The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-26
Lac Enacted To Protect
Roads OF Polk County

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: The Evening Telegram is in receip
of copy of bill which was passe
by the Legislature designed to pro
tect our roads in Polk. 1t is a goo,
measure, but in the opinion OF PEG
pie who have given the matter mucl
study. it does not go far enough.
is considered that log carts should
be kept off the asphalt roads alto
gether; and that timber and turpen
tine wagons should be limited to 9
carrying weight of 5000 pounds The
Chamber of Commerce today sent the
Polk county representative a COM
munication asking that these and
some minor changes be incorporated
in the law. The bill follows:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
! An Act limiting the amount of Ton
mage by motor vehicles, and restrict
ing the use of Trailers, and log, tim
Der, turpentine or other carts, wagons
or vehicles, and well machines, over
certain roads in Polk County, Flor.
ida, and regulating the speed of and
the use of wagons. carts machines,
or disc harrOws, automobiles or 9TH
err vehicles over the roads Of said
county.
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the State of Florida:
Section /. That it is hereby de.
clared unlawful for any person own.
ing or operating any motor vehicle
to haul or carry or allow to be hauled
or carried on such motor vehicles,
any load or burden Weighing more
than two tons when such motor We
hicle is being hauled or driven over
any road outside of any incorporated
town or city in the County of Polk
and State Of Florida, which said road |
is constructed of brick, asphalt, ce- |
ment or other hard surfaced mate ;
rails.
Sec. 2. The term motor vehicle"
used in this act shall include all We
licles driven by any power other than
muscular power.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be unlawful for
my person to attach to any motor We
licle. any trailer or other vehicle of
capacity of more than two tons for
he purpose of carrying or hauling
GOODS, wares or merchandise. or to
aul or carry on said trailer any bur-
len or load weighing more than two
ons over any road in Polk County,
INSTRUCTED as set out in Section 1. j
md all such motor vehicles and trail
RS shall have rubber or pneumatic Il
Tres.
Sec. 4. II shall be unlawful for {
ny person or persons to operate I
,g, timber, turpentine or other cart,
yagon or vehicle, well machine or s
isc harrOws on, over or upon any Of
he roads mentioned in Section / of
his Act, carrying weight of more
ian two tons. and unless said log,
mber, turpentine or other cart, wag-
n or vehicle has wheels as follows:
1agons carrying three thousand
5000 ib) pounds and not over four
lousand $4,000 No. pounds shall have
res not less than four "a inches)
ches in width; From four thous-
nd $4,000 NJ pounds and not over
We thousand 5000 NJ pounds shall
ave tires not less than four and one
alf "a 1-2) inches in width: From FIVE
lousand 5000 fb) pounds to six
OuSduu tVVUU lUJ pOuiuo SHdii hnSC |
res not less than five Is inches)
ches in width; II over six thous-
I'd 10000 ib) pounds shall have tires
not less than six C. inches) inches
width for log carts, ties of not
IS than six &c inches) inches in
idth; For four mule carts. seven
inchesl inch tires: and all over
ur-mule carts, eight Is inch) inch
res. And in all cases where any We.
cles are used for hauling across any
iah road, all necessary. precaution
all be taken by the person or cor. I
,ration using the same to prevent
e breaking OF otherwise injuring
id road, and no Disc Harrows nor
ell machines with steel Hanged tires :
all be operated on said roads.
Sec. 5. The Sheriff of Polk Coun.