1540                               Laws of Maryland                         Ch. 534

cedures, standards, and the inspection station requirements is guilty
of a misdemeanor.

Subtitle 14

Size, Weight and Load
§ 14-101. Scope and effect of subtitle.

(a)    It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or permit the
operation on a public highway of any vehicle or combination of vehi-
cles having a gross weight in excess of the maximum registered
weight indicated on the registration card required by section 14-110
or in excess of any statutory weight limit allowed under the provi-
sions of this article, or Article 89B. This subsection shall apply to
any person whatsoever, whether the owner, lessee, driver, or other.

(b)    The provisions of this subtitle governing size, weight, and
load shall not apply to fire apparatus, road machinery, or to imple-
ments of husbandry, including farm tractors, temporarily moved
upon a highway, or to a vehicle operated under the terms of a special
permit issued as herein provided.

(c)    No violation of the maximum weight provisions of this sub-
title shall be considered a moving violation for purposes of adminis-
tering part TV of subtitle 6.

§ 14-102. Width of vehicles.

(a) No vehicle, other than farm equipment and implements of
husbandry, in excess of 96 inches in width, including the load there-
of, except traction engines and any load of forage crops in connec-
tion with harvesting operations where the distance of hauling is less
than 5 miles on highways of the State, shall be operated on any
highway in this State, and no traction engine in excess of 100 inches
in width shall be operated on any highway, without the special per-
mission 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. Provided, however, that nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to prevent the operation upon any street
or highway in this State, of a motor vehicle loaded with tobacco
hogsheads and having an over-all width when loaded not in excess of
103 inches. Providing further that nothing in this subsection shall
be construed to prevent the operation upon any street or highway in
this State of farm equipment, implements of husbandry, or motor
vehicles transporting farm equipment or implements of husbandry,
if the operator of said motor vehicle having farm equip-
ment or implements of husbandry has acquired a permit from the
district or county engineer of the State Roads Commission for the
area involved authorizing such operation. An operator of motor
vehicles transporting over-sized farm equipment or implements of
husbandry may apply for a district or county engineer permit, at no
charge, granting the authority to haul the over-sized equipment or
implement on public roads for an entire year. The district or county
engineer shall issue those permits annually. The holder of a permit,
when hauling the over sized equipment or implement, shall have the
permit on his person at the time of the operation, and shall obey all

traffic laws.