V, >p. IVl
ACTS
RESOLVES
PASSED BV THE
General (^m\i flf JUasjjathMdte,
IN THE YEAR
1920,
TOGETHER WITH
THE CONSTITUTION, THE REARRANGEMENT OF THE
CONSTITUTION, TABLES SHOWING CHANGES
IN THE STATUTES, ETC., ETC.
PUBLISHED BY THE
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
BOSTON:
WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., STATE PRINTERS,
32 DERNE STREET.
1920.
A CONSTITUTION
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
QIt|p (Eommmtmealtli of ilaBHarljuartta
PREAMBLE. «
The end of the institution, maintenance, and administra- objects of
tion of government, is to secure the existence of the body government.
politic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who
compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and tran-
quillity their natural rights, and the blessings of life: and
whenever these great objects are not obtained, the people
have a right to alter the government, and to take meas-
ures necessary for their safety, prosperity, and happiness.
The body politic is formed by a voluntary association Body politic,
of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole itTnl't™e!*^'
people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with
the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain
laws for the common good. It is the duty of the people,
therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to pro-
vide for an equitable mode of making laws, as well as for
an impartial interpretation and a faithful execution of
them; that every man may, at all times, find his security
in them.
We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, acknowl-
edging, with grateful hearts, the goodness of the great
Legislator of the universe, in affording us, in the course
of His providence, an opportunity, deliberately and peace-
ably, without fraud, violence, or surprise, of entering into
CONSTITUTION OF THE
an original, explicit, and solemn compact with each other;
and of forming a new constitution of civil government,
for ourselves and posterity; and devoutly imploring His
direction in so interesting a design, do agree upon, ordain,
and establish, the following Declaration of Rights, and
Frame of Government, as the Constitution of the Com-
monwealth OP Massachusetts.
Equality and
natural rights
of all men.
Right and duty
of public reli-
gious worship.
Protection
therein .
2 Cush. 104.
12 Allen, 129.
See amend-
ments, Arts.
XLVI and
XL VIII.
Amendments,
Art. XI, substi-
tuted for this.
Legislature
empowered to
compel provi-
sion for public
worship.
PART THE FIRST.
A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Article I. All men are born free and equal, and have
certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among
which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defend-
ing their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possess-
ing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and
obtaining their safety and happiness.
II. It is the right as well as the dutj' of all men in
society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the
Supreme Being, the great Creator and Preserver of the
universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or
restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worship-
ping God in the manner and season most agreeable to the
dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious pro-
fession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the
public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
III. [As the happiness of a people, and the good order
and preservation of civil government, essentially depend
upon piety, religion, and morality; and as these cannot
be generally diffused through a community but by the
institution of the public worship of God, and of public
instructions in piety, religion, and morality: Therefore,
to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order
and preservation of their government, the people of this
commonwealth have a right to mvest their legislature with
power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall,
from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns,
parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious
societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense,
for the institution of the public worship of God, and for
the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 5
of piety, religion, and morality, in all cases where such
provision shall not be made voluntarily.
And the people of this commonwealth have also a right Legislature
■^ r 1^ . . . . . to enjoin
to, and do, invest their legislature with authority to enjoin attendance
upon all the subjects an attendance upon the instructions
of the public teachers aforesaid, at stated times and sea-
sons, if there be any on whose instructions they can con-
scientiously and conveniently attend.
Provided, notwithstanding, that the several towns, par- Exclusive right
ishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious socie- gious teachers
ties, shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing ^^'^^'^^ '
their public teachers, and of contracting with them for
their support and maintenance.
And all moneys paid by the subject to the support of ^gj,^" 'Irochiai
public worship, and of the public teachers aforesaid, shall, taxes may be
if he require it, be uniformly applied to the support of the etc. '
public teacher or teachers of his own religious sect or de-
nomination, provided there be any on whose instructions
he attends; otherwise it may be paid towards the support
of the teacher or teachers of the parish or precinct in which
the said moneys are raised.
And every denomination of Christians, demeaning them- ah denomina-
selves peaceably, and as good subjects of the common- protected^ ^
wealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: g^bordination
and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to oforiesectto
another shall ever be established by law.] hibited.
IV. The people of this commonwealth have the sole Right of self
and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, f^^'v^Td™^'**
sovereign, and independent state; and do, and forever
hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdic-
tion, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by
them expressly delegated to the United States of America,
in Congress assembled.
V. All power residing originally in the people, and '^^^1°^^^^^}^^
being derived from them, the several magistrates and etc.
ofKcers of government, vested with authority, whether
legislative, executive, or judicial, are their substitutes
and agents, and are at all times accountable to them.
VI. No man, nor corporation, or association of men, Services ren-
have any other title to obtain advantages, or particular public being
and exclusive privileges, distinct from those of the com- pe^uHa^privi-*"
munity, than what arises from the consideration of serv- [Iry officS'are
ices rendered to the public; and this title being in ^nna^urTi.'^
nature neither hereditary, nor transmissible to children.
CONSTITUTION OF THE
Objects of gov-
ernment; right
of people to
institute and
change it.
Right of people
to secure rota-
tion in office.
All, having the
qualifications
prescribed,
equally eligible
to office. For
the de6nition of
"inhabitant,"
see Part the
Second, Ch. 1,
Sect. 2, Art. II.
Right of protec-
tion and duty
of contribution
correlative.
Taxation
founded on
consent.
16 Mass. 326.
1 Pick. 418.
7 Pick. 344.
12 Pick. 184, 467.
16 Pick. 87.
23 Pick. 360.
7 Met. 388.
4 Gray, 474.
7 Gray, 363.
14 Gray, 154.
1 Allen, 150.
4 Allen, 474.
Private prop-
erty not to be
taken for public
uses without,
etc.
See amend-
ments. Arts.
XXXIX and
XL VII.
or descendants, or relations by blood, the idea of a man born
a magistrate, lawgiver, or judge, is absurd and unnatural,
VII. Government is instituted for the common good;
for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the
people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest
of any one man, family, or class of men: Therefore the
people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and inde-
feasible right to institute government; and to reform,
alter, or totally change the same, when their protection,
safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.
VIII. In order to prevent those who are vested with
authority from becoming oppressors, the people have a
right, at such periods and in such manner as they shall
establish by their frame of government, to cause their
public officers to return to private life; and to fill up
vacant places by certain and regular elections and ap-
pointments.
IX. All elections ought to be free; and all the inhab-
itants of this commonwealth, having such qualifications as
they shall establish by their frame of government, have an
equal right to elect officers, and to be elected, for public
employments. See amendments. Art. XLV. 122 Mass. 595, 596.
Freedom of elections, not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition.
See amendments. Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect. 2.
For compulsory voting, see amendments. Art. LXI.
X. Each individual of the society has a right to be
protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and
property, according to standing laws. He is obliged, con-
sequently, to contribute his share to the expense of this
protection; to give his personal service, or an equivalent,
when necessary: but no part of the property of any indi-
vidual can, with justice, be taken from him, or applied to
public uses, without his own consent, or that of the repre-
sentative body of the people. In fine, the people of this
commonwealth are not controllable by any other laws
than those to which their constitutional representative
body have given their consent. And whenever the pub-
lic exigencies require that the property of any individual
should be appropriated to public uses, he shall receive a
reasonable compensation therefor.
6 Cush. 327. 12 Allen, 223, 230. 108 Mass. 202, 213. 126 Mass. 428, 441.
14 Gray, 155. 100 Mass. .544, 560. Ill Mass. 130. 127 Mass. 50, 52,
16 Gray, 417,431. 103 Mass. 120, 624. 113 Mass. 45. 358, 363, 410, 413.
I Allen, 150. 106 Mass. 356, 362. 116 Mass. 463. 129 Mass. 559.
II Allen, 530.
Right to receive compensation for private property appropriated to public use, not to
be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition. See amendments, Art. XLVIII,
The initiative, II, sect. 2.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 7
XI. Every subject of the commonwealth ought to find J^c^reHo tL
a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all compkteVnT'
injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, prompt.
property, or character. He ought to obtain right and
justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it;
completely, and without any denial; promptly, and with-
out delay ; conformably to the laws.
XII. No subject shall be held to answer for any crimes Prosecutions
or offence, until the same is fully and plainly, substantially rpkk.'2ii.
and formally, described to him ; or be compelled to accuse, is pick! 434.
or furnish evidence against himself. And every subject 2^Met'^32^9*^'
shall have a right to produce all proofs that may be favor- Pc^av^i^'*^"
able to him; to meet the witnesses against him face to face, | Grayl leo.
and to be fully heard in his defence by himself, or his 10 Gray, 11.'
counsel, at his election. And no subject shall be arrested, 2Anen^'36i.'
imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property, immu- 24of264,'4f9r
nities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, t2\iien. no.
exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by the gyg^'*®®- ^^'^'
judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
100 Mass. 287, 295. 108 Mass. 5, 6. 122 Mass. 332. 127 Mass. 550, 554.
103 Mass. 418. 118 Mass. 443, 451. 124 Mass. 464. 129 Mass. 559.
107 Mass. 172, 180. 120 Mass. 118, 120.
Right of access to and protection in courts of justice, not to be the subject of an initia-
tive or referendum petition. See amendments, Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect. 2.
And the legislature shall not make any law that shall ^^^uV^in"^^
subject any person to a capital or infamous punishment, criminal cases,
excepting for the government of the army and navy, with- rGray,^329,
out trial by jury. mMass. 4i8.
Right of trial by jury, not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition.
See amendments. Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect. 2.
XIII. In criminal prosecutions, the verification of facts. Crimes to be
in the vicinity where they happen, is one of the greatest viSntfy.'' ^^'^
securities of the life, liberty, and property of the citizen. i2r'Mass^6i, 62.
XIV. Every subject has a right to be secure from all Right of search
11 1 1 . i> 1 • 1 • and seizure
unreasonable searches, and seizures, or his person, his regulated.
houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, Amend^/iv. "
therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or founda- I cush^leg.
tion of them be not previously supported by oath or affir- \^^q^I' ^454
mation, and if the order in the warrant to a civil officer, i^A'i®"' t'll-
1 1 • , , '100 Mass. 136,
to make search in suspected places, or to arrest one or 139.
, J X • I1 • X u J. 126 Mass. 269,
more suspected persons, or to seize their property, be not 273.
accompanied with a special designation of the persons or
objects of search, arrest, or seizure: and no warrant ought
to be issued but in cases, and with the formalities pre-
scribed by the laws.
Protection from unreasonable search, not to be the subject of an initiative or refer-
endum petition. See amendments, Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect. 2.
8 CONSTITUTION OF THE
by^uU^sicfed, ^V. In all controversies concerning property, and in
Conlf'o/u s ^^^ suits between two or more persons, except in cases in
fp-^k'^ssl^^" ' ^h^*^h ^^ ^^s heretofore been otherways used and practised,
7 Pick! 366! the parties have a right to a trial by jury; and this method
8 Gray! 373! of proccdure shall be held sacred, unless, in causes arising
11 Allen, 574, ^^^ ^j^^ high scas, and such as relate to mariners' wages,
m Mass. 45, 47. ^j^^ legislature shall hereafter find it necessary to alter it.
114 Mass. 388, 390. 122 Mass. 505, 516. 125 Mass. 182, 188.
120 Mass. 320, 321. 123 Mass. 590, 593. 128 Mass. 600.
Right of trial by jury, not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition.
See amendments, Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect. 2.
pri"^*^ **^ ^^'^ XVI. The liberty of the press is essential to the secu-
rity of freedom in a state: it ought not, therefore, to be
restrained in this commonwealth.
Freedom of the press, not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition.
See amendments, Art. XLVIII, The initiative,* II, sect. 2.
Right to keep XVII. The pcoplc havc a right to keep and to bear
and bear arms. n , 1 1 <. a 1 • j.- e
Standing armies arms lor the comuiou dcience. And as, in time oi peace,
Military power armics are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be
subordinate to j^fjjj^iained without the consent of the legislature; and
5 Gray, 121. ^j^^ military power shall always be held in an exact subor-
dination to the civil authority, and be governed by it.
Moral quabfica- XVIII. A freCiUeut recurrcuce to the fundamental
tions for office. ... 1.1 •• 1 jj_ii
principles or the constitution, and a constant adherence
to those of piety, justice, moderation, temperance, indus-
try, and frugality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the
advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free government.
The people ought, consequently, to have a particular atten-
tion to all those principles, in the choice of their officers and
Moral obiiga- representatives: and they have a right to require of their
tions of law- '. , . • j.j.i_
givers and lawgivcrs aiid magistrates an exact and constant observance
magistrates. ^^ them, in the formation and execution of the laws neces-
sary for the good administration of the commonwealth.
tofnstmct!^^-*' XIX. The people have a right, in an orderly and peace-
resentatives ghlc manner, to assemble to consult upon the common
and petition , '. . , , 1 • , . • 1 .
legislature. good; givc instructious to their representatives, and to
request of the legislative body, by the way of addresses,
petitions, or remonstrances, redress of the WTongs done
them, and of the grievances they suffer.
Right of peaceable assembly, not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum
petition. See amendments. Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect. 2.
Pojl^^tosus- - XX. The power of suspending the laws, or the execu-
or their execu- ^ion of thc laws, ought ucvcr to be exercised but by the
tion
legislature, or by authority derived from it, to be exer-
COMIMONWEALTH OF IVIASSACHUSETTS. 9
cised in such particular cases only as the legislature shall
expressly provide for.
Modified by the popular initiative and referendum. See amendments, Art. XLVIII,
I, Definition.
XXI. The freedom of deliberation, speech, and debate, freedom of de- •
, i> 1 1 • 1 • "1 1 bate, etc., and
ni either house or the legislature, is so essential to the reason thereof.
rights of the people, that it cannot be the foundation of
any accusation or prosecution, action or complaint, in any
other court or place whatsoever.
Freedom of speech, not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition. See
amendments, Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect. 2.
XXII. The legislature ought frequently to assemble Frequent ses-
(..i 1 a ' £ j.*'^j.j.l* sions, and ob-
lor the redress or grievances, tor correcting, strengthening, jeets thereof.
and confirming the laws, and for making new laws, as the
common good may require.
XXIII. No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duties Taxation
ought to be established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any consent. *"*
pretext whatsoever, without the consent of the people or ^ ^^^®°' ^^^'
their representatives in the legislature.
XXIV. Laws made to punish for actions done before ex post facto
,1 • , p 11 1 1 • 1 1 J. 1 1 laws prohibited.
the existence or such laws, and which have not been de- 12 Alien, 421,
clared crimes by preceding laws, are unjust, oppressive, *-*'*-S'*^*-
and inconsistent with the fundamental principles of a free
government.
XXV. No subject ought, in any case, or in any time. Legislature not
to be declared guilty of treason or felony by the legis- tre^on,'e\c°.^
lature.
XXVI. No magistrate or court of law shall demand Excessive bail
. ".. .„ .^. or fines, and
excessive bail or sureties, impose excessive fines, or inflict cmeipunish-
, 1-1 , ments, pro-
cruel or unusual punishments. 5 Gray, 482. hibited.
Protection from unreasonable bail, not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum
petition. See amendments, Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect. 2.
XXVII. In time of peace, no soldier ought to be quar- No soldier to be
tered in any house without the consent of the owner; and a'n^ho'itsl,"'
in time of war, such quarters ought not to be made but ^^^^^s, etc.
by the civil magistrate, in a manner ordained by the legis-
lature.
XXVIII. No person can in any case be subject to law- citizens exempt
martial, or to any penalties or pains, by virtue of that law, tia™unie"s"^etc.
except those employed in the army or navy, and except
the militia in actual service, but by authority of the legis-
lature.
Protection from law-martial, not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum
petition. See amendments, Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect. 2.
10
CONSTITUTION OF THE
Judges of su-
preme judicial
court.
3 Pick. 471.
1 Gray, 472.
4 Allen, 591.
7 Allen, 385.
105 Mass. 219,
221, 225.
Salaries.
Separation of
executive, judi-
cial, and legis-
lative depart-
ments.
2 Cush. 577.
2 Allen, 361.
8Allen,247, 253.
100 Mass. 282,
286.
114 Mass. 247,
249.
XXIX. It is essential to the preservation of the rights
of every individual, his life, liberty, property, and charac-
ter, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws,
and administration of justice. It is the right of every
citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial, and inde-
pendent as the lot of humanity will admit. It is, therefore,
not only the best policy, but for the security of the rights
of the people, and of every citizen, that the judges of the
supreme judicial court should hold their offices as long as
they behave themselves well; and that they should have
honorable salaries ascertained and established by standing
laws.
Tenure of their ofRce, not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition.
See amendments, .Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect. 2, and The referendum, III, sect. 2.
XXX. In the government of this commonwealth, the
legislative department shall never exercise the executive
and judicial powers, or either of them: the executive shall
never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either
of them: the judicial shall ne\er exercise the legislative
and executive powers, or either of them: to the end it
may be a government of laws and not of men.
116 Mass. 317. 129 Mass. 559.
For Dopular initiative and referendum, see amendments. Art. XLVIII.
For organization of executive, etc., work of the Commonwealth in not more than
twenty departments, see amendments. Art. LXVI.
Title of body
politic.
PART THE SECOND.
The Frame of Government.
The people, inhabiting the territory formerly called the
Province of Massachusetts Bay, do hereby solemnly and
mutually agree with each other, to form themselves into a
free, sovereign, and independent body politic, or state, by
the name of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
CHAPTER I.
THE LEGISLATIVE POWER.
Section I.
The General Court.
dl^artment Artlcle I. The department of legislation shall be
formed by two branches, a Senate and House of Represent-
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 11
atives; each of which shall have a negative on the
other.
The legislative body shall assemble every year [on the For change of
last Wednesday in May, and at such other times as they amendments?
shall judge necessary; and shall dissolve and be dissolved ^'^*- ■^•
on the day next preceding the said last Wednesday in
May;] and shall be styled, The General Court of
Massachusetts.
II. No bill or resolve of the senate or house of repre- Governor's
sentatives shall become a law, and have force as such, until 99 Mass. 636.
it shall have been laid before the governor for his revisal; For right of
... „ ,, governor to
and if he, upon such revision, approve thereof, he shall return bin or
signify his approbation by signing the same. But if he amendment,
have any objection to the passing of such bill or resolve, he ^n^tsl'Art.
shall return the same, together with his objections thereto, ^^^" . ,
.. JO J ^ ^ ' boT disapproval
in writing, to the senate or house of representatives, m pr reduction of
whichsoever the same shall have originated; who shall gwemorin
enter the objections sent down by the governor, at large, ating^mcmey?"
on their records, and proceed to reconsider the said bill or ^menu.^lft.
resolve. But if after such reconsideration, two-thirds of lxiii, sect. 5.
the said senate or house of representatives, shall, notwith- passed by two-
, !• ,1 'J !_• x* ^ j_i 'x thirds of each
standing the said objections, agree to pass the same, it house, not-
shall, together with the objections, be sent to the other withstanding.
branch of the legislature, where it shall also be reconsid-
ered, and if approved by two-thirds of the members pres-
ent, shall have the force of a law: but in all such cases,
the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays; and the names of the persons voting for, or" against,
the said bill or resolve, shall be entered upon the public
records of the commonwealth.
And in order to prevent unnecessary delays, if any bill For exception
or resolve shall not be returned by the governor within joummentof
five days after it shall have been presented, the same shall court within
have the force of a law. 3 Mass. 567. selai^enJ*-^^'
III. The general court shall forever have full power cgngraUo^rt
and authority to erect and constitute judicatories and may constitute
courts of record, or other courts, to be held in the name courts of Vlc-
of the commonwealth, for the hearing, trying, and deter- Ta'rly,'!.
mining of all manner of crimes, offences, pleas, processes, {54^'^'^^' ^"'
plaints, actions, matters, causes, and things, whatsoever, ^^ent^Ar't'
arising or happening within the commonwealth, or between j^?^^t[^;'^jj®
or concerning persons inhabiting, or residing, or brought sect. 2, and f he
within the same: whether the same be criminal or civil, iii%ect. 2.'
or whether the said crimes be capital or not capital, and
12
CONSTITUTION OF THE
Courts, etc.,
may administer
oaths.
General court
may enact laws,
9 Gray, 426.
4 Allen, 473.
12 Allen, 223,
237.
lOOMass. 544,
557.
116 Mass. 467,
470.
For initiative
and refer-
endum, see
amendments.
Art. XLVIII.
General court
may enact
laws, etc., not
repugnant to
the constitu-
tion.
6 Allen, 358.
may provide
for the election
or appointment
of officers.
115 Mass. 602.
may prescribe
their duties.
may impose
taxes, etc.
See amend-
ments.
Arts. XLI and
XLIV.
12 Mass. 252.
5 Allen, 428.
6 Allen, 558.
8Allen,247, 253.
10 Allen, 235.
11 Allen, 268.
12 Allen, 77,
223, 2.35, 238.
240, 298, 300,
312,313,500,612.
98 Mass. 19.
100 Mass. 285.
101 Mass. 575,
585
103 Mass. 267.
114 Mass. 388,
391.
116 Mass. 461.
118 Mass. 386,
389.
123 Mass. 493,
495.
127 Mass. 413.
may impose
taxes, etc., to
be disposed of
whether the said pleas be real, personal, or mixed; and
for the awarding and making out of execution thereupon.
To which courts and judicatories are hereby given and
granted full power and authority, from time to time, to
administer oaths or affirmations, for the better discovery
of truth in any matter in controversy or depending before
them.
IV. And further, full power and authority are hereby
given and granted to the said general court, from time to
time to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of whole-
some and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances,
directions and instructions, either with penalties or with-
out; so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this
constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and
welfare of this commonwealth, and for the government
and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same, and
for the necessary support and defence of the government
thereof; and to name and settle annually, or provide by
fixed laws for the naming and settling, all civil officers
within the said commonwealth, the election and consti-
tution of whom are not hereafter in this form of govern-
ment otherwise provided for; and to set forth the several
duties, powers, and limits, of the several civil and mili-
tary officers of this commonwealth, and the forms of such
oaths or affirmations as shall be respectively administered
unto them for the execution of their several offices and
places, so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to
this constitution; and to impo.se and levy proportional
and reasonable assessments, rates, and taxes, upon all the
inhabitants of, and persons resident, and estates lying,
within the said commonwealth; and also to impose and
levy reasonable duties and excises upon any produce,
goods, wares, merchandise, and commodities, whatsoever,
brought into, produced, manufactured, or being within
the same; to be issued and disposed of by warrant, under
the hand of the governor of this commonwealth for the
time being, with the advice and consent of the council,
for the public service, in the necessary defence and sup-
port of the government of the said commonwealth, and
the protection and preservation of the subjects thereof,
according to such acts as are or shall be in force within
the same.
And while the public charges of government, or any
part thereof, shall be assessed on polls and estates, in the
COMMOX^'EALTH OF M\SSACHUSETTS. 13
maimer that has hitherto been practised, in order that for defence,
such assessments may be made ^^'ith equality, there shall ^ AUen. 247,
be a valuation of estates -w-ithin the commonwealth, taken valuation of
anew once in ever>' ten years at least, and as much oftener ^^^^^^^'^^"^
as the general court shall order. le^,V ''%:• «*<^
^ S Allen, 24i .
For the authority of the general court to charter cities, see amendments. Art. 11. 126 Mass. 547.
For the state wide referendixm on bills and resolves of the general court, see amend-
ments. Art. XLIl. .\rt. XLII annulled by initiative and referendum amendment, see
amendments. Art. XLVITI, The referendum, VIII.
For the power given the general court to provide by law for abeentee and comptilsory
voting, see amendments. Arts. XLV and LXI.
For the power given the general court to determine the manner of providing and dis-
tributing the necessaries of life, etc., during time of war, public distress, etc., by the
commonwealth and the cities and towns therein, see amendments. Art. XL\'II.
CHAPTER I.
Section IL
Senate.
Article I. [There shall be annually elected, by the Senate, number
freeholders and other inhabitants of this commonwealth, wh^ elated.
qualified as in this constitution is pro\-ided, forty persons am^dm^ts*^"
to be councillors and senators for the year ensuing their which^'aiso
election; to be chosen bv the inhabitants of the districts ^uper^dedby
' . , . , amendments,
into which the commonwealth may, from tune to tune, be Art. xxn.
di\'ided by the general court for that purpose: and the
general court, in assigning the numbers to be elected by
the respective districts, shall govern themselves by the pro-
portion of the pubUc taxes paid by the said districts; and
timely make known to the inhabitants of the common- For provision as
wealth the limits of each district, and the number of coun- see^mend-^'
cillors and senators to be chosen therein; pro\-ided, that ^^'•«'-^^-
the number of such districts shall never be less than thir-
teen; and that no district be so large as to entitle the same
to choose more than six senators.
And the several counties in this commonwealth shall, S^ct^JSit^.
until the general court shall determine it necessary to ^*^-
alter the said districts, be districts for the choice of coun-
cillors and senators, (except that the counties of Dukes
County and Nantucket shall form one district for that pur-
pose) and shall elect the following number for councillors
and senators, ^-iz.: — Suffolk, six; Essex, sLx; Middlesex,
five; Hampshire, four; Phmouth, three; Barnstable, one;
Bristol, three; York, two; Dukes County and Xantucket,
one; Worcester, five; Cumberland, one; Lincoln, one;
Berkshire, two.]
14
CONSTITUTION OF THE
Manner and
time of choosing
senators and
councillors.
See amend-
ments, Arts. X,
XV, XLV and
LXIV, sect. 1.
As to cities,
see amend-
ments. Art. II.
Provisions as to
qualifications of
voters, super-
seded by
amendments.
Arts. Ill, XX,
XXVIII,
XXX, XXXI
and XXXII.
Word "inhabit-
ant" defined.
See also
amendments.
Art. XXIII,
which was
annulled by
Art. XXVI.
12 Gray, 21.
122 Mass. 595,
597.
Selectmen to
preside at town
meetings.
Retvirn of
votes.
As to cities, see
amendments.
Art. II.
Time changed
to first Wednes-
day oi January.
See amend-
ments, Art. X.
Inhabitants of
unincorporated
plantations,
who pay state
taxes, may
vote.
II. The senate shall be the first branch of the legisla-
ture; and the senators shall be chosen in the following man-
ner, viz.: there shall be a meeting on the [first Monday in
April,] [annually,] forever, of the inhabitants of each town
in the several counties of this commonwealth; to be called
by the selectmen, and warned in due course of law% at
least seven days before the [first ]SIonday in April,] for
the purpose of electing persons to be senators and coun-
cillors; [and at such meetings every male inhabitant of
twenty-one years of age and upwards, having a freehold
estate within the commonwealth, of the annual income of
three pounds, or any estate of the value of sixty pounds,
shall have a right to give in his vote for the senators for
the district of which he is an inhabitant.] And to remove
all doubts concerning the meaning of the word " inhabit-
ant " in this constitution, every person shall be considered
as an inhabitant, for the purpose of electing and being
elected into any office, or place within this state, in that
town, district, or plantation where he dwelleth, or hath
his home.
The selectmen of the several towns shall preside at such
meetings impartially; and shall receive the votes of all the
inhabitants of such towns present and qualified to vote for
senators, and shall sort and count them in open tow^n
meeting, and in presence of the town clerk, who shall make
a fair record, in presence of the selectmen, and in open town
meeting, of the name of every person voted for, and of the
number of votes against his name: and a fair copy of this
record shall be attested by the selectmen and the town
clerk, and shall be sealed up, directed to the secretary of
the commonwealth for the time being, with a superscription,
expressing the purport of the contents thereof, and delivered
by the town clerk of such towns, to the sheriff of the county
in which such town lies, thirty days at least before [the last
^Yednesday in ]\Iay] [annually;] or it shall be delivered into
the secretary's office seventeen days at least before the said
[last Wednesday in May:] and the sheriff of each county
shall deliver all such certificates by him received, into
the secretary's office, seventeen days before the said [last
Wednesday in J\lay.]
[And the inhabitants of plantations unincorporated,
qualified as this constitution provides, who are or shall
be empowered and required to assess taxes upon them-
selves toward the support of government, shall have the
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 15
same privilege of voting for councillors and senators in the
plantations where they reside, as town inhabitants have in
their respective towns; and the plantation meetings for that Plantation
purpose shall be held annually [on the same first Monday Timeofeiec-
in April], at such place in the plantations, respectively, as by°amen°d^^
the assessors thereof shall direct; which assessors shall have St"*^*' ^^^'
like authority for notifying the electors, collecting and Assessors to
returning the votes, as the selectmen and town clerks have
in their several towns, by this constitution. And all other
persons living in places unincorporated (qualified as afore-
said) who shall be assessed to the support -of government
by the assessors of an adjacent town, shall have the privilege
of giving in their votes for councillors and senators in the
town where they shall be assessed, and be notified of the
place of meeting by the selectmen of the town where they
shall be assessed, for that purpose, accordingly.]
III. And that there may be a due convention of senators Governor and
on the [last Wednesday in May] annually, the governor with an'dnelnV'
five of the council, for the time being, shall, as soon as may anTL^ue*^^'
be, examine the returned copies of such records ; and four- summonses.
teen days before the said day he shall issue his summons to to first
such persons as shall appear to be chosen by [a majority of] January by
voters, to attend on that day, and take their seats accord- Art^"x!^^" ^'
ingly: provided, nevertheless, that for the first year the ^^^"""^^/tg
said returned copies shall be examined by the president and plurality by
five of the council of the former constitution of govern- Art. xiv.
ment; and the said president shall, in like manner, issue
his summons to the persons so elected, that they may take
their seats as aforesaid.
IV. The senate shall be the final judge of the elections, senate to be
returns and qualifications of their own members, as pointed eiectionsfetc.,
out in the constitution; and shall, [on the said last Wednes- me\nb°rs'^
day in May] [annually,] determine and declare who are ^ fet^^"^^'^
elected bv each district to be senators [bv a majority of Wednesday of
',. , 111 11P11 January by
votes; and in case there shall not appear to be the full amendments,
number of senators returned elected by a majority of votes Majority
for any district, the deficiency shall be supplied in the fol- '^\^"^^f ^^
lowing manner, viz.: The members of the house of repre- amendments,
sentatives, and such senators as shall be declared elected,
shall take the names of such persons as shall be found to
have the highest number of votes in such district, and not
elected, amounting to twice the number of senators wanting,
if there be so many voted for; and out of these shall elect
by ballot a number of senators sufficient to fill up the vacan-
16
CONSTITUTION OF THE
Vacancies, how
filled.
Changed to
election by
people.
See amend-
ments, Art.
XXIV.
Qualifications
of a senator.
Property qual-
ification abol-
ished.
See amend-
ments. Art.
XIII.
For further
provision as to
residence, see
also amend-
ments. Art.
XXII.
Senate not to
adjourn more
than two days.
See amend-
ments, Art. LII,
shall choose
its officers and
establish its
rules.
shall try all
impeachments.
Oath.
Limitation of
sentence.
Quorum.
See amend-
ments. Arts.
XXII and
XXXIII.
cies in such district; and in this manner all such vacancies
shall be filled up in every district of the commonwealth;
and in like manner all vacancies in the senate, arising by
death, removal out of the state, or otherwise, shall be sup-
plied as soon as may be, after such vacancies shall happen.]
V. Provided, nevertheless, that no person shall be
capable of being elected as a senator, [who is not seised in
his own right of a freehold, within this commonwealth, of the
value of three hundred pounds at least, or possessed of per-
sonal estate to the value of six hundred pounds at least,
or of both to the amount of the same sum, and] who has not
been an inhabitant of this commonwealth for the space of
five years immediately preceding his election, and, at the
time of his election, he shall be an inhabitant in the district
for Mhich he shall be chosen.
VI. The senate shall have power to adjourn themselves,
provided such adjournments do not exceed two days at a
time.
VII. The senate shall choose its own president, appoint
its own officers, and determine its own rules of proceedings.
VIII. The senate shall be a court with full authority to
hear and determine all impeachments made by the house of
representatives, against any officer or officers of the com-
monwealth, for misconduct and mal-administration in their
offices. But previous to the trial of every impeachment the
members of the senate shall respectively be sworn, truly and
impartially to try and determine the charge in question,
according to evidence. Their judgment, however, shall not
extend further than to removal from office and disqualifica-
tion to hold or enjoy any place of honor, trust, or profit,
under this commonAvealth ; but the party so convicted shall
be, nevertheless, liable to indictment, trial, judgment, and
punishment, according to the laws of the land.
IX. [Not less than sixteen members of the senate shall
constitute a quorum for doing business.]
CHAPTER I.
Section HI.
House of Representatives.
?fThfSpie°° Article I. There shall be, in the legislature of this com-
monwealth, a representation of the people, annually elected,
and founded upon the principle of equality.
For change to biennial elections, see amendments, Art. LXIV, sect. 1.
COMMONWEALTH OF ]MASSACHUSETTS. 17
II. [And in order to provide for a representation of the Representa-
citizens of this commonwealth, founded upon the principle cl7o*sen/ ^ ""^
of equality, every corporate town containing one hundred fmenlments^^
and fifty ratable polls may elect one representative; every ^m wWch"^
corporate town containing three hundred and seventy-five ^^re also
^, , I-, 1 . superseded by
ratable polls may elect two representatives; every corporate amendments,
town containing six hundred ratable polls may elect three 7 Massfsa's.
representatives; and proceeding in that manner, making two
hundred and twenty-five ratable polls the mean increasing
number for every additional representative.
Provided, nevertheless, that each town now incorporated, Proviso as to
, , , ' T n f 11 11 1 towns having
not havmg one hundred and nity ratable polls, may elect less than iso
one representative; but no place shall hereafter be incor- '^^^ *^^° *'
porated with the privilege of electing a representative, unless
there are within the same one hundred and fifty ratable polls.]
And the house of representatives shall have power from Towns liable
time to time to impose fines upon such towns as shall neglect etc. ^^ '° '^^^'
to choose and return members to the same, agreeably to this
constitution.
[The expenses of travelling to the general assembly, and ^avemn| to
returning home, once in every session, and no more, shall and from the
.,, , (•! IT general court,
be paid by the government, out of the public treasury, to how paid.
every member who shall attend as seasonably as he can, in Art. xxxv.
the judgment of the house, and does not depart without
leave.]
III. Every member of the house of representatives shall of^a^'epr^*"^^
be chosen bv written votes; [and, for one vear at least next sentative.
,. , ."^ , . 1 11 1 1 •' 1 1 • c 1 ^ew provision
preceding his election, shall have been an inhabitant oi, and as to residence.
have been seised in his own right of a freehold of the value ments, Art.
of one hundred pounds within the town he shall be chosen property quai-
to represent, or any ratable estate to the value of two hun- ^^^^'"j^"! ^^°''
dred pounds; and he shall cease to represent the said tow^n amendments,
immediately on his ceasing to be qualified as aforesaid.]
IV. [Every male person, being twenty-one years of age. Qualifications
and resident in any particular town in this commonwealth These provi-
for the space of one year next preceding, having a freehold seded^by'^'"
estate within the said town of the annual income of three Arts"in!xx,
pounds, or any estate of the value of sixty pounds, shall xxx '^xxxi,
have a right to vote in the choice of a representative or ^|^^p^ ^^^
representatives for the said town.]
See also amendments, Art. XXIII, which was annulled by Art. XXVI.
V. [The members of the house of representatives shall t^X.^^'hen'
be chosen annually in the month of INIay, ten days at least chosen.
before the last Wednesday of that month.]
Time of election changed by amendments, Art. X, and changed again by amend-
ments, Art. XV.
18
CONSTITUTION OF THE
House alone
can impeach.
House to origi-
nate all money
bills.
Not to adjourn
more than t^\ o
daj-s.
See amend-
ments, Art. LH,
Quorum .
See amend-
ments, Arts.
XXI and
xxxni.
To judge of
returns, etc.,
its own mem-
bers ; to choose
its officers and
establish its
rules, etc.
May punish
for certain
offences.
14 Gray. 226.
of
Privileges of
members.
Senate.
Governor and
council may
punish.
General limita-
tion.
14 Gray, 226.
Trial may be
by committee,
or otherwise.
VI. The house of representatives shall be the grand in-
quest of this commonwealth; and all impeachments made
by them shall be heard and tried by the senate.
VII. All money bills shall originate in the house of repre-
sentatives; but the senate may propose or concur with
amendments, as on other bills.
VIII. The house of representatives shall have power to
adjourn themselves; provided such adjournment shall not
exceed two days at a time.
IX. [Not less than sixty members of the house of
representatives shall constitute a quorum for doing busi-
ness.]
X. The house of representatives shall be the judge of
the returns, elections, and qualifications of its own members,
as pointed out in the constitution; shall choose their own
speaker; appoint their own officers, and settle the rules and
orders of proceeding in their own house. They shall have
authority to punish by imprisonment every person, not a
member, who shall be guilty of disrespect to the house, by
any disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence; or
who, in the town where the general court is sitting, and
during the time of its sitting, shall threaten harm to the
body or estate of any of its members, for any thing said or
done in the house; or who shall assault any of them therefor;
or who shall assault, or arrest, any witness, or other person,
ordered to attend the house, in his way in going or returning;
or who shall rescue any person arrested by the order of the
house.
And no member of the house of representatives shall be
arrested, or held to bail on mesne process, during his going
unto, returning from, or his attending the general assembly.
XI. The senate shall have the same powers in the like
cases; and the governor and council shall have the same
authority to punish in like cases: provided, that no impris-
onment on the warrant or order of the governor, council,
senate, or house of representatives, for either of the above
described offences, be for a term exceeding thirty days.
And the senate and house of representatives may try and
determine all cases where their rights and privileges are con-
cerned, and which, by the constitution, they have authority
to try and determine, by committees of their own members,
or in such other way as they may respectively think best.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 19
CHAPTER II.
EXECUTIVE POWER.
Section I.
Governor.
Article I. There shall be a supreme executive mag- Governor,
istrate, who shall be styled — The Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and whose title His title.
shall be — His Excellency.
II. The governor shall be chosen [annually;] and no per- To be chosen
son shall be eligible to this office, unless, at the time of his For cLnge to
election, he shall have been an inliabitant of this common- llons'l'sie''^^'''
wealth for seven years next preceding; [and unless he shall irt'l'Lxiv!^'
at the same time be seised, in his own right, of a freehold, q*'*^' ^'*'.
within the commonwealth, of the value of one thousand seeamend-
pounds;] [and unless he shall declare himself to be of the viTan/"^*^'
Christian religion.] xxxiv.
III. Those persons who shall be qualified to vote for By whom
senators and representatives within the several towns of havea'major-
this commonwealth shall, at a meeting to be called for that sJ^ ame°nd-'
purpose, on the [first Monday of April] [annually,] give in ^f^"^^' '^'*-
their votes for a governor, to the selectmen, who shall preside Time of eiec-
at such meetings; and the town clerk, in the presence and by amend-
with the assistance of the selectmen, shall, in open town x? and
meeting, sort and count the votes, and form a list of the by^'am^nd?^'''
persons voted for, with the number of votes for each person g^nts, Art.
against his name; and shall make a fair record of the same
in the town books, and a public declaration thereof in the As to cities, see
said meeting; and shall, in the presence of the inhabitants. Art. il
seal up copies of the said list, attested by him and the
selectmen, and transmit the same to the sheriff of the
county, thirty days at least before the [last Wednesday in
May] ; and the sheriff shall transmit the same to the secre- Time changed
tary's office, seventeen days at least before the said [last Wednesday of
Wednesday in INIay] ; or the selectmen may cause returns of ameSe^/ts.
the same to be made to the office of the secretary of the ^rt. x.
commonwealth, seventeen days at least before the said day;
and the secretary shall lay the same before the senate and
the house of representatives on the [last Wednesday in May],
to be by them examined; and in case of an election by a changed to
[majority] of all the votes returned, the choice shall be by amindmenfs.
Art. XIV.
20
CONSTITUTION OF THE
How chosen,
when no per-
son has a
plurality.
Power of gov-
ernor, and of
governor and
council.
May adjourn
or prorogue the
general court
upon request,
and convene
the same.
As to dissolu-
tion, see
amendments,
Art. X.
As to dissolu-
tion, see
amendments,
Art. X.
Governor and
council may
adjourn the
general court
in cases, etc.,
but not ex-
ceeding ninety
days.
Governor to be
commander-in-
chief.
This article
annulled and
superseded by
amendments,
Art. LIV.
them declared and published; but if no person shall have a
[majority] of votes, the house of representatives shall, by
ballot, elect two out of four persons who had the highest
number of votes, if so many shall have been voted for; but,
if otherwise, out of the number voted for; and make return
to the senate of the two persons so elected; on which the
senate shall proceed, by ballot, to elect one, who shall be
declared governor.
IV. The governor shall have authority, from time to
time, at his discretion, to assemble and call together the
councillors of this commonwealth for the time being; and
the governor with the said councillors, or five of them at
least, shall, and may, from time to time, hold and keep a
council, for the ordering and directing the affairs of the
commonwealth, agreeably to the constitution and the laws
of the land.
V. The governor, with advice of council, shall have full
power and authority, during the session of the general court,
to adjourn or prorogue the same to any time the two houses
shall desire; [and to dissolve the same on the day next pre-
ceding the last Wednesday in INIay; and, in the recess of
the said court, to prorogue the same from time to time, not
exceeding ninety days in any one recess;] and to call it
, together sooner than the time to which it may be adjourned
or prorogued, if the welfare of the commonwealth shall
require the same; and in case of any infectious distemper
prevailing in the place where the said court is next at any
time to convene, or any other cause happening, whereby
danger may arise to the health or lives of the members from
their attendance, he may direct the session to be held at
some other, the most convenient place within the state.
[And the governor shall dissolve the said general court
on the day next preceding the last Wednesday in ]\Iay.]
VI. In cases of disagreement between the two houses,
with regard to the necessity, expediency, or time of adjourn-
ment or prorogation, the governor, with advice of the coun-
cil, shall have a right to adjourn or prorogue the general
court, not exceeding ninety days, as he shall determine the
public good shall require.
VII. [The governor of this commonwealth, for the time
being, shall be the commander-in-chief of the army and
navy, and of all the military forces of the state, by sea and
land; and shall have full power, by himself, or by any com-
mander, or other officer or officers, from time to time, to
train, instruct, exercise, and govern the militia and navy;
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 21
and, for the special defence and safety of the commonwealth,
to assemble in martial array, and put in warlike posture, the
inhabitants thereof, and to lead and conduct them, and with
them to encounter, repel, resist, expel, and pursue, by force
of arms, as well by sea as by land, within or without the
limits of this commonwealth, and also to kill, slay, and
destroy, if necessary, and conquer, by all fitting ways, enter-
prises, and means whatsoever, all and every such person and
persons as shall, at any time hereafter, in a hostile manner,
attempt or enterprise the destruction, invasion, detriment,
or annoyance of this commonwealth; and to use and exer-
cise, over the army and navy, and over the militia in actual
service, the law-martial, in time of war or invasion, and also
in time of rebellion, declared by the legislature to exist, as
occasion shall necessarily require; and to take and surprise,
by all ways and means whatsoever, all and every such per-
son or persons, with their ships, arms, ammunition, and
other goods, as shall, in a hostile manner, invade, or attempt
the invading, conquering, or annoying this commonwealth;
and that the governor be intrusted with all these and other
powers, incident to the offices of captain-general and com-
mander-in-chief, and admiral, to be exercised agreeably to
the rules and regulations of the constitution, and the laws
of the land, and not otherwise.
Provided, that the said governor shall not, at any time Limitation.
hereafter, by virtue of any power by this constitution
granted, or hereafter to be granted to him by tlie legislature,
transport any of the inhabitants of this commonwealth, or
oblige them to march out of the limits of the same, without
their free and voluntary consent, or the consent of the gen-
eral court; except so far as may be necessary to march or
transport them by land or water, for the defence of such
part of the state to which they cannot otherwise con-
veniently have access.]
VIII. The power of pardoning offences, except such Governor and
as persons may be convicted of before the senate by an pardon
impeachment of the house, shall be in the governor, by excTpTetc.
and with the advice of council; but no charter of pardon, But not before
granted by the governor, wdth advice of the council before 109 iFi's°323.
conviction, shall avail the party pleading the same, notwith-
standing any general or particular expressions contained
therein, descriptive of the offence or offences intended to be
pardoned.
IX. All judicial officers, [the attorney-general,] the cersfetc°how
solicitor-general, [all sheriffs,] coroners, [and registers of pro- appoiJiUd! ''"'^
22
CONSTITUTION OF THE
For provisions
as to election
of attorney-
general, see
amendments,
Arts. XVII
and LXIV,
sect. 1.
Militia officers,
how elected.
Limitation of
age struck out
by amend-
ments. Art. V.
This article
annulled and
superseded by
amendments,
Art. LIII.
How commis-
sioned.
Election of
officers.
Major-generals,
how appointed
and commis-
sioned .
^'acancies, how
filled, in case,
etc.
Officers duly
commissioned,
how removed.
Superseded by
amendments ,
Art. IV.
Adjutants, etc.
how appointed.
Army officers,
how appointed.
Organization of
militia.
bate,] shall be nominated and appointed by the governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the council; and every
such nomination shall be made by the governor, and made
at least seven days prior to such appointment.
For provision as to election of sheriffs, registers of probate, etc., see amendments.
Art. XIX.
For provision as to appointment of notaries public, see amendments. Arts. I^^ and
LVII.
Appointment, tenure, etc., of judges not to be the subject of an initiative or
referendum petition; see amendments, Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect. 2, and The
referendum, III, sect. 2.
X. [The captains and subalterns of the militia shall be
elected by the written votes of the train-band and alarm
list of their respective companies, [of twenty-one years of
age and upwards;] the field officers of regiments shall be
elected by the written votes of the captains and subalterns
of their respective regiments; the brigadiers shall be elected,
in like manner, by the field officers of their respective bri-
gades; and such officers, so elected, shall be commissioned
by the governor, who shall determine their rank.
The legislature shall, by standing laws, direct the time
and manner of convening the electors, and of collecting
votes, and of certifying to the governor, the officers elected.
The major-generals shall be appointed, by the senate and
house of representatives, each having a negative upon the
other; and be commissioned by the governor.
For provisions as to appointment of a commissary general, see amendments, Art. IV.
And if the electors of brigadiers, field officers, captains or
subalterns, shall neglect or refuse to make such elections,
after being duly notified, according to the laws for the time
being, then the governor, with advice of council, shall ap-
point suitable persons to fill such offices.
[And no officer, duly commissioned to command in the
militia, shall be removed from his office, but by the address
of both houses to the governor, or by fair trial in court-
martial, pursuant to the laws of the commomvealth for the
time being.]
The commanding officers of regiments shall appoint their
adjutants and cjuartermasters ; the brigadiers their brigade-
majors; and the major-generals their aids; and the governor
shall appoint the adjutant-general.
The governor, with advice of council, shall appoint all
officers of the continental army, whom by the confederation
of the United States it is provided that this commonwealth
shall appoint, as also all officers of forts and garrisons.
The divisions of the militia into brigades, regiments, and
companies, made in pursuance of the militia laws now in
COMMONWEALTH OF INIASSACHUSETTS. 23
force, shall be considered as the proper divisions of the
militia of this commonwealth, until the same shall be altered
in pursuance of some future law.]
XI. No moneys shall be issued out of the treasury of du-aw^n from the
this commonwealth, and disposed of (except such sums as exge^f^gj,.
.may be appropriated for the redemption of bills of credit is Alien, 593.
or treasurer's notes, or for the payment of interest arising
thereon) but by warrant under the hand of the governor
for the time being, with the advice and consent of the coun-
cil, for the necessary defence and support of the common-
wealth; and for the protection and preservation of the in-
habitants thereof, agreeably to the acts and resolves of the
general court.
Certain appropriations of money from treasury not to be subjects of initiative or refer-
endum petition. See amendments, Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect. 2, and The
referendum, III, sect. 2.
XII. All public boards, the commissary-general, all su- ah public
perintending officers of public magazines and stores, belong- mTke quarterly
ing to this commonwealth, and all commanding officers of '■®*^'^™s-
forts and garrisons within the same, shall once in every
three months, officially, and without requisition, and at other
times, when required by the governor, deliver to him an
account of all goods, stores, provisions, ammunition, cannon
with their appendages, and small arms with their accoutre-
ments, and of all other public property whatever under their
care respectively; distinguishing the quantity, number, qual-
ity and kind of each, as particularly as may be; together with
the condition of such forts and garrisons; and the said com-
manding officer shall exhibit to the governor, when required
by him, true and exact plans of such forts, and of the land
and sea or harbor or harbors, adjacent.
And the said boards, and all public officers, shall com-
municate to the governor, as soon as may be after receiving
the same, all letters, despatches, and intelligences of a public
nature, which shall be directed to them respectively.
XIII. As the public good requires that the governor Salary of
should not be under the undue influence of any of the mem- ^°"^^'^°°^-
bers of the general court by a dependence on them for his
support, that he should in all cases act with freedom for the
benefit of the public, that he should not have his attention
necessarily diverted from that object to his private concerns,
and that he should maintain the dignity of the common-
wealth in the character of its chief magistrate, it is necessary
that he should have an honorable stated salary, of a fixed
and permanent value, amply sufficient for those purposes,
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CONSTITUTION OF THE
and established by standing laws : and it shall be among the
first acts of the general court, after the commencement of
this constitution, to establish such salary by law accordingly.
Permanent and honorable salaries shall also be established
by law for the justices of the supreme judicial court.
Compensation of judges not to be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition ;
see amendments, Art. XLVIII, Tbie initiative, II, sect. 2, and The referendum, III,
sect. 2.
fniargedu^^ And if it shall be found that any of the salaries aforesaid,
insufficient. go established, are insufficient, they shall, from time to time,
be enlarged, as the general court shall judge proper.
Salaries of jus-
tices of su-
preme judicial
court.
Lieutenant-
governor; his
title and
qualifications.
See amend-
ments, Arts.
VII and
XXXIV.
For change
to biennial
elections, see
amendments.
Art. LXIV,
sect. 1.
How chosen.
Election by
plurality pro-
vided for by
amendments.
Art. XIV.
President of
council.
Lieutenant-
governor a
member of,
except, etc.
Lieutenant-
governor to be
acting gov-
ernor, in case,
etc.
See amend-
ments, Art. LV,
CHAPTER II.
Section II.
Lieutenant-Governor.
Article I. There shall be [annually] elected a lieutenant-
governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, whose title
shall be — His Honor; and who shall be qualified, in point
of [religion,] [property,] and residence in the commonwealth,
in the same manner with the governor; and the day and
manner of his election, and the qualifications of the electors,
shall be the same as are required in the election of a governor.
The return of the votes for this officer, and the declaration of
his election, shall be in the same manner; and if no one per-
son shall be found to have [a majority] of all the votes re-
turned, the vacancy shall be filled by the senate and house
of representatives, in the same manner as the governor is to
be elected, in case no one person shall have [a majority] of
the votes of the people to be governor.
II. The governor, and in his absence the . lieutenant-
governor, shall be president of the council, but shall have
no vote in council ; and the lieutenant-governor shall always
be a member of the council, except when the chair of the
governor shall be vacant.
III. Whenever the chair of the governor shall be vacant,
by reason of his death, or absence from the commonwealth,
or otherwise, the lieutenant-governor, for the time being,
shall, during such vacancy, perform all the duties incumbent
upon the governor, and shall have and exercise all the
powers and authorities, which by this constitution the
governor is vested with, when personally present.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 25
CHAPTER II.
Section III.
Council, and the Marnier of settling Elections hy the Legis-
lature.
Article I. There shall be a council for advising the Council.
governor in the executive part of the government, to consist cou^Tcifior"
of [nine] persons besides the lieutenant-governor, whom the efgli"^''^ *°
governor, for the time being, shall have full power and ^'e^ntrAr't
authority, from time to time, at his discretion, to assemble xvi.
and call together; and the governor, with the said coun-
cillors, or five of them at least, shall and may, from time to
time, hold and keep a council, for the ordering and directing
the affairs of the commonwealth, according to the laws of
the land.
II. [Nine councillors shall be annually chosen from Number; from
among the persons returned for councillors and senators, on how^cWn.
the last Wednesday in May, by the joint ballot of the sen- ^^f^^f^enL.
ators and representatives assembled in one room; and in Arts, x and
case there shall not be found upon the first choice, the whole Superseded by
, „ . 1 -11 . , ' •^ -1 amendments,
number oi nme persons who will accept a seat m the council, Art. xvi.
the deficiency shall be made up by the electors aforesaid
from among the people at large; and the number of senators
left shall constitute the senate for the year. The seats of JomTcouMii-'
the persons thus elected from the senate, and accepting the ["''be^vaiatld*^^
trust, shall be vacated in the senate.]
III. The councillors, in the civil arrangements of the Rank of
1111 1 p 1 !• councillors.
commonwealth, shall have rank next after the lieutenant-
governor.
IV. [Not more than two councillors shall be chosen out ha°vf more* *"
of any one district of this commonwealth.] than two.
Superseded by amendments, Art. XVI.
V. The resolutions and advice of the council shall be Register of
recorded in a register, and signed by the members present;
and this record may be called for at any time by either house
of the legislature; and any member of the council may insert
his opinion, contrary to the resolution of the majority.
VI. [Whenever the ofiice of the governor and lieutenant- council to
1111 1 Pill exercise the
governor shall be vacant, by reason of death, absence, or power of gov-
otherwise, then the council, or the major part of them, shall, etc.
during such vacancy, have full power and authority to do, annufild'and
and execute, all and every such acts, matters, and things, as lUfendmlnts,^
the governor or the lieutenant-governor might or could, by ^"^^^ ^^-
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Elections may
be adjourned
until, etc.
Order thereof.
Superseded by
amendments,
Arts. XVI and
XXV.
virtue of this constitution, do or execute, if they, or either
of them, were personally present.]
VII. [And whereas the elections appointed to be made,
by this constitution, on the [last Wednesday in May annu-
ally,] by the two houses of the legislature, may not be com-
pleted on that day, the said elections may be adjourned
from day to day until the same shall be completed. And
the order of elections shall be as follows: [the vacancies in
the senate, if any, shall first be filled up;] the governor and
lieutenant-governor shall then be elected, provided there
should be no choice of them by the people; and afterwards
the two houses shall proceed to the election of the council.]
Secretary, etc.,
by whom and
how chosen.
For provision
as to election
of secretary,
treasurer and
receiver-gen-
eral, auditor
and attorney-
general, eee
amendments,
Arts. XVII and
LXIV, sect. 1.
Treasurer in-
eligible for
more than five
successive
years.
Secretary to
keep records;
to attend the
governor and
council, etc.
CHAPTER II.
Section IV.
Secretary, Treasurer, Commissary, etc.
Article I. [The secretary, treasurer and receiver-general,
and the commissary-general, notaries public, and naval
officers, shall be chosen annually, by joint ballot of the
senators and representatives in one room. And, that the
citizens of this commonwealth may be assured, from time to
time, that the moneys remaining in the public treasury, upon
the settlement and liquidation of the public accounts, are
their property, no man shall be eligible as treasurer and
receiver-general more than five years successively.]
For provision as to appointment of notaries public and the commissary-general, see
amendments. Arts. IV and LVII.
Treasurer and receiver-general ineligible to election for more than three successive
terms. See amendments. Art. LXIV, sect. 2.
II. The records of the commonwealth shall be kept in
the office of the secretary, who may appoint his deputies,
for whose conduct he shall be accountable; and he shall
attend the governor and council, the senate and house of
representatives, in person, or by his deputies, as they shall
respectively require.
CHAPTER III.
JUDICIARY POWER.
Smmfssfonid Aiticle I. The tenure, that all commission officers shall
ffi^ress^^^ by law have in their offices, shall be expressed in their
Judicial officers rcspcctive commissions. All judicial officers, duly ap-
COIMMONWEALTH OF ]\IASSACHUSETTS. 27
pointed, commissioned and sworn, shall hold their offices during good
during good behavior, excepting such concerning whom there cept, etc'
is different provision made in this constitution: provided, removed on
nevertheless, the governor, with consent of the council, may ^'^'^''^^■
remove them upon the address of both houses of the legis-
lature.
For tenure, etc., of judges, see amendments, Art. XLVIII, The initiative, II, sect.
2, and The referendum. III, sect. 2.
For retirement of judicial officers, see amendments, Art. LVIII.
II. Each branch of the legislature, as well as the Justices of su-
governor and council, shall have authority to require court to give
the opinions of the justices of the supreme judicial court, ?|'qui?ed.''
upon important questions of law, and upon solemn occa- }26Mass!557;
sions. ^^^•
III. In order that the people mav not suffer from the Justices of the
I, . '' . PI 1 peace: tenure
long continuance in place of any justice or the peace who of their office.
shall fail of discharging the important duties of his office
with ability or fidelity, all commissions of justices of the
peace shall expire and become void, in the term of seven
vears from their respective dates; and, upon the expiration For removal of
' „ • • ,1 •(• 1 J justices of the
01 any commission, the same may, it necessary, be renewed, peace, see
or another person appointed, as shall most conduce to the An^'xxxvii.
well-being of the commonwealth.
rV. The judges of probate of wills, and for granting ^^f]^^'°"rJ.°''
letters of administration, shall hold their courts at such place bate courts
or places, on fixed days, as the convenience of the people
shall require; and the legislature shall, from time to time,
hereafter, appoint such times and places; until which ap-
pointments, the said courts shall be holden at the times and
places which the respective judges shall direct.
V. All causes of marriage, divorce, and alimony, and all dlvo"cl,^and
appeals from the iudges of probate, shall be heard and ?^J'["°"y-
1 . , , 1 1 • -i -1 1 1 • 1 Other pro-
determmed by the governor and council, until the legislature visions made
shall, by law, make other provision. ne mms. 317. 105 Mass. 327.
CHAPTER IV.
DELEGATES TO CONGRESS.
IThe delegates of this commonwealth to the congress of Delegates to
the United States, shall, some time in the month of June,
annually, be elected by the joint ballot of the senate and
house of representatives, assembled together in one room; to
serve in congress for one year, to commence on the first
Monday in November then next ensuing. They shall have
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CONSTITUTION OF THE
commissions under the hand of the governor, and the great
seal of the commonwealth ; but may be recalled at any time
within the year, and others chosen and commissioned, in the
same manner, in their stead.]
CHAPTER V.
Harvard
College.
Powers, privi-
leges, etc., of
the president
and fellows,
confirmed.
All gifts,
grants, etc.,
confirmed.
THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF
LITERATURE, ETC.
Section I.
The University.
Article I. Whereas our wise and pious ancestors, so
early as the year one thousand six hundred and thirty-six,
laid the foundation of Harvard College, in which university
many persons of great eminence have, by the blessing of
God, been initiated in those arts and sciences which qualified
them for public employments, both in church and state;
and whereas the encouragement of arts and sciences, and
all good literature, tends to the honor of God, the advantage
of the Christian religion, and the great benefit of this and
the other United States of America, — it is declared, that
the President and Fellows of Harvard College, in
their corporate capacity, and their successors in that capac-
ity, their officers and servants, shall have, hold, use, exer-
cise, and enjoy, all the powers, authorities, rights, liberties,
privileges, immunities, and franchises, which they now have,
or are entitled to have, hold, use, exercise, and enjoy; and
the same are hereby ratified and confirmed unto them, the
said president and fellows of Harvard College, and to their
successors, and to their officers and servants, respectively,
forever.
II. And whereas there have been at sundry times, by
divers persons, gifts, grants, devises of houses, lands, tene-
ments, goods, chattels, legacies, and conveyances, heretofore
made, either to Harvard College in Cambridge, in New
England, or to the president and fellows of Harvard College,
or to the said college by some other description, under
several charters, successively; it is declared, that all the
said gifts, grants, devises, legacies, and conveyances, are
hereby forever confirmed unto the president and fellows of
Harvard College, and to their successors in the capacity
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 29
aforesaid, according to the true intent and meaning of the
donor or donors, grantor or grantors, devisor or devisors.
III. [And whereas, by an act of the general court of the
colony of Massachusetts Bay, passed in the year one thou-
sand six hundred and forty-two, the governor and deputy-
governor, for the time being, and all the magistrates of that
jurisdiction, were, with the president, and a number of the
clergy in the said act described, constituted the overseers of
Harvard College; and it being necessary, in this new con- who shall be
stitution of government to ascertain who shall be deemed °^'"'^^''^^'
successors to the said governor, deputy-governor, and magis-
trates; it is declared, that the governor, lieutenant-governor, see statutes,
council, and senate of this commonwealth, are, and shall be I852; P^"
deemed, their successors, who, with the president of Harvard J^^o, 212.
College, for the time being, together with the ministers of jggg'j^j^lg
the congregational churches in the towns of Cambridge, isqiI m.
1895 45
Watertown, Charlestown, Boston, Roxbury, and Dorchester, igge! 191.
mentioned in the said act, shall be, and hereby are, vested 1902! 243'.* '
with all the powers and authority belonging, or in any way Jg}^' gyg;
appertaining to the overseers of Harvard College; provided,
that] nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the legis- Power of aitera-
lature of this commonwealth from making such alterations in tLTiegishuure.
the government of the said university, as shall be conducive
to its advantage, and the interest of the republic of letters,
in as full a manner as might have been done by the legis-
lature of the late Province of the Massachusetts Bay.
CHAPTER V.
Section H.
The Encouragement of Literature, etc.
Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused gen- Dutyofiegis-
erally among the body of the people, being necessary for the magistra"e' in
preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend period^''
on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education i^oi" further
,1 • i> 1 1 ^ Tr,' provisions as to
m the various parts 01 the country, and among the difierent public schools,
orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and mlnt^^Arts.
magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to xlvl^"'^
cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all 503^"^"' ^°°'
seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, loa Mass. 94, 97.
public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to en-
courage private societies and public institutions, rewards and
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CONSTITUTION OF THE
Immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences,
commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of
the country; to countenance and inculcate the principles of
humanity and general benevolence, public and private
charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in
their dealings; sincerity, good humor, and all social affec-
tions, and generous sentiments, among the people.
CHAPTER VI.
Oaths, etc.
Abolished.
See amend-
ments, Art.
VII.
Declaration
and oaths of
all officers.
For new oath
of allegiance,
see amend-
ments, Art. VI.
OATHS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS; INCOMPATIBILITY OF AND EX-
CLUSION FROM offices; pecuniary qualifications;
commissions; writs; confirmation of laws; habeas
corpus; the enacting style; continuance of offi-
cers; provision for a future revisal of the con-
stitution, ETC.
Article I. [Any person chosen governor, lieutenant-
governor, councillor, senator, or representative, and accept-
ing the trust, shall, before he proceed to execute the duties
of his place or office, make and subscribe the following
declaration, viz.:
" I, A. B., do declare, that I believe the Christian reh-
gion, and have a firm persuasion of its truth; and that I
am seised and possessed, in my own right, of the property
required by the constitution, as one qualification for the
office or place to which I am elected."
And the governor, lieutenant-governor, and councillors,
shall make and subscribe the said declaration, in the presence
of the two houses of assembly; and the senators and repre-
sentatives, first elected under this constitution, before the
president and five of the council of the former constitution;
and forever afterwards before the governor and council for
the time being.l
And every person chosen to either of the places or offices
aforesaid, as also any person appointed or commissioned to
any judicial, executive, military, or other office under the
government, shall, before he enters on the discharge of the
business of his place or office, take and subscribe the follow-
ing declaration, and oaths or affirmations, viz. :
[" I, A. B., do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess,
testify, and declare, that the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts is, and of right ought to be, a free, sovereign, and
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 31
independent state; and I do swear, that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the said commonwealth, and that I
will defend the same against traitorous conspiracies and all
hostile attempts whatsoever; and that I do renounce and
abjure all allegiance, subjection, and obedience to the king,
queen, or government of Great Britain (as the case may be),
and every other foreign power whatsoever; and that no
foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, hath, or
ought to have, any jurisdiction, superiority, pre-eminence,
authority, dispensing or other power, in any matter, civil,
ecclesiastical, or spiritual, within this commonwealth, except
the authority and power which is or may be vested by their
constituents in the congress of the United States: and I do
further testify and declare, that no man or body of men
hath or can have any right to absolve or discharge me from
the obligation of this oath, declaration, or affirmation; and
that I do make this acknowledgment, profession, testimony,
declaration, denial, renunciation, and abjuration, heartily
and truly, according to the common meaning and acceptation
of the foregoing w^ords, without any equivocation, mental
evasion, or secret reservation whatsoever. So help me,
God."]
"I, A. B., do solemnly swear and affirm, that I will faith- Oath of office.
fully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties
incumbent on me as , according to the best of
my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the rules and
regulations of the constitution and the laws of the common-
wealth. So help me, God."
Provided, always, that when any person chosen or ap- Proviso,
pointed as aforesaid, shall be of the denomination of the ments^Art'vi.
people called Quakers, and shall decline taking the said
oath[s], he shall make his affirmation in the foregoing form,
and subscribe the same, omitting the words, ["/ do swear,"
*^and abjure," "oath or," "and abjuration," in the first oath,
and in the second oath, the words] "swear and," and [in
each of them] the words "So help me, God;" subjoining
instead thereof, " This I do under the pains and penalties of
perjury."
And the said oaths or affirmations shall be taken and Oathsand
..,,,, -. , amrmations,
subscribed by the governor, lieutenant-governor, and coun- how adminis-
cillors, before the president of the senate, m the presence
of the two houses of assembly; and by the senators and
representatives first elected under this constitution, before
the president and five of the council of the former constitu-
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CONSTITUTION OF THE
Plurality of
offices pro-
hibited to gov-
ernor, etc.,
except, etc.
See amend-
ments, Art.
VIII.
Same subject.
1 Allen, 553.
Incompatible
offices.
For further pro-
visions as to
incompatible
offices, see
amendments,
Art. VIII.
Officers of Har-
vard College
excepted by
amendments.
Art. XXVII.
Incompatible
offices.
Bribery, etc.,
disqualify.
tion; and forever afterwards before the governor and council
for the time being; and by the residue of the officers afore-
said, before such persons and in such manner as from time
to time shall be prescribed by the legislature.
II. No governor, lieutenant-governor, or judge of the
supreme judicial court, shall hold any other office or place,
under the authority of this commonwealth, except such as
by this constitution they are admitted to hold, saving that
the judges of the said court may hold the offices of justices
of the peace through the state; nor shall they hold any other
place or office, or receive any pension or salary from any
other state or government or power whatever.
No person shall be capable of holding or exercising at
the same time, within this state, more than one of the fol-
lowing offices, viz. : judge of probate — sheriff — register of
probate — or register of deeds ; and never more than any
two offices, which are to be held by appointment of the
governor, or the governor and council, or the senate, or the
house of representatives, or by the election of the people of
the state at large, or of the people of any county, military
offices, and the offices of justices of the peace excepted, shall
be held by one person.
No person holding the office of judge of the supreme
judicial court — secretary — attorney-general — solicitor-
general — treasurer or receiver-general — judge of probate
— commissary-general — [president, professor, or instruc-
tor of Harvard College] — sheriff* — clerk of the house of
representatives — register of probate — register of deeds
— clerk of the supreme judicial court — clerk of the inferior
court of common pleas — or officer of the customs, including
in this description naval officers — shnM at the same time
have a seat in the senate or house of representatives; but
their being chosen or appointed to, and accepting the same,
shall operate as a resignation of their seat in the senate or
house of representatives; and the place so vacated shall be
filled up.
And the same rule shall take place in case any judge of
the said supreme judicial court, or judge of probate, shall
accept a seat in council; or any councillor shall accept of
either of those offices or places.
And no person shall ever be admitted to hold a seat in the
legislature, or any office of trust or importance under the
government of this commonwealth, who shall, in the due
respecting
commissions.
COMMOIsm^EALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 33
course of law, have been convicted of bribery or corruption
in obtaining an election or appointment.
III. [In all cases where sums of money are mentioned in Vaiue of money
this constitution, the value thereof shall be computed in '*®^'"^
silver, at six shillings and eight pence per ounce; and it shall g^t^nj^ay '"
be in the power of the legislature, from time to time, to be increased.
increase such qualifications, as to property, or the persons to ments. Ans.
be elected to offices, as the circumstances of the common- xxxiv.
wealth shall require. 1
IV. All commissions shall be in the name of the Com- Provisions
monwealth of Massachusetts, signed by the governor and
attested by the secretary or his deputy, and have the great
seal of the commonwealth affixed thereto.
V. All writs, issuing out of the clerk's office in any of the Provisions re-
courts of law, shall be in the name of the Commonwealth of 2'pick!^592"
Massachusetts; they shall be under the seal of the court ^s'^GrayfVi.
from whence they issue; they shall bear test of the first
justice of the court to which they shall be returnable, who is
not a party, and be signed by the clerk of such court.
VI. All the laws which 'have heretofore been adopted, g^mlr "aS." ''^
used, and approved in the Province, Colony, or State of ^x^pt, etj:.
Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of 2 M.ass.^534.^^^
law, shall still remain and be in full force, until altered or le Pick. loV,
repealed by the legislature; such parts only excepted as2Met. iis.
are repugnant to the rights and liberties contained in this
constitution,
VII. The privilege and benefit of the writ of habeas Benefit of
corpus shall be enjoyed in this commonwealth, in the most secured, ex-
free, easy, cheap, expeditious, and ample manner; and shall ^^ '^'^■
not be suspended by the legislature, except upon the most
urgent and pressing occasions, and for a limited time, not
exceeding twelve months.
VIII. The enacting style, in making and passing all acts. The enacting
statutes, and laws, shall be — " Be it enacted by the Senate ^*^ ®'
and House of Representatives in General Court assembled,
and by the authority of the same."
IX. [To the end there may be no failure of justice, or officers of
danger arise to the commonwealth from a change of the ment continued
form of government, all officers, civil and military, holding ^"^ ' • ® ''•
commissions under the government and people of Massa-
chusetts Bay in New England, and all other officers of the
said government and people, at the time this constitution
shall take effect, shall have, hold, use, exercise, and enjoy,
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CONSTITUTION OF THE
Provision for
revising con-
stitution.
For existing
provision as to
amendments,
see amend-
ments, Art. IX.
Provision for
revising con-
stitution.
Provision for
preserving and
publishing this
conetitution .
all the powers and authority to them granted or committed,
until other persons shall be appointed in their stead; and
all courts of law shall proceed in the execution of the business
of their respective departments; and all the executive and
legislative oflBcers, bodies, and powers shall continue in full
force, in the enjoyment and exercise of all their trusts, em-
ployments and authority; until the general court, and the
supreme and executive officers under this constitution, are
designated and invested with their respective trusts, powers,
and authority.]
X. [In order the more effectually to adhere to the prin-
ciples of the constitution, and to correct those violations
which by any means may be made therein, as well as to
form such alterations as from experience shall be found
necessary, the general court which shall be in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, shall
issue precepts to the selectmen of the several towns, and to
the assessors of the unincorporated plantations, directing
them to convene the qualified voters of their respective
towns and plantations, for the purpose of collecting their
sentiments on the necessity or expediency of revising the
constitution, in order to amendments.
And if it shall appear, by the returns made, that two-
thirds of the qualified voters throughout the state, who shall
assemble and vote in consequence of the said precepts, are
in favor of such revision or amendment, the general court
shall issue precepts, or direct them to be issued from the
secretary's office, to the several towns to elect delegates to
meet in convention for the purpose aforesaid.
The said delegates to be chosen in the same manner and
proportion as their representatives in the second branch of
the legislature are by this constitution to be chosen.]
XI. This form of government shall be enrolled on parch-
ment, and deposited in the secretary's office, and be a part
of the laws of the land; and printed copies thereof shall be
prefixed to the book containing the laws of this common-
wealth, in all future editions of the said laws.
Bill, etc., not
approved
within five
days, not to
become a law
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT.
Article I. If any bill or resolve shall be objected to, and
not approved by the governor; and if the general court shall
adjourn within five days after the same shall have been
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 35
laid before the governor for his approbation, and thereby if legislature
prevent his returning it 'w^th his objections, as provided by mean time.
the constitution, such bill or resolve shall not become a law, see const.,' ch.
nor have force as such. ^'^^' ^^' ^^"
Art. II. The general court shall have full power and em^wi^X
authority to erect and constitute municipal or city govern- Jjl^fLs'^sIl'
ments, in any corporate town or towns in this common- Seeamend-
wealth, and to grant to the inhabitants thereof such powers, XLviiand'
privileges, and immunities, not repugnant to the constitu- initiative, ii?
tion, as the general court shall deem necessary or expedient referend^um,^^^
for the regulation and government thereof, and to prescribe ^^^' ®®*'*- ^•
the manner of calling and holding public meetings of the
inhabitants, in wards or otherwise, for the election of officers
under the constitution, and the manner of returning the votes
given at such meetings. Provided, that no such govern- Proviso.
ment shall be erected or constituted in any town not con-
taining twelve thousand inhabitants, nor unless it be with
the consent, and on the application of a majority of the
inhabitants of such town, present and voting thereon, pur-
suant to a vote at a meeting duly warned and holden for
that purpose. And provided, also, that all by-laws, made by
such municipal or city government, shall be subject, at all
times, to be annulled by the general court.
Art. III. Every male citizen of twenty-one years of age QuaUfications
and upwards, excepting paupers and persons under guardian- fovernol!'^'^
ship, who shall have resided within the commonwealth one governs,*'
vear, and within the town or district in which he mav claim senators and
• . • 1 1 t"^ representa-
a right to vote, six calendar months next preceding anv tives.
, , . „ ^^ ^ . \^ ^ " See amend-
election ot governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, or repre- ments, Arta.
sentatives, [and who shall have paid, by himself, or his xxxii, xl
parent, master, or guardian, any state or county tax, which u pidi^^ss,
shall, within two years next preceding such election, have If-p-^^i^ 341
been assessed upon him, in anv town or district of this com- J* ^^f^^, J^Lo
11 "• • 1 1 11 1 1 1 5 Met. 162, 298,
monwealth; and also everv citizen who shall be, by law, 591,594.
. .7 Gray, 299
exempted from taxation, and who shall be, in all other 122 Mass. 595,
respects, qualified as above mentioned,] shall have a right to mMass. 596.
vote in such election of governor, lieutenant-governor, sen- For educational
. ° , " 1 11 1 qualification,
ators, and representatives; and no other person shall be seeamend-
entitled to vote in such election. xx.
For provision as to those who have served iR the army or navy in time of war, see
amendments, Arts. XXVIII and XXXI. See also amendments, Art. XXIII, which was
annulled by amendments. Art. XXVI.
For absentee voting, see amendments. Art. XLV.
Art. IV. Notaries public shall be appointed by the gov- Notaries pub-
ernor in the same manner as judicial officers are appointed, apboinTed
and removed.
36
CONSTITUTION OF THE
See amend-
ments, Art.
XXXVII.
Vacancies in
the offices of
secretary and
treasurer, how
filled.
This clause
superseded by
amendments.
Art. XVII.
Commissary-
general may be
appointed, in
case, etc.
Militia officers,
how removed.
and shall hold their offices during seven years, unless sooner
removed by the governor, with the consent of the council,
upon the address of both houses of the legislature.
For appointment of women as notaries public, see amendments, Art. LVII.
[In case the office of secretary or treasurer of the com-
monwealth shall become vacant from any cause, during the
recess of the general court, the governor, with the adxice
and consent of the council, shall nominate and appoint,
under such regulations as may be prescribed by law, a com-
petent and suitable person to such vacant office, who shall
hold the same until a successor shall be appointed by the
general court.]
[Whenever the exigencies of the commonwealth shall re-
quire the appointment of a commissary-general, he shall be
nominated, appointed, and commissioned, in such manner
as the legislature may, by law, prescribe.
AH officers commissioned to command in the mihtia may
be removed from office in such manner as the legislature
may, by law, prescribe.]
Last two paragraphs of Art. IV annulled and superseded by amendments. Art. LIII.
Who may vote Alt. V. [In the clcctions of captains and subalterns of
subalterns. the militia, all the members of their respective companies,
as well those under as those above the age of twenty-one
years, shall have a right to vote.]
This article annulled and superseded by amendments. Art. LIII.
Art. VI. Instead of the oath of allegiance prescribed by
the constitution, the following oath shall be taken and sub-
scribed b}' every person chosen or appointed to any office,
civil or military, under the government of this common-
wealth, before he shall enter on the duties of his office,
to wit : —
"I, A. B., do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith
and allegiance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and
will support the constitution thereof. So help me, God."
Provided, That when any person shall be of the denomina-
tion called Quakers, and shall decline taking said oath, he
shall make his affirmation in the foregoing form, omitting
the word " swear " and inserting, instead thereof, the word
" affirm," and omitting the words " So help me, God," and
subjoining, instead thereof, the words, " This I do under the
pains and penalties of perjury."
Art. VII. No oath, declaration, or subscription, except-
ing the oath prescribetl in the preceding article, and the
oath of office, shall be required of the governor, lieutenant-
Oath to be
taken by all
officers.
See Const.,
Ch. VL Art. I.
Proviso.
Quakers may
affirm.
Tests abol-
ished.
COMIMOXWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 37
governor, councillors, senators, or representatives, to qualify
them to perform the duties of their respective offices.
Art. VIII. No judge of any court of this commonwealth, incompatibility
(except the court of sessions,) and no person holding any 122 Mass! 445,
office under the authority of the United States, (postmasters i23Mass. 525.
excepted,) shall, at the same time, hold the office of gov-
ernor, lieutenant-governor, or councillor, or have a seat in
the senate or house of representatives of this commonwealth;
and no judge of any court in this commonwealth, (except
the court of sessions,) nor the attorney-general, solicitor-
general, county attorney, clerk of any court, sheriflf, treas-
urer and receiver-general, register of probate, nor register
of deeds, shall continue to hold his said office after being
elected a member of the Congress of the United States, and
accepting that trust; but the acceptance of such trust, by
any of the officers aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken to
be a resignation of his said office; and judges of the courts
of common pleas shall hold no other office under the govern-
ment of this commonwealth, the office of justice of the peace
and militia offices excepted.
Art. IX. [If, at any time hereafter, any specific and par- Amendments to
,•1 1 , 1 X J. J.1 x'x J-* 1 constitution,
ticular amendment or amendments to the constitution be how made.
proposed in the general court, and agreed to by a majority Jn^nuiled'^by
of the senators and two-thirds of the members of the house oeneral'pJ^'
of representatives present and voting thereon, such proposed visions, viii.
amendment or amendments shall be entered on the journals
of the two houses, with the yeas and nays taken thereon,
and referred to the general court then next to be chosen, and
shall be published; and if, in the general court next chosen
as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall
be agreed to by a majority of the senators and two-thirds of
the members of the house of representatives present and
voting thereon, then it shall be the duty of the general court
to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the
people; and if they shall be approved and ratified by a
majority of the qualified voters, voting thereon, at meetings
legally warned and holden for that purpose, they shall be-
come part of the constitution of this commonwealth.]
Art. X. The political year shall begin on the first commence-
Wednesday of January, instead of the last Wednesday of cai year.
]May; and the general court shall assemble every year on si^ for /''^°^"
the said first Wednesday of January, and shall proceed, at ^^nJSiiy"^
that session, to make all the elections, and do all the other ^nt^Arl'
acts, which are by the constitution required to be made and lxiv, sect. 3.
38
CONSTITUTION OF THE
Termination
of political
year.
Governor, etc.,
to be elected
biennially.
8ee amend-
ments, Art.
LXIV, sect 1.
Meetings for the
choice of gov-
ernor, lieuten-
ant-governor,
etc., when to
be held.
This clause
superseded by
amendments,
Art. XV,
Article, when
to go into
operation.
Inconsistent
provisions
anniilled.
done at the session which has heretofore commenced on the
last Wednesday of May. And the general court shall be
dissolved on the day next preceding the first Wednesday
of January, without any proclamation or other act of the
governor. But nothing herein contained shall prevent the
general court from assembling at such other times as they
shall judge necessary, or when called together by the gov-
ernor. The governor, lieutenant-governor and councillors,
shall also hold their respective offices for one year next fol-
lowing the first Wednesday of January, and until others
are chosen and qualified in their stead.
[The meeting for the choice of governor, lieutenant-
governor, senators, and representatives, shall be held on the
second INIonday of November in every year; but meetings
may be adjourned, if necessary, for the choice of repre-
sentatives, to the next day, and again to the next succeeding
day, but no further. But in case a second meeting shall be
necessary for the choice of representatives, such meetings
shall be held on the fourth ISIonday of the same month of
November.]
All the other provisions of the constitution, respecting the
elections and proceedings of the members of the general
court, or of any other officers or persons whatever, that have
reference to the last Wednesday of IVIay, as the commence-
ment of the political year, shall be so far altered, as to have
like reference to the first Wednesday of January.
[This article shall go into operation on the first day of
October, next following the day when the same shall be duly
ratified and adopted as an amendment of the constitution;
and the governor, lieutenant-governor, councillors, senators,
representatives, and all other state officers, who are annually
chosen, and who shall be chosen for the current year, when
the same shall go into operation, shall hold their respective
offices until the first Wednesday of January then next follow-
ing, and until others are chosen and qualified in their stead,
and no longer; and the first election of the governor, lieuten-
ant-governor, senators, and representatives, to be had in
virtue of this article, shall be had conformably thereunto, in
the month of November following the day on which the
same shall be in force, and go into operation, pursuant to the
foregoing provision.
All the provisions of the existing constitution, inconsist-
ent with the provisions herein contained, are hereby wholly
annulled.]
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 39
Art. XI. Instead of the third article of the bill of S^
rights, the follo\\ang modification and amendment thereof fg^ j^'eg^^^f
is substituted : — i^'shts, Art.
"As the public worship of God and instructions in piety, Seeamend-
religion, and morality, promote the happiness and pros- xlyi'and^"
perity of a people, and the security of a republican govern- initiative, iif
ment; therefore, the several religious societies of this com- rlferendumTm,
momvealth, whether corporate or unincorporate, at any s«<=*- 2-
meeting legally warned and holden for that purpose, shall
ever have the right to elect their pastors or religious teachers,
to contract with them for their support, to raise money for
erecting and repairing houses for public worship, for the
maintenance of religious instruction, and for the pajment of
necessary expenses; and all persons belonging to any reli-
gious society shall be taken and held to be members, until
they shall file with the clerk of such society a written notice,
declaring the dissolution of their membership, and thence-
forth shall not be liable for any grant or contract which
may be thereafter made, or entered into by such society;
and all religious sects and denominations, demeaning them- 122 Mass. 40, 41.
selves peaceably, and as good citizens of the commonwealth,
shall be equally under the protection of the law; and no
subordination of any one sect or denomination to another
shall ever be established by law."
Art. XII. [In order to provide for a representation of Census of rata-
1 . . <> 1 • IIP 11 1 .Die polls to be
the citizens or this commonwealth, loundea upon the prin- taken in issr,
ciples of equality, a census of the ratable polls, in each city, thereafter.
town, and district of the commonwealth, on the first day of was^superseded
May, shall be taken and returned into the secretary's ofiice, m^nt'^f Art.
in such manner as the legislature shall provide, within the •^^^^',^'^\";L,
o ir ' w as also super-
month of INIay, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight seded by
•,,,,,. ,. ,° amendments,
hundred and thirty-seven, and m every tenth year there- Art. xxi.
after, in the month of INIay, in manner aforesaid; and each Representa-
town or city having three hundred ratable polls at the last aj^rtiored.
preceding decennial census of polls, may elect one representa-
tive, and for every four hundred and fifty ratable polls in
addition to the first three hundred, one representative more.
Any town having less than three hundred ratable polls Towns having
shall be represented thus: The whole number of ratable rSlbie^^iis,
polls, at the last preceding decennial census of polls, shall be se^nted.^"^^
multiplied by ten, and the product divided by three hundred;
and such town may elect one representative as many years
within ten years, as three hundred is contained in the product
aforesaid.
40
CONSTITUTION OF THE
Fractions, how
represented.
Towns may
unite into repre-
sentative dis-
tricts.
The governor
and council to
determine the
number of repv-
resentatives to
which each
town is en-
titled.
New appor-
tionment to be
made once in
every ten
years.
Inconsistent
provisions
annulled.
Any city or town having ratable polls enough to elect one
or more representatives, with any number of polls beyond
the necessary number, may be represented, as to that surplus
number, by multiplying such surplus number by ten and
dividing the product by four hvuidred and fifty; and such
city or town may elect one additional representative as many
years, within the ten years, as four hundred and fifty is
contained in the product aforesaid.
Any two or more of the several towns and districts may,
by consent of a majority of the legal voters present at a legal
meeting, in each of said towns and districts, respectively,
called for that purpose, and held previous to the first day
of July, in the year in which the decennial census of polls
shall be taken, form themselves into a representative district
to continue until the next decennial census of polls, for the
election of a representative, or representatives; and such
district shall have all the rights, in regard to representation,
which would belong to a town containing the same number
of ratable polls.
The governor and council shall ascertain and determine,
within the months of July and August, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, accord-
ing to the foregoing principles, the number of representatives,
which each city, town, and representative district is entitled
to elect, and the number of years, within the period of ten
years then next ensuing, that each city, town, and repre-
sentative district may elect an additional representative; and
where any town has not a sufficient number of polls to elect
a representative each year, then, how many years within the
ten years, such town may elect a representative; and the
same shall be done once in ten years, thereafter, by the
governor and council, and the number of ratable polls in
each decennial census of polls, shall determine the number of
representatives, which each city, town and representative
district may elect as aforesaid; and when the number of
representatives to be elected by each city, town, or repre-
sentative district is ascertained and determined as aforesaid,
the governor shall cause the same to be published forthwith
for the information of the people, and that number shall
remain fixed and unalterable for the period of ten years.
All the provisions of the existing constitution inconsist-
ent with the provisions herein contained, are hereby wholly
annulled. 1
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 41
Art. XIII. [A census of the inhabitants of each city and hSntlto'be
town, on the first day of May, shall be taken, and returned *nd^°i^"g^^f •
into the secretary's office, on or before the last day of June, aiiy thereafter,
of the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, and of representation.
every tenth year thereafter; which census shall determine tJ^cIlfsussu-
the apportionment of senators and representatives for the amendments,
term of ten years. 122 Mass. 595. and xxii
The several senatorial districts now existing shall be per- Senatorial dis-
manent. The senate shall consist of forty members; and in permanenr^*^
the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, and every fo°enator^s''^
tenth year thereafter, the governor and council shall assign l^^n^f^gnts^
the number of senators to be chosen in each district, accord- Art. xxii. '
ing to the number of in.habitants in the same. But, in all
cases, at least one senator shall be assigned to each district.
The members of the house of representatives shall be House of repre-
, • 1 • ,-1 J? n • T? J. 'j. sentatives, how
apportioned m tne loUowing manner: Every town or city apportioned.
containing tw^elve hundred inhabitants may elect one repre- Te^r'^ientatfves*^
sentative; and tw^o thousand four hundred inhabitants shall l^endments^
be the mean increasing number, which shall entitle it to an Art. xxi.
additional representative.
Every tow^n containing less than twelve hundred inhab- Smaii towns,
itants shall be entitled to elect a representative as many sented.
times within ten years as the number one hundred and sixty
is contained in the number of the inhabitants of said town.
Such towns may also elect one representative for the year
in which the valuation of estates within the commonwealth
shall be settled.
Any two or more of the several towns mav, by consent of Towns may
V . „ , , , 11 • • unite into
a majority 01 the legal voters present at a legal meeting, in representative
each of said towns, respectively, called for that purpose, and
held before the first day of August, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and forty, and every tenth year thereafter,
form themselves into a representative district, to continue
for the term of ten years; and such district shall have all the
rights, in regard to representation, which would belong to a
town containing the same number of inhabitants.
The number of inhabitants which shall entitle a town to Basis of
elect one representative, and the mean increasing number Pdr!ft?o^of°°'
w^hich shall entitle a town or city to elect more than one, "^<5rease.
and also the number by which the population of towns not
entitled to a representative every year is to be divided, shall
be increased, respectively, by one-tenth of the numbers above ■
mentioned, whenever the population of the commonwealth
42
CONSTITUTION OF THE
The governor
and council to
apportion the
number of
representatives
of each town
once in every
ten years.
Councillors to
be chosen from
the people at
large.
Provisions as
to councillors
superseded by
amendments,
Art. XVI.
Qualifications
of councillors.
Freehold as a
qualification for
a seat in gen-
eral court or
council not
required.
Elections by
the people to
be by plurality
of votes.
Time of annual
election of gov-
ernor and legis-
lature.
For change to
biennial elec-
tions, see
amendments,
Art. LXIV,
sects. 1-4.
Eight council-
lors to be
chosen by the
people.
122 Mass. 595,
598.
For change to
biennial elec-
tions, see
amendments,
Art. I.XIV,
sects. 1-4.
For compulsory
voting, see
shall have Increased to seven hundred and seventy thousand,
and for every additional increase of seventy thousand in-
habitants, the same addition of one-tenth shall be made,
respectively, to the said numbers above mentioned.
In the year of each decennial census, the governor and
council shall, before the first day of September, apportion
the number of representatives which each city, town, and
representative district is entitled to elect, and ascertain how
many years, within ten years, any town may elect a repre-
sentative, which is not entitled to elect one every year; and
the governor shall cause the same to be published forthwith.
Nine councillors shall be annually chosen from among the
people at large, on the first Wednesday of January, or as
soon thereafter as may be, by the joint ballot of the senators
and representatives, assembled in one room, who shall, as
soon as may be, in like manner, fill up any vacancies that
may happen in the council, by death, resignation, or other-
wise. No person shall be elected a councillor, who has not
been an inhabitant of this commonwealth for the term of
five years immediately preceding his election; and not more
than one councillor shall be chosen from any one senatorial
district in the commonwealth.]
No possession of a freehold, or of any other estate, shall be
required as a qualification for holding a seat in either branch
of the general court, or in the executive council.
Art. XIV. In all elections of civil officers by the people
of this commonwealth, whose election is provided for by the
constitution, the person having the highest number of votes
shall be deemed and declared to be elected.
Art. XV. The meeting for the choice of governor,
lieutenant-governor, senators, and representatives, shall be
held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in Novem-
ber, annually ; but in case of a failure to elect representatives
on that day, a second meeting shall be holden, for that pur-
pose, on the fourth Monday of the same month of November.
For compulsory voting, see amendments. Art. LXI.
Art. XVI. Eight councillors shall be [annually] chosen by
the inhabitants of this commonwealth, qualified to vote for
governor. The election of councillors shall be determined by
the same rule that is required in the election of governor.
The legislature, at its first session after this amendment shall
have been adopted, and at its first session after the next
state census shall have been taken, and at its first session
after each decennial state census thereafterwards, shall
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 43
divide the commonwealth into eight districts of contiguous amendments,
territory, each containing a number of inhabitants as nearly Legislature to
equal as practicable, without dividing any town or ward of district state.
a city, and each entitled to elect one councillor: provided, Proviso.
however, that if, at any time, the constitution shall provide
for the division of the commonwealth into forty senatorial
districts, then the legislature shall so arrange the councillor
districts, that each district shall consist of five contiguous
senatorial districts, as they shall be, from time to time,
established by the legislature. No person shall be eligible Eligibility
to the office of councillor who has not been an inhabitant of ® °® •
the commonwealth for the term of five years immediately
preceding his election. The day and manner of the election. Day and man-
the return of the votes, and the declaration of the said elec- et*c.° ®®"*"'°'
tions, shall be the same as are required in the election of
governor. [Whenever there shall be a failure to elect the Vacancies, how
full number of councillors, the vacancies shall be filled in the For new pro-
sam.e manner as is required for filling vacancies in the senate; vacancfls**^ee
and vacancies occasioned by death, removal from the state, Art^'xxv'*^^'
or otherwise, shall be filled, in like manner, as soon as may
be, after such vacancies shall have happened.] And that organization of
there may be no delay in the organization of the government ment.
on the first Wednesday of January, the governor, with at
least five councillors for the time being, shall, as soon as
may be, examine the returned copies of the records for the
election of governor, lieutenant-governor, and councillors;
and ten days before the said first Wednesday in January he
shall issue his summons to such persons as appear to be
chosen, to attend on that day to be qualified accordingly;
and the secretary shall lay the returns before the senate and
house of representatives on the said first Wednesday in Jan-
uary, to be by them examined; and in case of the election of
either of said officers, the choice shall be by them declared
and published; but in case there shall be no election of
either of said officers, the legislature shall proceed to fill such
vacancies in the manner provided in the constitution for the
choice of such officers.
Art. XVII. The secretary, treasurer and receiver-gen- Election of
eral, auditor, and attorney-general, shall be chosen [annually,] treasu'^er,'
on the day in November prescribed for the choice of gov- attorney^'en-
ernor; and each person then chosen as such, duly qualified ^^^^i by the
in other respects, shall hold his office for the term of [one For election
year] from the third Wednesday in January next thereafter, see amend-
and until another is chosen and qualified in his stead. The lxiv] Jot. i.
44
CONSTITUTION OF THE
For compulsory
voting, see
amendments.
Art. LXI.
Vacancies,
how filled.
To qualify
within ten
days, other-
wise office to be
deemed
vacant.
Qualification
requisite.
School moneys
not to be ap-
plied for secta-
rian schools.
For original
provision as to
schools, see
constitution,
Part First,
Art. III.
12 Allen, 500,508.
103 Mass. 94, 96.
This article was
superseded by
amendments,
Art. XLVI.
Legislature to
prescribe for
the election of
sheriffs, regis-
ters of probate,
etc.
See amend-
ments,
Art. XXXVI.
8 Gray, 1.
13 Gray, 74.
qualification of the voters, the manner of the election, the
return of the votes, and the declaration of the election, shall
be such as are required in the election of governor. In case
of a failure to elect either of said officers on the day in
November aforesaid, or in case of the decease, in the mean
time, of the person elected as such, such officer shall be
chosen on or before the third Wednesday in January next
thereafter, from the two persons who had the highest num-
ber of votes for said offices on the day in November afore-
said, by joint ballot of the senators and representatives, in
one room; and in case the office of secretary, or treasurer
and receiver-general, or auditor, or attorney-general, shall
become vacant, from any cause, during an annual or special
session of the general court, such vacancy shall in like man-
ner be filled by choice from the people at large; but if such
vacancy shall occur at any other time, it shall be supplied
by the governor by appointment, with the advice and con-
sent of the council. The person so chosen or appointed, duly
qualified in other respects, shall hold his ofiice until his suc-
cessor is chosen and duly qualified in his stead. In case any
person chosen or appointed to either of the offices aforesaid,
shall neglect, for the space of ten days after he could other-
wise enter upon his duties, to qualify himself in all respects
to enter upon the discharge of such duties, the office to which
he has been elected or appointed shall be deemed vacant.
No person shall be eligible to either of said offices unless he
shall have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth five
years next preceding his election or appointment.
Art. XVIII. [Ail moneys raised by taxation in the towns
and cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys
which may be appropriated by the state for the support of
common schools, shall be applied to, and expended in, no
other schools than those which are conducted according to
law, under the order and superintendence of the authorities
of the town or city in which the money is to be expended;
and such moneys shall never be appropriated to any religious
sect for the maintenance, exclusively, of its own school.]
Art. XIX. The legislature shall prescribe, by general
law, for the election of sheriffs, registers of probate, [com-
missioners of insolvency,] and clerks of the courts, by the
people of the several counties, and that district-attorneys
shall be chosen by the people of the several districts, for such
term of office as the legislature shall prescribe.
110 Mass. 172, 173. 117 Mass. 602, 603. 121 Mass. 65.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 45
Art. XX. No person shall have the right to vote, or' be Reading consti-
eligible to office under the constitution of this common- Engiishind
wealth, who shall not be able to read the constitution in the Twy quaiifil?-
English language, and write his name: provided, however, Provi°o ^°'®''^'
that the provisions of this amendment shall not apply to fcatfonf '^^^''"
any p)erson prevented by a physical disability from comply- amendments,
ing with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the See'aiso'amend-
right to vote, nor to any persons who shall be sixty years of xxifi, which
age or upwards at the time this amendment shall take effect, by^ame^nd-**'^
For absentee voting, see amendments, Art. XLV. vxah'
Art. XXI. A census of the legal voters of each city and Census of legai
town, on the first day of May, shall be taken and returned inhabitants.
into the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, on or etc.
before the last day of June, in the year one thousand eight ^ • • *=• ^^•
hundred and fifty-seven; and a census of the inhabitants of
each city and town, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five, and of every tenth year thereafter. In the
census aforesaid, a special enumeration shall be made of the
legal voters; and in each city, said enumeration shall specify
the number of such legal voters aforesaid, residing in each
ward of such city. The enumeration aforesaid shall deter-
mine the apportionment of representatives for the periods
between the taking of the census.
The house of representatives shall consist of two hundred House of repre-
,. ,, , •Till" sentatives to
and forty members, which shall be apportioned by the legis- consist of 240
lature, at its first session after the return of each enumera- Legisiatul-e to
tion as aforesaid, to the several counties of the common- 10 c'ray.'^eil.*''
wealth, equally, as nearly as may be, according to their
relative numbers of legal voters, as ascertained by the next
preceding special enumeration; and the town of Cohasset,
in the county of Norfolk, shall, for this purpose, as well as
in the formation of districts, as hereinafter provided, be
considered a part of the county of Plymouth; and it shall be Secretary shaii
the duty of the secretary of the commonwealth, to certify, ^rs' authorized
as soon as may be after it is determined by the legislature, counties^
the number of representatives to which each county shall be
entitled, to the board authorized to divide each county into
representative districts. The mayor and aldermen of the
city of Boston, the county commissioners of other counties
than Suffolk, — or in lieu of the mayor and aldermen of the
city of Boston, or of the county commissioners in each county
other than Suffolk, such board of special commissioners in
each county, to be elected by the people of the county, or of
.the towns therein, as may for that purpose be provided by
46
CONSTITUTION OF THE
Meeting for
division to be
first Tuesday
in August.
Proceedings.
Qualifications
of representa-
tives.
122 Mass. 595,
598.
Districts to be
numbered,
described and
certified.
Quorum.
See amend-
ments, Art.
XXXIII.
Census, etc.
See P. S. c. 31.
Voters to be
basis of appor-
tionment of
senators.
Senate to con-
sist of forty
members.
law, — shall, on the first Tuesday of August next after each
assignment of representatives to each county, assemble at
a shire town of their respective counties, and proceed, as
soon as may be, to divide the same into representative dis-
tricts of contiguous territory, so as to apportion the repre-
sentation assigned to each county equally, as nearly as may
be, according to the relative number of legal voters in the
several districts of each county; and such districts shall be
so formed that no town or ward of a city shall be divided
therefor, nor shall any district be made which shall be en-
titled to elect more than three representatives. Every rep-
resentative, for one year at least next preceding his election,
shall have been an inhabitant of the district for which he is
chosen, and shall cease to represent such district when he
shall cease to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth. The
districts in each county shall be numbered by the board
creating the same, and a description of each, with the num-
bers thereof and the number of legal voters therein, shall be
returned by the board, to the secretary of the common-
wealth, the county treasurer of each county, and to the clerk
of every town in each district, to be filed and kept in their
respective offices. The manner of calling and conducting the
meetings for the choice of representatives, and of ascertain-
ing their election, shall be prescribed by law. [Not less
than one hundred members of the house of representatives
shall constitute a quorum for doing business; but a less
number may organize temporarily, adjourn from day to day,
and compel the attendance of absent members.]
Art. XXII. A census of the legal voters of each city and
town, on the first day of INIay, shall be taken and returned
into the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, on or
before the last day of June, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-seven; and a census of the inhabitants of
each city and town, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-five, and of every tenth year thereafter. In the
census aforesaid, a special enumeration shall be made of the
legal voters, and in each city said enumeration shall specify
the number of such legal voters aforesaid, residing in each
ward of such city. The enumeration aforesaid shall deter-
mine the apportionment of senators for the periods between
the taking of the census. The senate shall consist of forty
members. The general court shall, at its first session after
each next preceding special enumeration, divide the com-
monwealth into forty districts of adjacent territory, each
COMMOm\^ALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 47
district to contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of dfslrirts^etc
legal voters, according to the enumeration aforesaid: pro- Seeame'nd-
mded, however, that no town or ward of a city shall be xxiv. ^'
divided therefor; and such districts shall be formed, as
nearly as may be, without uniting two counties, or parts
of two or more counties, into one district. Each district Qualifications
. . 01 senators.
shall elect one senator, who shall have been an inhabitant
of this commonwealth Sa'c years at least immediately pre-
ceding his election, and at the time of his election shall be
an inhabitant of the district for which he is chosen; and
he shall cease to represent such senatorial district when he
shall cease to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth. [Not Quorum,
less than sixteen senators shall constitute a quorum for do- ment™Trt"
ing business; but a less number may organize temporarily, ■^•^■^^^^•
adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of
absent members.]
Art. XXIII. [No person of foreign birth shall be entitled Residence of
1 11 1 1- •! 1 m I 1 1 11 1 two years re-
to vote, or shall be eligible to omce, unless he shall bave quired of natu-
resided within the jurisdiction of the United States for two to entitle to
years subsequent to his naturalization, and shall be other- makelugibie
wise qualified, according to the constitution and laws of Th?fart'icie
this commonwealth: 'provided, that this amendment shall not Art^xvf
affect the rights which any person of foreign birth possessed
at the time of the adoption thereof; and, provided, further,
that it shall not affect the rights of any child of a citizen of
the United States, born during the temporary absence of the
parent therefrom.]
Art. XXIV. Any vacancy in the senate shall be filled tife'leniTe'"
by election by the people of the unrepresented district, upon
the order of a majority of the senators elected.
Art. XXV. In case of a vacancy in the council, from Vacancies in
a failure of election, or other cause, the senate and house °''°^^'^ •
of representati\'es shall, by concurrent vote, choose some
eligible person from the people of the district wherein such
vacancy occurs, to fill that office. If such vacancy shall hap-
pen when the legislature is not in session, the governor, with
the advice and consent of the council, may fill the same by
appointment of some eligible person.
Art. XXVI. The twenty-third article of the articles of JSof*^'^
amendment of the constitution of this commonwealth, which ^Q^^e™®"^*^
is as follows, to wit: "No person of foreign birth shall be
entitled to vote, or shall be eligible to office, unless he shall
have resided within the jurisdiction of the United States
for two years subsequent to his naturalization, and shall be
48
CONSTITUTION OF THE
Provisions of
Art. II, Chap.
VI, relating to
officers of Har-
vard College,
annulled.
Superseded by
Art. XXXI.
Voting pre-
cincts in towns.
For absentee
voting provi-
sion, see
amendments,
Art. XLV.
Voters not dis-
qualified by
reason of
change of resi-
dence until six
months from
time of removal.
For absentee
voting provi-
sion, see
amendments.
Art. XLV.
Amendments,
Art. XXVIII,
amended.
Person who
served in army
or navy, etc.,
not disqualified
from voting for
non-payment of
poll tax.
otherwise qualified, according to the constitution and laws
of this commonwealth: provided, that this amendment shall
not affect the rights which any person of foreign birth pos-
sessed at the time of the adoption thereof; and provided,
further, that it shall not affect the rights gf any child of
a citizen of the United States, born during the temporary
absence of the parent therefrom," is hereby v.^holly annulled.
Art. XXVII. So much of article two of chapter six of
the constitution of this commonwealth as relates to persons
holding the office of president, professor, or instructor of
Harvkrd College, is hereby annulled.
Art. XXVin. No person having served in the army or
navy of the United States in time of war, and having been
honorably discharged from such service, if otherwise quali-
fied to vote, shall be disqualified therefor on account of [being
a pauper;] or[, if a pauper,] because of the non-payment of a
poll tax.
Art. XXIX. The general court shall have full power
and authority to provide for the inhabitants of the towns in
this commonwealth more than one place of public meeting
mthin the limits of each town for the election of officers
under the constitution, and to prescribe the manner of calling,
holding and conducting such meetings. All the provisions
'of the existing constitution inconsistent with the provisions
herein contained are hereby annulled.
Art. XXX. No person, otherwise qualified to vote in
elections for governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, and
representatives, shall, by reason of a change of residence
within the commonwealth, be disqualified from voting for
said officers in the city or town from which he has removed
his residence, until the expiration of six calendar months
from the time of such removal.
Art. XXXI. Article twenty-eight of the amendments of
the constitution is hereby amended by striking out in the
fourth line thereof the words " being a pauper ", and inserting
in place thereof the words: — receiving or having received
aid from any city or tow^n, — and also by striking out in said
fourth line the words " if a pauper ", so that the article as
amended shall read as follows: Article XXVIII. No per-
son having served in the army or navy of the United States
in time of war, and having been honorably discharged from
such service, if otherwise qualified to vote, shall be disquali-
fied therefor on account of receiving or having received aid
from any city or town, or because of the non-payment of a
poll tax.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 49
Art. XXXII. So much of article three of the amend- Provisions of
. . , , . amendments,
ments of the constitution or the commonwealth as is con- Art. in, reia-
tained in the following words: "and who shall have paid, mlntof^atex
by himself, or his parent, master, or guardian, any state or ^u^iiS^twn,
county tax, which shall, within two years next preceding annulled,
such election, have been assessed upon him, in any town
or district of this commonwealth; and also every citizen
who shall be, by law, exempted from taxation, and w^ho shall
be, in all other respects, qualified as above mentioned ", is
hereby annulled.
Art. XXXIII. A maiority of the members of each branch Quorum, in
-, „ . p ji j^ each branch of
of the general court shall constitute a quorum tor the trans- the general
„,. 1,1 1 T i" 1 court, to con-
action of business, but a less number may adjourn from day gist of a
to day, and compel the attendance of absent members. All Semterl°^
the provisions of the existing constitution inconsistent with
the provisions herein contained are hereby annulled.
Art. XXXIV. So much of article two of section one of i'^ritfi"^
chapter tw^o of part the second of the constitution of the n'reiativ^to*
commonwealth as is contained in the following words: property quaii-
111 1 • 1 • ^ • 1 ' fication of
and unless he shall at the same time be seised, in his governor,
own right, of a freehold, within the commonwealth, of the ^
value of one thousand pounds"; is hereby annulled.
Art. XXXV. So much of article two of section three of ^',?X§ ni.
chapter one of the constitution of the commonwealth as is phap. i, reia-
contained in the following words: The expenses or travelling of travelling to
to the general assembly, and returning home, once in every assembly by
1 "^1111 -iIj^i J. J. members of the
session, and no more, shall be paid by the government, out house, annulled.
of the public treasury, to every member who shall attend as
seasonably as he can, in the judgment of the house, and does
not depart without leave ", is hereby annulled.
Art. XXXVI. So much of article nineteen of the articles Amendments,
of amendment to the constitution of the commonwealth as is amended.'
contained in the following words: "commissioners of in-
solvency ", is hereby annulled.
Art. XXXVII. The governor, with the consent of the ^®"'?^^'^^gj.
council, may remove justices of the peace and notaries public.
Art. XXXVin. Voting machines or other mechanical machfnes may
devices for voting may be used at all elections under such ^IcUons^*
regulations as may be prescribed by law: -provided, however, voting,"s^^°'^^
that the right of secret voting shall be preserved. Art^^Lxf*^'
Art. XXXIX. Article ten of part one of the constitu- Powers of the
tion is hereby amended by adding to it the following Kvl'^to the
words: — The legislature may by special acts for the purpose etc.^"^^^'*^ '^°'^'
of laying out, widening or relocating highways or streets, ^g^^^^f^fg^""
authorize the taking in fee by the commonwealth, or by a lughways, etc.
50
CONSTITUTION OF THE
Proviso.
Amendments,
Art. Ill,
amended.
Taxation of
wild or forest
lands.
Referendum.
This article
annulled and
superseded by
amendments,
Art. XLVIII,
General Pro-
visions, VIII.
Powers of the
general court
relative to the
taking of land,
etc., to relieve
congestion of
population
and to provide
homes for
citizens.
Proviso.
Powers of the
general court
relative to
imjxjsing and
levying a tax
on income;
exemptions,
etc.
county, city or town, of more land and property than are
needed for the actual construction of such highwaj^ or street :
provided, however, that the land and property authorized to
be taken are specified in the act and are no more in extent
than would be sufficient for suitable building lots on both
sides of such highway or street, and after so much of the
land or property has been appropriated for such highway or
street as is needed therefor, may authorize the sale of the
remainder for value with or without suitable restrictions.
Art. XL. Article three of the amendments to the con-
stitution is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"guardianship", in hne two, the following: — and persons
temporarily or permanently disqualified by law because of
corrupt practices in respect to elections.
Art. XLI. Full power and authority are hereby given
and granted to the general court to prescribe for wild or
forest lands such methods of taxation as will develop and
conserve the forest resources of the commonwealth.
Art. XLII. [Full power and authority are hereby given
and granted to the general court to refer to the people for
their rejection or approval at the ix>lls any act or resolve of
the general court or any part or parts thereof. Such reference
shall be by a majority yea and nay vote of all members of
each house present and voting. Any act, resolve, or part
thereof so referred shall be voted on at the regular state
election next ensuing after such reference, shall become law
if approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon, and
shall take effect at the expiration of thirty days after the
election at which it was approved or at such time after the
expiration of the said thirty days as may be fixed in such act,
resolve or part thereof.]
Art. XLIII. The general court shall have power to
authorize the commonwealth to take land and to hold, im-
prove, sub-divide, build upon and sell the same, for the
purpose of relieving congestion of population and providing
homes for citizens: provided, however, that this amendment
shall not be deemed to authorize the sale of such land or
buildings at less than the cost thereof.
Credit of the commonwealth restricted by amendments. Art. LXII, sect. 1.
Art. XLIV. Full power and authority are hereby given
and granted to the general court to impose and levy a tax
on income in the manner hereinafter provided. Such tax
may be at different rates upon income derived from different
classes of property, but shall be levied at a uniform rate
COMIVIONWEALTH OF IVIASSACHUSETTS. 51
throughout the commonwealth upon incomes derived from
the same class of property. The general court may tax in-
come not derived from property at a lower rate than income
derived from property, and may grant reasonable exemptions
and abatements. Any class of property the income from
which is taxed under the provisions of this article may be
exempted from the imposition and lev\dng of proportional
and reasonable assessments, rates and taxes as at present
authorized by the constitution. This article shall not be
construed to limit the power of the general court to impose
' and levy reasonable duties and excises.
Art. XLV. The general court shall have power to pro- Powers of the
vide by law for voting by qualified voters of the common- fo^proiidTby
w^ealth who, at the time of an election, are absent from the sent^VoHng
city or town of which they are inhabitants in the choice of For compulsory
voting see
any oflBcer to be elected or upon any question submitted at amendments,
1 1 . • Art, IjA.1,
such election.
Art. XLVI. (In place of article XVIII of the articles No law to pro-
of amendment of the constitution ratified and adopted cise'of'rdi^on.
April 9, 1821, the following article of amendment, sub- mentXntot
mitted bv the constitutional convention, was ratified and be the subject
^^ ' of an initiative
adopted November 6, 1917.) Article XVIII. Section 1. s™®''^™^^*"
No law shall be passed prohibiting the free exercise of ments, Art.
,. . ■^ ^ ^ XLVIII, The
religion. initiative, II,
Section 2. All moneys raised by taxation in the towns t^*^h^
,, ni'i r^uDlic money
and cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys not to be ex-
which may be appropriated by the commonwealth for the educational,
support of common schools shall be applied to, and ex- reu^'ousor
pended in, no other schools than those which are conducted ti'oM'^nof'^"'
according to law, under the order and superintendence of public o"wner-
the authorities of the town or city in which the money is poJ|tro"'^etc
expended; and no grant, appropriation or use of public Credit of the
money or property or loan of public credit shall be made or wealth
authorized by the commonwealth or any political division amendments,
thereof for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding ^t. l^^^'
any school or institution of learning, whether under public
control or otherwise, wherein any denominational doctrine
is inculcated, or any other school, or any college, infirmary,
hospital, institution, or educational, charitable or religious
undertaking which is not publicly owned and under the ex-
clusive control, order and superintendence of public officers
or public agents authorized by the commonwealth or federal
authority or both, except that appropriations may be made Exceptions,
for the maintenance and support of the Soldiers' Home in
52
CONSTITUTION OF THE
Care or sup-
port in private
hospitals, etc.,
of persons
who are public
charges.
Inmates of
certain public
institutions
not to be de-
prived of reli-
gious exercises
of their own
faith; nor com-
pelled to
attend religious
ser\acea, etc.,
against their
will, etc.
Time of
taking effect.
General court
to determine
manner of dis-
tribution of
food, etc.,
during time of
war, etc., by
the common-
wealth, cities
and towns.
Initiative and
referendum,
definition.
Massachusetts and for free public libraries in any city or
town, and to carry out legal obligations, if any, already
entered into; and no such grant, appropriation or use of
public money or property or loan of public credit shall be
made or authorized for the purpose of founding, maintaining
or aiding any church, religious denomination or society.
Section 3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed
to prevent the commonwealth, or any political division
thereof, from pa^dng to privately controlled hospitals,
infirmaries, or institutions for the deaf, dumb or blind not
more than the ordinary and reasonable compensation for
care or support actually rendered or furnished by such hospi-
tals, infirmaries or institutions to such persons as may be in
whole or in part unable to support or care for themselves.
Section 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed
to deprive any inmate of a publicly controlled reformatory,
penal or charitable institution of the opportunity of religious
exercises therein of his own faith; but no inmate of such
institution shall be compelled to attend religious services or
receive religious instruction against his will, or, if a minor,
without the consent of his parent or guardian.
Section 5. This amendment shall not take effect until
the October first next succeeding its ratification and adop-
tion by the people.
Art. XLVII. The maintenance and distribution at rea-
sonable rates, during time of war, public exigency, emer-
gency or distress, of a sufficient supply of food and other
common necessaries of life and the providing of shelter, are
public functions, and the commonwealth and the cities and
towns therein may take and may provide the same for
their inhabitants in such manner as the general court shall
determine.
Art. XLVIII.
7. Definition.
Legislative power shall continue to be vested in the general
court; but the people reserve to themselves the popular
initiative, which is the power of a specified number of voters
to submit constitutional amendments and laws to the people
for approval or rejection; and the popular referendum,
which is the power of a specified number of voters to submit
laws, enacted by the general court, to the people for their
ratification or rejection.
COMMONWEALTH OF IMASSACHUSETTS. 53
The Initiative.
II. Initiative Petitions.
Section 1. Contents. — An initiative petition shall set Co°^entsof
forth the full text of the constitutional amendment or law, petition.
hereinafter designated as the measure, which is proposed by
the petition.
Section 2. Excluded Matters. — No measure that relates Certain mat-
to religion, religious practices or religious institutions; or to be proposed
the appointment, qualification, tenure, removal, recall or p^tiTion^*'^^
compensation of judges; or to the reversal of a judicial
decision; or to the powers, creation or abolition of courts;
or the operation of which is restricted to a particular town,
city or other political division or to particular districts or
localities of the commonwealth; or that makes a specific
appropriation of money from the treasury of the common-
wealth, shall be proposed by an initiative petition; but if a Obligation
law approved by the people is not repealed, the general c(^rt. whTna
court shall raise by taxation or otherwise and shall appro- by the'^propil^'^
priate such money as may be necessary to carry such law
into effect.
Neither the eighteenth amendment of the constitution, as Anti-aid
approved and ratified to take effect on the first day of ^Tiied Urt.
October in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen, nor this to^bVsubj°«^t
provision for its protection, shall be the subject of an initia- amendmint.
tive amendment.
No proposition inconsistent with any one of the following Certain indi-
rights of the individual, as at present declared in the dec- not'to be° *^^
laration of rights, shall be the subject of an initiative or initi^ive^or
referendum petition: The right to receive compensation ^ation."^
for private property appropriated to public use; the right
of access to and protection in courts of justice; the right
of trial by jury; protection from unreasonable search, un-
reasonable bail and the law martial; freedom of the press;
freedom of speech; freedom of elections; and the right of
peaceable assembly.
No part of the constitution specifically excluding any Further
matter from the operation of the popular initiative and matterl
referendum shall be the subject of an initiative petition;
nor shall this section be the subject of such a petition.
The limitations on the legislative power of the general {;®-gfa\°^,g
court in the constitution shall extend to the legislative power limitations
(• , 1 , • 1 1 1 extended.
or the people as exercised hereunder.
54
CONSTITUTION OF THE
Initiative peti-
tion, mode of
originating, etc.
Secretary of
the common-
wealth to fur-
nish blank
forms, etc.
Time of filing
initiative
petitions.
Transmission
of proposed
measure to the
general court.
Section 3. Mode of Originating. — Such petition shall
first be signed by ten qualified voters of the commonwealth
and shall then be submitted to the attorney-general, and if
he shall certify that the measure is in proper form for sub-
mission to the people, and that it is not, either affirmatively
or negatively, substantially the same as any measure which
has been qualified for submission or submitted to the people
within three years of the succeeding first Wednesday in
December and that it contains only subjects not excluded
from the popular initiative and which are related or which
are mutually dependent, it may then be filed with the secre-
tary of the commonwealth. The secretary of the common-
wealth shall provide blanks for the use of subsequent sign-
ers, and shall print at the top of each blank a description of
the proposed measure as such description will appear on the
ballot together with the names and residences of the first
ten signers. All initiative petitions, with the first ten sig-
natures attached, shall be filed with the secretary of the
commonwealth not earlier than the first Wednesdaj^ of the
September before the assembling of the general court into
which they are to be introduced, and the remainder of the
required signatures shall be filed not later than the first
Wednesday of the following December.
Section 4. Transmission to the General Court. — If an
initiative petition, signed by the required number of qualified
voters, has been filed as aforesaid, the secretary of the com-
monwealth shall, upon the assembling of the general court,
transmit it to the clerk of the house of representatives, and
the proposed measure shall then be deemed to be introduced
and pending.
Reference to
legislative
committee and
report thereon.
Legislative
substitute for
initiative
measure.
III. Legislative Action. General Provisions.
Section 1 . Rejerence to Committee. — If a measure is in-
troduced into the general court by initiative petition, it shall
be referred to a committee thereof, and the petitioners and
all parties in interest shall be heard, and the measure shall
be considered and reported upon to the general court with
the committee's recommendations, and the reasons therefor,
in writing. Majority and minority reports shall be signed
by the members of said committee.
Section 2. Legislative Substitutes. — The general court
may, by resolution passed by yea and nay vote, either by
the two houses separately, or in the case of a constitutional
COMMONWEALTH OF IMASSACHUSETTS. 55
amendment by a majority of those voting thereon in joint
session in each of two years as hereinafter provided, submit
to the people a substitute for any measure introduced by
initiative petition, such substitute to be designated on the
ballot as the legislative substitute for such an initiative
measure and to be grouped with it as an alternative therefor.
n^. Legislative Action on Proposed Constitutional Amend-
ments.
Section 1 . Definition. — A proposal for amendment to Definition of
the constitution introduced into the general court by initia- 'amendment
tive petition shall be designated an initiative amendment, substuuti!*'^^
and an amendment introduced by a member of either house
shall be designated a legislative substitute or a legislative
amendment.
Section 2. Joint Session. — If a proposal for a specific Joint session
amendment of the constitution is introduced into the general ameTcfment to
court by initiative petition signed by not less than twenty- tLn?""^*"'*^""
five thousand qualified voters, or if in case of a proposal for
amendment introduced into the general court by a member
of either house, consideration thereof in joint session is
called for by vote of either house, such proposal shall, not
later than the second Wednesday in June, be laid before a
joint session of the two /houses, at which the president of the
senate shall preside; and if the two houses fail to agree when governor
upon a time for holding any joint session hereby required, or ^^^V caii joint
fail to continue the same from time to time until final action
has been taken upon all amendments pending, the governor
shall call such joint session or continuance thereof.
Section 3. Amendment of Proposed Amendments. — A Proposed
proposal for an amendment to the constitution introduced totheconsti-
by initiative petition shall be voted upon in the form in inwhi'ch°tobe
which it was introduced, unless such amendment is amended ^°*^^ ^^°^'
by vote of three-fourths of the members voting thereon in
joint session, which vote shall be taken by call of the yeas
and nays if called for by any member.
Section 4. Legislative Action. — Final legislative action Final legisia-
in the joint session upon any amendment shall be taken only bJtalfen'^by"
by call of the yeas and nays, which shall be entered upon ^^^ ^°^ ^^y^-
the journals of the two houses; and an unfavorable vote at
any stage preceding final action shall be verified by call of
the yeas and nays, to be entered in like manner. At such Reference to
joint session a legislative amendment receiving the affirma- ^^t^®"^®'*^
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Submission of
legislative
amendment,
etc., to the
people.
When
amendment
becomes part
of the con-
stitution.
tive votes of a majority of all the members elected, or an
initiative amendment receiving the affirmative votes of not
less than one-fourth of all the members elected, shall be
referred to the next general court.
Section 5. Submission to the People. — If in the next
general court a legislative amendment shall again be agreed
to in joint session by a majority of all the members elected,
or if an initiative amendment or a legislative substitute shall
again receive the affirmative votes of at least one-fourth of
all the members elected, such fact shall be certified by the
clerk of such joint session to the secretary of the common-
wealth, who shall submit the amendment to the people at
the next state election. Such amendment shall become part
of the constitution if approved, in the case of a legislative
amendment, by a majority of the voters voting thereon, or
if approved, in the case of an initiative amendment or a
legislative substitute, by voters equal in number to at least
thirty per cent of the total number of ballots cast at such
state election and also by a majority of the voters voting on
such amendment.
Legislative
procedure on
law proposed
by initiative
petition, etc.
V. Legislative Action on Proposed Laws.
Section 1. Legislative Procedure. — If an initiative peti-
tion for a law is introduced into the general court, signed by
not less than twenty thousand qualified voters, a vote shall
be taken by yeas and na^'S in both houses before the first
Wednesday of June upon the enactment of such law in the
form in which it stands in such petition. If the general
court fails to enact such law before the first Wednesday of
June, and if such petition is completed by filing with the
secretary of the commonwealth, not earlier than the first
Wednesday of the following July nor later than the first
Wednesday of the folloAving August, not less than five thou-
sand signatures of qualified voters, in addition to those sign-
ing such initiative petition, which signatures must have
been obtained after the first Wednesday of June aforesaid,
then the secretary of the commonwealth shall submit such
WmSl^xT^ proposed law to the people at the next state election. If it
shall be approved by voters equal in number to at least
thirty per cent of the total number of ballots cast at such
state election and also by a majority of the voters voting on
such law, it shall become law, and shall take effect in thirty
and takes
effect
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 57
days after such state election or at such time after such elec-
tion as may be provided in such law.
Section 2. Amendment by Petitioners. — If the general of'^ro^ed*
court fails to pass a proposed law before the first Wednesday ^^^^^ p^^'-
of June, a majority of the first ten signers of the initiative submission of
petition therefor shall have the right, subject to certification the people by
by the attorney-general, filed as hereinafter provided, to oflhrcom-^
amend the measure which is the subject of such petition, '"o'^^eaith.
An amendment so made shall not invalidate any signature
attached to the petition. If the measure so amended, signed
by a majority of the first ten signers, is filed with the secre-
tary of the commonwealth before the first Wednesday of
the following July, together with a certificate signed by the
attorney-general to the effect that the amendment made by
such proposers is in his opinion perfecting in its nature and
does not materially change the substance of the measure,
and if such petition is completed by filing with the secretary
of the commonwealth, not earlier than the first Wednesday
of the following July nor later than the first Wednesday of
the following August, not less than five thousand signatures
of qualified voters, in addition to those signing such initia-
tive petition, which signatures must have been obtained after
the first Wednesday of June aforesaid, then the secretary of
the commonwealth shall submit the measure to the people
in its amended form.
VI. Conflicting and Alternative Measures.
If in any judicial proceeding, provisions of constitutional andiitlroitive
amendments or of laws approved by the people at the same ^u^^hT'ii
election are held to be in confiict, then the provisions con- govern when
tained in the measure that received the largest number of the people, etc.
affirmative votes at such election shall govern.
A constitutional amendment approved at any election shall
govern any law approved at the same election.
The general court, by resolution passed as hereinbefore General court
set forth, may provide for grouping and designating upon grouping, etc.,
the ballot as conflicting measures or as alternative measures, bSiot.
only one of which is to be adopted, any two or more proposed
constitutional amendments or laws which have been or may
be passed or qualified for submission to the people at any
one election : provi-ded, that a proposed constitutional amend- Proviso,
ment and a proposed law shall not be so grouped, and that the
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Only measure
receiving
largest aflBrma-
tive vote to be
deemed
approved.
ballot shall afford an opportunity to the voter to vote for
each of the measures or for only one of the measures, as may
be provided in said resolution, or against each of the meas-
ures so grouped as conflicting or as alternative. In case
more than one of the measures so grouped shall receive the
vote required for its approval as herein provided, only that
one for which the largest affirmative vote was cast shall be
deemed to be approved.
When laws
passed by
general court
take efTect.
Emergency
law to contain
preamble.
Yea and nay
vote thereon.
How governor
may cause
certain laws
to take effect
forthwith.
Exception.
The Referendum.
I. When Statutes shall take Effect.
No law passed by the general court shall take effect earlier
than ninety days after it has become a law, excepting laws
declared to be emergency laws and laws which may not be
made the subject of a referendum petition, as herein pro-
vided.
11. Emergency Measures.
A law declared to be an emergency law shall contain a
preamble setting forth the facts constituting the emergency,
and shall contain the statement that such law is necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health,
safety or convenience. A separate vote shall be taken on
the preamble by call of the yeas and nays, which shall be
recorded, and unless the preamble is adopted by two-thirds
of the members of each house voting thereon, the law shall
not be an emergency law; but if the governor, at any time
before the election at which it is to be submitted to the
people on referendum, files with the secretary of the com-
monwealth a statement declaring that in his opinion the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety or
convenience requires that such law should take effect forth-
with and that it is an emergency law and setting forth the
facts constituting the emergency, then such law, if not pre-
viously suspended as hereinafter provided, shall take effect
without suspension, or if such law has been so suspended
such suspension shall thereupon terminate and such law shall
thereupon take effect: but no grant of any franchise or
amendment thereof, or renewal or extension thereof for more
than one year shall be declared to be an emergency law.
\
COMMONWEALTH OF IVIASSACHUSETTS. 59
III. Rejerendum Petitions,
Section 1 . Contents. — A referendum petition may ask Contents of
rftiprRiiniirn
for a referendum to the people upon any law enacted by the petition.
general court which is not herein expressly excluded.
Section 2. Excluded Matters. — No law that relates to Certain mat-
religion, religious practices or religious institutions; or to the be the subject
appointment, qualification, tenure, removal or compensation petuion.'^^^ ^^
of judges; or to the powers, creation or abolition of courts;
or the operation of which is restricted to a particular town,
city or other political division or to particular districts or
localities of the commonwealth ; or that appropriates money
for the current or ordinary expenses of the commonwealth
or for any of its departments, boards, commissions or insti-
tutions shall be the subject of a referendum petition.
Section 3. Mode of Petitioning for the Suspension of a Mode of
Law and a Referendum thereon. — A petition asking for a l^r the°sSf-
referendum on a law, and requesting that the operation of faw^anda^^
such law be suspended, shall first be signed by ten qualified [heTwn'^*^'
voters and shall then be filed with the secretary of the com-
monwealth not later than thirty days after the law that is
the subject of the petition has become law. The secretary Duties of the
of the commonwealth shall provide blanks for the use of the'^common-
subsequent signers, and shall print at the top of each blank "'^^!^' ^^'^■/
a description of the proposed law as such description will
appear on the ballot together with the names and residences
of the first ten signers. If such petition is completed by
filing with the secretary of the commonwealth not later than,
ninety days after the law which is the subject of the petition
has become law the signatures of not less than fifteen thou-
sand qualified voters of the commonwealth, then the opera-
tion of such law shall be suspended, and the secretary of
the commonwealth shall submit such law to the people at.
the next state election, if thirty days intervene between the
date when such petition is filed with the secretary of the
commonwealth and the date for holding such state election;
if thirty days do not so intervene, then such law shall be
submitted to the people at the next following state election,
unless in the meantime it shall have been repealed; and if Votes neces-
S3rv lor
it shall be approved by a majority of the qualified voters approval, etc.
voting thereon, such law shall, subject to the provisions of
the constitution, take effect in thirty days after such election,
or at such time after such election as may be pro\aded in
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Petitions for
referendum on
an emergency
law or a law
the suspension
of which is not
asked for.
Duties of the
secretary of
the common-
wealth, etc.
Votes neces-
sary for
approval, etc.
such law; if not so approved such law shall be null and void;
but no such law shall be held to be disapproved if the nega-
tive vote is less than thirty per cent of the total number of
ballots cast at such state election.
Section 4. Petitions for Referendum on an Emergency
Late or a Law the Suspemion of which is not asked for. — A
referendum petition may ask for the repeal of an emergency
law or of a law which takes effect because the referendum
petition does not contain a request for suspension, as afore-
said. Such petition shall first be signed by ten qualified
voters of the commonwealth, and shall then be filed with
the secretary of the commonwealth not later than thirty
days' after the law which is the subject of the petition has
become law. The secretary of the commonwealth shall pro-
vide blanks for the use of subsequent signers, and shall print
at the top of each blank a description of the proposed law as
such description will appear on the ballot together with the
names and residences of the first ten signers. If such peti-
tion filed as aforesaid is completed by filing with the secre-
tary of the commonwealth not later than ninety days after
the law which is the subject of the petition has become law
the signatures of not less than ten thousand qualified voters
of the commonwealth protesting against such law and asking
for a referendum thereon, then the secretary of the common-
wealth shall submit such law to the people at the next state
election, if thirty days intervene between the date when
such petition is filed with the secretary of the commonwealth
and the date for holding such state election. If thirty days
do not so intervene, then it shall be submitted to the people
at the next following state election, unless in the meantime
it shall have been repealed; and if it shall not be approved
by a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon, it shall,
at the expiration of thirty days after such election, be thereby
repealed; but no such law shall be held to be disapproved if
the negative vote is less than thirty per cent of the total
number of ballots cast at such state election.
Identification
and certifica-
tion of signa-
tures to peti-
tions, etc.
General Provisions.
I. Identification and Certification of Signatures.
Provision shall be made by law for the proper identifica-
tion and certification of signatures to the petitions herein-
before referred to, and for penalties for signing any such
petition, or refusing to sign it, for money or other valuable
COM]MON\\^ALTH OF :MASSACHUSETTS. 61
consideration, and for the forgery of signatures thereto.
Pending the passage of such legislation all provisions of law
relating to the identification and certification of signatures
to petitions for the nomination of candidates for state offices
or to penalties for the forgery of such signatures shall apply
to the signatures to the petitions herein referred to. The Law to regu-
general court may provide by law that no co-partnership circulated for
or corporation shall undertake for hire or reward to circulate "^^ "'^ ^^^^'^ '
petitions, may require individuals who circulate petitions
for hire or reward to be licensed, and may make other reason-
able regulations to prevent abuses arising from the circula-
tion of petitions for hire or reward.
II. Limitation on Signatures.
Not more than one-fourth of the certified signatures on Limitation od
any petition shall be those of registered voters of any one ^'^^'^^^•
county.
III. Form of Ballot.
Each proposed amendment to the constitution, and each ^°™°^
law, submitted to the people, shall be described on the ballots baUot, etc
by a description to be determined by the attorney-general,
subject to such provision as may be made by law, and the
secretary of the commonwealth shall give each question a
number and cause such question, except as otherwise author-
ized herein, to be printed on the ballot in the following
form : —
In the case of an amendment to the constitution: Shall
an amendment to the constitution (here insert description,
and state, in distinctive t^-pe, whether approved
or disapproved by the general court, and by what
vote thereon) be approved?
In the case of a law : Shall a law (here insert description,
and state, in distinctive type, whether approved
or disapproved by the general court, and by what
vote thereon) be approved?
IV. Information for Voters.
The secretary of the commonwealth shall cause to be Certain in-
printed and sent to each registered voter in the common- vo™^ toV""^
wealth the full text of every measure to be submitted to the ^re^ary of
people, together with a copy of the legislative committee's ^^^jg,™™*"^"
majority and minority reports, if there be such, with the
YES.
JTES.
j NO.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE
names of the majority and minority' members thereon, a
statement of the votes of the general court on the measure,
and a description of the measure as such description will
appear on the ballot; and shall, in such manner as may be
provided by law, cause to be prepared and sent to the voters
other information and arguments for and against the measure.
Governor's
veto not to
extend to
certain
measures.
Power of
amendment
or repeal of a
law by gen-
eral court.
V. The Veto Power of the Governor.
The veto power of the governor shall not extend to meas-
ures approved by the people.
VI. The General Courtis Power of Repeal.
Subject to the veto power of the governor and to the right
of referendum by petition as herein provided, the general
court may amend or repeal a law approved by the people.
This amend-
ment to be
self-executing,
etc.
VII. Amendment declared to be Self -executing.
This article of amendment to the constitution is self-
executing, but legislation not inconsistent with anything
herein contained may be enacted to facilitate the operation
of its provisions.
Amendments,
Arts. IX and
XLII,
annulled.
Conservation,
etc., of
natural re-
sources of the
common-
wealth.
Regulation
by law of ad-
vertising on
public ways,
etc.
VIII. Articles IX and XLII of Amendments of the Consti-
tution annulled.
Article IX and Article XLII of the amendments of the
constitution are hereby annulled.
Art. XLIX. The conservation, development and utiliza-
tion of the agricultural, mineral, forest, water and other
natural resources of the commonwealth are public uses,
and the general court shall have power to provide for the
taking, upon pajTiient of just compensation therefor, of
lands and easements or interests therein, including water
and mineral rights, for the purpose of securing and promoting
the proper conservation, development, utilization and con-
trol thereof and to enact legislation necessary or expedient
therefor.
Art. L. Advertising on public ways, in public places and
on private property within public view may be regulated
and restricted by law.
COIMIMONWEALTH OF ISIASSACHUSETTS. 63
Art. LI. The preservation and maintenance of ancient General court
landmarks and other property of historical or antiquarian for taking^
interest is a public use, and the commonwealth and the cities marks* etc'! "
and towns therein may, upon payment of just compensation,
take such property or any interest therein under such regula-
tions as the general court may prescribe.
Art. LII. The general court, by concurrent vote of the General court
two houses, may take a recess or recesses amounting to not ^c4s.^
more than thirty days; but no such recess shall extend
beyond the sixtieth day from the date of their first assem-
bling.
Art. LIII. Article X of Section I of Chapter II of the Certain articles
constitution, the last two paragraphs of Article IV of the annuUed and'^
articles of amendment, relating to the appointment of a ^"p®''*^'^®''-
commissary general and the removal of militia officers, and
Article V of the articles of amendment are hereby annulled,
and the following is adopted in place thereof: Article X. navaf officer,
All militarv and naval ofiicers shall be selected and appointed ^°T ^ppo'^^tf^
' 1 • 1 1 ^^^ removed,
and may be removed m such manner as the general court etc.
may by law prescribe, but no such ofiicer shall be appointed
unless he shall have passed an examination prepared by a
competent commission or shall have served one year in
either the federal or state militia or in military service. All
such ofiicers who are entitled by law to receive commissions
shall be commissioned by the governor.
Art. LIV. Article VII of Section I of Chapter II of the Certain article
constitution is hereby annulled and the following is adopted annuUed and"
in place thereof: Article VII. The general court shall pro- Mmtar^ltd
vide by law for the recruitment, equipment, organization, naval forces,
training and discipline of the military and naval forces. The etc.
governor shall be the commander-in-chief thereof, and shall
have power to assemble the whole or any part of them for
training, instruction or parade, and to employ them for the
suppression of rebellion, the repelling of invasion, and the
enforcement of the laws. He may, as authorized by the
general cou^t, prescribe from time to time the organization
of the military and naval forces and make regulations for
their government.
Art. LV. Article VI of Section III of Chapter II of the Certain article
constitution is hereby annulled and the following is adopted annuHed and"^
in place thereof: Whenever the offices of governor and o'l-de^o?"^
lieutenant-governor shall both be vacant, by reason of death, succession in
absence from the commonwealth, or otherwise, then one governor, etc.,
of the following officers, in the order of succession herein VacScy!
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CONSTITUTION OF THE
Return by
governor to
general court
of bill or
resolve for
amendment,
etc.
Amendments,
Art. IV,
amended.
Women may
be appointed
notaries
public, etc.
Article I,
Chapter III
of Part the
Second,
amended.
Judicial officers,
retirement of,
etc.
Every charter,
etc., subject to
revocation, etc.
Building zones
in cities and
towns.
Compulsory
voting at
elections.
Common-
wealth's credit
not to be
given to private
enterprieea.
named, namely, the secretary, attorney-general, treasurer
and receiver-general, and auditor, shall, during such vacancy,
have full power and authority to do and execute all and
every such acts, matters and things as the governor or the
lieutenant-governor might or could lawfully do or execute,
if they, or either of them, were personally present.
Art. LVI. The governor, within five days after any bill
or resolve shall have been laid before him, shall have the
right to return it to the branch of the general court in which
it originated with a recommendation that any amendment
or amendments specified by him be made therein. Such bill
or resolve shall thereupon be before the general court and
subject to amendment and re-enactment. If such bill or
resolve is re-enacted in any form it shall again be laid before
the governor for his action, but he shall have no right to
return the same a second time with a recommendation to
amend.
Art. LVII. Article IV of the articles of amendment of
the constitution of the commonwealth is hereby amended by
adding thereto the following words: — Women shall be
eligible to appointment as notaries public. Change of name
shall render the commission void, but shall not prevent re-
appointment under the new name.
Art. LVIII. Article I of Chapter III of Part the Second
of the constitution is hereby amended by the addition of the
following words : — and provided also that the governor, with
the consent of the council, may after due notice and hearing
retire them because of advanced age or mental or physical
disability. Such retirement shall be subject to any pro-
visions made by law as to pensions or allowances payable
to such officers upon their voluntary retirement.
Art. LIX. Evers' charter, franchise or act of incorpora-
tion shall forever remain subject to revocation and amend-
ment.
Art. LX. The general court shall have power to limit
buildings according to their use or construction to specified
districts of cities and towns.
Art. LXI. The general court shall have authority to
pro^ude for compulsory voting at elections, but the right of
secret voting shall be preserved.
Art. LXII. Section 1. The credit of the common-
wealth shall not in any manner be given or loaned to or in
aid of any individual, or of any private association, or of
any corporation which is privately owned and managed.
COMMONWEALTH OF ISIASSACHUSETTS. 65
Section 2. The commonwealth may borrow money to common-
repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the common- Wow money
wealth, or to assist the United States in case of war, and pur^*^'.''
may also borrow money in anticipation of receipts from
taxes or other sources, such loan to be paid out of the rev-
enue of the year in which it is created.
Section 3. In addition to the loans which may be con- Two-thirds
tracted as before provided, the commonwealth may borrow vote^of °*^
money only by a vote, taken by the yeas and nays, of two- flqSricfto^
thirds of each house of the general court present and voting borrow money,
thereon. The governor shall recommend to the general court
the term for which any loan shall be contracted.
Section 4. Borrowed money shall not be expended for Expenditure
any other purpose than that for which it was borrowed or money°irmited.
for the reduction or discharge of the principal of the loan.
Art. LXIII. Section 1. Collection of Revenue. — AH Collection of
PI IIP revenue.
money received on account oi the commonwealth from any
source whatsoe^'er shall be paid into the treasury thereof.
Section 2. The Budget. — Within three sveeks after the The budget,
convening of the general court the governor shall recom- <=°°*®°*S' ®**'-
mend to the general court a budget which shall contain a
statement of all proposed expenditures of the commonwealth
for the fiscal year, including those already authorized by
law, and of all taxes, revenues, loans and other means by
which such expenditures shall be defrayed. This shall be General court
arranged in such form as the general court may by law forS^tc.^^
prescribe, or, in default thereof, as the governor shall deter-
mine. For the purpose of preparing his budget, the governor Governor
shall have power to require any board, commission, officer or ISforSat'ion.
department to furnish him with an}' information which he
may deem necessary.
Section 3. The General Appropriation Bill. — All ap- The general
propriations based upon the budget to be paid from taxes or ^pp'"°p"^*»o°
revenues shall be incorporated in a single bill which shall be
called the general appropriation bill. The general court may
increase, decrease, add or omit items in the budget. The
general court may provide for its salaries, mileage, and ex-
penses and for necessary expenditures in anticipation of
appropriations, but before final action on the general appro-
priation bill it shall not enact any other appropriation bill
except on recommendation of the governor. The governor Supplementary
may at any time recommend to the general court supple- " ^^^^'
mentary budgets which shall be subject to the same pro-
cedure as the original budget.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE
Special appro-
priation bills
may be
enacted, when.
Governor may
disapprove,
etc., items or
parts of items
in any appro-
priation bill,
etc.
Items to have
force of law,
unless, etc.
Biennial elec-
tion of state
officers,
councillors,
senators and
representa-
tives; terms
of office.
Treasurer inel-
igible for more
than three suc-
cessive terms.
General court
to assemble
annually.
When first
election under
this article
shall be held,
etc.
Section 4. Special Appropriation Bills. — After final ac-
tion on the general appropriation bill or on recommenda-
tion of the governor, special appropriation bills may be
enacted. Such bills shall provide the specific means for
defraying the appropriations therein contained.
Section 5. Submission to the Governor. — The governor
may disapprove or reduce items or parts of items in any bill
appropriating money. So much of such bill as he approves
shall upon his signing the same become law. As to each item
disapproved or reduced, he shall transmit to the house in
which the bill originated his reason for such disapproval or
reduction, and the procedure shall then be the same as in
the case of a bill disapproved as a whole. In case he shall
fail so to transmit his reasons for such disapproval or reduc-
tion within five days after the bill shall have been presented
to him, such items shall have the force of law unless the
general court by adjournment shall prevent such transmis-
sion, in which case they shall not be law.
Art. LXIV. Section 1 . The governor, lieutenant-gov-
ernor, councillors, secretary, treasurer and receiver-general,
attorney-general, auditor, senators and representatives, shall
be elected biennially. The governor, lieutenant-governor
and councillors shall hold their respective offices from the
first Wednesday in January succeeding their election to and
including the first Wednesday in January in the third year
following their election and until their successors are chosen
and qualified. The terms of senators and representatives
shall begin with the first Wednesday in January succeeding
their election and shall extend to the first Wednesday in
January in the third year following their election and until
their successors are chosen and qualified. The terms of the
secretary, treasurer and receiver-general, attorney-general
and auditor, shall begin with the third Wednesday in Janu-
ary succeeding their election and shall extend to the third
Wednesday in January in the third year following their
election and until their successors are chosen and qualified.
Section 2. No person shall be eligible to election to the
office of treasurer and receiver-general for more than three
successive terms.
Section 3. The general court shall assemble every year
on the first Wednesday in January.
Section 4. The first election to which this article shall
apply shall be held on the Tuesday next after the first Mon-
COMMONWEALTH OF IVIASSACHUSETTS. 67
day in November in the year nineteen hundred and twenty,
and thereafter elections for the choice of all the officers
before-mentioned shall be held biennially on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in November.
Art. LXV. No person elected to the general court shall th^eneraf
during the term for which he was elected be appointed to court not to
anv office created or the emoluments whereof are increased to certain
, " • 1 . • 1 I',' 1 1 offices, nor
dunng such term, nor receive additional salary or comj^ensa- receive com-
tion for se^^■ice upon any recess committee or commission reJ^s^com-"
except a committee appointed to examine a general revision ^g"®^' ^^''^p*-
of the statutes of the commonwealth when submitted to the
general court for adoption.
Art. LXVI. On or before January first, nineteen hun- Organization
dred twenty-one, the executive and administrative work of tha"n t^nTy
the commonwealth shall be organized in not more than ^ pertemthe
twenty departments, in one of which every executive and adm^nllt^rltive
administrative office, board and commission, except those ""■"'^ °^ ^^'^
' 11 1 •! common-
officers serving directly under the governor or the council, wealth,
©XCGOt etc
shall be placed. Such departments shall be under such
supervision and regulation as the general court may from
time to time prescribe by law.
The constitution of Massachusetts was agreed upon by delegates
of the people, in convention, begun and held at Cambridge, on the
first day of September, 1779, and continued by adjournments to
the second day of March, 1780, when the convention adjourned to
taeet on the first Wednesday of the ensuing June. In the mean
time the constitution was submitted to the people, to be adopted
by them, provided two-thirds of the votes given should be in the
affirmative. When the convention assembled, it was found that
the constitution had been adopted by the requisite number of
votes, and the convention accordingly Resolved, "That the said
Constitution or Frame of Governm.ent shall take place on the last
Wednesday of October next; and. not before, for any purpose,
save only for that of making elections, agreeable to this resolu-
tion." The first legislature assembled at Boston, on the twenty-
fifth day of October, 1780.
The first nine Articles of Amendment were submitted, by dele-
gates in convention assembled, November 15, 1820, to the people,
and by them ratified and adopted April 9, 1821.
68 CONSTITUTION OF THE
The tenth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the political
years 1829-30 and 1830-31, respectively, and was approved and
ratified by the people May 11, 1831.
The eleventh Article was adopted by the legislatures of the
political j^ears 1832 and 1833, respectively, and was approved and
ratified by the people November 11, 1833.
The twelfth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the polit-
ical years 1835 and 1836, respectively, and was approved and
ratified by the people the fourteenth day of November, 1836.
The thirteenth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the
political years 1839 and 1840, respectively, and was approved and
ratified by the people the sixth day of April, 1840.
The General Court of the year 1851 passed an Act calling a third
Convention to re\-ise the Constitution. The Act was submitted to
the people, and a majority voted against the proposed Convention.
In 1852, on the 7th of IMa}^ another Act was passed calling upon
the people to vote upon the question of calling a Constitutional
Convention. A majority of the people having voted in favor of
the proposed Convention, election for delegates thereto took place
in March, 1853. The Convention met in the State House, in
Boston, on the 4th day of Maj', 1853, and organized by choosing
Nathaniel P. Banks, Jr., President, and William S. Robinson and
James T. Robinson, Secretaries. On the 1st of August, this Con-
vention agreed to a form of Constitution, and on the same day was
dissolved, after ha\dng provided for submitting the same to the
people, and appointed a committee to meet to count the votes,
and to make a return thereof to the General Court. The Com-
mittee met at the time and place agreed upon, and found that the
proposed Constitution had been rejected.
The fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth,
and nineteenth Articles were adopted by the legislatures of the
political j^ears 1854 and 1855, respectively, and ratified by the
people the twenty-third day of May, 1855.
The twentieth, twenty-first, and twenty-second Articles were
adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1856 and 1857,
respectively, and ratified by the people on the first day of May,
1857.
com:\ionwealth of Massachusetts. 69
The twenty-third Article was adopted by the legislatures of
the political years 1858 and 1859, respectively, and ratified by the
people on the ninth day of May, 1859, and was repealed by the
twenty-sixth Amendment.
The twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth Articles were adopted by
the legislatures of the political years 1859 and 1860, and ratified
by the people on the seventh day of May, 1860.
The twenty-sixth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the
political 3'ears 1862 and 1863, and ratified by the people on the
sixth day of April, 1863.
The tvv'enty-seventh ^^rticle was adopted by the legislatures of
the political years 1876 and 1877, and was approved and ratified
by the people on the sixth day of November, 1877.
The twenty-eighth Article was adopted by the legislatures of
the political years 1880 and 1881, and was approved and ratified
by the people on the eighth daj^ of November, 1881.
The twenty-ninth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the
political years 1884 and 1885, and was approved and ratified by
the people on the third day of November, 1885.
The thirtieth and thirty-first Articles were adopted by the legis-
latures of the political years 1889 and 1890, and were approved and
ratified by the people on the fourth day of November, 1890.
The thirty-second and thirty-third Articles were adopted by the
legislatures of the political years 1890 and 1891, and were approved
and ratified by the people on the third day of November, 1891.
The thirty-fourth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the
political years 1891 and 1892, and was approved and ratified by the
people on the eighth day of November, 1892.
The thirty-fifth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the
political j^ears 1892 and 1893, and was approved and ratified by the
people on the seventh day of November, 1893.
The thirty-sixth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the
political years 1893 and 1894, and was approved and ratified by the
people on the sixth day of November, 1894.
70 CONSTITUTION OF THE
The thirty-seventh Article was-adopted by the legislatures of the
political years 1906 and 1907, and was approved and ratified by the
people on the fifth day of November, 1907.
The thirty-eighth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the
political years 1909 and 1910, and was approved and ratified by the
people on the seventh day of November, 1911.
The thirty-ninth Article was adopted by the legislatures of the
political years 1910 and 1911, and was approved and ratified by the
people on the seventh day of November, 1911.
The fortieth and forty-first Articles were adopted by the legis-
latures of the political jTars 1911 and 1912, and were approved and
ratified by the people on the fifth day of November, 1912.
The forty-second Article was adopted bj^ the legislatures of the
political j^ars 1912 and 1913, and was approved and ratified bj^ the
people on the fourth day of November, 1913.
The forty-third and forty-fourth Articles were adopted by the
legislatures of the political years 1914 and 1915, and were approved
and ratified bj^ the people on the second day of November, 1915.
In his inaugural address to the General Court of 1916, Governor
McCall recommended that the question of re\asing the Constitution,
through a Constitutional Convention, be submitted to the people;
and the General Court passed a law (chapter 98 of the General
Acts of 1916) to ascertain and carry out the will of the people rela-
tive thereto, the question to be submitted being "Shall there be a
convention to re-\dse, alter or amend the constitution of the Com-
monwealth?" The people voted on this question at the annual
election, held on November 7, casting 217,293 votes in the affirma-
tive and 120,979 votes in the negative; and accordingly the Gov-
ernor on Dec. 19, 1916, made proclamation to that effect, and, by
wtue of authority contained in the act, called upon the people
to elect delegates at a special election to be held on the first Tuesday
in May, 1917. The election was on May 1. In accordance with
the provisions of the act, the delegates met at the State House on
June 6, 1917, and organized by choosing John L. Bates, president,
and James W. Kimball, secretar3^ After considering and acting
adversely on numerous m^easures that had been brought before it,
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 71
and after providing for submitting to the people the forty-fifth,
forty-sixth and forty-seventh Articles, at the state election of 1917,
and the Article relative to the establishment of the popular initia-
tive and referendum and the legislative initiative of specific amend-
ments of the Constitution (Article forty-eight) at the state election
of 1918, the Convention adjourned on November 28 "until called
by the President or Secretary to meet not later than within ten
days after the prorogation of the General Court of 1918."
The forty-fifth, forty-sixth, and forty-seventh Articles were sub-
mitted, by delegates in convention assembled, September 28, 1917,
August 30, 1917, and October 11, 1917, respectively, to the people,
and by them ratified and adopted November 6, 1917.
On Wednesday, June 12, 1918, the convention reassembled and
resumed its work. Eighteen more articles (Articles forty-nine to
sixty-six, inclusive) were approved by the convention and were
ordered to be submitted to the people. On Wednesday, August 21,
1918, the convention adjourned, "to meet, subject to call by the
President or Secretary, not later than within twenty days after the
prorogation of the General Court of 1919, for the purpose of taking
action on the report of the special committee on Rearrangement of
the Constitution."
The forty-eighth Article was submitted, by delegates in conven-
tion assembled, November 28, 1917, the forty-ninth Article, August
7, 1918, the fiftieth to the sixtieth Articles, inclusive, August 15,
1918, the sixty-first to the sixty-fourth Articles, inclusive, August
20, 1918, and the sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth Articles, August 21,
1918, to the people, and by them ratified and adopted, November
5, 1918.
On Tuesday, August 12, 1919, pursuant to a call of its President,
the Convention again convened. A rearrangement of the Constitu-
tion was adopted, and was ordered to be submitted to the people for
their ratification. On the following day, a sub-committee of the
Special Committee on Rearrangement of the Constitution was "em-
powered to correct clerical and typographical errors and establish
the text of the rearrangement of the Constitution to be submitted
to the people, in conformity with that adopted by the Convention."
On Wednesday, August 13, 1919, the Convention adjourned, sine
die.
On Tuesday, November 4, 1919, the rearrangement was approved
and ratified by the people.
72 CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS REJECTED BY THE
PEOPLE.
[A proposed Article of Amendment prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of Intoxicating Liquor as a beverage, adopted by the legis-
latures of the political years 1888 and 1889, was rejected by the
people on the twenty-second day of April, 1889.]
[Proposed Articles of Amendment, (1) Establishing biennial
elections of state officers, and (2) Establishing biennial elections
of members of the General Court, adopted bj^ the legislatures of the
political years 1895 and 1896, were rejected by the people at the
annual election held on the third day of November, 1896.]
[A proposed Article of Amendment to make Women eligible to
appointment as Notaries Public, adopted by the legislatures of the
political j^ears 1912 and 1913, was rejected by the people on the
fourth day of November, 1913.]
[A proposed Article of Amendment enabling Women to vote,
adopted by the legislatures of the political years 1914 and 1915,
was rejected by the people on the second day of November, 1915.]
LNDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION.
INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION.
A.
Abatements, exemptions, etc., from tax on income, may be granted by-
general court, .......... 51
Abolition, etc., of courts, not to be subject of initiative or referendum pe-
tition, 53, 59
Absent voting, general court to have power to provide for, . . . .51
Abuses, arising from circulating petitions for hire or reward, under initiative
and referendum, to be regulated by the general court, ... 61
Act of incorporation, everj', shall forever remain subject to revocation and
amendment, .......... 64
Acts and resolves of the general court, provision for submission of, to the
people on referendum, etc., . . . . . . 50, 59, 60
Address of both houses of the legislature, judicial officers may be removed by
governor with consent of council upon, ..... 27
Adjournment, of separate houses of general coiu^t, . . . . . 16, 18
of the general court, .......... 63
Adjutant general appointed by the governor, ...... 22
Adjutants to be appointed by commanding officers of regiments, . . 22
Administrative work of the commonwealth, organization of, into not more
than twenty departments, ........ 67
Advertising on public ways, etc., may be restricted, etc., . . . .62
Affirmations, instead of the required oaths, may be made by Quakers, . 30, 31, 36
Agricultural resources, conservation of, ....... 62
Agriculture, arts, commerce, etc., to be encouraged, ..... 30
Alimony, divorce, etc., .......... 27
Allegiance, oaths and affirmations of, ...... 30, 31, 36
Allowances or pensions, retirement of judicial officers on, .... 64
Amendment and revocation of charters, franchises and acts of incorpora-
tion, ........... 64
Amendment to the constitution, proposed in the general court, agreed to by
a majority of senators and two thirds of house present and voting
thereon by yeas and nays; entered upon the journals of both houses,
and referred to the next general court; if the next general court
agrees to the proposition in the same manner, and to the same
effect, it shall be submitted to the people, and, if approved by them
by a majority vote, becomes a part of the constitution, ... 37
under initiative and referendum, and articles IX and XLII of amend-
ments to constitution annulled, ...... 55, 56, 62
Ancient landmarks, preservation of, . . . . . . . .63
175]
76 INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION.
PAQB
Anti-aid amendment, so-called, . . . . . . . . 51, 52
no initiative petition allowed against, ..... .53
loan of public credit restricted by, ....... 61
commonwealth's credit not to be given for private purposes, . . 64
Antiquarian interest, property of, preservation of, ..... 63
Appointments by the governor, ..... 35, 43, 44, 47, 49, 64
Apportionment of councillors, ........ 25, 42, 43
state to be divided into eight districts, ..... 43
Apportionment of senators, . . . . . . . . 13, 41, 46
on basis of legal voters, and state to be divided into forty districts, . 46
Apportionment of representatives, . . . . . . 16, 39, 40, 41, 45
to the several counties, made on the basis of legal voters, ... 46
Appropriation of money from treasury for certain purposes, to be excluded
from proposal by initiative or referendum petition, . . .53, 59
Appropriation bill, the general, to be based upon the budget, etc., . . 65
Appropriation bills, special, may be enacted after final action on general appro-
priation bill, .......... 66
Appropriations, origin of money bills, ....... 18
no initiative or referendum petitions on, . . . . . . 53, 59
budget and regulation of money bills, ...... 65, 66
Arguments for and against measures under the initiative and referendum to
be sent the voters by the secretary of the commonwealth, . . 61
Armies, dangerous to liberty, and not to be maintained without consent of
the legislature, .......... 8
no quartering of troops, unless, ........ 9
Arms, right of people to keep and to bear, for public defence, ... 8
Arrest, members of house of representatives exempted from, on mesne process,
while going to, returning from, or attending the general assembly, . 18
Arrest, search and seizure, right of, regulated, ...... 7
warrant to contain special designation, ...... 7
Assembly, peaceable, the right of, ....... . 8
not a subject for initiative or referendum petition, .... 53
As.sembly of general court, frequent, ........ 9
Association or corporation, private, not to be given credit of the common-
wealth, ........... 64
Attorney-general, to be chosen by the people annually in November ; amended,
to be elected biennially, . . . . . 21, 43, 66
to hold office for one year from third Wednesday in January next there-
after, and until another is chosen and qualified; term of office ex-
tended to two years, ......... 43
not to be a legislator or congressman, . . . . . . 32, 37
election determined by legislature, . . . . . . " . 44
in failure of election by the voters, or in case of decease of person elected,
vacancy to be filled by joint ballot of legislature from the two per-
sons having the highest number of votes, at November election, . 44
vacancy occurring during session of the legislature filled by joint ballot
of legislature from the people at large, ...... 44
INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION. 77
Attorney-general, vacancy occurring during recess of legislature filled by
governor by appointment, with consent of council, ... 44
not eligible, unless an inhabitant of the state for five years next preceding
election or appointment, ........ 44
office to be deemed vacant if person elected or appointed fails to be quali-
fied within ten days, ......... 44
qualifications requisite, ......... 44
initiative petition, etc., to be submitted to, . . . . . .54, 57
description on ballot under initiative and referendum to be determined by, 61
to exercise powers of governor and lieutenant governor in succession
when both offices are vacant, ....... 64
Attorneys, district, elected by the people of the several districts, ... 44
Auditor, to be chosen by the people annually in November; amended, to be
elected biennially, . . . . 43, 66
to hold office for one year from third Wednesday in January next there-
after, and until another is chosen and qualified; term of office
extended to two years, . . . . . . . . 43, 66
election determined by legislature, ....... 44
vacancy filled in same manner as in office of attorney-general, . . 44
not eligible, unless an inhabitant of the state for five years next preceding
election, ........... 44
office to be deemed vacant if person elected or appointed fails to be quali-
fied within ten days, ......... 44
qualifications requisite, ......... 44
to exercise powers of governor and lieutenant governor in succession
when both offices are vacant, ....... 64
B.
Bail, or sureties, excessive, not to be required, ...... 9
protection from unreasonable, not a subject for initiative or referendum
petition, . . . . . ... . . .53
Ballot, voting by, and voting machines, . . . . . . . 17, 49
form for popular legislation and vote on constitutional amendment, . 61
Ballots cast at state election, number of negative votes required to disapprove
law submitted to the people, . . . . . 56, 60
Biennial election of senators, representatives and certain state officers to
begin in November, 1920, 66
Bill, the general appropriation, to be based upon the budget, etc., . . 65
BUI appropriating money, governor may disapprove or reduce items or parts
of items in, .......... 66
Bill of rights, declaration of, ........ . 4-10
certain individual rights not to be subject of initiative or referendum
petition, ........... 53
BUls, money, to originate in the house of representatives, .... 18
Bills, special appropriation, may be enacted after final action on general
appropriation bill, ......... 66
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PAGE
Bills and resolves, to be laid before governor for revisal, . . . . 11
to have force of law if signed by governor, . . . . . .11
if objected to by governor in writing, to be returned to branch in which
originated, and may be passed by two thirds of each branch present
and voting thereon by yeas and nays, . . . . . .11
if not returned by governor within five days after presentation, to have
force of law, unless the legislature adjourns before that time expires, . 11, 34
may be returned to general court by governor recommending amend-
ment, ........... 64
provision for submission of, to the people on referendum, . . .50, 52
Blind, the deaf, dumb or, privately controlled hospitals, etc., for, may be
compensated for the care and support of such persons, ... 52
Boards, public, to make quarterly reports to the governor, .... 23
Boards and commissions, organized into not more than twenty depart-
ments, ........... 67
Bod}' politic, formation and nature of, ...... . 3
title of: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ..... 10
Borrowed money, expenditure of, limited, ....... 65
Bribery or corruption used in procuring an appointment or election, to dis-
qualify from holding any office of trust, etc., .... 32
Budget, governor to recommend, to general court, ..... 65
provision for supplementary, ........ 65
Buildings may be limited for use," etc., to specified districts of cities and
towns, ........... 64
c.
Census, of ratable polls, .......... 39
of inhabitants, . . . . . . . . . . 41, 45, 46
of inhabitants and legal voters taken in the year 1865, and every tenth
year thereafter, . . . . . . . . . 40, 45, 46
enumeration of voters to determine the apportionment of representa-
tives, . . . . . . . 45, 46
Change of name by women notaries public renders commission void, but,
etc., ............ 64
Change of residence not to disqualify voter until six months from time of
removal, etc., .......... 4S
Charitable, institution, etc., publicly controlled, not to deprive an inmate
of the opportunity of religious exercises of his own faith, . 52
undertaking, not under exclusive public control, etc., grant of public
money forbidden to, ......... 51
Charters, etc., shall forever remain subject to revocation and amendment, . 64
Church, appropriation of public money, etc., not to be made to found any, . 52
Circulation of certain petitions under initiative and referendum to be regu-
lated by the general court, ........ 61
Cities, may be chartered by the general court, if containing twelve thousand
inhabitants and consented to by a majority thereof, ... 35
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Cities and towns not to aid certain schools, educational, charitable, religious
or other institutions with moneys raised by taxation,
may limit buildings for use, etc., to specified districts, .
may take ancient landmarks for public use, ....
Cities and towns, etc., to provide food and shelter during time of war, etc..
Citizens, homes for, general court empowered to take land for relieving con
gestion of population and providing, .....
Citj% etc., law restricted to a particular, to be excluded from proposal by
initiative or referendum petition, .....
Civil cases, right to trial by jury, .......
CivU officers, meeting for election to be held annually on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November, ......
whose election is provided for by the constitution to be elected by a
plurality of votes, ........
Clerk of house of representatives not to be legislator.
Clerks of courts, elected by the people of the several counties,
incompatible offices, .........
Clerks of towns to make records and returns of elections.
Collection of revenue into the treasury, ......
College, not publicly owned, etc., grant of public money forbidden to, .
Colonial laws, not repugnant to the constitution, continued in force.
Commander-in-chief, governor to be, ......
Commerce, agriculture and the arts, to be encouraged.
Commissary-general appointed and commissioned as fixed by law, . 26
Commission officers, tenure of office to be expressed in commissions.
Commission to prepare examinations for military and naval officers.
Commissioners of insolvency elected by the people of the several counties
annulled, ..........
Commissions, to be in the name of the commonwealth, signed by governor
attested by the secretary, and have the great seal affixed,
to military and naval officers, by the governor, ....
recess committees or, members of general court not to receive salary
for service upon, except, etc., ......
Common pleas, judges of the courts of, restriction on office holding by.
Commonwealth, not to aid certain schools, educational, charitable, religious
or other institutions with moneys raised by taxation, etc.,
not to give credit to aid any individual, private association or private
corporation, .........
to provide food and shelter during time of war, etc.,
law operative in particular districts, etc., of the, to be excluded from
proposal by initiative or referendum petition,
may take ancient landmarks, etc., for pubUc use,
may borrow money to repel invasion, etc., .....
Compact of government, .........
Compensation, additional, not to be paid members of general court for service
upon recess committees, except, etc., .....
Compulsory voting, general court to have authority to provide for,
51
64
63
52
50
53,59
8
42
42
32
44
32,37
14
65
51
33
20,63
30
36,63
26
63
44,49
33
63
67
37
51
64
52
53,59
63
65
3,4
67
64
80
INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Conflicting and alternative measures in popular legislation at one election,
of constitutional amendments at one election, ....
Congestion of population, etc., general court empowered to authorize the
taking of land for relieving, ....
Congress, delegates to, ...... .
members of, may not hold certain state ofiices,
state officers not to be members of, .
Conservation, of certain natural resources of the commonwealth,
of wild and forest lands, ......
Constitution, amendment to, proposed in the general court, agreed to by a
majority of senators and two thirds of the house present and voting
thereon by yeas and nayp; entered upon the journals of both houses,
and referred to the next general court; if the next general court
agrees to the proposition in the same manner and to the same effect,
it shall be submitted to the people, and, if approved by them by a
majority vote, becomes a part of the constitution, . . 37,
specified number of voters may submit, ......
articles IX and XLII of amendments to, annulled, . ^. . .
provisions for revising, ........ 34,
to be enrolled on parchment, deposited in secretary's office, and printed
in all editions of the laws, .....
rules governing initiative petitions for,
matters excluded from initiative petition for,
legislative substitute for, . .
introduction into the general court by initiative petition of proposal for,
procedure in general court for, .......
submission to the people of, .... .
conflicting and alternative measures at one election,
regulation of signatures to petitions for,
form of ballot, ........
information for voters, ......
provisions for, to be self-executing but legislation permitted to facilitate
their operation, ..........
no part of the, specifically excluding any matter from the operation of
the initiative and referendum, shall be the subject of an initiative
petition, ...........
Contents of initiative and referendum petitions, .....
Contracts, revocation of charters, etc., .......
Control of certain natural resources of the commonwealth, ....
Coroners, appointment of, ........ .
Corporation, privately owned and managed, not to be given credit of the
commonwealth, ..........
Corporations, revocation and amendment of charters, ....
and co-partnerships, general court to provide by law for circulation of
initiative and referendum petitions for hire or reward by.
Corrupt practices in elections, relative to the right to vote by persons dis-
qualified by reason of, ........
PAGE
57,58
57,58
50
27
37
37
62
50
52-56
55
62
37,55
34
53,54
53
54,55
55
55,56
56
57,58
60,61
61
61,62
62
53
53,59
64
62
21
64
64
61
50
INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION.
81
Corruption or bribery used in procuring any appointment or election to dis-
qualify from holding any office of trust, etc., .... 33
Council, five members to constitute a quorum, ..... 20, 25, 43
eight coimcUlors to be elected annually; amended, to be elected bien-
nially, 25, 42, 66
election to be determined by rule required in that of governor, . . 42
to take oath of office before the president of the senate in presence of
both houses of assembly, . . . . . . . . 31, 36
to rank next after the lieutenant governor, ...... 25
resolutions and advice to be recorded in a register, and signed by the mem-
bers present, .......... 25
register of council may be called for by either house, .... 25
incompatible offices, . . . . . . 32, 37
to-exercise the power of governor when office of governor and lieutenant
governor is vacant; annulled, ....... 25, 63
authority to exercise powers of governor and lieutenant governor when
both offices are vacant transferred to certain state officers, . . 63
no property qualification required, ....... 42
eight districts to be formed, each composed of five contiguous senatorial
districts, ........... 42
ehgible to election if an inhabitant of state for five years preceding elec-
tion, ........... 43
consent of, required to retire judicial officers for certain reasons, . . 64
term of office ; changed to biennial election, . . 38, 66
vacancy to be filled by election of a resident of the district by concurrent
vote of the senate and house; if legislature is not in session, to be
filled by governor with advice of council, ..... 47
officers serving directly under governor or, not to be included in any of
the twenty departments, ........ 67
Counties, election of officers in, . . . . . . . . 44, 49
laws restricted to, not subject to initiative or referendum petition, . 53, 59
County, certified signatures on any initiative or referendum petition not to
exceed one fourth of registered voters in any one, .... 61
Court, superior, judges not to hold certain other offices, .... 37
Court, supreme judicial, judges to have honorable salaries fixed by standing
laws, and to hold office during good behavior, . . 10, 24, 26, 27
judges not to hold certain other offices, ...... 37
to give opinions upon important questions of law, etc., when required by
either branch of the legislature or by the governor and council, . 27
Courts, clerks of, elected by the people of the several counties, ... 44
Courts, the powers, creation or abolition of, not a subject for initiative or
referendmn petition, . . . . . . . . . 53, 59
right of access to and protection in the, not subject for initiative or
referendum petition, ......... 53
Courts, probate, provisions for holding, ....... 27
registers elected by the people of the several counties, .... 44
Coiirts and judicatories, may be established by the general court, . , 11
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Courts and judicatories, may administer oaths or affirmations, ... 12
Credit of the commonwealth not to be given to aid any individual, private
association or private corporation, etc., . . . . . 51, 64
Crimes and offences, prosecutions for, regulated, ..... 7
Crimes to be proved in the vicinity of where they happen, .... 7
Criminal law, regulation, . . . . . . . . . . 7, 9
D.
Deaf, dumb or blind/ privately controlled hospitals, etc., for the, may be
cpmpensated for the care of such persons, ..... 52
Debate, freedom of, in the legislature, ....... 9
Decision, a judicial, not to be a subject for initiative petition, ... 53
Declaration of the rights of the inhabitants, ...... 4
Declaration of rights, certain rights as declared in the, no measure incon-
sistent with, shall be proposed by initiative or referendum petition, 53
Declaration and oaths of officers ; tests aboUshed, . . . . . 30, 36
Definition, etc., of initiative and referendum, ...... 52
Delegates to congress, .......... 27
Denomination, religious, appropriation of public money, etc., not to be made
to found any, .......... 52
Denominational doctrine, public money not to be granted a school or institu-
tion wherein is inculcated any, ....... 51
Departments, legislative, executive and judicial, to be kept separate, . 10
Departments, not more than twenty, to perform executive and administrative
work of the commonwealth, ....... 67
Description on ballots under the initiative and referendum to be determined
by attorney-general, ......... 61
Development of certain natural resources of the commonwealth, ... 62
Disbursement of moneys, regulation of, ...... • 23, 65
Dissolution of general court, . . . . 11, 37, 49, 63
Distress, public, etc., commonwealth, cities and towns may provide food,
other common necessaries of life and shelter during time of, . . 52
District attorneys, elected by the people of the several districts, . . . 44
not to be congressmen, ......... 37
Districts, councillor, eight, each to be composed of five contiguous senatorial
districts, ........... 42
Districts, senatorial, forty, to be of adjacent territory, and to contain as near
as may be an equal number of voters, ...... 46
Districts, etc., of the commomvealth, law restricted to particular, to be ex-
cluded from proposal by initiative or referendum petition, . . 53, 59
Districts, representative, to be established by commissioners in the several
counties, 41, 45, 46
Division, etc., of the commonwealth, law restricted to a particular political,
to be excluded from proposal by initiative or referendum peti-
tion, . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 59
Divorce, alimony, etc., .......... 27
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Doctrine, denominational, public money not to be granted a school or institu-
tion wherein is inculcated any, ....... 51
Dumb or blind, the deaf, privately controlled hospitals, etc., for, may be com-
pensated for the care of such persons, ...... 52
Duties and excises, power of general court to impose and levy reasonable, not
to be limited, etc., ......... 51
E.
Easements, etc., in connection with certain natural resources, may be taken, . 62
Education, no public aid for private, . . . . . .51
qualification for suffrage, ......... 45
no initiative petition on anti-aid measure, ...... 53
Harvard College, powers, privileges, etc., . . . . . . 28, 29
encouragement of literature, etc., ....... 29, 30
Educational interests to be cherished, ....... 29
Educational undertaking, not under exclusive public control, etc., grant of
public money forbidden to, . . . . . .51
Eighteenth amendment of the constitution not to be subject of an initiative
referendum (Article XLVl), ....... 53
Election, state, referendum on acts and resolves of the general court at,
etc., 50, 56, 57, 59, 60
Election of civil officers, meeting to be held annually on the first Tuesday next
after the first Monday in November; amended, to be elected bien-
nially, 42, 66
in case of failure to elect representative, meeting to be held on fourth
Monday in November, ........ 42
Election returns, . . . . . . . . . • . 14, 43
Elections, biennial, for certain state officers, senators and representatives,
fhst to be held in November, 1920, ...... 66
Elections ought to be free, ......... 6
Elections, by the people, of civil officers provided for by the constitution, to
be by plurality of votes, ........ 42
voting machines may be used at, ....... 49
absent voting at, general court to provide by law for, .... 51
freedom of, not a subject for initiative or referendum petition, . . 53
compulsory voting at, general court to have authority to provide for, . 64
biennial, of state officers, councillors, senators and representatives, . 66
Emergency, public, etc., commonwealth, cities and towns may provide food,
other common necessaries of life and shelter during, ... 52
Emergency laws, to contain preamble, etc., ...... 58
referendum on, petitions for, ........ 60
Eminent domain, exercise of the right of, . . . . . . . 6, 62
no initiative or referendum on right of, ...... 53
Enacting style of laws established, ........ 33
Enforcement of the laws, governor may employ military and naval forces
for, 63
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English language, knowledge of, as franchise qualification, .
Enrollment of constitution, ........
Equality and natural rights of all men, ......
Estates, valuation to be taken anew once at least every ten years.
Ex post facto laws declared unjust and oppressive, ....
Examination required for military and naval officers, ....
Excises and duties, power of general court to impose and levy reasonable, not
to be limited, etc., ........
Excluded matters, under popular initiative and referendum, definitions of,
Executive department not to exercise legislative or judicial powers.
Executive and administrative .work of the commonwealth, organization of, into
not more than twenty departments, .....
Exemptions, etc., from tax on income may be granted by general court,
Exigency, public, etc., commonwealth, cities and towns may provide food
other common necessaries of life and shelter during,
Extra sessions of the general court, .......
PAQE
45
34
4
13
9
63
51
53,59
10
67
51
52
29,38
F.
Felony and treason, no subject to be declared guilty of, by the legislature.
Fines, excessive, not to be imposed, .......
Food, etc., may be provided by the commonwealth, cities and towns, during
time of war, etc., ........
Forest lands, taxation of, ........
Forest resources, conservation of, etc., ......
Form of question on ballot under the initiative and referendum, .
Frame of government, .........
Franchise, every, shall forever remain subject to revocation and amend
ment, ..........
no grant of any, for more than one year, can be declared an emergency
law, ...........
Free public libraries, appropriations may be made for the maintenance of.
Freedom of speech and debate in the legislature, ....
Freedom of the press, of speech, and of elections, not to be subjects for initia
tive or referendum petition, ......
Freehold, possession of, not required as qualification for seat in the general
court or council, ........
by governor, provision requiring, and annulled, ....
Fundamental principles of the constitution, a frequent recurrence to, recom
mended, . . . . . . . .
9
9
52
50
50,62
61
10
64
58
52
9
53
42
19,49
General appropriation bill to be based upon the budget, etc., ... 65
General court, to assemble frequently for redress of grievances, and for making
laws, ........... 9
freedom of speech and debate in, ....... 9
not to declare any subject to be guilty of treason or felony, ... 9
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General court, formed by two branches, a senate and house of representa-
tives, each having a negative on the other, . . .10,11
to assemble every year on the first Wednesday of January, at such other
times as they shall judge necessary, and whenever called by the
governor, with the advice of council, ..... 11,20,37
may constitute and erect judicatories and courts, . . . .11
may make wholesome and reasonable laws and ordinances not repugnant
to the constitution, ......... 12
may provide for the election or appointment of officers, and prescribe
their duties, .......... 12
may impose taxes, etc., to be used for the public service, . . 12, 50, 51
to be dissolved on the day next preceding the first Wednesday of January, 20, 38
travelling expenses of members; provision annulled, . .17,49
may be adjourned or prorogued, upon its request, by the governor with
advice of council, ......... 20
may take recess of not more than thirty days, ..... 63
session may be directed by governor, with advice of council, to be held in
other than the usual place in case of an infectious distemper prevail-
ing, 20
judicial officers may be removed upon address of, .... 27
person convicted of bribery not to hold seat in, . . . .32
may increase property qualifications of persons to be elected to office, . 33
certain officers not to have seats in, . . . . . . . 32
may be prorogued by governor and council for ninety days, if houses dis-
agree, etc., .......... 20
to elect major generals by concurrent vote, ...... 22
empowered to charter cities, . . . . . . . .35
to determine election of governor, lieutenant governor and council-
lors, 19, 24, 43
certain officers not to be members of, . . . . . . . 32, 37
persons convicted of corrupt practices not to be members of, . . 32, 37
to prescribe by law for election of sheriffs, registers of probate and com-
missioners of insolvency by the people of the counties, and district
attorneys by the people of the districts, ..... 44
quorum to consist of a majority of members, ..... 49
powers of, relative to the taking of land, etc., for widening or relocating
, highways or streets, ......... 49
freehold, or any other estate, as a qualification for a seat in the, or coun-
cil, not required, ......... 42
powers of, with regard to the budget, ....... 65
governor to recommend budget annually to, ..... 65
departments to be supervised and regulated by laws of, ... 67
limitations on legislative power of the, extended to legislative power of
the people, etc., ......... 53
specified number of voters required to submit laws enacted by the, for
ratification, etc., by the people, ... 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60
shall raise and appropriate money to carry into effect laws enacted by
the people, etc., .......... 53
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INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION.
General court, legislative power shall continue to be vested in, except, as
provided by initiative and referendum petitions, etc.,
members of, not eligible for appointment to certain offices, except, etc., .
provision for submission of bills and resolves of, to the people on referen-
dum; and annulled, .........
powers of, relative to the taking of land, etc., to relieve congestion of
population and to provide homes for citizens, ....
to determine manner in which the commonwealth, cities and towns may
provide food and shelter in time of war, etc., ....
to provide by law for absent voting, .......
to provide for compulsory voting, .......
adjournment of, to cause a bill or resolve not to become law if the governor
cannot return it with his objections within five days after its receipt,
efifect of adjournment of, upon items disapproved by governor in general
appropriation bill, but not returned within five days,
to take yea and nay vote on loans contracted by the commonwealth,
to have authority to provide for compulsory voting at elections,
to have power to limit buildings for use in cities and towns, .
to provide for taking certain natural resources, ....
may amend or repeal laws approved by the people subject to governor's
veto and referendum, ......
may regulate taking of ancient landmarks and property of historical
interest, ........
may prescribe by law for appointment and removal of military and naval
officers, etc., .......
to provide for recruitment, etc., of military and naval forces,
may authorize the governor to make regulations, etc., for the military
and naval forces, ........
governor may return bill or resolve to, recommending amendment, etc.,
governor to recommend to, term for which commonwealth loan shall be
contracted, ........
shall assemble every year on the first AVednesday in January,
Government, objects of, . . . . . . .3
Government by the people, as a free, sovereign and independent state
Governor, the supreme executive magistrate, styled, — The Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; with the title of, — His Excellency;
elected annually; amended, to be elected biennially, . . 19,
qualifications, .......... 19,
term of office, .......... 19,
should have an honorable stated salary,
the commander-in-chief of the army and navy, but may not oblige them
to go out of the limits of the state; and annulled, .
to appoint the adjutant general, ....
may call together the councillors at any time,
not to hold certain other offices, ....
to take oaths of office before president of the senate in presence of the
two houses of assembly, ....... 30,
52
67
50,62
50
52
51
64
34
66
65
64
64
62
62
63
63
63
63
64
65
66
4,5,6
5
38,66
36,49
38,66
23
21,63
22,63
20,25
32,37
31,36
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Governor, to sign all commissions, ........ 33
election determined by the legislature, ...... 19
veto power, 11, 62, 64, 66
may return bill or resolve to the general court recommending amend-
ment, ........... 64
to recommend to general court the term for which any loan shall be
contracted, .......... 65
vacancy in office of, powers to be exercised by the lieutenant governor, . 24
and lieutenant governor, vacancy in office of, powers to be exercised by
the council; and annulled, . . . . . . . . 25, 63
vacancy in offices of both governor and lieutenant governor, powers to
be exercised in order of succession by secretary, attorney-general,
treasurer and receiver general, and auditor, ..... 63
vsdth advice of council, may adjourn or prorogue the legislature upon re-
quest, and convene the same, ....... 20
may adjourn or prorogue the legislature for not exceeding ninety days
when houses disagree, or may direct session to be held in other than
the usual place in case of an infectious distemper prevailing, . 20
to appoint all judicial officers, notaries public and coroners; nominations
to be made at least seven days before appointment, etc., 21, 35, 49, 64
to appoint officers of the continental army, ...... 22
may pardon offences, but not before conviction, . . . . .21
may fill vacancy in council occurring when legislature is not in session, . 47
with consent of council, may remove judicial officers, upon the address
of both houses of the legislature, ....... 27
to commission all military and naval officers, ..... 22, 63
to call joint session on constitutional amendments, .... 55
to fill vacancies in certain elected executive offices, .... 44
to have power to cause certain laws to take effect forthwith, . . 58
with consent of council, may retire judicial officers for certain reasons, . 64
to recommend budget and supplementary budgets to the general court, . 65
may disapprove or reduce items or parts of items in any bill appropriating
money, ........... 66
Governor and council, to examine election returns, . . . . . 15, 44
may punish persons guilty of disrespect, etc., by imprisonment not exceed-
ing thirty days, .......... 18
quorum to consist of governor and at least five members of the council, . 20
• may require the attendance of the secretary of the commonwealth in
person or by deputy, . . ...... 26
may require the opinions of the justices of the supreme judicial court
upon important questions of law, etc., ...... 27
to hear and determine all causes of marriage, divorce and alimony, and
appeals from judges of probate, etc., ...... 27
officers serving directly under, not to be included in any of the twenty
departments, .......... 67
Guardian, parent or, consent of, required to have minor in a publicly controlled
reformatory, etc., attend religious services, etc., .... 52
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Habeas corpus, privilege of writ to be enjoj'ed in the most ample manner, and
not to be suspended by legislature except upon most urgent occasions, 33
Harvard College, powers and privileges, gifts, grants and conveyances con-
firmed, 28, 29
board of overseers established, but the government of the college may be
altered by legislature, ........ 29
officers may be elected members of the general court, .... 48
Hereditary offices and privileges, absurd and unnatural, . . . . 5, 6
Highways, etc., taking of land for widening or relocating, powers of the legis-
lature concerning, . . . . . . 49, 50
Hire or reward, petitions circulated for, under initiative and referendum, to
be regulated by general court, ....... 61
Historical property, preservation of, . . . . . . . .63
Home, the Soldiers', in Massachusetts, appropriations may be made for the
support of, ...... . 51, 52
Homes for citizens, general court given power to take land for relieving con-
gestion of population and providing, ...... 50
Hospital, not publicly owned, etc., grant of public money forbidden to, . 51
for the deaf, dumb or blind, privately controlled, may be compensated
for the care of such persons, ....... 52
House of representatives, members may be instructed by the people, . . 8
a representation of the people annually elected and founded upon the
principle of equality, . . . . . . . .16
may impose fines upon towns not choosing members, .... 17
expense of travel once every session each waj^ to be paid by the govern-
ment; provision annulled, . . . . . . . 17, 49
to enter objections made by governor to a bill or resolve at large upon
records, ........... 11
qualifications of members, . . . . . . . 17, 42, 46
to judge of the qualifications of its own members, . . . .18
must be an inhabitant of district for one 5'ear preceding election, and
shall cease to be a member when ceasing to be an inhabitant of the
state, ........... 46
members not to be arrested on mesne process during going to, return-
ing from, or attending the general assembly, ..... 18
the grand inquest of the commonwealth, ...... 18
to originate all money bills, but the senate may propose or concur with
amendments, .......... 18
not to adjourn more than two days at a time, . . . . .18
maj^, by concurrent vote, take a recess of not more than thirty daj's, . 63
quorum of, . . . . . . . 18, 46, 49
to choose officers, establish its rules, etc., . .... 18
may punish by imprisonment, not exceeding thirty days, persons guilty
of disrespect, etc. ; trial may be by committee, .... 18
privileges of members, ......... 18
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House of representatives, may require the attendance of secretary of the com-
monwealth in person or by deputy, ...... 26
may require the opinions of the justices of the supreme judicial court upon
important questions of law, and upon solemn occasions, . . 27
clerk of, not to be a legislator, ........ 32
meeting for election to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday
of Nove«iber, .......... 42
members of, to be elected biennially, ....... 66
in case of failure to elect, meeting to be held on the fourth Monday of
November, .......... 42
to consist of two hundred and forty members, apportioned to the several
counties equally, according to relative number of legal voters, . 45
commissioners to divide counties into representative districts of contigu-
ous territory, but no town or ward of a city to be divided, . . 45, 46
no district entitled to elect more than three representatives, ... 46
board authorized to divide county into districts, to be certified to by the
secretary, the number of representatives to which the county is en-
titled, 46
I.
Impeachments, by the house of representatives, to be tried by the senate;
limitation of sentence; party convicted liable to indictment, . . 16, 18
Income, tax on, general court may impose and lev}', etc., .... 50
Incompatible offices, .......... 32, 37
Incorporation, every act of, shall forever remain subject to revocation and
amendment, .......... 64
Individual, any, credit of the commonwealth not to be given in any manner
to, 64
Individual rights, no proposition inconsistent with certain, can be subject of
initiative or referendum petition, ...... 53
Individuals, who circulate initiative and referendum petitions for hire or
reward, to be licensed, ........ 61
Infirmary, not publicly owTied, etc., grant of public money forbidden to, . 51
for the deaf, dumb or blind, privately controlled, may be compensated
for the care actually rendered such persons, ..... 52
Information for voters to be sent by the secretary of the commonwealth
under the initiative and referendum, ...... 61
"Inhabitant," the word defined, etc., . . . . . . . 6, 14
Inhabitants, census to be taken in 1865, and every tenth year there-
after, 39,41,45,46
may be provided with food and shelter during time of war, exigency,
etc., ............ 52
Initiative (see also Referendum) :
definition of, ........... 52
contents and mode of originating petition, . . . . . . 53, 54
constitutional amendment petition, . . . . . . 53, 54, 55
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INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION.
Initiative (see also Referendum) : — Concluded.
excluded matters, .........
transmission of petition to general court, .....
reference of measure to committee of general court,
procedure in general court on petition for amendment, .
legislative substitute for initiative measure, ....
submission of amendment to the people, necessary vote,
procedure in general court on petition for law, submission to the people
and necessary vote, ........
amendment of proposed law by petitioners and submission to the people
by the secretary of the commonwealth, ....
conflicting and alternative measures at the same election, which shall
govern, etc., .........
identification, certification and limitation on signatures to petitions
etc., ...........
general court may regulate abuses arising from circulating petitions for
hire or reward, .........
description and form of question on ballot, .....
information for vot<;rs to be sent by secretary of the commonwealth,
governor's veto not to extend to measures approved by the people,
general court, subject to governor's veto and referendum, may amend
or repeal a law approved by the people, ....
provisions to be self-executive but legislation may be enacted to facilitate
their operation, .........
Inmate of pubUcIy controlled reformatory, etc., not to be deprived of oppor
tunity of religious exercises of his own faith, etc., .
Insolvency, commissioners of, elected by the people of the several counties
and annulled, .........
Institution, not publicly owned, etc., grant of public money forbidden,
for the deaf, dumb or blind, privately controlled, may be compensated
for the care actually rendered such persons, ....
reformatory, penal or charitable, publicly controlled, not to deprive in
mate of the opportunity of religious exercises of his own faith, etc.,
of learning, wherein any denominational doctrine is inculcated, not to be
aided, etc., by grant of public money or credit,
Instruction of representatives, ........
Insurrection, commonwealth may borrow money to suppress, etc.,
Interests, lands or easements, in connection with certain natural resources
may be taken, .........
Invasion, governor may employ military and naval forces to repel,
commonwealth may borrow money to repel, etc..
Items or parts of items in any bill appropriating money, governor may dis-
approve or reduce, ........
Items, etc., in appropriation bill disapproved, etc., when to have force of
law, or not be law, ........
53
54
54
54-56
54,55
56
56
57
57,58
60,61
61
61
61,62
62
62
62
52
44,49
51
52
52
51
8
65
62
63
65
66
66
INDEX TO THE COxXSTITUTIOX.
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PAGE
Judges, appointment, recall or removal of, not subjects for initiative or referen-
dum petition, . . . . . . . . . . 53, 59
Judges of courts may not hold certain other offices, . . . . . 32, 37
Judges of the supreme judicial court, to hold office during good behavior, and
to have honorable salaries established bv standing laws, . 10, 24, 26, 27
to give opinions upon important questions of law, etc., when required by
the governor and council, or either branch of legislature, . . 27
not to hold certain other offices, . . . . . . . 32, 37
Judicatories and courts, may be estabUshed by the general court, . . 11
may administer oaths or affirmations, ...... 12
Judicial decision, reversal of a, not a subject for initiative petition, . . 53
Judicial department, not to exercise legislative or executive powers, . . 10
Judicial officers, appointed by the governor with consent of council; nomina-
tions to be made seven days prior to appointment, . . .21, 22
to hold office during good behavior, except when otherwise provided by
the constitution, ......... 26, 27
may be removed from office by the governor, upon the address of both
houses of the legislature, ........ 26, 27
may be retired on pension by governor with consent of council, for certain
reasons, ........... 64
Jury, right of trial by, not a subject for initiative or referendum petition, . 53
Jury, trial by, right secured, ......... 7
Justices of the peace, commissions to expire in seven years from date of ap-
pointment, but may be renewed, . . . . . . .27
removal of, from office, . . . . ' . . . . .49
judges may be appointed as, . . . . . . . . 32, 37
L.
Land, etc., taking of, for widening or relocating highways, etc.,
for relieving congestion of population and providing homes for citizens.
Landmarks, ancient, preservation of, ......
Lands, easements or interests, in connection with certain natural resources
may be taken, .........
Law prohibiting free exercise of religion not to be passed.
Law-martial, only those employed in the army and navy, and the mihtia in
actual service, subject to, except by authority of the legislature,
lirotection from the, not a subject for initiative or referendum petition
Laws, every person to have remedy in, for injury to person or property,
power of suspension or execution of, only in the legislature, .
power of general court to enact, ......
suspension of, mode of petitioning for, .....
enacting style of ......... .
ex post facto, prohibited as unjust and inconsistent with free government,
of province, colony and state, not repugnant to the constitution, con-
tinued in force, ..........
49,50
50
63
62
51
9
53
7
i,9
12
59
33
9
33
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Laws, passed by the general coiirt, when to take effect, .... 58
approved by the voters, when to take effect, . . . . . 56, 59
emergency, to contain preamble, etc., ...... 58
enacted by the general court, unless expressly excluded, made subject
to referendum to the people, ....... 59
relating to certain subjects to be considered matters excluded from initia-
tive and referendum petitions, . . . . . . . 53, 59
approved by the people, may be amended or repealed by the general
court, ............ 62
submission of, to the people for approval, ratification or rejection, under
the popular referendum, ........ 52
Learning, school or institution of, wherein any denominational doctrine
is inculcated, not to be aided, etc., by grant of public money or
credit, ........... 51
Legal obligations, grant of public money or credit permitted to carry out
certain, ........... 52
Legislative department not to exercise executive or judicial powers, . 10
Legislative power, of the general court, . . 8-18, 35, 48, 50, 51, 63, 64, 67
to be vested in general court, except, ....... 52
of the people, limitations, ......... 53
Legislature (see General court).
Liberty of the press, essential to the security of freedom, .... 8
Libraries, free public, appropriations may be made for maintenance of, . 52
Licenses to be issued to individuals who circulate initiative and referendum
petitions for hire or reward, ....... 61
Lieutenant governor, to be annually elected in November, — title of. His
Honor; who shall be qualified same as governor; changed to bien-
nial election, 24,38,42,49,66
qualifications, . . . 24, 44, 49
in the absence of governor, to be president of the council, ... 24
to be acting governor when the chair of the governor is vacant, . 24
vacancy in offices of both governor and, powers to be exercised in order
of succession by secretary, attorney-general, treasurer and receiver
general, and auditor, .......•• 66
to take oath of office before president of the senate in presence of both
houses, . . . • • • • . 30, 31, 36
not to hold certain other offices, . . . ... . .32
term of office, . . . . . . • • . 38, 66
Limitations, certain, on legislative power of the general court, shall extend
to legislative power of the people, ...... 53
on signatures of petitions, under the initiative and referendum, in any
one county, .......... 61
Literature and the sciences to be encouraged, ...... 29
Loans, certain, to be paid out of revenue of the year in which created, . . 65
to be contracted only by yea and nay vote of each house, ... 65
Localities of the commonwealth, law restricted to particular, to be excluded
from proposal by initiative or referendum petition, . . .53, 59
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M.
Magistrates and courts not to demand excessive bail, impose excessive fines,
or inflict cruel punishments.
Magistrates and officers accountable to the people,
Major generals, elected by senate and house of representatives by concun-ent
vote, .......
may appoint their aids, .....
Marriage, divorce and alimony, ....
Martial law, only those emploj^ed in the army and navy, and the militia in
actual service, subject to, except by authority of legislature, .
protection from, not a subject for initiative or referendum petition.
Matters, excluded, from initiative and referendum petitions,
MiUtary power, subordinate to civil authority, .....
Militia, not to be obliged by commander-in-chief to march out of the limits of
the state, .......
captains and subalterns, elected by the train-bands,
all members of companies may vote, including minors,
field officers, elected by captains and subalterns, .
brigadiers, elected by field officers,
major generals, elected by senate and house of representatives by concur-
rent vote, . . . . . . . . ...
mode of election of officers to be fixed by standing laws,
if electors refuse to elect, governor with advice of council may appoint
officers, .......
oflficers commissioned to command may be removed as may be prescribed
by law, ........
appointment of staff officers, .....
organization; divisions, brigades, regiments and companies,
Militia and naval forces, recruitment, etc., of, .
Militia and naval officers, selection, appointment and removal of.
Mineral resources and rights, conservation of, etc..
Minor, in publicly controlled reformatory, etc., not compelled to attend reli-
gious services, etc., without consent of parent or guardian,
Mode of originating initiative petitions, .....
Mode of petitioning for suspension of a law and a referendum thereon
Money, issued from treasury by warrant of governor, etc., .
mentioned in the constitution, to be computed in silver at six shillings and
eight pence per ounce, ....
borrowed, expenditure of, limited,
borrowed in anticipation of receipts from taxes, when loan shall be paid,
all, received on account of the commonwealth to be paid into the treasury,
bills appropriating, governor may disapprove or reduce any items or parts
of items in, ..........
certain appropriations of, from treasm-y of the commonwealth, excluded
from initiative and referendum petitions, .....
bills to originate in the house of representatives, .....
9
5
22
22
27
9
53
53, 59
8
21
22,36
36
22
22
22
22
22
22,36
22
22,23
63
63
62
52
54
59
23
33
65
65
65
66
53,59
18
94
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Moneys, raised or appropriated for public or common schools, not to be applied
for support of sectarian schools, etc, . . . . . . 44, 51
Moral obligations of lawgivers and magistrates, ...... 8
Moral quaUfications for office, ......... 8
Municipal governments, authority given general court to create, ... .35
N.
Name, change of, by women notaries pubUc renders commission void, but
reappointment may be made, etc., ...... 64
Natural resources of the commonwealth, conservation of, . . . .62
Naval and military forces, recruitment, etc., of, . . . . . .63
Naval and military officers, selection, appointment and removal of, . . 63
Necessaries of life, commonwealth, cities and towns may take and provide,
during time of war, exigency, etc., ...... 52
Negative vote required, size of, to disapprove suspension of a law and refer-
endum thereon, .......... 60
Notaries public, to be appointed by governor with advice of council, . 26, 35, 36
women may be appointed, ........ 64
how removed, . . . . . 36, 49
Number to be given each question on the ballot by the secretary of the com-
monwealth, under the initiative and referendum, ... 61
o.
Oaths and affirmations, may be administered by courts and judicatories,
how and by whom taken and subscribed, ..... 30,
forms of, . . . . . . . • . • .30,
Quakers may affirm, ........
to be taken by all civil and military officers, ....
Objects of government, .........
Obligations, legal, grant of public money or credit to certain institutions, etc.,
to carry out certain, ........
Offences and crimes, prosecutions for, regulated, ....
Office of trust, person convicted of bribery, etc., not to hold.
Office, rotation in, right secured, .......
all persons having the prescribed qualifications equally eligible to, .
no person eligible to, unless he can read and write,
member of general court not eligible to, created, etc., during his term of
election, etc., .........
Officers, civil, legislature may provide for the naming and settling of, .
Officers, commission, tenure of office to be expressed in commissions.
Officers, judicial, to hold office during good behavior, except, etc.,
may be removed by governor, with consent of council, upon the address of
both houses of the legislatvu-e, ......
Officers of former government continued, ......
Officers of the militia, etc., election and appointment of, .
12
31,36
31,36
31,36
36
3,6
52
7
32
6
6
45
67
12
26
26,27
27
33
22,63
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Officers of the militia, etc., removal of, . . . . -22, 36, 63
Officers and magistrates, accountable to the people, ..... 5
Offices, plurality of, prohibited to governor, lieutenant governor and judges, . 32, 37
incompatible, ........••• 32, 37
Organization of the general court, . . . . . . • . 16, 18
Organization of the militia and naval forces, ...... 22, 63
Originating, mode of, initiative petitions, ....... 54
P.
Pardon of offences, governor with advice of council may grant, but not before
conviction, .......-•
Parent, consent of guardian or, required to have minor in a pubHcly controlled
reformatory, etc., attend religious services, etc.,
Parts of items in bill appropriating money, governor may disapprove or
reduce, ..........
Peaceable assembly, the right of, not a subject for initiative or referendum
petition, ..........
Penal institutions, etc., publicly controlled, not to deprive an inmate of the
opportunity of religious exercises of his own faith, etc., .
Pension, retirement of judicial officers upon, .....
People, to have the sole right to govern themselves as a free, sovereign and
independent state, . .
have a right to keep and to bear arms for the public defence,
have a right to assemble to consult upon the common good, to instruct
their representatives, and to petition legislature,
legislative power of the, limitations on, .....
submission of constitutional amendments, etc., to the, by popular initia
tive and referendum, ........
Person and property, remedy for injuries to, should be in the laws.
Petition, right of, .....■•■• ■
initiative and referendum, definition of, mode of originating
etc., 52, 53, 54,
Petitions circulated by individuals for hire or reward, under initiative and
referendum, license to be issued for, . . ...
Plantations, unincorporated, tax-paying inhabitants may vote for councillors
and senators, .......•■•
Plurality, of offices, . . . .
of votes, election of civil officers by, .......
Pohtical division, any, of the commonwealth, may pay for care or suj^port fur-
nished by privately controlled hospitals, etc., for the deaf, dumb or
blind, ........••
Political year begins on the first Wednesday of January,
Poll tax, payment of, as a prerequisite for voting, provision for, annulled,
Polls, ratable, census of, ......•• •
Popular government, rights of, .......
Popular initiative and referendum, .......
21
52
66
53
52
64
8
53
56
7
8
59,60
61
14, 15
32,37
42
52
38,66
49
39
5,6
52-62
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Population, congestion of, etc., general court empowered to authorize the
taking of land for relieving, ....... 50
Postmaster may hold state office, ........ 37
Power to submit constitutional amendments and laws to the people for ap-
proval or rejection, ......... b2
Preamble to constitution, ......... 3
Preamble, emergency laws to contain, ....... 58
President of the senate, choice of, . . . . . . . .16
to preside at joint session of the two houses on proposed constitutional
amendments, .......... 55
Press, freedom of the, not a subject for initiative or referendum petition, . 53
Press, liberty of, essential to the security of freedom, ..... 8
Private assocfation, etc., not to be given credit of the commonwealth, . . 64
Private property taken for public uses, compensation to be made for, . . 6
Private property appropriated to public use, right to receive compensation
for, not a subject for initiative or referendum petition, ... 53
Private property within public view, advertising on, may be restricted, etc., . 62
Privileges, no hereditary, ......... 5
Probate courts, provisions for holding, ....... 27
registers elected by the people of the several counties, . . -21, 22, 44
judges may not hold certain other offices, ...... 37
Property, right of protection of ........ . 6
no initiative or referendum petition contravening protection, . . 53
income derived from various classes of, rates upon, how levied, . . 50, 51
of historical or antiquarian interest, preservation of , . . . .63
Property qualification, may be increased by the legislature, ... 33
partially abolished, .......... 42
of governor, annulled, ......... 49
Propositions, certain, not to be subject of an initiative or referendum pe-
tition, . . ... . . . . . . 53, 59
Prorogation of the general court, . . . . . . . 20, 38
Prosecutions for crimes and offences regulated, ...... 7
Provincial laws, not repugnant to the constitution, continued in force, . 33
Public boards and certain officers to make quarterly reports to the governor, . 23
Public credit, etc., not to be authorized to found, etc., any church, religious
denomination or society, . . . . . . .51
Public debts, contraction of, . . . . . . . . 64, 65
Public e.vigenc}^ etc., commonwealth, cities and towns may provide food, other
common necessaries of life and shelter during, .... 52
Public libraries, free, appropriations may be made for support of, . . 52
Public notary (see Notary public).
Public offices, right of people to secure rotation, ..... 6
all persons having the prescribed qualifications equally eligible, . . 6
Public religious worship, right and duty of, . . . . . . 4, 52
Public trading amendment, so-called, ....... 52
Public use, right to receive compensation for private property appropriated
to, not a subject for initiative or referendum petition, ... 53
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Public use, in necessaries of life, ........ 52
in natural resources, .......... 62
in historic sites, etc., ......... 63
Public ways and places, advertising on, may be restricted, etc., ... 62
Punishments, cruel and unusual, not to be inflicted, ..... 9
Q.
Quakers may make affirmation, . . . . 31, 36
Qualification of persons to be elected to office may be increased by the legisla-
ture, .......... 33
Qualification, property, of governor, abolished, ...... 49-
partially abolished, ......... 42
Qualifications, of a voter 14, 17, 35, 45, 47, 48, 49
of governor, 19,36,49
of lieutenant governor, ........ 24, 44, 49
of councillors, ........... 42, 43
of senators, . . . . . . . . . • . 16, 47
of representatives, . . . . . . . . . 17, 18, 46
of secretary, treasurer, auditor and attorney-general, .... 44
Qualifications, moral, of officers and magistrates, . . . . . 8
Quartering of troops, .......... 9
Quartermasters appointed by commanding officers of regiments, ... 22
Question, each, on the ballot to be given a number by the secretary of the
commonwealth, under the initiative and referendum, ... 61
Quorum, of council, ......... 20, 25, 43
of senate, . .16,47,49
of house of representatives, . . . . . . . 18, 46, 49
R.
Rank of councillors, . . . . . . .
Ratable polls, census of, .
Rates, tOiX, upon income, how levied, ......
Reading and writing, knowledge of, necessary qualifications for voting or
holding office, .........
Rebellion, governor may employ military and naval forces to suppress,
Recall of judges shall not be proposed by initiative petition.
Recess of general court for not more than thirty days,
Recess committees or commissions, members of general court not to receive
salary for service upon, except, etc., .....
Records of the commonwealth to be kept in the office of the secretary.
Re-enactment of certain bills and resolves, .....
Referendum (see also Initiative) :
definition of, ......... •
time when laws shall take effect, ......
exemption of emergency laws, .......
governor may cause certain laws to take effect forthwith,
25
39
50,51
45
63
53
63
67
26
64
52
58
58
98
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Referendum (see also Initiative): — Concluded.
grant of certain franchises shall not be declared emergency laws,
contents of petitions, . . . .
certain matters excluded from petitions,
mode of petitioning for suspension of a law,
votes necessary for approval by the people,
petition for repeal of emergency or other active law,
identification, certification and limitation on signatures,
general court may regulate abuses arising from circulating petitions for
hire or reward, .........
description and form of question on ballot, .....
information for voters to be sent by secretary of the commonwealth,
governor's veto not to extend to measures approved by the people,
general court, subject to governor's veto and referendum, may amend
or repeal a law approved by the people,
provisions to be self-executing but legislation may be enacted to facilitate
their operation, ......
on acts and resolves of the general court, submission to the people to
accept or reject annulled, .......
Reformatory, etc., pubhcly controlled, not to deprive an inmate of the oppor
tunity of religious exercises of his own faith, etc., .
Register of the council, resolutions and advice to be recorded in, and signed
by members present, .....
Registers of deeds, incompatible offices,
Registers of probate, chosen by the people of the several counties, . 21
incompatible offices, ......
Religion, free exercise of, no law to be passed prohibiting,
no measure that relates to, can be made subject of initiative petition or
referendum, ......
Religious denomination, appropriation of public money, etc., not to be made
to found any, .......... 52
Religious denominations, equal protection secured to all, ... 5, 39, 51
Religious institutions or practices, no measure that relates to, can be made
subject of initiative petition or referendum, .....
Religious sect or denomination, no subordination of one to another to be
established by law, .........
Religious services or instruction, inmate of a publicly controlled reformatory,
etc., not to be compelled to attend against his will, etc..
Religious societies, may elect their own pastors or religious teachers,
membership of, defined, .........
Religious society, appropriation of public money, etc., not to be made to
found any. ..........
Religious undertaking not under exclusive public control, etc., grant of public
money forbidden to, ........ .
Religious worship, public, right and duty of, and protection therein.
58
59
59
59
59
60
60,61
61
61
61
62
62
62
50,62
52
25
32,37
, 22, 44
32,37
51
53,59
53,59
5,39
52
5,39
39
52
support of the ministry, and erection and repair of houses of worship.
Remedies by recourse to the law, to be free, complete and prompt,
51
4
4, 5, 39
7
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Removal of judges shall not be the subject of an initiative or referendum
petition, 53, 59
Repeal of an emergency law, etc., petition for referendum on, ... 60
Representation, fines upon towns to enforce, ...... 17
Representatives (see House of representatives).
Residence, change of, not to disqualify voter until six months from time of
removal, etc., .......... 48
Residence qualification, of voters, . . . . . . 14, 17, 35, 47
of senators, ... . . . . . . . . .47
of representatives, .......... 46
of governor, ........... 19
of lieutenant governor, ......... 24
of councillors, ........... 43
of secretary, treasurer, auditor and attorney-general, .... 44
Resolves (see Bills and resolves).
Resources, natural, of the commonwealth, conservation of, . . . .62
Retirement of judicial officers forced, ....... 64
Returns of votes, 14, 19, 20, 43, 44
Revenue, all, to be paid into the treasury from whatever source collected, 65
loan for money borrowed in anticipation of receipts from taxes, provision
for payment from certain, ........ 65
Revision, of constitution provided for in the year 1795, and subsequently, . 34, 37
of the statutes, several members of general court may receive salary for
service upon committee for, ....... 67
Revocation of charters, franchises and acts of incorporation, ... 64
Reward, petitions for, circulation of, under initiative and referendum, to be
regulated by general court, ........ 61
Right of peaceable assembly not a subject for initiative or referendum peti-
tion, 53
Rights, declaration of, ......... . 4-10
certain individual rights as declared in, not to be subject of an initiative
or referendum petition, ........ 53
Rights, water and mineral, the taking of , . . . . . . .62
s.
Sailors and soldiers, who have served, etc., during time of war, not disqualified
from voting on account of non-payment of poll tax, ... 48
Salary, a stated and honorable, to be established for the governor, . . 23
permanent and honorable, to be established for the justices of the
supreme judicial court, and to be enlarged if not sufficient, . . 10, 24
additional, not to be paid members of general court for service on recess
committees, except, etc., ........ 67
Sale of land or buildings to provide homes for citizens, etc., ... 50
School moneys not to be appropriated for sectarian schools, etc., . . 44, 52
School or institution of learning, wherein any denominational doctrine is in-
culcated, not to be aided, etc., by grant of pubhc money or credit, 51
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Seal, great, of the commonwealth to be affixed to all commissions, . . 33
Search, seizure and arrest, right of, regulated, ...... 7
Search, unreasonable, etc., not a subject for initiative or referendum petition, 53
Secret voting to be preserv^ed when compulsory voting is authorized, . . 64
Secretary of the commonwealth, to be chosen by the people annually in
November; amended, to be elected biennially, . . .26, 43, 66
manner of election, etc., same as governor, . . . . . . 43, 44
term of office, . . . . . . . . . . 43, 66
not to be a legislator, . . . . . ' . . . .32
in failure of election by voters, or in case of decease of person elected,
vacancy to be filled by joint ballot of legislature, from the two persons
having the highest number of votes at November election, . . 44
vacancy occurring during session of the legislature, filled by joint ballot
of the legislature from the people at large, ..... 44
vacancy occurring when legislature is not in session, to be filled by gov-
ernor, by appointment, with advice and consent of council, . . 36, 44
not eligible, unless an inhabitant of the state for five years next preceding •
election or appointment, ........ 44
office of, to be deemed vacant if person elected or appointed fails to be
qualified within ten days, ........ 44
records of commonwealth to be kept in office of, . . . . .26
may appoint deputies, for whose conduct he shall be accountable, . . 26
to attend governor and council, senate and house, in person or by depu-
ties, as they shall require, ........ 26
to attest all commissions, ......... 33
to certify to board authorized to divide county into districts, the number
of representatives to which the county is entitled, .... 45
duties of, under the initiative and referendum, . 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61
to exercise powers of governor and lieutenant governor when both offices
are vacant, . . . . . . . . . . 63, 64
Sectarian schools not to be maintained at public expense, .... 44, 51
Section of excluded matters under initiative petitions not a subject for initia-
tive amendment, . . . . . . . . ,53
Selectmen to preside at town meetings, elections, etc., .... 14
Self-government, right of, asserted, ........ 5
Senate, the first branch of the legislature, ....... 10, 14
to consist of forty members, apportionment, etc., . . .13, 41, 46
to be chosen annually; amended, to be elected biennially, . . .13, 66
governor and at least five councillors, to examine and count votes, and
issue summonses to members, ....... 15
to be final judges of elections, returns and qualifications of their own
members, ........... 15
vacancy to be filled by election, by people of the district, upon order of
majority of senators elected, . . . . . . . 15, 47
qualifications of a senator, . . . . . . . . 16, 47
not to adjourn more than two days at a time, ..... 16
may, by concurrent vote, take a recess of not more than thirty days, . 63
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Senate, to choose its officers and establish rules, ...... 16
shall try all impeachments, . . . . . . . . 16, 18
quorum of, . . . . . . . 16, 47, 49
may punish for certain offences; trial may be by committee, . . 18
may require the attendance of the secretary of the commonwealth in
person or by deputy, .....;... 26
may require the opinions of the justices of the supreme judicial court
upon important questions of law, and upon solemn occasions, . 27
to enter objections, made by governor to passage of a bill or resolve, at
large on records, ......... 11
districts, forty in number, to be of adjacent territory, and to contain, as
near as may be, an equal number of voters, . . . . . 46, 47
apportionment based upon legal voters, ...... 46
Sessions, court of, judges and other offices, ...... 37
Shelter, etc., may be provided by the commonwealth, cities and towns, during
time of war, public exigency, etc., ...... 52
Sheriffs, elected by the people of the several counties, . . . 21, 22, 44
incompatible offices, . . . . . . . . . . 32, 37
Signatures to initiative and referendum, number required, . . 54, 55, 56, 57, 59
regulation of, by law, . . . . . . . . 60, 61
in any one county limited, ........ 61
Silver, value of money mentioned in the constitution to be computed in,
at six shillings and eight pence per ounce, ..... 33
Society, religious, etc., appropriation of public money, etc., not to be made to
found any, .......... 52
Soldier not to be quartered in any house, in time of peace, without consent
of owner, ........... 9
Soldiers and sailors, who have served in time of war, etc., not disqualified
from voting on account of non-payment of poll tax, ... 48
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, appropriations may be made for support
of, 51
Solicitor general, appointment of, . . . . . . . .21
incompatible offices, . . . . . . . . . . 32, 37
Special appropriation bills may be enacted after final action on general appro-
priation bill, etc., ......... 66
Speaker of the house of representatives, choice of, ..... 18
Speech, freedom of, not a subject for initiative or referendum petition, . 53
Standing armies, dangerous to liberty and not to be maintained without con-
sent of the legislature, ........ 8
State election, referendum on acts and resolves of the general court at, an-
nulled, 50, 62
State or body politic, entitled, — The Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts, ........... 10
Statutes, general revision of, members of general court may receive salary for
service upon recess committee to examine, ..... 67
Streets, etc., taking of land for widening or relocating, powers of the legislature
concerning, 49,50
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PAGE
Style, of body politic, 4
of legislature, ........... 11
of governor, ........... 19
of lieutenant governor, ......... 24
Subjects, certain, excluded from initiative or referendum petition, . . 53, 59
Succession to vacancy in governorship, ...... 24, 25, 63
Supplementary budgets, governor may recommend, ..... 65
Supreme judicial court, judges to have honorable salaries fixed by standing
laws, and to hold office during good behavior, . . . . 10, 24
judges to give opinions upon important questions of law, etc., when
required by either branch of the legislature or by the governor and
council, ........... 27
judges not to hold certain other offices, . . . . . . 32, 37
Sureties of bail, excessive, not to be required, ...... 9
Suspension of laws, . . . . , . . . . . 9, 59
T.
Tax, payment of, as a prerequisite for voting, provision annulled,
Tax on income, general court may impose and levy, .
Taxation, should be founded on consent, ....
of wild and forest lands, ......
moneys raised by, for support of public schools, not to be applied to
other schools, etc.,
general court shall raise money by, to carry into effect laws enacted by
the people, etc., ........
Taxes, not to be levied without the consent of the people or their representa
tives, ..........
may be imposed by the legislature, ......
valuation of estates to be taken anew once at least every ten years,
money borrowed in anticipation of receipts from, when loan is to be
paid, ......
Tenure, of justices of the supreme judicial court,
of legislators, .......... 14
of governor,
of lieutenant governor,
of councillors, .
of secretary, treasurer, auditor and attorney-general,
of notaries public and justices of the peace, ' .
of judicial officers, ......... 10
re-eligibility of treasurer,
that all commission officers shall by law have in their offices shall be
expressed in their commissions.
Term of any loan contracted by the commonwealth to be recommended by
governor, .
Tests abolished.
Title of body politic, — The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
49
50
6,9
50
51
53
9
12,50
13
65
10
16,66
19,66
24,66
25,66
43,66
27,35
26,27
26,66
26
65
36
10
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PAGE
Title of governor to be, — His Excellency, ...... 19
Title of legislature, — The General Court of Massachusetts, ... 11
Title of lieutenant governor to be, — His Honor, ..... 24
Town, etc., measure or law restricted to a particular, to be excluded from
proposal by initiative or referendum petition, .... 53
Town clerk to make record and return of elections, ..... 14
Town meetings, selectmen to preside at, . . . . . . .14
Town representation in the legislature, ..... 17, 40, 41, 46
Towns, may be chartered as cities, when, ....... 35
voting precincts in, .......... 48
Towns and cities, not to aid certain schools, educational, charitable, religious
or other institutions with moneys raised by taxation, ... 51
may provide food and shelter during time of war, public emergency, etc., . 52
may take ancient landmarks, etc., for public use, .... 63
may limit buildings for certain uses to specified districts, ... 64
Trading, public, amendment, so-called, ....... 52
Travelling expenses of members, to general assembly and returning home, once
in every session, to be paid by the government; and annulled, . 17, 49
Treason and felony, no subject to be declared guilty of, by the legislature, 9
Treasurer and receiver general, to be chosen by the people annually in No-
vember; amended, to be elected biennially, . . . .26, 43, 66
to hold office for one year from third Wednesday in January next there-
after, and until another is chosen and qualified; term of office ex-
tended to two years, . . . . ... . . . 43, 66
manner of election, etc., same as governor, ...... 44
not eligible, unless an inhabitant of the state for five years next preceding
election or appointment, ........ 44
no man eligible more than five years successively; amended, . 26, 66
no person eligible for more than three successive terms (six years), . 66
not to be a legislator or congressman, . . . . . 32, 37
in failure of election by voters, or in case of decease of person elected,
vacancy to be filled by joint ballot of legislature from the two persons
having the highest number of votes at November election, . . 44
vacancy occumng during session of the legislature, filled by joint ballot
of the legislature from the people at large, ..... 44
vacancy occurring when legislature is not in session, to be filled by gov-
ernor, by appointment, with advice and consent of the council, . 36, 44
office to be deemed vacant if person elected or appointed fails to be quali-
fied within ten days, ......... 44
to exercise powers of governor and lieutenant governor in succession when
both offices are vacant, . . . . . . . . 63, 64
Treasury, no moneys to be issued from, but upon the warrant of governor,
except, etc., .......... 23
all money received on account of the commonwealth to be paid into
the, 65
certain appropriations of money from, excluded from initiative and
referendum petitions, . . . . . . . . .53
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Trial by jury, right to, secured, ........ 7
guaranteed in criminal cases, except in army and navy, ... 7
right of, not a subject for initiative or referendum petition, ... 53
u.
Uniform rate of tax, on incomes derived from same class of property, to be
levied throughout the commonwealth, etc., . . * . . . 50, 51
United States, commonwealth may borrow money to assist the, in case of
war, 65
University at Cambridge, 28, 29, 48
Unreasonable search, bail and the law martial, protection from, not a subject
for initiative or referendum petition, ...... 53
Utilization of certain natural resources of the commonwealth, ... 62
V.
Vacancy in office of governor, powers to be exercised by lieutenant gov-
ernor, ........... 24
Vacancy in offices of both governor and lieutenant governor, powers to be
exercised by the council; amended, . . . . 25,26,63,64
powers to be exercised in order of succession by the secretary, attorney-
general, treasurer and receiver general, and auditor, . .63, 64
Vacancy in the council to be filled by the election of a resident of the district
by concurrent vote of the senate and house; if legislature is not in
session, to be filled by governor with advice of the council, . 43, 47
Vacancy in the senate to be filled by election by the people upon the order
of a majority of senators elected, . . 16, 47
Vacancy, in office of secretary, treasurer, auditor and attorney-general, caused
by decease of person elected, or failure to elect, filled by joint ballot
of legislature from the two persons having highest number of votes
at November election, ........ 44
occurring during session of legislature, filled by joint ballot of legislature
from people at large, ......... 44
occurring during recess of legislature, filled by appointment of governor,
with advice and consent of council, ...... 44
occurring when legislature is not in session, to be filled by governor, by
appointment, with advice of council, . . . . 36, 44
in militia office, filled by governor and council, if electors neglect or
refuse to make election, ........ 22
Valuation of estates to be taken anew once in every ten years at least, . . 13
Veto power of the governor, . . . . 11,62,64,66
not to extend to measures approved by the people, .... 62
Vote, yea and nay, in each house required upon measures having emergency
preamble, ........... 58
in each house required to enable the commonwealth to borrow money,
etc., ............ 65
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INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION. 105
Voters, qualifications of, at elections for governor, lieutenant governor, sena-
tors and representatives, .... 14, 17, 35, 45, 47, 48, 49
not disqualified on account of non-payment of poll tax if they have served
in the army or navy in time of war, etc., ..... 48
not disqualified by change of residence until six months from time of
removal, etc., .......... 48
male citizens, twenty-one years of age, who have resided in the state one
year, and within the town or district six months, who have paid a
state or county tax within two years next preceding the election of
state officers, and such as are exempted by law from taxation, but
in other respects qualified, and who can write their names and read
the constitution in the English language, . . . -17, 35, 45
the basis upon which the apportionment of representatives to the several
counties is made, . . . . . . . . 45, 46
basis of apportionment of senators, . . . . . . . 46, 47
census of, to be taken in 1865, and every tenth year after, . . . 45, 46
referendum to, on acts and resolves of the general court (annulled), 50
specified number of, may submit constitutional amendments and laws
to the people for ratification or rejection, etc., .... 52
number of qualified, required to originate, etc., initiative or referendum
petition, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61
information for, to be sent by secretary of the commonwealth, under the
initiative and referendum, ........ 61
Votes, returns of, ....... .
plurality of, to elect civil officers, ....
negative, required to disapprove suspension of a law and
thereon, ........
Voting, absent, general court to have power to provide for, .
compulsory, general court to have authority to provide for,
machines may be used at elections, ....
precincts in towns, .......
w.
War, commonwealth may borrow money to assist the United States in case
of, etc., ........... 65
War time, commonwealth, cities and towns may provide food, other common
necessaries of life, and shelter during, ...... 52
Water resources and rights, conservation of, etc., ..... 62
Wild or forest lands, taxation of, ........ 50
Women changing name may be reappointed notaries public under new
name, ........... 64
Women eligible to appointment as notaries public, ..... 64
Worship, public, the right and duty of all men, ...... 4
Writ of habeas corpus to be enjoyed in the most free, easy, cheap and expedi-
tious manner, and not to be suspended by legislature, except for a
limited time, .......... 33
14,
19, 43, 44
42
referendum
60
51
.
64
49
48
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PAGE
Writing and reading, necessary qualifications for voting or holding office, . 45
Writs to be issued in the name of the commonwealth under the seal of the
coui;t, bear test of the first justice, and be signed by the clerk, . 33
Y.
Yea and nay vote, of two thirds members present and voting in each house
required upon measures having emergency preamble, ... 58
of two thirds members present and voting in each house required to ena-
ble the commonwealth to borrow money, etc., .... 65
Year, political, begins on the first Wednesday of January, .... 37
The Eeaeeamement of the Constitution
submitted by the constitutional convention and
ratified by the people
State Election, November 4, 1919
A CONSTITUTION
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
[Rearrangement.]
PREAMBLE.
The end of the institution, maintenance, and administra- objects of
tion of government, is to secure the existence of the body government.
poHtic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who com-
pose it with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquilhty
their natural rights, and the blessings of life: and whenever
these great objects are not obtained, the people have a right
to alter the government, and to take measures necessary for
their safety, prosperity, and happiness.
The body politic is formed by a voluntary association Body politic,
of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole itTni°t™e^.^'
people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with
the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws
for the common good. It is the duty of the people, therefore,
in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an
equitable mode of making laws, as well as for an impartial
interpretation and a faithful execution of them; that every
man may, at all times, find his security in them.
We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, inhabiting the Body politic
territory formerly called the Pro\'ince of Massachusetts under'the
Bay, acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the goodness of Th™Colnmon-
the Great Legislator of the universe, in affording us, in the ^chusetL^^^'
course of His providence, an opportunity, deliberately and
peacefully, without fraud, violence, or surprise, of entering
into an original, explicit, and solemn compact with each
other; and of forming a new constitution of civil govern-
no
CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
ment, for ourselves and posterity; and devoutly imploring
His direction in so interesting a design, do hereby solemnly
and mutually agree with each other, to form ourselves into a
free, sovereign, and independent body politic, or state, by
the name of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and do
agree upon, ordain, and establish, the following Declara-
tion OF Rights, and Frame of Government, as the
Constitution thereof.
Equality and
natural righta
of all men.
Right and
duty of public
religious wor-
ship. Protec-
tion therein.
Religious
freedom
established.
A DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE IN-
HABITANTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
Article 1. All men are born free and equal, and have
certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among
W'hich may be reckoned the right of enjo^-ing and defending
their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and
protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining
their safety and happiness.
Art. 2. It is the right as w^ell as the duty of all men in
society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the Su-
preme Being, the Great Creator and Preserver of the uni-
verse. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained,
in his person, liberty, or estate, for w^orshipping God in the
manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own
conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; pro-
\dded he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others
in their religious worship.
Art. 3. Section 1. As the public worship of God and
instructions in piety, religion, and morality, promote the
happiness and prosperity of a people, and the security of a
republican government; therefore, the several religious so-
cieties of this commonwealth, whether corporate or unincor-
porate, at any meeting legally warned and holden for that
purpose, shall ever have the right to elect their pastors or
religious teachers, to contract with them for their support,
to raise money for erecting and repairing houses for public
w^orship, for the maintenance of religious instruction, and for
the payment of necessary expenses; and all persons belong-
ing to any religious society shall be taken and held to be
members, until they shall file with the clerk of such society
a written notice, declaring the dissolution of their member-
ship, and thenceforth shall not be liable for any grant or
contract which may be thereafter made, or entered into by
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such society; and all religious sects and denominations, de-
meaning themselves peaceably, and as good citizens of the
commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the
law; and no subordination of any one sect or denomination
to another shall ever be established by law.
Section 2. No law shall be passed prohibiting the free no law to pro-
exercise of religion. ^>'^'' free ';?<^'^
o , , , _ ^ cise of religion.
All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for Public money
the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be pended tVaid
appropriated by the commonwealth for the support of com- oharitabfe?''
mon schools shall be applied to, and expended in, no other othlr°hfstitu-
schools than those which are conducted according to law, tions not wholly
under dudIic
under the order and superintendence of the authorities of ownership and
the town or city in which the money is expended; and no
grant, appropriation oy use of public money or property or
loan of public credit shall be made or authorized by the com-
monwealth or any political division thereof for the purpose
of founding, maintaining or aiding any school or institu-
tion of learning, whether under public control or otherwise,
wherein any denominational doctrine is inculcated, or any
other school, or any college, infirmary, hospital, institution,
or educational, charitable or religious undertaking which is
not publicly owned and under the exclusive control, order
and superintendence of public officers or public agents au-
thorized by the commonwealth or federal authority or both,
except that appropriations may be made for the mainte- Exceptions.
nance and support of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts
and for free public libraries in any city or town, and to
carry out legal obligations, if any, already entered into; and
no such grant, appropriation or use of public money or
property or loan of public credit shall be made or author-
ized for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding any
church, religious denomination or society.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent Care or support
the commonwealth, or any political di\dsion thereof, from h^spTtlkretc,
paying to privately controlled hospitals, infirmaries, or in- aL^pubUc ^^^^
stitutions for the deaf, dumb or blind not more than the charges.
ordinary and reasonable compensation for care or support
actually rendered or furnished by such hospitals, infirmaries
or institutions to such persons as may be in whole or in part
unable to support or care for themselves.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive inmates of cer-
any inmate of a publicly controlled reformatory, penal or instifuUons
not to be
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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
deprived of
religious exer-
cises of their
own faith; nor
compelled to
attend religious
services, etc.,
against their
will, etc.
Right of self
government
secured.
Accountability
of all officers,
etc.
Services
rendered to the
public being
the only title
to peculiar
privileges,
hereditary
offices are
absurd and
unnatural.
Objects of
government;
right of people
to institute
and change it.
Right of people
to secure rota-
tion in office.
All, having the
qualifications
prescribed,
equally eligible
to office. For
the definition
of "inhabit-
ant," see Art.
46.
charitable institution of the opportunity of religious exer-
cises therein of his own faith; but no inmate of such insti-
tution shall be compelled to attend religious ser\dces or
receive religious instruction against his will, or, if a minor,
without the consent of his parent or guardian.
Art. 4. The people of this commonwealth have the sole
and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sov-
ereign, and independent state; and do, and forever here-
after shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and
right, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them ex-
pressly delegated to the United States of America.
Art. 5. All power residing originally in the people, and
being derived from them, the several magistrates and offi-
cers of government, vested Anth authority, whether legis-
lative, executive, or judicial, are their substitutes and agents,
and are at all times accountable to them.
Art. 6. No man, nor corporation, or association of men,
have any other title to obtain advantages, or particular and
exclusi\^e privileges, distinct from those of the community,
than what arises from the consideration of serA-ices rendered
to the public; and this title being in nature neither heredi-
tary, nor transmissible to children, or descendants, or rela-
tions by blood, the idea of a man born a magistrate, law-
giver, or judge, is absurd and unnatural.
Art. 7. Government is instituted for the common good;
for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the
people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of
any one man, family, or class of men: Therefore the people
alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible
right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or
totally change the same, when their protection, safety, pros-
perity, and happiness require it.
Art. 8. In order to prevent those who are vested with
authority from becoming oppressors, the people have a right,
at such periods and in such manner as they shall establish
by their frame of government, to cause their public officers
to return to private life; and to fill up vacant places by
certain and regular elections and appointments.
Art. 9. All elections ought to be free; and all the in-
habitants of this commonwealth, having such qualifications
as they shall establish by their frame of government, have
an equal right to elect officers, and to be elected, for public
employments.
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Art. 10. Each individual of the society has a right to be Right of
protected by it in the enjojTuent of his hfe, Hberty, and dufy of °" '"'
property, according to standing laws. He is obliged, con- correlative*!''
sequently, to contribute his share to the expense of this Jo^adedon
protection; to give his personal service, or an equivalent, consent.
when necessary : but no part of the property of any individual
can, with justice, be taken from him, or applied to public
uses, ^^'ithout his own consent, or that of the representative
body of the people. In fine, the people of this common-
wealth are not controllable by any other laws than those to
which their constitutional representative body have given
their consent. And whenever the public exigencies require Private prop-
that the property of any individual should be appropriated tlk^n ?or*° ^^
to public uses, he shall receive a reasonable compensation ^ithoutTetc.
therefor.
Art. 11. Every subject of the commonwealth ought to Remedies, by
f, 1 , ' "^iii- j^xii £ recourse to the
find a certain remedy, by ha\'ing recourse to the laws, tor law, to be free,
all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, p^^pf.®^"'^
property, or character. He ought to obtain right and jus-
tice freel}', and without being obliged to piu-chase it; com-
pletely, and without any denial ; promptly, and without de-
lay; conformably to the laws.
Art. 12. No subject shall be held to answer for any Prosecutions
crimes or offence, until the same is fully and plainly, sub- '■^^^^*®'^-
stantially and formally, described to him; or be compelled
to accuse, or furnish evidence against himself. And every
subject shall have a right to produce all proofs that may be
favorable to him; to meet the ■witnesses against him face
to face, and to be fully heard in his defence by himself, or
his counsel, at his election. And no subject shall be arrested,
imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property, immu-
nities, or pri\'ileges, put out of the protection of the law,
exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by the
judgment of his peers, or the law of the land. And the Right to trial
legislature shall not make any law that shall subject any cnimnluasoa,
person to a capital or infamous punisliment, excepting for ^'"'^p*' ®*<=
the government of the army and nav;^'', without trial by jury.
The privilege and benefit of the writ of habeas corpus shall ^^^J'^^gl ^^
be enjoyed in this commonwealth, in the most free, easy, secured
cheap, expeditious, and ample manner; and shall not be
suspended by the legislature, except upon the most urgent
and pressing occasions, and for a limited time, not exceeding
twelve months.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Crimes to be
proved in the
vicinity.
Right of
search and
seizure
regulated.
Const, of
U. S., Amend-
ment IV.
Right of trial
by jury
sacred, except,
etc.
Const, of
U. S., Amend-
ment VII.
Liberty of the
press.
Right to keep
and bear arms.
Standing
armies danger-
ous. Military
power subor-
dinate to civil.
Moral
qualifications
for office.
Moral obligar
tions of law-
givers and
magistrates.
Right of people
to instruct
representatives
and petition
legislature.
Art. 13. In criminal prosecutions, the verification of
facts, in the vicinity where they happen, is one of the greatest
securities of the Hfe, hberty, and property of the citizen.
Art. 14. Every subject has a right to be secure from all
unreasonable searches, and seizures, of his person, his houses,
his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore,
are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them
be not previously supported by oath or affirmation, and if
the order in the warrant to a ci^^l officer, to make search
in suspected places, or to arrest one or more suspected per-
sons, or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a
special designation of the persons or objects of search, arrest,
or seizure: and no warrant ought to be issued but in cases,
and with the formalities prescribed by the laws.
Art. 15. In all controversies concerning property, and in
all suits between two or more persons, except in cases in
which it has heretofore been otherways used and practised,
the parties have a right to a trial by jury; and this method
of procedure shall be held sacred, unless, in causes arising
on the high seas, and such as relate to mariners' wages, the
legislature shall hereafter find it necessary to alter it.
Art. 16. The liberty of the press is essential to the se-
curity of freedom in a state: it ought not, therefore, to be
restrained in this commonwealth.
Art. 17. The people have a right to keep and to bear
arms for the common defence. And as, in time of peace,
armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be main-
tained without the consent of the legislature; and the mili-
tary power shall always be held in an exact subordination
to the civil authority, and be governed by it.
Art. 18. A frequent recurrence to the fundamental prin-
ciples of the constitution, and a constant adherence to those
of piety, justice, moderation, temperance, industry, and fru-
gality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages
of liberty, and to maintain a free government. The people
ought, consequently, to have a particular attention to all
those principles, in the choice of their officers and repre-
sentatives: and they have a right to require of their law-
givers and magistrates an exact and constant observance of
them, in the formation and execution of the laws necessary
for the good administration of the commonwealth.
Art. 19. The people have a right, in an orderly and
peaceable manner, to assemble to consult upon the common
good; give instructions to their representatives, and to re-
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quest of the legislative body, by the way of addresses, peti-
tions, or remonstrances, redress of the wrongs done them, and
of the grievances they suffer.
Art. 20. The power of suspending the laws, or the execu- Power to sus-
tion of the laws, ought never to be exercised but by the ^^^ "heir '^ ^^"'
legislature, or by authority derived from it, to be exercised execution.
in such particular cases only as the legislature shall expressly
pro\'ide for.
Art. 21. The freedom of deliberation, speech, and de- Freedom of
bate, in either house of the legislature, is so essential to the an/rlAsM"
rights of the people, that it cannot be the foundation of any therefor.
accusation or prosecution, action or complaint, in any other
court or place whatsoever.
Art. 22. The legislature ought frequently to assemble Frequent
for the redress of grievances, for correcting, strengthening, objects thereof.
and confirming the laws, and for making new laws, as the
common good may require.
Art. 23. No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duties Taxation
ought to be estabhshed, fixed, laid, or le\aed, under any pre- cogent.
text whatsoever, without the consent of the people or their
representatives in the legislature.
Art. 24. Laws made to punish for actions done before ex post facto
the existence of such laws, and which have not been declared ^"^^ ^'^° ' ' ^ '
crimes by preceding laws, are unjust, oppressive, and in-
consistent \sdth the fundamental principles of a free gov-
ernment.
Art. 25. No subject ought, in any case, or in any time. Legislature
, , , , .1 » o ' ^ 1 .1 1 • 1 . not to convict
to be declared guilty or treason or lelony by the legislature, of treason, etc.
Art. 26. No magistrate or court of law shall demand E.xcessive
excessive bail or sureties, impose excessive fines, or intuct and cmei
... ^ punishments,
cruel or unusual punishments. prohibited.
Art. 27. In time of peace, no soldier ought to be quartered be^q^^artered*
in any house without the consent of the owner; and in time ^^^^y house.
of war, such quarters ought not to be made but by the civil
magistrate, in a manner ordained by the legislature.
Art. 28. No person can in any case be subject to law- citizens
martial, or to any penalties or pains, by virtue of that law, law-martiai,
except those employed in the army or nay^'', and except the "° ®*^' ® '^'
mihtia in actual ser\dce, but by authority of the legislature.
Art. 29. It is essential to the preservation of the rights Judges of
of every indi\'idual, his life, liberty, property, and character, judicial court.
that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and
administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen
to be tried by judges as free, impartial, and independent as
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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Separation of
executive, judi-
cial, and
legislative
departments.
the lot of humanity will admit. It is, therefore, not only
the best policy, but for the security of the rights of the people,
and of every citizen, that the judges of the supreme judicial
court should hold their offices as long as they behave them-
selves well; and that they should have honorable salaries
ascertained and established by standing laws.
Art. 30. In the government of this commonwealth, the
legislative department shall never exercise the executive and
judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never
exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them :
the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive
powers, or either of them: to the end it may be a govern-
ment of laws and not of men.
Qualifications
of voters for
governor,
lieutenant-
governor,
senators and
representatives.
Reading con-
stitution in
English and
writing, neces-
sary qualifica-
tions of
voters.
Proviso,
Person who
served in
army or navy,
etc., not dis-
qualified from
voting for
receiving mu-
nicipal aid
or for non-
payment of
poll tax.
Voters not dis-
qualified by
reason of
THE FRAME OF GOVERNIVIENT.
SUFFRAGE. ELECTIONS. TERMS OF OFFICE.
Art. 31. Every male citizen of twenty-one years of age
and upwards, excepting paupers and persons under guard-
ianship, and persons temporarily or permanently disquali-
fied by law because of corrupt practices in respect to elections,
who shall have resided within the commonwealth one year,
and within the city or town in which he may claim a right
to vote, six calendar months next preceding any election of
governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, or representatives,
shall have a right to vote in such election of governor,
lieutenant-governor, senators, and representatives; and no
other person shall be entitled to vote in such election.
Art. 32. No person shall have the right to vote, or be
eligible to office under tlie constitution of this common-
wealth, who shall not be able to read the constitution in the
English language, and write his name: provided, however,
that these provisions shall not apply to any person prevented
by physical disability from complying with them, nor to any
person who had the right to vote when these provisions were
adopted.
Art. 33. No person having served in the army or navy
of the United States in time of war, and having been hon-
orably discharged from such ser\ice, if otherAnse qualified
to vote, shall be disqualified therefor on account of receiving
or having received aid from any city or town, or because of
the non-payment of a poll tax.
Art. 34. No person, otherwise qualified to vote in elec-
tions for governor, lieutenant-governor, senators, and repre-
OF MASSACHUSETTS — REARRANGEMENT. 117
sentatives, shall, by reason of a change of residence within change of
the commonwealth, be disqualified from voting for said six months
officers in the city or town from which he has removed his re^vd!''°
residence, until the expiration of six calendar months from
the time of such removal.
Art. 35. The general court shall have power to provide General court
by law for voting by qualified voters of the commonwealth law^forabsent
who, at the time of an election, are absent from the city or ^°*'"=-
town of which they are inhabitants, in the choice of any
officer to be elected or upon any question submitted at such
election.
Art. 36. In all elections of civil officers by the people of Plurality of
this commonwealth, whose election is provided for by the elect by the
constitution, the person having the highest number of votes ^^'^ ®'
shall be deemed and declared to be elected.
Art. 37. Voting machines or other mechanical devices voting
for voting may be used at all elections under such regulations Remitted at
as may be prescribed by law, and the general court shall elections.
have authority to provide for compulsory voting at elections; votmg^'^*"^^
provided that the right of secret voting shall be preserved. Proviso.
Art. 38. The general court shall have full power and Voting
prGCincts
authority to provide for the inhabitants of the towns in this in towns.
commonwealth more than one place of public meeting within
the limits of each town for the election of officers under the
constitution, and to prescribe the manner of calling, holding
and conducting such meetings.
Art. 39. Beginning with the Tuesday next after the first Biennial
Monday in November in the year nineteen hundred and stite officers,
twenty, the governor, lieutenant-governor, councillors, sec- senators°and
retary, treasurer, attorney-general, auditor, senators and rep- [fve^^when
resentatives shall be elected biennially, and thereafter elec- f^aii bfheM
tions for the choice of these officers shall be held biennially
on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November.
The governor, lieutenant-governor and councillors shall hold
their respective offices from the first Wednesday in Jan-
uary succeeding their election to and including the first
Wednesday in January in the third year follo\\ing their
election, and until their successors are chosen and qualified.
The terms of senators and representatives shall begin with
the first Wednesday in January succeeding their election and
shall extend to the first Wednesday in January in the third
year following their election. The terms of the secretary. Terms
treasurer, attorney-general and auditor shall begin with the °^ °^^^'
third Wednesday in January succeeding their election and
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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
shall extend to the third Wednesday in January in the third
year following their election and until their successors are
chosen and qualified.
Elections to be Art. 40. Elcctions appointed to be held by the two houses
of the legislature on the first Wednesday in January or at
any other time, if not completed on the day appointed may
be adjourned from day to day until the same shall be com-
pleted. Vacancies in the office of governor and lieutenant-
governor shall be first filled in the order named and then
vacancies in the council.
held by the two
houses of the
legislature,
completion of.
Order of filling
vacancies in
certain offices.
Legislative
department.
Commence-
ment and
termination of
political
year.
General court
to assemble
annually, etc.
Quorum, in
each branch
of the general
court, to con-
sist of a
majority -of
members.
General court
may take
recess.
The enacting
style by the
general court.
Members of
the general
court not to be
appointed to
certain offices,
nor receive
compensation
on recess
committees,
except, etc.
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
THE GENERAL COURT.
Art. 41. The department of legislation shall be formed by
two branches, a Senate and House of Representatives; each
of which shall have a negative on the other.
The political year shall begin on the first Wednesday in
January, and the general court shall assemble every year on
the first Wednesday in January, and at such other times as
they shall judge necessary, or when called together by the
governor; and shall dissolve and be dissolved on the day
next preceding the first Wednesday in January in the third
year following their election, without any proclamation or
other act of the governor, and shall be styled, The General
Court of Massachusetts.
A majority of the members of each branch of the general
court shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business,
but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel
the attendance of absent members. By concurrent vote
of the two houses, the general court may take a recess or
recesses amounting to not more than thirty days; but no
such recess shall extend beyond the sixtieth day from the
date of their annual assembling.
The enacting style, in making and passing all acts, statutes,
and laws, shall be — "Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and
by the authority of the same."
Art. 42. No person elected to the general court shall
during the term for which he was elected be appointed to
any office created or the emoliunents whereof are increased
during such term, nor receive additional salary or compen-
sation for service upon any recess committee or commission
except a committee appointed to examine a general revision
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of the statutes of the commonwealth when submitted to
the general court for adoption.
Art. 43. No bill or resolve of the senate or house of ^g*^®™°'''^
representatives shall become a law, and have force as such,
until it shall have been laid before the governor for his re-
visal; and if he, upon such revision, approve thereof, he
shall signify his approbation by signing the same. But if he
have any objection to the passing of such bill or resolve,
he shall return the same, together with his objections thereto,
in WT-iting, to the senate or house of representatives, in which-
soever the same shall have originated; who shall enter the
objections sent down by the governor, at large, on their
records, and proceed to reconsider the said bill or resolve.
But if after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the said Bin may be
senate or house of representatives, shall, not'^ithstanding the thirds of each
said objections, agree to pass the same, it shall, together wStancUng.
with the objections, be sent to the other branch of the leg-
islature, where it shall also be reconsidered, and if approved
by two-thirds of the members present, shall have the force
of a law: but in all such cases, the votes of both houses shall
be determined by yeas and nays; and the names of the per-
sons voting for, or against, the said bill or resolve, shall be
entered upon the public records of the commonwealth.
The governor, wdthin five days after any bill or resolve Return by
shall have been laid before him, shall have the right to re- genlrarcourt
turn it to the branch of the general court in which it originated °eso|"e7or
with a recommendation that any amendment or amend- amendment,
ments specified by him be made therein. Such bill or resolve
shall thereupon be before the general court and subject to
amendment and re-enactment. If such bill or resolve is
re-enacted in any form it shall again be laid before the gov-
ernor for his action, but he shall have no right to return the
same a second time with a recommendation to amend.
In order to prevent unnecessary delays, if any bill or re- when bill or
solve shall not be returned by the governor within five days forcl^of^aiat'^''
after it shall have been presented, the same shall have the
force of a law.
If anv bill or resolve shall be objected to, and not approved ^'^'' ^*<':! °°*^
•L 1 " 1 •(> 1 1 !• approved
by the governor; and u the general court shall adjourn within five
within five days after the same shall have been laid before become a law,
the governor for his approbation, and thereby prevent his re- Lijoll?rin*^h^e
turning it with his objections, as pro\'ided by the constitu- '^^^*"^«-
tion, such bill or resolve shall not become a law, nor have
force as such.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Census of
inhabitants,
when taken,
etc.
Special
enumeration
of legal voters,
etc.
Enumeration
to determine
apportionment
of senators.
Senate, num-
ber of members,
districts, etc.
Proviso.
Qualifications
of senators.
Manner and
time of choos-
ing senators.
Persons
qualified
to vote.
Word
"inhabitant*
defined.
THE SENATE.
Art. 44. A census of the inhabitants of each city and
town, on the first day of May, shall be taken and returned
into the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, on or
before the last day of June, in the year one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-five; and every tenth year thereafter.
In the census aforesaid, a special enumeration shall be made
of the legal voters, and in each city such enumeration shall
specify the number of legal voters aforesaid, residing in each
ward of such city. The enumeration aforesaid shall deter-
mine the apportionment of senators for the periods between
the taking of the cen.sus.
Art. 45. The senate shall consist of forty members. The
general court shall, at its first session after each next preced-
ing special enumeration, di\dde the commonwealth into forty
districts of adjacent territory, each district to contain, as
nearly as may be, an equal number of legal voters, accord-
ing to the enumeration aforesaid: pro\ided, however, that
no town or ward of a city shall be divided therefor; and
such districts shall be formed, as nearly as may be, without
uniting two counties, or parts of two or more counties, into
one district.
Each district shall elect biennially for the term of two
years one senator, who shall have been an inhabitant of
this commonwealth five years at least immediately preced-
ing his election, and at the time of his election shall be an
inhabitant of the district for which he is chosen; and he
shall cease to represent such senatorial district when he shall
cease to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth.
Art. 46, The senate shall be the first branch of the legis-
lature; and the senators shall be chosen in the following
manner: there shall be a meeting on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November, biennially, of the inhabitants
of each town in the several counties of this commonwealth;
to be called by the selectmen, and warned in due course of
law, at least seven days before such Tuesday, for the pur-
pose of electing persons to be senators; and at such meetings
every male inhabitant of twenty-one years of age and up-
wards, qualified as provided in this constitution, shall have
a right to give in his vote for the senator for the district of
which he is an inhabitant. And to remove all doubts con-
cerning the meaning of the word "inhabitant" in this con-
OF MASSACHUSETTS — REARRANGEMENT. 121
stitution, every person shall be considered as an inhabitant,
for the purpose of electing and being elected into any office,
or place within this state, in that city or town where he
dwelleth, or hath his home.
The selectmen of the several towns shall preside at such ^^'^^'"l"*"
meetings impartially; and shall receive the votes of all the town meetings.
inhabitants of such towns present and qualified to vote for Return
senators, and shall sort and count them in open town meet- °^ ^°*®^"
ing, and in presence of the town clerk, who shall make a
fair record, in presence of the selectmen, and in open town
meeting, of the name of every person voted for, and of the
number of votes against his name: and a fair copy of this
record shall be attested by the selectmen and the town clerk,
and shall be sealed up, directed to the secretary of the com-
monwealth for the time being, with a superscription, express-
ing the purport of the contents thereof, and delivered by the
town clerk of such towns, to the sheriff of the county in
which such town lies, thirty days at least before the first
Wednesday in January biennially; or it shall be delivered
into the secretary's office seventeen days at least before
the said first Wednesday in January: and the sheriff of
each county shall deliver all such certificates by him received
into the secretary's office, seventeen days before such first
Wednesday.
Art. 47. And that there may be a due convention of Governor and
^ J 1 1 • T n 1 council to
senators on the first Wednesday in January annually, the examine and
governor with five of the council, for the time being, shall, and issue
bn. It* • 1 1 J." • J.U summonses.
e after each biennial election, examine tne
returned copies of such records; and after each biennial
election fourteen days before such Wednesday he shall issue
his summons to such persons as shall appear to be chosen by
the highest number of votes to attend on that day, and take
their seats accordingly.
Art. 48. The senate shall be the final judge of the elec- Senate to be
tions, returns and qualifications of their own members, eiectionsfetc.,
a's pointed out in the constitution; and shall, on the first member!
Wednesday in January biennially, determine and declare
who is elected by each district to be senator by the highest
number of votes. Any vacancy in the senate shall be filled ho^^mS
by election by the people of the unrepresented district,
upon the order of a majority of senators elected.
Art. 49. The senate shall choose its ow^n president, Senate shall
appoint its own oflBcers, and determine its own rules of officers and
1 . establish
proceedings. its rules.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Not to adjourn
for more than
two days.
Shall try all
impeachments.
Oath.
Limitation of
sentence.
Art. 50. The senate shall have power to adjourn them-
selves, provided such adjournments do not exceed two days
at a time.
Art. 51. The senate shall be a court with full authority
to hear and determine all impeachments made by the house
of representatives, against any officer or officers of the com-
monwealth, for misconduct and maladministration in their
offices. But previous to the trial of every impeachment the
members of the senate shall respectively be sworn, truly and
impartially to try and determine the charge in question, ac-
cording to evidence. Their judgment, however, shall not
extend further than to removal from office and disqualifica-
tion to hold or enjoy any place of honor, trust, or profit,
under this commonwealth; but the party so convicted shall
be, nevertheless, liable to indictment, trial, judgment, and
punishment, according to the laws of the land.
Representation
of the people.
Enumeration to
determine ap-
portionment of
representatives.
House of repre-
sentatives to
consist of
240 members.
Legislature to
apportion, etc.
Secretary shall
certify to
officers author-
ized to divide
counties.
Meeting for
division to be
first Tuesday
of August.
Proceedings.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Art. 52. There shall be, in the legislature of this com-
monwealth, a representation of the people, biennially elected,
and founded upon the principle of equality.
Art 53. The special enumeration of legal voters herein-
before required in the case of the senate shall determine the
apportionment of representatives for the periods between the
taking of the census.
The house of representatives shall consist of two hundred
and forty members. The representatives shall be appor-
tioned by the legislature, at its first session after the return of
each such special enmneration, to the several counties of the
commonwealth, equally, as nearly as maybe, according to their
relative numbers of legal voters, as ascertained by the next
preceding special enumeration ; and the town of Cohasset, in
the county of Norfolk, shall, for this purpose, as well as in
the formation of districts, as hereinafter pro\'ided, be con-
sidered a part of the county of PljTnouth; and it shall be
the duty of the secretary of the commonwealth, to certify,
as soon as may be after it is determined by the legislature,
the number of representatives to which each county shall be
entitled, to the board authorized to divide each county into
representative districts.
The mayor and aldermen of the city of Boston, the coimty
commissioners of other counties than Suffolk, or in lieu of
the mayor and aldermen of the city of Boston, or of the
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county commissioners in each county other than Suffolk,
such board of special commissioners in each county, to be
elected by the people of the county, or of the towns therein,
as may for that purpose be provided by law, shall, on the
first Tuesday of August next after each assignment of repre-
sentatives to each county, assemble at a shire town of their
respective counties, and proceed, as soon as may be, to divide
the same into representative districts of contiguous territory,
so as to apportion the representation assigned to each county
equally, as nearly as may be, according to the relative number
of legal voters in the several districts of each county; and
such districts shall be so formed that no town or ward of
a city shall be di\ided therefor, nor shall any district be
made which shall be entitled to elect more than three rep-
resentatives.
Every representative, for one year at least next preceding Qualifications
his election, shall have been an inhabitant of the district for taut^^^^°"
which he is chosen, and shall cease to represent such district
when he shall cease to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth.
The districts in each countv shall be numbered bv the board Districts to be
1 , ," . . <• 1 • 'i 1 numbered,
creating the same, and a description or each, with the num- described and
bers thereof and the number of legal voters therein, shall
be returned by the board, to the secretary of the common-
wealth, the county treasurer of each county, and to the
clerk of every town in each district, to be filed and kept in
their respective offices. The manner of calling and conduct-
ing the meetings for the choice of representatives, and of
ascertaining their election, shall be prescribed by law.
Art. 54. Every member of the house of representatives Representa-
shall be chosen by written votes. A vote by a lawfully chosen.
authorized voting machine or other mechanical device shall
be deemed a written vote. The house of representatives Towns UaWe
shall have power from time to time to impose fines upon such etc. "^ '"^ ''^'
towns as shall neglect to choose and return members to the
same, agreeably to this constitution.
Art. 55. The members of the house of representatives Time of eiec-
shall be chosen biennially as hereinbefore provided on the s'entaUvIs!'^^
Tuesday next after the first Monday in November; but in
case of a failure to elect representatives on that day, a second
meeting shall be holden, for that purpose, on the fourth
Monday of the same month of November.
Art. 56. The house of representatives shall be the grand House alone
inquest of this commonwealth; and all impeachments made Senate to try
by them shall be heard and tried by the senate. impeac men s.
124
CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
House to
originate
money bills.
Not to adjourn
more than two
days.
To judge of
returns, etc.,
of its own
members;
choose its
officers and
establish its
rules, etc.
May punish
for certain
offences.
Privileges of
members.
Senate, gov-
ernor and coun-
cil may punish.
General
limitation.
Trial may be
by committee,
or otherwise.
Art. 57. All money bills shall originate in the house of
representatives; but the senate may propose or concur with
amendments, as on other bills.
Art. 58. The house of representatives shall have power
to adjourn themselves; provided such adjournment shall not
exceed two days at a time.
Art. 59. The house of representatives shall be the judge
of the returns, elections, and qualifications of its own mem-
bers, as pointed out in the constitution; shall choose their
own speaker; appoint their own officers, and settle the rules
and orders of proceeding in their own house. They phall
have authority to punish by imprisomuent every person, not
a member, who shall be guilty of disrespect to the house, by
any disorderly or contemptuous beha\'ior in its presence; or
who, in the town where the general court is sitting, and
dm"ing the time of its sitting, shall threaten harm to the
body or estate of any of its members, for any thing said or
done in the house; or who shall assault any of them therefor;
or who shall assault, or arrest, any witness, or other person,
ordered to attend the house, in his way in going or returning;
or who shall rescue any person arrested by the order of the
house.
And no member of the house of representatives shall be
arrested, or held to bail on mesne process, during his going
unto, returning from, or his attending the general court.
Art. 60. The senate shall have the same powers in the
like cases; and the governor and council shall have the same
authority to punish in like cases: provided, that no impris-
onment on the warrant or order of the governor, council,
senate, or house of representatives, for either of the above
described offences, be for a term exceeding thirty days.
And the senate and house of representatives may try and
determine all cases where their rights and privileges are con-
cerned, and which, by the constitution, they have authority
to try and determine, by committees of their own members,
or in such other way as they may respectively think best.
General court
may constitute
judicatories,
courts of record,
etc.
LEGISLATIVE POWERS.
Art. 61. The general court shall forever have full power
and authority to erect and constitute judicatories and courts
of record, or other courts, to be held in the name of the com-
monwealth, for the hearing, trying, and determining of all
manner of crimes, offences, pleas, processes, plaints, actions,
OF MASSACHUSETTS — REARRANGEMENT. 125
matters, causes, and things, whatsoever, arising or happen-
ing within the commonwealth, or between or concerning
persons inhabiting, or residing, or brought within the same:
whether the same be criminal or civil, or whether the said
crimes be capital or not capital, and whether the said pleas
be real, personal, or mixed; and for the awarding and making
out of execution thereupon. To which courts and judica- Courts, etc..
tories are hereby given and granted full power and authority, t^f oa^th^''"^"
from time to time, to administer oaths or affirmations, for
the better discovery of truth in any matter in controversy or
depending before them.
Art. 62. The legislature shall prescribe, by general law, Legislature to
for the election of sheriffs, registers of probate, and clerks of thfeiectli^of
the courts, by the people of the several counties, and that ters'^jrf^profate
district-attorneys shall be chosen by the people of the several etc.
districts, for such term of office as the legislature shall pre-
scribe.
Art. 63. And further, full power and authority are General court
hereby given and granted to the general court, from time to ^^.^ norre^TJ^-'
time to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of whole- nanttothe
' ' ' IT constitution.
some and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances,
directions and instructions, either with penalties or without;
so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this constitu-
tion, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of
this commonwealth, and for the government and ordering ,
thereof, and of the subjects of the same, and for the neces-
sary support and defence of the government thereof; and May provide
*' . for the election
to name and settle annually, or pro'V'ide by fixed laws for the or appointment
naming and settling, all civil officers within the said common- prMcrib?their
wealth, the election and constitution of whom are not here- *^"*^®^-
after in this form of government otherwise provided for; and
to set forth the several duties, powers, and limits, of the
several civil and military officers of this commonwealth, and
the forms of such oaths or affirmations as shall be respectively
administered unto them for the execution of their several
offices and places, so as the same be not repugnant or con-
trary to this constitution; and to impose and levy propor- May impose
tional and reasonable assessments, rates, and taxes, upon all
the inhabitants of, and persons resident, and estates lying,
"within the said commonwealth; and also to impose and levy
reasonable duties and excises upon any produce, goods,
wares, merchandise, and commodities, whatsoever, brought
into, produced, manufactured, or being within the same; to
be issued and disposed of by warrant, under the hand of the
taxes, etc.
126
CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Valuation of
estates once in
ten years, at
least, etc.
Powers of the
general court
relative to
imposing and
levying a tax
on income.
Exemptions,
etc.
General court
empowered to
charter cities.
Proviso.
governor of this commonwealth for the time being, with the
advice and consent of the council, for the public service, in
the necessary defence and support of the government of the
commonwealth, and the protection and preservation of the
subjects thereof, according to such acts as are or shall be in
force within the same.
And while the public charges of government, or any part
thereof, shall be assessed on polls and estates, in the manner
that has hitherto been practised, in order that such assess-
ments may be made with equality, there shall be a valuation
of estates within the commonwealth, taken anew once in
every ten years at least, and as much oftener as the general
court shall order.
Art. 64. Full power and authority are hereby given and
granted to the general court to impose and levy a tax on
income in the manner hereinafter pro^'ided. Such tax may
be at different rates upon income derived from different
classes of property, but shall be levied at a uniform rate
throughout the commonwealth upon incomes derived from
the same class of property. The general court may tax
income not derived from property at a lower rate than income
derived from property, and may grant reasonable exemptions
and abatements. Any class of property the income from
which is taxed under the pro^dsions of this article may be
exempted from the imposition and le\'^'ing of proportional
and reasonable assessments, rates and taxes as at present
authorized by the constitution. This article shall not be
construed to limit the power of the general court to impose
and le\y reasonable duties and excises.
Art. 65. The general court shall have full power and
authority to erect and constitute municipal or city govern-
ments, in any corporate town or towns in this common-
wealth, and to grant to the inhabitants thereof such powers,
pri\'ileges, and immunities, not repugnant to the constitu-
tion, as the general court shall deem necessary or expedient
for the regulation and government thereof, and to prescribe
the manner of calling and holding public meetings of the in-
habitants, in wards or otherwise, for the election of officers
under the constitution, and the manner of returning the votes
given at such meetings. Pro\'ided, that no such government
shall be erected or constituted in any town not containing
twelve thousand inliabitants, nor unless it be \\ith the consent,
and on the application of a majority of the inhabitants of
such town, present and voting thereon, pursuant to a vote
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at a meeting duly warned and holden for that purpose. And
provided, also, that all by-laws, made by such municipal or Proviso.
city government, shall be subject, at all times, to be annulled
by the general court.
Art. 66. The general court shall have power to author- Powers of the
ize the commonwealth to take land and to hold, improve, fliativeu>^the
sub-di\ade, build upon and sell the same, for the purpose of etc'To^/eifevl'
relieving congestion of population and providing homes for po^ullt^nand
citizens: proxdded, however, that this article shall not be ^^^°i'^^
deemed to authorize the sale of such land or buildings at less citizens.
than the cost thereof. ^™^'^°-
Art. 67. The conservation, development and utilization Conservation,
of the agricultural, mineral, forest, water and other natural reso'u?ce"Vthe
resources of the commonwealth, are public uses, and the «°™™°^w^t^-
general court shall have power to provide for the taking,
upon pa;yTnent of just compensation therefor, of lands and
easements or interests therein, including water and mineral
rights, for the purpose of securing and promoting the proper
conservation, development, utilization and control thereof
and to enact legislation necessary or expedient therefor.
Art. 68. Full power and authority are hereby given and ^^'^^"f'orest
granted to the general com-t to prescribe for wild or forest ^^"^'i^-
lands such methods of taxation as will develop and conserve
the forest resources of the commonwealth.
Art. 69. The maintenance and distribution at reason- General C9urt
able rates, during time of war, public exigency, emergency or manner™/ dls-
distress, of a sufficient supply of food' and other common f^^""?" °^
necessaries of life and the providing of shelter, are public during time of
■*■ war 6tc. Dv
functions, and the commonwealth and the cities and towns the'common-
, 1 . ,1 1 • 1 J 1 i> , 1 • wealth, cities
therein may take and may pro\ade the same tor their and towns.
inhabitants in such manner as the general court shall de-
termine.
Art. 70. The general court may by special acts for the General court
/. 1 . , ... 1 , • 1 • 1 to provide for
purpose or laying out, widening or relocating highways or the taking of
streets, authorize the taking in fee by the commonwealth, or widemng'orTe-
by a county, city or town, of more land and property than waysl^ete*!'^^'
are needed for the actual construction of such highway or
street: provided, however, that the land and property author- Proviso.
ized to be taken are specified in the act and are no more
in extent than would be sufficient for suitable building lots
on both sides of such highway or street, and after so much of
the land or property has been appropriated for such highway
or street as is needed therefor, may authorize the sale of the
remainder for value with or without suitable restrictions.
128
CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Building zones
in cities and
towns.
Regulation by
law of adver-
tising on public
ways, etc.
General court
may prescribe
for taking
ancient land-
marks, etc.
Organization of
not more than
twenty depart-
ments to
perform the
executive and
administrative
work of the
common-
wealth, except,
etc.
Every charter,
etc., subject to
revocation, etc.
Initiative and
referendum,
definition.
Art. 71. The general court shall ha^-e power to limit
buildings according to their use or construction to specified
districts of cities and towns.
Art. 72. Advertising on public ways, in public places
and on private property mthin public view may be regulated
and restricted by law.
Art. 73. The preservation and maintenance of ancient
landmarks and other property of historical or antiquarian
interest is a public use, and the commonwealth and the
cities and towns therein may, upon payment of just com-
pensation, take such property or any interest therein under
such regulations as the general court may prescribe.
Art. 74. On or before January first, nineteen hundred
twenty-one, the executive and administrati^'e work of the
commonwealth shall be organized in not more than twenty
departments, in one of which every executive and adminis-
trative office, board and commission, except those officers
serving directly under the governor or the council, shall be
placed. Such departments shall be under such super\'ision
and regulation as the general court may from time to time
prescribe by law.
Art. 75. Every charter, franchise or act of incorpora-
tion shall forever remain subject to revocation and amend-
ment.
THE INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
DEFINITION.
Art. 76. Legislative power shall continue to be vested in
the general court; but the people reserve to themselves the
popular initiative, which is the power of a specified niunber
of voters to submit constitutional amendments and laws to
the people for approval or rejection; and the popular refer-
endmn, which is the power of a specified number of voters
to submit laws, enacted by the general court, to the people
for their ratification or rejection.
Contents of
initiative
petition.
Certain matters
shall not be
proposed by
The Initiative.
INITIATIVE petitions.
Art. 77. Contents. — An initiative petition shall set
forth the full text of the constitutional amendment or law,
hereinafter designated as the measure, which is proposed by
the petition.
Art. 78. Excluded Matters. — No measure that relates
to religion, religious practices or religious institutions; or
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to the appointment, qualification, tenure, removal, recall or initiative
compensation of judges; or to the reversal of a judicial deci-
sion; or to the powers, creation or abolition of courts; or the
operation of which is restricted to a particular town, city or
other political division or to particular districts or localities
of the commonwealth; or that makes a specific appropria-
tion of money from the treasury of the commonwealth, shall
be proposed by an initiative petition; but if a law approved Jpolfginerai
by the people is not repealed, the general court shall raise court^ ^''proved
by taxation or otherwise and shall appropriate such money by the people.
as may be necessary to carry such law into effect.
Neither the provisions of this constitution embodied in Anti-aid
article three, section two of the declaration of rights, nor so-cTiiedr.no't
this provision for their protection, shall be the subject of ^ initiative*
an initiative amendment. amendment.
No measure inconsistent with any one of the following Certain indi-
rights of the individual, as at present declared in the declara- not to be
tion of rights, shall be the subject of an initiative petition: iniuluve^
The right to receive compensation for private property ap- amendment.
propriated to public use; the right of access to and protection
in courts of justice; the right of trial by jury; protection from
unreasonable search, unreasonable bail and the law martial ;
freedom of the press; freedom of speech; freedom of elections;
and the right of peaceable assembly.
No part of the constitution specifically excluding any mat- Further
ter from the operation of the popular initiative and referen- matters^
dum shall be the subject of an initiative petition; nor shall
this article be the subject of such a petition.
The limitations on the legislative power of the general pertain
court in the constitution shall extend to the legislative power limitations
» , , 1 '11 1 extended.
01 the people as exercised hereunder.
Art. 79. Mode of Originating. — Such petition shall first ]^^^^^^^
be signed by ten qualified voters of the commonwealth and mode of'
shall then be submitted to the attorney-general, and if he ing, etc.
shall certify that the measure is in proper form for sub-
mission to the people, and that it is not, either affirmatively
or negatively, substantially the same as any measure which
has been qualified for submission or submitted to the people
within three years of the succeeding first Wednesday in
December and that it contains only subjects not excluded
from the popular initiative and which are related or which
are mutually dependent, it may then be filed with the secre-
tary of the commonwealth. The secretary of the common- secretary
wealth shall provide blanks for the use of subsequent signers, wea'ith t^'""''"
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furnish blank
forms, etc.
Time of filing
initiative
petitions.
Transmission
of proposed
measure to the
general court.
and shall print at the top of each blank a description of the
proposed measure as such description vriW appear on the
ballot together with the names and residences of the first ten
signers. All initiative petitions with the first ten signatures
attached, shall be filed with the secretary of the common-
\vealth not earlier than the first Wednesday of the Septem-
ber before the annual assembling of the general court into
which they are to be introduced, and the remainder of the
required signatm-es shall be filed not later than tlie first
Wednesday of the following December.
Art. 80. Transmission to the General Court. — If an in-
itiative petition, signed by the required number of qualifier
voters, has been filed as aforesaid, the secretary of the com.-
monwealth shall, upon the next assembling of the general
court, transmit it to the clerk of the house of representatives,
and the proposed measure shall then be deemed to be intro-
duced and pending.
Reference to
legislative com-
mittee and
report thereon.
Legislative
substitute for
initiative
measure.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Art. 81. Reference to Committee. — If a measure is intro-
duced into the general court by initiative petition, it shall be
referred to a committee thereof, and the petitioners and all
parties in interest shall be heard, and the measure shall be
considered and reported upon to the general court with the
committee's recommendations, and the reasons therefor, in
writing. Majority and minority reports shall be signed by
the members of said committee.
Art. 82. Legislative Substitutes. — The general court
may, by resolution passed by yea and nay vote, either by
the two houses separately, or in the case of a constitutional
amendment by a majority of those voting thereon in joint
session in each of two general courts successively elected as
hereinafter proA-ided, submit to the people a substitute for
any measure introduced by initiative petition, such substi-
tute to be designated on the ballot as the legislative substi-
tute for such an initiative measure and to be grouped with it
as an alternative therefor.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND-
MENTS.
P?finition of Art. 83. Definition. — A proposal for amendment to the
amendment constitution iutroduccd iuto the general court by initiative
petition shall be designated an initiative amendment, and an
and legislative
substitute.
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amendment introduced by a member of either house shall be
designated a legislative substitute or a legislative amendment.
Art. 84. Joint Session. — If a proposal for a specific Joint session
amendment of the constitution is introduced into the general ImenTme^t
court by initiative petition signed by not less than twenty- stitutlon.""
five thousand qualified voters, or if in case of a proposal for
amendment introduced into the general court by a mem-
ber of either house, consideration thereof in joint session is
called for by vote of either house, such proposal shall, not
later than the second Wednesday in the follomng June, be
laid before a joint session of the two houses, at which the
president of the senate shall preside; and if the two houses when governor
fail to agree upon a time for holding any joint session hereby jofnt stekon.
required, or fail to continue the same from time to time until
final action has been taken upon all amendments pending,
the governor shall call such joint session or continuance
thereof.
Art. 85. Amendment of Proposed Amendments. — A pro- Proposed
posal for an amendment to the constitution introduced by t^uTe^TOnsti-
initiative petition shall be voted upon in the form in which ^hich 'to°bT ^^
it was introduced, unless such amendment is amended by v°*ed upon.
vote of three-fourths of the members voting thereon in joint
session, which vote shall be taken by call of the yeas and nays
if called for by any member.
Art. 86. Legislative Action. — Final legislative action in Final legislative
the joint session upon any amendment shall be taken only by taken by yLs
call of the yeas and nays, which shall be entered upon the ^^'^ °*^^-
journals of the two houses; and an unfavorable vote at any
stage preceding final action shall be verified by call of the
yeas and nays, to be entered in like manner. At such joint Reference to
session a legislative amendment recei\'ing the affirmative STo be^
votes of a majority of all the members elected, or an initia- ®^®*^'^®'^-
tive amendment receiving the affirmative votes of not less
than one-fourth of all the members elected, shall be referred
to the general court next to be efected.
Art. 87. Submission to the People. — If in the general Submission of
1 1 1 • 1 • 1 1 11 • 1 legislative
court next elected a legislative amendment shall again be amendment,
J j^ . . . ^ -1 . • ,.111 1 etc., to the
agreed to m joint session by a majority oi all the members people.
elected, or if an initiative amendment shall again receive the
affirmative votes of at least one-fourth of all the members
elected, such fact shall be certified by the clerk of such joint
session to the secretary of the commonwealth, who shall
submit the amendment to the people at the next biennial
state election.
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When an
amendment
becomes part
of the con-
stitution.
An amendment shall become part of the constitution if
approved, in the case of a legislative amendment, by a ma-
jority of the voters voting thereon, or if approved, in the
case of an initiati\^e amendment or a legislative substitute,
by voters equal in number to at least thirty per cent of the
total nmnber of ballots cast at such state election and also
by a majority of the voters voting on such amendment.
Legislative
procedure on
law proposed
by initiative
petition, .etc.
When measure
becomes law
and takes
effect.
Amendment of
proposed law
by petitioners
and submission
of measure to
the people by
the secretary
of the com-
monwealth.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON PROPOSED LAWS.
Art. 88. Legislative Procedure. — If an initiative peti-
tion for a law is introduced into the general court, signed by
not less than twenty thousand qualified voters, a vote shall
be taken by yeas and nays in both houses before the first
Wednesday of the following June upon the enactment of such
law in the form in wliich it stands in such petition. If the
general court fails to enact such law before such first Wednes-
day of Jmie, and if such petition is completed by filing with
the secretary of the commonwealth, not earlier than the
first Wednesday of the following July nor later than the first
Wednesday of the follo\ving August, not less than five thou-
sand signatures of qualified voters, in addition to those
signing such initiative petition, which signatures must have
been obtained after the first Wednesday of June aforesaid,
then the secretary of the commonwealth shall submit such
proposed law to the people at the next biennial state election.
If it shall be approved by voters equal in number to at least
thirty per cent of the total number of ballots cast at such
state election and also by a majority of the voters voting on
such law, it shall become law, and shall take effect in thirty
days after such state election or at such time after such elec-
tion as may be proAided in such law.
Art. 89. Amendment by Petitioners. — If the general
court fails to pass a proposed law before such first Wednes-
day of June, a majority of the first ten signers of the initia-
tive petition therefor shall have the right, subject to certifi-
cation by the attorney-general filed as hereinafter provided,
to amend the measure which is the subject of such petition.
An amendment so made shall not invalidate any signature
attached to the petition. If the measure so amended, signed
by a majority of the first ten signers, is filed with the sec-
retary of the commonwealth before the first Wednesday of
the following July, together with a certificate signed by the
attorney-general to the effect that the amendment made by
such proposers is in his opinion perfecting in its nature and
i
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does not materially change the substance of the measure,
and if such petition is completed by filing with the secretary
of the commonwealth, not earlier than the first Wednesday
of the following July nor later than the first Wednesday of
the following August, not less than five thousand signatures
of qualified voters, in addition to those signing such initia-
tive petition, which signatures must have been obtained after
the first Wednesday of June aforesaid, then the secretary of
the commonwealth shall submit the measure to the people in
its amended form.
CONFLICTING AND ALTERNATIVE MEASURES.
Art. 90. If in any judicial proceeding, provisions of con- conflicting and
stitutional amendments or of laws approved by the people at me^ufi^^
the same election are held to be in conflict, then the provi- which shall
sions contained in the measure that received the largest num- approved by
ber of affirmative votes at such election shall govern. ^ ^^^ ^' ^ °'
Art. 91. A constitutional amendment approved at any Constitutional
, . , ,, , , -^-^ , . amendment to
election shall govern any law approved at the same election, govern law, etc.
Art. 92. The general court, by resolution passed as here- General court
inbefore set forth, may provide for grouping and designat- for^gTo^upLg,
ing upon the ballot as conflicting measures or as alternative thebaUot.
measures, only one of which is to be adopted, any two or more
proposed constitutional amendments or laws which have
been or may be passed or qualified for submission to the
people at any one election: provided, that a proposed con- Proviso,
stitutional amendment and a proposed law shall not be so
grouped, and that the ballot shall afford an opportunity to
the voter to vote for each of the measures or for only one of
the measures, as may be provided in said resolution, or against
each of the measures so grouped as conflicting or as alterna-
tive. In case more than one of the measures so grouped Only measure
, ,, . , . , „ . 11- receiving larg-
shall receive the vote required tor its approval as herein est affirmative
provided, only that one for which the largest affirmative vote deemed
was cast shall be deemed to be approved. approv .
The Referendum.
WHEN statutes SHALL TAKE EFFECT.
Art. 93. No law passed by the general court shall take when certain
effect earlier than ninety days after it has become a law, the general
excepting laws declared to be emergency laws and laws which effect.
may not be made the subject of a referendmn petition, as
herein provided.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Emergency
law to contain
preamble.
Yea and nay
vote thereon.
How governor
may cause
certain laws to
take effect
forthwith.
Certain
franchise
grants accepted.
EMERGENCY MEASURES.
Art. 94. A law declared to be an emergency law shall
contain a preamble setting forth the facts constituting the
emergency, and shall contain the statement that such law is
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
health, safety or convenience. A separate vote shall be taken
on the preamble by call of the yeas and nays, which shall be
recorded, and unless the preamble is adopted by two-thirds
of the members of each house voting thereon, the law shall
not be an emergency law.
But if the governor, at any time before the election at
which a law may be submitted to the people on referendum,
files "with the secretary of the commonwealth a statement
declaring that in his opinion the immediate preservation of
the public peace, health, safety or convenience requires that
such law should take effect fortlwdth and that it is an emer-
gency law and setting forth the facts constituting the emer-
gency, then such law, if not previously suspended as herein-
after provided, shall thereupon take effect, or if such law has
been so suspended such suspension shall thereupon terminate
and such law shall take effect.
No grant of any franchise or amendment thereof, or re-
newal or extension thereof for more than one year shall be
declared to be an emergency law.
Contents of
referendum
petition.
Certain matters
shall not be
the subject of
a referendum
petition.
Mode of
petitioning for
the suspension
of a law and a
referendum
thereon.
REFERENDUM PETITIONS.
Art. 95. Contents. — A referendum petition may ask for
a referendum to the people upon any law enacted by the
general court which is not herein expressly excluded.
Art. 96, Excluded Matters. — No law that relates to
religion, religious practices or religious institutions; or to
the appointment, qualification, tenure, removal or compensa-
tion of judges; or to the powers, creation or abolition of
courts; or the operation of which is restricted to a particular
town, city or other political di\dsion or to particular districts
or localities of the comnionwealth; or that appropriates
money for the current or ordinary expenses of the common-
wealth or for any of its departments, boards, commissions
or institutions shall be the subject of a referendum petition.
Art. 97. Mode of Petitioning for the SiisjJension of a Law
and a Referendum thereon. — A petition asking for a refer-
endiun on a law, and requesting that the operation of such
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law be suspended, shall first be signed by ten qualified voters
and shall then be filed with the secretary of the common-
wealth not later than thirty daj's after the law that is the
subject of the petition has become law. The secretary of i^cretary^of"^
the commonwealth shall pro\dde blanks for the use of sub- wraith^^c'''
sequent signers, and shall print at the top of each blank a
description of the proposed law as such description A\'ill ap-
pear on the ballot together \yiih the names and residences of
the first ten signers. If such petition is completed by filing
with the secretary of the commonwealth not later than
ninety days after the law which is the subject of the petition
has become law the signatures of not less than fifteen thou-
sand qualified voters of the commonwealth, then the opera-
tion of such law shall be suspended, and the secretary of the
commonwealth shall submit such law to the people at the
next biennial state election, if thirty days intervene between
the date when such petition is so completed and filed with the
secretary of the commonwealth and tlie date for holding
such state election; if thirty days do not so intervene, then
such law shall be submitted to the people at the next follow-
ing biennial state election, unless in the meantime it shall
have been repealed; and if it shall be approved by a majority Votes necea-
of the qualified voters voting thereon, such law shall, subject ap^provli, etc.
to the provisions of the constitution, take effect in thirty
days after such election, or at such time after such election
as may be pro^'ided in such law; if not so approved such
law shall be null and void; but no such law shall be held to
be disapproved if the negative vote is less than thirty per
cent of the total number of ballots cast at such state election.
Art. 98. Petitions for Referenduvi on an Emergency Law petitions for
or a Law the Suspension of which is not ashed for. — A refer- an emergency"
endum petition may ask for the repeal of an emergency law \^ o"" ^ law
oi I'll pf ^ i» !• ^"^ suspension
or or a law which takes eiiect because the referendum peti- of which is not
tion does not contain a request for suspension, as aforesaid.
Such petition shall first be signed by ten qualified voters of
the commonwealth, and shall then be filed with the secre-
tary of the commonwealth not later than thirty days after
the law which is the subject of the petition has become law.
The secretary of the commonwealth shall proxide blanks for Duties of the
the use of subsequent signers, and shall print^-at the top of common- °^ *^^
each blank a description of the proposed law as such descrip- wealth, etc.
tion will appear on the ballot together with the names and
residences of the first ten signers. If such petition filed as
aforesaid is completed by filing with the secretary of the
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commonwealth not later than ninety days after the law which
is the subject of the petition has become law the signatures
of not less than ten thousand qualified voters of the common-
wealth protesting against such law and asking for a refer-
endum thereon, then the secretary of the commonwealth
shall submit such law to the people at the next biennial
state election, if thirty days intervene between the date
when such petition is so completed and filed with the secre-
tary of the commonwealth and the date for holding such
state election. If thirty days do not so intervene, then it
shall be submitted to the people at the next foIlo\^ing bien-
nial state election, unless in the meantime it shall have been
Votes necessary repealed; and if it shall not be approved by a majority of
for repeal, etc. ^-^^ qualified votcrs votiug thcrcou, it shall, at the expiration
of thirty days after such election, be thereby repealed; but
no such law shall be held to be disapproved if the negative
vote is less than thirty per cent of the total number of ballots
cast at such state election.
General Provisions.
Identification
and certifica-
tion of signa-
tures to
petitions, etc.
Law to regu-
late petitions
circulated for
hire or reward.
IDENTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF SIGNATURES.
Art. 99. Provision shall be made by law for the proper
identification and certification of signatures to the petitions
hereinbefore referred to, and for penalties for signing any
such petition, or refusing to sign it, for money or other valu-
able consideration, and for the forgery of signatures thereto.
Pending the passage of such legislation all provisions of law
relating to the identification and certification of signatures
to petitions for the nomination of candidates for state offices
or to penalties for the forgery of such signatures shall apply
to the signatures to the petitions herein referred to. The
general court may pro\dde by law that no co-partnership or
corporation shall undertake for hire or reward to circulate
petitions, may require individuals who circulate petitions for
hire or reward to be licensed, and may make other reasonable
regulations to prevent abuses arising from the circulation of
petitions for hire or reward.
Limitation on
signatures.
LIMITATION ON SIGNATURES.
Art. 100. Not more than one-fourth of the certified sig-
natures on an}^ petition shall be those of registered voters of
any one county.
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137
Description on
ballots to be
determined by
the attorney-
general, etc.
YES.
NO.
FORM OF BALLOT.
Art. 101. Each proposed amendment to the constitu-
tion, and each law submitted to the people, shall be de-
scribed on the ballots bj' a "description to be determined by
the attorney-general, subject to such provision as may be
made by law, and the secretary of the commonwealth shall
give each question a number and cause such question, except
as other'svise authorized herein, to be printed on the ballot
in the following form:
Art. 102. In the case of an amendment to the constitu-
tion: Shall an amendment to the constitution
(here insert description, and state, in distinctive
tj'pe, whether approved or disapproved by the
general court, and by what vote thereon) be approved?
Art. 103. In the case of a law: Shall a law (here in-
sert description, and state, in distinctive type,
whether approved or disapproved by the gen-
eral court, and by what vote thereon) be aj>-
proved?
INFORMATION FOR VOTERS.
Art. 104, The secretary of the commonwealth shall cause certain in-
to be printed and sent to each registered voter in the common- ^voten^u^he^
wealth the full text of every measiu-e to be submitted to the secreUry^iTf
people, together ■with a copy of the legislative committee's ^^f^t,™'""'^'
majority and minority reports, if there be such, with the
names of the majority and minority members thereon, a
statement of the votes of the general court on the measure,
and a description of the measure as such description wdll
appear on the ballot; and shall, in such mamier as may be
pro\'ided by law, cause to be prepared and sent to the voters
other information and arguments for and against the measure.
YES.
NO.
Form of
question on
amendment to
constitution.
Form of
question
on a law.
THE VETO POWER OF THE GOVERNOR.
Art. 105. The veto power of the governor shall not ex- Governors'
tend to measures approved by the people.
veto not to
extend to
certain
measures.
THE GENERAL COURT S POWER OF REPEAL.
Art. 106. Subject to the veto power of the governor and Law approved
, , . , J, p ^. . , . . , , by the people
to the right or rererendum bv petition as herein provided, may be
,1 , , i" 11 11 amended, etc.,
the general court may amend or repeal a law approved by by the general
the people. '=°^*-
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Initiative and
referendum
amendment
to be self-
executing, etc.
LNITIATIVE AXD REFERENDUM DECLARED TO BE SELF-
EXECUrmG.
Art. 107. The pro\asions of the initiative and referendum
are self-executing, but legislation not inconsistent "uith any-
thing therein contained may be enacted to facilitate the
operation of such provisions.
The budget,
contents, etc.
General court
to prescribe
form, etc.
Governor
may require
information
from boards,
etc.
The general
appropriation
bill and powers
of the general
court.
Governor may
recommend
supplementary
budgets.
When special
appropriation
bills may be
enacted, etc.
Governor may
disapprove,
etc., items or
STATE BUDGET AND VETO OF ITEMS BY THE GOVERNOR.
— LENDING CREDIT OF COMMONWEALTH.
Art. 108. The Budget. — Within tliree weeks after the
convening of the general court the governor shall recommend
to the general court a budget which shall contain a statement
of all proposed expenditures of the commonwealth for the
fiscal year, including those already authorized by law, and of
all taxes, revenues, loans and other means by which such
expenditures shall be defrayed. This shall be arranged in
such form as the general court may by law prescribe, or, in
default thereof, as the go\'ernor shall determine. For the
purpose of preparing his budget, the governor shall have
power to require any board, commission, officer or depart-
ment to furnish him AAith any information which he may
deem necessary.
Art. 109. The General Appropriatio7i Bill. — All appro-
priations based upon the budget to be paid from taxes or
revenues shall be incorporated in a single bill which shall
be called the general appropriation bill. The general court
may increase, decrease, add or omit items in the budget.
The general court may pro\'ide for its salaries, mileage, and
expenses and for necessary expenditures in anticipation of
appropriations, but before final action on the general appro-
priation bill it shall not enact any other appropriation bill
except on recommendation of the go^'ernor. The governor
may at any time recommend to the general court supplemen-
tary budgets which shall be subject to the same procedure
as the original budget.
Art. 110. Special Appropriation Bills. — After final action
on the general appropriation bill or on recommendation of the
governor, special appropriation bills may be enacted. Such
bills shall proAdde the specific means for defraying the appro-
priations therein contained.
Art. 111. Submission to the Governor. — The governor
may disapprove or reduce items or parts of items in any bill
OF MASSACHUSETTS — REARRANGEMENT. 139
appropriating money. So much of such bill as he approves parts of items
shall upon his signing the same become law. As to each priktion biii,
item disapproved or reduced, he shall transmit to the house
in which the bill originated his reasons for such disapproval
or reduction, and the procedure shall then be the same as in
the case of a bill disapproved as a whole. In case he shall ]^'^^^ 1° ^^ave
tore© oi Ifl-W
fail so to transmit his reasons for such disapproval or reduc- unless, etc. '
tion within five days after the bill shall have been presented
to him, such items shall have the force of law unless the
general court by adjournment shall prevent such transmis-
sion, in which case they shall not be law.
Art. 112. The credit of the commonwealth shall not in Common-
any manner be given or loaned to or in aid of any individual, nofto be"*^ '
or of any private association, or of any corporation which is IL^|rpr?ses"^**^
privately owned and managed.
Art. 113. The commonwealth may borrow money to Common-
repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the common- boTrowmoney
wealth, or to assist the United States in case of war, and p°Jrposes'°
may also borrow money in anticipation of receipts from taxes
or other sources, such loan to be paid out of the revenue of
the year in which it is created.
Art. 114. In addition to the loans which may be con- Two-thirds yea
tracted as before provided, the commonwealth may borrow gene^uourt °^
money only by a vote, taken by the yeas and nays, of two- Low^m*oney,
thirds of each house of the general court present and vot- ^^'^■
ing thereon. The governor shall recommend to the general
court the term for which any loan shall be contracted.
Art. 115. Borrowed money shall not be expended for Expenditure of
any other purpose than that for which it was borrowefl or mJney'^'^
for the reduction or discharge of the principal of the loan. i^Jted.
THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
THE GOVERNOR.
Art. 116. There shall be a supreme executive magistrate, Governor.
who shall be styled The Governor of the Commonwealth His title.
OF Massachusetts; and whose title shall be His Excel-
lency.
Art. 117. The governor shall be chosen biennially; and bi^nniaii°^®'*
no person shall be eligible to this office, unless, at the time Qualifications.
of his election, he shall have been an inhabitant of this
commonwealth for seven years next preceding.
Art. 118. Those persons who shall be qualified to vote By whom
for senators and representatives within the several towns of he^h^'a^
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plurality of
votes.
Transmission
of votes, etc.
How chosen,
when no person
has a plurality.
Power of gov-
ernor, and of
governor and
council.
May adjourn
or prorogue the
general court
upon request,
and convene
the same, etc.
this commonwealth shall, at a meeting to be called for that
purpose, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in
November biennially, give in their votes for a governor,
to the selectmen, who shall preside at such meetings; and
the town clerk, in the presence and with the assistance
of the selectmen, shall, in open town meeting, sort and
count the votes, and form a list of the persons voted for,
with the number of votes for each person against his name;
and shall make a fair record of the same in the town books,
and a public declaration thereof in the said meeting; and
shall, in the presence of the inhabitants, seal up copies of such
list, attested by him and the selectmen, and transmit the same
to the sheriff of the county, thirty days at least before the
first Wednesday in January; and the sheriff shall transmit
the same to the secretary's office, seventeen days at least
before such first Wednesday in January; or the selectmen
may cause returns of the same to be made to the office of
the secretary of the commonwealth, se\'enteen days at least
before such day; and the secretary shall lay the sani/e before
the senate and the house of representatives on the first
Wednesday in Januar}"-, to be by them examined; and the
person having the highest nmnber of votes shall be deemed
and declared to be elected, but if no person shall have been
so elected, the house of representatives on the first Wednes-
day in January shall, by ballot, elect two out of four persons
who had the highest number of votes, if so many shall have
been voted for; but, if otherwise, out of the number voted
for; and make return to the senate of the two persons so
elected; on which the senate shall proceed, by ballot, to
elect one, who shall be declared governor.
Art. 119. The governor shall have authority, from time
to time, at his discretion, to assemble and call together the
councillors of this commonwealth for the time being; and
the governor with the said councillors, or five of them at
least, shall, and may, from time to time, hold and keep a
council, for the ordering and directing the affairs of the com-
monwealth, agreeably to the constitution and the laws of the
land.
Art. 120. The governor, with the advice of the council,
shall have full power and authority, during the session of the
general court, to adjourn or prorogue the same to any time
the two houses shall desire; and, in the recess of the said
court, to prorogue the same from time to time, not exceeding
ninety days in any one recess; and to call it together sooner
OF MASSACHUSETTS — REARRANGEMENT. 141
than the time to which it may be adjourned or prorogued, if
the welfare of the commonwealth shall require the same;
and in case of any infectious distemper prevailing in the
place where the general court is next at any time to convene,
or any other cause happening, whereby danger may arise to
the health or lives of the members from their attendance, he
may direct the session to be held at some other, the most
convenient place within the state.
Art. 121. In cases of disagreement between the two Governor and
houses, with regard to the necessity, expediency, or time of adjourn the
adjournment or prorogation, the governor, with the advice fn'cases.^etc.,
of the council, shall have a right to adjourn or prorogue the I'ngn'inlty d^ays.
general court, not exceeding ninety days, as he shall deter-
mine the public good shall require.
Art. 122. The power of pardoning offences, except such ^°nc^i"ma^'''^
as persons may be convicted of before the senate by an im- pardon offences,
peachment of the house, shall be in the governor, by and with
the advice of the council; but no charter of pardon, granted ^on'V?c°tion'!^°'^^
by the governor, with the advice of the coimcil before con-
viction, shall avail the party pleading the same, notwith-
standing any general or particular expressions contained
therein, descriptive of the offence or offences intended to be
pardoned.
Art. 12,3. All judicial officers, the solicitor-general, and cer'i!''itL?how
coroners, shall be nominated and appointed by the governor, nominated and
1 I'll 1 • 1 p Ml appointed.
by and with the advice and consent or the council; and every
such nomination shall be made by the governor, and made
at least seven days prior to such appointment.
Notaries public shall be appointed by the governor in the Notaries public,
same manner as judicial officers are appointed, and shall hold °^ ^ppom
their offices during seven years. Women shall be eligible to Women
appointment as notaries public. Change of name shall render ^ '^' ®' ^*'''
the commission void, but shall not prevent reappointment
under the new name. The governor, with the consent of the Removal from
council, may remove justices of the peace and notaries public. °*°®'
Art. 124. All commissions shall be in the name of the Commissions,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, signed by the governor
and attested by the secretary or his deputy, and have the
great seal of the commonwealth affixed thereto. The tenure, to express
that all commissioned officers shall by law have in their coSl'mis°ioned
offices, shall be expressed in their respective commissions. officers.
Art. 125. All money received on account of the com- Collection of
monwealth from any source whatsoever shall be paid into '■'*'''^'^"®-
the treasury thereof.
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CONSTITUTION OP THE COMMONWEALTH
Money, how
drawn from
the treasury,
except, etc.
All public
boards, etc., to
make quarterly
returns.
Boards, etc., to
send governor
despatches,
etc., of a
public nature.
Salary of
governor.
Salaries of
justices of
supreme
judicial court.
General court
may enlarge
certain salaries
if insufficient.
No moneys shall be issued out of the treasury of this com-
monwealth, and disposed of (except such sums as may be
appropriated for the redemption of bills of credit or treas-
urer's notes, or for the payment of interest arising thereon)
but by warrant under the hand of the governor for the time
being, with the advice and consent of the council, for the
necessary defence and support of the commonwealth; and
for the protection and preservation of the inhabitants thereof,
agreeably to the acts and resolves of the general court.
Art. 126. All public boards, the commissary-general, all
superintending officers of public magazines and stores, be-
longing to this commonwealth, and all commanding officers
of forts and garrisons within the same, shall once in every
three months, officially, and without requisition, and at
other times, when required by the governor, deliver to him
an account of all goods, stores, prox-isions. ammunition,
cannon with their appendages, and small arms with their
accoutrements, and of all other public property whatever
under their care respectively; distinguishing the quantity,
number, quality and kind of each, as particularly as may be;
together with the condition of such forts and garrisons; and
the said commanding officer shall exhibit to the governor,
when required by him, true and exact plans of such forts,
and of the land and sea or harbor or harbors, adjacent.
And the said boards, and all public officers, shall communi-
cate to the governor, as soon as may be after recei\nng the
same, all letters, despatches, and intelligences of a public
nature, which shall be directed to them respectively.
Art. 127. As the public good requires that the governor
should not be under the undue influence of any of the mem-
bers of the general court by a dependence on them for his
support, that he should iir all cases act with freedom for the
benefit of the public, that he should not have his attention
necessarily diverted from that object to his private concerns,
and that he should maintain the dignity of the common-
wealth in the character of its chief magistrate, it is neces-
sary that he should have an honorable stated salary, of a
fixed and permanent value, amply sufficient for those pur-
poses, and established by standing laws.
Permanent and honorable salaries shall also be estab-
lished by law for the justices of the supreme judicial court.
And if it shall be fomid that any of the salaries aforesaid,
so established, are insufficient, they shall, from time to time,
be enlarged, as the general court shall judge proper.
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THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Art. 128. There shall be biennially elected a lieutenant- Lieutenant-
governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, whose title and'
title shall be His Honor; and who shall be qualified, in ^^'»'ifi«^^i<"^-
point of residence in the commonwealth, in the same manner
with the governor; and the day and manner of his election, Election in
and the qualifications of the electors, shall be the same as go^e^r^r""" ^
are required in the election of a governor. The return of the
votes for this officer, and the declaration of his election,
shall be in the same manner; and if no one person shall be How chosen,
found to have the highest number of all the votes returned, has a plurality.
the vacancy shall be filled by the senate and house of rep-
resentatives, in the same manner as the governor is to be
elected, in case no person shall have the highest number of
the votes of the people to be governor.
Art. 129. The governor, and in his absence the lieuten- President of
ant-governor, shall be president of the council, but shall Lieutenant-
have no vote in council; and the lieutenant-governor shall mJmblTo'f.
always be a member of the council, except when the chair ex<=ept. etc.
of the governor shall be vacant.
Art. 130. Whenever the chair of the governor shall be Lieutenant-
vacant, by reason of his death, or absence from the com- act^ing^govemor,
monwealth, or otherwise, the lieutenant-governor, for the ^"^ °^®' ^^^'
time being, shall, during such vacancy, perform all the
duties incumbent upon the governor, and shall have and
exercise all the powers and authorities, which by this con-
stitution the governor is vested wdth, when personally present.
THE COUNCIL.
Art. 131. There shall be a council for advising the gov- The council
ernor in the executive part of the government, to consist of governor *^ ^
eight persons besides the lieutenant-governor, whom the gov- number, etc.
ernor, for the time being, shall have full power and author-
ity, from time to time, at his discretion, to assemble and call
together; and the governor, with the said councillors, or
five of them at least, shall and may, from time to time, hold
and keep a council, for the ordering and directing the affairs
of the commonwealth, according to the laws of the land.
Art. 132. Eight councillors shall be biennially chosen by Eight coun-
the inhabitants of this commonwealth, qualified to vote for chosen bien-
governor. The election of councillors shall be determined by p^pie!'^ **^^
the same rule that is required in the election of governor.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Eligibility
defined.
Day and
manner of
election, etc.
Vacancies in
the council,
how filled.
Organization
of the gov-
ernment.
Secretary's
duties, etc.
Rank of
councillors.
Register
of council.
The general court, at Its first session after each decennial
state census, shall di\'ide the commonwealth into eight dis-
tricts of contiguous territory, each of which districts shall
consist of five contiguous senatorial districts, as they shall
be, from time to time, established by the general court, and
each of such eight districts containing a number of inhab-
itants as nearly equal as practicable, without di^'iding any
town or ward of a city, and each entitled to elect one coun-
cillor. No person shall be eligible to the office of councillor
who has not been an inhabitant of the commonwealth for the
term of five years immediately preceding his election. The
day and manner of the election, the return of the votes, and
the declaration of the elections, shall be the same as are re-
quired in the election of governor.
Art. 133. In case of a vacancy in the council, from a
failure of election, or other cause, the senate and house of
representatives shall, by concurrent vote, choose some eligible
person from the people of the district wherein such vacancy
occurs, to fill that office. If such vacancy shall happen when
the legislature is not in session, the governor, with the ad-
Adce and consent of the council, may fill the same by appoint-
ment of some eligible person.
Art. 134. And that there may be no delay in the organ-
ization of the government on the first Wednesday in Janu-
ary, the governor, with at least five councillors for the time
being, shall biennially, as soon as may be, examine the re-
turned copies of the records for the election of governor,
lieutenant-governor, and councillors; and ten days before
such first Wednesday in January he shall issue his simimons
to such persons as appear to be chosen, to attend on that day
to be qualified accordingly; and the secretary shall lay the
returns before the senate and house of representatives on
such first Wednesday in January, to be by them examined;
and in case of the election of either of such officers, the choice
shall be by them declared and published; but in case there
shall be no election of either of such officers, the legislature
shall proceed to fill such vacancies in the manner provided
in the constitution for the choice of such officers.
Art. 135. The councillors, in the civil arrangements of
the commonwealth, shall have rank next after the lieutenant-
governor.
Art. 136. The resolutions and ad^^ce of the council shall
be recorded in a register, and signed by the members pres-
ent^ and this record may be called for at any time by either
OF MASSACHUSETTS — REARRANGEMENT. 145
house of the legislature; and any member of the council may-
insert his opinion, contrary to the resolution of the majority.
Art. 137. Whenever the offices of governor and lieu- Order of
tenant-governor shall both be vacant, by reason of death, officfor"*"
absence from the commonwealth, or otherwise, then one of fn^'^^^oi ^**''
the following officers, in the order of succession herein named, vacancy.
namely, the secretary, attorney-general, treasurer, and audi-
tor, shall, during such vacancy, have full power and author-
ity to do and execute all and every such acts, matters and
things as the governor or the lieutenant-governor might
or could lawfully do or execute, if they, or either of them,
were personally present.
SECRETARY. TREASURER. AUDITOR. ATTORNEY-
GENERAL.
Art. 138. The secretary, treasurer, auditor, and at- secretary,
torney-general, shall be chosen biennially, on the Tuesday au^dfto^and
next after the first Monday in November; and each person 11^°^^^^^^ ^g
then chosen as such, duly qualified in other respects, shall eiec^ted
hold his office for the term of two years from the third the people.
Wednesday in January next thereafter, and until another is
chosen and qualified in his stead. The quaHfication of the Qualifications
voters, the manner of the election, the return of the votes, manner^of
and the declaration of the election, shall be such as are re- fo^be such^as'
quired in the election of governor. In case of a failure to elect eilcJ g'Jjvernor"
either of said officers on the day in November aforesaid, or in
case of the decease, in the mean time, of the person elected
as such, such officer shall be chosen on or before the third
Wednesday in January next thereafter, from the two persons
who had the highest number of votes for such office on the
day in November aforesaid, by joint ballot of the senators
and representatives, in one room; and in case the office of Vacancies.
^ ' ,. ' how filled.
secretary, or treasurer, or auditor, or attorney-general, shall
become vacant, from any cause, during an annual or special
session of the general court, such vacancy shall in like manner
be filled by choice from the people at large; but if such
vacancy shall occur at any other time, it shall be supplied by
the governor by appointment, with the advice and consent
of the council. The person so chosen or appointed, duly
qualified in other respects, shall hold his office until his suc-
cessor is chosen and duly qualified in his stead. In case any To qualify
person chosen or appointed to either of the offices aforesaid, days! otherwise
shall neglect, for the space of ten days after he could other- deemed* vacant.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Qualification
requisite.
Treasurer ineli-
gible for more
than three suc-
cessive terms.
Secretary to
keep records;
to attend the
governor and
council, etc.
wise enter upon his duties, to qualify himself in all respects to
enter upon the discharge of such duties, the oflBce to which
he has been elected or appointed shall be deemed vacant.
No person shall be eligible to either of such offices unless he
shall have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth five
years next preceding his election or appointment.
No person shall be eligible to election to the office of
treasurer for more than three successive terms.
Art. 139. The records of the commonwealth shall be
kept in the office of the secretary, who may appoint his
deputies, for whose conduct he shall be accountable; and he
shall attend the governor and council, the senate and house
of representatives, in person, or by his deputies, as they shall
respectively require.
Judicial
officers to hold
office during
good behavior,
except, etc.
Retirement
because of
advanced age,
etc.
Justices of the
peace; tenure
of their office.
Provisions
for holding
probate courts.
THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
Art. 140. All judicial officers, duly appointed, commis-
sioned and sworn, shall hold their offices during good be-
haxdor, excepting such concerning whom there is different
provision made in this constitution: pro\dded, nevertheless,
the governor, A^ith consent of the comicil, may remove them
upon the address of both houses of the legislature; and pro-
vided also that the governor, Mith the consent of the council,
may after due notice and hearing retire them because of
advanced age or mental or physical disability. Such retire-
ment shall be subject to any pro\isions made by law as to
pensions or allowances payable to such officers upon their
voluntary retirement.
Art. 141, In order that the people may not suffer from
the long continuance in place of any justice of the peace who
shall fail of discharging the important duties of his office
\nth ability or fideUty, all commissions of justices of the
peace shall expire and become void, in the term of seven
years from their respective dates; and, upon the expiration
of any commission, the same may, if necessary, be renewed
or another person appointed, as shall most conduce to the
well-being of the commonwealth.
Art. 142. The judges of probate of mils, and for grant-
ing letters of administration, shall hold their courts at such
place or places, on fixed days, as the convenience of the
people shall require; and the legislature shall, from time to
time, hereafter, appoint such times and places.
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Art. 143. All causes of marriage, divorce, and alimony, Marriage.
and all appeals from the judges of probate, shall be heard aUmony!'"'^
and determined by the governor and council, until the leg- other provi-
islature shall, by law, make other provision. fl^"^ """"^^ ^^
Art. 144. All writs, issuing out of the clerk's office in Provisions
any of the courts of law, shall be in the name of the Com- wrltl? '°^
monwealth of Massachusetts; they shall be under the seal
of -the court from whence they issue ; they shall bear test of
the first justice of the court to which they shall be returnable,
who is not a party, and be signed by the clerk of such court.
Art. 145. All the laws which have heretofore been Continuation
adopted, used, and approved in the ProAnnce, Colony, or except, etc.
State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually, practised on in the
courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force, until
altered or repealed by the legislature, such parts only ex-
cepted as are repugnant to the rights and liberties contained
in this constitution.
Art. 146. Each branch of the legislature, as well as the justices of
governor and council, shall have authority to require the judfdTi^court
opinions of the justices of the supreme judicial court, upon ionl'whX"'
important questions of law, and upon solemn occasions. required.
THE MILITIA.
Art. 147. The general court shall provide by law for the Military and
recruitment, equipment, organization, training and disci- °eMui/me^,'
pline of the military and naval forces. The governor shall «*•=•
be the commander-in-chief thereof, and shall have power to
assemble the whole or any part of them for training, instruc-
tion or parade, and to employ them for the suppression of
rebellion, the repelling of invasion, and the enforcement of
the laws. He may, as authorized by the general court, pre-
scribe from time to time the organization of the military and
naval forces and make regulations for their government.
Art. 148. All military and naval officers shall be selected nalaf officera.
and appointed and may be removed in such manner as the and r'^e^oved^
general court may by law prescribe, but no such officer shall ^^'^■
be appointed unless he shall have passed an examination
prepared by a competent commission or shall have served
one year in either the federal or state militia or in military
service. All such officers who are entitled by law to receive Governor
commissions shall be commissioned by the governor. c^m^Lions.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Oaths to be
taken by all
civil and
military
officers.
Proviso.
Persons declin-
ing to take
oaths, shall
make affir-
mation.
Tests
abolished.
Oaths and
affirmations,
how admin-
istered.
Plurality
of offices
prohibited to
governor, etc.,
except, etc.
OATHS OF OFFICE. INCOMPATIBLE OFFICES. DIS-
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE.
Art. 149. The following oaths shall be taken and sub-
scribed by every person chosen or appointed to any office,
civil or military, under the government of this common-
wealth, before he shall enter on the duties of his office, to vnt:
"I, A. B., do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith
and allegiance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and
will support the constitution thereof. So help me, God.'*
"I, A. B., do solemnly swear and affirm, that I wall faith-
fully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties
incumbent on me as , according to the
best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the
rules and regulations of tlie constitution and the laws of
the commonwealth. So help me, God."
ProNaded, that when any person shall decline taking such
oaths, he shall make his affirmation in the foregoing forms,
omitting the word "swear" in the first oath, and inserting,
instead thereof, the word "affirm", and omitting the words
"swear and" in the second oath, and omitting the words
"So help me, God", in each oath, and subjoining, instead
thereof, the words "This I do under the pains and penalties
of perjury."
No oath, declaration, or subscription, excepting the above
oaths, shall be required of the governor, lieutenant-governor,
councillors, senators, or representatives, to qualify them for
the duties of their respective offices.
The said oaths or affirmations shall be taken and subscribed
by the governor, lieutenant-governor and councillors, before
the president of the senate, in the presence of the two houses
of the legislature; and by the senators and representatives
before the governor and council for the time being; and by
the residue of the officers aforesaid, before such persons and
in such manner as from time to time shall be prescribed by
the legislature.
Art. 150. No governor, lieutenant-governor, or judge
of the supreme judicial court, shall hold any other office
or place, under the authority of this commonwealth, except
such as by this constitution they are admitted to hold, sa\dng
that the judges of such court may hold the office of justice
of the peace through the state; nor shall they hold any other
place or office, or receive any pension or salary from anj'
other state or government or power whatever.
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No person shall be capable of holding or exercising at the Same subject.
same time, within this commonwealth, more than one of the
following offices, namely: judge of probate, sheriff, register
of probate, or register of deeds; and never more than any
two offices, which are to be held by appointment of the gov-
ernor, or the governor and council, or the senate, or the
house of representatives, or by the election of the people of
the state at large, or of the people of smy county, military
offices, and the offices of justices of the peace excepted, shall
be held by one person.
No person holding the office of judge of the supreme ju- incompatible
dicial court, secretary, attorney-general, solicitor-general, °®°^^-
treasurer, judge of probate, commissary-general, sheriff,
clerk of the house of representatives, register of probate, reg-
ister of deeds, clerk of the supreme judicial court, or clerk of
the inferior court of common pleas, shall at the same time
have a seat in the senate or house of representatives; but
their being chosen or appointed to, and accepting the same,
shall operate as a resignation of their seat in the senate or
house of representatives; and the place so vacated shall be
filled up.
And the same rule shall take place in case any judge of the incompatible
said supreme judicial court, or judge of probate, shall accept ° ^^^'
a seat in the coimcil; or any councillor shall accept of either
of those offices or places.
Art. 151. And no person shall ever be admitted to hold Bribery etc.,
1 1 rr> p • disqualify.
a seat in the general court, or any orface or trust or importance
under the government of this commonwealth, who shall,
in due course of law, have been convicted of bribery or cor-
ruption in obtaining an election or appointment.
Art. 152. No judge of any court of this commonwealth, incompatible
(except the court of sessions) and no person holding any office
under the authority of the United States, (postmasters ex-
cepted) shall, at the same time, hold the office of governor,
lieutenant-governor, or comicillor, or have a seat in the sen-
ate or house of representatives of this commonwealth; and
no judge of any court in this commonwealth, (except the
court of sessions) nor the attorney-general, solicitor-general,
district attorney, clerk of any court, sheriff, treasurer, reg-
ister of probate, nor register of deeds, shall continue to hold
such office after being elected a member of the Congress of
the United States, and accepting that trust; but the accept-
ance of such trust, by any of the officers aforesaid, shall be
deemed and taken to be a resignation of such office; and
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CONSTITUTION OP THE COMMONWEALTH
judges of the courts of common pleas shall hold no other
office under the government of this commonwealth, the office
of justice of the peace and militia offices excepted.
Harvard
College.
Powers,
privileges, etc.,
of the president
and fellows,
confirmed.
All gifts,
grants, etc.,
confirmed.
Power of
alteration
reserved to the
general com-t.
THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE, AND ENCOURAGE-
MENT OF LITERATURE.
Art. 153. Whereas our wise and pious ancestors, so early
as the year one thousand six hundred and thirty-six, laid
the foundation of Harvard College, in which university many
persons of great eminence have, by the blessing of God,
been initiated in those arts and sciences which qualified them
for public employments, both in church and state; and
whereas the encouragement of arts and sciences, and all good
literature, tends to the honor of God, the advantage of the
Christian religion, and the great benefit of this and the other
United States of America, it is declared, that the President
AND Fellows of Harvard College, in their corporate
capacity, and their successors in that capacity, their officers
and servants, shall have, hold, use, exercise, and enjoy, all
the powers, authorities, rights, liberties, privileges, immuni-
ties, and franchises, which they now have, or are entitled to
have, hold, use, exercise, and enjoy; and the same are hereby
ratified and confirmed unto them, the said president and
fellows of Harvard College, and to their successors, and to
their officers and servants, respectively, forever.
Art. 154. And whereas there have been at smidry times,
by divers persons, gifts, grants, devises of houses, lands,
tenements, goods, chattels, legacies, and conveyances, here-
tofore made, either to Harvard College in Cambridge, in
New England, or to the president and fellows of Harvard
College, or to the said college by some other description,
under several charters, successively; it is declared, that all
the said gifts, grants, devises, legacies, and conveyances, are
hereby forever confirmed unto the president and fellows of
Harvard College, and to their successors in the capacity
aforesaid, according to the true intent and meaning of the
donor or donors, grantor or grantors, devisor or devisors.
Art. 155. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent
the general court of this commonwealth from making such
alterations in the government of the said university, as shall
be conducive to its advantage, and the interest of the re-
public of letters, in as full a manner as might have been done
OF MASSACHUSETTS — REARRANGEMENT. 151
by the general court under the pro\isions of the constitution
adopted in seventeen hundred and eighty.
Art. 156. Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, dif- Duty of
fused generally among the body of the people, being neces- and^mSrates
sary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and p°eriods!*^^"^^
as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advan-
tages of education in the various parts of the comitry, and
among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty
of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this
commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and
the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the uni-
versity at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools
in the towns; to encourage private societies and public
institutions, rewards and immunities,- for the promotion of
agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures,
and a natural history of the country; to countenance and
inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence,
public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty
and punctuahty in their dealings; sincerity, good humor,
and all social affections, and generous sentiments, among the
people.
CONTINUANCE AND ENROLLMENT.
Art. 157. Upon the ratification and adoption by the This rean-ange-
people of this rearrangement of the existing constitution and exfsting con-
the amendments thereto, the constitution shall be deemed to Ip^p^r in^aii
and taken to be so rearranged and shall appear in such uo^ thw^f!^'
rearranged form in all future publications thereof. Such Not to be
rearrangement shall not be deemed or taken to change the cha™g^e m^an-
meaning or effect of any part of the constitution or its exfstfng ' °^
amendments as theretofore existing or operative. constitution.
Art. 158. This form of government shall be enrolled on provision for
parclmient, and deposited in the secretary's office, and be a ^{^bitshing the
part of the laws of the land; and printed copies thereof shall constitution.
be prefixed to the book containing the laws of this common-
wealth, in all future editions of such laws.
Index to the Reaeeangement of the
Constitution.
Index to the Eearrangement of the Constitution.
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Abatements, exemptions, etc., from tax on income, may be granted by-
general court, .......... 126
Abolition, etc., of courts, not to be subject of initiative or referendum pe-
tition, 129
Absent voting, general court to have power to provide for, . . . .117
Abuses, arising from circulating petitions for hire or reward, under initiative
and referendum, to be regulated by the general court, . . . 136
Act of incorporation, every, shall forever remain subject to revocation and
amendment, .......... 128
Acts and resolves of the general court, provision for submission of, to the
people on referendum, etc., ....... 134, 135
Address of both houses of the legislature, judicial officers may be removed by
governor with consent of council upon, ..... 146
Adjournment, of separate houses of general court, .... 122, 124
of the general court, . . . . . . . . . .118
Administrative work of the commonwealth, organization of, into not more
than twenty departments, . . . . . . . .128
Advertising on public ways, etc., may be restricted, etc., .... 128
Affirmations, instead of the required oaths, may be made by persons declining
to take oaths, .......... 148
forms of, for civil and military officers, to be set forth by the general court, 125
may be administered by courts and judicatories, .... 125
Agricultural resources, conservation of, ...... . 127
Agriculture, arts, commerce, etc., to be encouraged, ..... 151
Alimony, divorce, etc., causes of, by whom heard and determined, . . 147
Allegiance, oaths and affirmations of, ....... 148
Allowances or pensions, retirement of judicial officers on, .... 146
Alternative and conflicting measures, in popular legislation at one election, . 133
Amendment and revocation of charters, franchises and acts of incorpora-
tion, 128
Amendment to the constitution, under initiative and referendum, to be con-
sidered in joint session, etc., and form thereof, .... 131
Ancient landmarks, preservation of, . . . . . . . . 128
Anti-aid amendment, so-called, . . . . . . . .110
no initiative petition allowed against, ...... 129
loan of pubhc credit restricted by, ....... Ill
commonwealth's credit not to be given for private purposes, . . 139
Antiquarian interest, property of, preservation of, .... . 128
Appointments by the governor, . , , , , , 141,144,145
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Apportionment of councillors, . . ' . 144
state to be divided into eight districts, ...... 144
Apportionment of senators, ......... 120
on basis of legal voters, and state to be divided into forty districts, . 120
Apportionment of representatives, ........ 122
to the several counties, made on the basis of legal voters, . . .122
Appropriation of money from treasury for certain purposes, to be excluded
from proposal by initiative or referendum petition, . . 129, 134
Appropriation bill, the general, to be based upon the budget, etc., . . 138
Appropriation bills, special, may be enacted after final action on general appro-
priation bill, .......... 138
Appropriations, origin of money bills, ....... 124
no initiative or referendum petitions on, ..... 129, 134
budget and regulation of money bills, ..... 138, 139
Arguments for and against measures under the initiative and referendum to
be sent the voters by the secretary of the commonwealth, . . 137
Armies, dangerous to liberty, and not to be maintained without consent of
the legislature, . . . . . . . . . .114
115
114
no quartering of troops, unless, .......
Arms, right of people to keep and to bear, for public defence.
Arrest, members of house of representatives exempted from, on mesne process,
while going to, returning from, or attending the general assembly, . 124
Arrest, search and seizure, right of, regulated, . . . . . .114
warrant to contain special designation, . . . . . .114
Arts, commerce and agriculture, to be encouraged, ..... 151
Assembly, peaceable, the right of, . . . . . . . .114
not a subject for initiative or referendum petition, .... 129
Assembly of general court, frequent, . . . . . . .115
Association or corporation, private, not to be given credit of the common-
wealth, ........... 139
Attorney-general, to be chosen by the people biennially in November, begin-
ning in 1920, 117, 145
to hold office for two j^ears from third Wednesday in January next there-
after, and until another is chosen and qualified, . . . . 145
not to be a legislator or congressman, ...... 149
election determined by legislature, ....... 145
in failure of election by the voters, or in case of decease of person elected,
vacancy to be filled by joint ballot of legislature from the two per-
sons having the highest number of votes, at November election, . 145
vacancy occurring during session of the legislature filled by joint ballot
of legislature from the people at large, ...... 145
vacancy occurring during recess of legislature filled by governor by
appointment, with consent of council, ...... 145
not eligible, unless an inhabitant of the state for five years next preceding
election or appointment, ........ 146
office to be deemed vacant if person elected or appointed fails to be quali-
fied within ten days, . . . • . . . . . .145
qualifications requisite, ......... 145
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Attorney-general, initiative petition, etc., to be submitted to, . . 129, 132
description on ballot under initiative and referendum to be determined by, 137
to exercise powers of governor and lieutenant-governor in succession
when both offices are vacant, ....... 145
Attorneys, district, elected by the people of the several districts, . . . 125
Auditor, to be chosen by the people biennially in November, beginning in
1920, 117, 145
to hold office for two years from third Wednesday in January next there-
after, and until another is chosen and qualified, .... 145
election determined by legislature, ....... 145
vacancy filled in same manner as in office of attorney-general, . . 145
not eligible, unless an inhabitant of the state for five years next preceding
election, ........... 146
office to be deemed vacant if person elected or appointed fails to be quali-
fied within ten days, ......... 145
qualifications requisite, ......... 145
to exercise powers of governor and lieutenant-governor in succession
when both offices are vacant, ....... 145
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Bail, or sureties, excessive, not to be required, . . . . .115
protection from unreasonable, not a subject for initiative or referendum
petition, ........... 129
Ballot, voting by, and voting machines, ...... 117,123
form for popular legislation and vote on constitutional amendment, 137
Ballots cast at state election, number of negative votes required to disapprove
law submitted to the people, . . . . . . 132, 136
Biennial election of senators, representatives and certain state officers to
begin in November, 1920, 117, 145
Bill, the general appropriation, to be based upon the budget, etc., . . 138
Bill appropriating money, governor may disapprove or reduce items or parts
of items in, . . . . . . . . . .138
Bill of rights, declaration of , ........ 110-116
certain individual rights not to be subject of initiative petition, . . 129
Bills, money, to originate in the house of representatives, .... 124
Bills, special appropriation, may be enacted after final action on general
appropriation bill, ......... 138
Bills and resolves, to be laid before governor for revisal, . . . .119
to have force of law if signed by governor, . . . . . .119
if objected to by governor in writing, to be returned to branch in which
originated, and may be passed by two thirds of each branch present
and voting thereon by yeas and nays, . . . . . .119
if not returned by governor within five days after presentation, to have
force of law, unless the legislature adj ourns before that time expires, . 119
may be returned to general court by governor recommending amendment, 119
provision for submission of, to the people on referendum, . . 128, 134
Blind, the deaf, dumb or, privately controlled hospitals, etc., for, may be
compensated for the care and support of such persons, . . . Ill
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Boards, public, to make quarterly reports to the governor, .... 142
Boards and commissions, organized into not more than twenty departments, 128
Body politic, formation and nature of, . . . . . .109
title of : The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, . . . . .110
Borrowed monej^ expenditure of, limited, . . . .139
Bribery or corruption used in procuring an appointment or election, to dis-
qualify from holding any office of trust, etc., .... 149
Budget, governor to recommend, to general court, . . . . .138
provision for supplementary, ........ 138
Buildings may be limited for use, etc., to specified districts of cities and
towns, ........... 128
By-laws of municipal government, may be annulled by the general court, 127
c.
Census, of legal voters, .......... 120
of inhabitants, ........... 120
of inhabitants and legal voters taken in the year 1925, and every tenth
year thereafter, .......... 120
enumeration of voters to determine the apportionment of representatives, 122
Change of name by women notaries public renders commission void, but
reappointment may be made under new name, etc., . . . 141
Change of residence not to disqualify voter until six months from time of
removal, etc., .......... 117
Charitable, institution, etc., publicly controlled, not to deprive an inmate
of the opportunity of religious exercises of his own faith, . . 112
undertaking, not under exclusive public control, etc., grant of public
money forbidden to, . . . . . . . . .111
Charters, etc., shall forever remain subject to revocation and amendment, . 128
Church, appropriation of public money, etc., not to be made to found any, . Ill
Circulation of certain petitions under initiative and referendum to be regu-
lated by the general court, ........ 136
Cities, may be chartered by the general court, if containing twelve thousand
inhabitants and consented to by a majority thereof, . . .126
Cities and towns not to aid certain schools, educational, charitable, religious
or other institutions with moneys raised by taxation, . . . Ill
may limit buildings for use, etc., to specified districts, .... 128
may take ancient landmarks.^or public use, ..... 128
Cities and towns, etc., to provide food and shelter during time of war, etc., . 127
Citizens, homes for, general court empowered to take land for relieving con-
gestion of population and providing, . .127
City, etc., law restricted to a particular, to be excluded from proposal by
initiative or referendum petition, ..... 129, 134
City government, number of inhabitants required to erect, .... 126
Civil cases, right to trial by jury, . . . . . . . .114
Civil officers, state, meeting for election to be held biennially on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in November, . .117, 145
whose election is provided for by the constitution to be elected by a
pluraUty of votes, . . . . . . . . .117
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Clerk of house of representatives not to be legislator, .... 149
Clerks of courts, elected by the people of the several counties, . . . 125
incompatible offices, ... ....... 149
Clerks of towns to make records and returns of elections, . . . .121
Cohasset, town of, in Norfolk county, to be considered part of Plymouth
county for representative apportionment, ..... 122
Collection of revenue into the treasury, ....... 141
College, not publicly owned, etc., grant of public money forbidden to, . . Ill
Colonial laws, not repugnant to the constitution, continued in force, . . 147
Commander-in-chief, governor to be, ....... 147
Commerce, agriculture and the arts, to be encouraged, .... 151
Commissioned officers, tenure of office to be expressed in commissions, . . 141
Commission to prepare examinations for military and naval officers, . . 147
Commissions, to be in the name of the commonwealth, signed by governor,
attested by the secretary, and have the great seal affixed, . . 141
to military and naval officers, by the governor, ..... 147
recess committees or, members of general court not to receive salary
for service upon, except, etc., . . . . . . .118
Common pleas, judges of the courts of, restriction on office holding by, . 150
Commonwealth, not to aid certain schools, educational, charitable, religious
or other institutions with moneys raised by taxation, except, etc., Ill
not to give credit to aid any individual, private association or private
corporation, .......... 139
to provide food and shelter during time of war, etc., .... 127
law operative in particular districts, etc., of the, to be excluded from
proposal by initiative or referendum petition, . . . 129, 134
may take ancient landmarks, etc., for public use, . . • . . 128
may borrow money to repel invasion, etc., ...... 139
Compact of government, ......... 109, 110
Compensation, additional, not to be paid members of general court for service
upon recess committees, except, etc., ...... 118
Compulsory voting, general court to have authority to provide for, . . 117
Confficting and alternative measures in popular legislation at one election, . 133
of constitutional amendments at one election, ..... 133
Congestion of population, etc., general court empowered to authorize the
taking of land for relieving, ....... 127
Congress, members of, may not hold certain state offices, .... 149
state officers not to be members of, ...... . 149
Conservation, of certain natural resources of the commonwealth, . . . 127
of wild and forest lands, ......... 127
Constitution, amendment to, specified number of voters may submit, . 131
to be enrolled on parchment, deposited in secretary's office, and printed
in all editions of the laws, . . . . . . ... 151
rules governing initiative petitions for, . . . . . 128-130
matters excluded from initiative petition for, .... 128, 129
legislative substitute for, . . . . . . . . . 1 30
introduction into the general court by initiative petition of proposal for, 130
procedure in general court for, ....... 130-132
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conflicting and alternative measures at one election, .... 133
regulation of signatures to petitions for, ...... 136
form of ballot, ........... 137
information for voters, ......... 137
provisions for, to be self-executing but legislation permitted to facilitate
their operation, .......... 138
no part of the, specifically excluding any matter from the operation of
the initiative and referendum, shall be the subject of an initiative
petition, ........... 129
Contents of initiative and referendum petitions, ..... 128
Contracts, revocation of charters, etc., ....... 128
Control of certain natural resources of the commonwealth, .... 127
Coroners, appointment of, ........ . 141
Corporation, privately owned and managed, not to be given credit of the
commonwealth, . . . . . . . . . Ill, 139
Corporations, revocation and amendment of charters, .... 128
and co-partnerships, general court to provide by law for circulation of
initiative and referendum petitions for hire or reward by, . .136
Corrupt practices in elections, relative to the right to vote by persons dis-
qualified by reason of, . . . . . . . .116
Corruption or bribery used in procuring any appointment or election to dis-
qualify from holding any office of trust, etc., .... 149
Council, five members to constitute a quorum, .... 140, 143, 144
eight councillors to be elected biennially, beginning in November,
1920, 117,143
election to be determined by rule required in that of governor, . . 143
to take oath of office before the president of the senate in presence of
both houses of the legislature, ....... 148
to rank next after the lieutenant-governor, ...... 144
resolutions and advice to be recorded in a register, and signed by the mem-
bers present, .......... 144
register of council may be called for by either house, .... 144
incompatible offices, . . . . . .149
eight districts to be formed, each composed of five contiguous senatorial
districts, ........... 144
eligible to election if an inhabitant of state for five years preceding elec-
tion, ............ 144
consent of, required to retire judicial officers for certain reasons, . . 146
vacancy to be filled by election of a resident of the district by concurrent
vote of the senate and house; if legislature is not in session, to be
filled by governor with advice of council, ..... 144
officers serving directly under governor or, not to be included in any of
the twenty departments, ........ 128
Counties, election of officers in, . . . . . . . .125
laws restricted to, not subject to initiative or referendum petition, 129, 134
County, certified signatures on any initiative or referendum petition not to
exceed one fourth of registered voters in any one, .... 136
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Court, superior, judges not to hold certain other offices, .... 149
Court, supreme judicial, judges to have honorable salaries fixed by standing
laws, and to hold office during good behavior, . . 116,142,146
judges not to hold certain other offices, ...... 148
to give opinions upon important questions of law, etc., when required by
either branch of the legislature or by the governor and council, . 147
Courts, clerks of, elected by the people of the several counties, . . .125
Courts, the powers, creation or abolition of, not a subject for initiative or
referendum petition, ........ 129, 134
right of access to and protection in the, not subject for initiative petition, 129
Courts, probate, provisions for holding, . . . . . . .146
registers elected by the people of the several counties, .... 125
Courts and judicatories, may be established by the general court, . . 124
may administer oaths or affirmations, ...... 125
Credit of the commonwealth not to be given to aid any individual, private
association or private corporation, etc., .... 111,139
Credit, public, loan of, not to be authorized to found, etc., any church, religious
denomination or society, etc., . . . . . . .111
Crimes and offences, prosecutions for, regulated, . . . . .113
Crimes to be proved in the vicinity of where they happen, . . . .114
Criminal law, regulation, . . . . . ■ . . . 113,114,115
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Deaf, dumb or blind, privately controlled hospitals, etc., for the, may be
compensated for the care of such persons, . . . . .111
Debate, freedom of, in the legislature, . . . . . . .115
Decision, reversal of a judicial, not to be a subject for initiative petition, . 129
Declaration of the rights of the inhabitants, . . . . . .110
Declaration of rights, certain rights as declared in the, no measure incon-
sistent with, shall be proposed by initiative petition, . . . 129
Declaration and oaths of officers ; tests abolished, . . . . .148
Definition, etc., of initiative and referendum, ...... 128
Denomination, religious, appropriation of public money, etc., not to be made
to found any, . . . . . . . . . .111
Denominational doctrine, public money not to be granted a school or institu-
tion wherein is inculcated any, . . .111
Departments, legislative, executive and judicial, to be kept separate, . .116
Departments, not more than twenty, to perform executive and administrative
work of the commonwealth, ....... 128
Description on ballots under the initiative and referendum to be determined
by attorney-general, ......... 137
Development of certain natural resources of the commonwealth, . . .127
Disbursement of moneys, regulation of, ..... . 138, 142
Dissolution, recess or adjournment of general court, ..... 118
Distress, public, etc., commonwealth, cities and towns may provide food,
other common necessaries of life and shelter during time of, . . 127
District attorneys, elected by the people of the several districts, . . . 125
not to be congressmen, . . . . . . . . .149
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Districts, councillor, eight, each to be composed of five contiguous senatorial
districts, ........... 144
Districts, senatorial, forty, to be of adjacent territory, and to contain as near
as may be an equal number of voters, . . . . . .120
Districts, etc., of the commonwealth, law restricted to particular, to be ex-
cluded from proposal by initiative or referendum petition, . 129, 134
Districts, representative, to be established by commissioners in the several
counties, ........... 122
Division, etc., of the commonwealth, law restricted to a particular political,
to be excluded from proposal by initiative or referendum petition, 129, 134
Divorce, alimony, etc., causes of, how to be heard and determined, . . 147
Doctrine, denominational, public money not to be granted a school or institu-
tion wherein is inculcated any, . . . . .111
Dumb or blind, the deaf, privately controlled hospitals, etc., for, may be com-
pensated for the care of such persons, . . . . . .111
Duties and excises, power of general court to impose and levy reasonable, not
to be limited, etc., 126
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Easements, etc., in connection with certain natural resources, may betaken, . 127
Education, no public aid for private, . . . . . . .111
qualification for suffrage, . . . . . . . .116
no initiative petition on anti-aid measure, ...... 129
Harvard College, powers, privileges, etc., . . . . . 150, 151
encouragement of literature, etc., ..... 150, 151
Educational interests to be cherished, . . . . . .151
Educational undertaking, not under exclusive public control, etc., grant of
public money forbidden to, . . . . . . .111
Election, state, referendum on laws of the general court at, etc., 131, 132, 135, 136
Election of state civil officers, meeting to be held biennially on the first
Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, beginning in
1920, 117, 120, 123
in case of failure to elect representative, meeting to be held on fourth
Monday in November, . . . . . . . .123
Election returns, 121,140,144,145
Elections ought to be free, . . . . . . . . .112
Elections, biennial, for certain state officers, senators and representatives,
first to be held in November, 1920, 117
by the people, of civil officers provided for by the constitution to be by
plurality of votes, . . . . . . .117
voting machines may be used at, ..... . 37, 123
absent voting at, general court to provide by law for, . . . .117
freedom of, not a subject for initiative or referendum petition, . , 129
compulsory voting at, general court to have authority to provide for, . 117
biennial, of state officers, councillors, senators and representatives, . 117
to be held by the two houses of the legislature, completion of, . . 118
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Emergency, public, etc., commonwealth, cities and towns may provide food,
other common necessaries of life and shelter during, . . . 127
Emergehcy laws, to contain preamble, etc., ...... 134
yea and nay vote to be taken on preamble of, .... . 134
referendum on, petitions for, ........ 13.5
Eminent domain, exercise of the right of, . . . . . . . 113
no initiative or referendum on right of, ..... . 129
Enacting style of laws passed by the general court, ..... 118
Enforcement of the laws, governor may employ mihtary and naval forces for, 147
English language, knowledge of, as franchise qualification, . . . .116
Enrollment of constitution, ......... 151
Equality and natural rights of all men, . . . . . . .110
Estates, valuation to be taken anew once at least every ten years, . . 126
£^x post /ado laws declared unjust and oppressive, ..... 115
Examination required for military and naval officers, ..... 147
Excises and duties, power of general court to impose and levy reasonable, not
to be limited, etc., ......... 126
Excluded matters, under popular initiative and referendum, definitions of, 128, 134
Executive department not to exercise legislative or judicial powers,
Executive and administrative work of the commonwealth, organization of, into
not more than twenty departments, .....
