704                              Laws of Maryland                       [CH. 545

TRACT carriers shall also list therein the shippers with which it has
THEY HAVE written contracts.

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(a-i) When permits required.—With the exceptions enumerated
in subsection (b) of this section, no motor vehicle shall be used in
the public intrastate transportation for hire, or in any transporta-
tion for hire on regular schedules and between fixed termini (as
these terms are defined in Article 66˝, Section 2) of passengers, or
of property or freight (including passengers or property or freight
carried by corporations, groups, associations engaged in the trans-
portation of their stockholders, shareholders or members, or their
property or freight, whether on the cooperative plan or otherwise)
or in the carriage of flammables, for hire over the improved streets
or roads of this State or any political subdivision thereof, without a
permit from the Commission to the owner, which shall prescribe the
route and schedule, if any, of operation.

(a-2) A permit (certificate) shall be required for any motor car-
Her when engaged in the carriage of flammables in bulk, within the
scope of the definitions set forth in this Act. Permits of carriers of
flammables shall be of two (2) classes: (1) common carrier certifi-
cates (permits), and (2) contract carrier certificates (permits).

32.
(d)

(1)  No person, or any person controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with such person, shall hold a permit as a common
carrier authorizing operation for the transportation of flammables
by motor vehicle within the State of Maryland, if such person, or
any such controlling person, controlled person, or person under com-
mon control, holds a permit as a contract carrier authorizing opera-
tion for the transportation of flammables by motor vehicle within
the same territory, in the State of Maryland.

(2)  No person, or any person controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with such person, shall hold a permit as a contract
carrier authorizing operation for the transportation of flammables
by motor vehicle within the State of Maryland, if such person, or
any such controlling person, controlled person, or person under com-
mon control, holds a permit as a common carrier authorizing opera-
tion for the transportation of flammables by motor vehicle within
the same territory in the State of Maryland.

(3)  Nothing in this section shall be construed as invalidating any
action lawfully taken or rights lawfully acquired by any person prior
to the effective date of this amendment.

33.

(c) In the case of applications by contract carrier of flammables,
no permit shall be issued unless the applicant was in bona fide opera-
tion as a contract carrier on June 1, 1954 and has continued such
operations since that date; except, upon proof of public convenience
and necessity.