1728 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 990

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 154A of Article 56 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Licenses", sub-title "Motor
Vehicles", sub-heading "Registration of Motor Vehicles and
Operators", as said section was enacted by Chapter 386 of
the Acts of 1941, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, so as 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 al]
fees collected by him for the registration of motor vehicles,
together 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
registration and metal plates or markers. Each applicant for
registration of a motor vehicle shall, in addition to the regis-
tration or license fees required by this Article, pay a fee of
fifteen cents for the services rendered by the County Treasurer
in connection 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 Comp-
troller.

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
stationery necessary to enable the said County Treasurer to
perform the duties herein set forth; but each County Treas-
urer shall pay for any additional clerks occasioned in per-
forming these duties out of the fees payable to him. The pro-
visions of this Act shall not apply to Anne Arundel, Balti-
more, Harford, Howard, and Prince George's Counties.

The following Counties shall leave the decision as to whether
or not this Act shall apply to the Board of County Commis-
sioners of the respective Counties by appropriate resolution:
Allegany, Carroll, Dorchester, Frederick, Garrett, Talbot,
Worcester, Washington and Wicomico, and said action by
Board of County Commissioners to be made by January 1,
1942, except in the case of Frederick County said action to be
made by January 1, 1944.