728                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 435

such motor vehicle shall give proof of financial responsibility as
provided by this Article, and such proof has been accepted by the
Department, and the Department shall revoke the registration of
any such motor vehicle whenever the Department ascertains that
such owner has failed, or is unable, to maintain such proof of finan-
cial responsibility.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 18, 1955.

CHAPTER 435

(Senate Bill 297)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 7 of
Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition),
title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Administration—Registration—
Titling", relating to the fee payable to members of the Medical
Advisory Board to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 7 of Article 66 1/2 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Administration-
Registration—Titling", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

7. (Medical Advisory Board.) for the purpose of enabling him
properly and fairly to comply with the provisions of Sub-sections
(6), (8), (9) and (10) of Section 87 of this Article, the Commis-
sioner is hereby authorized to appoint a Medical Advisory Board
consisting of not more than five (5) qualified Doctors of Medicine.

The Commissioner may refer to this Board for an advisory
opinion, the cases of all persons applying for any driving license,
when he has good cause to believe that the operation of a motor
vehicles on a highway by such persons would be inimical to public
safety and welfare, because of an existing or suspected mental or
physical disability.

The Board shall meet at the pleasure of the Commissioner, but
in no event shall there be more than twenty-four (24) Board meet-
ings in any calendar year. Each member shall receive as compensa-
tion [Ten Dollars ($10.00)] Fifty Dollars ($50.00) TWENTY DOL-
LARS ($20.00) for each meeting he [atends] attends, to be paid out
of funds appropriated to the Department of Motor Vehicles.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1955.

Approved April 18, 1955.

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.