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days after notice by mail to the owner of such motor vehicle,
or the person leaving the same as security,. the same shall be
redeemed. Any Justice of the Peace, committing Magistrate
or Police Justice accepting checks, drafts or any other un-
secured 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. All monies received by the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of this;
sub-title, except such as shall be necessary for the purpose of
making refunds, as hereinbefore provided, shall be accounted
for and remitted by said Commissioner to the State Treasurer,
who shall create a special fund thereof, and pay the amounts
for salaries and expenses within the limits of the appropriation
made by the General Assembly and the balance in quarterly
installments one-fifth thereof to the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore for use on its roads and the balance to the State
Roads Commission to be used for the oiling, maintenance and
repair of State roads and State-aided roads, and for no other
purpose.

PART III

REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES I
AND OPERATORS.

REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

140. Every owner of one or more motor vehicles before the
same shall be operated in this State, and except as hereinafter
otherwise provided, shall fill in and file with the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles, on a blank furnished by the Commissioner,
an application for the registration of such motor vehicles, con-
taining such information as shall be required by the Commis-
sioner. The horse-power of all motor vehicles propelled by gas
engines, except motorcycles, shall be computed and recorded
upon the following formula, and the annual registration fee,
hereinafter provided for, paid in accordance therewith; square
the diameter of the cylinder, multiply by the number of cylin-