Exemptions, etc., from tax on income may be granted by general court.
Exigency, public, etc., commonwealth, cities and towns may provide food-
other common necessaries of life and shelter during.
116
128
126
127
Extra sessions of the general court.
118, 140
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Felony and treason, no subject to be declared guilty of, by the legislature, . 115
Fines, excessive, not to be imposed, . . . . . . .115
Food, etc., may be provided by the commonwealth, cities and towns, during
time of war, etc., ......... 127
Forest lands, taxation of, . . . . . . . . . 127
Forest resources, conservation of, etc., ....... 127
Forgery of signatures on initiative and referendum petitions, penalties to be
provided by law for, ......... 136
Form of question on ballot under the initiative and referendum, . . . 137
Frame of government, .......... 109
Franchise, every, shall forever remain subject to revocation and amendment, 128
no grant of any, for more than one year, can be declared an emergency
law, 134
Free public libraries, appropriations maj^ be made for the maintenance of, . Ill
Freedom of speech and debate in the legislature, . . . . .115
Freedom of the press, of speech, and of elections, not to be subjects for initia-
tive or referendum petition, ....... 129
Fundamental principles of the constitution, a frequent recurrence to, recom-
mended, . . . . . . . . . . .114
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General appropriation bill to be based upon the budget, etc., . . ' . 138
General court, to assemble frequently for redress of grievances, and for making
laws, 115
freedom of speech and debate in, . . . . . . .115
not to declare any subject to be guilty of treason or felony, . . .115
formed by two branches, a senate and house of representatives, each
having a negative on the other, . . . . . . .118
to assemble every year on the first Wednesday of January, at such other
times as they shall judge necessary, and whenever called by the
governor, with the advice of council, ..... 118, 140
may constitute and erect judicatories and courts, .... 124
may make wholesome and reasonable laws and ordinances not repugnant
to the constitution, ......... 125
may provide for the election or appointment of officers, and prescribe
their duties, .......... 125
may impose taxes, etc., to be used for the public service, . . 125, 126
to be dissolved on the day next preceding the first Wednesday of
January, 118, 141
may be adjourned or prorogued, upon its request, by the governor with
advice of council, ......... 140
may take recess of not more than thirty days, . . . . .118
session may be directed by governor, with advice of council, to be held in
other than the usual place in case of an infectious distemper prevail-
ing, 141
judicial officers may be removed upon address of, .... 146
person convicted of bribery not to hold seat in, . . . . . 149
certain officers not to have seats in, ...... . 149
may be prorogued by governor and council for ninety days, if houses dis-
agree, etc., .......... 141
empowered to charter cities, . . . . . . . .126
to determine election of governor, lieutenant-governor, councillors and
certain state officers, ....... 140, 143, 145
certain officers not to be members of, . . . . . . 149
persons convicted of corrupt practices not to be members of, . . 149
to prescribe by law for election of sheriffs, registers of probate and clerks
of the courts by the people of the counties, and district attorneys by
the people of the districts, . . . . .125
quorum to consist of a majority of members, . . . .118
powers of, relative to the taking of land, etc., for widening or relocating
highways or streets, ......... 127
powers of, with regard to the budget, . . . . . . . 138
governor to recommend budget annually to, ..... 138
departments to be supervised and regulated by laws of, ... 128
limitations on legislative power of the, extended to legislative power of
the people, etc., ......... 129
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General court, may, by resolution, submit to the people a legislative substitute
for an initiative measure, ........ 130
specified number of voters required to submit laws enacted by the, for
ratification, etc., by the people, . . . 128, 129, 131, 132, 135, 136
shall raise and appropriate money to carry into efi'ect laws enacted by
the people, etc., .......... 129
legislative power shall continue to be vested in, except, as provided by
initiative and referendum petitions, etc., ..... 128
transmission of initiative petitions to, ...... 130
to provide for grouping conflicting or alternative measures upon the ballot
at state election, etc., ......... 133
members of, not eligible for appointment to certain offices, except, etc., . 118
powers of, relative to the taking of land, etc., to relieve congestion of
population and to provide homes for citizens, .... 127
to determine manner in which the commonwealth, cities and towns may
provide food and shelter in time of war, etc., .... 127
to provide by law for absent voting, . . . . , . . 1 17
adjournment of, to cause a bill or resolve not to become law if the governor
cannot return it with his objections within five days after its receipt, 1 19
effect of adjournment of, upon items disapproved by governor in general
appropriation bill, but not returned within five days, . . . 139
to take yea and nay vote on loans contracted by the commonwealth, . 139
to have authority to provide for compulsory voting at elections, . .117
to have power to limit buildings for use in cities and towns, . . . 128
submission of laws enacted by, to the people on referendum, 128, 134, 135, 136
to provide for taking certain natural resources, . . . . .127
may amend or repeal laws approved by the people subject to governor's
veto and referendum, ......... 137
may regulate taking of ancient landmarks and property of historical
interest, ........... 128
may prescribe by law for appointment and removal of military and naval
officers, 'etc., .......... 147
to provide for recruitment, etc., of military and naval forces, . . 147
may authorize the governor to make regulations, etc., iof the military
and naval forces, ......... 147
governor may return bill or resolve to, recommending amendment, etc., . 119
governor to recommend to, term for which commonwealth loan shall be
contracted, .......... 139
shall assemble every year on the first Wednesday in January, . . US
Government, objects of, ......... . 109
Government by the people, as a free, sovereign and independent state, . 112
Governor, the supreme executive magistrate, styled, — The Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts; with the title of, — His Excellency;
elected biennially, . . . . . . . .117, 139
qualifications, ........... 139
term of office, 117, 139
should have an honorable stated salary, ...... 142
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140, 143
148, 149
Governor, the commander-in-chief of the army and navy,
may call together the councillors at any time,
not to hold certain other offices,
to take oaths of office before president of the senate in presence of the
two houses of the legislature,
to sign all commissions, .....
election determined by the legislature,
veto power, .......
not to extend to measures approved by the people,
may return bill or resolve to the general court recommending amendment,
to recommend to general court the term for which any loan shall be
contracted, ..........
vacancy in office of, powers to be exercised by the lieutenant-governor, .
vacancy in offices of both governor and lieutenant-governor, powers to
be exercised in order of succession by secretary, attorney-general,
treasurer and auditor, . . . . . ' .
order of filling, ..........
mth advice of council, may adjourn or prorogue the legislature upon re-
quest, and convene the same, .......
may adjourn or prorogue the legislature for not exceeding ninety days
when hou.ses disagree, or may direct session to be held in other than
the usual place in case of an infectious distemper prevailing, .
to appoint all judicial officers, notaries public and coroners; nominations
to be made at least seven days before appointment, etc.,
may pardon offences, but not before conviction, .....
may fill vacancy in council occurring when legislature is not in session, .
with consent of council, may remove judicial officers, upon the address
of both houses of the legislature, .
may remove justices of the peace and notaries public,
to commission all military and naval officers,
to call joint session on constitutional amendments,
to fill vacancies in certain elected executive offices,
to have power to cause certain laws to take effect forthwith,
with consent of council, may retire judicial officers for certain reasons, .
to recommend budget and supplementary budgets to the general court, .
may disapprove or reduce items or parts of items in any bill appropriating
money, ...........
items in bill appropriating money, when to have force of law if not returned
to general court within five days by, ......
Governor and council, to examine election returns, .... 121
may punish persons guilty of disrespect, etc., by imprisonment not exceed-
ing thirty days, ..........
quorum to consist of governor and at least five members of the council, 140, 143
may require the attendance of the secretary of the commonwealth in
person or by deputy, . . . . . . . . .146
may require the opinions of the justices of the supreme judicial court
upon important questions of law, etc., ...... 147
148
. 141
. 140
119, 137, 138
. 137
119
139
143
145
118
140
141
141
141
144
146
141
147
131
145
134
146
138
138
139
144
124
INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION— REARRANGEMENT. 167
Governor and council, to hear and determine all causes of niarriage, divorce
and alimony, and appeals from judges of probate, etc., .
officers serving directly under, not to be included in any of the twenty
departments, ..........
Guardian, parent or, consent of, required to have minor in a publicly controlled
reformatory, etc., attend religious services, etc., ....
147
128
112
H.
Habeas corpus, privilege of writ to be enjoyed in the most ample manner, and
not to be suspended by legislature except upon most urgent occasions.
Harvard College, powers and privileges, gifts, grants and conveyances con-
firmed, ...........
board of overseers established, but the government of the college may be
altered by legislature, .......
Hereditary offices and privileges, absurd and unnatural.
Highways, etc., taking of land for widening or relocating, powers of the legis-
lature concerning, ........
Hire or reward, petitions circulated for, under initiative and referendum, to
be regulated by general court, ......
Historical property, preservation of , .
Home, the Soldiers', in Massachusetts, appropriations may be made for the
support of, .........
Homes for citizens, general court given power to take land for relieving con-
gestion of population and providing,
Hospital, not publicly owned, etc., grant of public money forbidden to,
for the deaf, dumb or blind, privately controlled, may be compensated
for the care of such persons, ......
House of representatives, members may be instructed by the people,
a representation of the people biennially elected and founded upon the
principle of equality, ........
may impose fines upon towns not choosing members, .
to enter objections made by governor to a bill or resolve at large upon
records,
qualifications of members, ....... 1
to judge of the qualifications of its own members,
must be an inhabitant of district for one year preceding election, and
shall cease to be a member when ceasing to be an inhabitant of the
state, ...........
members not to be arrested on mesne process during going to, return-
ing from, or attending the general assembly, .....
the grand inquest of the commonwealth, . . . .
to originate all money bills, but the senate may propose or concur with
amendments, ..........
not to adjourn more than two days at a time, .....
may, by concurrent vote, take a recess of not more than thirty daj^,
quorum of, .......... .
113
150
150
112
127
136
128
111
127
111
111
114
122
123
119
;3, 124
124
123
124
123
124
124
118
118
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House of representatives, to choose officers, establish its rules, etc., . . 124
may punish by imprisonment, not exceeding thirty days, persons guilty
of disrespect, etc. ; trial may be by committee, .... 124
privileges of members, ......... 124
may require the attendance of secretary of the commonwealth in person
or by deputy, .......... 146
certain officers not to have seats in, . . . . . . .149
may require the opinions of the justices of the supreme judicial court
upon important questions of law, and upon solemn occasions, . 147
clerk of, not to be a legislator, . .149
meeting for election to be held biennially on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday of November, beginning in 1920, .... 123
in case of failure to elect, meeting to be held on the fourth Monday of
November, .......... 123
to consist of two hundred and forty members, apportioned to the several
counties equally, according to relative number of legal voters, . 122
commissioners to divide counties into representative districts of contigu-
ous territory, but no town or ward of a city to be divided, . . 123
no district entitled to elect more than three representatives, . . . 123
board authorized to divide county into districts, to be certified to by the
secretary, the number of representatives to which the county is en-
titled, 122
I.
Impeachments, by the house of representatives, to be tried by the senate;
limitation of sentence; party convicted liable to indictment, . 122, 123
Income, tax on, general court may impose and levy, etc., .... 126
Incompatible offices, ......... 148, 149
Incorporation, every act of, shall forever remain subject to revocation and
amendment, ..........
Individual, any, credit of the commonwealth not to be given in any manner
to,
Individual rights, no proposition inconsistent with certain, can be subject of
initiative or referendum petition, ......
Individuals, who circulate initiative and referendum petitions for hire or
reward, to be licensed, ........
Infirmary, not publicly owned, etc., grant of public money forbidden to,
for the deaf, dumb or blind, privately controlled, may be compensated
for the care actually rendered such persons, .....
Information for voters to be sent by the secretary of the commonwealth
under the initiative and referendum, ....
128
139
129
136
111
111
137
"Inhabitant," the word defined, etc..
Inhabitants, census to be taken in 1925, and every tenth year thereafter,
number of, required to erect city government, .....
may be provided with food and shelter during time of war, exigency,
etc., ......■■•••
112, 120
120
126
127
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Initiative (see also Referendum) :
definition of, .... .
contents and mode of originating petition,
constitutional amendment petition,
excluded matters, ....
transmission of petition to general court,
reference of measure to committee of general court,
procedure in general court on petition for amendment, .
legislative substitute for initiative measure,
submission of amendment to the people, necessary vote,
. 128
128-130
. 130
128, 129
. 130
. 130
130, 131
. 130
. 131
procedure in general court on petition for law, submission to the people
and necessary vote, .........
amendment of proposed law by petitioners and submission to the people
by the secretary of the commonwealth, .... 132, 133
conflicting and alternative measures at the same election, which shall
govern, etc., .........
identification, certification and limitation on signatures to petitions
etc., ...........
general court may regulate abuses arising from circulating petitions for
hire or reward, .........
limitation on signatures from any one county, ....
description and form of question on ballot, .....
information for voters to be sent by secretary of the commonwealth,
governor's veto not to extend to measures approved by the people,
general court, subject to governor's veto and referendum, may amend
or repeal a law approved by the people, ....
provisions to be self-executive but legislation may be enacted to facilitate
their operation, .........
Inmate of publicly controlled reformatory, etc., not to be deprived of oppor-
tunity of religious exercises of his own faith, etc., .
Institution, not publicly owned, etc., grant of public money forbidden,
for the deaf, dumb or blind, privately controlled, may be compensated
for the care actually rendered such persons, ....
reformatory, penal or charitable, pubUcly controlled, not to deprive in
mate of the opportunity of religious exercises of his o-n-n faith, etc.,
of learning, wherein any denominational doctrine is inculcated, not to be
aided, etc., by grant of public money or credit.
Instruction of representatives, ........
Insurrection, commonwealth may borrow money to suppress, etc.,
Interests, lands or easements, in connection with certain natural resources
may be taken, .........
Invasion, governor may employ military and naval forces to repel,
commonwealth may borrow money to repel, etc.,
Items or parts of items in any bill appropriating money, governor may dis-
approve or reduce, ........
Items, etc., in appropriation bill disapproved, etc., when to have force of
law, or not be law, ......,,. 139
132
133
136
136
136
137
137
137
137
138
112
111
111
112
111
114
139
127
147
139
138
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Judges, appointment, recall or removal of, not subjects for initiative or referen-
dum petition, 129, 134
Judges of courts may not hold certain other offices, .... 148, 149
Judges of the supreme judicial court, to hold office during good behavior, and
to have honorable salaries established by standing laws, . 116, 142
to give opinions upon important questions of law, etc., when required by
the governor and council, or either branch of legislature, . . 147
not to hold certain other offices, ...... 148, 149
Judicatories and courts, may be established by the general court, . . 124
may administer oaths or affirmations, ...... 125
Judicial decision, reversal of a, not a subject for initiative petition, . . 129
Judicial department, not to exercise legislative or executive powers, . .116
Judicial officers, appointed by the governor with consent of council; nomina-
tions to be made seven days prior to appointment, . . . 141
to hold office during good behavior, except when otherwise provided by
the constitution, ......... 146
may be removed from office by the governor, upon the address of both
houses of the legislature, ........ 146
may be retired on pension by governor with consent of council, for certain
reasons, ........... 146
Jury, right of trial by, not a subject for initiative or referendum petition, 129, 134
Jury, trial by, right secured, . . . . . . .113
Justices of the peace, commissions to expire in seven years from date of ap-
pointment, but may be renewed, ....... 146
removal of, from office, ......... 141
judges may be appointed as, ...... . 149, 150
L.
Land, etc., taking of, for widening or relocating highways, etc., . . . 127
for relieving congestion of population and providing homes for citizens, . 127
Landmarks, ancient, preservation of, . . . . . .128
Lands, easements or interests, in connection with certain natural resources,
may be taken, .......... 127
Law prohibiting free exercise of religion not to be passed, . . . .111
Law-martial, only those employed in the army and navy, and the militia in
actual service, subject to, except by authority of the legislatiu-e, . 115
protection from the, not a subject for initiative petition, . . . 129
Laws, every person to have remedy in, for injury to person or property, . 113
power of suspension or execution of, only in the legislature, except, 115, 134
power of general court to enact, ....... 125
suspension of, mode of petitioning for, ...... 134
enacting style of, passed by the general court, . . . . .118
ex post facto, prohibited as unjust and inconsistent with free government, . 115
of province, colony and state, not repugnant to the constitution, con-
tinued in force, .......... 147
passed by the general court, when to take effect, ..... 133
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PAGE
Laws, and amendments to the constitution, approved by the voters, when
to take effect, 132,135,136
emergency, to contain preamble, etc., ...... 134
enacted by the general court, unless expressly excluded, made subject
of referendum to the people, . . . . ... . 134
relating to certain subjects to be considered matters excluded from
initiative and referendum petitions, ..... 128, 134
approved by the people, may be amended or repealed by the general
court, ........... 137
submission of, to the people for approval, ratification or rejection, under
the popular referendum, ........ 128
Learning, school or institution of, wherein any denominational doctrine is in-
culcated, not to be aided, etc., by grant of public money or credit. 111, 139
Legal obligations, grant of public money or credit permitted to carry out
certain, ........... HI
Legal voters, census of , ......... 120,122
Legislative department not to exercise executive or judicial powers, . 116
Legislative power, of the general court, ..... 117, 124-128, 147
to be vested in general court, except, . . . . . . .128
of the people, limitations, ......... 129
Legislative substitute may be submitted to the people by the general court for
initiative measure, etc., ........ 130
Legislature (see General court).
Liberty of the press, essential to the security of freedom, . . . .114
Libraries, free public, appropriations may be made for maintenance of, . Ill
Licenses to be issued to individuals who circulate initiative and referendum
petitions for hire or reward, ....... 136
Lieutenant-governor, to be biennially elected in November, beginning in 1920,
— title of, His Honor; who shall be qualified same as governor, 117, 143
qualifications, ........... 143
in the absence of governor, to be president of the council, . . . 143
to be acting governor when the chair of the governor is vacant, . . 143
vacancy in offices of both governor and, powers to be exercised in order
of succession by secretary, attorney-general, treasurer and auditor, . 145
order of filling, .......... 118
to take oath of office before president of the senate in presence of the two
houses of the legislature, .....••• 148
not to hold certain other offices, ...... 148, 149
term of office, 117,143
Limitations, certain, on legislative power of the general court, shall extend
to legislative power of the people, ...... 129
on signatures of petitions, under the initiative and referendum, in any
one county, ........•■ 136
Literature and the sciences to be encouraged, ...... 151
Loans, certain, to be paid out of revenue of the year in which created, . .139
to be contracted only by yea and nay vote of each house, . . . 139
Locahties of the commonwealth, law restricted to particular, to be excluded
from proposal by initiative or referendmn petition, . . 129, 134
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Magistrates and courts not to demand excessive bail, impose excessive fines,
or inflict cruel punishments, . . . . . . .115
Magistrates and officers accountable to the people, . . . . .112
Marriage, divorce and alimony, causes of, how to be heard and determined, 147
Martial law, only those employed in the army and navy, and the militia in
actual service, subject to, except by authority of legislature, . . 115
protection from, not a subject for initiative petition, .... 129
Matters, excluded, from initiative and referendum petitions, . . 129, 134
Measures, conflicting and alternative, in popular legislation at one election, . 133
Mesne process, no member of house of representatives to be held to bail on,
etc., 124
Military power, subordinate to civil authority, . . . . . .114
MUitia and naval forces, recruitment, etc., of, ..... . 147
Militia and naval officers, selection, appointment and removal of, . . 147
Mineral resources and rights, conservation of, etc., ..... 127
Minor, in publicly controlled reformatory, etc., not compelled to attend reli-
gious services, etc., without consent of parent or guardian, . 112
Mode, of originating initiative petitions, ....... 129
of petitioning for suspension of a law and a referendum thereon, . 134, 135
Money, issued from treasury by warrant of governor, etc., .... 142
borrowed, expenditure of, limited, ....... 139
borrowed in anticipation of receipts from taxes, when loan shall be paid, 139
received on account of the commonwealth to be paid into the treasury, 141
bills appropriating, governor may disapprove or reduce any items or parts
of items in, ......... 138, 139
certain appropriations of, from treasury of the commonwealth, excluded
from initiative and referendum petitions, .... 129, 134
bills to originate in the house of representatives, ..... 124
Moneys, raised or appropriated for public or common schools, not to be applied
for support of sectarian schools, etc., ...... Ill
Moral obligations of lawgivers and magistrates, . . . . . .114
Moral qualifications for office, . . . . . . . . .114
Mvmicipal governments, authority given general court to create, . . . 126
N.
Name, change of, by women notaries public renders commission void, but
reappointment may be made, etc., ...... 141
Natural resources of the commonwealth, conservation of, . . . . 127
Naval and military forces, recruitment, etc., of, . . . . . . 147
Naval and military officers, selection, appointment and removal of, . . 147
Necessaries of life, commonwealth, cities and towns may take and provide,
during time of war, exigency, etc., ...... 127
Negative vote required, size of, to disapprove suspension of a law and refer-
endum thereon, .......... 136
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PAGE
Notaries public, to be appointed by governor with advice of council, . .141
women may be appointed, . . . . . . . .141
how removed, . . . . . . . . ... . 141
Number to be given each question on the ballot by the secretary of the com-
monwealth, under the initiative and referendum, . . . 137
o.
Oaths and affirmations, may be administered by courts and judicatories, . 125
how and by whom taken and subscribed, ...... 148
forms of, ........... . 148
persons declining to take, may affirm, ...... 148
to be taken by all civil and military officers, .... 125, 148
Objects of government, ......... 109, 112
Obligations, legal, grant of pubhc money or credit to certain institutions, etc.,
to carry out certain, ......... Ill
Offences and crimes, prosecutions for, regulated, . . . . .113
Office of trust, person convicted of bribery, etc., not to hold, . . . 149
Office, rotation in, right secured, . . . . . .112
all persons having the prescribed qualifications equally eligible to, . .112
no person eligible to, unless he can read and write, . . . .116
member of general court not eligible to, created, etc., during his term of
election, etc., .......... 118
Officers, civU, legislature may provide for the naming and settling of, . . 125
Officers, commissioned, tenure of office to be expressed in commissions, . 141
Officers, judicial, to hold office during good behavior, except, etc., . . 146
may be removed by governor, with consent of council, upon the address of
both houses of the legislature, ....... 146
Officers of the militia, etc., election and appointment of, . . . . 147
removal of, .......... . 147
Officers and magistrates, accountable to the people, . . . . .112
Offices, plurality of, prohibited to governor, lieutenant-governor and judges, 148, 149
incompatible, . . . . . . . , , . 148,149
Organization, of the general com-t, ....... 121, 124
of the militia and naval forces, ........ 147
Originating, mode of, initiatiye petitions, . . . . . . .129
P.
Pardon of offences, governor with advice of council may grant, but not before
conviction, .......... 141
Parent, consent of guardian or, required to have minor in a publicly controlled
reformatory, etc., attend religious services, etc., .... 112
Particular division, law restricted to a, excluded from proposal by initiative
or referendum petition, ....... 129,134
Parts of items in bill appropriating money, governor may disapprove or
reduce, 138, 139
Peaceable assembly, the right of, not a subject for initiative petition, . . 129
174 INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION— REARRANGEMENT.
Penal institutions, etc., publicly controlled, not to deprive an inmate of the
opportunity of religious exercises of his own faith, etc., . . . Ill
Pension, retirement of judicial officers upon, ...... 146
People, to have the sole right to govern themselves as a free, sovereign and
independent state, . . . . . . . . .112
have a right to keep and to bear arms for the public defence, . . 114
have a right to assemble to consult upon the common good, to instruct
their representatives, and to petition legislature, .... 114
legislative power of the, limitations on, ...... 129
submission of constitutional amendments, etc., to the, by popular initia-
tive and referendum, ......... 131
Person and property, remedy for injuries to, should be in the laws, . .113
Persons declining to take oaths, etc., may affirm, ..... 148
Petition, right of, 114, 115
initiative and referendum, definition of, mode of originating
etc., 128, 134, 135
Petitions circulated by individuals for hire or reward, under initiative and
referendum, license to be issued for, ...... 136
Plurality, of offices, 148, 150
of votes, election of civil officers by, . . . . . . .117
Political division, any, of the commonwealth, may pay for care or support fur-
nished by privately controlled hospitals, etc., for the deaf, dumb or
blind, Ill
law restricted to a, excluded from proposals by initiative or referendum
petition, 129, 134
Political year begins on the first Wednesday of January, . . . .118
Popular government, rights of, ....... 112,113
Popular initiative and referendum, ....... 128-138
Population, congestion of, etc., general court empowered to authorize the
taking of land for relieving, ....... 127
Postmaster may hold state office, . . . . . . . .149
Power to submit constitutional amendments and laws to the people for ap-
proval or rejection, ......... 128
Preamble, to constitution, ........ 109, 110
emergency laws to contain, ........ 134
President of the senate, choice of, . . . . . . . .121
to administer oaths to governor, lieutenant-governor and councillors, etc., 148
to preside at joint session of the two houses on proposed constitutional
amendments, .......... 131
Press, freedom of the, not a subject for initiative petition, .... 129
Press, liberty of, essential to the security of freedom, . . . . .114
Private association, etc., not to be given credit of the commonwealth, etc.. Ill, 139
Private property, taken for public uses, compensation to be made for, . . 113
appropriated to public use, right to receive compensation for, not a
subject for initiative petition, ....... 129
within public view, advertising on, may be restricted, etc., . . . 128
Privileges, no hereditary, . . . . . . . . .112
INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION— REARRANGEMENT. 175
Probate courts, provisions for holding, ....... 146
registers elected by the people of the several counties, .... 125
judges may not hold certain other offices, . . . ... 148-150
certain appeals from judges of, to be determined by governor and council, 147
Property, right of protection of, . . . . . . . .113
no initiative petition contravening protection, ..... 129
income derived from various classes of, rates upon, how levied, . . 126
of historical or antiquarian interest, preservation of, . . . . 128
Propositions, certain, not to be subject of an initiative or referendum pe-
tition, 129, 134
Prorogation of the general court, ....... 118, 140
Prosecutions for crimes and offences regulated, ..... 113,114
Provincial laws, not repugnant to the constitution, continued in force, .
Public boards and certain officers to make quarterly reports to the governor, .
Public credit, etc., not to be authorized to found, etc., any church, religious
denomination or society, ........
Public debts, contraction of, ........ .
Public e.xigency, etc., commonwealth, cities and towTis may provide food, other
common necessaries of life and shelter during, . . . .
Public libraries, free, appropriations may be made for support of.
Public notary (see Notary public).
Public offices, right of people to secure rotation, . . . . .
all persons having the prescribed qualifications equally eUgible,
Public religious worship, right and duty of, . . .
Public trading by the commonwealth, cities and towns permitted,
Public use, right to receive compensation for private property appropriated
to, not a subject for initiative petition,
in necessaries of life, .......
in natural resources, .......
in historic sites, etc., ......
Public ways and places, advertising on, may be restricted, etc.,
Punishments, cruel and unusual, not to be infficted,
147
142
111
139
127
111
. 112
. 113
110, 111, 112
. 127
129
127
127
128
128
115
Q.
Qualifications, of a voter, ....... 116, 117, 120
of governor, ........... 139
of lieutenant-governor, ......... 143
of councillors, ........... 144
of senators, . . 120,121
of representatives, ......... 123, 124
of secretary, treasurer, auditor and attorney-general, . . . 145, 146
Qualifications, moral, of officers and magistrates, ..... 114
Quartering of troops, . . . . . . . . . .115
Question, each, on the ballot to be given a number by the secretary of the
commonwealth, under the initiative and referendum, . . .137
Quorum, of council, ........ 140, 143, 144
of senate, ........... 118
of house of representatives, . . . . . . . .118
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144
126
Rank of councillors, ......
Rates, tax, upon income, how levied,
Reading and writing, knowledge of, necessary qualifications for voting or
holding office, ........
Rebellion, governor may employ military and naval forces to suppress,
Recall of judges shall not be proposed by initiative petition.
Recess, of general court for not more than thirty days,
committees or commissions, members of general court not to receive
salary for servdce upon, except, etc., ....
Records of the commonwealth to be kept in the office of the secretary,
Re-enactment of certain bills and resolves, ....
Referendum (see also Initiative) :
definition of, ........ .
time when laws shall take effect, .....
exemption of emergency laws, ......
governor may cause certain laws to take effect forthwith,
grant of certain franchises shall not be declared emergency laws,
contents of petitions, .....
certain matters excluded from petitions,
mode of petitioning for suspension of a law,
votes necessary for approval by the people,
petition for repeal of emergency or other active law,
identification, certification and limitation on signatures,
general court may regulate abuses arising from circulating petitions for
hire or reward, .........
limitation on signatures from any one county, ....
description and form of question on ballot, .....
information for voters to be sent by secretary of the commonwealth,
governor's veto not to extend to measures approved by the people,
general court, subject to governor's veto and referendum, may amend
or repeal a law approved by the people,
provisions to be self -executing but legislation may be enacted to facilitate
their operation, .........
Reformatory, etc., publicly controlled, not to deprive an inmate of the oppor-
tunity of religious exercises of his own faith, etc., . . Ill
Register of the council, resolutions and advice to be recorded in, and signed
by members present, .......
Registers of deeds, incompatible offices, .....
Registers of probate, chosen by the people of the several counties,
incompatible offices, ........
Religion, free exercise of, no law to be passed prohibiting, .
no measure that relates to, can be made subject of initiative petition or
referendum, .......•■ 128, 134
Religious denomination, appropriation of public money or credit, etc., not to
be made to found any, ....... 111,139
116
147
129
118
118
146
119
128
132, 133, 135
134
134
134
134
134
134, 135
135
135
136
136
136
137
137
137
137
138
112
144
149
125
149
111
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Jleligious denominations, equal protection secured to all, . . . 110, 111
Religious institutions or practices, no measure that relates to, can be made
subject of initiative petition or referendum, .... 128, 134
Religious sect or denomination, no subordination of one to another to be
established by law, . . . . . . . . .111
Religious services or instruction, inmate of a publicly controlled reformatory,
etc., not to be compelled to attend against his will, etc., . . 112
Religious societies, may elect their own pastors or religious teachers, . . 110
membership of, defined, . . . . . . . . .110
Religious society, appropriation of public money or credit, etc., not to be made
to found any, ......... 111,139
Religious undertaking not under exclusive public control, etc., grant of public
money forbidden to, . . . . . . . . .111
Religious worship, public, right and duty of, and protection therein, . .110
support of the ministry, and erection and repair of houses of worship, . 110
Remedies by recourse to the law, to be free, complete and promj^t, . . 113
Removal of judges shall not be the subject of an initiative or referendum
petition, 129, 134
Repeal of an emergency law, etc., petition for referendum on, . . . 135
Representation, fines upon towns to enforce, ...... 123
Representatives (see House of Representatives).
Residence, change of, not to disqualify voter until six months from time of
removal, etc..
Residence qualification, of voters,
of senators,
of representatives,
of governor,
of lieutenant-governor,
of councillors,
- of secretary, treasurer, auditor and attorney-general, ....
Resolution of general court may submit to the people a substitute for any
measure introduced by initiative petition, .....
Resolves (see Bills and Resolves).
Resources, natural, of the commonwealth, conservation of, .
Retirement of judicial officers forced, .......
. 117
116, 117, 120
. 120
. 123
. 139
. 143
. 144
146
130
127
146
Returns of votes,
121, 140, 143, 144, 145
Revenue, all, to be paid into the treasury from whatever source collected,
loan for money borrowed in anticipation of receipts from taxes, provision
for payment from certain, ......
Reversal of a judicial decision, not a subject for initiative petition.
Revision of the statutes, several members of general court may receive
for service upon committee for, .....
Revocation of charters, franchises and acts of incorporation,
Reward, petitions for, circulation of, under initiative and referendum,
regulated by general court, ......
Right of peaceable assembly, not a subject for initiative petition, .
Rights, declaration of, ....... .
141
139
129
salary
118, 119
. 128
to be
136
129
129
178 INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION— REARRANGEMENT.
Rights, certain individual rights as declared in, not to be subject of an in-
itiative petition, ......... 129
Rights, water and mineral, the taking of, 127
s.
Sailors and soldiers, who have served, etc., during time of war, not disqualified
from voting on account of non-payment of poll tax, . . .116
Salary, a stated and honorable, to be established for the governor, . 142
permanent and honorable, to be established for the justices of the
supreme judicial court, and to be enlarged if not sufficient, 116, 142, 146
additional, not to be paid members of general court for service on recess
committees, except, etc., ........ 118
Sale of land or buildings to provide homes for citizens, etc., . . . 127
School moneys not to be appropriated for sectarian schools, etc., . . Ill
School or institution of learning, wherein any denominational doctrine is
inculcated, not to be aided, etc., by grant of public money or
credit, Ill, 139
Seal, great, of the commonwealth to be affixed to all commissions, . . 141
Search, seizure and arrest, right of , regulated, . . . . . .114
Search, unreasonable, etc., not a subject for initiative petition, . . . 129
Secret voting to be preserved when compulsory voting is authorized, . .117
Secretary of the commonwealth, to be chosen by the people biennially in
November, beginning in 1920, ...... 117, 145
145
117,145
149
manner of election, etc., same as governor,
term of office, .....
not to be a legislator,
in failure of election by voters, or in case of decease of person elected,
vacancy to be filled by joint ballot of legislature, from the two persons
having the highest number of votes at November election, . 145
vacancy occurring during session of the legislature, filled by joint ballot
of the legislature from the people at large, ..... 145
vacancy occurring when legislature is not in session, to be filled by gov-
ernor, by appointment, with advice and consent of council, . . 145
not eligible, unless an inhabitant of the state for five years next preceding
election or appointment, ........ 146
office of, to be deemed vacant if person elected or appointed fails to be
qualified within ten days, ........ 145
records of commonwealth to be kept in office of, . . . . . 146
may appoint deputies, for whose conduct he shall be accountable, . . 146
to attend governor and council, senate and house, in person or by depu-
ties, as they shall require, ........ 146
to attest all commissions, or by his deputy, ..... 141
to certify to board authorized to divide county into districts, the number
of representatives to which the county is entitled, .... 122
duties of, under the initiative and referendum, .... 129-137
to exercise powers of governor and lieutenant-governor when both offices
are vacant, .......... 145
INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION— REARRANGEMENT. 179
Sectarian schools not to be maintained at public expense, . . . 111,139
Section of excluded matters under initiative petitions not a subject for initia-
tive amendment, ......... 129
Selectmen to preside at town meetings, elections, etc.,
Self-government, right of, asserted, ....
Senate, the first branch of the legislature, .
to consist of forty members, apportionment, etc.,
to be elected biennially, beginning in November, 1920,
121
112
120
120
ll7, 120
governor and at least five councillors, to examine and count votes, and
issue summonses to members, ....... 121
to be final judges of elections, returns and qualifications of their own
members, ........... 121
vacancy to be filled by election, by people of the district, upon order of
majority of senators elected, .... . . 121
qualifications of a senator, ....... 120, 121
not to adjourn more than two days at a time, ..... 122
may, by concurrent vote, take a recess of not more than thirty days, . 118
to choose its officers and establish rules, ...... 121
shall try all impeachments, . . . . . . 122, 123
quorum of, .......... . 118
may punish for certain offences ; trial may be by committee, . . 124
may require the attendance of the secretary of the commonwealth in
person or by deputy, ......... 146
may require the opinions of the justices of the supreme judicial court
upon important questions of law, and upon solemn occasions, . 147
certain officers not to have seats in, ...... . 149
to enter objections, made by governor to passage of a bill or resolve, at
large on records, . . .119
districts, forty in number, to be of adjacent territory, and to contain, as
near as may be, an equal number of voters, ..... 120
apportionment based upon legal voters, ...... 120
Sessions, court of, judges and other offices, ...... 149
Shelter, etc., may be provided by the commonwealth, cities and towns, during
time of war, public exigency, etc., ...... 127
Sheriffs, elected by the people of the several counties, . . . . 125
incompatible offices, ......... 148, 149
Signatures to initiative and referendum, number required, etc., . . 129-136
regulation of, by law, ......... 136
in any one county limited, ........ 136
Society, rehgious, etc., appropriation of public money or credit, etc., not to be
made to found any, . . . . . Ill, 139
Soldier not to be quartered in any house, in time of peace, without consent
of owner, ........... 115
Soldiers and sailors, who have served in time of war, etc., not disqualified
from voting on account of non-payment of poll tax, . . .116
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, appropriations may be made for support of. 111
Solicitor general, appointment of, ....... . 141
incompatible offices,
148, 149
180 INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION— REARRANGEMENT.
Special appropriation bills may be enacted after final action on general appro-
priation bill, etc., ......... 138
Speaker of the house of representatives, choice of, .... . 124
Speech, freedom of, not a subject for initiative petition, .... 129
Standing armies dangerous to liberty and not to be maintained without con-
sent of the legislature, . . . . . . . .114
State election, referendum on measures passed by the general court
at, . . 131, 132, 135, 136
State or body politic, entitled, — The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, . 110
Statutes, general revision of, members of general court may receive salary for
service upon recess committee to examine, . . . . 118, 119
Streets, etc., taking of land for widening or relocating, powers of the legislature
concerning,
Style, of body politic.
127
110
. 118
. 139
. 143
128, 129, 134
130
143, 145
138
of legislature, ....
of governor, ....
of lieutenant-governor,
Subjects, certain, excluded from initiative or referendum petition.
Substitute, legislative, for initiative petition.
Succession to vacancy in governorship, ....
Supplementary budgets, governor may recommend,
Support of the deaf, dumb or blind, institutions for the care of, may be com-
pensated, . . . . . . . . . .111
Supreme judicial court, judges to have honorable salaries fixed by standing
laws, and to hold office during good behavior, . . 116, 142, 146
clerk of, not to be a legislator, ........ 149
judges to give opinions upon important questions of law, etc., when
required by either branch of the legislature or by the governor and
council, ........... 147
judges not to hold certain other offices, ...... 148
Sureties of bail, excessive, not to be required, . . . . . .115
Suspension of laws, ........ 115, 134-136
T.
Tax on income, general court may impose and levy, . . . . .126
Taxation, should be founded on consent, ...... 113,115
of wild and forest lands, ......... 127
moneys raised by, for support of public schools, not to be applied to
other schools, etc., ......... Ill
general court shall raise money by, to carry into effect laws enacted by
the people, etc., ......... 129
Taxes, not to be levied without the consent of the people or their representa-
tives, . 113, 115
may be imposed by the legislature, ...... 125, 126
valuation of estates to be taken anew once at least every ten years, . 126
money borrowed in anticipation of receipts from, when loan is to be
paid 139
INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION— REARRANGEMENT. 181
PAGE
. 116
117,122
117, 139
117,143
117, 143
117, 145
141,146
116,129, 134,146
. 146
Tenure, of justices of the supreme judicial court,
of legislators, .......
of governor, .......
of lieutenant-governor, .....
of councillors, .......
of secretary, treasurer, auditor and attorney-general,
of notaries public and justices of the peace,
of judicial officers, ......
re-eligibility of treasurer, .....
that all commissioned officers shall by law have in their offices shall be
expressed in their commissions, ....... 141
Term of any loan contracted by the commonwealth to be recommended by
governor, ....... ... 139
Tests abolished, ........... 148
Title of body politic, — The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, . . . 110
Title of governor to be, — His Excellency, ...... 139
Title of legislature, — The General Court of Massachusetts, . . .118
Title of lieutenant-governor to be, — His Honor, ..... 143
Town, etc., measure or law restricted to a particular, to be excluded from
proposal by initiative or referendum petition, . . . 129, 134
Town clerk to make record and return of elections, ..... 121
Town meetings, selectmen to preside at, ...... . 121
To\vn representation in the legislature, . . . . . . 120-123
Towns, may be chartered as cities, when, ....... 126
voting precincts in, . . . ...... 1 17
Towns and cities, not to aid certain schools, educational, charitable, religious
or other institutions with moneys raised by taxation, . . . Ill
may provide food and shelter during time of war, public emergency, etc., 127
may take ancient landmarks, etc., for public use, .... 128
may limit buildings for certain uses to specified districts, . . . 128
Trading, public, by the commonwealth, cities and towns, permitted, . . 127
Training of the militia and naval forces, ....... 147
Treason and felony, no subject to be declared guilty of, by the legislature, . 115
Treasurer, to be chosen by the people biennially in November, beginning in
1920, 117, 145
to hold office for two years from third Wednesday in January next there-
after, and until another is chosen and qualified, . 117,145
manner of election, etc., same as governor, ...... 145
not eligible, unless an inhabitant of the state for five years next preceding
election or appointment, ........ 146
no person eligible for more than three successive terms (six years), . 146
not to be a legislator or congressman, ...... 149
in failure of election by voters, or in case of decease of person elected,
vacancy to be filled by joint ballot of legislature from the two persons
having the highest number of votes at November election, . . 145
vacancy occurring during session of the legislature, filled by joint ballot
of the legislature from the people at large, . . . . .145
182 INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION— REARRANGEMENT.
Treasurer, vacancy occurring when legislature is not in session, to be filled by
governor, by appointment, with advice and consent of the council, . 145
office to be deemed vacant if person elected or appointed fails to be quali-
fied within ten days, ........ 145, 146
to exercise powers of governor and lieutenant-governor in succession when
both offices are vacant, ........ 145
Treasury, no monej'S to be issued from, but upon the warrant of governor,
except, etc., .......... 142
all money received on account of the commonwealth to be paid into
the, 141
certain appropriations of money from, excluded from initiative and
referendum petitions, ........ 129, 134
Trial by jury, right to, secured, . . . . . . .113
guaranteed in criminal cases, except in army and navy, . . . 113
right of, not a subject for initiative petition, ..... 129
u-
Uniform rate of tax, on incomes derived from same class of property, to be
levied throughout the commonwealth, etc., ..... 126
United States, commonwealth may borrow money to assist the, in case of
war, 139
University at Cambridge, ........ 150, 151
Unreasonable search, bail and the law martial, protection from, not a subject
for initiative petition, ........ 129
Utilization of certain natural resources of the commonwealth, . . . 127
V.
Vacancy in office of governor, powers to be exercised by lieutenant-gov-
ernor, ........... 143
Vacancy in offices of both governor and lieutenant-governor, powers to be
exercised in order of succession by the secretary, attorney-general,
treasurer and auditor, ........ 145
order of filling by general court, . . . . . . .118
Vacancy in the council to be filled by the election of a resident of the district
by concurrent vote of the senate and house; if legislature is not in
session, to be filled by governor with advice of the council, . . 144
Vacancy in the senate to be filled by election by the people upon the order
of a majority of senators elected, ...... 121
Vacancy, in office of secretary, treasurer, auditor and attorney-general, caused
by decease of person elected, or failure to elect, filled by joint ballot
of legislature from the two persons having highest number of votes
at November election, ........ 145
occurring during session of legislature, filled by joint ballot of legislature
from people at large, ......... 145
occurring during recess of legislature, filled by appointment of governor,
with advice and consent of council, ...... 145
INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION— REARRANGEMENT. 183
PAGE
Valuation of estates to be taken anew once in every ten years at least, . .126
Veto power of the governor, ' . . . . . . . 119,137,138
not to extend to measures approved by the people, . . . .137
Vote, j^ea and nay, in each house required upon measures having emergency
preamble, ........... 134
in each house required to enable the commonwealth to borrow money,
etc., 139
no person eligible to, unless he can read and write, etc., . . . 116
Voters, qualifications of, at elections for governor, lieutenant-governor, sena-
tors and representatives, ...... 116,117,120
not disqualified on account of non-payment of poll tax if they have served
in the army or navy in time of war, etc., . . , . .116
not disqualified by change of residence until six months from time of
removal, etc., . . . . . . . . . .116
male citizens, twenty-one years of age, who have resided in the state one
year, and within the town or district six months, and who can write
their names and read the constitution in the English language, 116
the basis upon which the apportionment of representatives to the several
counties is made, ......... 122
basis of apportionment of senators, . . . . . . .120
census of, to be taken in 192.5, and every tenth year after, . . . 120
specified number of, may submit constitutional amendments and laws
to the people for ratification or rejection, etc., .... 128
number of qualified, required to originate, etc., initiative or referendum
petition, 129-136
information for, to be sent by secretary of the commonwealth, under the
initiative and referendum, . . . . . . . .137
Votes, returns of, 121, 140, 143, 144, 145
plurahty of, to elect civil officers, . . . . . . .117
negative, required to disapprove suspension of a law and referendum
thereon, ........... 136
Voting, absent, general court to have power to provide for, . . . .117
compulsory, general court to have authority to provide for, . , . 117
machines may be used at elections, . . . . . . .117
precincts in towns, . . . . . . . . . .117
w.
War, commonwealth may borrow money to assist the United States in case
of, etc., 139
War time, commonwealth, cities and towns may provide food, other common
necessaries of life, and shelter during, ... . . . . 127
Water resources and rights, conservation of, etc., ..... 127
Wild or forest lands, taxation of, . . . . . . . .127
Women, eligible to appointment as notaries public, . . . . . 141
changing name may be reappointed notaries public under new name, . 141
Worship, public, the right and duty of all men, . . . . . .110
184 INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION— REARRANGEMENT.
PAGB
Writ of habeas corpus to be enjoyed in the most free, easy, cheap and expedi-
tious manner, and not to be suspended by legislature, except for a
limited time, . . . . . . . . . .113
Writing and reading, necessary qualifications for voting or holding ofRce, . 116
Writs to be issued in the name of the commonwealth under the seal of the
court, bear test of the first justice, and be signed by the clerk, . 147
Y.
Yea and nay vote, of two thirds members present and voting in each house
required upon measures having emergency preamble, . . . 134
of two thirds members present and voting in each house required to ena-
ble the commonwealth to borrow money, etc., .... 139
Year, political, begins on the first Wednesday of January, . . . .118
ACTS AND RESOLVES
OF
MASSACHUSETTS
1920
^^ The General Court of the year nineteen hundred and twenty assembled
on Wednesday, the seventh day of January. The oaths of office were taken and
subscribed by His Excellency Calvin Coolidge and His Honor Channing
H. Cox, on Thursday, the eighth day of January, in the presence of the two
Houses assembled in convention.
ACTS.
Chap.
An Act relative to the time of payment of members
OF the general court.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hou^e of Reyresentatwes in
General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
Section ten of chapter three of the Revised Laws, as r. l. 3, § 10,
amended by chapter one hundred and sixty-three of the acts ^^^" ^'^®°'^^'*-
of nineteen hundred and seven, by chapter thirteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, and by chapter two
hundred and three of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and eighteen, is hereby further amended by striking out the
words "one hundred and fifty", in the second and third
lines, and also in the la^ line and substituting in each case
the words : — two hundred, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 10. Each member of the general court shall be en- Time of pay-
titled to be paid two hundred dollars on account on the day members of
preceding the last legislative day of each month; but such court^"^''*^
monthly pajments shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the
compensation of the member for the annual session; and
each member shall, on the legislative day in which the gen-
eral court is in session preceding the fifteenth day of each
month, be entitled to receive an amount not exceeding the
proportion then due at the rate of two hundred dollars
monthly. Approved January I4, 1920.
An Act to postpone the taking effect of chapter two Chap. !
HUNTDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN OF THE GENERAL ACTS OF
nineteen hundred and EIGHTEEN AND CHAPTER THREE
HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE OF THE GENERAL ACTS OF
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN, MAKING CERTAIN
SUBSTANTIVE CORRECTIONS IN EXISTING LAWS.
Whereas, The immediate passage of a law to postpone the Emergency
operation of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the ^'^^'^'^
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 3.
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, and of chap-
ter three hundred and thirty-three of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen beyond the first day of Feb-
ruary, nineteen hundred and twenty is necessary in that said
chapters two hundred and fifty-seven and three hundred and
thirty-three were intended to take effect as a part of the
new consolidation and arrangement of the General Laws,
which cannot be completed on or before February first,
nineteen hundred and twenty, therefore this act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
1918, 257 (G),
§ 478, etc.,
amended.
Taking effect
of certain act
postponed.
1919, 333 (G),
§ 41, amended.
Taking effect
of certain act
postponed.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Section four hundred and seventy-eight of
chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, as amended by chapter five
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section and
substituting the following: — Section J^lfS. This act shall
take effect on the first day of February, nineteen hundred
and twenty-one.
Section 2. Chapter three hundred and thirty-three of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
amended by striking out section forty-one and substituting
the following: — Section 4^. This act shall take effect on
the first day of February, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
Approved January 29, 1920.
ChaV 3 "^^ ^^'^ "^^ CONFIRM CERTAIN ACTS OF THE TOWN OF FK\AI-
INGIL^M RELATIVE TO THE PROMOTION OF CALL MEN IN
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The action taken and the vote passed by the
town of Framingham at its annual election held on ]March
second, nineteen hundred and fourteen, accepting chapter
four hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and thirteen relative to the promotion of call men in
the fire departments of cities and towns is hereby confirmed
and made valid.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 2, 1920.
Certain acts
of town of
Framingham
relative to
promotion of
call firemen
confirmed.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 4, 5.
An Act to establish the office of chief of the fire Chap. 4
DEPARTMENT OF THE TO^^TST OF SWAMPSCOTT AND TO PLACE
THE OFFICE L'NDER THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby estabhshed the office of chief of^wampsi^u
of the fire department of the town of Swampscott to which esfabHshecr^"^*
office the civil service laws and the rules and regulations etc.
made thereunder relative to members of the permanent fire
forces in towns shall apply. The present chief of the fire
engineers in said town may be appointed to the said office
without civil service examination.
Section 2. The first appointment to the office hereby ADpointment,
established shall be made by the selectmen of the town. Any vacancies, etc.
vacancy hereafter existing therein shall be filled by the
selectmen of the town in accordance with the provisions of
section one.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the voters of ^°t}'e/{'o^
the town of Swampscott at the annual town election in the voters, etc.
current year in the form of the following question to be
placed on the official ballot : " Shall the town accept the pro-
visions of an act passed in the current year, entitled 'An
Act to establish the office of chief of the fire department of
the town of Swampscott and to place the office under the
civil service laws'?" If a majority of the voters voting
thereon shall vote in the affirmative, then this act shall take
full effect in said town, but not otherwise.
Section 4. For the purpose of submitting this act to the Time of
voters as aforesaid it shall take effect upon its passage. ** '°^ ^ ^'^^'
Approved February 2, 1920.
An Act to establish the office of chief of the fire Chap. 5
DEPARTMENT OF THE TOWN OF WESTFIELD AND TO PLACE
the OFFICE UNDER THE CWIL SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. There is hereby established the office of Office of chief
chief of the fire department of the town of Westfield to firedepart-
which office the civil service laws and the rules and regula- lishedreta'
tions made thereunder relative to members of the permanent
fire forces in towns shall apply. The present chief of the
fire engineers in said town may be appointed to the said
office without civil service examination.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 6.
Appointment,
filling of
vacancies, etc.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters, etc.
Time of taking
effect.
Section 2. The first appointment to the office hereby
established shall be made by the selectmen of the town.
Any vacancy hereafter existing therein shall be filled by the
selectmen of the town in accordance with the pravisions of
section one.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the town of Westfield at the annual town election in the
current year in the form of the following question to be
placed on the official ballot: "Shall the town accept the
provisions of an act passed in the current year, entitled
' An Act to establish the office of chief of the fire department
of the town of Westfield and to place the office under the
civil service laws' ? " If a majority of the voters voting
thereon shall vote in the affirmative then this act shall take
full effect in said town, but not otherwise.
Section 4. For the purpose of submitting this act to
the voters as aforesaid, it shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February A, 1920.
1892, 353, § 1,
etc., amended.
Members of
Boston police
department
may be pen-
sioned, etc.
Chap. 6 ^^ Act relative to pensioning members of the police
department of the city of boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter three hundred and fifty-three of
the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as affected
by chapter three hundred and six of the acts of nineteen
hundred, is hereby amended by striking out section one and
substituting the following : — Section 1 . The police commis-
sioner for the city of Boston may retire from active service
and place upon a pension roll any member of the police de-
partment w^ho has performed faithful service in said depart-
ment for a period not less than twenty years, if in the judg-
ment of the commissioner said officer is incapacitated for
useful service on said force, and said commissioner shall re-
tire from such service and place upon a pension roll any
member of said force who has arrived at the age of sixty-five
years, or any member who shall be certified to said commis-
sioner in wTiting, by the physician to the board of health of
said city, as being permanently incapacitated, either men-
tally or physically, by injury sustained in the actual per-
formance of duty, from further performing duty as such
member: provided, however, that no officer shall be retired
under the provisions of this act unless such action is approved
in writing by the mayor of the city of Boston; and provided,
Provisos.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 7, 8. 7
that soldiers and sailors who served during the war of the
rebellion and who have received an honorable discharge shall
not be retired at the age of sixty-five years, except at their
own request.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 4, 1920.
An Act relative to the salary of the superintendent Qhav 7
OF police of the city of boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Section thirteen of chapter two hundred and isoe, 291, § is,
„ . 1 1 1 1 • ^^'^■' amended.
ninety-one or the acts 01 nineteen hundred and six, as
amended by chapter three hundred and eleven of the acts
of nineteen hundred and nine, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "action", in the tenth line, the
words : — with the approval of the governor and council, and
by striking out the words " which shall not exceed five thou-
sand dollars per annum", in the eleventh and twelfth fines,
so as to read as follows: — Section 13. Except as authorized ^f''^a°ro^^en*
by the mayor of said city said commissioner shall not appoint '^^ Boston, etc.
any greater number of patrolmen than the present board of
police of the said city is now authorized to appoint, nor shall
the pay of the members of the police force other than said
police commissioner and superintendent of police be in-
creased or diminished, except by the concurrent action of
said mayor and said police commissioner. The police com- salary of
missioner may, without such concurrent action, with the of ^0/^1*^610°*
approval of the governor and council, fix the salary of the
superintendent of police. Deputy superintendents may be
appointed from the police force from time to time by said
police commissioner and they shall not be affected as to their
selection or appointment by chapter nineteen of the Revised
Laws or by acts in amendment thereof or by any rules estab-
lished pursuant thereto.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 4, 1920.
An Act relative to the salary of the secretary of Chap. 8
THE police commissioner FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follmcs:
Section 1. Section eight of chapter two hundred and etc!'fmeided.
ninety-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and six, as
8
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 9.
Salary of
police com-
missioner of
Boston and his
secretary, etc.
amended by chapter three hundred and seven of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby further
amended by striking out the words "three thousand dollars",
in the third line, and substituting the words : — an amount
which shall be fixed by the police commissioner with the ap-
proval of the governor and council, — so as to read as fol-
lows: — Section 8. The annual salary of the police commis-
sioner shall be eight thousand dollars, and of the secretary
an amount which shall be fixed by the police commissioner
with the approval of the governor and council, which shall
be paid in monthly instalments by the city of Boston. Sub-
ject to the approval of the governor and council, the police
commissioner shall be provided with such rooms, which
shall be suitably furnished, as shall be convenient and suit-
able for the performance of his duties, the expense of which
shall be paid by the city of Boston.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 4, 1920.
Chap, 9 An Act to authorize the city of fall river to alien-
ate A PART OF SOUTH PARK, SO-CALLED.
City of Fall
River may
alienate a part
of South Park,
so-called.
Provisos.
Powers, when
to be exercised.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Fall River, acting through its
board of park commissioners, with the approval of the mayor
and of the board of aldermen, may, by agreement with any
adjoining owner, alter the property line at or near the westerly
end of South Park, so-called, in that city, and for this purpose
may alienate a part of the land used or held for public parks
at or near said westerly end, and any or all rights in said
land: provided, that the lands or rights in land or other con-
siderations received by the city under such agreement shall,
in the judgment of the commissioners and of the mayor and
board of aldermen, be a fair equivalent for the lands or
rights in land so alienated; and provided, that the frontage
of South Park on the waters of Mount Hope bay shall not
thereby be diminished. A deed signed in behalf of the city,
approved by the board of park commissioners and executed
by the mayor, shall be a valid execution of the powers hereby
granted to the city of Fall River.
Section 2. All powers herein granted shall be exercised
by the city on or before the first day of January, nineteen
hundred and twenty-two. Approved February 4, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 10, 11.
An Act to establish the salary of the al\yor of Chap. 10
TALT^ON.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Section thirteen of chapter four hundred and isoo, 448, § is,
forty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby
amended by striking out the word "twelve", in the first line,
and inserting in place thereof the word: — twenty-four, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 13. The salary of the mayor salary of
shall be twenty-four hundred dollars per annum and the Taunton^
salary of each councilman shall be five hundred dollars per established.
annum.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of TOuncfi,*etc!*^
its charter: provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Prov-iso.
the thirty-first day of December in the current year. For
the purposes of said acceptance this act shall take effect
upon its passage. Approved February 4, 1920.
An Act relative to the powers and membership of QJiav. 11
the WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITLTE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and fourteen of the ises, 214, §i,
acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-five, as affected by chapter
three hundred and five of the acts of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven, and as amended by chapter three hundred and
forty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and six, is hereby
further amended by striking out section one and substituting
the following : — Section 1 . George F. Hoar, Seth Sweetser, Membership
their associates and successors, are hereby made a body cor- Poi^I^nfc
porate, by the name of the Worcester County Free Insti- institute.
tute of Industrial Science, for the purpose of establishing
and maintaining in the city of ^Yorceste^, an institution to
aid in the advancement, development and practical applica-
tion of science, in connection with arts, agriculture, manu-
factures, mercantile business and such other kindred branches
of practical education as said corporation shall determine;
with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the
duties and liabilities set forth in all laws which now are or
may hereafter be in force, and applicable to such corpora-
tions. The mayor of the city of Worcester, for the time being,
shall, ex oSicio, be a member of said corporation, and one
etc., amended.
10
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 12, 13.
1892, 77, § 1,
amended.
May hold
additional
property.
member shall be appointed by the department of education,
from time to time, as a vacancy may occur; and said cor-
poration shall not consist of less than twelve members nor
more than thirty members at any one time.
Section 2. Section one of chapter seventy-seven of the
acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-two is hereby amended
by striking out the word "two", in the last line, and substi-
tuting the word : — five, — so as to read as follows : — Sec-
tion 1. The Worcester Polytechnic Institute is hereby au-
thorized to receive by gift, devise, bequest or otherwise, and
to hold and use for the purposes for which said institute was
incorporated, real and personal estate to an amount not ex-
ceeding five million dollars.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 9, 1920.
Charter of
Nahant Land
Company con-
tinued.
Chap. 12 An Act to continue the charter of the nahant land
COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Nahant Land Company shall continue
to be a corporation for a further term of fifteen years after
the expiration of its charter as continued by the provisions of
chapter one hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and four; and shall, during such further term, have
the powers and privileges and be subject to the duties, lia-
bilities and restrictions set forth in its charter and in all
general laws now or hereafter in force relating to such cor-
porations.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 9, 1920.
Chap. 13 An Act relative to the employment of legal assist-
ance BY THE police COMMISSIONER FOR THE CITY OF
boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section nine of chapter two hundred and
ninety-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and six is hereby
amended by striking out the words "thirty-five hundred",
in the fourth line, and substituting the words : — seven thou-
sand, — so as to read as follows: — Section 9. Said police
commissioner may employ such legal assistance as he may
deem necessary in the performance of his duties, and may
incur expense therefor to an amount not exceeding seven
1906, 291, § 9,
amended.
Police com-
missioner of
Boston may
employ legal
assistance, etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 14, 15, 16. 11
thousand dollars in any municipal year, which expense shall
be paid by the city of Boston upon the requisition of said
police commissioner.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 9, 1920.
An Act to increase the number of superintendents Chap. 14
OR trustees of smith's agricultural school and
NORTHL^MPTON SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and fifty-one of the iqis, isi (S),
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby ^2. amen
amended by striking out section two and substituting the
following : — Section 2. The city of Northampton shall an- Number of
nually at its city election elect by ballot, as provided in said or'trusTeeslff"*^
will, tln-ee superintendents, who, together with the mayor fuHuralslhooi
and superintendent of schools of said city as superintend- ^^ tra'^schooi
ents ex officiis, shall have the powers of a local board of pf industries
trustees as provided in section four of chapter four hundred
and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven.
The election of superintendents heretofore made is hereby
confirmed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 9, 1920.
An Act to continue as a corporation the marblehe.\d QJidp^ 15
BUILDING ASS0CL\TI0N.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The ]\Iarblehead Building Association, in- Marbiehead
corporated by chapter twenty-two of the acts of eighteen ri^iolrfon-^*^
hundred and ninety, for a term of thirty years, is hereby con- ^'j^'^^fj^jf^^
tinned as a corporation for the further term of thirty years
from the eleventh day of February in the current year.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 9, 1920.
An Act to authorize the sale of certain land held njifj'jj IQ
BY THE CITY OF WORCESTER FOR PARK AND PLAYGROUND
PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Worcester may, by a majority city of
. «/'»' j«/ Worcester may
vote of its city council, approved by the mayor, sell and con- seii certain
12 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 16.
land held for ycy in fee the following described parcels of land, or any part
ground p\Fr-^^' thcrcof , situatcd in said city, and now held by it for park and
A'^lrt of playground purposes: — A part of Crompton park, so-called,
Crompton park, bouudcd as follows: beginning at the intersection of the
southeasterly line of Harding street and the southerly line of
Endicott street; thence south thirty-three degrees, thirty-
six minutes west, by the southeasterly line of Harding street
two hundred and three and thirty-eight hundredths feet;
thence south twenty-nine degrees west by the southeasterly
line of Harding street, two hundred and eighty and twenty-
three hundredths feet; thence north eighty-eight degrees,
twenty-nine minutes, thirty seconds east, thirty-eight and
fifty-seven hundredths feet; thence north thirty-one degrees,
twenty-nine minutes east, four hundred and seventy-eight
and forty-nine hundredths feet to the southerly line of
Endicott street; thence north eighty-two degrees, sixteen
minutes, thirty seconds west, by the southerly line of Endi-
cott street, forty and forty-six hundredths feet to the place
of beginning; containing nineteen thousand and fourteen
square feet.
A part of ^ pg^j.^ Qf Kendrick field, so-called, bounded as follows:
Kendnck field, , ' , i i • • i
so-called. begiuumg at a copper bolt in a stone monument set in the
ground at or near the flow line of a once proposed pond, said
flow line being elevation five hundred and forty-eight and
ninety-five hundredths feet; said point of beginning being
also distant two hundred and twenty-five feet north, fifty-
seven degrees, thirty-three minutes west from a stone monu-
ment which marks the most southeasterly corner of land
now or formerly o\saied by the city of Worcester and known
as Kendrick field; thence north fifty-seven degrees, thirty-
three minutes west, two hundred and fifteen feet along the
northerly line of land now owned by Norton Company to
a point; thence north twelve degrees, twenty-one minutes
west, eleven hundred and forty-one and tliree tenths feet
along the easterly line of land owned by the Norton Com-
pany to a point situated on the southerly line of Norton
Company's parcel number twenty-six; thence south seventy-
seven degrees, forty-two minutes east, eighty-three and
ninety-two hundredths feet to a copper bolt in a stone
monument set in the ground at or near the flow line of said
once proposed pond and at land now or formerly of Helen M.
Stevens; thence in a general southeasterly direction on a
straight line twelve hundred and sixty feet, more or less, to
the point of beginning, containing approximately one hun-
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 17, 18. 13
dred and thirty-seven thousand three hundred and twenty-
five square feet. The said stone monuments are the same
mentioned in a deed from Edward H. Gleason, trustee, to
the city of Worcester, dated December tenth, nineteen hun-
dred and nine, and recorded with Worcester district deeds,
book nineteen hundred and twenty-two, page two hundred
and thirteen.
The prices to be paid for the said land shall be fixed by Prices, how to
the mayor, the city council and the parks and recreation
commission of the city, and the money received therefor Proceeds, how
shall be appropriated and expended for the purchase or *^° ^ ^^^^^ ^ '
development of parks and playgrounds in the city. The
mayor may execute and deliver, on behalf of the city of
Worcester, such instruments as may be necessary to convey
said land to the purchasers.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 9, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of fitchburg to retire Qhav 17
AND pension JULIUS A. METCALF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Fitchburg may retire Julius A. CityofFitch-
-\T If p '11 pii- 1 • 1 D"rg may retire
Metcali, a foreman m the department of public works, with Ju'ius a. Met-
an annual pension of not more than seven hundred and
thirty-six dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro- ^uncfi^etc'*^
visions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance occurs proviso.
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 9, 1920.
An Act to abolish the fee for the registration of Chav 18
SCHOOL teachers.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter seven hundred and thirty-one of the acts of nine- ign, 731, § i,
teen hundred and eleven, as amended by chapter three hun- ^^'^ - amended.
dred and sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen, and by section six of chapter two hundred and
ninety-two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking out section
one and substituting the following: — Section 1. Any grad- ^ . t^ationof
.uate of any high school or normal school in this common- schoolteachers.
14
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 19, 20.
Proviso,
No expense for
registration .
wealth, or of any other school considered by the department
of education to be of equal grade, or the graduate of any
reputable college, provided that such graduate is a person of
good character, may file an application with the department
for a position as school teacher. The application shall set
forth the name, address, and, briefly, the experience and
qualifications of the applicant. It shall be the duty of the
department to communicate with the school committees in
the cities and towns of the commonwealth, and with persons
who have made application for a position as school teacher
in accordance with the provisions of this section, and to
procure positions for them so far as may be possible, free of
expense to the applicant, and without expense to the various
school committees. Approved February 9, 1920.
ChaV 19 ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF BROCKTON TO GRANT
^' AN ANNUITY TO RACHEL ILA.SKELL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
City of Section 1. The city of Brockton may pay in weekly
grTntan" """"^ instalments to Rachel Haskell, for twenty-four years an em-
SlTnaskeii. ployee of the city and now retired on account of physical
incapacity, an annuity not exceeding the sum of five hun-
dred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 9, 1920.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
Chav 20 ^'^N ^^^ '^^ authorize the city of brockton to pay
AN annuity to the DEPENDENTS OF JOHN B. GEORGE
GUYETTE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
City of Section 1. The city of Brockton may pay to the widow
pIy''an°an"Sfty and childrcu of John B. George Guyette, who was killed
of johrB?"^^ while in the discharge of his duty as a member of its police
department, an annuity not exceeding seven hundred and
fifty dollars. The said sum shall be paid in such proportions
and under such conditions as may be determined from time
to time by vote of the city council, subject to the approval
of the mayor.
George
Guyette.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 21, 22. 15
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance To be sub-
by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the rauncii, etc! ^
provisions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance i^roviso.
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the
current year. Approved February 9, 1920.
An Act to authorize the school committee of cam- Chap. 21
BRIDGE TO PENSION ELIZA M. HUSSEY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The school committee of Cambridge may Cambridge
place upon the pension roll, established under chapter four mluei m^y
hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred M^fluggey ^^
and eight, Eliza M. Hussey, a former teacher in the public
schools of the city, with an annual pension not exceeding
three hundred and fifty dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the TOuncn,*etc!*^
provisions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance Proviso.
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the cur-
rent year. Approved February 9, 1920.
An Act to provide for commissioners of public works Chap. 22
IN THE TOWN OF NATICK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Upon the acceptance of this act, as herein- Townof Natick
after provided, the town of Natick shall at a legal meeting missfonera'^f
called for the purpose or at the next annual town meeting, p'J''''^ works,
elect by official ballot three persons vrho shall serve and
be known as commissioners of public w^orks, and who shall
hold office for one, two and three years, respectively, from Terms of office.
the date of the annual town meeting at which they are
elected, or which follows the special meeting at which they
are elected. Thereafter one such commissioner shall be
elected annually at the annual town meeting by official ballot
to serve for the term of three years therefrom, and until his
successor is elected and qualified. Any vacancy occurring in vacancies.
said board of commissioners of public works may be filled
for the unexpired term by said town at any legal meeting
called for the purpose.
Section 2. Upon the election of said commissioners of Boards of
,|. Ill IP •• 1 water com-
public works, the boards or water commissioners and sewer missioners and
commissioners of said town of Natick shall be abolished, and sfraeM^'t^bl^^"
abolished, etc.
16
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 23.
Contracts, etc.
not affected.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters, etc.
thereupon all the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the
boards so abolished shall be conferred and imposed upon said
commissioners of public works hereby created. No con-
tracts or liabilities, existing at the time of said election, shall
be affected thereby, but the commissioners of public works
shall be in all respects and for all purposes whatsoever the
lawful successors of the said boards of water commissioners
and sewer commissioners.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by a majority of the voters of the town of Natick present and
voting thereon at a legal meeting .called for the purpose ; but
so much thereof as authorizes its submission as aforesaid
shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 9, 1920.
Town of
Northbridge
may borrow
money for im-
provement of
its sewerage
Bystem.
Northbridge
Sewer Loan,
Act of 1920.
Chap. 23 An Act to authorize the town of northbridge to
BORROW money FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ITS SEWERAGE
SYSTEM.
Be it enacted , etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing, extending
and improving its sewage system, and of procuring land and
rights therefor, the town of Northbridge may borrow from
time to time a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars, in excess of the statutory limit of indebtedness,
and may issue notes or bonds therefor. Such notes or bonds
shall bear on their face the words, Northbridge Sewer Loan,
Act of 1920, and shall be payable by such annual paATQcnts,
beginning not more than one year after their respective dates,
as will extinguish each loan within thirty years from its date,
and the amount of such annual pa^Tnent in any year shall
not be less than the amount of the principal of the loan pay-
able in any subsequent year. Each authorized issue of notes
or bonds shall constitute a separate loan. Said notes or
bonds shall bear interest at a rate to be fixed by the town
treasiu-er, with the appro^'al of the selectmen. The town
may sell the said securities at public or private sale, upon
such terms and conditions as it may deem proper, but not
for less than their par value, and the proceeds shall be used
only for the purposes herein specified. Premiums received
on loans hereby authorized shall be used as provided by
general law.
Section 2. The town shall, at the time of authorizing
the said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in
Payment of
loan.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 24, 25. 17
accordance with the provisions of section one of this act,
and, when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum
sufficient to pay the interest as it accrues on the said notes
or bonds and to make such pa^nments of the principal as may
be required by this act, shall, without further vote, be assessed
by the assessors of the town annually thereafter, in the same
manner as other taxes, until the debt incurred by the loan or
loans is extinguished.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 12, 1920.
An Act authorizing payments to the trustees of the Qfmj) 24
soldiers' home in MASSACHUSETTS IN ANTICIPATION OF
THE .ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Whereas, The maintenance of the said Soldiers' Home Emergency
requires that the first payment authorized hereunder shall ^^^^
be made forthwith, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The auditor of the commonwealth is hereby state auditor
authorized to make a payment on or as of December first of ™aTm?nts^o
each year to the trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massa- &,M\tre'°Home
chusetts of an amount equal to one quarter of the appropria- gettslnTn^tki-
tlon made in the preceding fiscal vear, in anticipation of the patiouof
, . ■, ^ 1 annual appro-
annual appropriation by the general court. priations.
Section 2. The first pajTnent hereunder may be made Time of first
as of December first, nineteen hundred and nineteen. paymen .
Approved February 12, 1920.
An Act to incorporate the wright home for young (JJiap 25
WOMEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Frank E. Clark and Louis L. Campbell, both The Wright
of Northampton, and John R. Callahan of Hadley, the sur- Young women
vivors of the trustees named in the will of Henrietta M. ^'^^°^^°^^^^ ■
Wright, late of Northampton, deceased, and their associates
and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name
of The Wright Home for Young Women, to be estabhshed
18
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 26.
Powers.
Membership.
May receive
and take title
to certain
property.
May acquire
other property.
in Northampton for the purpose of carr;s'ing into effect the
trusts and purposes declared in the said will, and said cor-
poration shall have the powers and be subject to the duties
and liabilities now or hereafter prescribed by law for such
corporations.
Section 2. The said coiporation may elect or appoint
such officers and employees as from time to time it may
deem expedient. It may adopt by-laws and establish needful
regulations, and may do all things deemed necessary or ex-
pedient to carry out the provisions and objects of the said
will.
Section 3. The number of corporate members shall never
be less than three nor more than seven. Any additional
members or any successor to said trustees may be elected by
ballot at any meeting of the trustees.
Section 4. The said corporation may receive from Frank
E. Clark, the surviving executor of the will of Henrietta M.
Wright, all the property accruing to said trust on the settle-
ment of his final account, and may take title to the real
estate which is a part of said trust as completely as if ap-
pointed trustees by the probate court.
Section 5. The said corporation may acquire other real
and personal estate by gift, grant, devise or bequest for the
purposes stated in the said will.
Approved February 12, 1920.
Chap. 26 An Act relative to the salaries of the mayor and
other public officers of the city of BEVERLY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter five hundred and forty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and ten, as amended by section one
of chapter seventy-five of the Special Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking
out section fifteen and substituting the following : — Section
15. The board of aldermen shall by ordinance determine the
salary of the mayor and of all the officers and employees of
the city, including the firemen, policemen and city laborers,
except as otherwise provided herein, and may in like manner
change the said salaries from time to time, any such change
to take effect immediately upon the passage of the ordinance,
but no increase of salary shall be made after July first of any
municipal year.
1910, 542, § 15,
etc., amended.
Salaries of
mayor and
other pubUc
officers of
Beverly.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 27, 28. 19
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance To be sub-
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro- TOuntu.^et"*^
visions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance occurs Proviso.
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 12, 1920.
An Act to authorize the town of braintree to borrow QJidj) 27
MONEY FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a new high Town of
school building or additions to school buildings where such borrow money
additions increase the floor space, and for the purchase of b°uifdinTs.
original equipment and furnishings for said building or addi-
tions, the town of Braintree may borrow a sum not exceed-
ing three hundred thousand dollars, in excess of the statutory
limit of indebtedness, and may issue notes or bonds therefor.
Such notes or bonds shall bear on their face the words,
Braintree School Loan, Act of 1920, and shall carry such rate Braintree
of interest as may be fixed by the town treasurer with the Act^S 1920°'
approval of the selectmen. The notes or bonds shall be
issued in compliance with the requirements of chapter seven
hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen, and the amendments thereof, and each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan. Any premiums received
on the said loans shall be used as provided by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 13, 1920.
An Act to provide for the election of supervisors (Jjin^ 28
OF the model fruit farm in the town of GOSHEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Goshen, for the purpose of Town of
complying with certain provisions of the will of Spencer elect super-
William Tilton, late of Goshen, shall annually elect, for the M^d Fruit
term of one year each, three persons as superAasors of the ^'*^™"
Model Fruit Farm to be established in the said town.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 13, 1920.
20 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 29. 30, 31, 32.
Chap. 29 An Act relative to the analysis of liquor by the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
• Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
5l?uWk^°* The department of public health may decline to make
dl^UneTo make analvscs of HquoF submitted under the provisions of chapter
h^uor^ltc^ one hundred and ten ©f the acts of nineteen hundred and two
or of chapter four hundred and eighty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fourteen, unless the department is
satisfied that the analysis is to be used in connection with
the enforcement of the laws of the commonwealth.
Approved Febniary 13, 1920.
Chap. 30 An Act to revr^e the corporation known as whit-
comb's CONCERT band INC.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Co^nceTBand Whitcomb's Couccrt Band Inc., a corporation which was
Inc. revived, dissolvcd by chapter one hundred and nine of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby revived
with the same powers, duties and obligations as if the said
act had not been passed. Approved February 13, 1920.
Chap. 31 An Act to revive the corporation known as the peer-
less MACHINERY COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Peerless The Pccrless Machinery Company, a corporation which
Company was dlssolvcd by chapter one hundred and eleven of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby
revived and continued with the same powers, duties and
obligations as if the said act had not been passed.
Approved February 13, 1920.
revived.
Chap. 32 An Act to permit the society for the relief of aged
OR DISABLED EPISCOPAL CLERGYMEN TO EXTEND AID TO
the widows and children of DECEASED EPISCOPAL
CLERGYMEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1846, 110, § 2, Chapter one hundred and ten of the acts of eighteen hun-
etc, amended. ^^.^^ ^^^^ forty-six, as affected by chapter one hundred and
sixty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-six, is
hereby amended by striking out section two and substituting
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 33, 34. 21
the f ollow-ing : — Section 2. Said corporation may hold real ^l^f \\ *^|
and personal estate to an amount not exceeding that allowed or Disabled
by law, which shall be applied exclusively to the relief of crergymen
aged, disabled, and indigent clergjTiien of the Protestant ^d^to widows
Episcopal Church, within what is or shall be known in the orde^c^Jd"
said church as the diocese of Massachusetts, and the widows ^ergymen
and children of deceased clergj^men of said diocese.
Approved February 13, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of peabody to incur Chav 33
INDEBTEDNESS FOR PURCHASING LAND AND FOR CON-
STRUCTING AND EQUIPPING A HIGH SCHOOL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Peabody, for the purpose of pur- city of Pea-
chasing land and constructing thereon a junior high school or ^^^j. l^debted-
an addition to the present high school, and for the furnish- ^^J°l i^nd
ing of the same, may incur indebtedness, in excess of the ^nd for con-
i.. Tniii structing and
statutory limit, to an amount not exceeding five hundred equipping a
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor.
Such bonds or notes shall be denominated on the face thereof,
Peabody High School Loan, Act of 1920, shall be signed by Peabody High
the treasurer of the city and countersigned by the mayor, ^^^l^^'
and shall bear such rate of interest as may be fixed by the
treasurer with the approval of the mayor. The bonds or
notes shall be issued in compliance with the requirements of
chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and thirteen and the amendments thereof. Each
authorized issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate
loan, and any premiums received thereon shall be used as
provided by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 17, 1920.
An Act to authorize the establishment of a reserve QJiav. 34
POLICE FORCE IN THE TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follcnvs:
Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Framingham Town of
may establish therein a reserve police force. Appointments m^^e^tabUsh a
thereto shall be made by the selectmen in accordance with forc^^ ^^^'^^
the rules and regulations established therefor by the division
of civil ser\4ce. Members of the force may be removed by Removals,
the selectmen at any time for any reason satisfactory to
22
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 35, 36.
Powers and
compensation.
Appointments
to regular
police force to
be made from
reserve force,
etc.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters.
them, and shall be subject to such rules and regulations as
the selectmen may prescribe.
Section 2. The members of the said force shall, when on
duty, have all the powers of constables and police officers in
towns, and shall be paid such compensation as the selectmen
may determine.
Section 3. All appointments to the regular police force
in said town shall hereafter be made from the reserve force,
subject to such rules and regulations as the said di^'ision may
prescribe, except that ser\'ice on the reserve force for a period
of six months shall be deemed to be a sufficient probationary
period under the rules established hereunder.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the voters of the town of Framingham at any town meeting
called for the purpose, but so much of this act as authorizes
its submission as aforesaid shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 17, 1920.
Chap. 35 An Act to authorize the town of natick to pay a sum
of money to the widow of ROBERT W. SPROULE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The action of the town of Natick, at a town
meeting held on October first, nineteen hundred and nineteen,
in voting to pay the sum of two thousand dollars to Annie
M. Sproule on account of the death of her husband, Robert
W. Sproule who was killed while performing his duties as a
fireman of said town, is hereby made valid, and the town is
hereby authorized to appropriate and pay the said sum of
two thousand dollars as if the said vote and appropriation
had been made after the passage of this act.
Section 2. This act shall take eft'ect upon its passage.
Approved February 18, 1920.
Town of Natick
may pay a sum
of money to
widow of
Robert W.
Sproule.
Chap. 36 An Act to authorize the city of lynn to incur in-
debtedness for cemetery purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of clearing and grading land
and making the same suitable for cemetery purposes, the
city of Lynn may, by vote of its city council, incur indebt-
edness to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand
City of Lynn
may incur in-
debtedness for
cemetery
purposes.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 37. 23
dollars beyond the statutory limit of indebtedness, and may
from time to time issue bonds or notes therefor, payable at
periods not exceeding ten years from the dates of issue, and
bearing interest at a rate to be fixed by the city treasurer
with the approval of the mayor.
Section 2. The city council shall, at the time of au- Payment of
thorizing any loan hereunder, proN^de for its pajmient in ^°^^'
such annual pa^Tiients as will extinguish the same within the
time prescribed by this act, and all issues of bonds or notes
hereunder shall be in accordance with chapter seven hun-
dred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thir-
teen and the amendments thereof.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 18, 1920.
An Act to provide for uniting the Rutland private QJidjy 37
SANATORIUM ASSOCIATION AND THE CENTRAL NEW ENG-
LAND SANATORIUM INCORPORATED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Rutland Private Sanatorium Associa- The Rutland
tion and The Central New England Sanatorium Incorpo- J^^kim'^AsM^"
rated, being private corporations incorporated under the xhe Central
general laws and ha^^ng their principal places of business sanltoHum in
in the town of Rutland, are hereby authorized to unite in corporated
one corporation, to be known as The Central New England
Sanatorium Inc. The union of the two corporations shall be
made in such a manner and upon such terms as the directors
of the two corporations may agree upon, and the new cor-
poration shall come into existence upon the filing of a cer-
tificate of the union by the directors of the two existing
corporations with the secretary of the commonw^ealth. The
new corporation shall assume and be responsible for all the
debts, obligations and duties of the two existing corporations,
and shall have all the rights and privileges of charitable cor-
porations organized under general law. Any gift, devise or
bequest heretofore or hereafter made to either of the two
existing corporations shall become the property of the cor-
poration hereby created.
Section 2. Except as is otherwise provided herein this Time of taking
act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 18, 1920.
24 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 38, 39, 40.
Chap. 38 An Act relative to the computation of dividends or
INTEREST ON DEPOSITS IN SAVINGS BANKS AND SAVINGS
DEPARTMENTS OF TRUST COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1919, 116 (G), Chapter one hundred and sixteen of the General Acts of
tion, added. nineteen hundred and nineteen, as amended by chapter three
hundred and twenty-six of the said General Acts, is hereby
further amended by adding the following new section : —
Computation SectioYi 5. In the computation of dividends or interest on
of dividends or.. .,,...„ . ,
interest on dcposits lu saviugs bauKs, iiistitutions tor savings, and sav-
sa^wfgs banks iugs departments of trust companies, when the day on which
departSents of dcposlts bcgiu to draw interest, as provided in their respective
by-laws or regulations, falls on a Sunday or a legal holiday,
deposits made on the next succeeding business day and
remaining on deposit through the balance of the monthly
period, may be considered as having been on deposit one
full month, within the meaning of this act.
Approved February 18, 1920.
trust com-
panies.
Chap. 39 An Act to revive the corporation known as the shaw
PROPELLER COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Shaw Pro- The Shaw Propeller Company, which was dissolved by
feviTed.""^^^"^ chapter one hundred and eleven of the Special Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen, is hereby revived with the same
powers, duties and obligations as if the said chapter had not
been passed. Approved February IS, 1920.
Chap. 40 An Act relative to payments by municipalities on
ACCOUNT OF INMATES OF COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOLS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
R. L. 46, § 1, The last paragraph of section one of chapter forty-six of
e c, amen e . ^^ Reviscd Laws, as amended by chapter two hundred and
fifty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and two, by section
five of chapter seven hundred and seventy-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and by section one hun-
dred and eighty-four of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is
hereby further amended by striking out the words "one
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 41, 42. 25
dollar", in the third and fourth lines of said paragraph and
substituting the words : — two dollars, — so that said para-
erraDh will read as follows : — The citv or town from which Payments by
& i . 1 / n' 1 • • 1 cities and
an habitual truant, absentee or school onender is committed towns on ac-
to a county training school shall pay to the county or counties mates of county
maintaining the same two dollars a week toward his support, llh^is^
and reports of the condition and progress of its pupils in said
school shall be sent each month to the superintendent of
schools of such city or town; but the town of Winthrop and
the cities of Revere and Chelsea shall pay to the county of
Middlesex, for the support of each child committed to the
training school of said county, two dollars and fifty cents a
week, and such additional sums for each child as will cover
the actual cost of maintenance.
Approved February 18, 1920.
An Act relative to the powers of the union of italy, (Jhav. 41
INCORPORATED, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The corporation known as Union of Italy, Incorporated, unTon^of itaiy,
situated in the city of Lawrence and incorporated under the eXrge'd^*^^'^
general laws of Massachusetts, is hereby authorized to acquire
by purchase, gift, grant, devise or bequest, and to hold,
manage, mortgage, lease, and otherwise dispose of real or
personal estate, to an amount not exceeding two hundred
thousand dollars. All of said property, or the income de-
rived therefrom, shall be used for the purposes of the said
society as set forth in its charter or certificate of incorpora-
tion. Approved February 18, 1920.
An Act to authorize the town of north attlebor- Chap. 42
OUGH TO IMPROVE TEN MILE RIVER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of North Attleborough may deepen. Town of
widen, and straighten Ten Mile river in the said town, and borough may
drain and improve the marsh land along the said river in Mife'^nVen^'*
such manner and to such extent as may be necessary to
abate the nuisance now existing, to prevent water from said
river and land from overflowing into the cellars of dwelling
houses, and generally to improve the sanitary condition of
the town. The provisions of this act may be carried out by
26
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 43.
May enter upon
lands, etc.
Assessment of
damages, etc.
Proviso.
May borrow
money.
North Attle-
borough Ten
Mile River
Loan, Act of
1920.
the selectmen, or by one or more of the selectmen with other
citizens, or by other town officers or persons accordingly as
the town may vote at the annual town meeting in any year,
or at a special town meeting duly called to take action here-
under.
Section 2. The selectmen or the officers or persons
chosen by the town to carry out the provisions of this act
may, for that purpose, enter upon any land, and make any
necessary changes therein, and may divert the course of any
stream, and may acquire by gift, purchase or right of eminent
domain, on behalf of the town, any land, or easement or
interest therein. Damages for any taking of or injury to
land or other property may be assessed and determined by
the selectmen, or other officers or persons as aforesaid, and
any person or corporation aggrieved by their determination
may have his or its damage assessed by a jury in the manner
provided by law with respect to damages sustained by the
laying out of highways: provided, that no suit to recover
damages shall be brought after the expiration of two years
from the date of the taking or injury for which damages are
sought.
Section 3. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions
of this act the town may borrow such sums as it may deem
proper, not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of ten thou-
sand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor. Such
bonds or notes shall be denominated on their face, North
Attleborough Ten I\Iile River Loan, Act of 1920, shall bear
such rate of interest as may be fixed by the treasurer, with
the approval of the selectmen, and except as is otherwise
provided herein, shall be issued and paid in accordance with
the provisions of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen. Each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan. Any premiums on the
loans hereby authorized shall be used as provided by general
law.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 20, 1920.
Chap. 43 An Act to authorize the town of bekviont to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Town of Bel- Section 1. The town of Belmont, for the purpose of
mont may . . . .' , , . . ^ ^ ,
borrow money constructmg, lumishmg and equipping additions to tne
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 44. 27
Daniel Butler school at Waverlev and the Pavson Park school 1°'' ^'^^°^^
i«»T *• rt*^» • purposes.
at Pavson park, in said town, may issue from time to time,
outside the statutory limit of indebtedness, bonds or notes
to an amount not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. Such bonds or notes shall be denominated on their
face, Belmont School Loan, Act of 1920, and shall bear such Loi"°"cfo|'°°'
rate of interest as may be fixed by the town treasurer with i''2o.
the approval of the selectmen. They shall be issued in com-
pliance with the requirements of chapter seven hundred and
nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and
the amendments thereof, and each authorized issue of the
bonds shall constitute a separate loan. Premiums received
for the said bonds or notes shall be used as provided by
general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 20, 1920.
An Act authorizing the designation by heads of de- fhnj) a a
part:ments of the commonwealth of persons to per-
form their duties in certain instances.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause Emergency
delay in the approval of departmental payrolls, therefore it p^^^^^^ie.
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section eleven of Part I of chapter three hundred and '^^^^^ f^. ^j^'*
fifty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is amended,
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following
new paragraph : • — Every commissioner or head of a depart- Heads of de-
ment established by this act whose duties during his absence thlTOmmon-
or disability are not specifically authorized by this act to be d^ignat^^r-
performed by another person, may designate another person formfhef/'
in his department to perform his duties in case of and during duties in cer-
his absence or disability, but a person so designated shall
have no authority to make permanent appointments or re-
movals. Every such designation shall be subject to approval
by the governor and council, and shall remain in force and
effect until revoked by the commissioner or head of depart-
ment or by the governor and council.
Approved February 20, 1920.
28
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 45.
R. L. 62, § 43,
etc., amended.
Sealing of milk
or cream
bottles or jars,
etc.
Chap. 45 An Act relative to the sealing of milk or cream
BOTTLES OR JARS BY THE MANUFACTURER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter sixty-two of the Revised Laws, as amended by
chapter five hundred and thirty-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and nine, is hereby further amended by striking
out section forty-three and substituting the following : —
Section 43. Glass bottles or jars which are used for the dis-
tribution of milk or cream to consumers, and which hold,
when filled to a level with the bottom of the cap or stopple
or other definite filling point, not less than three ounces and
seven drams and not over four ounces and two drams; not
less than seven ounces and six drams and not over eight
ounces and two drams; not less than fifteen ounces and five
drams and not over sixteen ounces and four drams; not less
than thirty-one ounces and four drams and not over thirty-
two ounces and four drams; not less than forty-seven ounces
and three drams and not over forty-eight ounces and five
drams; not less than sixty-three ounces and two drams and
not over sixty-four ounces and six drams, shall be sealed as
measures under the provisions of section twenty-one or by
the manufacturer. All dealers in milk or cream who use
glass bottles or jars for the distribution of milk or cream to
consumers, which have not been sealed by the manufacturer,
shall bring in such bottles or jars to the office of the sealer of
weights and measures in their respective cities and towns, to
be sealed as aforesaid; but no fee shall be charged or re-
ceived for sealing them. If a bottle or jar has once been
sealed by the sealer of weights and measures or by the man-
ufacturer, it shall not in any case be necessary to have it
sealed again at any time while it is used for the distribution
of milk or cream to consumers. Glass bottles or jars sealed
under the provisions of this section shall not be legal measures
except for the distribution of milk or cream to consumers.
Such bottles or jars as are sealed by the manufacturer shall
be marked with his name, initials, or trademark; and by any
other mark which the director of standards may require.
The sealing of such bottles or jars by the manufacturer shall
not be held to affect the provisions of law relating to the
giving of false measure, or the using of a false measure, or
Certain au- thc having in possession of a false measure with intent to
revoked!"''^ ^^ usc. The Said director, upon approval by the commissioner
Certain dealers
to have con-
tainers sealed,
etc.
Restriction.
How marked.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 46, 47. 29
of labor and industry, shall have power to revoke the au-
thority given by him to any manufacturer under the pro-
visions of this section upon proof that the authorized seal
or designating mark has been affixed to any bottle or jar
which does not conform to the respective capacities provided
for in this section. Approved February 20, 1920.
An Act relatrt: to expenditures by executors and Chap. 46
ADMINISTRATORS FOR THE I]VIPRO^^E]MENT OF BURIAL LOTS
AND MONL^IENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twelve of chapter one hundred and fifty of the r. l. i50, § 12,
Revised Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the ^"^^^ ^'^'
word "monument", in the second line, the words: — , or for
the repair, improvement or embellishment of a burial lot
or monument, — so as to read as follows: — Section 12. A Expenditures
DV 6XGCutors
reasonable amount expended for a burial lot and a monu- and adminis-
ment, or for the repair, improvement or embellishment of a proyementof
burial lot or monument, may be allowed by the court as part monuments"
of the funeral expenses of a testator or intestate and the
court may at any time, upon petition of an executor or ad-
ministrator, after notice, determine the amount w^hich may
be expended. Approved February 20, 1920.
An Act relatrt: to the licensing of outdoor exhibi- Chap. 47
TIONS ANT) PL^LIC ENTERTAINMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one hundred and seventy-six of chapter one hun- R. l. 102, § ire.
dred and two of the Revised Laws, as amended by chapter
one hundred and ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and
six, is hereby further amended by striking out the said
section and substituting the following: — Section 176. The Licensing of
mayor of any city except Boston, and in Boston, the licensing hibitioM and
board, and the selectmen of any town, may grant a license to tainments!^'^
any person to establish, keep open and maintain a skating
rink to be used for roller skating, carrousels, inclined rail-
ways, ferris wheels and outdoor exhibitions of fire fighting
for the amusement of the public, for hire, gain or reward
upon such terms, conditions and regulations as they deem
proper, subject to sections one hundred and eighty-six to
one hundred and eighty-nine, inclusive, as amended, and to
the provisions of law relating to the observance of the Lord's
day. Approved February 20, 1920.
30
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 48.
1912, 706, § 4,
etc., amended.
Wage boards,
establishment
of.
Chap. 48 An Act relative to the selection of members of wage
BOARDS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section four of chapter seven hundred and six of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twelve, as amended by section one
of chapter three hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fourteen and by chapter seventy-two of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is
hereby further amended by striking out the said section,
and substituting the following: — Section If.. If after such
investigation the commission is of the opinion that in the
occupation in question the wages paid to a substantial num-
ber of female employees are inadequate to supply the neces-
sary cost of living and to maintain the worker in health,
the commission shall establish a wage board consisting of an
equal number of representatives of employers in the occu-
pation in question, and of persons to represent the female
employees in said occupation, and of one or more disinter-
ested persons appointed by the commission to represent the
public; but the representatives of the public shall not exceed
one half of the number of representatives of either of the
other parties. The commission shall give notice to employers
and employees in said occupation by publication or otherwise
of its determination to establish a wage board and of the
number of representatives of employers and of employees to
be chosen therefor, and shall request that said employers and
employees, respectively, nominate such representatives by
furnishing names to the commission. The representatives of
employers and employees shall be selected by the commission
from names furnished by the employers and by the em-
ployees, respectively: 'promded, that the same are furnished
within ten days after the request of the commission; and
provided, further, that at least twice as many names re-
spectively are furnished as are required. If less than this
number of names are furnished for representatives, either of
employers or of employees, at least one half the names so
furnished shall be selected, and the remaining places neces-
sary may be filled by the commission by appointments made
directly from employers, including officers of corporations,
associations and partnerships, or from employees in the
Designation occupatiou, as the case may be. The commission shall desig-
of^chairman, j^^^^ ^g chairman one of the representatives of the public,
Notice to
employers and
employees, etc.
Representatives
of employers
and employees,
selection of.
Provisos.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 49. 31
and shall make rules and regulations governing the selection
of members and the modes of procedure of the boards, and
shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction over all questions arising
with reference to the validity of the procedure and of the
determinations of the boards. The members of wage boards Compensation.
shall be compensated at the same rate as jurors, and they
shall be allowed the necessary travelling and clerical expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties, these payments
to be made from the appropriation for the expenses of the
commission. The commission shall have power to fill a vacancies, how
vacancy or vacancies arising in a duly constituted wage
board by appointing a sufficient number of suitable persons
to complete the representation of the employers, employees,
or public, as the case may be.
Approved February 20, 1920.
An Act relative to the retirement allowance of QJidj) 49
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO WERE AT ONE TIME EM-
PLOYEES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section six of chapter eight hundred and thirty-two of the i9i3, 8.32, § 6,
acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, as amended by sec- amended.
tion two of chapter one hundred and ninety-seven of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out paragraph (7) and substi-
tuting the following: — (?) In determining the retiring al- lo^*^^^™®"* *'"
low^ance of a member of the retirement association who was public school
regularly employed by the commonwealth prior to June first, ^ve^e at one
nineteen hundred and twelve, or as a teacher in the public o"the Tommcm-
schools of the commonwealth prior to July first, nineteen ^^^'*'^'^-
hundred and fourteen, credit shall be given in the manner
provided for by paragraph (5) of this section, and amend-
ments thereof, for all periods of employment by the com-
monwealth and of service as a teacher in the public schools,
if such service is fifteen years or more, not less than five of
which shall immediately precede retirement: provided, that Proviso,
this paragraph shall not apply to any person who had the
option of joining the retirement association established by
chapter five hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and eleven and did not become a member thereof.
Such rules as the retirement board may adopt under the pro- Certain rules
visions of paragraph (3) of section seven of said chapter eight fmlmLnloT°"
hundred and thirty-two, as revised by section nineteen of ^pTy^etc!*'
32
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 50.
chapter two hundred and ninety-two of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen, governing the reinstatement
of members of the retirement association, shall apply to a
person becoming a member thereof after July first, nineteen
hundred and twenty, who shall have withdrawn any sum from
the retirement association established by said chapter five
hundred and thirty-two. Approved February 20, 1920.
1914, 494, § 1,
amended.
Teachers em-
ployed by
Boston in voca-
tional schools
may become
members of
state teachers'
retirement as-
sociation, etc.
Chap. 50 An Act relative to the retirement pensions of
TEACHERS EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON IN CON-
TINUATION SCHOOLS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and
ninety-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen is
hereby amended by striking out the words "and of chapter
eight hundred and five of the acts of the year nineteen hun-
dred and thirteen", in the fifth and sixth lines, so as to read
as follows: — Section 1. Teachers employed by the city of
Boston prior to the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred
and fourteen, in schools operating under the provisions of
chapter four hundred and seventy-one of the acts of the
year nineteen hundred and eleven, may become members of
the teachers' retirement association, as established by chapter
eight hundred and thirty-two of the acts of the year nineteen
hundred and thirteen, in the manner prescribed by paragraph
(2) of section three of said chapter; and all teachers em-
ployed in the said schools for the first time after the first day
of July, nineteen hundred and fourteen, shall thereby become
members of the said retirement association as prescribed by
paragraph (1) of said section three.
Section 2. A teacher now employed in a continuation
school conducted under chapter three hundred and eleven of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, who is a
member of the retirement association established by chapter
eight hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirteen, shall by making application in wTiting to the
state teachers' retirement board before July first, nineteen
hundred and twenty, continue to be a member thereof until
he leaves the continuation school service.
Section 3. All teachers employed by the city of Boston
in continuation schools conducted under said chapter three
hundred and eleven, shall be subject to chapter two hundred
Teachers em-
ployed in cer-
tain continua-
tion schools
may continue
to be members
of state
teachers' re-
tirement as-
sociation.
Teachers em-
ployed by
Boston in cer-
tain continu-
ation schools
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 51. 33
and thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and to to be members
chapter five hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen teachers- re-
hundred and eight, except teachers who under section two of ciat^n"exSpt.
this act continue to be members of the retirement association ®**'"
established by said chapter eight hundred and thirty-two.
Section 4. Any member of the retirement association Refund of con-
estabhshed by said chapter eight hundred and thirty-two certain°(^ses.
who becomes subject to said chapter two hundred and
thirty-seven and said chapter five hundred and eighty-nine,
shall be entitled to a refund of his contributions as provided
by paragraph (1) of section seven of said chapter eight hun-
dred and thirty-two, as amended by section three of chapter
one hundred and ninety-eight of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and fifteen and by section nineteen of chapter two
hundred and ninety-two of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen.
Section 5. All service rendered by a teacher in a school del^^by^"'
established by the city of Boston under the provisions of Bos^to^'^c'n
chapter eight hundred and five of the acts of nineteen hundred tinuation
and thirteen, shall, for the purposes of said chapter two hun- to be con-
dred and thirty-seven and of said chapter five hundred and c'ertaL pu'r-
eighty-nine, be considered as public school service rendered ^°^^^"
to the city of Boston. Approved February 20, 1920.
An Act relatr^e to the issue of securities to provide (Jhav 51
SUITABLE recognition FOR THOSE RESIDENTS OF MASSA-
CHUSETTS WHO SERVED IN THE WAR WITH GERMANY.
Whereas, A delay in the taking effect of this act would Emergency
cause needless expense to the commonwealth and great in-
convenience in the issue of notes and bonds to carry out the
purposes of chapter two hundred and eighty-three of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, therefore it
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The treasurer and receiver-general, with the Treasurer and
approval of the governor, max issue bonds or notes under and receiver-general
{■ . ■, . . p \ niay issue
subject to the pro\asions of chapter two hundred and eighty- bonds or notes
three of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, payment of "^
except in so far as said provisions are herebv modified, for a fofdiVs^liiiors
term not exceeding five years from the fifteenth day of July, et"*! '^"^°'''
34
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 52.
May issue
temporary
notes, etc.
Term, etc.
Repeal.
nineteen hundred and nineteen, subject to the general laws
of the commonwealth providing for the issue of serial bonds
or notes, to mature at such time and in such amounts as
will best conserve the special revenue which must be levied
in the form of taxes to meet the obligations assumed in pur-
suance of said chapter. At any time prior to the issue of
said bonds or notes the treasurer and receiver-general, with
the approval of the governor, may issue temporary notes
from time to time in order to defer the issue of such bonds
or notes, or, in lieu of any issue of serial bonds or notes, for
the purpose of redemption of temporary notes previously
issued under the provisions of chapter three hundred and
seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen,
or of any temporary notes which may be issued under the
provisions of this act, at such times within said term of five
years and in such amounts as shall be deemed best for the
interest of the commonwealth. All temporary notes issued
under the provisions of this act shall be for the term of not
more than one year, and not less than three million dollars
of the said notes shall be paid each year from the revenue of
the commonwealth derived from the civilian war poll tax
levied in accordance with the provisions of section nine of
said chapter two hundred and eighty-tlu-ee of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, or from other special
revenue provided by the assessment of taxes under the pro-
visions of chapters two hundred and eighty-three and three
hundred and forty-two of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen.
Section 2. Chapter three hundred and seven of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
repealed, but without affecting the validity of any securities
issued thereunder. Approved February 24, 1920.
Chap. 52 -"^^' -"^CT RELATIVE TO THE FIRST UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY OF
MIDDLETON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Certain officers Section 1. Tlic surviviug oflSccrs clcctcd by the First
universaUst Uuiversalist Society of Middleton at a meeting held on the
Middietonmay Seventeenth day of October, nineteen hundred and seven,
dert a treas- ^^.^ }igj.gby autliorizcd to clcct a treasurer of the society.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 25, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 53, 54, 55. 35
An Act relative to the interest rate on certain Chap. 53
SECURITIES OF THE CITY OF LYNN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section four of chapter one hundred and i^if 'amended.
seventy-four of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and
sixteen is hereby amended by striking out the words "not
exceeding four per cent per annum ", in the sixth Hne, and
substituting the words : — to be fixed hy the treasurer of the
city with the approval of the mayor, — so as to read as fol-
lows:— Section 4- The cost of establishing and equipping interest rate
the said school shall be paid by the city of Lynn, and for fs^J'ed'by city
this purpose the municipal council is hereby authorized to eltabiTs'hSent
issue bonds of the cit^' to an amoimt not exceeding twentv of ^5 independ-
, iiiii>' 1- i' ^'^t Industrial
thousand dollars, tor terms not exceeding ten years, and at shoemaking
a rate of interest to be fixed by the treasurer of the city
with the approval of the mayor, payable semi-annually.
The bonds shall be issued and shall be payable in accord-
ance A\'ith the prox-isions of chapter seven hundred and
nineteen of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thir-
teen. Each authorized issue of bonds hereunder shall con-
stitute a separate loan.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 25, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of chelsea to sell a fhrjj. r.A
certain parcel of land. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The citv of Chelsea mav sell a parcel of ^'^^ "^S^"^^
111.1 £> ^ p -r . ' may sell a cer-
land which was formerly a part of Lmon Park m that city tain parcel of
and is bounded by land of the Boston and Albany Railroad
Company, by Arlington street and by Beach street, the pro-
ceeds of the sale to be paid into the treasury of the city and
to be used solelj' for park purposes.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 25, 1920.
An Act to authorize the purchase of books contain- Chav. 55
ing portraits and biographical sketches of mem-
bers of the general court.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat Emergency
its purpose to render available for immediate use at the p'''^™^'®-
36
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 56.
present session of the general court the vohime hereby pro-
Anded for, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Purchase of
books contain-
ing portraits,
etc., of mem-
bers of general
court au-
thorized.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The clerk of the senate and the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives may annually purchase three hundred and twenty
copies of a book containing portraits and biographical
sketches of members of the general court and other state
elective officers, lists of committees and such other informa-
tion as the said clerks may appro\-e. One copy of the book
shall be furnished to each member of the general court, and
the other copies shall be distributed as the committees on
rules of the senate and house of representatives may direct.
The said clerks may annually expend for this purpose a sum
not exceeding twelve hundred dollars, to be paid from such
appropriations as may be made for the necessary expenses of
the general court. Approved February 25, 1920.
Retirement
pensions of
persons prin-
cipally em-
ployed as
teachers in
public schools
but also em-
ployed by the
common-
wealth.
Chap. 56 An Act REL.\Tn'E to the retirement pensions of
PERSONS employed IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ALSO
BY THE COMMONT^^ALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. A person who is principally employed as a
teacher in the public schools but who is also employed by
the commonwealth shall, if a member of the retirement
association established by chapter eight hundred and thirty-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, paj^ assess-
ments to the annuity fund established by paragraph (2) of
section five of said chapter, as amended by sections one hun-
dred and eleven and one hundred and twelve of chapter two
hundred and fifty-seven of the Genefal Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, based on the total salary received for
service as a public school teacher and for emploj'ment by
the commonwealth: provided , that the annual assessment of
such a member shall not exceed one hundred dollars.
Section 2. A person who is principally employed by the
commonwealth but who is also employed in the public schools
shall not be a member of the retirement association estab-
lished by said chapter eight hundred and thirty-two, but
shall be subject to chapter five hundred and thirty-two of
Proviso.
Retirement
pensions of
persons princi-
pally employed
by the com-
monwealth but
also employed
in public
schools.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 57. 37
the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, and if a member
of the retirement association for state employees shall pay-
assessments to the annuity fund established by said chapter
five hundred and thirty-two based on the total salary received
for service rendered to the commonwealth and for employ-
ment as a public school teacher : provided, that a person who Proviso,
receives more than thirty dollars weekly in salary or wages
shall not be assessed on the excess above that amount.
Section 3. Assessments under this act shall be deducted bfScted *"
from salary or other compensation in accordance with the from salary,
rules and regulations prescribed by the respective retirement
boards having jurisdiction. Approved February 25, 1920.
An Act to authorize the second parish in the town QJiq^^ 57
of worcester and the church of the unity in
worcester to unite.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Second Parish in the Town of Worcester, The second
incorporated by chapter eighteen of the acts of seventeen Town o7
hundred and eighty-seven, and The Church of the Unity in ThrchurclTof
Worcester, incorporated under the general law in the year vvorclster may
eighteen hundred and forty-six, are hereby authorized to •^'^i^e.
unite whenever the members of said corporations by a ma-
jority vote of those present and voting at meetings called for
the purpose shall so vote, and upon the passage of said
votes The Church of the Unity aforesaid shall become a part
of The Second Parish in the Town of Worcester.
Section 2. Upon the passage of the said votes, the Property,
PI' • •! , 1 • 1 J. ^ rights, etc., to
iranchises, powers, privileges, property and rights 01 every vest, etc.
kind belonging to The Second Parish in the Town of Worces-
ter and to The Church of the Unity aforesaid, shall vest in
and be possessed and enjoyed by The Second Parish in the
Town of Worcester, and it shall assume and be subject to all ^abmti^fo
the duties and liabilities of both said corporations. be assumed.
Section 3. All property, whether real or personal, be- Trust property
longing to or held in trust by either of said corporations, or *" '''®^*' ®*'''
by their trustees or standing committees, and all gifts to
either of said corporations, or to their trustees or standing
committees, and all gifts to either of them in trust or other-
wise, shall vest in The Second Parish in the Town of Worces-
ter, to be held upon the same, or as nearly as possible upon
the same trusts, as said trust property is now held. Any and J^^^^ts ratified,
all trusts created by or for The Church of the Unity afore-
38
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 58.
Trust property,
how applied,
to be deter-
mined by
Supreme Ju-
dicial Court.
Certain con-
veyance rati-
fied.
Income limited.
Membership.
Records, books,
etc.
Certified copies
of votes re-
corded in reg-
istry of deeds
to be evidence
of union.
said are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall have force
and effect according to their terms. In case of doubt as to
the precise manner or proportion in which said trust property
or the income thereof shall be applied or di\dded, the matter
may be determined by the supreme judicial court, upon
application of any person interested, or of tlie attorney-
general, and, until said court shall otherwise order, said
trust property and the income thereof shall be applied and
divided in accordance with the terms of the original trusts,
or as nearly as possible in accordance therewith.
Section 4. The conveyance of tlie church property of
The Church of the Unity, on Elm street in Worcester, is
hereby ratified, and the title so given by deed dated Sep-
tember twenty-third, nineteen hundred and nineteen, is
hereby confirmed.
Section 5. The income of the property of The Second
Parish in the Town of Worcester, including the income of the
gifts, grants, bequests and devises made to or for the use of
either of the said corporations, shall not exceed ten thousand
dollars a year, exclusive of the income of any parsonage
land granted to or for the use of the ministry.
Section 6. Upon the passage of said votes all persons
who are then members of said corporations shall become
members of The Second Parish in the Town of Worcester.
Section 7. The records and other books and papers of
said corporations shall be the property of The Second Parish
in the Town of Worcester. Certified copies of the votes
aforesaid agreeing to the union authorized by this act, sworn
to by their respective clerks, and recorded in the Worcester
district registry of deeds of the county of Worcester, shall
be sufficient evidence of the union of said corporations.
Approved February 25, 1920.
Chav. 58 ^^^ ^^"^ '^^ authorize the American unitarian associa-
tion TO HOLD additional PROPERTY.
American
Unitarian Asso-
ciation may
hold additional
property.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
The American Unitarian Association, which was incor-
porated by chapter forty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred
and forty-seven, may take and hold real and personal prop-
erty to an amount not exceeding ten million dollars, anything
in the charter of the said association or in any law of the
commonwealth to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved February 25, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 59, 60, 61. 39
An Act to authorize the town of brookline to appro- Chap. 59
PRIATE MONEY FOR BAND CONCERTS,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Brookline may at any town Town of
meeting appropriate a sum of money, not exceeding fifteen aj^ophat™'*^
hundred dollars, to be expended for public band concerts or baTd^n^rts.
for music furnished for public celebrations.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance To be sub-
by the town of Brookline at a town meeting called for the ™oters, etc.
purpose, but for the purpose of such acceptance, shall take
effect upon its passage. Approved February 25, 1920.
An Act relative to firemen of the city of boston Qfidj) QQ
WHO ARE pensioned ON ACCOUNT OF DISABILITY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. If a fireman of the city of Boston is in receipt Pensions of
of a pension on account of disability by reason of injuries filSnen to °*'*"*
sustained in the performance of his duties, he shall, at the ^mty haT
discretion of the fire commissioner, submit to a re-examina- ceased, etc.
tion by a physician designated by the commissioner, and
if the disability has ceased, or, if the fireman fails to submit
to the said re-examination, his pension shall cease.
Section 2. The fire commissioner mav, in an emergency, Fire commis-
,, 'in p i" , ' sioner may
call upon any pensioned hreman tor such temporary ser\^ce caii upon pen-
,11 ,' .1 iiij e 11* sioned firemen
m the department as he may be able to perform, and durmg for temporary
such ser\dce the fireman shall be entitled, in lieu of his ^®'^<=®' ^^'^^
pension, to the full pay of the position to which he is tem-
porarily appointed, and upon the termination of such service
the fireman shall again receive his former pension.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1920.
An Act relative to the tenure of office of the treas- Cliav- 61
URER AND TAX COLLECTOR OF THE CITY OF WOBURN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The citv council of the city of Woburn shall. Tenure of
icT " 11 •• I'll' onice of
m the month of Januarv, elect by a maiority vote of all its treasurer and
1 « . « .| ,1 11 , tax collector of
members tor a term ot three years a treasurer, and a collector city of wobum.
of taxes who may be the treasurer, who shall hold office from
40
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 62.
To take oath
of office.
Removal.
Vacancies,
how filled.
Officials elected
in January,
1920, to serve
for three years.
Repeal.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
the first Monday of the follo\\T[ng February and until their
successors are chosen and qualified. Before assuming office
the persons elected shall take and subscribe before the mayor
or city clerk, or a justice of the peace, an oath or affirmation
faithfully to perform their duties, which oath or affirmation,
or a certified copy thereof, shall be filed in the office of the
city clerk. The said treasurer and collector may be removed
at any time by the city council for any cause deemed by it
sufficient by a tvvo thirds vote of all its members. Any
vacancy in the said offices shall be filled by election by the
city council, and the person elected to fill the vacancy shall
hold office for the remainder of the term for which his pred-
ecessor was elected. The treasurer and the collector of taxes
shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as may
be prescribed by ordinance, and as are imposed by law upon
them.
Section 2. The city treasurer and the collector of taxes
elected by the city council in January nineteen hundred and
twenty shall serve for tlu'ee years in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act.
Section 3. So much of section fourteen of chapter one
hundred and se^'enty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by \'ote of the city council of the said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 26, 1920.
Chap. 62 An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay a sum
OF MONEY to the WIDOW OF ATLAS SKINNER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston may pay to the widow of
Atlas Skinner, late an employee of the public buildings de-
partment of the city, a sum of money equal to the wages
which he would have received had he lived and continued to
hold his position in said department until February first,
nineteen hundred and twenty.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the
provisions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the
current year. Approved February 26, 1920.
Citj' of Boston
may pay a sum
of money to
widow of
Atlas Skinner.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
A.CTS, 1920. — Chaps. 63, 64, 65. 41
An Act relative to the election of chief engineer Chap, 63
OF THE fire department AND BUILDING INSPECTOR OF
THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. During the month of January in the year Election of
nineteen hundred and twenty-one and every third year of fire^'dlpTit-
thereafter, there shall be elected by the municipal council of ™iS?ding1n-
the city of Gloucester, in the manner provided in its charter, oroioucister^
a chief engineer of the fire department of the city who shall
also be the building inspector. He shall hold office for three
years from the date of his election and until his successor is
chosen and qualified.
Section 2. So much of section fourteen of chapter two Repeal,
hundred and forty-six of the acts of eighteen hundred and
se^•enty- three and acts in amendment thereof and in addition
thereto as is inconsistent here'^'ith is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the voters of "^9 be sub-
a y-~,i 1 1 • • 1 mitted to
the City of Gloucester at the state election m the current voters, etc.
year and shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority
of the voters voting thereon.
Approved February 26, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of lynn to pay a sum QJiaj), 64
OF MONEY TO THE WIDOW OF WALTER C. BLOSSOM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The citv of Lynn may pav to the widow of City of Lynn
, / ' . , 'p 1 "^ 1 1-11 "^^y p^y ^ ^^""^
Walter C. Blossom, the remainder oi the salary wmch he of money to
would have received for the year nineteen hundred and Waiter c.
nineteen, as a member of the fire department, had he lived °^^°'"-
and served throughout that year.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance xo be sub-
by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the TOuncii*etc.*^
provisions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance Proviso,
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the cur-
rent year. Approved February 26, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of lynn to pay a pen- QfiQj) 55
SION TO H.\RRIET S. MATTHEWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Lynn may pay to Harriet S. ^ay Sn^siSf
Matthews, for forty-three years in the service of its public ^^tthew^'
42
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 66, 67, 68.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
library, and for twelve years librarian, an annual pension so
long as she lives, not exceeding one half of the compensation
which she received during the last year of her service.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 26, 1920.
Chap. 66 An Act to authorize the city of boston to dispose
OF the warren cemetery.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The cemetery trustees of the city of Boston
may, with the approval of the maj'or, sell and dispose of,
alienate or appropriate to any other use a tract of land
known as the Warren cemetery in that city, formerly used
as the Kearsarge burial ground, in which there are no remains.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved February 26, 1920.
City of Boston
may disp)ose of
Warren
cemetery.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
Chap. 67 An Act relative to the appointment of john Stephen
HYLAND AS A MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE CITY
OF NEW BEDFORD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The mayor and aldermen of the city of New Bedford may
appoint as a member of the police force of that city John
Stephen Hyland, notwithstanding the fact that he is a fraction
of an inch under the height required by the civil service reg-
ulations for police officers, the said Hyland ha\'ing served in
the war with Spain and also in the war with Germany.
Approved February 26, 1920.
Appointment
of John
Stephen
Hyland as
member of
New Bedford
police force.
Chap. 68 An Act relative to the annuities payable to the
WIDOWS and children of certain deceased police-
men AND firemen of THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1919,93(8), § 1, Chapter ninety-three of the Special Acts of nineteen hun-
amended. iii. -i i iii •!•
dred and nineteen is hereby amended by striking out section
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 69, 70. 43
one and substituting the following: — Section 1. Annuities ^^^^^^°^^ .
payable to the widows and children of deceased policemen able to widows
and firemen of the city of Boston, under the provisions of certain deceased
chapter one hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of eighteen E^ernX'S ''°
hundred and eighty-seven or of section two of chapter one B«'st«"-
hundred and seven of the acts of eighteen hundred and
eighty, shall be in such sums, not exceeding six hundred dol-
lars; as the city council may determine.
Approved February 26, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of new Bedford to dis- (Jjidji gg
POSE OF THE sewage FROM A PART OF THE TOWN OF DART-
MOUTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of New Bedford may allow the City of New
town of Dartmouth to connect sewers that may be built in dilpo°eof°'*^
that part of the towTi where the topography renders the city plTtlTf to*^ of
of New Bedford the natural drainage point for the same, Dartmouth.
\\'ith the sewer system of New Bedford, in a manner approved
by the proper officials of the city, and may charge for this
service such amounts as shall be agreed upon by the city
and to^vn.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by vote of the city council of the said city in accordance with council, etc.
the provisions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance Proviso.
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the cur-
rent year. Approved February 26, 1920.
An Act establishing a board of license commissioners Qjiav, 70
IN the city of quincy.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There is herebv established in the city of ,^f!fi'l°^„„
^ ^ ^ «^ license com-
Quincy a board of license commissioners to consist of the missioners in
citv oi wumcv
city clerk of the city and the chiefs of the police and fire established.
departments all of whom shall serve without extra compen-
sation.
Section 2. All authority to grant licenses and permits Extent of
and, except as is hereinafter proxided, to suspend and re- ^" °" ^'
voke the same, now or hereafter vested by law in the mayor
and city council of said city or in the mayors and city coun-
cils and boards of aldermen of cities of the commonwealth,
44
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 71.
Proviso.
Persons whose
licenses are re-
voked may
appeal to city
council, etc.
City council to
retain certain
authority.
Rules, etc., not
to be incon-
sistent with
laws or
ordinances.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
except the authority to grant licenses for the sale and trans-
portation of intoxicating liquors and permits to public service
corporations for locations in the streets and ways of the city
for any purpose, shall hereafter be exercised exclusively by
said board of license commissioners: provided, that nothing
herein shall affect the authority of the director of the di\'ision
of fire prevention of the department of public safety succeed-
ing to the powers of the fire prevention commissioner for the
metropolitan district.
Section 3. A person whose license is revoked by said
board of license commissioners may appeal to the city coun-
cil of said city by filing said appeal in WTiting with the clerk
of the city council within seven days after such revocation.
The action of the city council confirming or vacating such
revocation shall be final.
Section 4. The city council of said city shall retain all
authority which it now possesses or which is hereafter granted
to it, or to cities generally, to establish ordinances relating to
the manner in which the holder of any such license or permit
may exercise the rights granted thereunder. The board of
license commissioners shall not establish any rules or regu-
lations relating to licenses or permits inconsistent with the
provisions of any law of the commonwealth or any ordinance
of the city of Quincy.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of the city of Quincy, subject to
the provisions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the cur-
rent year. For the purposes of such acceptance, this act shall
take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1920.
Chap. 71 An Act confirming certain excess payments to jurors
IN the county of ESSEX.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The action of the treasurer of the county of Essex in pay-
ing the additional compensation to jurors provided for by
chapter one hundred and twelve of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen is hereby confirmed and made
valid as if said chapter had been in full force and effect at
the time of the said payments.
Approved February 26, 1920.
Certain excess
payments to
jurors in Essex
county con-
firmed.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 72, 73. 45
An Act to ch.\nge the name of the drtsion of educa- Chav 72
TION of aliens in THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO
THE DFV'ISION OF BIMIGRATION AND AMERICANIZATION.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:
The di\asion of education of aliens in the department of mi^^ltion°ind'
education shall hereafter be designated as the dix'ision of Americaniza-
. . • . , . tion in depart-
immigration and Americanization. ment of educa-
Approved February 26, 1920. *°° °^™^ '
An Act to authorize the north chelmsford fire dis- ph^jj^ 70
TRICT TO establish A SYSTEM OF SEWERAGE. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The North Chelmsford Fire District, estab- North cheims-
lished by chapter one hundred and nineteen of the acts of t?[rtSay?i-'
nineteen hundred and six, acting through its board of water gysllm of
commissioners as therein pro\dded, hereinafter called the sewerage.
board, is hereby authorized, subject to the approval of the
department of public health, to lay out, construct, maintain,
repair and operate such a system or systems of main drains
and common sewers for a part or the whole of its territory
as the voters of the district, at a legal meeting called for the
purpose, shall by vote adjudge to be necessary for the public
convenience or health.
Section 2. The board, acting in behalf of the district, May take
shall have power to take by right of eminent domain or '^^ ' ^ *'*
acquire by purchase or otherwise, any lands, water rights,
rights of way. easements or other property in said district,
public or private, necessary for accomplishing any purpose
mentioned in this act, and may construct within the district
main drains and sewers under or over any water course,
bridge, railroad, railway, highway, boulevard, or other way,
or within the location of any railroad, and may enter upon
and dig up any private land, street or way or railroad loca-
tion, for the purpose of lading drains and sewers and of
maintaining and repairing the same, and may perform any
other act necessary or proper for the purposes of this act:
provided, however, that the board shall not take in fee any Proviso,
land of a railroad corporation, and that the board shall not
enter upon, or construct any drain or sewer within, the loca-
tion of any railroad corporation except at such time and in
such manner as the board may agree upon with the corpora-
46
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 73.
Main drains
and common
sewers may be
constructed,
etc.
Description of
land taken to
be recorded,
etc.
Damages, how
determined.
tion, or, in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved
by the department of public utilities.
Section 3. When authorized by the district, main drains
and common sewers may be constructed by the board, which
shall be the property of the district and shall be under the
charge and control of the board. The board shall have au-
thority to regulate the use of the same and to prescribe the
mode in which the same shall be entered by private drains,
and the terms and conditions of such entry. No person shall
be allowed to enter or discharge any pri\'ate drain into a
main drain or common sewer of the district, except by leave
of the board, and on such terms and conditions as it shall
prescribe; and all private drains entering any main drain or
common sewer shall be under the board's exclusive charge
and control. The board shall have authority to make and
execute orders concerning such drains or sewers as though
the same were constructed by the board under this act. The
provisions of this section shall apply to the use of all sewers
and drains in the district heretofore or hereafter constructed,
and to the compensation, terms and conditions to be pre-
scribed for such use.
Section 4. Wlienever land is taken by right of eminent
domain the board shall, within sixty days after the taking,
file in the registry of deeds for the northern district of the
county of Middlesex a description of the land so taken,
sufficient for identification, and a statement of the purpose
for which it is taken; and the right to use all land so taken
for the purposes mentioned in said statement shall vest in
said fire district and its successors. The said fire district
shall pay all damages to property sustained by any person or
corporation by the taking of any land, right of way, water
right or easement or by anj-thing done under authority of
this act. Any person or corporation sustaining damages as
aforesaid, and failing to agree with the said board as to the
amount thereof may, upon a petition filed with the county
commissioners of the county of Middlesex within one year
after the taking of the land or other property or the doing
of the injury complained of, have his damages assessed and
determined in the manner provided in the case of land taken
for the la\dng out of highways; and if either party is dis-
satisfied with the award of damages by the county commis-
sioners, and shall apply for a jury to re\ise the same, the
fire district shall pay the damages awarded by the jury, and
shall pay costs if the damages are increased by the jury, and
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 73. 47
shall recover costs if the damages are decreased; but if the
jury shall award the same damages as were awarded by the
county commissioners, the party who applied for the jury
shall pay costs to the other party.
Section 5. The district shall by vote determine what Apportion-
-^ ment of cost.
proportion or the cost or said system or systems or sewerage
the district shall pay, and what proportion thereof shall be
met by assessments upon the owners of estates situated
within the territory embraced by said system or systems
and benefited thereby. In case such assessments are author- .Assessments
ized, the board shall assess such owners their proportional ^^eThen&-°
parts, respectively, of such portion of said cost as the district ^*®'^-
shall have determined is to be provided for by assessment,
but no estate shall be deemed to be benefited until a sewer
is constructed into which it can be drained. For the purpose
of fixing tlie amounts of such assessments the board shall
determine the value of the special benefit to each of said
estates, respectively, from the said system or systems of
sewers, taking into account all the circumstances of the
case; and the proportionate part to be paid by the owners
of the said estates, respectively, shall be based upon the
amount of the special benefit to each estate, determined as
aforesaid, and in no case shall exceed such special benefit,
and every such o^^^ler shall, within three months after
written notice of his assessment, served on him or on the
occupant of his estate, or sent by mail to the last address
of the owner knowii to the board, pay the sum so assessed
to the collector of taxes of the town of North Chelmsford :
provided, that the board shall, on the WTitten request of any Provisos.
such owner, made within the said three months, apportion
his assessment in ten equal parts or assessments; and the
board shall certify the apportionment to the assessors of the
town, and one of said parts or instalments, with interest on |
all unpaid apportionments at the rate of six per cent per
annum, shall be added by the assessors to the annual tax
on the estate for each year ensuing, until all the said parts
have so been added, unless sooner paid as hereinafter pro-
vided; and provided, furtJier, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent the payment at any time in
one payment, notwithstanding its prior apportionment, of
any balance of said assessments then remaining unpaid, but
interest on such balance at the rate of six per cent per annum
shall be paid to the date of such pajTnent; and thereupon
the collector of taxes of the town shall receive the same and
48
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 73.
May issue
bonds, etc.
North Chelms-
ford Fire Dis-
trict Sewerage
Loan, Act of
1920.
Payment of
loan.
Receipts, how
applied.
shall certify such paj^ment or pa;yTaents to the assessors,
who shall preserve a record thereof. In case of corner lots
abutting on more than one sewered street the same area shall
not be assessed more than once.
Section 6. The district, for the purpose of paying the
necessary' expenses and liabilities incurred under this act,
may incur indebtedness to an amount not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars, and may issue from time to time
bonds or notes therefor, each authorized issue to constitute
a separate loan. Such bonds or notes shall bear on their
face the words, North Chelmsford Fire District Sewerage
Loan, Act of 1920, and shall be payable by such annual pay-
ments, beginning not more than one year after the date
thereof, as will extinguish each loan ^^^thin thirty years
after its date. The amount of the pajTiient of principal in
any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal
of the loan payable in any subsequent year. The securities
shall be signed by the treasurer of the district and counter-
signed by a majority of the board, and the district may from
time to time sell the same or any part thereof, at public
or private sale, but not for less than their par value. The
proceeds shall be retained in the treasury, and shall be dis-
bursed by the treasurer upon the order of the board, as may
be necessary to meet the expenditures hereby authorized.
Premiums received on any loan may be used for the payment
of the expense of the issuance of bonds or notes, and any
balance shall be held and applied to the first bonds or notes
maturing.
Section 7. The district shall, at the time of authorizing
the said loan, pro\'ide for the payment thereof in such annual
pajnments as will extinguish the same in accordance with the
provisions of section slx; and when a vote to that effect has
been passed the amount required thereby, less the amount
that may be appropriated therefor as pro\ided in the fol-
lowing section, shall, annually thereafter, without further
vote, be assessed by the assessors of the to^^^l, in the same
manner as other taxes, until the debt inciu-red by the loan
is extinguished.
Section 8. The receipts from sewer assessments, and
from pajments made in lieu thereof, shall be applied to the
payment of charges and expenses incident to the maintenance
and operation of said system of sewerage, or to the extension
thereof, except that the district may apply any part of such
receipts to the payment of interest upon notes or bonds
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 73. 49
issued hereunder, and not other-vvise provided for, or to the
pajTnent or redemption of such notes or bonds, and the said
receipts shall be used for no other purpose. If the said re-
ceipts shall not in any year be sufficient for the purposes
aforesaid, the assessors of the town shall raise by taxation, in
the same manner in which money is raised for other district
purposes, the balance required therefor.
Section 9. Any assessment levied under the provisions Assessments to
of section five, and any charge as aforesaid, shall constitute i^n^etc.^
a lien upon the estate which shall continue for two 'years
after the certificate thereof is filed, and after the demand
aforesaid is made, or in case of apportionment, until the ex-
piration of two years from the time when the last instalment
is committed to the collector. Said assessment, together
with interest at the rate of sLx per cent per annum, with
incidental costs and expenses, may be satisfied by the sale
of the estate or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to dis-
charge the assessment and interest and intervening charges,
if the assessment is not paid within three months after the
ser\dce of said notice, or, if it has been apportioned, within
three months after any portion has become due. Such sale
and all proceedings connected therewith shall be conducted
in the same manner as sales for non-payment of taxes, and
real estate so sold may be redeemed in the same manner as
if sold for non-payment of taxes. The said assessments or
parts thereof may be collected also by an action of contract
in the name of the district, against the owner of the estate,
brought at any time mthin two years after the same become
due.
Section 10. Any person aggrieved by any such assess- Aggrieved
ment may, at any time within three months after the service appeal to
of the demand mentioned in section five of this act, apply to Ite!®"""^ "'"'*'
the superior court for said county for a jury to re\ise the
same, but before making such application he shall give to
the board fourteen days' notice in writing, and shall therein
specify particularly his objection to the assessment, to which
specification he shall be confined in his hearing before a jury.
Section 11. The pro^'isions of said chapter one hundred ^gj^g'^o^'i^^
and nineteen relating to the organization of said fire district to govern pro-
o *-• ceed.in^'s under
and to the meetings thereof, and to the election, powers and this act, etc.
duties of the board, and other officers of the district, shall, so
far as they are applicable, govern the proceedings under this
act, and the exercise of the powers and the performance of
the duties hereby conferred and imposed.
50
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 74.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters, etc.
Section 12. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by a majority of the voters of said district, voting thereon at
a meeting duly called for the purpose in accordance with
said chapter one hundred and nineteen, but for the purpose
of such acceptance the act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 26, 1920.
1906, 393, § 8,
amended.
Apportionment
of assessments
for highways
and other im-
provements in
Boston.
Chap. 74 An Act relatr^e to the apportionment of assessments
FOR highways and OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section eight of chapter three hundred and
ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and sLx is
hereby amended by striking out in the ele^'enth and twelfth
lines the words " on request of the owner of any part thereof,
or of the city collector", so as to read as follows: — Section
8. Assessments and damages for the public improvements
aforesaid ordered after the passage of this act shall bear
interest at the rate of four per cent per annum for damages,
from the day of taking, and for assessments as hereinbefore
provided. Assessments on real estate exempt by law from
taxation, as determined and certified by the assessors of
said city on application to them therefor by the owner, shall
not be payable or bear interest until the day on which the
estate ceases to be so exempt. Assessments, or so much as
remains unpaid, on real estate di\'ided shall forthwith be
apportioned by the board of assessors to the several parts in
proportion to the values of the respective benefits thereto
from said improvement, as determined by said board of
street commissioners. Assessments with interest shall, until
paid, be a lien on the real estate on which they are assessed,
from the day of the first publication of notice of the intention
to make the improvement for which the assessment is made,
or from the day of the passage of the order for the improve-
ment, if there is no such publication: provided, however, that
in case of an apportionment as aforesaid only the amount
of the apportionment and interest shall, until paid, be a
lien oh the part to which it is apportioned.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 27, 1920.
To be a lien on
real estate.
Proviso.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 75. 51
An Act to authorize the citt of lowell to incur in- Chap. 75
DEBTEDNESS FOR HIGH SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Lowell, for the purpose of con- cityofLoweii
structing, equipping and furnishing a high school building SedneL7o"r
and a building for a heating and power plant in connection pjfrpo^s*!"'
therewith, may borrow, outside the statutory limit of in-
debtedness, a sum not exceeding six hundred thousand dol-
lars in addition to the amounts previously authorized for the
same purpose, and may issue bonds or notes therefor. Such
bonds or notes shall be denominated, Lowell High School LoweiiHigh
. . -, r\nr\ 1 11 1 11- 1 bchool Loan,
Loan, Act of 1920, shall be payable m not more than twenty Act of 1920.
years from the dates of issue, and shall bear such rates of
interest as may be fixed by the city treasurer with the apn
proval of the mayor. The pro\'isions of section fourteen of ^®^*g^Q° f/^^^o
chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen apply.
hundred and thirteen, and acts in amendment thereof and
in addition thereto, and all pro\'isions of general law rela-
tive to municipal indebtedness, shall apply to all loans made
under authority of this act, except as is otherwise provided
herein. The municipal council shall authorize the borrowing Municipal
of money at such times and in such amounts as may be thohz'e loan""
voted by the high school building commission, and it shall
be the duty of the treasurer of the city to execute, and of the
mayor to countersign, the bonds or notes aforesaid in the
name of the city. The municipal council may, before au- nigh school
thorizing the said loan, require the building commission to niisi'lon^to'sub-
submit plans with the estimated cost of constructing, equip- ™^* p^^^®- ®*<=-
ping and furnishing the said high school and heating and
power plant, and in case the estimate is in excess of the sum
herein authorized to be borrowed and previously appro-
priated, may refuse to authorize the whole or any part of
the loan authorized by this act. The city auditor and city
treasurer shall act for said commission as for other city de-
partments. The city treasurer shall keep separate all funds
received for the purpose of constructing, equipping and fur-
nishing the said buildings, and shall pay the same as directed
by the commission.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 27, 1920.
52
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 76, 77.
Chap. 76 -^^ ^^'^ '^^ PRovroE for a union superintendent of
SCHOOLS IN THE TOWNS OF AMHERST AND PELHAM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
A^"rsfand Section 1. The school committees of the towTis of Am-
Peiham may hcFst and Pclham are hereby authorized to effect a union of
employ a union -i • t i>i pi- -i
superintendent the Said towns lOF the puppose oi employing a superintendent
of schools, who shall be elected subject to the provisions of
sections one to four, inclusive, of chapter seven hundred and
fourteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen.
Section 2. The said union shall be conducted, and the
said towns shall be entitled to receive state aid therefor to
the same extent, as if the union were formed under the
general laws.
Section 3. Chapter three hundred and ten of the acts
of nineteen hundred and one is hereby repealed.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 27, 1920.
of schools.
Union, how to
be conducted,
etc.
Repeal.
Chap. 77 "^N Act relative to the president of the newburyport
CITY COUNCIL AS TRUSTEE OF CERTAIN TRUST FUNDS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter sixty-four of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen is hereby
amended by striking out the word "common", in the sec-
ond and third lines, and substituting the word: — city, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 1. Lawrence B. Gushing,
Henry B. Little, and the mayor, the city auditor, and the
president of the city council of the city of Newbur^-port, for
the time being, their associates and successors, are hereby
made a corporation by the name of the Trustees of Newbury-
port Trust Funds, for the purpose of holding and administer-
ing the funds gi^'en in trust by the will of Margaret Atwood,
late of Newburj-port, proved and allowed in the probate
court for the county of Essex on the seventh day of August
in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and any other
funds which the city of Newbur>T)ort may commit to its
custody and care, with all the privileges and subject to all
the duties, liabilities and restrictions set forth in all general
laws now or hereafter in force relating to such corporations.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved February 27, 1920.
1917, 64 (S), § 1,
amended.
Trustees of
Newburyport
Trust Funds,
president of
Newburyport
city council as
member of.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 78. 53
An Act relative to the school attendance of children Chap. 78
RESIDING IN PLACES REMOTE FROM SCHOOL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section forty-nine of chapter forty-two of the Re\ased ^c^kmendtd
Laws, as amended by section nine of chapter two hundred
and ninety-two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking out the said
section and substituting the following: — Section 49. Every Towns to main-
town shall provide and maintain a sufficient number of houses, etc"
schoolhouses, properly furnished and conveniently situated
for the accommodation of all children therein who are en-
titled to attend the public schools. In case the distance Transportation
between a child's residence and the school which he is en- chiWrento
titled to attend exceeds two miles, and the school com- ^^^°°^-
mittee declines to furnish transportation, the department
of education, upon appeal of the parent or guardian of the
child, may require the town to furnish the same for a part
or for all of the distance. In case the distance exceeds three Attendance at
miles, and the distance between the child's residence and a jolS^g towns
school in an adjoining town giving substantially equivalent ^ding'll'^pkces
instruction is less than three miles, and the school committee H^^^ ^''°°^
decHnes to pay for tuition in such nearer school, and for
transportation in case the distance thereto exceeds two
miles, the department, upon like appeal, may require the
town of residence to pay for tuition in, and if necessary pro-
vide for transportation for a part or for the whole of said
distance to, such nearer school. A town refusing or neglecting Penalty for
for one year to comply with the requirements of this section '^'^'®*^*-
shall forfeit not less than five hundred nor more than one
thousand dollars, to be paid and applied as provided in sec-
tions twenty-three and twenty-four. The school committee. Duties of
unless the town otherwise directs, shall have general charge mutee.*'°'^"
and superintendence of the schoolhouses, shall keep them in
good order, and shall procure a suitable place for the schools,
if there is no schoolhouse, and provide fuel and all other
things necessary for the comfort of the pupils, at the expense
of the town. Approved February 27, 1920.
54
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 79, 80, 81.
1919, 152(S),§2,
amended.
Chap. 79 An Act relative to the payment by the city of boston
OF A CLAIM of THE ATLAS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby amended by striking
out section two and substituting the f ollo^^^ng : — Section 2.
This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by vote of the
city council of the said city, subject to the provisions of its
charter: promded, that such acceptance occurs prior to the
thirty-first day of December in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty. Approved February 27, 1920.
Act relative to
payment by
Boston of a
claim of Atlaa
Construction
Company to be
submitted to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.
Fall River to
appoint sub-
stitutes, etc.
Chap. 80 An Act relative to the appointment of substitutes
FOR CERTAIN CITY OFFICIALS IN FALL RIVER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
City treasurer SECTION 1. The citv treasurer and the citv collector of
and city col- . 11 -r-*- 1 11 • "^ /> 1 •
lector of city of the citv of Fall Rivcr shall each appomt one of their male
clerks as assistant treasurer and assistant collector, respec-
tively. The said assistants shall, in cases which will not
admit of delay, perform the duties and exercise the au-
thority imposed or conferred by law or ordinance upon their
respective chiefs, in case of their absence or disability, or of
a vacancy in the office.
Section 2. The appointing officer shall in each case file
notice of the appointment with the mayor and city clerk,
and the appointment shall continue in force until revoked by
the appointing officer. Approved February 27, 1920.
Notice of ap-
pointments to
be filed, etc.
Chap. 81 An Act to repeal the preferential voting law for
THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and fifty-four of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, being an
act to provide for preferential voting at municipal elections
in the city of Gloucester, is hereby repealed, and the said
elections shall hereafter be conducted, and the nominations
preliminary thereto shall hereafter be made, in accordance
with the general laws as modified by the charter of said city.
Stted^to' Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
voters, etc. thc city of Glouccster at the state election in the current
Preferential
voting law
for city of
Gloucester re-
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 82, 83. 55
year, and shall take effect beginning with the city election
next following, if accepted by a majority of the voters voting
thereon; otherwise it shall not take effect.
Ap2)roved February 27 , 1920.
An Act relative to the control of ell pond in the Chav. 82
CITY of MELROSE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follmvs:
Section 1. It shall hereafter be unlawful to fish, or to Licenses re-
engage in the business of letting boats for use in, or to engage mT cutting *ice,
in the business of cutting ice in, Ell pond in the city of pond Fn^lty
Melrose, without first obtaining a license therefor from the of Melrose.
park commissioners of the city.
Section 2. The park commissioners of the city of Mel- ^onersT make
rose are hereby authorized to make rules and regulations ''"•^s, etc.
governing fishing, boating, bathing and the cutting of ice in
Ell pond in said city. Such rules and regulations shall be
subject to the approval of the department of public works
of the commonwealth, and when approved by said depart-
ment shall have the force of law.
Section 3. Violation of any rule or regulation made and Penalty.
approved in accordance with section two shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
Approved February 27, 1920.
An Act relative to the salaries of the mayor and Qfidj) 33
CITY COUNCIL OF METHUEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section eight of chapter two hundred and amend^V^'' ^ ^'
eighty-nine of the Spyecial Acts of nineteen hundred and
seventeen is hereb}" amended by striking out the words
"fifteen hundred", in the third line, and substituting the
words : — three thousand, — and by striking out the words
"two hundred and fifty", in the eighth and ninth lines, and
substituting the words: — five hundred, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 8. The mayor shall receive for his serv- salaries of
ices such salary as the city council by ordinance shall de- df/^undi of
termine, not exceeding three thousand dollars a year, and he ^ethuen.
shall receive no other compensation from the city. His sal-
ary shall not be increased or diminished during the term
for which he is elected. The council may, by a two thirds vote
of all its members, taken by call of the yeas and nays, es-
56
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 84, 85.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters, etc.
tablish a salary for its members not exceeding five hundred
dollars each a year. Such salary may be reduced, but no
increase therein shall be made to take effect during the year
in which the increase is voted.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the city of IMethuen at the state election in the current year,
and if accepted by a majority of the qualified voters voting
thereon shall thereupon take effect; othe^^^^se it shall not
take effect. Approved February 27, 1920.
1911, 621, Part
11. § 52,
amended.
Chap. 84 An Act to increase the salaries of the mayor and
ALDERMEN OF LAWRENCE.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:
Section 1. Section fifty-two of Part II of chapter six
hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and""ele\'en is hereby amended by striking out the words
"thirty-five hundred", in the first and second lines, and
substituting the words: — five thousand,^ — and by striking
out the word "twenty-five", in the fourth line, and substi-
tuting the word : — thirty-five, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 52. The salary of the mayor shall be five thousand
dollars per annum, and the salary of each of the remaining
four members of the city council shall be thirty-five hun-
dred dollars per annum. These salaries shall be payable in
equal monthly instalments.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the city of Lawrence at the state election in the current year,
and if accepted by a majority of the qualified voters voting
thereon shall thereupon take effect; otherwise it shall not
take effect. Approved February 27, 1920.
Salaries of
mayor and
aldermen of
city of
Lawrence.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters, etc.
Chap. 85 An Act to amend the charter of the city of lynn
relative to the salary of the mayor.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section seventeen of chapter three hundred
and forty of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seven-
teen is hereby amended by striking out the first sentence
, and substituting the following: — The mayor shall receive in
full compensation for all ser\'ices to the city a salary of five
Salary of thousaud dollars a year, — so as to read as follows : — Sec-
ofLynn. tiou 17. The mayor shall receive in full compensation for
1917, 340 (S),
§ 17, amended.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 86, 87. 57
all services to the city a salary of five thousand dollars a
year. The council may, -by yea and nay vote, establish a Salary
salary for its members, not exceeding five hundred dollars members.
a year, which shall not be increased or diminished to take
effect during the current municipal year.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of ^.^t^e^d'S*"
the city of Lynn at the state election in the current year, voters, etc.
and if accepted by a majority of the qualified voters voting
thereon shall thereupon take effect; otherwise it shall not
take effect. Approved February 27, 1920.
An Act relatr^e to the regulation of sewer assess- Chap. 86
MENTS IN THE CITY OF NEWTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The mavor and aldermen of the city of Newton are hereoy Regulation of
. I , . , , , . . , sewer assess-
authorized to amend or rescmd any or ail existmg orders or ments in city
ordinances of the city of Newton which establish a method °
of sew^er assessment and by which any assessments for
sewers have been made, and the city is further authorized
to adopt and establish by ordinance or by order, any method
of sewer assessment now authorized by law, and to make,
by its board of aldermen, with the approval of the mayor,
assessments and reassessments thereunder: provided, that no Proviso.
change shall be made in assessments already levied at the
time of the passage of this act.
Approved February 27, 1920.
An Act to authorize counties to issue non-interest Chap. 87
BEARING NOTES FOR TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Notes of a county issued under the provisions of section Counties may
six of chapter two hundred and eighty-six of the General terest bearing
Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, as amended by chapter ti^bercuLis
eighty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, p^^^l^^ ''^'^"
may or may not bear interest. If they do not bear interest
they may be sold at such discount as the county commis-
sioners or county treasurer or other officer authorized to
sell the same may deem proper.
Approved February 27, 1920.
58
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 88, 89.
1917, 340 (S).
§ 19, amended.
Chap. 88 An Act relative to the salary of the member of
THE commission ON WAYS AND DRAINAGE IN THE CITY
OF LYNN WHO IS ELECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section nineteen of chapter three hundred
and forty of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seven-
teen is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the
following : — ; except that the member of the commission
on ways and drainage who is elected by and from the city
council, shall, in addition to the salary paid him as a member
of the city council, receive the sum of five hundred dollars
a year while he is a member of the said commission, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 19. Neither the mayor nor
any member of the city council shall, during the term for
which he is elected, hold any other office or position the
salary or compensation for which is payable from the city
treasury; nor shall he act as counsel or attorney before the
city council or any committee thereof, or before any board
or department of the city; except that the member of the
commission on ways and drainage who is elected by and
from the city council, shall, in addition to the salary paid
him as a member of the city council, receive the sum of five
hundred dollars a year while he is a member of the said
commission.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the city of Lynn at the state election in the current year,
and if accepted by a majority of the qualified voters voting
thereon shall thereupon take effect; otherwise it shall not
take effect. Approved February 27, 1920.
Mayor and
city council of
Lynn, not to
hold any other
office, etc.
Salary of the
member of
commission
on ways and
drainage
elected by
city council.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters.
Chap. 89 An Act to provide for the construction of a bridge
OVER THE OUTLET OF LAGOON POND BETWEEN OAK BLUFFS
AND TISBURY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of
Dukes County, vnih such allotment as the department of
public works may make from its regular appropriation, may
construct a bridge of concrete or other suitable material
over the outlet of Lagoon pond between the towns of Oak
Bluffs and Tisbury, and may lay out, alter, prescribe and
specify the approaches thereto for a distance not exceeding
Dukes county
commissioners
may construct
a bridge over
the outlet of
Lagoon pond
between Oak
Bluffs and
Tisbury.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 89. 59
five hundred feet, measured from the abutments of the
bridge, in each of said towns.
Section 2. The said commissioners, before taking any May take
lands, shall give a public hearing, of which notice shall be ^^ s, e c.
given as provided in section three of Part 2 of chapter three
hundred and forty-four of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and seventeen. After the hearing, the commissioners Description of
,,, i>,i iij lands taken to
may take lands necessary tor the purpose, and may lay out, be recorded,
alter and specify the bridge and its highway approaches,
and, M-ithin sixty days after the date of the order for said
takings, shall file in the registry of deeds in the county of
Dukes County, and in the offices of the town clerks of the
respective towns, plans and descriptions of the lands taken
and of the work proposed. The commissioners shall estimate Payment of
.11 j_ • 1 1 i. J? • J damages, etc.
the damages sustamed by any person by reason or said pro- «
ceedings and shall direct payment of the damages by the
county treasurer. Any party aggrieved by the acts of the
commissioners ma}^ have the same remedies as are now pro-
vided by law in the case of land taken for highways.
Section 3. For the purpose of carrying out the provi- County
sions of this act, the county treasurer, with the approval of issue bonds,
the commissioners, may borrow a sum not exceeding thirty-
five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes of the
county therefor, to be payable by such annual payments as
will extinguish the loan in not more than twenty years from
the date of issue of the first bond or note. The amount of
the annual payment in any year shall not be less than the
amount of the principal of the loan payable in any subse-
quent year, and the first of such payments shall be made in
liot more than one year from the date of issue of the first
bond or note. The said securities shall bear such rates of Rate of
. , . interest, etc.
interest as may be determined by the county treasurer, with
the approval of the commissioners. The treasurer may sell
the said securities, at public or private sale, upon such terms
and conditions as he may deem proper, but not for less than
their par value, and the proceeds, except premiums, shall be
used only for the purpose of paying the cost of construction
of the bridge and its approaches as herein provided. Any
premium on the loan shall be used either for the payment of
the expense of the issuance of the bonds or notes or applied
to the payment of the first bonds or notes maturing.
Section 4. The county treasurer, with the approval of County
, .. ^ ., IP -J treasurer may
the commissioners, may make a temporary loan tor a period make a
not exceeding one year in anticipation of the issue of the i^f^ta^
60
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 90, 91.
Norfolk county
commissioners
may expend
additional
money in con-
struction of
new bridge
over Monati-
quot river in
town of
Braintree.
serial loan, but the time within which such serial loan shall
become due and payable shall not, by reason of such tempo-
rary loan, be extended beyond the time fixed by this act.
Any notes issued in anticipation of the serial issue shall be
paid from the proceeds of the loan so made.
Town of Section 5. The town of Gosnold shall not be required to
Gosnold not • i • i
required to pay pay au}' part oi the cxpcnsc or constructmg the said new
expense, etc. bridge or of Caring for and maintaining the same.
Approved February 21 , 1920.
Chap. 90 An Act authorizing the expent)iture of an addi-
tional SUM OF MONEY IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW
bridge OVER THE MONATIQUOT RIVER IN THE TOWN OF
BRAINTREE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:'
Section 1. For the purpose of carrying out the pro\i-
sions of chapter three hundred and fifteen of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, as amended by
chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, and as affected by chapter
forty-four of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, the county commissioners of Norfolk county may bor-
row and expend, subject to the pro\asions of said chapters,
except as otherwise pro\dded herein, an additional sum not
exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars, which shall be assessed
and paid according to the provisions of section six of said
chapter three hundred and fifteen, except that no part
thereof shall be assessed upon the county of Phmouth, or
upon any city or town in that county.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 3, 1920.
Chap. 91 An Act relative to the construction, alteration and
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section five of chapter five hundred and
fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as amended
by section two of chapter two hundred and five of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fourteen, and by section two of
chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended
by adding at the end thereof the following: — Before be-
ginning the removal of any building or other structure, the
Plymouth
county and no
city or town
therein to be
assessed.
1907, 550, § 5,
etc., amended.
Right of
owner to ma-
terial of cer-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 92. 61
building commissioner shall give notice by mail to the owner [^'Bo^ston'"^^
of his right to the material upon request. If the owner taken down by
claims the material, he shall remove the same "vsithin ten missioner.
days after the building or structure is taken down, and if he
fails to do so, the building commissioner may dispose of the
material.
Section 2. Section twenty of said chapter five hundred et^.^' amended.
and fifty, as amended by section eight of chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-nine of the Special Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, is hereby further amended by striking out
the paragraph relative to "Stone Foundations", being the
last paragraph under the caption "Definitions", and sub-
stituting the following: — Foundations of stone shall be of ofTtone^of"^^
square split stone, except that rubble stone shall be allowed Bogj^j""!^^"
under buildings outside the building limits as they existed
prior to September twenty-third, nineteen hundred and thir-
teen, but only when such buildings do not exceed forty-five
feet in height and the foundation wall is less than ten feet
in depth. No rubble foundation shall be less than twenty Thickness
inches in thickness. All walls shall be properly bonded by foundation,
through courses.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 3, 1920.
An Act to establish the salaries of the deputy Chap. 92
ASSESSORS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section three of chapter ninety-three of the isis, 9.3 (S),
-Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby
amended by striking out the words "thirty-five hundred",
in the eighth line, and substituting the words : — four thou-
sand, — so as to read as follows : — Section 3. The mavor Deputy
1 • , t , (. ,1 n .1 /^ j_ assessors of city
may also appoint, tor a term or three years irom the first of Boston, ap-
day of April in the year of appointment, and may at any fiSariSf etc.
time remove, in accordance w4th the pro\'isions of said
chapter four hundred and eighty-six, such deputy assessors
as may be necessary, not exceeding five in number. Ap-
pointments at the expiration of a term or to fill vacancies
shall be made in like manner. Each deputy assessor shall
receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars, and shall
perform such duties as the board of assessors may prescribe.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 3, 1920.
62
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 93, 94.
Chap. 93 An Act to authorize the city of brockton to incur
INDEBTEDNESS FOR SEWERAGE PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Brockton, for the purposes speci-
fied in chapter two hundred and fortj'-seven of the acts of
eighteen hundred and ninety-two, maj^ issue from time to
time, outside the statutory Umit of indebtedness, bonds or
notes to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand
dollars in addition to the amounts already authorized.
Such bonds or notes shall be denominated on their face,
Brockton Sewerage Loan, Act of 1920, and shall bear interest
at such rate as may be fixed by the city treasurer, with the
approval of the mayor. They shall be issued in compliance
with the requirements of chapter seven hundred and nineteen
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and the amend-
ments thereof. Each authorized issue of such bonds or notes
shall constitute a separate loan, and any premiums received
therefrom shall be used as proWded by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 3, 1920.
City of Brock-
ton may incur
indebtedness
for sewerage
purposes.
Brockton Sew-
erage Loan,
Act of 1920.
City of Boston
may pay a sum
of money to
William and
Mary Wallace.
Chap. 94 An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay a sum
OF MONEY to WILLIAM AND MARY WALLACE.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The city of Boston may pay a sum of money,
not exceeding four thousand dollars, to William Wallace, a
citizen of Boston, and Mary W^allace, his wife, for the injuries
and death of William Wallace, Junior, a child of five years
of age who, on May third, nineteen hundred and eighteen,
fell from apparatus pro\'ided and maintained by the city in
Orchard park, a public playground in the Roxbury district
of Boston.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the city, subject to the pro\isions of
its charter: provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to
the thirty-first of December in the current year.
Approved March 3, 1920.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 95. 63
An Act to PROvroE for a preliminary election for Chap. 95
THE CHOICE of MUNICIPAL OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF
NEWBURYPORT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. On the third Tuesday preceding every an- Preliminary
nual municipal election in the city of Newburyport at which choice o^f ^""^
any elective municipal office is to be filled, except as is other- "fficeSm' city
wise provided in section nine, there shall be held a pre- of^Newbury-
Hminary election for the purpose of nominating candidates
therefor. No special election for mayor or any other offi-
cer shall be held until after the expiration of forty days from
the calling of a preliminary election, except as is otherwise
provided herein. At every annual, preliminary and special Polling hours.
election the polls shall be opened at forty-five minutes past
five o'clock in the forenoon, and shall remain open until four
o'clock in the afternoon, and the laws of the commonwealth Certain eiec-
relative to annual city elections shall apply thereto, except apply.
as is otherwise specifically provided herein.
Section 2. Except as is otherwise provided herein. Names of per-
there shall not be printed on the official ballot to be used at |ppear°on*'
any annual or special election the name of any person as a annulfor
candidate for any office unless such person has been nomi- u'J,^sf nim*i°°
nated as such at a preliminary election for nomination, held Pf^^f^gigP^j^n™"
as provided herein. There shall not be printed on the etc.
official ballot for use at such preliminary election the name
of any candidate for nomination at such preliminary election,
unless he shall have filed, within the time limited by section
three, the statement therein described.
Section 3. Any person who is quahfied to vote for a who may be
candidate for any elective municipal office, and who is a '^'^ ^ ^ ^^'
candidate for nomination thereto, shall be entitled to have
his name as such candidate printed on the official ballot to
be used at a prehminary election: provided, that at least Proviso.
ten days prior to such preliminary election he shall file with
the city clerk a statement in writing of his candidacy, and
with it the petition of at least fifty voters, qualified to vote
for a candidate for the said office. Said statement and
petition shall be in substantially the following form: —
64
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 95.
Form of state-
ment of
candidate.
STATEMENT OF CANDmATE.
I, ( ), on oath declare that I reside at
(number if any) on (name of street) in the city of Newbury-
port; that I am a voter therein, qualified to vote for a
candidate for the hereinafter mentioned office; that I am a
candidate for the office of (name of office) for (state the
term) to be voted for at the preliminary election to be held
on Tuesday, the day of ,
nineteen hundred and , and I request that
my name be printed as such candidate on the official ballot
for use at said preliminary election.
(Signed)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Essex ss.
Subscribed and sworn to on this day of
nineteen hundred and
before me,
(Signed)
Justice of the Peace,
or (Notary Public).
Petition ac-
companjang
statement of
candidate.
PETITION ACCOMPANYING STATEMENT OF CANDIDATE.
Whereas (name of candidate) is a candidate for nomina-
tion for the office of (state the office) for (state the term),
we the undersigned, voters of the city of Newburj-port, duly
qualified to vote for a candidate for said office, do hereby
request that the name of said (name of candidate) as a
candidate for nomination for said office be printed on the
official ballot to be used at the preliminary election to be
held on the Tuesday of ,
nineteen hundred and
We further state that we believe him to be of good moral
character and qualified to perform the duties of the office.
Acceptance and
oath not re-
quired.
Women may
be candidates
for school
committee, etc.
Proviso.
No acceptance by a candidate for nomination named in
the said petition shall be necessary to its validity or its filing,
and the petition, w hich may be on one or more papers, need
not be sworn to.
Section 4. Women qualified to vote for school com-
mittee may be candidates for nomination to membership
therein at any preliminary election at which candidates
therefor are to be nominated: yrovided, that they file the
above described statement and accompanying petition, and
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 95. 65
at such preliminary election may vote for candidates for
said committee, but for no others.
Section 5. On the first day, other than Sunday or a Names of
legal holiday, follomng the expiration of the time for filing whe1J'to*be
the above described statement and petition, the city clerk p°^^^'^-
shall post in a conspicuous place in the city hall the names
and residences of the candidates for nomination who have
duly qualified as candidates for nomination, as they are to
appear on the official ballots to be used at the preliminary
election, except as to the order of the names, and shall cause
the ballots which shall contain said names, in their order as
drawn by the clerk, and no others, with a designation of
residence, and of the office and term of service, to be printed,
and the ballots so printed shall be official and no others shall
be used at the preliminary election. In drawings for position Drawings for
on the ballot the candidates shall have an opportunity to be baiiot°° °"
present in person or by one representative. Blank spaces Blank spaces
shall be left at the end of each list of candidates for nomina- b°aiiots? etc"
tion for the different offices equal to the number to be nomi-
nated therefor, in which the voter may insert the name of
any person not printed on the ballot for whom he desires to
vote for nomination for such office. There shall be printed
on such ballots such directions as will aid the voter, as, for
example: "vote for one", "vote for two", and the like, and
the ballots shall be headed as follows: —
OFFICIAL PRELIMINARY BALLOT.
Candidates for nomination for the offices of ( ) official pre-
in the city of Newbury port. At a preliminary election to be ballot, heading,
held on the day of
in the year nineteen hundred and
(The heading shall be varied in accordance with the offices
for which nominations are to be made.)
There shall also be a special ballot printed for the use of
women qualified to vote for members of the school committee,
and headed as follows : —
OFFICIAL PRELIMINARY BALLOT FOR W^OMEN.
Candidates for nomination for members of school com- official pre-
mittee of the city of Newburyport. At a preliminary elec- fo™women'*"°*
tion held on the day of heading, etc.
in the year nineteen hundred and
66
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 95.
Party or po-
litical designa-
tions, etc.,
prohibited.
Counting of
ballots and
return of votes.
Nominations,
how deter-
mined.
Candidates'
names to be
printed on oflB-
cial ballots.
Tie vote.
When insuffi-
cient number
of statements
have been filed,
candidates
filing state-
ments to be
Then shall follow a reproduction of so much of the regular
ballot as relates to the school committee.
Section 6. No ballot used at any preliminary, special or
annual election shall have printed thereon, or appended to
the name of any candidate, any party or other political
designation or mark, or anything showing how any candi-
date was nominated, or indicating his views or opinions.
Section 7. The election officers shall, immediately upon
the closing of the polls at preliminary elections, count the
ballots and ascertain the number of votes cast in the several
voting places for each candidate, and forth\\ith make return
thereof upon blanks to be furnished, as in annual elections,
to the city clerk who shall canvass said returns and shall
forthwith determine the result thereof, publish the same in
one or more newspapers published in the city, and post the
same in a conspicuous place in the city hall.
Section 8. The two persons recei\'ing at a preliminary
election the highest number of votes for nomination for an
office shall be the sole candidates for that office whose names
may be printed on the official ballot to be used at the annual
or special election at which such office is to be filled, and no
acceptance of a nomination at a preliminary election shall
be necessary to its validity.
If two or more persons are to be elected to the same office
at such annual or special election the several persons in
number equal to twice the number so to be elected receiving
at such preliminary election the highest number of votes for
nomination for that office, or all such persons, if less than
twice the number of those so to be elected, shall be the sole
candidates for that office whose names may be printed on
the official ballot.
If the preliminary election results in a tie vote among
candidates for nomination recei\T[ng the lowest number of
votes, which, but for said tie vote, would entitle a person re-
ceiving the same to have his name printed upon the official
ballot for the election, all candidates participating in said
tie vote shall have their names printed upon the official
ballot, although in consequence there be printed tliereon
candidates to a number exceeding twice the number to be
elected.
Section 9. If at the expiration of the time for filing
statements of candidates to be voted for at any preliminary
election not more than twice as many such statements have
been filed with the city clerk for the office of mayor, coun-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 96. 67
cillor at large, or school committee as are to be elected to deemed to have
said offices respectively, the candidates whose statements nated, etc.
have thus been filed shall be deemed to have been nominated
to said offices respectively, and their names shall be used at
such annual or special election, and the city clerk shall not
print said names upon the ballot to be used at said prelimi-
nary election, and no other nomination to said offices shall
be made. And if in any ward, at the expiration of the time Candidates
for filing statements of candidates to be voted for at any when^dl^med
preliminary election, not more than twice as many such nominated!''
statements have been filed with the city clerk for the office ®*^^-
of councillor from such ward as are to be elected, the candi-
dates whose statements have thus been filed shall be deemed
to have been nominated, and their names shall be printed on
the official ballot to be used at such annual or special election,
and the city clerk shall not print said names upon the ballot
to be used at said preliminary election, and no other nomi-
nations to said offices shall be made. And if it shall appear Preliminary
that no names are to be printed upon the official ballot to be wheQ°not to be
used at any preliminary election in any ward or wards of the ^^^'^'
city, no preliminary election shall be held in any such ward
or wards.
Section 10. Section sixteen of Part I of chapter two certain provi-
hundred and sixty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen lawTnitio"*'*"'
hundred and fifteen, as amended by section one of chapter ^^^^y-
sixty-eight of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
sixteen, shall not apply to the city of Newbur;>'port.
Section 11. Tliis act shall be submitted to the voters of ^"t^dTo^
the city of Newburj-port at the state election in the year voters, etc.
nineteen hundred and twenty in the form of the following
question, to be placed upon the official ballot: — "Shall an
act passed in the current year providing for a preliminary
election for the choice of municipal officers in the city of
Newbur\Tport be accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast
thereon are in the affirmative, this act shall take effect, but
not otherwise. Approved March 3, 1920.
An Act relative to the compensation of the assistant Chap, 96
ASSESSORS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section four of chapter ninety-three of the Special Acts of f4\mend^
nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby amended by striking
out the words "a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars".
68
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 97.
Compensation
of assistant
assessors of
city of Boston.
Appointment
of head clerk,
etc.
in the fourth and fifth lines, and substituting the words: —
such sum as shall be fixed by the mayor and city council by
ordinance, — so as to read as follows: — Section 4- The
board of assessors may, subject to the approval of the mayor,
appoint and remove such assistant assessors as the work of
the department requires, and each assistant assessor shall
receive annually such sum as shall be fixed by the mayor and
city council by ordinance as compensation for such ser\ace3
as the board of assessors may prescribe. Such appointments
may be made from persons now ser\ing as first assistant
assessors or who have within six years of the passage of this
act so served, or from the civil ser\ace list of persons eligible.
The board of assessors may also, subject to the approval
of the mayor, appoint and fix the compensation of a head
clerk, and such other clerks and employees as may be found
necessary. Approved March 3, 1920.
Chap. 97 An Act relatr'e to the term of office of the city
COLLECTOR OF REVERE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
amended ^^' SECTION 1. Scctiou six of cliaptcr six hundred and
eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen
is hereby amended by striking out the first paragraph and
Tenure of office substituting the followiug: — Section 6. At the first mu-
ciais^^iif Revere, uicipal clcction there shall be elected by ballot a mayor, city
clerk, city treasurer, city collector, councilmen at large and
councilmen by wards, members of the school committee and
assessors. The mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, city collector,
councilmen at large, councilmen by wards, members of the
school committee and assessors shall be elected and hold
office as follows: — The mayor, subject to re-election or re-
call as hereinafter pro\'ided, city clerk, city treasurer and city
collector for the term of two years and until their successors
are elected and qualified; the councilmen at large and the
councilmen by wards, for the term of one year; the members
of the school committee for the term of three years each,
except as is hereinafter provided.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the said city, subject to the provisions
of its charter: provided, that such acceptance occurs prior
to the tliirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved March 3, 1920.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 98, 99, 100. 69
An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay a sum Chap. 98
OF MONEY to THE WIDOW OF TIMOTHY MOONEY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The citv of Boston mav pay to the widow of S!'H°l?^^i?°
Timothy IMooney, late an employee of the street laying out °!i^°°^f *°
department of the city, the balance of salary to which he Timothy
would have been entitled had he lived and continued to
occupy his position until February first, nineteen hundred
and twenty.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance To be sub-
by the city council of the said city, in accordance with the TOuncii.^etc!'^
provisions of its charter, pro\'ided that such acceptance oc- Proviso,
curs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current
year. Approved March 3, 1920.
x\n Act relative to the maintenance of an athletic QJidj) 99
FIELD BY THE CITY OF BROCKTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The school committee of the city of Brockton Maintenance
shall have the sole management and control of the athletic fierd°by'i;'fty*'of
field on West Elm street in that city, to be given to it by ^^'•"^kton.
George E. Keith as a memorial to his son Eldon B. Keith, a
former member of said committee, and shall have authority,
upon such conditions as the committee shall from time to
time prescribe, to permit the use of said field for athletic
games and other entertainments of a public nature at which
an admission fee may or may not be charged.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by the city council of the said city, subject to the provisions TOuncii.^et"'^
of its charter, provided that such acceptance shall occur prior Proviso.
to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved March 3, 1920.
An Act authorizing cities and towns to establish Qfidjj jqq
DENTAL, MEDICAL AND HEALTH CLINICS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Cities and towns may establish and maintain cities and
dental, medical and health clinics, and in connection there- estabUsh^den-
with may conduct campaigns of general education relative Ind h^ith^
to matters of public health. ^""^*^-
70
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 101.
Appropria-
tions, how to
be expended.
Clinics, how
to be con-
ducted.
Repeal.
Siishmint Section 2. Cities and towns, acting through their re-
of clinics. spective boards of health, may unite and cooperate for the
purpose of carrying out the pro\asions of this act, and may
provide for the maintenance of cHnics as aforesaid in one or
more of the cities and towns so uniting.
Section 3. All appropriations made for the purpose of
carr\dng out the provisions of this act shall be expended
under the direction of the board of health of the city or
town, and clinics established hereunder shall be conducted
subject to such rules and regulations as the board may es-
tablish.
Section 4. Chapter six hundred and seventy-seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby repealed.
Approved March 3, 1920.
C/iap. 101 An Act eelatwe to the payment of assessments for
HIGHWAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enaded', etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section seven of chapter three hundred and
ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and six is
hereby amended by striking out the word "September", in
the fifth line, and substituting the word: — April, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 7. Every assessment for an
improvement specified in this act shall bear interest until
paid, from the day when it is payable, which shall be the
thirtieth day after it is made, and if not paid before the first
da}' of April of the year next after the year in which it is
made, the assessors of said city shall include in the annual
tax bills for the parcel, or in separate bills, annually, until
the assessment is paid, a sum not exceeding ten per cent of
the amount thereof, and shall also include in the bill for the
first year interest on said amount from the thirtieth day
after the assessment is made to the last day of October of
such year, and in the bill for each year thereafter one year's
interest on the amount of the assessment remaining unpaid;
or, if the parcel has been di^'ided as hereinafter pro\'ided,
the assessors shall include the several apportionments and
their proportions of interest in the annual tax bills, for the
divisions, or in separate bills, and every amount in any
such bill shall be collected and paid into the city treasury
in the same manner in which taxes are collected and paid.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 5, 1920.
1906, .39.3, § 7,
amended.
Payment of
assessments for
highways and
other public
improvements
in city of
Boston.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 102, 103. 71
An Act relative to the taxation of retirement QJiav 102
ALLOWANCES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. A retirement allowance received by a re- certain retire-
tired officer or employee of the commonwealth, or of any XesmaJe"
county, city, town or district thereof, or of a corporation, fnc^J^et^.
firm, association or individual, or however otherwise such
an allowance may be described, shall be regarded as income
from profession, employment, trade or business, within the
meaning of chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, and shall be
taxed under the provisions of paragraph (b) of section five
of said act, and acts in amendment thereof and in addition
thereto, and shall be entitled to the exemptions and de-
ductions therein provided for income so received.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall affect the exemption Existing exemp-
from taxation of such pensions or retirement allowances as affected*.
are now or may hereafter be exempt by law.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of Jd^^ritc!''''''^
January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and shall first
apply to retirement allowances received during the current
year and assessed in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
one. Approved March 5, 1920.
An Act relative to the accounts of trustees for C/ia??.103
county ald to agriculture.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section four of chapter two hundred and seventy-three of i^is, 273 (G),
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: — The Trustees for
trustees shall annually appoint, subject to the approval of agri^uRurl to
the county commissioners, a competent person, who may or ^feaXL!' etc.
may not be one of their own number, to serve as their treas-
urer without compensation. He shall have the usual powers
and duties pertaining to the office of treasurer and shall give
bond to the county in such sum and with such surety as may
be approved by the county commissioners. The premium
on such bond may be paid by the treasurer from any funds
held by him under the provisions of this act. The accounts Accpunts to be
of the trustees shall be audited by the division of accounts ^"'^'*®'^-
in the manner in which other county accounts are audited
72
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 104.
Annual report
to county com-
missioners.
under general law. The trustees shall annually submit to
the county commissioners a report for the previous year with
a statement of receipts and expenditures in such form and
at such time as may be required by the commissioners, and
the commissioners shall cause the said report to be printed
as a part of their regular annual report.
Approved March 5, 1920.
Harbor line on
westerly side
of Weymouth
Fore river
above Quincy
Point bridge
established.
C/iap. 104 An Act to establish harbor lines in weymouth fore
RFV'ER above QUINCY POINT BRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The harbor line on the westerly side of
Weymouth Fore river above Quincy Point bridge, as estab-
lished by chapter two hundred and eighty of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, is hereby altered and
extended to run as follows: — Beginning at a point on the
southerly side of Quincy Point bridge, so-called, in latitude
forty-two degrees, fourteen minutes, forty-one and seven
tenths seconds north, and longitude seventy degrees, fifty-
eight minutes, seven and three tenths seconds west; thence
South thirteen degrees, thirty-four minutes, thirty-five sec-
onds west, two hundred and eight and twenty-eight hun-
dredths feet to a point near the southeasterly corner of the
wharf of the heirs of Catus Patch, in latitude forty-two de-
grees, fourteen minutes, thirty-nine and seven tenths seconds
north, and longitude seventy degrees, fifty-eight minutes,
seven and ninety-five hundredths seconds west; thence
south nineteen degrees, twenty-nine minutes, eleven seconds
west, one thousand, five hundred and thirty-six feet to a
point in latitude forty-two degrees, fourteen minutes, twenty-
five and four tenths seconds north and longitude seventy
degrees, fifty-eight minutes, fourteen and seventy-six hun-
dredths seconds west; thence turning southerly and easterly
on an arc of a circle of one thousand feet radius one thousand,
two hundred and ninety-three and seventy-two hundredths
feet to a point in latitude forty-two degrees, fourteen minutes,
fourteen and four hundredths seconds north and longitude
seventy degrees, fifty-eight minutes, nine and eighty-five
hundredths seconds west; thence south fifty-four degrees,
thirty-eight minutes, twenty-one seconds east, seven hundred
and eighty-two and thirty-seven hundredths feet to a point
in latitude forty-two degrees, fourteen minutes, nine and
fifty-seven hundredths seconds north and longitude seventy
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 104. 73
degrees, fifty-eight minutes, one and forty-four hundredths Harbor line on
seconds west; thence south eighty-two degrees, twelve ofweimouth
minutes, thirty-tlu-ee seconds east, one thousand, one hun- Sove Quincy
dred and sixty-four hundredths feet to a point in latitude fsteWish^^^
forty-four degrees, f oiu-teen minutes, eight and ten hundredths
seconds north and longitude seventy degrees, fifty-seven
seconds, forty-six and ninety-four hundredths seconds west;
thence on an arc of a circle of four hundred feet radius,
cur\'ing southerly, five hundred and forty-six and seventeen
hundredths feet to a point in latitude forty-two degrees,
fourteen minutes, four and forty-five hundredths seconds
north and longitude seventy degrees, fifty-seven minutes,
forty-two and thirty-six hundredths seconds west; thence
south three degrees, fifty-seven minutes, forty-five seconds
east, seven hundred and fifty-five and seventy-nine hun-
dredths feet to a point in latitude forty- two degrees, thirteen
minutes, fifty-seven and one hundredth seconds north and
longitude seventy degrees, fifty-seven minutes, forty-one and
sixty-seven hundredths seconds west; thence on an arc of a
circle of four hundred feet radius curving southerly and
westerly three hundred and seventy-six and fifty-four hun-
dredths feet to a point in latitude forty-two degrees, thirteen
minutes, fifty-three and seventy-one hundredths seconds
north and longitude seventy degrees, fifty-seven minutes,
forty-tliree and fifty-five hundredths seconds west; thence
south forty-nine degrees, fifty-eight minutes, twenty-one
seconds west, two hundred and seventy-five feet to a point ,
in latitude forty-two degrees, thirteen minutes, fift}^-one and
ninety-six hundredths seconds north and longitude seventy
degrees, fifty-seven minutes, forty-six and thirty-five hun-
dredths seconds west, which point is located at the southerly
corner of a stone wharf.
The bearings and geographical positions used in the fore- Authorities for
going description are based on the elements of Clarke's ^^^^^^^'
spheroid and the astronomical data adopted by the United
States coast and geodetic survey in the year eighteen hun-
dred and eighty.
Section 2. The harbor line on the Quincy side of said ^}^l abolished.
river, as established by said chapter two hundred and eighty,
is hereby abolished.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 5, 1920.
74
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 105, 106.
Chap.105 An Act to enable the workingmen's co-operative
BANK to purchase AND HOLD REAL ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Workingmen's Section 1. The Workingmeii's Co-operative Bank, in-
Bank may pur- corporated Under the general laws, may purchase or other-
re^^Ltate. ° wisc acquire, and hold, mortgage, and invest in, real estate in
the city of Boston to a value not exceeding five hundred
thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 5, 1920.
City of Fitch-
btirg may
incur indebt-
edness for pur-
pose of making
additions to
Burbank
hospital.
Burbank Hos-
pital Loan,
Act of 1920.
C/iap. 106 An Act to authorize the city of fitchburg to issue
BONDS OR notes FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING ADDI-
TIONS TO THE BURBANK HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The citj^ of Fitchburg may incur indebted-
ness to the amount of two hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars for the purpose of making additions to the Burbank
hospital, a public hospital in the said city, and may issue
bonds or notes of the city therefor. Such bonds or notes
shall be denominated, Burbank Hospital Loan, Act of 1920,
and shall be signed by the treasurer and countersigned by
the mayor. They shall bear interest at a rate to be deter-
mined by the city treasurer with the appro\'al of the mayor,
and shall be payable by such annual payments, beginning
not more than one year after the date thereof, as \\\\\ ex-
tinguish each loan -within twenty years from its date. The
amount of such annual pajTnent of any loan in any year
shall not be less than the amount of the principal of the loan
payable in any subsequent year, and each authorized issue
of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate loan. The city
may sell the said securities at public or private sale, upon
such terms and conditions as it may deem proper, but not
for less than their par value.
Section 2. The city, at the time of authorizing the said
loan, shall provide for the pajment thereof by such annual
payments as mil extinguish the same within the time pre-
scribed by this act, and when a vote to this effect has been
passed, the amounts required therefor shall, without further
vote, annually be assessed by the assessors of the city, in the
same manner as other taxes, until the debt is extinguished.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 5, 1920.
Payment of
loan. ■
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 107. 75
An Act to incorporate the fitch home, inc., in the Chap. 107
CITY OF MELROSE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Wallace R. Lovett, Frank M. Hoyt, Edward The^^itch^
J. Kitching, Harold Marshall and Robert T. Hay, their incorpisrated.
associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by
the name of The Fitch Home, Inc., with all the powers and
privileges, and subject to all the duties, restrictions and
liabilities set forth in all general laws now or hereafter in
force relating to charitable corporations. The membership
of the corporation may be divided into two classes, active
and associate. The number of active members shall be not
less than three nor more than seven; the number of asso-
ciate members shall be unlimited.
Section 2. The corporation hereby created shall be sit- Location,
1-1 • r>-nTi 11111 J powers, etc.
uated m the city of JNlelrose, and shall have power to re-
ceive, hold and manage upon the trusts set forth in the will
of Sarah E. Fitch late of INIelrose, dated November sixteenth,
nineteen hundred and sixteen and allowed by the probate
court for the county of IVIiddlesex on May fourteenth, nine-
teen hundred and eighteen, the property given in trust by
said will. The corporation may also acquire by purchase,
gift, lease, de\dse or otherwise without limitation as to
amount, real and personal estate of every description for its
purposes, and may hold, manage, invest and reinvest the
same with full power to sell at public or private sale any or
all of the securities or property held by it at any time, with-
out any obligation on the part of the purchaser to see to the
application of the purchase money.
Section 3. The purpose of said corporation shall be the Purpose.
maintenance of a home for the residence and support of de-
serving elderly couples or persons of either sex as specified
in said will, and the corporation may adopt by-laws for the By-iaws.
regulation of its business in accordance with law.
Section 4. The trustees under the said will are hereby Transferor
authorized and directed to transfer and deliver all of the property to
trust property now held by them to The Fitch Home, Inc., <=°'"p°''^*'°''-
■ and the liability of the said trustees shall thereupon cease.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 5, 1920.
76
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 108, 109, 110.
Chap. 108 An Act to exempt the city of brockton from building
A hospital.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Brockton is hereby exempted
from the p^o^'isions of section thirty-five of chapter se\-enty-
five of the Re\dsed Laws, and the amendments thereof, re-
quiring cities to estabhsh and maintain hospitals for persons
suffering from certain diseases dangerous to thepubhc health.
Section 2. The city of Brockton may contract with the
county commissioners of Ph^nouth county for the care of
tubercular inhabitants: inovided, that the contract is satis-
factory to the department of public health.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 5, 1920.
City of Brock-
ton exempted
from building
a certain
hospital.
May contract
with Plymouth
county com-
missioners for
care of tuber-
cular inhabit-
ants.
Proviso.
C/^ap. 109 An Act to authorize the county of Suffolk to retire
AND PENSION JOHN COLLINS.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:
Section 1. The county of Suffolk may retire John Col-
lins, now seventy-tlu-ee years of age, who has served the
county as electrician in its court house for the past twenty-
five years, and may pay him for the remainder of his life an
annual pension equal to one half of the salary received by
him at the time of his retirement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the mayor and city council of the city of Boston, subject
to the pro\'isions of its charter, pro^'ided that such accept-
ance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the
current year. Approved March 5, 1920.
Suffolk county
may retire
John Collins.
To be sub-
mitted to
mayor and
city council,
etc.
Proviso.
Chap. 110 An Act to extend the borrowing poavers of co-
operative BANKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fourteen of chapter six hundred and twenty-three
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, as amended by
section four of chapter six hundred and forty-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, is hereby further
amended by striking out the word "depositors", in the
seventeenth and eighteenth lines, and substituting the word:
1912, 623, § 14,
etc., amended.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 111. 77
— shareholders, — and by inserting after the word "for", in
the eighteenth hne, the words : — real estate loans or, —
and by inserting after the word "company", in the twenty-
third line, the words: — for a period of not more than six
months, — so as to read as follows: — Section 14- Upon Borrowing
giving thirty days' notice in writing to the treasm*er of his opmIuvJ *"**
intention so to do, a shareholder may withdraw unpledged ^endSi^''"
shares, but the officers of such corporation may at any time
require a member holding unpledged matured shares to give
ninety days' ^\Titten notice of his intention so to do, and
shall be paid the balance remaining after deducting from the
amount then standing to the credit of the shares all fines,
any other charges legally incurred, and such part of the
profits credited thereto, as the by-laws may prescribe; but
at no time shall more than one half of the funds in the treas-
ury be applicable to the demands of withdrawing share-
holders without the consent of the directors. All with-
drawals shall be paid in the order in which notices thereof
are given, and the treasurer may waive such notices, in his
discretion, under such restrictions as may be imposed by the
board of directors. On any occasion when there is an un- Consent of
usual demand bv shareholders for real estate loans or with- ^" ^°'""
missioner
drawal from the funds of any co-operative bank operating bo*j-ro^,^ ^°
under this act, such co-operative bank by a vote of at least
three fifths of its directors and with the consent of the bank
commissioner, may borrow from any national bank, savings
bank, co-operative bank or trust company for a period of
not more than six months. As security for such loans, it
may pledge any portion of its securities or resources.
Approved March 5, 1920.
An Act authorizi'NG assessments for metropolitan fire Chav. Ill
PREVENTION SERVICE UPON CERTAIN CITIES AND TOW^NS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The treasurer and receiver-general may annually assess Assessments
.1 • ^ e n j." • j_i j. i*j, for metropoli-
tne expense mcurred tor fare prevention m the metropohtan tan fire pre-
district upon the cities and towns included therein in accord- upon°cMte?n "^
ance with the pro\'isions of sections twenty-five and twenty- tow^'Ttfthor-
six of chapter seven hundred and ninety-five of the acts of >^e<i-
nineteen hundred and fourteen, notwithstanding any pro-
vision of chapter three hundred and fifty of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen.
Approved March 5, 1920.
78 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 112, 113, 114, 115.
Chap. 112 An Act relatr^e to the appointment of a purchasing
AGENT AND A STOREKEEPER BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
BUILDINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
r^o'fmelid^ Section twenty of chapter three hundred and fifty of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
amended by striking out the second sentence and substi-
Superintendent tuting the folloAA'ins; : — He mav appoint and at his dis-
of buildings .'^ '^ . . "^1.1 1
may appoint a crctiou rcmove, a purchasnig agent and a storekeeper whose
agent and\ appointment and removal shall not be subject to the civil
storekeeper. scpvice laws and Fcgulations but shall be subject to the
approval of the governor and council.
Approved March 5, 1920.
Chap. 113 An Act to require the disch.\rge in certain cases
OF PERSONS IN CUSTODY PENDING ACTION BY THE GRAND
JURY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Discharge in The grand jury shall, during its session, make daily return
CGrtain chsgs of o w t/ -' o ^ %j
persons in cus- to the court of all cascs wherein it has finally determined
action by grand uot to prcscut an indictment against an accused person held
^^^^' in custody pending its action, and such person shall there-
upon forthwith be discharged by order of the court unless
he is held on other process. Approved March 9, 1920.
Chap. 114: An Act to authorize cities and towns to borrow
MONEY FOR THE PAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
19^3,^719 § 5. Section five of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby amended
by inserting a new clause after clause fifteen, as follows: —
Cities and (7^) Por the pavmcut of final iudgments rendered after the
towns may X. », c , Jo
borrow money tlxmg 01 tlic tax rate lor the current year, one year.
of judgments. Approvcd Marcli 9, 1920.
Chap. 115 An Act to define the status of chauffeurs of the
LOWELL police DEPARTMENT IN RESPECT TO PENSIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
fhlu'ffeS^sof Section 1. The chauffeurs of the police department of
Lowell police the city of Lowell shall hereafter be entitled to all the rights
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 116, 117. 79
and p^i^'ileges now accruing to members of the said depart- department in
ment under the pro\'isions of sections twentj'-nine and thirty sions defined.
of chapter one hundred and eight of the Re\T[sed Laws as
amended and affected by chapter fom* hundred and twenty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundi'ed and three, and as
amended by chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and nine, and under all acts in
amendment thereof or in addition thereto.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance To be sub-
by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the TOuncii.^etc!*^
provisions of its charter, pro\dded that such acceptance Proviso,
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the cur-
rent year. Approved March 9, 1920.
An Act to authorize the town of acushnet to bor- Chap.W^
ROW money for the construction of a schoolhouse.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Acushnet, for the purpose of net'^^a"^ borrow
acquiring land for and the construction, furnishing and money for con-
equipping of a schoolhouse, may issue from time to time, schoolhouse.
outside the statutory limit of indebtedness, bonds or notes
to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars.
Such bonds or notes shall be denominated on their face,
Acushnet School Loan, Act of 1920, shall bear such rate of schooriian.
interest as may be fixed by the town treasurer -^dth the -^'^t °^ ^^^o.
approval of the selectmen, and shall be issued in compliance
with the requirements of chapter seven hundred and nineteen
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and the amend-
ments thereof. Each authorized issue shall constitute a sep-
arate loan, and any premiums, received on the said loans shall
be used as pro\'ided by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 10, 1920.
An Act to authorize the state street trust company Chap. Ill
TO HOLD REAL ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The State Street Trust Company, incorporated by chapter state street
one hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of eighteen hundred panfma^"
and ninety-one, under tlie name of the State Street Safe es°/atel^'
Deposit and Trust Company, which was changed to the Boston.
present name by chapter one hundred and seventy-one of
I
80
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 118, 119, 120.
the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, may acquire
and hold real estate in the city of Boston, suitable for the
transaction of its business, and not exceeding in value the
sum of three million dollars. Approved March 10, 1920.
C/iap. 118 Ax Act authorizing the merchants trust company to
HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY OF LAW-
RENCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The jNIerchants Trust Company, organized under the
general laws of the commonwealth, and having its place
of business in the city of Lawrence, may acquire, hold, and
invest in real estate in said city to a value not exceeding five
hundred thousand dollars. Approved March 10, 1920.
Merchants
Trust Com-
pany may
hold additional
real estate in
city of
Lawrence.
C/iap. 119 An Act to authorize the county of dukes county to
RETIRE AND PENSION HIRAM CROWELL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Say ret?rT"*^ Section 1. Hiraiii Crowell, who has been in the employ
Hiram Crowell. of the couuty of Dukcs Couuty as keeper of the jail and
janitor of the court house for more than thirty years, and
who, because of old age, is incapacitated for further service,
may, by vote of the county commissioners, be retired with
an annual pension not exceeding twenty dollars a month.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the county commissioners of said county: provided, that
such acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of Decem-
ber in the current year. Approved March 10, 1920.
To be sub-
mitted to
county com-
missioners, etc.
Proviso.
Chap.120 An Act relative to the admission in evidence of
records of conviction to affect the credibility of
witnesses.
Emergency
preamble.
R. L. 175, § 21.
etc., amended.
Whereas, The immediate taking effect of this act would
tend to prevent injustice in the trial of causes; therefore it
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the Revised
Laws, as amended by chapter eighty-one of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirteen, by chapter four hundred and six
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 121. ^ 81
of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, and by chapter
two hundred and sixty-eight of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by
striking out section twenty-one and substituting the follow-
ing:— Section 21. The con\iction of a witness of a crime Admission in
may be shown to affect liis credibility, except as follows: recofckofcon-
First, The record of his con\-iction of a misdemeanor shall credibyty''o1[^*'*
not be shown for such purpose after fi\'e years from the date ^^itnesses.
on which sentence on said con\'iction was imposed unless he
has subsequently been con^•icted of a crime TNitliin five years
of the time of his testifying.
Second, The record of his conx-iction of a felony upon
which a fine only was imposed, or a sentence to a reformatory
prison, a common jail, or a house of correction, shall not be
shown for such pm-pose after ten years from the date on
which sentence on said con\'iction was imposed, unless he
has subsequently been convicted of a crime v.ithin ten years
of the time of his testifising.
Third, The record of his con^'iction of a felony upon which
a state prison sentence was imposed shall not be shown for
such purpose after ten years from the date of expiration of
the minimum term of imprisonment imposed by the court,
unless he has subsequently been convicted of a crime within
ten years of the time of his testifying.
Approved March 10, 1920.
An Act to ArTHORizE the ^\'yman Gordon company to Chav. 121
MAINTAIN BRIDGES OVER BRADLEY AND GOLD STREETS IN
THE CITY OF WORCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Upon petition and after seven days' notice wyman Gordon
inserted in at least three newspapers published in the city of buifcPand °^^^
Worcester, and a public hearing thereon, the board of alder- brfdg^'over
men of said city may, by a two thirds ^•ote, with the approval c^'id'stree't'^in
of the mayor, issue a permit to the W^mian Gordon Com- city of
pany of Worcester, a corporation, to build and maintain a
bridge over Bradley street and a bridge over Gold street in
said city, for the purpose of connecting the buildings occupied
by said corporation on opposite sides of the said streets,
upon such conditions and subject to such restrictions as the
said board may prescribe. Any permit so issued may be Revocation.
revoked by vote of the board of aldermen, with the approval
of the mayor.
82 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 122, 123.
Restrictions. Section 2. Any bridge built under a permit granted as
aforesaid shall be constructed and maintained at a height
not less than eighteen feet above the grade line of the street
and shall be not more than six feet in \^-idth, and no part of
said bridge or its support shall rest on the surface of the
street.
?etSmfn4d°^ Section 3. Any person whose property is damaged by
etc. reason of the construction or maintenance of a bridge as
aforesaid may have the damages determined by a jury upon
petition filed in the superior court within one year after the
approval of the permit by the mayor, as above provided,
arid when the damages are so determined shall be paid by
the said Wjonan Gordon Company.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 12, 1920.
Chap. 122 An Act to PRovroE for the disposal of unclaimed
MONEY IN THE HANDS OF PROBATION OFFICERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
moneyTnliands Exccpt as provldcd by scctiou one of chapter two hun-
of probation (j^ed and twentv of the Revised Laws, as amended bv chapter
OlIlCBrS to DC *^ ^ It
paid to county three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen him-
dred and five, by chapter one hundred and fift\'-four of the
acts of nineteen himdred and twelve, and by chapter six
hundred and fifty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen, money collected by a probation officer under order
of the court by which he is appointed, if unclaimed after one
year from the time of its collection, shall, upon further order
of the court, be paid to the treasurer of the county in which
Proviso. ^\^Q court is situated for the use of the county: provided,
however, that any part of the said money may be paid to
persons establishing a lawful claim thereto before the county
commissioners, within five years of its paxinent to said
treasurer, unless sooner paid over by order of the said com-
missioners. Approved March 12, 1920.
Chap. 12S An Act to provide for the filing and approval of
RIDERS AND OTHER PAPERS USED IN CONNECTION WITH
INSURANCE POLICIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Riders, etc., SECTION 1. All provisious of law relative to the filing of
usGci in connGC"
tion with insiir- policy forms \\ith, and the approval of such forms by, the
ance policies to ^
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 124, 125. 83
commissioner of insurance, shall also apply to all forms of ancfapproved
riders, endorsements and applications designed to be attached '^.y commis-
' . 11 1 • sioner of insur-
to such policy forms and when so attached to constitute a ance.
part of the policy contract, provided that riders or endorse- Proviso.
ments used at the request of indi\ddual policyholders in
connection with policies of Kfe insurance relative to the
distribution of benefits payable under their policies or to the
reservation of rights or benefits thereunder, may be used,
so far as consistent with law, without such approval.
Section 2. The commissioner of insurance may require Policy forms.
, 1 • 1 p ^ • • ,• • p etc., to be sub-
an insurance company to submit tor liis inspection copies or mitted for
any policy form used by the company and a form of any '°^p®''*'°°' ®**'-
rider, endorsement or application used in connection there-
with, and copies of any circular or other advertising matter
issued by it in the commonwealth. A company or officer Penalty.
thereof who, within thirty days after receipt of a written
request therefor, neglects or refuses to comply with the pro-
visions of this section shall be punished for each offense, by
a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars. Apj^roved March 12, 1920.
An Act relative to placing special assessments for CJiap.124:
PUBLIC improvements ON THE ANNUAL TAX BILL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Subsection four of section tw^o hundred and nineteen of Pgf^^^ubsect
chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the General Acts of 4, amended.
nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby amended by striking
out all after the word "unpaid", in the last sentence of said
subsection, and substituting the following: — on the first
day of April in any year, shall be placed on the annual tax
bill for such real estate for said year, — so that said sentence
will read as follows: — All assessments apportioned under special assess-
section twelve, and all other assessments on real estate j^uWic improve-
constituting a lien thereon and remaining unpaid on the pieced o°n^''
first day of April in any year, shall be placed on the annual ^^^^^ ^^^
tax bill for such real estate for said year.
Approved March 12, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of lynn to pension Chap. 125
MARY E. CUNNINGHAM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The citv of . Lvnn mav pay to Mary E. City of Lynn
. , „ " " . 1 1 p • '"^y pension
Cunningham, for twenty-two years m the employ of its poor M'^''^.^ , ^
84 Acts. 1920. — Chap. 126.
department, an annual pension, so long as she remains un-
married, not exceeding four hundred and fifty-five dollars,
mtue/to'city SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
council, etc. \)y ^jjg ^itv council of the said city, subject to the pro^^sions
Proviso. Qf j^g charter, provided that such acceptance occurs prior to
the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved March 12, 1920.
Chap.l2Q Ax Act to authorize the extension of the aknold
ARBORETUM IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Park and SECTION 1. For the purposc of extending ' the Arnold
recreation ii i i p i i • i i
department of Arborctum, so-callcd, and for the purposes, and vnth the
may take powcrs and undcr the limitations, set forth in chapter one
purpose of ^"^ hundred and eighty-fi^"e of the acts of eighteen hundred and
atum'^^ seventy-five, and acts in addition thereto and in amendment
^tc^*"^^*"™' thereof, the park and recreation department of the city of
Boston may, at any time or from time to time, take the
whole or any part of that tract of land in the West Roxbury
district of the said city which is held by the President and
Fellows of Harvard College under the trusts created by the
"will of Benjamin Bussey, and may also take the whole or
any part of any land in the city of Boston hereafter held or
acquired by the President and Fellows of Harvard College,
which shall be dedicated by them to the use of the arbor^e-
tum, which the said department may deem necessary or con-
May lease parts ^'enient for use in connection with the arboretum. The said
etc. ' department may lease any parts of the land so taken, which
it may deem unnecessary for use as parkways or otherwise,
to the President and Fellows of Har^•ard College to be used
for the same uses and purposes for which they now use
the arboretum under the trusts created by the wills of
Benjamin Bussey and James Arnold. Such leases shall be
made for such terms and upon such covenants and condi-
tions, especially as to the use of the land by the public, as
may be agreed upon by the said department, with the ap-
proval of the mayor, and the President and Fellows of Har-
vard College. The said department, on behalf of the city
of Boston, and the treasurer of Harvard College on behalf of
the president and fellows thereof, are hereby authorized to
execute and deliver leases as aforesaid.
toTa^nd ttken SECTION 2. For land belonging to the President and
Fellows of Harvard College taken under the pro\'ision9 of
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 127. 85
this act no compensation shall be paid; but for land of other
persons or corporations taken hereunder such compensation
shall be paid as may be agreed upon by the said department
and the owners of the land; and if they cannot agree, the
compensation may be determined in the same manner in
which damages for land taken for highways are determined.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance To be sub-
by the mayor and citv council of the city of Boston. mayor and city
Approved March 12, 1920. "°"°"'-
An Act relative to the selection of commissioned Chap. 127
OFFICERS OF THE LAND FORCES.
Whereas, There is immediate need of reorganizing the Emergency
military forces of the commonwealth, therefore, this act is ^'^*™
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. All commissioned officers of the land forces Commissioned
shall be selected from the ehgible officers' list, as pro\dded in forcls"how^
section one hundred and five of chapter three hundred and ^®'®°*^®'^-
twenty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
seventeen, as amended by section five of chapter three hun-
dred and one of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen, and by section four of this act, in the manner fol-
lowing : — General officers and chiefs of departments shall ^f^ c^hieFs^o?'^^
be appointed by the commander-in-chief from said list. departments.
Regimental and separate unit commanders shall be ap- Regimental and
pointed by the commander-in-chief from said list upon the Hmmlldevs.
recommendation of superior commanders, if any.
All other officers of the line shall be appointed by the other officers
commander-in-chief from said list upon the recommendation °^ ^ ^ ''°®"
of regimental or separate unit commanders, approved by
superior commanders, if any.
Departmental officers shall be appointed by the com- Departmental
mander-in-chief from said list upon the recommendation of ° ^^'^'"
the chief of the department in which the appointment is to
be made.
Section 2. Section eighty-five of said chapter three 1917, 327 (O.
hundred and twenty-seven is hereby amended by striking ^ ' *™^°
out the words "election or", where they occur in the second
and eighth lines, so as to read as follows: — Section 85. No Eligibility to
person, except an officer of the United States army, shall as commis-
86
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 127..
sioned-ofScers,
etc.
1917, 327 (G),
§ 86, amended.
Relative rank
of commis-
sioned officers.
Day of appoint-
ment to be
expressed in
commission,
Rank of
graduates of
training school,
etc.
be eligible to appointment as a commissioned officer in the
land forces who is not a male citizen of the United States of
twenty-one years of age or upward, resident in this common-
wealth, or who is disqualified by law from enrollment in the
militia, or who is not certified as eligible by the" military
service commission as hereinafter pro\dded; and no person
shall be eligible to such appointment who is under sentence
of disability to hold office or command, or of suspension from
command, in the military forces of the United States or of
any state. But no citizen not subject to enrollment on ac-
count of his age, or other^^^se qualified, but exempted from
military ser\ice by the laws of the United States, or sub-
ject to enrollment but not enrolled, shall, on that account,
be ineligible to position in the land forces, or incapable of
ser\ang in a volunteer company, imless he is made ineligible
to such office or service by the laws of the United States.
No person shall receive a commission in the national guard
unless he has been selected from such classes as may be pre-
scribed by the laws of the United States.
Section 3. Section eighty-sLx of said chapter three hun-
dred and twenty-seven is hereby amended by striking out
the words "or election", in the tenth line, and by striking
out the word "elected", in the twelfth line, so as to read as
follows : — Section 86. Commissioned officers of the land
forces shall rank in their grade, according to the date of
their commissions. Between officers of the same grade and
date of appointment or commission, where there has been
no previous commissioned service, the relative rank shall be
determined by lot. Where there has been such previous
service in the army of the United States, or in the national
guard or national guard reserve of this commonwealth, it
shall count in the order herein named.
The day of the appointment of an officer shall be expressed
in his commission and shall be considered as the date thereof.
When an officer is appointed or transferred from one office or
organization to another, \nthout increase of grade or loss of
continuous service, he shall rank in his grade according to
the date of his original commission, which shall be stated in
his new commission.
Graduates of the training school, national guard, Massa-
chusetts volunteer militia, holding commissions on the re-
serve list of the same date, shall take rank among themselves
according to their standing in the class in which they gradu-
ated. Officers on the reserve list shall take rank after all
officers of like grade on the active and retired lists.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 127. 87
Section 4. Section one hundred and five of said chapter i917^32MG),
three hundred and twenty-seven, as amended by section amended;'
five of chapter three hundred and one of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended
by striking out the words "elective or appointive", in the
second and third lines of sub-paragraph (c), by striking out
the words "or elected", in the second line of sub-paragraph
(/?), and by striking out the words "elected or", in the first
line of sub-paragraph (i) so as to read as follows : — Section Military service
105. (a) The commander-in-chief shall, upon the passage app(^ntm°en't,
of this act, appoint or detail a military service commission ®*°'
to consist of tliree commissioned officers, who shall be ap-
pointed for one, two and three years, respectively, and
thereafter each commissioner shall be appointed for the
term of three years.
(b) The military ser\4ce commission shall establish an Eligible officers'
eligible officers' list for all commissioned grades in the land ''^*"
forces.
(c) The commission shall from time to time prepare rules Rules, etc.
regulating the selection of persons to fill commissioned office
in the land forces. Such rules may be of a general or limited
apphcation and shall include provision for: (1) the classifi-
cation of all grades to be filled; (2) open, competitive and
other examinations to test the practical fitness of applicants;
(3) the filling of vacancies in and selection of persons for
commission in the land forces, in accordance with the fitness
of applicants and the results of such examination or other-
wise; and shall take eft'ect only when approved by the com-
mander-in-chief.
(d) The commission may designate commissioned officers Examiners.
of the regular army or land forces to act as examiners of
particular grades or branches of the service.
(e) The commission and examiners shall receive such pay Pay of com-
/, , , p , , . 1 . , mission and
tor duty performed and may nicur such expenses as the examiners.
commander-in-chief shall order.
(/) The commission shall prepare a full record of its pro- Records,
ceedings and findings in the case of each person appearing
before it for examination.
(g) All examinations as to physical qualffications to hold fj|^-na\ion
office in the land forces shall be made by a board of tliree ^^■
medical officers appointed by the commander-in-chief. If
the board of medical officers finds that an officer is physically
competent to perform the duties of his office, it shall certify
that fact to the commander-in-chief; if, in the opinion of
the medical board, an officer is not physically fit to perform
88 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 127.
his duties, it shall transmit a report to the commander-in-
chief setting forth the nature of the disabilities found and
the manner and extent to which such disabilities are likely
to prevent or impair the full performance of the duties of
Physical the officc. Whenever the commander-in-chief finds that an
may be waived officcr who lias been reported by the medical board to be
in certain cases. i • n i p • i i i i»
physically unsound possesses professional and general quali-
fications of a high order, and that his physical disabilities
^\'ill not materially impair his efficiency as an officer, he may
thereupon waive such physical disabilities and order the
officer to duty. A detailed description of such disabilities
and all reports and facts resulting in a waiver of the same
shall be entered in the military record of the officer con-
cerned.
No further (/;) Au officcr who has bccu Certified as eligible for his
examination tor , .„ . , , . . , , . " i i ii
appointment to grade, II appointed and assigned to duty m that grade, shall
officer is not be required to take another examination under the
® '^* ^' rules adopted by authority of subsection (c) in order to con-
tinue to hold the same commission. But the military service
commission may, by rule or regulation, limit the length of
time during which an applicant's name may remain on an
eligible list without re-examination.
Certain officers (i) Officers appointed from one office to another of equal
exempt from "• ' ^T , , i j« i •!• • •
examination, or lowcr grade 111 the same branch of the mintia service,
chaplains, and retired officers, shall be exempt from all ex-
aminations under this act, as to professional and practical
qualifications.
Certain persons fj) Subiect to Article LIII of the articles of amendment
to DP dIrccq on
eiigibieiist of the coiistitutioii, aiiy person certified as eligible for any
examination, spcclficd grade lu the national guard under the laws of the
United States shall be placed on the eligible list by the
military service commission without professional examina-
tion. The commission ^hall prepare the final examination
of the training school, and its graduates shall be placed on
the eligible list.
1917, 327(G), Section 5. Section one hundred and eleven of said
§ 111, amended.
chapter three hundred and twenty-seven is hereby amended
by striking out the word "election", in the second line, and
substituting the word : — appointment, — and by striking
out the word "re-election", in the tliird line, and substi-
tuting the word : — reappointment, — so as to read as f ol-
fe'ilfrfu^term lows: — Sectioii 111. The term of office of a brigadier gen-
of office. qyq[ q{ the line shall be five years from the date of his
appointment, and he shall be inehgible for reappointment.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 128. 89
The time during which such an officer is in the service of
the United States, shall be excluded from, and shall be in
addition to, the term of office herein specified.
Section 6. Section one hundred and twelve of said fiW^fmenied.
chapter three hundred and twenty-seven is hereby amended
by striking out the word "election", in the third line, and
substituting the word : — ■ appointment, — and by striking
out the word "re-election", in the fourth line, and substi-
tuting the word: — reappointment, — so as to read as fol-
lows:— Section 112. The term of office for a colonel of a Coionei, term
regiment, and for the colonel of the coast artillery corps,
shall be seven years from the date of his appointment and
he shall be ineligible for reappointment. The time during
which such an officer is in the service of the United States,
shall be excluded from, and shall be in addition to, the term
of office herein specified.
Section 7. Said chapter three hundred and twenty- i9i7, 327 (O,
seven is hereby further amended by striking out section ' ^^^^
eighty-seven and substituting the following: — Sec^io^ 87. staff officers
All staff officers of the national guard, including officers of guard, quaiifi-
the pay, inspection, subsistence and medical departments, of ser"vice?'eTc.
hereafter appointed, shall have had previous military ex-
perience, and shall hqld their positions until they reach the
age of sixty-four years, unless retired prior to that time by
reason of resignation, disability, or for cause to be deter-
mined by a court martial legally convened for that purpose,
and vacancies among said officers shall be filled by appoint-
ment from the officers of the militia of Massachusetts.
Section 8. Sections eightj^-nine, ninety, ninety-one, Repeals.
ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-four, ninety-five, ninety-
six, ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred,
one hundred and one, one hundred and two, one hundred
and three and one hundred and four of said chapter three
hundred and twenty-seven are hereby repealed.
Approved March 13, 1920.
An Act to increase the number of trustees of the Chaj).\2S
tabor academy in the town of MARION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The number of authorized trustees of the Number of
Tabor Academy in the town of Marion is hereby increased Tabor Academy
to nine. The additional trustees pro\ided for herein shall Mar'ion in-
be appointed b}' the present trustees and any vacancies in ^'^^'^'^^-
90
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 129, 130.
said additional trustees shall be filled by the remaining trus-
tees of the academy in accordance wdth the provisions of
the will of Elizabeth Tabor, late of Marion, deceased, so
far as the same apply thereto.
Section 2. Tliis act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 17, 1920.
Chap. 129 An Act relative to the certification of signers of
initiative and referendum petitions by the election
commissioners of boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Petitions under the initiative and referen-
dum which require submission to the election commissioners
of Boston for certification of the signers thereof as qualified
voters, shall so be submitted not later than ten dajs pre-
ceding the time provided for filing said petitions with the
secretary of the commonwealth.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 17, 1920.
Time for sub-
mitting initia-
tive and refer-
endum petitions
to Boston
election com-
missioners for
certification of
signers thereof.
Town cf
Uxbridge may
convey certain
land to Pros-
pect Hill
Cemetery
AssociatioD.
C/iap. 130 An Act authorizing the town of ldv;bridge to convey
CERTAIN LAND TO THE PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY ASSO-
CL^TION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Uxbridge
may convey to the Prospect Hill Cemetery Association,
by deed executed by the selectmen of the town, a certain
tract of land now owned by the inhabitants of said town
and used as a cemetery, being the premises described
in a deed from Jonathan Farnum to the inhabitants of the
town of Uxbridge, dated April thirteenth, se\'enteen hundred
and ninety-fi^'e, and recorded with Worcester district deeds,
book one hundred and twenty-five, page one hundred and
ninety-one, together vnth. all the right, title and interest of
said inliabitants in and to said tract; and the Prospect Hill
Cemetery Association is hereby authorized to acquire said
tract and all rights therein as aforesaid.
Section 2. All real estate and property rights acquired
by the Prospect Hill Cemetery Association under this act
shall be held and managed by said association in the same
Property
acquired, how
to be held and
managed.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 131. 91
manner in which their other land is now held and managed
by the association : provided, that all rights which any per- Proviso.
sons have acquired in said real estate so acquired, or in any
lots therein, shall remain in force to the same extent as if
this act had not been passed.
Section 3. The income of all funds created for the per- income of
petual care of lots in said cemetery while the same belonged tobepaid'to''
to the inhabitants of the town of Uxbridge shall be paid to th^ association.
the Prospect Hill Cemetery Association for the care of the
respective lots for which said funds were created.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 17, 1920.
An Act relattve to certain par.ades by posts of the
american legion.
Chaj).l?»\
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fifty-nine of Part I of chapter three hundred and ^^'^'l-V^'''
twenty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and amended. '
seventeen is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"republic", in the thirty-first line, the words: — and of the
American Legion, — so as to read as follows: — Section 59. Parade with
No body of men, except the volunteer militia, the troops permitted
of the United States, the Ancient and Honorable Artillery organizations.
Company of Boston, and the home guard, shall maintain an
armory, or associate together at any time as a company or
organization, for drill or parade with firearms, nor so drill
or parade; nor shall any city or town raise or appropriate
money toward arming, equipping, uniforming, supporting or
providing drill rooms or armories for any such body of men:
provided, that associations wholly composed of soldiers hon- Pro%-iso.
orably discharged from the ser\'ice of the United States
may parade in public with arms, upon the reception of any
regiment or company of soldiers returning from said service,
and for escort duty at the burial of deceased soldiers, with
the written permission of the mayor and aldermen of the
city or selectmen of the town in which they desire to parade;
that students in educational institutions where military
science is a prescribed part of the course of instruction may,
wdth the consent of the governor, drill and parade ^^ith fire-
arms in public, under the superintendence of their teachers;
that members of schools for military instruction conducted
with the approA'al of the governor, may drill and parade
92 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 132.
Foreign with firearms in public, under the supendsion of their in-
troops, e c. structorsj that foreign troops whose admission to the United
States has been consented to by the United States govern-
ment may, with the consent of the governor, drill and parade
with firearms in public; and any body of men may, with
the consent of the governor, drill and parade in public with
any harmless imitation of firearms which has been approved
by the adjutant general; that regularly organized posts of
the grand army of the republic, and of the American Legion,
and regularly organized camps of the united Spanish war
veterans, may at any time parade in public their color
guards of not more than twehe men armed \\'ith firearms;
that regularly organized camps of the sons of veterans may
at any time parade in public their color guards of ten men
with firearms; and that any organization heretofore author-
ized by law may parade with sidearms; and any veteran
association composed wholly of past members of the militia
of this commonwealth may maintain an armory for the use
of the organizations of the militia to which its members be-
Proviso. longed; provided, further, that such drill or parade is not in
contravention of the laws of the United States.
Approved March 17, 1920.
CliaV 132 ^"^^ ^^^ "^^ AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF BOSTON TO PENSION
THE WIDOW OF JAMES M. ELLIS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1898, 569. §1. Section 1. Chapter five hundred and sixty-nine of the
acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight is hereby amended
by striking out section one and substituting the following:
City of Boston — Sectiou 1. The city of Boston may pay to the widow of
widow'oT'°'^ James M. Ellis, late a foreman in the street department of
James M.Eihs. ^^jj ^j^^,^ murdcrcd in the discharge of his duty, the same
sum of money, by way of pension or otherwise, which said
city is authorized, under the provisions of chapter ninety-
three of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen,
to pay to the widow of a member of the fire department of
said city killed in the discharge of his duty.
To be sub- SECTION 2. Tliis act shall take effect upon its acceptance
council, etc. by votc of tlic city council of the city, subject to the pro-
Proviso. visions of its charter, provided that such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
■> Approved March 17, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 133, 134, 135. 93
An Act authorizing the town of holden to pay a sum Chav 133
OF money to AULAY MATTHEWS, JAMES A. MATTHEWS
AND SADIE C. MATTHEWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Holden may pay a sum of l>7r«f
1 1 Vi 1 Holden may
money, not exceemng two thousand dollars, under such pay a sum of
terms and restrictions as it shall impose, to Aulay Matthews, Auiay, James
James A. Matthews and Sadie C. Matthews, for damage c' Matthews.
caused by fire to their property on Reservoir street in Holden.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of To be sub-
the town of Holden at an annual town meeting, or at a voters, etc.
special town meeting called for the purpose, and shall take
effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters pres-
ent and voting thereon; otherwise it shall not take effect.
Approved March 17, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of Cambridge to retire QJidrt 134
AND pension THOMAS M. THOMAS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Cambridge may retire Thomas cityofCam-
M. Thomas, for more than twenty-five years employed as a ^eti^f Thomas
janitor in the public library department of the city, and now ^- Thomas.
physically disabled, with an annual pension equal to one half
the compensation paid to him at the time of his retirement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by vote of the city council of the city, subject to the provi- TOuncfi^etc!*^
sions of its charter, provided that such acceptance occurs Proviso.
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved March 17, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of Cambridge to retire (JJku) 135
and pension george davis.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Cambridge may retire George city of cam-
Davis, an employee in its engineering department, with an ^et^fc^Jge
annual pension equal to one half of the compensation received °^^*^-
by him at the time of retirement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by vote of the city council of the city, subject to the pro- ^undi.^et?*'
94 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 136, 137, 138.
Proviso. visions of its charter, provided that such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved March 17, 1920.
C/iap. 136 An Act to PROvroE for pensioning janitors employed
IN the city hall of fall river.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
gjty o|^^a" n- Section 1. The superintendent of pubhc buildings in
sion janitors ^hc city of Fall Rivcr may retire with an annual pension any
its city hall, janitor in the service of the city at the time of the passage of
tliis act who has been employed under his super\'ision in the
city hall or elsewhere for not less than twent}'-five years,
who has reached the age of sixty years, and who has become
physically incapacitated. The pension shall be equal to one
half the compensation to which the pensioner would have
been entitled for full emplo\Tnent during the last year of his
service, but in no case shall it exceed five hundred dollars
a year. The amount necessary to carry out the provisions
of this act shall be appropriated annually by the board of
aldermen.
mHt'ed^to city Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
council, etc. ^jy y^^g Qf ^]^g ^ity couucil of the said city, subject to the
Proviso. provisions of its charter, provided that such acceptance oc-
curs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current
year. Approved March 17, 1920.
C hap. 1S7 An Act to exempt veteran soldiers and sailors and
their widows from certain t.^xation.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Veteran soldiers Vctcrans of the Spauish war, of the Philippine insurrection
and sailors and ,«, ii i -i i iii-i
their widows and of the world war, who received an honorable discharge
Sm taxa-°™ from the army or a corresponding discharge or release from
**°°" the navy, shall be entitled to the exemptions from" taxation
pro\4ded for in the thirteenth paragraph of section five of
Part I of chapter four hundred and ninety of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and nine and the amendments thereof.
Approved March 17, 1920.
Chap. 138 An Act relative to loans by the city of Worcester.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1916, 2ii^(Sh Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and
§ 1, amen e . ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^j^^ Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 138. 95
is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing:— For the purpose of determining the year in which
any indebtedness is incurred within the meaning of this
act a debt shall be deemed to be incurred at the time when
the order of the city council authorizing the same is approved
by the mayor, or at the time when the order becomes valid
without the mayor's approval. For the purposes of this
act all loans heretofore authorized but not yet made shall
be deemed to be debts incurred at the respective times
when the orders authorizing the loans were approved by the
mayor, — so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . In addition Loans by city
to the restrictions contained in chapter seven hundred and restricT^.^"^
nineteen of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen
relative to municipal indebtedness, the city of Worcester
shall not incur any indebtedness, other than for temporary
loans in anticipation of revenue for the financial year in
which such indebtedness is incurred, in excess of the amount
appropriated in the same year for sinking funds for the pay-
ment of loans created'' prior to the time when the establish-
ment of further sinking funds for the payment of debt was
prohibited by said act, except for the development and en- Exceptions.
largement of the water system, the construction of trmik
sewers, the increase in the capacity of the sewage purifica-
tion plant, the erection of high school buildings, the abolition
of grade crossings, and emergencies. For the purpose of Definition.
this act, a trunk sewer is defined as a sewer the net cost of
which, to be borne by the city, exceeds five dollars per lineal
foot. In determining the amount appropriated for sinking
funds in any year, under the provisions of this act, amounts
appropriated for water debt sinking funds shall be excluded.
For the purpose of determining the year in which any in- Debts, when
debtedness is incurred within the meaning of this act a debt incurred, etc.
shall be deemed to be incurred at the time when the order
of the city council authorizing the same is approved by the
mayor, or at the time when the order becomes valid without
the mayor's approval. For the purposes of this act all loans
heretofore authorized but not yet made shall be deemed to
be debts incurred at the respective times when the orders
authorizing the loans were approved by the mayor.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 18, 1920.
96
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 139, 140.
Chap. 139 An Act relative to the taking of scallops.
prTambi°7 Whereos, The deferred operation of this act would largely
defeat its purpose; therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
1910, 177, etc.,
new section
after § 3.
Regulations
relative to
taking of
scallops may
be modified,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of
nineteen hundred and ten, as amended by chapter three
hundred and thirty-four of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by in-
serting after section three a new section as follows : — Sec-
tion Jf. The proA'isions of this act in respect to the open and
closed season and in respect to the number of scallops that
may be taken may be modified if, on a petition of the mayor
and aldermen of a city or of the selectmen of a town to the
commissioner of conservation, the commissioner, after in-
vestigation, determines that such modification is expedient.
In that case, in his discretion, he may authorize, for a pre-
scribed period, the mayor and aldermen, or selectmen, to
issue permits to inhabitants of their respective cities or
towns to take scallops in such quantities and at such times
as he may deem expedient, it being the intent of this section
to permit the taking of scallops as aforesaid in cases where,
owing to unusual circumstances, the scallops that are or will
be available could not otherwise be taken without violating
the provisions of this act. Approved March 18, 1920.
Chap. 14:0 An Act to enable the city treasurer, custodian of
the boston teachers' retirement association, to
collect reservations from all members on a basis
OF equality.
1900, 237, § 5,
amended.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section five of chapter two hundred and
thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the following : — and
he shall also reserve from the salary of each teacher who
comes under the provisions of this act, but is not paid in
twelve monthly payments, the sum of eighteen dollars a
year in instalments, according to a plan approved by the
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 140. 97
board of trustees, — so as to read as follows: — Section 5. Treasurer of
■n . . • 1 I 11 • -NT 1.1 *"*y °' Boston,
Beginning with the monthly payments in November in the custodian of
year nineteen hundred the city treasurer of the city of Boston ers' Retirement
shall reserve from the salary of each teacher who has come relen'e certain
under the provisions of this act the sum of three dollars, and saiTry'^Tmem-
in every alternate monthly payment thereafter shall reserve ^^^^ thereof,
the same sum, and shall pay the sums so reserved into the
school teachers' retirement fund, as herein provided, and
he shall also reserve from the salary of each teacher who
comes under the provisions of this act, but is not paid in
twelve monthly paj-ments, the sum of eighteen dollars a
year in instalments, according to a plan approved by the
board of trustees.
Section 2. Section ten of said chapter two hundred and l^^l'^^fj^ ^ ^^'
thirty-seven is hereby amended by striking out the words
"three months", in the fourth line, and substituting the
words : — one year, — so as to read as follows : — Section certain teach-
10. Any teacher who shall have been a contributing mem- portToTo?''^''^^
ber for two years or more, who shall retire from the service ^^^^'^^ p^'^.
of the city of Boston not being in receipt of an annuity, shall,
upon application vvithin one year after date of such retire-
ment, receive one half of the total amount paid by such
teacher into said fund.
Section 3. Section eleven of said chapter two hundred ^^'^- 237. § n,
1 I • '11 1 1 1 • • 0 amended.
and thirty-seven is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "provisions", in the fifth Ime, the words: — provided,
however, that any teacher who was in the service of the city
of Boston on April seventeenth, nineteen hundred, and who
hereafter elects to come under the provisions of this act,
shall, prior to receiving an annuity, pay into the fund a
sum sufficient to make the total of said sum, together with
the interest upon the reservations from the salary of the
teacher, equal to the entire interest earnings that would
have accrued upon the reservations from the salary of such
teacher had the teacher entered the association on April
seventeenth, nineteen hundred, all interest to be computed
at the rate of four per cent a year and compounded annually,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 11. This act shall be Act providing
binding upon all teachers entering the service of the city of o^Boston'"^''*
Boston after it goes into effect, and upon such of the teachers up^o°n what''^'^^'
in the service of said city at the time of its enactment as binding^ *° ^
may thereafter elect to come under its provisions: yr&vided. Proviso.
however, that any teacher who was in the service of the
city of Boston on April seventeenth, nineteen hundred, and
98 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 141, 142.
who hereafter elects to come under the provisions of this
act, shall, prior to recei\'ing an annuity, pay into the fund a
sum sufficient to make the total of said sum, together with
the interest upon the reservations from the salary of the
teacher, equal to the entire interest earnings that would
have accrued upon the reservations from the salary of such
teacher had the teacher entered the association on April
seventeenth, nineteen hundred, all interest to be computed
at the rate of four per cent a year and compounded annu-
ally; and notice in writing to the superintendent of schools,
signed by the teacher so electing, shall be conclusive as to
such election. Approved March 18, 1920.
Chap. 14:1 An Act to authorize posts of the americ.^jst legion
TO PARADE WITH MUSIC ON MEMORIAL SUNDAY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
imendld.* ^' Scctiou ouc of chapter five hundred and thirty-seven of
the acts of nineteen hmiched and eight is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "veterans", in the second line,
the words: — or post of the American Legion, — so as to
Camps of the read as follows: — Section 1. It shall be lawful for any
f^teransor' camp of the Spanish war veterans or post of the American
^n'legi^may Lcgiou to parade with music on the day designated by the
musiionmemo- national cucampmeut of the grand army as memorial Sun-
riai Sunday. (Jay ucxt preceding memorial day, for the special purpose
Proviso. of attending di\dne service on that day: provided, however,
that the music shall be suspended in passing within two hun-
dred feet of any place of public worship in which services
are being held. Approved March 18, 1920.
Chap. 142 An Act relative to sessions of the board of election
COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON FOR PURPOSES
OF REGISTRATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
llll'^end^. Section eighty-three of chapter eight hundred and thirty-
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, as amended
by chapter forty-eight of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifteen, and by section six of chapter two hundred
and sixty-nine of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking out the
word "September", in the sixth line, and substituting the
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 143, 144. 99
word: — August, — so as to read as Mlows: — Section 83. losforefijtioii
Said board shall hold such day sessions as the city may by fo^p^Sif^s^^of
ordinance prescribe, and such additional sessions as they registration.
shall deem necessary. They shall, in any event, hold in or
near each ward in said city not less than ten evening sessions,
each of at least three hours' diu-ation, between the first day
of August and the close of registration before the biennial
state election, and not less than five such evening sessions
between the first day of November and the close of regis-
tration before the annual city election. They shall also
hold at their principal office a continuous session from nine
o'clock in the morning until ten o'clock in the evening on the
twentieth day preceding the biennial state election, and a
like continuous session on the twentieth day preceding the
annual city election, and a continuous session from twelve
o'clock noon until ten o'clock in the evening on the seventh
day preceding a special election.
Approved March 18, 1920.
An Act relatr'e to the vacations of certain municipal C'/ia2?.143
EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
A person shall be deemed to be "regularly employed" ^af^mpk>y^^
within the meaning of section one of chapter two hundred when deemed
„ P p • 1111C to be regularly
and seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen employed"
as affected by chapter sixty of the General Acts of nineteen of laws relating
hundred and fifteen, and by chapter sixteen of the General therefor!
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, provided that he Proviso.
has actually worked for the city or town for thirty-two
weeks in the aggregate during the preceding calendar year.
Approved March 18, 1920.
An Act relath^e to the soldiers and sailors memorl\l (7/i(XT).144
building in the city of MELROSE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section thirty-six of chapter one hundred i899, i62. § 36,
^ . ^ , amenueu.
and sixty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-
nine is hereby amended by inserting after the word "build-
ings", in the eighth line of clause VII, the words: — except-
ing the soldiers and sailors memorial building and, — by
striking out the w^ord "however", in the ninth line of said
clause, by inserting after clause IX the following new clause:
100
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 144.
City of Mel-
rose, depart-
ments and
oflSoers.
Assessing
department.
'Charity
department.
Health
department.
Law
department.
Fire
department.
Police
department.
Public works
department.
Public library
department.
Cemetery
department.
Memorial
building de-
partment.
— X. The memorial building department, to be under the
charge of the advisory board of the soldiers and sailors me-
morial building, — by striking out the word "nine", in the
last paragraph and substituting the word: — ten, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 36. There shall be the following
departments and officers: — I. The assessing department,
to be under the charge of the board of assessors.
II. The charity department, to be under the charge of
the board of overseers of the poor.
III. The health department, to be under the charge of
the board of health.
IV. The law department, to be under the charge of the
city solicitor.
V. The fire department, to be under the charge of the
chief of the fire department.
VI. The police department, to be under the charge of
the chief of police.
VII. The public works department, to be under the
charge of an official who shall be known as the engineer
and superintendent of public works. He shall ha^'e charge
of the design, construction, alteration, repair, maintenance
and management of the water works, the public sewers and
drains, the pubhc ways, sidewalks and bridges, public parks,
squares and playgrounds, and the lighting and watering
thereof, and also the public buildings, excepting the soldiers
and sailors memorial building and excepting such duties
with reference to the school buildings as are now conferred
by law and this act upon the school committee. He shall
make and have the custody of all plans, surveys, measure-
ments and levels appertaining to the public waj's, drains,
sewers, waterworks and lands, and shall perform such other
duties as the board. of aldermen may prescribe. Subject to
the approval of the mayor he shall appoint an assistant super-
intendent in the water department, an assistant superintend-
ent in the sewer department, and such other assistants as the
condition of the work may require.
VIII. The public Hbrary department, to be under the
charge of the trustees of the pubhc library.
IX. The cemetery department, to be under the charge
of a cemetery committee, to consist of three persons, which
shall have control of all matters pertaining to public ceme-
teries and burial grounds.
X. The memorial building department, to be under the
charge of the advisory board of the soldiers and sailors
memorial building.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 144. 101
XL The city clerk department, to be under the charge City clerk
of the city clerk. department.
XII. The treasury department, to be under the charge Treasury
of the city treasurer. department.
XIII. The collecting department, to be under the charge Collecting
of the city collector. department.
XIV. The auditing department, to be under the charge Auditing
of the city auditor. department.
The departments provided for in the first ten clauses of Executive
• 1 11 1 -1 departments.
this section shall be executive departments, and the heads
thereof shall be executive officers.
Section 2. The advisory board of the soldiers and Advisory board
• 1 1 .. 1. • 1 . p -» »- • 1 1 of soldiers and
sailors memorial building in the city of Melrose is hereby sailors memo-
established, which, subject to the ordinances of said city etc., estab-'' '
now or hereafter in force, shall have charge and control of '^ ® • ®
the repair, maintenance and management of the said building.
Section 3. The said advisorv board shall consist of Membership,
^ term 01 onice,
eleven citizens of Melrose, eight of whom shall be men and etc
three of whom shall be women. At least one of the members
of said board shall, if possible, be a member of post four of
the grand army of the republic, and at least one a member
of Melrose post ninety of the American Legion. The mem-
bers of the present advisory board, holding office under an
ordinance of the city, shall constitute the first membership
of the advisory board hereby established, and as their present
terms of office respectively expire, their successors shall be
appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by the
board of aldermen, to hold office for three years or until
their successors shall in like manner be appointed.
Section 4. This act shall be submitted to the voters of ^^^J'gYt'o''"
the city of Melrose at the annual city election in the current voters, etc.
year, and shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority
of the voters voting thereon. The act shall be submitted in
the form of the following question to be placed upon the
official ballot: — "Shall the city of Melrose accept the act
passed by the general court in the current year placing the
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building in this city under
control of an advisory board to be appointed by the mayor,
subject to confirmation by the aldermen?"
Approved March 18, 1920.
102
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 145, 146.
Chap. 145 An Act relative to the listing and registration of
VOTERS IN the CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section eleven of chapter twenty-nine of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and seventeen is hereby amended by
striking out in the thirty-fifth line, the word "thirtieth",
and substituting the word : — twentieth, — so that the last
sentence of the said section will read as follows : — If the
statement of the applicant as to residence is found to be
true, the election commissioners shall place the name of the
applicant on the voting list; otherAnse the election commis-
sioners shall forth\\'ith notify the applicant to appear before
them, and, if not satisfied that his statement is true, shall
not place his name upon the voting list: provided, however,
that no application for registration mider the pro\'isions of
this section shall be received by the election commissioners
or assistant registrars later than the twentieth day preced-
ing a state or municipal election.
Approved 31 arch IS, 1920.
1917, 29 (G),
§ 11, amended.
Listing and
registration of
voters in city
of Boston.
Proviso.
1913. 835, § 216,
etc., amended.
C/iap. 146 An Act relatfV'E to the division of cities and towns
INTO W'ARDS and voting PRECINCTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section two hundred and sixteen of chapter
eight hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirteen, as amended by section two of chapter six hun-
dred and seventy-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fourteen, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
thereof the words: — together with an official copy of the
description of said wards, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 216. A city may, in the year nineteen hundred and
fourteen, and in every tenth year thereafter, in the month
of December, by vote of its city council or corresponding
body, make a new di\'ision of its territory into such number
of wards as may be fixed by law. The boundaries of such
wards shall be so arranged that the wards shall contain, as
nearly as can be ascertained and as ma}' be consistent with
well-defined limits to each ward, an equal number of voters.
The city clerk shall forthwith give notice in WTiting to the
secretary of the commonwealth of the number and designa-
New division
of cities into
wards.
voting pre-
are
etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 147. 103
tions of the wards so established, together with an official
copy of the description of said wards.
Section 2, Section two hundred and twenty-five of said amended ^ ^^^'
chapter eight hundred and thirty-five is hereby amended
by striking out after the word "number", in the fifth fine,
the word "and", and by inserting after the word "designa-
tion", in the same fine, the words: — and official descrip-
tion, — so as to read as follows: — Section 225. When wards secretary of
P', 1 1 UJ 1 ^* • A • commonwealth
of a city nave been changed or when votmg precmcts m a to be notified
city or town have been estabhshed, changed or discontinued, voUng^pr'^^ *°*^
the city or town clerk shall forthwith give a notice thereof cLang^"
in writing to the secretary of the commonwealth, stating the
number, designation and official description of such wards
or such voting precincts and in a city the wards in which
they are situated. Approved March 18, 1920.
An Act prohibiting rebates and the like on policies Qhav 147
OF insuilance.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter five hundred and eleven of the acts wos, 511, § i,
of nineteen hundred and eight, as amended by chapter four ^**'" ^"^^^^^ ■
hundred and one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve,
is hereby further amended by striking out section one and
substituting the following : — Section 1 . No insurance com- Rebates, etc.,
pany transacting any of the kinds of business specified in "nsiS^ancTpro-
section thirty-two of chapter five hundred and seventy-six '^'^'*^^'
of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, and no officer or
agent thereof, and no insurance broker, shall pay or offer to
pay or allow, in connection with placing or negotiating any
policy of insurance or the continuance or renewal thereof,
any valuable consideration or inducement not specified in
the policy contract of insurance, or any rebate of premium
payable on the policy, or any special favor or advantage in
the dividends or other benefits to accrue thereon; or shall
give, sell or purchase, or offer to give, sell or purchase, in
connection with placing or negotiating insurance or the con-
tinuance or renewal thereof, anything of value whatsoever
not specified in the policy; or give, sell, negotiate, deliver,
issue or authorize to issue or offer to give, sell, negotiate,
deliver, issue or authorize to issue any policy of workmen's
compensation insurance at a rate less than that approved
by the commissioner of insurance under all the laws now or
104
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 147.
When section
not considered
to apply.
1908, 511, § 2,
etc., amended.
Persons not to
accept rebates,
etc.
Giving
testimony or
producing
evidence, etc.
1908, 511, § 4,
amended.
Penalty.
1908, 511,
amended,
new § 5.
Suspension or
revocation of
license, etc.
hereafter in force relating to such approval. This section
shall not be considered to apply to (1) a distribution without
special fa\'or or advantage, by mutual insurance companies
to policyholders of sa\'ings, earnings or surplus without
specification thereof in the policy, or (2) the furnishing to
the insured of information or ad\'ice by any insurance com-
pany, officer, agent or broker with regard to any risk for the
purpose of reducing the liability of loss.
Section 2. Said chapter five hundred and eleven, as
amended by section two of said chapter four hundred and
one, is hereby further amended by striking out section two
and substituting the following : — Section 2. No person
shall receive or accept from any company or officer or agent
thereof, or any insurance broker, or any other person, any
such rebate or premium payable on the policy, or any special
favor or advantage in the dividends or other benefits to
accrue thereon, or any valuable consideration or inducement
not specified in the policy of insurance, or any policy of
workmen's compensation insurance at a rate less than that
approved by the commissioner of insurance under all the
laws now or hereafter in force relating to such approval.
No person shall be excused from testifying, or from producing
any books, papers, contracts, agreements or documents at
the trial of any other person charged with \-iolating any pro-
vision of this act, on the ground that such testimony or
evidence may tend to incriminate himself, but no person
shall be prosecuted for any act, concerning which he shall be
compelled so to testify or produce evidence, documentary or
otherwise, except for perjury committed in so testifying.
Section 3. Said chapter five hundred and eleven is
hereby further amended by striking out section four and
substituting the following : — Section 4. Whoever violates
any provision of tliis act shall be punished by a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars.
Section 4. Said chapter five hundred and eleven is
hereby further amended by adding thereto the following
new section : — Section 5. The commissioner of insurance
may suspend or revoke the license or certificate of authority
to transact business in this commonwealth of any insurance
company for any violation of any provision of this act, or
may suspend or revoke its right to do any class of business
which it is authorized to transact.
Approved March 18, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 148. 105
An Act relative to the inauguration of the city Chap. 148
GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF MARLBOROUGH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section thirteen of chapter three hundred and twenty of amended ^ ^^*
the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety is hereby amended
by striking out the words "at ten o'clock in the forenoon",
in the second hne, so as to read as follows: — Section 13. J|f "^"^em " °^
On the first Monday of January of each year, the mayor, ment of Mari-
aldermen and common councilmen elect shall meet in joint
convention, when they shall be sworn to the faithful dis-
charge of the duties of their respective offices. The oath
may be administered by the city clerk, or by any justice of
the peace, and a certificate of such oath having been taken
shall be entered on the journals of the board of aldermen and
of the common council by their respective clerks. After
the oath has been administered as aforesaid the two boards
shall separate. The common council shall be organized by
the choice of one of its own members as president and also
by the choice of a clerk not one of its own members, to hold
their offices respectively during the municipal year. The
clerk shall be sworn to the faitliful discharge of his duties,
and his compensation shall be fixed by concurrent vote of
the city council. The board of aldermen shall choose a presi-
dent, who, in the absence of the mayor, shall preside at the
meetings of the board of aldermen and of the two councils in
joint convention. In case of the absence of the mayor elect
on the first Monday of January, or if the mayor shall not
have been then elected, the city council shall organize itself
in the manner hereinbefore provided, and may proceed to
business in the same manner as if the mayor were present,
and the oath of office may at any time thereafter be ad-
ministered to the mayor and to any member of the city
council who has been previously absent or has been subse-
quently elected; and every oath shall be duly certified as
aforesaid. Each board shall keep a record of its proceedings,
and be the judge of the election of its own members.
Approved March 18, 1920,
106
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 149.
1913, 835, § 348,
etc., amended.
Chap. 14Q An Act relatfv^e to the expenditures of CANDroATES
IN PRLMARIES AND ELECTIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section three hundred and forty-eight of chapter eight
hundred and thirty-fi^'e of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen, as amended by section two of chapter seven hun-
dred and eighty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fourteen, and by section eighteen of chapter two hundred
and fifty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
eighteen, is hereby further amended by striking out the
number "100", in both instances, in the fourteenth fine and
substituting the number: — 200, —and by striking out the
word "one", in the twenty-third Hne, and substituting the
word: — two, — so as to read as follows: — Section 348.
No person, in order to aid or promote his own nomination
or election to public office, shall himself or through another
person, give, pay, expend or contribute any money or other
thing of value, or promise so to do, in excess of the following
amounts: —
Expenditures
of candidates
in primaries
and elections
limited.
Election.
United States Senator,
Governor, .
Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Treasurer and Receiver-General, Auditor of the Com-
monwealth, Attorney-General.
Representative in Congress
State Senator,
Representative in the General Court:
Each candidate may spend, in a district entitled to three
representatives.
In a district entitled to two representatives, .
In a district entitled to one representative,
$5,000
5,000
3,000
3,000
500
300
200
200
A candidate for any other office may expend an amount
not exceeding twenty dollars for each one thousand, or
major portion thereof, of the registered voters qualified to
vote for candidates for the office in question at the next
preceding election; but no such candidate shall expend
more than fifteen hundred dollars for the expenses of a pri-
mary, nor more than tliree thousand dollars for the expenses
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 150. 107
of an election. Any candidate may, however, expend a sum
not exceeding two hundred dollars for primary or election
expenses. Contributions by a candidate to political com-
mittees shall be included in the foregoing sums.
The sums hereby authorized shall include all contributions To include
from indi^dduals, political committees or other sources to a etc.
candidate or person acting in his behalf, and shall include
every pajonent or promise of payment for any purpose,
made directly or indirectly by, or for the benefit of, a candi-
date, except that a political committee may make and incur Political com-
expenses not for the sole benefit of an individual candidate, S<«pted, etc.
or wliich it is permitted by section three hundred and forty-
nine a to make for an individual candidate; and the gift, "Corrupt prac-
, ' , •! , • ' e ^1 • e tice" defined.
pajTnent, contribution or promise or any money or thing or
vahie in excess of those sums, by a candidate directly or in-
directly, or by any person or persons, for his benefit, shall be
deemed a corrupt practice. Approved March 18, 1920.
An Act prohibiting the insertion of certain stipula- Qhn^ \^{\
TIONS IN POLICIES OR CONTRACTS OF INSUR.\NCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter five hundred and seventy-six of the acts of nine- i907, 576, § 29,
teen hmidred and seven is hereby amended by striking out ^™^'^'^®'^-
section twenty-nine and substituting the following : — Section rnsertion
29. No insurance company shall make, issue or deliver in stipulations
this commonwealth any policy or contract of insurance con- or contracts
taining any condition, stipulation or agreement depriving prohibited!^
the courts of this commonwealth of jurisdiction of actions
against such company; limiting the time for commencing
actions against the company to a period of less than two
years from the time when the cause of action accrues; mak-
ing any person appointed and licensed as its agent the agent
of the applicant or insured for any purpose; or proAading that
no person shall be deemed an agent of the company unless
authorized by the company in \\Titing. Any such condition,
stipulation or agreement shall be void. An insurance com- Penalty.
pany or agent that makes, issues or delivers a policy or con-
tract of insurance in violation of the provisions of this act
shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more
than two hundred dollars for each offense; but such policy
or contract shall be binding upon the company issuing the
same. , Approved March 18, 1920.
108 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 151, 152.
Chap. 151 An Act to exempt the general electric mutual bene-
fit ASSOCIATION FROM THE FRATERNAL BENEFICIARY AND
INSUR.\NCE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SkMutSr Section 1. The General Electric Mutual Benefit Asso-
^on*fxem^Ted^' ciation, now or hereafter operating in any of the plants of
from fraternal the General Electric Company in this commonwealth, is
beneficiary and , . i <• n • • j! .i • i
insurance laws, hereby exempted from all provisions or the insurance laws
of the commonwealth and from the pro\dsions of chapter
six hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eleven and all acts in amendment thereof and in
addition thereto.
May^p^y^^sick SECTION 2. The said association may afford relief to its
benefits, etc. members for disability caused by sickness or accident, not
exceeding twelve dollars a week or one hundred and sLxty-
eight dollars in any twelve consecutive months, and may
pay death or funeral benefits not exceeding two hundred
dollars in any one case, but except as aforesaid, shall not
Membership, engage ill tlic busiucss of insurance. Only employees of the
General Electric Company shall be eligible for membership
in the said association. Approved March 18, 1920.
Chap. 152 An Act to permit mutual life insurance companies
TO transact certain other kinds of business.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
plr!'efamendt'd. Paragraph e of section thirty-four of chapter five hundred
and seventy-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven is
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
— , or in the case of a mutual life insurance company, with
or without capital stock, a surplus of not less than the said
amount: provided, that a mutual life insurance company
shall not be authorized hereunder to transact workmen's
compensation insurance, — so that the said paragraph will
Mutual life in- read as follows : — e. The kind of business specified in the
n^Is pel-iSiued' fifth clausc if authorizcd to transact the business of life
tain'^otSfk^nds insurancc in this commonwealth, provided it has a paid-up
of business. capital of not less than four hundred thousand dollars, or in
the case of a mutual life insurance company, with or uathout
capital stock, a surplus of not less than the said amount:
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 153. 109
provided, that a mutual life insurance company shall not be Proviso,
authorized hereunder to transact workmen's compensation
insurance. Approved Mm-ch 18, 1920.
An Act to authorize the town of stoughton to Qjiar) 153
BORROW money FOR A SCHOOL BUILDING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for, and It^J^^^^ ^^^^y
constructing, furnishing and equipping a high school build- ^°"°^:^ h°°h^
ing, the town of Stoughton may borrow a sum not exceeding building.
one hundred thousand dollars, in excess of the statutory
limit of indebtedness, and may issue notes or bonds there-
for. Such notes or bonds shall bear on their face the words, stoughton
Stoughton School Loan, Act of 1920, shall be payable by Act of 1920. '
such annual payments beginning not more than one year
after their respecti\'e dates, as will extinguish each loan
within twenty years from its date, and the amount of such
annual payment in any year shall not be less than the amount
of the principal of the loan payable in any subsequent year.
Each authorized issue of notes or bonds shall constitute a
separate loan. The notes or bonds shall bear interest at
such rate as may be fixed by the town treasurer, with the
approval of the selectmen. The town may sell the said se-
curities at public or private sale upon such terms and con-
ditions as it may deem proper, but not for less than their
par value, and the proceeds shall be used only for the purpose
herein specified. Premiums received on loans hereby au-
thorized shall be used as provided by general law.
Section 2. The town shall, at the time of authorizing Payment of
the said loan or loans, pro\'ide for the pa;>Taent thereof in °^°'
accordance with the provisions of section one of this act, and
when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum sufficient
to pay the interest as it accrues on the said notes or bonds
and to make such payments on the principal as may be
required by this act, shall, without further vote, be assessed
by the assessors of the town annually thereafter, in the
same manner as other taxes, until the debt incurred by the
loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 19, 1920.
no
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 154.
Election com-
mission estab-
lished in city
of Lowell.
Membership.
Chap. 154 An Act relative to the establishment of an election
COMMISSION IN the CITY OF LOWELL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There shall be established in the city of
Lowell a bi-partisan election commission, hereinafter called
the commission, which shall be composed of four members
who shall have the powers and duties pertaining to registrars
of voters in that city. All duties incumbent upon the city
clerk in his capacity as a member of the registrars of voters
are hereby transferred to the commission.
Section 2. The municipal council shall, by a majority
vote during the month of February or March in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty, and every year thereafter,
elect one member to the commission for a term of four years
or until his successor is elected. The city clerk shall cease
to be a member of the registrars of voters upon the passage
of this act, but the remaining members of the present board
of registrars of voters shall, unless removed in accordance
with law, hold office as commissioners for the remainder of
tlieir respective terms, notwithstanding the pro\isions of
this act. Any vacancy in the commission by reason of death,
resignation or otherwise shall be filled forthwith by the
municipal council.
Section 3. The commission shall, upon WTitten notice
by the mayor, submit to the municipal council, in such detail
as the mayor may request, estimates of the amount deemed
necessary by the commission for current expenses during the
next fiscal year.
Section 4. The commission shall, under the pro\'isions
of law, have general supervision of all elections; the appoint-
ment, supervision and compensation of precinct officers ; the
location of polling booths; and may employ such persons as
they may deem necessary in the performance of their duties:
provided, however, that among the persons so employed after
the passage of this act, the two dominant political parties
shall at all times be equally represented; and provided,
further, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as
affecting present employees of the registrars of voters, who
were employed by them as of January first, nineteen hundred
and twenty. Whenever, in their opinion, public convenience
or necessity so requires, the commission may order sessions
for the registering of voters to be held in any of the several
Vacancies.
To submit
certain
estimates.
Powers,
duties, etc.
Provisos.
Sessions for
registration
of voters, etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 155, 156. Ill
voting precincts, and they may require suitable accommoda-
tions and necessary records in connection therewith, and
they may, furthermore, record the voters in the several
voting precincts by streets or by alphabetical lists as de-
scribed in chapter eight hundred and thirty -five of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and in the amendments
thereof and additions thereto. The commission shall at Records open
all times maintain suitable records which shall, unless it is inspection,
otherwise provided by law, be open to public inspection.
Section 5. So much of chapter six hundred and forty- Repeal,
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven as is incon-
sistent herewith is hereby repealed.
Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 19, 1920.
An Act to authorize the town of Greenfield to pay Chap. 155
A SUM of money to LAURA A. HOYT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The town of Greenfield, acting through its school com- Town of Green-
mittee, may upon vote of the town, pay a sum of two hun- a^sui^of money
dred dollars to Laura A. Hoyt, in recognition of her dis- Hoyt.^'^^ ^'
tinguished and exceptional services as teacher in the public
schools for forty-two years, of which the last twenty-three
were as principal of the Green River school in said town, and
all in the same room in the same building.
Approved March 19, 1920.
An Act relative to the interest on certain bonds Chap.\5Q
issued BY the county OF ESSEX.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section six of chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the i907, 486, § 6,
acts of nineteen hundred and seven is hereby amended by ^°^^°
striking out the word "four", in the ninth line, and substi-
tuting the word: — six, — so as to read as follows: — Sec- interest rate
tion 6. In order to provide for its share of the expenses to °s°u^Tby
be incurred under the provisions of this act, the county of ^ pr''ov°de°for
Essex, acting by the county commissioners, is hereby au- expanses ?n-
thorized to borrow a sum not exceeding one hundred thou- ^^'^''^f- '° ^f^'
sand dollars and to issue notes or bonds therefor. Such bridge over
notes or bonds shall be payable at periods not exceeding in Lawrence. ^
thirty years from the date thereof, shall bear interest payable
112 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 157.
semi-annually at such rate, not exceeding six per cent per
annum, as the county commissioners may determine, shall
be signed by the county commissioners, and shall bear on
their face the words, Essex County LawTence Bridge Loan,
Act of 1907. They may be sold upon such terms and con-
ditions as the county commissioners may deem expedient,
but they shall not be sold for less than their par value. The
said notes or bonds shall be issued upon the condition that
the county may pay or redeem the same at any time after
five years from the date of issue. No purchaser of such
notes or bonds shall be responsible for the application of the
proceeds. The county commissioners shall at the time of
making said loan, provide for the payment thereof in such
annual proportionate payments as "uill extinguish the same
within the time prescribed by this act, and the said amount
shall be raised annually by taxation in the same manner in
which other county taxes are assessed and collected.
Approved March 19, 1920.
Chap. 157 An Act changing the title of the supervisor of the
DECENNIAL CENSUS TO STATE CENSUS DIRECTOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
§^26,' amended. Scction twcuty-six of chapter three hundred and fifty ot
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
amended by striking out the words "supervisor of the de-
cennial census", in the fourteenth line, and substituting the
words : — state census director, — so as to read as follows :
Title of super- — Sectioii 26. The secretary of the commonwealth shall
decennial can- make provisiou iu his department for collecting, compiling
state census ^° and publishing the information required to be collected, com-
piled and published in connection with the decennial census,
and for making the enumeration of summer residents of
certain, towns under section thirteen of chapter one hundred
of the Revised Laws and under section eight of chapter three
hundred and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and nine. He shall appoint and may remove, with the
approval of the governor and council, a competent person
to have charge of the said work and to perform such other
duties as may be assigned to him, and, wdth like approval,
may fix his salary. The said person shall be known as state
census director. The secretary of the commonwealth may
appoint and remove such officers, clerks and other assistants
director.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 158, 159. . 113
as may be required to perform the duties hereby transferred,
and may, subject to the provisions of chapter two hundred
and twenty-eight of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and eighteen, and rules and regulations made thereunder, and
to the approval of the governor and council where that
is required by law, fix the compensation of such persons.
Such appointments shall not be subject to the pro\dsions of
chapter nineteen of the Revised Laws and acts in amend-
ment thereof and in addition thereto. The secretary shall
include in liis annual estimates, for the years when work is
to be performed relatinp- to the taking of the census, such
amounts as he shall consider to be required therefor.
Approved March 19, 1920.
An Act to authorize northeastern college of the Chap. 158
BOSTON YOUNG MEN's CHRISTL^N ASSOCLVTION TO GRANT
CERTAIN DEGREES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Northeastern College of the Boston Young Men's Christian Northeastern
Association may grant the degrees of bachelor of civil engi- Boston Young
neering, bachelor of mechanical engineering, bachelor of As'sociatioTmay
electrical engineering, and bachelor of chemical engineering deg^L^^"^^^'"
to students in the Co-operative School of Engineering of
Northeastern College who are properly accredited and rec-
ommended by a majority of its trustees: provided, however. Provisos,
that the course of instruction furnished by the corporation
shall not be entered upon without the completion of a four-
year secondary school course, and shall cover not less than
four years; and provided, further, that no degree shall be
granted to any person who has not taken the full four-year
course leading to such degree.
Approved March 19, 1920.
An Act to authorize the rockland trust comp.\ny to Chap. 159
MAINTAIN A BRANCH OFFICE IN THE TOWN OF SCITUATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The Rockland Trust Company of Rockland Kpany mTy*"
may, subject to the approval of the board of bank incorpora- P^'^^^'V
tion, maintain a branch office in the town of Scituate. in town of
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. °' "^ ^"
Approved March 19, 1920.
114
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 160, 161, 162.
1909, 251,
amended.
§5.
Chap. 160 An Act relative to the boston chamber of commerce.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section five of chapter two hundred and
fifty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby
amended by striking out the words " one million five hundred
thousand", in the third and fourth lines, and substituting
the words: — five million, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 5. The said Boston Chamber of Commerce author-
ized hereunder is hereby authorized to hold real and personal
estate to an amount not exceeding five million dollars, with
authority to sell, purchase, mortgage, lease or rent the same
or any part thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 19, 1920.
Boston Cham-
ber of Com-
merce may
hold additional
property.
C/iap. 161 An Act to authorize the city of Cambridge to retire
LUCIAN S. CABOT .AND WILLIAM H. PORTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Cambridge may retire at their
several requests, Lucian S. Cabot and William H. Porter,
attendance officers in the public schools of Cambridge, on
annual pensions equal to one half of the compensation re-
ceived by them respectively at the time of retirement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the
pro^dsions of its charter, provided that such acceptance oc-
curs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current
year. Approved March 19, 1920.
City of Cam-
bridge may
retire Lucian S,
Cabot and
William H.
Porter.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
C/zap. 162 An Act to authorize the consolidation of the inter-
state consolidated street railway company and the
attleborough branch railroad company.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Company
may purchase the franchise and property of, and consolidate
with, the Attleborough Branch Railroad Company, provided
that the terms of such purchase or consolidation are approved
by the department of public utilities as consistent wdth the
public interests, and are also approved by a majority of the
Interstate Con-
solidated
Street Railway
Company may
consolidate
with the Attle-
borough
Branch Rail-
road Company.
Proviso.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 163, 164. 115
directors of each company, and by two thirds in interest of
the stockholders of each company at meetings to be called
and held for that purpose. Approved March 19, 1920,
An Act relative to the pensioning of laborers m Chap.lQS
THE employ of THE CITY OF FALL RIVER.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:
Section 1. Any laborer in the employ of the city of ^^orlre'm °^
Fall River who has reached the age of sixty years and has ®P^a?f ri ''ir^
been in such employ for a period of not less than twenty
years and has become physically or mentally incapacitated
for labor, and any laborer in the employ of said city who
has been in such employ for a period of not less than fifteen
years and has become physically or mentally incapacitated
for labor by reason of any injury received in tlie performance
of his duties for the city, may, at his request, and with the
approval of the mayor and city council, be retired from
serxdce, and if so retired he shall receive from the city for the
remainder of his life an annual pension equal to one half of
the average annual compensation paid to him as a laborer
during the two years next prior to his retirement. Any
laborer in the employ of the said city who has reached the
age of sixty-five years, and has been in such employ for a
period of not less than twenty years, shall be retired from
service and shall receive from the city an annual pension
computed in the manner hereinbefore set forth.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of ^u^^to "
the city of Fall River at the state election for the current voters, etc.
year, and shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority
of the voters voting thereon. The act shall be submitted in
the form of the f ollowdng question : — " Shall an act passed
by the general court in the current year, authorizing the
city of Fall River to pension its laborers, be accepted?"
Approved March 19, 1920.
An Act relative to the statutory designation of the C/iax>. 164
TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section five of chapter eight of the Revised Laws, as r. l. 8, § 5.
amended, is hereby further amended by adding, at the end ^*''' ^™®''^^-
thereof, the following : — Twenty-sixth, The words " state statutory
designation of
116
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 165, 166.
the "treasurer
and receiver-
general."
treasurer" or "treasurer of the commonwealth" shall mean
"treasurer and receiver-general" as used in the constitution
of the commonwealth, and shall have the same meaning in
all contracts, instruments, securities and other documents.
Approved March 23, 1920.
Chap. 165 An Act to continue the corporate existence of cer-
tain DISSOLVED CORPORATIONS FOR PURPOSES OF SUIT.
1903. 437, § 52,
amended.
Corporate ex-
istence of cer-
tain dissolved
corporations
continued for
purposes of
suit.
Proviso.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoics:
Section fifty-two of chapter four hundred and thirty-seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and three is hereby amended
by adding at the end thereof the following : — provided, that
the corporate existence of such a corporation, for the pur-
poses of any suit brought by or against it within said period
of three years, shall continue beyond said period for a further
period of sixty days after final judgment in the suit, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 52. Every corporation whose
charter expires by its o\\'n limitation or is annulled by for-
feiture or otherwise, or whose corporate existence for other
purposes is terminated in any other manner, shall neverthe-
less be continued as a body corporate for three years after
the time when it would have been so dissolved, for the purpose
of prosecuting and defending suits by or against it and of
enabling it gradually to settle and close its affairs, to dispose
of and convey its property and to diA'ide its capital stock,
but not for the purpose of continuing the business for which
it was established: provided, that the corporate existence of
such a corporation, for the purposes of any suit brought by
or against it within said period of three years, shall continue
beyond said period for a further period of sixty days after
final judgment in the suit. Approved March 23, 1920.
Chap.l6Q An Act to provide for one day off in every eight
DAYS FOR CERTAIN POLICE OFFICERS.
Members of
police depart-
ment of cities
and towns to
have one day
off in every
eight days.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Members of the police department of cities
and towns within the classified civil service shall be relie\'ed
from duty for one day out of every eight days, without loss of
pay. The time and manner of such relief shall be determined
by the board or official in charge of the police department.
A member so relieved shall be exempt from duty and from
attendance at a police station or other place, but otherwise
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 167. 117
shall be subject to all laws, rules and regulations relating to
members of the department to which he belongs.
Section 2. The board or official in charge of any police Day off not to
department in any city or town to which this act applies case^of public
shall have authority, in case of any public emergency or of 1^!"^^^°°^'
any unusual demand for the services of the police in that
city or town, to prevent any member of the department
from taking the day off herein provided for at the time when
he is entitled thereto, or at the time assigned therefor, pro- Proviso.
vided that a day off shall be granted to him as soon there-
after as is practicable. In no case shall the number of such pays off to be
1 re 1 1 ,1 e j^ n • iii liii addition to
days on be less tnan lorty-iive ni each calendar year, and vacation, etc.
they shall be in addition to any annual vacation now or
hereafter allowed to members of the department concerned,
and no annual vacation shall be diminished on account of
the da}'s off herein provided for.
Section 3. Chapter two hundred and ten of the acts of Repeal,
nineteen hundred and eleven, and so much of any other act
as is inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.
Section 4. This act shall not apply to the police force of ^^ "uce^oree^^
the city of Boston nor to the police force of the metropolitan of Boston, of the
... .. ■'. ii- metropolitan
district commission, nor to any city or town already granting district com-
one day off in eight to the members of its police department.
Section 5. This act shall be submitted to the voters of To be sub-
every city and town to which it is applicable at the annual wters over-
state election in the current year, and shall take effect in town"*'''^ ^^"^
any such city or town upon its acceptance by a majority of
the voters voting thereon; other^\'ise it shall not take effect.
The act shall be submitted in the form of the followmg
question to be placed upon the official ballot: — "Shall
chapter of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty which authorizes the granting of one day off in
every eight days to police officers mthout loss of pay, be
accepted by this city (or town)?"
Approved March 23, 1920.
An Act to provide for the more speedy trl\l of Chav. 167
PERSONS held in JAIL IN DEFAULT OF BAIL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. A prisoner held in jail for trial upon an certain pris-
indictment for an offence not punishable by death or by jSi may ^«-
imprisonment for life, or so held upon an appeal, at any ^"^t^f^ trill
time except during a sitting of the superior court for criminal
118
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 168.
Notice to dis-
trict attorney,
etc.
Keeper of jail
to notify
prisoners of
their right to
petition, etc.
All defendants
must join in
petition.
business in the county in which he is held, may petition said
court that he be brought before the court at a sitting thereof
for civil business in that county in order that disposition
may be made of his case. After due notice to the district
attorney, and with his consent, the court may grant his
petition, and the presiding justice may dispose of the case,
as if he were holding a sitting of the court for criminal busi-
ness, or he may continue the case to the next sitting of the
court for criminal business.
Section 2. WTien a person who has a right to petition as
aforesaid is committed to jail, the keeper thereof shall notify
him of such right, shall furnish him with a blank form for
its exercise, and if he signs tlie same, shall transmit it to the
court.
Section 3. The provisions of this act shall not apply in
cases in which two or more persons are held on one com-
plaint or indictment, unless all the defendants join in the
petition. Approved March 23, 1920.
1907, 576, § 11,
etc., amended.
C/iap. 168 An Act relative to accounting by insur.\nce compa-
nies FOR DEPOSITS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO MEET THE
REQUIREMENTS OF LAW IN SUCH COUNTRIES.
Be it enacted, etc,, as follows:
Section 1. Section eleven of chapter five hundred and
seventy-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as
amended by chapters fifty-four and three hundred and fif-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, by chapter
seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, and
by chapter one hundred and ten of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and fifteen, is hereby further amended in
the third paragraph from the end by striking out, in the
seventh and eighth lines thereof, the words "immediately
available for the pajTnent of losses in this commonwealth",
and substituting the words: — available for the paj-ment of
losses in this commonwealth, including all assets deposited
•v\dth officers of other states or countries for the security of
the policyholders of such company, — so that said paragraph
will read as follows: — Beside the reserve provided for in
this section, each company shall be charged as a liability
with all unpaid losses and claims for losses, and all other
debts and liabilities, including in the case of a stock com-
pany its capital stock. He shall allow to the credit of an
insurance company in the account of its financial condition
Insurance
companies in
accounting
may include as
assets deposits
with officers
of other states
or countries,
etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 169, 170. 119
only such assets as are available for the payment of losses
in this commonwealth, including all assets deposited with
officers of other states or countries for the security of the
policyholders of such company, but no holding or parcel of
real estate shall be given a higher value than would be
adequate to yield at three per cent annual interest the
average amount of its net rental for three years next pre-
ceding, except that if an insurance company shall show to
the satisfaction of the insurance commissioner that the
actual value of any of its real estate is greater than the
value so ascertained, then the actual value of the said real
estate as determined by the insurance commissioner shall
be allowed.
Section 2. Said section eleven is hereby further amended Ij^^J' ^J^- §^ ^^'
by striking out the last paragraph. stricken out.
Approved March 23, 1920.
An Act relative to the price of ballot boxes fur- (Jhav. 169
NISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section two hundred and forty-three of Part III of chapter i9i3, 835, Part
• . Ill S 243
eight hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred amended!
and thirteen is hereby amended by striking out the word
"fifty", in the seventh line, and substituting the word: —
seventy, — so as to read as follows : — Section 243. The Price of ballot
secretary of the commonwealth shall, at the expense of the to ctties'^Ind ^
commonwealth, provide every city and town for use at se^etary of^
every polling place therein wdth a state ballot box and ^^^^iX^™''""
counting apparatus approved by the board of voting machine
examiners as provided in section two hundred and forty-
nine. Ballot boxes shall be purchased by the secretary at
a price not exceeding seventy dollars each. The secretary
shall likewise provide every city and town for use at each
polling place by the election officers in the canvass and
count of votes, with suitable blank forms.
Approved March 23, 1920.
An Act relative to the construction of a parkway (JJiav 170
OR BOULEVARD AROUND LAKE QUANNAPOWITT IN THE
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The time within which the metropolitan district commis- Time within
sion may expend the amount authorized by chapter six ^iltan'dfstrict
120
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 171, 172.
commission
may expend
certain money
for a parkway,
etc., around
Lake Quanna-
powitt in
Wakefield
extended.
hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twelve for a parkway or boulevard around Lake Quan-
napowitt in the town of Wakefield is hereby extended to in-
clude the year nineteen hundred and twenty-three.
Approved March 23, 1920.
Chap. 171 An Act relative to the improvement of mystic lakes
IN ARLINGTON, MEDFORD AND WINCHESTER BY THE METRO-
POLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and ninety of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby amended by adding
at the end thereof the following : — To carry out the pro-
visions of this act, the commission or its successors may
Mystirtakes by cxpcud a sum uot exceeding ten thousand dollars from the
amount of forty-five thousand dollars appropriated by item
fi\'e hundred and nine of chapter two hundred and forty-two
of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen.
Approved March 23, 1920.
1919, 190 (S),
amended.
Certain money
may be ex-
pended for im-
metropolitan
district com-
1913, 719, § 20,
etc., amended.
Chap. 172 An Act relative to action by the city council on the
ANNUAL BUDGET IN CITIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of
the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, as amended by
chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and fifteen, is hereby further amended,
by inserting after the word "shall", in the ninth line, the
words : — within sixty days after its receipt of the budget,
— and by inserting after the word "thereto", in the six-
teenth line, the words : — In case the council fails to approve
or disapprove any item in the budget, as submitted by the
mayor, within the said sixty days, such item shall, without
any council action, become a part of the budget for the
year^ — so as to read as follows : — Section 20. Within
sLxty days after the annual organization of the city govern-
ment, the mayor of every city, except Boston and those
cities having the commission form of government, so-called,
shall submit to the city council the annual budget of the
current expenses of the city, and the mayor may submit
thereafter supplementary budgets. The budget shall con-
sist of an itemized and detailed statement of the money re-
Mayors of
certain cities
to transmit
annual budgets
to city council.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 172. 121
quired, and the city council shall, within sixty days after its
receipt of the budget, make such appropriations in detail,
clearly specifying the amount to be expended for each par-
ticular purpose, but the budget shall not be in such detail as
to fix a specific salary of employees under the direction of
boards elected by the people, other than the city council.
The city council may reduce or reject any item, but, without
the approval of the mayor, shall not increase any item in
nor the total of a budget, nor add any item thereto. In case Failure of city
the council fails to approve or disapprove any item in the approvVCr
budget, as submitted by the mayor, within the said sixty ftem^'m bud-°^
days, such item shall, without any council action, become a eets, etc.
part of the budget for the year. It shall be the duty of the
city officials, when so requested by the mayor, to submit to
him forthwith in such detail as he may require estimates
for the next -fiscal year of the expenditures of their depart-
ments or offices under their charge, which estimate shall be
transmitted to the city council. In case of the failure of the Failure of
mayor to transmit in writing to the city council a recom- t^aMmit*
mendation for an appropriation of money for any purpose tfon^Sc"^^'
deemed by the council to be necessary, and after having
been so requested by vote of the city council, said council,
after the expiration of seven days after such vote, upon its
own initiative, may make an appropriation for such purpose
by a vote of at least two thirds of its members, and shall in
all cases make such appropriations in detail, clearly specify-
ing the amount to be expended for each particular purpose,
but the budget shall not be in such detail as to fix a specific
salary of employees under the direction of boards elected
by the people, other than the city council; and in cities
having the commission form of government, so-called, each
commissioner or director shall, within thirty days after the
annual organization of the city government, submit to the
commissioner or director of finance estimates in such detail
as he may require of the amounts deemed necessary for the
current expenses for their respective departments, and the
commissioner or director of finance shall within thirty days
thereafter submit to the city council a budget consisting of
an itemized and detailed statement of the money required,
but the budget shall not be in such detail as to fix a specific
salary of employees under the direction of boards elected by
the people, other than the city council, and may submit
thereafter supplemental budgets, and the budget or budgets
shall be passed by a majority vote of the city council. In Failure of
finance com-
122
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 173.
missioner to
transmit recom-
mendations,
etc.
City oflfices
may incur
liabilities before
regular appro-
priations are
made, etc.
Provisos.
Appropria-
tions, prior to
adoption of
annual budget.
case of the failure of the finance commissioner or director to
transmit in writing to the city council a recommendation for
an appropriation of money for any purpose deemed by the
council to be necessary, and after having been requested by
vote of the city council, said council, after the expiration of
seven days after such vote, upon its own initiative, may
make an appropriation for such purpose by a vote of at
least two thirds of all its members, and shall in all cases
make such appropriations in detail, clearly specifying the
amount to be expended for each particular purpose, but the
budget shall not be in such detail as to fix a specific salary
of employees under the direction of boards elected by the
people, other than the city council. In the period after the
expiration of any fiscal year and before the regular appro-
priations have been made by the city council, the city officers
who are authorized to make expenditures may incur lia-
bilities in carrying on the work of the several departments
entrusted to them, and payments therefor shall be made
from the treasury from any available funds therein, and the
same shall be charged against the next aimual appropriation :
pronded, that the liabilities incurred during said interval do
not exceed in any month the sums spent for similar purposes
during any one month of the preceding year; and yrovided,
further, that said officers may expend in any one month for
any new officer or board created by law an amount not ex-
ceeding one twelfth of the estimated cost for the current year,
but all interest and debt falling due in said interval shall
be paid. Nothing in this section shall prevent the mayor
from recommending, and the city council from making, ap-
propriations prior to the adoption of the annual budget.
Approved March 23, 1920.
Chap. 173 An Act to authorize the stoughton trust comp.vny to
MAINTAIN A BIL^NCH OFFICE IN THE TOWN OF SHARON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
stoughton 'pjig board of bank incorporation may authorize the
Trust Com- , m /^ • • i \ ai •
pany may Stouglitou Irust Company to mamtam a branch oince in
teinc^'office the town of Sharon. Approved March 23, 1920.
in Sharon.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 174, 175. 123
An Act relative to the disposal by the common- (^/j,^^^. 174
wealth of duplicate and worthless books and doc-
UMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: i
Section 1. The supervisor of administration, the super- Duplicate and
intendent of buildings and an assistant attorney-general to books and
be designated by the attorney-general, acting as a board, in commonwealth
consultation with the chairman of any board or commission "^^^d^of^'^"
and the head of any department or institution which may
be interested, may, in their discretion sell any duplicate
volumes or documents, the property of the commonwealth,
which are held in the state library or in any other depart-
ment, and they are hereby authorized and directed to sell or
destroy, from time to time, obsolete or worthless records,
books and documents. Any money received from sales
made hereunder shall be paid into the treasury of the com-
monwealth.
Section 2. The board shall give thirty days' notice of t^°tionto's"eii
its intention to sell or destroy any such records, books or b^'j.^fetc., to
documents, which notice shall be pubHshed in a daily news- be given.
paper in the city of Boston, and shall contain a brief de-
scription or summary of the articles to be sold or destroyed.
The board shall give such other or further notice as it may
deem advisable to historical societies or persons who may be
interested in the matter. The board may, and, upon peti- ^^^^^g
tion of twenty-five or more citizens of the commonwealth,
shall, before selling or destroying any particular records,
books or documents, give a public hearing to all persons
interested, of which hearing ten days' notice shall be given
in a daily newspaper published in the city of Boston.
Approved March 23, 1920.
An Act to exempt from taxation the property Chap. 11^
OF CERTAIN ASSOCIATIONS OF VETERAN SOLDIERS AND
SAILORS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section five of Part I of chapter four hundred and ninety f "g^^^pif^''"'
of the acts of nineteen hundred alid nine is hereby amended '^'a"^; ,
by striking out the fifth clause and substituting the follow- *
ing: — Fifth, The real and personal estate belonging to in- property of
corpora ted organizations of veterans of any war in which the ation^or^*^''
United States has been engaged to the extent of fifty thou- veteran soldiers
124
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 176, 177, 178.
exrai^terfrom ^and dollars, provided that the property so exempted is
taxation. actually used and occupied by such an organization and
Proviso. ^jj^^ ^Yie net income therefrom is used for charitable purposes;
but such property shall not be exempt for any year in which
the association wilfully omits to bring in to the assessors the
list and statement required by section forty-one.
Ajjproved March 23, 1920.
Chap. 17 Q An Act relatwe to the retirement of certain offi-
cers OF THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: »
Section 1. Any present incumbent of a county office in
the count}^ of Worcester, elected prior to the enactment of
chapter one hundred and fifty-eight of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen, who has not become a
member of the retirement association of said county, shall
be entitled to become such a member at any time prior to
July first, nineteen hundred and twenty, and shall, irre-
spective of age, be entitled to hold office for the remainder
of his present term of office.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 24, 1920.
Retirement of
certain officers
of Worcester
county.
Chap.177 An Act to establish a quorum of the trustees of
WORCESTER ACADEMY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter four hundred and five of the acts of
nineteen hundred and five, as amended by chapter two hun-
dred and thirty-three of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred
and sixteen, is hereby further amended by striking out sec-
tion one and substituting the following: — Section 1. Of
the trustees of Worcester Academy, six shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 24, 1920.
1905, 405, § 1.
etc., amended.
Quorum of
trustees of
Worcester
Academy
established.
Chap. 178 An Act to set off and incorporate a part of the
TOWN OF BROOKFIELD AS THE TOWN OF EAST BROOK-
FIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. All the territory now within the town of
Brookfield which is bounded easterly by the towns of Charl-
Part of town of
Brookfield set
off and incor-
I
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 178. 125
ton and Spencer: northerly by the town of North Brook- porateda3
„,, ^ 1 ' ' ••! Ill- c town of East
held; westerly begninmg at a point m the southerly line oi Brookfieid.
North Brookfieid near the Clifford Harper place, so-called,
on the southerly side of the highway, at the point where
Moore's brook, so-called, crosses the highway; thence south-
erly by said Moore's brook to Dunn brook, so-called; thence
in a southerly direction by said Dunn brook to the west
abutment of the bridge on the state highway; thence south-
easterly in a straight line to the west abutment of the
bridge where the westerly branch of the East Brookfieid
river crosses the Charlton road, so-called; thence southerly
through Quaboag pond to the canal connecting Quaboag
pond and Quacumquasit lake; thence southerly by said
canal to the west abutment of the highway bridge over said
canal at Quacumquasit lake, — in each of the above cases
the "west abutment" is to be construed to mean ten feet
westerly from the westerly face of the abutment, — thence
by the center line between the shores of said lake to its
junction wrth the northerly line of the town of Sturbridge;
and on the south by the northerly line of the town of Stur-
bridge and the town of Charlton, is hereby incorporated as
a separate town to be known as East Brookfieid, and the
town of East Brookfieid is hereby vested with all the powers,
privileges, rights and immunities, and subjected to all the
duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon towns by
the constitution and laws of the commonwealth.
Section 2. The inhabitants of and the estates within Collection of
the town of East Brookfieid, and the owners of all such ^^^'
estates, shall be holden to pay all arrears of taxes which
have legally been assessed upon them by the town of Brook-
field, and all taxes heretofore assessed and not collected
shall be collected and paid to the treasurer of the town of
Brookfieid, and all moneys now in the treasury of the town
of Brookfieid, or that may hereafter be received from taxes
assessed prior to January twelfth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, shall be applied to the purposes for which they
were raised and assessed in the same manner as if this act
had not been passed; and until the next state valuation the Payment of
town of East Brookfieid shall annually in the month of county'texes,
November pay to the town of Brookfieid its proportion of ®'''-
such state and county taxes as may be assessed upon the
town of Brookfieid, said proportion to be ascertained and
determined by the last valuation of the town of Brookfieid,
and the assessors of the town of Brookfieid shall make re-
126
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 178.
Distribution
to said towns
of their por-
tions of pro-
ceeds of income
tax and income
of Massachu-
setts School
Fund, etc.
Support of
paupers.
turns of said valuation and the proportions thereof in the
towns of Brookfield and East Brookfield, respectively, to
the commissioner of corporations and taxation of the com-
monwealth, and to the county commissioners of the county
of Worcester. In the distribution of taxes for the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-one, under chapter tliree hundred
and fourteen of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen and subject to the provisions thereof, except as
is other\\-ise provided herein, the treasurer and receiver-
general shall pay to the town of Brookfield an amount equal
to the difference between the amount of the tax le\ded upon
personal property in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen
in that part of the said towTi which at the time of said pay-
ment constitutes said town and the amount computed by
the said commissioner that would be produced by a tax
upon the personal property actually assessed in said town
for the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one, at the same
rate of taxation which prevailed in the town of Brookfield in
the year nineteen hundred and twenty, and shall pay to the
town of East Brookfield an amount equal to the difference
between the amount of the tax levied in the year nineteen
hundred and sixteen upon personal property in that part
of the town of Brookfield which is at the time of said pay-
ment the town of East Brookfield and the amount com-
puted by the said commissioner that would be produced by
a tax upon the personal property actually assessed in the
town of East Brookfield for the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, at the same rate of taxation which prevailed in
the town of Brookfield in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty. The distribution to said towns for the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-one of their respective portions of
the proceeds of the income tax and of the income of the
Massachusetts School Fund under the provisions of chapter
three hundred and sixty-three of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen shall be made as authorized by
the department of education in substantial conformity with
said provisions.
Section 3. The towns of Brookfield and East Brook-
field shall be liable, respectively, for the support of all persons
now or hereafter needing relief as paupers, whose settlement
was gained either by original acquisition or by derivation
within their respective limits; and the town of East Brook-
field shall pay annually to the town of Brookfield such pro-
portion of all costs for the support or relief of those persons
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 178. 127
now or hereafter needing relief or support as paupers, and
whose settlement by original acquisition or by derivation
was gained by reason of military ser\ace as a part of the
quota of the town of Brookfield, or who cannot be located
on the site whence their settlement was derived, or where
it was acquired, as the valuation of the town of East Brook-
field shall bear to that of the town of Brookfield according
to the last state valuation prior to the giving of such relief
or support.
Section '4. All suits and proceedings at law or in equity, Suits and
where the cause of action in favor of or against the town of at law, etl.^
Brookfield arose before the passage of this act, shall be
instituted and prosecuted or defended by the town of Brook-
field with the same effect as if this act had not been passed,
and the amount recovered in any such suit or proceeding
by or against the. town of Brookfield shall be received or
paid as the case may be by the town of Brookfield, and,
with the addition of costs, expenses and counsel fees, shall
be divided between the towns of Brookfield and -East Brook-
field in proportion to the last valuation prior to the passage
of this act.
Section 5. The towns, without liability further to ac- what property
count therefor, shall severally retain and hold all the real ^d heid^y^
estate and personal property now within their respective towM.*'^^
limits, and shall severally retain and hold such real estate
and personal property situated in the town of North Brook-
field as shall have been used with and acquired for the pur-
poses of the water systems of the respective towns; and the
funds, securities and cash on hand of the town of Brook-
field wherever situated shall remain the property of the
towTi of Brookfield except the fund held for the cemetery
of East Brookfield which shall be transferred to and held by
East Brookfield for said purpose.
The towTi debts existing on the first day of January, nine- Payment of
teen hundred and twenty-one, including therein such debts ^°'"^ ^^'
as have already been duly authorized shall be paid in accord-
ance with their terms by the towTi of Brookfield, and the
town of East Brookfield and the inhabitants thereof are
relieved of any and all liability therefor, except that in-
debtedness incurred during the year nineteen hundred and
twenty for the benefit of either town shall be paid by the
town for whose benefit it was contracted.
Section 6. The town of East Brookfield, until it is To^n-nofEast
otherwise provided by law, shall continue to be a part of cJ^inue to be
128
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 178.
in certain
political dis-
tricts, etc.
Officers of
town of Brook-
field to act
temporarily
for town of
East Brook-
field.
Certain provi-
sion of law not
to applj'.
Calling of town
meeting.
Serving of
warrant.
the third congressional district, of the seventh councillor
district, of the Worcester-Hampden senatorial district, and
the fourth representative district of Worcester county, and
the inhabitants of said town shall vote for a member of
congress, councillor, senator and representative in said dis-
tricts, respectively, in the town of East Brookfield. The
selectmen and clerk of the toA\'n of East Brookfield In each
of said cases shall make returns as if said town had existed
at the time of the formation of said districts. The town of
East Brookfield, until it is otherAnse pro\ided by law, shall
continue to be a part of the judicial district of the western
W'orcester district court of Worcester county.
Section 7. For the year nineteen hundred and twenty
the officers of the town of Brookfield In office on the date of
the passage of this act, shall, both for the town of Brookfield
and the town of East Brookfield, exercise the powers and
perform the duties conferred and imposed by law upon such
officers, and they shall continue to provide for both the
town of Brookfield and the town of East Brookfield for said
year to the same extent as If the to\Mi of East Brookfield
had continued to be a part of the town of Brookfield, until
their successors are chosen and qualified, and for the town of
East Brookfield until the officers of that town are elected.
Section four hundred and thirty of Part V of chapter eight
hmidred and thlrty-fi\-e of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen shall not apply to such officers.
Section 8. Any justice of the peace residing in the
county of Worcester may issue his warrant directed to any
inhabitant of the town of East Brookfield requiring him to
notify and warn the inhabitants thereof qualified to vote In
to^^T^ affairs to meet at the place therein appointed at some
time in the month of January In the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-one, for the purpose of electing town officers of
the towTi of East Brookfield in the manner required by law,
who shall serve until the annual town meeting In nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, or until their successors are elected
and qualified, and for making the necessary appropriations
for carrj-Ing on the work of the town for the ensuing year.
The warrant shall be served by posting copies thereof,
attested by the person to whom the same is directed, in
three or more public places In the town of East Brookfield
seven days, at least, before the time of the meeting. The
justice or, in his absence, the inhabitant required to give
notice of the meeting shall preside until the choice of a
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 178. 129
moderator at the meeting. The town clerk of the town of to'be°pre'Srld.
Brookfield shall prepare and furnish a list of the registered
voters residing within the territorial limits of East Brook-
field, which list shall be used at said meeting and delivered
to the person presiding at said meeting before the choice of
a moderator, and -the town of East Brookfield may call and ^"'^^H^el^etc^
hold caucuses or primaries for the nomination of officers to ^'J''t"°'^'"^*j°J!'g
be elected at said meeting, and shall file, according to law, a etc.
list of such nominations, or file nomination papers for such
officers, with the town clerk of Brookfield, who shall prepare
the ballots for use at the said meeting.
Section 9. All rights heretofore secured to existing cor- Certain cor-
porations upon territory hereby incorporated shall continue to continue,
as though this act had not been passed. The powers and **"■
privileges reserved to the town of Brookfield and the select-
men thereof in any orders, decrees or contracts heretofore
made by the selectmen of Brookfield in the territory hereby
incorporated as the town of East Brookfield, shall inure to
and be exercised by the town of East Brookfield and the
selectmen thereof, respectively, as fully as if said orders,
decrees or contracts had originally been made by the select -
men of East Brookfield.
Section 10. The town of Brookfield shall pay all the Expenses of
expenses of making the necessary surveys and establishing ^eysl^^tc^.""^
the lines between it and the town of East Brookfield, and
the town of East Brookfield shall, in nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, reimburse the town of Brookfield for said ex-
pense.
Section 11. The town of East Brookfield shall receive Reimburse-
from the town of Brookfield a proportional part of whatever Sent of soi^^"
amount may hereafter be paid by the commonwealth or by ueaTet'c""'^'
the United States to reimburse the town of Brookfield for
bounties to soldiers or for state aid heretofore paid by it to
soldiers' families; but from this amount all reasonable ex-
penses may be deducted.
Section 12. All indebtedness of the town of Brookfield ^""^f 'i* ^^- ,
(• 1 • 111 debtedness of
outstandmg at the date of the passage of this act shall be town of Brook-
deemed outside the limit of indebtedness as fixed by chapter deemed out-
seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred indebtedness,
and thirteen. ^*°'
Section 13. The debt limit of the town of Brookfield for Debt limit
the years nineteen hundred and twenty-one, nineteen hun- Brookfield.
dred and twenty-two and nineteen hundred and twenty-
three shall be three per cent of the assessed valuation of the
130
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 179.
Debt limit of
town of East
Brookfield.
taxable property in the town as fixed by the assessors in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty, exclusive of the value of
that property set off as the town of East Brookfield by the
provisions of this act. The debt limit of the town of East
Brookfield for the years nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
nineteen hundred and twenty-two and nineteen hundred
and twenty-three shall be three per cent of the assessed valua-
tion of the taxable property in the territory set off from the
town of Brookfield as the town of East Brookfield as fixed
by the assessors for the town of Brookfield in the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty. For the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-four and thereafter the debt limit for the town
of Brookfield and the town of East Brookfield shall be the
same as for all other towns in the commonwealth.
Towns of Section 14. The towns of Brookfield and East Brook-
East Brookfield field may borrow, in anticipation of the revenue of the year
money??!^ nineteen hundred and twent}'-one, an amount not exceeding
the amount of the total tax levy in the town of Brookfield
for the year nineteen hundred and twenty, plus the bank,
corporation, street railway and income tax received from
the state in the same year. Said amount shall be appor-
tioned between the towns of Brookfield and East Brookfield
in the proportion that the valuation of the property in the
respective towns bears to the total valuation of the town of
Brookfield as fixed by the assessors of that town for the
year nineteen hundred and twenty.
Section 15. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 24, 1920.
Chap. 17Q An Act to provide for the pensioning of foremen, in-
spectors, MECHANICS, DRAWTENDERS, ASSISTANT DRAW-
TENDERS AND STOREKEEPERS IN THE EMPLOY OF CITIES
AND TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The term laborer as used in chapter five
hundred and three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twelve, as amended by chapter forty-seven of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen and by chapter twenty-
one of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen,
providing for the pensioning of laborers in the employ of
cities and towns and as used in chapter four hundred and
thirteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, as
amended by chapter three hundred and sixty-seven of the
Pensioning of
foremen, in-
spectors, me-
chanics, draw-
tenders,
assistant
drawtenders
and store-
keepers in
employ of
cities and
towns.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 180, 181. 131
acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, by chapter seven
hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fourteen, by chapter sixty-three of the Special Acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifteen, and by chapter fifty-five of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, and as
affected by chapter five hundred and thirty-six of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fourteen, providing for the pension-
ing of laborers in the employ of the city of Boston, shall
include foremen, inspectors, mechanics, drawtenders, assist-
ant drawtenders and storekeepers in such employ, except
that no such foreman, inspector, mechanic, drawtender,
assistant drawtender or stj^rekeeper shall receive a pension ■
in excess of four hundred dollars a year.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in any city upon Time of taking
its acceptance by the mayor and city council, or corre-
sponding governing body, and in any town upon its accept-
ance by a. majority of the voters voting thereon at any
town meeting called for the purpose.
Ajjproved March 2^, 1920.
» ~~'
An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay a sum Chav.\^{)
OF MONEY TO JOHN McCOURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston may pay to John McCourt city of Boston
a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars as compensation sum of money
for a wound which resulted in the loss of his left leg, and McCoiS-t.
which was inflicted by the discharge of a revolver in the
bands of a volunteer policeman.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the rouncii^etc!*^
provisions of its charter, provided that such acceptance Proviso,
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the
current year. Approved March 2If., 1920.
An Act relative to certain appointments in the de- Chav.l^l
partment of banking and insurance.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fifty of chapter three hundred and fifty of the i9i9. 350 (G),
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
amended by striking out the words " the duties of the com-
missioner during his absence or disability, and", in the
twenty-first and twenty-second lines, and by striking out
132
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 181.
Certain ap-
pointments in
department of
banking and
insurance by
commissioner
of insurance
authorized.
the word "other", in the twenty-second line, by inserting
after the word "examiner", in the twenty-fourth Hne, the
words: — and such additional deputies, examiners, assistant
actuaries and inspectors as the service may require, — and
by adding at the end thereof the following: — In case of a
vacancy in the office of commissioner, and during his absence
or disability, the first deputy commissioner shall perform the
duties of the office, or in case of the absence or disability of
such first deputy, the deputy commissioner who has been
longest in the service of the division of insurance, — so as
to read as follows: ^ — Section 50. The commissioner of in-
surance shall exercise and perform the functions of the in-
surance commissioner as now provided by law, and he, or a
deputy designated by him, shall be a member of the board
of appeal on fire insurance rates under chapter four hundred
and ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven.
He shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and
consent of the council. The first appointment shall be for
the term of one, two or three years, as the governor may
determine. Thereafter the governor shall appoint the com-
missioner for the term of three years, shall fill any vacancy
for the unexpired term, and may, with the consent of the
council, remove the commissioner. He shall possess the
qualifications and give the bond required of the insurance
commissioner under chapter one hundred and eighteen of
the Re\'ised Laws and chapter five hundred and seventy-six
of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, and shall receive
such annual salary, not exceeding five thousand dollars, as
the governor and council may determine. The commis-
sioner may appoint and remove, with the approval of the
governor and council, a first deputy, who shall discharge
such duties as may be prescribed by the commissioner, an
actuary and a chief examiner, and such additional deputies,
examiners, assistant actuaries and inspectors as the service
may require, and, subject to the civil service laws and rules
where they apply, may appoint and remove such clerical
and other assistants as the work of the division may re-
quire and, subject to the provisions of chapter two hundred
and twenty-eight of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and eighteen, and the rules and regulations made there-
under, and to the approval of the governor and council,
where that is required by law, may fix the compensation of
such persons. In case of a vacancy in the office of commis-
sioner, and during his absence or disability, the first deputy
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 182. 133
commissioner shall perform the duties of the office, or in
case of the absence or disability of such first deputy, the
deputy commissioner who has been longest in the service of
the division of insurance. Apj)roved March 2Jf., 1920.
An Act to provide a new city charter for the city Chav 182
OF HAVERHILL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city government of the city of Haverhill CHy of Haver-
shall consist of a mayor, who shall be the chief executive ment to consist
and as such shall superintend and direct the administration cou'ScirdcSig^
of its municipal affairs through its several departments, afdwm^n, etc.
boards and commissions, a city council of seven members,
to be designated as aldermen, in which shall be vested the
legislative powers of the city, and a school committee of six
members as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. The city election shall be held on the Tues- Date of city
day next following the second Monday in December, and ®'^'^'°°' ***•
the municipal year shall begin at ten o'clock in the forenoon
of the first Monday of January and shall continue until ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the first Monday of January fol-
lowing.
Section 3. At the first city election following the accept- Election of
ance of this act, there shall be elected from the qualified Sen°and school
voters at large a mayor, and from the qualified voters of °°'^'"'"^-
each of the seven wards, one alderman, all of whom shall
hold their respective offices for the municipal year next
following their election. There shall also be elected from
the qualified voters at large, two members of the school
committee, who, with the two remaining members of the
present school committee, shall hold their respective offices
for the municipal year next following their election.
Section 4. At the regular city election in the year nine- Election at sub-
teen hundred and twenty-one, and every second year there- e?ectfo°iL?'*^
after, there shall be elected from the qualified voters at
large a mayor, and from the qualified voters of each of the
seven wards one alderman, all of whom shall hold office for
the two municipal years next following their respective elec-
tion, and three members of the school committee w'ho shall
hold office for the two municipal years next following their
respective election, and three members of the school com-
mittee who shall hold office for the four municipal years
next following their respective election, and thereafter there
134
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 182.
Appointments
by mayor.
Proviso.
Removals.
Hearing.
Vacancies.
Salaries of
mayor and
aldermen.
What names to
be printed on
ballots at
primary
elections.
Proviso.
Political desig-
nations or
marks not to
be printed on
ballots except,
etc.
shall be elected bi-annually three members of the school
committee who shall hold office for the four municipal years
next following their respective election. All the foregoing
officers provided for in this section and in section three shall
be elected by the voters of the city at large.
Section 5. The mayor shall appoint all municipal
officers, with the exception of the city clerk and officials
elected by the people, and all heads of departments and
members of the municipal boards and commissions as their
present terms of office expire, subject to confirmation by
the city council, provided that if the city council fails to
act upon any appointment within ten days after it is sub-
mitted, it shall be considered as confirmed.
The mayor may, "with the appro\'al of a majority of the
members of the city council, remove any head of a depart-
ment or member of a board before the expiration of his
term of office, except officials elected by vote of the people.
The person so removed shall receive a copy of the reasons
for his removal, and shall, if he so requests, be given a hear-
ing by the municipal council, at which he shall have the
right to be represented by counsel.
In case of a vacancy in any office to which appointment
may be made by the mayor, the mayor may temporarily
perform the duties thereof, but he shall not be entitled to
receive any salary or pay attached thereto.
Section 6. The salary of the mayor shall be three thou-
sand six hundred dollars a year, and the salary of each alder-
man shall be three hundred dollars a year. The said salaries
shall be payable in equal monthly instalments, or at such
other times as the mayor and council may determine.
Section 7. Any person who is cjualified to vote for a
candidate for mayor, alderman or member of the school
committee, and who is a candidate for nomination for such
office, may have his name as such candidate printed on the
official ballots to be used at a primary election, pro\ided
that he shall file "with, the city clerk a nomination paper as
hereinafter pro\'ided.
Section 8. No ballot used at any regular or special city
election or any primary election shall have printed thereon
any party or political designation or mark, and there shall
not be appended to the name of any candidate any such
political designation or mark, except that if a plural nomi-
nation paper containing a full list of nominations for mayor,
aldermen and members of the school committee to be nomi-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 182. 135
nated, or a full list of aldermen, or a full list of members of
the school committee to be nominated, with the same letter
of the alphabet at the right of the name of each of such
candidates, is filed with the city clerk duly signed by the
necessary number of legal voters and certified to by the
chairman or secretary of an organization organized to pro-
mote the public welfare, such names shall appear on the
primary ballot with the letter of the alphabet herein de-
scribed, at the right of the name of each candidate near the
square in which the voter marks his ballot, and if such
candidates are nominated at the primary election their
names shall appear, in like manner, on the official ballot
used at the following city election.
Section 9. The city clerk shall seasonably prepare Nomination
blank nomination papers for use in the nomination of candi- frtwiT.'contents,
dates to be voted for at a primary or city election. The ^■'*^'
papers shall state the place where and the day and hour
prior to which signed nomination papers shall be filed.
Such nominations shall be made on the blank nomination
papers so provided, and shall be signed in person by a
number of voters equal in the aggregate to not less than ten
voters for each ward. Nomination papers shall not contain
a larger number of names of candidates than there are
persons to be elected. No nomination paper shall be valid
in respect to any candidate whose written acceptance is
not thereon.
Section 10. Women who are qualified to vote for mem- women may be
bers of the school committee may be candidates for nomina- ^ce'o1*schTOi
tion for that office at any primary election at which candi- ^ni™>"ee-
dates for nomination for that office are to be voted for, and,
at such primary elections for nominations, may vote for,
and only for, candidates for nomination for that office. They
shall file a nomination paper in all cases the same as is re-
quired to be filed by male candidates for nomination for
that office.
Section 11. On the first day, not being Sunday or a Names, etc..
legal holiday, following the expiration of the time for filing for''nom'in%Ton
the above described nomination papers, the city clerk shall *» ^e published,
cause to be published in one or more newspapers the names
and residences of the candidates for nomination and the
offices and terms for which they are candidates for nomi-
nation, as they are to appear alphabetically on the official
ballots to be used at the primary election. The city clerk Preparati9n
shall thereupon prepare the ballots to be used at such pri- baiiotXVpfi-
mary elections.
136
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 182.
Canvass of
returns.
What names to
be printed on
ballots used at
regular or
special city
elections.
Election of
officers at city
elections other
than primary
elections, how
determined.
Blank spaces
on ballots.
Certain elec-
tion laws to
apply.
mary election, and shall cause them to be printed, and the
ballots so prepared shall be the official ballots and the only-
ballots used at the primary elections.
Section 12. On the first day, not being Sunday or a
legal holiday, following the said primary election, the city
clerk shall canvass the returns received from election officers
and shall forthwith determine the result of the canvass.
The two persons receiving at a primary election the highest
number of votes for nomination for an office shall be the
candidates and the only candidates for that office whose
names shall be printed. on the official ballots to be used at
the regular or special city election, and if two or more persons
are to be elected to the same office at any such regular or
special city election the several persons, to a number equal
to twice the number to be elected to that office, receiving
at the primary election the highest number of votes for
nomination for that office, or all such persons, if they are
less than twice the number of those so to be elected, shall
be the candidates and the only candidates for that office
whose names shall be printed on the official ballots to be
used at such regular or special city election.
Section 13. At city elections, other than the primary
election for nominations herein described, the person re-
ceiving the highest number of votes for an office shall be
deemed and declared elected to that office; and if two or
more persons are to be elected to the same office, the several
persons, to the number to be chosen to such office, receiving
the highest number of votes shall be deemed and declared
to be elected; but persons receiving the same number of
votes shall not be deemed to be elected if thereby a greater
number would be elected than are by law to be chosen.
Blank spaces shall be left at the end of each list of candi-
dates for the different offices, equal to the number to be
elected thereto, in which the voter may insert the name of
any person not printed on the ballot for whom he desires to
vote.
Section 14. Except as otherwise provided in this act,
the laws of the commonwealth governing city primaries and
city elections, election officers, voting places for elections,
election apparatus and blanks, calling and conduct of pri-
maries and elections, manner of voting at elections, counting
and recounting of votes at elections, corrupt practices and
penalties shall, so far as applicable, govern primary elections
and special and regular elections in said city.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 183, 184. 137
Section 15. This act shall be submitted to the qualified m^tedTo"
voters of said city at the state election in the year nineteen voters, etc.
hundred and twenty, in the form of the following question
to be placed upon the ballot : — " Shall the city of Haverhill
adopt the form of government defined as Plan B, modified
by an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty?" If a majority of the voters voting
thereon vote in the affirmative, then this act, and the pro-
visions of chapter two hundred and sixty-seven of the Gen-
eral Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, and amendments
thereof, applicable to Plan B not inconsistent herewith, shall
be deemed accepted as provided in said chapter two hun-
dred and sixty-seven. Approved March 24, 1920.
An Act relative to the fixing of municipal tax rates C/iat>.183
FOR THE current YEAR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Assessors of the cities and towns, in fixing the tax rate for Assessors, m
the year nineteen hundred and twenty, may reckon as esti- fo'r currMt* ^
mated receipts, on account of chapter three hundred and r^ki^^nain
fifty-five of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nine- m^lcf^e^Ypts.
teen, such sums as may be authorized by the commissioner
of corporations and taxation. Approved March 24, 1920.
Chap. ISA
An Act to authorize the town of wellesley to ex-
tend its W^ATER supply into the town of WESTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Wellesley may extend its water Town of weiies-
supply system into the town of Weston, including that part i^ i^ter^'^up-
of the town which is used for park purposes and is under the tdwn^of \v^8ton°
control of the metropolitan district commission. The said
town may supply the inhabitants of the town of Weston
with water, and may take over and consolidate with its
water supply system the water supply system now operated
by Charles W. Hubbard of Weston, and also that operated
by the Keewaydin water works of Weston, upon such terms
as shall be agreed upon by the said town with the said
Hubbard and by the town with the Keewaydin water works.
The town of Wellesley, by its water commissioners, may May construct
construct and lay down aqueducts, pipes, and other works, p?pe^s, rt^^'
under or over any lands, water courses, railroads, railways,
'138
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 184.
Payment of
May issue
bonds, etc.
Wellesley
Water Supply
Extension
Loan, Act of
1920.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters of towns
of Wellesley
and Weston.
or other public or private ways, and along such ways in
such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same, and
for the purpose of constructing, repairing, and maintaining
such aqueducts, pipes, and other works, the said commis-
sioners may dig up any such lands, and under the direction
of the selectmen of the town of Weston may enter upon, and
dig up the same in such a manner as to cause the least
hindrance to public travel. Said commissioners shall not
enter upon, construct, or lay down any aqueducts, pipes, or
other works within the location of any railroad corporation,
except at such time and in such manner as they may agree
upon with such corporation, or, in case of failure so to agree,
as may be approved by the department of public utilities.
The town of Wellesley shall pay all damages to property
sustained by any person or corporation by anything done
under authority of this section, which, in default of agree-
ment, shall be determined in the manner provided in the
case of land taken for highways.
Section 2. For the purpose of carrying out the pro-
visions of this act, the town of Wellesley may issue from
time to time bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding fifty
thousand dollars. Said bonds or notes shall be denominated
on their face, Wellesley Water Supply Extension Loan, Act
of 1920, and shall bear such rates of interest as may be
fixed by the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen.
Said bonds or notes shall be payable at the expiration of
periods not exceeding thirty years from their respective
dates of issue and in the manner set forth in section fourteen
of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirteen and all acts in amendment thereof
and addition thereto. Each authorized issue of such bonds
or notes shall constitute a separate loan. Premiums received
on loans hereby authorized shall be used as provided by
general law.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the town of Wellesley and to the voters of the town of
Weston at annual or special meetings of said towns, to be
held within four years from the date of the passage of this
act, and shall take effect upon its acceptance by a major-
ity of the voters in each of said towns voting thereon.
Approved March 24, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 185, 186. 139
An Act kelative to the sale of methyl alcohol. Chap. 1S5
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section one of chapter five hundred and forty-one of the i9io, 541, § 1,
acts of nineteen hundred and ten, as affected by chapter ^ ''" *'^^''
three hundred and sixty of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, is hereby amended by inserting after
the word "alcohol", in the fifth line, the words: — or any
drug or medicine intended for external use which contains
any methyl alcohol, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1. ^c*^not*to°be''
Whoever, himself, or bv his servant or agent, or as the serv- sold unless con-
' •_ 11 1 1 !• tamers are
ant or agent 01 any other person sells, exchanges or deliv- labelled.
ers any wood alcohol, otherwise known as methyl alcohol,
either crude or refined, or denatured alcohol which contains
any methyl alcohol, or any drug or medicine intended for
external use which contains any methyl alcohol, under or
by whatever name or trade mark the same may be called
or known shall affix to the bottle or vessel containing the
same a label bearing the words, "Poison, Not for Internal
Use", in red letters of uncondensed Gothic type not less
than one fourth of an inch in height, and the same words,
"Poison, Not for Internal Use", in stencilled letters of
similar Gothic t;y^e of a size not less than three fourths nor
more than one and one half inches in height for use on
barrels and kegs. Whoever violates any provision of this Penalty,
section shall pay a fine of not less than fifty nor more than
two hundred dollars for each sale in respect to which the
violation occurs. Approved March 24, 1920.
An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay a sum Phnr) 186
of money to JAMES F. WEBBER. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston, by vote of its city city of Boston
council, may pay to James F. Webber of Revere a sum not XmoMy V""
exceeding four thousand dollars, as compensation for injuries w^be^'
sustained by him by being struck by a Boston police patrol
automobile in East Boston on the first day of January, nine-
teen hundred and twenty, by reason of which he became
permanently incapacitated.
140
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 187.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of
its charter, provided that such acceptance occurs prior to
December thirty-first in the current year.
Approved March 24, 1920.
1890, 320, § 9,
amended.
Mayor of city
of Marlborough,
election, duties,
salary, etc.
Chap. 1S7 An Act relative to the salary of the mayor of the
CITY OF MARLBOROUGH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section nine of chapter three hundred and
twenty of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety is hereby
amended by striking out the last two sentences and substi-
tuting the following : — He shall receive an annual salary,
not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars, to be fixed by con-
current vote of the city council from year to year, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 9. The mayor shall be elected
by the qualified voters of the entire city, and shall hold office
for the municipal year beginning with the first Monday of
January next succeeding the election and until his successor
is elected and qualified. The mayor shall be the chief execu-
tive officer of the city, and it shall be his duty to be active
and vigilant in causing the laws, ordinances and regulations
of the city to be enforced, and to keep a general supervision
over the conduct of all subordinate officers. He shall have
the power of veto provided by general law. He may sus-
pend any officer, and may suspend any work or payment,
whether on contract or otherwise, for a period not exceeding
seven days; but in such case he shall report his action with
his reasons therefor to the city council, which shall take
immediate action thereon. He may call special meetings of
the city council or of either branch thereof, when in his
opinion the interests of the city require it, by causing notice
to be left at the usual place of residence of each member of
the board or boards to be convened. He shall from time
to time communicate to the city council or either branch
thereof such information and recommend such measures as
the business of the city may in his opinion require. He
shall, when present, preside in the board of aldermen and
in convention of the two boards, but shall have no vote
except in case of an equal division. He shall receive an
annual salary, not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars, to
be fixed by concurrent vote of the city council from year
to year.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 188, 189. 141
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to'the voters of ^Hted^to'
the city of Marlborough at the state election in the current voters, etc.
year, and shall take effect upon its acceptance by a ma-
jority of the voters voting thereon. This act shall be sub-
mitted in the form of the following question to be placed
upon the ballot : — " Shall the city of Marlborough accept
an act passed by the general coiu"t in the current year au-
thorizing the city council by concurrent vote to fix the
salary of the mayor, from year to year, at a sum not exceed-
ing eighteen hundred dollars?" Approved March 34, 1920.
An Act to establish the compensation of medical (^/j^^jtj jgg
EXAMINERS FOR INVESTIGATING DEATHS PRIOR TO CRE-
MATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter twenty-four of the Revised Laws is hereby R. l. 24, § 22,
amended by striking out section twenty-two and substitu-
ting the following : — Section 22. Medical examiners and ^f°JJJ^dk!^i**°°
associate examiners within their respective districts shall, on examiners for
application and payment or tender of a fee of seven dollars, deaths prior to
..1,,, 1 ,.. -xi cremation es-
view the body and make personal inquiry concermng the tabUshed.
death of any person whose body is intended for cremation,
and shall authorize such cremation only when of opinion
that no further examination or judicial inquiry concerning
the death of such person is necessary.
Approved March 24, 1920.
An Act to enable the united states to acquire (J}iq^j) jgg
CERTAIN lands SITUATED AT POINT ALLERTON IN THE
TOWN OF HULL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 . The consent of the commonwealth of Massa- Consent of
chusetts is hereby granted to the United States of America g^^^dTtT^^*^
to acquire by purchase or condemnation the lands and con- ^'acquire'^cCT-
tiguous riparian and water rights situate at Point Allerton, ^tld ^t^Point*^"
in the town of Hull, and county of Plymouth, common- Aiierton in
wealth of Massachusetts, and described as follows, to wit : —
Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Bluff road at
land of United States, said point being marked by a drill
hole in a stone bound lettered "U. S.", and running south
eighty-nine degrees, nineteen minutes, twenty seconds east
one hundred and twenty-nine and forty one hundredths feet
142 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 190.
by land of United States to a point marked by a drill hole
in a stone bound lettered "U. S.", thence continuing in the
same direction to the sea; then starting again at the point
first mentioned and running northerly by said Bluff road
sixty-five and sixty one hundredths feet to a passageway,
thence running easterly by said passageway one hundred
and thirty feet to the top of the bluff, thence continuing
in the same direction to the sea; containing about seven
thousand four hundred and seventy-five square feet of up-
land, being all the land conveyed by Emery W. Clark to
E. R. Birchard Chapman in nineteen hundred and nine, and
including all appurtenant water and riparian rights.
Jurisdiction SECTION 2. Jm'isdictiou over the said lands is hereby
over said lands iiiiiTT'ir^ i
ceded to United granted and ceded to the United States, but upon the express
condition that this commonwealth shall retain concurrent
jurisdiction with the United States in and over the lands so
acquired, in so far that all civil processes, and such criminal
processes as may issue under the authority of this common-
wealth against any persons charged with crimes committed
without the said lands, may be executed thereon in the
same manner as though this consent and cession had not
been granted. Approved March 24, 1920.
Chap. 190 An Act relative to the minimum space between tene-
ment HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE SAME LOT
IN THE CITY OF REVERE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^i'J^beTween SECTION 1. In the city of Revere the minimum open,
certain build- unoccupicd spacc, extending upward from the ground and
mgs on same lot '^. -^ . . , , p i i i i -i i-
in city of across the entire width or the lot, between any building
Revere .
hereafter placed on the same lot of land with a tenement
house, and the tenement house, shall be twelve feet.
dlfiSSi.'^°^ Section 2. The terms used in section one shall be as
defined in section one of Part I of chapter seven hundred
and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen,
but so much of section seventeen of Part II of said chapter
Certain provi- as is iuconsistcnt herewith, shall not apply to the city of
sion of law not -_ '. 7li-I/^/ < ^^V,
to apply. Revere. Approved March 24, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 191, 192. 143
An Act authorizing the suspension and revocation C hap. IQl
OF certain licenses.
Be it enacted, etc., as follotcs:
Chapter one hundred and two of the Revised Laws is R. l. 102, § 168,
hereby amended by striking out section one hundred and *™''° ^
sixty-eight and substituting the following: — Section 168. Ucenses for
The mayor and aldermen of a city except Boston, and in iiar§!°i^ior
Boston the licensing board, and the selectmen of a town, fo^'bh-^eta,
may grant a license to a person to keep a billiard, pool or rev^bnoL*^
sippio table or a bowling alley for hire, gain or reward, upon
such terms and conditions as they deem proper, to be used
for amusement merely but not for the purpose of gaming
for money or other property, subject to the provisions of
sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and
eighty-nine, inclusive, and may suspend or revoke it at
pleasure. Approved March 24, 1920.
An Act relative to the salaries of the mayor and Chap.V^2
city councilmen of the city of peabody.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Chapter three hundred of the Special Acts 1916, 3oo(S),
of nineteen hundred and sixteen is hereby amended by '^^^^
striking out section eight and substituting the following: —
Section 8. The mayor shall receive for his services such Salaries of
salary, not exceeding tliirty-five hundred dollars a year, as dfy ^uncii-
the city council by ordinance shall determine, and he shall pSibody!*^^ °^
receive no other compensation from the city. The council
may, by a two thirds vote of all its members taken by call
of the yeas and nays, establish a salary for its members not
exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars each a year.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of ^n^eYto "
the city of Peabody at the state election in the current year, voters, etc.
and if accepted by a majority of the qualified voters voting
thereon shall take effect as of the first day of June, nineteen
hundred and twenty; otherwise it shall not take effect.
Approved March 24, 1920,
144 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 193.
Chap.193 An Act to provide for the tk^nsfer of certain
PERSONS TO THE MENTAL WARDS OF THE STATE IN-
FIRMARY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Provision for Uiitil sucli time as the Norfolk state hospital Is vacated
tain inmates bv the United States public health service and returned to
state hospital the control of the commonwealth, or other provision is made
to mental wards <•■! o iTj.1j.j.i'x a. p
of state in- lOF the carc or persons adaicted to the intemperate use or
firmary. narcotlcs OF stimulauts, the commissioner of mental diseases
may, under the provisions of section sixty-nine of chapter
five hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
nine, as amended by section one of chapter three hundred
and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven,
and by chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, transfer to the
mental wards of the state infirmary any inmate of the
Norfolk state hospital who has been duly committed thereto
under the provisions of section fifty of said chapter five
hundred and four, as amended by chapter five hundred
and fifty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen,
by chapter seventy-three of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and fifteen, by chapter sixty-nine of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and se^'enteen, and by section one
of chapter one hundred and thirty-nine of the General
' Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen.
Approved March 24, 1920.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
ExECUTiVH Depaktment, Boston, March 24, 1920.
Act declared an I^ Calvin CooHdge, by virtue of and in accordance with the pro-
bythfgovernor. visions of the Forty-eighth Amendment to the Constitution, "The
Referendum II Emergency Measures", do declare that in my opin-
ion the immediate preservation of the pubUc peace, health, safety
and convenience requires that the law passed on the twenty-fourth
day of March, in the year nineteen hundred and twenty, entitled
"An Act to provide for the Transfer of Certain Persons to the
Mental Wards of the State Infirmary", should take effect forth-
with, that it is an emergency law, and that the facts constituting
the emergency are as foUows : — that serious inconvenience and
injury will be caused the pubHc by the deferred operation of this
Act
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 194, 195. 145
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Office of the Secretary, Boston, March 24, 1920.
I hereby certify that the above statement was filed in this oflSce Secretary's cer-
by His Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massa- fiHng*ofth^
chusetts at four fifty-eight o'clock p.m. on the above date, and in governor's
accordance with Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the ete.^^***"*'
Constitution said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter one
hundred and ninety-three, acts of nineteen hundred and twenty.
ALBERT P. LANGTRY,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
An Act to extend the time within which the special Qhav. 1^4:
COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE JUDICATURE OF THE
COMMONWEALTH SHALL FILE ITS FINAL REPORT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The time within which the special commission, appointed ^jj^l^'^'j.^i
under the provisions of chapter two hundred and twenty- commission to
three of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, judicature of
to investigate the judicature of the commonwealth is required SiTieTt^
to file its final report is hereby extended to the first Wednes- Snded!^
day in January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
Approved March 24, 1920.
An Act relative to the city council of the city of (JJidj) ^95
QUINCY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:
Section 1. The city council of the city of Quincy shall, cjty w)uncii of
, .„ -Ill ir- *=i*y °f Qumcy,
except as neremaiter provided, be composed 01 mne mem- membership.
bers, of whom one shall be elected by and from the qualified
voters of each ward, and three shall be elected by and from
the qualified voters of the whole city. At the first municipal
election held after the acceptance of this act the councillors
elected from each ward shall be elected to serve for one year,
and those elected at large shall be elected to serve for two
years, from the first Monday in January following their
election and until their successors are elected and qualified;
and at each annual city election thereafter the councillors
elected to fill vacancies caused by the expiration of terms
shall be elected to serve for two years. Whenever the Membership to
number of wards of the city is increased, the number of tl^J^^Lm-
members of the city council shall be correspondingly in- ^^^^^3!^**^ ^
creased, and at the first municipal election after the creation
146
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 196.
Election of
an aelditional
councillor at
large.
Termination
of office of
members of
council in ofl&ce
when act is
accepted.
Certain provi-
sion of law not
to apply.
Proviso.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters, etc.
of a new ward a councillor shall be elected by and from the
qualified voters of the new ward, to serve for two years from
the first Monday in January- following his election. When-
ever by reason of an increase in the number of wards the
number of members of the city council would be increased
to an even number, an additional councillor shall be elected
at large by and from the qualified voters of the city to serve
for two years from the first Monday of the following January.
Section 2. The term of office of the members of the
city council in office at the time of the acceptance of this
act shall expire on the first Monday in January following
said acceptance.
Section 3. Section five of Part II of chapter two hun-
dred and sixty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifteen, relating to Plan A, in so far as it is incon-
sistent with the provisions of this act shall not apply to the
city of Quincy: provided, however, that except as changed
by this act, the form of municipal go\ernment now in force
in said city and the special laws relating thereto shall con-
tinue in force until amended or repealed.
Section 4. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of the city of Quincy at the next state election and
shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the
voters voting thereon. The act shall be submitted in the
form of the following question to be placed upon the bal-
lot:— "Shall an act of the general court, passed
in the current year relative to ward represen-
tation in the city council of the city of Quincy
be accepted?" Approved March 24, 1920.
YES.
NO.
C/iap. 196 An Act to provide for setting off by metes and
BOUNDS the land OF TOWN NECK IN THE TOWN OF SAND-
WICH AMONG THE OWNERS THEREOF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The probate court for the county of Barn-
stable may, upon the application of any right-o\vner in the
land known as Town Neck in the toAvn of Sandwich, after
such notice as it may deem sufficient and after hearing, de-
termine the number and class of rights in the said Town
Neck the owners of which are unknown, and may appoint a
commissioner to make sale of the same at public auction.
Net proceeds of SECTION 2. After a salc as aforesaid the commissioner
sale, now to be
disposed of, shall render an account to the court, and the court may
etc.
Rights in land
known as Town
Neck in town
of Sandwich
may be deter-
mined and sold.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 197. 147
order the net proceeds of the sale to be deposited or invested,
to accumulate for the persons entitled thereto, in the manner
and under the provisions of law respecting the deposit or
investment of unclaimed moneys in the hands of executors,
administrators, guardians or trustees, and, if not claimed
within seven years after the date of deposit, the said pro-
ceeds, with interest thereon, shall escheat to the common-
wealth.
Section 3. After a sale as aforesaid the said court, upon Setting off land
the application of any right-owner, may appoint one or bou^d^among
more commissioners, "with the usual powers of such com- °^°®" thereof.
missioners appointed by the probate court, to make partition
of the said land by metes and bounds among the owners
thereof according to their interests and to set off and assign
to such owners their respective shares as nearly as may be,
in accordance with the law and practice relative to partition
of land in the probate court. Approved March 24, 1920.
An Act to authorize the county commissioners of Qjiq/t) 197
THE county of WORCESTER TO BORROW MONEY FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGHWAY. ,
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of paying the cost of laying Worcester
out a highway, including land damages, as authorized by borrow moLy
chapter three hundred of the General Acts of nineteen hun- struc'tion°Cf a
dred and nineteen, the county treasurer of the county of ^^shway.
Worcester, with the approval of the county commissioners,
may borrow such sums as may be necessary, and may issue
bonds or notes of the county therefor. Such bonds or notes
shall be payable by such annual payments, beginning not
more than one year from the date thereof, as will extinguish
the loan within five years from its date, and the amount
of such annual payment in any year shall not be less than
the amount of the principal of the loan payable in any
subsequent year. Said bonds or notes shall bear such rates
of interest as may be determined by the county treasurer
and the county commissioners.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 27, 1920.
148
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 198.
Emergency
preamble.
Chap. 19S An Act to authorize the payment of a sum of money
FOR the improvement OF MALDEN RIVER BY THE UNITED
STATES.
Whereas, The public interests require that the payments
hereby authorized should be made available at the earliest
date possible in order that the commonwealth may take
full advantage of the co-operation offered by the federal
government, therefore this act is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Common-
wealth may
pay a sum of
money for im-
provement of
Maiden river
by United
States.
Appropriation
from which said
money shall be
paid.
Appropriations
to be received
from cities of
Maiden, Med-
ford and
Everett, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sum of thirty-five thousand dollars
may, within one year after the passage of this act, be allowed
and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth and
placed to the credit of the secretary of war of the United
States to meet, in part, a provision in the river and harbor
act of congress, approved March fourth, nineteen hundred
and fifteen, relative to a modified plan of the federal govern-
ment for the improvement of INIalden river, said provision
being "that any increase in cost involved in the execution
of said modified plan shall be paid by local interests and
involve no further appropriation by the United States for
the prosecution or completion of said improvement". The
said amount of thirty-five thousand dollars shall be paid
out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation of one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars which the commission
on waterways and public lands, by the provisions of chapter
one hundred and sixty-two of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, was authorized to expend for dredging
minor channels in and about Boston harbor. The said
amount shall not be placed to the credit of the secretary of
war for use in the improvement of said river until there has
been received by the treasurer and receiver-general of the
commonwealth from the cities of Maiden, Medford and
Everett the amounts appropriated by them under the pro-
visions of chapter two hundred and thirty-seven of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, to the amount
of thirty-five thousand dollars, which sum, in addition to the
money appropriated under the provisions of this act, may
be transferred to the federal government when the federal
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 199, 200. 149
government is prepared to enter Into a contract for carrying
into effect the project of improving the said river.
Section 2. If any part of the thirty-five thousand dol- unexpended
lars paid by the commonwealth as aforesaid remains unex- repafd to im-
pended after the completion of the improvement of the said monweaith.
river, as provided for in the project of the federal govern-
ment aforesaid, it shall be repaid to the commonwealth.
Approved March 27, 1920.
An Act to exempt from jury service certain veteran Qhav 199
SOLDIERS and SAILORS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would largely Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an p^'^^^^ie.
emergency measure, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follmvs:
Chapter three hundred and twentv-seven of the General J^iJ- ^27 (G).
A p • 1111 '^ • 1 1 11*^' amended.
Acts 01 mneteen hundred and seventeen is hereby amended
by striking out section sixty-four and substituting the follow-
ing:— Section 64- Members of the volunteer militia shall ^^ij^j.^ and^""*"
not be liable for jury duty, and any citizen who has served sailors ex-
for nine years in the volunteer militia, or whose total faithful jury service.
service in the volunteer militia and in the United States
army in time of war equals nine years, shall be exempt for
life from jury duty. Approved March 27, 1920.
An Act to provide for the pensioning of public (JJidrt 200
SCHOOL JANITORS IN THE TOWNS OF ANDOVER AND NORTH
ANDOVER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The school committee, official, board or pensioning of
other body having control of the janitors in the service of fanUors^in*^^
the public schools of Andover or North Andover, may retire, Andoverand/
with an annual pension, any janitor in such service who has North Andover.
reached the age of sixty years, after completing a service of
not less than twenty-five years, and who has become physi-
cally incapacitated. The pension shall be equal to one half
of the compensation which the pensioner was receiving at
the time of his retirement, but In no case shall it exceed the
sum of five hundred dollars.
150 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 201, 202.
mitteVto^ Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
voters, etc. ^hc towns of Andover and North Andover at special town
meetings duly called for the purpose, or at any regular town
meeting, and shall take eflFect upon its acceptance by a ma-
jority of the voters voting thereon in each of the said towns.
Approved March 27, 1920.
Chap. 201 An Act to extend the powers of the commission for
THE BLIND,
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
imencfed ^ ^' Scctiou six of chapter three hundred and eighty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and six is hereb}- amended by strik-
ing out the words "and by such other methods as", in the
seventh and eighth lines, and by substituting the words: —
by aiding individual blind persons with money or other as-
sistance, or by any other method, — so as to read as fol-
Powersofcom- lows: — Sectioii 6. The commission, in furtherance of the
mission for the i> ^ • • i j>
blind extended, purposes 01 this act, may provide or pay tor temporary
lodgings and temporary support for workmen or pupils re-
ceived at any industrial school or workshop established by
it, and may ameliorate the condition of the blind by de-
vising means to facilitate the circulation of books, by pro-
moting visits among the aged or helpless blind in their
homes, by aiding individual blind persons with money or
other assistance, or by any other method it may deem
Proviso. expedient: provided, that the commission shall not under-
take the permanent support or maintenance of any blind
person. Approved March 27, 1920.
Chap. 202 An Act relative to the printing of extil^cts from
the laws relating to trespass on farm and forest
LANDS.
^ Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1904. 444^ §3. Chapter four hundred and forty-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and foiu-, as amended in section three by sec-
tion one of chapter two hundred and thirty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and fourteen, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section three and substituting the fol-
Printing and lowing : — Scction 3. It shall be the duty of the commis-
tracts from sioiicr of agricultUTC to have copies of said extracts printed
trespass on ^ *° ou durable material, suitable to be affixed to trees or other-
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 203, 204, 205. 151
wise to be posted in the open air, and to furnish a reasonable [arm and forest
number of such copies to any owner or tenant of land, upon
application, at a price not less than the cost thereof.
Approved March 27, 1920.
An Act to provide further for the reclamation by C/iap. 203
THE department OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE PROVINCE
L.\NDS IN PROVINCETOWN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The department of public works is hereby Department of
authorized to continue the reclamation, improvement and to continue^
protection of the province lands belonging to the common- etc'Tf^prov-
wealth in the town of Provincetown and under the care and provincetown
supervision of said department.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an ap- Time of taking
propriation sufficient to carry out the provisions thereof has ^®®''*-
been made. Approved March 27, 1920.
An Act relative to the retirement of certain Chav.204:
VETERANS IN THE SERVICE OF THE SOLDIERS' HOME IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section one of chapter six hundred and forty-two of the 1913. 642. § 1,
acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby amended by *™^°^^^-
striking out all after the word "retirement", in the sixth
line, so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . A veteran of the Certain vet-
civil war in the service of the Soldiers' Home in Massachu- fee of 'sowLVs'
setts, if incapacitated for active service, may be retired by M^IchUetts
the trustees of the home, with the consent of the governor ™'*^ ^^ retired.
and council, at one half the average rate of compensation
paid to him during the two years immediately preceding his
retirement. Approved March 27, 1920.
An Act to authorize certain appointments by heads Qhav 205
OF DEPARTMEN^TS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OF THE COM-
MON^'EALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Each officer, board and commission having supervision Heads of de-
and control of a state department under the provisions of Coards^and
chapter three hundred and fifty of the General Acts of nine- SmSonweaitt
teen hundred and nineteen, including the adjutant general ^^^ '°^^^^ '^^^'
152 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 206, 207.
«
tain appoint- and the officers, boards and commissions mentioned In sec-
^a?i be exempt tions fifteen and sixteen of said chapter three hundred and
icefaws. ^^' fifty, may, subject to the provisions of chapter two hundred
and twenty-eight of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and eighteen, as amended, and to the rules and regulations
made thereunder, employ a person to serve under such offi-
cer, board or commission in a confidential capacity, and such
employment shall be exempt from the civil service laws.
Appointments and removals made under this act shall be
subject to the approval of the governor and council.
Approved March 21, 1920.
C hap. 20d An Act relative to the sale of rights of unknown
OWNERS OF LAND KNOWN AS JEFFRIES NECK PASTURE IN
the TOWTST OF IPSWICH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1916, 305 (S). Chapter three hundred and five of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and sixteen is hereby amended by striking
Rights in land out scction ouc aiid substituting the following: — Section 1.
fdes^Nedc ^ ' Tlic probatc court for the county of Essex may, upon appli-
fown^of ips- cation of any right owner in the land known as Jeffries
ditermmed'lnd Ncck Pasturc in the town of Ipswich, after such notice as it
sold. may deem sufficient and after hearing, determine the number
and class of rights in said pasture, the owners of which are
unknown, and may appoint a commissioner to make sale of
the same at public auction. Approved March 27, 1920.
Chap. 207 An Act relative to the travel fees of witnesses.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
R. L. 204, § 21. Chapter two hundred and four of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section twenty-one and
Fee? of certain Substituting the following : — Section 21 . The fees for at-
witnesses. tending as a witness before the industrial accident board,
the state board of conciliation and arbitration, in a civil case
in the supreme judicial court, superior court, land court,
probate court or court of insolvency, or to persons, except
the debtor, who are examined under section eighty-two of
chapter one hundred and sixty-three, unless fraudulent con-
duct is charged and proved against them, shall be one dollar
and fifty cents a day ; for attending before any of said courts
in a criminal case, before county commissioners, or before
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 208. 153
the general court, one dollar and twenty-five cents a day;
for attending before a trial justice, police, district or mu-
nicipal court, referee, arbitrator, member of the industrial
accident board, or on any other occasion for which no express
provision is made, fifty cents a day; and in all cases, five
cents a mile for travel out and home: provided, that if the Proviso,
witness has a usual place of business or employment in the
city or town in which the court trial or hearing is held,
travel shall be reckoned out and to such place of business
or employment, and not out and home. Each witness shall ^^^j^^g®",- ^
certify in writing the amount of his travel and attendance.
