1172 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 585
CHAPTER 585.
(House Bill 553)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 173
of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935
Supplement), title "Licenses", sub-title "Motor Vehicles",
Part I, Definitions, to include the roads and driveways of
State Hospitals and other State Institutions within the
terms "highways", "roads", "public highways" or "public
roads".

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 173 of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1935 Supplement), title "Licenses", sub-title
"Motor Vehicles" Part I Definitions, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

173. Whenever the term "Motor Vehicle" is used in this sub-
title, except when otherwise expressly provided, it shall be
taken to include all vehicles, including motor bicycles, motor
cycles, semi-trailers, trailers, tractors, and traction engines,
designed, constructed or intended to be propelled or drawn by
any power other than muscular power, except such vehicles
as run only upon rails or tracks or are propelled by electric
power furnished by means of overhead wires.

The term "new motor vehicle" for the purposes of this law
is defined to mean a motor vehicle, the ownership of which is
in a manufacturer, dealer, or distributor, registered under the
provisions of Section 180, and which has never been so used as
to destroy its newness or to convert it into or make it a used
or second-hand vehicle as these terms are commonly used or
understood in trade or business.

The term "used motor vehicle" or "second-hand motor
vehicle" for the purposes of this law shall be applicable to all
motor vehicles other than those defined herein as new.

The term "solid tire vehicles" shall include all motor vehicles
equipped with two or more solid tires, or with tires coming in
contact with the road surface which are not inflated with air.

The term "local authorities" shall include all officers of
counties, cities, towns or villages, as well as all boards, com-
mittees and other public officials of such counties, cities, towns
or villages.

The term "State" as used in the sub-title, except when other-
wise expressly provided and except in Section 190, shall also
include the Territories and Federal Districts of the United
States.