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order to issue such license to sell spirituous or fermented liquors to
a [feme covert, or] person under age of twenty-one years, unless
upon the recommendation of at least ten respectable freeholders
residents of the ward or district wherein said license would be opera-
tive; and whenever any license shall be issued to a [feme covert or]
minor, the said [feme covert or] person under the age of twenty-one
years shall be responsible for all contracts made in the prosecution
of such business under such license and shall be liable to be sued
therefor in any of the courts of this State [; and the said feme covert
may be sued or indicted and prosecuted in case of a violation by her
of the license law of this State, or in case she should keep a disorderly
house, as if she were a feme sole; and if judgment be obtained
against her on any contract, execution shall or may issue in the
ordinary way to affect her separate estate]; provided, however, that
such responsibility shall in no manner affect or impair the responsi-
bility of the parent of such infant under existing laws.]

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved April 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 98
(Senate Bill 556)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 5-105(a)
and 5-106 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1970 Replacement Volume), title "Vehicle Laws," subtitle
"Licensing of Dealers, Wreckers, Scrap Processors and Vehicle
Salesmen," subheading "Part I. Dealers," to provide that as a
condition to the issuing, granting, continuing or renewing a license
to deal in new vehicles, the manufacturer or distributor of new
vehicles shall comply with the Surety Bond requirement of the
Vehicle Laws.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 5-105 (a) and 5-106 of Article 66½ of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume), title "Vehicle Laws,"
subtitle "Licensing of Dealers, Wreckers, Scrap Processors and
Vehicle Salesmen," subheading "Part I. Dealers," be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

5-105.

(a) A license to deal in new vehicles shall state the make or makes
of new vehicles in which the licensee is authorized to deal. It may
be issued only to

1.    A sales branch or agency of a manufacturer of vehicles, which
manufacturer is in compliance with Section 3-113.3 of this Article;

2.    A distributor of new vehicles who holds an unexpired appoint-
ment as such in writing from the manufacturer of such vehicles,
which manufacturer is in compliance with Section 3-113.3 of this
Article; or