Approved March 27, 1920.
Chap.208
An Act relative to the protection of wild or un-
domesticated birds.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section seven of chapter ninety-two of the Revised Laws, r. l. 92, § 7,
as amended by chapter two hundred and eighty-seven of the ^*° ' ^™®''*^^'^-
acts of nineteen hundred and three, by section one of chapter
two hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
seven, and by chapter twenty of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and seventeen, is hereby further amended by
striking out said section and substituting the following : —
Section 7. Whoever takes or kills or has in his possession penalty for
a wild or undomesticated bird not named in sections two, certemwUdor
three, four and five, except English sparrows, crow black- ca'tedTi^da,
birds, crows, jays, starlings, the following named birds of '''^•=-
prey, — sharp-shinned hawk, cooper's hawk, goshawk, red-
tailed hawk, red'-shouldered hawk, duck hawk, pigeon hawk,
barred owl, great horned owl and snowy owl, wild geese and
fresh water and sea fowl not named in said sections, or
wilfully destroys, disturbs or takes a nest or eggs of any wild
or undomesticated bird, except such as are not protected by
the provisions of this section, shall be punished by a fine of
ten dollars for each bird taken or killed or had in possession
or each nest or egg destroj'ed, disturbed or taken contrary
to the provisions of this section; but a person over twenty- Exceptions,
one years of age who has a certificate from the commissioner
of conservation or from the president of the Boston Society
of Natural History that he is engaged in the scientific study
of ornithology or is collecting in the interests of a scientific
institution, may at any season take or kill, or take the nests
154
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 209, 210.
Entrance
upon private
grounds, etc.
and eggs of, an undomesticated bird, except woodcock,
ruffed grouse and quail; but the provisions of this section
shall not authorize a person to enter upon private grounds
without the consent of the owner thereof for the purpose of
taking nests or eggs or killing birds. Said commissioner or
the president of the said society may at any time revoke
such a certificate. Approved March 27, 1920.
Chav.209 An Act relative to the taking of affidavits by clerks
AND assistant CLERKS OF COURTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUcnvs:
Any affidavit required in any action or proceeding pend-
ing in any court in the commonwealth may be made and
sworn to before a clerk or assistant clerk of such court.
Approved March 27, 1920.
Clerks and
assistant clerks
of courts may
take certain
affidavits.
1909, 514, § 23,
amended.
Chav 210 A^ ^^^ relative to the protection of persons fur^
"' NISHING materials OR LABOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty-three of chapter five hundred and fourteen
of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended
by striking out the words "with such officers or agents", in
the eighth line, and substituting the words: — in the office
of the county treasurer or in the clerk's office of the city or
town, — by striking out the words " the completion of the
work", in the ninth and tenth lines, and substituting the
words : — the claimant ceases to perform labor or ceases to
furnish labor or materials, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 23. Officers or agents who contract in behalf of any
county, city or town for the construction or repair of public
buildings or other public works shall obtain sufficient secu-
rity, by bond or otherwise, for payment by the contractor
and sub-contractors for labor performed or furnished and
for materials used in such construction or repair; but in
order to obtain the benefit of such security the claimant shall
file in the office of the county treasurer or in the clerk's
office of the city or town a sworn statement of his claim
within sixty days after the claimant ceases to perform labor
or ceases to furnish labor or materials.
Approved March 27, 1920.
Security for
payment for
materials or
labor furnished
for public
works.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 211, 212. 155
An Act relative to the appointment of women as Chap. 211
POLICE officers IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section ten of chapter two hundred and ninety-one of etc^'amelded
the acts of nineteen hundred and six, as amended by chapter
two hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and nine, is hereby further amended by inserting after the
word "efficiency", in the fourth fine, the words: — Women
shall be eligible to appointment in the discretion of the com-
missioner, and a separate list of women shall be established
by the diAision of ci^•il service, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 10. The police commissioner shall have authority Boston iwiice
to appoint, establish and organize the police of said city and may appoint
to make all needful rules and regulations for its efficiency, officers, etc!° '"^
Women shall be eligible to appointment in the discretion of
the commissioner, and a separate list of women shall be
established by the division of civil service. He shall from Appointment
time to time appoint a trial board, to be composed of three etc!'^''' °^ '
captains of police, to hear the cA'idence in such complaints
against members of the force as the commissioner may deem
advisable to refer to said board. Said trial board shall re-
port its findings to said commissioner who may re\iew the
same and take such action thereon as he may deem ad-
visable. Except as otherwise provided herein all the powers
and duties now conferred or imposed by law upon the board
of police of the city of Boston, are hereby conferred and im-
posed upon said police commissioner. All licenses issued by issue and
said police commissioner shall be signed by him and recorded orcertahT
in his office. He shall haxe all the powers of the board of ^i''®"^^^.
police in regard to revoking licenses issued by him, and in
addition may, in his discretion, for any cause deemed satis-
factory to him and without a hearing, suspend and make
inoperative for such period as he may deem proper any
license issued by him. Approved March 29, 1920.
An x4cT TO DISSOLVE CERTAIN CORPORATIONS. Chap.212
Whereas, It is necessary that certain delinquent corpora- Emergency
tions be dissolved before the first day of April in the cur- p'^™^^®-
rent year; therefore, the following act is hereby declared to
be an emergency measure, as necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
156 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
Be ii enacted, etc., as follows:
Certain busij SECTION 1. Such of the foUowing named corporations as
tions dissolved, are not already legally dissolved, are hereby dissolved, sub-
ject to the p^o^^sions of sections fift}'-two and fifty-three
of chapter four hundred and thirty-seven of the acts of
nineteen hundred and three and the amendments thereof: —
Business Corporations.
A. A. Wheeler Company, The
A. Bass Company
A. C. Porter, Inc.
A. Ceppi Company
A. M. Wright, Inc.
A. S. Lauferty Company, The
Aberdeen Pharmacy Company
Abrams and Sawyer Company
Acco Lubricant Company
Acme Time Clock Company
Adams Company, Inc.
Adler, Green Company
Advocate Company, The
Advocate Publishing Company
Adzit Company, The
Aiden Lair Farms Association, The
Al-Insanyeh Publishing Co. (The Humanity)
Albree Self Figuring System Company
Alexander Brothers, Inc.
Algonquin Mineral Spring, Inc.
Allegheny Coke Company
American Aeroplane Company
American Aniline Company
American Artois Brau Company, The
' American Broaching Machine Co.
American Department Store Company
American Egg Company
American Fiber Company
American Fish Stores, Inc.
American Food Conservation Company
American Gas Burner Hot Water Company, The
American Gas Products Co.
American Iron & Metal Company
American Motors Company of Southern Massachusetts,
The
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 157
American Peat Product Company Certain busi-
. _, T ness corpora-
American oellmg Company, Inc. tions dissolved.
American Shoemaking Publishing Company
American Textilose Company
American Watch Tool Company
American Wine Company
American Worsted Machinery Company
Ames Manufacturing Company
Anastasi Life-Boat Company
Andersen Conservatories, Inc.
Andover Steam Laundry Company
Anglo-American Textile Machinery Company
Animated Service Incorporated
Antivlin Laboratories, Inc.
Antoine & Jaquith Co.
Appell-Bradstreet Co.
Arcade Apparel Shop, Inc.
Architects Roofing Company
Argo Tile and Pottery Company, Inc.
Arkin Fastener Co.
Aromatic Chemical Company, Inc.
Arrow Express and Trucking Company, The
Arthur H. DuGrenier Auto Renting Company, Inc.,
The
Atherton-Byard Furniture Company
Atlantic Hat Works, Incorporated
Atlantic Manufacturing Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Atlantic Salt Fish Co. Inc.
Atlantic Shoe & Finding Co.
Atlantis Press, The
Aube Smoke Consumer Company
Auditorium Theatre Company
Auto Bill Post, Inc.
Auto Parts Mfg. Co., Inc.
Auto Time Saver Repair Kit Company
Automatic Air Brake Company
Automatic Fire Arms Company
Automobile Service Stations, Incorporated
Ayer Bus Corporation
Ayer Lunch Company
B. A. Snyder Company
B. B. Freight and Express Company
B. Greenwald Company
158 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
?:fi"it- B. J. Elkind Co.
tiona dissolved. B. Weinberg Company, Inc.
Baker Auto Supply Company
Baker Foundry and Machine Company
Balderston & Co., Incorporated
Baldwin Shipping Company Incorporated
Balkan Shoe Company
Ball & Burnham, Inc.
Ballon Coal Company
Barrington Pharmacy, Inc.
Basler Shoe & Leather Co.
Batchelder & Snyder Company (July 9, 1919)
Battle Cry of Peace, Inc.
Bay State Black Fox Association Inc.
Bay State Candy Box Company (1917)
Bay State Farms, Inc.
Bay State Millinery Co.
Bay State Oil Company
Bay State Paper Company
Bay State Pink Granite Company
Bay State Silver Black Fox Co., Inc.
Beacon Construction Company
Beacon Mortgage & Realty Company
Beauvais Water Heater Company, The
Bellevue Manufacturing Company, The
Bellows Falls Skirt Company
Belmont Courier, Inc.
Belmont Farms Company
Belmont Street Garage Company, The
Ben Franklin Electric Roaster Company
Bence Motor Transportation Company
Bennett Live Stock Company
Bennett Publishing Company, The
Berkshire Brick Company
Berkshire Motor Sales Company, Incorporated
Berkshire Realty Trust Inc.
Berkshire Schools Co.
Bernard Company, The
Bernard Lett Company
Bernitz Method Company
Berstein & Press Company, Inc.
Bestol Company, The (1914)
Bethel Chrome Tanning Company
Beverly Chemical and Supply Company
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 159
Beverly Tool & Machine Co. Certain busi-
-r»'i<>i* T • r^ T '^^^ corpora-
Bickiord Auto-Livery Co., inc. tions diasoived,
Bigheart Petroleum Refining Company
Billings & Johnson Incorporated
Bishop Publishing Company, The
Bituminous Road Implement Company
Blackinton Realty Company
Blackmer Cut Glass Company
Blake-Conlan Co.
Blake Pump & Condenser Co.
Blue Flame Safety Heating Co.
Bluebird Photo Plays of New England Inc.
Bon-Ton Millinery Co., The
Bon Ton Specialty Shop, Inc., The
Bonded Investigation Bureau, Inc.
Boot & Shoe Protective Association of New England,
The
Boston Auto Craft Company
Boston Bag Wood Co.
Boston Blower Company
Boston Consolidated Cap Co.
Boston Domestic Sponging Co.
Boston Economy Store, Inc.
Boston Feature Film Company
Boston Iron & Metal Co.
Boston Loan Company (1916)
Boston Lock Nut Co.
Boston-Miami Lead & Zinc Company
Boston Motion Picture Exposition Company
Boston Motor Transportation Co., The (Aug. 7, 1919)
Boston Motorcycle Sales Co.
Boston Oil and Gasolene Company
Boston Oregon Mast Company
Boston Polish Company
Boston, Quincy and Fall River Bicycle Railway Com-
pany
Boston Sash Weight Company
Boston Silver Black Fox Company, The
Boston Soda Fountain Company, The
Boston Starter and Specialty Company
Boston Team Owners' Supply Company
Boston Trading and Fruit Company, The
Boston Veterinary Hospital, The
Boulder Grange Live Stock Company
160 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
Certain busi- Boutwell, Dcwsnap & Field, Inc.
ness corpora- t) i • V-i mi
tions dissolved. Isowdom Company, The
Bowers Arms and Munitions Company
Bowers IManufacturing Co.
Bowie Manufacturing Company, The
Boyce-McIntjTc Inc.
Boyd Transportation Company, The
Bragdon-Jones Company
Brennan & Palmer, Inc.
Brennan Mfg. Co.
Bridgham and Smith Company
Briggs and Allyn Manufacturing Company
Briggs Electric Company
Brightwood Garage Company
Brockton Family Shoe Store, Inc.
Brockton Garment Manufacturing Company
Brockton INIacaroni Company, The
Brockton Overland Company, The
Brockton Spa, Inc., The
Brockton Webbing Company
Brockton Welting Company
Brookline Motor Service Co.
Brophy IManufacturing Company
Brown-Conant, Inc.
Brown-Foster Company
Brown's Enamel Works, Inc.
Bruce & Warner Express Co.
Bryant G. Smith & Sons Co. (Jan. 2, 1917)
Buffalo. Leasing Company
Bulfinch Realty Company
Bunch- A-Loo Costumes Inc., The
Bundy, Maislein Lumber Company
Bunker Bancroft Co.
Bunker Hill Breweries Incorporated
Burbank & Ryder Varnish Company
Burbank Engraving Co.
Burdett Stain & Blacking Company
Burke Taxi and Cab Company
Burns System, Incorporated
Butcher the Grocer, Inc.
- Byer Upholstering Company
Byrnes Motor Company, Incorporated
Byron Chandler, Inc.
C-A-C Lubricants Company
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 161
C. A. Orcutt Co., The ^'s*^'!-^ «-'
C. B. Cook Laundry Company tions dissolved.
C. B. Edwards Co., The
C. C. Blaney Co.
C. E. George, Incorporated
C. E. Robinson Company
C. F. Dahlborg & Sons, Inc.
C. H. McMillen Co. Inc.
C. H. Smith Co. (1917)
C. J. Kelly Co.
C. S. Russell Company
C. V. Ryan Company
C. W. Weeks Company
Cafe Milano Company
Cahill Manufacturing Company
Callahan & Holmes, Incorporated
Cambria Auto Tire Exchange, Inc.
Cambridge Brass Company
Cambridge Color and Chemical Company
Cambridge Iron Works
Cambridge Lunch Co.
Cambridge Obtrude Associates Inc.
Cambridge Riding School, Inc.
Cambridge Shoe Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Cambridge Trucking Company
Camdorox Realty Company
Cameo Distributing Co.
Cameo Manufacturing Company
Campello Automobile Company
Campello Lumber Company
Canton Company
Cape Ann Therapeuterion (Incorporated)
Cape Cod Fish Products Company
Cape Cod Food Conserve Co.
Capitol Company, The
Carancho Company, The
Carlburt Company, Incorporated, The
Carr Mines Company, The
Carroll-Lewis Antique Company
Carter, Carter & Meigs Company
Carter-Crane Company, Inc., The
Cary Company, The
Castle Cigar Co., The
Castle Furniture Company
162 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
nifcifrX" Cattle Fair Hotel
tions dissolved. Celero Drug Companj^ The
Cement Specialty Manufacturing Company, The
Cementum Cloth Company
Central Pharmacy, Inc.
/ Central Tobacco Company
Chambers Investment Company
Chandler Bog Company
Chapman & Brooks Co.
Chapman Crystal Spring Water Company, Inc.
Charles J. Jacobs Company
Charles Lerner Company
Charles Motor Company
Charles Spring and Forge Company
Charlesgate Club, Inc.
Chas. A. Hartwell, Inc.
Chase Press, Inc., The
Chavenson & Son Co., Inc.
Cheshire Pottery Co.
Chicago Biscuit Company
■" Chicopee Journal Publishing Corporation
Child Acme Cutter and Press Company, The
Choralcelo Company of Massachusetts
Chung Hua Trading Company, Ltd., The
Cinderella Producing Company, The
City Hall Lunch Co.
Clair Brothers, Incorporated
Clark & Dupre Mfg. Co.
Clary-Schervee Company, The
CUngfast Rubber Heel Company
Coaster Operating Company
Cobb Control Manufacturing Company
Coca Cola Bottling Company of Pittsfield, Mass.
Cochato Manufacturing Company
Colgate Service, Inc.
Colonial Amusement Company of Springfield
Colonial Company, The
Colonial Products Company
Colonial Publishing Company
Columbia Securities Company
Commonwealth Realty Company
Commonwealth Sausage Company
Commonwealth Tobacco Company
Commonwealth Toy Corporation
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 163
Conant & Golan Company c^^am bus^-
Conant, Incorporated tions disaoived.
Concord Company, Inc., The
Connecticut Valley Screen Company
Connecticut Valley Screen Co. Sales Corporation
Consolidated Rubber Company
Construction Sand & Gravel Corporation.
Consumers' Ice Company of Gloucester
Copley Motor Devices Company
Cosmopolitan Wet Wash Laundry Co.
Cottage Park Hotel Corporation
Couch Turbine Mixer Company, Inc.
Coughlin Manufacturing Company
Cowen Company
Crahan Advertising Service, Inc.
Crolac Process, Inc., The
Crown Counter Box Toe Company
Crown Laboratory Co.
Croxford Auto Rim Tool Company
Culver Manufacturing Company
Cunningham & Sons Co.
Cunningham Supply Co.
Curtis Marine Turbine Company of the United States
Cushing Medical Supply Company
Custom House Tire Co.
Cut Price Tire Co.
Cutter, Fletcher & Company Incorporated
Crystal Amusement Company, The
D. & C. Producing Company
D. S. Simpson & Co., Inc.
Dana Hardware Company
Daniel E. Coogan Company
Dartmouth Hotel Company
David H. Pruyn Co.
Da\idson Press, The
Da\ies Engineering Company
Davis Manufacturing Corporation
De Lue & Company, Inc.
Deerfield Pulp Co.
Des Arts Studios, Incorporated
Dexter Mfg. & Rubber Company ' •
Dillard Anthony Candy Company
Dine Manufacturing Company, The
Dinsmore Drug Co.
164 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
S^Mr^ra'- Doane Automatic Machine Company
tioDfi dissolved. Dolgeville Housing Association, Inc.
Dominican Shipping Company
Donnelly Mfg. Co.
Dorr & Barnwell, Inc.
Downing Inc.
Drummond Supply Company, Inc.
Du-Flex Sole Company
Dumas Lumber Company
Dunbar-Daggett Company, The
Duplex Truck Company of Boston
Duquesne Trading Company
Durland Counter Company
Dynamo Garage, Incorporated
E. A. Mitchell Company
E. & S. Nipple Company
E. B. Hall Shoe Company
E. B. McLean Company
E. C. Quimby, Incorporated
E. C. Woodman Company of Boston, Inc.
E. C. Wright Block Company
E. Chickering Studio, Inc.
E. F. Peirce Compan;s^
E. Hermann Company
E. J. Caron Amusement Company
E. M. Corthell Co.
E. M. Hollidge Company
E. P. Gage Company
E. P. Hirst Company
E. R. Grabow Company (1912)
E. S. Stacy Machine Co.
E. T. Barrett Co., The
E. V. Earle, Incorporated
Eagles & Rodney Co.
East Boston IMercantile Marine Co., Inc.
East Gloucester Ferry Company
Eastern Consolidated Amusement Company
Eastern Fishing Company
Eastern Fruit Syrup Company
Eastern Furniture Company
Eastern Luminous Indicator Company
Eastern Purchasing and Trading Company
Eastern Purchasing Corporation
Eastern Registration & Guaranty Company
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 165
Eastern Zinc Company Certain busi-
— , T ji V^ ''^^ corpora-
Economy Leather Co. tions dissolved.
Economy Thread Company
Edson Fire Proofing Company
Educational Associates, Incorporated, The
Edward DriscoU Co.
Edward P. Brock & Company, Incorporated
Edwdn A. Davis, Inc.
Efiingham Produce Company, Incorporated
Egidu Company
El Placer Company, The
Elcar Company of New England
Eliot Consolidated Company
Elliott Safety Appliance and Train Control Company
Elmer E, Cole Company
Embossograph Co., The
Emerson Company
Endurance Tire and Rubber Co.
Eno Welt Shoe Company
Equity Lunch Company, The
Era Manufacturing Company
Esco Mfg. Co.
Essex Machine Corporation
Essex Marine Railway Corporation
Essex Motor Car and Supply Company
Essex Realty Company
Everett Bag Wood Company
Everett Metal Products Company
Everett Shoe and Leather Company
F. Archibald Companv
F. D. Munn & Son, Inc.
F. E. Coppenrath Company
F. J. Adams Company
F. J. Nevins Transfer & Auto Co.
F. J. Timmons Company
F. S. Perkins Company
Fall River Cash Trading Stamp Company
Fall River Iron and Metal Company
Family Laundry Company of Maiden
Farm, Incorporated, The
Farm Products Company
Feaster Film Feed Co.
Federal Color & Chemical Co.
Federal Construction Corporation
166 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
nes^iTrpoTi- Federal Hardware and Electric Co.
tions dissolved. Federal Packing and P^ese^^•ing Company
Fellsway Garage Compam-
Fenway Laundry, Incorporated
Fiberite Heel & Leather Co.
Fibre Leather Company
Fibre Products Manufacturing Co.
Field Oil Company
Figaret Chemical Company
Finard Bros. Inc.
Fisher Corporation, The
Fisher, Florist, Incorporated
Fitchburg Polish Co-operative Company, The
Fitzgerald Construction Co.
Flex Sectional Innersole Company, Inc.
Flynn Garage, Inc.
Foley's Clothing Store (Incorporated)
Ford & Allen (Inc.)
Fore River Co-operative Association
Foreign Language Record Company Inc., The
Forest Hills Storage and Warehouse Company, The
Foundry' Liquidation Company
Francis E. Perkins, Incorporated
Franco- American ^lachine Tool Company
Franco-American National Hall Corporation, The
Frank B. McGrane Co. Inc.
Frank E. Wright Leather Company
Frank L. Brown Inc.
Frank Tucker Drug Company
Franklin ]\Iotor Car Co. of Worcester, Mass.
Franklin Realty Company
Franklin Wine Company
Franmor Shoe Company
Fred C. Henderson, Inc.
Fred F. Field Holstein Company, The
Freedman-Stahl Baking Company ^
French Booterie Co., The
Friend St. Wine & Grocery Co.
Frost Hardware Company
Fuller Ink Company, Inc.
G. A. Paul Lumber Company
G. E. Thomas Company
G. Ernest von Elten & Co., Inc.
G-S Machine Tool Co.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 167
Gardner and Sprague, Inc. Certain busi-
^-,, , rr-M J r>. '^css corpora-
uardner i heatre Company tions dissolved.
Garfield Piano Company
Garnet Abrasive Company
Gas Safety Appliance Company, The
Gem Amusement Company
Gem Manufacturing Company
General Realty Corporation «
General Supplies Company
Geo. E. Dunbar Company
Geo. F. Emmons Co.
George F. Hewett Co.
George H. Snow Company
George M. Briggs, Incorporated
George Osgood Co.
George W. Macauley Company
Geo. W. Torrey Company
Gibbons Truck Body Company
Gibbs Heddle Company
Gile Aeroplane Engine Company
Gile Motor Company
Gile Stationary Engine Company
Gile Submarine Engine Company
^ Gile Tractor Engine Company
Gillette Safety Razor Company of Canada, Limited
Gillette Safety Razor Ltd.
Gladstone and Schwartz Inc.
Glidden Brick Company
Globe Button Works, Inc.
Globe Feature Film Corporation, The
Globe Furniture Company, Inc.
Globe Gauge and Tool Company
Gloucester Manufacturing Company, Incorporated
Glue Specialties Company, The
Gnecco Brothers, Incorporatetl
Gold & Croston Co.
Goldstone Extension Mining Company
Goldstone Mining Company, The
Goodell Tool Company
Goodell's Cut Price Auto Supply Company
Goodman-Howe Company
Gordon's Department Store (Inc.)
Gosnold Transportation Company
Grandun Film Company
168 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
Certain busi-
ness corpora-
Granite State Mica Company
tions di^ived. Graphic Arts Company, The
Greater Boston Specialty Company
Greek-American Review Company
Green Mountain Creamery Company
Grueby Pottery Company
Gubitosi Kowal Company
Guerini Stone Company
Guy T. Mitchell Company, The
H. & M. Amusement Co. Inc.
H. Appleby & Co., Inc.
H. B. Gordon Company
H. C. Wood Co. Inc.
H. D. Smith Company
H. Frederick Meyer Corporation
H. I. Gould Company
H. Kaufman Company, Inc.
H. Lisker & Co. Inc.
H. O. & E. H. Harriman, Inc.
H. S. Mott Company
H. W. Hakes Manufacturing Company
H. W. Lakin Company, The
H. W. Mackiernan Inc.
' Haigh Aniline Company, The ,
Hamblet and Wren, Inc.
Hampden Munitions Company
Hampden Optical Company
Hancock Press, Inc., The
Hancock Provision Co.
Hancock Tailors Inc.
Handy Welt Shoe Co., (Inc.)
Hannah Bradford Incorporated
Harriman Construction Company
Harrington Marine Co.
Harris Poorvu Inc.
Harry McRae Webster Productions Incorporated
Hart Renting & Power Company
Hartley Loop Weave Company, The
Harvard Baby Food Company
Harvard Illustrated, Inc., The
Harvard Novelty Company
Harvard Sand and Gravel Company
Harvard Watch and Jewelry Shop, Incorporated, The
Haskell Paper Box Company
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 169
Haskell, Sutherland Companv Certain busi-
' . '^ /iX/-i/i\ ness corpora-
Hassam raving Company (1906) tions dissolved.
Haven House Co.
Hayes & Five Company
Hebrew Public INIarket, Inc.
Henderson Dairy Company
Henry Blewett & Son, Inc.
Henry S. Dowe Company
Henry Small Co.
Henry T. Bulman Corporation
Higgins-Gardner Company
Highland Milk Company of Holyoke
Highland Press, Incorporated, The
Higrade, Incorporated, The
Hill & Michie Motor Sales Company
Hill Machine Works
Hill-Michie Company, The
Hillcrest Farm (Inc.)
Hinckley Manufacturing Company
Hislop-Kelly Company
Hoffecker Company, The
Hoffman Paint & Varnish Co.
Holden Graves Company
HoUiston Auto Company
Holt-Shattuck Company
Holton-Frue, Incorporated
Holyoke Baking Company, The
Holyoke Hotel Company
Holyoke Motors Company
Homestead Realty Co.
Honytone Manufacturing Company
Hooker-Mossberg Corporation
Horace K. Turner Company
Horgan-Scanlan Detective Agency, Inc.
Hotchkin & Co. Incorporated
Hotel Devens Company
Hotel Victoria Operating Co.
Hough and Jones Company
Howard Remedy Company
Hub Advertising Company
Hub Cornice & Sky Light Company
Hub Furniture Company
Hub Pictm-es Corporation
Hub Rain Coat Company, The
170 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
Certain busi
ness corpora
Hutchinson Baking Co.
tions dis'soived. Hydc Park Grocery Co.
Hyde Park Lithuanian Co-operative Association
Hyde Wheeler Company
Hygienic Ice Manufacturing Company
I. Charak Company
Ideal Cooking Utensil Company, Inc.
Ideal Gas Machine Co.
Ideal Manufacturing Co.
Ideal Wall Paper & Decorating Co.
Importers Company, The
Independent Photoplay Company
Indian Head Overall Company
Industrial Chemical Company
Industrial Service & Equipment Company
International Amusement Company
International Instrument Company
International Land and Title Company
International Lubricants Company
International Trade Exchange, Inc.
International Transportation, Inc.
Inter-State Boston Co.
Inter-State Chemical Corporation, The
International Production Company
Interstate Rubber Company
Interstate Transfer Company
Interstate Transportation Co.
Irish Creek Tin Mines, Inc.
Iryco Tanning Co.
J. C. Haartz Inc.
J. F. Marks Co.
J. G. Wilde Coal Co.
J. H. & G. L. Atwood, Incorporated
J. H. Bellamy Co.
J. H. Ferguson Company
J. J. Shea Co., Inc.
J. L. Carle Company
J. R. Whipple Company
J. V. Spare Dry Goods Co., The
J. W. Gorman's Amusement Attractions, Inc.
J. W. Manufacturing Company
J. Wolfe Finkel Company, Incorporated
Jackson Motor Car Company
Jalisco Mining Co.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 171
Jamaica Plain Apartment Trust Inc. Certain busi-
■t^ ness corpora-
James Company, The tio°s dissolved.
James Crotty Shoe Company
James E. Brickett, Inc.
James I. Brooks & Company, Incorporated
James O. Safford & Company Incorporated
James S. White Company, Inc.
James T. Corcoran Company
Jameson's x4pparel Shops, Inc.
Jennings Leather Company, Inc.
John A. Ricker Company
John Breen, Undertaker, Incorporated
John C. Kiley Incorporated
John Cashman and Sons Co.
John Chmiell Company
John D. Kiely Company
John E. Leahy Construction Co. Inc.
John Evans Company
John F. Milner Company, The
John J. Powers Company
John Lawler's Sons Incorporated
John P. Cavanagh Company
John R. Feeley, Inc.
John Schmid Construction Co. Inc.
Johnson & Streeter Inc.
Johnson-Port Co.
Johnson Vapor Heating Company
Johnson's Real Estate Agency, Inc.
Joseph Levitt Co., Inc.
Jos. M. Wade PubUshing Co., The
Josiah Webb & Company, Limited
Junction Market Inc.
K. L. MacLean Company
Kasino Company
Keene Skirt Company
Keith Hotel Co. Inc.
Kemworth Company, The
Kendall Manufacturing Company
Kentucky Food & Grain Co.
Kero-Karburetor Company
Keystone Stoker Company
Kilgour Boiler Setting Company
Kim Distributing Co.
King Granite Machine Company
172 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
Certain busi-
ness coipora'
King Philip Operating Company
tions diisoived. Kingsburv-Bendslev Company
Knights & Co. Inc.
Knitted Padding Company (1880)
Knojah Shock Absorber Company
Krantzman's Market, Inc.
KroU Manufacturing Co.
Kunz-Wheeler-IVIoffat Company
Kyle Mining Company, The
L. B. Bigelow Co.
L. C. Thayer Company
L. Carreau & Son, Incorporated
L. E. Parsons Co. Inc.
L. M. Cotton Inc.
L. Mitchell Company
L. P. C. Laboratories, Inc.
Lake ^^Tiittier Land Co.
Lang Music Publishing Co.
Lauferty Sales Corporation
La\an-Rich-Poorvu Leather Co. Inc.
Lawncrest Inn Company
LawTcnce Amusement Company, The
Lawrence & Kendall, Inc.
Lawrence Spaghetti Manufacturing Corporation
Lawyers Title & Mortgage Guaranty Company
Legal Premium Company
Lehnert Textile Machinery^ Company
Leominster Co-operative Association, Inc.
Leominster Drug Company
Leominster Novelty Co.
Leominster Paper Box Company
Levensons Inc.
Lever Transportation Company
Lewis J. Hewitt Company
Lewis J. Selznick Productions Inc. of New England
Lewis, Vaughan Manufacturing Co., The
Libby Manufacturing Company
Liberty Burner Company, Inc.
Liberty Coal Co.
Liberty Construction Company
Liberty Crankshaft Company
Liberty Jewelry and Diamond Shop, Inc.
Liberty Oil Company
Liberty Products Company
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 173
Liberty Thread Company Certain busi-
io-r.1 /^ T 1 ''^^ corpora-
Lmcoln & r arker Company Incorporated tions dissolved.
Lincoln & Parker Film Company
Lincoln Garment Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Lincoln Trading Company
Lithuanian Co-operati\'e Association of Easthampton
Lithuanian, Polish and Russian Co-operative Association,
Waltham, Mass., Incorporated
Lithuanian Socialist Co-operative, Inc.
Lithuanian Workers' Corporation
Little Eliminating Company
Lloyd D. Holton Company
Lorenz Company, The
Loud's Express Inc.
Lowe Brothers Company
Lowell Burlap Manufacturing Company
Lowell Market Gardeners' and Fruit Growers' Associa-
tion, Incorporated, The
Lowell Street Garage, Incorporated
Luminous Manufacturing Company, Inc., The
Lux Bros, and Thompson Manufactm-ing Company
Luxus Company, The
Lynn Evening News Company
Lynn Leather Company
Lynn Storage Batter\- Co. Inc.
Lyons Manufacturing Company, The
M & G Aircraft Company
M. F. Smith Heating Company
M. G. Saul, Incorporated
M. J. Crowlev Company
M. J. McCabe Co.
M. L. Yunes Company
M. Paul Bean Corporation
Macalaster, Wiggin Company
MacDonald Brothers Company
Machinerj^ & Metals Sales Company
MacGregor-Carter Company
MacNeil Jewelry Company
MacRitchie, the Parts Man, Inc.
Magee Furnace Company (1868)
Magee Furnace Company Inc. (1915)
Magnano Company, Incorporated, The
Magneto and Generator Exchange of New England, Inc.
Maine Coast Marine Co.
174 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
Certain busi-
ness corpora-
Maintien Bros. Company
tions dissolved. Maiden Bagging Company, The
Maiden Box Company, Inc.
Malone Brothers, Inc.
Manchester Cast Stone Products Company
Manee Novelty & Metal Company
Maple Twin Packing Co., Inc.
Marathon Pharmacy Incorporated, The
Marcille Theatrical Enterprises, The
Marin Furniture Company
Marlborough iSIetal Work Co.
Marshfield Laundry, Inc., The
Massachusetts Adjustment Bureau of the Credit Asso-
ciation Inc.
Massachusetts Businessmen's Bureau, Inc.
Massachusetts Cone Company
Massachusetts Confectionery Company
Massachusetts Construction Company
Massachusetts Copper Casting Company
Massachusetts Merchant's Protecti^'e Association Inc.
Massachusetts Mills In Georgia
Massachusetts-Oklahoma Oil Company
Mass. Property & Business-Men's Protecti\e Associa-
tion Inc.
Mass. Shoe Mfg. Co.
Massachusetts Sprinkler and Equipment Company
Massachusetts Tire and Rubber Company
Massachusetts Woolen Company
Matthews Company, Incorporated
Maurice Yozell Corporation
Max Zang & Co., Inc.
Maynard Oil-Gas Burner Company
McCabe Manufacturing Company
McNaull Tire Company of New England
McNeil Manufacturing Company
McPhail Player Manufacturing Company
Meisel Lithograph Company
Mercantile Vehicles Corporation y
Merrimac Hat Company
Messer Manufacturing Company, The
Metropolitan Realty Associates, Inc.
Mevis Advertising Company, The
Michaelense Publishing Company
Middlesex Amusement Company
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 175
Middlesex Biscuit Co. Certain busi-
Middlesex County Creamery Company Inc. tions dissolved.
Midland Chief Mines Company
Milford Consolidated Company, The
Mill River Motor Co.
Miller and Goldberg Company
Minnesota Flour, Mill and Grain Company
Mitchell the Stationer, Incorporated
Mobec Metals Company
Modern Advertising Company, The
Modern Embroidery Co.
Modern Farm Equipment Company
Modern Garage & Auto Supply Co.
MoHair Laboratories, Inc.
Moistite Manufacturing Company, The
Monte Amusement Company
Moore-Blades, Inc.
Moore Mfg. Co., Inc.
Morgan's Selling Serxice, Inc.
Morrill Lumber Company
Morton Brothers Company
Mosaic Rug Company
Motor Truck and Tire Sales Company
Movable Window Display Company
Mullen Leather Co.
Murphy Coal and Wood Company
Murphy Construction Co.
Murray & Tregurtha Company
Mutual, Inc., The
Mutual Medical Association, Inc.
Mystic Mica Company
Mystic Valley Garage, Inc.
Mystic Wire & Brass Works, Inc.
Nadell Clothes Shops of New England, Inc.
Nantasket Amusement Company
Narragansett Ice Manufacturing Company
Nathan D. Dodge Realty Company
National Construction Company
National Elevator Guide Rail Lubricator Company
National Interstate Transportation Company
National Premium Advertising Company
National Shooting Galleries Company
Nauifts Co.
Neponset Wet Wash Laundry, Inc.
176 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
^S^rSS-" New Bedford Independent Athletic Association, Inc.
tioue disaoived. j^cw England Auto. & Tire Ex., Inc.
New England Biographical Societj% Inc., The
New England Bureau of Tests, Incorporated
New England Club Hotel Association, Inc.
New England Cooperative Society
New England Cotton Tie Company, The
New England Dri Kure Sales Company
New England Farm and Cattle Company, The
New England Feed and Fuel Company ^
New England Herring Importing Company
New England Iron & INIetal Corporation
New England Lumber & Construction Co., The
New England Magazine Company
New England Mechano-Chemical Laboratories, Inc.
New England Motion Picture Company Inc.
New England Oil Company
New England States Fireproofing Company
New England Tire Fabric Co.
New England Toy Co.
New England Upholstering Co., Inc.
New England Valuation Company
New England Vending Co.
New England Vitanola Talking Machine Company
New England Woolen and Bag Co. Inc.
New Hampshire Pork Products Company
New York Herring Market Co.
Newark Lunch Company, The
Newbury Specialty Company
Nichols Shoe Company
Nielsen Brothers Company, Inc.
No-Scent Manufacturing Company
No Slip Pulley Plating Company
Nonantum Dyers, Inc.
Norcross Brownstone Company
Norfolk Development Company
Norfolk Shoe Shop, Inc.
North American Fruit Co., The
North Andover Co-operative Society, The
North End Baking Company
North Main Garage Company
North Shore /imusement Company
North Star Printing Company
North St. Beef Co., Ltd.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 177
Northeastern Importing and Exporting Company Certain busi-
■» T , I T, /-I ness corpora-
JNortnern rJrass Company tiona dissolved.
Northern Specialtj^ Company
Novelty Skirt Company
Oksas Express Co.
Old Colony Bowling Company, Inc.
Old Colony Broken Stone and Concrete Company
Old Colony Coal Company
Old Colony Construction Company
Old Colony Cotton Company
Old Colony Gem Co.
Old Colony Transportation Company, Inc.
Old Corner Drug Store, Inc.
Oldham & Ranahan Company
Oliver Films Inc. of New England
Omido Chemical Company
Optical Lens Company
Oregon Galena Mines Company
Overland Chemical Company
Owen Goldsmith & Company, Incorporated
Owen Magnetic Car Company of Boston
Oxford Realty Company
P. F. Shea Company
P. J. Gaffney and Company, Inc.
P. J. Reid Corp.
Pabulum Company, The
Pacific Carbon Products Company
Pacific Products Corporation
Package Machinery Company. (1913)
Packwood-Northwood Glass Co.
Panco Dental Company
Panco Mfg. Co.
Paragon Pictures, Inc.
Parcel Transfer Company
Paresky & Co., Inc.
Paris Style Button Company
Park Avenue Garage, Incorporated
Parke Davis Sales Company Incorporated, The
Parker- Wood Manufacturing Company
Parks-Osgood Company
Patterson Auto Company
Peabody Tanning Company, The
Peerless Products Company
Peerless Shoe Company, The
178 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
nSstri^r. Pembroke Inn, Inc.^
tions dissolved. Pennsylvania Gasoline Company
People's Cloak & Suit Co.
Peoples Hog Farms, Inc.
Peoples Silver Fox and Fm* Company, The
Pequot Shirt Company
Perrine & Cathcart, Inc.
Pet Stock and Seed Store of New England, Incorpo-
rated
Petroleum Corporation of Massachusetts
Picardie Woven Fabrics Company
Pigeon Cove Co-operative Association, The
Pine Street Garage Inc.
Pingree Company of Lawrence
Pitt Real Estate Repairing Co.
Pittsfield Publishing Company
Plunger Elevator Company
Plymouth Consolidated Cranberry Company
Plymouth Public Market, Inc.
Plympton Garage Incorporated
Plympton Manufacturing Company
Poledo Coat Company, Inc., The
Portland Drug Co.
Postoff-Belsky Co.
Potter-Malcolm Co., The
Powdrell Manufacturing Company
Practical Politics, Inc.
Premier Carbonating Company
Premier Lunch Company
Pressed Aluminum Company
Presto Manufacturing Company
Prismatic Auto Light Company
Prospect Park Company, The
Protectocash Register Company
Providence Churning Company
Providence Ice Cream Company
Prudential Cloak and Suit Company
Public Ser\dce Auto Bus Co.
Putnam & Winton Company, The
Pyro-Febrin Company, The
Pyro-Pin Manufacturing Company, The
Quaker City Varnish Co. Inc.
Quality Sausage Company
Queen Mills Incorporated
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 179
Quick Lock Demountable Rim Company Certain busi-
Quincy Manufacturing Co., The tions'diS^i^ed.
Quirk Automatic Manufacturing Company
R. A. Corroon & Company, Inc.
R. A. Fash Ice Cream Company
R. B. Currier Company
R. Bardenheuer Co.
R. C. Richardson Company
R. E. Kerwin Co.
R. F. Hudson Company
R. V. Almstrom Company
Rabbi Isaac Elchonon Aid Association
Radding & Company, Inc.
Rambler Motor Car Co., Inc.
Randolph Mutual Association
Rawson Products Company
Read Brothers Company
Reading-Boston Express Company
Record Newspaper Company
Reducing Machine Company, The
Renton Motor Car Company
Republic Manufacturing Company, The
Retail Grocers Bread Company
Revere Varnish Company
Rhode Island Worsted Yarn Company
Richford Consolidated Company
Richmond Farmers' Cooperative Exchange
Rider & Finnigan, Inc.
Rider-Bagg Company, The
River Manufacturing Company
Robbins Shoe Company
Roberts-Lamb Company, The
Roblin-Schiller Company
Robust Motor Company, The
Rosary Floral Co.
Roslindale Hardware Company
Ross and Lee Company
Rothbard-Blake Shoe Company
Rounds Electric Company
Rovulco Inc., The
Roxbury Furnace & Heating Company
Royale Drug Company, The
Rubber Research Corporation
Ruby and Columbia Investment Company
180 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
Certain busi
ness corpora-
Ruby Mica Company
tions di^olved. RufuS Coffin & Co., IllC.
Ruggles Chair Company, The
Rush Motor Sales Co.
Russian Cooperative Association of U. S.
S and C. Shoe Company
S and F Protection Auto Light Company, The
S. G. Parker Company
S. G. ShaghaHan & Co., Inc.
S. S. Shepard Drj- Battery Co., The
S. Sulkin Manufacturing Company, The
Safety Gas Lighter Co.
St. James Amusement Company, The
Sales Corporation General
Sam C. Smith Company
Samuel C. Hathaway Company
Sanders & Wason Co.
Sandler Shoe Company
Sandy Bay Fish Co., Inc.
Sanigenic Products Company
Sanispoon Company, The
Sanitary Paper Cup Company
Savoy, Berlin, Savoy, Inc.
Saxwood Mfg. Co.
Selfeedo Brush Company
Serial Producing Company
Service Garage, Inc., The
Shapiro Bros. Company
Sha\dt-Marks Company
ShawTne Press, Inc.
Shawmut Optical Company
Sheedy and Kollins, inc.
Shelloid Company, The
Sheppard Remedy Company
Sherman Film Releasing Co.
Sherman Welton Company
Shortstop Publishing Company, The
Shuman Fur Co., The
Signal Motor Truck Co. of New England
Silver Auto Parts Company
Simplex Self Hoisting Machine Company
Sippewissett Club Inc., The
Skating Rinks, Inc.
Smith-Croscup Leather Co.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 181
Smith Foundry and Manufacturing Company n^*^^ ^*l^r
Smithmade Suspender Company tiona dissolved.
Sobieski Co-operative Association, The
Society Films, Incorporated
Somerset Company, Inc.
Somer\Tlle Cottage Hospital Inc., The
Somer\dlle Olympia Company
Soule Art Publishing Company
South American Importing Company
South American Mercantile Company, Inc.
South Boston Investment Association, Inc.
South Lincoln Dairy Company
South Village Investment Company
Southern Cross Trading Company
Southern Minerals Corporation
Southern Production Co.
Spar-Ught Company
Special Tool Company
Speedometer Parts Company, The
Spencer Board of Trade Corporation
Spencer Screw Corporation, The (1917)
Spencer Specialties Company
Sprague, Nugent Company
Spring Farm Poultry Company
Springfield Automotive Dealers' Association, Inc.
Springfield Products Corporation
Springfield Roofing and Plumbing Company
Standard Commercial Body Company
Standard Dress Co.
Standard Harness and Saddlery Company
Standard Lighting and Heating Company, Incorporated
Standard Machiner>^ Co.
Standard Paper Tube Works
Standard Products Company
Stanwood Manufacturing Co.
Star Island Steamboat Co.
Star Laundrj^ Company of Methuen
Stationery Liquidation Company
Steere-Meder Pro\asion Company
Sterling Auto. Supply, Incorporated
Sterhng Oil and Refining Company
Sterling Realty Co. Inc.
Sterling Sales Company
Sterne Bros. Co.
182 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
Certain busi-
ness corpora-
Stevens-Crosby Company
tions dissolved. Stockbridge Body Company, The
Stone-Peter & Co. Inc.
Stone Wire Goods Company
Storage Battery Ser\ace Company
Stoughton and Randolph Transportation Company
Stratton Press, Inc., The
Strong-Bradj^ Company Incorporated
Student Waist Co., The
Success Farms Incorporated
Suffolk Cone Company, Inc.
Suffolk Decorating Company
Suffolk Improvement Company Inc.
Sumatra Coffee Company
Superintendent and Foreman Company, The
Superior Toggle Company, Inc.
Surpass Shoe Company
Swampscott Standard Garage Inc.
Sydney H. Lippa Company, Incorporated
Sylph Costume Company, The
T. A. Cromwell & Son Company
T. J. Broderick Company
T. J. Flynn Metal Works Inc., The
Tanlac Sales Company of Massachusetts, Inc., The
Taunton and Pawtucket Street Railway Company
Taunton Hebrew Loan Association, Inc., The
Temple Place Loan Co.
Ter Bush and Powell, Inc.
Thayer, Kohn & Beyer Company
Thomas Box Company, Inc.
Thomas F. Duffy Company
Thomas J. Shea Company
Thompson Construction Company
Thor ]\Iotorcycle Company
Tokio-American Trading Company
Toomey and Demara Operating Company, The
Torreys & Company, Incorporated
Totem Manufacturing Company
Toy Town INIanufacturing Co.
Toy Town Sport Garments Inc.
Tractors Sales Company, Inc.
Tremblaj^-Hathaway Inc.
Tremont Costume Company
Trinity Real Estate Co. (Inc.)
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 183
Triton Phonograph Company of Boston, The Certain busi-
Truckmen's Transportation Exchange, Inc. tions dissolved.
Trussell Hay Harvesting Machinery Company
Tube-Brush Co.
Twin-Rim Company
U. S. Turbine Mfg. Co.
Undertakers Supply Corporation
Underwood-Philbrick Motor Car Company
Uni-Form Company, The
Uniform Flour Mills Co.
Union Ice Company
Union Laundry Company of Boston
Union Plumbing and Heating Supply Company
Union Security Corporation
Union Shoe and Leather Co.
Union Truck Company, of New England, Inc.
Unique Dress Company
United Detective and EflSciency Service, Inc.
United Hardware Company
United Label & Tag Co.
United Protective Association, Inc.
United Shoe Repairing Corporation
United Shows Co.
United States Potato Company
United States Transfer Advertising Company
United Swedish Societies Building Association of Cam-
bridge, Inc.
United Wholesale Company
Universal Interstate Express Company
Universal Remedy Company
Universal Rotary Refrigerating Company
Universal Snap-Fastener Co. '
Universal Telephone and Telegraph Company of Massa-
chusetts
Universal Trolley Wheel Company, The
University Realty Company
Utica Treeing Machine Company
Utilities Manufacturing Company
Uxbridge and Whitinsville Transcript Publishing Com-
pany
Valpey Land Company
Vermont Hydro-Electric Corporation
Vershire Company, The
Vibrotone Wire Mfg. Co.
184 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212.
^t°rS Victor Shoe Machinerv^ Co. (1911)
tions dissolved. Victory Candy Company
Victory Lunch Company (Jan. 20, 1919)
Victory Manufactm'ing Company
Vigor Remedies Co.
Vineyard Haven Gas and Electric Light Co., The
Vroom Brothers Company
Vulcan Leather Fibre Co.
W. & E. W. LaCroLx, Inc.
W. E. Connors Shoe Company
W. H. EUison Hardware Co.
W. H. Graham Company of Boston
W. H. Graham Company of Springfield
W. H. Graham Company of Worcester
W. P. Whittemore Company
W. R. Marshall & Co., Inc.
W. S. Kilton Company
Wade Machine Company, The
Wadleigh Company
Wahneta Lunch Co.
W^aldo Brothers Incorporated
Walk Hill Garage Company
Walker, Johnson Motor Company
Walker Military Ring Company
W' alker Truck Company
Walker's South Boston Express, Incorporated
Walter Webb, Inc.
Waltham Theatres Incorporated
Walworth Construction and Supply Company
Ward Insurance Agency, Inc.
Ware Park Realty Co.
Warren & Gerrish, Incorporated
Warren L. Carpenter Company, The
W'arren Market Inc.
Warren Mills & Power Company, The
W^aterproof Paint Co., The
Watertown Garage, Inc.
Wear Wrench Company
Weather-all Converting Company
Webster Bakery Corporation
Weiss-O'Connor Shoe Co.
Wellington Cafe, Incorporated
Wellington Hill Garage, Inc.
Wentworth of Mattapan, Inc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 212. 185
West End Hardware and Plumbing Supply Co., The SX™-'
West Lynn Lithuanian Co-operative Market, Inc. t'^"^ diasoived.
West Newton Hardware Co. Inc.
West Medford Automobile Company
West Stockbridge Mutual Telephone Company
Western Massachusetts L-o-n-g-f-o-r-d Auto Parts
Company, The
White Eagle Brewing Company
White-Merrill Company
White Oil Soap Company
White Star Confectionery Company '
Whiton and Haynes Company
Whittemore Corporation, The
Wikstrom Mechanical Specialty Company
Wilder Ice Company, The
William C. Coveney Company
William E. Turple Company
Wm. H. Pierce Bureau of Investigation Inc., The
William J. Meek Inc.
William N. Hamel & Co., Inc.
Wilson's Window Wonders, Incorporated
Winchester Tool Company
Windsor Mountain Camps, Incorporated
Winer's Specialty Shop, Inc.
Winter Auto Repair Co., The
Woburn Cement Block Company
Woburn Development Company
Woburn Lyceum Hall Association
Woman's Achievement Publishing Company, The
Wood River Mines Inc.
Woods Steel & Process Corporation
Worcester Coal Co. Incorporated
Worcester County Farmers Cooperative Exchange
Worcester Flexible Tubing Company, The
Worcester Motor Car Company
Worcester Pants Co., Inc.
Worcester Raincoat Company
World Electric Machinery Company, Inc.
World's Products Company Inc.
Wrendot Mfg. Co.
X-Ray & Electrode Company
Yale Plating & Mfg. Company
Yarmouth Fisheries Company
Yerxa Market, Inc.
186
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 213.
Certain busi-
ness corpora-
tions dissolved.
Zenith Lamp Company
Zoccola Company, Inc., The
Zunner Machines Company
Certain chari-
table and other
corporations
dissolved.
Charitable and Other Corporations.
Bet Hamedrash Agidas Israel, The
Brockton War Chest Association
Co-operative League, The, (1906)
Pending suits
not affected,
etc.
Proceedings in
suits upon
choses in
action, how
brought, etc.
Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
affect any suit now pending by or against any corporation
mentioned herein, or any suit now pending or hereafter
brought for any liability now' existing against the stock-
holders or officers of any such corporation, or to re\dve any
charter previously annulled or any corporation previously
dissolved, or to make valid any defective organization of any
of the supposed corporations mentioned herein.
Section 3. Suits upon choses in actions arising out of
contracts sold or assigned by any corporation dissolved by
this act may be brought or prosecuted in the name of the
purchaser or assignee. The fact of sale or assigimient and
of purchase by the plaintiff shall be set forth in the writ or
other process; and the defendant may avail himself of any
matter of defense of which he might have availed himself in
a suit upon the claim by the corporation, had it not been
dissolved by this act. Approved March 29, 1920.
Chap. 213 An Act to authorize the appointment of officers for
attendance upon the supreme judicial, superior, pro-
bate AND LAND COURTS FOR THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The sheriff of the county of Worcester may
appoint, subject to the approval of the justices of the superior
court, officers for attendance on the sessions of the supreme
judicial, superior and land courts and the court of probate
and insoh'ency for the county of Worcester.
Section 2. Officers appointed under section one may
serve all orders and processes of any of said courts or of the
district attorney, may summon witnesses, and may serve
venires for jurors throughout the county, and for such pur-
poses shall have the same authority as constables in the
several cities and towns.
Sheriff oi
Worcester
county may
appoint certain
court oflBcers.
Powers, etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 214. 187
Section 3. Said officers shall annually receive from the Salaries,
county of Worcester in full for all services performed by ™' ^^°'''
them such salaries as the justices of the superior court may
fix, and ten cents a mile for travel out and home once a week
during attendance at court when the distance exceeds five
miles one way; and they shall also receive from the county
their actual expenses necessarily incurred in discharging
their official duties aforesaid. The county shall also pay
the premium on their official bonds.
Section 4. The sheriff for said county may designate chief court
one of the court officers appointed hereunder to act as chief e^^^^' *^"*'®^'
court officer for attendance upon the supreme judicial and
superior courts for said county. Such officer, in addition to
his regular duties as court officer, acting under the orders of
the sheriff, or in case of his absence or disability, shall super-
vise, direct and assign the officers of said courts.
Section 5. The provisions of sections seventy-four, Certain pro-
seventy-seven and seventy-eight of chapter one hundred and to^appV.
sixty-five of the Re^'ised Laws, and chapters one hundred
and thirty-four and seven hundred and twenty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, and all acts in addition
thereto or in amendment thereof, shall apply to the officers
appointed hereunder.
Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 30, 1920.
An Act to authorize the town of cohasset to pay an Chap. 214:
annuity to henry e. brennock.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Cohasset may pay an annuity, Town of
not exceeding tliree hundred dollars, to Henry E. Brennock, pay aTanniSty
so long as he lives, the said Henry E. Brennock ha\'ing de- Bre^n^k.^'
voted more than forty years of his life to the ser\'ice of the«
town in various official capacities.
Section 2. The act of the town of Cohasset at its annual ^f^towS ^*'°°
meeting on the eighth day of March in the current year confirmed.
whereby it voted to pay to Henry E. Brennock an annuity
of three hundred dollars is hereby confirmed and made valid
to the same extent as if the vote had been passed under the
pro\isions of this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 30, 1920.
188
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 215, 216, 217.
Town of
Marblehead
may pension
Lucretia S.
Ireson.
Certain action
of town
validated.
Chap. 215 An Act to authorize the town of marblehead to pay
A pension to lucretia s. ireson.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Marblehead may pay an annual
pension, not exceeding five hundred dollars, to Lucretia S.
Ireson, formerly a teacher in the public schools of that town.
Section 2. The action of the town of Marblehead at its
annual town meeting on February tenth, nineteen hundred
and twenty, in appropriating the sum of four hundred dollars
as a pension to Lucretia S. Ireson is hereby declared to be
valid to the same extent as if it had been passed under the
provisions of this act.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 30, 1920.
Chap.21Q An Act authorizing the suspension of intelligence
OFFICE licenses.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and two of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section twenty-eight and
substituting the following: — Section 28. Licensing author-
ities may suspend or revoke the license of any keeper of an
intelligence office w^ho \'iolates any provision of the three
preceding sections, and in addition thereto he shall be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more
than fifty dollars for each offense.
Approved March 30, 1920.
Chap. 217 An Act to permit fraternal benefit societies to
FORM and operate A HIGHER RATE CLASS OF MEMBERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:
Section twenty-two of chapter six hundred and twenty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended
by section three of chapter six hundred and seventeen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby further
Fraternal bene- amended by adding at the end thereof the foUowdng: — In
may fLf^and rcrating its members or for the purpose of placing itself on
a sounder financial basis, such domestic society and such
foreign society now admitted to this commonwealth, if it be
not in conflict with the laws of its domicile, may, if " legally
solvent" as defined in this section, establish by its constitu-
R. L. 102, § 28,
amended.
Intelligence
office licenses
may be sus-
pended or re-
voked, etc.
1911, 628, § 22,
etc., amended.
operate a
higher rate
class of
members.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 218. 189
tion and laws a separate class of members who shall make
mortuary contributions on the basis prescribed in clause d of
section twelve, as amended by chapter one hundred and
five of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, to
which class all new members who from time to time join the
society shall be assigned, unless such new member or mem-
bers shall othermse elect, and all present members may at
their option be transferred at the prescribed rates for such
class. The mortuary contributions of such class shall be Mortuary
placed in a separate account and used only for the benefit S.w used!°°^'
of the members of that class or of their beneficiaries. In
case of a society which has established such higher rate class
whose contributions are held and used as herein set forth
the "additional contributions" or "extra rates" specified
in this section shall be required only of the members of the
class or classes respectively where the deficiency in contribu-
tions is apparent, and each class shall provide for its own
deficiency. Any class of a domestic society failing so to do
shall be subject to the receivership provisions set forth in
section twenty-four. A foreign society which has legally Foreign
established such a class in its home state and whose consti- ^*"^ '^'
tution or by-laws require the segregation and use of the
mortuary contributions of its members as herein set forth
may be admitted to this commonwealth with respect to
such class upon compliance with the laws of this common-
wealth not in conflict with this provision.
Approved March 30, 1920.
An Act relative to the care of graves of soldiers Qfiav 218
AND sailors by CITIES AND TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Chapter one hundred and twenty-two of the acts of nine- i9i4, 122, § 1,
teen hundred and fourteen is hereby amended by striking ^™®°'^«^-
out section one and substituting the following: — Section 1. otloidielTInd
In every city and town there shall annually be appointed by ^^j^^^nd
the mayor of the city or by the selectmen of the town a towns.
citizen of the city or town, preferably a person who has
served in the army, navy or marine corps of the United
States in time of war or insurrection and who has been
honorably discharged from such service or released from
active duty therein, whose duty it shall be to see that every
cemetery lot where there is a grave of any person who has
so served is suitably kept and cared for. If the cost of such
190
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 219.
Money ap-
propriated,
how expended,
etc.
care and maintenance is not paid by private persons, or by
the trustees of the cemetery where any such grave is situated,
it shall be paid by the city or town; and cities and towns
are hereby authorized to appropriate money for this purpose.
Money so appropriated may be expended directly by the
city or town or may be paid over to the trustees or manager
of any cemetery in which any such grave is situated; but
the sum so paid over in any year shall not exceed for each
grave the sum charged for the annual care and maintenance
of like lots in the same cemetery, or, if no such charge is
made in that cemetery, then it shall not exceed the sum
charged in other cemeteries in the same city or town for the
said service. Approved March 30, 1920.
R. L. 19, § 25,
etc., amended.
C/iap. 2 19 An Act relative to the civil service standing of
PERSONS WHO ENTER THE MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE
OF THE UNITED STATES IN TIME OF WAR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section twenty-five of chapter nineteen of
the Revised Laws, as amended by section one of chapter one
hundred and sixty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and eighteen and by section one of chapter fourteen of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out the words "one year", in
the seventh line and in the twenty-third line, and substi-
tuting in each case the words: — two years, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 25. Any person who resigns from or
leaves the classified public service of the commonwealth or
of any city or town therein or who is discharged, suspended
or granted a leave of absence therefrom, for the purpose of
serving in the military or naval forces of the United States
in time of war, and who so serves, shall, if he so requests of
the appointing authority within two years after his honorable
discharge from such military or naval ser\ace or release
from active duty therein, and if also, wdthin the said time,
he files with the ci\dl service commission the certificate of
a registered physician that he is not physically disabled or
incapacitated for the position, be reappointed or reemployed,
without civil servdce application or examination, in his
former position, provided that the incumbent thereof, if any,
is a temporary appointee; or, if his former position has been
filled by a permanent appointment, he shall be employed in
a similar position in said department, if a vacancy exists
Civil service
standing of
persons who
enter military
or naval
service of
United States
in time of war.
Proviso.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 220. 191
therein. All appointments hereafter made to fill vacancies certain
caused by the military or naval ser\'ice of the former incum- appointments
bent shall be temporary only, and no temporary appoint- |2)rary^(?^iy.
ment heretofore made to fill any such vacancy shall be made
permanent during the present war or until the expiration of
two years thereafter.
Section 2. Section two of said chapter one hundred and 5^2,^6^° ^^^'
sixty, as amended by section two of chapter fourteen of the amended.
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out the words "one year", in
the sixth line, and substituting the words: — two years, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 2. A person whose name suspension
is on any eligible list or register of the cixdl ser^'ice commis- [[3°°* ''''^*^'®
sion at the time of his entering the military or naval service
of the United States in time of war shall be suspended from
such eligible list or register; but upon his request, made at Restoration to
any time within two years after his honorable discharge from
such service or release from active duty therein, his name
shall be restored thereto for the remainder of his period of
eligibility, provided that he files with the civil service com- Proviso,
mission the certificate of a registered physician that he is
not physicall^^ disabled or incapacitated for the position.
Appromd March 30, 1920.
Chap.220
An Act to establish in the city of malden a board
of appeal relative to building construction and
maintenance.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There shall be established in the city of ^®^i illative
Maiden a board to be known as the board of appeal, con- to building
sisting of five members, three of whom shall be the inspector etc.. estab-
of buildings, the chief of the fire department and the chair- o'f Maiden.'*^
man of the assessors of taxes, ex officiis, and two shall be
appointed by the mayor subject to confirmation by the
board of aldermen.
One of the members appointed by the mayor shall be a Membership,
practical builder or architect and the other shall be a lawyer. ?e"m 0^*'°"^'
The term of office of the members so appointed shall be °^°^' *^*'=-
three years, except that the term of one of said initial ap-
pointees shall expire on the first day of March, nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, and the term of office of the other
initial appointee shall expire on the first day of INIarch, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three. The mayor may remove Removals and
vacancies.
192
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 220.
Compensation.
Proviso.
Members to be
residents of
Maiden, etc.
Inspector of
buildings to be
chairman.
Method of
appeal upon
refusal of
building
permits by
inspector of
buildings.
Powers,
decisions, etc.,
of board.
Proviso.
Appeal upon
refusal of
permits, etc..
any member by him appointed, with the consent of the
board of aldermen, and may fill all vacancies. The members
appointed by the mayor shall each receive as compensation
for liis services the smn of ten dollars a day for each day of
actual service: provided, that no member shall receive more
than two hundred dollars in any one year.
The members of said board shall be residents of the city
of Maiden. No member shall act in any case in which he is
interested, and in case any member is so disqualified or is
absent from illness or other cause the remaining members
shall designate a substitute. Every decision of the board
shall be in writing and shall require the assent of at least
three members. The inspector of buildings shall be chairman
of the board, but shall have no vote except in case of a tie.
Section 2. An applicant for a building permit whose
application has been refused by the inspector of buildings
may appeal therefrom "within thirty days to the board of
appeal. A person who has been ordered by said inspector
to incur any expense may, within ten days after being
notified of such order, appeal therefrom by giving notice in
writing of his appeal to the said inspector. The notice, or a
certified copy thereof, shall at once be transmitted by the
inspector to the board of appeal. After notice given to such
persons as the board shall order, a hearing shall be held, and
the board shall affirm, annul, or modify said refusal or order.
The board may dispense with and vary the application or
enforcement of the building ordinances and regulations of
said city in cases which do not appear to them to be within
the intent of said ordinances or regulations, or in cases
where a literal interpretation thereof would result in mani-
fest injustice, provided that the dispensing decision shall
have the approval of at least four members of the board and
shall not conflict with the spirit of the building laws, or of
said ordinances or regulations. Such a decision shall specify
the \'ariations allowed and the reasons therefor, and shall be
filed in the office of the said inspector within ten days after
the hearing. A certified copy thereof shall be sent by mail
or otherwise to the applicant and a copy kept publicly posted
in the office of said inspector for two weeks thereafter. If
the order or refusal of the inspector is affirmed, such order
or refusal shall have full force and" effect. If the order or re-
fusal is modified or annulled, the said inspector shall issue a
permit in accordance with such decision. The provisions of
this section shall also apply to the refusal of a permit or to
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 221, 222. 193
a similar order of the inspector of wires and of the inspector by inspector of
ft 1 1 • ft • J 'x wires or
01 phimbmg 01 said Clt}'. • inspector of
Section 3. Methods of construction or maintenance ^j"^gg^^'
equivalent to those required by the provisions of said building methods pf
ordinances or regulations may be allowed with the written etc., may be'
consent of the inspector of buildings and of the board of ^ ^'"'
appeal, and the same shall in all cases be specified. A record
of the required method and of the equivalent method allowed
shall be kept in the office of the said inspector. It shall be Report to be
the duty of the board of appeal to submit to the mayor on mayor. ^
or before the first day of February in each year a report
giving a summary of all its decisions, together with such
recommendations for revision of the building ordinances and
regulations as may seem to it ad\4sable.
Any requirement necessary for the strength or stability of ^fet*^'?e'*!ure-
anv proposed structure or for the safetv of the occupants ""ents to be
"^ ^ dGtcrmiEiGcl dv
thereof, not specificall}' covered by said building ordinances inspector of
or regulations, shall be determined by the inspector of build- ^ *°^^'
ings, subject to appeal. The board of appeal shall have Further powers
such further powers and duties, not inconsistent with law, board""'""
as the city council may by ordinance from time to time
prescribe.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance To be sub-
by vote of the city council of the said city subject to the pro- ^uncii,*etc!*^
visions of its charter, provided that such acceptance occurs Proviso.
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved March 30, 1920.
An Act to provide for the weekly payment of scrub- Cfiaj) 221
WOMEN EMPLOYED IN THE STATE HOUSE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The scrubwomen employed in the state house bj' the scrubwomen
superintendent of buildings shall be paid weekly. st'^t'e°h^ouse°
Approved March 30, 1920. '^^^x^^^
Chap.222
An Act relative to the right of way at the inter-
section OF certain ways.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Every driver of a motor or other vehicle approaching an Right of way
intersecting way as defined in section one of chapter five of cwtain^'ways
hundred and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
nine, shall grant the right of way at the point of intersection
194
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 223, 224.
Proviso. to vehicles approaching from his right, provided that such
vehicles are arriving at the point of intersection at approxi-
mately the same instant; except that whenever traffic offi-
cers are standing at such intersection they shall have the
right to regulate traffic thereat.
Approved March 30, 1920.
Chap. 22'^ An Act relatr^e to notice and claim for compensa-
tion UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section eighteen of Part II of chapter seven
hundred and fifty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
eleven is hereby amended b}' adding at the end thereof the
words: — or if it is found that the insurer was not prejudiced
by such want of notice, — so that the last sentence of the
said section will read as follows : — Want of notice shall not
be a bar to proceedings under this act, if it be shown that
the association, subscriber, or agent had knowledge of the
injury, or if it is found that the insurer was not prejudiced
by such want of notice.
Section 2. Section twenty-three of Part II of chapter
seven hundred and fifty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and eleven, it being a new section added to the said chapter
by section five of chapter dxe hundred and seventy-one of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, which new section
was amended by chapter one hundred and nineteen of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end thereof the words: —
or if it is found that the insurer was not prejudiced by the
delay, — so that the last sentence thereof will read as fol-
lows : — The failure to make a claim within the period pre-
scribed by section fifteen shall not be a bar to the mainte-
nance of proceedings under this act if it is found that it was
occasioned by mistake or other reasonable cause, or if it is
found that the insurer was not prejudiced by the delay.
Approved March 30, 1920.
Chap 224 An Act to authorize the atlas trust company to
establish an additional branch office in the city
of springfield.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Atlas Trust The Atlas Trust Company is hereby authorized to estab-
may establish Hsh a braucli officc iu that district of the city of Springfield
an additional '' tr o
1911, 751, Part
11. § 18,
amended.
Workmen's
compensation
act, want of
notice not a
bar to pro-
ceedings if
insurer is not
prejudiced
thereby, etc.
1911, 751, Part
II, § 23, etc.,
amended.
Failure to
make claim
not a bar to
proceedings if
insurer was not
prejudiced
thereby, etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225. 195
known as Indian Orchard, provided that the said branch fn^svingfefd.
office is established within six months after the passage of Proviso.
this act. Approved March 30, 1920.
An Act making appropriations for the rl\intenance (Jfidj) 225
OF DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS
AND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMOmVEALTH, FOR
INTEREST, SINKING FUND AND SERL\L BOND REQUIRE-
MENTS, AND FOR CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. To provide for the maintenance of the Appropriationa
several departments, boards, commissions and institutions, nance of
of sundry other ser\dces, and for certain permanent improve- efc^raS^'^*^^'
ments, and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums gi'nrin^g'fund
set forth in section two, for the several purposes and subject r^'^uh-ements
to the conditions therein specified, are herebv appropriated ?nd certain
*/ i i X iniDrovGiiiGiits
from the general fund or revenue of the commonwealth
unless some other source of revenue is expressed, subject to
the provisions of law regulating the disbursement of public
funds and the approval thereof, for the fiscal year ending
November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, or for
such other period as may be specified.
Section 2.
Service of the Legislative Department.
Item
•1 For the compensation of senators, the sum of Legislative
sixty-one thousand five hundred dollars, . $61,500 00 department.
2 For compensation for travel of senators, a sum
not exceeding forty-five hundred dollars, . 4,500 00
3 For the compensation of representatives, the
sum of three hundred sixty-one thousand five
hundred dollars, 361,500 00
4 For compensation for travel of representatives,
a sum not exceeding twenty-six thousand
seven hundred dollars, 26,700 00
5 For the salaries of Henry D. Coolidge, clerk of
the senate, and James W. Kimball, clerk of
the house of representatives, the sum of eight
thousand dollars, 8,000 00
6 For the salaries of William H. Sanger, assistant
clerk of the senate, and Frank E. Bridgman,
assistant clerk of the house of representatives,
the sum of fifty-five hundred dollars, . . 5,500 00
7 For such additional clerical assistance to, and
with the approval of, the clerk of the senate,
as may be necessary for the proper despatch of
public business, a sum not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars, ...,,.. 1 500 00
196 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Department.
Item
nnnar^.m^fint. ^ Fop such additional clerical assistance to, and
with the approval of, the clerk of the house of
representatives, as may be necessary for the
proper despatch of public business, a sum not
exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars, . . $3,500 00
9 For the salary of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum
not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars, . 3,500 00
10 For clerical assistance, office of the sergeant-at-
arms, a sum not exceeding thirty-nine hun-
dred and ninety dollars, 3,990 00
11 For the salaries of the doorkeepers of the senate
and house of representatives, and the post-
master, with the approval of the sergeant-at-
arms, a sum not exceeding fifty-eight hundred
dollars, 5,800 00
12 For the salaries of assistant doorkeepers and
messengers to the senate and house of repre-
sentatives, with the approval of the sergeant-
at-arms, a sum not exceeding thirty-seven
thousand nine hundred dollars, . . 37,900 00
13 For compensation of the pages of the senate and
house of representatives, with the approval of
the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding six
thousand one hundred and twenty dollars, . 6,120 00
14 For compensation for travel of doorkeepers,
assistant doorkeepers, messengers, pages and
other employees of the sergeant-at-arms, au-
thorized by law to receive the same, a sum
not exceeding four thousand and fifty-five
dollars, 4,055 00
15 For the salaries of clerks employed in the legis- »
lative document room, a sum not exceeding
thirty-nine hundred and fift}^ dollars, . . 3,950 00
16 For certain other persons emploj^ed by the ser-
geant-at-arms, in and about the chambers and
rooms of the legislative department, a sum not
exceeding twenty-one hundred and fifty dol-
lars, . . . 2,150 00
17 For the salaries of the chaplains of the senate and
house of representatives, the sum of twelve
hundred dollars for the regular session for the
year nineteen hundred and twenty, and an ad-
ditional sum of two hundred dollars for extra
compensation for the special session of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen, as authorized by
chapter seventy-seven of the resolves of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen, .... 1,400 00
18 For clerical and other assistance for the commit-
tees on rules of the two branches, as approved
by a majority vote of said committees, a sum
not exceeding nineteen thousand eight him-
dred dollars, 19,800 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225: 197
Department.
Item
19 For authorized travelling and other expenses of I^®^i^l^t*i7„° ,
the committees of the present general court, "
with the approval of a majority of the com-
mittee incurring the same, a sum not exceeding
seventy-five hundred dollars, .... $7,500 00
20 For expenses of advertising hearings of the com-
mittees of the present general court, including
expenses of preparing and mailing advertise-
ments to the various newspapers, with , the
approval of the auditor of the commonwealth,
a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, . 5,000 00
21 For expenses of summoning witnesses, and for
fees of such witnesses, with the approval of the
sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding two
hundred dollars, . . . . . . . 200 00
22 For printing and binding ordered by the senate
and house of representatives, or by concurrent
order of the two branches, with the approval
of the clerks of the respective branches, a sum
not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars, . 55,000 00
23 For printing and binding the manual for the
general court, under the direction and with
the approval of the clerks of the senate and
house of representatives, a sum not exceeding
six thousand dollars, 6,000 00
24 For expenses in connection with the publication
of the bulletin of committee hearings, with the
approval of the joint committee on rules, a
sum not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars, 18,000 00
25 For stationery for the senate, purchased by and
with the approval of the clerk, a sum not ex-
ceeding eight hundred dollars, .... 800 00
26 For stationery for the house of representatives,
purchased by and with the approval of the
clerk, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred
dollars, 1,200 00
27 For contingent expenses of the senate and house
of representatives, and necessary expenses in
and about the state house, with the approval
of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand dollars, . ... . 12,000 00
27i For reprinting the state house guide book, a sum
not exceeding twelve hundred and fifty dollars, 1,250 00
27| For the purchase of outline sketches of members
of the senate and house of representatives, a
sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars, . 1,200 00
Total, $669,515 00
198
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Judicial
Department.
Supreme
Judicial Court.
Service of the Judicial Department.
Item
Supreme Judicial Court, as follows:
28 For the salaries and allowance for travelling ex-
penses of the chief justice and of the six associ-
ate justices, a sum not exceeding seventy-four
thousand dollars,
29 For travelling expenses in excess of the sum of
five hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter
two hundred and eighty-eight of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, .
30 For the pensions of retired justices, a sum not
exceeding thirty thousand dollars, .
31 For the salary of the clerk for the common-
wealth, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hun-
dred dollars,
32 For clerical assistance to the clerk, a sum not ex-
ceeding nine hundred dollars, ....
33 For clerical assistance to the justices, a sum not
exceeding four thousand dollars,
34 For the services of stenographers to the justices,
a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars,
35 For office supplies, services and equipment of the
supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding
two thousand dollars,
36 For the salaries of the officers and messengers,
a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred and
sixty dollars,
37 For the salary of the clerk for the county of Suf-
folk, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dol-
lars,
Reporter of Decisions:
38 For the salarj^ of the reporter of decisions, a sum
not exceeding four thousand dollars,
39 For clerk hire and office supplies, services and
equipment, a sum not exceeding fiftj^-two
hundred dollars,
$74,000 00
Total,
1,000 00
30,000 00
3,500 00
900 00
4,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
[
2,560 00
1,500 00
4,000 00
I
5,200 00
. $130,660 00
Superior
Court.
40
41
Superior Court, as follows:
For the salaries and allowance for travelling ex-
penses of the chief justice and of the twenty-
seven associate justices, a sum not exceeding
two hundred thirty-eight thousand five hun-
dred dollars, $238,500 00
For travelling expenses in excess of the sum of
five hundred dollars, as authorized by chapter
two hundred and eighty-eight of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, a sum
not exceeding four thousand dollars, . . 4,000 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225. 199
Item
42 For the salary of the assistant clerk, Suffolk Superior
county, a sum not exceeding five hundred °^'^^'
dollars, $500 00
43 For printing, transportation of papers and docu-
ments, and office supplies, services and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars, 1,500 00
44 For pensions of retired justices, a sum not ex-
ceeding twelve thousand dollars, . . . 12,000 00
Total, $256,500 00
Probate and Insolvency Courts, as follows :
45 For the salaries of judges of probate of the sev- Probate and
eral counties, a sum not exceeding eighty- Com-ts*"''*
three thousand eight hundred dollars, . . 183,800 00
46 For pensions of retired justices, a sum not ex-
ceeding three thousand dollars, . . . 3,000 00
47 For the compensation of judges of probate when
acting outside of their owti county for other
judges of probate, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five hundred dollars, 2,500 00
48 For the salaries of registers of the several coun-
ties, a sum not exceeding fifty-two thousand
two hundred dollars, 52,200 00
49 For the salaries of assistant registers, a sum not
exceeding forty-five thousand three hundred
and seventy-five dollars, . , . . . 45,375 00
Total, $186,875 00
For clerical assistance to registers of the
several counties, as follows:
50 Barnstable, a sum not exceeding one thousand Registers of ^
dollars, $1,000 00 E^^o^ifenr"^
51 Berkshire, a sum not exceeding eleven hundred clerical
dollars, 1,100^ 00 assistance.
52 Bristol, a sum not exceeding sixty-eight hundred
and thirty-three dollars, 6,833 00
53 Dukes Count}", a sum not exceeding four hun-
dred and thirty-three dollars, .... 433 GO
54 Essex, a sum not exceeding eight thousand and
sixteen dollars, 8,016 00
55 Franklin, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars, , , 1,000 00
56 Hampden, a sum not exceeding forty-six hun-
dred and thirty-three dollars, .... 4,633 00
57 Hampshire, a sum not exceeding nine hundred
dollars, 900 00
58 Middlesex, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
four hundred and sixty-six dollars, . . . 10,466 00
59 Nantucket, a sum not exceeding four hundred
and thirty-three dollars, 433 00
200
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Registers of
Probate and
Insolvency,
clerical
assistance.
Item
60
61
62
63
64
65
Norfolk, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars,
Plymouth, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hun-
dred and sixty-six dollars, ....
Suffolk, a sum not exceeding eighty-one hundred
dollars,
Worcester, a sum not exceeding ninety-four hun-
dred and eighty-three dollars, .
For the salary of the clerk to the register for the
county of Middlesex, a sum not exceeding
two thousand dollars,
For the salary of the clerk to the register for the
county of Suffolk, a sum not exceeding four
teen hundred dollars,
Total,
$5,000 00
2,566 00
1
8,100 00
9,483 00
2,000 00
1,400 00
. $63,363 00
District
Attorneys.
District Attorneys, as follows^
66 For the salaries of the district attorney, assist-
ants and deputy assistants for the Suffolk
district, a sum not exceeding thirtv thousand
four hundred dollars, . . . ". . . $30,400 00
67 For the salaries of the district attorney, assist-
ants and deputy assistants for the northern
district, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
five hundred dollars, 12,500 00
68 For the salaries of the district attorney and as-
sistants for the eastern district, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars, 10,250 00
69 For the salaries of the district attorney and as-
sistants for the southeastern district, a sum
not exceeding ten thousand dollars, . . . 10,000 00
70 For the salaries of the district attorney and as-
sistants for the southern district, a sum not
exceeding eighty-two hundred dollars, . . 8,200 00
71 For the salaries of the district attorney and as-
sistant for the middle district, a sum not ex-
ceeding eight thousand dollars, . . . 8,000 00
72 For the salaries of the district attorney for the
western district, and assistance as authorized
by law, a sum not exceeding forty-five hun-
dred dollars, 4,500 00
73 For the salary of the district attorney for the_
northwestern district, a sum not exceeding'
two thousand dollars, . . . . . . 2,000 00
74 For travelling expenses necessarily incurred by
the district attorneys, except in the Suffolk
district, a sum not exceeding forty-five hun-
dred doUars, 4,500 00
Total, $90,350 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
201
Item
75
76
77
Service of the Land Court.
For salaries of the judge, associate judge, the
recorder and court officer, a sum not exceeding
twenty-four thousand four hundred dollars, . 124,400 00
For engineering, clerical and other personal serv-
ices, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand
dollars, . ... ... . . * 17,000 00
For personal services in the examination of titles,
for publishing and serving citations and other
services, travelling expenses, supplies and
office equipment, and for the preparation of
sectional plans showing registered land, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, . 25,000 00
Total, $66,400 00
Land Court.
Service of the Commission on Probation.
78 For personal services of the deputy commis-
sioner, clerks and stenographers, a sum not
exceeding ninety-five hundred dollars, . . $9,500 00
79 For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, travelling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-six hundred dollars, . . . 3,600 00
Commission
on Probation.
Total,
$13,100 00
80
81
Service of the Board of Bar Examiners.
For personal services of the members of the
board, a sum not exceeding forty- two hun-
dred dollars,
For other services, including printing the annual
report and travelling expenses, office supplies
and equipment, a sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars,
Board of Bar
Examiners.
Total,
$4,200 00
2,000 00
),200 00
Service of the Executive Department.
82 For the salary of the governor, the sum of ten
thousand dollars,
83 For the salary of the lieutenant governor, the
sum of four thousand dollars, ....
84 For the salaries of the eight councillors, the sum
of eight thousand dollars,
85 For the salaries of officers and employees of the
department, a sum not exceeding sixteen
thousand five hundred and ninety dollars.
Executive
n0,000 00 Department.
4,000 00
8,000 00
16,590 00
202
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Executive
Department.
Item
86
87
89
90
For travel and expenses of the lieutenant gov-
ernor and council from and to their homes, a
sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, . $1,500 00
For postage, printing, office and other contingent
expenses, including travel, of the governor, a
sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars, . 9,000 00
For postage, printing, stationery, travelling and
contingent expenses of the governor and
council, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars, . 4,000 00
For expenses incurred in the arrest of fugitives
from justice, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars, ......... 1,000 00
For payment of extraordinary'' expenses and for
transfers made to cover deficiencies, as author-
ized by chapter five hundred and fortj'-nine
of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight,
with the approval of the governor and council,
a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars, 100,000 00
Total,
$154,090 00
Adjutant
General.
Service of the Adjutant General,
91 For the salarj'- of the adjutant general, a sum not
exceeding thirtj'^-six hundred dollars, . . $3,600 00
92 For the salary of an adjutant general's assistant,
a sum not exceeding twenty-four hundred
dollars, . 2,400 00
93 For the personal services of office assistants, a
sum not exceeding eighteen thousand six hun-
dred dollars, 18,600 00
94 For the personal services of the members of the
intelligence bureau, prior to September first of
the current year, a sum not exceeding sixteen
thousand five hundred and seventy dollars, . 16,570 00
95 For personal services in the division of records
of the world's war, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars, . . . ■ .• . • ■ 10,000 00
96 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, and for necessary office supplies
and expenses, a sum not exceeding ninety-five
hundred dollars, . . . . . . . 9,500 00
97 For expenses, not otherwise provided for in con-
nection with military matters and accounts,
a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, . 3,000 00
98 For services other than personal, and for neces-
sary office supplies and expenses of the intelli-
gence bureau, incurred prior to September first
of the current year, a sum not exceeding fifty-
six hundred and twenty-five dollars, . . 5,625 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
203
Item
99
100
101
102
103
For services other than personal and for neces-
sary office suppUes and expenses of the division
of records of the world's war, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-five hundred dollars, . .
For expenses of maintenance and operation of an
automobile for any use directed by the gov-
ernor or adjutant general, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars,
Adjutant
General.
Total,
$3,500 00
5,000 00
$77,795 00
Service of the State Guard.
For the maintenance of the state guard, includ-
ing allowances and expenses for drills and
training and for certain supplies, equipment,
and the maintenance and operation thereof, a
sum not exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars,
Service of Reorganized Militia.
For the preliminary expenses of organizing a
militia force for the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding twelve thousand five hundred dol-
lars,
For such expenses as may be necessary after the
reorganiza4:ion of the militia, to be expended
subject to such conditions and such segrega-
tion of items as may hereafter be authorized by
the general court, a sum not exceeding two
hundred eighty-five thousand dollars,
State Guard.
$100,000 00
Reorganized
Militia.
Total,
$12,500 00
285,000 00
$297,500 00
(The above items, numbers 102 and 103,
are substituted for items numbers 102 to 119,
inclusive, as printed in the governor's budget
recommendations . )
Service of the Property and Disbursing Officer.
119i For clerical services and other expenses for the
office of the property and disbursing officer, a
sum not exceeding eleven hundred dollars, . $1,100 00
Mexican Border Service.
120 For the expense of furnishing certificates of honor
for service on the Mexican border, as author-
ized by law, a sum not exceeding seven hun-
dred and fifty dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any sum heretofore appropriated for
the purpose, $750 00
Property and
Disbursing
Officer.
Mexican
Border Service,
certificates of
honor.
204
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Naval
Militia, sundry
expenses.
Item
120h
Sundry Expenses of the Naval Militia.
For certificates and other expenses on account of
disbanding the naval militia, a sum not exceed-
ing two thousand dollars,
$2,000 00
Publication of
records of
Massachusetts
soldiers and
sailors of civil
war.
Service for the Publication of Records of Massachusetts Soldiers and"
Sailors of the Civil War.
121 For services for the publication of records of
Massachusetts soldiers and sailors who served
in the civil war, a sum not exceeding seventy-
five hundred dollars, $7,500 00
Quartern! aater
General.
Service of the Quartermaster General.
122 For personal services of the chief quartermaster,
superintendent of armories and superintendent
of arsenal, a sum not exceeding sixty-eight
hundred dollars,
123 For personal services of other emplo5^ees of the
chief quartermaster, a sum not exceeding
eleven thousand five hundred and forty dollars,
124 For expert assistance, the emplojTnent of which
may be exempt from civil service rules, in the
disbursement of certain money to the officers
and enlisted men of the state guard and militia
for compensation and allowances, a sum not
exceeding twelve hundred dollars,
125 For the salaries of armorers and assistant ar-
morers of first class armories, a sum not ex-
ceeding eighty-five thousand dollars.
Militia supplies and maintenance of prop-
erty:
126 For certain incidental military expenses of the
quartermaster's department, a sum not ex
ceeding twentj^-five hundred dollars,
127 For office and general supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars,
128 For the care and maintenance of the camp
ground and buildings at Framingham, a sum
not exceeding eighty-seven hundred dollars
129 For the maintenance of armories of the first
class, a sum not exceeding one hundred forty-
five thousand dollars,
130 For reimbursement for rent and maintenance of
armories of the second class, a sum not exceed-
ing three thousand dollars,
131 For reimbursement for rent and maintenance of
armories of the third class, a sum not exceed
ing forty-five hundred dollars, .
Total,
$6,800 00
11,540 00
1,200 00
85,000 00
2,500 00
8,000 00
8,700 00
, 145,000 00
3,000 00
4,500 00
, $276,240 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
205
Item
132
133
134
Service of the Chief Surgeon.
For personal services of the chief surgeon and
regular assistants, a sum not exceeding fifty-
one hundred and eighty dollars,
For services other than personal, and for neces-
sary medical and office supplies and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hundred
dollars,
For the examination of recruits, a sum not ex-
ceeding two thousand dollars, ....
Chief
Surgeon.
^5,180 00
3,500 00
2,000 00
Total,
$10,680 00
Expenses on Account of the Welfare of Soldiers and Sailors in France.
135
135^
136
137
138
139
140
141
For certain expenses incurred in France, with
the approval of the governor, for the benefit
of soldiers and sailors, residents of this com-
monwealth, a sum not exceeding thirty-one
hundred forty-nine dollars and sixty-six cents,
For expenses of continuing and completing the
work of the commission for aiding returned
soldiers, sailors and marines in finding em-
ployment, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any sum
heretofore appropriated for the purpose,
Total,
Service of the Supervisor of Administration.
For the salaries of the supervisor and deputy,
a sum not exceeding ninety-one hundred and
twenty-five dollars,
For other personal services, a sum not exceeding
twenty thousand dollars,
For services other than personal and for travel-
ling expenses, office supplies and equipment,
a sum not exceeding twenty-nine hundred
dollars,
Total,
J,149 66
4,000 00
Expenses on
account of
welfare of
soldiers and
sailors in
France.
r,149 66
Supervisor of
Administration.
$9,125 00
20,000 00
2,900 00
$32,025 00
Service of the Armory Commission.
For the compensation of members, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-three hundred dollars, . . $2,300 00
For office, travelling and other expenses, a sum
not exceeding one hundred and ninety-five
dollars, 195 00
(This item omitted.)
Armory
Commission.
Total,
$2,495 00
206
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Commissioner
of State Aid
and Pensions.
Item
142
143
144
Service of the Commissioner of State Aid and Pensions.
For personal services of the commissioner and
deputy, a sum not exceeding fifty-five hun-
dred dollars, . . . . . . . $5,500 00
For personal services of agents, clerks, stenog-
raphers and other assistants, a sum not ex-
ceeding twentj'^-nine thousand and twenty
dollars,
For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, travelling expenses of
the commissioner and his employees, and nec-
essary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars.
29,020 00
5,000 00
Total,
$39,520 00
Expenses on
account of
wars.
145
146
147
148
149
For Expenses on Account of Wars.
For reimbursing cities and towns for money paid
on account of state and military aid to Massa-
chusetts soldiers and their families, the sum
of nine hundred eighty-four thousand dollars,
the same to be paid on or before the fifteenth
day of November in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty, in accordance with the provisions
of existing laws relative to state and military
aid, $984,000 00
For the maintenance of the Massachusetts Sol-
diers' Home, with the approval of the trustees
thereof, a sum not exceeding one hundred
seventy thousand dollars, 170,000 00
For certain improvements and additions in the
power plant and laundry at the Massachusetts
Soldiers' Home, a sum not exceeding eighty-
seven thousand dollars, payment to be made
upon vouchers approved by the trustees of
said institution, 87,000 00
(This item omitted.)
For expenses of the commission at the dedication
of the memorial for the Sixth Massachusetts
Regiment at Porto Rico, a sum not exceeding
eight hundred doUars, 800 00
Total,
$1,241,800 00
Art Commis-
sion.
Service of the Art Commission.
150 For expenses of the commission, a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars, ....
$100 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
207
Item
151
152
Service of the Ballot Law Commission.
For compensation of the commissioners, a sum
not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, . . $1,500 00
For expenses, including travel, supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding two hundred
dollars, 200 00
Total, $1,700 00
Ballot Law
Commission.
Service of Commission on Uniformity of State Laws
153 For expenses, for the current fiscal year, of the
board of commissioners for the promotion of
uniformity of legislation in the United States,
a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars,
Commission on
Uniformity of
State Laws.
$600 00
Service of the State Library.
154 For personal services of the librarian, a sum not state Library.
exceeding forty-one hundred and twenty-five
dollars, . $4,125 00
155 For personal services of the regular library as- i
sistants, temporary clerical assistance, and for
services for cataloguing, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-five dollars, 21,795 00
156 For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, office supplies and
equipment, and incidental travelling expenses,
a sum not exceeding twentv-seven hundred
and fifty dollars, . . . "_ . . . 2,750 00
157 For books and other publications and things
needed for the library, and the necessary bind-
ing and rebinding incidental thereto, a sum
not exceeding ten thousand dollars, . . . 10,000 00
Total,
$38,670 00
Service of the Superintendent of Buildings.
158 For personal services of the superintendent and
office assistants, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand six hundred and twenty dollars, . $10,620 00
159 For personal services of engineers, assistant en-
gineers, firemen and helpers in the engineer's
department, a sum not exceeding sixty thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty dollars, . . 60,850 00
160 For personal services of watchmen and assistant
watchmen, a sum not exceeding thirty-seven
thousand four hundred dollars, .... 37,400 00
Superintendent
of Buildings.
208
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Superintendent
of Buildings.
Item
161
162
For personal services of messengers and porters,
a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand seven
hundred and seventy dollars, ....
For other personal services incidental to the
care and maintenance of the building, a sum
not exceeding ten thousand nine hundred
dollars,
Total,
$19,770 00
10,900 00
S139,540 00
Other annual
expenses.
Other Annual Expenses.
163 For contingent, office and other expenses of the
superintendent, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, . . ... . $1,000 00
164 For telephone service in the building, and ex-
penses in connection therewith, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-seven thousand dollars, . . 37,000 00
165 For services, supplies and equipment necessary
to furnish heat, light and power, a sum not ex- ,
ceeding sixty-five thousand dollars, . . . 65,000 00
166 For other services, supplies and equipment nec-
essary for the maintenance and care of the
state house, including repairs of furniture and
equipment, a sum not exceeding seventy-four
thousand dollars, . . . . . . . 74,000 00
167 For the purchase of such new furniture and fix-
tures as may be necessary, due to the moving
of departments within the state house, a sum
not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, . . 15,000 00
168 (This item omitted.)
Total,
$192,000 00
169 For expenses incurred in moving offices with
their equipment, a sum not exceeding seventy-
five hundred dollars, . . _ . _ . . $7,500 GO
169^ For maldng necessary alterations in the state
house, under the direction of the superintend-
ent, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand two
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
the unexpended balance of fifteen- thousand
two hundred twenty-five dollars and fifty-four
cents considered available on December first,
nineteen hundred and nineteen, for carrying
out the provisions of chapter three hundred
and twenty-five of the Special Acts of nineteen
hundred and seventeen, 11,200 00
170 For grading and impro\ang the state house
grounds, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand
dollars, 30,000 00
Total $48,700 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
209
Service of Commission on Consolidating and Arranging the General
Laws.
Item
171
For services and expenses in reading proofs and
preparing the printed report of the commission
on consohdating and arranging the general
laws, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any sum
heretofore appropriated for the purpose,
Commission on
Consolidating
and Arranging
the General
Laws.
$30,000 00
For the Maintenance of the Old State House.
172 For the contribution of the commonwealth
toward the maintenance of the old provin-
cial state house, the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars,
Old State
House,
maintenance.
$1,500 00
Service of the Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission.
173 For the permanent improvement and preserva-
tion of certain historic places, and for the ap-
propriate celebration of the tercentenary of
the landing of the Pilgrims, as authorized by
chapter one hundred and eighty-seven of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen,
a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars, . • 1100,000 00
Pilgrim
Tercentenary
Commission.
Service of the Commission on Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
174 For the personal services of employees and ex-
penses of the commission on foreign and do-
mestic commerce, as authorized by chapter one
hundred and nineteen of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to any sum heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, $10,000 00
(The above item, number 174, is substituted
for items numbers 174 to 178, inclusive.)
Commission
on Foreign and
Domestic
Commerce.
Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
179 For the salaries of the secretary and officers and
employees holding positions established by
law, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand five
hundred dollars, $20,500 00
180 For personal services in the preparation of copy
for the publication of the province laws, a
sum not exceeding eleven hundred dollars, . 1,100 00
181 For services of additional clerks and other as-
sistants, a sum not exceeding sixty-six thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty dollars, . . 66,880 00
Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.
210
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.
Item
182
183
184
185
186
187
For services other than personal, traveUing ex-
penses, office suppUes and equipment, a sum
not exceeding seventy-nine hundred dollars, . $7,900 00
For postage and expressage on public documents,
and for maiUng copies of bills and resolves to
certain state, city and town officials, a sum not
exceeding forty-five hundred dollars, . . 4,500 00
For the arrangement and preservation of state
records and papers, a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars, 500 00
For printing registration books and blanks and
indexing returns, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars, . 3,000 00
For printing the history of certain regiments in
the civil war, and in the world war, the sum of
five thousand dollars, 5,000 00
For the purchase of certain supplies and equip-
ment and for other things necessary in con-
nection with the reproduction of the manu-
script collection designated "Massachusetts
Archives", a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars, 5,000 00
Total, $114,380 00
Supervisor of
Public Records.
Supervisor of Public Records:
188 For personal services of the supervisor and his
office assistant, a sum not exceeding forty-five
hundred dollars,
189 For the purchase of ink for public records of the
commonwealth, a sum not exceeding four hun-
dred and fifty dollars,
190 For travelling expenses of the supervisor of pub-
lic records, a sum not exceeding eight hundred
dollars,
Total,
$4,500 00
450 00
800 00
$5,750 00
Printing
laws, etc.
For printing laws, etc. :
191 For printing the pamphlet edition of the acts and
resolves of the present year, a sum not exceed-
ing eighty-five hundred dollars, . . . $8,500 00
192 For the printing of a cumulative index to the
acts and resolves, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, , • 1,000 00
193 For printing and binding the blue book edition
of the acts and resolves of the present year,
a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, . 15,000 00
194 For the purchase of reports of decisions of the
supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars, .... 2,500 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225. 211
195 For the purchase of paper used in the execution Printing lawa,
of the contract for the state printing, a sum
not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, $150,000 00
196 For printing and binding pubUc documents, a
sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, . 20,000 00
197 For printing and binding the province laws, a
sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any sum heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, .... 4,000 00
198 For services and expenses of the electoral college,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, . 1,000 00
Total, $202,000 00
For printing matters relating to elections :
199 For personal and other services necessary for Election
preparing and printing ballots for the pri- matters,
mary elections, a sum not exceeding forty-
five thousand dollars, $45,000 00
200 For the printing and distribution of ballots, a
sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, . 20,000 00
201 For the printing of blanks for town officers, elec-
tion laws and blanks and instructions on all
matters relating to elections, a sum not exceed-
ing two thousand dollars, 2,000 00
202 For furnishing cities and towns with ballot boxes
and for repairs to the same, a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars, ' 1,000 00
203 For the purchase of apparatus to be used at poll-
ing places in the canvass and counting of votes,
a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty
dollars, . , . 250 00
204 For administering the law to permit absent vot-
ers to vote at state elections, as provided by
chapter two hundred and eighty-nine of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars, ......... 15,000 00
205 For expenses of compiling and publishing infor-
mation to voters as required by chapter one
hundred and eighty-seven of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and nineteen, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand dollars, . . . 10,000 00
Total, . $93,250 00
206 For personal services of the census division of Census
the department of the secretary of the com- Division.
monwealth, a sum not exceeding fifty-five
hundred and eighty dollars, .... $5,580 00
207 For medical examiners' fees as provided by law,
a sum not exceeding nine hundred dollars, . 900 00
212
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Item
Treasurer and 208
Receiver-
General.
209
210
211
Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.
For the salary of the treasurer and receiver-
general and other officers and employees hold-
ing positions established by law, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-nine thousand one hundred and
ten dollars, ... . . . . $39,110 00
For services of additional clerical and other as-
sistants, a sum not exceeding ninety-eight
hundred dollars, 9,800 00
For services other than personal, travelling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding eighty-three hundred and sixty
dollars, . i . . . . . . . 8,360 00
For services and expenses incurred in the ad-
ministration of the law authorizing monthly
payments to certain soldiers of the world war,
a sum not exceeding ninety-two hundred dol-
lars, 9,200 00
Total,
),470 00
Massachusetts
State Firemen's
Association.
212
213
214
(This item omitted.)
For relief disbursed, with the approval of the
trustees of the Massachusetts State Firemen's
Association, subject to the provisions of law,
a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand five
hundred dollars, $17,500 00
For the expenses of administration by the trus-
tees of the Massachusetts State Firemen's
Association, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars, 500 00
Total, $18,000 00
Board of
Retirement.
Board of Retirement:
215 For personal services in the administrative office
of the board of retirement, a siim not exceeding
eight thousand dollars, $8,000 00
216 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, and for office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding thirty-six
hundred dollars, 3,600 00
217 For requirements of annuity funds and pensions
for employees retired from the state service
under authority of the statutes, a sum not
exceeding sixty-two thousand five hundred
dollars, 62,500 00
Total $74,100 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
213
Item
218
233
Requirements for Extinguishing the State Debt.
For sinking funds requirements and for certain
serial bonds maturing during the present year,
the sum of one million five hundred fifty-eight
thousand nine hundred forty-seven dollars and
seventy-four cents, of which sum two hundred
fifty thousand dollars for serial bonds for the
development of the port of Boston shall be
paid from the receipts from the Boston dry
dock, $1,558,947 74
(The above item, number 218, is substi-
tuted for items numbers 218 to 232, inclu-
sive.)
Interest Requirements.
For the payment of interest on the direct debt
and temporary loans of the commonwealth,
a sum not exceeding one million nine hundred
Requirements
for extinguish-
ing state debt.
Interest
requirements.
and thirty-nine thousand dollars,
$1,939,000 00
Service of the Auditor of the Commonwealth.
234 For the salary of the auditor and other officers
and employees holding positions established by
law, a sum not exceeding thirty-four thousand
five hundred and fifteen dollars, . . . $34,515 00
235 For services of such additional clerical and other
assistance as may be necessary, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-two thousand two hundred and
ten dollars, 32,210 00
236 For services other than personal, travelling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding fifty-eight hundred and fifty
dollars, . . . 5,850 00
Total, $72,575 00
Auditor of
the Common-
wealth.
Unclassified Accounts and Claims.
237 For the compensation of veterans of the civil war
and certain others formerly in the service of
the commonwealth, now retired, a sum not ex-
ceeding sixty thousand dollars, .... $60,000 00
238 For the compensation of certain prison officers
and instructors formerly in the service of the
commonwealth, and now retired, a sum not
exceeding eighteen thousand three hundred
and ten dollars, . .... . . 18,310 00
239 For the compensation of district police officers
formerly in the service of the commonwealth,
and now retired, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred and seventy-five dollars, . . . 875 00
Unclassified
accounts and
claims.
214 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Item
accounts^Md ^'^^ ^^^ *^® Compensation of certain women formerly
claims. employed by the sergeant-at-arms in cleaning
the state house, and now retired, a sum not
exceeding thirteen hundred and fifty dollars, . $1,350 00
Total, $80,535 00
For certain other aid:
241 For the compensation of certain public employees
for injuries sustained in the course of their
employment, as provided by chapter eight
hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and thirteen, a sum not exceeding eight-
een thousand dollars, $18,000 00
242 For the pajmient of certain annuities and pen-
sions of soldiers and others under the provi-
sions of certain acts and resolves, a sum not
exceeding nine thousand sixty-four dollars and
fifty-seven cents, 9,064 57
Total, $27,064 57
243 For expenses incurred in the construction and,
repair of roads in the town of Mashpee during
the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, the
sum of three hundred dollars, .... $300 00
244 For maintenance of boulevards and parkways,
with the approval of the metropolitan district
commission, a sum not exceeding two hundred
sixteen thousand six hundred seventy-seven
dollars and fifty cents, representing the state's
portion or one half of the estimated cost of
mamtenance, 216,677 50
245 For maintenance of Wellington bridge, with the
approval of the metropolitan district commis-
sion, a sum not exceeding fortj'-two hundred
sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents, repre-
senting the state's portion, or one quarter of
the estimated cost of maintenance, . . . 4,216 75
246 For reimbursing officials for premiums paid for
procuring sureties on their bonds, as provided
by existing laws, a sum not exceeding thirty-
five hundred dollars, 3,500 00
247 For the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo'gy,
as required by chapter seventy-eight of the
resolves of nineteen hundred and eleven, the
sum of one hundred thousand dollars, . . 100,000 00
248 For the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, as re-
quired by chapter eighty-seven of the resolves
of nineteen hundred and twelve, the sum of
fifty thousand dollars, 50,000 00
Total, $150,000 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
215
Item
249
250
For payment in accordance with law of such
claims as may arise in consequence of the
death of firemen, and of persons acting as fire-
men, from injuries received in the discharge
of their duties, a sum not exceeding eight
thousand dollars, $8,000 00
For small items of expenditure for which no ap-
propriations have been made, and for cases in
which appropriations have been exhausted or
have reverted to the treasury in previous
years, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars, 11,000 00
Unclassified
accounts and
claims.
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
Service of the Atlorney-GeneraV s Department.
For the salary of the attorney-general, the sum
of seven thousand dollars,
For the compensation of assistants in his office,
and for such other legal and personal services
as may be required, a sum not exceeding fifty-
seven thousand dollars,
For services other than personal, travelling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding six thousand dollars, .
Total,
Service of the Department of Agriculture
For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars,
For personal services of clerks and stenographers
a sum not exceeding ten thousand and ninety-
five dollars,
For the travelling expenses of the commissioner,
a sum not exceeding five hundred and fifty
dollars, .
For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, office supplies and equipment
and printing and furnishing trespass posters
a sum not exceeding forty-one hundred and
forty-five dollars,
For the compensation and expenses of members
of the advisory board, a sum not exceeding
twenty-two hundred dollars, ....
For services and expenses of apiary inspection, a
sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.
Division of Agricultural Information:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding sev-
enty-three hundred dollars, ....
For other expenses for disseminating useful in-
formation in agriculture, a sum not exceeding
seventy- one hundred and fifty dollars, .
Attorney-
r,000 00 General's
' Department.
57,000 00
6,000 00
$70,000 00
Department of
),000 00 Agriculture.
10,095 00
550 00
4,145 00
2,200 00
1,500 00
Division of
7,300 00 Agricultural
Information.
7,150 00
216
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Division of
Dairying and
Animal
Husbandry.
Division of
Plant Pest
Control.
Division of
Ornithology .
Division of
Markets.
Division of
Reclamation,
Soil Survey
and Fairs.
Item
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
Division of Dairying and Animal Hus-
bandry :
For personal services, a sum not exceeding
eighty-one hundred and sixty dollars, . . $8,160 00
For other expenses including the enforcement of
the dairy laws of the commonwealth, a sum
not exceeding forty-five hundred and seventy
dollars, 4,570 00
For expenses of demonstration sheep farms, as
authorized by chapter two hundred and fifty-
six of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and nineteen, under direction of the depart-
ment of agriculture, a sum not exceeding forty-
three hundred dollars, . . . . . 4,300 00
Division of Plant Pest Control:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding
ninety-five hundred dollars, .... 9,500 00
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding fifty-
five hundred dollars, 5,500 00
Division of Ornithology:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding
thirty-six hundred and seventy dollars, . . 3,670 00
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding four
hundred dollars, 400 00
Division of Markets:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding nine
thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars, . 9,870 00
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five hundred dollars, 2,500 00
Division of Reclamation, Soil Survey and
Fairs :
For personal services, a sum not exceeding
eighty-one hundred and sixty dollars, . . 8,160 00
For travel and other expenses, a sum not exceed-
ing forty-four hundred dollars, .... 4,400 00
For state prizes and agricultural exhibits, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five thousand one hun-
dred and thirty dollars, 25,130 00
Total,
$124,100 00
Department
of Conserva-
tion.
Division of
Forestry,
Service of the Department of Conservation.
Division of Forestry:
274 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars, . . . $5,000 00
275 For personal services of office assistants, a sum
not exceeding eighty-three hundred dollars, . 8,300 00
276 For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, and for travelling
expenses of the commissioner and secretary,
and the necessary office supplies and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding seventy-five hun-
dred and fifty dollars, 7,550 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225. 217
Item
277 For the salaries and expenses of foresters and Department
necessary labor, supplies and equipment in tion.
maintaining forest tree nurseries, a sum not Foreatry°^
exceeding twenty-five thousand five hundred
dollars, . $25,500 00
278 For the purchase of land and reforesting the
same, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dol-
lars, . 10,000 00
279 For aiding towns in the purchase of equipment
for extinguishing forest fires and for making
protective belts or zones as a defense against
forest fires, a sum not exceeding fifteen hun-
dred dollars, . 1,500 00
280 For the personal services of the state fire warden
and his assistants, and for other services, in-
cluding travelling expenses of the fire warden
and his assistants, necessary supplies and
equipment and materials used in new con-
struction in the forest fire prevention service,
a sum not exceeding forty-five thousand five
hundred dollars, 45,500 00
281 For the suppression of the gj'psy and brown tail
moths, and for expenses incidental thereto, a
sum not exceeding two hundred and ten thou-
sand dollars, this sum to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for this pur-
pose, and any unexpended balance remaining
at the end of the current fiscal year may be
used in the succeeding year, .... 210,000 00
282 For the planting and maintenance of state for-
ests, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars, . 20,000 00
Total, ." $333,350 00
Division of Fisheries and Game:
283 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceed- Division of
ing thirty-six hundred dollars, .... $3,600 00 Game"''" ^"'^
284 For personal services of office assistants, a sum
not exceeding seventy-nine hundred dollars, . 7,900 00
285 For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, travelling expenses and
necessary office supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding twelve thousand nine hun-
dred dollars, . 12,900 00
286 For expenses of exhibitions and other measures to
increase the interest of the public in the pro-
tection and propagation of fish and game, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, . . 1,000 00
Enforcement of laws:
287 For personal services of deputies, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty thousand dollars, .... 50,000 00
218
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Department
of Conserva-
tion.
Division of
Fisheries and
Game.
Biological
work.
Item
288
289
290
291
292
For travelling expenses of deputies, and for
other expenses necessary for the enforcement
of the laws, a sum not exceeding sixteen thou-
sand three hundred dollars, .... $16,300 00
Biological work:
For personal serviced to carry on biological work,
a sum not exceeding thirty-seven hundred and
eighty dollars, 3,780 00
For travelling and other expenses of the biologist
and his assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty-
four hundred and fifty dollars, .... 2,450 00
For the maintenance of game farms and fish
hatcheries and for the propagation of game
birds and animals and food fish, a sum not
exceeding eighty-two thousand eight hundred
and eightj^-seven dollars, 82,887 00
For services and expenses for regulating the sale
and cold storage of fresh food fish, as author-
ized by chapter three hundred and fifty-one
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen, a sum not exceeding fifty-five hun-
dred dollars, . > 5,500 00
Total,
$186,317 00
For certain
improvements
and purchase
of laild.
For certain improvements and the purchase
of land to be made under the direction
of the division of fisheries and game, as
follows:
293 At the Montague rearing station, a sum not ex-
ceeding two thousand dollars, .... $2,000 00
294 At the Amherst rearing station, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars, .... 1,000 00
295 At the Palmer hatchery, a sum not exceeding
forty-nine hundred and fifty dollars, . . 4,950 00
296 At the Sandwich fish hatchery, a sum not ex-
ceeding forty-four hundred and seventy-five
dollars, 4,475 00
297 At the Sutton fish hatchery, a sum not exceeding
two thousand dollars, 2,000 00
298 At the Wilbraham game farm, a sum not exceed-
ing five hundred dollars, 500 00
299 At Martha's Vineyard reservation, a sum not
exceeding six hundred and fifty dollars, . 650 00
Total,
$15,575 00
Claims for
damages by
wiW deer.
Claims for Damages by Wild Deer.
300 For the payment of damages caused by wild
deer, for the present year and previous years,
as provided by law, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars,
$6,000 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225. 219
Bounty on Seals.
Item
301 For bounties on seals, as provided by chapter Bounty on
two hundred of the General Acts of nineteen ^^^^'
hundred and nineteen, a sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars, $100 00
Division of Animal Industry:
302 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceed- Anlmk°° °^
ing thirty-five hundred dollars, .... .$3,500 00 industry.
303 For personal services of clerks and stenogra-
phers, a sura not exceeding seventy-nine hun-
dred dollars, . 7,900 00
304 For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, travelling expenses of
the director, and office supplies and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding forty-four hundred
dollars, . .... . . 4,400 00
305 For personal services of veterinarians and agents
engaged in the work of extermination of con-
tagious diseases among domestic animals, a
sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, . 50,000 00
306 For the travelling expenses of veterinarians and
agents, a sum not exceeding twenty-four thou-
sand dollars, 24,000 00
307 For reimbursement of owners of cattle and
horses killed, travel, when allowed, of inspec-
tors of animals, incidental expenses of killing
and burial, quarantine and emergency services,
and for laboratory and veterinary supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding fifty-five
thousand dollars, 55,000 00
Total, $144,800 00
Reimbursement of towns for Inspectors of
Animals :
308 For the reimbursement of certain towns for com- Reimburse-
pensation paid to inspectors of animals in ac- forlnspector's^
cordance with the provisions of section twelve of Animals.
of chapter ninety of the Revised Laws, a sum
not exceeding sixty-eight hundred dollars, . $6,800 00
Service of Department of Banking and Insurance.
Division of Banks :
309 For salaries of the commissioner and deputy, the Department of
sum of nine thousand dollars, .... $9,000 00 f„^" r' "Jf *"^
310 For services of examiners and assistants, clerks, ofv^isfon of
stenographers and experts, a sum not exceed- Banks,
ing one hundred and two thousand dollars, . 102,000 00
220
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Division of
Banks.
Item
311
For ser\4ces other than personal, printing the
annual report, traveUing expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
sixty-four thousand dollars, ....
Total,
$64,000 00
$175,000 00
Division of
Loan
Agencies.
Division of Loan Agencies:
312 For salary of the supervisor, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars, ....
313 For services of assistants in the supervisor's
-office, a sum not exceeding thirty-six hun-
dred and seventy-five dollars, ....
314 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, office supplies and equipment,
a sum not exceeding eleven hundred and
twenty-five dollars, .......
Total,
$3,500 00
3,675 00
1,125 00
$8,300 00
Registration
of Public
Accountants.
Registration of Public Accountants:
315 For examinations and registration of pubHc ac-
countants, including personal services of ex-
aminers, other services and necessary supplies
and equipment, the said expenses to be in-
curred under the direction and with the ap-
proval of the bank commissioner, a sum not
exceeding twelve hundred dollars, .
$1,200 00
Division of
Insurance.
Division of Insurance:
316 For personal services of the commissioner and
persons holding offices with salaries fixed by
law, a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand
dollars, $19,000 00
317 For the services of additional deputies, clerks,
stenographers and other assistants, a sum not
exceeding seventy-six thousand dollars, . . 76,000 00
318 For other ser-vices, including printing the annual
report, travelling expenses, and neccssar.v office
supplies and equipment and rent, a sum not
exceeding twenty-one thousand dollars, .
Total,
21,000 00
$116,000 00
Division of
Savings
Banks Life
Insurance.
319
320
Di\asion of Savings Banks Life Insurance:
For personal services of officers and employees,
a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand dol-
lars, _ . . $17,000 00
For publicity, including personal services and
travelling expenses of one person, a sum not
exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, . . . 1,500 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
221
Item
321
For services other than personal, printing the
annual report and travelling expenses, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
four thousand dollars,
Division of
Savings Banks
Life Insurance.
Total,
$4,000 00
122,500 00
Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.
Tax Commissioner's Department:
322 For the salaries of the commissioner and certain
positions filled by the commissioner, with the
approval of the governor and council, a sum
not exceeding thirty-nine thousand five hun-
dred dollars,
323 For the services of additional clerical and other
assistants, a sum not exceeding sixty-five
thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars, .
324 For travelling expenses, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight hundred dollars, ....
325 For printing and valuation books, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-seven hundred and fifty dollars,
326 For other services and for necessary office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
nineteen thousand three hundred dollars,
Department of
Corporations
and Taxation.
Total,
$39,500 00
65,790 00
3,800 00
3,750 00
19,300 00
$132,140 00
Income Tax Division (the following appro-
priations are to be made from the receipts
from the income tax) :
327 For personal services of the deputy, assistants,
assessors, assistant assessors, clerks, stenog-
raphers and other necessary assistants, a sum
not exceeding two hundred ninety-one thou-
sand five hundred and sixty dollars, . . $291,560 00
328 For travelling expenses of the members of the
division, a sum not exceeding nine thousand
dollars, 9,000 00
329 For services other than personal and for office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
one hundred three thousand four hundred
dollars, 103,400 00
Income Tax
Division.
Total,
$403,960 00
Division of Accounts:
330 For personal services, a sum not exceeding forty-
two thousand one hundred dollars, . . . $42,100 00
331 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars, 10,000 00
Division of
Accounts.
222
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Division of
Accounts.
Item
335
336
For personal services and expenses for auditing
and installing municipal accounts, the cost of
which is to be assessed upon the municipalities
for which the work is done, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty thousand dollars, ....
For the expense of certain books, forms, and
other material, which may be sold to cities and
towns requiring the same for maintaining their
system of accounts, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars, ....
Total,
$20,000 00
2,500 00
$74,600 00
Reimburse-
ment to
certain cities
and towns.
(The above items, numbers 330 and 331,
are substituted for items numbers 330 to 334,
inclusive.)
337 For reimbursing cities and towns for loss of taxes
on land used for state institutions, as certified
by the tax commissioner, for the fiscal year
ending November thirty, nineteen hundred
and twenty, a sum not exceeding fifty-two
thousand dollars,
$52,000 00
Department of 338
Education.
339
340
341
342
343
Service of the Department of Education.
For the personal services of officers, agents,
clerks, stenographers and other assistants, but
not including those employed in university
extension work, a sum not exceeding sixty-
nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars, . $69,550 00
For the training of teachers for vocational schools
to comply with the requirements of federal
authorities under the provisions of the Smith-
Hughes act, so-called, a sum not exceeding
twenty thousand seven hundred and sixty
dollars, 20,760 00
For travelling expenses of members of the board
and of agents and employees when required to
travel in discharge of their duties, a sum not
exceeding seventy-two hundred and twenty-
five dollars, 7,225 00
For services other than personal, necessary office
supplies, and for printing the annual report
and bulletins as provided by law, a sum not
exceeding thirteen thousand five hundred dol-
lars, 13,50000
For expenses incidental to furnishing school
committees with rules for testing the sight and
hearing of pupils, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred dollars, 800 00
For printing school registers and other school
blanks for cities and towns, a sum not exceed-
ing two thousand dollars, . . , , . 2,000 OQ
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225. 223
Item
344 For assisting small towns in providing them- Department of
selves with school superintendents, as pro- ucation.
vided by law, a sum not exceeding eighty
thousand dollars, $80,000 00
345 For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
paj^ment of tuition of children attending high
schools outside the towns in which they reside,
as provided by law, a sum not exceeding one
hundred thirteen thousand dollars, . . . 113,000 00
346 For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
transportation of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as pro-
vided by law, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight
thousand dollars, 38,000 00
347 For the reimbursement of certain cities and
towns for a part of the expense of maintaining
agricultural and industrial vocational schools
as provided by law, a sum not exceeding four
hundred thousand four hundred fifty-six dol-
lars and twenty-seven cents, .... 400,456 27
348 For the education of deaf and blind pupils of the
commonwealth as provided by sections nine-
teen, twenty and twenty-one of chapter thirty-
nine of the Revised Laws, a sum not exceeding
two hundred forty thousand dollars, . . 240,000 00
349 For expenses of holding teachers' institutes, a
sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, . 2,000 00
350 For aid to certain pupils in normal schools under
the direction of the department of education,
a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, . 4,000 00
351 For reimbursement of cities and towns for main-
taining schools to promote Americanization,
as authorized by chapter two hundred and
ninety-five of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, a sum not exceeding
fifty thousand dollars, 50,000 00
Total,
University Extension Courses:
352 For personal services, a sum not exceeding one
hundred seventeen thousand dollars,
353 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding forty-
five thousand dollars, ....
Total,
Division of Immigration and Americaniza
tion:
354 For personal services, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand dollars, .
355 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding eleven
thousand five hundred dollars, .
Total,
$1,041,291 27
'. $117,000 00
University
Extension
Courses.
45,000 00
. $162,000 00
r
$25,000 00
Division of
Immigration
and American-
ization.
11,500 00
. $36,500 00
224
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Division of
Public
Libraries.
Item
356
357
358
Division of Public Libraries:
For personal services of regular agents and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding eighty-seven
hundred and ten dollars, $8,710 00
(This item omitted.)
For other services, including printing the annual
report, travelling expenses, necessar}'- office
supplies, and expenses incidental to the aiding
of public libraries, a sum not exceeding thirteen
thousand six hundred and ninety dollars, . 13,690 00
Total, $22,400 00
Division of
the Blind.
Division of the Blind :
359 For general administration, furnishing informa-
tion, industrial and educational aid, and for
carr^ying out the other provisions of the act
establishing said commission, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty-eight thousand dollars,
360 For maintenance of industries under the control
of said commission, a sum not exceeding fifty-
three thousand five hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to the income collected by the
commission from sales of products, .
361 For instruction of the adult blind in their homes,
a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars, .
361^ For expenses of providing sight-saving classes,
with the approval of the Massachusetts com-
mission for the blind, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars,
362 For aiding the adult blind, subject to such con-
ditions as may be provided by law, a sum not
exceeding sixty-five thousand dollars, .
Total,
$58,000 00
53,500 00
9,000 00
10,000 00
65,000 00
$195,500 00
Teachers'
Retirement
Board.
Teachers' Retirement Board:
363 For personal services of employees, a sum not
exceeding sixty-six hundred and ninety dollars, $6,690 00
364 For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, travelling expenses and
office supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding fourteen hundred and fifty dollars, . 1,450 00
365 For payment of pensions to retired teachers, a
sum not exceeding one hundred forty-seven
thousand dollars, . •.•..- • • 147,000 00
366 For reimbursement of certain cities and towns for
pensions to retired teachers, a sum not exceed-
ing thirty-four thousand nine hundred forty-
eight dollars and sixty-one cents, . . . 34,948 61
Total,
$190,088 61
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
225
Item
367
368
369
370
371
Massachusetts Agricultural College:
For maintenance and current expenses, a sum
not exceeding seven hundred thirty-two thou-
sand two hundred and thirtj' dollars,
For miscellaneous improvements, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty thousand dollars, ....
(This item omitted.)
(This item omitted.)
For the construction of a stable for a cavalr}'
unit, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars,
Total,
$732,230 00
50,000 00
15,000 00
S797,230 00
Massachusetts
Agricultural
College.
Massachusetts Nautical School:
372 For personal services of the secretary and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding thirty-nine
hundred dollars,
373 For services other than regular clerical services,
including printing the annual report, rent,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding twenty-six hundred dollars,
374 For the maintenance of the school and ship, a
sum not exceeding eighty thousand eight hun-
dred and fifty dollars,
Total,
$3,900 00
2,600 00
80,850 00
$87,350 00
Massachusetts
Nautical
School.
For the maintenance of the state normal
schools, and the boarding halls attached
thereto, 'with the approval of the commis-
sioner of education, as follows :
375 Bridgewater normal school, a sum not exceeding
one hundred fourteen thousand three hundred
and ten dollars, $114,310 00
376 Bridgewater normal school boarding hall, a sum
not exceeding sixty thousand dollars, . . 60,000 00
377 Fitchburg normal school, a sum not exceeding
one hundred twentj'-three thousand seven hun-
dred seventy-one dollars and forty cents, . 123,771 40
378 Fitchburg normal school boarding hall, a sum
not exceeding thirty-one thousand one hundred
dollars, 31,100 00
379 Framingham normal school, a sum not exceeding
one hundred twentv-five thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty dollars, 125,880 00
880 Framingham normal school boarding hall, a sum
not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars, . 75,000 00
381 Hyannis normal school, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five thousand one hundred and sixty-
five dollars, 35,165 00
Maintenance
of state
normal schools.
226
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Maintenance
of state
normal schools.
Bradford
Durfee
Textile School.
Item
382
383
S85
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
Lowell Textile 394
School.
New Bedford
Textile School.
395
Hyannis normal school boarding hall, a sum not
exceeding twenty thousand two hundred and
sixty dollars, .......
Lowell normal school, a sum not exceeding fifty-
three thousand five hundred and five dollars, .
North Adams normal school, a sum not exceed-
ing fifty-eight thousand seven hundred and
twenty-five dollars,
North Adams normal school boarding hall, a
sum not exceeding fourteen thousand five hun-
dred dollars,
Salem normal school, a sum not exceeding one
hundred seven thousand four hundred dollars,
Westfield normal school, a sum not exceeding
seventy thousand seven hundred and forty-
eight dollars,
Westfield normal school boarding hall, a sum
not exceeding fourteen thousand five hundred
dollars, •
Worcester normal school, a sum not exceeding
fifty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-
two dollars,
Worcester normal school boarding hall, a sum
not exceeding fortj^-one hundred dollars.
Normal art school, a sum not exceeding seventy
thousand six hundred and forty-four dollars, .
Total,
$20,260 00
53,505 00
58,725 00
14,500 00
107,400 00
70,748 00
14,500 00
54,842 00
4,100 00
70,644 00
$1,034,450 40
For the maintenance of The Bradford Durfee
Textile School, a sum not exceeding fifty-one
thousand three hundred and ninety-four dol-
lars, of which amount the sum of ten thousand
dollars is to be contributed b}' the city of Fall
River, and the city of Fall River is hereby
authorized to raise by taxation the said sum
of ten thousand dollars, ..... $51,394 00
For the maintenance of the Lowell Textile School,
a sum not exceeding one hundred forty-five
thousand six hundred dollars, of which amount
the sum of ten thousand dollars is to be con-
tributed by the city of Lowell, and the city of
Lowell is hereby authorized to raise by taxa-
tion the said sum of ten thousand dollars, 145,600 00
For the maintenance of the New Bedford Textile
School, a sum not exceeding sixty-three thou-
sand eight hundred dollars, of which amount
the sum of ten thousand dollars is to be con-
tributed by the city of New Bedford, and the
city of New Bedford is hereby authorized to
raise by taxation the said sum of ten thousand
dollars, 63,800 00
Total,
$260,794 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
227
Item
396
397
398
399
Service of tJie Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Division of Civil Service:
For the salaries of the commissioner, associate
commissioner and certain heads of divisions
and assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty-
seven thousand dollars,
For personal services of clerks and other assist-
ants, a sum not exceeding forty-three thousand
six hundred dollars,
For other services and for printing the annual
report, and for office supplies and equipment,
a sum not exceeding twenty-four thousand
dollars,
For services and travelling expenses in conduct-
ing investigations as provided by chapter two
hundred and ninety-seven of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars,
$27,000 00
43,600 00
24,000 00
Department
of Civil
Service and
Registration.
Division of
Civil Service.
Total,
1,000 00
$95,600 00
Division of Registration:
400 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceed-
ing fifteen hundred dollars,
400^ For expenses of the director, a sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars,
Total,
Division of
^,500 00 Registration.
1,000 00
$2,500 00
Board of Registration in Medicine:
401 For services of the members of the board, a sum
not exceeding forty-three hundred dollars,
402 For services of office assistants, a sum not exceed-
ing sixteen hundred and seventy dollars,
403 For personal services of members of the board
and examiners for the registration of chirop-
odists, a sum not exceeding six hundred dol-
lars,
404 For services other than personal, including the
printing of the annual report, travelling ex-
penses, rent of office, office supplies and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding sixteen hundred
dollars,
Total,
Board of
Registration in
H,300 00 reSe
1,670 00
600 00
1,600 00
U70 00
Board of Dental Examiners:
405 For services of the members of the board and
clerical assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty-
one hundred and seventy-five dollars.
52,175 00
Board of
Dental
Examiners.
228
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Board of
Dental
Examiners.
Item
406
For other services, including printing the annual
report, and for rent, travelling expenses, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-six hundred dollars, ....
Total,
S2,600 00
1,775 00
Board of
Registration in
Pharmacy.
Board of Registration in Pharmacy:
407 For personal services of the members of the
board, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight hun-
dred dollars, S3,800 00
408 For services of the agent and office assistants, a
sum not exceeding thirtj'-five hundred dollars, 3,500 00
409 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, travelling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-six hundred dollars, .... 2,600 00
Total, 19,900 00
Board of
Registration
of Nurses.
Board of Registration of Nurses:
410 For services of members of the board, a sum not
exceeding twenty-one hundred dollars, . . |2,100 00
411 For services of clerical assistants in their office,
a sum not exceeding sixteen hundred dollars, . 1,600 00
412 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, office rent, travelling expenses
and office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding seventeen hundred dollars, . . 1,700 00
Total, $5,400 00
Board of
Registration in
Embalming.
413
414
Board of Registration in Embalming:
For compensation of members of the board and
services of their clerk, a sum not exceeding
fourteen hundred dollars, $1,400 00
For services other than personal, including trav-
elling expenses, supplies and office equipment,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, 1,000 00
Total,
$2,400 00
Board of
Registration
in Optometry.
415
416
Board of Registration in Optometry:
For personal ser\dces of the members of the
board, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred and
twenty^five dollars,
For clerical services, a sum not exceeding three
hundred and fifty dollars,
P., 525 00
350 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
229
Item
417
For other services, printing the annual report,
office supphes and equipment, and traveUing
expenses of the members of the board, a sum
not exceeding four hundred dollars, .
Total,
Board of
Registration
in Optometry.
$400 00
,275 00
Board of Registration in Veterinary Med-
icine :
418 For services of the members of the board and
secretary, a sum not exceeding six hundred
dollars,
419 For other services, printing the annual report,
travelling expenses, office supplies and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding four hundred dol-
lars,
Total,
Board of
Registration in
Veterinary
$600 00 Medicine.
400 00
$1,000 00
State Examiners of Electricians:
420 For personal services of the secretary and assist-
ants, a sum not exceeding forty-seven hundred
and ninety dollars,
421 For other expenses, including printing the an-
nual report, travelling expenses, office supplies
and equipment, a sum not exceeding twenty-
nine hundred dollars,
Total,
$4,790 00
state
Examiners of
Electricians.
2,900 00
$7,690 00
Service of the Department of Industrial Accidents.
422 For personal services of members of the board,
secretaries, medical adviser, vocational direc-
tor and inspectors, a sum not exceeding fifty-
seven thousand one hundred twenty-six dol-
lars and eighty-eight cents, .... $57,126 88
423 For personal services of clerks and office assist-
ants, a sum not exceeding seventy-four thou-
sand five hundred dollars, 74,500 00
424 For expenses of impartial examinations, a sum
not exceeding nineteen thousand dollars, . 19,000 00
425 For travelling expenses, a sum not exceeding
fifty-six hundred dollars, 5,600 00
426 For other services, printing the annual report,
necessary office supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding eleven thousand four hun-
dred dollars,
Department of
Industrial
Accidents.
Total,
11,400 00
$167,626 88
230 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.
Later aSd*** °^ 427 For Salaries of the commissioner, associate corn-
industries, missioners and assistant, a sum not exceeding
twenty thousand five hundred dollars, . . $20,500 00
4275' For clerical and other assistance to the commis-
sioner, a sum not exceeding twenty-four hun-
dred dollars, 2,400 00
428 For personal services for the inspection service,
a sum not exceeding ninety-eight thousand
dollars, 98,000 00
429 For personal services for the statistical service,
a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand nine
hundred dollars, 36,900 00
430 For clerical and other personal ser\'ices for the
operation of free emplojTnent offices, a sum
not exceeding forty-two thousand three hun-
dred dollars, 42,300 00
431 For clerical and other assistance for the board
of conciliation and arbitration, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand five hundred dollars, . 10,500 00
432 For personal services of investigators, clerks and
stenographers for the minimum wage service,
a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars, 12,000 00
433 For compensation and expenses of wage boards,
a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, . 3,000 00
434 For personal services for the division of stand-
ards, a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand
six hundred dollars, 19,600 00
435 For personal services of inspectors in surveying
lumber, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars, 20,000 00
436 For travelling expenses of the commissioner, as-
sistant commissioner, associate, commissioners
and inspectors of labor, a sum not exceeding
sixteen thousand dollars, 16,000 00
437 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, rent of district offices and office
supplies and equipment for the inspectional
service, a sum not exceeding thirteen thou-
sand nine hundred dollars, .... 13,900 00
438 For services other than personal, printing reports
and publications, travelling expenses and office
supplies and equipment for the statistical serv-
ice, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand nine
hundred dollars, . . . . . . 12,900 00
439 For rent, necessary office supplies and equipment
for the free employment offices, a sum not ex-
ceeding twelve thousand three hundred dollars, 12,300 00
440 For other services, printing, travelling expenses
and office supplies and equipment for the
board of conciliation and arbitration, a sum
not exceeding six thousand dollars, . . . 6,000 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
231
Item
-141
442
442^
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
For services other than personal, printing, trav-
elling expenses and office supplies and equip-
ment for minimum wage service, a sum not
exceeding thirty-six hundred dollars, . . $3,600 00
For other services, printing, travelling expenses
and office supplies and equipment for the divi-
sion of standards, a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand eight hundred dollars, . . . 12,800 00
For travel and expenses of the inspectors for sur-
veying lumber, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand dollars, . ' 2,000 00
Department of
Labor and
Industries.
Total,
$344,700 00
Service of the Department of Mental Diseases.
For personal services of the director, officers and
emploj-ees, a sum not exceeding seventy-four
thousand five hundred dollars, .... $74,500 00
For transportation and medical examination of
state paupers under its charge for the present
year and previous years, a sum not exceeding
eight thousand dollars, 8,000 00
For the support of insane paupers boarded in
families under its charge, or temporarily ab-
sent under authority of the same, for the pres-
ent year and pre\'ious years, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-five hundred dollars, . . 7,500 00
For the support of state paupers in the Hospital
Cottages for Children, a sum not exceeding
eleven thousand dollars, 11,000 00
For the expenses of an investigation as to the
nature, causes, results and treatment of mental
diseases and defects, and the publication of
the results thereof, a sum not exceeding eight
thousand dollars, 8,000 00
For other services, including printing the annual
report, travelling and office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand dollars, 17,000 00
Department
of Mental
Diseases.
Total,
$126,000 00
For the maintenance of patients and other serv-
ices under the direction of the trustees of the
Norfolk state hospital, a sum not exceeding
sixteen thousand two hundred dollars,
For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institutions
under the control of the Department of
Mental Diseases:
Boston state hospital, a sum not exceeding seven
hundred ninety-eight thousand one hundred
$16,200 00
Institutions
under control
of Department
dollars, 798,100 00 of Mental
232
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Institutions
under control
of Department
of Mental
Diseases.
Item
451 For building, furnishing and equipping a home
for ninety nurses at the Boston state hospital,
a sum not exceeding twent^'-four thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any sum
heretofore appropriated for the purpose, . $24,000 00
452 For building, furnishing and equipping a con-
gregate dining room for the west group, a sum
not exceeding sixty thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any sum heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, 60,000 00
453 Danvers state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
hundred seventy-two thousand five hundred
dollars, , . . . . 572,500 00
454 (This item omitted.)
455 (This item omitted.)
456 Foxborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
two hundred forty-five thousand two hundred
dollars, . . . . . . . . 245,200 00
457 For installing steam mains and an electric cable
at the Foxborough state hospital, a sura not
exceeding thirty thousand dollars, . . . 30,000 00
458 (This item omitted.)
459 (This item omitted.)
460 Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding three
hundred twenty-four thousand five hundred
dollars, 324,500 00
461 For the extension of water supply at the Gardner
state colony, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars, . 10,000 00
462 Grafton state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
hundred twenty-eight thousand six hundred
dollars, 528,600 00
463 Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded, a
sum not exceeding five hundred fifty-two
thousand six hundred dollars, .... 552,600 00
4631 For the city of Waltham, rental for sewage dis-
posal, the sum of sixteen hundred and twenty-
seven dollars, 1,627 00
464 For building an assembly hall at Templeton
colonv, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars, 5,000 00
465 Medfield state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
hundred seventy-five thousand four hundred
dollars, 575,400 00
466 (This item omitted.)
467 (This item omitted.)
468 Monson state hospital, a sum not exceeding
three hundred eighty thousand nine hundred
dollars, 380,900 00
469 Northampton state hospital, a sum not exceed-
ing three hundred fifty-five thousand nine
hundred dollars, 355,900 00
470 (This item omitted.)
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225. 233
Item
471 Taunton state hospital, a sum not exceeding four institutions
hundred eighty-six thousand seven hundred o"Depa°rtnient
dollars, $486,700 00 ^-^l^^f
472 Westborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
five hundred thirty-one thousand dollars, . 531,000 00
473 (This item omitted.)
474 For the completion of a standpipe and for
changes in the water system at the Westbor-
ough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars, .... 3,500 00
475 Worcester state hospital, a sum not exceeding
seven hundred eleven thousand one hundred
dollars, 711,100 00
476 For additional water supply for fire protection
at the Worcester state hospital, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventeen thousand dollars, . . 17,000 00
477 For additions and alterations in the laundry at
the Worcester state hospital, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-one thousand dollars, . . . 21,000 00
478 (This item omitted.)
479 Wrentham state school, a sum not exceeding
four hundred thirty-seven thousand five hun-
dred dollars, 437,500 00
480 (This item omitted.)
480^ For the construction of an industrial building at
the Wrentham state school, a sum not exceed-
ing forty-three thousand dollars, . . . 43,000 00
481 For the construction of a cold-storage plant at
the Wrentham state school, a sum not exceed-
ing forty-five thousand dollars, . . . 45,000 00
482 For building, furnishing and equipping a cus-
todial building for one hundred and forty in-
mates at the proposed school for the feeble-
minded at Belchertown, a sum not exceeding
forty-five thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any sum heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, 45,000 00
483 For building, furnishing and equipping a dormi-
tory building for one hundred and five inmates
at the proposed school for the feeble-minded
at Belchertown, a sum not exceeding thirty-
one thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any sum heretofore appropriated for
the purpose, 31,000 00
Total, $6,852,327 00
Service of the Department of Correction.
484 For the personal services of the director, deputies Department of
and members of the board of parole and ad- Correction,
visory board of pardons, a sum not exceeding
nineteen thousand dollars, $19,000 (X)
234
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Department of
Correction.
Item
485
486
487
488
489
490
For the personal services of clerks, stenographers
and agents, a sum not exceeding thirty-nine
thousand six hundred and fifty dollars, $39,650 00
For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars, 5,000 00
For travelling expenses of officers and employees
of the department when required to travel in
the discharge of their duties, a sum not ex-
ceeding eleven thousand dollars, . . 11,000 00
For the removal of prisoners to and from state
institutions, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars, . . . . . . . . 5,000 00
For assistance to prisoners discharged from
the state prison, Massachusetts reformatory,
prison camp and hospital and state farm, and
to discharged female prisoners, a sum not ex-
ceeding twelve thousand five hundred dollars, 12,500 00
For services of guards, and for the purchase of
equipment needed for the emplojTnent of pris-
oners, as defined in chapter one hundred and
twenty-nine of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and seventeen, a sum not exceeding
fourteen thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to the unexpended balance of any
appropriation made for the purpose, . . 14,000 00
Total,
$106,150 00
Institutions
under control
of Department
of Correction.
For the maintenance of the following insti-
tutions under the control of the Depart-
ment of Correction:
491 State farm, a sum not exceeding four hundred
seventeen thousand two hundred and seventy-
five dollars, $417,275 00
492 State prison, a sum not exceeding two hundred
eighty-one thousand five hundred dollars, . 281,500 00
493 Prison camp and hospital, a sum not exceeding
eighty-eight thousand six hundred dollars, . 88,600 00
494 Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceed-
ing two hundred eighty-three thousand seven
hundred and fifty dollars, 283,750 00
495 For building a warehouse at the Massachusetts
reformatory, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars, . 5,000 00
496 Reformatory for women, a sum not exceeding one
hundred sixty-five thousand six hundred and
fifteen dollars, 165,615 00
4965 For the town of Framingham, according to a
contract for sewage disposal at the reforma-
tory for women, the sum of six hundred dollars, 600 00
Total, $1,242,340 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
235
Item
497
498
Service of the Department of Public Welfare.
For personal services of officers and employees,
a sum not exceeding twenty-three thousand
nine hundred and fifty dollars, .... $23,950 00
For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, travelling expenses, including
expenses of auxiliary visitors, and office sup-
plies and expenses, a sum not exceeding sev-
enty-five hundred dollars, 7,500 00
Department of
Public Welfare.
Total,
$31,450 00
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
Di\'ision of Aid and Relief:
For personal services of officers and employees,
a sum not exceeding eighty-five thousand six
hundred dollars,
For serA-ices other than personal, including trav-
elling expenses and office supplies and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand
seven hundred dollars,
For the transportation of state paupers under
the charge of the department, for the present
year and previous years, a sum not exceeding
eighteen thousand dollars,
The following items are for reimbursement
of cities and to^vATis:
For the pajTtnent of suitable aid to mothers with
dependent children, for the present j^ear and
pre\aous years, a sum not exceeding seven
hundred thousand dollars,
For the burial of state paupers by cities and
towns, for the present j^ear and previous years,
a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars.
For expenses in connection ^ath smallpox and
other diseases dangerous to the public health,
for the present j'ear and previous years, a sum
not exceeding eight j^ thousand dollars.
For the support of sick paupers by cities and
toTVTis, for the present year and previous years,
the same to include cases of wife settlement, a
sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dol-
lars, .
For temporary aid given to state paupers and
shipnTecked seamen by cities and to-^vns, for
the present year and previous years, a sum not
exceeding three hundred thousand dollars.
Total,
Division of Aid
and Relief.
$85,600 00
18,700 00
18,000 00
700,000 00
12,000 00
80,000 00
100,000 00
300,000 00
$1,314,300 00
507
Division of Child Guardianship :
For personal ser\aces of officers and employees,
a sum not exceeding one hundred twenty-four
thousand one hundred dollars, ....
$124,100 00
Division
of Child
Guardianship.
236
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Division
of Child
Guardianship.
Item
508
509
510
611
For services other than personal, office suppUes
and equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-five
hundred dollars, $6,500 00
For tuition in the public schools, including trans-
portation to and from school of children
boarded or bound out by the department, a
sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand four
hundred dollars, 75,400 00
For the care and maintenance of indigent and
neglected children and juvenile offenders, for
the present year and previous years, a sum not
exceeding eight hundred eight thousand five
hundred and fifty dollars, 808,550 00
For the care, maintenance and transportation
of unsettled pauper infants, for the present
year and pre\'ious years, a sum not exceeding
ninety-three thousand nine hundred dollars, . 93,900 00
Total,
$1,108,450 00
Homestead
Commission.
Homestead Commission:
512 For ser%aces of a stenographer, a sum not exceed-
ing fifteen hundred dollars, .... $1,500 00
513 For other services, printing, travelling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding eight hundred dollars, .... 800 00
Total, $2,300 00
Trustees,
Massachusetts
Training
Schools.
Trustees, Massachusetts Training Schools:
514 For the services of the executive secretary and
stenographer, a sura not exceeding forty-one
hundred dollars, $4,100 00
515 For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, travelling and other ex-
penses of the members of the board and em-
ployees, office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, . . 1,500 00
Boys' Parole:
Boys' Parole. QiQ for personal services of agents in the division
for boys paroled and boarded in families, a
sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand one
hundred and seventy dollars, .... 25,170 00
517 For ser\dces other than personal, including trav-
elling expenses of the agents and boys, and
necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding fifteen thousand five hundred
and fifty dollars, 15,550 00
518 For board, clothing, medical and other expenses
incidental to the care of boys, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-five thousand two hundred
and seventy-five dollars, 25,275 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
237
Item
519
520
521
Girls' Parole:
For personal services of agents in the division of
girls paroled from the industrial school for
girls, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand
five hundred eighty-seven dollars and fifty
cents,
For travelling expenses of said agents for the
girls paroled, for board, medical and other care
of girls, for services other than personal, for
office supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-eight hundred and fifty dol-
lars,
For reimbursement of cities and towns for tui-
tion of children attending the public schools,
a sum not exceeding eighteen hundred dollars,
Total,
Girls' Parole.
$20,587 50
7,850 00
1,800 00
$101,832 50
For the maintenance of the institutions
under the control of the trustees of the
Massachusetts Training Schools, with the
approval of the said trustees, as follows:
522 Industrial school for boys, a sum not exceeding
one hundred forty-five thousand six hundred
dollars,
523 Industrial school for girls, a sum not exceeding
one hundred forty-eight thousand two hun-
dred and fifty dollars,
524 Lyman school for boys, a sum not exceeding two
hundred nineteen thousand four hundred
dollars, 219,400 00
Institutions
under control
$145,600 00 Massachusetts
Training
Schools.
148,250 00
Total,
$513,250 00
Massachusetts Hospital School:
525 For the maintenance of the Massachusetts hos-
pital school, to be expended with the approval
of the trustees, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred thirty-three thousand one hundred and
fifty dollars, $133,150 00
526 For the purchase of land for the Massachusetts
hospital school, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars, 15,000 00
Massachusetts
Hospital
School.
Total,
$148,150 00
State Infirmary:
527 For the maintenance of the state infirmary, to be
expended with the approval of the trustees
thereof, a sum not exceeding eight hundred
twenty-four thousand eight hundred and
thirteen dollars,
State
Infirmary.
$824,813 00
238
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
State
Infirmary.
Item
528
529
530
Department
of Public
Health.
Division of
AdtninistratioD.
531
532
Division of 533
Hygiene.
534
Division of 535
Communicable
Diseases.
Division of
Venereal
Diseases.
536
537
538
539
(This item omitted.)
For the purchase of oil-burning equipment for
the state infirmary, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars, $15,000 00
For the purchase of real estate for the state in-
firmary, a sum not exceeding thirtj^-six hun-
dred and fifty dollars, 3,650 00
Total,
$843,463 00
Service of the Department of Public Health.
Division of Administration, as follows:
For personal ser\'ices of the commissioner,
health council and office assistants, a sum not
exceeding twenty-one thousand one hundred
dollars, . . $21,100 00
For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, travelling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand seven hundred dollars, . 10,700 00
Division of Hygiene, as follows:
For personal services of the director and assist-
ants, a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand
six hundred and forty-five dollars, . 18,645 00
For services other than personal, travelling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, . . 20,000 00
Division of Communicable Diseases, as fol-
lows:
For personal services of the director, district
health officers and their assistants, epidemi-
ologist, bacteriologist and assistants in the
diagnostic laboratory, a sum not exceeding
fifty-five thousand five hundred dollars, . 55,500 00
For services other than personal, travelling ex-
penses, laboratory, office and other necessary
supplies, including the purchase of animals and
equipment, and rent of certain offices, a sum
not exceeding twenty-two thousand dollars, . 22,000 00
Division of Venereal Diseases, as follows :
For personal services of the division, a sum not
exceeding fifty-two hundred dollars, . 5,200 00
For services other than personal, travelling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding eleven thousand three hundred
forty-two dollars and fifty cents, . . . 11,342 50
Antitoxin and Vaccine Lymph, as follows:
For personal services in the investigation and
production of antitoxin and vaccine lymph and
other specific material for protective inocula-
tion, diagnosis of treatment, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and
forty doUars, 29,740 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
239
Item
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
For other services, supplies, materials and equip-
ment necessary for the production of antitoxin
and other materials as enumerated above, a
sum not exceeding twenty-six thousand five
hundred dollars, . . . . . . $26,500 00
Manufacture and Distribution of Arsphena-
mine, as follows:
For personal services necessary for the manu-
facture of arsphenamine or other similar prep-
arations, a sum not exceeding fifty-two hun-
dred and fifty dollars, 5,250 00
For the purchase of chemicals and other ma-
terials, including equipment and supplies nec-
essary for the preparation and manufacture of
arsphenamine, or its equivalent, a sum not
exceeding thirty-seven hundred and seventy-
five dollars, 3,775 00
Inspection of Food and Drugs, as follows:
For personal services of the director, analysts,
inspectors and other assistants, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-eight thousand seven hundred
and fifty dollars, . 28,750 00
For other services, including travelling expenses,
supplies, material and equipment, a sum not
exceeding nine thousand dollars, . . . 9,000 00
Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage:
Engineering Di\'ision:
For personal services of the director, engineers,
clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceed-
ing thirty-three thousand five hundred dol-
lars, • .• .• •. • • . ■ • • 33,500 00
For other services, including travelling expenses,
supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding ninety-two hundred dollars, . . 9,200 00
Division of Laboratories:
For personal services of laboratory director,
chemists, clerks and other assistants, a sum
not exceeding twenty-eight thousand five
hundred dollars, . . . . . . . 28,500 00
For other services, including travelling expenses,
supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars, . . . 5,000 00
For expenses of the joint board for making an
investigation relative to water supply needs
and resources and to the use of great ponds, as
authorized by chapter forty-nine of the re-
solves of nineteen hundred and nineteen, a
sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any sum
heretofore appropriated for the purpose, . 75,000 00
(The above item, number 549, is substi-
tuted for items numbers 549 and 550.)
Division of
Venereal
Diseases.
Inspection of
Food and
Drugs.
Engineering
Division.
Division of
Laboratories.
Water supply-
needs, etc.
240
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
State
Examinera of
Plumbers.
Item
551
For personal and other senices and necessary-
supplies and equipment for the state exam-
iners of pkimbers, a sum not exceeding forty-
six hundred and twenty dollars,
(The above item, number 551, is substi-
tuted for items numbers 551 and 552.)
Total,
$4,620 00
$423,322 50
Division of
Tuberculosis.
553 (This item omitted.)
Division of Tuberculosis:
554 For personal services of the director, stenog-
raphers, clerks and other assistants, a sum not
exceeding twelve thousand one hundred and
seventy dollars, $12,170 00
555 For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, travelling expenses and
office suppUes and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-seven hundred dollars, . 2,700 00
556 To cover the pa^inent of subsidies to which cer-
tain cities and towns are entitled under the
provisions of chapter five hundred and ninety-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
eleven, as amended by chapter two hundred
and ninety of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and seventeen, for the period ending
November thirty, nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, a sum not exceeding one hundred sev-
enty-three thousand nine hundred fifty-six
dollars and twelve cents, 173,956 12
Total, $188,826 12
Sanatoria,
maintenance.
557
558
558i
559
560
561
For the maintenance of the sanatoria, as
follows :
For the Lakeville state sanatorium, a sum not
exceeding one hundred ninety-six thousand
five hundred and seventy-eight dollars, . . $196,578 00
(This item omitted.)
For the construction of a shelter for calves and
young stock, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars, . . . . . 2,500 00
For installing an eighty-kilowatt generator unit
at the Lakeville state sanatorium, a sum not
exceeding seven thousand dollars, . . 7,000 00
For the North Reading state sanatorium, a sum
not exceeding one hundred fifty-five thousand
four hundred and fiftj^-five dollars, . . . 155,455 00
For building a cottage for the cliief engineer and
steward at the North Reading state sanato-
rium, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
dollars, 12,000 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
241
Item
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
For the Rutland state sanatorium, a sum not
exceeding two hundred eighty-two thousand
seven hundred and eighty dollars,
(This item omitted.)
For the Westfield state sanatorium, a sum not
exceeding one hundred eighty-seven thousand
five hundred and three dollars, ....
For the purchase of land for the Westfield state
sanatorium, a sum not exceeding eighteen
hundred and ninety dollars, ....
For remodehng farmhouse and dormitory addi-
tion at the Westfield state sanatorium, a sum
not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
For remodehng barn at the Westfield state sana-
torium, a sum not exceeding fifty-seven hun-
dred doUai*s,
For installing a seventy-five-kilowatt engine and
generator at the Westfield state sanatorium,
a sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars,
Total
Sanatoria,
maintenance.
For the maintenance of the Penikese hospital, to
be expended with the approval of the depart-
ment of public health, a sum not exceeding
thirty-three thousand one hundred and twenty
dollars,
$282,780 00
187,503 00
1,890 00
10,000 00
5,700 00
6,500 00
$867,906 00
Penikese
Hospital,
maintenance.
5,120 00
Service of the Department of Public Safety.
570 For the salary of the commissioner and for per-
sonal services of clerks and stenographers, a
sum not exceeding twenty-six thousand one
hundred and six dollars, $26,106 00
571 For contingent services, including printing the .
annual report, rent of district offices, suppUes
and equipment, and all other things necessary
for the investigation of fires and moving-pic-
ture licenses, as required by law, a sum not
exceeding eighteen thousand dollars, . . 18,000 00
Division of State Police:
573 For the salaries of officers, a sum not exceeding
sixty-two thousand and thirty dollars, . . 62,030 00
574 For travelling expenses of the division, a sum
not exceeding twenty-one thousand dollars, . 21,000 00
575 For maintenance and operation of the pofice
steamer "Lotis", a sum not exceeding sixty-
five hundred dollars, 6,500 00
576 For personal services, rent, supplies and equip-
ment necessary in the enforcement of statutes
relative to explosives and inflammable fluids
and compounds, a sum not exceeding forty-
two hundred and fifty dollars, . . . , 4,250 00
Department of
Public Safety.
Division of
State Police.
242
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Division of
Inspections.
Board of
Boiler Rules.
Item
572
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
Fire Preven-
tion District
Service.
584
585
586
Department of
Public Works.
587
587i
Division of Inspections :
For the salary of the chief of inspections, a sum
not e.xceeding thirty-six hundred dollars,
For the salaries of officers for the building in-
spection service, a sum not exceeding forty-
two thousand four hundred dollars,
For travelling expenses of the division, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand one hundred dollars, .
For the salaries of officers for the boiler inspec-
tion service, a sum not exceeding fifty-four
thousand one hundred and ten dollars, .
For travelling expenses of the division, a sum not
exceeding thirteen thousand dollars.
For services, supphes and equipment necessary
for investigations and inspections by the divi-
sion, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars,
Board of Boiler Rules:
For personal services of the members of the
board, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars,
For services other than personal and the neces-
sary travelUng expenses of the members of the
board, office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding six hundred dollars, .
Total,
Fire Prevention District Service (the main-
tenance of this service, as provided in the
following appropriations, is to be assessed
upon certain cities and towns making up
the fire prevention district, as provided
by law) :
For the salary of the state fire marshal, a sum
not exceeding thirty-six hundred dollars,
For other personal services, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand three hundred and fifteen
dollars,
For other services, office rent and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
nine thousand dollars,
Total,
$3,600 00
42,400 00
10,100 00
54,110 00
13,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
600 00
$263,696 00
Service of the Department of Public Works.
For the salaries of the commissioner and the four
associate commissioners, a sum not exceeding
thirty thousand five hundred dollars,
For personal services of clerks and assistants to
the commissioner, a sum not exceeding nine
thousand dollars,
$3,600 00
15,315 00
9,000 00
$27,915 00
$30,500 00
9,000 00
Total,
$39,500 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225. 243
Item
Division of Highways (the foUo■v\^ng ap-
propriations for the operation and main-
tenance of this division are made from
the receipts in the Motor Vehicle Fees
Fund) :
588 For the personal services of the chief engineer, Division of
engineers and office assistants, including cer- Highways.
tain clerks and stenographers, a sum not ex-
ceeding forty thousand dollars, 140,000 00
589 For travelling expenses of the commissioners,
when travelling in the discharge of their official
duties, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hun-
dred dollars, . . . . . . . . 3,500 00
590 For ser\dces other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report and necessary office sup-
pUes and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand dollars, 12,000 00
591 For the care, repair and storage, replacement and
purchase of road-building machinery and tools,
a sum not exceeding three hundred and sev-
enty-five thousand dollars, .... 375,000 00
592 For the suppression of gypsy and brown tail
moths on state highways, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand dollars, 13,000 00
593 For the maintenance of state highways and the
improvement and construction of town ways
and certain through routes, in accordance with
the provisions of existing laws, and for the pay-
ment of any claims for damages occurring on
state highwaj'^, with the approval of the at-
torney-general, a sum not exceeding two
milUon five hundred fifty-seven thousand
seven hundred sixty dollars and fifty-six cents
from receipts in the Motor Vehicle Fees Fund,
and in addition thereto the sum of three hun-
dred fifty-eight thousand eight hundred eighty-
nine dollars and forty-four cents, representing
the amount received in the treasurj^ from as-
sessments on cities and towns for the mainte-
nance of state highways, 2,916,650 00
594 For the maintenance and operation of the New-
buryport bridge and the Brightman street
bridge in Fall River, in accordance with the
pro\dsions of existing laws, a sum not exceed-
ing eighteen thousand dollars, .... 18,000 00
Total, $3,378,150 00
Registration of motor vehicles:
595 For personal services, a sum not exceeding two Registration
hundred twenty thousand dollars, from re- of motor
ceipts in the Motor Vehicle Fees Fund, . . $220,000 00 ''^"' ^'-
244
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Registration
of motor
vehicles.
Item
596
Federal aid
for construc-
tion of high-
ways.
597
Division of
Waterways
and Public
Lands.
598
599
600
601
602
603
For services other than personal, including trav-
elling expenses, purchase of necessary suppUes,
equipment and materials, including cartage
and storage of the same, and for work inci-
dental to the registration and Ucensing of
owners of motor vehicles, a sum not exceeding
one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars,
from receipts in Motor Vehicle Fees Fund, .
Total,
$175,000 00
$395,000 00
For the purpose of enabUng the department of
pubhc works to secure federal aid for the con-
struction of highways, a sum not exceeding one
million dollars in addition to any other funds
which the department has available for the
purpose; of the said sum two hundred thou-
sand dollars shall be payable from receipts
from counties for assessments on highways
pre\'iously constructed, and the balance from
the general fund, ...... $1,000,000 00
Division of Waterways and Public Lands:
For personal ser\aces of the chief engineer and
assistants, a sum not exceeding fifty-two thou-
sand dollars, from receipts in the Port of Bos-
ton Fund, 52,000 00
For necessary travelling expenses of the commis-
sioners, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred
dollars, from receipts in the Port of Boston
Fund, 1,200 00
For services other than personal, including
printing and binding the annual report, and
for necessary office and engineering suppUes
and equipment, a sum not exceeding seventy-
• five hundred dollars, from receipts in the Port
of Boston Fund, 7,500 00
For the maintenance of structures, and for re-
pairing damages along the coast line or river
banks of the commonwealth, and for the re-
moval of wrecks and other obstructions from
tidewaters and great ponds, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-five thousand dollars, from receipts
in the Port of Boston Fund, .... 25,000 00
For the improvement, development and protec-
tion of rivers and harbors, tidewaters and fore-
shores within the commonwealth, as provided
by chapter two hundred and thirty-one of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, and of great ponds, a sum not exceeding
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, . . 250,000 00
For re-establishing and permanently marking
certain triangulation points and sections as
required by order of the land court, in accord-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
245
Item
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
ance with section one of chapter two hundred
and twenty-three of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and fifteen, a sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars, from receipts in the
Port of Boston Fund,
For the maintenance of a pubUcity bureau for
the purpose of properly advertising the port
of Boston, a sum not exceeding thirt>'-two
hundred dollars, from receipts in the Port of
Boston Fund,
For the operation and maintenance of the New
Bedford state pier, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars,
For the supervision and operation of common-
wealth pier five, including the salaries or other
compensation of employees, and for the repair
and replacement of equipment and other
property, a sum not exceeding seventy-six
thousand dollars, from receipts in the Port of
Boston Fund,
For the maintenance and improvement of com-
monwealth property under the control of the
commission, a sum not exceeding fifty-five
thousand dollars, from receipts in the Port
of Boston Fund,
For the compensation of dumping inspectors, a
sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, to be
paid from the Waterways Fund,
For the maintenance of pier one, at East Boston,
a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars,
from receipts in the Port of Boston Fund,
For services and expenses in the inspection of
certain state boundary monuments, a sum not
exceeding three thousand dollars, .
Total,
Division of
Waterways
and Public
Lands.
$1,000 00
3,200 00
10,000 00
76,000 00
55,000 00
2,000 00
15,000 00
3,000 00
$500,900 00
(The auditor of the commonwealth is hereby
authorized and directed to transfer the funds
in the account for income from the Harbor
Compensation Fund to the Port of Boston
Fund.)
The following appropriations for special
improvements are to be made from the
Port of Boston Fund:
610f For dredging and filling upon property of the
commonwealth, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any sum heretofore appropriated for
the purpose, ......... S100,000 00
Port of
Boston Fund,
special appro-
priations.
246
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Port of
Boston Fund,
special appro-
priations.
Item
611 For the extension of the bulkhead at East Bos-
ton, a sum not exceeding one hundred thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
sum heretofore appropriated for the purpose, $100,000 00
61 If For dredging in and about minor channels in
Boston harbor, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any sum heretofore appropriated for
the purpose,
612 For expenses of taking land and the improve-
ment of land and flats near Hajn^'ard's creek
in the city of Quincy and the town of Brain-
tree, a sum not exceeding one hundred thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
sum heretofore appropriated for the purpose,
613 For street and pier improvements and develop-
ments upon property of the commonwealth at
South Boston, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred thousand dollars,
614 For the care and maintenance of the Province
lands, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars, to be paid from the general fund, .
100,000 00
100,000 00
200,000 00
5,000 00
Total,
$605,000 00
Department of
Public Utilities.
Service of the Departme^it of Public Utilities.
615 For personal services of the commissioners, a
sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand dollars,
of which one half shall be assessed upon the
gas and electric light companies in accordance
with the provisions of law, .... $36,000 00
616 For personal services of secretaries, employees
of the accounting department, engineering de-
partment and rate and tariff department, a
• sum not exceeding forty thousand one hundred
and ninety dollars, 40,190 00
617 For the inspection department, personal serv-
ices, a sum not exceeding thirty-one thousand
nine hundred and sixty dollars, . . . 31,960 00
618 For personal services of clerks, messengers and
office assistants, a sum not exceeding ninety-
six hundred dollars, 9,600 00
619 For personal services of the telephone and tele-
graph department, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand nine hundred and fifteen dollars, . 10,915 00
620 For personal services of legal assistance and
experts, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars, ......... 10,000 00
621 For stenographic reports of hearings, a sum not
exceeding three thousand dollars, . . . 3,000 00
622 For travelling expenses of the commissioners
and emplovees, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars, 5,000 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
247
Item
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, office supplies and equipment,
a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand seven
hundred dollars,
For stenographic reports of evidence at inquests
held in cases of death by accident on or about
railroads, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hun-
dred dollars,
Total,
Department of
Public Utilities.
The following items are to be assessed upon
the gas and electric hght companies:
For personal services of the clerks and office as-
sistants, a sum not exceeding sixty-three hun-
dred dollars,
For personal services of the inspector of gas and
gas meters, assistant inspectors and deputy
inspectors of meters, a sum not exceeding four-
teen thousand four hundred and thirty dollars,
For expenses of inspectors and deputies, includ-
ing office rent, travelling and other necessary-
expenses of inspection, a sum hot exceeding
fifty-five hundred dollars,
For services and expenses of expert assistants,
as authorized by law, a sum not exceeding
fifty-five hundred dollars,
For other services, printing the annual report,
for rent of offices and for necessary office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand dollars,
For the examination and tests of electric meters,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, .
Total,
$14,700 00
3,500 00
$164,865 00
Items to be
assessed upon
3,300 00 trie hght com-
panies.
14,430 00
5,500 00
5,500 00
12,000 00
1,000 00
$44,730 00
For services and expenses in connection with the
abatement of smoke in Boston and vicinity,
under the direction and with the approval
of the department of public utilities, a sum
not exceeding eighty-four hundred dollars, the
same to be assessed upon the cities and towns
of the district named in section one of chapter
six hundred and fifty-one of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and ten, $8,400 00
Miscellaneous.
For expenses incurred for the preparation of pre-
liminary studies and estimates as required by '
chapter two hundred and ninety of the Gen-
eral Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen,
where no appropriation is made to carry out
the improvement requested, a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars, .... $5,000 00
Smoke abate-
ment in
Boston and
vicinity.
Miscellaneous.
248 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
monument.
Item
Bunker Hill 633 For the maintenance of Bunker Hill monument
and the propertj^ adjacent, to be expended by
the metro poUtan district commission, a sum
not exceeding twelve thousand dollars, . . $12,000 00
633f For certain special improvements in the Bunker
Hill monument and adjacent propertj"-, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, . 25,000 00
Total, $42,000 00
Metropolitan District Co7nmission.
The following items are to be assessed upon
the several districts in accordance with the
methods fixed by law, and to be expended
under the direction and with the approval
of the metropolitan district commission:
Metropolitan ^34 Yov the maintenance of the Charles river basin.
District , 1- i_ 1 1 • i •
Commission. a sum not exceeding one hundred ninety-nine
thousand seven hundred thirtj'-one dollars and
six-ty-six cents, ....... $199,731 66
635 For maintenance of park reservations, a sum not
exceeding seven hundred five thousand four
hundred seventy-seven dollars and tliirty-nine
cents, 705,477 39
635§ For the expense of holding band concerts, a sum
not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars, . 35,000 00
636 For the maintenance of the Nantasket Beach
reservation, a sum not exceeding seventy thou-
sand six hundred eighty-three dollars and
twenty-eight cents, . ^ 70,683 28
637 For the maintenance of WeUington bridge, a sum
not exceeding twelve thousand six hundred
fifty dollars and twent3'-five cents, the same
to be in addition to the amount appropriated
from the general fund, 12,650 25
638 For the maintenance of boulevards and park-
waj'S, a sum not exceeding two hundred sixteen
thousand six hundred seventj'-seven dollars
and fifty cents, the same to be in addition to
the amount appropriated from the general
fund, ......... 216,677 50
639 For the maintenance and operation of a system
of sewage disposal for the north metropohtan
sewerage district, a sum not exceeding two
hundred eighty-seven thousand five hundred
seventy-six dollars and fifty-six cents, . . 287,576 56
640 For the maintenance and operation of a system
of sewage disposal for the south metropolitan
sewerage district, a sum not exceeding one
hundred seventy-seven thousand six hundred
three dollars and two cents, .... 177,603 02
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
249
Item
641
For the maintenance and operation of the metro-
pohtan water system, a sum not exceeding
eight hundred five thousand si:i hundred
eighty-three dollars and fifty-two cents, .
Total,
Metropolitan
District
Commission.
$805,683 52
^2,511,083 18
Deficiencies.
For deficiencies in certain appropriations of
previous years, in certain items, as follows:
Deficiencies.
Department of Industrial Accidents.
For travelling expenses, the sum of one hundred
sixteen dollars and ninety-six cents,
Department of
(SI 1 c r\r Industrial
$llD Vb Accidents.
Department of Public Works.
Division of Highways :
For the expense of registration of motor vehicles,
the sum of twenty-nine hundred eleven dollars
and seventy-one cents, to be paid from the re-
ceipts in the Motor Vehicles Fees Fund, .
For the maintenance and operation of the New-
buryport bridge and the Brightman street
bridge in Fall River, the sum of twenty-seven
dollars and ninety-eight cents, ....
2,911 71
27 98
Department of
Public Works.
Division of
Highways.
Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
For services other than personal, travelling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment, the
sum of five hundred sixty doUars and sixty-
nine cents, 560 69
For the purchase of paper used in the execution
of the contract for the state printing, the sum
of six hundred ninety-seven dollars and thirty-
seven cents, . . . . . . . . 697 37
For printing the pamphlet edition of the acts and
resolves of the present year, the sum of eight
hundred seventy-six dollars and twenty-tliree
cents, 876 23
Department of
Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.
Department of Education.
For the education of deaf and bUnd pupils of
the commonwealth as provided by sections
nineteen, twenty and twenty-one of chapter
thirty-nine of the Re\'ised Laws, the sum of
eightj^-two hundred thirty-five dollars and
forty-six cents,
Department of
Education.
8,235 46
250
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 225.
Department of
Education.
Item
For the maintenance of the normal art school,
the sum of one hundred sixty-five dollars and
eighty-six cents, $165 86
For traveUing expenses of the trustees of the
Massachusetts Agricultural College, the sum
of two hundred eight dollars and fifty-seven
cents, 208 57
For the maintenance and current expenses of the
Massachusetts Agricultural College, the sum
of ninety-five hundred twenty-five dollars and
twenty-four cents, 9,525 24
Department of
Public Utilities.
Department of Public Utilities.
Public Service Commission:
For travelling expenses of the public service
commission, the sum of three hundred seventy-
one dollars and eighty-five cents,
371 85
District
Attorneys.
District Attorneys.
For travelling expenses necessarily incurred by
the district attorneys, except in the Suffolk
district, the sum of ten hundred sixty-eight
dollars and eighty cents,
1,068 80
Department of
Conservation.
Department of Conservation.
For the reimbursement of certain towns for
compensation paid to inspectors of animals
in accordance with the provisions of section
twelve of chapter ninety of the Re\'ised Laws,
the sum of one hundred thirty-one dollars and
ninety-two cents,
Total,
131 92
$24,898 64
Payments to
soldiers.
Repeal.
Section 3. For the purpose of making pa>Tiients to
soldiers, under authority of chapter two hundred and eleven
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, in
excess of appropriations and authorizations heretofore made
for the purpose, the treasurer and receiver-general is hereby
authorized to pay from the receipts from taxes le^'ied under
authority of chapters two hundred and eight}'-three and
three hundred and forty-two of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, a sum not exceeding two hundred
thousand dollars. Section three of chapter two hundred and
forty-two of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen is hereby repealed.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 226. 251
Section 4. For purchasing from time to time, at a Purchase of
price not exceeding the fair market value, with the approval of"oan'for^
of the governor and council, outstanding serial bonds of the of^^'°t'S^'^*
loan for the development of the port of Boston authorized Boston.
by section seventeen of chapter seven hundred and forty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, and acts in
amendment thereof and in addition thereto, the treasurer
and receiver-general is hereby authorized to expend, and
there is hereby appropriated from, and upon the receipt
from the United States of the proceeds from the sale of the
Boston dry dock, a sum not exceeding two million seventy-
eight thousand five hundred and sixty-one dollars and fifty-
nine cents. All bonds so purchased shall be cancelled.
Pending the purchase of said serial bonds, the treasurer and
receiver-general, with the approval of the governor and
council, is hereby authorized to invest and reinvest the said
sum or any part thereof, from time to time, in other bonds
or notes of the commonwealth.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
General Fund, $35,689,289 14
Metropolitan District, 2,511,083 18
Special Revenue, Soldiers' Bonus, .... 200,000 00
Special Revenue, Boston Dry Dock, . . . 2,078,561 59
Grand Total, $40,478,933 91
Approved March 31, 1920.
An Act to authorize the town of palmer to incur nhnr) 226
INDEBTEDNESS FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Palmer, for the purpose of Town of
acquiring land for, and constructing, equipping, and furnish- borrow money
ing school buildings, may borrow money, in excess of the school ac^m-
statutory limit of indebtedness, to an amount not exceeding ™°'^^*'°"s
two hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, such bonds or notes to be denominated on
their face. Palmer School Loan, Act of 1920, and to bear Palmer School
such rate of interest as may be fixed by the town treasurer, 1920!'' ^'^^ °^
with the approval of the selectmen. The bonds or notes
shall be issued in compliance with the requirements of
chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and thirteen, and the amendments thereof. Each
252
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 227, 228.
authorized issue of such bonds or notes shall constitute a
separate loan, and premiums received on the said loans
shall be used as provided by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 31, 1920.
Chap. 227 An Act to authorize the city of fall river to incur
ADDITIONAL INDEBTEDNESS FOR TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL
PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Fall River, for the purpose of
acquiring land and of constructing and furnishing buildings
thereon for tuberculosis hospital purposes, may borrow a
sum not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, in excess
of the statutory limit of indebtedness, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Fall River Tuberculosis Hospital Loan, Act of 1920, and
shall bear such rate of interest as may be fixed by the city
treasurer, with the approval of the mayor. The said bonds
or notes shall be issued in compliance with the requirements
of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirteen and the amendments thereof.
Each authorized issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a
separate loan and any premiums received thereon shall be
used as provided by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 31, 1920.
City of Fall
River may
borrow money
for tuberculosis
hospital pur-
poses.
Fall River
Tuberculosis
Hospital Loan,
Act of 1920.
Town of West
Springfield
may make an
additional
water loan.
Chap. 228 An Act to authorize the town of west springfield
TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL WATER LOAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of West Springfield, for the purpose
of extending, reconstructing, and relaying its water mains,
and impro\'ing its storage, pumping, and distributing facil-
ities, may borrow from time to time, outside the statutory
limit of indebtedness, such sums of money as may be neces-
sary, to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dol-
lars, and may issue therefor bonds or notes. Such bonds or
notes shall be denominated on the face thereof, West Spring-
field Water Loan, Act of 1920; shall be signed by the treas-
urer of the town and countersigned by the selectmen; and
shall bear such rate of interest as may be fixed by the treas-
West Spring-
field Water
Loan, Act of
1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 229, 230. 253
urer, with the approval of the selectmen. The said bonds
or notes shall be payable at the expiration of periods not ex-
ceeding thirty years from their respective dates of issue, and
in the manner set forth in section fourteen of chapter seven
hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen, and acts in amendment thereof and in addition
thereto. Each authorized issue of bonds or notes shall con-
stitute a separate loan, and any premiums received thereon
shall be used as directed by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 31, 1920.
An Act relative to the election of a road commis- (JJidj) 229
SIONER in the town OF MARSHFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The action of the town of Marshfield in the Action of town
election of a road commissioner for the term of three- years fn eiecfion^of
at its annual town meeting on March first, nineteen hundred gfoner^iT-^'
and twenty, is hereby validated and confirmed. '^^t'^^-
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 31, 1920.
An Act to change a portion of the harbor line in Chap.23Q
the city of GLOUCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The line hereinafter described is hereby Portion of
established as a harbor line beyond which no wharf, pier or hfcUyoT^
other structure shall be extended into or over the tide waters ^il^n^S*®*^
of Gloucester harbor in that part of the city of Gloucester
known as East Gloucester: Beginning at a point in the
harbor line established by chapter fifty-nine of the acts of
the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one and at or near
the most westerly corner of a wharf now or formerly be-
longing to William Parsons, Second, and Company, and
running southeasterly in a line, which, if prolonged, would
intersect the westerly corner of the easterly wharf now or
formerly belonging to the Gorton-Pew Fisheries Company,
six hundred and fifty-nine feet, more or less, to a point in
the harbor line established by chapter one hundred and
twenty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-six,
the line hereby established being shown on a plan filed in
the office of the department of public works, division of
254 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 231, 232, 233.
waterways and public lands, entitled "new harbor line in
Gloucester harbor, March, 1920."
Repeal. SECTION 2. So much of Said chapter fifty-nine of the
acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-one and chapter one
hundred and twenty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred
and sixty-six as establishes a different harbor line upon the
frontage covered by this act is hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 31, 1920.
Chap. 231 An Act to repeal the law relative to the printing
OF THE STATUTE AGAINST THEFTS OF POULTRY.
pr'S^mbie?^ ^Vhereos, The act hereby repealed provides for the dis-
tribution of the printed copies of the law concerned on or
before the first day of April ; therefore, in order to make this
act effective for the present year, it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Law relative to Chapter ouc hundred and forty of the General Acts of
printing, etc., . iiiini> i-
of^ statute nineteen hundred and niteen, being an act to authorize the
of poultry printing and distribution of posters relative to poultry
repea . thicviug, is hereby repealed. Approved March 31, 1920.
Chap. 2S2 An Act relative to sessions of the superior court in
THE CITY OF QUINCY FOR NATURALIZATION PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
fuper°iOTTOurt ^o^ purposcs of naturalization there may hereafter be
hl^Qu^cy^for ^^'^ ^^ *^^ ^^^^ ^^ Quiucy a session of the superior court in
naturalization the month of February and in the month of July upon such
purposes. , ir»ii i i-p. • ci
dates as may be fixed by the chief justice of the court.
Approved March 31, 1920.
Chap. 233 An Act to authorize the county of Suffolk to pay a
PENSION TO JOHN QUANE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Sfntymay SECTION 1. The county of Suffolk may pay to John
j^hn*Qu ne Quanc who, for more than twenty-four years, served the
county in the court house as janitor and elevator man, an
annual pension, so long as he lives, equal to one half of the
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 234, 235. 255
compensation which he received during the year prior to
his retirement from the said service.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by vote of the city council of the city of Boston, subject to Boston c?ty
the provisions of its charter, pro\dded that such acceptance "'"°^''' ®*''-
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the cur-
rent year. Approved March 31, 1920.
An Act to authorize the building of a bathhouse in (JJkij) 234
brown park in the town of marblehead.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Marblehead may build and MaTbie°head
maintain a bathhouse in Brown park, so-called, in the said ^ay build,
, . 1 . , , » etc., a bath-
town, and maj' raise and appropriate such sums oi money as house in
1 £ .1 • ' Brown park,
may be necessary tor this purpose. so-caiied.
Section 2. The park commissioners of said town shall *^*''^ ^""^ ,
■*■ I management.
have the care and management of the bathhouse and the
land appurtenant thereto and may make such rules and
regulations for the conduct of the bathhouse as they may
consider necessary, and if they deem it expedient may
charge non-residents of the town for the use of the same.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance To be sub-
by a majority of the voters of the town of Marblehead voting ™oteM, Itc.
thereon at an annual or special meeting called for the pur-
pose; but for the purpose of being submitted to the voters
of said toTMi the act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved March 31, 1920.
An Act relative to the payment to municipal em- fh^.^ oqk
PLOYEES W^HO SERVED IN THE WORLD WAR OF THE DIF-
TERENCE BETWEEN THEIR MILITARY AND THEIR MUNICIPAL
COMPENSATION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Pajnnents made bv cities and towns, under Municipal
chapter two hundred and fifty-four of the General Acts of Tryl7i^"^^''
nineteen hundred and seventeen, to employees who served be°paildiffer-
in the world war, of the difference between their military and thefr miiTt?"
their municipal compensation, shall be made to all such ^'^^ t^.^''",
employees w^hether they enlisted, or were drafted, inducted compensation,
or commissioned in the ser\ace of the United States.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in cities upon its when to
acceptance by the mayor and city council, or by the com- ^^'^^ ^^^''^'
256
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 236, 237.
mission in cities where there is a commission form of gov-
ernment, and in towns upon its acceptance by the voters of
the town at any regular or special ^ meeting.
Approved March 31, 1920.
Chap. 2S6 An Act relative to the recovery of damages for
DEATH CAUSED BY THE OPERATION OF MUNICIPAL GAS OR
ELECTRIC PLANTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one hundred and twenty-one of chapter seven
hundred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fourteen is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"property", in the third Kne, the words: — or for the death
of a person, who is in the exercise of due care, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 121. A city or town which owns
or operates a gas or electric plant shall be liable for any
injury or damage to persons or property, or for the death
of a person, who is in the exercise of due care, caused by its
maintenance or operation, in the same manner and to the
same extent as a private corporation; but it shall not be
liable for damages caused by competition with an existing
gas or electric plant therein. Approved March 31, 1920.
1914, 742, § 121,
amended.
Liability for
injury,
damage or
death caused
by operation
of municipal
gas or electric
plants.
1903, 437, § 18,
etc., amended.
Chap. 2^7 An Act relative to the election of officers of
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section eighteen of chapter four hundred
and thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and three,
as amended by section three hundred and fifty-three of
chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the -General Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby further amended
by striking out the said section and substituting the follow-
ing: — Secfio/i 18. The directors, the treasurer, the clerk,
and such other officers as the by-laws may prescribe, shall be
elected annually by ballot by the stockholders as may be
prescribed by the articles of organization of the corporation
or by an amendment to such articles adopted as hereinafter
provided, and the president shall be elected annually by
and from the board of directors. Every director, unless the
by-laws otherwdse pro\'ide, shall be a stockholder. The
treasurer may be required to give a bond for the faithful
Election of
officers of
business
corporations.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 238. 257
performance of his duty in such sum and with such sureties
as the by-laws may prescribe. The clerk, who shall be a
resident of this commonwealth, shall be sworn and shall
record all votes of the corporation in a book to be kept for '
that purpose. Every corporation may, by its articles of Jij.^j,f °r" "nto
organization or by an amendment to such articles adopted classes, etc.
as hereinafter provided, divide its directors into classes and
prescribe the tenure of office of the several classes and the
class of stock b\' which each class of directors shall be elected ;
but no class shall be elected for a shorter period than one
year or for a longer period than five years, and the term of
office of at least one class shall expire in each year. Except
as is otherwise provided herein, the officers of a corporation
shall hold office for one year and until their successors are
chosen and qualified. All other agents and officers shall be
chosen or appointed, and all vacancies filled, in the manner
prescribed by the by-laws, or, in default of such by-laws, by
the board of directors.
Section 2. The acts of the commissioner of corpora- Certain acts
tions and taxation, formerly designated as the commissioner sion°r of'^'
of corporations, in heretofore approving the organization of ^°r^po''ations
corporations containing provisions whereby classes of direc-
tors are elected by different classes of stock, and the said
provisions, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Approved March 31, 1920.
taxation
ratified.
C/iap.238
An Act relative to claims of cities and towns for
the care of tuberculosis cases.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would greatly Emergency
inconvenience the public, therefore it is hereby declared to ^'^^"^
be an emergency measure, necessary for the immediate pres-
ervation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter five hundred and ninety-seven of isn. 597, § i,
the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended in
section one by section one of chapter six hundred and thirty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, by chapters
fifty-scA' en and one hundred and ninety-seven of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen and by chapter two
hundred and ninety of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and seventeen, is hereby furtlier amended by striking out
258
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 238.
Subsidy to be
paid cities and
towns for care
of tuberculosis
cases.
Proviso.
Subsidy not
to be allowed
in certain
cases.
Subsidy, how
paid.
Approval of
claims.
said section one and substituting the follo"v\dng: — Section 1.
Every city or town which places its patients suffering from
tuberculosis in a county, municipal or incorporated tuber-
culosis hospital, or in a building or ward set apart for patients
suffering from tuberculosis by a county, municipal or in-
corporated hospital shall be entitled to receive from the
commonwealth a subsidy of five dollars a week for each
patient who has a legal settlement therein, pro\aded that
such patient is unable to pay for his support, and that his
kindred bound by law to maintain him are unable to pay
for the same; but a city or town shall not become entitled
to this subsidy unless, upon examination authorized by the
department of public health, the sputum of the patient be
found to contain bacilli of tuberculosis, nor unless the hos-
pital building or ward be approved by said department; and
the department shall not give such appro^'al unless it has, by
authority of law or by permission of the hospital, full au-
thority to inspect the same at all times. The tlepartment
may at any time ^\^thdraw its approval. In the case of
hospitals ha\4ng a bed capacity which, in the opinion of the
said department, is in excess of the number of beds needed
for the localities which these institutions serve for patients
exhibiting tubercle bacilli in their sputum, the subsidy above
provided for shall be allowed for such patients not exhibiting
tubercle bacilli in their sputum as, in the joint opinion of the
superintendent of the institution and the district health
officer of the district in which the hospital is situated, are
bona fide cases of consumption and have been in the institu-
tion more than thirty days.
Section 2. The department of public health shall certify
in the case of each hospital, building or ward, approved by
it as pro\dded in the preceding section, the number of patients
for whom the city or town is entitled to the said subsidy,
and upon such certification the subsidy shall be paid from
the treasury of the commonwealth in the same manner in
which other claims against the commonwealth are paid.
Section 3. No claim hereunder for a subsidy covering
more than ten days prior to the date when notice of the
claim is received by the department of public health shall
be approved. Approved April 2, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 239, 240. 259
An Act to extend the time within which the town Chap. 239
OF wenham shall begin the distribution of water
in that town.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The time within which the town of Wenham Time within
shall begin the distribution of water to customers in the wenham^hau
town under the provisions of chapter two hundred and sixty tS^n"of'watlr'*'
of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, is extended.
hereby extended to and including the seventeenth day of
March, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Ajjproved April 2, 1920.
An Act to permit, under public regulation and Chap. 24:0
control, certain sports and games on the lord's
day.
Whereas, It is highly desirable that this act should take Emergency
effect immediately, in order that its benefits may be enjoyed ^'^'*™
during the summer months of the current year, therefore it
is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In cities and towns which accept the pro- certain sports
visions of this act it shall be lawful to take part in or to pe^nfitted^on
witness any amateur athletic outdoor sport- or game on the ^ay^etc^
Lord's Day between the hours of two and six in the after-
noon as hereinafter pro^'ided.
Section 2. Such sports or games shall take place on where sports,
such public playgrounds, parks or other places as may be p*iace^^^" ^^^^
designated for that purpose in a permit or license issued by
the mayor and city council or body exercising similar powers
in cities or by the selectmen in toMais: provided, that if. Provisos.
under any statute or ordinance a public playground or park
is placed under the exclusive charge and authority of any
other officials, such officials shall, for that playground or
park, be the licensing authority; and provided, further, that
no sport or game shall be permitted in a place, other than a
public playground or park, within one thousand feet of any
regular place of worship.
Section 3. The said sports or games shall be conducted ^®|^^at^°c!
subject to such regulations and restrictions as shall be pre- tions.
260
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 240.
Certain other
outdoor exer-
cise not pro-
hibited.
No admission
fee to be
charged, etc.
Permits may
be revolcod.
".Vmateur"
sport or game
deiined.
When to take
effect in cities.
In towns.
Resubmission
to voters after
acceptance.
scribed by the mayor and city council or body exercising
similar powers in cities and by the selectmen in towns, and
the same shall be stated in the license or permit.
Section 4. This act shall not be construed to prohibit
participation at other hours on the Lord's Day in other out-
door exercise not invohdng the element of contest, nor shall
it be construed to permit horse racing, automobile racing,
boxing or hunting with firearms.
Section 5. No admission fee shall be charged directly or
indirectly, and no business or other enterprise shall be con-
ducted, and no collection shall be made at any such sport or
games.
Section 6. The respective authorities described in sec-
tion two may at am^ time and without previous notice revoke
permits to conduct the said sports or games if they have
reason to belie^-e that any provision of this act, or any regu-
lation or restriction prescribed under section three, is being
or will be violated.
Section 7. For the purposes of this act an "amateur"
sport or game is defined to be one in which the contestants
do not receive and have not been promised any pecuniary
reward, remuneration or consideration whatsoever, directly
or indirectly in connection therewith.
Section 8. This act shall take effect for the current year
in any city upon its acceptance by the mayor and city
council or body exercising similar powers, and upon its
acceptance by a majority of the voters of any city voting
thereon at the municipal election in the current year, or in
any subsequent year, it shall take permanent effect in such
city, subject to the proA-isions of section nine. At every city
election in the current year, the question of such acceptance
shall be submitted to the voters, but in any subsequent year
said question shall be submitted only upon a petition signed
and filed as provided in section nine. It shall take eft'ect in
any town upon its acceptance by a majority of the \'oters
voting thereon at an annual or special town meeting, and
the selectmen of a town shall, upon the petition of not less
than ten per cent of the registered voters thereof, call a
special town meeting for the purpose of \^oting upon such
acceptance.
Section 9. In any city or town the voters of which have
accepted this act as above pro\dded, the act shall again be
submitted to the voters at the municipal election held in
any year subsequent to the year in which the act was so
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 241. 261
accepted, provided that a petition to that effect, signed by Proviso.
not less than ten per cent of the voters, is filed with the city
or town, clerk not less than thirty days before the election.
If, upon such resubmission a majority of the voters voting
thereon vote against the act, it shall cease to have effect in
that city or town until reaccepted by the voters as herein-
before provided. Approved April 2, 1920.
An Act relative to the office of assistant assessor Chap.24:l
IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The board of assessors of the city of Cam- Cambridge
bridge may appoint, subject to the approval of the mayor, a°s'ls8ors may
assistant assessors, not exceeding six in number, as the work ^JfJ-gtant
of the department may from time to time require, provided assessors.
that the appointments shall, as nearly as is practicable, be
di\'ided equally betAveen the two principal political parties.
The assistant assessors shall each receive a sum not exceeding compensation.
two hundred and fifty dollars a year.
Section 2. For the purpose of assessing poll taxes, the Listing board
listing board established by chapter two hundred and eighty- of po1ifs!™tc.''^*
two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen,
shall, on or before the first day of May in each year, trans-
mit to the board of assessors a list of polls residing in the
city of Cambridge as of April first of that year; and the
said board shall use the said list for the assessment of poll
taxes.
Section 3. Section nine of chapter three hundred and ^^^^' ^^*' ^J-,
e fi p • ^ 111 !• ®*°' amended.
sixty-iour of the acts oi eighteen hundred and mnety-one, as
amended by section one of chapter eighty-one of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twelve, is hereby further amended by
striking out all after the word "term", in the seventh line,
so as to read as follows : — Section 9. All officers of the Appointmeat
city not elected by the qualified voters shall be resident city officek^^
citizens of the city of Cambridge, and shall, except as herein
otherwise provided, be appointed by the mayor, subject to
confirmation by the board of aldermen, and for such terms
respectively as are or may be fixed by law or ordinance, or,
in case of an appointment to fill a vacancy, for the unexpired
term.
Section 4. This act shall take effect on the fii-st day of Time of taking
January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
Approved April 2, 1920.
262
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 242, 243.
1914. 742, § 177.
amended.
Fees for test-
ing gas and
electric meters
by department
of public utili-
ties.
C/iap. 242 An Act relative to the collection of fees for test-
ing GAS AND electric METERS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC utilities.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter seven hundred and forty-two of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby amended by striking
out section one hundred and seventy-seven, and substituting
the followdng: — Section 177. For examining, comparing
and testing gas meters, with or without stamping them, the
department of pubhc utihties may collect a fee of twenty-five
cents for each meter delivering not more than a cubic foot of
gas in four revolutions, \'ibrations or complete repetitions of
its action, and for each meter so delivering more than a
cubic foot, a fee of thirty cents, ^\^th twenty cents added for
every additional cubic foot so delivered. For examining,
comparing, testing or calibrating meter provers and test or
photometer meters, with or without sealing or certifying to
the same, the department may collect such fees as it may
from time to time establish therefor. The department shall
designate one of its employees to receive all fees collected
under this section and section one hundred and ninety, and
he shall give a bond to the treasurer and receiver-general in
the penal sum of five thousand dollars. All fees received by
the department shall be paid into the treasury of the com-
monwealth monthly, upon the last business day of each
month. Approved April 2, 1920.
Collector,
designation,
bond, etc.
Chap. 2^^ An Act relative to the appointment of assistant
registrars of voters.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter eight hundred and thirty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby amended by
striking out section thirty-two and substituting the follow-
ing:— Section 32. The registrars of voters in cities may
appoint assistant registrars for the term of one year beginning
with the first day of April unless sooner removed by the
registrars, and they shall as nearly as may be equally repre-
sent the different political parties. Assistant registrars so
appointed shall receive such compensation as the city council
may determine.
Section 2. Said chapter eight hundred and thirty-five
is hereby amended by striking out section thirty-three and
1913, 835, § 32,
amended.
Assistant
registrars of
voters in cities,
appointment,
etc.
1913, 835, § 33,
amended.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 244. 263
substituting the following: — Section 33. The registrars Duties, etc.,
ma}' cause the duties devolving upon a single registrar to be registrars.
performed bj' one or two assistant registrars, and they may
designate assistant registrars representing equally, as far as
practicable, the different political parties. The registrars
shall make suitable regulations for the government of the
assistant registrars whose doings shall be subject to their
revision and acceptance. Assistant registrars shall be
subject to the same obligations and penalties as registrars.
Registrars may remove an assistant registrar, and may fill
any vacancy in the number of assistant registrars for the
remainder of the term. Ajpyroved April 2, 1920.
An Act to PRovroE for the limited registration of Chap. 244:
INTERNES AND HOSPITAL MEDICAL OFFICERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. An applicant for limited registration under Provision for
this act who shall furnish the board of registration in medicine trTtio^noP^^"
with satisfactory proof that he is twenty-one years of age or '^^^^llfi ^'^^
over and of good moral character, that he has creditably ^ f'^oarcf^f'^'^^
completed not less than three and one half years of study in registration in
a legally chartered medical school in good standing having
the power to grant degrees in medicine, and that he has
been appointed an interne or medical officer in a hospital or
other institution maintained by the commonwealth, or by a
county or municipality thereof, or in a hospital incorporated
under the laws of this commonwealth may, upon the pay-
ment of a fee of five dollars, be registered by said board as a
hospital medical officer for such time as it may prescribe;
but such limited registration shall entitle the said applicant
to practice medicine only in the hospital or other institution
designated on his certificate of limited registration, and
under the regulations established by such hospital or other
institution. Limited registration under the pro\'isions of
this act may be revoked at any time by the board.
Section 2. Persons registered under the provisions of Rights, duties,
this act shall have the rights and duties and be subject to
the penalties prescribed for physicians by chapter twenty-
nine of the Revised Laws and acts in amendment thereof
and in addition thereto so far as the same relate to the
furnishing of certificates and returns of births and deaths.
Approved April 2, 1920.
264
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 245.
Director of
division of
accounts to
audit accounts
of cities and
towns, except
Boston.
Report to be
made, etc.
Expiense, how
to be paid.
Chap. 24:5 An Act to PRovroE for the auditing of municipal
ACCOUNTS BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF AC-
COUNTS.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:
Section 1. The director of the division of accounts is
hereby directed to cause an audit to be made of the accounts
of all cities and towns of the commonwealth, except Boston,
and he shall have authority to cause subsequent audits to
be made of the accounts of each city and town, except
Boston, as often as once in three years, and for this purpose
he, and his duly accredited agents, shall have access to all
necessary papers, books, and records. Upon the completion
of each audit, as aforesaid, a report thereon shall be made to
the mayor and city government in cities, and to the selectmen
in towns, and a copy of the same shall be furnished to the
city clerk in cities and to the town clerk in towns, and the
clerk shall cause the same or a summary of its essential
features to be published at the expense of the municipality.
Section 2. The expense incurred in making the audits
aforesaid sliall be paid in the first instance by the common-
wealth; and the treasurer and receiver-general shall there-
upon issue his warrant, as provided in section thirty-four of
Part I of chapter four hundred and ninety of the acts of
nineteen hundred and nine, requiring the assessors of the
cities and towns concerned to assess a tax to the amount of
the said expense, and the said amounts shall be collected
and paid over to the treasurer and receiver-general in the
same manner as other state taxes. Any balance due shall
be assessed in the succeeding years in the same mamier as
other state taxes.
Section 3. Nothing in this act shall prohibit a city or
town from petitioning for audits of accounts or for the
installation of a system of accounting in accordance with the
provisions of chapter five hundred and ninety-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and ten, as amended, or of chapter
one hundred and ninety-two of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and seventeen; and the said director may, in his
discretion, give preference in complying with petitions so .
made to the making of audits as required by section one of
this act.
Auditing of Section 4. Whenever a city or town causes an audit of.
persons its accouuts or the accounts of separate departments to be
Cities and
towns may
petition for
audits of
accounts, etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 246. - 265
made by a person of its own selection, the city or town clerk ^?J?^*«o'[ ^^^^^3
shall immediately, upon the emplojTaent of such person, file
his name and address ■with the said director, and such person
shall, within ten days after making the report of his audit
and recommendations to the municipality, file a certified
copy thereof with the said director; and in any such case
the director may, in his discretion, accept the audit so made,
or cause an audit to be made under the provisions of this
act.
Section 5. The said director, for the purpose of carrying Director may
out the provisions of this act, may from time to time, subject additional
to the appro^'al of the commissioner of corporations and ^'^^^^^^'^^^^ ^^■
taxation, appoint additional assistants in the manner pro-
vided by section four of said chapter five hundred and
ninety-eight, and may expend for the purposes of this act,
such sums as may be appropriated therefor by the general
coiut. Approved April 2, 1920.
An Act to incorporate the Massachusetts benevolent C hap. 24:Q
ASSOCIATION of THE DEAF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Sarah Fuller, Hyman Lowenberg, William Massachusetts
Browne, J. Stanley Light, Ernest A. Sargent, Harry C. Assodattonof
Dickerson, William Bingham, Paul Mitchell, William fncoSted.
Richards, Junior, Aaron Kravitz, their associates and
successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of
the Massachusetts Benevolent Association of the Deaf, with
the power of providing, through assessment upon its mem-
bers, funds necessary to pay death benefits not exceeding in
any one case three hundred dollars, and disability benefits
to its members not exceeding in any one case ten dollars a
week, and to furnish medical attendance to its members.
The corporation shall be governed by direct vote of its
members, and membership shall be limited to those who are
deaf or dumb or both.
Section 2. The said corporation, except as otherwise Powers, rights
provided herein, shall have all the powers, rights and pri\i- etJ:^ p''^^^^^®^'
leges, and shall be subject to all the duties, liabilities and re-
strictions conferred or imposed by laws now or hereafter in
force upon fraternal benefit societies.
Approved April 2, 1920.
266
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 247.
Department of
mental diseases
may acquire
an additional
water supply
for Grafton
state hospital.
1917, 313 (G),
§ 2, etc.,
amended.
May construct
dams, reser-
voirs, etc.
Chap.24^ An Act to authorize the department of mental
DISEASES to acquire AN ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY
FOR THE GRAFTON STATE HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In addition to the authority conferred upon
the department of mental diseases by chapter tlu-ee hundred
and thirteen of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
seventeen for the purpose of supplying the Grafton state
hospital with pure water for domestic and other purposes,
said department is further authorized to contract with the
city of Worcester for a water supply for said institution from
the works of that city, and the city is hereb}' authorized to
sell water for that purpose under such terms and conditions
as may be agreed upon by the said city and department.
Section 2. Said chapter three hundred and thirteen, as
affected by chapter three hundred and fifty of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby amended
by striking out section two and substituting the following:
— Section 2. Said department maj' construct on lands ac-
quired under the provisions of this act proper dams, res-
ervoirs, standpipes, tanks, buildings, fixtures and other
structures, and may make excavations, procure and oper-
ate machinery and pro\'ide such other means and appli-
ances, and do such other things as may be necessary for the
establishment and maintenance of complete and effective
water works; and for that purpose may construct wells and
reservoirs and establish pumping works, and may construct,
lay and maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works
under or over any lands, water courses, railroads, railways,
and public or other ways, and along such ways in the towns
of Northborough, INIillbury, Westborough and Grafton and
in the city of Worcester in such manner as not unnecessarily
to obstruct the same; and for the purpose of constructing,
la\ing, maintaining, operating and repairing such conduits,
pipes and other works, and for all other proper purposes of
this act, said department may dig up or raise and embank
lands, highways or other ways, in such manner as to cause
the least hindrance to public travel on such ways, and all
things done upon any such way shall be subject to the
direction of the selectmen of the town in which the way is
situated, or in the case of work done in the city of Worcester
to the direction of the board or commission having charge
May lay
pipes, etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 248, 249. 267
of highways in said city. Said department shall not enter Not to enter
° '' , "^ , . . , , upon railroad
upon, construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other works location,
^\'ithin the location of any railroad corporation, except at ^^^^'^
such time and in such manner as it may agree upon with
such corporation, or in case of failure so to agree, as may be
approved by the department of public utilities.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 6, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of new Bedford to C/iap. 248
INCUR indebtedness FOR SEWERAGE PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of New Bedford, for the purposes of Bi7fo°rd^ry
sewer construction, may issue from time to time, outside the issue bonds,
• • • etc. for
statutory limit of indebtedness, bonds or notes to an amount sewerage
not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Said p^p°^^^'
bonds or notes shall be denominated on their face, New New Bedford
Bedford Sewer Loan, Act of 1920, and shall bear interest AoTo^f 1920.'
at such rate as may be fixed by the city treasurer, with the
approval of the mayor. Said bonds or notes shall be issued
in compliance with the requirements of chapter seven hun-
dred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thir-
teen and amendments thereto' in so far as applicable to
sewerage loans. Each authorized issue of such bonds or
notes shall constitute a separate loan. Premiums received
on loans hereby authorized shall be used as provided by
general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Api^roved April 6, 1920.
Chap.24:9
An Act to authorize the city of new Bedford to
incur indebtedness for schoolhouse purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of purchasing land and con- city of New
structing thereon one or more schoolhouses and for furnishing borrmv^ ^'^^
the same, the city of New Bedford may borrow a sum not "hooUiouse
exceeding two million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars purposes.
in excess of the statutory limit of indebtedness, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor. Such bonds or notes shall
bear on their face the words, New Bedford School Loan, Act New Bedford
of 1920, shall be signed by the treasurer of the city and Act°of 1920. '
268
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 250.
countersigned by the mayor, and shall bear such rate of
interest as may be fixed by the treasurer with the approval
of the mayor. The bonds or notes shall be issued in com-
pliance \vith the requirements of chapter seven hundred and
nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen and
amendments thereof, and each authorized issue shall consti-
tute a separate loan. Any premiums received on the said
loan shall be used as provided by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 6, 1920.
Chap.250 Ajst Act to extend the time for filing applications
FOR certain payments TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would largely
defeat its purpose; therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
1919, 283 (G),
J 4, amended.
Time for filing
applications
for certain
payments to
soldiers and
sailors,
extended.
Time for
filing applica-
tions by those
not yet
discharged
from service
established.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighty-three of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
amended by striking out section four and substituting the
following: — Section 4- Applications hereunder shall be
filed with the treasurer and receiver-general before twelve
o'clock, noon, of July thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
twenty, upon forms to be furnished by him. The treasurer
and receiver-general may accept the written statement of an
assessor of a city or town that a person claiming pay or on
whose account pay is claimed by a dependent or heir-at-
law, under the provisions of this act, was a resident thereof
on the first day of April, in any year, as prima facie evidence
of the fact of such residence, and he may accept such other
evidence of residence as he may consider adequate. The
assessors of the several cities and towns shall, at the re-
quest of the treasurer and receiver-general, forthwith fur-
nish such information relative to such residence as their
records may disclose.
Section 2. In the case of an applicant whose final dis-
charge from serNice is received after the date of the passage
of this act, application under said chapter two hundred and
eighty-three, as hereby amended, may be made within six
months after the date of his discharge.
Approved April 6, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 251, 252. 269
An Act to authorize the city of revere to borrow Chav. 251
MONEY for sewer PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Revere, for the purpose of con- city of
structing main sewers and drains, may borrow a sum not uTrrowSoney
exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in excess of the po'slf^'^ ^""^
statutory limit of indebtedness, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Revere Sewer Loan, Act of 1920, and shall bear such rates Revere sewer
of interest as may be fixed by the city treasurer "v^ath the \m!' '^''* °^
approval of the mayor. Said bonds or notes shall be issued
in compliance with the requirements of chapter seven hun-
dred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen and amendments thereto, in so far as applicable to
sewer loans. Each authorized issue of such bonds or notes
shall constitute a separate loan. Premiums received on
loans herein authorized shall be used as provided by gen-
eral law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 6, 1920.
An Act relative to the rate of interest on se- Chav. 252
CURITIES issued BY THE TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT FOR THE
PURPOSE OF INCREASING ITS WATER SUPPLY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and fl^amfnled
fifty-five of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen
is hereby amended by striking out the words "a rate not
exceeding four and one half per cent per annum", in the
seventeenth and eighteenth lines, and substituting the fol-
lowing:— such rates of interest as maybe fixed by the treas-
urer with the approval of the selectmen, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 1. For 'the purposes mentioned in chap- Rate of interest
ter two hundred and ninety-three of the acts of the year fs^ued'bytown
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and any act in amend- f'or^purpose''""
ment thereof, or addition thereto, the town of Swampscott °4\"ater^'°^
may borrow from time to time, in excess of the statutory limit supply.
of indebtedness, such sums of money as it may deem necessary,
to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, and issue
therefor bonds or notes, each authorized issue to constitute
a separate loan. Such bonds or notes shall be denominated
270
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 253.
on the face thereof, Swampscott Water Loan, Act of 1916;
shall be payable by such annual payments, beginning not
more than one year after the respective dates thereof, as
will extinguish each loan mthin thirty j'ears from its date;
and the amount of such annual payment in any year shall
not be less than the amount of the principal of the loan
payable in any subsequent year. Said bonds or notes shall
bear interest payable semi-annually at such rates of interest
as may be fixed by the treasm-er with the approval of the
selectmen, shall be signed by the treasurer of the town and
countersigned by the selectmen. The town may sell the
said securities at public or private sale upon such terms and
conditions as it may deem proper, but not for less than
their par value. The proceeds, except premiums, shall be
used only for the purposes herein specified.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April G, 1920.
Chap. 253 An Act to regulate travel outside the common-
wealth BY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section eleven of chapter four of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
— No ofl^cer or employee of the commonwealth shall travel
outside the commonwealth at public expense unless he has
previously been authorized by the governor to leave the
commonwealth, and in applying for such authorization the
officer or employee shall specify tlie places to be visited and
the probable duration of his absence, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 11. The governor may appoint state
officers as delegates to represent the commonwealth at such
conventions as may be held in any part of the United States
for the purpose of considering questions of charity, reform,
statistics, insurance and other matters affecting the welfare
of the people. The necessary expenses of such delegates
may be paid from such appropriations as the general court
shall make from year to year for the travelling and contin-
gent expenses of such officers. No officer or employee of the
commonwealth shall travel outside the commonwealth at
public expense unless he has previously been authorized by
the governor to leave the commonwealth, and in applying
for such authorization the officer or employee shall specify
the places to be visited and the probable duration of his
absence. Approved April 6, 1920.
R. L. 4, § 11,
amended.
to
conventions.
Travel outside
the common-
wealth by
officers and
employees
thereof,
regulated.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 254, 255. 271
An Act to authorize cities and towns to appropriate (Jjidj) 254
MONEY to provide SUITABLE HEADQUARTERS FOR POSTS
OF THE AMERICAN LEGION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of providing suitable head- cities and
quarters for posts of the American Legion, cities and towns appropriate
may rent or lease buildings, or parts of buildings, for periods ^idrhead-^'^"*
not exceeding five years, and for this purpose, may appro- posts oT ^°^
priate annually amounts not exceeding the following sums, American
1 •111- • 11 1 • Legion.
as determmed by their respective taxable valuation : —
Valuation of less than $5,000,000, $1,000
Valuation of $5,000,000 but not exceeding $20,000,000, . 1,500
Valuation of $20,000,000 but not exceeding $75,000,000, . 2,000
Valuation of $75,000,000 but not exceeding $150,000,000, . 2,500
Valuation of $150,000,000, or more, $2,500 for each $150,-
000,000 of valuation, or fraction thereof.
Section 2. Buildings, or parts of buildings, rented or control of
leased for the purpose aforesaid may be under the direction t>uiidings, etc.
and control of the said posts, subject, however, to such rules
and regulations as may be fixed from time to time, in cities
by the mayor with the approval of the council, and in towns .
by vote of the town. Apj^roved April 6, 1920.
An Act relative to the service of notices, process rir^ orr
AND DEMANDS IN RELATION TO THE COLLECTION OF ^'
TAXES ON LAND.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of Part II of chapter four hundred and ninety igon, 490,
of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended Amended! ''
by striking out the words "in his precinct", in the twenty-
sixth line, so that the fifth paragraph of said section will
read as follows: — "Service" as applied to any notice, sum- •■c^ervice" of
mons, demand or other paper shall mean delivering it or a notices, process
copy to the person for whom it is intended, or leaving it or in relation
,i'i, 1 11 j?ii e ^ • to collection
a copy at his last and usual place or abode or or business, of taxes on
or sending it or a copy by mail postpaid addressed to him at defined!™
his last and usual place of abode or of business or, if such
notice, summons, demand or other paper relates to taxes
upon land, posting it or a copy conspicuously in some con-
venient and public place and sending a copy by mail post-
272
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 256, 257.
paid addressed to him at the city or town in which such
land Hes. Such service shall be sufficient whether made by
the collector of taxes holding office or by any predecessor.
Approved April 6, 1920.
Chav.256 ^^ Act relative to corrupt practices in elections.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1913, 835, § 354,
amended.
Publication
of unsigned
political ad-
vertisements
prohibited.
Word "Adver-
tisement" to
appear.
Certain ex-
penditures
not deemed
to be hereby
authorized.
Section three hundred and fifty-four of chapter eight hun-
dred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the
words: — Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to au-
thorize expenditures otherwise prohibited by this chapter,
or acts in amendment thereof, or in addition thereto, —
so as to read as follows:- — Section 354' No person shall
publish or cause to be published in a newspaper or other
periodical, either in its advertising or reading columns, any
paid matter which is designed or tends to aid, injure, or
defeat any candidate for public office or a constitutional
amendment or any other question submitted to the voters,
unless the name of the chairman or secretary or the names
of two officers of the political or other organization inserting
the same, or the name of some voter who is responsible
therefor, with his residence and the street and number
thereof, if any, appear therein in the nature of a signature.
Such matter inserted in reading columns shall be preceded
or followed by the word "Advertisement" in a separate
line, in type not smaller than that of the body type of the
newspaper or other periodical. Nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to authorize expenditures otherwise pro-
hibited by this chapter, or acts in amendment thereof, or in
addition thereto. Approved April 6, 1920.
Chap. 2^1 An Act relative to the licensing of fraternal ben-
efit societies.
1911, 628, § 12,
cl. i, etc.,
amended.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Clause d of section twelve of chapter six
hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and eleven, as amended by chapter one hundred and five
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is
hereby further amended by striking out the words "and
for disability benefits not lower than the rates set forth in
tables based upon reliable experience", in the thirty-fourth,
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 257. 273
thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth Hues, so as to read as follows:
— d. The insurance commissioner shall then furnish the in- Licensing of
corporators of any such society, if on the lodge plan, with a be^nefir'
preliminary license, authorizing it to solicit members for the societies.
purpose of completing its organization. It shall collect from
each applicant the amount of not more than one periodical
benefit assessment or payment, in accordance "udth its table
of rates as provided by its constitution and laws, and shall
issue to every such applicant a receipt for the amount so
collected. But no such association shall incur any liability Liabilities not
other than for such advance payments, nor issue any benefit bone^fit"ce^rtm-'
certificate, nor pay or allow, or offer or promise to pay or •■,!'sued?°e'tc° ^^
allow, to any person any death or disability benefit until co^ditions'are
actual bona fide applications for death or disability benefit fulfilled.
certificates, as the case may be, have been secured from at
least five hundred persons, and all such applicants for death
benefits shall have been regularly examined by legally qual-
ified practising physicians, and certificates of such exam-
inations have been duly filed and approved by the chief
medical examiner of the society; nor until there shall be
established ten subordinate lodges or branches, in which
said five hundred applicants have been initiated; nor until
there has been submitted to the insurance commissioner,
under oath of the president and secretary or corresponding
officers of such society, a list of the said applicants, giving
their names, addi-esses, date of examination, date of approval,
date of initiation, name and number of the subordinate
branch of which each applicant is a member, amount of
benefits to be granted, rate of regular pa^Tnents or assess-
ments, which for societies offering death benefits shall not ''
be lower for death benefits than those required by the
National Fraternal Congress Table of Mortality, as adopted
by the National Fraternal Congress, August twenty-three,
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, or any higher standard
at the option of the society, with an interest assumption not
higher than four per cent per annum; nor until it shall be
shown to the insurance commissioner, by the sworn statement
of the treasurer or corresponding officer of such society,
that at least fi^^e hundred applicants for death benefits have
each paid in cash one regular payment or assessment as
herein provided, wliich payments in the aggregate shall
amount to at least two thousand five hundred dollars, all of
which shall be credited to the mortuary or disability fund on
account of the applicants, and no part of which may be used
274
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 257.
Advance pay-
ments to be
held in trust,
etc.
Examination.
1911, 628. § 16,
amended.
Licensing of
foreign frater-
nal benefit
societies.
for expenses. Said advance payments shall, during the
period of organization, be held in trust for, and, if the organi-
zation is not completed within one year as hereinafter pro-
\aded, returned to, said applicants. The insurance commis-
sioner may make such examination and require such further
information as he deems advisable, and upon presentation of
satisfactory evidence that the society has complied with all
the provisions of this act, he shall issue to the society a
certificate to that effect.
Section 2. Section sixteen of said chapter sLx hundred
and twenty-eight is hereby amended by inserting after the
word " act ", in the twenty-fourth line, the words: — provided,
that a society which grants benefits for disability arising
from accidental injury or from sickness, shall be required to
show that it has accumulated funds, usable only for the pay-
ment of such benefits and in excess of accrued claims for
such benefits, not less in amount than three monthly con-
tributions or one quarterly contribution from members en-
titled to such benefits, and shall be required, as a condition
for the maintenance of its authority to do business in this
commonwealth, to maintain at all times after admission, as
regards disability benefits, funds in amount as above set
forth, — so as to read as follows: — Section IG. No foreign
society which is not now authorized to transact business
in this state, shall transact any business herein without
a license from the insurance commissioner. Any society,
organized in another state and applying for a license to
transact business in this commonwealth, shall file with the
commissioner a duly certified copy of its charter or articles
of association; a copy of its constitution and laws, certified
by its secretary or corresponding officer; a power of attorney
to the commissioner, as hereinafter provided; a statement
of its business, under oath of its president and secretary or
corresponding officers, in the form required by the com-
missioner, duly verified by an examination made by the
supervising insurance official of its home state or other state
satisfactory to the insurance commissioner of this common-
wealth; a copy of its certificate of membership; a certificate
from the proper official of its home state, territorj^, district
or country that the society is legally organized; and the
society shall show that benefits are pro\ided for by periodi-
cal or other payments by persons holding similar contracts,
and that its assets are invested in accordance with the laws
of the state, territory, district or country where it is organized,
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 257. . 275
and that it has the quaHfications required of domestic so-
cieties on the lotlge s}'stem incorporated under this act: pro- Proviso.
vided, that a society which grants benefits for disabihty
arising from accidental injury or from sickness, shall be re-
quired to show that it has accumulated funds, usable only
for the payment of such benefits and in excess of accrued
claims for such benefits, not less in amount than three
monthly contributions or one quarterly contribution from
members entitled to such benefits, and shall be required, as
a condition for the maintenance of its authority to do busi-
ness in this commonwealth, to maintain at all times after
admission, as regards disability benefits, funds in amount as
above set forth; and shall furnish the insurance commis-
sioner such other information as he may deem necessary for
the proper exliibit of its business and plan of working.
Upon compliance with these requirements, such foreign so- Licenses,
ciety shall be entitled to a license to transact business in ^en?wa"'etc.
this commonwealth until the first daj^ of the succeeding
July, and such license and the license of any foreign society
now authorized to transact business in this commonwealth
shall, upon compliance with the pro\'isions of this act, be
renewed annually, but in all cases to terminate on the first
day of the succeeding July; provided, however, that the Proviso. '
license shall continue in full force and effect until the new
license be issued or specifically refused. For every such ^'^■
license or renewal the society shall pay twenty dollars.
When the commissioner refuses to license any society or re- Action of
vokes its authority to do business in this commonwealth, ofTnTuraMe^"^
he shall reduce his ruling, order or decision to writing and ircenseTfy be
file the same in his office, and shall furnish a copy thereof, reviewed, etc.
together \Adth a statement of his reasons, to the ofiicers of
the society upon request, and the action of the commissioner
shall be re\dewable by proper proceedings in any court of
competent jurisdiction within this commonwealth, provided, Proviso.
however, that nothing contained in this or the preceding sec-
tion shall be taken or construed as preventing the society
from continuing in good faith all contracts made in this com-
monwealth during the time when it was legally authorized
to transact business herein. Approved April 6, 1920.
276
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 258, 259.
C hap. 25S An Act to PRovroE for an additional branch of the
TEXTILE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW BEDFORD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
com'parjof The Tcxtilc Trust Company of New Bedford may establish
may i^tawfsh ^^^ additional branch office in the southerly part of the city
an additional of Ncw Bcdford. Approved April G, 1920.
branch, etc. "^ '- ^ '
Containers
used in sale of
ice cream to be
sealed, etc.
Chap.25Q An Act to regulate the use of containers for the
SALE of ice cream.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. All cans, moulds or other containers used in
the sale of ice cream by measure shall be of the capacity of
Massachusetts standard liquid measure. Such cans, moulds,
or other containers shall be sealed, as hereinafter provided,
by the manufacturer thereof, or by a sealer of weights and
measures, and shall not be legal measures except for ice
cream. When sealed by the manufacturer, such containers
shall be marked with his name, initials, or trade-mark. They
may also be marked with any other designating mark assigned
to him by the director of standards, provided that he has
agreed to conform to the regulations made by the director
relative thereto. When such containers have not been
sealed by the manufacturer, they shall be sealed, before
they are used, by a sealer of weights and measures, and the
dealer who intends to use them shall bring such containers
to the office of such sealer for that purpose, but no fee shall
be charged for sealing them. The sealing of such containers
by the manufacturer shall not be held to exempt the user
from the provisions of law relating to the giving of false or
insufficient measure, or the using of a false measure, or having
in his possession a false measure with intent to use.
Section 2. Sealers of weights and measures shall inspect
at least semi-annually all cans, moulds or other containers
sealed in accordance with the preceding section, and shall
make a record of such inspection. If a container has once
been sealed as aforesaid, it shall not be necessary to have it
sealed again while it is used for the sale of ice cream as long
as it remains in the same condition as when first sealed.
Section 3. Paper, or fibre cartons, or other containers,
which are used for the sale of ice cream by measure, shall
contain and shall be sold as containing one quart, one pint,
Proviso.
Sealer of
weights and
measures,
duties, etc.
Sealers of
weights and
measures to
inspect con-
tainers, etc.
Capacity of
containers.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 260. 277
one half pint or one gill, Massachusetts standard liquid
measure. Such cartons or containers shall be of such shape shape and
and dimensions as may be approved by the director of be1pp*rovld°
standards. Whenever the shape and dimensions of any such stanciaS*s°'^e'tc.
carton or container have been so approved, the director may
authorize the manufacturer to have printed thereon a state-
ment of its capacity in terms of Massachusetts standard
liquid measure, together with the words " Approved by' the
director of standards for Massachusetts", and such carton
or container shall be legal measure only for the commodity
specified upon it and shall be exempt from the proxdsions of
law requiring the sealing of measures.
Section 4. A sealer or deputy sealer of weights and Testing of
. 1 1 • • capacity of
measures or any city or town, or the director or an inspector containers.
of standards of the commonwealth may, if he so desires, and
shall, upon complaint, test the capacity of any container
which is used or intended to be used as a measure under the
provisions of this act; and if the same does not conform to
the law, he shall seize it and enter complaint. The director Revocation of
of standards may, at any time, for due cause, revoke any p^'"""*^- ''*''•
authority or permit granted by him to any manufacturer
under this act.
Section 5. Whoever violates any provision of thi^ act, Penalty.
and whoever marks a container or other measure, or procures
the same to be marked or has printed thereon or procures to
have marked or printed thereon, a mark, number or desig-
nation without the approval or authority' of the director of
standards, except as pro\aded in section one, shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
Section 6. This act shall take effect on the first day of ^ng^'eSect.
January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
Approved April 6, 1920.
An Act to extend the corporate powers of the (JJiaj) 260
trustees of groton school.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section three of chapter ninety-four of the acts of eighteen isos, 94, § 3,
hundred and ninety-three, as amended by chapter two hun- '^''' ■ =*"*®°'*® ■
dred and eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and three and
by chapter ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fourteen, is hereby further amended by striking out the
word "two", in the thirteenth line, and substituting the
word: — three, — so as to read as follows: — Section 5. Ti-usteesof
C.rotou ochool
278
Acts, 1920. —Chaps. 261, 262.
may hold
additional
property.
Provisos.
Said corporation is hereby authorized to take and receive by
gift, grant, bequest, de\ise or otherwise, any lands, tene-
ments or other estate, real or personal, to ha\'e and to hold
the same upon the terms and for the purposes specified in
the declaration of trust aforesaid; and also upon such terms
and for such purposes and trusts as may be ex})ressed in any
deed or instrument of conveyance or gift made to said cor-
poration: provided, the same shall not be inconsistent vnth.
the terms and purposes of the declaration of trust aforesaid,
made and declared by said trustees; and provided, the real
and personal estate held by said corporation shall not exceed
in value three million dollars. Approved April G, 1920.
CJiap. 261 An Act to exempt from t.\xation certain property
OWNED BY OTHER STATES IN THE TOWN OF WEST SPRING-
FIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Land, buildings and other tangible property
owmed by any of the United States of America on or vnthin
the grounds of the Eastern States Agricultural and Industrial
Exposition, Inc., in the town of West Springfield, shall be
exempt from taxation so long as such property is used ex-
clusively for exhibition purposes by the state owning the
same: provided, that not more than five acres of land owned
by 4ny one state shall so be exempt.
Section 2. This act shall take effect as of April first,
nineteen hundred and twenty. Approved April 6, 1920.
Certain prop-
erty owned by
other states in
town of West
Springfield
exempted from
taxation.
Proviso.
Time of taking
effect.
Chap. 262 An Act relative to the registration of certain
MOTOR VEHICLES.
1909, 534, I 4,
etc., amended.
Distinguishing
number or
mark to be
furnished to
manufacturers
of or dealers in
motor vehicles,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter five hundred and thirty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and nine as amended by section
two of chapter sixteen of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifteen, and as affected by section four of chapter
two hundred and ninety-four of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by
striking out section four and substituting the f olloAnng : —
Section 4- Every manufacturer of or dealer in motor vehicles
may make application, by mail or otherwise, upon a blank
provided by the registrar of motor vehicles for a general dis-
tinguisliing number or mark, instead of registering each
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 262. 279
motor vehicle 0A\Tied or controlled by him, and with such
application shall be deposited the proper registration fee, as
pro^ided in section twenty-nine; and the registrar may
grant the application, if satisfied of the facts stated in the
application, and issue to tlie applicant a certificate of regis-
tration containing the name and business address of the
applicant and the general distinguishing number or mark
assigned to him, and made in such form and containing such
further information as the registrar may determine; and
all motor vehicles owned or controlled by such manufacturer
or dealer shall be regarded as registered under such general
distinguishing number or mark until sold or let for hire or
loaned for a period of more than five successive days. The
registrar shall furnish at his ofiice 'without charge to every
manufacturer of or dealer in automobiles whose vehicles are
registered in accordance with the provisions of this section
five pairs of automobile number plates of suitable design,
the plates to have displayed upon them the register number
which is assigned to the motor vehicles of such manufacturer
or dealer, Avith a chfferent letter or letters or mark on each
pair of number plates. The registrar shall furnish at his
office, without charge, to every manufacturer of or dealer in
motor cycles wdiose vehicles are registered in accordance
with the pro\dsions of this section five pairs of number
plates of suitable design, the plates to have displayed upon
them the register number which is assigned to the motor
vehicles of such manufacturer or dealer, with a different
letter or letters or mark on each pair of number plates.
Application may also be made, in like manner, by a manu- Distinguishing
facturer of or dealer in motor vehicle bodies or tops, or by a fo^'manufac-'
person engaged in the business of repairing motor vehicles, dea1e?s°in°'^
for the registration of motor vehicles under his control but STcuTs orlops
not owned by him, and the registrar ma}'- grant the applica- motoTvehides"^
tion, if satisfied of the facts stated therein, and issue to the
applicant a certificate of registration containing the name
and business address of the applicant and the general dis-
tinguishing number or mark assigned to him, and made in
such form and containing such further information as the
registrar may determine, and shall furnish at his office with-
out charge to every such person whose application is granted
one pair of number plates with the distinguishing number or
mark assigned to him; and all motor vehicles under the
control of such applicant, but not owned by him, shall be
regarded as temporarily registered under the distinguishing
280
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 263.
Proviso.
Fee for oath.
1909, 534, § 29,
etc., amended.
Registration
number or mark assigned to him, provided that said number
plates are properly displayed thereon. Every application
filed under the provisions of this section shall be sworn
to by the applicant before a justice of the peace or a notary
public. The fee for such oath shall not exceed twenty-five
cents. Every such registration shall expire at midnight on
the thirty-first day of December in each year.
Section 2. Section twenty-nine of said chapter five
hundred and tliirty-four, as amended by chaj)ter six hundred
and ninety-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen,
by section two of chapter ten and by section eight of chapter
sixteen of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen,
by chapter one hundred and forty of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and sixteen and by section two of chapter
two hundred and ninety-four of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen, and as affected by chapter four
hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fourteen and by chapter fifty-two of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and sixteen, is hereby further amended by
inserting after the clause relating to fees for the registration
of motor cycles owned by or under the control of a manu-
facturer of or dealer in motor cycles, the following new
clause: — ^For the registration of motor vehicles imder the
control of, but not owned by, a manufacturer of or dealer in
motor veliicle bodies or tops or a person engaged in the
business of repairing motor vehicles, including one pair of
number plates to be furnished wdth the certificate of regis-
tration, ten dollars, and for every such additional registra-
tion, including number plates, ten dollars.
Approved April G, 1920.
Chav.26S An Act to revtv^e the corporation known as the bow
RIDGE development COMPANi'.
Bow Ridge
Development
Company,
charter
revived.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Bow Ridge Development Company, a corporation
dissolved by chapter one hmidred and eleven of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby revived
with the same powers, duties and obligations as if the said
chapter had not been passed. Approved April 6, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 264, 2G5. 281
An Act to authorize winship boit and company to Chap.264:
MAINTAIN A BRIDGE OVER LAKE STREET IN THE TOWN
OF WAKEFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Upon petition and after a public hearing winship Boit
thereon, seven days' notice of which shall be published in a may mSam
newspaper published in the town, the selectmen of the town Lake street in
of Wakefield may by a majority vote issue a permit to vvrkefieid
Winship Boit and Company of Wakefield, a partnership, to
build and maintain a bridge over Lake street in said town,
upon such conditions and subject to such restrictions as the
selectmen may prescribe, for the purpose of connecting the
buildings occupied by the said firm on opposite sides of said
street. Any permit so issued may be revoked by the select- Permit may
men, and if so revoked said bridge shall forthwith be re- et'c.'^''^**'^^'^'
moved by the owner thereof, and if not removed within
thirty days after notice it may be removed by the town and
the expense thereof recovered in an action of contract from
the owner.
Section 2. Any bridge built under a permit granted as Restrictions.
aforesaid shall be constructed and maintained at a height not
less than twenty-five feet above the grade line of the street,
and shall be not more than twelve feet in width, and no part
of the bridge or its supports shall rest on the surface of the
street.
Section 3. Any person whose property is damaged by Damages, how
reason of the construction or maintenance of a bridge as efc.^™*'^ '
aforesaid may have the damages determined by a jury upon
petition filed in the superior court within one year after issue
of the permit, by the selectmen, as above provided, and
when so determined shall be paid by the said Winship Boit
and Company. Approved April 6, 1920.
An Act to authorize the new England trust company Qfidjy 265
TO HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The New England Trust Company, incor- New England
porated by chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the acts ma"y hoiT^''"^
of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, may invest its surplus, eftlte°"^' '^"^^
to an amount not exceeding two million two hundred and
282
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 266.
fifty thousand dollars, in real estate in the city of Boston
suitable for the transaction of its business.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 7, 1920.
1907, 550, § 8,
etc., amended.
City of Boston,
permits to ^
erect buildings,
etc.
C/iap. 266 An Act relative to the erection and alteration of
BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section eight of chapter five hundred and
fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as amended
by section one of chapter one hundred and seventj'-nine of
the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out the first paragraph, entitled
"Permits" and substituting the follomng: — -Permits. —
Before a permit is granted to erect any building except
temporary buildings or buildings of minor importance, the
commissioner may demand such further drawings, strain
sheets, and description as will clearly show the entire con-
struction, assumptions, calculations of stresses and all other
structural details. Such details shall be in the form required
by the commissioner, and calculation sheets shall be signed
by the architect, engineer, contractor or other person re-
sponsible for them.
The commissioner shall not delay the issuance of a building
permit if the plans submitted conform to the laws as to
egress, class of construction and general arrangements, pro-
vided that the plans are accompanied by drawings sho"wing
the structural design and by a statement that the plans and
designs conform to all the requirements of the law as to
strength, stresses, strains, loads and stability and are signed
and sworn to by the architect or engineer who made the
calculations. The commissioner may examine, or cause to
be examined, the structural design submitted, and may re-
quire such changes in size or material as may be necessary to
comply fully with the requirements of this act.
Permits for general repairs, for minor alterations not in-
volving extensive structural changes, and for small buildings
of the second or third class, may be issued upon presentation
of the application on a special blank for the purpose.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 7, 1920.
Issuance of
permits not to
be delayed, etc.
Proviso.
Permits for
general repairs,
etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 267, 268, 269. 283
An Act to revive the charter of the bay state Qhav 267
MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMP.^JSTY,
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause Emergency
great inconvenience and expense, therefore it is hereby de- p'^'''*'^'''*'-
clared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Bay State Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a cor- Bay state
poration whose charter expired February twelfth, nineteen iJisuraJi^"^^
hundred and twenty, by virtue of section thirty-one of ^ij^a^w^e'vived
chapter five hundred and seventy-six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and seven, is hereby revived wth the same powers,
duties and obligations as if the period mentioned in said
section had not expired, pro\ided that its corporate powers
shall cease unless it commences to issue policies within one
year after the date of the passage of this act.
Approved Ajyril 7, 1920.
An Act relative to the retirement as school (jfidj) 268
TEACHERS OF CERTAIN CLERICAL ASSISTANTS IN THE CITY
OF WORCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Any service by any of the following named persons as a Retirement as
clerical assistant in the public schools of the city of Worcester of^c'^ta^*''""^^
shall, for the purposes of chapter eight hundred and thirty- slsunts uTcity
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen and acts in °^ Worcester.
amendment thereof and in addition thereto, be considered
service as a public school teacher: — Lydia W. Ball, Mary
F. Barker, Maria F. Bosworth, Rebecca H. Davie, Ella J.
Emerson, Carrie L. Fletcher, Anna T. Kelley, Myrtis I.
Kirby, Annie T. Mellen, Carrie F. Meriam, Georgianna M.
Newton, Ella J. Thayer, Mrs. Mary J. Walsh, Anna DeW.
Pearce, Sarah L. Phillips. Approved April 7, 1920.
An i\.CT RELATIVE TO AIDING CERTAIN TOWNS IN THE CkaV 269
EXTINGUISHMENT OF FOREST FIRES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Every town the valuation of which does not exceed one Aiding certain
million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which ex- exUngubhment
of forest fires.
284
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 270, 271.
pends in any one year a sum equal to one tenth of one per
cent of its valuation in the extinguishment of forest fires,
shall, upon the recommendation of the state forester, ap-
proved by the governor, receive from the commonwealth
half of any additional sum expended by it in the ex-
one
Proviso. tinguishment of forest fires: provided, however, that the
total amount paid by the state to any such town in any one
year shall not exceed two hundred and fifty dollars.
Approved April 7, 1920.
1909, 490, Part
II, § 39, etc.,
amended.
Notice of tax
sales of real
Chap. 27 Q An Act relative to tax sales of undivided real
ESTATE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Part II of chapter four hundred and ninety of the acts of
nineteen hundred and nine, as amended in section thirty-
nine by chapter two hundred and fifty-five of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section thirty-nine and substituting the
follo^^dng: — Section 39. The collector shall give notice of
the time and place of sale of land for payment of taxes by
publication thereof. Such notice so published shall contain
a substantially accurate description of the several rights,
lots, or divisions of the land to be sold, which shall be fur-
nished to the collector by the assessors upon demand of the
collector, the amount of the tax assessed on each, and the
names of all owners known to the collector. When any
notice is published of the sale of the undivided real estate of
a deceased person assessed to his heirs or devisees, or which
is assessed in general terms to his estate, the collector shall,
in his notice of sale, insert the names of all the heirs or
devisees thereof, provided that the probate records of the
county in which the land lies disclose their identity.
Approved April 7, 1920.
Undivided real
estate of
deceased per-
sons, etc.
Proviso.
Chap. 27 1
Compensation
of persons em-
ployed by
Suffolk county
as drivers of
prison vans in
Boston.
An Act relative to the compensation of persons
employed by the county of suffolk as drivers of
prison vans in the city of boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Persons employed by the county of Suffolk
as drivers of prison vans used for the conveyance of de-
fendants to and from the municipal court of the city of
Boston shall hereafter each receive an annual salary not ex-
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 272, 273, 274. 285
ceeding eighteen hundred dollars, to be so allowed from the
first day of January in the current year.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to bo sub-
by vote of the city council of the said city, and the approval wuLii^ete.*^
of the mayor subject to the provisions of its charter, pro- Proviso.
vided that such acceptance and approval occur prior to the
thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved April 7, 1920.
An Act to authorize the town of sterling to pay Chap.272
AN ANNUITY TO THE WIDOW AND FAMILY OF GEORGE E.
PEESO.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Sterling may pay to the widow Town of
and family of George E. Peeso, whose death occurred in pay an^Sty
consequence of an injury suffered in the course of his em- f°mijy°j^ ^"^"^
ploj^ment as a constable of said town, an annuity of five p^^o^^'
hundred dollars a year for a period of ten years.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by a majority of the voters of the town of Sterling, present ™oters. ^
and voting thereon, at a meeting called for the purpose.
Approved April 7, 1920.
An Act to permit the use of live geese as decoys Chap. 27 S
FOR HUNTING WATER FOWL IN THE COUNTY OF NAN-
TUCKET.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
It shall be lawful to use live geese as decoys in the hunting Live geese may
of water fowl in the county of Nantucket, notwithstanding decoys for
the provisions of chapter two hundred and ninety-two of the f'o'^wi^in^Na^n-'"^
acts of nineteen hundred and six, as amended by chapter ticket county.
two hundred and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and eleven. Approved April 7, 1920.
An Act to establish the compensation of first (Jfidj) 274
SERGEANTS IN THE LAND FORCES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Clause (6) of section one hundred and sixty-two of chapter 1917, 327 (O),
three hundred and twenty-seven of the General Acts of f^lfamia'ded.
nineteen hundred and seventeen is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "officers", in the fifth line, the words:
286 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 275, 276.
— first sergeants of companies, — so as to read as follows:
Compensation — (b) There shall be allowed and paid per diem to soldiers
h!nd'f!)*rcM°^ of the land forces, on rolls and accounts kept in such form as
estabhahed. ^j^g commandcr-in-chief may prescribe, for the duty pre-
scribed by sections seventeen, twenty-five, and twenty-six,
as follows: noncommissioned staff officers, first sergeants of
companies, three dollars and five cents; bandsmen, four
dollars and fifty-five cents; cooks, three dollars and fifty-
five cents, if, in such form as the commander-in-chief pre-
scribed, it is certified and made to appear that in each case
the duty of superintending and assisting in the preparation
of the food of the company was actually performed by the
cook in person during the tour of duty or day of duty for
which he is returned for pay, otherwise the pay of other en-
listed men of like grade; and every other enlisted man, one
dollar and fifty-five cents. Approved April 7, 1920.
Chap. 21 b An Act to authorize the city of beverly to con-
tribute A SUM OF MONEY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT TO BE USED IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF BEVERLY
HARBOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Sa^ cin^rihTJte ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ Bevcrly may place to the credit of the secretary
money to ^ gf War of the United States the sum of twenty-five thou-
ment to be saud dollars, to be used by the federal government for the
provementof purpose of dredging Beverly harbor. The said amount
everly harbor, ^j^^jj |^^ borrowed by the city under the provisions of chapter
three hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fourteen. Approved April 7, 1920.
Chap. 27 6 An Act to authorize the town of rockport to main-
tain THE LEANDER M. HASKINS HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Town of Rock- SECTION 1. The town of Rockport may maintain the
tain the Lcaudcr M. Haskins hospital owned by the town, and may
Ha^skins ' appropriate annually therefor a sum not exceeding three
hospital. thousand dollars.
Election, etc., Section 2. The towu shall elect a board of seven trustees
to manage said hospital. Of the initial trustees, three shall
be elected for the term of three years, two for two years
and two for one year. Thereafter, as their terms of office
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 277, 278. 287
expire, the town shall annually elect such number of trustees
for the term of three years as are necessary to fill any vacan-
cies. The trustees so elected shall continue to hold office
until the election and qualification of their successors.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 9, 1920.
An Act to change the name of cataumet harbor to Chap. 277
MEGANSETT HARBOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. The name of the body of water heretofore Name of
known as Cataumet harbor and situated in the town of harbor"changed
Falmouth is hereby changed to Megansett harbor. harbof!*""^"
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 9, 1920.
An Act authorizing the town of swampscott to incur Chav. 27 8
indebtedness for the purpose of extending and
IMPROVING its sewerage SYSTEM".
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Swampscott, for the purpose of |°ampsTOtt
extending and improving its sewerage system, and for the ^"j^A'^"''
purposes mentioned in chapter eighty-six of the acts of for extending
nineteen hundred and two and chapter four hundred and ft" slwfi&ge
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and three, may incur ^^^*®°'-
indebtedness, in excess of the statutory limit, to an amount
not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor. Such bonds or notes shall be de- Swampscott
nominated on the face thereof, Swampscott Sewerage Loan, IcToffm"*"'
Act of 1920, shall be signed by the treasurer and counter-
signed by a majority of the selectmen, shall bear such rate
of interest as may be fixed by the treasurer, with the ap-
proval of the selectmen, and shall be issued in compliance
with the requirements of chapter seven hundred and nineteen
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen and the amend-
ments thereof. Each authorized issue of bonds or notes
shall constitute a separate loan, and any premiums received
thereon shall be used as provided by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 9, 1920.
288
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 279, 280.
Chap. 27 9 An Act relative to the salary of the auditor of the
CITY OF CHICOPEE.
Salary of
auditor of city
of Chicopee.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:
Section 1 . The board of aldermen of the city of Chicopee,
wdth the approval of the mayor, may regulate the salary of
the auditor of the said city during the present term of said
office, not\\ithstanding anything contained in section sixty
of chapter two hundred and thirty-nine of the acts of eighteen
hundred and ninety-seven, being an act to re\dse the charter
of the city of Chicopee.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 9, 1920.
Chap. 280 An Act to restore to the citizens of Massachusetts
the benefits of "daylight-saving", so-called.
Whereas, It is desirable that the benefits of this act should
be enjoyed during the present year, therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health and convenience.
Emergency
preamble.
Benefits of
"daylight-
saving", so-
called, restored
to citizens of
Massachusetts.
How effected
in current year.
How effected
in subsequent
years.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. If this act takes effect upon its passage, the
standard time shall, in this commonwealth, be advanced
one hour at two o'clock ante-meridian on the last Sunday in
April in the current year, otherwise it shall so be advanced
at the same hour on the Sunday next following the date
when the act takes effect. In either case, at two o'clock
ante-meridian on the last Sunday in October in the current
year, such standard time shall, by the retarding of one hour,
be made to coincide with the mean astronomical time of the
degree of longitude governing the zone wherein the com-
monwealth is situated, the standard official time of which is
described as United States eastern time, so that between
two o'clock ante-meridian on the day when the clock is
advanced as aforesaid, and the last Sunday in October at
two o'clock ante-meridian in the current year, the standard
time in this commonwealth shall be one hour in advance of
said United States standard eastern time.
Section 2. At two o'clock ante-meridian of the last
Sunday in March of, each year, beginning with the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-one, the standard time in this
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 281. 289
commonwealth shall be advanced one hour, and at two
o'clock ante-meridian of the last Sunday in October of each
year the standard time in this commonwealth shall, by the
retarding of one hour, be made to coincide with the mean
astronomical time of the degree of longitude governing the
zone whereiii the commonwealth is situated, the standard
official time of which is described as United States standard
eastern time, so that between the last Sunday of March at
two o'clock ante-meridian and the last Sunday in October
at two o'clock ante-meridian in each year the standard time
•in this commonwealth shall be one hour in advance of the
United States standard eastern time.
Section 3. In all laws, statutes, orders, decrees, rules Time of per-
1 ij. 1j,*j.j^1j_* e e J? formance, etc.,
and regulations relatmg to the tune or performance of any of certain acts,
act by any officer or department of this commonwealth, or faws.^orders.
of any county, city, town or district thereof, or relating to ^tract8,"ete.
the time in which any rights shall accrue or determine, or
within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any
person subject to the jurisdiction of this commonwealth, and
in all the public schools and other institutions of the com-
monwealth, or of any county, city, town or district thereof,
and in all contracts or choses in action made or to be per-
formed in the commonwealth, it shall be understood and
intended that the time shall be United States standard
eastern time as changed by this act.
Approved April 9, 1920.
An Act to authorize the town of Kingston to make Chay.^Sl
AN additional WATER LOAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Kingston, for the purpose of Town of Kings-
, , . . ° . , . ^ . ton may make
reconstructing and relating its water mains, and improving an additional
its storage, pumping and distributing facilities, may borrow
from time to time, outside the statutory limit of indebtedness,
such sums of money as may be necessary to an amount not
exceeding fifty thousand dollars, and may issue therefor
bonds or notes. Such bonds or notes shall be denominated
on the face thereof, Kingston Water Loan, Act of 1920, gan? Act^f*^""
shall be signed by the treasurer of the town and counter- i920.'
signed by the selectmen, and shall bear such rates of interest
as may be fixed by the treasurer, with the approval of the
selectmen. They shall be payable at the expiration of
periods not exceeding thirty years from their respective
290
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 282, 283.
dates of issue, and in the manner set forth in section fourteen
of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirteen and all acts in amendment thereof
and in addition thereto. Each authorized issue shall consti-
tute a separate loan, and any premiums received thereon
shall be used as directed by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 9, 1920.
Chap. 2^2 An Act relative to clerical assistance for the
MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE WEST ROXBURY DISTRICT OF
THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section one of chapter three hundred and ninety-five of
the acts of nineteen hundred and eight is hereby amended
by striking out the word "six", in the third hne, and substi-
tuting the word : — ten, — so as to read as follows : — Sec-
tion 1. The clerk of the municipal court of the West Rox-
bury district of the city of Boston may annually expend a
sum not exceeding ten hundred dollars for clerical assistance,
on the certificate of the justice that the same is necessary
and that the work has been actually performed.
Approved April 9, 1920.
1908, 395, § 1,
amended.
Clerical as-
sistance for
municipal
court of West
Roxbury dis-
trictof Boston.
C/iap. 283 An Act authorizing the city of medford to retire
AND PENSION GEORGE D. CUMMINGS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
City of Med- SECTION 1. The city of Medford may retire George D.
p°en8i?n George Cummiugs, for twcuty-six years auditor of the city, and now
D. cummings. phygjcaliy disabled, with an annual pension of twelve hun-
dred and fifty dollars, that sum being one half of his present
annual compensation.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter, provided that such acceptance occurs
on or before December tliirty-first of the current year.
Approved April 9, 1920.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 284, 285. 291
An Act to prohibit the catching of flounders in Chap. 284:
CERTAIN WATERS OF THE TOWN OF MARBLEHEAD.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful to catch flounders by Catching of
means of dragnets, seines, beam trawls or otter trawls, in ce°r'tain''wat"r8
the waters of Marblehead harbor southwesterly of a line MarbTeheld
drawn from Point Neck Light, so-called, on Marblehead prohibited.
Neck, to the northeasterly end of Fort Sewall in Marblehead
without a permit therefor from the selectmen of the said
town.
Section 2. The harbor master of Marblehead shall have Penalty, etc.
authority to enforce the provisions of this act, any violation
of which shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty
dollars. Approved April 9, 1920.
An Act to establish the salary of the chief deputy Chav. 285
SHERIFF of the COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and thirty-three of ^?i6, 133 (G),
1 /->i 1* p ' iiii- ®*''-' amended.
the General Acts 01 nineteen hundred and sixteen, as amended
by section one of chapter three hundred and twenty of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby
further amended by striking out the word "twenty-one", in
the tenth and eleventh lines, and substituting the word : —
twenty-five, — so as to read as follows: — The sheriff of the salary of chief
county of Middlesex may appoint one of the court officers of^Middfe^sey^
of the superior court to act as chief deputy sheriff for attend- f^^^^ ^^^'
ance on the superior court of said county. Such officer,
under the orders of the sheriff, and in addition to his regular
duties as a court officer, shall supervise, direct and assign
the officers of the said court. He shall hold his office subject
to the provisions of chapter one hundred and thirty-four of
the acts of the year nineteen hundred and twelve. He shall
be paid the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars a year,
payable in equal monthly instalments by the county of
Middlesex.
Section 2. The salary hereby established shall be paid '^^^^ ^ ^e
as of the first day of June of the current year.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance, to be sub-
not later than December first of the current year, by the TOuntyTOm-
county commissioners of the county of Middlesex. missioners.
Approved April 9, 1920,
292
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 286, 287.
R. L. 32, § 77,
amended.
Allowances to
families or
dependents of
firemen killed
or fatally
injxued.
Chap. 286 An Act relative to the allowances to families or
DEPENDENTS OF FIREMEN KILLED OR FATALLY INJURED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter thirtj'-two of the Revised Laws is hereby amended
by striking out section seventy-seven and substituting the
following: — Section 77. If a fireman in a regularly organized
fire department of a city or town, or any officer or member
in active ser\ace of any incorporated protective department
acting in concert with a fire department, or a person doing
fire duty at the request or by the order of the authorities of
a town which has no organized fire department, or a person
performing the duties of a fireman in such a town, is killed,
or dies within sixty days from injuries recei\''ed while in the
performance of his duties, and his death is certified by the
city or town clerk and the attending physician or medical
examiner to the auditor of the commonwealth, he shall
certify for pajTnent to the executor or administrator of such
fireman, out of the appropriation annually made for the
purpose, the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for the use
equally of his widow and minor children; or if there are
minor children but no widow, to their use; or if there is no
minor child, to the use of the widow; and if there is no widow
or minor child, to the use of the next of kin if dependent on
such deceased fireman for support. A child of full age de-
pendent upon such a fireman for support shall be regarded
as a minor child. Approved April 9, 1920.
Chap. 287 An Act relative to the protection and improvement
OF LAKE QUINSIGAMOND.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: ,
Section 1. The department of public works is hereby
authorized to undertake such work for the protection and
improvement of Lake Quinsigamond as will make it safe for
boating, but no work authorized by this act shall change the
present control and use of the waters of the lake for manu-
facturing purposes.
Section 2. Cities and towns bordering on the said lake
may raise money by taxation or may make appropriations of
money to aid in the improvement aforesaid, the same to be
paid to the treasurer and receiver-general for expenditure by
Protection and
improvement
of Lake Quin-
sigamond by
department of
public works.
Certain cities
and towns to
aid.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 288, 289. 293
said department together with any funds of the common-
wealth that may be available for the purpose.
Section 3. No work authorized by this act shall be when work
begun until after a public hearing has been held, and a plan ^ * ^ ''^""'
and estimate of the cost of the work have been made.
Approved April 9, 1920.
An Act relative to reinsurance. Chap.2SS
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Reinsurance of risks shall not be held to be within the Reinsurance,
pro\'isions of law requiring the use of standard forms of po™cies,^etc.
policies. An insurance company ceding reinsurance shall
not, unless the contract or agreement of reinsurance so pro-
vides, become thereby a member of the company accepting
such reinsurance or be entitled to any dividend or expira-
tion return of premium or be subject to liability to assess-
ment. Approved April 9, 1920.
An Act relative to appropriations for school pur- fhnq) 289
POSES IN the city OF LYNN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 . Chapter one hundred and seventy-eight of i^o^- 1^^- § ,i\
the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, as amended by section
one of chapter two hundred and ninety of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and sixteen and by section one of chapter
one hundred and seventy-six of the Special Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, and as affected by chapter two hun-
dred and nine of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
seventeen and by chapter one hundred and seven of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out section one and substituting
the following : — Section 1 . The school committee of the School com-
city of Lynn shall, on or before the first day of February in to'maleappn^
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one and in each year gupilirt of"
thereafter, by vote of a majority of all its members taken by ^^^^^"^ schools.
yeas and nays, make appropriations for the support of the
public schools of said city for the financial year, including
repairs and alterations of school buildings and any pensions
payable by law to school teachers. The appropriations shall
be made by items specifying the purposes for which the
money is to be expended, and shall not exceed in the aggre-
gate for the financial year ending on the thirty-first day of
294
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 289.
Certain votes,
etc., when
void.
Proviso.
Municipal
council may
not increase
appropriations,
except, etc.
Powers of
school com-
mittee.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters, etc.
December in said year nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
and in each year thereafter, the sum of six dollars and fifty
cents upon each one thousand dollars of the valuation of the
taxable property in said city, as ascertained under the pro-
visions of law relative to the rate of taxation in said city.
Any vote or appropriation requiring a larger assesspient
than as above specified shall be void, and said committee
shall have no authority to incur any liability or make any
expenditures in excess of the said appropriation, anything in
any statute to the contrary notwithstanding, except as pro-
vided in said chapter two hundred and nine of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, as affected by
chapter one hundred and seven of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and eighteen and by chapter three hundred
and fourteen of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen: provided, however, that when the needs of the
school department require an expenditure of money in excess
of the above mentioned appropriation, the school committee,
by vote of a majority of all its members taken bj^ yeas and
nays, may appropriate for the above named purposes,
subject to the approval of the mayor, additional sums up to
but not exceeding seven dollars and fifty cents upon each
one thousand dollars of the valuation of the taxable property
in the city. The municipal council of the said city shall not
have authority to increase said appropriations as above fixed,
except for permanent school house improvements or repairs
thereto. The school committee shall, in addition to the
amounts aforesaid, have the power to expend such amounts
as may be received from the commonwealth under the pro-
visions of Part I of chapter three hundred and sixty-three of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, from
tuition charges, the sale of text books and from other miscel-
laneous sources, and also any amounts received by the said
city, as insurance for the destruction in part of school build-
ings or furnishings and books, which last named amounts
shall in all cases be expended for specific repair or restora-
tion of the property on account of which they are received.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters
of the city of Lynn at the annual state election in the current
year in the form of the following question to be placed upon
the official ballot: "Shall the act relative to appropriations
for school purposes in the city of Lynn be amended so that
the amount raised by taxation for the support of the public
schools of the city, when the needs of the department d©-
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 290, 291. 295
mand and the mayor app^o^•es, shall range from six dollars
and fifty cents to seven dollars and fifty cents for each one
thousand dollars of taxable valuation, instead of being six
dollars and fifty cents as at present?" And if a majority of
the voters voting thereon shall vote in the affirmative, this
act shall thereupon take eft'ect.
Approved April 9, 1920.
An Act to make the proceedings of the annual en- C/iap.290
CAMPMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS,
AMERIC.ysr LEGION, A PART OF THE RECORDS OF THE COM-
MOmVEALTH AND TO PROVIDE FOR PRINTING AND DIS-
TRIBLTING THE SAME.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The secretary of the commonwealth shall ^^^^f^f;^f°f
annually procure a copy of the proceedings of the annual ^i^^'^^JJ^g^tg
encampment of the Massachusetts department, American department,
Legion, -^dth the general orders, special orders, circulars and Legion, to be
other papers forming a part thereof and shall cause the same of TOmmX"^ ^
to be kept as part of the records of the commonwealth. wealth.
Section 2, The secretary shall annually cause copies Printing and
thereof to be printed and bound; and shall cause one copy copies." '°
to be sent to each city library, to\\Ti library, and post of the
American Legion in the commonwealth, and the other copies
shall be distributed in the same manner as the secretary's
annual report. Approved April 9, 1920.
An Act relatr'e to the ale wife fishery in the town Chap. 2^1
OF COIL\SSET.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section L Subject to any rights of the town of Scituate, Aiewife fishery
the selectmen of the towTi of Cohasset shall have authority sd^tL may
to lease the aiewife fishery in said town in the stream running ^® 'eased.
from Scituate pond into Cohasset harbor, at or near Dick's
or Gannett mill so-called, for a period or periods not ex-
ceeding ten years on such terms, regulations and conditions
as they may impose.
Section 2. All persons, except the lessees as aforesaid Forfeiture.
or persons by them employed, who shall take any fish from
said fishery shall, for each offence, forfeit the sum of ten
dollars to the use of said lessees, who may recover the same
in an action at law. Approved April 9, 1920.
296
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 292.
Chap.292 An Act authorizing cities and towns to appropriate
MONEY FOR MEMORL\LS TO SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MA-
RINES.
pr3!£:^ Whereas, It is desirable for the public interest that this
act take effect immediately, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
1919, 61 (G),
§ 1, amended.
Cities and
towns may
appropriate
money for
memorials to
soldiers, sailors
and marines.
1919, 61 (G),
§ 2, amended.
May borrow
money, etc.
1919, 61 (G),
§ 3, amended.
Board of trus-
tees to have
charge and
control of con-
struction of
memorials, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter sixty-one of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby amended by striking
out section one and substituting the following : — Section 1 .
For the purpose of properly commemorating the services
and sacrifices of the soldiers, sailors and marines who have
served the country in war, cities and towns may accept gifts
or bequests and may appropriate money for the acquisition
of land by purchase or by right of eminent domain, or for
the purchase, erection and equipping of buildings, or for the
construction of other suitable memorials. If land is taken
by right of eminent domain, compensation shall be awarded
and paid in the same manner as for highway takings. To
meet the cost of maintaining such memorials, cities and
towns may raise by taxation such sums as may be deemed
necessary.
Section 2. Said chapter sLxty-one is hereby further
amended by striking out section two and substituting the
following : — Section 2. To pro\'ide the necessary funds for
the acquisition of land, or for the construction of buildings
or other structures, including the cost of original equipment,
a city or towii may borrow, outside the statutory limit of
indebtedness, an amount not exceeding one half of one per
cent of its assessed valuation for the preceding year, and
may issue bonds or notes, payable in not more than twenty
years, in accordance vAih section fourteen of chapter seven
hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen.
Section 3. Said chapter sixty-one is hereby further
amended by striking out section three and substituting the
following: — Section 3. Cities and towns which accept gifts
or bequests or appropriate money for the purposes set forth
in this act may pro\dde for a board of trustees which shall
have charge and control of the construction of any memorial
I
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 293. 297
hereunder, and shall have the custody and care of any such
memorial after its construction. Such boards shall have full
power to make such rules and regulations from time to time
relative to the use of said buildings as they may deem neces-
sary. In cities such a board shall consist of the mayor, ex Board of trus-
officio, and five members appointed by him and approved *®^^' *^ ''"'''^'
by the council, two of whom shall not be veterans of any
war. Two of said board shall be appointed for a term of
one year, two for two years, and one for three years, and as
the term of each member expires, a successor shall be ap-
pointed in like manner for a term of three years. Any
vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in like manner.
In towns such a board shall consist of the chairman of the in towns.
board of selectmen, ex officio, and five members elected by
the to^^^l, in the same manner as other town officers, two of
whom shall not be veterans of any war. Two of said board
shall be elected for a term of one year, two for two years,
and one for three years, and as the term of each member ex-
pires, a successor shall be elected in like manner for a term Appointment
of three years. Until the board is elected, the selectmen may bo^dl'^tc?'^^
appoint a temporary board to serve until the next annual
town election. Any vacancy occurring in a town board
shall be filled for ^the unexpired term by the remaining
members. All members of said boards shall continue to
serve until the qualification of their respective successors.
Approved April 9, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of revere to borrow Chap.29S
MONEY FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Revere, for the purpose of ac- city of Revere
quiring land, and of constructing, equipping, and furnishing SoL^for"'
school buildings thereon, may incur indebtedness, in excess pu^r'^'ses"''''^"^
of the statutory debt limit, to an amount not exceeding four
hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor. Such bonds or notes shall be denominated on the
face thereof, Revere School Loan, Act of 1920, shall be Revere schcwi
signed by the treasurer of the city and countersigned by the 1920.'
mayor, and shall bear such rate of interest as may be fixed
by the treasurer with the approval of the mayor. The bonds
or notes shall be issued in compliance with the requirements
of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirteen and the amendments thereof.
298
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 294.
Each authorized issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a
separate loan, and any premiums received thereon shall be
used as provided by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 9, 1920.
Chap.294: An Act to incorporate the city of westfield.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
City of West-
field, incorpo-
rated.
Re-division
into wards, etc.
First prelimi-
nary and annual
elections,
polling places,
election officers,
etc.
Duties of town
clerk.
Lists of voters.
First meeting
of mayor, coun-
cil and school
committee.
Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Westfield
shall continue to be a body corporate and politic under the
name of the City of Westfield, and as such shall have, exer-
cise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and pri\i-
leges, and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations
proAdded for herein, or otherwise pertaining to cities as
municipal corporations.
Section 2. Upon the acceptance of this act, the select-
men of the town then in office shall forthwith divide the
territory of the town into five wards, so that the wards \\ill
contain, as nearly as may be consistent with well-defined
limits, an equal number of voters, and they shall designate
the wards by numbers. The nmnber of wards and in conse-
quence the number of councillors may, in any year fixed by
law for a new di^dsion of wards in cities, be changed by vote
of the city council, passed with the assent of the mayor at
or prior to the making of such di\ision; but the number of
wards shall not be less than five.
The selectmen, for the purposes of the first preliminary
and annual elections after the acceptance of this act, shall
provide suitable polling places and give notice thereof, and
shall at least ten days before said preliminary election appoint
all proper election officers therefor and for said annual
election; and they shall in general have the powers and per-
form the duties of the mayor and board of aldermen in cities
under chapter eight hundred and thirty-five of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirteen, and acts in amendment
thereof and in addition thereto, the provisions of which,
so far as they may be applicable, shall apply to said elections;
and the toA\m clerk shall perform the duties therein assigned
to city clerks. The registrars shall cause to be prepared and
published, according to law, lists of qualified voters in each
of the wards established by the selectmen.
The selectmen shall notify the persons elected at the said
first election, and shall provide and appoint a place for the
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 294. 299
first meeting of the mayor and council on the first Monday
in January next ensuing; and shall, by written notice left at
their respective places of residence at least twenty-four hours
prior to such meeting, notify the mayor elect and the council-
men elect, who shall immediately proceed to organize and
carry into effect the provisions of tliis act, which shall there-
upon have full force and effect. The selectmen shall, in
like manner, appoint a place and time for the first meeting
of the school committee, and shall notify the members
thereof.
Section 3. There shall be a mayor, elected by and from Mayor, election,
the qualified voters of the city, who shall be the chief executive **'™' '^**'"
officer of the city. He shall hold office for the term of two
years from the first Monday in January following his election
and until his successor is elected and qualified.
Section 4. The legislative powers of the city shall be city council.
vested in a city council. One of its members shall be elected etc!*^*""' ^^™^'
by the council annually as its president. The city council
shall be composed of eleven members, of whom one shall be
elected from each ward by and from the qualified voters of
that ward, and the remaining members shall be elected at
large by and from the qualified voters of the city. At the
first election the councillors elected from each ward shall be
elected to serve for one year, and those elected at large shall
be elected to serve for two years, from the first Monday
in January following their election and until their successors
are elected and qualified; and at each annual city election
thereafter the councillors elected to fill vacancies caused by
the expiration of the terms of councillors shall be elected to
serve for two years. If the number of wards shall be in-
creased, as provided in section two hereof, the proportion
of councillors elected at large to those elected from wards
shall be maintained.
Section 5. All heads of departments and members of b^^a"o7®°*®
municipal boards, excluding the school committee, officers
whose election is provided for by this act and officials ap-
pointed by the governor, shall be appointed by the mayor
except as otherwise provided herein, subject to confirmation
by the city council.
Section 6. In making his appointments the mayor shall a^''*'4"tment^
sign and file with the city clerk a certificate in the following
form : —
300
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 294.
CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT.
I appoint (name of appointee) to the position of (name of
office), and I certify that in my opinion he is a recognized
expert in the work which will devolve upon him, and that I
make the appointment solely in the interest of the city.
Mayor,
or in the following form, as the case may be: —
CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT.
I appoint (name of appointee) to the position of (name of
office), and I certify that in my opinion he is a person
specially fitted by education, training, or experience to per-
form the duties of said office, and that I make the appoint-
ment solel}' in the interest of the city. Mayor.
Removal of
certain officials.
Departments,
boards and
officers.
Assessing
department.
Charity depart-
ment.
Health depart-
ment.
Fire depart-
ment.
Police depart-
ment.
Section 7. The mayor may, with the approval of a
majority of the members of the city council, remove any
head of a department or member of a board before the ex-
piration of his term of office, except members of the school
committee, officers whose election is proxdded for by this
act, and officials appointed by the governor. The person so
removed shall receive a copy of the reasons for his removal,
and he may, if he desires, contest the same before the city
council. He shall have the right to be represented by counsel
at such hearing.
Section 8. There shall be the following departments,
boards and officers in the city : —
1. The assessing department, under the charge of a
board of three assessors.
2. The charity department, under the charge of three
overseers of the poor, who shall appoint the city almoner.
3. The health department, under the charge of a board
of health consisting of three members.
4. The fire department, under the charge of a board of
three engineers, one of whom shall be the chief of the fire
department.
5. The police department, under the charge of a commis-
sion, which shall consist of the mayor, who shall be the
chairman, and two members who shall be appointed by him
subject to confirmation by the city council, and who shall
serve for the term of two years and until their successors
are appointed and qualified.
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Acts, 1920. — Chap. 294. 301
6. The board of public works, which shall consist of three Board of
members, who shall have the charge, control and manage- ^"
ment of the construction, alteration, repair and maintenance
of the pubHc ways, sidewalks, bridges, parks and squares
and of the public sewers and drains. The said board shall
have the charge, control and management of the water works
and water supply, and shall have the powers and perform
the duties conferred or imposed upon water commissioners
by chapter three hundred and twenty-two of the acts of
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and acts in amendment
thereof and in addition thereto.
They shall appoint a superintendent, or superintendents, Appointment
who shall hold office for the term of two years and until his tenS^'and
or their successor is appointed and qualified, and who shall, ''s^'^*^'^*^-
under the direction and control of the board, have charge of
the work thereof. The said superintendent, or superin-
tendents, shall appoint such assistants as the work may re-
quire, subject to the approval of the board.
7. The municipal light board, which shall consist of three Municipal
members, who shall appoint a manager of municipal lighting '*^^* ^^^d.
and shall have the powers and authority given to the mu-
nicipal lighting boards in towns.
8. The planning board, which shall consist of three planning board,
members.
9. The board of survey, which shall consist of three Board of
members. ^'^^^^•
10. The playground commission, which shall consist of Playground
1111111 11 • commission.
five members, who shall be chosen by the school committee.
11. The city clerk department, under the charge of the city clerk
city clerk, who shall be elected by the city council to serve ''^p*''''^''"*-
for three years.
12. The treasury department, under the charge of the Treasury
city treasurer, who shall be elected by the city council to ®p''''*™^° •
serve for tliree years.
13. The collecting department, under the charge of the Collecting
city collector, who shall be elected by the city council to dep^"'t°^^°t-
serve for three years. The offices of treasurer and collector
may be held by the same person.
14. The department of accounts, under the charge of the Department of
city auditor, who shall be elected by the city council and
who shall serve for the term of three years and until his
successor is appointed and qualified. The city auditor shall
have supervision of the accounts of all departments of the
city. He shall audit all bills, vouchers, claims and demands
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Acts, 1920. — Chap. 294.
Payment of
city funds.
Inspector of
buildings, etc.
Board of
registrars.
City solicitor.
City physician.
Directors of
Westfield
Athenajum.
Appointment
and term of
office of various
officers.
Time of ap-
pointment
after first city
election.
against the city after they have the approval of the depart-
ment in which they originated, examine the accounts of
every department and report to the city annually any in-
accuracy in the accounts or any delinquency in the conduct
of any officer which he may discover, and for this purpose
he shall have access to all account books, vouchers and
books of record belonging to the city.
No pa^^nent of city funds shall be made except upon a
draft countersigned by the city auditor after he has examined
the claim and found it to be correct, and in no case, except
by order of the city council, shall he approve any bill which
will cause a department to exceed its appropriation.
15. The inspector of buildings, whose duties shall be the
inspection of buildings and other structures. The mayor
shall appoint also a superintendent of wires, a sealer of
w^eights and measures, and a tree warden.
16. The board of registrars, constituted in accordance
with the pro\'isions of section twenty-five of chapter eight
hundred and thirtj'-five of the acts of the year nineteen hun-
dred and thirteen.
17. The city solicitor, who shall be appointed by the
mayor, without confirmation by the city council.
18. The city physician, who shall be chosen by the mayor,
the overseers of the poor and the members of the board of
health, acting in joint session.
19. There shall be elected the three directors of the West-
field Athenaeum in the manner now prescribed by law.
Section 9. The term of office, after their first appoint-
ment and except in cases of filling vacancies, of the members
of the board of assessors, of the board of health, of the board
of public works, of the municipal light board, of the planning
board and of the board of survey, of the overseers of the
poor and of the fire engineers shall be three years; of the
playground commission, five years; of the police commission,
two years; and they shall hold office until their successors
are appKjinted and qualified.
In January following the first city election, except in the
case of the playground commissioners and of the police com-
missioners, one member shall be appointed for the term of
one year, one for the term of two years and one for the term
of three years, and annually thereafter one for the term of
three years to fill the term of the appointee whose term ex-
pires. Of the playground commission one member shall be
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 294. 303
appointed for the term of one year, one for the term of two
years, one for the term of three years, one for the term of
four years and one for the term of five years, and annually
thereafter one for the term of five years to fill the term of
the appointee whose term expires.
It shall be the duty of the mayor to appoint, on or before Time for ap-
the first IVIonday in February of each year, in accordance officerTetc!!
with the pro\'isions of tliis section, all the appointive officers ^*° ^^^''
above specified, and unless it is othermse provided, all those
for whom pro\dsion shall hereafter be made; and their
terms of office shall begin on the first Monday in February
and shall, unless it is otherwise pro^dded hereby or by existing
law, continue for one year, or for such other period as the
council shall by ordinance in any case provide, except that
the term of office of all the said officers, who shall first be
appointed hereunder shall begin respectively upon their
appointment and qualification. Every administrativ'e officer
shall, unless sooner removed, hold office until his successor is
appointed and qualified.
Section 10. The council may, from time to time, subject p°^^f^ ^^^
to the provisions of this act and in accordance with the ot^^er offices,
general laws, provide by ordinance for the establishment of
any additional boards and other offices; for reorganizing,
consolidating or abolishing departments or boards in whole
or in part; for transferring the duties, powers and appropria-
tions of one department to another in Avhole or in part; for
establishing new departments; for increasing, reducing,
establishing or abolishing salaries of heads of departments or
of members of boards; and for the said pm-poses may dele-
gate to such boards, offices and departments the adminis-
trative powers given by general laws to city councils and
boards of aldermen. All salaries and the compensation of fix^f by ord^-°^
all employees may be fixed by ordinance by the council, "^ance.
except as is otherwise provided herein.
Section 11. The mayor shall receiv'e for his services Mayor, salary,
such salary as the city council by ordinance shall determine,
not exceeding twenty-fiv^e hundred dollars a year, and he
shall receive no other compensation from the city. His
salary shall not be increased or diminished during the term
for which he is elected.
The council may, by a two thirds v^ote of all its members. Council, salary,
taken by call of the yeas and nays, establish a salary for its
members not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars each
304
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 294.
Preliminary
election for
nominations,
date, etc.
City elections,
polling hours.
Certain election
laws to apply.
What names to
be printed on
official ballots,
etc.
Who may be
candidates.
Provi
a year. Such salary may be reduced, but no increase therein
shall be made to take effect during the year in which the
increase is voted.
Section 12. On the third Tuesday preceding every
annual municipal election in the city of Westfield at which
any office mentioned in this act is to be filled by the voters,
there shall be held a preliminary election for the purpose of
nominating candidates therefor. No special election for
mayor or any other officer shall be held mitil after the ex-
piration of forty days from the calling of a preliminary
election, except as is otherudse provided herein. At every
annual, preliminary and special election the polls shall be
opened at forty-five minutes past five o'clock in the forenoon,
and shall remain open until four o'clock in the afternoon,
and the laws of the commonwealth relative to annual city
elections shall apply thereto, except as is otherwise specifically
provided herein.
Section 13. Except as is others\dse provided herein,
there shall not be printed on the official ballot to be used at
any annual or special election the name of any, person as a
candidate for any office unless such person has been nomi-
nated as such at a preliminary election for nomination, held
as pro\dded herein. There shall not be printed on the
official ballot for use at such preliminary election the name
of any candidate for nomination at such preliminary election,
unless he shall have filed, \Adthin the time limited by section
fourteen, the statement therein described.
Section 14. Any person who is qualified to vote for a
candidate for any elective municipal office, and who is a
candidate for nomination thereto, shall be entitled to have
his name as such candidate printed on the official ballot to
be used at a preliminary election: jjrovided, that at least
ten days prior to such preliminary election he shall file with
the city clerk a statement in 'VNTiting of his candidacy, and
with it the petition of at least fifty voters, qualified to vote
for a candidate for the said office. Said statement and
petition shall be in substantially the following form : —
Form of state-
ment of candi-
date.
STATEMENT OF CANDIDATE.
I, ( )j on oath, declare that I reside at (number
if any) on (name of street) in the city of Westfield; that I
am a voter therein, qualified to vote for a candidate for the
hereinafter mentioned office; that I am a candidate for the
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 294. 305
office of (name of office) for (state the term) to be voted for
at the prehminary election to be held on Tuesday, the
day of , nineteen hundred and
, and I request that my name be printed as
such candidate on the official ballot for use at said prelimi-
nary election.
(Signed)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Hampden ss.
Subscribed and sworn to on this day of
, nineteen hundred and ,
before me,
(Signed)
Justice of the Peace,
or (Notary Public).
My commission expires
PETITION ACCOMPANYING STATEMENT OF CANDIDATE.
Whereas (name of candidate) is a candidate for nomina- Form of petition
tion for the office of (state the office) for- (state the term), ^taTemSf"^
we the undersigned, voters of the city of Westfield, duly candidate.
qualified to vote for a candidate for said office, do hereby
request that the name of said (name of candidate) as a
candidate for nomination for said office be printed on the
official ballot to be used at the preliminary election to be
held on the Tuesday of nineteen
hundred and
We further state that we believe him to be of good moral
character and qualified to perform the duties of the office.
No acceptance by a candidate for nomination named in Acceptance and
the said petition shall be necessary to its validity or its filing,
and the petition, which may be on one or more papers, need
not be sworn to.
Section 15. The first annual election after the acceptance city election,
of this act shall take place on the third Tuesday of December **^*^' ^^'''
of the present year, and thereafter the municipal election
shall take place annually on the Tuesday next following the
first Monday of December, and the municipal year shall
begin and end at ten o'clock in the morning of the first
Monday of January in each year.
Section 16. On the first Monday in January, the mayor- Mayor and
elect and the councillors-elect shall meet and be sworn to to^bTsw^rnr
oath not neces-
sary.
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Legislative
powers of city
council.
Voting powers,
quorum, etc.
Rules, meet-
ings, etc.
City clerk,
powers, duties,
etc.
Council may
request infor-
mation of
mayor, etc.
May investigate
financial trans-
actions, etc.
the faithful discharge of their duties. The oath may be ad-
ministered by the city clerk or by any justice of the peace,
and a certificate that the oath has been taken shall be entered
on the journal of the city council. At any meeting there-
after the oath may be administered in the presence of the
city council to the mayor, or to any councillor absent from
the meeting on the first Monday in January.
Section 17. Except as is specially pro^^ded in this
section, the legislative powers of the city council may be
exercised as provided by ordinance or rule adopted by it.
1. Every member of the council shall have the right to
vote on any question coming before it. A majority of the
council shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote
of a majority of all of the members of the council shall be
necessary to adopt any motion, resolution or ordinance.
2. The city council shall, from time to time, establish
rules for its proceedings. Regular and special meetings of
the council shall be held at a time and place fixed by ordi-
nance. All legislative sessions shall be open to the public,
and every matter coming before the council for action shall
be put to a vote, the result of which shall be duly recorded.
A full and accurate journal of the proceedings of the council
shall be kept, and shall be open to the inspection of any
registered voter of the city.
3. The city clerk shall have such powers and perform such
duties as the council may from time to time prescribe, in
addition to such duties as may be prescribed by law. He
shall keep the records of the meetings of the council.
Section 18. The city council may at any time request
from the mayor specific information on any municipal
matter within its jurisdiction, and may request his presence
to answer written questions relating thereto at a meeting to
be held not earlier than one week from the date of the receipt
by the mayor of said questions. The mayor shall personally,
or tlirough a head of a department or a member of a board,
attend such meeting and publicly answer all such questions.
The person so attending shall not be obliged to answer ques-
tions relating to any other matter. The mayor at any time
may attend and address the city council in person or through
the head of a department, or a member of a board, upon
such subject as he may desire.
The council, or any committee thereof duly authorized by
the council so to do, may investigate the financial trans-
actions of any office or department of the city government.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 294. 307
and the official acts and conduct of any official, and, by-
similar investigations, may secure information upon any
matter.
Section 19. No ordinance shall be passed finally on the Passage of
date on which it is introduced, except in cases of special ""^ ""^"<*^-
emergency involving the health or safety of the people or
their property.
No ordinance shall be regarded as an emergency measure Emergency
unless the emergency is defined and declared in a preamble dlSf ^
thereto separately voted on and receiving the affirmative
vote of two thirds of the members of the city council.
No ordinance making a grant, renewal or extension, what- Granting of
ever its kind or nature, of any franchise or special privilege '''""' "^''^' "^'^
shall be passed as an emergency measure, and, except as
provided in chapter one hundred and twenty-two of the
Revised Laws and sections one hundred and twenty-six and
one hundred and twenty-seven of chapter seven hundred
and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen
and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto,
no such grant, renewal or extension shall be made other-
wise than by ordinance.
Section 20. No ordinance, or part thereof shall be Amendment or
T, 111 ,1 T 1j_i' nullification of
amended or annulled except by an ordmance adoptea m ordinances.
accordance with the pro\dsions of this act.
Section 21. Any ordinance, order or resolution may be Passage at one
passed through all its stages of legislation at one session:
provided, that no member of the council objects thereto, but Proviso.
if any member of the council objects, the measure shall be
postponed for that meeting.
Section 22. Every proposed ordinance or loan order, ordinances.eic,
except emergency measures as hereinbefore defined, shall [i^hed^" '
be published once in full in at least one newspaper of the
city, or in any additional manner that may be provided by
ordinance, at least ten days before its final passage. After
such final passage, it shall, in the same manner as before,
again be published once, as amended and completed, except
in the case of an emergency ordinance which may be passed
as hereinbefore pro\'ided and which shall take effect on its
passage, and shall so be published at the earliest practicable
moment.
Section 23. Every order, ordinance, resolution and vote Orders, ordi-
relative to the affairs of the city, adopted or passed by the "te!? to be ^^'
city council, shall be presented to the mayor for his approval, ma^yor!'''^ ^^
If he approves it he shall sign it; if he disapproves it he
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Passage of
ordinances,
etc., over
mayor's veto,
etc.
Civil service
laws not to
apply to certain
appointees of
mayor.
Certain vacan-
cies, how
filled.
President of
city council as
"acting
mayor",
powers, duties,
etc.
Temporary
appointments.
shall return it, with his objections in writing, to the city
council, which shall enter his objections at large on its
records, and again consider it. If the city council, notwith-
standing such disapproval of the mayor, shall again pass
such order, ordinance, resolution or vote by a two thirds
vote of all the members of the city council, it shall then be
in force, but such vote shall not be taken for seven days after
its return to the city council. Every such order, ordinance,
resolution and vote shall be in force if it is not returned by
the mayor within ten days after it was presented to him.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as
superseding or in any way affecting any provision of chapter
seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirteen, and the amendments thereof.
Section 24. The civil service laws shall not apply to the
appointment of the mayor's secretaries nor to the stenog-
raphers, clerks, telephone operators and messengers con-
nected with his office, and the mayor may remove such
appointees without a hearing and without making a state-
ment of the cause for their removal.
Section 25. If a vacancy in the office of mayor or
member of the city council occurs within six months next
prior to an annual election, and more than fifteen days prior
to the preliminary election held for the purpose of nominating
candidates to be voted for at such annual election, the same
shall be filled at such election, but if the vacancy occurs at
any other time, or in case of the death of the mayor-elect or
of a councillor-elect, the city council shall order an election
to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term, or for the entire
term, as the case may be, provided that a A^acancy occurring
in the period between the expiration of a term of office andi
fifteen days prior to the regular preliminary election next
preceding shall not be filled by election. If the mayor is
absent or unable from any cause temporarily to perform his
duties, or if his office is vacant, they shall be performed by
the president of the city council. The person upon whom
such duties shall devolve shall be called "acting mayor", and
he shall possess the powers of mayor only in matters not
admitting of delay, but shall have no power to make perma-
nent appointments.
Should an appointive oflScer of the city be temporarily
unable for any cause to perform his duties, the mayor may
make a temporary appointment of some person to act until
the official shall resume his duties.
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Section 26. It shall be unlawful for the mayor or for a Certain officials
member of the city council or school committee or for any share°i™con-°'^
officer or employee of the city, directly or indirectly, to make ui^iess^etc.*"'*^'
a contract with the city, or to receive any commission, dis-
count, bonus, gift, contribution, or reward from or any
share in the profits of any person or corporation making or
performing such a contract, unless the mayor, such member,
officer or employee, immediately upon learning of the exist-
ence of such contract, or that such a contract is proposed,
shall notify in writing the mayor, city council or school com-
mittee of the nature of his interest in such contract, and
shall abstain from doing any official act on behalf of the city
in reference thereto. In case of such interest on the part of Contracts in
~, 1 !•• •! iiiipp ^"^ cases, how
an officer whose duty it is to sign the contract on behalf of signed.
the city, the contract may be signed by any other officer of
the city duly authorized thereto by the mayor, or if the
mayor has such interest, by the city clerk: pronided, however, Proviso,
that when a contractor with the city is a corporation or a
voluntary stock, association, the ownership of less than five
per cent of the stock or shares actually issued shall not be
considered as involving an interest in the contract within
the meaning of this section, and such ownership shall not
affect the validity of the contract unless the owner of such
stock or shares is also an officer or agent of the corporation
or association, or solicits or takes part in the making of the
contract.
A violation of any provision of this section shall render the Penalty for
contract in respect to which such violation occurs voidable
at the option of the city. Any person \dolating the pro-
visions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not
more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not
more than one year, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
Section 27. No contract for construction work or for Proposals for
the purchase of apparatus, supplies or materials, whether the tracts"to°be
same shall be for repairs or original construction, the esti- ^■''^^'■'^'sed.
mated cost of which amounts to or exceeds two hupdred
dollars, except in cases of special emergency involving the
health or safety of the people or their property, shall be
awarded unless proposals for the same shall have been in-
vited by advertisements in at least one newspaper published
in the city once a week for at least two consecutive weeks,
the last publication to be at least one week before the time
specified for the opening of said proposals. Such advertise-
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Contracts not
to be split, etc.
Certain con-
tracts to be
approved by
mayor, etc.
Bond or other
security to
accompany
contracts, etc.
Council may
take land for
municipal
purposes, etc.
School com-
mittee, election,
term, etc.
ments shall state the time and place where plans and specifi-
cations of the proposed work or supplies may be had and
the time and place for opening the proposals in answer to
said advertisements, and shall reserve to the city the right
to reject any or all of such proposals. All such proposals
shall be opened in public. No bill or contract shall be split
or divided for the purpose of evading any pro\dsion of this
act.
Section 28. All contracts made by any department,
board or commission in which the amount involved is two
hundred dollars or more shall be in writing, and no such
contract shall be deemed to have been made or executed
until the approval of the mayor and of the department or
board making the contract is affixed thereto. Any contract
made as aforesaid may be required to be accompanied by a
bond with sureties satisfactory to the board or official ha\'ing
the matter in charge, or by a deposit of money, certified
check or other security for the faithful performance thereof,
and such bonds or other securities shall be deposited 'with
the city treasurer until the contract has been carried out in
all respects; and no such contract shall be altered except by
a written agreement of the contractor, the sureties on his
bond, and the officer, department or board making the con-
tract, with the approval of the mayor affixed thereto.
Section 29. At the request of any department, and
with the approval of the mayor and the city council, the
city council may take in fee, in the name of the city, for any
municipal purpose any land witliin the limits of the city not
already appropriated to public use. Whenever the price
proposed to be paid for a lot of land for any municipal
purpose is more than twenty-five per cent higher than its
average assessed valuation during the previous three years,
said land shall not be taken by purchase, but shall be taken
by right of eminent domain and paid for in the manner pro-
vided for the taking of, and the payment of damages for,
land taken for highways in said cit}-. No land shall be
taken until an appropriation by loan or otherwise for the
general purpose for which land is needed shall have been
made by the mayor and city council by a two thirds vote of
all its members; nor shall a price be paid in excess of the
appropriation, unless a larger siun is awarded by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
Section 30. The school committee shall consist of the
mayor, who shall be the chairman, and six members who
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 294. 311
shall be elected at large. At tUe first annual city election
held after the acceptance of this act, there shall be elected
two members to serve for one year, two for two years and
two for three years, and annually thereafter there shall be
elected two members to serve for the term of three years.
Section 31. The school committee shall elect a super- Superintendent
intendent of schools annually, except as provided in section eLcti'J^.'etc,
one of chapter seven hundred and fourteen of the acts of me'lifoFcwtain
nineteen hundred and fourteen, and mav, under the laws si^ordinate
, . , . ., . . "" 1 officers, etc.
regulating the cn'il service, appoint, suspend or remove at
pleasure such subordinate officers or assistants, including
janitors of school buildings, as it may deem necessary for
the proper discharge of its duties and the conduct of its
business; it shall define their terms of service and their
duties, and shall fix their compensation. No member of the
school committee, except the mayor, shall, during the term
for which he is elected, hold any other office or position the
salary or compensation for wdiich is payable out of the city
treasury. The committee shall organize annually on the school com-
first Monday in January, and shall elect one of its members ,™ation,°eu!'!°'
as vice chairman, whose duty it shall be to preside at all
meetings of the committee at which the mayor is not present.
Section 32. The school committee, in addition to the Powers and
powers and duties pertaining by law to school committees, ^'^'''^•
shall have power to provide, when they are necessary, tem-
porary accommodations for school purposes, and shall have
the control of all school buildings and of the grounds con-
nected therewith, and the power to make all repairs, the
expenditures for wliich are made from the regular appropria-
tion for the school department, except as is otherwise pro-
\ided herein.-
Section 33. No site for a school building shall be ac- to approve
quired by the city unless approval of the site by the school ^ihCoi bSid^-"'^
committee is first obtained. No plans for the construction '°^®-
or alteration of a school building shall be accepted, and no
work shall be begun on the construction or alteration of a
school building, unless the approval of the school committee
and the mayor therefor is first obtained; but such approval
shall not be required for the making of ordinary repairs.
Section 34. The school committee shall make all To make mies
, , 1 J 1 X- £ J.-U J. £ ^^ and regulations.
reasonable rules and regulations tor the management or the
public schools of the city and for conducting the business of
the committee: provided, that such rules are not inconsistent Proviso.
with any law of tlie commonwealth.
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Meetings to be
public, except,
etc.
Vacancies, how
fille-d.
Initiative peti-
tion for passage
of a "measure".
Signatures to
initiative peti-
tions.
Certification by
registrars of
voters.
Certificates to
be sent to
council, etc.
Section 35. All meetings of the school committee shall
be open to the public, except that, at the request of not less
than four members of the committee, any particular meeting
shall be private. The vote on any particular measure shall
be by the call of the yeas and nays, when it is so requested
by not less than two members of the committee.
Section 36. If a vacancy occurs in the school committee
by failure to elect, or otherwise, the city council and the re-
maining members of the school committee shall meet in joint
convention and elect a suitable person to fill the vacancy
until the next annual city election. The mayor, if present,
shall preside at the convention.
Section 37. A petition meeting the requirements here-
inafter provided and requesting the city council to pass an
ordinance, resolution, order or vote, except an order granted
under the provisions of chapter one hundred and twenty-
two of the Revised Laws and sections one hundred and
twenty-six and one hundred and twenty-sev^en of chapter
seven hundred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fourteen, and acts in amendment thereof and in addition
thereto, or requesting the school committee to pass a resolu-
tion, order or vote, all of these four terms being hereinafter
included in the term "measure", therein set forth or desig-
nated, shall be termed an initiative petition, and shall be
acted upon as hereinafter provided.
Section 38. Signatures to initiative petitions need not
be all on one paper. All such papers pertaining to any one
measure shall be fastened together, and shall be filed in the
office of the city clerk as one instrument, with the endorse-
ment thereon of the names and addresses of three persons
designated as filing the same. With each signature to said
petition shall be stated the place of residence of the signer,
giving the street and number, if any.
Witliin fiv^e days after the filing of said petition the regis-
trars of v^oters shall ascertain by what number of registered
voters the petition is signed, and what percentage that
number is of the total number of registered voters, and shall
attach thereto their certificate shomng the result of such
examination.
The city clerk shall forthv\ith transmit the said certificate
with the said petition to the city council or to the school com-
mittee, accordingly as the petition is addressed, and at the
same time shall send a copy of said certificate to one or more
of the persons designated on the petition as filing the same.
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 294. 313
Section 39. If an initiative petition be signed by regis- Action by
tered voters equal in number, except as is provided in section schoJi cCL-
forty of this act, to at least twenty per cent of the whole i^jtfative peti-
number of registered voters, the city council or the school ^°^ ^e properly
committee shall, within twenty days after the date of the
certificate of the registrars of voters that the petition has
been signed by the required percentage of registered voters,
either —
1. Pass said measure without alteration, subject to the Rissage.
referendum vote provided by this act or,
2. The city council shall call a special election to be held Referendum to
on a Tuesday fixed by it not less than thirty nor more than
forty-five days after the date of the certificate hereinbefore
mentioned, and shall submit the proposed measure without
alteration to a vote of the registered voters of the city at
that election: provided, however, that if any city election is Proviso,
otherwise to occur within ninety days after the date of said
certificate, the city council may, at its discretion, omit calling
the special election and submit the proposed measure to the
voters at such other previously pending election.
Section 40. If an initiative petition be signed by regis- Referendum,
tered voters equal in number to at least eight per cent but J^^-'ig" p"'"*'""
less than twenty per cent of the total number of registered
voters, and said measure be not passed without alteration
within twenty days by the city council or the school com-
mittee, as pro\dded in the preceding section, then such pro-
posed measure, without alteration, shall be submitted by the
city council to a vote of the registered voters of the city at
the next annual city election.
Section 41. If within twenty days after the final passage Referendum
of any measure by the city council or by the school com- pLsageofa"
mittee, a petition signed by registered voters of the city, paTt^therLT
equal in number to at least twelve per cent of the total againat^ etc.
number of registered voters, be presented to the city council
or to the school committee, as the case may be, protesting
against such measure or any part thereof taking efi'ect, the
same shall thereupon and thereby be suspended from taking
effect; and the city council or the school committee, as the
case may be, shall immediately reconsider such measure or
part thereof; and if such measure or part thereof be not en-
tirely annulled, repealed or rescinded, the city council shall
submit the same, by the method herein provided, to a vote
of the qualified voters of the city, either at the next regular
city election, or at a special election which may, in its dis-
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Procedure, etc.
Women voters
to be counted
on petitions
relating to
public schools.
Council may
submit meas-
ures to voters
of its own
motion, etc.
Measures with
conflicting pro-
visions.
Ballots to show
nature of
measure, etc.
Existing obli-
gations, con-
tracts, taxes,
penalties, etc.,
to be enforced,
etc.
cretion, be called for the purpose, and such measure or part
thereof shall forthwith become null and void unless a ma-
jority of the qualified voters voting on the same at such
election shall vote in faA'or thereof.
The petition pro\'ided for by this section shall be termed
a referendum petition.
The procedure in respect to the referendum petition shall
be the same as that proWded by section thirty-nine of this
act, except that the words "measure or part thereof pro-
tested against" shall for this purpose be understood to re-
place the word "measure" in that section wherever it may
occur, and that the word "referendum" shall be understood
to replace the word "initiative" in that section.
Section 42. For the purposes of this act, the number of
registered women voters shall be taken into account in
fixing the requisite number of signatures for initiative and
referendum petitions for measures affecting the public
schools, and in respect to the same they shall ha^'e the right
to vote and to sign initiative and referendum petitions.
Section 43. The city council may, of its ovm motion,
and shall, upon request of the school committee in case of
a measure originating ^^'ith that committee and pertaining to
the aft'airs under its administration, submit to a ^•ote of the
registered voters of the city for adoption or rejection at a
general or special city election any proposed measure, or a
proposition for the annulment, repeal or amendment of any
measure, in the same manner and Mith the same force and
effect as are hereby pro\'ided for submission on petition.
Section 44. If two or more proposed measures passed
at the same election contain conflicting proxisions, that one
of said measures wliich received the larger number of affirma-
tive votes shall take effect and the other shall be void.
Section 45. The ballots used in voting upon such a
proposed measure shall state the nature of tlie measure in
terms sufficient to show the substance thereof. No measure
shall go into eft'ect unless it recei\'es the affirmative votes of
at least a third of the whole number of registered voters.
Section 46. All official bonds, recognizances, obliga-
tions, contracts and all other instruments entered into or
executed by or to the town before this act takes effect, and
all taxes, special assessments, fines, penalties, forfeitures in-
curred or imposed, due or oA\ing to the town, shall be en-
forced and collected, and all writs, prosecutions, actions and
causes of action, except as is herein otherwise provided, shall
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 295. 315
■continue without abatement and remain unaffected by this
act; and no legal act done by or in favor of the town shall
be rendered invalid by the adoption of this act.
All persons holding office shall continue to hold the same, Officials to
notwithstanding the passage of this act, until the organiza- office°untii,
tion of the city government shall be effected, and until their '^^''■
successors shall be elected, or appointed, and qualified.
All laws, by-laws, rules and regulations, general or special, i^'V^n^^ue'' n
relating to the to^vTi of Westfield, in force at the time of the force, until,
taking effect of this act, shall, until altered, amended or re-
pealed, continue in force in the city of Westfield, so far as
the same are not inconsistent herewith.
Section 47. The question of the acceptance of this act to be sub-
shall be submitted to the legal voters of said town at the voters, etc.
state election in the year nineteen hundred and twenty. At
such election the polls shall be open not less than eight
hours; and the vote shall be taken by ballot, in accordance
with the provisions of chapter eight hundred and thirty-five
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and acts in
amendment thereof and in addition thereto, so far as the
same shall be applicable, in answer to the question: "Shall
an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty, entitled 'An Act to incorporate the
city of Westfield' be accepted?" And the affirmative votes
of a majority of the voters present and voting thereon shall
be required for its acceptance. Approved April 9, 1920.
Chap.295
An Act relative to the corporate powers of spe-
cially INCORPORATED WATER COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter seven hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of amended ^ ^'
nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby amended by striking
out section five and substituting the following : — Section 5. Corporate
mi • • i> • ^ • /? 1 • • 1 • powers of
i he provisions oi sections thirty-fave, thirty-six, tmrty-seven, specially
thirty-eight, tliirty-nine, forty, forty-one, forty-two, forty- wa°er^TOm-
three, fifty, fifty-one, sixty-eight, one hundred and forty- p^°*®^-
one, one hundred and forty-two, one hundred and forty-
three, one hundred and forty-four, one hundred and forty-five,
one hundred and forty-six, one hundred and forty-seven, one
hundred and forty-nine, one hundred and sixty-one, one
hundred and sixty-two, one hundred and sixty-three, one
hundred and ninety and one hundred and ninety-one of
chapter seven hundred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen
316 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 296, 297.
hundred and fourteen and acts in amendment thereof and
in addition thereto, are hereby extended so as to include and
apply to all corporations and companies mentioned in sec-
tion one. A'pyroved April 9, 1920.
Chap. 296 An Act transferring certain duties of the depart-
ment OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
COMMISSION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
ofde^'artment '^^^ powcrs and duties conferred and imposed upon the
of public health department of public health and the commissioner of public
metropolitan health 1X1 pursuancc of chapter four hundred and eighty-five
district com- n.i j^j'-j.lllJ lx* i
mission. oi the acts oi nmeteen hundred and seven and acts in amend-
ment thereof and in addition thereto, and of chapter seventy-
four of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen,
are hereby transferred to, and hereafter shall be exercised
and performed by, the metropoHtan district commission.
Apirroved April 9, 1920.
Chap. 291 An Act relative to the cold storage of foods.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
etc^' amended SECTION 1. Chapter six hundred and fifty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, as amended by section
two of chapter one hundred and forty-nine of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby further
amended by striking out section two and substituting the
Licenses to follomiig: — Sectioii 2. No person, firm or corporation shall
maintain cold . . <^ ^ „ . . ,'■ . ,
storage ware- maintain a cold storage or reirigerating warehouse without
issued* by ° a license issued by the department of public health. Any
heafth™*'''* °^ person, firm or corporation desiring such a license may make
written application to the department, stating the situation
of its plant or plants. On receipt of the application the de-
partment shall cause an examination to be made of the sani-
tary condition of the plant, and if it is found to be in a
sanitary condition and otherwise properly equipped for the
business of cold storage, the department shall cause a license
to be issued authorizing the applicant to maintain therein a
cold storage or refrigerating warehouse for the period of one
Proviso. year: provided, that a license fee of ten dollars shall be paid.
The license fees so received shall be paid into the treasury of
Suspension of tlic commoiiwcalth. In case any warehouse, or any part
thereof, licensed under the provisions of this section, shall be
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 297. 317
deemed by the department of public health to be conducted ,
in an unsanitary manner, the department shall close such
warehouse or part thereof, until it shall be put in a sanitary
condition, and the department shall also have power to sus-
pend the license in case the required changes are not made
A^dthin a reasonable time. Every such licensee shall further- Licensees to
more submit, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, a
report to the said department on a printed form to be pro-
vided by the department, stating the quantities of articles of
food placed in cold storage during the month preceding, and
also the quantities of articles of food held on the first day of
the month in which the report is filed.
Section 2. Section four of said chapter six hundred and iml'ndtd.^ *'
fifty-two is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof,
the words : — All articles of food when deposited in cold
storage, which have been pre\dously stored in any other
state or country, shall be plainly marked as pro\dded in this
section, with the dates of their original deposit in cold
storage, — so as to read as follows: — Section 4- All articles Articles of food
of food when deposited in cold storage shall be marked mTr*ked! etc. ^^
plainly mth the date of receipt on the containers in which
they are packed, or, if not packed in containers, on or in
connection wdth the articles, except fish. All articles of food
when deposited in cold storage, which have been previously
stored in any other state or country, shall be plainly marked
as pro\'ided in this section, with the dates of their original
deposit in cold storage.
Section 3. Section seven of said chapter six hundred etc^' amended
and fifty-two, as amended by section five of said chapter
one hundred and fort\'-nine, is hereby further amended by
adding at the end thereof the words : — It shall be unlawful
to alter, deface or remo\'e any marking on cold storage food,
which shows the date of its receipt in cold storage until after
the food is finally A\dthdrawn for the purpose of immediate
sale for consumption, and it shall be unlawful to transfer the
ownership of food in cold storage without pre\'iously making
known to the purchaser of the same the date on which it
was originally placed i% cold storage, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 7. It shall be unlawful to return to cold ArticiM of food
storage any article of food that has once been released from coid storage not
such storage for the purpose of placing it on the market for etc.
sale, but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent
the transfer of goods from one cold storage or refrigerating
warehouse to another, provided that such transfer is not Proviso.
318
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 298, 299, 300.
Markings not
to be defaced,
etc., until, etc.
Ropcal.
made for the purpose of evading any provision of this act.
It shall be unlawful to alter, deface or remove any marking
on cold storage food, which shows the date of its receipt in
cold storage until after the food is finally ^^^thd^awn for the
purpose of immediate sale for consumption, and it shall be
unlawful to transfer the ownership of food in cold storage
without preWously making known to the purchaser of the
same the date on which it was originally placed in cold
storage.
Section 4. Sections seven and eight of chapter three
hundred and fifty-one of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen are hereby repealed.
Approved April 9, 1920.
Certain minors
not to operate,
etc., freight
elevators.
Penalty.
Chap. 298 An Act relative to the operation of elevators by
MINORS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. No minor under sixteen years of age shall be
employed or permitted to operate, clean or repair a freight
ele^•ator.
Section 2. Violation of the provisions of this act shall
be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Approved April 9, 1920.
Chap. 2*^9 An Act relative to placing the chief of police of
THE CITY OF MARLBOROUGH UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE
LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter four hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and eleven, as amended by section twenty-two
of chapter two hundred and ninety-one of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and eighteen, placing the chief of police,
in cities and towns which accept the said chapter, under the
civil ser^'ice laws, shall be resubmitted to the voters of the
city of Marlborough on the official ballot at the next munic-
ipal election. Approved April 10, 1920.
City of Marl-
borough, ques-
tion of placing
chief of police
under civil
service laws to
be resubmitted
to voters.
C/iap. 300 An Act relative to hunting and fishing licenses for
MINORS AND OTHERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1919, 296 (G), Section eight of chapter two hundred and ninety-six of the
§ 8, amended. ,.• i- 'ii
General Acts oi nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 301. 319
amended by striking out the said section and substituting
the following : — Section 8. No certificate of registration to Licenses for
hunt Anth firearms shall be granted to minors under the age by"trLp!°etc?'^*
of fifteen, nor, as a matter of right, to minors between the
age of fifteen and eighteen, but any city or town clerk may
in his discretion issue a certificate to any minor o\'er twelve
and under eighteen years of age who is a citizen of the United
States authorizing him to take \\dld quadrupeds by trap
only, in conformity with law. A fee of twentv'-fiA'c cents Fee.
shall be paid to the city or town clerk for each certificate to
trap issued by him, which shall be disposed of as pro\ided
in sections seven and ten. E\-ery application hereunder written con-
from a minor under the age of eighteen shall be in writing etc.* °^ p^®***'
and shall be accompanied by the WTitten consent thereto of
the parent or guardian, which shall be preser^'ed by the
clerk. jVIinors under the age of eighteen and women shall
not be required to take out a license to fish.
Approved April 12, 1920.
An Act relatr^e to procuring an additional water fhn^ qqi
SUPPLY for the city OF WORCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. Section two of chapter one hundred and J'^af 'amended.
seventy-six of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and
eighteen is hereby amended by striking out tlie word "fif-
teen", in the fifth line, and substituting the word: — eighteen,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 2. The said commis- city of
sion shall have power to employ such engineering and other en°g^n'eMmg
assistance and to inciu* such expenses pavable b\' said cit^' as ^^'^ °^^^^ .
may be necessary for carrj-ing out the proA'isions of this act, procuring addi-
but not exceeding the sum of eighteen thousand dollars, supply.
Before incurring any expense the commission shall from
time to time estimate the amounts required and shall submit
the same to the mayor and city council of Worcester for their
approval, and no expense shall be incurred beyond the
amount so estimated and approved.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 14, 1920.
320
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 302, 303.
City of Brock-
ton may incur
indebtedness
for purpose of
caring for its
tuberculous
inhabitants.
Chap. 302 An Act to authorize the city of brockton to incur
INDEBTEDNESS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FOR THE
CARE OF ITS INHABITANTS WHO ARE AFFLICTED WITH
TUBERCULOSIS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Brockton, with the approval of
the department of piibHc health, for the purpose of caring
for its tuberculous inhabitants, and notwithstanding section
four of chapter two hundred and. eighty-six of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen and section two of
chapter one hundred and eight of the acts of the current
year, may be included in the hospital district, \Wth the
twenty-six towns of Plymoutli county under said chapter
two hundred and eighty-six, and amendments thereof, and
for the purpose of paying the assessment provided for by
section se\^en of said chapter two hundred and eighty-six,
the city may issue bonds or notes outside the statutory debt
limit. Such bonds or notes shall be paid in not more than
twenty years after their respective dates, and in the manner
set forth in chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirteen and amendments thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
A'p'proved April 14, 1920.
Chap. 303 An Act to authorize the town of Gardner to bor-
row MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTING AND FURNISHING A TOWN
HALL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land and of
constructing and furnishing a town hall thereon, the town
of Gardner may borrow a sum not exceeding three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, in excess of the statutory limit of
indebtedness, and may issue bonds or notes therefor. Such
bonds or notes shall be denominated on their face, Gardner
Town Hall Loan, Act of 1920, and shall bear such rates of
interest as may be fixed by the town treasurer with the ap-
proval of the selectmen. The bonds or notes shall be issued
in compliance with the requirements of chapter seven hun-
dred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and tliir-
teen and the amendments thereof, and each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan. Any premiums re-
Town of
Gardner may
borrow money
for construct-
ing a town
haU.
Gardner Town
Hall Loan, Act
of 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 304, 305. 321
ceived on the said loans shall be used as provided by general
law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 14, 1920.
Chap.304:
An Act relative to the retirement of paid fish and
GAME wardens PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED WHILE IN
the perforalvnce of DLTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. A paid fish and game warden who is apaidfishand
member of the retirement association established by chapter m^^blT^^'^
five hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred *'''®*^-
and eleven and wdio, is permanently incapacitated, mentally
or physically, by injuries sustained through no fault of his
own wliile in the actual performance of his duty, from the
further performance of such duty, may be retired, irrespective
of age and of his period of ser\dce, and shall receive yearly
pa\Tnents as follows:
(a) An annuity at his age nearest birthday, as provided Annuity.
by section six (2) B of said chapter five hundred and thirty-
two and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto;
(b) Such an additional pension from the commonwealth Additional
that the sum of the annuity and the amount allowed under p'^'^*'°'^'
(a) shall equal one half of the annual salary received by him
at the time when the injury was received.
Section 2. A person retired under this act shall not other
n . 1 1,1 ,1 1 0 annuities or
receive from the commonwealth any other sum by way oi pensions not
•j. • to be received.
annuity or pension.
Section 3. Application for disabilits^ retirement here- Applications,
under shall be made in writing \A-ithin two years after the ma'de!"e1c'^'^^°
date of the applicant's last salary paAinent, and pension and
annuity pax-ments granted under this act shall be payable
only from the date of receipt by the state board of retire-
ment of such application. The board may employ a physi- Empioynient
cian to assist it in determining the degree of disability, and ° ^ y^^''^^^-
its decision shall be final. Approved April 14, 1920.
An Act to place certain employees of the election C hap. S05
department of the city of boston under the crv'iL
SERVICE LAW.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. All appointments to the position. of assist- civii service
ant registrar of voters in Boston for regular and permanent toTen^n'^em-
322
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 306.
ployees of
Boston election
department.
Applicants to
file certificate,
etc.
Certain ap-
pointments,
etc., not
affected.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
assignment to work in the office of the election department
of said city shall hereafter be subject to the civil service laws
and regulations, and the present and future incumbents of
the said positions shall hold office until removed in accord-
ance with the laws relating to civil service employees. The
present incumbents shall be entitled to the protection of the
said laws and regulations without examination.
Section 2. To be eligible for appointment to the position
aforesaid under section eighty of chapter eight hundred and
thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, an
applicant for civil service examination shall file with the
civil service commission a certificate signed by a member
of the board of election commissioners of said city of the
same political party affiliation as the applicant, which shall
certify to the applicant's enrollment in the said party for
the three consecutive years next preceding the date of his
application.
Section 3. Nothing in this act shall affect the appoint-
ment or employment of assistant registrars of voters who
are per diem employees and appointed for outside ward
registration work, or employed in the office of said depart-
ment for temporary work not exceeding thirty days in any
one year.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the said city, subject to the provisions
of its charter. Approved April I4, 1920.
R. L. 75, !
amended.
48,
C/iap. 306 An Act relative to prisoners and certain public
CHARGES WHO ARE AFFLICTED WITH COMMUNICABLE
DISEASES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter seventy-five of the Revised Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section forty-eight and substituting
the following: — Section 48- An inmate of a public chari-
table institution or a prisoner in a penal institution who is
cha*?ges dieted afflictcd with syphilis, gonorrhoea or pulmonary tuberculosis
munioabie shall forthwith be placed under medical treatment, and if, in
diseases. ^^le opiuion of the attending physician it is necessary, he
shall be isolated until danger of contagion has passed or the
physician determines that his isolation is unnecessary. If,
at the expiration of his sentence, he is afflicted with syphilis,
gonorrhoea or pulmonary tuberculosis in their contagious or
infectious symptoms, or if, in the opinion of the attending
Treatment
and care of
prisoners and
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 307. 323
physician of the institution or of such physician as the au-
thorities thereof may consult, his discharge would be danger-
ous to public health, he shall be placed under medical treat-
ment and cared for as above provided in the institution
where he has been confined until, in the opinion of the
attending physician, the said symptoms have disappeared
and his discharge will not endanger the public health. The ^J^°^ '^^^
expense of his support, not exceeding three dollars and fifty paid,
cents a week, shall be paid by the place in which he has a
settlement, after notice of the expiration of Ms sentence and
of his condition to the overseers of the poor thereof, or, if he
is a state pauper, to the department of public welfare.
Approved April 14, 1920.
An Act relative to the listing of poll taxes. Chap. 307
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Part I of chapter four hundred and ninety of the acts of f^^\f^^tl^^
nineteen hundred and nine, as amended by section two of amended.
chapter one hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fourteen, and as affected by chapter three hun-
dred and fifty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking out section
fifty-seven and substituting the follo\A-ing: — Section 57.^^^f°^^l^
The commissioner of corporations and taxation shall annu- ^nd taxadon
ally pro\dde each city and town, on or before the first day of hooks to
April, with suitable books for the use of the assessors in the
assessment of taxes, which shall contain blank columns, with
uniform headings for a valuation list, and blank tables for
aggregates, in the following form: provided, however, that in Provisos.
lieu of the valuation list provided for by this section and the
preceding two sections, the assessors of any city may, with
the assent of the commissioner, prepare a valuation list upon
books furnished by the city and in such form as the com-
misisioner shall approve; and provided, further, that for the
separate listing of poll taxes, in the manner determined by
chapter three hundred and twenty-one of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and nineteen, such portion of the books
to be furnished by the commissioner to the cities and towns,
as he shall designate, may contain only the first three columns
of the following form: —
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Acts, 1920. — Chap. 307.
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valuation list.
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Approved April 14, 1920.
An Act relative to the disposal of slash and brush. (j}i(i^ 393
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Every owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of
lands or of any rights or interests therein, except electric,
telephone and telegraph companies, who cuts or permits the
cutting of brush, wood or timber on lands which border upon
woodland, or upon a highway or railroad location, shall dis-
pose of the slash caused by such cutting in such a manner
that the same will not remain on the ground within forty
feet of any woodland, highway or railroad location.
Section 2. Any person who cuts or causes to be cut
trees, brush or undergrowth within the limits of any high-
way or public road, shall dispose of the slash and brush then
and there resulting from such cutting in such a manner that
the same will not remain on the ground within the limits of
said highway.
Section 3. Electric, telephone and telegraph companies
which, at the time of erecting their transmission lines, cut
or cause to be cut brush, wood or timber on land which
Slash caused
by cutting of
brush, wood,
etc., on certain
lands, how to
be disposed of.
Same subject.
Disposal of
slash by elec-
tric, telephone
and telegraph
companies.
326
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 309.
Inspections
may be made.
Penalty.
Repeal.
borders upon woodland or upon a liighway or railroad loca-
tion, shall dispose of the slash caused by such cutting in
such a manner that the same will not remain on the ground
within fort}^ feet of any woodland, highway or railroad loca-
tion; such companies which after the erection of their lines
trim or cut brush, wood or timber which has growTi up since
the line was erected, and which borders upon woodland or
upon a highway or railroad location, shall, upon the request
of the state forester, and within a time limit set by him,
dispose of the slash of second or subsequent cuttings if
the same in his opinion constitutes a menace to adjoining
property.
Section 4. The state forester or any duly authorized
assistant of the state forester and the forest wardens in
cities and towns are hereby authorized to inspect wood or
lumber operations, and also the rights of way of electric,
telephone and telegraph companies' transmission lines, to
determine whether the slash and brush are disposed of in
accordance with the proxdsions of this act.
Section 5. Violation of the provisions of this act shall
be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than
one hundred dollars.
Section 6. Chapter one hundred and one of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby repealed.
Approved April 14, 1920.
Suffolk county
mav pension
Rosa B.
Torrey.
C/iai).309 An Act to authorize the county of Suffolk to pay
AN annual pension TO ROSA B. TORREY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Rosa B. Torrey, for thirty-two years a
faithful clerical assistant in the office of the clerk of the
superior court for civil business for the county of Suffolk,
shall, at her request, be retired by the clerk of said court,
with the approval of the chief justice of the superior court,
and shall thereafter receive from the county, in monthly in-
stalments, an annual pension equal to one half the rate of
compensation received by her during the last year of her
service.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of the city of Boston, subject to
the proxdsions of its charter, provided that such acceptance
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the cur-
rent year. Approved April 14, 1920.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 310, 311, 312. 327
An Act to establish the office of cashier in the de- Chap, 310
PARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
There is hereby established the office of cashier in the de- Department of
partment of the attorney-general, to be filled by appointment genTratf office
of the attorney-general, who shall, subject to the approval of established.
the governor and council, fix the salary pertaining thereto.
The cashier shall give bond to the commonwealth in the
sum of twenty thousand dollars and the office shall be
exempt from the civil service laws.
Approved April 14, 1920.
An Act relative to the payment of dividends or C/iap. 311
INTEREST ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section two of chapter one hundred and sixteen of the 1919, 116 (G),
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, as amended Amended.
by section one of chapter three hundred and twenty-six of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is
hereby further amended by striking out the words "interest
period", in the seventh line, and substituting the words: —
six months but such dividends or interest, whenever paid,
shall not exceed the average monthly income of the pre-
ceding six months' period, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 2. Dividends or interest on deposits in the savings Payment of
departments of trust companies, savings banks and institu- interest on*"^
tions for savings may be declared and paid for periods of poIifl\^ '^^
not less than one month or more than six months, as deter-
mined by their by-laws, from income which has been earned
and collected during the next preceding six months but such
dividends or interest, whenever paid, shall not exceed the
average monthly income of the preceding six months' period.
Approved April I4, 1920.
An Act authorizing the construction of stuart Chap. 312
STREET AND THE WIDENING OF ELIOT STREET IN THE
CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1, The board of street commissioners of the city of Boston
city of Boston may, with the approval of the mayor, lay out, Stend'ttc.'.
widen, extend and order constructed a highway, not exceed- ^^^''^ ^^''^*-
328
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 312.
May widen,
relocate, etc.,
Eliot street.
May issue
bonds.
Stuart Street
Bonds, Act of
1920.
Interest.
Payment of
loan.
ing eighty feet in width, from a point at or near the junction
of EHot street and Warrenton street, southwestwardly across
Columbus avenue to the junction of Arhngton street and
Stuart street, may, \\ith the approval of the mayor, lay
out, widen, relocate and order constructed Stuart street,
from Arlington street to Dartmouth street, to a width not
exceeding eighty feet; and may, with the approval of the
mayor, lay out, widen, extend and order constructed, a
highway, not exceeding eighty feet in width, from Dartmouth
street, opposite Stuart street, westwardly to a point at or
near the junction of Irvington street and Huntington avenue,
so that Stuart street thus extended and reconstructed will
form a continuous highway from Eliot street to Huntington
avenue.
Section 2. The said board, may, with the approval of
the mayor, lay out, widen, relocate and order constructed
Eliot street, on the southerly side, between Tremont street
and Broadway, to a width not exceeding eighty feet. The
said laying out, widening, extension, relocation and construc-
tion, and the assessment of betterments therefor, shall be
made in accordance with the provisions of chapter three
hundred and ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and six, as amended by chapter five hundred and thirty-six
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and acts in
amendment thereof or in addition thereto.
Section 3. The treasurer of the city of Boston shall,
from time to time, on request of the mayor, issue and sell at
public or private sale the bonds of the city to an amount
not exceeding two million five hundred thousand dollars,
which shall be outside the statutory limit of indebtedness.
Each authorized issue of bonds shall constitute a separate
loan. The bonds shall be designated on their face, Stuart
Street Bonds, Act of 1920, shall be in such form of cou-
pon bonds, or registered bonds without coupons, or coupon
bonds exchangeable for registered bonds, as the treasurer of
the city shall determine; shall be for such terms not exceed-
ing twenty years from the dates of issue as the mayor and
treasurer of the city shall determine; shall bear interest in
accordance with the provisions of chapter fifty-two of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen; and shall be
payable by such annual payments as will extinguish the
same at maturity and so that the first of the said annual
payments on account of any loan shall be made not later
than one year after the date of the bonds issued therefor.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 313, 314. 329
and that the amount of the said payments in any year on
account of such loan shall not be less than the amount of
principal of the loan payable in any subsequent year. The
said annual amounts together with the interest on the loan,
shall, ^^'ithout further action, be assessed until the debt is ex-
tinguished. The treasurer of the city of Boston shall hold
the proceeds of said bonds in the treasury of the city, and
pay therefrom the costs and expenses incurred under the
provisions of this act. Any premiums received from the
sale of the said bonds, less the cost of preparing, issuing and
selling the same, shall be applied to the payment of the
principal of the first bond or bonds to mature. The city May make a
treasurer may, with the approval of the mayor, make a loTtT'etJ.^
temporary loan for a period of not more than one year in
anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of
any issue of the said bonds, and may issue notes therefor,
and such notes may be refunded by the issue of new notes
maturing within the said year; but the period of the perma-
nent loan herein authorized shall not be extended by reason
of the temporary loan.
Section 4. Any acts or parts of acts inconsistent here- inconsistent
with shall not apply to the provisions of this act. to*appiy.' °°*
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 15, 1920.
An Act relative to the Worcester woman's club. C/iap.313
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The Worcester Woman's Club, a corporation Worcester
organized under the general laws, may change the purposes ciub may
for which it was incorporated by vote of a majority of its p^posesfetc.
members, notwithstanding the provisions of section nine of
chapter one hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 15, 1920.
An Act to extend the civil service law to certain C/iap. 3 14
EMPLOYEES OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS IN
THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. All appointments to positions in the depart- civii service
ment of the superintendent of public buildings of the city of loTer*ta^n°'^^
Boston which require work at the various police, district or employees of
330 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 315, 316.
superintendent municipal court houscs 111 tlic city, shall hereafter be made
Boston. in accordance with the civil service laws and rules. The
present holders of the said positions shall be deemed to be
employed under the said laws and rules A^dthout examination.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 15, 1920.
Chap. 31o An Act to authorize the city of boston to borrow
ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING
THE EAST BOSTON FERRY SYSTEM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
maybor^ow°° Section 1. The city of Boston, for the purpose of im-
money to^ provlug the fcrry system between Boston and East Boston,
Boston ferry and of extending and improving the means of transportation
bjs em. ^^^ passengers and freight between the East Boston terminals
and the North and South stations, may borrow, outside the
statutory debt Umit, a sum not exceeding one million dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, to be denominated
East Boston ou their face, East Boston Ferry Loan, Act of 1920. The
Ac"of^2o!' said bonds or notes shall be payable within periods not ex-
ceeding ten years from their date, and in accordance with
the provisions of chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and nine. Each authorized issue
of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate loan, and any
premiums received thereon shall be applied to the pajment
of the loan.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 15, 1920.
C/iap. 3 16 An Act to establish an electric light district in the
TOW^N OF DIGHTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
DightM Section 1. The inhabitants of that part of the town of
iiilectric Light . i> ii t-> • •
pistrict estab- Diglitou which IS bouudcd as follows: — Begmmng at a
point on the westerly bank of Taunton nver at the dividing
line between the towns of Somerset and Dighton; thence up
stream northerly following the bank of Taunton river to
Three Mile river; thence westerly along the southerly bank
of Three Mile river to the line of the North Dighton Fire
District; thence southerly along the eastern line of North
Dighton Fire District to the southeast corner of the said
district; thence southerly in a straight line from said corner
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 316. 331
to the bridge on Main street which crosses Richmond brook;
thence southeasterly by said Richmond brook to the easterly
line of the tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford railroad on said brook ; thence southerly by ,said tracks
to the Somerset and Dighton line; thence easterly to the
point of beginning, — are hereby made a body corporate
and shall constitute a district to be known as the Dighton
Electric Light District, for the purpose of supplying elec-
tricity to said district. The Dighton Electric Light District
may exercise all the authority given a city or town by section
ninety-two of chapter seven hundred and forty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen and all acts in amend-
ment thereof and in addition thereto.
Section 2. The said district may authorize the Dighton Erection of
electric light commissioners, hereinafter provided for, to con- etc."^' *''^^^'
tract with any person, corporation, or municipality to erect
poles, wires, and appliances necessary for the distribution of
electricity for the lighting of the streets of said district, but
all work in connection with the erection and maintaining of
poles, wires, and appliances, shall be under the direction and
supervision of the selectmen of the town of Dighton.
Section 3. The said district may incur indebtedness in May issue
,1 •,, ij?j,i J. bonds, etc.
the same manner as a city or town, and tor the purposes set
forth in said chapter seven hundred and forty-two, to an
amount not exceeding four per cent of the last preceding
valuation of the district. Bonds or notes issued under this
section shall be payable as provided by chapter eighty-five
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen and all
acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto.
Section 4. The first meeting of the said district shall be First meeting.
called within three months after the passage of this act on
petition of ten or more legal voters therein, by a warrant
from the selectmen of the town of Dighton, or from a justice
of the peace, directed to one of the petitioners, requiring
him to give notice of the meeting by posting copies of the
warrant in two or more public places in the district seven
days at least before the time of the meeting. One of the
selectmen shall preside at the meeting until a clerk is chosen
and sworn. After the choice of a moderator for the meeting Question of
the question of the acceptance of this act shall be submitted be submitted
to the voters, and if it shall be accepted by a majority vote ^ "'°^^^^-
of the voters present and voting thereon, it shall thereupon
take effect, and the meeting may then proceed to act on the
other articles contained in the warrant.
332
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 316.
Board of
electric light
commissioners,
election,
powers, etc.
To appoint
treasurer.
Vacancies.
To make
report.
Voting lists to
be made,
posted, etc.
By-laws, rules,
etc.
Compensation
of officials.
Section 5. The Dighton Electric Light District shall,
after the acceptance of this act as provided in the preceding
section, elect by ballot three persons to hold office, one until
the expiration of three years, one until the expiration of
two years, and one until the expiration of one year from the
next succeeding annual district meeting, to constitute a board
of electric light commissioners; and at every annual meeting
thereafter, one such commissioner shall be elected by ballot
for the term of three years. All the authority granted to
said district by this act, and not otherwise specially provided
for, shall be vested in said board of commissioners, who shall
be subject, however, to such instructions, rules and regula-
tions as the district may impose by its vote. The said com-
missioners shall appoint a treasurer of the district, who shall
not be one of their number, who shall give bond to the dis-
trict to such an amount and with such sureties as may be
approved by the commissioners; and a majority- of the com-
missioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. Any vacancy occurring in said board from any.
cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term
by the district at any legal meeting called for the purpose.
No money shall be drawn from the district treasury except
by a written order of said commissioners or a majority of
them. The commissioners shall annually make to the district
a full report in writing of their doings and of their receipts
and expenditures.
Section 6. The registrars of voters of the town of
Dighton shall, at least ten days before the annual meeting
of the district and at least seven days before the meeting
provided for by section four, make correct alphabetical lists
of all persons qualified to vote in such meetings; shall cause
such lists to be posted in two or more public places in the
district; and shall correct the lists in the same manner in
which they are required by law to correct voting lists for
town elections.
Section 7. The said district shall adopt by-laws pre-
scribing by whom and how meetings may be called and
notified; and, upon the application of ten or more legal
voters in the district, meetings may also be called by warrant
as provided in section four. The district shall fix the com-
pensation of its officials and also provide rules and regula-
tions for the management of its property, not inconsistent
with this act or with the laws of the commonwealth, and
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 317. 333
may choose such other officers not provided for in this act as
it may deem necessary or proper.
Section 8. The district shall annually raise by taxation, Assessment
le\'ied upon the taxable property of the district, a sum oFta^'.^*'°°
sufficient to meet the expense of street lights in said district,
nnd whenever the tax is duly voted by the district, the clerk
of the district shall send a certified copy of the vote to the
assessors of the town of Dighton, who shall proceed to assess
the same in the same manner in which town taxes are re-
ruired by law to be assessed. The assessment shall be com-
mitted to the town collector, who shall collect said tax in the
manner provided by law for the collection of town taxes,
and shall deposit the proceeds with the district treasurer for
the use and benefit of the district. The district may collect
interest on overdue taxes in the manner in which interest is
authorized to be collected on town taxes.
Section 9. The said district and the commissioners and J° t>e subject
, _, , „. . , .. pi-to supervision
other omcers thereoi, in carrying out the provisions oi this of department
act, shall be subject to the superxision of the department of utilities, etc.
public utilities to the same extent, and under the same con-
ditions, so far as they may apply, as cities and towns haAdng
and operating municipal lighting plants, under Part III of
said chapter seven hundred and forty-two, and the amend-
ments thereof.
Section 10. For the purpose of submitting this act to Time of taking
the voters of the district, as pro"\dded by section four, the
act shall take effect upon its passage; but it shall become
void unless the said district shall begin to distribute elec-
tricity therein witliin three years after the date of the accept-
ance of this act. Approved April 15, 1920.
effect, etc.
An Act relative to the licensing of partnerships (7/^^^ 317
AND corporations AS INSURANCE AGENTS, BROKERS AND
ADJUSTERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The licenses described in sections eighty- Partnerships
eight, ninety-two and ninety-five of chapter five hundred 1™ ensed as
and sevent\^-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, insurance
, , „ , . 1 !• • 1 • agents, brokers
and acts m amendment thereof and in addition thereto, in and adjusters.
chapter one hundred and eighty-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and thirteen, and in chapter one hundred and
sLxty-four of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
334
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 317.
Statements,
partnership
agreement,
etc., to be
filed.
Revocation of
license.
Liability of
partners.
Penalty.
Certain cor-
porations may
be licensed as
insurance
agents,
brokers, etc.
seventeen, and amendments thereof, may be issued to
partnerships on the conditions specified in and subject to
said sections and chapters, except as other\\dse pro\'ided
herein. Each member of the partnership shall file tlie state-
ment or application required by law, including a written
request that the license be issued in the partnership name.
Together \nth the statements or applications signed by the
partners there shall be filed a duplicate original of a ■s\Tit-
ten partnership agreement signed by all the partners. The
license shall be issued in the partnership name, and may be
revoked or suspended as to one or all members of the part-
nership. Minors who are parties to the written articles of
partnership may be included in the partnership license pro-
vided that there is one adult member thereof. If the partner-
ship is terminated prior to the expiration of the license, the
partners shall forth\nth give notice to the commissioner of
insurance who shall thereupon %A-ithout hearing revoke the
license. Each partner shall be personally liable to the
penalties of the insurance laws for any violation thereof,
although the act of \iolation is done in the name of or in
behalf of the partnership. Whoever, being licensed as a
partner under this section, fails to give notice as required
herein of the termination of the partnership, or after the
partnership is terminated acts or assumes to act under such
license, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty
nor more than five hundred dollars.
Section 2. The licenses described in said sections eighty-
eight, ninety-two and ninety-five and acts in amendment
thereof and in addition thereto, in said chapter one hundred
and eighty-one, and in said chapter one hundred and sixty-
four and amendments thereof, may be issued to any cor-
poration which is incorporated exclusively for the purpose
of acting as an insurance agent, broker or adjuster of fire
losses and which, in case of a corporation, incorporated to
act as agent or broker, by its by-laws and articles of incor-
poration limits the holding and ownership of its capital
stock to insurance agents and brokers or persons employed
in good faith by such agents or brokers. Such license,
together with the corporation and officers of the corporation
named in the license, shall be subject to the provisions of
said sections and chapters except as otherwise provided
herein. Each license shall specify the officers, not exceeding
five, who may act thereunder in the name and on behalf of
the corporation. Minors may be designated as such officers
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 317. 335
in the license. Each officer shall file the statement or appli-
cation required by law. A certified copy of the by-laws, Certified copy
articles of incorporation and charter shall be filed with the chirte^^tc.,
said statements or applications. The license may be revoked ^ '"^ ^'^'
ixovoc&tion or
or suspended as to the corporation or as to any officer named suspension of
therein. No foreign corporation shall be licensed as agent
of a foreign insurance company. The commissioner of in-
surance may at any time require such information as he
deems necessary in respect to the corporation, its officers or
affairs, and may make such examination of the company's
books and affairs as he deems necessary. The clerk or other Certified
corresponding officer shall file with the commissioner, within ^endments
thirty days after the adoption thereof, certified copies of all etc^^toTe^'
amendments to the by-laws or charter, and shall at once ^^'^■
notify the commissioner in writing in case of the dissolution
or 'revocation of the charter of the corporation. Upon receipt Revocation of
of notice of dissolution or revocation of the charter of a cor-
poration, the commissioner shall forthwith revoke its license
without notice or hearing. Every officer specified in the Liability of
license shall be personally liable to the penalties of the ° ^^^^' ^^'^'
insurance laws for any \'iolation thereof, although the act
of violation is done in the name and in behalf of the corpo-
ration. A corporation shall be liable for any such violation,
the responsibility for which cannot be placed on any indi-
\adual officer.
Whoever, being clerk or corresponding officer of a cor- Penalty.
poration licensed under this section, fails to file with the
commissioner of insurance copies of all amendments to the
by-law^s or charter of such corporation as provided herein, or
fails to notify the commissioner of the dissolution or revoca-
tion of the charter of the corporation, or whoever, being
specified in the license of such corporation as an officer, acts
or assumes to act under said license after the dissolution or
the revocation of the charter of such corporation, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than
five hundred dollars.
Section 3. Chapter eighty-tw^o of the General Acts of Repeal.
nineteen hundred and fifteen, as amended by chapter eleven
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, is
hereby repealed. Approved April 15, 1920.
336
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 318, 319, 320.
Chap. 31S An Act to authorize the city of boston to pay an
ANNUITY TO MARY A. McGRATH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston may pay an annuity of
six hundred and fifts' dollars to Mary A. McGrath, for
thirtj'-nine years in the employ of the police department of
said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the
pro\dsions of its charter, pro\ided that such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved April Id, 1920.
City of Boston
may pay an
annuity to
Mary A.
McGrath.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
1911, 634, 5 6,
par. (2) C (a),
etc., amended.
C/iap. 3 19 An Act to increase the contribution of counties to
certain pensions payable under the county retire-
ment act.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section six of chapter six hundred and thirty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended in para-
graph (2) C (a) by section one hundred and twenty-two of
chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby further amended
by striking out said paragraph (2) C (a) and substitut-
ing the following: — (a) Pensions based upon subsequent
service. Any member entitled to an annuity under para-
graph (2) B of this section shall receive in addition thereto a
pension for life, payable monthly, equivalent to one and one
half times that annuity to which he would be entitled if his
annuity were figured under (2) B (a) of this section, to be
paid out of the fund contributed by the county under the
pro^'isions of section five, (2) B (a).
Approved April 15, 1920.
Contributions
of counties to
certain pen-
sions payable
under county
retirement act
increased.
C/iap. 320 An Act to authorize the appointment of a secont) as-
sistant district attorney for the middle district.
Second as-
sistant district
attorney for
middle dis-
trict, appoint-
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The district attorney for the middle district
may appoint and at pleasure remove, a second assistant
district attorney w^hose salary shall be ficxed in accordance
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 321, 322. 337
with chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the General J^^d! *"*^°'"
Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an appro- Time of taking
priation has been made sufficient to cover the salary of the ^^^^'
office hereby created, and then as of the first day of June in
the current year. Approved April 15, 1920.
Chap.321
An Act relative to the return of burial and ceme-
tery PERMITS BY CEMETERY OFFICERS.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ folio ivs:
Section forty of chapter seventy-eight of the Revised ^J^/g^j ^ ^'
Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the
following: — Upon the burial of a body or of the ashes Cemetery
thereof in a cemetery, or upon the removal of a body or the makl'^retum
ashes thereof from a cemetery, or upon the cremation of a cemetery per-
body, the superintendent or other officer in charge of the
cemetery or crematory shall endorse upon the permit or
certfficate the fact of such burial, removal or cremation,
with the date thereof, shall make and preserve a complete
record of the permit or certificate with his endorsement, and
shall forthwith return the permit or certificate to the office
issuing the same. Approved April 15, 1920.
mits.
