ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR 1037

notice and appeal, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall
have power and authority to refuse, revoke or suspend the
markers and certificate of registration of any motor vehicle
which is so constructed as to be, when in operation, a menace
to the safety of its occupants, or to the public, or is so con-
structed or operated as to cause unreasonable damage to the
public highways.

Whenever any person licensed to operate a motor vehicle
upon the highways of this State has been convicted of any
violation of any of the provisions of this sub-title, the Com-
missioner may, in his discretion, suspend for such period as
he may deem necessary, or revoke the operator's license of
such person. No person shall for the period of three months
from the date of the revocation of his operator's license, be
capable of receiving a new operator's license, nor thereafter
except in the discretion of the Commissioner.

Any person whose license to operate a motor vehicle in this
State has been refused, suspended or revoked as aforesaid,
and who shall operate a motor vehicle, or who shall operate
a motor vehicle the registration of which has been refused,
suspended or revoked as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and subject, upon conviction, to a fine of
not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), nor more than
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or to imprisonment for not
less than thirty days nor more than one year, or to both
fine and imprisonment, for the first offense. The provisions
of this section shall apply to the operator and to the owner
who causes or permits his motor vehicle to be operated in
violation of this section.

NON-RESIDENT OWNERS AND OPERATORS.

146. Any person or operator not a resident of this State,
who shall have complied with the laws of the State in which
he resides, requiring the registration of motor vehicles or
licensing of operators thereof, and the display of identification
or registration numbers on such vehicles, and who shall cause
the identification number of such State, in accordance with
the laws thereof and none other, together with the initial
letter or letters of said State to be displayed on his motor
vehicle as in this sub-title provided, while used or operated
upon the public highways of this State, may use the high-