1822 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1007

nor shall an owner knowingly permit to be driven or
moved upon any highway, any vehicle of a type required to be
registered hereunder which is not registered or for which a
certificate of title has not been issued or applied for or for
which the appropriate fee has not been paid.

Violation of this section shall be deemed to be a misde-
meanor, punishable by a fine of not less than One Dollar
(|1. 00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars (f200. 00).

21. VEHICLES SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION — EXCEPTIONS.
(a) Every motor vehicle, trailer, and semi-trailer when driven
or moved upon a highway shall be subject to the registration
and certificate of title provisions of this Article except:

1. Any such vehicle driven or moved upon a highway in
conformance with the provisions of this Article relating to
manufacturers, transporters, dealers, lien holders, or non-resi-
dents or under a temporary registration permit issued by the
Department as hereinafter authorized;

2. Any implement of husbandry whether of a type otherwise
subject to registration hereunder or not which is only inci-
dentally operated or moved upon a highway *

3. Any special mobile equipment as herein defined;

4. All motor vehicles owned and used by the Government of
the United States, State of Maryland, or any city, town, vil-
lage or county of this State, and all motor vehicles owned and
used for personal or official purposes by accredited consular
or diplomatic officers of foreign governments, which officers
are nationals of the state by which they are appointed and
are not citizens of the United States and by any incorporated
volunteer fire company incorporated in this State or rescue
squad and used for fire-fighting or ambulance purposes are
hereby exempted from the provisions of this sub-title requiring
the payment of registration fees, but all such vehicles shall
display identification markers approved by the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles.

5. Any motor vehicle and trailer, known as the "40-8 box
car", and owned and operated exclusively for social or charit-
able purposes by any voiture of the Forty and Eight of the
American Legion, Department of Maryland, is hereby ex-
empted from the provisions of this sub-title requiring the pay-
ment of registration fees, but every motor vehicle and trailer
shall display an identification marker bearing the number of
the organization and the number of the local voiture (reading
40-8—local number).