1070 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 520

of a motor vehicle and to the owner or person in control thereof
who causes or permits such motor vehicle to be equipped or
operated contrary to any of such provisions.

SPEED, SIZE, WEIGHT, CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF

MOTOR VEHICLES.

(1) General Provisions.

194. No person shall operate a motor vehicle of any kind,
as defined in this sub-title, over any public highway of the
State recklessly or at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable
and proper, having regard to the width, traffic and use of the
highway, or so as to endanger the property and life or limb of
any person, or without due regard to wear upon said highway,
so as not unnecessarily or unreasonably to damage the same
provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall apply
to the owner or operator of any traction engine used exclu-
sively for propelling agricultural or farming implements not
designed for hauling purposes on account of its driving wheels
being equipped with standard cleats.

(2) Speed of Solid Tire Motor Vehicles, and Size, Weight,
Construction and Equipment of Motor Vehicles.

The maximum rate of speed for motor vehicles, equipped
wholly or in part with sold tires, weighing six tons or less,
shall be twenty-five miles per hour. The maximum rate of
speed for motor vehicles, equipped wholly or in part with solid
tires, weighing in excess of six tons, shall be twenty miles per
hour. The weight of such motor vehicles shall be computed
by adding the weight of the vehicle and the weight of its load.
Whenever a trailer is attached to such vehicle, the weight there-
of shall be computed by adding the combined weights of such
vehicle and such trailer and the combined weights of the loads
thereon; provided, however, that when the trailer is equipped
with adequate brakes, the weight shall be computed by adding
the weight of the vehicle and its load, or the weight of the
trailer and its load, whichever is the heavier; and provided
further that not more than one trailer shall be attached to a
motor vehicle while operating along any highway of this State
at a greater rate of speed than ten miles per hour. The maxi-
mum rate of speed of all traction or other iron tired engines,
and motor vehicles or trailers equipped wholly or in part with
iron tires shall be six miles an hour. No motor vehicle in ex-