An Act relative to the penalty for the theft of
MOTOR vehicles.
Chap.322
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of chapter two hundred and forty-nine of the i^ia. 249 (G),
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
amended by striking out, in the seventh and eighth lines, the
words "less than five nor more than ten years", and insert-
ing in place thereof the words: — more than five years or
by imprisonment in jail or house of correction for not less
than one year, — so as to read as follows: — Section ^.Penalty for
Whoever steals an automobile or motor cycle, and whoever vehicks™" ""^
receives or buys an automobile or motor cycle knowing the
same to have been stolen; or conceals any automobile or
motor cycle thief knowing him to be such; or conceals any
automobile or motor cycle knowing the same to have been
stolen, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison
for not more than five years or by imprisonment in jail or
house of correction for not less than one year.
Approved April 15, 1920.
338
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 323, 324.
Chap.S2S An Act relative to the pensions to be paid to re-
tired MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE CITY OF
FALL RIVER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Members of the police force of the city of
Fall River who have been retired shall receive an annual
pension equal to one half of the compensation at present
paid to police officers of the said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the said city in accordance ^Aith the
provisions of its charter, provided that such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved April 15, 1920.
Pensions to be
paid to retired
members of
Fall River
police force.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
1911, 751, Part
II, § 5, etc.,
amended.
C/iap.324 An Act to provide for furnishing artificial eyes,
LIMBS and other MECIL^J^ICAL APPLIANCES TO CERTAIN
injured EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section five of Part II of chapter seven hundred and fifty-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended
by section one of chapter seven hundred and eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen and by chapter one
hundred and ninety-eight of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and seventeen, is hereby further amended by
adding at the end thereof the words : — In any case where
the board is of opinion that the fitting of the employee with
an artificial eye or limb, or other mechanical appliance will
promote his restoration to industry, it may order that he be
provided v\ith such an artificial eye, limb, or appliance, at
the expense of the insurer, — so as to read as follows: ^ —
Section 5. During the first two weeks after the injury, and,
if the employee is not immediately incapacitated thereby
from earning full wages, then from the time of such incapac-
ity, and in unusual cases, in the discretion of the board, for
a longer period, the association shall furnish adequate and
reasonable medical and hospital services, and medicines,
when they are needed. The employee shall have the right
to select a physician other than the one pro\aded by the
association, and in case he shall be treated by a physician of
his own selection, or, where, in case of emergency or for other
justifiable cause, a physician other than the one provided by
Workmen's
Compensation
Act, medical
and hospital
services, etc.,
to be furnished.
Injured
employee may
select his own
physician, etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 325. 339
the association is called in to treat the injured employee, the
reasonable cost of his ser\'ices shall be paid by the associa-
tion, subject to the approval of the industrial accident board.
Such approval shall be granted only if the board finds that
the employee was so treated by such physician, or that there
was such emergency or justifiable cause, and, in all cases,
that the serA^ces were adequate and reasonable and the
charges reasonable. In any case where the board is of ^ Umbt! etc!
opinion that the fitting of the employee with an artificial |°-^jfed^^jij.
eye or limb, or other mechanical appliance will promote his pioyees.
restoration to industry, it may order that he be provided
Avithsuch an artificial eye, limb, or appliance, at the expense
of the insurer. Approved April 15, 1920.
Chap.S25
An Act to PRovroE for the approval by the director
OF STANDARDS OF SLOT MACHINES AND OTHER AUTOMATIC
DEVICES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. No person shall maintain any slot machine siot machines
or other automatic device which, upon the deposit therein of automatTc de-
any coin or other article of value, furnishes or is represented approved by
to furnish music or other entertainment, or exhibits or is gtamkrds!
represented to exhibit pictm'es, or provides or is represented
to provide facilities for weighing, or supplies or is represented
to supply any merchandise or other thing, or renders or is
represented to render any ser\ace, unless such machine or
device is of a typ^ that has been approved by the director
of standards; but no person maintaining any slot machine
or other automatic de\dce with respect to which, or to its
operation, service or supplies, there is any element of chance
shall be protected or entitled to immunity from prosecution
because of such approval.
Section 2. Whoever installs or maintains such a ma- Penalty.
chine or device of a type which has not been approved as
provided in section one shall, if such machine or device
fails to respond to the insertion or deposit of a coin or other
article of value therein, be punished by a fine of not more
than twenty-five dollars.
Section 3. This act shall not apply to gas or electric Not to apply
meters or telephones. Approved April 15, 1920. e?efuic°meters
or telephones.
340
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 326.
1907, 976, § IS,
etc., amended.
Collection of
certain charges
and fees by
commissioner
of insurance.
Chap.32Q An Act relative to the collection of certain charges
AND FEES BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fifteen of chapter five hundred and seventy-six of
the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as amended by
section four of chapter four hundred and twenty-nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and ele^'en, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "dollars", in the
eighteenth line, the words: — for each certificate issued
under the pro\'isions of section seventeen, as amended by
chapter twenty-nine of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen, two dollars, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 15. He shall collect and pay into the treasury
charges and fees as follows: for valuation of life policies of a
domestic company, two and one half mills for each thousand
dollars of insurance; for each examination prior to granting
the certificate of authority to issue policies and make con-
tracts of insurance, as provided in section six, thirty dollars;
for filing copy of charter or deed of settlement of each foreign
company, thirty dollars, and for filing statement with appli-
cation for admission and for each annual statement, twenty
dollars; for each license to procure fire insurance in un-
authorized foreign companies, twenty dollars annually; for
each license to an insurance broker, ten dollars; for each
license or renewal thereof to an insurance agent of a foreign
company, two dollars; for each certificate of the valuation
of the policies of any life insurance company and for each
certificate of the examination, condition or qualification
of an insurance company, two dollars; for each certificate
issued under the pro\'isions of section seventeen, as amended
by chapter twenty-nine of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen, two dollars; for each service of lawful
process upon him as attorney, two dollars; for each copy of
any paper on file in his office, twelve cents a page and one
dollar for certifying the same; and all other fees and charges
due and payable into the treasury for any official act or
service of the commissioner. Approved April 15, 1920.
I
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 327. 341
An Act relative to the purposes for which insurance Chap. 327
COMPANIES MAY BE FORMED AND THE KINDS OF BUSINESS
THAT THEY MAY TRANSACT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter five hundred and seventy-six of the i907, 576, § 32,
acts of nineteen hundred and seven, and acts in amendment ®*''' '*"'®°'^'''^-
thereof and in addition thereto, is hereby further amended
by striking out section thirty-two of said act and substitut-
ing two new sections, as follows: — Section 32. Insurance Purposes for
companies may be incorporated under the provisions of this TiJ'ce'io'm-'''^'
act for the following purposes: — fn^^lZd.^
First. To insure upon the stock or mutual plan against insurance
loss or damage to property by fire; explosion, fire ensuing; fi?e!°expiolionf
explosion, no fire ensuing, except explosion of steam boilers *'**'■
and fly wheels; lightning, hail, or tempest on land; earth-
quake, bombardment; invasion, foreign enemies, insurrec-
tion, riot, QivA. war or commotion, military or usurped
power; a rising of the waters of the ocean or its tributaries;
or by any two or more of said causes; and against loss of use
or occupancy caused thereby.
Second. To insure upon the stock or mutual plan vessels, Loss by perils
freights, goods, money, effects, and money lent on bottomry llxi^A navfga-
or respondentia, against the perils of the sea and other perils trans'^" rtation-
usually insured against by marine insurance; risks of inland use of motor
na\'igation and transportation ; also to insure against loss or . ' '
damage to and loss of use of motor vehicles, their fittings
and contents, whether such vehicles are being operated or
not, and wherever the same may be, resulting from accident,
collision or any of the perils usually insured against by
marine insurance, or from risks of inland navigation and
transportation; and against loss or damage caused by
teams, automobiles or other vehicles, except rolling stock of
railways, to the propei-ty of another, for which loss or damage
any person, firm or corporation is responsible.
Third. To guarantee the fidelity of persons in positions Guaranty of
of trust, private or public, and to act as surety on official ^ '*^' ^*^'
bonds and for the performance of other obligations.
Fourth. To insure against loss or damage to property of ^g^^^oy^r
the assured, and loss or damage to the life, person or prop- and tank
erty of another for which the assured is liable, caused by the breakage of
explosion of steam boilers, tanks or other receptacles under ^^ '^^®®'^' ^^-
342
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 327.
Accident,
health and
liability.
Breakage of
plate glass.
Leakage of
sprinklers,
plumbing,
water damage,
etc.
Accidents to
elevators, etc.
Credit in-
surance.
pressure, or their connections, or by the breakage or rupture
of machinery or fly wheels; and against loss of use and
occupancy caused thereby.
Fifth. To insure upon the stock or mutual plan any
person against bodily injury or death by accident, or any
person, firm or corporation against loss or damage on account
of the bodily injury or death by accident of any person, or
against damage caused by teams, automobiles or other
vehicles, except rolling stock of railways, to the property of
another, for which loss or damage such person, firm or cor-
poration is responsible, or against loss or damage to, or loss
of use of, motor veliicles designed to operate on land, their
fittings and contents, whether such vehicles are being oper-
ated or not and wherever the same may be, resulting from
collision or accident, except loss or damage by fire or while
being transported in any conveyance by land or water, and
to make insurance upon the health of indi\aduals.
Sixth. To insure against the breakage of plate glass, local
or in transit.
Seventh. To insure against loss or damage to any goods
or premises of the assured, and loss or damage to the prop-
erty of another for which the assured is liable, caused by the
breakage or leakage of sprinklers, pumps, water pipes, ele-
vator tanks and cylinders, steam pipes and radiators, or
plumbing and its fixtiu-es, or against accidental injury from
other causes than fire, hghtning, bombardment, or wind-
storm to such sprinklers, pumps, water pipes, elevator tanks
and cjdinders, steam pipes and radiators, plumbing and fix-
tures; also to insure against loss or damage to any goods or
premises of the assured and loss or damage to the property
of another for which the assured is liable, caused by the
leakage of roofs, leaders and spouting, or by rain and snow
driven through broken and open windows and skylights, or
caused by the contents of any tank, or impact of any falling
tank, tank platform or supports erected in or upon any
building, and to insure against loss of use and occupancy due
to any of said causes.
Eighth. To insure against loss or damage to property
and loss of use and occupancy arising from accidents to
elevators, bicycles and vehicles, except rolling stock of rail-
ways.
Ninth. To carry on the business commonly known as
credit insurance or guaranty, either by agreeing to purchase
uncollectible debts, or otherwise to insure against loss or
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 327. 343
damage from the failure of persons indebted to the assured
to meet their liabilities.
Tenth. To examine titles of real and personal property, Title in-
furnish information relative thereto and insure owners and ^'^^'^''®-
others interested therein against loss by reason of encum-
brances, defective title, or the insufficiency of any mortgage,
held or sold by the insurer, as security for the amount secured
by such mortgage, or against any other loss in connection
with any such mortgage or any interest therein, and to buy
and sell mortgages of real property and interests therein.
ElcA'enth. To insure against property loss or damage by Burglary, etc.
burglary, robber}', an}' larceny, any breaking and entry, or
entry without breaking, of any house, building, ship, vessel
or railroad car, and loss or damage by forgery.
Twelfth. To insure against loss from the death of domestic Death of
animals and to furnish veterinary ser\'ice. aniSri*s%tc.
Section 32a. Ten or more persons residents of tliis com- i907, 576,
monwealth may form an insurance company (a) to transact lelti^tia^^
the business set forth in any one of the clauses of the pre- i^^uT^nce" °^
ceding section, (6) to transact the business set forth in the companies to
1 11 p f \ 11* transact
first and second clauses thereof, or (c) to transact the busi- various kinds
ness set forth in any two or more of the third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, eleventh and twelfth clauses
thereof.
Stock companies organized under this section shall have Paid-up
• 1 • , 1 p 11 capital of
a paid-up capital as rollows: — stock com-
Under the first, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth p^°'^'-
and eleventh clauses, not less than two hundred thousand
dollars.
Under the second clause, not less than tln'ee hundred
thousand dollars.
Under the fifth clause, to insure only against sickness and
the bodily injury or death of the insured by accident, and
under the sixth and twelfth clauses, one hundred thousand
dollars.
If organized under the tenth clause, the capital shall not
exceed one million dollars; and if insurance against the
insufficiency of mortgages as security, or against any other
loss in connection with mortgages, except insurance of titles,
is carried on, the paid-up capital shall not be less than two
hundred thousand dollars.
If organized to transact the business set forth in the first
and second clauses, the paid-up capital shall not be less than
four hundred thousand dollars.
344
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 327.
1907, 576, § 34,
etc., amended.
Kinds of
business that
insurance com-
panies may
transact.
Proviso.
Steam boiler
explosion in-
surance com-
panies under
special act.
Fire insurance
companiee.
If organized to transact more than one of the purposes
set forth in the clauses enumerated herein under (c), the
paid-up capital shall not be less than the largest amount
which would be required for any one clause the purposes set
forth in which it is incorporated to transact and an addi-
tional amount equal to one half of the minimum capital
specified above for each additional clause the purposes set
forth in which it is incorporated to transact.
Section 2. Said chapter five hundred and seventy-six
and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto is
hereby further amended by striking out section thirty-four
and substituting two new sections as follows: — Section 34.
No domestic insurance company shall transact any business
other than that specified in its charter or agreement of
association, except that a domestic company and, if its
charter permits, and not otherwise, any admitted foreign
company may transact : —
(a) The kinds of business specified in the first and second
clauses of section thirty-two if authorized to transact either
kind, pro\aded it has a paid-up capital of not less than four
hundred thousand dollars.
(6) Any one or more of the kinds of business specified in
the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, eleventh
and twelfth clauses of said section thirty-two if authorized
to transact any one of said kinds of business, provided it con-
forms to the requirements of section thirty-two (a) as to paid-
up capital.
(c) The kind of business specified in the seventh clause if
authorized to transact the business specified in the first
clause.
(d) The kind of business specified in the fifth clause if
authorized to transact the business of life insurance in this
commonwealth, provided it has a paid-up capital of not less
than four hundred thousand dollars, or, in the case of a
mutual company with or mthout capital stock, a surplus
not less in amount: provided, that a mutual life insurance
company shall not be authorized hereunder to transact
workmen's compensation insurance.
Any company incorporated by special act to insure against
loss or damage from explosion of steam boilers may insure
against all the contingencies set forth in the fourth clause of
said section thirty-two.
Domestic companies and, if their charters permit, foreign
companies now or hereafter authorized to transact the busi-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 327. 345
ness of fire Insurance in this commonwealth may insure also
against all the contingencies covered in the first clause of
section thirty-two.
A mutual fire insurance company authorized to transact Mutual fire
*■ insiir&nc6
the kinds of business set forth in the first clause of section companies.
thirty-two may also transact the business set forth in the
second clause: i:)rovided that for each one hundred thousand Proviso,
dollars of capital stock required by section thirty-two of an
insurance company upon the stock plan for authority to
transact business under both of said clauses, a mutual com-
pany shall have not less than five hundred thousand dollars
of insurance in force in not less than two hundred separate
risks. Any business so transacted under the provisions of
said second clause shall be subject to the pro\'isions of law
now or hereafter in force relating to the transaction of
business by a mutual fire insurance company.
Domestic companies and, if their charters permit, author- Transaction of
ized foreign companies may transact any form of insurance on^lxp^r^s"''*^
not included in the proAdsions of section thirty-two, pro^ided license, etc.
that such classes of insurance are not contrary to law and
provided that such insurance shall be transacted only on
express license of the commissioner of insm-ance and upon
such terms and conditions as he may from time to time
prescribe.
Section SJi-d' Contracts of insurance for each of the classes Contracts of
specified in section thirty-two shall be in separate and dis- to^ein
tinct policies notwithstanding any pro\asion of this act ^"ifJies!
which permits a company to transact more than one of said "^^^^p*- ®^'=-
classes of insurance; except that the commissioner of in-
surance may permit the issuance of contracts of insurance
covering more than one of the classes specified in section
thirty-two upon such terms and conditions as he may pre-
scribe and upon policy forms appro\'ed by him, and except
that any domestic life insurance company, notwithstanding
any limitations of its charter to the contrary, and any
foreign life insurance company authorized to transact busi-
ness in this commonwealth, if it is permitted so to do by its
charter or by the state in which it is incorporated, whether
or not it has a capital stock, may incorporate in its policies
provisions for the waiver of premiums or for the granting
of special surrender values therefor in the event that the
insured, or either of them, thereunder shall from any cause
become totally and permanently disabled, which provisions
shall state the special benefits to be granted thereunder and
346
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 328, 329.
Proviso.
Act, how
construed.
the cost of such concessions to the insured, and shall define
in such pohcies what shall constitute total and permanent
disability; and any such company may provide for the pay-
ment of a larger sum if death is caused by accident than if
it results from other causes, provided that the sum thus
payable in the event of such death by accident shall not
exceed, on any one life, three per cent of the company's
aggregate expected mortality as shown by its last annual
statement to the insurance department of the common-
wealth. The consideration for such special benefit shall be
separately stated in the policy.
Section 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed as
repealing or taking away any rights or pri\'ileges granted to
mutual insurance companies under laws in force at the time
of the taking effect of this act, whether said mutual insurance
companies are now or hereafter incorporated.
Approved April 20, 1920.
C hap. S2S An Act authorizing the department of public health
TO contract with the united states government
FOR the care at penikese isl.^nd of lepers.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat
its purpose; therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Department
of public
health may
contract with
United States
government
for care of
lepers.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The department of public health is hereby authorized to
contract \\dth the United States public health service for the
reception and care at Penikese island of lepers.
Approved April 20, 1920.
Chap.S29 An Act to authorize the town of savoy to incur
indebtedness for emergency purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Savoy, for the purpose of
meeting expenses occasioned by severe storms and of pa;>'ing
revenue loans of the year nineteen hundred and twenty, the
proceeds of whicH have been used in payment in part of the
said expenses, may borrow a sum not exceeding three thou-
sand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes of the town
therefor, payable within five years from the date of issue of
Town of
Savoy may
borrow money
for emergency
purposes.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 330, 331. 347
the first bond or note. Such bonds or notes shall be denom-
inated on their face, Savoy Emergency Loan, Act of 1920; l^er^'g^p.
shall bear such rate of interest as may be fixed by the town Loan, Act of
treasurer, wdth the approval of the selectmen, and shall be
issued in compliance with the requirements of chapter seven
hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen and amendments thereof, so far as the same are
applicable. Any premiums received on the loans hereby
authorized shall be applied to the paj-ment thereof.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 21, 1920.
An Act placing under civil service rules and regu- C/iai). 330
LATIONS THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE OF WINTHROP.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of chief of police of the town of winthrop chief
T • 1 .... O' police
Winthrop shall hereafter be subject to the civil service laws p.'aced under
and regulations made thereunder, but no examination shall
be required of the present incumbent.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of '^'?,^!.^1'''"
1 1 . mitted to
the town of Wmthrop at the next state election on the voters, ?tc.
official ballot used for the election of state officers in the
form of the follo\A-ing question: — "Shall an act
passed by the general court of nineteen hundred
and twenty placing the office of chief of police
under the ci\dl ser\dce be accepted?"
If a majority of the \'oters voting thereon vote in the
affirmative, then this act shall take full effect in said town;
otherwise, it shall not take effect therein. /
Approved April 21, 1920.
An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to retire (Jfiav 331
AND pension MARGARET A. DAYTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Cambridge may retire Margaret Cityof Cam-
A. DaN-ton, for twenty-two years employed as a clerk by pensfon""^^
the city, and now physically disabled, ^\ith an annual pension D™n.* ^'
equal to one half the rate of compensation received by her
at the time of retirement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance To be sub-
by vote of the cit}' council of the city, subject to the pro- ^uncl^^tf^
348
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 332, 333.
Proviso.
visions of its charter, provided that such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current
year. Approved April 21, 1920.
Chap.SS2 An Act to axjthorize the city of newton to pay a
SUM of money to the WmOW OF JOHN F. COTTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Ne^^-ton may pay to the widow
of the late John F. Cotton, for more than twenty-five years
an employee of the fire department of the city, the balance
of salary to which he would have been entitled had he lived
and continued to occupy his position until December thirty-
one, nineteen hundred and twenty.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the board of aldermen of the said city in accordance with
the pro^dsions of its charter, pro\'ided that such acceptance
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the cur-
rent year. Approved April 21, 1920.
City of
Newton may
pay money to
widow of John
F. Cotton.
To be sub-
mitted to
board of
aldermen, etc.
Proviso.
1907, 576, § 11,
etc., amended.
C/iap. 333 An Act relative to the reserve liability of life
INSUR-ANCE COMPANIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section eleven of chapter fi^•e hundred and seventy-six
of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as amended by
chapter fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven,
by chapter seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twelve and by chapter one hundred and ten of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, is hereby further
amended by striking out all down to and including para-
graph fifth, and substituting the following, so that the
paragraphs of the said section setting forth the rules for
computing the reserve liability of life insurance companies
will read as follows: — Section 11. He shall each year com-
pute the reser\'e liability on the last day of December of the
preceding year of every company authorized to make insur-
ance on fives in this commonwealth, in accordance with the
rules following : —
First, The net value on the last day of December of the
preceding year of all outstanding policies of life insurance in
the company issued before the first day of January, nineteen
hundred and one, shall be computed upon the basis of the
Rules for com-
puting reserve
liability of life
ingurance
companies
annually.
Net value of
certain out-
standing
policies, how
computed.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 333. 349
"Combined Experience" or "Actuaries' Table" of mor-
tality, with interest at four per cent per annum.
Second, The net value on the last day of December of the Basis of
preceding year of all outstanding policies of life insurance poirc1es°of°^
issued after the last day of December, nineteen hundred, ^mpldM""^
shall be computed upon the basis of the "American Experi-
ence Table" of mortality, with interest at three and one
half per cent per annum; but any such life insurance com-
pany may at any time elect to reserve upon a three per cent
basis, and thereupon its policies issued upon such reserve
shall be computed upon the basis of the "American Experi-
ence. Table" of mortality, with interest at three per cent
per annum, and any life insurance company receiving pre-
miums by weekly payments may elect for such weekly pay-
ment business or any portion thereof to reserve upon any
table sho^\dng a higher rate of mortality approved by the
commissioner of insurance.
Third, In every case in which the actual premium charged ^^^lu^de'""
for an insurance is less than the net premium for such in- annuity
surance, computed according to its respective tables of mor-
tality and rate of interest specified in this section, the com-
pany shall also be charged with the value of an annuity,
the amount of which shall equal the difference between the
premium charged and that required by the rules set forth in
this section, and the term of which in years shall equal the
number of future annual payments due on the insurance at
the date of the valuation.
Fourth, When, from reports filed in his department or Computation
from other e\ddence, the commissioner of insurance is satisfied u^p^n*any"^
that an insurance company is assuming risks that cannot be of dsks?'*^^
properly measured by the mortality tables specified in this
section, he may compute such extra reserve as in his judg-
ment is warranted by the extra hazard assumed, and he
may further in his discretion prescribe such table or tables
of mortality, other than those specified by this section as
he may deem necessary properly to measure such additional
risks, with interest at not less than three per cent per annum,
for the computation of the net value upon any special class
or classes of risks.
Fifth, The reserve liability for the total and permanent Computation
j'l'l', •• • ,1. !•• e ^•p • of reserves
Qisabiuty provision incorporated m policies or hie insurance for certain
shall be computed on the basis of "Hunter's Disability iifrins^^°ce
Table", or any similar table approved by the commissioner '^°tra'=ts.
of insurance, with interest not exceeding three and one
350
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 334.
Proviso.
Commissioner
may accept
certain valua-
tion from the
company.
Basis of com-
putation of
certain out-
standing
annuities.
Proviso.
Computation
for group
insurance.
Reserve
liability, how
determined.
half per cent per annum : provided, that in no case shall said
liability be less than one half of the net annual premium
computed by such table for the disabiUty benefit. The com-
missioner of insurance may accept a certificate of valuation
from the company for the reserve liability for the total and
permanent disability proxdsion when he is satisfied by the
use of general a^'erages and percentages that such reserve
has been computed in accordance with the foregoing rule.
Sixth, The value on the last day of December of the pre-
ceding year of all outstanding annuities shall be computed
on the basis of " McClintock's Tables of Mortality among
Annuitants" or on such higher table as the commissioner
may prescribe, with interest at not more than four per cent
per annum: provided, that annuities issued prior to January
first, nineteen hundred and seven, and annuities deferred
ten or more years and \mtten in connection ^^'ith life, endow-
ment or term insurance shall be valued on the same mor-
tality table from which the consideration or premiums were
computed. This basis of \'aluation shall be used in connec-
tion with the valuation as of December thirty-first in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty and all valuations there-
after.
Seventh, The reserve liability for group insurance written
as yearly renewable term insurance shall be computed on a
basis not lower than the "American Men INIortality Table"
with interest at not more than three and one half per cent
per annum.
Eighth, The aggregate net value so ascertained of all the
pohcies of any such company shall be deemed its reserve
liability, to proxdde for wliich it shall hold funds in secure
investments of an amount equal to such net value above all
its other liabilities. Approved April 21, 1920.
Chap. 334: -^^ -^ct relative to aid for prisoners discharged or
RELEASED FROM THE STATE FARM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and ninety-five of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and nine is hereby amended by inserting after
the words "Massachusetts reformatory", in the seventh line,
the words: — state farm, — so as to read as follows: —
Aid for The amounts now authorized to be expended for aiding dis-
?har°g°dl)r ^' cliargcd prisoners under sections one hundred and thirty-
sti^f^m"'" six and one hundred and thirty-seven of chapter two hun-
1909, 295,
amended.
I
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 335. 351
dred and twenty-five of the Revised Laws, and acts in
amendment tiiereof, may be applied to the assistance of any
prisoners released from the state prison, the Massachusetts
reformatory, the state farm, the reformatory prison for
women, or the prison camp and hospital.
Approved April 21, 1920.
An Act relatfv^e to the retirement of public school Chav.SSo
TEACHERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section six of chapter eight hundred and J,^^/'^!^^' ^ ^•
thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen is amended.
hereby amended by striking out paragraph (2) and substi- Public school
tuting the follo^^-ing: — (2) Any member of the retirement at^whlchtobe
association shall be retired from service in the public schools ''®*"^®*^-
at the end of the school year in which the age of seventy
is attained; except that any member attaining the age of
seventy during the months of July, August or September
shall be retired upon attaining that age.
Section 2. Said section six, as amended by section one 1913, 832, § 6,
hundred and fourteen of chapter two hundred and fifty- amended^*'''
seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen,
is hereby further amended by striking out paragraph (4) and
substituting the following: — (4) Any member of the retire- Payment of
ment association receiving payments of an annuity as pro- ^low^^.
vided in paragraph (3) of this section, if not rendered in-
eligible therefor by section twelve, shall receive \Aith each
quarterly payment of his annuity an amount from the
pension fund as directed by the retirement board equal to
the quarterly annuity payment to which he would be entitled
if his annuity were reckoned under the provisions of para-
graph (3) (a) of this section.
Section 3. Said section six, as amended by section two 1913. 832, § e,
of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the General Acts amended^*''"
of nineteen hundred and sixteen and by section one hundred
and fifteen of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out paragraph (5) and substi-
tuting the follo'vs'ing: — (-5) Any teacher who shall have be- Retirement
come a member of the retirement association under para- to cwuEf
graph (2) of section three, and who shall have served fifteen tea*^'*®''^-
years or more in the public schools of the commonwealth,
not less than five of which shall immediately precede retire-
352
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 335.
Provisos.
Member may
retire without
certain con-
tinuous
service.
1913, 832, § 6,
par. (8), etc.,
amended.
Certain
teachers
eligible to
retirement.
ment, on retiring as pro\'ided in paragraphs (1) or (2) of
this section, shall be entitled to receive a retiring allowance
as follows: (a) such annuity and pension as may be due
under paragraphs (3) and (4) of this section; (6) an addi-
tional pension of such an amount that the sum of the addi-
tional pension and the pension provided for in paragraph
(4) of tliis section shall equal the pension to which he would
have been entitled under this act if he had paid thirty assess-
ments based on his average yearly rate of salary for the
five years immediatel;\' preceding retirement at the rate of
assessment in effect at the time of his retirement, and his
accoimt had been annually credited \nth interest at the rate
of four per cent per annum: yrovkled, that if his term of
ser\'ice in the commonwealth shall have been over thirty
A-ears, the thirty assessments ^^ith interest, as pro\'ided
above, shall be credited with interest at the rate of four
per cent comp>ounded annually for each year of ser^•ice in
excess of thirty years, but the assumed accumulation of
assessments with interest under this paragraph shall not
exceed the amount which at the age of sixty and in accord-
ance with paragraph (3) (a) of this section, will purchase an
annuity of five hundred dollars; and yrovided, further, that
the minimum pension shall be of such an amount that the
annual pension, plus the annual amount which would have
been paid from the annuity fmid if the member had chosen
an annuity computed under paragraph (3) (a) of this sec-
tion, shall be four hundred dollars. If a member is at any
time eligible to retire and receive a pension computed under
this paragraph, he shall receive upon retirement a pension
computed hereunder without the necessity of five years of
continuous ser^dce preceding retirement.
Section 4. Said section six, as amended by section two
of chapter two hundred and thirty-tliree of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby further
amended by striking out paragraph (8) and substituting the
follo\A'ing: — {8) Any member of the retirement association
whose emplo\Tnent by the commonwealth and service in the
pubhc schools of the commonwealth amount to twenty or
more years, the last five years of wliich are consecutive, and
who, before attaining the age of sixty, becomes permanently
incapable of rendering satisfactory ser^'ice as a teacher by
reason of physical or mental disability, may, with the ap-
proval of the retirement board, be retired by the employing
school committee.
i
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 335. 353
Section 5. Said section six, as amended by section 1913, 832. § e,
two of said chapter two hundred and thirty-three of the amended.'^*''"
General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby
further amended by striking out paragraph (10) and substi-
tuting the following: — (10) Any member of the retirement Pensions
... . . , . , , . , payable to
association receiving a payment as provided m paragraph certain
(9) of this section, shall, if not rendered ineligible therefor
by the pro\'isions of section twelve, be entitled to receive
from the pension fund for each year of service a pension
equal to one thirtieth of the pension which would have been
due him under the provisions of this act if he had retired at
the age of sixty, having paid tliirty annual assessments to
the annuity fund, and received an annuity computed in
accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3) of this
section: provided, however, that the minimum annual amount Provisos.
to be paid from the pension fund shall be such that a member
will receive from this fund, for each year of his service, one
tliirtieth of two hundred and fifty dollars; and further, pro-
vided, that the total retiring allowance shall in no case be
greater than the amount which the said member would
receive if he were to continue in service until the age of
sixty, contributing annual assessments based on the average
salary received during the five years immediately preceding
retirement, at the rate of assessment in effect at the time of
retirement.
Section 6. Said section six, as amended by section two of i9i3, 832, § e,
said chapter two hundred and thirty-three, is hereby further amended.
amended by striking out paragraph (12) and substituting
the following: — (12) In computing the amount to be paid ^^tain^ sess-
from the pension fund under the provisions of paragraph ments.
(10) of this section, the assumed assessments necessary to
i complete the thirty annual assessments shall be based on
the average salary received during the five years immediately
preceding retirement, and shall be at the rate of assessment
in effect at the time of retirement. Interest on the amount Rate of
to the member's credit at the time of retirement and on the
assumed assessments shall be figured at the rate of four per
cent.
Section 7. Said section six, as amended by section two i9i3, 832, § 6,
of said chapter two hundred and thirty-three, is hereby p^mgr^hsT^
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following ^^^' '^'^ ^^^^'
paragraphs: — (17) In determining the average salary under Periods of
paragraphs (5), (10) and (12) of this section, the yearly leav^of ab-
rate which the teacher would have received had he been aSmg
average salary.
354
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 336.
Leave of
absence or
sickness, how
considered,
etc.
in service shall be used for periods of sickness or leave of
absence.
(18) Periods of leave of absence or sickness of one month
or more shall not be considered as part of the five years
of service immediately preceding retirement required under
paragraphs (5), (7) and (8) of this section, but, subject to the
approval of the retirement board, such periods of absence or
sickness shall not be considered as breaking the continuity
of service. Approved April 21, 1920.
Act declared
an emergency
law by the
governor.
The Commonwealth op Massachusetts,
Executive Department, Boston, May 12, 1920.
I, Calvin Coolidge, by virtue of and in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Forty-eighth Amendment to the Constitution, "The
Referendum II Emergency Measures", do declare that in my
opinion the immediate preservation of the pubhc peace, health,
safety and convenience requires that the law passed on the twenty-
first day of April, in the year nineteen hundred and twenty, en-
titled "An Act relative to the Retirement of Pubhc School Teachers "
should take effect forthwith, that it is an emergency law, and that
the facts constituting the emergency are as follows : —
The school committees of the cities and towns of the Common-
wealth will be seriously' inconvenienced by the deferred operation
of this act, as delay will greatly increase the difficulty in securing
new teachers to fill vacancies caused by retirements.
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
Certificate of
secretary of
the common-
wealth relative
to filing of
governor's
declaration,
etc.
The Commonwealth op Massachusetts,
Office of the Secketary, Boston, May 12, 1920.
I hereby certify that the above statement relative to Chapter
335 of the Acts of 1920 was filed in this office by His Excellency
the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at twelve
o'clock Noon on the above date, and in accordance with article
Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Constitution said chapter
takes effect forthwith.
ALBERT P. LANGTRY,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Chap.SSQ ^N Act relative to the rate of interest on county
AND MUNICIPAL SECURITIES.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act will necessitate
the passage of several special acts relative to the rate of
interest on county and municipal securities, therefore this
act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 337. 355
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
All bonds, notes and other securities issued after this act Rate of
„ ' ... -P, 111 interest on
takes enect by counties, cities or towns, except Boston, shall county and
bear such rate of interest as may be fixed by the county, city T&c^li^.
or town treasurer, with the approval of the county commis-
sioners, mayor or board of selectmen, as the case may be,
notwithstanding any provision in any statute enacted prior
to such taking effect prescribing a specific rate of interest.
Approved April 22, 1920.
An Act relative to plan d of the standard forms
of city charters.
C hap. 3S7
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section three of Part V of chapter two hun- lois, 267(G).
dred and sixty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred amended.
and fifteen is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"a", in the third line, the words: — mayor and a, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 3. Th^ government of the Government
city and the general management and control of all its pian'oof
affairs shall be vested in a mayor and a city council, which ^toitT °^^^
shall be elected and shall exercise its powers in the manner '^^^^^^^
herein and in Part I set forth; except that the city manager
shall have the authority hereinafter specified, and that the
general management and conduct of the public schools of
the city and of the property pertaining thereto shall be
vested in the school committee.
Section 2. Said Part V is hereby further amended by lois. 267 (G),
striking out section four and substituting the following: — amended/'
Section 4- The city council shall consist of four members city council,
and the mayor, who shall be elected at large by and from the ^^Tion?etc.'
qualified voters of the city for a term of two years and until
their successors are elected and qualified; except that at the
first election the two candidates for the city council having
the highest number of votes shall ser^'e for two years and
the two candidates for the city council having the next
highest number of votes shall serve for one year, and the
mayor shall serve for two years.
Section 3. Section nine of said Part V is hereby amended ^^^^ v Vs^^'
by striking out all down to and including the word " council ", amended.
in the ninth line, so as to read as follows : — Section 9. In vacancies in
a • J 1 /T» (• 1 1 • • office of
case oi a vacancy in the oihce oi mayor, the remaining mayor, powers
members of the council shall choose from their own number °^ ™*y°''' ^^^'
356 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 338, 339.
his successor for the unexpired term. The maj^or shall be
the presiding officer, except that in his absence the president
of the council shall preside; and in the absence of both the
mayor and the president of the council, a president pro
tempore may be chosen. The mayor shall be the official
head of the city. He shall have no power of veto, but shall
have the same power as the other members of the council to
vote upon all measures coming before it.
mhte/to" Section 4. This act shall not take effect in any city
^o^^rned"'*'^^ govcmcd uudcr the pro\asions of said Part Y at the time of
under Plan D its passagc uulcss the act is acccptcd by the voters of such
city at the municipal election in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty, in answer to the following question to be placed
upon the ballot: — "Shall an act of the general court of the
year nineteen hundred and twenty, making certain changes
in the standard form of charter now go\'erning this city, be
accepted?"
If a majority of the \'otes cast on such question in any
city are in the affirmative, then this act shall forthwith take
effect therein, but not otherwise.
Approved April 22, 1920.
Chap. SS8 An Act to authorize the city of laW'Rence to pay an
ANNUITY TO THE MOTHER OF D.ANA W. MORRISON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
City of Section 1. The city of Lawrence m^y pay in equal
pay an monthly instalments to the mother of Dana W. Morrison,
mother of formerly a fireman of said city, an annuity not exceeding
Morrison. four huudrcd dollars for a period not exceeding ten years,
if she lives so long.
mkteYto city Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
council, etc. by votc of the city council of the city, subject to the pro-
Proviso. \'isions of its charter, provided that such acceptance occurs
prior to the first day of December in the current year.
Approved April 22, 1920.
Chap.33Q An Act to authorize the commissioner of conserva-
tion TO make rules and regulations relative to
THE TAKING OF SALMON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Commissioner Section 1. The commissioucr of couscrvation mav make,
of conservation • i i i p i -i i i
may make With the app^o^'al of the governor and council, such rules
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 340, 341. 357
and regulations as he may deem expedient for the taking of taldnrof°
any specites of salmon in the rivers and coastal waters and salmon.
great ponds of the commonwealth and in any private waters
which have been stocked by the commonwealth mider an
agreement with the owner. The commissioner shall con-
spicuously post such rules and regulations on the shores of
such inland ponds or waters and shall file with the city or
town clerks of the cities and to^Ams which border on such
ponds or waters a copy thereof for public inspection.
Section 2. Any person violating said rules and regula- Penalty.
tions shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty
nor more than fifty dollars.
Section .3. Chapter thirty-four of the General Acts of ^«p«=*^-
nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby repealed.
Approved April 22, 1920.
An Act relative to the salary of the electrician at Chap. 340
THE state prison.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The annual salary of the electrician at the state prison Salary of
■.iiir-iiji' •• p J • • 1 electrician at
shall be fixed by the commissioner oi correction m accord- state prison.
ance A\ith chapter two hundred and twenty-eight of the
general acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen and amend-
ments thereof. Approved April 22, 1920.
Chap.Ml
An Act to provide for the publication of the rules
OF the board of parole and the statutes affecting
SAID board.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner of correction shall, before commissioner
the first day of September in the current year and from time ti ^Jbu'sh?'^
to time thereafter, cause to be printed in convenient form wd'ilf paroio
the rules of the board of parole and the statutes relating to aff^tin*"s'afd
the duties and powers of said board, and shall annually, board,
during the month of January cause to be mailed one copy
thereof to each justice of the superior and of the several
police, district and municipal courts, to each trial justice, to
each sheriff and to each master, keeper, warden or superin-
tendent of the penal institutions of the commonwealth,
and to the commission on probation two hundred copies
thereof. ,
358 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 342, 343, 344.
pid!*^^^' ^°^ Section 2. The expense incurred in carrying out the
provisions of this act for the current year shall be paid from
item number four hundred and eighty-six of the general ap-
propriation act. Approved April 22, 1920.
Chap. 34:2 An Act relative to the salaries of certain agents
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
certain^mLe Section 1. Male agcuts of the department of correction
agents of cmplovcd uudcr the provisions of chapter eight hundred and
department of ^ ^ . „ , /> • i i i i i •
correction. twcnty-nmc of the acts or mneteen hundred and thirteen, as
affected by chapter two hundred and forty-one of the Gen-
eral Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen and by chapter
three hundred and fifty of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen, shall each receive an annual salary not
Female agents, excccding two tliousaud dollars. Female agents of the said
department so appointed shall each receive an annual salary
not exceeding sixteen hundred dollars.
Jff^t.°^ ^"""^'"^ Section 2. The increases in salary herein provided for
shall not take effect until an appropriation has been made
therefor, and then as of the first day of June in the current
year. Approved April 22, 1920.
Chap.S4:S An Act to establish the salary of the superin-
tendent OF THE MASSACHUSETTS REFORMATORY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
of^Maisachu-"* The auuual salary of the superintendent of the Massa-
Itory'^'faiaTy chusctts reformatory shall be four thousand dollars, but the
established. increase in salary herein pro\dded shall not take effect until
an appropriation has been made therefor, and then as of the
first day of June in the current year.
Approved April 22, 1920.
(7/iap.344 An Act relative to the levy of executions on land.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
R- L. 178, § 4, Section four of chapter one hundred and seventy-eight
of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following: — If land was attached on mesne
process, a copy of the execution \vith a memorandum as afore-
said shall be deposited by the officer in the registry of deeds
for the county or district in which the land lies, within forty
days after the judgment in the action, and the attachment
executions on
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 345. 359
shall become void forty days after said judgment unless the
copy is so deposited: provided, however, that if land was
attached on mesne process in the county of Nantucket and
judgment was rendered in another county, or if judgment
was rendered in the county of Nantucket and land was
attached in another county, said copy shall be deposited
within seventy days after judgment in the action, and the
attachment shall become void seventy days after said judg-
ment unless the copy is so deposited, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 4- If land which was not attached on Levy of
mesne process in the action in which the execution issued is land not
taken on execution, the officer shall fortliA^dth deposit in the mesne^proceas.
registry of deeds for the county or district in which the land
lies a copy of the execution with a memorandum thereon
that the execution is in his hands for the purpose of taking
the land of the defendant, and no such taking shall be valid
against a purchaser in good faith, for value and without
notice, before such copy is deposited. If land was attached Attached etc
on mesne process, a copy of the execution mth a memoran-
dum as aforesaid shall be deposited by the officer in the
registry of deeds for the county or district in wliich the land
lies, within forty days after the judgment in the action, and
the attaclmient shall become void forty days after said
judgment unless the copy is so deposited: provided, however, Proviso.
that if land was attached on mesne process in the county of
Nantucket and judgment was rendered in another county,
or if judgment was rendered in the county of Nantucket and
land was attached in another county, said copy shall be
deposited within seventy days after judgment in the action,
and the attachment shall become void seventy days after
said judgment unless the copy is so deposited.
Approved April 22, 1920.
An Act to establish the salaries of the chaplains of Chap.S4:5
THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter three of the Revised Laws, as r. l. 3, j 14,
amended by chapter four hundred and fifty of the acts of ^ "' ^^^^
nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby further amended
by striking out section fourteen and substituting the fol-
lowing:— Section 14' The chaplain of the senate and the Chaplains of
chaplain of the house of representatives shall each re- salaries estab-
ceive an annual salary of seven hundred and fifty dollars. ^'^^^'^"
360
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 346, 347, 348.
Time of taking
effect.
Section 2. The increase in salary provided for by this
act shall not take effect until an appropriation has been
made sufficient to cover the same, and then as of the first
day of January of the current year.
Approved April 22, 1920.
Chap. 34:6 An Act to fix the compensation of the pages em-
ployed BY THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.
Pages em-
ployed by
sergeant-at-
arms, com-
pensation
fixed.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:
Beginning with January first, nineteen hundred and
twenty, the pages in the employ of the sergeant-at-arms
shall receive as compensation for services rendered during
the regular session of the general court the sum of six hun-
dred dollars each. Approved April 22, 1920.
Chap.S4:7 An Act to establish the salaries of the present
CLERKS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
and houL^or*^ Section 1. The annual salary of Henrj' D. Coolidge, as
representatives, clcrk of the scnatc, and the annual salary of James W. Kim-
estabiished. ball, as clcrk of the house of representatives, shall each be
five thousand dollars.
Time of taking
effect.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect until a sufficient
appropriation therefor is made at the current session of the
general court, and then as of the first day of June in the
current year. Approved April 22, 1920.
Chav 348 ^^ -^^'^ '^^ establish the salaries of the present
ASSISTANT CLERKS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-
SENTATIVES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The annual salary of Willidm H. Sanger, as
assistant clerk of the senate, and the amiual salary of Frank
E. Bridgman, as assistant clerk of the house of representa-
tives, shall each be thirty-five hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect until a sufficient
appropriation therefor is made at the current session of the
general court, and then as of the first day of June in the
current year. Approved April 22, 1920.
Assistant clerks
of senate
and house of
representatives,
salaries
established.
Time of taking
effect.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 349. 361
An Act relative to the issue of capital stock by Qjiaj) 349
BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part Emergency
defeat its purpose and result in substantial public incon- ^'^^^^
venience and loss, and would be contrary to the public
interest, in that proposed corporations would thereby be
induced to seek incorporation under the laws of other states,
therefore this act is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section eight of chapter four hundred and 1^03^ 437, § 8,
thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and three is amended.'
hereby amended by striking out clause (e) and substituting
the following: — (e) In case only shares with par value are Agreement of
to be issued, the total amount of the capital stock of the ofbusln^"
corporation, wliich shall not be .less than one thousand wh^'toi°tate
dollars, to be authorized, and the number of shares into j^it*h oTiftff-'^'^^
which the capital stock is to be divided, and the par value out par value.
of the shares, which shall not be less than five dollars, or, in
lieu thereof, in case any shares without par value are to be
issued, the number of shares without par value to be au-
thorized, wliich shall not be less than ten, and the number of
shares having par value to be authorized, if any, and the
par value thereof, which shall not be less than five dollars;
the restrictions if any to be imposed upon the transfer of
the shares or any of them; and if there are to be two or
more classes of stock, a description of the different classes
and a statement of the terms on which they are to be created
and of the method of voting thereon.
Section 2. Section twenty-four of said chapter four 1903, 437, § 24.
hundred and tliirty-seven, as amended by chapter one hun- ^ "' ^^^°^
dred and seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twelve, is hereby further amended by striking out the words
"of different par value", in the fifth line, by striking out
the comma after the word "fixed", in the sixth line, and by
striking out the words "in proportion to such par values
respectively", in the seventh and eighth lines, so as to read
as follows: — Section 24.- Stockholders who are entitled to Voting powers
, 1 11 , • 1 1 • j^' • j_ ii 1 of stockholders.
vote shall, except as provided in section mnety-three, have
one vote for each share of stock owned by them: ■provided, Proviso.
362
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 349.
Proxies.
1903, 437, § 27,
amended.
Shares of stock
with or without
par value, etc.,
may be created.
Certain laws
to apply to
issue of shares
without par
value, etc.
Statements as
to shares
without par
value, how
that in corporations having two or more classes of stock the
voting powers of the different classes may be fixed in accord-
ance with the provisions of section twenty-seven. Capital
stock shall not be voted upon if any instalment of the sub-
scription therefor which has been duly demanded under the
pro\dsions of section sixteen is overdue and unpaid. Stock-
holders may vote either in person or by prox}'. No proxy
which is dated more than six months before the meeting
named therein shall be accepted, and no such proxy shall be
valid after the final adjournment of such meeting.
Section 3. Said chapter four hundred and thirty-seven
is hereby amended by striking out section twenty-seven and
substituting the f ollo\nng : — Section 27 . Every corporation
in its agreement of association, or in the case of a corpora-
tion created by special law, in the articles of organization,
or in an amendment to said agreement or articles which
may be adopted as hereinafter provided, may create shares
of stock with or without par value and may create two or
more classes of stock \N'ith such preferences, voting powers,
restrictions and qualifications thereof as shall be fixed in
said agreement or articles or in such amendment. Subject
to any provisions so fixed, every share without par value
shall be equal to every other such share.
The pro^Msions of law relating to the issue of shares of
capital stock with par value shall apply to the issue of shares
without par value, and a corporation may issue its authorized
shares without par value for such cash, property, tangible or
intangible, services or expenses as may be determined from
time to time by the board of directors, subject to the pro-
visions of the agreement of association, articles of organiza-
tion or amendments thereof and, in the case of an increase
of capital stock, subject to the vote of stockholders deter-
mining the terms and manner of the disposition of the
increased stock pursuant to section forty; and when the
cash or other consideration for which they are to be issued,
as stated in the articles of organization, or certificate of
issue, or articles of amendment, made pursuant to section
eleven, or section fourteen, or section forty-two, has been
received, said shares shall be fully paid stock and not liable
to any further call or assessment thereon, nor shall the sub-
scriber or holder be liable for any further payments, except
as provided in section thirty-three.
In any case in which the law requires that tlie par value
of the shares of stock of a corporation be stated, it shall be
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 349. 363
stated, in respect of shares without par value, that such i^J^'^r^eqili?^
shares are without par value; and wherever the amount of {^g'gt^jf/g*^® *°
stock, authorized or issued, is required to be stated, if any
shares without par value are authorized, the number of
shares authorized or issued of the several classes shall be
stated, and it shall also be stated whether such shares are
with or without par value and what the par value is of such
shares as have par value.
Section 4. Section thirty-three of said chapter four i903, 437, § 33,
hundred and thirty-seven is hereby amended by adding at ^
the end thereof the following: — -Unless otherwise provided ^to^I^hofdera
in the agreement of association, articles of organization or
amendments thereof, such contribution, in the case of lia-
bility based on reduction of capital stock, shall be in pro-
portion to the amounts so withdrawn and paid to them
respectively, and in the case of any other liability under this
section shall be in proportion to the amounts of stock held
by them respectively at the time when their liability accrued,
shares of stock with par value to be computed for this purpose
at their par value as fixed at that time, and shares without
par value to be computed at the value at the time of issue,
of the cash, property, ser\dces or expenses for which they
were issued, but not including paid-in surplus.
Section 5. Said chapter four hundred and thirty-seven 1903, 437, § 38,
is hereby amended by striking out section thirty-eight and ^^^^ ® "
substituting the following : — Section 38. Such sums as Apportionment
may be decreed to be paid by the stockholders in such suit up^nTtodf-"*^
shall be assessed upon them in the proportions fixed in of°suu! etc!'^^^
section thirty-three with respect to claims for contribution;
but a stockholder shall not be liable to pay a larger amount
than the amount of stock held by him at the time when his
liability accrued, shares of stock with par value to be com-
puted for this purpose at their par value as fixed at that
time and shares without par value to be computed at the
value at the time of issue, of the cash, property, services
or expenses for which they were issued, but not including
paid-in surplus.
Section 6. Section forty of said chapter four hundred etf' amended
and thirty-seven, as affected by chapter five hundred and
eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, is
hereby amended by inserting after the words "increased
stock", in the seventh line, the words: — or authorize such
terms and manner of disposition to be determined in whole
or in part by the board of directors or officers of the corpo-
364
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 349.
Increase or
reduction of
capital stock
may be au-
thorized, etc. '
Not required
to offer in-
creased stock
to stockholders.
Corporate
name, nature
of business,
etc., may be
changed, etc.
ration, — by adding at the end of the first paragraph of said
section forty the following: — -Such increased stock may in
whole or in part be disposed of without being offered to the
stockholders, — and by adding at the end of said section
forty the following paragraph : — Any corporation ha\dng
authorized shares with par ^'alue may, at a meeting duly
called for the purpose, by the vote of a majority of all its
stock, or, if two or more classes of stock ha^•e been issued,
of a majority of each class outstanding and entitled to vote,
including in any event a majority of the outstanding stock
of each class affected, change such shares or any class
thereof into an equal or greater number of shares without
par value, or pro\ade for the exchange thereof pro rata for
an equal or greater nimiber of shares without par value:
provided that the preferences, \'oting powers, restrictions and
qualifications of the outstanding shares so changed or ex-
changed shall not be otherwise impaired or diminished
without the consent of the holders thereof, — so as to read
as follows: — Section Jfi. Every corporation may, at a
meeting duly called for the purpose, by the vote of a ma-
jority of all its stock, or, if two or more classes of stock have
been issued, of a majority of each class outstanding and
entitled to vote, authorize an increase or a reduction of its
capital stock and determine the terms and manner of the
disposition of such increased stock, or authorize such terms
and manner of disposition to be determined in whole or in
part by the board of directors or officers of the corporation,
may authorize a change of the location of its principal office
or place of business in this commonwealth or a change of
the par value of the shares of its capital stock, or may
authorize proceedings for its dissolution under the pro^isions
of section fifty-one. Such increased stock may in whole or
in part be disposed of without being offered to the stock-
holders. It may, at a meeting duly called for the purpose,
by the \-ote of two thirds of all its stock, or, if two or more
classes of stock ha^'e been issued, of two thirds of each class
of stock outstanding and entitled to ^'ote, or by a larger
vote if the agreement of association so requires, change its
corporate name, the nature of its business, the classes of its
capital stock subsequently to be issued and their voting
powder, or make any other lawful amendment or alteration
in its agreement of association or articles of organization, or
sell, lease or exchange all its property and assets, including
its good will and its corporate franchise, upon such terms
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 340. 365
and conditions as it deems expedient. Any corporation shares with par
. I'll -1 1 J. J.* value may be
ha\ang authorized snares with par value may, at a meetmg changed into
duly called for the purpose, by the vote of a majority of all paTvahTe, etc.
its stock, or, if two or more classes of stock have been issued,
of a majorit}^ of each class outstanding and entitled to vote,
including in any event a majority of the outstanding stock
of each class affected, change such shares or any class thereof
into an equal or greater number of shares ^^'ithout par value,
or pro\dde for the exchange thereof pro rata for an equal or
greater number of shares without par value: provided that Proviso.
the preferences, voting powers, restrictions and qualifications
of the outstanding shares so changed or exchanged shall not
be othe^^^'ise impaired or diminished without the consent of
the holders thereof.
Section 7. Section forty-seven of said chapter four i903, 437, § 47,
,,, 11. Ill _,• e '^tc., amended.
hundred and thirty-seven, as amended by section one 01
chapter three hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and
eight, and by chapter tliree hundred and twenty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and nine, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "more", in the third Kne, the
words : — , for this pm-pose counting shares "without par
value as though of a par value of one hundred dollars each,
— so as to read as follows : — Section ^7. Such report of a Auditor's
corporation wliich has a capital stock of one hundred thou- accompany
sand dollars or more, for this purpose counting shares without ditSn of cer""
par value as though of a par value of one hundred dollars tfons^"'^^'^*"
each, shall be accompanied by a written statement under
oath by an auditor to be employed for each ensuing fiscal
year by a committee of tliree stockholders who are not
directors which shall be selected at each annual meeting
of the stockholders, or, if there are not tliree stockholders
other than directors able and wdlling to serve on such com-
mittee, then to be employed by the directors, stating that
such report represents the true condition of the affairs of
said corporation as disclosed by its books at the time of
making such audit; but no bookkeeper, treasurer or other
officer of the corporation who shall sign and execute the
statement shall be appointed as auditor within the meaning
of this act. The statement of tlie auditor shall be filed by
him with said report in the office of the secretary of the
commonwealth and shall be attached to and form part of
it. The auditor shall be sworn to the faithful performance Auditor to be
of his duties by a justice of the peace or some other magis- ^"'°'^"' ®^''"
trate authorized to administer oaths or affirmations; and
366
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 340.
1903, 437, § SS,
etc., amended.
Foe for filing,
etc., articles of
organization.
1903, 437, § 89,
etc., amended.
Fee for filing,
etc., certificate
of increase of
capital stock.
Act not to
apply to
certEiin cor-
porations
organized for
co-operative
purposes, etc.
the officers of the corporation who sign the said report of
condition shall certify thereon that the auditor was duly-
elected and qualified, as herein provided.
Section 8. Section eighty-eight of said chapter four
hundred and thirty-seven, as amended by section one of
chapter three hundred and ninety-six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and seven, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the word "stock", in the sixth line, the words: — with
par value, and five cents a share for all authorized shares
without par value, — so as to read as follows: — Section 88.
The fee for filing and recording the articles of organization
required by section eleven, including the issuing by the
secretary of the commonwealth of the certificate of incorpo-
ration, shall be one twentieth of one per cent of the total
amount of the authorized capital stock with par value, and
five cents a share for all authorized shares without par
value, as fixed by the articles of organization; but not in
any case less than twenty-five dollars.
Section 9. Section eighty-nine of said chapter four hun-
dred and thirty-seven, as amended by section two of said
chapter three hundred and ninety-six, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "amount", in the
fourth line, the words: — of stock \sith par value and five
cents a share for all shares without par value, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 89. The fee for filing and record-
ing the certificate required by section forty-two providing
for an increase of capital stock shall be one twentieth of one
per cent of the amount of stock with par value and five
cents a share for all shares without par value, by which the
capital is increased.
Section 10. The pro\'isions of this act shall not apply to
corporations subject to the pro^isions of section ninety-three
of said chapter four hundred and thirty-seven or of chapter
four hundred and forty-seven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and thirteen, as amended by chapter one hundred and
eighteen of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen
and by section three hundred and sixty-two of chapter two
hundred and fifty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and eighteen. Approved April 23, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 350. 367
An Act relative to the removal of overhead wires Chaj).S50
AND OTHER APPLIANCES IN THE CITY OF TAUNTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The mayor and municipal council of the city of
city of Taunton shall have exclusive authority to cause to ca^u^e °o"b™'*^
be removed from the streets of the city, designated in section hercfwbes^and
two, all telegraph, telephone, street railway power and feed, l^^ *pp'''
and all other wires, cables or conductors, in or above said
streets, and all poles and structures in said streets used for
the support of the same, except such structures, poles, wires,
cables and conductors as are hereinafter specified, and to
cause all such wires, cables and conductors to be placed,
maintained and operated in underground conduits.
Section 2. The provisions of this act shall apply to To apply to
the following streets and parts of streets, to wit : Taunton ''^"■^^''* streets.
Green; Main street; Weir street, beginning at Main street
and going south to the junction of Hill and Weir streets;
Winthrop street from Taunton Green to Mill river; Cohan-
net street from Taunton Green to Mill river; Post Office
square; Court street; Broadway from Taunton Green to
Pleasant street; Pleasant street from Broadway to Washing-
ton street; School street from Main street to Leonard
street; Leonard street from School street to Broadway.
Section 3. The municipal council may, with the approval ^"nJ-jPel-g
of the mayor, from time to time, prescribe by ordinance, of ^^y prescribe
which public notice shall be given in at least one daily news- what wires,
paper published in said city, by advertisement therein twice removed, etc.
a week for two successive weeks, the part or parts of said
streets from which all wires, cables and conductors, including
those owned by the city, except such as are hereinafter
specified, shall be removed or placed underground, and shall
in such ordinance prescribe a reasonable length of time
within which such removing and placing underground shall
be completed; but the total extent of streets so prescribed
shall not in any calendar year exceed one mile according to
linear surface measurement, and the owners of such wires,
cables and conductors shall not be required to begin the con-
struction of the underground conduits to wliich such wires,
cables and conductors are to be removed within sixty days
after the publication of the first notice. If after the expira- Failure of .
tion of the time specified in the removal ordinance there remove wires,
shall remain in such ways or places, or parts thereof, any ^^°'
368
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 350.
Provisos.
Not to apply
to certain
wires, appli-
ances, etc.
Petition to
department of
public utilities
for exemption.
Removal of
wires, etc.,
balonging to
the city, etc.
May take land.
poles or structures, wires, cables or conductors which under
the p^o^'isions of tliis act should have been removed or
placed underground, the municipal council shall cause the
same to be removed forthwith, and the city, when it is not
the owner thereof, may collect from the owner the expenses
of such removal by an action at law, pro\'ided there was no
unreasonable delay in the issuance of the necessary permits
by the proper authorities, and provided, further, that the
city has removed its own ^\'ires, cables and conductors in
accordance %A'ith the pro\'isions of this section.
Section 4. This act shall not apply to long distance
telegraph or telephone wires, posts for the support of lamps
exclusively, or to poles used exclusively for local distribution
from underground ^^ires, cables or conductors, or to street
railway trolley, guard and span •uires or to poles for the
support of the same; nor shall it revoke or affect any rights
already granted to any person, firm or corporation to place
or maintain any conduits, pipes, wires, cables or conductors
underground. For the purposes of tliis act no wire shall be
deemed to be a long distance telegraph or telephone wire
which does not extend at least twenty-five miles from some
central office.
Section 5. Any street railway, telegraph or telephone
company, whose wires or other appliances or equipment are
subject to the proAisions of this act may petition the depart-
ment of public utilities for exemption from the pro\dsions of
this act of any wives, cables, conductors, poles and struc-
tures, or for any extension or extensions of time for com-
pliance with said pro^^sions, or any ordinance or order
adopted hereunder. Said department may grant any such
exemption or extension wliich it deems reasonable; and any
exemptions or extensions granted by said department, by
an order passed after notice to the mayor and municipal
council of said city, who shall be entitled to be heard, and a
public hearing, shall have the same force and effect as if
specially provided for herein.
Section 6. The municipal council may, with the ap-
proval of the mayor, from time to time, direct by ordinance
the removal from any street or parts of streets in said city
of any or all electric wires, poles and fixtures belonging to
the city and direct that such wires be placed, maintained
and operated in underground conduits or be transferred to
such other location in such rights of way as may be acquired
by the city. For the purpose of pro^dding such rights of
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 351. 369
way the said city may take land by right of eminent domain
in the manner provided by law for the taking of land for
highway purposes, and damages for the same shall be deter-
mined in the manner provided by law in respect to such
takings. For the purpose of complying with the provisions jiay issue
of this section the cit}' of Taunton may borrow a sum not ^°''^^>^*''-
exceeding fifty thousand dollars, and from time to time
issue bonds or notes therefor, payable at periods not exceed-
ing ten years from their respective dates of issue. Each
authorized issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate
loan. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by the treasurer
and countersigned by the mayor and a majority of the
municipal council; shall be denominated on the face thereof,
Taunton Wire Loan, Act of 1920; and shall bear interest at Taunton wire
such rate, payable semi-annually, as the city treasurer, with 1920.'
the approval of the mayor, may fix. Such bonds or notes
shall not be sold for less than their par value and the pro-
ceeds shall be used only for the purpose herein specified.
The city at the time of making such loan or loans shall pro- Payment of
vide for the payment thereof in such annual payments, ^°^'^'
beginning not more than one year after the date of the
respective issues of said bonds or notes, as will extinguish
the same within the time prescribed in this act, and the
amount of such annual pajanent of any loan in any year
shall not be less than the amount of the principal of said
loan to be paid in any subsequent year.
Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 23, 1920.
An Act relative to the payment of the cost of con- Chap.351
STRUCTING A NEW BRIDGE OVER MONATIQUOT RIVER IN
THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter three hundred and fifteen of the 1917. 315 (G),
General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, as amended new' §"7.^° ^ '
by chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and eighteen, and as affected by chap-
ter forty-four of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and nineteen, is hereby further amended by inserting after
section six the following new section: — Section 7. Any Payment of
county, city or town upon which any part of the expense structing
of construction of the said bridge shall be assessed by the " ^eover
370 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 352.
Monatiquot commissioners appointed under section six may incur in-
river in i i i i • •
Braintree. debtedness, and may issue notes or bonds outside of the
statutory debt limit, for the payment of its assessment. Such
notes or bonds shall be issued upon the serial plan, in accord-
ance with the provisions of chapter seven hundred and nine-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, so far as
they apply, and shall be payable within twenty years after
their respective dates of issue.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 23, 1920.
Chap.S52 An Act to exempt stock dividends from taxation as
INCOME.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
IT'efc! ^^^' Section 1. Section two of chapter two hundred and
amended. sixty-niuc of tlic General Acts of nineteen hundred and
sixteen, as amended by chapters seven and one hundred and
twenty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen
and as affected by chapter one hundred and fifty of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word "dividends",
in the first line of paragraph (b) the words: — other than
stock di\'idends paid in new stock of the company issuing
the same, — so that said paragraph will read as follows: —
fxemptid'from^ ('^) Di^'idends, other than stock dividends paid in new
taxation as stock of tlic company issuing the same, on shares in all
income. . ,.^.*^ ,° . ., ,,
corporations and jomt stock companies orgamzed under the
laws of any state or nation other than this commonwealth,
except national banks and except such foreign corporations
as are subject to a tax upon their franchises payable to this
commonwealth under the provisions of sections forty-three
and fifty-two of Part III of chapter four hundred and ninety
of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine, and acts
in amendment thereof and in addition thereto.
JaSt,°etc^'''''° Section 2. This act shall take effect as of the first day
of January, nineteen hundred and twenty, and shall apply
to di\ddends received in the year nineteen hundred and
nineteen as well as in the current year and in all subsequent
years. Approved April 23, 1920,
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 353, 354, 355. 371
An Act to establish the salaries of the deputy (7/iap.353
WARDEN OF THE STATE PRISON AND THE DEPUTY SUPER-
INTENDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS REFORMATORY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The annual salaries of the deputy warden Deputy warden
of the state prison and of the deputy superintendent of the and deputy
Massachusetts reformatory shall each be twenty-five hun- of Mas°a-°'*"
dred dollars a year. tZftl^
Section 2. This act shall not take effect until a sufficient |s[|biTshed.
appropriation therefor is made at the current session of the Time of taking
general court, and then as of the first day of June in the
current year. ■ Approved April 23, 1920.
effect.
An Act relative to the procuring of portraits of Chav.Z^'^:
THE GOVERNORS OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ten of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by r.l. lo, §22,
striking out section twenty-two and substituting the follow- ^'"®°'*^'^-
ing: — Section 22. The governor, with the advice and con- Procuring
sent of the counsel, may expend, for the purpose of procuring ^vernors°of
portraits of the governors of the commonwealth who shall the com-
have held office subsequent to the fourth day of May, nine-
teen hundred, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars
for each portrait, and the portraits so procured shall be
hung in the state house under the direction of the art com-
mission. Approved April 23, 1920.
An Act to establish the salary of the present Chav.355
CHAPLAIN AT THE MASSACHUSETTS REFORMATORY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The salary of Robert Walker, the chaplain chaplain at
at the Massachusetts reformatory, shall be twenty-seven ref^ormatory?^
hundred and fifty dollars a year. ubiished.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect until a sufficient Time of taking
appropriation therefor is made at the current session of the ^ ^ '
general court, and then as of the first day of June in the
current year. Approved April 23, 1920.
372
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 356, 357, 358.
Chap.S56 An Act to establish the salary of the present
PHYSICIAN OF the MASSACHUSETTS REFORMATORY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The present physician of the Massachusetts
reformatory shall hereafter receive a salary of four thousand
dollars.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an ap-
propriation is made sufEcient to cover the same, and then
as of June first, nineteen hundred and twenty.
Approved April 23, 1920.
Physician at
Massachusetts
reformatory,
salary es-
tablished.
Time of taking
effect.
Chap. 357 An Act to provide for the compilation and publica-
tion OF the records of soldiers, sailors and ma-
rines IN THE PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:
Section 1. The adjutant general may compile and
publish the records of soldiers, sailors and marines who
served in suppressing the Philippine insurrection prior to
July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, and may expend
therefor a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an appro-
priation has been made sufficient to cover the same.
Approved April 23, 1920.
Adjutant
general may
publish records
of soldiers, etc.,
in Philippine
insurrection.
Time of taking
effect.
Chap.S5S An Act relative to the compensation of certain
officers of the militia.
1917. 327 (G),
§ 81, amended.
Militia, com-
pensation of
chief surgeon.
1917, 327 (G),
§ 82, etc.,
amended.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section eighty-one of chapter three hundred
and twenty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and seventeen is hereby amended by striking out the first
sentence of paragraph (a) and substituting the following : —
(a) Except when ordered on duty under sections twenty-five
or twenty-six, the chief surgeon shall receive a salary of
fifteen hundred dollars a year; and subject to the orders of
the commander-in-chief, shall have general supervision and
control of all matters pertaining to the medical department
of the land forces, and shall prescribe the physical and
mental disabilities exempting from military duty.
Section 2. Section eighty-two of said chapter three
hundred and twenty-seven, as affected by chapter two hun-
dred and thirty-four of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 359. ' 373
dred and eighteen, is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "year", in the tenth Une, the words: — -except when
ordered on duty under sections twenty-five or twenty-six, —
so that the third sentence thereof will read as follows : — iVn Compensation
officer of the quartermaster corps of the land forces with the ent^of tVate^
grade of captain, detailed to act as superintendent of the ^'"^®"^'-
state arsenal, shall receive fifteen hundred dollars a year,
except when ordered on duty under sections twenty-five or
twenty-six, and shall be in the quartermaster corps of the
land forces as a clerk in addition to the clerks hereinafter
provided for.
Section 3. Chapter three hundred and thirty-four of the Repeal.
General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen is hereby
repealed. Approved April 23, 1920.
Chap.359
An Act relative to the investments of fraternal
benefit societies.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section ten of chapter six hundred and twenty-eight of the ion, 628, § lo,
acts of nineteen hundred and eleven is hereby amended by ^"^^^ ® "
adding at the end thereof the words: — ; and that a society
having branches situated in the Dominion of Canada may
invest a part of its death fund in the public funds of the
Dominion of Canada, or of any province of the Dominion of
Canada, not exceeding in the aggregate an amount equal to
the sum of its collected premiums for the four months last
past, — so as to read as follows: — Section 10. Every investments of
society shall invest its funds only in securities permitted benefi^so-
by the laws of this state for the investment of the capital '"^*'®*
of insurance companies: provided, that any foreign society Provisoa.
permitted or seeking to do business in this state, which
invests its funds in accordance with the laws of the state in
which it is incorporated, shall be held to meet the require-
ments of this act for the investment of funds; and provided,
that a part thereof not exceeding twenty per cent of its
death fund may be invested in a building for use and occu-
pation by the society as its home office; and that a society
having branches situated in the Dominion of Canada may
invest a part of its death fund in the public funds of the
Dominion of Canada, or of any province of the Dominion of
Canada, not exceeding in the aggregate an amount equal to
the sum of its collected premiums for the four months last
past. Approved April 23, 1920.
374
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 360, 361.
1913, 705, § 3.
amended.
Permits to
transact retail
drug business,
may issue.
Chav.SQO An Act relative to fees for permits to transact the
RETAIL DRUG BUSINESS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section three of chapter seven hundred and
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby
amended by striking out the words "one dollar", in the
eleventh line, and substituting the words: — five dollars, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 3. The board of regis-
tration in pharmacy shall, upon application, issue a permit
to keep open a store for the transaction of the retail drug
business to such persons, firms and corporations as the board
may deem qualified to conduct such a store. The applica-
tion for such a permit shall be made in such manner and in
such form as the board shall determine. A permit issued as
herein pro\'ided shall be exposed in a conspicuous place in
the store for which the permit is issued and shall expire on
the first day of January following the date of its issue. The
fee for the permit shall be five dollars.
Section 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of
January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
Appraoed April 23, 1920.
Fee.
Time of taking
effect.
C/iap. 361 An Act relative to the compensation to be paid to
EXPERTS employed BY THE BOARD OF CONCILIATION AND
ARBITR.^TION.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1909, 514, § 14
amended.
Appointment
of certain
experts by
board of
conciliation
Section fourteen of chapter five hundred and fourteen of
the acts of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended by
striking out the word "seven", in the twenty-third fine, and
substituting the words: — a sum not exceeding ten, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 14- In all controversies be-
tween an employer and his employees in which application is
concuiauon made under the pro\isions of the preceding section, each
dutieY.^itc^*'°"* party may, in writing, nominate fit persons to act in the
case as expert assistants to the board and the board may
appoint one from among the persons so nominated by each
party. Said experts shall be skilled in and conversant with
the business or trade concerning which the controversy
exists, they shall be sworn by a member of the board to the
faithful performance of their official duties and a record of
their oath shall be made in the case. Said experts shall, if
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 362. 375
required, attend the sessions of the board, and shall, under
direction of the board, obtain and report information con-
cerning the wages paid and the methods and grades of work
prevailing in establishments within the commonwealth simi-
lar to that in which the controversy exists, and they may
submit to the board at any time before a final decision any
facts, advice, arguments or suggestions which they may con-
sider applicable to the case. No decision of said board shall Experts to have
^^ , . .,.,., , , notice for nnal
be announced in a case m which said experts have acted conference.
without notice to them of a time and place for a final con-
ference on the matters included in the proposed decision.
Such experts shall receive from the commonwealth a sum not Compensation,
exceeding ten dollars each for every day of actual service and
their necessarv travelling expenses. The board may appoint Additional
,,,..', ° . . , "^ . ^^ , ,, experts may be
such additional experts as it considers necessary, who shall appointed.
be qualified in like manner and, under the direction of the
board, shall perform like duties and be paid the same fees as
the experts who are nominated by the parties.
Approved April 23, 1920.
An Act relative to the salary of the parole clerk (7/j,^r> 362
OF THE MASSACHUSETTS REFORMATORY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and ninety-three of the General if^^- 293 (G).
A (• • 1111 111 ®*'*^' amended.
Acts or nineteen hundred and seventeen, as amended by
chapter two hundred and six of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking
out all after the word "receive", in the tenth line down to
and including the word "him", in the tliirteenth line, and
substituting the words: — an annual salary not exceeding
two hundred dollars, in addition to the regular salarj' pro-
vided by law which he receives as an officer of said reform-
atory,— so as to read as follows: — The director of the Paroie clerk of
bureau of prisons is hereby authorized to designate as parole Jf^TOatory?^
clerk one of the officers at the Massachusetts reformatory dutlsTsSary,
mentioned in section twenty-one of chapter two hundred ^tc.
and twenty-three of the Revised Laws, as affected by chapter
four hundred and fifty-four of the acts of the year nineteen
hundred and ten. He shall perform such duties relating to
the parole of inmates of the reformatory as the director may
prescribe. While performing the duties of parole clerk, such
ofl5cer shall receive an annual salary not exceeding two hun-
dred dollars, in addition to the regular salary provided by
376
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 363, 364.
law which he receives as an officer of said reformatory, and
shall be subject to the provisions of chapter six hundred and
one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight and
acts in amendment thereof. Approved April 23, 1920.
Chap. 363 An Act to authorize the department of public works
TO dredge minor channels in boston IL^-RBOR.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The department of public works may dredge
in and about minor channels in Boston harbor, as defined in
section four of chapter seven hundred and forty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, and may expend there-
for such sums as may be appropriated from time to time by
the general court.
Section 2. In selecting the places for dredging under
authority hereof, the general advantage of the proposed
work and the local, mmiicipal or other contributions for the
purpose shall duly be considered, and authority is hereby
gi\'en to a city or town to raise money by taxation, or to
make appropriations of money, or to assume liability for
damages on account of such proposed improvements, in the
manner provided by section three of chapter four hundred
and eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine. In
carrying out the work thus authorized the said department
may purchase or take, in the name and behalf of the com-
monwealth, and with the approval of the governor and
council, marsh lands or flats, or may enter into agreements
with the owners thereof for the purpose of reclaiming such
lands or flats by depositing thereon the material dredged
by authority of this act. The provisions of sections six
and seven of said chapter seven hundred and forty-eight
shall apply to all takings hereunder.
Approved April 23, 1920.
Department of
public works
may dredge
minor channels
in Boston
harbor.
Considerations
in selecting
places for
dredging.
Cities and
towns may
contribute, etc.
May take
marsh lands or
flats, etc.
C/iap. 364 An Ajjt to establish the salary of the adjutant
general.
Be it enajcted, etc., as follows:
1917, 327 (G), Section 1. Section twenty-four of chapter three hun-
ame'nded. drcd and twenty-scveu of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and seventeen, as amended by section one of chapter
two hundred and eighty of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 365, 366. 377
dred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking
out the word "thirty-six", in the second Hne, and substi-
tuting the word : — forty-one, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 24- The adjutant general shall receive a salary of get^^ll^'^Liar
forty-one hundred dollars a year. An adjutant general, established.
rank of lieutenant colonel, adjutant general's department,
shall receive a salary of twenty-two hundred dollars a year.
The adjutant general may employ such clerks and other
assistants as may be necessary in his department at an
expense not exceeding the amount annually appropriated
therefor.
Section 2. The increase in salary provided for by this Time of taking
act shall not take effect until a sufficient appropriation is ® '^^ '
made therefor, and then as of the first day of June of the
current year. Approved April 23, 1920.
An Act to provide for the prompt payment of (7/j,cir).365
MEMBERS OF THE MILITIA.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter three hundred and twenty-seven of the General §^iWfmended
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen is hereby amended
by striking out section one hundred and seventy-five, and
substituting the following: — Section 175. The chief quarter- Advances to
master may have advanced to him, from the treasury of the master fo?^'^'
commonwealth, under such rules and regulations as the me^Xj'rsof
auditor may prescribe, one hundred per cent of the pay and ''"'itia-
mileage for duty performed at camp or annual drill or under
the provisions of section twenty-five or twenty-six, and
shall return to the treasury the unexpended balance of the
sum so advanced as soon as possible.
Approved April 23, 1920.
C/iap.366
An Act relative to the use by the city of lynn of
certain school funds to be received by it from the
commonwealth during the current year.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The school committee of the city of Lynn cityofLynn
may expend for school purposes the amounts received during ^nain^schooi
the current year by the city under Part I of chapter three reclfved'from
hundred and sixty-three of the General Acts of nineteen ^°™n'°°*!.*'*^
hundred and nineteen which provides for the distribution of rent year.
378
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 367, 368.
a part of the proceeds of the state income tax for the purpose
of improving the pubHc schools.
m!tte/to " Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
^ayorj^nd city jjy ^j^q mayoF and city council of the city of Lynn.
Approved April 23, 1920.
R. L. 208, § 60,
amended.
Penalty for
unauthorized
use of insignia
of certain
organizations
of veterans.
Chap.SQ7 An Act to penalize the unauthorized use of insignia
OF certain org.\nizations of veterans.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and eight of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section sixty and substi-
tuting the following: — Section 60. Whoever, not being a
member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States, of the Grand Army of the Republic, of the
Sons of Veterans, of the Woman's Relief Corps, of the Union
Veteran's Union, of the Union Veteran Legion, of the Mili-
tary and Naval Order of the Spanish-American War, of the
United Spanish War ^^eterans, of the Military Order of
Foreign Wars of the United States, or of the American
Legion, the American officers of the Great War or the Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars of the United States, wilfully wears or
uses the insignia, distinctive ribbons or membership rosette
or button thereof, for the purpose of representing that he is
a member thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than twenty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Approved April 29, 1920.
C hap. S68 An Act relative to appointments and promotions in
MUNICIPAL police FORCES WITHIN THE CLASSIFIED CIVIL
service.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The words " competitive civil service exami-
nation", as used in this act, shall mean any competitive
examination held under the civil service rules to fill vacancies
in the police forces of cities and towns whose police forces
are within the classified civil service.
Section 2. There shall be at least three applicants for
appointment or promotion for one existing vacancy before
any such examination shall be held, except as to applicants
for appointment to the lowest grade.
Competitive
civil service
examinations
for appoint-
ments and
promotions in
municipal
jxjlice forces,
etc.
Number of
applicants
required before
holding ex-
amination.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 369. 379
Section 3. Appointments and promotions in the police Appointments.
forces of said cities and towns shall hereafter be made only made only by
by competitive cixil service examination. In case of ap- ^^I'sellZl
pointment or promotion to all grades of serv-ice other than examination,
the lowest, the examination and appointment shall be lim-
ited to persons of the next lower rank. If, however, the
number of applicants for examination in such lower rank
does not equal the number necessary to hold a competitive
civil ser\dce examination, then the next lower ranks shall
in succession be thrown open to the examination until the
number of applicants who are eligible to take the same shall
equal or exceed the necessary number.
Section 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed J^M^ncy^*"^
as prohibiting temporary or emergency appointments under ^Pf^'^o^bfted
the pro\dsions of the civdl service law and rules.
Section 5. This act shall not repeal or affect any pro- Certain pro-
•• PI • • , , "I'Ij. ••! visions of law
Visions or law^ gi"ving to veterans special rights or privileges not affected.
as to appointment to the classified ci\dl ser\dce.
Section 6. The pro\dsions of this act shall not apply to Not to apply
the police force of the city of Boston nor to the state police, poiic^^fo^ce
Approved April 29, 1920.' ^"[^ '*^'^
An Act relative to the testing of certain weights, (7/ia2).369
MEASURES, INSTRUMENTS AND MECHANICAL DEVICES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The director of standards may, if he deems Testing of
it desirable, and shall, upon request, test any w^eights, meas- wei'ghts,
ures, instruments or mechanical devices of any kind used or ^^ems.'etc,
intended to be used in standardizing the production of any ^t^n,^^^''"^
manufactured article by controlling processes or by deter-
mining the dimensions, proportions or properties of materials
or products, in determining wages or compensation for labor
performed, in determining the dimensions or capacity of any
tank, can, or other container, or in determining the accuracy
of any automatic weighing or measuring de\'ice.
Section 2. When any such weight, measure, instru- sealing, if
ment, or mechanical device has been tested and found '*""'*■
correct by the director, he may seal the same. If he finds it ^tg°^if™°'°^'
inaccurate, he may, in his discretion, either condemn it or inaccurate.
he may furnish the owner or user with a certificate indicating
the amount and direction of any errors found by him.
Section 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to give Act, how
to the said director or to his inspectors the power to seal any *^''^*'^"®*^-
380
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 370, 371.
of the de\dces which are now required by law to be sealed by
the local sealers of weights and measures throughout the
commonwealth. Approved April 29, 1920.
Chap.S70 An Act making frank h. Lincoln, an employee of the
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION, A MEMBER OF THE
RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Frank H. Lincoln, an employee of "the metropolitan district
commission, may, upon written application made prior to
December first, nineteen hundred and twenty, become a
member of the retirement association established by chapter
five hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and eleven; and upon his retirement under the provisions
of the said chapter, and the amendments thereof, he shall
receive the pension based upon prior service provided by
paragraph (2) C (b) of section six of said chapter as amended,
and in addition an amount equal to the difference between
twice the annuity paj'able to him at retirement under para-
graph (2) B of said section six, as amended, and the annuity
which he would have purchased under said section during
his period of service since June first, nineteen hundred and
twelve, subject to the maximum and minimum provisions of
said chapter. Approved April 29, 1920.
Frank H.
Lincoln, an
employee of
the Massa-
chusetts dis-
trict commis-
sion, made a
member of
state retire-
ment associa-
tion.
Chap. S71 An Act relative to the reimbursement of small
towns for salaries paid to superintendents of
schools.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section forty-five of chapter forty-two of the Revised
Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and nine of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out the said section and substi-
tuting the follomng : — Section 1^5. (a) The salary of the
of schwiTof^''*^ superintendent in such a union shall be not less than the
amounts pro\'ided in the followdng schedule: Twenty-two
hundred dollars for the first year of service, twenty-three
hundred dollars for the second year, twenty-four hundred
dollars for the third year, twenty-five hundred dollars for
the fourth year. In case his salary is not in excess of twenty-
nine hundred dollars, he shall also be reimbursed for his
actual travelling expenses incurred in the discharge of his
R. L. 42, § 45,
etc., amended.
Salaries of
small towns.
Travelling
expenses.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 372. 381
duties, but such reimbursement may be limited by the school
committee to four hundred dollars a year.
(b) When the chairman and secretary of the joint com- Reimbursement
mittee certify to the auditor of the commonwealth, under salaries paid,
oath, that the towns unitedly have employed a superin- ®*''-
tendent of schools for the year ending on the thirtieth day
of June, and have complied with the provisions of paragraph
(a) of this section, a warrant shall, upon the approval of the
commissioner of education, be drawn upon the treasurer and
receiver-general for the payment of two thirds of the sum of
the following amounts: (1) the amount paid to the superin-
tendent as salary not including any such amount in excess of
twenty-five hundred dollars, and (2) the amount reimbursed
to the superintendent for travelling expenses not including
any such amount in excess of four hundred dollars. The
amount stated in the warrant shall be apportioned and dis-
tributed among the towns forming the union in proportion
to the amounts expended by them for the salary and travel-
ling expenses of the superintendent.
Approved April 30, 1920.
An Act granting to the city of Worcester for high- Chap. 37 2
WAY PURPOSES AN EASEMENT IN A PART OF THE LAND
OCCUPIED BY THE WORCESTER STATE HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Worcester is hereby granted as City of
an easement the right to lay out, locate, establish, construct graSlIn
and maintain as an approach to the bridge constructed by Wghway^pur-
the city over Lake Quinsigamond, between the said city and onand"oc-^'*
the town of Shrewsbury, and as a public street or way, in, wo''rc^eitef state
through and over the following described land in the city hospital.
of Worcester, belonging to the commonwealth and being a
part of the land occupied by the Worcester state hospital,
namely, a strip of land twenty-five feet in width adjoining
Belmont street on the north and lying between Lake avenue
and Lake Quinsigamond, containing about sixty-three hun-
dred square feet of land, bounded and described as follows:
beginning at the northeast corner of Lake avenue and Bel-
mont street; thence northeasterly by Lake avenue about
twenty-seven and five tenths feet to a point; thence south
eighty-three degrees, forty-one minutes east, about two hun-
dred and thirty-seven feet to the shore of Lake Quinsiga-
mond; thence southeasterly by Lake Quinsigamond about
382
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 373, 374.
thirty-three feet to the northerly line of Belmont street;
thence north eighty-three degrees, forty-one minutes west by
Belmont street about two hundred and seventy feet to the
place of beginning; to have and to hold the aforesaid rights
and easement to the city of Worcester to its use forever for
the purposes aforesaid.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 30, 1920.
Chap. 373 An Act to authorize the town of agawam to borrow
MONEY FOR SCHOOLHOUSE PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Agawam, for the purp>ose of
acquiring land and the construction, furnishing, and equip-
ping of a high school building, may incur indebtedness in
excess of the statutory limit to an amount not exceeding
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor. Said bonds or notes shall be denominated
on their face, Agawam High School Loan, Act of 1920; shall
bear such rate of interest as may be fixed by the treasurer
with the approval of the selectmen, and shall be issued
subject to the provisions of chapter seven hundred and
nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen and
amendments thereof where applicable. Each authorized
issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate loan, and
any premiums received thereon shall be used as provided by
gjeneral law.
Section 2. Tliis act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 80, 1920.
Town of
Agawam may
borrow money
for schoolhouse
purposes.
Agawam High
School Loan,
Act of 1920.
Chap.374i An Act to authorize the city of brockton to make
AN ADDITIONAL SURFACE DRAINAGE LOAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Brockton, for surface drainage
purposes, may issue from time to time, outside the statutory
limit of indebtedness, bonds or notes to an amount not
exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in addition to the
amounts already authorized. Such bonds or notes shall be
denominated on their face, Brockton Surface Drainage Loan,
Act of 1920, shall bear interest at such rate as may be fixed
by the city treasurer, with the approval of the mayor, and
shall be issued in compliance with the requirements of
City of
Brockton may
make an
additional sur-
face drainage
loan.
Brockton Sur-
face Drainage
Loan, Act of
1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 375, 376. 383
chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and thirteen, and the amendments thereof. Each
authorized issue of such bonds or notes shall constitute a
separate loan, and any premiums received therefrom shall be
used as provided by general law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 30, 1920.
Chap. ^7^
An Act relative to the powers and duties of the
department of public works in respect to certain
lands and structures in the city of new bedford.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The department of public w^orks shall have Powers, etc.,
the same powers and duties with respect to lands and struc- of pu?)![c works
tures under its jurisdiction and control in the city of New certamTand's
Bedford which it now has with respect to the lands and f^ city'^ofNew
structures of the commonwealth in or near South Boston. Bedford.
Section 2. Before a sale or lease of any pier or other Notice of
structure is made under the authority of this act, written or leases to be
notice of the proposed action shall be given by the said de- fjci aider'STenT
partment to the mayor and aldermen of the city of New ®*'''
Bedford; and if the mayor and aldermen petition the de-
partment in writing therefor within ten days from the receipt
of such notice, the department shall give a public hearing
upon its proposed action, and the hearing shall be properly
advertised in the city. '
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 30, 1920.
An Act to secure equal opportunity to all citizens (jjidj) 375
OF THE COMMONWEALTH FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE PUBLIC
service or BY STREET RAILWAY COMPANIES PUBLICLY
CONTROLLED OR AIDED.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The application of a citizen of the commonwealth for em- Applications
ployment in any department of the commonwealth or of ment"in public
any political division thereof or in any department of a clrtl^nstrL^
street railway company, operated, owned, controlled or railway com-
.•^ r'.z-'r ' ' panies not to
financially aided in any way by the commonwealth, or by be affected by
any political subdivision thereof, shall not be affected by race, color, etc.
the applicant's national origin, race or color.
Approved April 30, 1920.
384
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 377, 378, 379.
Chap. ^77 An Act relative to temporary aid for dependents of
PRISONERS.
Be it ejiacted, etc., as follows:
The commissioner of correction may expend annually such
sum of money as may be appropriated therefor, the same
not to exceed two thousand dollars per year, for the tempo-
rary relief of the families or dependents of inmates of state
penal institutions, but the relief hereby pro\ided for shall
be such temporary relief only and for a period not exceeding
one week, as may be necessary pending proper and adequate
relief through the usual channels. An agent of the depart-
ment may be designated to perform the work hereby au-
thorized. Approved April 30, 1920.
Commissioner
of correction
may provide
temporary aid
for dependents
of prisoners.
Chap.SlS An Act relative to the venue of applications for the
ARREST OF JUDGMENT DEBTORS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section seventeen of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight
of the Re\dsed Laws is hereby amended by striking out all
after the word "issued", in the fortieth line, and substitut-
ing the follo\\ing: — - If the judgment debtor lives or has his
usual place of business in any county in this commonwealth,
except Middlesex and Suffolk, the application for such certifi-
cate shall be made before a police, district or municipal
court watliin whose judicial district he hves or has liis usual
place of business. If he lives or has his usual place of busi-
ness in the county of Middlesex or of Suffolk, the applica-
tion shall be made before any such court within the county.
If he does not live or have his usual place of business in this
commonwealth, the application may be made before any
such court in any county. Approved April 30, 1920.
R. L. 168, § 17,
amended.
Venue of appli-
cations for
arrest of
judgment
debtors.
Chap. 379 An Act to provide for the enlargement of the barn-
stable COUNTY infirmary.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of
Barnstable may expend a sum not exceeding fifteen thou-
sand dollars for the purpose of constructing additions to or
enlargements of the infirmary authorized by chapter one
Barnstable
county may
issue bonds,
etc., for pur-
pose of en-
larging county
infirmary.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 380. 385
hundred and fifty-three of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifteen, as amended by chapter one hundred and
tlurty-two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
eighteen, and as affected by chapter thirty-one of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, of pro\iding addi-
tional equipment for the same and of impro\'ing the grounds
upon which the infirmary stands, and may issue from time
to time bonds or notes of the county to the amount afore-
said. Such bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words, county of
County of Barnstable Infirmary Loan, Act of 1920, and fS^''
their proceeds shall be used only for the purposes herein [^q°' ^°* °^
specified. The bonds or notes shall bear interest at a rate
to be determined by the treasurer of the county with the
approval of the commissioners and in all other respects the
provision of sections one and two of said chapter one hun-
dred and fifty-three shall apply to the securities issued here-
under, except as provided in this act.
Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and fifty-three is i9i5, 153 (O.
hereby amended by striking out section four and substituting *' ^"^^"^
the following : — Section 4- The infirmary shall be managed ^^n^eZ ^c^
and operated by a board of trustees of seven persons, three by ^oard^of
of whom shall be the county commissioners of the county of
Barnstable, ex officiis, and the others, of whom at least tlu-ee
shall be physicians resident in said county, shall be appointed
by the county commissioners. The trustees shall make regu-
lations for the goverimient of the infirmary, and shall appoint
a superintendent and such other officers and employees as
may be necessary for the proper conduct of the infirmary.
Ajjproved April 30, 1920.
An Act to PROvroE punishment for escapes or (JJidj) 3gO
ATTEMPTED ESCAPES FROM THE PRISON CAMP AND HOS-
PITAL AND OTHER PENAL INSTITUTIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follmvs:
Section 1. A prisoner who escapes or attempts to escape Punishment
from any penal institution, or from land appurtenant thereto, e°c.!*from*'
or from the custody of any officer thereof or while being con- ^®^g' mstitu-
veyed to or from any such institution, may be pursued and
recaptured and shall be punished by imprisonment in the
institution to which he was originally sentenced for a term
not exceeding five years. If the prisoner has escaped or Escapes, etc.,
attempted to escape from the prison camp and hospital, the cri^p'and'"
expense of supporting liim shall be paid by the institution to ''"^p/*^'' ^**'-
386
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 381, 382.
Sentences
under act.
Repeals.
which he is sentenced and the expense of committing him
shall be paid by the prison camp and hospital.
Section 2. In imposing sentence under this act the court
shall observe the proxisions of law regarding sentences and
commitments to the various penal institutions.
Section 3. Sections fifteen to eighteen, inclusive, of
chapter two hundred and ten of the Re\dsed Laws, section
tliirty-three of chapter eighty-five of the Revised Laws, as
amended by chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and three, and section two of
chapter two hundred and forty-tliree of the acts of nineteen
hundred and four, as amended by chapter one hundred and
eighty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
sixteen, are hereby repealed. Approved April 30, 1920.
Chap. 381 An Act to establish the salaries of the present
DEPUTIES IN THE OFFICE OF THE TREASURER AND RE-
CEIVER-GENERAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as. follows:
Section 1. The annual salary of the present first deputy
in the office of the treasurer and receiver-general shall be
forty-five hundred dollars, and the annual salary of the
present second deputy shall be three thousand dollars.
Section 2. The increases provided for by this act shall
not take effect until an appropriation is made therefor, and
then as of June first, nineteen hundred and twenty.
Approved April 30, 1920.
Deputies in
office of treas-
urer and
receiver-gen-
eral, salaries
established.
Time of taking
effect.
Chap. 382 An Act relative to the screening of ponds and
RIVERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follmvs:
Section 1. The commissioner of conservation may ex-
pend such sums as may be appropriated from time to time
by the general court for the screening of such ponds and
rivers in tliis commonwealth, as he may deem necessary for
the protection of the fish therein.
Section 2. This act shall not apply to any body of
water used as a source of water supply by cities and towns,
and nothing herein contained shall affect or diminish any
existing right to the use of the waters of any such ponds for
mercantile or manufacturing purposes.
Approved April 30, 1920.
Commissioner
of conservation
may screen
ponds, etc., for
protection of
fish.
Not to apply
in certain cases.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 383, 384. 387
An Act to establish the salary of the court officer Chap. 383
OF THE COURT OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY FOR THE
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter six hundred and sixteen of the acts of nineteen isis, eie,
hundred and thirteen is hereby amended by inserting after
the word "shall", in the eleventh line, the words: — , sub-
ject to the approval of the county commissioners, — and by
striking out the words "three hundred", in the eleventh and
twelfth lines^ and substituting the words : — four hundred
and fifty, — so as to read as follows: — The judge of probate Court officer
and insolvency for the county of Plymouth may appoint an probate and
officer to attend sessions of the probate court and court of pi^mo^tY ^""^
insolvency, and may at any time, for a cause which he ^tawL'h^^^
deems sufficient, remove him, and may fill any vacancy
caused by removal or otherwise. The said officer shall give
a bond, if required by the judge of the court, for the faithful
performance of his duties to the county of Plymouth, with
sureties satisfactory to the judge. The said court officer
may serve the orders, precepts and processes issued by said
courts or by the judge thereof. He shall, subject to the
approval of the county commissioners, be paid by the county
of Plymouth a salary of four hundred and fifty dollars per
year, which shall include travelling and other expenses, and
which shall be payable in monthly instalments.
Approved April 30, 1920.
An Act to authorize the trustees of the massachu- C/ia^. 384
SETTS hospital SCHOOL TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL LAND
IN THE TOWN OF CANTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The trustees of the Massachusetts hospital ?/"^*^of
school, subject to the approval of the governor and council, hospital school
may purchase or take, by right of eminent domain in the additional
name and in behalf of the commonwealth, the land, and any oi^Cant^^
structures thereon, assessed to Helen M. Tolman, Bradford
W. Cobb, George Fisher, Elisha White, John Everett and
James Cose, a parcel of not less than ninety acres which is
situated in the town of Canton and adjoins or is in the
neighborhood of land of the commonwealth which is used
for the said school.
388
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 385.
Certain appro-
priation made
available.
Manner of
taking land,
etc.
Section 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provi-
sions of this act the sum appropriated in item number five
hundred and twenty-six of the general appropriation act is
hereby made available.
Section 3. Any taking by right of eminent domain here-
under, and the award of compensation therefor, shall be
made in the manner provided by law in respect to takings
for highway purposes. Approved April 30, 1920.
1909, 490,
Part III, § 57,
etc., amended.
Notice of tax
to be given to
treasurer of
taxable corpora-
tions, asso-
ciations, etc.
C hap. SS5 An Act to extend the time for making application
FOR the abatement OF CERTAIN TAXES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:
Section 1. Part III of chapter four hundred and ninety
of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, as amended by
section twenty of chapter three hundred and forty-nine of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out section fifty-seven and sub-
stituting the following : — Section 57. The commissioner of
corporations and taxation shall annually, as soon as may be
after the first Monday of August, give notice to the treas-
urer of every corporation, company or association which is
liable to a corporate francliise tax under the provisions of
sections forty-three and forty-four, of the amount thereof;
that it will be due and payable to the treasurer and receiver-
general within thirty days after the date of such notice, but
not before the twentieth day of October; and that within
thirty days after the date of such notice the corporation,
company or association may apply to the said commissioner
for a correction of said tax, and in default of settlement, if
application has been made as aforesaid, may be heard upon
such application by the board of appeal.
Section 2. Part III of said chapter four hundred and
ninety, as amended by section twenty-three of said chapter
three hundred and forty-nine, is hereby further amended by
striking out section sixty-eight and substituting the follow-
ing : — - Section 68. The treasurer and receiver-general, the
auditor of the commonwealth and a member of the council
to be designated by the governor, shall constitute a board of
appeal. Any party aggrieved by a decision of the commis-
sioner of corporations and taxation made under the pro-
visions of sections twenty-six to sixty-five, inclusive, may be
heard by the board on all applications for correction of a tax
brought under section fifty-seven of this part, and any party
Applications
for correction
of taxes.
1909, 490,
Part III, § 68,
etc., amended.
Board of
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 385. 389
aggrieved by any other decision of the commissioner of cor-
porations and taxation upon any matter arising under the
provisions of this part from which an appeal is given, may
apply to the board of appeal within thirty days after notice
of his decision. Said board shall hear and decide the subject- Board to give
matter of such appeal and give notice of the decision to the decision, etc.
commissioner of corporations and taxation and the appellant ;
and its decision shall be final and conclusive as to questions
of fact, although payments have been 'made as required by
the decision appealed from. Any overpayment of tax deter- Reimbursement
mined by decision of said board of appeal shall be reimbursed menls'^^^^'
from the treasury of the commonwealth. Taxes, excises, Abatements.
costs or expenses of any kind assessed upon any corpora-
tion, company or association, except a municipal corpora-
tion, which are unpaid and are uncollectible, may be abated
by the board of appeal on the recommendation of the attor-
ney-general and commissioner of corporations and taxation
at any time after the expiration of five years from the date
when the same became payable.
Section 3. Chapter three hundred and fifty-five of the 1919, 355 (O,
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby ^ ^^' ^'°^^^'^^'^-
amended by striking out section ten and substituting the
following: — Section 10. Applications for the abatement or Applications
correction of any tax assessed under Part I of this act may or'^TOrr^^'tkfn"*
be made within thirty days after the date upon which the °^ ^^®^' ^^'^■
notice of assessment is sent, and from the decision of the
commissioner of corporations and taxation thereon any cor-
poration may appeal in the manner provided by section
sixty-eight of Part III of chapter four hundred and ninety of
the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, and acts in amend-
ment thereof and in addition thereto.
Section 4. Section nineteen of chapter two hundred and JQis, 269 (G),
s 19 etc.
sixty-nine of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and six- amended',
teen, as amended by section seventy-three of chapter two
hundred and fifty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, is hereby further amended by striking
out the first paragraph, and substituting the following : —
Any person aggrieved by the assessment of a tax under the Abatement and
provisions of this act may apply to the commissioner of cor- cerfii^^"
porations and taxation for an abatement thereof at any ^'^co'^®^^^-
time within six months after the date of the notice of the
assessment and if he dies during said six months his executor
or administrator may apply for such abatement within one
month after his appointment; and if, after a hearing, the
390 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 386.
commissioner of corporations and taxation is satisfied that
the tax is excessive in amount or that the person assessed is
not subject to the tax, he shall abate the tax in whole or in
part accordingly; and if the tax has been paid, the treasurer
and receiver-general shall repay to the person assessed the
amount of such abatement, with interest thereon at the rate
of six per cent per annum from the time when it was paid:
Proviso. provided, however, that no tax assessed upon any person
liable to taxation under this act shall be abated in any
e^'ent unless the person assessed shall have filed, at or before
the time of bringing his petition for abatement, a return as
required by section twelve of tliis act; and if he failed without
good cause to file his return \nthin the time prescribed by
law, or filed a fraudulent return, or, ha^'ing filed an incorrect
or insufficient return, has failed, after notice, to file a proper
return, the commissioner of corporations and taxation shall
not abate the tax below double the amount for which the
person assessed was properly taxable under the provisions of
Notice to this act. The commissioner of corporations and taxation
decision. shall uotify tlic petitioner by registered letter of his decision
upon the petition. Approved April 30, 1920.
Chap.SSQ ^^ -^CT RELATIVE TO THE LAW SITTINGS OF THE SUPREME
JUDICIAL COURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
etc ^amended ' Scctiou sixtccu of chapter onc hundred and fifty-six of the
Re\'ised Laws, as amended by section two of chapter fifty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and three, and by sec-
tion two of chapter one hundred and seven of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, is hereby further
amended by striking out the said section and substituting
Law sittings of the followiug: — Sectioji IG. For hearing questions of law
judicial court arising iu the follo\A'ing named counties, law sittings shall be
countiet."^ held once in each year in thfe months of September and
October at such times as the court shall by rule determine: —
Berkshire. Yov the couuty of Berkshire at Pittsfield.
HampshirT*^ -^^^ ^^^ c'ouuties of Franklin and Hampshire alternately
at Greenfield and Northampton, the sitting at Northampton
being in the even year.
Hampden. ^01' the couuty of Hampdcu at Springfield.
Worcester. Yov the county of Worccstcr at Worcester.
c^u^y ^nd^ ^^^ ^^^^ counties of Bristol, Dukes County and Nantucket,
Nantucket. at Tauuton.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 387, 388. 391
Prmided, however, that when no case has been set down for Proviso.
oral argument at least two weeks before the day determined
for any one of the said sittings, that sitting may be omitted;
and if only one case shall have been set down for oral argu-
ment, that case may be transferred to any other of said
sittings which may be most accessible and convenient for
the parties, or to a sitting for the commonwealth if the
parties so agree.
The full court sitting in any county, or for the common- jurisdiction of
wealth, shall have jurisdiction of all questions of law and of ^'^'^ °°"'^*"
all cases and matters at law or in equity, civil or criminal,
which arise in any county other than that in or for which it
is sitting, and wliich might properly be heard and deter-
mined by it sitting for such county, and, upon the applica-
tion of a party, the full court may, in its discretion, order
any such question of law, or case or matter, to be entered
and determined by the full court sitting in any county or for
the commonwealth. Approved April 30, 1920.
An Act to PROvroE for the revision of minimum wage Chav. 387
DECREES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section eight of chapter seven hundred and six of the acts 1912, 706, § s,
of nineteen hundred and twelve is hereby amended by insert- *'"®"
ing after the word "employees", in the third line, the words:
— or if in its opinion such action is necessary to meet changes
in the cost of living, may wdthout such petition, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 8. Whenever a minimum wage Revision of
rate has been established in any occupation, the commission wage decrees.
may, upon petition of either employers or employees, or if
in its opinion such action is necessary to meet changes in the
cost of living, may without such petition, reconvene the wage
board or establish a new wage board, and any recommenda-
tion made by such board shall be dealt with in the same
manner as the original recommendation of a wage board.
Approved April 30, 1920.
An Act prescribing an enacting style for measures (7/iai).388
submitted to the people under the initiative pro-
visions OF THE constitution.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The enacting style of all measures submitted ^MnUmtfve'^
to the people in pursuance of an initiative petition for a law measures, etc,
r ^ r jT prescribed.
392
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 389, 390.
Secretary of
the common-
wealth to
insert enacting
clause in
engrossing bills,
etc.
shall be: — Be it enacted by the People, and by their au-
thority.
Section 2. The secretary of the commonwealth, in en-
grossing bills for which initiative petitions are completed, as
provided in section nineteen of chapter three of the Revised
Laws, as amended by section one of chapter one hundred and
seventy of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, and by
section one of chapter three hundred and sixty-four of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, shall insert
therein the enacting clause prescribed by section one, in
substitution for that prescribed by Article VIII of Chapter
VI of Part the Second of the constitution of the common-
wealth or for any other style of enactment.
Approved April 30, 1920.
Metropolitan
district com-
mission may
construct West
Roxbury
parkway in
Boston.
Chap.SSQ An Act to authorize the metropolitan district com-
mission TO construct the west roxbury parkway in
the city of boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The metropolitan district commission is
hereby authorized and directed to lay out and construct,
over land transferred to the care and control of said commis-
sion by chapter two hundred and seventy of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, and known as the
West Roxbury parkway, in the city of Boston, such roads as
the commission may deem most ad\dsable for facilitating
public travel between Centre street and Washington street,
near Stony Brook reservation. For this purpose the commis-
sion may expend a sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand
dollars.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an appro-
priation has been made sufficient to cover the expenditure
authorized by it. Approved April 30, 1920.
Time of taking
effect.
C/iap. 390 -^^ Act to establish the warren water district.
• Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Warren Water
District
established.
Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Warren,
liable to taxation therein, and residing within the territory
comprised within the following boundary lines, to wit: —
Starting at the intersection of the northwesterly line of
Main street and the northerly line of property of Jane Rice,
approximately eleven hundred feet northerly from the junc-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 390. 393
tion of Main street and Biirbank avenue, and rimnins; west- Wan-en Water
. ~ District estab-
erly to the northerly corner of the Perkins Machine Com- lished.
pany lot, at its junction with the southeasterly line of the
Boston and Albany Railroad Company; thence running
westerly to the intersection ^\ith the northwesterly line of
Quaboag street four hundred feet northerly from the range
of the north side of the house of R. G. Maclntyre at its in-
tersection "wdth said northwesterly line of Quaboag street;
thence running southwesterly to the southwesterly corner of
property of I. E. Moore at its intersection with north line of
Richardson street, and continuing upon the same course to
its intersection with the central line of West Main street;
thence running southAvesterly to a point on the center line of
Reed street four hundred feet measured on said center line
of Reed street from its intersection vn.t\\ the center line of
Bridge street; thence running easterly to a point across the
lower end of Comin's pond to a point fifty feet at south
of southerly corner of the mill of Charles Rice; thence run-
ning northeasterly to the southeasterly corner of land of S.
Brasseau; thence running northerly to the intersection -with.
first line above described at a point three hundred feet meas-
ured on said line from the center line of Washington street
southeasterly; thence running by said first line to the point
of beginning, substantially as shown on plan marked
*' Warren Water District, Scale 1" = 400, dated March 2,
1920, by Henry A. Symonds, Engineer.", shall constitute a
water district, and are hereby made a body corporate by the
name of the Warren Water District, for the purpose of sup-
plying themselves with water for the extinguishment of fires
and for domestic and other purposes, for assessing and
raising taxes for pajTnent of such ser\dces, and for defraying
the necessary expenses of carrying on the business of said
district.
Section 2. Said district, for the purposes aforesaid, may May take cer-
take, or acquire by purchase or other"wdse, and hold the landsT^etc^^'
waters or any part thereof of any stream or pond or any
ground sources of supply, by bored or driven wells, in the
town of Warren, with the water rights connected therewith,
and may also take, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and
hold all rights of w^ay, easements and lands in the town of
Warren necessary for holding such waters or protecting the
same from contamination, or for conve;ying the same to and
through said district. No sources of w^ater supply for do-
mestic purposes, and no lands necessary for protecting the
394
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 390.
May construct
dama,
reservoirs, etc.
Requirements
to enter upon
railroad loca-
tion.
Description of
lands, etc.,
taken to be
recorded.
Damages.
said waters as aforesaid, shall be taken or used under this
act without the consent and approval of the department of
public health, and the location of all dams, reservoirs and
wells to be used as sources of water supply under this act
shall be subject to the approval of said department. Said
district may construct on the lands thus acquired proper
dams, reservoirs, buildings, fixtures and other structures, and
may do such other things as may be necessary for pro\'iding
and maintaining complete and effective water works; and
for that purpose may construct wells and reservoirs, and
establish pumping works, may construct, lay and maintain
aqueducts, conduits, pipes, and other works, under and over
any land, water courses, railroads, railways, and^ public or
other ways, and along any highway or other way in the town
of Warren, in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct
the same; and for the purpose of constructing, laj^ing and
maintaining and repairing such aqueducts, conduits, pipes
and other works, and for all other purposes of this act, said
district may dig up, raise and embank any such lands, high-
ways or other ways in such manner as to cause the least
possible hindrance to public travel; but all things done upon
such ways shall be subject to the direction of the selectmen
of the town of Warren and said district shall not enter upon,
construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other works within
the location of any railroad corporation, except in such time
and in such manner as it may agree upon with such corpora-
tion, or, in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved by
the department of public utilities. The title to all land
acquired under the pro\dsions of this act shall vest in said
Warren Water District, and the said land shall be managed,
improved and controlled by the board of water commis-
sioners hereinafter pro\dded for, in such manner as they
shall deem for the best interests of said district.
Section 3. Said Warren Water District shall, within
ninety days after the taking of any lands, rights of way or
easements as aforesaid, otherwise than by purchase, file and
cause to be recorded in the registry of deeds for Worcester
county, a description thereof sufficiently specific for identifi-
cation, wdth a statement of the purpose for wliich the same
were taken, signed by the water commissioners hereinafter
provided for.
Section 4. Said Warren Water District shall pay all
damages to property sustained by any person or corporation
by the taking of any water, water source, water right, land,
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 390. 395
right of way or easement, or by any other thing done by said
district under authority of this act. Any person or corpo-
ration sustaining damages as aforesaid, and faihng to agree
with said district as to the amount thereof, may have the
damages assessed and determined in the manner provided
by law in the case of land taken for highways, on applica-
tion therefor at any time %\dthin two years after the taking
of such land or other property, or the doing of other injury
under authority of this act. No application for assessment
of damages shall be made for the taking of any water rights,
or for any injury thereto, until the water is actually with-
drawn or diverted under authority of tliis act, whereupon
the said period of two years shall begin to run.
Section 5. The said district, for the purpose of paying May issue
the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred under the ""^ ^' ^ *''
provisions of tliis act, may issue from time to time bonds or
notes to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand
dollars. Such bonds or notes shall bear on their face the
words, Warren Water District Water Loan, Act of 1920, Sfs'trict w\te''r
shall be payable at the expiration of periods not exceeding i^^q^- -^ct of
thirty years from the respective dates of issue, shall bear
such rates of interest as the treasurer and commissioners
may determine, and shall be signed by the treasurer of the
district and countersigned by the water commissioners here-
inafter provided for. The district may sell the securities at
public or private sale, upon such terms and conditions as it
may deem proper, but not for less than their par value, and
the proceeds, except premiums, shall be used only for the
purposes herein specified.
Section 6. Said district shall, at the time of authorizing Payment of
said loan or loans, pro\'ide for the payment thereof in accord- ^°^°'
ance with the proAdsions of section five of chapter eighty-five
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen and all
acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, in such
a manner that any loan issued under authority of this act
shall be paid mthin the period specified in section five; and
when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which,
with the income derived from water rates, will be suflficient
to pay the annual expense of operating its water works and
the interest as it accrues on the bonds or notes issued as
aforesaid by said district, and to make such pajTnents on
the principal as may be required under the provisions of
this act shall, mthout further vote, be assessed on said dis-
trict by the assessors of the town, annually thereafter, in
396
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 390.
Assessment and
collection of
taxes.
May make
certain
contracts, etc.
First meeting,
how called, etc.
Board of water
commissioners,
election,
powers, etc.
the same manner as other taxes, until the debt incurred by-
said loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 7. Whenever a tax is duly voted by said dis-
trict for the purposes of this act, the clerk shall send a certi-
fied copy of the vote to the assessors of the town of Warren
who shall assess the same in the same manner in all respects
as town taxes are required by law to be assessed. The assess-
ment shall be committed to the town collector who shall
collect the tax in the manner pro\ided for the collection oi
town taxes, and shall deposit the proceeds with the district
treasurer for the use and benefit of the district. The district
may collect interest on overdue taxes in the same manner in
which interest is authorized to be collected on town taxes.
Section 8. Said commissioners may make such con-
tracts with individuals, corporations, and the town of Warren
for supphdng water as may be agreed upon, and may extend
its pipes for that purpose, under the direction of the select-
men of the town of Warren, through the streets and high-
ways of said town l>ing oiitside the corporate limits of said
district. Said district may fix and collect rates for the use of
such water and may discontinue or shut off the water for the
non-payment thereof, and for \'iolation of the terms of any
contract made in accordance with this section.
Section 9. The first meeting of said district shall be
called on petition of ten or more qualified voters therein, by
a warrant from the selectmen of the town of Warren, or
from a justice of the peace, directed to one of the petitioners,
requiring him to give notice of the meeting by posting copies
of the warrant in two or more public places in the district
seven days at least before the time of the meeting. One of
the selectmen shall preside at the meeting until a clerk is
chosen and sworn. After the choice of a moderator for the
meeting the question of the acceptance of this act shall be
submitted to the qualified voters in said district, and if it
shall be accepted by a majority vote of the said voters
present and voting thereon it shall thereupon take effect,
and the meeting may then proceed to act on the other arti-
cles contained in the warrant.
Section 10. The Warren Water District shall, after the
acceptance of this act at a legal meeting called for the purpose,
elect by ballot three persons to hold office, one until the ex-
piration of three years, one until the expiration of two years
and one until the expiration of one year from the next suc-
ceeding annual district meeting, to constitute a board of
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 390. 397
water commissioners; and at every annual district meeting
thereafter one such commissioner shall be elected by ballot
for the term of tliree years. All the authority granted to said
district by this act and not otherwise specially pro\ided for
shall be vested in said board of water commissioners, who
shall be subject however to such instructions, rules and regu-
lations as the district may impose by its vote. Said commis- Treasurer,
sioners shall appoint a treasurer of said district, who shall
not be one of their number, who shall give bonds to the dis-
trict to such an amount and with such sureties as may be
approved by the commissioners; and a majority of the com-
missioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. Any vacancy occurring in said board from any ^•acancies, etc.
cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term
by said water district at any legal meeting called for the
purpose. No money shall be drawn from the district treas-
ury, except by a written order of said commissioners or a
majority of them.
Section 11. Said district may adopt by-laws prescribing Meetings.
by whom and how meetings may be called and notified, and,
upon the application of ten or more qualified voters in the
district, meetings may also be called by warrant as provided
in section nine. Said district may also make rules and regu- Rules and regu-
lations for the management of its water works, not incon-
sistent with this act or with the laws of this commonwealth,
and may choose such other officers not provided for in this
act as it may deem necessary or proper.
Section 12. Whoever mlfully or wantonly corrupts. Penalty for
pollutes or diverts any water obtained or supplied under this ^c."''''^ ^^ '^'
act, or wilfully or wantonly injures any reservoir, standpipe,
aqueduct, pipe or other property owned or used by said
district for the purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to
the district three times the amount of damages assessed
therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort; and upon con-
\dction of any of the above acts shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for
a term not exceeding six months.
Section 13. Said commissioners shall fix just and to fix water
equitable prices and rates for the use of water, and shall pre-
scribe the time and manner of pajonent. The income of the
water works shall be applied to defraj-ing all operating ex-
penses, interest charges and pa\Tnents on the principal as
they accrue upon any bonds or notes issued under authority
of this act. If there should be a net surplus remaining after Net surplus,
how used.
398
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 391.
Annual report.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters, etc.
Proviso.
Repeal.
providing for the aforesaid charges, it shall be used for such
new construction or reconstruction as the water commis-
sioners may determine upon, and in case a surplus should
remain after payment for such new construction or recon-
struction the water rates shall be reduced proportionately.
No money shall be expended in new construction by the
water commissioners except from the net surplus aforesaid
unless the district appropriates and pro\ddes money there-
for. Said commissioners shall annually, in writing, and as
often as the district may require, render a report upon the
condition of the works under their charge and an account of
their doings, including an account of receipts and expendi-
tures.
Section 14. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance by a majority vote of the qualified voters of said district
'present and voting thereon by ballot at any legal district
meeting called for the purpose within three years after the
passage of this act, and may be voted on at as many meet-
ings as may be called : provided, however, that not more than
three meetings shall be called for the purpose of voting upon
such acceptance in any one year. For the purpose of being
submitted to the voters as aforesaid, the act shall take effect
upon its passage.
Section 15. Chapter two hundred and sixty-seven of
the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen is hereby
repealed. Approved April 30, 1920.
C/ia». 391 An Act to authorize the town of townsend to supply
ITSELF AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH WATER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Townsend may supply itself
and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of
fires and for domestic, manufacturing and other purposes;
may establish fountains and hydrants, relocate or discon-
tinue the same, and may regulate the use of such water and
fix and collect rates to be paid therefor.
Section 2. Said town, for the purposes aforesaid, may
lease, take or acquire by purchase or otherwise and hold the
waters of any pond or stream or of any ground sources of
supply by means of driven, artesian or other wells within the
limits of the town, and the water rights connected with
any such water sources, and may also take or acquire by
purchase or otherwise and hold "all lands, rights of way and
Town of
TowHsend may
supply itself
and its in-
habitants with
water.
May take, etc.
waters, lands,
etc.
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 391. 399
easements necessary for collecting, storing, purifying and
preserving the water, and for convejdng the same to any
part of said town: provided, however, that no source of water Proviso.
supply and no lands necessary for preser\dng the quality of
the water shall be taken without first obtaining the advice
and approval of the department of public health, and that
the location of all dams, reservoirs and wells to be used as
sources of water supply under this act shall be subject to the
approval of said department. The town may construct on May construct
the lands taken or acquired and held under the proxisions of vokl.'ete*""
this act, proper dams, reservoirs, standpipes, tanks, buildings,
fixtures and other structures, and may make excavations,
procure and operate machinery and pro\'ide such other
means and appliances and do such other things as may be
necessary for the establishment and maintenance of complete
and effective water works; and for that purpose may con-
struct wells and reservoirs and establish pumping works,
and may construct, lay and maintain aqueducts, conduits,
pipes and other works under and over any land, water
courses, railroads, railways and public or other ways, and
along such ways in the town of Townsend, in such manner
as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same; and for the
purpose of constructing, laying, maintaining, operating and
repairing such conduits, pipes and other works, and for all
other proper purposes of tliis act, said town may dig up or
raise and embank any such lands, highways or other ways,
in such manner as to cause the least possible hindrance to
public travel on such ways. The town shall not enter upon, Requirements
construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other works within r^fro^i^^
the location of any railroad corporation, except at such time *'°°'
and in such manner as it may agree upon Math such corpora-
tion, or, in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved
by the department of public utilities.
Section 3. The town shall within ninety days after the Description of
taking of any lands, rights of way, water rights, water taken ^ te re-
sources or easements as aforesaid, otherwise than by pur- °°^'^^'^' ^^^
chase, file and cause to be recorded in the registry of deeds
for the southern district of the county of Middlesex, a de-
scription thereof sufficiently specific for identification, with
a statement of the purpose for which the same were taken,
signed by the water commissioners hereinafter pro\dded for.
The title to all land purchased or taken under the provisions Title to land to
of this act shall vest in the town of Townsend, and the land town!'*
so acquired may be managed, improved and controlled by
400
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 391.
Payment of
damages, etc.
Town of
Townsend
Water Loan,
Act of 1920.
Payment of
loan.
the said water commissioners, in such manner as they shall
deem for the best interest of said town.
Section 4. The town shall pay all damages to property
sustained by any person or corporation by the taking of
any land, right of way, water, water source, water right or
easement, or by any other thing done by said town under
authority of this act. Any person or corporation sustaining
damages'as aforesaid, who fails to agree with the town as to
the amount thereof, may have the same determined in the
manner provided by law in the case of land taken for the
laying out of highways, on application ,at any time within
the period of two years after the taking of such land or
other property or the doing of other injury under authority
of this act; but no such application shall be made after the
expiration of the said two years. No application for assess-
ment of damages shall be made for the taking of any water,
water right, or for any injury thereto, and said period of
two years shall not begin to run until the water is actually
withdra\\Ti or diverted by the town under authority of this
act. Said town may by vote, from time to time, determine
what amount or quantity of water it proposes to take and
appropriate under this act; in which case any damages
caused by such taking shall be based upon such amount or
quantity until the same shall be increased by vote or other-
wise, and in such event said town shall be further liable only
for the additional damages caused by such additional taking.
Section 5. Said town, for the purpose of paying the
necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be incurred
under the provisions of this act, may issue from time to
time bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding in the aggre-
gate one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Such bonds or
notes shall bear on their face the words. Town of Touaisend
Water Loan, Act of 1920, shall be payable at the expiration
of periods not exceeding thirty years from the date of issue,
shall bear such rates of interest, payable semi-annually, as
the treasurer of the town and the selectmen shall determine;
and shall be signed by the treasurer of the town and coimter-
signed by the selectmen. The town may sell such securities
at public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as
it may deem proper, but not for less than their par value.
Section 6. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accord-
ance with the provisions of section fourteen of chapter seven
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 391. 401
hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen, and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition
thereto, in such manner that any loans issued under au-
thority of this act shall be paid within the period above
specified; and when a vote to that effect has been passed, a
sum, which with the income derived from the water rates,
will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating the
water works or the purchasing of water and the maintenance
of its pipe lines, as the case may be, and the interest as it
accrues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid, and to
make such payments on the principal as may be required
under the provisions of this act, shall, wdthout further vote,
be assessed by the assessors of the town annually thereafter,
in the same manner as other taxes, until the debt incurred
by the said loan or loans is extinguished.
Section 7. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol- ^nut*i^n°et<!
lutes or diverts any water taken or held under this act, or of water.'
injures any structure, work or other property owned, held
or used by said town under authority of this act, shall forfeit
and pay to the town three times the amount of damages
assessed therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort; and
upon being convicted of any of the above wilful or wanton
acts shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one
year.
Section 8. Said town shall, after its acceptance of this Board of water
act at the same meeting at which the act is accepted or at a e^J^^n/ ^'^*
meeting called for the purpose, elect by ballot three persons p^"^^"- ^**-
to hold office, one until the expiration of three years, one
until the expiration of two years, and one until the expira-
tion of one year from the next succeeding annual town
meeting, to constitute a board of water commissioners; and
at each annual town meeting thereafter one such commis-
sioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of three years.
All the authority granted to the said town by this act and
not otherwise specifically provided for shall be vested in said
water commissioners, who shall be subject however to such
instructions, rules and regulations as the town may impose
by vote. A majority of said commissioners shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business. Any vacancy Vacancies,
occurring in said board from any cause may be filled for the
remainder of the unexpired term by the town at any meeting
called for the purpose. Any such vacancy may be filled
402
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 392.
To fix water
rates, etc.
Net surplus,
how used.
Reports to be
rendered.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters, etc.
temporarily by a majority vote of the selectmen, and the
person so appointed shall hold- office until the town fills the
vacancy in the-manner provided herein.
Section 9. Said commissioners shall fix just and equitable
prices and rates for the use of water, and shall prescribe the
time and maimer of pa\Tnent. The income of the water
works shall be applied to defraying all operating expenses,
interest charges and pa^^nents on the principal as they
accrue upon any bonds or notes issued under authority of
this act. If there should be a net surplus remaining after
pro^^ding for the aforesaid charges it shall be used for such
new construction as the water commissioners may determine
upon, and in case a surplus should remain after payment for
such new construction the water rates shall be reduced pro-
portionately. No money shall be expended in new construc-
tion by the water commissioners except from the net surplus
aforesaid, unless the town appropriates and pro\'ides money
therefor. Said commissioners shall annually, and as often
as the town may require, render a report upon the condition
of the works under their charge and an account of their
doings, including an account of receipts and expenditures.
Section 10. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by a majority of the voters of the town of Townsend present
and voting thereon at a meeting called for the purpose
within three years after its passage; but the number of
meetings so called in any one year shall not exceed tlu*ee;
and for the purpose of being submitted to the voters as
aforesaid this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved April 30, 1920.
Chap.392 An Act to instruct the pilgrim tercentenary com-
mission TO ERECT SIGNBOARDS AND MILESTONES IN CER-
TAIN TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ folloivs:
Pilgrim ter- SECTION 1. The Pilgrim tercentenary commission is
centenary com- ■■ , ,. . , . ,, . i m
mission to erect hcrcbv dircctcd to prcparc and erect smtable signs and mile-
stones in the cities and towns in the counties of Suffolk,
Barnstable, Norfolk and Plymouth along the ancient high-
ways called the Pl^Tnouth and Bay road, the King's highway,
the Massachusetts path, the Country way and the Ancient
way between Plymouth and the Rhode Island Plantation as
thev traverse said cities and towns.
signs and mile-
stones in cer
tain towns.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 393. 403
Section 2. For such purpose said commission may ex- Expenditures.
pend such sum, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, as
may hereafter be appropriated. The commission shall ap- Apportionment
portion the cost of said signs and milestones upon said
cities and to\\Tis in accordance with the number thereof
erected within their respective limits, and the commission
shall certify the sum which each city and towTi is to pay as
aforesaid to the treasurer and receiver-general, who shall as-
sess the same upon said cities and tow^ls as an addition to
their respective shares of the state tax of the year in wliich
the assessment is made. Approved April 30, 1920.
An Act to PROvroE for the improvement of sanitary Chav.Z^Z
CONDITIONS IN THE OLD HARBOR IN THE SOUTH BOSTON
DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston, for the purpose of ex- city of Boston
tending, improving and completing the sewerage and surface money°f^Tm-
drain at present emptying into the old harbor along Columbia fanhl^v con-
road in the South Boston district, and for the covering of hl^rCor ^n "'"^
unsanitary flats or for the removing of the same and pro- South Boston
viding a water basin at all stages of the tide, may borrow,
outside the statutory debt limit, a sum not exceeding one
hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, to be denominated on their face, Old Harbor Im- oid Harbor
provement Loan, Act of 1920. Such bonds or notes shall S°rcTof
be payable in not more than ten years and in accordance ^^^^'
with the pro\'isions of chapter four hundred and eighty-six of
the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, and shall bear interest
at such rates as may be fixed by the treasurer of the city of
Boston, with the approval of the mayor and city auditor. ^
Each authorized issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a
separate loan, and any premiums received thereon shall be
applied to the pa\Tnent of said loans.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the Suncu.^^t^!*^
provisions of its charter. Approved April 30, 1920.
404
Acts, 1920. ^ Chap. 394.
C/iap. 394 An Act to provide for determining the cost of the
WATER SUPPLIED BY THE TOWN OF DANVERS TO THE
DANVERS STATE HOSPITAL.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The terms of this act require that it take imme-
diate effect, therefore, it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Cost of water
supplied by
town of
Danvers to
Danvers state
hospital, how
determined,
etc.
Cost, etc., how
determined in
case of refusal
to accept deter-
mination as
aforesaid.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The water supplied by the town of Danvers
to the Danvers state hospital shall be paid for at cost, and
the cost shall be determined as follows: — on or before July
first of the current year, the water commissioners of the town
shall determine the cost per thousand gallons for the to\vTi
fiscal years nineteen hundred and seventeen, nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and the
average of said years shall bq deemed to be the cost for the
fiscal years nineteen hundred and twenty, nineteen hundred
and twenty-one and nineteen hundred and twenty-two. The
cost shall be determined in accordance with the principles
laid down by the supreme judicial court in the case of the
Selectmen of Danvers vs. the Commonwealth, 184 Mass. Re-
ports 502, and shall be paid by the commonwealth on or
before December fifteenth in each of the years nineteen
hundred and twenty, nineteen hundred and twenty-one and
nineteen hundred and twenty-two, unless the determination
is rejected by the trustees of the hospital as hereinafter pro-
vided. On or before February first of the year nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-tliree, and every tliird year thereafter, the
water commissioners of the town shall estimate in the manner
aforesaid the average cost per thousand gallons for the pre-
ceding three fiscal years, and the aA'erage cost so determined
shall be the cost for the ensuing three years; and so on for
each period of three years. The amount so determined shall
be paid by the commonwealth on or before December fifteenth
of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-three and of each
succeeding year, unless the trustees reject the determination
as hereinafter pro\'ided.
Section 2. If, within thirty days after receiving notice
in any year of the cost determined as aforesaid, the trustees
shall file with the water commissioners a notice of their re-
fusal to accept the determination, the cost shall be deter-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 395. 405
mined, on the principles aforesaid, by a representative of
the department of pubhc health to be designated by the
commissioner of public health and a second person to be
appointed by the water commissioners. If said two persons
cannot agree then, upon petition, either by the water com-
missioners or by the said trustees, to the supreme judicial
court, the court shall appoint a third person to act with the
said two persons, and the determination of a majority of the
said three persons shall be final and conclusive. The person Arbitrators,
selected by the water commissioners shall be paid by the. °^p^' •
town. The person designated by the commissioner of public
health shall receive no extra compensation for his services,
and the compensation of the person appointed by the supreme
judicial court shall be fixed by the court, and shall be paid
equally by the town and by the commonwealth.
Section .3. Chapter four hundred and sixty-nine of the Repeal.
acts of nineteen hundred and five is hereby repealed.
Approved May 4, 1920.
Chap.SQ5
An Act to PROvroE for an additional assistant to
THE district ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat Emergency
its purpose, which is to enable the district attorney for the
northern district to take immediate action against numerous
persons aiming at the overthrow of government by acts of
violence, and against other enemies of the public welfare,
therefore this act is hereby declared to be an emergency
measure, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public safety.
Be it enacted, etc, as folloivs:
Section 1. Section one of chapter three hundred and etc°' amended
ten of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten, as amended by
section one of chapter two hundred and twenty of the Gen-
eral Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby further
amended by striking out the said section and substituting
the follo\\-ing: — Section 1. The district attorney for the District at-
northern district may appoint, and may at pleasure remove, ^orthern'^
an assistant district attorney who shall receive an annual appoint "^rtain
salary of three thousand dollars, and three second assistant assistants.
district attorneys, each of wdiom shall receive an annual
salary of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
406
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 396.
teking°lffect. Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an appro-
priation has been made sufficient to meet the expense in-
volved, and then as of the first day of June in the current
year. Approved May 4> 1920.
Chap. 396 An Act extending the taxation of legacies and suc-
cessions TO the personal property of non-resident
decedents.
Emergency
1907, 563, § 1,
etc., amended.
Taxation of
legacies and
successions.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would deprive
the commonwealth of revenue urgently needed, therefore the
act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter five hundred and
sixty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as
amended by chapter two hundred and sixty-eight of the acts
of nineteen hundred and nine, codified as section one of
Part IV of chapter four hundred and ninety of the acts of
nineteen hundred and nine, and further amended by section
one of chapter five hundred and twenty-seven of the acts
of nineteen hundred and nine, by chapter six hundred and
seventy-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve,
by chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirteen, and by section one of chapter
two hundred and sixty-eight of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and sixteen, is hereby further amended by striking
out all after the word "therein", in the third line, down to
and including the word "commonwealth", in the sixth line,
and substituting the words : — whether belonging to in-
habitants of the commonwealth or not, — so that the first
sentence of said section will read as follows: — Section 1.
All property within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth,
corporeal or incorporeal, and any interest therein, whether
belonging to inhabitants of the commonwealth or not, which
shall pass by will, or by the laws regulating intestate suc-
cession, or by deed, grant or gift, except in cases of a bona
fide purchase for full consideration in money or money's
worth, made or intended to take effect in possession or en-
jo jTuent after the death of the grantor or donor, and any
beneficial interest therein which shall arise or accrue by sur-
vivorship in any form of joint ownership in which the de-
cedent joint owner contributed during his life any part of
e com-
panies passing
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 396. 407
the property held in such joint ownership or of the purchase
price tliereof, to any person, absolutely or in trust, except to Exceptions.
or for the use of charitable, educational or religious societies
or institutions, the property of which is by the laws of this
commonwealth exempt from taxation or for or upon trust for
any charitable purposes, to be carried out ^\^thin this com-
monwealth, or to or for the use of the commonwealth or any
city or town within this commonwealth for public purposes,
shall be subject to a tax as follows: —
Section 2. When the personal estate so passing from Taxation of
any person not an inliabitant of this commonwealth shall road!^street' '
consist in whole or in part of shares in any railroad or street ^ajh or teit-
railway company or telegraph or telephone company incor- ^^°f^
porated under the laws of this commonwealth and also of ^^^[^ °°^
some other state or country, so much only of each share as is decedents.
proportional to the part of such company's line lying within
this commonwealth shall be considered as property of such
person within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth for the
purposes of this act.
Section 3. Property of a non-resident decedent which is Taxation of
within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth at the time of Eon^resident
b"s death, if subject to a tax of like character with that im- ^uCjecTto
posed by this act by the law of the state or country of his ano'the? state
residence, shall be subject only to such part of the tax etc.
hereby imposed as may be in excess of the tax imposed by
the laws of such other state or country: provided, that a like Proviso.
exemption is made by the laws of such other state or country
in favor of estates of residents of this commonwealth, but
no such exemption shall be allowed until the tax provided
for by the law of such other state or country shall be actually
paid, guaranteed, or secured in accordance with law.
Section 4. If a foreign executor, administrator or trustee Foreign exec-
assigns or transfers any stock in any national bank situated ^"pay'tax
in this commonwealth, or in any corporation organized oTassi*gnmint
under the laws of this commonwealth, owned by a deceased gtock^^etc
non-resident at the date of his death and liable to a tax
under the provisions of this act, the tax shall be paid to the
treasurer and receiver-general at the time of such assignment
or transfer; and if it is not paid wiien due, such executor,
administrator or trustee shall be personally liable therefor
until it is paid. A bank situated in this commonwealth or a Liability of
corporation organized under the law^s of tliis commonw^ealth anTcorlSm'?
which shall record a transfer of any share of its stock made tranrfers°of'°^
by a foreign executor, administrator or trustee, or issue a ^^''^' ^tc,
408
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 397.
before payment
of taxes, etc.
Foreign execu-
tors, etc., to be
licensed before
receiving assets
of estate of
deceased non-
residents, etc.
Liability for
transferring
assets, etc.,
before pay-
ment of taxes.
Notice to com-
taissioner of
corporations
and taxation.
To what
estates act
applies.
new certificate for a share of its stock at the instance of a
foreign executor, administrator or trustee, before all taxes
imposed thereon by the provisions of this act have been
paid, shall be liable for such tax in an action of contract
brought by the treasurer and receiver-general.
Section 5. Securities or assets belonging to the estate
of a deceased non-resident shall not be delivered or trans-
ferred to a foreign executor, administrator or legal repre-
sentative of such decedent, miless such executor, adminis-
trator or legal representative has been licensed to receive
the said securities or assets under the proA^sions of section
three of chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the Re^•ised
Laws. License to receive, sell, transfer or convey securities
or assets under the proA^sions of said section three shall not
be granted unless it appears to the judge of the probate
court that all taxes imposed by the pro\'isions of this act
have been paid or secured according to law. Any person or
corporation that delivers or transfers any securities or assets
belonging to the estate of a non-resident decedent before
all taxes imposed thereon by the pro\dsions of tliis act have
been so paid or secured, shall be liable for such tax in an
action of contract brought by the treasurer and receiver-
general. The notice required by said section three to be
given to the treasurer and receiver-general shall be given to
the commissioner of corporations and taxation in regard to
all property subject to the provisions of this act, instead of
to the treasurer and receiver-general.
Section 6. This act shall apply only to estates of persons
d}ing on or after the date of its passage.
Approved May 4, 1920.
C hap. S97 An Act to authorize the commissioner of education
TO convey certain land of the state normal school
AT HYANNIS TO THE TOWN OF BARNSTABLE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The commissioner of education, in the name and on behalf
of the commonwealth, may convey to the town of Barnstable
certain land belonging to the commonwealth and situated in
that part of said town known as Hyannis, in consideration
of the conveyance of an equal area by the town to the
commonwealth; the purpose of said conveyances being to
straighten the boundary line between land of the common-
wealth, occupied by the normal school buildings, and land of
Commissioner
of education
may convey
certain land of
Hyannis nor-
mal school to
town of
Barnstable.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 398, 399. 409
which part now belongs to the said town, and part is to be
acquired by the town for the location of a town building.
Both instruments of conveyance shall be approved by the Approval by
attorney-general, and after such approval shall be filed for erXeS!^^'*"
record in the registry of deeds for the county of Barnstable.
Approved May 4, 1920.
Ax Act relative to the t.\x,a.tion of income received C/iai).398
BY guardians.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. All the deductions in respect to the taxation Taxation of
of income received by trustees provided by section nine of cdvetfbT
chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of the General Acts of s"^"""^^"^-
nineteen hundred and sixteen, as amended, shall likewise
apply to income received by guardians, notwithstanding the
pro\'isions of the tenth paragraph of said section, as amended.
Section 2. This act shall take effect as of the first day Time of taking
of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and shall ^ ^'^ '^
apply to income received in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty and assessed in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, and in all subsequent years.
Approved May 4, 1920.
An Act relative to the extradition of fugitives Pfinr) 399
FROM JUSTICE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and seventeen of the Re\dsed Laws r. l. 217, § 13,
is hereby amended by striking out section thirteen and substi- ^™^^'^^'^-
tuting the following : — Section 13. If the governor is satis- Extradition of
fied that the demand conforms to law and ought to be com- -u^j^®^ ^"^^
plied with, he shall issue his warrant under the seal of the
commonwealth to an officer authorized to serve warrants
in criminal cases, directing him to arrest and deliver such
person to the agent making the demand, and shall also, by
the warrant, request such officers within this state to afford
all needful assistance in the execution thereof.
Approved May 4, 1920.
410
Acts, 1920. — Chaps, 400, 401, 402.
City of Boston
may pension
John R.
McCausIand.
ChapAOO An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay an
ANNUAL pension TO JOHN R. McCAUSLAND.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston may retire John R.
McCausIand, now seventy-six years of age, who has served
the county of Suffolk as an engineer at the court house in
Pemberton square, and who has been in the employ of the
county for the past thirty years. The said city is authorized
to pay to him for the remainder of his life an annual pension
equal to one half of the salary received by him at the time
of liis retirement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter, pro\ided that such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved May 5, 1920.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
Appropriations
by city of
Boston for
municipal
purtx>ses.
C/iap. 401 An Act relatr^e to appropriations by the city of
boston for municipal purposes.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Boston may by vote of the city
council, with the approval of the mayor, in the manner
specified in section three of chapter four hundred and eighty-
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, make appro-
priations for municipal purposes for the financial year ending
on the thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, not exceeding the sum of eleven dollars on each
one thousand dollars of the valuation upon which the appro-
priations by the city council are based.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 6, 1920.
Chap.M)2 An Act to regulate the sale of articles of food.
p^mbte ^ ^'hereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat
its purpose to afford immediate relief against the abuse
which it prohibits, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the pubUc convenience.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 403, 404. 411
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. No corporation, firm or person, either him- saieofany
ii.li' . , .1 . ii> article of food
sell or by ms servant or agent, or as the servant or agent or shaii not be
another, shall require as a condition precedent to the sale u'i»n purchase
and delivery of any article of food to any person the pm-- arttdeof food.
chase of any other article of food by such person. ^**'-
Section 2. Whoever violates the pro\'isions of this act, Penalty.
either himself or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or
agent of another, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars.
Section 3. This act shall continue in operation, unless when act shaii
sooner repealed, until the first day of January, nineteen hun- ^'^^^ ^°^'*"
dred and twenty-two, and shall then become void.
Approved May 6, 1920.
An Act relative to pensions for metropolitan dis- ChavAOS
TRICT POLICE OFFICERS ASSIGNED FOR EMERGENCY DUTY
UNDER THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
If any member of the police force of the metropolitan dis- Pensions for
trict commission, assigned to duty under the commissioner of distri°ct°^i^
public safety as provided in section one hundred and seven f^emergency^'^
•of chapter three hundred and fiftv of the General Acts of duty under
I 11 1 • i" 11 1 1- 1 1 1 p c 1 commissioner
nmeteen hundred and mneteen, shall be disabled tor useful of public
ser^^ce as a police officer by injuries sustained through no
fault of his own in the performance of his duty, or dies from
injuries received while in the discharge thereof, the said
commission shall have the same power to grant a pension to
him, or an annuity to liis -sv-idow and children, that is con-
ferred upon it by chapter four hundred and fifty- three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and nine and chapter fifty-six of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, and acts
in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, pro\dded that Proviso.
every such pension or annuity shall be paid out of the ordi-
nary revenue of the commonwealth.
Approved May 6, 1920.
An Act to provide for the offset of income taxes Chav.AO^
ERRONEOUSLY PAID.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fourteen of chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of isie, 269 (G),
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, as amended amended.
412
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 405.
Offset of in-
come taxes
erroneously
paid.
by section seventy of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, and by
section five of chapter three hundred and forty-nine of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end of the last paragraph
but one the following: — Whenever, in the course of a verifi-
cation of the returns of a taxpayer under the proxasions of
this section, the commissioner finds that an overpajTneht of
the total amount of taxes due from such taxpayer has been
made on any year's return subject to verification, the amount
of such overpayment shall be deducted from the amount of
any additional tax found to be due on any other year's re-
turn so verified, and only the net amount thus determined
to be due shall be assessed additionally.
Approved May 6, 1920.
Town of
Marshfield
may supply
itself and its
inhabitants
with water.
May take cer-
tain waters,
lands, etc.
ChapA05 An Act to authorize the town of marshfield to
SUPPLY ITSELF AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH WATER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Marshfield may supply itself
and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of
fires and for domestic and other purposes; may establish
fountains and hydrants, relocate or discontinue the same,"
and may regulate the use of such water and fix and collect
rates to be paid for the use of the same.
Section 2. The said town, for the pm*poses aforesaid,
may lease, take or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and
hold the water of any pond, brook, or stream or of any
ground water sources by means of driven or other wells or
filter galleries, within the limits of said town of Marshfield,
and the water rights and water sources connected therewith;
and also may take or acquire by purchase or otherwise and
hold all lands, rights of way and easements necessary for
collecting, storing, purifying and preserving such water and
for conveying the same to any part of said town of Marsh-
field: provided, however, that no source of water supply and
no lands necessary for preserving the quality of the water
shall be taken ^vithout first obtaining the advice and approval
of the department of public health, and that the location of
all dams, reservoirs, wells or filter galleries to be used as
sources of water supply under this act shall be subject to
Pilgrim ^\^Q approval of said department. The town shall not have
Springs, so- f i' ^ , • i i
^iied notto the right, however, except by agreement with the owner
Proviso.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 405. 413
thereof, to take the Pilgrim Springs so-called, situated near
the corner of Highland and Springs streets. Said town may May construct
construct and may erect on the lands taken or held under vo^s'et^'^'
the pro\dsions of this act proper dams, reservoirs, buildings,
standpipes, fixtures and other structures, and may make
excavations, procure and operate machinery, and provide
such other means and appliances and do such other things
as may be necessary for the establishment and maintenance
of complete and effective water works; and for that piupose
may construct wells and reservoirs, establish pumping works
and lay down and maintain conduits, pipes and other works,
under or over any lands, water courses, railroads or public or
private ways, and along any such way in the town of Marsh-
field in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the
same; and for the purpose of constructing, laying, main-
taining, operating, and repairing such conduits, pipes and
other works, and for all other proper purposes of this act,
said town may dig up or raise and embank any such lands,
highways or other ways in such manner as to cause the least
hindrance to public travel thereon. Said town shall not Requirements
, J.J.1 i*i* iito enter upon
enter upon, construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other railroad loca-
works within the location of any railroad corporation except *'°°'
at such time and in such manner as it may agree upon with
such corporation or in case of failure so to agree as may be
approved by the department of public utilities.
Section 3. Said town shall, within ninety days after the Description of
taking of any lands, rights of way, water rights, water [tken t^o**be
sources or easements as aforesaid, file and cause to be re- '^^'^'^'^^^
corded in the registry of deeds for the county and district in
which the same are situated a description thereof sufficiently
accurate for identification, with a statement of the purpose
for which the same were taken, signed by the water commis-
sioners hereinafter pro\ided for. The title to all land ac-
quired under the provisions of this act shall vest in the town
of Marshfield and the land so acquired shall be managed,
improved and controlled by the board of water commission-
ers hereinafter provided for, in such manner as they shall
deem for the best interest of the town.
Section 4. Said town shall pay all damages to prop>- payment of
ertj'" sustained by any person or corporation, by the taking '^'^'^^^^^ ®**'-
of any land, right of way, water, water source, water right
or easement, or by any other thing done by said town under
the authority of this act. Any person or corporation sus-
taining damages as aforesaid under this act, and faihng to
414
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 405.
Payment of
damages, etc.
Town of
Marahfield
Water Loan,
Act of 1920.
Payment of
loan.
agree with said town as to the amoiimt thereof, may have
the same determined in the manner p^o^dded by law in the
case of land taken for the laying out of highways, on appli-
cation at any time wdtliin the period of two years after the
taking of such land or other property or the doing of any
other injury under the authority of this act; but no such
application shall be made after the expiration of said two
years. No application for assessment of damages shall be
made for the taking of any water, water right, or any injury
thereto, and said period of two years shall not begin to run
until the water is actually withdras\Ti or diverted by said
to\ra under the authority of this act. Said town may by
vote, from time to time, determine what amount or quantity
of water it proposes to take and appropriate under this act;
in which case any damages caused by such taking shall be
based upon such amount or quantity until the same shall be
increased by vote or otherwise, and in such event the town
shall be further liable only for the additional damages caused
by such additional taking.
Section 5. Said towoi may, for the purpose of paying
the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be in-
curred under the pro\asions of this act, issue from time to
time bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding in the
aggregate three hundred and fifty thousand dollars; such
bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words. Town of
Marslifield Water Loan, Act of 1920, shall be payable at the
expiration of periods not exceeding thirty years from the
date of issue, shall bear such rates of interest, payable semi-
annually, as the treasurer of the tovm. and the selectmen
shall determine, and shall be signed by the treasurer of the
town and be countersigned by the selectmen. Said town
may sell such securities at public or private sale upon such
terms and conditions as it may deem proper but they shall
not be sold for less than their par value.
Section 6. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing
said loan or loans, pro\ide for the pa\Tnent thereof in accord-
ance with the provisions of section fourteen of chapter seven
hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen, and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition
thereto, in such manner that any loans issued under au-
thority of this act shall be paid within the period above
specified; and when a vote to that effect has been passed, a
sum, which with the income derived from the water rates,
will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating the
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 405. 415
water works or the purchasing of water and the maintenance Payment
of its pipe Unes, as the case may be, and the interest as it °
accrues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid, and to
make such payments on the principal as may be required
under the provisions of this act, shall without further vote,
be assessed by the assessors of the town annually thereafter,
in the same manner as other taxes, until the debt incurred
by the said loan or loans is extinguished.
SEcnoN" 7. The town may for the purposes aforesaid ^^^y ^^^^ ^^
take by eminent domain or acquire by purchase or other- of certain 'water
, . ., pi'ini -1 companies.
wise the properties, rights, franchises and all other rights
appurtenant to the business of water supply of the following
water companies: the Brant Rock Water Company, in the
manner provided in chapter one hundred and seventy-four
of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety, the Humarock
Beach Water Company, in the manner provided in chapter
six hundred and eighty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fourteen, and the INIarshfield Water Company, in the
manner provided in chapter six hundred and thirteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen.
Section 8. Whoever wdlfuny or wantonly corrupts, pol- ^[}^twn°etc.,
lutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under this °^ "'^^'■•
act, or injures any structure, work or other property owned,
held or used by said town under the authority and for the
purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to said town three
times the amount of damages assessed , therefor, to be re-
covered in an action of tort; and upon conviction of either
of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding three hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment not exceeding one year.
Section 9. The said town shall, after the acceptance of ^°^mi^^iMera'
this act, at the same meeting at which the act is accepted or election,
1 • 11 1 p 1 11 powers, etc.
at a subsequent meeting called tor the purpose elect by
ballot three persons to hold office, one until the expiration of
three years, one until the expiration of two years, and one
until the expiration of one year from the next succeeding
annual town meeting, to constitute a board of water com-
missioners; and at each annual town meeting thereafter one
such commissioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of
three years. All the authority granted to the town by this
act and not otherwise specially pro\'ided for shall be vested
in said board of water commissioners, who shall be subject
however to such instructions, rules and regulations as said
town may impose by its vote. A majority of said commis-
416
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 406.
Vacancies.
To fix water
rates, etc.
Net surplus,
how used.
sioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. Any vacancy occurring in said board from any
cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term
by said town at any legal town meeting called for the pur-
pose. Any such vacancy may be filled temporarily by a ma-
jority vote of the selectmen, and the person so appointed
shall hold office until the town fills the vacancy in the manner
specified herein.
Section 10. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi-
table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall pre-
scribe the time and manner of payment. The income of
the water works shall be applied to defraying all operating
expenses, interest charges, and pa;vTnents on the principal as
they accrue upon any bonds or notes issued under authority
of this act. If there should be a net surplus remaining after
providing for the aforesaid charges it shall be used for such
new construction as the water commissioners may determine
upon, and in case a surplus should remain after payment for
such new construction the water rates shall be reduced pro-
portionately. No money shall be ex-pended in new construc-
tion by the water commissioners except from the net surplus
aforesaid, unless the town appropriates and provides money
Annual report, tlicrcfor. Said Commissioners shall annually, and as often
as the town may require, render a report upon the condition
of the works under their charge and an account of their
doings, including an account of receipts and expenditures.
Section 11. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by a majority vote of the voters of said town present and
voting thereon at a legal town meeting called for the purpose
within three years from its passage; but the number of
meetings so called in any year shall not exceed tlu*ee, and
for the purpose of being submitted to the voters as aforesaid
this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 6, 1920.
To be sub-
mitted to
voters, etc.
C/iap .406 An Act to authorize the brookline trust company
to establish an additional BR.1NCH IN THE TOWN OF
BROOKLINE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Brookline Trust Company of Brookline may, with
the approval of the board of bank incorporation, maintain
a branch office in the town of Brookline at or near the junc-
tion of Washington and Beacon streets, in addition to the
branch office now maintained by the company at Coolidge's
Brookline
Trust Com-
pany may
establish an
additional
branch in
town of
Brookline.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 407, 408, 409. 417
Corner, so-called: provided, that the branch office hereby Proviso.
authorized is established within six months after the passage
of this act. Approved May 6, 1920.
An Act authorizing the city of boston to retire with ChapA07
A PENSION GEORGE A. MARKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The citj^ of Boston may retire, with a pension city of Boston
equal to one half of the compensation which he was recei\'ing George a.
at the time of his retirement, George A. Marks who for
twenty-six years has been employed as a carpenter in the
Suffolk county court house.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Tobesub-
ance by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the TOuncii,*etc!*^
provisions of its charter, pro\dded that such acceptance Proviso.
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the
current year. Approved May 6, 1920.
Chap.A08
An Act defining continuous service in the land
forces.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
All officers and enlisted men of the land forces who were Definition of
drafted into the service of the United States and discharged se°vke"rn Lnd
therefrom, and who within one year after the date of their ^°'''**-
discharge are commissioned or enlisted in the land forces,
shall be deemed to have had continuous ser\-ice from the
time of their draft into the service of the United States to
the date of their commission or enlistment in the land forces,
and such service shall be construed as ser\ace in the volun-
teer militia as contemplated by section one hundred and
ninety-one of chapter three hundred and twenty-seven of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, and by sec-
tion one hundred and thirteen of said chapter as amended by
chapter two hundred and thirty-two of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen. Approved May 6, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of new Bedford to Chap. 4:09
PENSION WALTER R. VANCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of New Bedford may pay to Walter city of New
R. Vance, until recently employed as a watchman in the ^^nski^n wXr
municipal building in the said city, and a veteran of the ^- ^^'^'^•
civil war, a pension equal to one half of the compensation
418
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 410, 411, 412.
To be 8ub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
James P.
Reagan ex-
empted from
age-limit re-
quirements for
inspectors of
department of
|abor and
industries.
Proviso.
which he received from the city at the time of his retire-
ment.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
\dsions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current
year. Approved May 6, 1920.
Chap. 4:10 An Act exempting james p. reagan of boston from
THE AGE-LIMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR INSPECTORS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The age-limit prescribed in section eight; of chapter seven
hundred and twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twelve, as amended, relative to inspectors in the department
of labor and industries, shall not apply to James P. Reagan
of the Charlestown district of Boston, provided that he pos-
sesses the other prescribed qualifications.
Approved May 6, 1920.
Chap. 411 An Act relative to the giving of courses in Ameri-
can HISTORY AND CIVICS IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND
HIGH SCHOOLS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
There shall be taught in all public elementary and high
schools in the commonwealth courses in American history
and civics for the purpose of promoting civic service and
a greater knowledge of American history and of fitting the
pupils, morally and intellectually, for the duties of citizen-
ship. All pupils attending the said schools shall be required
to take one or more of the courses herein specified at some
time during their attendance at said schools.
Approved May 6, 1920.
ChapA12 An Act to require the department of labor and
INDUSTRIES TO INFORM APPLICANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT OF
STRIKE CONDITIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The department of labor and industries in directing appli-
cants for employment to any employer in whose establish-
ment a strike is in progress shall inform the applicant of
the existence of the strike. Approved May 6, 1920.
Courses in
American
history and
civics to be
taught in
public schools.
Department of
labor and in-
dustries to
inform appli-
cants for em-
ployment of
strike con-
ditions.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 413, 414. 419
An Act to authorize the purchase and distribution Chav 413
OF COPIES OF THE JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRE-
SENTATIVES OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY FROM SEVENTEEN
HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN TO SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY. ^
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Whenever the journals of the house of repre- Purchase of
sentatives of Massachusetts Bay from seventeen hundred C^u^'^i^f repre-
and fifteen to seventeen hundred and eighty, inclusive, in Ma^airusetts
volumes coverino; three years, more or less, shall be reprinted ?^yJj°^}J^^
1 1 1 n/r 1 TT- • 1 r. • • to 1780 author-
accurately by the Massachusetts Historical bociety, m the ized.
manner and form of volume one, seventeen hundred and
fifteen to seventeen hundred and seventeen, inclusive, now in
the press, and approved by the secretary of the common-
wealth, the secretary shall purchase from the society five
hundred copies of the said journals at a price not exceeding
two dollars and fifty cents a volume, but in no year shall
there be expended more than twelve hundred and fifty dol-
lars, provided that if the copies are plated, the plates shall Proviso.
be subject to use by the commonwealth.
Section 2. The volumes purchased as aforesaid shall be Distribution.
distributed by the secretary of the commonwealth as fol-
lows: One copy to the office of the said secretary; one to the
state library; one to the free public library of each city and
town in the commonwealth; one to each state and terri-
torial library in the United States; one to the library of
congress; one to each incorporated historical society in the
commonwealth; one to the library of each college in the
commonwealth; and one to any library not included in the
above designation which has contributed to the work by
allowing its original journals to be used in preparation of
the said publication. The remainder shall be placed in the
state library for purpose of exchange.
Approved May 6, 1920.
An Act relatfv^e to auditing the earnings of savings Pfidj) 4^4
BANKS PRIOR TO PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section sixty-one of chapter five hundred and ninety of i908. sao, § ei,
the acts of nineteen hundred and eight is hereby amended by
strikihg out the words "current six months", in the fourth
amended.
420
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 415.
Auditing of
earnings of
savings banks
prior to pay-
ment of
dividends.
and fifth lines, and substituting the words: — six months*
period next preceding the date of the declaration of the
dividend, — so as to read as follows : — Section 61 . Immedi-
ately before a meeting of the trustees called to consider the
declaration of a dividend, the auditing committee shall make
or cause to be made an examination of the income, profits
and expenses for the six months' period next preceding the
date of the declaration of the dividend, and shall report to
the trustees the estimated net earnings of said period. No
dividend shall be paid unless declared and authorized by
the trustees after said examination, and a copy of said re-
port shall be filed and preserved with the records of the cor-
poration. Approved May 6, 1920.
Emergency
preamble.
ChapAXb An Act relative to the taxation of corporations.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause
substantial inconvenience, inasmuch as it applies to taxes
levied in the current year, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
1919, 355 (G)
§ 3, amended.
Taxation of
corporations ;
"net income"
of domestic
corporations,
term defined.
Deductions,
etc.
1919, 355 (G),
§ 6, amended.
Proportion of
net income of
domestic cor-
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter three hundred and fifty-five of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
amended by striking out section three and substituting the
follo^^dng: — Section 3. Except as provided in the last par-
agraph of section two, the term "net income" shall mean
the net income for the taxable year as required to be re-
ported by the corporation in its last prior return to the
federal government as defined in the federal revenue act of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, deducting therefrom all
interest received upon bonds, notes and certificates of in-
debtedness of the United States which was included in such
return, and adding thereto such dividends received from cor-
porations, associations, partnerships and trusts as are taxable
if received by an inhabitant of this commonwealth, to the
extent that the same have not been included in net income
as required to be reported to the federal government and as
defined in the said federal revenue act.
Section 2. Said chapter three hundred and fifty-five is
hereby further amended by striking out section six and sub-
stituting the following : — Section 6. The commissioner of
corporations and taxation shall determine in the following
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 415. 421
manner the proportion of the net income of a domestic cor- porations
poration allocable to this commonwealth : Massachusetts,
The following classes of income shall be allocated to this mlned^ ^^'
commonwealth : P^Tr^l ?i u^
i-i 111 11 income to be
(a) Interest and dividends which would be taxable under allocated.
section two of chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, and acts in
amendment thereof and in addition thereto, if received by
an inhabitant of this commonwealth.
(b) Gains realized from the sale of capital assets, if such
assets consist of intangible property.
(c) Gains realized from the sale of capital assets if such
assets consist of real estate or tangible personal property
situated in this commonwealth.
The following class of income shall not be allocated in class of income
any part to this commonwealth: allocated.
Gains realized from the sale of capital assets if such assets
consist of real estate or tangible personal property situated
outside this commonwealth.
Income of the foregoing classes having thus been alio- Remainder of
cated, the remainder of the net income as defined in section how'to°b2^*
three of this act shall be allocated as follows: allocated.
In case a domestic business corporation carries on no Allocation of
business outside of this commonwealth the whole of said re- remainder.
mainder shall be allocated to this commonwealth.
In case a domestic business corporation carries on aYiy Division of
business outside this commonwealth, the said remainder plrtt!"^
shall be divided into three equal parts.
Of one third, such portion shall be attributed to business Rules for de-
carried on within this commonwealth as shall be found by parts^etc.
multiplying the said one third by a fraction whose numerator
is the value of the corporation's tangible property situated
within this commonwealth, and whose denominator is the
value of all the corporation's tangible property wherever
situated. Of another one third, such portion shall be attrib-
uted to business carried on witliin this commonwealth as
shall be found by multiplying the said one third by a fraction
whose numerator is the expenditure of the corporation for
wages, salaries, commissions or other compensation to its
employees, and assignable to this commonwealth as herein-
after provided, and whose denominator is the total expendi-
ture of the corporation for wages, salaries, commissions or
other compensation to all its employees. Of the remaining
one third, such portion shall be attributable to business
422
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 415.
Division where
two of the rules
are applicable.
Value of
corporation's
tangible
property.
Amount as-
signable to
Massachusetts
of certain
expenses, etc.
Amount of
corporation's
gross receipts.
Proviso.
carried on within this commonwealth as shall be found by
multiplying the said one third by a fraction whose numerator
is the amount of the corporation's gross receipts from busi-
ness assignable to this commonwealth as hereinafter pro-
vided, and whose denominator is the amount of the corpo-
ration's gross receipts from all its business. In a case where
only two of the foregoing three rules are applicable, the said
remainder of net income of the corporation shall be divided
into two equal parts only, each of which shall be apportioned
in accordance wdth one of the remaining two rules. In a case
where only one of the three rules is applicable, the propor-
tion of the net income received from business carried on
within this commonwealth shall be determined solely by
that rule. The value of the corporation's tangible property
for the purposes of this section shall be the average value of
such property during the year for which the income is re-
turned. The amount assignable to this commonwealth of
expenditure of the corporation for wages, salaries, commis-
sions or other compensation to its employees shall be such
expenditure for the year for which the income is returned as
represents the compensation of employees not chiefly situated
at, connected Avith or sent out from premises for the transac-
tion of business which are owned or rented by the corpora-
tion outside of the commonwealth. The amount of the cor-
poration's gross receipts from business assignable to this
commonwealth shall be the amount for the year for which
the income is returned of its gross receipts from (a) sales,
except those negotiated or efi^ected in behalf of the corpo-
ration by agents or agencies chiefly situated at, connected
with or sent out from premises for the transaction of busi-
ness which are owned or rented by the corporation outside of
the commonwealth, and sales otherwise determined by the
commissioner of corporations and taxation to be attributable
to the business conducted on such premises; (b) rentals or
royalties from property situated, or from the use of patents,
within the commonwealth: provided, however, that upon
application by a corporation which owns or controls sub-
stantially all the capital stock of another corporation, or by
the corporation so owned or controlled, the commissioner of
corporations and taxation may impose the tax provided for
by this act upyon the income of the two corporations jointly
in the same manner as though they were a single corpora-
tion, or may, in such other manner as he shall determine,
equitably adjust the tax of the applying corporation.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 415. 423
If a corporation maintains an office, warehouse or other Determination
place of business in a state other than this commonwealth gro^s're"ceip°s
for the purpose of reducing its tax under this act, the said malnteinfng ''^
commissioner shall, in determining the amount of its gross olftside^oF"
receipts from business assignable to this commonwealth, in- ^^^ *« reduce
elude therein the gross receipts from sales attributed by the
corporation to the business conducted at such place of busi-
ness in another state.
In the case of consolidated returns of net income, the said ("^lomfta^se
commissioner shall allocate such income, so far as is practi- °gtu°ng°^'^*®'^
cable, in accordance A^ith the above rules.
A rule shall not be deemed to be inapplicable merely when rules
because all of the tangible property or the expenditure of detmed Tn- ^
a corporation for wages, salaries, commissions or other com- '*pp'i<=^'^^^-
pensation, or the gross receipts of the corporation are found
to be situated, incurred, or received ^\ithout the common-
wealth. From the net income allocated to this common- Deductions
wealth as above, each domestic business corporation may co'^e allocable
deduct the same proportion thereof which the fair cash value set^g^etr^"^"
of machinery owaied by it and used in manufacturing in this
commonwealth bears to its total assets emplo^'ed in the com-
monwealth, and the amount remaining shall be its net
income subject to tax under section two, paragraph (2). All
other domestic business corporations shall likewise be en-
titled to the same deduction.
Section 3. Said chapter three hundred and fifty-five is 1919, 355 (G),
hereby further amended by striking out section eleven and ^ ^^' *"^®°^^'^-
substituting the following: — Section 11. Except as other- Taxes, when
^N-ise proA'ided in this act, taxes levied under Part I of this payable,
act shall be due and payable to the treasurer and receiver-
general within thirty days after the date of the notice pro-
vided for in section eight, but not before the twentieth day
of October, and in the collection of taxes under Part I he
shall have all the remedies provided in Part III of chapter
four hundred and ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and
nine and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto.
Section 4. Said chapter three hundred and fifty-five is 1919, 355 (o,
hereby further amended by striking out section sixteen and ^ ^^' ^^^nded.
substituting the follo"v\dng: — Section 16. Except as pro- "Net income",
vided in the last paragraph of section fifteen, the term " net corporatfona,
income" in the case of a foreign corporation shall mean the *®'"™ '^e^'^ed.
net income for the taxable year as required to be reported
by t'le corporation in its last prior return to the federal gov-
ernment as defined in the federal revenue act of nineteen
424
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 415.
Deductions.
1919, 355 (G),
§ 19, amended.
Proportion of
net income of
foreign corpo-
rations allocable
to Massa-
chusetts, how
determined.
Classes of in-
come to be
allocated.
Classes of
income not to
be allocated.
Remainder of
net income,
how to be
allocated.
Allocation of
whole of
remainder.
Division of
remainder into
parts.
Rules for
determining
parts, etc.
hundred and eighteen, deducting therefrom interest received
upon bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness of the
United States, and dividends received from corporations or
associations, partnerships and trusts having transferable
shares, to the extent that such interest and di\'idends are
inchided in net income as required to be reported to the fed-
eral government and as defined as aforesaid.
Section 5. Said chapter three hundred and fifty-five is
hereby further amended by striking out section nineteen and
substituting the following: — Section 19. The commissioner
of corporations and taxation shall determine in the follow-
ing manner the proportion of the net income of a foreign
corporation allocable to this commonwealth:
The follo\nng classes of income shall be allotted to this
commonwealth :
(a) Gains realized from the sale of capital assets if such
assets consist of real estate or tangible personal property
situated in tliis commonwealth.
(b) Interest received from any corporation organized
under the laws of this commonwealth, or from a national
bank doing business therein, or from any association, part-
nership or trust having transferable shares, and having its
principal place of business in this commonwealth, and interest
received from any inhabitant of this commonwealth.
The following classes of income shall not be allocated in
any part of this commonwealth:
(1) Gains realized from the sale of capital assets other
than those named in paragraph (a) above.
(2) Interest other than that named in paragraph (b) above.
Income of the foregoing classes ha\-ing thus been allocated,
the remainder of the net income as defined in section sixteen
of this act shall be allocated as follows: In case a foreign
business corporation carries on no business outside this com-
monwealth the whole of said remainder shall be allocated to
this commonwealth.
In case a foreign business corporation carries on any busi-
ness outside tliis commonwealth, the said remainder shall be
di\'ided into three equal parts.
Of one third, such portion shall be attributed to business
carried on within this commonwealth as shall be found by
multiplying the said one third by a fraction whose numerator
is the value of the corporation's tangible property situated
within the commonwealth, and whose denominator is the
value of all the corporation's tangible property wherever
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 415. 425
situated. Of another one third, such portion shall be attrib-
uted to business carried on within this commonwealth as
shall be found by multiplying the said one third by a fraction
whose numerator is the expenditure of the corporation for
wages, salaries, commissions or other compensation to its
employees, and assignable to this commonwealth as herein-
after provided, and whose denominator is the total expendi-
ture of the corporation for wages, salaries, commissions or
other compensation to all its employees. Of the remaining
one third, such portion shall be attributed to business carried
on within the commonwealth as shall be found by multiply-
ing the said one third by a fraction whose numerator is the
amount of the corporation's gross receipts from business
assignable to this commonwealth, as hereinafter provided,
and whose denominator is the amount of the corporation's
gross receipts from all its business. In a case where only two Division where
of the foregoing three rules are applicable, the said remainder rXs^lri^appii-
of net income of the corporation shall be divided into two ^^^^°' ^tc
equal parts only, each of which shall be apportioned in
accordance with one of the remaining two rules. In a case
where only one of the three rules is applicable, the proportion
of the net income received from business carried on within
this commonwealth shall be determined solely by that rule.
The value of the corporation's tangible property for the vaiue of corpo-
j> , 1 • J. 1 11 1 J.1 1 i? 1 ration's tangible
purposes oi this act snail be the average value oi such prop- property.
erty during the year for which the income is returned. The Amount
'' *'. /, , . lie, 1- assignable to
amount assignable to this commonwealth oi the expenditure Massachusetts
of the corporation for wages, salaries, commissions or other expenses.
compensation to its employees shall be such expenditure, for
the year for wiiich the income is returned, as represents the
compensation of employees not chiefly situated at, connected
with or sent out from premises for the transaction of business
which are owned or rented by the corporation outside of the
commonwealth. The amount of the corporation's gross re- Amount of ^
ceipts from business assignable to this commonwealth shall g?o^re^^pts.
be the amount, for the year for which the income is returned,
of its gross receipts from (a) sales, except those negotiated or
effected in behalf of the corporation by agents or agencies
chiefly situated at, connected with or sent out from premises
for the transaction of business which are owmed or rented
by the corporation outside of the commonwealth, and sales
otherwise determined by the commissioner of corporations
and taxation to be attributed to the business conducted on
such premises; (b) rentals or royalties from property situated,
426
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 415.
Proviso.
Determination
of amount of
gross receipts
of corporations
maintaining
offices, etc.,
outside of
state to reduce
tax, etc.
Allocation of
income in case
of consolidated
returns.
When rules
are not to be
deemed in-
applicable.
Deductions
from net income
allocated to
Massachusetts,
etc.
1919, 355 (G),
§ 26, amended.
Taxes, when_
due and
payable.
or from the use of patents, within the commonwealth: pro-
vided, however, that upon appHcation by a corporation which
owns or controls substantially all the capital stock of another
corporation, or by the corporation so owned or controlled,
the commissioner of corporations and taxation may impose
the tax provided for by this act upon the income of the two
corporations jointly in the same manner as though they
were a single corporation, or may, in such other manner as
he shall determine, equitably adjust the tax of the applying
corporation.
If a corporation maintains an office, warehouse or other
place of business in a state other than this commonwealth
for the purpose of reducing its tax under this act, the said
commissioner shall, in determining the amount of its gross
receipts from business assignable to this commonwealth, in-
clude therein the gross receipts from sales attributed by the
corporation to the business conducted at such place of busi-
ness in another state.
In the case of consolidated returns of net income, the said
commissioner shall allocate such income, so far as is practi-
cable, in accordance with the above rules.
A rule shall not be deemed to be inapplicable merely
because all of the tangible property or the expense of a cor-
poration for wages, salaries, commissions or other compensa-
tion, or the gross receipts of the corporation are found to be
situated, incurred or received without the commonwealth.
From the net income allocated to this commonwealth as
above, each foreign corporation may deduct the same pro-
portion thereof which the fair cash value of machinery o\sTied
by it and used in manufacturing in this commonwealth bears
to its total assets employed in the commonwealth, and the
amount remaining shall be the net income subject to tax
under section fifteen, paragraph (2). All other foreign busi-
ness corporations shall likewise be entitled to the same de-
duction.
Section 6. Said chapter three hundred and fifty-five is
hereby further amended by striking out section twenty-six
and substituting the following : — Section 26. Except as
otherwise provided in this act, taxes levied under Part II of
this act shall be due and payable to the treasurer and re-
ceiver-general within thirty days after the date of the notice
provided for in section twenty-three, but not before the
twentieth day of October, and in the collection of taxes
under said Part II, he shall have all the remedies provided in
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 416. 427
Part III of chapter four hundred and ninety of the acts of
nineteen hundred and nine and acts in amendment thereof
and in addition thereto.
Section 7. Section twenty-«even of said chapter three 1919^ 355 (o,
hundred and fifty-five is hereby amended by adding at * ^^' amended,
the end thereof the words: — Notliing in this act shall be
construed to exempt from taxation di\'idends taxable under
section two of chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen and acts in
amendment thereof and in addition thereto, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 27. The tangible personal property, Certain
other than macliinery used in manufacture, of foreign cor- mSIi pro^rty
porations subject to this act shall be exempt from taxation ^''^"'p*-
under the provisions of Part I of said chapter four hundred
and ninety, as amended or supplemented. So much of chap- certain laws
ter five hundred and sixteen of the acts of nineteen hundred ^xa'tion^of
and nine, and section seventy-one of chapter four hundred {Srefg^cor?^-°^
and thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and three, ^''*'°°%°°* ^°
and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, as re-
lates to the taxation of merchandise owned by foreign corpo-
rations and situated in tliis commonwealth shall not apply
to corporations taxable under this act. So much of section
twenty-three of Part I of said chapter four hundred and
ninety, as amended or added to, as relates to the taxation of
the merchandise of foreign corporations shall not apply to
corporations taxable under this act. Nothing in this act Certain
shall be construed to exempt from taxation di\'idends taxable exempt from
under section two of chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of ^*'°°-
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen and acts
in amendment thereof and in addition thereto.
Section 8. This act shall apply to all taxes assessed in To what taxes
the year nineteen hundred and twenty and subsequent years '*°* ^ ^ ^^^ ^'
under the provisions of said chapter three hundred and fifty-
five. Approved May 6, 1920.
An Act relative to the retirement association of Qhny 415
STATE EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (2) of section three of chapter 1911, 532. § 3,
five hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred ^'^nded!**'"'
and eleven, as amended by section two of chapter three hun-
dred and sixty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
428
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 416.
Certain persons
to become
members of
state retire-
ment asso-
ciation.
1911, 532, § 6,
par. (2) C, etc.,
amended.
Pensions pay-
able to certain
members, etc.
1911, 532, § 6,
par. (2) C (b),
etc., amended.
Retiring allow-
ance in case
of husband and
wife, etc.
twelve, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
thereof the following : — All persons who are members of the
retirement association established by chapter eight hundred
and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen
at the time of entering the service of the commonwealth, and
persons who were or are in the employ of a department or
institution formerly administered by a city, county, or cor-
poration when taken over by the commonwealth shall become
members of the retirement association established by chap-
ter five hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eleven, irrespectiA'e of age, but no such employee
shall remain in the ser\'ice of the commonwealth after reach-
ing the age of seventy years.
Section 2. Paragraph (2) C o£ section six of said chapter
five hundred and thirty-two, as amended by section four of
said chapter three hundred and sixty-three and by section
one hundred and seven of chapter two hundred and fifty-
seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen,
is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new paragraph to be lettered (c) as follows : — (c)
An}'' member entitled to retirement under this act whose
continuous employment for the commonwealth began at the
time a department or institution formerly administered by a
city, county, or corporation was taken over by the common-
wealth shall recei^^e at retirement in addition to the pension
payable under paragraph C (6) of tliis section an extra
pension for life equal to the annuity he would have pur-
chased under two, B (a) of this section by five per cent con-
tributions from the salary paid to him by the department or
institution from June first, nineteen hundred and twelve, up
to the date of membership in the retirement association and
if such contributions had been accumulated with regular
interest to the date of his retirement.
Section 3. Paragraph (2) C (b) of section six of said
chapter five hundred and thirty-two, as amended by section
four of said chapter three hundred and sixty-tlu-ee, is hereby
further amended by striking out the words " of two hundred
dollars", in the sixth and seventh lines of the third para-
graph, so that said third paragraph will read as follows: —
In the case of members of the association related as husband
and wife, if one of the two retires or is retired the other shall
have the right also to retire, and shall be paid a retiring
allowance proportionate to the amount of his or her accumu-
lated contributions to date, or, in case the allowance thus
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 417. 429
calculated is less than the minimum allowance hereinafter
pro\dded for, shall be paid that sum annually.
Section 4. Paragraph (2) E of section six of said chapter ion, 532, § 6.
five hundred and thirty-two, as amended by section one hun- amendecf ' ^*^''
dred and eight of said chapter two hundred and fifty-seven,
is hereby further amended by striking out the word "two",
in the tliird line, and substituting the word: — three, — so
as to read as follows: — E. Minimum and Maximum Pay- Minimum ana
Tnents. — In no case shall the total monthly payment to a "ay^^nS
member be at a rate less than three hundred dollars per
year, or at a rate more than one half the average annual
rate of salary or wages of such member during the ten years
prior to his retirement.
Section 5. Section one of chapter four hundred and etc*'a*mended
nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, as '
amended by section one hundred and ten of chapter two
hundred and fifty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, is hereby further amended by striking
out the word "two", in the ninth line, and substituting the
word: — three, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1. Any Retirement of
employee of the commonwealth subject to and affected by f^^^rmanen?^
chapter five hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen disability.
hundred and eleven and amendments thereof may, after fif-
teen years of continuous ser\dce, be retired for permanent
disability at a yearly rate of not more than one half of his
salar}', based on the average annual rate of salary received
during the last ten years of ser\'ice: provided, however, that Proviso.
the minimum amount be not less than three hundred dollars
and that the tables now in use by the board of retirement be
used in determining the amount to be paid, and the board
of retirement may call upon the chief surgeon of the land
forces of the commonwealth, or, if he is absent or unable to
act, may employ a physician to assist it in determining the
degree of disability. The decision of the board of retirement
shall be final. Approved May 6, 1920.
An Act relative to the specifications to be furnished Qhnnj 41 7
TO certain operatr^es in textile factories.
Be it enacted, etc., a-s follows:
Section one hundred and sixteen of chapter five hundred i909. sh, § m,
and fourteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, as ^'^'' ^"'^''
amended by chapter two hundred and sixty-three of the acts
of nineteen hundred and eleven, by section one of chapter
430
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 417.
Specifications
and rate of
compensation
to be posted in
certain textile
factories.
In weaving
rooms.
In roving or
spinning rooms.
In spooling
rooms.
Particulars
not to be ex-
pressed by
symbols, etc.
one hundred and ninety-three of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, and as affected by section two of
chapter one hundred and ninety-three of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "it", in the eighteenth line, the
following: — In spooling rooms the boxes shall bear a ticket
stating the number of pounds the box contains and the price
per pound, — so as to read as follows: — Section 116. The
occupier or manager of every textile factory shall post in
every room where any employees work by the job, in legible
writing or printing, and in sufficient numbers to be easily
accessible to such employees, specifications of the character
of each kind of work to be done by them, and the rate of
compensation. Such specifications in the case of wea\dng
rooms shall state the intended and maximum length of a
cut or piece, the count per inch of reed, and the number of
picks per inch, wddth of loom, A\idth of cloth woven in the
loom, and the price per cut or piece, or per pound; or, if
pa\Tnent is made per pick or per yard, the price per pick or
per yard; and each warp shall bear a designating ticket or
mark of identification. In roving or spinning rooms, the
number of roving or yarn and the price per hank for each
size of machine shall be stated; and each machine shall bear
a ticket stating the number of the roving or yarn made
upon it. In spooling rooms the boxes shall bear a ticket
stating the number of pounds the box contains and the
price per pound. The maximum length of a cut or piece
shall not exceed three per cent of its intended length; but if
it appears that a variation in excess of the amount herein-
before set forth has been caused in whole or in part by any
weaver in the employ of any person charged with the viola-
tion of this act, this shall be deemed a sufficient defence to a
prosecution. The said specifications shall also contain a de-
tailed schedule of the method of computation of the price of
cotton or silk or mixed cotton and silk weaving paid by the
said occupier or manager, and no particular in the specifica-
tions shall be expressed by means of s^Tnbols, but every
particular . shall be sufficiently clear and complete as to
enable the operative to determine readily the price payable
for the cut or piece. Approved May 6, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 418. 431
An Act to regulate bakeries and bakery products. QfiQ^j) ^ig
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The word bakery is defined, for the purposes Regulation of
of this act, as a building or part of a building wherein is baklry^prol
carried on the production, preparation, packing, storing, dis- -bfLTy^''^
play or sale of bread, cake, pies or other bakery products, in- defined.
eluding any separate room or rooms used for the convenience
or accommodation of the workers: provided, that sections proviso.
three, four, six, seven and eight shall not apply to retail
stores where bakery products are sold, but not produced.
Section 2. The standards and requirements hereinafter standards and
prescribed shall conform to such rules and regulations as confor^to** *°
may be adopted by the department of public health, and the regulati'^ns,
provisions of this act and of said rules and regulations shall ^^■
be enforced by said department and by the boards of health
of the several cities and towns, acting under the supervision
of said department: provided, that the provisions of this act Proviso,
relating to industrial health shall be enforced by the depart-
ment of labor and industries in accordance with such rules
and regulations as it may prescribe.
Section 3. Every bakery shall be constructed, drained. Bakeries to be
lighted, ventilated and maintained in a clean and sanitary sanitary, etc.
condition, and when and where necessary screened against
flies, shall have plumbing and drainage facilities together
with suitable wash basins, wash sinks and toilets or water
closets, which shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
The said toilets or water closets shall be in rooms having no
direct connection with any room in which bakery products
or ingredients are prepared, stored, handled or displayed.
Section 4. In connection with every bakery a suitable Rooms for '
room or rooms shall be provided for the changing and hanging ^"^arfng^appar'ei
of the wearing apparel of the workers or employees, which of employees
° ^ ^ , „ , , ^ -^ ' to be provided,
shall be separate and apart from the work, storage and sales etc.
rooms, and shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
Section 5. No person shall sit, lie or lounge or be per- Persons not to
mitted to sit, lie or lounge upon any of the tables, shelves, upo°ntebrel!
boxes or other equipment or accessories used in connection "*''•
with the production, preparation, packing, storing, display or
sale of bakery products. No animals or fowls shall be kept Animals, etc.,
... 1 . J 11 not to enter,
in or permitted to enter any bakery. etc.
Section 6. Before beginning the work of preparing, mix- Employees to
ing or handUng any ingredients used in the production of ^tc^l'b'Sort'' '
432
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 418.
beginning
work, etc.
Diseased
persons not to
work, etc.
Physical
examination
of employees,
etc.
Floors, walls,
equipment,
etc., to be kept
in clean and
sanitary con-
dition, etc.
Show cases,
etc., to be kept
covered and
protected, etc.
Containers,
etc., how to be
kept, etc.
bakery products, every person engaged in such work shall
wash the hands and arms, and after using toilets or water
closets, every person therein engaged shall wash the hands
and arms thoroughly and then rinse in clean water; and for
this purpose the owner or operator of the bakery shall pro-
\dde sufficient facilities.
Section 7. No owner or operator of a bakerj- shall re-
quire or permit any person affected mth any contagious, in-
fectious or other disease or physical ailment which may
render such employment detrimental to the public health, or
any person who refuses to submit to the examination re-
quired in section eight, to work therein.
Section 8. The commissioner of pubUc health or the
commissioner of health or the chief health officer in the
several cities and towTis, may require any person intending
to work, or working, in a bakery, to submit to thorough
examination for the purpose of ascertaining whether he is
afflicted \nth any contagious, infectious or other disease or
physical ailment. All such examinations shall be made
\nthout charge to the person examined and at the expense of
the department or board making the same. Any person so
examined may have his physician present at the examina-
tion, which may be made by any competent physician duly
registered and licensed under the laws of the commonwealth.
Section 9. The floors, walls and ceilings of every bakery,
the equipment used in the handling or preparation of bakery
products or their ingredients, and the wagons, boxes, baskets
and other receptacles in which bakerv^ products are trans-
ported, shall be kept by the owner or operator of the bakery
or by the distributor of said products in a clean and sanitary
condition and at all times free from dirt and dust, flies, in-
sects and other contaminating matter. Shipping baskets
and other containers for transporting bakery products shall
be kept clean and, whenever the property of a distributor
or dealer, shall not be used for the shipment of products to
any other person or concern.
Section 10. All show cases, shelves and other places
where bakery products are sold shall be kept by the dealer
well covered, properly \'entilated, adequately protected from
dust, flies and other contaminating matter, and shall at all
times be maintained in a sweet, clean and wholesome con-
dition.
Section 11. Boxes or other permanent receptacles or
containers for the storing, receiving or handling of bakery
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 418. 433
products shall be so placed and constructed as to be beyond
the reach of contamination from streets, alleys and side-
walks, or from animals, and shall be kept by the dealer
clean and sanitary. No other articles shall be placed therein no other
along Anth said products and no person shall tamper with, placed in con-
injure, or contaminate said boxes, receptacles or containers,
remove anything therefrom, or place an^-thing therein, other
than the baker or dealer or their employees.
Section 12. All bakery products and their ingredients ^^^'^^[J ^™'^'
shall be stored, handled, transported and kept in such man- protected from
ner as to protect them from spoilage, contamination, disease
and unwholesomeness. No ingredient, or material, including
water, shall be used therein which is spoiled or contaminated
or which may render the product unwholesome, unfit for
food, or injurious to health.
Section 13. No ingredient shall be used in any bakery labeling, etc..
product likely to deceive the consumer or which lessens its containing de-
nutritive value without being plainly labeled, branded or gredients.
tagged, or having a sign making plain to the purchaser or
consumer the actual ingredients: prodded, however, that in proviso,
case of unwrapped bread to be sold by the loaf, such labeling,
branding or tagging shall be placed upon the same label, as
hereinafter pro\dded, which shows the name of the manu-
facturer and the net weight of the loaf. Said ingredients and
the sale or offering for sale of said products shall otherwise
comply wdth the pro\isions of chapter two hundred and eight
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen.
Section 14. No bakery products, except as hereinafter Bakery prod-
pro\ided, shall be returned from any consumer or other pur- "e returne°d.
chaser to the dealer or baker, nor from any dealer to the ®*°-
baker, and no baker or dealer shall directly or indirectly
accept any returns or make any exchange of bakery products
from any dealer, restaurant or hotel keeper, consumer or
other person. All such products shall be kept moving to the To be kept
consumer without unreasonable delay and without any ex- ™°"*^°s. ec.
change, return or practice whatsoever w^hich may dissemi-
nate contamination or disease or inflict fraud upon them,
among consumers, or disseminate "rope", so-called, or other
infection in bakeries, or which may cause waste in the food
supply : provided, that this section shall not apply to crackers Proviso.
or other bakery products which are packed at the place of
production in cartons, cans, boxes or similar permanent con-
tainers, and w^hich are so packed and sealed at such place as
fully to insure their freshness and wholesomeness and pro-
434
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 418.
Proviso.
Department of
public health
may establish
exemptions,
etc.
Bread to be
sold by weight,
etc.
Statement
on loaves of
weight of loaf
and name of
manufacturer,
etc.
Director of
standards to
prescribe cer-
tain rules and
regulations.
Proviso.
Hearing to be
given before
prosecution.
tect them from contamination, adulteration and deteriora-
tion in the course of trade, and which remain in the original
unbroken package as packed, except in so far as may be
necessary to prevent waste in the food supply; and pro-
vided, further, that "permanent containers" shall not be con-
strued to include the paper or parchment wrappers used in
wrapping loaves of bread.
Section 15. The department of public health may, by
rule, establish such exemptions as may be necessary to facili-
tate the sale of any accumulated or unsold stocks of whole-
some bakery products, and in other cases not inconsistent
with the purposes of this act.
Section 16. Except as hereinafter otherwise provided,
bread shall not be sold or offered or exposed for sale other-
wise than by weight, and shall be manufactured for sale and
sold only in units of sixteen or twenty-four ounces, or multi-
ples of one pound. When multiple loaves are baked each
unit of the loaf shall conform to the weight required by this
section. The weights herein specified shall be construed to
mean net weights twelve hours after baking, to be deter-
mined by the average weight of at least twelve loaves. Such
unit weights shall not apply to rolls or fancy bread weighing
less than four ounces nor to loaves bearing a plain statement
in plain position of the weight of the loaf and the name of
the manufacturer thereof. In case of wrapped bread such
information shall be stated upon the wrapper of each loaf;
and in the case of unwrapped bread shall be stated by means
of a pan impression or other mechanical means or shall be
stated upon a label not larger than one by one and three
quarter inches, and not smaller than one by one and one
half inches. Such label affixed to an unwrapped loaf shall
not be affixed in any manner or with any gums or pastes
which are unsanitary and unwholesome, and there shall not
be more than one label on a loaf or a unit.
Section 17. The director of standards shall prescribe
such rules and regulations as may be necessary to enforce
the preceding section, including reasonable tolerances or
variations within which all weights shall be kept: provided,
hoivever, that such tolerances or variations shall not exceed
one ounce per pound under the standard unit or marked
weight. The said director, and under his direction the local
sealers of \veights and measures, shall cause the provisions of
this section to be enforced. Before any prosecution is begun
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 418. 435
under this section the parties concerned shall be notified and
given an opportunity to be heard before said director.
Section 18. If, after inspection, it is found that a bakery Notice to be
is not constructed, maintained, operated, or the distribution 0^^^°!^ not
of its products not conducted in accordance with this act, proWsSna^or
notice in \\Titing shall be given to the owner or manager, ^^^''^•
stating the delinquency, and fixing a reasonable time within
which the same shall be remedied and for a hearing to any
party in interest.
Section 19. In case a bakery is unfit for the production unfit bakeries
and handling of food or dangerous to the health of its em- "^ ^ '''°^'^'
ploj-ees, the department of public health or local board of
health may order it closed: provided, that any aggrieved Proviso,
person or corporation shall have the right to be heard before
said department, or board, as the case may be, and shall
also have a right of appeal, before or after the execution of
such order, but witliin tliirty days of its issuance, to the
superior court.
Section 20. Witliin sixty days after the taking effect of Bakeries to be
this act, every bakery in the commonwealth shall be regis- without f^.
tered with the board of health of the city or town in which
it is situated. The registration shall show its situation, in-
cluding street and number, and its ownership. The board
shall forthmth report such registration to the department of
public health. No fee shall be charged for such registration.
Section 21. No new bakery shall be established unless Building plans
the building plans and equipment proposed to be used have ^ brapproTed,
been approved by the board of health of the city or to^\^l. ^*'''
Said board shall refuse a permit to such bakery if the building
and equipment do not compl}-^ with the pro\dsions of this
act and the rules and regulations made hereunder: provided, Proviso.
however, that any party in interest shall have the right of
appeal to the department of public health or to the superior
court. Said departmelit or court may affirm, reject or modify
the findings of the board, and the said board shall thereupon
proceed in accordance with the order of the court or depart- i
ment.
Section 22. Violation of any provision of this act, or of Penalty.
any rule or regulation adopted hereunder, shall be punished
by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Section 23. Sections three to seven, inclusive, of chapter Repeals.
fifty-seven of the Revised Laws, as amended by chapter one
hundred and ninety-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
436 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 419, 420.
Repeals. and eight, by chapter one hundred and ninety-one of the
acts of nineteen hundred and nine, and by chapter one hun-
dred and fifty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and sixteen, sections twenty-eight and thirty-one of chapter
seventy-five of the Revised Laws, and chapter two hundred
and fifty-eight of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
fifteen, are hereby repealed. Approved May 6, 1920.
Chap. 4:19 An Act relative to registration fees for motor
CYCLES AND AUTOMOBILES.
1909, 534, § 29,
etc., amended.
Registration
fees for motor
cycles and
automobiles.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty-nine of chapter five hundred and thirty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, as amended
by section two of chapter ten of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and fifteen. Is hereby further amended by striking
out the second paragraph and substituting the following : —
For the registration of every motor cycle, five dollars, — and
also by striking out the fourth and fifth paragraphs and
substituting the following: — For the registration of every
automobile of less than thirty horse-power, ten dollars.
Approved May 6, 1920.
Chap. 4:20 An Act relative to the invesTxMents of savings banks
AND institutions FOR SAVINGS.
Emergency
preamble.
1908, 590, § 68,
clause "Third"
etc., amended.
Investments
of savings
banks, etc., in
bonds of rail-
roads op)erated
by federal
government,
etc.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would result
in substantial public inconvenience, therefore It is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the Immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The clause entitled " Third" of section sixty-
eight of chapter five hundred and ninety of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and eight, as amended by chapter thirteen of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, which
added to said clause a new sub-section entitled o, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end of said sub-section o
the following paragraph: — The time during which any rail-
road is operated by the government of the United States
under the provisions of an act of congress approved August
twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, of an act of
congress approved March twenty-first, nineteen hundred and
eighteen, or of any other act or acts of the congress of the
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 421. 437
United States, and for two years thereafter, and the earnings
made and diWdends paid during said time and for said two
years thereafter shall not be taken into consideration in
determining whether the bonds of the railroad corporation
comply with any of the pro\dsions of this section. Any rail- Computing by
ruilroscls oi
road corporation, which, at the time when the operation of certain periods
its railroad by the government of the United States under government
the pro\'isions of the said act or acts began, had complied '^'^^'^° ' ®**''
with the pro\isions of sub-division e of this clause, for one or
more years next preceding the commencement of such gov-
ernment operation and control shall be entitled to include,
in computing the period of ten years prescribed b}' the pro-
\isions of said sub-di\dsion e every year during any part of
which its railroad shall have been operated by the govern-
ment of the United States under the pro\dsions of said act or
acts, and the two years succeeding the termination of such
operation, in determining whether such corporation has com-
plied with the pro\4sions of said sub-ch\dsion e each year for
ten years. Except as hereinbefore proxided, whenever a
reference is made in said sub-di\'ision e to a period of ten
years preceding the date of an investment in the bonds of
any railroad corporation, such period shall be deemed exclu-
sive of any time during which the property of such railroad
corporation has been operated by the government of the
United States under the pro\'isions of the said acts and of
the two years succeeding the termination of such operation.
Section 2. Any bonds acquired by sa^dngs banks or certain bonds
institutions for saxdngs, or bj^ any institution to which said SmedlisTn-
chapter five hundred and ninety applies, prior to the passage ^'estments. etc.
of this act, or at any time hereafter, which comply wdth the
pro\dsions of said clause entitled "Third'', as amended by
said chapter thirteen or by this act, may, so long as they
continue to comply therewith, be retained as investments
authorized by law. Ajjproved May 7, 1920.
An Act to provide for the physical training of Qhnjj 421
INMATES OF PENAL INSTITUTIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folio ws:
The commissioner of correction may institute a system commissioner
of physical training, including military drill and organized ma'^y^iMUtu'te
athletic sports, in the several penal institutions mider his phyli^Ttrlin-
control or super\dsion. He may adopt rules and regulations '"^a^fng"^'"
to carry out the pro\dsions of this act, and naay expend for tioos, etc.
438
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 422, 423.
their execution such sums as may be appropriated by the
general court. The commissioner may designate any officer
at any of the said institutions, or any other person, as direc-
tor of physical training of the department of correction, may
prescribe his powers and duties and may fix his compensa-
tion subject to the provisions of chapter two hundred and
twenty-eight of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
eighteen, as amended by chapter three hundred and twenty
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen.
Approved May 7, 1920.
Chap. 4:22 An Act to establish the salary of the attorney-
general.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section nine of chapter seven of the Revised
Laws, as amended by section one of chapter five hundred and
seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, is
hereby further amended by striking out the first sentence
and substituting the follo^\^ng: — He shall receive an annual
salary of eight thousand dollars.
Section 2, The increase pro\dded for by this act shall
not take effect until an appropriation is made therefor, and
then as of June first, nineteen hundred and twenty.
Approved May 7, 1920.
R. L. 7, § 9,
etc., amended.
Salary of at-
torney-general
established.
Time of taking
effect.
Chap.4:2S An Act to establish the salary of the librarian of
THE STATE LIBRARY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and
twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten is hereby
amended by striking out the word "four", in the fourth line,
and substituting the word: — five, — so as to read as fol-
lows: — Section 1. The governor, with the advice and con-
sent of the council, shall appoint a librarian of the state
library, who shall hold office during their pleasure and shall
receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect until a sufficient
appropriation therefor is made at the present session of the
general court, and then as of the first day of June in the
current year. Approved May 7, 1920.
1910, 421, § 1,
amended.
Salary of
librarian of
state library
established.
Time of taking
effect.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 424. 439
An Act relative to the practice of dentistry. Chap .424:
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter three hundred and one of the Gen- i9i5, soi (G).
eral Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen is hereby amended ' ^^^^ ^
by striking out section three and substituting the follow-
ing:— Section 3. The chairman and secretary of the board ^"^'^ °^ d®"^*^'
nil • 1111 • 11 (. examiners,
of dental examiners shall each receive an annual salary of salaries, etc.
eight hundred dollars, and the other members of the board
shall each receive an annual salary of six hundred dollars.
Each member of the board shall receive in addition to his
salary his necessary travelling ex-penses actually incurred in
attending meetings of the board: provided, that he files an Proviso.
itemized account thereof with the auditor of the common-
wealth. The said salaries and expenses shall be paid out of
the treasury of the commonwealth. The board shall keep a Record of
record of all moneys received and expenses incurred by it, ''®''^'p*^' ®**'-
and a duplicate thereof shall be open to inspection in the
office of the auditor of the commonwealth. The fees received
for examination before the board shall be paid forthwith by
the secretary of the board into the treasury of the common-
wealth.
Section 2. Said chapter three hundred and one is hereby i9i5, 301 (o.
further amended by striking out section five and substituting ' '*'"*'°
the following: — Section 5. Any person twenty-one years of Qualifications
fa ■. 11 11 . , for examination
age or over and or good moral character, who has received a by board, etc.
diploma from the faculty of a reputable dental college as
defined in tliis act, shall, upon fulfillment of the require-
ments hereinafter specified, be entitled to examination by
the board of dental examiners: provided, however, that a Proviso.
person who has spent four years in a reputable dental college
as herein defined and has successfully passed all examinations
of the first, second and third years, but has not received a
degree, may, at the discretion of the board, be examined. If certificate of
PI 1 1- • • 1 registration,
round competent the applicant shall be registered by said etc.
board and shall receive a certificate of registration signed by
the members of the board or a majority of them, which shall
be prima facie evidence of the right of the holder, under the
pro\'isions of this act, to practise dentistry in this common-
wealth. In proof of the said right the certificate, or a dupli-
cate, shall be kept in his office in plain view of his patients,
and shall be shown to any member or agent of the board on
application.
440
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 424.
1915, 301 (G),
§ 6, amended.
Dental colleges,
when con-
sidered repu-
table.
1915, 301 (G),
§ 7, amended.
Application for
examination,
contents, etc.
Fee.
Re-examina-
tion and fee.
Scope of
examination,
etc.
Certain
exemptions to
students
absent on
account of
military or
naval service.
Section 3. Said chapter three hundred and one is hereby
further amended by striking out section six and substituting
the following : — Section 6. A dental college shall be con-
sidered reputable which meets the following requirements: —
First. It shall be incorporated and shall be authorized by
its charter to confer the degrees of doctor of dental medicine,
doctor of dental surgery or doctor of dental science.
Second. It shall have a competent faculty and corps of
instructors, giving a course of not less than four separate
academic years of not less than thirty-two weeks each, of six
days in each week. The teaching staff shall deliver a com-
prehensive and satisfactory course of lectures supplemented
by adequate clinical and laboratory exercises in all subjects
pertaining to modern dentistry. It shall require every ma-
triculate to be a graduate of an accredited high school or to
present proof of equivalent training. The administrative
policy of the school shall be such as to accomplish the require-
ments of this section.
Section 4. Said chapter three hundred and one is hereby
further amended by striking out section seven and substi-
tuting the following : — Section 7. Every applicant for exam-
ination shall make an application in writing upon blanks to
be furnished by the board, which shall be signed and sworn
to by the applicant, presenting proof that he is twenty-one
years of age or over and of good moral character, and that
he is a graduate of a reputable dental college, or has spent
four years in a reputable dental college and passed the exam-
inations of the first, second and third years as hereinbefore
provided; and he shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars, which
shall not be returned to him. An applicant who fails in his
examination shall be entitled to one re-examination free of
charge, but for each subsequent examination he shall pay
ten dollars. The examination may be written or oral, or
both written and oral, at the option of the board, and shall
include the principal subjects taught in reputable dental
colleges. Demonstrations in operative and prosthetic den-
tistry, diagnosis and prognosis shall be required.
Section 5. Students who, on the passage of this act, are
in reputable dental colleges in this commonwealth, as defined
by section six of said chapter three hundred and one as
amended by section three of this act, and who, having com-
pleted to the satisfaction of the faculty one full year or two
full years therein, were subsequently absent on account of
service in the army or navy of the United States, shall not
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 425. 441
be required to take a course of four separate academic years
as required by said section six, as so amended, but may
receive a degree after taking a course of three separate
academic years, pro\ided that in other respects, including Proviso.
the passing of examinations, they are entitled to the degree.
Approved May 7, 1920.
An Act relative to hares and rabbits, ChavA25
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and etc!' amended.
eighteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, as
amended by chapter one hundred and twenty of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fourteen, by section four of chapter
one hundred and seventy of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and seventeen, and by section four of chapter one
hundred and fifty-three of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking out
the said section and substituting the following: — Section 1.
It shall be unlawful to hunt, take, kill or have in possession Open season
a hare or a rabbit except only between the twentieth day of rabbus^^ T
October and the thirty-first day of January following, both
dates inclusive, and it shall be unlawful, during said open
season, to take or kill more than two Northern varying
hares, otherwise known as Canada hares, as snowshoe rabbits
and as white rabbits, or more than five rabbits in any one
day, or to have in possession more than two of the said
hares or five of said rabbits taken or killed in any one day.
It shall be unlawful at any time to buy, sell, offer for sale, or Buying, selling.
have in possession for the purpose of sale, a hare taken or uniawfuh'^^^
killed in this commonwealth, but during the open season in
this commonwealth hares or rabbits lawfully taken without
the commonwealth may be sold, provided that the sale Proviso.
thereof is lawful in the state or country in which they were
taken.
Section 2. In the counties of Barnstable, Dukes County, Hares not to be
Nantucket and Norfolk, it shall be unlawful to take, kill or counties before''
have in possession any of the said hares before the day on i^aT
which begins the open season for rabbits and hares through-
out the commonwealth in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, except that the said hares may be had in
possession in the counties aforesaid if they were taken or
killed in another state or country and without violating the
laws of such state or country.
season in
442
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 426, 427.
Not to apply
to European
hares in Berk-
shire county.
Penalty.
When act does
not apply.
Section 3. This act shall not apply to European hares
in the county of Berkshire which may be taken or killed at
any time.
Section 4. Violation of any law relative to the taking,
killing, or ha\'ing in possession, of hares or rabbits shall be
punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for
every animal in respect to which the xiolation occurs.
Section 5. The provisions of this act shall not apply to
the rearing and disposition of hares and rabbits for propaga-
tion and commercial purposes under the pro\dsions of chapter
five hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twelve. Approved May 7, 1920.
ChapA2Q An Act relatwe to the fees for renewal of auto-
mobile operators' and cil\uffeurs' licenses.
Emergency
preamble.
1909, 534, § 29,
etc., amended
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose in that the increased revenue secured
thereby is immediately necessary; therefore it is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty-nine of chapter five hundred and thirty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, as amended
by section one of chapter six hundred and ninety-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, by section two of
chapter ten and by section eight of chapter sixteen of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, by chapter
one hundred and forty of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and sixteen and by section two of chapter two hundred
and ninety-four of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking out the
Fees for renewal gf|-genth paragraph, and substituting the following: — For
of automobile ^ , T , , ^ re f r j.
operators' and evcry rcucwal 01 any operators or cnauneur s license to
operate automobiles, two dollars. Approved May 1 1 , 1920.
laufFeurs
licenses.
Chap. 421 An Act to provide for precinct voting, representa-
tive TOWN meetings, TOWN MEETING MEMBERS, A REF-
ERENDUM AND AN ANNUAL MODERATOR IN THE TOWN OF
WINTHROP.
Preamble.
Whereas, It appears to the general court that the town of
Winthrop contains more than twelve thousand inhabitants.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 427. 443
and that the majority of the inhabitants of the town, present
and voting in a town meeting, duly warned and holden for
the purpose, on the eighth day of April, nineteen hundred
and twenty, voted to instruct the selectmen of the town to
petition the general court for the enactment of the legisla-
tion herein contained, in accordance with Article II of the
amendments to the constitution, therefore
Be it enacted, etc., ds follows:
Section 1. Upon the acceptance of this act by the town Precinct voting,
of Winthrop, as hereinafter provided, the selectmen of the towTmeeti'i^s,
town shall forth^\dth divide the territory thereof into not winthro*^'''^ °^
less than four nor more than eight voting precincts, each of
which shall be plainly designated, and shall contain not less
than three hundred nor more than one thousand voters.
The precincts shall be so established as to consist of com-
pact and contiguous territory, to be bounded, as far as
possible, by the centre line of known streets and ways and
by other well-defined limits. Their boundaries shall be re-
viewed and, if need be, wholly or partly revised, by the
selectmen, in January, once in five years, or in January of
any year when directed by a vote of the town meeting. The
selectmen shall, witliin ten days after any establishment or
revision of the precincts, file a report of their doings with
the town clerk, the registrars of voters and the assessors,
with a map or maps or description of the precincts and the
names and residences of the voters therein. The selectmen Selectmen to
shall also cause to be posted in the town hall a map or maps et^"^
or description of the precincts as established or revised from
time to time, with the names and residences of the voters
therein; and they shall also cause to be posted in at least
three public places in each precinct a map or description of
that precinct with the names and residences of the voters
therein. The division of the town into voting precincts and ^^^^f^^^^
any revision of such precincts shall take effect upon the date ^oti^"g p^e- ^^
of the filing of the report thereof by the selectmen with the taking effect,
town clerk. Whenever the precincts are established or re-
vised, the town clerk shall forthmth give written notice
thereof to the secretary of the commonwealth, stating the
number and designation of the precincts. The provisions of
chapter eight hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and thirteen, and any amendments thereof, relating
to precinct voting at elections, so far as the same are not in,-
444
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 427.
Town meeting
members,
election, etc.
New election
of town meet-
ing members,
when, etc.
Notice of
election.
Town meet-
ings limited to
certain elected
members and
members at
large.
consistent with this act, shall apply to all elections and pri-
maries in the town upon the establishment of voting precincts
as hereinbefore provided.
Section 2. The voters in every precinct shall, at the
first annual town election held after the establishment of the
precincts and at the first annual town election following any
precinct revision and conformably to the laws relative to
elections not inconsistent with this act, elect by ballot six
per cent of the voters in the precinct, other than the officers
designated in section three of this act as town meeting
members at large, such elected voters to be town meeting
members of the town, one third of whom shall be elected for
the term of one year, one third for the term of two years
and one third for the term of three years from the day of
the annual town meeting; and thereafter, except as other-
wise pro\'ided herein, at each annual town election the
voters of each precinct shall, in like manner, elect two per
cent of their number to be town meeting members of the
town for the term of three years, and shall at such election
fill for the unexpired term or terms any vacancies then exist-
ing in the number of town meeting members in their respec-
tive precincts. Upon every revision of the precincts, or of
any of them, the terms of office of all town meeting members
from everj^ such revised precinct shall cease upon the election
of their successors, and at the first ensuing annual town
election there shall be an entirely new election of town
meeting members in every precinct so revised, as well as in
any new precinct or precincts established. The town clerk
shall, after every election of town meeting members, forth-
with notify each member by mail of his election.
Section 3. Any town meeting held under the provisions
of this act, except as otherwise provided herein, shall, at and
after the first annual election held under this act, be limited
to the voters elected under section two together with the
following, designated as town meeting members at large;
namely, any member of the general court of the common-
wealth from the town; the moderator, the town clerk, the
selectmen, the town treasurer, the town soUcitor, the town
collector of taxes, the town accountant, the chairman of the
school committee, the chairman of the trustees of the public
library, the chairman of the board of health, the chairman
of the park commissioners, the chairman of the water com-
missioners, the tree warden, the chairman of the planning
board, the chairman of the assessors of taxes, the chairman
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 427. 445
of the cemetery commissioners, the chairman of the regis-
trars of voters, and the members of the advisory committee.
The town clerk shall notify the town meeting members of Notice of
, , 1111 town moBtings.
the time and place at which town meetings are to be held,
the notices to be sent by mail at least seven days before the
meeting. The own meeting members, as aforesaid, shall be
the judges of the election and qualification of their members.
A majority of the town meeting members shall constitute a Quorum.
quorum for doing business; but a less number may organize
temporarily and may adjourn from time to time. Notice of -^urnltfLfwn
every adjourned town meeting shall be posted by the town '"''^,'^'^^|,'^ ^^
clerk in ten or more pubhc places in the town, and he shall
notify by mail the members of the town meeting of the ad-
journment at least twenty-four hours before the time of the
adjourned town meeting. The notices shall state briefly the
business to be acted upon at the meeting, and shall include
notice of any proposed reconsideration. All town meetings Town meetings
shall be pubhc. The town meeting members as such shall ^c. ''^^ '"'
receive no compensation. Subject to such conditions as may
be determined from time to time by the members of the
representative town meeting, any voter of the town who is
not a town meeting member may speak, but he shall not
vote. A town meeting member may resign by filing a written Resignations,
resignation with the town clerk, and his resignation shall "''■
take effect on the date of such filing. A town meeting
member who removes from the town or from the precinct
from which he was elected shall cease to be a town meeting
member.
Section 4. Nomination of candidates for town meeting Nominations,
members to be elected under this act shall be made by nomi- ^'^ ™^ ^'
nation papers, which shall bear no political designation and
shall be signed by not less than ten male voters of the pre-
cinct in which the candidate resides, and filed with the town
clerk at least ten days before the election. No nomination
papers shall be valid in respect to any candidate whose
written acceptance is not thereon or attached thereto.
Section 5. The articles in the warrant for every town Warrant
meeting, so far as they relate to the election of the moderator, acted upon,
town officers, and town meeting members, as hereinbefore ®*^*''
provided, to granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating
liquors, referenda and all matters to be acted upon and de-
termined by ballot, shall be so acted upon and determined by
the voters of the town in their respective precincts. All
other articles in the warrant for any town meeting shall be
446
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 427.
Moderator,
election, etc.
Vacancies, how
filled, etc.
Notice of
meeting, etc.
Choice to be
by ballot, etc.
Votes making
appropriations,
when to be-
come operative.
acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting
members at a meeting to be held at such time and place as
shall be set forth by the selectmen in the warrant for the
meeting, subject to the referendum provided for by section
eight.
Section 6. A moderator shall be elected by ballot at
each annual town meeting and shall serve as the moderator
of all town meetings, except as is otherwise pro\dded by
law, until his successor is elected and qualified. Nomina-
tions for moderator and his election shall be as in the case
of other elective town oflScers, and any vacancy in the office
may be filled by the town meeting members at a meeting
held for that purpose. If a moderator is absent, a moderator
pro tempore may be elected by the town meeting mem-
bers.
Section 7. Any vacancy in the full number of town
meeting members from any precinct may be filled until the
next annual election by the remaining members of the pre-
cinct from among the voters thereof. Upon petition therefor,
signed by not less than ten town meeting members from the
precinct, notices of the vacancy shall promptly be given by
the town clerk to the remaining members from the precinct
in which the vacancy or vacancies exist, and he shall call a
special meeting of such members for the purpose of filling
any vacancy. He shall cause to be mailed to every such
member, not less than four days before the time set for the
meeting, a notice specifying the object, time and place of
the meeting. At the said meeting a majority of the members
shall constitute a quorum, and they shall elect from their
own number a chairman and a clerk. The choice to fill any
vacancy shall be by ballot, and a majority of the votes cast
shall be required for a choice. The chairman and clerk shall
make a certificate of the choice and forthwith file the same
with the town clerk, together \\'ith a written acceptance by
the member or members so chosen, who shall thereupon be
deemed elected and qualified a town meeting member or
members, subject to the right of all the town meeting mem-
bers to judge of the election and qualification of members as
set forth in section five.
Section 8. A vote passed at a representative town
meeting making an appropriation of twenty thousand dollars
or more for a specific purpose, shall not become operative
until after the expiration of a period of five days exclusive of
Sundays and holidays, from the day of the dissolution of
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 427. 447
such meeting. If, within the said period of five days, a Referendum.
petition is addressed to and filed with the selectmen, and is
signed by not less than twenty-five voters of each precinct
containing their Clu*istian names together with their street
addresses, asking that the question or questions involved in
such vote be submitted to the voters at large of the town,
the selectmen and the moderator shall, ^vithin fom'teen days
after the filing of the said petition, frame and present the
question or questions so involved to a special town meeting
of the voters at large of the town, to be held for that purpose,
at which meeting the ballot and the check lists shall be used
in the respective precincts, and such question or questions
shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the voters
at large voting thereon. The questions so submitted shall be Questions, how
stated upon the ballot in the same language and form as baliot.ete"
when presented to the representative town meeting by the
moderator, and as they appear upon the records of the said
meeting. K the petition be not filed within the said period
of five days, the vote in the representative town meeting
shall become operative and effective upon the expiration of
the said period.
Section 9. The town of Winthrop, after the acceptance Action binding
of this act, shall have the capacity to act through and to be "^°
bound by its said town meeting members who shall, when
convened from time to time as herein provided, constitute
representative tovm. meetings; and the representative town
meetings shall exercise exclusively, so far as will conform to
the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the municipal
corporation. Action in conformity with all provisions of law
now or hereafter applicable to the transaction of town
affairs in town meetings shall, when taken by any repre-
sentative town meeting in accordance ^\dth the pro\'isions of
this act, have the same force and effect as if such action had
been taken in a town meeting, open to all the voters of the
town as heretofore organized and conducted.
Section 10. This act shall not abridge the right of -^gg^^^iyX*"
inhabitants of Winthrop to hold general meetings, as that ^eid, etc.
right is secured to them by the constitution of the common-
wealth; nor shall this act confer upon any representative
town meeting in Winthrop the power finally to commit the
town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or
changing its government, ■^\dthout action thereon by the
voters of the town at large, using the ballot and check lists
therefor.
448 Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 428, 429.
mtue/to^ Section 11. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
Jt°ate ei^tbn! *^^ ^^^'^ ^^ Wiiithrop at the state election in the year nine-
etc. ' teen hundred and twenty. The vote shall be taken by
ballot in accordance with the provisions of chapter eight
hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen and any amendments thereof, so far as the same
shall be applicable, in answer to the question : "Shall an
act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty, entitled 'An Act to provide for precinct voting,
representative town meetings, town meeting members, a
referendum and an annual moderator in the town of Win-
throp', be accepted by this town?" and if a majority of the
voters voting thereon vote in the affirmative, this act shall
thereupon take effect. Approved May 11, 1920.
Chap .428 An Act to authorize the auditor of the common-
wealth TO APPOINT EXAMINERS OF ACCOUNTS.
Emergency Whereos, Delay in the taking effect of this act would cause
preamble. . .
great inconvenience to the department of the auditor of the
commonwealth, as well as to various institutions in the com-
monwealth, therefore, it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
state auditor 'y\iq auditor of the commonwealth may appoint two exam-
may appoint n 1 -IP p
two examiners iners of accouuts for the period of one year from the date of
of accounts. p i • -i ii i*
the passage ot this act, in order to carry out the laws relative
to the examination of accounts of institutions and depart-
ments, the appointment and salaries of the said examiners to
be subject to confirmation by the governor and council.
Approved May 11, 1920.
Chap. 42^ An Act relative to the issuing of shares by co-
operative BANKS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1912. 623, Part Scctiou tcn of Part III of chapter six hundred and twenty-
amended. " three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, as amended
by section two of chapter six hundred and forty-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, by chapter seventy-
seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 430. " 449
and by chapter eighty-tliree of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and eighteen, is hereby further amended by striking
out the last two sentences, and substituting the following: —
Shares of a prior series may be issued after a new series, issui«gof
subject to the approval of the board of directors. Paid up b>^co^peratfve
shares may be issued, subject to the approval of the board '^^'^''^'
of directors, each share to have a value of two hundred dol-
lars, which shall be paid by the purchaser when the shares
are issued, together with interest from the last distribution
of profits at a per cent fixed by the directors, but not in
excess of the rate distributed to unmatured shares. Paid up Paid up shares,
shares shall participate in each distribution of profits in the pa^e In profitai
same manner and to the same extent as matured shares, as **"•
pro\'ided in section thirty-four of Part V of this chapter,
and amendments thereof, but at a rate not to exceed five
per cent. No person shall hold more than forty unmatured ^^^"^^-ted
shares nor more than ten matured and ten paid up shares in
any one bank at the same time. Paid up shares may be withdrawal of
withdrawn or retired in the manner provided for matured etc. "^^ ^^^'
shares in sections fourteen and sixteen of Part III of this
chapter, and amendments thereof.
Approved May 11, 1920.
An Act relative to the promotion of call firemen Qjku) 430
TO THE PERM.\NENT FORCE IN THE CITY OF PEABODY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Members of the fire department of the city Promotion of
of Peabody, known as call members, who have served in perman^nT '°
that department continuously for not less than five years pi^bo'dy'*^ °^
and who are certified by the city physician to be physically
qualified, shall be eligible to the permanent force of the de-
partment, without further examination, provided that all Proviso,
persons whose names were on the ci\dl service list on the
first daj'' of Februar}% nineteen hundred and twenty, as
eligible for appointment as permanent firemen in the said
city, shall, during the term for which they are eligible, be
given the preference in appointment over any call member
whose name is not on said list.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by the city council of the city of Peabody. Sundi*° "*''
Approved May 11, 1920.
450 * Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 431, 432, 433, 434.
ChapASl An Act to establish the salaries of the commissioner
AND DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF STATE AID AND PENSIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Sr^Sty"^' Section 1. The commissioner of state aid and pensions
IT^t'&tf^iTlnd ^^^^^ hereafter receive an annual salary of four thousand
pensions, dollaFs, and the deputy commissioner an annual salary of
established. twcnty-scven hundred dollars.
Repeal. SECTION 2. So much of scctiou one of chapter two hun-
dred and ninety of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.
Approved May 11, 1920.
C/iap.432 An Act to facilitate interstate motor traffic.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^glste? number Motor vehiclcs and trailers which are commonly operated
motor vehicles ^^ ^^^^ commouwcaltli aud in an adjoining state may display
and tJ^jj'Y® ^^^ register number plates of both states, whenever the motor
intwstate vchicle or trailer is required by law or legal regulation to be
registered in this commonwealth and also in the adjoining
Proviso. state, provided that the number plates are displayed as re-
quired by law. Approved May 11, 1920.
Chap. 4:33 An Act relative to the filing of certain orders,
RULES AND REGULATIONS M.ADE BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
rij'amln^d Chapter three hundred and seven of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and seventeen is hereby amended by strik-
ing out section three and substituting the following : — Sec-
Secretaryof ^qj^ g^ '^Y^q Secretary of the commonwealth shall file and
commonwealth '' . n^ ^ •
to file certain indcx all ordcrs, rules and regulations filed with him under
orQGrs rules
etc., made by thc provisious hcrcof , noting and keeping available such
public officials. „ , ,. i i i .• ,
references to preceding rules and regulations as may be
necessary for certification purposes.
Approved May 11, 1920.
Chap. 434: An Act relative to the granting of licenses to take
LOBSTERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
tobftlkM* Section 1. No person either as principal, agent or em-
iTiense^^c ploycc shall at any time catch in, or take lobsters from, any
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 434. 451
waters within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth, or place,
set, keep, maintain, supervise, lift, raise or draw in or from
the said waters, or cause to be placed, set, kept, maintained,
supervised, lifted, raised, or drawn in or from the said waters
any pot, trap or other contrivance designed for, or adapted
to, the taking of lobsters, unless licensed so to do as herein-
after provided.
Section 2. The clerk of any city or town in the counties cierks of cer-
of Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Plymouth, Barn- towns'togf^nt
stable, Bristol, Dukes or Nantucket, situated on the shores ''"^®°^^-
of this commonwealth, shall, in the manner and subject to
the provisions hereinafter set forth, grant licenses in the
form prescribed and upon a blank furnished by the director
of the division of fisheries and game of the department of
conservation, to catch or take lobsters from the waters of
the commonwealth within three miles of the county within
which the city or town granting the license is situated. Such
a license shall be granted only to citizens of the common-
wealth who have resided therein for at least one year next
preceding the date of the license. Non-residents tempo- Licenses for
rarily residing in any city or town granting such licenses no™-'^esidents.
may, during the months of June, July, August and Sep- ^^''■
tember in each year, upon pa;yTnent of the fee hereinafter
specified, procure a license to take lobsters for consumption
by the licensee and his family only. Licenses, except those Expiration of
granted to non-residents, shall expire on the thirtieth day of ^"'''^^^•
November next succeeding the granting of the same unless
sooner revoked as hereinafter provided. The city or town Fees.
clerk granting a license, shall collect therefor a fee of one
dollar, and the fees shall be forwarded to said director on
the first Monday of every month, together with coupons
provided by the said director for a description of the licensee
and his buoys, and for such other information as may be
required. From the license fee aforesaid, the sum of fifteen Amount re-
cents shall be retained by the clerk of the city or town in ffce'Jfglfee'by
which the license is granted. All books of forms furnished to l\l^]^'^ ^°'^^
city or town clerks under the provisions of this act shall be
returned to the said director on January first of each year.
An applicant for a license under the provisions of this act Coior and
shall state the color scheme and other special markings of blfoVslo^be.
the buoys used by him which shall be set forth in his license, ^*^*®'^' "*"•
and all buoys used by him shall be marked accordingly and
also with the licensee's initials or name which shall be
branded or cut into the surface of the buoy.
452
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 434.
Licenses to be
exhibited, etc.
Licenses, when
to become
void, etc.
Proviso.
Licensees to
report catches,
etc.
Commissioner
of conservation
to report
number of
licenses.
When lobsters
may be taken
from traps, etc.
Penalty.
Repeal.
Time of taking
effect.
Section 3. A licensee hereunder shall at all times while
acting in pursuance of the license exhibit his license upon de-
mand of any officer qualified to serve criminal process.
Section 4. If a licensee hereunder is convicted a second
time of catching, taking or having in possession egg-bearing
lobsters or short lobsters, or of interfering with the pots or
gear of other fishermen, or is convicted once of catching,
taking or having in possession egg-bearing or short lobsters
and once of interfering with the pots or gear of other fisher-
men, he shall immediately surrender his license to the officer
who secured the second conviction, and the license shall be
void, and the licensee shall not receive another such license
until after the expiration of one year from the date of the
second conviction: •provided, however, that a conviction of
having short lobsters in possession shall not be counted as a
conviction under the provisions of this section unless more
than two per cent in count of the lobsters in possession by
the licensee were short lobsters.
Section 5. A licensee hereunder shall, before receiving
a new license, file, on or before October twentieth of that
year, a report of his catch with the director of the division of
fisheries and game as provided in section one hundred and
nineteen of chapter ninety-one of the Revised Laws. Any
person refusing, or knowingly or wilfully neglecting, to make
the said report shall not be entitled to receive a new license
until the report is made. The commissioner of conservation
in his annual report shall state the number of licenses granted
under the provisions of this act.
Section 6. No person shall tend, lift, raise or draw a
lobster pot or trap or take lobsters from such pots or traps
except during the period from one half hour before sunrise
to one half hour after sunset, except that traps may be
taken up by the owner at any time when they are endan-
gered by storms.
Section 7. Any person violating any provision of this
act shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars.
Section 8. Chapter tliree hundred and twelve of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, as amended
by chapter two hundred and twelve of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby repealed.
Section 9. This act shall take effect on the first day of
December of the current year. Approved May 12, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 435. 453
An Act relative to the number and compensation ChavA35
OF district health officers of the department of
PUBLIC HEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section five of chapter seven hundred and ninety-two of Amended. ^ ^'
the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby amended
by inserting after the word "into", in the third hne, the
words : — not more than, — and by striking out the words
" approval of the governor and council, not exceeding thirty-
five hundred dollars a year", in the sixth and seventh lines,
and substituting the following : — provisions of chapter two
hundred and twenty-eight of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and eighteen as amended, — so as to read as fol-
lows:— Section 5. The commissioner of health, with the Commissioner
approval of the public health council shall, from time to dk^idt'ltate
time, divide the state into not more than eight health dis- di^rkfts'lnd
tricts and shall appoint and may remove a district health t^i^'heaith"
officer for each district, with the approval of the public officers.
health council, at a compensation, subject to the provisions
of chapter two hundred and twenty-eight of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen as amended. The
district health officers shall not engage in any other occupa-
tion and shall give their entire time to the performance of
their duties. The commissioner of health may, from time
to time, order two or more of said district health officers to
work in one district in order to study, suppress or prevent
disease. Each district health officer shall have all the powers Powers,
and perform the duties now provided by law for inspectors '^"*^'®®' ****•
of health and further shall, under the direction of the com-
missioner of health, perform such duties as may be prescribed
by, and shall act as the representative of the commissioner of
health and under his directors shall secure the enforcement
within his district of the public health laws and regulations.
Said district health officers shall be graduates of an incor- Qualifications.
porated medical school admitted to practice in the common-
wealth, or shall have had at least five years' experience in
public health duties and sanitary science.
Approved May 12, 1920.
454
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 436.
R. L. 32, § 5,
amended.
Buildings, etc.,
may be en-
tered by cer-
tain public
officials for in-
vestigation as
to existence of
conditions
liable to cause
fire.
Conditions to
be remedied,
etc.
ChapASQ An Act to provide for the better prevention of
FIRES IN THE COMMONWEALTH OUTSIDE OF THE METRO-
POLITAN FIRE PREVENTION DISTRICT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter thirty-two of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section five and substituting
the following : — Section 5. The state fire marshal, or such
persons as he may designate, the chiefs of fire departments
in cities, and the chief engineer, or the chairman of the
board of selectmen in towns having no engineers, may, and
upon complaint of a person having an interest in any build-
ing or premises or property adjacent thereto, shall, at all
reasonable hours, enter into buildings and upon premises
within their jurisdiction and make an investigation as to
the existence of conditions liable to cause fire. They shall
in writing order such conditions, if existing, to be remedied,
and whenever such officers or persons find in any build-
ing or upon any premises any accumulation of combusti-
ble rubbish, including waste paper, rags, cardboard, string,
packing material, sawdust, shavings, sticks, waste leather or
rubber, broken boxes or barrels or other refuse that is or
may become dangerous as a fire menace to such building or
premises, they shall in writing order the same to be removed
or such conditions to be remedied. The owner or occupant
of any such building or premises may, within twenty-four
hours after notice of such order, apply to the state fire
marshal, by whom the matter shall forthwith be investigated.
Unless he revokes the order, it shall remain in force and be
at once obeyed by said oA\Tier or occupant, who, if he refuses
or neglects to comply therewith, shall be punished by a fine
of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for each day
during which such neglect or refusal continues.
Section 2. This act shall not apply to the metropolitan
fire prevention district.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in cities upon its
acceptance by the city council, and in towns upon its accept-
ance by the town at any town meeting called for the purpose.
Approved May 12, 1920.
Appeal to
state fire
marshal.
Penalty.
Not to apply
to metropolitan
fire prevention
district.
To take effect
upon accept-
ance, etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 437. 455
An Act relatr^e to the taking of fur-bearing animals. ChavASl
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be Fur-bearing
unla^A'ful, otherwise than in the counties of Nantucket and be'taken!^°
Dukes County, to hunt, pursue, take or kill the fur-bearing ''''*^''^''' ^^'
animals commonly knowTi as minks, otters, muskrats, skunks
and raccoons, or to have in possession, the dead or living
bodies or parts thereof, of the said animals.
Section 2. It shall be la^^'ful to take the said animals Open season.
by shooting or trapping, in conformity with law, between
November first and March first, following, both dates in-
clusive, and, in addition, muskrats may so be taken at any
time in the month of April : provided, however, that raccoons Proviso,
may be taken with the aid or by the use of dogs and guns
during the month of October; but in no case shall more
than twenty-five raccoons be taken by any one person in any
one season.
Section 3. No person shall set or maintain any trap on Restrictions
the improved land of another, or on land posted as provided "r^s.^ete."^
in section fourteen of chapter ninety-two of the Revised
Laws, without the WTitten consent of the owner or occu-
pant, nor shall any trap be placed in a highway, cart-road or
path commonly used as a passageway for human beings or
domestic animals. No trap shall be placed within ten feet
of a muskrat house, nor shall a muskrat house be torn open,
distiu-bed, or destroyed. Every'^ trap shall be marked with
the name of the owner in such a manner that it shall be
legible at all times. All traps shall be removed at the close
of the open season on fur-bearing animals. Any traps set in Confiscation
violation of law shall be confiscated by any officer empowered ° ^^^^^' ^^'^'
to enforce the fish and game laws and shall be declared for-
feited and sold by the director of the division of fisheries
and game, or at his order, and the proceeds shall be turned
into the treasury of the commonwealth.
Section 4. OwTiers of propertv which has been damaged Traps may be
. . , 1*11 ^ iTii- • 1 s^t *° protect
or mjiu-ed or which the owmers reasonably believe is about property, etc.
to be injured by any wild quadrupeds, except deer, may at
any time and in such manner as may be necessary to pro-
tect said property from said animals, place traps of the size
and kind prescribed by law on the said land: provided, how- Proviso.
ever, that the carcasses and skins of all animals so taken
during other than the open season shall not be sold.
456
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 438.
Purchase, sale,
efxj., of certain
skins, etc.,
permitted.
Hunting dogs
may be trained,
etc.
Provisos.
Penalties.
Certain rights
etc., not
affected.
Rep)eal.
Section 5. It shall be lawful at all times to buy, sell or
have in possession the body or skin of said fur-bearing
animals which have been legally taken or legally propagated
in the commonwealth, or legally taken and transported from
any other state or country which does not prohibit their sale
or export.
Section 6. For the purpose of training hunting dogs
which are duly licensed, no person who is duly licensed to
hunt or trap shall be deemed guilty of a violation of the
game laws forbidding the hunting or pursuing of wild birds
or wild quadrupeds by reason of the fact that he trains said
dogs on said birds or quadrupeds between the first day of
September and the first day of March, both dates inclusive:
provided, that no birds or animals protected by law are killed
or injured; and further provided, that no firearm is had in
possession by any person so training dogs, or by any person
accompanying him.
Section 7. Violation of any provision of this act shall
be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one
hundred dollars, in addition to any other penalty or for-
feiture which may be imposed for taking, killing or having in
possession any birds or animals at times or by means con-
trary to law.
Section 8. The provisions of this act shall not affect
the rights and privileges conferred by chapter five hundred
and sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve,
and the amendments thereof.
Section 9. Chapter sixty-six of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen is hereby repealed.
Approved May 12, 1920.
ChapASS An Act to authorize the town of mansfield to take
OVER THE PROPERTIES AND TO ASSUME THE OBLIGATIONS
OF THE MANSFIELD WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Mansfield is hereby authorized
to take over all the property, rights, powers and privileges of
the Mansfield Water Supply District, established by chapter
three hundred and thirty-six of the acts of eighteen hundred
and eighty-six, as amended by chapter one hundred and
forty-one of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,
chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of eighteen
hundred and eighty-eight, and as affected by chapter three
Town of Mans-
field may take
over properties
and assume
obligations of
Mansfield
Water Supply
District.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 439, 440. 457
hundred and forty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and
ninety-five, by chapter tliree hundred and thirty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen and by chapter three
hundred and forty-three of the Special Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and fifteen, and to assume all the duties and obligations
of said district, and shall thereby become in all respects the
law'ful successor of said district.
Section 2. The provisions of this act shall not affect Certain acts,
any act heretofore done, ratified or confirmed by the said not affected.
district or any of its officere, nor any right accrued or estab-
lished, nor any action, suit or proceeding commenced or had
in a ci"S'il case, nor shall it impair the validity of any of the
notes, bonds or other outstanding obligations of the said
district at the time when it takes effect.
Section 3, This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to i^e sub-
by a majority vote of the voters in the Mansfield Water ™oters, etc.
Supply District present and voting thereon and by a ma-
jority vote of the voters of the town of Mansfield present
and voting thereon at meetings duly called for this purpose,
but for the purpose of submission to said voters shall take
effect upon its passage. Approved May 12, 1920.
An Act to authorize the franklin savings bank of (jhn^ 439
THE city of boston TO ACQUIRE REAL ESTATE SUITABLE
FOR THE TRANSACTION OF ITS BUSINESS.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:
The Franklin Savings Bank of the City of Boston, incor- Franklin
porated by chapter seventy-seven of the acts of eighteen of the^city of
hundred and sixty-one, may invest its deposits, to an amount ^q^"e ^rLin
not exceeding one million dollars, in the purchase of a suitable '"^^^ ^s^^^-
site and the erection or preparation of a suitable building in
the city of Boston for the transaction of its business.
Apprmed May 12, 1920.
An Act relative to the use of automatic sprinklers Chap. 4:40
IN tenement houses in the city of boston, and to
APPEALS FROM DECISIONS OF THE BUILDING COMMISSIONER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section forty-five of chapter five hundred ^^''' ^^-^Jb
and fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as
amended by section ten of chapter seven hundred and
eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen,
458
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 440.
Certain tene-
ment houses in
Boston to have
automatic
sprinklers, etc.
Provisions may
be waived in
certain cases.
Basements or
cellars, when
to have
sprinklers, etc.
Proviso.
1907, 5.50, § 45,
etc., amended.
Elevators,
stairways, etc.,
to be enclosed
by masonry
walls, etc.
1907, 550, § 7,
amended.
and by section four of chapter three hundred and fifty-
two of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, is
hereby further amended by striking out the fourth paragraph
and substituting the following paragraphs : — Stairway enclo-
sures, and elevator, light, ventilating and dumb-waiter shafts
in all tenement houses, now or hereafter existing, being
more than three stories high and containing more than ten
suites, shall be provided with a system of automatic sprinklers
approved as to situation, arrangement and efficienc}' by the
building commissioner.
As to existing tenement houses of first class construction,
and as to existing tenement houses of second or third class
construction in which any stairway enclosure, elevator, light,
ventilating or dumb-waiter shaft is fireproof, as defined in
section thirty-tlu'ee, as amended by section foiu'teen of
chapter one hundred and seventy-nine of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, the commissioner may waive
the provisions of this section in respect to automatic sprin-
klers, except in cases where, in his opinion, a fire hazard
exists.
The building commissioner may order the basement or
cellar of any tenement house more than tlu"ee stories in
height and having more than ten suites to be provided with
a system of automatic sprinklers approved by him as to
situation, arrangement and efficiency unless the ceilings of
such basements or cellars and all partitions therein are pro-
tected with fireproofing as provided in section thirty-tlu-ee.
If the ceilings and partitions of such a basement or cellar
are protected, as aforesaid, with fireproofing, the commis-
sioner may, nevertheless, require to be installed therein a
system of automatic sprinklers approved by him as to situa-
tion, arrangement and efficiency, provided that he finds a
hazardous fire condition to exist in such basement or cellar.
Section 2. Said section forty-five, amended as aforesaid,
is hereby further amended by striking out the sixth para-
graph, and substituting the following: — In every tenement
house now or hereafter existing which is more than three
stories high and has more than eight suites, all elevator,
vent and dumb-waiter shafts and stairways shall be en-
closed in the basement or cellar by masonry walls not less
than eight inches thick, or by two-inch solid metal and
plaster partitions with fireproof self-closing doors.
Section 3. Section seven of said chapter five hundred
and fifty is hereby amended by striking out the word "ten".
Acts, 1920. —Chaps. 441, 442. 459
in the fourth hne, and substituting the word: — thi^t5^ —
so that the first paragraph of the said section will read as fol-
lows : — An applicant for a permit whose application has Appeals by
been refused may appeal therefrom within ninety days. A ordered by^
person who has been ordered by the commissioner to incur missionlr*^r'
any expense may within thirty days after being notified of ^"^^ur expense.
such order appeal therefrom by giving to the commissioner
notice in WTiting of his appeal. Such notice or a certified
copy thereof shall at once be transmitted by the commis-
sioner to the board of appeal. After notice given to such
parties as the board shall order, a hearing shall be had, and
the board shall affirm, annul, or modify said refusal or order.
The board may vary the provisions of this act in specific Board may
cases which appear to them not to have been contemplated of the^'actretc!^
by this act although covered by it, or in cases where mani-
fest injustice is done, provided that the decision of the board p™^»so-
in such a case shall be unanimous and shall not conflict with
the spirit of any provision of this act.
Approved May 12, 1920.
An Act to provide for an additional legacy and ChavA^l
SUCCESSION T.\X.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The provisions of chapter one hundred and ninety-one of ieffc*'°nd
the General x\cts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, revived succession tax.
and re-enacted by section four of chapter three hundred and
forty-two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, are hereby further revived and re-enacted and made
applicable to property or any interest therein passing or
accruing upon the death of persons who shall die between
July twentj^-second and December first in the current year,
both dates inclusive. The proceeds of all taxes accruing
under this act shall be retained for the general purposes of
the commonwealth. Approved May 12, 1920.
An Act authorizing the tow^n of Manchester to pay Cha'p.^'^2
CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY TO FRANK P. KNIGHT AND
OTHERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Manchester mav pav a sum of ?l°^'\°f
^ JVl&nciiGstGr
money, not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, jointly to may pay
Frank P. Knight and the estate of George L. Knight, both '"""^^
460
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 443.
Frank P.
Knight and
others.
of Manchester; a further sum, not exceeding eight hundred
dollars, to Frank P. Knight, individually; and a further sum,
not exceeding two hundred and ninety-one dollars and forty-
four cents, to Richard L. Cheever of Manchester; in each
case for damages caused to the property of the said re-
cipients by the taking of certain easements by the said
town in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen for sewer
purposes.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 13, 1920.
Basis estab-
lished for
determining
annual assess-
ments upon
municipalities
within metro-
politan parks
district for
interest, sink-
ing fund and
serial bond
requirements.
C/iap. 443 An Act to est.\blish a basis for determining the
ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS UPON THE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN
THE METROPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT FOR INTEREST, SINK-
ING FUND AND SERIAL BOND REQUIREMENTS AND COST
OF MAINTENANCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The proportions in which each of the cities
and towns of the metropolitan parks district, including Co-
hasset with respect to Nantasket beach reservation only,
shall annually pay money into the treasury of the common-
wealth to meet the interest, sinking fund and serial or other
bond requirements for each year and any deficiency in the
amounts previously paid in, as estimated by the state treas-
urer, shall be as follows: — The city of Boston shall pay as a
special assessment sixteen and two thirds per cent of the
money so required on account of the amount expended for
construction of the marginal conduit on the Boston side of
the Charles river basin as heretofore determined by the ap-
portionment commission appointed by the supreme judicial
court in the year nineteen hundred and ten; the city of Cam-
bridge shall pay as a special assessment sixteen and two
thirds per cent of the money so required on account of the
amount expended for construction of the marginal conduit
on the Cambridge side of the Charles river basin as hereto-
fore determined by the said apportionment commission; and
the pajTnent of the balance shall be based upon the respec-
tive taxable valuations of the property of said cities and
towns of the metropolitan parks district.
Section 2. The proportion in which each city and town
of said district shall annually pay money into the treasury
of the commonwealth to meet the cost of maintenance of
reservations, exclusive of Nantasket beach reservation and
Assessments for
cost of main-
tenance of
reservations,
etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 443. 461
the Charles river basin, and any deficiency in the amounts
previously paid in, as found by said treasurer, shall be appor-
tioned according to the average percentage of valuation and
population, determined as to any city or town by adding
together the percentage which the valuation of the same
bears to the total valuation of the cities and towns of the
district and the percentage which the population of the same
bears to the total population of the cities and towns of the
district, and dividing this sum by two.
Section 3. The proportion in which each city and town Assessments for
of the metropolitan parks district, including Cohasset with tenanceof
respect to the maintenance of Nantasket beach reservation beach'reler-
only, shall annually pay money into the treasury of the com- Hv*e'?b'aSn'*Ind
monwealth to meet the cost of maintenance of said reserva- boulevards.
tion and the Charles river basin and one half the cost of
maintenance of boulevards and any deficiency in the amounts
previously paid in, as found by said treasurer, shall be based
upon the respective taxable valuations of the property of
said cities and towns. The remaining half of the cost of
maintenance of boulevards shall be paid by all the cities and
towns of the state as a part of the annual state tax.
Section 4. The metropolitan district commission shall Metropolitan
annually^ in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing mission to de-
sections, determine the proportion in which each of the cities meats, etc.
and towns of said district shall annually pay money into the
treasury of the commonwealth to meet the interest, sinking
fund and serial or other bond requirements and the cost
of maintenance of reservations and boulevards, and shall
transmit the determinations of the commission to the state
treasurer.
Section 5. The amount of money required each year Assessments to
from every such city or town to meet the interest, sinking s^te tr^surer,
fund and serial or other bond requirements and the cost of ^^°'
maintenance aforesaid, and the deficiency, if any, shall be
estimated by the state treasurer, in accordance with the pro-
portions determined as aforesaid by said commission, together
with any amounts required by law to be specially assessed
upon any particular city or town, and shall be included and
made a part of the sum charged to such city or town, and
shall be paid by such city or town into the state treasury at
the time required for the payment of its proportion of the
state tax.
Section 6. This act shall apply to the apportionment Act, when to
and payment of interest, sinking fund and serial or other
462
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 444.
1915, 302 (G),
§ 2, etc..
amended.
bond requirements and costs of maintenance by said cities
and to^\Tis for the year nineteen hundred and twenty and
Certain phrases each ^'car thereafter. For the purposes of this act, the
words "taxable valuations of the property of cities and
towns" shall mean taxable valuations of property last estab-
lished next prior to such apportionment by the general court
as a basis of apportionment for state and county taxes;
and the words "population of the cities and towns" shall
mean the population as determined by the latest census,
state or national, next prior to such apportionment.
Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 13, 1920.
ChapA4:4: An Act relative to the borrowing of money by the
CITY OF W'ORCESTER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE
OVER PART OF LAKE QUINSIGAMOND.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section two of chapter three hundred and
two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, as
amended by chapter two hundred and ninety-two of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen and by chap-
ter two hundred and eleven of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking
out the words "three hundred and seventy-five", in the
eighth and ninth lines, and substituting the words: — four
hundred and five, — so as to read as follows: — Section,^.
The city of Worcester shall, in the first instance, pay all
costs and expenses of every nature incident to carrying out
the provisions of tliis act, and shall reimburse the county of
Worcester for all costs and expenses of every nature incurred
under the provisions of chapter seven hundred and eighty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and to
meet such pajinents the city is hereby authorized to borrow
such sums, not exceeding four hundred and five thousand
dollars, as may be necessary, and to issue the notes of the
city therefor bearing interest at a rate approved by the
mayor, city treasurer and collector of taxes and the city
auditor, payable semi-annually, or to be discounted at a rate
approved by the said officials, such discount to be treated as
interest paid in advance. Such notes shall be termed a tem-
porary Worcester City Loan, issued in anticipation of reim-
bursement on account of moneys received from serial loans
issued by the county of Worcester, the city of Worcester and
City of
Worcester may
borrow money
for construction
of a bridge
over part of
Lake Quin-
sigamond.
Temporary
Worcester
City Loan.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 445. 463
the town of Shrewsbury as hereinafter provided. All money
so borrowed shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city
of Worcester who shall pay out the same as ordered by the
city, and who shall keep a separate and accurate account of
all sums so borrowed and expended including interest. Upon statement of
the completion of the bridge, the city of Worcester shall st'ructLg""'
cause to be filed in the office of the clerk of the supreme b"ald^^*'' *°
judicial court for the county of ^Worcester, a certified detailed
statement^ of the actual cost of constructing the bridge and
the approaches thereto, including any amount expended to
reimburse the county of Worcester as hereinbefore provided,
the cost of constructing and removing said temporary bridge,
the cost incurred by the street railway company in removing
its present track to the temporary bridge and back to the
new bridge, the amount of interest paid on any money
borrowed, and all other expenses incurred under the provi-
sions of this act. Upon application of the county commis- Decree of
sioners of the county of Worcester, or of any party interested, oFcos™^°*
a hearing shall be given, after such notice as the court may
order, and after the hearing the court shall decree repayment
to the city of Worcester, and of the cost so reported shall
apportion and assess the sum of fifty thousand dollars upon
the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Company, and
of the remainder of the total cost two eightieths upon the
town of Slirewsbury, thirty eightieths upon the county of
Worcester and forty-eight eightieths upon the city of Worces-
ter. If at any time the Worcester Consolidated Street Rail- Relief not
way Company shall avail itself of the provisions of chapter Worcester Con-
two hundred and eighty of the General Acts of nineteen RaUw Co^m-*
hundred and eighteen, such acceptance shall not operate to p^^^-
relieve the said company of the obligations hereby created.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 13, 1920.
An Act to ratify the vote of the town of Dartmouth (JJidj) 445
appropriating money for the construction of padan-
aram bridge and authorizing the town to borrow
therefor.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The vote passed by the town of Dartmouth, ^°Dartmo'^th
at a meeting held on the third day of April in the vear nine- appropriating
,,'',, "^ . . -^ , '- „ money for con-
teen hundred and twenty, appropriatmg the sum 01 twenty- struction of
two thousand five hundred dollars for the purpose of con- bAdgefe^tc,
ratified.
464
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 446, 447.
structing a draw on Padanaram bridge, is hereby ratified
and confirmed, and the town is hereby authorized to borrow
money in accordance with the said vote, and the treasurer of
the town, with the approval of the selectmen, may, without
further action of the town, issue bonds or notes of the town
therefor, payable in the manner set forth in chapter seven
hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more
than twenty years.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 13, 1920.
ChapA4:Q An Act to provide compensation for the destruction
OF GOOSEBERRY AND CURRANT BUSHES ON ACCOUNT OF
THE WHITE PINE BLISTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The division of plant pest control of the de-
partment of agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to
estimate the damage caused by the destruction of gooseberry
or currant bushes to prevent the spread of the white pine
blister rust, and to pay over the amount so found to the
owners of the bushes so destroyed, provided that applica-
tion for payment is made within one year from the date of
the passage of this act. The said division shall give public
notice of the provisions of this act and shall pay the said
amounts upon such proof as the division may deem it right
to require, but no claims shall be certified for payment until
an appropriation has been made for the purpose.
Section 2. This act shall apply only to claims accruing
during the years nineteen hundred and eighteen and nine-
teen hundred and nineteen. Approved May 13, 1920.
Compensation
for destruction
of gooseberry
and currant
bushes on ac-
count of
white pine
blister.
Pro\nso.
Public notice,
etc.
To what claims
to apply.
Chap.4Al An Act relatr^e to the liability of counties, cities
and towns for defects in certain HIGHWAYS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
A county, city or town shall not be liable for an injury or
damage sustained upon a way laid out and established in
the manner prescribed by statute until after an entry has
been made for the purpose of constructing the way, or during
the construction or repairing thereof, provided, that the way
shall have been closed, or other sufficient means taken to
caution the public against entering thereon.
Approved May 13, 1920.
Liability of
counties, cities
and towns for
defects in
certain high-
ways.
P*roviso.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 448, 449. 465
An Act relative to the westfield river railway ChavA4:8
COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter three hundred and twenty-six of the Special Acts i9i7, 326, (S),
of nineteen hundred and seventeen is hereby amended by
striking out section ten and substituting the following:^
Section 10. The authority herein granted shall cease if no Authority
part of the proposed railway has been built and put in opera- Westfieid River
tion on the fourteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and panj^^hen to
twenty-five. Approved May 13, 1920.
cease.
An Act providing for a certain payment by the Chav.44Q
BOSTON ELEVATED RAILWAY COMPANY OR THE WEST END
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY TO THE COMMONWEALTH, AND
GRANTING CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Upon the payment by the Boston Elevated Railway Com- Railway loca-
pany or the West End Street Railway Company to the com- Ranted on
monwealth of twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and five chafiM*r?ver
and seven one hundredths dollars, being the amount hereto- ^a^v^^ate^town
fore certified by the treasurer and receiver-general, under upon certain
i> 1 111 1 • 1 i> 1 payment by
the provisions or chapter seven hundred and eighty oi the Boston Eie-
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, to be due from the Company or
Newtomalle and Watertown Street Railway Company as its street Railway
contribution to the cost of the bridge over Charles river S^mmonweaith,
between the city of Boston and the town of Watertown at ^*^-
North Beacon street, there is hereby granted to the West
End Street Railway Company locations upon the said bridge
and its approaches for tracks, poles, wires and incidental
structures necessary or convenient for a double track over-
head trolley street railway in the same, or substantially the
same, position as the existing tracks, poles, wires and other
facilities thereon, subject to all the provisions of general
laws relating to street railway locations. Upon the said pay-
ment the Newtonville and Watertown Street Railway Com-
pany shall be released from its obligation to make any pay-
ment on account of the said bridge.
Approved May 13, 1920.
466
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 450, 451, 452-
ChapA50 An Act authorizing the city of pittsfield to pay a
SUM OF MONEY TO THE WIDOW OF J(3hN HUDNER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Pittsfield may pay to Mary
Hudner, widow of John Hudner, the sum of sixteen hundred
and sixty-six dollars, the said John Hudner having died while
in the service of the said city as the captain of its police
department.
Section 2, This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the said city in accordance with the
provisions of its charter, provided that such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved May 13, 1920.
City of Pitts-
field may pay
money to
widow of John
Hudner.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
C/iap. 451 An Act relatr^e to the organization and salaries
of the district attorney's office for the SUFFOLK
district.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The annual salary of the district attorney for
He may
Organization SeCTION 1.
and salaries of
district attor- the bufiolk district shall be mne thousand dollars
Suffolk district, appoint and, at pleasure, remove six assistant district attor-
neys, four at annual salaries of five thousand dollars each,
and two at annual salaries of four thousand dollars each.
The said salaries shall be paid from the treasury of the com-
monwealth.
Section 2. The increases in salaries provided for by this
act shall not take effect until an appropriation has been made
sufficient to cover the same, and then, as of the first day of
June of the current year. Approved May 13, 1920.
Increases in
salaries, when
to take effect.
ChavAb2 An Act to incorporate the annuity company of Mas-
sachusetts.
Annuity
Company of
Massachusetts
incorporated.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Ferdinand M. Holmes, Charles R. Rockwell,
Waldo F. Glidden, William Odlin, and James L. Miller, their
associates and successors, are hereby created a corporation
under the name of Annuity Company of Massachusetts, to
be situated in the city of Boston, and the said corporation is
authorized to make contracts of annuity and to purchase
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 452. 467
and sell contracts of annuity, within or without the com-
monwealth, with all the rights, powers and privileges and
subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions conferred
or imposed by general laws upon business corporations so
far as the said laws are consistent with the provisions of this
act.
Section 2. The board of directors shall consist of not Board of
less than five members, who shall be chosen by ballot from ber, election,
the stockholdersj and a majority of whom shall be residents '^^°''"°^'
of the commonwealth. Not less than tlu*ee shall constitute
a quorum to do business although a less number may adjourn
from time to time. The nmnber of directors and the number
constituting a quorum may be increased at any annual or
special meeting of the stockholders. The directors may
choose from their number an executive committee of not
less than tliree, which may exercise all the powers of the
board of directors whenever the board shall not be in session,
and also all powers expressly conferred upon it by the by-
laws. The corporation may determine by its by-laws the CaUingof
manner of calling and conducting all meetings and the mode ^Ung,"etc.
of voting by proxy. Each stockholder shall be entitled to
one vote for every share of capital stock owned by him.
Section 3. The capital stock of the corporation shall be Capital stock,
one million dollars divided into ten thousand shares of a ^^""'^ • ® "•
par value of one hundred dollars each. No certificates of
shares and no contracts of annuity shall be granted, pur-
chased or sold until the whole capital stock is paid in. The
capital stock may be increased from time to time, in accord-
ance with the provisions of law relating to business corpo-
rations. The corporation may pay such dividends as the Payment of
directors may consider prudent from its net earnings: pro- pj^^^'^'^^'
tided, however, that at least one half of the net earnings shall
accmnulate until the surplus, whether accumulated or paid
in, is at least five hundred thousand dollars.
Section 4. Computations of the annuity contracts of Computations
. ^ . "^ of annuity
the company which are required by law shall be made on contracts, how
the basis of "McClintock's Table of ^Mortality among An-
nuitants", or such other table as the commissioner of insur-
ance may prescribe, with interest at such rate as the com-
missioner, in the exercise of a reasonable discretion, may
determine from time to time, taking into consideration the
interest yield on the investments of the corporation.
Section 5. Contracts of annuity WT-itten by the corpo- certain annuity
ration and terminating with the life of the annuitant or brco^idered *°
468
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 453.
contracts of
insurance.
Not to carry on
life insurance
business, etc.
To be subject
to certain laws.
Investments.
otherwise shall not be considered contracts of insurance.
The corporation shall not carry on the business of a life in-
surance company, but it may vrcite annuity contracts to be
issued in comiection with life insurance policies WTitten by
domestic life insurance companies or foreign insurance com-
panies authorized to write such policies within the common-
wealth.
Section 6. The said corporation shall be subject to the
provisions of chapter five hundred and seventy-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and seven relating to domestic life
insurance companies, and all amendments thereof and addi-
tions thereto, which are consistent with the provisions of
this act, except that investments of capital and reserve may
be made in any investments which may now or hereafter
lawfully be made by sa\'ings banks incorporated under the
laws of the commonwealth, in addition to investments au-
thorized by the provisions of said chapter five hundred and
seventy-six and the amendments thereof.
Approved May 13, 1920.
ChapA5S An Act RELATrv'E to the division into day and night
FORCES OF PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPART-
MENT OF THE TOWN OF CANTON.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ follmvs:
Section 1. Upon a petition of not less than ten per cent
of the registered voters of the towTi of Canton filed with the
town clerk, not less than thirty days before any annual town
meeting, the town clerk shall cause to be printed upon the
official ballot to be used at the said meeting for the election
of officers, the following question: "Shall the vote of the
towTi accepting chapter one hundred and thirty-two of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen providing
for the division into day and night forces of the
permanent members of the fire department be
revoked ? ' ' ' ■ ■
Section 2. If a majority of the voters voting thereon
vote in the affirmative on said question, then the provisions
of said chapter one hundred and thirty-two shall not apply
to the fire forces of the town of Canton.
Approved May 13, 1920.
Submission to
voters of town
of Canton
question of re-
voking vote
accepting
provisions of
law dividing
members of
fire department
into day and
night forces.
Effect of affirm-
ative vote.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 454, 455. 469
An Act to extend the time for the operation of ChapA54:
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATIVE TO THE BOSTON
AND MAINE RAILROAD.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat Emergency
its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty of chapter three hundred and eighty of the i9i5, 380 (S),
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, as amended by amended.
section two of chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out the words "June thirtieth,
in the year nineteen hundred and seventeen", in the second
and third lines of the second sentence of said section and
substituting the words : — December thirty-first in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty, — so that the said second
sentence will read as follows: — In case the company shall fo/^^rtfSn®'*
fail to comply with said requirements as to dividends in any "-g^^^g^'J} fl^
fiscal year after December thirty-first in the year nineteen relative to
11 1 •! 1111 111* J. Boston and
hundred and twenty, its bonds shall cease to be legal mvest- Maine Railroad,
ments for savings banks until it has paid such dividends for
five fiscal years in succession. Approved May 14, 1920.
An Act relative to the limitation in height of build- ChapA55
INGS ON LAND BETWEEN DARTMOUTH STREET AND TRINITY
PLACE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The limitation of the height of buildings Limitation in
contained in chapter four hundred and fifty-two of the acts ingf notto'^'
of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight shall not apply to a uin'Ta^d*b^
parcel of land now owned by the trustees of the Copley ^o^utl^tTeL't
Square Trust, containing about twenty-one thousand two '^"jfce^a"^*^^
hundred and forty square feet, and bounded southerly on Boston.
Stuart street two hundred and thirty-six feet, westerly on
Dartmouth street ninety feet, northerly on other land of
said trustees on which now stands the Copley Plaza hotel
two hundred and thirty-six feet, and easterly on Trinity
place ninety feet. If, within two years from the passage of jft^enXr^^^'
this act, said parcel of land or any part or parts thereof are public use.
470
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 456, 457.
taken by public authority for any public use, the owner or
o-^Tiers of the land so taken shall, with respect to the land
taken and apart from improvements thereon, only be en-
titled to recover damages to the extent that they would
have been entitled to recover if this act had not been passed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 14, 1920.
ChapA5Q An Act to establish the standish imonu:\ient reserva-
tion IX the town of duxbury.
prTambfe':^ ^hereos, The deferred operation of this act would defeat
its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Monument Section 1. The commouwealth, acting through the com-
Swn^To'ux-" niissioner of conservation, may acquire by gift the Standish
buryestab- mouumeut, aud the grounds and structures appurtenant
thereto in the to^^^l of Duxbury and owned by the Standish
Monument Association, and may maintain the same as the
Standish Monument Reservation, under such rules and
regulations as the said commissioner may prescribe. The
commissioner is likewise authorized and directed to make
necessary repairs and alterations in the said monument,
grounds and buildings, and to provide suitable approaches
thereto, with a view to the effective accomplishment of the
purposes for which the said association was organized.
Section 2. To carry out the purposes of this act, there
may be expended annually such sums as may be appropriated
by the general court. Approved May 14, 1920.
lished.
Expenditures.
Chap. 4:57 An Act relative to the construction by the county
OF ESSEX OF A HIGITVVAY BETWEEN THE TOWN OF ROCK-
PORT AND THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
amended by striking out section two and substituting the
following : — Section 2. The cost and expenses incurred
hereunder shall in the first instance be paid by the county of
Essex, and the comity commissioners are hereby directed to
1919, 218 (G),
§ 2, amended.
Essex county
may issue
notes for con-
struction of
highway be-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 457. 471
borrow on the credit of the county from time to time such *'^®5'^ ^°^^-
• 1 N p • 1 1 • • port and
sums of money as may be required therefor, mcludmg interest, Gloucester.
and to issue the notes of the county therefor bearing interest
or discounted as may be deemed advisable, and the county
treasurer may sell said notes at public or private sale upon
such terms and conditions as the county commissioners may
deem proper. The notes may be renewed from time to time
until such time as the city and town liable for a portion of
the expense have paid to the county treasurer the amounts
assessed as hereinafter provided. All money so borrowed
shall be deposited in the county treasury, and the treasurer
of the county shall pay out the same as ordered by the
county commissioners, and shall keep a separate, accurate
account of all moneys borrowed and expended including
interest, or discount as the case may be.
Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and eighteen is loig, 218 (o,
hereby further amended by striking out section three and ^' '^'^^^ ^ '
substituting the following : — Sectioji 3. Upon the comple- statement of
tion of the said highway the county commissioners shall file etc! *° ^ ^^'^'
in the office of the clerk of courts for the said county a de-
tailed statement, certified under their hands, of the actual
cost of said highway, including interest or discount, as the
case may be on moneys borrowed under the authority of
section two, and within three months after the filing of the
statement they shall, after such notice as they deem proper,
and a hearing, apportion and assess upon the said county Apportionment
an amount equal to fifty per cent of the said cost, and shall °^ '^°^*' ®*°'
apportion and assess upon the city of Gloucester and upon
the town of Rockport the balance of the said cost, in the
following manner: Upon the city of Gloucester, fifty per
cent of the cost pertaining to that part of the highway
within the limits of the said city, and upon the town of Rock-
port, fifty per cent of the cost pertaining to that part of the
highway within the limits of the said town. The commis- Report of ap-
sioners shall file in the office of the clerk of courts of said be medretc* ^
county the report of the said apportionment, and the clerk
shall transmit a true and attested copy thereof to the mayor
of the said city and to the selectmen of the said town; and
the city and towm shall each pay its proportion of said ex-
pense, determined by the commissioners as aforesaid, into
the treasury of the county of Essex, in such manner as the
county commissioners may direct; and if the city or town
shall neglect or refuse so to do, the commissioners shall, after
notice to the city or town, issue a warrant against it for its
472
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 458.
Essex county
may issue
bonds, etc.
County of
Essex,
Gloucester-
Rockport
Highway
Loan, Act of
1919.
City of
Gloucester and
town of Rock-
port may
issue bonds,
etc.
proportion, determined as aforesaid, with interest and the
costs of the notice and warrant, and the same shall be col-
lected and paid into the treasm-y of said county, and applied
in pa\Tnent of the cost aforesaid. For the pm-pose of paying
the county's ultimate share of said cost the county commis-
sioners may issue from time to time bonds or notes of the
county to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. Such bonds or notes shall bear on their face the
words, County of Essex, Gloucester-Rockport Highway Loan,
Act of 1919, shall be payable by such annual pa^-ments, be-
ginning not more than one year after the respectiA'e dates
thereof, as will extinguish each loan within ten years from
its date; and the amount of the annual payment of any
loan in any year shall not be less than the amount of the
principal of the loan payable in any subsequent year. The
said bonds or notes shall bear interest at such rates as the
treasurer of the county may determine, with the approval of
the county commissioners, payable semi-annually, shall be
signed by the treasurer of the county and countersigned by
a majority of the county commissioners. The county may
sell the said securities at public or private sale upon such
terms and conditions as the county commissioners may deem
proper, but not for less than their par value, and the pro-
ceeds shall be used only for the purposes specified herein.
For the purpose of paying the amounts assessed against the
city of Gloucester and the town of Rockjwrt, the said city
and town may each borrow, outside the statutory limit of
indebtedness, a sum not exceeding the amount of its assess-
ment, and may issue bonds or notes therefor. Such bonds or
notes shall be payable in not more than ten years from their
respective dates, and in the manner set forth by section
fourteen of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirteen.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 14, 1920.
ChapAdS An Act granting an extension of time to the north
READING WATER COMPANY.
Be it eyiacted, etc., as follows:
1917, 290 (S), Chapter two hundred and ninety of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundted and seventeen is hereby amended by strik-
ing out section twelve and substituting the following: — Sec-
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 459, 460. 473
tion 12. This act shall take effect upon its passage, but shall Extension of
be null and void unless the North Reading Water Company North Reading
shall have begun to distribute water through its pipes to pany'^to b^in
consumers in said town on or before the seventeenth day of water, "to" ^
April, nineteen hundred and twenty-three.
Approved May I4, 1920.
ChapA59
An Act to regulate the salaries of turnkeys and
tvatchmen at the state prison and the massachu-
setts reformatory.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Turnkevs and watchmen in the service of Turnkeys and
the state prison or the Massachusetts reformatory who have state prison
been in the prison service in any state or county institution chusetts re-
within the commonwealth and have performed similar duties saiSfes regu-
therein for less than one year shall receive an annual salary ^^^^'
of thirteen hundred dollars. Turnkeys and watchmen in the
service of the state prison or the Massachusetts reformatory
who have been in the prison service as hereinabove defined
for more than one year shall receive for each additional year
of ser\'ice an increase in salary of one hundred and twenty
dollars, until a maximum of nineteen hundred dollars is
attained.
Section 2. The increases in salaries provided by this increases in
act shall not take effect until an appropriation has been to^^^L^'egecT
made sufficient to cover the same, and then as of June first
of the current year.
Section 3. Chapter two hundred and thirteen of the Repeal.
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
repealed. Approved May I4, 1920.
An Act relative to interest on unpaid taxes. Chav 460
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section seventy-one of Part I of chapter four hundred and i>^°^j^^'„
mnety 01 the acts or mneteen hundred and nnie, as amended etc., amended,
by section one of chapter six hundred and eighty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, by section twenty-one
of chapter two hundred and thirty-seven of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, by chapter one hun-
dred and three of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
sixteen, and by chapter one hundred and ninety of the Gen-
474
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 460.
Rate of
interest and
how computed
eral Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby further
amended by striking out the said section and substituting
Payment of the followiug: — Section 71. Taxes shall be payable in every
interest thereon, city and town and in every fire, water, watch or improve-
ment district in which the same are assessed, and bills for
the same shall, be sent out, not later than the fifteenth day
of October of each year, unless by ordinance, by-law or vote
of the city, town or district, an earlier date of pajTaent is
fiixed. On all taxes remaining unpaid after the expiration of
seventeen days from said October fifteenth, or after such
longer time as may be fixed by any city, town or district
which fixes an earlier date for payment, but not exceeding
thirty days from such earlier date, interest shall be paid at
the following rates computed from the date on which the
taxes become payable: — At the rate of six per cent per
annum on all taxes and, by way of penalty, at the additional
rate of two per cent per annum on the amount of all taxes in
excess of two hundred dollars assessed to any taxpayer, in
any one city or town, if such taxes remain unpaid after the
expiration of three months from the date on which they
became payable, but if, in any case, the tax bill is sent out
later than the day prescribed, interest shall be computed
only from the expiration of such seventeen days or said
longer time. In no case shall interest be added to taxes
paid prior to the expiration of seventeen days from the date
when they are payable, nor shall any city or town so fix an
earlier date of pa\Tnent and longer time within which taxes
may be paid without interest as would permit the payment
of any taxes without interest after the first day of November
of the year in wliich they are due. Bills for taxes assessed
under the provisions of section eighty-five of Part I shall be
sent out not later than December twenty-sixth, and such
taxes shall be payable not later than December thirty-first.
If they remain unpaid after that date, interest shall be
paid at the rates above specified, computed from Decem-
ber thirty-first until the day of payment, but if, in any case,
the tax bill is sent out later than December twenty-sixth,
the said taxes shall be payable not later than ten days from
the date of the bill, and interest shall be computed from the
fifteenth day following the date when the tax becomes due.
In all cases where interest is payable it shall be added to and
become a part of the tax. Approved 31 ay I4, 1920.
Bills for
omitted assesS'
ments, etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 461, 462. 475
An Act relative to the retirement and pensioning ChapAQl
OF persons in the prison service of the common-
wealth.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter six hundred and one of the acts of nineteen hun- loos. eoi, § 2,
dred and eight is hereby amended by striking out section ^'^'"'
two, and substituting the following : — Section 2. The words Retirement and
" prison service" as used in section one of this act, as amended personam °
by chapter two hundred and seventy-tln-ee of the General ^fcommon-"^
Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, shall be construed to te^ms^defiMd?
mean service in the state prison, the Massachusetts reform- etc.
atory, the state farm, the reformatory prison for women, the
prison camp and hospital or in any jail or house of correction
in Massachusetts ; and an officer of any one of the said insti-
tutions shall, for the purposes of this act, be credited with
all the time which he has served as an officer with a good
record in any of them. Any person in the employ of an
institution mentioned in section one, as amended by said
chapter two hundred and seventy-tliree, who, prior to June
seven, nineteen hundred and eleven, began prison service in
any of the institutions mentioned in this act as so amended
shall also have included as a part of his service all the service
rendered by him as an officer or instructor, with a good
record, at the industrial school for boys, Lyman school for
boys, industrial school for girls, Suffolk school for boys of
Suffolk county, or any county training school in Massachu-
setts. The words "good record" shall be construed to mean
that the officer was not discharged for misconduct from any
of the said institutions, or that, if so discharged, it was after-
ward found that he was not. at fault; and restoration to
duty or reappointment in the institution from which he was
discharged shall be sufficient evidence of exoneration.
Apijroved May I4, 1920.
An Act to provide for the abatement of certain Chav.A&2
corporation excise taxes.
Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:
Section 1. Any foreign corporation which has, after the Abatement of
_ 1 PT1 • 1 11 IP -1 1 certain excise
nrst day 01 July, nmeteen hundred and lourteen, paid to the taxes paid by
commonwealth a tax or taxes for any one year or years in TO^rations.
excess of two thousand dollars under the provisions of sec-
476 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 463.
tion fifty-six of Part III of chapter four hundred and ninety
of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine or of chapter seven
hunch-ed and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fourteen, and has not received a refund or abatement thereof,
shall upon application therefor, as hereinafter provided, be
entitled to an abatement in full of all such pajinents for any
one year or years in excess of two thousand dollars, without
interest. -.;
Appii^Wons^ Section 2. ' Applications for the abatement aforesaid
shall be filed with the commissioner of corporations and tax-
ation within sixty days from the date on which this act takes
" effect. If the commissioner finds that any such paj-ment
has been made, he shall issue a certificate of abatement.
Release of Upon the filing with the auditor of the commonwealth of
claims against i •
commonwealth, such Certificate, together with a release under seal, duly
executed by the corporation and in a form approved by the
auditor, of all claims against the commonwealth or any
board, oflBcer or employee thereof, for or on account of any
tax or taxes paid to the commonwealth after the first day
of July, nineteen hundred and fourteen, whether under said
section fifty-six of Part III of chapter four hundred and
ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, or under
said chapter seven hundred and twenty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fourteen, the treasurer of the common-
wealth shall pay to such corporation the amount called for
by the said certificate.
Expenditures. SECTION 3. For the purposcs of this act there may be ex-
pended such sums as are hereafter appropriated by the gen-
eral court. Approved May I4, 1920.
Chap AGS An Act relative to the compensation and expenses
OF the board of registration in optometry.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
i^I'nded ^ ^' Chapter seven hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and
tweh'e is hereby amended by striking out section seven and
Board of substitutiug the following: — Section 7. Each member of
op^tometry^ '° the board, excepting the secretary, shall receive an annual
and el^^ses" salary of tliree hundred and fifty dollars. The annual salary
of the secretary shall be five hundred dollars. There shall be
allowed and paid to each member his necessary travelling
expenses, actually incurred in attending meetings of the
board, not exceeding four cents a mile each way. The said
compensation and travelling expenses and all other expenses
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 464, 465. 477
incurred by the board under the proN-isions of tliis act, not
exceeding the sums appropriated, shall be approved by the
board and paid by the commonwealth.
Approved May 14, 1920.
An Act relative to late payments of the excise on Chav 464
TRANSFERS OF STOCK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter seven hundred and seventy of the acts of nine- i9i4, 770, § 9,
teen hundred and fourteen is hereby amended by striking ^'^^^
out section nine and substituting the following : — Section 9. f^l^f^^^^^'
No transfer of stock made after the first day of December in not to be made
the year nineteen hundred and fourteen on which an excise proceedings,
is imposed by this act, which excise is not paid at the time ^ '''
of such transfer, shall be made the basis of any action or
legal proceeding, nor shall proof thereof be offered or received
in evidence in any court in this commonwealth: provided, Proviso.
however, that notliing contained in this paragraph shall apply
to proceedings authorized by tliis act.
Where, through accident, mistake or inadvertence, and ofexofe^^^''*^
without any intent to evade the provisions of this act, the sJock^aifowed
said excise is not paid at the time of the transfer, the com- in certain
„ . , . Ill • cases, etc.
missioner or corporations and taxation may allow the excise
to be paid at a later time, under such rules and regulations
as he may from time to time establish, and if so paid the
penalty provided by section six, as amended by section three
of chapter two hundred and thirty-eight of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and fifteen, for failure to pay the excise
shall not be enforced, and any transfer on which the excise ^
shall have so been paid shall have the same legal effect as if
the excise had actually been paid at the time of the transfer,
and shall not be subject to the provisions of the first para-
graph of this section. Approved May I4, 1920.
An Act to correct and ament) cil^pter three hun- nhnj) 465
DRED AND TWELVE OF THE ACTS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND TWENTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one and section two of chapter three hundred and ^^^'J^^^ ^^^j
twelve of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty are hereby amended.
consolidated in a single section by striking out the word
"and", in line eight of section one; by striking out the
478
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 466, 467.
1920, 312,
corrected and
amended.
period in line fourteen of section one and substituting a
semicolon; and by striking out the words "Section 2. The
said board", in line one of section two, and substituting the
word: — and. Section three, section four and section five of
said chapter three hundred and twelve are hereby renumbered
to read section two, section three and section four, respec-
tively. Section three of said chapter three hundred and
twelve, or as renumbered in this act section two, is hereby
amended by inserting in line one, after the word "Boston",
the words : — without other authority than that contained
in this act, — and by striking out, in line five, the word " au-
thorized". Apjrroved May 17, 1920.
Town of
Billerica may
make an ad-
ditional water
loan.
Billerica
Water Loan,
Act of 1920.
C/iap.466 An Act to authorize the town of billerica to make
AN .additional water LOAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Billerica, for the purpose of ex-
tending and relaying its water mains and improving its
storage, pumping, and distributing facilities, may borrow
from time to time, outside the statutory limit of indebted-
ness, such sums as may be necessary, to an amount not ex-
ceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, and may issue therefor
bonds or notes. Such bonds or notes shall be denominated
on the face thereof, Billerica Water Loan, Act of 1920, and
shall be signed by the treasurer of the toAvn and counter-
signed by the selectmen. The said bonds or notes shall be
payable at the expiration of periods not exceeding thirty
years from their respective dates of issue, and in the manner
set forth in section fourteen of chapter seven hundred and
nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen and
all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and any
premiums received thereon shall be used as directed by gen-
eral law.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 18, 1920.
Chap. 467 An Act to provide for the recording of discharge
PAPERS OF soldiers, SAILORS AND MARINES.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, This act should take immediate effect in order
that honorably discharged service men may have an oppor-
tunity of recording their discharge papers before the same
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 468. 479
are lost or destroyed, therefore the act is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The discharge or release papers of soldiers, sailors and ma- Discharge or
rines who served in the armed forces of the United States in ol'soWiS-tr'^^
time of war or insurrection and have been honorably dis- r^orS^Itc
charged therefrom or released from active duty therein, may
be recorded with the clerk of the city or town of the holder's
residence in books kept for the purpose, upon payment of a Fee, etc.
fee of twenty-five cents for each discharge or release so re-
corded. The clerk shall prepare and keep an index of the
papers so recorded, and copies of such papers, if attested by
the clerk of the city or town, shall be admitted as sufficient
evidence thereof whenever they are otherwise competent.
Approved May 18, 1920.
ChapAQS
An Act relative to the distribution of the estates
of persons dying intestate.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Clause Third of section three of chapter one r. l. ho, § 3,
hundred and forty of the Revised Laws, as amended by ^tc^.^am^ndeli.
chapter two hundred and fifty-six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and five, and by chapter three hundred and three
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is
hereby further amended by striking out the first paragraph
of said clause and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Third, If the deceased leaves no issue and it appears on de- Distribution
termination by the probate court, as hereinafter provided; pLlo'S'rdy'iLg
that the whole estate does not exceed five thousand dollars in intestate.
value, the surviving husband or wife shall take the whole
thereof; otherwise the surviving husband or wife shall take
five thousand dollars and one half of the remaining personal
property and one half of the remaining real property. If ^^ be^mlt*"^
the personal property is insufficient to pay the said five
thousand dollars, the deficiency shall, upon the petition of
any party in interest, be paid from the sale or mortgage, in
the manner provided for the payment of debts or legacies, of
any interest of the deceased in real property which he could
have conveyed at the time of his death; and the surviving
husband or wife shall be permitted, subject to the approval
of the court, to purchase at any such sale, notwithstanding
480
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 469.
Further sale,
etc., to meet
deficiency,
etc.
Court to
decree value
of estate.
Further decrees
by court.
Time of
taking effect.
the fact that he or she is the administrator of the estate of
the deceased person. A further sale or mortgage of any real
estate of the deceased may later be made to provide for any
deficiency still remaining. Whenever it shall appear, upon
petition to the probate court of any party in interest, and
after such notice as the court shall order, and after a hearing
thereon, that the whole amount of the estate of such deceased
husband or vdfe, as found by the inventory and upon such
other evidence as the court shall deem necessary, does not
exceed the sum of five thousand dollars over and above the
amount necessary to pay the debts and charges of adminis-
tration, the court shall itself by decree determine the value
of said estate, which decree shall be binding upon all parties.
If additional property is discovered later, the right or title
to the estate covered by such decree shall not be affected
thereby, but the court may make such further orders and
decrees as are necessary to effect the distribution herein pro-
vided for.
Section 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of
September, nineteen hundred and twenty.
Approved May 18, 1920.
Town of
Watertown
may permit
the use for
athletic pur-
poses of play-
ground called
"Town Field."
C/iap. 469 An Act to authorize the town of watertown to per-
mit THE USE FOR ATHLETIC PURPOSES OF THE PLAY-
GROUND CALLED "town FIELD ".
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The town of Watertown, acting by and through its park
commissioners, is hereby authorized to permit the use of the
playground, called "Town Field", with the buildings and
equipment thereon, for the purpose of promoting recreation,
play, sport, and physical education, and for this purpose to
lease said playground with the buildings and equipment
thereon, with such restrictions and reservations, and upon
such conditions as the said commissioners may deem proper
to anj^ person, society, or other organization. The land with
the buildings and equipment so leased shall be used for the
purpose of providing a place for the children and teachers of
the public schools of the town of Watertown, and for others,
for such athletic sports, exercises, and diversions as have for
their object the promotion of sport, recreation, play, and
physical training and education. Approved May 18, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 470, 471. 481
An Act relative to the indemnity to be paid for ChavA70
ANIMALS KILLED BECAUSE AFFLICTED WITH TUBERCU-
LOSIS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section six of chapter ninety of the Revised Laws is hereby r. l. 90, § e.
amended by striking out the word "forty", in the eight- ind^emnity,
eenth line, and substituting the word: — sixty. ani'mais^knled
Approved May 18, 1920.
An Act relative to the election of members of the Chap. 4:71
CITY council of THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the i909, 486, § 48,
acts of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended by ^"^" ^
striking out section forty-eight and substituting the follow-
ing: — Section 48. There shall be elected in said city a city Boaton city
•I •■• p n p^ 1 j_ii 1 council to be
council consistmg oi niteen members, one to be chosen by elected by
and from each of the following districts : — District one com- ^'^t""*^' «*«=•
prising wards one and two, district two comprising wards
three and four, district three comprising ward five, district
four comprising ward six, district five comprising ward
seven, district six comprising ward eight, district seven com-
prising wards nine and ten, district eight comprising wards
eleven and twelve, district nine comprising wards thirteen
and fourteen, district ten comprising wards fifteen and six-
teen, district eleven comprising wards seventeen and eighteen,
district twelve comprising wards nineteen and twenty, dis-
trict thirteen comprising wards twenty-one and twenty-four,
district fourteen comprising wards twenty-two and twenty-
three, and district fifteen comprising wards twenty-five and
twenty-six. Those members elected in the year nineteen Terms ot
hundred and twenty shall serve for one year, and thereafter °
the members shall be elected to serve for two years.
Section 2. The city council elected in accordance with duUelf'etc
the provisions of this act, and their successors, shall have all
the powers and privileges conferred, and be subject to all the
duties and obligations imposed by law upon the present city
council acting as such or as county commissioners or in any
other capacity, except as is otherwise provided herein. The Organization of
members-elect of the city council shall meet for organization and termina-
at ten o'clock in the forenoon on the first Monday of Febru- city coumT°*
482
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 471.
Nominations,
etc.
Proviso.
Nomination
papers, prep-
aration and
issuance of,
etc.
Restrictions
on nomination
papers.
Vacancies in
nominations,
how filled.
Salary of
members of
council.
ary following their election. In the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-one the present city council shall cease to exist
on the said date, and at the said hour.
Section 3. Any male registered voter in a council dis-
trict may be nominated for the city council in that district,
and his name as such candidate shall be printed on the
official ballot to be used at the municipal election: 'provided,
that, at or before five o'clock in the afternoon of the twenty-
first day prior to such election, nomination papers prepared
and issued by the board of election commissioners and
signed by at least two hundred male registered voters of that
district qualified to vote for such candidates at said election,
shall have been filed with the board of election commissioners
and that the signatures thereon, to the number required to
make a nomination, shall have been certified subsequently
by said commissioners as hereinafter provided.
Section 4. Nomination papers for use under this act
shall be prepared by the board of election commissioners.
On or after, but not before, the Wednesday next following
the first Monday in November in any year in which mem-
bers of the city council are to be elected, a candidate shall
present to the election commissioners a statement in writing,
giving his name, the office for which he is a candidate, the
council district in which he is a candidate, and his residence,
with street and number thereof, if any, and the commis-
sioners shall, within a reasonable time, issue to such candi-
date nomination papers containing his name, the office for
which he is a candidate, the district in which he is a candidate,
and his residence, with street and number thereof, if any.
No nomination papers shall be received except those issued
in accordance with this section. No nomination papers shall
contain the name of more than one candidate. Every voter
may sign as many nomination papers for each office to be
filled as there are persons to be elected, and no more.
Section 5. If a candidate nominated as aforesaid dies
before the day of election, or withdraws his name from nomi-
nation, or is found to be ineligible, the vacancy may be filled
by a committee of not less than five persons, or a majority
thereof, if such committee be named and so authorized in the
nomination papers.
Section 6. Each member of the city council shall be
paid an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars; and no
other sum shall be paid from the city treasury for or on ac-
count of any personal expenses directly or indirectly incurred
by or in behalf of any member of the council.
vacancies.
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 471. 483
Section 7. The city council shall be the judge of the to elect a
election and qualifications of its members; shall elect from esTabifsh*'
its members, by vote of a majority of the members present, ^^^^' ®*''-
a president who shall preside at its meetings; shall from
time to time establish rules for its proceedings; and shall, fiectioL to mi
when a vacancy occurs in the office of any member during
the first six months of the municipal year, order a special
election to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The Presiding
eldest in years of the members present shall preside until the etc?^'^' "''*''■
president is chosen, and in case of the absence of the presi-
dent, until a presiding officer is chosen.
Section 8. All elections by the city council under any Elections
provision of law shall be made by a viva voce vote, each how made,' etc.
member who is present answering to his name when it is
called by the clerk or other proper officer, and stating the
name of the person for whom he votes, or declining to vote
as the case may be; and the clerk or other proper officer
shall record every such vote. No such election shall be
valid unless it is made as aforesaid.
Section 9. The names of candidates appearing on nomi- Nomination
nation papers shall, when filed, be a matter of public record; inspection,
but the nomination papers shall not be open to public etc.' '^^ ^°^'
inspection until after certification. After the nomination
papers have been filed, the election commissioners shall
certify thereon the number of signatures which are the names
of registered voters in the council district qualified to sign
the same. They need not certify more names than are re-
quired to make a nomination, with one tenth of that number
added thereto. All such papers found not to contain a
number of names so certified sufficient to make a nomina-
tion, shall be invalid. The election commissioners shall com-
plete the certification on or before five o'clock in the after-
noon on the fifteenth day preceding the city election. The
certification shall not preclude any voter from filing objec-
tions to the validitv of a nomination. All withdrawals of withdrawals,
1 1 • • " • • 1 11 1 f»i 1 • 1 1 1 objections and
and objections to a nomination shall be nled with the elec- substitutions
tion commissioners at or before five o'clock in the afternoon vacancies, etc.
of the thirteenth day preceding the city election. All substi-
tutions to fill vacancies caused by withdrawal or ineligibility
shall be filed with the election commissioners at or before
five o'clock in the afternoon on the twelfth day preceding
the city election.
Section 10. The name of each person who is nominated nlm^'^^^f"^
in compliance with law, together with his residence and the candidates
title and term of the office for which he is a candidate, shall
484
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 471.
Drawing for
position on
ballot.
Party or
political desig-
nations, etc.,
not permitted
on ballot.
Ballots to
have blank
spaces, etc.
Certain
election laws
to apply.
Election
commissioners,
powers, duties,
etc.
Special elections
of members of
council.
Inconsistent
acts, etc., not
to apply.
be printed on the official ballot at the municipal election,
and the names of no other candidates shall be printed thereon.
The names of candidates for the city council shall be printed
upon the official ballot in the order in which they may be
drawn by the board of election commissioners, whose duty
it shall be to make such drawing and to give each candidate
an opportunity to be present thereat, personally or by one
representative.
Section 11. No ballot used at any municipal election
shall have printed thereon any party or political designation
or mark, and there shall not be appended to the name of
any candidate any such party or political designation or
mark, or anything showing how he was nominated or indi-
cating his views or opinions.
Section 12. On ballots to be used at municipal elec-
tions, blank spaces shall be left at the end of each list of
candidates for the city council, equal to the number to be
elected thereto, in which the voter may insert the name of
any person not printed on the ballot for whom he desires to
vote for such office.
Section 13. All laws, not inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act, governing nomination papers and nomina-
tions for and elections of municipal officers in the city of
Boston, shall, so far as they may be applicable, govern the
nomination papers, nominations and elections provided for
in this act. The board of election commissioners shall be
subject to the same penalties and shall have the same powers
and duties, where not inconsistent with the pro^'isions of this
act, in relation to nomination papers, preparing and printing
ballots, preparing for and conducting elections, and count-
ing, tabulating and determining the votes cast under the
provisions of this act, which they have now in relation to
municipal elections in said city.
Section 14. The provisions of this act shall apply to
any special election of members of the city council held after
the year nineteen hundred and twenty in the city of Boston,
except that nomination papers for offices to be filled at such
elections shall be issued b\' the board of election commission-
ers on and after, but not before, the calling of the special
election. Every special municipal election shall be held on
a Tuesday not less than forty-five days nor more than sixty
days after the date of the order calling such election.
Section 15. So much of any act or ordinance as is in-
consistent herewith shall not apply to the provisions of this
act.
YES.
NO.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 472. 485
Section 16, This act shall be submitted to the voters of '^°M, ,
,.„-,-, , 1 • • I submitted to
the City 01 Boston at the state election m the current year, voters, etc.
and shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of
the voters voting thereon. The act shall be submitted in
the form of the following question placed upon the official
ballot: "Shall the act passed by the general court in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty, providing for
the election of a city council of fifteen members by
districts, be accepted?" Approved May 18, 1920.
An Act to authorize the county of essex to recon- nhnrvy ajo
STRUCT A PART OF KERNWOOD BRIDGE OVER DANVERS
RIVER BETWEEN THE CITIES OF SALEM AND BEVERLY.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of Essex county
Essex, subject to the provisions of chapter ninety-six of the struct a part
Revised Laws and acts in amendment thereof and in addi- bridge "v^
tion thereto, and of all other general laws which may be SitwIlnSaieL
applicable, are hereby authorized and directed to reconstruct, ^"^ Beverly.
within five years after the date of the passage of this act,
such parts of Kernwood bridge, so-called, over Danvers
river between the cities of Salem and Beverly as lie between
the approximate high and low water marks on each shore,
and to substitute for the present structure within the said
limits a solid earth fill suitably protected by rip-rap or other-
wise and with proper roadway, sidewalk, fences, and the
Hke.
Section 2. The cost and expenses of every nature in- Payment of
curred under this act shall in the first instance be paid by *^^^' ^*°'
the county of Essex, and to meet such pa;yTnents the county
commissioners are hereby authorized to borrow from time to
time such sums as may be necessary, and to issue therefor
notes of the county, to be termed a temporary Essex county Temporary
loan issued in anticipation of reimbursement on account of i^n^f *^"°*^^
moneys to be received from serial loans or other funds on
the part of the county and from funds to be received from
the cities of Beverly and Salem as hereinafter provided. All
money so borrowed shall be deposited in the county treas-
ury, and the county treasurer shall pay out the same as
ordered by the county commissioners, and shall keep a
separate and accurate account of all sums so borrowed and
expended including interest. Upon the completion of the statement of
bridge, the county commissioners shall -file in the office of med,*^tc!'
the clerk of courts for the county a detailed statement, certi-
486
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 472.
Cities of
Beverly and
Salem to be
assessed, etc.
Essex county
may issue
bonds, etc.
County of
Essex, Kern-
wood Bridge
Loan, Act of
1920.
Cities of
Beverly and
Salem may
issue bonds,
etc.
fied under their hands, of the actual cost of Its construction,
including interest, and they shall give notice to the cities of
Beverly and Salem and assess upon the city of Beverly
twenty-five per cent and upon the city of Salem thirty-five
per cent of said cost, and the said cities shall pay into the
treasury of the county the amount so assessed within sixty
days thereafter; and if the said cities, or either of them,
shall refuse or neglect to pay the amount assessed against it,
the commissioners shall after due notice, issue a warrant
against the city or cities in default for their respective pro-
portions with interest and the cost of the notice and warrant,
and the same shall be collected and paid into the treasury
of the county to be applied to the payment of the temporary
loan herein authorized.
Section 3. For the purpose of paying the county's
ultimate share of said cost, the county commissioners are
hereby authorized to issue from time to time bonds or notes
of the county to an amount not exceeding forty per cent of
the cost of the said reconstruction. Such bonds or notes
shall bear on their face the words, County of Essex, Kern-
wood Bridge Loan, Act of 1920; shall be payable by such
annual paj-ments, beginning not more than one year after
the date thereof, as will extinguish each loan within ten
years from its date, and the annual payment upon any loan
in any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal
of the loan payable in any subsequent year. The said bonds
or notes shall bear interest at such rates as the treasurer of
the county and the county commissioners may determine,
shall be signed by the treasurer of the county and counter-
signed by a majority of the county commissioners. The
county may sell the said securities at public or private sale
upon such terms and conditions as the county commissioners
may deem proper, but not for less than their par value, and
the proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the tempo-
rary loan herein authorized. For the purpose of paying the
amounts assessed against the cities of Beverly and Salem,
the said cities are hereby authorized to borrow, outside the
statutory limit of indebtedness, a sum not exceeding the
amount of the assessment, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor. Such bonds or notes shall be payable in not more
than ten years from their dates and in the manner set forth
in section fourteen of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of
the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 472. 487
Section 4. The county commissioners are hereby au- county com-
thorized to take or purchase such lands, rights or easements tekl'hfnds,'"^^
as may be required to carry out the provisions of this act, ^*'''
and shall, within sixt}' days after the taking of any property Description
as aforesaid, file in the registry of deeds for the southern tak^'i?to'^be
district of the county of Essex a description thereof suffi- ■''"^'''''''^•
ciently accurate for identification, accompanied by a plan.
The}' shall estimate the damages to property, if any, sus- Damages.
tained by any person by the taking of lands, rights or ease-
ments, or by the reconstruction of said bridge as aforesaid,
and any person aggrieved thereby may proceed, within one
year after the filing of the said statement, in the same manner
as in the case of land taken for the laying out of highways,
but in no event shall interest be recovered against the county
at the rate of more than four per cent per annum.
Section 5. The cost and expense of maintaining and ^^^'""j"* °^f
operating the whole bridge, including the new fills and road- maintaining
T, . 1111 -I'l ^"" operating
ways and the appurtenances thereto, shall be paid m the bridge, etc.
first instance by the county of Essex, and a part thereof
shall be assessed upon the cities of Salem and Beverly in the
same proportion as the cost of maintenance and operation
of the said bridge is now assessed; that is, twenty-five per
cent upon the city of Beverly and thu-ty-five per cent upon
the city of Salem. The county commissioners shall have County com-
full control of the said bridge, and shall annually, in the ifiveTOntrof
month of November, submit to the said cities a true state- submit^st'ate-
ment of the expenses of its maintenance and operation; and ^^^Jg ^^^
within thirty days thereafter the said cities shall pay into
the treasury of the county their proportions determined as
aforesaid, and if either or both of the said cities shall neglect
or refuse to pay the same, the commissioners shall, after a
notice to the cit}' or cities in default, issue a warrant, and the
same, with the interest and cost of notice and warrant, shall
be collected and paid into the treasmy of the county to be
applied in pa^Tnent of the expenses as aforesaid.
Section 6. The provisions of sections five and six of ofTertai"^^"*^
chapter three hundred and seventy-one of the acts of nine- p^rovisions of
teen hundred and three shall, upon the completion of the
work herein authorized, apply to the new work and not to
that part of the old which it replaces.
Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 19, 1920.
488
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 473, 474, 475.
ChapA7S An Act to establish the salary of the messenger of
THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The messenger of the municipal com*t of the
city of Boston shall receive an annual salary of twenty-six
hundred dollars, payable by the county of Suffolk.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 19, 1920.
Messenger of
Boston munic-
ipal court,
salary estab-
lished.
Retirement of
civil war vet-
erans, in New
Bedford, rate
of compensa-
tion.
Chap.474 An Act relative to the rate of compensation to be
PAID TO CR^IL WAR VETERANS RETIRED FROM THE SERV-
ICE OF THE CITY OF NEW BEDFORD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city council of the city of New Bed-
ford, with the consent of the mayor, may fix the rate of
compensation of any veteran of the civil war heretofore or
hereafter retired from emplojinent by the said city under
chapter five hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eleven or under chapter eight of the Special Acts
of nineteen hundred and eighteen, at three quarters of the
rate of compensation paid to him at the time of his retire-
ment.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the said city in accordance with the
provisions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance
occurs prior to the tliirty-first day of December in the
current year. Approved May 19, 1920.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
Chap. 47 5 An Act directing the county commissioners of the
COUNTY OF ESSEX TO CONSTRUCT A NEW BRIDGE OVER
THE SHAWSHEEN RIVER IN THE TOWN OF ANDOVER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of
Essex, subject to all general laws applicable thereto, are
Essex county
commissioners
to construct
shawsheen river hereby authorized and directed to construct of reinforced
n over. concrctc a bridge, in place of the present bridge, over the
Shawsheen river at Haverhill street, so-called, in the town of
Andover, and they may make such changes in the location
of the bridge as may be necessary to secure proper alignment
with the highway as it now exists or as it may be relocated.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 475. 489
Section 2. The cost and expense incurred under this Payment of
act shall not exceed the sum of forty-five thousand dollars, '^^^'
and shall be paid, in the first instance, by the county of
Essex. The said commissioners may borrow by a temporary Temporary
loan or loans on the credit of the county such sums, not ex- °^°'
ceeding the said amount, as may from time to time be re-
quired for the cost and expense aforesaid and may renew
the same for such periods as may be necessary. All amounts
so borrowed shall be deposited in the treasury of the county,
and the treasurer shall pay out the same as ordered by the
county commissioners, and shall keep a separate and accurate
account of all moneys borrowed and expended under the
provisions of this act, including interest. Upon the comple- statement of
tion of the bridge, the county commissioners shall file in the ^d notice
office of the clerk of courts for the county a detailed state- Andover, etc.
ment, certified under their hands, of the actual cost of its
construction, and they shall give notice to the town of
Andover and assess upon the town a sum not exceeding fifty
per cent of the cost, and the town shall pay into the treas-
ury of the county the amount so assessed within sixty days
after it is notified by the county that all provisions of this
act have been complied with; and if the town refuses or
neglects to pay the amount assessed, the commissioners shall,
after due notice, issue a warrant against the town for its
proportion, with interest and the cost of the notice and
warrant, and the same shall be collected and paid into the
treasury' of the county to be applied in payment of the
expense aforesaid.
Section 3. For the purpose of paying the fifty per cent Essex county
of the total cost which shall be borne by the county of bSdf to pay
Essex, the county treasurer, with the approval of the county wst^etc^" °^
commissioners, may borrow a sum not exceeding twenty-two
thousand five hundred dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
of the county therefor. Such bonds or notes shall be payable
by such annual pa^Tiients, begiiming not more than one
year after the date thereof, as ^\^ll extinguish the loan within
ten years from its date, and the amount of such annual pay-
ment in any year shall not be less than the amount of the
principal of the loan payable in any subsequent year. The Town of
town of Andover for the purpose of meeting its part of the cost accept coSri^
of said bridge may accept contributions from private per- I'ssu^^nd^
sons or corporations for all or part of its share of the said ^'^<'-
cost; and any amount not thus contributed may be borrowed
by the said town, and the town may issue bonds or notes
490
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 476.
Lands, etc.,
may be taken,
etc.
bStetc*!^ therefor. Such bonds or notes shall be payable by such
annual payments beginning not more than one year after
the date thereof, as will extinguish the loan within five years
from its date, and the amount of such annual payment in
any year shall not be less than the amount of the principal
• of the loan payable in any subsequent year. The said
county and town may sell the said securities at public or
private sale upon such terms and conditions as they may
deem proper, but not for less than their par value, and the
proceeds of the loan issued by the county shall be used only
to pay loans issued in accordance with the pro\'isions of sec-
tion two of this act or for the construction of said bridge,
and the proceeds of the loan issued by the town shall be paid
into the county treasury to be applied to the payment of
loans issued in accordance with said section two.
Section 4. The said county commissioners may acquire
such lands, rights or easements as may be required to carry
, out the purposes of this act, but no expense shall be incurred
for the acquisition of land or the relocation of the work
herein provided for, and the work of construction herein
provided for shall not begin until a release on the part of all
parties concerned for any claims that may arise on account
of carrying out the provisions of this act has been filed in
the office of the county commissioners.
Section 5. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the town of Andover at a town meeting duly called for the
piu'pose, and shall take effect upon its acceptance by a ma-
jority of the voters voting thereon.
Approved May 19, 1920.
ChapA7d An Act to define the term "commercial trailer" in
THE LAWS RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of chapter five hundred and thirty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and nine, as amended, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the ninth paragraph con-
taining the definition of "Motor Vehicle", the following: —
"Commercial trailer" shall mean any vehicle without means
of propulsion which is designed to be used in connection
with a motor vehicle for the purpose of carrying passengers
for hire or commodities in connection with commerce by
trailing behind a motor vehicle but not including a pair of
wheels commonly used as an implement for other purposes
than transportation. Approved May 19, 1920.
To be sub-
mitted to voters
of Andover.
1909, 534, § 1,
etc., amended.
Definition of
"commercial
trailer".
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 477, 478, 479. 491
An Act to establish the salary of the clerk of the (J}inr> 477
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY FOR THE COUNTY
OF SUFFOLK.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The annual salary of the clerk in the registry cierk of the
of probate and insolvency for the county of Suffolk, ap- probate and
pointed under section eighteen of chapter one hundred and sirffoircoulay.
sixty-four of the Revised Laws and the amendments thereof, ff^fj'^ '*^'^'^^'
shall be fifteen hundred dollars.
Section 2. The increase in salary herein provided for Time of
shall not take effect until an appropriation therefor has been ^ ^'^^^ ^ ■
made by the general court, and then as of the first day of
June in the current year. Ajiproved May 19, 1920.
An Act to permit gifts of personal property between (jhnrQ 470
HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter one hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Laws r. l. 153, § 3,
is hereby amended by striking out section three and substi- '^™*"*'^^'^-
tuting the following : — Section 3. Gifts of personal property Certain gifts
between husband and wife shall be valid to the same ex- t'w™n*htlbL'^d
tent as if they were sole. Approved May 19, 1920. ^""^ ^"^•
An Act relative to the contents of stickers or /-1-1 a^q.
pasters used on official ballots. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section two hundred and eighty of chapter eight hundred i^- 835, §280,
and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen,
as amended by section seven of chapter three hundred and
sixty-four of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, is hereby further amended by inserting after the
word "printed", in the twenty-fourth line, the words: —
provided, however, that when stickers or pasters are used
upon the official ballot no political or other designation shall
appear on such stickers or pasters, and if so appearing the
vote shall not be counted, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 280. At an election of state or city officers, and of ^n^*t'own^
town officers in towns where official ballots are used, the elections.
presiding election officer at each polling place in a city or structiona,
town shall, before the opening of the polls, post at least three
492
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 480.
Pasters per-
mitted but sub-
ject to certain
restrictions.
Proviso.
Delivery of
ballots to
ballot clerks.
Disposition
of specimen
ballots not
posted.
cards of instruction, three cards containing abstracts of the
laws imposing penalties upon voters, three copies of meas-
ures to be submitted to the people, if any, and at least five
specimen ballots within the polling place outside the guard
rail, and the cards of instruction and a copy of each measure
to be submitted to the people in each marking compartment;
and no other poster, card, handbill, placard, picture or cir-
cular intended to influence the action of the voter, except a
paster to be placed upon the official ballot, shall be posted,
exhibited, circulated or distributed in the polling place, in
the building in which the polling place is located, on the
walls thereof, on the premises on which the building stands,
on the sidewalk adjoining the premises where such election is
being held, or within one hundred and fifty feet of the en-
trance to such polling place. Pasters to be placed on the
official ballot shall be subject to all the restrictions imposed
by sections two hundred and fifty-eight and two hundred
and sixty-one as to names, residences and political designa-
tions of candidates and the size of the type in which the
names shall be printed: provided, however, that when stickers
or pasters are used upon the official ballot no political or
other designation shall appear on such stickers or pasters,
and if so appearing the vote shall not be counted. The pre-
siding election officer shall, at the opening of the polls,
publicly open the packages containing the ballots and deliver
them to the ballot clerks. All specimen ballots not posted
shall be kept in the custody of the presiding officer until
after the closing of the polls. Approved May 19, 1920.
ChapASO An Act to establish the offices of chief and assist-
ant CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE TOWN OF
BILLERICA.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:^
Section 1. There is hereby established in the town of
Billerica, the office of chief of the fire department, to be
filled by appointment of the selectmen and to which the
civil service laws and the regulations made thereunder,
relative to permanent fire forces in towns, shall appl3^ The
present chief of the fire engineers of the town may be ap-
pointed to the said office without civil service examination.
Section 2, The chief of the fire department, herein pro-
vided for, may, with the approval of the selectmen, appoint
Town of
Billerica may
establish offices
of chief and
assistant chief
in its fire
department;
appointment
of chief.
Appointment
of assistant
chief.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 481, 482, 483. 493
an assistant chief who shall have authority to perform all the
duties of the chief in his absence.
Section 3. For the purpose of submitting this act to the to be sub-
town, it shall take effect upon its passage, but shall not take ^teS! etc!'^^
full effect until accepted by a majority of the voters of the
town present and voting thereon at an annual town meeting.
Approved May 19, 1920.
An Act relative to the hours during which the polls qJiq^ 481
shall be open at primaries in towns.
Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:
Section one hundred and fifteen of chapter eight hundred ^^g'^^^^ ^ "^•
and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "and", in
the fourth line, the words : — by by-law or vote in towns, or
in default of such by-law or vote by, — so as to read as fol-
lows: — Section 115. The polls at every state primary shall ^ac^s^halrbe
be open during such hours, not less than nine in cities or °P?^„^},f*'**«
two in towns, as may be designated by the board of election
commissioners in Boston, the aldermen in other cities, and
by by-law or vote in towns, or in default of such by-law or
vote by the selectmen in towns. Approved May 19, 1920.
primary.
Chap.A82
An Act to establish the salaries of the court
officers of the municipal court of the roxbury
district of the city of boston.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The court officers of the municipal court of the Roxbury Salaries of
district of the city of Boston shall hereafter be paid by the Sun'idp^ai
county of Suffolk an annual salary of two thousand dollars esubHshed"^^
each. Approved May 19, 1920.
An Act to authorize the county of Suffolk to pay a (jhQjj aqq
SUM of money to the widow of wells H. JOHNSON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The county of Suffolk may pay to Mabel ^"S^JJly^a^^um
Sargent Johnson, widow of Wells H. Johnson, a sum of Maberilr^ent
money equal to the amount of salary to which the said Johnson.
Wells H. Johnson would have been entitled as a stenog-
rapher of the superior court for said county had he lived
and served in that capacity until the first day of October,
nineteen hundred and twenty.
4^4
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 484, 485, 486.
To be
submitted to
city council
of Boston.
Proviso.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the city of Boston, subject to the
provisions of its charter, provided such acceptance occurs
prior to the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved May 19, 1920.
ChapASA An Act to establish the salary of the court officer
OF THE municipal COURT OF THE WEST ROXBURY DIS-
TRICT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The salary of the court officer of the municipal court of
the West Roxbury district of the city of Boston shall be
seventeen hundred dollars a year, to be so allowed from the
first day of January in the current year, and paid by the
county of Suffolk. Approved May 19, 1920.
Salary of West
Roxbury mu-
nicipal court
officer estab-
lished.
Chap. 4:85 An Act to establish the salaries of the court
OFFICERS OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE SOUTH
BOSTON DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The salaries of the court officers of the mu-
nicipal court of the South Boston district of the city of
Boston shall be eighteen hundred dollars a year each, to be
so allowed and paid by the county of Suffolk, from the first
day of January in the current year.
Section 2. So much of chapter three hundred and
twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as
amended by section one of chapter two hundred and eighty-
two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen,
as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.
Approved May 19, 1920.
Salaries of
South Boston
municipal
court officers
established.
Repeal.
Chap. 4.SQ An Act to establish the salaries of the court
OFFICERS IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CHARLESTOWN
DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The court officers of the municipal court of the Charles-
town district of the city of Boston shall each receive an
annual salary of nineteen hundred dollars, to be paid by the
county of Suffolk in montlily instalments, in full for all
services performed by them. Approved May 19, 1920.
Salaries of
Charles town
municipal
court officers
establiBhed.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 487, 488. 495
An Act to establish the salary of the court officer ChavA87
OF the municipal court of the DORCHESTER DISTRICT
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
The court officer of the municipal court of the Dorchester Salary of
district of the city of Boston shall hereafter receive an annual mun'icfpal'^
salary of eighteen hundred dollars, payable by the county of esubHshedy
Suffolk. Approved May 19, 1920.
An Act to provide aid for cities and towns in keep- ChavA%8
ING certain highways OPEN DURING THE WINTER
MONTHS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The department of public works may co- cities and
operate with city and town authorities in keeping certain l°dedfto keep^
highways open and reasonably passable for vehicles during ways'op'ln'^'
the winter months, and for this purpose may accept financial montL^''^*^'^
or other assistance from individuals, partnerships, or corpo-
rations. The co-operation of the commonwealth shall con-
sist in furnishing such equipment as the department deems
suitable, and the supervision of the use of the same.
Section 2. The highways to be kept open and passable selection of
under this act shall be selected by the said department with kep^'IyasLbia^
regard to their importance for commercial uses, and with re-
gard to the co-operation and aid to be rendered by cities and
towns, individuals, partnerships and corporations in carry-
ing on the work, but no highway shall be selected therefor
without the approval of the municipal authorities.
Section 3. Work carried on under this act shall be Common-
supplemental to work undertaken and performed by cities bitity and^"
and towns under existing laws. Nothing in this act shall ofSL^s and^
render the commonwealth liable to pay any damages which *°"'°^-
it is not liable to pay under existing laws, nor shall this act
in any way relieve cities and towns from keeping their high-
ways clear from ice and snow as required by existing laws.
Section 4, For the purposes of this act, the said de- Amount for
partment may expend during the years nineteen hundred «''p«^'^>*^«-
and twenty and nineteen hundred and twenty-one from
such sums as may hereafter be appropriated by the general
court a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars.
Approved May 19^ 1920.
496
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 489, 490, 491.
Annual salary
of Henry E.
Bellew estab-
lished.
Repeal.
ChapA89 An Act to establish the salary of the present
ASSISTANT CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK IN CHARGE OF EQUITY BUSINESS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The annual salary of Henry E. Bellew, the
assistant clerk of the superior court for the county of Suffolk
who has charge of the equity business shall be six thousand
dollars, to be so allowed from the first day of June, nineteen
hundred and twenty, five thousand dollars of which shall be
paid by the county of Suffolk, and one thousand dollars by
the commonwealth for services performed in respect to
actions from other counties heard in Suffolk county.
Section 2. Chapter three hundred and eighty of the
acts of nineteen hundred and five is hereby repealed.
^ Approved May 19, 1920.
ChapA90 An Act to establish the salaries of the officers of
the east boston district court.
Be it enacted, etc, as follows:
The salaries of the court officers of the East Boston district
court shall be seventeen hundred dollars a year, to be so
allowed from the first day of January, nineteen hundred and
twenty and paid by the county of Suffolk.
Approved May 19, 1920.
Chap. 491 An Act to establish the salaries of the clerk and
assistant clerks of the municipal court of the
CITY of boston for CIVIL BUSINESS.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The annual salaries of the clerk and assistant
clerks of the municipal court of the city of Boston for civil
business shall be paid by the county of Suffolk as follows : —
the clerk, five thousand dollars; the first assistant clerk,
thirty-five hundred dollars; the second assistant clerk, three
thousand dollars; the third and fourth assistant clerks each,
twenty-nine hundred dollars, and the fifth, sixth and seventh
assistant clerks each, twenty-four hundred dollars.
Section 2, Chapter three hundred and twenty-eight of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect as of the first day
of June in the current year. Approved May 19, 1920. ,
Salaries of
East Boston
district court
officers estab-
lished.
Salaries of the
clerk and
assistant clerks
of Boston
municipal
court for civil
business estab-
lished.
Repeal.
Time of
taking effect.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 492, 493. 497
An Act to establish the salaries of the clerk and (jfiQp 492
ASSISTANT CLERKS OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE
CITY OF BOSTON FOR CRIMINAL BUSINESS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The annual salaries of the clerk and assistant salaries of the
clerks of the municipal court of the city of Boston for crimi- assistant clerks
nal business shall be paid by the county of Suffolk as fol- municipal
lows: — the clerk, five thousand dollars; the first assistant wimLaf
clerk, thirty-five hundred dollars; the second assistant clerk, ^w^h^?^'
three thousand dollars; the third and fourth assistant clerks
each, twenty-nine hundred dollars, and the fifth, sixth and
seventh assistant clerks each, twenty-four hundred dollars.
Section 2. Chapter three hundred and twenty-nine of Repeal.
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect as of the first day Time of
of June in the current year. Approved May 19, 1920. ^ '"^^
An Act relative to applications for certified copies (Jfidr^ 493
OF THE VOTING LISTS SHOWING THE PARTY ENROLMENT
OF VOTERS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one hundred and ten of chapter eight 1^13, sss.^uio,
hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen, as amended by section seven of chapter seven hun-
dred and ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and four-
teen, and by section seven of chapter one hundred and
seventy-nine of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
sixteen, is hereby further amended by striking out said sec-
tion and substituting the following: — Section 110. When, Political party,
in a primary, a voter seeks to pass the guard rail, he shall be voter™^'^
asked by one of the ballot clerks, with which political party
he desires to be enrolled, and the ballot clerk upon reply
shall distinctly announce the name of such political party
and give him such political party ballot. The voter's selec-
tion shall be checked on the voting list used by the ballot
clerk, and such list shall be returned to the election com-
missioners in Boston, or to the city clerk in any other city,
or to the to%\TL clerk in towns, for preservation during the
next succeeding three calendar years. Said officers shall, Certified copies
..° . ii> • 11 1°' voti"S lists
upon receivmg a written request therefor signed by the may be fur-
chairman of any ward, town or city committee, or by at
498
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 494.
Use of party
enrolment at
subsequent
primaries.
Proviso.
1913, 835, § 305,
amended.
Copies of
voting lists as
checked may be
furnished.
List enclosed
in envelope,
sealed and
certified.
least ten voters in the ward, town or precinct for which the
Hst is desired, and in Boston filed within fifteen days after
the primary, furnish a certified copy of said list to any
ward, towTi or city committee. The party enrolment of
voters on such voting lists, and all subsequent party enrol-
ment of voters, shall be transferred each year to the voting
lists used at subsequent primaries, providing the names of
such voters have been entered, in Boston, in the annual
register prepared by the election commissioners from the
police lists, and in other cities and in towns, in the annual
register prepared from the assessors' lists.
Section 2. Section three hundred and five of said chap-
ter eight hundred and thirty-five is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "part", in the third line, the words:
— or by a written request signed by the chairman of any
ward, town or city committee, and in Boston filed within
fifteen days after such election, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 305. Upon \M'itten application, signed by at least
ten voters in the to^^^l or ward of which the precinct forms a
part, or by a written request signed by the chairman of any
ward, town or city committee, and in Boston filed within
fifteen days after such election, the city or town clerk, and
in Boston the election commissioners, may open the envelope
containing such voting list and may make a copy of the list
as checked. In Boston, such copies shall contain only the
name and residence of the voter. After any such voting
list has been so copied, said clerk or election commissioners
shall at once enclose the list in an envelope and seal up the
same and certify thereon to the identity of such lists.
Approved May 19, 1920,
ChapA94: An Act increasing the compensation of certain court
OFFICERS AND MESSENGERS IN THE COUNTIES OF SUFFOLK
AND MIDDLESEX.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The annual compensation of the officers and
messenger in attendance upon the supreme judicial court in
the county of Suffolk, the officers and messenger in attend-
ance upon the sessions of the superior court in the county of
Suffolk, the officers in attendance upon the courts in the
county of Middlesex who are appointed by the sheriff of the
said county, the officers and messengers in attendance upon
the probate courts of the counties of Suffolk and Middlesex,
Compensation
of certain court
officers and
messengers in
Suffolk and
Middlesex
counties in-
creased.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 495. 499
and the additional officers in attendance upon the superior
court of the county of Suffolk as provided by sections se\'enty
and se\-enty-one of chapter one hundred and sixty-five of
the Revised Laws, from and after the first day of June of
the current year, shall be equal to the compensation received
by each of the said officers in their respective capacities or
attached to their respective offices on the first day of October
in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen plus twenty per
cent of the said sum. The increase herein provided for shall
be paid by the respective counties.
Section 2. This act shall be construed as granting the Act, how
additional compensation provided for in section one to those '^"^*''"^-
persons appointed after the first day of October in the year
nineteen hundred and nineteen. Approved May 19, 1920.
An Act eelative to the fees of registers of deeds. Qhnj) 405
Whereas, The increased cost of maintaining registries of Emergency
deeds requires an immediate increase in the fees payable for
the recording of certain deeds and other instruments; there-
fore, this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section twenty-nine of chapter two hundred ^c^' mended'
and four of the Revised Laws, as amended by chapter three
hundred and sixty-fi\'e of the acts of nineteen hmidred and
eight, and by chapter two hundred and seventy-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and ten, is hereby further amended
by striking out the said section and substituting the follow-
ing: — Section 29. The fees of registers of deeds shall be as Fees of regis-
follows: — For entering and recording a deed or other paper, *®''^°^ '^^'^'
certifying the same on the original, and indexing it, and for
all other duties pertaining thereto, forty-five cents. If it
contains more than one page, at the rate of forty-five cents
for each page after the first: provided, however, that if the Proviso,
deed or other paper contains the names of more than two
parties thereto, other than the husband and wife of the
grantor or grantee, an additional fee of ten cents each shall
be charged for indexing the names of additional grantors or
grantees or other parties thereto. In no case shall the charge Minimum fee
for recording a deed or conveyance be less than one dollar, d'eLd'^r mort-
500
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 496.
Repeal.
Readjustment
of certain
salaries, per-
centage of
receipts to be
used.
and In no case shall the charge for recording a mortgage be
less than two dollars.
For all copies, at the rate of forty cents a page;
For entering in the margin a discharge of a mortgage, fifty
cents;
For entering a discharge of an attachment or of a lien on
buildings and lands, fifty cents;
For entering and filing a plan, of a size not over four inches
by nine and one half inches, one dollar; for larger sizes, not
less than two dollars;
For entering a partial release of an attachment, fifty cents;
For entering an attachment or an execution, for each de-
fendant named, fifty cents;
An additional fee of twenty-five cents each shall be charged
for making marginal references when they are required. The
fees provided for hereby shall be paid when the instrument
is left for recording.
Section 2. So much of section sixty-one of chapter one
hundred and sixty-se^'en of the Revised Laws, of chapter
one hundred and sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
nine, and of section twenty-five of chapter five hundred and
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, as is incon-
sistent herewith is hereby repealed.
Section 3. In the re-adjustment of the salaries of regis-
ters of deeds and of assistant recorders of the land court,
and of assistant registers of deeds, under the provisions of
chapter three hundred and sixt}^-one of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen, and of any act in amend-
ment thereof or in addition thereto, only seventy per cent
of the gross amount of fees received from the rates specified
in this act shall be used for such readjustment.
Approved May 20, 1920.
ChapAQQ An Act relatpve to the salaries of the court
OFFICERS OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF
BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: ^
The court officers of the municipal court of the city of
Boston shall receive annually from the county of Suffolk
additional compensation equal to twenty per cent of the
salaries received by them on the first day of January, nine-
teen hundred and twenty. Approved May 20, 1920.
Salaries of
Boston
municipal
court officers
increased.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 497, 498. 501
An Act to authorize the town of upton to incur in- Chav.4Q7
DEBTEDNESS FOR STREET RAILWAY PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Upton may contribute an Town of upton
amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars toward the cost indebtedness
of the repair of the so-called loop of the Grafton and Upton way purposes.
Railway within the town of Upton, or to the cost of operating
the same, or to the fixed charges of said company. Such
contribution shall be under the control of the board of select-
men, who shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the
town may prescribe by vote.
Section 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provi- Upton street
sions of this act, the town of Upton may borrow such sum Act of 1920.
as it may deem proper not exceeding in the aggregate ten
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, to
be denominated on their face, Upton Street Railway Loan,
Act of 1920, and to be issued and paid in accordance with
the provisions of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, in such manner that
the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years from
the date of issue of the first bond or note. Any premiums
on loans so issued shall be used in accordance with the pro-
visions of general law.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 25, 1920.
An Act to authorize the metropolitan district com- (Jjidjf 49^
MISSION TO complete THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SANI-
TARY condition OF THE ABERJONA RIVER IN THE TOWN
OF WINCHESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The metropolitan district commission may Metropolitan
expend a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars from the mflsionmay
Metropolitan Parks Maintenance Fund for the purpose of prJTv^ment^'f
completing the improvement of the sanitary condition of the dltk^^of*'"^'
Aberjona river in the Mystic valley parkway in the town Aberjona river
of Winchester, as authorized by chapter two hundred and
forty-nine of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and fif-
teen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 25, 1920.
502
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 499, 500.
ChapAQ9 An Act to authorize the town of watertown to take
LAND FOR A TOWN HALL OR OTHER PUBLIC PURPOSE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
town^ma^tlke Section 1. Thc towii of Watcrtown, acting through its
town'hairetc"'^ Selectmen, may take in fee, or acquire by purchase, gift or
otherwise, for pubhc purposes, a certain parcel of land in the
said town bounded by Arsenal street. North Beacon street,
Mt. Auburn street, Taylor street, and the location of the
Fitchburg Railroad Company, containing fifty-nine thou-
sand eight hundred and twenty-four square feet, more or
less, and may construct thereon a town hall or other mu-
nicipal building, or may utilize the same, or any part thereof,
for a park or for any other public purpose.
Section 2. If the town takes the whole or any part of
the said land by right of eminent domain, the method of
taking, and the assessment and recovery of damages result-
ing therefrom shall be the same as are provided by law in the
case of land taken for highways.
Section 3. To meet the liabilities that may be incurred
under the provisions of this act, the town of Watertown,
through its treasurer, acting under the direction of the select-
men, may borrow, in excess of the statutory limit of indebted-
ness, such sums not exceeding eighty thousand dollars, as
the same may be required, and may issue the notes or bonds
of the town therefor, all of which notes or bonds shall be
payable within twenty years from their respective dates,
and in accordance with the provisions of section fourteen of
chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and thirteen.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 25, 1920.
Method, etc.,
of taking land.
May issue
bonds to meet
liabilities.
Chap.500 An Act to authorize the city of springfield to incur
additional indebtedness for widening and con-
structing certain streets.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Springfield, for the purposes
specified by chapter two hundred and three of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, may incur additional
indebtedness to an amount not exceeding two hundred
thousand dollars, in excess of the statutory limit, and may
City of Spring-
field may issue
bonds to widen,
etc., certain
streets.
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 501. 503
issue bonds or notes therefor in the same manner and upon
the same terms as provided by said chapter two hundred
and three.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 25, 1920.
An Act to authorize the county of Middlesex to ac- Chap.501
QUIRE LAND AND PROPERTY FOR DISTRICT COURT ROOMS
IN THE CITY OF MALDEN.
Middlesex
county may
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of providing in the city of
Maiden a suitable building or rooms for the first district acquire land
„ T»/r'iii ic •• IP •• * property
court oi eastern Middlesex, and tor equipping and turmshmg for district
such building or rooms for the use of the district court, and Maiden.
for other purposes incidental thereto, the Middlesex county
commissioners are hereby authorized to take, or to acquire
by purchase or otherwise, such land and property as may be
necessary, and within sixty days after taking any land they Description of
shall file and cause to be recorded in the registry of deeds for recorded^etc. °
the southern district of said county a description of the land
sufficiently accurate for identification, with a statement of
the purpose for which the same was taken, signed by them.
Upon such filing, title to the land so taken shall be vested in
said county in fee. The county shall pay all damages sus- Damages,
tained by any person by reason of the taking of land or other
propert}'^ as aforesaid; and the damages shall be determined
in the manner provided by law for determining damages in
the case of land taken for laying out highways.
Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the county com- May issue
missioners of the county of Middlesex are hereby authorized payments™^^'
to borrow a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars,
and to issue bonds or notes of the county therefor. Such
bonds or notes shall be payable by such annual payments,
beginning not more than one year after the date of each
loan, as will extinguish the loan within twenty years from
its date, and the amount of such annual payment in any
year shall not be less than the amount of the principal of the
loan payable in any subsequent year. The county may sell
the said securities at public or private sale, upon such terms
and conditions as it may deem proper, but not for less than
their par value, and the proceeds, except premiums, shall be
used only for the purposes herein specified. Premiums re- Premiums,
how used.
504
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 502, 503.
ceived on account of loans hereby authorized may be used to
pay the cost of issuing the bonds or notes, and any balance
shall be held and applied to the first bond or note maturing.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 25, 1920.
Chap.502 An Act to authorize the town of foxborough to in-
cur INDEBTEDNESS FOR BUILDINGS FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND
town HALL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Foxborough may take by right
of eminent domain or may acquire by purchase or otherwise
land within the limits of the town not already appropriated
for public uses, may erect thereon and furnish a building or
buildings for the use of a high school and for town hall pur-
poses; and may borrow a sum not exceeding one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, in excess of the statutory limit of
indebtedness, and may issue bonds or notes therefor. Such
bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words, Foxborough
Municipal Building Loan, Act of 1920, and shall be issued in
compliance with the provisions of chapter seven hundred
and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen
and the amendments thereof. Each authorized issue of
bonds or notes shall constitute a separate loan. Any pre-
miums received on said loan or loans shall be used as pro-
vided by general law.
Section 2. If land is taken hereunder by right of eminent
domain, compensation shall be made therefor in the same
manner as for land taken for highway purposes.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 25, 1920.
Town of Fox-
borough may
incur indebted-
ness to build
high school and
town hall.
Foxborough
Municipal
Building Loan,
Act of 1920.
Compensation
for land taken.
Chap. 503 An Act to authorize the holding of the office
of town clerk of the town of WINCHESTER BY A
WOMAN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town clerk of the town of Winchester
may be a woman.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 25, 1920.
Woman may
be town clerk
of Winchester,
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 504, 505. 505
An Act relative to the use of lake cochituate in Chap.504:
THE TOWN OF NATICK FOR BOATING AND FISHING.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. It shall be lawful for any inhabitant of the inhabitants of
o-KT.'i. . 1. • - Natick may
town of Natick to enter any boat or canoe, or go in any gsh or boat
boat or canoe, or to fish therefrom, in or upon the waters of cochtu!ate.
so much of Lake Cochituate in the town of Natick as lies
south of Worcester Street at any time within three years
after this act takes effect, subject to such reasonable regula-
tions as may be made by the metropolitan district commis-
sion: provided, however, that such boating, canoeing and P'o^'^"-
fishing may be at any time prohibited by said commission.
Section 2. Any person violating any regulation made Penalty. ^
under section one shall be punished by a fine of not more
than tsventy dollars, and may be suspended from the right
to boat or fish as aforesaid for such time as the commission
may deem reasonable and just.
Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to bathe unlawful to
or swim in Lake Cochituate. Violation of this section shall in Lake"^
be punished by a fine of not less than fifteen nor more than p^^^J^y^*^-
one hundred dollars. Approved May 25, 1920.
An Act relative to contributions made by cities or Chap.505
TOWNS served by THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY TOWARD THE COST OF THE SERVICE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fifteen of chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of i^is. iss (s.).
the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, as amended'.
amended by chapter two hundred and forty-seven of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
— provided, however, that if any city desires to enter into a
temporary agreement with the trustees at any time more
than sixty days prior to its next annual city election, it may
do so by a majority vote as defined in section two of chapter
seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and thirteen as amended, and may bind said city to such
agreement until said election, when the question shall be
submitted to the voters in the manner provided herein, —
so that the last paragraph of the said section will read as
follows: — Any city or town by majority vote of the voters cities and
•■^ ^ " towns served by
506
, Acts, 1920. — Chap. 506.
the Eastern
Massachusetts
Street Railway
Company may
contribute to
cost of service.
Provisos.
Adjustments in
fares, when.
When vote
shall be
taken in cities
and towns.
Proviso.
voting thereon may, from time to time, during the period of
the management and control of the trustees as defined in
section two, for the purpose of obtaining a lower schedule of
fares or of avoiding a reduction or discontinuance of service,
enter into an agreement or agreements with the trustees to
pay any part or all of any excess of the cost of the service, as
defined in section fourteen, on the lines of the new company
operating within such city or town, above the amount of the
receipts of such lines arising from the schedule or schedules
of rates and fares in effect thereon during the period covered
by any such agreement: provided, that such contribution of
a city or town shall not in any one year exceed the sum of
two dollars per one thousand dollars of the preceding year's
assessed valuation of such city or town; and yrovided, also,
that any city or town contributing as aforesaid shall have a
right of appeal from the decision of the trustees to the de-
partment of public utilities on any question, relating to the
character or extent of the service rendered or facilities fur-
nished in that city or town. If part only of the cities and
towns in any fare district contribute to the cost of service
under the above provisions, the trustees may make such
adjustments in fares as in their judgment will be equitable.
Such vote in cities shall be taken at the annual city election,
and in towns at any town meeting called for the purpose.
In either case the vote shall be taken by ballot and the
question shall be submitted in such form as the city council
or the selectmen may determine, provided, hoivever, that if
any city desires to enter into a temporary agreement with
the trustees at any time more than sixty days prior to its
next annual city election, it may do so by a majority vote
as defined in section two of chapter seven hundred and nine-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen as amended,
and may bind said city to such agreement until said election,
when the question shall be submitted to the voters in the
manner provided herein. Approved May 25, 1920.
Chap. 506 An Act to incorporate the trustees for eastern
NAZARENE COLLEGE.
Trustees
for Eastern
Nazarene
College,
incorporated.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Fred J. Shields of Wollaston, Fred C. Nor-
cross and Leroy D. Peavey of Maiden, and G. A. Cheney of
Lowell, their associates and successors, are hereby made a
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 507. 507
corporation by the name of Trustees for Eastern Nazarene
College, for educational, religious, charitable, literary, scien-
tific and agricultural purposes, with all the powers and privi-
leges and subject to all the restrictions, duties and liabilities
set forth in all general laws now or hereafter in force relating
to such corporations, except as is otherwise provided herein.
Section 2. The said corporation shall have the right to Real and per-
take, hold, transmit and convey real and personal estate to ®°°''' ''®*^**'-
an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, and
shall be subject to the history, doctrine, government and ^1}'^^^ *^f"the
ritual of the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene, as set forth f.fj'^^T^^^K
and designated in the " Manual of the Pentecostal Church of Nazarene, etc
the Nazarene, 1915" or in any amendments thereof or addi-
tions thereto.
Section 3. Full power and authority are hereby con- May acquire
ferred upon the said corporation to acquire all of the assets of^certafn '
and assume all the liabilities of Pentecostal Collegiate Insti- ^r^porldons
tute, Pentecostal Trade Schools and Trustees for the Eastern RhodtflsiaXf ^"^
Nazarene College, all three being educational corporations ^^ws, etc.
organized under the laws of the state of Rhode Island, and
to make all necessary or proper provisions concerning the
holding or distribution thereof, including the right to divide
the holdings of the corporation into shares for such amount
or value as it shall see fit. Approved May 25, 1920.
