ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1079

the exercise of reasonable diligence. If said address can-
not be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence,
then such notice shall not be required to be given. Any
excess in the amount of the selling price of said motor
vehicle, or part thereof, at said sale, over and above the
expenses thereof, and the amount of the storage and repair
charges, incurred by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles dur-
ing the period in which said motor vehicle, or part thereof, was
in his custody, and after the payment of all liens to which said
motor vehicle, or part thereof, may be subject, in order of their
priority, shall be accounted for and remitted by said Commis-
sioner to the State Treasurer, who shall create a special fund
thereof. If the owner, or person, firm or corporation, entitled
to the possession of said motor vehicle, or part thereof, shall
present to the Commissioner a claim for such excess, at any
time within one year from the date of the sale, the Commis-
sioner shall draw" his warrant upon the State Comptroller for
such excess, and such excess shall thereupon be paid over by
the State Treasurer to the said owner or person, firm or cor-
poration, entitled to the possession of said motor vehicle, or
part thereof. If no claim for the excess is made within one
year from the date of the sale,. said excess shall be trans-
ferred from the special fund to the General Treasury, to be
expended and used as other fees collected by the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles.

179-A. No manufacturer, dealer or distributor shall be
entitled to obtain or use tags or markers, issued under the
provisions of Class D, Section 182, of this Article, unless he
shall first register with the\ Commissioner of Motor Vehicles,
as herein provided. Such registration shall be made under
oath upon blank forms to be provided by the Commissioner,
shall set forth the trade name of the applicant, the location
of his place of business and of all places used by him for the
storage of motor vehicles, and shall state whether such appli-
cant is an individual, firm or corporation, giving the names
and addresses of the individuals or partners interested in
said business, and if a corporation, the names and addresses
of its officers and directors. Said application and registra-
tion shall be renewed each year, and no dealer's tags shall
be issued to any one who has not so registered. Any change in
the information so furnished shall be promptly given under
oath to the said Commissioner. Every manufacturer, dealer
or distributor so registering shall notify the said Commissioner