1832 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1007

vehicle the right of the applicant to sell the said motor vehicle
and to pass a good and marketable title thereto.

Upon receipt of satisfactory information or upon the filing
of a satisfactory bond as aforesaid, the Department shall issue
the said title over the signature of the Commissioner and the
seal of his office, appropriately describing therein the vehicle
so to be sold, which said title must be delivered by the vendor
to the vendee at the time such sale is made; and such title shall
be surrendered by the vendee to the Department when applica-
tion is made for a new certificate of title and registration of
said vehicle.

In the event the applicant so furnishing such bond transfers
a defective title to such motor vehicle under such permit, it
shall be the duty of the Department to assign the said bond to
the person or persons who may ha^e been injured by reason of
such defective title, and such assignee shall then have the same
rights thereunder as would have attended had the said bond
been given to such assignee.

Violation of this section shall be deemed to be a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of
not less than one ($1. 00) dollar nor more than five hundred
($500. 00) dollars or by imprisonment for not more than five
(5) years, or both.

38. NEW OWNER MUST SECURE NEW REGISTRATION AND
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE, (a) The transferee before operating or
permitting the operation of such vehicle upon a highway of
this State shall apply for and obtain the registration thereof,
as upon an original registration, as provided in this Article
except as otherwise permitted.

(b) A transferee shall at the same time present the cer-
tificate of title endorsed and assigned as hereinbefore provided
to the Department and make application for and obtain a new
certificate of title for such vehicle, except as otherwise per-
mitted.

39. PERMISSION BY DEALER TO PURCHASER FOR USE OF
PLATES OF A REGISTERED VEHICLE. Whenever a sale of a
a motor vehicle is made by a duly registered dealer and the
dealer has taken in trade another motor vehicle registered
under the laws of this State, such dealer may permit the pur-
chaser to use on the vehicle so purchased the current registra-
tion plates belonging to the vehicle so taken in trade for a
period not exceeding ten (10) days from the date of the sale,
provided the dealer shall give to such purchaser permission so
to use such plates, said permission to be in substitution for reg-
istration cards and to be on forms to be furnished to dealers by
the Department, which said permission shall bear the signa-