THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 995

purchaser to use on the vehicle so purchased the current
registration plates belonging to the vehicle so taken in
trade for a period not exceeding [ten (10)] fifteen (15)
days from the date of the sale, provided the dealer shall
give to such purchaser permission so to use such plates,
said permission to be in substitution for registration cards
and to be on forms to be furnished to dealers by the De-
partment, which said permission shall bear the signature
of the dealer and shall be displayed as registration cards
are now required to be displayed; and provided further
that before the dealer shall subscribe and furnish such
permission to such purchaser, such dealer shall have re-
ceived from the purchaser the written application for reg-
istration and certificate of title of the said motor vehicle
and the prescribed fees therefor and shall forward the
same by mail or messenger to the Department within ten
days from date of sale.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1951.

Approved April 13, 1951.

CHAPTER 311

(Senate Bill 289)

AN ACT to add Sub-sections (1½) and (17½) to Sec-
tion 2 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1947 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles, " sub-
title "Definitions of Words and Phrases"; to add Sub-
section (c) to Section 249 of said Article, sub-title "Op-
eration of Vehicles Upon Highways"; to repeal Section
74 (i) and Sections 252 to 256, inclusive, of said Article
and sub-title and to enact three new Sections in lieu
thereof, to be known as Sections 252, 253 and 254; and
to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 74
(b) and (c), sub-title "Administration—Registration—
Titling, " and Section 285 (e), title "Operation of Ve-
hicles Upon Highways, " of said Article, relating gen-
erally to the height, width, length and weight of certain

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