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Locomotives On Common Roads

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
March
Year
1861
Copyright
Public Domain
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a ■itu:iiiti'm l '.he adopüoa una use 01 loco notives on common roads, to tHe tion of wliich considerable ! t on o1' late have bw 1 p ttd in fiinglmid, a bilí h..s bewl retroiitóeol in !' munt lor tbuii regulatkuj. It exacta i thut thc weight on each páir of wheefá j is not to 1 xoeed one too and a halï Tho use of lociMTiotives, destructivo to highwuys or dunfrerous to tho public, [ is to bc prohibited by the Seoretary of State so as to prevent excessive wear and tear. Tho weight of locoinotives ovor country, pari-h nr suspensión ■ bridges i not to exceed fifteen ton, mul any dartiiige m to b'e raada god. Thc !ou' nmstives are to consame fcheir own srnoke, Two persons are to drive and coöduct every hoootnotive, and red ligfats are to beflxed eonspeuñí6ly iol front of the locomotivo mul wa ono hour aftcr sunset und oue hour ; er suurise. Tlio speed of locouiolives on bjg& ro;ids is not to exoeede ten miles ao hour, and through tovns, cities villiLToa 6ve. No locomotivos is to be uwed I within the city of IiOndoa moro than j soveti fout in width, and wii'n wheels six iucües vvido, I

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus