186 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 85

ployed or engaged in any trade or profession, provided the
State of which he is a resident shall extend the same privi-
leges to residents of this State.

55. (a) A non-resident owner except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section, owning any foreign vehicle of a type
otherwise subject to registration hereunder may operate
or permit the operation of such vehicle within this State
without registering such vehicle in, or paying any fees
to, this State subject to the condition that such vehicle at
all times when operated in this State is duly registered in,
and displays upon it a valid registration plate or plates
issued for such vehicle in the place of residence of such
owner, provided the State of which he is a resident shall
extend the same privilege to residents of this State, and
provided further that motor vehicles registered under the
laws of this State, or registered and identified as required
by this provision of this Article, may be operated by a
non-resident of the State if such non-resident is properly
licensed to operate motor vehicles under the laws of a State
in which an examination as to qualification to operate
motor vehicles is required, and in which State residents of
Maryland are extended like privilege.

(b) Any resident of another State who shall come to this
State and take up permanent residence herein, shall be en-
titled to use the license and registration plates on his or
her motor vehicle for a period of thirty days and no more,
from the time when residence in this State first began.

(c) Non-resident students enrolled in an accredited
Maryland school, college or university, who are not em-
ployed or engaged in any trade or profession, shall be
exempt from obtaining Maryland registration, provided
the State of which he is a resident shall extend the same
privileges to residents of this State.

57. (a). The foregoing exemption of non-residents shall
not apply to operators of motor vehicles or motor cycles
who are residents of states which do not require the dis-
play of identification markers on the same, nor shall it
apply to non-residents of this State who have temporary
residences in this State for periods in excess of three
months in any year, except non-resident students enrolled
in an accredited Maryland school, college or university,
who are not employed or engaged in any trade or profes-
sion, provided the State of which he is a resident shall ex-
tend the same privileges to residents of this State, or to
non-residents, engaged in the business of transporting per-