An Act to authorize the town of belmont to incur nhnj) 507
ADDITIONAL INDEBTEDNESS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of chapter forty-three of the acts of nineteen 1920, 43, 5 1,
hundred and twenty is hereby amended bj' striking out the '^'n^^^'^fi-
word "one", in the sixth line, and substituting the word: —
two, — so that the first sentence of said section will read as
follows: — Section 1. The town of Belmont, for the purpose Town of
of constructing, furnishing and equipping additions to the f^f^h^ndt^
Daniel Butler school at Waverley and the Payson Park ^°^^''^°°'
school at Payson park, in said town, may issue from- time to
time, outside the statutory limit of indebtedness, bonds or
notes to an amount not exceeding two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. Approved May 25, 1920.
508
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 508, 509.
1915, 166 (G),
§ 1, amended.
Chap. 508 An Act relative to the medical service furnished to
THE municipal COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON SITTING
FOR CRIMINAL BUSINESS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and
sixty-six of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen
is hereby amended by striking out all after the word "annu-
ally ", in the fourth line, and substituting the following : —
such sum, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, as the justices
of the said court may, from time to time, determine to be
necessary, and as shall be approved by the mayor of Boston,
the same to be paid by the county of Suffolk upon ^^ouche^s
approved by the chief justice of the said court, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 1. The municipal court of the
city of Boston may secure for the criminal. business of said
court medical service, and the equipment necessary therefor,
and for this purpose may expend annually such sum, not ex-
ceeding ten thousand dollars, as the justices of the said court
may, from time to time, determine to be necessary, and as
shall be approved by the mayor of Boston, the same to be
paid by the county of Suffolk upon vouchers approved by
the chief justice of the said court.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of the said city, subject to the
provisions of its charter, provided that such acceptance occurs
prior to the tliirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved May 25, 1920.
Boston munic-
ipal court for
criminal busi-
ness may secure
medical serv-
ice, etc.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
Chap.509 An Act to provide for the transfer to the metro-
politan district commission of certain park land in
THE city of CAMBRIDGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The mayor of the city of Cambridge is hereby
directed to convey to the commonwealth of Massachusetts,
by deeds approved by the attorney-general, certain park
lands situated in and belonging to the city of Cambridge
bordering on Charles river and extending to the south and
west from the Cambridge bridge to land now controlled by
the metropolitan district commission, with the exception of
the inner and northerly of the two parkway roads between
the Cambridge bridge and the Harvard bridge, but including
City of Cam-
bridge may
convey certain
park land to
the Metropoli-
tan district
commission.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 510. 509
the two lots lying between Brookline and Magazine streets
and bounded northerly by Granite street and a passageway.
Section 2. Upon the conveyance of the said lands as Powers and
provided in section one, the metropolitan district commission M^e'troi^Htan
shall have all the powers and duties in respect thereto con- commLion.
f erred upon the metropolitan park commission by chapter
four hundred and seven of the acts of eighteen hundred and
ninety-three and acts in addition thereto and in amendment
thereof.
Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the voters of Submitted to
the city of Cambridge at the next city election in the form voters, etc.
of the following question to be placed upon the ballot : " Shall
an act passed by the general court in the current
year directing the city to convey certain park
lands to the commonwealth of Massachusetts
for park purposes, be accepted? " If a majority of the voters
voting thereon vote in the affirmative, then this act shall
take effect; otherwise it shall not take effect.
Section 4. When this act shall have been accepted as Expenditure for
provided in section tln*ee and said conveyance shall have f?om Metropoi-
been made as provided in section one, the metropolitan Maintenance
district commission may expend for the maintenance of the ^^'^^^ ^'^^^^'
said lands, out of the Metropolitan Parks Maintenance
Fund, such amounts as the commission may deem necessary
until an appropriation shall have been made therefor by the
general court. Approved May 25, 1920.
An Act relative to the maintenance of a passageway (jj^q^jj ^\a
for foot passengers through the east wing of the
STATE house.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There shall always be maintained an ade- Maintenance
quate passageway for foot passengers from north to south f'or^fTOT^^'^^^
tlu-ough the east wing or extension of the state house, to be through^eLt
kept open during such hours as shall be fixed by the superin- houfe°^ ^*^*®
tendent of buildings.
Section 2. So much of section three of chapter eight Repeal.
hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and thir-
teen as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.
Approved May 25, 1920.
510
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 511, 512.
Quarters in
the state house
may be
assigned to
certain war
veterans'
organizations.
Chap. 511 An Act authorizing the superintendent of buildings
TO ASSIGN QUARTERS IN THE STATE HOUSE FOR THE USE
OF THE UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The superintendent of buildings, with the
approval of the governor and council, may assign certain
spaces in the state house, suitably furnished, for the use of
the United Spanish War Veterans, the same to be under the
charge of the state commander of the department. The said
superintendent shall consider the expediency of the joint
use of rooms by the Grand Army of the Republic, the United
Spanish War Veterans and the American Legion in some
part of the state house adapted for the purpose. Head-
quarters thus established shall be used for storing and pre-
serving the records and other propert}' of the said depart-
ments and relics and mementoes of the various wars. The
records shall be accessible at all times, under suitable rules
and regulations, to members of the said organizations and
others engaged in collecting historical information.
Section 2. Whenever any of the organizations mentioned
in section one ceases to exist as a department or organiza-
tion, the records, papers, relics and other effects of whatever
character belonging to that department shall become the
property of the commonwealth. Approved May 25, 1920.
Preservation
of records,
relics, etc.
When records,
etc., become
property of
the common-
wealth.
Chap. 512 An Act relath'e to the practice of optometry.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1912, 700, I 2,
amended.
Board of reg-
istration in
optometry,
appointment,
etc.
Section 1. Chapter seven hundred of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and tweh'e is hereby amended by striking out
section two and substituting the following: — Section 2.
There shall be a board of registration in optometry consist-
ing of five members, citizens of Massachusetts, all of whom
shall have been actually engaged in the practice of optometry,
as defined in section one of this act, for the five years next
preceding their appointment. No member of the board shall
be a stockholder, a member of the faculty, or on the board of
trustees of any school of optometry, or financially interested
in a manufacturing or wholesale optical house. One member
of the board shall annually, in the month of September, be
appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of
the council, to serve for the term of five years and until his
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 512. 511
successor is appointed. Vacancies in the board shall be filled
by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council.
Section 2. Section four of said chapter seven hundred amended.^ *'
is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words:
— The board shall make such rules and regulations as it
may deem necessary to carry into effect the full intent of
this act, — so as to read as follows : — Section A- The board ?f,^^,t °L;^
shall keep a record of the names of all persons examined, ^erod, etc
registered or recorded hereunder, and of all moneys received
and disbursed by it, and a duplicate thereof shall be open to
inspection in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth.
The fees received by the board shall be paid monthly by
the secretary into the treasury of the commonwealth. The Annual report.
board shall annually, on or before the first day of January,
make a report to the governor and council of the condition
of optometry in this commonwealth, of all its official acts
during the preceding year, and of its receipts and disburse-
ments. The board shall make such rules and regulations as Rules and
it may deem necessary to carry into effect the full intent of
this act.
Section 3. Seclion five of said chapter seven hundred, eti.%m°endfd.
as amended by chapter two hundred and one of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, is hereby further
amended by striking out the said section and substituting
the following : — Section 5. No person, except as otherwise Examination
.,,... . Ill- 1P1 in optics, etc.
provided in this section, shall practise optometry as deimed
in section one of this act until he shall have passed an exami-
nation conducted by the board in theoretic, practical and
physiological optics, theoretic and practical optometry, and
in the anatomy and physiology' of the eye, and shall have
been registered and shall have received a certificate of regis-
tration, which certificate shall have conspicuously printed
upon its face the definition of optometry as given in section
one. Every applicant for examination shall present satis- Certain evi-
factory evidence, in the form of affidavits properly sworn to, pres'ented by
that he is over twenty-one years of age, of good moral char- "^pp^'^ants, oic.
acter, has had a preliminary education equivalent to at least
two years in a public high school, and has also studied the
subjects herein prescribed for at least three years in a regis-
tered optometrist's office, or has graduated from a school of
optometry, approved by the board, maintaining a course of
study of not less tlian two years. No school of optometry optometry
shall be approved by the board unless it has a minimum re- be approved.
quirement of a course of study of one thousand attendance ""i^ss.etc.
512
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 512.
Application fee.
Requirements
after July 1,
1921.
Proviso.
Registrants in
other states
may be given
certificate of
registration,
etc.
Provisos.
Registration
and annual
license fees.
Re-registration
requirements.
1912, 700, § 6,
amended.
hours. Students entering upon the study of optometry in a
registered optometrist's office shall file with the board an
application for, and upon pa^onent of a fee of one dollar, shall
receive, a student certificate of fact, and only students so
registered shall be entitled to take an examination for regis-
tration without attendance upon a school of optometry' as
required by this act. After July first nineteen hundred and
twenty-one an applicant for examination and registration
shall be required to present evidence verified by oath that he
has graduated from a high school approved by the board, or
has had a preliminary education equivalent to at least four
years in a public high school: 2:)ro?;ifZe(f, that should an
applicant be unable to prove graduation from, or four years'
actual attendance at, a high school the board shall determine
the applicant's qualifications by proper preliminary exami-
nation, the fee for which shall be five dollars to be paid by
the applicant. Any person who shall present to the board a
certified copy or certificate of registration or license which
was issued to liim after examination by a board of registra-
tion in optometry in any other state, where the requirements
for registration shall be deemed by the board to be equivalent
to those of this act, may be registered and given a certificate
of registration in this commonwealth without exammation,
provided that such state accords a like privilege to holders of
certificates of registration in this commonwealth, and pro-
vided that the applicant has not previously failed to pass
the examination required in this commonwealth. The fee
for such registration shall be fifty dollars. Before the first
day of February in each year every registered optometrist
shall pay to the board an annual license fee of two dollars, in
default of which the board may revoke his certificate after a
hearing as provided by section eight; but the pa^Tiient of
the said fee at or before the time of the hearing, with such
additional sum, not exceeding five dollars, as may be fixed
by the board, shall remove the default. An optometrist
duly registered and licensed to practise in this common-
wealth, whose license has not been revoked, but who shall
have temporarily retired from practice or removed from the
commonwealth for a period not exceeding five^years, may
re-register upon payment of the lapsed annual license fees
and filing with the board his affidavit as to the facts afore-
said.
Section 4. Section six of said chapter seven hundred is
hereby amended by striking out the said section and substi-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 512. 513
tuting the following : — Section 6. Every person to whom Registration
a certificate of registration has been granted shall cause the or*town"eTc.^
same to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the city
or town in which he principally carries on the practice of
optometry, and shall pay the city or town clerk a recording
fee of fifty cents. Every registered optometrist shall display Display of
1 . i-n J p ' j_^ _!_• • • 1 • j_i "^ certificate of
his certificate or registration in a conspicuous place in the registration,
principal office wherein he practises optometry, and, when- ®**''
ever so required by the board shall exliibit the certificate to
the board or its authorized representative, and whenever
practising the profession of optometry outside of or away
from his principal office or place of business, he shall deliver
to each customer or person fitted with glasses a memoran-
dum of purchase which shall contain his signature, home
post office address and the number of his certificate of regis-
tration, together with a specification of the lenses and frames
or mountings furnished and the price charged therefor. Any Notice to board
registered optometrist removing his principal office wherein princTpaTdffiL
he practises optometry' from one city or town to another in mMiSpliity
this state, shall, before engaging in practice in such other ^ another, etc
city or town notify the board in writing of the place or places
where he is to engage in the practice of optometry, and shall
obtain from the clerk of the city or town in which his certifi-
cate of registration is recorded a certified copy of such regis-
tration and file the same for record with the clerk of the city
or town to which he removed, and shall pay the clerk a re-
cording fee of fifty cents.
Section 5. Section eight of said chapter seven hundred ^minded ^ ^'
is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words:
— Whenever the certificate of any registered optometrist is Notice to city
revoked it shall be the duty of the secretary of said board to wheTr°gisTra-
notify the clerk of the city or town in which the optometrist ^^^"^ *^ revoked.
is registered of the revocation of his certificate, and it shall
be the duty of the city or town clerk to record the revoca-
tion upon the records of his office.
Section 6. Section nine of said chapter seven hundred ^minded ^ ^'
is hereby amended by striking out the said section and sub-
stituting the following: — Section 9. Whoever not being Penalty for
lawfully authorized to practise optometry as defined by sec- Sn1a\^uify.
tion one of this act, holds himself out as a practitioner of
optometry', or practises or attempts to practise optometry' or
attempts to determine by an examination of the eyes the
kind of glasses needed by any person, or holds himself out as
a registered optometrist when not so registered, or whoever
514
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 513.
Penalty for
practising
unlawfully.
1912, 700, § 10,
amended.
Provisions of
the act not to
apply to certain
practitioners,
etc.
Present mem-
bers of the
board not dis-
qualified by
this act.
personates another practitioner, or fails to deliver the certifi-
cate as provided in section six of this act, or violates any
provision of this act shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of
not less than fifty nor more than two hmidred dollars, or by
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or by
both such fine and imprisonment, and for the second offence
by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a term of not
less than three months nor more than six months or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
Section 7. Section ten of said chapter seven hundred is
hereby amended by striking out the words " except in so far
as providing that oculists shall serve upon the board", in
the first and second lines, so as to read as follows: — Section
10. The provisions of this act shall not apply to physicians
and surgeons lawfully entitled to practise medicine in the
commonwealth, nor to persons who neither practise nor pro-
fess to practise optometry, but who sell spectacles or eye-
glasses or lenses, either on prescription from such physicians
or surgeons, or from optometrists lawfully entitled to practise
in this commonwealth, or as merchandise from permanently
located and established places of business. But nothing
herein contained shall be construed to prevent any such
physician or surgeon from taking an examination and re-
ceiving a certificate of registration mider the provisions of
this act, nor shall this act be construed to authorize any
person to administer drugs in any form, to practise or claim
to practise medicine or surgery in any sense, or to use any
title or appellation intended or calculated to indicate the
practice of medicine or surgery.
Section 8. Nothing contained in this act shall disqualify
any member of the said board of registration in optometry
at the time this act takes effect from completing the term of
service thereon for which he was appointed.
Approved May 25, 1920.
Chap. 513 An Act to provide for the permanent exhibition in
THE STATE HOUSE OF FLAGS CARRIED BY MASSACHUSETTS
MEN IN THE SPANISH AND WORLD WARS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The superintendent of buildings is hereby
directed to reconstruct the three niches in the Hall of Flags
in the state house, now vacant, as appropriate receptacles
Receptacles in
state house for
certain world
war flags.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 514. 515
for the permanent deposit and exhibition of the flags carried
in the world war by organizations of Massachusetts men.
Section 2. The said superintendent is also hereby di- ^^^°^^\
rected to remove the statue of General Bartlett, now in the Spanish
Hall of Flags, to the position in the grand staircase hall, ad- ^" ^^^'
joining the hall of flags, now occupied by the receptacle
holding the flags carried in the Spanish war by organizations
of Massachusetts men, and to reconstruct the niche thus
made vacant by the removal of the said statue, as an appro-
priate receptacle for the permanent deposit and exhibition
of the said flags.
Section 3. Upon the completion and reconstruction of g^lg**'^^''^
the receptacles provided for by sections one and two, the
said flags shall be placed therein as aforesaid by the said
superintendent and shall continue in his custody.
Section 4. For the purposes of this act, the said super- Expense for
intendent may expend such sum as may hereafter be appro- '■^"^p*'*"'®^-
priated by the general court. Approved May 25, 1920.
An Act to continue the commission on foreign and Qfi^j) 5^4
domestic commerce.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The commission on foreign and domestic Commission
commerce established by chapter one hundred and nineteen and°domestic
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is exi^tencrcon-
hereby continued and placed in the department of labor and ^^^^^'^' ^^°-
industries. The commission shall consist of five members,
one of whom shall be the commissioner of labor and industries
and shall choose one of its members as chairman. The other
four members shall be appointed by the governor, with the
ad^'ice and consent of the council for terms of four years,
except that the initial appointments shall be for one, two,
three and four years. The members of the commission shall
serve without compensation.
Section 2. Subject to the approval of the governor and ^fsfon^a^nd""
council, the commission may secure an office in the city of appointment.^
Boston and may appoint and fix the compensation of a employees.
secretary and an assistant secretary and such experts as it
may require and may remove them with like approval.
Subject to chapter nineteen of the Revised Laws as amended
and chapter two hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen as amended the commission
may employ such other clerks and employees as it may re-
quire.
516 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 515.
to^^c'i^Me Section 3. The commission shall take such measures as
thrTOmmo°n- ^^ ^^^^ decm suitablc to develop and increase the foreign and
wealth, etc. domcstic commcrcc of the commonwealth, and shall co-
operate with any similar public bodies or officials in develop-
andlxpen'^^ lug and increasing such commerce. The commission, on be-
tures. half of the commonwealth, may accept contributions, and,
subject to the approval of the governor and council, may ex-
pend the same and also such sums as may be appropriated
by the general court, for the purpose of carrying out the pro-
visions of this act.
Time of SECTION 4. This act shall take effect as of December
taking ettect, n • i i i i 11
etc. first, nmeteen hundred and twenty, except that the appomt-
ment of the commissioners shall be made as of November
fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty.
Approved May 25, 1920.
Chap. 515 An Act to provide for an allowance to the families
OF certain policemen killed or fatally injured in
THE discharge OF THEIR DUTIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Allowance to Section 1. If a poHccman in a regularly organized police
certain police- department of a city or town, or a member of the depart-
fataiiy'iniured mciit of public Safety doiug police duty, is. killed, or dies
o" du^t^^*'^^^^ within sixty days from injuries received, while in the per-
formance of his duties, and his death is certified by the city
or town clerk or commissioner of public safety, as the case
may be, and by the attending physician or medical examiner,
to the officer required to make pa^^^nent as hereinafter pro-
vided, there shall be paid to his executor or administrator
the sum of one thousand dollars for the use equally of his
widow and minor children; or if there are minor children
but no widow, to their use, or, if there is no minor child, to
the use of the widow. A child of full age dependent upon
such policeman for support shall be regarded as a minor
child. Pa;^Tiient shall be made by the treasurer of the city or
town concerned, if the policeman was in the service of a city
or town, and by the state treasurer if the policeman was a
member of the department of public safety doing police duty,
etc^' amended Section 2. Scctiou fouT of chapter four hundred and
fifty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, as
amended by chapter five hundred and forty-five of the acts
of nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby further amended
by striking out the said section and substituting the follow-
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 516, 517. 517
ing: — Section 4- If ^-ny officer of the metropolitan park Annuity may
police shall die from injuries received while in the discharge fa''nfmeso°f
of his duty and shall leave a widow, or if no widow, any JS'rk°^°iico"
child or children under the age of sixteen years, a sum not dlsc^haj-ge^of
exceeding one thousand dollars may be paid as an annuity '^^^y-
to such widow so long as she remains unmarried, or for the
benefit of such child or children so long as he or any one of
them continue under the age of sixteen years, and the metro-
politan district commission may from time to time determine
the amount of such annuity within the limits aforesaid.
Approved May 25, 1920.
An Act to authorize the city of Worcester to fur- nhn^ K^a
NISH water to the TOWN OF AUBURN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Worcester may furnish water to city of
the town of Auburn, and the inhabitants thereof, or to any ^ppfy^^ater^
water company owning a water pipe system in the said town, g^g'^"^'^'''''
by delivering the same into a main water pipe of said town
or company, on payment of such sum as the city council of
the city of Worcester, with the approval of the mayor, may
determine.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be sub-
by the mayor and city council of the city of Worcester, sub- mayor and
ject to the provisions of its charter. Approved May 25, 1920. city council,
An Act relative to the expenditures of trustees pi ri^
FOR COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE. LtUip. 01 i
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter two hundred and seventy-three of the General iQis, 273 (G),
Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby amended
by striking out section four and substituting the following:
— Section 4- The trustees shall annually prepare and sub- Trustees for
mit to the county commissioners, not later than the first a^cliftureto
Wednesday in December, a budget containing detailed esti- to^^unt^"^^^*
mates of all sums required by them for carrying out the pur- commissioners
poses of this act during the ensuing year. The county com-
missioners shall include in their annual estimate of county
expenses to be appropriated by the general court and raised
by the annual county tax levy at least one half of such sums
as they may deem necessary to carry out said purposes,
such sums so appropriated to be paid over to the trustees
518
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 518, 519.
annually in equal proportions to funds received for said pur-
poses from other sources, and only upon certificate of the
trustees that such funds have been received.
Approved May 25, 1920.
Chap. 518 An Act to provide for placing the inspector of
BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF EVERETT UNDER THE CIVIL
SERVICE LAWS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of inspector of buildings of the
city of Everett shall hereafter be subject to the provisions of
the civil service laws and regulations, but no examination
shall be required of the present incumbent.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the city of Everett at the next municipal election in the form
of the following question : — " Shall the office of inspector of
buildings in this city be placed under the civil
service laws?" And if a majority of the voters
voting thereon vote in the affirmative this act
shall thereupon take effect. Approved May 25, 1920.
Inspector of
buildings in
Everett placed
under civil
service.
To be
submitted to
voters, etc.
YKS.
NO.
Chap.519 An Act to provide further for the reconstruction
OF A certain highway IN THE TOWNS OF PAXTON AND
RUTLAND.
Reconstruction
of certain high-
way in Paxton
and Rutland,
etc.
Worcester
county com
missioners
issue notes
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The division of highways of the department
of public works may expend during the present year the
sum of ten thousand dollars, to be paid from such supple-
mental appropriation for highway purposes as may be here-
after made by the general court from additional receipts
from motor vehicle fees, in the construction of the main
county highway beginning at the present improved highway
of the town of Paxton running through West Rutland and
ending at the present state highway in West Rutland in the
town of Rutland. Thirty-five hundred dollars of said sum
shall be paid by the county of Worcester and fifteen hundred
dollars by the town of Rutland on the order of said division.
Any unexpended balance of the sum hereby authorized to be
expended may be used in the succeeding year for the same
purpose.
Section 2. For the purpose of paying the amounts re-
^"^y quired of the county of Worcester under the provisions of
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 520, 521. 519
this act, the county commissioners may issue notes of the meetoxpendi-
county for periods not exceeding one year from the dates
thereof, subject to the provisions of chapter twenty-one of
the Revised Laws and amendments thereof, so far as the
same are appUcable thereto. Approved May 25, 1920.
An Act relative to the improvement by the depart- Chap. 520
MENT OF PUBLIC WORKS OF A CERTAIN HIGHWAY IN THE
TOWN OF CLINTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The division of highways of the department improvement
of pubhc works may expend during the present year the highway in
sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, fifty per cent of said '" °'^' ^ ^'
sum to be paid by the town of Clinton and fifty per cent bj^
the county of Worcester on the order of said division, in the
construction and improvement of the Clinton-West Boyl-
ston road, so-called, in the town of Clinton. Any unexpended
balance of the sum hereby authorized to be expended may
be used in the succeeding year for the same purpose.
Section 2, For the purpose of paying the amounts re- Worcester
quired of the county of Worcester, under the provisions of mi^sio^ne?s°may
this act, the county commissioners may issue notes of the meet explndt
county for periods not exceeding one year from the dates *^*^®"
thereof, subject to the provisions of chapter twenty-one of
the Revised Laws and amendments thereof, so far as the
same are applicable thereto. Approved May 25, 1920.
An Act relative to the improvement by the depart- fihf.j. koI
MENT of public WORKS OF A HIGHWAY IN THE TOWN OF ^'
HOLDEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The division of highways of the department improvement
of public works may expend during the present year the sum hig^hway^in
of forty thousand dollars, sixty-five per cent of said sum to ^°^'^®°' ®**'-
be paid by the county of Worcester and thirty-five per cent
by the town of Holden on the order of said division, in the
construction and improvement of a highway in the town of
Holden beginning at the end of the improved road leading
from Holden Centre to Quinnapoxett Village in the said
town and extending toward the town of Princeton. Any un-
expended balance of the sum hereby authorized to be ex-
pended may be used in the succeeding year for the same
purpose.
520
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 522, 523.
TOunt^*com- Section 2. For the purpose of paying the amounts re-
issue noT/s "to ^ quired by the county of Worcester, under the provisions of
meet expendi- this act, the couuty Commissioners may issue notes of the
county for periods not exceeding one year from the dates
thereof, subject to the provisions of chapter twenty-one of
the Revised Laws and amendments thereof, so far as the
same are appKcable thereto. Approved May 25, 1920.
Chap. 522 An Act relative to tiIe improvement by the depart-
ment OF PUBLIC WORKS OF A HIGHWAY IN THE TOWN OF
TEMPLETON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Improvement
of Royalston
Road in Tem-
pleton, etc.
Worcester
county com
Section 1. The division of highways of the department
of pubhc works may expend during the present year the
sum of six thousand dollars, fifty per cent of the said sum to
be paid by the town of Templeton and fifty per cent by the
county of Worcester on the order of the said division, for
the construction or improvement of a highway in the town
of Templeton known as Royalston Road, leading from the
village of Baldwinsville to the dividing line between the
towns of Templeton and Phillipston. Any unexpended
balance of the sum hereby authorized to be expended may
be used in the succeeding year for the same purpose.
Section 2. For the purpose of paying the amounts re-
missioners may quired of the countv of Worccstcr, under the provisions of
issue notes to ^ "^ . . ' , ^
meet expendi- this act, the county commissioucrs may issue notes or the
county for periods not exceeding one year from the dates of
issue thereof, subject to the provisions of chapter twenty-
one of the Revised Laws and amendments thereof, so far as
the same are applicable thereto. Approved May 25, 1920.
Chap. 523 An Act authorizing the city of new Bedford to use
A part of BROOKLAWN PARK FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of New Bedford may use for school
purposes a part of Brooklawn Park, situated west of Bow-
ditch street and between Bowditch, Carlisle, Rochambeau
streets and Brooklawn avenue in said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the said city in accordance with the
provisions of its charter: provided, that such acceptance
occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December in the
current year. Approved May 25, 1920.
Use of Brook-
lawn Park in
New Bedford
for school pur-
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 524. 521
An Act further to regulate appropriations by the Qfidjj 524
SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and six 1919,206 (S),
of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is imendS.
hereby amended by striking out item (6) and substituting
the following: — (6) For the construction and furnishing of ^^^g°b^y'schooi
new school buildings, both temporary and permanent, in- b™™"^'' °^
eluding the taking of land therefor, and for school yards, lated;
iji • P11 IP ip.i , construction,
and the preparing or school yards tor use, and tor the rent etc., of new
of hired school accommodations : for the financial years end- fng^etc'^
ing on the thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and nine-
teen hundred and twentj'-tliree, respectively, one dollar and
sixty-three cents; and for each financial year thereafter
sixty-eight cents: provided, that for the financial year ending Provisos.
on the thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, a sum not exceeding six hundred thousand dol-
lars shall be set aside for and devoted to meeting the expense
of constructing and furnisliing a public Latin school in sard
city, which amount shall be in addition to the appropria-
tion authorized by chapter one hundred and ninety-nine of
the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen; and
provided, further, that for the financial year ending on the
thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, a sum not exceeding four hundred and fifty thousand
dollars shall be set aside for and devoted to the purpose of
acquiring a site for an administration building and for con-
structing and furnishing such building, in addition to the
amounts authorized therefor under the provisions of section
two of chapter four hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and seven and of chapter three hundred and thirty-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, as amended
by section three of chapter two hundred and sixty-seven of
the Special iVcts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, and orders
passed by the school committee in pursuance of said
acts.
Section 2. Section one of said chapter two hundred and Pj^'itlm w'
six is hereby further amended by striking out item (c) and amended.
substituting the following: — (c) For the alteration and re- Alteration and
pair of school buildings and for furnitm-e, fixtures and means bm?d^inis%te°'
of escape in case of fire, and for fire protection for existing
522
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 524.
Proviso.
Act not to
prevent issue
of public Latin
school bonds.
Limit of
amount of taxes
on property
in Boston in-
creased.
Repeal.
To be
submitted to
mayor, city
council and
school com-
mittee.
buildings, and for improving existing school yards: for the
financial years ending on the thirty-first day of January,
nineteen hundred and twenty-one, nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, and nineteen hundred and twenty-three, re-
spectively, eighty-four cents, and for each financial year
thereafter, thirty-five cents: provided, that if the school
committee shall fail during any one of the financial years
ending on the thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred
and twenty-one, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, respectively, to appro-
priate the full amount which it is authorized to appropriate
for this item, it may correspondingly increase" by such an
amount unappropriated in excess of thirty-five cents the
appropriation which it is authorized to make under item
(^)-
Section 3. Nothing in tliis act shall be construed to im-
pair the validity of or to prevent the issue of negotiable
bonds to meet the expense of constructing and furnishing the
public Latin school in said city as provided by chapter one
hundred and ninety-nine of the Special Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen.
Section 4. To provide for the increased expenditures
authorized by chapter two hundred and six of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, as amended by
chapter two hundred and forty-nine of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen, and for the increased ex-
penditures authorized by this act, the limit of the amount of
taxes on property in the city of Boston is hereby increased
in the years nineteen hundred and twenty, nineteen hundred
and twenty-one and nineteen hundred and twenty-two by
three dollars and sixty-five cents, and in each year thereafter
by two dollars and twenty-one cents on each one thousand
dollars of the valuation upon which the appropriations of
the city council of the city of Boston are based.
Section 5. So much of section ten of said chapter two
hundred and six, amended as aforesaid, as is inconsistent
herewith, is hereby repealed.
Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the mayor, the city council, and the school committee of
said city. Approved May 26, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 525. 523
An Act to PRovroE for the completion by the met- Chap. 525
ROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION OF THE WELLESLEY
extension (^F THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE
SYSTEM.
Whereas, The public interests require that the completion Emergency
of the sewerage system herein provided for should be at the ^^^^"^
earliest possible date in order that the town of Wellesley
may be able to dispose of its sewage, therefore, this act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The treasurer and receiver-general, in order to provide for Completion
completing the extension of the high-level sewer authorized extension o^f
by chapter three hundred and forty-three of the acts of nine- iten^ewlragr'"
teen hundred and fourteen, and acts in amendment thereof o^bomia^^^"'^
and in addition thereto, shall, with the approval of the gov-
ernor and council, issue from time to time bonds or notes
in the name and behalf of the commonwealth and under its
seal, to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dol-
lars, in addition to the amounts authorized by said chapter,
by chapter two hundred and eighty-five of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and seventeen, and by chapter two
hundred and thirty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, and acts in amendment thereof and
in addition thereto, the rate of interest thereon to be such as
the treasurer and receiver-general, with the approval of the
governor and council may fix. The said bonds or notes Terms of
shall be issued for terms not exceeding forty years as recom- ^'^'^^^ ®*°-
mended by the governor in a message to the general court
dated May twenty, nineteen hundred and twenty, in accord-
ance with section three of Article LXII of the amendments
to the constitution. The provisions of said chapter three
hundred and forty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fourteen and of chapter four hundred and twenty-four of
the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine and of all acts
in amendment thereof and in addition thereto shall other-
wise, so far as applicable, apply to the indebtedness and
proceedings authorized hereby. Approved May 27, 1920.
524
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 526, 527.
City of
Quincy may
issue bonds
for school
buildings and
hospital.
Chap. 526 An Act to authorize the city of quincy to incur in-
debtedness FOR constructing AND FURNISHING SCHOOL
BUILDINGS AND A HOSPITAL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Quincy, for the purpose of ac-
quiring land, and of constructing, furnishing and equipping
school buildings and a hospital thereon, or of constructing,
furnishing and equipping additions to school buildings which
increase the floor space, may borrow, outside the statutory
limit of indebtedness, a sum not exceeding one million two
hundred thousand dollars, of which an amount not more
than one million may be appropriated for acquiring land for,
and constructing, equipping and furnishing a high school.
For the purposes aforesaid the city may issue bonds or notes
to be denominated, Quincy School Loan, Act of 1920, and to
bear such rates of interest as may be fixed bj' the city treas-
urer, with the approval of the mayor. Such bonds or notes
shall be issued in compliance with chapter seven hundred
and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen
and the amendments thereof. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and any premiums received on
the said loans shall be used as provided by general law.
Section 2. Tliis act shall take eft'ect upon its passage.
Approved May 27, 1920.
Quincy School
Loan, Act of
1920.
Chap. 527 An Act relative to the district court of western
WORCESTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter four hundred and sixteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and two, as affected by chapter
three hundred and two of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and seventeen, is hereby amended by striking out sec-
tion one and substituting the following: — Section 1. The
towns of Spencer, Brookfield, East Brookfield, North Brook-
field, West Brookfield, Warren, Hardwick and New Brain-
tree, in the county of Worcester, shall constitute a judicial
district under the jurisdiction of a court to be called the
district court of western Worcester.
Section 2. Section two of said chapter four hundred and
sixteen is hereby amended by striking out the word " village",
in the first line, and substituting the word: — town, — and
by striking out, in the second line, the words " in the town
1902, 416, § 1,
etc., amended.
District court
of western
Worcester es-
tablished.
1902, 416, § 2,
amended.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 528. 525
of Brookfield", so as to read as follows: — Section 2. Said Say'beXid.
court shall be held in the town of East Brookfield and may
adjourn from there to any other place within the district
whenever the public convenience may seem to the justice
presiding therein to render such adjournment expedient.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 27 , 1920.
Chap.528
An Act authorizing cities and towns to make appro-
prl\tions for erecting headstones or other monu-
ments at the graves of persons who served in the
world war.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would be Emergency
inconsistent with the duty the public owes to the veterans p'^^'"''®-
of the world war, therefore, it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Paragraph thirteen of section fifteen of chapter twenty- r. l. 25, § 15,
five of the Revised Laws, as amended by section one of amended*^'
chapter ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "war",
in the sixth and tenth lines, the words : — or in the world
war, — so as to read as follows: — For erecting headstones cities and
or other monuments at the graves of persons who served in ^propri^fe
the war of the revolution, the war of eighteen hundred and memonl°isat
twelve, the Seminole war, the Mexican war or the war of *?^! slaves of
_ 111* 1 I'-i vet6r3.ns 01
the rebellion, or who served m the military or naval service certain wars,
of the United States in the Spanish-American war, or in the
world war; for erecting or dedicating monuments in mem-
ory of soldiers who died in the service of the country in the
war of the rebellion, or of soldiers or sailors who died in the
service of the United States in the Spanish- American war, or
in the world war; and for keeping in repair or decorating
graves, monuments or other memorials erected to the mem-
ory of soldiers or sailors who served the United States, or to
the memory of its firemen who died from injuries received in
the performance of their duties in the fire service, or for
other memorial observances in their honor. Money appro-
priated in honor of such firemen may be paid over to, and
expended for such purpose by, any veteran firemen's asso-
ciation or similar organization. Approved May 27, 1920.
526
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 529, 530.
Rumford and
Wading Rivers
Reservoir
Company,
incorporated.
Construction,
etc., of dama.
Chap. 529 An Act to incorporate the rumford and wading
RIVERS RESERVOIR COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Henry S. Culver, Joseph K. Milliken, Frank
S. Talbot, John F. Bannon and Winthrop L. Tidd, their
associates and successors, are hereby made a reservoir cor-
poration by the name of the Rumford and Wading Rivers
Reservoir Company, with all the powers and privileges and
subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth
in all general laws now or hereafter in force applicable to
said corporations.
Section 2. The corporation may construct and main-
tain dams upon the ponds known as Shepardsville reservoir
in the town of Plainville and Miramichi (sometimes called
Shepard's Pond) in the towns of Plainville and Foxborough,
and on the Wading river, Three Mile river, Rumford river,
Chartley river, Furnace brook and their tributaries, in the
counties of Bristol and Norfolk, for the purpose of regulating
the flow and increasing the usefulness of such rivers and
brook, and may lease and hold all real and personal prop-
erty necessary for the purposes of this act.
Section 3. Said corporation may lease or purchase all
flowage and property rights of any existing reservoir com-
panies or any persons or corporations located on any of the
above described ponds, rivers and brook or their tributaries.
Section 4. The capital stock of said corporation shall
not exceed one hundred thousand dollars divided into shares
of the par value of one hundred dollars each, but the corpo-
ration shall not exercise any of the powers herein granted,
other than that of organization, until fifteen thousand dollars
of said capital stock have been subscribed for and fully paid.
Ajyproved May 27, 1920.
Chap. 530 An Act to authorize the metropolitan district com-
mission TO MAKE CERTAIN EXPENDITURES FOR THE IM-
PROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN
WATER SYSTEM.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The metropolitan district commission may
incur expenditures for replacements and permanent im-
provements for the metropolitan water district, as follows:
Purchase, etc.,
of flowage and
property rights.
Capital stock.
Expenditures
for improve-
ment and de-
velopment of
the metropol-
itan water
system.
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 531. 527
for the purchase and installation of certain equipment at
the northern high-service pumping station at Spot pond in
Stoneham, a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars; for the piu-chase and installation of certain
equipment for the southern high-service pumping stations
at Chestnut Hill reservoir in Brighton, a sum not exceeding
two hundred thousand dollars; for replacyig the Ai'lington
standpipe and expenses incidental thereto, a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars; for
increasing the capacity and re-enforcing the pipe line for the
northern high-service district, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred and eighty thousand dollars; for the construction of
direct gravity lines to connect with the proposed Western
aqueduct and Spot pond, a sum not exceeding one million
eight hundred thousand dollars.
Section 2. To meet the expenditures to be incurred 1^^"?°/
... . J^ . . bonds to meet
under this act, the treasurer and receiver-general may issue expenditures,
notes or bonds for a sum not exceeding two million seven
hundred and five thousand dollars, for terms not exceeding
forty years as recommended by the governor in a message
to the general court dated May twenty, nineteen hundred
and twenty, in accordance with section three of Article LXII
of the amendments to the constitution, and at such rates of
interest as the treasurer and receiver-general, with the ap-
proval of the governor and council, may fix. The said loan
shall be in addition to the loan authorized by chapter four
hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of eighteen hundred
and ninety-five and acts in amendment thereof and in addi-
tion thereto, which act shall be applicable hereto except as
otherwise provided herein. Approved May 27, 1920.
An Act to provide that veterans in the public serv- ni^nj. koi
ICE SHALL HAVE LEAVE OF ABSENCE ON MEMORIAL DAY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. No veteran, as defined in section one of *^®'"*^'." Yf *'
1 1 1 1 1 r- p p 1 /^ 1 » n • erans in the
chapter one hundred and nity or the General Acts of nine- public service
teen hundred and nineteen, in the service of the common- of absence on
wealth or of any county, city or town therein, or of the metro-
politan district commission, except policemen and firemen
and members of the department of public safety doing police
duty shall be required to perform any service on Memorial
day.
Memorial day.
528
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 532, 533.
Certain vet-
erans employed
by metropolitan
district com-
mission, etc.,
granted leave
of absence on
Memorial day.
Section 2. Veterans, as so defined, employed as police-
men or firemen by the metropolitan district commission or
by any city or town, may be granted leave of absence with-
out loss of pay on Memorial day by the said commission or
by the governing authorities in cities and towns.
Approved May 27, 1920.
Chap. 532 An Act to extend the time within which certain
COUNTIES SHALL PROVIDE HOSPITAL CARE FOR PERSONS
AFFLICTED WITH TUBERCULOSIS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The time within which the county commis-
sioners shall provide for persons afflicted with tuberculosis
adequate hospital care under the provisions of chapter two
hundred and eighty-six of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and sixteen, as amended, is hereby extended to Sep-
tember first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
Section 2. Any balance of indebtedness incurred on
account of the proposed hospital for Middlesex county,
authorized by said chapter two hundred and eighty-six, as
amended, after applying the proceeds of any receipts on
account of the same or receipts from the sale of the property
acquired, which sale is hereby authorized, may be assessed
upon the cities and towns in said county, excepting the
cities of Cambridge, Lowell and Somerville, which would
have comprised the hospital district within said county, and
shall be added to the county taxes of the cities and towns
so assessed in such annual payments on account of principal
and interest as will extinguish the balance of said indebted-
ness in not less than ten years, beginning with the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-one. Approved May 27, 1920.
Time extended
in which cer-
tain counties
shall care for
tuberculous
patients.
Indebtedness
for hospital
in Middlesex
county may be
assessed on
cities and
towns, except,
etc.
C/iap. 533 An Act to place under the civil service the chief
of the fire deparTxMent and the superintendent of
the water department in the city of chicopee.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The office of chief of the fire department and
the office of superintendent of the water department of the
city of Chicopee shall hereafter be subject to the civil service
laws, and rules and regulations made thereunder, but the
present incumbents of said offices shall be respectively eligible
to appointment thereto without examination.
Fire chief and
water super-
intendent in
Chicopee placed
under civil
service.
YES.
NO.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 534, 535. 529
Section 2. Tiiis act shall take effect upon its acceptance to bo
by the ^•ote^s of the city of Chicopee at the next municipal TOtMs"etc.*^
election. The question shall be submitted to the voters on
the ballot in the following form : — " Shall chapter
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty placing the chief
of the fire department and the superintendent
of the water department under the civil ser^dce
be accepted?" If accepted by a majority of
the voters voting thereon it shall take effect, otherwise it
shall not take effect. Approved May 27, 1920,
An Act to provide for an Italian interpreter for (Jfidj) 534
THE EAST BOSTON DISTRICT COURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The presiding justice of the East Boston district court Italian
^ . T !• • p • • 1 interpreter,
may appomt an Italian niterpreter tor service m that court East Boston
who shall receive from the county of Suffolk an annual *^ "*^ ''^^ '
salary not exceeding twelve hundred dollars.
Approved May 27, 1920.
An Act relative to reinstatement in the state re- (jhnjj 535
TIREMENT ASSOCIATION AND TO THE DEFINITION OF CON-
TINUOUS SERVICE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one of chapter five hundred and thirty-two of the ion, 532, § 1.
acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended by section ^*''' ^^^^
one of chapter tliree hundred and sixty-three of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twelve, by section one of chapter five
hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fourteen, by section one of chapter one hundred and
ninety-eight of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
fifteen, and by section one of chapter ninety-four of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby
further amended by adding thereto the following new para-
graph: — (g) Any member of the retirement association who Reinstatement
shall have withdrawn from the service of the commonwealth retfrement
or metropolitan "district after June first nineteen hundred con°"nuou"'
and twelve, on being re-employed in such service within service defined.
two years, may be reinstated in said association in accord-
ance with such rules for reinstatement as the board of retire-
ment shall adopt, and when so reinstated the period of
such withdrawal shall not operate to break the continuity of
530
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 536, 537.
service, but shall not be counted as service. All periods of
active service for the commonwealth or metropolitan dis-
trict rendered prior to June first nineteen hundred and
twelve by members of the retirement association shall be a
part of their continuous service for the purposes of tliis act,
and for the purpose of computing the^accumulation for the
pension for such service, regular interest as defined in para-
graph (e) of this section shall be allowed for all periods that
are to be counted as service. Approved May 27, 1920.
Improvement
of main
highway in
Westborough.
Chap.5SQ An Act relative to the improvement by the depart-
ment OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE MAIN HIGHWAY IN THE
TOWN OF W^ESTBOROUGH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The di\'ision of highways of the department
of public works may expend during the present year the
sum of fourteen thousand dollars, fifty per cent of said sum
to be paid by the town of Westborough, and fifty per cent
by the county of Worcester on the order of said division,
for the improvement of the main highway in the town of
Westborough from the corner of East Main and L^man
streets, continuing towards Westborough Centre. Any un-
expended balance of the sum hereby authorized to be ex-
pended may be used in the succeeding year for the same
purpose.
Section 2. For the purpose of paying the amounts re-
quired of the county of \^iorcester, under the provisions of
this act, the county commissioners may issue notes of the
county for periods not exceeding one year from the dates
thereof, subject to the provisions of chapter twenty-one of
the Revised Laws and amendments thereof, so far as the
same are applicable thereto. Approved May 27, 1920.
Worcester
county may
issue notes
to meet ex-
penditure.
Chap.537 An Act to make the psychopathic department of the
BOSTON STATE HOSPITAL A SEPARATE STATE HOSPITAL
FOR THE INSANE.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The psychopathic department of the Boston
state hospital is hereby made a separate state hospital for
the care of the insane and shall be subject to all provisions
of law applicable to such state hospitals. Its name shall be
the Boston Psychopathic Hospital.
Boston
Psychopathic
Hospital,
established.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 538, 539. 531
Section 2, On or before the thirtieth day of November Board of
in the current year the governor, with the advice and con- j^^ntmeiftr
sent of the council, shall appoint a board of trustees of the ®*''-
Boston psychopathic hospital, consisting of seven members,
of whom five shall be men and two shall be women. The
initial members of said board shall be appointed for terms
of one, two, three, four, five, six and seven years respectively
from the first Wednesday in February, nineteen hundred and
twenty, or until their successors are appointed and qualified.
Thereafter as their several terms expire, the governor shall
appoint a trustee for the term of seven years, and shall fill
any vacancy for the unexpired term. The said trustees shall
have all the powers and duties in respect to the Boston
psychopathic hospital which the present trustees of the
Boston state hospital now have in respect thereto, and shall
be subject to all provisions of law relating to trustees of state
hospitals for the care of the insane. ,
Approved May 27, 1920.
An Act to extend the duration of an act relative Chap. 538
TO termination of tenancies at will.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section two of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the loio, 257 (G),
General Acts of nineteen hundi*ed and nineteen is hereby ^' ^""^^
amended by striking out the word "twenty-one", at the
end thereof, and substituting the word: — twenty- two, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 2. This act shall take Time extended
effect upon its passage, but shall become null and void on terminating
the first day of February in the year nineteen hundred and i^'iT"""* ^*
twenty-two. Approved May 27, 1920.
An Act relative to the minimum rate of retirement fhnjf 539
FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Paragraph (2) E entitled "Minimum and Maximum Pay- 1911, 532, § 6,
ments" of section six of chapter five himdred and thirty-two amendlcf' *'*'''
of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended
by section one hundred and eight of chapter two hundred
and fifty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
eighteen, and by section four of chapter four hundred and
sixteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, is hereby
further amended by striking out the sajd paragraph and
532
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 540, 541.
Payments to
state employees
on retirement.
substituting the following : — E. Minimum and Maximum
Payments. — In no case shall a member be retired at a
rate less than three hundred dollars per year, or at a rate of
more than one half the average annual rate of salary or
wages of such member during the five years prior to his
retirement. Approved May 27, 1920.
R. L. 165, § 67,
etc., amended.
Chap. 54:0 An Act relative to the salary and expenditures of
THE REPORTER OF DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL
COURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section sixty-seven of chapter one hundred
and sixty-five of the Revised Laws, as amended by section
two of chapter three hundred and fifty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and eight, and by chapter two hundred
and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, is hereby
further amended by striking out the said section and substi-
tuting the following : — Section 67. The reporter shall re-
ceive from the commonwealth an annual salary of six thou-
sand dollars, and shall be allowed a sum not exceeding eight
thousand dollars a year for clerk hire and for the incidental
expenses of his office which shall be paid by the common-
wealth. The said amounts shall be in full compensation for
his services and fOr clerk hire and incidental expenses. All
fees received by him for copies of opinions, rescripts and
other papers shall be paid by him quarterly to the state
treasurer with a detailed statement thereof.
Section 2. The increases in salary and expenditures
hereby authorized shall not take effect until an appropria-
tion has been made sufficient to cover the same and then as
of the first day of June in the current year.
Appromd May 27, 1920.
Supreme
judicial court,
reporter of
decisions,
salary, etc.
Time of
taking effect.
Chap. 54:1 An Act authorizing the department of public health
TO MAKE reasonable ORDERS FOR THE PROTECTION OF
CHARLES RIVER FROM POLLUTION DETRIMENTAL TO THE
PUBLIC HEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The department of public health may make
reasonable orders, having due regard to the particular circum-
stances of each case, prohibiting, limiting or regulating the
entrance or discharge into Charles river or its tributaries of
Orders for
protection of
Charles river
from pollution,
etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 542. 533
such sewage, waste, refuse or other substances as are in-
jurious to the pubhc health.
Section 2. Before making any such order the depart- Hearing by
,„» , ., p., . department of
ment shall, after due notice to the owner or the premises or public health,
.1 , . . , , T 1 • notice to owner,
the person, corporation, city or town discnarging or per- etc
mitting the entrance of such sewage, waste, refuse or other
substance into said river or any tributary thereof hold a
hearing, and thereafter shall make, in connection with any
order issued by it, specific findings of fact and a recommen-
dation as to the best practicable and reasonably available
means of avoiding the pollution in respect to which the
order is issued. The findings of fact shall be prima facie
evidence in any proceedings to enforce such order.
Section 3. The supreme judicial court and the superior what courts
court shall have jurisdiction in equity, if they find that ordersretc*^
entrance or discharge of any such sewage, waste, refuse or
other substances into said river or any tributary thereof, is
injurious to the public health, to enforce or modify any
order made under the pro\dsions of this act, and to enjoin
such entrance or discharge. Proceedings to enforce any such
order or to obtain such an injmiction shall be instituted and
prosecuted by the attorney-general at the relation of the
department of public health.
Section 4. Nothing in this act shall be held to prevent Surface
the flow into the said river or any tributary thereof of surface
drainage from occupied lands or streets or the discharge from
drains designed for the disposal of surface water and ground
drainage, provided that no sewage or other waste is mingled Proviso,
therewith, nor shall it be held to interfere with the culti-
vation and use of the soil in the ordinary methods of
agriculture.
Section 5. Chapter one hundred and fifty-eight of the Repeal,
acts of nineteen hundred and six is hereby repealed, but this ofmetro^utln
act shall not affect any powers exercisable by the metro- mission n°oT
politan district commission under chapter four hundred and affected.
sixty-five, of the acts of nineteen hundred and three and
acts in amendment thereof. Approved May 27, 1920.
An Act relative to the fraternal order of eagles. Chap. 542
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
The subordinate lodges of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Fraternal Order
a fraternal benefit society incorporated under the laws of contmuaAce in
the state of Washington, may continue to transact in this ^Massachusetts.
534
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 543.
commonwealth the limited amount of insm'ance authorized
by section twenty-nine (b) of chapter six hundred and
twenty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven,
as amended. Approved May 27, 1920.
Chap. 543 An Act to authorize palmer fire district number one
OF PALMER TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF WATER SUPPLY.
Palmer Fire
District Num-
ber One of
Palmer, water
supply.
Provisos.
May take the
waters of cer-
tain brooks,
etc.
May take
certain lands,
etc.
Description of
lands taken,
etc., to be re-
corded.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The district known as Palmer Fire District
Number One of Palmer may supply itself and its inhabitants
with water for extinguishing fires and for domestic, manu-
facturing and other purposes; may for that purpose con-
struct dams or reservoirs or sink wells; may erect buildings
and fixtures; may procure and operate machinery; may
lay and maintain pipes and mains, may establish fountains
and hydrants, and may provide such other means and appli-
ances as may be necessary for the establishment and main-
tenance of complete and effective water works: provided,
that the situation of all wells, reservoirs and dams to be
constructed or used under the provisions of this act shall be
subject to the approval of the department of public health;
and provided, also, that the district shall not enter upon,
construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other works within
the location of any railroad corporation except at such times
and in such manner as it may agree upon with such corpora-
tion, or, in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved by
the department of public utilities.
Section 2. The said district for the purposes aforesaid
may take, or acquire by piu-chase or otherwise, and hold,
the waters of Wellman brook, sometimes called Keith's
brook in the town of Palmer, and the tributaries and ground
waters thereof and the waters flowing into and from the
same, together with any and all water rights connected
therewith, and may also take, or acquire by purchase or
otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of w^ay and easements
necessary for holding, protecting or preserving the water
and for conveying the same to any part of said district.
Section 3. The said district shall, within sixty days
after the taking of any lands, rights of way, water rights,
water courses or easements as aforesaid, otherwise than by
purchase, file and cause to be recorded in the registry of
deeds for the county of Hampden a description thereof
sufficiently accurate for identification, with a statement of
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 543. 535
the purpose for which the same were taken, signed by the
water commissioners hereinafter provided for.
Section 4. The said district shall pay all damages to Payment of
property sustained by any person or corporation by the ^™'*se8.etc.
taking of any lands, rights of way, water, water sources,
water rights or easements, or by any other thing done by
said district under the authority of this act. Any person or
corporation sustaining damages as aforesaid, and failing to
agree with said district as to the amount thereof may have
the same assessed and determined in the manner provided
by law in the case of land taken for the laying out of high-
ways, on making application at any time within the period
of two years after the taking of such land or other property
or the doing of other injury under the authority of this act;
but no such application shall be made after the expiration of
the said two years. No application for the assessment of
damages shall be made for the taking of any water or water
rights, or for any injury thereto, and the said period of
two years shall not begin to run, until the water is actually
withdrawn or diverted by the district under authority of this
act.
Section 5. In every case of a petition to the superior District to
court for an assessment of damages, the district may tender ment for ita
to the petitioner, or his attorney, any sum, or may bring when.^*°"
the same into court to be paid to the petitioner, for the
damages sustained by him or claimed in his petition, or
may in writing offer to be defaulted and that damages may
be awarded against it for the sum therein expressed, and if
the petitioner does not accept such sum, with his costs up
to that time, but proceeds in his suit, and does not recover
greater damages than were so offered or tendered, not in-
cluding interest on the sum recovered as damages from the
date of such offer or tender, the district shall recover judg-
ment for its costs after said date, for which execution shall
issue; and the petitioner, if he recovers damages, shall be Certain costs
allowed his costs only to the date of such offer or tender, tionw.
Section 6. The said district may, for the purpose of ofsfrict^Num-
paying the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred under pl^^^/^^^^g^
the provisions of this act, issue from time to time bonds or Loan, Act of
notes to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand
dollars. Such bonds or notes shall bear on their face the
words, Palmer Fire District Number One of Palmer, Water
Loan, Act of 1920, shall be payable at the expiration of
periods not exceeding thirty years from their respective
536
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 543.
Palmer Fire
District Num-
ber One of
Palmer, Water
Loan, Act of
1920.
Penalty for
pollution of
water, etc.
Water com-
missioners,
election, term,
etc.
Vacancy in
board, how
filled.
dates, shall bear such rate of interest, payable semi-annu-
ally, as may be fixed by the treasurer of the district with
the approval of the water commissioners hereinafter pro-
vided for, and shall be signed by the treasurer and counter-
signed b}'' the water commissioners. The said bonds or notes
shall be issued in compliance with the requirements of
chapter eighty-five of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and fifteen and the amendments thereof. Each authorized
issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a separate loan, and
any premiums received thereon shall be applied as provided
by general law for cities and towns. The said district may
sell the said securities at public or private sale, upon such
terms and conditions as it may deem proper, but not for
less than their par value.
Section 7. \^^loeve^ wilfull}^ or wantonly corrupts, pol-
lutes or diverts any water taken or held under this act, or
injiu-es any structure, work or other property owned, held
or used by said district mider authority of this act, shall
forfeit and pay to the district tlu'ee times the amount of
damages assessed therefor, to be recovered in an action of
tort; and, upon being convicted of any of the above wilful
or wanton acts, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for a term
not exceeding one year.
Section 8. The said district shall, after its acceptance of
this act, at the same meeting at which the act is accepted,
or at a subsequent meeting called for the purpose, elect by
ballot three persons to hold office, one until the expiration
of three years, one until the expiration of two years, and
one until the expiration of one year from the next succeed-
ing annual district meeting, to constitute a board of water
commissioners; and at every annual meeting thereafter one
such commissioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of
tlii-ee years. All the authority granted to the said district
by this act, and not otherwise specifically provided for, shall
be vested in the board of water commissioners, who shall be
subject, however, to such instructions, rules and regulations
as the district may impose by its vote. A majority of the
board of commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business. Any vacancy occurring in the said
board from any cause may be filled for the remainder of
the unexpired term by the said district at any legal meeting
called for the purpose. No money shall be drawn from the
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 543. 537
district treasury on account of the water works except by a
written order of the said commissioners or a majority of
them.
Section 9. The said district may make such contracts May contract
with individuals and corporations for supplying water as wator, etc.
may be agreed upon, may regulate the use of water, fix and
collect just and equitable rates for the same, prescribe the
time and manner of pa^inent, and may discontinue or shut
off the water for the non-payment thereof and for violation
of the terms of any contract made in accordance with this
section.
Section 10. The authority to establish a system of franchXetc.
water supply under the provisions of this act is granted upon o|j;^io P^^er
condition that the said district shall first exercise its right to pany.
acquire by purchase or taking the franchise, corporate prop-
erty and all the rights and privileges of the Palmer Water
Company, a corporation established in said town by chapter
one hundred and seventy-one of the acts of eighteen hundred
and eighty-three, in the manner and upon the terms and
conditions prescribed in section ten of said act.
Section 11. The town of Palmer shall have the right Town of
, 1 • 1 p Falmer may
at any time to acquire by purchase or otherwise the iran- acquire prop-
chise, corporate property and all the rights and privileges the district,
acquired by said district under the authority of said chapter ***"■
one hundred and seventy-one or of this act, or any amend-
ment thereof, at a price which may be agreed upon between
said district and town; and the district is hereby authorized
to make sale of the same to the town. If the district and ^o^'jfow^"
town are unable to agree, then the compensation to be paid determined,
shall be determined by three commissioners, to be appointed
by the supreme judicial court, upon application of either
party and notice to the other, whose award, when accepted
by the court, shall be binding upon all parties. The au- Assent of
thority herein granted to the town to purchase said franchise tol)urT!hasl.
and property is granted on condition that the same is assented
to by a two thirds vote of the voters of the town present and
voting thereon at a meeting duly called for that purpose.
Section 12. This act shall take full effect upon its accept- To be sub-
1 . . (» 1 1 1 (••IT- mittod to voters
ance by a majority or the legal voters ot said district present of district, etc.
and voting thereon by ballot at a legal district meeting
called for the purpose within six months after the passage of
this act. Notice of the meeting shall be given by posting a
copy of the call in at least three conspicuous places in said
538
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 544.
Proviso.
Time of
taking effect.
district, and by publishing the call, together with a copy of
this act, in one or more newspapers published in said town
not less than seven days before the date of said meeting,
and in such other manner as the rules or by-laws of the
district may require: provided, however, that the number of
meetings so called within the said period shall not exceed
two.
Section 13. This act, for the purpose of being submitted
to the voters of the said district, shall take effect upon its
passage. Approved May 27, 1920.
1916, 311 (S).
§ 12, amended.
Commissionors
to apportion,
estimate, etc.,
benefits and
damages.
Chap. 54:4: An Act relative to the permanent abatement of
NUISANCES existing IN AND ALONG THE QUEQUECHAN
RIVER IN FALL RIVER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter three hundred and eleven of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and sixteen is hereby amended by striking
out section twelve and substituting the following: — Section
12. Upon the final approval and acceptance of the plans
by the city council, as provided in section foiu*, the mayor
shall thereupon appoint, subject to confirmation by the city
council, tliree commissioners for apportioning, estimating and
assessing the benefits and damages accruing to or suffered
by any persons or estates, by reason of anything done under
the provisions of tliis act, and for performing the other
duties provided for herein. Their authority shall cease upon
the completion of their duties. Two of the commissioners
shall be residents of the city, but none of them shall be a
riparian owner on said river or entitled to the use of its
water, a member of the Watuppa Reservoir Company, or
an official or employee of the city. The third commissioner
shall not be a resident of the city. Then* compensation shall
be fixed by the mayor and the city council. If, within ninety
days after the appointment of said commissioners as pro-
vided in this section, the interested parties fail to agree upon
an apportionment of the said benefits and damages, the
commissioners shall proceed to apportion and assess the
charges and expenses incurred in carrying out the aforesaid
plans or any part thereof, the damages and benefits sustained
by the city of Fall River or by any person, firm or corpora-
tion by the taking or proposed taking of any land, right,
easement, or use of the waters of said river, or by the im-
provements thereof made under authority of section eight of
Failure of
interested
parties to
agree upon
apportionment,
charges to be
assessed, etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 544. 539
this act, and shall apportion and assess the special benefits
accruing to property or estates or other interests by reason
of the work. The apportionment and assessment shall be
reasonable and shall be based upon the special and peculiar
benefits which said property and estates, and the users of
the waters shall severally receive from said construction,
and in no case shall the assessment exceed the value of the
special benefit accruing to the person or estate so assessed;
and in making such apportionment and assessment the com-
missioners shall determine the proportion which all parties
in interest shall pay toward the cost and expense of the said
construction. The said proportion shall remain fixed and Proportion to
1 11 11 n 1- i> 1 n 1 remain fixed,
shall govern all findmgs as to assessments tor benents and etc.
damages, whether made from time to time, or at the com-
pletion of the work. After completing the apportionments
but before making the final assessments the commissioners
shall notify the persons or corporations against whom the
assessments have been made, and shall give them a final
hearing, and thereafter shall make the final assessments.
Any damages finally decreed to any party in interest, if in
excess of the betterments, shall be a charge upon and paid
from the proceeds of the bonds issued under section eight of
this act.
The sums assessed as aforesaid shall be payable at such ^"™^n^ft*'utl''
times and in such amounts as the commissioners may de- a Hen upon
termine, and, until payment shall constitute a lien upon the
estates and properties assessed which may be enforced by
said city in the manner provided by law for the collection
of taxes: provided, however, that any person, firm or corpo- Proviso,
ration aggrieved by the findings of the commissioners as to
their apportionment or assessment of damages sustained or
of benefits received may have the same assessed and deter-
mined in the manner provided by law for the taking of
land for the laying out of highways, upon application at any
time within two years after the taking of the land, privilege,
easement or right in the manner above provided or within
two years after the completion of the work from which the
special benefit accrues.
The city council of Fall River may authorize the Watuppa watuppa Reser-
Reservoir Company to have charge of, maintain and operate pay be"author-
for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act certain ToTks^
any works or structures affecting the flow of the Queque- or^structures,
chan river, the agreement between the city council and the
Watuppa Reservoir Company dated April twenty-second,
540
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 544.
Expense, by
whom borne.
Commission to
fix proportion
in which ex-
pense is to be
paid, etc.
Expense not to
exceed certain
value, etc.
Procedure when
aggrieved by
apportionment.
Watuppa Res-
ervoir Company
to collect ex-
pense of main-
tenance, etc.
nineteen hundred and twenty, relating to the construction,
maintenance and operation of a proposed dam and pumping
station at the Sand Bar, so-called, on or near the South
Watuppa pond being hereby ratified. The expense incurred
in the maintenance and operation of said dam and pumping
station, including all damages occasioned by the maintenance
and operation of the said dam and pumping station to owners
of riparian properties situated on South Watuppa pond or
Quequechan river, and all expenses rendered necessary in
order to adjust the several manufacturing plants situated on
the South Watuppa pond to any new level of water brought
about by changes made in carrying out the plan of improve-
ments, shall be borne by the persons and private corpora-
tions having property interest in, along or by Quequechan
river, below the said dam, in proportion to the special and
peculiar benefit accruing to such property by reason of the
maintenance and operation of said structures. As soon as is
practicable after the completion of the said dam and pump-
ing station, the commission provided for in this section shall
fix the proportion in which such persons and private corpora-
tions shall pay the said expense, which proportion shall re-
main in force thereafter until and unless a party in interest
shall petition the mayor of the city of Fall River to appoint
a new commission to make a new apportionment, which
new commission shall be appointed and act and new appor-
tionment shall be made in the manner and form hereinbefore
provided. In no case shall the said expense of maintenance
and operation so apportioned, exceed the value of the spe-
cial benefit accruing from such maintenance and operation
to the property so benefited. Any person or corporation ag-
grieved by the said apportionment on the ground that it
is not just and proportionate, or that it exceeds the value of
the special benefit so accruing, upon application within six
months after the date of the demand, as hereinafter provided,
may have the said expense apportioned and fixed in the
manner provided by law for the assessment and determina-
tion of damages sustained or benefits received on the taking
of land for the laying out of highways, and thereafter such
apportionment shall remain in force until a new apportion-
ment is made by the commission as provided in this section.
The said expense of maintenance and operation shall be
collected by the Watuppa Reservoir Company in accordance
with the apportionment fixed by the commission as afore-
said. In case of a default in the payment of the proportion
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 545. 541
of said expense demand therefor shall be made by the
Watuppa Reservoir Company by sending by mail to the
last known address of the person or corporation in default,
a registered letter containing a statement of the amount due,
with demand for the payment thereof, and said default con-
tinuing the Watuppa Reservoir Company, upon paying the
amount of such proportionate expense, shall have a lien Lien upon
upon the property interests, benefited as aforesaid, of each prop^'^y-
of the persons or private corporations in default to secure
the repayment of the proportion so paid by it together with
interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum from
the time of said demand and with the costs of enforcing
collection of the same. Such lien shall be dissolved unless Dissolution
the Watuppa Reservoir Company shall, within ninety days uniels'etc.
after the said demand for the payment of the said expense,
file in the registry of deeds for the district in which the land
is situated, a statement, signed and sworn to by some person
in its behalf, giving a just and true account of the amount
due, a brief description of the property and the name of the
person or private corporation from whom the said amount
is claimed, and unless a bill in equity to enforce it is filed in
the superior court within sixty days after the filing of the
statement as hereinbefore provided. The subpoena in such
suit shall be returnable not more than sixty days subsequent
to the filing of the bill and shall contain a brief description
of the property, sufficient to identify it, and a statement of
the amount alleged to be due. An attested copy thereof
shall be filed in the registry of deeds and recorded as pro-
vided in section eight of chapter one hundred and ninety-
seven of the Revised Laws. The court, may, in its discre- court may
tion, approve a bond with sufficient surety or sureties to to d^ssolv^e""'^
dissolve a lien as to the whole or any part of the property shi"i'i be'med
or interest thereby affected. The bond shall be filed by the jfJIf^*'"^ °^
obligor in the registry of deeds within ten days after such
approval and shall not dissolve the lien unless it is so filed.
Approved May 27, 1920.
An Act to provide for the regulation of advertising nhn^y 545
SIGNS AND devices WITHIN THE PUBLIC VIEW.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The division of highways of the department Regulation of
of public works, hereinafter called the division, shall, within other°'advertis-
sixty days after the passage of this act, make rules and regu- wfthlnTubiic
viow, etc.
542
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 545.
License, etc.
Public hearings
to be held.
Cities and
towns may
regulate bill-
boards, etc.,
within their
limits.
Billboards and
devices already
erected shall
conform to
regulations.
Proviso.
Signs used by
common car-
riers exempt.
What courts
may enforce
law.
lations for the proper control and restriction of billboard
and other advertising devices on public ways or on private
property within public view of any highway, public park or
reservation, and the division may, from time to time, amend,
repeal or add to, the said rules and regulations. The rules
and regulations so made may require that billboards or other
devices as aforesaid shall be licensed in accordance with the
provisions thereof and of this act. The said rules and regu-
lations need not be uniform throughout the commonwealth,
and may prescribe license fees, to be fixed with regard to the
cost of administering the provisions of this act.
Section 2. The division shall, before establishing or
amending rules or regulations hereunder, hold duly adver-
tised public hearings in the city of Boston and elsewhere in
the commonwealth as it deems necessary or expedient.
Section 3. Cities and towns may, by ordinance or by-
law, subject to the approval of the division and not incon-
sistent with the provisions of this act or of the rules and
regulations made by the division, further regulate and re-
strict the said billboards or other devices within their re-
spective limits.
Section 4. No person, firm, association or corporation
shall post, erect, display or continue to maintain any bill-
board or other advertising device, whether already erected
at the time when this act takes effect or not, on any public
way or on private property within public view from any
highway, public park or reservation, which advertises or
calls attention to any business, article, substance or any
other thing, unless such billboard or device conforms to the
rules, regulations, ordinance or by-laws established under
authority of this act: provided, however, that nothing herein
contained shall apply to signs or other devices erected and
maintained in conformity with existing law, advertising or
indicating the person occupying the premises in question or
the business transacted thereon, or advertising the property
itself or any part thereof as for sale or to let.
Section 5. This act shall not apply to signs and other
devices on or in the rolling stock, station, subways or struc-
tures of or used by common carriers.
Section 6. The supreme judicial court and the superior
court shall have jurisdiction in equity on petition of the
attorney-general or of any city or town, or of any officer
thereof or of any interested party, to restrain the erection
or maintenance of any billboard, sign or device erected or
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 546. 543
maintained in violation of the provisions of any rule, regu-
lation, ordinance or by-law adopted under the provisions of
this act, and to order its removal or abatement as a nuisance.
Section 7. Any violation of any rule, regulation, ordi- Penalty.
nance or by-law adopted hereunder shall be punished by a
fine of not more than one hundred dollars. Whoever un-
laA\^ully maintains a billboard, sign or advertising device as
herein described for a period of twenty days after convic-
tion thereof, shall be deemed to be guilty of a second offense
and shall be further punished by a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars. Approved May 27, WW.
An Act relative to the surety bonds of certain state qJi^^ 545
AND county officers AND EMPLOYEES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Heads of state departments, state boards surety bonds
and commissions, and trustees of state institutions may statfofficers,
arrange for such schedule bonds as they may deem advisable '^*'''-
which shall take the place of bonds now required by law of
them and of any of their officers or employees. Every
such schedule bond shall be by a surety company authorized
to do business in this commonwealth, and the condition shall
be that the officers and employees named in the bond shall
faithfully perform the duties of their offices and employ-
ments, together with such other conditions or provisions as
may be required by law.
Section 2. Section one of chapter four hundred and et^^tfiendid.
sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, as
amended by chapter sixty-six of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twelve, and by chapter six hundred and fifteen of
the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, and as affected by
section eight of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby
further amend'ed by striking out the last sentence and sub-
stituting the following: — The sheriffs of the several coun- Surety bonds
ties, when required to give bond as sheriff or as jailer, master county officers,
or keeper, and any jailer, master or keeper appointed ''^''■
by the sheriff, required to give bond, shall be reimbursed
by the treasurers of their respective counties, subject to ap-
proval by the county commissioners, for the amount paid
by them.
Section 3. The deputies in the department of the au- Deputies in
ditor of the commonwealth shall hereafter be required to deplrlmeX^
544
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 547.
to give bond,
etc.
Amount of
bond, how
fixed.
Premiums,
how paid.
Time of
taking effect.
give bond to the commonwealth for the faithful discharge of
their duties, in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars,
and shall be reimbursed for the premium thereon as provided
in section four of this act.
Section 4. In the case of state officials or employees
required to give bond in which the amount is not fixed by
law, the auditor of the commonwealth is hereby authorized
to fix the amount, and to require that such bonds be made
uniform so far as is possible. Premiums on all surety bonds
paid by the commonwealth shall hereafter be paid out of the
appropriations for the expenses of the several departments,
boards, commissions or institutions.
Section 5. This act shall take effect not earlier than the
first day of December in the current year.
Approved May 27, 1920.
R. L. 102, § 151,
etc., amended.
Chap. 54:7 An Act relative to the payment of damages caused
BY the worrying, MAIMING OR KILLING OF DOMESTIC
animals by dogs.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section one hundred and fifty-one of chapter one hundred
and two of the Revised Laws, as amended by chapter one
hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and tlii'ee, by chap-
ter two hundred and eighty-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and four, and by chapter three hundred and ninety-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, is hereby
further amended by striking out the said section and substi-
tuting the following new sections : — Section 161 . Whoever
suffers loss by the worrying, maiming or killing of his live
stock or poultry by dogs, outside the premises of the owners
or keepers of such dogs, may, if the damage is done in a
city, inform the officer of police of the city who shall be
designated to receive such information by the authority
appointing the police, and, if the damage is done in a town,
may inform the chairman of the selectmen of the town, who
shall proceed to the premises where the damage was done
and determine whether the same was inflicted by dogs, and
if so, shall appraise the amount thereof if it does not exceed
twenty dollars. If, in the opinion of said officer of police or
chairman, the amount of the damage exceeds twenty dollars,
the damage shall be appraised, under oath, by three persons,
of whom one shall be said officer of police or chairman, one
shall be appointed by the person alleged to be damaged, and
Payment of
damages caused
by worrying,
etc., domestic
animals by
Appraisers,
etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 548. 545
the third shall be appointed by the other two. The ap-
praisers shall also consider and include in the damages the
labor and time necessarily expended in the finding and col-
lecting of the live stock or poultry so injured or separated
and the value of those lost or otherwise damaged by dogs.
Section 151 A. Within ten days after the appraisal afore- Findings of
said, the said officer of police or chairman shall retm'n a ordeTu^n*"
certificate of the damages found to the treasurer of the ^er^etc™"^"
county in which the damage was done, except in the county
of Suffolk. The treasurer shall thereupon submit the same
to the county commissioners, who, within thirty days, shall
examine all such bills and may, upon their own motion or
upon request of an interested party shall, summon the
appraisers and all parties interested and make such investi-
gation as they may think proper, and shall issue an order
upon the treasurer of the county for such amounts, if any,
as they decide to be just, and shall notify the interested
parties of their decision. Section 151 B. The treasurer of fh^rTed"to
any county except Suffolk shall pay all orders drawn upon Dog Fund.
him in full for the above purpose, and for the expenses of
appraisal, out of any money in the county treasury and pay-
ments made therefor shall be charged to the Dog Fund.
Section 151 C. For every examination made by selectmen Appraisers;
,1 . ,1 ^ . 1 11 • j^i J n compensation
or other appraisers, the appraisers shall receive three dollars, and mileage.
and also twenty cents a mile one way for the necessary
travel. In case of the absence or illness of the chairman of ,^ab^Me*of
the selectmen, any one of the selectmen of the town who s^\™en°^
may be duly informed of the damages as aforesaid may dis-
charge forthwith the duties hereby imposed upon the chair-
man. Approved May 27, 1920.
ChapMS
An Act relative to the t.\x.\.tion of legacies and
successions.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would deprive Emergency
the commonwealth of a needed increase in revenue to be p'"®'*"^''^^-
secured hereunder, therefore, this act is declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section one of chapter five hundred and J^^-^^^^ended
sixty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as
amended by chapter two hundred and sixty-eight of the acts
546
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 548.
Taxation of
legacies and
successions.
Exceptions.
Taxation of
gifts, etc., in
contemplation
of death, etc.
of nineteen hundred and nine, codified as section one of Part
rV of chapter four hundred and ninety of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and nine, and further amended by section one
of chapter five hundred and twenty-seven of the acts of
nineteen hundred and nine, by chapter six hundred and
seventy-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve,
by chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirteen, by section one of chapter
two hundred and sixty-eight of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and sixteen and by section one of chapter three
hundred and ninety-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty, and as affected by chapter four hundred and ninety-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby
further amended by striking out the first paragraph and
substituting the following, so as to read as follows: — Sec-
tion 1. All property within the jurisdiction of the common-
wealth, corporeal or incorporeal, and any interest therein,
whether belonging to inhabitants of the commonwealth or
not, which shall pass by will, or by the laws regulating in-
testate succession, or by deed, grant or gift, except in
cases of a bona fide purchase for full consideration in money
or money's worth, made in contemplation of the death of
the grantor or donor, or made or intended to take effect in
possession or enjoyment after the death of the grantor or
donor, and any beneficial interest therein which shall arise
or accrue by survivorship in any form of joint ownership in
which the decedent joint owner contributed during his life
any part of the property held in such joint ownership or of
the purchase price thereof, to any person, absolutely or in
trust, except to or for the use of charitable, educational or
religious societies or institutions, the property of which is
by the laws of this commonwealth exempt from taxation, or
for or upon trust for any charitable purposes to be carried
out within this commonwealth, or to or for the use of the
commonwealth or any city or town within the common-
wealth for public purposes, shall be subject to a tax as fol-
lows: —
Section 2. Any deed, grant or gift completed inter
vivos, except in cases of bona fide purchase for full considera-
tion in money or money's worth, made not more than six
months prior to the death of the grantor or donor, shall,
prima facie, be deemed to have been made in contemplation
of the death of the grantor or donor. Notwithstanding any
provision of section one of this act, no tax shall be payable
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 549. 547
thereunder on account of any deed, grant or gift in contem-
plation of death made more than two years prior to the death
of the grantor or donor. The taxes imposed by the pro- Taxes so
visions of this act upon property or interests therein passing p'^^bfe.' ^^""^
by deed, grant or gift made in contemplation of death shall
be payable by the grantee or donee at the expiration of one
year after the death of the grantor or donor, but real estate No lien on real
so passing shall not be subject to a lien for such tax. ^^^^^^ ^°' *^'
Section 3. This act shall not apply to property or Act not to
interests therein passing by deed, grant or gift in contem- certJn cases.
plation of death made prior to the passage of this act.
Approved May 27, 1920.
An Act relative to the taxation of corporations. C}iav 549
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause Emergency
substantial inconvenience, in that the act is by its terms p''^*'^''^^-
applicable to taxes levied in the current year, therefore it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section two of chapter three hundred and P|^'^en^d
fifty-five of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen is hereby amended by inserting after the word " follow-
ing", in the fifth line, the words: — provided that every
such corporation shall pay annually a total excise tax not
less than an amount equal to one twentieth of one per cent
of the fair cash value of all the shares constituting the capital
stock of the corporation on the first day of April, when the
return called for by section four of this act is due, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 2. Except as is otherwise pro- Annual excise
vided in this section, every domestic business corporation by Jomestfc
shall be subject to pay annually, with respect to the carry- co/^rations
ing on or doing of business by it, an excise tax equal to the
sum of the following, provided that every such corporation Proviso.
shall pay annually a total excise tax not less than an amount
equal to one twentieth of one per cent of the fair cash value
of all the shares constituting the capital stock of the corpo-
ration on the first day of April, when the return called for
by section four of this act is due: —
(1) An amount equal to five dollars per thousand upon
the value of its corporate excess,
548
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 549.
Minimum
tax of certain
corporations
which aro
subsidiaries
of foreign
corporations.
Assessment of
two or more
corporations
filing consoli-
dated returns
of income to
federal govern-
ment, etc.
1919, 355 (G),
§ 15, amended.
(2) An amount equal to two and one half per cent of that
part of its net income as hereinafter defined, which is de-
rived from business carried on within this commonwealth.
If a domestic business corporation which is a subsidiary
of a foreign corporation or closely affiliated therewith by
stock ownership, is so managed that its books of account do
not show its true earnings, it shall pay as a minimum tax
under this act an amount equal to twenty dollars per thou-
sand on its corporate excess, unless it shall file within the
first ten days of April a statement, as of April first, of its
net income which shows to the satisfaction of the tax com-
missioner its true earnings for its last prior fiscal year, elimi-
nating therefrom all pa-sTiients to such other corporation or
its officers in excess of the fair value of the property or
services given therefor.
If two or more domestic business corporations participated
in the filing of a consolidated return of income to the federal
government, the tax under paragraph (2) above may, at
their option, be assessed upon their combined net income,
which tax shall be assessed to both corporations and collected
from either corporation. In the case of corporations thus
affiliated, and in the further case of a single domestic busi-
ness corporation which files with one or more foreign corpo-
rations a consolidated return of net income to the federal
government, such domestic business corporation or corpo-
rations shall file with the tax commissioner, as a part of their
return required by this act, a statement of net income in
such form as he may prescribe, showing the gross income
and deductions in accordance with the law and regulations
governing the usual federal returns of corporations not thus
affiliated, and the net income thus shown shall, in such cases,
be the net income taxable under this act after making the
deductions therefrom as provided in section three.
Section 2. Section fifteen of said chapter three hundred
and fifty-five is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"following", in the fourth line, the words: — provided that
every such corporation shall pay annually a total excise tax
not less than an amount equal to one twentieth of one per
cent of such proportion of the value of the issued capital
stock as the assets, both real and personal, employed in any
business within the commonwealth on the first day of April
following the close of the taxable year, bear to the total of
such assets of the coi*poration on said date, — so that the
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 549. 549
first paragraph of the said section will read as follows: —
Section 15. Every foreign corporation shall pay annually, Annual excise
with respect to the carrying on or doing of business by it hfy fSn"
witliin the commonwealth, an excise equal to the sum of the c°'"P°'"ation8.
following, provided that every such corporation shall pay Proviso,
annually a total excise tax not less than an amount equal to
one twentieth of one per cent of such proportion of the value
of the issued capital stock as the assets, both real and per-
sonal, employed in any business within the commonwealth
on the first day of April following the close of the taxable
year, bear to the total of such assets of the corporation on
said date: —
Section 3. Section nineteen of chapter three hundred fll]lll}^^'
and fifty-five of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and amended.
nineteen, as amended by section five of chapter four hun-
dred and fifteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty,
is hereby further amended by striking out the said section
and substituting the following: — Section 19. The com- Foreign corpo-
missioner of corporations and taxation shall determine in tfon°of 'n^tin°'^'
the following manner the proportion of the net income of a toTassachu-"
foreign corporation allocable to this commonwealth: ^''"^•
The following classes of income shall be allocated to this classes of
1,1 income to be
commonwealth: allocated.
(a) Gains realized from the sale of capital assets if such
assets consist of real estate or tangible personal property
situated in this commonwealth. '
(b) Interest received from any corporation organized
under the laws of this commonwealth or from any associa-
tion, partnership or trust having transferable shares and
ha\dng its principal place of business in this commonwealth,
or from any inhabitant of this commonwealth, except interest
received on deposits in trust companies or in national banks
doing business in this commonwealth.
The following class of income shall not be allocated in any classes of
part to this commonwealth: SibcaTed*"
(1) Gains realized from the sale of capital assets other
than those named in paragraph (a) above.
Income of the foregoing classes having thus been allocated. Remainder of
,1 • 1 p 1 • 1 n 1 • • income,
the remamder oi the net income as defined m section sixteen ^ow to be
of this act shall be allocated as follows:
In case a foreign business corporation carries on no busi- Allocation
ness outside tliis commonwealth the whole of said remainder remilnde?!
shall be allocated to this commonwealth.
550
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 549.
Division of
remainder into
parts.
Rules for
determining
parts, etc.
Division where
all rules are
not applicable.
Value of
corporation's
tangible prop-
erty.
In case a foreign business corporation carries on any busi-
ness outside this commonwealth, the said remainder shall be
divided into three equal parts.
Of one third, such portion shall be attributed to business
carried on within this commonwealth as shall be fomid by
multiplying the said one third by a fraction whose numerator
is the value of the corporation's tangible property situated
within the commonwealth, and whose denominator is the
value of all the corporation's tangible property wherever
situated. Of another one third, such portion shall be at-
tributed to business carried on within this commonwealth
as shall be found by multiplying the said one third by a
fraction whose numerator is the expense paid by the corpo-
ration for wages, salaries, commissions or other compensation
to its employees, and assignable to this commonwealth as
hereinafter provided, and whose denominator is the total
expenditure of the corporation for wages, salaries, commis-
sions or other compensation to all its employees. Of the
remaining one third, such portion shall be attributed to busi-
ness carried on within the commonwealth as shall be found
by multiplying the said one third by a fraction whose numer-
ator is the amount of the corporation's gross receipts from
business assignable to this commonwealth, as hereinafter
provided, and whose denominator is the amount of the cor-
poration's gross receipts from all its business. In a case
where only two of the foregoing three rules are applicable,
the said remainder of net income of the corporation shall be
divided into two equal parts only, .each of which shall be
apportioned in accordance with one of the remaining two
rules. In a case where only one of the three rules is appli-
cable, the proportion of the net income received from busi-
ness carried on within this commonwealth shall be deter-
mined solely by such rule.
The value of the corporation's tangible property for the
purposes of this act shall be the average value of such prop-
erty during the year for which the income is returned. The
amount assignable to this commonwealth of expense paid
by the corporation for wages, salaries, commissions or other
compensation to its employees shall be such expense for the
year for which the income is retiu*ned, as represents the com-
pensation of employees not chiefly situated at, connected
with or sent out from premises for the transaction of business
which are owned or rented by the corporation outside of the
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 549. 551
commonwealth. The amount of the corporation's gross Amount of
receipts from business assignable to this commonwealth shall groS'rece'ipts.
be the amount, for the year for which the income is returned,
of its gross receipts from (a) sales, except those negotiated or Saiea.etc.
effected m behalf of the corporation by agents or agencies
chiefly situated at, connected with or sent out from premises
for the transaction of business which are owned or rented
by the corporation outside of the commonwealth, and sales
otherwise determined by the commissioner of corporations
and taxation to be attributed to the business conducted on
such premises; (b) rentals or royalties from property sit- Rentals, etc.
uated, or from the use of patents, within the commonwealth :
provided, however, that upon application by a corporation Proviso,
which owns or controls substantially all the capital stock of
another corporation, or by the corporation so owned or con-
trolled, the commissioner of corporations and taxation may
imp>ose the tax pro^'ided for by this act upon the income of
the two corporations jointly in the same manner as though
they were a single corporation, or may, in such other manner
as he shall determine, equitably adjust the tax of the apply-
ing corporation.
If a corporation maintains an office, warehouse, or other Determination
place of business in a state other than this commonwealth ^ots"?e"ceipfs
for the purpose of rediicing its tax under this act, the said °f corp9rations
. V,,,.,.. . maintaining
commissioner shall, in determining the amount of its gross offices, etc.,
receipts from business assignable to this commonwealth, in- to reduce tax,
elude therein the gross receipts from sales attributed by the
corporation to the business conducted at such place of busi-
ness in another state.
In the case of consolidated returns of net income, the said Consolidated
1 . n . returns,
commissioner shall allocate such income, so far as is practi- allocation of
cable in accordance with the above rules.
A rule shall not be deemed to be inapplicable merely be- Rule not to
cause all of the tangible property or the expense of a corpo- hmpplScabie,
ration for wages, salaries, commissions or other compensa- ^'^®°-
tion, or the gross receipts of the corporation are found to be
situated, incurred or received without the commonwealth.
From the net income allocated to this commonwealth as
above, each foreign corporation may deduct the same pro-
portion thereof which the fair cash value of macliinery owned
by it and used in manufacturing in this commonwealth bears
to its total assets employed in the commonwealth, and the
amount remaining shall be the net income subject to tax
552
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 549.
1919, 355 (G),
§ 32, amended.
If excises
imposed by act
are declared un-
constitutional,
remainder of
act to be null
and void,
except, etc.
Prior laws to
be reWved and
continue in
force, when.
Validity of
certain parts
of act not to
be affected.
When act
shall apply.
under section fifteen, paragraph (2). All other foreign busi-
ness corporations shall likewise be entitled to the same de-
duction.
Section 4. vSaid chapter tlu*ee hundred and fifty-five is
hereby further amended by striking out section thirty-two
and substituting the following: ■ — Section 32. If the excise
imposed upon domestic corporations by the provisions of
section two, or the excise imposed upon foreign corporations
by the provisi(5ns of section fifteen, is declared unconstitu-
tional by a final decree of the United States supreme court
or the supreme judicial court of the commonwealth, the re-
mainder of tliis act, with the exception of this section, shall
be null and void, and in this respect the provisions of Part I
and the provisions of Part II of this act are hereby declared
to be inseparable. If such portion of this act shall thus be-
come null and void, the provisions of prior laws which are
repealed or made inoperative by this act shall continue in
full force and effect in all respects as though this act had not
been enacted. In such case the commissioner of corpora-
tions and taxation shall forthwith assess all taxes that have
become due under such prior laws, and the time for making
any assessment or performing any other duty imposed or
privilege granted by such laws shall be extended for a period
of six months after the date when such law is thus determined
to be in force, and the time within which corporations may
apply by petition to the supreme juflicial court for abate-
ment of the excise imposed upon domestic corporations by
the provisions of section two, or the excise imposed upon
foreign corporations by the provisions of section fifteen, shall
be extended for the same period. If any part, section or
subdivision of this act other than the portions heretofore re-
ferred to shall be declared unconstitutional, the validity of
the remaining parts of this act shall not be affected thereby.
Section 5. This act shall apply to all taxes assessed in
the year nineteen hundred and twenty and subsequent years
under the provisions of chapter three hundred and fifty-five
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen.
Approved May 27, 1920.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 550. 553
An Act to impose special taxes upon foreign and (JJkj^jj 55Q
DOMESTIC corporations TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REVE-
NUE for THE USE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act, which by its Emergency
terms is made applicable to the current year, would tend to "^^^^^ ®-
defeat its purpose and cause delay and inconvenience, there-
fore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of imposing an additional j^poslTtpM
tax upon the net incomes of foreign and domestic business net incomes of
. , . , . , . . foreign and
corporations, and upon corporations subject to the provisions domestic busi-
of sections twenty-six to thirty-six, inclusive, and amend- tions, etc.
ments thereof, except mutual companies which do not pay
any income tax to the federal government, and of sections
forty-one and fifty-two, of Part III of chapter four hundred
and ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine and
amendments thereof, sections one to five, inclusive, of chap-
ter two hundred and fifty-three of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and eighteen, and sections one and two, and
sections four to nine, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and
fifty-five of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
eighteen are, except as to the rate of tax, hereby made
applicable to the net income of said corporations for the
period covered by their return of income to the federal gov-
ernment due next prior to the first day of April of the current
year, subject to the provisions of the following sections.
Section 2. Against such net income no credit shall be certain
allowed for any federal war or excess profits or other income be'aiiowed.*"
taxes or any other credit as specified in section two hundred
and thirty-six of the federal revenue act of nineteen hundred
and eighteen except income receiveH from bonds, notes or
other obligations of the United States.
Section 3. Except as provided in section five returns of ^f^^ °^ ^li^e
, . returns.
income taxable under this act shall be filed not later than
July first of the current year.
Section 4. The proportion of the net income taxable Tax on certain
under this act in cases of corporations carrying on business carfyfng'on^
outside of this commonwealth shall be as follows : — In the M^a^ssachus" tt^!*
case of a corporation deriving profits principally from the
ownership, sale or rental of real estate, and in case of a
corporation deriving profits principally from the sale or
554
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 551.
Profita from
sale of intangi-
ble property.
Commissioner
to rietormine
proportion in
certain cases.
Applicability
of apiwrtion-
ment.
No returns
under this act
required from
certain cor-
porations.
Rate of
taxation.
Commissioner
to have
direction of
assessment and
may procure
additional
assistants, etc.
use of tangible personal property, such proportion as the
fair cash value of its real estate and tangible personal prop-
erty in this commonwealth on April first of the current year
is to the fair cash value of the entire real estate and tangible
personal property owned by it on that date with no deduc-
tion on account of any encumbrance thereon.
In the case of a corporation deriving profits principally
from the holding or sale of intangible property such propor-
tion as its gross receipts assignable to this commonwealth
for the year covered by its return is to its gross receipts for
such year within and without the commonwealth.
In case neither of the above methods is applicable, the
commissioner of corporations and taxation shall determine,
in such manner as he deems equitable, the proportion of the
net income received from business carried on within this
commonwealth.
The apportionment of net income to this commonwealth
as provided in this section shall apply to all corporations,
domestic or foreign, which are taxable under this act.
Section 5. The net income as defined and apportioned
in this act shall in the case of corporations subject to the
provisions of chapter three hundred and fifty-five of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen be ascer-
tained from the returns made by such corporations under
said chapter three hundred and fifty-five, and no other re-
turns for the purposes of this act shall be required of such
corporations.
Section 6. The taxes imposed under this act shall be
levied on each of the corporations subject thereto at the
rate of one half of one per cent of their net income as herein
defined and apportioned to this commonwealth, and shall
be retained for the general purposes of the commonwealth.
Section 7. The commissioner of corporations and taxa-
tion shall have direction of the assessment of the income
taxes pro\'ided for by this act. He may procure such addi-
tional clerical and other assistants as may be necessary for
the proper administration of this act, and may expend for
the purposes of this act such amounts as the general court
may appropriate. Approved May 27, 1920.
Chap. 551 An Act relative to the survey of lumber.
Emergency Whereos, The deferred operation of this act would cause
great inconvenience, as many of the grades and kinds of
lumber established by existing statutes no longer apply to
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 551. 555
lumber offered for sale in this commonwealth; therefore,
this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, neces-
sary for the immediate preservation of the public conven-
ience.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The commissioner of labor and industries, Employment
subject to the provisions of chapter two hundred and twenty- fumbwt^tc! °^
eight of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen,
as amended by chapter three hundred and twenty of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, may em-
ploy temporarily, from time to time, such persons to act as
surveyors of Imnber as he may find necessary for making the
surveys applied for. Subject to the approval of the commis-
sioner, they may be allowed reasonable expenses incm-red in
the performance of their official duties. The employment of
surveyors shall not be subject to the civil service laws. The
surveyors shall be sworn, shall give bond for the faithful
performance of their duties, and upon order of the director
of standards shall make such surveys of lumber as he may
assign to them. No surveyor shall survey any Imnber in Powers and
which he has a pecuniary interest, direct or indirect. Sur- '^"*'''^-
veyors of lumber shall, in accordance with the provisions of
this act and under the instructions of the said director, de-
termine the quality and quantity of all Imnber surveyed by
them, ascertain the true contents of each piece of lumber,
log or stick, and mark the same legibly thereon, if so re-
quested; and shall keep a true piece tally of the same in a
plain and legible manner and make retiu'n thereof to the
director upon a form prescribed by him.
Section 2. All applications for surveys shall be made to Applications
the said director, and all surveys shall be made under his etc.^"^^^^^'
direction. Any lumber brought into or manufactured in this
commonwealth, a survey or measurement of which is re-
quested by either seller or pm'chaser, shall be surveyed or
measured by the director or his surveyors. The director survey of
may, if he desires, and shall upon request, cause to be sur- 'c"b^seXforTom-
veyed any lumber, in quantities of the value of five hundred mouwoaith.
dollars or more, purchased by or for any department of the
commonwealth or intended to be used in any building or
structure under any contract made in behalf of any depart-
ment of the commonwealth.
Section 3. The said director shall keep a record of all Certain
, , , 111' 1 (• , 1 records to be
lumber surveyed or measured by liis surveyors and oi the kept, etc.
556
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 551.
Grades and
kinds of
lumber, fees
for survey,
etc.
Units of
measurement
for wooden
shingles.
Annual return.
Election, etc.,
of lumber
measurers in
cities and
towns.
License to
measure in
adjoining
towns, etc.
amount of fees collected in each case. The record shall be
open at all times to inspection by members of the city council,
board of selectmen, or inspector of buildings of any city or
town. Grades or kinds of lumber which are recognized in
the trade may, upon written application therefor to the
director, be established and defined by him, after a hearing,
with the approval of the commissioner of labor and indus-
tries. After such approval the grades and kinds so defined
shall be in force tliroughout the commonwealth, and the fees
for the survey or measurement thereof shall be established
by the director with the approval of the said commissioner
at such figures as may in the opinion of the commissioner be
sufficient to reimburse the commonwealth for the expense
of the survey and for all office, clerical and supervisory ex-
penses incurred. Amendments or additions to established
grades or kinds of lumber, or to the fees for survey or meas-
urement thereof, may be made from time to time in like
manner. The fees for survey or measurement of lumber
together with such reasonable travelling and other expenses
as may be incurred by the surveyor in the performance of
his official duties shall in all cases be paid by the person
making the request for such survey or measurement. The
director, with the approval of the commissioner, shall also
from time to time establish units of measurement to be ob-
served in the sale of wooden shingles in this commonwealth.
Section 4. The director shall annually make a return
to the said commissioner pf the various kinds and quantities
of lumber surveyed by his surveyors during the preceding
year, giving the names of the surveyors and the amount of
fees collected in each case.
Section 5. Towns may annually elect one or more
measurers of lumber, who shall be sworn to the faithful
performance of their duties, and cities may by ordinance
provide for the annual appointment of such measurers.
Section 6. The measurer of Imnber in any town may
apply to the selectmen of an adjoining town for a license to
measure lumber therein, and if the selectmen are of the
opinion that it will be for the public convenience they may,
upon pajanent of a fee not exceeding one dollar, grant such
license, and may limit the territory in which the license may
be exercised. Such a license shall remain in force while the
licensee holds the office of measurer in the town for which
he was chosen, but not later than the next annual town
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 551. 657
meeting of said town. Any owner, purchaser or seller of ofSiLhed
lumber or any person having a pecuniary interest therein fe«s. etc
shall have the right to call upon the said director to sm-vey
any such lumber within this commonwealth, and thereupon
the director shall by his surveyors make a siuvey. Any
owner, purchaser or seller making the request for such a
survey shall pay the established fees therefor together with
the necessary expense incurred. If the request for survey is
made by any person other than the owner, purchaser or
seller, such person shall pay such fees and expenses therefor
as may be agreed upon.
Section 7. The said director may, himself or by his Measurement
, , . I . • 1 J.1 of lumber out-
surveyors, survey or measure lumber situated outside tne side Massa-
limits of the commonwealth, upon application of the pur-
chaser or seller thereof, or of any person having a pecuniary
interest therein: jprovided that the applicant is a resident of, p^'^so.
or intends to ship such lumber into, this commonwealth.
The persons making the request for such a survey or meas-
urement shall pay therefor all expenses and such fees as
may be agreed upon.
Section 8. A surveyor of lumber for the commonwealth Penalty upon
or a measurer of lumber for any city or town who is guilty measurer of
of or connives at a fraud or deceit in surveying, marking or ""^ ^^' ^ ^°'
numbering the contents or quality of any kind of wood or
lumber, or who, when lawfully requested, refuses without
good reason to survey or measure lumber, shall be punished
by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred
dollars for each offence.
Section 9. A seller or purchaser of lumber who induces Penalty upon
or attempts to induce a surveyor or measurer to make a purchaser of
false survey or measurement shall be punished by a fine of ""^ ''^' ^ ^^'
not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars for
each offence.
Section 10. Whoever without authority represents him- Penalty
self to be an official surveyor or measurer of lumber of this sentation.
commonwealth or of any city or town thereof shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hun-
dred dollars.
Section 11. All fees and other payments received under Fees, etc.,
this act shall be paid into the treasury of the commonwealth, state tre^ury.
Section 12. Chapter sixty of the Revised Laws, as Repeal,
amended by chapter four hundred and seventy-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and two and by chapter ninety-five
S58
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 552.
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, and
chapter five hundred and seventy-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirteen are hereby repealed.
Approved May 27, 1920.
Chap. 552 An Act relative to abatements of poll taxes.
Certain abate-
ments of poll
taxes to be
certified to
commissioner
of corporations
and taxation.
Provisos.
What certificate
shall state.
Allowance of
abatements,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The assessors in cities and towns may, from
time to time, certify under oath to the commissioner of cor-
porations and taxation, in such form and detail as may be
required by him, abatements of poll taxes of the years nine-
teen hundred and twenty, nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, nineteen hundred and twenty-two and nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three made by them on tlie ground tliat
the same were illegally assessed, or abatements made pur-
suant to any of the following named provisions of law : —
The tenth clause of section five of Part I of chapter four hun-
dred and ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine;
the foiu'teenth clause of the said section five as amended by
chapter three hundred and thirty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and ten, and by section three of chapter one
hundred and forty-four of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and sixteen; chapter forty-nine of the General x^cts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, as amended by chapter nine
of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen; sec-
tion nine of chapter two hmidi-ed and eighty-three of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen: provided,
that A\Titten application has been made to the assessors for
abatement, stating the grounds on which the same is applied
for, or that such other proof has been obtained by the as-
sessors as the said commissioner approves; and provided,
further, that said abatements are first entered, in accordance
with the provisions of chapter five hundred and seventeen
of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, in a record of abate-
ments kept by the assessors, showing the cause or reason for
the abatement. The certificate shall state the number of
poll taxes and the amount of the abatements made on the
ground of illegal assessment, and also the number of poll
taxes and the amount of abatements made under each of
the statutory provisions above mentioned.
Section 2. If the commissioner of corporations and tax-
ation is satisfied that the abatements certified to him pur-
suant to the provisions of this act have been made and re-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 553. 559
corded in accordance with law he may make allowance with
respect to such portion or the whole thereof as, in his judg-
ment, represents unavoidable loss in the collection of the
taxes assessed, either in assessing taxes upon the respective
municipalities pm-suant to the provisions of said chapter
two hundred and eighty-tlu-ee, or by making and certifying
to the treasurer and receiA'er-general abatements from taxes
already so assessed.
Section 3. If, upon due investigation or proof, the Certain powers
assessors of the city of Boston are satisfied that a person given'to Boston
whose name appears upon the lists furnished them under
the provisions of section five of chapter ninety-three of the
Special Acts of nineteen himdred and eighteen (a) was not
an inhabitant of said city on April first, or (6) was named
more than once upon said lists, or (c) was not in existence
on April first, said assessors shall be empowered to correct
.said lists before assessing a poll tax to such person, and if
such tax shall have already been assessed before discovery
by the assessors of the error in said lists, the assessors shall
have the power, of their own motion, at any time, to abate
such tax as erroneously or illegally assessed.
Ajyproved May 27, 1920.
assessors.
C/iap.553
An Act to establish a new procedure for the hear-
ing AND determination OF SAL^LL CLAIMS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The justices or a majority of them of all the Procedure es-
police, district and municipal courts, except the mimicipal certain wu^L
court of the city of Boston, shall make uniform rules appli- determine^
cable to said courts, and the justices of the municipal coiu*t ^^^^^ claims.
of the city of Boston or a majority of them shall make rules
applicable to that court, providing for a simple, informal,
and inexpensive procedure, hereinafter called the procedure,
for the determination, according to the rules of substantive
law, of claims in the nature of contract or tort, other than
slander and libel, in wliich the plaintiff does not claim as
debt or damages more than thirty-five dollars, and for a re-
\4ew of judgments upon such claims when justice so requires.
The procedure sliall not be exclusive, but shall be alternative
to the formal procedure for causes begun by writ. The pro- Entry fee
cedure shall include the beginning of actions with an entry ^c.''°'** ""'*'
fee of one dollar but without writ, and without requirement,
except by special order of court, of other pleading than a
560
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 553.
Notice by
registered mail,
etc.
Elimination
of fees and
costs, etc.
Certain writs
of attachment
may issue for
cause.
Trial by jury
and right of
appeal waived,
unless, etc.
Party may file
claim to trial
by jury, with
fee, etc.
Transmission
of papers to
superior court,
etc.
Certain pro-
visions of law
to apply.
Court may
transfer cause
to regular civil
docket, etc.
statement to a clerk or an assistant clerk of the court, who
shall reduce the same to concise written form in a docket
kept for the pm-pose. The procedure shall include notice by-
registered mail instead of the mode of legal sendee hereto-
fore required, and shall further include pro\dsions for early
hearing of actions thus begim. The procediue may include
the modification of any or all existing rules of pleading and
practice, and a stay of the entry of judgment or of the issue
of execution. The rules for the procedure may proAdde for
the elimination of any or all fees and costs now fixed by law,
and Taay also provide that the imposition of costs in causes
under the procedure shall be in the discretion of the com-t.
In causes begmi under the procedure the court may on ap-
plication for cause shown issue WTits of attaclmient of prop-
erty or person as in causes begmi by writ.
Section 2. A plaintiff begiiming a cause under the pro-
cedure shall be deemed to have waived a trial by jury and
his right of appeal to the superior court, or in the municipal
court of the city of Boston to a report to the appellate
di\'ision of said coiut, unless said cause shall be removed to
the superior court as hereinafter pro^'ided, in which case the
plaintiff shall have the same right to claim a trial by jury as
if the cause had been begmi in the superior court. No other
party to a cause mider tlie procedure shall be entitled to an
appeal or report as aforesaid. In lieu thereof, any such
party may, prior to the day upon which he shall be notified
to appear, file in the court in wliich tlie cause is pending a
claim of trial by jiu^', and his affidavit that there are ques-
tions of fact in the cause requiring trial, with specifications
of the same, and that such trial is intended in good faith,
together with the sum of three dollars for the entry of the
cause in the superior court. The clerk shall fortlnWth trans-
mit such original papers or attested copies thereof, as the
rules made mider section one of this act may provide, and
the superior court may try the cause as transmitted or may
require pleadings as in a cause begun by writ, but the cause
may be marked for trial on the list of causes advanced for
speedy trial by jury.
Section 3. The provisions of section four of chapter six
hundred and forty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twelve shall apply to all police, district and municipal courts
in causes begmi mider this act.
Section 4. The court may, in its discretion, transfer a
cause begun under this act to the regular civil docket for
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 554. 561
formal hearing and determination as though it had been
begun by ■writ, and may impose terms upon such transfer.
Section 5. In any cause begun bv writ which might Elimination
,,.„,'' . . '^ of recovery of
have been begun under the informal procedure herein pro- costs by piain-
xided for, the rules may pro\dde, or the court may by special
order direct, that the costs to be recovered by the plaintiff,
if he prevails, shall be ehminated in whole or in part.
Section 6. This act shall take effect on the first day of ^ng^eSect.
January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
Approved May 27, 1920.
An Act to authorize cities and towtsts to provide Chap. 554:
SHELTER FOR THEIR INHABITANTS IN CASE OF E^IER-
GENCY.
Whereas, The emergency which this act is intended to Emergency
meet is immediate and pressing, therefore the act is hereby
declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public health, safety and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. A city or town in which the mayor or a ma- in case of
jority of the board of selectmen proclaim that a public citio^and^
exigency or emergency or public distress exists because of an p°ovfdesYeiter
insufficient supply of shelter or a\'ailable dwellings for its ^n'tl'^^^'^'*"
inhabitants, may acquire by purchase or take by right of
eminent domain unimproved or improved real property in
fee or for any less estate, and improve or dispose of the same
in such manner as to provide shelter for its inhabitants and
to afford adequate relief in case of a public exigency or emer-
gency, or public distress, as aforesaid.
Section 2. In case a city or town takes property here- Recovery of
under by right of eminent domain and is unable to agree ^™*s^-
with the owners as to the damages to be paid therefor, the
same shall be assessed as in the case of land taken for high-
way purposes, and shall be paid by the city or town.
Section 3. For the purposes of this act, a city or town MunicipaUties
may borrow such sums, in excess of the statutory limit of SoLy fo?^
indebtedness, as may be necessary, but not exceeding one 1^^^°^^^ °^ *^®
per cent of its assessed valuation, and may issue therefor
bonds or notes for periods not exceeding ten years, and
othermse subject to the provisions of chapter seven hundred
and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen,
and the amendments thereof, so far as applicable.
562
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 555, 556.
Property shall
be acquired
prior to Feb-
ruary 1, 1922.
Statute appli-
cable to taking
of property.
Section 4. No city or town shall acquire by purchase or
take by eminent domain any property under the provisions
of this act unless such purchase or taking is made prior to
the first day of February in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-two.
Section 5. Any property taken or acquired by purchase
under the provisions of this act shall be taken or acquired
subject to the provisions of chapter two hundred and sixty-
three of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen
and acts in amendment thereof, so far as applicable.
Approved May 28, 1920.
Chap. 555 An Act to penalize the violation of certain rights
OF TEN.ANrS.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat
its purpose to provide immediate relief from hardship inci-
dent to the present scarcit}^ of houses and buildings available
for habitation, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public health and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
wii"uWio?Ition Section 1. Any lessor of any building, or part thereof,
of tenlli"s"^^*^^ ^^^^ ^^ required by the terms, expressed or implied, of any
contract or lease to furnish water, heat, light, power, elevator
service or telephone ser\'ice to an}^ occupant of the building,
who wilfully or intentionally fails to furnish such w^ater,
heat, light, power, elevator service or telephone ser\dce at
any time when the same is necessary to the proper or custom-
ary use of the building, or part thereof, or any lessor who
wilfully and intentionally interferes vAt\\ the quiet enjoy-
ment of the leased premises by such occupant, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or
by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Act void Feb- Section 2. This act shall become null and void on the
ruary 1, I'm, , , i i i i
first day of February in the year nmeteen hundred and
twent}^-two. Approved May 28, 1920.
Chap. 556 An Act to regulate the issue of stock by business
CORPORATIONS.
Whereas, Because of recent judicial decisions the deferred
operation of this act would cause great inconvenience, there-
Emergency
preamble.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 557. 563
fore it is hereb}^ declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The last sentence of section fourteen of chapter four hun- l^^- *^^^^l'^^
deed and tliirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
three, as amended by section three hundred and fifty of
chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby fm-ther amended
by inserting after the word "corporation", in the fifth line
of the said sentence, the words: — or is in its possession as
surplus, — so that the said sentence will read as follows: —
No stock shall be at any time issued unless the cash, so far Restrictions
as due, or the property, ser\'ices or expenses for which it ofst"oc?"^
was authorized to be issued has been actually received or in- corporatkfns.
curred by, or conveyed or rendered to, the corporation, or is
in its possession as surplus; nor shall any note or evidence
of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, of any person to
whom stock is issued, be deemed to be payment therefor;
and the president, treasurer and directors shall be jointly Liability of
and severally liable to any stockliolder of the corporation °^''^^^-
for actual damages caused to him by such issue.
ApjJroved May 28, 1920.
An Act to apportion and assess the special state ihx^ (jj^ij) 557
REQUIRED BY THE ACT TO IMPOSE SPECIAL TAXES TO PRO-
VIDE SUITABLE RECOGNITION OF THOSE RESIDENTS OF
MASSACHUSETTS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY AND NAVY OF
THE UNITED STATES DURING THE WAR WITH GERMANY.
Whereas, A delay in the taking effect of this act would ^'^^^l\^'^
greatly embarrass the commonwealth in meeting its lawful
obligations, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Each city and town in this commonwealth Special state
shall be assessed and pay the sum witla which it stands oUratmtyTo"*
charged in the following schedule, that is to say: — salfo'^s^etc,
apportioned
Abington, six hundred and twenty-seven dollars, . $627 00 ^""^ assessed.
Acton, three hundred thirty-six dollars and sixty cents, 336 60
Acushnet, two hundred forty-four dollars and twenty
cents, 244 20
564
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 557.
Special state
tax for payment
of gratuity to
soldiers,
sailors, etc.,
apportioned
and assessed.
Adams, thirteen hundred dollars and twenty cents,
Agawam, five hundred eighty dollars and eighty cents
Alford, twent3^-six dollars and forty cents, .
Amesbury, eleven hundred ninety-four dollars and sixty
cents, ........
Amherst, eight hundred thirty-eight dollars and twenty
cents, ........
Andover, twelve hundred and twenty-one dollars,
ArUngton, twenty-six hundred and seventy-three dol
lars, ........
Ashburnham, two hundred twenty-four dollars and
forty cents, .......
Ashby, one hundred twenty-five dollars and forty cents
Ashfield, one hundred and tliirty-two dollars,
Ashland, two hundred forty-four dollars and twenty
cents, ........
Athol, fourteen hundred ninety-one dollars and sixty
cents, ........
Attleboro, twenty-seven hundred ninety-eight dollars
and forty cents, ......
Auburn, three hundred ten dollars and twenty cents,
Avon, one hundred seventy-eight dollars and twenty
cents, ........
Ayer, four hundred fifty-five dollars and forty cents,
Barnstable, ten hundred ninety-five dollars and sixty
cents, ........
Barre, four hundred fifteen dollars and eighty cents,
Becket, one hundred five dollars and sixty cents,
Bedford, two hundred fifty-seven dollars and forty
cents, ........
Belchertown, one hundred fifty-eight dollars and forty
cents, ........
Bellingham, two hundred four dollars and sixty cents
Belmont, seventeen hundred thirty-five dollars and
eighty cents, ......
Berkley, eighty-five dollars and eighty cents,
Berlin, ninety-two dollars and forty cents, .
Bernardston, eighty-five dollars and eighty cents,
Beverly, forty-seven hundred forty-five dollars and
forty cents, .......
Billerica, eight hundred forty-four dollars and eighty
cents, ........
Blackstone, two hundred ninety dollars and forty cents
Blandford, ninety-mne dollars, ....
Bolton, one hundred five dollars and sixty cents,
Boston, two hundred thousand nine hundred and thirty-
seven dollars, ......
Bourne, seven hundred forty-five dollars and eighty
cents, ........
Boxborough, thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents,
Boxford, one hundred twelve dollars and twenty cents
Boylston, eighty-five dollars and eighty cents,
Braintree, tliu'teen hundred six dollars and eighty cents
Sl,300 20
580 80
26 40
1,194 60
838 20
. 1,221 GO
2,673 00
224 40
125 40
132 GO
244 20
1,491 60
2,798 40
310 20
178 20
455 40
1,095 60
415 80
105 60
257 40
158 40
204 60
1,735 80
85 80
92 40
85 80
4,745 40
844 80
290 40
99 00
105 60
200,937 00
745 80
39 60
112 20
85 80
1.306 80
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 557.
565
Brewster, one hundred five dollars and sixty cents,
Bridgewater, seven hundred seventy-eight dollars and
eighty cents, ...
Briinfield, ninety-nine dollars, .....
Brockton, eighty-nine hundred and forty-three dollars,
Brookfield, two hundred forty-four dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Brookline, eleven thousand seven hundred eighty-seven
dollars and sixty cents, .....
Buckland, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars,
Burlington, one hundred forty-five dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Cambridge, eighteen thousand nine hundred ninety-
four dollars and eighty cents, ....
Canton, eight hundred seventy-one dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Carlisle, sixty-six dollars, ......
Carver, two hundred fifty dollars and eighty cents,
Charlemont, ninety-nine dollars, ....
Charlton, two hundred twenty-four dollars and forty
cents, .........
Chatham, three hundred ten dollars and twenty cents,
Chelmsford, seven hundred fifty-two dollars and forty
cents, .........
Chelsea, fifty-two hundred and eighty dollars,
Cheshii-e, one hundred thirty-eight dollars and sixty
cents, . . . . . . . . .
Chester, one hundred forty-five dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Chesterfield, fifty-nine dollars and forty cents, .
Chicopee, forty-eight hundred four dollars and eighty
cents, .........
Chilmark, fifty-nine dollars and forty cents,
Clarksburg, sixty-six dollars, .....
Clinton, fourteen hundred seventy-one dollars and
eighty cents, .......
Cohasset, seven hundred eighty-five dollars and forty
cents, . . . . . . . . ■
Colrain, one hundred seventy-one dollars and sixty
cents, .........
Concord, nine hundred ninety-six dollars and sixty cents,
Conway, one hundred twenty-five dollars and forty
cents, .........
Cummington, fifty-two dollars and eighty cents,
Dalton, five hundred eighty dollars and eighty cents, .
Dana, sixty-six dollars, ......
Danvers, twelve hundred fourteen dollars and forty
cents, ...•...•••
Dartmouth, eight hundred eleven dollars and eighty
cents, . . . . . . _ .
Dedham, eighteen hundred and forty-eight dollars,
Deerfield, four hundred sixty-eight dollars and sixty
cents, . . . . . . . . .
$105 60 Special state
tax for payment
of gratuity to
778 80 ^°|[|jff 'etg
yy 00 apportioned,
8 943 00 ^n** assessed.
244 20
11,787 60
297 00
145 20
18,994 80
871 20
66 00
250 80
99 00
224 40
310 20
752 40
5,280 00
138 60
145 20
59 40
4,804 80
59 40 ,
66 00
1,471 80
785 40
171 60
996 60
125 40
52 80
580 80
66 00
1,214 40
811 80
1,848 00
468 60
566 Acts, 1920. —Chap. 557.
Special state Dennis, One hundred and ninety-eight dollars,
ofgratuity'to" Dighton, tliree hundred seventy-six dollars and twenty
soldiers, oon+o
sailors etc ^eiito, .........
apportioned Douglas, two hundred eighty-three dollars and eighty
and assessed. CentS
Dover, three hundred and sixty-three dollars,
Dracut, three hundred and ninety-six dollars,
Dudley, four hundred fifty-five dollars and forty cents,
Dunstable, sixty-six dollars, .....
Duxbury, four hundred and twenty-nine dollars,
East Bridgewater, five hundred thirty-four dollars and
sixty cents, .........
East Longineadow, two hundred thirty-seven dollars
and sixty cents, .......
Eastham, fifty-nine dollars and forty cents,
Easthampton, fifteen hundred and eighteen dollars,
Easton, five hundred eighty-seven dollars and forty
cents, .........
Edgartown, two hundred seventeen dollars and eighty
cents, . . . . . . ^ .
Egremont, eighty-five dollars and eighty cents, .
Enfield, ninety-two dollars and forty cents,
Erving, two hundred thirty-seven dollars and sixty
cents, .........
Essex, one hundred ninety-one dollars and forty cents,
Everett, fifty-four hundred eighty-four dollars and sixty
cents, .........
Fairhaven, eight hundred thii-ty-eight dollars and
twenty cents, .......
Fall River, seventeen thousand seven hundred fourteen
dollars and forty cents, .....
Falmouth, nine hundred four dollars and twenty cents,
Fitchburg, sixty-two hundred eighty-three dollars and
twenty cents, .......
Florida, one hundred twenty-five dollars and forty
cents, .........
Foxborough, four hundred fifteen dollars and eighty
cents, . . . . . . . . .
Framingham, three thousand nine dollars and sixty
cents, .........
Franklin, seven hundred ninety-eight dollars and sixty
cents, .........
Freetown, one hundred seventy-eight Qoilars and twenty
cents, . . . • .
Gardner, seventeen hundred sixty-two dollars and
twenty cents, .......
Gay Head, six dollars and sixty cents,
Georgetown, one hundred eighty-four dollars and eighty
cents, .........
Gill, ninety-two dollars and forty cents,
Gloucester, thirty-seven hundred and ninety-five dol-
lars, .........
Goshen, thirty-nine doUars and sixty cents,
$198 00
376 20
283 80
363 00
396 00
455 40
66 00
429 00
534 60
237 60
59 40
1,518 00
587 40
217 80
85 80
92 40
237 60
191 40
5,484 60
838 20
17,714 40
904 20
6,283 20
125 40
415 80
3,009 60
798 60
178 20
1,762 20
6 60
184 80
92 40
3,795 00
39 60
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 557.
567
Gosnold, one hundred twelve dollars and twenty-
cents, ........
Grafton, six hundred thirteen dollars and eighty cents,
Granby, one hundred five dollars and sixty cents,
Granville, seventy-nine dollars and twenty cents,
Great Barrington, eleven hundred fifteen dollars and
forty cents, ........
Greenfield, twenty-two hundred eighty-three dollars
and sixty cents, .......
Greenwich, forty-six dollars and twenty cents, .
Groton, four hundred two dollars and sixty cents,
Groveland, two hundred eleven dollars and twenty-
cents, . . . . . . . _ .
Hadley, three hundred thirty-six dollars and sixty cents,
Halifax, ninety-nine dollars, . . . . .
Hamilton, five hundred one dollars and six-ty cents,
Hampden, sixty-six dollars, . . . . .
Hancock, fifty-two dollars and eighty cents,
Hanover, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars,
Hanson, three hundred ten dollars and twenty cents, .
Hardwick, five hundred eighty dollars and eighty cents,
Harvard, two hundred fifty-seven dollars and forty
cents, ........
Harwich, two hundred and sixty-four dollars,
Hatfield, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars, .
Haverhill, seven thousand and sixty-two dollars,
Hawley, thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents.
Heath, thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents, .
Hingham, nine hundred and twenty-four dollars,
Hinsdale, one hundred twelve dollars and twenty cents
Holbrook, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars,
Holden, three hundred sixteen dollars and eighty cents
Holland, nineteen dollars and eighty cents,
HoUiston, two hundred and ninety-seven doUars,
Holj^oke, ten thousand one hundred seventy dollars
and sixt)^ cents, ......
Hopedale, seven hundred and twenty-six dollars,
Hopkinton, two hundred seventj' dollars and sixty
cents, ........
Hubbardston, one hundred twelve dollars and twenty
cents, ........
Hudson, seven hundred seventy-two dollars and twenty
cents, ........
Hull, thirteen hundred thirty-nine dollars and eighty
cents, ........
Huntington, one hundred and thirty-two dollars,
Ipswich, eight hundred sixty-four dollars and sixty
cents, ........
Kingston, two hundred fifty dollars and eighty cents,
Lakeville, one hundred seventy-one dollars and sixty
cents, ........
Lancaster, three hundred twenty-three doUars and
forty cents, . .
Special state
« 1 1 0 on ^^^ f°'' payment
5M1Z Z\J of gratuity to
613 80 soldiers,
lO' fiO sailors, etc.,
iUO DU apportioned
79 20 aiid assessed.
1,115 40
2,283 60
46 20
402 60
211 20
336 60
99 00
501 60
66 00
52 80
297 00
310 20
580 80
257 40
264 00
297 00
7,062 00
39 60
39 60
924 00
112 20
297 00
316 80
19 80
297 00
10,170 60
726 00
270 60
112 20
772 20
1,339 80
132 00
864 60
250 80
171 60
323 40
568 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 557.
taxTor r^'^ment Lanesborough, one hundred eighteen dollars and eighty
of gratuity to CentS, ......... $118 80
saibr^'etc Lawrence, twelve thousand seven hundred fifty-one
apportioned doUars and twenty cents, ..... 12,751 20
and assessed. Lg^^ Jq^j. hundred eighty-one dollars and eighty cents, 481 80
Leicester, four hundred nine dollars and twenty cents, 409 20
Lenox, nine hundred seventeen dollars and forty cents, 917 40
Leominster, twenty-two hundred four doUars and forty
cents, 2,204 40
Leverett, sixty-six dollars, ..... 66 00
Lexington, eleven hundred and twenty-two dollars, . 1,122 00
Lej^den, thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents, . . 39 60
Lincoln, two hundred fifty dollars and eighty cents, . 250 80
Littleton, one hundred seventy-eight dollars and twenty
cents, 178 20
Longmeadow, five hundred and twenty-eight dollars, . 528 00
Lowell, fourteen thousand seventy-one dollars and
twenty cents, 14,071 20
Ludlow, nine hundred seventeen dollars and forty
cents, 917 40
Lunenburg, two hundred twenty-four dollars and forty
cents, 224 40
Lynn, thirteen thousand seven hundred sixty-seven
dollars and sixty cents, ..... 13,767 60
Lynnfield, two hundred eleven dollars and twenty
cents, 211 20
Maiden, fifty-eight hundred and eight dollars, . . . 5,808 00
Manchester, fourteen hundred ninety-eight dollars and
twenty cents, 1,498 20
Mansfield, eight hundred seventy-seven dollars and
eighty cents, 877 80
Marblehead, fourteen hundred seventy-one dollars and
eighty cents, 1,471 80
Marion, four hundred fifteen dollars and eighty cents, 415 80
Marlborough, seventeen hundred twenty-nine dollars
and twenty cents, . . . . . . 1,729 20
Marshfield, three hundred forty-nine dollars and eighty
cents, . 349 80
Mashpee, fifty-nine dollars and forty cents, . . 59 40
Mattapoisett, two hundred thirty-seven dollars and
sixty cents, ........ 237 60
Maynard, six hundred seventy-three dollars and twenty
cents, 673 20
Medfield, two hundred ninety dollars and forty cents, 290 40
Medford, forty-six hundred seventy-two dollars and
eighty cents, _ . . 4,672 80
Medway, two hundred seventy dollars and sixty cents, 270 60
Melrose, twenty-five hundred and seventy-four dollars, 2,574 00
Mendon, one hundred five dollars and sixty cents, . 105 60
Merrimac, two hundred thirty-seven doUars and sixty
cents, 237 60
Methuen, nineteen hundred twenty dollars and sixty
cents, 1,920 60
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 557.
569
Middleborough, seven hundred ninety-eight dollars and
sixty cents, ........
Middlefield, tliirty-three dollars, ....
Middleton, one hundred thirty-eight dollars and sixty
cents, .........
Milford, fourteen hundred seventy-one dollars and
eighty cents, .......
Millbury, six hundred dollars and sixty cents,
Millis, two hundred and sixty-four dollars,
Millville, one hundred eighty-four dollars and eighty
cents, .........
Milton, twenty-four hundred ninety-four dollars and
eighty cents, .......
Monroe, tliirty-nine dollars and sixty cents,
Monson, three hundred twenty-three dollars and forty
cents, .........
Montague, eleven hundred forty-eight dollars and forty
cents, .........
Monterey, fifty-nine dollars and forty cents,
Montgomery, twenty-six dollars and forty cents.
Mount Washington, nineteen dollars and eighty cents,
Nahant, five hundred fifty-four dollars and forty cents,
Nantucket, six hundred eighty-six dollars and forty
cents, .........
Natick, twelve hundred and fifty-four dollars,
Needham, thirteen hundred fifty-nine dollars and sixty
cents, .........
New Ashford, thirteen dollars and* twenty cents,
New Bedford, eighteen thousand one hundred and
eighty-three dollars, . . .
New Braintree, fifty-nine dollars and forty cents.
New Marlborough, one hundred fifty-one dollars and
eighty cents, .......
New Salem, seventy-two dollars and sixty cents,
Newbury, two hundred seventy dollars and sixty cents,
Newburyport, seventeen hundred fifty-five dollars and
sixty cents, ........
Newton, ten thousand forty-five dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Norfolk, one hundred seventy-one dollars and sixty
cents, .........
North Adams, twenty-five hundred eighty dollars and
sixty cents, ........
North Andover, eleven hundred forty-eight dollars and
forty cents, ........
North Attleborough, twelve hundred fourteen dollars
and forty cents, .......
North Brookfield, two hundred and ninety-seven dol-
lars, .........
North Reading, one hundred fifty-one dollars and
eighty cents, .......
Northampton, twenty-seven hundred fifty-two dollars
and twenty cents, ......
$798 60
33 00
138 60
Special state
tax for payment
of gratuity to
soldiers,
sailors, etc.,
apportioned
and assessed.
1,471 80
600 60
264 00
184 80
2,494 80
39 60
323 40
1,148 40
59 40
26 40
19 80
554 40
686 40
1,2M 00
1,359 60
13 20
18,183 00
59 40
151 80
72 60
270 60
1,755 60
10,045 20'
171 60
2,580 60
1,148 40
1,214 40
297 00
151 80
2,752 20
'
570
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 557.
soldiers,
sailors, etc.,
apportioned
and assessed.
^^OT ^i^ment Northborough, two hundred and sixty-four dollars, . $264 00
ofgratvfity'to" Northbridge, twelve hundred and twenty-one dollars, . 1,221 00
Northfield, two hundred seventeen dollars and eighty
cents, 217 80
Norton, two hundred seventy dollars and sixty cents, . 270 60
Norwell, one hundred seventy-eight dollars and twenty
cents, 178 20
Norwood, twenty-five hundred twenty-seven dollars
and eighty cents, 2,527 80
Oak Bluffs, two hundred seventy-seven dollars and
twenty cents, 277 20'
Oakham, fifty-nine dollars and forty cents, . . 59 40
Orange, six hundred sixty-six dollars and sixty cents, . 666 60
Orleans, three hundred thirty-six dollars and sixty cents, 336 60
Otis, fifty-two dollars and eighty cents, . . . 52 80
Oxford, three hundred forty-nine dollars and eighty
cents, 349 80
Palmer, eleven hundred and twenty-two dollars, . 1,122 00
Paxton, fifty-two dollars and eighty cents, . . 52 80
Peabody, tliirty-four hundred twelve dollars and twenty
cents, . . . 3,412 20
Pelham, seventy-two dollars and sixty cents, . . 72 60
Pembroke, one hundred ninety-one dollars and forty
cents, 191 40
Pepperell, three hundred and sixty-thi-ee dollars, . 363 00
Peru, tliirty-tliree dollars, _ . . . . . 33 00
Petersham, one hundred thirty-eight dollars and sixty
cents, . . . . . . . . . 138 60
Phillipston, forty-six dollars and twenty cents, . . 46 20
Pittsfield, fifty-six hundred eighty-two dollars and sixty
cents, 5,682 60
Plainfield, thirty-three dollars, 33 00
Plain\dlle, one hundred fifty-one dollars and eighty
cents, 151 80
PljTnouth, twentj'-three hunched twenty-nine dollars
and eighty cents, 2,329 80
Plympton, sixty-six dollars, ..... 66 00
Prescott, thirty-tliree dollars, . . . . . 33 00
Princeton, one hundred forty-five dollars and twenty
cents, 145 20
Pro\incetown, four hundred forty-two dollars and
twenty cents, 442 20
Quincy, sixty-seven hundred eighteen dollars and eighty
cents, 6,718 80
Randolph, four hundred thirty-five dollars and sixty
cents, ......... 435 60
Raynham, one hundred eighty-four dollars and eighty
cents, 184 80
Reading, eleven hundred eight dollars and eighty cents, 1,108 80
Rehoboth, one hundred seventy-one dollars and sixty
cents, 171 60
Revere, thirty-three hundred nineteen dollars and
eighty cents, ....... 3,319 80
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 557.
571
Richmond, seventy-nine dollars and twenty cents,
Rochester, one hundred forty-five dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Rockland, eight hundred eighty-four dollars and forty
cents, . . . . . , .
Rockport, five hundred eighty dollars and eighty cents,
Rowe, thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents, .
Rowley, one hundred fifty-one dollars and eighty cents,
Roj'alston, one hundred eighteen dollars and eighty
cents, .........
Russell, two hundred ninety dollars and forty cents, .
Rutland, one hundred forty-five dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Salem, fifty-nine hundred fifty-three dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Salisbury, two hundred fifty-seven dollars and forty
cents, .........
Sandisfield, sixty-six dollars, .
Sandwich, one hundred ninety-one dollars and forty
cents, .........
Saugus, ten hundred seventy-five dollars and eighty
cents, .........
Savoy, thirty-three dollars, .....
Scituate, seven hundred seventy-two dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Seekonk, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars, .
Sharon, four hundred forty-eight dollars and eighty
cents, .........
Sheffield, one hundred ninety-one dollars and forty
cents, .........
Shelburne, two hundred fifty-seven dollars and forty
cents, .........
Sherborn, two hundred and thirty-one dollars, .
Shirley, two hundred forty-four dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Shrewsbury, four hundred eighty-one dollars and eighty
cents, .........
Shutesbury, forty-six dollars and twenty cents, .
Somerset, three hundred sixteen dollars and eighty
cents, .........
Somerxdlle, eleven thousand five hundred sixty-nine dol-
lars and eighty cents, ......
South Hadley, six hundred and ninety-three dollars, .
Southampton, eighty-five dollars and eighty cents,
Southborough, three hundred thirt^'^-six dollars and
sixty cents, . . . . . . .
Southbridge, thirteen hundred seventy-nine dollars and
forty cents, ........
Southwick, one hundred forty-five dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Spencer, six hundred seven dollars and twenty cents,
Springfield, twenty-six thousand nine hundred eighty
dollars and eighty cents, .....
$79 20 Special state
tax for payment
of gratuity to
145 20 soldiers
sailors, etc.,
apportioned
884 40 ^^^ assessed.
580 80
39 60
151 80
118 80
290 40
145 20
5,953 20
257 40 >
66 00
191 40
1,075 80
33 00
772 20
297 00
448 80
191 40
257 40
231 00
244 20
481 80
46 20
316 80
11,569 80
693 00
85 80
336 60
1,379 40
145 20
607 20
26.980 80
572
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 557.
Special state Sterling, one hundred eighty-four dollars and eighty
tax for payment ,"' etiOA on
of gratuity to CentS, ......... $164 W
soldiers, Stockbridge, five hundred fifty-four dollars and forty
Ipi^rtioned cents, 554 40
and assessed. Stoneham, nine hundred four dollars and twenty cents, 904 20
Stoughton, eight hundred eighteen dollars and forty
cents, 818 40
Stow, one hundred fifty-eight dollars and forty cents, . 158 40
Sturbridge, one hundred forty-five dollars and twenty
cents, 145 20
Sudburj% one hundred ninety-one dollars and forty
cents, 191 40
Sunderland, one hundred twelve dollars and twenty
cents, 112 20
Sutton, two hundred thirty-seven dollars and sixty
cents, 237 60
Swampscott, eighteen hundred one dollars and eighty
cents, ' . . . 1,801 80
Swansea, two hundred seventy dollars and sixty cents, 270 60
Taunton, forty-five hundred sixty-seven dollars and
twenty cents, . . . . . . . 4,567 20
Templeton, three hundred sixty-nine dollars and sixty
cents, 369 60
Tewksbury, three hundred fifty-six dollars and forty
cents, . . . . ^ 356 40
Tisbury, two hundred and sixty-four dollars, . . 264 00
Tolland, thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents, . . 39 60
Topsfield, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars, . 297 00
TowTisend, one hundred ninety-one dollars and forty
cents, 191 40
Truro, seventy-two dollars and sixty cents, ■ . . 72 60
Tyngsborough, one hundred eighteen dollars and eighty
'cents, 118 80
Tyringham, forty-six dollars and tM^enty cents, . . 46 20
Upton, one hundred ninety-one dollars and fortj^ cents, 191 40
Uxbridge, six hundred and sixty dollars, . . . 660 00
Wakefield, eighteen hundred thirtv-four dollars and
eighty cents, . \ . . . 1,834 80
Wales, fifty-two dollars and eighty cents, . . . 52 80
Walpole, eleven hundred twentj^-eight dollars and sixty
cents, . . 1,128 60
Waltham, forty-three hundred and fifty-six dollars, . 4,356 00
Ware, nine hundred eighty-three dollars and forty
cents, 983 40
Wareham, eight hundred eighty-four dollars and forty
cents, 884 40
Warren, four hundred nine dollars and twenty cents, . 409 20
Warwick, fifty-nine dollars and forty cents, . . 59 40
Washington, thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents, . . 39 60
Watertown, tliirty-six hundred thirty-six dollars and
sixty cents, ........ 3,636 60
Wayland, three hundred and thirty dollars, . . 330 00
WelDSter, twelve hundred forty dollars and eighty cents, 1,240 80
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 557.
573
Wellesley, nineteen hundred sixty dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Wellfleet, one hundred twelve dollars and twenty cents,
Wendell, ninety-nine dollars, .....
Wenham, two hundred eighty-three dollars and eighty
cents, .........
West Boylston, one hundred fifty-one dollars and eighty
cents, .........
West Bridgewater, two hundred seventy dollars and
sixty cents, ........
West Brookfield, one hundred fifty-one dollars and
eighty cents, .......
West Newbury, one hundred forty-five dollars and
twenty cents, .......
West Springfield, seventeen hundred and eighty-two
dollars, ........
West Stockbridge, one hundred five dollars and sixty
cents, .........
West Tisbury seventy-nine dollars and twenty cents, .
Westborough, four hundred sixty-eight dollars and sixty
cents, .........
Westfield, nineteen hundred fifty-three dollars and sixty
cents, .........
Westford, four hundred eighty-one dollars and eighty
cents, .........
Westhampton, thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents,
Westminster, one hundred forty-five dollars and twenty
cents, .........
Weston, six hundred fifty-three dollars and forty cents,
Westport, four hundred fifty-five dollars and forty
cents, .........
Westwood, three hundred and thirty dollars,
Weymouth, eighteen hundred forty-one dollars and
forty cents, ........
Whately, one^hundred twelve dollars and twenty cents.
Whitman, eight hundred eighteen dollars and forty
cents, .........
Wilbraham, three hundred sixteen dollars and eighty
cents, .........
Williamsburg, one hundred seventy-eight dollars and
twenty cents, .......
Williamstown, six hundred thirty-three dollars and
sixty cents, ........
Wilmington, three hundred three dollars and sixty
cents, .........
Winchendon, six hundred forty-six dollars and eighty
cents, .........
Winchester, twenty-two hundred and eleven dollars, .
Windsor, thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents,
Winthrop, twenty-one hundred fifty-one dollars and
sixty cents, ........
Woburn, twenty-two hundred thirty-seven dollars and
forty cents, ........
Special state
$1,960 20 jr,r':[r^r"'
112 20 soldiers,
QO r\f\ sailors, etc.,
•^•^ "" apportioned
and assessed.
283 80
151 80
270 60
151 80
145 20
1,782 00
105 60
79 20
468 60
1,953 60
481 80
39 60
145 20
653 40
455 40
330 00
1,841 40
112 20
818 40
316 80
178 20
633 60
303 60
646 80
2,211 00
39 60
2,151 60
2,237 40
574
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 557.
Special state
tax for payment
of gratuity to
soldiers,
sailors, etc.,
apportioned
and assessed.
Worcester, twenty-nine thousand three hundred and
four dollars, $29,304 00
Worthington, fifty-nine dollars and forty cents, . . 59 40
Wrentham, two hundred fifty dollars and eighty cents, 250 80
Yarmouth, two hundred and sixty-four dollars, . - . 264 00
$660,000 00
Treasurer to
issue warrant.
Payment of
assessments.
Notice to
treasurers of
delinquent
cities and
towns.
Warrant of
distress, when
to issue.
Section 2. The treasurer and receiver-general shall
forthwith send his warrant, according to the pro\isions of
section thirty-four of Part I of chapter four hundred and
ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, to the
selectmen or assessors of each city and town taxed as afore-
said, requiring them respecti^'ely to assess the sum so charged,
and to add the amount of such tax to the amount of city,
town and county taxes to be assessed by them respectively
on each city and town.
Section 3. The treasurer and receiver-general in his
warrant shall require the said selectmen or assessors to pay
or issue severally their warrant or warrants requiring the
treasurers of their several cities and towns to pay to the
treasurer of the commonwealth, on or before the fifteenth
day of November in the current year, the sums set against
said cities and towns in the schedule aforesaid; and the
selectmen or assessors, respectively, shall return a certificate
of the names of the treasurers of their several cities and
towns, with the sum which each may be required to collect,
to the treasurer and receiver-general at some time before the
first day of September in the current }'ear.
Section 4. If the amount due from an}' city or town, as
pro\'ided in this act, is not paid to the treasurer and receiver-
general within tlie time specified, then the said treasurer and
receiver-general shall notify the treasiuer of such delinquent
city or town, who shall pay into the treasury of the common-
wealth, in addition to the tax, such further sum as would be
equal to one per cent per month during the dehnquency
from and after the fifteenth day of November in the current
year; and if the same remains unpaid after the first day of
December in the current year, an information may be filed
by the treasurer and receiver-general in the supreme judicial
court, or before any justice thereof, against such delinquent
city or town; and upon notice to such city or town, and a
summary hearing thereon, a warrant of distress may issue
against such city or town to enforce the payment of said
taxes under such penalties as said court or the justice thereof
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 558. 575
before whom the hearing is had shall order. Nothing herein
contained shall be construed to prevent the treasurer and
receiver-general from deducting at any time the whole or
any part of said tax with the interest accrued thereon which
shall remain unpaid from any moneys which may be due from
the commonwealth to such city or town.
Approved May 28, 1920.
An Act to define and punish the crime of eaves-
dropping.
C/iap.558
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Whoever, except when authorized by written Penalty for
permission of the attorney-general of the commonwealth, or taininforma-
of the district attorney for the district, secretly overhears, a "uctagmph^
or attempts secretly to overhear or to have any other person o^^'ctaphone,
secretly overhear, any spoken words in any building by using
a device commonly known as a dictagraph or dictaphone, or
however otherwise described, or any similar device or arrange-
ment, or by tapping any wire, with intent to procure in-
formation concerning any official matter or to injure another,
shall be guilty of the crime of eavesdropping and shall be
punished by imprisonment for not more than two years or
by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
Section 2. Whoever, except when so authorized as afore- Penalty for
said, either on his own account or as the servant or agent of etc, the in-
another, permits or acquiesces in the installing of a device dictagfaph^or
commonly known as a dictagraph or dictaphone or any etc^to pro-
similar device or arrangement, or the tapping of any wire, fXr^tfon.
with intent to procure or knowing or intending that it will
be used to procure information concerning any official matter
or to injure another, shall be punished by imprisonment for
not more than two years or by a fine of not more than one
thousand dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 3. Proof of the installation in any building of Evidence of
. ./ » " committing
any device or arrangement which may be used for the purpose y™" °^ ^^^^^'
of violating the provisions of section one of this act by
listening to any spoken words or proof of tapping of any
wire, unless authorized as aforesaid and unless done with
the consent of the owner or person in control of the building,
shall be prima facie evidence of the commission of the crime
of eavesdropping; but nothing contained in this act shall
576
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 559.
Form of
indictment.
Act not to
apply to cer-
tain corpora-
tions, their
employees,
etc.
render it unlau'ful for any person to install and use such a
device on premises under his exclusive control.
Section 4. The following form of complaint or indict-
ment shall be sufficient to charge the offense of eavesdropping
as defined in tliis act: That A. B. did commit the crime of
eavesdropping.
Section 5. This act shall not apply to a corporation
subject to the jurisdiction of the department of public
utilities of this commonwealth or to the jurisdiction of the
interstate commerce commission, nor shall it apply to the
employees of any such corporation while engaged in the
conduct of its business. Approved May 28, 1920.
1913, 835, § 269,
etc., amended.
Lists of can-
didates, etc.,
state and city
elections, to
be published.
Chap.55d An Act relative to the publication of lists of candi-
dates AND FORMS OF QUESTIONS BEFORE STATE AND CITY
elections.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section two hundred and sixty-nine of chapter eight hun-
dred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen, as amended by chapter fift}'-four of the General
Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby further
amended by striking out the said section and substituting
the folloAnng: — Section 269. Before every state election,
the secretary of the commonwealth shall cause to be pub-
lished a list of all candidates to be voted for in each senatorial
district, except that in the comity of Suffolk the publication
shall be of all candidates to be voted for therein. He shall
also publish with said lists the form of an}^ question to be
submitted to the voters. Before every city election, the city
clerk, or in Boston the election commissioners, shall cause
to be published a list of all candidates to be voted for in
their respective cities, and the form of any question to be
submitted to the voters at such election. Such lists and
questions shall in all cases be in the form, as near as may
be, in which they are to appear upon the official ballot, and
for state elections shall be printed in at least fom- newspapers,
if there be so many, published in English in each senatorial
district, or in the county of Suffolk, as the case may be.
Such publication shall, so far as is practicable, be in news-
papers representing the two political parties, and at such
reasonable cost as the secretary may determine. For city
elections the publication shall be made in at least two news-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 560. 577
papers representing the two leading political parties, if
there are so many in the city, devoted wholly or chiefly to
the publication of local or general news.
Approved May 28, 1920.
Chap.560
An Act to PROvroE for ascertaining the opinion of
THE people as TO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE FED-
ERAL CONSTITUTION.
Whereas, It is hereby declared to be the policy of the com- Emergency
monwealth that the general court, when called upon to act ^''^^'^
upon a proposed amendment to the federal constitution,
should defer action until the opinion of the voters of the
commonwealth has been taken, as herein provided, relative
to the wisdom and expediency of ratifying the same, there-
fore.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. If a proposed amendment to the federal Opinion of the
,,■,.■, voters on pro-
constitution is duly submitted to the general court as pro- posed amend-
ments to
vided in Article V of the constitution of the United States, Federal con-
and is not ratified at the session at which it is submitted, ^
there shall be submitted to all the voters of the common-
wealth at the following state election, if such an election is
to occur prior to the next regular session of the general court,
or, otherwise, at a special or regular state election, as the
general court may order, the question whether such ratifica-
tion is desirable. The question shall be submitted in the Form of
form of the following question to be placed upon the official oafcfaTbaU??!'
ballot : — "Is it desirable that the proposed amendment to
the constitution of the United States (describing the same)
be ratified by the general court?"
Section 2. The votes cast as aforesaid shall be received, duties of
' governor and
sorted, counted, declared and transmitted to the secretary council when
of the commonwealth, laid before the governor and council, etc.
and by them opened and examined in accordance with the
laws relating to votes for state officers so far as they are
applicable, and the governor shall thereupon communicate
to the general court the total number of votes cast in the
affirmative and in the negative for the proposed amendment,
and likewise the same totals arranged by senatorial and
representative districts. Approved May 28, 1920.
578
Acts, 1920. —Chaps. 561, 562.
Chap. 561 An Act to authorize the city of newton to beautify
PARTS OF THE COCHITUATE AQUEDUCT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The city of Newton, under such regulations
as the metropohtan district commission shall prescribe, may
expend money in beautifying such parts of the Cochituate
aqueduct within its territory as it may select.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by the city council of the said city, subject to the provisions
of its charter, provided that such acceptance occurs prior to
the thirty-first day of December in the current year.
Approved May 28, 1920.
City of Newton
to beautify
parts of
Cochituate
aqueduct.
To be sub-
mitted to city
council, etc.
Proviso.
Preservation of
vital records of
towns previous
to 1850.
Chap.5Q2 An Act to provide for the preservation of town
records of births, marriages and deaths previous
to the year eighteen hundred and fifty.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Whenever the record of the births, marriages
and deaths, previous to the year eighteen hundred and
fifty, of any town in this commonwealth, shall be printed
and verified in the manner required by the supervisor of
public records and the division of public libraries in the de-
partment of education, acting jointly, and the work shall
appear to them to have been done with accuracy, the secre-
tary of the commonwealth shall purchase five hundred copies
of the record at a price not exceeding one cent per page:
provided, that the written copy of the town records shall
become the property of the commonwealth, and shall be de-
posited in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth;
and provided, further, that not more than fifteen thousand
dollars shall be expended by authority of this act in any
one year.
Section 2. The volumes purchased as aforesaid shall be
distributed by the secretary as follows: — One copy to the
office of the secretary of the commonwealth; one copy to
the supervisor of public records; one copy to the free public
library of each city and town in the commonwealth; one
copy to each state and territorial library in the United States;
one copy to the library of congress; one copy to each incor-
porated historical society in the commonwealth; one copy
to the library of each college in the commonwealth; one copy
Provisos.
Distribution.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 563. 579
to each registry of deeds, and one copy to the land court.
The remainder shall be placed in the state library for pur-
poses of exchange.
Section 3. This act shall take effect on the first day of Jl^^nfenect
December, nineteen hundred and twenty.
Approved May 28, 1920.
An Act relative to the savings departments of trust (^^/^^^ 5^3
companies.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Every trust company now or hereafter solicit- certain trust
ing or receiving deposits in the manner prescribed by section havi'an'*'^ *°
one of chapter five hundred and twenty of the acts of nine- commXe!
teen hundred and eight shall have an investment committee duties, etc.
of not less than three members, elected by and from the
board of directors, who shall hold meetings at least once in
each month. The said committee shall approve all loans
and all purchases or sales of bonds, stocks and notes made
by or for the savings department, and shall perform such
other duties as the by-laws or board of directors may pre- •
scribe. A record shall be made at each meeting of the trans-
actions of the committee and of the names of those present.
The committee may, by vote or by a statement signed by
a majority of its members, approve changes of collateral
security made by or for said department, and the vote or
statement, and the record thereof, shall set forth all such
changes.
Section 2. During one or more of the first ten months verification
of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and of each dep^ment
third year thereafter, every such trust company shall cause ^''^^ ^°°^^'
a verification of the pass books of the savings department to
be made under such rules and in such manner as may be ap-
proved by the commissioner of banks.
Section 3. No president, treasurer, member of the in- no officer.
vestment committee, or officer of such a trust company funds 0/'°"°'^
charged with the duty of investing the funds of its savings bewme surety
department shall borrow or use any part thereof, be surety
on loans of said department to others, or, directly or indi-
rectly, whether acting individually or as trustee be an obligor
for money borrowed from such savings department, and if
such member or any such officer hereafter, either individually
or as trustee, becomes the owner of real estate upon which a
mortgage is held by such trust company in its savings de-
580
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 563.
Word "officer'
defined.
Trust com-
pany, etc., not
to receive
brokerage, etc.,
on account of
a loan.
Penalty.
Guaranty
fund to be
created and
maintained.
partment, his office and membership on such investment com-
mittee shall become vacant at the expiration of sixty days
thereafter, unless he has then ceased to be the owner of the
real estate or has in good faith caused the mortgage thereon
to be discharged or assigned. The provisions of this section
shall not apply to any loans or mortgages held by such com-
pany in its savings department at the time of the passage of
this act, or to renewals thereof, or to the deposit of money
in any bank or trust company of which one or more members
of the investment committee or officers of such trust com-
pany are directors. For the purposes of this section, no
director who is neither on such investment committee nor
charged with the investment of the funds of such a depart-
ment, shall be considered an officer.
Section 4. No such trust company, and no person
acting in its behalf, shall, directly or indirectly, negotiate,
take or receive a fee, brokerage commission, gift or other
consideration for or on account of a loan made by or on be-
half of such trust company in the savings department, other
than appears on the face of the note or instrument evidencing
the same, or upon the records of the savings department,
but the provisions of this section shall not apply to a reason-
able charge for services in the examination of the property
that may be offered or accepted as security for the loan, or
of the title to the property, or in the preparation of con-
veyances to such company of the security so offered or
accepted. Violation of this section shall be punished by a
fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprison-
ment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Section 5. Every such trust company shall, immediately
before making a semi-annual dividend on deposits in its
savings department, set apart as a guaranty fund from the
net profits of such department which have accumulated
during the six months last preceding, a sum equal to one
eighth of one per cent of the deposits in the savings depart-
ment on the date of said dividend. If the said payments
by way of dividends are made to cover periods of less than
six months, then the amount so set apart for the particular
period covered shall bear the same proportion to the said
one eighth of one per cent which the length of the period
covered bears to the period of six months. The said sums
shall continue to be set apart until the guaranty fund amounts
to five per cent of the savings deposits. The guaranty fund
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 564. 581
shall be kept in the savings department and shall be in- investment of
vested in securities legal for the investment of deposits in fte^*^^"*^ ^""^'
savings departments. Fiu-ther additions to the guaranty
fund shall be at the discretion of the investment committee
or board of directors of the trust company. When the fund ^y^^o" appr9vai
Pill »°' '■ommissioner
amounts to less than five per cent of the whole amount of of l^anks is re-
the said deposits no losses shall be met therefrom except
upon the written approval of the commissioner of banks.
Section 6. Immediately before a meeting of the direc- Payment of
tors called to consider the declaration of a dividend, by the brauthorized
savings department of every such trust company, the invest- ^^ ^^^ directors.
ment committee shall make or cause to be made an examina-
tion of the income, profits and expenses for the six months'
period next preceding the date of the proposed dividend, and
shall report to the directors the estimated net earnings of
the said department for the said period. No dividend shall
be paid unless it is declared and authorized by the directors
after the said examination, and a copy of the said report
shall be filed and preserved with the records of the corpora-
tion. Ordinary, dividends in such a department shall not Rate of inter-
exceed the rate of five per cent a year, and extra dividends Extradivi-
may be paid as by savings banks, under and in accordance '•ends.
with section sixty-three of chapter five hundred and ninety
of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight.
Approved May 28, 1920.
An Act to authorize the appointment of a deputy pi rn^
COMMISSIONER OF SAVINGS BANK LIFE INSURANCE. ^ '
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fifty-one of chapter three hundred and fifty of the igjg 350 (Q)
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby ^ ^^' amended,
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: — and
provided, further, that they may with the approval of and
subject to confirmation by the governor and council appoint,
and may with their consent remove, a deputy who shall dis-
charge the duties of the commissioner during his absence or
disability, — so as to read as follows: — Section 51. '^^'^ coraxwaBionet
commissioner of savings bank life insiuance shall be one of ^^"^ deputy
,,,„ ? i •! i/~ii commissioner
the board or trustees or the corporation known as the (jeneral of savings bank
Insurance Guaranty Fund, designated by the governor. His i^VeXdSles,
term shall be that of his appointment as trustee. He shall ^^^'
act as president of the board of trustees of said corporation,
and shall have general supervision and control of the work
582
, Acts, 1920. — Chap. 565.
1916, 296 (G),
§ 2^ amended.
Supervisor of
Administration,
ofiEice estab-
lished.
Salary.
Provisos. of the division: ijwvided, that the trustees may elect a vice
president to act as president of the board in the absence or
disabiHty of the commissioner; and provided, further, that
they may with the approval of and subject to confirmation
by the governor and council appoint, and may with their
consent remove, a deputy who shall discharge the duties of
the commissioner dm-ing liis absence or disability.
Approved May 28, 1920.
Chap. 565 An Act to est.yblish the salaries of the supervisor
OF ADMINISTIL\TION AND OF HIS PRESENT DEPUTY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter two hundred and ninety-six of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen is hereby
amended by striking out section two and substituting the
following: — Section 2. The governor, with the advice and
consent of the council, shall appoint an officer to be known
as the supervisor of administration to serve for the term of
three years, who shall devote his whole time to the work of
his office and shall receive an annual salary of six thousand
dollars. The supervisor may be removed for cause by the
governor, with the advice and consent of the council. Any
vacancy in said office shall be filled by the governor, with
the advice and consent of the council, for the remainder of
the unexpired term. The supervisor shall be furnished with
suitable quarters in the state house at the expense of the
commonwealth, and, with the consent of the governor and
council, may appoint a deputy or deputies and determine
their salary and duties except as otherwise pro\'ided. Any
deputy may be removed for cause by the supervisor, with
the consent of the governor and council. The supervisor
may also appoint a secretary and such experts, clerks and
other assistants, and may pay them such salaries and may
incur such other expenses, including travelling expenses, not
exceeding such siuns as may be appropriated therefor by the
general court, as he may deem necessary and proper, subject,
however, to the approval of the committee on finance of
the council or of the governor and council where such ap-
proval is required by law. All appointments, other than of
deputies as aforesaid, shall be made in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the civil service commission, and
employees so appointed shall be removed only in accordance
with the said rules and regulations, but any of the present
Daputios.
Secretary, ex-
perts, clerks,
etc., appoint-
ment, salaries,
etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 566. 583
employees of the commission on economy and efficiency
shall be eligible to appointment mider this section without
further examination.
Section 2. The annual salary of Carl A. Ra.^Tnond as salary of Cari
deputy supervisor shall hereafter be forty-five hundred dol- deputyTupet-
lars. ^''s"-"-
Section 3. The increases in salary provided for by this Time of
act shall take effect when an appropriation therefor has been ^'^ '"^ ^ ^ '
made by the general court, and then as of the first day of
June of the current year. Approved May 28, 1920.
An Act to provide for the construction of a certain qjiq^y} 566
highway in the to^vns of chester, middlefield, peru
and hinsdale.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The division of highways of the department of public construction
works may expend during the current year the sum of sixty higlway'^in
thousand dollars from such supplemental appropriation for diefidd ' pIIu"
highway purposes as may hereafter be made by the general and Hinsdale,
court from the receipts from motor vehicle fees in excess of
those already appropriated for the construction and improve-
ment of the highway leading from Chester Village in the
town of Chester to Middlefield Centre and thence through a
part of Peru to the town of Hinsdale. Any miexpended
balance of the smn hereby authorized to be expended may
be used in the succeeding year for the same purpose. Of
the amount so authorized to be expended, ten thousand
dollars shall be paid by the town of Middlefield, and such
sums by the towns of Chester, Peru and Hinsdale as ma}^ be
agreed upon by said towns, respectively and said division.
The amounts required of the towns of Middlefield, Chester,
Peru and Hinsdale shall be paid on order of the division, and
the said towns may receive gifts or contributions from indi-
viduals or corporations to be used toward providing the
sums required of them under the provisions of this act. The
counties of Berkshire, Hampden and Hampshire shall each
repay to the commonwealth twenty-five per cent of the cost
to the commonwealth of that part of the road which is
situated in the said counties respectively.
Approved May 28, 1920.
584
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 567, 568, 569.
Chap. 567 An Act eelative to the appointment of women as
SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN
PARKS DISTRICT.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoics:
Section 1. The metropolitan district commission may-
appoint, subject to the ci\'il service laws and rules, one or
more women as special police officers, who shall have, within
the limits of the metropolitan parks district, all the powers
conferred by law upon constables, except in relation to the
service of civil process, and all the powers conferred upon the
police as watchmen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 29, 1920.
Women may
be special
police officers
within metro-
politan parks
district.
Williamsburg
may supply
Hampshire
county sana-
torium with
water.
Chap.56S An Act to authorize the towtst of Williamsburg to
SUPPLY THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY SANATORIUM WITH
WATER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Williamsburg may supply the
Hampshire county sanatorium with water on such terms and
conditions as may be agreed upon by the said town and the
county commissioners of Hampshire comity, in their capacity
as such or in their capacity as trustees of said sanatorium.
For this purpose, the said town may lay and maintain pipes
and construct other necessary works in the town and in~the
city of Northampton, and may dig up any ways in said city
and town: provided, that no conduits or pipes shall be laid
in a public way in the city of Northampton without the con-
sent and approval of the mayor and board of aldermen.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved May 29, 1920.
Proviso.
Chap. 569 An Act to provide for a second assist.ant register of
DEEDS FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF THE COUNTY OF
ESSEX.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The register of deeds for the southern dis-
trict of the county of Essex may, subject to the approval of
Appointment
of second
assistant reg-
soutbern Essex tlic couuty commissioncrs, appoint a second assistant register
district.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 570, 571. 585
of deeds, who shall be removable at liis pleasure and for
whose acts he shall be responsible.
Section 2. During the disability or absence of the reg- Duties
ister and assistant register, or if the offices of the register assistant
and assistant register are vacant, the second assistant regis- ""^s'ster.
ter shall, diu-ing such disability, absence or vacancy, receive
and enter all deeds, instruments and papers, and perform
such other duties as are pro\'ided for by chapter twenty-two
of the Revised Laws and amendments thereof.
Section 3. Any document or paper certified or attested documente°"ete
by the second assistant register shall be admissible in evi-
dence as if certified or attested by the register. The second
assistant register shall likewise be deemed an assistant register
witliin the meaning of section two of chapter two hundred
and twenty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven,
relating to the use of facsimile signatures.
Section 4. Said second assistant register shall receive compensation.
such compensation as may be allowed by the county com-
missioners. Approved May 29, 1920.
An Act to authorize the union institution for sav- rhn^ 570
INGS in the city OF BOSTON TO ACQUIRE REAL ESTATE
AND TO ERECT A BUILDING THEREON FOR THE TRANSAC-
TION OF ITS BUSINESS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The Union Institution for Sa\dngs in the City of Boston, union insti-
incorporated on the eighth day of February, eighteen hun- savfngsTn the
dred and sixtv-five, is herebv authorized to invest its de- S:'*^ °i^!?^i°'^
posits to an amount not exceeding one million dollars in the ^eai estate,
purchase of a suitable site in the city of Boston and the
erection or preparation of a suitable building for the con-
venient transaction of its business.
Approved May 29, 1920.
An Act to provide for the construction of a certain /^z,^^ Kyi
HIGHWAY IN THE TOWNS OF BLANDFORD, OTIS, MONTEREY ^'
Km> GREAT BARRINGTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The di\'ision of highways of the department construction
of public works may expend during the current year such higTway^in
sum, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, for the con- oti^lwonterey
struction of a highway from the village of Blandford in the |"'^„^'^®^^
586
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 572.
Payment of
town of Blandford through the villages of East Otis, Otis,
West Otis and Monterey to the town of Great Barrington as
may be appropriated from the proceeds of motor vehicle
fees not heretofore appropriated. Fifty per cent of the said
sum shall be repaid by the counties of Berkshire and Hamp-
den in proportion to the length of road improved under this
act in each of the said counties. Any miexpended balance
of the sum hereby authorized to be expended may be used
in the succeeding year for the same pm-pose.
Section 2. For the purpose of meeting the payments
authorized by this act, the county commissioners of Berk-
sliire and Hampden counties are hereby authorized to borrow
the necessary sum on notes of their respective counties pay-
able in or within one year from their respective dates.
Approved May 29, 1920.
Chap. 57 2 An Act to PRovroE for the completion of certain
HIGHWAYS IN THE FIVE WESTERN COUNTIES.
Completion of
certain high-
ways in the
five western
counties.
Repayment of
expenditure to
the common-
wealth.
Expenditure
of sum so
repaid.
Proviso.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of completing the construc-
tion of certain highways in the five western counties under
the provisions of chapter two hundred and twenty-one of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, the division of
highways of the department of public works, may expend
an additional sum of one million dollars before November
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four.
Section 2. One fourth of any money which may be ex-
pended under the provisions of section one of this act for a
highway in any county shall be repaid by the county to the
commonwealth in such instalments and at such times, within
six years thereafter, as the said division of highways, with
the approval of the auditor of the commonwealth, having
regard to the financial condition of the county, shall deter-
mine. A sum equal to the money so repaid shall, before
November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, be
expended by the said division, from time to time, without
specific appropriation, either in completing the highways
mentioned in said chapter two hundred and twenty-one, or
in improving a highway in any town in the five western
counties that is not situated upon one of the highways men-
tioned in the said act: provided, that the valuation of the
town does not exceed one million dollars; the highway so
, Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 573, 574. 587
improved to be a main highway connecting such town with
its raih'oad station, with a main through highway, or with
an adjoining city or town. Ap2)roved May 29, 1920.
Chap.57S
An Act to establish the salary of the court officer
OF the land court sitting in the county of
SUFFOLK.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section 1. Section sixteen of chapter one himdred and r. l. 128, §i6,
twenty-eight of the Re\used Laws, as amended by chapter
six hundred and ninety-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fourteen, and by section one of chapter one hundred and
fifty-five of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, is hereby further amended by striking out the word
"nineteen", in the tenth and eleventh lines, and substitut-
ing the word: — twenty-one, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 16. The land court in all matters over which it Enforcement
has jurisdiction may enforce its orders or decrees in the same fancf coiirt, etc.
manner as decrees are enforced in equity, and upon request
of the justices of the land court, the sheriff of any county
other than Suffolk shall assign a deputy to attend the sittings
of the court in that county. The justices of the land court
shall appoint an officer for attendance upon the sessions of
said court in the county of Suffolk. The officer in attendance compensation
upon said court in the county of Suffolk shall receive in full officeMn''^*
for all services perfonned by him an annual salary of twenty- Suffolk county,
one hundred dollars, which shall be paid monthly by the
commonwealth.
Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an appro- Time of
priation has been made sufficient to meet the expense in- ^^^""^^^ ^^^ct.
volved, and then as of the first day of June in the current
year. Approved May 29, 1920.
An Act relative to the retirement of certain vet- /^/.^^ C74
ERANS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. - ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. A veteran, as defined in section four of this Retirement
act, who is in the service of the commonwealth, or of any of certain
. T» piiii'i- veterans in
county. City, town or district thereof, shall be retired ^^^th the public
• • sBrvicG
the consent of the retiring authority, as defined in section
588
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 574.
Proviso.
Veteran in
the public
service may be
retired upon
petition, etc.
Proviso.
Veteran in
the public
service may be
retired at his
own request.
Word "vet-
eran" defined.
Words "retir-
ing authority'
defined.
Acceptance
required by
certain "re-
tiring author-
ities."
five, if incapacitated for active service, at one half the regular
rate of compensation paid to him at tlie time of retirement,
and payable from the same source: provided, that he has
been in the said service at least ten years, has reached the
age of fifty years, and has a total income from all sources,
exclusive of such retirement allowance, not exceeding five
hmidred dollars.
Section 2. A veteran as defined in section four, who
has been in the service of the commonwealth or of any
county, city, town or district thereof, for a total period of
ten years, naay, upon petition to the retiring authority as
defined in section five, be retired, in the discretion of said
authority, from active service, at one half the regular rate
of compensation paid to him at the time of retirement and
payable from the same source, if he is found by said au-
thority to have become incapacitated for active service,
provided that he has a total income, from all sources, not
exceeding five hundred dollars.
Section 3. A veteran as defined in section four, who
has been in the service of the commonwealth, or of any
county, city, town or district, for a total period of thirty
years, shall, at his own request, with the approval of the re-
tiring authority as defined in section five, be retired from
active service at one half the regular rate of compensation
paid to him at the time of retirement, and payable from the
same source.
Section 4. For the purposes of this act, a veteran is
hereby defined as a person who has served in the army,
navy or marine corps of the United States in the Spanish
war or Philippine insurrection between April twenty-first
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and July fourth, nineteen
hundred and two, or in the world war between April sixth,
nineteen hundred and seventeen, and November eleventh,
nineteen hundred and eighteen, and has been honorably dis-
charged from such service or released from active duty
therein.
Section 5. The words "retiring authority", as used in
this act, shall mean as to the commonwealth, the governor;
as to a county, the county commissioners; as to a city, the
mayor; as to a town, the selectmen; as to the metropolitan
district, the metropolitan district commission; and as to all
other districts, the governing boards thereof.
Section 6. As affecting retirements in any county, city,
town or district, this act shall not take effect therein until
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 575, 576. 589
accepted by the retiring authority, as defined in section five,
of the particular county, city, town or district.
Section 7. This act shall not apply to veterans who are Act not to
members of the police department of the city of Boston. vefemns of
Approved May 29, 1920. ^°^*°" p"""^-
An Act relative to the taxation of certain property qJi^jj 575
OF the commonwealth held by the metropolitan
DISTRICT commission.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. All real estate owned by the commonwealth p^pertyol
and held by the metropolitan district commission or its sue- t'^e common-
1 » TT 11 1 • 1 c p I !• wealth in Hull
cessors ni the town or Hull, which forms a part or any public held by the
. . 1 • 1 1 • 1 p 1 • metropolitan
reservation and is leased or occupied for business purposes, district com-
shall be subject to taxation. The provisions for the assess- '"^^®^°°-
ment and collection of taxes contained in Parts I and II of
chapter four hundred and ninety of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and nine, and acts in amendment thereof, shall apply to
such property: provided, however, that no public bathhouse Provisos,
shall be subject to taxation under the foregoing provisions;
and provided, further, that the payment of any taxes shall
not be enforced by any lien upon or sale of the real estate
assessed, but the taxes thereon shall be paid by the treas-
urer and receiver-general and charged to the maintenance of
the public reservation of which the real estate so taxed is a
part. But the amount so paid by the treasurer and receiver- Taxes not to
general in any year in respect to any particular parcel of percentage of
real estate so assessed shall not exceed twenty per cent of rentals.
the gross receipts from rentals or other revenue in the nature
of rent from such parcel during the calendar year next pre-
ceding the date of assessment.
Section 2. For the purpose of taxation in the year nine- Real estate
teen hundred and twenty, the said real estate shall be subject ^prii 1^^1920.
to taxation as of the first day of April, in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 1, 1920.
An Act to revive the Columbia securities company, nhn^ 575
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an p''^^™'''^-
mo
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 577.
Columbia
Securities
Company,
revived.
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it ejiaded, etc., as follows:
The Coliunbia Securities Company, a corporation which
through error was dissolved by chapter two hundred and
twelve of the acts of the current year, is hereby revived with
the same powers and privileges as if it had not been dissolved
by the said chapter, and the acts of the company performed
since the said chapter was passed are hereby ratified and
confirmed to the same extent as if the said chapter had not
been passed. Approved June 2, 1920.
Chap-bll An Act to PRovroE for a discretionary stay of pro-
ceedings IN ACTIONS OF SUMMARY PROCESS TO RECOVER
possession of dwellings.
Emergency
preamble.
Discretionary
stay of pro-
ceedings in
actions of
summary proc-
ess to recover
possession of
dwellings.
Hearing and
grant of stay
by court, etc.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat
its purpose to provide immediate relief from hardship inci-
dent to the present scarcity of houses and buildings available
for habitation, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public health and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. In an action of summary process to recover
possession of premises occupied for dwelling purposes, other
than a room or rooms in a hotel, lodging house or rooming
house, where a tenancy has been terminated without fault
of the tenant, either by operation of law or by act of the
landlord, except by a notice to quit for non-pa^-ment of
rent as provided in section twelve of chapter one hundred
and twenty-nine of the Revised Laws, a discretionary stay
of judgment and execution may be granted, as hereinafter
provided, upon application of the tenant, for a period not
exceeding six months, as the court may deem just and rea-
sonable.
Section 2. Upon application for such a stay of proceed-
ings, the court shall hear the parties, and if upon the hearing
it appears that the premises of which possession is sought to
be recovered are used for dwelling purposes; that the appli-
cant cannot secure suitable premises for himself and his
family elsewhere within the city or town in a neighborhood
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 578. 591
similar to that in which the premises occupied by him are
situated; that he has used due and reasonable effort to secure
such other premises; that his application is made in good
faith and that he will abide by and comply with such terms
and provisions as the court may prescribe; or that by reason
of other facts such action will be warranted, the court may
grant a stay as hereinbefore proxided, on condition that the
terms upon which such stay is granted be complied with.
Section 3. Such stay shall be granted and continue Applicant to
effective only upon the condition that the applicant shall iS''co''un,^e°tc.*
make a deposit in court ^of the entire amount, or such instal-
ments thereof from time to time, as the court may direct,
for the occupation of the premises for the period of the stay,
at the rate to which he was liable as rent for the month
immediately prior to the expiration of his term or tenancy
plus such additional amount, if any, as the coiu-t may deter-
mine to be reasonable. The deposit shall also include all
rent mipaid prior to the period of the stav. The amount of Determination
1 I'lni !• 11 1 * • °' amount of
the deposit shall be determmed by the com-t at the hearing deposit.
upon the application for the stay, and such determination
shall be final and conclusive in respect to the amount of the
deposit, and the amount thereof shall be paid into court, in
such manner and in such instalments, if any, as the court
may direct. A separate account shall be kept of the amount Separate
to the credit of each proceeding, and all such payments shall etc°""* ^^*'
be deposited by the clerk of the court, and paid o^•er to the
landlord or his duly authorized agent, in accordance with
the terms of the stay or the further order of the court.
Section 4. Any proAasion of a lease whereby a lessee Certain action
, , • " .. (>.i' j.iiii'i ij. deemed against
or tenant waives any provision or this act shall be deemed to public policy,
be against public policy and void. ^^^'
Section 5. The pro\asions of this act shall not apply to Pending causes
pending causes of action. °^ ''°*'°''-
Section 6. This act shall become null and void on the Act void Feb-
first day of February in the year nineteen hmidred and '"^'"^ ^' ^^^^"
twenty-two. Approved June 2, 1920.
An Act to provide that unjust, unreasonable and op- fhnj) 570
PRESSIVE AGREExMENTS SHALL BE A DEFENCE IN ACTIONS
FOR RENT.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat Emergency
its purpose to provide immediate relief from hardship incident ^"^"^"^
to the present scarcity of houses and buildings available for
habitation, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency
592
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 579.
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the pubHc
health and convenience.
Unjust, etc.,
agreements
shall be a de-
fence in actions
for rent, etc.
Pleading and
proving in an
action.
Landlord may
recover fair
rental.
Pending causes
of action.
Act void Feb-
ruary 1, 1922.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Unjust, unreasonable and oppressive agree-
ments for the pa^'ment of rent or for the use and occupation
of premises occupied for dwelling purposes, other than a
room or rooms in a hotel, lodging house or rooming house,
shall be unenforceable by action. Where it appears that the
rent has been increased more than twenty-five per cent over
the rent as it existed one year prior to the time of the agree-
ment under which rent is sought to be recovered, except in
cases where unusual repairs and alterations have been made,
the agreement shall be presumptively unjust, unreasonable
and oppressive; but nothing herein contained shall prevent
either party from pleading and pro^•ing in an action that
a greater increase was a fair and reasonable rent or that a
lesser increase was an imjust, imreasonable and oppressive
rent for the premises in such action, or from instituting a
separate action for the recovery thereof. In any action on
such an agreement or in a separate action the landlord may
recover the fair rental of his premises.
Section 2. The pro\isions of this act shall not apply to
pending causes of action.
Section 3. The act shall become null and void on the
first day of February in the year nineteen hundred and
twentv-two. Approved June 2, 1920.
Chap. 579 An Act to enable women voters to vote at primaries
AND ELECTIONS WHEN QUALIFIED.
Emergency
preamble.
1913, 835, § 60.
amended.
Whereas, Upon the ratification of the proposed amendment
to the federal constitution which pro^-ides that the rights of
citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or b>' any state on accomit of
sex, the immediate taking effect of this act would be neces-
sary in order that proA-ision may be made for the registration
and listing of female voters in this commonwealth, therefore
this act is hereby declared to be an emergency act necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter eight hundred and thirty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby amended by
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 580. 593
striking out section sixty and substituting the following : —
Section 60. Registrars or election commissioners shall, from voting lists.
the names entered in the annual register of voters, prepare arrangement,
voting lists for use at the several elections to be held therein. ®*''-
In such voting lists they shall place the names of all voters
entered on the annual register, together with the names of
female voters qualified under the provisions of section thir-
teen, and no others, and opposite to the name of each, his or
her residence on the preceding first day of April or at the
time of his or her becoming an inhabitant of such place after
such day. In cities they shall prepare such voting lists by
wards, and if a ward or town is divided into voting precincts,
they shall prepare the same by precincts in alphabetical
order, or by streets, except that in Boston the voting lists
shall be prepared by streets. Names shall be added thereto
or taken therefrom as persons are found to be qualified or
not qualified to vote.
Section 2. Every female citizen hax-ing the qualification Female citizens
-of male voters under the provisions of section twelve of said Yotolllt. * ^
chapter eight hundred and thirty-five shall have the right
to vote in any city, town or state election, or primary or
caucus.
Section 3. If the name of a female who is duly registered ^^l ^^^gj.
as a voter is changed by marriage or by decree of court within when name is
. ^ *^ . "^ , . . changed.
Sixty days prior to any city, town or state election, or primary
or caucus, she may vote at such election, primary or caucus
in her former name, but at any election, primary or caucus
held after the expiration of such period she may not vote
without first re-registering in her new name, and on any re-
registration on account of change of name the marriage certifi-
cate or decree of court, as the case may be, or a certified
copy thereof shall be exliibited to the registrar.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon the adoption Time of
of the proposed amendment to the federal constitution which ^'^'^'"^ '^ ^'^^■
provides that the rights of citizens of the United States to
vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or
by any state on account of sex. Apinoved June 2, 1920.
An Act to provide for the establishment and regula- QJiq^j) 5§q
tion of public markets.
Whereas, It is urgently necessary to reduce the present Emergency
high cost of farm products and other food stuffs to the con- ^^^^^
sumer, and to insure to producers a greater proportion of
594
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 580.
the prices finally paid by consumers for such products, objects
likely to be attained by enabling producers and consumers
to deal directly with one another, therefore this act is hereby
declared to be an, emergency law, necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public convenience.
Establish-
ment of public
markets.
Public market
places for
farmers, how
established.
Rules and
regulations,
etc.
Market master,
designation,
duties, etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. All cities, and all towns haAang a population
of ten thousand persons or more, may provide and maintain
public markets with suitable buildings and grounds. For
this purpose any such city or town may acquire land by
gift, purchase or lease, with or without buildings, and may
make alterations in buildings and construct new buildings on
land so acquired.
Section 2. Cities and towns which do not maintain
public markets under the provisions of section one hereof
shall upon petition of not less than five per cent of their voters
designate one or more streets or squares, or parts thereof, or
other public places which shall be suitably situated and shall
be approved by the department of agricultiue, to be used by
farmers as public market places. Petitions under the pro-
\isions of this section shall be filed Mdth the city or town
clerk of the city or town to which the petition applies,
and it shall be the duty of the clerk to determine whether
the petition contains a sufiicient number of signatures and
whether such signatures are bona fide, and, when satisfied
that the petition meets the requirements of this section, he
shall certify the same to the mayor of the city or the chair-
man of the board of selectmen of the town, and shall also
notify the commissioner of agriculture that the petition has
properly been filed, stating the date of the filing.
Section 3. Any city or town which maintains a public
market or market place in accordance with the provisions of
this act may make rules and regulations for the management
and use thereof, subject to the approval of the commissioner
of agriculture, and may prescribe penalties for their violation.
Such a city or town shall also designate a market master
who may be a police officer or other municipal officer or
employee. The market master shall have charge of such
markets and market places and shall conduct them in the
interest of the market men and their customers, shall enforce
the rules and regulations aforesaid, and shall maintain order
within the market limits.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 581, 582. 595
Section 4. Chapter one hundred and nineteen of the Repeal.
General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, as amended
by chapter seventy-nine of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and sixteen, is liereby repealed.
Approved June 2, 1920.
An Act relative to the rate of interest on bonds (Jfiav. 581
ISSUED BY GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANIES.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section I. Gas and electric light companies, may, sub- Rate of
ject in all other respects to the provisions of chapter seven bonds issued
hunch'ed and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and eiectrfclfght
fourteen, and the amendments thereof, issue bonds bearing companies.
interest at such rate as the department of public utilities
shall approve, and may secure the payment of the principal
and interest of such bonds by a mortgage of their franchise
and properties; and any such corporation issuing bonds
under a mortgage existing at the time of the passage of this
act, by the provisions of which the rate of interest on bonds
issued thereunder is fixed, may, with the approval of the said
department, issue bonds thereunder at a price and with pro-
visions for amortization of any discount approved by the
said department as consistent with the public interest, pro- Proviso,
vided that the terms of the mortgage so permit.
Section 2. This act shall become null and void on the Act void
first day of June, nineteen hundred and twenty-five. """ '
Approved June 2, 1920.
An Act relative to the filing of petitions for legis- ni^^j. coo
LATION affecting CORPORATIONS. ^'
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Whoever intends to present to the general Filing of
, , . , . . , petitions for
court a petition to establish or revive a corporation, other legislation
than a public service corporation or a college, university or certain corpo-
other educational institution to which chapter two hundred '^*'''"^' ®*''-
and ninety-three of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and nineteen applies, or to amend the charter, enlarge the
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Fee.
Commissioner
of corporations
and taxation to
attach certain
memorandum
to petition.
Transmission to
general court.
powers or change the corporate purpose or name of such an
existing corporation, shall, on or before the first day of
November prior to its intended presentation, deposit the
same in the office of the commissioner of corporations and
taxation. The petition shall specifically set forth the facts
showing why the object sought cannot be accomplished
under the general laws, and if such a petition relates to a
corporation or proposed corporation organized or to be
organized for purposes of business or profit, shall be accom-
panied by a fee of twenty-five dollars, which shall be paid
into the treasury of the commonwealth.
Section 2. The commissioner of corporations and taxa-
tion shall examine every petition filed in accordance with
section one, and shall attach to each petition a certificate or
memorandum stating whether or not, in his opinion, the
object sought may be accomplished imder the general laws
or whether the same requires legislation. He may also insert
in said memorandum any other relevant statement which,
in his opinion, might be of assistance to the general court in
passing upon the petition, and shall transmit the same to
the general court not later than the second Saturday of the
following regular session. Approved June 2, 1920.
Chap. 583 An Act relative to returns made by gas, electric
AND private water SUPPLY COMPANIES TO THE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter seven himdred and forty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby amended by
striking out section one hundred and forty-four and substitut-
ing the following: — Section 144- Gas, electric, and private
water supply companies, or persons engaged in the manu-
facture and sale or distribution of gas or electricity shall
keep their books and accounts in a form prescribed by the de-
partment of public utilities, and the accounts shall be closed
annually, so that a balance sheet can be taken therefrom.
Manufacturing companies in which the manufacture of gas
or electricity is a minor portion of their business shall be re-
quired to keep accounts of the expenses and income of their
gas or electric business only.^
Section 2. Said chapter seven hmidred and forty-two is
hereby further amended by striking out section one hmidred
and forty-six and substituting the following: — Section I46.
1914, 742, § 144,
amended.
Forms of books
and accounts
prescribed for
gas, electric,
private water
supply com-
panies, etc.
1914, 742, § 146,
amended.
Form of
annual returns
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 584. 597
Gas, electric, and private water supply companies, and man- prescribed for
r. , • • ^ • J.1 £ ±. pas, electric,
uracturmg companies or persons engaged m the manuiacture private water
and sale or distribution and sale of gas or electricity shall panfe^ etc""'
annually, on or before such date as the department of public
utilities may determine, make to said department, in a form
prescribed by it, a return for the year ending on such date as
the department may from time to time require, signed and
sworn to by the president and treasurer and a majority of
the directors, of the amount of their authorized capital, their
indebtedness and financial condition on the said date, their
income and expenses during the preceding year, their divi-
dends paid out and declared, a list of the names of all their
salaried officers and the amount of the annual salary paid to
each, and the balance sheet of their accounts as of the said
date. The said companies and persons shall at all times, information at
upon request, furnish any information required by the de- requesTetc^°°
partment or by its duly authorized employees relative to
their condition, management and operation, and shall comply
with all lawful orders of the department; but manufacturing
companies in which the liianufacture and sale of gas and
electricity is a minor portion of their business shall be required
to include in their annual returns the income and expenses
and other data relative to their gas and electric business
only. Ayyroved June 2, 1920.
An Act to permit the acceptance of savings deposits fhn^ kq^a
AND FEDERAL, STATE AND MUNICIPAL BONDS AS SECURITY
FOR BAIL IN CRIMINAL CASES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section thirty-five of chapter two hundred RL. 217, §35,
1 !• 1 T^ • '1 T till ®^^' amended.
and seventeen 01 the iievised Laws, as amended by chapter
one hundred and sixty-fom- of the acts of nineteen hundred
and four, is hereby further amended by striking out the said •
section and substituting the following : — Section 35. If the Proceedings
recognizor does not appear according to the condition of his d'ef'Sai't on
recognizance, the court or justice may issue process to bring ba'nk'books!'
him into court for trial. The court or justice may at anv ^^"^ • accepted
,. , !•• "n as security tor
time after his failure to appear according to the condition of t>aii, etc.
his recognizance, order his default to be recorded, but the
default may be taken off for good cause at any time to which
the case may be continued. If the default is not taken off,
the recognizance shall be certified with a record of the de- ,
fault to the superior court, and like proceedings shall be had
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R. L. 217, § 56,
etc., amended.
What magis-
trates may
admit to bail.
Money,
savings bank
books, etc.,
accepted as
surety for
bail.
R. L. 217, § 59,
amended.
Certificate of
sureties.
thereon as upon a breach of the condition of a recognizance
for appearance before the superior court, except in cases
where bank books, money or bonds have been deposited on
such recognizance.
Section 2. Section fifty-six of said chapter two himdred
and seventeen, as amended by chapter two hundred and
twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hunched and twelve, and
by section one of chapter three hundred and ninety of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, is hereby further
amended by striking out the said section and substituting
the following : — ■ Section 56. A justice of the supreme judicial
court or of the superior court, a clerk of coiuts or the clerk
of the superior court for criminal business in the county of
Suffolk, a standing or special commissioner appointed by
either of said courts, a justice or clerk of a police, district or
municipal court, a master in chancery or a trial justice, upon
application of a prisoner or witness held under arrest or com-
mitted, either on a warrant or without one, or held in the
custody of an officer under a mittimus, may inquire into the
case and admit such prisoner or witness to bail; and may
admit to bail any person who is committed for not finding
sureties to recognize for him. All persons authorized to take
b^il under the provisions of this section shall be governed by
the rules established by the supreme judicial court or the
superior court. But no person offering himself as surety
shall be deemed to be insufficient if he deposits money of an
amount equal to the amount of the bail required of him in
such recognizance, or a bank book of a savings bank or of
the savings department of a trust company doing business
in the commonwealth, properly assigned to the justice or
clerk with whom the same is deposited, or his successor, and
satisfactory to the person so aifthorized to take bail, or non-
registered bonds of the United States or bonds of the com-
monwealth or of any county, city or town within the com-
monwealth at their face value to the amount of the bail
which he is ordered to furnish or for which he is to become
surety.
Section 3. Said chapter two hundred and seventeen is
hereby amended by striking out section fifty-nine and sub-
stituting the following : — Section 59. If bail is taken out
of court, the person authorized to take bail in criminal cases
shall cause a certificate to be signed and sworn to by each
surety, which shall contain the name, the residence, including
the name of the street and nmnber of the dwelling house
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 584. 599
thereon, the occupation and place of business of the surety,
a statement of the nature, location and value of his prop-
erty, and of the incumbrances, if any, thereon, the amount of
his indebtedness and all other matters pertinent to the
amount and value of such property, and shall return a proper
recognizance to the proper court. A surety may, instead of Jertftfcate
making the said certificate, give his personal recognizance as ™°"Y; d**'"
surety and deposit money of an amount equal to the amount posited as
of the bail for which he is to become surety, or a bank book bail, etc.
of a savings bank or of the savings department of a trust
company doing business in the commonwealth, properly
assigned as hereinbefore provided and satisfactory to the
person so authorized to take bail, or non-registered bonds
of the United States or bonds of the commonwealth or of
any county, city or town within the commonwealth at their
face value to the amount of the bail which he is ordered to
furnish or for which he is to become surety, whether bail is
taken in court or out of court.
Section 4. Section sixty-six of said chapter two hundred ^c.^amlnLd^.'
and seventeen, as amended by section four hundred and
fifty-nine of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out the said section and substi-
tuting the follo\\-ing: — Section G6. Bail in criminal cases Surrender of
may be exonerated at any time before default upon their fo""dTfauitT
recognizance by surrendering their principal into court or to hfc»k^etc.*°
the jailer in the county in which the principal is held to
appear, or by such voluntary surrender by the principal him-
self, and in either event, in all cases where bank books,
money or bonds are deposited by the surety, the court shall
thereupon order the bank books, money or bonds so deposited
to be retm-ned to the surety or his order, and to be reassigned
to the person entitled thereto. They shall deliver to the New bail.
jailer their principal, mth a certified copy of the recognizance,
and he shall be received and detained by the jailer, but may
again be bailed in the same manner as if committed for not
finding sureties to recognize for him. The jailer shall forth-
with notify the clerk or justice of the court in which the pro-
ceeding is pending of such surrender.
Section 5. Said chapter two hundred and seventeen is r. l. 217. § 69,
hereby amended by striking out section sixty-nine and substi- ^'"^°'^^^-
tuting the following : — Section 69. If a person who is Default on
1 • . 1 , 1 recognizance,
mider recognizance to appear and answer or to prosecute an etc.
appeal in a criminal case fails to appear for that purpose
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R. L. 217, § 77,
etc., amended.
Deposit
in lieu of
recognizance,
etc.
Money, etc.,
to be depos-
ited with the
court.
R. L. 217, § 78,
amended.
Upon default
money, etc.,
to be for-
feited, etc.
according to the condition of his recognizance, and if a person
under recognizance to testify in a criminal prosecution fails
to perform the condition of his recognizance, his default may
be recorded, his obligation and that of his sureties shall be
forfeited and process shall, except in cases where bank
books, money or bonds have been deposited on such recog-
nizance, be issued against them or such of them as the prose-
cuting officer directs; but in such a suit no costs shall be
taxed for travel.
Section 6. Section seventy-seven of said chapter two
hundred and seventeen, as amended by chapter two hundred
and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and six and
by chapter one hundred and sixty of the acts of nineteen
liundred and eleven, is hereby further amended by striking
out the said section and substituting the f ollo^^'ing : — Sec-
tion 77. A person who is held in custody or committed upon
a criminal charge, if entitled to be released on bail, or a
person who is held in custody or committed as a witness to a
crime, may at any time, instead of gi^'ing siuety or sureties,
give his personal recognizance to appear before any court or
trial justice and deposit the amount of the bail which he is
ordered to furnish, or he may deposit a bank book of a sav-
ings bank or of the savings department of a trust company
doing business in the commonwealth, properly assigned, as
hereinbefore pro^'ided, and satisfactory to the person so au-
thorized to take bail, or non-registered bonds of the United
States or bonds of the commonwealth or of any comity, city
or town witliin the commonwealth at their face value to the
amomit of the bail which he is ordered to furnish, v>iih the
court, trial justice or magistrate authorized by law to take
the recognizance who shall give him a certificate thereof, and
upon delivering said certificate to the officer in whose custody
he is, he shall be released. The money, bank book or bonds
shall thereupon be deposited with the clerk of the court
before which such person was recognized to appear, or if the
court has no clerk, with the justice thereof.
Section 7. Said chapter two hundred and seventeen is
hereby amended by striking out section seventy-eight and
substituting the folloA^ing: — Section 78. Upon the default
of the defendant, such court, trial justice or magistrate may
at any time thereafter order the money or bonds deposited
as aforesaid to be forfeited, and the justice, trial justice,
magistrate or clerk with whom the said deposit was made
shall thereupon pay over the money to the county treasurer,
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 585. 601
and the clerk of the court, or, if the court has no clerk, the
justice thereof, shall immediately proceed to sell the said
bonds at either private or public sale, and shall forth^vith
turn over the proceeds, after deductmg the expenditiu'es in-
curred in conducting the sale, to the county treasurer. In
the case of bank books, he shall proceed to collect the amount
of bail from the depository, and shall turn over the same,
less the expense of collection, to the county treasurer.
Section 8. Section seventy-nine of said chapter two n. l. 217, § 79,
lumdred and seventeen, as amended by section one of chapter ® " ' ^'^^'^ ^
two hundred and thirty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and tluee, is hereby further amended by striking out the
said section and substituting the following: — Section '^'^i lfl{^^]^^^^?^
The defendant may surrender himself at any tune before a return of de-'
default, in the same manner as sureties in criminal cases may
surrender their principal, and the court shall thereupon order
the bank books to be re-assigned and the money or bonds so
deposited to be returned to him or his order, or to his surety
or his order. At any time after a default, on the surrender or
recaption of the defendant, the court may order the whole or
any part of the money so deposited or of the bonds, or of the
amount of the net proceeds of the sale of said bonds, or the
bank books, or the whole or any part of the amount collected
from the depository thereunder, to be returned to him or to
his surety. If the amount realized by sale or collection pur- Excess of sale.
suant to the pro\'isions of section se^'enty-eight shall exceed tur'no^d. ^ ^^
the amount of the recognizance, the court shall, on an appli-
cation made at any time, order such excess in the net pro-
ceeds of the sale to be returned to the party found by the
court to be entitled thereto. Approved June 2, 1920.
An Act to provide for the protection of the shores nhn^ 5Q5
IN the town of scituate.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The di^'ision of waterways and public lands Protection
of the department of public works may make expenditures sckuTt? "*
for the purpose of protecting the shores in the town of damt^e?etc.
Scituate from damage by the sea. For this purpose the
di\dsion may expend during the years nineteen hundred and
twenty, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, nineteen himched
and twenty-two, nineteen hmidred and twenty-three and
nineteen himdred and twenty-four a total sum not exceeding
two hmidred and fifty thousand dollars, of which simi one
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Authority to
expend in an-
ticipation of
contributions,
etc.
Town of
Scituate may
accept con-
tributions,
issue bonds,
etc.
Liability for
damages.
Plymouth
county may
issue bonds,
etc.
third shall be contributed by the town of Scituate, one third
by the coimty of Plj-moutli and one third shall be payable
from the annual appropriations made for river and harbor
improvements under the provisions of chapter two himdred
and thirty-one of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen, or from such additional appropriations as may be
made thereafter by the general court for river and harbor
impro\^ements. The di\ision shall not expend more than
one hundred thousand dollars in any one year, except that
an unexpended balance in any year may be used in the
succeeding year for the said purpose.
Section 2. The said di\'ision may incur expense in antici-
pation of contributions by, or assessments to be made upon,
the said town and county, and such paj-ments shall be
credited to the account of expenditures for work to be done
under authority of this act without subsequent appropria-
tion. The money to be contributed by the town and the
comity shall be paid into the treasury of the commonwealth
from time to time as requested by the division of waterways
and public lands, or shall be collected from the town by
assessments made by the treasurer and receiver-general and
added to the state tax assessed on such town, or from the
county in the same manner as payments for the construction
and repair of state highways.
Section 3. The town of Scituate may accept contribu-
tions from citizens, associations or other private parties and
pay the same into the state treasury as a part of the amount
required of said town by this act. Authority is hereby given
to the town of Scituate to raise money by taxation, or to
issue notes or bonds therefor payable by such annual pay-
ments, beginning not more than one year from the date
thereof, as %nll extinguish the loan hereby authorized within
ten years from its date. Such notes or bonds shall be issued
subject to the provisions of chapter seven hundred and nine-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, so far as
the same apply thereto. Authority is also given to the said
town to assume liability for damages for proposed improve-
ments, in the manner pro\dded by section tliree of chapter
four hundred and eighty-one of the acts of nineteen himdred
and nine.
Section 4. The county commissioners of the county of
Phanouth may borrow such sums, and may issue notes or
bonds for periods of ten years therefor, as may be necessary
to pay the assessments made upon said county mider this
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 586. 603
act. Such notes or bonds shall be issued subject to the pro-
\'isions of chapter twenty-one of the Revised Laws, and acts
in amendment thereof.
Section 5. The selectmen of the town of Scituate may, Town of
upon the completion of the work provided for by this act, asse^s^for'"^^
assess a part of the expense to the town for the said improve- betterments,
ments upon the property specially benefited thereby. The
pro\'isions of Part III of chapter three hundred and forty-
four of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen
or of any act in amendment or substitution thereof, shall
apply to assessments made under this section.
Section 6. This act shall not take effect until accepted ^ute/te
both by the county commissioners of the county of Plymouth, acceptance,
and by the town of Scituate at a meeting called for the
purpose. Approved June 2, 1920.
Chap.58Q
An Act to establish a town manager form of govern-
ment FOR THE TOWN OF MANSFIELD.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The annual town meeting of the town of P'**® °f ''^?.""*'
^ town meeting
Mansfield shall be held on the tliird Monday of January', established,
. ,, , '111 1 • "^ adjournment.
All matters to be considered at the annual town meetmg, etc.
other than the election of town officers and the question of
granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors, shall be
considered at an adjournment thereof to be held on the
second INIonday of February at half past seven o'clock in the
evening. If the business of the adjourned meeting shall not
be completed at half past ten o'clock in the evening the meet-
ing shall again be adjourned to the following Monday, at
half past seven o'clock in the evening.
Selectmen, Election, Terms.
Section 2. At the first annual meeting follo^^^ng the Selectmen,
acceptance of this act the voters shall elect by official ballot terms°'etc.
five selectmen who shall hold office, two for the term of three
years, two for the term of two years and one for the term of
one year, from the annual meeting at which they are elected.
At each annual meeting thereafter there shall be elected in
place of those selectmen whose terms are about to expire, an
equal nimiber of selectmen, each to serve for three years.
The selectmen shall serve imtil their successors are elected
and have qualified, and shall receive no salary. If, except as Vacancies.
the result of a recall election, a vacancy occurs in the mem-
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bership of the selectmen, the remaining members shall call a
special town meeting to fill the vacancy or vacancies for the
unexpired term or terms, except that if a vacancy or vacan-
cies occur less than three months prior to the annual meeting,
and not less than three selectmen remain in office, the vacancy
or vacancies shall remain unfilled until such annual meeting.
A vacancy resulting from a recall election shall be filled as
hereinafter provided in this act.
Selectmen
to be lawful
successors of
certain officers,
etc.
Selectmen to be Lawful Successors of Certain Officers.
Section 3. Upon the election and qualification of the
selectmen as provided in section two, all the powers, rights,
duties and liabilities conferred or imposed by law upon the
offices of water commissionei-s, mmiicipal light board, board
of fire engineers, board of health, sinking fund commissioners,
auditors and tree warden shall be transferred to and con-
ferred and imposed upon the selectmen, and the said offices
shall be abolished. The aforesaid transfer of rights, powers,
duties and liabilities shall not affect any liability incurred,
contract made, fine, special assessment, rate, penalty, for-
feiture or tax imposed before such transfer, nor any suit or
other proceeding pending; and the selectmen elected here-
under shall in all respects and for all purposes whatsoever be
the lawful successors of the said officers. The selectmen so
elected and qualified shall also be overseers of the poor and
surveyors of highways of the town, \vith all the powers and
subject to all the duties conferred or imposed by law upon
overseers of the poor and surveyors of highways. The office
of the finance committee is hereby abolished.
Town manager
to submit
estimate of
expenditures,
etc.
Estimate of Expenditure.
Section 4. On or before the thirty-first day of December
of each year, the town manager shall submit to the selectmen
a careful, detailed estimate in writing of the probable expendi-
tures of the town government for the ensuing fiscal year,
stating the amomit required to meet the interest and matur-
ing bonds and notes or other outstanding indebtedness of
the town, and shomng specifically the amount necessary to
be provided for each fund and department. He shall also
submit at the same time an estimate in writing of the amount
of income from all sources of revenue, exclusive of taxes upon
property, and of the probable amount required to be levaed
and raised by taxation to defray all expenses and liabilities
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 586. 605
of the town. For the purpose of enabling the town manager
to make up the annual estimate of expenditiues, all boards,
officers, and committees of the town shall, upon his written
request, furnish all information in their possession and sub-
mit to him in WTiting a detailed estimate of the appropria-
tions required for the efficient and proper conduct of their
respective departments during the next fiscal year.
Amnial Report of Selectmen.
Section 5. All articles in the warrants for the annual selectmen to
. . . , . . „ make annual
and special town meetnigs requmng the appropriation of report, etc.
money shall be considered by the selectmen, who shall report
thereon in writing to the town in said meetings, with their
recommendations. The selectmen shall make a report in
writing to the annual town meeting, which shall be published
as a part of the annual town report, making such recom-
mendations regarding the finances of the town and action
thereon as they deem proper. All the duties now imposed
by the by-laws of the town upon the finance committee, so-
called, and not inconsistent with the duties required by this
act, shall be performed by the selectmen.
Duties Relative to Certain Pay Rolls, Bills.
Section 6. Whenever any pay roll, bill or other claim Duties relative
against the town is presented to the town manager, town roifs^'^biiis.^etc.
clerk and accountant, town treasurer and collector of taxes,
trustees of the public library, or school committee, he or
they shall, if the same seems to him or them to be of doubtful
validity, excessive in amount, or otherwise contrary to the
interests of the town, refer it to the selectmen who shall
immediately investigate the facts and determine what pay-
ment, if any, should be made. Pending such investigation
and determination bv the selectmen pa\anent shall be with-
held.
Selectmen may employ Experts.
Section 7. For the purpose of making investigations, selectmen
the selectmen may employ such experts, counsel and other Spert^etc^
assistants, and incur such other expenses, not exceeding in
any year the sum of five hundred dollars, or such additional
sum as may be appropriated for the purpose by the town, as
they may deem necessary, and the same shall be paid by the
town upon requisition by the selectmen.
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School
committee,
election, etc.
Vacancies.
Powers,
duties, etc.
Town clerk and
accountant,
appointment,
etc.
Vacancy.
School Committee.
Section 8. At the annual town election in the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-one the term of office of the mem-
bers of the school committee shall terminate and the voters
shall elect, by official ballot, three members of the school
committee, one for the term of one year, one for the term of
two years and one for the term of three years; and annually,
thereafter, shall elect by official ballot one member for the
term of three years.
A vacancy in the school committee shall be filled in the
manner provided in section four hundred and twentj^-fiine
of chapter eight hunched and thirty-fi^'e of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirteen, as amended by section thirty-one
of chapter two hundred and ninety-one of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and eighteen, for filling vacancies in a
board consisting of two or more members.
Upon the election and qualification of the three members
of the school committee, all the powers, rights, duties and
liabilities, except as hereinafter provided, now or hereafter
conferred or imposed by law upon the school committee,
shall pertain to the school committee elected under the pro-
visions of this section. Nothing in this act shall be construed
to affect the powers and duties of the school committee as
provided by law.
Town Clerk and Accountant
Section 9. The selectmen elected as provided in section
two shall appoint a suitably qualified person to the office of
town clerk and accountant. The office of town clerk and
the office of town accountant shall be continued until the
person appointed to said office of town clerk and accountant
shall have qualified, at which time the office of town clerk
and the office of town accountant shall terminate. The town
clerk and accountant shall enjo}' all the powers and rights
and be subject to all the duties and liabilities now or here-
after conferred or imposed by law upon town clerks and upon
town accountants. He shall hold office dm-ing the pleasure
of the selectmen, and shall be sworn to the faitliful perform-
ance of his duties by the chairman of the selectmen or by a
justice of the peace. In case of the death, resignation or re-
moval from office of the town clerk and accountant, the
selectmen shall forthwith appoint a suitably qualified person
to fill the vacancy.
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Toion Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
Section 10. A treasurer and collector of taxes shall be Town
appointed by the town manager and shall continue in office ^^f^int^own
during the pleasure of tlie manager. treasurer, etc.
Assessors, Appoiritment, Terms.
Section 11. The selectmen first elected and qualified as Assessors,
pro\ided in section two shall forthwith appoint three suitable '^rrmrofTffice,
persons as assessors, who shall hold no elective office in the ^^'^
town of Mansfield, and who, upon their appointment and
qualification, shall organize for the proper conduct of their
duties. One of said persons shall be appointed for a term of
one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of
three years; and annually thereafter there shall be appointed
by the selectmen, an assessor for a term of three years, in
the place of the assessor whose term is about to expire. The
assessors shall serve until their successors are appointed and
qualified. If for any reason a vacancy occurs in the member- vacancies.
ship of the assessors, the vacancy shall be filled forthwith by
the selectmen, in like manner, for the unexpired term. Upon
the appointment and qualification of the said assessors, the
existing elective offices of assessors of the town shall termi-
nate. The assessors appointed hereunder shall possess all
the powers and rights, and be subject to all the duties and
liabilities conferred or imposed by law upon assessors of
towns. Before entering upon the duties of their office, the
assessors shall be sworn to the faitMul and impartial per-
formance thereof in compliance wath the pro\'isions of sec-
tion sixty-eight of chapter twenty-five, of the Revised Laws.
Fire Department Chief.
Section 12. The selectmen shall appoint a chief of the Fire depart-
fire department, who shall receive such salary as the select- ^^i5J)*int'mint,
men may from time to time determine. He shall be exempt ^^''•
from jury duty and shall hold no other town office except
that of forest warden. He ma\' be removed for cause by the
selectmen after a hearing. A vacancy in the office shall be vacancy,
filled by appointment by the selectmen.
The chief shall have the powers and duties conferred or Powers,
imposed by statute upon fire engineers in towns, and shall '^"*'^' ^*""
appoint a deputy chief and such officers and firemen as he
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Full authority
over depart-
ment, etc.
Sole command
at fires, etc.
Rules and reg-
ulations for fire
prevention, etc.
Proviso.
may deem necessary, and he may remove the same at any
time for good and sufficient reason, after a hearing.
He shall have full and absolute authority in the adminis-
tration of the department, and when, in his opinion, it is for
the best interests of the department, he may suspend or
transfer any officer or member thereof.
He shall have sole command of all persons who may be
present at fires, shall direct all proper measures for the ex-
tinguislunent of fire, the protection of life and property, and
the preservation of order and observance of the laws, by-
laws and regulations respecting fires. In his absence the
deputy chief shall perform the duties of the cliief ^^ith full
power.
The chief may make such rules and regulations for the
prevention of fire, the government and discipline of the de-
partment, and the preservation of order in time of fire, as he
may deem expedient, provided that they are not inconsistent
with the laws of the commonwealth.
Library
trustees, ap-
pointment,
etc.
Vacancies.
Library Trustees.
Section 13. The selectmen shall in February of the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-one appoint five library trus-
tees, two of whom shall be appointed for the term of three
years, two for the term of two years and one for the term of
one year, from the first day of March in that year; and
annually thereafter, in February, the selectmen shall appoint
in the place of those whose terms are about to expire, an
equal number, each to serve for the term of tlu-ee years from
the following first day of March. A vacancy in the board of
trustees shall be filled by appointment by the selectmen for
the residue of the term. The term of office of any library
trustee in office at the time of the appointment of library
trustees under this section, shall tliereupon terminate.
Planning board,
appointment,
etc.
Planning Board.
Section 14. The selectmen shall in February of the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-one appoint a planning board
consisting of five persons, two of whom shall be appointed for
the term of three years, two for the term of two years, and
one for the term of one year; and annually thereafter the
selectmen shall in February appoint for the term of three
years one or two members of said board, accordingly as the
term of one or two members thereof is about to expire. A
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vacancy in the board shall be filled by appointment for the vacancies.
residue of the term.
Section 15. It shall be the duty of the planning board ^^^^'^- '^"*'««'
to keep itself informed of the progress of town planning in
this and other countries, to make studies and recommenda-
tions for the improvement of the plan of the town with a
view to the present and future movement of traffic, the gen-
eral convenience, amenity, health, recreation, and welfare,
and any needs of the town dependent on the town plan; to
consider and report upon the designs, and their relation to
the town plan, of all new public ways, lands, places, build-
ings, bridges and other public structures, and of additions to
and alterations in those already existing, and of the layout or
plotting of new subdi\asions of the town.
Section 16. All acts of the selectmen or of any other Submission
branch of the town government affecting the town plan may ti b°o^r/for"^
be submitted to the planning board for report and recom- '^'^p°^^' «t°-
mendations. The selectmen may at any time call upon the
board to report with recommendations. The board of its
own volition may also report to the selectmen, or to the
annual town meeting, on any matter which in its opinion
affects the plan of the town. Any matter referred by the
selectmen to the board shall be acted upon within such time
as may be designated by the selectmen in their order of
reference. The planning board shall submit to the selectmen
an annual report summarizing its acti\ities for the fiscal
year.
Constables.
Section 17. The selectmen shall annually in February, constables,
beginning with the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one, ^pj^'^'^^^t'
appoint two constables, each for the term of one year from
the following first day of March; and may, at any time, ap-
point so many additional constables as, in their opinion, may
be necessary, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the
selectmen.
Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Section 18. The selectmen shall, in February of the sini^ingfund
year nineteen hundred and twenty-one, appoint six sinking ap^Tntm°en7.^'
fund commissioners, two of whom shall be appointed for the ®*''-
term of one year, two for the term of two years and two for
the term of three years, from the first day of March in that
year; and annually thereafter in February the selectmen
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Vacancies.
shall appoint in the place of those whose terms are about to
expire, an equal number, each to serve for the term of three
years, from the following first day of March. The sinking
fund commissioners so appointed shall possess all the powers
and rights, and be subject to all the duties and liabilities
now or hereafter conferred or imposed by law upon sinking
fund commissioners of towns. A vacancy in the board shall
be filled by appointment for the residue of the term. The
term of office of the members of the board of sinking fund
commissioners whose term of office has not expired shall
terminate upon the appointment by the selectmen according
to the provisions of this section.
Town manager,
appointment,
Bond.
Town Manager, Appointment.
Section 19. The selectmen elected as pro\dded in sec-
tion two shall appoint, as soon as is practicable, a town man-
ager who shall be the administrative head of all departments
of the town government, the conduct of which is by the
general laws and by this act placed upon the selectmen,
except as othermse provided in this act. The town manager
shall be subject to the direction and superAnsion and shall
hold office at the will of the selectmen, and shall be a person
specially fitted by education, training or experience to per-
form the duties of his office. He may or may not, when ap-
pointed, be a resident of the town or state. He shall be
responsible for the efficient administration of all departments
within the scope of his duties. Before entering upon the
duties of his office, the town manager shall be sworn to the
faithful and impartial performance thereof by the chairman
of the selectmen, or by the town clerk and accountant, or
by a justice of the peace, and a certificate thereof shall be
filed with the town clerk. He shall execute a bond in favor
of the town for the faithful performance of his duties in such
sum and with such surety or sureties as may be fixed or ap-
proved by the selectmen.
Town manager,
powers, duties,
etc.
Powers and Duties.
Section 20. The powers and duties of the town manager
shall include the following:
(a) To organize, continue or discontinue, from time to
time, such divisions or departments not inconsistent with
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 586. 611
the provisions of this act, as may be determined by vote of Town manager,
,1 1 , powers, duties,
the selectmen. etc.
(b) To appoint upon merit and fitness alone and, except
as othermse provided herein, to remove all superintendents
or chiefs of the said departments and all subordinate officers,
police officers and employees therein, and to fix the salaries
and wages of all subordinates and employees, subject to the
pro\'isions of section sixteen of chapter seven hundred and
nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen. The
superintendents or chiefs of departments shall not be
removed by the town manager, except after five days*
notice in writing, which notice shall state the cause of the
removal.
(c) Except as otherwise pro\'ided herein, to exercise con-
trol of all departments or divisions now established, or that
may hereafter be established and made subject to his super-
\asion.
(d) To attend all regular meetings of the selectmen, and
to recommend to the selectmen for adoption such measures
requiring action by them or by the town as he may deem
necessary or expedient.
(e) To keep full and complete records of his office, and to
render as often as may be required by the selectmen a full
report of all operations during the period reported on; and
annually, or oftener if required by the selectmen, to make a
synopsis of all the reports for publication.
(/) To keep the selectmen fully ad\'ised as to the needs of
the town ^\dthin the scope of his duties, and to furnish the
selectmen on or before the thirty-first day of December of
each year a detailed list of the appropriations required during
the next ensuing fiscal year for the proper conduct of all de-
partments of the town under his control.
(g) To keep in repair all the town buildings, except school
buildings, which he shall repair only upon request in writing
of the school committee.
(h) To purchase all supplies and material for all depart-
ments of the town except the school department, for which
he shall purchase material and supplies upon request in
waiting of the school committee.
(i) To have control and super\ision of the police depart-
ment of the town, subject, however, to the direction of the
selectmen. The appointment and removal of the chief or
head of the police department shall not be subject to the
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^we"s?dutf^'; ^^^'^^ service laws of the commonwealth but shall be made in
et<=- accordance with the provisions of this act.
(j) To administer the poor relief of the town either
directly or through a person or persons appointed by him,
and under the superAdsion of the selectmen as overseers of
the poor.
(k) To administer the health regulations of the town as
established by by-laws, or made by the selectmen, in addi-
tion to those established by law, either directly or through a
person appointed by him, to be designated as the health
officer and to exercise, under the supervision of the selectmen,
the powers of a board of health.
(/) To perform such other duties as may be required of
him by the by-laws of the town or by vote of the selectmen.
Examination
of departments,
etc.
I Examination of Departments.
Section 21. The town manager may, without notice,
cause the affairs of any division or department under his
control or the conduct of any officer or employee thereof to
be examined. He shall have access to all town books and
papers for information necessary for the proper performance
of his duties.
Removal of
town manager
for cause, etc.
Toivn Manager inay he removed for Cause.
Section 22. The selectmen, by a majority vote, may
remove the town manager by filing a \\Titten statement Avith
the town clerk and accomitant setting forth in detail the
specific reasons for his removal, a copy of which statement
shall be delivered to the town manager. Such removal shall
not take effect until the expiration of five days from the filing
of the said statement with the town clerk and accountant;
but if it is so recited in the statement the town manager shall
be suspended from office forthwith. If the town manager so
requests \Aithin said five-day period, a public hearing shall
be given him by the selectmen, and in such event the re-
moval of the town manager shall not take effect until a
written decision following the hearing shall have been filed
with the town clerk and accountant. Such decision made
by a majority of the selectmen shall be final.
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Vacancy.
Section 23. Any vacancy in the office of town manager vacancy in
shall be filled forthwith by the selectmen. Pending the ap- town miMger.
pointment of a town manager or the filling of a vacancy, the
selectmen may appoint a person to perform temporarily the
duties of the office, who shall be sworn to the faithful per-
formance of his duties.
Holder of an Elective Office may be recalled.
Section 24. Any holder of an elective office may be re- Recall of
called therefrom by the qualified voters of the town as herein eiective'office.
provided.
Recall Petition, Preparation, Filing.
Section 25. Any qualified voter of the town may file Recall petition,
with the town clerk and accountant an affida%dt containing EifngTeti^'^'
the name of the officer sought to be recalled and a statement
of the grounds for recall. The town clerk and accountant
shall thereupon deliver to the voter making the affida%'it
copies of petition blanks demanding such recall, printed
forms of which he shall keep on hand. The blanks shall be
issued by the town clerk and accountant with his signature
and* official seal attached thereto. They shall be dated, shall
be addressed to the selectmen, and shall contain the name of
the person to whom they are issued, the name of the person
whose recall is sought, the grounds of recall as stated in the
affida\dt, and shall demand the election of a successor in the
said office. A copy of the petition shall be entered in a
record book to be kept in the office of the town clerk and
accountant. The recall petition shall be returned and filed
with the town clerk and accountant within twenty days
after the filing of the affida\at, and must also have been
signed by at least one hundred qualified voters of the town,
w^ho shall add to their signatures the street and number, if
any, of their residences. The recall petition shall be sub-
mitted, at or before five o'clock in the afternoon of the
Saturday preceding the day on which it must be filed, to the
registrars of voters in the town, and the registrars shall forth-
with certify thereon the number of signatures which are
names of voters of the town.
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Removal and
election.
Proviso.
Nomination
of candidates,
etc.
Order of
propositions
on ballot at
recall election.
Removal and Election.
Section 26. If the petition shall be found and certified
by the town clerk and accountant to be sufficient, he shall
submit the same with his certificate to the selectmen without
delay, and the selectmen shall forth^^^th give written notice
of the receipt of the certifi.cate to the officer sought to be re-
called, and shall, if the officer does not resign within five
days thereafter, thereupon order an election to be held on a
Tuesday fixed by them not less than twenty-five nor more
than thirty-five daj's after the date of the town clerk and
accountant's certificate that a sufficient petition is filed:
provided, however, that if any other town election is to occur
within sixty days after the date of the certificate, the select-
men may, in their discretion, postpone the holding of the re-
call election to the date of such other election. If a vacancy
occurs in said office after a recall election has been ordered,
the election shall nevertheless proceed as pro\'ided in this
section.
Nomination of Candidates.
Section 27. The question of recalling any number of
officers may be submitted at the same election. But as to
each officer whose recall is sought there shall be a separate
ballot. The nomination of candidates to succeed an officer
whose recall is sought, the publication of the warrant for
the recall election and the conduct of such election shall all
be in accordance with the provisions of law relating to elec-
tions.
Section 28. Ballots used in a recall election shall sub-
mit the follo^^^ng propositions in the order indicated:
For the recall of (name of officer)
Against the recall of (name of officer)
Immediately at the right of each proposition there shall be
a square in which the voter, by making a cross mark (X)
may vote for either of the said propositions. Under the
proposition shall appear the word "Candidates" and the
direction "Vote for one", and beneath this the names of
candidates nominated as hereinbefore provided. The ballots
used in a recall election shall be substantially in the following
form:
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615
RECALL ELECTION.
(Month and day of month and year.)
Form of
ballot.
FOR THE RECALL OF (name in full), .
AGAINST THE RECALL OF (name in full), .
CANDIDATES.
Vote for one.
(Name of candidate.)
Section 29. If a majority of the votes cast on the ques-
tion of recalling an officer shall be against his recall, he shall
continue in office but subject to recall as before. If a ma-
jority of such votes be for the recall of the officer designated
on the ballot, he shall, regardless of any defects in the recall
petition be deemed removed from office. When an officer is
recalled from office, the candidate to succeed the officer re-
called who received the highest vote shall be declared elected
to fill the unexpired term.
Section 30. If an officer in regard to whom a sufficient
recall petition is filed resigns within five days after notice
thereof, the election shall be held as hereinbefore provided,
except that the title of the ballot shall be "town election",
that the propositions in regard to the recall shall be omitted
from the ballot, and that above the names of the candidates
there shall appear on the ballot the words "Candidates to
succeed (name of officer), resigned."
Section 3L No recall petition shall be filed against an
officer within three months after he takes office, nor in the
case of an officer subjected to a recall election and not re-
called thereby, until at least three months after that election.
Officer to
continue in
office, when,
etc.
Effect of
resignation of
officer named
in recall
petition.
Time of filing
recall petition.
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Person recalled
not to be
appointed to
any town office
within two
years.
Term defined.
Person recalled not to be appointed to Any Town Office within
Two Years.
Section 32. No person who has been recalled from an
office, or who has resigned from office while recall proceed-
ings were pending against him, shall be appointed to any
town office within two years after such recall or such resig-
nation.
Term defined.
Section 33. The term "qualified voter" as used in this
act means a voter qualified by law to vote for candidates for
the offices pro\aded for by this act.
Salaries.
Certain town
officers not to
make contracts
with the town.
Penalties.
Salaries.
Section 34. The board of selectmen shall determine the
compensation of all officers appointed by them.
Certain Town Officers not to make Contracts with the Town.
Section 35. It shall be unlawful for any selectman, the
town manager, any member of the school committee, any
trustee of the public library, or any other elective or ap-
pointive official, except as otherwise pro\T[ded by law or in
this act, directly or indirectly to make a contract with the
town, or to receive any commission, discount, bonus, gift,
contribution or reward from, or any share in the profits of,
any person or corporation making or performing such a con-
tract, unless the ofiicial concerned, immediately upon learn-
ing of the existence of such contract, or that such a contract
is proposed, shall notify the selectmen in -^Titing of the con-
tract and of the nature of his interest therein and shall ab-
stain from doing any official act on behalf of the town in
reference thereto. In case such interest exists on the part
of an officer whose duty it is to make such a contract on be-
half of the town, the contract may be made by another
officer or person of the town, duly authorized thereto by vote
of the selectmen. Violation of any provision of this section
shall render the contract in respect to which such violation
occurs voidable at the option of the town. Any person
violating any provision of this section shall be punished by
a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprison-
ment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
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Submission of this Act.
Section 36. This act shall be submitted to the quahfied ^ybi^tted to
voters of the town of Mansfield at a special election called ^"^^[fi e^g^.
for that purpose by the selectmen. The town clerk and tion, etc.
accountant shall, not less than two weeks before said elec-
tion, transmit, by mail, to every registered voter in said
town a copy of this act. The vote shall be taken by offi-
cial ballot in answer to the following question: "Shall an
act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hun-
dred and twenty, entitled 'An Act to establish a town
manager form of government for the town of Mansfield',
be accepted?" which shall be printed on the official bal-
lot. If this act is accepted by a majority of the qualified
voters voting thereon, it shall take effect at the next annual
meeting which shall be held on the third Monday of January,
in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one, for all tilings
that pertain to that meeting, and shall take full effect upon
the election of the selectmen and other town officials on the
third Monday of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
as herein provided. Appointees of the officers and boards
abolished and consolidated by this act shall continue to draw
compensation at the same rate and to exercise like powers,
authority and jurisdiction as theretofore until other pro-
\ision is made.
Duties of Certain Town Oficials Relative to Election.
Section 37. It shall be the duty of the selectmen and Duties of
1 1 • m 1 /T> • 1 certain town
the town clerk m office and any other town official upon officials as to
whom by reason of his office a duty devolves by the pro-
visions of this act, when this act is accepted by the qualified
voters as herein provided, to comply with all the require-
ments of the act relating to elections, to the end that all
things may be done necessary for the nomination and elec-
tion of the officers first to be elected under this act.
By-laws and Rules.
Section 38. All laws, by-laws, rules and regulations in By-iaws.
force in the town of Mansfield when this act takes effect, not ^^®^' ^^'
inconsistent with its provisions, whether enacted by authority
of the town or any other authority, shall continue in full
force and effect until it is otherwise provided by law, by-
law, or vote.
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Revocation of
acceptance, etc.
When act
becomes void,
etc.
Revocation of Acceptance.
Section 39. At any time after the expiration of four
years, and within six years from the date on which this act
is accepted, and not less than ninety days before the date of
an annual meeting, a petition, signed by not less than fifteen
per cent of the registered voters of the town, may be filed
with the selectmen requesting that the question of revoking
the acceptance of this act be submitted to the voters. There-
upon the selectmen shall call a towTi meeting to be held at
a date not later than forty-five days after the filing of the
petition, but not between the first day of June and the first
Tuesday of September, both dates inclusive. At such meet-
ing, the vote shall be taken in answer to the following ques-
tion which shall be printed on the official ballot : — " Shall
the acceptance by the town of Mansfield of an act passed by
the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty,
entitled 'An Act to establish a town manager form of gov-
ernment for the town of Mansfield', be revoked?" If such
revocation is favored by a majority of the voters voting
thereon by ballot, the acceptance of this act shall be revoked
from and after the date of the annual town meeting next fol-
lowing such vote. The said revocation shall not affect any
contract then existing or any action at law or suit in equity
or other proceeding then pending. If the acceptance shall be
revoked, as aforesaid, this act shall become null and void,
and thereafter all general laws respecting town government
and town officers shall apply to the town of Mansfield; and
any special laws relative to said town wliich are repealed by
this act shall be re\ived by the revocation. By-laws in force
when the said revocation takes eifect, so far as they are con-
sistent with general laws respecting town government and
town officers and with the said special law^s, shall not be
affected thereby. Approved June 2, 1920.
Chap. 587 An Act to amend the law relative to the fees of
REGISTERS-OF DEEDS.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause
confusion and inconvenience in the fixing of fees for record-
ing legal dociunents in registries of deeds, therefore it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law^, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 588. 619
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section twenty-nine of chapter two hundred and four of ^c.^aminded.'
the Revised Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred
and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, by
chapter two hundred and seventy-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and ten, and by section one of chapter four
hundred and ninety-five of the acts of the present year, is
hereby further amended by striking out the clause which
reads as follows: — "For entering and filing a plan, of a size Fee to ae
not over four inches by nine and one half inches, one dollar; frregiLtner
for larger sizes, not less than two dollars", and substituting o^^^^'^^-
the following: — For entering and filing a plan, of a size not
over fourteen inches by nine and one half inches, one dollar;
for larger sizes, not less than two dollars.
Approved June 3, 1920.
An Act to authorize the department of public Qfidj) ^gg
HEALTH TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL LAND IN THE TOWN OF
LAKEVILLE.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause Emergency
substantial inconvenience to the commonwealth, therefore p'^^"^*^'®-
it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The department of public health, subject to Additional
the approval of the governor and council, may purchase, or icquired^fOT
take by right of eminent domain, in the name and in behalf stat^sanl-"^
of the commonwealth, the land, and any structures thereon, torium.
assessed to John Letcher, a parcel of not less than two acres,
which is situated in the town of Lakeville and adjoins or is
in the neighborhood of land of the commonwealth which is
used for the Lakeville state sanatorium.
Section 2. For the purpose of carrying out the pro- sum
visions of this act, the sum appropriated in item 198a of the ^'^*''^'''®-
general appropriation act, being chapter one hundred and
fifty-three of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, is hereby made available.
Section 3. Any taking by right of eminent domain here- Land taking,
under and the award or compensation therefor shall be made pensatSy
in the manner provided by law in respect to takings for high-
way purposes. Approved June 3, 1920.
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1917. 57(G), I 2,
etc., amended.
Essex county
may issue notes
to pay expense
of reconstruct-
ing floating
bridge over
Glenmere pond
in Lynn, etc.
CJiap. 5S9 An Act relative to the expense of reconstructing
FLOATING BRIDGE OVER GLENMERE POND IN THE CITY
OF LYNN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Chapter fifty-seven of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and seventeen, as amended by section two
of chapter two hundred and fifty-six of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby further amended
by striking out section two and substituting the following:
— Section 2. The cost and expenses of every nature in-
curred hereunder, including the cost of remo\ang the floating
bridge, so-called, shall in the first instance be paid by the
county of Essex, and for this purpose the county commis-
sioners may borrow on the credit of the county from time to
time such sums of money as may be necessary, and may
issue notes of the county therefor. The notes shall be
termed a temporary Essex county loan issued in anticipation
of moneys to be received from serial loans issued on the part
of the county and from funds to be received from the city
of Lynn as hereinafter proWded. The said notes may be
discounted and may be renewed from time to time until
such time as the serial loan or loans shall be issued by the
county and the said funds received from the city of L^^nn.
All money so borrowed shall be deposited in the county treas-
ury and the county treasurer shall pay out the same as
ordered by the county commissioners, and shall keep a
separate and accurate account of all sums so borrowed, in-
cluding interest.
For the purpose of paying the comity's ultimate share of
said cost, the county commissioners may issue from time to
time bonds or notes of the county to an amomit not exceed-
ing eighty-four thousand dollars. Such bonds or notes shall
bear on their face the words. County of Essex, Floating
Bridge Loan, Act of 1917, and shall be payable by such
annual payments, beginning not more than one year after
the date thereof as will extinguish each loan within ten years
from its date, and the annual pajmient of any loan in any
year shall not be less than the amount of the principal of the
loan payable in any subsequent year. The said bonds or
notes shall bear interest at such rates as the treasurer of
the county and the county commissioners may determine,
and shall be signed by the treasurer of the coimty and
County of
Essex, Floating
Bridge Loan,
Act of 1917.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 590. 621
countersigned by a majority of the comity commissioners.
The county may sell the said securities at public or private
sale upon such terms and conditions as the county commis-
sioners may deem proper, but not for less than their par
value, and the proceeds shall be applied to the pajTnent
of the temporary loan herein authorized.
Section 2. Said chapter fifty-seven, as amended by 1917, 57(G). §5,
section three of said chapter two hundred and fifty-six, is ® '^■' '*'°^"
hereby further amended by striking out section five and
substituting the following: — Section 5. The city of Lynn, city of
for the purpose of paying the amount assessed against it as bonds,"ltc/^^"*
its share of the cost of the reconstruction herein proAaded
for, may borrow, outside the statutory limit of indebtedness, ^
a sum not to exceed fifty-six thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor. Such bonds or notes shall be pay-
able in not more than ten years from the date of the first
bond or note, and in the manner set forth in section fourteen
of chapter seven hundred and nineteen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and thirteen. The bonds or notes shall bear
on their face the words, City of Lynn, Floating Bridge Loan, city of Lynn,
Act of 1917. The city may sell the said securities at public K! Acfof"*^"
or private sale upon such terms and conditions as may be ^^'^•
deemed proper, but not for less than their par value, and
the proceeds shall be paid into the county treasury to be
applied to the pa^onent of the temporary loans issued by the
county, as authorized by section two.
Section 3. The amounts herein authorized shall be in Amounts
addition to the amounts of the loans incurred and paid bv additional to"^^
the county of Essex prior to the first day of January, nine- ^°^"« i"«""«'^
teen himdred and twenty.
Section 4. The county commissioners of the countv of Construction
"n 111 I'll • p'Ti'i"" bridge to
Lssex shall proceed \\ith the construction of said bridge, as proceed,
provided by chapter fifty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and seventeen, and the amendments thereof, when-
ever, in their judgment, it vnW best serve the public interest.
Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 3, 1920.
An Act relative to the recovery of personal Qhnj. cqq
property held under a lien.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. If personal property exceeding twenty dol- Recovery
1 . 1 • 1 • 1 (1 i "^ , of personal
lars in value is detained from the owner, or person otherwise property held
■^ under a hen.
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Form of
judgment for
defendant.
Bond to the
defendant, etc.
When no bond
is required.
Costs in actions
of replevin.
entitled to its possession, under the claim of a lien, and the
contract under which the alleged claim arose did not specifi-
cally state in writing the aggregate amount of charges to ac-
crue for the ser\ices or materials to be furnished, the owner
or such other person may cause the said property to be re-
ple\aed in the manner and subject to the pro^'isions set forth
in section eight and the following sections of cliapter one
hundred and ninetj^ of the Re\'ised Laws, and amendments
thereof, except as is otherwise pro\ided herein, so far as the
same may be applicable.
Section 2. If the court finds that the defendant has a
lien on the property but that the defendant is not other^dse
entitled to possession of the property, judgment shall be
rendered for the defendant for the amount due mider the
contract, together with, or deducting, costs as determined
by the p^o^^sions of section three of this act. Upon pa;\'ment
of this amount to the defendant the bond pro%'ided for
herein shall be held satisfied, and shall be delivered up to
the plaintiff.
Section 3. Before the officer serA-ing the writ delivers
the goods to the plaintiff he shall take from the plaintiff, or
from a person acting in his behalf, a bond payable to the de-
fendant in such sum and with such surety or sureties as may
be satisfactory to the defendant, or as may be approved by
a justice of a police, district or municipal court, or a master
in chancery in the county where the action is brought. If
the sureties are to be so approved, the officer who serves the
writ shall give notice in "UTiting to the defendant or to the
person from whose custody the property has been taken,
stating the time and place of hearing thereon and the names
and residences of the proposed sureties, allowing not less
than one hour before the time appointed for the hearing and
at the rate of one hour additional for each mile of travel.
The amomit of the bond required shall not exceed twice the
sum for which a lien is claimed by the defendant. If the de-
fendant or his agent or attorney does not appear in person,
and does not state in WTiting the amount of his claim, no
bond shall be required.
Section 4. In actions of reple\'in brought under section
one, costs shall be taxed against the plaintiff in cases where
the court decides that the claim of the defendant for which
he asserted a lien was no greater than the amount due under
the contract. In all other cases costs shall be taxed against
the defendant.
Acts, 1920. —Chap. 591. 623
Section 5. The lien of a bailee of personal property ex- Termination of
ceeding twenty dollars in value to secure a claim for which tondTetc!"^
he has a lien, shall terminate upon tender by the bailor or
upon his behalf, or by any other person otherwase ha\'ing the
right of possession, of a bond in a penal sum equal to tA\dce
the amount of the lien, signed by a surety company qualified
to act in this commonwealth, or by sureties approved by a
justice of a police, district or municipal court or a master in
chancery in the county where the property is held and con-
ditioned upon pajnnent to the bailee of any judgment on
said claim.
Section 6. In any suit to reple\y personal property ex- wiien bond
ceeding twenty dollars in value held to secure payment of a etc. ^^*'^ ^'
claim described in section five, a bond as described in said
section shall satisfy the requirements of section nine of chap-
ter one hundred and ninety of the Revised Laws, and of sec-
tion three of this act.
Section 7. As against a conditional vendor or lessor, or when lien
person claiming under him, the lien of a bailee of the vendee 1^ " ^""^^^^ '
or lessee or person claiming under him on property exceeding
twenty dollars in value, for consideration furnished, without
actual notice of the conditional sale or lease, shall prevail,
provided that the property was delivered to the bailee prior Proviso,
to the breach of any condition of the sale or lease.
Approved June 3, 1920.
An Act to make certain substantive changes in and QjiQ^rt 591
ADDITIONS TO THE LAWS RELATING TO TOWNS.
Be it enacted^ etc., as follows:
POSTING TOWN WARRANTS.
Section 1. Section three hundred and ninety-four of eta.'am^ended.'
chapter eight himdred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and thirteen, as amended by section one of chapter
two hmidred and twenty-one of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and seventeen, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out the said section, and substituting the f olloAnng : —
Section 394- Every town meeting, except as hereinafter pro- Town
vided, shall be called in pursuance of a warrant, under the bHaiL^d by
hands of the selectmen, notice of which shall be given at warrants, etc.
least seven days before said meeting. The warrant shall be
directed to the constables or to some other persons, who shall
forthwith give notice of such meeting in the manner pre-
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Contents of
warrants.
Certain actions
not valid.
Warrants
may include
two or more
meetings.
scribed by the by-laws, or, if there are no by-laws, by a vote
of the town. The warrant for all town meetings shall state
the time and place of holding the meeting and the subjects
to be acted upon thereat. The selectmen shall insert in the
warrant for the annual meeting all subjects, the insertion of
which shall be requested of them m WT-iting by ten or more
registered voters of the town. The selectmen shall insert in
the warrant for every special town meeting all subjects, the
insertion of which shall be requested of them in writing by
one hundred registered voters or by ten per cent of the total
number of registered voters of the town. No action shall be
valid imless the subject-matter thereof is contained in the
warrant. Two or more distinct town meetings for distinct
purposes may be called by the same warrant.
R. L. 167, § 28,
etc., amended.
Service of
process upon
certain corpo-
rations, etc.
Rei>eal.
SERVICE OF PROCESS.
Section 2. Section twenty-eight of chapter one hundred
and sixty-seven of the Re\dsed Laws, as amended by chapter
two hmidred and one of tlie acts of nineteen hundred and
six, is hereby further amended by striking out the said sec-
tion and substituting the follomng : — Section 28. The writ
in an action against a county, city, town, parish or religious
society, or against proprietors of wharves, general fields or
real estate King in common, shall be served by leaAing, not
less than thirty days before the return day, an attested copy
of the summons, and when summoned as trustees, by lea\ang
a copy of the WTit at least seven days before the return
day, with the treasurer thereof, and if no treasurer is found,
with one of the county commissioners, the city clerk or one
of the aldermen, the town clerk or one of the selectmen,
with one of the assessors or standing committees of parishes
or religious societies, or with one of said proprietors, respec-
tively, and if there are no such officers the copy shall be left
with one of the inhabitants of the county, city or tow'n, or
with one of the members of the corporation. Section thirty-
five of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven of the Re^ised
Law^s, as amended by chapter three hundred and nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby repealed.
R. L. 25, 5 23,
etc., amended.
PROSECUTION FOR VIOLATION OF BY-LAWS.
Section 3. Section twenty-three of chapter twenty-five
of the Revised Laws, as amended by section three of chapter
two hundred and ninety-one of the General Acts of nineteen
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 591. 625
hundred and eighteen, is hereby further amended by insert-
ing after the word "recovered", in the seventh hne, the
words: — by indictment or, — so that the first paragraph of
the said section will read as follows: — Section 23. Towns Towns may
may, for the purposes hereinafter named, make such orders "tc.''^ ^y-iaws,
and by-laws, not repugnant to law, as they may judge most
conducive to their welfare, which shall be binding upon all
the inhabitants thereof and upon all persons coming within
their limits. They may, except as hereinafter pro\'ided, affix Prosecution
penalties for breaches thereof not exceeding twenty dollars ^o^ ^'"'at'ons-
for one offence, which may be recovered by indictment or on
complaint before a police, district or municipal court or a
trial justice, and shall inure to the town or to such uses as it
may direct.
COPY OF RULES, ETC., TO BE FILED WITH TOWTST CLERK.
Section 4. A copy of all rules or regulations made by copy of
town boards or ofiicers for which a penalty is pro^dded by b^a'ed with
law shall be filed with the town clerk within ten days after ^"^^ ''^^'■*'-
they take effect.
FEES OF TOWTSr OFFICERS.
Section 5. Section twenty-three of chapter twenty-five r. l. 25, § 23,
of the Revised Laws, as amended by section three of chapter ^**'" ^"^®°'^®'^-
two himdred and ninety-one of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and eighteen, is hereby further amended by adding
at the end thereof the f olloudng new paragraph : — For re- By-iaws reia-
quiring all town officers to pay all fees received by them by town officers"/
\irtue of their office into the town treasury, or to report the
amount thereof from time to time to the selectmen, who shall
publish the same in the annual town report.
duties of town TREASURER.
Section 6. Section seventy-two of said chapter twenty- r. l. 25, § 72.
five is hereby amended by inserting^ after the word "thereof", ^'"^°^®^-
in the sixth line, the words: — No other person shall pay any
bill of any department, — so as to read as follows: — Sec- Duties of
tixm 72. The town treasurer shall give bond for the faith- town treasurer.
ful performance of his duties in a sum and with sureties
approved by the selectmen, shall receive and take charge of
all money belonging to the town, and shall pay over and
account for the same according to the order of the town or
of the authorized officers thereof. No other person shall pay
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any bill of any department. He shall have the authority
given to an auditor by section eighty and shall annually
render a true account of all his receipts and disbursements,
and a report of his official acts.
DEPARTMENTAL RECEIPTS.
^let^^tThf Section 7. All moneys received by any town officer or
t'r*ialu?*^°etT'^ department, except as otherwise provided by special acts
and except fees pro^dded for by statute, shall be paid by
such officer or department upon their receipt into the town
treasury. Any sums so paid into the town treasury shall
not later be used by such officer or department without a
specific appropriation thereof.
R. L. 25, § 95,
amended.
Salary of
town officers,
etc.
SALARY OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS.
Section 8. Section ninety-five of chapter twenty-five of
the Re\dsed Laws is hereby amended by striking out the
said section and substituting the following : — Section 95.
The salary and compensation of all elected officers of a town
shall be fixed by vote of the town. All boards or depart-
ments shall fix the salary or compensation of all officers or
employees appointed or employed by them, subject to the
pro\dsions of section sixteen of chapter seven hundred and
nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen.
R. L. 25, § 24,
amended.
Regulation of
vehicles by
cities and
towns, etc.
License fee.
Rules to be
published.
REGULATION OF VEHICLES.
Section 9. Section twenty-four of said chapter twenty-
five is hereby amended by striking out the words "one
week", in the eighth line, and substituting the word: —
once, — so as to read as follows : — Section 24- A city or
town may make ordinances or by-laws, or the mayor and
aldermen or the selectmen may make rules and orders, for
the regulation of carriages and vehicles used therein, however
propelled, with penalties for the \aolation thereof not ex-
ceeding twenty dollars for one offence; and may annually
receive one dollar for each license granted to a person to set
up and use any carriage or vehicle therein. Such rules shall
not take effect until they have been published at least once
in a newspaper published in the city, town or county.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 591. 627
EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 10. Section five of chapter seven hundred and etc!'Zmended.
nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, as
amended by chapter tliree hundred and seventeen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, and by chapter one
hundred and eleven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and sixteen, is hereby further amended by inserting after
clause (15) a new clause to be numbered (16) as follows: — Emergency
(16) For such other emergency appropriations as shall be by'^cMeTamf^
approved by a board to be composed of the attorney-general, *°^°^-
the director of accounts of the department of corporations
and taxation and the treasiu-er and receiver-general, one year.
use of public buildings.
Section 11. Section thirteen of chapter twenty-five of ^c.^'amended. "
the Revised Laws, as affected by section one of chapter two
hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
seven, and by chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby
amended by striking out the said section and substituting
the following: — Section 13. A town may hold real estate Towns may
for the public use of the inhabitants and may convey the lease, etc^^'
same by a deed of its selectmen thereto duly authorized, or p™!^''*^' ^*<'-
by a deed of a committee or agent thereto duly authorized;
may by its selectmen let or lease for not more than five
years, on such terms as the selectmen determine, a public
building or part thereof, except schoolhouses in actual use as
such; may hold personal estate for the public use of the
inhabitants, and alienate and dispose of the same; may
hold real and personal estate in trust for the support of
schools, and for the promotion of education, within the
limits of the town; may receive, hold and manage any de-
vise, bequest or gift for the establishment or maintenance of
any reading room for which it may grant money under the
provisions of section fifteen ; and may make such orders as it
may deem necessary or expedient for the disposal or use of
its corporate property. All real estate or personal property Selectmen to
of the town, not by law or by vote of the town placed in the pro^rty?'^^'*
charge of any particular board, officer or department, shall
be under the control of the selectmen, except as is otherwise
provided in chapter two hundred and fifty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty.
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R. L. 25, §
amended.
Half holidays
for certain town
employees.
HLILF HOLroAYS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.
Section 12. Said chapter twenty-five is hereby amended
by striking out section ninety-nine and substituting the fol-
lowing:— Section 99. The selectmen, upon the recommen-
dation in writing of the head of any town department, may
provide that the employees of such department in the town,
including laborers, mechanics and all other classes of work-
men employed by the town, shall be allowed one half holiday
in each week without loss of pay during such part of the year
as the selectmen determine.
REQUISITION OF POLICE.
R. L. 26, § 20,
amended.
other places,
upon requisi-
tion, etc.
Section 13. Chapter twenty-six of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section twenty and sub-
Pojiceof stituting the following: — Section 20. The mavor of a city
cities and towns iij. e ±^ ,^ •" • i- Cii
may servo in auci sclectmcn oi a town may, upon the requisition oi the
mayor and aldermen of another city or the selectmen of
another town, pro\ide police officers who shall have the au-
thority of constables and police officers ■v\dthin the limits of
such city and town, ^cept as to the ser\ice of ci\il process;
and the city or town pro\'iding such officers shall be entitled
to receive from the city or town to which they are furnished
the amount paid to them by said city or town for their
services, including their necessary traveUing expenses.
R. L. 26, § 21,
etc., amended.
Towns, etc.,
may indemnify
police officers
and firemen
for damages
sustained, etc.
towt^s may indemnify police officers.
Section 14. Section twenty-one of said chapter twenty-
six, as amended by chapter two hundred and sixty-one of the
acts of nineteen hundred apd ten, is hereby further amended
by striking out the said section and substituting the follow-
ing:— Section 21. A city, town, fire or water district may
indemnify a police officer, fireman or a member of the fire
department or a person required to assist a police officer in
the discharge of his duties, to an amount not more than the
amount recommended by the board or officer authorized to
appoint police officers, firemen or members of the fire depart-
ment of such city, town or district for expenses or damages
hitherto or hereafter sustained by him while acting as a
police officer, fireman or member of the fire department or
as such assistant, or which were incurred by him in the de-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 591. 629
fence or settlement of an action brought against him for acts
done by him while so acting; and, if he be dead, such ex-
penses or damages shall be payable to his widow, or, if he
leaves no widow, then to his next of kin who, at the time of
his death, were dependent upon his wages for support.
TERM OF OFFICE OF TOWN CLERK.
Section 15. Section four hundred and fourteen of chap- 1913, gss, § 414,
ter eight hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hun- ^.mended.
dred and thirteen is hereby amended by striking out the said
section and substituting the following: — Section LIL. A 'r°,^V'®''^''f
1 • 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 '1 1 oath, term of
person who is elected town clerk shall be sworn either by office, etc.
the moderator or by a justice of the peace, and shall enter
upon the performance of his duties on the seventh day suc-
ceeding his election or as soon thereafter as he is qualified
and shall hold office during the term fixed by law, which
shall begin on the seventh day succeeding his election, and
until another person is chosen and qualified in his stead.
Every other town officer designated by name in section four other town
hundred, unless other provision is specifically made by law, ofoffice,*e™^
shall enter upon the performance of his duties on the day
after his election, or as soon thereafter as he is qualified, and
shall hold office during the term fixed by law, which shall
begin on the day after the annual meeting, and until another
person is chosen and qualified in his stead.
TOWN CLERK TO FURNISH CERTAIN DATA.
Section 16. Town clerks shall immediately after every Town clerks to
annual election of town officers, transmit to the secretary of tow"n?fficers! °^
the commonwealth, on blanks to be furnished by him, a com- ofthl°com-*'''^
plete list of all town officers elected and qualified, and shall monweaith.
promptly report to the secretary any changes in said officers.
HEALTH REGULATIONS.
Section 17. Town boards of health may make reasonable Health regu-
health regulations which shall be published once in a news- lowM^pubii-
paper if one is published in the town, otherwise in a newspaper '=^*i°'^- ®t<=-
published in the county. All regulations made hereunder Attorney-
which pro^dde a penalty for violation thereof shall, before Ippro^^penai
taking effect, be approved by the attorney-general. regulations.
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R. L. 122,
amended.
Inspector of
wires in cities
and towns,
appointment,
duties, etc.
INSPECTOR OF WIRES.
Section 18. Chapter one hundred and twenty-two of
the Revised Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
eighteen and substituting the follo\\'ing: — Section 18. A
city shall, by ordinance, designate or provide for the ap-
pointment of an inspector of wires, and any town may pro-
vide by vote or b}^ by-law for the appointment by its select-
men of such an inspector. Such inspector shall super\ise
every wire over or under streets or buildings in such city or
town and every wire withm a building which is designated
to carry an electric light, heat or power current; shall
notify the person or corporation owning or operating any
such wire whenever its attaclmients, insulation, supports or
appliances are improper or unsafe, or whenever the tags or
marks thereof are insufficient or illegible; shall, at the ex-
pense of the city or town, remove every wire the use of which
has been abandoned and every wire which is not tagged or
marked as hereinbefore required; and shall see that all laws
and regulations relative to wires are strictly enforced. A
city or town may recover in an action of contract of the
person or corporation owning any wire so removed the ex-
pense which it has incurred for the removal thereof.
R. L. 78, § 21,
etc., amended.
Cemetery
commissioners
in towns,
election, terms
of office, etc.
cemetery commissioners.
Section 19. Section twenty-one of chapter seventy-eight
of the Revised Laws, as amended by chapter seven of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby
further amended by striking out the said section and substi-
tuting the follo\^dng: — Section 21. A town which accepts
the provisions of this and the four following sections, or has
accepted the corresponding provisions of earlier laws, may,
at any town meeting, elect by ballot a board of cemetery
commissioners consisting of three persons. If such board is
first chosen at a meeting other than an annual town meet-
ing, one member shall be elected for one year from the day
following that fixed for the last preceding annual town meet-
ing, one member for two years, and one member for three
years from said day; and annually thereafter one member
shall, at the annual town meeting, be elected by ballot for a
term of tliree years. Such boards shall choose a chairman,
and a clerk who may be a member of the board.
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HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS.
Section 20. Section fifteen of chapter sixty-five of the r. l. es, § is.
Re\'ised Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and ^**^ ' '*'»^°^^'^-
seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and five, by
chapter three hundred and forty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and six, by chapter forty-eight and section tlu-ee of
chapter two hundred and forty-two of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and sixteen, and by section two hundred
and sixty-one of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out the said section and substi-
tuting the folloT^ing: — Section 15. Hawkers and peddlers Hawkers and
may sell wdthout a license books, newspapers, pamphlets, ^eii certain ""^
fuel, pro\isions, yeast, ice, live animals, brooms, agricultural \{^l^^_ without
implements, hand tools used in making boots and shoes, gas
or electric fixtures and appliances, flowering plants, flowers,
fruits, nuts and berries that are uncultivated. The mayor cities and
and aldermen or selectmen may by regulations not incon- materTg^u-
sistent wdth the pro\'isions of this chapter regulate the sale '^*'°'^^' ^*^-
or barter and the carrying for sale or barter or exposing there-
for, by hawkers and peddlers, of said articles ^^'ithout the
payment of any fee; and may in like manner require hawkers Licensing
and peddlers of fish, fruit and vegetables to be licensed filhllidTim
except as other'^'ise pro^dded, and may make regulations gov- products.
erning the same, pro^•ided that the license fee does not exceed proviso.
that prescribed by section nineteen of this chapter, and acts
and amendments thereof and in addition thereto, for a license
embracing the same territorial limits; and also may in like Penalties,
mamier affix penalties for the \'iolations of such regulations
not to exceed the sum of twenty dollars for each such ^'iola-
tion. A hawker and peddler of fish, fruit and vegetables
licensed under this section need not be licensed under section
nineteen and amendments.
Section 21. The pro\'isions of chapter sixty-five of the Certain pro-
Revised Laws and acts in amendment thereof and in addi- reiatmg'to^'^
tion thereto relating to hawkers and peddlers shall not apply ors"^hlwkers°'^'
to wholesalers or jobbers ha^'ing a permanent place of busi- n"tto^appTy
ness in this commonwealth and selhng to dealers only, nor in certain cases.
to commercial agents or other persons selling by sample,
lists, catalogues or otherwise for future delivers', nor to any
person who peddles only fish obtained by his labor or that of
his family, fruits, vegetables or other farm products raised or
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produced by himself or his family, nor to persons or organiza-
tions selling certain articles for charitable purposes under
chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and sixteen.
Police
departments
in towns,
establishment,
appointment
of police oiE-
cers, etc.
Powers of
chief of police.
Duties,
etc., of chief
and other
police officers.
Regulations
governing
police depart-
ments.
Terms of office
of police officers
within civil
service not
affected, etc.
POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
Section 22. In all towns which accept the pro\dsions of
this and the following four sections there shall be established
a police department under the direction of the board of
selectmen, who shall appoint a chief of police and such other
police officers as they may deem necessary, and who shall
fix the compensation of the chief and of all such police
officers not to exceed in the aggregate the amount annually
appropriated therefor.
Section 23. The chief of police shall be in immediate
control of all town property used by the department, and
of the police officers, who shall obey his orders.
Section 24. The chief and other police officers shall sup-
press and prevent all disturbances and disorder. During the
night time they may examine all persons abroad whom they
have reason to suspect of unlawful design, and may demand
of them their business abroad and whither they are going;
may disperse any assembly of three or more persons, and
may enter any building to suppress a riot or breach of peace
therein. Persons so suspected who do not gi^'e a satisfactory
account of themselves, persons so assembled and who do not
disperse when ordered, and persons making, aiding and
abetting in a riot or disturbance, may be arrested by the
police, and may thereafter be safely kept by imprisonment
or other\\dse unless released under the manner proA^ded by
law, and taken before a police, district or municipal court or
trial justice to be examined and prosecuted. They shall have
all the powers and duties of constables except ser\ing and
executing ci\dl processes.
Section 25. The selectmen may make suitable regula-
tions governing the police department and the officers
thereof.
Section 26. In towns which have accepted the pro-
visions of chapter nineteen of the Re\dsed Laws relative to
police officers, the provisions of the preceding four sections
shall not affect the terms of office of any such officers. In
towns which have not accepted the provisions of said chapter
nineteen police officers including the chief may be removed
at the pleasure of the selectmen.
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EELATIVE TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
Section 27. Towns accepting the pro\'isions of this and ^entsXtowna
the folIo\\dng two sections are hereby authorized to establish establishment,'
a fire department to be under the control of an officer to be
known as the cliief of the fire department. The chief shall de^partment,
be appointed by the selectmen, and shall receive such salary ^^rg^dutiL's
as the selectmen may from time to time determine, not ex- etc.
ceeding in the aggregate the amount annually appropriated
therefor. He may be removed for cause by the selectmen at
any time after a hearing. He shall have charge of extinguish-
ing fires in the town and the protection of life and property
in case of fire. He shall purchase subject to the approval of
the selectmen and keep in repair all property and apparatus
used for and by the fire department. He shall have and
exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties conferred
or imposed by statute upon engineers in towns except as
herein pro^^ded and shall appoint a deputy chief and such
officers and firemen as he may think necessary and may re-
move the same at any time for cause and after a hearing.
He shall have full and absolute authority in the adminis-
tration of the department, shall make all rules and regula-
tions for its operation, shall report to the selectmen from
time to time as they may require, and shall annually report
to the town the condition of the department with the recom-
mendations thereon; he shall fix the compensation of the
permanent and call members of the fire department subject
to the approval of the selectmen. In the expenditure of
money the chief shall be subject to such further limitations
as the town maj' from time to time prescribe.
Section 28. The chief of the fire department shall act Chief of fire
as forest warden in all towns which accept the pro\'isions of to act as
these sections, and shall have authority to appoint deputy °'^^^ ^'^ ^°'
wardens and fijc their compensation subject to the approval
of the selectmen.
Section 29. The provisions of the two preceding sections Tenure of office
shall not affect the tenure of office nor apply to the removal withiTdvii
of permanent and call members of fire departments in towns |§'ected?etc.
which accepted the civil service laws and rules relative
thereto.
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Towns may
establish
purchasing
departments,
etc.
RELATIVE TO PURCHASING DEPARTMENTS IN TO"^TSrS.
Section 30. Any town may, upon accepting the pro-
visions of this section, establish a purchasing department
therein, to consist of a purchasing agent and such assistants
as the selectmen may from time to time determine. The
selectmen shall appoint and may remove the agent and
assistants. The purchasing agent shall purchase all supplies
for the town and for every department thereof except in
case of emergency. All purchases or contracts for purchases
exceeding one hundred dollars in amount shall be based upon
competition. A record shall be kept by the department of
the prices paid for the supplies, and shall be open to the in-
spection of any citizen.
Assessors in
towns, ap-
pointment.
Powers, duties,
terms of office,
etc.
RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENT OF ASSESSORS IN TOWTSTS.
Section 31. The board of selectmen in towns accepting
the provisions of this and the following section shall appoint
suitable persons, citizens of the town, to act as assessors and
assistant assessors in such town.
Section 32. Such persons upon their appointment and
qualification shall act as assessors and assistant assessors in
such town, and shall have all the powers, duties and obliga-
tions as pro\aded by law, and upon their appointment and
qualification the term of existing assessors or assistant asses-
sors of such town shall terminate; assessors and assistant
assessors appointed imder the pro\isions of the preceding
section shall be appointed for the term of not more than
three years, and may be removed by the selectmen at any
time for cause after a hearmg.
1913, 835, § 400,
etc., amended.
Annual town
meeting,
officers to
be elected.
RELATIVE TO THE ELECTION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Section 33. Section four hundred of chapter eight hun-
dred and tliirty-five of the acts of nineteen hmidred and
thirteen, as amended by section twenty-six of chapter two
hundred and ninety-one of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, is hereby further amended by striking
out the said section and substituting the following : — Sec-
tion JfiO. Every town at its annual meeting shall in every
year when the term of office of any incumbent expires, and
except as is otherwise pro\ided by law, choose by ballot
from its inhabitants thereof the following-named town officers
and for the following terms of office: —
missioners.
commissioners.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 591. 635
A town clerk for the term of one or more years. Town clerk.
A town treasurer for the term of one year. Town treasurer.
One or more collectors of taxes for the term of one year, Collectors of
unless the town votes to authorize its treasurer so to act or
otherwise votes.
Three or five selectmen for the term of one or three selectmen.
years.
Three or five assessors for the term of three years. Assessors.
Three or five overseers of the poor for the term of one or overseers of
three years, unless the town votes to authorize its selectmen " '^^^'
so to act.
One or tln^ee auditors for the term of one year, unless a Auditors.
town accountant is appointed.
One or more highway surveyors for the term of one or Highway
,1 surveyors or
tlu-ee years; or — ■ roadcom-
A road commissioner for the term of one year; or —
Three road commissioners for terms of three years, as the
town may vote.
A sewer commissioner for the term of one year; or — sewer
Three sewer commissioners for the terms of three years if
the town has provided for such officers, unless the town by
vote authorizes its road commissioners so to act.
A tree warden for the term of one year. Tree warden.
One or more constables, unless the town by vote provides Constables.
for their appointment.
Three, or a nimiber di\'isible by tliree not to exceed fifteen. School
members of the school committee for terms of tliree years. committee.
Three or more assistant assessors, if the town so votes, for Assistant
the term of three years. ^''''^''•
Three members of the board of health for the term of h°a^,t'^°^
three years if the town provides such board, otherwise the
selectmen shall act.
All other town officers shall be appointed by the selectmen other officers
unless otherwise provided by law or by vote of the town. ^^inted
In any case where tliree or more members of a board are ""less, etc.
, T 1 , 1 (. , n .^ 1 What number
to be elected for terms of more than one year, as nearly one to be elected
third as may be shall be elected annually. ^"""^ ^'
If a town fails or neglects to elect any of the aforesaid ^'^^^""^jj'i*
officers at its annual town meeting, an election at a subse- meetings, etc.
quent meeting shall be valid. ^Vliere the town elects a new Termination
board or officer to perform the duties of an existing board or boards?efc.
officer, the office of such existing board or officer shall termi-
nate upon the election and qualification of the new board or
officer. Where official ballots are used, the establishment of
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Establishment
of new
boards, etc.
Increase or
diminution in
number of
members of
boards, how
made, when to
take effect,
etc.
Vote when
board is re-
duced to
single officer.
Proviso.
Selectmen
to .act as
overseers of
the poor.
Women
eligible for
certain offices.
1913, 835, § 40S,
amended.
Assessors,
except in Bos-
ton, election,
terms of office,
etc.
a new board or office, or the fixing of the term of office of
town officers where such term is optional or the increasing
or reducing of the number of a board shall be determined at
a meeting held at least thirty days before the annual meet-
ing. In towns not using official ballots the matter may be
determined by vote at the annual meeting. Such vote shall
continue in effect imtil rescinded. If a town votes to increase
the number of members of any board, such increase shall be
made by adding one or more to each class to hold office
according to the tenure of the class to which they are severally
chosen, as will within three years effect it, and such vote to
increase shall remam in force until the increase under it is
accomplished. If a town votes to diminish the number of
members of any board, such diminution shall be made by
choosing annually such number as will within three years
effect it, and a vote to diminish shall remain in force until
the diminution under it is accomplished. If a town votes to
reduce a board of tlu-ee members to a single officer, such vote
shall take effect at the following amiual town meeting, and
upon the election and qualification of such official the term
of said board shall terminate: provided, however y that in
towns wiiere official ballots are used, unless the vote thus
passed is more than thirty days prior to the annual town
meeting, it shall not take effect until the succeeding annual
towm meeting.
A town w^hich chooses its overseers of the poor for one
year may, instead of electing such ofiicers, pro^ide by vote
that the selectmen shall act also as overseers of the poor.
Such vote shall, in any town using official ballots, be passed
at a meeting held at least thirty days before the annual
meeting at w^hich such selectmen are to be chosen, and there-
after the selectmen shall continue to act as overseers of the
poor mitil the town rescinds such action by a vote passed at
a meeting held at least thirty days before ^he annual meeting.
Women shall be ehgible as overseers of the poor, members
of the school committee and library trustees.
Section 34. Section four hundred and eight of chapter
eight hundred and thirtj-five of the acts of nineteen himdred
and thirteen is hereby amended by striking out the said
section and substituting the following : — Section JfiS. Each
assessor in every city or tow'n of the commonwealth, except
in the city of Boston, shall be elected or appointed to hold
office for the term of three years, or until his successor is
duly elected or appointed.
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There shall be three, five, seven or nine assessors in each Number
city, and as nearly one third of the number as may be shall citrM.""^"'^^ '"
be elected or appointed annually.
Section 35. Sections four hundred and one to four hun- Repeals.
dred and seven, inclusive, section four hundred and eleven,
and section four hundred and twenty-five of chapter eight
hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hmidred and
tliirteen, and amendments thereof, are hereby repealed.
RELATIVE TO THE POWERS OF SELECTMEN.
Section 36. A town at any annual meeting in the Towns may
manner provided in section forty-six may vote by ballot to soioctmerfact as
have its selectmen act as any one or all of the following or officera?etc^
boards or officers : — water and sewer board, water com-
missioners, sewer commissioners, park commissioners, board
of health, assessors, or overseers of the poor or however
otherA\ise said officers or boards are described by general or
special laws and including such of said boards as may have
been consolidated heretofore. The town may in like manner May vote to
vote to have its selectmen appoint cemetery commissioners, appoint ter'"'"^
a board of assessors, a superintendent of streets, a chief of and officers,
the police and fire departments or a tree warden. Upon such !,**'■
vote, the town shall, at the next annual meeting, provide for of selectmen
the election of its selectmen for the term of three years in the
manner provided in section thirty-three, unless the selectmen
in such town are then elected for tliree-year terms.
Section 37. If the town votes to have its selectmen ap- Assessors, when
point a board of assessors, the selectmen shall thereupon ap- sliMtmen, ^
point tlu-ee or five suitable persons as assessors and may powers^eto.
appoint one or more assistant assessors, who subject to the
supervision of the selectmen shall act as assessors and assist-
ant assessors of the town and shall have all necessary powers
therefor.
Section 38. If the town votes to have its selectmen act inspector of
as a board of health, the selectmen may appoint an inspector pointed by
of health who shall assist the selectmen in the performance ^® ^''*'^^^-
of their duties as such board.
Section 39. If the town votes to have its selectmen act Superintond-
« , 1 J.1 1 1 • j_ • ent of the
as overseers or the poor, the board may appomt a superin- poor, appoint-
tendent of the poor, who shall assist the selectmen in the ™®°*' ^^'^'
performance of their duties as such overseers.
Section 40. If the town votes to have its 'selectmen act Superintend-
, 1 1 i • • ont of water
as water and sewer boards, water commissioners or sewer or sewer
commissioners the selectmen may appoint a suitable person ap^inTment,
etc.
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Chief of
police and fire
departments,
designated as
commissioner of
public safety,
appointment,
powers, etc.
Powers of
deputy chiefs
of fire
departments.
Tree warden,
appointment.
Cemetery com-
missioners,
appointment,
powers, duties,
etc.
Appointive
officers, salary,
filling of va-
cancies, terms
of office, etc.
Towns may
rescind votes
relative to
selectmen
acting as or
appointing
certain boards
or officers, etc.
to act as superintendent of the water or sewer department or
designate the superintendent of streets so to act if the town
has voted to have its selectmen appoint such officer, and
who, subject to the control of the selectmen, shall have all
necessary powers therefor.
Section 41. If the town so votes the selectmen shall ap-
point a suitable person as chief of the police and fire depart-
ments who may be designated as commissioner of public
safety. He shall have authority, subject to the approval of
the selectmen, to appoint a deputy as chief of the police and
one or more deputy chiefs of the fire department. He shall
have all the authority of constables and police officers in
towns and also the powers and duties of fire engineers, and,
subject to the approval of the selectmen, shall fix the com-
pensation of police ofiicers and permanent and call members
of the fire department. Such compensation shall not exceed,
however, in the aggregate the amount appropriated therefor
by the town. The deputy chiefs of the fire department shall
under him have the powers of fire engineers relative to the
extinguishing of fires in the town and the protection of life
and propert}' in case of fire.
Section 42. If the town so votes the selectmen shall ap-
point a tree warden.
Section 43. If the town so votes the selectmen shall ap-
point a board of cemetery commissioners to consist of three
members, to be appointed for the term of tlu-ee years. The
commissioners shall, under the superAision and control of
the selectmen, maintain the public cemetery in the town,
and shall AATith the approval of the selectmen, appoint such
employees as are necessary to maintain such cemeteries.
Section 44. Officers appointed mider sections thirty-six
to forty-three shall receive such salary as the selectmen may
determine, subject to the appropriation of the town therefor
and any vacancies existing m any of said offices, under the
super\'ision and control of the selectmen, shall be filled in
the manner of an original appointment. All persons ap-
pointed by the selectmen under the pro^'isions of said sections
shall hold office until removed by the selectmen.
Section 45. Aiiy town may, after a vote under the pro-
Adsions of sections thirty-six to forty-seven has been in effect
therein for a period of not less than three years, by a vote
at a meeting held at least thirty days before the annual
to^vTi meeting, rescind such action in whole or in part, and
thereupon said town shall, at the next town meeting, nomi-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 592. 639
nate and elect such officers as are necessary to carry out the
duties by vote of the town exercised by the board of select-
men or officers appointed by them. Such officers, when to
be elected for tliree-year terms, if members of a board of
three or more, shall be nominated and elected for one, two
or tliree years respectively, and thereafter for the term of
tlu'ee years, and upon their election and qualification shall
have all the duties and obligations imposed upon them by law.
Section 46. Upon petition of ten per cent of the regis- Referendum
tered voters in any town to have the selectmen act as or to selectmen"
appoint any of the board or officers specified in section a'^^'ofntf,"'"
thirty-six the selectmen shall direct the town clerk to place cert^n boards
upon the official ballot used for the election of town officers
at the next annual meeting the question so submitted. Such
petition shall be filed with the selectmen thirty days at least
before the annual meeting; and such questions shall be
printed upon the official ballot substantially in the following
form :
"Shall the town vote to have its selectmen
act as ?"
"Shall the town vote to have its selectmen
appoint ? "
YKS.
NO.
YES.
NO.
Section 47. Upon election and qualification of the Termination of
selectmen at the next annual town meeting after such vote ^J'hllrd^^"^
and upon the appointment and qualification by oath, of the tOT^nrvotl^to
officers authorized to perform the duties of any existing town ^^aw selectmen
board or officer, the term of office of such existing board or appoint cer-
officer shall thereupon terminate and all the duties, powers officers.
and obligations as herein set forth of said boards and officers
shall be transferred to and imposed upon their successors
under the provisions of sections thirty-six to forty-seven and
if the town votes to have a superintendent of streets ap-
pointed, the office of highway surveyor or road commissioner
shall terminate. Approved June 3, 1920.
An Act to establish a town manager form of govern- (Jjku) 590
ment for the town of middleborough.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The annual town meeting of the town of Date of annual
Middleborough shall be held on the third Monday of Jan- estlbiShed.
uary. All matters to be considered at the annual town
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Selectmen,
election,
terms, etc.
Vacancies.
Selectmen
to be lawful
successors of
certain officers,
etc.
meeting other than tlie election of town officers and the ques-
tion of granting Kcenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors
shall be considered at an adjournment thereof to be held on
the second IVIonday of February next at half past seven
o'clock in the evening. If the business of the adjourned
meeting shall not be completed at half past ten o'clock in
the evening the meeting shall be again adjourned to the fol-
lowing Monday at half past seven o'clock in the evening.
Selectmen, Election, Terms.
Section 2. At the first annual meeting following the
acceptance of this act the voters shall elect by official ballot
five selectmen who shall hold office, two for the term of
three years, two for the term of two years and one for the
term of one year from the annual meeting at which they are
elected. At each annual meeting thereafter there shall be
elected in place of those selectmen whose terms are about to
expire an equal number of selectmen, each to serve for three
years. The selectmen shall serve until their successors are
elected and have qualified, and shall receive no salary^. If,
unless as the result of a recall election, a vacancy or vacancies
occur in the membership of the selectmen, the remaining
members shall call a special town meeting to fill the vacancy
or vacancies for the unexpired term or terms, except that if
such vacancy or vacancies occur less than three months
prior to the annual meeting, and not less than tlu*ee selectmen
remain in office, tlie same shall remain unfilled mitil such
annual meeting. Any vacancy resulting from a recall elec-
tion shall be filled as hereinafter pro\'ided in this act.
Section 3. Upon the election and qualification of the
selectmen as provided in section two, all the powers, rights,
duties and liabilities conferred or imposed by law upon the
water commissioners, municipal light board, board of health
and auditors shall be transferred to and conferred and im-
posed upon the selectmen and the offices of water commis-
sioners, municipal light board, board of health and auditors
of the town of Middleborough shall be abolished. The afore-
said transfer of rights, powers, duties and liabilities shall not
affect any liability incurred, contract made, fine, special as-
sessment, rate, penalty, forfeiture or tax imposed before
such transfer, nor any suit or other proceeding pending; and
the selectmen for all purposes whatsoever, shall be the lawful
successors of the boards and offices whose powers are hereby
transferred to them. The selectmen so elected shall also act
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as surveyors of liighways and fish wardens of the town with
all the powers and duties conferred or imposed by law upon
surveyors of highways and fish wardens. The selectmen Appointment
shall also appoint such officers including fence viewers, field officers.
drivers, surveyors of wood and lumber, tree warden and
constables and such officers as are necessary to perform the
duties of offices hereby abolished as hereinafter provided.
Estimate of Expenditure.
Section 4. On or before the thirty-first day of Decern- Town manager
ber of each year, the town manager, hereinafter provided estfmato'of
for, shall submit to the selectmen a careful, detailed estimate expenditures,
in writing of the probable expenditures of the town govern-
ment for the ensuing fiscal year, stating the amount required
to meet the interest and maturing bonds and notes or other
outstanding indebtedness of the town and showing specifically
the amount necessary to be provided for each fund and de-
partment. He shall also submit at the same time an estimate
in writing of the amount of income from all sources of reve-
nue, exclusive of taxes upon property, and of the probable
amount required to be le\'ied and raised by taxation to de-
fray all expenses and liabilities of the town. For the purpose
of enabling the town manager to make up the annual esti-
mate of expenditures, all boards, officers, and committees of
the town shall, upon his written request, furnish all informa-
tion in their possession and submit to him in writing a de-
tailed estimate of the appropriations required for the efficient
and proper conduct of their respective departments during
their next ensuing fiscal year.
Annual Report of Selectmen.
Section 5. All articles in the warrants for annual and Annual report
special town meetings requiring the appropriation of money etc.
shall be considered by the selectmen, who shall report thereon
in writing to the town in said meetings, with their recom-
mendations. The selectmen shall make a report in WT-iting
to the annual town meeting, which shall be published as a
part of the annual report, making such recommendations re-
garding the finances of the town and action thereon as seem
to them necessary or expedient. All the duties imposed by
vote of the town upon the appropriation committee, so-
called, and not inconsistent with the duties required by this
act, shall be performed by the selectmen.
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Duties relative
to certain
pay rolls and
bills.
Duties relative to Certain Pay Rolh and Bills.
Section 6. Whenever any pay roll, bill or other claim
against the town is presented to the town manager, town
clerk, town treasurer and collector of taxes, trustees of the
public library, or school committee, he or they shall, if the
same seems to him or them to be of doubtful validity, ex-
cessive in amount, or otherwise contrary to the interests of
the town, refer it to the selectmen who shall immediately
investigate the facts and determine what, if any, pa;>'ment
should be made. Pending such investigation and determina-
tion by the selectmen pajonent shall be withheld.
Selectmen
may employ
experts, etc.
Selectmen may employ Experts.
Section 7. For the purpose of making investigations
relative to the conduct of town departments the selectmen
may employ such experts, counsel and other assistants, and
incur such other expenses as they may deem necessary, and
the same shall be paid by the town upon requisition by the
selectmen, not exceeding in the aggregate in any year the
sum of two hmidred and fifty dollars or such additional sum
as may be appropriated for the purpose by the town.
School
committee.
Town treasurer
and collector of
taxes, election,
duties, etc.
ScJiool Committee.
Section 8. Nothing in this act shall be construed as
affecting the election, powers and duties of the school com-
mittee as now pro\ided by law, except as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Toum Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
Section 9. At the annual town meeting beginning in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and annually there-
after, there shall be elected by ballot a town officer to be
known as the town treasurer and collector of taxes, and
upon his election and qualification the offices of town treas-
urer and collector of taxes shall terminate as separate offices.
The town treasurer and collector of taxes so elected shall en-
joy all the powers and rights and be subject to all the duties
and liabilities now or hereafter conferred or imposed by law
upon town treasurers and collectors of taxes. Said town
treasurer and collector of taxes shall receive such compensa-
tion for his services as the town may fix.
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Town Clerk.
Section 10. The selectmen elected as provided in section Town cierk,
two shall appoint a suitably qualified person to the office of efc^'° '^^"' '
town clerk. The existing elective office of town clerk shall
be continued until the person appointed to said office of
town clerk shall have qualified, at which time the elective
office of town clerk shall terminate. The town clerk shall
enjoy all the powers and rights and be subject to all the
duties and liabilities now or hereafter conferred or imposed
by law upon town clerks. He shall hold office during the
pleasure of the selectmen, and shall be sworn to the faitliful
performance of his duties by the chairman of the selectmen
or by a justice of the peace. In case of the death, resignation vacancy.
or removal from office of the town clerk, the selectmen shall
forthwith appoint a suitably qualified person to fill the
vacancy. /
Assessors, Appointment, Terms.
Section 11. The selectmen first elected as pro\aded in Assessors.
section two shall forthAvith appoint, subject to confirmation te^lTot^^'^^'
by the commissioner of corporations and taxation of the
commonwealth, three suitable persons as assessors, who shall
hold no elective office in the town of Middleborough, and
who, upon their appointment and confirmation, shall organize
for the proper conduct of their duties. One of said persons
shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of
two years, and one for a term of three years; and annually
thereafter there shall be appointed by the selectmen, and
confirmed in like manner, an assessor for a term of three
years, in the place of the assessor whose term is about to
expire. The assessors shall serve until their successors are
appointed and qualified. If for any reason whatsoever vacancies.
a vacancy occurs in the membership of the assessors, the
vacancy shall be filled forthwith by the selectmen in like
manner, for the unexpired term. Upon the appointment and
qualification of the assessors, the existing elective offices of
assessors of the town shall terminate. The assessors so ap-
pointed shall have all the powers and rights, and be subject
to all the duties and liabilities now or hereafter conferred or
imposed by law upon assessors of towns. Before entering
upon the duties of their office, the assessors shall be sworn
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Library
trustees,
appoint-
ment, etc.
Vacancy.
to the faithful and impartial performance thereof by the
chairman of the selectmen, or by the town clerk, or by a
justice of the peace.
Library Trustees.
Section 12. The selectmen shall, in February, nineteen
hundred and twenty-one, appoint nine library trustees, three
of whom shall be appointed for the term of three years, three
for the term of two years and three for the term of one year,
from the first daj^ of March in that year; and annually
thereafter, in February, the selectmen shall appoint in the
place of those whose terms are about to expire, an equal
nmnber, each to serve for the term of tliree years from the
following first day of ]\Iarch. A vacancy in the board of
trustees shall be filled by appointment by the selectmen for
the residue of the term. Upon the appointment of library
trustees heremider, the term of any library trustee then in
office shall terminate.
Overseers of
the poor,
appointment,
etc.
Vacancies.
Overseers of the Poor.
Section 13. The selectmen shall in February, nineteen
hundred and twenty-one, appoint a board of three persons
to be overseers of the poor of the town udth all the powers
and subject to all the duties now or hereafter conferred or
imposed by law upon overseers of the poor. One of said
persons shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a
term of two years, and one for a term of three years from the
first day of March in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, and annually thereafter there shall be appointed by the
selectmen one overseer of the poor for three years from the
first day of March following, in the place of the overseer
whose term is about to expire. If for any reason whatsoever
a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board of over-
seers of the poor, the vacancy shall be filled forthwith by
appointment by the selectmen for the unexpired term. Upon
the appointment and qualification of the overseers of the
poor the existing elective office of overseer of the poor of the
town shall terminate.
Chief of police,
appointment,
etc.
Police Department.
Section 14. (a) The board of selectmen shall appoint a
chief of police and such other police officers as they may
deem necessary, and shall fix their compensation.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 592. 645
(b) Police officers may be removed at the pleasure of the Poiice, tenure
selectmen, except that the tenure of office of the chief shall, °^ °^'^' ^^°-
after he has served five continuous years, continue during
good beha\'ior, as long as he is able to perform the duties of
his office; and he shall not be removed except after a hearing
by the selectmen on written charges, a copy of which shall
be furnished to him prior to the hearing.
(c) The chief of police shall be in immediate control of all chief of police,
1111 1 c 1 1' powers, etc.
town property used by the department, and or the police
officers who shall obey his orders.
(d) The chief and other police officers shall suppress and ^^"gf'^n'Ji ^ther
prevent disturbances and disorder. During the night time police, etc.
they may examine all persons abroad whom they have
reason to suspect of unlawful design, and may demand of
them their business abroad and whither they are going;
may disperse any assembly of three or more persons, and
may enter any building to suppress a riot or breach of peace
therein. Persons so suspected who do not give a satisfactory
account of themselves, persons so assembled who do not dis-
perse when so ordered, and persons making, aiding or abetting
a riot or disturbance, may be arrested by the police, and
may thereafter safely be kept by imprisonment or otherwise,
unless released in the manner provided by law, and taken
before a police, district or municipal court or trial justice for
examination or prosecution. They shall have all the powers
and duties of constables except those of serving and executing
civil process.
(e) The selectmen may make suitable regulations govern- Regulations
ing the organization of the police department and the officers 1^^^?""^
thereof.
Constables.
Section 15. The selectmen shall annually in February, constables,
beginning with the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one, appointment,
appoint two constables, each for the term of one year from
the follomng first day of March; and may at any time ap-
point so many additional constables as, in their opinion, may
be necessary, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the
selectmen.
Fire Department.
Section 16. The chief of the fire department shall be ap- pj^^ ^j^j^j
pointed by the selectmen and shall hold office during good appointment,
behavior, and shall receive such salary as the selectmen may
from time to time determine. He may be removed for cause
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by the selectmen at any time after a hearing. He shall
have charge of extinguishing fires in the town and the pro-
tection of life and property in case of fire. He shall purchase
and keep in repair all apparatus used by the fire department.
He shall have and exercise all the powers and discharge all
the duties now or hereafter conferred or imposed by statute
upon engineers in towns, and shall appoint one or more
deputy chiefs and such officers and firemen as he may think
necessary, and may remove the same at any time for cause
Reports, etc. and after a hearing. He shall have full and absolute authority
in the administration of the department, shall make all
rules and regulations for its operation, shall report to the
selectmen from time to time as they may require, and shall
annually report to the town the condition of the department
"wath his recommendations in respect thereto. He shall fix
the compensation of the permanent and call members of the
fire department subject to the approval of the selectmen. In
the expenditure of money the chief shall be subject to such
' further limitations as the town may from time to time
prescribe.
Legal Affairs.
Section 17. (a) The board of selectmen shall annually
appoint an attorney at law to act as town counsel, who shall
be paid such salary as the town votes.
(b) The board of selectmen shall have authority to prose-
cute, defend and compromise all litigation to which the town
is a party, and to employ special counsel to assist the town
counsel whenever in their judgment it may be necessary.
The town counsel shall draft all bonds, deeds, leases, obli-
gations, conveyances and other legal instruments, and do
every professional act which may be required of him, by
vote of the town or any board of town officers. Also, when
so required by said boards or any committee of the town, he
shall furnish a written opinion on any question that may be
submitted to him, and he shall at all times furnish legal
advice to any officer of the town who may require his opinion
upon any subject concerning the duties of such officer.
Same subject. fjc shall prosccutc all suits or other legal proceedings
ordered to be brought by the town or board of selectmen, and
shall appear before any court in the commonwealth in de-
fence of all actions or suits brought against the town or its
officers in their official capacity, and shall try and argue any
and all causes in which the town shall be a party, before any
tribunal, whether in law or in equity, in the commonwealth,
Town counsel,
appointment,
etc.
Selectmen may
employ special
counsel.
Duties of
town counsel.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 592. 647
«
or before any board of referees or commission, and shall
appear at any and all hearings on behalf of the town when-
ever his services may be required.
(c) Whenever it shall be necessary to execute any deed Jxe^cu" dMds
conveying land, or any other instrument required to carry fanJ"^!"^
into effect any vote of the town, the same shall be executed
by the treasurer in behalf of the town, unless the town shall
vote otherwise.
Tovm Manager f Appointment.
Section 18. The selectmen elected as provided in section Town manager,
two shall appoint, as soon as practicable, a town manager iMponsS^iiity,
who shall be the administrative head of all departments of ^^°'
the town government, the conduct of which is by the general
laws and by this act placed upon the selectmen of the town,
except as provided otherwise in this act. The town manager
shall be subject to the direction and supervision, and shall
hold office at the will of the selectmen, and shall be a person
specially fitted by education, training or experience to per-
form the duties of the office. He shall be appointed without
regard to his political belief, and he may or may not when
appointed be a resident of the town or state. He shall be
responsible for the efficient administration of all departments
within the scope of his duties. His approval of vouchers for
obligations incurred by any department of which he has
supervision shall be sufficient authority to authorize payment
by the town treasurer, and the selectmen may authorize
vouchers to be approved by some other person in place of
and in the absence of the town manager. Before entering
upon the duties of his office, the town manager shall be
sworn to the faitliful and impartial performance thereof by
the chairman of the selectmen, or by the town clerk, or by a
justice of the peace. He shall execute a bond in favor of the Bond.
town for the faitliful performance of his duties in such sum
and with such surety or sureties as may be fixed or approved
by the selectmen.
Poivers and Duties.
Section 19. The powers and duties of the town manager Powers and
shall include the following: ^"nf °/ ^°^''
c5 manager.
(a) To organize, continue or discontinue such divisions or
departments from time to time as may be determined by
vote of the selectmen not inconsistent witli the provisions of
this act.
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Powers and
duties of town
manager.
(6) To appoint upon merit and fitness alone and, except as
otherwise pro\dded herein, to remove all superintendents or
chiefs of departments and all subordinate officers and em-
ploj^ees in such departments, and to fix all salaries and wages
of all subordinates and employees subject to law. The super-
intendents or chiefs of departments shall not be removed by
the town manager, except on five days' notice in WTiting
which shall state the cause of such removal.
(c) To exercise control of all departments or divisions
made subject to his super\'ision.
(d) To attend all regular meetings of the selectmen, and
to recommend to the selectmen for adoption such measures
requiring action by them or by the town as he may deem
necessary or expedient.
(e) To keep full and complete records of his office, and to
render as often as may be required by the selectmen a full
report of all operations during the period reported on; and
annually, or oftener if required by the selectmen, to make a
synopsis of all the reports for publication.
(J) To keep the selectmen fully adAised as to the needs of
the town withm the scope of his duties, and to furnish the
selectmen in WT-iting on or before the thirty-first day of
December of each year with a detailed list of the appropria-
tions required during the next ensuing fiscal year for the
proper conduct of all departments of the town under his
control.
(g) To keep in repair all the town buildings.
(h) To purchase all supplies and materials for all depart-
ments of the town except books for schools.
(i) To administer the health regulations of the town as
required by the by-laws, or by the selectmen, in addition to
those pro\'ided by statute, either directly, or through a
person appointed by him, to be designated as the health
officer, and under the superA-ision of the selectmen exercising
the powers of a board of health.
(j) To perform such other duties, consistent with his
office, as may be required of him by the by-laws of the towTi
or by vote of the selectmen.
Examination
of departments.
Examination of Departments.
Section 20. The town manager may wdthout notice
cause the affairs of any di\'ision or department under his
control or the conduct of any officer or employee thereof to
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be exammed. The town manager shall have access to all
town books and papers for information necessary for the
proper performance of his duties. ,
Toum Manager may he removed for Cause.
Section 21. The selectmen by a majority vote, may re- Removal of
move the town manager, by filing a written statement with fo7caSe,"efc'.'^
the town clerk setting forth in detail the specific reasons for
his removal, a copy of which statement shall be delivered to
the town manager. Such removal shall not take effect until
the expiration of five days after the filing of the statement
with the town clerk; but if it is so recited in the statement
the town manager shall be suspended from office forthwith.
If the town manager so requests within the said five-day PuWic hearing
period, a public hearing shall be given to him by the select- ^'^'i «^^'='^'°'»-
men, and in that event the removal of the town manager
shall not take effect until a \mtten decision following the
hearing shall have been filed with the town clerk. Such de-
cision by a majority of the selectmen shall be final.
Vacancy.
Section 22. Any vacancy in the office of town manager Town manager
shall be filled as soon as possible by the selectmen. Pending ^^^^''y-
the appointment of a town manager or the filling of any
vacancy, the selectmen may appoint a person to perform
temporarily the duties of the office.
Holder of an Elective Office may be recalled, etc.
Section 23. Any holder of an elective office may be re- Recall of
called and removed therefrom by the qualified voters of the eiec'tive°office.
town as herein pro\'ided.
Recall Petition, Preparation, Filing.
Section 24. Any qualified voter of the town may make Recall petition,
and file with the town clerk an affidavit containing the name ^\iag^^t^°'^'
of the officer sought to be removed and a statement of the
grounds of removal. The town clerk shall thereupon deliver
to the voter making such affidavit a sufficient number of
copies of petition blanks for such recall and removal, printed
forms of which he shall keep on hand. The blanks shall be
issued by the town clerk with his signature and official seal
attached thereto; they shall be dated and addressed to the
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Record book
entry of
petition, etc.
Selectmen's
duties on recall
petition,
election, etc.
Proviso.
Nomination of
candidates.
Incumbent
to hold office
until removal
election, etc.
selectmen, shall contain the name of the person to whom
issued, the number of blanks so issued, the name of the
person sought to be removed, the office from which removal
is sought, the grounds of removal as stated in said affidavit,
and shall demand the election of a successor to such office.
A copy of the petition shall be entered in a record book to
be kept in the office of the town clerk. Said recall petition
shall be returned and filed with the town clerk within twenty
days after the filing of the affidavit. Said petition before
being returned and filed shall be signed by two hundred
qualified voters, and to every such signature shall be added
the place of residence of the signer, giving the street and
number. The recall petition shall be submitted, at or before
five o'clock in the afternoon of the Saturday preceding the
day on which it must be filed, to the registrars of voters in
the town, and the registrars shall forthwith certify thereon
the number of signatures which are names of voters of the
town.
Section 25. If the petition shall be found and certified
by the town clerk to be sufficient, he shall submit the same
with his certificate to the selectmen without delay, and the
selectmen shall forthwith give WTitten notice to said officer of
the receipt of said certificate and shall, if the officer sought to
be removed does not resign within five days thereafter,
thereupon order an election to be held on a Tuesday fixed
by them not less than twenty-five nor more than thirty-five
days after the date of the town clerk's certificate that a
sufficient petition is filed : provided, however, that if any other
town election is to occur within sixty days after the date of
said certificate, the selectmen may, in their discretion, post-
pone the holding of the removal election to the date of such
other election. If a vacancy occurs in said office after a re-
moval election has been so ordered, the election shall never-
theless proceed as in this section pro\ided.
Section 26. Any officer sought to be removed may be
a candidate to succeed himself, and, unless he requests other-
wise in \\Titing, the town clerk shall place his name on the
official ballot without nomination. The nomination of other
candidates, the publication of the warrant for the removal
election, and the conduct of the same, shall all be in accord-
ance with the provisions of law relating to elections, unless
otherwise provided in this act.
Section 27. The incumbent shah continue to perform
the duties of his oflBce until the recall election. If then re-
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elected, he shall continue in office for the remainder of his
unexpired term, subject to recall as before, except as pro-
vided in section twenty-nine of this act. If not re-elected in
the recall election, he shall be deemed removed upon the
qualification of his successor, who shall hold office during the
unexpired term. If the successor fails to qualify within five office t9 be
days after receiving notification of his election, the incumbent JeTtt^n case.
shall thereupon be deemed removed and the office vacant.
Section 28. Ballots used in a recall election shall submit Propositions
the following propositions in the order indicated: recaitefectfon.
For the recall of (name of officer)
Against the recall of (name of officer)
Immediately at the right of each proposition there shall
be a square in which the voter, by making a cross mark (X)
may vote for either of such propositions. Under the propo-
sition shall appear the word "Candidates" and the direction
"Vote for one" and beneath this the names of candidates
nominated as hereinbefore pro\dded. The ballots used in a Form of
recall election shall be substantially in the following form: ^*"°*"
RECALL ELECTION.
(Month and day of month and year.)
FOR THE RECALL OF (name in full),
AGAINST THE RECALL OF (name in full),
CANDIDATES.
Vote for one.
(Name of candidate.)
Section 29. No recall petition shall be filed against an Recall petition
officer within three months after he takes office, nor in the med^ithin
case of an officer subjected to a recall election and not afteTek>ctk!jf
removed thereby, until at least three months after that
election.
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Persons re-
cullod, further
appointment
to office.
Salaries.
Persons removed not to he appointed to Any Town Office
within Two Years.
Section 30. No person who has been removed from an
office by recall, or who has resigned from office while recall
proceedings were pending against him, shall be appointed to
any town office within two years after such removal by re-
call or such resignation.
Salaries.
Section 31. The board of selectmen shall determine the
compensation of all officers appointed by them.
Certain town
officers not to
make contracts
with the town,
etc.
Penalty.
Act to be
submitted to
voters at
special elec-
tion, etc.
Certain Town Officers not to make Contracts with the Town.
(Penalty.)
Section 32. It shall be unlawful for any selectman, the
town manager, any member of the school committee, any
trustee of the public library, or any other elective or ap-
pointive official except as otherwise provided by law, or by
this act, directly or indirectly to make a contract with the
town, or to receive any commission, discount, bonus, gift,
contribution or reward from, or any share in the profits of,
any person or corporation making or performing such a con-
tract, unless such member, officer or employee immediately
upon learning of the existence of such contract, or that such
contract is proposed, shall notify the selectmen in Amting of
the contract and of the nature of his interest therein and
shall abstain from doing any official act on behalf of the
town in reference thereto. In case such interest exists on
the part of an officer whose duty it is to make such a con-
tract on behalf of the town, the contract may be made by
another officer or person of the to^\^l, duly authorized thereto
by vote of the town. A violation of any pro\ision of this
section shall render the contract in respect to which such
violation occurs voidable at the option of the town. Any
person \'iolating any provision of this section shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by
imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Section 33. This act shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of the town of Middleborough at a special election
which shall be called by the selectmen.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 592. 653
The vote shall be taken by ballot in answer to the follow-
ing question: "Shall an act passed by the general court in
the year nineteen hundred and twenty, entitled 'An Act to
establish a town manager form of government for the town
of Middleborough', be accepted?" which shall be printed
on the official ballot. If the act is accepted by a majority of tek?ng°effect.
the qualified voters voting thereon, it shall take effect forth-
with for the purpose of the next annual town meeting which
shall be held on the third Monday of January, in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and for all things pertain-
ing thereto and shall take full effect upon the election of the
selectmen and other town officials on the said third Monday
of January. Appointees of the officers and boards abolished of^rtain*""
or consolidated by this act shall continue to draw compensa- appointees.
tion at the same rate and to exercise like powers, authority
and jurisdiction as theretofore until other provision is made.
Duties of Certain Town Offixdals relative to Election.
Section 34. It shall be the duty of the selectmen and Duties of
1 T ^ • m ^ i /t> • i certain town
the town clerk m omce and any other town omcial upon officials as
whom by reason of his office a duty devolves by the pro-
visions of this act, when this act is accepted by the qualified
voters as herein provided, to comply with all the require-
ments of this act relating to elections, to the end that all
things may be done necessary for the nomination and elec-
tion of the officers first to be elected under this act.
By-Laws, Rules.
Section 35. All laws, by-laws, rules and regulations in certain by-
force in the town of Middleborough when this proposed act Continue in°
takes effect, not inconsistent with its pro\'isions, whether ^°^'='^' "°*'''
enacted by authority of the town or any other authority,
shall continue in full force and effect until it is otherwise
provided by law, by-law, or vote; all other laws, by-laws,
rules and regulations, so far as they refer to the town of
Middleborough, are hereby repealed and annulled, but such
repeal shall not revive any pre-existing enactment.
Revocation of Acceptance.
Section 36. At any time after the expiration of four Procedure to
years and within six years froni the date on which this pro- ance'^o^fTcT.^*'
posed act is accepted, and not less than ninety days before
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Q lestion on
official ballot,
etc.
Effect upon
contracts, etc.
Revival of
certain laws
if acceptance
is revoked.
the date of an annual meeting, a petition, signed by not less
than fifteen per cent of the registered voters of the town
may be filed with the selectmen, requesting that the question
of revoking the acceptance of this act be submitted to the
voters. Thereupon the selectmen shall call a town meeting
to be held at a date not later than forty-five days after the
filing of the petition, but not between the first day of June
and the first Tuesday of September, both dates inclusive.
At such meeting, the vote shall be taken in answer to the
following question which shall be printed on the official
ballot : " Shall the acceptance by the town of Middleborough
of an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty, entitled 'An Act to establish a town
manager form of government for the town of Middleborough',
be revoked?" If such revocation is favored by a majority of
the voters voting thereon by ballot, the acceptance of this
act shall be revoked from and after the date of the annual
town meeting next follo%ving such vote. The revocation shall
not affect any contract then existing or any action at law or
suit in equity or other proceeding then pending. If such
acceptance shall be revoked, as aforesaid, this act shall
become null and void and thereafter all general laws respect-
ing town government and town officers shall apply to the
town of Middleborough, and any special laws relative to
said town which are repealed by this act, shall be revived
by such revocation. By-laws in force when the revocation
takes effect, so far as they are consistent with general laws
respecting town government and town officers and with the
said special laws, shall not be affected thereby.
Approved June 3, 1920.
Chap.59S An Act relative to certain employees of the
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ten of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section five and substituting the following : —
Section 5. There shall be a doorkeeper for each branch and
such assistant doorkeepers as it may direct, together with a
postmaster, assistant postmaster, messengers, pages, a clerk
to take charge of the legislative document room, and such
assistants in that room as may be necessary, who shall assist
the sergeant-at-arms as required. The sergeant-at-arms,
R. L. 10, § 5,
amended.
Doorkeepers
and other
legislative
employees,
appointment,
removal, etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 594, 595. 655
shall, immediately after his election, wath the approval of
the presiding officers of the two branches, appoint such em-
ployees as are necessary to fill any e>dsting vacancies. An
employee appointed mider this section, excepting pages, shall
not be removed except with the consent of the presiding
officer of the branch to which he is assigned, or of both pre-
siding officers if he is assigned to both branches.
Approved June 3, 1920.
An Act increasing the amounts allowed for clerical Qhav.b^^i
ASSISTANCE TO THE REGISTERS OF PROBATE AND INSOL-
VENCY FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The registers of probate and insolvency for clerical
the counties of Berkshire, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, rlSterTof^
Norfolk and Suffolk shall be allowed for clerical assistance, fn°o^iv^ncy^
in addition to the amoimts now allowed bv law, amounts not for certain
* countiGs.
exceeding the following-named sums, to be paid from the
treasury of the commonwealth^ upon the certificate of the
register, approved by a judge of probate and insolvency for
the county concerned : —
The register for the county of Berkshire,
The register for the county of Essex,
The register for the county of Hampden,
The register for the county of Middlesex,
The register for the county of Norfolk,
The register for the county of Suffolk, .
$100 00
2,000 00
800 00
5,000 00
1,000 00
500 00
Section 2. The increases for clerical assistance pro\aded J\"?^°f„ ,
, . ^ taking effect.
for by this act shall not take effect imtil a sufficient appro-
priation has been made therefor, and then as of the first day
of January in the year nineteen hundred and twenty.
Approved June 3, 1920.
An Act relative to the service of the chief quarter- (JJiqj) 595
MASTER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section eighty-two of chapter three hundred and twenty- 1917, 327 (G),
seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seven- ime'nd*ed.
teen, as amended by chapter three hundred and fifty-eight
of the acts of the current year, and as affected by chapter
two hundred and thirty-four of the General Acts of nineteen
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Chief quar-
termaster's
service,
position of
watchman
abolished.
hundred and eighteen, is hereby further amended by striking
out the words "one watchman with a salars'^ of eight hun-
dred dollars a year", in lines forty-nine and fifty.
Approved June 3, 1920.
Chap.59Q An Act relative to the salaries of the commissioner
OF BANKS AND THE COMMISSIONER OF INSUR.ANCE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section forty-nine of chapter three hundred
and fifty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nine-
teen is hereby amended in line seventeen by striking out the
word "five", and substituting the word: — six.
Section 2. Section fifty of said chapter three hundred
and fifty is hereby amended in line eighteen by striking out
the word "five", and substituting the word: — six.
Section 3. The increases in salaries provided for by this
act shall not take effect until a sufficient appropriation there-
for has been made, and then as of June first in the current
year. Approved June 3, 1920.
1919, 350 (G),
§ 49, amended.
Commissioner
of banks,
salary increase.
1919, 350 (G),
§ 50, amended.
Commissioner
of insurance,
salary increase.
Time of
taking effect.
Chap. 597 An Act to provide for the care of certain state
minor wards at THE MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITAL SCHOOL.
Massachusetts
hospital school,
care of
certain state
minor wards.
Powers,
duties, etc., of
trustees.
Insane, etc.,
state wards
not admitted,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. The trustees of the Massachusetts hospital
school, subject to such super\'ision by the department of
public welfare as is provided for by law, may construct from
time to time, as appropriations are made by the general court,
and thereafter may maintain, suitable buildings for the
hospital care and treatment of such state minor wards as
may be assigned to their care by the said department.
Section 2. The said trustees shall have the same powers
and shall perform the same duties in the management and
control of the said hospital for state wards as are vested in
and required of them in their administration and control of
the hospital school under the provisions of chapter four hun-
dred and forty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and four
and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, in
so far as said pro\isions may be applicable. No state ward
who is insane, feeble-minded, epileptic, or othemnse unfit,
shall be admitted to or received at the said hospital, nor
shall any state ward so be admitted or received without the
approval of the trustees and the written order of an author-
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 598. 657
ized agent of the department of public welfare, nor released
from said hospital without written notice to the said depart-
ment.
Section 3. Any land acquired or buildings erected under interchangeable
the provisions of any act now or hereafter in force, including buildings, '
this act, relative to the Massachusetts hospital school or the It™ ^'^° "'''^'
hospital for state minor wards, unless it is otherwise ex-
pressly provided, and also any farm product raised at the
said hospital school, or at the said hospital, may, as the
trustees shall from time to time determine, be used either
interchangeably or exclusively for said hospital school or
said hospital, or in common for the benefit of both institu-
tions, and for the care and maintenance of their respective
inmates, officers, employees, and attendants. Such officers,
employees, and attendants shall, as required by the trustees,
render service to either or both of the said institutions. Any
sewer, heating, ventilating, water, or similar plant or system,
whether now or hereafter installed, may so be used, sepa-
rately or jointly.
Section 4. No wards shall be assigned to the said hos- when wards
pital under the provisions of this act until the commissioner assigned to
of public welfare, with the approval of the governor and ^°^p'*^'-
council, finds that sufficient new building accommodations
have been constructed to provide for the number thus to be
assigned. Approved June 3, 1920.
An Act to increase certain fees payable by corpo- nhf^j. cno
RATIONS and others. ^
Whereas, There is immediate need of additional revenue to Emergency
defray the expenses of the commonwealth, therefore, this act p''^^™'''^-
is hereby declared to be an emergency law necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Section eighty-eight of chapter four hundred i903, 437, § 88,
1 1 • PI /> . Ill ^^'^■' aniQided.
and thirty-seven of the acts or nmeteen hundred and three,
as amended by section one of chapter three hundred and
ninety-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven and
by section eight of chapter three hmidred and forty-nine of
the acts of the current year, is hereby further amended by
striking out the word "twenty-five", in the last line, and
substituting the word: — fifty, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 88. The fee for filing and recording the articles of '^^ ^artfcLTif
organization.
658
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 598.
1903, 437, § 89,
etc., amended.
Fee for filing
etc., certificate
of increase of
capital.
1903, 437, § 90,
etc., amended.
Fee for filing
other cer-
tificates, etc.
No fee.
1903, 437, § 91,
amended.
Fees to be paid
by foreign
corporations.
organization required by section eleven, including the issuing
by the secretary of the commonwealth of the certificate of
incorporation, shall be one twentieth of one per cent of the
total amount of the authorized capital stock with par value,
and five cents a share for all authorized shares %nthout par
value, as fixed by the articles of organization; but not in
any case less than fifty dollars.
Section 2. Section eighty-nine of said chapter four hun-
dred and thirty-seven, as amended by section two of said
chapter three hundred and ninety-six, and by section nine of
said chapter three hundred and forty-nine, is, hereby further
amended by adding at the end thereof the words : — but
not in any case less than twenty dollars, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 89. The fee for filing and recording the
certificate required by section forty-two pro^'iding for an in-
crease of capital stock shall be one twentieth of one per cent
of the amount of stock \\\\\\ par value and five cents a share
for all shares without par value, by which the capital is in-
creased, but not in any case less than twenty dollars.
Section 3. Section ninety of said chapter four hundred
and thirty-seven, as amentled by section three hundred and
sixty-one of chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out the said section and sub-
stituting the follo^^'ing: — -Section 90. The fee for filing all
other certificates, statements or reports required by law
shall be ten dollars for each certificate, statement or report,
but no fee shall be paid for filing the annual tax return re-
quired by sections four and seventeen of chapter three hun-
dred and fifty-five of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and nineteen. No fee shall be paid for filing the certificate
of change of officers or of the date of the annual meeting re-
quired by sections eighteen a and twenty a, respecti\-ely.
Section 4. Said chapter four hundred and thirty-seven
is hereby further amended by striking out section ninet}'-one
and substituting the following: — Section 91. Every foreign
corporation which is subject to the provisions of this act shall
pay to the officers hereinafter designated the following fees:
For filing a copy of its charter, by-laws and the certificate
required by section sixty, fifty dollars to the treasurer and
receiver-general. For filing all other certificates and state-
ments, including the annual certificate of condition required
by section sixty-six, ten dollars to the secretary of the com-
monwealth.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 599. 659
Section 5. Section ninety-one of chapter seven hundred itc^'Jmended.
and forty- two of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen,
as amended by chapters ninety-two and two hundred and
sixty-four of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and fif-
teen, is hereby further amended by striking out the last two
paragraphs of said section and substituting the f ollo^\'ing : —
For filing and recording the copies of the votes or the cer- Fees for filing,
tificates, as the case may be, required by sections twenty- certificates of
nine, forty-eight, fifty-two, fifty-three, sixty-nine, seventy-one trie companies.
and seventy-two, ten dollars for each such copy or certif-
icate. For filing and recording the certificate required by
section sixty-five, ten dollars.
Section 6. Section eighty-six of chapter one hundred ^c.^amended^.'
and ten of the Re\'ised Laws, as amended by chapter two
hundred and nineteen and section one of chapter three hun-
dred and eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
eight, is hereby further amended by striking out the fifth
paragraph and substituting the following: — For filing and ftc^/certificfte
recording the certificate of condition required by section °f condition.
fifty-one, ten dollars.
Section 7. Section five of chapter three hundred and imendld.^ ^'
seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and four is Trust
hereby amended by striking out the word "fortieth", in the charter fee'.
thirteenth line of the fourth paragraph, and substituting the
word : — twentieth.
Section 8. The fee for copies of any official papers Fee for copies
certified by the secretary of the commonwealth shall be fifty paperl.'*
cents for the first page and forty cents for each additional
page. Apjyroved June 4> 1920.
An Act to authorize cities and towns to establish Qhav. 599
transportation areas and to operate street ILIIL-
WAYS therein.
Whereas, The continued operation of many street railways Emergency
in the commonwealth which need financial assistance and ^'®^™ ^'
are in danger of being dismantled, is necessary for the public
convenience, therefore, this act is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. A city or town may establish, or two or more street railway
',• , '', , ... 1, transpwrtation
Cities or two or more towns, or two or more cities and towns, areas may be
may unite under the prt)\dsions of this act for the purpose of by'dtiwlid
towns, etc.
660
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 599.
To be 9, body
corporate, etc.
Distinctive
name.
Properties, etc.,
of street rail-
way companies,
lease or pur-
chase of, etc.
Acceptance of
preliminary
agreement, etc.
Appraisal of
property, etc.
Submission to
voters, etc.
establishing, transportation areas for the operation of freight
or passenger service, or both, on street raihvays existing
therein. Upon the approval of such an agreement by the
department of public utilities, hereinafter called the depart-
ment, as pro\'ided in section three, and by the voters as pro-
vided in section four, such a transportation area shall be a
body corporate or politic, and may become vested mth all
the rights and powers and shall be subject to all the duties
and obligations hereinafter conferred or imposed. All the
laws and penalties relating to privately operated street rail-
ways wdthin the commonwealth, and such rules and regula-
tions as may from time to time be prescribed by the depart-
ment shall apply to sufch an area. The area shall be given a
distinctive name by the trustees, hereinafter pro\dded for,
which shall include the words "Transportation Area".
Section 2. A city, by vote of its city council, subject to
the pro\'isions of its charter, or a town by vote of its board
of selectmen, may make preliminary agreements with one or
more street railway companies operating within its territory
for the lease or purchase and operation of the properties of
said company. For the purposes of this section, a street
railway company shall act by a majority of its board of
directors.
Section 3. Upon the acceptance of such a preliminary
agreement by a majority in interest of all classes of stock in
such a street railway company entitled to vote, and approval
by the department after a public hearing of which due notice
shall be given, the agreement shall thereupon be binding
upon the street railway company, subject to acceptance by
the voters as hereinafter pro\dded. The department shall
make an appraisal of the property to which the agreement
relates, and shall determine the value thereof and the price
or rental to be paid therefor by the transportation area. The
appraisal shall be on the basis of the actual value at the
time of appraisal and not of the cost of replacement. There-
upon the said agreement and appraisal shall be advertised
in a newspaper published in every city and town within said
area, or in the county as the department may determine,
and shall, within sixty days, be submitted to the voters in
every such city at a regular or special municipal election,
and in every such town at a town meeting called for the pur-
pose, in the form of the following question to be placed upon
the official ballot : — " Shall the agreement with the .
company, providing for the operation of its property by a
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 599. 661
transportation area under chapter of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty, to which the city of
(or town of ) shall be a party, be accepted?"
If approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon by Agreement,
ballot in every such city and town, except such as may have Ttc!" ^^ '°^'
been excluded by the department of public utilities, acting
under section thirteen, the said agreement shall thereupon
be binding, but not otherwise, and the mayor and city council
and the selectmen shall have authority to execute such
further agreements, contracts or leases as may be necessary
to effect the purposes and terms of the preliminary agree-
ment.
Section 4. Nothing contained in this act shall affect the Right to tax
right of the commonwealth or any subdivision thereof to tax not affected^
the property owned or leased by a transportation area in the ®*''"
same manner and to the same extent as if the same were
under private management, but cities and towns may abate '
in whole or in part the taxes thereon.
Section 5. The management and control of a trans- Board of
portation area shall be vested in a board of trustees of whom of^term, etc!''*'
two shall be chosen by the mayor of each city concerned,
with the approval of the city council, and two by the select-
men of each town concerned. The initial appointees shall
serve for terms of one and two years, respectively, and their
successors for terms of two years. In case a transportation
area is established by a single city, or town, its board of
trustees shall consist of five members, of whom the initial
appointees shall serve for one, two, three, four and five years,
respectively, and their several successors for terms of five
years. Each trustee shall be sworn to the faithful perform-
ance of his duty, and a certificate thereof shall be recorded
in the records of the secretary of the area, and shall serve
until his successor is appointed and qualified. A trustee Removal or
may be removed for cause by the appointing authority, and tnTstees, etc.
any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as an original
appointment. The trustees shall not be deemed public
officers within the meaning of section twenty-five of chapter
five hundred and fourteen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and nine, nor shall they incur any personal liability as such.
Together with their agents and employees, they shall be
deemed agents of the transportation area. The trustees shall Compensation.
receive no stated salaries, but may be paid not more than
ten dollars each for every meeting attended, but no trustee
shall receive in the aggregate more than three hundred dol-
662
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 599.
No stock-
holder to be
trustee.
Powers, etc.
Election of
chairman, etc.
of trustees,
treasurer's
bond, etc.
Reports.
Exercise of
right of
eminent
domain.
Provisos.
Basis of
contribution
by cities and
towns to meet
liabilities, etc.
lars annually. No stockholder in a street railway company
the property of which is leased to a transportation area shall
act as a trustee for such transportation area.
Section 6. The board of trustees of a transportation
area shall have full power to operate the street railway prop-
erty leased or acquired thereby, or to lease or sub-lease the
same, subject to such conditions as may be approved by the
department, and may appoint and remove and fix the com-
psnsation of such officers, managers and assistants as may
be necessary.
Section 7. At the first meeting of the said trustees, and
at each annual meeting thereafter, they shall elect from their
number a chairman, vice chairman, treasurer and a secretary
who shall perform such duties as the trustees shall prescribe.
The treasurer shall give a surety company bond in such
amount as the trustees shall fix, and the premium thereon
shall be paid as an expense of the area. Each trustee shall
be entitled to one vote on all matters calling for the determi-
nation of the board. The trustees shall hold such meetings
and transact such business as may be necessary for the
efficient operation of the transportation area. A majority of
the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business and the action of a majority of those present at any
meeting shall be deemed the action of the trustees. The
trustees shall annually, before February first of each year,
report, \^dth a detailed statement of the finances of the area,
to the several cities and towns of the area, and the treasurer
shall, once in every three months, make a financial report to
said cities and towns in such form as the trustees shall
prescribe.
Section 8. A transportation area established under this
act may take by right of eminent domain the whole prop-
erty, or any part thereof, of a street railway which the street
railway company has ceased, for more than ninety days, to
operate, provided that the department has determined that
public necessity and convenience require the operation of
the said street railway, or part thereof, and approves the
taking; and provided also that the taking is approved by a
majority of the voters voting thereon, substantially in- the
manner specified in section three hereof, in every city and
town included within the transportation area.
'Section 9. The cities and towns comprising a trans-
portation area shall contribute to the discharge of its liabilities
and obligations on the basis of one third part according to
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 599. 663
the single track street railway mileage running in or through
their respective limits, one third part according to their
population, and one third part according to their assessed
valuation. The department shall establish the said basis at
least once in three years.
Section 10. The financial year of a transportation area Financial year
shall end on the last day of each calendar year. The cities
and towns comprising the area shall, in proportion to their
respective interests, as defined in the preceding section, con-
tribute to make up any financial deficit resulting from the
operation of the area for any financial year, and the board of
assessors of anj' such city or town, upon receipt from the
trustees of a certificate sho'VN'ing the amount so found to be
due, shall include said amount in the annual tax le\'y of the
city or town for the year following the said financial year.
In case there is a surplus from such operation for any financial ^'gurpi^"'''
year, eighty-five per cent thereof shall be distributed by the earnings, etc.
trustees among the cities and towns comprising the area in
proportion to their respective interests, and fifteen per cent
thereof shall be held by the trustees to be applied to reduce
any deficit in any succeeding year. In reckoning a profit or Depreciation
a deficit, the trustees shall first charge off as depreciation ^ ^'^^^^
not less than three per cent and not more than five per cent
of the book value of the property.
Section 11. For the purpose of acquiring street railway Power to
property under the pro^isions of this act, of operating the iim[ted™°°^^
same, or of contributing toward the sums expended by the
transportation area for capital purposes, cities and towns
may, with the approval of the department, borrow money
in excess of the statutory limit, but not exceeding the sum of
two per cent of their respective assessed valuation. The issue of notes
board of trustees of transportation areas may for current ex- ^ ^^^ ^^'
penses issue from time to time short term notes for terms
not exceeding one year, pro^^ded that the notes shall first Proviso.
have the approval of the department.
Section 12. No extension of lines or trackage shall be Extension of
made or additional equipment purchased by a transportation '°^^'
area without the consent of the department.
Section 13. The department may exclude from a trans- certain powers
portation area any city or town, but such exclusion shall not Sent of^pubiio
prevent the operation of street railways in or through its "t'''*'^^-
territory. The department may also exclude any city or
town or part thereof, the inclusion of which would, in its
opinion, handicap the eflBcient operation of a transportation
664
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 599.
Rentals, etc.
Leases, limit,
renewal, ter-
mination, etc.
Fare zones
and rates of
fare.
Maintenance
and return of
railway prop-
erty.
Decisions of
department
on damages
to be final.
Decision on
damages when
property is
taken by right
of eminent
domain.
area. The department may permit the operation of street
railways AAithout the commonwealth by any transportation
area which borders on the boundary line of another state.
Section 14. The amount to be paid as rental imder a
lease of a street railway property shall not exceed seven per
cent of the price fixed in any option to purchase the prop-
erty. Rentals shall be paid to the owners of street railway
property by a transportation area at least once in six months.
No lease shall be made for a term of more than five or less
than two years, but a lease may be renewed if public neces-
sity and convenience, in the opinion of the department, so
require. A renewal of a lease shall be made in the same
manner as a new lease, except that the transportation area
shall give notice in writing to the owners of the property at
least four months in advance of such renewal. A lease may,
be terminated by the consent of a majority in interest of all
classes of stock in such company entitled to vote, and of a
majority of the voters of each city and town comprising the
transportation area, voting thereon upon submission at a
regular or special municipal election upon petition of ten per
cent of the registered voters of each city or town filed ^\^th
the city or town clerk \^'ithin thirty days of such election.
Section 15. Subject to the approval of the department
of public utilities, the trustees shall establish such fare zones
and shall fix such rates of fare to be charged by a transporta-
tion area as will reasonably assure sufficient income to meet
the cost of the service, including operating expenses, taxes,
rental, interest and the allowance for depreciation required
by section ten.
Section 16. It shall be the duty of the trustees to main-
tain the street railway property in good operating condition.
At the exjjiration of any lease which is not renewed, a trans-
portation area shall return the property to the owners in as
good condition as it was when first taken over, ordinary
wear and tear to be taken into consideration. All leases shall
be subject to a pro^^sion that any question of damages shall,
within ninety days from the date of expiration of a lease, be
submitted to the department, and its decision or award shall
be final, it being understood that fluctuations in the value of
the property and equipment shall not be taken into con-
sideration.
Section 17. In case a transportation area takes by right
of eminent domain the property of a street railway corpora-
tion, the department shall determine the damages. If the
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 600, 601. 665
corporation is aggrieved by such determination, it may, upon Appeal to
petition within six months thereafter, have the damages e"^*'""'^ ''""'^ '
assessed by a jury in the superior com-t in the same manner
as for takings for highway purposes. If, upon the trial, the
damages are increased, the petitioner shall recover costs,
otherwise it shall pay costs, which shall be assessed as in
other ci^^l cases.
Section 18. This act shall not apply to any territory Boston Eie-
served by the Boston Elevated Railway Company. Company I^^^
Apyrowd June 4, 1920. ''''^' ''""^ ^'='-
An Act to provide for levying an additional tax on (Jjiar) 600
THE INCOME OF CERTAIN CORPORATIONS.
Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an ^"^^^"^
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter five hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen 1920, 550, § 6.
hundred and twenty is hereby amended by striking out sec- '^""'"''^
tion six and substituting the following: — -Section 6. The Rate of tax
taxes imposed under this act shall be levied on each of the certafn cor-°
corporations subject thereto at the rate of three quarters of p°''^'^'°"^-
one per cent of their net income as herein defined and ap-
portioned to this commonwealth, and shall be retained for
the general purposes of the commonwealth.
Approved June 4, 1-920.
An Act to authorize cities and towns to limit build- Qhnjj aqi
INGS ACCORDING TO THEIR USE OR CONSTRUCTION TO
SPECIFIED DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1 . A city or town may by ordinance or by-law cities and
restrict buildings to be used for particular industries, trades, buTwi^s m-""'*
manufacturing or commercial purposes to specified parts of thefr'Jfse or
the city or town, 'or may exclude them from specified parts toTpedfied"
of the city or town, or may provide that such buildings, if districts, etc.
situated in certain parts of the city or town, shall be subject
to special regulations as to their construction or use. A city
or town may also by ordinance or by-law provide that
certain kinds of dwelling houses and tenement houses shall
666
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 601.
Municipal
planning
boards, etc.,
to be assisted
in matters of
municipal
improvement,
etc.
Restrictions
upon ordi-
nances, etc.
Withholding
of permits for
construction,
etc.
be restricted to specified parts of the city or town, or shall
be excluded from specified parts of the city or town, or that
dwelling houses or tenement houses situated in specified
parts of the city or town shall conform to certain regulations
in respect to their construction or use which do not apply to
such buildings in other parts of the city or town. For the
above purpose the city or town may be divided into districts
or zones, and the construction and use of buildings in each
district or zone may be regulated as above pro\aded.
Section 2. The proxasions of this act shall be carried
out in such manner as vnW best promote the health, safety,
convenience and welfare of the inhabitants, will lessen the
danger from fire, will tend to improve and beautify the city
or town, vnll harmonize with its natural development, and
will assist the carrying out of any schemes for municipal im-
provement put forth by any municipal planning board or
board of survey or other like authority. Due regard shall be
paid to the characteristics of the different parts of the city or
town, and the ordinances or by-laws established hereunder
in any city or town shall be the same for zones, districts or
streets ha^dng substantially the same character.
Section 3. No ordinance shall be estabUshed hereunder
in any city until after a public hearing thereon has been held,
notice of which shall be published, at least thirty days before
the hearing, in a newspaper published in the city concerned,
or in the county if no newspaper is published in the city.
The hearing shall be given by the city council or by such
officer, board, commission or committee as may be desig-
nated or appointed for the purpose by the city council. No
by-law shall be established hereunder by any town except at
an annual or special town meeting duly called for the pur-
pose.
Section 4. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of
buildings, or the officer or board ha\ing super\asion of the
construction of buildings, or the power of enforcing the mu-
nicipal building laws, and if in any town there is no such
officer or board, then it shall be the duty of the selectmen, to
witUiold a permit for the construction or alteration of any
building if the building as constructed or altered would be
in violation of any ordinance or by-law established here-
under; and it shall be the duty of municipal officers to re-
fuse any permit or license for the use of a building which
use would be in violation of any ordinance or by-law estab-
lished hereunder.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 601. 667
Section 5. Any person who is aggrieved by the refusal a^Pf^lldTby"
of a permit under the provisions of the preceding section J^(j"*^' °f p'''^-
may appeal to the municipal officer or board to which a
right of appeal lies from decisions under the building laws of
the city or town, and if there is no such officer or board,
then the appeal shall lie to the city comicil of the city or to
the selectmen of the town, or to such officer, board, com-
mission or committee as shall be designated or appointed by
the city council of the city or by the selectmen of the town
to act as a board of appeals hereunder.
Section 6. The superior court shall have jurisdiction to superior court
enforce the provisions of this act, and may restrain by in- j^isdiction.
junction any violation thereof.
Section 7. This act shall not apply to existing struc- Act not to
tures nor to the existing use of any building, but it shall t£n str°uctures,
apply to any alteration of a building to provide for its use ^^°-
for a purpose, or in a manner, substantially different from
the use to. which it was put before the alteration.
Section 8. This act shall not apply to any existing or Rights of
proposed building used or to be used by a public service cor- corporations.
poration if upon a petition of the corporation, the depart-
ment of pubHc utilities shall, after a pubHc hearing, decide
that the present or proposed situation of the building in
question is reasonably necessary for the convenience or wel-*
fare of the public.
Section 9. No ordinance or by-law established here- Repeal of
under shall be repealed or modified except after reasonable regu"ateT.^' "^ ""
notice of the proposed repeal or modification, and an oppor-
tunity to the objectors to be heard thereon. If any owner
of real estate in a city which would be affected by the pro-
posed repeal or modification objects thereto, it shall not be
repealed or modified except by a unanimous vote of all the
members of the city council; and in no case shall an ordi-
nance or by-law established under the provisions of this act
be repealed or modified except by a two thirds vote of all
the members of the city council, or by a two thirds vote of
the voters of a town voting thereon at an annual or special
town meeting duly called for the purpose.
Approved June 4, 1920.
668
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 602, 603, 604.
Chap. 602 An Act relative to clerical assistance to the reg-
ister OF probate and insolvency for the county of
IL^MPSHIRE.
Hampshire
county register
of probate and
insolvency,
clerical assist-
ance.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The register of probate and insolvency for the county of
Hampshire shall be allowed for clerical assistance, in addi-
tion to the amount now allowed by law, a sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars, to be paid from the treasury of the
commonwealth upon the certificate of the register approved
by a judge of probate and insolvency for the county. The
said additional amount shall be allowed from the first day of
December in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen.
Approved June 4, 19^0.
Chap. 603 An Act relative to the appointment of the second
ASSISTANT REGISTERS OF DEEDS IN THE SOUTHERN
MIDDLESEX AND WORCESTER DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Registers of deeds in the southern Middlesex
and the Worcester districts may, subject to the approval of
their respective county commissioners, appoint a second
assistant register of deeds, who may be a woman and who
shall be removable by the register at his pleasure and for
whose official acts he shall be responsible.
Section 2. A second assistant register so appointed shall
have all the powers and authority that are vested in an
assistant register and shall receive such compensation as
shall be allowed by the county commissioners.
Second assist-
ant register of
deeds in
southern Mid-
dlesex and
Worcester
districts, ap-
pointment,
etc.
Powers,
authority and
compensation.
App)roved June 4, 1920.
Chap. 60^ An Act to provide for the purchase and development
OF STATE FORESTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner of conservation may pur-
chase and hold additional lands within the commonwealth
suitable for the production of timber to the extent of not
more than one hundred thousand acres.
Section 2. The said laiids shall be purchased within a
period of fifteen years at a rate not exceeding the maximum
price per acre already fixed by section two of chapter seven
Purchase of
lands for
production
of timber.
Maximum
years for
purchase and
price per acre.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 604. 669
hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fourteen, and acts in amendment thereof and addition
thereto, for the purchase of such lands, or at such price
as the general court may from time to time determine.
Section 3. The department of conservation shall pro- Reclaiming
ceed to reclaim the said lands, by replanting or otherwise, ° ^'^ ^'
for the purpose of producing timber and protecting the water
supply of the commonwealth.
Section 4. The commissioner of conservation may in Rules and
his discretion make rules and regulations relative to hunting refa"ivo°to^
and fishing or other uses of any lands acquired under the fi^hing^etc,
provisions of this act, provided that such rules and regula- thereon.
tions shall be subject to any restrictions imposed by laws
now or hereafter in force for the protection of fish, birds and
quadrupeds. The pro\'isions of chapter three hundred and norto"appTy
sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine shall not
apply to lands acquired under this act.
Section 5. Cities and towns may acquire by purchase, cities and
gift or bequest lands for the purpose of forestation, at a rate puTchasT^
not exceeding the maximum price per acre fixed by section }o"eltition,
two of said chapter seven hundred and twenty and acts in "*''•
amendment thereof and addition thereto, and may reclaim
and plant such lands; and the said department may, upon
application in such form as the commissioner may prescribe,
furnish such cities and towns, free of charge, with seedlings
for the planting of their lands.
Section 6. For the purpose of meeting the expenditures to meet
authorized by this act, the said department may expend ^''^^'' '*"'^®^'
during the said period of fifteen years such sums, not exceed-
ing three million dollars, as the general court may from time
to time appropriate.
Section 7. This act is hereby declared to be in sub- Legislative
stance a substitute for the proposed law accompanying the pro^se'd''iaw
initiative petition transmitted by the secretary of the com- fnft°^{fj^^'"^
monwealth to the general court on the seventh day of Jan- petition trans-
, , , , I'll mitted to
uary, nineteen hundred and twenty, and printed as house general court,
document number thirty-seven, and shall take effect on the 1920!^^
day following the first Wednesday in August of the current
year, provided that if the said initiative petition is com- Proviso.
pleted, as required by the constitution, by filing the required
number of signatures on said first Wednesday, this act shall
The initiative petition referred to in Chapter 604, Section
7, not having been completed, said chapter takes effect
August 5, 1920.
See page 799
668
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 602, 603, 604.
Chap. 602 An Act relatr'e to clerical assistance to the reg-
ister OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY FOR THE COUNTY OF
IL\MPSHIRE.
Hampshire
county register
of probate and
insolvency,
clerical assist-
ance.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The register of probate and insolvency for the county of
Hampshire shall be allowed for clerical assistance, in addi-
tion to the amount now allowed by law, a sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars, to be paid from the treasury of the
commonwealth upon the certificate of the register approved
by a judge of probate and insolvency for the county. The
said additional amount shall be allowed from the first day of
December in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen.
Approved June 4, 19^0.
Chap. 603 An Act relative to the appointment of the second
ASSISTANT REGISTERS OF DEEDS IN THE SOUTHERN
MIDDLESEX AND WORCESTER DISTRICTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Registers of deeds in the southern jNIiddlesex
and the Worcester districts may, subject to the approval of
their respective county commissioners, appoint a second
assistant register of deeds, who may be a woman and who
shall be removable by the register at his pleasure and for
whose official acts he shall be responsible.
Section 2. A second assistant register so appointed shall
have all the powers and authority that are vested in an
assistant register and shall receive such compensation as
shall be allowed by the county commissioners.
Approved June 4, 1920.
Second assist-
ant register of
deeds in
southern Mid-
dlesex and
Worcester
districts, ap-
pointment,
etc.
Powers,
authority and
compensation.
Chap. 60^ An Act to provide for the purchase and development
of state forests.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The commissioner of conservation may pur-
chase and hold additional lands within the commonwealth
suitable for the production of timber to the extent of not
more than one hundred thousand acres.
Purchase of
lands for
production
of timber.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 604. 669
hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fourteen, and acts in amendment thereof and addition
thereto, for the purchase of such lands, or at such price
as the general court may from time to time determine.
Section 3. The department of conservation shall pro- Reclaiming
ceed to reclaim the said lands, by replanting or otherwise, ° ^° ^'
for the purpose of producing timber and protecting the water
supply of the commonwealth.
Section 4. The commissioner of conservation may in Rules and
his discretion make rules and regulations relative to hunting refaUve°t^
and fishing or other uses of any lands acquired under the Jl^h'^ng.^etc.,
provisions of this act, provided that such rules and regula- thereon.
tions shall be subject to any restrictions imposed by laws
now or hereafter in force for the protection of fish, birds and
quadrupeds. The provisions of chapter three hundred and nor^'^LppTy
sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine shall not
apply to lands acquired under this act.
Section 5. Cities and towns may acquire by purchase, cities and
gift or bequest lands for the purpose of forestation, at a rate p°uTchaS*^
not exceeding the maximum price per acre fixed by section lorestition,
two of said chapter seven hundred and twenty and acts in «*•=■
amendment thereof and addition thereto, and may reclaim
and plant such lands; and the said department may, upon
application in such form as the commissioner may prescribe,
furnish such cities and towns, free of charge, with seedlings
for the planting of their lands.
Section 6. For the purpose of meeting the expenditures to meet
authorized by this act, the said department may expend ^""^^ '*""^'
during the said period of fifteen years such sums, not exceed-
ing three million dollars, as the general court may from time
to time appropriate.
Section 7. This act is hereby declared to be in sub- Legislative
stance a substitute for the proposed law accompanying the pro^s^^^i^
initiative petition transmitted by the secretary of the com- fn-^^f^^e"^'"^
monwealth to the general court on the seventh day of Jan- petition trans-
uary, nineteen hundred and twenty, and printed as house general court,
document number tliirty-seven, and shall take effect on the im*'^ '
day following the first Wednesday in August of the current
year, provided that if the said initiative petition is com- proviso,
pleted, as required by the constitution, by filing the required
number of signatures on said first Wednesday, this act shall
be void. Approved June 4, 1920.
670
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 605.
Chap.Q05 An Act to permit the town of concord to construct
A LINE TO THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON FOR THE TRANS-
MISSION OF ELECTRICITY.
Town of
Concord au-
thorized to
construct
electric trans-
mission line
to town of
Lexington.
Concord made
subject to the
obligations of
electric com-
panies, etc.
May incur
indebtedness,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The town of Concord is hereby authorized to
construct and maintain a line for the transmission of elec-
tricity from its power station in Concord to the power sub-
station of The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of
Boston in the town of Lexington, said line passing either
through a part of the town of Lincohi or through a part of
the town of Bedford and said town of Lexington. The loca-
tions for said line may be granted on petition of the mu-
nicipal hght board of the town of Concord by the selectmen
of said towns as provided in chapter one hundred and twenty-
two of the Revised Laws, and acts in amendment thereof or
in addition thereto.
Section 2. The town of Concord acting by its municipal
light board shall have the powers and be subject to the obli-
gations of electric companies under section one hundred and
twenty-eight of chapter seven hundred and forty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, as amended by chap-
ter one hundred and forty-one of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and seventeen, and by chapter ninety-one of
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, and shall
be subject to the provisions of sections one hundred and
twenty-nine to section one hundred and thirty-two, inclusive,
of said chapter seven hundred and fortj'-two; and shall have
full power to acquire by purchase any lands, rights of way
or easements in said towns of Concord, Lincoln, Bedford,
and Lexington necessary for the construction and mainte-
nance of such transmission line.
Section 3. The town of Concord for the purpose of pay-
ing the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred under this
act may incur indebtedness to an amount not exceeding two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars of which two hundred
thousand dollars shall be within the limit of indebtedness
estabKshed for municipal light plants and fifty thousand
dollars outside the debt limit as fixed by law, and any debt
incurred under authority of this act shall be paid in not more
than ten years and in the manner provided in chapter seven
hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirteen as amended,
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 606. 671
Section 4. The town of Concord may sell said trans- saie of trans-
mission line or any part thereof to said The Edison Electric etc""'"'' ""^'
Illuminating Company of Boston upon such terms and con-
ditions as the department of public utilities shall approve,
and if according to such terms and conditions any payment
is made to the town of Concord other than by the assumption
of indebtedness which may be outstanding, the amount of
such pa\anent shall be expended by said town for the retire-
ment of the indebtedness herein authorized, and any balance
not required for such purpose may be expended for any
purpose for which the town may borrow m6ney under the
general laws, but for no other purpose.
Section 5. The town of Concord acting by its municipal ef^'tdclty in
light board shall have the right, ^^•ith the approval of the de- j^n^i^^^nd "^
partment of public utilities and for so long a time as it Bedford.
owns said line, to sell electricity transmitted over said line
to customers adjacent to the line in said towns of Lincoln or
Bedford, pro\'ided that the electric company' doing business Proviso.
in said towns is unwalling or unable to supply such customers.
Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance to be
by a majority of the voters of the town of Concord voting voters, etc.
thereon at a meeting duly called for the purpose.
