708 ARTICLE 56.

Disposition of Fines and Other Receipts.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 178. 1912, sec. 139. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 139.
1929, ch. 95. 1931, ch. 355. 1933, ch. 391.

178. All fines, penalties and forfeitures of bonds, or any other kind
of authorized security, imposed or collected under any of the provisions
of this sub-title shall be paid over within five days after the receipt
thereof to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles with a statement accom-
panying the same, setting forth the action or proceedings in which such
monies were collected, the name and residence of the defendant, the
nature of the offense, and the fine, penalty, forfeiture or sentence, if any,
imposed. And this section shall not be considered as repealed by the
passage hereafter of any law providing for a different disposition of fines
and penalties in any county or other municipal division of this State
unless the same contains a repeal of this section by express references
thereto. Said Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is hereby empowered in
the name of the State of Maryland to take all steps necessary to enforce
the collection and prompt return of all such fines, penalties and forfeitures
of bonds, and when any motor vehicle shall have been deposited as security
under the provisions of this sub-title, and said security is forfeited, the
same may be disposed of by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or under
his discretion by the officer having the said motor vehicles in charge, at
public auction, and the proceeds thereof dealt with pursuant to the pro-
visions of this sub-title, unless within ten days after notice by mail to the
owner of such motor vehicle, or the person leaving the same as security,
the same shall be redeemed. Any Justice of the Peace, Committing
Magistrate or Police Justice accepting checks, drafts or any other unse-
cured evidences of debt in payment of fines, or in lieu of bail, shall do
so at his own risk, provided that nothing herein shall be taken to prohibit
the release of offenders on their own recognizance in proper cases. All
monies received by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the
provisions of this sub-title except such as shall be necessary for the purpose
of making refunds, as in this sub-title provided, and (except in each of the
fiscal years 1934 and 1935, all moneys received as fines, penalties and
forfeitures of bonds, or any other kind of authorized security imposed or
collected, under any of the provisions of this sub-title shall be accounted
for and remitted by said Commissioner to the State Treasurer, who shall
create a special fund thereof. Out of the special funds so created, the
State Treasurer shall first pay, within the limits of the appropriations
made by the General Assembly, all the salaries and expenses of the office
of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The balance of said fund shall
be disbursed, upon warrant to the Comptroller, as follows one-fifth thereof
shall be paid to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, for use on its
roads, and the remaining four-fifths shall be credited to the account of
the State Roads Commission of Maryland, to be used for the oiling,
maintenance, reconstruction and repair of State roads and State-aided
roads, and for no other purpose. All moneys received by the Commis-