3242                                           EXECUTIVE ORDERS

BECAUSE I AM ADVISED AND INFORMED THAT THE FOLLOWING
IS REASONABLE AND NECESSARY IN VIEW OF THE SITUATION
OF EMERGENCY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND ISSUE THE
FOLLOWING ORDER, EFFECTIVE AT 12:01 A.M., MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 11, 1974, IF THE COMMITTEE ON
ADMINISTRATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REVIEW
APPROVES THE ORDER PRIOR TO THEN; OTHERWISE AT 12:01
A.M., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1974:

1.     Except as hereinafter provided,
sales of gasoline by retail service stations
to operators of motor vehicles bearing
Maryland registration plates shall only be
made on the following dates:

(a)    On even numbered calendar
dates gasoline shall only be sold to
operators of vehicles bearing personalized
registration plates, and registration plates
with the last digit ending in an even number.
This shall not include ham radio operator
plates. Zero is an even number.

(b)    On odd numbered calendar
dates gasoline shall only be sold to operators
of vehicles bearing ham radio plates or
registration plates with the last digit ending
in an odd number.

(c)    For commercial vehicles,
other than those excluded from this Order,
bearing registration plates with the last
digit ending in a letter, the last number of
the registration plate after disregarding the
letter shall determine the calendar date for
which gasoline may be sold to such vehicles.

(d)    For any calendar month in
which there are 31 days, sales may be made on
the thirty-first day of the month without
regard to the registration plates of the motor
vehicle.

(E) SALES MAY BE MADE ON

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND LEGAL HOLIDAYS TO THE

EXTENT THE STATIONS ARE OPEN, WITHOUT REGARD

TO THE REGISTRATION PLATES OF THE MOTOR
VEHICLE.

2.      (a) The Director of the Energy
Policy Office, is hereby authorized to enter
into agreements with other States for
reciprocity with respect to the provisions of
this order. He shall then declare which