2078                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 895

Distance	Gross	Distance	Gross
Between Axles	Weight	Between Axles	Weight
4	40,000	22	56,500
5	40,000	23	57,500
6	40,000	24	58,700
7	40,000	25	59,650
8	40,000	26	60,600
9	41,650	27	61,550
10	42,500	28	62,500

Class FA, FB and FC registrations shall be limited to vehicles
with two axles. VEHICLES WITH TWO OR MORE AXLES MAY
BE REGISTERED IN CLASS FA, FB, AND FC. Class FD regis-
trations shall be limited to vehicles with three or more axles.

(2)   This charge shall not apply to farm tractors being operated

by farmers in connection with their farming operations when trav-
eling upon public highways or streets of this State, on which shall
be imposed in lieu thereof a flat fee of $4.00.

No charge shall be made for farm tractors where such tractor is
being used in hauling farm wagons or implements in connection with
farming operations, or for farm tractor hauled trailers of farmers
using highways and not going a distance greater than five miles.
The term "farmer" as used in this sub-section means any person or
corporation engaged in the raising, growing and producing of farm
products on a farm of not less than three (3) acres in area, and who
is not hauling farm products previously acquired by him for resale
or hauling same for others for hire.

(3)   The Department shall pay to the County or Baltimore City in
which the owner of a Class F motor vehicle resides, the following
sums for such vehicles as per maximum gross weight limit, as shown
above:

Class	Maximum Gross Weight	Fee
FA	40,000	$25.00
FB	50,000	30.00
FC	65,000	30.00
FD	73,280	80.00

If the owner also resides within the corporate limits of any munic-
ipality or special taxing area in a county, the municipality or special
taxing area shall be entitled to receive from the County one-half of
the fee paid to the County for such vehicle.

In the case of farm tractors, the payment to the County shall be
$2.00 and if the owner also resides in a municipality or special tax-
ing area, such municipality or taxing area shall be entitled to receive
from the County the sum of $1.00.

315.

(b) No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall have a gross
weight in pounds, including the load, in excess of that derived from
[the formula 850 times (L plus 40) in which L shall be the distance
in feet] the table below in which the distance in feet shall be meas-
ured horizontally between the center lines of the first and the last
axles of the vehicle or combination of vehicles.