732                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 272

45.

(a) No taxicab business shall be operated in any incorporated
city or town having a population of more than 50,000 persons or in
Baltimore County [or Cecil counties] or the cities of Cumberland
and Hagerstown, or between points within such cities, county or
town and points outside thereof, without a written permit from the
Commission.

Taxicabs
441.

The term "Taxicabs" as used in this subtitle shall embrace any
motor vehicle for hire designed to carry seven persons or less, in-
cluding the driver, operated upon any public street or highway in
Cecil County, or, on call or demand, accepting or soliciting passen-
gers indiscriminately for transportation for hire between points
along public streets or highways in Cecil County as directed by the
passenger or passengers being transported; but nothing in this sub-
title shall be construed to include as a taxicab a motor vehicle oper-
ated, with the approval of the Public Service Commission of Mary-
land, on fixed routes and schedules.

442.

In order to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the
citizens of Cecil County and other persons who may use taxicab
facilities therein, the County Commissioners of Cecil County may
enact, amend, and repeal ordinances, prescribing reasonable rates
of fare, fixing requirements for the ownership and operation of
taxicabs in the county and providing for inspection and licensing of
taxicabs, their owners and operators. The regulation herein pro-
vided for the taxicab industry for Cecil County shall be in addition
to any regulation by the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Public
Service Commission of Maryland.

Any person, firm, or corporation subject to this subtitle who or
which is dissatisfied with any ordinance of the County Commis-
sioners or their agent, enacted pursuant to the authority herein
conferred, may commence an action in the Circuit Court of Cecil
County against the County Commissioners or their agent to vacate
and set aside the ordinance on the ground that the regulation, prac-
tice, act, or service established by the ordinance is unreasonable or
unlawful. The decision of the Circuit Court shall be appealable to
the Court of Appeals of Maryland by either party, provided the
appeal is entered within twenty days after the judgment of the
Circuit Court is rendered.

443.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any ordinance promul-
gated under the authority of Section 442 is guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense. In addition, the incor-
porated town or the County Commissioners or their agent, upon
proof of any violation of any ordinance promulgated under Section
442, may revoke or suspend any license issued under the authority
of Section 442 after affording reasonable opportunity to the licensee
to be heard in his, he