WM. PEESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1357

Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles", as amended by Chapter
30 of the Acts of 1945, be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

285. (Disposition of Fines and Other Receipts of the De-
partment.) (a) All fines, penalties, and forfeitures of bonds,
or any kind of authorized security, imposed or collected
under any of the provisions of this Article shall be paid over
on the second and fourth Mondays of each month after
receipt thereof to the Department with a statement accom-
panying the same, setting forth, the action or proceedings in
which such monies were collected, the name and residence of
the defendant, the nature of the offense, and the fine, penalty,
forfeiture or sentence, if any, imposed.

(b) This section shall not be considered as repealed by the
passage hereafter of any law providing for a different dispo-
sition of fines and penalties in any county or other municipal
division of this State unless the same contains a repeal of
this section by express references thereto.

(c) The Department is hereby empowered in the name of
the State of Maryland to take all steps necessary to enforce
the collection and prompt return of all such fines, penalties
and forfeitures of bonds.

(d) Any Justice of the Peace, Committing Magistrate,
Trial Magistrate or Police Justice accepting checks, drafts or
any other unsecured evidences of debt in payment of fines,
or in lieu of bail, shall do so at his own risk, provided that
nothing herein shall be taken to prohibit the release of
offenders on their own recognizance in proper cases.

(e) Subject to the provisions of Sections 25A, 27B, 64, 74
and 110G of this Article, all monies received by the Depart-
ment pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall be
accounted for and remitted by the Department to the State
Treasurer who, after first paying, or retaining a sufficient
amount thereof to pay, all refunds of motor vehicle registra-
tion fees in this Article provided, all the salaries and expenses
of the Department and of the Traffic Court of Baltimore City,
and costs in dismissed cases pursuant to Section 270 of this
Article, shall hold the balance of said monies in a special fund
hereby created and known as the Motor Vehicle Revenue Fund,
said fund to be thereafter held and distributed in accordance
with the provisions applicable to said fund contained in Article
89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

(f) Failure, refusal, or neglect on the part of any judicial
or other officer or employee receiving or having custody of