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1068 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 520

Lenses. No motor vehicle of any kind shall at any time,
whether in use or not in use, be equipped with any lamp with-
out any glass or with a plain glass front, behind which there is
an electric bulb or other lighting device of a greater capacity
than four candlepower, 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 Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles, Commissioner of Police of Balti-
more City, and the Secretary of the Automobile Club of
Maryland. The members 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 ex-
pressly charged with the enforcement of the aforegoing pro-
visions 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 regu-
lations to this end, both for the purpose of determining the
character of headlights to be used, including inspections, tests
and licensing or permitting the sale of the same, and the use
thereof on the highways. It shall be unlawful for any one
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 sub-title or
contrary to such regulations so to be prescribed by said State
Board of Motor Vehicle Headlight Inspection, subject to a
penalty of not less than one dollar ($1. 00) nor more than
twenty-five dollars ($25) for the first offense, and to a penalty
of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) for the second or
any subsequent offense, such penalties 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 204
of this Article; provided, however, that any person who may
feel himself aggrieved by any general 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 jurisdiction to have the enforcement
of the same enjoined on the ground that such regulation is
unreasonable, unlawful or in excess of the powers herein con-
ferred upon said Board of Motor Vehicle Headlight Inspec-
tion.

Any person who shall turn all or any of his motor vehicle
lights off for the purpose of avoiding arrest shall be deemed

 

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