Approved June 4> 1920.
C/iap.606
An Act to establish mount grace as a state forest.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The department of conservation is hereby Mount Grace
authorized and directed to take, or acquire by purchase, fsfabu^hed*'
gift or other^nse, on behalf of the commonwealth, land not
exceeding tliirteen hundred acres in extent situated on or
about Mount Grace, in the town of Warwick. The land so
acquired shall be known as the Mount Grace State Forest,
and shall be under the control and management of said de-
partment, whose powers and duties as to its management
shall be the same as are pro^^ded in the case of other state
forests by chapter seven hmidred and twenty of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fourteen, and the amendments thereof.
Section 2. The said land shall be exempt from taxation. Exempt
Section 3. The said departmeftt is hereby authorized from tax.
and directed to sell such standing timber growing on land Saie of stand-
acquired under the pro\dsions of this act as may ad van- '"^^ '™ ^'^ '
tageously be cut for commercial purposes, at such prices
672
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 607, 608.
Manner of
land takings.
Expenditure.
and subject to such conditions and regulations as it may
determine.
Section 4. All takings by right of eminent domain here-
under, and the award of compensation therefor, shall be
made in the manner prescribed by law in respect to takings
for highway purposes.
Section 5. To carry out the purposes of this act a sum
not exceeding fifty thousand dollars shall be allowed and
paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth, but not until
an appropriation therefor has duly been made by the general
court. Approved June 4, 1920.
Chap. 607 An Act to provide additional compensation for the
STATE HOUSE SCRTJBWO.MEN FOR SERVICES DURING THE
EXTRA SESSION OF THE GENERAL COURT IN THE YEAR
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
There shall be paid to the scrubwomen employed in the
state house during the extra session of the year nineteen
hundred and nineteen the sum of one hundred dollars each
in addition to their regular wages. Approved June 4, 1920.
State house
scrubwomen,
compensation
for services
during 1919
extra session.
Chap. QOS An Act relative to abatements of the war poll tax
ASSESSED ON VETERANS OF THE SPANISH WAR, THE
PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION AND THE WORLD WAR.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, In order to carry out the purpose of this act it
must take effect at once, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Abatements
of certain war
poll taxes.
Time limit
for abatement
application.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Any honorably discharged veteran of the
Spanish war or of the PhiHppine insurrection, shall, upon
application in wTiting to the board of assessors of the city or
town in w^hich he resides, receive an abatement of any war
poll tax assessed upon him under the pro\'isions of chapter
two hundred and eighty-three of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen.
Section 2. No application for an abatement under this
act, and no application for abatement made by a veteran of
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 609. 673
the world war under section nine of chapter two hundred
and eighty-three of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and nineteen, shall be considered unless made within ninety
days from the date of the tax bill. Approved June 4, 1920.
An Act to correct certain inequalities in the Qhav.Q^)^
STATUTE providing SUITABLE RECOGNITION FOR SERVICE
IN THE WAR WITH GERMANY.
Whereas, The purpose of this act is to remedy certain Emergency
inequalities and in other respects to perfect chapter two ^"^^^"^
hundred and eighty-three of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, providing financial recognition for
IMassachusetts residents who served in the armed forces of
the United States in the world war, therefore, for the same
reasons for which said chapter two hundred and eighty-tlu-ee
was enacted as an emergency law, this act is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Every person who was enlisted or inducted auSrSedto
into the militarv service or who was called into the naval certain persons
Pixy-ip, ,. •, 'I/-! "^ recognition
ser\ace or the United States durmg the war with Germany for service in
and who reported for duty at a mobihzation camp, canton- Germany.'
ment or naval station subsequent to February third, nine-
teen hundred and seventeen, and prior to November eight-
eenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, shall be deemed to
have been mustered into the federal ser\ice and to have re-
ported for active duty within the meaning of section two of
chapter two hundred and eighty-tliree of the General Acts
of nineteen hmidred and nineteen, notwithstanding the fact
that such person was subsequently discharged from the
draft or from further service on account of physical or mental
disability, and if otherwise qualified shall be entitled to the
benefits of said chapter two hundred and eighty-three: pro- Proviso.
vided, that no benefit shall accrue under this act to a person
who was discharged from the said ser\'ice within thirty days
after reporting for duty at such mobilization camp, canton-
ment or naval station.
Section 2. The death of any person while on furlough Death, injury
shall be deemed to be a death while in ser\dce, and the dis- Cf an^y person.
charge of any person for injury or physical disabihty received ^°^ construed.
while on a furlough shall be deemed to have been a discharge
674
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 610.
Proviso.
Certain minors
to be deemed
residents of
Massachusetts,
etc.
Proviso.
for injury or physical incapacity received in the Hne of duty
^^^thin the meaning of section two of said chapter tvro hun-
dred and eighty-three, and if other^^^se quahfied such person
or his dependents shall be entitled to the benefits of said
chapter two hujidred and eighty-three: provided, however,
that in no case where the death, injury or incapacity was
the result of such person's misconduct shall he or his depen-
dents so be entitled.
Section 3. A minor who actually resided within the
commonwealth for a period of not less than six months
immediately prior to the time of liis entry into the federal
serxice, except students from other states temporarily re-~
siding in the commonwealth while attending a school, college,
or university, shall be deemed a resident of the common-
wealth for said period, \ntliin the meaning of section two of
said chapter two hundred and eighty-three, 'notwithstanding
his minority and irrespective of the residence or domicile of
his parents or guardian, and shall, if otherxN^ise qualified, be
entitled to the benefits of said chapter two hundred and
eighty-three: provided, that no person claiming under this
section shall so be entitled until it appears to the satisfaction
of the treasurer and receiver-general that he has not received
r.nd is not entitled to receive a bounty or other financial
reward for the said ser\'ice under the laws of any other
state. «
Section 4. Every person who served as a reconstruction
aide in the medical department of the United States army
or lioxy during the war with Germany shall be entitled to
the benefits of said chapter two hundred and eighty-three.
Section 5. Every person who reported for duty at a
mobiHzation camp, cantonment or naval station to which
he was ordered on or after the eleventh day of November,
nineteen hundred and eighteen and prior to the eighteenth
day of November, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and who
performed active duty for a period of thirty days thereafter,
shall, if other\nse qualified, be entitled to the benefits of said
chapter two hundred and eighty-tliree.
Approved June 4, 1920.
Chap. 610 An Act authorizing the appointment by the governor
OF A FUEL administrator.
Whereas, In order to secure an adequate supply of fuel
for the citizens of Massachusetts, the services of a fuel
administrator are indispensable and ^vill continue to be
Certain re-
construction
aides entitled
to benefits.
Certain persons
reporting for
and performing
active duty
entitled to
benefits.
Emergency
preamble.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 611, 612. 675
indispensable for an indefinite period; and whereas, the
pro\asions of the Commonwealth Defence Act of nineteen
hundred and seventeen relative to the appointment of such a
fuel administrator may become inoperative at any time by
federal action, therefore this act is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public health and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The provisions of the Commonwealth Defence Act of ^^nLtrator,
nineteen hundred and seventeen, being chapter three hun- appointment,
dred and forty-two of the General i\.cts of nineteen hundred
and seventeen, relating to the appointment, duties, authority
and powers of a fuel administrator, are hereby made oper-
ative until January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-two.
Approved June 4> 1920.
An Act relative to the title of smith's agricultural Chav.^^^
SCHOOL.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The title of the institution estabhshed under chapter one smith's
hundred and fifty-one of the Special Acts of nineteen hun- slSl'titfe'
dred and eighteen shall continue to be Smith's Agricultural confirmed.
School, notwithstanding the title of chapter fourteen of the
acts of the current year. Approved June 4, 1920.
An Act to apportion and assess a state tax of four- nhnrf 612
TEEN MILLION DOLLARS.
Whereas, A delay in the taking effect of this act would ^^'^^biT ^
cause great inconvenience in the collection of the state tax,
therefore, it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. Each city and town in the commonwealth state tax
shall be assessed and pay the sum with which it stands an§°^sers^ed.
charged in the following schedule, that is to say: —
Abington, thirteen thousand three hundred dollars, . $13,300 00
Acton, seventy-one hundred and forty dollars, . . 7,140 00
Acushnet, fifty-one hundred and eighty dollars, . 5,180 OQ
676
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 612.
State tax
apportioned
and assessed.
Adams, twenty-seven thousand five hundred and
eighty dollars, .......
Agawam, twelve thousand three hundred and twenty
dollars, . . . . .
Alford, five hundred and sixty dollars,
Amesbury, twenty-five thousand three hundred and
forty dollars, ......
Amherst, seventeen thousand seven hundred and
eighty dollars,
Andover, twenty-five thousand nine hundred dollars
Arlington, fifty-six thousand seven hundred dollars,
Ashburnham, forty-seven hundred and sixty dollars,
Ashby, twenty-six hundred and sixty dollars, .
Ashfield, twenty-eight hundred dollars,
Ashland, fifty-one hundred and eighty dollars, .
Athol, thirty-one thousand six hundred and forty dol-
lars, ........
Attleboro, fifty-nine thousand three hundred and sixty
dollars, .......
Auburn, sixty-five hundred and eighty dollars, .
Avon, thirty-seven hundred and eighty dollars,
Ayer, ninety-six hundred and sixty dollars,
Barnstable, twenty-three thousand two hundred and
forty dollars, ......
Barre, eighty-eight hundred and twenty dollars,
Becket, twenty-two hundred and forty dollars, .
Bedford, fifty-four hundred and sixty dollars, .
Belchertown, thirty-tliree hundred and sixty dollars,
Bellingham, forty-tliree hundred and forty dollars,
Belmont, tliirty-six thousand eight hundred and
twenty dollars, ......
Berkley, eighteen hundred and twenty dollars, .
Berlin, nineteen hundred and sixty dollars,
Bernardston, eighteen hundred and twenty dollars,
Beverlj^, one hundred thousand six hundred and sixty
dollars, .......
Billerica, seventeen thousand nine hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Blackstone, sixty-one hundred and sixty dollars,
Blandford, twenty-one hundred dollars, .
Bolton, twenty-two himdred and forty dollars, .
Boston, four million two hundred sixty-two thousand
three hundred dollars, ....
Bourne, fifteen thousand eight hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Boxborough, eight hundred and forty dollars, .
Boxford, twenty-three hundred and eighty dollars,
Boylston, eighteen hundred and twenty dollars,
Bramtree, twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and
twenty dollars, ......
Brewster, twenty-two hundred and forty dollars,
Bridgewater, sixteen thousand five hundred and
twenty dollars, .......
S27,580 00
12,320 00
560 00
25,340 00
17,780 00
25,900 00
56,700 00
4,760 00
2,660 00
2,800 00
5,180 00
31,640 00
59,360 00
6,580 00
3,780 00
9,660 00
23,240 00
8,820 00
2,240 00
5,460 00
3,360 00
4,340 00
36,820 00
1,820 00
1,960 00
1,820 00
100,660 00
17,920 00
6,160 00
2,100 00
2,240 00
4,262,300 00
15,820 00
840 00
2,380 00
1,820 00
27,720 00
2,240 00
16,520 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 612.
677
Brimfield, twenty-one hundred dollars,
Brockton, one hundred eighty-nine thousand seven
hundred dollars, .....
Brookfield, fifty-one hundred and eighty dollars,
BrookUne, two hundred fifty thousand and forty dol
lars, ........
Buckland, sixty-three hundred dollars,
Burlington, three thousand and eight}' dollars, .
Cambridge, four hundred two thousand, nine hundred
and twenty dollars, .....
Canton, eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty
dollars, .......
Carhsle, fourteen hundred dollars, .
Carver, fifty-three hundred and twenty dollars,
Charlemont, twenty-one hundred dollars,
Charlton, forty-seven hundred and sixty dollars,
Chatham, sixtj^'-five hundred and eighty dollars,
Chelmsford, fifteen thousand nine hundred and sixty
dollars, .......
Chelsea, one hundred and twelve thousand dollars,
Chesliire, twenty-nine hundred and forty dollars,
Chester, three thousand and eighty dollars,
Chesterfield, twelve hundred and sixty dollars, .
Chicopee, one hundred one thousand nine hundred
and twenty dollars, .....
Chilmark, twelve hundred and sixty dollars,
Clarksburg, fourteen hundred dollars,
Clinton, thirty-one thousand two hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Cohasset, sixteen thousand six hundred and sixty
dollars, .......
Colrain, thirty-six hundred and forty dollars.
Concord, twenty-one thousand one hundred and forty
dollars, . . . . . . .
Conway, twenty-six hundred and si.xtj'' dollars,
Cummington, eleven hundred and twenty dollars,
Dalton, twelve thousand three hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Dana, fourteen hundred dollars,
Danvers, twenty-five thousand seven hundred and
sixty dollars, ......
Dartmouth, seventeen thousand two hundred and
twenty dollars, ......
Dedham, thirty-nine thousand two hundred dollars,
Deerfield, ninetj^-nine hundred and forty dollars,
Dennis, forty-two hundred dollars, .
Dighton, seventy-nine hundred and eighty dollars,
Douglas, six thousand and twenty dollars,
Dover, seventy-seven hundred dollars,
Dracut, eighty-four hundred dollars,
Dudley, ninety-six hundred and sixty dollars, .
Dunstable, fourteen hundred dollars,
Duxbury, ninety-one hundred dollars,
$2,100 00 state tax
' apportioned
and assessed.
189,700 00
5,180 00
250,040 00
6,300 00
3,080 00
402,920 00
18,480 00
1,400 00
5,320 00
2,100 00
4,760 00
6,580 00
15,960 00
112,000 00
2,940 00
3,080 00
1,260 00
101,920 00
1,260 00
1,400 00
31,220 00
16,660 00
3,640 00
21,140 00
2,660 00 .
1,120 00
12,320 00
1,400 00
25,760 00
17,220 00
39,200 00
9,940 00
4,200 00
7,980 00
6,020 00
7,700 00
8,400 00
9,660 00
1,400 00
9,100 00
678
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 612.
State tax
apportioned
and assessed.
East Bridgewater, eleven thousand three hundred and
forty dollars, ......
East Longmeadow, five thousand and forty dollars,
Eastham, twelve hundred and sixty dollars, ' .
Easthampton, thirty-two thousand two hundred dol
lars, ........
Easton, twelve thousand four hundred and sixty dol-
lars, ........
Edgartown, forty-six hundred and twenty dollars,
Egremont, eighteen hundred and twenty dollars,
Enfield, nineteen hundred and sixty dollars,
Erving, five thousand and forty dollars, .
Essex, four thousand and sixty dollars,
Everett, one hundred sixteen thousand three hundred
and forty dollars, .....
Fairhaven, seventeen thousand seven hundred and
eighty dollars, ......
Fall River, three hundred seventy-five thousand seven
hundred and sixty dollars, ....
Falmouth, nineteen thousand one hundred and eighty
dollars, .......
Fitchburg, one hundred thirty-three thousand two
hundred and eighty dollars,
Florida, twenty-six hundred and sixty dollars, .
Foxborough, eighty-eight hundred and twenty dol
lars, ........
Framingham, sixty-three thousand eight hundred and
forty dollars, ......
Franklin, sixteen thousand nine hundred and forty
dollars, .......
Freetown, thirty-seven hundred and eighty dollars,
Gardner, thirty-seven thousand three hundred and
eighty dollars, ......
Gay Head, one hundred and forty dollars,
Georgetown, thirty-nine hundred and twenty dollars
Gill, nineteen hundred and sixty dollars, .
Gloucester, eighty thousand five hundred dollars,
Goshen, eight hundred and forty dollars, .
Gosnold, twenty-three hundred and eighty dollars,
Grafton, tliirteen thousand and twenty dollars,
Granby, twent}''-two hundred and forty dollars,
Gran^^lle, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars, .
Great Barrington, twenty-three thousand six hundred
and sixty dollars, .....
Greenfield, forty-eight thousand four huncked and
forty dollars, ......
Greenwich, nine hundred and eighty dollars,
Groton, eighty-five hundred and forty dollars, .
Groveland, forty^four hundred and eighty dollars,
Hadley, seventy-one hundred and forty dollars,
Halifax, twenty-one hundred dollars,
Hamilton, ten thousand six hundred and forty dollars,
Hampden, fouiteen hundred dollars,
$11,340 00
5,040 00
1,260 00
32,200 00
12,460 00
4,620 00
1,820 00
1,960 00
5,040 00
4,060 00
116,340 00
17,780 00
375,760 00
19,180 00
133,280 00
2,660 00
8,820 00
63,840 00
16,940 00
3,780 00
37,380 00
140 00
3,920 00
1,960 00
80,500 00
840 00
2,380 00
13,020 00
2,240 00
1,680 00
23,660 00
48,440 00
980 00
8,540 00
4,480 00
7,140 00
2,100 00
10,640 00
1,400 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 612.
679
Hancock, eleven hundred and twenty dollars, .
Hanover, sLxtj'^-three hundred dollars,
Hanson, sixty-five hundred and eighty dollars, .
Hardwick, twelve thousand three hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Harvard, fifty-four hundred and sixty dollars, .
Harwich, fifty-six hundred dollars, .
Hatfield, sixty-three hundred dollars,
Haverhill, one hundred forty-nine thousand eight hun
dred dollars, ......
Hawley, eight hundred and forty dollars, .
Heath, eight hundred and forty dollars, .
Hingham, nineteen thousand six hundred dollars,
Hinsdale, twenty-three hundred and eighty dollars,
Holbrook, sixty-three hundred dollars,
Holden, sixty-seven hundred and twenty dollars,
Holland, four hundred and twenty dollars,
Holliston, sixtj'-three hundred dollars,
Holyoke, two hundred fifteen thousand seven hundred
and forty dollars, .....
Hopedale, fifteen thousand four hundred dollars,
Hopkinton, fifty-seven hundred and forty dollars,
Hubbardston,. twenty-tliree hundi-ed and eightj'^ dol
lars, ........
Hudson, sixteen thousand three hundred and eighty
dollars, .......
Hull, twenty-eight thousand four hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Huntington, twentj'-eight hundred dollars,
Ipswich, eighteen thousand three hundred and forty
dollars, .......
Kingston, fifty-three hundred and twenty dollars,
LakeviUe, thirty-six hundred and forty dollars,
Lancaster, si.xt^^-eight hundred and sixty dollars,
Lanesborough, twenty-five hundred and twenty dol
lars, ........
Lawrence, two hundred seventy thousand four hun-
dred and eighty dollars, ....
Lee, ten thousand two hundred and twenty dollars,
Leicester, eighty-six hundred and eighty dollars,
Lenox, nineteen thousand four hundred and sixty dol-
lars, ........
Leominster, forty-six thousand seven hundred and
sixty dollars, ......
Leverett, fourteen hundred dollars, .
Lexington, twenty-three thousand eight hundred dol-
lars, ........
Leyden, eight hundred and forty dollars, .
Lincoln, fifty-three hundred and twenty dollars,
Littleton, thirtj^-seven hundred and eighty dollars,
Longmeadow, eleven thousand two hundred dollars,
Lowell, two hundred ninety-eight thousand four hun-
dred and eighty dollars, .....
$1,120 00 State ta-x
6,300 00
6,580 00
a onn (V) apportioned
u,oul; uu and assessed.
12,.320 00
5,460 00
5,600 00
6,300 00
U9,800 00
840 00
840 00
19,600 00
2,380 00
6,300 00
6,720 00
420 00
6,300 00
215,740 00
15,400 00
5,740 00
2,380 00
16,380 00
28,420 00
2,800 00
18,340 00
5,320 00
3,640 00
6,860 00
2,520 00
270,480 00
10,220 00
8,680 00
19,460 00
46,760 00
1,400 00
23,800 00
840 00
5,320 00
3,780 00
11,200 00
298,480 00
680
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 612.
State tax
apportioned
and assessed.
Ludlow, nineteen thousand four hundred and sixty
dollars, .......
Lunenburg, forty-seven hundred and sixty dollars,
Lynn, two hundred ninety-two thousand and forty
dollars, .......
Lynnfield, forty-four hundred and eightj^ dollars,
Maiden, one hundred twenty-three thousand two hun
dred dollars, ......
Manchester, thirty-one thousand seven hundred and
eighty dollars, ......
Mansfield, eighteen thousand six hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Marblehead, thirty-one thousand two hundred and
twenty dollars, ......
Marion, eighty-eight hundred and twenty dollars,
Marlborough, thirty-six thousand six hundred and
eighty dollars, . . . . . \ .
Marshfield, seventy-four hundred and twenty dollars
Mashpee, twelve hundred and sixty dollars,
Mattapoisett, five thousand and forty dollars, .
Maynard, fourteen thousand two hundred and eighty
dollars, .......
Medfield, sixty-one hundred and sixty dollars, .
Medford, ninety-nine thousand one hundred and
twenty dollars, ......
Med way, fifty-seven hundred and forty dollars,
Melrose, fifty-four thousand six hundred dollars,
Mendon, twenty-two hundred and forty dollars,
Merrimac, five thousand and forty dollars,
Methuen, forty thousand seven hundred and forty
dollars, .......
Middleborough, sixteen thousand nine hundred and
forty dollars, ......
Middlefield, seven hundred dollars, .
Middleton, twenty-nine hundred and forty dollars,
Milford, thirty-one thousand two hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Millbury, twelve thousand seven hundred and forty
dollars, .......
Millis, fifty-six hundred dollars,
Millville, thirty-nine hundred and twenty dollars,
Milton, fifty-two thousand nine hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Monroe, eight hundred and forty dollars, .
Monson, sixty-eight hundred and sixty dollars, .
Montague, twenty-four thousand three hundred and
sixty dollars, ......
Monterey, twelve hundred and sixty dollars,
Montgomery, five hundred and sixty dollars.
Mount Washington, four hundred and twenty dollars,
Nahant, eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty
dollars, . . . . . . . .
Nantucket, fourteen thousand five hundred and sixty
dollars, . . . . .
$19,460 00
4,760 00
292,040 00
4,480 00
123,200 00
31,780 00
18,620 00
31,220 00
8,820 00
36,680 00
7,420 00
1,260 00
5,040 00
14,280 00
6,160 00
99,120 00
5,740 00
54,600 00
2,240 00
5,040 00
40,740 00
16,940 00
700 00
2,940 00
31,220 00
12,740 00
5,600 00
3,920 00
52,920 00
840 00
6,860 00
24,360 00
1,260 00
560 00
420 00
11,760 00
14,560 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 612.
681
Natick, twenty-six thousand six hundred dollars,
Needham, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and
forty dollars, ......
New Ashford, two hundred and eighty dollars, .
New Bedford, three hundred eighty-five thousand
seven hundred dollars, ....
New Braintree, twelve hundred and sixty dollars.
New Marlborough, thirty-two hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
New Salem, fifteen hundred and forty dollars, .
Newbur>^, fifty-seven hundred and forty dollars,
Newburyport, thirty-seven thousand two hundred and
forty dollars, ......
Newton, two hundred thirteen thousand and eighty
dollars, .......
Norfolk, thirty-six hundred and forty dollars, .
North Adams, fifty-four thousand seven hundred and
forty dollars, ......
North Andover, twenty-four thousand three hundred
and sixty dollars, .....
North Attleborough, twenty-five thousand seven hun-
dred and sixty dollars, ....
North Brookfield, sixty-three hundred dollars, .
North Reading, thirty-two hundred and twenty dol-
lars, ........
Northampton, fifty-eight thousand three hundred and
eighty dollars, ......
Northborough, fifty-six hundred dollars, .
Northbridge, twenty-five thousand nine hundred dol-
lars, ........
Northiield, forty-six hundred and twenty dollars,
Norton, fifty-seven hundred and forty dollars, .
Norwell, thirty-seven hundred and eighty dollars,
Norwood, fifty-three thousand six hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Oak Bluffs, fifty-eight hundred and eighty dollars,
Oakham, twelve hundred and sixty doUars,
Orange, fourteen thousand one hundred and forty dol-
lars, ........
Orleans, seventy-one hundred and forty dollars,
Otis, eleven hundred and twenty dollars, .
Oxford, seventy-four hundred and twenty dollars.
Palmer, twenty-three thousand eight hundred dollars
Paxton, eleven hundred and twenty dollars,
Peabody, seventy-two thousand three hundred and
eighty dollars, . . • .
Pelhara, fifteen hundred and forty dollars,
Pembroke, four thousand and sixty dollars,
PeppereU, seventy-seven hundred dollars,
Peru, seven hundred dollars, ....
Petersham, twenty-nine hundred and forty dollars,
PhiUipston, nine hundred and eighty dollars,
Pittsfield, one hundred twenty thousand five hundred
and forty dollars, ......
$26,600 00 state tax
apportioned
and assessed.
28,840 00 ^
280 00
385,700 00
1,260 00
3,220 00
1,540 00
5,740 00
37,240 00
213,080 00
3,640 00
54,740 00
24,360 00
25,760 00
6,300 00
3,220 00
58,380 00
5,600 00 .
25,900 00
4,620 00
5,740 00
3,780 00
53,620 00
5,880 00
1,260 00
14,140 00
7,140 00
1,120 00
7,420 00
23,800 00
1,120 00
72,380 00
1,540 00
4,060 00
7,700 00
700 00
2,940 00
980 00
120,540 00
682
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 612.
State tax
apportioned
and assessed.
Plainfield, seven hundred dollars, ....
Plainville, tliirty-two hundred and twenty dollars,
Plymouth, forty-nine thousand four hundred and
twenty dollars, .......
Plympton, fourteen hundred dollars,
Prescott, seven hundred dollars, ....
Princeton, tln-ee thousand and eight}^ dollars, .
Provincetown, ninety-three hundred and eighty dollars,
Quincy, one hundred forty-two thousand five hundred
and twenty dollars, .....
Randolph, ninety-two hundred and forty dollars,
Raynham, thirty-nine hundred and twenty dollars,
Reading, twenty-three thousand five hundred and
twenty dollars, ......
Rehoboth, thirty-six hundred and forty dollars.
Revere, seventy thousand four hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Richmond, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars,
Rochester, three thousand and eighty dollars, .
Rockland, eighteen thousand seven hundred and sixty
dollars, .......
Rockport, twelve thousand three hundred and twenty
dollars, . . . . ^ .
Rpwe, eight hundred and forty dollars,
Rowley, thirty-two hundred and twenty dollars,
Royalston, twenty-five hundred and twenty dollars,
Russell, sixtj^-one hundred and sixty dollars,
Rutland, three thousand and eighty dollars,
Salem, one hundred twenty-six thousand two hundred
and eighty dollars, .....
Salisbury, fifty-four hundred and sixty dollars, .
Sandisfield, fourteen hundred dollars,
Sand^vich, four thousand and sixty dollars,
Saugus, twenty-two thousand eight hundred and
twenty dollars, ......
Savoy, seven hundred dollars,
Scituate, sixteen thousand three hundred and eighty
dollars, .......
Seekonk, sixty-tluee hundred dollars,
Sharon, ninety-five hundred and twenty dollars,
Sheffield, four thousand and sixty dollars,
Shelburne, fifty-four hundred and si.'ity dollars,
Sherborn, forty-nine hundred dollars,
Shirley, fifty-one hundred and eighty dollars, .
Shrewsbury, ten thousand two hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Shutesbury, nine hundred and eighty dollars, .
Somerset, sixty-seven hundred and twenty dollars,
Somerville, two hundred forty-five thousand four
hundred and twenty dollars.
South Hadley, fourteen thousand seven hundred
dollars, ..'.....
Southampton, eighteen hundred and twenty dollars.
$700 00
3,220 00
49,420 00
1,400 00
700 00
3,080 00
, 9,380 00
142,520 00
9,240 00
3,920 00
23,520 00
3,640 00
70,420 00
1,680 00
3,080 00
18,760 00
12,320 00
840 00
3,220 00
2,520 00
6,160 00
3,080 00
126,280 00
5,460 00
1,400 00
4,060 00
22,820 00
700 00
16,380 00
6,300 00
9,520 00
4,060 00
5,460 00
4,900 00
5,180 00
10,220 00
980 00
6,720 00
245,420 00
14,700 00
1,820 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 612.
683
Southborough, seventyone hundred and forty dollars,
Southbridge, twenty-nine thousand two hundred and
sixty dollars, ......
Southwick, three thousand and eighty dollars, .
Spencer, twelve thousand eight hundred and eighty
dollars, .......
Springfield, five hundred seventy-two thousand three
hundred and twenty dollars,
Sterling, thirty-nine hundred and twenty dollars,
Stockbridge, eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty
dollars, .......
Stoneham, nineteen thousand one hundred and eighty
dollars, .......
Stoughton, seventeen thousand three hundred and
sixty dollars, ......
Stow, thirty-three hundred and sixty dollars, .
Sturbridge, three thousand and eighty dollars, .
Sudbury, four thousand and six-ty dollars,
Sunderland, twenty-three hundred and eighty dollars
Sutton, five thousand and forty dollars, .
Swampscott, thirty-eight thousand two hundred and
twenty dollars, ......
Swansea, fifty-seven hundred and forty dollars,
Taunton, ninety-six thousand eight hundred and
eight}' dollars, ......
Templeton, seventy-eight hundred and forty dollars,
Tewksbury, seventy-five hundred and sixty dollars,
Tisbury, fifty-six hundred dollars, .
Tolland, eight hundred and forty dollars,
Topsfield, sixty-thi-ee hundred dollars,
Townsend, four thousand and sixty dollars,
Truro, fifteen hundred and forty dollars, .
Tyngsborough, twentj'-five hundred and twenty
dollars, .......
Tyringham, nine hundred and eighty dollars, .
Upton, four thousand and sixty dollars, .
Uxbridge, fourteen thousand dollars,
Wakefield, thirty-eight thousand nine hundred and
twenty dollars, ......
Wales, eleven hundred and twenty dollars,
Walpole, twenty-tliree thousand nine hundred and
forty dollars, ......
Waltham, ninety-two thousand four hundred dollars.
Ware, twenty thousand eight hundred and sixty
dollars, .......
Wareham, eighteen thousand seven hundred and sixty
dollars, .......
Warren, eighty-six hundred and eighty dollars,
Warwick, twelve hundred and sixtj'^ dollars,
Washington, eight hundred and forty dollars, .
Watertown, seventy-seven thousand one hundred
and forty dollars, .....
Wayland, seven thousand dollars, .
$7,140 00 state tax
apportioned
and assessed.
29,260 00
3,080 00
12,880 00
572,320 00
3,920 00
11,760 00
19,180 00
17,360 00
3,360 00
3,080 00
4,060 00
2,380 00
5,040 00
38,220 00
5,740 00
96,880 00
7,840 00
7,560 00
5,600 00
840 00
6,300 00
4,060 00
1,540 00
2,520 00
980 00
4,060 00
14,000 00
38,920 00
1,120 00
23,940 00
92,400 00
20,860 00
18,760 00
8,680 00
1,260 00
840 00
77,140 00
7,000 00
684
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 612.
State tax
apportioned
and assessed
Webster, twenty-six thousand three hundred and
twenty dollars, ^ . $26,320 00
Wellesley, forty-one thousand five hundred and eighty
dollars, 41,580 00
Wellfleet, twenty-thi-ee hundred and eighty dollars, . 2,380 00
Wendell, twenty-one hundred dollars, . . . 2,100 00
Wenham, six thousand and twenty dollars, . . 6,020 00
West Boylston, thirty-two hundred and twenty dollars, 3,220 00
West Bridgewater, fifty-seven hundred and forty
dollars, 5,740 00
West Brooldield, thirty-two hundred and twenty
dollars, 3,220 00
West Newbury, three thousand and eighty dollars, . 3,080 00
West Springfield, thirty-seven thousand eight hun-
dred dollars, 37,800 00
West Stockbridge, twenty-two hundred and forty
dollars, 2,240 00
West Tisbury, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars, . 1,680 00
Westborough, ninety-nine hundred and forty dollars, . 9,940 00
Westfield, forty-one thousand four hundred and forty
dollars, 41,440 00
Westford, ten thousand two hundred and twenty
dollars, 10,220 00
Westharapton, eight hundred and forty dollars, . 840 00
Westminster, three thousand and eighty dollars, . 3,080 00
Weston, thirteen thousand eight hundred and sixty
dollars, 13,860 00
Westport, ninetj^-six hundred and sixty dollars, . 9,660 00
Westwood, seven thousand dollars, .... 7,000 00
Weymouth, thirty-nine thousand and sixty dollars, . 39,060 00
Whately, twenty-three hundred and eighty dollars, . 2,380 00
Whitman, seventeen thousand three hundred and
sixty dollars, 17,360 00
Wilbraham, sixty-seven hundred and twenty dollars, . 6,720 00
Williamsburg, thirty-seven hundred and eighty
dollars, 3,780 00
Williamstown, thirteen thousand four hundred and
forty doUars, 13,440 00
Wilmington, sixt5'--four hundred and forty dollars, . 6,440 00
Winchendon, tliirteen thousand seven hundred and
twenty doUars, 13,720 00
Winchester, forty-six thousand nine hundred dollars, . 46,900 00
Windsor, eight hundred and forty dollars, . . 840 00
Winthrop, forty-five thousand six hundred and forty
dollars, . _ . 45,&40 00
Woburn, forty-seven thousand four hundred and sixty
doUars, . 47,460 00
Worcester, six hundred twenty-one thousand six hun-
dred doUars, 621,600 00
Worthington, twelve hundred and sixty doUars, . 1,260 00
Wrentham, fifty-three hundred and twenty dollars, . 5,320 00
Yarmouth, fifty-six hundred doUars, . . . 5,600 00
$14,000,000 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 612. 685
Section 2. The treasurer and receiver-ojeneral shall Treasurer to
„,., ii- !• 1 •• (• 'ssue warrant.
forthwith send his warrant, according to the proMsions or
section thirty-four of Part I of chq,pter four hundred and
ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, to the
selectmen or assessors of each city and town taxed as afore-
said, requiring them respectively to assess the sum so charge^,
and to add the amount of such tax to the amount of city,
'town and county taxes to be assessed by them respectively
on each city and town.
Section 3. The treasurer and receiver-general in his Payment of
warrant shall require the selectmen or assessors to pay, or assessments.
issue severally their warrant or warrants requiring the treas-
urers of their several cities and towns to pay to the treasurer
and receiver-general, on or before the fifteenth day of Novem-
ber in the year nineteen hundred and twenty, the sums set
against said cities and towns in the schedule aforesaid; and
the selectmen or assessors, respectively, shall return a certifi-
cate of the names of the treasurers of their several cities and
towns, with the sum which each may be required to collect,
to the treasurer and receiver-general at some time before
the first day of September in the year nineteen hundred and '
twenty.
Section 4. If the amount due from any city or town, as Notice to
provided in this act, is not paid to the treasurer and receiver- d™unqu^ent°^
general within the time specified, then the treasurer and ^owm^"'^
receiver-general shall notify the treasurer of such delinquent
city or town, who shall pay into the treasury of the com-
monwealth, in addition to the tax, ^uch further sum as
would be equal to one per cent per month during the delin-
quency from and after the fifteenth day of November in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty; and if the same remains
unpaid after the first day of December in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty, an information may be filed by the
treasurer and receiver-general in the supreme judicial court,
or before any justice thereof, against such delinquent city or
town; and upon notice to such city or town, and a summary
hearing thereon, a warrant of distress may issue against such warrant of
city or. town to enforce the payment of said taxes under fo^^g^ue! ''^^'^
such penalties as the com't, or the justice thereof before
whom the hearing is had, shall order. Nothing herein con-
tained shall be construed to prevent the treasurer and
receiver-general from deducting at any time, from any moneys
which may be due from the commonwealth to the delinquent
686
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 613.
city or town, the whole or any part of said tax, with the
interest accrued thereon, which shall remain unpaid.
Approved June 4, 1920.
Hyde Park
Transportation
District, in-
corporated for
street railway
purposes.
(7/iap.613 An Act to PROvroE for the public oper.ition of street
RAILWAY LINES IN THE HYDE PARK DISTRICT OF THE CITY
OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. That part of the city of Boston formerly
^^^thin the boundaries of the town of Hyde Park together
with that part of RiA'er street which extends from the
old Hyde Park-Boston line to Mattapan square, shall for
the purposes of street railway transportation, constitute an
area or district. For the purposes of this act and none
other, the trustees for the time being appointed under chapter
one hundred and fifty-nine of the Special Acts of nineteen
hundred and eighteen, and their successor or successors in
office are constituted a corporation under the name of Hyde
Park Transportation District, hereinafter called the corpo-
ration, AA^th all the powers of a street railway company
organized under the general laws.
Section 2. Upon certification by the department of
pubhc utilities, hereinafter called the department, that the
work required by section six has been performed and that
the following lines in said area, to wdt : the line from Wolcott
square, Read\'ille, tlirough Cleary square to the former
Hyde Park-Boston boundary line, and the River street line
from Mattapan square through Cleary square to the Dedham
boundary line, are in safe and proper condition for operation,
the said street railway lines in said area shall, during the
period of public management and control of the Boston
Elevated Railway Company under said chapter one hun-
dred and fifty-nine and am' amendments thereof, be man-
aged and operated by the corporation in behalf of the city of
Boston in the same manner and to the same extent as are
the lines of the Boston Elevated Railway Company. All the
pro\'isions of said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, so
far as they are relevant, and except as is otherwise proAaded
in this act, shall apply to the management and operation of
street railway transportation in the said district.
Eastern Section 3. Upou Said Certification by the department,
st^rR^iiway the Eastcm Massachusetts Street Railway Company shall
shSi^e^e cease to operate said street railway lines within the said
Certain street
railway lines
in the Hyde
Park district
of Boston may
be operated by
the corporation.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 613. 687
area and shall permit the corporation to take over and ^rtefnst^reet
operate the same and all property appurtenant thereto railway lines.
which the department certifies is necessary for the safe and
efficient operation of said lines. The corporation shall pay Annual rental
to said company an annual rental at the rate of six per cent termined by
on a sum equal to the value of the property taken over as ment^^^"^*'
determined under the pro\'isions of chapter one hundred and
eighty-eight of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and
eighteen, increased or diminished by any appreciation or
depreciation of said value which shall have occurred since
the first day of June, nineteen hundred and nineteen. The
said sum shall be determined by the department at the time
and as a part of its certification under section two. The said
annual rental shall be paid in such instalments and at such
times as the department may fix.
Section 4. The corporation shall make such arrange- Rate of fare
ments that the rate of fare %\dthin the said Hyde Park area ^rtafn^uSt.
and the rate of fare to and from any and all parts of said
area to and from any and all parts of all sections or districts
served by the Boston Elevated Railway Company shall not
exceed the unit rate of fare which the Boston Elevated
Railway Company now charges or may hereafter charge on
its system: provided, however, that nothing herein contained ^^'''iso.
shall prevent the establishment of uniform and graduated
rates of fare over the entire system of, and in all the districts
served by, the Boston Elevated Railway Company, and the
corporation.
Section 5. Any excess of the cost of service for said area Excess of cost
over the income thereof, determined as of the first day of over income,
February in any year by the department whose decision Ind^^yment"
with respect thereto shall be final, shall forthwith, upon °^-
filing vnth the treasurer of the city of Boston of a certified
copy of such determination, be paid to the corporation, and
for this purpose the said city is authorized to raise by taxa-
tion, in excess of any tax limit imposed by law, the amount
of the deficit. The treasiu-er of the city of Boston shall
forthAAith make said pajnnent out of the funds of the city.
Section 6. The trustees of the Eastern IMassachusetts Construction
Street Railway Company are hereby authorized and directed double track
to construct a double track line on Hyde Park avenue, be- '"*'
ginning where the double track now ceases at the junction of
Hyde Park avenue and JVIetropolitan avenue and running
thence to Cleary square. Seven per cent of the cost of the Yearly rental.
construction of the said double track line, as determined and
688
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 613.
Payment for
depreciation on
new construc-
tion, etc.
Payment by the
city of Boston
authorized for
repairs, recon-
struction of
tracks, etc.,
except, etc.
Appeal to the
superior coiirt.
Reserve Fund
to meet cost of
service, etc.
Restoration of
fund, etc.
approved by the department, shall be paid by the corpora-
tion as a yearly rental for the use of the said double track
line so long as the tracks are operated by the corporation.
In addition to said rental as herein fixed there shall yearly
be reserved and either paid at the expiration of operation
hereunder or expended during the period of operation here-
under upon said property taken over in addition to ordinary
expenditures for repairs, such amounts as the department
shall determine to be adequate to pro\'ide for depreciation
on said new construction made by the Eastern Massachu-
setts Street Railway Company.
Section 7. At any time before January first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, the mayor of the city of Boston
may, on such terms as he may fix and subject to the provi-
sions of the cit}' charter, authorize the expenditure by the
city of such sum, not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, as
may be certified by the department to be necessary for
sufficient repairs and reconstruction of the roadbed, tracks,
poles, Anres, and other appurtenances of all the street rail-
way lines in said area, except those lines included in the
pro^'isions of section six of this act, for the purpose of render-
ing the said lines safe for operation. The said amount shall
be paid by the city of Boston, and for this purpose the city
is authorized to raise the necessary sum by taxation in
excess of any tax limit imposed by law.
Section 8. The trustees of the Eastern Massachusetts
Street Railway Company, if aggrie^•ed by the determination
of the rental of said lines by the department, as herein pro-
vided, may appeal therefrom to the superior court within
thirty days thereafter.
Section 9. The city of Boston, acting by the mayor and
without other authorization than is herein contained, is
hereby authorized to pay to the corporation the sum of
fifty thousand dollars to be known as the Reserve Fund,
wliich fund shall be used by the corporation to pay the cost
of ser\'ice in said area or district as may from time to time
be necessary. Whenever the income of the district is in-
sufficient to meet the cost of service, the reserve fund shall
be used, so far as may be necessary, to make up the de-
ficiency, and whencA'er, on the other hand, the income is
more than sufficient to meet the cost of ser\ice, the excess
shall be transferred to and become a part of the reserve
fund. If at any time the reserve fund becomes less than ten
thousand dollars, the city of Boston shall, upon certification
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 614. 689
by the trustees constituting the corporation jfiled with the
treasurer of the city, pay to the corporation a sum sufficient
to restore the fund to its original amount. Upon termina-
tion of operation under the provisions of this act, any amount
remaining in the reserve fund shall be paid to the city of
Boston. The city of Boston is authorized to raise by taxa-
tion, in excess of any tax limit imposed by law, such sums as
may be necessary to keep the reserve fund at the amount
aforesaid.
Section 10. In the operation of the said Hues in said pe7so^iy°*
district and in the employment of the reserve fund therefor, ^aWe, except,
none of the trustees constituting the corporation shall be
personally liable in any event, except in case of actual fraud
or bad faith on his part.
Section 11. The department shall forthwith, and from Proportion of
time to time thereafter, determine what proportion, if any, be't^ake'nls
of the unit fare paid by passengers to and from any part of fncomeo^^the
said district to and from any sections or districts served by how dete!--''"
the Boston Elevated Railway Company shall be assigned to mined,
operations in said district and be taken as a part of the
income of said district; and so far as any property of the Amount to
Boston Elevated Railway Company is used or other service Elevated Rau^
rendered by it in connection with the operation of the hues ^ay Company.
in said district, what amount shall be paid to said company
therefor.
Section 12. Sections one and nine of this act shall take when to
effect upon its passage; the remaining sections shall take
effect upon payment of the amount of said reserve fund to
the corporation. Approved June 4, 1920.
An Act to establish tHe salaries of the justices of Chap. Q14:
THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The salary of the chief justice of the mu- Justices of
nicipal court of the city of Boston shall be eight thousand municfpar
five hundred dollars a year and the salary of each of the est^abiished!''^
associate justices of said court shall be eight thousand dol-
lars a year, payable by the county of Suffolk, pro\ided that Provisos,
this act shall not operate to increase the amount of any dis-
ability or retirement pension now authorized by law nor
apply to judges heretofore appointed who accept the increase
of salary authorized by this act: provided, however, that any
judge of said court who is retired under the pro\isions of
690
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 615, 616.
When to
take efFeot.
Article LVIII of the amendments to the constitution shall
on retirement be entitled to receive a pension equal to one
half the salary to which he would have been entitled had
he been appointed prior to the passage of this act.
Section 2. The increases of salary herein provided for
shall take effect as of June first, nineteen hundred and
twenty. Approved June 4> 1920.
Chap.Q15 An Act to establish the salaries of the assistant
CLERK AND SECOND ASSISTANT CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL
COURT OF THE CHARLESTOWN DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF
BOSTON.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. The salary of the assistant clerk of the mu-
nicipal court of the Charlestown district of the city of Boston
shall be se\'enty-five per cent and the salary of the second
assistant clerk of said court shall be sixty per cent of the
salary of the clerk of said court occup;ying the position at
the time of the passage of this act.
Section 2. The salaries hereby established shall be al-
lowed and paid from the seventeenth day of August nine-
teen hundred and nineteen. Approved June 4, 1920.
Municipal court
of Charlestown
district of
Boston, salaries
of assistant
clerk and sec-
ond assistant
clerk estab-
lished.
When to
take effect.
C/tap.616 An Act to establish a commission to ascertain the
most appropriate methods of caring for the graves
of american dead in foreign soil.
Emergency
preamble.
Whereas, The work herein contemplated should be under-
taken without delay, therefore this act is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.
Appointment
of commission
to ascertain
the most ap-
propriate
methods of
caring for the
graves of
American dead
in foreign soil,
etc.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There shall be appointed by the governor,
with the advice and consent of the council, a commission of
three persons who shall proceed to ascertain the situation of,
and to identify, the graves of the men and women of Massa-
chusetts who gave their lives for their country in France and
in other foreign countries during the world war, and the
most appropriate methods of preser%dng the identity of the
graves, of insuring their proper care, and of overseeing ex-
^
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 617. 691
humation, and transportation to the United States of such
bodies of Massachusetts dead as are to be transported. The
commission shall also inquire into the wisdom of the con-
struction by the commonwealth, in France or elsewhere, of
a monument or other suitable memorial, in commemoration
of Massachusetts citizens whose lives were so given.
Section 2. The commission, or any member or assistant Travel and
thereof, shall have authority to travel, and shall receive such
compensation and may expend in the discharge of its duties,
such sums as the governor and council may approve.
Section 3. The commission shall make a report of its Report,
investigations and recommendations to the general court
not later than the fifteenth day of January, nineteen hundred
and twentj'-one. Approved June 4, 1920.
An Act to permit the treasurer and receiver-gen- Qjidrf giy
ERAL TO HOLD CERTAIN BONDS RECEIVED IN PART COM-
PROMISE OF A DEBT.
Whereas, The treasurer a«id receiver-general has accepted p^ambrj!^
in compromise of the debt created by the maturing on June
first, nineteen hundred and twenty, of two hundred and
seventy-five thousand dollars Fitchburg Railroad Company
four per cent bonds held in the Massachusetts School Fund,
fifty per cent of their face value in cash and fifty per cent of
their face value in general gold mortgage six per cent bonds of
the Boston and Maine Railroad, due in ten years from date
of issue, which are not a legal investment for the funds of
the commonwealth; and ivhereas, the immediate sale of
said bonds would cause a substantial loss to the Massachu-
setts School Fund, therefore this act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
The treasurer and receiver-general is hereby authorized to state treasurer
hold as an investment until maturity general mortgage gold hoid°erTa1n*'
bonds of the Boston and Maine Railroad bearing interest at hfplrt'^TOm^l^'^
six per cent per annum and due in ten years from the date of ^ly^'^^ °^ *
issue, to an amount not exceeding one hundred and thirty-
eight thousand dollars, face value.
Approved June 4, 1920.
692
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 618, 619.
C hap. QIS An Act to increase the registration fee for labels,
TRADE-MARKS, STAMPS AND FORMS OF ADVERTISEMENT.
Whereas, There is immediate need of additional revenue to
defray the expenses of the commonwealth, therefore, this
act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Emergency
preamble.
R. L. 72, § 7,
etc., amended.
Registration
fee for labels,
etc., estab-
lished.
Record of
assignment
and registra-
tion fee.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:
Section seven of chapter seventy-two of the Re\ased Laws,
as amended by section two hundred and seventy-nine of
chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby further amended
by striking out the last five sentences, and substituting the
following: — The fee for filing the certificate and declaration
and issuing the certificate of record shall be twenty-five
dollars. No label shall be recorded which could reasonably
be mistaken for a label already on record. If a label duly
recorded as aforesaid is assigned by an instrument in writing
under seal, such assignment may be recorded. Upon the
filing of an assignment the secretary of the commonwealth
shall issue to the assignee a certificate of registration. The
fee for filing the assignment and issuing the certificate of
registration shall be twenty-five dollars.
Approved June 4. 1920.
State Boxing
Commission
established.
Chap. 619 An Act to establish a state boxing coMxMission to
SERVE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby established to serve in the
department of public safety the State Boxing Commission,
to consist of tlu-ee persons, one of whom shall be the com-
missioner of public safety, who shall act as chairman. The
remaining two members shall be appointed by the governor,
with the advice and consent of the council. The initial ap-
pointees, except the chairman, shall serve for two and three
years, respectively, as the governor shall designate, and as
their terms expire he shall appoint a successor for a term of
three years. The remaining two members shall receive such
annual salaries as the governor and council may fix, not ex-
ceeding tliirty-five hundred dollars each. The members of
Salaries,
travelling ex-
penses, etc.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 619. 693
the commission shall also receive their travelling expenses
actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of their
duties, and the commission shall be allowed such sums for
clerical assistance as the governor and council may approve.
The commission shall be furnished with suitable offices in the
state house or elsewhere in the city of Boston.
Section 2. The commissioner of public safety may ap- commissioner
point a secretary to serve in the department of public safety, ^ ap^Tnfi^*^
who shall be exempt frpm the ci\il ser^•ice laws, and may secretary, etc.
remove liim for such cause as the commissioner shall deem
sufficient, which shall be stated in the order of removal.
The said secretary shall, in addition to his other duties in the
department of pubhc safety, act as the secretary of the
state boxing commission and shall keep full and true record
of all its proceedings, and shall perform such other duties as
the commissioner may prescribe. He shall receive such Salary of
salary, not exceeding three thousand dollars, as the com- ^®°'"'**'*''^-
missioner may fijc. The chairman of the commission may Appointment
J , • ^„ _ J. J. J.1 . . "^ of persons to
deputize one or more persons to represent the commission represent com-
and to be present at any match or exliibition authorized to Cibftionsfete"
be held as hereinafter proAided, who may receive such com-
pensation for actual ser\ice as shall be fixed by rule or regu-
lation of the commission, together with their travelling ex-
penses actually and necessarily incurred in the discharge of
their duties.
Section 3. No boxing or sparring match or exhibition Certain boxing
for a prize or a purse, or at wiiich an admission fee is charged, be licensed,
either directly or indirectly, in the form of dues or otherwise,
shall take place or be conducted in this commonwealth
except in pursuance of a license granted by the commission,
as hereinafter provided. In no case shall any boxing or Boxing on
sparring match or exliibition occur on Sunday. Applications hibited! ^"*"
for the license shall be accompanied by such fee, not less Fee.
than twenty-five nor more than eight hundred dollars, as
the commission may establish on the basis of tlie population
of the city or town in which the match or exhibition is to be
held. Any persons holding, conducting, participating in or Penalty for
attending a match or exhibition held without a license, as ournfeMe."
pro\ided in this act, shall be punished by a fine not exceed-
: ^ u,,,iriT.Qri rlr^llnrtj nr bv imnrisQiiment for a term not
692
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 618, 619.
C hap. QIS An Act to increase the registration fee for labels,
TRADE-MARKS, STAMPS AND FORMS OF ADVERTISEMENT.
Whereas, There is immediate need of additional revenue to
defray the expenses of the commonwealth, therefore, this
act is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public convenience.
Emergency
preamble.
R. L. 72, § 7,
etc., amended.
Registration
fee for labels,
etc., estab-
lished.
Record of
assignment
and registra-
tion fee.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section seven of chapter seventy-two of the Revised Laws,
as amended by section two hundred and seventy-nine of
chapter two hundred and fifty-seven of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, is hereby further amended
by striking out the last five sentences, and substituting the
following : — The fee for filing the certificate and declaration
and issuing the certificate of record shall be twenty-five
dollars. No label shall be recorded which could reasonably
be mistaken for a label already on record. If a label duly
recorded as aforesaid is assigned by an instrument in writing
under seal, such assignment may be recorded. Upon the
filing of an assignment the secretary of the commonwealth
shall issue to the assignee a certificate of registration. The
fee for filing the assignment and issuing the certificate of
registration shall be twenty-five dollars.
Approved June 4, 1920.
C/iap.619 An Act to establish a state boxing commission to
SERVE IN the department OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Section 1. There is hereby established to serve in the
department of public safety the State Boxing Commission,
to consist of tliree persons, one of whom shall be the com-
missioner of public safety, who shall act as chairman. The
remaining two members shall be appointed by the governor,
with the advice and consent of the council. The initial ap-
pointees, except the chairman, shall serve for two and three
x'Pflrs. resnectivelv. as the governor shall designate, and as
State Boxing
Commission
established.
Chapter 619, Acts of 1920. Referendum petition filed
June 11, 1920, but not completed.
See page 800
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 619. 693
the commission shall also receive their travelling expenses
actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of their
duties, and the commission shall be allowed such sums for
clerical assistance as the governor and council may approve.
The commission shall be furnished \vith suitable offices in the
state house or elsewhere in the city of Boston.
Section 2. The commissioner of public safety may ap- Commissioner
point a secretary to serve in the department of public safety, °i ap^Tnt^^*^
who shall be exempt frpm the ci\il service laws, and may secretary, etc.
remove liim for such cause as the commissioner shall deem
sufficient, which shall be stated in the order of removal.
The said secretary shall, in addition to his other duties in the
department of public safety, act as the secretary of the
state boxing commission and shall keep full and true record
of all its proceedings, and shall perform such other duties as
the commissioner may prescribe. He shall receive such Salary of
salary, not exceeding three thousand dollars, as the com- ®®'''"'^*^'"^-
missioner may fix. The chairman of the commission may Appointment
deputize one or more persons to represent the commission represent'^com-
and to be present at any match or exliibition authorized to hlbTtionsfetc"
be held as hereinafter pro\dded, who may receive such com-
pensation for actual ser\'ice as shall be fixed by rule or regu-
lation of the commission, together with their travelling ex-
penses actually and necessarily incurred in the discharge of
their duties.
Section 3. No boxing or sparring match or exliibition Certain boxing
for a prize or a purse, or at wliich an admission fee is charged, be licensed.
either directly or indirectly, in the form of dues or otherwise,
shall take place or be conducted in tHs commonwealth
except in pursuance of a license granted by the commission,
as hereinafter pro\ided. In no case shall any boxing or Boxing on
sparring match or exliibition occur on Sunday. Applications hrblted! ^^
for the license shall be accompanied by such fee, not less Fee.
than twenty-five nor more than eight hundred dollars, as
the commission may establish on the basis of tlie population
of the city or town in which the match or exliibition is to be
held. Any persons holding, conducting, participating in or Penalty for
attending a match or exhibition held without a license, as ourncense."
provided in this act, shall be punished by a fine not exceed-
ing one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment. In the case of exliibitions or bouts held in accord- Special licenses
ance with the rules and regulations of such amateur or- o^g^i^zlirions.
ganizations as may be approved by the commission, the ^^'''
694
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 619.
When licenses
shall expire.
Bond,
amount and
forfeiture.
Persons
acting in certain
capacities at
exhibitions to
be licensed,
except, etc.
Professional
boxer defined.
Certain physi-
cians to pay no
license fee.
Licensed
referee at
every exhi-
bition, powers,
etc.
commission may issue special licenses without the require-
ment of a bond as pro\'ided in section five or of pajTnent
of the annual fee.
Section 4. The commission may, subject to the pro-
visions of this act, issue licenses to conduct boxing or sparring
matches and exhibitions, which shall expire on the thirty-
first day of December of the year of issue.
Section 5. No license as aforesaid shall be granted
unless the licensee has executed and filed ■v\ith the commis-
sion a bond in a penal sum of five thousand dollars, with
such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the com-
mission, running to the commission, conditioned upon the
pajTnent to the commonwealth of the sums mentioned in
section eleven, and upon faithful compliance by the licensee
with the pro\isions of tliis act, the rules and regulations of
the commission, and \\ith such other laws of the common-
wealth as may be applicable to anything done by the licensee
in pursuance of the license. The bond shall also pro\dde
for a forfeiture to the commonwealth, recoverable at the
suit of the attorney-general, of such sum, not exceeding one
thousand dollars, as may be stipulated in the bond for each
case of non-compliance.
Section 6. No person shall act, except at a purely
amateur match or exliibition, directly or indirectly, as
physician, referee, judge, timekeeper, professional boxer or
as manager, trainer or second of such a boxer, at a boxing or
sparring match or exliibition unless licensed by the commis-
sion upon receipt of such classified fee, not exceeding twenty-
five dollars, as the commission may fix. For the purposes of
tliis act a professional boxer is defined as one who competes
for a money prize or teaches or pursues or assists in the
practice of boxing as a means of obtaining a livelihood or
pecuniary gain. Physicians who desire to officiate without
charge at amateur boxing or sparring matches or exhibitions
shall be licensed without charge.
Section 7. At every boxing or sparring match or ex-
hibition there shall be in attendance a referee, duly licensed
under the pro\dsions of this act, who shall direct and control
the same. The referee shall have full power to stop the
match whenever he deems it ad\dsable because of the physical
condition of the contestants or one of them, or when one of
the contestants is clearly outclassed by his opponent, or for
other sufficient reason. The referee shall have power in his
discretion to declare forfeited any prize, remuneration or
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 619. 695
purse or any part thereof belonging to the contestants or
one of them if, in his judgment, such contestant or con-
testants are not or were not competing in good faith. There Two licensed
shall also be in attendance two duly licensed judges who shall, jilcfslon** ^'^^
at the termination of every such boxing or sparring match
or exliibition, render their decision. If they are unable to when referee
agree, the decision shall be rendered by the referee. The p^f^'
fees of the referee and other licensed officials, as established licensed offi-
by this act, shall be fixed by said commission, and shall be fixed and paid.
paid by the licensed organization prior to the exliibition.
Section 8. At any boxing or sparring match or exhibition Licensed
there shall be in attendance a duly licensed physician, whose exhibftkmr
duty it shall be to observe the physical condition of the '^''"^'' ^*''-
boxers and ad\ise the referee or judges with regard thereto.
Any competent physician who has had not less than tliree
years' experience as a medical practitioner may be licensed.
No boxer shall be permitted to enter the ring unless, not Licensed physi-
more than three hours before, a physician licensed under physkarfit- ^
tliis act shall certify in writing that the boxer is physically °®^' °^ '^''^'■■
fit to engage in the proposed contest. The physician's fee. Payment of
as fixed by the commission, shall be paid by the licensee con- ^ y^'^"*'' ^ ^•
ducting the match or exliibition.
Section 9. Boxing or sparring matches or exhibitions Number and
shall not exceed ten rounds in length, and no round shall nmfte°d LnT'^^
exceed three minutes. The contestants shall wear during fixed^etc.^^°^^
the contest gloves weighing at least six ounces each. No
contestant shall participate in more than ten such rounds
during any period of twenty-four hours.
Section 10. No contestant under eighteen years of age Minimum
shall be permitted to engage in any boxing or sparring tfstants'^Sd
match or exliibition. No person under the age of sixteen ^p®°*^^°'"s-
years shall be admitted to or be present at any boxing or
sparring match or exliibition.
Section 11. Every licensee holding or conducting any Licensee to
such boxing or sparring match or exMbition shall, \\dtliin sum'to sTate
seventy-two hours after its conclusion, pay to the state *'"^^"^^'■•
treasurer a sum equal to five per cent of the total gross
receipts from the sale of tickets or from admission fees, pro- Proviso,
vided that if such match or exhibition is conducted as an
incidental feature in an event or entertainment of a different
character, such portion of the total receipts shall be paid to
the commonwealth as the commission may determine or as
may be fixed by rule adopted under section eighteen. Within Licensee to
said time the licensee shall furnish to the commission a re- ^m^Ision.
696
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 619.
Admissions
not to exceed
authorized
capacity of
building.
Revocation or
suspension of
license.
Restrictions
on licensee.
Contestant
not to be
prepaid for
services and
penalty for
failure to give
honest exhi-
bition.
Penalty for
betting, etc.,
on boxing
exhibition.
Commission's
authority to
summon wit-
nesses, etc.
Superior court
given juris-
diction in
equity to enjoin
unlawful exhi-
bitions, etc.
port, duly verified by the treasurer and secretary, showing
the exact number of tickets sold and admission fees collected
for the contest, and the gross receipts thereof, and such
other data as the commission may require.
Section 12. It shall be unlawful for any licensee here-
under to sell or cause to be sold or issued more tickets or
in\itations purporting to admit to any such match or ex-
hibition, or otherwise to admit to the same, more persons
than are admissible according to the authorized capacity of
the building, or part thereof actually used therefor.
Section 13. Any license granted hereunder may be re-
voked or suspended by the commission for a ^^olation of the
pro^^sions of this act or of any other law of the common-
wealth or of any rule or regulation adopted by the commis-
sion or whenever the licensee has, in the judgment of the
commission, been guilty of any act or offense detrimental to
the public interest.
Section 14. No licensee hereunder shall have, directly
or indirectly, any financial interest in a boxer competing on
premises owned or leased by the licensee, or in which the
licensee is other\^dse interested. No contestant in such a
match or exliibition shall be paid for serAices before the same
are rendered, and should it be determined by the judges and
referee that a contestant did not give an honest exhibition
of his skill, his ser\'ices shall not be remunerated.
Section 15. Whoever bets or wagers or sells pools on
any boxing or sparring match or exhibition shall be punished
by a fine of not less than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment
for not less than three months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Section 16. The commission shall have the same au-
thority to summon and require the attendance and testimony
of witnesses as to all matters uithin its jurisdiction as is
conferred upon city councils by section eight of chapter one
hundred and seventy-five of the Revised Laws and amend-
ments thereof; and. sections nine, ten and eleven of said
chapter, and the amendments thereof shall apply to wit-
nesses so summoned.
Section 17. The superior court shall have juxisdiction
in equity upon any information filed by the state boxing
commission, the attorney-general of the commonwealth, the
district attorney of the county, the police authorities of the
city or town in which the boxing or sparring match or ex-
hibition is held or is announced to be held, or of any five
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 619. 697
legal voters of the commonwealth stating that a certain
building, tenement or place is used for boxing or sparring
matches or exliibitions by an individual, group, partnership,
club, corporation or association which is not licensed under
this act, or contrary to the terms of this act, or that a boxing
or sparring match or exliibition is being advertised or an-
nounced, or has been advertised or announced to take place
in a certain building or place, or that a certain individual,
club, corporation or association is selling, exchanging or
giving away tickets, tokens or symbols purporting to entitle
the holder to the right or pri\ilege of attending a fcertain
boxing or sparring match or exhibition which is not licensed
by the state boxing commission and is contrary to this act,
to enjoin and abate the same as a common nuisance.
Section 18. The commissioner of public safety, in con- Rules and
sultation with the other members of the commission, may ™suations.
make such rules and regulations for the administration and
enforcement of this act as he may deem necessary, subject
to the approval of the governor and council. Such rules
and regulations may proAdde for and regulate the granting
of a special permit for exliibitions where no decision is to be
rendered and where a skilled boxer or boxers merely demon-
strate the science of boxing. The commissioner of pubhc Annual report
safety shall make an annual report to the general court on *''s®'^°'"^ ^°^^*-
or before the first Wednesday in January, together with
any recommendations for legislation which it may deem
desirable.
Section 19. The remainder of the sums received under Distributi9n
the provisions of this act, after pajdng the expense to the to certaircfties
commonwealth of administering the act, shall, on or before ^^^^ towns.
the first day of November of each year, be distributed by
the state treasurer to the several cities and towns in propor-
tion to the amounts collected from licensees acting therein
under this act.
Section 20. This act shall take effect for the current Acceptance
year in any city upon its acceptance by the mayor and city mayor, etc
council or body exercising similar powers; and upon its
acceptance by a majority of the voters of any city voting
thereon at the municipal election in the current year, or in
any subsequent year, it shall take effect thereafter in that
city. At every city election in the current year, the question Submission to
of the acceptance of this act shall be submitted to the voters, ig^.^^nd^by'^
but in any subsequent year the said question shall be sub- Subsequent
mitted only upon a petition signed and filed as provided in y®'*^^-
698
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 620.
Acceptance
in towns by
voters upon
petition, etc.
Resubmission
of act to voters
in any year.
Proviso.
Certain pro-
visions of law
not to apply
to exhibitions
licensed under
this act.
section twenty-one. The act shall take effect in any town
upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters voting thereon
by ballot at an annual or special town meeting, the question
having been submitted upon petition of not less than ten
per cent of the registered voters thereof; and the selectmen
of a town shall, upon a like petition, call a special town
meeting for the purpose of voting upon such acceptance.
Section 21. In any city or town the voters of which
have accepted this act as above provided, the act shall
again be submitted in like manner to the voters at the mu-
nicipal election held in any year subsequent to the year in
which the act was accepted as aforesaid, provided that a
petition to that effect signed by not less than ten per cent of
the voters is filed with the city or town clerk not less than
thirty days before the election. If upon such resubmission
a majority of the voters voting thereon vote against the
act, it shall cease to have effect in that city or town until re-
accepted by the voters as provided in section twenty.
Section 22. The pro\'isions of sections nine to twelve,
inclusive, of chapter two hundred and seven of the Revised
Laws and of chapter three hundred and thirty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and seven shall not apply to any
boxing or sparring match or exhibition licensed under this
act and conducted under and in accordance with the terms
and provisions of this act and the rules and regulations
issued thereunder. Approved June 4> 1920.
Chap. Q20 An Act to establish the salary of the chief of the
ARCHIVES DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRE-
TARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The salary of the chief of the archives divi-
sion in the department of the secretary of the common-
wealth shall be twenty-six hundred dollars a year.
Section 2. The increase of salary pro\Tided for herein
shall not take effect until a sufficient appropriation has been
made therefor and then as of June first, nineteen hundred
and twenty. Approved June 4> 1920.
Department
of secretary of
the common-
wealth, salary
of chief, ar-
chives division,
established.
When to
take effect.
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 621, 622. 699
An Act to authorize the use of an unexpended qjiq^j) q21
balance for the work of securing employment for
returned soldiers, sailors and marines.
Whereas, The maintenance of the employment ser\'ice for Emergency
soldiers, sailors and marines in the commonwealth cannot be p''®^™^^^-
continued efficiently without the expenditure of state funds,
therefore, this act is hereby declared to be an emergency
law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The unexpended balance of the appropriation made by use of certain
section two, item 94a of chapter one hundred and fifty- baiTncTof*^
three of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, aSthonze^a!""
may be used for the purpose of securing employment for re-
turned soldiers, sailors and marines under the direction of
the soldiers' and sailors' commission.
Approved June 4, 1920.
An Act to establish a transportation district in the (Jfidj) 622
TOWNS OF RAYNHAM AND BRIDGEWATER.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The inhabitants of the towns of Raynham Raynhamand
and Bridgewater, hable to taxation therein and residing frLnl^rtation
within the territory hing within one mile of the following ror^i^raVefrfor
described part, now discontinued, of the line of the Eastern certain trans-
1 o -r» •! portation serv-
Massachusetts Street Railway Company, formerly known i<^e.
as the Bay State Street Railway Company, to "wit, so much
of said line as extends from a point at or near the soldiers'
monument in the town of Raynham to the Green in the
town of Bridgewater, shall constitute a transportation dis-
trict and are hereby made a body corporate by the name of
the Raynham and Bridgewater Transportation District, for
the purpose of aiding in securing passenger, freight and ex-
press transportation ser\ace for the inhabitants of the said
district, and may assess taxes on estates in the district for
the purpose of promoting said service and for defraying the
necessary expenses incurred in carrjdng on the business of
the district.
Section 2. The first meeting of the said district shall be First meeting,
called on petition of ten or more qualified voters therein by acc^taJTce'of
a,ct, etc,
700
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 622.
Board of
commissioners,
election, term,
powers, etc.
Annual report.
Clerk, election,
duties, etc.
a warrant from the selectmen of either of the towns of
Raynham or Bridgewater or from a justice of the peace
directed to one of the petitioners, requiring him to give
notice of the meeting by posting copies of the warrant in two
or more public places in the district in each of the said tov/ns
at least seven days before the time of the meeting. One of
the petitioners shall preside at the meeting until a clerk is
chosen and sworn. After the choice of a moderator for the
meeting, the question of the acceptance of this act shall be
submitted to the qualified voters of the said district, and if
it shall be accepted by a two thirds vote of those voters,
present and voting, who live in that part of the district
which is situated in the town of Bridgewater and also of
those voters present and voting who live in that part of the
district which is situated in the town of Raynham, it shall
thereupon take effect and the meeting shall proceed to act
upon the other articles contained in the warrant.
Section 3. The said district shall, after the acceptance
of this act as hereinbefore provided, elect by ballot three
persons to hold office, one until the expiration of three years,
one until the expiration of two years, and one for one year
from the next succeeding annual meeting of the district,
who shall constitute a board of commissioners of said dis-
trict, and at every annual meeting thereafter one such com-
missioner shall be elected by ballot for a term of tliree years.
The commissioners shall, subject to such instructions, rules
and regulations as the district by its vote may impose, act
for the district in making contracts relative to the securing
of street railway transportation facilities as aforesaid; but
every such contract shall contain a provasion by which
either party to the contract may terminate the same by
givdng a year's notice in writing. The commissioners shall
appoint a treasurer for the district, who shall not be one of
their number, and who shall give bond to tlie district in
such amount and vnth such sureties as may be approved by
the commissioners; and a majority of the commissioners
shall constitute a quorum to transact business. Any vacancy
occurring in said board for any cause may be filled for the
unexpired term by the district at any legal meeting called
for the purpose. The said commissioners shall annually, and
as often as the district may require, render a report of their
doings including an account of their receipts and ex-pen ditures.
Section 4. The district shall also elect a clerk who shall
serve for one vear and until liis successor is elected and
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 622. 701
qualified, and whenever a tax is duly voted by the district
for the purpose of this act, the clerk shall send a certified
copy of the rote to the assessors of the towns of Raynham
and Bridgewater, specifying the amount that shall be raised
in that portion of the district Ijdng within the respective
towns, which amount shall be based upon the taxable valua-
tion of the property of the district in the respective towns
for the preceding year, and the assessors shall assess the same
in the same manner in all respects as town taxes are required
by law to be assessed. The assessment shall be committed S'selsments!
to the town collectors who shall collect the taxes in the etc.
manner pro\'ided for the collection of town taxes and shall
deposit the proceeds with the district treasurer for the use
of the district. The interest on overdue taxes shall be col-
lected in the same manner in which interest is authorized to
be collected on town taxes.
Section 5. The town clerks of the towns of Raynham Preparation,
and Bridgewater shall prepare a list of the registered voters voters of \he
residing -vNithin the limits of the transportation district hereby '^'^*''"'*' ®*°-
estabHshed, which shall be used at said meeting and de-
livered to the person presiding at the meeting before the
choice of a moderator, and at all future meetings the official
list of the voters residing in said district, as furnished by the
town clerks of the said towns, shall be the Hst of the duly
qualified voters who shall be eligible to vote in the district
meetings.
Section 6. The commissioners of said district and the Fixing rates of
trustees of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Com- ratesTo meer
pany, appointed under chapter one hundred and eighty-eight "*^* °^ service.
of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, shall
fix such rates of fare and other rates as will reasonably in-
sure sufficient income to meet the cost of ser^^ce as defined
in said chapter one hundred and eighty- eight, subject to
the approval of the department of public utilities : provided, ^^"^130.
however, that the district may vote to raise by taxation an-
nually a sum not exceeding two dollars per one thousand
dollars of the assessed valuation of the property •v\^thin the
said district, and the amount so raised shall be treated as a
contribution toward the cost of maintenance and operation
of the street railway line ^\•ithin the said district and shall be
paid to the order of the said trustees, and applied to meeting
the said cost.
Section 7. The financial year shall end on the last day Financial year
of December in each rear and any deficiency in the operation tSn ^f'^any'*
deficiency.
702
Acts, 1920. — Chaps. 623, 624, 625.
When to take
effect, etc.
of the transportation area shall be certified by the said
trustees to the commissioners of the district and the com-
missioners shall direct the clerk of the district to certify to
the assessors of the towns of Raynham and Bridgewater the
amounts to be assessed in the current year's \e\y.
Section 8. For the purpose of submitting this act to the
voters it shall take effect upon its passage, but it shall become
I void unless accepted before January first, nineteen hundred
and twenty-two. Approved June 4, 1920.
Chap, 623 An Act relatr'e to the salaries of the judges of
PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.
Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:
Section 1. Chapter three hundred and fifty-three of the
Genera} Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
amended by striking out the words "seventy-five hundred
dollars ", at the end of section eleven, and substituting the
words: — eighty-five hundred dollars, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 11. The judges of probate in the county
of Suffolk shall hereafter each receive an annual salary of
eighty-fiA'e hundred dollars.
Section 2. The increases of salary herein pro\'ided for
shall not take effect until a sufficient appropriation has been
made therefor, and then as of June first, nineteen hundred
and twenty. Approved June 4, 1920.
1919, 353 (G).
§ 11, amended.
Judges of pro-
bate in Suffolk
county, sal-
aries increased.
When to
take effect.
Chap. 624: An Act to revr^e the charter of the boston, quincy
AND FALL RR'ER BICYCLE RAILWAY COMPANY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
The corporation knowm as the Boston, Quincy and Fall
River Bicycle Railway Company, which, through error, was
dissolved by chapter two hundred and twelve of the acts of
the current year, is hereby revived with the same powers
and priN-ileges as if the said chapter had not been passed.
Approved June 4, 1920.
Boston,
Quincy and
Fall River
Bicycle Rail-
way Company,
charter revived.
Chap. 62b An Act relatrte to the salaries of registers of
deeds and assistant recorders of the land court
AND assistant REGISTERS OF DEEDS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1919, 361 (G). Section four of chapter tliree himdred and sixty-one of the
§ 4, amended. . ^ . • i i
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 626. ^ 703
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: — In
addition to the salaries pro^dded in tliis section, the registers
of deeds of said counties shall receive a sum equal to twenty
per cent of the annual average gross income from all sources
of their respecti\-e registries for the five years next preceding
the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty, and said additional amounts shall be paid as of said
date; and thereafter, in the year succeeding each state and
national census, said additional amounts shall be recom-
puted on the basis of said average annual receipts for the five
years next p'receding the first day of January in said year,
and shall be added to said salaries as of said day, — so as
to read as follows : — Section 4- The annual salaries of the Salaries of reg-
registers of deeds for the counties of Dukes County and for^Dukes'^and
Nantucket shall be nine hundred dollars each, and the annual TOun^tki'and
salary of the register of deeds for the southern district of ^ct^oTe^rk-
Berkshire county shall be one thousand dollars. In addition stiie county.
to the salaries pro\'ided in this section, the registers of deeds compensation.
of said counties shall receive a sum equal to twenty per cent
of tlie annual average gross income from all som-ces of their
respective registries for the five years next preceding the
first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and twenty,
and said additional amounts shall be paid as of said date;
and thereafter, in the year succeeding each state and national
census, said additional amounts shall be recomputed on the
basis of said average annual receipts for the five years next
preceding the first day of January in said year, and shall be
added to said salaries as of said day.
Approved June 4. 19W.
Chap.626
An Act to establish the salaries of as^sistant reg-
isters OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter tliree hundred and fifty-tliree of the General Acts isio. 353 (G),
of nineteen hundred . and nineteen is hereby amended by iLt'nded. ^^'
striking out sections four, five, six and thirteen, and substi-
tuting the f ollo\\4ng new sections : — : Section 4- Assistant .Assistant regis-
• , a ijiii • 1 !• ters of probate,
registers or probate shall receive a salary equal m every case salaries estab-
to seventy per cent of the salary paid to their respective ^'^^®'^-
registers. Section 5. Second assistant registers of probate second assist-
shall receive a salary equal in every case to sixty per cent of ^°* registers.
the salary paid to their respective registers. Section 6. Tliird ™^^^ ^?^^^
assistant registers of probate shall receive a salary equal in
704
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 627.
'Assistant reg-
isters in Suffolk
county.
every case to fifty-five per cent of the salary paid to their
respective registers. Section 13. The assistant registers of
probate in the county of Suffolk shall hereafter receive a
salary equal to seventy per cent of the salary of the register
of that county. Approved June 4, 1920.
Salaries of
justices of the
supreme judi-
cial court.
Of justices
of the superior
court.
Chap. 627 An Act relative to the salaries of the justices of
THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT AND THE SUPERIOR COURT
AND OF THE JUDGES OF THE LAND COURT.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The chief justice of the supreme judicial
court shall receive an annual salary of twelve thousand five
hundred dollars, and each of the associate justices an annual
salary of twelve thousand dollars, and the chief justice and
each associate justice shall annually receive, upon the certifi-
cate of the chief justice, the amount of the expenses incurred
by them in the discharge of their duties, to be paid by the
commonwealth.
Section 2. The chief justice of the superior court shall
receive an annual salary of ten thousand five hundred dollars,
and each of the associate justices an annual salary of ten
thousand dollars, and the chief justice and each associate
justice shall annually receive, upon the certificate of the
chief justice, the amount of the expenses incurred by them
in the discharge of their duties, to be paid by the common-
wealth.
Section 3. The judge and associate judge of the land
court shall each receive an annual salary of ten thousand
dollars, and each shall annually receive, upon the certificate
of the judge, the amomit of the expenses incurred by him in
the discharge of liis duties, to be paid by the common-
wealth.
Section 4. The provision for pensions in sections ten
and eleven of chapter one hundred and fifty-eight of the Re-
\ased Laws, and any acts in addition thereto or in amend-
ment thereof, shall not apply to the judges of any of the
said courts hereafter appointed, nor to judges of any of said
courts heretofore appointed who accept the increase of salary
authorized by this act: provided, however, that any judge of
any of said courts who is retired under the provisions of
Article LVIII of the amendments to the constitution shall
on retirement be entitled to receive a pension equal to one
Of judges of
the land court.
Laws
providing for
pensions for
judges not to
applj'i etc.
Proviso.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 628. 705
half the salary to which he would have been entitled had he
been appointed prior to the passage of this act.
Section 5. The provisions of chapter five hundred and ^ta^ve'to^
thirtv-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven and retirement of
« *" . ... 1 111 state employ-
of acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto shall not ees not to
apply to the judges of any of said courts.
Section 6. The increases of salary herein pro\ided for increases of
shall not take effect until a sufficient appropriation has been to taS'effect':
made therefor, and then as of June first, nineteen hundred
and twenty. Approved June 4> 1920.
An Act rel.\tive to the commission on the necessaries Phnri 628
OF LIFE.
Whereas, The evils sought to be remedied by this act are Emergency
such as to require that the investigation pro\'ided for should "^^^^^
be undertaken forthwith, therefore it is hereby declared to
be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public health and convenience.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. The term of ser\ice of the special commis- Commission
,1 • £ ^^2 *a.J J 1 j_j^i on necessaries
sion on the necessaries or liie appointed under chapter three of life, term
hundred and forty-one of the General Acts of nineteen hun- eitSl^, etc.
dred and nineteen, as amended by chapter three hundred
and sixty-five of the General Acts of the said year, is hereby
extended until March first, nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, and during the term hereby extended the commission
shall have all the powers and duties granted by the said acts.
Section 2. The commission shall investigate all com- to investigate
plaints made to it, and may publish its findings. It shall ToTS^'^^t^"
keep in touch vdt\\ the work of federal, mimicipal and other ^th like agen-
agencies dealing with the necessaries of life, and give them
such assistance as it deems ad^'isable, and may invoke the
aid of the said agencies and of ci\'ic and other organizations.
Section 3. The commission shall make a survey of the Tomakesur-
housing situation throughout the commonwealth. situa°tion°"*"^^
Section 4. In addition to the reports required by section Report to
three of said chapter three hmidred and forty-one, the com- ^^^^^^^ '^'^•
mission shall make a report to the general court, not later
than the fifteenth day of January, nineteen hundred and
twenty-one.
Section 5. In the public emergency wliich exists, and ^^f^^ ^^°^!r
which may exist for an indefinite period, and in order to in- gonweaith.
sure an adequate supply of the necessaries of life for the i9i7 made oper-
ative, etc.
706
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Governor may
appoint food
administrators,
etc.
Act, how
construed.
people of the commonwealth, including housing facilities,
the provisions of the Commonwealth Defence Act of nine-
teen hundred and seventeen, being chapter three hundred
and forty-two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
seventeen, relating to the appointment, duties, authority and
powers of a food administrator, are hereby made operative
until March first, nineteen hundred and twenty-one. If the
said emergency continues, the governor is hereby authorized
to appoint, mider the pro\asions of said chapter, one or
more administrators as he may deem the emergency requires,
or to designate the commission on the necessaries of life to
act in that capacity.
Section 6. This act shall not be construed to limit or re-
strict in any way the provisions of said chapter three hun-
dred and forty-two.
Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 5, 1920.
Chap.629 An Act in addition to the general appropriation act
MAKING appropriations TO SUPPLEMENT CERTAIN ITEMS
THEREIN, AND FOR CERTAIN NEW ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1. To pro\'ide for supplementing certain items
in the general appropriation act, and for certain new activities
and projects, the sums set forth in section two, for the par-
ticular purposes and subject to the conditions stated therein,
are hereby appropriated from the general fund or ordinary
revenue of the commonwealth, unless some other source of
revenue is expressed, subject to the provisions of law regu-
lating the disbursement of public funds and the approval
thereof.
Section 2.
Item Service of the Legislative Department.
3 For the compensation of representatives, a sum
not exceeding three thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount laeretofore
appropriated for the purpose, .... S3, 000 00
5 For the salaries of Henry D. Coolidge, clerk of
the senate, and James W. Kimball, clerk of
the house of representatives, a sura not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, 1,000 00
Appropriations
to supplement
certain items
contained in
the general
appropriation
act, and for
certain new
activities and
projects.
Legislative
Department.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629. 707
Department.
Item
6 For the salaries of William H. Sanger, assistant teltm^n
clerk of the senate, and Frank E. Bridgman,
assistant clerk of the house of representatives,
a sum not exceeding seven ■ hundred and fifty
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose, . $750 00
10 For clerical assistance in the office of the ser-
geant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred and eighty dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, 180 00
11 For the salaries of the doorkeepers of the senate
and house of representatives, and the post-
master, with the approval of the sergeant-at-
arms, a sum not exceeding one hundred dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose, . 100 00
13 For compensation of the pages of the senate and
house of representatives, with the approval
of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding
ten hundred and eighty dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose, .... 1,080 00
16 For certain other persons employed by the ser-
geant-at-arms in and about the chambers and
rooms of the legislative department, a sum
not exceeding one hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, .... 100 00
17 For the salaries of the chaplains of the senate
and house of representatives, a sum not ex-
ceeding three hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, 300 00
19 For authorized travelling and other expenses of
the committees of the present general court,
with the approval of a majority of the com-
mittee incurring the same, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-one hundred dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose, .... 2,100 00
20 For the expenses of advertising hearings of the
committees of the present general court, in-
cluding expenses of preparing and mailing
advertisements to the various newspapers,
with the approval of the auditor of the com-
monwealth, a sum not exceeding seven hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose, 700 00
708 ■ Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Item
^e^'artnwint *^''* ^^^ ^^^ ^^ dependents of certain former legis-
epar men . lative officials and employees now deceased,
as authorized by chapters forty-nine, sixty-
nine and seventy-six of the resolves of the
present year, a sum not exceeding forty-six
hundred dollars, . . . . . . . $4,600 00
Total, $13,910 00
Recess Committees and Sundry Tnvestigaticnis.
Recess 27a For the recess committee on consolidating and
Committees • j.i 11 r 11
and Sundry arrangmg the general laws, as lollows: \
Investigations. for Compensation of the committee, a sum not
exceeding sixty-one thousand dollars, . . $61,000 00
For travelling expenses of the committee, a sum
not exceeding six thousand dollars, . . . 6,000 00
For printing, a sum not exceeding thirty thou-
sand dollars, . . . . . . . . 30,000 00
For services of the commissioners and assistants
in consolidating and arranging the general
laws, a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to the un-
expended balance of the appropriation made
in item one hundred and seventy-one of the
general appropriation act, 19,000 00
For contingent expenses of the committee, a
sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars, 9,000 00
Total, $125,000 00
27b For the special expenses of the recess committee
of nineteen hundred and nineteen, on state
institutions, a sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose, ... $100 00
27c For expenses of the joint board to investigate
systems of rapid transit in the Dorchester dis-
trict of the city of Boston, as authorized by
chapter tliirty-six of the resolves of the present
year, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars, the amount to be assessed in accord-
ance with the provisions of the said resolve, . 20,000 00
27d For expenses of the state fire marshal in investi-
gating certain fire hazards in the city of
Lowell, as authorized by chapter thirty-nine
of the resolves of the present year, a sum not
exceeding three hundred dollars, this amount
to be assessed upon the city of Lowell in
accordance with the provisions of the said
resolve, ......... 300 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Item
27e For expenses of an investigation as to the estab-
lishment of a state poUce force, as authorized
by chapter forty of the resolves of the present
year, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars,
27f For expenses of a commission to consider an in-
ternational exposition in or near Boston, as
authorized by chapter fifty-three of the re-
solves of the present year, a sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars,
27g For expenses of a special commission to investi-
gate the best route for rail connections with
the coimnonwealth's fiats in East Boston, as
authorized by chapter fifty-four of the re-
solves of the present year, a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars,
27h For expenses of the special commission to con-
sider methods of vocational training for dis-
abled soldiers and others, as authori2;ed by
chapter seventy of the resolves of the present
year, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars,
27i For expenses of a special commission relative to
the sale of corporate securities and related
matters, as authorized by chapter seventy-
nine of the resolves of the present year, a sum
not exceeding three thousand dollars,
Total,
709
Recesa
Committees
and Sundry
Investigations.
$1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
3,000 00
$27,400 00
Service of the Judicial Department.
28 For the salaries and allowance for travelling ex-
penses of the chief justice and of the six asso-
ciate justices of the supreme judicial court, a
sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose, . . . $7,000 00
34 For the services of stenographers to the justices
of the supreme judicial court, a sum not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, . .... 500 00
38 For the salary of the reporter of decisions, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, .... 1,000 00
39 For clerk hire and office suppUes, services and
equipment of the reporter of decisions, a sum
not exceeding nine hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, .... 900 00
Judicial
Department,
supreme ju-
dicial court.
710
Superior court.
Item
40
Assistant clerk
of courts, Suf-
folk county.
42
Probate courts. 46
Registers of
probate.
District
attorneys.
51
54
56
57
58
60
62
65
66
67
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
For the salaries and allowance for travelling ex-
penses of the chief justice and of the twenty-
seven associate justices of the superior court,
a sum not exceeding twenty-eight thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose, $28,000 00
For the salary of Henry E. Belle w, assistant
clerk of courts for Suffolk county, a sum not
exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose, . . . 250 00
For pensions of retired justices of the probate
courts, a sum not exceeding forty-four hundred
doUars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose, 4,400 00
For clerical assistance to registers of probate of
the several counties, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, as follows:
Berkshire, a sum not exceeding one hundred
doUars, 100 00
Essex, a sum not exceeding two thousand dol-
lars, . 2,000 00
Hampden, a sum not exceeding eight hdndred
dollars, 800 00
Hampshire, a sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars, 100 00
Middlesex, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars, 5,000 00
Norfolk, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars, 1,000 00
Suffolk, a sum not exceeding five hundred dol-
lars, ... 500 00
For the salary of the clerk to the register for the
county of Suffolk, a sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose, 100 00
For the salaries of the district attorney, assistants
and deputy assistants for the Suffolk district,
a sum not exceeding thirty-three hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose, 3,300 00
For the salaries of the district attorney, assist-
ants and deputy assistants for the northern
district, a sum not exceeding eleven hundred
and twenty-five dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, 1,125 00
Item
71
75
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
For the salaries of the district attorney and
assistant for the middle district, a sum not ex-
ceeding eleven hundred and twenty-five dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose, . $1,125 00
For salaries of the judge of the land court, asso-
ciate judge, the recorder and court officer, a
sum not exceeding twenty-one hundred dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose, 2,100 00
Total, $59,300 00
711
District
attorneys.
Service of the Commission on Probation.
78 For personal services of the deputy commis-
sioner, clerks and stenographers, a sum not
exceeding six hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, $600 00
79 For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, travelling expenses,
office suppUes and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose, . . . 750 00
Total, $1,350 00
Commission
on Probation.
Service of the Board of Bar Examiners.
80 For personal services of the members of the
board, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred
and sixty dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose,
Board of Bar
Examiners.
$1,260 00
Service of the Executive Department.
85 For the salaries of officers and employees of the
department, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose,
Executive
Department.
$1,000 00
Service of the Adjutant General.
91 For the salary of the adjutant general, a sum
not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose.
Adjutant
General.
$250 00
712
Adjutant
General
Item
93
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
For the personal services of office assistants, a
sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose, .
Total,
$800 00
11,050 00
State Guard.
Service of the State Ckiard.
101 Transfers are hereby made from the appropria-
tion made for maintenance of the state guard,
to certain other appropriations as follows :
94 For the personal services of the members of the
intelligence bureau, to continue said service
to the end of the present fiscal year, a sum
not exceeding forty-one hundred and ninety
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose, $4,190 00
96 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, and for necessary office supplies
and expenses, a sum not exceeding twenty-
two hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, 2,250 00
97 For expenses not otherwise provided for in con-
nection with miUtary matters and accounts,
a sum not exceeding tliirty-seven hundred and ^
fifty dollars, the same to ho. in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose, 3,750 00
98 For services other than personal, and for neces-
sary office supplies and expenses of the inteUi-
gence bureau, to continue the same to the
end of the present fiscal year, a sum not ex-
ceeding eighteen hundred and seventy-five
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose, 1,875 00
141 For making certain improvements at the com-
monwealth armory, a sum not exceeding
fifty thousand dollars, 50,000 00
Total,
$62,065 00
Reorganized
Militia.
Service of Reorganized Militia.
103 The appropriation made in item one hundred
and three of chapter two hundred and twenty-
five of the acts of the present year for ex-
penses of the militia after reorganization, is
hereby segregated in the following items:
Acts, 1920. — Chap: 629. 713
Item
For allowances, a sum not exceeding one hundred mm.fa^'^^'^
forty-five thousand three hundred and fifty
doUars, . $145,350 00
For recruiting, a sum not exceeding eighty-five
hundred doUars, _ . . 8,500 00
For boards, a sum not exceeding eighty-one
hundred and fifty dollars, 8,150 00
For pay, expenses and transportation of camps
of instruction, a sum not exceeding seventy-
five hundred dollars, 7,500 00
For inspections, surveys and escorts, a aura not
exceeding three thousand and fifty dollars, . 3,050 00
For transportation of camps of instruction, a
sum not exceeding tliree thousand dollars, . 3,000 00
For officers' travel to miUtary meetings, a sum
not exceeding ten thousand dollars, . . . 10,000 00
For regimental and battalion drills, a sum not
exceeding five thousand doUars, . . . 5,000 00
For appearance for examinations, a sum not ex-
ceeding three thousand dollars, . . . 3,000 00
For other transportation, a sum not exceeding
fifty-nine hundred and fifty dollars, . . 5,950 00
For rifle practice, a sum not exceeding twenty-
four thousand dollars, 24,000 00
For instruction of militia, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars, 5,000 00
For subsistence, a sum not exceeding thirty
thousand dollars, 30,000 00
For maintenance of horses, as provided in sec-
tion one hundred and sixty-five of chapter
three hundred and twenty-seven of the Gen-
eral Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, . 10,000 00
For allowance for military instruction, section
seventy-seven of said chapter three hundred
and twenty-seven, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars, 5,000 00
For transportation, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars, ..•.-. • • • • 3,000 00
For accidents and injuries in line of duty, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, . 2,500 00
Service for the Publication of Records of Massachusetts Soldiers and
Sailors of the Civil War.
121 For services for the pubUcation of records of Publication
Massachusetts soldiers and sailors who served Massachusetts
in the civil war, a sum not exceeding one hun- Soldiers and
dred and fifty dollars, the same to be in SaHors of Civil
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, $150 00
714
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Item
State Guard Service Buttons.
State Guard
Service But-
tons.
Chief
Quartermaster.
121a For the expense of state guard service buttons,
as authorized by chapter forty-three of the
resolves of the present year, a sum not exceed-
ing two thousand dollars, . ...
123
125
Chief Surgeon, i 09
134
Supervisor of \'SQ
Administ ration .
Commissioner
of State Aid
and Pensions.
142
Service of the Chief Quariermasier .
For personal services of other employees of the
chief quartermaster, a sum not exceeding
seven hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose,
For the salaries of armorers and assistant
armorers of fii'st class armories, a sum not ex-
ceeding eighty-five hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, ....
Total,
Service of the Chief Surgeon.
For personal se^^^ces of the chief surgeon and
regular assistants, a sum not exceeding two
hundred and ten dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose,
For the examination of recruits, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose,
Total,
Seirice of the Supervisor of Administration.
For the salaries of the supervisor and deputy, a
sum not exceeding six hundred and twenty-five
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose,
$2,000 00
$700 00
8,500 00
$9,200 00
$210 00
6,000 00
),210 00
$625 00
Service of the Commissioner of State Aid and Pensions.
For personal services of the commissioner and
deputy, a sum not exceeding six hundred and
fift}^ dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose. The salaries of the commissioner of
state aid and pensions and his deputy, as
estabUshed by chapter four hundred and
tliirty-one of the acts of the present year,
shall take effect as of the first day of June,
nineteen hundred and twenty, .... $650 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
715
Item
143
For personal services of agents, clerks, ste-
nographers and other assistants, a sum not ex-
ceeding three hundred and fifty dollars, the
same to be in addition to any appropriation
heretofore made for the purpose.
Commissioner
of State Aid
and Pensions.
$350 00
Total,
$1,000 00
For Expenses on Account of Wars.
147 For certain improvements and additions in the
power plant and laundry at the Soldiers'
Home in Massachusetts, a sum not exceeding
fifty thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose; payment to be made upon
vouchers approved by the trustees of the said
institution, $50,000 00
149j For the erection of a tablet in the state armory
at Springfield, as authorized by chapter eight-
een of the resolves of the present year, a sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars, . . 500 00
149| For the compilation and publication of the
records of soldiers, sailors and marines in the
Philippine insurrection, as authorized by
chapter three hundred and fifty-seven of the
acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding
fifteen hundred dollars, 1,500 00
Expenses
on Account of
Wars.
Total,
$52,000 00
154
155
156
157^
Service of the State Library.
For personal services of the librarian, a sum not state Library.
exceeding three hundred and seventy-five
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose, $375 00
For personal services of the regular library assist-
ants, temporary clerical assistance, and for
services for cataloguing, a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose, 500 00
For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, office supplies and
equipment, and incidental traveUing expenses,
a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose, . . . 500 00
For the collection and preservation by the state
library of certain Massachusetts records of
the world war, a sura not exceeding five
thousand dollars, 5,000 00
Total,
$0,375 00
716 Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Item Service of the Superintendent of Buildings.
f^^uiidkT'^^"* ^^^ ^^^ personal services of the superintendent and
office assistants, a sum not exceeding twent}'^-
seven hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, $2,700 00
159 For personal ser\dces of engineers, assistant engi-
neers, firemen and helpers in the engineer's
department, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand and fifty dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, 2,050 00
160 For personal services of watchmen and assistant
watclimen, a sum not exceeding eleven hun-
dred and fifty dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, 1,150 00
161 For personal services of messengers and porters,
a sum not exceeding eight hundred and fifty
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose, ......... 850 00
162 For other personal services incidental to the
care and maintenance of the state house, a
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose, . . . 500 00
166 For other services, supplies and equipment
necessaiy for the maintenance and care of the
state house, including repairs of furniture and
equipment, a sum not exceeding twenty-six
thousand eight hundred dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose, .... 26,800 00
167 Item one hundred and sixty-seven of chapter
two hundred and twenty-five of the acts of
the present year is hereby amended by strik-
ing out the said item, and inserting in place
thereof the following: For the purchase of of-
fice suppUes, furniture and equipment, a sum
not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, . . 15,000 00
169| For instalhng an improved system of ventilation
for the chambers of the senate and house of
representatives and certain committee rooms,
to be expended under the direction of the
superintendent of buildings, a sum not exceed-
ing sixty thousand dollars, .... 60,000 00
170j For the expense of a tablet to be placed in the
state house in commemoration of the services
of the late Henry B. Endicott during the
world war, a sum not exceeding four hundred
doUars, 400 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
717
Item
170j For alterations necessary for the permanent
exhibition in the state house of flags carried
by Massachusetts men in the Spanish and
world wars, as authorized by chapter five
hundred and thirteen of the acts of the present
year, to be expended under the direction of
the superintendent of buildings, a sum not
exceeding eighty-two hundred dollars,
Superintendent
of Buildings.
>,200 00
Total,
$102,650 00
Service of the Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission.
173| For the erection of signboards and milestones
in certain towns, under the direction of the
Pilgrim tercentenarj^ commission, a sum not
exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, the same
to be apportioned and assessed in accordance
with the provisions of chapter three hundred
and ninety-two of the acts of the present j'ear, $15,000 00
Service of the Commission on Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
174 For the personal services of employees, in con-
formitj^ with the provisions of chapter five
hundred and fourteen of the acts of the present
year, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any appro-
priation heretofore made for this service, . $5,000 00
Pilgrim
Tercentenary
Commission.
Commission
on Foreign
and Domestic
Commerce.
Special Commission.
174a For services and expenses of the special commis-
sion established by chapter one hundred and
seventy-four of the acts of the present year
to destroy, from time to time, obsolete and
worthless records, books and documents, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, .
Special
commission
to destroy
worthless
records, etc.
$1,000 00
Service of the Secretary of the Commonivealth.
181
182
For services of additional clerks and other assist-
ants, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose,
For services other than personal, travelUng ex-
penses, office suppHes and equipment, a sum
not exceeding eight hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, ....
187| For the preparation of certain indexes of births,
marriages and deaths, as authorized by chap-
ter forty-four of the resolves of the present
year, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
five hundred and ninety dollars.
Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.
$3,000 00
800 00
12,590 00
718
Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.
Supervisor of
public records.
Purchase of
reports of
supreme judi-
cial court de-
cisions, etc.
Election
matters.
Census
division.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Item
187| For the purchase and distribution of copies of
certain journals of the house of representa-
tives of Massachusetts Bay from seventeen
hundred and fifteen to seventeen hundred and
eighty, as authorized by chapter four hundred
and thirteen of the acts of the present year, a
sum not exceeding twelve hundred and fifty
dollars, •
188 For personal services of the supervisor of public
records and his office assistant, a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, the same
to be in addition to item one hundred and
eighty-eight of the general appropriation act, .
190 For traveUing expenses of the supervisor of public
records, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated,
194 For the purchase of reports of decisions of the
supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose,
198^ For the expense of furnishing to the newlj' in-
corporated town of East Brookfield a full set
of the reports of decisions of the supreme ju-
dicial court and the index-digest thereof, the
sum of four hundred forty-five dollars and
sixty cents,
201^ For expense of the publication of lists of candi-
dates and forms of questions before state elec-
tions, as authorized by chapter five hundred
and fiftA^-nine of the acts of the present year,
a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars,
206 For personal services of the census division of
the department of the secretary of the com-
monwealth, a sum not exceeding one hundred
and twenty dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose,
$1,250 00
150 00
1,500 00
500 00
445 60 ,
5,000 00
120 00
Total,
$25,355 60
Treasurer
and Receiver-
General.
Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.
208 For the salary of the treasurer and receiver-
general and other officers and employees
holding positions estabhshed by law, a sum
not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars,
the same to be in addition to the appropriation
heretofore made for the purpose,
$250 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
719
Item
209
210
For sendees of additional clerical and other as-
sistants, a sum not exceeding seven hundred
and sixty dollars, the same to be in addition
to the appropriation heretofore made for the
purpose,
For services other than personal, travelhng ex-
penses, office supphes and equipment, a sum
not exceeding thirty-three hundred dollars,
the same to be in addition to the appropria-
tion heretofore made for the purpose,
Total,
Treasurer
and Receiver-
General.
$760 00
3,300 00
$4,310 00
Board of Retirement :
215 For personal ser\dces in the administrative
office of the board of retirement, a sum not
exceeding four hundred and fiftj^ dollars, the
same to be in addition to the appropriation
heretofore made for the purpose,
Board of
Retirement.
$450 00
234
235
Service of the Auditoi' of the Commonwealth.
For the salary of the auditor and other officers
and employees holding positions established
by law, a sum not exceeding three hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to the ap-
propriation heretofore made for the purpose, . $300 00
For services of such additional clerical and other
assistance as may be necessary-, a sum not
exceeding twelve hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to the appropriation hereto-
fore made for the purpose, .... 1,200 00
Total,
Auditor of
the Common-
wealth.
$1,500 00
Unclassified Accounts and Claims.
237 For the compensation of veterans of the civil
war and certain others formerlj' in the service
of the commonwealth, now retired, a sum
not exceeding four thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to the appropriation hereto-
fore made for the purpose, ....
237^ For the compensation of any veteran who may
be retired under the pro^'isions of chapter
five hundred and seventy-four of the acts of
the present year, a sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars,
Unclassified
Accounts and
Claims.
$4,000 00
2,000 00
720
Unclassified
Accounts and
Claims.
Item
238
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Fair the compensation of certain prison officers
and instructors formerly in the service of the
commonwealth and now retired, a sum not
exceeding two thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to the appropriation heretofore
made for the purpose, $2,000 00
Total, S8,000 00
Certain an-
nuities and
pensions.
Maintenance
of parkways,
boulevards, etc.
Certain claims
for death and
injuries.
Certain claims
for deaths and
injuries of
policemen.
For certain other aid:
242 For the payment of certain annuities and pen-
sions of soldiers and others under the provi-
sions of certain acts and resolves, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to the appropriation heretofore
made for the purpose, $1,000 00
244 For the maintenance of boulevards and park-
ways, mth the approval of the metropoHtan
district commission, to enable the commission
to resurface a section of the traffic road, so-
called, in Middlesex Fells parkway, and to
cover the state's portion of the expenditure .
authorized by chapter three hundred and
eighty-nine of the acts of the present year, a
sum not exceeding forty-seven thousand five
hundred doUars, the same to be in addition to
the appropriation made in item 244 of chapter
two hundred and twenty-five of the acts of
the present year, $47,500 00
249 For payments in accordance with law of such
claims as may arise in consequence of the
death of firemen, and of persons acting as
firemen, from injuries received in the discharge
of their duties, a sum not exceeding eight thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to the
appropriation heretofore made for the pur-
pose, $8,000 00
250| For the payment of any claims, as authorized by
chapter five hundred and fifteen of the acts
of the present year, for an allowance to the
families of pohcemen killed or fataUy injured
in the discharge of their duties, a sum not ex- '
ceeding three thousand dollars, . . . $3,000 00
Attorney-
General's De-
partment.
Service of the Attorney-General's Department.
251 For the salary of the attorney-general, a sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to the appropriation hereto-
fore made for the purpose, ....
$500 00
Item
252
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
For the compensation of assistants in his office,
and for such other legal and personal services
as may be required, a sum not exceeding
twenty thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to the appropriation heretofore
made for the purpose,
Total,
721
Attorney-
General's De-
partment.
$20,000 00
520,500 00
Service of ihe Department of Agriculture.
257 For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, office supplies and equipment,
and printing and furnishing trespass posters,
a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars,
the same to be in addition to the appropria-
tion heretofore made for the purpose, . . . $1,200 00
269 For personal services in the division of markets,
a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to the appropriation
heretofore made for the purpose, . 600 00
273| For the supervision and care, of school boys
working upon farms during the present season,
a sum not exceeding seventy-five hundred
dollars, to be expended with the approval of
the commissioner, . . . . . . 7,500 00
273-2- For reimbursement to o\vners for the destruction
of gooseberry and currant bushes on account
of the white pine blister, as authorized by
chapter four hundred and forty-six of the acts
of the present year, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, 1,000 00
Total, $10,300 00
Department
of Agriculture.
Division of
Markets.
Service of the Department of Conservation.
Division of Forestry :
275 For personal services of office assistants, a sum
not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars,
the same to be in addition to the appropriation
heretofore made for the purpose, . . . $250 00
276 For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, and for traveUing
expenses of the cormnissioner and secretary,
and necessary office supplies and equipment,
a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars,
the same to be in addition to the appropria-
tion heretofore made for the purpose, . . 300 00
282§ For the maintenance of the Arthur Wharton
Swan forest, a sum not exceeding forty-three
hundred dollars, 4,300 00
Department of
Conservation.
Division of
Forestry.
722
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Item
Standish
monument
reservation.
282f For the maintenance of the Standish monument
reservation, as authorized by chapter four
hundred and fiftj'^-six of the acts of the present
year, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars,
$3,000 00
Total,
$7,850 00
Division
of Fisheries
and Game.
Division of Fisheries and Game :
283 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceed-
ing two hundred doUars, the same to be in
addition to the appropriation heretofore made
for the purpose, ....... $200, 00
284 For personal services of office assistants, a sum
not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five
dollars, the same to be in addition to the ap-
propriation heretofore made for the purpose, . 175 00
285 For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, travelling expenses
and necessary office supplies and equipment,
a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to the appropriation
heretofore made for the purpose, . . . 400 00
287 For personal services of deputies, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to the appropriation heretofore
made for the purpose, 1,500 00
288 For travelling expenses of deputies, and for
other expenses necessary for the enforcement
of the laws, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to the
appropriation heretofore made for the pur-
pose, . . 2,000 00
289 For personal services to carry on biological
work, a sum not exceeding three hundred dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to the appro-
priation heretofore made for the purpose, . 300 00
291 For the maintenance of game farms and fish
hatcheries and for the propagation of game
birds and animals and food fish, a sum not
exceeding three thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to the appropriation heretofore
made for the purpose, 3,000 00
Total,
1,575 00
Division
of Animal
Industry.
Division of Animal Industry :
303 For personal services of clerks and stenographers,
a sum not exceeding six hundred and fifty
dollars, the same to be in addition to the ap-
propriation heretofore made for the purpose, .
$650 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
723
Item Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.
309
310
311
316
317
320
322
Division of Banks:
Item 309 of chapter two hundred and twenty-
five of the acts of the present year is hereby
amended by strilcing out the said item and
substituting the following: For the salary of
the commissioner, a sum not exceeding fifty-
five hundred dollars,
For services of directors, examiners and assist-
ants, clerks, stenographers and experts, a sum
not exceeding seventeen thousand dollars,
the same to be in addition to Item 310 of
chapter two hundred and twenty-five of the
acts of the present year,
For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, travelling expenses, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
thirty-seven hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to the appropriation heretofore
made for the purpose,
Total,
Division of Insurance:
For personal services of the commissioner and
of persons holding offices with salaries fixed by
law, a sum not exceeding thirteen hundred dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to the appro-
priation heretofore made for the purpose,
For the services of additional deputies, clerks,
stenographers and other assistants, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to the appropriation heretofore
made for the purpose,
Total,
Department of
Banking and
Insurance.
Division of
Banks.
$5,500 00
17,000 00
3,700 00
526,200 00
Division of
Insurance.
$1,300 00
1,000 00
$2,300 00
Division of Savings Bank Life Insurance :
Item 320 of chapter two hundred and twenty-
five of the acts of the present year is hereby
amended by striking out in the first line, the
words "including personal services and".
Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.
For the salaries of the commissioner and certain
positions .filled by the commissioner with the
approval of the governor and council, a sum
not exceeding thirty-two hundred and forty
dollars, the same to be in addition to the
appropriation heretofore made for the pur-
pose, $3,240 00
Division
of Savings
Bank Life
Insurance.
Department
of Corjxjrations
and Taxation.
724
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Department
of Corporations
and Taxation.
Item
323
326
For services of additional clerical and other
assistants, a sum not exceeding fifty-five hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to the
appropriation heretofore made for the pur-
pose, $5,500 00
For other services and for necessary office sup-
pUes and equipment, a sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to the appropriation heretofore made for the
purpose, 2,000 00
Total, $10,740 00
Income Tax
Division.
327 For personal services of the deputy, assistants,
assessors, assistant assessors, clerks, stenog-
raphers and other necessary assistants in the
income tax division, a sum not exceeding
forty-five hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to the appropriation heretofore
made for the purpose,
$4,500 00
Division of
Accounts.
331
335
336
Division of Accounts :
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to the appropriation heretofore made for the
purpose, $1,000 00
For personal services and expenses in auditing
and installing municipal accounts, as author-
ized by chapter two hundred and forty-five
of the acts of the present year, a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to the appropriation heretofore,
made for the purpose, 5,000 00
For the expense of certain books, forms and
other material, which may be sold to cities
and towns requiring the same for maintaining
their system of accounts, a sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to the appropriation heretofore made
for the purpose, 1,000 00
Total,
$7,000 00
Department of 338
Education.
Service of the Department of Education.
For personal services of officers, agents, clerks,
stenographers and other assistants, a sum not
exceeding seven hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to the appropriation hereto-
fore made for the purpose, ....
$700 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
725
Item
339
341
348
351
For the training of teachers for vocational
schools, a sum not exceeding three hundred
doUars, the same to be in addition to the ap-
propriation heretofore made for the purpose, . $300 00
For services other than personal, necessary
office suppUes, and for printing the annual re-
port and bulletins as provided by law, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to the appropriation hereto-
fore made for the purpose, .... 1,000 00
For the education of deaf and blind pupils of the
commonwealth, as provided by law, a sum
not exceeding thirteen thousand doUars, the
same to be in addition to the appropriation
heretofore made for the purpose, . . . 13,000 00
For reimbursement of cities and towns for main-
taining schools to promote Americanization,
as provided by law, a sum not exceeding
sixty thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to the appropriation heretofore made
for the purpose, 60,000 00
Department of
Education.
Total,
$75,000 00
Division of Public Libraries:
356 For personal services of regular agents and
office assistants, a sum not exceeding three
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition
to the appropriation heretofore made for the
purpose,
Division
of Public
Libraries.
$300 00
359
361
Division of the Blind :
For general administration, a sum not ejfceeding
nine hundred and ninety dollars, the same
to be in addition to the appropriation hereto-
fore made for the purpose, ....
For the instruction of the adult blind in their
homes, a sum not exceeding three hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to the ap-
propriation heretofore made for the purpose, .
Total,
Division of
the Blind.
$990 00
300 00
$1,290 00
Teachers' Retirement Board:
365 For payment of pensions to retired teachers, a
sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to the appropriation
heretofore made for the purpose.
Teachers'
Retirement
Board.
$4,000 00
726
Acts. 1920. — Chap. 629.
State normal
schools, main-
tenance.
Item
For the maintenance of the state normal schools
and boarding halls attached thereto :
376 Bridgewater normal school boarding hall main-
tenance, a sum not exceeding forty-one hun-
dred and fifteen doUars, . . . . . $4,115 00
378 Fitchburg normal school boarding hall mainte-
nance, a sum not exceeding fourteen hundred
doUars, 1,400 00
379 Framingham normal school maintenance, a sum
not exceeding ten hundred and fifty dollars, . 1,050 00
380 Framingham normal school boarding hall main-
tenance, a sum not exceeding four thousand
doUars, 4,000 00
382 Hyannis normal school boarding hall mainte-
nance, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
doUars, 12,000 00
383| For the purchase of land adjacent to land owned
by the commonwealth at the state normal
school in LoweU, a sum not exceeding thirtj'^
thousand dollars, 30,000 00
386 North Adams normal school boarding hall
maintenance, a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars, 500 00
388 Westfield normal school maintenance, a sum
not exceeding two hundred and forty doUars, . 240 00
389 Westfield normal school boarding hall mainte-
nance, a sum not exceeding six hundred and
fifty dollars, 650 00
390 Worcester normal school maintenance, a sum
not exceeding two hundred dollars, . . 200 00
391 Worcester normal school boarding hall mainte-
nance, a sum not exceeding one hundred and
eighty dollars, . • .-. • 180 00
Severally to be in addition to any appropriations
heretofore made for the purpose.
Total,
$54,335 00
Bradford
Durfee Textile
School.
Lowell Textile
School.
New Bedford
Textile School.
TextUe Schools:
393 For the maintenance of The Bradford Durfee
Textile School, a sum not exceeding twenty-
seven hundred and twenty doUars, . . . $2,720 00
394 For the maintenance of the Lowell TextUe
School, a sum not exceeding thirty-one hun-
dred and eighty dollars, 3,180 00
395 For the maintenance of the New Bedford TextUe
School, a sum not exceeding six thousand dol-
lars, 6,000 00
SeveraUy to be in addition to any appropriations
heretofore made for the purpose.
Total, $11,900 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
727
Item
397
398
Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Division of Civil Service :
A transfer is hereby made from item number
three hundred and ninety-six in chapter two
hundred and twenty-five of the general appro-
priation bill in the sum of four thousand dol-
lars, this sum to be added to item number
three hundred and ninety-seven for personal
services of clerks and other assistants.
For personal services of clerks and other assist-
ants, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars,
the same to be in addition to the transfer of
four thousand dollars from item number three
hundred and ninety-six and to any appropria-
tion heretofore made for the purpose.
For other services and for printing the atinual
report, and for office supplies and equipment,
a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars,
the same to be in additioi^ to any amounts
heretofore appropriated for the purpose,
402
405
408
409
411
Total,
Department
of Civil
Service and
Registration.
Division of
Civil Service.
$600 00
2,000 00
$2,600 00
Division of Registration:
For services of office assistants of the board of
registration in medicine, a sum not exceeding
fifty-five dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amounts heretofore appropriated for the
purpose, $55 00
For services of the members of the board and
clerical assistants of the board of dental exam-
iners, a sum not exceeding five hundred and
sixty doUars, the same to be in addition to
any amounts heretofore appropriated for the
purpose, 560 00
For services of the agent and office assistants of
the board of registration in pharmacy, a sum
not exceeding one hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amounts heretofore
appropriated for the pm'pose, .... 100 00
For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, travelHng expenses, office
supplies and equipment, of the board of regis-
tration in pharmacy, a sum not exceeding
three hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amounts heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, 300 00
For services of clerical assistants in the oflftce of
the board of registration of nurses, a sum not
exceeding fifty dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amounts heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, 50 00
Division of
Registration.
Board of
registration
in medicine.
Board of den-
tal examiners.
Board of
registration
in pharmacy.
Board of
registration
of nurses.
728
Board of
registration
in embalming.
Board of
registration
in optometry.
Item
414
415
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
For services other than personal, including
travelling expenses, suppUes and office equip-
ment, of the board of registration in em-
balming, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amounts heretofore appropriated for the
purpose, . _
For personal services of the members of the board
of optometry, a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amounts heretofore appropriated for the
purpose,
Total,
$500 00
500 00
J,065 00
Department
of Industrial
Accidents.
Service of the Department of Industrial Accidents.
423 For personal services of clerks and office assist-
ants, a sum not excee4ing five thousand dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amounts
heretofore appropriated for the purpose, . $5,000 00
Department
of Labor and
Industries.
Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.
431 For clerical and other assistance for the board
of concihation and arbitration, a sum not ex-
ceeding eight thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amounts heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose, ....
Item number four hundred and thirty-five of
chapter two hundred and twenty-five of the
acts of the present year is hereby amended
by striking out the word "inspectors", and
substituting the words: — "clerk and sur-
veyors".
442 For other services, printing, travelling expenses
and office supphes and equipment for the
division of standards, a sum not exceeding
two thousand two hundred and twenty-five
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amounts heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose,
Item number four hundred and forty-two and
one half of chapter two hundred and twenty-
five of the acts of the present year is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "ex-
penses", the words: — "including office ex-
penses and suppUes".
$8,000 00
2,225 00
Total, $10,225 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
729
Item
443
446
Sendee of the Department of Mental Diseases.
For personal services of the director, officers and
employees, a sum not exceeding one thousand
one hundred and ninety-five dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amounts heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, .... $1,195 00
For the support of state paupers in the Hospital
Cottages for Children, a sum not exceeding
one thousand three hundred and seventy dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amounts
heretofore appropriated for the purpose,- . 1,370 00
Department
of Mental
Diseases.
Total,
Boston State Hospital:
450 For maintenance df said hospital, a sum not ex-
ceeding sixty-five thousand seven hundred dol-
lars,
451 For building, furnishing and equipping a home
for ninety nurses, a sum not exceeding thirty-
three thousand five hundred dollars,
452 For building, furnishing and equipping a congre-
gate dining room for the west group, a sum
not exceeding fifty thousand dollars,
452j For building, furnishing and equipping a congre-
gate dining room for the east group, a sum
not exceeding forty-two thousand dollars,
452^ For completing male infirmary building, a sum
not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars, .
Severally to be in addition to any amounts here-
tofore appropriated for the purposes.
Danvers State Hospital:
453 For maintenance of said hospital, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty-eight thousand two hundred dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amounts
heretofore appropriated for the purpose,
454 For building and equipping a new power plant
at the Danvers state hospital, a sum hot ex-
ceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dol-
lars,
456 Foxborough state hospital, maintenance, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five thousand one hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amounts heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose,
Gardner State Colony:
460 For maintenance of said colony, a sum not ex-
ceeding sixteen thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amounts heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose, ....
$2,565 00
$05,700 00
33,500 00
50,000 00
42,000 00
16,000 00
Boston State
Hospital.
Danvers State
Hospital.
58,200 00
250,000 00
Foxborough
State Hospital.
25,100 00
Gardner State
Colony.
16,000 00
730
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Gardner State
Colony.
Item
461j For building, furnisliing and equipping a build-
ing for disturbed men, a sum not exceeding
fifteen hundred dollars, to be in addition to
any amounts heretofore appropriated for the
purpose,
461| For building, furnishing and equipping an as-
sembly hall and chapel, a sum not exceeding
nine thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amounts heretofore appropriated
for the purpose,
Total, .
$1,500 00
9,000 00
$26,500 00
Grafton State 462
Hospital.
Massachusetts 463
School for the
Feeble-Minded.
Medfield State 465
Hospital.
467
Monson State 468
Hospital.
Northampton 469
State Hospital.
470
Taunton State 471
Hospital.
For the Grafton state hospital, for maintenance,
a sum not exceeding fiftj^-one thousand five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amounts heretofore appropriated for the
purpose, $51,500 00
For Massachusetts School for the Feeble-
Minded, for maintenance, a sum not exceed-
ing thirty-seven thousand six hundred dollars,
to be in addition to any amounts heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, .... 37,600 00
For maintenance of the Medfield state hospital,
fifty-seven thousand nine hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amounts hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose, . . 57,900 00
For repairing and enlarging sewage filter beds
at the Medfield state hospital, a sum not ex-
ceeding eighteen thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amounts heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, .... 18,000 00
For the Monson state hospital, for maintenance,
a sum not exceeding forty-one thousand five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amounts heretofore appropriated for
the purpose, . . . . . . 41,500 00
For the Northampton state hospital, for mainte-
nance, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand
four hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amounts heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, 30,400 00
For the purchase of land at the Northampton
state hospital, a sum not exceeding seven
thousand five hundred dollars, . . . 7,500 00
For the Taunton state hospital, for mainte-
nance, a sum not exceeding thu-ty-four thou-
sand one hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amounts heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, 34,100 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
731
Item
472
475
For the Westborough state hospital, for mainte-
nance, a sum not exceeding fifty-six thousand
nine hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amounts heretofore appropriated
for the purpose,
For the Worcester state hospital, for mainte-
nance, a sum not exceeding fifty-six thousand
three hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amounts heretofore appropriated
for the purpose,
Wrentham State School:
479 For maintenance, a sum not exceeding forty-one
thousand two hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amounts heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose',
480| For the construction of an industrial building, a
sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amounts
heretofore appropriated for the purpose,
481 For the construction of a cold storage plant, a
sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amounts here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose,
482
483
484
485
Belchertown Proposed School :
For building, furnishing and equipping a cus-
todial building, a sum not exceeding fifty-two
thousand seven hundred dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amounts heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose, ....
For building, equipping and furnishing a dormi-
tory, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand
four hundred and ninety-two dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amounts heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, ....
Westborough
State Hospital.
156,900 00
56,300 00
41,200 00
12,000 00
10,000 00
Worcester State
Hospital.
Wrentham
State School.
Belchertown
Proposed
School.
52,700 00
38,492 00
Total,
$1,113,092 00
Service of the Department of Correction.
For the personal services of the director, deputies
and members of the board of parole and ad-
visory board of pardons, a sum not exceeding
forty-five dollars, the same to be in addition
to the sum heretofore appropriated for the
purpose,
For the personal services of clerks, stenog-
raphers and agents, a sum not exceeding
seventeen hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose,
Department of
Correction.
$45 00
1,700 00
732
Item
Department of 486
Correction.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, necessary office supplies
and equipment, a sum not exceeding seven-
teen hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any sum heretofore appropriated for
the purpose, $1,700 00
Total, $3,445 00
Institutions
under control
of Department
of Correction.
For the maintenance of the following institu-
tions under the control of the department of
correction:
491 State farm, a sum not exceeding fourteen thou-
sand six hundred and ninety dollars, . . $14,690 00
492 State prison, a sum not exceeding eighteen thou-
sand three hundred and seventy dollars, . 18,370 00
494 Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceeding
sixteen thousand three hundred and ninety-
five dollars, 16,395 00
496 Reformatory for women, a sum not exceeding
three thousand dollars, 3,000 00
Severally to be in addition to the sums hereto-
fore appropriated for the purposes.
Total,
$52,455 00
Department
of Public
Welfare.
497
498
Service of the Department of Public Welfare.
For personal services of officers and employees,
a sura not exceeding eleven hundred dollars, . $1,100 00
For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, travelling expenses, including
expenses of auxiliary visitors, and office sup-
plies and expenses, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred dollars, 800 00
Severally to be in addition to the sums hereto-
fore appropriated for the purposes.
Total,
$1,900 00
Division of 499
Aid and Relief.
500
502
Division of Aid and Rehef :
For personal ser\'ices of officers and employees,
a sum not exceeding forty-six hundred dol-
lars, . $4,600 00
For services other than personal, including
travelling expenses and office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars, 500 00
For the payment of suitable aid to mothers with
dependent children, for the present year and
previous years, a sum not exceeding seventy-
five thousand dollars, 75,000 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
733
Item
506
For temporary aid given to state paupers and
ship\\Tecked seamen by cities and towns, for
the present year and previous years, a sum
not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars, .
Severally to be in addition to the sums hereto-
fore appropriated for the purposes.
Total,
Division of
Aid and Relief.
$75,000 00
$155,100 00
Division of Child Guardianship:
507 For personal services of officers and employees,
a sum not exceeding sixty-six hundred dol-
lars, $6,600 00
508 For services other than personal, office supplies
and equipment, a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars, 500 00
Severally to be in addition to the sums hereto-
fore appropriated for the purposes.
Total, $7,100 00
Division
of Child
Guardianship.
514
515
Trustees, Massachusetts Training Schools:
For the services of the executive secretary and
stenographer, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred dollars,
For services other than personal, including
printing the annual report, travelling and
other expenses of the members of the board
and employees, office supplies and equipment,
a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars, .
Trustees,
Massachusetts
Training
$200 00 Schools.
300 00
Boys' Parole:
516 For personal services of agents in the division Boys' Parole.
for boys paroled and boarded in families, a
sum not exceeding thirteen hundred and
twenty dollars, 1,320 00
517 For services other than personal, including
travelling expenses of the agents and boys,
and necessary office supphes and equipment,
a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, . 500 00
Girls' Parole:
519 For personal services of agents in the division of
girls 'paroled from the industrial school for
girls, a sum not exceeding eleven hundred and
eighty dollars,
Severally to be in addition to any appropriations
heretofore made for the purpose.
Girls' Parole.
1,180 00
Total,
J,500 00
734
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Institutions
under super-
vision of
Depyartment of
Public Welfare.
Item
522
523
524
For the maintenance of and improvements at
institutions under the supervision of the de-
partment of public welfare, as follows:
Industrial school for boys, maintenance, a sum
not exceeding fourteen thousand six hundred
dollars, $14,600 00
Industrial school for girls, maintenance, a sum
not exceeding five thousand nine hundred
dollars, 5,900 00
Lyman school for boys, maintenance, a sum not
exceeding six thousand dollars, .... 6,000 00
Severally to be in addition to the sums heretofore
appropriated for the purposes.
Total, $26,500 00
Massachusetts
Hospital
School.
Massachusetts Hospital School :
525 For the maintenance of the school, to be ex-
pended ^vith the approval of the trustees, a
sum not exceeding ninety-seven hundred dol-
lars, $9,700 00
The same to be in addition to sums heretofore
appropriated for the pm'pose.
526| For the construction of buildings, pipe Unes and
other communications for the accommodation
of certain state minor wards, a sum not exceed-
ing seventy-five thousand dollars, . . 75,000 00
Total,
$84,700 00
State
Infirmary.
State Infirmary:
527 For the maintenance of the state infirmarj^, to
be expended with the approval of the trustees
thereof, a sum not exceeding six't}^ thousand
dollars,
The same to be in addition to any appropria-
tions heretofore made for the purpose.
$60,000 00
Department of
Public Health.
Division of
Administration.
Division of
Hygiene.
Division of
Communicable
Diseases.
Service of the Departrnoit of Public Health.
532 For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, travelling expenses,
office supphes and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding eight hundred dollars, .... $800 00
534 For services other than personal, of the division
of hygiene, a sum not exceeding five hundred
doUars, . •.-..■ 500 00
536 For services other than personal of the division
of communicable diseases, a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars, 500 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
735
Item
544
546
For services other than personal of the division
of inspection of food and drugs, a sum not ex-
ceeding two thousand dollars, .... $2,000 00
For services other than personal of the engineer-
ing division, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand dollars, . . . • . • . • 2,000 00
Severally to be in addition to any appropriations
heretofore made for the purpose.
Total, $5,800 00
Division of In-
spection of Food
and Drugs.
Engineering
Division.
557
559
For maintenance and certain improvements at
the institutions under the control of the de-
partment of public health as follows:
Lakeville state sanatorium:
For maintenance, a sum not exceeding fifty-two
hundred dollars,
For installing an eighty-kilowatt generator unit,
a sum not exceeding two thousand and five
dollars,
$5,200 00
Institutions
under control of
Department of
Public Health.
Lakeville State
Sanatorium.
2,005 00
North Reading state sanatorium:
560 For maintenance, a sum not exceeding seventy-
nine hundred dollars,
561 For building a cottage for the chief engineer and
steward, a sum not exceeding forty-five hun-
dred dollars,
562 Rutland state sanatorium, maintenance, a sum
not exceeding twenty-one thousand five hun-
dred dollars, . .
564 Westfield state sanatorium, maintenance, a sum
not exceeding nine thousand dollars.
Severally to be in addition to the sums hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose.
Total,
North Read-
n c\ru\ c\r\ '"^ ^*'**^
< ,yUU UU Sanatorium.
4,500 00
Rutland State
Sanatorium.
21,500 00
9,000 00
Westfield State
Sanatorium.
$50,105 00
569 For the maintenance of the Penikese hospital, to
be expended with the approval of the depart-
ment of pubUc health, a smn not exceeding
seventeen hundred dollars, ....
The same to be in addition to any appropriations
heretofore made for the purpose.
Penikese
Hospital.
$1,700 00
Service of the Department of Public Safety.
570 For the salary of the commissioner and for per-
sonal ser\dces of clerks and stenographers, a
sum not exceeding one thousand and eighty
dollars,
Department of
Public Safety.
$1,080 00
736
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Division of
State Police.
Item
571
573
574
Division of State Police :
For contingent services, including printing the
annual report, rent of district offices, supplies
and equipment, and all other things necessary
for the investigation of fires and moving pic-
ture licenses, as required by law, a sura not
exceeding two thousand dollars,
For the salaries of officers, a sum not exceeding
nineteen hundred and twenty dollars.
For travelling expenses of the division, a sum not
exceeding thirty-four hundred dollars.
Severally to be in addition to the sums hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose.
S?,000 00
1,920 00
3,400 00
Total,
$8,400 00
Fire Preven-
tion District
Service.
585 For personal services for the fire prevention dis-
trict service, a sum not exceeding three hun-
dred and sixty dollars,
Severally to be in addition to any appropriations
heretofore made for the purpose.
$360 00
Department of
Public Works.
Service of the Department of Public Works.
587 For the salaries of the commissioner and the
four associate commissioners, a sum not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to the appropriation heretofore
made for the purpose,
$500 00
Division of
Highways.
Maintenance
of certain
Registration of
motor vehicles.
Division of Highways:
588 For the personal services of the chief engineer,
engineers and office assistants, a surn not ex-
ceeding nine hundred dollars, . . ' . $900 00
594 For the maintenance and operation of the new
Newburyport bridge and the Brightman street
bridge in Fall River, a sum not exceeding six
hundred and eighty dollars, .... 680 00
595 For personal services, for the registration of
motor vehicles, a sum not exceeding twenty-
four thousand dollars, . . 24,000 00
Severally to be in addition to any appropriations
heretofore made for the purpose, and to be
paid from the receipts from motor vehicle fees.
Total.
525,580 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
737
Item
594i
594J
For the care of snow on highways as provided
by chapter four hundred anH eighty-eight of
the acts of the present year, a sum not exceed-
ing fifty thousand dollars, the same to be paid
from the receipts from motor vehicle fees, $50,000 00
For the state's proportion of the expenses au-
thorized for special highway improvement
under the provisions of certain special acts of
the present year, a sum not exceeding eighty-
five thousand dollars, to be paid from the
receipts from motor vehicle foes, provided that
any contributions from counties, cities, towns
and individuals required by the said special
acts, shall be credited to the account, with the
appropriation for the state's proportion when
the said contributions are paid into the state
treasurj^ and shall be used in accordance with
the provisions of the said acts ; and the high-
way division is hereby authorized to expend,
without further appropriation, any money con-
tributed by the counties, cities and towns of
the commonwealth and to make expenditures
in anticipation of assessments to be levied
upon any counties, cities and towns, for the
improvement of highways under chapters five
hundred and nineteen, five hundred and
twenty, five hundred and twenty-one, five
hundred and twenty-two, five hundred and
thirty-six, five hundred and sixty-six and five
hundred and seventy-one of the acts of the
present year. Any unexpended balance of
these special funds may be used in the suc-
ceeding year for the same purpose, . . . 85,000 00
Care of snow on
highways.
Special
highway im-
provement.
Proviso.
Total,
$135,000 00
625
626
Service of the Department of Public Utilities.
For the personal services of clerks and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars, . . . $1,000 00
For personal services of the inspector of gas and
gas meters, assistant inspectors and deputj^
inspectors of meters, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, 1,000 00
Severally to be in addition to any appropriations
heretofore made for the purpose.
Department of
Public Utilities.
Total,
$2,000 00
738
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Claims.
Foreign
corporation
excise taxes.
Robert O.
Daltoa.
Item Miscellaneoiis.
Miscellaneous. 632 For expenses incurred in making preliminary-
studies and estimates, as required by chapter
two hundred and ninety of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and eighteen, where no
appropriation is made to carry out the im-
provement requested, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, $5,000 00
CIai77is.
6335 For the abatement of certain corporation excise ^
taxes, as provided by chapter four hundred
and sixty-two of the acts of the present year,
a sum not exceeding one hundred and forty
thousand dollars, . . . . ' . . . $140,000 00
For Robert 0. Dalton of Cambridge, as reim-
bursement in full for the amount expended by
him in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen
for expenses incurred at the state armory in
Cambridge in recruiting the companies of
the eighth regiment Massachusetts infantry,
national guard, for duty on the Mexican
border, the sum of two hundred and thirty-
two dollars, 232 00
For certain claims filed with Horace B. Parker
of Boston, in full compensation for expenses
incurred in connection with the military camps
established by the state during the influenza
epidemic in the months of September, October
and November, nineteen hundred and seven-
teen, payments to l^e certified by the auditor
of the commonwealth upon the filing of satis-
factory vouchers, the sum of two hundred and
twelve dollars and seventj^-nine cents, . . 212 79
For John D. Hardy of Haverhill, in full compen-
sation for expenses incurred by him from
April twelfth to July twenty-fifth, nineteen
hundred and seventeen at the state armory
in Haverhill for extra labor caused by the or-
ganization of Battery A, second regiment
Massachusetts field artillery, the sum of one
hundred and thirty-seven dollars, . 137 00
For John J. Lydon of Boston, in full compensa-
tion for expenses incurred and services ren-
dered by him in March, nineteen hundred
and seventeen in the instruction of officers of
the ninth regiment Massachusetts infantry,
national guard, as to their responsibihty for
government property, the sum of fifty-one
dollars and fourteen cents, .... 51 14
Filed with
Horace B.
Parker.
John D.
Hardy.
John J.
Lydon.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
739
Item
For William J. Dw;j^er of Boston, in full com-
pensation for expenses incurred by him on
June tenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen in
the purchase of military equipment for the
state arsenal in Framirigham, the sum of
twelve dollars and fifty-one cents, .
For Herbert W. Smith, steward at the Worces-
ter state hospital, for reimbursement in full
for expenses incurred on account of an
automobile accident, which took place while
he was at work for the commonwealth,
the sum of four hundred and eighty dol-
lars,
For WilUam Sim of Saugus, to reimburse him for
the loss of a growing crop of corn, destroyed by
the commonwealth to prevent the spread of
the corn borer, the said reimbursement to be
made only upon the filing with the auditor
of the commonwealth of a satisfactoiy release
from all further Uability in respect thereto,
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, .
For Annie E. Pavey, widow of Darwin C. Pavey
who died on the twentieth of December nine-
teen hundred and nineteen, the balance of
salary to which he would have been entitled
had he lived until the end of the present
financial year, the said paj^ment to be made
upon the certification of the auditor of the
commonwealth, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred and fifty dollars,
For James A. Roome of Peabody, in settlement of
the judgment rendered on April fifth, nineteen
hundred and twenty, in his suit against the
commonwealth, the sum of four hundred
dollars,
Total,
Wniiam J.
Dwyer.
$12 51
Herbert W.
Smith.
480 00
William Sim.
1,500 00
Annie E.
Pavey.
850 00
James A.
Roome.
400 00
1143,875 44
337 For reimbursing cities and towns for loss of taxes
on land used for state institutions, as certified
by the tax commissioner for the fiscal year
ending November thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and twenty, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand six hundred eighty-eight dollars and
ninety-three cents, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose,
132 For personal services of the chief surgeon and
regular assistants, a sum not exceeding two
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose,
Reimburse-
ment to cities
and towns for
loss of certain
taxes.
$5,688 93
Chief Surgeon.
$200 00
740
Ella M.
Horter.
Joseph
Donato.
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Item
633;
Commission on
construction by
commonwealth
of memorial to
soldiers, etc.
Katherine D
Greene.
Purchase and
development of
state forests.
Mount Grace
State Forest.
Scrubwomen,
state house,
additional
comijensation.
Fuel admin-
istration.
Legislative
committees on
rules.
For Ella M. Herter, subject to the provisions of
chapter thirty-five of the resolves of the pres-
ent year, a sum not exceeding four hundred
and fifty dollars, $450 00
For Joseph Donato of New Bedford, as author-
ized by chapter forty-seven of the resolves of
the present year, the sum of three thousand
dollars, the same to be paid from the proceeds
of the loan authorized by chapter three hun-
dred and sixty-seven of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen, . $3,000 00
27j For expenses of the commission to consider the
matter of the construction by the common-
wealth of a memorial to soldiers and sailors of
this commonwealth who served their country
in time of war, as authorized by chapter
eighty-two of the resolves of the present year,
a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, $3,000 00
633f For Katherine D. Greene, widow of the late
Colonel WilUam J. Greene, the sum of eighteen
hundred ninety-five dollars and eighty-five
cents, as authorized by chapter eighty-four of
the resolves of the present year, . . $1,895 85
282a For expenditures, authorized by chapter six him-
dred and four of the acts of the present year,
relative to the purchase and development of
state forests, a sum not exceeding fifty thou-
sand dollars, subject to the condition relative
to the taking effect of said chapter six hun-
dred and four, ....... $50,000 00
282b For the purchase of land and expenditures au-
thorized by chapter six hundred and six of
the acts of the present year to estabhsh Mount
Grace as a state forest, a sum not exceeding
fifty thousand dollars, $50,000 00
166b For additional compensation for the state house
scrubwomen for services during the extra
session of the general court of nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen, as authorized by chapter
six hundred and seven of the acts of the pres-
ent year, a sum not exceeding fifty-four hun-
dred dollars, . . •..-.• $5,400 00
633i For expenses of fuel administration, as author-
ized by chapter six hundred and ten of the
acts of the present vear, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand dollars, .... $25,000 00
18 For clerical and other assistance for the com-
mittees on rules of the two branches, as ap-
proved by a majority vote of said committees,
a sum not exceeding eight hundred and fifty
dollars, the same to be in addition to any ap-
propriation heretofore made for the purpose, . $850 00
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Item
27k For expenses of a commission to investigate the
question of prenatal and postnatal aid and
care of mothers and children, as authorized
by chapter eighty-five of the resolves of the
present year, a sum not exceeding eight thou-
sand dollars, $8,000 00
271 For expenses of the commission for reporting on
the most appropriate method of caring for
the graves of soldiers buried in foreign soil,
as authorized by chapter six hundred and six-
teen of the acts of the present year, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand dollars, . . $10,000 00
586^ For expenses for the administration of chapter
six hundred and nineteen of the acts of the
present year, relative to a commission on
boxing, a sum not exceeding eight thousand
dollars, $8,000 00
179 For the salaries of the secretary of the common-
wealth, and officers and employees holding
positions established by law, a sum not exceed-
ing three hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, $300 00
The unexpended balance of an appropriation for
securing employment for returned soldiers and
sailors is hereby reappropriated, as authorized
by chapter six hundred and twenty-one of
the acts of the present year.
45 For the salaries of judges of probate of the
several counties, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, as authorized by chapter
six hundred and twenty-three of the acts of
the present year, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose, . . . . . . . . $1,000 00
49 For the salaries of assistant registers of probate,
as authorized by chapter six hundred and
twenty-six of the acts of the present year, a
sum not exceeding three thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose, . . $3,000 00
633a For expenses of the special commission on
necessaries of life, as authorized by chapter
six hundred and twenty-eight of the acts of
the present year, a sum not exceeding thirty
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose, . . . . . . . $30,000 00
27m For expenses of certain recess committees of the
present general court, not otherwise provided
for, a sum not exceeding sixtj-^-five hundred
dollars, $6,500 00
741
Commission on
maternity aid.
Commission on
care of graves
of soldiers in
foreign soil.
State Boxing
Commission.
Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.
R«appropria-
tion of unex-
pended balance.
Judges of Pro-
bate, salaries.
Assistant
Registers of
Probate,
Commission
on Necessaries
of Life.
Recess
Committees.
742
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
Legislative
department,
contingent
expenses.
Item
27
Metropolitan
District
Commission.
635
638
639
640
641
For contingent expenses of the senate and house
of representatives and necessary expenses in
and about the state house, with the approval
of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding
fifteen hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, $1,500 00
Metropolitan District Commission.
For maintenance of park reservations, for com-
pleting the improvement and sanitary con-
dition of the Aberjona river, as authorized by
chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the ^
acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars, $5,000 00
For the maintenance of boulevards and park-
ways to enable the metropolitan district
commission to resurface the section of the
traffic roads, so-called, in Middlesex Fells
parkway, and to cover the district's portion of
the exp>enditure authorized by chapter three
hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of the
present year, a sum not exceeding forty-seven
thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to the appropriation made in
chapter two hundred and twenty-five of the
acts of the present year, 47,500 00
For the maintenance and operation of a system
of sewage disposal for the north metropolitan
sewerage district, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars, . • . • * • 5,000 00
For the maintenance and operation of a system
of sewage disposal for the south metropohtan
sewerage district, a sura not exceeding five
thousand dollars, . . . 5,000 00
For the maintenance and operation of the
metropolitan water system, a sum not exceed-
ing ten thousand dollars, 10,000 00
Total,
Severally to be in addition to any amounts here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose.
$72,500 00
Deficiencies.
District
Attorneys.
Deficiencies.
For deficiencies in certain appropriations of
previous years in certain items as follows:
District Attorneys.
For travelling expenses necessarily incurred by
the district attorneys, except in the Suffolk
district, the sum of sixty-three dollars and
thirty-five cents, . . . .
$63 35
Acts, 1920. — Chap. 629.
743
ConstittUional Convention.
For certain expenses of the constitutional con-
vention, a sum of thirty-four hundred forty
dollars and fifty-one cents, .... $3,440 51
Printing the Blue Book.
For printing the blue book of nineteen hundred
and nineteen, seventy-five hundred forty-
nine dollars and sixty-three cents, . . $7,549 63
Department of Education.
Reimbursement of high school tuition, three
hundred eighty-seven dollars and forty-one
cents, $387 41
For maintenance of the school ship under the
control of the trustees of the nautical training
schools, twenty-five dollars and twenty
cents, $25 20
Public Accountants' Registration.
For the expenses of the registration of public
accountants, a sum of three hundred fifty-
two dollars and twenty-nine cents, . . $352 29
Northampton State Hospital.
For maintenance of the Northampton state hos-
pital, seventy dollars and four cents,
Division of Public Works.
For. expenses of motor vehicle' registration,
seventy-three dollars and eighty-five cents, .
For maintenance and operation of the Somerset
and Newburyport bridges, the sum of one
hundred eighty-two dollars and twenty-four
cents,
Inspection of Animals.
For reimbursement to cities and towns, one hun-
dred and twenty-five dollars, ....
General Fund, $2,897,657 34
Metropolitan District Commission, .... $72,500 00
Constitutional
Convention.
Blue Book.
Department
of Education.
Public
Accountants'
Regiatration.
Northampton
c\A State Hospital.
Division of
$73 85 Public Works.
$182 24
Inspection of
$125 00 '*'»''"*'«•
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved June 5, 1920.
©I|j Qlommnmoraltlj of iiaBBarljUHfttH
Ix THK Year One Thousand Nine Hundbed and Twenty.
Proposal for a legislatr^e amendment to the consti-
tution RELATIVE TO ROLL CALLS IN THE GENERAL COURT
ON THE ADOPTION OF PREAMBLES OF EMERGENCY LAWS.
A joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives Proposed
hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution th^^'^nTtltutior
by the adoption of the follo^\^ng article of amendment to itnl'in thJ°^^
the 3nd that it may become a part of the Constitution, if l'^J^^^f """""^
similarly asrreed to in a ioint session of the next General adoption of
1 111 1 lo !• preambles of
Court and approved by the people at the btate election next emergency
rt II • laws.
lollowing :
ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT.
Article XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution is
hereby amended by striking out, in that part entitled "it.
Emergency Measures", under the heading "The Referen-
dum", the words "A separate vote shall be taken on the
preamble by call of the yeas and nays, which shall be re-
corded, and unless the preamble is adopted by two thirds of
the members of each House voting thereon, the law shall
not be an emergency law; but" and substituting the follow-
ing:— A separate vote, which shall be recorded, shall be
taken on the preamble, and unless the preamble is adopted
by two thirds of the members of each House voting thereon,
the law shall not be an emergency law. Upon the request of
two members of the Senate or of five members of the House
of Representatives, the vote on the preamble in such branch
shall be taken by call of the yeas and nays. But
May 27, 1920.
The foregoing Legislative Amendment is agreed to in joint
session of the two houses, the said Amendment haxing re-
ceived the affirmative ^'otes of a majority of all the members
elected; and it is referred to the next General Court in
accordance with a provision of the Constitution.
EDWIN T. Mcknight,
' President of the Joint Session.
HENRY D. COOLIDGE,
Clerk of the Joint Session.
RESOLVES.
Resolve providing for the current expenses of the Qfidy \
COMMISSIONERS FOR CONSOLIDATING AND ARRANGING THE
GENERAL LAWS.
Resolved, That the commissioners for consolidating and Expenditures
„ , „ , by commis-
arranging the general laws, under chapter forty-three of the sionersfor con-
resolves of nineteen hundred and sixteen, are hereby au- arranging the
thorized to expend during the months of January and Feb- ^^'^^'^^ ^^•
ruary of the current year such sums as may be necessary in
anticipation of an appropriation to be made in the general
appropriation act. Approved February 4, 1920.
Resolve confirming certain excess payments to QJiav, 2
JURORS IN THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE.
Resolved, That certain payments to the amount of three Certain excess
hundred seventy-five dollars and sixteen cents, made by the jurors in
treasurer of the county of Hampshire to jurors, on account cou^t'y con-
of mileage and compensation for ser\dces rendered at the S'""^^'^'
May term of the superior court, in excess of the amounts
prescribed by law, in consequence of an error as to the time
of taking effect of chapter one hundred and twelve of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, are hereby
validated and confirmed. Approved February 26, 1920.
Resolve conferring the name of Augustus p. Gardner QfiQ^) 3
ON THE AUDITORIUM IN THE EAST WING OF THE STATE
HOUSE.
Resolved, That the auditorium in the east wing of the Augustus ?.
state house shall hereafter be known as the Augustus P. Auditorium
Gardner Auditorium. Approved March 4, 1920. named^ °"*^'
Resolve to confirm the acts of benjamin brief of Chav. 4
BOSTON AS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Resolved, That the acts of Benjamin Brief of Boston, as a Acts of
justice of the peace, between the eighteenth day of Novem- as a justice of
ber, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and the seventeenth day confiraed.*
748
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 5, 6.
of January, nineteen hundred and twenty, are hereby con-
firmed and made vaHd to the same extent as if during that
time he had been qualified to discharge the duties of the
said office. Approved March 2^, 1920.
Chap. 5 Resolve authorizing the sale by the commissioner
OF conservation of the fish hatchery in the town
OF ADAMS.
Commissioner Resolvcd, That the' commissiouer of conser\'ation may sell
of conservation ' . i> a i 1*1
may sell fish the fish hatchcry in the town of Adams, known as the Adams
town of Adams. Hatchcry, including the land and buildings, the same having
been established under chapter sixty of the resolves of
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. The sale may be made
at such time and in such manner as the commissioner con-
siders most advantageous for the commonwealth, and the
proceeds shall be paid into the treasury of the common-
wealth. Approved April 6, 1920.
Chap. 6 Resolve to provide for an investigation by the
county commissioners OF the county of franklin
relative to the bridge over the CONNECTICUT RIVER
IN THE TOWNS OF GREENFIELD AND MONTAGUE.
Investipition
as to bridge
over Connecti-
cut river in
towns of Green-
field and
Montague.
Payment of
expense of
investigation.
Resolved, That the county commissioners of the county of
Franklin are hereby authorized and directed to investigate
the question of reconstructing the bridge over the Connecticut
river between the towns of Greenfield and Montague, to
make surveys, plans and estimates therefor, and to report to
the next general court, on or before the second Saturday in
January-, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, with copies of
the plans and estimates, and with such recommendations as
they may deem proper. For the purpose aforesaid the said
commissioners may borrow on the credit of the county, a
sum or sums not exceeding five thousand dollars, for a term
not exceeding one year. As soon as the work hereby au-
thorized is completed, the said commissioners shall certify
to the treasurers of the towns of Greenfield and IVIontague
the sum expended by them under authority hereof, and
within one year from the passage of this resolve the said
towns shall each pay into the treasury of the county of
Franklin twenty per cent of said expense, and if either of the
said towns neglects or refuses to pay its proportion, the
said commissioners shall, after due notice to the delinquent
town, issue a warrant for its proportion, with interest and
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 7, 8. 9. 749
the costs of notice and warrant, and the same shall be collected
and paid into the treasury of the said county to be applied
in payment of the expense aforesaid.
Approved April 7, 1920.
Resolve relative to the payment of the burial ex- QJi^p^
PENSES OF MOSES B. PHILLIPS.
Resolved, That the provisions of sections seventeen and bunS^'rxf^L
eighteen of chapter two hundred and ninety of the General phnup^ ^'
Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen shall apply to the
burial and burial expenses of Moses B. Phillips of the town
of Greenfield to the same extent as if his burial had occurred
after the first day of January in the current year.
Approved April 9, 1920.
Resolve to confirm the acts of Bernard l. gorfinkle (JJiap^ g
AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.
Resolved, That the acts of Bernard L. Gorfinkle of Boston, Acts of
as a notary public, between the twenty-first day of February, Gorfinkio is a
nineteen hundred and nineteen, and the fifteenth day of confirmed.
February, nineteen hundred and twenty are hereby con-
firmed and made valid to the same extent as if during that
time he had been qualified to discharge the duties of the
said office. Approved April 9, 1920.
Resolve providing for an investigation as to the ad- Qfiap, 9
visability of standardizing municipal regulations
relating to plumbing and drainage.
Resolved,' That the department of public health may in- investigation as
vestigate and report to the general court, not later than the of ^tandardizmg
tenth day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, as regXtfons
to the advisability of revising and codifying the rules, regu- pf^^bfng"and
lations and ordinances of the various cities and towns of the drainage.
commonwealth relative to plumbing, house drainage and like
subjects, in order to promote uniform and standard systems
of plumbing and drainage. The report shall contain drafts
of such legislation, if any, as the department may deem
necessary to promote the public health and comfort and
to provide for economy in plumbing and draining.
Approved April I4, 1920.
750
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 10, 11, 12.
Chap. 10 Resolve providing for the payment to the widow of
THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM J. BULLOCK AND
TO THE ESTATE OF THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE JAMES
MORRISON OF THE SALARIES TO WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE
BEEN ENTITLED FOR THE CURRENT SESSION.
Payments to
widow of
William J.
Bullock and
estate of James
Morrison.
Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas-
ury of the commonwealth to the widow of William J. Bullock
of New Bedford, deceased, a member of the house of repre-
sentati^'es elected for the current year, the salary of fifteen
hundred dollars to which he would have been entitled had
he lived until the end of the present session; and be it
further resolved, that there be allowed and paid out of the
treasury of the commonwealth to Laura E. Hallett, adminis-
tratrix of the estate of James Morrison of Medford, deceased,
a member of the house of representatives elected for the
current year, the salary of fifteen hundred dollars to which
he would have been entitled had he lived until the end of the
present session. The treasurer and receiver-general is hereby
directed to make the payments hereby authorized from
item number three of the general appropriation act.
Approved April 14, 1920.
Chap. 11 Resolve providing for extending certain services to
THE proposed SOLDIER MEMORIAL BUILDING AT THE
MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Certain serv-
ices extended
to proposed
soldier memo-
rial building at
Massachusetts
Agricultural
College.
Resolved, That, subject to the control of the department of
education, the trustees of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College may expend a sum not exceeding eight thousand
dollars for the purpose of extending the steam, light, water,
sewer and telephone service operated by the college to the
proposed soldier memorial building to be erected by the
alumni, students and friends of the college. The said ex-
penditure shall be charged to item number three hundred
and sixty-eight of the general appropriation act.
Approved April 15, 1920.
Chap. 12 Resolve relative to the westhampton cemetery
ASSOCIATION.
^^ertein action Resolved, That the action of the town of Westhampton
Westhampton and of tlic Westhamptou Cemetery Association relative to
ton Cemetery the carc of the ccmctcry in that town is hereby validated
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 13, 14, 15. 751
and confirmed, and that the said association is authorized to Association
' . n 1 1 • connrmea.
pro\dde for the maintenance of the cemetery, and to receive
and hold such real and personal property as may be neces-
sary therefor. Approved April 22, 1920.
Resolve to provide for the refund to the American Chap. 13
EXPRESS COiVIP.VNY AND THE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY
OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES.
Resolved, That the department of public works may refund Amerlln''
to the American Express Company the sum of six hundred pl^y^^^^"""'
and twenty-four dollars, and to the Adams Express Com- ^om^a^'^of*^'
pany the sum of one hundred and fifty-nine dollars, repre- certain motor
senting one half of the registration fees respectively paid by tration fees.
said companies for the registration of motor vehicles for the
year nineteen hundred and eighteen, which were subse-
quently re-registered during said year by and in the name
of the American Railway Express Company. The amounts
refunded hereby shall be charged to the receipts from the
registration of motor vehicles for the current year.
Approved April 22, 1920.
Resolve authorizing certain expenditures by the Qhap. 14
ADJUTANT general.
Resolved, That the adjutant general is hereby authorized dftureTby''^"'
to expend for meeting certain expenses and discharging emrluUfrSed.
sundry obligations incurred in consequence of the service of
the state guard during the year nineteen hundred and nine-
teen in connection with the Boston police riot, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars, the same to be taken from
the proceeds of the loan authorized by section two of chapter
three hundred and sixty-se^^en of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen. Approved April 22, 1920.
Resolve granting an annuity to wontonekamuske (Jjidp^ 15
MITCHELL OF THE WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF INDL^.NS.
Resolved, That there shall be paid annually from the Annuity
treasury of the commonwealth, in equal quarterly instal- wontoneka-
ments from the first day of April in the current year, the SThe^Wam-^
sum of three hundred dollars to Wontonekamuske Mitchell, Sf i^a^!^
an aged and needy Indian woman of the Wampanoag tribe,
a resident of Lakeville and a descendant of King Philip's
sister and of Massasoit. Approved April 22, 1920.
752
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 16, 17.
Industrial
accident board
to adjust
claim of
David Somer-
ville of
Woburn.
Chap. 16 Resolve to provide for adjustment by the industrial
ACCIDENT BOARD OF THE CLAIM OF DAVID SOMERVILLE OF
WOBURN, A MEMBER OF THE STATE GUARD.
Resolved, That the industrial accident board is hereby
authorized and directed to consider the claim of David
Somerville of Woburn, who received an injury to his left
eye, which caused the total loss of vision in that eye and
made its removal necessary, while engaged in the perform-
ance of his duties as a member of D company, twelfth regi-
ment, Massachusetts state guard, on January twentj'-fifth,
nineteen hundred and nineteen, as a valid claim for adjudi-
cation under the pro\isions of chapter seven hundred and
fifty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, and
such acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto as
were in effect on said date; and the said board is hereby
authorized to make an agreement in regard to compensation
and medical and hospital expenses on behalf of the com-
monwealth vnth. the said Somerville, under the provisions of
the said acts. Upon the filing of said agreement with the
auditor there shall be paid to the said Somerville such sums
as may be due thereunder, the same to be continued on a
weekly basis in accordance with the provisions of the said
acts. " Approved April 23, 1920.
Payments,
when and
how to be
made.
Chap. 17 Resolve providing for a report by the metropolitan
DISTRICT commission RELATIVE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF
A PUBLIC BATHHOUSE ON CHARLES RIVER IN THE CITY OF
BOSTON.
Investigation
as to practica-
bility of con-
structing a
public bath-
house on
Charles river
in Boston.
Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission shall
investigate the practicability and advisability, and shall
estimate the cost, of constructing and maintaining a public
bathliouse on Charles river, north of the armory on Com-
monwealth avenue, in the city of Boston, or at some other
point in that neighborhood. The committee shall also con-
sider whether any land of the commonwealth is available
for this purpose, and what land, if any, should be acquired
by purchase or by right of eminent domain. The commission
shall report to the next general court not later than the
second Wednesday in January. Approved April 23, 1920.
Res6lves, 1920. — Chaps. 18, 19, 20. 753
Resolve providing for the erection of a tablet in (jfiap^ ig
THE STATE ARMORY AT SPRINGFIELD TO COMMEMORATE
THE SERVICES OF THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT
IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
Resolved, That the adjutant general is hereby authorized ggn^^rluo
and directed to cause a bronze tablet to be erected in the cause a memo-
o • r> 1 1 • • e ^ '"^^ tablet
state armory at bprmgneid m commemoration or the serv- to be erected
ices of the second Massachusetts regiment in the war with armory at
Spain, the design of the tablet and the inscription upon it ^""^^ ^ "
to be determined by the adjutant general with the approval
of the governor and council. The cost of erecting the tablet
shall be paid from the treasury of the commonwealth, but
shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, being the
amount of headquarters fund of the third brigade of the
Massachusetts state guard which was recently paid into the
treasury of the commonwealth. Approved April 23, 1920.
Resolve providing for printing a report to the de- (Jfiap, 19
PARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNING MUNICIPAL
PLUMBING AND DRAINING.
Resolved, That fifteen hundred copies of the report of the Printing of
special board appointed by the commissioner of public health ceming
to consider the formulation of uniform state plumbing laws piumbmgand
shall be printed, and shall be distributed at the discretion of ^''^^"'s-
the commissioner. Approved April 23, 1920.
Resolve providing for an investigation relative to Chap. 20
THE REMOVAL OF THE SUBWAY STRUCTURES IN HARVARD
SQUARE IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Resolved, That the department of public utilities and the investigation
.,. , 3,3 to rciriovSil
board of trustees of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, of subway
sitting jointly, are hereby authorized and directed to investi- Harvard square
gate the expediency, practicability and cost of removing the ''^ ^^'"^" ^^■
surface structures in Harvard square, in the city of Cam-
bridge, used in connection with the Cambridge subway, and
providing other suitable entrances and exits for use in con-
nection therewith, and to determine whether or not such
new entrances and exits may not properly be constructed
upon and under the sidewalks abutting on Harvard square,
or on private property. The said department and board of
754
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 21, 22, 23.
trustees shall report the result of their investigation, with
any recommendations for legislation which they may deem
expedient, to the general court on or before the fifteenth
day of January, in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
one. Approved April 23, 1920.
Chap. 21 Resolve relative to a state armory in the east
BOSTON DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.
Investigation
as to advisa-
bility of con-
structing a
state armory
in East
Boston.
Resolved, That the armory commissioners be directed to
investigate the advisability of constructing a state armory in
the East Boston district of the city of Boston, with special
reference to its possible use by the reorganized military
forces of the commonwealth, and to report the result of
their investigation to the next general court on or before the
first Wednesday of January. Approved April 23, 1920.
Ghap. 22 Resolve providing for an investigation relative to
THE construction OF A NEW BUILDING FOR THE STATE
LIBRARY, THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT AND THE DE-
PARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Investigation
as to con-
struction of a
new building
for state
library,
supreme
judicial court
and depart-
ment of
education.
Resolved, That the state librarian, the superintendent of
buildings and the commissioner of education are hereby
constituted a commission to investigate the necessity or
advisability of constructing a new building for the state
library, the supreme judicial court and the department of
education. The commission shall report to the next general
court not later than the second Wednesday in January, with
such recommendations, if any, as it may deem expedient.
Approved April 23, 1920.
Chap. 23 Resolve providing for a special commission to investi-
gate THE ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING A TRADE
SCHOOL IN LEATHER CHEMISTRY AND LEATHER MANU-
FACTURING.
Investigation
as to advisa-
bility of
establishing a
trade school
in leather
chemistry and
leather manu-
facturing.
Resolved, That a commission consisting of the commissioner
of education, the commissioner of labor and industries, and
a third person familiar with the manufacture of leather, to
be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of
the council, shall investigate the feasibility, advisability and
cost of establishing a course of instruction in the manu-
facture of leather and in leather chemistry in connection
with some existing school in Massachusetts. The commis-
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 24, 25, 26. 755
sion shall serve without compensation, and shall report to
the next general court, not later than the second Wednesday
in January, with such recommendations for legislation, if
any, as it may deem expedient. Approved April 23, 1920.
Resolve in favor of george j. Gallagher of boston. Chap. 24
Resolved, That there be paid from the treasury of the com- in favor of
monwealth to George J. Gallagher of Boston, a member of Gallagher.
the state guard, who was injured while doing strike duty in
Boston, the smn of one thousand four hundred and fifty-six
dollars a year, in equal monthly instalments, for a period of
five years. In case of his decease within the said period so
much of the said sum as remains unpaid shall be paid in
monthly instalments to his wdfe or next of kin. The amount
necessary to meet the requirements of this resolve shall be
taken from the proceeds of the bonds issued under the
authority of chapter three hundred and sixty-seven of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen.
Approved April 29, 1920.
Resolve to PRovros for the renewal of the existing (jjmj) 25
CONTRACT for THE PUBLICATION OF THE DECISIONS OF " .
THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
Resolved, That the secretary of the commonwealth be secretary of
authorized to renew the contract now existing between the weaiTh"ma°y re-
commonwealth and Little, Brown & Company, Inc., for the fn^contrlTct*'
publication of the decisions of the supreme judicial coiu-t for o^doc^lras-'*^"
the further term of three years from the first day of Julv of supreme
, * 1 J 1 judicial court.
current, upon the same terms as those or the present con-
tract, except that the price of each volume of the decisions
shall be three dollars and fifteen cents a copy. The authori-
zation hereby granted shall not become effective until the
appropriation made by item number one hundred and
ninety-four of the general appropriation act has been in-
creased by an amount sufficient to cover the increased cost.
Approved April 30, 1920.
Resolve directing the department of public utilities (JJidj) 26
TO INVESTIGATE THE EXPEDIENCY OF A SERVICE CHARGE
BY GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANIES.
Resolved, That the department of public utilities is hereby investigation
directed to inquire into the necessity or expediency of per- encyof a^erv-
mitting a service charge to be made by gas and electric light ga'^sa^n'd Electric
756 Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 27, 28, 29.
light com- companies doing business in the commonwealth. For this
panies.
purpose, the department shall make such investigations as it
may deem necessary, and shall report its findings, with
drafts of such legislation, if any, as it deems expedient, to
the next general court, on or before the first Wednesday in
January. Apjjroved April 30, 1920.
Chap. 27 Resolve relative to the retirement by the county
OF BRISTOL OF MARY L. WOOD.
may*ret!?e "*^ R^solved, That the county commissioners for the county of
Mary L. Wood. Bristol may retire Mary L. Wood, a clerk in the office of the
clerk of courts of said county for thirty-seven years who is
unable longer to perform the duties of her office because of
physical incapacity. When so retired she may be paid by
the county an annuity not exceeding six hundred dollars.
Approved April 30, 1920.
Chap. 28 Resolve in favor of the widow of arthur c. mills.
widow°of°^ Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas-
Arthur c. ury of the commonwealth from item two hundred and forty-
two of the general appropriation act, the sum of two hun-
dred and fifty dollars to Mary F. Mills, widow of Arthur C.
Mills, late sergeant of company A, fifth regiment of the
Massachusetts volunteers, who died from a disease con-
tracted while in the said service.
Approved April 30, 1920.
Chap. 29 Resolve to provide for an investigation as to the
rectification of the lines of highways passing
under railroads and other structures.
is to^rictifiS- Resolved, That the department of public works be directed
of'hi°hwa^ *^ inquire into the most feasible method of rectifying and re-
passing under locating the lines of highways passing under the tracks of
railroads and .1 i m , i 1 i _, x 'j.!
other struc- railroads, railways or other overhead structures, with a view
tures. ^^ promoting the public safety and convenience. The de-
partment shall report to the next general court on or before
the second Wednesday in January, with such recommenda-
tions, for legislation or otherwise, as it may deem expedient.
Approved April 30, 1920.
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 30, 31, 32. 757
Resolve in favor of adin millard custance. Chav. 30
Resolved, That the industrial accident board is hereby industrial
authorized and directed to consider the claim of Adin Millard boards eon-
Custance of Clinton, arising from an injury in the course of Adfnmiiard^
his emplo^Tnent as an assistant engineer of construction in Custance, etc.
the employ of the IMassachusetts highway commission on
May twenty-se\'en, nineteen hundred and eighteen, by reason
of the entrance of a piece of steel into his left eye, as a valid
claim for adjudication under chapter seven hundred and
fifty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven and
such acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, as
were in effect on said date and to make an agreement in
regard to compensation and medical and hospital expenses,
on behalf of the commonwealth, with the said Custance,
under the pro\'isions of the said acts. Upon the filing of ^l^lna'
such an agreement yviih the auditor there shall be paid to how to be
the said Custance such sums as may be due thereunder, the
same to be continued on a weekly basis in accordance with
the pro\isions of said acts. Approved April 30, 1920.
Resolve in favor of Adeline mills of the Algonquin Chav 31
TRIBE OF INDIANS.
Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas- ^"Jj^f.^"""!^?,,
ury of the commonwealth, in equal quarterly instalments, an of Algonquin
annuity of one hundred and fifty dollars to x\deline ]\Iills of indfaL.
the Algonquin tribe of Indians for the rest of her natural
life. The annuity shall begin March first, nineteen hundred
and twenty, and for the remainder of the current year shall
be payable from item number two hundred and forty-two of
the general appropriation act. Approved April 30, 1920.
Resolve directing the department of public health Chav 32
TO investigate the sanitary condition of acushnet
river and its tributaries.
Resolved, That the department of public health is hereby investigation
directed to investigate and report upon the sanitary con- conditfon' oF
dition of the bed, banks and waters of Acushnet river and tnTilstvihu-''
of the streams tributary or adjacent thereto in the towns of ^'^'^•
Acushnet and Fairhaven and in the city of New Bedford.
The department shall ascertain whether the condition of
said river or streams, or of the banks thereof, is injurious or
dangerous to the public health by reason of deposits of
758
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 33, 34.
sewage or of refuse from factories or from other cause, and
if the department finds that any circumstances injurious or
dangerous to the public health exist by reason of deposits of
objectionable matter or otherwise, it shall recommend a
plan or plans for the removal of the nuisance, and shall re-
port the same to the next general court on or before the
tenth day of January. Approved April 30, 1920.
Chap. 33 Resolve in favor of frank l. garland of concord.
Frank°L.°^ R^solved, That an annuity of twelve hundred dollars.
Garland. payable monthly, be allowed and paid from the treasury of
the commonwealth to Frank L. Garland of Concord during
his life, as compensation for injuries resulting in total blind-
ness which were received by him while in the discharge of
his duties as an officer at the IMassachusetts reformatory.
Repeal. Chapter ninety-se^'en of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
fourteen is hereby repealed. Approved April 30, 1920.
Chap. 34 Resolve providing for a special commission to report
on the taking of certain marshes and beaches in
THE city of GLOUCESTER.
Special com-
mission to re-
port on taking
of certain
marshes and
beaches in
city of
Gloucester,
Certain expen-
ditures
authorized.
County of
Essex and city
of Gloucester
may con-
tribute.
Resolved, That a commission consisting of the commissioner
of public works, the county commissioners of the county of
Essex, and the mayor of the city of Gloucester is hereby
created for the purpose of considering the taking over for
public uses of certain marshes and beaches in the city of
Gloucester. The commission shall consider the expense in-
volved in the acquisition of the said marshes and beaches,
shall determine what would be an equitable division of the
cost of maintenance of the same, and shall report to the
general court, with its conclusions, not later than the second
Wednesday in January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
resolve the department of public Nvorks is authorized to ex-
pend, out of its appropriation for the improvement of rivers,
harbors, tidewaters and foreshores, an amount not exceeding
one thousand dollars, but no expenditure shall be made
hereunder by the said department until the county of Essex
and the city of Gloucester have each contributed to the
department of public works for the same purpose the sum
of one thousand dollars, and the county of Essex and the
city of Gloucester are hereby authorized to make the said
contributions. Approved April 30, 1920.
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 35, 36. 759
Resolve in favor of the widow of robert herter. Chav 35
Resolved, That there be allowed and paid to Ella M. ^Jo^^of°^
Herter, widow of Robert Herter, late a messenger of the Robert Herter.
supreme judicial court, the remainder of the salary which he
would have been entitled to receive had he lived until the
end of the calendar year nineteen hundred and nineteen.
Of the said sum, the commonwealth shall pay one fifth, and
the county of Suffolk four fifths. This resolve shall take To be sub-
effect upon its acceptance by tlie city council of the city of rauncu o°f *^'*^
Boston, with the approval of the mayor, pro^dded that such ^^^°°' «'<=■
acceptance occurs prior to the thirty-first day of December
in the current year. Approved April 30, 1920.
Resolve providing for further investigation of a Qhnj) 35
comprehensive rapid transit system for the
dorchester district of the city of boston.
Resolved, That the department of public utihties and the Further inves-
transit department of the city of Boston be constituted a comprehensive
joint board to investigate further a comprehensive system s^gtem^o'r*'*
or systems of rapid transit in the Dorchester district of the Dorchester
city of Boston, with feeders from the Hyde Park district of Boston.
the cit}' and other places, and to report its conclusions and
recommendations, Anth drafts of such legislation as it may
deem expedient, to the general court not later than the tenth
day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one. The
said joint board may expend for the purpose aforesaid, such
sums, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, as it may
deem necessary. The sums so expended shall be paid in the Assessments
first instance from the treasury of the commonwealth, and "itfes a,nd^*°
shall be assessed upon the cities and towns required to con- *°^"®' ^*°"
tribute to the last preceding deficit certified by the public
trustees of the Boston Elevated Railway Company under
the pro\dsions of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, and in the
same manner and proportion. If and when the comprehen-
sive system or systems of rapid transit mentioned above are
constructed, the sums, the expenditure of which is authorized ^
by this resolve, shall be treated as part of the cost of the
construction thereof and shall be repaid to the common-
wealth by the persons and corporations constructing the
same and redistributed to the cities and towns aforesaid.
Approved May 6, 1920.
760
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 37, 38, 39.
Chap. 37 Resolve to PRovroE for an investigation of a certain
CLAIM OF THE BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD AGAINST
THE COMMONWEALTH.
Investigation
of certain
claim of
Boston and
Maine Rail-
road against
the common-
wealth.
Resolved, That the attorney-general, or an assistant attor-
ney-general designated by him, and the di\'ision of water-
ways and public lands of the department of public works,
shall jointly investigate the claim of the Boston and Maine
Railroad, as presented to the general court in senate docu-
ment number one hundred and ninety-seven of the current
year, and report to the next general court, on or before the
second Wednesday in January, as to whether the common-
wealth is under any legal or other obligation in relation
thereto, and, if so, the sum that must be paid to satisfy the
same. Approved May 6, WW.
In favor of
Dora M.
Jacques.
Chap. 38 Resolve in favor of dora m. jacques of boston.
Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas-
ury of the commonwealth on account of the injury sustained
by Dora M. Jacques of Boston, who was accidentally shot on
September nineteenth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, by a
member of the state guard then on duty in the city of
Boston, the sum of three thousand dollars, pro\'ided that so
much of said sum as may be necessary shall be disbursed on
vouchers approved by the adjutant general to pay outstand-
ing claims presented Anthin ten days after the passage of
this resolve for money advanced to or for the benefit of the
said Dora ^I. Jacques, and that the balance be paid to her.
The said balance shall be paid only upon the filing with the
auditor of the commonwealth of a release, duly executed by
Dora M. Jacques, agreeing that the said sum is received in
full satisfaction of all claims against the commonwealth.
The payment hereby authorized shall be made from the pro-
ceeds of the loan authorized by chapter three hundred and
sixty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen. Approved May 6, 1920.
Release to be
filed.
Payment,
from what
proceeds to
be made.
Chap. 39 Resolve to provide for an investigation of fire
HAZARDS lisr the CITY OF LOWELL.
Investigation Resolved, That the state fire marshal be directed to make
of tire hazards ,. .. , e J.^ n 1. A '
in city of such uivcstigation as may be necessary or the nre nazarcls in
the Highland district and other sections of the city of Lowell,
Resolves, 1920. —Chaps. 40, 41, 42. 761
and of the most feasible methods of reducing the same. He
shall report the result of his investigation, with such recom-
mendations as he may deem proper, to the general court not
later than the first day of June in the current year, and shall
submit a duplicate copy of his report to the municipal
council of said city not later than said June first. He may
expend such sum, not exceeding three hundred dollars, as Expenses to
may be appropriated for the purpose. The treasurer and upon city of
receiver-general is hereby avithorized and directed to assess
the expenses incurred hereunder upon the city of Lowell in
addition to any assessments made as a state tax.
Approved May 6, 1920.
Resolve to PROvroE for an ustv^estigation as to the (Jjidj) 49
NECESSITY AND DESIRABILITY OF ESTABLISHING A STATE
POLICE FORCE.
Resolved, That the adjutant general and the commissioner investigation
of public safety shall investigate the advisabihty, practica- biiit°y^etcT
bility and cost of establishing in this commonwealth a state f state'^poike^
police force, and for this purpose may give such hearings as ^°'''=^-
they may deem advisable, and shall report their recommen-
dations to the next general court not later than the second
Wednesday in January. Approved May 6, 1920.
Resolve relative to the present doorkeeper of the QJiqj) 41
SENATE.
Resolved, That the present doorkeeper of the senate shall, ^jy^of"^
for the remainder of the current vear, have the title of present door-
, , % , . „ , keeper of
assistant sergeant-at-arms, and shall receive tor the year senate.
nineteen hundred and twenty a salary of twenty-one hun-
dred dollars. Approved May 11, 1920.
Resolve in favor of frank hoerles of boston. Chap. 42
Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas- in favor of
ury of the commonwealth to Frank Hoerles of Boston the ™" oeves.
sum of one thousand dollars on account of injuries sustained
by him on November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, by being run over by an automobile operated by a
member of the state guard then on duty in the city of Boston.
The amount shall be paid only upon the filing with the Release to
auditor of the commonwealth of a release, duty executed by
said Frank Hoerles, agreeing that the said sum is received in
762
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 43, 44, 45.
full satisfaction of all claims against the commonwealth.
Payment, from ^hc payment hcrebv authorized shall be made from thepro-
what proceeds i'.^ 'i-ii i iii
to be made. cccds of the loau authorized by chapter three hundred and
sixty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen. Approved May 11, 1920.
Chap. 43 Resolve to provide for a service button for certain
MEMBERS OF THE STATE GUARD.
Adjutant
general to.
present a
service button
to certain
members of
state guard.
Resolved, That the adjutant general shall prepare a state
guard service button, and shall present the same to appli-
cants who served in the state guard for at least one year
during the world war, or for at least thirty days during the
Boston police strike, and for this purpose he may expend a
sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
Approved May 11, 1920.
Chap. 44 Resolve providing for certain indexes in the office
OF the secretary of the commonwealth.
Preparation of
certain indexes
of births, mar-
riages and
deaths by-
secretary of
the common-
wealth.
Resolved, That there may be allowed and paid out of the
treasury of the commonwealth a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand five hundred and ninety dollars, to be ex-pended
under the direction of the secretary of the commonwealth in
the preparation of indexes of births, marriages and deaths
for the years nineteen hundred and fourteen to nineteen
hundred and eighteen, inclusive; but this sum shall not be
available until appropriated by the general court.
Approved May 12, 1920.
Chap. 45 Resolve relative to the extension of the subway in
the city of boston to post office square.
Investigation
as to extend-
ing subway in
Boston to Post
OfiSce square.
Resolved, That the transit department of the city of
Boston shall investigate the matter of extending the subway
or tunnel in the city of Boston to Post Office square. The
said department shall also consider and determine whether
the whole or any part, and if so, what part, of the cost of
making the extension should justly be paid by the owners of
the estates especially benefited thereby. The department
shall report to the next general court on or before the second
Wednesday in Januar^^, a plan for the said extension and an
estimate of the cost, with such recommendations for legisla-
tion as it may deem expedient. Approved May 12, 1920.
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 46, 47. 763
Resolve validating the marriage of Joseph e. butman (7/^(^r> 46
AND MARY A. STEWART AND MAKING LEGITIMATE THE
ISSUE THEREOF.
Resolved, That whereas, Mary Alice Stewart in good faith Marriage of
married Joseph E. Butman, late of Cohasset, without knowl- E'utmaifand
edge that he had a prior wife living, and thereafter in good ItewaH vaii-
faith lived with him as his wife, and there were issue of such ^'^^^^ ^""^
, ... issue made
marriage the following children: Elizabeth Damon Butman legitimate.
Sampson, Grace Emery Butman Wood, Edwin Joseph
Butman, Elsie Cameron Butman Roberts and Charles Edson
Butman;
And whereas, Joseph E. Butman, having been granted a
divorce nisi from Geth Hallenbach Butman, the said prior
wife, died before the divorce could be made absolute;
Now, therefore, it is hereby declared that Joseph E.
Butman was absolutely divorced from Geth Hallenbach
Butman on the first day of March, nineteen hundred and
twenty, that Mary Alice Stewart Butman was lawfully
married to Joseph E. Butman and is his legal widow, and
that said Elizabeth Damon Butman Sampson, Grace Emery
Butman Wood, Edwin Joseph Butman, Elsie Cameron But-
man Roberts and Charles Edson Butman are the legitimate
children of Joseph E. Butman and Mary Alice Stewart
Butman. Approved May 12, 1920.
Resolve in favor of joseph donato of new Bedford. (Jfidj) 47
Resolved, That, subject to such an appropriation as may in favor of
hereafter be made, there may be allowed and paid out of the "^"^^ °"'^*°'
treasury of the commonwealth from the proceeds of the loan
authorized by section two of chapter three hundred and
sixty-seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen, to Joseph Donato of New Bedford the sum of
three thousand dollars, as compensation for injuries . sus-
tained by him in October, nineteen hundred and nineteen,
while in the performance of his duties as a member of the
state guard in the city of Boston. The said amount shall be Release to
paid only upon the filing with the auditor of the common- ^^ ^^'^'^'
wealth of a release duly executed by the said Donato, agree-
ing that the said sum is received in full satisfaction of any
and all claims against the commonwealth.
Approved May 12, 1920,-
764
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 48, 49, 50.
Worcester state
hospital may
be leased to
United States
of America.
Chap. 48 Resol\te authorizing the leasing of the Worcester
STATE HOSPITAL TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Resolved, That the governor and council be authorized to
lease to the United States of America, for the use of any de-
partment thereof, the land and buildings, or any part thereof,
comprising the Worcester state hospital, for a term not ex-
ceeding five years and for such rental as the governor and
council may fix; but no person shall obtain a settlement in
this commonwealth by reason of his residence at the said
institution during the period of said lease.
Approved May 13, 1920.
Chap. 49 Resolve in favor of the father of the late edmund
J. GILL OF LOWELL.
Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas-
ury of the commonwealth to Emile Gill of Lowell, father of
Edmund J. Gill, who was employed at the time of his death
as a messenger in the department of the sergeant-at-arms,
the remainder of the salary to which the son would have
been entitled had he lived to perform duty as messenger
until the end of the present fiscal year. The said sum shall
be paid, with the approval 6f the sergeant-at-arms, from
item numbered twelve of the current general appropriation
act providing for the salaries of assistant doorkeepers and
messengers for the senate and house of representatives.
Approved May I4, 1920.
In favor of
father of late
Edmund
J. Gill.
Chap. 50 Resolve to provide for an investigation of expendi-
tures BY registries OF PROBATE IN THE SEVERAL
COUNTIES.
Investigation
of expenditures
bv registries
oi probate in
the several
counties, etc.
Resolved, That the supervisor of administration is hereby
directed to investigate the comparati^'e expenditures of the
registers of probate in the several counties of the common-
wealth, to prepare tables showing the amount of work per-
formed in each, the number of officials and employees, the
expenditures for salaries, clerical assistance and all other
expenditures connected with said registries, and the propor-
tion thereof now borne by the commonwealth and by the
several counties, and also to state the method of keeping
records and indexes in each registry. The investigation shall
also include a consideration of the advisability of repealing
the present laws with regard to the amounts allowed for
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 51, 52, 53. 765
clerical and other assistance, and of substituting a method
wheTeby the registers of probate of the several counties shall
submit their estimates, with budget recommendations, before
the fifteenth day of October of each year in the same manner
in which recommendations for other state expenditures are
now submitted. The super^'isor shall report to the next
general court, on or before the fifteenth day of January,
with such recommendations for legislation as he may deem
expedient. Approved May 14, 1920.
Resolve in favor of the brother of the late john j. Chap. 51
MAHONEY.
Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas- in favor of
ury of the commonwealth to Dennis C. Mahoney, brother of john j^°
the late senator John J. Mahoney elected for the current ^^^°'^^y-
year, the balance of the salary of fifteen hundred dollars to
which he would have been entitled had he lived until the end
of the present session. The treasurer and receiver-general is
hereby directed to make the pa\inent hereby authorized
from item number one of the general appropriation act.
Approved May 18, 1920.
Resolve relative to the construction of a bridge Chap. 52
over lobster cove in the city of GLOUCESTER.
Resolved, That the department of public works is hereby investigation
directed to investigate the necessity and cost of the construe- structlon'of
tion of a new bridge over Lobster Cove in the city of Glouces- ov^r L^blter
ter, and to report thereon to the next general court, not Giou<4st^r*^ °^
later than the fifteenth day of January.
Approved May 18, 1920.
Resolve providing for a commission to consider an Chav. 53
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION IN OR NEAR BOSTON.
Resolved, That the governor, with the advice and consent Commission
of the council, shall appoint a commission of not less than an interna-
seven nor more than twelve persons who shall consider the tlonln^ornear
advisability of holding an international exposition in or near
Boston, at some time before the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, in celebration of the three hundredth anniver-
sary of the landing of the Pilgrims. The commissioners shall
give public hearings at such times and places as they may
deem expedient, and shall transmit their recommendations
to the next general court on or before the fifteenth day of
January. Approved May 19, 1920.
Boston.
766
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 54, 55.
Chap. 54 Resolve providing for an investigation of the best
ROUTE FOR MAKING RAIL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE
COMMON^VEALTH's flats in EAST BOSTON AND THE
BOSTON AND ALBANY AND BOSTON AND MAINE RAIL-
ROADS.
Investigation
of best route
for making
certain rail-
road connec-
tions with
common-
wealth's flats
in East
Boston.
Resolved, That a special commission, consisting of the com-
missioner of pubhc works, tlie chairman of the department of
pubhc utihties and the supervisor of administration, is hereby
directed to investigate, and report to the general court not
later than the second Wednesday in January next, concern-
ing ways and means for making connections between the
commonwealth's flats in East Boston and the lines of the
Boston and Albany Railroad and the Boston and ISIaine Rail-
road, The commission shall consider the probable effects
upon residential and other property through which the pro-
posed connections will be built, as well as the cost of con-
struction, the amount of land damages and other expenses,
and shall compare the route recommended by the commis-
sion, with the various routes proposed, so far as economy
and adaptability for operation are concerned.
Approved May 19, 1920.
Chap. 55 Resolve to provide for an investigation as to the
ADVISABILITY OF MAKING CHANGES IN THE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF LOWELL.
Commission
to investigate
as to advisa-
bility of
making
changes in
charter of city
of Lowell,
appointment,
etc.
Vacancies,
how filled.
Powers, duties,
etc.
Resolved, That the mayor of the city of Lowell is hereby
directed to appoint on or before July first in the current year
an unpaid commission of fifteen registered voters of said
city for the purpose of investigating the necessity and ex-
pediency of changing the existing charter or of establishing
a new charter for said city. The commission shall be known
as the Lowell charter commission, shall be composed of at
least one representative from each of the several wards of
the city and the two leading political parties shall be as
nearly equally represented thereon as possible. The com-
mission shall choose its chairman, and shall be provided with
suitable quarters in the city hall. Any vacancy existing in
said commission shall be filled in the same manner and sub-
ject to the same conditions as the original appointment. The
commission shall hold such public hearings as it deems neces-
sary, shall investigate into and have access to all municipal
departments of the city, shall have the right to summon wit-
Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 56. 767
nesses, shall have the right to carry on investigations into
the affairs of the city and its departments, and for that
purpose may require the attendance and testiniony of wit-
nesses and the production of books, papers, contracts and
other documents relating to any such investigation. Wit- Summoning of
,111 I'ji 11 •! witnesses, etc.
nesses shall be summoned m the same manner and be paid
the same fees as witnesses before police, municipal or district v
courts. The chairman or any members of the commission
shall have the right of administering oaths to witnesses
appearing before the commission. If any person so sum-
moned and paid by said commission shall refuse to attend
or to be sworn, or to affirm or to answer any question, or to
produce any book, contract, document or paper pertinent
to the matter of inquiry under consideration before said
commission a justice of the supreme judicial or of the superior
court may, in his discretion, upon application of the chair-
man of said commission or of any member thereof authorized
by vote of the commission, issue an order requiring such
person to' appear before said commission and to produce his
books, contracts, documents and papers, and to give evidence
relating to the matter in question. Any failure to obey such
order of the court may be punished by said court as a con-
tempt thereof.
The expenses of the commission shall not exceed one thou- Expenses.
sand dollars, and shall be paid by the city. The commission Report to
shall report with such recommendations for legislation as it ^^^^'^^ ''°"'' •
deems expedient to the next general court on or before the
second Wednesday in January whereupon its existence shall
terminate.
The provisions of chapter two hundred and sixty-seven of ^tions"o?Taw
the General Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen with the u°tii°^tc^'^'
amendments thereof shall not apply to the city of Lowell
until the general court has acted upon the report of the
commission. Approved May 19, 1920.
Resolve authorizing the payment by the metro- Qjidj) 5g
POLIT.AN district COMMISSION OF ANNUITIES TO THE
WIFE OF JAMES B. ELLIS AND THE WIDOW OF RICHARD M.
MCCARTHY.
Resolved, The metropolitan district commission may pay Metropolitan
the sum of six hundred dollars a year for three ^'ears to Isabel mission maj^
M. Ellis, wife of James B. Ellis, a police officer in the employ fo wffe^oT*'^^
of the commission, but now incapacitated from the further J^^esB.
768 Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 57.
Ellis and performance of active duty; also the sum of six hundred
RiohrrdM. dollars a year for three years to Catherine F. McCarthy,
McCarthy. ^j^^^ ^^ Richard M. McCarthy, who died December
eighteen, nineteen hundred and eighteen, from illness con-
tracted in the performance of his duties as a member of the
metropolitan park police force. Should Catherine F. Mc-
Carthy die leaving any minor child or children before the
expiration of three years, any balance remaining shall be
paid to the guardian of such child or children to the end of
the term. The amounts provided for in this resolve shall be
paid out of item six hundred and thirty-five of the general
appropriation act for the current year.
Approved May '25, 1920.
Chap. 57 Resolve granting a county tax for the county of
BARNSTABLE.
BarMtabfe"' Rcsolved, That the following sums are hereby appropriated
for the expenses of the county of Barnstable, for the year
nineteen hundred and twenty : —
For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding seven
thousand dollars.
For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand dollars.
For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by
law, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand five hundred
dollars.
For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not exceed-
ing three thousand five hundred dollars.
For salaries and expenses of district and police courts, a
sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars.
For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and support
of prisoners in jails and houses of correction, a sum not ex-
ceeding eight thousand dollars.
For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing five thousand dollars.
For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars.
For transportation expenses of county and associate com-
missioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of the
insane, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceeding
one thousand two hundred dollars.
Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 58. 769
For repairing, furnishing and improving county buildings, County tax,
a sum not -exceeding five thousand dollars.
For fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other
than jails and houses of correction, and for care of the same,
a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars.
For highways, including state highways, bridges and land
damages, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars.
For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding four
thousand five hundred dollars.
For hospital or sanatorium, a sum not exceeding thirty-
five thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current
year, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
And the county commissioners of said county are hereby
authorized to levy as the county tax of said county for the
current year, in the manner provided by law, the sum of
one hundred thirty-four thousand three hundred eight dol-
lars and eighteen cents, to be expended, together with the
cash balance on hand and the receipts from other sources,
for the above purposes. Approved May 26, 1920.
Resolve granting a county tax for the county of Chav. 58
BERKSHIRE.
Resolved, That the following sums are hereby appropriated B^toMre*"'
for the expenses of the county of Berkshire, for the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty : —
For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding four
thousand dollars.
For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by law,
a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand dollars.
For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not exceed-
ing seven thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses of district and police courts, a
sum not exceeding thirty-three thousand dollars.
For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and support
of prisoners in jails and houses of correction, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-five thousand dollars.
For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing ten thousand dollars.
For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars.
For transportation expenses of county and associate com-
missioners, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
770 Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 59.
BeH^Wre^' ^OF mcdical cxamiiiers, inquests, and commitments of the
insane, a sum not exceeding four thousand five hundred
dollars.
For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceeding
two thousand dollars.
For repairing, furnishing and improving county buildings,
a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars.
For fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other
than jails and houses of correction, and for care of the same,
a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars.
For highways, including state highways, bridges and land
damages, a sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars.
For law libraries, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars.
For training school, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars.
For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding eight
thousand dollars.
For a hospital or sanatorium, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars.
I For the care and maintenance of Greylock state reserva-
tion, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars.
For the care and maintenance of Mount Everett state
reservation, a sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred
dollars.
For pensions, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current
year, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars.
And the county commissioners of said county are hereby
authorized to levy as the county tax of said county for the
current year, in the manner pro\dded by law, the sum of one
hundred ninety-nine thousand two hundred sixty-five dol-
lars and sixty-one cents, to be expended, together with the
cash balance on hand and the receipts from other sources,
for the above purposes. Approved May 26, 1920.
Chap. 59 Resolve granting a county tax for the county of
BRISTOL.
BristoL **^' Resolved, That the following sums are hereby appropriated
for the expenses of the county of Bristol, for the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty: —
For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding twenty-
nine thousand dollars.
Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 59. 771
For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding twenty- County tax,
four thousand dollars. ™*° "
For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by law,
a sum not exceeding thirty-seven thousand dollars.
For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not exceed-
ing thirty-four thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses of district and police courts, a
sum not exceeding seventy-six thousand dollars.
For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and support
of prisoners in jails and houses of correction, a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred thousand dollars.
For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-five thousand dollars.
For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding twenty-two thousand dollars.
For transportation expenses of county and associate com-
missioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of the
insane, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars.
For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceeding
three thousand dollars.
For repairing, furnishing and improving county buildings,
a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars.
For fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other
than jails and houses of correction, and for care of the same,
a sum not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars.
For highways, including state highways, bridges and land
damages, a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars.
For law libraries, a sum not exceeding seven thousand dol-
lars.
For training school, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand
dollars.
For pensions, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current
year, a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars.
For agricultural school, a sum not exceeding thirty-five
thousand dollars.
And the county commissioners of said county are hereby
authorized to levy as the county tax of said county for the
current year, in the manner provided by law, the sum of
four hundred seventy-five thousand five hundred dollars, to
be expended, together with the cash balance on hand and
the receipts from other sources, for the above purposes.
Approved May 26, 1920,
772 Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 60.
Chap. 60 Resolve granting a county tax for the county of
DUKES COUNTY.
Dukes^c^nty Rssolved, That the following sums are hereby appropriated
for the expenses of the county of Dukes County, for the year
nineteen hundred and t\vent>' : —
For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred dollars.
For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by
law, a sum not exceeding three thousand four hundred eighty
dollars.
For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not exceed-
ing five hundred dollars.
For salaries and expenses of district and police courts, a
sum not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars.
For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and support
of prisoners in jails and houses of correction, a sum not ex-
ceeding six hundred dollars.
For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing five hundred dollars.
For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars.
For transportation ex-penses of county and associate com-
missioners, a sum not exceeding seventy dollars.
For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of the
insane, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars.
For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceeding
three hundred dollars.
For repairing, furnishing and improving county buildings,
a sum not exceeding thirty-two hundred dollars.
For fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other
than jails and houses of correction, and for care of the same,
a sum not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars.
For highways, including state highways, bridges and land
damages, a sum not exceeding two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For pensions, a sum not exceeding two hundred and forty
dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current
year, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
And the county commissioners of said county are hereby
authorized to levy as the county tax of said county for the
current year, in the manner provided by law, the sum of
Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 61. . 773
fourteen thousand four hundred eighteen dollars and ninety- County tax,
four cents, to be expended, together with the cash balance " '^ °"° ^'
on hand and the receipts from other sources, for the above
purposes. Approved May 26, 1920.
Resolve granting a county tax for the county of (Jji^j) q\
ESSEX.
Resolved, That the following sums are hereby appropriated e^s""!^ ***'
for the expenses of the county of Essex, for the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty : —
For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding seventy-
five thousand dollars.
For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding one
hundred twenty-four thousand dollars.
For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by
law, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars.
For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not exceed-
ing fifty-three thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses of district and police courts, a
sum not exceeding one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars.
For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and support
of prisoners in jails and houses of correction, a sum not ex-
ceeding sixty thousand dollars.
For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing forty thousand dollars.
For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding seventy thousand dollars.
For trial justices, a sum not exceeding five thousand six
hundred dollars.
For transportation expenses of county and associate com-
missioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand three hundred
and fifty dollars.
For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of the
insane, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars.
For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceeding
nine thousand dollars.
For repairing, furnishing and improving county buildings,
a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars.
For fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other
than jails and houses of correction, and for care of the same,
a sum not exceeding fifty-two thousand dollars.
For highways, including state highways, bridges and land
damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred eighty-eight
thousand dollars.
774 Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 62.
County tax, ^oT law libraries, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars.
For training school, a sum not exceeding fifty-six thou-
sand dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current
year, a sum not exceeding four thousand five hundred forty-
nine dollars and sixty-three cents.
For pensions, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
For the maintenance of the independent agricultural
school, a sum not exceeding seventy-four thousand three
hundred dollars.
For the equipment of the independent agricultural school,
a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars.
And the county commissioners of said county are hereby
authorized to levy as the county tax of said county for the
current year, in the manner provided by law, the sum of
eight hundred eighty-nine thousand dollars, to be expended,
together with the cash balance on hand and the receipts
from other sources, for the above purposes.
Approved May 26, 1920.
Chap. 62 Resolve granting a county tax for the county of
FRANKLIN.
County m. Resolved, That the following sums are hereby appropriated
for the expenses of the county of Franklin, for the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty: —
For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars.
For salaries of county ofiicers and assistants, fixed by
law, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand two hundred
dollars.
For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not exceed-
ing five thousand seven hundred dollars.
For salaries and expenses of district and police courts, a
sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars.
For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and support
of prisoners in jails and houses of correction, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty thousand dollars.
For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing three thousand dollars.
For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars.
For transportation expenses of county and associate com-
missioners, a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty dol-
lars.
Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 63. 775
For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of the County tax,
insane, a sum not exceeding one thousand seven hundred
dollars.
For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceeding
seven hundred dollars.
For repairing, furnishing and improving county buildings,
a sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars.
For fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other
than jails and houses of correction, and for care of the same,
a sum not exceeding six thousand five hundred dollars.
For highways, including state highways, bridges and land
damages, a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand one hun-
dred dollars.
For law libraries, a sum not exceeding four hundred dol-
lars.
For pensions, a sum not exceeding four hundred and
eighty dollars.
For Mount Sugar Loaf state reservation, a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand five hundred dollars.
For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding six
thousand eight hundred fifty dollars.
For a hospital or sanatorium, a sum not exceeding four
thousand one dollars and eighty-one cents.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current
year, a sum not exceeding three hundred seventy dollars and
ninety-one cents.
And the county commissioners of said county are hereby
authorized to le\y as the county tax of said county for the
current year, in the manner provided by law, the sum of
one hundred nine thousand four hundred dollars, to be ex-
pended, together with the cash balance on hand and the
receipts from other sources, for the above purposes.
Approved May 26, 1920.
Resolve granting a county tax for the county of QJiQ^y ^3
HAMPDEN.
Resolved, That the following sums are hereby appropriated h"^*^^ *"•
for the expenses of the county of Hampden, for the year
nineteen hundred and twenty : —
For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding twenty
thousand dollars.
For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding seven-
teen thousand dollars.
776 Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 63.
HampJie]^' FoF salaHcs of couiity officers and assistants, fixed by law,
a sum not exceeding thirty-three thousand dollars.
For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-two thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses of district and police courts, a
sum not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars.
For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and support
of prisoners in jails and houses of correction, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty-eight thousand dollars.
For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing forty thousand dollars.
For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars.
For trial justices, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dol-
lars.
For transportation expenses of county and associate com-
missioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of the
insane, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars.
For repairing, furnishing and impro\'ing county buildings,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
For fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other
than jails and houses of correction, and for care of the same,
a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars.
For highways, including state highways, bridges and land
damages, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars.
For law libraries, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars.
For training school, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thou-
sand dollars.
For pensions, a sum not exceeding three thousand five
hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current
year, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand six hundred
twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents.
For the care and maintenance of Mount Tom state reser-
vation, a sum not exceeding four thousand five hundred dol-
lars.
For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding nine-
teen thousand dollars.
And the county commissioners of said county are hereby
authorized to le\y as the county tax of said county for the
Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 64. 777
current year, in the manner provided by law, the sum of nimp^e^'
three hundred ninety thousand dollars, to be expended, to-
gether with the cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes.
Approved May 26, 1920.
Resolve granting a county t-\x for the county of Qfidj) g4
HAMPSHIRE.
Resolved, That the following sums are hereby appropriated Hampshire'
for the expenses of the county of Hampshire, for the year
nineteen hundred and twenty : —
For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding four
thousand dollars.
For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding eleven
thousand dollars.
For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by
law, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand dollars.
For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not exceed-
ing five thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses of district and police courts, a
sum not exceeding nineteen thousand dollars.
For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and support
of prisoners in jails and houses of correction, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventeen thousand dollars.
For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing eight thousand dollars.
For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
For hospital or sanatorium, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars.
For transportation expenses of county and associate com-
missioners, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars.
For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of the
insane, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars.
For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceeding
one thousand five hundred dollars.
For repairing, furnishing and improving county buildings,
a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars.
For fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other
than jails and houses of correction, and for care of the same,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
For highways, including state highways, bridges and land
damages, a sum not exceeding ninety thousand dollars.
778 Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 65.
^m^wre! For law libraries, a sum not exceeding one thousand two
hundred dollars.
For training school, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current
year, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars.
For Mount Tom state reservation, a sum not exceeding
eight hundred dollars.
For pensions, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars.
For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars.
And the county commissioners of said county are hereby
authorized to levy as the county tax of said county for the
current year, in the manner provided by law, the sum of one
hundred twenty-three thousand three himdred thirty-nine
dollars and eighty-three cents, to be expended, together with
I the cash balance on hand and the receipts from other sources,
for the above purposes. Ayproved May 26, 1920.
Chap. 65 Resolve granting a county tax for the county of
MroDLESEX.
MWdiKi^' Resolved, That the following sums are hereby appropriated
for the expenses of the county of Middlesex, for the year
nineteen hundred and twenty: —
For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding thirty-
five thousand dollars.
For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding forty-
six thousand seven hundred fifty dollars.
For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by law,
a sum not exceeding sixty thousand dollars.
For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not exceed-
ing one hundred forty-five thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses of district and police courts, a
sum not exceeding one hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars.
For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and support
of prisoners in jails and houses of correction, a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars.
For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing eighty thousand dollars.
For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars.
For trial justices, a sum not exceeding one thousand five
hundred dollars.
Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 66. 779
For transportation expenses of county and associate com- County tax.
missioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred ' ^^'
dollars.
For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of the
insane, a sum not exceeding twenty-three thousand dollars.
For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars.
For repairing, furnishing and improving county buildings,
a sum not exceeding sixty-five thousand dollars.
For fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other
than jails and houses of correction, and for care of the
same, a sum not exceeding one hundred five thousand
dollars.
For highways, including state highways, bridges and land
damages, a sum not exceeding two hundred ten thousand
dollars.
For law libraries, a sum not exceeding seven thousand
dollars.
For training school, a sum not exceeding fifty-five thou-
sand dollars.
For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current
year, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
For pensions, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars.
And the county commissioners of said county are hereby
authorized to levy as the county tax of said county for the
current year, in the manner provided by law, the sum of one
million forty-four thousand four hundred sixty-nine dollars
and eighty-six cents, to be expended, together with the
cash balance on hand and -the receipts from other sources,
for the above purposes. Approved May 26, 1920.
Resolve granting a county tax for the county of njidy aq
NORFOLK.
Resolved, That the following sums are hereby appropriated ^'^^f^^ ^^•
for the expenses of the county of Norfolk, for the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty : —
For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars.
For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding forty-
three thousand dollars.
780 Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 66.
NorMk^"' For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by law,
a sum not exceeding t\vent}'-six thousand dollars.
For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not exceed-
ing thirty-two thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses of district and police courts, a
sum not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars.
For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and support
of prisoners in jails and houses of correction, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-six thousand dollars.
For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-four thousand dollars.
For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding twenty-nine thousand dollars.
For transportation expenses of county and associate com-
missioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand eight hundred
dollars.
For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of the
insane, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars.
For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars.
For repairing, furnishing and improving county buildings,
a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars.
For fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other
than jails and houses of correction, and for care of the same,
a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand dollars.
For highways, including state highways, bridges and land
damages, a sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars.
For the training school, a sum not exceeding eight thou-
sand dollars.
For pensions, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
For agricultural school and farm bureau, a sum not exceed-
ing thirty-seven thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current
year, a sum not exceeding four thousand forty-nine dollars
and thirty-two cents.
And the county commissioners of said county are hereby
authorized to levy as the county tax of said county for the
current year, in the manner provided by law, the sum of
three hundred ninety thousand dollars, to be expended,
together with the cash balance on hand and the receipts
from other sources, for the above purposes.
Approved May 26, 1920.
Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 67. 781
Resolve granting a county tax for the county of Chap. 67
PLYMOUTH.
Resolved, That the following sums are hereby appropriated pfymouth!''
for the expenses of the county of Plymouth, for the year
nineteen hundred and twenty : —
For interest on count\' debt, a sum not exceeding eleven
thousand four hundred forty dollars.
For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding twenty-
three thousand dollars.
For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by law,
a sum not exceeding" twenty thousand dollars.
For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not exceed-
ing fourteen thousand eight hundred dollars.
For salaries and expenses of district and police courts, a
sum not exceeding thirty-three thousand dollars.
For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and support
of prisoners in jails and houses of correction, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty thousand dollars.
For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-four thousand dollars.
For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand dollars.
For transportation ex-penses of county and associate com-
missioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars.
For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of the
insane, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.
For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceeding
two thousand five hundred dollars.
For building county buildings, a sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars.
For repairing, furnishing and impro\-ing county buildings,
a sum not exceeding three thousand five hundred dollars.
For fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other
than jails and houses of correction, and for care of the same,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
For highways, including state highways, bridges and land
damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred fifteen thousand
dollars.
For law libraries, a sum not exceeding three hundred antl
fifty-six dollars.
For the training school, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars.
782 Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 68.
pf^mout"' -^^^ pensions, a sum not exceeding two hundred and
forty dollars.
For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current
year, a sum not exceeding seven thousand six hundred sixty-
six dollars and ninety-six cents.
And the county commissioners of said county are hereby
authorized to levy as the county tax of said county for the
current year, in the manner provided by law, the sum of
three hundred fourteen thousand dollars, to be expended,
together with the cash balance on hand and the receipts
from other sources, for the above purposes.
Approved May 26, 1920.
Chap. 68 Resolve granting a county ta^ for tile county of
WORCESTER.
Worceste^r*''' Resolved, That the following sums are hereby appropriated
for the expenses of the county of Worcester, for the year
nineteen hundred and twenty : —
For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand dollars.
For salaries of county oflficers and assistants, fixed by law,
a sum not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars.
For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not exceed-
ing fifty-two thousand dollars.
For salaries and expenses of district and police courts, a
sum not exceeding one hundred ten thousand dollars.
For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and support
of prisoners in jails and houses of correction, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy thousand dollars.
For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing forty-five thousand dollars.
For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars.
For trial justices, a sum not exceeding one thousand five
hundred dollars.
For transportation expenses of county and associate com-
missioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred
dollars.
For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of the
insane, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars.
For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceeding
ten thousand dollars.
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 69, 70. 783
For repairing, furnishing and improving county buildings, County tax,
a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars. °^^ ^'
For Quinsigamond bridge, a sum not exceeding twenty
thousand dollars.
For fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings, other
than jails and houses of correction, and for care of the same,
a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars.
For highways, including state highways, bridges and land
damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand
dollars.
For law libraries, a sum not exceeding six thousand dol-
lars.
For the training school, a sum not exceeding twenty-three
thousand dollars.
For pensions, a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars.
For Wachusett Mountain state reservation, a sum not ex-
ceeding eight thousand five hundred dollars.
For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the current
year, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.
And the county commissioners of said county are hereby
authorized to levy as the county tax of said county for the
current year, in the manner provided by law, the sum of
five hundred sixty-five thousand dollars, to be expended,
together with the cash balance on hand and the receipts
from other sources, for the above purposes.
Approved May 26, 1920.
Resolve in favor of the widow of Horace s. tower. Chap. 69
Resolved, That there be allowed and paid from the treas- in favor of
ury of the commonwealth to Helen A. Tower, widow of Horace s.
Horace S. Tower, a messenger of the general court who died
on the twenty-ninth day of April in the current year, the
remainder of the salary to which he would have been en-
titled had he lived and continued to serve until the end of
the year. Approved May 26, 1920.
Resolve providing for a special commission to con- Chap. 70
sider methods for the rehabilitation and voca-
tional training of disabled soldiers and others.
Resolved, That a special commission to consist of the chair- special com-
(•.I'l.-i "liL, Ji.1 •• e mission to con-
man or the mdus trial accident board, the commissioner ot sider methods
labor and industries and the commissioner of education is lation^and'"
784
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 71, 72.
vocational
training of
disabled
soldiers and
others.
hereby established to consider what action, if any, should be
taken by the commonwealth to improve or extend the
work of rehabilitation and vocational training of disabled
soldiers, sailors and marines within the commonwealth which
is now in charge of the federal government, and to report its
conclusions and recommendations to the next general court
on or before January fifteenth. The; said commission shall
also consider and report upon the practicability and ad-
visability of extending the work of the industrial accident
board to provide industrial training and such aid as can be
given by mechanical appliances for all persons in the com-
monwealth who have been injured while at work in any
industrial or commercial establishment. The commission
shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed such
sums for its necessary expenses as may be approved by the
governor and council. Approved May 26, 1920.
Chap. 71 Resolve providing for an investigation relative to
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES BETWEEN THE CITIES OF
Investigation
relative to
transportation
facilities
between cities
of Boston and
Chelsea.
BOSTON AND qHELSEA.
Resolved, That the division of waterways and public lands
of the department of public works shall investigate the
matter of improving transportation facilities between the
cities of Boston and Chelsea, either by constructing a sepa-
rate tunnel between the said cities or by providing such
additional means of transportation in the East Boston tunnel
or in a tunnel hereafter to be constructed, as will give the
city of Chelsea better transportation both for passengers
and freight to and from the city of Boston. The said di^dsion
shall report to the general court not later than the first day
of February, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
Approved May 27, 1920.
Chap. 72 Resolve providing for an investigation relative to
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PASSING
UNDER TRACKS OF THE BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD
COMPANY IN THE TOWN OF WILBRAHAM.
Investigation
as to recon-
struction of
state highway
passing under
certain rail-
road tracks in
town of
Wilbraham.
Resolved, That the division of highways of the department
of public works be directed to inquire into the subject-matter
of house document number eight hundred and forty-one of
the current year providing for the relocation of the state
highway in the town of Wilbraham where the same passes
under the tracks of the Boston and Albany Railroad, and to
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 73, 74. 785
determine the proper manner of relocating the said road and
altering the underpass so that the highway and underpass
will be safe for public travel. The division shall make proper
surveys, shall determine the approximate cost of the said
work, and shall recommend to the next general court such
legislation as may be necessary to accomplish such reloca-
tion. Approved May 21 , 1920.
Resolve to PROvroE for continuing the investigation (Jhav- 73
RELATIVE TO A TRAFFIC TUNNEL BETWEEN BOSTON AND
EAST BOSTON.
Resolved, That the division of waterways and public lands investigation
of the department of public works and the transit depart- tun^^ei'^be-''
ment of the city of Boston are hereby created a joint board and'^E^r^""
for the purpose of continuing the investigation authorized ^o°nthrued ^'^
by chapter fifty-one of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
nineteen relating to a traffic tunnel to connect Boston and
East Boston. The board shall consider the advantages and
disadvantages of a double-barrel traffic tunnel substantially
as recommended in the preliminary report made under said
chapter fifty-one; shall prepare final plans for such a tunnel
as may be approved and final estimates of the cost of con-
struction and maintenance thereof, and a comprehensive
financial plan applicable thereto; and shall report to the
next general court not later than the fifteenth day of Janu-
ary. The expenses incurred by the board hereby created Expenses.
shall be divided in the manner provided in said chapter
fifty-one and paid from the fund established thereunder, and
any unexpended balance of the appropriation made therefor
by the city of Boston shall be refunded to the city.
Approved May 27, 1920.
Resolve in favor of charles walton of boston. Chav. 74
Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas- in favor of
ury of the commonwealth from the proceeds of the loan au- ^^"^'^"^ Waiton.
thorized by section two of chapter three hundred and sixty-
seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen,
to Charles Walton of Boston, the sum of two thousand dol-
lars, as compensation for injuries sustained by him in Decem-
ber, nineteen hundred and nineteen, as the result of being
struck by an ambulance driven by a member of the state
guard in the city of Boston. The said amount shall be paid Peiease to
^ be filed.
786
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 75, 76, 77.
only upon the filing with the auditor of the commonwealth
of a release duly executed by the said Walton, agreeing that
the said sum is received in full satisfaction of any and all
claims against the commonwealth.
Approved May 27, 1920.
Chap. 75 Resolve directing the county commissioners of
MIDDLESEX COUNTY TO INVESTIGATE THE EXPEDIENCY OF
widening BRIDGE STREET IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
Investigation
of expediency
of widening
Bridge street
in Cambridge.
Resolved, That the county commissioners of the county of
Middlesex are hereby directed to investigate the necessity or
expediency, and the probable cost, of widening Bridge street
in the city of Cambridge to such a width as the commis-
sioners deem proper, and to report thereon to the next
general court, not later than the second Wednesday in
January. Approved May 27, 1920.
Chap. 76 Resolve in favor of the daughters of thomas f.
PEDRICK, LATE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE GENERAL
COURT.
In favor of
daughters of
late Thomas
F. Pedriclc.
Resolved, That there be allowed and paid from the treas-
ury of the commonwealth to Alice A. Pedrick and Marion
Pedrick, daughters of Thomas F. Pedrick, late sergeant-at-
arms of the general court, who died on the twenty-second
day of February, nineteen hundred and twenty, the remainder
of the salary to which he would have been entitled had he
lived and continued to serve until the end of the current year.
Approved May 27, 1920.
Chap. 77 Resolve directing the metropolitan district commis-
sion TO REPORT A PLAN FOR LIGHTING THE RESERVA-
TIONS, PARKWAYS AND OTHER LANDS UNDER ITS CON-
TROL.
Metropolitan
district com-
mission to re-
port a plan for
lighting reser-
vations, etc.,
under its
control.
Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission be
directed to report to the next general court, on or before the
fifteenth day of January, the recommendations of the com-
mission as to a method of lighting the reservations, parkways
and other lands under its control, the approximate cost
thereof, and such other information on the subject as the
commission may deem useful. Approved May 27, 1920.
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 78, 70. 787
Resolve providing for an investigation by the de- Chap. 78
PARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES RELATIVE TO THE USE
OF THE EAST BOSTON TUNNEL BY THE EASTERN MASSA-
CHUSETTS STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.
Resolved, That the department of public utiHties shall i^^f ^^«e^*jr
investigate the expediency and practicabihty of authorizing f^f^^^^^^''
the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company to Eastern M^sa-
acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise the franchises and Railway
rights now held by the Boston Elevated Railway Company °'^^^^^'
in respect to the East Boston tunnel and other property in
East Boston, and also the expediency of granting to the
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company certain
locations in the cities of Boston, Chelsea and Revere in con-
nection with the use of the said tunnel. The department
shall take into consideration the matters contained in House
Bill Number 1356, now pending, and shall report to the next
general court, with any recommendations for legislation
which it may deem proper, on or before the second Wednes-
day in January. Approved May 27, 1920.
Resolve to provide for an investigation relative Qfi^rf 79
TO THE SALE OF CORPORATE SECURITIES AND RELATED
MATTERS.
Resolved, That a commission, to consist of the commissioner investigation
of corporations and taxation, the attorney-general or an of ^r^r'^tr'^
assistant attorney-general to be designated by the attorney- rlfat^^'^^ ^""^
general, and a third person to be appointed by the governor, matters.
with the advice and consent of the council, shall investigate
the necessity or expediency of further legislation to regulate
the sale, offering and advertising for sale, of stocks, bonds
and other securities issued by corporations, and the subject
of corporate promotion and related matters. The commis-
sion shall be provided with suitable quarters in the state
house or elsewhere in the city of Boston. The commission
shall serve without compensation, but may expend such
sums for assistance and other expenses as may be approved
by the governor and council. The commission shall hold
hearings and report to the next general court on or before
the first Wednesday of January, with drafts of such proposed
legislation as it may deem advisable.
Approved May 29, 1920.
788
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 80, 81, 82.
Time extended
for final report
of commis-
sioners for
consolidating
and arranging
the general
laws.
Chap. 80 Resolve to extend the time within which the com-
missioners FOR CONSOLIDATING AND ARRANGING THE
GENERAL LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH ARE REQUIRED
TO MAKE THEIR FINAL REPORT.
Resolved, That the time within which the commissioners
for consohdating and arranging the general laws of the com-
monwealth, appointed mider authority of chapter forty-three
of the resolves of nineteen hundred and sixteen, are required
to make their final report is hereby extended to the first day
of June in the current year. They shall complete the said
consolidation and arrangement, not including the general
laws passed during the current year, and present their final
report on or before the first day of June and file the same
with the clerk of the senate, who shall deliver it to the com-
mittee of the general court appointed to consider the same.
Approved June 1, 1920.
Chap. 81 Resolve to provide for an investigation of the con-
trol AND eradication OF TUBERCULOSIS IN BOVINE
ANIMALS.
Resolved, That the commissioner of agriculture, the com-
missioner of conservation and the director of animal industry
are hereby constituted a special unpaid commission to study
the subject of the control and eradication of tuberculosis in
bovine animals and the reimbursement of the owners of
tuberculous animals killed by public authority. The com-
mission shall report to the next general court not later than
the second Wednesday in January with such recommenda-
tions as it may deem expedient and with drafts of any pro-
posed legislation. Approved June 2, 1920.
Chap. 82 Resolve relative to the construction of a memorial
TO the soldiers and sailors from this common-
wealth WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN TIME OF WAR.
Resolved, That a commission shall be appointed by the
governor to consider the matter of the construction by the
commonwealth of a memorial to those soldiers and sailors
from this commonwealth who served the country in time of
war. The commission shall consist of five persons, of whom
one shall be a veteran of the civil war, one a veteran of the
Spanish war, and one a veteran of the world war. The com-
mission shall consider and determine what form of memorial,
in its judgment, should be undertaken, in what situation it
Investigation
as to control
and eradica-
tion of tuber-
culosis in
bovine
animals.
Commission
to consider,
etc., construc-
tion of a
memorial to
soldiers and
sailors from
Massachusetts
who served
their country
in time of war.
Resolves, 1920. — Chaps. 83, 84, 85. 789
should be placed, and what sum of money it should cost.
The commission may give public hearings, if it deems such
hearings expedient, and shall serve without compensation,
but may expend such sums for its necessary ex-penses as shall
be approved by the governor and council. The commission
shall report to the next general court not later than January
fifteenth. Approved June 2, 1920,
Resolve relative to the investigation of yibe. qj^q^jj g3
HAZARDS IN THE CITY OF LOWELL.
Resolved, That the state fire marshal shall report the re- Report of state
suits of the investigation made by him under chapter thirty- to^fire^hLard?
nine of the resolves of the current year, relative to fire Lowen.°^
hazards in the city of Lowell and such recommendations
relating to the said fire hazards as he may deem expedient,
to the city council of the said city as soon as he has com-
pleted the investigation, and also to the next general court.
Approved June 4, 1920.
Resolve in favor of the widow of william j. greene. Chav 84
Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treas- in favor of
ury of the commonwealth from the proceeds of the loan au- wiiuanfj.
thorized by chapter three hundred and sixty-seven of the ^'■®^"®-
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen to Katherine
D. Greene, widow of the late Colonel William J. Greene,
judge advocate general, who served for twenty-two years in
the militia of the commonwealth and who lost his life through
illness brought on by his labors while doing duty with the
state guard in the city of Boston, the balance of salary which
he would have received had he survived and served during
the remainder of the current fiscal year, to wit, the sum of
eighteen hundred ninety-five dollars and eighty-five cents.
Approved June 4, 1920.
Resolve relative to the appointment of a commission nhnnr, S.K
to investigate the question of prenatal and post-
NATAL aid and CARE FOR MOTHERS AND THEIR CHIL-
DREN.
Resolved, That an unpaid special commission is hereby investigation
created to consist of the commissioner of public health, the and^'postnatai
commissioner of public welfare, and three persons to be ap- for mo'there''
pointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a physician children"^
and one of whom shall be a woman, to investigate the ques-
790 Resolves, 1920. — Chap. 85.
tion of participation by the commonwealth and the cities
and towns thereof in medical and other prenatal and post-
natal aid and care for mothers and their children, including
the subject-matter of Senate document No. 1, House docu-
ment No. 306, Senate document No. 200, House document
No. 1174, Senate document No. 506 and Senate document
No. 572, and among other things the question of the expense
involved, the form and nature of the aid, if any, which
should be furnished, what the functions and powers of the
commonwealth should be, to what extent if at all the cities
and towns should participate and whether and to what ex-
tent it is advisable that the cities and towns should share in
the expense. Said commission shall report its recommenda-
tions to the special session of the general court not later than
November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty, with
drafts of such legislation, if any, as is recommended, with an
estimate of the expense of carrying out its recommendations
and may expend for the purposes of said investigation and
report such sums as the general court shall appropriate.
Approved June 4, 1920.
Special Act of 1919
MADE AN EMERGENCY LAW
SPECIAL ACT OF 1919 MADE AN EMERGENCY LAW.
SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE LAWS OF 1919,
CHAPTER 247, SPECIAL ACTS OF 1919, WAS MADE
AN EMERGENCY LAW BY THE GOVERNOR, AS
FOLLOWS:
Special Acts of 1919, Chapter 247.
An Act authorizing cities and towns served by the
eastern massachusetts street railway company to
•contribute to the cost of service.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section fifteen of chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of P^^^^w^p^y
the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen is hereby of i9i9, made
amended by striking out the second paragraph and substitut- law by the
ing the following: — Any city or town by majority vote of governor,
the voters voting thereon may, from time to time, during the
period of the management and control of the trustees as de-
fined in section two, for the purpose of obtaining a lower
schedule of fares or of avoiding a reduction or discontin-
uance of service, enter into an agreement or agreements with
the trustees to pay any part or all of any excess of the cost
of the service, as defined in section fourteen, on the lines of
the new company operating within such city or town, above
the amount of the receipts of such lines arising from the
schedule or schedules of rates and fares in effect thereon
during the period covered by any such agreement : provided,
that such contribution of a city or town shall not in any one
year exceed the sum of two dollars per one thousand dollars
of the preceding year's assessed valuation of such city or
town; and provided, also, that any city or town contributing
as aforesaid shall have a right of appeal from the decision of
the trustees to the department of public utilities on any
question relating to the character or extent of the service
rendered or facilities furnished in that city or town. If part
only of the cities and towns in any.fare district contribute to
the cost of service under the above pro\isions, the trustees
may make such adjustments in fares as in their judgment
794
Special Act, 1919.
Governor's
declaratisu.
will be equitable. Such vote in cities shall be taken at the
annual city election, and in towns at any town meeting
called for the purpose. In either case the vote shall be
taken by ballot and the question shall be submitted in such
form as the city council or the selectmen may determine.
Approved December 19, 1919.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, Boston, February 19, 1920.
I, Cahin Coolidge, by virtue of and in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Forty-eighth Amendment to the Constitution, "The
Referendum. II. Emergency Measures", do declare that in my
opinion the immediate preservation of the public peace, health,
safety and convenience requires that the law passed on the nine-
teenth day of December, in the year nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, entitled "An Act authorizing Cities and Towns served by the
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company to contribute to
the Cost of Service", should take effect forthwith, that it is an
emergency law, and that the facts constituting the emergency are
as follows : — that serious inconvenience and expense wiW. be caused
the public by the deferred operation of this Act.
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
Secretary's
certificate as
to filing of
the governor's
declaration.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Office of the Secretary, Boston, February 19, 1920.
I hereby certify that the above statement was filed in this office
by His Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts at n.47 o'clock a.m. on the above date, and in accordance
with article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Constitution said
chapter takes effect forthwith.
ALBERT P. LANGTRY,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Initiative and Refeeendum Petitions
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE
SECEETAKY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OIt|0 (Eommonuiraltt; nf MmsntlimHtB
Office of the Secretary,
Boston, January 2, 1920.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the Law not sus-
Amendments to the Constitution, "The Referendum. III. ^^fSii "filed
Referendum Petitions. Section 3", a petition was filed in rePer^d^oi
this office August 9, 1919, by the required number of quali- Q^Pg^^i acU
fied voters, asking for a referendum on Chapter 363, General of i9i9.
Acts of 1919, entitled, "An Act to provide for the distribu-
tion of a portion of the income tax, and of the income of the
Massachusetts School Fund, for the purpose of improving
the public schools", approved July 24, 1919, and requesting
that the operation of said law be suspended.
The completed number of subsequent signatures of quali-
fied voters were not filed within the ninety days required
by the Constitution, terminating October 23, 1919, and the
operation of said law is accordingly not suspended.
ALBERT P. LANGTRY,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
798
Acts, 1920.
<IIt|$ (Hommottmraltl) nf MnBButliviBsttB
Initiative
petition filed
relative to
legislation to
regulate manu-
facture and
sale of beer,
cider and light
wines.
Office of the Secretary,
Boston, August 4, 1920.
Pursuant to the pro\asions of Article XLVIII of the
Amendments to the Constitution, "The Initiative. II.
Initiative Petitions. Section 3" (Article 79 of the Re-
arrangement of the Constitution), a petition was filed in this
office September 9, 1919, by the required number of qualified
voters (20,874) representing that there was need for legisla-
tion, either by the general court or by the people, to regulate
the manufacture and sale of beer, cider and light wines and
accompanied by a Bill entitled, "An Act to regulate the
manufacture and sale of beer, cider and light wines", to-
gether with the preliminary petition signed by twelve quali-
fied voters, and the certification of the Attorney-General
that the measure was in proper form for submission to the
people.
Under date of January 7, 1920, said petition was trans-
mitted by this office to the clerk of the House of Representa-
tives and was thereby deemed to be introduced and pending
in the general court.
The general court having failed to enact the law in the
form in which it stood in the petition before the first Wednes-
day of June, 1920, forms were supplied to the petitioners to
obtain the required number of additional signatures required
by the Constitution. Said petition was completed by the
fifing in this office July 29, 1920, of a sufficient number
(6,853) of additional signatures of qualified voters of the
Commonwealth and said law will be submitted for approval
or disapproval by the people at the state election, November
2, 1920.
ALBERT P. LANGTRY,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Acts, 1920. 799
Sljf OInmmnnawaltli of iMasBarljua^ttB
Office of the Secretary,
Boston, August 5, 1920. '
Pursuant to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the initiative
Amendments to the Constitution, "The Initiative. 11. ffi ve to ^the
Initiative Petitions. Section 3 " (Article 79 of the Re- purchase and
(•I/-I '"x •• r>ii- development
arrangement or the Constitution), a petition was filed m of state forests;
this office September 3, 1919, by the required number of signatures for
qualified voters (26,100) for the enactment of legislation for med!"^'""""
the purpose of reclaiming a part of the wild and idle lands
of the Commonwealth by reforestation, accompanied by a
Bill entitled, "An Act for the purchase and development of
state forests", together with the preliminary petition signed »
by twelve qualified voters, and the certification of the
attorney-general that the measure was in proper form for
submission to the people.
Under date of January 7, 1920, said petition was trans-
mitted by this office to the clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives and was thereby deemed to be introduced and
pending in the general court.
The general court of 1920 after due consideration of the
petition and its accompanjang Bill (House document No.
37) failed to enact the law in the form in which it stood in
the petition but in lieu thereof enacted a legislative substi-
tute which received the governor's approval, namely, Chapter
604, entitled, "An Act to pro\ide for the purchase and de-
velopment of state forests".
Said petition was not completed by filing with this office on Acts of 1920,
the first Wednesday of August the additional five thousand becomesTw.
signatures of qualified voters required by the Constitution
and said legislative substitute, namely, Chapter 604, thereby
became a law on August 5, 1920.
ALBERT P. LANGTRY,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
800
Acts, 1920.
OIt|P (Eummottuiraltli of MuBBUt^mttU
Petition filed
requesting
referendum on
chapter 619,
Acts of 1920.
Law not
suspended.
Office of the Secretary,
Boston, September 3, 1920.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the
Amendments to the Constitution, "The Referendum. III.
Referendum Petitions. Section 3" (Article 97 of the Re-
arrangement of the Constitution), a petition was filed in this
office June 11, 1920, by the required number of qualified
voters, asking for a referendum on Chapter 619, Acts of
192Q, entitled, "An Act to establish a State Boxing Com-
mission to serve in the Department of Public Safety", ap-
proved June 4, 1920, and requesting that the operation of
said law be suspended. The completed number of sub-
sequent signatures of qualified voters were not filed within
the ninety days required by the Constitution, terminating
September 2, 1920, and the operation of said law is accord-
inglv not suspended.
ALBERT P. LANGTRY,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
NUMBER or ACTS AND RESOLVES APPROVED AND LIST OF
ACTS VETOED AND DECLARED EMERGENCY LAWS BY THE
GOVERNOR UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE CONSTITUTION.
The general court of 1920, during its annual session, passed
629 Acts and 85 Resolves which received executive ap-
proval.
Two (2) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act to regulate
the manufacture and sale of beer, cider and light wines",
"An Act relative to the approval and public exhibition of
motion picture films" and one (1) Resolve, entitled, "A
Resolve granting additional sums to be raised in the county
tax of certain counties for salary increases", were passed
and laid before the governor for his approval; were returned
by him with his objections thereto, to the branch in which
they respectively originated ; were reconsidered, and the
vote being taken on their passage, the objections of the
governor thereto notwithstanding, they were rejected, and
said acts and resolve thereby became void.
The general court of 1920 also passed a "Proposal for a
legislative amendment to the constitution relative to roll
calls in the general court on the adoption of preambles of
emergency laws" which proposal is filed in the office of the
secretary of the commonwealth, for action by the general
court of 1921.
One (1) Special Act passed at the extra session of the
general court of 1919 (Chapter 247) entitled, "An Act au-
thorizing cities and towns served by the Eastern Massachu-
setts Street Railway Company to contribute to the cost of
service" and
Two (2) Acts passed at the session of the general court of
1920 entitled, respectively, "An Act to provide for the
transfer of certain persons to the mental wards of the state
infirmary" (Chapter 193), and "An Act relative to the re-
tirement of public school teachers" (Chapter 335) were de-
clared to be emergency laws by the governor in accordance
802 Acts and Resolves Approved, etc.
with the provisions of the forty-eighth amendment to the
constitution "The Referendum. 11. Emergency Meas-
ures".
Said Chapter 247 thereby took effect at eleven-forty-seven
o'clock A.M. on February 19, 1920, said Chapter 193 took
effect at four-fifty-eight o'clock p.m. on March 24, 1920, and
said Chapter 335 took effect at twelve o'clock noon on May
12, 1920.
The general court was prorogued on Saturday, June 5,
at 1.28 o'clock a.m., the session having occupied 150 days.
APPENDIX
The following tables, from 1902 to 1913, inclusive, were prepared
by Fisher Ames, Esq. The tables for the years 1914 and 1915 and
the index to the General and Special Acts and Resolves of 1915 were
prepared by Nelson B. Vanderhoof, Esq. The tables for the years
1916 and 1917 and the index to the General and Special Acts and Re-
solves of 1916 and 1917 were prepared by Franklin F. Phillips,
Jr., Esq. The tables for the years 1918, 1919 and 1920 and the
index to the Acts and Resolves have been prepared by William E.
DoRMAN, Esq., appointed to that duty under the provisions of sec-
tion 1 of chapter 449 of the acts of 1914, as amended by section 1
of chapter 151 of the General Acts of 1918, and by section 1 of
chapter 1.37 of the General Acts of 1919, directing the joint com-
mittee on rules of the general court to appoint a skilled person to
prepare a table of changes in the general laws, and an index. '
TABLES
WHAT GENERAL LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SUBSEQUENT
LEGISLATION
I
CHANGES IN THE "REVISED LAWS"
Chapter 1. — Of the Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, and Places ceded
to the United States.
Act to protect dignity of the uniform of the United States, 1911, 460.
To prevent misuse of the flag, 1913, 464, 604, 678, 818; 1914, ,570; 1915,
255; 1916, 36; 1917, 265, 289. (See 1917, 311.) To require its display in
courts of justice, 1919, 189.
Sect. 4. Acts relative to boundary of the commonwealth, 1906, 146;
1908, 192. (See 1919, 262.)
Sect. 5. Tracts ceded: Nahant, 1902, 373. The "Graves," 1903, 258
§ 1. Littleton, 1912, 224. Nantucket, 1904, 428. Hingham and Wey-
mouth, 1905, 446. Hull, 1905, 455; 1906, 511. Deer Island, 1907, 172.
East Boston, 1910, 331; 1911, 546. Lowell, 1911, 255. Outer Brewster
Island, 1913, 793. Little Hog and Calf islands, 1917, 308. Greater and
Middle Brewster islands, 1918, 179. Land covered by certain bridges over
Neponset river in Boston and Quincy, 1919, 258 § 2. .South Boston, 1919,
270. Watertown, 1919, 285 § 1. Point Allerton, Hull, 1920, 189.
Sect. 7 superseded and extended, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 44.
Sect. 9 revised, 1918, 257 § 188. Extended to geological survey, 1903,
150 § 1.
Sect. 10 revised, 1918, 257 § 189. (See 1903, 150 § 2.)
Sects. 11, 12 repealed, 1918, 257 § 190.
Sects. 10-12. See 1903, 150 § 2.
Sect. 13. See 1906, 146.
Chapter 2. — Of the Arms and the Great Seal of the Commonwealth.
Sect. 1. Use of representations, for advertising or commercial purposes,
forbidden, 1903, 195 (repealed and superseded, 1918, 257 § 1).
Sect. 5. New section added, 1918, 257 § 1.
806 Changes ix the [Chap. 3.
Flag of the commonwealth defined, 1908, 229; 1915, 37.
Flags to be displayed on certain buildings, 1909, 60, 229; 1911, 232;
1919, 84. (See Res. 1911, 5.) In courts of justice, 1919, 189.
Publication of information concerning the national flag, the flag of the
commonwealth and similar matters, 1917, 181. Rendition of "Star
Spangled Banner", 1917, 311.
Mav'flower designated as the floral emblem of the commonwealth, 1918,
181.
Chapter 3. — Of the General Court.
Certain annual reports of state officers, boards, etc., to be made to gen-
eral court instead of to governor and council, 1918, 257 § 476.
Fiscal year and appropriations, 1905, 211 § 12; 1918, 257 § 476; 1919,
20, 350 §§ 13 (expenses of departments not to exceed appropriations),
122 (relative to certain appropriations for department of public utilities).
Budget system for commonwealth, 1918, 244, 257 § 7; 1919, 20, 52,
69, 131, 350 §§ 13, 21, 26.
Petitions for construction or repair of buildings, 1918, 290.
Payments to members of general court in advance of appropriation,
1918, 1.
Authorizing cities and towns to borrow in excess of debt limit, 1913, 677.
Provision for taking opinion of voters on questions of public policy, 1913,
819; on expediency of ratifying amendments to federal constitution, 1920,
560.
Special consent of general court necessary in certain land takings, 1918,
257 § 187, subsect. 5.
Bulletin of committee hearings. Res. 1909, 5; 1911, 427.
Mailing of certain legislative documents to subscribers, 1918, 59.
Table of changes in general laws, and indices, 1912, 185; 1914, 449; 1918,
151; 1919, 137 §1.
Taking effect of acts of general court regulated, 1919, 97.
Members of general court entitled to notice of certain hearings before
public service commission, 1919, 149. (See 1919, 350 §§ 117-122.)
Members of general court forbidden to take paid employment on ques-
tions submitted to voters, 1919, 196.
Procedure as to granting of degrees by colleges and other institutions of
learning, 1919, 293; as to certain legislation afi^ecting certain corporations,
1920, 582.
Purchase of books containing portraits and biographical sketches of
members of the general court, 1920, 55.
Enacting style for measures submitted to the people under the initiative,
1920, 388.
Purchase and distribution of ancient journals of house of representa-
tives authorized, 1920, 413.
Sect. 6 repealed, 1919, 293 § 5.
Sect. 7 in part repealed, 1912, 481 § 2; 1919, 293 § 5.
Sect. 8 amended, 1911, 676 § 1; 1918,62; 1919,239. In part repealed,
1919, 273. (See 1911, Res. 127, 130.)
Chap. 4.] REVISED LaWS. 807
Sect. 10 amended, 1907, 163; 1912, 13; 1918, 203; 1920, 1.
Sects. 8-10. See 1918, 66.
Sect. 11. Salaries changed, 1907, 304; 1916, 277; 1920, 347.
Sect. 12 amended, 1904, 87; 1906, 126; 1915, 271. (See 1904, 440.)
Sect. 13. See 1911, 674; 1917, 338; 1920, 348.
Sect. 14 amended, 1913, 450; 1920, 345.
Sect. 17 amended, 1902, 544 § 1.
Sect. 18 revised, 1918, 61.
Sect. 19 amended, 1912, 170; 1919, 364 § 1. Affected, 1920, 388 § 2.
Sect. 21. See 1914, 698 § 1, 712 § 2, 762 § 1; 1919, 372 § 2.
Sect. 22. See 1910, 473; 1911, 136.
Sect. 24. See 1909, 174, Res. 5.
Sect. 30 amended, 1913, 434.
Sects. 33, 34 (new) added, 1911, 728. •
Chapter 4. — Of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council.
Reorganization of executive and administrative junctions of the Common-
wealth, 1919, 350, especially Parts I and II.
Finance committee of council as advisors to supervisor of administra-
tion, 1916, 296 § 3; 1917, 138. Appeal to governor and council from
certain decisions of supervisor, 1916, 296 § 5; 1918, 175 § 2, 228 § 6; 1919,
350 § 15.
Specific approval of governor and council not necessary as to office ex-
penses of permanent boards or commissions, 1918, 257 § 4.
Taking effect of certain orders, rules and regulations, 1917, 307; 1920, 433.
Land takings and betterments, 1918, 257 §§ 187, 219; 1919, 333 §§ 4,
21, 22.
Salaries, standardization and classification of positions, 1914, 605; 1916,
2, 126, Res. 94; 1917, 301, 323; 1918, 228; 1919, 157, 233, 244, 320, 350;
1920, 205, 340, 421, 435, 514 § 2, 551 § 1.
Expenses of executive department, 1918, 10.
Budget for commonwealth, 1918, 244, 257 § 7; 1919, 20, 52, 69, 131,
350 §§ 13, 21, 26.
Annual reports of certain state officers, boards, etc., to be made to general
court, instead of to the governor and council, 1918, 257 § 476.
State guard, 1917, 148, 331; 1918, 188; 1919, 173, 261; 1920, Res. 43.
"Commonwealth Defence Act of 1917," 1917, 342; 1918, 257 § 211
1920, 610, 628 § 5.
Commission on uniform state laws, 1909, 416; 1910, 73; 1914, 381
1919, 122, 350 § 16 (placed under governor and council).
Commission on foreign and domestic commerce established, 1919, 119
1920, 514.
Soldiers' and sailors' commission established, 1919, 125, Sp. Act 112.
Provision for reorganization of the volunteer militia, 1919, 138; 1920, 127.
Judicature commission to be appointed by the governor, 1919, 223;
1920, 194.
Special commission on necessaries of life, 1919, 341, 365; 1920, 628.
808 Changes in the [Chap. 5.
Pilgrim tercentenary commission established, 1915, Res. 20; 1916, Res.
107; 1919, Sp. Act 187; 1920, 392.
Provincetown tercentenary commission established, 1919, 366.
Governor authorized to incur and pay expenses incident to calling out
state guard in Boston, 1919, 367; to fix additional compensation of mem-
bers of state guard doing strike duty in Boston, 1919, 368.
To appoint trustees of Boston psychopathic hospital, 1920, 537 § 2.
To appoint fuel and food administrators, 1920, 610, 628.
To appoint commission to ascertain the most appropriate methods of
caring for the graves of American dead in France, 1920, 616.
' To appoint state boxing commission, 1920, 619 § 1.
Sect. 1 amended, 1914, 445.
Sect. 2 amended, 1919, 282 § 1.
Sect. 3. Salary of members of the council, 1912, 039.
Sect. 5 repealed and superseded, 1919, 25. (See 1914, 158; 1918, 257
§2.)
Sect. 6 repealed and superseded, 1919, 25. (See 1902, 523; 1904, 268;
1906, 109; 1908, 497, 507; 1910, 513; 1913, 835 § 339.)
Sect. 7 repealed and superseded, 1919, 25. (See 1908, 540; 1914, 605
§1; 1918,257 §3.)
Sect. 8. Repeal and substitute, 1918, 10. (See 1904, 88; 1908, 507;
1914, 159.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1908, 549.
Sects. 10, 11. See 1905, 328; 1910, 220, 326.
Sect. 11 amended, 1920, 253. Affected, 1908, 544.
Chapter 5. — Of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Department of the secretary of the commonwealth as affected by the reor-
ganization of executive and administrative functions of the commonwealth,
1919, 350 §§ 5, 20, 24-27; 1920, 157.
Two deputy secretaries, 1908, 561; 1910, 66; 1912, 522; 1913, 717, 718.
Additional clerk, 1912, 362.
Filing of power of attorney by certain non-residents for service of legal
process, 1908, 528.
Preparation of tables of changes in the general laws, and indices, 1918,
151; 1919, 137 § 1.
Distribution of certain case books, reports and public documents, 1918,
175, 202.
Taking effect of certain orders, rules and regulations, 1917, 307; 1920,
433.
State registrar of vital statistics, 1918, 136; supervisor of public records,
1919, 350 § 24; supervisor of decennial census, 1919, 350 § 26.
Purchase and distribution of historical works relative to service of Massa-
chusetts volunteers in the European war, 1919, 147.
Proceedings of American Legion made a part of the records of the com-
monwealth, 1920, 290.
Secretary to publish and distribute certain ancient journals of the house
of representatives, 1920, 413.
Chap. 6.] REVISED LawS. 809
Town clerks to furnish secretary of commonwealth with lists of town
officers elected and changes, 1920, 591 § 16.
Sect. 1 amended, 1907, 276; 1914, 589. (See 1908, 469; 1914, 615;
1916, 311 §§ 4-6; 1918, 257 § 90, 294.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1902, 364. Amended, 1908, 496, 508, 561; 1910, 66;
1912, 362, 522. In part repealed, 1913, 721. Affected, 1920, 620. (See
1917, 118; 1918, 136.)
Sect. 4. See 1920, 598 § 8.
Sect. 4 et seq. See 1902, 470 § 2, 544 § 8; 1903, 368 §§ 2, 4, 437 § 88,
484 §§ 2, 3; 1904, 374 § 5, 458 § 2, Res. 8; 1905, 204, 321 § 2; 1906, 434,
473 § 4; 1907, 111, 396 § 1, 571 § 1; 1908, 208, 314, 590 § 25; 1909, 371
§ 3; 1910, 83; 1911, 550 § 19, 628 § 12; 1912, 185, 222, 266, 391, 702, Res.
22; 1913r93, 595 § 3, 596, 752 § 1.
Sect. 6. See 1902, 438.
Sect. 8 amended, 1917, 42 § 3.
Sects. 10, 11. See 1910, 483; 1914, 447.
Sect. 11 amended, 1903, 424 § 1.
Chapter 6. — Of the Treasurer and Receiver -General, the Auditor of Ac-
counts and Matters of Finance.
Departments of the treasurer and receiver-general and of the auditor as affected
by the reorganization of the executive and administrative functions of the com-
monwealth, 1919, 350 §§ i, 28-32, 47.
Relative to the statutory designation of the treasurer and receiver-gen-
eral, 1920, 164.
Auditor authorized to appoint examiners of accounts, 1920, 428.
New fiscal year for the commonwealth, 1905, 211; 1918, 257 § 476.
Budget svstem for the commonwealth, 1918, 244, 257 § 7; 1919, 20,
52, 69, 131, 350 §§ 13, 21, 26.
Disposition of state revenues, 1917, 277 § 1; 1918, 1, 18 § 2; 1919, 363
Construction and improvement of buildings at state institutions, 1918,
290.
Transfers in departmental appropriations to be approved by auditor,
1918, 38.
Expenses of metropolitan water and sewerage board, 1903, 315, 356, 399;
1904, 230, 246, 406 § 6; 1906, 319 § 3, 367, 407 § 3; 1908, 556 § 2, 558 § 2;
1909, 320 § 2; 1910, 32, 291 § 2; 1911, 5, 464 § 2; 1912, 694 § 2; 1913,
755 § 2, 814 § 4; 1914, 601; 1918, 157, 177; 1919, 161, 165-167, 350
§§ 123-129; 1920, 525, .530.
Salaries of state employees, standardization and classification of offices
and positions, 1914, 605; 1916, 2, 126, Res. 94; 1917, 301, 323; 1918, 228;
1919, 157, 233, 244, 320, 350 §§ 3, 18, 22, 26, 28, 37, 42^4, 49, 50, 55, 60,
66, 74, 95, 101, 114, 126; 1920, 205, 340, 421, 435, 514 § 2, 551 § 1.
Treasurer and receiver-general authorized to transfer unexpended appro-
priations to certain sinking funds, 1915, 139.
Taking effect of certain orders, rules and regulations, 1917, 307; 1920,
433.
810 Changes est the [Chap. 6.
Expenditures by heads of departments in advance of appropriations,
1919, 20, 350 § 13, 363 §§ 1, 2.
Inspection by the auditor of certain books and records of the tax com-
missioner, 1919, 117.
Payment of death or compensation benefits through the treasurer and
receiver-general, 1919, 226.
Duties of treasurer and receiver- general as to distribution, without
appropriation, of a portion of the proceeds of the income tax for school
purposes and of the Massachusetts School Fund, 1919, 363; under "bonus
act", so-called, for soldiers, etc., 1919, 283 §§ 8, 9, 16, 307, 342 § 7
(establishing "military and naval service fund of nineteen hundred and
nineteen"); 1920,51,^250,609.
Commonwealth to issue bonds to pay expenses incident to use of state
guard for strike duty in Boston, 1919, 367; for purchase of Cambridge
subway, 1919, 369.
Basis established for determining annual assessments for metropolitan
parks expenses, 1920, 443.
Sect. 1. Expense of bond to be paid by the commonwealth, 1907, 276.
(See 1908, 469; 1912, 66; 1918, 257 § 90, 294; 1919. 144; 1920, 546.)
Sect. 1 et seq. See 1903, 251, 368 § 2; 1904, 246, 421, 426, 427 §§ 1, 3,
431; 1905, 428; 1906, 204 § 4, 407, 435 § 8; 1907, 165, 229 § 4, 238, 446
§ 2, 474 § 10; 1908, 168, 590 §§ 4, 8, 55-58, 595 § 4, 624; 1909, 490 I § 34,
III § 68, 491 § 2; 1910, 220, 255, 598 § 6, 607 § 6, 616, (M9, 651 § 9, 656
§§ 2-6; 1911, 148, 478, 532; 1912, 45, 49, 70; 1913, 130, 336, 376, 422,
759 § 6, 832 § 11; 1916, 198, 232, 269 § 23, 305 § 1; 1917, 18, 159 § 4, 211
§ 3, 215 § 3, 339.
Sect. 4 amended, 1912, 7; 1913, 336; 1917, 2. Provision for deputy ac-
countant and other 'assistants, 1913, 336; 1919, 169. (See 1909, 94; 1910,
151.) Salaries changed, 1903, 398 §§ 1, 2; 1905, 272; 1907, 276; 1910,
230, 265; 1912, 632; 1913, 336; 1914, 605; 1919, 169, 308; 1920, 381.
Employees to give bonds, 1910, 126; 1918, 257 § 90, 294; 1919, 144; 1920,
546. Retirement svstem for emplovees, 1911, 532; 1912, 363; 1913, 310,
711; 1914, 419, 568, 582; 1915, 197, 198; 1916,54,164; 1918,257 §§ 101-
110; 1919, 36, SO, 94, 350 §§ 4, 28. Titles of paying teller, assistant pay-
ing teller and cashier changed, 1917, 231; 1919, 169. (See 1911, 634, 751;
1913, 807.)
Sect. 6. See 1911, 526.
Sect. 7. See 1903, 109; 1907, 121. (See 1908, 414.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1905, 211 § 2.
Sect. 13. See 1908, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 257 § 90, 294. Title changed
and deputy auditor and supervisor of accounts provided for, 1908, 597;
1911, 294; 1912, 79, 512 § 1; 1916, 296 § 4. (See 1915, 274; 1920, 428,
authorizing auditor to appoint temporary examiners of accounts; 1920,
546 § 4, authorizing auditor to fix amount of bonds of certain state
officers and employees. Provision for registration of public accountants,
1909, 399; 1910, 263; 1911, 81.
Sect. 14 revised, 1907, 139 § 2, 276; 1908, 597 §§ 2, 3; 1911, 294; 1912,
512 § 2; 1914, 399 §§ 1, 2, 605; 1915, 274; 1916, 236; 1919, 210. (See
Chap. 6.] KeVISED LaWS. 811
1902, 177; 1903, 120; 1904, 440; 1905, 149; 190S, 638; 1918, 244 § 4;
1919, 69.) List of officials and employees to be printed, 1910, 268; 1911,
43; 1913, 534; 1917, 217. Deputv auditors to give bond, 1920, 546 § 3.
(See 1911, 82; 1912, 719; 1914, 698; 1916, 296 § 6.)
Sect. 15 amended, 1918, 257 § 5.
Sect. 15 ct seq. See 1903, 368 § 2; 1904, 431, 458 § 2; 1908, 590 §§ 57,
58; 1909, 436 § 3; 1910, 220, 268, 517; 1911, 592 § 2; 1912, 70, 496, 719;
1913, 269, 807 § 2; 1914, 698; 1916, 269 § 26, 296; 1917, 94, 278; 1918,
38, 189 (as to approval of bills for printing certain reports).
Sect. 16 affected, 1908, 195. (See 1918, 239.)
Sect. 18 amended, 1914, 399 § 3.
Sect. 21 revised, 1907, 139 § 1. (See 1905, 211 § 3; 1908, 414.)
Sect. 22 revised, 1905, 211 § 4; 1908, 630.
Sect. 23. See 1910, 517; 1911, 526.
Sect. 25 amended, 1905, 211 § 5; 1908, 597 § 5; 1910, 220 §§ 1, 2.
Supen-ision of expenses, 1910, 220; 1912, 719; 1914, 698; 1917, 278.
(See 1910, 268; 1911, 43, 82; 1913, 534; 1918, 257 § 7.) Commission on
economy and efficiency, 1912, 719; 1914, 698. (See 1915, 45.) Abolished
and powers and duties transferred to supervisor of administration, 1916,
296; 1917, 138, 165, 219 §§ 1, 3, 278; 1919, 350 § 15 (continuing supervisor
under governor and council) ; 1920, 565. (See 1919,350 § 20; 1920, 174.)
Specific approval of governor and council not necessary as to office expenses
of permanent boards or commissions, 1918, 257 § 4.
Sect. 26 repealed and new provisions made, 1910, 220; 1912, 719; 1914,
698; 1917, 278; 1918, 244, 257 § 7, 290. (See 1905, 211 § 6; 1907, 520;
1908, 105; 1910, 268; 1911, 43, 82; 1912, 719; 1913, 534, 745; 1914, 662,
698; 1917, 217; 1918, 38.)
Sect. 27 repealed, 1905, 211 § 13. (See 1907, 520; 1910, 220 §§ 1, 2;
1914, 662.) Notices to be sent to citv and town auditors of pavments, 1912,
387.
Sect. 28 revised, 1917, 277 § 2. (See 1910, 306, 342; 1914, 514; 1918,
1, authorizing treasurer to make payments to members of general court in
advance of appropriation; 1918, 18 § 2, authorizing certain expenditures
of highway commission without an appropriation; 1918, 38, requiring
transfers in certain accounts to be approved by the auditor; 1918, 257 § 7;
1919, 20, 52, 350 § 13, authorizing officers and boards to continue expendi-
tures pending appropriations; 1919, 363 §§ 1, 2, distribution of portion of
income tax and Massachusetts School Fund without appropriation.)
Sect. 28 et seq. See 1904, 458 §§ 1-6; 1907, 165 § 1. Provision for
partial repayment to certain towns of cost of apparatus for preventing or
extinguishing forest fires, 1910, 398.
Sect. 31 amended, 1905, 211 § 7. Revised, 1918, 257 § 6. (See 1915,
139.)
Sect. 35 amended. Advances authorized, 1905, 369; 1907, 466; 1908,
178,195,434,469; 1909, 218, 514 § 15; 1910,488; 1912,71,145,352,721;
1914, 45. Repealed and superseded, 1914, 370 § 3. (See 1914, 615;
1918, 257 § 90, 294.)
Sect. 37 amended, 1905, 211 § 8.
812 Changes in the [Chap. 7.
Sect. 38 amended, 1905, 211 § 9.
Sect. 40 amended, 1905, 211 § 10. Revised, 1918, 257 § 7. (See 1910,
306.)
Sect. 40A. New section added, 1918, 257 § 7.
Sect. 41 et seq. See acts relative to construction and improvement of
buildings at state and other institutions, 1907, 520, 555; 1908, 303; 1914,
662; 1918, 244, 290.
Provision for an art commission, 1910, 422; 1919, 350 § 16.
Sect. 42 limited, 1919, 53.
Sect. 46 amended, 1903, 283 § 1. (See 1905, Res. 2.)
Sect. 48 amended, 1903, 283 § 2.
Sect. 54. See 1910, 306.
Sect. 56. See 1915, 212.
Sect. 58 affected, 1920, 222.
Sect. 59 re\'ised, 1906, 487. (See 1902, 55.)
Sect. 62. See 1909, 136, 148; 1910, 137.
Sect. 65 repealed and superseded, 1916, 192.
Sects. 65, 79. See 1903, 471; 1904, 458; 1915, 231 § 16.
Sect. 67. See 1909, 136, 148; 1910, 137, 306.
Sect. 69. See 1903, 109; 1907, 121.
Sect. 70. See 1915, 139.
Sect. 72 et seq. Issue of bonds, scrip and notes regulated, 1912, 3; 1913,
376. (See 1903, 226; 1904, 263; 1905, 169; 1906, 493; 1909, 148, 490
I § 5; 1910, 123, 137.)
Sect. 77. See 1904, 349; 1909, 514 § 23; 1916, 251.
Sect. 79 amended, 1910, 512.
Chapter 7. — Of the Attorney- General and the District Attorneys.
Eminent domain takings, assessment of damages caused by acts for
public purposes and betterment assessments, 1918, 257 §§ 187, 219; 1919,
333 §§4,21,22; 1920, 124.
Taking effect of certain orders, rules and regulations, 1917, 307; 1920,
433.
Department of attornej'-general to continue as organized, 1919, 350
§§ 1, 33.
Duty of attorney-general and district attorneys relative to petitions for
administration twenty years after death, 1919, 102. Duty of attorney-
general to prosecute for maintaining or increasing unreasonably the price
of any necessary of life, 1919, 298 § 2.
Tenure of district attornevs to be four years following the biennial state
election in 1922, 1919, 269 §§ 18, 26.
Assistant attorney-general to serve on board for disposal of duplicate and
worthless books and documents, 1920, 174.
Office of cashier in department of attorney-general established, 1920,
310.
Sect. 1 et seq. See 1903, 251; 1904, 344 § 1, 375 §§ 3-6, 421; 1906, 372,
377 § 2, 433 § 6; 1907, 465 § 25, 524 § 3; 1908, 220, 372 § 1, 454 § 2, 478
Chaps. 8, 9.] REVISED LawS. 813
§ 1, 590 §§ 8, 17, 595 § 5; 1909, 214; 1911, 310, 755 § 5; 1912, 629 § 2, 651
§ 6; 1913, 709, 835 §§ 339, 391, 392; 1914, 728; 1917, 178 § 2.
Sect. 8 amended, 1908, 586; 1916, 248.
Sect. 9 amended, 1912, 575; 1920,422. Office of chief clerk established,
1903, 357 §§ 1, 2. (See 1907, 276; 1908, 372 § 1.)
Sects. 11, 13. Districts classified and salaries established, 1905, 157;
1906, 460 § 2; 1910, 310 § 2, 369; 1911, 485; 1912, 576; 1917, 242; 1918,
272,281; 1920,451. (See 1902, 471, 530; 1903,395; 1917, 229 § 2.)
Sect. 12. Additional assistants, 1906, 460 § 1; 1909, 276; 1910, 310
§ 1, 439 § 2; 1914,573; 1915,88; 1917,229,284; 1918,272,281; 1919,
220 §§ 1, 2, 313; 1920, 320, 395, 451. (See 1909, 271; 1910, 373.)
Sect. 13 et seq. Salaries fixed, 1905, 157; 1906, 460 §§ 2, 3; 1910, 439
§§ 2-4; 1913, 602; 1914, 326; 1916, 287; 1917, 222, 304; 1918, 272, 281;
1919, 220 §§ 1, 2,'245; 1920, 320,451. (See 1914, 573.) Estimates of ex-
penses, 1909, 271.
Sect. 14. See 1914 573.
Sect. 16 repealed, 1918,' 257 § 8. (See 1908, 469; 1912, 66; 1914,
615; 1918, 294.)
Certain expenses authorized, 1906, 494; 1907, 170. (See 1910, 439 § 1.)
Advances authorized, 1905, 369; 1910, 439 § 1; 1914, 542. (See 1908, 469.)
Travelling expenses allowed, 1905, 157 § 4.
Sect. 17. See 1908, 454 § 2; 1909, 514 § 28; 1912, 495; 1917, 178 § 2.
Chapter 8. — Of the Statutes.
Commission to promote uniformitv of legislation in the United States
established, 1909, 416; 1914,381; 1919, 122, 350 § 16. (See 1910, 73.)
Provision for consolidation and arrangement of the general laws of the
commonwealth, 1916, Res. 43; 1919, Res. 11; 1920, Res. 80.
Acts to make certain substantive corrections in existing laws, 1918, 257,
285; 1919, 5, 3.33; 1920, 2.
Commissions to revise and codify town laws, 1918, Res. 47; 1919, 248.
Table of changes in general laws, 1918, 151 ; 1919, 137.
"Daylight-saving" act, so-called, 1920, 280.
Enacting style for measures submitted under the initiative, 1920, 388.
Sect. 1 revised, 1919, 97.
Sect. 3. See 1910, 483 § 1; 1914, 447.
Sect. 4 revised, 1919, 301 § 1.
Sect. 5, cl. 8. See 1912, 271. CI. 9 amended, 1910, 473; 1911, 136;
1916, 104; affected, 1919, 126. Cl. 26 added, 1920, 164. (See 1905, 328;
1907, 204; 1910, 473; 1911, Res. 5.) Time of day defined, 1920, 280.
Sect. 6 (new) added, 1913, 648.
Chapter 9. — Of the Printing and Distribution of the Laws.
Board of publication established, 1902, 438. (See 1909, 67, Res. 33.)
Abolished and powers and duties transferred to supervisor of admin-
istration, 1916, 296; 1917, 138, 165, 219 §§ 1, 3; 1919, 350 §§ 15, 20; 1920,
565.
814 Changes in the [Chap. lo.
List of officials and employees to be printed, 1910, 268; 1911, 43; 1913,
534; 1917, 217. (See 1911, 82; 1912, 719; 1914, 698; 1916, 296 § 6;
1918, 228, 244.)
Sale of the acts and laws of the province of Massachusetts Bay, 1917, 96.
Mailing of certain legislative documents to subscribers, 1918, 59.
Taking effect of certain orders, rules and regulations, 1917, 307; 1920,
433.
Table of changes in the general laws and indices thereof, 1918, 151; 1919,
137.
Distribution of case books and technical reports published at the public
expense, 1918, 175.
Proceedings of American Legion to be printed and distributed as part of
the records of the commonwealth, 1920, 209.
Printing and distribution of copies of ancient journals of the house of
representatives, 1920, 413.
Sect. 1 repealed, 1914, 449 § 2. (See 1910, 483; 1914, 447; 1918, 151;
1919 137.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1908, 173, 443; 1909, 50, 147; 1910, 80; 1911, 667;
1912, 109, 144; 1913, 392.
Sect. 3 revised, 1908, 474; 1912, 61, 185.
Sect. 4 repealed, 1918, 8.
Sect! 5 repealed, 1905, 211 § 13. (See 1903, 291; 1906, 235.)
Sect. 6 repealed, 1902, 438 § 7.
Sect. 7 repealed and superseded, 1918, 189 §§ 1, 2, 257 § 9. (See 1902,
228 § 8, 230, 269, 438 § 7; 1903, 291, 390; 1904, 388, 410; 1905, 138, 275;
1906, 296 § 2; 1908, 444, 459, 462 § 5, 523; 1909, 371 § 3; 1910, 83, 236,
429, 514, 599 § 1; 1911, 51, 74, 446, 526; 1913, 295, 329, 358, 595; 1914,
91, 291 § 1, 575; 1915, 149; 1916, 233; 1918, 257 § 5.) Last clause
limited, 1909, 67; 1913, 132. (See 1907, 289; 1908, 481 § 1; 1909, Res.
33; 1910, 268; 1911, 43, 388 § 12; 1912, Res. 22; 1913, 622.)
Distribution of certain documents to law libraries, 1904, 209.
Sect. 8 amended, 1908, 422; 1914, 291 § 2, 336. Revised, 1918, 202.
(See 1918, 175.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1919, 24. (See 1905, Res. 2: 1919, Res. 60; 1920, 55.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1910, 121.
Sect. 13 revised, 1919, 301 § 10.
Sect. 14. See 1912, 185, Res. 20.
Chapter 10. — Of the State House, the Sergeant-at-Arms and the State
Library.
State departments as established under the "reorganization act, " so-called,
to be quartered in state house, 1919, 350 § 12.
Provision for night watch and fire alarm, 1911, 723.
State house building commission established, 1913, 830; 1920, 510.
Abolished and powers and duties transferred to state house commission,
1916, 17, 250 (in turn superseded by superintendent of buildings) ; 1919, 350
§§ 17-23; 1920, 112.
Mailing of certain legislative documents to subscribers, 1918, 59.
Chap. 10.] REVISED LaWS. 815
Compensation of certain legislative employees of the general court, 1918,
118, 242.
Massachusetts branch of the American Legion to be quartered in the
state house, 1919, Sp. Act 246. (See 1920, 511.)
Auditorium in east wing of state house named the Augustus P. Gardner
Auditorium, 1920, Res. 3.
Sect. 3. Bond of sergeant-at-arms dispensed with, 1919, 350 § 22. (See
1908, 195, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 294.)
Sect. 4. See 1907, 135 § 1; 1908, 485 § 1; 1909, 514 § 2; 1910, 326;
1913, 830; 1915, 256; 1916, 181, 250, 312. Care of rooms, etc., in the state
house wings, 1915, 224.
Sects. 4, 8, 9. Certain powers of sergeant-at-arms and governor and
council transferred to superintendent of buildings, 1919, 350 §§ 17-23;
1920, 112.
Superintendent of buildings to serve on board for disposal of duplicate
and worthless books and documents, 1920, 174.
Provision for the permanent exhibition in the state house of flags carried
by Massachusetts men in the Spanish and World Wars, 1920, 513.
Sect. 5 revised, 1920, 593. (See 1915, 224.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1905, 218 § 1; 1909, 174 § 1; 1914, 710. (See 1915,
224.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1909, 174.
Sects. 5-7. See 1919, 350 § 22.
Sect. 9. Compensation of elevator men, 1910, 634; 1914, 667; 1919,
203. (See 1906, 232.) Porters, 1907, 384; 1914, 684; 1919, 215. Matron,
1910, 152; 1919, 182. Stenographers, 1914, 605. Cashier, 1916, 246.
Helpers in engineer's department, 1916, 254. Firemen, 1916, 255; 1919,
201. Assistant engineers, 1916, 267; 1919, 201. Pensions, 1913, 711. Doc-
ument clerk, 1914, 710; 1919, 183. Assistant document clerk, 1919, 254.
(See 1919, 350 § 22.) Employment of watchmen, porters, elevator men,
etc., in the state house wings,"^ 1915, 224; 1919, 202. Helpers, 1919, 201.
Scrubwomen, 1919, 243; 1920, 221. (See 1918, 84; 1919, 202, 315, author-
izing appointment of additional watchmen.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1903, 455 § 1; 1905, 218 § 2; 1907, 359; 1909, 174;
1914, 605. Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 17-23, Sp. Act 234.
Sect. 11 amended, 1903, 323; 1911, 60, 115; 1914, 710; 1917,244; 1919,
235. (See 1918, 66.)
Sect. 11 et seq. See 1919, 273.
Sect. 12 amended, 1911, 115; 1914, 710; 1919, 235. (See 1917, 6.)
Sect. 13 affected, 1915, 202; 1920, 346.
Sect. 15 amended, 1910, 154.
Sect. 17 extended, 1916, 17, 250. Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 17-23. (See
1910, 326, 422.)
Sect. 21. See 1910, 326; 1919, Sp. Act 246; 1920, 511.
Sect. 22 revised, 1920, 354.
Sect. 24. Trustees of state library placed under governor and council,
1919, 350 § 16.
Sects. 24, 25, 27, 30 amended, 1910, 217.
816 Changes in the [Chap. ii.
Sect. 26 amended, 1910, 421 § 1; 1920, 423 § 1.
Sect. 27. Amount increased, 1905, 154; 1908,342; 1910, 421 § 2; 1916,
112; 1917, 25. Made indefinite, 1918, 126.
Sect. 28. See 1918, 61, 202, relative to the deposit in the state library
of certain documents and reports of hearings; 1920, 174, relative to dis-
posal of duplicate and worthless books and documents.
Sect. 29. See 1905, 154; 1910, 421 § 2; 1916, 112.
Chapter 11. — Of Elections.
Act to codify the laws relative to primaries, caucuses and elections, 1913,
835; 1914, 329, 345, 393, 435, 454, 611, 646, 676, 783, 790; 1915, 36, 42, 48,
91, 100, 105, 182, 283, 284; 1916, 16, 43, 80, 81, 87, 98, 161, 179, 247, 312;
1917, 29, 49, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 106, 109, 221, 250, 255; 1918, 19, 41, 74,
114, 122, 146, 185, 257 §§ 10-31, 151-156, 258, 282, 291 §§ 24-32, 293,
295; 1919, 54, 81, 108, 159, 163, 176, 187, 196, 269, 289, 301 §§ 2-4, 350
§ 16, 364 §§ 2-7; 1920, 129, 142, 145, 146, 149, 169, 243, 256, 471, 479,
481, 493, 559, 560, 579, 591 §§ 1, 15, 16, 33-47. (See 1902, 56, 90, 157,
225, 346, 348, 384, 492, 506, 512, 518, 537, 544 § 2; 1903, 279, 318, 368,
425, 426, 450, 453, 454, 474; 1904, 41, 179, 201, 245, 275, 293, 294, 310,
334, 375, 377, 380, 404; 1905, 111, 313, 318, 386, 397; 1906, 76, 291 § 18,
298, 311, 444, 481, 497; 1907, 330, 387, 429, 468, 543, 560, 579, 581; 1908,
83, 85, 345, 391, 423, 425, 428, 461, 480, 483, 518; 1909, 149, 213, 264, 344,
356, 492, 514 § 45; 1910, 44, 55, 147, 182, 200, 246, 520; 1911, 222, 304,
353-355, 378, 422. 436, 517, 518, 550, 679, 735, 745; 1912, 229, 252, 254,
261, 265, 266, 273-275, 307, 398, 446, 471, 473, 483, 515, 641; 1913, 286,
387, 559, 608, 628, 686; 1914, 630; 1915, Res. 125; 1916, 311, 315.)
Provision for taking opinion of voters on questions of public policy,
1913, 819; on the expediency of ratifying amendments to the constitution
of the United States, 1920, 560. (See 1919, 196.)
Soliciting of money for political purposes from public employees, 1918,
146.
Election laws to apply to votes of inhabitants of cities and towns relative
to certain takings by eminent domain, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 5.
Provision for absent voting at state elections, 1919, 289.
Production of witnesses to establish right to assessment and registration
dispensed with, 1919, 81.
Employment for pay of certain state officials on questions submitted to
voters forbidden, 1919, 196.
Preparation and distribution to the voters of arguments relative to
measures submitted under the initiative and referendum, 1919, 187.
Election laws made to conform to constitutional amendment providing
for biennial elections, 1919, 269; 1920, 129, relative to the certification of
signers of initiative and referendum petitions in Boston.
State ballot law commission placed under governor and council, 1919,
350 § 16.
Provision to enable women to vote, on adoption of pending amendment
to federal constitution, 1920, 579.
Chap. 12.] REVISED LawS. 817
Sect. 13 re-enacted, 1913, 835 § 13. Amended, 1914, 345 § 1.
Sect. 15. See 1907, 560 § 15; 1909, 344 § 1, 492; 1913, 679.
Sects. 69-79. Listing board of Boston created, 1917, 29 §§ 7-14; 1920,
145. Of Chelsea, 1917, 106. Of Cambridge, 1918, 282. Of Watertown,
1919, 108.
Sect. 156. State election board created, 1916, 312.
Sect. 334. As to fence viewers, field drivers and pound keepers. (See
1918, 291 §§ 13, 14.)
Sect. 338. See 1907, 366; 1913, 210.
Sects. 422^425. New districts, 1906, 497; 1912, 674; 1916, 226, 270.
Chapter 12. — Of the Assessraent of Taxes.
This chapter is in part superseded by 1909, 490 Part I, Part III §§ 4-8;
1911, 89, 308, 366; 1912, 238; 1913, 473" § 2, 599 § 1, 823; 1914, 198, 629,
689, 770; 1915, 40, 137, 237, 238; 1916, 103, 130, 144, 173, 269, 271, 281,
294; 1917, 136, 159 § 4, 204, 257, 270, 295; 1918, 28, 43, 49, 257 §§ 34-
40, 59-78; 1919, 9, 50, 51, 58, 117, 136, 283 §§ 9-15, 286, 314, 319, 324,
342, 349, 363 §§ 1, 2; 1920, 137, 175, 261, 307, 352, 385 § 4, 398, 404, 460,
5.^2, 608. (See 1910, 521; 1912, 222, 312; 1913, 649, 719 § 18.)
Tax commissioner becomes commissioner of corporations and taxation, 1919,
350 §§ 52-55. Division of heal taxation established, 1919, 350 § 53.
Collection of poll taxes, 1919, 321; repeaUng and superseding 1913, 679;
1918, 257 § 42. (See 1907, 560 § 15; 1909, 344 § 1; 1920, 552.)
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
Classification and taxation of wild or forest land, 1914, 598; 1918, 257
§§ 59-61.
Exemption from taxation of real estate and tangible personal property
of the militia, 1917, 327 § 74.
Basis of apportionment of state and county taxes, 1916, 171; 1917, 288;
1919, 343. (See 1919, 345.)
Tax upon the income received from certain forms of intangible property
and from trades and professions, 1916, 269, 300 § 6; 1917, 295, 339; 1918,
29, 32, 1.50, 207, 2.52, 257 §§ 62-74; 1919, 50, 58, 117, 136, 286, 314, 324,
342 §§ 3, 6, 349 §§ 3-6, 350 §§ 53, 54 (establishing income tax division and
director), 363 §§ 1, 2 (distribution of portion of income tax for school pur-
poses); 1920, 102 (relative to taxation of retirement allowances), 352 (ex-
empting stock dividends), 385 § 4 (abatements), 398 (deductions from
income received by guardians), 404 (offset of income taxes erroneouslv
paid). (See 1917, 204 § 2. 209, 270, 317; 1918, 7, 120, 154, 219.)
Disposition of certain returns, copies and statements made to the tax
commissioner, 1916, 281.
Tax commissioner empowered to gather information relative to the value
of real estate, 1917, 171.
Duty and manner of assessing taxes, 1918, 28, 257 § 37.
Abatement of taxes, 1918, 50, 257 § 36; 1920, 385, 552.
Assessment and collection of taxes in certain districts, 1919, 319.
818 Changes ix the [Chap. 12.
Special state tax to be imposed for years 1919-1922, 1919, 342 § 5.
Allowances to cities and towns for abatements of poll taxes, 1920, 552.
Property held by metropolitan district commission in the town of Hull
subjected to local taxation, 1920, 575.
Sects. 1^ affected, 1902, 374 § 4; 1909, 440 § 2, 490 I §§ 1^, 516;
1914, 198 § 2; 1916, 269 §§ 11, 21. (See also 1904, 403; 1906, 523; 1913,
636.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1906, 315, 493; 1907, 367; 1908, 464 § 1, 594; 1909,
223, 490 I §5,516 § 1; 1910, 333, 559 § 3; 1912,189; 1913,578; 1914,83,
518,523,761; 1915,135; 1916, 144, 269 §§ 1, 4, 11, 21; 1917,136,257,270;
1918, 42; 1919, 9; 1920, 137. Real and personal property of militia, 1915,
40. (See 1906, 481; 1913, 832 § 8.) Personal property of certain fraternal
societies, 1917, 204 § 1. Clause 3. See 1911, 400, 634 § 7; 1913, 82, 155.
Clause 7. See 1918, 106 (exempting from taxation personal property held
by or in trust for religious organizations). Clause 8. See 1913, 578. Clauses
13, 14. See 1916, 299 §§ 3-5. Provisions for reimbursing cities and towns
for loss of taxes on land used for pubHc institutions, 1910, 607; 1911, 478;
1914, 648. For loss of taxes by soldiers' and sailors' exemptions, 1915,
299 §§ 3-5.
Sect. 6 amended, 1908, 120; 1909, 187, 4901 § 6; 1914, 598 § 26. (See
1914, 720 § 5.)
Sects. 7-9 repealed and new provisions made, 1902, 374 §§ 1-3, 375;
1909, 440 § 2, 490 I § 7.
Sects. 10-12. See 1903, 161; 1909, 243, 490 I §§ 8-11; 1911, 135; 1914,
629; 1918, 52.
Sects. 13, 14 amended, 1909, 440 § 2, 490 I §§ 13, 14; 1914, 198 § 2.
(See 1904, 385; 1911,75; 1913,401; 1916, 269 § 12.)
Sect. 15 amended, 1902, 113; 1909, 440 § 2, 490 I § 15; 1914, 198 § 2;
1915, 237 § 23.
Sect. 16. See 1909, 490 I § 16.
Sect. 17 amended, 1902, 112; 1909, 490 I § 17.
Sects. 18-22. See 1909, 490 I §§ 18-22.
Sect. 23 amended, 1902, 342 § 1 ; 1909, 439 § 1, 440 § 2, 490 I § 23; 1911,
383 § 2; 1913, 458; 1914, 198 § 2; 1916, 271; 1918, 129. Affected, 1915.
137; 1918, 138. (See 1906, 463 III § 126; 1909, 516 § 2.)
Sects. 24-41. See 1909, 440 § 2, 490 I §§ 24-41; 1910, 260; 1913, 676;
1914, 198 §§ 2, 5.
Sect. 32. See 1916, 269 §§ 12, 13.
Sect. 34 et seq. See 1916, 269 §§ 14-18; 1917, 264 § 3; 1919, 342 § 5.
Sect 35 See 1919 319.
Sect.' 41 revised, 1903, 157 § 1; 1909, 440 §§ 2, 3. (See 1916, 269 § 12.)
Sects. 42^8. See 1909, 490 I §§ 42^8; 1912, 621; 1916, 130.
Sect. 43 revised, 1916, 294 § 1.
Sect. 49 repealed, 1902, 111. (See 1909, 490 I § 49.)
Sects. 50-58. See 1909, 490 I §§ 49-57; 1913, 649; 1917, 171.
Sect. 51. See 1919, 51.
Sect. 51 ct seq. See 1913, 564 § 6.
Sect. 54 amended, 1908, 589 § 5.
Chap. 13.] ' REVISED LaWS. 819
Sect. 57 amended, 1908, 387 § 1.
Sect. 58 amended, 1907, 181; 1908, 314, 387 § 2; 1909, 440 § 2; 1914,
198 § 2; 1920, 307.
Sects. 59-72. See 1909, 490 I §§ 58-71; 1913,688; 1915,237.
Sects. 60, 61, 63. See 1908, 314; 1909, 490 I §§ 60-63; 1912, 222, 312;
1913, 694.
Sect. 72 superseded, 1909, 490 I § 71; 1913, 688 § 1; 1915, 237 § 21;
1918, 190.
Sects. 73-84. See 1905, 381 § 7; 1906, 268 § 5; 1907, 521 § 3; 1909,
490 I §§ 72-83; 1911, 242; 1913, 226; 1916, 269 § 19.
New section added, 1904, 442 § 1; 1909, 490 I § 84.
Sect. 84 amended, 1902, 91; 1909, 490 I § 83; 1913, 226.
Sects. 85-101. See 1909, 490 I §§ 65-101; 1911, 89, 366; 1913, 453,
599 § 1; 1914, 198 § 5, 689; 1915, 237 § 17.
Sect. 86 superseded, 1909, 490 I § 86; 1915, 237 § 17.
Sect. 92 d seq. See 1916, 299 § 3.
Sect. 93 amended, 1904, 181; 1906, 271 § 11; 1909, 440 § 2, 490 I § 93;
1913, 453; 1914, 198 § 5.
Sect. 94 amended, 1909, 440 § 2, 490 I § 94; 1914, 198 § 2. (See 1908,
314.)
Sect. 99 amended, 1919, 135.
Sect. 100. Apportionment of state tax, 1916, 171; 1917, 288. (See
1909, 490 I § 101; 1914, 198 § 5, 689; 1919, 342 § 5, 343.)
Sect. 101. See 1909, 449, 490 I § 101; 1911, 366; 1914, 198 § 5, 689.
Chapter 13. — Of the Collection of Taxes.
Chapter superseded in part by 1909, 490 II; 1911, 370; 1912, 390; 1913,
237, 255, 599 § 2; 1915, 56, 237; 1916, 20, 269 §§ 15-21; 1918, 257 §§ 41-
58; 1919, 12, 41, 263, 319, 321, 349 § 2; 1920, 255, 270. (See 1912, 360.)
Collection of poll taxes, 1913, 679. Repealed and superseded, 1919, 321.
(See 1907, 560 § 15; 1909, 344 § 1.) Allowances to cities and towns for
abatements of poll taxes, 1920, 552.
Persons in the military and naval service of the United States exempted
from the payment of poll taxes, 1918, 49; 1919, 9, 283; 1920, 608.
Provision for a special collector in towns, 1910, 272; 1916, 131.
Classification and taxation of wild or forest land, 1914, 598; 1918, 257
§§ 59-61.
Jurisdiction of the land court and the superior court in re sales and tak-
ings of land for non-payment of taxes and the redemption thereof, 1915,
237 §§ 3-15.
Sale of lands purchased or taken by cities and towns for non-payment
of taxes, 1915, 56.
Tax lien continued as to subsequent taxes, 1919, 263.
Assessment and collection of taxes in certain districts, 1919, 319.
Property held by metropolitan district commission in the town of Hull
subjected to local taxation, 1920, 575.
Sects. 1-19. See 1909, 440 § 2, 490 II §§ 1-19; 1912, 272; 1913, 599
§ 2, 679; 1914, 198 § 2; 1916, 20; 1918, 57.
820 Changes in^ the [Chap. i4.
Sect. 5. See 1918, 4S.
Sect. 13 amended, 1907, 378 § 2, 427; 1909, 490 II § 13, 512; 1915, 237
§ 22.
Acts to provide for authoritative ascertainment of municipal liens on
real estate, 1907, 378 § 1; 1908, 299; 1909, 490 II § 20. (See 1911, 75.)
Sects. 20-34. See 1909, 490 II §§ 21-35; 1916, 209 § 18.
Sect. 23. See 1919, 349 § 2.
Sect. 26. See 1909, 490 I § 3; 1913, 636.
Sect. 31 amended, 1908, 99 § 1; 1909, 490 II § 32; 1919, 12.
Sect. 35 amended, 1909, 440 § 2, 490 II § 36; 1914, 198 § 2.
Sects. 36-49. See 1909, 490 II §§ 37-50; 1913, 255.
Sect. 38 et seq. See 1912, 360, 390.
Sect. 43 amended, 1902, 423; 1905, 193; 1909, 490 II § 44; 1911, 370;
1915, 237 § 1.
Sect. 44 amended, 1909, 259, 490 II § 45; 1912, 390.
Sects. 49, 50. See 1909, 440 § 2, 490 II §§ 50, 51 ; 1914, 198 § 2.
Sect. 51 superseded, 1915, 237 § 24. (See 1909, 490 II § 52.)
Sects. 51-69. See 1909, 490 II §§ 52-70.
Sect. 54 superseded, 1915, 237 § 2. (See 1909, 490 II § 55.)
Sect. 58 amended, 1905, 325 § 1; 1909, 490 II § 59; 1915, 237 § 16.
Sects. 58-69. See 1915, 237 §§ 3-15 inclusive.
Sects. 60, 61 superseded, 1902, 443; 1909, 490 II §§ 61, 02.
Sect. 61 amended, 1905, 325 § 2.
Sect. 66 superseded, 1915, 237 § 19. (See 1909, 490 II § 67.)
Sect. 67 superseded, 1915, 237 § 20. (See 1909, 490 II § 68.)
Sect. 69. See 1915, 237 § 18.
Sects. 70-87. See 1909, 490 I § 83, II §§ 71, 89; 1913, 226.
Sect. 75 amended, 1905, 325 § 3; 1908, 226; 1909, 490 II § 76; 1915,
237 § 26. (See 1906, 372.)
Sect. 76 d seq. See 1910, 272.
Sect. 80 amended, 1908, 247; 1909, 490 II § 82.
Sect. S3 amended, 1908, 99 § 2; 1909, 490 II § 85.
Sect. 85 amended, 1919, 41.
Sect. 87. Schedule of forms revised, 1913, 311. (See 1909, 490 II § 89.)
Chapter 14. — Of the Taxation of Corporations.
Law as to the taxation of corporations revised, 1903, 437 §§ 45-48,
71-87; 1909, 342, 490 III; 1910, 216, 270, 456, 650; 1911, 337, 379, 383,
618; 1912, 457, 491; 1913, 473 § 1; 1914, 198 § 6, 724, 770; 1915, 34, 135,
137, 167, 217, 231 § 21, 233, 238; 1916, 83, 227, 281; 1917, 89, 97, 104 § 1,
268; 1918, 76, 133, 222, 235, 253, 255, 257 §§ 32, 33, 76-78; 1919, 154,
342 §§ 1, 2, 6, 8, 370; 1920, 385, 462, 550, 600. Law as to taxation of
domestic and foreign business corporations revised, 1919, 355; 1920, 415,
549.
Tax commissioner and commissioner of corporations becomes the commis-
sioner of corporations and taxation in the department of corporations and
taxation, 1919, 350 §§ 52-55.
Chai>. u.] Revised Laws. 821
Board of appeal from decisions of tax commissioner placed under gov-
ernor and council, 1919, 350 § 16.
Taxation of corporations formed for the purpose of owning wild or forest
lands, 1914, 59S. (See 191S, 257 §§ 59-61.)
Taxation of foreign corporations, 1914, 724. Repealed, 1918, 76. (See
1918, 133, 235, 253; 1919, 154, 342 §§ 1, 2, 6, 8, 355 II; 1920, 415 §§ 4-7,
549 §§ 2-5, 550, 600.)
Of insurance companies, 1918, 184; 1919, 332, 349 §§ 9, 10, 12, 13.
Of express companies, 1918, 257 § 77.
Of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 46, 257 § 78; 1919,
349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
Certain corporations may file statement of the number of its shares held
by non-residents in lieu of list of shareholders, 1918, 257 § 76.
Franchise taxation of trust companies, 1918, 264.
Certain tax laws corrected, 1919, 349 §§ 1, 7-26.
Abatement of corporation excise taxes illegally exacted, 1919, 146;
1920, 462.
Sale or transfer of the assets of a corporation in fraud of the common-
wealth, 1910, 187; 1919, 349 § 19.
Street railway companies relieved of payment of the commutation or
excise tax, 1919, 370.
Sect. 1 et seq. See 1919, 349 § 1, relating to travelling expenses of tax
commissioner, deputies, etc.
Sect. 1 amended, 1907, 5(>4 § 1; 1909, 490 III § 1.
Sect. 2 amended, 1904, 99; 1906, 322; 1907, 564 § 2; 1909, 430, 490
III § 2; 1912, 543; 1913, 792; 1917, 261; 1918, 103; 1919, 284. (See
1908, 550 § 1; 1914, 770 § 12; 1915, 238 § 6; 1918, 46.)
Provision for superA'isors of assessors, 1908, 550; 1909, 490 III § 2.
Sects. 3-5. See 1909, 490 III §§ 3-5; 1911, 370; 1912, 272.
Sect. 4 amended, 1906, 271 § 1; 1908, 468; 1909, 440 § 2. Provision
for order by commission as to method of keeping records, 1909, 490 III § 7;
and revision of valuation, 1910, 260. (See 1910, 607; 1911, 478; 1914,
648.) Date of assessment changed to April first, 1914, 198 § 2.
Sect. 5 amended, 1908, 433 § 1. (See 1908, 433 § 2.)
Sects. 6, 7 repealed, 1908, 468. (See 1911, 184.)
Sects. 8, 9. See 1909, 490 III §§ 8, 11; 1914, 198 § 2.
Assessment of salaries and expenses of railroad and gas and electric light
commissions and of vessels engaged in foreign carrying trade, 1909, 409
III §§ 9, 10.
Sects. 10-18. See 1909, 490 III §§ 12-20; 1914, 198 § 2.
Sect. 17 amended, 1906, 271 § 2.
Sect. 19 amended, 1906, 271 § 3; 1907, 246; 1909, 342 § 1, 490 III § 21;
1911, 337; 1912, 189.
Sects. 19-36. See 1909, 490 III §§ 21-38; 1910, 210; 1911, 383.
Sect. 20 amended, 1906, 271 § 4; 1909, 342 § 2.
Sect. 22 amended, 1906, 271 § 5.
Sect.- 23. See 1909, 419 § 25; 1915, 268 § 8.
822 Changes ix the [Chap. i4.
Sect. 24 amended, 1903, 307 § 1 ; 1909, 490 III § 26; 1915, 217 § 1. (See
1914, 724; 1919, 349 § 7.)
Sects. 24-34 amended. (See 1909,490 III §§ 26-32; 1910,235; 1914,
724; 1915, 217; 1910, 227; 1917, 97; 1918, 184.)
Sect. 25. See 1919, 349 § 8.
Sect. 26. See 1919, 349 § 9.
Sects. 27, 29, 30. See 1919, 349 § 10.
Sect. 28. See 1919, 349 § 11.
Sect. 31. See 1919, 349 § 12.
Sect. 32 amended, 1906, 271 § 6; 1909, 440 § 1. (See 1914, 724; 1919,
349 § 13.)
Sect. 33 amended, 1906, 271 § 8. (See 1914, 724; 1919, 349 § 15.)
Sect. 34. See 1911, 339; 1914, 724.
Sect. 35 amended, 1908, 520 § 12; 1909, 440 § 2. (See 1919, 349 § 16.)
Sects. 35, 36. See 1909, 490 III §§ 37, 38; 1910, 216; 1918, 264.
Sects. 37^0 in part repealed, 1903, 437 §§ 48, 95; 1906, 463 II §§ 125
et seq., 211, 217, 258; 1912, 695. (See 1902, 342 §§ 2^.)
Sect. 37 amended, 1909, 267 § 1, 440 § 2, 490 III § 40; 1914, 198 § 6;
1915,34. (See 1910, 650; 1911,184; 1915,137; 1917,268; 1918,222.)
Sect. 38 amended, 1909, 267 § 2, 439 § 2, 440 § 2; 1919, 332. (See 1902,
342 § 3; 1903, 437 §§ 71, 95; 1909, 490 III § 41; 1910, 270; 1911, 379;
1914, 198 § 6; 1915, 34, 137; 1917, 268.)
Sect. 39 amended, 1902, 342 § 3; 1906, 463 II § 258; 1909, 439 § 3,
490 III § 42; 1914, 198 § 6. (See 1915, 137; 1919, 349 § 17.)
Sect. 40 amended, 1906, 271 § 9; 1909, 490 III § 43; 1914, 198 § 6;
1918, 222.
Sect. 41. See 1919, 349 § 18.
Sects. 41, 43^7 repealed, 1906, 463 III § 158. (See 1906, 463 III §§ 130,
133; 1909, 440 § 3, 490 III §§ 44, 47-51.)
Sect. 42 amended, 1902, 342 § 5. In part repealed, 1903, 437 § 95; 1909,
439 § 4, 490 III § 45; 1914, 198 § 6. (See 1906. 463 III § 129; 1915,
137.)
Assessment in case of abatement of corporation tax, 1904, 442 § 2; 1909,
490 III § 46.
Sect. 48. See 1909, 490 III § 52; 1914, 724; 1915, 137.
Sects. 49-52 repealed, 1903, 437 § 95. (See 1904, 261 § 1 ; 1914, 724.)
Sect. 53. See 1909, 490 III § 53.
Sect. 54. See 1919, 349 § 20.
Sects. 54-63 in part repealed, 1903, 437 § 95. (See 1906, 349, 516; 1908,
614; 1909, 440 § 2. 490 III §§ 58-63; 1914, 198 § 6; 1915, 34.)
Taxation of foreign corporations, 1903. 437 § 75; 1907, 578; 1909, 490
III §§ 54-56; 1915, 167; 1916, 83; 1917, 89. (See 1914, 761, 770; 1915,
135, 238.)
Sects. 54-58. Penalties for non-pavment of corporation taxes. (See
1909, 490 III §§ 58-63; 1914, 198 § 2.) '
Sect. 54 amended, 1906, 271 § 10; 1909, 490 III § 57.
Sect. 55 amended, 1908, 318; 1909, 490 III § 59, 528; 1914, 198 § 6.
(See 1911, 339.)
Chaps. 16, 16.] REVISED LaWS. 823
Sects. 58, 61 amended, 1909, 440.
Sect. 59. See 1909, 490 III § 59; 1911, 339; 1914, 198 § 6; 1915, 34.
Sect. 61 amended, 1903, 437 § 86; 1906, 516 § 20; 1908, 614 § 1; 1909,
490 III § 64; 1914, 198 § 6; 1916, 299 §§ 1, 2. (See 1919, 349 § 21.)
Sects. 62-64. See 1909, 490 III §§ 65-67.
Sect. 63. See 1919, 349 § 22.
Sect. 65 amended, 1909, 490 III § 68. (See 1903, 437 § 77; 1907, 329,
586 § 6; 1908, 220; 1914, 724; 1915, 137 § 1; 1919, 349 § 23, 350 § 16.)
Sects. 66-68 in part repealed, 1903, 437 § 95. (See 1914, 724.)
Sect. 67 amended, 1906, 349; 1909, 490 III § 70. (See 1919, 349 § 26.)
Sect. 69 repealed, 1903, 437 § 95.
Taxation of express companies, 1909, 490 III §§ 72-79. Repealed 1918,
257 § 77.
Chapter 15. — Of the Taxation of Collateral Legacies and Successions.
Chapter repealed and superseded by 1907, 563; 1908, 268, 624; 1909,
266, 268, 490 IV, 527; 1910, 440, 481; 1911, 191, 359, 502, 551; 1912,
234, 678; 1913, 498, 689; 1914, 462, 563; 1915, 64, 152; 1916, 268; 1918,
14, 191, 257 § 75; 1919, 342 §§ 4, 6, 8 (temporary), 350 §§ 53, 54 (estab-
lishing division of inheritance taxes and director in departme?it of corpora-
tions and taxation); 1920, 396, 441, 548. (See 1902, 473; 1903, 248, 251,
276; 1904, 421; 1905, 367, 470; 1906, 436.)
As to bequest or devise free of tax, see 1907, 452, 563 § 11; 1909, 490
IV §§ 10, 11.
Abatement of legacy and succession taxes illegally exacted, 1919, 146.
(See 1920, 462.)
Sect. 8. See 1912, 360.
Chapter 16. — Of the Militia.
Chapter repealed by 1905, 465 § 194, and superseded by 1917, 327. (See
1902, 158, 336, 493;' 1903, 151, 247, 377, 457, 481; 1904, 226, 231, 361,
371, 439; 1905, 202, 298, 391, 465, 468; 1906, 198, 212, 273, 373, 423, 469,
504; 1907, 232 § 4, 305, 356, 526; 1908, 315, 317, 344, 354, 371, 434, 604;
1909, 118, 167, 170, 280, 298, 300, 323; 1910, 225, 227, 228, 283, 299, 348,
513; 1911, 145, 298, 326, 449, 514, 554, 594, 642, 663, 670, 747; 1912, 58,
67, 71, 87, 116, 117, 138, 142, 147, 268, 358, 365, 399, 441, 444, 464, 506,
519, 568, 593, 665, 720; 1913, 268, 321, 468, 524, 532, 664, 710, 733, 812;
1914, 161, 196, 342, 350, 362, 376, 380, 460, 481, 715, 718, 751, 752, 758;
1915, 31, 40, 71, 126, 203, 289; 1916, 1, 8, 10, 86, 123, 126, 127, 165, 170,
207, 209, 221, 279, 284; 1917, 92, 93, 105, 147, 148, 197, 211, 239, 254, 300, /
301, 334, 342 § 10; 1918, 128, 188, 221, 232, 234, 257 §§ 79-81; 1919, 18
(rank of adjutant general), 55, 64, 73, 138, 261, 280, 301 §§ 5, 6, 367, 368;
1920, 127, 131, "199, 274, 357, 358, 364, 365, 408, 595.)
Pro\asion for the reorganization of the volunteer militia, 1919, 138;
1920, 127.
Reorganizaticni of executive and administrative functions of the comvion-
wealth, 1919, 350 %% H, 16.
824 Changes in the [Chap. i6.
Armory commissioners placed under governor and council, 1919, 350 ^16.
State and military aid and the burial of indigent soldiers and sailors,
1909,468; 1910,467,470; 1918, 108, 183; 1919, 129, 139, 151, 171, 190,
290.
Reward for civil war veterans, 1912, 702; 1913, 105, 443.
Compilation of records of soldiers, etc., in Spanish war, 1911, Res. 19;
in Philippine insurrection, 1920, 357.
Extra compensation for officers and men of the state guard performing
strike duty in Boston, 1919, 368. (See 1919, 367.)
Provision for permanent exhibition in the state house of flags carried by
Massachusetts men in the Spanish and World Wars, 1920, 513.
Recent legislation in favor of persons because of war service. Providing
state pay, 1917, 211, 332; 1918, 92; 1919, 283; 1920, 51, 250, 609. Regu-
lating use of recruiting button, 1917, 197. Authorizing cities and towns to
pay employees difference between their military and municipal compensa-
tion, 1917, 254; 1920, 235. Like provision for state employees, 1917, 301.
Free public library commissioners authorized to supply books, 1917, 239.
Aid for soldiers, etc., and dependent relatives, 1917, 179; 1918, 108, 233;
1919, 139, 151, 171, 290. Co-operative banks authorized to suspend mort-
gage payments, 1918, 47. Poll tax exemptions, 1918, 49; 1919, 9, 283 § 9;
1920, 608. Property tax exemptions, 1920, 137, 175. Certificates of honor
for Mexican border service, 1918, 94; 1919, 232. Temporary care of men-
tally deranged, 191S, 142. Civil service standing preserved, 1918, 160;
1919, 14; 1920, 219. (See 1919, 150.) Burial of indigent soldiers and rela-
tives, 1918, 183; 1919, 129, 290 §§ 17, 18. Temporary substitutes in munici-
pal offices, 1918, 185. Renewal of electricians' licenses, 1918, 213. Sunday
games authorized, 1918, 134. (See 1920, 240.) Training of disabled sol-
diers, 1918, 230; 1920, Res. 70. Absentee voting, 1918, 293, 295; 1919, 289.
Legal settlement, 1918, 257 § 299. Supplementary voting registration, 1918,
258. Contributions by corporations authorized, 1918, 196. Contracts by
cities and towns relative to use of property, 1918, 223. Bodies of soldiers,
etc., not available for promotion of anatomical science, 1918, 257, 298.
Cities and towns may appropriate money to celebrate return of soldiers and
sailors, 1919, 4. Special licenses, without fee, to certain soldiers and sailors,
as hawkers and pedlers, 1919, 22. Use of armories by or for benefit of sol-
diers and sailors, 1919, 55, 64, 312. Further time for filing income tax
returns, 1919, 58. Cities and towns may raise and appropriate money for
memorials to soldiers, sailors and marines, 1919, 61, 164; 1920, 292; for
headstones or other monuments at graves, 1920, 528. Reinstatement in
state retirement system of employees in military or naval ser^dce, 1919, 94.
Labor preferences in highway construction, 1919, 89; in emplojTnent as
state house watchmen, 1919, 315. Pro\asion for record of Massachusetts
soldiers and sailors in present war, 1919, 107. Soldiers' and sailors' commis-
sion established, 1919, 125, Sp. Act 112. Governor authorized to proclaim
holiday for celebration of return of soldiers, sailors and marines, 1919, 126.
Purchase of historical works relative to the service of Massachusetts volun-
teers in the European war, 1919, 147. Employment of veterans in the
Chap. 17.] EeVISED LaWS. 825
service of the commonwealth, cities or towns, 1919, 150. Testimonial to
residents of Massachusetts for war service, 1919, 172. Soldiers' memorial
commission and building, 1919, 192. Preferences in public employment to
soldiers, etc., 1919, 253. "Bounty Act," so-called, 1919, 283, 307, 322, 342;
1920, 51, 250, 609. Cities and towns authorized to lease certain buildings
to posts of the American Legion, 1919, 352. Appropriation of money by
cities and towns to provide suitable quarters for posts of American Legion,
1920, 254. Time extension on applications for registration as chiropodists,
1919, 316. Additional credit in examinations for plumbers' license, 1919,
317. Parades by posts of the American Legion, 1920, 131, 141. Exemption
from jury duty, 1920, 199. Massachusetts branch of the x\merican Legion
given quarters in state house, 1919, Sp. Act 246. (See 1920, 511.) Records
of American Legion to be printed and distributed as records of the common-
wealth, 1920, 290. Provision for the recording of discharge papers of soldiers,
etc., 1920, 467. Insignia of veterans further protected, 1920, 367. Service
under the federal draft counted as continued ser\'ice in state forces, 1920, 408.
Deposit and exhibition of flags in state house, 1920, 513. Retirement of
certain veterans in the public service, 1920, 574. Leave of absence of
veterans in public service on Memorial day, 1920, 531. Commission estab-
lished to ascertain the most appropriate methods of caring for the graves of
American dead in foreign soil, 1920, 616.
Additional War Legislation. " Commonwealth Defence Act of 1917," 1917,
342; 1920, 610, 628 § 5. Emergency appropriations by cities and towns,
1917, 264. Temporary increase in district police force, 1917, 43; 1918, 37.
Governor authorized to incur emergency expenses, 1917, 324; 1918, 278.
Organization of "state guard" (originally "home guard"), 1917, 148, 331;
1918, 188; 1919, 173, 261. Certain islands in Boston harbor ceded to L^nited
States, 1917, 308; 1918, 179. Certain organizations authorized to drill and
parade with firearms, 1917, 300, 327. Savings deposits invested in United
States bonds tax exempt, 1917, 257. Rendition of "Star Spangled Banner,"
1917, 311. Flag protected, 1917, 181, 265. " Anti-loafing act," 1918, 286.
State-aided vocational education extended, 1918, 206. Emergency connec-
tions for gas and electric companies, 1918, 152. Life insurance companies
authorized to sell liberty bonds, 1918, 51. Additional state house watchmen,
1918, 84. Commission on waterways and public lands authorized to co-
operate with federal government, 1918, 277, and to permit extension of
piers. Boston port improvements, 1918, 143, 267. Sale of dry dock to
United States authorized, 1918, 270. Production and conservation of food
products promoted, 1918, Sp. Acts 63, 139.
Chapter 17. — Of Notaries Public and Commissioners.
Expiration of the commissions of notaries public, justices of the peace
and special commissioners, 1917, 42 §§1, 2.
Notaries and commissioners may take acknowledgments of certificates
of limited partnerships, 1918, 257 § 274; may swear railroad and street
railway police, 1918, 257 § 364.
Sects. 2, 3 repealed, 1918, 257 § 82.
826 Changes in the [Chap. is.
Sect. 5 affected, 1918, 257 § 390.
Sects. 5-11. See 1917, 342 §§ 13-16.
Sect. 9 revised, 1918, 257 § 83.
Sect. 10 revised, 1918, 257 § 84.
Sect. 11 revised, 1918, 257 § 85.
Chapter 18. — General Provisions relative to State Officers.
Reorganization of executive and administrative functions of the common-
ivealth, 1919, 350; 1920, U, 72, 112, 107, 181, 205.
Retirement system for state employees, 1911, 532; 1912, 363; 1913, 310,
711; 1914, 419, 568, 582; 1915, 197, 198; 1916, 54, 164; 1918, 257 §§ 101-
110, 134, 135; 1919, 36, 80, 94, 350 §§ 4, 28; 1920, 56, 304, 416, 535, 539.
(See 1913, 807; 1915, 244.) Retirement of veterans in the service of the
commonwealth, 1907, 458; 1915, 95; 1920, 574. Leave of absence for
veterans on Memorial day, 1920, 531.
Filing of official letters,' 1913, 702.
Salaries of state employees and classification and standardization of
offices and positions, 1914, 605; 1916, 2, 126, Res. 94; 1917, 301, 323;
1918, 118, 228, 242; 1919, 157, 233, 244, 320, 350; 1920, 205, 340, 421, 435,
514 § 2, 551 § 1.
Pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer of pensions granted by
the commonwealth or by any county, city or town, prohibited, 1916, 75.
Saturday half-holidays, 1912, 528; 1914, 455, 688; 1915, 288; 1916, 258.
Taking effect of certain orders, rules and regulations, 1917, 307; 1920, 433.
Beginning of term defined, 1918, 257 § 86.
Purchase for public institutions of articles produced by the blind, 1918,
141.
Soliciting of money for political purposes from public employees, 1918, 146.
Appointment of treasurers and stewards of state institutions regulated,
1918, 239.
Relative to office expenses of permanent state boards and commissions,
1918, 257 § 4.
Budget system for the commonwealth, 1918, 2^, 257 § 7; 1919, 20, 52,
69, 131, 350 §§ 13, 21, 26.
Bonds of certain state officials and emplovees, 1919, 144; 1920, 546.
(See 1918, 257 § 90, 294.)
Publication and distribution of reports of state officials, 1918, 175, 189.
Commission on uniform state laws, 1909, 416; 1910,73; 1914,381; 1919,
122, 350 § 16.
Commission on foreign and domestic commerce established, 1919, 119;
1920, 514.
Soldiers' and sailors' commission established, 1919, 125.
Special commission on necessaries of life established, 1919, 341, 365;
1920, 628.
Office of state inspector of fish estabhshed, 1919, 351 § 11.
Purgatory chasm state reservation commission established, 1919, 327.
Boxing commission, 1920, 619.
Chap. 10.] REVISED LawS. 827
Commission to ascertain the most appropriate methods of caring for the
graves of American dead in foreign soil, 1920, 616.
State officials forbidden to take paid employment on questions sub-
mitted to voters, 1919, 196.
Confidential assistants for heads of departments, 1920, 205.
Sect. 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 86.
Sect. 5 repealed, 1918, 257 § 88.
Sect. 6 amended, 1910, 452; 1915, 222 § 1, 269; 1919,. 131. List of
officials, employees and compensations to be printed annually, 1910, 268;
1911, 43; 1913, 534. Payment for injuries, 1911, 751; 1912, 571, 666, 684;
1913, 807. (See 1918, 78 § 2.)
Sect. 10. Commonwealth to repay charge of surety company for surety-
ship, 1908, 469. (See 1918, 257 § 90, 294.)
Sect. 11 limited, 1917, 59.
Sect. 13 revised, 1903, 229 § 1. (See 1910, 473.) Treasurers and dis-
bursing officers of state institutions shall keep an office and liooks, 1908, 195.
(See 1905, 330; 1908, 269; 1909, 504 § 22; 1912, 442; 1918, 239.)
Sect. 14 repealed, 1903, 229 § 2.
No public officer or body, or member thereof, shall interfere with em-
ployment in public service ^corporations, 1903, 320; 1908, 228; 1909, 514
§§ 25, 26.
Sect. 15 amended, 1918, 257 § 89.
Sect. ISA. New section added, 1918, 257 § 90. (See 1918, 294.)
Sect. 16 amended, 1904, 295; 1916, 196. (See 1918, 257 § 145.)
Chapter 19. — Of the Civil Service.
Ciiiil service commission abolished and superseded by department of civil
service and registration, 1.919, 350 §§ 63-67.
Employees of the various departments, abolished under " reorganization
act " eligible to appointment in, or transfer to, other departments without
examination, 1919, 350 § 3.
Extensions of the provisions of this chapter, 1903, 102; 1904, 143; 1907,
292; 1909, 382; 1910, 624 § 1; 1911, 468; 1912, 78, 504, 579, 597; 1913,'
484,548,672; 1914, 486, 692 § 2; 1916, 296 § 2, 297; 1918, 291 § 22; 1919,
350 §§ 29, 37, 42^4, 49, 50, 55, 60, 66, 74, 95, 101, 114, 126; 1920, 514 § 2,
591 II 26, 29. (See 1915, Sp. Acts 100, 116, 219.) Limitations, 1902, 413;
1904, 430; 1908, 185; 1909, 311, 432, 453 § 2; 1911, 550 § 19, Res. 142;
1912, 212, 614; 1913, 344, 816; 1914, 440, 479; 1917, 118; 1918, 257
§91; 1919,350 §§ 11, 26, 97; 1920,205.
Removals, suspensions and transfers regulated, 1904, 314; 1905, 243;
1906, 210; 1907, 272; 1911, 624; 1915, 251; 1916, 113; 1918, 247, 257
§ 93; 1919, 150 §§ 6, 7, Sp. Act 188. (See 1900, 69 § 3; 1904, 288; 1907,
245, 458; 1909, 405 § 1; 1912, 550.)
Retirement system for state employees, 1911, 532; 1912, 363; 1913, 310,
711; 1914, 419, 568, 582; 1915, 198; 1916, 54, 75, 164; 1918, 257 §§ 101-
110; 1919, 36, 80, 94, 350 §§ 4, 28; 1920, 56, 304, 416, 535, 539. (See
1915, 197 §§ 1, 2.) Retirement of veterans in the employ of the state,
828 Changes in the [Chap. 19.
1907, 458; 1915, 95; 1920, 574. Leave of absence for veterans on Memorial
day, 1920, 531.
Pension systems, 1910, 619; 1911, 113, 338, 413, 532, 634; 1912, 363, 503;
1913, 63, 310, 313, 367, 642, 671; 1914, 419; 1915, 47, 234; 1916, 75;
1918, 172; 1919, 21, 103, 143. (See 1911, 673, 675; 1913, 657.)
Posting notices of examinations, 1906, 277.
Promotion of laborers and mechanics in the public service, 1914, 479.
Preference in appointment and employment to citizens, 1914, 600; 1918,
257 § 94.
Provision for publicity in certain cases, 1906, 306.
No public officer or bodv, or member thereof, shall interfere with employ-
ment in public service corporations, 1903, 320; 1908, 228; 1909, 514 § 25.
(See 1904, 343 § 1.)
Salaries of state emplovees and classification and standardization of
offices and positions, 1914", 605; 1916, 2, 126, Res. 94; 1917, 301, 323,
1918, 228; 1919, 157, 233', 244, 320, 350; 1920, 205, 340, 421, 435, 514 § 2,
551 § 1.
Metropolitan park commission enabled to employ police officers for
temporary service, 1917, 56; 1918, 82.
Soliciting of money for political purposes from public employees, 1918, 146.
Appointment of treasurers and stewards of state institutions regulated,
1918, 239.
Persons taking civil service examination to be notified of result, 1919, 93.
Employment of veterans in the service of the commonwealth, cities or
towns, 1919, 150.
Appointments and promotions In municipal police forces within the
classified ci\'il service, 1920, 368.
Sect. 1 amended, 1906, 159; 1907, 344; 1910, 608; 1916, 297 § 1. (See
1915, 296 § 2.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1907, 454; 1914, 664, 665. (See 1916, 297 § 2.) Addi-
tional emplovees, 1906, 465 § 1; 1910, 184, 204. (See 1908,' 195.)
Sect. 4 d scq. See 1906, 277; 1916, 297 § 5.
Sect. 5 amended, 1902, 308; 1915, 6. (See 1916, 297 §§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 6 d scq. Acts relative to civil service rules and regulations, 1904,
198; 1909,382; 1914,600; 1916, 297 § 4. (See also 1904, 194; 1911,352.)
Sect. 7. See 1914, 486, 600.
Sect. 9. Exemptions, 1907, 245; 1916, 220 § 3; 1918, 164 § 2, 185 § 1,
239, 262 § 5, 293 § 34; 1919, 350 §§ 11 (heads of divisions of state depart-
ments), 26 (certain statistical employees in department of the secretary of
the commonwealth), 97 (assistant directors of divisions and epidemiologists
in department of public health); 1920, 205 (confidential assistants of
heads of departments); 1920, 310 (cashier in attorney-general's depart-
ment).
Sects. 10, 11. See 1908, 210; 1909, 332.
Sect. 12 amended, 1911, 119.
Sect. 13 amended, 1911, 63. (See 1911, 119.)
Sects. 13-15. See 1918, 160 § 2.
Sect. 15 revised, 1918, 257 § 92. Affected, 1919, 93. (See 1914, 600 § 2.)
Chap. 20.] REVISED LaWS. 829
Sect. 16 amended, 1912, 212; 1915, 76.
Sects. 20-25. See 1919. 150; 1920, 368 § 5.
Sects. 21, 22 limited, 1902, 413; 1904, 430; 1908, 185; 1909, 311, 432;
1912, 614; 1913, 344, 816; 1914, 440. (See 1914, 577 § 2.)
Sect. 23 extended, 1904, 314. Amended, 1905, 150; 1910, 500. Limited,
1909, 311, 453 § 2; 1916, 56. Affected, 1919, 150 § 6. Retirement pension
of veterans, 1907, 458; 1909, 398; 1910, 459; 1911, 113, 725; 1912, 55,
395, 447; 1913, 313, 545, 671, 681; 1915, 95.
Sect. 25 revised, 1918, 160 § 1; 1919, 14 § 1; 1920, 219 § 1.
Sects. 26-33. See 1918, 146.
Sect. 30 d seq. See 1907, 581; 1910, 55.
Sect. 33 amended, 1917, 17.
Sect. 34 revised, 1910, 359.
Sect. 36 amended, 1902, .544 § 3.
Sect. 37. See 1903, 102; 1904, 143, 288; 1911, 468; 1914, 138; 1918,
291 § 22.
Chapter 20. — Of Counties and County Commissioners.
Certain counties authorized to aid corporations organized to promote
a*griculture and to improve country life, 1914, 707. Repealed and super-
seded by 1918, 273; 1919, 34, 75; 1920, 103, 517 (providing for the appoint-
ment in certain counties of trustees for county aid to agriculture).
Retirement system for countv emplovees, 1911, 634; 1913, 817; 1915,
234; 1918, 104, 257 §§ 117-125^ 134-136; 1919, 103, 106, 158; 1920, 319.
(See 1916, 75, 88.) Retirement of veterans, 1909, 398; 1910, 459; 1920,
574. Leave of absence for veterans in public ser\'ice on Memorial day,
1920, 531. Pavment for injuries while emploved, 1911, 751 ; 1912, 571, 666,
684; 1913, 807; 1915, 123, 132, 236, 244, 275, Sp. Act 314.
^ Hours of labor of certain employees of counties, 1914, 623.
Cities given original and concurrent jurisdiction over highways, county
roads and bridges, 1913, 546. (Repealed and superseded) 1917, 344, Part
8, § 1, Part 2, §§ 35-38.)
Payment by counties of fees and expenses incurred in the prosecution of
certain offenders in respect to railroad property, 1914, 745.
Countv commissioners authorized to kill sheep-worr\'ing dogs in certain
cases, 1902, 226; 1904, 127. (See 1918, 271; 1920,^547.) To provide
bacteriological facilities, 1913, 328. Provision for bounty for killing a wild-
cat or Canada Ivnx, 1903, 344. Damages caused bv deer, 1903, 407; 1912,
438. (See 1908,^379; 1909, 396; 1910, 545.)
Appointment of interpreters for the superior court and their payment
by counties, 1914, 673; 1916, 109; for municipal court of Boston, 1912,
648 § 1 ; for East Boston district court, 1920, 534.
Payment to pensioners and annuitants for services rendered to munic-
ipalities and counties prohibited, 1916, 88. (See 1918, 257 § 135.)
Construction by counties of tuberculosis hospitals for cities and towns
having less than'fiftv thousand inhabitants, 1916, 286; 1917, 103, 251;
1918, 80, 163, 187; 1919, 32; 1920, 87, 532. (See 1915, 153; 1918, 132,
229.)
830 Changes in the • [Chap. 21.
County industrial farms and the employment of prisoners in reclaiming
and cultivating land, 1913, 633; 1914, 180; 1915, 177; 1917, 258; 1918,
156, 159.
Increase in the compensation of certain county employees, 1918, 260;
1919, 276.
Tenure of county and associate commissioners to be four years, 1919,
269 §§ 22, 26.
Duties of county commissioners relative to unclaimed deposits in hands
of probation officers, 1920, 122.
Rate of interest on county and municipal securities, 1920, 336.
Counties to reimburse sheriffs for bonds, 1920, 546 § 2.
Sects. 1-3. See 1919, 262.
Sect. 7. See 1909 271.
Sects. 8, 9 in part' repealed, 1911, 581 § 4. (See 1904, 165; 1911, 587;
1914, 553.)
Sect. 11 repealed, 1918, 257 § 137.
Sect. 14. Salaries classified and established, 1904, 451 ; 1905,179; 1906,
290; 1910, 537; 1911, 299; 1913, 603, 651; 1915, 272; 1918, 261. (See
1902, 411, 544 § 4.) Last sentence amended, 1911, 162.
Sect. 16 amended, 1908, 431 § 1.
Sect. 17 re\4sed, 1908, 431 § 2.
Sect. 19 revised, 1908, 431 § 3.
Sect. 20 limited, 1908, 640 § 6; 1913, 778 § 12. (See 1915, 66 § 1.)
Sect. 24 d seq. See 1902, 226; 1903, 243, 344; 1906, 463 I § 23, II §§ 117,
122; 1908, 542, 552, 606 §§ 5-7; 1909, 47 § 1, 213, 398; 1910, 459; 1913,
633 § 2, 803, 835 §§ 391, 392; 1914, 180, 707; 1915, 177; 1916, 286. (See
1914, 530, 581; 1915, 189, 225; 1916, 132, 286; 1917, 57, 64, 68, 103, 114,
120, 127, 145, 174, 175, 236, 241, 246, 251, 258, 276, 315, 329.)
Sect. 27 amended, 1918, 257 § 138. Provision to secure persons furnish-
ing materials or labor on public works, 1904, 349; 1909, 514 § 23. (See
1907, 188.)
Sect. 30. See 1904, 317, 443 §§ 2, 6.
Chapter 21. — Of County Treasurers, the Controller of County Accounts
and County Finances.
Retirement system for county employees, 1911, 634; 1913, 817; 1915,
234; 1918, 104, 257 §§ 117-125, 134-136; 1919, 103, 106, 158; 1920, 319,
574 (veterans). (See 1912, 723.) Pavment for injuries, 1911, 751; 1912,
571, 666, 684; 1913, 807; 1915, 123, 132, 236, 244, 275, Sp. Act 314.
Examination of accounts of county officers and others, 1914, 216. (See
1918, 163, 229 § 2.)
Counties may invest sinking funds in bonds of farmland banks, 1915, 231
§ 16. (See 19i8, 257 § 370.)
County industrial farms and the emplovment of prisoners in reclaiming
and cultivating land, see 1913, 633; 1914, 180; 1915, 177; 1917, 258;
1918, 156, 159.
Tenure of countv treasurers to be six years after biennial state election
in 1924, 1919, 269 §§ 24, 26.
Chap. 21] REVISED LaWS. 831
Increase in the compensation of certain county employees, 1918, 2G0;
1919, 276.
Minimum salaries for officers of countv penal institutions established,
1918, 240.
Appointment in certain counties of trustees for county aid to agriculture,
1918, 273; 1919, 34, 75; 1920, 103, 517.
Payment to county treasurer of unclaimed deposits in hands of probation
officers, 1920, 122.
Rate of interest on county and municipal securities, 1920, 336.
Counties to reimburse sheriffs for bonds, 1920, 546 § 2.
Sect. 1. See 1904, 451 § 4; 1908, 391; 1913, 835 §§ 391, 392.
Sect. 2 amended. Salaries classified and established, 1904, 451; 1911,
299; 1918, 263; 1919, 241. Essex, 1913, 423.
Sect. 3 repealed and superseded, 1919, 177. Clerical assistance: Bristol,
1912, 333. (See 1906, 398; 1909, 283.) Essex, 1911, 270 § 1. (See 1905,
322 § 1.) Hampden, 1912, 174. (See 1905, 163; 1908, 349.) Hampshire,
1911, 122; 1913, 419; L918, 162. (See 1905, 322 § 2.) Middlesex, 1911,
270 § 1; 1917, 173. Norfglk, 1907,231; 1916, 182. Plymouth, 1912, 298;
1917, 99. (See 1905, 332 § 1.) Worcester, 1908, 352.
Sect. 4 amended, 1915, 51.
Sect. 8 et seq. See 1916, 269 § 26. Certain advances authorized, 1912,
77; 1914, 542. (See 1913, 191.)
Sects. 9-13. See 1909, 271 ; 1912, 387.
Sect. 11. See 1909, 136; 1912, 377.
Sect 19 See 1919 170
Sect. 20 revised, 1918, 257 § 139. (See 1904, 277 § 2.)
Sect. 21. See 1908, 464, 594; 1909, 136, 148; 1910, 137; 1912, 377.
Sect. 22 amended, 1911, 36; 1913, 121. AflFected, 1920, 122. (See
1913, 120.)
Sects. 25-28 See 1911 634.
Sect. 27 amended, 1911,' 447. Affected, 1918, 273 § 4. (See 1915, 189
§ 6, 225 § 4; 1918, 229 § 1.)
Sect. 31 amended, 1918, 257 § 140.
Sect. 36 repealed, 1918, 257 § 141.
Sect. 39 amended, 1914, 386; 1919, 178.
Sects. 39, 40. Non-interest-bearing notes may be issued and sold at a
discount, 1904, 153; 1920, 87. (See 1908, 464 § 1, 594; 1909, 136, 148;
1910, 137.) Bonds to be exempt from taxation in Massachusetts, if so
stated on face, 1908, 461 § 1; 1909, 490 I § 5.
Sect. 40 amended, 1918, 257 § 142.
Registration of bonds, etc., held in sinking funds, 1912, 377; 1916, 152;
1917, 116. (See 1909, 136.) Filing of official letters, 1913, 702.
Sect. 44. See 1909, 271.
Sects. 45-50 extended, 1918, 163, 229 § 2. Office of controller of county
accounts abolished and powers transferred to the director of the dimsion of ac-
counts in the department of corporations and taxation, 1919, 350 §§ 52-55.
Sect. 46 amended, 1912, 406; 1914, 546.
Sect. 48 amended, 1911, 35; 1914, 216.
832 CHAN<:i^ES IN THE [Chaps. 22, 23.
Chapter 22. — Of Registers of Deeds.
Tenure of registers of deeds after biennial state election in 1922 to be six
years, 1919, 269 §§ 21, 26.
As to filing notices of federal tax liens with registers of deeds, see 1915, 120.
Register^ of deeds to give notice to state board of charity of filing of
instruments creating charitable funds, 1915, 14.
Plans filed for record in registries of deeds to be approved by boards of
survey, 1917, 185.
Filing and recording order of taking in eminent domain proceedings,
see 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 3. Of betterment assessments, 1918, 257
§ 219, subsect 2.
Provision for second assistant register of deeds for southern district of
Essex county, 1920, 569; for the southern Middlesex and Worcester dis-
tricts, 1920, *603.
Sect. 7 amended, 1902, 544 § 5; 1918, 257 § 143. (See 1914, 615.)
Sects. 8-12. Additional assistant in Suffolk, 1908, 612. (See 1909, 213;
1913,835 §§391,392; 1914,615.) Chief clerk in Worcester district, 1912, 64.
Sects. 8-10. See 1920, 569, 603.
Sect. 9. See 1907, 225; 1912, 64.
Sect. 12 amended, 1906, 67. (See 1907, 225.)
Sect. 13. See 1909, 271; 1910,373,473; 1911,136; 1912, 635 §§ 87, 88.
Sect. 14. See 1910, 376.
Sect. 18. See 1907, 225.
Sect. 21 et scq. See 1909, 271.
Sects. 22, 23 affected, 1909, 160.
Sect. 24. See 1907 225.
Sect. 30. Suffolk added, 1909, 291 ; 1910, 373.
Sect. 31 amended, 1902, 422.
Sect. 32 amended. Salaries classified and established, 1904, 452; 1912,
553; 1913, 682, 737; 1919, 361; 1920, 495 § 3, 625.
Sect. 33. Increase in Norfolk, 1913, 227. (See 1909, 271; 1910, 373.)
Sect. 34. Certain moneys to be deposited, 1911, 36. (See 1908, 365;
1910, 273; 1912, 502 § 25.)
Chapter 23. — Of Sheriffs.
Tenure of sheriffs after biennial state election in 1920 to be six years,
1919, 269 §§ 23, 26.
Fees for service of civil process, 1913, 611.
Sheriff of any county except Suffolk may remove prisoners to and from
jail and house of correction, 1909, 312.
Sheriff acting as jailer, master, keeper, etc., to give bond, 1914, 34; to
be reimbursed by county for premium, 1920, 546 § 2.
Sheriff to have custody of prisoners emploved in reclaiming and culti-
vating land, 1913, 663 § 2; 1914, 180; 1915, 177; 1918, 159. To remove
to and have custody of prisoners on county industrial farms, 1917, 258 § 3;
1918, 156 § 1.
Chaps. 24, 25.J REVISED LawS. 833
Sect. 1. See 190S, 195, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 294.
Sects. 2, 3. See 1913, 501; 1914, 615.
Sect. 4 revised, 1918, 257 § 144.
Sect. 7 amended, 1918, 257 § 145.
Sect. 12. See 1912, 184, 372.
Sect. 17. Tenure of office, 1906, 147; 1911, 322. (See 1913, 835 §§ 339,
391.)
Sect. 18. In part superseded, 1919, 287 (classifying salaries of sheriffs
except in Suffolk, Dukes and Nantucket). (See 1902,359,436; 1906,233;
1907, 254; 1908, 397, 442, 446; 1912, 115, 548, 561; 1913, 481, 501, 637;
1914, 334; 1918, 240.) Travelling expenses of sheriffs, 1918, 257 § 146.
Sect. 19 affected, 1918, 240 § 1. In part superseded, 1919, 287 § 3.
Sects. 20. 21. Provisions for estimate of expenses in Suffolk, 1909, 271;
1910, 373.
Chapter 24. — Of Medical Examiners.
Sect. 2 amended, 1911, 365; 1912, 466; 1913, 335; 1915, 278.
Sect. 4 amended, 1914, 637. (See 1914, 615.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1908, 424. Revised, 1919, 216 § 1, 230.
Sect. 9 extended, 1911, 274. x
Sect. 10 revised, 1916, 114. (See 1909, 273 § 1.)
Sect. 11 revised, 1912, 443. Revised, 1918, 257, § 147. (See 1904, 119;
1909, 273 § 2.)
Sect. 12 revised, 1918, 257, § 148.
Sect. 14 revised, 1912, 496; 1917, 94.
Sect. 22 revised, 1920, 188.
Sect. 28 repealed, 1917, 326 § 2.
Chapter 25. — Of Towns and Town Officers.
Town laws amended, 1918, 257 §§ 149-156, 291; 1920, 591.
Commissions to revise and codify town laws, 1918, Res. 47; 1919, 248.
Accountanty provision for, 1916, 252. Accounts, municipal, auditing of,
1910, 598; 1917, 192; 1920, 245. Advisory or finance committee, provision
for, 1910, 130 § 1. Agricultural demonstration work, 1914, 707 § 9; 1918,
273 § 5. American legion, provision of quarters for, 1919, 352; 1920, 254.
Art commission, 1911, 452. Band concerts, 1904, 152; 1908, 290. Better-
ment assessments, 1918, 257 § 219. Bill boards and advertising signs, regu-
lation of, 1920, 545. Bills, approval of, 1913, 469. Blasting operations,
bonds for, 1911, 325; 1914, 155. Blind, reports concerning, by and to
overseers of poor, 1916, 160. Boats and bathing suits, renting of, for use on
great ponds, 1910, 400. Bounty, for wild cat, lynx, etc., 1903, 417; 1913,
573; for seals, 1919, 200. (See 1912, 110.) Buildings, construction and
use of, 1912, 334; 1913, 655; 1917, 156; 1918, 135, 257 § 150; tenement
houses, 1912, 635; 1913, 441, 614; limitation of, to specified districts,
according to use or construction, 1920, 601. Burial grounds, neglected,
1902, 389; 1915, 156. Charitable purposes, temporary licenses to sell for,
1916, 188. Civil service laws, and removal, suspension, etc., of employees,
834 Changes in the [Chap. 25.
see chapter 19. Clerk, town, prohibited from charging fee for minors'
certificates, 1914, 316; to give bond, 1918, 291 §§ 10, 21. Cold storage,
inspection of, 1910, 640; 1912, 652. Compensatioti to employees for in-
juries, 1911, 751; 1912, 571, 666, 684; 1913, 807; 1914, 636; 1915, 123,
132, 236, 244, 275, Sp. Acts 270, 314; 1916, 307. Coniingent and reserve
funds, 1912, 347; 1913, 645. Contracts for use of municipal property, 1918,
223. Damages, assessment of, for pubhc acts, 1917, 257 § 187. Deer,
damages by, 1903, 407; 1905, 419; 1908, 377; 1909, 396; 1912, 438.
Dental dispensaries for children, 1914, 677; repealed and superseded by
1920, 100, authorizing cities and towns to estabUsh dental, medical and
health clinics. Discharge papers of soldiers to be recorded by city and town
clerks, 1920, 467. Dicellings for inhabitants, may furnish in case of emer-
gency, 1920, 554. Eminent domain and land takings, 1902, 521 § 1; 1904,
317, 443; 1905, 266, 390; 1913, 68, 148, 401; 1914, 33; 1915, 263; 1918,
257 § 187. Financial year of tokens, 1913, 692. Fire department, provision
for, 1920, 591 §§ 27-29; promotion for call men in, 1913,487 § 1; 1914,
138; 1916,119; hours of labor in, 1904, 315; 1909, 514 §44; "two-platoon"
system, 1919, 132. (See 1909, 514 § 42; 1911, 494; 1913, 822.) Fire pre-
vention in metropolitan district, 1914, 795; 1916, 138; 1919, 350 § 99;
1920, 111. Fish tveirs, nets, traps, licensing of, 1913, 523; 1917, 54; 1918,
27. Food and necessaries, providing of, by cities and towns under constitu-
tional amendment, 1918, 205. (See 1920, 554.) Forest fires, cost of apparatus
to fight, repayment to towns, 1910, 398; 1914, 262; aid to towns for fight-
ing, 1920, 269; observation towers, 1919, 120. Forest and sprout land,
protection from fire, 1908, 209; slash or brush, disposal of, 1914, 101; 1920,
308. Forests, may acquire, 1920, 604 § 5. Grand Army posts, 1913, 62.
Gymnasiums and public baths, 1908, 392. (See 1915, 25.) Harbors, im-
provement of, 1909, 481 § 3; 1919, 162 § 2. Health, boards of, may make
reasonable regulations, 1920, 591 § 17. Highways and bridges, jurisdiction
over, 1917, 344 §§ 35-38. Homesteads for workmen, 1911, 607; 1912, 714;
1913, 494 §3, 595; 1914, 283 § 2; 1915,129; 1917,310; 1918,204; 1919,
350 §§ 87-95. Horses, disabled, 1908, 133. Hospitcds, isolation, for danger-
ous diseases, 1911, 613 (see 1906, 365; 1909, 391); tuberculosis hospitals
and dispensaries, 1911, 576, 597; 1912, 687; 1914, 408; 1916, 57, 197,
286; 1917, 103, 251, 290; 1918, 80, 163, 187; 1920, 238; free beds in,
1915, 44. Hotels and lodging ho^ises, licensing, inspection and regulation of,
1918, 259. Indmtrial schools, 1911, 471 § 4. (See 1906, 505; 1908, 572;
1909, 457, 540; 1912, 106; 1915, 266.) hisect pests, suppression of elm
leaf beetle, gvpsv and brown tail moths, 1902, 57; 1905, 381; 1906, 268;
1907, 475, 521; "1908, 591; 1910, 150; 1911, 474; 1913, 585, 600, 605;
1914, 404; 1915, 80, 124, 171. (See 1909, 263; 1911, 242; 1912, 112.) In-
surance funds, municipal building, 1905, 191; 1907, 576 § 102. Interest
rate on municipal securities, 1920, 336. Intoxicating liquors, transportation
of, 1906, 421 § 2; 1911, 423; licenses for sale of, for any part of license
year, 1919, 10. Janitors of public schools, pensioning of, 1919, 143. Junk
collectors, regulation and Hcensing of, 1902, 187; ^1918, 291 §§ 18-20.
