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facturer, dealer or distributor, without cost, a certificate for each such vehi-
cle so received. A manufacturer, dealer or distributor, duly registered
under the provisions of this section, may use his dealer's tags on motor vehi-
cles in his possession, but not owned by him, for periods of five days, and no
longer, provided he first obtains from the owner of said motor vehicle
written permission so to do, and provided further that he shall have and
display, on demand of any proper officer, the actual consent in writing of
the owner of said motor vehicle to such use. Whenever a sale of a motor
vehicle is made by a dealer duly registered under the provisions of this
section, the dealer may permit the purchaser of such vehicle to use his
dealer's tags on the vehicle so purchased, or if in such sale such dealer has
taken in trade another motor vehicle registered under the laws of this
State, such dealer may permit the purchaser to use on the vehicle so pur-
chased the current registration tags belonging to the vehicle so taken in
trade for a period not exceeding five days from the date of the sale, pro-
vided, the dealer shall give to such purchaser permission so to use such
tags, said permission to be in substitution for registration cards and to be
on forms to be furnished to the dealers by the Commissioner, which said
permission shall bear the signature of the dealer and shall be displayed as
registration cards are now required to be displayed; and provided further
that before the dealer shall subscribe and furnish such permission to such
purchaser, such dealer shall have received from the purchaser the written
application for the titling and registration of the said motor vehicle with
the prescribed fees therefor and shall have actually forwarded the same
by mail or messenger to the Commissioner.

New motor vehicles owned by and in the possession of registered manu-
facturers, dealers or distributors shall be exempt from the registration by
manufacturers' number prescribed by Section 179. Dealers' tags shall
not be used on any motor vehicle while engaged in business of any kind or
character except the automobile business of the manufacturer, dealer or
distributor, nor in the business of transportation for hire or livery busi-
ness; nor shall the same be used after such manufacturer, dealer or dis-
tributor shall have been notified by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
that such tags are forfeited because of his failure to comply with the pro-
visions of this section. Any manufacturer, dealer or distributor who
shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions hereof or shall cause or
permit dealers' tags to be used in violation of any of the provisions of this
sub-title, and any person using any such tags in violation of the provisions
of this sub-title shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con-
viction, shall be fined not less than five dollars ($5. 00) nor more than fifty
dollars ($50. 00), and, upon conviction of any manufacturer, dealer or
distributor, all tags issued to such manufacturer, dealer or distributor
under Class D, Section 182 of this Article, shall be subject to revocation
or suspension by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and the said Com-
missioner may refuse and decline thereafter to issue other such tags to
such manufacturer, dealer or distributor.