In construing thlo Artiole, we are guided by the termo of Article 7 of Vern@nsu Aaretated Pemol Uode, wh3oh previdoo:

“This o ode a?d l fery other law upen the subject of orlme which may be onaeted o&all be eolutrued aoeordlag te thr lc~fn Ipp rt of the language in which it is wr ttaa, w #hut f r regard to the disbioobiaa uoaolly made between the oonotruction of psnal lauo and laws upso ether subjoeto; and ue person shall be p&Wohed for 831 orirnse whish lo net made pnal by the plain

import or the weraa of a 1aw.w There oan bo a@ (IWtian that the torma of Article 821, aupra, are ao plainly port werdo could bo. There seem0 to bo 1~) mistake ia tk interrtion set forth in t&&s the rfginol Aot as poooed by Zk Ar\r)lolee Going Back to

u Lo&* 1921, Chap, 59 of the Goneral Law@, we find SW- m hr stating:

Vhe f&at that State-owned metor Tekiales ore not BOW deaignatadB ereatu sonfwiu, and is an impadimnt to th* peace officers enforting the traffio laws or this Statoo D 4” Ears we have the rpeaifio intent sf the Legi8lature stated0 It $o for the buofit of poe@e oftieers while they are oo- rollww &Lo trarffie laws of this Blah. It kelped thee of- iierm &a iaentlry readily atate-@ned meter vohieleo, and not o&y t&at, it made more feasible the approhonoioa of lrzd enp1oyoe.a wing Stabs-awzM vehiclu slakl. alelelo The Me4 Le&datu# ef 1931 Qhrp. ter ~a* p8rmouo 229, w MO 373 sf the Gmnora% Lawa amen&Y No brifeb SO bile t300ia that YI, &moerbptlen and morktags on the Wt be om -a etiQf o@On aad Q&diingUishtis effeot, the Ti ~upbaoized tk* provisions or this Article 4prl ~alwairo *3 Hon. Arthur B. Knirkerbocker, PWQ 3

ati reoogpizs~ the importanea of it stated by the 37th The ArtMe, as the 42~3 Legislature arzendrd ?wrr*t-* _ _ _ W8rptioru or eretiptlen lagraftid

pPkebS4n air *0mtmmtki, ie conoeiv&le that emcrgeaaies mi.*Jt arise in whiah the &$jutant Gene-2 could oporats to bebtep advanta(o br ling -arked vehiol*F,- But

Eon. Arthur B, IFaiakorboakar, paga 4

required by Artialr 821, supra. On the other hand, the Adjutant Gemral may re6eire liaemse plates for State- owed ~ehie3m wiCheu& identifying mrkings normally provided fer State-owned notor equipment, provided the State Highway Department deems it adriaable,

1. There ir no authsrity for the Adjutant

General to operate State-owned vehicles thr identitiration mark* ana without rig8 required by &ticlo 821, TaA,P6Ca 2. Under the authority f tha State HLgh-

way Dopartruat the Adjutant General may ba irsurP iicansa plates without the idri&tlfying markings normally pro- vide& r0r State-owned motor a ulprnont, if that Doprtme~t Umna the ssuanoe or rlub plates adtinbloa C&75&-3u, .‘. .;. “, T'aA.Q .li. ,: APPRQVXT) OPIXION CORXlITTEE APPROVED m 10. 1967 B