322 ARTICLE 56.

1927, ch. 31.

184. 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 Queen Anne's
County, and provided this section shall apply only in the cases. of taxes
becoming due and in arrears in the year 1927 and thereafter.
See sec. 183.

1927, ch. 40.

184A. 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 is only
applicable to applications made for motor vehicles owned in Anne Arun-
del County, and provided that this Section shall apply only in the case of
taxes becoming due and in arrears in the year 1927 and thereafter.
See sec. 183.

Transfer of Ownership.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 185. 1912, sec. 142. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 142.
1920, ch. 506, sec. 142. 1927, ch. 520, sec. 185.

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 afore-
said 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 pro-
vided 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 horsepower 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.
See notes to sec.. 173.

Fees of Operators.
188.

This section referred to in construing sec. 209—see notes thereto. Kelly v.
Huber Baking Co., 145 Md. 335.