MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 81(f) (2) of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), title
"Motor Vehicles," subtitle "Administration—Registration—Titling,"
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

81.

(f) (2) Provided any truck having ¾ ton manufacturers' rat-
ing capacity and under shall pay, $25.00. Provided further
that in addition to the aforegoing registrations, the Depart-
ment shall issue registrations to be known as "dump service
registration" providing for a gross weight of vehicle and load
of not more than forty thousand (40,000) pounds for two
axle vehicles nor more than sixty-five thousand (65,000) pounds for
three or more axle vehicles, upon application therefor and certifica-
tion by the applicant that the vehicle for which registration is sought
is a dump truck for the hauling of loose materials in bulk or a truck
used for the hauling of feeds in bulk. For the purposes of this para-
graph a dump truck shall be defined as a single unit commercial
motor vehicle designed for the transportation of property where the
cargo being carried by said vehicle is discharged by self-unloading
means either by gravity or mechanical means. The Department
may so issue license tags hereafter issued of this class as to dis-
tinguish their character ana shall in any event be required to stamp
registration cards issued pursuant to such application with the words
"dump service" to indicate the specific character thereof. An appli-
cant for dump service registration plates authorized herein shall
pay therefor on each vehicle at the rate of thirteen ($13.00) dollars
per thousand pounds of gross weight of vehicles and load and in no
event less than five hundred and twenty ($520.00) dollars per vehi-
cle. Except when operating on divided highways of two or more
lanes in each direction and except when not loaded, vehicles so regis-
tered shall at no time be operated at a rate of speed in excess of
thirty-five (35) miles per hour and the fixing of this maximum
limitation shall not be deemed to enlarge or increase any lesser
speed limits fixed by any other law, ordinance, rule or regulation.
Vehicles so registered which are not subject to the thirty-five (35)
miles per hour maximum speed limit shall be governed by speed
limits as set forth elsewhere in this article. Vehicles having a dump
service registration and being operated for the hauling of loose mate-
rials in bulk WITHIN A RADIUS OF NOT MORE THAN ONE
HUNDRED (100) MILES OF THE POINT OF PICKUP AND
DELIVERY within a radius of not more than forty (40) miles of the
point of pickup and delivery shall not be subject to any restrictions
of this article pertaining to weight of vehicle, weight of vehicle and
load however determined, and/or axle loads, except only that at all
times such vehicles shall be limited as to gross weight by the allow-
able and paid registration weight. [, but if at a point beyond th