The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-10-28
CHAPTER 80

amendments, Section 1873 of Article
b6 of the Annotated Code Of Maryland
(1935 Supplement-, title Licenses,
subtitle Motor Vehicles, ub-head-
ing "Liability-When Operator andLor
Owner Required to Give Security
For, providing that discharge IN
bankruptcy or under insolvency pro-
ceedings shall not relieve the operator
or chauffeur and/Or owner from the
obligation to satisfy Judgment for
damages on account Of personal IN
juries or to property before having
his license renewed or his certlncate
of registration restored.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Cen
eral Assembly Of Maryland, That Sec,
ton 1873 of Article SO Of the Annotated
Code Of Maryland Q935 supplement-
title Licenses subtitle motor We
hicies", sub heading "Liability-When
Operator and/or Owner Required to
Give Security For, be and 1t is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amend
ments, to read as follows:
1s7B. The operators and/or chauf-
feurs license and all of the registration
certificates of any person, IN tne event
of his failure within thirty tSOl days
thereafter, to satisfy any Judgment
which shall have become final, by expi-
ration without appeal of the time WITHIN
which appeal might have been perfected
or by final affirmance on appeal, rem
petent jurisdiction in this State or in
any other State or the District of CO.
lumbia. or in any District Court of the
United States, or by court OF compe-
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 ($50.00) resulting from
the ownership, maintenance, use or op-
Grafton hereafter of motor Venice
shall be forthwith suspended by the
Commissioner upon receiving certlned
COPY or transcript of such final Judg-
ment from the court in which the same
was rendered showing such Judgment
or judgments to have been still unsatis-
fed more than thirty (30) days after the
same became final, as aforesaid, anu
shall remain so suspended and shal not
be renewed, nor shall any motor We
hicle be thereafter registered in his
name while any such judgment remains
unstayed, unsatistied and subslstlng anu
until every such judgment is satisfied
or discharged and until the said person
gives proof of his ability to respond In
damages as required in Section 1S1A
hereof, for future accidents ana us
charge in bankruptcy or under insolv-
ency proceedings shall not relieve such
person, operator or chauffeur from the
obligation to satisfy such judgment be-
fore having his license renewed or ms
certificate of registration restored. IL
shall be the duty of the clerk of the
court, or Of the court where 1t mas no
clerk, in which any such judgment Is
rendered to forward Immediately AFTER
the expiration of said thirty (3O) days,
as aforesaid, upon request of the Judg-
ment creditor, to the Commissioner a
certified copy of such Judgment or
transcript thereof, as aforesaid In the
event the defendant is NONRESIDENT
it shall be the duty of the Commissioner
to transmit to the Commissioner or MO
tor Vehicles or officer in charge OF the
issuance of operators permits and reg
istration certificates OF the state OF
Province of which the defendant is a
resident. q certified copy Of the said
Judgment. If after such proof has been
given. any other such Judgment shall
be recovered against such person Tor
an accident occurring before sucn PROOF
was given, but after January l, io0s,
such license or licenses and certlhcate
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 unsatisfed and subsisting, as
aforesaid.
Provided, however, anything in this
subtitle to the contrary notwlthstanu-
ing, that
az When $4,000 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
5000 for any one person so injured or
killed, the sum of $4,000 has been
credited upon any judgment or JudS.
ments rendered in excess OF that amount
for personal injury to or the death OF OF
more than one person as the result Oh
any one accident; or
(3) When $1,000 has been credited
upon any Judgment or Judgments IN ex-
cess of that amount for damage TO
property as the result of any one accl-
dent; resulting from the ownership,
maintenance, use or operation Of mo-
tor vehicle, then and in such event, such
payment or payments shall be deemed
a satisfaction of such judgment or
judgments for the purpose of this Sec
ton only.
And provided, further. that judS-
ment debtor to whom this section ap-
plies may, for the sole purpose OF giving
authority to the Commissioner to au-
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, ana the
court, in it's 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 flu
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
tnbefOre provided if and when the Com
missioner is satisfied that the Indictment