J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                     1241

provision and providing for the impounding and disposition of any
such motor vehicle or part thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 232A be and it is hereby added to the Code of Public
Local Laws of Cecil County (1961 Edition, being Article 8 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Cecil County," to
follow immediately after Section 232 thereof, and to be under the
new subtitle "Motor Vehicles," and to read as follows:

Motor Vehicles
232A.

(a)    It is unlawful in Cecil County as provided in this section
to cause or permit an unlicensed junk motor vehicle or parts thereof
to be left on private or public property, in open view of persons on a
nearby highway. Failure to remove such a vehicle or parts thereof
within ten days after a written notice of removal sent to the owner of
record by any authorized police officer is a misdemeanor, punishable
upon conviction by a fine of twenty-five dollars for each day after the
ten days during which the motor vehicle is not moved from the
property.

(b)    In addition to the criminal penalty provided by this section,
the motor vehicle may be impounded by the Board of County Com-
missioners and sold under the provisions of this subtitle.

(c)    If any motor vehicle or part thereof is in the custody of the
Board of County Commissioners under the workings of this section,
and if the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof cannot
be located or fails to. claim the motor vehicle or part thereof for a
period of sixty days after it came into the custody of the County
Commissioners, the motor vehicle or part thereof may be disposed
of by the County Commissioners at public sale. Due advertisement
of the time, place and terms of the sale, together with a full detailed
description of the motor vehicle or part thereof, shall be inserted in
at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county at least
once each week for two successive weeks prior to the sale. In addi-
tion, a notice by registered mail shall be sent at least ten days prior
to the sale to. the owner and lien holder, if any, shown on the records
of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, or the person entitled to the
possession of the motor vehicle or part thereof if his address be
known or if it can be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable
diligence. If such address cannot be ascertained, this notice is not
required.

(d)    The certificate of the County Commissioners that they have
sold such a motor vehicle at public auction to a purchaser shall con-
stitute sufficient evidence of title to any motor vehicle so sold in order
to enable the purchaser to obtain a certificate of title and registration
from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of Maryland.

(e)    After payment of the expenses of any sale held pursuant to
this section and the storage and repair charges incurred by the
county on account of the motor vehicle or part thereof, and after
payment of all liens filed against the motor vehicle or part thereof,
the balance of the monies, if any, received by the county at the sale