LICENSES 2375

When the truck tractor weighs 6,500 pounds and over, but less than
7,500 pounds, the gross combined weight of truck tractor, trailer or semi-
trailer shall not exceed 36,000 pounds.

When the truck tractor weighs 7,500 pounds and over, the gross com-
bined weight of truck tractor, trailer or semi-trailer shall not exceed 40,000
pounds.

(7A) (Weight of Commercial Vehicles, Electrically Operated,
Equipped with Pneumatic Tires.) Commercial motor vehicles, electrically
operated, and equipped with pneumatic tires, shall not be used or operated
on any highway of this State with a load in excess of the carrying capacity
as given by the manufacturer and in no event shall the weight of the chassis,
battery, body and load in pounds exceed a gross weight of 40,000 pounds.

(3) (Speed of Other Vehicles.) No motor vehicle shall be operated
upon any public highway of this State at a rate of speed exceeding twenty-
five miles an hour on ordinary highways or thirty miles per hour on dual
lane boulevard highways in the thickly settled or business parts of cities,
towns and villages, or thirty miles per hour on ordinary highways or thirty-
five miles per hour on dual lane highways in the outlying or not thickly
settled parts of cities, towns or villages. 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 forty 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 fifty miles per
hour, or fifty-five miles per hour on dual lane boulevard highways, under
any circumstances or condition, nor shall any motor vehicle be operated with
a greater load than that for which the registration certificate therefor has
been issued and fee paid.

(5) (Penalties.) Any person violating any of the provisions of Sub-
sections (1) or (3) of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and subject to a fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than
one hundred dollars for the first offense. Any person violating any. of
the provisions of Sub-section (2) 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 fifty miles per hour, or fifty-five miles per hour on dual lane
boulevard highways, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject,
upon conviction, to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) 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 seventy
miles per hour shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not less than
one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars
($1,000.00), or to be imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more
than one year, or to both fine and imprisonment, for the first offense; and
any person who shall be convicted of a second or additional such offense
shall be subject to imprisonment for not less than sixty days nor more
than two years. Any person convicted shall also be subject, in the discretion
of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, to a suspension or revocation of his
operator's license. The provisions of this section apply to the operator and
to the owner who causes or permits his motor vehicle to be operated in
violation of this section.