THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 1001

is registered outside of Maryland or the person responsible
for said violation or the person operating the vehicle is a
non-resident of the State of Maryland, the Trial Magistrate
may (1) proceed as set forth in Sections 260 and 284 of
this Article as to the person, or (2) impound the vehicle
found being operated in violation of this section SAID
VEHICLE until such time as the fine is paid or accept-
able collateral posted. The impounding of the vehicle
does not include the cargo and said cargo shall not be held.
If after 90 days from the date the vehicle was impounded,
the fine has not been paid or acceptable collateral posted,
said vehicle may be sold at public auction under the juris-
diction of the Court to satisfy the fine, accrued interest
and costs.

(j) Whenever upon measuring or weighing of a vehicle
and load, the vehicle is found to be in violation of the law,
said vehicle must be unloaded until the vehicle complies
with the applicable law, before the vehicle can be moved
and all material or cargo so unloaded shall be cared for
by the owner or operator of such vehicle at the risk of
such owner or operator; provided, however, on first offense
by a person operating a vehicle which has an indivisable
load, the vehicle may be allowed to proceed after obtain-
ing a permit from the State Roads Commission, but on
second or subsequent offense, the vehicle carrying the in-
divisable load must return to the place of entry or origin
in the State after obtaining a permit from the State Roads
Commission to do so; and provided, further, that a vehicle
violating the law and carrying as its full load perishable
products shall for first offense only by the person operating
the vehicle be allowed to proceed to the destination, but for
a second or subsequent offense within any one calendar
year, said products must be unloaded before the vehicle
can be moved.

(k) If the driver of a vehicle sought to be weighed or
measured shall refuse to stop upon the proper order or to
drive the vehicle upon the scales as directed by an author-
ized officer, as empowered in this section, said driver shall
be subject to a fine of $1, 000. 00. The Trial Magistrate
finding a driver guilty of violating this section shall not
have power to suspend the fine or imprisonment.

(l) In all complaints of the violation of any of the pro-
visions of the law relating to truck weights, the Trial Mag-
istrate, Justice of the Peace, Committing Magistrate, Police
Justice or Justice of the Peace of the Traffic Court of Bal-
timore City before whom the alleged offender is taken shall
have jurisdiction to hear and determine such complaint