1000 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 311

corporation, co-partnership or association, or owner, les-
see, operator or driver of any vehicle, commercial vehicle,
tractor-trailer, semi-trailer, trailer, or combination there-
of, to operate on a public highway any of the above vehicles
having a gross weight in excess of the maximum registered
weight as indicated on the certificate of registration issued
pursuant to Section 74 of this Article or any statutory
weight limit allowed under the provisions of this Article.
, OR ARTICLE 89B.

(e) A violation of any of the sub-sections of this section
or of any section in this Article OR ARTICLE 89B shall
be considered as separate and distinct violations; provided,
however, that for a violation of the sections pertaining to
the weights of vehicles, the violation constituting the great-
est excess of weight over the limits imposed by this Article
in each instance shall be the only violation for which the
fine shall be imposed.

(f) Any officer of the Maryland State Police, member
of an authorized weighing crew of the State Roads Com-
mission or peace officer empowered with the right to en-
force the provisions of this Article OR ARTICLE 89B hav-
ing reason to believe that the size or weight of a vehicle
and load being operated on a public highway is unlawful
is authorized to require the driver to stop and submit to a
measurement or weighing, or both, of the vehicles by
means of either portable or stationary scales.

(g) The Trial Magistrate upon the conviction for a
violation of any of the provisions of this section and Sec-
tion 74, SECTION 74 AND ARTICLE 89B shall impose
the following fines:

(1) For a weight violation of less than 5, 000 pounds
over the registered weight or any statutory weight limit,
a fine of 2 cents for every pound of excess weight shall be
imposed.

(2) For a weight violation in excess of 5, 000 pounds
over the registered weight or any statutory weight limit,
a fine of 6 cents for every pound of excess weight shall be
imposed.

(h) The Trial Magistrate, upon the conviction for a
violation of any of the provisions relating to the weight of
a vehicle, shall not have power to suspend or reduce the
fine.

(i) If the vehicle being operated in violation of the pro-
visions of this section, ARTICLE 66½ OR ARTICLE 89B