160 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 85

the Governor may require, for the faithful performance of his
duties. The Commissioner shall appoint such assistants and at
such salaries as he may deem necessary, subject to the approval
of the Governor. He shall maintain an office in the City of Bal-
timore, open daily, excepting Sundays and holidays, during
such hours as the Governor may prescribe. He shall file with
the Governor, on the last day of April in each and every year,
an account of the receipts and disbursements of his office as
provided for in this sub-title. The salaries of said Commis-
sioner or clerk or clerks, together with all office and other
expenses including the cost of the Commissioner's bond, shall
be paid out of monies appropriated therefor by the General
Assembly. He shall transmit on the first day of each and
every month a statement of the receipts and disbursements of
his office for the preceding month and all monies coming into
his hands under the provisions of this sub-title, with the excep-
tion of such amounts as may be necessary for the purpose of
making refunds to the State Treasurer, to be used as provided
elsewhere in this sub-title, and shall receive a receipt therefor.
Said Commissioner shall be conversant with the construction
of motor vehicles and shall be required to make oath that he
has personally operated motor vehicles, other than motorcycles,
at least two thousand miles prior to his appointment. In case
of the absence of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or of his
inability, from any cause, to perform the duties of his office,
the Governor shall designate some properly qualified person
to have all the powers and perform all the duties of said Com-
missioner during his absence or inability as aforesaid, and to
receive such compensation per diem, and to give such bond as
the Governor may prescribe.

In addition to the specific duties imposed upon the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles by the provisions of this sub-title,
it shall be his duty faithfully to exercise every reasonable effort
to secure the enforcement of this sub-title, so that motor vehicle
traffic in this State shall be reasonably and efficiently regulated
with due regard to the convenience of persons using motor
vehicles and the safety of the public in general. Said Commis-