HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 751

land" and the number or mark assigned to such motor vehicle
as aforesaid, the figures thereon to be not less than three
inches high, and each stroke to be not less than one-quarter
inch in width.

Such plates or markers shall be of a distinctly different
color or shade each year, to be designated and selected by the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and there shall be at all
times a marked contrast between the color of the number
plates and that of the numerals or letters thereon.

In the case of motorcycles, one number plate or marker
shall be furnished, the letters and figures thereon to be at
least one inch high, one-eighth of an inch in width.

The certificate provided for in this section and the right to
use the number plate or marker aforesaid shall expire at
midnight on March 31st of each and every year; provided!,
however, that between the 15th day of March and 31st day of
March next following, both inclusive, in each and every year-
it shall be lawful to carry a registration certificate and to
display the number plate or marker of either the current or
the next ensuing year.

Fines. Any person who fails to carry the certificate of
registration provided for by this section, and any person who
obtains a registration marker and a certificate of registration
by misrepresentation, or changes the name, number or any
identifying information appearing on any certificate of regis-
tration, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall,
upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than One
Dollar ($1. 00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100. 00)
for the first offense.

The provisions of this section shall apply both to the
operator and also to the owner who causes his motor vehicle
to be operated without the certificate as herein provided for.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1943. ;

Approved May 7, 1943.

CHAPTER 598.
(House Bill 636)

AN ACT to authorize and direct the Police Commissioner of
Baltimore City to pay a pension to the widow of Lieutenant
Martin J. Mannion, a former member of the Police Depart-
ment of Baltimore City.

f Vetoed. )