1586 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 687
applying for the same at a price not exceeding three dollars
($3. 00) per year.
Disposition of Fines and other Receipts.
139. All fines, penalties and forfeitures of bonds im-
posed or collected under any of the provisions of this sub-
title shall be paid over within five, days after the receipt
thereof to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles with a state-
ment accompanying the same, setting forth the action or pro-
ceedings 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. And
this section shall not be considered as repealed by the passage
hereafter of any law providing for a different disposition 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 reference thereto. Said Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles 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, and when any motor vehicle shall have been depos-
ited as security under the provisions of this sub-title, and said
security is forfeited, the same may be disposed of by the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles, or under his direction by the
officer having the said motor vehicle in charge, at public auc-
tion, and the proceeds thereof dealt with pursuant to the pro-
visions of this sub-title, unless within ten 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. All monies
received by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to
the provisions of this sub-title except such as shall be necessary
for his salary and the expenses of his office, as hereinbefore
provided, shall be accounted for and remitted by said Com-
missioner to the State Treasurer who shall create a special
fund thereof, and on the first day of May in each year pay
one-fifth thereof to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
for use on its roads and streets, and the balance to the State
Roads Commission to be used for the oiling, maintenance and
repair of the modern roads now being built by the State and
counties and for no other purpose.
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