It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association of persons, to operate or haul over, along, and upon the public highways of Lassen County, outside of incorporated cities or towns, any tractor, motor vehicle, or trailer, with a gross weight including load, exceeding ten tons for each such tractor, motor vehicle, or trailer. Provided, that no motor truck, trailer, or vehicle shall carry a load in excess of ten percent in addition to its tonnage capacity, according to the manufacturer's rating of capacity thereof, and that no trailer, whether motor truck, or vehicle of any kind shall carry a load in excess of five tons.
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and is liable to a penalty of twenty dollars for each full ton or fraction in excess of the limitation herein imposed, and any peace officer making the arrest of the owner or driver of any vehicle violating the provisions of this section, shall keep such vehicle with its load in his custody until such time as the penalty shall have been paid provided that the owner of any such vehicle may give to the peace officer a bond in favor of the county, conditioned to secure the payment of the penalty within the time prescribed in the bond. Furthermore, any peace officer may weigh the vehicle to establish the weight of the vehicle and of the load thereof.
(Ord. 123 § 1, 1921; Ord. 127 § 1, 1922)