6 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 3

"Motor Vehicle Titling Tax," said new section to be
known as Section 74 and to follow immediately after
Section 73 of said Article, providing additional fees for
the titling of motor vehicles and providing for the dis-
position of the receipts thereof.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added
to Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1935
Supplement), title "Licenses," to be under new sub-title to
be known as "Motor Vehicle Titling Tax," said new sec-
tion to be known as Section 74, to follow immediately after
Section 73 of said Article, and to read as follows:

"MOTOR VEHICLE TITLING TAX."

74. In addition to the charges prescribed by Sections
202 and 203A, of Article 56 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1935 Supplement) there is hereby levied and
imposed an excise tax for the issuance of every original
certificate of title for motor vehicles in this State, and the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall collect said tax upon
the issuance of every such certificate of title of a motor
vehicle which has not heretofore been titled in Maryland
at the rate of one per centum of the fair market value of
every motor vehicle for which an original certificate of
title is applied for and issued during the period from April
1st, 1936, to March 31st, 1937. The Commissioner of Mo-
tor Vehicles shall require every applicant to supply such
information as he may deem necessary as to the time of
purchase, the purchase price and other information rela-
tive to the determination of the fair market value. The
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall remit all sums col-
lected under the provisions of this sub-title to the State
Comptroller, who shall pay the same into the "State Fund
for Aid to the Needy," and disburse the same for the pur-
poses and in the manner provided by law.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
and having been passed upon by a yea and nay vote, sup-
ported by three-fifths of all 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 March 31, 1936.