WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 275

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 amended by
Chapters 90 and 131 of the Acts of 1945, 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repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows: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 oi Motor Vehicles
in the registration of motor vehicles of the Class A passenger
or pleasure type 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 registration 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 regis-
tration or license fees required by this Article, pay a fee of
fifteen cents for the services rendered by the County Treasurer
in connection with such registration, this fee to be deducted
each week before remitting to the said Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles. Each of the County Treasurers so directed to issue
tags shall first provide to the State of Maryland a bond in
such form and in such amount as prescribed by the Comp-
troller.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall furnish each
County Treasurer all the necessary forms or blanks, including
reports, as well as all metal plates or markers, and all sta-
tionery necessary to enable the said County Treasurer to per-
form the duties herein set forth; but each County Treasurer
shall pay for any additional clerks occasioned in performing
these duties out of the fees payable to him. The provisions of
this section shall not apply to Baltimore, Cecil, Harford,
Howard and Prince George's Counties.

The following counties shall leave the decision as to whether
or not this section shall apply to the Board of County Com-
missioners of the respective counties by appropriate resolu-
tion: Allegany, Carroll, Dorchester, Frederick, Worcester,
Washington and Wicomico. The County Treasurers of
Somerset County, Calvert County and Garrett County are
hereby mandatorily directed to act as the agent of the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles in the registration of motor
vehicles of the Class A. passenger or pleasure type and to
issue metal plates or markers, as herein above provided.