1592 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 687

registration of any motor vehicle which is so constructed as to
be, when in operation, a menace to the safety of its occupants,
or to the public.

Whenever any person licensed to operate a motor vehicle
upon the highways of this State shall have been convicted of
any violation of any of the provisions of this sub-title, said
Commissioner may, in his discretion, suspend or revoke the
operator's license of such person, and upon a third conviction
within a period of twelve calendar months, said person shall,
in addition to the penalties for such offense, incur a forfeiture
of his operator's license, and the said Commissioner shall there-
upon revoke and require a return of the same. No person
shall for the period of three months from the date of the revo-
cation of his operator's license, be capable of receiving a new
operator's license, nor thereafter except in the discretion of
the Commissioner.

Any person whose license to operate a motor vehicle in this
State has been refused, suspended or revoked as aforesaid, or
who shall operate a motor vehicle the registration of which has
been revoked as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and subject upon conviction to a fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25. 00) nor more than one hundred dol-
lars ($100. 00) for each first offense.

Non-Resident Owners and Operators.

146. Any person or operator not a resident of this State,
who shall have complied with the laws of the State in
which he resides, requiring the registration of motor vehicles,
or licensing of operators thereof, and the display of identifi-
cation or registration numbers on such vehicles and who shall
cause the identification number of such state, in accordance
with the laws thereof, and none other, together with the initial
letter or letters of said state to be displayed on his motor
vehicle as in this sub-title provided, while used or operated
upon the public highways of this State, may use the highways
of this State without obtaining a registration certificate or
operator's license from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
as hereinbefore prescribed; provided the state of which he is a
resident and the registration certificate of which he displays,
shall extend the same privilege to residents of this State; pro-
vided that if any non-resident be convicted of violating any
provisions of this sub-title, he shall thereafter be subject to
and required to comply with all the provisions of this sub-title