2000. ARTICLE 56.

for, paid in accordance therewith; square the diameter of the cylinder,
multiply by the number of cylinders and divide by two and one-half. For
all motor vehicles propelled by steam engines, other than tractors and
traction engines, the rating shall be based on the system of rating adopted
by the United States Government. Should any other motor power be used,
and in the case of motor vehicles having solid tires, the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles is empowered to adopt such formula to govern their rating
as he may deem proper. The said Commissioner of Motor Vehicles upon
the payment of the registration fee hereinafter provided for, shall file such
application in his office and register such motor vehicle, assigning to it a
distinguishing number or mark, and shall thereupon issue to the owner
thereof, a certificate of registration which shall contain the name, place
of residence and post office address of the owner, and the number of mark
assigned to such motor vehicle. Such certificate shall be in convenient 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 of 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 num-
ber 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 certificate 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
certificate of registration by misrepresentation, or changes the name, num-
ber or any identifying information appearing on any certificate of regis-
tration, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon convic-
tion, 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 registra-
tion 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 prescribed.

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 certi-
ficate as herein provided for.1
See notes to sec. 186.

180-181.1

1 Through inadvertence no sections were numbered " 180 " and " 181."