1664 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 768

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.

The aforegoing exemption of non-residents shall not
apply to operators of motor vehicles or motorcycles who
are residents of States which do not require the display of
identification markers on the same, nor shall it apply to
non-residents of this State who have temporary residences
in this State for periods in excess of three months in any
year, or to non-residents, engaged in the business of trans-
porting- persons or property for hire, wholly or partly upon
or over the public highways of this State, over fixed routes
or between fixed termini. Officers, men, and other
employees of the United States Army, Navy and Marine
Corps, assigned to duty in this State for indefinite periods,
shall be considered non-residents for the purposes only of
this section.

With the approval of the Governor, the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles may issue complimentary guest cards,
permits or licenses to persons visiting the State from any
foreign country or province, or may recognize and permit
the use of such guest cards, permits or licenses granted
by other States, for the operation of motor vehicles in the
State of Maryland.

Any resident of another State who shall come to this
State and take up permanent residence herein shall be
entitled to use the license and identification marker on his,