J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                            427

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 212 of Article 19 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland (1930 Edition), title "St. Mary's County", sub-title "Taxi-
cabs", be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

212.

In order to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the
citizens of St. Mary's County and other persons who may use taxicab
facilities therein, the County Commissioners of St. Mary's County
are hereby authorized and empowered to enact, amend and repeal
resolutions, to fix requirements for ownership and operation of taxi-
cabs in St. Mary's County and to provide for inspection and licensing
of taxicabs, their owners and operators. The ANNUAL license fees
set by the County Commissioners pursuant to the power given them
by this section shall not be less than $50 for the first taxicab owned
and operated by any person and $25 for each additional taxicab owned
and operated by said person. The regulation herein provided for the
taxicab industry in St. Mary's County shall be in addition to any
regulation by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of Maryland or
the Public Service Commission of Maryland. However, any applicant
seeking a license for a taxicab who has not been in the taxicab busi-
ness in St. Mary's County for at least three years ONE YEAR prior
to his application, shall, before the County Commissioners pass upon
his application, obtain a written permit from the Public Service Com-
mission. Said permit shall be issued by the Public Service Commis-
sion only upon written application and only if in its judgment, after
investigation, the granting of the permit would be but for the public
welfare and convenience. Any person, firm or corporation subject to
this sub-title who shall be aggrieved by any resolution of the County
Commissioners of St. Mary's County, enacted pursuant to the au-
thority herein conferred, may commence an action in the Circuit
Court of St. Mary's County against the County Commissioners to
vacate and set aside any such resolution on the ground that the
regulation, practice, act or service established by such resolution is
unreasonable or unlawful. The decision of the Circuit Court shall be
appealable to the Court of Appeals of Maryland by either party,
provided such appeal is entered within twenty days after the judg-
ment of the Circuit Court is rendered.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1961.

Approved April 24, 1961.

CHAPTER 335
(Senate Bill 388)

AN ACT to add a new sub section to Section 30 of Article 64A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Merit Sys-
tem", said new sub section to be known as Sub section (d) and to
follow immediately after Sub section (c) thereof, authorizing and
directing the State Employees Standard Salary Board to create a
longevity pay plan for State employees effective July 1, 1962.