ART. 56. ] MOTOR VEHICLES—"CHAUFFEUR. " 101

expense thereof, the same shall be taken to the nearest garage
or other place where the same can be properly kept and pro-
tected, and there left subject to the order of the officer or jus-
tice in whose custody it was left as aforesaid. Any officer or
other person using or operating any motor vehicle so left in
custody as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not
exceeding one hundred dollars, or in default thereof be impris-
oned for a period not exceeding sixty days. If the person
depositing such security as aforesaid shall fail to appear
before the magistrate or court at the time specified, the amount
deposited by him may be declared forfeited, and be disposed
of as money deposited for bail in other cases, or the motor
vehicle so left as security may be sold at public auction after
ten days' notice to the owner at the address given, and by
handbills publicly posted, such sale to be by order of the jus-
tice of the peace or police justice or court; and from the
amount realized upon such sale, a sum equal to the maximum
fine for the offense charged shall be disposed of in like manner
as though such sums had been deposited as aforesaid, and the
surplus, if any, after deducting all expenses incurred in keep-
ing, or the sale of such motor vehicle, be returned to such
owner on demand.

1904, ch. 518, sec. 9. 1906, ch. 449.

139 A. The word "chauffeur " as used in this section shall
mean any person operating a motor vehicle as mechanic,
employe or for hire, except employes of manufacturers test-
ing uncompleted automobiles. Every-person hereafter desiring
to operate a motor vehicle as a chauffeur shall file in the office
of secretary of State, on a blank to be supplied by such secre-
tary, a statement duly verified by affidavit, including his name
and address, and the trade name and motive power of the
motor vehicle or vehicles he is able to operate, and shall pay a
registration fee of two dollars, one dollar of which fee shall
be retained by the secretary of State for his services in issuing
the license and for furnishing the said chauffeur with a badge,
and the remaining one dollar shall be paid to the State treas-
urer for the use of the State road fund. The secretary of
State shall thereupon file such statement in his office, register
such chauffeur in a book to be kept for that purpose, prop-