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MARYLAND MANUAL. 53 highways built by other means by the Statq what the motorist is as- sumed to have taken out in depreciation of surface and base. In addition to the headquarters supervision of titling all motor vehicles purchased new or changing ownership in the State, and regis- tering and licensing the automobiles, and registering and licensing all drivers of motor vehicles, there operates under the Commissioner’s appointment and jurisdiction a corps of motor vehicle enforcement officers. This force of approximately 75 uniformed motorcycle-mounted officers operates largely over the rural highways and in the smaller towns, but has full jurisdiction within Baltimore City. Created originally as an exclusively motor vehicle regulator force, the State oflicers are now, through arrangements whereby the County Sheriffs vest them with authority as deputies, given jurisdiction under the State Criminal Code. They thereby have the power of arrest in all criminal cases. The Commissioner’s field force includes, too, a plain- clothes investigation department, operating in the case of accidents, thefts and similar violations. He also has the appointment of civilian deputies. While trials, with either dismissals or convictions, carrying fines or jail sentences before magistrates furnish a part of the machinery of the enforcement of the motor vehicle statutes, control of all drivers’ permits to operate cars or motorcycles is vested solely in the Com- missioner. He not only controls issuance of licenses and can refuse to permit an unfit applicant to operate a car in the State, but in addi- tion he holds the power of suspension for a stated period or the abso- lute revocation of a driver’s permit. This without regard to the action of the Courts in cases tried before them. Appeal to the Courts from the action of the Commissioner, in sus- pending, refusing or revoking licenses, is provided in the law, however. THE CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT Office, 516 Munsey Building, Baltimore, Md. Commissioner (Term ExpirSwepson Earle Baltimore ChieH. H. Johnson Assistant Chief Clerk: C. E. Ebberts Arbutus Engineer: H. E. Collins Stenographers: Agnes M. Lochte Baltimore M. C. Rafferty Baltimore Junior AccounEvelyn E. Morck Baltimore Seafood Milton C. Greer, Jr Baltimore |
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