1924 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 655

use of temporary registration plates by purchasers of motor
vehicles in lieu of the use of dealers' registration plates.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sub-section (b) of Section 55 of Article 66½ of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title
"Motor Vehicles', sub-title "Administration—Registration—
Titling", be and it is hereby repealed and that a new section
be and it is hereby added to said Article, said new section to
be known as Section 55A, to follow immediately after Section
55 of said Article, and to read as follows:

55A. (a) The Department may, subject to the limitations and
conditions hereinafter set forth, deliver temporary registration
plates or markers designed by said Department to a dealer duly
registered under the provisions of this Article who applies for
at least five (5) sets of such plates or markers and who encloses
with such application a fee of fifty cents (50¢) for each set for
which application is made. Such application shall be made upon
a form prescribed and furnished by the Department. Dealers
subject to the limitations and conditions hereinafter set forth,
may issue such temporary registration plates or markers to
owners of vehicles, provided that such owners shall comply with
the pertinent provisions of this section.

(b) Every dealer who has made application for temporary
registration plates or markers shall maintain in permanent
form a record of all temporary registration plates or markers
delivered to him, and shall also maintain in permanent form a
record of all temporary registration plates or markers issued
by him, and in addition thereto, shall maintain in permanent
form a record of any other information pertaining to the re-
ceipt or the issuance of temporary registration plates or
markers that the Department may require. Each record shall
be kept for a period of at least three (3) years from the date of
entry of such record. Every dealer shall allow full and free
access to such records during regular business hours, to duly
authorized representatives of the department and to peace
officers.

(c) Every dealer who issues temporary registration plates or
markers shall, on the day that he issued such plates or markers,
send to the Department a copy of the temporary registration
plate or marker application which shall have been executed by
the person entitled to receive such plates or markers and de-
livered to the dealer prior to the issuance of plates or markers
to said person.

(d) A dealer shall not issue, assign, transfer or deliver tempo-
rary registration plates or markers to any one other than the