1090                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 656

Section 45A to said Article, to follow immediately after Section 45
thereof, relating to the delivery of a certificate of title by the owner
of a vehicle or a registered car dealer, transfers to dealers, the
execution and delivery of an assignment and warranty of title by
a registered car dealer, the issuance of a permit by a registered
car dealer to a purchaser and providing penalties for violations
of Sections 41, 44 and 45.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sub-section (d) of Section 41 and Sections 44 and 45 of Article
66 1/2 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Motor
Vehicles", sub-title "Administration—Registration—Titling", be and
they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and that
new Section 45A be and it is hereby added to said Article, to follow
immediately after Section 45 thereof, and all to read as follows:

41.

(d) Whenever the owner, except a registered dealer, of any regis-
tered vehicle transfers or assigns his title, the owner shall also en-
dorse an assignment and warranty of title upon the certificate of
title for such vehicle with a statement of all liens [or] and encum-
brances thereon, which statement shall be verified under oath by the
owner, and he shall deliver the certificate of title to the purchaser or
transferee at the time of delivering the vehicle [except as hereinafter
provided]. Whenever the owner is a registered dealer, as defined in
this Article, he shall deliver said certificate of title within ten days
after the date of delivery of said vehicle as provided in Section 45 (b)
of this Article.

[Violation of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be punishable by a fine of One Dollar ($1.00) to One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00)].

44.    (Permission by Dealer to Purchaser for Use of Plates of a
Registered Vehicle.) Whenever a sale of a motor vehicle is made by
a duly registered dealer and the dealer has taken in trade another
motor vehicle registered under the laws of this State, such dealer may
[permit] issue only one permit which shall authorize the purchaser
to use on the vehicle so purchased the current registration plates
belonging to the vehicle so taken in trade for a period not exceeding
fifteen (15) days from the date of the sale, provided the dealer shall
give to such purchaser permission so to use such plates, said per-
mission to be in substitution for registration cards and to be on forms
to be furnished to dealers by the Department, which said permission
shall bear the signature of the dealer and shall be displayed as regis-
tration cards are now required to be displayed, provided the require-
ments in Section A5 (b) have been complied with. [; and provided
further that before the dealer shall subscribe and furnish such per-
mission to such purchaser, such dealer shall have received from the
purchaser the written application for registration and certificate of
title of the said motor vehicle and the prescribed fees therefor and
shall forward the same by mail or messenger to the Department with-
in ten days from date of sale.]

45.   (Transfers to Dealers.) (a) When the transferee of a vehicle
is a registered dealer [ or registered used car dealer] who holds the