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facts in said application set forth, which inquiry, when prac-
tical, may be made by telephone or telegraph. Where the re-
quest for such permit is made through a bona fide registered
dealer of this State, as that term is defined in this Article,
the applicant may anticipate the result of such inquiry by
furnishing to the said Commissioner a satisfactory indemnity
bond running to the State of Maryland in the penalty of a
sum equal to the fair value of the said motor vehicle as esti-
mated by the said Commissioner and guaranteeing to the pur-
chaser of said motor vehicle the right of the applicant to
sell the said motor vehicle and to pass a good and marketable
title thereto. Upon receipt of satisfactory information or upon
the filing of a satisfactory bond as aforesaid, the said Com-
missioner shall issue the said permit over his signature and
the seal of his office, appropriately describing therein the ve-
hicle so to be sold, which said permit must be delivered by
the vendor to the vendee at the time such sale is made; and
such permit shall be surrendered by the vendee to the said
Commissioner when application is made for a certificate of
title and registration of the said vehicle; and no certificate
of title or registration marker shall be issued for any such
vehicle unless and until such a permit is so surrendered, or
its absence satisfactorily accounted for. In the event the
applicant so furnishing such bond transfers a defective title
to such motor vehicle under such permit, it shall be the duty
of the said Commissioner to assign the said bond to the per-
son or persons who may have been injured by reason of such
defective title, and such assignee shall then have the same
rights thereunder as would have attended had the said bond
been given to such assignee.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect on and after June 1, 1929.

Approved April 11, 1929.

CHAPTER 335.

AN ACT to repeal Section 9 of Article 17 of the Code of Pub-
lic General Laws of Maryland, title "Clerks of Courts, " and
to re-enact in lieu thereof eight new sections to be designated

as Sections 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9E, 9F and 9G, authorizing