J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                              321

184. (a) For each passenger motor vehicle registered upon ap-
plication as provided by the preceding sections of this sub-title [(ex-
cept reserve or substitute vehicles and vehicles enumerated in sub-
section (f) of this section),] an annual fee shall be paid to the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles for certificates of registration issued by
him, of [one-thirtieth (l/30c) of a cent per each passenger seat mul-
tiplied by the total number of miles that said application shall show
will be traveled by such motor vehicle over State, State-aid, improved
county roads, and streets and roads of incorporated towns and cities
in the State of Maryland, during the year for which said certificate
is issued, and no] $135.00 a registration year for each two axle motor
vehicle and $210.00 a registration year for each three axle motor ve-
hicle, such fees to be paid in full for certificates of registration issued
on or between the first day of May and the last day of October in each
and every registration year and such fees to be paid at one-half the
said rates hereinbefore provided for certificates of registration issued
on or between the first day of November and the last day of April in
each and every registration year; and provided further that certi-
ficates of registration issued pursuant to this section shall be trans-
ferable by the same owner of the motor vehicle to any other motor
vehicle within the same classification. No other additional fees, licen-
ses or tax shall be charged by the State or any county or municipal
subdivision of the State except the property tax and gasoline tax in
respect to such vehicles or their operation.

[(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 each motor vehicle
owner for each motor vehicle for which application for registration
has been made.

(c)  Such computation shall be based upon the mileage to be tar-
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 Ve-
hicles, 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) The license fees prescribed by sub-section (a) of this
section shall not be applicable to any motor vehicle operated exclusive-
ly within the corporate limits of any municipality of this State or
within any territory under the jurisdiction of the federal government,
or to any motor vehicle when such vehicle is operated exclusively on
a route, one fixed terminus of which is within the corporate limits
of any municipality of this State or of any territory under the juris-
diction of the federal government and the other fixed terminus of
said route is not more than sixteen miles from the corporate limits
of any such municipality or of any such territory. For each such
motor vehicle, including reserve and substitute vehicles, an annual
fee shall be paid to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for certi-
ficates of registration issued by him, of four dollars ($4.00) per each
passenger seat, and no other additional fees, licenses or tax, shall be