HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1925

the weight shall be computed by adding the weight of the
vehicle and its load, or the weight of such trailer and its load,
whichever is the heavier.

249. WIDTH OF MOTOR VEHICLES; GROSS WEIGHT PER INCH
WIDTH OF SOLID TIRE; PERMIT REQUIRED FOR EXCESS WIDTH OR
WEIGHT, (a) No motor vehicle in excess of ninety-six inches in
width, including the load thereof, except traction engines, shall
be operated on any such highway in this State, and no traction
engine in excess of one hundred inches in width shall be oper-
ated on any such highway, nor shall any motor vehicle equipped
with solid tires be so operated of which the total weight of
vehicle and load per inch in width of each tire as such tires
are rated by the tire manufacturers 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 permission 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.

(b) RUBBER ON SOLID TIRES MUST NOT BE LESS THAN 1 INCH
THICK. Nor shall any such vehicle be operated at any time on
any such tires when the rubber thereon is less than one inch in
thickness, nor where a uniform cross-section of the tire is not
maintained.

250. GROSS WEIGHT OF SOLID TIRE MOTOR VEHICLES. No such
motor vehicle, equipped with four wheels of which the weight
of the vehicle and the load combined exceeds twenty-five thou-
sand (25, 000) pounds shall be operated on any highway of this
State, and no such such 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.

251. MAXIMUM CARRYING CAPACITY OF SOLID TIRES MOTOR
VEHICLE. 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
solid tires and equipped with four wheels, having a rated
carrying capacity of over five tons, nor of any such motor
vehicle, equipped with six wheels, having a rated carrying
capacity of over ten tons, and except as aforesaid, no such such
motor vehicle, equipped with four wheels, having a greater
rated carrying capacity than five tons, and no such motor ve-
hicle, equipped with six wheels, having a greater rated carrying
capacity than ten tons shall be operated over any public high-
way of this State.