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1370 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 781

(f) Standing motor vehicles, including all the above, at least
one white or tinted light, other than red, visible to the front
for a distance of 200 feet, and red to the rear visible for a
similar distance carried on the left of such vehicle; any person
who shall park a motor vehicle and shall fail to turn on said
parking lights shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof, shall be fined not less than one dollar ($1. 00)
nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25. 00).

(g) Horse-drawn and all other vehicles of every kind on a
public highway, in motion or at rest, one white light visible
from both front and rear; or a white light 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, dis-
cernible and unobscured.

(h) 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 dazzling or glar-
ing 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 dis-
tance of seventy-five (75) feet or more ahead.

(i) Candle Power. Except when otherwise specified by a
certificate of approval issued by the State Board of Motor
Vehicle Headlight Inspection, 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
capacity than thirty-two (32) candle power, no matter how the
same may be shaded, covered or obscured.

(j) Lenses. No motor vehicle of any kind shall at any time,
whether in use or not in use, be equipped with any lamp with-
out 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.

(k) 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 Baltimore
City, and the Superintendent of the Maryland State Police.
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

 

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