Section 37-3-5
Operations to be in accordance with chapter; carriers subject to regulation of commission.
No motor carrier, as defined in this chapter, not exempt in this chapter, shall operate any motor vehicle for the transportation of passengers or property for compensation on any highway in the state except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and every such carrier is hereby declared subject to control, supervision and regulation by the commission.
(Acts 1939, No. 669, p. 1064, §3; Code 1958, T. 48, §301(3).)