LICENSES. 1999

of this sub-title shall be paid over within five days after the receipt thereof
to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles with a statement accompanying
the same, setting forth the action or proceedings in which such monies
were collected, the name and residence of the defendant, the nature of
the offense, and the fine, penalty, forfeiture or sentence, if any, imposed.
And this section shall not be considered as repealed by the passage here-
after of any law providing for a different disposition of fines and penal-
ties in any county or other municipal division of this State unless the same
contains a repeal of this section by express references thereto. Said Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles is hereby empowered in the name of the
State of Maryland to take all steps necessary to enforce the collection and
prompt return of all such fines, penalties and forfeitures of bonds, and
when any motor vehicle shall have been deposited as security under the
provisions of this sub-title, and said security is forfeited, the same may
be disposed of by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or under his dis-
cretion by the officer having the said motor vehicles in charge, at public
auction, and the proceeds thereof dealt with pursuant to the provisions
of this sub-title, unless within ten days after notice by mail to the owner of
such motor vehicle, or the person leaving the same as security, the same
shall be redeemed. Any Justice of the Peace, committing Magistrate or
Police Justice accepting checks, drafts or any other unsecured evidences
of debt in payment of fines, or in lieu of bail, shall do so at his own risk,
provided that nothing herein shall be taken to prohibit the release of
offenders on their own recognizance in proper cases. All monies received
by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of this
sub-title, except such as shall be necessary for the purpose of making re-
funds, as hereinbefore provided, shall be accounted for and remitted by
said Commissioner to the State Treasurer, who shall create a special fund
thereof, and pay the amounts for salaries and expenses within the limits
of the appropriation made by the General Assembly and the balance in
quarterly installments one-fifth thereof to the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore for use on its roads and the balance to the State Roads Com-
mission to be used for the oiling, maintenance and repair of State roads
and State-aided roads, and for no other purpose.
See notes to secs. 186 and 190.

PART III.
Registration of Motor Vehicles and Operators.

An. Code, sec. 140. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 140.

179. Every owner of one or more motor vehicles before the same shall
be operated in this State, and except as hereinafter otherwise provided,
shall fill in and file with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, on a blank
furnished by the Commissioner, an application for the registration of
such motor vehicles, containing such information as shall be required by
the Commissioner. The horse-power of all motor vehicles propelled by
gas engines, except motorcycles, shall be computed and recorded upon the
following formula, and the annual registration fee, hereinafter provided