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ART. LVI] MOTOR VEHICLES. 381
business. The term "chauffeur" shall be taken to include every person
operating a motor vehicle for hire, or as an employee of the owner
thereof. The terms, "highway," "roads," "public highway," or "public
roads" shall include any highway or thoroughfare of any kind used by
the public, whether actually dedicated to the public and accepted by the
proper authorities or otherwise.
The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall have authority, in dis-
puted cases, to determine the extent of the applicability of the defini-
tions herein contained.
See notes to section 146.
Public Vehicles Exempted.
1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 135.
135. All motor vehicles owned and used by the State or any city,
town, village or county of this State are hereby exempted from the pro-
visions of this sub-title requiring the payment of registration fees, but
all such vehicles shall display identification markers approved by the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
See notes to section 146.
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PART II.
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles—Appointment of
1916. ch. 687. 1918. ch. 85, sec. 136.
136. 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 successor is appointed and qualified. 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 and at such salaries as
he may deem necessary, subject to the approval of the Governor. He
shall maintain an office in the City of Baltimore, open daily, excepting
Sundays and holidays, during such hours as the Governor may pre-
scribe. H'e 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 provided for in this sub-title. The salaries of said Com-
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