1382 LICENSES. [ART. 56
1904, art. 56. sec. 138. 1904, ch. 518, sec. 8. 1906, ch. 449, sec. 138.
1910, ch. 207, sec. 140 I (p. 180).
151. No person operating or in charge or control of any steam or
electric motor vehicle in this State shall allow the same to stand unat-
tended on any highway without securing or locking the lever or other
device by which the same is started, or taking other reasonable pre-
cautions to prevent such vehicle being started by unauthorized persons;
and no person operating or in charge or control of any gasoline motor
vehicle shall leave the same unattended as aforesaid without first stop-
ping the motor and cutting off the electric current.
1906, ch. 449, sec. 138. 1910, ch. 207, sec. 140 K (p. 180).
152. No person shall, without authority of the owner or person in
charge thereof, climb upon or into any automobile, whether the same
is in motion or at rest, or hurl stones or other missiles at the same, or
at the occupants thereof, or while such motor vehicle is at rest and
unattended, sound any horn or other signal device, or attempt to manip-
ulate any of the levers, the starting crank, brakes or machinery thereof,
or set said vehicle in motion, or otherwise damage, tamper or interfere
with the same.
1906, ch. 449, sec. 139 A. 1910. ch. 207, sec. 140 L (p. 180).
153. No chauffeur or other person shall drive or operate any motor
vehicle upon any street or highway of this State in the absence of the
owner of such motor vehicle without his consent. No chauffeur or
other person having the care of a motor vehicle for the owner shall
receive or take, directly or indirectly, any bonus, discount or other con-
sideration, or supplies or parts furnished or purchased for such motor
vehicles, or on any work or labor done thereon by others, or on the
purchase of any motor vehicle for his employer; and no person fur-
nishing such supplies or parts, work or labor, or selling any motor
vehicle, shall give or offer any such chauffeur or other person having
the care of a motor vehicle for the owner, directly or indirectly, any
bonus, discount or other consideration thereon. Chauffeurs, while
operating motor vehicles on the public highways of this State, shall be
subject to all the provisions and penalties prescribed in this sub-title.
1910, ch. 207. sec. 140 M (p. 181).
154. All vehicles when being driven upon the highways of this
State, upon meeting others, shall turn to the right of the center of the
highways, so as to pass without interference; and any vehicle overtaking
another going in the same direction, shall pass to the left of the vehicle
so overtaken; said vehicle so overtaken shall promptly, upon signal,
turn to the right in order to allow free passage on the left. At the
intersection of public highways all vehicles shall keep to the right of
the center of such highways when turning to the right, and pass to the
right of the center of such intersection when turning to the left.
For cases involving section 135 of the code of 1904. see Fletcher v. Dixon.
107 Md. 426; Fletcher v. Dixon. 113 Md, 101.
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