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1022 LAWS OF MARYLAND [Cn. 506

glass or with a plain glass front, behind which there is an
electric bulb or other lighting device of a greater capacity
than four candle power, unless such bulb itself be so designed,
constructed and used as to prevent glare.

The State Board of Motor Vehicle Headlight Inspection is
hereby created. Said Board shall consist of the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles, Marshal of Police of Baltimore City and
the Secretary of the Automobile Club of Maryland. The mem-
bers of said Board shall serve without pay and shall hold
meetings at such times and places as in their judgment may
be necessary. The said Board is hereby expressly charged
with the enforcement of the aforegoing provisions prohibiting
the use of glaring or dazzling headlights on the highways
of this State, and shall have full power and authority to
make, promulgate and enforce all reasonable regulations to
this end, both for the purpose of determining the character
of headlights to be used, including inspections, tests and licen-
sing or permitting the sale of the same, and the use thereof on
the highways. It shall be unlawful for anyone to use, sell or
have in his possession any headlight or other lighting device
designed for use. on motor vehicles on the public highways
of this State contrary to this Act or contrary to such regula-
tions so to be prescribed by said State Board of Motor Vehicle
Headlight Inspection, subject to a penalty of not less than
five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
for the first offense, and to a penalty of not less than twenty-
five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars
($100.00) for a second or any subsequent offense, such penal-
ties to be enforced by the Traffic Court of Baltimore City or
any Justice of the Peace of the State having jurisdiction, as
provided in Section 159 of this Article; provided, however,
that any person who may feel himself aggrieved by any gen-
eral regulation promulgated by the said Board of Motor
Vehicle Headlight Inspection under the powers contained in
this provision, may apply to any court of competent jurisdic-
tion to have the enforcement of the same enjoined on the
ground that such regulation is unreasonable, unlawful or in
excess of the powers herein conferred upon said Board of
Motor Vehicle Headlight Inspection.

Any person who shall turn all or any of his motor vehicle
lights off for the purpose of avoiding arrest or identification
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction,


 

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