1062 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 520

ly basis, no reduction to be made for fractional portions of a
month. Upon the surrender of the registration certificate and
number plates or markers provided for in Class B, and upon
application made therefor, the original owner shall be entitled
to a refund of the amount paid for such certificate and markers
for the unused portion of the year calculated on a monthly
basis, with no- allowance for fractional portions of a month.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall have authority,
in disputed cases, to determine the classification in which any
motor vehicle belongs, under any of the provisions of this sub-
title.

A duplicate registration certificate shall be furnished by
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for fifty cents (50c. ) in
cases where he is satisfied the original has been lost.

In the event any plate or marker issued by such Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles under the provisions of this or any
other section shall be lost or destroyed, the Commissioner shall
cause an investigation to be made into the circumstances of
the alleged loss, and if he is satisfied that said tag or tags have
in fact been lost or destroyed as alleged by the applicant, he
shall issue a duplicate or duplicates thereof, or a new set of
tags, in his discretion, with appropriate registration certifi-
cate, at a cost not to exceed four dollars ($4. 00) in the case
of a motor vehicle, or two dollars ($2. 00) in the case of a
motorcycle or bicycle with motor attachment.

TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP.

185. Upon the transfer of ownership of any motor vehicle,
its certificate of registration and the right to use the number
plates or markers aforesaid shall expire, and the registration
markers shall be removed at the time of the transfer of posses-
sion, unless said owner shall give the purchaser written per-
mission to use said markers for a period of five days, as pro-
vided in Section 192 hereof. In such latter case it shall be the
duty of the purchaser to remove said markers promptly at the
expiration of such five clays and return them either to the
original owner of the motor vehicle or to the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles, and it shall be unlawful for the purchaser
or any person other than the person to whom such markers
were originally issued to have the same in his possession after
the expiration of such five days, whether in use or not; pro-
vided, however, that in the case of a transfer of ownership, the
original owner may register another motor vehicle under the