268                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [CH. 84

State; and the Governor in submitting the Budget Bill and any sup-
plements thereto shall limit appropriations from the special funds
referred to in subsection (d) of this section, for the annual salaries
and expenses of the Department of Maryland State Police and of the
State Police Retirement System of the State of Maryland, to the
amount in the aggregate of eight million dollars ($8,000,000).
EIGHT MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOL-
LARS ($8,250,000).

(d-3) The cost of paying the principal and interest on bonds issued
to pay the cost of capital improvements for the Department of Mary-
land State Police and the Department of Motor Vehicles, referred
to and provided for in subsection (d) of this section, is limited to
such bonds authorized by the General Assembly prior to June 1,1964.
Any bonds and certificates of indebtedness authorized by the General
Assembly from and after June 1, 1964, for such purposes, shall pro-
vide that the cost of paying the principal and interest thereon be
paid from monies other than the special funds referred to in sub-
section (d) of this section.

Article 88B
7.

Salaries, expenses and maintenance of the Department of Maryland
State Police shall be paid out of the gross income of the Department
of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, exclusive of that revenue pro-
duced by fines and forfeitures, and exclusive of the revenue arising
from commercial hire truck license fees and commercial hiring
franchise truck fees. The amount of such salaries, expenses and
maintenance to be paid respectively from the gross income of the
Department of Motor Vehicles and from the General Funds of the
State are subject to the provisions and restrictions of Section 341
of Article 66-½ of this Code.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That Section 29(a) of Article
66-½ of said Code (1957 Edition), title "Motor Vehicles," subtitle
"Administration—Registration—Titling," be and it is hereby re-
pealed and reenacted with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 66½
29.

(a) In addition to the charges prescribed by this article there
is hereby levied and imposed an excise tax for the issuance of every
original certificate of title for motor vehicles and commercial motor
vehicles, excluding house and office trailers, in this State and for
the issuance of every subsequent certificate of title for such motor
vehicles and commercial motor vehicles in this State in the case of
sales or resales thereof, and [on and after July 1, 1952] the Depart-
ment of Motor Vehicles shall collect said tax upon the issuance of
every such certificate of title of a motor vehicle or commercial motor
vehicle, excluding house and office trailers, at the rate of [two] three
per centum of the fair market value of every such motor vehicle or
commercial motor vehicle, excluding house and office trailers, for
which such certificate of title is applied for and issued. PROVIDED,
FURTHER, HOWEVER, THE RATE OF THE TITLING TAX
IMPOSED UPON FARM VEHICLES AND FARM EQUIP-