98 LICENSES. [ART. 56.

Baltimore city, the board of police commissioners), may in
their discretion, notwithstanding the other provisions of this
sub-title, set aside for a given time a specified public highway
or highways for speed tests or contests, to be conducted under
proper restrictions for the safety and convenience of the public.

1904, ch. 518, sec. 7. 1906, ch. 449.

187. Any person driving a motor vehicle upon any of the
public highways of this State in an organized race (except as
in this sub-title otherwise provided) or on a bet or wager, shall
upon conviction be fined in a sum not exceeding $100, and in
default of payment thereof be punished by imprisonment in the
county or city jail, as the case may be, for a period not exceed-
ing thirty days, the words " organized race " as used in this
section not to be taken to embrace a casual brush oil the public
highways, which, however, is hereby prohibited, and is to be
deemed punishable, when on a highway where persons are
driving, as a violation of the section prohibiting a greater
speed than is reasonable, and when otherwise and the speed
exceeds twelve miles an hour, as a violation of sub-division 3 of
section 134 of this sub-title.

Ibid. sec. 8. Ibid.

188. No person operating any steam or electric motor vehicle
in this State shall allow the same to stand unattended on or by
any road, street or other highway, without securely locking the
lever or other device by which the same is started, or taking
other reasonable precautions to prevent such vehicle being
started by unauthorized persons; and no person operating any
gasoline motor vehicle shall leave the same unattended as afore-
said without first stopping the motor and cutting off the electric
current. The penalty for a violation of the aforegoing provi-
sion shall be a fine not less than ten dollars. Any person who
shall, without authority of the person in charge thereof, climb
upon or in any automobile, whether while the same is in motion
or at rest, or hurl stones or other missiles at the same, or at
the occupants thereof, or who shall, while such motor vehicle
is at rest and unattended, sound the horn or other signaling
device, or attempt to manipulate any of the levers, the starting
crank, brakes or machinery thereof, or set said vehicle in
motion or otherwise damage or interfere with the same, shall