702 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CM. 407

intended to be covered by this and all other provisions of this
section, a separate certificate of title, either of such dealer's
immediate vendor, or of the dealer himself, shall be required
in the case of each motor vehicle in his possession, and the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall determine the form in
which applications for such certificates of title and assignments
thereof shall be made, in case forms differing from those used
in the case of individuals are in his judgment reasonably re-
quired ; provided, however, that no such certificates shall be
required in the case of new motor vehicles sold by manufactur-
ers to dealers, as the term "dealers" is defined in Section 134
of this Article.

The receipts of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under
the provisions of this section shall be set aside and retained
by him in a separate fund, and used, first, to meet the addi-
tional expenses of his office necessitated by the registration
and recording herein required, the balance of such fund to be
used by him in the employment of additional assistants,
deputies and measures to prevent so far as reasonably possible
the theft of automobiles, and disposition of stolen automo-
biles in this State, and for no other purpose. If, at the end of
any year, there is a balance in said fund, said balance shall be
carried into the next year for the uses aforesaid, and shall not
revert to the State Treasury.

In the case of a lost certificate the loss of which is accounted
for to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, a duplicate may be
issued, the charge therefor to be fifty cents (50c).

Any person who shall himself alter or forge any certificate
of title issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant
to the provisions of this section, or any assignment thereof, or
who shall hold or use any such certificate or assignment know-
ing the same to have been altered or forged, shall be deemed
guilty of a felony, and upon conviction in a court of criminal
jurisdiction other than the Traffic Court, shall be required to
pay a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or in default
of the payment thereof be imprisoned in the Maryland Peni-
tentiary for a period of not less than one (1) year nor more
than ten (10) years, or be both fined and imprisoned, in the
discretion of the Court.