158                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 162

(1)    To alter with fraudulent intent any certificate of title, regis-
tration card, permanent registration plate, or permit issued by the
Department.

(2)    To forge, counterfeit or duplicate or to attempt to forge,
counterfeit or duplicate or to manufacture, construct or possess
any paraphernalia for use in such forging, counterfeiting or dupli-
cating, with fraudulent intent, any certificate or title, registration
card, permanent registration plate, permit or any other official docu-
ment issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, or, with the intent
to defraud, to possess, give away, sell or attempt to sell any forgery,
counterfeit or duplication thereof.

(3)    To alter, forge, or falsify with fraudulent intent any assign-
ment upon a certificate of title.

(4)    To hold or use any such document or permanent registration
plate knowing the same to have been so altered, forged, or falsified.

Violation of this subsection, upon conviction shall be punishable by
a fine of one hundred ($100.00) dollars to one thousand ($1,000.00)
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.

(b)    It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to commit any of
the acts prohibited by subsection (a) of this section with respect
to a temporary registration plate issued by the Department. Viola-
tion of this subsection (b) shall be punishable upon conviction by a
fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprison-
ment for not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and
imprisonment.

(c)    As used in this section, "temporary registration plate" shall
mean only a plate valid for a period not determined by reference to
the annual registration period and made of cardboard or other non-
durable material. "Permanent registration plate" shall mean every
other plate or marker required by law to be attached to a motor
vehicle.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved March 11, 1965.

CHAPTER 162
(House Bill 121)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 31 of
Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Supplement),
title "Courts," subtitle "Circuit Courts for the Counties—Court
Stenographers," adding Carroll County AND CALVERT COUN-
TIES to those counties which require payment of court costs in
advance of filing an action.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 31 of Article 26 of the Annotated Code of Maryland