HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1843

Any excess in the amount of the selling price of said motor
vehicle, or part thereof, at said sale, over and above the ex-
penses thereof, and the amount of the storage and repair
charges, incurred by the Department during the period in
which said motor vehicle, or part thereof, was in its custody,
and after the payment of all liens to which said motor vehicle,
or part thereof, may be subject, in order of their priority, shall
be accounted for and remitted by said Department to the
State Treasurer, who shall create a special fund thereof.

If the owner, or person, firm or corporation, entitled to the
possession of said motor vehicle, or part thereof, shall present
to the Department a claim for such excess, at any time within
one year from the date of the sale, the Commissioner shall
draw his warrant upon the State Comptroller for such excess,
and such excess shall thereupon be paid over by the State
Treasurer to the said owner or person, firm or corporation en-
titled to the possession of said motor vehicle, or part thereof.

If no claim for the excess is made within one year from the
date of the sale, said excess shall be transferred from the spe-
cial fund to the General Treasury to be expended and used as
are other fees collected by the Department.

65. RECEIVING OR TRANSFERRING STOLEN VEHICLES.. Any
person who, with intent to procure or pass title to a vehicle
which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen
or unlawfully taken, receives, or transfers possession, of the
same from or to another, or who has in his possession any ve-
hicle which he knows or has reason to believe has been stolen
or unlawfully taken, and who is not an officer of the law en-
gaged at the time in the performance of his duty as such of-
ficer, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than five hundred ($500. 00) dollars
nor more than five thousand ($5, 000. 00) dollars or by im-
prisonment for not less than one (1) year nor more than five
(5) years, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion
of the Court.

This provision shall not be regarded as exclusive of other
penalties prescribed by existing or any future law for the lar-
ceny or unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

66. VEHICLES WITHOUT MANUFACTURER'S NUMBERS. Any
person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells,
offers for sale, or has in his possession any motor vehicle, or
engine removed from a motor vehicle, from which the manu-
facturer's serial or engine number or other distinguishing
number or identification mark or number placed thereon un-
der assignment from the Department has been removed, de-
faced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of con-