Section 377. Vehicles engaged in the transportation of logs and other materials

1. No vehicle which is designed or used for the  purpose  of
  hauling  logs or other materials which by their very nature may shift or
  roll so as to be likely to fall from such vehicle, shall be operated  or
  moved  over  any  highway  unless  its load is securely fastened by such
  safety chains, cables or other  suitable  devices  as  will  effectively
  prevent  the  shifting or falling of such load or any part thereof, from
  the vehicle.
    2.  The  commissioner  is  authorized  to  make  necessary  rules  and
  regulations  to  carry  into  effect  the  provisions  of  this section,
  applying such provisions to specific conditions and  prescribing  means,
  methods  and  practices  to  effectuate such provisions. Before any such
  rule or regulation is adopted, amended or  repealed  there  shall  be  a
  public  hearing  thereon,  notice  of  which shall be published at least
  once, not less than ten days prior thereto, in  such  newspaper  as  the
  commissioner may prescribe.
    3. A violation of any of the provisions of this section or of any rule
  or  regulation  promulgated  hereunder  shall  constitute  a misdemeanor
  punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars  for  a  first
  offense,  three  hundred  fifty  dollars  for a second offense, or seven
  hundred fifty dollars for each subsequent offense,  or  by  imprisonment
  for not more than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.