1100 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 533

($500) Dollars, or imprisonment for not more than one
year, or to both fine and imprisonment.

187-F. Any person who shall hire, lease or rent a motor
vehicle under an agreement to pay for the use of such motor
vehicle a sum of money based wholly or in part upon the
distance such motor vehicle travels while being so used, and
who shall fail or refuse to pay, or attempt to avoid payment
of, the sum found to be due the owner, or his agent, or the
person in lawful possession thereof, or his agent, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction,
be subject to a fine of not more than One Hundred ($100)
Dollars, or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or
to both fine and imprisonment.

187-G. Any person who, after hiring, leasing or renting
a motor vehicle under an agreement not to permit another
to operate or drive the same, shall permit some other person
to operate or drive such motor vehicle, and any person who
shall operate or drive such motor vehicle without the consent
of the owner, or his duly authorized agent, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be subject
to a fine of not more than One Hundred ($100) Dollars, or
imprisonment for not more than six months, or to both fine
and imprisonment.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That whenever com-
plaint is made of a violation within the City of Baltimore
of any of the provisions of any of the Sections of this Act,
the Justice of the peace having criminal jurisdiction before
whom such complaint is brought shall have jurisdiction to
hear and determine such complaint, and in the event of con-
viction, to impose penalties, fine or imprisonment, or both,,
as prescribed in this Act, but any person so convicted shall
have the right of appeal to the Criminal Court of Baltimore
City, provided that the appeal be taken within ten days from
the date of judgment and sentence, and the Criminal Court,
on such appeal, shall hear and determine the case de novo.
In all such appeals the procedure as to bail, trial and appeal
shall be the same as provided in Section 204 of Article 56
of the Annotated Code for the disposition of cases arising
in Baltimore City under the Motor Vehicle laws.

Approved April 26, 1927.