The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-06-30
PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS

registration fees of which are fixed by other
specific provisions Of law, and provided that said
charge shall be in lieu of all other taxes, fees or
charges Of every kind upon said motor vehicle
or upon the receipt of those operating the same
except the taxes imposed upon the same per-
sonal property.
Glass K Used Car Dealer Twenty-Five
(S25.00) dollars for the first two sets Of tags
or markers issued each dealer in used or second
hand motor vehicles, to each proprietor of a
garage, or repair shop, or to each junk dealer,
three t$3.0o) dollars for each additional set of
such tags. Such tags shall be interchangeable
among the motor vehicles owned or used by the
one to whom issued only when such is
incidental to such business.
The charges in this section prescribed shall be
for three months-of each year and be on quar-
terly basis
If certificate provided for in Glasses A, IA,
"a, 3A, AR, B and G be issued after the first
Of the year, the charge shall be on quarterly
basis; three-quarters after April lst, or before
July 1st, one-half after July LIST, or before Oc-
tober LIST, and one-quarter after October LIST,
until the end of the year. Upon the surrender
OF the registration certificate and number plates
markers provided for in Glasses A, Ia, "a,
3A, IA, B and G, and upon application made
therefor, the original owner shall be entitled to
refund of the amount paid for such certificate
and markers for the unused portion of the year
calculated on quarterly basis with no allow
ance for fractional portions of quarter.
The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall
have authority. in disputed cases, to determine
the classification i'll which any motor vehicle
belongs, under any Of the provisions of this sub
title.
A duplicate registration certificate shall be
furnished by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
for fifty cents (50c) in cases where he is salts
fed the original has been lost
In the event any plate or marker issued by
such Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under the
provisions of this or any other section shall be
an investigation to be made into the circum-
stances of the alleged loss, and if he is salts
fed that said tag or tags have in fact been de-
stroyed as alleged by the applicant, he shall
issue duplicate or duplicates thereof,
set of tags, in his discretion, with appropriate
registration certificate, at cost not to exceed
four dollars ($4,00) in the case of motor veh-
Gle, or two dollars $4,000 in the case Of a
motor cycle or bicycle with motor attachment.
~ SEC. Q. And be it farther enacted, That Sec
ton 1914 of Article Sc of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, 1929 Edition, title
Licenses" subtitle Speed, Size, Weight, Con-
struction and Equipment of Motor Vehicles" be
and the same is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:
az GENERAL Provisions
1914. No person shall operate motor vehicle
of any kind, as defined in this subtitle, over any
public highway of the State recklessly or at
rate of speed greater than is reasonable and
proper, having regard to the width, traffic and
use of the highway. or SO as to endanger the
property and life or limb of any person, or
as not unnecessarily or unreasonably to dam
age the same provided that nothing contained in
this subsection shall apply to the owner or opera
tor of any traction engine used exclusively for
propelling agricultural or farming implements
not designed for hauling purposes on account of
its driving wheels being equipped with standard
cleats.
(2) SPEED OF SOLID TIRE Moron VEHICLES,
AND SIZE, WEIGHT, Construction AND
EQUIPMENT OF Moron VEHICLES.
The maximum rate of speed for motor vehi-
cles, equipped wholly or in part with solid tires,
weighing six tons or less, shall be twenty-five
miles per hour. The maximum rate of speed tor
motor vehicles, equipped wholly or in part with
solid tires, weighing in excess of six tons, shall
be twenty miles per hour. The weight of such
motor vehicles shall be computed by adding the
weight of the vehicle and the weight of its load.
Whenever trailer is attached to such vehicle.
the weight thereof shall be computed by adding
the combined weights of such vehicles and such
trailer and the combined weights of the loads
thereon: provided, however, that when the trailer
is equipped with adequate brakes, the weight
shall be computed by adding the weight of the
vehicle and its load, the weight of the trailer
and its load whichever is the heavier and pro-
vided further that more than one trailer shall
be attached to motor vehicle while operating
along any highway of this State at a greater rate
of speed than ten miles per hour The maxi
mum rate of speed of all traction or other iron
tired engines, and motor vehicles or trailers
equipped wholly in part with iron tires shall
be six miles an hour: No motor vehicle in ex-
cess of ninety-six inches in width including the
load thereon, except traction engines, shall be
operated on any such highway in this State, and
no traction engine in excess of one hundred
inches in width shall be operated on any such
nor shall any motor vehicle equipped
With solid tires be operated of which the total
weight of vehicle and load per inch IN width
of each tire as such tires rated by the tire
manufacturers shall exceed six hundred and fifty
pounds, without the special permission of the
STata RnnAS
under its jurisdiction, or the permission of the
city authorities in the case OF a city street, or
the permission of the county authorities in the
case of county highway, nor shall any such 4
vehicle be operated at any time on any such
tires when the rubber thereon is less than one
inch in thickness, nor where uniform cross
section of the tire is not maintaind, and no
motor vehicle, equipped with four wheels, OF
which the weight of the vehicle and the load
combined exceeds twenty-five thousand (2S,O00)
pounds shall be operated any highway of this
State, and no motor vehicle, equPped with SIX
wheels, of which the weight Of the vehicle and
load combined exceeds forty thousand (40,O0Ol
pounds, shall be operated on any highway OF
this State. Except in the of motor vehicles
now owned and heretofore registered in this
State, no certificate shall be granted for the
registration of any motor vehicle, equipped with
four wheels, having a rated carrying capacity OF
over five tons, nor of any motor vehicle, equip
ped with Six wheels, having a rated carrying
capacity of ten tons, and except as atore-
said, no motor vehicle, equipped with tour
wheels, having greater rated carrying capacity
than five tons, and motor vehicle, equipped
with six wheels, having a greater rated carrying
capacity than ten tons shall be operated over any
public highway of this State, these provisions
being absolutely necessary in the opinion of the
General Assembly for the proper protection and
maintenance OF the public highways
OF this State. 4
"a. WEIGHT OF CoMaERcIAL Moron VEHI-
Gle, Two AxLEs, EQUIPPED WITH
EEuMAT1c TIRES AND Moron FUEL
OPERATED.
Commercial Motor Vehicles, two axles, pneu-
matte tires, and operated by motor fuel shall not
be used or operated on any highway OF this State
with gross weight exceeding those as set forth
in the following classes:
Commercial vehicles, with shipping weight
less than $500 pounds, shall not have gross
weight in excess of 5000 pounds
Commercial vehicles, with a shipping weight
of $500 pounds and over, but less than $500
pounds shall not have gross weight in excess
of 5000 pounds.
Commercial vehicles, with shipping weight
of $500 pounds and over but less than 5000
pounds shall not have gross weight in excess
of $4,000 pounds :.
Commercial vehicles, with shipping weight
of 5000 pounds and over, but less than QUO
pounds shall not have a gross weight in excess
Of 10000 pounds. 4
Commercial vehicles, with shipping weight
of 5000 pounds and over, but less than $500
pounds, shall not have gross weight IN excess