CHAPTER 698

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-842, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to weighing vehicles suspected of being one en

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Approved March 31, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46-342, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows: oo.

§ 46-342. Any officer authorized to enforce the law under this title,
having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful,
is authorized to weigh the same. * If the place where the vehicle is stopped
ig ten miles or less from a permanent weighing station, the officer may,
and upon demand of the driver shall, require the vehicle to proceed to
such station; if the distance to the nearest permanent weighing station
is more than ten miles such vehicle may be weighed by loadometers. Any
operator who fails or refuses to drive his vehicle to such permanent weigh-
ing station or upon such scales or loadometers upon the request and direc-
tion of the officer so to do shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars, which penalty shall be in addition to any other penal-
ties prescribed for exceeding the maximum gross weight permitted or for
any other violation. Should the officer find that the weight of any vehicle
and its load is greater than that permitted by this title or that the weight
of the load carried in or on such vehicle is greater than that which the
vehicle is licensed to carry under the provisions of this title, he may require
the driver to unload, at the nearest place where the property unloaded may
be stored or transferred to another vehicle, such portion of the load as
may be necessary to decrease the gross weight of the vehicle to the maxi-
mum therefor permitted by this title. If the driver of an overloaded vehicle
is convicted, forfeits bail or purchases an increased license as a result of
such weighing, the court in addition to all other penalties shall assess and
collect a weighing fee of two dollars from the owner or operator of the
vehicle and shall forward such fee to the State Treasurer. Upon receipt of
the fee, the State Treasurer shall allocate the same to the fund appro-
priated a the administration and maintenance of the Department of

olice.