Laborers and mechanics, hours of, 1911, 474; 1916, 240; vacations of, 1914,
217; citizens' preference, 1914, 600; 1918, 257 § 94. Landing places, common,
Chap. 25.] REVISED LaWS. 835
1908, 606. Laws, town, codification and amendment of, 1914, Res. 86;
1918, 191, Res. 47; 1919, 248; 1920, 591. Letters, official, filing of, 1913,
702. Libraries, public, 1914, 373; lending and procuring books of, 1914.
118. Loan^, director of bureau of statistics to be notified, 1919,23. Lobsters,
1909, 605; 1917, 312; 1918, 212; 1920, 434. Loiv lands, improvement of,
1918, 289. Lumber, measurers of, election and appointment of, 1920, 551 § 5.
Lunch wagons, 1908, 360. Markets, imblic, 1915, 119; 1916, 79; 1920, 580.
Maso7iry construction, inspectors of, 1914, 540. Milk, production, inspection
and sale of, 1909, 405, 443; 1914, 744; 1916, 134, 151, 228; 1917, 112,
256; 1918, 170. (See 1911, 278; 1915, 109; 1917, 259.) Monuments to
soldiers and sailors, revolutionary, 1903, 116. (See 1910, 90.) Motor trucks
of cities and towns, fees for registration of, 1916, 52. Motor vehicles, regula-
tion of, 1909, 534 § 17; 1913, 803; 1914, 190; 1916, 293; 1919, 350 §§ 115,
116; carrying passengers for hire, licensing of, 1916, 293; 1918, 226;
1919, 371. Municipal indebtedness, see chapter 27. Neglected children, con-
veyance of, 1914, 272. Nurses, 1911, 72. Officers, election of and changes
in, town clerk to report to secretary of commonwealth, 1920, 591 § 16.
Old home week, appropriations, 1902, 109; 1907, 311. Pensions and re-
tirements, 1907, 186; 1908, 498; 1910, 619; 1911, 338; 1912, 503; 1913,
671, 697; 1915, 47; 1918, 257 §§ 126-136; 1919, 21; 1920, 179 § 1; pledge,
mortgage, sale or assignment of, forbidden, 1916, 75; pensioners forbidden
to receive pay for public service, 1916, 88; 1918, 257 § 135. Petroleum, in-
spection of, 1911, 204. Pickerel, 1905, 417. (See 1912, 110; 1913, 573.)
Pipes and conduits, laying of, for conveyance of water, 1903, 459 (see 1913,
422); for heating and power, 1909, 103 § 1. Planning boards, 1913, 494;
1914, 283; 1915, 165 (see 1911, 607); 1913, 595, 655 § 14. Playgrounds, '
1908,513; 1910,508; 1912,223; 1915,25; 1918,124; 1919,217. Plumb-
ing, supervision of, 1909, 536; 1910, 597; 1912, 518, 635 § 34; 1913,
786 § 32. Police, provision for department, 1920, 591 §§ 22-26; one day
off in eight, 1920, 166; killed or fatally injured, provision for allowance to
families of, 1920, 515; women as special, 1914, 510; 1918, 168; 1920, 211,
567. Poor department, publishing names of persons aided by, forbidden, 1910,
412. (See 1912, 231.) Practical arts for women, evening classes in, 1912, 106;
1915, 266. Premiums on municipal bonds, 1910, 379. Public service corpo-
rations, authority to appropriate money to conduct proceeds relative to
certain acts of, 1916, 23. Purchasing department, provision for, 1920, 591
§ 30. Railroads, agreements with, relative to maintenance of surface and
approaches of bridges, 1914, 200. Receipts, money, by departments, dis-
position of, 1920, 591 § 7. Records, keeping of, 1917, 19. Reimbursement
of taxes lost on public institutions, 1910, 607; 1911, 478; 1914, 648. Rem-
nant act, so-called, repealed, 1918, 257 § 203. Resignation of town officers,
1918, 291 § 32. Rifle range, 1908, 256. R^des and regulations, by town
boards, etc., with penalty, copy to be filed with town clerk, 1920, 591 § 4.
Sanitary stations, 1911, 596. School children, lunches for, 1919, 292 § 10;
conveyances for, 1914, 272; 1919, 292 § 5. School fund, distribution of,
1918, 186; 1919, 363. Seamen, destitute shipwrecked, transportation of,
1918, 291 § 17. Sewerage, treatment and purification, 1909, 433. Shellfish,
1904, 282; 1909, 469; 1913, 549; 1914, 597; 1916, 35. Shelter for in-
836 Changes in the [Chap. 25.
habitants, may furnish in emergency, 1920, 554. Signs, awnings and other
projections in ways, 1915, 176; 1920, 545. Sinking funds, investment of,
1915, 231; registration of bonds in, 1909, 136 § 1; 1912, 377; 1916, 152;
1917, 116. Snow and ice, removal of, 1902, 205. Soldiers and sailors, pro-
vision for, 1917, 179; 1918, 108, 183, 233; pavment of difference in com-
pensation, 1917, 254; 1920, 235; graves of, 1914, 122; 1920, 218; com-
mission for employment of, 1919, 125. Sports and games on Lord's day,
1920, 240. Street railways, may contract with, for electric hght, 1902, 449;
1906, 218; 1914, 742 § 109 (see 1906, 463 III § 60; 1915, 191); may au-
thorize land takings bjs 1903, 476 § 1 ; may repair streets and bridges dis-
turbed by street railway construction, 1916, 302; licensing of, as common
carriers, 1903, 202; 1904,441; 1906, 463 III § 41; 1907,402; 1918,226,
238; may regulate street railway companies operating motor vehicles,
1918, 226; may acquire franchises and property of street railway com-
panies, 1918, 280 § 9; entitled to notice of certain petitions of street railway
companies, 1918, 144; may contribute to cost of operation of, 1918, 288;
may establish transportation areas, 1920, 599. Superintendent of schools,
reimbursement of small towns, 1918, 109; 1920, 371. Survey, boards of,
1907, 191 ; 1918, 135, 257 § 150. Temporary appointments, to fill places of
town officers in military service, 1918, 185. Trust funds, boards of com-
missioners of, 1915, 282. Veterans, retirement of, 1912, 447; 1920, 574;
leave of absence on Memorial day, 1920, 531. War emergency appropri-
ations, 1917, 264. Water supply, protection of sources, 1908, 499; unlawful
use of water, 1914, 284; water meters, injuring and testing, 1914, 284, 397.
Ways, contributions toward state highways, 1904, 125; maintenance of,
with neighboring city or town, 1907, 196. Weighers, measurers and surveyors,
local, 1918, 65; 1920, 551 §§ 5-10. Weights and measures, sealers and deputy
sealers of, 1914, 452. Wild andjorest land, taxation of, see chapter 12.
Sects. 1-11. See 1919 262.
Sect. 13 revised, 192o! 591 § 11. Extended, 1907, 232 § 1; 1919, 352.
(See 1920, 254.)
Sect. 14 amended. 1902, 544 § 6; 1918, 291 § 1. (See 1908, 499.)
Sect. 15 repealed in part, 1915, 145 §§ 7, 13. Amended, 1918, 291 § 2,
Par. 4, see 1914, 272. Par. 5, see 1904, 125; 1907, 196. Par. 11, see 1916,
314. Par. 12 amended, 1913, 62. Par. 13 amended, 1903, 116; 1910, 90;
1920, 528. (See 1914, 122.) Par. 15, see 1903, 483. Cities- and towns may
appropriate money to celebrate return of soldiers and sailors, 1919, 4; may
raise and appropriate money for memorials to soldiers, etc., 1919, 61, 164;
1920, 292; for forest-fire observation towers, 1919, 120; may pay difference
between military and municipal compensation of employees, 1917, 254;
1920, 235; may provide suitable headquarters for posts of American Legion,
1920, 254. (See also 1908, 290, 392, 498; 1914, 118, 677, 707 § 9; 1916,
309.)
Sect. 16 repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 § 13. (See 1902, 57; 1905,
381; 1906, 268; 1907, 521; 1908, 591; 1909, 444; 1914, 404; 1915, 80,
124, 17L)
Sect. 18 amended, 1908, 91; 1915, 164.
Sect. 22 amended, 1909, 289. (See 1908, 452.)
Chap. 25.] REVISED LaWS. 837
Sect. 2.3 amended, 1918, 291 § 3; 1920, 591 §§ 3, 5. Par. 1, see 1910,
565 § 2. Par. 4, see 1902, 205. Par. 7, see 1903, 383 § 3. Par. 8, see 1903,
459; 1909, 103 § 1. (See 1914, 284, 397.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1920, 591 § 9. (See 1903, 473 § 14; 1905, 366 § 1;
1914, 182.)
Sect. 26 revised. By-laws to be approved by attorney-general and pub-
lished three times, 1904, 344 § 1; 1910, 130 § 2; 1919, 275. (See 1904,
344 § 2; 1905, 144.)
Sect. 27. Repeal and substitute, 1907, 117; 1908, 142.
Sect. 28. See 1911, 136.
Sect. 29 revised, 1918, 291 § 4. (See 1910, 412, 598.)
Sect. SI et seq. Towns and cities may authorize laying of pipes and
conduits for conveyance of water, 1903, 459. (See 1913, 422; 1920, 591
§§ 36, 44-47, water commissioners in towns.) And for heating and power,
1909, 103 § 1.
Sect. 32. See 1912, 377.
Sect. 35 extended, 1902, 361.
Sect. 37. See 1905, 266; 1914, 33.
Sect. 39 revised, 1918, 291 § 5. Aifected, 1910, 405.
Sect. 44. See 1909, 371 § 6; 1910, 598; 1913, 727; 1914, 55; 1915, 85,
285; 1916, 62 § 2; 1917, 49, 159.
Sect. 45 revised, 1918, 291 § 6.
Sect. 45 et seq. See 1904, 317, 443; 1905, 266, 390; 1915, 263.
Sect. 46 repealed with proviso, 1918, 291 § 7.
Sect. 47 amended, 1918, 291 § 8.
Sect. 49. See 1905, 266; 1914, 33; 1915, 263.
Sect. 52. See 1906, 463 III §§ 64-66; 1911, 442, 481; 1914, 742 § 127.
Sects 53 54. See 1914 742 § 127.
Sect. 55 Amended, 1918,' 291 § 9. (See 1911, 339; 1914, 742 § 127.)
Sect. 57. Repeal and substitute, 1909, 514 §§ 22, 145. (See 1904, 349.)
Sect. 59 et seq. Town clerks to give bond, 1918, 291 §§ 10, 21. (See
1904, 364; 1905, 317 § 2; 1906, 277; 1908, 209 § 3, 306, 402 § 2, 484 §§ 2,
4; 1911, 325 §1,614, 727 §22; 1912,391; 1916,252; 1917,55 § 3, 185 § 2.)
Sect. 62 revised, 1918, 291 § 11.
Sect. 65 affected, 1907, 191 § 1, 560 § 371, 579 § 1. (See 1920, 591
§§ 36, 39, 44-47.)
Sects. 65-67. Relative to the powers of selectmen, 1920, 591 §§ 36-47.
Selectmen may be authorized to appoint a purchasing agent, 1920, 591
§ 30; assessors and assistant assessors, 1920, 591 §§ 31, 32.
Sect. 68. See 1907, 560 § 371, 579.
Sects. 68-70. See 1920, 591 §§ 36, 39, 44-47.
Sect. 69 amended, 1909, 517 § 3. (See 1908, 550.)
Sect. 71. See 1914, 272; 1916, 160 § 1; 1920, 591 §§ 36, 39, 44-47.
Sect. 72 amended, 1920, 591 § 6.
Sect. 72 et seq. See 1904, 458 § 3; 1910, 379, 624 §§ 2, 5; 1912, 377, 387;
1915, 282 § 2; 1916, 269 § 26, 293.
Acts relative to form of notes for money borrowed, 1910, 616; 1912, 45,
49; 1915, 84. (See 1912, 377; 1913, 416, 677.)
838 Changes in the [Chap. 26.
Sect. 74 amended, 1904, 277 § 1. Police officer or treasurer may prose-
cute for fines, etc., 1904, 277 § 2.
Sect. 75. See 1908, 99; 1909, 490 II §§ 32, 85.
Sects. 76-78. Provision for special collector, 1910, 272; 1916, 131 § 2.
For reimbursing towns for loss of taxes on land used for public institutions,
1910, 607; 1911, 478; 1914, 648.
Sect. 77 amended, 1916, 131 § 1.
Sect. 79. Certain trust accounts to be audited, 1904, 322. (See 1906,
296; 1912, 377, 387.) Pro\dsion for town accountants, 1910, 624; 1911,
207; 1916, 252. (See 1912, 387; 1913, 669.)
Sects. 81-83 repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1. (See 1920, 591 §§ 36,
44-47.) Act to authorize establishment of board of survey, 1907, 191.
(See 1907, 560 § 364; 1908, 552; 1911, 222; 1916, 190, 302 §§ 1, 2; 1917,
185 § 1.)
Sect. 83. See 1902 57.
Sect! 84^ See 1909' 43*3; 1920, 591 §§ 36, 40, 44-i7.
Sect. 85 repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1. (See 1917, 34.)
Sect. 85 et seq. See 1916, 302 §§ 1, 2.
Sect. 86 repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1.
Sects. 87-94. Provisions for police department, 1920, 591 §§ 22-26,
36, 41, 44^7.
Sect. 91 et seq. See 1912, 372, 482; 1914, 126. _
Sect. 94. Policemen and firemen may be pensioned, 1904, 327; 1918,
257 §§ 97-99; 1919, 333 § 3. (See 1911, 137; 1916, 75, 88.) And their
widows, 1907, 186. (See 1909, 453; 1913,545,671,681; 1916,75,88.) Pro-
vision for license to carry loaded pistol, 1906, 172 § 1; 1908, 350; 1911, 548.
Vacations for policemen, 1908, 476; 1911, 210, 625. One day off in eight
for police officers, 1920, 166. (See 1909, 346 § 2.) Appointment of women
as special police officers authorized, 1914, 510; 1918, 168.
Sect. 95 revised, 1920, 591 § 8. (See 1909, 490 II § 13, 512.)
Sect. 97 repealed, 1918, 291 § 12.
Sect. 99 revised, 1920, 591 § 12. (See 1909, 514 § 37.)
Sect. 100. See 1908, 464, 594; 1911, 339,
Sect. 101 repealed, 1918, 257 § 149.
Chapter 26. — Of Cities.
See chapter 25. "Chapter twenty-five and all other laws relative to
towns shall apply to cities so far as consistent with the general or special
laws relative thereto." R. L. 26 § 2.
Bills, approval of, 1913,520; 1918, 23. Boston, relative to administration
of, 1909, 486; 1910, 414; 1912, 550; 1918, Sp. Acts 37, 93, 94; 1919, Sp.
Acts 206, 222, 249, 252; 1920, 92, 96, 140, 401, 524; to extend authority
of, to obtain information on municipal affairs, 1914, 274. Budget, annual,
1913, 719 § 20; 1915, 138; 1920, 172. City charters, revision of, simplified,
1915, 267; 1916, 68, 99; 1917, 162; 1918, 257 § 157; 1920, 337. Con-
tracts, open to public inspection, 1907, 343; 1909, 201. Fire department,
days off for members, 1915, 97. Firemen, retirement and pensions, 1913,
Chap. 27.] REVISED LawS. 839
671, 697; 1918, 257 §§ 97, 98; "two-platoon" system, 1919, 132. In-
dehtedness, see chapter 27. Memorials of Spanish-American war soldiers,
1902, 286. Police, retirement of, 1918, 257 §§ 99, 100; 1919, 333 § 3; one
day off in eight, 1920, 166. Purchasing departments in cities, 1916, 223.
Survey, boards of, 1916, 190.
Sect. 7. Overseers of the poor to be elected for three years in certain
cities, 1902, 444. (See 1914, 272.)
Sects. 7, 8. See act relative to term of office of municipal auditors, 1905,
373; and of police officers, 1906, 210; 1907, 272.
Sect. 9. See 1915, 138.
Sect. 15. See 1906, 277 § 2; 1913, 408.
Sect. 18. See 1910, (yiO; 1912, 652.
Sect. 19. See 1906, 210; 1907, 272; 1908, 476.
Sect. 20 revised, 1920, 591 § 13.
Sect. 21 amended, 1910, 261; 1920, 591 § 14. Cities (except Boston)
may provide annuities for widows and minor children of police officers who
die from injuries received in discharge of duty, 1902, 437. Provision for
families of policemen killed or fatally injured in discharge of duties, 1920,
515. (See 1903, 312, 428; 1909, 188, 453; 1913, 545, 657, 671, 681.)
Vacations for pohcemen, 1908, 476; 1911, 210, 625. Pensions for policemen
and firemen, 1904,. 327; 1913, 697, 800; 1916, 218; 1918, 257 §§ 97-100.
(See 1913, 545, 657, 671, 681, 770; 1915, 97.)
Sect. 22. See 1907, 577; 1909, 514 §§ 52, 145.
Sect. 26 superseded, 1914, 198 § 3. (See 1909, 289, 440 § 2.)
Sect. 28 amended, 1915, 2. (See 1903, 457; 1904, 371; 1905, 391, 465
§ 112; 1913, 62.)
Sect. 33 limited, 1908, 48.
Sect. 37. See 1911, 339.
Sect. 39. See 1909, 346 § 2, 394 § 2.
Sect. 40. See 1906, 291 § 10; 1910, 405; 1911, 282.
Chapter 27. — Of Municipal Indebtedness.
Financial year of towns established, 1913, 692. Acts relative to munic-
ipal indebtedness and finance, 1913, 719, 727; 1914, 55, 143, 317, 587 § 2,
740; 1915, 2, 18, 83, 85, 115, 138, 285; 1916, 62 § 1, 101, 111, 309, 314
§§ 1, 6; 1917, 179 §§ 1, 7; 1918, 25, 26, 205 § 4, 223 § 2; 1919, 23, 350
§ 54; 1920, 114, 172, 591 § 10. (See 1914, 742 § 98; 1917, 264 § 2.)
Incurring of debt by cities, towns and districts under special acts, 1914,
740.
Disposition of premiums on municipal bonds, 1910, 379; 1914, 742 § 98.
Registration of bonds, etc., in sinking funds, 1912, 377. Payment of out-
standing demand notes and restoration of trust funds, 1913, 634. Peti-
tions to borrow money outside of debt limit, 1913, 677.
Contracts made by cities shall be open to public inspection, 1907, 343;
1909, 201. Pay rolls, bills and accounts for services to be verified by oath,
1913, 520, 825. Approval of bills against cities, 1913, 469; amended, 1918,
23.
840 Changes in the [Chap. 27.
Installation of a system of accounts or an audit by director of bureau of
statistics, 1910, 598; 1913, 706; 1916, 13; 1917, 24, 192; 1920, 245; in
fire, water, light, watch and improvement districts, 1917, 159. For town
accountants, 1910, 624; 1911, 207; 1913, 669. (See 1913, 719 § 8.) Con-
tingent and reserve funds for towns, 1912, 347; 1913, 645. (See 1919,
350 §§ 52-54, transferring certain duties of bureau af statistics in relation
to municipal indebtedness and finance to the director in charge of the division
of accounts in the department of corporations and taxation.)
Cities and towns authorized to establish municipal building insurance
funds, 1905, 191; 1907, 576 § 102. Contingent and reserve funds, 1912,
347; 1913, 645.
Issuing of notes bv fire, water, watch, light and improvement districts,
1913, 727; 1914, 55;"^ 1915, 85, 285; 1918, 26; 1919, 23, 350 § 54.
Municipal indebtedness for lighting plants, 1914, 742 § 98; 1915, 115.
(See 1918, 77, 78.)
Departmental appropriations in certain cities relative to proceeds of the
taxes upon incomes, 1917, 209; 1918, 107.
Cities and towns authorized to raise and appropriate money in order to
provide food and other necessaries in accordance with the provisions of
article XLVII of the amendments to the constitution, 1918, 205 §§ 4, 5;
in order to furnish inhabitants with dwellings and shelter in case of emer-
gency, 1920, 554 § 3.
Cities and towns authorized to contribute to the cost of operating and
fixed charges of street railway companies, 1918, 288.
Director of bureau of statistics to be notified of issue of municipal loans,
1919, 23, 350 §§ 52-54.
Cities and towns may borrow for memorials to soldiers, etc., 1919, 61;
for the payment of certain judgments, 1920, 114.
Interest rate on county and municipal securities, 1920, 336.
Sect. 3. See 1905, 191 § 2; 1907, 576 § 103.
Sect. 5 revised, 1908, 341 § 2; 1914, 742 § 98. (See 1915, 115.)
Sects. 6, 10. Notes may be non-interest bearing and sold at a discount,
1904, 153. (See 1908, 250 § 2, 464, 594; 1909, 136, 148; 1913, 719.)
Sect. 9. Act relative to form of notes, 1910, 616; 1912, 45, 49; 1915,
83-85, 285. (See 1912, 377; 1913, 416, 677; 1914, 364, 742 § 98 et seq.;
1915, 115.)
Sects. 9, 10. Provision for registration of bonds, etc., held by the com-
monwealth and by sinking fund commissioners, 1909, 136 § 1; 1912, 377;
1916, 152; 1917, 116. For disposition of premiums on bonds, 1910, 379.
Sect. 10 amended, 1908, 250 § 1. (See 1909, 136.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1903, 375. (See 1913, 719 § 24.)
Sects. 12-19. See 1910, 379 §§ 2, 3; 1913, 719 §§ 12, 13; 1914, 742 § 98
et seq.; 1915, 115.
Sect. 13 amended, 1908, 341 § 1; 1911, 350 § 1. (See 1909, 486 § 26,
490 I § 96; 1910, 437; 1911, 165, 308; 1914, 742 § 98 e« seq.; 1915, 115.)
Sects. 13-15. See 1902, 325; 1911, 463.
Sect. 15. See 1905, 191 § 3; 1907, 576 § 104.
Chap. 28.] REVISED LaWS. 841
Chapter 28. — Of Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Public Domain.
Establishment of Mount Tom state reservation, 1903, 264; 1917, 195;
1918, 167; of Purgatory Chasm state reservation, 1919, 327; of Mount
Grace as a state forest, 1920, 606.
Provision for an art commission, 1910, 422; 1919, 350 § 16.
Provision for public playgrounds in certain cities and towns, 1908, 513;
1910, 508; 1915, 25; 1918, 124; 1919, 217. Sports and games permitted
on Lord's day, 1920, 240.
Power boats must display lights at night in certain waters, 1910, 397;
1918, 257 § 269.
Lighting of reservations, parkways and other lands under the control of
the metropolitan park commission, 1914, 515; 1916, 107.
Alteration of name of a public park in certain cases, 1917, 344, Part 5,
§4.
Office of state forester established and duties prescribed, 1904, 409; 1907,
473; 1909, 214, 263, 444 §3, 452; 1911,244; 1912,419,577,625; 1913,293
1914, 341, 598; 1915, Res. 2, 23; 1916, 51, 97; 1917, 51 § 2, 63; forester su
perseded, 1919, 350 §§ 39-42. (See 1907, 475; 1908, 209; 1909, 394, 422
1910, 153, 236; 1911, 474, 722; 1912, 112, 127.) Provision for reforesta
tion, 1908, 478; 1909, 214; 1914, 598 §§ 17, 18, 720. (See 1909, 187, 394
1912, 127.)
State forest commission established and provision for the purchase of
lands for state forests, 1914, 720; 1916, 136; commission superseded, 1919,
350 §§ 39-12; 1920, 604, 606.
As to metropolitan parks, see 1893, 407; 1894, 288; 1895, 450; 1896,
465; 1898, 473, 531; 1899, 400, 406, 419; 1900, 413, 475; 1901, 83, 146,
380, 491; 1902, 77, 166, 172; 1903, 158, 290, 429, 465; 1904, 170, 236, 237,
431; 1905, 366, 456, 457; 1906, 336, 353 § 4, 368, 375, 402; 1907, 404,
433, 449; 1908, 158, 301, 324, 445, 476, 651; 1909, 145, 362, 453, 524;
1910, 582, 585, 628; 1911, 439, 463, 498, 541; 1912, 528, 683, 699, 704, 715;
1913, 417, 525, 545, 685, 789; 1914, 340, 455, 515, 531, 682, 683, 794; 1915,
4, 5, 102, 154, 188, 270, 276, 300, Sp. Act 188; 1916, 56, 96, 106, 107, 178,
186, 235, 237, 245, 258, 295; 1917, 65, 119, 177, 220, 236 § 3, 299, 316;
1918, 82; 1919, 79, 174, 175, 238, 285, 350 §§ 123-129; metropolitan park
commission superseded by the metropolitaii district commission, 1919, 350
§ 107; 1920, 403, 443, 515 § 2, 567 (appointment of women as special
police officers), 574 (retirement of veterans), 531 (leave of absence for
veterans on Memorial day), 575 (pi'operty in town of, Hull subjected to
local taxation).
Maintenance of Bunker Hill Monument by the commonwealth, 1919, 79.
Qualifications of inspectors of masonry construction employed by the
metropolitan park commission, etc., 1914, 540.
Town planning boards may act as park commissioners, 1915, 165.
Pilgrim tercentenarv commission established, 1915, Res. 20; 1916, Res.
107; 1919, Sp. Act 187; 1920, 392.
Provincetown tercentenary commission established, 1919, 366.
Standish Monument reservation in Duxbury established, 1920, 456.
842 Chaxges in the [Chaps. 29, so.
Regulation of bill boards and advertising devices, 1920, 545.
Relative to park commissioners in towns, 1920, 591 §§ 36, 45^7.
Sect. 1 amended, 1902, 544 § 7. (See 1920, 591 § 36.)
Sects. 2, 3. See 1903, 158, 331; 1905, 205; 1915, 263.
Sects. 6, 8, 10. See 1913, 210.
Sect. 8 affected, 1914, 33. (See 1905, 266.)
Sect. 12 revised, 1918, 257 § 158.
Sect. 10 amended, 1908, 341 § 3.
Sect. 11. See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 5. ~ '
Sect. 16 affected, 1914, 33.
Sect. 17. See 1908, 590 § 51.
Sect. 19 revised, 1910, 508 § 1; 1915, 25; 1918, 124; 1919, 217. (See
1912,223; 1915,263.)
Sects. 19-22. See 1908, 513; 1913, 719 § 3.
Sect. 20 amended, 1910, 508 § 2. Affected, 1914, 33. (See 1912, 223;
1915, 263.)
Sect. 23 amended, 1913, 564 § 1; 1915, 162. (See 1915, 263.)
Sect. 24 affected, 1914, 33. (See 1915, 263.)
Sects. 25-27 revised, 1913, 564 §§ 2-4. (See 1902, 57, 495; 1904, 409;
1905,381; 1906,268; 1907,473; 1909,263,452; 1911,242; 1914,341;
1915, 80, 124, 171.)
Sect. 28 amended, 1913, 564 § 5.
Chapter 29. — Of the Returns and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Provision for printing and preserving certain town records, 1902, 470;
repealed, 1918, 16; re-enacted, 1920, 562.
Secretary of the commonwealth authorized to appoint a state registrar of
vital statistics, 1918, 136.
Sect. 1 amended, 1910, 322 § 1.
Sect. 3 superseded, 1912, 280. (See 1910, 93 § 1; 1920, 244 § 2.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1910, 93 § 2.
Sect. 6. See 1905, 330 § 1.
Sect. 10 amended, 1910, 322 § 2. Extended, 1920, 244 § 2.
Sect. 11 extended, 1920, 244 § 2.
Sect. 13 amended, 1910, 93 § 3. (See 1910, 249; 1911, 269, 310.)
Sects. 14, 17-19, 22. See 1918, 136.
Sect. 15 extended, 1920, 244 § 2.
Sect. 17 amended, 1912, 470.
Sect. 18 amended, 1903, 305; 1906, 415.
Sect. 22 amended, 1902, 544 § 8.
Sect. 27 revised, 1919, 168 § 1.
Chapter 30. — Of Workhouses and Almshouses.
Sect. 1. See 1903, 400; 1905, 458; 1909, 504 § 107. Offenders not
to be confined or associated with paupers, 1904, 274; 1905, 348. (See
1905, 344.)
Chaps. 31, 32.] REVISED LaWS. 843
Chapter 31. — Of Watch and Ward.
Chapter repealed, 1918, 257 § 159.
Watch, etc., districts authorized to use official ballots in district elec-
tions, 1915, 182. To receive share of proceeds of income tax, 1917, 339;
1918, 154,219; 1919,314.
Sect. 15. Debts of watch districts, 1914, 143. Issuing of notes by watch
districts, 1913, 727; 1914, 55; 191-5, 85; 1916, 62 § 2; 1918, 26; 1919, 23,
350 § 54. (See 1915, 285.)
Chapter 32. — Of the State Fire Marshal, Fires, Fire Departments and Fire
Districts.
Prevention of fires throughout th^ metropolitan district, 1914, 795;
1916, 138. (See 1915, 296 § 2; 1919, 303, 350 §§ 99-110, fire pretention com-
missioner superseded by department of public safety; 1920, 111.) Throughout
the Commonwealth, 1920, 436. Tenure of office of chief engineers, 1916,
291; 1917, 140.
State examiners of electricians and licensing of persons, firms and cor-
porations to install wires or apparatus for electric light, heat or power
purposes, 1915, 296; 1918, 257 §§ 342, 343; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. (See
1918, 213, 217.)
Offices of state fire marshal, deputy and subordinates abolished and
department transferred to district police, 1902, 142; 1903, 365; 1919, 350
§§ 99-110. (See 1904, 370, 433; 1905, 247, 280, 461; 1908, 502: 1909, 432;
1910, 179, 223; 1911, 325, 477; 1913, 452, 807; 1914, 155.) Promotion
of call men, 1913, 487; 1914, 138; 1916, 119.
Debts of fire districts, 1913, 719 § 3; 1914, 143; 1918, 26. Issuing of
notes by fire, water, watch, light and improvement districts, 1913, 727;
1914, 55; 1915, 84, 85, 285; 1918, 26; 1919, 23, 350 § 54. Said districts
authorized to use official ballots in district elections, 1915, 182. To receive
share of proceeds of income tax, 1917, 339; 1918, 154, 219; 1919, 314.
Assessment and collection of taxes in fire and other districts, 1919, 319.
Liberating or flying fire balloons prohibited, 1910, 141.
Provision for a state fire warden, 1911, 722; 1916, 51; 1919, 350 §§
39-42.
Pensioning of laborers in the employ of fire and water districts, 1913,
671; 1914, 352.
Setting of fires in the open air, 1916, 51.
Spark arresters on portable steam sawmills, steam rollers, steam shovels
and steam tractors, 1917, 51.
Disbursement of state aid for the relief of firemen and their dependents,
1918, 81; 1919, 350 § .30. ^
Division into day and night forces of permanent members of fire depart-
ments ("two-platoon" system), 1919, 132.
Indemnification of firemen by cities, towns, etc., 1920, 591 § 14.
Provisions for fire departments in towns, 1920, 591 §§ 27-29.
Sects. 1-8. See 1910, 328; 1914, 795.
844 Changes in the [Chap. 33.
Sect 5 revised 1920 436.
Sect. 13 amended, 1918, 257 § 191. (See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect.
10, 291 § 2.)
Sect.. 15 et seq. Name changed to forest wardens, 1907, 475 § 5; 1918,
257 § 160. (See 1911, 244, 722; 1912, 625.) Protection of forest or sprout
lands from fire, 1907, 475; 1908, 209; 1909, 394; 1911, 244, 722; 1912,
127,419; 1914,101; 1916,51; 1920,308. Repayment to certain towns of
part of cost of preventing or extinguishing forest fires, 1910, 398; 1914,
262; 1920, 269.
Sect. 16 amended, 1907, 475 § 1; 1913, 600 § 1. (See 1914, 101.)
Sects. 17, 18, 22 repealed, 1907, 475 § 10. (See 1914, 101.)
Sect. 20 amended, 1907, 475 § 3. (See 1907, 299.)
Sect. 23. See 1914 598 § 21.
Sect! 24 repealed, 1916, 51 § 5. (See 1908, 209; 1911, 244; 1912, 419
§§ 3, 4.)
Sect. 25. See 1914 33; 1915, 263.
Sect. 2^ et seq. See 1904, 194, 315, 327; 1911, 352; 1915, 97; 1920,
591 §§ 27-29, 36, 41, 44-^7 (provisions for fire departments, etc., in
towns).
Sect. 37 repealed and superseded, 1919, 333 §§ 1, 2. (See as to hos-
pital ambulances, 1904, 161; as to police patrol wagons and ambulances,
1919, 333 § 1.) Firemen's parades authorized in certain cases, 1906, 139.
Sect. 38 et seq. See 1912, 546; 1913, 318, 655 § 6; 1914, 795 §§ 15, 16,
19; 1915, 97; 1918, 291 § 2; 1919, 132 ("two-platoon" system).
Sect. 45. See 1908, 133.
Sect. 46 amended, 1918, 291 § 33.
Sect. 49 amended, 1906, 63.
Sects. 49-70. See 1914, 795 § 1; 1917, 159.
Sect 55. See 1917 49.
Sect! 59* rf seq. affected", 1915, 85; 1916, 62 § 2. (See 1908, 594; 1909,
136, 148; 1910, 137, 379; 1915, 285.)
Sect. 67 revised, 1908, 98.
Sects. 71, 72, 75, 76 repealed and superseded, 1918, 81 § 2. (See 1902, 108;
1906, 171; 1914,615.)
Sect. 73 revised, 1903, 253; 1911, 90. Commissioners mi firemen's relief
placed under treasurer and receiver- general and reconstituted, 1919, 350 § 30.
(See 1918, 81 § 1.)
Sects. 73, 74. See 1918, 81 § 1.
Sect. 77 revised, 1920, 286. (See 1910, 261.)
Sect. 81 amended, 1906, 476; 1912, 574; 1913, 800; 1914, 519. (See
1904, 327; 1907, 186; 1920, 60.)
Chapter 33. — Of Pounds and Field Drivers.
Sects. 1-19. Appointment of fence viewers, pound keepers and field
drivers in cities and towns, 1918, 291 §§ 13, 14.
Sect. 3 revised, 1918, 257 § 161.
Sect. 4 amended, 1918, 257 § 162.
Chaps. 34, 35.] REVISED LaWS. 845
Sect. 5 revised, 1918, 257 § 163.
Sect. 6 revised, 1918, 257 § 164.
Sect. 20 revised, 1918, 291 § 14.
Sect. 35. See 1906, 185; 1907, 363; 1908, 133; 1909, 302; 1913, 281.
Chapter 34. — Of the Manufacture and Distribution of Gas and Electricity
by Cities and Towns.
Chapter repealed and superseded by acts to consolidate the laws relat-
ing to the manufacture, distribution and sale of gas and electricity, 1914,
742; 1915, 20, 92, 191, 192, 264; 1916, 64. (See 1915, 115.)
Board of gas and electric light commissioners superseded by department of
jniblic utilities, 1919, 350 §§ 117-122.
Emergency connections between gas and electric companies as a means
of conservation, 1918, 152.
Financial management and returns of municipal lighting plants, 1918,
77, 78.
Sect. 1 in part repealed, 1906, 463 III § 158. Superseded, 1914, 742
§§ 92, 199. (See 1902, 449; 1906, 218, 463 III § 59 et seq.)
Sects. 2-6 superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 93-97, 199.
Sect. 7 re^^sed, 1908, 341 § 4. Affected, 1914, 742 § 98.
Sect. 8 affected, 1914, 742 § 98.
Sect. 9 superseded, 1914, 742 § 99.
Sect. 10 superseded, 1914, 742 § 100; 1915, 20 § 1. (See 1903, 255 § 1.)
Sect. 11 superseded, 1914, 742 § 101. (See 1905, 410 §§ 1, 7; 1906, 422.)
Sect. 12 superseded, 1914, 742 § 102. (See 1905, 410 § 2.)
Sects. 13-17 superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 103-107, 199.
Sect. 18 superseded, 1914, 742 § 108. (See 1909, 173.)
Sect. 19 superseded, 1914, 742 § 112.
Sect. 20 superseded, 1914, 742 § 113. (See 1905, 410 § 3.)
Sect. 21 superseded, 1914, 742 § 114; 1918, 77 § 1. (See 1905, 410 § 4;
1906,411; 1908,486.)
Sects. 22-26 superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 115-119; 1918, 77 § 2.
Sects. 27-32 superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 120-125; 1918, 78 § 1; 1920,
236. (See 1905, 410 §§ 5-7.)
Chapter 35. — Of the Public Records.
Office of commissioner of public records abolished and superseded by super-
visor of public records acting under secretary of the commonwealth, 1919,
350 § 24.
Proceedings of the annual encampment of the Massachusetts Depart-
ment, United Spanish War Veterans made part of the records of the com-
monwealth, 1915, 175. Also records of annual encampment of department
of Massachusetts, American Legion, 1920, 290.
Purchase of certain town records antedating the year one thousand eight
hundred and fifty, 1902, 470; repealed, 1918, 16, and re-enacted, 1920,
562.
846 Changes in the [Chaps. 36-39.
Provision for state registrar of vital statistics, 1918, 136.
Board for disposal of duplicate and worthless books and documents,
1920, 174.
Discharge papers of soldiers, etc., to be recorded by city and town clerks,
1920, 467.
Sect. 2 amended, 1913, 485 § 1.
Sect. 3 amended, 1913, 485 § 2; 1915, 45. Revised, 1918, 257 § 165.
Sect. 5. See 1903, 177.
Sect. 5 et seq. Attestation and certification of public records in certain
cases, 1907, 225.
Sect. 7 amended, 1918, 257 § 166.
Sect. 9 amended, 1908, 57.
Sects. 12, 14. As to custody of certain records, see 1902, 311 §§ 2, 3.
Sect. 14 amended, 1918, 257 § 167.
Sect. 15 amended, 1913, 355.
Sect. 16 amended, 1913, 485 § 3.
Sect. 17 limited, 1903, 177; 1905, 330 § 3.
Sect. 23 amended, 1903, 177 § 1.
Chapter 36. — Of Parishes and Religious Societies.
Personal property of religious organizations exempted from taxation, 1918,
106.
Sect. 26 revised, 1918, 291 § 15.
Sect. 27 amended, 1905, 167.
Sect. 43 amended, 1918, 291 § 16.
Sect. 52 amended, 1911, 261.
Chapter 38. — Of Libraries.
Sect. 2. Treasurers to give bonds, 1912, 241 ; 1913, 180.
Sects. 2-5. See 1904, 209.
Sect. 4. See 1903, 442; 1906, 428, 527; 1907, 278-2^1.
Sects. 6-8. See 1911, 140; 1913, 93; 1914, 118.
Sect. 11 affected, 1910, 396 § 1.
Sect. \\ et seq. Board of free public library commissioners placed in de-
partment of education, as the division of public libraries, 1919, 350 §§ 56-59.
(See 1902, 470 § 1; 1913, 668; 1915, 106; 1917, 239.)
Sect. 12 amended, 1910, 396 § 2; 1914, 373 § 2; 1918, 127. (See 1914,
522.)
Sects. 13-15. See 1914, 373.
Sect. 15. Provision for annual expenditure, 1906, 183; 1913,316.
Chapter 39. — Of the Board of Education.
Board of education and bureau of immigration abolished and superseded
by the department of education, to include also trustees of Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College, commissioners of Massachusetts 7iautical school, trustees of
the Bradford Durfee, Lowell and New Bedford textile schools, teachers^ retire-
Chap. 39.] !Re VISED LaWS. 847
ment board, free public library commissioners, and the commission for the
blind, 1919, 350 §§ 56-62; 1920, 72.
Board of education and the commission on industrial education con-
solidated, 1909, 457; 1910, 282; 1911, 466; 1912, 80. (See 1915, 296 § 2;
1917, 74 § 2, 215.)
Vocational education, 1906, 505; 1908, 572, 639; 1909, 457, 472, 489,
540; 1911,471,605; 1912,106; 1913,295,384; 1914,174,391; 1915,266;
1916, 95 § 1, 156, 160 § 2, 185; 1917, 61, 142, 167, 176, 215, 247; 1918, 206,
230, 246, 248, 257 § 183, 274; 1918, Sp. Act 151; 1919, 292 §§ 14-17; 1920,
14. (See 1904, 248; 1905,211; 1910,567; 1912,445; 1913,805.)
Employment of school teachers through the board of education, 1906,
399; 1907, 213; 1911, 375, 731 § 1; 1913, 205, 36S; 1919, 292 § 6; 1920,
18. (See 1908, 427.)
Department of university extension established and provision for corre-
spondence courses of education, 1915, 294; 1919, 295.
Correspondence and other like schools regulated, 1914, 658; 1918, 257
§ 223. (See 1915, 294.)
Sale of stock, etc., by persons, firms, associations or corporations, pub-
lishing or selling school or text books, or doing business as correspondence
schools regulated, 1914, 658; 1918, 257 § 223.
Training and instruction of disabled soldiers and sailors, 1918, 230.
Of cripples, 1918, 231.
Transfer to the commonwealth of the propertv of the New Bedford,
Bradford Durfee (Fall River) and Lowell Textile Schools, 1918, 246, 248,
274; 1919, 350 §§ 56-59, 62.
Procedure as to granting of degrees by colleges and other institutions
of learning, 1919, 293.
Provision to determine the number of children retarded in mental devel-
opment and to provide for their instruction, 1919, 277.
Provisions to promote Americanization through the education of adult
persons unable to use the English language, 1919, 295.
Sect. 2 amended, 19C4, 234 § 1.
Sects. 3-9 superseded, 1909, 457; 1910,282; 1911,466; 1912,80; 1913,
421; 1918, 257 § 168. (See 1903, 456; 1904, 173, 234; 1906, 502 § 6;
1908, 189; 1917, 74 § 2.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1909, 457 § 4.
Sect. 9. See 1906, 200; 1908, 427; 1911, 375. (See also 1914, Res. 52.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1912, 79. (See 1908, 597; 1914, Res. 52.)
Sect. lOA. New section added relative to aid for normal school pupils,
1918, 257 § 169.
Sect. 11 revised, 1918, 257 § 170. (See 1908, 257.)
Sects. 12-16 repealed, 1904, 234 § 3. (See 1903, 456; 1906, 502 § 6;
1907, 457; 1908, 189; 1910, 282; 1911, 466; 1912, 80.)
Sect. 15. See 1906, 399 § 2.
Sect. 17. See 1912, 481.
Sect. 19 revised, 1918, 257 § 171.
Sects. 19-21. See 1906, 385; 1907, 173.
Sect. 20. See 1905, 211 § 1.
848 Changes in the [Chaps. 40-42.
Chapter 40. — Of Teachers' Institutes and Associations.
Chapter repealed, 1918, 257 § 172.
Teachers' retirement association, 1913, 832; 1914, 494; 1915, 197, 198;
1916, 54, 60, 238, 257; 1917, 233; 1918, 257 §§ 111-116, 134-136; 1919,
292 §§ 18-20, 350 §§ 56-62; 1920, 49, 50, 56, 335. (See 1911, 532.)
See 1903, 456 § 4; 1904, 383; 1905, 260 §§ 1, 2.
Chapter 41. — Of the School Funds.
Provision for the distribution of a portion of the income tax and of the
income of the Massachusetts School Fund, 1919, 363.
Technical education funds, 1904, 174.
Sects. 4, 5 repealed and new provisions made for distribution of income
of the school fund, 1903, 456; 1904, 107; 1918, 186; 1919, 363. (See 1904,
189.)
Sects. 6, 7 repealed, 1919, 363 § 16. (See 1913, 340; 1918, 257 § 173.)
Chapter 42. — Of the Public Schools.
Sale of lunches by school committee to pupils and teachers authorized,
1919, 292 § 10. (See 1913, 575; 1919, 292 § 21.)
Provision for appointment of school physicians, 1906, 502; 1908, 189,
412; 1910, 257 §§ 1, 2. (See 1911, 269.) Of nurses, 1911, 72.
For continuation schools for working children, 1913, 805; 1914, 174, 391;
1919, 311.
Employment of school teachers through the board of education, 1906,
399; 1907, 213; 1911, 375, 731 § 1; 1913, 205, 368; 1919, 292 § 6; 1920,
18. (See 1904, 173; 1908, 427.)
Use of school halls for other than school purposes, 1911, 367; 1912, 157,
320; 1913, 391; 1914, 538; 1915, 294 § 3.
Tenure of office and salaries of teachers and superintendents of public
schools, 1914, 714; 1918, 257 § 182.
Minimum salary for certain public school teachers established, 1918, 197.
Instruction in Spanish in the public high schools, 1918, 200.
State-aided vocational education extended during the period of the war,
1918, 206.
Training and instruction of disabled soldiers and sailors, 1918, 230; 1920,
Res. 70.
Training of cripples, 1918, 231.
Transfer to the commonwealth of the property of the New Bedford, Brad-
ford Durfee (Fall River) and Lowell Textile Schools, 1918, 246, 248, 274;
1919, 350 §§ 56-62.
Provision for schools for the blind, 1906, 385 §§ 4-6; 1918, 266. (See
1916, 160 § 2, 201 § 1 ; 1918, 55, 141, 257 § 171 ; 1919, 15, 229, 350 §§ 56-59.)
For industrial and vocational education, 1906, 505; 1908, 572, 639; 1909,
457, 472, 489, 540; 1911, 471, 605: 1912, 106, 566, 587; 1913, 295, 384;
1914, 128, 174, 207, 391, 530; 1915, 225, 247, 266; 1916, 95 § 1, 156, 160 § 2;
Chap. 42.] REVISED LaWS. 849
1917, 61, 142, 167, 176, 215, 247; 1918, 206, 230, 246, 248, 257 § 183, 274;
1918, Sp. Act 151; 1919, 292 §§ 14-17; 1920,14. (See 1904, 248; 1905,211;
1910, 567; 1912, 445; 1913, 805.) For a state school for the feeble-minded,
1909, 504 §§ 11, 59-65; 1916, 122; 1917, 133, 223. (See 1906, 508; 1907,
421, 489; 1908, 629.) For a department of university extension and corre-
spondence course of education, 1915, 294.
Provisions for schools in Boston, 1895, 408; 1897, 202, 442; 1898, 400;
1899, 362; 1900, 235, 237; 1901, 448, 473; 1902, 386; 1903, 170; 1904,
212,376; 1905,349,392; 1906, 205, 231, 259, 318, 489 § 8; 1907,295,357,
450; 1908, 524, 589; 1909, 120, 223, 388, 446, 537; 1910, 617; 1911, 708;
1912, 195, 569; 1913, 337, 389, 615; 1914, 274 §§ 3, 4, 331, 489, 494; 1915,
Sp. Acts 189, 304; 1918, Sp. Act 132; 1919, Sp. Acts 206, 249; 1920, 140,
524.
Cities authorized to maintain schools of agriculture and horticulture,
1916, 185; 1918,257 § 183.
Provision for promotion of instruction for immigrants; bureau of immi-
gration established, 1917, 321; superseded, 1919, 350 §§ 56-60; 1920, 72.
Provisions to promote Americanization through the education of adult
persons unable to use the English language, 1919, 295.
Provision to determine the number of children retarded in mental devel-
opment and to provide for their instruction, 1919, 277.
Courses in American history and civics in public elementary and high
schools required, 1920, 411.
Sect. 1 revised, 1917, 169; 1918, 257 § 174. Affected, 1920, 411. (See
1908, 181; 1910, 524; 1911, 247; 1912, 368 § 3; 1914, Res. 52.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1914, 556. Revised, 1918, 257 § 175. Affected, 1920,
411. (See 1908, 427; 1911, 375, 537.)
Sects. 1 and 2 affected, 1918, 200.
Sect. 4 revised, 1919, 292 § 1.
Sect. 3 repealed and superseded, 1918, 198. Amended, 1902, 433; 1906,
200; 1911, 537; 1913, 396. (See 1908, 427; 1913, 779 § 1.)
Sect. 6 revised, 1918, 257 § 176.
Sect. 7 revised, 1918, 257 § 177.
Sects. 7A and 7B added by 1918, 257 § 178.
Sect. 8 amended, 1919, 292 § 2. (See 1903, 299; 1911, 384, 444.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1919, 292 § 3.
Sect. 10 repealed, 1906, 505 § 8.
Sect. 11 superseded, 1914, 590; 1918, 257 § 179.
Sects. 11-13. See 1909, 514 § 7; 1911, 241, 309; 1913, 467.
Sect. 14. See 1904, 172.
Sect. 20. See 1905, 328; 1908, 354.
Sect. 22. See 1918, 197, establishing a minimum salary for certain
public school teachers.
Sects. 25-39. School committees authorized to exhibit school work in
certain cases, 1904, 172. No member of school committee eligible for
position of teacher, master or superintendent of public schools of the town
or district, 1904, 173. Pensions for teachers, 1908, 498; 1913, 832; 1914,
494; 1915, 197 §§ 1, 2, 198; 1916, 60, 238, 257; 1917, 233; 1918, 257
850 Changes in the [Chaps. 43, 44.
§§ 111-116, 134-136; 1919, 292 §§ 18-20, 350 §§ 56-62; 1920, 49, 50, 56,
335. (See 1911, 532.) Pensions for school janitors, 1919, 143. Teachers
not to be restricted in exercise of certain political rights, 1913, 628. School
committees may establish classes for training teachers for continuation
and vocational schools, 1914, 174. (See 1914, 391.) Tenure of office and
salaries of teachers and superintendents, 1914, 714; 1918, 197, 257 § 182;
1920, 371. School committees forbidden to inquire as to religious or po-
litical belief of applicants for positions in public schools, 1917, 84.
Sect. 27 revised, 1918, 257 § 180.
Sects. 27, 34. Acts relative to authority of school committees, 1906,
251, 399; 1911, 309, 314, 367; 1912, 320; 1913, 391, 832 § 9; 1914, 538,
714; 1919, 292 § 4. (See 1914, 128.)
Sect. 28. See 1906, 399; 1908, 498; 1911, 731.
Sect. 29 repealed, 1918, 257 § 181.
Sect. 30 repealed, 1903, 456 § 4. (See 1904, 107.)
Sect. 31 amended, 1914, 714.
Sect. 32 affected, 1914, 714.
Sects. 28-32. See 1918, 197.
Sect. 34 amended, 1910, 201; 1919, 292 § 7.
Sect. 36 revised, 1919, 292 § 8.
Sect. 39. See 1904, 107 § 2.
Sects. 40, 41, 44 affected, 1911, 444; 1914, 714.
Sect. 43 amended, 1911, 399; 1912, 114. (See 1906, 505 § 4.)
Sects. 43-^8. Board of education mav form or adjust unions of towns,
1903,299; 1904,215; 1911,384,444. (See 1911, 375, 731; 1914, 714 § 7;
1918, 257 § 182.)
Sect. 44 amended, 1911, 384.
Sect. 45 revised, 1918, 109; 1920, 371.
Sect. 49 amended, 1919, 292 § 9; 1920, 78. (See 1911, 367; 1912, 157,
320; 1913, 391; 1914, 538.)
Sect. 50 revised, 1911, 232; 1919, 84. (See 1909, 229; 1911, Res. 5.)
Sect. 54 added, 1919, 292 § 11.
Chapter 43. — Of School Registers and Returns.
Sects. 1, 2 amended, 1912, 368 §§ 1, 2.
Sect. 3 amended, 1914, 443 § 1; 1916, 102 § 1. (See 1910, 249; 1911,
269, 310.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1912, 368 § 3; 1913, 356; 1914, 443 § 2; 1915, 90;
1916, 102 § 2.
Sects. 5-9 amended, 1912, 368 §§ 4-8.
Sect. 11 amended, 1912, 368 § 9. (See 1905, 320; 1906, 383.)
Chapter 44. — Of School Attendance.
Charging of fees for certificates relating to school attendance prohibited,
etc., 1914, 316.
Continuation schools and compulsory attendance thereat, 1913, 805;
1914, 174,391; 1919,311.
Chaps. 45, 46.] REVISED LaWS. 851
Sect. 1 amended, 1905, 320; 1906, 383; 1913, 779 §§ 1, 2; 1915, 81;
1919,281. Aflfected, 1916, 66. (See 1915, 94; 1919, 311.)
Sects. 1-4 revised, 1913, 779 §§ 1^; 1915, 78, 81. Transfer cards for
pupils changing their residences, 1915, 94. (See 1903, 483; 1905, 320,
375; 1906, 383, 413, 489; 1909, 514 § 56 et seq.; 1910, 249; 1911, 241, 268,
269, 309, 310; 1912, 191, 368 § 9; 1913, 467, 779 § 1, 831 §§ 19, 24-26;
1914, 590, 738; 1915, Sp. Act 34; 1916, 82, 95 § 1; 1919, 292 §§ 12, 13.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1905, 375; 1911, 268 § 2; 1913, 779 § 4; 1915, 78;
1919, 291.
Sect. 5. See 1913, 779 § 4.
Sect. 6 amended, 1906, 371; 1907, 215; 1918, 117.
Chapter 45. — Of the Nautical Training School.
Commissioners of the Massachusetts Nautical School {title changed, 1913,
224) placed in department of education, 1919, 350 §§ 56-59.
Sect. 5 amended, 1903, 171. (See 1908, 195, 469; 1913, 295; 1914, 615;
1918, 257 § 90, 294.)
Chapter 46. — Of Truants and Truant Schools.
Commitment of habitual truants, habitual absentees and habitual school
offenders, 1906, 389. (See 1906, 413, 489, 499 § 3; 1907, 137, 158, 195,
411; 1908, 286; 1909, 514 §§ 57, 62-65; 1911, 202, 265, 605; 1913, 457,
467, 471 § 2, 779 § 13; 1914, 207; 1916, 243; 1919, 292 §§ 12, 13.)
Wayward and delinquent children, 1906, 413, 489, 499; 1907, 411; 1908,
637; 1909, 216; 1911, 595; 1912, 187; 1913, 796; 1916, 243; 1918, 257
§ 419. (See 1910, 332; 1911, 116, 605; 1913, 457, 471, 831 § 25; 1918, 257
§414.)
Commitments to the industrial school for boys, 1909, 472 § 2; 1911, 605;
1914, 207; 1918, 257 § 186.
Establishment of disciplinary day schools in the city of Boston and the
abolition of the parental school of said city, 1914, 738; 1915, Sp. Act 34.
County training school in Hampden county for habitual truants, 1915,
122; 1916, 121.
Sect. 1 amended, 1902, 256; 1913, 779 § 5; 1914, 738. Revised, 1918,
257 § 184; 1920, 40. (See 1906, 148; 1908, 103.)
Sects. 3-6 revised, 1913, 779 §§ 6-9; 1914, 738; 1918, 257 § 185. (See
1903, 330 §§ 1-3; 1904, 220 §§ 1-3; 1906,389,413,489; 1908,286; 1912,
368 § 9; 1913, 831 §§ 19, 24-26; 1916, 243.)
Sect. 8 revised, 1913, 779 § 10. (See 1904, 220 § 4.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1903, 308 § 1.
Sect. 10 revised, 1913, 779 § 11; 1914, 738; 1918, 257 § 186. (See
1903, 330 § 4.)
Sect. 11. See 1903, 334 §§ 1-3; 1906, 389, 413, 489, 499 § 5, 501 ; 1907,
137, 158> 195; 1916, 243.
Sect. 12 amended, 1912, 552, 711.
Sect. 13 revised, 1913, 779 § 12. (See 1904, 356; 1906, 499; 1911, 175;
1912, 372.)
852 Changes in the [Chap. 47.
Chapter 47. — Of State Highways.
Chapter repealed bv 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded by 1917, 344,
Part 1. (See 1904, 125; 1909, 454; 1910, 487, 498; 1913, 774; 1914, 304;
1915, 8.)
As to the Massachusetts highway commission, see 1903, 473; 1904, 108,
117; 1905, 311; 190G, 412, 433; 1907, 446, 580; 1908, 279, 296 § 4, 642,
648; 1909, 134, 454, 464, 534 §§ 17, 18, 20, 24-27, 31; 1910, 487, 488, 498,
511, 514, 591, 646; 1911, 38, 184, 557, 578, 677, 678, 746; 1912, 591 § 5,
646, 647, 677, 697, 699, 703, 704, 715 § 8, 716, 717; 1913, 116, 530, 639,
663, 773, 774, 784 §§ 2, 3, 803; 1914, 182, 203, 204, 304, 420, 514, 585, 659,
668, 741, Res. 88; 1915, 8, 145, 195, 196, 221; 1916, 42, 77, 202-206, 210-
219, 230, 290; 1917, 1, 4, 67 § 2, 186, 187, 219 § 2, 230, 246 §§ 1, 2, 276,
329; 1918, 18, 116, 155, 236; 1919, 221, 222, 252, 259, 294,300, 306, 330,
335, 336-339, 340, 348, 350 §§ 111-116, abolishing Massachusetts highway
commission and transferring its potccrs to department of public ^vorks; 1920,
488, 572.
Laws relative to public shade trees codified and amended, 1915, 145.
(See 1905, 279; 1908, 296, 297.)
Use of air craft regulated, 1913, 663; 1919, 306.
Use of prisoners on highways, 1913, 633; 1914, 180; 1915, 177; 1918,
159.
Proof of contributory negligence in actions for damages for injuries, 1914,
553.
Spreading of tar, oil and other slippery substances upon public ways,
1916, 124.
Licensing of motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire, see 1916, 293;
1918, 226.
Provisions of an act of congress providing that the United States shall
aid the states in the construction of rural post roads accepted, 1917, 67;
amended, 1918, 18; 1919, 89.
Construction of ditches and drains by official having charge of highways,
1917, 329.
Prevention of destruction of highways and bridges by heavy vehicles,
1918, 116. Dimensions of certain motor vehicles and trailers regulated,
1919, 252.
Improvement and repair of highways in small towns, 1918, 155.
Eminent domain takings, assessment of damages caused by acts done
for public purposes, and betterment assessments, 1918, 257 §§ 187, 219;
1919, 333 §§ 4, 21, 22; 1920, 124.
Placing on main highways of sign posts indicating municipal boundaries,
1919, 221.
Aid to cities and towns in keeping certain highways open during the
winter months, 1920, 488.
Regulation of bill boards and advertising devices, 1920, 545.
Sects. 1, 2 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, §§ 1, 2. Acts relative to motor
vehicles and to the operation thereof, 1909, 534; 1910, 525, 605; 1911, 37;
1912, 123, 400; 1913, 95, 116, 123, 530, 803; 1914, 190, 204, 420, 585, 695;
Chap. 48.] REVISED LawS. 853
1915, 10, 11, 16, 19, 87, 99; 1910, 42, 52, 140, 260, 290, 293; 1917, 4, 186,
187, 200, 219, 246 § 3, 276; 1918, 17; 1919, 88, 212, 214, 222, 252, 294, 350
§§ 115, 116; 1920, 222, 262, 419, 426, 432, 476. (See 1902, 315; 1903,
473; 1905, 311, 366; 1906, 353, 412, 433; 1907, 203, 408, 494, 580; 1908,
263, 467, 642, 648; 1910, 516; 1911, 477, 507, 578; 1912, 184; 1917, 246.^
Sect. 3 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, § 3. (See 1906, 433 § 4; 1910, 514.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1909, 464 § 1.
Sect. 6 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, § 6. (See 1904, 108 § 1, 117, 317,
443; 1909, 464 § 2; 1915, 8.)
Sect. 7 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, § 7. (See 1910, 498.)
Sects. 9, 13 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, §§ 9, 16. (See 1905, 266.)
Sect. 10 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, § 10. Towns and cities may con-
tribute toward expense of construction, 1904, 125. (See 1907, 196.)
Sect. 11 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, § 11. (See 1905, 279; 1910, 498;
1914, 304.)
Sect. 12 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, § 13. (See 1912, 697; 1913, 778
§11.)
Sect. 13 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, § 16. (See 1914, 553.)
Sect. 16 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, § 21. (See 1903. 280 § 2; 1904,
244; 1908, 642 § 1; 1909, 454, 534 § 30; 1910, 525, 605; 1913, 773; 1914,
514; 1917, 276.)
Sect. 17 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, § 23. (See 1908, 279; 1918, 155.)
Sect. 20 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, § 28. (See 1914, 304.)
Sect. 21 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1, § 29. (See 1905, 279; 1906, 463
III § 72; 1909, 134; 1914, 742 §§ 130, 199.)
Chapter 48. — Of the Laying Out of and Discontinuance of Ways and of
Damages caused by the Taking of Land for Public Uses.
Chapter repealed bv 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded by 1917,
344, Part 2; 1918, 257 §§ 208-210. Several sections in 1917, 344, Part 2,
have been superseded by 1918, 257 § 187, relating to eminent domain and
assessment of damages for certain public acts. (See 1913, 546, 572.)
Provision for appeal in case of alteration of name of a public way, place
or section or of an\' public park, where the name has been in use for twenty-
five years, 1909, 134; 1917, 344, Part 5, § 4.
Common landing places, 1908, 606.
Provision for laving out, etc., of wavs by a board of survey: In towns,
1907, 191; 1918, 135, 257 § 150. (See 1907, 560 § 364; 1908, 552; 1911,
222; 1912, 554; 1916, 190, 302 §§ 1, 2; 1917, 185.) In cities, 1916, 190.
(See 1917, 185.) And for maintenance by neighboring cities or towns, 1907,
196. As to maintenance of certain bridges, see 1908, 552. Maintenance of
state highways, 1913, 774; 1917, 344, Part I, § 25.
Taking of land bv cities and towns for municipal purposes, 1915, 263,
267 I § 30; 1918, 257 § 187, 291 §§ 6-8; 1919, 333 § 21.
Damages for the taking of propertv bv right of eminent domain, 1904,
317, 443; 1905, 390; 1913, 401; 1915, 263, 281; 1918, 257 § 203. (See
1902, 521 § 1; 1913, 68, 148, 525; 1914, 33, 569.)
854 Changes in the [Chap. 48.
Betterment assessments, 1918, 257 § 219; 1919, 333 §§ 4, 22; 1920,
124.
Signs, awnings and other projections in public ways, 1915, 176; 1917,
344, Part 5, §§ 10, 11; 1920, 545. (See 1913, G32, 680.)
Construction of ditches and drains by officials having charge of high-
ways, 1917, 329.
Placing on main highways of sign posts indicating municipal boundaries,
1919, 221.
Regulation of bill boards and advertising devices, 1920, 545.
Sect. 1 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 1. (See 1912, 554 § 1.)
Sects. 1-5 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, §§ 1-5. (See 1907, 191.)
Sect. 3 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 3. (See 1912, 554 § 2.)
Sects. 4-7 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, §§ 4-7. (See 1912, 554 §§ 3-0.)
Sect. 8 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 8. (See 1912, 554 § 7.)
Sect. 11 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 12. (See 1912, 554 § 8.)
Sect. 12 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 13. (See 1907, 191 § 4; 1912,
554 § 9.)
Sects. 13-16 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, §§ 14-17. (See 1904, 317,
443; 1905, 390; 1915, 263; 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 6.)
Sect. 14. See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 9.
Sects. 17-26 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, §§ 18-26. (See 1906, 463
II § 95 d scq.; i911, 741 § 21; 1913, 777 § 34; 1918, 257 § 187, subsects.
24-31.)
Sect. 20 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, 21. (See 1914, 33.)
Sects. 20, 26, 27 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, §§ 21, 26, 27. (See 1905,
266.)
Sect. 27 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 27. (See 1914, 33; 1915, 263.)
Sect. 52 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 30. (See 1903, 243; 1904, 125;
1907, 196.)
Sects. 54, 55 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, §§ 32, 33. (See 1908, 431
Sect. 56 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 34. (See 1912, 554 § 10.)
Sect. 68 d scq. superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 42 d seq. (See 1904, 317;
1915, 263.)
Sect. 69. See 1918, 257 § 187, subsects. 6, 9.
Sect. 80 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 54; 1918, 257 § 187, subsect.
38. (See 1914, 33.)
Sect. 84 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 57. (See 1915, 263.)
Sect. 85 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 59. (See 1906, 463 III § 50.)
Sect. 88. Ways in Suffolk, 1888, 397; 1891, 323; 1892, 401, 415 § 3,
418; 1895, 494; 1896, 237; 1897, 166, 167, 319, 394; 1898, 210, 252, 298,
566; 1899,433,443,450; 1900,478; 1901,199,465; 1902,521; 1906,214,
258, 393; 1912, 240, 661; 1913, 536, 554. (See 1898, 540 § 2; 1903, 331
§ 2; 1905, 205 § 1; 1908, 447; 1913, 148, 432, 680; 1914, 569; 1915, 176.)
An act relative to Boston bridges, 1902, 224. (See 1904, 412.)
Sect. 93 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § (M. (See 1914, 33.)
Sect. 97 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 68. (See 1904, 117.)
Sect. 102 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 72. (See 1911, 142.)
Chaps. 48A, 49.] REVISED LaWS. 855
Sect. 103 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 73. (See 1913, 572; 1917, 56.)
Sect. 104 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 75. (See 1912, 24.)
Sect. 105 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 76. (See 1910, 511 § 1.)
Sect. 106 amended, 1910, 511 § 2.
Sect. J 07 d seq. superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 77 et seq. (See 1904,
317; 1908, 490; 1909, 243; 1911, 135; 1914, 33; 1915, 263; 1918, 257
§ 187, subsect. 23.)
Sect. 109 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 79. (See 1914, 742 § 128.)
Sect. 112 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 82. (See 1918, 257 § 187,
subsect. 36.)
Sect. 113 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2, § 83. (See 1914, 33.)
Sect. 114 superseded, 19lV, 344, Part 2, § 84. (See 1911, 741 § 21;
1913, 777 § 34.)
Chapter 48A. Eminent Domain and the Assessment of Damages caused
by Acts done for Public Purposes.
New chapter added, 191S, 257 § 187.
Sect. 22 amended, 1919, 333 § 21.
Chapter 49. — Of Sewers, Drains and Sidewalks.
Treatment or purification of sewage, 1909, 433.
As to metropolitan water and sewerage system, see 1889, 439; 1895, 342,
406, 488; 1897, 80, 81, 83, 88, 502; 1899, 342; 1900, 108; 1901, 168, 498;
1902, 101, 189, 213, 391, 535; 1903, 161, 242, 356; 1904, 186, 230, 246,
273, 317, 426, 431: 1905, 457; 1906, 235, 337, 338, 369, 404, 406, 457, 530;
1907, 165, 238, 349, 524; 1908, 556, 558; 1909, 177, 243, 258, 282, 320,
453, 473; 1910, 32, 291, 292; 1911, 5, 541; 1912, 528, 694; 1913, 422, 525,
685; 1914, 343, 455, 601, Res. 96; 1915, 147, 150, 210; 1916, 93, 94, 96, 100,
159, 172, 258; 1917, 3, 285, 287, 322, 314; 1918, 157, 177; 1919, 161, 165,
167, 237, 350 §§ 123-129 {metropolitan water and seiverage board superseded
by metropolitan district commission) , 1920, 525, 530.
As to Boston, see 1891, 323; 1892, 402; 1894, 227, 256; 1895, 297, 494;
1896, 237, 359; 1897, 426; 1898, 257; 1899, 450; 1900, 126, 478; 1901,
199; 1902, 521, 526; 1903, 268; 1906, 393; 1912, 371; 1913, 536, 554;
1914, 569; 1917, 322.
Provision for separate systems of drainage, 1903, 383. (See 1907, 464;
1912, 635 §§ 6, 37.)
Eminent domain takings, assessment of damages caused by acts done for
public purposes and betterment assessments, see 1918, 257 §§ 187, 219;
1919, 333 §§ 4, 21, 22; 1920, 124.
Qualifications of inspectors of masonry construction employed by the
metropolitan water and sewerage board, etc., 1914, 540.
Municipal liens for construction of streets, sewers and sidewalks, 1915,
227; 1916, 256.
Construction of ditches and drains by officials having charge of highways,
1917, 329.
Sect. 1. See 1907, 191 § 4; 1915, 263; 1916, 190 § 5.
856 Changes in the [Chaps, so, 51.
Sect. 2. See 1904, 317, 443; 1905, 266, 390; 1915, 263.
Sect. 4 repealed and superseded, 1918, 257 §§ 214, 216, 219, 219A.
(See 1914, 33.)
Sect. 6. See 1911, 75; 1916, 128.
Sect. 7 amended, 1918, 257 § 212. Affected, 1918, 257 §§ 216, 219,
219A.
Sect. 9 amended, 1918, 257 § 213. Affected, 1918, 257 §§ 216,^219.
219A.
Sects. 14-23 repealed and superseded, 1918, 257 §§ 214, 216, 219, 219A.
Sect. 15 amended, 1907, 177; 1908, 356; 1910, 330; 1914, 450.
Sect. 16 amended, 1908, 453.
Sect. 18. See 1915, 227; 1916, 256.
Sect. 23 affected, 1915, 227; 1916, 256.
Sect. 24 amended, 1907, 365.
Sect. 30. See 1903, 383 § 1.
Sect. 33 revised, 1918, 257 § 215. Affected, 1918, 257 §§ 216, 219,
219A. (See 1915, 227; 1916, 256.)
Sect. 34A. New section added, 1918, 257 § 216.
Sects. 37^1 repealed, 1918, 257 § 217.
Sect. 43. See 1915, 227; 1916, 256.
Sects. 42^5 revised, 1918, 257 § 218. Affected, 1918, 257 §§ 215, 216,
219, 219A. (See 1908, 216; 1915, 227; 1916, 256.)
Sect. 45. See 1915, 227; 1916, 256.
Chapter 50. — Of Betterments and Other Assessments on Account of the
Cost of Public Improvements.
Chapter repealed by 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded by 1917,
344, Part 3, in turn superseded bv 1918, 257 § 219; 1919, 333 §§ 4, 22;
1920, 124.
ProAasion for authoritative ascertainment of municipal liens on real
estate, 1907, 378; 1908, 299; 1909, 490 II § 20. (See 1911, 75; 1916, 128.)
Municipal liens for the construction of streets, sewers and sidewalks,
1915, 227; 1916, 256.
As to assessments in Boston, see 1902, 521 § 1, 527; 1903, 235; 1906, 393;
1912, 371; 1913, 536; 1920, 74, 101.
Commonwealth, counties, cities and towns authorized to petition for
assessment of damages bv a jurv for taking or injuring real estate, 1914, 33;
1918, 257 § 187, subsect.' 14.
Chapter 61. — Of the Repair of Ways and Bridges.
Chapter repealed bv 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded by 1917, 344,
Part 4. (See 1907, 196; 1909, 134, 289; 1916, 124; 1917, 34.).
Relative to repair and maintenance of certain bridges, 1908, 552. (See
1911, 581, 587; 1916, 132; 1917, 57, 68, 120, 145, 174, 175, 236, 315.)
Pro\'ision for paving private passageways in certain cities, 1894, 119;
1907, 256.
Use of prisoners on highways, 1913, 633; 1914. 180; 1915, 177; 1918,
159.
Chap. 52.] REVISED LaWS. 857
Eminent domain takings, assessment of damages caused by acts done
for public purposes and betterment assessments, see 1918, 257 §§ 187,
219; 1919, 333, §§ 4, 21, 22; 1920, 124.
Proof of contributory negligence in actions for the recovery of damages
for injuries, 1914, 553.
Spreading of tar, oil and other slippery substances upon public ways,
1916, 124.
Prevention of destruction of ways and bridges by heavy vehicles, 1918,
166; 1919, 222. Dimensions of certain motor vehicles and trailers regu-
lated, 1919, 252.
Liability of counties, cities and towns for defects in highways modified,
1920, 447.
Aid to cities and towns in keeping certain highways open during the
winter months, 1920, 488.
Chapter 62. — Of Regulations and By-Laws relative to Ways and Bridges.
Chapter repealed by 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded by 1917, 344,
Part 5. (See 1902, 205; 1909,134; 1911,578; 1913,803; 1914,182; 1915,
176; 1916, 30; 1917, 183; 1918, 116.)
Licenses for street stands in Boston, 1907, 584; 1909, 329. Garages,
1913, 577.
Pro\'isions for regulating use and operation of automobiles and motor
vehicles, 1909, 534; 1910, 525, 605; 1911, 37; 1912, 123, 400; 1913, 95,
116, 123, 530, 803; 1914, 190, 204, 420, 585, 695; 1915, 10, 11, 16, 19, 87,
99; 1916, 42, 52, 140, 260, 290, 293; 1917, 4, 186, 187, 200, 219, 246 § 3, 276;
1918, 17; 1919, 88, 212, 214, 222, 252, 294, 350 §§ 115, 116 {registrar of
motor vehicles in department of public tvorks); 1920, 222, 262, 419, 426,
432, 476. (See 1902, 315; 1903, 473; 1905, 311, 366; 1906, 353, 412,
433; 1907, 203, 408, 494, 580; 1908, 263, 467, 642, 648; 1910, 516; 1911,
477, 507, 578; 1913, 592.) As to licensing of motor vehicles carrying
passengers for hire, see 1916, 293; 1918, 226.
Use of troUeymotors on public ways, 1916, 266.
Solicitation of business on public sidewalks, 1916, 289.
Spreading of tar, oil and other slippery substances upon public wavs,
1916, 124.
Maintenance of warning signs, and regulation of the operation of motor
vehicles, at railroad crossings, 1917, 246.
Prevention of the destruction of highways and bridges bv heavy vehicles,
1918, 116; 1919, 222.
Mirrors or reflectors required on certain motor vehicles and use of spot
lights regulated, 1919, 212.
Placing on main highways of sign posts indicating municipal boundaries,
1919, 221.
Dimensions of certain motor vehicles and trailers regulated, 1919, 252.
Right of way at intersection of certain ways, 1920, 222.
Aid to cities and towns in keeping certain highways open during the
winter months, 1920, 488.
Regulation of bill boards and advertising devices, 1920, 545.
858 Changes in the [Chaps. 53-55.
Chapter 63. — Of the Boundaries of Highways and Other Public Places
and Encroachments thereon.
Chapter repealed by 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded by 1917, 344,
Part 6.
Removal of slash and brush from highways or public roads, 1920, 308.
Sects. 6-11 repealed, 1910, 363 § 2. (See 1908, 296; 1915, 145.)
Sect. 12 repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 §§ 2, 13. (See 1902, 57;
1904,409; 1905,279,381; 1906,268; 1907,475; 1908, 296 § 2, 297; 1910,
321, 363; 1915, 80, 124.)
Sect. 13 repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 §§ 3-5, 13. (See 1908, 296
§3; 1910, 363.)
Sect. 14 repealed, 1907, 475 § 10. (See 1908, 209; 1909, 394; 1910,
398; 1911, 244; 1914, 101.)
Sect. 16 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 6, § 6. (See 1911, Res. 5; 1917,
74 § 1.)
Sects. 17-19. See 1918, 257 § 187, subseet. 5.
Sect. 19 superseded, 1917, 344, Part 6, § 9.
Chapter 54. — Of the Law of the Road.
Chapter repealed bv 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded by 1917, 344,
Part 7. (See 1908, 512; 1913, 223, 432.)
Vehicles to carry a light at night, 1911, 578; 1914, 182; 1916, 30; 1917,
344, Part 5, §§ 18, 19, Part 8, § 1.
Acts regulating use and operation of motor vehicles, 1909, 534; 1910,
525, 605; 1911, 37; 1912, 123, 400; 1913, 95, 116, 123, 530, 803; 1914,
190, 204, 420, 585, 695; 1915, 10, 11, 16, 19, 87, 99; 1916, 42, 52, 140, 260,
290, 293; 1917, 4, 186, 187, 200, 219, 246 § 3, 276; 1918, 17, 226; 1919,
88, 212, 214, 222, 252, 294, 350 §§ 115, 116 (registrar of motor vehicles in
department of public icorks); 1920, 222, 262, 419, 426, 432, 476. (See 1902,
315; 1903, 473 §§ 3-11; 1905, 311, 366; 1906, 353, 412, 433; 1907, 203,
408, 494, 580; 1908, 263, 467, 642, 648; 1910, 516; 1911, 477, 507, 578;
1912, 184; 1913, 592.)
Use of air craft, 1913, 663; 1919, 306.
Rights of way, R. L. 32 § 37; 1904, 161; 1905, 465 § 149; 1906, 139;
1908, 604 § 166; 1919, 333 § 1; at intersection of certain ways, 1920, 222.
(See 1912, 147.)
Use of trolleymotors on public ways, 1916, 266.
Mirrors or reflectors required on certain motor vehicles and use of spot
lights regulated, 1919, 212.
Chapter 56. — Of Ferries and Canals.
Power boats must display lights at night in certain waters, 1910, 397;
1918, 257 § 269.
Act relative to facilities for crossing the Cape Cod canal, 1917, 184.
Chap. 56.] REVISED LaWS. 859
Chapter 66. — Of the Regulation of Trade and the Inspection and Sale of
Food.
Uniform sales act, 190S, 237; 1918, 257 §§ 280, 281. (See 1910, 214.)
Sale of shingles, 1913, 574.
Sale of firearms, 1911, 495.
Manufacture, transportation and sale of, and prevention of monopolies
and discriminations in articles in common use, 1908, 454; 1911, 503; 1912,
651. (See 1913, 709.) Combinations to maintain or increase unreasonably
the price of any necessary of life, 1919, 298. Special commission on nec-
essaries of life established, 1919, 341, 365; 1920, 628 §§ 1-4. Cold storage
eggs, 1913, 538; 1914, 545; 1915, 55. Sale and use of eggs unfit for food,
1913, 654. Sale of articles of food regulated, 1920, 402.
Cold storage of food products regulated, 1910, 640; 1912, 652; 1917,
149; 1919, 351; 1920, 297. (See 1915, 261 § 10.)
Provision for inspection of milk, 1909, 405, 443; 1910, 114, 457, 633 § 3;
1912, 218; 1915, 109; 1916, 134; 1917, 112, 256 §§ 3, 4; 1918, 170. (See
1910, 641; 1911, 278; 1913, 761.) Production and sale of milk, 1914, 744;
1916, 151, 228; 1917, 256, 259; 1918, 170; 1919, 301 § 9. (See 1915, 109.)
Of petroleum, 1911, 204. Manufacture and sale of ice cream, 1913, 743;
1914, 67.
I>ease and sale of machinery, tools, implements and appliances regulated,
1907, 469. To regulate sale of unwholesome food, 1913, 687.
Proprietary drugs and foods, 1906, 386; 1907, 259; 1908, 307; 1910,
387; 1911, 289, 341, 372; 1912, 283.
Wood and denatured alcohol, 1905, 220; 1910, 541; 1919, 360.
Labeling evaporated, concentrated or condensed milk, 1911, 610; 1912,
474.
Misrepresentations as to merchandise for sale are made punishable, 1902,
397; 1907,383; 1912,489; 1915,148; 1919,63,123,259,360. (See 1903,
415.)
Sale and inspection of food fish, 1914, 367; 1918, 33, 257 § 221; 1919,
351; 1920, 297 §4.
Establishments for the manufacture of sausages, chopped meat, and for
the breaking or canning of eggs, 1914, 325; 1915, 22; 1917, 11. (See 1914,
634; 1917, 78.) Sale of sausage meat, 1913, 650; 1914, 634; 1917, 78.
(See 1914, 325; 1915, 22.)
Marking of packages containing foods, 1914, 653; 1919, 351. (See 1915,
261 §§2-6; 1916, 63, 157.)
Sale of necessaries by cities and towns, 1918, 205.
Establishment of public markets by cities and towns, 1915, 119; 1916,
79; 1920, 580.
Packing, grading and sale of apples, 1915, 261; 1916, 63; 1917, 13; 1918,
169; 1919, 350 § 38.
Sale of bakery products regulated, 1920, 418. (See 1915, 258; 1916,
157.)
Solicitation of business on public sidewalks, 1916, 289.
860 Changes in the [Chap. 56.
Laws relative to the adulteration and misbranding of foods and drugs
codified and amended, 1917, 208; 1918, 137, 145.
Appointment of local weighers, measurers and surveyors of commodities,
1918, 65.
Official designation of the commissioner of weights and measures, 1918,
218; 1919, 244; 1919, 350 §§ 69-78 {superseded by director of standards in
deyartment of labor ayid industries).
Use of containers for the sale of ice cream regulated, 1920, 259.
Slot machines and other automatic devices regulated, 1920, 325.
Appointment by the governor of a fuel administrator authorized, 1920,
610; of a food administrator, 1920, 628 § 5.
Sects. 3, 4 repealed. Office of inspector general of fish abolished, and
powers and duties transferred to commissioners on fisheries and game, 1902,
138; repealed, 1918, 33. Sale and cold storage of fresh food fish regu-
lated, 1919, 351; 1920, 297 § 4.
Department of agriculture to execute laws relative to marketing and
distribution of agricultural products, 1919, 350 § 38.
Sect. 5 repealed, 1903, 196 § 1.
Sects. 6-26 repealed, 1918, 257 § 221.
Sects. 29-34. See 1918, 65.
Sect. 42 extended, 1910, 394; 1913, 743.
Sects. 42, 52. See 1908, 531 § 5; 1909, 405; 1910, 495; 1911, 218, 266;
1915, 109.
Sect. 48 amended, 1903, 361.
Sect. 51 amended, 1909, 405 §§ 1, 4; 1910, 114.
Sects. 51, 52. See 1910, 394, 457, 633 § 3; 1915, 109.
Sect. 52 amended, 1909, 405 §§ 2, 4. Affected, 1914, 744. Extended,
1916, 134. (See 1915, 109.)
Sects. 53, 54 revised, 1909, 443. Affected, 1914, 744. (See 1909, 405
§3; 1910,633; 1915, 109.)
Sect. 55 ct scq. See 1906, 116 §§ 1, 2, 323; 1908, 570; 1909, 531; 1910,
462; 1917, 256; 1918, 170.
Incorporation of medical milk commissions authorized, 1911, 506.
,Sect. 56 revised, 1908, 643; 1917, 189.
Sect. 56 et seq. Standard established for cream, 1907, 216. Ice cream,
1913, 743 § 1; 1914,67.
Sect. 57 amended, 1910, 641 § 2.
Sect. 59. See 1906, 116 § 3, 323; 1908, 435.
Sects. 61-64. See 1910, 394; 1915, 109.
Sect. 62 amended, 1910, 641 § 1.
Sect. 65. See 1911, 610.
Sects. 65-69 superseded, 1912, 218.
Sect. 65 et seq. See 1907, 66.
Sects. 67, 68 amended, 1909, 425.
Sect. 70 affected, 1907, 243. Amended, 1908, 411 § 1; 1912, 448; 1914,
627. (See 1903, 220; 1908,329; 1909,471,474; 1910,590; 1911,297,534.)
Sect. 70 et seq. See 1902, 312; 1903, 220; 1908, 329; 1909, 471, 476;
1911, 297; 1912, 248, 603; 1913, 570; 1914, 206.
Chap. 57.] REVISED LaWS. 861
Sect. 71 amended, 1908, 411 § 2.
Sect. 72 amended, 1908, 411 § 3. (See 1910, 590.)
Sect. 73 limited, 1907, 293.
Chapter 57. — Of the Inspection and Sale of Various Articles.
Sale of firearms, 1911, 495. Survey of lumber, 1920, 551.
Paint, turpentine and linseed oil, 1908, 531; 1911, 218, 266; 1914, 795 § 6.
Wood and denatured alcohol, 1919, 360. Methyl alcohol, 1920, 185. Sale
of peas and beans for planting, 1913, 713.
Provision for penalty for giving false weight or measure, 1907, 394; 1911,
163; 1914, 346, 379.
Inspection of petroleum, 1911, 204; 1914, 795 §§ 3, 6.
Baking powders to be labeled with names of ingredients, 1902, 540.
Monopolies and manufacture, sale, etc., of articles in common use, 1908,
454; 1911, 503; 1912, 651. Combinations to maintain or increase unreason-
ably the price of anv necessary of life, 1919, 298. Special commission on
necessaries of life, 1919, 341, 365; 1920, 628 §§ 1-4. Sale of articles of
food regulated, 1920, 402. (See 1913, 709.)
Marking of packages containing food, 1914, 653; 1919, 351. (See 1915,
261 §§ 2-6; 1916, 63, 157.)
Sale of materials used in manufacture of mattresses and similar articles,
1915, 148; 1919, 123.
Marking, sale and installation of range boilers, 1916, 154.
Manufacture and sale of inflammable compounds for use as stove polish
for domestic use prohibited, 1917, 153.
Laws relative to the adulteration and misbranding of foods and drugs
codified and amended, 1917, 208; 1918, 137, 145.
Appointment of local weighers, measurers and survevors of commodities,
1918, 65; 1920, 551 § 5.
Sale of necessaries by cities and towns, 1918, 205; public markets, 1915,
119; 1916, 79; 1920, 580.
As to official designation of commissioner of weights and measures, see
1918, 218; 1919, 244, 350 §§ 69-78 {superseded by director of standards in
department of labor and industries).
Prevention of fraud in packing of merchandise, 1919, 63.
Purchase and sale of second-hand motor vehicles and parts regulated,
1919, 259.
Department of' agriculture to execute laws relative to marketing and
distribution of agricultural products, 1919, 350 § 38.
Use of containers for sale of ice cream regulated, 1920, 259.
Sale of bakery products regulated, 1920, 418.
Slot machines and other automatic de\aces regulated, 1920, 325.
Appointment bv the governor of a fuel administrator authorized, 1920,
610; of a food administrator, 1920, 628 § 5.
Sect. 1. See 1918, 65.
Sects. 3-7 repealed, 1920, 418 § 23. (See 1915, 258; 1916, 157.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1909, 191.
862 Changes in the [Chap. 57.
Sect. 6 revised, 1908, 197.
Sect. 7 amended, 1916, 157.
Sects. 11-17 revised, 1911, 388; 1918, 220. (See 1907, 289.)
Sect. 11 et seq. Regulations for sale of feed stuffs, 1912, 527; 1917, 47.
(See 1903, 122 §§ 1-10; 1904, 332.) Of commercial fertilizers, 1911, 388;
1918, 220. Regulation of sale of unwholesome food, 1913, 687.
Sect. 12. See 1907, 66.
Sect. 18. See 1907, 289; 1911, 388 §§ 7, 12.
Sect. 20 repealed, 1903, 122 § 11.
Sect. 21 revised, 1912, 246; 1913, 713.
Sect. 21 et seq. Packing, grading and sale of apples, 1915, 261; 1916, 63;
1917, 13; 1918, 169; 1919, 350 § 38.
Sect. 22 amended, 1909, 350. Revised, 1918, 257 § 224.
Sect. 23 amended, 1918, 257 § 225.
Sect. 24 revised, 1903, 408 §§ 1-3; 1905, 209; 1911, 380.
Sect. 25 amended, 1918, 257 § 226.
Sects. 31, 39, 46, 60, 63, 91. See 1907, 394; 1911, 163.
Sects. 32-34 repealed, 1918, 257 § 227. (See 1914, 795 § 3.)
Sect. 35. See 1918, 65.
Sects. 36-38 repealed, 1918, 257 § 228.
Sect. 39 repealed, 1918, 257 § 228. (See 1902, 459.)
Sects. 40-43 repealed, 1918, 257 § 229.
Sect. 44 amended, 1918, 257 § 230.
Sect. 45 amended, 1918, 257 § 231.
Sect. 46 amended, 1918, 257 § 232.
Sect. 50 amended, 1918, 257 § 233.
Sect. 60 repealed, 1918, 257 § 234.
Sect. 66 re\ised, 1911, 600 § 1. Vinegar containers to be marked, 1911,
600 § 3; 1915, 158. (See 1917, 193.) As to procedure in prosecutions for
selling or keeping adulterated or misbranded vinegar, see 1918, 137.
Sect. 67 revised, 1911, 600 § 2; 1915, 239; 1916, 189; 1918, 145.
Sect. 69 repealed, 1911, 600 § 5.
Sect. 75. See 1918, 65.
Sect. 83 amended, 1902, 453 § 1; 1918, 257 § 235. A woman or a non-
resident mav be appointed a weigher of coal, 1902, 159. (See 1918, 65.)
Sect. 84 revised, 1907, 228 § 1. Amended, 1918, 257 § 236.
Sect. 84 ct seq. Licenses for dealers in coal or coke, 1903, 484; 1906, 434.
(See 1919, 91.) \
Sect. 85 repealed, 1907, 228 § 2.
Sect. 86 revised, 1908, 205 § 1. Amended, 1918, 257 § 237.
Sect. 86 et seq. See 1919, 91.
Sect. 87 repealed and superseded, 1919, 91. (See 1908, 205 § 2; 1909,
421, § 1.)
Sect. 88 amended, 1902, 453 § 2; 1908, 304; 1910, 219 § 1.
Sect. 89 amended, 1902, 453 § 3; 1910, 219 § 2.
Sect. 91 amended, 1902, 453 § 4.
Sect. 92 revised, 1918, 257 § 238.
Sect. 93 repealed, 1918, 257 § 239.
Chaps. 58-62. J REVISED LaWS. 863
Chapter 58. — Of the Inspection of Gas and Gas Meters.
Chapter repealed and superseded by 1914, 742.
Chapter 59. — Of the Measuring of Upper Leather.
Chapter repealed and superseded by 1913, 502. (See 1913, 503.)
Chapter 60. — Of the Survey and Sale of Lumber, Ornamental Wood and
Ship Timber.
Chapter repealed and superseded, 1920, 551.
Office of surveyor-general of lumber abolished and superseded by director of
standards in the department of labor and industries, 1919, 350 §§ 69-78.
Provision for the appointment of local weighers, measurers and sur-
veyors of commodities, 1918, 65.
Sect. 1. See 1908, 195, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 257 § 90, 294.
Sect. 4 amended, 1902, 477 § 1 ; 1918, 95 § 2.
Sect. 7 amended, 1902, 477 § 2.
Sects. 9-11 repealed, 1902, 477 § 3.
Sect. 15 revised, 1918, 95 § 1.
Chapter 62. — Of Weights and Measures.
Provisions of this chapter extended to scales, balances, etc., having a
device to indicate price as well as weight or measure, 1907, 535; 1917, 8.
And to certain devices for adjusting, testing, etc., used for hire or reward,
1909, 412 § 1. Mechanical devices for measuring leather, 1913, 503. (See
1913, 502.)
Penalty for giving false weight or measure, 1907, 394; 1911, 163; 1914,
379, 387. (See 1909, 350.) Fraud in packing of merchandise, 1916, 63.
Tolerances in sale of commodities by weight established, 1913, 801. Tol-
erances in packages containing malt beverages, 1914, 525.
Provision for the testing and sealing of taximeters, 1909, 541; 1917, 98.
Marking of packages containing foods required, 1914, 653; 1919, 351.
Provisions relative to sealers and deputy sealers of weights and measures,
1914, 452.
Weighing of precious stones regulated, 1914, 183.
Relative to venue of complaints and prosecutions concerning false weights
and measures, 1914, 387.
Standard barrel and box for apples, 1915, 261 § 1.
State clinical standard thermometer, 1917, 152.
Provision for the appointment of local weighers, measurers and sur-
veyors of commodities, 1918, 65; 1920, 551 § 5.
Receptacles for sale of coke, charcoal and kindling wood regulated, 1919,
9-1.
Use of containers for sale of ice cream regulated, 1920, 259.
Slot machines and other automatic de\'ices regulated, 1920, 325.
Provision for the testing of certain weights, measures, instruments and
mechanical devices, 1920, 369.
864 Changes in the [Chap. 62.
Sect. 2 amended, 1914, 525. (.See 1915, 261 § 1.)
Sects. 2, 3. See 1903, 408 § 1.
Sect. 3 amended, 1902, 115; 1911, 397.
Sect. 4 amended, 1910, 297; 1912, 284; 1913, 176; 1915, 43; 1918, 257
§ 240. (See 1915, 261 § 1.)
Sect. 6 revised, 1918, 257 § 241.
Sect. 7 revised, 1918, 257 § 242.
Sects. 8-11 in part superseded and a state commission established, 1907,
534; 1910, 465; 1911, 632; 1912, 256; 1915, 190; 1916, 44, 242 §§ 6-9;
1917, 152 §§ 2-5, 243; 1918, 218; 1919, 244, 350 §§ 69-78 (abolishing com-
missioner of standards and transferring powers to director of standards in
department of labor and industries). (See 1902, 457; 1909, 424 § 2, 541
§§ 2, 3; 1914, 615; 1920, 418 § 17.)
Sect. 9 repealed and superseded, 1917, 125.
Sect. 12 revised, 1918, 257 § 243.
Sects. 12-20. County treasurers not to have custody of standard weights,
etc., or to act as sealers, 1909, 310.
Sect. 14 amended, 1914, 633 § 1.
Sect. 17 amended, 1902, 539. (See 1913, 503.)
Sect. 18 superseded, 1914, 452; 1918, 257 §§ 252, 253. Civil service
rules to apply to certain appointments, 1909, 382.
Sect. 19 affected, 1914, 452 § 3.
Sect. 20 revised, 1907, 283, 534 § 3. (See 1909, 310; 1915, 190.)
Sect. 21 revised, 1918, 257 § 244. (See 1906, 323; 1909, 531; 1910,
462.)
Sect. 21 et seq. See 1903, 408 § 2; 1905, 209; 1909, 412 § 2, 424 § 2,
541; 1911, 380 §2; 1917,98.
Sect. 22 revised, 1910, 209 § 1 ; 1918, 257 § 245.
Sect. 23 amended, 1918, 257 § 246.
Sect. 25 revised, 1914, 633 § 2; 1917, 21.
Sect. 26 amended, 1914, 633 § 3.
Sect. 27 amended, 1917, 15.
Sect. 28 revised, 1918, 257 § 247.
Sect. 29 amended, 1918, 257 § 248.
Sect. 29 et seq. Sealers to report to state commissioner, 1907, 534 § 5;
1914, 452 §§ 1-3; 1918, 257 § 251.
Sect. 30. Repeal and substitute, 1914, 346.
Sect. 32 revised, 1910, 209 § 2. Amended, 1918, 257 § 249.
Sect. 33 revised, 1906, 215; 1914, 379; 1918, 257 § 250. (See 1907,
394; 1911, 163; 1914, 387.)
Sect. 34 revised, 1919, 128.
Sects. 34, 35 affected, 1914, 452. (See 1913, 503 § 3.)
Sect. 37. See 1914, 387.
Sect. 39 amended, 1913, 164, 801; 1917, 14.
Sects. 40, 42. See 1918, 65.
Sect. 43 amended, 1909, 531. Revised, 1920, 45. See acts relative to
sealing bottles or jars for milk, etc., 1906, 323; 1909, 531; 1910, 462. (See
1914, 653 § 4.)
Chaps. 63-65.] REVISED LaWS. 865
Chapter 63. — Of the Metric System of Weights and Measiires.
Provision for the appointment of local weighers, measurers and sur-
veyors of commodities, 1918, 65; 1920, 551 § 5.
Sect. 1 amended, 1914, 183.
Sects. 3, 4, in part, superseded, 1907, 534 §§ 3, 4. (See 1907, 535.)
Chapter 64. — Of Auctioneers.
Sect. 6 et seq. Auction sales of horses in Boston restricted, 1904, 336;
1905, 426. And of certain lame or diseased horses, 1906, 185 §§ 1, 3. (See
1907, 363; 1908, 133.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1919, 227.
Sect. 11 repealed, 1918, 257 § 254.
Sect. 15. See 1908, 237 §§ 13 cl. 4, 21.
Sect. 16. New section added, 1918, 257 § 255.
Chapter 65. — Of Itinerant Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers.
Granting of temporary licenses to sell certain articles for charitable
purposes, 1916, 188.
Official designation of the commissioner of weights and measures changed
and his salary and the number of his inspection force established, 1918, 218;
1919, 244, 350 §§ 69-78 {abolishing and superseding commissioner).
Words "transient vendor" substituted for "itinerant vendor" wherever
they occur in this chapter and amendments, 1918, 257 § 256.
Special licenses to soldiers and sailors, 1919, 22.
Sect. 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 257.
Sect. 2 amended, 1917, 237 § 1.
Sect. 3 amended, 1916, 120 § 1; 1917, 237 § 2. Provision for revocation
of license, 1908, 208.
Sect. 4 amended, 1916, 120 § 2.
Sects. 5, 6 revised, 1918, 257 § 258.
Sect. 8 amended, 1916, 120 J 3.
Sect. 9 amended, 1902, 544 § 9.
Sect. 11 amended, 1916, 120 § 4; 1917, 237 § 3. Revised, 1918, 257 § 259.
Sect. 12 revised, 1916, 120 § 5; 1917, 237 § 4.
Sect. 13 revised, 1916, 242 § 1; 1918, 257 § 260.
Sects. 13-29 restricted, 1920, 591 § 21.
Sect. 13A added by 1918, 257 § 260.
Sect. 14 revised, 1916, 242 § 2.
Sect. 15 revised, 1916, 242 § 3; 1918, 257 § 261; 1920, 591 § 20. (See
1905, 377; 1906, .345; 1916, 48.)
Sect. 16 revised, 1918, 257 § 262.
Sect. 17 revised, 1916, 242 § 4; 1918, 257 § 263. (See 1902, .531; 1906,
151; 1910, 419.)
Sect. 18 revised, 1916, 242 § 5; 1918, 257 § 264.
866 Changes in the [Chap. 66.
Sect. 19 revised, 1916, 242 § 6; 1918, 257 § 265. (See 1905, 204; 1907,
571 § 1; 1912, 192; 1915, 253 § 1; 1919, 22.)
Sect. 19 et seq. Secretary may revoke license in certain cases, 1908, 208.
(See 1916, 289.)
Sect. 20 revised, 1916, 242 § 7; 1918, 257 § 266. (See 1915, 253 § 2.)
Sect. 21 repealed, 1907, 571 § 2. (See 1903, 432.)
Sect. 22 amended, 1915, 253 § 3.
Sect. 23 revised, 1916, 242 § 8; 1918, 257 § 267. (See 1915, 253 § 4.)
Sect. 24 revised, 1916, 242 § 9. (See 1915, 253 § 5.)
Sect. 25 revised, 1916, 242 § 10. (See 1915, 253 § 6.)
Sect. 26 revised, 1916, 242 § 11.
Sect. 27 revised, 1916, 242 § 12; 1918, 257 § 268.
Sect. 29 revised, 1916, 120 § 6. (See 1915, 253 § 7.)
Chapter 66. — Of Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters.
Arrest without warrant of persons committing misdemeanors in rivers,
harbors, etc., 1912, 372.
Lines and regulations in certain harbors: Boston, 1901, 196; 1908, 579;
1912, 619; 1915, Sp. Act 334. Charles River, 1901, 245, 401; 1913, 417.
(See 1903, 465.) Gloucester, 1920, 230. Haverhill, 1902, 313; 1905, 327.
New Bedford, 1901, 243; 1903, 363; 1916, Sp. Act 35. Provincetown, 1913,
415. Weymouth Fore River, 1916, 280; 1920, 104.
Improvement of tide waters, etc., 1909, 481; 1912, 642; 1914, 20, 378,
472, 506, 691, 693, 716, Res. 109, 112, 115, 132, 135, 137; 1915 Res. 97;
1919, 231. (See 1912, 46; 1914, 691, 693, 716, 717, Res. 112, 115, 132, 135,
137" 1915 96.)
Development of port of Boston, 1911, 748; 1912, 46, 181, 663; 1913, 635;
1914, 48, 555, 602, 712; 1915, 300 § 2, Sp. Acts 335, 337, 363; 1916, 231,
232, 253; 1918, 143, 267, 270; 1919, 119, 162, 325; 1920, 363. (See 1910,
648; 1912, 46.) Board of directors of the port of Boston abolished and
powers and duties transferred to the Massachusetts commission on water-
ways and public lands, 1916, 288; 1917, 178, 184 §§ 1, 3, 240. Commission
superseded by departvient oj public works, 1919, 350 §§ 111-116. (See 1917, 60,
68.)
Commission on foreign and domestic commerce established, 1919, 119;
1920, 514.
Mufflers on motor boats, 1909, 245.
Power boats must show lights at night in certain waters, 1910, 397;
1918, 257 § 269.
Relative to the construction of fish weirs, nets and traps beyond estab-
lished harbor lines, 1918, 27.
Sects. 2, 3 repealed, 1910, 526.
Harbor and land commissioners' tide water fund established, 1912, 257.
Designation changed to "Waterways Fund", 1918, 21.
Sect. 7 amended, 1918, 291 § 17.
Sect. 17. See 1907, 229; 1910, 255.
Sect. 19 amended, 1909, 270 § 1. As to Boston, see 1908, 579; 1909,
270 § 2.
Chaps. 67-70.] REVISED LawS. 867
Chapter 67. — Of Pilots and Pilotage.
Act relative to pilotage, 1918, 56.
Sect. 10. See 1914, 472, 747.
Sect. 17. See 1907, 490.
Sect. 28 amended, 1915, 17.
Sect. 32 amended, 1918, 56 § 3.
Chapter 68. — Of Agents, Consignees and Factors.
Sale of merchandise in bulk, 1903, 415.
Uniform warehouse receipts act, 1907, 582; 1918, 257 §§ 270-273.
Uniform sales act, 1908, 237; 1918, 257 §§ 280, 281.
Uniform bills of lading act, 1910, 214; 1918, 257 § 284.
Collection agencies regulated, 1910, 656; 1919, 101.
Recovery of personal property held under a lien, 1920, 590.
Sect. 1. See 1912, 271.
Sects. 2-4. Provision for dissolution of lien, 1907, 490. (See 1909, 235;
1911, 150.)
Sects. 4-6. See 1908, 237 §§ 23-30.
Sect. 6. See 1905, 324.
Chapter 69. — Of Public Warehouses.
Storage of liquors, 1911, 77, 88.
As to cold storage, see 1910, 640; 1912, 652; 1913, 538; 1917, 149;
1919, 28, 351.
Relative to goods stored with public warehousemen, 1909, 227; 1912,
649; 1913, 228.
Uniform warehouse receipts act, 1907, 582; 1918, 257 §§ 270-273. (See
1009, 227.)
Uniform sales act, 1908, 237; 1918, 257 §§ 280, 281.
Uniform bills of lading act, 1910, 214; 1918, 257 § 284.
Provision for dissolution of lien, 1907, 490. (See 1907, 582 § 34 ; 1920, 590.)
Charges for storage of baggage by railroad corporations, 1907, 287; 1908,
504.
Recovery of personal property held under a lien, 1920, 590.
Sect. 1. See 1915, 98.
Sect. 7. See 1911, 77.
Sects. 17, 18. New sections, 1915, 98.
Chapter 70. — Of Common Carriers and Express Companies.
Street railwavs as common carriers of newspapers, baggage, express
matter and freight, 1903, 202; 1904, 441; 1906, 463 III § 41; 1907, 402;
1918, 238.
Street railway companies permitted to use motor vehicles not running on
rails or tracks, and operators of such vehicles made common carriers subject
to the supervision of the public service commission, 1918, 226; 1919, 350
§§ 117-122, 371.
868 Changes est the [Chaps. 71-7S.
Uniform sales act, 1908, 237; 1918, 257 §§ 280, 281.
Uniform bills of lading act, 1910, 214 §§ 11-27; 1918, 257 § 284.
Trustee process against common carriers, 1905, 324.
Public service commission granted supervisory powers over express com-
panies, 1906, 266; 1908, 599; 1913, 784; 1918, 283; 1919, 350 §§ 117-122.
Taking of deposits for transmitting to foreign countries, or other purposes,
1905, 428; 1906, 408; 1907, 377; 1908, 493; 1909. 287, 450; 1910, 338;
1911, 358; 1912, 335; 1913, 178, 179, 245; 1916, 175.
Taxation of express companies, 1918, 257 § 77.
Wrongful retention or disposition by carriers of "sums received by con-
signees, 1919, 188.
Recovery of personal property held under a lien, 1920, 590.
Sects. 3, 4. See 1907, 539 § 2; 1908, 316.
Sect. 6. See 1913, 290; 1915, 151 § 7.
Chapter 71. — Of Limited Paxtnerships.
Voluntary associations under written instruments, 1909, 441 ; 1913, 454,
596; 1914, 471, 742 § 148, 770 § 10; 1915, 20, 238 § 10; 1916, 184, 269
§§12,25.
Sect. 3. Names to be recorded in city or town clerk's office in certain
cases, 1907, 539. (See 1908, 316.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1918, 257 § 274.
Sect. 7 revised, 1918, 257 § 275.
Chapter 72. — Of the Use of Labels, Trade-Marks and Names.
Provision as to labels on baking powders, 1902, 540. Drugs and patent
foods, 1906, 386; 1907, 259; 1908,307.
Sect. 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 276.
Sect. 2 amended, 1918, 257 § 277.
Sect. 4 repealed, 1918, 257 § 278.
Sect. 5. Names to be recorded in certain cases, 1907, 539. (See 1908,
316.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1918, 257 § 279; 1920, 618.
Sects. 7, 8. Certain insignia, badges, etc., may be registered, and the
unauthorized use thereof is prohibited, 1904, 335; 1907, 232 § 3; 1909,
514 §§ 31, 32. (See 1902, 430; 1903, 275; 1908, 280; 1920, 367 (in.signia
of American Legion).)
Sect. 16 amended, 1909, 196.
Chapter 73. — Of Money and Negotiable Instruments.
Business of making small loans regulated, 1911, 727; 1912, 675; 1913,
347, 638; 1916, 194, 224, 274; 1919, 350 §§ 4.5-50.
As to negotiation of warehouse receipts, 1907, 582 §§ 38-50; 1918, 257
§§ 270-273. Documents of title, 1908, 237 §§ 27-40; 1918, 257 §§ 280,
281. Bills of lading, 1910, 214 §§ 28-43; 1918, 257 § 284.
Chaps. 74, 75.] REVISED LaWS. 869
Liability of banks on negotiable instruments forged, altered, etc., 1912,
277.
Drawing and passing of fraudulent checks, drafts and orders, 1919, 141.
Sect. 3. See 1911, 727 §§ 7, 18; 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 37.
Sect. 4 amended, 1915, 121.
Sect. 7 amended, 1905, 454 § 1.
Sect. 8 amended, 1905, 454 § 2.
Sects. 35, 40. See 1912, 277.
Sect. 46 revised, 1918, 257 § 282.
Sect. 72. See 1910, 378; 1912, 277.
Sect. 88 amended, 1918, 257 § 283.
Sects. 88, 92, 102, 103. See 1907, 204; 1911, 136; 1912, 277.
Sect. 102 revised, 1910, 417.
Sect. 141. See 1912, 277.
Sect. 201 et seq. See 1912, 277.
Sect. 212. See 1908, 237 § 73; 1910, 171 § 18.
Chapter 74. — Of the Prevention of Frauds and Perjuries.
Sect. 5 repealed and superseded, 1908, 237 §§4, 78. (See 1908, 237 § 4;
1912, 271.)
Chapter 75. — Of the Preservation of the Public Health.
Acts for protection of health, 1902, 322, 541; 1903, 220, 475; 1904, 395,
1905, 251, 474; 1906, 116, 158, 165, 250, 386, 502; 1907, 164, 180, 259,
285, 410, 480; 1908, 150, 307, 325, 329, 381, 411, 435, 539, 570; 1909,
319, 375, 391, 405, 433, 471, 474, 514 §§ 75, 78-89, 105, 106, 536; 1910,
257, 259, 269, 271, 387, 404, 428, 458, 543, 597, 640; 1911, 278, 341, 381,
576, 597, 613, 655; 1912, 59, 151, 528, 637, 652, 653; 1913, 73, 210, 265,
272, 328, 426, 472, 504, 538, 647, 650, 654, 687, 743, 761; 1914, 67, 76,
177, 241, 325, 408, 455, 484, 545, 634, 655, 677, 688, 694, 726, 744, 788,
792; 1915, 22, 27, 55, 116, 117, 148, 187, 258, 288; 1916, 57, 134, 153,
155, 180, 197, 228, 258, 265, 286; 1917, 11, 78, 103, 112, 149, 151, 193.
208, 212, 251, 290; 1918, 58, 111, 182, 243; 1919, 28, 123, 195, 304, 350
§§ 96-98; 1920, 100, 238, 296, 297, 418, 435, 541. (See 1907, 550 § 68;
1911, 395, 596, 597; 1912, Res. 117, 133; 1913, 426, 494, 650, 663; 1914,
240, 241, 283, 531, 628, 655, Res. 52; 1915, 44, 46, 109, 174, Sp. Act 346,
Res. 2, 23.)
Acts relating to state department of health, 1914, 792; 1915, 116, 258
§ 3; 1916, 155, 180, 286 §§ 2, 13, 313; 1917, 151, 193, 208, 212; 1918, 58,
130, 131, 182, ContimLcd as the department of public health, 1919, 350
§§ 96-98; 1920, 296, 435. (See 1915, 109.)
Provision for reclamation of wet lands, 1913, 633, 759; 1914, 596; 1917,
212; 1918,289; 1919,98. (See 1915, 46.)
Practice of optometry, 1912, 700; 1915, 201; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67; 1920,
463, 512.
Incorporation of milk commissions, 1911, 506.
870 Changes in the [Chap. 75.
Use of common drinking cups restricted, 1910, 428. (See 1911, 491;
1912, 581.) And of common towels, 1912, 59.
Establishment of health districts and the appointment of inspectors of
health, 1907, 537; 1910, 405, 523; 1911, 282, 603, 709; 1914, 792; 1917,
151. (See 1907, 499; 1908, 325 § 3, 329, 487; 1909, 514 §§ 75, 78-89, 105,
106; 1910,259,394,543; 1912,726; 1913,426.) For sanitary stations in
cities and certain towns, 1911, 596. Sanitary conditions in certain estab-
lishments, 1902, 322; 1906, 250; 1909, 514 §§ 78, 79; 1912, 318; 1914,
328, 726; 1915, 116, 117.
Towns not maintaining hospitals may appropriate money for free beds,
1915, 44. (See 1915, Sp. Act 190.)
Board of labor and industries established and its powers and duties
defined, 1912, 726; 1913, 424, 766, 813, 831 §§ 4, 18; 1914, 263, 474, 533;
1915, 74; 1916, 115, 143, 308; 1917, 72. Superseded by departrnent of labor
and indmtries, 1919, 350 §§ 69-78. (See 1916, 222.)
Inspection of jails, prisons, etc., 1910, 405; 1911, 282.
Regulation and supervision of water companies, 1909, 319; 1913, 660.
Tuberculosis dispensaries standardized, 1914, 408.
Sale and manufacture of sausages, etc., 1914, 325, 634; 1915, 22; 1917,
11, 78.
Bakerv and bakerv products regulated, 1920, 418. (See 1915, 258;
1916, 157.)
As to metropolitan water and sewerage system, see 1889, 439; 1895, 342,
406, 488; 1897, 80, 81, 83, 88, 502; 1899, 342; 1900, 108; 1901, 168, 498;
1902, 101, 189, 213, 391, 535; 1903, 161, 242, 356; 1904, 186, 230, 246,
273, 317, 426, 431; 1905, 457; 1906, 235, 337, 338, 369, 404, 406, 457,
530; 1907, 165, 238, 349, 524; 1908, 556, 558; 1909, 177, 243, 258, 282,
320,453,473; 1910,32,291,292; 1911,5,541; 1912,528,694; 1913,422,
525, 685; 1914, 343, 455, 601, Res. 96; 1915, 147, 150, 210; 1916, 93, 94,
96, 100, 159, 172, 258; 1917, 3, 285, 287, 322, 314; 1918, 157, 177; 1919,
161, 165-167, 237, 350 §§ 123-129 {metropolitan water and sewerage board
superseded by the metropolitan district comviission) ; 1920, 525, 530.
Board of health to publish information in interest of public health, 1902,
230, 272; 1913, 622; 1914, 792. And define what diseases are deemed
dangerous, 1907, 183. (See 1913, 210, 328; 1914, 792.)
Provision for appointment of school physicians, 1906, 502; 1908, 189,
412; 1910, 257. Nurses, 1911, 72. Establishment of dental dispensaries
for children, 1914, 677; repealed and superseded by 1920, 100, authorizing
cities and towns to establish dental, medical and health clinics.
Provisions for suppressing insect pests, 1902, 57; 1905, 381; 1906, 268;
1907, 521; 1908, 591; 1909, 263; 1910, 150; 1911, 242, 474; 1912, 263;
1913, 585; 1914, 340, 341, 404; 1915, 124, 171; 1919, 350 §§ 37-42. (See
1910, 427; 1912, 91, 112, 625; 1913, 293, 296, 585, 600, 605.) For paving
private passageways in certain cities, 1907, 256. For treatment or purifi-
cation of sewage, 1909, 433.
Standard for cream established, 1907, 216. Ice cream, 1913, 743; 1914,
67. Containers for sale of, use regulated, 1920, 259. To prohibit misuse of
vessels used in sale of milk, 1906, 116; 1908, 435; 1913, 761. (See 1906, 323;
Chap. 75.] REVISED LaWS. 871
1908,570; 1909,425,531; 1910,462,641; 1911, 610; 1912,474.) Produc-
tion and sale of milk, 1909, 405, 443; 1914, 744; 1916, 134, 151, 228; 1917,
112,256,259; 1918,170. Of vinegar, 1918, 137, 145. (See 1911, 278; 1915,
109.)
Cold storage, 1910, 640; 1912, 652; 1913, 538; 1914, 545; 1915, 55;
1917, 149; 1919, 351; 1920, 297.
Provision for separate systems of drainage, 1903, 383.
Occupancy of cellars and basements in the city of Boston, 1907, 550 § 68;
1914, 628; 1915, Sp. Act 346.
Building and use of tuberculosis hospitals encouraged, 1907, 474; 1908,
532; 1910, 198, 491; 1911, 597; 1912, 17, 637; 1915, 153; 1916, 57, 197,
286; 1917, 31, 103, 251, 290; 1918, 80, 163, 187; 1919, 32; 1920, 87, 238,
532. (See 1908, 533, 598; 1909, 414; 1912, 151, 468; 1915, Sp. Act 190,
Res. 24.)
Provision for treatment of leprosy cases, 1905, 474; 1909, 250; 1913,
73; 1920, 328. (See 1919, 304.)
Analyzing of intoxicating liquors, 1914, 484.
Wood and denatured alcohol, 1905, 220; 1910, 541 ; 1919, 360.
Throwing of glass on bathing beaches prohibited, 1914, 76.
Moving by women of boxes and receptacles in manufacturing or me-
chanical establishments, 1913, 426; 1914,241; 1915,27.
Manufacture and sale of mattresses, pillow^s, etc., 1915, 148; 1919, 123.
State department of health required to make analyses of drugs and
poisons, 1910, 495; 1915, 104; 1919, 350 §§ 96-98.
Infantile paralysis, 1916, 313.
Taking effect of certain orders, rules and regulations, 1917, 307; 1920,
433.
Reports and records of venereal diseases, 1918, 96.
Registered physicians and surgeons authorized to disclose information
pertaining to venereal diseases, 1918, 111.
Physicians' certificates of exemption from vaccination made uniform,
1918, 117.
Dispensaries to be licensed by the state department of health, 1918, 131;
1919, 350 §§ 96-98.
As to training and instruction of disabled soldiers and sailors, see
1918, 230.
Licensing and regulation of day nurseries by local boards of health, 1919,
195.
Admission to certain state institutions of persons affected with incurable
diseases, 1919, 304.
Sects. 1-2 repealed, 1914, 792.
Sect. 3 repealed, 1914, 792. (See 1906, 425; 1907, 364.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1903, 480; 1912, 104; 1917, 190. Duties assumed by
state department of health, 1914, 792. (See 1902, 272; 1905, 344; 1906,
386 § 6, 502 § 6; 1907, 183; 1908, 189, 329; 1909, 319, 346 § 3, 433 § 3,
Res. 72; 1910, 405, 458, 495, 569; 1911, 218, 266, 282, 381; 1912, 635 § 7;
1913, 654 § 5, 655 § 40, 786 §§ 29, 53, 59, 67, 79, 80, 84; 1914, 484, 744;
1915, 148, 258; 1917, 193, 208, 212.)
872 Changes in the [Chat. 75.
Sect. 5. Powers and duties of inspector and assayer of liquors trans-
ferred to board of health, 1902, 110. (See 1914, 484.) Duties assumed by
state department of health, 1914, 792. Affected, 1920, 29.
Sect. 5 extended, 1910, 394, 405. (See 1910, 457; 1914, 744, 792.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1903, 467; 1907, 208. (See 1908, 195.)
Sect 7. See 1914 792.
Sect. 8 revised, 1913, 670. (See 1904, 395 § 1; 1909, 391.) Duties
assumed by state department of health, 1914, 792.
Sect. 9 et seq. Relative to the production and sale of milk, 1909, 405,
443; 1914, 744; 1916, 134, 151, ^28; 1917, 112, 256, 258; 1918, 170.
Infantile paralysis, 1916, 313. Manufacture and sale of food and drugs,
1917, 208. Licensing and regulation of day nurseries, 1919, 195. Duties
of board of health in relation to admission to certain state institutions of
persons suffering from incurable diseases, 1919, 304. Establishment of
dental, medical and health clinics, 1920, 100. Boards of health may make
reasonable health regulations, 1920, 591 § 17. (See 1911, 278; 1915, 109;
1918, 137, 145.)
Sect. 10. See 1906, 502; 1908, 189, 412; 1910, 257; 1913, 210; 1914, 677.
Sect. 12 repealed, 1916, 53.
Sects. 12-15. See 1920, 591 §§ 36, 38, 44^7.
Sect. 13. See 1909, 405, 443; 1910, (>40; 1911, 443 p 1912, 155.
Sect. 14 amended, 1914, 90.
Sect. 16 repealed, 1917, 208 § 12. (See 1903, 367.)
Sect. 16 d seq. Certain of these sections and subsequent acts are rei>ealed
and new provisions made by an act to codify and amend certain laws rela-
tive to the manufacture and sale of foods and drugs which are adulterated
or misbranded, 1917, 208. Sale or gift of certain harmful medicines,
drugs, etc., restricted, 1906, 386; 1907, 180; 1908, 307; 1909, 375; 1910,
271, 541; 1911, 30, 341, 372; 1912, 263, 283; 1913, 585, 654, 705, 720;
1914, 694, 788, 792; 1915, 159, 187; 1916, 78, 85, 117; 1917, 275; 1920,
360. (See 1905, 220; 1910, 416, 495, 528; 1911, 218, 266, 289; 1913, 272;
1915, 104; 1918, 137, 145.) Deleterious confectionery, 1913, 265, &47.
Bread, 1915, 258.
Sect. 17 repealed, 1917, 208 § 12.
Sect. 18 repealed, 1917, 208 § 12. (See 1910, 528 § 1; 1913, 272.)
Sect. 19 repealed, 1917, 208 § 12. (See 1911, 289, 600 § 3; 1914, 792;
1915, 158, 239.)
Sect. 19 et seq. Baking powders to be labeled, 1902, 540 § 1. Also
certain patent or proprietary drugs and food, 1906, 386; 1907, 259. Bread
containing certain materials to be labeled, 1915, 258. (See 1903, 367; 1907,
180; 1908, 307; 1911, 610; 1912, 474.)
Sect. 20. See 1914, 792; 1917, 193, 208 § 4.
Sect. 21 repealed, 1917, 208 § 12. (See 1917, 193.)
Sect. 23 amended, 1910, 528 § 2.
Sect. 24 revised, 1916, 58. (See 1905, 236; 1906, 305; 1913, 795.)
Sects. 25, 26 repealed, 1908, 238. (See 1903, 367; 1906, 386 § 6; 1907,
259; 1908, 525 § 3; 1910, 172 § 1, 416; 1911, 289, 341, 372; 1915, 258.)
Sects. 28, 31 repealed, 1920, 418 § 23.
Chap. 7o.] KeVISED LaWS. 873
Sect. 31. See 1915, 258.
Sect. 34 revised, 1902, 403.
Sect. 35 revised, 1912, 151; 1914, 647. Affected, 1914, 792. In part
repealed, 1916, 286 § 15. (See 1906, 365 § 1; 1911, 613.)
Sect. 35 et seq. Provision for three state sanatoriums for tubercular
patients, 1907, 474; 1908, 532, 533; 1909, 414; 1910, 198, 491; 1912, 468.
(See 1908, 598; 1914, 792; 1919, 304, 350 §§ 96-98.)
Sect. 36 amended, 1907, 445. (See 1906, 365 § 1; 1909, 391 § 1.)
Sects. 36-42 revised, 1906, 365 § 1. (See 1902, 206; 1904, 395; 1906,
225, 365 § 4; 1907, 183, 445; 1909, 391; 1911, 613.)
Sect. 37 repealed, 1914, 583.
Sects. 41, 42. See 1908, 386; 1918, 96, 111, 237.
Sect. 46 superseded, 1915, 12. (See 1902, 206 § 2; 1906, 365 § 2.)
Sects. 47, 52. See 1904, 395 § 1.
Sect. 48 revised, 1920, 306.
Sect. 49 amended, 1905, 251 § 1; 1907, 480; 1910, 269; 1914, 177. (See
1909, 292, 380, 391.)
Sects. 49, 50, 52. See 1913, 670.
Sect. 50 amended, 1905, 251 § 2; 1907, 480.
Sect. 51 amended, 1915, 52.
Sect. 52 amended, 1907, 480; 1916, 55. As to appointment of person
to give notice, see 1918, 130 § 1. (See 1902, 213 § 1; 1907, 386; 1909,
380, 391.)
Sects. 53, 57 affected, 1918, 130 § 2.
Sect. 56 revised, 1906, 365 § 3.
Sect. 57 revised, 1902, 213; 1907, 386; 1909, 380; 1917, 70. (See 1904,
395 § 2; 1907, 183.)
Sect. 59. See 1914, 792.
Sect. 62 revised, 1910, 569; 1911, 264.
Sects. 63, 64 revised, 1910, 569. (See 1905, 330; 1914, 792.)
Sect. 65 et seq. Spitting in certain public places and conveyances pro-
hibited, 1906, 165; 1907, 410; 1908, 150. Certain lung-testing machines,
1908, 381 § 2. Cold storage and refrigerating warehouses to be licensed
and inspected, 1910, 640; 1912, 652; 1917, 149. As to abatement of
certain nuisances on the seashore in certain counties, see 1918, 243.
(See 1914, 792.)
Sects. 67-74. See 1911, 381 § 4; 1912, 480; 1913, 655 § 3; 1914, 795 § 8.
Sect. 68. See 1919, 333 § 7.
Sect. 70 amended, 1910, 313.
Sect. 79 amended, 1915, 46. (See 1903, 383.)
Sect. 81 revised, 1918, 257 § 192.
Sects. 86, 87. See 1915, 148.
Sect. 90 amended, 1903, 306.
Sect. 100 amended, 1911, 297 § 2. Affected, 1916, 153. (See 1907, 243;
1914, 792.)
Sect. 101 amended, 1911, 297 § 3, 534 § 1. (See 1914, 792.)
Sect. 102 amended, 1911, 297 § 4. Revised, 1919, 27. (See 1908, 329 § 4;
1914, 792.)
874 Changes in the [Chap. 76.
Sect. 103 superseded, 1902, 312 § 1; 1903, 220 § 1; 1909, 471; 1911,
297 § 5; 1912, 248 § 1, 603; 1914, 206. (See 1913, 570; 1914, 792.)
Sect. 104 amended, 1902, 312 § 1; 1903, 220 § 1; 1909, 476. (See 1908,
329, 411; 1909, 471, 474; 1911, 297.)
Sect. 105 amended, 1902, 312 § 2; 1903, 220 § 2; 1908, 329 § 6; 1909,
474; 1912, 248 § 2; 1916, 139.
Sect. 111. See 1907, 243; 1911, 297 § 6.
Sect. 112 et seq. See 1906, 158 § 1; 1908, 499, 539; 1909, 319; 1911,
135; 1913, 660; 1914, 7.87 § 12, 792.
Sect. 113 amended, 1907, 467. (See 1914, 531, 792.)
Sect. 114 et seq. See 1914, 792.
Sect. 122. See 1909, 514 § 81.
Sect. 123 revised, 1910, 550.
Sect. 124. See 1908, 499, 539; 1910, 400.
Sect. 126. See 1911, 339.
Sect. 127. See 1914, 284.
Sect. 128. See 1912, 372, 482.
Sect. 129 affected, 1908, 539.
Sect. 136 repealed, 1908, 337.
Sect. 137 revised, 1902, 190 § 1.
Sect. 139 revised, 1902, 190 § 2, 544 § 10. (See 1918, 117.)
Chapter 76. — Of the Registration of Physicians, Surgeons, Pharmacists
and Dentists.
Boards of registration in medicine, of dental examiners, of pharmacy, of
nurses, in embalming, optometry, veterinary medicine, and state examiners of
electricians placed in department of civil service and registration, 1919, 360
§§ 63-67.
Provision for registration of veterinary practitioners and board of regis-
tration established, 1903, 249; 1906, 503; 1907, 314; 1911, 199; 1914, 116,
750; 1917, 218; 1918, 257 §-295. For registration of erabalmers, 1905,
473; 1910, 390; 1916, 305. Optometrists, 1912, 700; 1915, 201; 1916,
305; 1920, 463, 512. Of osteopaths, 1909, 526; 1918, 257 § 297. And of
nurses, 1910, 449; 1916, 305; 1919, 142. Physicians, 1913, 346; 1915,
293; 1917, 218; 1918, 257 §§ 296, 297. (See 1916, 304.) Manicuring,
massage and vapor baths, 1911, 443; 1912, 155. Chiropodists, 1917, 202;
1918, 15, 257 § 297; 1919, 316.
Salaries and allowance for travel fixed, 1902, 505; 1903, 228, 249 § 1;
1907,399.
Agent of the board of registration in pharmacy, 1914, 315.
Prescriptions of opium, morphine, and other narcotic drugs, by physi-
cians, dentists and veterinary practitioners, 1914, 694, 788; 1915, 187;
1916, 78; 1917, 275.
Examination and registration of dentists, 1915, 301; 1917, 218; 1918,
257 § 293; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67; 1920, 424. And dental hygienists (nurses),
1915,301; 1917, 76.
Boards of registration in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary
medicine authorized to suspend and cancel certificates of registration,
1917, 218; 1918, 257 § 296; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67.
Chaps. 77, 78.] REVISED LaWS. 875
Certain fees required for certified statements issued by the various boards
of registration or examination, 1918, 217.
Reports and records of venereal diseases, 1918, 96.
Registered physicians and surgeons authorized to disclose information
pertaining to venereal diseases, 1918, 111. (See also 1908, 386; 1918, 237.)
Provision for the limited registration of internes and hospital medical
officers, 1920, 244.
Sect. 2. See 1908, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 294.
Sect. 3 amended, 1913, 346; 1915, 293; 1917, 55 § 1; 1918, 85 § 1, 257
§ 285. (See 1909, 504 §§ 32, 91; 1917, 218.)
Sects. 4, 12, 27 repealed, 1902, 505 § 6.
Sect. 5 revised, 1918, 257 § 286. (See 1910, 458.)
Sect. 8 amended, 1917, 55 § 2; 1918, 257 § 287. (See 1909, 526 § 4;
1910,271; 1911,372; 1917, 218 § 5.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1909, 526 § 6; 1918, 85 § 2. (See 1903, 249 § 9; 1907,
314 § 2; 1909, 504 § 32; 1917, 55 § 3.)
Sect. 9A. New section added, 1917, 55 § 3. Revised, 1917, 199.
Sect. 10 amended, 1909, 261 § 3. (See 1907, 190; 1913, 410. 413.)
Sect. 10 d seq. Permits to transact the retail drug business, 1913, 705;
1916, 85; 1920, 360. (See 1914, 315; 1918, 257 § 341.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1909, 261 § 4. (See 1908, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 294.)
Sect. 13 revised, 1918, 257 § 288. (See 1917, 218.)
Sect. 14 amended, 1906, 120; 1908, 525 § 1; 1918, 527 § 289. Board
may suspend certificates, 1909, 261 § 5; 1917, 218; 1918, 257 §§ 292, 296.
Sect. 16 amended, 1907, 140; 1910, 172 § 2. (See 1902, 327; 1906, 281;
1907,308; 1909,261; 1917,218.)
Sects. 16-18. See 1917, 218.
Sect. 17 amended, 1902, 321; 1918, 257 § 290.
Sect. 18 amended, 1908, 525 § 2; 1913, 720 § 1. (See 1913, 705, 720 § 2.)
Sect, 20 repealed and superseded, 1916, 305 §§ 2, 3.
Sect. 23 amended, 1902, 327; 1908, 525 § 3; 1910, 172 § 1. Revised,
1918, 257 § 291. (See 1906, 281; 1907,180; 1908, 238, 307; 1916, 85.)
Sects. 24-29 repealed and superseded, 1915, 301; 1917, 76; 1920, 424.
(See 1903, 219; 1905,289; 1908,294; 1909,301; 1911,377; 1917,218.)
Chapter 77. — Of the Promotion of Anatomical Science.
Sect. 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 298.
Sect. 4 amended, 1904, 204.
Sect. 5. New section added, 1902, 417.
Chapter 78. — Of Cemeteries and Burials.
Cities and towns may appropriate money for care of neglected burial
grounds, 1902, 389; 1915, 156. And for care of graves of soldiers and sailors,
1914. 122; 1920, 218.
Mortuaries in Suffolk, 1911, 252; 1912, 631.
Passing through cemeteries, 1913, 182.
Personal property held for care of graves, cemetery lots and similar
purposes exempt from taxation, 1913, 578; 1914, 523. (See 1913, 719 § 17.)
876 Changes en^ the [Chap. 79.
Better protection of family cemetery lots provided, 1914, 492.
Care and preservation of lots, tombs and monuments in cemeteries,
1919, 124.
Sects. 1, 2. See 1908, 379, 590 § 51.
Sects. 3, 4. See 1907, 225.
Sect. 7 revised, 1919, 333 § 9.
Sect. 9. See 1907, 138.
Sect. 11 et seq. See 1915, 263.
Sect. 12. See 1908, 379.
Sect. 15. See 1908, 379 § 3; 1914, 33; 1915, 263.
Sect. 16 amended, 1909, 279.
Sect. 19 revnsed, 1904, 422 § 1.
Sect. 20 amended, 1904, 422 § 2.
Sect. 21 amended, 1917, 7; 1920, 591 § 19. (See 1920, 591 §§ 36, 43-i7.)
Sect. 26. See 1914, 492.
Sect. 30 amended, 1908, 379 § 1.
Sect. 31. See 1908, 379 §§ 2, 3.
Sect. 37 revised, 1907, 138.
Sect. 40 amended, 1920, 321.
Sect. 44. See 1905, 473; 1910, 390.
Chapter 79. — Of State and Military Aid and Soldiers' Relief.
Cities and towns to care for graves of soldiers and sailors, 1914, 122;
1920, 218.
State pay for soldiers and sailors from this commonwealth in the volunteer
serviceof the United States, 1917, 211; 1918,92; 1919,283; 1920,51,250,
609. (See 1917, 332.)
Provision for certain residents of the commonwealth and their de-
pendents in the military or naval service of the United States, 1917, 179,
332; 1918, 108, 233; 1919, 139, 151, 290. (See also chapter 16.)
Comviissio7ier of state aid and jpensioyis placed under governor and council,
1919, 350%16. ^ • . _
Soldiers' and sailors' commission established, 1919, 125.
Sect. 1 superseded, 1902, 192 §§ 1-4; 1909, 468 § 1; 1912, 549; 1914,
407, 587 § 1; 1916, 314 §§ 4, 5; 1917, 179 §§ 4, 6; 1918, 164; 1919, 190,
290 § 1; 1920, 431. (See 1917, 332.)
Sects. 2-16 superseded, 1909, 468 §§ 2-16; 1910, 467, 470; 1912, 589;
1913, 475; 1914, 311, 349, 375, 587 §§ 2-16; 1916, 314; 1917, 5, 161, 179;
1919, 290 §§ 2-16. (See 1902, 192, 216, 250, 251, 292; 1903, 387, 420; 1904,
381; 1907,43,354; 1908,405.)
Sect. 8 repealed, 1902, 192 § 5. (See 1914, 587 § 8; 1919, 290 § 8.)
Sects. 9, 10. (See 1914, 587 §§ 9, 10; 1916, 314 §§ 1, 2; 1917, 179 §§ 1,
2, 332; 1918, 108; 1919, 290 §§ 9, 10.)
Sect. 14. See 1910, 412; 1914, 587 § 14; 1916, 314 § 5; 1917, 179 § 6;
1919, 290 § 14.
Sect. 18 revised, 1916, 116; 1919, 171 § 1. Extended, 1917,58; 1919,
151 § 3. (See 1902, 250; 1904, 381; 1913, 323; 1914, 587 § 18.)
Chaps. 80, 81.] REVISED LaWS. 877
Sects. 20, 21 superseded, 1909, 468 §§ 17, 18; 1914, 311, 587 §§ 17, 18;
1916, 191; 1917, 160; 1918, 183; 1919, 129, 290 §§ 17, 18. (See 1902,
250, 292; 1904, 381.)
Sects. 22, 23 supei-seded, 1902, 192; 1904, 381 § 1; 1909, 468 § 1; 1914,
407,587 § 1; 1919, 190, 290 § 1.
Reward for civil war veterans, 1912, 702; 1913, 105; 1916, 165.
Chapter 80. — Of the Settlement of Paupers.
Chapter repealed and superseded by 1911, 669; 1913, 266; 1914, 323;
1916, 316; 1917, HI; 1918, 257 § 299. (See 1913, 763.)
Chapter 81. — Of the Support of Paupers by Cities and Towns.
Persons afflicted with leprosy to be state charges, 1909, 250. (See 1905,
474; 1913, 73; 1920, 328.)
Massachusetts commission for the blind may provide temporary support
in certain cases, 1906, 385 § 6; 1919, 350 §§ 56-59; 1920, 201.
Conveyance of destitute children to courts and asylums, 1914, 272.
Settlements of patients who are inmates of institutions, 1914, 323.
Support of destitute parents, 1915, 163.
Reports by and to the overseers of the poor in certain cases of blindness,
1916, 160 § 1.
Hospitals required to furnish certain information as to the legal settle-
ment of persons receiving medical or surgical service at the expense of a
city or town, 1917, 111.
Sect. 1 et seq. See 1911, 069 § 3; 1913, 266.
Sect. 2. See 1905, 102.
Sect. 4 amended, 1905, 285.
Provision for aiding mothers with dependent children, 1913, 763.
Sect. 5 amended, 1905, 303 § 1. Pro\dsion for care of indigent and
neglected children, 1903, 334; 1904, 356; 1906, 501; 1908, 104; 1909,
180, 181; 1911, 175; 1912, 165; 1914, 272. (See 1905, 307; 1909, 504
§§ 66, 67; 1912, 310; 1913, 457, 796.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1905, 303 § 2; 1913, 112.
Sect. 17. See 1909, 292.
Sect. 17 et seq. See 1905, 354; 1909, 504.
Sect. 20 revised, 1918, 180.
Sect. 21 amended, 1903, 355; 1912, 331. (See 1903, 233.)
Sect. 22. Cities and towns shall require tramps and vagrants lodged
to perform labor, 1905, 344. (See 1904, 274; 1905, 348.)
Sect. 25 amended, 1915, 143. (See 1902, 206, 213; 1905, 330.)
Sects. 26-28. See 1905, 464; 1914, 272.
Sects. 40, 41. See 1909, 208.
Sect. 41 revised, 1905, 115. (See 1909, 208.)
Sect. 42 amended, 1918, 257 § 300.
Sect. 44 amended, 1918, 257 § 301.
878 Changes in the [Chaps. 82-84.
Chapter 82. — Of the Maintenance of Bastard Children.
Chapter repealed and superseded by 1913, 563; 1918, 199. (See 1904,
159; 1905, 345; 1910, 316; 1911, 53, 456; 1912, 163; 1913, 38; 1914, 272,
520.)
Chapter 83. — ^ Of the Protection of Infants and the Care of Pauper Children.
Massachusetts commission for the blind, 1906, 385; 1907, 173; 1916,
160, 201; 1918, 266; 1919, 15, 229, 350 §§ 56-59; 1920, 201.
Provision for school for the feeble-minded, 1906, 508; 1907, 421; 1909,
504 §§ 11, 59-65; 1916, 122; 1917, 133, 223. (See 1907, 489; 1908, 629.)
Uniform desertion act, 1911, 456.
The Massachusetts hospital school (formerly the school and home for
crippled and deformed children) established, 1904, 446; 1905, 128; 1907,
226; 1909, 497; 1919, 350 §§ 87-95; 1920, 597.
Pro\asion for care of indigent and neglected children, 1903, 334; 1904,
356; 1906, 501; 1908, 104; 1909, 180, 181; 1911, 175; 1912, 165; 1914,
272. (See 1905, 307; 1909, 504 §§ 66, 67; 1911, 456; 1912, 310; 1918,
257 § 414.)
Aiding mothers with dependent children, 1913, 763.
Support of destitute persons, 1915, 163.
Sect. 10 amended, 1905, 269; 1911, 500. (See 1911, 490.)
Sect. 20 et. seq. Protection of minors in religious belief of their parents,
1905, 464.
Sect. 25 amended, 1911, 490 § 1.
Sect. 25 ct seq. See 1906, 413 §§ 5, 8, 14; 1907, 362; 1911, 175; 1916,
243 §§ 1, 3.
Sect. 29. See 1903, 333.
Sect. 36 amended, 1911, 490 § 2.
Sect. 37 revised, 1903, 334 §§ 1-5, 7; 1906, 489; 1909, 181; 1914, 272.
(See 1904, 356; 1907, 195; 1909, 180; 1911, 175.)
Sect. 38 revised, 1903, 334 §§ 6, 7. (See 1904, 356; 1907, 195.)
Chapter 84. — Of the State Board of Charity.
State hoard of charity abolished and superseded by department of public
welfare, 1919, 350 §§ S7-95; 1920, 597.
Acts relating to the Massachusetts commission for the blind, 1906, 385;
1907, 173; 1916, 160, 201; 1918, 55, 141, 266; 1919, 15, 229, 350 §§ 56-
59 {placin-g commission for the blind in department of education under the
designatioti of division of the blind); 1920, 201.
Provision for hospital for lepers, 1905, 474; 1909, 250; 1913, 73; 1919,
350 §§ 96-98; 1920, 328.
State supervision of wayfarers' lodges and public lodging houses estab-
lished, 1914, 606.
Construction and improvement of buildings at state institutions, 1918,
290.
Chap. 85.] REVISED LaWS. 879
Transportation of destitute shlpwTecked seamen, 1918, 291 § 17.
Soldiers' and sailors' commission established, 1919, 125.
Admission to institutions under the supervision of the state board of
charity of persons affected with incurable diseases, 1919, 304.
Sect. 2 amended, 1908, 598.
Sect. 2 et seq. Powers and duties of the board, 1903, 231, 233, 355, 402;
1904, 395, 446 § 12; 1905, 162, 434, 474; 1906, 341, 413 §§ 4, 5, 8, 14;
1907, 222 § 2, 271, 386; 1908, 555, 598; 1909, 380, 391, 472; 1912, 331;
1913, 724, 763 §§ 5, 6; 1914, 606; 1916, 160, 243 § 1, 286 § 12. (See 1904,
356 § 3; 1905, 128, 211 § 11, 434; 1908, 195; 1909, 514 § 26; 1911, 194;
1912, 468; 1913, 404; 1914, 272.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1909, 208.
Sect. 5. See 1914, 606 § 2.
Sect. 7 revised, 1911, 154. (See 1905, 211 § 11.)
Sect. 8 et seq. The board may provide for care of persons infected with
diseases dangerous to the public health, 1904, 395; 1909, 250, 391. (See
1905,475; 1907, 386; 1908, 555; 1909, 250, 292, 380; 1913, 797.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1903, 231. (See 1903, 233.)
Sect. 14 amended, 1903, 402; 1909, 379; 1913, 82.
Chapter 85. — Of the State Hospital ajid the State Farm.
Board of trustees of the state infirmary and state farm placed in department
of public welfare, 1919, 350 §§ S7-95.
Title of state hospital changed to state infirmary, 1911, 104.
Management of state farm transferred to director of bureau of prisons,
1919, 199. (See 1919, 350 §§ 82-87.)
Hospitals to keep records, 1905, 330; 1908, 269; 1912, 442. (See 1909,
504 § 22.) As to reports and records of venereal diseases, see 1918, 96.
ProNnsion for three sanatoriums for tuberculous patients, 1907, 474; 1908,
532,533; 1909,414; 1910,198,491; 1912,468; 1919, 350 §§ 96-98. (See
1908, 598; 1914, 792.)
Building and use of tuberculosis hospitals in cities and towns promoted,
1911, 597; 1912, 637; 1916, 57, 197, 286; 1917, 103, 251, 290; 1918, 80,
163, 187; 1920, 87, 238, 532.
Furnishing of intoxicating liquors to or by inmates of public institutions
prohibited, 1918, 63.
As to disclosing information pertaining to venereal diseases, see 1918,
111, 237.
Appointments of treasurers and stewards of state institutions regulated,
1918, 239.
Construction and improvement of buildings at state institutions, 1918,
290.
Provision for hospital for lepers, 1905, 474; 1909, 250; 1913, 73; 1919,
350 §§ 96-98; 1920, 328.
Provision for admission to institutions under the supervision of the state
board of charity of persons affected with incurable diseases, 1919, 304.
Aid for prisoners discharged or released from the state farm, 1920, 334.
880 Changes in the [Chap. 86.
Sect. 1. See 1919, 350 §§ 82-86.
Sect. 2. See 1908, 195, 469, 470; 1913, 762.
Sect. 4 revised, 1918, 257 § 302.
Sect. 6. Certain advances authorized, 1908, 178. (See 1907, 466; 1908,
469; 1909, 218; 1914, 615; 1918, 257 § 90, 294.)
Sect. 7 et seq. See 1905, 434; 1911, 30, 194; 1913, 404.
Sect. 10 amended, 1903, 233. (See 1911, 334 § 2.)
Sects. 14, 15. See 1902, 213; 1907, 386; 1909, 380, 391; 1912, 231. '
Sect. 15 amended, 1908, 555; 1913, 797; 1917, 216. (See 1909, 391.)
Medical attendance added, 1909, 292.
Sect. 16 revised, 1909, 98.
Sect. 23. See 1911, 334 § 2.
Sect. 28. See 1905, 434; 1907, 466; 1911, 194; 1913, 404; 1919, 199.
Sect. 33 repealed and superseded, 1920, 380. (See 1903, 188.)
Sect. 39 amended, 1904, 216.
Sect. 40. See 1908, 470.
Sects. 42-14 repealed, 1909, 504 § 107.
Chapter 86. — Of the Lyman School for Boys, the Industrial School for
Girls and the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders.
Board of trustees of Massachusetts training schools established and
previous boards abolished, 1911, 566. Board placed in department of public
iveljare, 1919, 350 §§ 87-95. Powers and duties of said trustees, 1915, 113.
Industrial schools, 1906, 505; 1908, 572, 639; 1909, 457, 472, 489, 540;
1911, 471, 605: 1912, 106, 560; 1913, 295, 384; 1914, 128, 174, 207, 391,
530; 1915, 225, 266; 1916, 95 § 1, 156, 160 § 2; 1917, 61, 142, 167, 176,
215, 247. (See 1913, 404.)
Inmates may correspond with board of charity, 1906, 341.
Commitment of habitual truants, absentees and school offenders, 1906,
389; 1918, 257 § 186. (See 1906, 413, 489, 499 § 3; 1907, 137, 158, 195,
411; 1908, 286; 1909, 514 §§ 57, 62-65; 1911, 202, 265, 605; 1913, 457,
467, 471 § 2, 779 § 13; 1914, 207; 1916, 243.)
Wayward and delinquent children, 1906, 413, 489, 499; 1907, 411; 1908,
637; 1909,216; 1911,595; 1912,187; 1913,796; 1916,243; 1918,257
§ 419. (See 1910, 332; 1911, 116, 605; 1913, 457, 471 § 2, 831 § 25; 1918,
257 § 414.)
Boston juvenile court, 1906, 489; 1907, 137, 411. (See 1908, 286.)
Transfers from the reformatory for women to the industrial school for
girls, 1918, 100.
Furnishing of intoxicating liquors to or by inmates of public institutions
prohibited, 1918, 63.
Provision for the parole or discharge of certain female prisoners, 1918, 79.
Provision for the transfer of certain inmates from the reformatory for
women to the industrial school for girls, 1918, 100.
Appointment of treasurers and stewards of state institutions regulated,
1918, 239.
Construction and improvement of buildings at state institutions, 1918, 290.
Sect. 1. See 1906, 407.
Chap. 87.] REVISED LaWS. 881
Reform school for Boston, 1901, 359.
Sects. 5,7. See 1905, 211 § 1.
Sect. 6. See 1907, 224; 1909, 514 § 59; 1911, 265.
Sects. 6, 7, 9. See 1908, 639 § 6.
Sect. 7. See 1908, 195, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 294.
Sect. 10 et seq. See 1905, 464; 1906, 413, 489; 1912, 562; 1916, 243.
Sect. 11 revised, 1918, 257 § 303.
Solitary confinement prohibited, 1911, 265.
Act relative to arrest of escaped inmates, 1907, 362.
Sect. 13 repealed, 1918, 257 § 304. State commission on industrial
education established, 1906, 505; 1909, 457 § 2; 1910, 282; 1911, 466;
1912, 80; 1919, 350 §§ 56-62.
Sects. 14, 17-19. See 1908, 286; 1909, 472 § 2; 1911, 605; 1914, 207;
1917, 167.
Sect. 15. See 1906, 413 §§ 4, 11, 489.
Sect. 16 superseded, 1906, 413 § 6; 1916, 243 § 2. (See 1906, 489 § 7;
1908, 286.)
Sect. 17. See 1906, 413 § 4.
Sect. 18. See 1906, 413 §§ 3, 5; 1916, 243 § 1.
Sect. 20 superseded, 1906, 413 § 3. (See 1902, 314.)
Sect. 21 et seq. See 1906, 413; 1916, 243.
Sects. 22, 27 ef, seq. See 1910, 316; 1911, 265.
Sect. 31 amended, 1904, 459 § 6. (See 1909, 504.)
Sect. 34 amended, 1911, 489.
Sect. 36 amended, 1904, 363 § 2. (See 1905, 464.)
Sects. 37-43 repealed, 1918, 257 § 305.
Sect. 49 et seq. See 1906, 413 §§ 5, 8, 14; 1907, 271; 1916, 243 §§ 1, 3.
Sect. 55. New section added, 1918, 257 § 306.
Sect. 56. New section added, 1918, 257 § 307.
Chapter 87. — Of the State Board of Insanity and Institutions for the
Insane.
Chapter repealed and superseded bv act to revise and codify the laws
relating to insane persons, 1909, 504;" 1910, 122, 420; 1911, 30, 71, 273,
334, 394, 395, 480. &49; 1912, 442; 1914, 473, 493, 762; 1915, 136, 174,
208, 241; 1916, 67, 122, 239, 285; 1917, 46, 48, 50, 69, 115, 131, 133, 158,
223, 232, 313; 1918, 257 §§ 308-311; 1919, 48, 49, 145, 277, 318, 333 § 6,
350 §§ 79-81; 1920, 193. (See 1902, 542; 1903, 321, 400, 410; 1904, 363;
1905, 175, 211, 282, 330, 354, 400, 432, 434^36, 447, 458, 4&4, 475; 1906,
184, 309, 316, 352, 418, 471, 472, 508; 1907, 421, 432, 489; 1908, 613,
626, 629; 1909, 274, 470, 535; 1910, 307 § 2, 345; 1911, 194, 595, 604;
1912, 562, 679; 1913, 404; 1914, 358, 442, 456, 558; 1915, 68, 73, 79, 170;
1916, 283; 1919, 118; 1920, 537.)
Organization and powers of the state board of insanity, 1914, 762; 1915,
241 ; 1918, 257 § 308. Board abolished and powers and duties transferred
to Massachusetts commission on mental diseases, 1916, 285; 1917, 115, 131,
133, 158, 232, 313; 1918, 121, 139, 142, 224, 257 §§ 308, 310; 1919, 277.
Commission becomes the department of mental diseases, 1919, 350 §§ 79-81.
882 Changes in the [Chap. 87.
Receipts from labor of inmates, 1911, 480. Removal of insane prisoners,
1911, 604.
Restraint of patients regulated, 1911, 589.
Provision for maintenance of defective delinquents in certain institu-
tions, 1911, 595. For instruction of nurses, attendants and patients in
certain institutions, 1911, 649; 1917, 50.
Names changed, 1909, 504 § 98. (See 1907, 226.)
Board may hold property in trust for certain purposes, 1910, 583.
Furnishing of intoxicating liquors to or by inmates of public institutions
prohibited, 1918, 63.
Reports and records of venereal diseases, 1918, 96. (See 1908, 386;
1918, 111, 237.)
Hospital cottages for children placed under the supervision of the com-
mission on mental diseases, 1918, 121.
Ascertainment of mental condition of persons coming before the courts,
1918, 153.
Disposal of funds of patients in certain state institutions, 1918, 176.
Training and instruction of disabled soldiers and sailors, 1918, 230.
Appointment of treasurers and stewards of state institutions regulated,
1918, 239.
Construction and improvement of buildings at state institutions, 1918,
290.
Soldiers' and sailors' commission established, 1919, 125.
Provision for the establishment of free clinics and a registry for the feeble-
minded by the commission on mental diseases, 1919, 318.
Psychopathic department of the Boston state hospital made a separate
state hospital for the insane, 1920, 537.
Sects. 1-12. See 1916, 285; 1917, 115, 131, 133, 158, 232.
Sect. 17. See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 5.
Sect. 23. See 1905, 175 § 3; 1911, 589; 1914, 762 § 8; 1915, 241 § 2.
Sect. 26. See 1914, 762 § 8; 1915, 241 § 2.
Sect. 27. See 1914, 615, 762 § 8; 1915, 241 § 2.
Sect. 28. See 1914, 762 § 8; 1915, 241 § 2; 1919, 49.
Sects. 33, 52, 59. See 1911, 273; 1915, 136.
Sect. 41. Service of warrants and processes, 1915, 136.
Sect. 43. See 1919, 333 § 6.
Sect. 46. See 1915, 136.
Sect. 49. See 1905, 475.
Sects. 59, 60 superseded, 1909, 504 § 50; 1914, 558 § 1; 1915, 73; 1918,
139 § 1. Service of warrants and processes, 1915, 136.
Sect. 66 amended, 1906, 352. (See 1915, 136.)
Sects. 66, 68 affected, 1907, 432.
Sect. 83. See 1911, 589.
Sect. 102. See 1905, 458.
Sect. 111. See 1911, 400, 589.
Sect. 118. Service of warrants and processes, 1915, 136.
Sects. 124-126 affected, 1918, 121.
Sects. 127-129. See 1905, 175 § 4.
Chaps. 88, 89.] REVISED LaWS. 883
Chapter 88. — Of the Massachusetts State Sajiatorium.
Board of trustees of hospitals for consumptives abolished and superseded
by department of public health, 1919, 350 §§ 96-98.
Provision for sanatoriums for tubercular patients, 1907, 474; 1908, 532;
1910, 198, 491; 1912, 17; 1915, 153; 1916, 286; 1917, 31, 103, 251; 1918,
80, 163, 187; 1920, 87, 238, 532. (See 1908, 533, 598; 1909, 414; 1912,
468; 1914,792; 1915, Sp. Act 190, Res. 24.)
Furnishing of intoxicating liquors to or by inmates of public institutions
prohibited, 1918, 63.
Reports and records of venereal diseases, 1918, 96.
Appointment of treasurers and stewards of state institutions regulated,
1918, 239.
Construction and improvement of buildings at state institutions, 1918,
290.
Sect. 1. Number of trustees increased; two to be women, 1905, 159.
(See 1907, 271, 474 § 14; 1912, 592.)
Sect. 2. See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 5.
Sect. 3. See 1905, 175 § 3.
Sect. 4. See 1907, 222; 1912, 468.
Sect. 6. See 1908, 195.
Sect. 7 repealed, 1911, 396. (See 1909, 378.)
Chapter 89. — Of the State Board of Agriculture and the Dairy Bureau.
State department of agriculture, superseding state board of agriculture, 1918,
268 §§ 1-3, abolished and superseded by department of agriculture, 1919, 350
§§ 34-38.
Provision for reclamation of wet lands, 1913, 633, 759; 1914, 596; 1917,
212; 1918, 289; 1919, 98, 350 §§ 34-38.
Annual payments to the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1912, 705.
(See 1904, 414; 1908,460; 1909,436; 1910,627; 1911,592; 1914,721.)
Animal industry department established with powers and duties of board
of cattle commissioners, 1902, 116; 1908,515; 1911,381; 1912,608; 1913,
329; 1916, 155; 1917, 121; 1919, 350 §§ 39-44 {placing department of
animal industry in department of conservation). (See 1911, 297 § 6; 1912,
248; 1914, 206.)
Charges for the inspection of live stock, dairies or farm buildings pro-
hibited, 1915, 109; 1917, 112.
Use of utensils for testing milk and cream regulated, 1912, 218; 1918,
257 § 222.
Certain bounties abolished, 1918, 257 § 377.
Encouragement of birds, 1913, 296. State prizes for agricultural exhibits,
1918, 241; 1919, 350 § 38. Dairy products, 1913, Res. 96; 1919, 350
§§ 34-38. To prevent importation of infected nursery stock, 1911, Res.
103; 1915, 161 § 2; 1916, 91 § 5. Regulation of places where cattle, swine,
etc., are kept, 1911, 381. Sale of feed stuffs, 1912, 527. (See 1903, 122;
884 Changes in the [Chap. 89.
1904, 332; 1919, 350 § 38.) For incorporation of associations for agri-
cultural or dairy business, 1913, 447.
Inspection of apiaries and suppression of contagious diseases of bees,
1910, 653; 1911, 220; 1916, 45; 1919, 350 §§ 34-38.
State ornithologist, 1908, 245; 1912, 500; 1914, 424; 1917, 75; 1919,
350 §§ 34-38 (establishing division of ornithology in department of agri-
culture).
Nursery inspection and protection of trees, etc., from injurious insects
and diseases, 1902, 495; 1907, 321; 1911, 474, Res. 103; 1912, 507; 1914,
341; 1915,161; 1916,91; 1917,263; 1918,193,215; 1919, 95 (suppression
of European corn-borer), 1919, 331, 358 (see 350 §§ 34-38); 1920, 446.
(See 1902, 57; 1905, 381; 1906, 268; 1907, 521; 1908, 591; 1909, 263,
444; 1910, 150, 427; 1911, 242, 474; 1912, 577; 1913, 293, 296, 585, 600,
605, 1914, 340; 1915, 80, 124, 171.) Circulation of information as to
idle farms, 1909, 212; 1919, 350 § 38.
Office of state forester established and duties prescribed, 1904, 409; 1907,
473; 1908, 209; 1909, 214, 263, 444 § 3, 452; 1910, 153, 236; 1912, 419,
577, 625; 1913, 293; 1914, 101, 341, 598; 1915, Res. 2, 23; 1916, 51, 97;
1917, 51 § 2, 63; 1919, 120; 1920, 308, 604. Reimbursement to small
towns for extinguishing forest fires, 1910, 398; 1914, 262; 1920, 269. Office
abolished and superseded by division of forestry in department of conserva-
tion, 1919, 350, §§ 39-4^. (See 1907, 475; 1909, 422; 1911, 474, 722.)
Provision for reforestation, 1908, 478; 1909, 214; 1914, 598 §§ 17, 18, 720.
(See 1909, 187, 394; 1912, 112, 127.) For forest tree nurseries, 1912, 577.
Sale of commercial fertilizers, 1911, 388; 1918, 220; 1919, 350 § 38.
Wild or forest lands, 1914, 598; 1918, 257 §§ 59-61.
Copies of certain extracts from the trespass laws to be distributed, 1904,
444 § 3; 1914, 239; 1920, 202. 1915, 140, relative to printing of the statute
against thefts of poultry, repealed 1920, 231.
State forest commission established and provision for the purchase of
lands for state forests, 1914, 720; 1916, 136. Commission abolished and
superseded by division of forestry in department of conservation, 1919, 350
§§ 39-^2. Provision for purchase and development of state forests, 1920,
604. Establishment of INIount Grace as a state forest, 1920, 606.
Mount Toby state demonstration forest established and provision for
instruction therein bv the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916, 234.
Packing, grading and sale of apples, 1915, 261; 1916, 63; 1918, 169; 1919,
350 § 38.
Corporation of the ISIassachusetts Agricultural College dissolved and
provision for the maintenance of the college by the commonwealth, 1918,
262. Placed in department of education, 1919, 350 §§ 56-59, 62.
Appointment in certain counties of trustees for county aid to agriculture,
1918, 273; 1919, 34, 75; 1920, 103, 517.
Provision for the testing of poultry for the elimination of disease, 1919,
185.
Soldiers' and sailors' commission established, 1919, 125.
Provision for demonstration sheep farms, 1919, 256.
Chap. 90.] REVISED LawS. 885
Sects. 1-3 superseded, 1918, 268 §§ 1-3; 1919, 350 §§ 34-38. (See 1902,
116 §4; 1911,311; 1915,114; 1916,49.)
Sect. 4. Secretary of the state board of agriculture superseded by the
commissioner of agriculture, 1918, 268 § 4; 1919, 350 §§ 34-38. Amended,
1911, 186; 1915, 250; 1916, 46; 1917, 286. (See 1904, 444 §§ 2, 3; 1908,
459; 1909, 212; 1910, 429; 1914, 239, 291; 1915, 140, 239; 1917, 325 § 4.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1905, 155; 1907, 401. (See 1908, 195.)
Sect. 6 et seq. See 1909, 428; 1910, 427; 1911, 607; 1917, 74 § 2, 263
§1.
Sect. 7 repealed, 1918, 257 § 312.
Sect. 8. See 1905, 211 § 1; 1907,289; 1908,459; 1909,212; 1910,429,
Res. 90; 1911,186; 1914,91; 1916,233.
Sect. 9. See 1918, 90, 273 § 3.
Sect. 10. Provision for instruction in agriculture, 1906, 505 § 7; 1909,
457 §2; 1911,471; 1913,337; 1916,156; 1917,61,215; 1918,206. (See
1907, 520; 1912, 566, 587; 1913, 745; 1914, 530, 662; 1915, 189, 225, 247;
1917, 176, 247.) Provision for instruction in forestry, 1916, 234. (See
1917, 215.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1916, 46.
Sect. 11 et seq. See 1909, 425; 1915, 109.
Sect. 12 amended, 1908, 416 § 1.
Chapter 90, — Of the Board of Cattle Cominissioners and of Contagious
Diseases of Domestic Animals.
Cattle industry department of state board of agriculture, 1902, 116;
1908,515; 1911,381; 1912,608; 1913,329; 1914,490; 1916,155; 1918,
257 § 313; 1919, 350 §§ 39-44 {establwhing dcpartvient of animal industry
as a division in department of conservation). (See 1903, 249; 1904, 414 § 2;
1911, 297; 1912, 248, 603; 1914, 206.) Charges for the inspection of live
stock, dairies or farm buildings prohibited, 1915, 109.
Sect. 3. See 1905, 211 § 1.
Sects. 4, 7. See 1902, 116 § 3; 1903, 220 § 1; 1908, 329; 1909, 474;
1911, 6; 1912, 608 § 4; 1913, 329; 1917, 121.
Sect. 6 revised, 1920, 470. (See 1913, 646 § 1.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1911, 297 § 1. (See 1909, 474, 476: 1911, 534.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1908, 515 § 1; 1912, 608 § 5.
Sect. 12 superseded, 1911, 143, 297 § 6, 534 § 2; 1912. 608 § 6. (See
1908, 378.)
Sect. 15 revised, 1916, 147.
Sect. 23 amended, 1918, 257 § 314.
Sect. 25 amended, 1918, 39.
Sect. 26 extended, 1917, 121 § 2. Revised, 1918, 257 § 193. (See 1913,
646 § 2; 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 10.)
Sect. 27 amended, 1908, 515 § 2.
Sect. 28 amended, 1911, 6. Revised, 1918, 209.
Sect. 31 amended, 1903, 322.
886 Changes in the [Chap. 91.
Chapter 91. — Of Fisheries.
Board of commissioners on fisheries and game abolished and superseded
by division of fisheries and game in department of conservation, 1919, 350
§§ 39-41, 43.
Powers and duties of inspector general of fish transferred to the com-
missioners on fisheries and game, 1902, 138. Inspection of fish under
the direction of the commissioners abohshed, 1918, 33. State inspector
of fish under jurisdiction of the commissioners estabhshed and sale and
cold storage of fish regulated, 1919, 351 § 11. (See 1920, 297.) Certain
laws as to inspection of fish repealed, 1918, 257 § 222. (See 1902, 178;
1903, 291; 1905, 317 § 2; 1907, 504; 1908, 402 § 2, 484 § 2; 1914, 401.)
Fish and game wardens, 1912, 465; 1913, 250. Duties with respect to
fires, 1907, 299. Walls or fences, 1911, 173.
Census of the fisheries of the commonwealth, 1914, 692 § 8.
Taking of white perch, 1915, 54; 1917, 27.
Reimbursement of cities and towns for loss of taxes on land used for fish
hatcheries, etc., 1914, 648.
Bounty on seals, 1919, 200.
Licenses to fish required, 1919, 296; 1920, 300; to take lobsters, 1920,
434.
Fishing regulated or restricted in various places: Agawam river, 1914,
59, 86. Barnstable, 1907, 301; 1911, 499; 1914, 43. (See 1913, 113.)
Barnstable county, 1892, 196; 1901, 184; 1903, 298; 1915, 128. Bass
river, 1894, 134. Berkshire, 1895, 199; 1902, 137, 544 § 11. (See 1906,
314.) Beverly, 1916, 41 ; 1917, 87. Beverly harbor, 1909, 291. Boston har-
bor, 1894, 189; 1911, 107; 1913, 98, 519. Bourne, 1899, 194. Braintree,
1911, 306. Brimfield, 1895, 411. Bristol, 1891, 198. Buzzard's bay, 1891,
237; 1893, 205, 255. Carver, 1915, 1; 1919,8. Lake Champlain, 1908,
488 § 1. Charles river, 1894, 189. Cohasset, 1912, 57, 449; 1913, 124; 1916,
34; 1920, 291. (See 1910, 494; 1911, 103.) Cottage City, 1905, 281 § 1.
Dartmouth, 1906, 477. Dennis, 1895, 203. Dukes, 1891, 198. Duxbury,
1912, 449; 1913, 124, 449. (See 1910, 494; 1911, 103.) Duxbury harbor,
1916, 34. Eastham, 1893, 77; 1904, 269; 1905, 265. Edgartown, 1891,
52; 1897, 181; 1903, 216; 1904, 301; 1905, 281; 1912, 131; 1914, 281;
1915. Sp. Act 174. Essex county, 1912, 710. (See 1904, 319; 1912, 327.)
Essex river and tributaries, 1916, 50. Fairhaven, 1915, Sp. Acts 144, 214,
215. Fall River, 1914, 176. Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire, 1890,
193; 1902, 137. (See 1906, 314.) Halfway Pond river, 1914, 59, 86.
Haverhill, 1894, 296. Hingham, 1894, 189; 1908, 298; 1914, 309; 1916,
27. Hull, 1908, 298; 1914, 309; 1916, 27. Ipswich, 1897, 289. (See
1902, 164.) Kingston, 1911, 103; 1912, 57, 449; 1913, 124, 449; 1916,
34. Lynn harbor, 1909, 194; 1911, 374. Marblehead, 1916, 41; 1920,
284. Marion, 1892, 188; 1893, 255; 1902, 94. Marshfield, 1913, 124;
1916, 34. Mashpee, 1892, 196; 1903, 298; 1907, 301. Mattapoisett,
1890, 229; 1892, 186. Merrimack river, 1895, 88; 1897, 110. (See 1902,
164.) Mystic river, 1894, 189. Nahant bay, 1909, 291. Nantucket, 1891,
128; 1904, 232. (See 1909, 403 § 2.) Neponset river, 1894, 189. New
Chap. 91.] REVISED LawS. 887
Bedford, 1915, Sp. Acts 144, 214, 215. Orleans, 1904, 118, 269; 1905,
265; 1918, 13. (See 1901, 163.) Oyster pond, 1916, 193. Plum Island
bay, 1890, 30; 1900, 159. (See 1902, 164.) Plymouth, 1912, 57, 449;
1913, 124, 449; 1914, 59, 86; 1915, 1. (See 1890, 336; 1910, 494; 1911,
103.) Plymouth county, 1916, 35. Plymouth harbor, 1916, 34. Podonk
pond, 1909, 234. Quincv, 1908, 298. Quinsigamond lake, 1896, 259;
1901, 158; 1905, 429; 1915, 59, 218. Rehoboth and Swansea, see 1904,
132. Rochester, see 1915, 1; 1919, 8. Rowley, 1897, 289; 1914, 157.
Salem, 1909, 291; 1912, 63. Sandwich, see 1904, 321. Scituate, 1890,
336; 1910,494; 1911,103; 1912,449; 1913,124; 1916,34. Swampscott,
1911,69. Taunton river, 1909, 404; 1914, 176. Tisbury, 1902, 188; 1903,
201; 1910,529; 1919,39. (See 1913, 134.) Wareham, 1914, 59, 86; 1915,
1; 1919,8. Webster, 1896, 110; 1914,392. Weir river, 1894, 189. Well-
fleet, 1891, 135; 1904, 269. Westport river, 1907, 298; 1918, 31. We-
weantit river, 1915, 1; 1919, 8. Weymouth river, 1894, 189; 1911, 306;
1914, 309; 1916, 27. Winthrop, 1911, 164; 1914, 257.
Seining of pollock and spike mackerel in harbors and rivers regulated,
1915, 49.
Selectmen of certain towns in the county of Plymouth, which accept the
provisions of the act, to grant exclusive licenses to cultivate and dig clams
and quahaugs, 1916, 35. Planting and cultivating of clams and quahaugs
in town of Fairhaven, 1918, Sp. Act 180. Of quahaugs in town of Wareham,
1918, Sp. Act 181.
Retirement of paid fish and game wardens, 1920, 304.
Screening of ponds and rivers for protection of fish, 1920, 382.
Sect. 2 affected, 1919, 350 §§ 39-41, 43.
Sect. 3 amended, 1905, 407. (See 1908, 417.)
Sect. 3 et seq. Powers and duties of commissioners and deputies en-
larged, 1902, 138, 178; 1903, 274, 291; 1904, 367 § 1; 1905, 317; 1906,
179 § 2, 327, 356; 1907, 198, 299, 306, 504; 1908, 255, 402 § 2, 417, 484 § 2,
488 § 2; 1909, 265, 421, 422 § 3, 508 § 2; 1910, 460, 548, 575, 614; 1911,
173, 185, 235, 271, 410, 614, 722; 1912, 237, 379, 465, 567, 710; 1913, 249,
269, 479, 521, 569; 1914, 648 § 1; 1917, 228, 235, 271 § 1; 1918, 174, 257
§ 320. (See 1910, 529; 1911, 217, Res. 68.)
Sect. 4. See 1908, 488 § 2; 1912, 372; 1915, 240 § 4.
Sect. 6. See 1913, 521.
Sect. 7 revised, 1902, 164.
Sect. 8 repealed and superseded, 1910, 460. (See 1906, 356 § 1.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1904, 365.
Sect. 15 ct seq. Provision as to sale or lease of certain islands in great
ponds, 1904, 379. (See 1910, 529; Res. 1911, 68; 1919, 39.) As to renting
of boats or use of bathing suits, 1910, 400.
Sect. 17 amended, 1918, 257 § 315.
Sect. 19 revised, 1911, 285. (See 1903, 274; 1907, 306.)
Sect. 21 amended, 1918, 257 § 316.
Sect. 24 revised, 1918, 257 § 317.
Sect. 26 amended, 1903, 294. Revised, 1904, 308; 1906, 239; 1918,
257 §318. (See 1904, 118.)
888 Changes in the [Chap. 91.
Sect. 28. See 1911, 185.
Sect. 34. See 1915, 263.
Sects. 35-37. See 1908, 298.
Sects. 36, 42. See 1904, 132.
Sects. 46-53. See 1915, 49.
Sect. 52. See 1904, 118.
Sect. 54. See 1904, 319.
Sects. 57-59 repealed and new provisions made, 1909, 377; 1910, 469;
1915, 59, 218; 1918, 34; 1920, 339. (See 1905, 190; 1906, 263, 314; 1907,
296; 1917,228.)
Sect. 61 repealed, 1918, 257 § 319.
Sect. 62 amended, 1906, 314 § 1; 1909, 377 § 1; 1910, 469; 1916, 25.
AiTected, 1917, 188.
Sect. 63 amended, 1902, 137; 1906, 314 § 2; 1909, 377 § 1; 1910, 469.
Sect. 63 et seq. See 1903, 205; 1906, 263; 1909, 377; 1910, 469.
Sect. 64 amended, 1902, M4 § 11; 1905, 190. Affected, 1909, 377 § 1.
Sects. 62-64, 66. See 1918, 30, revising law relative to the taking of
trout.
Sect. 66. See 1907, 296; 1909, 377.
Sect. 67 amended, 1904, 329; 1916, 6. Killing and transportation of
pike perch restricted, 1908, 488. (See 1906, 179.) Taking of white perch
regulated, 1915, 54.
Sect. 68 repealed and new provisions made, 1905, 417; 1913, 573. (See
1904, 364; 1912, 110.)
Sect. 69 repealed, 1904, 223. (See 1912, 129.)
Sect. 70 superseded, 1912, 129.
Sect. 71 et seq. See 1911, 306; 1919, 57.
Sect. 81 repealed, 1917, 182. (See 1904, 116; 1905, 81; 1906, 239.)
Sects. 81, 82. See 1906, 239; 1908, 492.
Sect. 83. Act to regulate the taking of scallops, 1910, 177; 1919, 334;
1920,139. (See 1907, 297; 1908,270; 1909,403; 1911,411; 1913,517.)
Sect. 83 et seq. See 1904, 282; 1906, 477; 1909, 469; 1910, 177; 1911,
411, 499; 1912, 710; 1914, 43; 1915, 128; 1919, 334; 1920, 139.
Sect. 84 amended, 1906, 288; 1907, 297. (See 1908, 270; 1909, 403;
1910, 177; 1915, 86.)
Sect. 85 limited, 1903, 216 § 6; 1904, 269 § 6; 1905, 265 § 1; 1906, 477
§ 7. Amended, 1913, 517; 1915, 86. (See 1916, 35; 1919, 334.)
Sect. 86 et seq. Provisions for protection and propagation of lobsters,
1904, 408 §1; 1907,303; 1909,265; 1917,235,312; 1918, 212, 257 § 320;
1920, 434.
Act relative to transportation of lobsters, 1913, 569. And to sale of
lobsters and lobster meat, 1913, 643.
Sect. 88 amended, 1907, 303; 1916, 61. (See 1908, 330 § 1; 1909, 265.)
Sect. 92 repealed, 1909, 265 § 4.
Sect. 101. See 1906, 477; 1914, 597.
Sects. 101-114. Relative to the cultivation of oysters in the counties
of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes and Nantucket, 1914, 597.
Sect. 102 affected, 1916, 35.
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Sect. 104 amended, 1913, 549; 1914, 597 § 1.
Sect. 104 et seq. See 1909, 469; 1914, 597.
Sects. 113, 114 affected, 1907, 285; 1913. 504. (See 1914, 597.)
Sect. 116 revised, 1917, 54; 1918, 27. (See 1904, 118; 1913, 523; 1915,
49; 1918, 13.)
Sects. 118-120. See 1915, 49.
Sect. 119. See 1920, 434 § 5.
Sect. 120 repealed, 1918, 40.
Sect. 122 d seq. See 1906, 239; 1915, 49. ^
Sects. 123, 124. See 1915, 49.
Sect. 127 in part repealed, 1904, 301 § 2. Amended, 1905, 281 § 1. (See
1904, 301 § 1; 1912, 372; 1915, 49.)
Sect. 128 amended, 1907, 298 § 1; 1918, 31. (See 1915, 49.)
Sect. 129 repealed, 1907, 298 § 2. (See 1915, 49.)
Sect. 131. See 1911, 185; 1915, 49.
Sect. 132 amended, 1908, 492; 1917, 53 § 1; 1919, 33. Limited, 1917,
53 § 2. (See 1906, 239 § 2; 1915, 49.)
Sect. 133 revised, 1903, 246; 1913, 439.
Sect. 134 extended, 1904, 282 § 2. (See 1914, 597 § 11.)
Sects. 134, 136. See 1912, 465.
Sect. 137 superseded, 1908, 330. (See 1905, 445; 1907, 300; 1908, 417.)
Sect. 139 repealed, 1908, 76. Bounty on seals restored, 1919, 200.
Chapter 92. — Of the Preservation of Certain Birds and Animals.
Commissioners on fisheries and game aholished and superseded by division
of fisheries and game in department of conservation, 1919, 350 §§ 39~4h 43-
Governor authorized to proclaim a close season in times of drought,
1909, 422.
State ornithologist, 1908, 245; 1912, 500; 1914, 424; 1917, 75; 1919,
350 §§ 34-38.
Holding in captivits* of insectivorous and song birds, 1902, 127; 1907,
250 § 2. (See 1903, 287.) Trapping with scented bait, 1911, 215.
Propagation and protection of wild and game birds and animals, 1904,
176, 369; 1905, 414; 1906, 274; 1907, 99, 118, 250; 1909, 328, 421, 508;
1910, 472, 533; 1911, 18, 19, 39, 101, 118, 172, 187, 188, 215, 236, 271,
278, 343, 356, 410; 1912, 203, 270, 523, 567; 1913, 296, 529, 542, 626, 744;
1914, 79; 1915, 3, 240; 1916, 7, 15, 110; 1917, 40, 139, 170, 196; 1919,
65, 66, 83, 153; 1920, 425, 437. Gray squirrels, 1911, 172; 1912, 523;
1913, 270; 1917, 170 § 3. Homing pigeons, 1911, 198. Rabbits and hares,
1911, 118; 1914, 120; 1917, 170 § 4, 196, 225; 1920, 425. Minks, otters,
rauskrats, skunks and raccoons, 1920, 437. Shore and marsh birds, 1909,
508. Loons and eagles, 1907, 118. Wild turkeys, 1911, 343. Wood or
summer duck, 1906, 274; 1911, 39; 1912, 490. Ducks, geese, brant and
swans in counties of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes and Nantucket, 1917, 73;
1920, 273. Quail in counties of Hampden and Middlesex, 1917, 157; in
counties of Essex, Dukes and Nantucket, 1919, 40.
Sale, etc., of prairie chickens prohibited, 1906, 304. Penalty for having
plucked carcass which died a natural death, 1912, 467.
890 Changes in the [Chap. 92.
Licensing and registration of hunters, 1911, 614; 1913, 479; 1915, 212;
1916, 74; 1917, 26; 1919, 296; 1920, 300. (See 1908, 484; 1909, 325;
1910, 614; 1911, 235.)
Unnaturalized foreign-born persons and non-residents prohibited from
hunting unless licensed, 1911, 614; 1912, 379; 1913, 249, 479; 1915, 240;
1919, 296 §4. (See 1905, 317; 1907,198; 1908,402; 1909,262; 1912,388.)
Fish and game wardens, 1912, 465; 1913, 250. (See 1915, 240 § 4.)
Shooting, etc., restricted in various places: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes and
Nantucket, 1917, 73. Bristol, 1912, 388. Dukes, 1905, 273; 1907, 264.
Edgartown, 1908, 331. Essex and Middlesex, 1912, 388; 1914, 79; 1915,
3. Hampden and Middlesex, 1917, 157. Nantucket, 1902, 85; 1905, 122;
1906, 292; 1911, 234. Norfolk and Bristol, 1917, 225. (See 1902, 165;
1904,366; 1905,406; 1906,303; 1907,161; 1912,388.)
Hunting of birds or quadrupeds with rifle, revolver or pistol during open
season for deer prohibited, 1913, 542; 1916, 7. Poisoning and snaring
wild animals and regulation of use of traps, 1913, 626.
Killing of pheasants, 1914, 401.
Reimbursement of cities and towns for loss of taxes on land used for game
preserves, 1914, 648.
Protection of birds on the island of Muskeget, 1917, 40.
Taking of animals from traps on Lord's day permitted, 1918, 53.
Sale of ammunition to minors, 1919, 180.
Sect. 1 amended, 1904, 176; 1918, 53.
Sect. 2 superseded, 1911, 236; 1912, 203, 523; 1917, 170 § 1. (See
1908,441; 1909,272; 1910,365.)
Sect. 3 superseded, 1911, 356; 1912, 270, 523; 1914, 79; 1915, 3; 1917,
170 § 2. (See 1902, 85, 165; 1903, 206; 1904, 366 § 2; 1905, 122, 406;
1906,303; 1908,441; 1909,272; 1910,365; 1911,19; 1919,40.)
Sect. 4 in part superseded, 1906, 141; 1911, 188. (See 1906, 274, 301;
1909, 421; 1911, 39, 187; 1912, 490.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1910, 472; 1911, 198. (See 1903, 162, 244, 329; 1905,
414; 1907, 99; 1909, 508.)
Sect. 6 revised, 1904, 369. (See 1905, 414; 1909, 421, 508; 1912, 567.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1903, 287; 1907, 250 § 1; 1917, 20; 1920, 208. In
part repealed, 1909, 421. (See 1907, 118; 1908, 484; 1911, 18, 19, 343.)
Sect. 8 amended, 1903, 329 § 1.
Sect. 9 superseded, 1908, 284; 1909, 466; 1911, 118, 172; 1914, 120;
1917, 170 §§ 3, 4. (See 1904, 366 § 1; 1907, 161, 166; 1908, 413; 1910,
564* 1912 523.)
Sects. 11, 12 superseded, 1910, 533 §§ 1^; 1911, 101, 118, 215; 1913.
626. (See 1905, 273; 1906, 241, 278; 1909, 328; 1911, 187, 188, 215.)
Sect. 13. See 1910, 590.
Sect. 14. See 1911, 215; 1913, 529, 744; 1920, 437 § 3.
Sect. 15. See 1909 309.
Sect! 16 superseded ] 1909, 309 §§ 1-3; 1914, 401. (See 1905, 73; 1906,
482; 1908, 477.)
Sect. 17 revised, 1913, 529; 1914,453; 1917,139. (See 1903, 245; 1905,
419; 1907, 307; 1908, 377; 1909, 396; 1910, 545; 1912, 388; 1913, 542.)
Chaps. 93-96.] REVISED LaWS. 891
Sect. 18 revised, 1913, 552. (See 1902, 154; 1903,407; 1905,245; 1910,
545 § 3; 1912, 388, 438; 1913, 529, 542, 744.)
Sect. 19. See 1911, 217; 1915, 240 § 4.
Sect. 20 repealed, 1908, 330 § 2. (See 1905, 445; 1907, 300; 1908, 330
§1.)
Sect. 21. See 1902, 236 § 1.
Sect. 22 revised, 1902, 236 § 2.
Sect. 23. Provisions for bounties for killing wild-cat or Canada lynx,
1903, 344. And for damages caused by deer, 1903, 407; 1912, 438. (See
1908, 377; 1909, 396; 1910, 545.)
Chapter 93. — Of Timber Afloat or Cast on Shore.
Sects. 2-4 repealed, 1918, 257 § 321.
Sects. 5, 6 repealed, 1918, 257 § 322.
Sect. 7 repealed, 1918, 257 § 323.
Chapter 94. — Of Lost Goods and Stray Beasts.
Sect. 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 324.
Sect. 2 revised, 1918, 257 § 325. (See 1907, 363; 1908, 133.)
Sect. 3 repealed, 1918, 257 § 326.
Sect. 4 revised, 1918, 257 § 327.
Sect. 5 revised, 1918, 257 § 328.
Sect. 6 amended, 1918, 257 § 329. (See 1906, 185 § 3.)
Sect. 7 revised, 1918, 257 § 330.
Sect. 8 repealed, 1918, 257 § 331.
Sect. 9 amended, 1918, 257 § 332.
Chapter 95. — Of Unclaimed or Abandoned Property.
Sects. 6, 7 revised, 1918, 257 § 333.
Sect. 7. See 1906, 266; 1908, 599; 1910, 214 § 27.
Sect. 8. Provision for disposition of such property in possession of
metropolitan park officer, 1904, 170.
Sect. 13 extended, 1907, 363; 1915, 125. (See 1906, 185; 1908, 133;
1909,302; 1912,384; 1918,99.)
Chapter 96. — Of the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners.
Chapter in part repealed and superseded by act to establish the Massa-
chusetts commission on waterways and public lands, 1916, 288; 1917, 178,
184 §§ 1, 3, 240. Commission abolished and superseded by department of
public ivarks, 1919, 850 §§ 111-116. (See 1917, 60, 68.)
Improvement and protection of rivers, harbors, etc., 1909, 481; 1912,
642; 1914, 20, 378, 472, 506, 691, 693, 716, 717, Res. 109, 112, 115, 132,
135,137; 1915, Res. 97; 1919,231; 1920,363. (See 1914, 531.)
Topographical survey of the commonwealth, 1915, 223 §§ 1, 3.
892 Cha^jges in the [Chap. 97.
Tide water fund established, 1912, 257. (See 1918, 21, changing des-
ignation of the fund to waterways fund.)
Development of the port of Boston, 1911, 748; 1912, 46, 181, 663; 1913,
635; 1914, 48, 555, 602, 712; 1915, 300 § 2, Sp. Acts 335, 337, 363; 1916,
231, 232, 253; 1918, 143, 267, 270; 1919, 119, 162, 325; 1920, 363. (See
1910, 648; 1912, 46.) Board of directors of the port of Boston abolished
and powders and duties transferred to the Massachusetts commission on
waterways and public lands, 1916, 288; 1917, 178, 184 §§ 1, 3, 240; 1919,
350 §§ 111-116. (See 1917, 60, 68.) Powers and duties of the commission
with respect to certain lands within Boston harbor, 1919, 325; to certain
lands and structures in New Bedford, 1920, 375.
Commission on foreign and domestic commerce established, 1919, 119;
1920, 514.
Police control of Lake Quinsigamond, 1913, 742; 1914, 20.
Breaking up and disposal of old vessels, etc., 1908, 595.
Supervising transportation and dumping of material in tide waters, 1907,
229. (See 1912, 257 § 2.) Suitable quarters for port wardens, 1914, 472,
747.
As to licensing and regulation of fish weirs, nets and traps, see 1913,
523; 1917, 54; 1918, 27.
Commonwealth dry dock, 1918, 270.
Sect. 1. See 1916, 288; 1917, 178, 184 §§ 1, 3, 240. (See 1917, 60, 68.)
Sect. 2. See 1905, 211 § 1; 1908, 195; 1909, Res. 26.
Sect. 3. See 1904, 379; 1909, 481 § 2; 1910, 606 §§ 3, 4, 7; 1913, 543.
Sect. 4 et seq. See 1920, 203.
Sect. 8. See 1902, 224, 425; 1904,273; 1907, 229 §1; 1908,595; 1910,
255 585.
Sect. 9. See 1903, 150 § 1; 1909, 481 § 1; 1912, 642; 1914, 691, 693,
716, 717, Res. 109, 112, 115, 132, 135, 137.
Sect. 14 affected, 1918, 277 (authorizing the commission on waterways
and public lands to permit the extension of wharves and piers and to co-
operate with the federal government in matters relating to the war). (See
1906, 145; 1914, 378, 506.)
Sect. 16. See 1914, 717 § 2.
Sect. 17. See 1907 229.
Sects. 18-22 extended, 1917, 178 § 1. (See 1917, 178 §§ 2, 3.)
Sects. 19-21. See 1914, 717 § 3; 1917, 240 § 1.
Sect. 23. See 1916, 253 § 2.
Chapter 97. — Of Wrecks, Shipwrecked Goods and Removal of Wrecks.
Breaking up and disposal of old vessels, etc., 1908, 595.
Transportation of destitute shipwrecked seamen, 1918, 291 § 17.
Sects. 1-14 repealed, 1918, 257 § 334. (See 1914, 65.)
Sect. 15 amended, 1918, 257 § 335. (See 1908, 595; 1910, 585.)
Sect. 21 repealed, 1918, 257 § 334.
Sect. 22. See 1908, 595 § 4.
Chaps. 98-100.] REVISED LaWS. 893
Chapter 98. — Of the Observance of the Lord's Day.
Provision for one day's rest in seven, 1907, 577; 1909, 514 §§ 52,
145. (See 191(5, 145.)
Taking of animals from traps on the Lord's day permitted, 1918, 53.
Sports and games on Lord's day permitted, 1920, 240.
Sect. 1 revised, 190S, 385 § 1; 1909, 189. (See 1904, 460; 1918, 257
§ 336.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1904, 460 § 2; 1909, 420; 1918, 257 § .336. (See 1904,
176; 1907, 204, 577; 1908, 126; 1909, 423, 514 § 52; 1918, 53, 257 § 337.
Sale of ice cream, confectionerv, etc., 1909, 423; 1910, 327; 1913, 451.
Sect. 2 limited, 1908, 333, 343, 354, 537; 1909, 420; 1917, 207.
Sects. 1 and 2 temporarily affected, 1918, 134.
Sect. 3 amended, 1902, 414; 1908, 126, 273, 333, 343, 354, 537; 1910,
327; 1913, 328; 1914, 757; 1916, 146. Affected, 1909, 423. (See 1920,
141, relative to parades of the American Legion on Memorial Sunday.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1904, 460 § 3; 1918, 257 § 338. (See 1905, 341; 1907,
274; 1908, 126, 385.)
Sect. 12 amended, 1908, 123.
Chapter 99. — Of Gaming.
Club charter may be revoked in case of seizure of gaming implements
on premises, 1902, 524.
Bucketing prohibited and bucket shops abolished, 1907, 414.
Sect. 3 amended, 1918, 257 § 340.
Sect. 4 amended, 1919, 247 § 1.
Sect. 6 amended, 1919, 247 § 2.
Chapter 100. — Of Intoxicating Liquors.
Licensing board for Boston, 1906, 291; 1915, Sp. Act 313. (See 1907,
214; 1909, 387, 423; 1913, 715; 1918, 259.)
Wood and denatured alcohol, 1905, 220; 1910, 541; 1919, 360; 1920,
185. Sale of candy containing alcohol, 1913, 647.
Storage of liquors, 1905, 284; 1911, 77, 88.
Analyzing of intoxicating liquors, 1914, 484.
Use of curtains, etc., on booths, stalls, etc., and to prohibit immoral
conduct in drinking places, 1915, 180.
Transportation and delivery of intoxicating liquors regulated, 1916,
168; 1917, 91.
Refilling of bottles by persons licensed to sell intoxicating liquors, 1917,
150.
Furnishing of intoxicating liquors to or by inmates of public institutions
prohibited, 1918, 63.
Provision for the licensing, inspection and regulation of hotels and private
lodging houses, 1918, 259.
Issue of licenses for any part of license year beginning in 1919, author-
ized, 1919, 10.
894 Changes in the [Chaf. loo.
Sect. 1 amended, 1903, 460.
Sects. 3-9. See 1918, 259.
Sect. 4 amended 1912 389.
Sect. 10 et seq. 'See 1909, 423; 1910, 383; 1919, 10. Provisions for
Boston, 1902,485; 1906, 291 § 4, 395; 1907,328; 1909,221; 1915, Sp. Act
313. (See 1913, 85.)
Sect. 13 amended, 1910, 476; 1915, 67, 265. Affected, 1919, 10, 350
§§ 25, 26. (See 1909, 371 § 8.)
Sect. 14 affected, 1919, 10.
Sect. 15 amended, 1906, 287 § 1. Affected, 1917, 35; 1919, 10.
Sect. 17. See 1916, 168; 1917, 150. CI. 2 revised, 1906, 395; 1911, 507.
(See 1906, 386 § 1; 1910, 473.) CI. 7, see 1911, 136.
Sects. 17, 18. Fourth and fifth classes. Storage, 1905, 284. (See 1907,
560 § 6; 1911, 77, 88.)
Sect. 20 re\'ised, 1902, 171. Amended, 1905, 206; 1911, 83.
Sect. 21 amended, 1907, 190; 1913, 410 § 1. (See 1913, 413.)
Sects. 21-29. See 1902, 327; 1908, 525 § 3; 1910, 172 § 1.
Sect. 22 amended, 1913, 410 § 2; 1915, 200. (See 1913, 413.)
Sect. 23 amended, 1907, 308; 1909, 261 § 1. Board may suspend certifi-
cate, 1909, 261 § 5.
Sect. 26. See 1907, 190; 1913, 410 § 1, 413.
Sect. 27 amended, 1918, 257 § 341. (See 1906, 281; 1909, 261 § 2;
1913, 413.)
Sects. 30-32. See 1919, 360, regulating sale of alcohol.
Sect. 33 repealed, 1903, 461.
Sect' 34 amended, 1917, 36. (See 1906, 374.) Affected, 1915, 180 § 1;
1917, 35.
Sect. 35 amended, 1906, 104.
Sect. 41. See 1911, 136.
Sect. 42 affected, 1917, 35.
Sect. 47 amended. Suspension of license authorized, 1908, 108. (See
1917, 91.)
Sects. 48-50. Provision for registration and permits for carriers of
intoxicating liquors in certain cases, 1906, 421; 1907, 517; 1910, 497; 1911,
423; 1917, 180. (See 1916, 168; 1917, 91.)
Sect. 49 amended, 1907, 517 § 1; 1910, 497 § 1; 1912, 201.
Sect. 50 amended, 1915, 130.
Sects. 53, .54. See 1913, 410 § 2.
Sect. 54. See 1919, 360.
Sect. 55. See 1919, 249 § 2.
Sect. 56. See 1918, 259 § 11.
Sect. 57 amended, 1910, 264.
Sect. 58. See 1914, 553; 1915, 151 § 7.
Sect. 62, Gift or sale to a patient in dipsomaniac hospital is punishable,
1903, 410; 1909, 504 § 94; 1911, 30. To inmates in public institutions,
1918, 63. False statement as to age by a minor, 1912, 532.
Sect. 63 amended, 1909, 408. (See 1915, 151 § 7.)
Sect. 67 superseded, 1902, 110. (See 1908, 469; 1914, 615; 1920, 29.)
Chaps. 101, 102.] REVISED LawS. 895
Sect. 76 amended, 1909, 154 § 1.
Sect. 82. See 1912, 372.
Sect. 85 amended, 1909, 154 § 2.
Sect. 86 amended, 1904, 122. (See 1912, 372.)
Sect. 88 amended, 1917, 35. (See 1902, 485 § 4.) Club charter may be
revoked in certain cases, 1902, 524.
Sect. 89. See 1902, 524; 1906, 291 § 4; 1915, Sp. Act 313.
Chapter 101. — Of Common Nuisances.
Spitting in certain public places and conveyances prohibited, 1906, 165;
1907, 410; 1908, 150.
Obstruction of means of egress from buildings, and buildings erectefl in
violation of 1913, 655, declared common nuisances, 1905, 347 § 1; 1913,
655 § 3.
Abating places of prostitution and certain other nuisances, 1914, 624.
(See 1918, 259, as to licensing and regulating hotels and private lodging
houses.)
Certain nuisances in Boston, 1904, 336; 1905, 418, 426; 1908, 187 § 2.
As to insect pests, see 1902, 57; 1905, 381; 1906, 268; 1907, 475, 521;
1908,591; 1909,263,444; 1910,150,427; 1911,242,474; 1912,112,263,
577, 625; 1913, 293, 296, 585, 600, 605; 1914, 340, 341, 404; 1915, 80, 124,
171; 1919,350 §§ 37-42.
Certain unauthorized erections or work done in the Connecticut ri\'er
declared a public nuisance, 1917, 178 § 2; in Merrimack river, 1917, 240 § 2.
Sects. 1^ revised, 1919, 333 § 7.
Sects. 2^. See 1913, 655 § 8.
Sect. 6 amended, 1914, 624 § 11. (See 1915, 180 § 3.) Bucketing and
bucket shops, 1907, 414. Resorts of habitual users of narcotic drugs and
premises used for illegal keeping or sale of such drugs declared common
nuisances, 1917, 275 § 12.
Sects. 6-11. See 1918, 259.
Sect. 7. See 1914, 624 § 2.
Sect. 8 amended, 1914, 624 § 12. (See 1906, 291 § 10.)
Sect. 9. See 1911, 77, 88.
Sect. 10 amended, 1914, 624 § 13.
Sect. 11 amended, 1914, 624 § 14.
Chapter 102. — Of Licenses and Municipal Regulations of Police.
Provision for licensing veterinary practitioners, 1903, 249; 1906, 503
1907, 314; 1911, 199; 1918, 257 § 295; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. (See 1917
218.) Of osteopaths, 1909, 526. Of embalmers, 1905, 473; 1910, 390
1919, 350 §§ 63-67. Of public accountants, 1909, 399; 1910, 263; 1919
350 §§ 45^9. Dealers in milk, 1909, 405 § 3, 443; 1914, 744; 1916, 228
1917, 256. (See 1917, 112, 259.) Retail drugs, 1913, 705; 1916, 85; 1920
360. (See dentists and dental hygienists, 1915, 301; 1917, 76, 218; 1918
257 § 293; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67.) Of nurses, 1910, 449; 1913, 720. Prac-
titioners of optometry, 1912, 700; 1915,201; 1919, 350 §§63-67; 1920,463,
896 Changes in the [Chap. 102.
512. Of physicians, 1913, 346; 1915, 293; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. Of chiropo-
dists, 1917, 202; 1918, 15. License required to sell or lease firearms, 1911,
495. Operation of pneumatic machinery, 1913, 629. Licensing of persons,
firms and corporations to install wires or apparatus for electric light, heat or
power purposes, 1915, 296; 1916, 199; 1918, 257 §§ 342, 343; 1919, 56,
333 § 8, 350 §§ 63-67. Motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire, 1916,
293; 1918, 226; 1919, 371. Street railways as common carriers, 1903,
202; 1904, 441; 1906, 463 III, 41; 1907, 42; 1918, 238. Coftee or tea
houses, 1917, 23. Lobster fishermen, 1920, 434. Dispensaries, 1918, 131.
(See 1909, 265.) Construction of fish weirs, nets and traps in tide waters,
1913, 523; 1917, 54; 1918, 27. Day nurseries, 1919, 195. Business of
buying and selling second hand motor vehicles and parts, 1919, 259. Use
of tanks or containers for the storage of fluids other than water, 1919, 303.
For sale of certain alcohols, 1919, 360. Sports and games on Lord's day,
1920, 240.
Act to establish the state examiners of electricians, 1915, 296; 1918, 257
§§ 342, 343; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. (See 1918, 213, 217, 228 § 5.)
Licensing of theatres and public halls, 1904, 450; 1905, 176, 341, 342;
1906, 105; 1908, 335; 1909, 143; 1913, 655 §§ 31-37; 1916, 145. (See 1909,
514 §§ 76, 77; 1911, 367, 460; 1912, 320.) Lunch wagons in public ways,
1908, 360. For cinematographs or similar apparatus, 1908, 566; 1909,
281; 1911,48,440; 1912,182; 1914,196,791; 1915,169; 1916,145; 1917,
327 § 49. (See 1905, 176, 437; 1908, 565.) Street trades for minors, 1913,
831 §§ 11-15.
Licenses for the business of plumbing, 1909, 536; 1910, 597; 1912, 518;
1914, 287; 1919, 317. (See 1912, 635 § 34; 1913, 786 § 32.) Air craft,
1913, 663; 1919, 306, 350 §§ 111-116.
Insurance brokers, 1907, 576 §§ 93-95; 1908, 170; 1911, 429; 1913, 181,
510; 1915, 82 § 2; 1916, 11 ; 1919, 47, 350 §§ 45-50; 1920, 317. Insurance
adjusters, 1917, 164; 1919, 38; 1920, 317.
Manicuring, massage and vapor baths, 1911, 443; 1912, 155. Cold
storage warehouses, 1912, 652. (See 1910, ()40.)
Collection agencies, 1910, 656; 1919, 101.
Provision for license to carry loaded pistol, 1906, 172 § 1 ; 1908, 350; 1911,
548; 1919, 207. (See 1910, 565; 1911, 283.) For manufacture of fireworks
or firecrackers, 1910, 565; 1914, 795 § 3; 1916, 138. (See 1911, 495.)
For breaking up and disposal of old vessels, etc., 1908, 595.
In certain cities public lodging houses must be licensed, 1904, 242; 1911,
129; 1913, 655 §§ 42-47; 1915, 160. (See 1894, 414; 1918, 259.)
Licenses and registration of hunters and fishermen, 1911, 614; 1912,
379; 1913, 249, 479; 1915, 212; 1916, 74; 1917, 26; 1919, 296; 1920,
300. (See 1905, 317; 1907, 198; 1908, 402, 484; 1909, 262, 325, 362;
1910, 614; 1911, 235; 1912, 388; 1913, 529, 542; 1915, 240.) Licenses to
work or do business on Sunday, 1909, 420, 423; 1910, 327; 1913, 451.
Licenses in Boston: To gas fitters, 1897, 265. Operators of elevators,
1913, 714. Junk dealers, 1900, 416; 1906, 291 § 4; 1915, 144. (See 1902,
187 § 4; 1909, 221; 1915, Sp. Act 313.) Minors to black boots, etc., 1902,
531. (See 1904, 450 § 2.) Pawnbrokers, private detectives, money lenders,
CuAr. 102.] Revised Laws. 897
dogs, 1906, 291 § 4. (See 1907, 211, 500 §§ 2, 3.) Picnic groves, skating
rinks, intelligence offices, billiard, pool or sippio tables, bowling alleys,
1906, 201 § 4; 1907, 214. Garages, 1913, 577. (See 1914, 795 § 6.) Theatres
and public halls, 1907, 463; 1908, 335. Shows and amusements, 1908, 494;
1915, Sp. Act 348. (See 1913, 280.) Street stands, 1907, 584; 1909, 329.
(See 1913, 680.) Lunch wagons in street, 1908, 360. Sight seeing automo-
biles, 1913, 592.
Provision for licensing dealers in coal and coke, 1903, 484; 1906, 434;
1915, 72. Operators of automobiles and motor cvcles, 1909, 534; 1910,
525, 605; 1911, 37; 1912, 123, 400; 1913, 95, 116, 123, 530, 803; 1914, 190,
204, 420, 585, 695; 1915, 10. 11, 16, 19, 87, 99; 1916, 42, 52, 140, 260, 290,
293; 1917, 4, 186, 187, 200, 219, 246 § 2, 276; 1920, 222, 262, 419, 426,
432, 476. (See 1902, 315; 1903, 473; 1905, 311, 366; 1906, 353, 412; 433;
1907, 203, 408, 494, 580; 1908, 263, 467, 642, 648; 1910, 516; 1911, 477,
507, 578; 1912, 184; 1913, 592.) Garages, see 1913, 300, 577. Lung test-
ing machines, 1908, 381. Cold storage houses, 1910, 640; 1912, 652; 1917,
149. Operators of hoisting machinery in certain cases, 1911, 656; 1915,
211. (See 1913, 714; 1915, 259.)
Better prevention of fires throughout the metropolitan district, 1914,
795; 1916, 138. (See 1915, 296 § 2; 1919, 303, 350 §§ 99-110; 1920, 111.)
Bonds in blasting operations, 1911, 325; 1914, 155.
Provision for licensing establishments for the manufacture of sausages or
chopped meats, and for the breaking or canning of eggs, 1914, 325; 1915, 22.
Safety valves as applied to ammonia compressors, 1914, 467.
Temporary licenses to sell certain articles for charitable purposes, 1916,
188.
Provision for permits relative to the use of trolleymotors on public ways,
1916, 266 § 1.
Provision for licenses for care of the insane, epileptic, etc., in hospitals
and private houses, 1916, 285 §§ 6, 7; 1917, 232.
Employers prohibited from receiving gratuities given to employees for
the checking of clothing, 1918, 149.
Certain fees required for certified statements issued by the various
boards of registration or examination, 1918, 217.
Licensing, inspection and regulation of hotels and private lodging houses,
1918, 259.
Regulation of dancing, 1919, 160.
Licensing and regulation of private detectives, 1919, 271.
Regulation and licensing of bill boards and advertising devices, 1920,
545.
Licenses to measure lumber, 1920, 551 § 6.
Limitation of buildings by cities and towns according to use or construc-
tion, to specified districts, 1920, 601.
Boxing regulated under supervision of a state commission, 1920, 619.
Sect. 1 et seq. See 1918, 149.
Sect. 2 revised, 1910, 383. (See 1906, 291 § 4; 1917, 23; 1918, 259.)
Sect. 2 et seq. affected, 1918, 259 § 2. Booths, stalls, etc., and immoral
conduct in restaurants, cafes, etc., 1915, 180.
898 Changes in the [Chap. 102.
Sect. 5 et seq. See 1918, 259 §§ 5-7, imposing additional requirements
on innholders and lodging-house keepers.
Sect. 9 amended, 1918, 64; 1919, 99. Affected, 1918, 259 § 9.
Sect. 13. See 1918, 259 § 10.
Sect. 23 et seq. See 1906, 435; 1908, 485.
Sect. 28 revised, 1920, 216.
Sect. 29 amended, 1902, 187 § 1; 1910, 554 § 1; 1917, 130. Revised,
1918, 291 § 18. Affected, 1915, 144. (See 1906, 291 § 4.)
Sect. 30 amended, 1902, 187 § 2; 1910, 193. Revised, 1918, 291 § 19.
Sect. 32 amended, 1902, 187 § 3; 1910, 554 § 2. Revised, 1918, 291
§ 20. Affected, 1915, 144.
Sect. 33. See 1906, 291 § 4; 1915, Sp. Act 313.
Sect. 40 amended, 1905, 415.
Sect. 41 amended, 1911, 727 § 21.
Sect. 42 amended, 1907, 211. (See 1907, 500 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 47 et seq. See 1905, 308; 1906, 390; 1908, 605; 1909, 317, 514;
1911, 727; 1912, 675; 1916, 194, 224, 274.
Sect. 48. See 1906, 291 § 10.
Sects. 52, 53. See 1911, 727 §§ 14, 15.
Sects. 57-68 repealed, 1911, 727 § 24. Small loans regulated, 1905,
308; 1906, 390; 1908, 605; 1909, 317, 514 §§ 121-126; 1910, 563; 1911,
727; 1912, 675; 1913, 347, 638; 1916, 194, 224, 274. (See 1909, 278;
1913, 656, 832 § 8.)
Sect. 69 revised, 1912, 486. Charges for inspection of stables prohibited,
1915, 109.
Sects. 69-72. See 1911, 381 § 4; 1913, 300.
Sects. 73-77. Powers transferred to the fire prevention commissioner,
1914, 795 § 3; 1916, 138; 1919, 350 §§ 99-110.
Sects. 78-86 repealed and superseded, 1915, 259 § 13. (See 1905, 310,
472; 1906,387,414,521,522; 1907,373,465; 1908,563; 1911,562; 1913,
209, 610 § 4; 1914, 451, 467 § 5.)
Sect. 87 affected, 1910, 565.
Sect. 87 et seq. See 1917, 342 § 25. _
Sect. 89 et seq. Provisions as to explosives and inflammable fluids, 1904,
370; 1905, 280; 1908, 502; 1910, 223, 588; 1911, 477; 1913, 452; 1914,
421, 795 §§ 3, 6; 1916, 65, 162; 1918, 275 § 4, Sp. Act 101 (Boston); 1919,
323, 350 §§ 99-110. (See 1910, 284; 1919, 303.) Paint, turpentine and
linseed oil, 1908, 531; 1911, 218, 266; 1914, 795 §§ 3, 6. Wood and de-
natured alcohol, 1919, 360.'
Sect. 92 amended, 1909, 199; 1919, 180.
Sect. 93. See 1914, 795 § 3.
Sect. 94. See 1914, 795 §§ 3, 6.
Sect. 95. See 1911, 325; 1914, 155. •
Sects. 96, 97. See 1914, 795 § 3.
Sects. 97, 98. Bonds in blasting operations, 1911, 325; 1914, 155.
Sects. 99-101 repealed and superseded, 1910, 588.
Sect. 104. See 1914, 795.
Sects. 106, 108. See 1914, 795 § 6.
Chap. 103.] REVISED LaWS. 899
Sects. 109-111 superseded, 1911, 204; 1914, 795 § 6.
Sect. 113. See 1914 795 § 3.
Sect. 114. See 1904* 370; 1905, 280; 1908, 502; 1914, 795 § 3.
Sects. 118, 119. See 1914, 795 §§ 3, 6.
Sect. 122 amended, 1908, 187.
Sect. 122 etseq. See 1905, 418; 1908, 187 § 1; 1910, 651; 1911, 10, 223;
1915 50
Sects. 128, 129 superseded, 1914, 198 § 4. (See 1909, 440 § 4; 1913,
551; 1917,271 §2.)
Sect. 130 amended, 1908, 169; 1910, 87.
Sect. 133 in part repealed, 1904, 353 § 3; 1906, 291. (See 1915, Sp. Act
313.)
Sect. 134 amended, 1910, 319. In part repealed and superseded, 1918,
291 §§ 10, 21. (See 1905, 317 § 2; 1908, 402 § 2; 1910, 614 § 3.)
Sect. 138 revised, 1904, 105 § 1.
Sect. 141 repealed 1904 105 § 2.
Sect. 142 superseded, 1914, 198 § 4. (See 1906, 291 § 10; 1909, 440 § 2.)
Sect. 143 amended, 1907, 240 § 1; 1908, 182; 1910, 629; 1911, 391.
Sect. 144 amended, 1907, 240 § 2.
Sbct. 150 ct seq. Provision for better protection of domestic animals
from dogs, 1902, 226; 1904, 127, 283; 1911, 392.
Sect. 151 amended, 1903, 100; 1904, 283; 1911, 392; 1920, 547.
Sects. 151A, B, C, added, 1920, 547.
Sect. 152 amended, 1905, 106.
Sect. 155 amended, 1904, 142; 1907, 241; 1910, 392; 1918, 271.
Sect. 168 revised, 1920, 191. (See 1906, 291 §§ 8, 10.)
Sect. 170 amended, 1908, 368.
Sect. 172 superseded, 1908, 385 § 2. (See 1904, 450 § 15, 460; 19a5, 341,
342; 1906, 105; 1907, 274; 1909, 189, 514 § 77.)
Sect. 172 et seq. See 1904, 183; 1906, 384; 1908, 368, 381; 1910, 143;
1919, 160.
Sect. 173 amended, 1904, 460 § 5; 1907, 309; 1909, 2.54. (See 1904, 450
§15; 1905,341,342; 1906,105; 1908,335; 1918,-149.)
Sect. 176 amended, 1906, 190, 291 § 4; 1920, 47. (See 1906, 384; 1915,
Sp. Act 313.)
Sect. 178. See 1906, 291 § 4; 1915, Sp. Act 313.
Sect. 181 amended, 1910, 125 § 1.
Sect. 182 amended, 1910, 125 § 2
Sect. 183 amended, 1910, 125 § 3.
Sect. 184 amended, 1906, 107; 1907, 355; 1910, 532. (See 1906, 384.)
Sect. 186 amended. "Junk collectors" added, 1902, 187 § 4; 1915,
144; 1918, 291 §§ 18-20. (See 1906, 190, 291 § 4.)
Chapter 103. — Of the Supervision of Plumbing.
Chapter in part superseded, 1909, 536; 1910, 597; 1912, 518, 635 § 34;
1913, 786 § 32; 1914, 287; 1919, 317. (See 1918, 217.)
900 Changes in the [Chap. 104.
Chapter 104. — Of the Inspection of Buildings.
Revision and codification of building inspection laws, 1913, 655; 1918,
291 § 23. (See 1913, 676.)
Building inspection department of district police, 1913, 610. District
police force abolished and superseded by department of public safety, 1919,
350 §§ 99-110.
Licensing and inspection of theatres and public halls regulated, 1904,
450; 1906, 105; 1908, 335, 389; 1909, 354; 1910, 143; 1911, 367; 1912,
320, 726; 1916, 145. (See 1904, 460 §§ 4, 5; 1905, 341, 342; 1908, 336;
1911, 309, 314; 1913, 391, 572.) Inspection of ventilating and lighting of
factories and workshops, 1907, 537; 1909, 514 § 105; 1911, 603; 1913, 766.
(See 1912, 726.) Tenement houses in towns, 1912, 635; 1913, 441, 614.
Tenement houses in cities, 1913, 786; affected, 1920, 190. (See 1914, 628.)
Obstruction of means of egress from buildings, 1905, 347; 1908, 336;
1914, 795 § 13 cl. D. Sanitary requirements for certain buildings, 1902,
322; 1906, 250; 1909, 514 §§ 78, 79; 1912, 318; 1914, 328 § 1, 726. Stor-
age of explosives and inflammable compounds, 1904, 370; 1905, 280; 1908,
502; 1910,223; 1913,452; 1914, 795 §§ 3, 6; 1916,65,162; 1918, Sp. Act
101 (Boston). (See 1910, 588; 1911,477; 1913,610; 1914,421; 1918,275
§ 4.) Provision for safe keeping of matches in stores, 1909, 184. Regula-
tion of cinematographs and similar apparatus, 1905, 176, 437; 1908, 565,
566; 1909, 281; 1911, 48, 440; 1912, 182; 1914, 196, 791: 1915, 169;
1916, 118; 1917, 327 § 49. (See 1913, 280.) Passenger elevators to have
seat for operator, 1912, 479. Elevators and elevator regulations, 1913,
806; 1914, 328 § 3, 782 § 6; 1919, 350 §§ 99-110; 1920, 298. (See 1909,
514 §§ 74, 96.)
Building laws for Boston, 1907, 550; 1909, 313; 1910, 284, 631; 1911,
342; 1912, 369, 370; 1913, 50, 586, 704, 714, 729; 1914, 205, 248, 595, 628,
782, 786; 1915, 2.54, Sp. Acts 333, 346, 352; 1918, Sp. Act 179; 1919, Sp.
Acts 155, 156, 163; 1920, 266, 440. (See 1892, 419; 1893, 170, 293, 297,
464; 1894, 257, 443; 1895, 97, 239, 280, 314; 1896, 416, 520; 1897, 175,
219, 265, 300, 310, 413; 1898, 209, 228, 268, 308, 452; 1899, 161, 185, 222;
1900, 271, 321, 335 § 2; 1901,474; 1902,400; 1903,301; 1904,227,333,
336, 368, 4.50 §§ 2, 10; 1905, 342, 383, 426; 1906, 340; 1907, 416, 463;
1908, 339, 347; 1911, 76; 1912, 259, 582, 713; 1913, 280, 655 § 52, 680,
808 § 12; 1914, 540, 785.) Garages, 1913, 577; 1914, 119; 1918, Sp.
Acts 104, 115; 1919, Sp. Act 155; 1920, 91, 455. (See 1914, 795 § 6.)
Relative to buildings for storage of ice, 1914, 248. Occupancy of cellars
and basements in the city of Boston limited, 1907, 550 § 68; 1914, 628;
1915, Sp. Act 346.
State supervision of waj^arers' lodges and public lodging houses, 1914, 606.
Qualifications of certain inspectors of masonry, 1914, 540.
Better prevention of fires throughout the metropolitan district and com-
monwealth, 1914, 795; 1916, 138; 1919, 350 §§ 99-110; 1920, 111, 436.
(See 1915, 296 § 2.) . . . •
Licensing of persons, firms and corporations to install wires or apparatus
for electric light, heat or power purposes, 1915, 296; 1918, 257 §§ 342,
343; 1919, 56, 333 § 8, 350 §§ 63-67. (See 1918, 213, 217, 228 § 5.)
Chap. 105.] BeVISED LaWS. 901
Fire protection in stables for horses and mules, 1916, 158.
Limitation of buildings by cities and towns, according to use or construc-
tion, to specified districts, 1920, 601.
Sects. 1-18 repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1904, 450 §§ 4-10; 1905,472;
1906, 105, 499 § 2; 1908, 321; 1912, 334; 1913, 610 § 2.)
Sects. 19, 20 repealed and superseded, ic^08, 487. (See 1907, 499.)
Sects. 21-26 repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1914, 795.)
Sect. 22 ct scq. Public lodging houses in certain cities regulated, 1904,
242; 1911, 129; 1913, 655 §§ 42-47; 1915, 160. (See 1907, 490; 1909,
504 § 2; 1912, 635.)
Sect. 25 amended, 1907, 503 § 1. (See 1905, 347 § 1.)
Sects. 27, 28 repealed as to elevators, 1913, 803 § 13; 1914, 328 § 3. (See
1902, 350; 1909, 514 §§ 74, 96; 1912, 479; 1913, 610 § 2.)
Sect. 28 amended, 1911, 455.
Sects. 29-37 repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1905, 347 § 2; 1906, 105 § 1;
1913, 610 § 2; 1914, 795.)
Sects. 38-47. Repeal and substitute, 1909, 514 §§ 91-100, 145; 1914,
566. (See 1903, 475; 1904, 347, 430; 1906, 250, 522; 1907, 164, 451, 503,
537; 1908, 375, 389; 1909, 354, 413, 514 § 64; 1913, 610 § 2; 1914,
795.)
Sect. 41 amended, 1907, 503 § 2. Inspection, 1907, 537 § 5; 1912, 726
§ 5. (See 1904, 430; 1906, 522; 1907, 451; 1908, 375, 389; 1909, 354;
1913. 676.)
Sects. 41, 42. See 1903, 475; 1904, 347; 1906, 250; 1907, 164; 1909,
514 §§ 86-90, 145; 1912, 726 § 5.)
Sects. 48-56 repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1913, 610 § 2.)
Sect. 50. See 1914, 795 § 22.
Sect. 54. See 1905, 347.
Chapter 105. — Of the Inspection of Steam Boilers.
Law as to the inspection and operation of steam boilers revised, 1907»
465; 1908, 563; 1909, 393, 410; 1911, 619, 656; 1912, 531; 1913, 610;
1915, 211; 1918, 257 § 344; 1919, 133. (See 1905, 310, 472; 1906, 387,
521, 522; 1907, 373, 451; 1909, 131, 348; 1910, 284; 1911, 562; 1912,
726 §5; 1913,209; 1914,451; 1915,259.)
District police force abolished and superseded by department of public safety,
1919, 350%% 99-110.
Boiler inspection department of district poHce, 1913, 610; 1919, 350
§§ 99-110. Pneumatic machines, 1913, 629; 1914, 127, 649.
License required for operating hoisting machinery in certain cases, 1911,
656; 1915, 211.
Board of boiler rules established, 1907, 465 § 24; 1914, 127 § 2, 649 § 2;
superseded, 1919, 350 §§ 99, 105. (See 1912, 531; 1918, 217.)
Safety valves as applied to ammonia compressors, 1914, 467.
Marking, sale and installation of range boilers, 1916, 154; 1917, 39.
Sects. 2, 3. See 1907, 465 §§ 2, 3, 13.
Sect. 4 superseded, 1907, 465 §§ 14, 15; 1912, 531 §§ 5, 6.
Sect. 5. See 1907, 465 §§ 3, 15, 17, 19; 1912, 531 §§ 6, 7.
902 Changes in the [Chap. io6.
Sect. 6. See 1907, 465 § 28.
Sect. 9. See 1907, 465 § 20; 1908, 563 § 1.
Sects. 10, 11. See 1907, 465 §§ 20, 28.
Chapter 106. — Of the Employment of Labor.
Chapter repealed and reviseu by acts to codify the laws relating to
labor, 1909, 514; 1910, 63, 166 § 2, 249, 259, 350, 404, 445, 543, 611; 1911,
151, 178, 208, 229, 241, 249, 263, 269, 281, 310, 313, 431, 484, 494, 532,
584, 629, 751; 1912, 96, 172, 191, 251, 318, 452, 477, 479, 495, 528, 533,
545, 571, 653, 666, 706; 1913, 333, 359, 365, 426, 448, 568, 619, 690, 779
§§ 14-23, 833; 1914, 217, 241, 247, 328, 347, 352, 368, 419, 455, 474, 479,
540, 557, 566, 56S, 580, 600, 623, 656, 681, 688, 708, 723, 726, 746, 778;
1915, 27, 47, 57, 60, 65, 69, 70, 75, 108, 116, 117, 123, 132, 183, 198, 214,
216, 236, 275, 277, 287, 288, Sp. Act 314; 1916, 14, 66, 72, 75, 89, 90, 95,
115, 143, 145, 208, 222, 229, 240, 258, 303, 307; 1917, 16, 72, 86, 110, 198,
249, 260, 269, 294, 341, 342 § 24; 1918, 87, 110, 113, 119, 125, 147, 149,
192, 251; 1919, 113, 152, 193, 197, 198, 204, 205, 253, 272, 292 §§ 12, 13,
350 §§ 69-78; 1920, 48, 143, 210, 221, 280, 298, 324, 361, 387, 412, 417,
531. (See 1902, 183, 322, 350, 384, 4.30, 435, 446, 450; 1903, 275, 320,
475; 19(M, 311, 313, 315, 334, 335, 343, 347, 349, 397, 432; 1905, 213,
231, 238, 267, 304, 308; 1906, 250, 284, 370, 390, 427, 435, 463 II § 167,
499, 517; 1907, 135, 164, 193, 224, 267, 269, 503 § 2, 537, 560 §§ 447, 448,
570, 577; 1908, 210, 217, 228, 306, 325, 380, 420, 457, 485, 489, 547, 553,
645, 650; 1909, 201, 211, 332, 363, 371; 1910, 249, 257, 414, 445, 458,
473; 1911, 63, 113, 136, 541, 603; 1912, 528, 545, 546, 683; 1913, 445,
685, 805; 1914, 347, 413, 553, 618, 765, Res. 96; 1915, 97, 197; 1916, 89,
229; 1919, 311.)
Board of labor and industries established and its powers and duties
defined, 1912, 726; 1913, 424, 766, 813, 831 §§ 4, 18; 1914, 263, 474, 533;
1915, 74; 1916, 115, 143, 308; 1917, 72, 342 § 24; 1918, 110, 276; 1919,
224, 350 §§ 69-78 (abolished and superseded by department of labor and in,'
dustries); 1920, 412 (to inform applicants for employment of strike con-
ditions). (See 1916, 222.) Committee established to exercise powers of
the board of labor and industries, and certain further powers in regard to
labor, in war time emergencies, 1917, 342 § 24.
Industrial accident board and payment of compensation to injured em-
ployees, 1911, 751; 1912, 172, 251, 409, 571, 666, 726; 1913, 48, 445, 448,
568, 696, 746, 807; 1914, 338, 618, 636, 656, 708; 1915, 123, 132, 183, 236,
244, 275. 287, Sp. Acts 270, 314; 1916, 72, 90, 275, 307, 308; 1917, 198,
249, 269, 297; 1918, 113, 119, 125, 231; 1919, 197, 198, 204, 205, 226, 272,
299, 350 §§ 68, 69; 1920, 223, 324.
Board of conciliation and arbitration, 1909, 514 §§ 10-16; 1913, 444; 1914,
347, 681; 1916, 89, 148; 1917, 341; 1918, 225, 251; 1920, 361. Board
abolished and suj)crscdrd by department of labor and industries, 1919, 350
§§6^5-75.
Minimum wage commission established and provision for fixing mini-
mum wage of women and minors, 1912, 706; 1913, 330, 673; 1914, 368;
Chap. 106.] REVISED LawS. 903
1915, 6.5; 1916, 303; 1919, 72, 76, 77; 1920, 48, 387. For scrubwomen
employed hy the commonwealth, 1919, 243; 1920, 221. Commi^siox
abolished and superseded by department of labor and induMrics, 1919, SoO
§§ 09-78.
Passenger elevators to have seat for operator, 1912, 479. (See 1913, 806;
1918, 147.)
Retirement svstem for state emplovees, 1911, 532; 1912, 363; 1913,
310; 1914, 419,"'568, 582; 1915, 198; 1916, 54, 75, 164; 1918, 257 §§ 101-
110; 1919, 36, 80, 94, 3.50 §§ 4, 28; 1920, 56, 304, 335, 416, 535, .539. (See
1913, 807; 1915, 197 §§ 1, 2.) For veterans in the employ of the state,
1907, 4.58; 1915, 95: 1920, 574.
Vacations of laborers employed by cities and towns, 1914, 217; 1915,
60; 1917, 16; 1920, 143; of laborers, etc., employed by the commonwealth
and metropolitan boards, 1919, 152.
Half holidays for certain state employees, 1912, 528; 1914, 455, 688;
1915, 288; 1916, 258.
Leave of absence for veterans in public service on Memorial Day, 1 920, 53 1 .
Proof of contributory negligence in actions for the recovery of damages
for injuries, 1914, 553.
Provision for continuation schools for working children, 1913, 805; 1914,
174,391; 1919, 311.
As to state-aided vocational education, 1911, 471; 1917, 61, 215; 1918,
206, 230, 231, 246, 248, 274; 1919, 292 §§ 14-17.
Provision for free employment bureaus in certain cities, 1906, 435; 1907,
135; 1908, 306, 462 §5, 485; 1909, 514 §§ 1-9; 1911,158; 1913,389; 1918,
286 § 3. (See 1919, 125 (establishing soldiers' and sailors' commission),
350 §§ 69-78 {placing employment offices in department of labor and indus-
tries); 1920, 412 (applicants for employment to be informed of strike con-
ditions).
Days of employment in certain establishments regulated, 1913, 619.
And of certain employees of railroad corporations, 1914, 723, 746.
Labor of minors regulated, 1913, 831; 1917, 294; 1918, 147; 1919, 311
§§ 4, 5; 1920, 298 (operation of elevators). (See 1909, 514 § 61; 1910,
249; 1913, 779 § 19; 1915, 57, 65, 70; 1916, 66.)
Preference in appointments and employment to citizens, 1914, 600; 1918,
257 §94. (See 1909, 514 §21; 1914,474; 1917,260.)
Promotion of laborers and mechanics in the public service, 1914, 479.
Wages of laborers in employ of board of prison commissioners, 1914, 458.
Salaries and pensions of scrubwomen, 1914, 413; 1917, 272; 1918, 172;
1919, 243; 1920, 221.
Wages of mechanics employed in the construction of public works, 1909,
514 §21; 1914,474.
Making up time lost by holidays, in certain establishments prohibited,
1913, 359. (See 1915, 57.)
Pay rolls, bills and accounts for services for certain cities to be verified
by oath, 1913, 520; 1918, 23.
Pension systems, 1910, 559, 619; 1911, 113, 338, 413, 532, 634, 675;
1912, 363, 447, 503; 1913, 63, 310, 313, 367, 642, 671, 697, 817, 832; 1914,
904 Changes in the [Chap. io6.
352, 419, 765; 1915, 47, 197, 198, 234; 1916, 54, 60, 75, 164, 218, 238, 257;
1917, 233; 1918, 104, 172, 257 §§ 95-136; 1919, 21, 36, 80, 94, 103, 106,
143, 158, 350 §§ 4, 28; 1920, 6, 49, 50, 179, 204, 304, 319, 416. (See 1911,
413; 1912, 574; 1913, 367, 657, 681, 800; 1914, 519, 536, Res. 120; 1916,
88.)
Employment in night messenger service, 1911, 629. Of women in core
rooms, 1912, 653. To moving certain boxes and baskets where women are
employed, 1913, 426; 1914,241; 1915,27.
As to assignments of wages, see 1905, 308; 1906, 390; 1908, 605 §§ 7, 8;
1909, 317, 514 §§ 121-126; 1910,563; 1911, 727 § 22; 1912, 657 § 6; 1916,
208.
Provision for homesteads for workmen, 1911, 607; 1912, 714; 1913, 494
§3,595; 1914, 283 §2; 1915,129; 1917,310; 1918,204; 1919, 350 §§87-95.
Imposition of fines by unions, 1911, 431.
Charging of fees for certificates relating to minors prohibited, 1914,
316.
Procuring of persons to take the place of employees during strikes or
other labor disputes, 1910, 445; 1912, 545; 1914, 347; 1915, 108; 1916,
89; 1918,251; 1920,412.
Qualifications of certain inspectors of masonry, 1914, 540.
Licensing of electricians, 1915, 296; 1916, 199; 1918, 257 §§ 342, 343;
1919, 56, 350 §§ 63-67.
Furnishing of lockers in certain factories, workshops, and hotels, 1916,
115; 1917, 72.
Group life insurance, 1918, 112.
Employers prohibited from receiving gratuities given to employees for
the checking of clothing, 1918, 149.
Deductions from the pay of employees because of tardiness, 1918,
192. ' '
Issue of joint and several workmen's compensation policies by insurance
companies, 1918, 216.
Payment of certain fees required for certified statements issued by the
various boards of registration or examination, 1918, 217.
As to training and instruction of disabled soldiers and sailors, see
1918, 230.
Training of cripples, 1918, 231.
Transfer to the commonwealth of the propertv of the New Bedford,
Bradford Durfee (Fall River) and Lowell Textile schools, 1918, 246, 248,
274; 1919, 350 §§ 56-62 (placed in department of education).
Representation of employees on board of directors of manufacturing
corporations, 1919, 70.
Division of day and night forces ("Two platoon" system) in fire depart-
ments, 1919, 132*.
Pensions for public school janitors, 1919, 143.
One day off in every eight days for certain police officers, 1920, 166.
Daylight-saving act^ so-called, 1920, 280.
Sfx-t. 6 affected, 1920, 207.
Sect. 12. See 1914, 778.
Chap. 107.] REVISED LaWS. 905
Sect. 14 superseded, 1909, 504 § 29; 1914, 473.
Sect. 18. See 1911, 628 §§ 296, 33; 1913, 617 § 5.
Sect. 19 d seq. See 1914, 778.
Sect. 20 extended by act to constitute eight hours a dav's work for pub-
lic employees, 1911, 494; 1914, 623; 1916, 240. (See 1909", 514 § 42; 1913,
822; 1918, 90 § 2.) Hours of employment of women and minors, 1909,
514 § 48; 1911, 484; 1912, 477; 1913, 758, 831; 1914, 623; 1915, 57;
1916, 145, 222; 1917,294; 1918,147; 1919, 76, 113, 311 § 1. (See 1912,
706; 1913, 330, 365; 1914, 308.) Of street railway employees, 1912, 533;
1913, 833; 1915, 277. (See 1912, 706; 1913, 330, 365.) Of certain em-
ployees of steam railroads, 1914, 723, 746.
Sect. 31 amended, 1907, 224. (See 1909, 514 § 50; 1913, 779 § 17;
1914, 316, 580.)
Sect. 33 superseded, 1909, 514 § 61; 1910, 249; 1913, 779 § 19; 1915,
70.
Sect. 37. See 1911, 229.
Sect. 62 amended, 1909, 514 § 112; 1910, 350; 1911, 208, 249; 1914,
247; 1915, 75; 1916, 229. Affected, 1915, 214. (See 1914, 370 § 1.)
Sect. 65. See 1911, 584.
Sect. 71 etseq. See 1909, 514 §§ 127-144; 1910, 166; 1911, 751 I; 1912,
409; 1914, 553; 1915, 179.
Sects. 72, 73. See 1911, 751; 1912, 172, 251; 1913, 290; 1914, 708;
1915, 151 § 7, 179, 183, 236, 287.
Chapter 107. — Of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor and the Board of
Supervisors of Statistics.
Chapter repealed and superseded by 1909, 371; 1910, S3, 616 § 2; 1911,
74, 158; 1912, 45, 49, 560; 1913, 358, 416, 706, 727; 1914, 55; 1915, 84,
285; 1916, 13; 1917, 24, 159 §§ 1-3, 192. Bureati of statistics abolished
and powers transferred to departments of the secretary of the commonwealth, of
corporations and taxation, and of labor and industries, 1919, 350 §§ 25, 26,
52-54, G9-78;. 1920, 157, 245. (See 1902, 438; 1906, 296, 385 § 2; 1907,
79, 135; 190S, 306, 462, 481, 485 § 7, 517; 1909, 514 §§ 1-8, Res. 41; 1910,
598, 616; 1911, 59, 607, Res. 142; 1912, 352, 706 § 12; 1913, 677; 1915,
84; 1918, 205 § 3, 286.)
Act to provide for taking the decennial census, 1914, 692; 1919, 350
§§ 25, 69. (See 1914, Res. 120.) And for a census of the fisheries and
commerce of the commonwealth, 1914, 692 § 8.
Board of labor and industry established, 1912, 726; 1913, 424, 766, 813,
831 §§ 4, 18; 1914, 263, 474, 533; 1915, 74; 1916, 115, 143, 308; 1917, 72;
1918, 276; 1919, 224, 350 §§ 69-78. (See 1916, 222.)
Provision for free employment bureaus in certain cities, 1906, 435; 1907,
135; 1908, 306, 462 § 5, 485; 1909, 514 §§ 1-9; 1911,158; 1913,389. (See
1909, 371; 1912, 726 § 5; 1918, 286 § 3; 1919, 125 (establishing soldiers'
and sailors' commission), 350 § 69.)
Secretary of the commonwealth authorized to appoint a state registrar
of vital statistics, 1918, 136; supervisor of decennial census, 1919, 350 § 26.
906 ChAJNGES IX the [Chap. 108.
As to the training and instruction of disabled soldiers and sailors, see
1918, 230.
Bureau of statistics to prescribe form of accounts to be kept by cities and
towns in distributing food and other necessaries in accordance with article
XLVII of the amendments to the Constitution, 1918, 205 § 3; 1919, 350
§§ 52, 54.
Director of bureau of statistics to be notified of municipal loans, 1919,
23, 350 § 54.
Sects. 10, 11 repealed, 1902, 438 § 7. (See 1909, 67.)
Chapter 108. — Of District and Other Police Oflacers.
District police force abolished ami superseded by department of public safety,
1919, 350 §§ 99-110.
The fire marshal's department is abolished and duties and powers trans-
ferred to detective department of district police, 1904, 433; 1905, 280;
1908, 502, 568; 1910, 223, 328, 588; 1915, 220. (See 1911, 325; 1914, 155,
795.) Salaries of fire inspectors, 1905, 247 § 1, 461 § 1. (See 1902, 142;
1903,365; 1904,370; 1911,477; 1913,816.)
Facilities of the district police for the enforcement of law and prevention
of crime in the waters of the commonwealth increased, 1914, 577. Affected,
1918, 75.
Better prevention of fires in the metropolitan district, 1914, 795; 1916,
138. (See 1915, 296 § 2; 1919, 303. Fire prewntion coviviissioner of metro-
politan district abolished and superseded by department of pidjlic safetij, 1919,
350 §§ 99-110.) Tenure of office of chief engineers, 1916, 291; 1917, 140.
Board of labor and industries to have powers and duties of inspectors of
buildings, factories, etc., 1912, 726 §§ 5-13; 1913, 424, 766, 813; 1914, 263,
328, 533, 726; 1915, 74; 1916, 308; 1919, 350 §§ 69-78. (See 1918, 276.)
Appeals to state board of health, 1907, 499.
Police commissioner for Boston, 1906, 291 ; 1907,214; 1909,221; 1909,
311; 1920, 7, 8, 13, 211 (women as police officers). (See 1885, 323; 1889,
419, 450; 1892, 353; 1894, 266; 1897, 320; 1900, 306; 1903, 312, 428
§ 3; 1904, 353, 402; 1905, 223; 1907, 513, 584; 1909, 329; 1911, 287,
727 § 20; 1913, 236, 280, 728; 1920, 6.)
Bonds in blasting operations, 1911, 325; 1914, 155.
Safety valves as applied to ammonia compressors, 1914, 467.
Laboratory for the detective department of the district police, 1915, 220.
Chief of district police or an inspector of factories and public buildings
mav make complaint for violations of law for weeklv pavment of wages,
1909, 514 § 113. Amended, 1916, 14.
Chief of district police to prescribe degree of light required in licensed
dance halls, 1919, 160 §3. To license private detectives, 1919, 271. To
license use of tanks or containers for the storage of fluids other than water,
1919, 303. Duties of chief of district police relative to seized bombs and
explosives unlawfully held, 1919, 323 § 2.
Special district police officers for dutv in connection with penal institu-
tions, 1919, 105.
Chap. 108.] REVISED LaWS. 907
Women as special police officers, 1914, 510; 1918, 168; 1920, 211, 567.
One day oflF in every eight days for certain police officers, 1920, 166.
Appointments and promotions in municipal police forces within the
classified civil service, 1920, 368.
Provision for allowance to families of policemen killed or fatally injured
in the discharge of their duties, 1920, 515.
Pro\asions for police departments in towns, 1920, 591 §§ 22-26.
Boxing regulated under supervision of a state commission in department
of public safety, 1920, 619.
Sect. 1. Additional members, 1903, 333, 365 §§ 2, 4; 1904, 318, 430;
1906, 521, 522 § 1; 1907, 451, 465 § 25, 482; 1908, 185, 470; 1909, 413,
432; 1911,616,620; 1912,614; 1913,816; 1914, 577 § 2; 1917,43; 1918,
37. (See 1904, 347 § 2; 1906, 105 §§ 1-3, 262; 1908, 389; 1912, 384, 726
§§ 5, 12.) Age limit, 1904, 430; 1906, 522; 1908, 375.
Employment of a storekeeper in the department of the district police,
1914, 622.
Inspection department divided into two departments, 1913, 610; 1919,
350 §§ 99-110.
Inspection of pneumatic machinery, 1913, 629; 1914, 127, 649.
Sect. 2. Chief of boiler inspection department, 1906, 521; 1910, 179;
1911, 619, 656; 1915, 211; 1919, 350 §§ 99-110. (See 1906, 387; 1907,
465 §§4, 25; 1908, 470, 563 § 2; 1909,131,393; 1912, 726 §§ 5, 12; 1914,
263.)
Sect. 3 amended, 1913, 480. (See 1914, 622.)
Sect. 3 et seq. Stenographers, 1907, 465 § 25, 482; 1908, 479; 1911,
561; 1918,275 §2.
Chief may authorize carrying of badges and weapons, 1908, 143.
Sect. 4. See 1908, 195, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 257 § 90, 294.
Sect. 5. Salaries, 1904, 382, 433; 1905, 247, 365, 461 § 1; 1906, 480, 521
§ 1, 522 § 1; 1909, 410; 1911, 549, 561, 619, 620; 1913, 480, 834; 1918,
275. (See 1907,482, 1913, 610 § 1.)
Tenure of office of police officers, 1906, 210; 1907, 272. (See 1911, 624;
1916, 113.)
Pensions for the district police, 1911, 675.
Sects. 6, 7 extended, 1919, 350 § 108.
Sects. 7, 8. See 1903, 475 §§ 3, 5; 1905, 176, 304 § 4, 472; 1906, 105,
262; 1907, 373, 465 § 4; 1908, 375, 385 § 1, 389, 566, 568; 1909, 189, 354,
504 §§ 42, 44, 514 §§ 82, 94, 105, 107; 1910, 259, 404, 565, 588; 1911, 218,
269, 310, 325, 440, 562 §§ 3, 6, 8, 656, 727 § 2; 1912, 318, 372; 1913, 333,
831 § 25; 1914, 196, 791; 1915, 169, 211, 259.
Sect. 8 amended, 1907, 413. Duties transferred, 1907, 537 § 5; 1912,
726 §§ 5, 12. (See 1909, 514 §§ 89, 105, 107; 1910, 284; 1911, 603; 1914,
263; 1915, 116.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1902, 544 § 12.
Sects. 11, 12 superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 34, 35, 145. (See 1903, 333; 1908,
470.)
Sects. 13-18 in part repealed, 1906, 463 I §§ 49-53, 68. (See 1914, 745.)
Sect. 20 in part repealed, 1906, 463 I §§ 55, 68. (See 1914, 553.)
908 Changes in the [Chap. loo.
Sects. 21-25 superseded, 1906, 463 I §§ 49-55, 68; 1914, 423. (See
1914, 745.)
Sect. 29 amended, 1903, 428 § 1; 1909, 188. (See 1910, 261; 1918, 257
§ 99.) Mutual aid association, 1905, 246; 1910, 295.
Sects. 29, 30. See 1919, 333 § 3.
Sects. 29-31. See 1909, 453.
Sect. 30 revised, 1903, 428 § 2. (See 1918, 257 § 100.)
Sects. 32, 33, 36. See 1906, 291 § 10.
Sects. 36, 37 repealed, 1919, 271 § 10.
Chapter 109. — Of Certain Powers, Duties and Liabilities of Corporations.
Chapter repealed in part and new provisions made for business cor-
porations, 1903, 437; 1904, 207, 261; 1905, 156, 222, 242; 1906, 271 §§ 12,
13, 286, 346, 372; 1907, 282, 332, 395, 396, 578; 1908, 180, 300; 1909,
326; 1910, 353, 385; 1911, 184, 488, 492; 1912, 175, 586, 595; 1913, 257,
447, 597, 660; 1914, 661, 742, 787; 1915, 15, 21, 92, 192, 264; 1916, 105,
167. 292; 1917, 104 § 1, 166, 168, 205, 224, 305; 1918, 257 §§ 345-363;
1919, 70, 333 §§ 9-18; 1920, 165, 237, 295, 349, 556, 598 §§ 1-4. (See
1902, 370, 441, 463; 1903, 423; 1904, 442; 1905, 156, 242; 1906, 269,
.392, 437; 1907, 414 § 2; 1908, 314, 454 § 1; 1909, 440 § 2, 490 I §§ 60-62,
II, III; 1912,312; 1913,694; 1914,770,787; 1915,219,238,299; 1916,
269 §§9, 11, 25.) Transfers of assets in fraud of the commonwealth, 1910,
187; 1919, 349 § 19.
Commissioner of corporations becomes commissioner of corporations and
taxation in the department of corporations and taxation, 1919, 350 §§ 52-55.
Chapter repealed in part and superseded by act to consolidate the laws
relating to the manufacture, distribution and sale of gas and electricity,
1914, 742; 1915, 20, 92, 191, 192, 264; 1916, 64, 167, 220, 266 § 9; 1917,
141, 205; 1918, 257 §§ 372-376. (See 1915, 115, 296; 1917, 166.)
.Sale of stock, etc., by corporations, etc., engaged in the business of pub-
lishing or selling text books or conducting correspondence schools regulated,
1914, 658; 1918, 257 §223.
Voluntary associations under written instruments, 1909, 441; 1913,
454, 596; i914, 471, 742 § 148, 770 § 10; 1915, 20, 238 § 10; 1916, 184,
269 §§ 12, 25.
Uniform stock transfer act, 1910, 171; 1914, 770; 1915, 238.
As to obligation of a corporation or trust to see to the execution of a
trust to which any of its shares or securities are subject, see 1918, 68 § 3.
Recording name and change of name, 1907, 539; 1908, 163, 316. (See
1915, 205; 1918, 257 § 346.) Use of names or titles of public service cor-
porations, 1913, 499.
Taking deposits for tickets from foreign countries or other purposes,
1905, 428; 1906, 408; 1907, 377; 1908, 493; 1909, 287, 450; 1910, 338;
1911, 358; 1912, 335; 1913, 178, 179, 245; 1916, 175.
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
Chap. 109.] REVISED LaWS. 900
Supervision of water companies by the gas and electric light commis-
sioners, 1914, 787; 1915, 21; 1917, 166; 1919, 104; 1920, 295.
Creation and issue of preferred stock by railroad corporations, 1915, 299.
Issue of securities by hydroelectric companies, 1916, 64.
Registration of bonds held by the commonwealth and by sinking fund
commissioners, 1909, 136 § 1; 1912, 377; 1916, 152; 1917, 116.
Incorporation and regulation of companies for the use of trolleymotors
on public ways, 1916, 266.
Practice of law by corporations prohibited, 1916, 292; 1917, 168.
Foreign corporations engaged in the business of wrecking or salvaging
in the navigable waters of the commonwealth regulated, 1917, 305.
Domestic corporations authorized to make certain contributions in time
of war, 1918, 196.
Representation of employees on board of directors, 1919, 70.
Licensing of corporations and partnerships as insurance' agents, adjusters
and brokers, 1920, 317.
Issue of shares of capital stock without par value, 1920, 349.
Petitions for certain legislation affecting corporations to be filed with
commissioner of corporations and taxation, 1920, 582.
Sect. 1. See 1906, 269; 1907, 332; 1911, 70.
Sect. 2 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 11, 199. • (See 1910, 187.)
Sects. 3-5 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 12, 17, 18.
Sect. 6 affected, 1914, 742 § 50.
Sect. 7 limited, 1910. 197. Affected, 1914, 742 §§ 61, 199.
Sect. 8 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 6, 199.
Sects. 9-11 affected, 1914, 742 § 58.
Sects. 9-11, 1'5, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30-35, 40, 52-57 repealed, so
far as thev apply to railroads or railroad corporations, etc., 1906, 463 II
§§ 34, 38, 42, 44, 65-70, 258 III §§ 105-112, 138-143. (See 1908, 163, 636;
1909, 369; 1914, 742 § 58; 1915, 205.)
Sects. 13, 14. See 1906. 463 II § 29.
Sects. 15-17 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 19-21, 199.
Sect. 18 affected, 1914, 742 § 29. (See 1906, 463 III § 4.)
Sect. 20 affected, 1914, 742 § 36, 199.
Sects. 20-24 repealed in part, 1914, 787 § 12. (See 1913, 660; 1914, 742
§§ 36, 37.)
Sect. 21 affected. 1914, 742 §§ 37, 199.
Sect. 22. See 1914 661.
Sect! 24 an^ended, 1913, 784 § 3; 1914, 787 § 6; 1915, 21 § 1. Repealed
in part, 1914, 787 § 12. Affected, 1909, 477 § 1; 1910, 374; 1914, 742 § 39;
1916 64.
Sects. 24-27. See 1902,441; 1903, 437 § 40; 1906,392,437; 1908,529
§ 4, 534; 1909, 477; 1910, 374; 1914, 742 §§ 39-41; 1915, 21 § 1, 299,
303.
Sect. 26 amended, 1914, 787 § 7; 1915, 21 § 1. Affected, 1914, 742 §§ 40,
199.
Sect. 27 amended, 1913, 784 § 3. Affected, 1914, 742 § 41. Repealed
in part, 1914, 787 § 12.
910 Changes in the [Chap, no.
Sect. 28 repealed in part, 1914, 787 § 12. Affected, 1914, 742 §§ 42, 199.
Sect. 30 amended, 1918, 54.
Sects. 30, 31 repealed in part, 1914, 787 § 12. Affected, 1914, 742 §§ 43,
44. (See 1915, 299 § 3.)
Sects. 32-35 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 24-27. (See 1910, 171; 1914, 661.)
Sect. 36 et seq. Provision for the taxation of transfers of stock, 1914,
770; 1915, 238.
Sects. 36-39 repealed, 1903, 423 § 2. (See 1906, 463 II §§ 41, 258;
1910, 171; 1914, 742 § 62, 770; 1915, 238.)
Sect. 40 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 62, 199.
Sects. 52-55, 57 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 84-88, 199. (See 1910, 187.)
Sect. 54 amended, 1905, 156. (See 1903, 437 § 53.)
Sect. 57. See 1914, 742 § 88.
Sect. 99. See 1906, 463 II § 47.
Chapter 110. — Of Manufacturing and Other Corporations.
Chapter repealed in part and new provisions made for business cor-
porations. 1903, 437; 1904, 207, 261; 1905, 156, 222, 242; 1906, 271 §§ 12,
13, 286, 346, 372; 1907, 282, 332, 395, 396, 578; 1908, 180, 300; 1909,
326; 1910, 353, 385; 1911, 184, 488, 492; 1912, 175, 586, 595; 1914, 661,
742, 787; 1915, 15, 21 § 1, 92, 192, 264; 1916, 105, 167; 1917, 104 § 1,
166, 168, 205, 224, 305; 1918, 257 §§ 345-363; 1919, 70, 333 §§ 9-18;
1920, 165, 237, 295, 349, 556, 598 §§ 1^. (See 1902, 370, 441, 463; 1903,
423; 1904,442; 1905,156, 242; 1906,269,392,437; 1907, 414 § 2; 1908,
468; 1909, 103, 440 § 2, 441, 490 I and II; 1911, 184, 428; 1913, 447,
597, 660; 1914, 770; 1915, 21 §§ 2, 3, 118, 219, 238, 299; 1916, 269 §§ 9,
11, 25.) Act to prohibit transfer of assets in fraud of the commonwealth,
1910, 187; 1919, 349 § 19.
Commissioner of corporations becomes commissicmer of corporations and
taxation in the department of corporations and taxation, 1919, 360 §§ 52-55.
Chapter repealed in part and superseded by act to consolidate the laws
relative to the manufacture, distribution and sale of gas and electricity,
1914, 742; 1915, 20, 92, 191, 192, 264; 1916, 64, 167, 220, 266 § 9; 1917,
141, 205; 1918, 257 §§ 372-376; 1919, 104, 111, 350 §§ 117-122; 1920, 242,
295, 581, 583, 598 § 5. (See 1915, 115, 296; 1916, 199; 1917, 166.)
Listing and advertising of shares of stock of mining corporations, 1911,
■492. (See 1911, 488.)
Uniform stock transfer act, 1910, 171. (See 1914, 770; 1915, 238.)
As to obligation of a corporation or trust to see to the execution of a
trust to which any of its shares or securities are subject, see 1918, 68 § 3.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
Recording name and change of name, 1907, 539; 1908, 163, 316. (See
1915, 205; 1918, 257 § 346.)
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Registration of bonds held by the commonwealth and by sinking fund
cdmmissioners, 1909, 136 § 1; 1912,377; 1916,152; 1917,116.
Chap. 110] REVISED LawS. 911
Domestic corporations authorized to make certain contributions in time
of war, 1918, 196.
Issue of shares of capital stock without par value, 1920, 349.
Petitions for certain legislation affecting corporations to be filed with
commissioner of corporations and taxation, 1920, 582.
Sect. 1. See 1906, 204; 1908, 590 § 4; 1909, 491 § 2; 1911, 148.
Sect. 2. See 1914, 742 §§ 2, 3.
Sect. 4 affected, 1914, 742 § 3.
Sect. 9 amended, 1910, 346. (See 1914, 742 § 3.)
Sect. 10. See 1909, 441.
Sect. 12 repealed, 1918, 257 § 363.
Sect. 13. See 1914, 742 § 3; 1918, 289 § 5.
Sect. 14. See 1914, 742 § 4.
Sects. 15, 16 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 5, 199.
Sects. 15-20 affected, 1919, 333 § 14. (See 1911, 251; 1912,311; 1913,
750; 1914, 742 §§ 5-10: 1915, 178 § 1; 1916, 21, 200.)
Sect. 17 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 7, 199.
Sects. 17, 22-25, 27, 28. See 1906, 463 II §§ 29-32, 37, 40, 43.
Sect. 19 repealed in part, 1906, 463 II § 258. Affected, 1914, 742 § 9.
(See 1918, 289 § 5.)
Sects. 19-21. See 1918, 289 § 5.
Sect. 20 affected, 1914, 742 § 10; 1919, 333, 14.
Sects. 22, 23 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 13, 14, 199; 1919, 70.
Sect. 24 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 15, 199. (See 1907, 576 § 61; 1909, 256;
1911, 344.)
Sects. 25-29 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 16, 18, 22, 23, 28, 199.
Sect. 28. See 1914, 742 § 23, 770; 1915, 238.
Sect. 31 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 35, 199.
Sect. 32 amended, 1908, 534 § 1. (See 1906, 437; 1909, 316, 477; 1910,
374; 1914, 742 § 35.)
Sects. 3(3-39 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 31-34, 199.
Sects. 40^3, 45 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 36. 45^9.
Sect. 46. See 1910, 187; 1914, 742 § 50.
Sect. 47 superseded, 1914, 742 § 52; 1915, 192. (See 1910, 124.)
Sect. 48. See 1909, 477; 1910, 374; 1914, 742; 1915, 1 § 21; 1917, 205.
Sect. 50 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 60, 199.
Sect. 51 affected, 1914, 742 § 65. (See 1913, 660 § 3; 1914, 661; 1915,
21 § 3.)
Sects. 52, 53 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 66, 67.
Sects. 54, 55 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 68, 69, 199. (See 1914, 661.)
Sect. 57 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 70, 199.
Sect. 58 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 73, 199.
Sect. 59. See 1914, 742 § 74.
Sect. 60. See 1914, 742 § 75.
Sects. 61-68. See 1914, 742 §§ 76-83.
Sects. 72, 73 repealed, 1918, 257 § 194.
Sect. 76 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 126, 199.
Sects. 76-78. See 1909, 103; 1914, 787 § 9.
912 Changes in the [Chap. in.
Sect. 77 affected, 1914, 742 § 131.
Sect. 78 affected, 1914, 742 § 132.
Sect. 79 superseded, 1914, 742 § 64.
Sect! 81 affected, 1914, 742 § 63. (See 1913, 660; 1915, 21 §§ 2, 3.)
Sect. 82 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 71, 199.
Sect. 83 affected, 1914, 742 § 72.
Sects. 84-86 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 89-91. (See 1911, 339.)
Sect. 86 amended, 1908, 382 § 1; 1920, 598 § 6. (See 1908, 219; 1915,
92, 264.)
Chapter 111. — Of Railroad Corporations and Railroads.
Public service commission abolished and superseded by department of public
utilities, 1919, 350 §§ 117-122.
Chapter, except section 158, repealed by 1906, 463 II § 258; and re-
vised by 1906, 463 I, II; 1907, 245, 287, 315, 392, 585; 1908, 390, 504,
542, 553, 620, 636, 649; 1909, 47 § 1, 233, 343, 348, 358, 369, 394, 417, 429;
1910, 353, 401, 498, 544, 558, 588, 633; 1911, 120, 290, 486, 491, 508, 681;
1912, 156, 354, 375, 725 I §§ 4-6, II §§ 2-7; 1913, 161, 784; 1914, 18, 423,
616, 661, 679, 722, 723, 745, 746; 1915, 157, 193, 298, 299, 303; 1916, 24,
92, 137, 244; 191 7, 41, 122, 246; 1918, 257 §§ 354-366; 1919, 333 §§ 12,
23, 24, 350 §§ 117-122. (See 1902, 298, 402, 432, 440, 507, 533, 544 § 13;
1903, 126, 173, 297, 423, 478; 1904, 59, 96, 169, 265, 357, 429; 1905, 134,
208, 210, 408, 456; 1906, 266, 267, 283, 417, 463 II § 258, 516; 1907, 428,
431; 1908, 372, 495, 552, 599; 1909, 118, 485, 490 I §§ 9, 43, III 502, 514
§§ 24, 25, 46, 127, 145; 1910, 171, 187, 214, 443, 596; 1911, 184, 214, 635;
1912, 496; 1913, 546 § 5, 765; 1914, 200. 527, 553, 766, 770; 1915, 238.)
Proof of contributory negligence in actions for the recovery of damages
for injuries, 1914, 5-53.
Employment of engineers and conductors, 1911, 539; of baggagemen,
laborers, crossing tenders, etc., 1914, 746; of signalmen, tower-men, train
dispatchers, telegraphers, etc., 1914, 723.
Better protection from fire of woodlands adjoining railroads, 1907, 431;
1909, 394. Use of torpedoes, etc., 1908, 495.
Free passes or transportation to officers or employees of the general
court, 1914, 679.
Uniform stock transfer act, 1910, 171; 1914, 770; 1915, 238.
i\s to obligation of a corporation or trust to see to the execution of a
trust to which any of its shares or securities are subject, see 1918, 68 § 3.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919. 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
Formation of electric railroad companies regulated, 1906, 516; 1907,
428, 448; 1908, 301, 450. (See 1909, 118.) Use of names or titles of
pulilie service corporations, 1913, 499.
Season tickets, 1911, 508; mileage and commutation tickets, see 1908,
649.
Drinking water on passenger trains, 1911, 491; 1912, 581.
Taking of deposits for transmission to foreign countries, or other pur-
poses, 1905, 428; 1906, 408; 1907, 377; 1908, 493; 1909, 287, 450; 1910,
Chap. 112.] EeVISED LaWS. 913
338; 1911, 358; 1912, 335; 1913, 178, 179, 245; 1916, 175. (See 1908,
599.)
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Expenses incurred by officers in the prosecution of certain offenders in
respect to railroad property, 1914, 745.
Act to change the name, enlarge the membership and increase the powers
of the board of railroad commissioners, 1913, 784; 1914, 616, 679; 1915,
193; 1916, 24, 92, 137, 244, 259, 266; 1917, 122, 184 §§ 1, 3, 246 §§ 4, 5;
1918, 144, 226, 238, 280, 283, 288; 1919, 149. Public service commission
abolished and superseded by department of public utilities, 1919, 350 §§ 117-
122. (See 1906, 463 I § 1; 1912, 496; 1917, 94.)
Creation and issue of preferred stock by railroad corporations, 1915, 299.
Issue of stocks, bonds, notes, etc., by railroad corporations, 1915, 303;
1918, 257 § 366.
Registration of bonds held by the commonwealth and by sinking fund
commissioners, 1909, 136 § 1; 1912, 377; 1916, 152; 1917, 116.
Maintenance of warning signs, and to regulate the operation of motor
vehicles, at railroad crossings, 1917, 246.
Domestic corporations authorized to make certain contributions in time
of war, 1918, 196.
Sect. 9. See 1906, 463 I § 2; 1910, 401; 1912, 622.
Sect. 11 etseq. See 1906, 463 I §§ 5-9; 1911,755; 1912,488; 1913,499,
508, 598, 784; 1914, 616, 679; 1915, 193.
Sect. 61. See 1915 299.
Sect. 83 et seq. See 1906, 463 II §§ 248-250; 1914. 661; 1917, 122.
Sect. 133. Agreements with towns and cities relative to the maintenance
of the surfaces and approaches of bridges, 1914, 200.
Sect. 149 et seq. See 1906, 463 I §§ 29-45; 1908, 372, 390, 542; 1909,
47, 429; 1910, 498, 544; 1914, 18, 200, 527, 722.
Sect. 154. See 1914, 200.
Sect. 158. Not repealed by 1906, 463. (See 1906, 463 II § 258; 1909,
358; 1914, 722 § 2.) "
Consolidation of railroad corporations restrained, 1907, 585.
Sect. 159. See 1906, 463 I § 43; 1909, 358; 1914, 722.
Sects. 225, 234. See 1906, 463 II § 190; 1912, 488; 1913, 784 § IS;
1914, 679.
Sect. 249 et seq. See 1914, 745.
Sect. 263 etseq. See 1903. 297; 1906,4631 §68; 1907,392 §1; 1911,635.
Sect. 267. See 1906, 463 I § 63; 1914, 553; 1915, 151 § 7.
Sect. 268. See 1915, 151 § 7.
Sect. 270. See 1909, 394.
Chapter 112. — Of Street Railway Corporations.
Chapter repealed bv 1906, 463 III § 158; and revised by 1906, 463 III,
479; 1907. 318, 392, 402; 1908, 530, 620. 636; 1909, 47 § 1, 369, 417,
485; 1910, 443, 453, 518, 536, 551, 567, 596; 1911, 120, 345, 357, 442, 462,
487; 1912, 124, 533; 1913, 598, 784; 1914, 616, 661; 1915, 133, 193, 277,
914 Changes in the [Chap. 112.
298; 1916, 24, 137, 244, 259, 266, 302; 1917, 122, 184; 1918, 257 §§ 364-
368; 1919, 333 §§ 13, 23, 24, 350 §§ 117-122, 359, 370, 371; 1920, 599.
(See 1902, 288, 370, 395, 396, 399, 440, 449, 483; 1903, 134, 143, 202, 320,
328, 423, 476; 1904, 110, 210, 267, 373, 396, 441; 1905, 80, 134, 376; 1906,
266, 267, 283, 339, 463 I § 68, 516; 1907, 428; 1908, 390, 599; 1909, 490
III §§ 40-51, 502, 514 § 46; 1910, 171, 558; 1911,. 184; 1912, 457, 496,
695; 1913, 765; 1914, 553, 671, 770; 1915, 238.) Provision for temporary
locations, 1908,266; 1910,518. Issue of stock or bonds for working capi-
tal, 1906, 463 III §§ 107-112; 1909, 485; 1913, 764; 1914,671. Trans-
portation of milk and cream, 1906, 463 II §§ 202, 203; 1908, 278; 1910,
633. And military supplies and equipment, 1909, 118; 1917, 327 §§ 52,
268.
Proof of contributory negligence in actions for the recovery of damages
for injuries, 1914, 553.
Better transportation facilities for western Massachusetts, 1915, 765.
Joint use of tracks by street railway companies, 1911, 487.
Pole and wire locations, 1911, 442. (See 1911, 509; 1916, 266 § 1.)
Use of names or titles of public service corporations, 1913, 499.
Hours of labor of employees, 1912, 533; 1913, 833; 1915, 277.
Electric railroad companies, 1906, 463 III, 516; 1907, 428, 448; 1908,
301, 450; 1910, 596; 1911, 120, 345, 357, 487; 1916, 132. (See 1907, 556;
1908, 552.) Limiting time of construction, 1910, 587.
Giving of free passes or transportation to officers or employees of the
general court, 1914, 679.
Provision for purchase of property of foreign companies, 1910, 443.
Uniform stock transfer act, 1910,^71; 1914, 770; 1915, 238.
As to obligation of a corporation or trust to see to the execution of a
trust to which anv of its shares or securities are subject, see 1918, 68 § 3.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
As to elevated railways and subways in and near Boston, see 1890, 368,
454 § 12; 1894, 548, 550; 1895, 440; 1900, 258; 1902, 114, 534; 1904, 167;
1906,213,520; 1907,258,573; 1908,521,551; 1909,383,455; 1910,630;
1911, 623, 740, 741; 1912, 644; 1913, 775, 777, 810; 1915, Sp. Acts 293,
297, 376; 1919, 369.
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Notice by street railway companies of intended changes in service re-
quired, 1916, 259, Public service commission required to notify cities
and towns of the filing of petitions for changes in rates of street railway
companies, 1918, 144; to notify members of the general court of certain
hearings, 1919, 149. (See 1919, 350 §§ 117-122.)
Domestic corporations authorized to make certain contributions in time
of war, 1918, 196.
Street railway companies authorized to use motor vehicles not running
on rails, etc., and operators of such vehicles made common carriers subject
to the supervision of the public service commission, 1918, 226; 1919, 371.
Street railway companies as common carriers, 1918, 238.
Service at cost by street railway companies, 1918, 280.
Chap. 113.] REVISED LaWS. 915
Public service commission reorganized, 1918, 283; abolished and super-
seded by department of public utilities, 1919, 350 §§ 117-122.
Cities and towns authorized to contribute to the cost of operating and
fixed charges of street railway companies, 1918, 288.
Public operation of the Boston Elevated Railway Company, 1918, Sp.
Act 159; 1919, Sp. Acts 244, 245, 250, 251; 1920,613 (public operation of
lines in Hyde Park district) .
Relative to the Bay State Street Railway Company, since become the
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, 1918, Sp. Act 188; 1919,
Sp. Act 247; 1920, 505.
Use of trolle^nnotors on public ways, 1916, 266.
Registration of bonds held by the commonwealth and by sinking fund
commissioners, 1909, 136 § 1; 1912, 377; 1916, 152; 1917, 116.
Investigation of street railway problems by special commission, 1919, 359.
Street railway companies relieved of the commutation or excise tax,
1919, 370.
Purchase by commonwealth of Cambridge subway, 1919, 369.
Discrimination in employment by publicly controlled street railway
companies forbidden, 1920, 376.
Cities and towns authorized to establish transportation areas and to
oi>erate street railways therein, 1920, 599.
Sects 39-61 See 1916 259.
Sects. 44, 45. See 1906, 463 III §§ 79, 80; 1913, 290, 667; 1914, 553;
1916, 302.
Sect. 72 amended, 1906, 479; 1908, 530; 1910, 567.
Sect. 93 et seq. See 1906, 463 III §§ 151-155; 1914, 661; 1917, 122.
Chapter 113. — Of Savings Banks and Institutions for Savings.
Chapter repealed and revised by 1908, 590; 1909, 491; 1910, 281, 358,
393, 399, 622; 1911, 211, 228; 1912, 122, 171, 189, 357, 580, 629; 1913,
291; 1914, 470, 567, 610, 661; 1915, 62, 93, 273; 1916, 26, 198; 1917,
33, 122 § 2, 144; 1918, 7, 44, 67, 120, 158, 210, 257 § 369; 1919, 11, 13,
16, 37, 104 § 2, 116, 326; 1920, 38, 311, 414, 420. (See 1902, 169, 355,
463, 483, 490; 1904, 200, 208, 210, 374 § 5, 427; 1905, 250; 1906, 66, 204,
347, 377, 463 III §§ 147-150; 1907, 340, 377, 533, 561, 576; 1908, 222,
414, 493, 520, 523; 1909, 399, 419, 490 III §§ 21-23; 1910, 263, 656; 1911,
618; 1912, 173; 1914, 246, 437, 770; 1915, 32, 168, 238, 268; 1917, 257.)
Office of bank commissioner abolished and superseded by division of banks
and loan agencies in department of banking and insurance, 1919, 350 §§ 45-
47, 49; 1920, 596 § 1. Board of bank incorporation placed in department
of banking and insurance, 1919, 350 § 4'^-
Savings deposits in trust companies, 1908, 520; 1909, 342; 1911, 337;
1918, 7, 120; 1919, 37, 116, 326; 1920, 38, 311, 563. Stock in Massachu-
setts trust companies, 1912, 189.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25.
Proceedings against banks, 1910, 399; 1912, 472.
916 Changes in the [Chap. ii4.
Receiving of deposits by insolvent banks or bankers, 1914, 567.
Savings banks may establish life insurance departments, 1907, 561; 1908,
222; 1914, 246; 1915, 32, 168; 1918, 70; 1919, 115, 350 §§ 45-51; 1920,
564. (See 1907, 576; 1918, lies. 70.)
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Payment of deposits made in the names of two persons, 1911, 228; 1915,
93.
Bank commissioner given same powers and duties in respect to savings
and loan associations as in respect to savings banks, 1916, 26.
The income from deposits in mutual savings banks in other states
exempted from taxation, 1918, 7, 120.
Savings banks authorized to make payments at branch offices on account
of deposits, 1918, 11.
Savings banks and savings departments of trust companies authorized
to invest in farm loan bonds, 1918, 67; to contract for the payment of in-
terest on certain deposits, 1919, 37; to place deposits on interest monthly,
and pay interest and dividends monthly, 1919, 116, 326; 1920, 38, 311,
563 §§ 5, 6. Officers penalized for paying unearned interest or dividends,
1919, 326 § 2.
Savings banks may hold for safe-keeping federal securities, 1919, 60.
Sect. 2. See 1918, 158.
Sect. 3. See 1909, 491 § 3.
Sect. 6. See 1908, 590 § 9; 1910, 399; 1911, 339.
Sect. 11. See 1907, 576 § 61; 1909, 256, 491 § 4; 1911, 344.
Sect. 14. See 1914, 567.
Sects. 14, 31. See 1908, 590 § 69.
Sect. 20. See 1914, 770 § 2.
Sect. 25. See 1908, 590 § 46; 1909, 491 § 7; 1915, 93; 1917, 144; 1919,
11.
Sect. 26 affected, 1915, 231 § 16; 1919, 13, 104 § 2. CI. 7, see 1908, 590
§68; 1909, 49 §8; 1910,358; 1912,580; 1913,291; 1915,273; 1918,67,
210.
Sect. 31. See 1919, 37.
Sect. 35. See 1911, 228; 1915, 93.
Sect. 38. See 1910, 370.
Sect. 44. See 1906, 463 III §§ 79, 80; 1913, 290.
Sects. 47, 48, 51. See 1914, 661.
Sect. 48 re-enacted, 1908, 590 § 38. Amended, 1915, 62.
Sect. 54 extended, 1918, 98.
Sect. 55. See 1908, 590 § 56; 1916, 198.
Chapter 114. — Of Co-operative Banks.
Chapter superseded by 1912, 623; 1913, 264; 1914, 567, 643; 1915,
38,77; 1916,22; 1917,52; 1920,110,429. (See 1903, 95, 147, 203; 1904,
292; 1907, 351, 576 § 61; 1909, 419; 1910, 288, 364; 1912, 128; 1914,
437, 770; 1915, 238, 268; 1918, 47, 83, 101.)
Chap. 115.] Ke VISED LaWS. 917
Incorporation of credit unions authorized, 1909, 419; 1914, 437; 1915,
26S. (See 1915,62; 1918, 257 § 370.)
Unauthorized banking, 1906, 377; 1908, 590 § 16; 1909, 491 § 4; 1914,
610; 1918, 44.
Receiving of deposits by insolvent banks or bankers, 1914, 567.
Proceedings against banks, 1910, 399; 1912, 472; 1913, 177. (See
1911, 618.)
Consolidation of two or more banks authorized and regulated, 1904, 392.
(See 1906, 204.)
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Co-operative banks permitted to suspend certain mortgage payments
by borrowers engaged in war service, 1918, 47.
Sect. 1. See 1909, 419 § 25; 1915, 268 § 5.
Sect. 2. See 1906, 204 § 4; 1908, 590 § 4; 1909, 490 III § 25, 491 § 2;
1911, 148.
Sect. 3. See 1909, 419 § 3; 1915, 268.
Sect. 4 amended, 1903, 147 § 1; 1912, 623 § 10; 1914, 643 § 2; 1915, 77;
1918, 83 § 1.
Sect. 6. See 1916 22.
Sect'. 7. See 1907, 576 § 61; 1909, 256; 1916, 22.
Sects. 9, 10 amended, 1903, 95 §§ 1, 2; 1912, 623 §§ 14, 18; 1914, 643 §4.
Sect. 10. See 1907, 576 § 61.
Sect. 11 amended, 1910, 288; 1912, 623 §§ 19-21. Affected, 1915, 321
§16.
Sect. 14. Loans limited, 1904, 292; 1918, 83 § 2, 101. Mortgages to
co-operative banks, 1907, 351; 1913, 369. ,
Sect. 17 revised, 1906, 280; 1912, 623 § 17; 1914, 643 § 6.
Sect. 24 re\^sed, 1903, 203 § 1 ; 1912, 623 § 35. '
Sects. 26-30. See 1906, 204 § 3; 1909, 419; 1912, 580; 1914, 437.
Sect. 30 amended, 1910, 364; 1912, 623 § 38. (See 1914, 661.)
Sect. 31. New' section added, 1903, 147 § 2; 1912, 623 § 14. (See 1910,
.364.)
Chapter 115. — Of Banks and Banking.
Incorporation of banks under this chapter discontinued, 1918, 12.
Office of hank cammissimier abolished and superseded by division of banks
and loan agencies in department of hanking and insurance, 191.9, 350 §§ 45-
47, 49; 1920, 596 § 1; 1906, 204; 1908, 414, 520 §§ 10, 11, 13, 15, 590
§§ 2-15; 1909, 399, 491; 1910, 393, 399; 1911, 81; 1912, 73, 97, 128,
171, 173, 472, 516, 623, 629; 1913, 177, 264, 294, 409; 1914, .504 § 3, 661;
1915, 38; 1916, 26, 142, 175; 1918, 44, 158; 1919, 116 § 3; 1920, .38, 311,
563. (See 1906,377; 1907,319 §§ 2^, 377, 561; 1910,263, 281, 338,
656 § 6; 1911, 184, 228; 1913, 312; 1915, 93.)
Board of bank incorporation, 1908, 590 § 4; 1909, 491 § 2; 1911, 148;
1915, 268 § 2; placed in department of hanking and insurance, 1919, 350 § 4'' ■
Incorporation of farmland banks authorized, 1915, 231. (In part re-
pealed, 1918, 257 § 370.)
918 Changes est the [Chap. iie.
Liability for forged negotiable instruments, etc., 1912, 277.
Supervisor of loan agencies, 1911, 727 § 1; 1912, 675; 1913, 347, 638;
1916, 194, 224, 274; office abolished and superseded by division of banks and
loan agencies in department of banking and insurance, 1919, 350 §§ 45, 4^,
49. (See 1909, 317.)
Registration of public accountants, 1909, 399; 1910, 263; 1911, 81 ; 1919,
350 §§ 45^7, 49. (See 1918, 217.)
Unauthorized banking, 1906, 377; 1908, 590 § 16; 1909, 491 § 4; 1914,
610; 1918, 44; 1919, 326 § 2. Proceedings against banks, 1910, 399; 1912,
472; 1913, 178. (See 1911, 618.) Foreign banking associations or cor-
porations, 1906, 66 § 1, 204 § 3, 347; 1910, 343. (See 1902, 4a3; 1914,
770.) Foreign banking corporations doing business as savings banks,
1907, 533; 1909, 491 § 4. (See 1908, 510; 1911, 228; 1915, 93.)
Regulating business of ^ecei^'ing funds for tickets from or to foreign
countries or supply of laborers, 1905, 428; 1906, 408; 1907, 377; 1908,
493; 1909, 287 § 1, 450; 1910', 338; 1911, 358; 1912, 335; 1913, 178,
179.
Receiving of deposits by insolvent banks or bankers, 1914, 567.
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
Uniform stock transfer act, 1910, 171; 1914, 770; 1915, 238.
As to obligation of a corporation or trust to see to the execution of a
trust to which any of its shares or securities are subject, see 1918, 68 § 3.
Payment of deposits made in the names of two persons, 1911, 228; 1915,
93.
Use as e\'idence of copies from the records, books and accounts of trust
companies and national banks, 1918, 98.
Drawing and passing of fraudulent checks, drafts, etc., penalized, 1919,
141.
Sect. 3. See 1906, 204 § 3.
Sect. 17 et seq. See 1902, 169 §§ 3, 4; 1908, 590 §§ 19, 20.
Sect. 67. See 1906, 204 § 3.
Sects. 90-94. See 1907, 576 § 30; 1912, 360.
Sects. 99-107 affected, 1919, 67, 350 §§ 45-49.
Sects. 99, 100. See 1914, 661.
Sects. 110, 111. See 1911, 339.
Sects. 112-115. See 1906, 204 § 3.
Chapter 116. — Of Trust Compajiies.
Incorporation and business of trust companies, 1902, 169, 355; 1904, 374;
1905,189,331; 1906,204; 1907,487; 1908,520,590; 1909,342,491; 1910,
377,399; 1911,228,337,389; 1912,73,90,472; 1913,206,409; 1914,422,
470, 504, 537, 567, 610, 661; 1915, 93, 219, 273; 1916, 37, 129, 198, 269
§§ 9, 12, 25; 1917, 122 § 2, 283; 1918, 44, 67, 98, 264; 1919, 37, 82, 116,
326; 1920, 38, 311, 563, 598 § 7. (See 1904, 200; 1908, 590; 1909, 490
III § 37; 1911, 184; 1914, 770; 1915, 238.)
Chap. 116.] REVISED LaWS. 919
Offi-ce of bank commits loner abolished and superseded by division of banks
find loan agencies in depariment of banking and insurance, 1919, 350 §§ ^J-
47, Jf9; 1920, 596 § 1.
Savings departments regulated, 1908, 520; 1909, 342; 1911, 337; 1912,
171; 1919, 37, 116, 326; 1920, 38, 563.
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
Uniform stock transfer act, 1910, 171; 1914, 770; 1915, 238.
As to obligation of a corporation or trust to see to the execution of a
trust to which any of its shares or securities are subject, see 1918, 68 § 3.
Examinations of trust companies, 1907, 319; 1908, 520 § 14; 1912, 73;
1913, 409; 1914, 537 § 2. Proceedings against delinquent trust companies
and banks, 1910, 399.
Consolidation of trust companies, 1914, 504.
Voluntary associations under written instruments, 1909, 441; 1913,
454, 596; 1914, 471, 742 § 148, 770 § 10; 1915, 20 § 2, 238 § 5; 1916, 184.
Trust companies which become stockholders in a federal reserve bank,
1914, 537 § 1.
Compensation of officers, directors and employees of trust companies,
1915, 219.
Trust companies authorized to establish branches in foreign countries
and dependencies in the United States, 1914, 537 § 2.
Trust companies authorized to accept certain drafts, etc., and to redis-
count certain notes, 1914, 537 § 3; 1916, 129 § 1.
. Giving of collateral security by trust companies for deposits of public
or other funds, 1914, 537 § 3.
Recei\nng of deposits by insolvent banks or bankers, 1914, 567.
Payment of deposits made in the names of two persons, 1911, 228;
1915, 93.
Savings banks and savings department of trust companies authorized to
invest in farmland bonds, 1918, 67; to contract for the payment of interest
on certain deposits, 1919, 37; to place deposits on interest monthly, 1919,
116; to pav interest for periods of not less than one month, 1919, 326 § 1;
1920, 38, 311. (See 1920, 563.)
Use as evidence of copies from the records, books and accounts of trust
companies and national banks, 1918, 98.
Franchise taxation of trust companies, 1918, 264. Domestic corporations
authorized to make certain contributions in time of war, 1918, 196.
Drawing and passing of fraudulent checks, drafts, etc., penalized, 1919,
141.
Sects. 2-6. See 1904, 374 §§ 1-5; 1906, 204 § 3; 1908, 590 § 4.
Sect. 3 amended, 1909, 491 § 1. (See 1914, 610.)
Sect. 5 revised, 1916, 37. (See 1905, 189; 1907, 487; 1913, 206.)
Sect. 7 et seq. See 1915, 219. An examining committee required, 1908,
520 § 14. (See 1907, 319 § 1.)
Penalty for the receiving of deposits by officers, etc., of insolvent banks,
etc., 1914, 567.
920 Changes in the [Chap?. 117, iis.
Sect. 8 amended, 1911, 87.
Sect. 9. See 1915, 219.
Sect. 12 amended, 1912, 54. (See 1908, 520; 1909, 342.)
Sect. 13 amended, 1917, 172 § 1.
Sect. 13 d scq. See 1918, 67.
Sect. 16 amended, 1907, 417. (See 1907, 340 § 2; 1908, 590 § 57; 1910,
370; 1912, 70.)
Sect. 18 amended, 1908, 116, 505. Affected, 1911, 389.
Sect. 20. See 1906, 204 § 4; 1908, 590 § 4; 1909, 491 §§2,8; 1911,
148.
Sect. 28. See 1904, 374 § 7; 1905, 331; 1908, 520 §§ 8, 9; 1910, 377;
1914, 422; 1917, 283.
Sect. 30 amended, 1905, 228.
Sect. 34 revised, 1916, 129 § 2; 1917, 172 § 2.
Sect. 35 amended 1912 53.
Sect. 36 amended,' 1907,' 320; 1908, 520 § 13. (See 1909, 342 § 2: 1914.
537 §2, 661; 1916, 142.)
Sect. 37. See 1906, 204 § 3; 1914, 537 § 2.
Sect. 38. See 1910, 399 § 12.
Chapter 117. — Of Mortgage Loan and Investment Companies.
Bond and investment companies regulated, 1904, 427. (See 1906, 204;
1908, 590.).
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
Uniform stock transfer act, 1910, 171; 1914, 770; 1915, 238.
As to obligation of a corporation or trust to see to the execution of a
trust to which anv of its shares or securities are subject, see 1918, 68 § 3.
Sects. 14,15. See 1906, 204 §§ 3,4; 1908, 590 §§ 2, 3; 1909,419; 1914,
661.
Chapter 118. — Of Insurance.
Chapter repealed and superseded by 1907, 576; 190S, 81, 151, 162, 165,
166, 170, 248, 436, 471, 473, 482, 509, 511, 646; 1909, 92, 95, 192, 242,
345, 390, 415, 467, 488; 1910, 185, 256, 366, 375, 426, 463, 489, 493, 499, 552,
649; 1911, 51, 54, 205, 251, 292, 329, 344, 361, 406, 429, 493, 751 IV; 1912,
52, 74, 119, 139, 149, 162, 311, 330, 396, 401, 403, 407, 524, 666, 684; 1913,
174, 181, 235, 247, 334, 343, 474, 489, 510, 535, 541, 613, 625, 750; 1914,
426, 448, 464, 505, 626, 642, 661; 1915, 7, 82, 110, 155, 178, 181, 183, 236,
287, Sp. Act 314; 1916, 5, 11, 12, 21, 28, 29, 32, 40, 47, 135, 150, 200;
1917, 9, 10, 37, 104, 113, 117, 132, 137, 146, 164, 191, 210, 238; 1919, 19,
26, 29, 31, 35, 38, 46, 47, 85, 87, 90, 92, 96, 110, 114, 115, 350 §§ 45-51;
1920, 123, 147, 150, 152, 16S, 288, 317, 326, 327, 333, 564, 596 § 2. (See
1902, 106, 340; 1903, 174, 223, 307, 421; 1904, 240, 247, 300, 304; 1905,
191, 287, 401; 1906, 271 § 7, 396; 1907, 539, 561; 1908, 222, 463, 563
§ 2; 1909, 267, 490 III §§ 26-36, 53; 1910, 179, 235, 559; 1911, 315, 532
CiiAi'. 118.] Revised Laws. 921
§§ 8, 9, 628 §§ 4. 12, 634 §§ 8-10; 1912, 82, 196; 1913, 445, 448, 568, 696;
1914, 246, 708 §§ 16, 17, 770, 795 § 20; 1915, 32, 168, 328; 1918, 60, 69,
71, 72, 86, 112, 115, 254, 257 § 371.)
Office of bisurance commissioner abolished and superseded by division of
insurance iii department of banking and msurance, 1919, 350 §§ 45, 46, 48,
50. General Insurance Guaranty Fund and board of appeal of fire insurance
rates placed in said department, 1919, 350 §§ 46, 48, 50, 51; 1920, 564, 596.
Relative to certain appointments in the department of banking and in-
surance, 1920, 181.
Reinsurance in unadmitted companies, 1914, 448.
Judgment creditors permitted to reach and apply insurance mone\',
1914, 464.
Incorporation of companies on the mutual plan, 1911, 251; 1912, 311;
1913, 750; 1914, 642; 1915, 178, 181; 1916, 21, 200 § 1; 1917, 191. (See
1916, 227; 1917, 97.)
Misrepresentation of terms of policies prohibited, 1913, 474.
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Amending charters of domestic companies, 1912, 139.
Better prevention of fires throughout the metropolitan district, 1914,
795; 1919, 350 §§ 99-110; throughout the commonwealth, 1920, 436.
Service of process on foreign insurance corporations, 1914, 626. Prompt
payment of workmen's compensation benefits by foreign companies on
withdrawing from the commonwealth, 1915, 183; 1916, 29.
Date of life policies, 1912, 119.
Pensions for employees authorized, 1913, 613.
Massachusetts Employees Insurance Association established, 1911, 751
IV; 1914, 338; 1915, 287, Sp. Act 314; 1916, 200 § 2. (See 1912, 196, 571,
666; 1913,48,568,807; 1914,618,636; 1915,183,244,287; 1919,226,272.)
Savings banks permitted to establish life insurance departments, 1907,
561; 1908, 222; 1914, 246; 1915, 32, 168; 1918, 70; 1919, 115, 350 §§ 46,
51; 1920, 564. (See 1918, Res. 70.)
Voluntary exchanges of life policies, 1908, 436.
Payment of losses under contracts for casualty insurance regulated, 1914,
464.
Ix)ans and surrender values and the amortization of bonds of life insur-
ance companies, 1914, 505; 1916, 47.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
Uniform stock transfer act, 1910, 171; 1914, 770; 1915, 238.
As to obligation of a corporation or trust to see to the execution of a
trust to which any of its shares or securities are subject, see 1918, 68 § 3.
Insurance commissioner authorized to license corporations and partner-
ships as insurance agents and brokers, 1915, 82; 1916, 11; 1918, 71; 1920,
317.
Payments by insurance companies to persons insured against accident or
sickness, 1915, 155. (See 1910, 493 § 1 Par. 7; 1916, 28.)
Mutual liability insurance companies permitted to insure against damage
by steam boiler and fly-wheel explosions, 1916, 21. (See 1917, 132.)
922 Changes in the [Chap. ii8.
Certain insurance companies authorized to insure against loss of securi-
ties and documents by bankers and brokers, 1916, 32.
Infants as parties to life insurance contracts, 1917, 37.
Life insurance companies incorporated in this commonwealth authorized
to make contracts of pure endowment, and to grant, purchase and dispose
of annuities, 1917, 117.
Insurance commissioner authorized to license adjusters of losses, 1917,
164; 1919, 38; 1920, 317. (See 1918, 71.)
Appointment of receivers for insurance companies, 1918, 72.
Group life insurance, 1918, 112.
Issue of joint and several workmen's compensation policies by insurance
companies, 1918, 216.
Permitting beneficiary to sue in own name in certain cases, 1918, 257
§371.
Unlicensed persons prohibited from advertising as insurance agents,
brokers or adjusters, 1919, 26.
Issue by insurance commissioner of certificates for use in court, 1919, 29.
Pavment of compensation to unlicensed insurance agents or brokers
forbidden, 1919, 87.
Filing and approving of riders and other papers used in connection with
insurance policies, 1920, 123.
Reinsurance, relati\e to, 1920, 288.
Sect. 3. See 1915, 155.
Sect. 4. See 1914, 615; 1918, 294.
Sect. 5. See 1907, 576 § 5; 1911, 292; 1912, 407, 666; 1916, 40.
Sect. 6 et seq. See 1907, 576 § 6; 1910, 619 §§ 8-10; 1911, 628 §§ 12-
29, 634 §§8, 9; 1913, 474 §3; 1915, 151 § 6.
Sect. 7. See 1911, 339; 1918, 72.
General insurance guaranty fund established, and a state actuary and
medical director provided for, 1907, 561 §§ 14-16; 1914, 246; 1919, 350
§§ 46, 51; 1920, 564. (See 1907, 576 § 5.)
Board of appeal for fire insurance rates, 1911, 493; 1919, 350 §§ 46, 48,
50.
Preferred claims against insolvent domestic fire insurance companies,
190S, 151.
Sect. 20. See 1919, 114 § 1; 1920, 288.
Sect. 29. See 1905, 401; 1906, 396; 1907, 576 § 32 CI. 4; 1910, 499 § 1;
1911, 251; 1914, 426, 464; 1915, 155, 178, 181; 1918, 86, 115; 1919, 90,
96, 140.
Sect. 36 d seq. See 1907, 576 § 38 et seq.; 1912, 396; 1915, 7; 1918, 69.
Sect. 55. See 1907, 576 § 50 et seq.; 1913, a43.
Sect. 60. See 1907, 576 § 60; 1916, 150; 1917, 137; 1920, 288.
Sect. 68. See 1918, 51.
Sect. 76. See 1916, 47.
Sect. 78. See 1915, 183; 1919, 114 ^ 2.
Sect. 80. See 1915, 155, 183; 1916, 29.
Sect. 84. See 1919, 114 §3.
Sect. 87 revised, 1919, 46.
Chaps. 119. 120.] REVISED LaWS. 923
Sect. 87 et seq. Corporations may be licensed as agents or brokers, 1915,
82; 1916,11; 1920,317. (See 1918, 71.) Unlicensed persons prohibited
from advertising as agents, brokers or adjusters, 1919, 26. Payment of
compensation to unlicensed agents or brokers forbidden, 1919, 87. (See
1919, 90.)
Sect. 89 revised, 1919, 35.
Sect. 90 revised, 1919, 47.
Sect. 92 et seq. See 1919, 130.
Sect. 93 amended, 1919, 86.
Sect 95 afPected, 1918, 72.
Sect. 96. See 1914, 661; 1919,19.
Chapter 119. — Of Fraternal Beneficiary Corporations.
Chapter in part superseded by acts to provide for the control and reg-
ulation of fraternal benefit societies, 1911, 628; 1912, 82; 1913, 617; 1914,
320, 661; 1915, 39; 1916, 4; 1917, 107, 108, 128; 1919, 68; 1920, 217,
257, 359. (See 1905, 315; 1909, 441; 1910, 98, 649; 1911, 751; 1912,
196; 1913, 411, 454; 1918, 105.)
Incorporation of credit unions authorized, 1909, 419; 1915, 268. (See
1915, 62; 1918, 257 § 370.)
Establishment by employers and employees of retirement, annuity or
pension systems, 1910, 559. (See 1915, 47, 197, 198, 234; 1918, 257 § 136.)
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Permitting beneficiary to sue in own name in certain cases, 1918, 257
§ 371.
Sects. 1, 2. See 1903, 332.
Sect. 6 extended, 1911, 111. Domestic corporation may adopt provisions
of R. L., ch. 120, 1904, 155; 1909, 294. (See 1904, 427 § 7; 1907, 576 § 35;
1909, 514 § 30; 1912, 196.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1908, 463. (See 1911, 628 § 33.)
Sect. 12 amended, 1903, 332; 1909, 407; 1910, 339. (See 1911, 111.)
License under 1908, 605, not required, 1909, 278. (See 1911, 727.)
Provision for partial payment on death of wife, 1904, 271.
Sect. 13 amended, 1907, 471. Restriction as to name, 1905, 315.
Change of name, 1908, 163. Provision for injunction, 1910, 98; 1912, 82.
Sect. 14. See 1903, 166; 1914, 661.
Sect. 15 et seq. See 1910, 649.
Sect. 16 amended. 1907, 472; 1910, 296.
Sect. 17. See 1903, 332.
Chapter 120. — Of Assessment Insurance.
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Massachusetts Employees Insurance Association established, 1911, 751
IV; 1914, 338; 1915, 287, Sp. Act 314; 1916, 200 § 2. (See 1912, 196, 571,
666; 1913, 48, 568, 807; 1914, 618, 636; 1915, 183, 244, 287; 1919, 226,
272.)
924 Changes in the [Chap. 121.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
Sect. 1. Domestic corporation organized under R. L., ch. 119, may
also carry on business under this chapter, 1904, 155; 1909, 294; 1912, 196.
(See 1904, 427 § 7; 1907, 576 § 35; 1909, 514 § 30; 1910, 339; 1911, 111,
628, 751 IV; 1913, 445, 448, 696; 1914, 338; 1915, Sp. Act 314.)
Sect. 3 revised, 1919, 333 § 10.
Sect. 6. See 1904, 155 § 3, 427 § 7.
Sect. 8 revised, 1910, 237.
Sect. 9. See 1911,339.
Sect. 13 amended, 1903, 227.
Sect. 17. See 1914, 661.
Chapter 121. — Of Gas and Electric Light Companies.
Board of gas and electric light commissioners abolished and superseded by
department of public utilities, 1919, 350 §§ 117-122.
Chapter repealed in part and superseded bv, 1914, 742; 1915, 20, 92,
191, 192, 264; 1916, 64, 167, 220, 266 § 9; 1917, 141,205; 1918, 77, 78, 257
§§ 372-376; 1919, 104, 111; 1920, 242, 295, 581, 583, 598 § 5. (See 1915,
115, 296; 1916, 199; 1917, 166.)
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Meters used by gas companies, 1911, 434, 558; 1913, 254; 1914, 742.
Use of electric meters, 1913, 623; 1914, 742.
Supervision of water companies by the gas and electric light commis-
sioners, 1914, 787; 1915, 21 § 1; 1917, 166; 1919, 104; 1920, 295.
Gas, electric light and power companies, 1908, 529, 617; 1909, 316; 1911,
293,348,349,434,509,558,629; 1912,249; 1914,515,742; 1915,20,92,
191, 192, 264; 1916, 64, 167, 220, 266 § 9; 1917, 141, 205; 1918, 152, 257
§§372-376; 1919, 333 §§ 17, 18. (See 1906, 392; 1910,187,197; 1913,596,
597, 623; 1915, 115; 1917, 166.) Use of names or titles of public service
corporations, 1913, 499; 1914, 742.
Contracts between the metropolitan park commission and electric light,
power or gas companies for the lighting of lands under the control of said
commission, 1914, 515.
Employment of expert assistance by the gas and electric light commis-
sioners, 1914, 631 § 1.
Duties, etc., of employees and the expenses of the gas and electric light
commissioners, 1914, 631; 1919, 350 §§ 117-122.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
Uniform stock transfer act, 1910, 171; 1914, 770; 1915, 238.
As to obligation of a corporation or trust to see to the execution of a
trust to which any of its shares or securities are subject, see 1918, 68 § 3.
State examiners of electricians established, and provision for the licensing
of companies to install electric wiring, etc., for light, heat or power purposes,
1915, 296; 1918, 213, 257 §§ 342, 343; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67.
Chai-. 121.] Revised Laws. 925
Issue of securities by hydroelectric companies, 1916, 64.
Calorific standard for illuminating gas, 1916, 167.
Relative to the inspection of gas, 1918, 9.
Emergency connections between gas and electric companies as a means
of conservation, 1918, 152.
Domestic corporations authorized to make certain contributions in time
of war, 1918, 196.
Disposition of bonds of gas, electric and water companies, 1909, 104 § 1.
See 1918, 280 § 11, requiring foreign companies furnishing light or power
to certain street railway companies to file certain schedules with gas and
electric light commission.
Sect. 1 superseded, 1914, 742 § 133. (See 1907, 316; 1908, 655; 1910,
539; 1915, 191.)
Sects. 1-4. Powers and duties of inspector of gas meters transferred to
board of gas and electric light commissioners, 1902, 228; 1909, 316, 318,
441; 1910, 651; 1911, 509; 1913, 499; 1914, 742; 1916, 220 § 2. (See
1903, 464; 1906, 422; 1909, 483, 490 III § 9; 1911, 184, 558.) Inspectors'
salaries, 1902, 228 § 6; 1907, 54 § 2; 1908, 536 § 2; 1914, 742. Employees
and expenses of the commissioners, 1914, 631; 1916, 220. Expert assist-
ance, 1914, 631 § 1. Authorized to establish calorific standard for illumi-
nating gas, 1916, 167.
Sect. 2 superseded, 1914, 742 § 134.
Sect. 3 superseded. 1914, 742 § 135. (See 1907, 54 § 1; 1908, 536 § 1;
1909,483; 1913, 317 §1; 1914,787; 1915, 21 §1.)
Sect. 4 superseded, 1914, 742 § 136. (See 1904, 429, 435 § 1; 1909,
490 III § 9.)
Sect. 5 superseded, 1914, 742 § 138, 787; 1915, 21 § 1.
Sect. 5 et seq. See 1910, 651; 1913, 499, 508; 1914, 631, 742.
Sect. 6 superseded, 1914, 742 § 139.
Sect. 7 superseded, 1914, 742 § 140; 1918, 78 § 2. (See 1905, 211 § 1;
1911, 293.)
Sect. 8 supersede-i, 1914, 742 § 141.
Sect. 9 superseded, 1914, 742 § 142. (See 1906, 422 § 4.)
Sects. 10-12 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 38, 199; 1919, 104 § 1. (See 1906,
392, 437; 1908, 534; 1909, 477; 1910, 374.)
Sect. 13 superseded, 1914, 742 § 51. (See 1910, 187, 197.)
Sect. 14 superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 53, 199. (See 1908, 529; 1909, 316
§1; 1910, 124.)
Sects. 15, 16 superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 54, 55, 199.
Sect. 17 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 127, 128; 1917, 141. (See 1915, 267 I
§§ 20, 38; 1918, 291 § 9.)
Sect. 18 superseded, 1914, 742 § 131. (See 1914, 553.)
Sect. 19 superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 132, 199.
Sect. 21 superseded, 1914, 742 § 57. (See 1903, 320.)
Sect. 22 superseded, 1914, 742 § 56. (See 1906, 392; 1908, 529 § 5;
1909,316 § 1; 1911,349.)
Sect. 25 superseded, 1914, 742 § 155.
Sect. 26 superseded, 1914, 742 § 156. (See 1908, 617.)
926 Changes in the [Chap. 122.
Sect. 27 superseded, 1914, 742 § 157.
Sect. 28 superseded, 1914, 742 § 143.
Sect. 29 superseded, 1914, 742 § 144.
Sect. 30 superseded, 1914, 742 § 145.
Sect. 31 superseded, 1914, 742 § 146. (See 1903, 406; 1914, 661.)
Sect. 32 superseded, 1914, 742 § 147. (See 1912, 249.)
Sect. 33 superseded, 1914, 742 § 161. (See 1903, 164.)
Sect. 34 superseded, 1914, 742 § 162. (See 1903, 464; 1914, 515 § 2.)
Sects. 34, 35 limited, 1906, 422 § 10.
Sect. 35 superseded, 1914, 742 § 163. (See 1914, 515 § 3.)
Sect. 36 superseded, 1914, 742 § 190. (See 1911, 348; 1912, 437 § 1.)
Sects. 36-38 affected, 1912, 437. (See 1914, 742 §§ 190, 191, 198.)
Sect. 37 superseded, 1914, 742 § 191. (See 1909, 318.)
Sect. 39 superseded, 1914, 742 § 164.
Sect. 40 superseded, 1914, 742 § 197. (See 1908, 243.)
Chapter 122. — Of Companies for the Transmission of Electricity.
Electric power companies, 1908, 529, 617; 1909, 316; 1911, 293, 348, 349,
434, 509, 558, 629; 1914, 515, 742 §§ 1, 56, 165-171, 199; 1916, 166, 266 § 9.
(See 1912, 249.)
The Massachusetts highway commission to have general supervision of
all companies engaged in the transmission of intelligence by electricity,
1906, 433. But see 1913, 784 §§ 2 and 3, vesting in public service com-
mission supervision of such companies; 1918, 54, 283; 1919, 350 §§ 117-
122. (See 1909, 402, 490 III §§ 40-44, 52, 62, 542; 1913, 499; 1920, 242.)
. Electric railroad companies, see 1906, 516; 1907, 428, 448, 556; 1908,
301, 552; 1909, 490 III §§ 40-51; 1911, 442, 481.
Filing and receiving time of telegrams, 1909, 402, 542.
Responsibility for loss by fire of money in cash recording meters, 1911,
434; 1914, 742 §§ 193, 199.
Employment of night messengers, 1911, 629.
Street locations for electric lines, 1914, 742 §§ 127, 128; 1917, 141. (See
1915, 267 I §§ 20, 38.)
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 464.
Uniform stock transfer act, 1910, 171; 1914, 770; 1915, 238.
As to obligation of a corporation or trust to see to the execution of a
trust to which any of its shares or securities are subject, see 1918, 68 § 3.
Licensing of companies to install electric wires, etc., for light, heat and
power purposes, 1915, 296; 1916, 199; 1918, 257 §§ 342, 343.
See 1918, 280 § 11, requiring foreign companies furnishing light or power
to certain street railway companies to file certain schedules with gas and
electric light commission.
Emergency connections between gas and electric companies as a means
of conservation, 1918, 152.
Domestic corporations authorized to make certain contributions in time
of war, 1918, 196.
Chaps. 123-125.] REVISED LaWS. 927
Sect. 1 revised, 1911, 509 § 1. AflFected, 1914, 742 § 127 (See 1903,
320; 1911, 481.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1911, 509 § 2; 1916, 166. (See 1903, 237; 1906, 117;
1911, 509 §§ 7, 8; 1914, 742 §§ 127, 128; 1915, 267 I §§ 20, 38; 1917, 141;
1918, 91.)
Sect. 3. See 1918, 257 § 187, subsects. 7, 9.
Sect. 4 superseded and extended, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 42.
Sect. 9. See 190(), 433.
Sect. 10 affected, 1909, 402, .542.
Sect. 12. See 1906, 433.
Sect. 15. See 1914, 553.
Sect. 17 revised, 1911, 509 § 3.
Sect. 18 revised, 1920, 591 § 18.
Sect. 19. See 1911, 364, 371.
Sect. 20 revised, 1911, 509 § 4.
Sect. 23 re\ased, 1911, 509 § 5.
Sect. 24. See 1906, 433 §§ 8, 9; 1914, 661.
Sect. 25. See 1914, 742 § 198.
Sect. 27 amended, 1908, 233.
Sect. 28 revised, 1911, 509 § 6.
Chapter 123. — Of Proprietors of Wharves, Real Estate Lying in Common,
General Fields, and Aqueduct Corporations.
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257
§ 78; 1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 4&4.
Uniform stock transfer act, 1910, 171; 1914, 770; 1915, 238.
As to the obligation of a corporation or trust to see to the execution of a
trust to which anv of its shares or securities are subject, see 1918, 68 § 3.
Sect. 28 et scq. See 1918, 257 §§ 161-164, 291 § 13.
Sect. 42 repealed so far as relates to transfers of stock, 1903, 423 § 2.
Chapter 124. — Of Agricultural and Horticultural Societies.
County aid to agriculture, 1918, 273; 1919, 34, 75; 1920, 103, 517.
Incorporation of agricultural and horticultural organizations under the
laws relating to business corporations, 1917, 224.
Repeal of certain bounties, 1918, 257 § 377.
State prizes proxided for agricultural exhibits, 1918, 241; 1919, 350 § 38.
State department and commissioner of agriculture established, 1918, 268;
superseded by department of agricidturc, 1919, 350 §§ 34-38.
Sects. 1-15, 17, 18 repealed, 1918, 257 § 377. (See 1907, 189; 1909,
133, 428; 1912, 260; 1913, 213, 240; 1914, 209, 276, 298; 1917, 226.)
Chapter 125. — Of Corporations for Charitable and Other Purposes.
Change of name, 1908, 163; 1915, 205.
Incorporation of medical milk commissioners, 1911, 506.
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
928 Changes in the [Chap. 126.
Limitation of property owned by charitable, etc., corporations, 1915, 209;
1917, 45 § 2.
Granting of degrees by colleges and other institutions of learning, 1919, 293.
Petitions for certain legislation affecting corporations to be filed with
commissioner of corporations and taxation, 1920, 582.
Sect. 2 amended, 1915, 213. Charter may be revoked in certain cases,
1902,524; 1907, 336, 337 § 3. (See 1915, 203; 1920,619.)
Changes in location of certain corporations, 1907, 337. (See 1906, 291
§ 10.)
Sect. 3 amended, 1919, 333 § 11.
Sect. 5 amended, 1910, 181.
Sect. 8 affected, 1915, 209; 1917, 45 § 2. Amended, 1917, 45 § 1.
Sect. 13. See 1902, 430; 1903, 275; 1914, 778.
Sects. 17, 18 in part repealed, 1906, 463 I §§ 46, 47, 68. (See 1909, 514
§ 135; 1911, 751 II § 12, V § 4.)
Sect. 19 repealed, 1906, 463 I §§ 48, 68. (See 1909, 514 § 135.)
Sect. 20 et seq. See 1904, 248; 1905, 211, 216; 1906, 275; 1910, 567;
1912 445.
Sect. 22. See 1905, 216; 1906, 275.
Chapter 126. — Of Foreign Corporations.
Chapter repealed, except sections 2, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18 and 19 by 1919, 333
§ 16; except section 8, it is also repealed so far as it applies to corpora-
tions subject to 1903, 437. 1903, 437 §§ 56-70, 95; 1905, 233, 242; 1906,
346 § 2, 347; 1914, 661; 1918, 171, 257 § 356. (See 1902, 349, 463; 1904,
207, 261, 442; 1905, 156, 222; 1906, 271 § 7, 372; 1910, 343; 1914, 770;
1915, 238.)
Foreign banking associations or corporations, 1906, 66, 204 § 3, 347.
(See 1902, 463.)
Taxation of foreign corporations, 1919, 355 II; 1920, 415 §§4-7, 549,
§§ 2-5, 550, 600. (See 1918, 133, 235; 1919, 342 § 1.)
False reports or statements concerning corporations, 1914, 661.
Taxation of transfers of stock, 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 43, 257 § 78;
1919, 349 §§ 24, 25; 1920, 4&4.
Service of process, 1918, 257 § 345.
Service of process on foreign insurance companies, 1914, 626. Prompt
payment of workmen's compensation benefits by foreign insurance com-
panies, 1915, 183; 1916, 29.
See 1918, 280 § 11, requiring foreign companies furnishing light or power
to certain street railway companies to file certain schedules with the gas
and electric light commission.
Sect. 1. See 1914, 742 § 172.
Sect. 4. See 1905, 242; 1906, 269; 1914, 626; 1918, 257 § 345.
Sect. 6. See 1903, 437 § 66; 1905, 233; 1914, 661; 1918, 171.
Sect. 9. See 1906, 269.
Sect. 11 affected, 1914, 742 §§ 172, 199.
Sects. 12, 13. See 1909, 4'90 III § 54; 1914, 661; 1915, 167; 1916, 83
§1; 1917, 89 § 1; 1918, 133,235.
Chaps. 127, 128.] REVISED LawS. 929
Chapter 127. — Of the Alienation of Land.
Conveyances between husband and wife authorized, 1912, 304. (See
1920, 478.)
Short forms of deeds, etc., 1912, 502; 1913, 369.
Sale of real estate within the commonwealth by certain non-resident
married women, 1914, 477.
Addresses of grantees in deeds and a statement as to their being married
or unmarried, 1917, 62.
Conveyances and transfers by a i)erson to himself and others, 1918, 93.
Sect. 1 affected, 1910, 376. (See 1912, 271.)
Sects. 1-6. Signature of married woman under twenty-one to convey-
ance of husband's land has same validity as if she were over that age, 1902,
478.
Final decree in equity for conveyance of real estate to have force and
effect of a deed in certain cases, 1910, 376. (See 1911, 284 § 3.)
Sect. 5. See 1907, 225.
Sect. 7. See 1910, 376; 1917, 62.
Sect. 8 amended. "Special commissioners" added, 1902, 289. (See
1917, 342 § 14.)
Sects. 12-16. See 1907, 294.
Sect. 22. See 1917, 342 § 14.
Sect. 28 amended, 1917, 306 § 1.
Sect. 29 repealed, 1917, 306 § 2. (See 1914, 108.)
Sect. 30 amended, 1917, 306 § 3. (See 1912, 360.)
Sect. 31 amended, 1917, 306 § 4. (See 1915, 151 § 6.)
Sect. 34 revised, 1908, 149. (See 1907, 294; 1909, 160, 198.)
Chapter 128. — Of the Registration and Confirmation of Titles to Land.
Name changed to "Land Court," jurisdiction enlarged and proceedings
regulated, 1904, 448; 1905, 195, 249, 288; 1906, 50, 344; 1910, 560; 1914,
696; 1915, 112, 223; 1919, 262. (See 1905, 291, 296; 1912, 304, 502;
1913, 815 § 8.)
Transfer of actions to and from the superior court, 1911, 433.
Execution of certain decrees in equity, 1910, 376.
Summary process for possession of registered land, 1914, 146.
Filing of notices of federal tax liens with assistant recorders of the land
court, 1915, 120.
Powers of land court in respect to equitable restrictions on land, 1915,
112.
Jurisdiction of the land court in re sales and takings of land for taxes,
1915, 237 §§ 3-15 inclusive.
Conveyances and transfers by a person to himself and others, 1918, 93.
As to taking registered land by eminent domain, see 1918, 257 § 187,
subsect. 4. See also subsect. 3.
Relative to writ of entry, 1918, 257 § 437.
Jurisdiction of land court to determine disputed boundaries between
counties, cities, towns or districts, 1919, 262.
930 Changes in the [Chap. 129.
Sect. 1 amended, 1904, 448 § 10; 1905, 249 § 1; 1910, 560 § 3. (See
1906, 344; 1911, 433.)
Sect. 7. See 1907, 225 § 3.
Sect. 10. See 1908, 195, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 257 § 90, 294.
Sect. 12. Salaries changed, 1904, 386; 1906, 416; 1913, 738; 1918,
260 § 3, 287 § 1; 1919, 361; 1920, 627 § 3. Provision for retirement of
judges on a pension, 1908, 179; 1920, 627 § 4.
Sect. 13 revised, 1910, 560 § 1. (See 1902, 458; 1904, 448 §§ 3, 8; 1905,
249, 288, 291; 1907, 225 § 3; 1915, 112 § 3.)
Sects. 13-17. See 1904, 448 § 3; 1905, 249, 288, 291; 1915, 112 § 3.
Sect. 14. See 1910, 376.
Sect. 16 superseded, 1914, 696. Amended, 1919, 155; 1920, 573.
Sect. 18 amended, 1905, 249 § 2. Affected, 1906, 50 § 3. (See 1905,
296 § 2.)
Sect. 28. See 1907, 225 § 3.
Sect. 29. See 1904, 448 § 6.
Sect. 31. See 1908, 204.
Sect. 32 amended, 1906, 452 § 1.
Sects. 34, 36, 37, 40. See 1910, 376.
Sect. 35. Compensation of masters, 1905, 195.
Sect. 36 amended, 1910, 245.
Sect. 37 amended, 1910, 560 § 4.
Sect. 38 amended, 1911, 9; 1915, 290. Relative to equitable restrictions,
etc., 1915, 112.
Sect. 39. See 1915, 112.
Sect. 40. See 1904, 448 § 4.
Sect. 55. See 1907, 225 § 3.
Sect. 58. See 1915, 112.
Sect. 59. See 1907, 351; 1909,160; 1910,273.
Sect. 61. See 1907, 294.
Sect. 62 amended, 1905, 296 § 1. Limited, 1905, 296 § 2.
Sect. 69. See 1915, 112, 263.
Sect. 70. See 1915, 120 §§ 2, 3, 292 § 2.
Sects. 79, 80. See 1915, 237 § 15.
Sect. 85 amended, 1917, 279 § 43.
Sect. 89. See 1904, 317, 443; 1915, 263; 1919, 366 § 2.
Sects. 89, 90. See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 4.
Sects. 93-102 affected, 1919, 297.
Sect. 109. See 1905, 249 § 3; 1915, 237 § 12.
Chapter 129. — Of Estates for Years and at Will.
As to payment of legacy tax on estates where there is an intervening
estate for life or a term of years, see 1902, 473; 1904, 421 ; 1907, 563 §§ 4-7;
1909, 490 IV §§ 5-7, 527 §§ 2^.
Conveyances and transfers by a person to himself and others, 1918, 93.
Termination of tenancies at will temporarily regulated, 1919, 257; 1920,
538.
Chaps. 131-134.] REVISED LawS, 931
Commission on necessaries of life authorized to investigate circumstances
affecting domestic rentals, 1919, 365.
Violation of certain rights of tenants penalized, 1920, 555.
Provision for discretionary stay of proceedings in actions of summary
process to recover possession of dwellings, 1920, 577.
Unjust, unreasonable, and oppressive agreements for payment of domestic
rents unenforceable by action, 1920, 578.
Sect. 5. See 1915, 146 §§ 2, 3.
Sect. 6 affected 1915 151 § 7
Sect. 12 affected temporarUy, 1919, 257; 1920, 538. (See 1920, 577 § 1.)
Chapter 131. — Of Homesteads.
Sale or transfer of homestead estates by order of the probate court,
1915, 28.
Probate court may grant to wife, living apart from husband, or to his
minor children under custody of another, the right to occupy his homestead
estate, 1915, 28 § 2.
Sect. 4 amended, 1915, 28 § 1.
Sect. 6. See 1906, 129; 1911, 607; 1912, 714; 1913, 494 § 3, 595; 1914,
283; 1915, 129.
Sects. 12, 13. See 1915, 151 § 6.
Chapter 132. — Of the Bights of a Husband m the Real Property of His
Deceased Wife, and the Bights of a Wife in that of Her Deceased Hus-
band.
Conveyances and will of a husband deserted by his wife, or living apart
from her for justifiable cause, 1906, 129; 1918, 257 § 401; 1919, 333 § 27.
(See 1918, 257, § 384.)
Sect. 1 amended, 1915, 134; 1918, 257 § 381. (See 1902, 482.)
Sects. 4, 5. Signature of married woman under twenty-one is valid,
1902, 678.
Sect. 9 amended, 1904, 306.
Chapter 133. — Of the Descent of Real Property.
Descent of cemetery lots, 1914, 492. (See 1919, 124.)
Chapter 134. — General Provisions relative to Real Property.
As to payment of legacy tax on estates where there is an intervening
estate for life or years, see 1902, 473; 1903, 276 § 1; 1904, 421; 1907, 563
§§4-7; 1909, 490 IV §§ 5-7, 527 §§ 2^.
Short forms for deeds and mortgages, 1912, 502; 1913, 369.
Sale of real estate within the commonwealth by certain non-resident
married women, 1914, 477.
Descent of cemetery lots, 1914, 492. (See 1919, 124.)
Contingent remainders, 1916, 108.
932 Changes in the [Chaps. 135-137.
Conveyances and transfers by a person to himself and others, 1918, 93.
As to takings of real estate by eminent domain, assessment of damages
caused by acts done for public purposes, and betterment assessments, see
1918, 257 §§ 187, 219; 1919, 333 §§ 4, 21, 22; 1920, 124.
Sect. 6. See 1918, 93.
Sect. 10. See 1912, 271; 1918, 257 § 382.
Sects. 12, 13. See 1915, 237 § 15.
Sect. 14. See 1910, 376.
Sect. 16 amended, 1918, 257 § 383.
Sect. 18. See 1907,351; 1909,160; 1910,273.
Sect. 20. See 1915, 112.
Chapter 135. — Of Wills.
Descent of cemetery lots, 1914, 492. (See 1919, 124.)
Contingent remainders, 1916, 108.
Sect. 5 amended, 1911, 246. Affected, 1918, 257 § 385.
Sect. 7. See 1911, 246. (See 1918, 257 § 385.)
Sect. 12 amended, 1902, 160.
Sect. 16 amended, 1918, 257 § 384. If the probate court decrees that
husband has been deserted bv wife, or has left her for justifiable cause, wife
may not waive provisions of his will, 1906, 129 § 1; 1918, 257 § 401; 1919,
333 § 27. (See 1918, 257 § 384.)
Sects. 22-24. See 1909, 198.
Chapter 136. — Of the Probate of Wills and the Appointment of Executors.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court authorized,
1915, 24.
Probate appeals regulated, 1919, 17, 274.
Sect. 1 amended, 1905, 90.
Sect. 2 amended, 1912, 493. (See 1906, 129.)
Sect. 3 amended, 1917, 22; 1918, 257 § 386.
Sect. 4 amended, 1907, 130; 1918, 257 § 387.
Chapter 137. — Of the Appointment of Administrators.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Probate appeals regulated, 1919, 17, 274.
Sect. 1 amended, 1914, 356, 702.
Sects. 1, 2. See 1909, 490 IV § 22; 1911, 551.
Sects. 3, 4 affected, 1919, 102.
Sect. 6 amended, 1911, 588.
Sects. 6, 8. See 1919, 208 § 1.
Sect. 10 amended, 1918, 257 § 388.
Sects. 10, 11. See 1910, 411.
Sect. 13 amended, 1908, 153.
Chaps. 138-Ul.] REVISED LaWS. 933
Chapter 138. — Of Public Administrators.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Probate appeals regulated, 1919, 17, 274.
Sect. 1 amended, 1908, 510, 621; 1913, 246; 1917, 12.
Sect. 2 amended, 1907, 284 § 1. Revised, 1918, 257 § 389. (See 1910,
411.)
Sects. 3-5. See 1909, 114.
Sects. 6, 8. See 1915, 151 § 6.
Sect. 10. See 1910, 411.
Sects. 10, 11. Public administrators may be authorized by probate
courts to have charge of and to lease or sell real estate, 1903, 260 §§ 1, 2;
1905, 124 § 1. Sales made under 1903, 260 § 1, ratified, 1905, 124 § 2.
Sect. 12 amended, 1917, 90 § 1; 1919, 208 § 2.
Sect. 14 amended, 1917, 90 § 2; 1919, 208 § 3.
Sect. 15 amended, 1917, 90 § 3.
Sect. 18 amended, 1919, 208 § 4.
Chapter 139. — General Provisions relative to Executors and Administrators.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Settlement of estates of deceased persons, 1910, 411.
Discount on advance payments of inheritance taxes, 1918, 14.
Liability of executors and administrators for income tax, 1918, 257 § 72.
Sects. 2, 3. See 1907, 549.
Sect. 5. See 1907, 563 §§ 8, 9, 23; 1909, 527 §§ 5, 9; 1911, 359.
Sect. 6 amended, 1918, 257 § 390. (See 1909, 198; 1915, 151 § 6.)
Sect. 7 repealed, 1918, 257 § 391.
Chapter 140. — Of Allowances to Widows and Children, the Distribution of
the Estates of Intestates and of Advancements.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Probate appeals regulated, 1919, 17, 274.
Sect. 3, cl. 3 amended, 1905, 256; 1917, 303; 1920, 468.
Sect. 9 amended, 1917, 279 § 41.
Chapter 141. — Of the Payment of Debts, Legacies and Distributive Shares.
Suits against executors, administrators, trustees and guardians, 1911,
147. (See 1914, 699 § 7; 1915, 33, 61, 151.)
Taxation of legacies and successions, 1907, 563; 1909, 268, 490 IV, 527;
1910, 440; 1911, 551; 1912, 234, 678; 1915, 64; 1918, 14, 191, 257 § 75;
1919, 146, 342 §§ 4, 6, 8 (temporary), 350 §§ 53, 54, establishing division of
inheritance taxes and director; 1920, 396, 441, 548.
934 Changes in the [Chap. i42.
Discount on advance payments of inheritance taxes, 1918, 14.
Abatement of legacy and succession taxes illegally exacted, 1919, 146.
(See 1920, 462.)
Attachment of property of a deceased person restricted, 1907, 553. (See
1914, 699 § 3; 1915, 61.)
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Final accounts of executors, administrators, etc., not to be allowed until
payment of income tax, 1918, 257 § 68.
Sect. 1 amended, 1914, 699 § 1.
Sect. 2 amended, 1904, 165; 1914, 699 § 2.
Sect. 3. Probate court may enforce payment on a decree of distribu-
tion, 1915, 151 § 4.
Sect. 6 amended, 1908, 313.
Sect. 7 in part superseded, 1919, 274 § 10.
Sect. 9 amended, 1914, 699 § 3. (See 1915, 33; 1919, 333 § 25.)
Sect. 9 et seq. affected, 1907, 549; 1911, 147; 1914, 699 § 3. Time
limited within which real estate may be taken or sold for payment of debts,
1907, 549; 1915, 61; 1919, 333 § 26.
Sect. 11 amended, 1914, 699 § 4.
Sect. 12 amended, 1914, 699 § 5.
Sect. 13 amended, 1914, 699 § 6; 1918, 257 § 392; 1919, 333 § 25.
(See 1907,563 § 4; 1909, 490 IV § 4, 527 § 2; 1910, 440; 1915, 152; 1916,
268 § 2; 1919, 333 § 26.)
Sect. 17 amended, 1914, 699 § 7; 1915, 33. (See 1919, 333 § 25.)
Sect. 19 affected, 1915, 151 § 1. Rate of interest on legacies, 1915,
151 § 2.
Sect. 20 amended, 1914, 699 § 8.
Sects. 21, 22. Probate court may enforce payment on a decree of dis-
tribution, 1915, 151 §§ 4, 5.
Sects. 26,27. See 1911, 147.
Chapter 142. — Of Insolvent Estates of Deceased Persons.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Sale of real estate of deceased non-residents, 1918, 257 § 398.
Probate appeals regulated, 1919, 17, 274.
Sect. 1 amended, 1909, 297.
Sect. 2 amended, 1907, 257.
Sect. 3 amended, 1911, 177; 1916, 18.
Sect. 9 amended, 1915, 13.
Sects. 11, 16 affected, 1919, 274 § 9.
Sect. 16 amended, 1916, 19.
Sects. 18, 19, 26. Probate court may enforce payment on a decree of
distribution, 1915, 151 § 4.
Chaps. 143-145.] REVISED LaWS. 935
Chapter 143. — Of the Settlement of the Estates of Deceased Non-residents.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Sale of real estate of deceased non-residents, 1918, 257 § 398.
Sect. 2 amended, 1904, 360. (See 1910, 411.)
Chapter 144. — Of the Settlement of Estates of Absentees.
Settlement of trust estates when beneficiary has disappeared for four-
teen years, 1905, 326; 1906, 224; 1909, 115.
Service, bv registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Sect. 1 revised, 1903, 241 ; 1906, 224. (See 1902, 544 § 14.)
Sects. 3-5, 7, 8. See 1902, 544 §§ 15-19; 1903, 241 § 3.
Sect. 4 amended, 1904, 206 § 1; 1918, 257 § 393.
Sects. 7-9. See 1909, 115.
Sect. 9 amended, 1906, 175.
Sect. 11 revised, 1903, 241 § 2.
Sect. 12. See 1902, 544 § 20; 1904, 206 § 2.
Chapter 146. — Of Guardianship.
Conservators of property of aged persons to have same powers, etc., as
guardians of insane persons, 1915, 23.
Ser\dce, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Trustees of Massachusetts training schools mav act as guardians, 1915,
113 §3.
Act relative to trusts, 1918, 68.
Petitions by guardians for taking of or injury to ward's property, 1918,
257 § 187, subsect. 20.
Probate appeals regulated, 1919, 17, 274.
Sect. 3 amended, 1918, 257 § 394.
Sect. 4 amended, 1902, 474; 1904, 163. (See 1902, 324; 1908, 286.)
Sect. 6. Repeal and substitute, 1909, 504 §§ 99, 101, 107; 1911, 206.
(See 1907, 169 § 1.) Applies to conservators of property of aged persons,
1915, 23.
Sects. 6-11. See 1918, 68 § 4.
Sect. 7 amended, 1907, 169 § 2.
Sect. 9. Applicable to estates of persons under conser\'atorship, 1915, 23.
Sect. 10. See 1908, 75; 1915, 23, 151 § 6; 1918, 176.
Sects. 11-18. See 1915, 23, 151 § 6.
Sect. 20. Repeal and substitute, 1909, 504 §§ 104, 107. (See 1916, 239;
1917, 48.)
Sect. 22. See 1915, 23.
Sect. 23 amended, 1906, 452 § 2.
Sect. 25 et seq. See 1911, 147; 1915, 23; 1917, 133.
936 Changes in the [Chaps, ue, 147.
Sect. 27 amended, 1918, 257 § 395. (See 1915, 151 § 6.)
Sect. 28. See 1906, 501; 1909, 180; 1911, 456; 1915, 163.
Sect. 30 et seq. See 1908, 75.
Sect. 34. See 1915, 151 § 6.
Sect. 40 amended, 1903, 96; 1905, 127; 1907, 169 § 3; 1908, 116, 505;
1911, 206. (See 1909, 256.) Conservators to have powers of guardians of
insane persons, 1915, 23.
Sect. 41 amended, 1910, 95. (See 1915, 151 § 6.)
Sect. 41 A. New section added, 1918, 257 § 396.
Chapter 146. — Of Sales, Mortgages and Leases of Real Property by Execu-
tors, Administrators and Guardians.
Short form of deeds, mortgages, etc., 1912, 502; 1913, 369.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Probate appeals regulated, 1919, 17, 274.
Sect. 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 397.
Sect. 1 et seq. Time limited within which real estate may be sold for
payment of debts, 1907, 549; 1915, 61; 1919, 333 § 26. (See 1909, 198.)
Sect. 13. Repeal and substitute, 1909, 504 §§ 102, 107.
Sect. 16. See 1912, 360.
Sect. 17 affected, 1915, 151 § 7.
Sect. 18 revised, 1917, 296. (See 1904, 217; 1906, 73; 1907, 236.) Pro-
bate court may enforce payment on a decree of distribution, 1915, 151 § 5.
Sect. 25 amended, 1907, 219.
Sect. 26. See 1909, 160.
Sect. 30 amended, 1918, 257 § 398.
Sect. 32. See 1915, 151 § 6.
Chapter 147. — Of Trusts.
Suits against trustees, 1911, 147.
Trustees of voluntary associations under written instruments, 1909, 441;
1913, 454; 1914, 471; 1916, 184, 269 §§ 12, 2^.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Act relative to trusts, 1918, 68.
Petitions by trustees to assess damages for taking or injury of property
held in trust, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 20.
Probate appeals regulated, 1919, 17, 274.
Sect. 5. See 1917, 32.
Sect. 8. See 1915, 151 § 6.
Sect. 12 revised, 1916, 301.
Sect. 15 amended, 1907, 262; 1917, 279 § 42. (See 1917, 155.)
Sects. 15-17. As to sales and transfers of personal property held in
trust, see 1918, 68 § 1.
Sect. 17. See 1918, 68 § 4.
Sect. 20 affected, 1915, 151 § 5.
Chaps. U8-150.] REVISED LaWS. 937
Sects. 21, 23. See 1916, 269 § 9.
As to receipt of trustees as a discharge of the liability of persons paying
or delivering money, personal property or securities, see 1918, 68 § 2.
Chapter 148. — Provisions relative to Sales, Mortgages, etc., by Execu-
tors, etc.
Public administrators may be licensed to lease or sell real estate, 1903,
260; 1905, 124.
Time limited within which real estate may be sold for payment of debts,
1907, 549. (See 1918, 257 § 397.)
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Of deceased non-residents, 1918, 257 § 398.
Sect. 1 et seq. See 1917, 309.
Sect. 3. See 1907, 563 §§ 16, 17; 1909, 490 IV §§ 16, 17.
Sect. 5. See 1912, 360.
Sect. 9 affected, 1915, 151 § 5.
Sect. 11. See 1911, 147.
Sect. 14 revised, 1907, 447.
Sects. 14-18. Probate court to have jurisdiction, 1903, 222.
Sect. 15 revised, 1918, 257 § 399. Certain proceedings of probate
courts are confirmed, 1902, 538.
Sects. 15, 16. See 1911, 588.
Sect. 24 amended, 1915, 63.
Chapter 149. — Of Bonds of Executors, Administrators, Guardians and
Trustees.
Provisions of this chapter extended to trustees holding property for
public charitable purposes, 1908, 295.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Probate court authorized to fix and enforce payment of suretyship pre-
miums, etc., 1915, 151 § 6.
Sect. 1. See 1909, 256. CI. 4, see 1905, 326 § 7; 1906, 224; 1915,
151 § 6.
Sect. 2. See 1915, 151 § 6.
Sect. 6. See 1908, 295.
Sect. 9 limited, 1907, 576 § 61; 1909, 256. (See 191.5, 151 § 6.)
Sects. 10, 13, 14. See 1915, 151 § 6.
Sect. 15 amended, 1912, 161.
Sect. 20 et seq. See 1911, 147.
Chapter 150. — Of the Accounts and Settlements of Executors, Administra-
tors, Guardians, Trustees and Receivers.
Disbursements by trustees, 1907, 371. (See 1907, 563 §§ 8, 9.)
Suits against executors, administrators, trustees and guardians, 1911,
147.
938 Changes in the [Chap. 151.
Trusts for benefit of a city or town to be audited by city or town auditor,
1904, 322. (See 1910, 624 § 1 ; 1916, 252.)
Discount on advance payments of inlieritance taxes, 1918, 14.
Abatement of legacy and succession taxes illegally exacted, 1919, 146.
(See 1920, 462.)
Final accounts of executors, administrators and trustees not to be al-
lowed until payments of income tax, 1918, 257 § 68.
Liability of executors, etc., for income tax, 1918, 257 § 72.
Settlement of trust estates when beneficiary has not been heard of for
fourteen years, 1905, 326; 1906, 224.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Probate appeals regulated, 1919, 17, 274.
Sect. 2. See 1909, 490 IV § 23; 1910, 481.
Sect. 3. Probate court may direct the production of securities, docu-
ments, etc., and the replacing of property improperly disposed of, etc., 1915,
151 § 3.
Sects. 4,5. See 1910,411.
Sect. 6 revised, 1913, 248.
Sect. 8. See 1907, 294; 1909, 160.
Sect. 10. See 1912, 360.
Sect. 12 amended, 1920, 46.
Sect. 15. See 1915, 151 § 6.
Sect. 17 amended, 1907, 438.
Sect. 19 affected 1915, 151 § 5.
Sect! 20. See 1909, 490 IV § 23; 1910, 481; 1911, 191 ; 1916, 269 § 9.
Sect. 23. See 1910, 370; 1918, 257 § 369.
Sect. 25 amended, 1906, 127.
Chapter 161. — Of Marriage.
Conveyances of land and gifts of personal property between "husband
and wife, 1912, 304; 1920, 478.
Sale of land within the commonwealth by certain non-resident married
women, 1914, 477.
Physicians, etc., authorized to disclose certain information to persons
receiving promise of marriage, 1918, 111.
Sect. 10. Marriage in another state in evasion of the laws of this state,
1913, 360.
Sect. 11. See 1902, 324, 474; 1904, 163; 1907, 390.
Sect. 14 revised, 1902, 310.
Sect. 16 amended. 1911, 736 § 1; 1912, 535. (See 1911, 736 § 6; 1913,
360.)
Sect. 17 amended, 1912, 120; 1913, 752 § 2; 1914, 121. (See 1912, 463,
535; 1913, 360 § 4.)
Sect. 18. See 1911, 136.
Sect. 20 amended, 1907, 159. (See 1911, 736 § 4.)
Sect. 23 amended, 1911, 736 § 2; 1912, 463 § 1; 1914, 428. (See 1911,
736 § 4.)
Chaps. 152-153.] REVISED LawS. 939
Sect. 25 amended, 1911, 736 § 3.
Sect. 37. See 1912, 535.
Sect. 40. Advertising to perform or procure performance of marriage
ceremony is made punishable, 1902, 249.
Sect. 45. New section, 1914, 428 § 2.
Chapter 152. — Of Divorce.
Provision for investigation in suits for divorce or nullification, 1907, 390.
Fee for service of libel, 1913, 611 § 1.
Sects. 7, 8 affected, 1911, 121; 1919, 194.
Sect. 13 amended, 1902, 544 § 21; 1914, 385.
Sect. 14 extended, 1919, 333 § 27.
Sect. 15 amended, 1911, 85.
Sect. 24. See 1906, 129.
Sect. 25 amended, 1918, 257 § 400. Court having jurisdiction may
bring before it on habeas corptcs any child whose care or custody is in ques-
tion, 1902, 324. (See 1902, 474; 1917, 163; 1918, 257 § 455; 1919, 148.)
Sect. 37. See 1912, 535.
Sect. 39. See 1909, 49.
