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

SECTIONS OF THE GENERAL
LAWS, RELATING TO MOTOR
TRUCKS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section l. Section 464 of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows:
Sec. 4bt4. Freight wagons, carts or
and less than two tons shall have the
tires and felloes of their wheels at least
two inches wide and if carrying more
than two tons and less than three tons
the tires and fellocs of their wheels
shall be at least three inches wide and
if carrying more than three tons and
less than four tons the tires and felloes
shall be four inches wide and if carry
ing more than four tons and less than
six tons their tires and feloes shall
be five inches wide; but the sclectmen
may give a person permission to use
wagons, carts or carriages in their re-
spectivc towns with the tires or fcllocs
of less width than is provided i'll this
section. when in their opinion. the high
Motor trucks and traicrs shall not be
greater gross weight than six hundred
pounds to inch of tire surface in con-
tact with road, except i'll the case of
traction engines, tractors, trallcrs, motor
trucks and motor vehicles owned by per
sons to whom special permits shall be
issued in accordance with the provisions
trucks shall be equipped with rubber
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be attached to one motor truck. Motor
trucks and trailcrs and loads shall not
exceed eight feet in width or twelve
trucks shall be equipped with a mirror
so attached that the driver of such motor
view of other vehicles approaching from
the rear.
Sec 2, Section 467T of the General
Laws is hereby amended SO as to read
as follows:
Sec. 4o71. The annual fee for regis
tering traction engine, motor truck
or other vehicle having 4 carrying
capacity including the carrying capacity
of trailers or other contrivances of one
ton shall be twenty dollars; exceeding
one and not over one and a half tons,
thirty dollars; exceeding one and half
tons and not over two tons, forty dollars;
exceeding two tons and not over two
and a half tons, fifty dollars; exceeding
two and half and not over three tons,
seventyfive dollars; exceeding three and
not over four tons. one hundred dollars;
and for each additional ton or fraction
thereof above four tons, twenty-five
dollars A person who applies for reg
istration of traction engine or motor
truck on or after August first shall be
entitled to have such traction engine or
motor truck registered upon payment
of an amount equal to half of the Zee
which the owner of such traction engine
or motor truck would be required to
pay if such traction engine or motor
truck were registered prior to August
first. The owner of a traction engine
or motor truck weighing more than six
and oncfourth tons gross weight in
Guiding its carrying capacity and the
weight and carrying capacity of trallcrs
or other contrivances and load, shall,
at the time of transmitting his applica-
ton for registration to the secretary of
state, cause to be attached to such appli-
cation a copy of the permit issued by
the board of sclcctmen, board of trustees
or board of county road commissioners
as the case may be, as hereinafter pro-
vidcd. The weight and carrying ca
pacity shall be marked plainly on all
motor trucks so as to show the weight
OF chassis. weight of body and carrying
capacity and the weights as marked
thereon shall be prima facie evidence of
such weight. The term traction engine
shall include caterpillar tractors of the
kind known as log haulers. If permit
issued by the board of selectmcn. board
of trustees or the board of county road
commissioners for the registration of a,
traction engine equipped with caterpil
lar treads. and commonly known as a
log haulcr, limits the use of such trac
ton engine to operation upon snow roads,
the annual fee for registration of such
traction engine shall be one dollar for
each horse power of such log hauler.
Sec. 3. Traction engine or motor
truck registration certificate issued after
January first. nineteen hundred and
nineteen. and prior to the date this act
takes effect are hereby declared null and
void. \ person who has registered a
traction engine or motor truck since
January first, nineteen hundred and
nineteen. and prior to the passage OF
this act may apply to said secretary for
a refund of such per cent OF the regis
tration fee as the unexpired term of the |
certificate bears to the entire time such
certificate would have been in force
in case such certificate had not been
declared null and void as hereinbefore
provided, and said secretary shall GER
tfy to the auditor of accounts the
amount due said person and said audi
tor of accounts shall draw an order in
payzsssas thsxAaf: or said nArson paax,1