J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        779

Class	Maximum Gross Weight	Fee
FA	40,000	$130.00
FB	50,000	160.00
FC	65,000	245.00
FPF	65,000	160.00

Class FPF registrations are defined as and shall be limited to
vehicles registered in accordance with the provisions of Sections 181
through 190 of Article 56.

(2)   This charge shall not apply to farm tractors being operated
by farmers in connection with their farming operations when travel-
ing upon public highways or streets of this State, on which shall be
imposed in lieu thereof a flat fee of $4.00.

No charge shall be made for farm tractors where such tractor is
being used in hauling farm wagons or implements in connection with
farming operations, or for farm tractor hauled trailers of farmers
using highways and not going a distance greater than five miles.
The term "farmer" as used in this subsection means any person or
corporation engaged in the raising, growing and producing of farm
products on a farm of not less than three (3) acres in area, and who
is not hauling farm products previously acquired by him for resale
or hauling same for others for hire.

(3)   The Department shall pay to the County or Baltimore City
in which the owner of a Class F motor vehicle resides, the following
sums for such vehicles as per maximum gross weight limit, as shown
above:

Class	Maximum Gross Weight	Fee
FA	40,000	$25.00
FB	50,000	30.00
FC	65,000	30.00
FPF	65,000	30.00

If the owner also resides within the corporate limits of any munici-
pality or special taxing area in a county, the municipality or special
taxing area shall be entitled to receive from the County one-half of
the fee paid to the County for such vehicle.

In the case of farm tractors, the payment to the County shall be
$2.00 and if the owner also resides in a municipality or special taxing
area, such municipality or taxing area shall be entitled to receive
from the County the sum of $1.00.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety, and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 17, 1963.