Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 16

MOTOR VEHICLES

RELATING TO TRACTION ENGINES AND TRACTORS

AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 193, VOLUME 44, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AND FURTHER TO AMEND 5689. SEC. 151 OF THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO TRACTION ENGINES AND TRACTORS, BY PROVIDING FOR THE VEHICLES WHICH SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE ATTACHED THERETO AND HAULED OVER THE PUBLIC STREETS, ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.

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

Section 1. That Chapter 193, Volume 44, Laws of Delaware be and the same is hereby repealed.

Section 2. That 5689. Sec. 151 of Chapter 193 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by inserting a new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b) of said section, to be known as 5689. Sec. 151 (c), as follows:

"(c) A traction engine or tractor equipped with pneumatic tires shall, as hereinafter provided, be allowed or permitted to have attached thereto and hauled over the public streets, roads and highways of this State any vehicle or vehicles with smooth metal or pneumatic tires used primarily as a farm implement or implements, or any wagon or wagons used for hauling farm produce, or one or more of each,

Provided that the overall length of such traction engine or tractor and the implements and/or wagons attached thereto shall not exceed seventy-five (75) feet.

Approved March 22, 1949.