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shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be
subject to a fine not exceeding Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, or imprison-
ment for not more than six months, or to both fine and imprisonment.
As to motor vehicles, see art. 56, secs. 196, et seq., and 293, et seq.

1927, ch. 533, sec. 187B.

217. Any person who hires, leases or rents a motor vehicle to any
person to operate upon any public highway, road or street, knowing that
such person is under the influence of liquor or drugs shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not more
than One Hundred ($100) Dollars, or imprisonment for not more than
30 days, or to both fine and imprisonment.

1927, ch. 533, sec. 187C.

218. Any person who, after hiring, leasing or renting a motor vehicle
under an agreement to pay for the use of such motor vehicle a sum of money
based wholly or in part upon the distance such motor vehicle travels dur-
ing the period for which hired, leased or rented, shall, with intent to de-
fraud the person, or his agent, from whom such motor yehicle was hired,
leased or rented, remove or attempt to remove, tamper with or attempt to
tamper with, or in any way damage or interfere with any hubdometer or
other mechanical device attached to such motor vehicle, or any part, thereof,
for the purpose of registering the distance such motor vehicle travels, and
any person who shall knowingly aid, abet or assist another in so doing,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be
subject to a fine of not more than One Hundred ($100) Dollars, or to
imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or to both fine and imprisonment.

Any person violating the provisions of this section may be prosecuted in
the county or city where the motor vehicle was hired, leased or rented.

1927, ch. 533, sec. 187D,

219. Any person who, with intent to deprive or defraud the owner
of any motor vehicle, or the person in lawful possession thereof, out of the
use, benefit or enjoyment of such motor vehicle, shall obtain the use, bene-
fit or enjoyment of such motor vehicle for himself from the owner or from
the owner's agent, or from any person in lawful possession thereof, by
means of a trick, or false or fraudulent representation, or any false token
or writing, or false personation of another, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not more
than Five Hundred ($500) Dollars or imprisonment for not more than six
months, or to both fine and imprisonment.

1927, ch. 533, sec. 187E.

220. Any person who, after hiring, leasing or renting a motor vehicle
under agreement to return such motor vehicle at the termination of the
period for which such motor vehicle is hired, leased or rented, shall aban-
don such motor vehicle, or refuse or wilfully neglect to return the same,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be
subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, or im-
prisonment for not more than one year, or to both fine and imprisonment.