2368 ARTICLE 56

In the case of moving motor vehicles the numerals on the rear registra-
tion marker shall be so illuminated as to be clearly discernible at a distance
of not less than twenty-five (25) feet from the rear, and the registration
markers on both front and rear shall at all times be kept clean, clear,
discernible and unobscured.

(Glaring Lights.) No vehicle of any kind, including motor vehicles and
horse-drawn vehicles, shall at any time, whether in motion or at rest, use
on any public highway of this State any lighting device which shall throw
a dazzling or glaring light to a height of more than forty-two (42)
inches above the surface of the road when measured on a level road at a
distance of seventy-five (75) feet or more ahead.

(Candle Power.) No motor vehicle of any kind shall. at any time,
whether in use or not in use, be equipped with an electric bulb or other
lighting device of a greater capacity than thirty-two (32) candle power,
no matter how the same may be shaded, covered or obscured.

(Lenses.) No motor vehicle of any kind shall at any time, whether in
use or not in use, be equipped with any lamp without any glass or with
a plain glass front, behind which there is an electric bulb or other lighting
device of a greater capacity than four candlepower, unless such bulb itself
be so designed, constructed and used as to prevent glare.

The State Board of Motor Vehicle Headlight Inspection is hereby cre-
ated. Said Board shall consist of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles,
Commissioner of Police of Baltimore City, and the Secretary of the Auto-
mobile Club of Maryland. The members of said Board shall serve without
pay and shall hold meetings at such times and places as in their judgment
may be necessary. The said Board is hereby expressly charged with the
enforcement of the aforegoing provisions prohibiting the use of glaring or
dazzling headlights on the highways of this State, and shall have full power
and authority to make, promulgate and enforce all reasonable regulations
to this end, both for the purpose of determining the character of headlights
to be used, including inspections, tests and licensing or permitting the
sale of the same, and the use thereof on the highways. It shall be unlawful
for anyone to use, sell or have in his possession any headlight or other
lighting device designed for use on motor vehicles on the public highways
of this State contrary to this sub-title or contrary to such regulations so
to be prescribed by said State Board of Motor Vehicle Headlight Inspec-
tion, subject to a penalty of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the first offense, and to a penalty of not
more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the second or any subsequent
offense, such penalties to be enforced by the Traffic Court of Baltimore
City or any Justice of the Peace of the State having jurisdiction, as pro-
vided in Section 208 of this Article; provided, however, that any person
who may feel himself aggrieved by any general regulation promulgated
by the said Board of Motor Vehicle Headlight Inspection under the powers
contained in this provision, may apply to any court of competent jurisdic-
tion to have the enforcement of the same enjoined on the ground that such
regulation is unreasonable, unlawful or in excess of the powers herein
conferred upon said Board of Motor Vehicle Headlight Inspection.

Any person who shall turn all or any of his motor vehicle lights off for
the purpose of avoiding arrest shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction, subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00)
or imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety days, or both fine and
imprisonment.