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190. Any person or operator not a resident of this
State, who shall have complied with the laws of the State
in which he resides, requiring the registration of motor
vehicles and licensing of operators thereof, and the dis-
play of identification or registration numbers on such vehi-
cles, and who shall cause the identification number of such
State, in accordance with the laws thereof and none other,
together with the initial letter or letters of said State to be
displayed on his motor vehicle as in this sub-title provided,
while used or operated upon the public highways of this
State, may use the highways of this State without obtain-
ing a registration certificate or operator's license from the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as hereinbefore pre-
scribed; provided the State of which he is a resident and
the registration certificate of which he displays shall ex-
tend the same privilege to residents of this State; and pro-
vided, further, that motor vehicles, registered under the
laws of this State, or registered and identified as required
by the provisions of this section, may be operated by a non-
resident of the State if such non-resident is properly
licensed to operate motor vehicles under the laws of the
State in which an examination as to qualification to oper-
ate motor vehicles is required, and in which State residents
of Maryland are given the same privilege; and provided,
further, that the privilege to operate motor vehicles in
Maryland granted non-residents under the provisions of
this section may be refused, suspended or revoked by the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for any cause for which
he is authorized to refuse, suspend or revoke the license
of any resident of Maryland; and provided, further, that if
any non-resident be -convicted before any Justice of the
Peace, Committing Magistrate or Police Justice of violating
any provision of this sub-title, he shall thereafter be sub-
ject to and required to comply with all the provisions of
this sub-title relating to the registration of motor vehicles
and the licensing of operators thereof; and the Governor
of this State is hereby authorized and empowered to confer
and advise with the proper officers and legislative bodies
of other States of the Union, and enter into reciprocal
agreements under which the registration of motor vehicles
owned by the residents of this State will be recognized by
such other States, and he is further authorized and empow-
ered from time to time to grant to residents of other States
the privilege of using the roads of this State as in this
section provided in return for similar privileges granted
residents of this State by such other States.