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AET. LVl] MOTOR VEHICLES. 385
thereof, a certificate of registration which shall contain the name, place
of residence and postoffice address of the owner, and the number of
mark assigned to such motor vehicle. Such certificate shall be in con-
venient form, and shall at all times be carried upon such motor vehicle,
and shall be subject to examination upon demand by any proper officer
as hereinafter provided. Said Commissioner shall also, without expense
to the applicant, issue and deliver to such owner two duplicate metal
plates or markers bearing the letters "Md." and the number or mark
assigned to such motor vehicle as aforesaid, the figures thereon to be
not less than four inches high, and each stroke to be not less than one-
half inch in width. Such plates or markers shall be of a distinctly
different color or shade each year, to be designated and selected by the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and there shall be at all times a
marked contrast between the color of the number plates and that of the
numerals or letters thereon. In the case of motorcycles, one number
plate or marker shall be furnished, the letters and figures thereon to
be at least one inch high and one-eighth of an inch in width. The cer-
tificate provided for in this section and the right to use the number
plate or marker aforesaid shall expire at midnight on December 31st
of each and every year.
Any person who fails to carry the certificate of registration provided
for by this section, and any person who obtains a registration marker
and a certficate of registration by • misrepresentation, or changes the
name, number or any identifying information appearing on any cer-
tificate of registration, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than Ten Dollars
($10.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the first
offense, provided that the minimum fine in the case of a person to whom
a certificate of registration has been duly issued but who, through
inadvertence, has not the same with him at the time of his arrest shall
be one dollar ($1.00) instead of ten dollars ($10.00) as above pre-
scribed.
The provisions of this section shall apply both to the operator and
also to the owner who causes his motor vehicle to be operated without
the certificate as herein provided for.*
Fees for Registration of Motor Vehicles.
1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 141.
141. The following fees shall be paid per annum to the Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles for the markers and certificates of registra-
tion issued by him in accordance with the provisions of this sub-title:
CLASS A. Sixty cents per horsepower or fraction thereof in the
case of all motor vehicles having pneumatic tires, with a minimum
charge of ten dollars ($10.00) for any motor vehicle.
*See foot note to section 133.
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