Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-10-08
CHAPTER 80

AN ACT to repeal and re,enact, WITH
amendments, Section 1S7B Of Article
IA of the Annotated Code OF Maryland
(1935 Supplement-, title Licenses,
subtitle "Motor Vehicles, sub head
ing "LiabilitZ-When Operator AMOR
For. providing that discharge in
hankruptcy or under insolvency pro-
ceedings shall not relieve the operator
or chauffeur and/or owner from Lne
obligation to satisfy Judgment ior
damages on account OF personal IN
5uries or to property before having
his license renewed or his certincate
Of registration restored.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Cen
eraI Assembly of Maryland, That Sec,
fion 1s7B of Article So of the Annotated
Code Of Maryland lpsS s@ Rotor We,
ficies". sub heading "Liability-When
Operator and/or Owner Required 70
Give Security For, be and 1t Is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amend
ments, to read as follows:
1878. The operators and/or chauf-
feur's license and all OF the registratlona
certificates Of any person, In the event
of his failure within thirty lSOl DAYS
thereafter, to satisfy any judgment
which shall have become final, by expl-
ration without appeal of the time Wltnln
which appeal might have Deeh peTieSo oc'
dered against him by court OF com
retent Jurisdiction in this State or IN
any other State or the District OF 90
iumbia, or in any District Court OF Ine
United States, or by a court OF cofn Pc
tent Jurisdiction in any Province OF the
Dominion of Canada, for damages On
account of personal injury, including
death, or damage to property IN excess
Of fifty dollars $4,000 resulting from
the ownership, maintenance, use OF opo
af a motor
shall be forthwith suspended Dy sne
Commissioner upon receiving certl1eu
copy or transcript OF such nnal Juus-
nnent from the court in which tine same
Vas rendered showing such judgment
ar iudgments to have been still unsatis-
fed more than thirty 500 days AFTER the
same became final, as aforesaid, anu
shall remain so suspended ana snan noI
be renewed, nor shall any motor We
hicIe be thereafter registered In MS
name while any such judgment remains
unstayed, unsatisfied and subsist1ng ana
until every such judgment is satisfied
or discharged and until the salo person
gives proof Of his ability to RESPOND IN
damages as required in Section 1S!A
hereof. for future accidents and dis
charge in bankruptcy or under lnsoiv
encv proceedings shall not relieve sucn
person operator or chauneur from Ine
obligation to satisfy sucn 1udgnenc ps Is
fore having his license renewed or MS
certificate Of registration restored: IL
S6oII he the dufy of the clerk of the
court. or of the court where It mas NO
clerk, in which any such Judgment Is
rendered, to forward Immediately aIter
The expfration of said thirty 800 days,
"a aforesaid, upon request Of the judg-
ment creditor to the Commissioners
certified copy Of such judgment or a
transcript thereof, as aforesaid In tne
event the defendant is non-reslaenI,
X shali be the duty Of the Commissioner
To transmit to the Commissioner OF MO
tor Vehicles or officer in charge OF the
issuance Of operators permits ana reg
fstration certificates OF the State OF
Province of which the defendant Is q
resident, a certified copy of the SAID
Judgment. If after such proof has been
given, any other such judgment snan
he recovered against such person Tor
an accident occurring before sucn pr00L
was given, but after January 1, iSoz,
such license or licenses and certlncate
or certificates shall again be and remain
SO suspended, and no other such license
or certificate shall be issued to such
person while any such judgment re-
mains unsatisfied and subsist1ng, as
aforesaid.
Provided, however, anything in this
subtitle to the contrary nOtw1thstan0-
ing, that
(1) When 5000 has been credited
upon any judgment or judgments rem
dered in excess of that amount Tor
personal injury to or the death OF one
person as the result Of any one acct
dent; or
(2) when, subject to the. limit. Of
$1,000 for any one person so injured or
killed, the sum Of $4,000 has been
credited upon any judgment or judy
ments rendered in excess OF that amount
for personal injury to or the death OF
more than one person as the result of
~ 81 O0 When Ss1U s. 600 has been credited
upon any Judgment or judgments in ex-
cess Of that amount for damage to
property as the result Of any one acct
dent; resulting from the ownership,
maintenance, use or operation OF mo-
tor vehicle, then and In such event, such
payment or payments shan be deemed
Judgments for the purpose Of this Sec
And provided, further, that a judg-
ment debtor to whom this section APP
plies may, for the sole purpose OF giving
thorize the judgment debtor to operate
a motor vehicle thereafter, on due no
tice to the judgment creditor, apply to
the court in which the trial judgment
was obtained for the privilege of paying
such judgment in installments, and the
court, in its discretion and without pref
udice to any other legal remedies which
the judgment creditor may have, may
so order, fixing the amounts and times
Of payment of the installments. While
the judgment debtor is not in default
in payment of such installments, the
Commissioner, upon his giving proof Of
ability to respond in damages for fu-
ture accidents, as hereinbefore provided,
may, in his discretion, restore or re-
frain from suspending his license and/
or registration certificate or certificates;
but such license and/or certificate or
certificates shall be suspended as here
fubefore provided If and when the Com
missioner 10 satisfied that the judgment