ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 771

tion), title "Licenses, " sub-title "Motor Vehicles, " said new
section to be known as Section 190A, to follow immediately
after Section 190 of said Article, and to read as follows:

190A. The acceptance by a non-resident individual, firm
or corporation of the rights and privileges of using the roads
and highways of Maryland, which rights and privileges are
conferred by Section 190 or any other law, as evidenced by
his, their or its operation of a motor vehicle on any of the
public highways within the limits of this State, shall be deemed
equivalent to an appointment by such non-resident individual,
firm or corporation of the Secretary of State, or his successor
in office, to be his, their or its true and lawful attorney upon
whom may be served all lawful processes in any action or pro-
ceeding instituted, filed or pending against him, them or it,
growing out of any accident or collision in which said non-
resident may be involved, while operating or causing to be
operated, a motor vehicle on such public highway and said
acceptance of the rights and privileges of using said highways
or the operation of said motor vehicle by said non-resident in-
dividual, firm or corporation within this State, shall be a
signification of his, their or its agreement that any such process
against him, them or it which is so served shall be of the same
legal force and validity as if served on him, them or it per-
sonally. Service of such process shall be made by leaving a
copy of the process with a fee of $2. 00 in the hands of the
Secretary of State, or in his office, and such service shall be
sufficient service upon the said non-resident individual, firm or
corporation, and of full force and effect in any Court of this
State; provided that notice of such service and a copy of the
process shall forthwith be sent by registered mail by the plain-
tiff or his attorney to the defendant at his address as speci-
fied in such process; and such address shall be conclusively
presumed to be correct if it be an address given by the de-
fendant in any proceedings before any court magistrate or
justice of the peace, or any police officer or deputy or any other
person, at or subsequent to the collision or accident aforesaid,
or if it be the latest address appearing upon the records of the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or other officer charged with
the administration of the motor vehicle laws of the State in
which any motor vehicle is registered in the name of such
defendant; and the plaintiff's or his attorney's affidavit of
compliance herewith shall be filed with the Clerk of the Court
in which the said proceedings are pending. The Court ill