HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 91

CHAPTER 31.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
179 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1935 Supplement), title "Licenses, " "sub-title "Motor
Vehicles, " sub-heading "Registration of Motor Vehicles
and Operators, " changing the time for the issuance of
registration certificates or markers.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 179 of Article 56 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Licenses, "
sub-title "Motor Vehicles, " sub-heading "Registration of
Motor Vehicles and Operators, " be and it is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

179. Every owner of one or more motor vehicles before
the same shall be operated in this State, and except as
hereinafter otherwise provided, shall fill in and file with the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, on a blank furnished by
the Commissioner, an application for the registration of
such motor vehicles, containing such information as shall
be required by the Commissioner. The horsepower of all
motor vehicles propelled by gas engines, except motor-
cycles, shall be computed and recorded upon the following
formula, and the annual registration fee, hereinafter pro-
vided for, paid in accordance herewith: Square the diame-
ter of the cylinder, multiply by the number of cylinders
and divide by two and one-half. For all motor vehicles
propelled by steam engines, other than tractors and trac-
tion engines, the rating shall be based on the system of
rating adopted by the United States Government. Should
any other motor power be used, and in case of motor vehi-
cles having solid tires, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
is empowered to adopt such formula to govern their rating
as he may deem proper. The said Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles upon the payment of the registration fee herein-
after provided for, shall file such application in his office
and register such motor vehicle, assigning to it a distin-
guishing number or mark, and shall thereupon issue to the
owner thereof a certificate of registration which shall con-
tain the name, place of residence and post office address of
the owner, and the number or mark assigned to such motor
vehicle. Such certificate shall be in convenient form, and
shall at all times be carried upon such motor vehicle, and
shall be subject to examination upon demand by any