Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-09-22
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AN { to repeal and re-enact with
amendments Section 209A of Article
90 OF the Annotated Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, 1896 Sup
PIGMENT, as such section was amended
by Chapter 1913 of the Acts of 1887,
Regular Session, title Licenses" sub
title motor Vehicles" ~sub-heading
"Rules of the Road" to require school
busses operating throughout the State
TO carry a special design and color. to
limit the speed of school busseS, to
require school BUSES to carry a fire
extlnguisher, to require school buses
TO nave an emergency rear door, to re-
qulre vehicles to stop in front of and
behind said school busses operating
throughout the State, to prohibit the
use of vehicles marked as school
Dusses when not actually used as such,
to require inspection of school buses,
TO exempt from the operation of GER
tain portions of this Act cities and
towns OF more than five thousand
population, and to provide penalties
for violation hereof.
section 1. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly of Maryland, That Sec
ton 209A of Article So of the Annotated
code OF Public General Laws of Mary
land, 1885 Supplement-, as such section
was amended by Chapter 1913 of the
Acts OF 1887, Regular Session, title eli
censes," subtitle "Motor Vehicle" sub
heading Rules of the Road" be and
ANASOJ ICPCdACd II lC-CA-
acted, with amendments, to read as fol-
lows:
2O9A. 1. Definition: The term "school
Dus. 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 juriS-
dlctl0n OF the Public Service Commits
sion and/or not operated by a public
SerVlGG H0rn0rQfi0n IN rpiChin0 &c
transportation in a town of a population
or more than $4,000 Inhabitants.
= Every vehicle when used as a
school bus shall have both on the front
containing the words "school bus in
letters not less than four inches in
nelght, with each stroke of not less
n half an inch in width; such school
Dus nan also be equipped with stop
to the rear, and the body of such school
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.
3. The driver of a vehicle upon a
highway outside the corporate limits
more than five thousand population,
upon meeting or overtaking any school
bus which has stopped ON the highway
for the purpose of receiving or dis
charging any school child or children,
shall come to a full stop at least ten
90. 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
bus shall be equipped with the school
bus signs n stop signals and painted
in the color scheme as prescribed in
this Act, and shall not apply to vehicles
approaching 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 from school shall be oper-
ated at a rate Of speed greater than 80
miles per hour.