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398 LICENSES. [ART. LVI
ator and to the owner who causes his motor vehicle to be operated in
violation of this section.
See notes to section 148.
Accidents.
1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 151.
151. In case of any accident, such as collision with a person, animal
or vehicle, the operator of the motor vehicle in such collision must
immediately stop and give his name, residence, and the number of his
license to operate, and render such assistance as may be reasonable and
necessary within his power.
In all cases of accident resulting in injury to any person, the operator
or operators of the motor vehicle or vehicles shall within twenty-four
hours report the details of the same to the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject upon conviction to a pen-
alty of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one
hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first offense, provided that any per-
son convicted of failing to stop, give his name and render assistance, as
above provided, upon the occurrence of an accident resulting in a fatal-
ity or serious injury to any person shall be subject to a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dol-
lars ($1,000.00), or to imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor
more than one year, or to both fine and imprisonment, for the first
offense.
All the provisions of this section shall apply to the owner of any
motor vehicle who is present when the accident occurs, whether such
owner be the operator or not.
In addition, the person guilty of such offense shall be subject to
revocation of his operator's license by the Commissioner of Motor Vehi-
cles as elsewhere in this sub-title provided.
Racing and Intoxication.
1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 152.
152. No person shall operate or drive or attempt to operate or
drive a motor vehicle on the public highways of this State when intoxi-
cated or at all under the influence of liquor or drug. Any person guilty
of violating the aforegoing provision shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not less than
one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) or to imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more
than one year for the first offense, or both fine and imprisonment.
Any person convicted of a second or subsequent offense shall be sub-
ject to imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than two
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