Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06
CHAPTER 464-S. F. No. 142
A RUI,

A BILL
FOR AN ACT regulating traffic on
highways and defining certain
vehicles, providing for traffic signs
and signals and defining the pow
er of local authorities to enact or
enforce ordinances, rules, or regu-
latiOns in regard to matters en-
braced within the provisions of
this act and to make uniform the
law relating to the subject mat
ter of this act, and repeating Laws
1925, Chapter 1856, Section 8; Laws
1927, Chapter 412; Laws 1929,
Chapters 15S, 800 and 407; Laws
1881, Chapters 1913 and 4O2; Laws
1888, Chapters 225 and 252; Laws
1885, Chapters 224 and 3S9; and
all other acts and parts of acts
inconsistent herewith to the ex-
tent of such inconsistency.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
ARTICLE I
WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED
Section l. The following words and
phrases when used in this act shall,
for the purpose of this act, have the
meanings respectively ascribed to
them in this article.
Cd Vehicle" Every device in,
upon, or by which any person or
property is or may be transported or
drawn upon highway, except de-
vices moved by human power or
used exclusively upon stationary
rails or tracks.
CD Motor vehicle" Every vehicle
which is self propelled and not de-
irving its power from overhead
wires.
CD Motorcycle" Every motor We
hicle having saddle for the use of
the rider and designed to travel on
not more than three wheels in con-
tact with the ground but excluding
a tractor.
(4 Authorized emergency We
hicle." Vehicles of the fire depart
ment, police vehicles, and such am
balances and emergency vehicles of
municipal departments or public
service corporations as are designat-
ed or authorized by the commission
er or the chief of police of an in
corporated city, and equipped and
Identified according to law.
60 School bus" Every motor
vehicle owned by a public or gov
ernmental agency and operated for
the transportation of children to or
from school or privately owned and
operated for compensation for the
transportation of children to or
from school.
go Truck tractor" Every motor
vehicle designed and used primarily
for drawing other vehicles and not
SO constructed as to carry a load
other than a part of the weight of
the vehicle and load so drawn.
Cd Farm tractor" Every motor
vehicle designed and used primarily
as a farm implement for drawing
ploWs, moving machines, and other
implements of husbandry.
CD Road tractor" Every motor
vehicle designed and used for draw
ing other vehicles and not so con-
structed as to carry any load there
on either independently or any part
OF the weight of a vehicle or load so
drawn.
Cd Trailer" Every vehicle with
out motive power designed for car
rying persons or property and for
being drawn by motor vehicle and
SO constructed that no part of its
weight rests upon the towing We
hicle.
QO "Semi-trailer." Every vehicle
without motive power designed for
carrying persons or property and
Tor being drawn by a motor vehicle
and so constructed that some part
OF its weight and that Of its load
rests upon or Is carried by another
vehicle.
CID Pneumatic tire" Every tire
in which compressed air is design
ed to support the load.
Q2) Solid tire" Every tire of
rubber or other resilient material
which does not depend upon COM
pressed air for the support of the
load.
CID Metal tire" Every tire the
surface of which in contact with the
highway is wholly or partly of met
al or other hard nonresident ma
terial.
dD Railroad" A carrier Of per-
sons or property upon cars, other
than street cars, operated upou sta