ART. 56] MOTOR VEHICLES. 1385

1910, ch. 207, sec. 140 R (p. 183.)

159. All fines, penalties and forfeitures of bonds imposed or col-
lected under any of the provisions of this sub-title shall be paid over
within ten days after the receipt thereof to the commissioner of motor
vehicles, with a statement accompanying the same, setting forth the
action or proceeding in which such moneys were collected, the name
and residence of the defendant, the nature of the offense, and the fine,
penalty, forfeiture or sentence, if any, imposed. And this section shall
not be considered as repealed by the passage hereafter of any law pro-
viding for a different disposition of fines and penalties in any county
or other municipal division of this State, unless the same contains a
repeal of this section by express reference thereto. Said commissioner
of motor vehicles is hereby empowered, in the name of the State of
Maryland, to take all steps necessary to enforce the collection and
prompt return of all such fines, penalties and forfeitures of bonds, and
when any motor vehicle shall have been deposited as security under
the provisions of this sub-title, and said security is forfeited, the same
may be disposed of by the commissioner of motor vehicles, or, under
his direction, by the officer having the said motor vehicle in charge, at
public auction, and the proceeds thereof dealt with pursuant to the
provisions of this sub-title, unless within ten days after notice by mail
to the owner of such motor vehicle, or the person leaving the same as
security, the same shall be redeemed. All moneys received by the
commissioner of motor vehicles pursuant to the provisions of this sub-
title, except such as shall be necessary for his salary and the expenses
of his office as hereinbefore provided, shall be accounted for and remitted
by said commissioner to the state treasurer, who shall create a special
fund thereof, and on the first day of April in each year one-fifth thereof
to be paid to the mayor and city council of Baltimore for use on its
roads and streets, and the balance to be used for the oiling, mainte-
nance and repair of the modern roads now being built by the State
and counties, and for no other purpose. Disbursements of the remain-
ing four-fifths from this fund shall be made by the treasurer to the
counties on drafts for expenditures which have actually been made in
repair's on State aid roads certified to by the Maryland Geographical
and Economic Survey Commission, and to the State roads commission
for expenditures which have actually been made in repairs on State
roads constructed by that body, on draft from such body itself. The
State roads commission shall not receive in any year out of the whole
fund available for distribution a greater proportion than the propor-
tion which the total mileage of State roads completed to April 1st of
any year shall bear to the total mileage of both State aid roads and
State roads completed to that date. And no county shall receive in
any year from such fund a greater proportion than its total mileage
of State aid roads to the total mileage of State aid roads completed
before April 1st in any year. The remainder of said fund shall be dis-
tributed among the counties in the proportion aforesaid.