LICENSES. 2003

1924, ch. 412.

183. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is hereby authorized and
directed to refuse to issue or transfer any plate or marker, certificate of
registration or title for any motor vehicle unless he is satisfied that all
taxes due and in arrears thereon have been paid. This section shall only
apply to applications made for motor vehicles owned in the City of Balti-
more, and provided that this section shall apply only in the case of taxes
becoming due and in arrears in the year 1924 and thereafter. Nothing
in this section shall apply to commercial trucks.

184.1

Transfer of Ownership.

An. Code, sec. 142. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 142. 1920, ch. 506, sec. 142.

185. Upon the transfer of ownership of any motor vehicle, its certifi-
cate of registration and the right to use the number plates or markers
aforesaid shall expire; and the registration markers shall be removed at
the time of the transfer of possession, unless said owner shall give the
purchaser written permission to use said markers for a period of five
days, as provided in Section 192 hereof. In such latter case it shall be the
duty of the purchaser to remove said markers promptly at the expiration
of such five days and return them either to the original owner of the
motor vehicle or to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and it shall be
unlawful for the purchaser or any person other than the person to whom
such markers were originally issued to have the same in his possession
after the expiration of such five days, whether in use or not; provided,
however, that in the case of a transfer of ownership, the original owner
may register another motor vehicle under the same number upon payment
of a fee of one dollar ($1.00) where such motor vehicle is of less or equal
horse-power or tonnage as that originally registered; or upon payment of
a fee of one dollar ($1.00) and the difference between the fee originally
paid and that due, in case the new motor vehicle be properly registered
in a higher class; and provided further that upon such transfer of owner-
ship and the return of such registration certificate and number plates or
markers, with the application prescribed for use in such cases, the original
owner shall be entitled to a refund of the amount paid for registration
markers and certificate on a basis of quarterly periods of use yet remaining.

License to Operators.

An. Code, sec. 143. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 143. 1920, ch. 506, sec. 143.

186. No person shall operate" a motor vehicle upon any highway of
this State until he first shall have obtained a license for the purpose.
The Commissioner shall require an actual demonstration of the qualifica-
tions of the person applying for such license, and, in addition, may refuse
to issue the same if, in his judgment, the safety of the public would be

1 Through inadvertence no section was numbered " 184."