1010 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 508
rental thereof, or otherwise. The term "dealer" shall be
taken to include all individuals, firms or corporations actively
engaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging
motor vehicles, and who have an established place of business.
The term "chauffeur" shall be taken to include every person
operating a motor vehicle for hire, or as an employee1 of the
owner thereof. The terms "highway," "roads," "public
highways" or "public roads" shall include any highway or
thoroughfare of any kind used by the public, whether actually
dedicated to the public and accepted by the proper authorities
or otherwise.
The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall have authority
in disputed cases, to determine the extent of the applicability
of the definitions herein contained.
MOTOR CYCLE AND SPECIAL DEPUTIES.
137. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles to employ, with the consent and approval of the Gov-
ernor, such number of deputies, not exceeding twenty,
equipped with motor cycles, as in the opinion of the Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles may be necessary to enforce the
provisions of the motor vehicle and traffic laws throughout
the entire State, said Commissioner to have authority to dis-
charge or dismiss said deputies in his discretion, with or
without other cause than may appear to him sufficient. Said
Commissioner shall also have power to appoint special depu-
ties, who shall serve without compensation and who shall
assist in enforcing the provisions of this sub-title. The motor
cycle deputies and special deputies shall have power to make
summary arrests without warrant and cause the offenders to
be brought to trial as in this sub-title provided.
PAMPHLET STATEMENTS.
138. It shall be the duty of said Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles to publish, in pamphlet form, the first week in each
and every calendar month, a complete list of all certificates of
registration of motor vehicles issued during the previous
month, together with the registration numbers assigned, the
names and horse-power of such motor vehicles, engine num-
ber and any other information he may deem to be of public
interest. In the same pamphlet shall also be published the
aggregate amount of money . received by said Commissioner
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