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it finds is not properly equipped or conducted. The Depart-
ment shall maintain and post, at the office of the Department,
lists of all stations holding permits.

(d) There shall be at least one inspection station in each
legislative district in the City of Baltimore and at least one
in each of the election districts of the several counties.

243. DEPARTMENT TO REQUIRE PERIODICAL INSPECTION, (a)
The Department may at least once each year, but not more
frequently than twice each year by public announcement
designate a period of not to exceed 3 months during which all
resident owners of motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers
must submit such vehicles to inspection and approval duly is-
sued by an official station. Thereafter for a period of 3 months
every resident owner of any said vehicle must display a cer-
tificate of inspection and approval duly issued for such ve-
hicle either upon the lower right-hand corner of the wind-
shield thereof when required by the Department or upon such
vehicle in such position as to be visible from the outside.

(b) The Department may authorize the acceptance in this
State of a certificate of inspection and approval issued in an-
other State having a similar inspection law and may extend
the time within which a certificate shall be obtained by the
resident owner of a vehicle which was not in this State during
the time an inspection was required.

(e) The Department may suspend the registration of any ve-
hicle which it determines is in such unsafe condition as to con-
stitute a menace to safety or which after notice and demand
is not equipped as required in this article or for which a re-
quired certificate has not been obtained.

244. OPERATION OF OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATIONS. (a)
No permit for an official station shall be assigned or trans-
ferred or used at any locations other than therein designated
and every said permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place
at the location designated.

(b) The person operating an official inspection station shall
issue a certificate of inspection and approval upon an official
form to the owner of a vehicle upon inspecting such vehicle
and determining that its equipment required hereunder is in
good condition and proper adjustment, otherwise no certifi-
cate shall be issued. When required by the Department, rec-
ord and report shall be made of every inspection and every
certificate so issued.

(e) Certificates of inspection and approval, numbered serial-
ly, shall be issued to official inspection stations by the Depart-