Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-07-24
Many Have To Suffer Through The
Wrong Doing OF A Few Milk
Route Operators
COMMISSIONER BAUCHMAN
) EXPLAINS THE SITUATION

The differences between the Motor
Vehicle Commissions Of Maryland and
Delaware do not seem to be very
easily settled.
Commissioner Baughman, of Mary
land, has the following to say to the
Evening Times of Salisbury, upon the
matter:
"The present controversy between
the motor vehicle administrators of
Maryland and Delaware had it's in
ception in the complaint from certain
residents of Maryland who were haul
ing under Public Service Commission
permits and special Common Carrier
tags to Milk stations in Maryland but
within few miles of the Maryland
Delaware line. These compliments,
having complied with the Maryland
law governing such type of hauling,
complained that others, Marylanders
and Delawareans both, were not COM
plying with the law requiring Public
Service Permits and special tags when
operating over established routes and
on regular schedules.
An investigation by the Maryland
Commissioners department develop
ed the fact that one truck in Maryland
was collecting milk in both Maryland
and Delaware without the required
permit and tags, and eight Delaware
trucks were operating in both states
hauling milk to Maryland milk sta
tien. Further investigation subse-
quently uncovered twelve Maryland
trucks and one Delaware truck also
operating without Public Service Per-
mits and special tags, these hauling
milk to another locality than that in
Voked in the first case.
III of these Delaware residents
and Marylanders We're, about May Is,
warned, the law explained to them,
and given until May 31st to take out
the required Public Service Permits
and special tags.
Subsequent to this action of issuing
a warning, Hon. Sylvester D. Town
send, Secretary Of State Of Delaware
communicated to Com. Baughman of
Maryland protest saying that ia
few Delaware owners of freight mo-
tor vehicles operating between Har-
rington, Delaware, and Greensboro,
Md, carrying milk to creamery at
the latter place" were protesting, fol-
lowing their "having been given a
short time" in which to secure the
registration found to be required un-
der the Maryland law. He added that
these residents of Delaware "are sup
ported by numerous people in Mary
land; some because they want the
service, and others because they fear
retaliation on the part of the State
Of Delaware" He added in his COM
munication that the Delaware law is
of the reciprocal type" and stated
that if Delaware vehicles "of any par
ticular type" are permitted to operate
in another state indefinitely, Delaware
grants the same privilege.
1t is the reciprocal" phase of the
Delaware law, and the particular
type" of vehicle about which the whole
legal question involved the contro-
versy revolves.
The contention of the Maryland au-
thorities is that so long as Maryland
continues to allow general haulers"
as differentiated from common car
riers" to operate from Delaware into
Maryland and Delaware refuses gen.
eral haulers from Maryland to operate
in Delaware - without taking out
Delaware tags, the reciprocal provis-
ion Of the Delaware law which pro-
vides that "non-residents of this
state" (Delaware) "shall be entitled
to the same exemptions as is granted
to the citizens of this state" (Dela-
warel "by said to be in effective op-
Grafton.
A further point set forth by Mary
land in the controversy with Della
ware is that the suggested working
agreement submitted to Secretary
Townsend as basis of adjustment of
the present difficulty is the same as
that now operative between Maryland