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encn OF the wheels OF such vehicle snail
be proportional 10 the size OF the axle OF
such vehicle as follows the word axle M
used IN this act shall be deemed to mean
an axle OF Iron or steel. or OF other ma
terial not greater In load carrying ca
pacity; the axle measurements herein
mentioned shall be deemed 20 mean the
sixe In inchcs OF either the diameter or
thereof and the word tire shall be deem
% TO mean "A nat smooth band. or hoop
OF iron or steel; the. proportion hereinbe-
fore referred TO shall be- AN follows:
Size OF Axle Minimum Width OF Tire.
~ inches '.........."...".."... inches.
i%. lN inchcs............... ~
1N, 3. 2h inches .................. 3H
~. ~, "a, ~ inches.........."
ia, Iarses y. tban ,ncaes, ,r,cibe:ss..'......"
Sec O. No vehicle which shall. subse-
Seent nrovd6 70 the mrs, mrs, DAY OF APRIL ~; is'
and no vehicle the wheel or wheels or
which shall, subsequent to said date, be
new trimmed with either bent rims or
piece. felIoes. shall be driven or used on
tire on the wheel or wheels thereof are
proportloned TO the size OF axle thereof AZ
provided IN section one OF this act: 49,.
Sec 3. This act shall not apply 10 the
apparatus or fire departments. nor 10 We
hicles used upon rails or tramways laid
IN the highways. or carriages with rub
Sec. a. Every person who shall drive or
suffer 10 be driven any vehicle upon any
highway OF this state I'm violation OF the
less than ten nor more than twenty dollars
for each offence, and IL is hereby made
the. duty OF chiefs OF police. surveyors or
highways and town sergeants TO prose-
cute all violations OF this act, and they
each shall be exempt from giving surety
for costs on any complaint for such vio-
lations.
Sec 5. All fines collected for violation
of the provisions OF this act shall be paid
TO the use OF the town or city IN which
the offence Is committed
CHAPTER 457
AN ACT Fixing the Fees or Deputy Sher-
ifs For Attendance Upon the Supreme
Court, In Amendment of Section II.
Chapter 295, OF the General Laws.
PASSED May IL, 1s97
1t is enacted by the General Assembly as
Section 1. The fees OF deputy sherirs
for actual attendance upon either divi-
dollars for each day.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect imme-
diately.
CHAPTER 45s
the. General Laws, "of the Protection
PASSED May 49, 1877
1t Is enacted by the General Assembly as
Section 1. Section 10 of Chapter l1s of
the General Laws is hereby amended SO
as TO read as follows:
Sec. 10. The members of the board of
harbor commissioners shall be allowed
six hundred dollars each as an annual
salary, which shall be paid quarterly up
on the order of the state auditor upon
the general treasurer"
Sec. g. All acts and parts Of acts incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed, and
this act shall take effect from and after
It's passage.
CHAPTER 49,
AN ACT In Amendment of Section of
tied "Of the Inland Fisheries"
PASSED May 10, 1917
It is enacted by the General Assembly as
Section 1. Section of Chapter ia of the
General Laws, entitled "Of the inland
fisheries" Is hereby amended so as to
"section i. The governor shall appoint
six commissioners of inland fisheries. who
shall hold their office for three years,
and until sL their successors are appointed"
and after It's passage, and all acts or
parts of acts Inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
CHAPTER AGO.
AN ACT In Amendment Of Chapter 5 OK
the General Laws. "Of the Arms. the
PASSED May 49, 1917
It is enacted by the General Assembly as
Section 1. Section Of Chapter of the
and The Flag of the State" is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. The flag of the state shall be
white, five feet and six inches fly and
four feet and ten inches deep on the pike,
bearing on each side in the centre gold
en- anchor, twenty-five inches high, and
underneath it a blue ribbon twenty-four
inches long and five inches wide, or i'm
these proportions. with the motto Hope"
rounded by thirteen golden stars in a cir
Gle. The flag to be edged with yellow
fringe. The pike shall be surmounted by
a spear-head, and the length of the pike
shall be nihe feet, not including the spear
head"
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect imme-
diately.
CHAPTER 46l.
AN ACT In Amendment of Chapter 112 of
the General Laws Entitled "Of Birds"
PASSED May 10. 1917
1t Is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section 1. Every person who shall take,
nave in hs @ or any be or
tore the first day of October. nineteen
hundred, shall for each offense be fined
twenty dollars, provided that the word
to the birds commonly called partridge or
Sec. g. This act shall take effect imme-
diately.
CHAPTER 49,
AN ACT In Amendment OF and In Addl-
ton to Chapter III of the General Laws.
Entitled Dogs"
PASSED May 20, 1877
1t Is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows.
Section l. Chapter III of the General
Laws. entitled Dogs" Is hereby amend
ed by inserting therein a new section to
be known as Section 2s and to read as
follows:
'Sec 49, But no tax whatever shall bc
imposed upon thoroughbred dogs. which
are kept for breeding and stud purposes
only. providing, such dog shall be owned
by breeder and annual exhibitor of
thoroughbred dogs. and providing such
dogs shall be confined In regular breed
ing kennel. except when abroad. accom-
panied by the owner or manager of such
kennel. The owner of such dog and ken
mel shall present to the town or city clerk
OF the town In which such kennel Is situ-
ate. an affidavit stating the number OF
dogs kept therein. for breeding and stud
purposes only, the name OF the owner.
and that said animals are not permitted
TO be abroad except when accompanied
by the owner or manager of such kennel.
and shall pay TO said town or city clerk
on or before the first day Of April In each
year. the sum OF ten dollars, which shall
be credited 10 the dog fund of said town