320                               Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 267

[(b) A copy of the application filed with the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles shall be forwarded to the State Roads Commission,
which shall thereupon compute the fee payable by such motor vehicle
owner for each motor vehicle for which application for registration
has been made.

(c)   Such computation shall be used upon the mileage to be tra-
versed by said motor vehicle upon all highways having a hard, smooth
surface, composed of gravel shells, crushed stone, concrete, paving
blocks, asphalt, or other similar substances.

(d)  The State Roads Commission shall have authority, in disputed
cases, to determine which roads and streets upon which such motor
vehicles are to be operated should be included in the computation.

(e)  The State Roads Commission, after making such computation,
shall forthwith certify the same to the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles, whereupon the fee shown to be payable by said computation
shall immediately be paid by such motor vehicle owner to the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles.]

[(f)] (b) Upon the filing of the application and the payment of
the fees as herein provided, it shall be the duty of the Public Service
Commission to grant the application, and the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles shall forthwith grant the license in accordance with said
application.

274. Whenever, pursuant to or by reason of any direction or
order of any agency of the government of the United States or of
the State of Maryland, the owner of any motor vehicle registered
under the provisions of Section 273 of this sub-title discontinues the
operation of said vehicle [, or reduces the mileage operation of said
vehicle, or eliminates any route over which said vehicle is licensed to
operate, or reduces the passenger capacity of said vehicle, or in any
manner curtails the operation of said vehicle,] such owner, at any
time on or after such direction or order has become effective [, (a)]
may, [in the event the operation of said vehicle is discontinued,]
surrender the registration tags issued for such motor vehicle, and
may thereupon apply to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for
and shall be entitled to a refund of the fee paid for registration of
such motor vehicle pro rata for the unused portion of such registra-
tion year [, or (b) may, in the event the route mileage or passenger
capacity of said vehicle is reduced, or any route over which said ve-
hicle is licensed to operate is eliminated, or the operation of said
vehicle is in any other manner curtailed, apply to the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles for, on forms by him to be prescribed, showing the
nature and extent of such reduction of operation or passenger ca-
pacity, elimination of route or other curtailment, and shall be entitled
to a refund of the difference between the fee actually paid for the
registration of said vehicle and the fee which would otherwise have
been required to be paid for the registration of said vehicle calculated
on the basis of the passenger seat-miles theretofore traveled by said
vehicle, plus the passenger seat-miles which it is shown by such
application for refund said vehicle will travel in the remaining por-
tion of such year].

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Sections 184 and 185 of
Article 56 of the said Code, title "Licenses", sub-title "Public Pas-
senger and Freight Motor Vehicles", be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows: