Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23

| in lieu OF applyiug for a refund Of the
registration paid, as hereinbefore pro-
vided. apply for registration Of trac-
| ton engine or motor truck and said
applicant shall he entitled to a credit
! for the fee paid since January first.
nineteen hundred and nineteen and
prior to the passage Of tins act
Sec. 4 Section 400 oi the General
| Laws i, hereby amended 50 as to read
as follows
Sec. 400 \ person or corporation
! shall not operate a traction engine,
tractor, trailer, motor truck or other
vehicle in excess OF a total weight OF
six and onc-fourth tons. including We
hicle. object or continuance and load,
upon highway in any town or incor-
poratcd village except in conformity with
trc rconlations of a written permit to
| be obtained as herein provided A per
son or CORPORATION owning or operating
a traction engine. tractor. trailer, motor
truck or motor vehicle that desires to SO
operate the same shall make written APP
plication for such permit to the board of
,clectmen OF the town or the trustees of
the Incorporated village, as the case may
be, who shall set time for hearing upon
such application The state highway
commissioner shall be notified of such
hearing and may attend such hearing or
he NAV designate a person to represent
him. Said board may in its discretion
issue to such person or corporation a
permit authorizing such person or cor
poration to operate such traction engine,
tractor, trailer, motor truck or motor
vehicle upon such highway or highways
| in such town or Incorporated village
as said board NAV designate and CON
tanning the regulations subject to which
such traction engine. tractor, trailer,
motor truck or motor vehicle is to be
operated Said hoard of selcctnen or
| trustees of an incorporated village may
incorporate in such permit such de-
scriptiyc matter AS to the highways to
be travelled over, restrictions as to width
and character of wheels of such tractor,
trailer, motor truck or other motor vehicle
and such other regulations as in their
Judgment seem most conducive to a
proper use of the highways. Such per-
nit shall expire on the thirty-tirst day
of December but may be revoked for
cause after due hearing before the board
which granted same. Such permit shall
be signed by a majority of said board;
and the person or corporation to whom
the same is granted shall, before opcrat-
ing such traction engine, tractor, trailer,
motor truck or motor vehicle, cause
such permit to be filed in the town clerks
office of such town or in the village
clerks office of such village. Said board
of secctmen or trustees of an incor-
porated village, or board of county road
commissioners under the provisions of
the following section may require the
applicant to file bond in such all
amount as in their Judgment seems ade-
quate, executed by a surety company
authorized to transact business in this
state. conditioned to pay all damages
sustained bv a person, town or incor-
porated village, injured or damaged in
consequence of the careless, negligent
or unlawful act of said principal or the
failure of said principal to comply with
the provisions of such permit. A per-
son. town or Incorporated village, in
iurcd by any careless, negligent or
unlawful act of or failure of the prin-
cipal to comply with the provisions of
such permit, or on account of the in
Jury to a bridge or culvcrt because of
the excessive weight allowed by such
permit, and, if the death of any per-
son is caused by any careless, negligent
or unlawful act as aforesaid, the OK
ecutor or administrator shall have a
right of action upon such bond for all
damages sustained, and shall upon re-
quest be furnished by said board with
certified copy of such bond and may
bring an action in the name OF the
obligee named in such bond for his, its
or their use and benefit against the
principal and surety named in such
bond, and NAV prosecute the same to
final Judgment and execution In case
of road machinery oilers. tractors, rol-
lers, dump wagons, etc, the same per
init as above shall be issued by the sec
rotary of state with the approval of the
highway commissioner.
Laws is hereby amended so as to read