102 LICENSES. [ART. 56.

erly indexed, and assign such chauffeur a distinguishing regis-
tration number. The secretary of State shall forthwith upon
such registration, and without further fee, issue and cause to
be delivered to such chauffeur a badge of aluminum or other
suitable metal, which shall be oval in form, and the greater
diameter of which shall not be more than two inches, having
stamped thereon the words "Registered Chauffeur, No. ——,
Maryland, " with registration number inserted therein; which
badge shall thereafter be worn by such chauffeur pinned upon
his clothing in a conspicuous place at all times while he is
operating a motor vehicle upon the public highways. No
chauffeur, having registered as hereinabove provided, shall
knowingly permit any other person to wear his badge, nor
shall any other person, while operating a motor vehicle, wear
any badge belonging to another person, or badge bearing a
fictitious number. No person shall knowingly employ any
person to operate a motor vehicle as a chauffeur unless the
person so employed has complied with the provisions of this
section, and no person shall operate a motor vehicle, as a chauf-
feur, upon the public highways, after thirty days after this sub-
title takes effect, unless such person shall have complied in all
respects with the requirements of this section. No chauffeur
or other person shall drive or operate any motor vehicle upon
any street or highway in the absence of the owner of such
motor vehicle without his consent. No chauffeur or other
person having the care of a motor vehicle for the owner shall
receive or take, directly or indirectly, -any bonus, discount or
other consideration on supplies or parts furnished or purchased
for such motor vehicle, or on work or labor done thereon by
others; and no person furnishing such supplies or parts, work
or labor, shall give or offer any such chauffeur or other person
having the care of a motor vehicle for the owner, directly or
indirectly, any bonus, discount or other consideration thereon.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be
imprisoned in the city or county jail for a period not exceeding
sixty days. Chauffeurs, while operating motor vehicles on the
public highways of this State, shall be subject to all the pro-
visions and penalties in this sub-title provided, relating to
violations of the provisions of this sub-title, and upon convic-
tion of a second offense or of any offense in this sub-title