702                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                           CH. 447

subject to the thirty-five (35) miles per hour maximum speed limit

shall be governed by speed limits as set forth elsewhere in this article.

Vehicles having a dump service registration and being operated

for the hauling of loose materials in bulk within a radius of not

more than forty (10) miles of the point of pickup and delivery shall
not be subject to any restrictions of this article pertaining to weight

of vehicle, weight of vehicle and load however determined, and/or

axle loads, except only that at all times such vehicles shall be limited

as to gross weight by the allowable and paid registration weight,

but if at a point beyond the herein authorized forty (40) mile

radius or hauling materials other than loose materials in bulk, shall

be subject to all of the applicable restrictions of this article.

(2) PROVIDED ANY TRUCK HAVING ¾ TON MANUFAC-
TURERS' RATING CAPACITY AND UNDER SHALL PAY,
$25.00. PROVIDED FURTHER THAT IN ADDITION TO THE
AFOREGOING REGISTRATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
ISSUE REGISTRATIONS TO BE KNOWN AS "DUMP SERVICE
REGISTRATION" PROVIDING FOR A GROSS WEIGHT OF VE-
HICLE AND LOAD OF NOT MORE THAN FORTY THOUSAND
(40,000) POUNDS FOR TWO AXLE VEHICLES NOR MORE
THAN SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND (65,000) POUNDS FOR
THREE OR MORE AXLE VEHICLES, UPON APPLICATION
THEREFOR AND CERTIFICATION BY THE APPLICANT THAT
THE VEHICLE FOR WHICH REGISTRATION IS SOUGHT IS
A DUMP TRUCK FOR THE HAULING OF LOOSE MATERIALS
IN BULK OR A TRUCK USED FOR THE HAULING OF FEEDS
IN BULK. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH A
DUMP TRUCK SHALL BE DEFINED AS A SINGLE UNIT COM-
MERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DESIGNED FOR THE TRANS-
PORTATION OF PROPERTY WHERE THE CARGO BEING
CARRIED BY SAID VEHICLE IS DISCHARGED BY SELF-
UNLOADING MEANS EITHER BY GRAVITY OR MECHAN-
ICAL MEANS. THE DEPARTMENT MAY SO ISSUE LICENSE
TAGS HEREAFTER ISSUED OF THIS CLASS AS TO DISTIN-
GUISH THEIR CHARACTER AND SHALL IN ANY EVENT BE
REQUIRED TO STAMP REGISTRATION CARDS ISSUED PUR-
SUANT TO SUCH APPLICATION WITH THE WORDS "DUMP
SERVICE" TO INDICATE THE SPECIFIC CHARACTER
THEREOF. AN APPLICANT FOR DUMP SERVICE REGISTRA-
TION PLATES AUTHORIZED HEREIN SHALL PAY THERE-
FOR ON EACH VEHICLE AT THE RATE OF THIRTEEN
($13.00) DOLLARS PER THOUSAND POUNDS OF GROSS
WEIGHT OF VEHICLES AND LOAD AND IN NO EVENT LESS
THAN FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ($520.00) DOLLARS
PER VEHICLE. EXCEPT WHEN OPERATING ON DIVIDED
HIGHWAYS OF TWO OR MORE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION
AND EXCEPT WHEN NOT LOADED, VEHICLES SO REGIS-
TERED SHALL AT NO TIME BE OPERATED AT A RATE OF
SPEED IN EXCESS OF THIRTY-FIVE (35) MILES PER HOUR
AND THE FIXING OF THIS MAXIMUM LIMITATION SHALL
NOT BE DEEMED TO ENLARGE OR INCREASE ANY LESSER
SPEED LIMITS FIXED BY ANY OTHER LAW, ORDINANCE,
RULE OR REGULATION. VEHICLES SO REGISTERED WHICH
ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE THIRTY-FIVE (35) MILES PER
HOUR MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
SPEED LIMITS AS SET FORTH ELSEWHERE IN THIS