Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-01-05
IMPORTANT NOTICE
CHAPTER AS
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS
OF The
STATE OF MARYLAND
Session 1889
Republished by order of
Governor Herbert r. O'COnOr
CHAPTER 448

amendments Section 209A of Article
% of the Annotated Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, 1885 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
Muies OF the Road to require school
busses operating throughout the State
TO carry special design and color to
limit the speed of school busses, to
require school busses to carry a fire
to have 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
busses 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
population, and to provide penalties
for violation hereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Cen
ton 2O9A Of Article Sc 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
the same is hereby repealed and re-en-
acted, with amendments, to read as fol-
2o9A. 1. Definition: The term "school
BUS as used in this Act shall be de-
nned as motor vehicle having a seat
ing capacity or 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-
diction OF the Public Service Commits
service corporation furnishing mass
transportation in town OF a population
OF more than $4,000 inhabitants.
Every vehicle when used as
hal
and on the rear n sign plainly visible
containing the words "school bus" in
letters not less than four inches in
height, with each stroke of not less
bus shall also be equipped with stop
signals visible both to the front and
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-
tiOns, not inconsistent with this Article,
stop signals.
8: The driver of vehicle upon a
highway outside the corporate limits
OF Incorporated cities and towns of
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,
l1O) feet from such school bus, either
in front or rear thereof as the case
may be, and such vehicle shall remain
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
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.
IN ho
State while It ia carrying any passen-
gers to or from school shall be oper-
ated at q rate OF speed greater than 81
miles per hour.
5. Every school bus operating within
the State shall be equipped with fire
eXtinguisher which bears the label of
approval of the Fire Underwriters AS
sOciati0n and which shall be kept prop
erly filled and in satisfactory operating
condition at all times. This extinguisher
shall be placed in the school bus in q
location readily accessible to the driver.
6. Every school bus operating in this
State shall have door in or near the
rear of the bus readily accessible for the
gency. The rear bumper shall be 80
placed that it will not interfere with
the egress Of the n PASSENGERS ssd . using the
trolled by safety device which in case
Of emergency may easily be operated
independently of the driver and the de:
or unauthorized release.
Z. 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 railroad.
g. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son to operate or permit to be operated
any motor vehicle with the words
school bus painted or printed thereon
If such bus is not more or less regu-
larly used as bus fol. the transporta-
ton of children to and from school.
Q. Every school bus transporting
children to public schools in each 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 designated by the
of the two inspections mentioned above
shall be made during the month Of
September.
10. Any person operating a motor. We:
hicle which fails to stop as required
in Sub section 3 Of this section, when
a school bus, with the stop signal set,
stops to take on or discharge children,
or who otherwise violates the provisions
of this section when such bus actually
halts for the purpose of taking ON or
discharging children, shall be guilty OF
a misdemeanOr and shall upon cOnvic-
$500 nor more than Fifty Dollars
($50.OO). Furthermore, any school bus
owner or operator permitting a school
bus to be operated which does not meet
the regulations mentioned in this Sec
ton or which violates any, other pro:
vision of this section shall be guilty of
misdemeanOr and shall upon cOnvic-
tion be fined not less than Five Dollars
$500 nod more than Fifty Dollars
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted.
That this Act shall take effect Septem-
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