HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 103

"Administration—Registration—Titling, " directing the
County Treasurers of Somerset, Calvert and Garrett
Counties to act as agent of the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles and to issue metal plates or markers and ex-
empting Cecil County from the provisions of said section.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 27 A of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1943 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles, "
sub-title "Administration—Registration—Titling, " be and
it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

27A. The County Treasurer of each county in this
State, shall act as the agent of the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles in the registration of motor vehicles of the Class
A. passenger or pleasure type and the issuance of metal
plates or markers, as provided in Section 27 of this Article,
in like manner as if application had been made at the
office of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Each County
Treasurer shall remit to the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles at the close of each week all fees collected by him
for the registration of motor vehicles, together with a
complete record of such registration made by him during
each day, except the fifteen cent fee paid to him by the
applicant for his services in issuing the certificates of
registration and metal plates or markers. Each applicant
for registration of a motor vehicle shall, in addition to the
registration or license fees required by this Article, pay a
fee of fifteen cents for the services rendered by the County
Treasurer in connection with such registration, this fee to
be deducted each week before remitting to the said Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles. Each of the County Treas-
urers so directed to issue tags shall first provide to the
State of Maryland a bond in such form and in such
amount as prescribed by the Comptroller.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall furnish each
County Treasurer all the necessary forms or blanks, in-
cluding reports, as well as all metal plates or markers,
and all stationery necessary to enable the said County
Treasurer to perform the duties herein set forth; but each
County Treasurer shall pay for any additional clerks occa-
sioned in performing these duties out of the fees payable
to him. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to
Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Cecil, Harford, Howard and
Prince George's Counties.

The following counties shall leave the decision as to
whether or not this Section shall apply to the Board of
County Commissioners of the respective counties by ap-