HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1831

(e) The owner shall also endorse an assignment and war-
ranty of title upon the certificate of title for such vehicle with
a statement of all liens or encumbrances thereon, which state-
ment shall be verified under oath by the owner, and he shall
deliver the certificate of title to the purchaser or transferee at
the time of delivering the vehicle, except as hereinafter pro-
vided.

Violation of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of one ($1. 00)
dollar to one hundred (f 100. 00) dollars,

37. PROCEDURE OF SALE AND PURCHASE FOR USED OR SEC-
OND-HAND MOTOR VEHICLES. It shall be unlawful and a mis-
demeanor for anyone other than a registered dealer to pur-
chase or for anyone to sell within the limits of the State of
Maryland any used or second-hand motor vehicle for which
no certificate of title has been issued by the Department unless
the following provisions of this section shall be first complied
with.

Anyone so desiring to sell such motor vehicle, who does not
have in his possession sufficient evidence of ownership, shall
make application to the Department for a certificate of title,
appropriately describing therein the vehicle so to be sold,
naming the place in which the said vehicle is registered and
the number of the current registration plates, or such other
information that the Department may require, and the name
and address of the applicant.

Such application must be subscribed and sworn to and when
filed with the Department must be accompanied by the pay-
ment of two (f2. 00) dollars to cover the estimated average cost
incident to the inquiry hereinafter provided for, such sum to
be accounted for by the Department as are other monies re-
ceived under this Article.

Upon receipt of an application in proper form accompanied
by such payment it shall be the duty of the said Department
to immediately communicate with the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles or other proper officer of the State, district, county,
or city named in such application inquiring as to the facts in
said application set forth, which inquiry, when practical, may
be made by telephone or telegraph.

Where the request for such title is made through a bona fide
registered dealer of this State, as defined in this Article, the
applicant may anticipate the result of such inquiry by furnish-
ing to the Department satisfactory indemnity bond to the
State of Maryland in the penalty of a sum equal to the fair
value of the said motor vehicle as estimated by the said De-
partment and guaranteeing to the purchaser of said motor