Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 123

MOTOR VEHICLES IN RELATION TO THE MAXIMUM GROSS LOAD FOR WHICH VEHICLES MAY BE REGISTERED

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 165 OF THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED, "MOTOR VEHICLES", WITH REFERENCE TO THE MAXIMUM GROSS LOAD FOR WHICH CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES MAY BE REGISTERED.

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That Chapter 165 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, as amended, be further amended by striking out the paragraph designated (L) of 5564. Sec. 26. thereof as the same appears in Chapter 287, Volume 45, Laws of Delaware, and by substituting and enacting in lieu of the parts so stricken out a new paragraph (L) as follows:

(L) Such vehicles as are authorized to operate or be moved as provided by Section 119 of this Chapter, shall be registered in the same manner as other vehicles, and may be registered for a maximum gross load of Forty Thousand (40,000) pounds. The fee for such registration shall be at the same rate required for trucks and semi-trailers; whenever a special permit is issued as provided by Section 119 of this Chapter, the fee for issuing the same shall be One Dollar ($1.00), and in addition ,thereto, the sum of Two Cents ($.02) per ton per mile on the tonnage by which the total load, including the vehicle, exceeds Forty Thousand (40,000) pounds.

Approved April 3, 1947.