The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-05-28

] anu IAlOlOi luIlutI VI any IulO-
mobile, motor truck, motorcycle,
electric automobile or truck, or any
/ like vehicle, or who fails or refuses
to give the correct rated tonnage
capacity of any motor or electric
truck, whether freight or passenger,
or who violates any provisions of
this Act shall be deemed guilty of
miSdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than five dol
lars nor more than fifty dollars, to-
gether with all costs of said prosecu-
ton, such fines to be turned over to
the State Treasurer to be placed to
the credit of the State Highway
Commission to be expended as pro-
vlded for other revenue obtained
under this Act, and it shall be the
duty of all peace officers of the
State of Tennessee to arrest and
prosecute vialotoEs of this Act be-
tore the legal tribunal; and the
judges of the several circuit and
criminal courts shall be required to
give this Act in charge to the grand
Juries and all grand juries are here
by given inquisitorial powers as to
the enforcement of this Act
Section 25. Be it further enacted,
That each section and every part
thereof of this Act is hereby declar-
ed to be separate and independent
from all other sections thereof and
the invalidity of any section or part
thereof shall not be held to affect
the validity of the remaining sec
tions, as such sections would have
been passed and enacted by the
General Assembly, if the invalid
sections or parts thereof, if any, had
not been incorporated in this Act.
Provided further that nothing in
this Act shall be construed to con-
flict with the Act known as Fed
eral Aid Act" Chapter "A of the
public Acts of 1917, providing for
the cooperation with the Federal
Government in the construction of
roads and bridges.
Section 26 Be it further enacted,
That Chapter 100 of the Public Acts
of 1915, entitled, AN Act Estab-
fishing Highway Department,
creating a State Highway Commits
sion, prescribing the powers and du-
ties for the designation and adoption
a highway fund and apportioning the
pIONCShS lIlCICOl w bilC ICSpCNllNC
counties and the Highway Depart
ment,a nd applying the proceeds of
the registration of motor vehicles
Amending Section 6 of Senate Bill
296, Chatter 8, of the Acts of the
rltly-nlnth General Assembly,, and
acquiring right of way therefor, by
exercising of the power of eminent
is hereby repealed and all
officea and departments created and
established thereby are hereby abol-
ished, and all the duties, powers and
authority vested by said Act and all ).
other existing laws, in the State
Highway Commission created under
and by authority of the said Chap
ter 100 of the Public Acts Of 19Y5
are hereby expressly vested in the
State Highway Commission created
and provided for herein. But all
contracts for road build :
ing made under said Act shall be
carried out by the State Highway
Commission hereunder. Provided
further, that the present State High
way Commission shall turn over
promptly all money, contracts, pa
pers, maps and other records, ETC.,
in their ossession to the Highway
Commission createdu nder the pro-
visions of this Act. That all laws
and parts Of laws in conflict with
his Act be, and the same are here
by repealed, and that that this Act
AXE effect on the Dist day of April,
1919, the public welfare requiring it.
Passed April Is, 1919.
ANDREW L. TODD,
Speaker of the Senate.
SETH M. WALKER,
Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
Approved April 16, 1919.
A. H. ROBERTS, Governor.