LICENSES. 747

and no motor vehicle, equipped with four wheels, of which the weight of
the vehicle and the load combined exceeds twenty-five thousand (25, 000)
pounds shall be operated on any highway of this State, and no motor
vehicle, equipped with six wheels, of which the weight of the vehicle and
load combined exceeds forty thousand (40, 000) pounds, 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, equipped with four wheels,
having a rated carrying capacity of over five tons, nor of any motor
vehicle, equipped with six wheels, having a rated carrying capacity of
over ten tons, and except as aforesaid, no motor vehicle, equipped with
four wheels, having a greater rated carrying capacity than five tons, and
no motor vehicle, equipped with six wheels, having a greater rated carry-
ing capacity than ten tons shall be operated over any public highway of
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.

(2A) Weight of Commercial Motor Vehicles, Two Axles, Equipped
with Pneumatic Tires and Motor Fuel Operated. Commercial Motor
Vehicles, two axles, pneumatic tires, and operated by motor fuel shall not
be used or operated on any highway of this State with gross weight ex-
ceeding those as set forth in the following classes:

Commercial vehicles, with a shipping weight less than 2, 500 pounds,
shall not have a gross weight in excess of 6, 000 pounds.

Commercial vehicles, with a shipping weight of 2, 500 pounds and over,
but less than 3, 500 pounds shall not have a gross weight in excess of
9, 000 pounds.

Commercial vehicles, with a shipping weight of 3, 500 pounds and over,
but less than 5, 000 pounds shall not have a gross weight in excess of
12, 000 pounds.

Commercial vehicles, with a shipping weight of 5, 000 pounds and over,
but less than 6, 000 pounds shall not have a gross weight in excess of
16, 000 pounds.

Commercial vehicles, with a shipping weight of 6, 000 pounds and over,
but less than 7, 500 pounds, shall not have a gross weight in excess of
20, 000 pounds.

Commercial vehicles, with a shipping weight of 7, 500 pounds and over,
shall not have a gross weight in excess of 25, 000 pounds.

(2B) Weight of Commercial Vehicle, Three Axles, Equipped with
pneumatic Tires, and Motor Fuel Operated. Commercial motor vehicles,
three axles, pneumatic tires, and operated by motor fuel, shall not be used
or operated on any highway of this State with gross weight exceeding those
as set forth in the following classes:

Commercial vehicles with a shipping weight less than 3, 500 shall not
have a gross weight in excess of 11, 000 pounds.