706 ARTICLE 56.

Definitions.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 173. 1912, sec. 134. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 134

1920, ch. 506, sec. 134. 1927, ch. 520, sec. 173. 1929, ch. 408.

1933, ch. 246.

173. Whenever the term "Motor Vehicle" is used in this sub-title,
except when otherwise expressly provided, it shall be taken to include all
vehicles, including motor bicycles, motorcycles, semi-trailers, trailers, trac-
tors and traction engines, designed, constructed or intended to be propelled
or drawn by any power other than muscular power, except such vehicles as
run only upon rails or tracks or are propelled by electric power furnished
by means of overhead wires. The term "new motor vehicle" for the pur-
poses of this law is defined to mean a motor vehicle, the ownership of
which is in a manufacturer, dealer, or distributor, registered under the
provisions of Section 180, and which has never been so used as to destroy
its newness or to convert it into or make it a used or second-hand vehicle as
these terms are commonly used or understood in trade or business. The
term "used motor vehicle" or "second-hand motor vehicle" for the pur-
poses of this law shall be applicable to all motor vehicles other than those
defined herein as new. The term "solid tire vehicle" shall include all
motor vehicles equipped with two or more solid tires, or with tires coming-
in contact with the road surface which are not inflated with air. The term
"local authorities" shall include all officers of counties, cities, towns or
villages, as well as all boards, committees and other public officials of
such counties, cities, towns or villages. The term "State" as used in the
sub-title, except when otherwise expressly provided and except in Section
190, shall also include the territories and federal districts of the United
States. The term "owner" shall include any person, firm, association or
corporation owning a motor vehicle or having the exclusive use thereof,
under contract of purchase, lease, hiring or rental thereof, or otherwise.
The term "dealer" shall be limited to individuals, firms or corporations
actively engaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging new
motor vehicles and who hold a dealer's contract therefor from a manu-
facturer or distributor and who have an established place for the conduct
of such business. The term "chauffeur" shall be taken to include every
person operating a motor vehicle for hire, or as an employee of the owner
thereof. The terms "highway, " "roads, " "public highways" or "public
roads" shall include any highway or thoroughfare of any kind used by the
public, whether actually dedicated to the public and accepted by the proper
authorities or otherwise. The term "safety zone" shall include all parts of
the public highways or private rights of way which are elevated above the
travelled roadbed, or set apart therefrom for the exclusive use of pedes-
trians or street car passengers and which are guarded or protected against
vehicular travel by posts, plantings, curbing or otherwise, or which are
appropriately marked or designated as safety zones by duly constituted
State or municipal authorities. Whenever reference is made in this sub-
title to a motor vehicle equipped with six wheels it shall be construed