LICENSES 2361

said Commissioner, and every licensee whose operator's license shall be
suspended or revoked by said Commissioner, may appeal to the Circuit
Court of the county in which the licensee may live, or to the Baltimore City
Court of Baltimore City if the licensee live there, the decision of the said
Court to be final, and such appeal to operate as a stay of such order or deci-
sion by the Commissioner. Subject to the same conditions as to notice and
appeal, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall have power and author-
ity to refuse, revoke or suspend the markers and certificate of registration
of any motor vehicle which is so constructed as to be, when in operation, a
menace to the safety of its occupants, or to the public, or is so constructed
or operated as to cause unreasonable damage to the public highways, or
whenever the owner of any motor vehicle shall make or permit to be made
any use of the same without having complied with the licensing provisions
of this and of every other law of this State, or permit the use thereof by a
person not entitled thereto.

Whenever any person licensed to operate a motor vehicle upon the high-
ways of this State has been convicted of any violation of any of the provi-
sions of this sub-title, the Commissioner may, in his discretion, suspend for
such period as he may deem necessary, or revoke the operator's license of
such person. No person shall for the period of three months from the date
of the revocation of his operator's license, be capable of receiving a new
operator's license, nor thereafter except in the discretion of the Commis-
sioner.

Any person whose license to operate a motor vehicle in this State has
been refused, suspended or revoked as aforesaid, and who shall operate a
motor vehicle, or who shall operate a motor vehicle the registration of
which has been refused, suspended or revoked as aforesaid, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00), or to imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more
than one year, or to both fine and imprisonment. The provisions of this
section shall apply to the operator and to the owner who causes or permits
his motor vehicle to be operated in violation of this section.

See notes to sec. 196.

1929, ch. 257.

186. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may require the inspection
of any motor vehicle or trailer to determine whether or not it is unsafe
or improperly equipped or otherwise unfit to be operated. Such inspec-
tion shall be made at such times and in such manner as the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles may specify. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
may authorize properly qualified persons to make inspections, without
expense to the State, or to the owner of the motor vehicle at stations
designated by him, and he may at any time revoke such authorization or
designation. There shall be at least one inspection station in each legis-
lative district in the City of Baltimore and at' least one in each of the
election districts of the several counties. The Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles may refuse to register any motor vehicle or trailer which has not
been inspected as required, or which is, in his opinion, unsafe or improp-
erly equipped or otherwise unfit to be operated, and for like reasons he may
revoke any registration already made; provided, however, that the pro-
visions of Section 185 of this Article, with reference to notice, hearing