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SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the imme-
diate preservation of the public health and safety, and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote, supported by three-fifths
of all of the members elected to. each of the two Houses of
the General Assembly of Maryland, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved November 10, 1947.

CHAPTER 33.
(Senate Bill 38)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
27A of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1943 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles, " sub-title "Ad-
ministration-Registration-Titling, " as said section was
amended by Chapter 191 of the Acts of 1947, authorizing
the County Treasurers of certain counties to issue metal
plates or markers for motor trucks privately owned and
operated for hire.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 27A of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles, "
sub-title "Administration-Registration-Titling, " as said sec-
tion was amended by Chapter 191 of the Acts of 1947, be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
to read as follows:

27A. The County Treasurer of each county in this State,
shall act as the agent of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
in the registration of motor vehicles of the Class A passenger
or pleasure type and all motor trucks with a chassis weight
of less than 2500 pounds and which are privately owned and
not operated for hire and the issuance of metal plates or
markers, as provided in Section 27 of this Article, in like
manner as if application had been made at the office of the

Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Each County Treasurer
shall remit to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles at the
close of each week all fees collected by him for the registra-
tion of motor vehicles, together with a complete record of
such registration made by him during each day, except the
fifteen cent fee paid to him by the applicant for his services
in issuing the certificate of registration and metal plates or
markers. Each applicant for registration of a motor vehicle

shall, in addition to the registration or license fees required
by this Article, pay a fee of fifteen cents for the services