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394 LICENSES. [ART. LVI
a red light to the rear, so constructed and placed as to throw a white
light directly upon the registration marker as prescribed in the case
of any other motor vehicle; provided, however, that the operator of such
motor vehicle may proceed to his destination in the event of a bona fide
failure of one or more of his lights to operate, if he sounds a bell or
other signal device at least once in every two hundred feet, does not
proceed at a rate of speed greater than one mile in six minutes, and
takes the first reasonable opportunity to put his lights in order, other-
wise to be deemed guilty of violation of the aforegoing provision. The
above provision as to the rear light shall also apply to vehicles which
are trailed or towed by motor vehicles.
It shall be unlawful to use on a vehicle of any kind operated on the
public highways of this State, including motorcycles, any lighting device
of over four candle-power equipped with a reflector unless the same
shall be so designed, deflected or arranged that no portion of the beam
of reflected light projected to the left of the axis of the vehicle when
measured seventy-five feet or more ahead of the lamps shall rise above
forty-two inches from the level surface on which the vehicle stands under
all conditions of load. If, in addition to headlights, any such vehicle
is equipped with any auxiliary light, projecting lights or devices, other
than the rear lamp, such auxiliary light or lights shall be subject to all
the restrictions of this section, regarding direction of the beam.
The State Board of Motor Vehicle Headlight Inspection is hereby
created. Said Board shall consist of the Commissioner of Motor Vehi-
cles, Marshal of Police of Baltimore City, and the Secretary of the
Automobile Club of Maryland. The members of said Board shall serve
without pay and shall hold meetings at such times and places as in
their judgment may be necessary. The said Board shall have power
to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the enforcement of this
sub-section (3).
No person shall operate a motor vehicle on any highway in this
State equipped with an electric bulb or other lighting device of a
greater capacity than thirty-two candle-power, no matter how the same
may be shaded, covered or obscured. Any person who shall turn all
or any of his motor vehicle's lights off for the purpose of avoiding
arrest or identification shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00),
or imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety days, or both fine and
imprisonment for the first offense.
(4) MUFFLERS. No driver or operator of any motor car, taxicab,
automobile, motor truck or motorcycle shall use any cutout, fitting or
other apparatus or device which will allow the exhaust gases from the
engine of the motor vehicle to escape into the atmosphere without first
passing through a silencer, expansion chamber or other contrivance suit-
able and sufficient for reducing as far as may be reasonably practicable
the noise which would otherwise be caused by the escape of the said
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