ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR.                  899

any of the provisions of this sub-title shall be paid over within
five days after the receipt thereof to the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles with a statement accompanying the same,
setting forth the action or proceedings in which such monies
were collected, the name and residence of the defendant, the
nature of the offense, and the fine, penalty, forfeiture or sen-
tence, if any, imposed. And this section shall not be con-
sidered as repealed by the passage hereafter of any law pro-
viding for a different disposition of fines and penalties in any
county or other municipal division of this State unless the
same contains a repeal of this section by express references
thereto. Said Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is hereby em-
powered in the name of the State of Maryland to take all
steps necessary to enforce the collection and prompt return of
all such fines; penalties and forfeitures of bonds, and when
any motor vehicle shall have been deposited as security under
the provisions of this sub-title, and said security is forfeited,
the same may be disposed of by the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles, or under his discretion by the officer having the said
motor vehicles in charge, at public auction, and the proceeds
thereof dealt with pursuant to the provisions of this sub-title,
unless within ten days after notice by mail to the owner of
such motor vehicle, or the person leaving the same as security,,
the same shall be redeemed. Any Justice of the Peace, Com-
mitting Magistrate or Police Justice accepting checks, drafts
or any other unsecured evidences of debt in payment of fines,
or in lieu of bail, shall do so at his own risk, provided that
nothing herein shall be taken to prohibit the release of offenders,
on their own recognizance in proper cases. All monies re-
ceived by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the
provisions of this sub-title, except such as shall be necessary
for the purpose of making refunds, as in this sub-title pro-
vided, shall be accounted for and remitted by said Commis-
sioner to the State Treasurer, who shall create a. special fund
thereof. Out of the special fund so created, the State Treas-
urer shall first pay, within the limits of the appropriations,
made by the General Assembly, all the salaries and expenses
of the office of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and of the
Traffic Court of Baltimore City. The balance of said fund
shall be disbursed, upon warrant to the Comptroller, as fol-
lows: one-fifth thereof shall be paid to the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, for use on its roads, and the remaining
four-fifths shall be credited to the account of the State Roads