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§§ 3068-a4-3070. MOTOR VEHICLES. Tit. XI, Ch. 17.
SEC. 3068-a4. Second conviction—penalty.
1 If any person who has been convicted of violating section thirty
2 hundred sixty-eight-a two of this supplement shall again be convicted
3 of a violation of said section, he shall be punished by a fine of not less
4 than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, but such former
5 conviction shall be referred to in the indictment or information, stat-
6 ing the court, date, and place that the judgment was rendered.
[39 G. A., ch. 219, § 3.] .
SEC. 3068-a5. Third and subsequent conviction—penalty.
1 If any person who has been convicted of a second offense as speci-
2 fied in the preceding section shall again be convicted of violating sec-
3 tión thirty hundred sixty-eight-a two of this supplement, he shall be
4 punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
5 three hundred dollars, but such former convictions shall be referred
6 to in the indictment or information, stating the courts, dates, and
7 places that the judgments were rendered.
[39 G. A., ch. 219, § 4.]
SEC. 3068-aG. Prima facie evidence.
1 On the trial of any of the offenses named in the two preceding
2 sections, a duly authenticated copy of the record of the former judg-
3 ment in any court wherein said conviction was had shall be prima
4 facie evidence of such former conviction and may be used in evidence.
[39 G. A., ch. 219, § 5.]
SEC 3070. Maximum speed, load, and width of vehicle—mud
lugs.
1 Every person operating a motor vehicle on the public highway of
2 this state shall drive the same in a careful and prudent manner, and
3 at a rate of speed that will not endanger the property of another, or
4 the life or limb of any person, and shall in no event drive the same
5 at a greater rate than as follows :
6 1. Thirty miles per hour if the weight of vehicle and load is less
7 than three tons and the vehicle is equipped with pneumatic tires, and
8 twenty-five miles per hour if such vehicle is equipped with solid rub-
9 ber tires.
10 2. Twenty-five miles per hour if the weight of the vehicle and
11 load is more than three tons and less than six tons and the vehicle is
12 equipped with pneumatic tires, and twenty miles per hour if such
13 vehicle is equipped with solid rubber tires.
14 3. Sixteen miles per hour if the weight of the vehicle and load
15 is more than six tons and the vehicle is equipped with pneumatic tires,
16 and twelve miles per hour if such vehicle is equipped with solid tires.
17 4. Ten miles per hour if the vehicle or any trailer is equipped with
18 two or more metal tires.
19 Provided that the local authorities of any city or town may estab-
20 lish a suburban district in which the maximum speed of any vehicle
21 shall not exceed twenty miles per hour, and a business district in
22 which the maximum speed of any vehicle shall not exceed fifteen miles
23 per hour, provided that such city or town shall have placed conspicu-
24 ously on every main highway where the rate of speed changes, signs of
25 sufficient size to be easily readable by a person using the highway,