions of this section. In addition and for a period not
exceeding [ten] twenty-five days as to any one motor carrier the
Comptroller by letter or telegram may authorize the operation of a
vehicle or vehicles without the [metal tag] identification marker re-
quired when the enforcement of this section for that period would
cause undue delay and hardship in the operation of the said vehicle
or vehicles.

429. Nothing in this sub-title shall apply to any vehicle operated
by or on behalf of any department, board, bureau, commission, bi-
county agency or taxing area of the State of Maryland or [other]
any agency of the Federal Government, District of Columbia or of
[the State of Maryland] any State or any political subdivision there-
of, granting similar exemption to public owned vehicle registered in
the State of Maryland, [nor] Nor shall the provisions of this sub-
title apply to any school bus operated by, for or on behalf of the
State of Maryland, any political sub-division thereof, or any private
or privately operated school or schools.

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

Approved April 8, 1959.

CHAPTER 496
(House Bill 712)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 247 and
to add new Section 261A, to follow immediately after Section
261 thereof, to Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments", subtitle "Crimes
and Punishments", subheading "Gaming", legalizing and relating
to the conduct of bingo or raffles in Garrett County.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 247 be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, and that new Section 261A be and it is hereby added,
to follow immediately after Section 261 thereof, to Article 27 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Crimes and

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.