Evening star., 1920-06-13
SUMMARY OF MARYLAND AUTO
LAWS. INCLUDING CHANGES
Most Important Difference Is in Headligh
Regulations and Those Pertaining to
Certificates Of Registration
speed for Commercial Cars.

operator of a vehicle which is about
to turn to the left or stop.
Speed for Commercial Cars.
Limiting the speed of pneumatic
tired motor vehicles equipped with
commercial bodies to twenty-five
t25) miles per hour under any cir
cumStances when weight of vehicle
and load is greater than three CD
tons.
Prohibiting the DETACHMENT. oblit-
Grafton or alteration of engine num-
bers, or having in ones possession
| car with engine numbers defaced,
obliterated or altered.
requiring a person to remove glass
which has been dropped on the high
way either as a result of an accident
or from a vehicle
The most drastic amendment to the
law is that relating to certificate of
ownership before issuance of license
| and reads as follows:
Certificate OF Ownership.
Sec. 157. No certificate of the regis
tration of any vehicle or registration
markers therefor, whether original
issues or duplicates. shall hereafter
be issued or furnished by the COM
missioner of motor vehicles unless
the applicant therefor shall at tbs
| same time make application for and
be granted an official certificate of
tue VI 5uCTl motor NenlCle, OF SfldiI
present satisfactory evidence that
| such a certificate has been previously
| issued to the applicant covering such
motor vehicle. Said application shall,
be upon blank form to he furnished
by the commissioner and shall con-
tain a full description of the motor
vehicle, together with a statement of
the applicants title and of any liens
! or membranes upon said motor
vehicle. The commissioner shall use
reasonable diligence in ascertaining
whether or not the facts stated in
said application for a certificate OF
title are true and if satisfied that
the applicant is the lawful owner of
such motor vehicle. or otherwise en-
titled to have the same registered IN
| his name. shall thereupon issue an
appropriate certificate over his sigma
ture and sealed with the seal of his
| office, procured and used for such pur-
pose.
Said certificate shall contain such de-
scription and other evidences of iden-
| tification of said motor vehicle as the
| commissioner may deem reasonably
| necessary and proper. together with
| a statement of any liens or incum
| brances which the application may
show to be thereon. The charge for
each original certificate SO issued
| shall be one dollar (S100), which
| charge shall be in addition to the
| charge for the registration of such
| motor vehicle. Said certificate shall
| be good for the life of the car SO long
/ as the same is owned or held by the
| original holder of such certificate. and
| shall not have to be renewed annual
ly. In the case of motor vehicles now
| owned and already registered in this
state during the year 1920. an appli-
cation for a certificate of title. ac-
companied by such evidences of
1 hn ,iS.-
sioner may require. shall be made
within ninety (90) days after this act
| becomes effective.
! Copies Of Act to BE Mailed.
| Immediately upon the passage of this
act it shall be the duty of the commits
| sioner Of motor vehicles to cause to be
printed copies of this section and sec
| ton 157a of this article, and to mail to
| every person to whom he has issued a
| certificate Of registration for the year
| 1920 one of such printed copies. accom-
panied by a specific notice that the title
| of such motor vehicle must be registered
as herein provided. After the expiration
of said ninety days, 1t shall be unlawful
| and misdemeanor. punishable by fine
of not less than five dollars (S5) nor
more than one thousand dollars (S1,0OO)
for any person to operate in this state a
| motor vehicle under Maryland regis
tration number unless such certificate of
title shall have been issued as herein
provided. In the event of the sale or
transfer Of the ownership of motor We
hicle for which an original certificate of
title has been issued as aforesaid, the
original holder OF such certificate shall
indorse on the back of the same an as
signment thereof with warranty of title
in form printed thereon with a state
ment of all liens or membranes on
said motor vehicle and deliver the same
to the purchaser or transferee at the
time Of the delivery to him of such mo-
tor vehicle.
The purchaser or transferee shall then
present such certificate, assigned as
aforesaid, to the commissioner of motor