The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-06-14

cles to issue metal plates or mark
ers for motor vehicles.
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section 27A Of Article
66la of the Annotated Code Of
Maryland Q943 SUPPLEMENT-, title
Motor Vehicles, subtitle Admin
istration - Registration - Titling"
directing the County Treasures of
Somerset, Calvert and Garrett coun-
ties to act as agent of the Commits
sioner of Motor Vehicles and to is
sue metal plates or markers and
exempting Cecil County from the
provisions of said section.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 27A of Article 6612 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1943
Supplement-, title motor Vehicles"
subtitle Administrations
tion-Titling", be and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amend
ments, to read as follows
27A. The County Treasurer of each
county in this State, shall act as the
agent of the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles in the registration of motor
vehicles of the Class A. passenger or
pleasure type and the issuance of
metal plates or markers, as provided
in Section 81 of this Article in like
manner as if application had been
made at the office of the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles. Each County Treas
urer shall remit to the Commissioner
Of Motor Vehicles at the close of each
week all fees collected by him for the
registration of motor vehicles, togeth-
er with a complete record of such reg
| istration made by him during each
! day, except the fifteen cent fee paid
to him by the applicant for his ser
vices in issuing the certificates of reg
istration and metal plates or mark
ers. Each applicant for registration
! of motor vehicle shall, in addition
to the registration or license fees re-
quired by this Article, pay fee of
fifteen cents for the services rendered
! by the County Treasurer in connection
with such registration, this fee to be
deducted each week before renting
to the said Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles. Each Of the County Treas
urers so directed to issue tags shall
! first provide to the State of Maryland
a bond in such form and in such
amount as prescribed by the Comp
| troler.
The Commissioner of Motor Vehi-
cles shall furnish each County Treas
urer all the necessary forms or blanks,
including reports, as we'll as all metal
plates or markers, and all stationery
necessary to enable the said County
! Treasurer to perform the duties here
IN set forth; but each County Treas
urer shall pay for any additional
clerks occasioned in performing these
duties out of the fees payable to him.
The provisions of this Section shall
not apply to Anne Arundel, Baltimore,
Cecil, Hartford. Howard and Prince
Georges Counties.
The following counties shall leave
the decision as to whether or not this
I Section shall apply to the Board of
County Commissioners of the respec-
tive counties by appropriate resolu-
/ ton: Allegany, Carroll Dorchester,
Frederick, Talbot, Worcester, Wash
ngton and Wicomico. The County
| Treasurcrs of Somerset County, Cal
vert County and Garrett County are
! hereby mandatorily directed to act as
agent of the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles in the registration of motor
vehicles of the Glass A passenger or
! pleasure type and to issue metal plates
or markers, as herein above provided.
! Sec. g And be it further enacted,
! That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency measure and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the
public health and safety and, having
been passed by a yea and nay vote,
supported by three-ffths of all of the
members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date
| of its passage.
! Approved February %, 1915.