LICENSES. 721

City of Hagerstown, Betterton, Chestertown, Rock Hall, Oakland, Bruns-
wick, City of Frederick, Emmitsburg, Cambridge, East New Market,
Easton, Oxford or St. Michaels, unless he is satisfied that all municipal
taxes due and in arrears on the motor vehicle described in the certificate
of registration or title so to be issued or transferred, have been paid,
provided each motor vehicle is separately assessed apart from the assess-
ment on any other motor vehicle or kind or class of assessable property,
and provided the tax to be levied on such motor vehicle is permitted to
be paid separate and apart from the payment of all other taxes, and pro-
vided this section shall apply only in case of taxes becoming due and in
arrears under the levy of 1935 and thereafter.

1935, ch. 464.

184C. In addition to the provisions contained in Section 183, with
reference to the requirement of the payment of State and County taxes
on motor vehicles, 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 vehicles owned by a resident of any
incorporated city or town in Allegany County, unless he is satisfied that
all municipal taxes due and in arrears on the motor vehicle described in the
certificate of registration or title so to be issued or transferred, have been
paid, provided each motor vehicle is separately assessed apart from the
assessment on any other motor vehicle or kind or class of assessable prop-
erty, and provided the tax to be levied on such motor vehicle is permitted
to be paid separate and apart from the payment of all other taxes, and
provided this section shall apply only in case of taxes becoming due and
in arrears under the levy of 1935 and thereafter.

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