508 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 281

If a certificate provided for in Classes A, 1A, 2A, 3A,
4A, B and G be issued after the first of the year, the
charge shall be on a quarterly basis; three-quarters after
April 1st, or before July 1st, one-half after July 1st, or
before October 1st, and one-quarter after October 1st, until
the end of the year. Upon the surrender of the registra-
tion certificate and number plates or markers provided for
in Classes A, 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, B and G, and upon application
made therefor, the original owner shall be entitled to a re-
fund of the amount paid for such certificate and markers
for the unused portion of the year calculated on a quarterly
basis with no allowance for fractional portions of a quarter.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall have au-
thority, in disputed cases, to determine the classification in
which any motor vehicle belongs, under any of the pro-
vision of this sub-title.

A duplicate registration certificate shall be furnished by
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for fifty cents (50c. )
in cases where he is satisfied the original has been lost.

In the event any plate or marker issued by such Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles under the provisions of this or
any other section shall be lost or destroyed, the Commis-
sioner shall cause an investigation to be made into the
circumstances of the alleged loss, and if he is satisfied that
said tag or tags have in fact been destroyed as alleged by
the applicant, he shall issue a duplicate or duplicates there-
of, or a new set of tags, in his discretion, with appropriate
registration certificate, at a cost not to exceed four dollars
($4. 00) in the case of a motor vehicle, or two dollars
($2. 00) in the case of a motor cycle or bicycle with motor
attachment.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 194 of
Article 56 of the Code of Public General Laws of Maryland,
1929 Edition, title "Licenses, " sub-title "Speed, Size,
Weight, Construction and Equipment of Motor Vehicles, "
be and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

(1) GENERAL PROVISIONS

194. No person shall operate a motor vehicle of any
kind, as defined in this sub-title, over any public highway
of the State recklessly or at a rate of speed greater than
is reasonable and proper, having regard to the width,
traffic and use of the highway, or so as to endanger the
property and life or limb of any person, or without due
regard to wear upon said highway, so as not unnecessarily