LICENSES. 2013

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 As-
sembly for the proper protection and continued maintenance of the public
highways of this State.

No motor vehicle shall be operated with a greater load than that for
which a registration certificate has been issued and fee paid.

(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.

No motor vehicle equipped with a commercial body, the weight of which,
including the body and load, is greater than three (3) tons shall be
operated at a rate of speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour under
any circumstances.

(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 cir-
cumstances 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 subject
to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred
dollars ($100.00) 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 one hundred dollars ($100.00). Any person
operating a motor vehicle upon any highway of this State at a rate of
speed greater than sixty mile's per hour shall be subject, upon conviction,
to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than