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said Commissioner may refuse and decline thereafter to issue
other such tags to such manufacturer, dealer or distributor.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take

effect on and after June 1, 1929.

Approved April 11, 1929,

CHAPTER 257.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 56 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, Edition of 1924, title "Licenses, " sub-
title "Motor Vehicles, " said new section to follow Section
189 of said Article, and to be known as Section 189A, to
provide for the inspection of motor vehicles and trailers
by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and to authorize
the Commissioner to refuse to register, or to revoke the regis-
tration of, any motor vehicle or trailer, which has not been
inspected as required, or which in his opinion is unsafe or
improperly equipped, or otherwise unfit to be operated.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be, and the same is hereby added
to Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, Edition of
1924, title "Licenses, " sub-title "Motor Vehicles, " said new
section to follow Section 189 of said Article, to be known as
Section 189A, and to read as follows:

189A. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may require
the inspection of any motor vehicle or trailer to determine
whether or not it is unsafe or improperly equipped or other-
wise unfit to be operated. Such inspection shall be made at
such times, and in such manner as the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles may specify. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
may authorize properly qualified persons to make inspections,
without expense to the State, or to the owner of the motor vehi-
cle at stations designated by him, and he may at any time re-
voke such authorization or designation. There shall be at least
one inspection station in each legislative district in the City
of Baltimore and at least one in each of the election districts of
the several counties. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
may refuse to register any motor vehicle or trailer which has