20 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 10

WHEREAS, In 1955, the General Assembly intended only to ease cer-
tain administrative difficulties of the Department of Motor Vehicles
and did not intend to remove altogether the Department's power to
withhold registration pending the service of outstanding warrants
for motor vehicle violations; now, therefore

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 27 of Article 66^ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Administration-Registra-
tion-Titling", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

27. The Department shall refuse registration or issuance of a cer-
tificate of title or any transfer of registration upon any of the follow-
ing grounds:

(a) That the application contains any false or fraudulent state-
ment;

(b) That the applicant has failed to furnish the Department with
required information reasonably possible for the applicant to obtain;

(c) That the application is not entitled to a certificate of title or
registration of the vehicle under this article;

(d) That the vehicle is mechanically unfit or unsafe to be operated
or moved upon the highways of this State;

(e) That the Department has information upon which reasonably
to conclude that the vehicle is a stolen or embezzled vehicle, or one
wrongfully in the possession of the applicant;

(f) That the registration for and issuance of certificate of title to
the applicant would constitute a fraud against the rightful owner
or other person having valid lien upon such vehicle;

(g) That the registration of the vehicle is recorded as suspended
or revoked for any reason, as provided in this article;

(h) That the fee, or any part thereof, required by the Depart-
ment, has not been paid [. ];

(i) That a warrant for a motor vehicle violation has been issued
against the applicant and said warrant has not been served on the
applicant.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety, and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths 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 March 1, 1960.