DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

John R. Jewell, Commissioner, 1963
Michael A. Noppinger, Deputy Commissioner
Owen R. E. McGeeney, Comptroller

Guilford Avenue, at 21st Street, Baltimore 18
Telephone: Belmont 5-3900

The Office of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles was established
by an Act of 1910. The Commissioner, who is appointed by the Gover-
nor and confirmed by the Senate for a four-year term, serves as the
Director of the Department.

The Department issues all drivers' licenses in the State, and appli-
cants are required to pass an eye test, written examination of the
Motor Vehicle Laws of Maryland, and a driving test. These examina-
tions are conducted in Baltimore City and in twenty-three other cities
and towns throughout the State. The Department titles and registers
motor vehicles. It must issue a title before license plates. The Depart-
ment collects an excise tax of two per cent of the fair value of the
vehicle for each title issued. All commercial vehicles operating for hire
within the State must file with the Department a certificate of Finan-
cial Responsibility Insurance in the amounts of $10,000, $20,000, and
$5,000 and obtain a gratis permit to be carried with the vehicle at all
times. All persons involved in accidents resulting in personal injuries
or any property damage in excess of $76.00 must file a report with
the Department and comply with the provisions of the Financial
Responsibility Law. All persons who fail to pay judgments in excess
of $25.00 are subject to the Financial Responsibility Law.

The Department maintains a record of each individual driver who
has been convicted of violating the motor vehicle laws. It conducts
hearings to determine whether or not the driver's license should be
suspended or revoked as a result of a motor vehicle conviction; if he
is proved physically or mentally unfit to drive, his case comes before
the Department's Medical Advisory Board for final decision. He may
appeal to the Courts from the decision of the Commissioner, except
in those cases where the revocation is mandatory.

All fees collected for the registration and titling of motor vehicles
and all fines collected are deposited by the Department to the credit
of the Motor Vehicles Revenue Fund (Code 1957, Art. 66%, sees. 4-6,
10, 22-29, 90, 116-35,341). In 1958 these fees amounted to $36,771,778.25.

Appropriations 1959 1960
Special Funds ............................. $3,125,093 $3,560,870
Staff: 470.

UNSATISFIED CLAIM AND JUDGMENT FUND BOARD

Chairman: Warren Nigh, 1960
Vice-Chairman: C. Harold Whittum, 1960
Secretary: Henry B. Suter, 1960

Ex officio members: John K. Jewell, Commissioner of Motor

Vehicles; F. Douglass Sears, Insurance Commissioner
Appointed member: H. W. Reeder, 1960
Dan M. Vann, Manager

33 Hopkins Place, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Mulberry 6-7888
Belmont 5-3900

The Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund Board, established by the
General Assembly of 1957, consists of the Commissioner of Motor