2006 ARTICLE 56.

Suspension or Revocation of Operator's License.

An. Code, sec. 145. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 145. 1920, ch. 506, sec. 145.

189. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or any of his assistants
who may be designated by him for that purpose, may after due hearing,
upon not less than three days' notice in writing, said notice to be sent by
registered letter to the address given by the operator when applying for
his license certificate, which shall constitute sufficient form of notice, sus-
pend or revoke the operator's license issued to any person under Section 186
of this sub-title for any cause which he may deem sufficient; but every
applicant for an operator's license, whose application shall be refused by
said Commissioner, and every licensee whose operator's license shall be
suspended or revoked by said Commissioner, may appeal to the Circuit
Court of the county in which the licensee may live, or to the City Court
of Baltimore City if the licensee live there. The decision of the said
Court to be final, and such appeal not to operate as a stay of such order
or decision by the Commissioner. Subject to the same conditions as to
notice and appeal, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall have power
and authority to refuse, revoke or suspend the markers and certificate of
registration of any motor vehicle which is so constructed as to be, when
in operation, a menace to the safety of its occupants, or to the public, or
is so constructed or operated as to cause unreasonable damage to the
public highways.

Whenever any person licensed to operate a motor vehicle upon the high-
ways of this State has been convicted of any violation of any of the pro-
visions of this sub-title, the Commissioner may, in his discretion, suspend
for such period as he may deem necessary, or revoke the operator's license
of such person. No person shall for the period of three months from the
date of the revocation of his operator's license, be capable of receiving a
new operator's license, nor thereafter except in the discretion of the
Commissioner.

Any person whose license to operate a motor vehicle in this State has
been refused, suspended or revoked as aforesaid, and who shall operate
a motor vehicle, or who shall operate a motor vehicle the registration of
which has been refused, suspended or revoked as aforesaid, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and 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, or to both fine and imprisonment, for the first offense.
The provisions of this section shall apply to the operator and to the owner
who causes or permits his motor vehicle to be operated in violation of
this section.

See notes to sec. 194.

Non-Resident Owners and Operators.

An. Code, sec. 146. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 146. 1920, ch. 506, sec. 146.

190. Any person or operator not a resident of this State, who shall
have complied with the laws of the State in which he resides, requiring