636 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 386
CHAPTER 386.
(Senate Bill 27)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 56 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Licenses", sub-title
"Motor Vehicles", sub-heading "Registration of Motor
Vehicles and Operators", said new section to be known as
Section 154A and to follow immediately after Section 154 of
said Article, providing for the registration of certain motor
vehicles and the issuing of metal markers or plates therefor
by certain local officials in the several Counties.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and it is hereby added to Article
56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title
"Licenses", sub-title "Motor Vehicles", sub-heading "Registra-
tion of Motor Vehicles and Operators", said new section to be
known as Section 154A, to follow immediately after Section
154 of said Article, and to read as follows:

154A. The County Treasurer of each County in this State
shall act as the agent of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
in the registration of motor vehicles of the Class A passenger
or pleasure type and the issuance of metal plates or markers,
as provided in Section 154 of this Article, in like manner as if
application had been made at the office of the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles. Each County Treasurer shall remit to the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles at the close of each week all
fees collected by him for the registration of motor vehicles, to-
gether with a complete record of such registration made by him
during each day, except the fifteen cent fee paid to him by the
applicant for his services in issuing the certificates of registra-
tion and metal plates or markers. Each applicant for regis-
tration of a motor vehicle shall, in addition to the registration
or license fees required by this Article, pay a fee of fifteen cents
for the services rendered by the County Treasurer in connec-
tion with such registration, this fee to be deducted each week
before remitting to the said Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
Each of the County Treasurers so directed to issue tags shall
first provide to the State of Maryland a bond in such form and
in such amount as prescribed by the Comptroller.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall furnish each
County Treasurer all the necessary forms or blanks, including
reports, as well as all metal plates or markers, and all sta-
tionery necessary to enable the said County Treasurer to per-
form the duties herein set forth; but each County Treasurer
shall pay for any additional clerks occasioned in performing
these duties out of the fees payable to him. The provisions