J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                          9

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 33 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 EDITION AND 1963 SUPPLEMENT) TITLE "MOTOR VE-
HICLES," SUBTITLE "Administration—Registration—Titling," be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

33.

(a) The county treasurer of each county in this State, shall act
as the agent of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in the registra-
tion of motor vehicles of the Class A passenger or pleasure type,
all motor trucks which are privately owned and not operated for hire,
and trailers and semitrailers of the Class G type which are privately
owned and not operated for hire and the issuance of metal plates
or markers, as provided in Section 32 of this article, in like manner
as if application had been made at the office of the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles. Each county treasurer shall remit to the Commis-
sioner of Motor Vehicles at the close of each week all fees collected
by him for the registration of motor vehicles, together with a com-
plete record of such registration made by him during each day,
except the [fifteen] twenty five cent fee paid to him by the applicant
for his services in issuing the certificate of registration and metal
plates or markers. Each applicant for registration of a motor vehicle
shall, in addition to the registration or license fees required by this
article, pay a fee of [fifteen] twenty five cents for the services rend-
ered by the county treasurer in connection with such registration,
this fee to be deducted each week before remitting to the said Com-
missioner of Motor Vehicles. Each of the county treasurers so directed
to issue tags shall first provide to the State of Maryland a bond in
such form and in such amount as prescribed by the Comptroller, the
premium for which shall be paid by the Department of Motor Vehicles
as part of its regular administrative expenses.

(a-1) The police department of Baltimore City THE CITY
TREASURER OF BALTIMORE shall also act as the agent of the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in the registration of Class A pas-
senger or pleasure type motor vehicles, as provided for in this section;
and, it shall receive and account for the fees set forth in this section
to the same extent as in the case of each county treasurer under this
section.

(b)   The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall furnish such county
treasurer all the necessary forms or blanks, including reports, as well
as all metal plates or markers, and all stationery necessary to enable
the said county treasurer to perform the duties herein set forth;
but each county treasurer shall pay for any additional clerks occa-
sioned in performing these duties out of the fees payable to him
[, provided that in Prince George's County there shall also be paid
to the county treasurer from the receipts of the fifteen cent fee the
sum of $2,500 annually to cover costs, expenses and additional labor
incident to the collection of said receipts, said sum to be disbursed
by said treasurer in whatever manner he deems necessary and
proper]. The provisions of this section shall not apply to Baltimore,
Harford and Howard counties.

(c)   The following counties shall leave the decision as to whether
or not this section shall apply to the board of county commissioners