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and the Governor of this State is hereby authorized and empowered to
confer and advise with the proper officers and legislative bodies of other
States of the Union, and enter into reciprocal agreements under which the
registration of motor vehicles owned by the residents of this State will
be recognized by such other States, and he is further authorized and em-
powered from time to time to grant to residents of other States the privi-
lege of using the roads of this State as in this section provided in return
for similar privileges granted residents of this State by such other States.

The aforegoing exemption of non-residents shall not apply to operators
of motor vehicles or motorcycles who are residents of States which do not
require the display of identification markers on the same, nor shall it
apply to non-residents of this State who have temporary residences in this
State for periods in excess of three months in any year, or to non-residents,
engaged in the business of transporting persons or property for hire, wholly
or partly upon or over the public highways of this State, over fixed routes,
or between fixed termini.

Any resident of another State who shall come to this State and take up
permanent residence herein shall be entitled to use the license and identi-
fication marker on his, or her motor vehicle for thirty days, and no more
from the time when residence in this State first begins.

Any non-resident operating a motor vehicle in this State contrary to the
provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of displaying a fictitious
marker, or operating without a license and subject to the penalties pre-
scribed elsewhere in this sub-title for such offenses in the case of residents.

Any reciprocal agreement which may exist, or be entered into hereafter
between the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia, in accordance
with the provisions of Section 224 of this Article, shall be subject in every
respect to the provisions of this section.

1929, ch. 254, sec. 190A. 1931, ch. 70, sec. 190A. 1933, ch. 288, sec. 190A.

190A. The acceptance by a non-resident individual, firm or corporation
of the rights and privileges of using the roads and highways of Maryland,
which rights and privileges are conferred by Section 190 or by any other
law, as evidenced by his, their or its operation of a motor vehicle on any
of the public highways within the limits of this State, shall be deemed
equivalent to an appointment by such non-resident individual, firm or cor-
poration of the Secretary of State, or his successor in office, to be his, their
or its true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful
processes in any action or proceeding instituted, filed or pending against
him, them or it. growing out of any accident or collision in which said
non-resident may be involved, while operating or causing to be operated,
a motor vehicle on such public highway and said acceptance of the rights
and privileges of using said highways or the operation of said motor
vehicle by said non-resident individual, firm or corporation within this
State, shall be a signification of his, their or its agreement that any such
process against him, them or it which is so served shall be of the same legal