LICENSES. 1997

next ensuing his appointment. He shall hold office until his successor is
appointed and qualified. Said Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall re-
ceive a salary of three thousand dollars ($3,000), per annum, payable
monthly. He shall be required to give bond in the sum of twenty thou-
sand dollars ($20,000), or such additional sum as the Governor may re-
quire, for the faithful performance of his duties. The Commissioner shall
appoint such assistants and at such salaries as he may deem necessary, sub-
ject 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 prescribe. He shall file with the Governor,
on the last day of April1 in each and every year, an account of the receipts
and disbursements of his office as provided for in this sub-title. The sal-
aries of said Commissioner or clerk or clerks, together with all office and
other expenses including the cost of the Commissioner's bond, shall be
paid out of monies appropriated therefor by the General Assembly. He
shall transmit on the first day of each and every month a statement of the
receipts and disbursements of his office for the preceding month and all
monies coming into his hands under the provisions of this sub-title, with
the exception of such amounts as may be necessary for the purpose of
making refunds to the State Treasurer, to be used as provided elsewhere
in this sub-title, and shall receive a receipt therefor. Said Commissioner
shall be conversant with the construction of motor vehicles and shall be
required to make oath that he has personally operated motor vehicles,
other than motorcycles, at lea'st two thousand miles prior to his appoint-
ment. In case of the absence of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or of
his inability, from any cause, to perform the duties of his office, the Gov-
ernor shall designate some properly qualified person to have all the powers
and perform all the duties of said Commissioner during his absence or
inability as aforesaid, and to receive such compensation per diem, and to
give such bond as the Governor may prescribe.

In addition to the specific duties imposed upon the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles by the provisions of this sub-title, it shall be his duty faith-
fully to exercise every reasonable effort to secure the enforcement of this
sub-title, so that motor vehicle traffic in this State shall be reasonably and
efficiently regulated with due regard to the convenience of persons using
motor vehicles and the safety of the public in general. Said Commissioner
or a deputy or clerk especially designated by him shall have power to
administer the oath prescribed by law in all cases in which he may deem
the same necessary, in the performance of the duties prescribed by this
sub-title, who shall charge for each oath administered the sum of twenty-
five cents, and all fees received from such source to be paid by said Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles into the Treasury as are other funds received
by him.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall keep a record of all state-
ments filed with him and all certificates issued by him, which record shall
be open to public inspection.

1 Act 1920, ch. 511, makes fiscal year of commissioner same as that of state (Sept. 30).