1074 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 520

certificate of title has been issued as aforesaid, the original
holder of such certificate shall endorse on the back of the
same an assignment thereof, with warranty of title in form
printed thereon, with a statement under oath of all liens or
encumbrances on said motor vehicle, and shall deliver the same
to the purchaser or transferee at the time of the delivery to
him of such motor vehicle. The purchaser or transferee shall
then immediately present such certificate, assigned as afore-
said, to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and file
an application with said Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
on a form prepared and furnished by him making applica-
tion for the registration of such motor vehicle in the name of
said applicant; whereupon a new certificate of title shall be
issued to the assignee, the charge therefor being one dollar
($1. 00). Said original certificates, when so assigned and
returned to the Commissioner, together with subsequent as-
signments of reissues of certificates, shall be retained by the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and appropriately indexed,
so that at all times it will be possible for him expeditiously to
trace title to the motor vehicle designated therein. It shall be
unlawful and a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less
than five dollars ($5. 00) nor more than one thousand dollars
($1, 000. 00) or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10)
years, or both, for any one to sell or to purchase within the
limits of this State any used or second hand motor vehicle
for which a certificate of title has been issued by the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, unless at the time of
the delivery thereof there shall pass between the parties
such certificate of title with an assignment thereof in the
form prescribed by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Any
person who shall knowingly make any false statement, either
in his application for the ownership certificate herein provided
for or in any assignment thereof, or who, with intent to procure
or pass title to a motor vehicle which he knows or has reason
to believe has been stolen, shall receive or transfer possession
of the same from or to another, or who shall operate or be
an occupant of any motor vehicle he knows or has reason to
believe has been stolen, and any person who shall intention-
ally make any false statement or misrepresentation either oral-
ly or in writing to said Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or to
any of his deputies or employees, or to any other person what-
soever for the purpose of securing a certificate of title or a trans-
fer or assignment of such certificate of title to himself or to
some other person, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,