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MARYLAND MANUAL 63 lines, both freight and passenger, on ton-mile or passenger-mile basis, which had obtained for years in arriving at licensing charges, was changed by the Legislature in 1922. Under this new system, a gasoline tax became operative in Maryland on January 1st, 1924. This tax is in addition to a reduced horsepower fee and adjustments under the other types of fees. Administration of the detail of collecting the gasoline tax is vested in the State Comptroller, the Motor Vehicles Commissioner retaining, however, his former duties in the issuance, at a nominal cost, covering cost of tags and clerical work, of the licensing and registration of cars. The gasoline tax is imposed as an additional charge upon public service vehicles. Their ton-mile and passenger-mile ratings and charges will continue to be computed and enforced by the Commissioner. All fine and fee income collected by the Commissioner, above the costs of administration of his office and field forces, goes into the State Highway Maintenance fund of the State, thus putting back into the highways built by other means by the State what the motorist is assumed to have taken out in depreciation of surface and base. 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. By recent Acts of the Legislature, the following appear as safety measures designed to enable the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to make the state highways safe and thereby reduce accidents to a minimum, viz: (1) upon inability to satisfy a judgment arising from an automobile accident or collision or certain infractions of the motor vehicle laws, certain evidence of financial responsibility must be pro- duced to the Commissioner before licenses may be restored; (2) shat- ter-proof glass is required in all motor vehicles manufactured or assembled, sold and registered in this State after July 1, 1935; (3) periodical inspection of vehicles by designated agencies. State Departments having to do with regulating the operation of motor vehicles are as follows: (1) Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; (2) Public Service Commission; (3) State Roads Commission; (4) Maryland State Police. THE DEPARTMENT OF MARYLAND STATE POLICE Headquarters—Guilford Avenue and 21st Street, Baltimore, Md. Name Postoffice. Superintendent, Major Enoch B. Garey Havre de Grace Captain, Edward McK. Johnson . . Baltimore, Md. Department Physician, Howard MBubert Baltimore, Md. Lieutenant Andrew T. Conner .0 Baltimore, Md. Lieutenant Ruxton M. Ridgely Baltimore, Md. Lieutenant Niles G. Falkenstine Mountain Lake Park, Md. |
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