HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 769
CHAPTER 467.
(House Bill 299)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
264 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939
Edition), title "Licenses", sub-title "Garages", eliminating
open-air garages from the provisions of said section.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 264 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Licenses", sub-title "Garages",
be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

264. No person, firm, company or corporation, resident or
non-resident, in this State shall keep a garage for the hire,
storage or sale of automobiles until they shall first have
obtained a license therefor, and shall pay an annual license
fee based upon the square foot area of each floor for each
garage, viz:

Garage containing not more than 1, 600 square feet,. f 15. 00
Those containing more than 1, 600 square feet, and not
more than 2, 000 square feet...................... 20. 00

Those containing more than 2, 000 square feet, and not
more than 3, 000 square feet..................... 30. 00

Those containing more than 3, 000 square feet, and not
more than 4, 000 square feet...................... 55. 00

Those containing more than 4, 000 square feet, and not
more than 5, 000 square feet...................... 75. 00

Those containing more than 5, 000 square feet, and not
more than 7, 500 square feet....................... 125. 00

Those containing more than 7, 500 square feet, and not
more than 10, 000 square feet...................... 200. 00

For every additional 1, 000 square feet or fractional part
thereof the sum of f 10. 00 additional.

A garage, as used within the terms of this section shall
mean a place of storage for hire or a place where is kept for
hire any automobile, locomobile, or any vehicle of any kind
the motive power of which shall be electricity, steam, gas,
gasoline or any other motive power except animals and air-
craft, whether such automobile, locomobile or vehicle is kept
therein permanently or temporarily, but wherever such garage
has included within the building a machine shop, which ma-
chine shop is definitely defined by permanent partitions in the
building, the space occupied by the same shall be exempted
from taxation under this section.
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