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ministration—Registration—Titling", as said section was
amended by Chapter 33 of the Acts of the Special Session
of 1947, authorizing the county treasurers of certain
counties to issue licenses for all privately owned trucks,
not operated for hire.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 27A of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-
title "Administration—Registration—Titling", as said section
was amended by Chapter 33 of the Acts of the Special Session
of 1947, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with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 all motor trucks which are privately
owned and not operated for hire 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 registra-
tion 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 certificate 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 re-
mitting to the said Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Each
of the County Treasurers 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, including
reports, as well as all metal plates or markers, and all sta-
tionery necessary to enable the said County Treasurer to
perform the duties herein set forth; but each County Treas-
urer shall pay for any additional clerks occasioned in per-
forming these duties out of the fees payable to him. The pro-
visions of this section shall not apply to Baltimore, Cecil,
Harford and Howard 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 appro-