The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-29
PUBLIC GENERAL LAW
CHATTER 44s


Sc OF the Annotated Code Of Public
General Laws of Maryland, 1896 Sup
plement, as such section was amend
ed by Chapter 1913 of the Acts of
1887, Regular Session, title "Licens-
es," subtitle Motor Vehicles sub
heading Rules of the Road" to re-
quire school busses operating
throughout the State to carry a
special design and color, to limit
the speed of school buses, to re-
quire school buses to carry q fire
extinguisher, to require school buss-
es to have an emergency rear door,
to require vehicles to stop In front
of and behind said school buses
operating throughout the State, to
prohibit the use of vehicles marked
as school busses when not actually
used as such, to require inspection
of school buses, to exempt from
the operation of certain portions OF
this Act cities and towns of more
than five thousand population, and
to provide penalties for violation
hereof.
Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That Sec
ton 209A of Article Sc of the Annotat-
ed Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland, 1895 Supplement, as such
section was amended by chapter 1913
of the Acts of 1887, Regular Session,
title Licenses" subtitle Motor We
hicle," sub-heading Rules of the
Road" be and the same is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amend
ments, to read as follows:
209A. 1. Definition: The term school
bus" as used in this Act shall be de-
fined sa motor vehicle having seat.
and transporting children to and from
the elementary andor high schools
in the State and not operating under
the jurisdiction of the Public Service
Commission and or not operated by a
public service corporation furnishing
mass transportation in town of a
population of more than $4,000 in
| habitants.
2. Every vehicle when used as a
school buss shall have both on the
| front and on the rear sign plainly
visible containing the words school
| bus" in 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 equip
| ped with stop signals visible both
| from the front and rear, and the body
of such school bus shall be painted
| orange and black; with the orange
color predominating. The Commits
sioner of Motor Vehicles is empower
ed to adopt rules and regulations, not
inconsistent wit hthis Article, relative
to such school bus signs and stop
| signals.
8. The driver of vehicle upon a
highway outside the corporate limits
of Incorporated cities and towns of
upon meeting or overtaking any school
| bus which has stopped on the high
! way for the purpose of receiving or
discharging any school child or chill
dren, shall come to a full stop at
| least ten (10) feet from such school
bus, either in front or rear thereof as
| the case may be, and such vehicle
shall remain standing until the chill
dren are received or discharged and
| the school bus has again started. The
foregoing shall be applicable only in
the event the school bus shall be
equipped with the school bus signs
and stop signals and painted in the
color scheme as prescribed in this
Act, shall not apply to vehicles APP
preaching such school bus from the
front on dual highways.
4. No school bus operating in the
State while it is carrying any passen-
gers to or form school shall be OPP
Grated at a rate of speed greater than
35 miles per hour.
5. Every school bus operating
within the State shall be equipped
,srI,4 lob, hon
the label of approval of the Fire I'm
derwriters' Association and which
shall be kept properly filled and in
satisfactory operating condition at all
times. This extinguisher shall be
placed in the school bus in a loca-
ton readily accessible to the driver.
6. Every school bus operating in
this State shall have a door in or near
the rear of the bus readily accessible
for the discharging of pupils in case
of emergency. The rear bumper shall
be so placed that it will not interfere
with the egress of the passengers u.s.
ing the emergency door. The door
shall be controlled by safety device
which in case of emergency may
easily be operated Independently OF
the driver and the device shall be
protected against accidental or un-
authorized release.
T. Every school bus operating In
the State shall be required to come to
full stop within at least 10 feet and
not more than SO feet before crossing
at grade any track or tracks of a
railroad.
8. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son to operate or permit to be oper-
ated any motor vehicle with the words
school bus" painted or printed there
on if such bus Is not more or less
regularly used as a bus for the trans
portation of children to and from
school.
9. Every school bus transporting
children to public schools in eacl
county shall be inspected at least
twice each year. Such inspection shall
be made by the county superintendent
of schools or his duly authorized
agent, assisted by person to be de-
signated by the Commissioner OF
Motor Vehicles. One of the two in
spection mentioned above shall be
made during the month of September.
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