EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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provisions of this Act for the use in transporting loads upon

the public highways of Caroline County except such vehicles

be equipped with tires the width of which shall be not less than

twice the diameter of the axle if such axle be of solid iron

or steel and of two inches or less in diameter. And if such

axle of solid iron or steel shall be over two inches in diameter,

then such vehicle shall be equipped with tires the width of

which shall be not less than two and one-half the times the

diameter of the axle of such vehicle, and if said vehicle shall

have nickel steel axles or axles made of some material which

is rated stronger than the steel or iron axle now in common

use or wood or thimble skin axles, or axles of any material

not herein specified, then the width of the tires on such vehi-

cles so equipped shall be of the same width as the tires on the

vehicles described in this Act of the same rated capacity as

Rated capacity

stated by the manufacturer of the same or by a practical vehi-

of wagons.

cle builder qualified to specify such rated capacity.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any non-resident of Caro-

line County transacting or carrying on any business in said

county which shall result in his keeping in said county any

Non-residents
and their

wagon or other vehicle and habitually using the same on any

vehicles.

public road in said county in transportation of loads may, upon

complaint to the County Commissioners by any resident or

residents of said county that such use of the roads is injurious

to the same, be compelled to adopt tires in conformity with the

provisions of this Act within thirty days after being notified

by the County Commissioners to do so, and failing to comply

with such notice within the time specified, such person or per-

sons shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided for

in violation of this Act; provided that nothing in this section

contained shall apply to wagons or other vehicles which were

in use before the passage of this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That any resident of Caroline

County or non-resident as described in the preceding section

who shall repair or cause to be repaired any vehicle of the de-

Tires of law-

scription specified in this Act to the extent of adding new tires

ful width to
be used in re-

and felloes to the same shall cause such new felloes and tires

pairing.

placed thereon to be of the same width as specified for new

vehicles in Section I of this Act.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That none of the provisions of

this Act shall be taken or construed so as to apply to light

buggies, carriages or other light spring wagons, 'such as day-

Light buggies,

tons, dearborns or covered light spring wagons, or to prevent

wagons, etc.,

exempted.

any resident of Caroline County from acquiring by purchase