824 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 378

visible from the front and red light visible from the rear
for a distance of at least 200 feet.

In the case of moving motor vehicles the numerals on
the rear registration marker shall be so illuminated as to
be clearly discernible at a distance of not less than twenty-
five (25) feet from the rear, and the registration markers
on both front and rear shall at all times be kept clean,
clear, discernible and unobscured.

GLARING LIGHTS. No vehicle of any kind, including
motor vehicles and horse-drawn vehicles, shall at any time,
whether in motion or at rest, use on any public highway
of this State any lighting device which shall throw a daz-
zling or glaring light to a height of more than forty-two
(42) inches above the surface of the road when measured
on a level road at a distance of seventy-five (75) feet or
more ahead.

CANDLE POWER. No motor vehicle of any kind shall at
any time, whether in use or not in use, be equipped with
an electric bulb or other lighting device of a greater capaci-
ty than thirty-two (32) candle-power, no matter how the
same may be shaded, covered or obscured.

LENSES. No motor vehicle of any kind shall at any
time, whether in use or not in use, be equipped with
any lamp without any glass or with a plain glass front,
behind which there is an electric bulb or other lighting
device of a greater capacity than four candlepower, unless
such bulb itself be so designed, constructed and used as to
prevent glare.

The State Board of Motor Vehicle Headlight Inspection
is hereby created. Said Board shall consist of the Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles, Commissioner of Police of Bal-
timore City, and the Secretary of the Automobile Club of
Maryland. The members of said Board shall serve without
pay and shall hold meetings at such times and places as
in their judgment may be necessary. The said Board is
hereby expressly charged with the enforcement of the
aforegoing provisions prohibiting the use of glaring or
dazzling headlights on the highways of this State, and
shall have full power and authority to make, promulgate
and enforce all reasonable regulations to this end, both for
the purpose of determining the character of headlights to
be used, including inspections, tests and licensing or per-
mitting the sale of the same, and the use thereof on the
highways. It shall be unlawful for anyone to use, sell
or have in his possession any headlight or other lighting
device designed for use on motor vehicles on the public