1694                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 826

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(a)  No manufacturer or dealer in vessels shall carry on or conduct such a business
in this State unless licensed as a manufacturer of or a dealer in vessels pursuant to
regulations adopted by the Department.

(b)  Application for a manufacturer's or a dealer's license shall be made upon the
form prescribed by the Department and shall contain the name and address of the
applicant; and when the applicant is a partnership, the name and address of each
partner; or when the applicant is a corporation, the names of the principal officers of
the corporation and the state in which incorporated, together with the addresses of all
places where his business as a manufacturer or a dealer in vessels is to be conducted,
the nature of the business, and such other information as may be required by the
Department. Every application shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the
applicant, if an individual, or in the event the applicant is a partnership or corporation
then by the partner or officer thereof. Every application shall be accompanied by the
fee required by subsection (e).

(c)  The Department, upon receiving an application accompanied by the required
fee, and subject to the provision of subsection (b), shall issue to the applicant a license
certificate which shall entitle the licensee to carry on and conduct the business of a
manufacturer or a dealer during the calendar year in which the license is issued. Every
license shall expire on December 31 of each year in which issued and may be renewed
upon application and payment of the fee required by law.

(d)  The Department may refuse to issue a license or, after written notice to the
licensee and a hearing, may cancel a license when satisfied the applicant for a license
or the licensee has failed to comply with the provisions of this article.

(e) The annual license fee for manufacturers of or dealers in vessels shall be a sum
to be fixed by the Department not to exceed twenty-five dollars ( $25.00).

(f)  Numbers displayed by authority of manufacturer's or dealer's certificates of
number may be transferred from one vessel to another vessel owned by the
manufacturer or dealer and may be affixed in a temporary manner. Such numbers
shall only be used on vessels being demonstrated, tested or owned by the
manufacturer or dealer, AND THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT VALID FOR USE
ON THE VESSELS WHEN CHARTERED, RENTED OR LEASED BY THE
MANUFACTURER OR DEALER.

5.

(a) Every vessel [, except those manually propelled,] EQUIPPED WITH
PROPULSION MACHINERY OF ANY TYPE found upon the waters of
Maryland shall be numbered for identification in accordance with this article and any
regulations supplementary thereto except:

(1) A vessel which has a valid document issued by the [Bureau of Customs of the]
United States COAST GUARD or any federal agency successor thereto;

(2) A vessel with a valid number awarded to it pursuant to federal law or a federally
approved numbering system of another state, provided that such boat shall not have
been in Maryland in excess of ninety days and the number so awarded is displayed in
accordance with the requirements of that system and the certificate of number is
available for inspection whenever the vessel is in use AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE
FEDERAL BOAT SAFETY ACT OF 1971 (PUBLIC LAW 72-75);

(3)  A vessel from a country other than the United States temporarily using the
waters of Maryland FOR LESS THAN 90 DAYS;

(4)  A vessel which is owned by the United States government, another state, or any
political subdivision thereof, used [in service of the public] FOR
GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES AND WHICH IS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED
AS SUCH;

(5) A ship's lifeboat;

(6) A vessel [under twenty-five (25) feet in length] propelled only by sail;