Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-08-17

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section 2O9A of Article
% OF the Annotated Code of Public
General Laws Of Maryland, 1895 Sup
PIGMENT, as such section was amended
by Chapter 1893 of the Acts of 1887.
Regular Session, title Licenses" sub
title Motor Vehicles" sub-heading
Rules OF the Road" to require school
buses operating throughout the State
to carry special design and color, to
limit the speed Of school busses, to
require school buses to carry a fire
extinguisher, to require school buses
10 nave an emergency rear door, to re-
quire vehicles to stop in front Of and
behind said school buses operating
throughout the State, to prohibit the
use OF vehicles marked as school
buses when not actually used as such,
70 require inspection OF school buses,
to exempt from the operation of GER
tam portions OF this Act cities and
population, and to provide penalties
for violation hereof
Section l. Be it enacted by the Cen
raj Assembly Of Maryland, That Sec
ton 2OeA Of Article SO of the Annotated
Code OF Public General Laws Of Mary
land, 1895 Supplement, as such section
was amended by Chapter 1893 of the
Acts Of 1887, Regular Session, title Ill
censes," subtitle Motor Vehicle" sub
heading Rules of the Road" be and
acted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:
209A. /. Definition: The term "school
bus as used In this Act shall be de-
nned as a motor vehicle having a seat
ing capacity OF ten or more persons and
transporting children to and from the
elementary and/or high schools in the
state and not operating under the iuris-
diction OF the Public Service Commits
sion and/or not operated by a public
o.. Tiki
transportation in town Of population
or more than $4,000 Inhabitants.
z. Every vehicle when used as n
school bus shall have both on the front
and on the rear a sign plainly visible
letters not less than four inches in
height, with each stroke of not less
than half an inch in width; such school
bus shall also be equipped with stop
signals visible both to the front and
bus shall be painted orange and black
with the orange color predominating.
The Commissioner OF Motor Vehicles Is
empowered to adopt rules and regula-
lions, not Inconsistent with this Article.
relative to such school bus signs and
stop signals.
8. The driver Of a vehicle upon n
highway outside the corporate limits
OF incorporated cities and towns of
more than five thousand population,
bus which has stopped on the highway
Tor the purpose Of receiving or dis
charging any school child or children.
shall come to a full stop at least ten
t1O) feet from such school bus, either
In front or rear thereof as the case
may be, and such vehicle shall remain
standing until the children are received
or discharged and the school bus has
again started. The foregoing shall be
applicable only in the event the school
ous shall be equipped with the school
Dus signs and stop signals and painted
IN the color scheme as prescribed in
THIS Act, and shall not apply TO vehicles
front on dual highways.
4. No school bug operating in the
state while Il IL carrying any passen-
gere to or from school shall be Oper-
stsd q q rate Of speed greater than IS
milea per hour.