ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 937
CHAPTER 334.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
302A of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland,
title "Licenses, " sub-title "Motor Vehicles" as the same was
enacted by Chapter 520 of the Acts of 1927, regulating the
purchase and sale of used or second hand motor vehicles
not registered in this State and exempting registered dealers
from the provisions thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 203A of Article 56 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title "Licenses, " sub-title "Motor Vehicles"
as the same was enacted by Chapter 520 of the Acts of 1927,
be and the same hereby is repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments to read as follows:

203A. 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, other than
a registered dealer to purchase or for anyone to sell with-
in the limits of the State of Maryland any used or sec-
ond-hand motor vehicle for which no certificate of title has
been issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles unless the
following provisions of this section shall be first complied with.

Any one desiring so to sell such motor vehicle shall first
make application to the said Commissioner for a permit so
to do, appropriately describing therein the vehicle so to be
sold, giving the State, district, county, or City in which the
same is registered and the number of the current registration
marker or tag; the name and address of the registered owner;
and the name and address of the applicant for said permit.
Such application must be subscribed and sworn to and when
filed with the said Commissioner must be accompanied by
the payment of two dollars ($2. 00) to cover the estimated
average costs incident to the inquiry hereinafter provided for,
such sum to be accounted for by the said Commissioner as
are other moneys received by him under this Article.

Upon receipt of an application in proper form accompanied
by such payment it shall be the duty of the said Commis-
sioner to immediately communicate with the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles or other proper officer of the State, district,
county, or city named in such application inquiring as to the