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396 LICENSES. [ART. LVI
motor vehicle in excess of ninety inches in width, except traction
engines, shall be operated on any highway in this State, and no traction
engine in excess of one hundred inches in width shall be operated on
any such highway, nor shall any motor vehicle be so operated in which
the limit of load per inch in width of tires shall exceed six hundred
and fifty pounds, without the special permission of the State Roads
Commission in the case of a road under its jurisdiction, or the permis-
sion of the city authorities in the case of a city street, or the permission
of the county authorities in the case of a county highway, and no motor
vehicle, of which the weight of the truck and the load combined exceeds
fourteen tons, shall be operated on any highway of this State. Except
in the case of motor vehicles now owned and heretofore registered in
this State, no certificate shall be granted for the registration of any
motor vehicle having a rated carrying capacity of over five tons, and,
except as aforesaid, no motor vehicle having a greater rated carrying
capacity than five tons shall be operated over any public highway in
this State, these provisions being absolutely necessary in the opinion
of the General Assembly for the proper protection and continued main-
tenance of the public highways of this State.
(3) OTHER VEHICLES.
No motor vehicle shall be operated upon any public highway of this
State at a rate of speed exceeding fifteen miles an hour in the thickly
settled or business parts of cities, towns or villages, or twenty miles
per hour in the outlying or not thickly settled parts of cities, towns or
villages. If the rate of speed of a motor vehicle operated upon any
public highway exceeds twenty-five miles per hour in the open country
outside of the limits of cities, towns or villages, such rate of speed
shall be prima facie evidence that the person operating such vehicle is
operating the same at a, rate of speed greater than is reasonable and
proper, and in violation of the provisions of this section, and the burden
of proof shall be upon him to show that such rate of speed was not
greater than was reasonable and proper, as above set forth.
(4) MAXIMUM OF SPEED.
No motor vehicle shall be operated upon any highway of this State
at a rate of speed greater than thirty-five miles per hour under any
circumstances or conditions.
(5) PENALTIES.
Any person violating any of the provisions of sub-sections (1), (2)
or (3) of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and sub-
ject to a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first
offense. Any person operating a motor vehicle upon any highway of
this State at a rate of speed greater than thirty-five miles per hour,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject, upon conviction,
to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than
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