1372 LICENSES. [AET. 56

Motor Vehicles.

1910, ch. 207, sec. 131 (p. 169).

133. There shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the
consent of the senate, one sober and discreet person who shall have been
a registered voter in the State of Maryland for three consecutive years
next preceding the date of his appointment, and who shall be known
as the "Commissioner of Motor Vehicles," and shall devote his time to
the duties of such office. Said commissioner shall be subject to removal
by the governor for official misconduct or incompetency, as in the case
of other civil officers. Said commissioner shall be appointed for two
years, and the term of his office shall commence on the first Monday of
May next ensuing his appointment. He shall hold office until his suc-
cessor is appointed and qualifies. Said commissioner of motor vehicles
shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per annum,
payable monthly. He shall be required to give bond in the sum of
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or such additional sum as the
governor may require, for the faithful performance of his duties. The
commissioner shall appoint such assistants at such salaries as he may
deem necessary, subject to the approval of the governor. He shall main-
tain an office in the city of Baltimore, open daily, excepting Sundays
and holidays, during such hours as the governor may prescribe. He
shall file with the governor on the last day of April in each and every
year an account of the receipts and disbursements of his office, as pro-
vided for in this sub-title. The salaries of said commissioner and clerk
or clerks, together with all office and other expenses, including the cost
of the commissioner's bond, shall be paid out of the receipts of his
office. He shall transmit on the first day of each and every month such
moneys as may not be needed to carry out the provisions of this sub-
title, to the state treasurer, to be used as provided in section 159 hereof,
and shall receive a receipt therefor. Said commissioner shall be con-
versant with the construction of motor vehicles, and shall be required
to make oath that he has personally operated motor vehicles other than
motorcycles at least two thousand miles prior to his appointment. Im-
mediately upon the qualification of said commissioner as provided for
in this section, he shall obtain from the secretary of state all existing
records appertaining to the registration of motor vehicles and licensing
of chauffeurs, including the names and addresses of owners, and the
names of makers, the manufacturer's number and the horsepower of
such motor vehicles, and such other information as said records may
disclose, and said commissioner may require, and said commissioner
shall pay therefor to the secretary of state such an amount as said sec-
retary of state may certify as necessary to compensate him for the
expense incurred in preparing and furnishing such information. In
case of the absence of the commissioner of motor vehicles, or of his
inability from any cause to perform the duties of his office, the gov-
ernor shall designate some properly qualified person to perform such
duties, such person to have all the powers and perform all the duties