Sect. 41 amended, 1911, 127. (See 1911, 121; 1919, 194.)
Chapter 153. — Of Certain Rights and Liabilities of Husband and Wife.
Conveyances of land and gifts of personal property between husband
and wife, 1912, 304; 1920, 478.
Conveyances and will of a husband deserted by his wife or living apart
from her for justifiable cause, 1906, 129; 1918, 257 § 401 ; 1919, 333 § 27.
Sale of real estate within the commonwealth by non-resident married
women abandoned by their husbands, 1914, 477.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Probate court may grant to wife living apart from husband or to his
minor children under custody of another, the right to occupy his homestead
estate, 1915, 28 § 2. And such estate may be sold on execution to en-
force decree for support of wife and children, 1915, 28 § 1.
Sect. 3 revised, 1920, 478.
Sect. 7 amended, 1910, 576.
Sect. 10. See 1910, 576.
Sect. 13 repealed, 1918, 257 § 195.
Sects. 15, 16. See 1902, 478; 1908, 75.
Sect. 31 et seq. See 1906, 501; 1914, 477.
Sect. 33. See 1902, 324; 1903, 334; 1905, 307; 1906, 129, 501; 1909,
180; 1911, 456; 1912, 310; 1914, 520; 1915, 28; 1917, 163; 1918, 257
§401.
Sects. 33, 37. See 1919, 274 § 12.
Sect. 37 revised, 1919, 333 § 28. (See 1915, 28; 1917, 163.)
940 Changes in the [Cuaps. 154-157.
Chapter 164. — Of the Adoption of Children and Change of Name.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Probate appeals regulated, 1919, 17, 274.
Sect. 2 amended, 1902, 544 § 22; 1904, 302.
Sect. 3 amended, 1907, 405.
Sect. 4 amended, 1915, 53.
Chapter 165. — Of Masters, Apprentices and Servants.
Chapter repealed, 1918, 257 § 402.
Chapter 156. — Of the Supreme Judicial Court.
Form of bonds of receivers, 1917, 32.
Ascertainment of mental condition of persons coming before the courts
of the commonwealth, 1918, 153.
Supreme judicial court given jurisdiction in equity to review, modify,
amend or annul rulings and orders of department of public utilities, 1919,
350 § 121.
National flag to be displayed in courts of justice, 1919, 189.
Commission to investigate the judicature of the commonwealth, 1919,
223; 1920, 194.
Taking of affidavits by clerks and assistant clerks of courts, 1920, 209.
Unjust, unreasonable and oppressive agreements for payment of domestic
rents unenforceable by action, 1920, 578.
Sect. 5 amended, 1905, 263 § 1. (See 1906, 306 § 2, 372, 377 § 2, 433
§7; 1909,33; 1913, 719 §21; 1916, 269 § 13; 1917, 218 § 4.)
Sect. 6. See 1919, 274, regulating appeals from the probate courts.
Sect. 7. Exceptions, 1908, 177, 516; 1909, 236; 1911, 212; 1913, 716.
Sect. 9 repealed, 1918, 257 § 403.
Sect. 10 repealed, 1918, 257 § 404.
Sect. 15 amended, 1903, 54 § 1; 1915, 107 § 1.
Sect. 16 amended, 1903, 54 § 2; 1915, 107 § 2; 1920, 386.
Sect. 26 superseded, 1920, 627 § 1. (See 1911, 743 § 1; 1919, 288 § 1.)
Sect. 27 amended, 1914, 619.
Chapter 167. — Of the Superior Court.
Transfer of actions to and from the land court permitted, 1911, 433.
Appointment of interpreters for the superior court, 1914, 673.
Form of bonds of receivers, 1917, 32.
Ascertainment of the mental condition of persons coming before the
courts of the commonwealth, 1918, 153.
As to jurisdiction of petitions to assess damages for land taken by eminent
domain and procedure therein, see 1918, 257 §§ 187, subsect. 14 et seq.,
219, subsect. 7 et seq.; 1919, 333 § 21. Of petitions for abatement of
special assessments, 1918, 257 § 219, subsect. 7 et seq.; 1919, 333 §§ 4, 22.
Chap. 157.] EeVISED LaWS. 941
National flag to be displayed in courts of justice, 1919, 189.
Commission to investigate the judicature of the commonwealth, 1919,
223; 1920, 194.
Superior court given jurisdiction in equity upon appeals from orders of
department of labor and industries, 1919, 350 § 78; of department of public
safety, 1919, 350 § 109.
Taking of affidavits by clerks and assistant clerks of courts, 1920, 209.
Unjust, unreasonable and oppressive agreements for payment of domestic
rents unenforceable by action, 1920, 578.
New procedure established for the hearing and determination of small
claims, 1920, 553.
Sect. 1. Number of associate justices increased, 1907, 286; 1911, 567.
(See 1902, 383; 1903, 472 § 2.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1910, 555 § 1. (See 1908, 465.)
Sect. 3. See 1917, 184 § 3, 236 § 5, 342 §§ 7-9. Jurisdiction in certain
cases transferred to the land court, 1904, 448 § 1 ; 1906, 50. (See 1903, 383
§ 4; 1905, 195, 249, 288, 291; 1906, 344; 1911, 433; 1912, 317.) Provision
for issue of habeas corpus in disputes as to care or custody of child, 1902, 324.
Sect. 4. See 1905, 263 § 1; 1906, 433 § 7, 434 § 2; 1908, 380; 1909, 33,
394 § 2, 433 § 4; 1911, 176 § 1, 461; 1912, 159, 394, 649; 1913, 719 § 21;
1916, 269 §§ 13, 20.
Sect. 5 repealed, 1910, 555 § 3.
Sect. 6. See 1905, 288; 1910, 560 § 2.
Sect. 7. See 1916, 243 § 1.
Sect. 8 repealed, 1910, 555 § 3.
Sects. 9, 10. See 1911, 432 § 1.
Sect. 16. See 1911,432 §2.
Sect. IS. See 1907, 334; 1912, 459.
Sect. 21 re\dsed, 1919, 333 § 29. Extended, 1919, 274 § 2. Exceptions,
1908, 177, 516; 1909, 236; 1911, 212; 1912, 317.
Sects. 21, 34, 35. Provision for certain incidental expenses, 1907, 80;
1914, 511.
Sect. 24. Sessions changed : Barnstable, 1902, 456 § 2. Berkshire, 1904,
38; 1912,606. Bristol, 1916, 84. Essex, 1917, 88. (See 1911,430.) Hamp-
den, 1904, 144; 1907, 26; 1912, 712; 1913, 518. Hampshire, 1911, 254,
483. Middlesex, 1903, 97; 1909, 197. Northampton, 1911, 483. Plymouth,
1903, 54 §§ 3-5; 1918, 148 (adjournment to Brockton of criminal sittings
for trial of certain cases); 1919, 109. Suffolk, 1902, 456 § 1; 1903, 472 § 1.
Evening sessions for naturalization except in Suffolk, 1913, 390. Special
sessions for naturalization, 1917, 143; 1919, 100; 1920, 232. Trial of
criminal cases at sittings for civil business, 1920, 167.
Sect. 27 amended, 1909, 193. (See 1912, 394.)
Sect. 28. See 1907, 176; 1909, 504 § 51.
Sect. 29 amended, 1912, 209.
Sect. 30 et seq. See 1908, 465 § 1.
Sect. 32. See 1913, 563 § 8.
Sect. 35 superseded, 1920, 627 § 2. (See 1911, 743 § 2; 1919, 288.)
942 Changes in the [Chaps. i58-i6o.
Chapter 158. — Provisions Coramon to the Suprezne Judicial Court and
the Superior Court.
Sect. 4. See 1907, 204; 1910, 473; 1911, 136.
Sect. 9 amended, 1910, 555 § 2.
Sect. 10 amended, 190S, 179; 1910, 540 § 1. Revised, 1918, 257 § 95;
1919, 301 § 7. Affected, 1919, 288 § 2.
Sects. 10, U. See 1911, 527; 1918, 257 § 96. Affected, 1920, 627 § 4.
Sect. 11 amended, 1910, 540 § 2.
Chapter 159. — Of the Equity Jurisdiction and Procediu-e of the Supreme
Judicial Court and the Superior Court.
Act relative to the execution of certain decrees in equity, 1910, 376. (See
1911, 284, 339.) To the granting of injunctions and restraining orders,
1913, 515, 840; 1914, 778.
Transfer of actions between the superior and land courts, 1911, 433.
Certain judgment creditors permitted to reach and apply insurance
money, 1914, 464.
Issuing of injunctions limited, 1914, 778. (Held unconstitutional, 224
Mass. 152.)
Replication dispensed with, 1918, 257 § 405.
Equity jurisdiction of supreme judicial and superior courts in relation
to rulings and orders of departments of labor and industries, of public
safety and of public utilities, 1919, 350 §§ 78, 109, 121.
Commission to investigate the judicature of the commonwealth, 1919, 223.
Sects. 1-3. See 1903, 383 § 4; 1905, 315; 1906, 306 § 2, 372, 377 § 2;
1908, 380; 1909, 177, 433 § 4; 1910, 98.
Sect. 3 amended, 1902, 544 § 23; 1910, 531 § 2. (See 1914, 464.)
Sect. 4. See 1914, 778.
Sect. 8 amended, 1909, 183.
Sects. 8-10. See 1909, 116; 1914, 778.
Sect. 11 amended, 1905, 107.
Sects. 12, 14. See 1914, 778 § 1.
Sects. 15, 16 repealed, 1913, 815 § 9.
Sect. 19 amended, 1911, 284 § 1. (See 1910, 376; 1911, 339.)
Sect. 21. See 1911, 339; 1914, 778.
Sect. 24. Application extended, 1919, 274 § 4, relating to probate ap-
peals.
Sects. 26, 28. Application extended, 1919, 274 § 6, relating to probate
appeals.
Sect. 30 amended, 1911, 284 § 2. (See 1911, 339.)
Sect. 32. See 1911, 339.
Sect. 34 amended, 1911, 284 § 3.
Chapter 160. — Of Police, District and Miuiicipal Coiuts.
Retirement of justices, 1911, 682.
Commitments to the industrial school for boys, 1909, 472 § 2; 1911,
605; 1914, 207.
Chap. 160.] REVISED LaWS. 943
Jurisdiction and procedure in the municipal court of the city of Bos-
ton, 1912, 649; 1913, 430, 716; 1914, 35, 371, 409; 1916, 243 § 4; 1920,
553.
Medical service for the criminal business of the municipal court of the
city of Boston, 1915, 166; 1920, 508.
Notice of entry of judgment in certain cases in police, district and munic-
ipal courts, 1918, 89.
Ascertainment of the mental condition of persons coming before the
courts of the commonwealth, 1918, 153.
Bail or deposit forfeited in cases of illegitimacy may be applied to the
support of the child, 1918, 199.
Jurisdiction in cases of removal, suspension or reduction of persons in
the classified civil service, 1918, 247, 257 § 93; 1919, Sp. Act 188. (See
1919, 150 § 6.)
National flag to be displayed in courts of justice, 1919, 189.
Commission to investigate the judicature of the commonwealth, 1919,
223; 1920, 194.
New procedure established for the hearing and determination of small
claims, 1920, 553.
Taking of affidavits by clerks and assistant clerks of courts, 1920, 209.
Unjust, unreasonable and oppressive agreements for payment of domestic
rents unenforceable by action, 1920, 578.
Italian interpreter for the East Boston district court, 1920, 534.
Discretionary stay of proceedings in actions of summary process to re-
cover possession of dweUings, 1920, 577.
Sect. 1. Jurisdiction extended: Fitchburg, 1904, 259; 1910, 258. Law-
rence, 1914, 532. Lowell, 1904, 264. Lynn, 1911, 414 § 1. (See 1906,
489 § 4; 1907, 137, 411; 1909, 117; 1913, 457.) WiUiamstown, 1917, 302.
Limited, 1910, 258.
Sect. 2. New courts established: Boston juvenile, 1906, 489; 1907,137,
411; 1916, 243 § 4. .(See 1907, 158, 195; 1918, 178, 257 §§ 418, 419.)
Fourth Bristol, 1903, 214. Southern Essex, 1911, 414 § 1, 473. Third
Essex, 1906, 299 § 1. Eastern Hampshire, 1903, 412. Lawrence, 1914,
532. Leominster, 1910, 207. Natick, 1917, 274. Peabody, 1917, 281.
(See 1917, 302.) Winchendon, 1904, 372 § 1. (See 1906, 240.) Western
Worcester, 1902, 416 §§ 1, 2. Districts changed: Central and southern
Berkshire, 1917, 302. First Essex, 1917, 302. Second Essex, 1917, 302.
Central northern Essex, 1917, 302. Eastern Hampden, 1907, 110. First
southern Middlesex, 1917, 302. (See 1917, 302.) Lynn, 1909, 117. Marl-
borough, 1917, 302. First and fourth eastern Middlesex, 1909, 93. Nan-
tucket, 1913,508; 1918,245. Newburyport, 1902,455; 1917,302. Peabody,
1917, 302. Third and fourth Plymouth, 1917, 302. Springfield, 1917, 302.
Central Worcester, 1902, 186; 1917, 302. First and second eastern Worces-
ter, 1902, 161. First northern Worcester, 1907, 98; 1917, 302. Western
Worcester, 1917, 302; 1920, 527.
Sect. 3 repealed, 1918, 257 § 406.
Sect. 6 amended, 1909, 219; 1911, 473 § 1; 1912, 232.
Sects. 6, 10, 13. Act to authorize disposal of certain old records, 1910,
287.
944 Changes in the [Chap. leo.
Sects. &-12. Clerk for first Barnstable, 1917, 102. Second Barnstable,
1917, 124. Second Essex, 1906, 240. Third Essex, 1912, 412. Central
Middlesex, 1905, 133. Assistant clerk, Roxbury District, 1914, 604.
Williamstown, 1906, 351. Winchendon, 1906, 248. Eastern Worcester,
1905, 192. Second southern Worcester, 1906, 194. Assistant, western
Hampden, 1913, 332 § 1. Second assistant. East Boston, 1917, 154. As-
sistant, Central District of Northern Essex, 1917, 252.
Sect. 11 amended. Assistant may be a woman, 1908, 289. (See 1909,
357; 1912,672; 1916,261.)
Sects. 12, 13. Provision for assistant clerks pro tempore, 1906, 256.
Sect. 13 amended, 1918, 257 § 407. (See 1918, 89, notice of entry of
judgment, 259 § 11, notice of conviction to licensing authority.)
Sect. 14 amended, 1918, 257 § 408.
' Sect. 15. See 1908, 195, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 294.
Sects. 18, 19 repealed and superseded, 1918, 257 §§ 409, 410.
Sect. 18 ct seq. See 1916, 174; 1917, 302.
Sect. 24 et scq. See 1903, 334 §§ 1-3; 1904, 282 § 3; 1906, 105 § 6, 489
§ 4; 1908, 335 § 3; 1909, 181; 1911, 175, 176 § 1, 461; 1916, 174; 1917,
302; 1918, 257 §§ 419, 420.
Sect. 25. See 1906, 413, 489; 1907, 137; 1908, 286; 1916, 243.
Sect 28 revised 1909 442.
Sect. 33 amended, 1918, 257 § 411. (See 1911, 432 § 1; 1913, 471 § 1.)
Sect. 38 repealed and superseded, 1918, 257 §§ 412, 413. (See 1912,
372; 1918, 257 § 435.)
Sect. 39 et seq. Sessions: W^inchendon, 1904, 372 §§ 3, 4. Western
Worcester, 1902, 416 § 4. ,
Sect. 40 amended, 1913, 471 § 3.
Sect. 41 affected, 1913, 289 § 2.
Sect. 42 revised, 1913, 471 § 4. (See 1906, 451; 1910, 534 § 1; 1912,
649 §§ 2, 3; 1914, 35 §§ 2-4, 409.)
Sect. 44 amended, 1906, 166.
Sect. 45 amended, 1918, 257 § 414.
Sect. 46. As to facsimile signatures, see 1917, 66; 1918, 45.
Sect. 48. See 1904, 453 § 5; 1910, 370.
Sect. 50 amended, 1918, 257 § 415.
Sect. 55 amended, 1912, 649 § 11; 1913, 430. Provision for pensions,
1911, 231, 682.
Sect. 56 revised, 1907, 179. (See 1908, 440; 1913, 612.)
Sect. 57 extended, 1913, 289 § 1. Amended, 1918, 250. (See 1912,
649 § 12.)
Sect. 58. Additional assistants, 1906, 468; 1908, 418; 1912, 649 § 10;
1913, 446; 1916, 69 § 1. Clerical assistance, 1908, 440; 1909, 434; 1916,
71. Interpreters, 1912, 648; 1916, 109.
Sect. 59. Jurisdiction in certain juvenile cases transferred to the Boston
juvenile court, 1906, 489 § 4. (See 1906, 499 § 5; 1907, 137, 411; 1908,
286; 1911,175; 1913,457; 1918, 257 § 418.) Acts relative to jurisdiction
and procedure in civil actions, 1912, 649; 1914, 35 §§ 2-4, 371, 409.
Sect. 60 repealed, 1918, 257 § 416.
Chat. 160.] REVISED LaWS. 945
Sect. 61. See 1909, 271 ; 1910, 370, 373.
Sect. 62 amended, 1912, 497; 1914, 700 § 1; 1918, 257 § 417. Addi-
tional officers, 1908, 191 ; 1912, 253. Provision for temporary court officers,
1912, 462.
Sect. 62 ct scq. Drivers of prison vans in the city of Boston, salaries
established, 1920, 271.
Sect. 63 amended, 1914, 700 § 2. Officers attending sessions to wear
uniforms, 1914, 736. (See 1918, 194.)
Sect. 64 amended, 1909, 386; 1916, 69 § 2. (See 1912, 462.) Officers
attending sessions to wear uniforms, 1902, 368; 1906, 355 § 2; 1914, 736.
Messenger for municipal court of Boston, 1906, 192; salary established,
1918, 195.
Sect. 65. See 1908, 195, 469.
Sect. 66 amended, 1908, 191; 1912, 462. (See 1913, 372.)
Sect. 67 in part repealed. Salaries classified and established, 1904, 453
§§ 1, 4; 1905, 339; 1906, 355 § 2; 1909, 357; 1910, 501; 1911, 414 § 2;
1912, 604; 1913, 414; 1914, 509, 532, 547, 604, 666, 686, 700; 1915, 286;
1917, 319, 340; 1918, 173, 178, 211, 260; 1919, 362. (See 1902, 299, 320,
356, 360, 378, 416 § 3; 1903, 214 § 2, 412 § 2; 1904, 372 § 2; 1905, 133,
192; 1908, 637; 1911, 682; 1912, 462.) First Barnstable, 1917, 102, 340;
1918, 178, 211. Second Barnstable, 1917, 124, 340; 1918, 178, 211. Bristol,
1915, 286. Brookline, 1914, 509. Chelsea, 1906, 325; 1914, 547. Dukes,
1918, 260 § 2. Second Essex, 1906, 240. Central northern Essex, 1912,
563. Third Essex, 1906, 299 § 2; 1917, 328. Franklin, eastern Franklin
and eastern Hampshire, 1907, 128. (See 1904, 453 § 2; 1917, 203.) Eastern
Franklin, 1917, 203. Western Hampden, 1917, 333. Lawrence, 1908,
323; 1914, 532. Lee, 1905, 443. Lowell, 1905, 165. Lynn, 1911, 414 § 2.
Marlborough, 1913, 483. Second eastern Middlesex, 1917, 319. First
northern Middlesex, 1918, 208. Willi am stown, 1906, 351; 1913, 414. Win-
chendon, 1904, 372 § 2; 1906, 248. Worcester, central district, 1904, 453
§ 1 cl. A; 1914, 686 Municipal court of Boston, 1904, 454 § 1; 1905, 452;
1906, 192, 355, 449 § 1, 450, 468; 1908, 418; 1911, 231; 1912, 649 § 10;
1913,488,691,726,736; 1914,666; 1917,262; 1918, 227, 287 § 1; 1919,
264, 328, 329; 1920, 473, 491, 492, 496, 614. (See 1902, 368; 1920, 271.)
Brighton, 1913, 748. Charlestown District, 1909, 367; 1912, 672; 1916,
195; 1917, 282 § 3, 330; 1920, 486, 615. Dorchester District, 1913, 725;
1917, 282 § 2; 1919, 250; 1920, 487. East Boston District, 1907, 333;
1914, 700; 1917, 154; 1920, 490. Itahan interpreter, 1920, 534. Roxbury
District, 1914, 604; 1916, 262, 263; 1917, 291, 292; 1919, 184; 1920, 482.
(See 1912, 604.) West Roxbury District, 1912, 660; 1920, 484. South
Boston District, 1907, 324; 1916, 261; 1917, 282 § 1; 1920, 485. Boston
juvenile, 1906, 489 § 3; 1919, 255.
Allowance for clerical assistance: Authorized expenditures by county
commissioners for clerical assistance in municipal, police or district courts
within their respective counties, 1914, 690. First Barnstable, 1904, 331.
Second Barnstable, 1906, 228. Brighton, 1909, 364. Second Bristol,
copyist, 1908, 351. Brockton, 1906, 289. Boston, 1906, 449 § 2; 1908,
440; 1912, 499. Boston juvenile, 1908, 458. Brookline, 1909, 365; 1912,
946 ChAJSTGES in the [Chap. 161.
336. Chelsea, 1904, 258; 1913, 526. East Boston, 1911, 454. (See 1907,
323.) First Essex, 1906, 196. Central northern Essex, 1912, 315. Eastern
Essex, 1910, 253. Southern Essex, clerical assistance for the probation
officer, 1914, 739. Hampshire, 1910, 224. Western Hampden, 1913, 332 § 2.
Lynn, 1909, 368. First eastern Middlesex, 1910, 279. Second eastern
Middlesex, 1913, 339. (See 1906, 195; 1908, 348.) Third eastern Middle-
sex, 1909, 366. Lowell, 1919, 219. Nantucket, 1913, 508. Newton, 1909,
217. Roxbury, 1908, 475; 1919, 127. West Roxbury, 1908, 395; 1911, 259;
1920, 282. First northern Worcester, 1906, 197. Clerical assistance in
connection with probation records, 1915, 254 § 2.
Sect. 68 repealed, 1904, 453 § 4. Provision for travelling expenses,
1904, 453 § 3; 1919, 362 § 3.
Sect. 69. Compensation of special justices: Dukes county, 1902, 309.
(See 1909, 504 § 48.)
Sect. 70. Compensation of assistant clerks pro tempore, 1906, 256.
Sect. 71. See 1907, 204.
Chapter 161. — Of Justices of the Peace and Trial Justices.
Expiration of the commissions of notaries public, justices of the peace
and special commissioners, 1917, 42 §§ 1, 2.
As to interchange of services among trial justices of the same county,
see 1918, 97.
Sect. 3. See 1912, 163; 1913, 563.
Sects. 6-10. See 1917, 326 §§ 10-12.
Sect. 6 revised, 1917, 326 § 1.
Sect. 6e^5cg. See 1919, 181.
Sect. 8. See 1908, 195, 469; 1914, 615.
Sects. 9, 10 revised, 1917, 326 § 1.
Sects. 11-13 repealed, 1917, 326 § 2.
Sect. 14 repealed, 1917, 326 § 2. (See 1902, 544 § 24.)
Sect. 15 repealed, 1917, 326 § 2.
Sect. 16 amended, 1917, 326 § 3.
Sect. 18 repealed, 1917, 326 § 2.
Sect. 19 repealed, 1917, 326 § 2. (See 1912, 649 § 7.)
Sects. 20-26 repealed, 1917, 326 § 2.
Sect. 28 revised, 1917, 326 § 4.
Sect. 30 et seq. See 1910, 316; 1915, 101.
Sect. 32 amended, 1918, 257 § 421.
Sect. 47 revised, 1918, 257 § 422.
Sect. 49 revised, 1917, 326 § 5.
Sect. 51 amended, 1917, 326 § 6.
Sect. 52 repealed, 1917, 326 § 2.
Sect. 53 amended, 1917, 326 § 7.
Sect. 56 amended, 1917, 326 § 8.
Sect. 58 repealed, 1917, 326 § 2.
Chaps. 162, 163.] REVISED LaWS. 947
Chapter 162. — Of Probate Courts.
Service, by registered mail, of citations from the probate court author-
ized, 1915, 24.
Ascertainment of the mental condition of persons coming before the
courts of the commonwealth, 1918, 153.
Appointment of guardian ad litem in proceedings to assess damages for
land takings and injuries, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 30.
Jurisdiction as to unclaimed deposits in savings banks, 1918, 257 § 369.
Probate appeals regulated and time for taking same abbreviated, 1919,
17, 274.
National flag to be displayed in courts of justice, 1919, 189.
Commission to investigate the judicature of the commonwealth, 1919, 223 ;
1920, 194.
Sect. 3. Jurisdiction extended, 1902, 371; 1903, 222, 248, 260; 1900,
129, 309, 508 §12; 1908, 75, 590 § 56; 1910,100,411; 1913,130; 1914,108;
1915, 28 § 2, 151 § 1 ; 1916, 198. (See 1912, 70; 1915, 23.)
Sect. 4. Court may proceed by habeas corpus to determine question of
care and custody of children in certain cases, 1902, 324.
Sect. 5 amended, 1910, 100; 1917, 126, 279 § 44. Affected, 1915, 151 § 1.
(See 1902, 538.)
Sects. 8-11 in part superseded, 1919, 274 § 10. (See 1919, 74, 333 § 30.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1919, 333 § 30. Affected, 1919, 17, 274.
Sects. 10, 11. See 1918, 257 § 401.
Sect. 11 revised, 1919, 333 § 31.
Sects. 13, 14 in part superseded, 1919, 274 § 10.
Sect. 17. Application extended, 1919, 274 § 12.
Sects. 18, 19 in part superseded, 1919, 274 § 10.
Sect. 19 amended, 1907, 266.
Sects. 25, 26, 28 in part superseded, 1919, 274 § 10.
Sect. 30. Service of citations by registered mail authorized, 1915, 24.
Sect. 33 superseded, 1915, 151 § 8.
Sect. 38 amended, 1907, 129.
Sects. 41, 42. See 1913, 815 § 8.
Sect. 46. Payment of appraisers' fees, 1915, 151 § 6.
Sect. 47 amended, 1905, 229.
Sect. 56. See 1911, 136.
Sect. 60. Changes in sessions: Barnstable, 1917, 38. Bristol, 1914,
88; 1916,73; 1918,123. Essex, 1908, 218. Franklin, 1919, 43. Hampden,
1905, 79; 1910, 262. Middlesex, 1907, 273; 1914, 134 (repealed, 1919, 7).
Worcester, 1908, 227.
Chapter 163. — Of Courts of Insolvency.
Sect. 2 amended, 1902, 544 § 25.
Sect. 57. See 1915, 151 § 6.
Sect. 113. See 1910, 559 § 3.
948 Changes in the [Chap. i64.
Sects. 122, 123. Certain deposits may be paid to the state treasurer,
1908, 168.
Sect. 130. See 1911, 339.
Sect. 136. See 1903, 415.
Chapter 164. — Of Judges and Registers' of Probate and Insolvency.
Retirement of judges, 1910, 540; 1918, 257 § 95; 1919, 301 § 7. (See
1906, 474.)
Registers of probate to give notice to state board of charity of filing of
instruments creating charitable funds, 1915, 14.
Tenure of registers of probate, after biennial state election in 1924, to
be six years, 1919, 269 §§ 20, 26.
Sects. 1, 2 amended, 1907, 442 §§ 1, 2; 1908, 541 §§ 1, 2. Special judges
in Berkshire and Hampden, 1908, 110 § 1. And Franklin and Hampshire,
1909, 166. (See 1908, 110 § 2.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1904,401 § 1; 1905,92; 1912,322; 1913,70. (See
1913, 211.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1904, 401 § 2; 1906, 59; 1908, 110 § 2; 1913, 211.
Sect. 8. See 1915, 151 § 6.
Sect. 10 ct seq. See 1913, 835 §§ 339, 391.
Sect. 11. See 1908, 195, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 257 § 90, 294.
Sect. 12 et seq. See 1907, 563 § 14; 1908, 268; 1909, 271, 490 IV § 14.
Sect 13 See 1915 24.
Sect! 14 amended, 1915, 26. (See 1915, 151 § 6.)
Sect. 15. See 1907, 225.
Sect. 16. See 1909,271; 1910,373.
Sect. 17 amended, 1904, 286 § 1; 1905, 323; 1907, 207 § 1, 442 § 3;
1908,231; 1909,248,494; 1910,266; 1912,332. (See 1914, 615; 1918,
257 § 90, 294.) Assistants mav be women in certain counties, 1904, 286 § 1 ;
1907, 207 §1,442 §3; 1908,231; 1909,248,494; 1912,332,498; 1916,264;
1918, 4.
Sect. 18. See 1920, 477.
. Sect. 20. See 1905, 323; 1908, 231.
Sect. 27 in part repealed. Salaries classified and established, 1904, 455
§§ 1, 3; 1906, 265; 1907, 207 § 1, 442 §§ 4, 5; 1908, 541 § 3; 1911, 668;
1912, .332, .584, .585; 1919, 353; 1920, 623, 626. (See 1906, 59; 1908, 110
§ 2.) Minimum salaries established, 1917, 336. (See 1918, 284, increasing
temporarily the salaries of certain judges, registers and assistant registers.)
Amendments: Bristol, 1911, 452; 1912, 160. Dukes, 1912, 378; 1914,
620; 1917, 336. Middlesex, 1912, 585, 654. Nantucket, 1912, 378; 1914,
620; 1917, 336. Norfolk, 1912, 585; 1915, 280. (See 1911, 710.) Suffolk,
1911, 445; 1912, 585; 1920, 477, 623, 626. Worcester, 1912, 584. (See
1907, 442 § 4.) Provisions for future readjustment of salaries, 1904, 455
§ 2. (See 1911, 668.) For retirement on pension, 1906, 474; 1910, 540.
Assistant registers: Berkshire, 1913, 791. (See 1904, 286 § 2; 1906, 265.)
Essex, 1910, 266. Middlesex, 1913, 791; 1916, 276 § 2; 1917, 214. (See
1905, 323 §1; 1909,494; 1910,503.) Norfolk, see 1911, 710. Plymouth,
cuAr. 165.] Revised Laws. 949
1912, 332. Suffolk, 1913, 791. Clerk of the register of probate, 1914, 483.
(See 1908,231; 1909,248.) Worcester, 1911, 73; 1912,498. (See 1909,
431.)
Sect. 28 amended, 1904, 286 § 3; 1908, 326, 328; 1914, 446, 663. (See
1909, 271 .) Limited, 1907, 207 § 2. In part repealed, 1909, 331 § 2. Cleri-
cal assistance for register of probate for Franklin county, 1915, 262.
Sect. 29 in part repealed, 1918, 161 § 2. Amount increased: Barnstable,
1914, 559; 1919, 236. Berkshire, 1904, 286 § 3; 1908, 328; 1914, 663;
1919, 236; 1920, 594. Bristol, 1902, 412; 1908, 327; 1912, 353; 1916,
169; 1919, 310. Essex, 1904, 281; 1908, 374; 1916, 125; 1920, 594.
Franklin, 1909, 331 § 1; 1919, 236. Hampden, 1910, 335; 1^14, 359;
1917, 123; 1919, 236; 1920, 594. (See 1907, 206.) Hampshire, 1908,
326; 1919, 236; 1920, 602. Middlesex, 1913, 386; 1916, 276 § 1; 1917,
95; 1919, 59, 236; 1920, 594. (See 1904, 387; 1909, 353; 1915, 41.)
Norfolk, 1905, 183; 1914, 446; 1918, 140; 1920, 594. Plymouth, 1904,
219; 1908, 319. SuflFolk, 1908, 396; 1918, 161; 1919, 236; 1920, 594.
(See 1909, 271.) Worcester, 1909, 384; 1910, 329; 1919, 236.
Sect. 32. See 1904, 401 § 2; 1905, 92; 1906, 59.
Sect. 33 amended, 1906, 149; 1912, 658. (See 1919, 42.) Allowance for
uniform, 1904, 272.
Sects. 33-35 affected, 1920, 494.
Sect. 34 revised, 1911, 302. Court officer for Plymouth, 1913, 616;
1920, 383.
Sect. 35 amended, 1917, 253 § 1; 1918, 166; 1919, 228, 372. (See
1906, 193.)
Chapter 165. — Of Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts.
Tenure of clerks of courts, after biennial state election in 1922, to be six
years, 1919, 269 §§ 19, 26.
Clerks of the superior court authorized to admit prisoners to bail, 1914,
390.
Practice of law by corporations prohibited, 1916, 292; 1917, 168.
Use of facsimile signatures by clerks and assistant clerks of police, dis-
trict and municipal courts, 1917, 66. By clerks and assistant clerks of the
Boston juvenile court, 1918, 45.
Records relative to standing of attorneys at law, 1919, 71.
Clerks of superior court may maintain offices in certain cities and towns,
1919, 156.
Appointment of deputy assistant clerks of courts authorized, 1919,
246.
Taking of affidavits by clerks and assistant clerks of courts, 1920, 209.
Sect. 1. See 1913, 835 §§ 339, 391.
Sect. 2. See 1909, 271; 1910, 370,373, 376; 1912, 159; 1913, 191; 1917,
66; 1918, 259 § 11 (notice of conviction to licensing authority); 1919, 71.
Sect. 4 amended, 1917, 44 § 3.
Sects. 4-7. Assistant clerks: Barnstable, 1917, 100. Essex, 1917, 134.
(See 1907, 253.) Hampden, 1917, 44. Middlesex, 1903, 137; 1919,. 265.
950 ChAIs^GES in the [Chap. 165.
Plymouth, 1910, 188. Suffolk superior, 1903, 472 § 3; 1906, 276; 1919, 251.
Suffolk supreme, 1919, 356 § 8. Worcester, 1904, 287; 1912, 547 § 1.
Sect. 7. Assistant may be a woman, 1907, 234. In part repealed, 1912,
547 § 2.
Sect.' 12. See 1908, 195, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 257 § 90, 294.
Sect. 14. See 1919, 71, 156.
Sect. 15 amended, 1907, 145 § 1. (See 1919, 71.)
Sect. 17 c^ seq. Clerks to make certain annual returns to secretary of
the commonwealth, 1905, 321. Clerks to make reports of certain convic-
tions to the board of registration in medicine, 1916, 304. To licensing
authority, of convictions under act relative to the licensing, inspection
and regulation of hotels and private lodging houses, 1918, 259 § 11. Clerks
to give notice of defaults, 1917, 227.
Sect. 20 amended, 1910, 94.
Sect. 25 revised, 1917, 206.
Sect. 31 amended, 1908, 253; 1916, 177. Affected, 1910, 370; 1916, 38.
(See 1909, 271.)
Sect. 33 amended, 1909, 165; 1918, 287 § 1.
Sect. 34 superseded. Salaries classified and established, 1904, 451 §§ 1,
2; 1911,299; 1915,245; 1918,287; 1919, 356 §§ 1, 4, 6, 7. (See 1902, 462.)
Changes, 1905, 179.
Provision for pension for certain court officers, 1909, 398; 1910. 459;
1912, 722.
Sect. 35 superseded. Salaries classified and established, 1904, 451 §§ 1,
3; 1907, 145 § 2, 253; 1918, 287; 1919, 356 §§ 2-8. Bristol, 1914, 405;
1919, 209. Hampden, 1911, 174. (See 1902, 358, 499, 513; 1903, 137,
472 § 3.) Middlesex, 1911, 382. fSee 1909, 232; 1916, 282.) Norfolk,
1913, 747. Suffolk superior, 1902, 499; 1905, 380; 1906, 276; 1917, 273;
1920, 489. Suffolk supreme, 1919, 347 § 1. Bi-weekly payments, 1908,
259. Minimum salaries estabhshed, 1912, 219.
Sects. 37, 38. See 1904, 258, 331 ; 1906, 196, 197, 228, 289, 366, 449
§ 2; 1908, 351, 395, 440, 458, 475; 1909, 3(>4, 365, 368; 1910, 224, 253,
279; 1911, 259, 454; 1912, 315, 336, 499; 1913, 526.
Sect. 38. Provision for certain incidental expenses of the superior
court, 1907, 80.
Sects. 39^1. See 1918, 217.
Sects. 40, 41 revised, 1904. 355 §§ 1, 2; 1914,670; 1915,249. (See 1907,
443; 1909, 49; 1916, 292.) Collection agencies regulated, 1910, 656; 1919,
101.
Sect. 41 et seq. See 1919, 71.
Sect. 43 revised, 1904, 355 § 3.
Sect. 44 amended, 1919, 260.
Sect. 44 et seq. See 1904, 458 § 5; 1907, 443.
Sect. 45 superseded, 1914, 432.
Sect. 48. See 1907, 490.
Sect. 52 amended, 1904, 348; 1914,411; 1915,304; 1916,70. May act
in any county, 1906, 187. (See 1905, 110; 1906, 180; 1909, 235.)
Sect. 54 amended, 1918, 257 § 423.
Chaps 166, 167.] REVISED LawS. 951
Sect. 55 amended, 1914, 576 § 2.
Sect. 55 et seq. Appointment of auditors in petitions to assess damages
for takings and injuries of property, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 22.
Sects. 55-60. Relative to discontinuance or non-suit after reference to
an auditor, 1914, 576 § 1.
Sect. 57 amended, 1914, 576 § 3.
Sect. 59 amended, 1914, 576 § 4.
Sect. 60 amended, 1911, 237.
Sect. 61 amended, 1914, 576 § 5.
Sect. 63 amended, 1908, 358 § 1.
Sect. 67 superseded, 1909, 230; 1920, 540. (See 1908, 358 § 2.)
Sect. 68 et seq. See 1913, 501; 1918, 201.
Sect. 69 revised, 1917, 335 § 1. Affected, 1919, 267 § 1. (See 1907, 133.)
Officers may serve venires and processes in certain cases, 1907, 312.
Sects. 69-73 affected, 1920, 494.
Sect. 72 et seq. Tenure of office, 1906, 147; 1911, 322; 1912, 134;
1913,501; 1918,201. (See 1919, 267 § 2.)
Sect. 73 amended, 1911, 302, 322. (See 1916, 133; 1917,320; 1920,285.)
Sect. 74 affected, 1916, 39; 1917, 71; 1920, 213 § 5.
Sects. 74, 77, 78. See 1911, 322.
Sect. 75 affected, 1917, 298.
Sect. 76 revised, 1917, 335 § 2. Affected, 1919, 347 § 2; 1920, 213 § 3.
(See 1906, 470; 1907, 459; 1919, 267 § 2; 1920, 285.)
Sects. 77, 78 extended, 1920, 213 § 5.
Sect. 80 amended, 1915, 142 § 1, 295 § 1.
Sect. 81 amended, 1904, 145.
Sect. 82 amended, 1918, 257 § 424.
Sect. 83 revised, 1912, 289. (See 1914, 759; 1919, 274 § 13.)
Sects. 83-88. See 1919, 242.
Sect. 88 affected, 1914, 759. Salaries of stenographers established, 1919,
357. Amended, 1915, 142 § 2, 295 § 2. (See 1908, 177; 1913, 674.)
Chapter 166. — Of Provisions relative to Courts and of Naturalization.
Granting of injunctions and restraining orders, 1913, 515, 840; 1914, 778.
(Held unconstitutional in 224 Mass. 152.)
Sect. 1. See 1911, 339; 1912, 159; 1914, 778.
Sect. 2. See 1914 126.
Sect! 5. See 1907', 204; 1910, 473; 1911, 136.
Sect. 14 et seq. See 1911, 68, 254, 483; 1912, 159, 606, 712; 1913, 390;
1917,321; 1919, 100.
Sect. 18. See 1903, 442; 1906, 527.
Sect. 21. New section added, 1905, 340.
Chapter 167. — Of the Commencement of Actions and the Service of Process.
Fees for service of civil process, 1913, 611.
Certain non-residents required to appKjint agents upon whom service of
legal process may be made, 1908, 528.
952 ChAJ!«^GES in THB [Chap. 167.
Venue of actions brought to recover for certain injuries or damages, 1^)4,
320; 1909, 514 § 145; 1910, 63 § 1.
Suits against voluntary associations created by written instruments or
declarations of trust, 1916, 184.
Commission to investigate the judicature of the conounonwealth, 1919,
223; 1920, 194.
New procetlure established for the hearing and determination of small
claims, 1920, 553.
Unjust, unreasonable and oppressive agreements for payment of domestic
rents unenforceable bv action, 1920, 578.
Sect. 1. See 1904,^320; 1909, 514 § 145; 1910, 63 §1; 1911,339; 1915,
146 § 3.
Sect. 2 amended, 1913, 644. (See 1906, 201, 269; 1907, 332; 1911, 70;
1915, 146 § 3.)
Sect. 3. See 1909 33.
Sect.' Q. See 1904,' 320; 1909, 514 § 145; 1910, 63 § 1.
Sects. 7, 10, 11. See 1915, 146 § 3.
Sect. 24. See 1907, 176, 204.
Sect. 25 amended, 1908, 338.
Sects. 26-37. See 1916, 174.
Sect. 27. See 1906, 201.
Sect. 28 amended, 1906, 201 ; 1920, 591 § 2. (See 1906, 269; 1907, 332;
1911, 70.)
Sects. 30-33 affected, 1909, 116.
Sects. 34-37. See 1906, 269, 372; 1908. 528.
Sect. 35 repealed and superseded, 1920, 591 § 2. (See R. L. 167, 189;
1913, 309.)
Sect. 36 extended to certain foreign corporations, 1907, 332; 1913, 257.
(See 1908, 528; 1911, 70; 1914, 626.)
Sect. 38 et seq. Attachment of propertv of deceased persons is restricted ,
1907, 553. (See 1911, 751 II § 21; 1913,^832 § 8.)
Sect. 39 in part repealed, 1906, 463 I §§ 61, 68.
Sect. 55. See 1920, 344.
Sect. 56 amended, 1907, 546 § 2.
Sect. 59. See 1907, 334; 1912, 459.
Sect. 60 superseded, 1913, 611 §§ 1, 18.
Sect. 61 in part repealed and superseded, 1920, 495.
Sect. 62 amended, 1907, 370.
Sect. 63 amended, 1918, 257 § 425.
Sects. 66-68 repealed, 1910, 531 § 1. (See 1910, 171 § 13, 214 §§ 24,
33.)
Sect. 69. See 1907, 490.
Sect. 80 amended, 1907, 453.
Sect. 82. See 1912, 271.
Sect. 110 amended, 1909, 190.
Sect. Ill et seq. Provisions against unauthorized dissolutions, 1907,
334; 1912,459.
Sect. 112 amended, 1913, 305.
Chaps. 168-170.] REVISED LaWS. 953
Sects. 116, 117, 121-123. See 1905, 110; 1906, 187; 1909, 235; 1914,
371.
Sect. 117 amended, 1907, 393.
Sect. 118 amended, 1911, 150.
Sect. 119. See 1914, 371.
Sect. 121 amended, 1916, 148; 1918, 257 § 426.
Sects. 121,122. See 1906, 187; 1907,490; 1909,237; 1911,150; 1914,
371.
Sect. 122 amended, 1911, 150.
Chapter 168. — Of Arrest on Civil Process.
Sect. 1 revised, 1916, 272 § 1; 1918, 257 § 427. (See 1910, 480.)
Sect. 2 repealed, 1916, 272 § 2.
Sect. 4 revised, 1916, 272 § 3.
Sects. 6, 7. Demand on female judgment debtors abolished, 1909, 119.
Sects. 8-10 amended, 1911, 192 §§ 1-3. (See 1911, 192 § 5.)
Sects. 10, 13, 21, 26. See 1910, 316.
Sect. 11 amended, 1919, 333 § 32.
Sect. 17 amended, 1920, 378.
Sect. 20 amended, 1906, 203 § 1; 1914, 429.
Sect. 27 amended, 1911, 192 § 4. (See 1911, 192 § 5.)
Sect. 28A. New section added, 1919, 333 § 33.
Sect. 33. See 1909, 490 II § 29.
Sect. 38 amended, 1915, 9.
Sect. 41 amended, 1906, 203 § 2.
Sects. 47, 48 affected, 1919, 333 § 32.
Sect. 73 amended, 1910, 84.
Sect. 75 amended, 1911, 150.
Sect. 76 superseded, 1913, 611 §§ 1, 18.
Sect. 78. See 1910, 370.
Sect. 80 re\ased, 1913, 471 § 5.
Sect. 81 amended, 1913, 471 § 6. Affected, 1919, 333 § 32.
Sect. 84 amended, 1918, 257 § 428.
Sect. 86 revised, 1913, 471 § 7.
Chapter 169. — Of Bail.
Clerks of the superior court authorized to admit prisoners to bail, 1914,
390.
Suspension of right to bail in criminal cases in time of war, 1917, 342 § 21.
Sect. 4 amended, 1911, 150. (See 1909, 235.)
Chapter 170. — Of Proceedings against Absent Defendants and upon In-
sufficient Service.
Sect. 1. See 1906, 269, 372: 1907, 332; 1908, 528; 1912, 649 § 1.
Sect. 4. See 1917, 342 §§ 19, 20.
Sect. 9 amended, 1918, 257 § 429.
954 Changes in the [Chaps. 171-173.
Chapter 171. — Of the Survival of Actions and of the Death and Disabili-
ties of Parties.
Proof of contributory negligence in actions for damages for injury or
death, 1914, 553.
Legatees or creditors may enforce claims in favor of the estate where
the executor or administrator fails to act, 1915, 151 § 7.
Sect. 1. See 1914, 126; 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 21.
Sect. 2 amended, 1907, 375; 1911, 31. (See 1913, 290.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1919, 333 § 34.
Sect. 16. See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 21.
Chapter 172. — Of Actions by and against Executors and Administrators.
Suits against executors and administrators, 1911, 147.
Legatees or creditors may enforce claims in favor of the estate where the
executor or administrator fails to act, 1915, 151 § 7.
Chapter 173. — Of Pleading and Practice.
Legal procedure simplified, 1913, 716; 1914, 35 § 1 ; 1918, 257 § 431 ; 1919,
274 §4; 1920,553.
Proof of contributory negligence in actions for damages for injuries,
1914, 553.
Filing interrogatories in civil actions, 1913, 815; 1919, 333 §§ 21, 22.
(See 1917, 194.)
Jurisdiction and procedure in the municipal court for the city of Boston,
1912, 649; 1913, 430, 716; 1914, 35, 371, 409; 1918, 257 § 434; 1920, 553.
Pleadings and proofs in suits to recover for merchandise sold or work
done, 1917, 194.
As to pleading, procedure and evidence in petitions to assess damages for
land taken by eminent domain and in betterment proceedings, see 1918,
257 §§ 187, subsect. 14 et seq., 219, subsect. 8 ct scq.; 1919, 333 § 21.
Commission to investigate the judicature of the commonwealth, 1919,
223; 1920, 194.
New procedure established for the hearing and determination of small
claims, 1920, 553.
Unjust, unreasonable and oppressive agreements for payment of domestic
rents unenforceable by action, 1920, 578.
Sect. 2 el seq. See 1905, 266; 1912, 649 § 4.
Sect. 3 amended, 1919, 333 § 35.
Sect 5 See 1911 147.
Sect! Q et seq. See 1914, 553; 1915, 146 § 2; 1917, 194.
Sect. 10 revised, 1919, 333 § 36.
Sect. 12. See 1915, 146 § 2.
Sects. 16, 24, 27, 28. See 1914, 553.
Sect. 28 amended, 1913, 307.
Sects. 29, 30. See 1915, 146 § 2.
Sect. 32 amended, 1918, 257 § 430.
Chaps. 17-t, 175.] REVISED LaWS. 955
Sect. 37. See 1910 370.
Sect. 38 superseded, 1913, 228. (See 1907, 582 §§ 1, 18; 1909, 227;
1912, 649 § 1 ; 1918, 257 § 409.)
Sect. 39 et scq. See 1909, 183.
Sect. 48. See 1905, 266.
Sect. 52 amended, 1911, 275.
Sect. 54 amended, 1917, 101. (See 1917, 227, 342 §§ 18, 20.)
Sect. 55 revised, 1911, 305. (See 1905, 271; 1910, 538; 1913, 68.)
Sects. 57-67 repealed, 1913, 815 § 9. (See 1909, 206, 225; 1911, 593;
1912, 276; 1917, 194.)
Sect. 76 repealed, 1906, 342 § 1.
Sect. 77. See 1917, 342 §§ 18, 20.
Sect. 79 amended, 1911, 497.
Sect. 81 repealed, 1912, 542. (See 1904, 448 § 9; 1905, 286.)
Sects. 90, 91. See 1918, 111, as to information given in good faith
by physicians and surgeons relative to venereal diseases.
Sect. 96 amended, 1906, 342 § 2; 1910, 555 § 4. Revised, 1918, 257
§ 432. (See 1912, 649 § 9; 1914, 35 § 4.)
Sect. 97 amended, 1906, 451; 1910, 534 § 1. (See 1911, 175.)
Sect. 97 et seq. See 1912, 649 §§ 2-9; 1914, 35 §§ 2^, 409.
Sect. 98 amended, 1910, 534 § 2.
Sect. 99 amended, 1910, 534 § 3.
Sect. 105 amended, 1910, 555 § 5; 1917, 345. (See 1913, 716 §§ 2-5;
1914, 35 § 1.)
Sect. 106 amended, 1906, 342 § 3; 1911, 212.
Sects. 106-111. Acts relative to exceptions in certain cases, 1906, 342
§ 3; 1908, 177, 516; 1909, 236; 1911, 212, 497, 501.
Sect. 108 amended, 1912, 317.
Sects. 112,113. See 1909,236 §3; 1911,501; 1913, 716 § 1; 1914,35 § 1.
Sect. 115 amended, 1915, 111; 1918, 257 § 433.
Sect. 116 amended, 1907, 546 § 1.
Sect. 120 superseded, 1915, 185.
Sect. 123. See 1911, 147.
Sect. 130. See 1915, 146.
Chapter 174. — Of Set-Ofl and Tender.
Sect. 3. See 1908, 590 § 49.
Sect. 14. See 1904, 317; 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 39.
Chapter 175. — Of Witnesses and Evidence.
Admission, as evidence, of accounts kept in regular course of business,
1913, 288.
Assessors' valuation as evidence of value of real estate, 1913, 401 ; 1915,
281; 1919, 297.
Compulsory attendance and testimony of witnesses in certain investiga-
tions held by the attorney-general, 1917,318; by the special commission on
the necessaries of life, 1919, 341 § 2.
956 Changes in the [Chaps. i76, 177.
Use as evidence of copies from the records, books and accounts of trust
companies and national banks, 1918, 98.
Ascertainment of the mental condition of persons coming before the
courts of the commonwealth, 1918, 153.
New procedure established for hearing and determination of small claims,
1920, 553.
Attested copies of record by city and town clerks of discharge papers of
soldiers, etc., admissible in evidence, 1920, 467.
Sect. 4 amended, 1918, 257 § 435.
Sect. 8 amended, 1907, 328; 1913, 85; 1916, 31. Extended, 1917, 218
§2.
Sects. 8-11. See 1920, 619 § 16.
Sects. 9, 10 extended, 1917, 218 § 2.
Sect. 10 ct seq. See 1904, 343 § 2; 1908, 604 § 72.
Sect 20 afPected 1912 325.
Sect. 21 superseded, 1920, 120. (See 1913, 81; 1914, 406; 1919, 268.)
Sec^. 23 revised, 1918, 257 § 436.
Sects. 27-30. See 1909, 237; 1911, 150.
Sect. 42. See 1917, 342 § 13.
Sect. 43. See 1912, 719 § 9.
Sect. 74. See 1905, 330 § 2; 1907, 225; 1908, 269.
Chapter 176. — Of Juries.
Juries and jury service, 1907, 348. (See 1909, 504 § 79.)
Selection and impaneling of jurors in commitments of insane persons,
1919, 333 § 6.
Waiver of jury trial under new procedure for hearing and determination
of small claims, 1920, 553 § 2.
Sect. 1. See 1917, 327 § 64; 1920, 199 (jury exemption for soldiers,
etc.).
Sect. 3 amended, 1904, 307; 1906, 257.
Sect. 4 amended, 1907, 348 §§ 1-4.
Sect. 5 revised, 1907, 348 § 5.
Sect. 6 amended, 1907, 348 § 6.
Sect. 7 amended, 1907, 348 § 7.
Sect. 8 amended, 1907, 348 § 8.
Sect. 11. See 1907, 312.
Sect. 17 amended, 1919, 333 § 19.
Sect. 36 et seq. See 1907, 348 §§ 2, 3.
Chapter 177. — Of Judgment and Execution.
Notice of entry of judgment in certain cases in police, district and munici-
pal courts, 1918, 89.
New procedure established for hearing and determination of small claims,
1920, 553.
Sect. 1 amended, 1912, 190.
Chaps. 178-182.] REVISED LaWS. 957
Sect. 2. See 1907, 204; 1910, 473.
Sect. 8. See 1902, 521 § 1 (17); 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 37.
Sect. 11. See 1915, 151 § 7.
Sect. 18 amended, 1914, 54 § 1.
Sect. 22. See 1912, 360.
Sect. 23 amended, 1914, 54 § 2.
Sect. 34. See 1913, 832 § 8.
Sect. 37 superseded, 1915, 131.
Sects. 46-51 repealed, 1910, 531 § 1. (See 1909, 490 II § 24.)
Sect. 52. See 1912, 360.
Chapter 178. — Of the Levy of Executions on Land.
Sect. 4 amended, 1920, 344.
Sect. 6 superseded, 1913, 611 §§ 1, 18.
Sect. 28 affected, 1912, 360. Amended, 1915, 127.
Sect. 46 amended, 1914, 318.
Sect. 48. See 1915, 28 § 1.
Sect. 53 amended, 1914, 436. (See 1912, 360.)
Chapter 179. — Of the Writ of Entry.
Prosecution of writs of entry against the commonwealth authorized,
1913, 624.
Jurisdiction of writs of entry transferred to the land court, 1904, 448 § 1 ;
1906, 50. (See 1905, 195, 249, 288, 291; 1906, 344; 1909, 160; 1911, 433.)
Sect. 7. See 1905, 266.
Sects. 32-34 revised, 1918, 257 § 437.
Chapter 181. — Of the Summary Process for the Possession of Land.
Termination of tenancies at will, 1919, 257; 1920, 538.
Discretionary stay of proceedings in actions of summary process to re-
cover possession of dwellings, 1920, 577.
Sect. 1 amended, 1914, 146.
Sect. 2 affected, 1915, 146 § 1.
Sect. 4. See 1907, 490.
Chapter 182. — Of Proceedings for the Settlement of Title of Land.
Sects. 1-5, 11-15. Jurisdiction transferred to the land court, 1904, 448
§ 1; 1905, 249 § 4. (See 1905, 249, 288, 291: 1906, 50, 344; 1909, 160;
1911, 433.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1918, 257 § 438.
Sects. 11-14 affected, 1915, 112. (See 1913, 533.)
Sect. 15 revised, 1913, 533. (See 1907, 294; 1908, 149; 1909, 160, 198.)
958 Changes in the [Chaps. 183-190.
Chapter 183. — Of the Determination of Boundaries of Flats.
Sect. 1 amended, 1906, 50 § 1.
Sect. 2. See 1906, 50 § 2.
Qhapter 184. — Of the Partition of Land.
Chapter repealed and superseded, 1917, 279; 1919, 274 § 11. (See 1902,
544 § 26; 1907, 361; 1912, 135; 1915, 151 § 6.)
Partition by guardians, 1918, 257 § 395.
Appeals in probate proceedings regulated, 1919, 17, 274.
Chapter 185. — Of Waste and Trespass.
Sect. 9. See 1911, 339.
Chapter 187. — Of the Foreclosure and Redemption of Mortgages.
Short form of mortgages, etc., 1912, 502.
Acts relative to the discharge of mortgages, 1907, 294; 1908, 149; 1909,
160, 198. (See 1912, 502 §§ 7-12.)
Sect. 14 amended, 1906, 219 § 1. Revised, 1918, 257 § 439. (See
1909, 198.) Affected, 1912, 360.
Sect. 15 amended, 1906, 219 § 2. (See 1909, 160.)
Sect. 20. See 1918, 289 § 16.
Sect. 37. See 1907, 294; 1909, 160.
Chapter 188. — Of Informations by the Commonwealth.
Sect. 2 amended, 1919, 305.
Chapter 189. — Of the Trustee Process.
New procedure established for the hearing and determination of small
claims, 1920, 553.
Sect. 1 extended, 1906, 269; 1911, 70. (See 1912, 649 § 1.)
Sect. 5. See 1913, 309, 611 § 1.
Sect. 6. See 1906, 201.
Sect. 19. See 1905, 324; 1910, 214 §§ 24, 33, 559 § 3.
Sect. 27. See 1910, 559 § 3.
Sect. 34 superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 125, 145; 1910, 563; 1911, 727 § 22;
1912, 675 § 6. (See 1905, 308; 1906, 390; 1908, 605 §§ 7, 8; 1909, 278,
317; 1911, 751 II § 21; 1913, 347, 638, 832 § 8.)
Sect. 65. See 1905, 110; 1906, 187; 1911, 150; 1914, 371.
Chapter 190. — Of the Replevin of Property.
Recovery of personal property held under a lien, 1920, 590.
Sect. 8 et seq. Affected, 1920, 590.
Sect. 9 affected, 1920, 590, §§ 5-6.
Chaps. 191-197.] REVISED LAWS. 959
Sect. 17 amended, 1911, 150.
Sect. 19 amended, 1918, 257 § 440.
Sect. 22 repealed, 1918, 257 § 441.
Sect. 23 amended, 1918, 257 § 442.
Chapter 191. — Of Habeas Corpus.
Provision for issue of writ of habeas carpus in cases of divorce, nullity of
marriage, separate support or care and custody of children, 1902, 324.
Sects. 35^7 repealed, 1918, 257 § 443.
Sect. 48. See 1908, 286.
Chapter 192. — Of Audita Querela, Certiorari, Mandamus and Quo War-
ranto.
Sects. 1,4, 8. See 1911, 339.
Sect. 4 amended, 1902, 544 § 27.
Chapter 193. — Of the Writ of Error, of Vacating Judgment and of the Writ
of Review.
Sect. 21 et seq. See 1917, 342 §§ 18, 20.
Chapter 196. — Of the Improvement of Meadows and Swamps.
See 1913, 633, 759; 1914, 596; 1917, 212; 1918, 289; 1919, 98, 350
§§ 36-38, 96-98.
Sect. 17 revised, 1918, 257 § 196.
Sect. 18 revised, 1918, 257 § 197.
Sect. 19 amended, 1918, 257 § 198.
Sect. 20 revised, 1918, 257 § 199.
Sect. 21 revised, 1918, 257 § 200.
Sect. 22 revised, 1918, 257 § 201.
Sect. 25 revised, 1918, 257 § 202.
Chapter 196. — Of Mills, Dams and Reservoirs.
Chapter 196 is specifically exempted from the provisions of 1918, 257
§ 187, relating to takings by eminent domain, etc., see subsect. 46.
Improvement of certain low lands, 1918, 289 §§ 11, 17, 18.
Sect. 4 amended, 1905, 259.
Sect. 16. See 1912, 360.
Sect. 30. See 1905, 266.
Chapter 197. — Of Liens on Buildings and Land.
Chapter revived as to liens acquired prior to January 1, 1916, 1916, 163.
And as to labor or materials furnished under an agreement made prior to
January 1,1916, 1917,213.
Sects. 1-7 repealed and superseded, 1915, 292; 1916, 306; 1918, 257
§ 444, 265.
960 Changes in the [Chaps. 198-201.
Sect. 8. See 1915, 292 §§ 4, 12; 1916, 306 § 3; 1918, 265.
Sects. 9-14 repealed and superseded, 1915, 292; 1916, 306; 1918, 257
§ 444, 265. (See 1908, 127; 1912, 649 § 1; 1913, 611 §§ 1, 18.)
Sect. 23 affected, 1915, 151 § 7.
Sects. 25-31 repealed and superseded, 1915, 292; 1916, 306; 1918, 257
§ 444, 265. (See 1906, 223; 1907, 490 § 1; 1909, 237 § 1; 1911, 150;
1914, 371.)
Chapter 198. — Of Mortgages, Conditional Sales and Pledges of, and Liens
upon, Personal Property.
Sale of merchandise in bulk, 1903, 415.
Provisions for dissolution of certain liens, 1907, 490.
Uniform sales act, 1908, 237 §§ 13 cl. 4, 20, 52-62.
Uniform warehouse receipt act, 1907, 582 §§ 28-37, 47.
Uniform bill of lading act, 1910, 214 §§ 26, 37, 40, 42, 43.
Chapter applies to bills of sale of personal property intended as security,
1913, 656; 1915, 226 § 2.
Act relative to bonds given to dissolve attachments made in actions in
the Boston municipal court, 1914, 371.
As to conditional sales of heating apparatus, plumbing goods, ranges,
etc., see 1918, 257 § 382.
Sect. 1 amended, 1915, 226 § 1.
Sects. 5, 8. See 1911, 727 § 15.
Sect. 6. See 1912, 271.
Sect. 8. See 1910, 171 § 13, 214 §§ 37, 39.
Sects. 11-13 affected, 1920, 590 § 7. (See 1912, 271.)
Sects. 14-30. See 1920, 590, relative to recovery of personal property
held under a lien.
Sects. 23-26. See 1907, 490.
Sects. 23-30. See 1912, 649 § 1; 1913, 300.
Sect. 28. See 1904, 242; 1911, 129.
Chapter 199. — Of Recognizances for Debts.
Sect. 10. See 1911, 150.
Chapter 200. — Of Seizing and Libelling Forfeited Property.
Sect. 3 revised, 1918, 257 § 445.
Sect. 13. See 1913, 569 § 4;' 1914, 281 § 3.
Chapter 201. — Of Claims against the Commonwealth.
Damages and other expenses incident to the use of United States ships
loaned to the commonwealth to be paid from annual appropriations for
such ships allowed, 1916, 10.
Abatement of legacy and succession taxes illegally exacted, 1919, 146.
(See 1920, 462.)
Chaps. 202-204.] REVISED LaWS. 961
Sect. 1 amended, 1905, 370 § 1. (See 1907, 340 § 2; 1908, 590 § 57;
1912, 70; 1913, 68, 624.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1910, 645. (See 1905, 370 § 2; 1908, 288; 1909, 204;
1910, 555 § 3.)
Sect. 3. See 1918, 257 § 187, subseet. 22; 1919, 333 § 21.
Chapter 202. — Of the Limitation of Actions.
Provision deducting from the period of limitation the time of absence
from the commonwealth of any person engaged in the military or naval
service of the United States, 19i7, 342 §§ 17, 20.
In eminent domain proceedings, 1918, 257 § 187, subsects. 7-19.
In proceedings for abatement of betterment assessments, 1918, 257 § 219,
subseet. 7 et seq.
Sect. 4 amended, 1902,406; 1913,435. (See 1905,266; 1911,147; 1914,
126.)
Chapter 203. — Of Costs in Civil Actions.
New procedure for hearing and determination of small claims as affecting
costs, 1920, 553, § 1.
Sect. 1. See 1902, 253, 298; 1904, 350; 1906, 463 I § 30 rf seq.; 1912,
382.
Sect. 26 amended, 1904, 413. Provisions to apply in case of appeals
from municipal court of city of Boston, 1914, 35 § 4.
Chapter 204. — Of the Fees of Certain Officers.
Fees and expenses of officers incurred in the prosecution of certain offenders
in respect to railroad property, 1914, 745.
New procedure for hearing and determination of small claims as dis-
pensing with certain fees. (See 1920, 553 § 1.)
Sect. 2 amended, 1904, 350 § 1; 1909, 186; 1913, 38 § 1. (See 1913,
563.)
Sect. 2 et seq. Fees to be paid into county treasury, 1904, 453 § 5.
Sect. 5 repealed, 1917, 326 § 2. (See 1913, 38 § 2.)
Sect. 6 amended, 1902, 253; 1904, 350 § 2; 1912, 382.
Sect. 10 superseded, 1913, 611 §§ 1, 18. (See 1907, 327; 1910, 248.)
Sects. 11, 12 superseded, 1913, 611 §§ 1, 3, 18. (See 1905, 336 § 1; 1912,
184.)
Sect. 13. See 1914, 745.
Sect. 14 amended, 1910, 3.17. (See 1914, 745.)
Sect. 15 superseded, 1913, 611 §§ 6, 18.
Sect. 17 repealed and superseded, 1919, 112. (See 1903, 256; 1908, 353.)
Sect. 21 revised, 1920, 207.
Sects. 21, 39, 44. See 1907, 158.
Sect. 23. Payment of appraisers' fees, 1915, 151 § 6.
Sect. 24. See 1912, 648; 1914, 673; 1916, 109; 1920, 534.
Sect. 25 amended, 1908, 121; 1911, 736 § 5; 1919, 168 § 2.
Sects. 27, 28 affected, 1920, 598 § 8.
962 Changes in the [Chaps. 205-207.
Sect. 29 amended, 1908, 365; 1910, 273; 1920, 495 § 1, 587. (See 1907,
294; 1908, 372 § 2; 1909, 160; 1912, 502 § 25.)
Sect. 33. See 1913, 611 § 16.
Sects. 37, 38 superseded, 1913, 611 §§ 14, 15, 18.
Sect. 39. See 1907, 327; 1910, 248.
Sect. 43. See 1910, 248.
Sect. 46. See 1914, 745.
Sect. 47 amended, 1910, 311.
Chapter 205. — Of the Rights of Persons accused of Crime.
Examination of persons arrested for criminal offences, 1913, 236, 728.
Sheriff of any county except Suffolk may remove prisoners to and from
jail and house of correction, 1909, 312.
Sect. 1. See 1906, 293.
Sect. 4. Male and female prisoners not to be placed in same dock at
same time in certain cases, 1904, 218.
Chapter 206. — Of Crimes against the Sovereignty of the Commonwealth.
Uniform of the United States protected, 1911, 460.
Carrying or displaying of certain flags, 1913, 678, 818; 1914, 570; 1915,
255; 1916, 36.
Parading of foreign troops authorized in certain cases, 1906, 198.
Recruiting button sanctioned and its use regulated, 1917, 197.
Rendition of "Star Spangled Banner," 1917, 311.
Penalty for misuse of representation of arms or great seal of the com-
monwealth, 1918, 257 § 1.
Certain acts of anarchy made punishable, 1919, 191.
Unlawful keeping of bombs and explosives, 1919, 323.
Sect. 5 amended, 1913, 464, 604; 1914, 570; 1917, 265. Limited, 1916,
36; 1917, 289. (See 1907, 232 § 2; 1908, 229; 1909, 60; 1915, 37.)
Chapter 207. — Of Crimes against the Person.
Use of hatpins regulated, 1913, 256.
Sale of wood and denatured alcohol regulated, 1905, 220; 1919, 360; of
articles of food, 1920, 402.
Unreasonable neglect to support wife and minor children made punish-
able, 1906, 501; 1909, ISO. (See 1915, 163.) Throwing glass in highway,
1913, 214; 1914, 76.
False imprisonment or false arrest, 1914, 126.
Certain acts of anarchy made punishable, 1919, 191.
Unlawful keeping of bombs and explosives, 1919, 323.
Eavesdropping defined and penalized, 1920, 558.
Sects. 9-12 limited, 1920, 619 § 22.
Sect. 17 amended, 1911, 84.
Sect. 21 amended, 1918, 257 § 446.
Sect. 28. See 1906, 386 §§ 2-4.
Chap. 208.] REVISED LawS. 963
Chapter 208. — Of Crimes against Property.
Sale and lease of machinery, tools, implements and appliances, 1907, 469.
Provision for protection of property, etc., used by commissioners on
fisheries and game, 1906, 327.
Stealing tools of mechanics, etc., is made punishable, 1907, 500 § 1.
Detaining of persons for breaking or entering places in which poultry
are confined, 1914, 594. (See 1915, 140.)
Fraudulent conversion of property by captains of vessels, 1907, 389.
Unauthorized performance of certain dramatic and musical compositions,
1904, 183. Fraudulent advertisements for labor or help, 1908, 217; 1909,
514 § 27; 1910, 445.
Wilful printed misrepresentations as to merchandise, 1902, 397; 1907, 383;
1912,489; 1914,288. (See 1910, 378; 1912,651; 1913,709.)
As to trading stamps or similar devices, see 1903, 386; 1904, 403; 1906,
523.
Penalty for giving false or insufficient weight or measure, 1907, 394; 1911,
163; 1914, 346, 379, 387.
Wanton destruction or injury of personal property by means not men-
tioned in this chapter is punishable, 1904, 305.
Defacing of toilet appliances in industrial establishments, 1914, 164.
Injuring water meters and unlawful use of water, 1914, 284.
The corrupt influencing of agents, employees or servants is punishable,
1909, 514 § 28; 1912, 495. (See 1904, 343 § 1.)
Misrepresentation in sale of materials used in the manufacture of mat-
tresses and similar articles, 1919, 123. In sale of furs, 1919, 134.
Fraud in packing of merchandise, 1919, 63.
Drawing and passing of fraudulent checks, drafts and orders, 1919, 141.
Wrongful retention or disposition by carriers of sums received from con-
signees, 1919, 188.
Certain acts of anurchy made punishable, 1919, 191.
And unlawful keeping of bombs and explosives, 1919, 323.
Theft of motor vehicles, 1919, 249; 1920, 322.
Violation by landlord of certain rights of tenants penalized, 1920, 555,
Eavesdropping defined and penalized, 1920, 558.
Sects. 7, 8 amended, 1912, 419 §§ 1, 2. (See 1908, 209 § 1; 1911, 244.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1918, 257 § 447.
Sect. 12 revised, 1918, 257 § 448.
Sect. 13 amended, 1918, 257 § 449.
Sects. 14-16. See 1914, 594; 1915, 140.
Sects. 18, 19 affected, 1911, 176 § 2, 461.
Sect. 25 et seq. False pretences to constitute larceny in certain cases,
1910, 378; 1913, 312.
Sect. 26 amended, 1906, 261 § 1. (See 1919, 249, theft of motor vehicles.)
Sects. 26, 27. Application limited, 1919, 333 § 37. (See 1902, 397;
1907, 383, 389.)
Sect. 28 repealed and superseded, 1919, 333 §§ 37, 38.
Sect. 30 amended, 1910, 389. Repealed, 1911, 126.
964 Changes in the [Chai-. 209.
Sect. 35. See 1912 271.
Sect.' 37 amended, 1906, 181. (See 1914, 594; 1915, 140.)
Sect. 38 amended, 1913, 551.
Sect. 40 repealed, 1902, 544 § 28.
Sect. 44 amended, 1911, 216.
Sect. 51. See 1903, 415.
Sect. 55 amended, 1910, 516.
Sect. GO revised, 1920, 367. Provision to prohibit unauthorized use of
certain registered insignia, badges, etc., 1909, 514 § 32. (See 1902, 430;
1903, 275; 1904, 335; 1907, 232 § 3; 1908, 417 § 2.) And society titles,
etc., 1908, 280.
Sect. 61 amended, 1902, 544 § 29. (See 1902, 397.)
Sect. 65. False marking of articles made of gold or metal resembling
gold, 1907, 460. False statements to stock exchanges as to mining stocks,
1911, 492.
Sects. 69, 70. See 1912, 271.
Sects. 71, 72. See 1910, 378.
Sect. 73. See 1903, 415.
Sect. 74. See 1910, 214 §§ 44-50.
Sect. 80. See 1906, 327.
Sects. 85, 86. See 1904, 370 § 4, 390; 1905, 280 § 3; 1906, 463 III § 85.
Sect. 86 revised, 1904, 396; 1906, 463 I § 66. (See 1908, 495.)
Sect 91. See 1911 173.
Sects. 91, 99, 105, 106, 111, 121. See 1904, 444 §§ 2, 3; 1914, 239.
Sect. 99 amended, 1904, 444 § 1.
Sect. 100 amended, 1902, 544 § 30. (See 1905, 279 § 3.)
Sects. 101, 102 repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 § 13. (See 1902,
544 §§31, 32; 1905, 279 §3; 1908, 297 § 2.)
Sect. 103 repealed, 1908, 296 § 5.
Sect. 104 repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 § 13. (See 1905, 279 § 2;
1908, 296 § 2; 1910, 321.)
Sect. 106 amended, 1902, 544 § 33.
Sect. 108. See 1902, 57; 1905, 381; 1906, 268; 1909, 263; 1911, 474.
Sects. 109, 113. See 1906, 327; 1912, 372, 482; 1914, 594; 1915, 140.
Sect. 112 amended, 1905, 434. Extended, 1911, 194; 1913, 404.
Sect. 115. See 1903, 158.
Sect. 116. See 1904, 505; 1914, 164, 284.
Sects. 117, 118. See act to prohibit misuse of vessels used in sale of
milk, 1906, 116.
Sect. 120 rex-ised, 1905, 241.
Sect. 121. See 1912, 372.
Chapter 209. — Of Forgery and Crimes against the Currency.
Drawing and passing of fraudulent checks, drafts and orders, 1919, 141.
Sect. 1 amended, 1909, 155 § 1.
Sect. 3 amended, 1909, 155 § 2.
Chaps. 210-212.] REVISED LawS. 965
Chapter 210. — Of Crimes against Public Justice.
Soliciting employment by attorneys at law prohibited, 1907, 443. (See
1909,49; 1911,85; 1917,267.)
Furnishing of intoxicating liquors to or by inmates of public institutions
prohibited, 1918, 63.
Certain acts of anarchy made punishable, 1919, 191.
And unlawful keeping of bombs and explosives, 1919, 323.
Sects. 1-5. See 1912, 719 § 9; 1917, 165 § 2.
Sect. 10. See 1913, 830 § 6.
Sects. 14, 19. Conveying drugs or other articles to prisoners prohibited,
1905, 258.
Sects. 15-18 repealed and superseded, 1920, 380.
Sect. 19. See 1918, 63.
Sect. 22 amended, 1909, 255.
Sect. 31. See 1914, 126.
Chapter 211. — Of Crimes against the Public Peace.
Actions against officers making arrests, or bystanders assisting officers,
1914, 126.
Provision making punishable the making or use of imitation bombs and
the starting of false rumors regarding the unlawful explosion of bombs, 1917,
342 § 22.
Sect. 9 amended, 1911, 548 § 3; 1919, 207 § 3.
Certain acts of anarchy made punishable, 1919, 191.
And unlawful keeping of bombs and explosives, 1919, 323.
The carrving of a pistol without a license, and of certain other weapons,
made punishable, 1906, 172 §2; 1908,350,583; 1911,558; 1912,391; 1915,
240; 1919, 207. (See 1910, 565; 1911, 283.)
And sale of certain pistols and explosives, 1910, 565. And sale or rent
of firearms, 1911, 495. Act to define extent to which peaceful persuasion
is permitted, 1913, 690.
Sect. 11 repealed, 1911, 244 § 4. (See 1908, 209; 1911, 244 § 1; 1914,
795.)
Sect. 13. New section added, 1911, 283; and repealed, 1911, 548 § 4.
Chapter 212. — Of Crimes against Chastity, Morality, Decency and Good
Order.
Ofl'ences against chastity, 1910, 424; 1914, 621.
Admission of persons under seventeen to dance halls and roller skating
rinks, 1906, 384. Regulation of dancing, 1919, 160.
Uniform desertion act, 1911, 456; 1914, 520.
Use of underwater exhausts or mufflers on certain motor boats, 1909, 245.
Power boats must show lights at night in certain waters, 1910, 397; 1918,
257 § 269.
Uniform of the United States protected, 1911, 460.
966 Changes in the [Chap. 212.
Breaking and entering places where poultry are confined, 1914, 594.
(See 1915, 140.)
Advertising to perform or procure performance of marriage ceremony is
punishable, 1902, 249. Failure to support wife or minor child, 1906, 501;
1908, 104; 1909, 180; 1911, 456; 1914, 520; 1917, 163; 1918, 257 §§ 453-
455; 1919, 148. False or fraudulent advertisements for labor or help, 1908,
217; 1909, 514 § 27. (See 1910, 445; 1914, 347.)
Advertisements describing certain diseases, 1908, 386; 1918, 237. (See
1918, 96, 111.)
Receiving of alms in public places in the city of Boston, 1909, 538.
False imprisonment and arrest, 1914, 126.
Support of destitute parents, 1915, 163.
Furnishing of intoxicating liquors to or by inmates of public institutions
prohibited, 1918, 63.
Soliciting of money for political purposes from public employees, 1918,
146.
Employers prohibited from receiving gratuities given to employees for
the checking of clothing, 1918, 149.
Certain acts of anarchy made punishable, 1919, 191.
And unlawful keeping of bombs and explosives, 1919, 323.
Sect. 2 amended, 1910, 424 § 1.
Sect. 5 amended, 1913, 469.
Sect. 6 amended, 1910, 424 § 2. (See 1915, 180 § 3.) '
Sect. 8 amended, 1910, 424 § 3.
Sect. 9 amended, 1910, 424 § 4.
Receiving earnings of and soliciting for a prostitute made punishable,
1910, 424 §§5-8; 1914,621.
Sect. 16 amended, 1905, 316.
Sect. 20 amended, 1904, 120; 1913, 259; 1918, 257 § 450. (See 1908,
386; 1913,472.)
Sect. 23 revised, 1910, 367.
Sect. 36. See 1912 372.
Sect. 37 revised, 1905, 384 § 1; 1917, 135. (See 1905, 384 § 2.)
Sect. 38 amended, 1918, 257 § 451.
Sect. 39 re\4sed, 1913, 620. (See 1910, 316, 356.)
Sect. 40 amended, 1918, 257 § 452. (See 1908, 440; 1913, 612; 1914,
739.)
Sect. 41. See 1906, 291 § 10.
Sect. 43. See 1911, 372; 1912, 283.
Sect. 45 amended, 1905, 307; 1906, 501; 1908, 104; 1909, 180; 1911,
456; 1914, 520. Affected, 1917, 163. (See 1905, 338; 1906, 129.)
Sect. 46 repealed and substituted, 1914, 743. (See 1903, 209; 1904, 224;
1906, 282; 1907, 251; 1909, 538 § 2; 1910, 316, 347, 356; 1911, 176 § 2;
1914, 654; 1915, 180 § 3.)
• Sect. 47 amended, 1914, 654. (See 1910, 424 § 8; 1912, 372.)
Sect. 48. See 1915, 180 § 3.
Sect. 53 amended, 1906, 403. Extended, 1910, 436. (See 1910, 424 § 8;
1912, 372, 482.)
Chaps. 213, 214.] REVISED LawS. 967
Sects. 54, 55. See 1910, 316; 1915, 180 § 3.
Sects. 56, 57. See 1904, 274, 318; 1905, 344, 348; 1908, 568.
Sect. 58. See 1908, 568.
Sects. 58-60. See 1910, 248, 316.
Sect. 59. See 1915, 180 § 3.
Sect. 61 amended, 1913, 114.
Sect. 70 et seq. See acts relative to disabled or diseased horses, 1906,
185; 1907,363; 1908,133; 1913,281; 1915,125. See also 1909, 302 ; 1912,
384; 1918, 99.
Sect. 73. See 1907, 490.
Sect. 76. See 1912, 384.
Sect. 79 amended, 1918, 99 § 1.
Sect. 80 amended, 1918, 99 § 2.
Sect. 86 et seq. See 1913, 182.
Sect. 89. See 1908, 335; 1920, 376.
Chapter 213. — Of Crimes against the Public Health.
Use of common drinking cups restricted, 1910, 428. To regulate sale
of unwholesome food, 1913, 687.
Pro\asion for cleanliness of vessels from which milk is sold, 1906, 116,
323; 1908,435,570; 1909,531; 1910,462; 1913,761. For regulating use
of boats or bathing suits in great ponds, 1910, 400.
Spitting in certain public places and conveyances a punishable offence,
1906, 165; 1907, 410; 1908, 150. Throwing glass in highway, 1913, 214.
Throwing glass on or near bathing beaches, 1914, 76.
Violation by landlord of certain rights of tenants penalized, 1920, 555.
Sect. 2 amended, 1912, 263; 1913, 585. Sale or gift of certain harmful
medicines, drugs, food, etc., restricted, 1906, 386; 1907, 180; 1908, 307;
1909, 375; 1910, 387, 541; 1911, 30, 289, 341, 372; 1912, 263, 283; 1913,
272, 585, 705; 1914, 694, 788; 1915, 159, 187; 1916, 78, 117; 1917, 208,
275. (See 1902, 327; 1903, 410; 1905, 220; 1908, 525 § 3; 1910, 172 § 1,
271, 416, 495; 1913, 722; 1915, 104.) Deleterious confectionery, 1913,
265.
Manufacture or sale of cocaine or articles containing cocaine, 1910, 387;
1915, 159, 187; 1916, 117. (See 1906, 386 § 4; 1908, 307; 1909, 375; 1910,
416, 495.) Advertisements describing certain diseases, 1908, 386; 1918,
237. (See 1918, 96, 111.)
Sect. 3 amended, 1909, 346 § 1.
Sect. 4 revised, 1913, 647.
Sect. 9 repealed, 1914, 634 § 5. (See 1913, 650; 1914, 325; 1917, 11.)
Chapter 214. — Of Crimes against Public Policy.
Provision against false or fraudulent advertisement for labor or help,
1908, 217; 1909, 514 §§ 27, 145. False returns to commissions, 1911, 184.
Misuse of foreign flags, 1912, 197. (See 1913, 464, 604, 678, 818.) Throwing
glass in highway, 1913, 214; 1914, 76.
968 Changes in the [Chap. 214.
Safe keeping of matches in stores, 1909, 184, Liberating or flying fire
balloons, 1910, 141. Regulating use of hatpins, 1913, 256. Manufacture,
sale or use of explosive golf balls prohibited, 1913, 722.
Picking wild berries or flowers or picnicking during certain months in
Barnstable or Plymouth county, 1910, 478.
Monopolies and discriminations in sale of articles or commodities in
common use, 1908, 454; 1911, 503; 1912, 651; 1913, 709; 1918, 257 § 220.
Sale of articles of food regulated, 1920, 402.
Combinations to maintain or increase unreasonably the price of any nec-
essary of life, 1919, 298. Special commission on the necessaries of life,
1919, 341, 365; 1920, 628.
Use of underwater exhausts or muflflers on certain motor boats, 1909,
245. Power boats must show lights at night in certain waters, 1910, 397;
1918, 257 § 269.
Driving vehicle at night without a light, 1911, 578 §§ 5, 6.
Use of moving picture machines and cinematographs, 1905, 176, 437;
1908,565,566; 1909,281; 1911,48,440; 1912,182; 1914,196,791; 1915,
169; 1916, 118. (See 1913, 280.)
Carrying a pistol without a license or other weapon is punishable, 1906, 172
§2; 1908,350,583; 1911, 548 §3; 1912,391; 1915,240; ^919, 207. (See
1910, 565; 1911, 283.) And sale of certain pistols and explosives, 1910, 565.
(See 1919, 323.) Sale or renting of firearms, 1911, 495. Extent to which
peaceful persuasion is permitted defined, 1913, 690.
Unsigned political advertisements and contributions in certain cases,
1907,581; 1908,483; 1910,55; 1911,422; 1913, 835 §§ 353, 354. Adver-
tisements describing certain diseases, 1908, 386. Publishing false or exag-
gerated statements of aff'airs of corporations, partnerships, etc., 1911, 428.
As to mining stocks, 1911, 492.
Wilful printed misrepresentations as to merchandise or commodities,
1902,397; 1907,383; 1912,489; 1914,288; 1916,149. (See 1909, 399 § 4.)
And unauthorized or fraudulent use of certain insignia, badges, names or
titles, 1904, 335; 1907, 232 § 3; 1908, 280, 417; 1920, 367.
Receiving of alms in public places in the city of Boston, 1909, 538.
Lease and sale of machinery, tools, implements and appliances, 1907,
469.
Illegal shooting or hunting, 1905, 317; 1907, 198; 1908, 402, 484; 1909,
262, 362; 1911, 614. (See 1910, 478.) UnUcensed renting of boats or bathing
suits in great ponds, 1910, 400.
Names of persons conducting business must be recorded in certain cases,
1907, 539; 1908, 316.
As to trading stamps or similar devices, see 1903, 386; 1904, 403; 1906, 523.
Bucketing and bucket shops, 1907, 414.
Corrupt influencing of agents, employees or servants is punishable, 1904,
343. (See 1911, 151; 1912, 533 § 3.) Sale of paint, turpentine and linseed
oil, 1908, 531.
Soliciting employment by attorneys at law, 1907, 443. (See 1909, 49;
1911, 85; 1917, 267.)
Solicitation of business on public walks, 1916, 289.
Chaps. 215-217.] REVISED LaWS. 969
Pledge, mortgage, sale, assignment or transfer of pensions granted by
the commonwealth or by any county, city or town prohibited, 1916, 75.
Practice of law by corporations, 1916, 292; 1917, 168.
Marking, sale and installation of range boilers, 1916, 154; 1917, 39.
Containers used in the sale of milk at wholesale, 1916, 151.
Inquiries as to the religious or political belief of applicants for positions
in the public schools prohibited, 1917, 84.
Soliciting of certain legal business by persons not attorneys at law, 1917,
267.
Rendition of "Star Spangled Banner," regulated, 1917, 311.
Soliciting of money for political purposes from public employees, 1918,
146.
Employers prohibited from receiving gratuities given to employees for
the checking of clothing, 1918, 149.
Paid employment of certain state officials on questions submitted to
voters forbidden, 1919, 196.
Use of aircraft regulated, 1919, 306.
Regulation of slot machines and other automatic devices, 1920, 325.
Sect. 2 amended, 1907, 366; 1913, 370; 1918, 257 § 456.
Sect. 7 amended, 1918, 257 § 457.
Sect. 29 extended, 1902, 397; 1903, 386.
Chapter 215. — Of Felonies, Accessories and Attempts to commit Crimes.
Sect. 6, cl. 4 repealed, 1911, 130.
Chapter 216. — Of Proceedings to prevent the Commission of Crimes.
Sect. 2. See 1913, 471 § 1.
Sect. 15. The carrying of a loaded pistol without a license, and of cer-
tain other weapons, made punishable, 1906, 172 § 2; 1908, 350, 583; 1911,
548 §3; 1912,391; 1915,240; 1919,207. (See 1910, 565; 1911,283.)
Sect. 22. See 1913, 471 § 1.
Chapter 217. — Of Search Warrants, Rewards, Fugitives from Justice,
Arrest, Examination, Commitment, Bail and Probation.
Reports to be made of injuries of persons arrested, 1913, 236, 728.
Search warrants for and arrest of unnaturalized foreign-born residents,
in possession of shotguns or rifles, 1915, 240 § 4.
Search warrants and arrest under the law relating to certain drugs, 1916,
117. (See 1911, 372 § 1; 1912, 283 § 1; 1915, 159 § 1.)
Search warrants for seizure of firearms, weapons and ammunition kept
for unlawful purposes, 1919, 179; for seizure of bombs and explosives
unlawfully held, and arrest without warrant, 1919, 323.
Arrests without warrant for certain acts of anarchy, 1919, 191 § 2.
Ascertainment of the mental condition of persons coming before the
courts of the commonwealth, 1918, 153.
970 Changes in the [Chap. 217.
Disposal of unclaimed money in the hands of probation officers, 1920,
122.
Sect. 1 amended, 1919, 323 § 4. (See 1904, 367 § 2; 1905, 347 § 1 ; 1915,
240 § 4.)
Sects. 2-8 extended, 1919, 179 § 3.
Sects. 3-8. See 1905, 347 § 1; 1915, 240 § 3.
Sect. 7 amended, 1908, 370. (See 1915, 240 § 3.)
Sect. 9 amended, 1914, 521.
Sect. 11 et seq. Provision for identification of criminals, 1906, 293.
(See 1905, 459; 1909, 504 §§ 50, 51; 1914, 558; 1915, 73.) Rendition of
insane persons, 1909, 504 §§ 87-90.
Sect. 13 revised, 1920, 399.
Sects. 13-15. Rendition of insane persons, 1909, 504 §§ 87-90.
Sect. 22 et seq. See 1912, 372, 482; 1913, 471 §§ 1, 2; 1918, 257 § 458.
Sect. 24 revised, 1912, 269.
Sect. 25. See 1909, 504 § 50; 1914, 558; 1915, 73; 1917, 69.
Sects. 29, 30. See 1906, 489 § 7.
Sect. 33 et seq. See 1912, 325.
Sect. 34 amended, 1914, 465. (See 1906, 413 § 5; 1908, 286; 1911, 176
§ 2; 1916, 243 § 1.)
Sect. 35 amended, 1904, 164; 1920, 584 § 1. (See 1903, 236.)
Sects. 44^8. See 1911, 160.
Sect. 52. Male and female defendants not to be placed in same dock in
certain cases, 1904, 218 § 1.
Sect. 56 amended, 1912, 226; 1914, 390; 1920, 584 § 2. (See 1905,
110; 1906, 180, 187.)
Sects. 56-60. See act relative to applications for bail to masters in
chancery, 1909, 235; 1911, 150.
Sect. 59 revised, 1920, 584 § 3.
Sect. 62 re\dsed, 1906, 180. (See 1906, 187.)
Sect. 65. See 1906, 413 § 5; 1908, 286; 1916, 243 § 1.
Sect. 66 amended, 1918, 257 § 459; 1920, 584 § 4.
Sect. 67 amended, 1918, 257, 460.
Sect. 69 revised, 1920, 584 § 5.
Sect. 70. See 1910, 370.
Sect. 77 amended, 1906, 221; 1911, 160; 1920, 584 § 6. (See 1910,
370.)
Sect. 78 revised, 1920, 584 § 7.
Sect. 79 amended, 1903, 236 § 1; 1920, 584 § 8.
Sect. 81 amended. Additional probation officers, 1905, 295; 1906, 329;
1907, 223, 261; 1908, 190, 637; 1909, 216; 1910, 332; 1911, 116, 470;
1912, 664; 1914, 739; 1915, 89, 254. Bond required, 1913, 120. And
deposit of surplus moneys, 1913, 121.
Sect. 81 et seq. See 1905, 384 § 1; 1906, 489 § 6; 1907, 223; 1908, 465,
637; 1910, 275; 1911, 8; 1913, 120, 121, 612; 1914, 739; 1915, 89; 1917,
135; 1920, 122 (disposal of unclaimed money in the hands of probation
officers) .
Sect. 82 amended, 1910, 275; 1911, 8.
Chaps. 218, 219.] REVISED LawS. 971
Sects. 82, 83 affected, 1908, 637.
Sects. 83, 86. See 1906, 291 § 10.
Sect. 84 amended, 1911, 8. (See 1908, 440; 1911, 456 §§ 5, 6, 8; 1912,
264; 1913, 612; 1914, 739; 1916, 243 § 4; 1918, 199.)
Sect. 84 et scq. Provision for restitution or reparation in certain cases,
1907, 335. (See 1905, 338; 1906, 413 § 9.)
Sects. 85-90 repealed, 1908, 465 § 6. Provision for a commission oh
probation, and certain duties of probation officers, 1908, 465; 1912, 187;
1916, 243 §§ 1, 3. (See 1902, 196; 1908, 637; 1909, 216, 514 § 26; 1911,
8, 456; 1912, 310.)
Sect. 91 amended, 1910, 485.
Sect. 92 amended, 1910, 479. Provision for pensions, 1912, 723; 1916,
225.
Sect. 94 amended, 1906, 440; 1914, 491.
Chapter 218. — Of Indictments and Proceedings before Trial.
Compensation in certain cases to persons confined while awaiting trial,
1911, 577.
Ascertainment of the mental condition of persons coming before the
courts of the commonwealth, 1918, 153.
Discharge required in certain cases of persons in custody pending action
by the grand jurv, 1920, 1 13.
Sect. 15 affected, 1920, 113. (See 1906, 413 § 11.)
Sect. 17 et scq. Indictments for violations of laws relating to narcotic
drugs, 1917, 275 §§ 16, 18.
Sect. 38. False pretences to constitute larceny in certain cases, 1910,
378.
Sect. 39. See 1917, 275 § 16.
Sect. 58. See 1907, 158.
Sect. 60. See 1912, 325.
Schedule of forms of pleadings, see 1917, 275 § 18. For form of complaint
or indictment for offence of eavesdropping, see 1920, 558 § 4.
Chapter 219. — Of Trials and Proceedings before Judgment.
Male and female prisoners not to be placed in same dock in certain
cases, 1904, 218.
Reports to be made of injuries of persons arrested, 1913, 236, 728.
Ascertainment of the mental condition of persons coming before the
courts of the commonwealth, 1918, 153.
Disposition of prosecutions for the theft of motor vehicles, 1919, 249 § 2.
Provision for more speedy trial of persons held in jail for default of bail,
1920, 167.
Sect. 7 amended, 1909, 49. (See 1917, 275 § 17.)
Sects. 11, 12. Repeal and substitute, 1909, 504 §§ 103, 107; 1910, 345;
1911, 604; 1917, 46 § 1. (See 1904, 257; 1909, 274; 1911, 273.)
Sect. 13. See 1912, 325.
972 Changes in the [Chaps. 220, 221.
Sect. 14. See 1911, 176 § 2, 461.
Sect. 16. Repeal and substitute, 1909, 504 §§ 104, 107; 1916, 239;
1917, 48. (See 1911, 595.)
Sect. 19 amended, 1918, 257 § 461.
Sect. 22 amended, 1905, 319; 1913, 652. (See 1906, 413 § 5; 1909, 504
§ 51; 1911, 176 § 2; 1912, 325; 1916, 243 § 1.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1918, 257 § 462.
Sect. 25 amended, 1918, 257 § 463.
Sects. 27, 28. See 1910, 316.
Sect. 28 revised, 1909, 381 ; 1910, 244. '
Sect. 32. See 1913, 563 § 2.
Sect. 35. See 1908, 177, 516; 1909, 236; 1911, 212; 1912, 317.
Chapter 220. — Of Judgment and Execution.
Provision for compensation in certain cases to persons confined while
awaiting trial, 1911, 577.
Ascertainment of the mental condition of persons coming before the
courts of the commonwealth, 1918, 153.
Sect. 1 revised, 1912, 154; 1913, 053. (See 1905, 338; 1906, 413 § 5,
501, § 3; 1907, 335; 1908, 104; 1911, 456; 1916, 243 §§ 1, 4; 1920, 122.)
Sect. 1 et seq. See 1910, 316; 1918, 257 § 465.
Sects. 3-7 affected, 1911, 176 § 2.
Sect. 4 amended, 1902, 544 § 34.
Sects. 5, 14. See 1909, 312.
Sect. 7 amended, 1911, 179.
Sects. 15, 16. Sentences to reformatory prison for women regulated,
1903, 209 §§ 1-3; 1906,282; 1907,251; 1910,347; 1914,635. (See 1910,
316; 1911, 595; 1913, 471 § 2.)
Sect. 16 superseded, 1914, 635. (See 1904, 224; 1906, 282; 1907, 251.)
Sect. 18. See 1906, 413 § 8; 1911, 176 § 2, 265; 1916, 243 § 3.
Sect. 19 revised, 1918, 257 § 464.
Sect. 20. See 1906, 261 § 2; 1910, 356.
Sect. 21 amended, 1904, 303. (See 1910, 316.)
Sect. 27 amended, 1908, 232. (See 1910, 316, 356.)
Sect. 29 revised, 1907, 252; 1910, 356.
Sect. 30. See 1910, 316, 356; 1911, 176 § 2.
Sect. 31 superseded, 1914, 310. (See 1910, 316, 356; 1911, 176 § 2.)
Sects. 40, 44. See 1911, 274.
Chapter 221. — Of Fines and Forfeitures.
Sect. 2 amended, 1911, 250 § 1. (See 1909, 534 § 30; 1910, 525; 1911,
250 § 2.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1918, 257 § 466.
Sect. 11 amended, 1918, 257 § 467.
Chap. 222.] . REVISED LaWS. 973
Chapter 222. — Of the Board of Prison Commissioners.
Chapter in part repealed and superseded by an act to abolish the board
of prison commissioners and the boards of parole and to establish the Massa-
chusetts bureau of prisons, 1916, 241, 249, 273; 1917, 129, 201, 245, 248,
258 § 1, 266, 280. Bureau abolished and superseded by departvient of cor-
rection, 1919, 350 §§ 82-86.
Provision for retiring and pensioning prison officers, 1908, 601; 1911,
673; 1916, 273; 1920, 461. Act to create boards of parole and an advisory
board of pardons, 1913, 829; 1915, 35, 141, 206; 1916, 241 §§ 1, 2, 5, 6, 9;
1917, 201, 245, 266; 1919, 350 §§ 82-86. (See 1914, 179.) Publication of
rules of board of parole and statutes, 1920, 341.
Prox'ision for hospital for prisoners having tubercular disease, 1905, 355;
1906, 243; 1911, 194. For identifying certain persons held in prison, 1904,
241; 1905, 459; 1906, 293; 1910, 360. For storage facilities, 1911, 195.
Wages of laborers in employ of board of prison commissioners, 1914, 458.
Prison commissioners authorized to delegate certain authority, 1914, 571.
Act to authorize the establishment of county industrial farms, 1917,
258; 1918, 156.
Provision for the physical examination of inmates of penal institutions,
1918, 58; for their physical training, 1920, 421.
Provision for parole or discharge of certain female prisoners, 1918, 79.
Authority of the board of parole as to transferred prisoners defined,
1918, 214.
Construction and improvement of buildings at state institutions, 1918,
290.
Special district police officers for duty in connection with penal institu-
tions, 1919, 105.
Management of state farm at Bridgewater transferred to director of
Massachusetts bureau of prisons, 1919, 199, 350 § 86.
Provision for temporary aid for dependents of prisoners, 1920, 377.
Sect. 1. Board abolished and bureau of prisons substituted, 1916, 241
§ 1, 249, 273; 1917, 129, 201, 245, 248, 258 § 1, 266; 1919, 350 §§ 82-86.
(See 1908, 230; 1913, 829 § 8.)
Sect. 2 repealed, 1916, 241 § 9.
Sect. 3. See 1902, 196; 1903, 209 §§ 4, 5, 212, 452; 1905, 355, 459 § 2;
1906,243,293,302; 1908,230,601; 1909, 514 § 26; 1910,360,454; 1911,
195, 451, 595; 1912, 562, 565; 1913, 759 § 4; 1914, 571; 1916, 241 §§ 7, 8,
249,273; 1917, 129.
Sect. 4 repealed, 1916, 241 § 9.
Sect. 5 repealed, 1916, 241 § 9. (See 1914, 526.)
Sect. 6. See 1905, 311 § 6; 1906, 412 § 5; 1907, 408.
Sect. 7. See 1906, 291 § 10.
974 Changes in the [Chap. 223.
Chapter 223. — Of the State Prison, the Massachusetts Reformatory and
the Reformatory Prison for Women.
Sect. 3. Provision for retiring and pensioning prison officers, 1908, 601 ;
1911, 673; 1916, 273; 1920, 461. For the removal, suspension or transfer
of prison officers, 1917, 280. For release of certain prisoners on parole,
1911, 451; 1912, 103; 1913, 829; 1915, 206; 1916, 241 §§ 1, 2, 5, 6, 9;
1917, 245; 1919, 199. (See 1915, 141; 1917, 266.) Hours of labor, 1909,
514 §§ 53-55. (See 1908, 547.) Assistant deputies, 1910, 454. Removal
of insane prisoners, 1909, 504 § 105; 1911, 604. Agents, 1913, 829 § 5;
1919, 266; 1920, 342. For the phj^sical examination of inmates of penal
institutions, 1918, 58; for their physical training, 1920, 421. For the parole
or discharge of certain female prisoners, 1918, 79. (See 1910, 345; 1911,
273.)
Authority of the board of parole as to transferred prisoners defined,
1918, 214. . . . \
Appointment of treasurers and stewards of state institutions regulated,
1918, 239.
Construction and improvement of buildings at state institutions, 1918,
290.
Special district police officers for penal institutions, 1919, 105.
Publication of the rules of the board of parole and statutes, 1920, 341.
Provision for temporarv aid for dependents of prisoners, 1920, 377.
Sect. 5. See 1914, 615; 1918, 294.
Sect. 6. See 1908, 195. Certain advances authorized, 1908, 178. (See
1907,466; 1909,218.)
Sects. 8, 10. See 1908, 469; 1914, 615; 1918, 294.
Sect. 10 repealed, 1918, 257 § 468.
Sect. 14. See 1905, 355; 1906,243,302; 1915,141.
Sect. 17 amended, 1906, 242.
Sect. 19. Salary changed: Agents, 1913, 829 § 5; 1919, 266; 1920,
342. Clerk, 1919, 234. Deputy warden, 1911, 467; 1920, 353. Physician
and surgeon, 1908, 426; 1917, 234. Watchmen, 1910, 430; 19li, 542;
1914, 554; 1919, 213; 1920, 459. (See 1918, 228 § 6.) Engineer, 1913,
436; 1919, 157. Assistant engineers, 1916, 278; 1919, 157. (See 1902,
454.) Turnkeys, 1914, 554; 1919, 213; 1920, 459. Firemen, 1919, 157.
Chaplain, 1919, 186. Electrician, 1920, 340.
Sect. 20. See 1910, 356.
Act providing for departments for defective delinquents, 1911, 595.
Sect. 21. Assistant deputy, 1910, 454. Agents, 1913, 829 § 5; 1919,
266; 1920, 342. Parole clerk, 1917, 293; 1919, 206; 1920, 362.
Sect. 23 amended, 1918, 257 § 469.
Sects. 23, 25. See 1908, 469, 601; 1914,615.
Sect. 24. See 1907, 466; 1908, 195; 1910, 356.
Sect. 24A. New section added, 1918, 257 § 470.
Sects. 25A, B. New sections added, 1918, 257 § 471.
Sect. 27 affected, 1910, 430; 1911, 542; 1912, 588; 1913, 496, 829 § 5;
1914, 554; 1917, 293; 1919, 157, 206, 213, 234; 1920, 342 (agents), 343
Chap. 224.] REVISED LaWS. 975
(superintendent), 353 (deputy superintendent), 355 (present chaplain), 356
(present physician), 362 (parole clerk), 459 (turnkey and watchmen). (See
1919, 206.)
Sect. 28. Sentences regulated, 1903, 209; 1906, 282; 1907, 251; 1910,
347; 1914, 635. (See 1913, 471 § 2.) Name changed, 1911, 181. (See
1904, 224; 1906, 282; 1910, 316, 345; 1911, 595.)
Sect. 29 amended, 1912, 380 § 1. (See 1906, 302.) Assistant deputy,
1910, 454. Agents, 1913, 829 § 5; 1919, 266; 1920, 342.
Sect. 31 revised, 1918, 257 § 472; 1919, 333 § 20. (See 1908, 469;
1914, 615; 1918, 257 § 90, 294.)
Sect. 34. See 1907, 466; 1908, 195. ,
Sect. 34A. New section added, 1918, 257 § 473.
Sect. 35. See 1914, 615.
Sect. 35A. New section added, 1918, 257 § 474.
Sect. 37 repealed, 1904, 205 § 1. (See 1918, 239.)
Sect. 39 repealed and superseded, 1919, 233. (See 1909, 303; 1912, 380
§§ 2, 3; 1913, 675, 829 § 5; 1919, 157, 266; 1920, 342.)
Sect. 46. See 1912, 562.
Chapter 224. — Of Jails and Houses of Correction.
Provision for inspection of jails, prisons, etc., 1910, 405; 1911, 282.
Females convicted of felonies may be committed to jails or houses of cor-
rection, 1914, 635.
For compensation in certain cases to persons confined while awaiting
trial, 1911, 577.
Certain advances authorized, 1912, 77.
Employment of prisoners in custody of sheriff in reclaiming and culti-
vating land, 1913, 633; 1914, 180; 1915, 177; 1917, 258; 1918, 156, 159.
Establishment of county industrial farms for prison labor, 1917, 258;
1918, 156.
Ph^^sical examination of inmates of penal institutions, 1918, 58. (See
1920, 421.)
Parole or discharge of certain female prisoners, 1918, 79.
Minimum salaries for officers of county penal institutions, 1918, 240.
Temporary increase in the compensation of certain county employees,
1918, 260.
Duties of keepers of jails as to speedy trial of certain persons held in
custody, 1920, 167 § 2.
Special district police officers for penal institutions, 1919, 105.
Sect. 4. See 1914, 635.
Sect. 5. Sheriff of any county except Suffolk may transfer prisoners
from jail to house of correction, or vice versa, 1909, 312.
Sect. 8. See 1914, 635; 1917, 127.
Sect. 16 amended, 1914, 34; affected, 1920, 546 § 2.
Sect. 16 d seq. See 1908, 601; 1909, 312; 1911, 673.
Sect. 17 affected, 1919, 287 §§ 3, 4.
Sect. 18. See 1905, 231; 1908,547; 1909, 514 §53; 1918,240; 1919,287.
976 Changes in the [Chap. 225.
Sect. 20 superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 55, 145.
Sect. 24 affected, 1920, 546 § 2. (See 1906, 150; 1908, 469; 1914, 34, 615.)
Sect. 26. See 1906, 302.
Sects. 30, 31. See 1909, 271; 1912, 77.
Sect. 31. See 1908, 195.
Sects. 34-37 repealed, 1904, 211.
Chapter 225. — Of the Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory
Institutions, and of Pardons.
Provision for compensation in certain cases to persons confined while
awaiting trial, 1911, 577.
Provision for retiring and pensioning prison officers, 1908, 601; 1911, 673;
1916, 273; 1920, 461. For the removal, suspension or transfer of prison
officers, 1917, 280. For boards of parole and an advisory board of pardons,
1913, 829; 1914, 179; 1915, 35, 141, 206; 1916, 241 §§ 1, 2, 5, 6, 10; 1917,
201, 245, 266; 1919, 350 §§ 82-86; 1920, 341. For agents, 1913, 829 § 5;
1920, 342. For physical examination of inmates of penal institutions, 1918,
58; for their physical training, 1920, 421. *For the parole or discharge of
certain female prisoners, 1918, 79.
Sheriffs to have custody of prisoners employed in reclaiming and culti-
vating land, 1913, 633 § 2; 1914, 180; 1915, 177; 1917, 129; 1918, 159.
Furnishing of intoxicating liquors to or by inmates of public institutions
prohibited, 1918, 63.
Establishment of county industrial farms, 1917, 258; 1918, 156.
Authority of board of parole as to transferred prisoners defined, 1918, 214.
Appointment of treasurers and stewards of state institutions regulated,
1918,239.
Temporary increase in the compensation of certain county employees,
1918, 260.
Special district police officers for penal institutions, 1919, 105.
Provision for temporary aid for dependents of prisoners, 1920, 377.
Sect. 1. See 1910, 454.
Sect. 6. See 1910, 316.
Sects. 7-9. See 1907, 466; 1908, 195.
Sect. 9. See 1905, 211 § 1.
Sects. 9-11. See 1911, 181; 1912, 597.
Sect. 10 amended, 1904, 214.
Sect. 11 et seq. Hours of labor and number of employees, 1909, 514
§§ 53-55. (See 1905, 231; 1908, 547; 1913, 633.)
Act relative to making goods for use of public institutions by labor of
prisoners, 1910, 414; 1915, 207. (See 1912, 565.) Reclaiming and cul-
tivating land, 1913, 633, 759 §4; 1914,180; 1915,177; 1917,129; 1918,159.
Sect. 15 revised 1918 257 5 475.
Sect. 18 revised and extended, 1904, 241 § 1; 1905, 459 § 1; 1906, 293;
1910, 360.
Sects. 20, 21. See 1906, 293; 1911, 181.
Sect. 28 amended, 1903, 207.
Chap. 226.] REVISED LaWS. 977
Sect. 29 revised, 1905, 244. (See 1913, 633, 759 § 4; 1914, 180; 1915,
177.)
Sect. 37 repealed, 1911, 193.
Sect. 41. See 1909, 312.
Sects. 43-46. Provision for storage facilities, 1911, 195. (See 1912,
565 § 3.) Reclaiming and cultivating land, 1913, 633, 759 § 4; 1914, 180;
1915,177; 1917,129; 1918,159. County industrial farms, 1917, 258; 1918,
156.
Sect. 44. See 1912, 597; 1916, 273.
Sect. 45 amended, 1912, 565 § 1. Affected, 1910, 414; 1915, 207 §§ 1-3;
1919, 45. (See 1912, 565 §§ 2-4; 1913, 724.)
Sect. 51 amended, 1903, 213.
Sect. 52. See 1912, 565 § 3.
Sect. 54 affected, 1915, 207 § 2. (See 1910, 414 § 2.)
Sect. 55 repealed, 1910, 414 § 6.
Sect. 56 amended, 1914, 669.
Sect. 57. See 1911, 195.
Sect. 64. See 1914, 33.
Sect. 65 amended, 1916, 183. (See 1906, 243; 1908, 469; 1911, 194;
1914, 615; 1918, 257 § 90, 294.)
Sect. 66 repealed, 1904, 243; 1916, 187. (See 1905, 258; 1911, 194;
1915, 260.)
Sect. 67. See 1908, 195.
Sect. 69. See 1917, 245.
Sect. 72 amended, 1904, 363 § 1.
Sect. 72 et seq. See 1905, 464; 1912, 562.
Sect. 74 repealed and superseded, 1917, 248.
Sect. 78. See 1918, 79.
Sect. 80 et seq. See 1905, 355; 1906, 243, 302; 1917, 258; 1918, 156,
214. Board may delegate to the chairman authority to remove and transfer
prisoners, 1908, 230. (See 1909, 312; 1914, 571.)
Sect. 81 superseded, 1915, 184.
Sects. 82, 88. See 1918, 100, as to transfers from reformatory for women
to industrial school for girls.
Sect. 86. See 1906, 282; 1907, 251; 1910, 347; 1914, 635.
Sect. 89 extended, 1909, 312.
Sect. 96 amended, 1905, 240; 1916, 76. (See 1915, 141, 206.)
Sect. 100. See 1905, 355 §§ 2, 3; 1906, 243, 302; 1911, 273; 1918, 79.
Sects. 101-103. Repeal and substitute, 1909, 504 §§ 105, 106; 1910,
122,345; 1917, 46 § 2. (See 1906, 472; 1909, 274; 1911,273.)
Sects. 107-111. See 1906, 324, relative to expense of removing prisoners.
Sect. 108 revised, 1903, 354. (See 1906, 324.)
Sects. 113-115 affected, 1913, 829; 1915, 141, 206.
Sect. 113 et seq. See 1917, 245; 1918, 79, 214; 1920, 341, provision for
publication of the rules of the board of parole and statutes.
Sect. 115. Release of certain prisoners on parole, 1911, 451; 1912, 103-
1913, 829; 1915, 141, 206; 1916, 241 §§ 1, 2, 5, 6, 9. (See 1912, 158;
1918, 79.)
978 Changes in the Revised Laws. [Chap. 225.
Sect. 117 amended, 1906, 244. Affected, 1915, 141, 206.
Sect. 118 affected, 1913, 829; 1915, 141, 206.
Sect. 119 amended, 1909, 132 § 1.
Sect. 120 amended, 1909, 132 § 2.
Sect. 121 amended, 1902, 227; 1912, 158. (See 1902, 196; 1911, 8.)
Sect. 124 revised, 1916, 3.
Sect. 128 amended, 1908, 251. Affected, 1915, 141, 206.
Sect. 129 revised, 1903, 452. (See 1903, 209 § 5; 1910, 347; 1915, 141,
206.)
Sect. 131. See 1906, 243 § 2.
Sect. 132 affected, 1913, 349, 829.
Sect. 136 amended, 1903, 212; 1909, 295; 1913, 492. (See 1909, 514
§ 26; 1913, 829 § 5; 1914, 179, 370.)
Sect. 136 et seq. See 1920, 377, provision for temporary aid for de-
pendents of prisoners.
Sects. 136, 137 affected, 1920, 334.
Sect. 137 amended, 1905, 235; 1909, 295; 1916, 249. (See 1913, 829
§ 5; 1914, 179; 1918, 79; 1919, 266; 1920, 342.)
Changes in the General Laws. 979
II
CHANGES IN THE GENERAL LAWS
PASSED SINCE THE ENACTMENT OF THE "REVISED
LAWS"
Statutes of 1902.
Chap.
55 See 1906, 487. R. L. 6.
57 Affected, 1905, 381; 1906, 268; 1907, 521; 1915, 124. § 2 repealed,
1905, 381 § 10. (See 1909, 263; 1910, 150; 1911, 242, 474; 1914,
340, 341, 404; 1915, 80, 171.) R. L. 25, 26, 53, 101.
85 See 1905, 122; 1908,441; 1911,356. R. L. 92.
90 Repealed, 1907, 560 §§ 20, 456. (See 1903, 279 §§ 5, 16.) R. L. 11.
91 Superseded, 1909, 490 I § 83; 1913, 226. R. L. 12.
106 Superseded, 1907, 576 §§ 15, 122; 1911, 429 § 4. R. L. 118.
108 Repealed, 1906, 171 § 3. (See 1903, 253; 1911, 90.) R. L. 32.
109 Affected, 1907, 311. R. L. 25.
110 Affected, 1920, 29. (See 1914, 792.) R. L. 75.
111 See 1909, 490 I § 49. R. L. 12.
112 Superseded, 1909, 490 I § 17. R. L. 12.
113 Superseded, 1909, 490 I § 15. (See 1911, 75.) R. L. 12.
114 See 1902, 534. R. L. 112.
115 Amended, 1911, 397. R. L. 62.
116 §§ 1-3 superseded, 1912, 608 §§ 1-4; 1919, 350 §§ 39-11, 44. (See
1909, 474; 1911, 297 § 6, 381 § 1.) § 4 superseded, 1916, 49. R. L.
75, 89, 90.
127 § 1 amended, 1907, 250 § 2. R. L. 92.
137 Amended, 1906, 314 § 2. (See 1903, 205; 1906, 263 § 1.) R. L. 91.
138 Repealed, 1918, 33. (See 1902, 178; 1904, 367; 1906, 179 § 2, 255;
1914,615; 1919,351.) R. L. 56, 91.
142 §§ 2, 3 repealed, 1904, 433 § 3. (See 1903, 365 § 1; 1904, 370; 1910,
328.) R. L. 32, 108.
154 § 1 superseded, 1905, 245. (See 1910, 545 § 3; 1913, 552.) R. L. 92.
157 Repeal and substitute, 1907, 560 §§ 200, 456. (See 1903, 454 § 9;
1905, 386 § 6; 1911, 436.) R. L. 11.
158 Superseded, 1905, 465 §§ 87, 194. (See 1908, 604.) R. L. 16.
159 See 1918, 65, 257 § 235.
165 Superseded, 1905, 406; 1906,303. (See 1904, 366 §§ 2, 3; 1909,262.)
R. L. 92.
980 Changes in the
Chap. 1902
169 Superseded, 1908, 590 §§ 19, 20, 29, 37, 69. R. L. 113.
171 § 1 amended, 1905, 206 § 1; 1911, 83. R. L. 100.
177 Superseded, 1907, 139 § 2, 276. (See 1903, 120; 1905, 149; 1911,
294.) R. L. 6.
178 See 1904, 367; 1906, 179 § 2; 1907, 198, 299; 1908, 255, 488; 1910,
548; 1911, 614, 722 §3; 1919,351. R. L. 91.
183 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 66, 145. (See 1911, 241.) R. I.. 106.
187 § 1 amended, 1910, 554 §1; 1917, 130; 1918, 291 §18. § 2 amended,
1910, 193; 1918, 291 § 19. § 3 amended, 1910, 554 § 2; 1918, 291
§ 20; affected, 1915, 144. (See 1906, 291 § 4.) R. L. 102.
189 § 1 amended, 1909, 258. (See 1907, 238.) R. L. 75.
190 § 2 superseded, 1902, 544 §§ 10, 35. (See 1918, 117.) R. L. 44, 75.
192 Affected, 1901, 381 ; 1907,43; 1909,468; 1914,587; 1919,190,290,
350 § 16, placing commissioner of state aid and pensions under
governor and council. 1920,431. §§2, 3, see 1916, 314 §§4, 5; 1917,
179 §§ 4, 6; 1920, 431. § 4 superseded, 1909, 468 § 1 ; 1912, 549;
1914, 587 § 1; 1917, 179, 332; 1918, 108; 1919, 190, 290; 1920,
431. (See 1903, 420 § 1; 1904, 381 § 1; 1908, 405; 1914, 311.)
R. L. 79.
196 See 1908, 465 § 3. R. L. 217.
205 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 5,
§§ 7, 8. R. L. 52.
206 § 1 amended, 1906, 365 § 4. § 2 superseded, 1906, 365 § 2; 1915,
12. (See 1902, 213; 1907, 183.) R. L. 75.
211 Repealed, 1903, 279 § 18. R. L. 11.
213 § 1 amended, 1907, 386 § 1; 1909, 380. § 2 amended, 1907, 386 § 2;
1917, 70. (See 1904, 395 § 2; 1907, 183; 1909, 391.) R. L. 75.
216 See 1904, 381 § 1; 1909, 468; 1914, 587. R. L. 79.
225 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 93, 456; 1908, 428. (See 1902, 492.) R. L.
11.
226 Amended, 1904, 127. (See 1904, 283.) R. L. 20, 102.
227 Amended, 1912, 158. R. L. 225.
228 §§ 2-7 repealed and superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 174-179, 199. (See
1903, 464; 1907, 54 § 2; 1908, 536 § 2; 1909, 318, 483; 1912, 233;
1914, 615.) R. L. 58, 121.
230 Amended, 1913, 622. (See 1902, 272; 1905, 275; 1914, 792; 1918,
189.) R. L. 9, 75.
246 Affected, 1903, 280; 1904, 244. R. L. 47.
250 Superseded, 1909, 468 §§ 3, 17; 1913, 323; 1914, 587 §§ 3, 17, 18.
(See 1902, 292; 1904, 381 §§ 17, 18.) R. L. 79.
251 Superseded, 1904, 381 § 3; 1909, 468 § 3; 1914, 587 § 3. R. L. 79.
253 Amended, 1904, 350 § 2; 1912, 382. R. L. 204.
256 Amended, 1913, 779 § 5; 1918, 257 § 184; 1920, 40. R. L. 46.
269 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
272 See 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
288 Superseded, 1906, 463 III §§ 38, 158. R. L. 112.
292 Superseded, 1904, 381 § 17; 1909, 468 § 17; 1914, 587 § 17. R. L. 79.
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297 Repealed, 1916, 201 § 2. R. L. 84.
298 Superseded, 1906, 463 I §§ 30, 31, 37, 68. (See 1902, 440; 1905, 408.)
R. L. 111.
299 Superseded, 1904, 453 §§ 1, 6. R. L. 160.
308 Amended, 1915, 6. R. L. 19.
312 § 1, see 1903, 220 § 1; 1909, 471, 474, 476; 1911, 297; 1912, 248.
§ 2 amended, 1903, 220 § 2; 1908, 329 § 6; 1912, 248 § 2; 1916,
139. R. L. 75, 90.
313 In part superseded, 1905, 327. R. L. 66.
314 Amended, 1906, 413 § 3. R. L. 86.
315 Repealed, 1903, 473 § 15. (See 1905, 311, 366; 1906, 353; 1909, 534
§§ 14-16; 1910, 525, 605; 1913, 803.) R. L. 47, 52, 102.
320 Superseded, 1904, 453 §§ 1, 6. R. L. 160.
321 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 290. (See 1907, 140, 190, 308; 1910, 172
§ 2.) R. L. 76, 100.
322 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 78, 145. (See 1907, 537 § 5.) R. L. 106.
324 See 1902, 474; 1904, 163; 1907, 390. R. L. 145, 151, 152.
325 § 2, see 1911, 350. R. L. 27.
327 Amended, 1908, 525 § 3; 1910, 172. Revised, 1918, 257 § 291.
(See 1906, 281; 1907, 140, 190, 308; 1908, 238, 307.) R. L. 76.
336 Superseded, 1910, 348 § 1; 1917, 327 § 24. (See 1904, 439; 1905, 465
§ 14; 1908, 604 § 14.) R. L. 16.
340 Repealed, 1907, 576 § 122. R. L. 118.
342 § 1 superseded, 1909, 490 I § 23. (See 1909, 439 § 1, 516 § 2; 1911,
383 § 2; 1913, 458; 1915, 137.) § 2 superseded, 1909, 490 III
§ 40. (See 1903, 437 §§ 71, 95; 1909, 439 § 2; 1915, 137.) § 3
superseded, 1909, 490 III § 41. (See 1906, 463 II § 212; 1909,
267 § 2, 439 § 2; 1915, 137.) § 4 superseded, 1909, 480 III § 42.
(See 1909, 439 § 3; 1915, 137.) § 5 superseded, 1909, 490 III
§ 45. (See 1909, 439 § 4; 1915, 137.) R. L. 13, 14.
346 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 359, 456; 1909, 174; 1912, 473. R. L. 11.
348 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 60, 456. (See 1902, 512.) R. L. 11.
349 See 1906, 372; 1909, 490 II § 21, III § 58; 1914, 626. R. L. 126.
350 Superseded, 1909, 514 § 74; 1912, 479. (See 1911, 455; 1913, 806.)
R. L. 104, 106.
355 § 1, see 1914, 537 § 2; § 2 revised, 1908, 520 §§ 4, 15; 1909, 491 § 2;
1911,148. (See 1906, 204 § 4; 1914, 504; 1915, 219.) R. L. 113, 116.
356 Superseded, 1904, 453 §§ 1, 6. R. L. 160.
358 Superseded, 1904, 451 § 3. R. L. 165.
359 Superseded, 1912, 561 ; 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
360 Superseded, 1904, 453 § 1. R. L. 160.
364 Amended, 1908, 496, 508, 561; 1910, 66. In part repealed, 1913,
721. Affected, 1920, 620. R. L. 5.
368 § 1 amended, 1906, 355 § 2. (See 1914, 736.) R. L. 160.
370 Superseded, 1906, 463 III §§ 103, 158. (See 1902, 441; 1903, 437
§§ 14-16, 27; 1908, 636; 1909, 369; 1910, 536.) R. L. 112.
374 Amended, 1909, 440 § 2. (See 1909, 490 I §§ 4, 7.) R. L. 12.
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375 See 1909, 490 §§ 7-9, 12. R. L. 12.
378 Superseded, 1904, 453 § 1. R. L. 160.
383 § 1 superseded, 1903, 472 § 2; 1907, 286; 1911, 567. R. L. 157.
384 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 45, 145. (See 1904, 334; 1907, 560 § 447.)
R. L. 11, 106.
389 Affected, 1915, 156. (See 1914, 122.) R. L. 25, 26, 78, 79.
391 See 1907, 524; 1909, 177. R. L. 75.
395 Repealed, 1906, 463 III §§ 66, 158. R. L. 112.
396 Repealed, 1906, 463 III § 158. R. L. 112.
397 Repealed, 1912, 489 § 2. (See 1907, 383; 1914, 288.) R. L. 214.
399 Repealed, 1906, 463 III §§ 7, 64, 65, 158. (See 1906, 339; 1908,
266.) R. L. 112.
402 Superseded, 1906, 463 I §§ 2, 68. (See 1904, 96.) R. L. 111.
406 Amended, 1913, 435. R. L. 202.
411 Superseded, 1902, 544 §§ 4, 35; 1904, 451 § 1 cl. H. R. L. 20.
412 Increase, 1908, 327; 1912, 353; 1916, 169; 1919, 310. R. L. 164.
414 Amended, 1908, 126, 273; 1911, 328; 1914, 757; 1916, 146. (See
1907, 577; 1908, 333, 343; 1909, 423 § 5; 1910, 327.) R. L. 98.
416 § 1 revised, 1920, 527 § 1. § 2 amended, 1920, 527 § 2. § 3 in part
superseded, 1904, 453 § 1. R. L. 160.
423 Superseded, 1909, 490 II § 44; 1911, 370; 1915, 237 § 1. (See 1905,
193 § 1.) R. L. 13.
430 Repealed, 1904, 335 § 3. (See 1903, 275; 1909, 514 § 32.) R. L.
72, 106, 208.
432 Superseded, 1906, 463 1 §§2, 68. (See 1904, 429; 1906,417.) R.L. 111.
433 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 198. (See 1906, 200; 1908, 427;
1911, 537; 1913, 396, 779 §§ 1, 4.) R. L. 42.
435 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 48, 145. (See 1908, 645.) R. L. 106.
436 Superseded, 1913, 637; 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
438 §§ 1, 6 repealed, 1916, 296 § 9. (See 1909, 67; 1916, 296 § 5.) R. L. 9.
440 Superseded, 1906, 403 I §§ 29^5, 68. (See 1902, 298, 507; 1905,
408; 1908, 372 § 2; 1909, 429.) R. L. 111.
441 In part repealed, 1903, 437 §§ 27, 95. Affected, 1914, 742 §§ 30,
199; 1915, 299 § 4. (See 1914, 742 § 5.) R. L. 109.
443 Superseded, 1909, 490 II §§ 61, 62. (See 1905, 325 § 2.) R. L. 13.
446 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 11, 145; 1914, 681 § 1. (See 1904, 313 § 1.)
R. L. 106.
449 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 109-111, 199. (See 1906, 218, 463 III
§§ 60-63, 158.) R. L. 34, 112.
450 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 112, 145. (See 1906, 427; 1907, 193; 1908,
650.) R. L. 106.
453 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 235. § 2 amended, 1908, 304; 1910, 219
§ 1. § 3 amended, 1910, 219 § 2. R. L. 57.
454 Superseded, 1908, 426. R. L. 223.
457 Superseded, 1907, 534 § 2; 1910, 465; 1911, 632. R. L. 62.
458 Superseded, 1910, 560 § 1. (See 1904, 448 §§ 3, 8; 1905, 249, 288.)
R. L. 128.
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459 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 228. R. L. 57.
462 Superseded, 1904, 451 § 1; 1918, 287 § 1. R. L. 165.
463 Repealed, 1906, 347 § 5. (See 1906, 66 § 1, 204 § 3; 1908, 590 § 4;
1910, 343.) R. L. 115, 126.
470 Repealed, 1918, 16. Re-enacted, 1920, 562. R. L. 5, 35.
471 Superseded, 1905, 157 §§ 3, 5; 1906, 460 § 2; 1910, 439. R. L. 7.
473 Superseded, 1907, 563 §§ 6, 26; 1909, 527 §§ 3, 8. (See 1903, 276;
1907, 452; 1908, 624; 1909, 490 IV §§ 6, 20; 1912, 678.) R. L. 15.
474 Amended, 1904, 163. R. L. 145.
477 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 551; 1918, 95 § 2. R. L. 60.
483 Superseded, 1908, 590 § 68; 1909, 491 § 8. (See 1904, 210; 1906,
204, 463 III §§ 147-149, 158.) R. L. 112, 113.
485 § 4 affected, 1906, 291. R. L. 100.
490 Superseded, 1906, 204 § 2; 1908, 590 § 3. R. L. 113.
492 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 93, 456; 1908, 428. R. L. 11.
493 Superseded, 1905, 465 § 180; 1917, 327 § 66. (See 1908, 604 § 196.)
R. L. 16.
495 Superseded, 1912, 507; 1915, 161; 1919, 350 §§ 34-38. (See 1907,
321; 1909, 444; 1911, Res. 103; 1919, 95, 358.) R. L. 89.
499 See 1904, 451 § 3; 1905, 380; 1908, 259; 1918, 287 § 1; 1919, 356
§§ 2-4. R. L. 165.
503 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 3,
§ 11. R. L. 50.
505 § 2 superseded, 1907, 399. § 3 amended, 1903, 228. (See 1903,
249 § 1.) R. L. 76.
506 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 109, 456. (See 1904, 179.) R. L. 11.
507 In part repealed, 1906, 463 I §§ 44, 68. R. L. 111.
512 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 60, 456; 1909, 440 § 2; 1911, 243. R. L.
11.
513 Superseded, 1904, 451 § 3. (See 1908, 259.) R. L. 165.
521 See 1906, 258, 393; 1918, 257 §§ 187, 219. R. L. 48.
523 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 25. (See 1906, 109 § 2; 1908, 497.)
R. L. 4.
524 Affected, 1906, 291 § 4. R. L. 100, 102.
526 See 1912, 371 § 3. R. L. 49.
530 Superseded, 1905, 157 §§ 2, 5; 1911, 485. (See 1910, 310 § 2.) R. L. 7.
531 Superseded, 1916, 242 § 4; 1918, 257 § 263. (See 1906, 151; 1910,
419.) R. L. 65.
533 Superseded, 1906, 463 I §§ 23, 68. (See 1908, 542; 1909, 47.) R. L.
111.
534 Limited, 1907, 573 § 17. § 6 amended, 1907, 258. (See 1904, 167.)
R. L. 112.
537 Repealed, 1907, 560 § 456. (See 1903, 425, 426, 450, 453, 474; 1905.
386: 1906, 444.) R. L. 11.
539 See 1909, 310; 1913, 503. R. L. 62.
541 § 1 revised, 1916, 180. (See 1906, 360 § 1.) R. L. 75.
542 Repealed, 1909, 504 § 107. (See 1905, 400; 1911, 334.) R. L. 87,
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Chap. 1902
544 § 2 repealed, 1907, 560 § 456. R. L. 11. § 4 in part superseded,
1904, 451 § 1; 1915, 272. § 5 amended, 1918, 257 § 143. § 6
amended, 1918, 291 § 1. § 9 amended, 1918, 257 § 256. § 10,
see 1918, 117. § 11 amended, 1905, 190. (See 1909, 377; 1910,
469.) R. L. 91. § 13 superseded, 1906, 463 II §§ 193, 258. R. L.
111. § 14 superseded and §§ 15-19 repealed, 1903, 241. (See
1904, 206 § 1; 1906, 224; 1909, 115.) § 20 repealed, 1904, 206
§ 2. R. L. 144. § 21 amended, 1914, 385. R. L. 152. § 22
amended, 1904, 302. R. L. 154. § 23 amended, 1910, 531 § 2.
(See 1914, 464.) R. L. 159. § 24 repealed, 1917, 326 § 2. R. L.
161. § 26 repealed, 1917, 279 § 40. R. L. 184. §§ 31, 32 re-
pealed, 1915, 145 § 13. (See 1905, 279 § 3; 1908, 297 § 2.) R. L.
208. § 34, see 1903, 209 § 1. R. L. 220.
Statutes of 1903.
54 § 1 amended, 1915, 107 § 1. § 2 amended, 1915, 107 § 2; 1920, 386.
§ 3 amended, 1919, 109. R. L. 156, 157.
95 Superseded, 1912, 623 §§ 14, 18. R. L. 114.
96 Amended, 1905, 127; 1907, 169 § 3. (See 1908, 116; 1915, 23.)
R. L. 145.
97 Amended, 1909, 197. R. L. 157.
100 Amended, 1904, 283; 1911, 392; 1920, 547. R. L. 102.
102 § 2 aflfected, 1904, 288 § 1. § 3 amended, 1904, 143 § 1. R. L. 19.
109 Repealed, 1907, 121. R. L. 6.
116 See 1910, 90; 1914, 122. R. L. 25.
120 Superseded, 1905, 149; 1907, 139 § 2, 276. R. L. 6.
122 Repeal and substitute, 1912, 527. (See 1904, 332; 1907, 66.) R. L.
57, 89.
134 Superseded, 1906, 463 III §§ 90, 158; 1911, 345. R. L^112.
137 See 1904, 451 § 3; 1919, 265. R. L. 165.
143 Superseded, 1906, 463 III §§74, 158. (See 1905, 376 § 1.) R. L. 112.
147 Superseded, 1912, 623 § 10. (See 1910, 364.) R. L. 114.
150 Affected, 1918, 257 §§ 188-190.
151 Superseded, 1908, 604 § 68. (See 1905, 202, 465 § 64.) R. L. 16.
157 Amended, 1909, 440 §3; 1909, 4901 §41; 1914, 198 §5. (See 1907,
576 § 19.) R. L. 12.
158 See 1905, 158. R. L. 28, 48.
161 Superseded, 1909, 490 I § 10; 1914, 629 § 2. (See 1908, 499 § 5;
1909, 243; 1911, 135 § 3.) R. L. 12.
162 Superseded, 1910, 472. (See 1903, 244; 1905, 414; 1907, 99; 1909,
508 §§ 1, 3.) R. L. 92.
164 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 161, 199. R. L. 121.
171 § 1, see 1908, 195; 1913, 224; 1914, 615. R. L. 45.
173 Superseded, 1906, 463 I §§ 7, 68. (See 1904, 265; 1906, 266; 1908,
599.) R. L. 111.
174 Superseded, 1907, 576 §§ 46, 122; 1909, 390. R. L. 118.
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179 Superseded, 1907, 323; 1911, 454. R. L. 160.
188 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 380. R. L. 210.
195 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 257 § 1. R. L. 2.
202 Superseded, 1906, 463 III §§ 41, 158; 1907, 402; 1918, 238. (See
1904, 441.) R. L. 112.
203 Superseded, 1912, 623 § 35. R. L. 114.
205 Superseded, 1909, 377. (See 1906, 263 § 1.) R. L. 91.
206 Superseded, 1908, 441. (See 1909, 272; 1910, 365.) R. L. 92.
209 Affected, 1906, 282 § 2; 1907, 251 § 1; 1914, 635. (See 1911, 176
§ 2.) §§ 2, 3 amended, 1910, 347. (See 1904, 224; 1906, 282 § 1;
1907, 251 §2; 1910,316.) R. L. 220. -
212 Amended, 1913, 492. (See 1909, 295; 1914, 370 § 2.) R. L. 225.
214 § 2 in part superseded, 1904, 453 § 1 cl. G. R. L. 160.
216 § 3 amended, 1912, 131; 1915,174. (See 1909, 469.) R. L. 91.
219 Repealed and superseded, 1915, 301. (See 1905, 289 § 2.) R. L. 76.
220 § 1 amended, 1909, 471, 476; 1911, 297 § 5; 1912, 248 § 1; 1914, 206.
§ 2 amended, 1908, 329 § 6; 1912, 248 § 2; 1916, 139. (See 1912,
603; 1913, 570.) R. L. 56, 75.
222 Affected, 1907, 447. (See 1918, 257 § 399.) R. L. 148.
223 Superseded, 1907, 576 §§ 11, 122; 1911, 54. (See 1905, 287.) R. L.
118.
226 Superseded, 1912, 3. (See 1904, 263; 1905, 169; 1906, 493; 1909,
490 I § 5; 1910, 123, 137.) R. L. 6.
229 § 1, 1908, 195; 1910, 473. R. L. 18.
236 § 1 revised, 1920, 584 § 8. (See 1904, 164.) R. L. 217.
237 Superseded, 1911, 509 § 2. (See 1906, 117.) R. L. 122.
241 § 1 amended, 1906, 224. (See 1904, 206 § 1; 1909, 115.) R. L. 144.
243 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2,
§ 30. R. L. 48.
245 Superseded, 1909, 396. (See 1905, 419; 1907, 307; 1908, 377; 1909,
362; 1910,545; 1912,388; 1913,529; 1914,453.) R. L. 92.
246 Amended, 1913, 439. R. L. 91.
247 Superseded, 1908, 604 § 162; 1911, 594 § 1; 1917, 327 § 159. (See
1905, 465 § 145.) R. L. 16.
248 Superseded, 1907, 563 §§ 4, 26; 1909, 490 IV § 21, 527 §§ 2, 3, 8.
R. L. 15.
249 Board of registration in veterinary medicine placed in department
of civil service and registration, 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. § 1 amended,
1906, 503 § 1. § 4 amended, 1906, 503 § 2; 1918, 257 § 295. § 5
superseded, 1914, 116. (See 1911, 199.) § 7 amended, 1914, 750.
§ 8 amended, 1907, 314 § 1. (See 1906, 503 § 3; 1917, 218 § 5.)
§ 9 amended, 1907, 314 § 2. (See 1917, 218; 1918, 217.) R. L. 76.
251 Superseded, 1907, 563 §§ 7, 26; 1909, 490 IV § 5, 527 § 8. (See
1904,421.) R. L. 6, 15.
253 Affected, 1906, 171. § 1 amended, 1911, 90. (See 1918, 81 § 1.)
R. L. 32.
255 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 100, 199; 1915, 20 § 1. R. L. 34.
986 Chakges in the
Chap. 1903
256 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 112. (See 1908, 353.) R. L. 204.
260 § 1 amended, 1905, 124 § 1. R. L. 138.
264 Extended, 1917, 195. (See 1918, 167.) R. L. 28.
274 Superseded, 1911, 285. (See 1907, 306.) R. L. 91.
275 Repealed, 1904, 335; 1909, 514 §§ 32, 145. (See 1907, 232 § 3.) R. L.
72 208
276 Superseded, 1907, 563 §§ 6, 26; 1909, 527 § 3. (See 1907, 452; 1909,
490 IV § 6.) R. L. 15.
279 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 69-76. (See 1903, 474; 1904, 245, 294;
1905, 318; 1906, 291, 444; 1907, 387, 429.) R. L. 11.
280 § 2 revised, 1904, 244 § 1. R. L. 47.
283 § 1, see 1905, Res. 2. R. L. 6.
287 Amended, 1907, 250 § 1; 1917, 20; 1920, 208. (See 1908, 484;
1909, 362.) R. L. 92.
291 Affected, 1905, 211 § 1. R. L. 9.
294 Superseded, 1904, 308; 1918, 257 § 318. (See 1906, 239.) R. L. 91.
297 Superseded, 1906, 463 I §§ 62, 68. (See 1911, 635.) R. L. 111.
299 See 1904, 215; 1911, 384, 444. R. L. 38, 42.
301 Repealed, 1907, 550 § 133. R. L. 104.
305 Amended, 1906, 415. R. L. 29.
307 Re-enacted, 1909, 490 III § 26. Superseded, 1915, 217. R. L. 14.
318 Repealed, 1907, 560 § 456. (See 1907, 429 § 13.) R. L. 11.
320 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 25, 26, 145; 1910, 63 § 1. (See 1908, 228.)
R. L. 18, 19, 106.
321 Repealed, 1909, 504 § 107. R. L. 87.
323 Amended, 1911, 60; 1914, 605, 710; 1917, 244. (See 1917, 6; 1918,
66.) R. L. 10.
330 §§ 1-3 revised, 1913, 779 §§ 6-9; 1914, 738. § 4 revised, 1913, 779
§ 11; 1914, 738 § 6; 1918, 257 § 186. (See 1904, 220 §§ 1-3;
1906, 389; 1912, 368 § 9.) R. L. 46.
331 § 1 amended, 1905, 205. R. L. 28, 48.
332 Amended, 1909, 407; 1910, 339. (See 1904, 155; 1907, 576 § 35;
1909, 294, 514 § 30; 1911, 111.) R. L. 119.
334 In part superseded, 1906, 489. § 1 amended, 1909, 181. §§ 1, 6
affected, 1911, 175. § 2, see 1912, 165, 310; 1913, 457. §§1,3,5,
see 1914, 272. (See 1904, 356; 1906, 501; 1907, 137, 158, 195;
1911,456; 1914,520.) R. L. 83, 160.
354 See 1906, 324. R. L. 225.
355 Amended, 1912, 331. (See 1914, 272.) R. L. 81.
356 See 1904, 246. R. L. 75.
365 § 1 repealed, 1904, 433 § 3. (See 1904, 370 §§ 1-3; 1908, 185; 1910,
328.) R. L. 108.
367 Repealed, 1917, 208 § 12. (See 1906, 386; 1907, 180, 259; 1908, 307;
1910, 387, 416; 1915, 258; 1917, 208.) R. L. 75.
368 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 217-228, 456. (See 1905, 313 § 1.) R. L. 11.
375 See 1913, 719 § 24. R. L. 27.
377 Superseded, 1908, 604 § 21. (See 1905, 465 § 31.) R. L. 16.
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383 § 3 amended, 1907, 464. R. L. 49.
386 See 1904, 403; 1906, 523; 1914, 288. R. L. 208.
387 Superseded, 1904, 381 § 3 cl. 4; 1909, 468 § 3 el. 4, § 16; 1910, 470;
1914, 587 § 3 cl. 4. R. L. 79.
390 Repealed, 1918, 189. R. L. 9..
395 Superseded, 1905, 157 §§ 2, 5; 1911, 485. (See 1910, 310 § 2.) R. L. 7.
398 Superseded, 1913, 336. R. L. 6.
400 Repealed, 1909, 504 § 107. (See 1904, 278; 1905, 458, 475; 1906,
471; 1909, 504 § 71.) R. L. 87.
402 Affected, 1909, 379. Amended, 1913, 82. R. L. 84.
406 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 146, 199. (See 1914, 661.) R. L. 121.
407 Amended, 1912, 438. (See 1909, 396; 1910, 545; 1912, 388; 1913,
552.) R. L. 92.
408 § 1 amended, 1911, 380 § 1. § 2 amended, 1905, 209 § 1; 1911,
380 § 2. R. L. 57.
410 Superseded, 1909, 504 §§ 94, 107. Extended, 1918, 63. (See 1911,
30.) R. L. 87, 100.
412 § 2 in part superseded, 1904, 453 § 2. R. L. 160.
420 Superseded, 1909, 468 § 1; 1914, 587 § 1. (See 1904, 381 § 1; 1907,
43.) R. L. 79.
421 Superseded, 1907, 576 §§ 7, 122. (See 1910, 493 § 7.) R. L. 118.
423 In part repealed, 1906, 463 II §§ 41, 258, III § 158; 1914, 742 §§ 23,
199. § 1 affected, 1910, 171 §§ 1-6. (See 1903, 437; 1914, 742
§ 23, 770.) R. L. 109.
425 Repealed, 1907, 560 §§ 166, 456. (See 1909, 356; 1910, 520.) R. L.
11.
428 § 1 amended, 1909, 188. (See 1909, 453.) R. L. 108.
430 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 19, 456. (See 1904, 294 § 3; 1907, 429
§ 3; 1909, 440 § 2.) R. L. 11.
432 Repealed, 1907, 571 § 2. R. L. 65.
437 Certain old corporations authorized to adopt this act, 1910, 353; also
agricultural and horticultural organizations, 1917, 224. § 1
amended, 1910, 385; affected, 1919, 333 §§ 9, 10, 14, 15-17.
(See 1909, 490, III § 39.) § 3 amended, 1918, 257 § 345. (See
1906, 433 § 4.) § 4, see 1916, 292; 1917, 168; 1918, 196. (/), see
1912, 586, 595. § -5 amended, 1918, 257 § 346. §§ 3-5 extended,
1919, 333 § 17. (See 190S, 163; 1919, 333 §§ 10, 11, 14.) § 6
et seq., see 1913, 447. § 7 amended, 1912, 595; 1914, 598 § 24.
(See 1906, 286; 1912, 586.) § 8 amended, 1920, 349 § 1. §§8-12,
see 1919, 333 §§ 10, 11, 14. § 9 amended, 1918, 257 § 347. § 10
revised, 1918, 257 § 348. §§ 9, 10 extended, 1919, 333 § 17. (See
1906, 463 II §§ 29, 30, III §§ 10, 11.) § 12 amended, 1918, 257
§ 349. (See 1908, 382.) § 14 revised, 1918, 257 § 350; 1920,
656. § 14A (new section) added, 1918, 257 § 351. §§ 14, 40, see
1905, 189. § 15, see 1906, 463 II § 45. § 16 amended, 1918, 257
§ 352. §§ 17, 18 extended, 1919, 333 § 17. (See 1910, 171.)
§ 18 amended, 1918, 257 § 353; 1920, 237 § 1; affected, 1919, 70
988 Changes in the
Chap. 1903
(representation of employees on board of directors). § 18A (new
section) added, 1918, 257 § 354. §§ 17, 18, see 1906, 463 II §§ 31,
32, III §§ 12, 13; 1907, 282 § 1; 1908, 180; 1911, 492; 1915, 15.
§ 20 amended, 1904, 207; extended, 1919, 333 § 17. § 20A (new
section) added, 1918, 257 § 356. (See 1905, 222.) §§ 20-32, see
1906, 463 II §§ 33^4, III §§ 14-25. § 23 extended, 1919, 333
§ 17. § 24 amended, 1912, 175; 1920, 349 § 2. § 26 amended,
1916, 105. § 26 ct seq., see 1913, 597. § 27 revised, 1920, 349 § 3.
§§ 28-31 affected, 1910, 171. (See 1914, 770; 1915, 238.) §§ 30,
31 extended, 1919, 333 § 17. § 33 amended, 1920, 349 § 4. § 34
amended, 1911, 488 § 1; 1918, 257 § 358. § 36 amended, 1911,
488 § 2; revised, 1918, 257 § 359. § 38 revised, 1920, 349 § 5.
§ 39 repealed, 1911, 488 § 3. § 40 amended, 1920, 349 § 6; ex-
tended, 1914, 504. (See 1908, 163, 534; 1909, 316, 477.) § 41
revised, 1918, 257 § 360. § 42, see 1908, 534. §§ 42, 43, see 1912,
586. § 44 extended, 1914, 504. § 45 et scq., see 1907, 282, 329,
395, 586; 1909, 441, 490 III §§ 40, 54, 55; 1911, 379; 1914, 661;
1915, 167; 1919, 355. § 47 amended, 1908, 300 § 1; 1909, 326;
1920, 349 § 7. (See 1909, 490 III § 55.) §§ 48, 49 amended,
1909, 440 §2. (See 1909, 490 III §40; 1911,379.) § 49 superseded,
1914, 198 § 7. (See 1906, 346 § 1.) § 51 extended, 1919, 333
§ 17. § 52 amended, 1920, 165. (See 1910, 187.) § 53 amended,
1905,156. §56d5('g., see 1906, 269,347,372; 1914,770. §§57-65
extended, 1919, 333 § 16. § 57, see 1917, 305. § 58 amended,
1905, 242. (See 1906, 269, 372; 1907, 332; 1909, 490 III § 39;
1913,257.) § 59, see 1909, 490 III § 58. § 60 amended, 1918, 171.
(See 1906, 372; 1909, 490 III § 54.) §§ 65-68, see 1909, 490 III
§ 58. § 66 amended, 1905, 233; superseded, 1909, 490 III § 54;
1915, 167. § 67 amended, 1908, 300 § 2. § 68 revised, 1906, 346
§ 2. § 71 limited, 1919, 355 § 27. (See 1907, 329, 586; 1908, 193,
194; 1914, 770; 1915, 238.) §§ 71-87, see 1904, 442; 1909,
490 III §§ 40-51, 68; 1919, 355. § 72 amended, 1909, 440 § 2.
(See 1907, 395; 1908, 615.) § 74 amended, 1904, 261 § 1; 1906,
271 § 12. (See 1908, 220; 1909, 490 III § 43; 1914, 198 § 6.)
§ 75 amended, 1907, 578; 1909, 490 III § 56; 1918, 235. § 76, see
1914, 198 § 6. § 77 amended, 1906, 271 § 13. (See 1909, 490
III § 57.) § 86 amended, 1908, 614; 1909, 490 III § 64; 1914,
198 § 6. (See 1906, 516 § 20; 1909, 440 § 2.) § 88 amended, 1907,
396 § 1; 1908, 382; 1909, 490 III § 41; 1920, 349 § 8, 598 § 1.
§ 89 amended, 1907, 396 § 2 ; 1920, 349 § 9, 598 § 2. § 90 amended,
1918, 257 § 361; 1920, 598 § 3. § 91 revised, 1920, 598 § 4; ex-
tended, 1919, 333 § 16. (See 1909, 490 III § 54; 1915, 167.)
§ 93, see 1920, 349 § 10. § 94 extended, 1919, 333 § 15. (See
1905, 330; see also 1905, 222; 1906, 66, 377, 392, 437, 463 I and II;
1909, 267 § 2, 439 § 2.) R. L. 14, 109, 110, 126.
450 Repealed, 1907, 560 §§ 166, 456. (See 1903, 453, 454.) R. L. 11.
452 Affected, 1915, 141, 206. R. L. 225.
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453 Repealed, 1907, 560 §§ 105, 106, 456. R. L. 11.
454 Repealed. 1907, 560 § 456. (See 1903, 474 § 6; 1904, 41, 179, 293,
377; 1905, 386; 1907, 429 § 14.) R. L. 11.
455 §1 amended, 1905, 218 §2; 1907, 359; 1909, 174. R. L. 10.
456 Repealed and superseded, 1919,363. (See 1904, 107, 234; 1906, 200;
190S, 427; 1918, 186 §§ 1, 2.) R. L. 39, 41.
457 §§ 1, 2 superseded, 1905, 465 §§ 122, 123; 1917, 327 § 46. (See 1904,
371; 1905,391; 1908,604.) R. L. 16.
459 Extended, 1909, 103 § 1. R. L. 25.
464 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 181, 199. (See 1909, 483 § 3; 1912, 233.)
R. L. 58.
465 See 1911, 463; 1920, 541 § 5. R. L. 28.
467 Amended, 1907, 208. (See 1908, 195; 1914, 792.) R. L. 75.
471 § 1 in part repealed, 1904, 458 §§ 6, 7. R. L. 6, 79.
472 § 2 superseded, 1907, 286; 1911, 567. § 3, see 1904, 451 § 3; 1906,
276; 1908, 259; 1919, 251. R. L. 157, 165.
473 Repeal and substitute, 1909, 534. (See 1905, 311, 366; 1906, 353,
412; 1907, 203, 408, 494, 580; 1908, 263, 467, 642, 648; 1910, 605;
1913, 803; 1914, 190, 420.) R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
474 Repealed, 1907, 560 § 456. (See 1904, 293; 1905, 386; 1906, 291,
444.) R. L. 11.
475 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 86-90, 145; 1915, 69. § 5, see 1913, 610
§2. (Seel907, 537§5; 1908, 389; 1912, 726§5.) R. L. 106, 108.
476 Superseded, 1906, 463 III §§ 43, 158. R. L. 112.
478 Superseded, 1906, 463 I §§ 37, 68; 1908, 390 § 1; 1911, 486. (See
1905,408.) R.L.I 11.
480 Amended, 1912, 104; 1917, 190. (See 1909, 319; 1914, 792.) R. L.
75.
481 Superseded, 1908, 604 §§ 26, 27. (See 1907, 356.) R. L. 16.
483 § 1 amended, 1919, 292 § 5. R. L. 39, 42.
484 Repealed, 1915, 72. (See 1906, 434.) R. L. 6, 102.
Statutes of 1904.
41 Repealed, 1907, 560 § 456. (See 1904, 179, 377.) R. L. 11.
59 Superseded, 1906, 463 II §§ 233, 258. (See 1905, 208.) R. L. 111.
87 Amended, 1906, 126 § 1; 1915, 271. R. L. 3.
88 Superseded, 1908, 507; 1914, 159. R. L. 4.
96 Superseded, 1906, 463 I §§ 2, 68; 1910, 401. R. L. 111.
99 Superseded, 1909, 490 III § 2. (See 1906, 322; 1907, 564 § 2; 1909,
430 §1; 1912,543; 1918,103.) R. L. 14.
107 § 2 repealed, 1919, 363 § 16. (See 1918, 186.) R. L. 39, 41.
108 § 1 repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1,
§6. (See 1909, 464 § 2.) R. L. 47.
110 Superseded, 1906, 463 III §§ 80, 158. R. L. 112.
116 Repealed, 1917, 182. (See 1905, 81; 1906, 239.) R. L. 91.
118 See 1906, 239; 1908, 492; 1915, 49. § 1 amended, 1918, 13. R. L. 91.
990 Changes in the
Chap. 1904
119 Superseded, 1912, 443; 1918, 257 § 147. (See 1909, 273 § 2.) R. L.
24.
120 Amended, 1913, 259; 1918, 257 § 450. (See 1908, 386.) R. L. 212.
122 See 1912, 372. R. L. 100.
125 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1,
§15. (See 1907, 196.) R. L. 25, 47.
127 See 1904, 283; 1911, 392. R. L. 102.
142 Amended, 1907, 241; 1910, 392; 1918, 271. R. L. 102.
152 § 1 amended, 1908, 290. R. L. 25.
153 See 1908, 250 § 2, 464 § 1, 594; 1909, 136, 148; 1920, 87. R. L. 21,
27.
155 § 1 amended, 1909, 294. §§ 1-4 re-enacted, 1912, 196. (See 1907,
576 § 35; 1909, 514 § 30; 1910, 339; 1911, HI.) R. L. 118, 119.
159 Repeal and substitute, 1913, 563. R. L. 82.
161 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 333 §§ 1, 2. R. L. 32, 54.
164 Revised, 1920, 584 § 1. R. L. 217.
165 Amended, 1914, 699 § 2. R. L. 141.
169 Superseded, 1906, 463 II §§ 256, 258. R. L. 111.
176 Amended, 1918, 53. R. L. 92, 98.
179 Repealed, 1907, 560 § 456. (See 1904, 377; 1905, 386 § 13.) R. L. 11.
181 Amended, 1906, 271 § 11; 1909, 490 I § 93; 1914, 198 § 5. R. L. 12.
183 See 1904, 450, 460 § 4. R. L. 102.
189 See 1918, 186. R. L. 39, 41.
194 Amended, 1911, 352. R. L. 32.
200 See 1908, 590 §§ 9, 10, 69. R. L. 116.
201 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 261, 456. R. L. 11.
206 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 393. (See 1906, 224; 1909, 115.) R. L.
144.
207 Affected, 1905, 222. R. L. 109, 110.
208 Superseded, 1908, 590 § 68; 1909, 491 § 8. R. L. 113, 116.
209 See 1908, 474. R. L. 9.
210 Superseded, 1908, 590 § 68; 1909, 491 § 8. (See 1906, 463 III §§ 150,
158.) R. L. 113, 116.
217 Superseded, 1917, 296. (See 1906, 73; 1907, 236 §1.) Affected, 1915,
151 § 5. R. L. 146.
219 Amount increased, 1908, 319. R. L. 164.
220 Affected, 1906, 389; 1909, 472; 1911, 176, 265; 1914, 738. § 4
revised, 1913, 779 § 10; affected, 1914, 738. (See 1912, 368 § 9.)
R. L. 46.
224 In part superseded, 1906, 282; 1907, 251; 1910, 347; 1914, 635.
(See 1910, 316.) R. L. 220, 223.
226 Superseded, 1905, 465 § 153; 1908, 604 § 170; 1917, 327 § 59. (See
1906,139.) R.L. 16.
227 See 1907, 550. R. L. 104.
231 § 1 superseded, 1905, 465 § 83; 1908, 604 §§ 96, 97; 1917, 327 §§ 113,
114. § 3, see 1905, 465 § 84. (See 1906, 212; 1907, 305.) R. L. 16.
240 Superseded, 1907, 576 §§ 60, 122. R. L. 118.
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241 Affected, 1905, 459; 1906,293; 1910,360. R. L. 225.
242 Extended, 1911, 129. Affected, 1918, 259. § 1 amended, 1915, 160.
§ 2, see 1918, 259 § 1. (See 1913, 610 § 2, 655 §§ 42-47.)
243 § 1 affected, 1915, 260. § 2 repealed and superseded, 1920, 380.
(See 1916, 187.) § 3 affected, 1915, 141, 206. (See 1906, 243;
1911, 194.) R. L. 225.
244 See 1908, 462. R. L. 47.
245 Repealed, 1907, 560 § 456. (See 1905, 318; 1906, 291, 444; 1907,
387.) R. L. 11.
248 See 1905, 211; 1906, 275; 1910. 567; 1912, 445. R. L. 42, 125.
257 Superseded, 1909, 504 §§ 103, 107. (See 1910, 345.) R. L. 87, 219.
258 Amended, 1913, 526. R. L. 160, 165.
259 In part repealed, 1910, 258. R. L. 160.
261 Amended, 1906, 271 § 12. (See 1904, 442; 1907, 586; 1909, 490
III § 43; 1914, 198 § 6.) R. L. 12, 14.
263 See 1905, 169; 1906, 463; 1910, 123, 137; 1912, 3. R. L. 6.
265 Superseded, 1906, 463 I §§ 7, 68. (See 1906, 266; 1908, 599.) R. L.
111.
267 Superseded, 1906, 463 III §§ 102, 158. R. L. 112.
268 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 25. R. L. 4.
269 § 6 amended, 1905, 265 § 1. (See 1909, 469.) R. L. 91.
274 § 1 amended, 1905, 348. (See 1905, 344.) R. L. 30, 81.
275 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 121, 456. (See 1907, 429 § 5.) R. L. 11.
277 See 1918, 257 § 139. R. L. 21.
278 See 1905, 475; 1909, 504 § 69. R. L. 87.
281 Increase, 1908, 374; 1916, 125. R. L. 164.
282 See 1907, 297; 1908, 270; 1909, 403, 469; 1910, 177; 1914, 597; 1916,
35. R. L. 91.
283 Amended, 1911, 392; 1920, 547. R. L. 102.
286 § 1 amended, 1907, 442 § 3; 1909, 248; 1910, 266. § 2 amended,
1906, 265 §1; 1913,791. § 3 affected, 1908, 328; 1914,663; 1915,
262. In part repealed, 1909, 331. (See 1904, 455 § 1.) R. L. 164.
287 Repealed, 1912, 547 § 2. R. L. 165.
292 See 1912, 623 § 24; 1918, 83 § 2. R. L. 114. .
293 Repealed, 1907, 560 § 456. R. L. 11.
294 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 19, 456. (See 1907, 429 § 3.) R. L. 11.
295 Amended, 1906, 196. (See 1918, 257 § 90, 294.) R. L. 18.
300 Superseded, 1907, 576 §§ 43, 122. R. L. 118.
301 § 1 affected, 1905, 281 §§ 1, 2. R. L. 91.
304 Repealed, 1907, 576 § 122. R. L. 118.
305 See 1914, 164. R. L. 208.
307 Superseded, 1906, 257. R. L. 176.
308 Amended, 1918, 257 § 318. Limited, 1906, 239 § 2. (See 1908, 492.)
R. L. 91.
310 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 415, 422, 456. R. L. 11.
311 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 21, 145. R. L. 106.
313 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 11-14, 145; 1914, 681 § 1. R. L. 106.
992 Changes in the
Chap. 1984
314 Repealed, 1918, 247 § 4. (See 1905, 150, 243; 1906, 210 § 2; 1909,
453 §2; 1910,500; 1911,624; 1915, 41 § 2, 251; 1916,56.) R. L.
19, 106.
315 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 44, 145. R. L. 26, 106.
317 See 1904, 443 §§ 2, 6; 1905, 266, 390; 1915, 263; 1918, 257 § 187,
subseet. 39. R. L. 28, 48, 49.
318 See 1908, 185, 568. R. L. 108.
319 See 1911, 176 § 2. R. L. 220.
320 Repealed, 1909, 514 § 145. Re-enacted, 1910, 63 § 1. R. L. 167.
322 Affected, 1910, 624 § 1; 1916, 252. R. L. 25.
327 , See 1907, 186; 1911, 137; 1913, 548, 657, 671, 681, 697. R. L. 25.
329 Amended, 1916, 6. (See 1904, 364; 1905, 417; 1912, 110; 1913, 573.)
R. L. 91.
332 Repealed, 1912, 527 § 15. R. L. 57, 89.
333 Affected, 1905, 383; 1907, 550. R. L. 104.
334 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 45, 145. (See 1907, 560 §§ 447, 456.) R. L.
11, 106.
335 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 31, 32, 145. (See 1907, 232 § 3.) R. L.
72, 208.
336 § 1 amended, 1905, 426 § 1. R. L. 101.
343 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 28, 29, 145. (See 1912, 252.) R. L. 106.
344 § 1 amended, 1919, 275. (See 1910, 130 § 2.) § 2 revised, 1905, 144.
R. L. 25.
347 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 101, 145. (See 1912, 726 § 5.) R. L. 106.
348 Amended, 1914, 411; 1915, 304; 1916, 70. (See 1905, 110; 1906, 187;
1909, 235.) R. L. 165.
349 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 23, 145; 1920, 210. R. L. 106.
350 § 1, see 1909, 184; 1913, 38. § 2 amended, 1912, 382. R. L. 204.
353 In part superseded, 1906, 291 §§ 8, 10. R. L. 102, 108.
355 § 1 amended, 1914, 670; 1915, 249. (See 1916, 292; 1919, 71.) R. L.
165.
356 See 1906, 413, 489, 501; 1907, 137, 158, 195; 1911, 175, 456; 1912,
310; 1914, 272. R. L. 46, 83, 212.
357 Superseded, 1906, 463 I §§ 9, 10, 68. (See 1909, 343.) R. L. 111.
361 Superseded, 1905, 465 §§ 90, 157; 1908, 604 § 106; 1917, 327 §§ 168,
250. (See 1905, 468.) R. L. 16.
363 § 1, see 1905, 464; 1912, 562. R. L. 225.
364 Repealed, 1905, 417 § 2. (See 1912, 110; 1913, 573.) R. L. 25, 91.
366 Repealed, 1907, 161. (See 1905, 406; 1906, 303; 1907, 166; 1908,
413; 1909, 466.) R. L. 92.
367 § 1 amended, 1910, 548. (See 1906, 179 § 2; 1907, 198, 299; 1908,
255; 1911, 614, 722.) R. L. 91.
368 See 1907, 550. R. L. 104.
369 See 1905, 414; 1907, 99; 1909, 421, 508; 1912, 567. R. L. 92.
370 §§ 1-4 revised, and new sections added, 1905, 280. (See 1914, 795
§§3,6.) § 3 revised, 1916, 162. (See 1905, 280 § 1; 1908, 502 § 1;
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Chap. 1904
1910, 223 § 1; 1913, 452.) Affected, 1911, 477. In part repealed,
1918, Sp. (Boston) 101. § 4, 1905, 280 § 2; 1910, 223 § 2. (See
1910, 284; 1914, 155; 1919, 303.) R. L. 32, 102.
371 § 1 superseded, 1905, 465 § 112; 1908, 604 § 133; 1917, 327 § 41.
(See 1905, 391.) R. L. 16.
372 § 2, see 1904, 453 § 1; 1906, 248; 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
373 Superseded, 1906, 463 II §§ 117-121, 158. R. L. 112.
374 §§ 2-6, see 1915, 231 § 4, 268 § 3. § 3 affected, 1906, 204 § 4.
(See 1908, 590 § 4; 1909, 419; 1915, 268.) §§ 3-6, see 1909, 491
§§ 2, 3; 1911, 148; 1915, 231 § 4. § 5 amended, 1920, 598 § 7.
§ 7 superseded, 1908, 520 §§ 8, 9; 1910, 377; 1914, 422. (See
1905,331; 1906,204; 1909,342; 1910,399; 1911,389; 1912,90.)
R. L. 116.
375 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 326-329, 333, 456. R. L. 11.
376 See 1914, 331 §§ 2, 4. R. L. 42.
377 Repealed, 1905, 386 § 18. (See 1907, 560 § 113; 1908, 423 § 1.)
R. L. 11.
380 Repealed, 1907, 560 § 456. R. L. 11.
381 Superseded, 1909, 468; 1914, 587. (See 1907, 43, 354; 1908, 405;
1910, 470; 1913, 323; 1914, 311, 349, 375.) R. L. 79.
382 See 1908, 389; 1911,675; 1913,834; 1918,275. R. L. 108.
383 § 1 amended, 1905, 260 § 1. R. L. 40.
385 Superseded, 1909, 490 I § 12. R. L. 12.
386 § 1 superseded, 1906, 416; 1913, 738; 1920, 627 § 3. R. L. 128.
387 Repealed, 1913, 386 § 2. (See 1909, 363.) R. L. 164.
388 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. (See 1907, 66; 1914, 91.) R. L. 9.
392 Affected, 1906, 204. (See 1908, 590 §§ 2-7, 69.) R. L. 113, 114.
395 § 1 amended, 1909, 391 § 1. (See 1906, 225, 365; 1907, 183, 386,
445; 1908, 598; 1909, 292, 380; 1911, 613.) R. L. 75, 84.
396 In part superseded, 1906, 463 I § 66, III §§ 85, 158. (See 1908, 495.)
R. L. 112, 209.
397 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 47, 145. (See 1906, 284 § 2; 1911, 313.)
R. L. 106.
399 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 10, 145. R. L. 106.
401 § 1 amended, 1905, 92; 1912, 322; 1913, 70. § 2 affected, 1906, 59.
(See 1908, 110 §2.) R. L. 164.
403 See 1906, 523. R. L. 208.
408 Repealed, 1917, 235 § 3. R. L. 91.
409 Office of state forester abolished and superseded by division of forestry
in department of conservation, 1919, 350 §§ 39-42. § 1 amended,
1907, 473 § 1; 1909, 263 § 1; 1917, 63. (See 1914, 598.) § 2,
see 1915, 171. § 3 revised, 1912, 577. (See 1905, 211 § 1; 1914,
598.) § 5 amended, 1916, 97. (See 1910, 236.) § 6 amended,
1907, 473 § 2; affected, 1907, 475 §§ 1, 4, 8; 1908, 209 §§ 3, 4,
478. ^See 1909, 214, 452; 1910, 398; 1914, 262, 340, 341; 1919,
120; 1920, 269.) R. L. 28, 89.
994 Changes in the
Chap. • 1904
410 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. (See 1908, 462 §3.) R. L. 9.
413 Provisions extended to appeals from municipal court of city of Boston,
1914, 35 § 4.
414 Superseded, 1909, 436. (See 1908, 460.) R. L. 89.
421 Superseded, 1907, 563 §§ 7, 26; 1908, 624; 1909, 527 § 8. (See
1909, 490 IV § 7.) R. L. 15.
423 Repealed, 1914, 692 § 11. R. L. 107.
427 Affected, 1906, 204; 1908, 590 §§ 4-6. R. L. 113, 117.
429 Superseded, 1906, 463 I §§ 3, 68. (See 1914, 742 § 136.) R. L. 111.
430 Affected, 1906, 522; 1907,451; 1908,375; 1913,610. (See 1908, 389;
1909, 410; 1911, 561.) R. L. 108.
432 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 59, 145. (See 1905, 213, 267; 1906, 284;
1907, 224.) R. L. 106.
433 District police force abolished and superseded by department of
public safety, 1919, 350 §§ 99-110. § 1 in part repealed, 1905,
247 § 2, 461 § 2; 1913, 834. § 2, see 1908, 389; 1909, 432; 1910,
328, 588; 1911, 675 §§ 1, 2. (See 1918, 275 §§ 1, 2, 3; see also
1914, 795.) R. L. 108.
435 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 136, 137, 199. R. L. 121.
439 Superseded, 1905, 465 § 14; 1908, 604 § 14; 1917, 327 § 24. R. L. 16.
440 Superseded, 1907, 139 § 2. R. L. 6.
441 Superseded, 1906, 463 III §§ 41, 158; '1907, 402; 1918, 238. (See
1908, 278.) R. L. 112.
442 § 1 superseded, 1909, 490 I § 84. Amended, 1909, 440 § 2. § 2
superseded, 1909, 490 III § 46. (See 1907, 395; 1908, 220.) R. L.
14.
443 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 203. Extended, 1905, 390. § 13, see 1913,
401; 1915,281. (See 1905, 266; 1915,263.) R. L. 25, 28, 48.
444 § 3 amended, 1914, 239; 1920, 202. R. L. 89.
446 § 1 amended, 1907, 226; affected, 1919, 350 §§ 87-95. § 9 superseded,
1909, 497. § 13 amended, 1905, 128. R. L. 83, 87.
448 § 1, see 1906, 50, 344; 1915, 112. § 3 in part repealed, 1910, 560
§ 5. (See 1905. 249 § 5, 288; 1914, 696.) § 6, see 1905, 195. § 8
revised, 1910, 560 § 6. § 9 repealed, 1912, 542. (See 1905, 286.)
§ 10 amended, 1905, 249 § 1; 1910, 560 § 3. § 11 added, 1905,
291. (See 1905, 249 § 4, 296.) R. L. 128, 173.
450 Repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1905, 342; 1906, 105; 1908, 335, 381,
385 § 2; 1910, 143.) R. L. 102, 108.
451 Repealed in part and superseded, 1918, 261 § 1, 263 §§ 1, 4, 287
§§ 1, 7; 1919, 241, 356. § 1 affected, 1911, 299. CI. A, 1915, 245;
CI. C, 1905, 179; 1906, 290; 1910, 537; CI. F, 1915,272; CI. H,
1913, 423, 791. §§ 1-3 affected, 1912, 219. § 3 in part superseded,
1905, 380; 1907, 145 § 2, 253; 1909, 232; 1914, 405. (See 1902,
499 § 1; 1906, 276; 1908, 259; 1909, 398; 1919, 209, 347 § 1.)
R. L. 20, 21, 165.
452 Superseded, 1919, 361; 1920, 625. (See 1912, 553; 1913, 682.) R. L.
22.
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Chap. 1904
453 Affected, 1905, 339; 1909,357; 1910,501; 1914, 532 § 2, 686; 1917,
203, 340; 1918, 173, 178, 208, 211; 1919, 362. § 1 amended, CI. A,
1914, 686. CI. B and C, 1905, 165; 1915, 286. CI. C and D, 1908,
323; 1909, 357; 1911, 414 § 2; 1912, 660; 1914, 532 § 2; 1916,
261. CI. E, 1906, 325 § 1; 1909, 357; 1917, 154, 319. CI. F,
1906, 325 § 2; 1907, 128 § 1; 1912, 563, 672; 1917, 319. CI. G,
1912, 604; 1913, 748. CI. H, 1905, 443 § 1; 1907, 128 § 2; 1912,
604; 1914, 509; 1917, 102, 124. (See 1905, 133, 192.) CI. I, 1905,
443 § 2; 1907, 128 § 3; 1913, 414 § 2. CI. J, 1918, 260 § 2. § 2
repealed, 1907, 128 § 4; in part superseded, 1917, 203. § 3 affected,
1917, 273. § 5, see 1910, 370. § 6, see 1905, 339 § 2. R. L. 160,
165.
454 § 1 in part superseded, 1906, 449 § 1, 450; 1912, 649 § 10; 1913, 726,
736; 1914, 666; 1917, 262; 1918, 287 § 1; 1919, 328, 329; 1920,
491, 492, 614. (See 1909, 434.) R. L. 160.
455 Superseded, 1919, 353; 1920, 623, 626. § 1 amended, 1906, 265 § 1;
1907, 207 § 1, 442 §§ 4, 5; 1911, 668; 1912, 584, 585; 1915, 280;
affected, 1917, 336; 1918, 284 (temporary increase of salaries of
certain judges, registers and assistant registers of probate). (See
1908, 110 § 2; 1911, 710; 1912, 332.) R. L. 164.
458 § 5, see 1909, 49. R. L. 165.
459 Superseded, 1909, 504 §§ 29, 41, 48. (See 1905, 447.) R. L. 87.
460 § 1 superseded, 1908, 385 § 2; 1909, 189. § 2 revised, 1918, 257 § 336;
affected, 1908, 333, 343; 1909, 420. §§ 1, 2 temporarily limited,
1918, 134. § 3 revised, 1918, 257 § 338. § 4 superseded, 1908,
385 §2. (See 1905, 341; 1907, 274 § 1; 1907, 335.) § 5 amended,
1907, 309; 1909, 254. R. L. 98, 102.
Statutes of 1905.
73 Superseded, 1908, 477; 1909, 309; 1914, 401. (See 1906, 482.)
R. L. 92.
79 See 1910, 262. R. L. 161.
80 Superseded, 1906, 463 III §§ 4, 5, 158. R. L. 112.
81 Repealed, 1917, 182. (See 1906, 239; 1908, 492.) R. L. 91.
92 Amended, 1912, 332; 1913, 70. (See 1906, 59.) R. L. 164.
110 Superseded, 1906, 187; 1909, 235. (See 1906, 180; 1911, 150.)
R. L. 165, 217.
111 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 247, 456. R. L. 11.
115 See 1909, 208. R. L. 81.
122 See 1905, 406; 1908, 441; 1911,356. R. L. 92.
127 § 1 amended, 1907, 169 § 3. (See 1908, 116; 1911, 206, 389; 1915,
23.) R. L. 145.
134 Repealed, 1906, 463 III §§ 86, 158. R. L. 112.
138 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
149 Superseded, 1907, 139 § 2, 276; 1911, 294. R. L. 6.
996 Changes in the
Chap. 1906
150 Amended, 1910, 500. (See 1907, 458; 1909, 398; 1910, 459; 1911,
624; 1912, 55; 1919, 150 § 6.) R. L. 19.
154 Superseded, 1910, 421 § 2. (See 1908, 342.) R. L. 10.
156 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 86. 199. R. L. 109.
157 § 1 repealed and superseded, 1918, 272 §§ 1, 5, 281. (See 1910, 369;
1911, 485; 1912, 576; 1914, 326 § 1; 1917, 242.) § 2 repealed and
superseded, 1918, 272 §§ 2, 3, 5. (See 1910, 310 § 2; 1911, 485;
1914, 326 §2; 1915,88; 1917, 229 § 2, 242, 304.) § 3 repealed and
superseded, 1918, 272 §§ 3, 5, 281. (See 1910, 439 § 6; 1906, 460
§2; 1909,276; 1913,602; 1916,287.) R. L. 7.
159 Superseded, 1907, 474 §§ 1, 15. (See 1910, 198, 491.) R. L. 87, 89.
163 Repealed, 1912, 174. (See 1908, 349.) R. L. 21.
165 See 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
169 See 1906, 493; 1909, 490 I § 5; 1910, 123, 137; 1912, 3. R. L. 6.'
175 Superseded, 1909, 504 §§ 95, 96. (See 1908, 195.) R. L. 87.
176 Extended, 1905, 437. Superseded, 1908, 566. (See 1909, 281; 1911,
48, 440; 1912, 182; 1914, 196, 791; 1915, 169.) R. L. 104.
179 Repealed in part, 1918, 263; 1919, 241. (See 1918, 261, 287.) R. L.
165.
183 See 1914, 446; 1918, 140. R. L. 164.
189 Repealed, 1916, 37.
190 Superseded, 1909, 377; 1910, 469, R. L. 91.
191 Superseded, 1907, 576 §§ 102, 122. R. L. 118.
193 Superseded, 1909, 490 II § 44; 1911, 370; 1915, 237 § 1. R. L. 13.
202 Repealed and superseded, 1908, 317, 604 § 174; 1917, 327 § 77.
(See 1905, 465 § 157.) R. L. 16.
204 Superseded, 1916, 242 § 6; 1918, 257 § 265. (See 1907, 571 § 1;
1908, 208; 1912, 192; 1915, 253 § 1.) R. L. 65.
206 § 1 amended, 1911, 83. R. L. 100.
208 Superseded, 1906, 463 II §§ 234, 258. R. L. 111.
209 Amended, 1911, 380 § 2. R. L. 57.
210 Superseded, 1906, 463 II §§ 233, 258; 1909, 233. R. L. 111.
211 , § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 476. §§ 1, 6 et seq., see 1906, 235 § 1.
1912, 445; 1918, 257 §§ 286, 288. § 3 superseded, 1907, 139 § 1.
(See 1908, 195, 414.) § 4 amended, 1908, 630. § 5, see 1908, 597
§§ 4, 5. § 6, see 1918, 244. § 7 revised, 1918, 257 § 6. (See 1915,
139.) § 10 revised, 1918, 257 § 7. § 11 superseded, 1911, 154 § 13.
R. L. 6, 75, 84.
213 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 59, 145. (See 1905, 267 § 2; 1907, 224.)
R. L. 106.
216 § 1 superseded, 1906, 275 § 1. R. L. 125.
218 § 1 amended, 1909, 174; affected, 1919, 350 §§ 22, 23. § 2 amended,
1907, 359; 1909, 174; 1914, 605. (See 1914, 710.) R. L. 10.
220 Superseded, 1910, 541. Affected, 1919, 360. R. L. 75, 213.
222 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 257 §§ 356, 357. R. L. 109, 110.
231 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 55, 145. (See 1908, 547.) R. L. 106,
224.
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233 Superseded, 1909, 490 III § 54; 1915, 167. R. L. 126.
235 Affected, 1909, 295. (See 1916, 249.) R. L. 225.
236 Revised, 1916, 58. (See 1906, 305; 1913, 795.) R. L. 75.
238 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 106, 145. (See 1907, 537 § 5; 1911, 603.)
R. L. 106.
240 § 1 amended, 1916, 76. (See 1915, 141, 206.) R. L. 225.
242 See 1906, 269, 372. R. L. 126, 167.
243 Repealed, 1918, 247 § 4. (See 1906, 210 § 2; 1911, 624; 1915, 251.)
R. L. 19, 108.
244 See 1913, 633, 759 § 4; 1914, 180; 1915, 177. R. L. 224, 225.
245 Superseded, 1913, 552. (See 1910, 545 § 3.) R. L. 92.
247 See 1905, 461; 1911, 675; 1913, 834; 1918, 275. R. L. 108.
249 § 1 amended, 1910, 560 § 3. (See 1905, 288; 1906, 50, 344; 1915,
112.) R. L. 128.
250 Superseded, 1908, 590 § 68; 1909, 491 § 8. R. L. 113.
251 § 1 amended, 1907, 480; 1910, 269; 1914, 177. § 2 amended, 1907,
480 § 1. (See 1909, 292, 380, 391, 470.) R. L. 75.
256 Amended, 1917, 303; 1920, 468. R. L. 140.
259 See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 14. R. L. 196.
263 § 2 amended, 1909, 33. R. L. 156, 157.
265 See 1909, 469. R. L. 91.
266 See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 23. R. L. 173.
267 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 56, 145. (See 1906, 284, 499; 1907, 224.)
R. L. 106.
269 Amended, 1911, 500. R. L. 83.
271 Superseded, 1910, 538; 1911, 305. R. L. 173.
272 Superseded, 1913, 336. R. L. 6.
273 See 1906, 274, 301; 1909, 421. R. L. 92.
275 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
279 § 1 repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 §§ 8, 13. (See 1908, 297 § 1.)
§ 2 repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 §§ 9, 13. (See 1908, 296
§ 2; 1910, 321.) § 3 repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 §§ 10,
13. (See 1908, 296 § 4, 297 § 2.) R. L. 47, 53.
280 Extended, 1910, 588. Affected, 1910, 565; 1911, 477. In part re-
pealed, 1918, Sp. (Boston), 101. (See 1914, 795 §§ 3, 6.) § 1
superseded, 1916, 162. (See 1908, 502 § 1; 1910, 223 § 1; 1913,
452.) § 2 amended, 1910, 223 § 2. (See 1910, 285, 588; 1914,
155; 1919, 303.) R. L. 102.
281 § 1, see 1915, 49. R. L. 91.
282 Superseded, 1908, 629; 1909, 504 § 1. R. L. 87.
284 See 1911, 77. § 1 amended, 1911, 88. R. L. 100.
286 Repealed, 1912, 542. R. L. 173.
287 Superseded, 1907, 576 §§ 11, 122; 1911, 54, 315; 1912, 74. (See
1914,464.) R.L.I 18.
288 In part repealed, 1910, 560 § 2.
289 Repealed and superseded, 1915, 301. (See 1908, 294 § 2; 1909, 301;
1911, 377.) R. L. 76.
998 Changes in the
Chap. 1906
295 Amended, 1906, 329; 1907, 261; 1910, 332; 1911, 116. (See 1915,
254.) R. L. 217.
298 §§ 1, 2 superseded, 1908, 605 § 140; 1917, 327 § 48. (See 1905, 465
§120; 1906, 469 § 1, 504 § 9; 1907, 526 §8.) R. L. 16.
303 § 1, see 1914, 272. § 2 amended, 1913, 112. R. L. 81.
304 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 115-118, 145. R. L. 106.
307 Superseded, 1911, 456; 1914,520. (See 1905, 338; 1906,501; 1907,
563 § 26; 1908, 104 § 1; 1909, 180.) R. L. 212, 220.
308 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 121-123, 145; 1910, 563; 1911, 727 § 22.
(See 1906, 390; 1908, 605 §§ 7, 8; 1909,317.) R. L. 106, 189.
310 Superseded, 1915, 259. (See 1906, 387, 414; 1907, 373 § 2, 465;
1908, 563; 1911, 562 §§ 3, 4; 1913, 209, 610 § 2; 1914, 467 § 5.)
R. L. 102, 105.
311 Repeal and substitute, 1909, 534. (See 1905, 366; 1906, 353, 412;
1907, 203, 408, 494, 580; 1908, 263, 467, 642, 648; 1913, 803;
1914, 420.) R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
313 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 226, 227, 456. R.L. 11.
317 Repeal and substitute, 1911, 614. (See 1907, 198; 1908, 402; 1909,
262; 1910,614; 1911,235; 1912,379.) R. L. 92, 102.
318 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 73, 418. (See 1906, 291 § 18, 444 § 12;
1907, 387.) R. L. 11.
319 Amended, 1913, 652. R. L. 219.
320 Amended, 1906, 383; 1913, 779 § 1; 1915, 81; 1919, 281. (See 1911,
241; 1912, 191, 368 § 9; 1913,467; 1914,590.) R. L. 44.
322 Superseded, 1911, 270. R. L. 21.
323 Amended, 1913, 791. (See 1909, 494.) R. L. 164.
325 Superseded, 1909, 490 II §§ 59, 61, 76. (See 1908, 226.) R. L. 13.
326 Affected, 1906, 224; 1909, 115. R. L. 144.
330 § 1 amended, 1912, 442 § 1. § 2 amended, 1908, 269; 1912, 442
§2. (See 1909, 504 § 22; 1918, 96, 111.) R. L. 87.
331 Superseded, 1908, 520 §§ 8, 9; 1910, 377, 399; 1914, 422. R. L.
116.
332 Superseded, 1907, 231. R. L. 21.
336 Superseded, 1913, 611 §§ 15, 18. R. L. 204.
338 Superseded, 1912, 154; 1913, 653. (See 1906, 501 § 3; 1908, 104;
1911, 456; 1920, 122.) R. L. 220.
339 Superseded, 1910, 501. (See 1918, 173.) R. L. 160.
341 Superseded, 1908, 385 § 2. (See 1907, 274; 1908, 335.) R. L. 102.
342 Repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1906, 105 § 1; 1908, 335; 1910, 143.)
R. L. 102, 104, 108.
344 See 1905, 348; 1914, 792. R. L. 30, 81. •
345 Repeal and substitute, 1913, 563. R. L. 82.
347 See 1913, 610 § 2; 1914, 795 § 13. R. L. 104.
354 Superseded, 1909, 504 §§ 49, 107. R. L. 87.
355 § 4 affected, 1915, 260 § 1. (See 1906, 243, 302; 1908, 230; 1911,
194; 1914, 571; 1915, 141, 206; 1918, 58.) R. L. 223, 225.
365 Affected, 1918, 75, 275. R. L. 108.
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366 Superseded, 1909, 534 §§ 17, 31. (See 1906, 353, 412; 1908, 263,
467; 1910, 525, 605; 1913, 803.) R. L. 25, 47, 52.
367 In part repealed, 1907, 563 §§ 6, 26. (See 1908, 624; 1909, 490 IV
§ 6, 527.) R. L. 15.
369 Amended, 1908, 434; 1912, 71, 352; 1914, 45. Affected, 1914, 370.
(See 1907, 466; 1908,178; 1909, 218, 514 § 15.) R. L. 6.
370 § 1, see 1907, 340 § 2; 1908, 590 § 57; 1912, 70. § 2 superseded,
1910,645. (See 1908, 288; 1909, 204 §1; 1910, 555 §3.) R. L. 201.
375 Amended, 1911, 268 § 2; 1913, 779 § 4; 1915, 78; 1919, 291. R. L.
44.
376 Superseded, 1906, 463 III §§ 74, 158. (See 1906, 339.) R.L.I 12.
377 Superseded, 1916, 242 § 3; 1920, 591 § 20. (See 1906, 345; 1912,
192; 1916, 48; 1918, 257 § 261.) R. L. 65.
380 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 489. (See 1918, 287 § 1; 1919, 356
§ 5.) R. L. 165.
381 Affected, 1907, 521. § 2 superseded, 1909, 263 § 2. § 3 amended,
1906, 268 § 1; 1908, 591 § 1. §§ 3-6, 9, 11 in part superseded,
1909, 263 § 2. (See 1915, 80, 171.) § 4 revised, 1906, 268 § 2;
1907, 521 § 1; 1910, 150; 1913, 600 § 2. § 5 amended, 1906, 268
§ 3; 1907, 521 § 2; 1911, 474. § 6 amended, 1906, 268 § 4; 1908,
591 § 2; 1915, 124. (See 1914, 404.) § 7 amended, 1906, 268 § 5;
1907, 521 § 3; 1911, 242. (See 1914, 404.) § 10, see 1916, 141.
§ 11 amended, 1906, 268 § 6. § 12 amended, 1907, 521 § 4. (See
1914, 340, 341.) R. L. 28, 75, 89, 101.
383 § 4 amended, 1919, Sp. Act 156. (See 1907, 550.) R. L. 104.
384 § 1 amended, 1917, 135. § 3, see 1914, 126. R. L. 212, 217.
386 Repealed, 1907, 560 § 456. (See 1905, 397; 1906, 298.) R. L. 11.
390 Repealed, 1918, 257 §203. (See 1913,401; 1915,263,281.) R. L. 48.
391 Superseded, 1905, 465 § 112; 1917, 327 § 41. (See 1906, 504 § 9;
1908, 604 § 133.) R. L. 16.
397 Repealed, 1907, 560 § 456. (See 1906, 444.) R. L. 11.
400 Superseded, 1909, 504 §§ 14, 107. (See 1906, 316; 1914, 558; 1915,
73.) R. L. 87.
401 Superseded, 1907, 576 §§ 32, 122. R. L. 118.
406 Superseded, 1911, 356; 1912,270. (See 1906, 303; 1908,441; 1909,
272; 1910,365; 1911, 236 §2; 1914,79.) R. L. 92.
407 Affected, 1908, 417. R. L. 91.
408 Superseded, 1906, 463 I §§ 32, 36, 37. (See 1908, 372 § 2, 390 § 1 ;
1909,429; 1910,498; 1911,486.) R. L. 111.
410 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 101, 102, 113, 114, 120, 122, 125, 199. (See
1906, 411; 1908, 486.) R. L. 34.
414 Superseded, 1910, 472. (See 1907, 99; 1909, 508; 1912, 567.) R. L.
92
417 See 1912, 110; 1913, 573. R. L. 91.
418 See 1908, 187 § 2; 1910, 651; 1911, 10; 1915, 50. R. L. 102.
419 Superseded, 1913, 529; 1914, 453. (See 1907, 307; 1908, 377; 1909,
396; 1910,545; 1912,388.) R. L. 92.
1000 Changes in the
Chap. 1906
428 Affected, 1908, 493; 1916, 175. Extended, 1910, 338 § 1; 1913, 178.
§ 1 superseded, 1907, 377 § 1. (See 1906, 408 § 1.) § 2 revised,
1911, 358; 1912, 335. (See 1906, 408 § 2.) § 5 repealed, 1909,
287 § 1, 450. (See 1906, 408 § 3; 1907, 377 § 7; 1913, 179.) R. L.
70, 109, 111, 115.
432 Superseded, 1909, 504 §§45, 46. (See 1911, 395; 1915,174.) R.L.87.
434 See 1911, 194; 1913, 404. R. L. 208, 225.
435 Superseded, 1909, 504 § 75. R. L. 87.
436 See 1909, 504 §§ 7, 11, 33. R. L. 87.
437 Superseded, 1908, 566. (See 1909, 281; 1911, 48, 440; 1912, 182;
1914,196,791; 1915,169.) R. L. 104.
443 § 1 amended, 1907, 128 § 2; 1912, 604. § 2 amended, 1907, 128 § 3;
1913, 414. Superseded 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
445 Superseded, 1908, 330. (See 1907, 300.) R. L. 92.
447 Superseded, 1909, 504 § 29. R.L.87.
452 Superseded, 1918, 227; increased, 1920, 496. R. L. 160.
458 Superseded, 1909, 504 §§ 71-74. R.L.87.
459 See 1906, 293; 1910, 360. R. L. 225.
461 § 1, see 1911, 675; 1913, 834; 1918, 275. R. L. 108.
464 See 1912, 562. R. L. 86, 223, 225.
465 Repealed, 1908, 604 § 209, and revised by 1908, 604; 1917, 327. (See
1906, 198, 212, 273, 373, 423, 469, 504; 1907, 232 § 4, 305, 356, 526;
1908, 315, 317, 344, 354, 371, 434.) R. L. 16.
468 See 1908, 604 § 174; 1917, 327 §§ 168, 250. R. L. 16.
470 Superseded, 1907, 563 §§ 1, 26; 1909, 490 IV § 1, 527 §§ 1, 8. (See
1906, 436 §1; 1907,452; 1908,624.) R. L. 15.
472 § 1, see 1906, 387; 1907, 465 §§ 1, 14; 1909, 393 § 1. § 2, see 1907,
465 §§ 10, 11, 19. § 3, see 1907, 465 § 28, 537 § 5; 1908, 389, 563.
(See 1913, 610.) R. L. 105, 108.
473 Board of registration in embalming placed in department of civil
service and registration, 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. § 6 amended, 1910,
390. (See 1916, 305;. 1918, 217.) R. L. 76.
474 § 1 amended, 1913, 73; affected, 1919, 350 §§ 96-98. (See 1909,
250; 1920, 328.) R. L. 81, 84, 85.
475 Superseded, 1909, 504 § 49. (See 1906, 471 § 1; 1911, 394.) R. L.
87.
Statutes of 1906.
50 § 1, see 1906, 344; 1910, 560. R. L. 128.
66 § 1 affected, 1906, 204 § 3, 347; 1908, 590 § 9. (See 1909, 491; 1910,
343, 399; 1912, 128.) R. L. 113, 115, 116.
67 See 1907, 225. R. L. 22.
73 Superseded, 1917, 296. (See 1907, 236.) Affected, 1915, 151 § 5.
R. L. 146.
76 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 348, 456. R. L. 11.
105 Repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1908, 335; 1910, 143; 1913, 610.)
R. L. 102, 104.
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107 Superseded, 1907, 355; 1910, 532. R. L. 102.
109 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 25. R. L. 4.
110 Amended, 1914, 392. R. L. 91.
116 Extended, 1913, 761. § 3 amended, 1908, 435 § 1. § 4 repealed,
1908, 435 § 2. R. L. 56, 75, 213.
117 Superseded, 1911, 509 § 2. R. L. 122.
120 Amended, 1908, 525 § 1; 1918, 257 § 289. (See 1906, 281; 1909,
261 § 5.) R. L. 76, 100.
126 Amended, 1915, 271. R. L. 3.
129 § lA, new section added, 1918, 257 § 401. § IB, new section added,
1919, 333 § 27. R. L. 132, 135, 153, 162.
139 See 1908, 604 § 170. R. L. 16.
141 § 1 amended, 1911, 18 § 1. (See 1909, 362.) R. L. 92.
145 See 1914, 378, 693. R. L. 96.
147 Superseded, 1912, 134. Extended, 1920, 213 § 5. (See 1911, 322; 1913,
501.) R. L. 165.
149 Amended, 1912, 658. Affected, 1920, 494. (See 1919, 42.) R. L. 164.
151 Superseded, 1916, 242 § 4; 1918, 257 § 263. (See 1910, 419.) R. L.
65.
158 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 541. § 1, see 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
159 Amended, 1907, 344; 1910, 608; 1916, 297 § 1. (See 1915, 296 § 2.)
R. L. 19.
165 § 1 superseded, 1908, 150. (See 1907, 410 § 1.) § 2 amended, 1907,
410 § 2. R. L. 75, 213.
171 § 2 repealed, 1918, 81 § 2. (See 1911, 90.) R. L. 32.
172 § 1 amended, 1911, 548 § 1; 1919, 207 § 1. § 2 amended, 1908, 350
§ 1; 1911, 548 § 2; 1919, 207 § 2. (See 1908, 583; 1912, 391.)
R. L. 211, 214.
173 § 2 amended, 1908, 350 § 2, 583. R. L. 211, 214.
175 Affected, 1909, 115. R. L. 144.
179 Repealed, 1908, 488 § 3. (See 1910, 548.) R. L. 91.
180 See 1909, 235. R. L. 217.
181 See 1914, 594; 1915, 140. R. L. 208.
183 Amended, 1913, 316. R. L. 38.
184 Superseded, 1909, 504 § 5. R. L. 87.
185 § 1 amended, 1913, 281. (See 1907, 363; 1908, 133; 1909, 302; 1915,
125.) R. L. 212.
187 Limited, 1909, 235. (See 1911, 150.) R. L. 217.
190 Amended, 1906, 291 § 4; 1920, 47. (See 1906, 384.) R. L. 102.
192 Affected, 1918, 195; 1919, 264; 1920, 473. R. L. 160.
193 Repealed, 1917. 253 § 2. R. L. 164.
195 Superseded, 1913, 339. (See 1908, 348.) R. L. 160.
198 Superseded, 1908, 604 § 170; 1917, 327 § 59. (See 1907, 232 § 4;
1908, 354.) R. L. 16.
200 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 198. § 1 amended, 1908, 427; 1911,
537; 1913, 396. (See 1906, 399; 1907, 213; 1911, 375, 731; 1914,
556.) R. L. 39, 42.
1002 Changes in the
Chap. 1906
201 Revised, 1920, 591 § 2. (See 1911, 70.) R. L. 167, 189.
203 § 1 amended, 1914, 429. R. L. 168.
204 Office of bank commissioner abolished and superseded by division of
banks and loan agencies in department of banking and insurance,
1919, 350 §§ 45-50. Board of bank incorporation placed in de-
partment of banking and insurance, 1919, 350 § 47. Superseded,
1908, 590 §§ 2-7, 69. (See 1906, 347, 377; 1908, 414, 520 §§ 10-13;
1909, 419 § 5, 491 § 2; 1910, 343, 399; 1911, 148; 1912, 90, 623;
1914, 537 § 2, 615; 1915, 231 § 4, 268 § 3; 1918, 12, 158; 1920, 596
§ 1.) R. L. 113-115.
210 Repealed, 1918, 247 § 4. § 1 amended. (See 1907, 272; 1911, 624;
1915, 251.) R. L. 19, 108.
212 Superseded, 1908, 604 §§ 95-97; 1917, 327 §§ 113, 114. (See 1906,
504 § 6; 1907, 305 § 2.) R. L. 16.
215 Amended, 1914, 379; 1918, 257 § 250. (See 1907, 394; 1911, 163;
1914, 387.) R. L. 62.
218 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 109, 199. (See 1906, 463 III § 60.) R. L. 34.
219 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 439; affected, 1912, 360. § 2, see 1909,
160. R. L. 187.
221 Amended, 1911, 160; 1920, 584 § 6. R. L. 217.
223 Superseded, 1915, 292 §§ 9, 13. Revived in certain cases, 1916, 163;
1917, 213. (See 1907, 490 § 1; 1909, 237 § 1; 1911, 150.) R. L.
197.
224 See 1909, 115. R. L. 144.
225 Superseded, 1906, 365 § 1. (See 1907, 183, 386; 1909, 391; 1911, 613;
1912, 151.) R. L. 75.
231 § 1 amended, 1914, 489. R. L. 42.
232 Affected, 1910, 634; 1914, 667. R. L. 10.
233 Superseded, 1914, 334; 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
235 See 1908, 195. R. L. 6.
239 See 1908, 492. R. L. 91.
240 See 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
241 Superseded, 1910, 533 § 2. (See 1909, 328; 1910, 533; 1911, 101,
118 § 2, 215.) R. L. 92.
243 See 1906, 302; 1911, 194; 1915, 141, 206; 1918, 58. R. L. 225.
244 Affected, 1915, 141, 206. R. L. 225.
248 See 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
250 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 102, 145. (See 1907, 537 § 5; 1911, 603;
1912, 726 § 5; 1914, 328 § 1, 726.) R. L. 106.
251 § 1 revised, 1919, 292 § 4. R. L. 42.
261 Limited, 1919, 333 § 37.
263 Superseded, 1909, 377; 1910, 469. R. L. 91.
265 Superseded, 1919, 353; 1920, 626. Amended, 1913, 791. (See 1912,
332; 1918, 284.) R. L. 164.
266 Superseded, 1906, 463 I § 7, III § 158. Extended, 1908, 599. R. L.
111.
267 Superseded, 1906, 463 I § 6, III § 158. R. L. 111.
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268 § 1 amended, 1908, 591 § 1. (See 1909, 263; 1915, 80, 171.) § 2
superseded, 1907, 521 § 1; 1910, 150. § 3 amended, 1907, 521
§ 2; 1911, 474; 1913, 600 § 2. § 4 amended, 1908, 591 § 2; 1915,
124. (See 1914, 404; 1915, 80, 171.) § 5 amended, 1907, 521
§ 3; 1911, 242. (See 1913, 605; 1914, 340, 341, 404.) R. L. 25,
26, 101.
269 Extended, 1911, 70. (See 1914, 626.) R. L. 126, 189.
271 § 1 superseded, 1909, 490 III § 4. (See 1906, 516 § 14; 1908, 468.)
§ 2 superseded, 1909, 490 III § 19. § 3 superseded, 1909, 490 III
§21. (Seel907, 246; 1909, 342; 1911,337.) § 4 superseded, 1909,
490 III § 22. (See 1909, 342 § 2.) § 5 superseded, 1909, 490 III
§ 24. § 6 superseded, 1909, 490 III § 34. § 7 repealed, 1907, 576
§ 122. § 8, see 1909, 490 III § 35. § 9, see 1909, 490 III § 43;
1914, 198 § 6. § 10 superseded, 1909, 490 III § 37. (See 1909,
490 III § 57.) § 11 superseded, 1909, 490 I § 93. § 12, see 1909,
490 III § 43; 1914, 198 § 6. (See 1906, 516 § 18.) § 13, see 1909,
490 III § 57.) R. L. 12, 14, 111.
273 Superseded, 1908, 604 § 20; 1909, 298; 1910, 228; 1911, 145, 326;
1917, 327 § 78. R. L. 16.
274 § 1 amended, 1911, 39. (See 1909, 421; 1912, 567.) R. L. 92.
275 See 1912, 445. R. L. 125.
276 Affected, 1917, 273; 1918, 287 § 1; 1919, 356 § 2 e^ seq. (See 1908,
259,; 1919, 251.) R. L. 165.
278 Superseded, 1910, 533 § 3. (See 1909, 328; 1911, 101, 118 § 2; 1913,
626.) R. L. 92.
280 Superseded, 1912, 623 § 27. R. L. 114.
281 § 2 amended, 1909, 261 § 2. (See 1907, 140, 190, 308.) R. L. 76, 100.
282 § 1 superseded, 1914, 635. (See 1907, 251 § 1; 1910, 316, 347.)
R. L. 220, 223, 225.
283 Superseded, 1906, 463 II §§ 169, 258. R. L. 111.
284 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 56, 145. (See 1907, 224; 1911, 269, 310.)
R. L. 106.
286 Superseded, 1912, 595; 1914, 598 § 24. R. L. 110.
288 See 1907, 297; 1908, 270; 1909, 403,469; 1910, 177; 1915,86. R.L.
91.
290 See 1918, 261 § 1, 263 § 4. R. L. 20.
291 § 2 in part repealed, 1909, 387 § 2. § 4 amended, 1907, 214; 1910,
383; 1915, Sp. Act 313; affected, 1918, 259. (See 1920, 47.) § 8
amended, 1917, Sp. Act 307; 1920, 8. § 9 amended, 1920, 13.
(See 1906, 384.) § 10 amended, 1909, 221; 1920, 211. § 13
amended, 1909, 311; 1920, 7. § 18 amended, 1907, 387. (See
1906, 444 § 12.) R. L. 11, 100, 102.
292 Superseded, 1911, 234. Affected, 1920, 273: R. L. 92.
293 See 1910, 360. R. L. 225.
296 Repealed, 1909, 371 § 10. (See 1907, 79; 1908, 481; 1909, 371
§§ 2, 6; 1910, 616; 1912, 45.) R. L. 9, 107.
298 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 352, 456. R. L. 11.
1004 Changes in the
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299 § 2 affected, 1917, 328; 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
301 Superseded, 1909, 421. (See 1911, 187.) R. L. 92.
302 See 1908, 230; 1914, 571; 1915, 141, 206. R. L. 225.
303 Superseded, 1911, 356; 1912, 270. (See 1908, 441; 1909, 272, 422;
1910, 365; 1911, 236 § 2; 1912, 203; 1914, 79.) R. L. 92.
305 Revised, 1916, 58. (See 1913, 795.) R. L. 75.
309 Superseded, 1907, 489; 1909, 504 § 65. (See 1906, 508.) R. L. 87.
311 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 311, 456. R. L. 11.
313 Superseded, 1909, 504 §§ 14, 107. R. L. 87.
314 Superseded, 1909, 377; 1910, 469; 1915, 59. Affected, 1915, 218;
1917, 188. (See 1916, 25.) R. L. 91.
315 Superseded, 1909, 490 I § 5. (See 1906, 481; 1907, 367; 1909, 516
§ 1.) R. L. 12.
316 Superseded, 1909, 504 §§ 54, 107. R. L. 87.
322 Superseded, 1909, 490 III § 2. (See 1907, 564 § 2; 1908, 550 § 1;
1909, 430 § 1; 1912, 543; 1918, 103.) R. L. 14.
323 See 1909, 531; 1910, 462; 1913, 761; 1914, 653. R. L. 62, 75.
324 See 1909, 504 § 103. R. L. 85, 87.
325 Superseded, 1919, 362. § 1 affected, 1914, 547; 1917, 319. § 2
amended, 1907, 128 § 1; 1912, 563. R. L. 160.
329 Amended, 1907, 261; 1910, 332; 1911, 116. (See 1915, 254.) R. L. 217.
334 See 1909, 526. R. L. 76.
339 Superseded, 1906, 463 III §§ 76, 158. R. L. 112.
341 See 1908, 598. R. L. 84.
342 § 2 amended, 1910, 555 § 4; 1918, 257 § 432. § 3 affected, 1908,
177; amended, 1911, 212. (See 1908, 516; 1909, 236; 1913, 716.)
R. L. 173.
344 § 3 amended, 1910, 560 § 7. R. L. 128.
345 Superseded, 1916, 242 § 3; 1918, 257 § 261; 1920, 591 § 20. (See
1907, 571; 1912, 192; 1916, 48.) R. L. 65.
346 § 1 superseded, 1914, 198 § 7. R. L. 14, 109.
347 § 1 superseded, 1910, 343. (See 1908, 590 §§ 4-17; 1910, 399; 1912,
128.) R. L. 115.
349 Superseded, 1909, 490 III § 70. R. L. 14.
351 See 1913, 414; 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
352 Superseded, 1909, 504 § 58. (See 1907, 432; 1911, 71 § 2.) R. L. 87.
353 Repealed, 1909, 534 § 31. (See 1906, 412; 1907, 494, 580; 1908, 263,
648; 1913, 803; 1914, 190, 420.) R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
355 § 1 amended, 1913, 488; superseded, 1918, 227; increased, 1920, 496.
(See 1914, 736.) R. L. 160.
356 Superseded, 1910, 460. R. L. 91.
360 § 1 superseded, 1916, 180. R. L. 75.
365 § 1 amended, 1907,445; 1911,613; 1912,151; 1914,647; affected,
1914, 792. (See 1907, 183, 386, 474; 1908, 386; 1909, 380, 391;
1918, 96, 111, 237.) § 2 amended, 1915, 12. R. L. 75.
370 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 128, 145. (See 1908, 380, 457; 1911, 751;
1912, 172, 251.) R. L. 106.
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371 § 1 amended, 1907, 215; 1918, 117. R. L. 44.
372 See 1909, 490 II § 81, III § 58. R. L. 13.
373 Superseded, 1908, 604 § 103; 1912, 87; 1917, 327 § 228. R. L. 16.
374 Amended, 1917, 36. Affected, 1915, 180 § 1. R. L. 100.
377 Superseded, 1908, 590 §§ 16, 69; 1909, 491 § 4; 1914, 610. (See
1907, 533; 1910, 399; 1912, 128.) R. L. 113, 115.
383 Superseded, 1913, 779 § 1; 1915, 81; 1919, 281. (See 1911, 241;
1912, 368 § 9; 1913, 467; 1914, 590.) R. L. 44.
385 See 1914, 692 § 6. Massachusetts commission for the blind reorgan-
ized, 1918, 266; placed in department of education, 1919, 350
§§ 56-59. § 2 amended, 1916, 160 § 1. (See 1909, 371 § 2, 514
§§ 1, 2; 1911, 158.) § 2A, new section added, 1916, 160 § 2. § 6
amended, 1920, 201. § 9, new section added, 1907, 173. § 10, new
section added, 1907, 173; repealed, 1919, 301 § 8. (See 1916, 201,
providing for the instruction of the adult blind at their homes;
1918, 55, 141, 266 § 3.) R. L. 83, 84, 107.
386 §§ 1, 2 superseded, 1907, 259 §§ 1, 3. §§ 3-5 repealed, 1910, 387
§ 11; 1911, 341. (See 1907, 180, 259 § 2; 1908, 307, 525; 1909,
375 § 2; 1910, 271, 416; 1912, 263, 283; 1913, 705; 1914, 694,
788, 792; 1915, 187.) § 6, see 1910, 387 § 5, 416; 1911, 289, 341,
372; 1914, 694, 788; 1915, 159. R. L. 75, 213.
387 See 1906, 414, 521, 522; 1907, 373, 465; 1908, 563; 1909, 393 § 1,
410; 1911, 562; 1913, 209, 610. R. L. 105.
389 Repealed, 1913, 779 § 25. (See 1906, 413, 489; 1911, 176 § 2, 265;
1912, 368; 1913, 471 § 2.) R. L. 46, 86.
390 In part superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 121-126; 1910, 563; 1911, 727 § 22;
1912, 675 § 6. (See 1908, 605 §§ 7, 8; 1909, 317.) R. L. 102,
189.
392 Superseded, 1914, 792 §§ 168, 199. (See 1908, 529 § 4, 524; 1909,
477; 1910, 374; 1911, 349.) R. L. 110, 121.
393 §§ 1, 2, 5 amended, 1913, 536. § 7 amended, 1920, 101 § 1. § 8
amended, 1920, 74 § 1. (See 1914, 641 § 2, 652 § 2.) R. L. 48,
50.
•395 Amended, 1911, 507. R. L. 100.
396 Superseded, 1907, 576 §§ 32, 122. R.' L. 118.
398 Superseded, 1912, 333. (See 1909, 283.) R. L. 21.
399 Repealed, 1913, 205. (See 1907, 213; 1908, 427; 1911, 375, 731.)
R. L. 39, 42.
403 See 1907, 494; 1909, 534 § 19. R. L. 212.
408 Affected, 1908, 493; 1910, 338; 1913, 178; 1916, 175. § 1 revised,
1907, 377 § 1; 1913, 179. § 2 revised, 1911, 358; 1912, 335. § 3
revised, 1909, 287 § 2, 450; 1913, 245. (See 1913, 178.) R. L. 70,
111.
411 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 114, 199. (See 1908, 486.) R. L. 34.
412 Repeal and substitute, 1909, 534. (See 1907, 203, 408, 494, 580;
1908, 263, 467, 642, 648; 1910, 605; 1911, 250; 1913, 803; 1914,
190, 420.) R. L. 25, 52, 54, 102.
1006 Changes in the
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413 In part superseded, 1906, 489 § 4. Affected, 1907, 158, 195; 1908,
286; 1911, 595; 1913, 796. § 5 amended, 1916, 243 § 1. (See
1911, 176 § 2; 1913, 457; 1914, 465.) § 6 amended, 1916, 243 § 2.
§ 8 amended, 1916, 243 § 3. (See 1907, 223, 362, 411; 1911, 265.)
§ 13 revised, 1916, 243 § 4. § 14 amended, 1912, 187. (See 1907,"
335; 1908, 465 §§ 2, 3, 6, 637; 1909, 472 § 2; 1911, 605; 1913,
471 § 2; 1914, 207, 738; 1918, 45.) R. L. 46, 83, 86, 160, 217.
414 Superseded, 1907, 373 § 2; 1911, 562 § 4; 1913, 209; 1915, 259.
(See 1906, 522.) R. L. 102, 105.
416 Superseded, 1913, 738; 1920, 627 § 3. R. L. 128. \
417 Repealed, 1910, 401 § 2. (See 1906, 463 I §§ 2, 69.) R. L. 111.
418 Superseded, 1909, 504 § 32. R. L. 87.
421 § 1 amended, 1910, 497 § 2. § 2 amended, 1911, 423; 1917, 180.
§ 4 amended, 1907, 517 § 2. (See 1912, 201 ; 1918, 238.) R. L. 100.
422 See 1914, 742. R. L. 67, 96.
423 Superseded, 1908, 604 §§ 92-95; 1917, 327 §§ 111-113. (See 1907,
526 § 1; 1911, 449.) R. L. 16.
425 Affected, 1914, 792. (See 1907, 364.) R. L. 75.
427 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 112, 145. (See 1907, 193; 1908, 650.)
R. L. 106.
433 Amended, 1913, 784 § 3. §§ 8, 9, see 1914, 661. (See 1918, 54.)
R. L. 109.
434 Repealed, 1915, 72. R. L. 6, 102.
435 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 1-8. (See 1907, 135; 1908, 306, 462, 485;
1909,371; 1918,286.) R. L. 107.
436 Superseded, 1907, 563 §§ 1, 26; 1909, 490 IV §§ 1, 20, 527 §§ 1, 8.
(See 1907, 452; 1908, 24; 1909, 268 § 1.) R. L. 15.
437 Repealed, 1908, 534 § 2. (See 1909, 477; 1910, 374; 1911, 349.)
R. L. 110, 121.
440 Amended, 1914, 491. R. L. 217.
444 Repealed, 1907, 560 § 456. (See 1907, 429.) R. L. 11.
449 § 1 amended, 1913, 736; 1914, 666. § 2 affected, 1918, 287 § 1;
1919, 329; 1920, 492. (See 1906, 450, 468; 1908, 418; 1912, 649
§ 10; 1913, 726.) R. L. 160.
450 Superseded in part, 1919, 828 ; 1920, 491 . (See 1913, 726.) R. L. 160.
451 Amended, 1907, 176; 1910, 534 §1. (See 1912, 649 §§ 2-9.) R. L. 173.
460 §§ 1, 2, 4 repealed, 1910, 439 § 6. § 3, see 1918, 272, 281. (See 1909,
276.) R. L. 7.
463 See 1918, 257 § 187 (as to eminent domain, etc.). I § 1 affected,
1907, 245; 1913, 784 § 1; 1914, 616; amended, 1911, C81; 1918,
283, reorganizing public service commission. 1919, 350 §§ 117-122,
commission superseded bv department of public utilities. § 2
superseded, 1910, 401; 1912, 622. (See 1918, 283.) § 3, see 1912,
496. ^5 et seq. affected, 1913, 784; 1915, 193; 1918, 226, making
certain operators of motor vehicles common carriers, etc. § 5, see
1908, 552 § 1 ; 1910, 588, 596; 1911, 487. § 6 affected, 1913, 784 § 2;
1917, 246 §§ 4, 5. (See 1918, 144.) Jurisdiction in re corporations
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transmitting intelligence by electricity, 1913, 784 § 3; 1918, 54.
(See 1908, 495; 1911, 290.) § 7 extended, 1908, 599. § 9 amended,
1909, 343. (See 1911, 755 § 7.) § 20, see 1909, 502 §§ 1, 2. § 23
^amended, 1908, 542 § 1; 1909, 47 § 1. §§ 23-28, see 1908, 266 § 5,
372 § 1, 552. §§ 23-45, see 1913, 546 § 5; 1918, 257 § 187. § 25
amended, 1908, 542 § 2. §§ 29, 36 affected, 1908, 372 § 2; 1909, 429.
§ 34 affected, 1913, 784; amended, 1914, 722 § 1. (See 1910,
498; 1911, 486 § 2.) § 36 revised, 1918, 257 § 204. (See 1911,
486 § 3; 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 3.) § 37 amended, 1908, 390
§ 1; 1911, 486 §§ 1, 2. (See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 6.) § 38
amended, 1912, 156. § 39 amended, 1908, 390 § 2; 1914, 18;
§ 41 amended, 1910, 544; revised, 1918, 257 § 205. § 43 amended,
1909, 358; affected, 1913, 784; amended, 1914, 722 § 2. §§ 46^8,
see 1909, 514 § 135. § 47, see 1909, 502 § 1. §§ 48-56, see 1909,
485. § 51 amended, 1918, 257 § 364. § 54 amended, 1914, 423.
§§ 53-55, see 1914, 745. § 55, see 1914, 553. § 58, see 1908, 552.
§1 59, 60, see 1910, 187. § 63 amended, 1907, 392 § 1; 1911, 635;
1912, 354. (See 1907, 428 § 13; 1914, 553.) § 67 amended,
1907, 585 § 7. (See 1910, 443.) § 68, see 1906, 463 II §§ 22,
45-58, 60, 147, 155, 156, 173-176, 516 § 12; 1907, 428; 1909, 485,
R. L. 48, 111.
II § 6, see 1910, 187. (See 1912, 725 I § 5, II §§ 2-5; 1913, 777.)
§ 32 amended, 1918, 257 § 365. § 41 affected, 1910, 171. (See
1914, 770; 1915, 238.) § 48 amended, 1912, 725 II § 5. (See 1915,
303.) §§ 48-56, see 1909, 485. §§ 48, 57, 65, 66, see 1908, 620, 636;
1909, 369. §§ 48, 50 affected, 1913, 784 § 16. § 64 amended, 1918,
257 § 366. § 65 affected, 1913, 784 § 16. (See 1908, 636; 1912,
725 I § 6; 1915, 298.) § 66 amended, 1912,725 II §4; affected,
1913, 784 § 16. (See 1915, 303.) §§ 69, 70 repealed and super-
seded, 1919, 333 §§ 23, 24. § 73 amended, 1912, 725 II § 2; 1915,
157 § 1. § 78 superseded, 1915, 157 § 2. (See 1912, 725 II § 1;
1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 5.) § 83 revised, 1912, 725 II § 3. § 85
superseded and extended, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 40. §§ 83,
84, see 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 7. §§ 86, 88 superseded, 1918,
257 § 187, subsect. 39. (See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 38.) §§ 87,
89, see 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 41. § 93 in part superseded,
1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 11. (See also subsect. 14.) § 94 super-
seded and extended, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 20. § 95 extended,
1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 24. §§ 96, 97 superseded and extended,
1918, 257 § 187, subsects. 32, 33. § 98 superseded and extended,
1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 19. § 99 superseded, 1918, 257 § 187,
subsect. 18. § 100 superseded and extended, 1918, 257 § 187,
subsect. 17. § 110 revised, 1918, 257 § 206. § 114 amended,
1918, 257 § 207. § 92, see 1912, 725 I § 5. §§ 105-125, see 1913,
546 § 5, 765. § 116 amended, 1907, 315. (See 1914, 200.) §143
amended, 1913, 161. § 157 amended, 1910, 355. § 158 et seq.,
see 1911, 539. § 167 superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 143, 145. (See
1008 Changes in the
Chap. 1906
1905, 553.) § 168 amended, 1917, 41. § 170 et seq., see 1911, 491.
§ 172, see 1911, 120. § 173 superseded, 1909, 348. § 177, see 1911,
120. § 179, see 1911, 539. § 180, see 1908, 495. § 181, see 1907,
287; 1908, 504. >§ 183 superseded, 1908, 649. § 184 et seq., see
1911, 508. § 190, see 1913, 784 § 18; 1914, 679. §§ 202, 203
amended, 1910, 633 §§ 1, 2. § 209 amended, 1907, 585 § 8. §§211,
212, 216 amended, 1909, 440 § 2. (See 1907, 395; 1908, 220;
1914, 198 § 6.) § 213, see 1914, 198 § 6. § 214 amended, 1909,
513 § 1. (See 1914, 198 § 6.) §§ 215, 216, see 1914, 198 § 6. §§ 227,
228, see 1910, 187. § 216 affected, 1916, 299 § 1. § 228 amended,
1919, 333 § 12. § 234 amended, 1909, 233. (See 1914, 745.)
§ 247, see 1907, 431; 1912, 488. § 248 amended, 1917, 122 § 3.
§§ 248-250, see 1914, 661. § 251, see 1911, 290. § 252 amended,
1912, 375. (See 1918, 196.) R. L. 111.
Ill Provision for service at cost by street railway companies, 1918, 280.
Cities and towns temporarily authorized to contribute to the cost
of operating street railway companies, etc., 1918, 288. § 4 aflFected,
1906, 516 § 4. § 7 amended, 1909, 417 § 1; extended, 1916, 266
§ 5. (See 1908, 266; 1909, 417 § 6; 1910, 518; 1911, 442.) § 12,
see 1918, 280 § 10. § 13 amended, 1909, 417 § 5; 1918, 257 § 367.
§ 22 aflFected, 1910, 171. §§ 30, 31, see 1910, 187. § 32 extended,
1906, 516 § 11. § 34 superseded, 1915, 133. (See 1906, 516 § 11.)
§ 35 et seq., see 1918, 226, permitting use of motor vehicles. §§ 36-
38 extended, 1906, 516 § 11. § 41 superseded, 1907, 402; 1918, 238.
(See 1902, 288; 1908, 278; 1909, 118; 1913, 765.) §§ 30-41, see
1918, 196. § 42 amended, 1910, 551. §§ 46, 64, 65, see 1908, 266,
301; 1910, 518. § 51 ^-i^t'g., see 1918, 280 § 9. § 52 amended, 1911,
357. (See 1912, 644; 1913, 765 § 1.) §55, see 1911, 487; 1912,644.
§§ 59-63 affected, 1906, 516 § 11; 1914, 742 §§ 109-111, 199. § 64
amended, 1909, 417 § 2. (See 1909, 417 § 6; 1916, 137.) §§64-66
extended, 1906, 516 § 11. (See 1911, 442, 509.) § 65 amended,
1909, 417 § 3. (See 1909, 417 § 6.) §§ 67-95 extended, 1906,
516 § 11. § 68, see 1907, 574 § 6. § 70 amended, 1909, 417
§ 4. (See 1909, 417 § 6.) § 71, see 1910, 518. §§ 73-75, see
1909, 514 § 46; 1910, 453. § 77, see 1908, 266, 552. § 79
amended, 1916, 302 § 1. (See 1916, 302 §§ 2-4.) §§79,
80, see 1913, 290; 1914, 553. § 82 amended, 1911, 290. § 90
amended, 1911, 345; 1913, 357, 598 § 1. § 92, see 1911, 120.
§ 95 amended, 1909, 514 § 46; 1912, 533; 1913, 833 § 1;
1915, 277. §§ 96, 97 aflFected, 1911, 462; 1918, 280 §§ 1, 2,
6, 7. § 99 superseded, 1908, 530; 1910, 567. (See 1906, 479.)
§ 100, see 1918, 144. § 103 affected, 1906, 516 § 11; amended,
1910, 536. §§ 103-107, see 1908, 636; 1909, 369, 485. § 106
amended, 1918, 257 § 368. §§ 107-112, see 1909, 485; 1913, 764;
1915, 298. § 108 amended, 1914, 671. (See 1908, 620; 1909,
485; 1918, 280 §§ 3, 4, 8.) §§ 110-112, see 1908, 636; 1909, 369.
485. §§ 111, 112 repealed and superseded, 1919, 333 §§ 23, 24,
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§§ 113-116 extended, 1906, .516 § 11. § 125 amended, 1909, 502
§ 3. (See 1907, 395; 1914, 198 § 6.) §§ 125, 126 amended, 1909,
440 § 2. §§ 125-137, see 1908, 220, 615; 1909, 439 § 1, 490 III
§§ 39-51; 1914, 198 § 6. § 128 amended, 1909, 513 § 2; 1912,
695. (See 1914, 198 § 6.) § 129, see 1909, 490 III § 45; 1912,
695; 1914, 198 § 6. § 130 amended, 1909, 502 § 4. § 131 amended,
1912, 695; 1914, 198 § 6. § 133, see 1919, 370 § 1. §§ 134, 136
affected, 1919, 370 § 1. § 137 amended, 1909, 490 III § 51. (See
1907, 318.) §§ 139, 140, see 1910, 187. (See 1906, 516 § 11;
1907, 428, 585.) § 140 amended, 1919, 333 § 13. §§ 147-150
superseded, 1908, 590 §§ 68, 69; 1909, 491 § 8. § 151 amended,
1917, 122 § 4. §§ 151, 154, see 1914, 661. §§ 155-157 extended,
1906, 516 § 11. R. L. 106, 112.
465 § 1 amended, 1910, 204. R. L. 19.
468 Amended, 1913, 726. Affected, 1918, 287 § 1; 1919, 328; 1920, 491.
(See 1908, 418; 1909, 434; 1912, 649 § 10; 1913, 446.) R. L. 160.
469 Superseded, 1908, 604 § 140; 1917, 327 § 48. (See 1906, 504 § 9;
1907, 526 § 11.) R. L. 16.
470 Affected, 1919, 267 § 2.
471 Superseded, 1909, 504 § 49; 1910, 420; 1911, 595 § 11. R. L. 87.
472 Superseded, 1909, 504 § 105; 1911, 604. (See 1909, 274; 1910, 345;
1911, 273.) R. L. 87, 219, 225.
474 Superseded, 1910, 540. R. L. 164.
476 See 1913, 800; 1914, 519. R. L. 32, 106.
477 See 1909, 469. R. L. 91.
479 Superseded, 1908, 530; 1910, 567. R. L. 112.
480 Superseded, 1913, 834; 1918, 275. (See 1911, 675.) R. L. 108.
482 Superseded, 1908, 477; 1909, 309; 1914, 401. (See 1909, 422.)
R. L. 92.
489 Affected, 1907, 137, 195. § 2, see 1918, 45. § 3 affected, 1918, 178;
1919,255. (See 1908, 458.) §4, see 1907, 411; 1909, 472 §2; 1911,
605; 1913, 457; 1914, 207. § 6 affected, 1915, 254. (See 1908,
637; 1910, 275; 1911, 175, 265.) § 7, see 1908, 286; 1909, 181.
§§ 7, 8 extended, 1918, 257 § 419. (See 1914, 272, 738.) R. L. 46,
160, 217.
493 Superseded, 1909, 490 I § 5. (See 1910, 123, 137.) R. L. 12.
494 § 1 amended, 1907, 170. Affected, 1910, 439 § 1; 1914, 542 § 1.
R. L. 7.
499 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 61-65, 145; 1915, 70. (See 1910, 249;
1913, 457, 610.) R. L. 46, 106.
501 Superseded, 1911, 456; 1912, 310; 1914, 520. (See 1908, 104; 1909,
180; 1912, 154; 1917, 163; 1918, 257 §§ 453-455.) R. L. 153,
212, 220.
502 § 1 amended, 1910, 2.57 §1. § 2 amended, 1910, 2,57 § 2. § 6 amended,
1908, 189. (See 1914, 792.) § 7 repealed, 1908, 412. R. L. 39, 42.
503 § 2 amended, 1918, 257 § 295. § 3, see 1917, 218; 1918, 217. (See
1907, 314; 1911, 199; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67.) R. L. 76.
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504 Superseded, 1908, 604; 1917, 327. (See 1907, 305, 526 §§ 7-14;
1908, 195, 315, 371, 469; Res. 1910, 28; 1913, 295; 1914, 615.)
R. L. 16.
505 §§ 1-6 repealed, 1911, 471. (See 1908, 572, 639; 1909, 457, 540;
1914, 174, 391.) R. L. 42, 86.
508 Affected, 1907, 421. §§ 1-8, 12-17 repealed, 1909, 504 § 107. (See
1907, 489; 1909, 504 §§ 14, 59-65; 1914, 762; 1915, 241.) R. L. 87.
516 Extended, 1907, 556 § 1. §§ 2, 8, see 1910, 587. § 6 amended, 1907,
428 § 1. §§ 6-8, see 1912, 725 II § 3. § 7 amended, 1907, 428 § 2;
1908, 450. § 12 amended, 1907, 428 § 3. § 13 amended, 1907,
428 § 4. §§ 14, 15, 20 amended, 1909, 440 § 2. (See 1908, 614;
1909, 490 III § 64; 1914, 198 § 6.) §§ 14-25, see 1909, 490 III
§§ 39-51; 1914, 198 § 6. § 17 amended, 1909, 513 § 3. (See 1914,
198 § 6.) §§ 28, 29 (new) added, 1907, 448. R. L. 14, 111, 112.
517 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 37-40, 145; 1911, 494; 1914, 623. (See
1907, 269, 570; 1908, 547.) R. L. 106.
521 § 1 superseded, 1913, 610 § 1, 834; 1918, 275. (See 1907, 465; 1908,
563; 1909, 393; 1911, 619, 656, 675; 1912, 726 § 5; 1915, 259.)
R. L. 105, 108.
522 § 1 amended, 1909, 410; 1911, 561 § 4. (See 1911, 675.) Affected,
1907, 451, 465 § 25; 1908, 375; 1913, 610; 1918, 275. (See 1908,
563; 1909, 393; 1912, 726 § 5; 1915, 259.) R. L. 105, 108.
Statutes of 1907.
43 See 1909, 468 § 1; 1914, 587 § 1. R. L. 79.
54 §§ 1, 2 superseded, 1908, 536 §§ 1, 2; 1909, 483 § 8; 1913, 317; 1914,
742 §§ 135, 178, 199. R. L. 58, 121.
79 Repealed and superseded, 1909, 371 §§ 2, 10. (See 1908, 462, 481
§ 1.) R. L. 107.
80 § 1 amended, 1914, 511. R. L. 157.
99 Amended, 1909, 508 §§ 1, 3; 1910, 472. (See 1911, 198; 1912, 567.)
R. L. 92.
117 § 1 amended, 1908, 142 § 1. § 2 amended, 1908, 142 § 2. R. L.
25, 26.
118 See 1907, 250; 1912, 567. R. L. 92.
128 Superseded, 1919, 362. § 1, see 1912, 563; 1917, 319. § 2 amended,
1912, 604. § 3 in part repealed, 1913, 414 § 2. R. L. 160.
130 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 387. R. L. 136.
133 § 1, see 1907, 312. R. L. 165.
135 § 1 superseded, 1909, 514 § 7. (See 1908, 485 § 6; 1909, 371 § 2;
1918, 286.) R. L. 106, 107.
139 Construed, 1908, 638. § 1, see 1908, 414, 597 §§ 1, 5. § 2 amended,
1907, 276; 1908, 597 § 2; 1911, 294; 1912, 512 § 2; 1914, 399
§§1,2,605; 1919,309. (See 1915, 274; 1918, 244 §§ 3, 4.) R. L. 6.
140 Amended, 1910, 172 § 2. (See 1907, 190, 308; 1917, 218.) R. L. 76,
100.
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145 § 2, see 191S, 287 § 1 ; 1919, 347 § 1. R. L. 165.
159 See 1911, 736 § 4. R. L. 151.
163 Amended, 1912, 13; 1918, 203; 1920, 1. R. L. 3.
164 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 104, 145; 1914, 557; 1915, 216. (See 1907,
537 § 5.) R. L. 106.
166 Repealed, 1909, 466 § 2. (See 1908, 284, 413; 1910, 564; 1911, 118,
172; 1914, 120.) R. L. 92.
169 § 1 repealed, 1909, 504 § 107. (See 1909, 504 § 99; 1911, 206.) § 3,
see 1908, 116; 1915, 23. R. L. 145.
170 Affected, 1910, 439 § 1; 1914, 542 § 1. R. L. 7.
173 In part repealed, 1919, 301 § 8. (See 1916, 201; 1918, 55, 141, 266;
1919, 350 §§ 56-59.) R. L. 83, 84.
177 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 214. (See 1908, 356; 1910, 330; 1914, 450.)
R. L. 49.
180 See 1907, 259; 1908,307; 1909,375; 1910,271,387,416,451; 1911,
30, 289, 341, 372; 1912, 263, 283; 1913, 705; 1914, 694, 788;
1915, 159, 187. R. L. 75, 213.
181 Superseded, 1909, 490 § 57. (See 1908, 387 § 2.) R. L. 12.
183 See 1907, 386, 445; 1913, 210; 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
186 See 1911, 137; 1913, 545, 657, 671, 681, 697. R. L. 25.
189 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 377. R. L. 124.
190 Amended, 1913, 410 § 1. (See 1907, 308.) R. L. 100.
191 §' 5 repealed, 1918, 257 § 150. (See 1918, 135.) § 7, see 1918, 257
§ 187, subsect. 10. (See 1907, 560 § 364; 1908, 552; 1911, 222;
1912, 554; 1916, 190, 302 §§ 1, 2; 1917, 185.) R. L. 25, 48.
193 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 112, 145; 1910, 350. (See 1908, 650; 1911,
208, 249.) R. L. 106.
195 § 1, see 1908, 286; 1911, 175. §§ 1, 2, see 1918, 45, authorizing use
of facsimile signatures. R. L. 46, 160.
196 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 4,
§ 5. R. L. 51.
198 Repeal and substitute, 1911, 614. (See 1908, 402, 484; 1909, 262;
1911, 235, 722; 1912, 379.) R. L. 92, 102.
203 Superseded, 1909, 534 §§ 15, 31. (See 1907, 408, 494, 580; 1908,
263, 467, 648; 1910, 605; 1913, 803; 1914, 190.) R. L. 52, 54,
102.
204 See 1910, 417. R. L. 73.
206 Superseded, 1914, 359. (See 1910, 335.) R. L. 164.
207 § 1 affected, 1920, 626. (See 1918, 284; 1919, 353.) R. L. 164.
208 See 1908, 195; 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
211 See 1907, 500 §§ 2, 3. R. L. 102.
213 Repealed, 1913, 205. (See 1908, 427; 1911, 375, 731.) R. L. 39, 42.
214 See 1910, 383; 1915, Sp. Act 313. R. L. 102.
215 Amended, 1918, 117. R. L. 44, 75.
216 See 1908, 643. R. L. 56.
222 § 1 amended, 1912, 468. R. L. 88.
223 See 1915, 89, 254. R. L. 217.
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224 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 59, 145; 1913, 779 § 19; 1914, 580. R. L.
106.
225 § 2 extended, 1920, 569 § 3. (See 1912, 64.) R. L. 22.
226 See 1909, 504 §§ 98, 107; 1919, 350 §§ 87-95. R. L. 87.
228 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 230. R. L. 57.
229 See 1912, 257. R. L. 96.
231 § 1 amended, 1916, 182. R. L. 21.
232 § 1, see 1919, 352; 1920, 254, 591 § 11. § 4 superseded, 1908, 604
§ 170; 1917, 327 § 59. R. L. 16.
236 Superseded, 1917, 296. Affected, 1915, 151 § 5. R. L. 146.
240 § 1 amended, 1908, 182; 1910, 629; 1911, 391. R. L. 102.
241 Amended, 1910, 392; 1918, 271. R. L. 102.
243 See 1908, 411 § 1; 1911, 297 § 6. R. L. 56, 75, 89.
246 Superseded, 1909, 490 III §21; 1912,189. (See 1911, 618.) R. L. 14.
250 § 1 amended, 1917, 20; 1920, 208. (See 1912, 567.) R. L. 92.
251 Superseded, 1914, 635. (See 1910, 316, 347; 1914, 743.) R. L.
220.
252 Superseded, 1910, 356. (See 1910, 316.) R. L. 220.
253 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 134. (See 1918, 287 § 1.) R. L.
165.
254 Superseded, 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
259 See 1908, 307; 1909, 375; 1910, 271, 387, 416, 451; 1911, 30, 289,
341, 372; 1912, 263, 283. R. L. 75, 213.
261 Amended, 1910, 332; 1911, 116. R. L. 217.
262 Amended, 1917, 279 § 42. (See 1917, 155.) R. L. 147.
267 Superseded, 1909, 514 § 51. (See 1911, 229, 313, 484.) R. L. 106.
269 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 37-40, 145. (See 1907, 570; 1911, 484,
494; 1914, 623.) R. L. 106.
271 See 1908, 555, 598; 1909, 292, 391. R. L. 84.
272 Seel911, 624; 1915, 251; 1918, 247, 257 §93. R. L. 19, 108.
274 Superseded, 1908, 385 § 2. R. L. 102, 313.
276 Amended, 1914, 589; 1919, 308, 309. (See 1908, 469, 597; 1911,
294.) R. L. 5, 6.
282 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 355. § 1 amended, 1908, 180; 1915, 15. Af-
fected, 1914, 742 §§ 59, 109. R. L. 109, 110.
283 In part superseded, 1907, 534 § 3. (See 1909, 310, 424 § 2.) R. L. 62.
284 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 389. R. L. 138.
285 In part repealed, 1911, 411 § 10. § 4 amended, 1913, 504. R. L. 91.
286 See 1911, 567. R. L. 157.
287 Amended, 1908, 504. R. L. 69, 111.
289 Repealed, 1911, 388 § 12. R. L. 57.
294 Superseded, 1908, 149. (See 1909, 160; 1910, 273.) R. L. 127.
295 See 1907, 357. R. L. 42.
296 Superseded, 1909, 377; 1910, 469. R. L. 91.
297 Repealed, 1909, 403; 1910, 177. (See 1908, 270.) R. L. 91.
298 Amended, 1918, 31. (See 1915, 49.) R. L. 91.
299 Affected, 1911, 722 § 3. (See 1908, 255.) R. L. 91.
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300 Superseded, 1908, 330. R. L. 92.
303 Amended, 1916, 61. (See 1908, 330.) R. L. 91.
304 Superseded, 1916, 277; 1920, 347. R. L. 3.
305 Superseded, 1908, 604 §§ 30, 95; 1917, 327. (See 1912, 444; 1913,
468; 1914, 161.) R. L. 16.
306 Superseded, 1911, 285. R. L. 91.
307 Superseded, 1913, 529; 1914, 453. (See 1908, 377; 1909, 396; 1910,
545; 1912, 388.) R. L. 92.
308 Amended, 1909, 261 § 1. R. L. 100.
309 § 1 amended, 1909, 254. (See 1908, 335.) R. L. 102.
314 § 1, see 1917, 218 § 5; 1918, 217; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. R. L. 76.
315 See 1914, 200. R. L. 111.
316 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 133, 199. (See 1910, 539.) R. L. 121.
318 Superseded, 1909, 490 III § 51. R. L. 14.
319 § 1 revised, 1908, 520 § 14. § 2 amended, 1912, 73. (See 1909, 490
III § 37; 1910, 216, 399.) R. L. 116.
320 § 1 amended, 1908. 520 § 13. (See 1909, 342 § 2; 1914, 537 § 2, 661;
1916, 142.) R. L. 116.
321 Superseded, 1912, 507; 1915, 161; 1919, 350 §§ 34-38. (See 1909,
444; 1911, Res. 103; 1919, 95.) R. L. 89.
323 Superseded, 1911, 454. R. L. 160.
324 Amended, 1917, 282 § 1. In part repealed and superseded, 1920, 485.
R. L. 160.
325 § 2, see 1917, 319. R. L. 160.
328 Amended, 1913, 85; 1916, 31. Extended, 1917, 218 § 2. R. L. 175.
329 § 1 amended, 1908, 193; 1909, 490 I § 11. R. L. 12, 14.
330 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 111, 456. R. L. 11.
332 § 1 amended, 1913, 257. (See 1908, 528; 1911, 70; 1914, 626.)
R. L. 109, 167.
333 Superseded, 1920. 490. (See 1914, 700.) R. L. 160.
334 § 1 amended, 1912, 459. (See 1913, 305.) R. L. 167.
336 Limited, 1920, 619 § 22. R. L. 125, 207.
340 Repeal and substitute, 1908, 590 §§ 56, 57, 69; 1912, 70. (See 1907,
417.) R. L. 113.
343 § 1 amended, 1909, 201. R. L. 27, 106.
344 Amended, 1910, 608; 1916, 297 § 1. R. L. 19.
351 Superseded, 1912, 623 § 30. (See 1913, 369.) R. L. 114.
354 Superseded, 1909, 468 §§ 17, 18; 1914, 587 §§ 17, 18. R. L. 79.
355 Amended, 1910, 532. R. L. 102.
356 Superseded, 1917, 327 § 14. (See 1908, 604; 1912, 444; 1913, 468.)
R. L. 16.
359 Amended, 1909, 174; 1914, 710. (See 1914, 605.) R. L. 10.
361 Repealed, 1917, 279 § 40. R. L. 184.
362 Extended, 1915, 113 § 5. R. L. 86.
363 § 1 amended, 1915, 125. ,(See 1908, 133; 1909, 302; 1913, 281.)
R. L. 212.
364 See 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
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365 See 1910, 284. R. L. 104.
366 Amended, 1913, 370; 1918, 257 § 456. R. L. 214.
367 Superseded, 1909, 490 I § 5; 1910, 333. R. L. 12.
373 Superseded, 1915, 259. (See 1907, 465; 1908, 563; 1909, 393; 1911,
562 §§ 1, 4, 0, 7; 1912, 726 § 5; 1913, 209, 610; 1914, 451.) R. L.
102, 105.
375 Amended, 1911, 31. R. L. 171.
377 Affected, 1908, 493; 1910, 338; 1913, 178; 1916, 175. § 1 amended,
1913, 179. § 7 repealed, 1909, 287 § 1. (See 1909, 450; 1910, 338;
1911, 358; 1912, 335.) R. L. 70, 109, 111.
378 Superseded, 1909, 490 II § 20. (See 1908, 299; 1909, 512; 1911, 75.)
R. L. 13.
383 Repealed, 1911, 428. (See 1912, 489; 1914, 288.) R. L. 110, 214.
384 Amended, 1914, 684; 1919, 215. R. L. 10.
386 § 1 amended, 1909, 380. § 2 amended, 1917, 70. (See 1907, 445;
1909, 391.) R. L. 75.
387 See 1915, 91. R. L. 11.
392 § 1 amended, 1911, 635; 1912, 354. (See 1914, 553.) R. L. 111.
394 llamended, 1911, 163. (See 1914, 346, 379, 387; 1919,63.) R. L. 62.
395 Superseded, 1909, 490 III § 41; 1910, 270. R. L. 14.
396 § 1 amended, 1920, 349 § 8, 598 § 1. § 2 amended, 1920, 349 § 9,
598 § 2. R. L. 109, 110.
402 Superseded, 1918, 238. (See 1908, 278; 1909, 118.) R. L. 12.
408 Superseded, 1909, 534 §§ 24, 31. (See 1907, 494, 580; 1908, 648
§ 3; 1913, 803.) R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
410 § 1 superseded, 1908, 150. R. L. 213.
411 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 418. (See 1908, 286, 465, 637; 1909, 216;
1910, 332; 1912, 187; 1913, 457.) R. L. 46, 100.
413 In part superseded, 1907, 537 § 5. (See 1909, 514 § 89; 1911, 603.)
R. L. 106.
417 See 1910, 370. R. L. 116.
421 See 1909, 504 § 59. R. L. 87.
427 Superseded, 1909, 490 II § 13, 512; 1915, 237 § 22. R. L. 13.
^428 § 2 amended, 1908, 450. R. L. 112.
429 Repealed, 1907, 500 § 456. R. L. 11.
431 Affected, 1909, 394; 1910, 398. R. L. 111.
432 Superseded, 1909, 504 §§ 57, 58, 107; 1911, 71. R. L. 87.
433 See 1908, 423. R. L. 28.
442 §§ 1, 2 amended, 1908, 541 §§ 1, 2. § 3 amended, 1909, 248; 1910,
266. § 4 re\ased, 1912, 584. §§ 4, 5 superseded, 1919, 353; 1920,
623, 626. (See 1911, 668; 1918, 284.) R. L. 164.
443 See 1909, 49; 1911, 85; 1917, 267. R. L. 165, 210, 214.
445 See 1909, 391; 1911, 613. (See 1914, 647, 792.) R. L. 75, 84.
448 See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 10. R. L. Ill, 112.
450 See 1914, 331 §§ 1. 3. R. L. 42.
451 Affected, 1908, 375; 1913, 610. (See 1909, 410; 1911, 561; 1912, 726
§ 5.) R. L. 108.
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452 Affected, 1907, 563 § 11; 1909, 490 IV §§ 10, 11. (See 1908, 624.)
R. L. 15.
454 Amended, 1914, 664. (See 1914, 665.) R. L. 19.
458 § 1 amended, 1915, 95. (See 1909, 398; 1910, 459; 1911, 725; 1912,
55, 447; 1920, 574.) R. L. 19, 106.
463 See 1908, 335, 494; 1910, 143. R. L. 102, 104.
465 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 99-110. § 1 amended, 1908, 563 § 1; 1909,
393 § 1; 1912, 531 § 1. § 2 amended, 1912, 531 § 2. § 4, see 1910,
284; 1911,619,656; 1912, 726 § 5; 1915,211. § 5 amended, 1912,
631 §3. §6, see 1909, 393 § 1; 1918, 217. § 13 revised, 1912, 531
§ 4. § 14 amended, 1912, 531 § 5; affected, 1919, 133. § 15
amended, 1912, 531 § 6. § 17 amended, 1912, 531 § 7. § 18
amended, 190S, 563 § 2. § 19, see 1918, 217. § 24 superseded,
1919, 350 § 105. (See 1914, 127 § 2, 649 § 2.) § 25, see 1907, 482;
1908,479; 1911,561; 1913, 610 § 5; 1918,275. § 26 amended,
1909, 393 § 2. (See 1914, 467.) §§ 24, 26, see 1918, 228 § 5. § 27
amended, 1918, 257 § 344. § 28 amended, 1909, 393 § 3. (See
1911, 561 § 3, 619, 656; 1913, 610; 1915, 211, 259.) R. L. 105, 108.
466 § 1 superseded, 1908, 178. (See 1908, 469; 1909, 218; 1914, 370.)
R. L. 6, 85, 223.
467 See 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
468 Superseded, 1907, 560 §§ 6, 456. R. L. 11.
471 Affected, 1910, 98. R. L. 119.
472 Amended, 1910, 296. R. L. 119.
473 § 1 amended, 1909, 263 § 1; 1917, 63. § 2 affected, 1909, 452. (See
1908, 209 §§ 3, 4, 478; 1911, 474; 1919, 350 §§ 39-42.) R. L.
28, 89.
474 Board of trustees of hospitals for consumptives abolished and super-
seded by department of public health, 1919, 350 §§ 96-98. § 1
amended, 1910, 198, 491. (See 1912, 592; 1914, 792; 1916, 33.)
§ 5 amended, 1908, 532 § 1. § 7 revised, 1908, 532 § 2. § 10
amended, 1912, 17. (See 1908, 533; 1909, 414; 1916, 286 § 12.)
R. L. 88.
475 § 1 amended, 1913, 600 § 1. (See 1908, 209; 1909, 394; 1910, 398;
1911, 244, 722; 1914, 262; 1915, 80, 171.) § 2, see 1914, 101.
§ 5 amended, 1918, 257 § 160. R. L. 32, 53.
480 Amended, 1910, 269; 1914, 177. § 1 amended, 1916, 55. (See 1909,
380,391; 1913,670; 1918, 130 § 1.) R. L. 75.
482 Repealed, 1911, 561 § 3. (See 1908, 479; 1913, 610 § 5; 1918, 275
§ 2.) R. L. 108.
485 Affected, 1920, 296. R. L. 75.
487 Revised, 1916, 37. (See 1913, 206.) R. L. 116.
489 Superseded, 1909, .504 §§ 65, 107. R. L. 87.
490 Affected, 1920, 590. (See 1907, 582 § 34; 1910, 214; 1911, 150;
1915, 292 § 9; 1916, 163.) R. L. 68, 69, 190, 198.
494 Superseded, 1909, 534 §§ 19, 31. (See 1907, 580; 1908, 648; 1913,
803.) R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
1016 Changes in the
Chap. 1907
499 Repealed, 1908, 487 § 3. R. L. 104.
503 § 2 superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 94, 103, 145; 1914, 328 § 2. (See 1913,
610 § 2; 1914, 726.) R. L. 104, 106.
504 See 1914, 648. R. L. 92.
517 § 1 amended, 1910, 497 § 1; 1912, 201. (See 1911, 423; 1914, 795
§ 13.) R. L. 100.
520 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 290 § 2. (See 1914, 662.) § 5 super-
seded, 1914, 662. (See 1907, 555; 1908, 303; 1909, 504 § 8; 1910,
220 § 3; 1913, 745; 1914, 762 § 9.) R. L. 6, 89.
521 § 1 amended, 1910, 15(3; 1913, 600 § 2. § 2 amended, 1911, 474.
§ 3 amended, 1911, 242. (See 1908, 591; 1909, 263; 1913, 605;
1914, 404, 430, 431; 1915, 80, 171.) R. L. 25, 26, 89, 101.
524 §§ 3, 4 amended, 1909, 177 §§ 1, 2. (See 1914, 284, 397.) R. L. 75.
526 Superseded, 1908, 604 §§ 12, 127-140; 1917, 327 §§ 22, 35, 36, 38-48.
R. L. 16.
533 See 1908, 590 § 16; 1909, 491 § 4; 1915, 93. R. L. 113.
534 Commissioner of standards abolished and superseded by department
of labor and industries, 1919, 350 §§ 69-78. Extended, 1916,
44. §§ 1, 2, see 1918, 218 (act to change the official designation
of the commissioner of weights and measures and to establish his
salarvand the number of his inspection force). § 2 amended, 1910,
465; "^1911, 632; 1912,256; 1917,243. (.See 1908, 195, 469; 1909,
424 § 2; 1913, 592.) § 3 affected, 1909, 310; 1915, 190; 1916,
242 §§ 6-9; 1917, 125, 152 §§ 2-5; 1918, 257 § 241. § 4 affected,
1917, 125. § 5 revised, 1918, 257 § 251. (See 1914, 452 §§ 1-3.)
R. L. 62.
535 § 1 amended, 1917, 8. (See 1914, 633.) R. L. 62.
537 § 1 superseded, 1914, 792. (See 1910, 523 § 1.) § 2 superseded,
1914, 792. (See 1910, 523 § 2.) §§ 3-5, see 1908, 325 § 3, 329;
1909, 514 §§ 89, 105, 106; 1910, 394, 405 § 1; 1911, 282, 603, 709;
1914, 792 § 5. § 4, see 1917, 151. § 5, see 1909, 514 § 78; 1911,
603 §§ 1, 4; 1912, 726 § 5; 1914, 792 § 5; 1915, 117. § 6 super-
seded, 1914, 792. (See 1910, 523 § 3.) § 7 superseded, 1914, 792.
(See 1910, 405 § 4.) R. L. 75.
539 § 2 amended, 1908, 316. R. L. 109, 110, 214.
543 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1907, 560 § 166; 1909, 356; 1910,
520.) R. L. 11.
549 § 1 amended, 1915, 61; 1919, 333 § 26. (See 1907, 553; 1911, 751
II §21; 1914, 699 §3.) R.L. 141.
550 § 1 amended, 1913, 704 § 1. § 4 amended, 1914, 205 § 1; 1919, Sp.
Act 155 § 1. § 5 amended, 1914, 205 § 2; 1919, Sp. Act 155 § 2;
1920, 91 § 1. § 6 amended, 1910, 631. §§ 6-8, see 1914, 782 § 12.
§ 7 amended, 1920, 440 § 3. (See 1913, 806.) § 8 amended, 1918,
Sp. Act 179 § 1 ; 1920, 266 § 1. § 9 amended, 1914, 782 § 1 ; 1915,
Sp. Act 352 § 1; 1918, Sp. Act 179 § 2. § 10 amended, 1915, Sp.
Act 352 § 2. § 11 revised, 1918, Sp. Act 179 § 3. § 12 amended,
1912, 369; 1914, 782 § 2. § 13 amended, 1914, 782 § 3; 1915, Sp.
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Act 352 § 3. § 14 revised, 1918, Sp. Act, 179 § 4. § 15 revised,
1918, Sp. Act 179 § 5. § 16 revised, 1918, Sp. Act 179 § 6. § 17
amended, 1914, 782 § 4; 1916, 118; 1918, Sp. Act 179 § 7. § 20
amended, 1918, Sp. Act 179 § 8; 1920, 91 § 2. § 21 revised, 1918,
Sp. Act 179 § 9. § 22 revised, 1918, Sp. Act 179 § 10. § 23 revised,
1918, Sp. Act 179 § 11. § 25 revised, 1918, Sp. Act 179 § 12. § 32
amended, 1914, 782 § 5; 1918, Sp. Act 179 § 13. § 33 revised, 1918,
Sp. Act 179 § 14. § 34 revised, 1918, Sp. Act 179 § 15. § 36 amended,
1914, 595; 1918, Sp. Act 179 § 16. § 38, see 1914, 782 § 6. § 39
superseded, 1914, 782 § 7; 1918, Sp. Act 179 § 17. § 40 super-
seded, 1914, 782 § 8. (See 1913, 704 § 2; 1914, 248.) § 43 super-
seded, 1914, 782 § 9. § 45 amended, 1914, 782 § 10; 1915, Sp. Act
352 § 4; 1920, 440 §§ 1, 2. § 68 amended, 1914, 628; 1915, Sp.
Act 346. § 75 in part repealed, 1913, 586 § 3. § 105 amended,
1912, 370; 1913, 50. § 107 superseded, 1915, Sp. Act 352 § 5.
§ 111 amended, 1908, 336; 1909, 313. § 128 amended, 1913, 586
§ 1. § 132 amended, 1913, 586 § 2. R. L. 104.
553 Seel914, 699 §3; 1915, 61. R. L. 141.
555 See 1908, 303; 1914, 662-. R. L. 6.
560 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1907, 579, 581; 1908, 85, 345, 391,
423, 428, 461, 480, 518; 1909, 149, 264, 344, 356, 440, 492; 1910,
44, 55, 110, 147, 182, 200, 246, 520; 1911, 222, 243, 304, 353, 378,
517, 534, 679; 1912, 252, 254, 266, 398, 471, 515, 641; 1913, 286,
431, 679, 686; 1914, 345, 393, 435.) R. L. 11.
561 § 10 amended, 1915, 32; 1919, 115. § 11 amended, 1908, 222. § 12
amended, 1918, 70. § 14 affected, 1919, 350 §§ 46, 51; 1920, 564.
(See 1915, 168.) § 15 amended, 1914, 246. § 21 affected, 1914,
246. (See 1907, 576.) R. L. 113, 118.
563 In part superseded, 1909, 490 IV, 527; 1911, 191; 1912, 678; 1913,
689; 1914, 462. (See 1908, 550 § 4.) § 1 revised, 1916, 268 § 1;
1920, 396 § 1, 548 § 1; affected, 1918, 191. (See 1909, 268 § 1,
527 § 1; 1912, 678 § 1; 1913, 498; 1920, 548 § 2.) § 2 in
part repealed, 1912, 678 § 2; re-enacted, 1920, 396 § 2. § 3 in
part repealed, 1912, 678 § 2; 1916, 268 § 3; in part re-enacted,
1920, 396 § 3. § 4 revised, 1916, 268 § 2; affected, 1918, 14. (See
1909, 527 § 2; 1914, 699 § 6; 1915, 152.) § 5, see 1909, 527 § 9.
§ 6 amended, 1909, 527 § 3; 1913, 689. (See 1910, 440; 1911, 191 ;
1914, 462.) § 7 amended, 1909, 527 § 4. § 12, see 1912, 360. § 13
amended, 1909, 527 § 5. (See 1910, 440.) § 14 amended, 1908,
268; 1909, 527 § 6. §§ 15, 16 in part repealed, 1912, 678 § 2.
§ 15 re-enacted, 1920, 396 § 4. § 16 revised, 1909, 527 § 7. (See
1920, 396 § 5.) § 19, see 1914, 462. §§ 20, 21, 24, see 1909, 266
§ 1; 1914, 462. § 22 re-enacted, 1909, 490 IV § 22; amended,
1911, 551; 1915, 64. § 23, see 1911, 191. § 25 in part repealed,
1909, 527 § 8; amended, 1914, 563. § 26 in part repealed, 1908,
104 § 2. (See 1908, 624; 1909, 527 § 8; 1912, 678 § 3.) R. L. 14,
15.
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564 §§ 1, 2 superseded, 1909, 490 III §§ 1, 2. § 2 amended, 1909, 430
§ 1; 1913, 792. (See 1907, 5S6; 1912, 543; 1918, 103.) R. L. 14.
570 Superseded, 1909, 514 §37; 1911, 494 § 1; 1914, 623. R. L. 106.
571 § 1 superseded, 1916, 242 § 6; 1918, 257 § 265. (See 1908, 208;
1912, 192; 1915, 253 § 1; 1918, 257 § 256.) R. L. 65.
576 Provision for group life insurance, 1918, 112. § 2, see 1909, 514 § 30.
§ 3 affected, 1919, 90. See 1910, 559 § 1. § 4, office of insurance
commissioner abolished and superseded, 1919, 350 §§ 45, 46, 48, 50.
(See 1908, 195, 469; 1911, 493; 1918, 257 §90, 294.) § 5 revised,
1916, 40; affected, 1918, 254. (See 1911, 292; 1912, 149, 407;
1917, 164 § 1.) § 6 amended, 1911, 329. § 6 rf seq., see 1910, 619
§§ 8-10; 1913, 474 § 3. § 7, see 1910, 493 § 7. § 8, see 1911, 339;
1918, 72 (relative to the appointment of receivers for insurance
companies). § 11 amended, 1911, 54, 315; 1912, 74; 1915, 110;
1917, 10; 1920, 168 §§ 1, 2, 333. (See 1908, 151; 1911, 493; 1912,
162; 1914, 505, 661; 1915, 217 § 1.) § 15 amended, 1911, 429 § 4;
1920, 326. § 17 amended, 1919, 29; affected, 1911, 51; 1920, 326.
§ 19, see 1909, 267, 490 I § 41; 1914, 661. § 20 amended, 1909,
345; 1914, 448 § 1; 1919, 114 § 1; limited, 1916, 21 § 3. (See
1914, 661; 1920, 288.) § 23, see 1918, 196. §§ 23, 24, see 1912,
139. § 25 revised, ipi7, 113. § 26 amended, 1908, 473. (See
1914, 338.) § 27 amended, 1913, 613. § 29 revised, 1920, 150.
(See 1911, 361.) § 32 amended, 1908, 248, 509; 1910, 499 § 1;
1913, 174, 334; 1914, 426; 1917, 146 §§ 1, 2, 238 § 1; 1918, 86;
1919, 140; revised, 1920, 327 § 1; affected, 1908, 511, 543; 1909,
192; 1911, 251; 1915, 178, 181. CI. 1 amended, 1908, 509; 1910,
499; 1913, 174; 1917, 238 § 1. CI. 2 amended, 1908, 509; 1913,
541 § 1; 1918, 115 § 1. (See 1908, 511 § 3; 1910,185.) Cls.2,7,
8 amended, 1913, 541. CI. 3 affected, 1916, 32; 1919, 90. CI. 4,
see 1916, 21 § 1. CI. 5 affected, 1908, 646; 1910, 493; amended,
1908, 248; 1913, 334; 1918, 115 § 2. (See 1911, 751 IV, V § 3;
1914, 464.) CI. 7 revised, 1913, 235. CI. 9, see 1916, 32. CI. 10
amended, 1908, 509; 1917, 146 § 1. (See 1916, 5.) CI. 11 revised,
1919, 96; affected, 1916, 32. § 32A, new section substituted in
part for § 32, 1920, 327 § 1. §§ 32-35, see 1912, 139. § 33
amended, 1919, 333 § 14. (See 1908, 163; 1914, 661.) § 34 amended,
1908, 81; 1909, 488; 1910, 499 § 2; 1911, 205; 1912, 524; 1913,
489; 1916, 135; 1918, 36; 1920, 152, 327 § 2. (See 1911, 251;
1912, 139; 1914, 464; 1915, 181.) § 34A, new section substituted
in part for § 34, 1920, 327 § 2. (See 1910, 493.) § 35, see 1909,
294, 407, 514 § 30; 1910, 339; 1911, 111, 628. § 36, see 1910,
171. § 37 amended, 1909, 92, 95; 1910, 375; affected, 1915, 231
§ 16; 1916, 5. (See 1914, 505.) § 39 amended, 1912, 396. (See
1914, 661.) § 40, see 1914, 661. § 41 amended, 1918, 69. § 42
et seq., see 1914, 642. § 42 amended, 1912, 403. § 43 amended,
1915, 7. § 44 amended, 1908, 471. § 46 repealed, 1909, 390 § 2.
§ 47 revised, 1908, 482; 1909, 390 § 1; 1910, 463; amended, 1917, 9.
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Chap. 1907
§ 50 revised, 1913, 343. § 57 et seq., see 1911, 493. § 59, see 1910,
552 § 2. § 60 amended, 1911, 406; 1919, 31; affected, 1916, 150.
(See 1910, 489, 552; 1917, 238 § 2; 1919, 110; 1920, 288.) § 60
et seq., see 1913, 535, 625. § 61 revised, 1912, 330. (See 1909, 256;
1911, 344.) § 64 revised, 1917, 146 § 3; extended, 1916, 5. § 65
amended, 1917, 146 § 4. § 66 amended, 1917, 210. (See 1912,
119, 623.) §§ 66, 68, see 1909, 490 III §§ 26-36, 491 § 4. § 66
et seq., see 1917, 117. § 69 amended, 1910, 256; affected, 1918, 51.
§ 71 amended, 1916, 12; 1918, 35. § 73 amended, 1909, 242. § 74
amended, 1909, 467. § 75 amended, 1918, 60; affected, 1918, 51,
112 § 8. (See 1910, 493; 1912, 119; 1919, 110; 1920, 123, 288.)
§ 80 amended, 1908, 166; 1910, 366; extended, 1911, 361. §§ 80,
81, see 1908, 436. §83, see 1914, 626; 1915,82,183. §84amended,
1909, 415; 1913, 247; 1919, 114 § 2. (See 1914, 626.) § 88
amended, 1908, 165; affected, 1920, 317. § 89 amended, 1914,
448 § 2; 1919, 114 § 3. (See 1914, 626.) § 92 revised, 1911, 429
§ 1; 1918, 71; 1919, 46; affected, 1920, 317. § 92 et seq., see
1914, 661; 1919, 87. § 93 amended, 1908, 170; 1911, 429 § 1;
1917, 104 § 2. (See 1914, 626, 661.) § 94 revised, 1919, 35.
§ 95 revised, 1911, 429 § 3; 1913, 181; 1919, 47; affected, 1915,
82 § 2; 1916, 11; 1920, 317. (See 1913, 510.) § 96 revised,
1919, 19. §§ 92-98, see 1919, 26. § 98 amended, 1919, 86. § 100,
see 1911, 628 § 4; 1918, 72 (relative to the appointment of
receivers for insurance companies). § 101 affected, 1912, 162; 1919,
30. § 107 revised, 1919, 130. (See 1914, 505, 661; 1917, 10 § 4.)
§ 110, see 1914, 661. § 114 revised, 1919, 110. § 121 amended,
1910, 426. § 177 amended, 1912, 446 § 1. R. L. 118, 119.
577 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 52, 145. (See 1908, 126, 273, 333, 343,
385.) R. L. 98, 106.
578 Superseded, 1909, 490 III § 56. R. L. 14.
579 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
580 Repeal and substitute, 1909, 534. (See 1908, 642, 648; 1913, 803;
1914, 190, 420.) R.'L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
581 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1908,483; 1910, 55; 1911,422, 679.)
R. L. 11.
582 § 2 revised, 1918, 257 § 270. § 18, see 1909, 227; 1912, 649; 1913,
228. § 34, see 1920, 590. § 41 revised, 1918, 257 § 271. § 44
amended, 1918, 257 § 272. § 56A, new section added, 1918, 257
§ 273. R. L. 69, 173.
584 § 10 superseded, 1909, 329. R. L. 52, 102.
586 Superseded, 1909, 490 III §§ 72-79. (See 1908, 194, 615; 1909, 440
§ 2.) R. L. 14.
Statutes of 1908.
81 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 2. Amended, 1909, 488; 1910, 499 § 2;
1911,205; 1912,524; 1913,489; 1916,135; 1918,36. (See 1911,
251; 1912, 139.) R. L. 118.
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83 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11. •
85 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
91 Amended, 1915, 164. R. L. 25.
98 See 1914, 795. R. L. 32.
99 § 1 superseded, 1909, 490 II § 32. § 2 superseded, 1909, 490 II § 85.
R. L. 13.
104 See 1909, 180; 1911, 456; 1912, 154, 264, 310. R. L. 212.
108 See 1917, 91. R. L. 100.
110 § 1 amended, 1909, 166. § 2 amended, 1913, 211. R. L. 164. "
116 Amended, 1908, 505. (See 1911, 389; 1915, 23.) R. L. 116, 145.
120 Superseded, 1909, 490 1 § 6; 1914, 598 § 26. (See 1909, 187.) R. L. 12.
121 Amended, 1911, 736 § 5; 1919, 168 § 2. R. L. 151.
126 Amended, 1908,273; 1911,328; 1914,757; 1916,146. (See 1908, 333,
343,385; 1909, 423 §5; 1910,327.) R.L.98.
127 Repealed, 1915, 292 § 13. Revived in certain cases, 1916, 163;
1917, 213. (See 1912, 649 § 1.) R. L. 197.
133 Seel909, 302; 1913, 281. R. L. 212.
149 See 1909, 160; 1910, 273. R. L. 127.
163 Affected, 1914, 742 §§ 58, 199. Amended, 1915, 205. R. L. 109, 121,
125.
165 See 1920, 317. R. L. 118.
166 Amended, 1910, 366. Extended, 1911, 361; 1912, 52. R. L. 118.
169 Amended, 1910, 87. R. L. 102.
170 Superseded, 1911, 429 § 1; 1917, 104 § 2. (See 1914, 626; 1919, 26.)
R. L. 118.
173 See 1908, 443; 1909, 50, 147; 1910, 80; 1911, 667; 1912, 109, 142.
R. L. 9.
177 See 1908, 516; 1909, 236; 1911, 212; 1912, 317; 1913, 716. R. L.
173.
178 See 1908, 469; 1909,218; 1910,488; 1912,145; 1914,370. R. L. 6.
179 Amended, 1910, 540 § 1; 1918, 257 § 95; 1919, 301 § 7. Affected,
1919, 288 § 2; 1920, 627 § 3. R. L. 158, 164.
180 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 355. Amended, 1915, 15. R. L. 109, 110.
181 Superseded, 1917, 169; 1918, 257 § 174. (See 1910, 524; 1911,
247; 1912, 368 § 3.) R. L. 42.
182 Amended, 1910, 629; 1911, 391. R. L. 102.
185 See 1914, 577. R. L. 108.
187 See 1915, 50. R. L. 102.
190 See 1915, 254. R. L. 217.
191 Extended, 1912, 462. R. L. 160.
193 Superseded, 1909, 490 I § 11. (See 1911, 135 § 3.) R. L. 12.
194 Superseded, 1909, 490 III §§ 72, 79. (See 1908, 615; 1909, 440 § 2.)
R. L. 14.
195 See 1918, 239. R. L. 6, 18, 85, 86, 87, 88, 223, 225.
197 Repealed, 1920, 418 § 23. (See 1915, 258.) R. L. 75.
205 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 237. § 2 repealed and superseded, 1919,
91. (See 1909, 424 § 1.) R. L. 57.
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208 See 1912, 192. R. L. 65.
209 Repealed, 1916, 51. (See 1909, 394; 1910, 398; 1911, 244, 722; 1912,
419; 1914, 795 §13; 1919, 120, 350 §§ 39-42.) R. L. 28, 32.
210 § 1 amended, 1909, 332. R. L. 19, 106.
216 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 3,
§ 17. R. L. 50.
217 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 27, 145. (See 1910, 445.) R. L. 106.
219 Repealed, 1908, 382 § 2. (See 1914, 742 §§ 91, 199; 1920, 598 § 6.)
R. L. 110.
220 See 1909, 490 III § G8, 517. R. L. 14.
221 Repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1913, 610 § 2.) R. L. 104, 108.
222 See 1914, 246; 1915, 32. R. L. 113, 118.
226 Superseded, 1909, 490 III § 76. R. L. 13.
228 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 26, 145. R. L. 106.
229 Amended, 1915, 37. (See 1909, 60; 1913, 464.) R. L. 2, 206.
230 See 1914, 571; 1915, 141, 206. R. L. 222.
231 Amended, 1913, 791. (See 1909, 248; 1910, 266.) R. L. 164.
233 See 1914, 742 §§ 197, 199. R. L. 122.
237 § 19, see 1919, 188.' §§ 18^0, see 1910, 214. § 30 amended, 1918,
257 § 280. § 32 revised, 1918, 257 § 281. (See 1919, 63.) R. L.
68, 69.
238 Seel908, 525 §3; 1911, 289; 1912, 283. R. L. 75, 76.
243 Affected, 1914, 742 §§ 197, 199. R. L. 121.
245 State ornithologist superseded by division of ornithology in depart-
ment of agriculture, 1919, 350'§§ 34-38. § 3 amended, 1912, 500;
1914, 424; 1917, 75. R. L. 89, 92.
247 Superseded, 1909, 490 II § 82. R. L. 13.
248 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 1. Amended, 1910, 499 § 1; 1913, 334;
1918, 86, 115 § 2. (See 1908, 509; 1911, 251; 1912, 139; 1914,
464; 1919, 140.) R. L. 118.
250 See 1908, 464, 594; 1909, 136, 148. R. L. 21, 27.
251 Affected, 1915, 141, 206. R. L. 225.
253 Amended, 1916, 177. R. L. 165.
256 See 1917, 327 § 38. R. L. 16.
259 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 287 §§ 4, 7. R. L. 165.
263 See 1909, 534 § 17; 1913, 803. R. L. 25, 26, 52.
266 See 1910, 518; 1911, 442. R. L. 112.
268 Superseded, 1909, 527 § 6. (See 1908, 550; 1909, 490 IV § 14; 1912,
678; 1913, 498.) R. L. 14, 15.
269 § 2 amended, 1912, 442 § 2. (See 1918, 96.) R. L. 75, 85, 87,
115.
270 Repealed, 1909, 403; 1910, 177. R. L. 91.
273 Amended, 1911, 328; 1914, 757; 1916, 146. (See 1908, 333, 343, 354,
385; 1909, 423 § 5; 1910, 327.) R. L. 98.
278 Extended, 1909, 118. (See 1918, 238.) R. L. 112.
279 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1,
§ 23. (See 1918, 155.) R. L. 47.
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Chap. 1908
281 Repealed, 1913, 413 § 4. R. L. 100.
284 Superseded, 1910, 564; 1911, 172. R. L. 92.
286 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 257 § 419. (See 1908, 465, 637;
1909, 216; 1910, 332; 1912, 187; 1913, 457, 471.) R. L. 46, 160.
288 Superseded, 1910, 645. (See 1905, 370 § 2; 1910, 555 § 3.) R. L. 201.
289 See 1912, 672. R. L. 160.
294 Repealed and superseded, 1915, 301. (See 1909, 301; 1911, 377.)
R. L. 76.
295 See 1909, 256. R. L. 149.
296 § 2 repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 §§ 2, 13. (See 1908, 297;
1910, 321, 363.) § 3 repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 §§ 3-5, 13.
R. L. 47, 53.
297 § 1 repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 §§ 8, 13. § 2 repealed and
superseded, 1915, 145 §§ 10, 13. R. L. 53.
299 Superseded, 1909, 490 II § 20. (See 1909, 512; 1911, 75.) R. L. 13.
300 § 1 amended, 1909, 326; 1920, 349 § 7. R. L. 109, 110.
303 See 1914, 662. R. L. 6.
304 Amended, 1910, 219 § 1. R. L. 57.
305 Amended, 1903, 324. (See 1910, 166; 1912, 221.) R. L. 51.
306 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 8, 9, 145. (See 1908. 462 § 5; 1909, 371
§ 6; 1918, 286.) R. L. 106, 107.
307 Repealed, 1910, 387 § 11. (See 1908, 525; 1909, 375; 1910, 271,
416; 1911, 289, 341; 1913, 705.) R. L. 75, 213.
308 See 1914, 478. R. L. 22, 35.
314 Amended, 1908, 387 § 2. (See 1909, 490 I §§ 57, 60, 62; 1912, 222,
312; 1913, 694.) R. L. 12, 14.
315 Superseded, 1908, 604 § 90. R. L. 16.
317 Superseded, 1908, 604 § 174; 1917, 327 § 77. R. L. 16.
318 Superseded, 1909, 490 III § 59, 528 § 1. R. L. 14.
323 Superseded, 1919, 362. (See 1914, 532.) R. L. 160.
325 Affected, 1910, 543. (See 1909, 514 § 85; 1914, 792.) § 3, see 1912,
726 § 5. (See 1914, 792.) R. L. 106.
327 Increase, 1912, 353; 1916, 169; 1919, 310. R. L. 164.
328 Affected, 1914, 663. R. L. 164.
329 Amended, 1909, 474. (See 1914, 792 § 5.) § 2, see 1912, 726 § 5;
1914, 792 § 5. § 6 amended, 1912, 248 § 2; 1916, 139. (See 1908,
411; 1909,471,474,476; 1911,297; 1912,248; 1914,792.) R. L.
56, 75.
333 See 1908, 343, 354, 385; 1909, 423 § 5; 1910, 327. R. L. 98, 106.
335 Repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1908, 385; 1910, 143; 1913, 610 § 2.)
R. L. 102, 104, 108.
336 Amended, 1909, 313. (See 1914, 795 § 13.) R. L. 104.
341 § 1 amended, 1911, 350. (See 1914, 742 § 98.) §§ 2, 4 superseded,
1914, 742 §§ 98, 199. (See 1915, 115.) R. L. 27.
342 Superseded, 1910, 421 § 2. R. L. 10.
343 See 1908, 354, 385; 1909, 423 § 5; 1910, 327; 1914, 757. R. L. 98,
106.
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344 Superseded, 1908, 604 § 16; 1917, 327 § 78. R. L. 16.
345 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
348 Revised, 1913, 339. R. L. 160.
349 Repealed, 1912, 174. R. L. 21.
"350 § 1 amended, 1911, 548 § 2; 1919, 207 § 2. § 2 amended, 1908, 583.
(See 1912, 391.) R. L. 211, 214.
353 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 112. R. L. 204.
354 Superseded, 1908, 604 § 170. (See 1909, 423 § 5.) R. L. 16, 98, 106.
356 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 214. (See 1910, 330; 1914, 450.) R. L. 49.
358 § 2 superseded, 1909, 230; 1920, 540. R. L. 165.
365 Amended, 1910, 273; 1920, 495 § 1, 587. R. L. 204.
370 See 1915, 240 § 4. R. L. 217.
371 Superseded, 1908, 604 § 174; 1917, 327 §§ 250, 256. R. L. 16.
372 § 1 repealed, 1914, 527. (See 1911, 214.) § 2 amended, 1909, 429.
(See 1908, 542; 1911, 486; 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 3.) R. L. 111.
374 Increase, 1916, 125. (See 1904, 281.) R. L. 164.
377 Superseded, 1913, 529; 1914, 453. (See 1909, 396; 1910, 545; 1912,
388, 438.) R. L. 92.
378 See 1911, 143, 297 § 6. R. L. 90.
380 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 141, 145. (See 1908, 457; 1909, 363;
1911, 751 I § 4.) R. L. 106.
382 § 1 amended, 1920, 598 § 6. Affected, 1914, 742 §§ 91, 199; 1915,
92,264. R.L.I 10.
385 § 1 amended, 1909, 189. Temporarily limited, 1918, 134. (See 1910,
143; 1916, 145.) R. L. 98, 102.
386 Amended, 1918, 237. (See 1913, 259; 1914, 792; 1918, 96, 111.)
R. L. 212.
387 Superseded, 1909, 490 I §§ 56, 57. (See 1912, 312 § 1; 1913, 694.)
R. L. 12.
389 Repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1909, 354; 1912, 726 § 5; 1913, 610
§ 2.) R. L. 108.
390 § 1 amended, 1911, 486 §§ 1, 2. § 2 amended, 1914, 18. R. L. 111.
391 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
392 See 1915, 25. R. L. 25.
393 See 1918, 257 § 298. R. L. 25, 84.
395 § 1 amended, 1920, 282.
396 Repealed, 1918, 161 § 2: R. L. 164.
397 Superseded, 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
402 Repeal and substitute, 1911, 614. (See 1908, 484; 1909, 262, 325;
1910, 319, 614; 1911, 235; 1912, 379.) R. L. 92, 102.
405 Superseded, 1909, 468 § 4. R. L. 79.
411 § 1 amended, 1912, 448; 1914, 627. (See 1910, 590.) R. L. 56.
413 Superseded, 1911, 118; 1914, 120. (See 1909, 466; 1910, 533; 1911,
172.) R. L. 92.
417 § 1 amended, 1917, 271 § 1. R. L. 91.
418 Amended, 1913, 736. Affected, 1918, 287 § 1; 1919, 329; 1920, 492.
(See 1912, 649 § 10; 1913, 446.) R. L. 160.
1024 Changes in the
Chap. 1908
420 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 127, 145. (See 1908, 553.) R. L. 106.
422 Amended, 1914, 291 § 2, 336. Revised, 1918, 202. R. L. 9.
423 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
424 Revised, 1918, 249; 1919, 216 § 1. R. L. 24.
425 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
426 Affected, 1917, 234. R. L. 223.
427 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 198. Amended, 1911, 537. (See
1911, 375; 1913, 396; 1914, 556.) R. L. 39, 42.
428 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
431 §§ 4, 5 repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344,
Part 2, §§ 32, 33. R. L. 48.
433 Superseded, 1909, 490 III § 5. (See 1912, 272.) R. L. 14.
434 § 1 amended, 1912, 71; 1914, 45. Repealed in part, 1914, 370 § 3.
(See 1912, 352; 1917, 327 §§ 175, 253.) R. L. 6.
435 See 1913, 761. R. L. 56, 75.
440 ' Amended, 1913, 612 § 2. (See 1909, 434; 1911, 8.) R. L. 160, 217.
441 Superseded, 1911, 356 § 5; 1912, 270. (See 1909, 272; 1910, 365;
1911, 236 § 2; 1914, 79.) R. L. 92.
442 Superseded, 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
443 See 1909, 50, 147; 1910, 80; 1912, 109; 1913, 392. R. L. 9.
444 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
446 Superseded, 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
452 In part superseded, 1909, 289. R. L. 25.
453 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 214. R. L. 49.
454 Affected, 1911, 503. (See 1912, 651; 1913, 709; 1919, 298.) R. L.
56, 214.
457 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 129, 130, 145. R. L. 106.
459 §§ 1, 2 revised, 1916, 233. §§ 2, 3 repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. (See
1910, 429 §§ 1, 2; 1911, 186; 1914, 91; 1915, 250.) R. L. 9, 89.
460 Repealed, 1909, 436 § 4. R. L. 89.
461 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
462 Superseded, 1909, 371 §§ 1-3. § 5, in part repealed, 1918, 189 § 2.
(See 1908, 481, 485.) R. L. 107.
463 See 1911, 628 § 33. R. L. 118, 119.
464 § 1 superseded, 1909, 490 I § 5 [15]. (See 1908, 594; 1909, 136.)
R. L. 12, 21, 27.
465 See 1908, 637; 1909, 216; 1911, 8; 1912, 187; 1920, 122. R. L.
217.
467 See 1909, 534 § 17. R. L. 25, 52.
468 See 1909, 490 III § 40, cl. 3; 1912, 124. R. L. 14.
469 § 1 in part repealed, 1918, 257 § 8. Amended, 1912, 66; 1914, 615;
1920, 546 § 2. (See 1914, 589.) R. L. 7.
470 See 1919, 105. R. L. 108.
474 Amended, 1912, 61. (See 1912, 185.) R. L. 9.
475 § 1 amended, 1919, 127. R. L. 160.
476 Superseded, 1911, 210, 625. R. L. 25, 26.
477 §§ 1-3 superseded, 1909, 309. (See 1914, 401.) R. L. 92
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478 § 1 amended, 1909, 214. (See 1909, 452; 1912, 577; 1914, 598 §§ 17,
18, 720; 1919, 350 §§ 39-42.) R. L. 89.
479 Amended, 1911, 561 § 5; 1913, 610 § 5. (See 1918, 275.) R. L. 108.
480 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1909, 440 § 2.) R. L. 11, 12.
481 Superseded, 1909, 371 §§ 2, 10. R. L. 107.
482 Amended, 1909, .390 § 1; 1910, 463; 1917, 9. R. L. 118.
483 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1910, 55; 1911, 422, 679 § 7; 1912,
229.) R. L. 11.
484 Repeal and substitute, 1911, 614. (See 1909, 325; 1910, 319, 614;
1911, 235; 1912, 379.) R. L. 92, 102.
485 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 2-7, 145; 1911, 158. (See 1909, 371 § 1;
1918, 286.) R. L. 106, 107.
480 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 114, 199. R. L. 34.
487 Repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1909, 514 § 105; 1913, 610.) R. L.
106, 108.
488 § 2, see 1910, 548; 1911, 614, 722. (See 1915, 34, 54.) R. L. 91.
489 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 136-138, 145. (See 1909, 211; 1914, 792.)
R. L. 106.
492 Amended, 1917, 53 § 1; 1919, 33; limited, 1917, 53 § 2. R. L. 91.
493 See 1910, 338; 1911,-358; 1912,335; 1913,178,179. R. L. 70, 111,114.
494 § 2 repealed, 1915, Sp. Act 348 § 2. R. L. 102.
496 See 1908, 508. R. L. 5.
497 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 25. R. L. 4.
498 In part repealed, 1913, 832 § 16. (See 1913, 832 § 15.) R. L. 42.
499 § 1 amended, 1911, 1.35 § 1. § 2 amended, 1911, 135 § 2. § 5 amended,
1911, 135 § 3. (See 1909, 243, 490 I §§ 10, 11; 1915, 263.) R. L.
12, 75.
502 Superseded, 1916, 162; in part repealed (Boston), 1918, Sp. Act
101. (See 1910, 223 § 1, 284; 1911, 477; 1913, 452; 1914, 795
§§ 3, 6; 1919, 303.) R. L. 32, 102.
505 See 1911, 389; 1915, 23. R. L. 116.
507 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 25. (See 1914, 159; 1918, 257 § 2.)
R. L. 4.
509 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 1. Amended, 1908, 543; 1910, 499 § 1;
1913, 174, 541; 1917, 146 § 1, 238 § 1; 1918, 86, 115 § 1. (See
1908, 511; 1909, 192; 1911, 251; 1912, 139, 311; 1913, 235, 234;
1919, 140.) R. L. 118.
510 §lamended, 1913. 246; 1917, 12. § 2 amended, 1908, 621. R. L. 138.
511 §§ 1-3 revised, 1912, 401 §§ 1-3; 1920, 147 §§ 1, 2. § 4 revised,
1920, 147 § 3. § 5 added, 1920, 147 § 4. (See 1910, 185; 1919,
87.) R. L. 118.
512 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 7,
§4. R. L. 54.
513 See 1910, 508; 1912, 223; 191.5, 25, 263; 1918, 124. R. L. 25, 28.
515 § 1 amended, 1912, 608 § 5. (See 1915, 109; 1919, 350 §§ 39-41, 44.)
R. L. 90.
516 See 1909, 236; 1911, 212; 1912, 317; 1913, 716. R. L. 173.
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Chap. 1908
518 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
520 Affected, 1909, 342. (See 1919, 37, 116, 326; 1920, 38, 311,563.)
§ 2, see 1918, 67, authorizing savings banks and savings depart-
ments of trust companies to invest in farm loan bonds. (See 1909,
490 III §§ 37, 38; 1910, 399; 1911, 148, 389; 1912, 54, 90; 1915,
93, 219.) § 8 superseded, 1910, 377; 1914, 422. (See 1914, 537
§ 1.) §§ 8-10, see 1914, 537 § 1. § 9 amended, 1917, 283; 1919,
82. § 11, see 1912, 128. § 12 superseded, 1909, 490 III § 37.
§ 13, see 1914, 537 § 2; 1916, 142. §§ 13, 14, see 1912, 70; 1914,
661. § 15, see 1914, 504 § 3. R. L. 14, 116.
523 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
525 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 289. (See 1909, 375.) § 2 revised, 1913,
720 § 1. § 3 amended, 1910, 172 § 1; revised, 1918, 257 § 291.
(See 1910, 271, 387, 416; 1912, 263, 283.) R. L. 76, 100.
528 See 1911, 70; 1913, 257. R. L. 167.
529 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 1, 56, 165-171, 199. (See 1909, 316, 477;
1910, 124, 374; 1911, 349.) R. L. 121, 122.
530 § 1 amended, 1910, 567; extended, 1915, 189 § 10, 225 § 7. (See
1912, 566 § 6.) R. L. 42, 112.
531 See 1911, 218; 1914, 795 § 6. § 1 affected, 1911, 266 § 1. (See 1910,
495.) § 4 affected, 1911, 266 § 4. R. L. 56, 57, 75.
534 Affected, 1914, 742 § 38, 199. (See 1909, 477; 1910, 374; 1911, 349;
1914, 742 §§ 39, 199.) R. L. 121.
536 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 135, 178, 199. (See 1913; 317 § 3.)
R. L. 121.
537 § 1 amended, 1920, 141. (See 1909, 423 § 5; 1910, 327.) R. L. 98.
539 See 1910, 400. R. L. 26, 91.
540 See 1918, 257 § 2. R. L. 2.
541 § 3 superseded, 1919, 353. R. L. 164.
542 § 1 amended, 1909, 47 § 1. R. L. Ill, 112.
543 Affected. 1910, 499 § 1. (See 1909, 192; 1912, 139.) R. L. 118.
544 See 1920, 253. R. L. 4.
547 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 55, 145. (See 1914, 623.) R. L. 106, 224.
550 Superseded, 1909, 490 III §§ 2, 5-7. (See 1909, 440 § 2, 517, 527;
1913, 792; 1918, 103.) R. L. 14, 15.
551 § 15 amended, 1909, 383. R. L. 112.
553 Superseded, 1909, 514 § 143. (See 1909, 363.) R. L. 106, 111.
555 Amended, 1913, 797; 1917,216; affected, 1909, 292. (See 1909, 391.)
R. L. 81, 85.
561 Amended, 1910, 66 § 1; 1912, 522; 1913, 717, 718. R. L. 5.
563 § 1 amended, 1909, 393 § 1; 1912, 531 § 1. (See 1912, 726 § 5; 1913,
610.) R. L. 105.
565 Repeal and substitute, 1914, 791; 1915, 169. (See 1908, 566; 1909,
281; 1911, 48, 440; 1913, 610 § 2; 1914, 196.) R. L. 104.
566 Repeal and substitute, 1914, 791; 1915, 169. (See 1909, 281; 1911,
48, 440; 1912, 182; 1913, 610 § 2; 1914, 196.) R. L. 102, 104.
570 See 1909, 405; 1910, 114; 1917, 256; 1918, 170. R. L. 56, 75.
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Chap. 1908
572 §§ 1-4 repealed, 1911, 471 § 11. (See 1909, 457, 540; 1910; 282;
1911, 466; 1912, 80; 1913, 295; 1914, 391.) R. L. 39, 42, 86.
583 See 1911, 548; 1912, 391. R. L. 211, 214.
586 Amended, 1916, 248. R. L. 7.
589 § 4 amended, 1910, 617 § 2. § 5 superseded, 1909, 490 I § 53. §§ 6,
7 amended, 1910, 617 § 3. See 1920, 50 §§ 3, 5. R. L. 40, 106.
590 Office of bank commissioner abolished and superseded, 1919, 350
§§ 45-50. §§ 1-8, see 1909, 399, 491 § 5; 1911, 81; 1915, 231 § 4,
268 § 3. § 2, see 1908, 257 § 90, 294. § 3 amended, 1912, 516;
1913, 294. (See 1915, 231 § 4; 1918, 158.) § 4 amended, 1909,
491 § 2. Board of bank incorporation placed in department of
banking and insurance, 1919, 350 § 47. (See 1911, 148; 1915, 231
§§ 1, 4, 268 § 3; 1918, 12.) § 5 amended, 1909, 491 § 3; 1910,
622 § 1; 1912, 173; extended, 1915, 268 § 3. (See 1912, 128,
623; 1914, 537 § 2; 1915, 231 § 4; 1916, 142.) §§ 5-15 affected,
1916, 26. § 6, see 1914, 537 § 2; 1915, 231 § 4. § 8 amended,
1910, 622 § 2. (See 1915, 231 § 4.) §§ 9-11 superseded, 1910, 399.
(See 1915, 231 § 4, 268 § 3.) § 12 amended, 1910, 622 § 3. (See
1915, 231 § 4, 268 § 3.) § 13 amended, 1912, 97. (See 1914, 537
§ 2, 661: 1915, 231 § 4, 268 § 3.) § 14, see 1914, 661; 1915, 268
§ 3. § 15 revised, 1910, 393. (See 1915, 231 § 4, 268 § 3.) § 16
amended, 1909, 491 § 4; 1914, 610. (See 1910, 343; 1918, 44.)
§ 17 amended, 1914, 470; 1918, 44; extended, 1915, 118 § 2, 268
§ 4. (See 1909, 419 § 4; 1910, 281.) § 25 amended, 1909, 491
§ 5. § 28 amended, 1910, 622 § 4. § 29 amended, 1910, 622 § 5.
§§ 28, 29, see 1920, 563 § 1. § 30 amended, 1910, 622 § 6; 1912,
357. § 32 revised, 1910, 622 § 7. (See 1912, 629 § 1.) § 34
amended, 1910, 622 § 8. § 35, see 1912, 623 § 8. § 36 amended,
1911, 211; 1918, 11, authorizing payments at branch offices. § 37,
see 1916, 142. §§ 37-39, see 1914, 661; 1915, 268 § 3. § 38 re-
pealed, 1919, 16. (See 1915, 62.) § 40 superseded, 1909, 491 § 6;
. 1912, 171; 1917, 33. § 41, see 1918, 98. § 42 repealed, 1910, 622
§ 9. § 43, see 1920, 563 § 2. § 44, see 1920, 563 § 3. § 45, see
1920, 563 § 4. § 46 amended, 1909, 491 § 7; 1917, 144; revised,
1919, 11. (See 1911, 228, 237; 1915, 93.) § 55 amended, 1918,
257 § 369. §§ 55, 56, see 1913, 130. § 56 revised, 1916, 198.
§ 57 amended, 1912, 70; in part repealed, 1913, 130. § 58 extended,
1912, 122. § 59, see 1920, 563 § 5. § 60 revised, 1919, 116 § 4;
affected, 1919, 326 § 1. (See 1919, 37.) § 61 amended, 1920, 414.
(See 1920, 563 § 6.) §§ 64, 65, see 1911, 228. § 68 amended, 1909,
491 § 8; 1910, 622 § 10; 1912, 580; 1913, 291; 1915, 273; 1918,
210, authorizing investments in bankers' acceptances; 1919, 13;
1920, 420 § 1; affected, 1919, 104 § 2. (See 1912, 128; 1916,
175.) CI. 3 amended, 1919, 13. CI. 5 amended, 1915, 273 § 1.
(See 1917, 122 § 2.) CI. 8 amended, 1909, 491 § 8; 1910, 358.
CI. 9, see 1910, 281. CI. 14 added, 1913, 291; amended, 1915,
273 § 2. (See 1918, 67, authorizing investments in farm loan bonds;
1028 Changes in the
Chap. 1908
1919, 60, authorizing savings banks to hold for safe-keeping federal
securities.) R. L. 113, 116, 162.
591 § 2 amended, 1915, 124; affected, 1909, 263; 1911, 474. (See 1910,
150; 1913,600,605; 1914,404; 1915,80,171.) R. L. 28, 29.
594 See 1909, 136, 148, 4901 §5 [15]; 1910, 379; 1914, 83. R. L. 21, 27.
595 See 1910, 255. R. L. 66, 96.
597 § 2 amended, 1911, 294; 1912, 512 § 1. § 2, see 1920, 546 § 3. §§2,
3, see 1918, 244 § 4. § 3 revised, 1919, 210. § 4 affected, 1916,
296 § 4. (See 1912, 79, 387.) R. L. 6.
601 § 1 revised, 1916, 273. (See 1920, 461.) § 2 revised, 1920, 461.
(See 1911, 673.) R. L. 222, 223.
604 Repealed, 1917, 327 § 268; revised, 1917, 327. (See 1916, 1, 10.) § 8,
see 1916, 279. § 12 superseded, 1914, 460. (See 1909, 300; 1911,
633; 1912, 720 § 1; 1914, 758.) § 13 revised, 1916, 284 § 1. (See
1909, 300; 1916, 8, 123, 165; 1917, 211 § 4, 300.) § 14 revised, 1917,
92. (See 1910, 348 § 1; 1912, 593; 1913, 710.) § 16 superseded,
1915, 289 § 1. § 18 amended, 1912, 365 § 1. § 19 revised, 1916, 1 § 1.
§ 20 revised, 1912, 720 § 2. (See 1909, 298; 1910, 228; 1911, 145,
326, 633; 1912, 365 § 2; 1914, 758; 1916, 284 § 2.) § 21 repealed,
1912, 365 § 4. § 22 revised, 1916, 284 § 3. (See 1911, 670; 1912,
506; 1914, 362, 718 § 1 ; 1916, 284 §§ 2, 10.) § 23, see 1914, 161. § 26
superseded, 1915, 289 § 2. §§ 27, 28, see 1914, 161. § 30, see 1914,
161, 758. § 31 amended, 1916, 284 § 16. § 32 amended, 1915, 289
§3. §36 amended, 1917,334. (See 1916, 284 § 15.) § 39 amended,
1910, 348 §2; 1911,747; 1913,733; 1916, 284 § 4. (See 1913, 268;
1916, 284 § 15.) § 41 amended, 1911, 298. (See 1911, 326.) § 42
amended, 1910, 299; 1912, 268; 1914, 715; 1915, 71; 1916,
284 § 5. (See 1911,449, 718 §3.) § 44 revised, 1916, 284 §§ 6, 7.
§§ 61-70 superseded, 1912, 4(>4. (See 1912, 138.) §§ 71-73, see
1912, 444 § 1, 4(>4 § 4; 1915, 203. § 74 amended, 1916, 284 § 16.
§ 79 repealed, 1909, 167 § 1. § 80 amended, 1916, 284 § 16. § 81
affected, 1911, 449. § 81 et seq., see 1916, 284 § 12. § 82 amended,
1916, 284 § 11. § 83 superseded, 1914, 376; 1915, 126 § 1. (See
1916, 284 § 16.) § 84 amended, 1915, 126 § 2. §§ 87, 88 extended,
1916, 284 § 16. § 90, see 1910, Res. 28. § 91 revised, 1912, 444 § 1.
§ 92 amended, 1912, 444 § 2. (See 1913, 468.) §§ 93, 94, see 1911,
449. § 96 revised, 1912, 441. (See 1913, 468.) §§ 96, 97, see 1916,
127 §1. § 99 amended, 1915, 289 § 4. § 101 amended, 1915, 289 § 5.
§ 103 revised, 1912, 87. § 106 amended, 1912, 67. § 107 amended,
1911, 554. (See 1914, 758.) § 108 revised, 1910, 284 § 13. § 110
repealed, 1913, 321. § 124 amended, 1912, 142. § 130, see 1915,
263. § 132, see 1917, 147. § 133 amended, 1909, 323; 1912, 665;
1913, 812 § 1. (See 1914, 751, 752.) § 134 amended, 1913, 812 § 2.
§ 137 amended, 1913, 812 § 3. § 140 amended, 1914, 752; 1915, 31.
(See 1914, 196.) Affected, 1914, 751. § 141, see 1910, 227; 1916,
126. §§ 141, 142, see 1916, 221 § 1. § 142 amended, 1915, 289 § 6.
(See 1916, 126.) § 149 repealed, 1912, 116. § 151 extended, 1916,
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Chap. 1908
284 § 16. §§ 151, 152, see 1910, 227, 283; 1913, 530; 1916, 126, 221
§ 1. § 152 revised, 1916, 209. (See 1912, 117.) §§ 157-159
extended, 1916, 284 § 16. § 158 amended, 1911, 642 § 1. § 160,
see 1910, 227; 1916, 126, 221 § 1. § 161 extended, 1916, 284 § 16.
§ 162 revised, 1911, 594 § 1; repealed in part, 1917, 105 § 3. (See
1911, 594 §2; 1914,380.) § 166, see 1912, 147. § 170 revised, 1916,
8; limited, 1917, 148 § 4. § 172 extended, 1916, 284 § 16. § 173
aflfected, 1909, 298; 1911, 514; amended, 1913, 532; 1914, 350;
1917, 105 § 1. § 174 amended, 1911, 642 § 2; 1912, 399; 1913, 664;
repealed in part, 1916, 221; 1917, 105 § 3; affected, 1917, 93 § 1.
(See 1909, 280; 1910, 227; 1914, 758 § 1.) § 175, see 1910, 283.
§ 176 amended, 1910, 225; 1912, 568. (See 1913, 530.) § 177
revised, 1917, 105 § 2. (See 1914, 481; 1916, 86.) § 182 revised,
1912, 519. § 185 extended, 1916, 284 § 16. § 191 amended, 1915,
289 § 7. § 198 amended, 1909, 170; 1914, 380; 1916, 284 § 16.
§ 200 amended, 1912, 58. § 201 revised, 1916, 284 § 14. §§ 201,
202, see 1913, 268. § 206 affected, 1909, 300. § 207, see 1910, 283.
R. L. 16.
605 Superseded, 1911, 727; 1912, 675. (See 1909, 278, 317, 419, 514
§§ 121-126; 1910, 563; 1914, 437; 1915, 268.) R. L. 102, 106, 189.
613 §§ 1, 2, 4 superseded, 1909, 504 §§ 1, 107. (See 1909, 504 § 14.)
R. L. 87.
614 Superseded, 1909, 490 III § 64. (See 1909, 440 § 2.) R. L. 14.
615 See 1909, 490 III §§ 72-79. R. L. 14.
617 §§ 1, 3 superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 159, 160, 199. R. L. 121.
620 See 1912, 725 I § 6, II §§ 4, 5; 1914, 671; 1915, 303. R. L. Ill, 112.
621 See 1913, 246. R. L. 138.
624 See 1909, 490 IV § 20; 1911, 191; 1912, 234. R. L. 15.
629 Superseded, 1909, 504 §§ 1, 107. R. L. 87.
636 § 1 amended, 1909, 369; 1915, 298; 1919, 333 § 23. (See 1909, 485;
1915, 299 § 3.) § 2, see 1915, 299 § 3. R. L. Ill, 112.
637 § 1 amended, 1909, 216. (See 1910, 332; 1911, 8; 1912, 187; 1915,
89, 254.) R. L. 217.
639 See 1909, 472, 489; 1911,471; 1914,128,207; 1915,113. R.L.42,86.
642 Superseded, 1909, 534 §§ 30, 31. (See 1913, 803.) R. L. 47, 52, 102.
643 Amended, 1917, 189. (See 1917, 256; 1918, 170.) R. L. 56.
645 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 48, 145. R. L. 106.
648 Repeal and substitute, 1909, 534. (See 1913, 803; 1914, 190, 420.)
R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
6.50 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 112, 145. R. L. 106.
6.55 Superseded, 1914, 742 § 133. R. L. 121.
Statutes of 1909.
49 See 1917, 275 § 17. R. L. 219.
50 See 1909, 147; 1910, 80; 1911, 667; 1912, 109. R. L. 9.
60 See 1909, 229; 1911, Res. 5. R. L. 2, 42.
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Chap. 1909
67 See 1916, 296. R. L. 9.
92 See 1915, 231 § 16. R. L. 118.
94 Superseded, 1913, 336. R. L. 6.
95 See 1915, 231 § 16. R. L. 118.
116 See 1909, 183. R. L. 159.
118 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327 §§ 52, 268. (See 1918, 238.)
R. L. 16.
131 See 1912, 726 § 5; 1913, 610. R. L. 105.
133 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 377. Amended, 1912, 260; 1913, 240; 1914,
209, 276; 1917, 226. R. L. 124.
134 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1. Superseded, 1917, 344, Part 5, § 4.
R. L. 28.
136 § 1 affected, 1916, 152. (See 1909, 148; 1912, 377; 1917, 116 § 1.)
R. L. 6, 21, 25-27.
147 See 1910, 80; 1911,667; 1912,109,142; 1913,392. R. L. 9.
148 Repealed, 1910, 137. R. L. 6.
149 Repealed, 1913; 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
160 In part repealed and superseded, 1920, 495. (See 1910, 273.) R. L.
204.
167 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
170 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1914, 380; 1916, 284 § i6.)
R. L. 16.
173 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 108, 199. R. L. 34.
174 Amended, 1914, 710. Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 22, 23. (See 1914, 605;
1919, 183, 254.) R. L. 10.
177 See 1913, 284, 397. R. L. 75.
180 Superseded, 1911, 456 § 1; 1912, 310; 1914, 520. (See 1912, 264.)
R. L. 83, 153, 220.
181 Affected, 1912, 165. (See 1911, 175; 1914, 272.^ R. L. 83, 86.
186 Amended, 1913, 38. R. L. 204.
187 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 34. (See 1914, 598.) R. L. 12.
189 See 1916, 145. R. L. 98.
191 Repealed, 1920, 418 § 23. (See 1915, 258.) R. L. 75.
192 See 1909, 488; 1910, 499; 1912, 139. R. L. 118.
194 See 1911, 374. R. L. 91.
199 Amended, 1919, 180. R. L. 102.
204 Superseded, 1910, 645. (See 1910, 555 § 3.) R. L. 201.
206 Repealed, 1913, 815 § 9. (See 1909, 225; 1911, 593; 1912, 276.)
R. L. 173.
211 Superseded, 1909, 514 §§ 139, 145. R. L. 106.
212 See 1919, 350 § 38. R. L. 89.
213 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
214 See 1912, 577; 1914, 720; 1919, 350 §§ 39-42. R. L. 89.
216 See 1910, 275; 1911, 8; 1912, 187; 1915, 254. R. L. 217.
218 Repealed, 1914, 370 § 3. (See 1910, 488; 1912, 145.) R. L. 6.
219 § 2 amended, 1911, 473 § 2. (See 1912, 232.) R. L. 160.
221 Amended, 1920, 211. R. L. 108.
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Chap. 1909
225 Repealed, 1913, 815 § 9. (See 1911, 593; 1912, 276.) R. L. 173.
227 Superseded, 1913, 228. (See 1912, 649 § 1.) R. L. 173.
229 Superseded, 1911, 232; 1919,84. R. L. 42.
230 Revised, 1920, 540. R. L. 165.
233 See 1914, 745. R. L. 111.
235 See 1911, 150. R. L. 168.
236 See 1911, 212, 501; 1912, 317; 1913, 716; 1915, 185 § 2. R. L. 173.
237 Superseded, 1915, 292 §§ 9, 13. Revived in certain cases, 1916, 163;
1917, 213. (See 1911, 150.) R. L. 197.
243 See 1909, 490 I §§ 10, 11; 1911, 135 § 3; 1914, 629. R. L. 12, 25, 26.
248 See 1910, 266. R. L. 164.
250 See 1913, 73. R. L. 75, 84.
256 Superseded, 1912, 330. (See 1911, 344.) R. L. 118.
259 Superseded, 1909, 490 II § 45; 1912, 390. R. L. 13.
261 § 5 amended, 1918, 257 § 292. R. L. 76.
262 Repeal and substitute, 1911, 614. (See 1909, 325; 1910, 319, 614;
1911, 235; 1912, 379.) R. L. 92, 102.
263 § 1 amended, 1917, 63; affected, 1919, 350 §§ 39-42. (See 1909,
452; 1910, 150; 1911, 474; 1914, 340, 341; 1915, 80, 171.) R. L.
28, 89.
264 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
265 Repeal and substitute, 1917, 312; 1920, 434. R. L. 91, 102.
266 Affected, 1910, 440. (See 1909, 268, 490 IV § 24; 1911, 191; 1912,
360; 1915, 64.) R. L. 15.
267 §1, see 1909, 490 HI §40; 1911,379; 1912, 124. § 2 amended, 1909,
439 § 2. (See 1909, 490 III § 34.) R. L. 14.
268 Superseded, 1916, 268 § 1; 1920, 396 § 1, 548 § 1. (See 1909, 490
IV §1, 517 § 1; 1911, 191; 1912, 678 § 1; 1913, 498; 1914, 462.)
R. L. 15.
271 § 1 amended, 1910, 373. R. L. 22.
272 Superseded, 1911, 356; 1912, 270. (See 1910, 365; 1911, 236; 1914,
79.) R. L. 92.
273 § 1 superseded, 1916, 114. § 2 superseded, 1912, 443; 1918, 257
§ 147. R. L. 24.
274 See 1909, 504 §§ 14, 69, 105, 106; 1910, 345. R. L. 87, 219, 225.
276 See 1910, 439. R. L. 7.
278 See 1911, 727. R. L. 119.
280 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L: 16.
281 Repeal and substitute, 1914, 791 § 16; 1915, 169. (See 1911, 48, 440;
1912, 182; 1914, 196.) R. L. 104, 108.
283 Superseded, 1912, 333. R. L. 21.
287 §2 amended, 1909, 450; 1913, 245. (See 1910, 338; 1911, 338; 1912,
335; 1913,178.) R. L. 70, 109.
289 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 4,
§ 6. R. L. 51.
291 See 1912, 63. R. L. 91.
294 See 1909, 407; 1910, 339; 1911, 111; 1912, 196. R. L. 119.
1032 Changes in the
Chap. 1909
295 Amended, 1920, 334. (See 1914, 370 § 2.) R. L. 225.
298 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1911, 145, 326, C23; 1912,
365 § 2, 720 § 2.) R. L. 16.
300 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
301 Repealed and superseded, 1915, 301. (See 1911, 377.) R. L. 76.
302 See 1913, 281; 1915, 125. R. L. 212.
303 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 233. R. L. 223.
309 See 1914, 401. R. L. 92.
310 See 1918, 257 § 243; 1919, 128. § 2, see 1918, 218. R. L. 57, 62.
311 Amended, 1920, 8. R. L. 108.
316 Superseded, 1914. 742 §§ 56, 169, 170, 199. (See 1910, 124; 1911,
349.) R. L. 121, 122.
317 Repealed, 1911, 727 § 24. R. L. 102, 115.
318 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 188, 191, 199. (See 1909, 483 § 8.) R. L. 58.
121.
319 Repealed in part, 1914, 787 § 12. (See 1913, 600; 1914, 792.) R. L.
75, 110.
320 § 2 amended, 1910, 32. R. L. 75.
323 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1912, 665; 1913, 812 § 1.)
R. L. 16.
325 Repeal and substitute, 1911, 614. (See 1910, 319, 614; 1911, 235;
1912, 379.) R. L. 92, 102.
326 Amended, 1920, 349 § 7.
328 Superseded, 1910, 533 § 2; 1911, 101. (See 1906, 278; 1911, 118 § 2;
1913, 626.) R. L. 92.
331 § 1 amended, 1915, 262. R. L. 164.
342 § 1 limited, 1911, 337. (See 1909, 490 III §§ 21, 22, 37, 38; 1910,
216; 1911,618.) § 2, see 1914, 661; 1916,281. R. L. 14, 116.
343 See 1911, 755 § 7. R. L. 111.
344 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1909, 440 §§ 2, 6; 1913, 679.) R. L.
11, 12.
345 Revised, 1919, 114 § 1. (See 1914, 448, 661; 1916, 21 § 3.) R. L. 118.
346 § 3, see 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
348 See 1913, 610. R. L. 105.
350 Revised, 1918, 257 § 224. R. L. 57.
353 Repealed, 1913, 386 § 2. R. L. 164.
354 Repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1913, 610.) R. L. 105, 108.
356 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1910, 520 § 3; 1911. 353, 354.)
R. L. 11.
357 See 1910, 501. R. L. 160.
358 Amended, 1914, 722 § 2. R. L. 111.
362 See 1911, 272, 410; 1912, 379. R. L. 92.
363 See 1909, 514 §§ 127, 134. R. L. 106, 111.
365 Amended, 1912, 336. R. L. 160.
367 Superseded, 1920, 486. (See 1917, 282 § 3.) R. L. 160.
369 Amended, 1915, 298; 1919, 333 § 23. (See 1909, 485; 1915, 299
§ 3.) R. L. 112.
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Chap. 1909
370 § 2, see 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
371 Bureau of statistics abolished and superseded, 1919, 350 §§ 25, 26,
52, 53. (See 1909, 514 §§ 1, 2; 1910, 598; 1911, 158; 1909, Res.
41; 1913, 706, 727; 1915, 285; 1916, 13; 1917, 24, 159 §§ 1-3,
192; 1919, 23. § 2 amended, 1912, 560 § 1. (See 1911, 59; 1912,
726 § 15.) § 3 amended, 1910, 83; 1911, 74; 1913, 358. In part
repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. (See 1915, 285.) § 6, see 1912, 45; 1913,
706 § 3; 1918, 205 § 3. § 7, see 1914, Res. 120. § 8 affected,
1919, 350 §§ 25, 26. (See 1915, 67, 265; 1918, 286.) R. L. 106,
107.
375 Repealed, 1910, 387 § 11. (See 1910, 271, 416; 1911, 289, 341;
1912, 263, 283; 1913, 705.) R. L. 75, 213.
377 §§ 1-3 repealed, 1918, 30 § 6. (See 1910, 469 § 1; 1915, 59; 1916, 25;
1915, 218; 1917, 188; 1918, 34; 1920, 339.) R. L. 91.
378 Repealed, 1911, 396. R. L. 88.
380 Seel909, 391; 1911, 613. R. L. 75.
381 Amended, 1910, 244. R. L. 219.
382 See 1914, 452 § 1. R. L. 62.
384 Affected, 1910, 329. R. L. 164.
386 Amended, 1916, 69 § 2. (See 1918, 227.) R. L. 160.
390 § 1 amended, 1910, 463; 1917, 9. R. L. 118.
391 See 1911, 613; 1913, 670; 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
393 § 1 amended, 1912, 531 § 1. (See 1911, 619; 1912, 726 § 5; 1913,
610.) § 2, see 1914, 467. R. L. 105, 108.
394 See 1910, 398; 1911, 722. R. L. 32.
396 Superseded, 1913, 529; 1914, 453. (See 1910, 545; 1912, 388, 438.)
R. L. 92.
398 Superseded, 1920, 574. Amended, 1910, 459. (See 1912, 447; 1915,
95.) R. L. 19, 165.
399 Affected, 1910, 263; 1919, 350 §§ 45-47, 49. § 3 amended, 1911, 81.
(See 1918, 217.) R. L. 114, 115.
402 § 1 amended, 1909, 542. R. L. 122.
403 Superseded, 1910, 177. R. L. 91.
404 See 1914, 176. R. L. 91.
405 See 1909, 443; 1910,394,457; 1911,278; 1914,744; 1915,109. §1
amended, 1910, 114. § 3 superseded, 1909, 443 §§ 4, 5. (See 1917,
112.) R. L. 25, 26, 56, 75, 89, 102.
407 Amended, 1910, 339. (See 1911, 111.) R. L. 119.
410 Amended, 1911, 561 § 4; 1913, 610, 834. (See 1912, 726 § 5; 1918,
275.) R. L. 105, 108.
412 See 1914, 633. R. L. 62.
413 See 1912, 726 § 5; 1913, 610. R. L. 108.
415 Amended, 1913, 247; 1919, 114 § 2. R. L. 118.
416 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 122. (See 1910, 73; 1914,381; 1919,
350 § 16.) R. L. 8.
417 § 1 extended, 1916, 266 § 5. § 5 amended, 1918, 257 § 367. (See
1911, 442, 481, 509.) R. L. 112.
1034 Cha^^ges in the
Chap. 1909
419 Repealed and superseded, 1915, 268 § 26. (See 1909, 490 III § 25,
491 §§4, 7; 1912,623; 1914,437,661.) R. L. 113, 114.
420 See 1913, 619 § 7. R. L. 98, 106.
421 See 1911, 18, 187; 1912, 567. R. L. 92.
423 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 337. § 2 amended, 1913, 451. (See
1910, 327.) R, L. 98.
424 § 1 repealed and superseded, 1919, 91. (See 1918, 218.) R. L. 57, 62.
425 Superseded, 1912, 218. R. L. 56.
428 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 85. (See 1913, 590; 1914, 276, 298.)
R. L. 89, 124.
429 See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 3. R. L. 111.
430 See 1909, 490 III § 2; 1913, 792. R. L. 14.
431 Superseded, 1911, 73. R. L. 164.
432 See 1914, 577. R. L. 108.
433 § 3, see 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
436 Superseded, 1910, 627; 1911, 592. R. L. 89.
439 §§ 1, 2 amended, 1909, 440 § 2, 490 I § 23 [10]; affected, 1915, 137.
(See 1909, 490 III §§ 40, 41, 45; 1911, 382; 1912, 124.) § 3, see^
1909, 490 III § 42. § 4, see 1909, 490 III § 45; 1915, 137. R. L. 14.
440 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. But see 1914, 198. (See 1912, 471;
1913, 286, 679.) R. L. 11.
441 § 1 amended, 1914, 471. (See 1914, 770 § 10; 1915, 238 § 5.) § 2
affected, 1914, 742 § 148; 1915, 20 § 2. § 3, new section, 1913,
454. (See 1914, 770 § 10.) R. L. 109, 116.
443 See4914, 744; 1915, 109; 1916, 228; 1917, 112. R. L. 25, 26, 56, 75,
89, 102.-
444 Superseded, 1912, 507; 1915, 161. (See 1911, Res. 103.) R. L. 89.
449 Repealed, 1911, 366 § 2. (See 1909, 490 I § 101.) R. L. 12.
450 Amended, 1913, 245. (See 1910, 338; 1911, 358.) R. L. 70, 111.
452 Seel910, 150; 1911,474; 1914, 431. R. L. 28, 89.
453 § 4 amended, 1913, 545; 1920, 515 § 2; extended, 1920, 403. R. L. 28.
454 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1,
§ 22. (See 1913, 773; 1914, 514.) R. L. 47.
457 § 2, see 1917, 215 §§ 2, 4. § 3 revised, 1910, 272; 1911, 466; 1912, 80;
1913, 421; 1918, 257 § 168. (See 1913, 295; 1914, 391; 1915,
296 § 2; 1917, 74 § 2.) R. L. 39.
464 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1,
§§ 5, 6. R. L. 47.
466 Superseded, 1911, 118; 1914, 120. (See 1911, 172.) R. L. 92.
468 Superseded, 1919, 290; 1920, 431. (See 1919, 350 § 16.) § 1 amended,
1912, 549; 1914, 407, 587 § 1. § 2 amended, 1910, 467; 1914, 587
§ 2. § 3 amended, 1910, 470; 1913, 323; 1914, 349, 587 § 3.
§§ 3-9, see 1916, 314; 1917, 5. § 4 revised, 1912, 589. (See 1914,
589 § 4.) § 5, see 1914, 587 § 5. § 6 amended, 1914, 375, 589 § 6.
§ 7, see 1914, 587 § 7. § 8, see 1914, 587 § 8. § 9 amended, 1914,
587 § 9. § 10, see 1914, 587 § 10. § 11, see 1914, 587 § 11. § 12,
see 1914, 587 § 12. § 13, see 1914, 587 § 13. § 14, see 1910, 412;
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1914, 587 § 14. § 15, see 1914, 587 § 15. § 16 amended, 1914, 587
§ 16. § 17 amended, 1914, 587 § 17. § 18 amended, 1913, 475.
(See 1914, 587 § 18; 1917, 179, 332; 1918, 108, 183; 1919, 190.)
R. L. 79.
469 See 1914, 597; 1915, 128; 1916, 35. R. L. 91.
470 See 1917, 115. R. L. 87.
471 Amended, 1911, 297 §5; 1912, 248 § 1; 1914, 206. (See 1909, 474,
476; 1914, 792 §2.) R. L. 75, 90.
472 § 2 revised, 1911, 605; amended, 1914, 207; affected, 1917, 167.
R. L. 42, 86.
474 See 1912, 608. R. L. 90.
476 See 1911, 297 §6; 1912, 248; 1914, 792 §5. R. L. 75, 90.
477 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 43, 44, 199. (See 1910, 374; 1911, 349;
1914, 742 § 39, 787 § 8; 1915, 21 § 1.) R. L. 121.
481 See 1910, 606; 1912, 642; 1913, 543; 1914, 691, 693, 716, 717; 1914,
Res. 109, 112, 115, 132, 135, 137; 1919, 231. § 3, see 1919, 162 § 2,
R. L. 96.
483 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 175-178, 180, 181, 183, 198, 199. (See
1912,233; 1913, 317 § 3.) R. L. 58, 121.
485 See 1913, 764; 1914,671; 1915, 298, 299 § 3. R.L. 112.
486 § 3, see 1914, 274. § 10 amended, 1912, 550. (See 1918, 205 § 5,
223 § 3; 1919, 350 § 66.) § 30, see 1910, 414 § 6. § 31, see 1914,
128. § 32 amended, 1914, 730 § 1. § 39 affected, 1914, 646. § 46
amended, 1914, 730 § 2. § 47 amended, 1914, 730 § 3. § 53
amended, 1914, 730 § 4. § 54 amended, 1914, 730 § 5. § 56
amended, 1914, 730 § 6. R. L. 11.
488 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 2. Amended, 1910, 499 § 2; 1911, 205;
1912, 524; 1913, 489; 1916, 135; 1918, 36. (See 1911, 251.)
R. L. 118.
490 See 1919, 349, making certain corrections in tax laws. I in part
superseded, 1916, 269 §3; 1919,286. (See 1913, 636.) § 1 amended,
1919, 283 § 10. (See 1918, 49; 1919, 9; 1920, 608.) §§ 2, 4
affected, 1916, 269 §§ 11, 21. § 4 amended, 1914, 198 § 1. § 5
amended, 1910, 333; 1914, 83, 518; 1916, 144; 1917, 136; 1918,
42; 1920, 175; affected, 1914, 761; 1915, 135; 1918, 49, 106;
1919, 9, 355 § 12; 1920, 137. (See 1915, 40; 1916, 269 §§ 1, 4,
11, 12, 21, 299 §§ 3-5; 1917, 204, 257, 270; 1918, 49; 1920, 261,
552.) § 6 repealed, 1914, 598 § 26. § 7 amended, 1913, 473 § 2.
§ 8 amended, 1914, 629 § 1; revised, 1918, 52 § 1. § 10 amended,
1914, 629 § 2. §§ 10, 11, see 1911, 135. § 10 revised, 1918, 52
§ 2. § 12, see 1910, 650; 1918, 270. § 13 amended, 1914, 198
§ 2. (See 1918, 49.) § 14 amended, 1914, 198 § 2. § 15 amended,
1914, 198 § 2; 1915, 237 § 23. (See 1911, 75; 1913, 676.) §§ 16-
18, see 1914, 761 § 3; 1915, 135. § 23 amended, 1909, 516 § 2;
1911, 383 § 2; 1912, 238, 621; 1913, 458; 1914, 198 § 2; 1916,
271; 1918, 129; affected, 1915, 137; limited, 1919, 355 § 27. (See
1902, 342 § 1; 1914, 761 § 3; 1915, 135; 1918, 50, 138.) § 24
1036 Changes in the
Chap. 1909
repealed, 1918, 129 § 2. § 26 amended, 1914, 198 § 2. § 27, see
1914, 761 § 3; 1915, 135. §§ 24^0, see 1909, 490 III § 7; 1910,
260. § 29 revised, 1918, 257 § 35. § 31 repealed, 1918, 43. § 34,
see 1914, 692 § 3; 1917, 159 § 4; 1920, 245 § 2. §§ 34, 35, see
1919, 342 § 5. § 37 amended, 1918, 28. § 39 extended, 1916,
269 § 22. § 35 aflfected, 1919, 319. § 40, see 1919, 283 § 14.
§ 41 superseded, 1914, 198 § 5. § 41 revised, 1918, 257 § 36. (See
1914, 523 § 1; 1915, 40, 137 § 3; 1916, 269 § 12; 1918, 50.)
§§ 41-43, see 1909, 517 §§ 1, 2; 1912, 238, 621; 1914, 598 § 25.
§ 42 amended, 1909, 515 § 1. § 43 revised, 1916, 294 § 1;
affected as to Boston, 1918, Sp. Act 93 § 6. (See 1916, 130, 294
§ 2.) §§ 46, 49, see 1912, 238. § 49 repealed, 1918, 50 § 1.
§ 50, see 1917, 171; revised, 1919, 51. § 53 revised, 1913, 719
§ 18. (See 1910, 521; 1915, Sp. Act 184 § 2; 1919, 363 § 17.)
§ 54 revised, 1913, 649, 823; 1918, 257 § 37. (See 1918, 28.)
§ 57 amended, 1914, 198 § 2; 1920, 307. § ^8 amended, 1918,
257 § 38. (See 1912, 312 § 1.) § 60, see 191^, 222; 1916, 281;
1919, 283 §§ 13, 15. § 62, see 1912, 312 § 2; 1913, 694; 1914,
598 § 14. § 70 repealed, 1913, 688 § 5. § 71 revised, 1916, 103;
1918, 190; 1920, 460. (See 1913, 688 § 1; 1914, 625; 1915, 237
§ 21.) §§ 72-83, see 1916, 269 § 19. § 73 amended, 1918, 50 § 2.
§ 75 amended, 1909, 517 § 1. § 77 amended, 1918, 257 § 39.
§§ 77-80, see 1916, 269 § 20. § 82, see 1910, 272. § 83 amended,
1913, 226. (See 1909, 517 § 2; 1918, 49.) § 84 superseded, 1914,
198 § 5. § 85 amended, 1911, 89; affected, 1916, 103. § 86 amended,
1915, 237 § 17. § 88 amended, 1913, 599 § 1. (See 1912, 312 § 1.)
§ 93 superseded, 1914, 198 § 5, 689. (See 1913, 453 § 1; 1916,
281.) § 94 amended, 1914, 198 § 2. § 95, see 1916, 281. § 96
repealed, 1911, 308. § 97 repealed, 1918, 257 § 40. § 99 amended,
1919, 135. § 100, see 1916, 171; 1919, 283 §§ 13-15 (special tax
for "soldiers' bonus", so-called), 342 § 5. § 101 superseded,
1914, 198 § 5; amended, 1914, 689. (See 1911, 366 § 1.) R. L. 12.
II Provision for earlier collection of poll taxes, 1919, 321. § 1
amended, 1920, 255. § 2 revised, 1918, 257 § 41. § 2 et seq., see
1919, 283 §§ 10-12. § 3 amended, 1914, 198 § 2. § 3, see 1918,
257 § 219, subsect. 4. § 5 amended, 1918, 48. § 6 revised, 1918,
257 § 43. § 12 revised, 1918, 257 § 44. § 13 amended, 1909,
512; 1915, 237 § 22; 1918, 257 § 45. § 14 amended, 1914, 198
§ 2; 1918, 57. § 19 amended, 1913, 599 § 2; 1916, 20. (See
1913, 824.) § 20, see 1911, 75. §§ 21-24 extended, 1916, 269
§ 18. § 24 repealed, 1919, 349 § 2. (See 1910, 531.) §§ 27-35
extended, 1916, 269 § 18. § 32 amended, 1913, 237; 1919, 12.
§ 33, see 1912, 272. § 36 amended, 1914, 198 § 2; 1918, 257
§ 46. § 36 ct seq., see 1919, 263. § 39 affected, 1912, 360; amended,
1913, 255; 1920, 270. § 42 revised, 1918, 257 § 48. § 44
amended, 1911, 370; 1915, 237 § 1; revised, 1918, 257 § 49.
§ 45 amended, 1912, 390. § 47 amended, 1918, 257 § 50. § 50
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amended, 1914, 198 § 2. § 51 amended, 1914, 198 § 2. § 52 amended,
1915, 237 § 24. § 53 amended, 1918, 257 § 51. § 55 amended, 1915,
237 § 2. § 59 amended, 1915, 237 § 16; 1918, 257 § 53. § 63
revised, 1918, 257 § 54. § 64 repealed, 1918, 257 § 55. § 67
amended, 1915, 237 § 19. § 68 amended, 1915, 237 § 20; revised,
1918, 257 § 56. §§ 68-70, see 1915, 56 §§ 1, 5. § 75 revised, 1918,
257 § 57. § 76 repealed, 1915, 237 § 26. (See 1913, 824; 1918,
257 § 58.) § 85, see 1912, 272. § 87 amended, 1919, 41. § 89
revised, 1913, 311. R. L. 13.
Ill Taxation of domestic and foreign business corporations revised,
1919, 355; 1920, 415. Tax commissioner becomes commissioner of
corporations and taxation, 1919, 350 §§ 52-55. Taxation of stock
transfers, 1914, 770; 1919, 349 §§ 24, 25. 1918, 253, 255; 1919,
342 §§ 1, 2, imposing an additional tax upon the net incomes of
foreign and domestic corporations; 1918, 264, relative to the fran-
chise taxation of trust companies. Abatement of corporation ex-
cise taxes illegallv. exacted, 1919, 146. §§ 1-7, see 1916, 269
§§ 3, 5-7, 9, 10, i2-23, 25, 26, 281, 299 §§ 3-5; 1917, 171. § 1
et scq., as to travelling expenses of tax commissioner, deputies, etc.,
see 1919, 349 § 1. § 2 amended, 1918, 103; affected, 1918, 255
§ 10; 1919, 350 § 53. (See 1912, 543; 1913, 792; 1917, 261;
1918, 46; 1919, 284.) §§ 3-5, see 1912, 272; 1916, 176. § 4
amended, 1914, 198 § 2. § 5 amended, 1916, 173; 1918, 257
§ 32. § 6 amended, 1914, 198 § 2. § 7 affected, 1910, 260. § 8
amended, 1914, 198 § 2. (See 1916, 281.) § 9, see 1914, 742
§§ 136, 199. § 10 amended, 1913, 473 § 1. § 11 amended, 1914,
198 § 2. § 14 amended, 1914, 198 § 2. (See 1916, 281.) § 18
amended, 1914, 198 § 2; 1918, 184 § 7. § 21 amended, 1912,
189. (See 1911, 618.) § 22, see 1916, 281. § 24, see 1916, 281.
§ 26 superseded, 1915, 217; 1919, 349 § 7; affected, 1919, 349 § 14.
§§ 26-36, see 1919, 342 §§ 1, 2; 1920, 550 § 1. § 27 repealed, 1919,
349 § 8. § 28 amended, 1918, 184 § 2; 1919, 349 § 9. § 29 super-
seded, 1919, 349 § 10. § 30 revised, 1919, 349 § 11. § 31 amended,
1918, 184 § 3; superseded, 1919, 349 § 10. § 32 superseded, 1919,
349 § 10. § 33 amended, 1916, 227; 1917, 97; revised, 1918,
184 § 1; 1919, 349 § 12. § 34 revised, 1917, 104 § 1; 1918, 184
§ 4; 1919, 349 § 13; affected, 1919, 349 § 14. § 35 amended,
1910, 235; 1919, 349 § 15. § 36, see 1911, 339. § 37 repealed,
1919, 349 § 16. (See 1910, 216; 1911, 383 § 1; 1915, 233 § 2;
1916, 281; 1918, 264.) § 38 repealed, 1919, 349 § 16. § 39, see
1910, 385; 1918,253. §§ 39^4, see 1910,456, 650. § 40 superseded,
1914, 198 § 6; 1918, 184 § 5. (See 1911, 379; 1912, 124, 457 § 1;
1915, 137; 1916, 281; 1918, 257 § 76.) § 41 revised, 1914, 198
§ 6; 1915, 34; 1918, 184 § 6; 1919, 332. (See 1918, 264 § 2; 1919,
342 §§ 1, 2; 1920, 550 § 1.) § 42 repealed, 1919, 349 § 17. § 43
amended, 1913, 453 § 2; revised, 1914, 198 § 6; 1918, 222, 264 § 1.
(See 1910, 187; 1919, 349 § 19.) §§ 41, 43, see 1910, 270; 1912,
1038 Changes in the
Chap. 1909
491; 1913, 453 §2; 1914, 742 § 166; 1915,137; 1916, 269 §§ 2, 11;
1917, 268; 1918, 264 § 2. § 44 repealed, 1919, 349 § 18. § 45
superseded, 1914, 198 § 6; 1915, 34. (See 1915, 137.) § 47
amended, 1912, 457 § 2. § 52, see 1916, 269 § 2, 281; 1918, 138;
1919, 342 §§ 1, 2; 1920, 550 § 1. § 53 repealed, 1918, 184 § 8.
§ 54 amended, 1915, 167; 1916, 83; 1917, 89; 1918, 13; 1919,
154, 355 §§ 28, 29. § 54 et seq., see 1914, 770; 1915, 238; 1918,
253; 1919, 342 §§ 1, 2, imposing an additional tax upon the net
incomes of foreign corporations. § 56 amended, 1918, 235; af-
fected, 1920, 462. (See 1914, 724; 1918, 76.) § 57 revised, 1919,
349 § 20; 1920, 385 § 1. § 58 amended, 1914, 198 § 2. § 59
superseded, 1914, 198 § 6; 1915, 34. (See 1909, 528 § 1.) § 62,
see 1911, 339. § 64 superseded, 1914, 198 § 6; 1915, 34; 1919,
349 § 21; affected, 1916, 299 §§ 1, 2; 1919, 355 §§ 13, 31. § 66
revised, 1919, 349 § 22. § 68 revised, 1919, 349 § 23; 1920, 385 § 2;
extended, 1916, 269 1 19, 299 § 4; 1919, 355 §§ 10,25; 1920, 385
§ 3; affected, 1919, 146, 350 § 16 (placing board of appeal under
governor and council). (See 1910, 607 § 2; 1911, 478; 1914, 724
§ 2; 1915, 137 § 1; 1918, 138.) § 69, see 1914, 724 § 2; 1918,
255 § 7. § 70 amended, 1919, 349 § 26. §§ 72-79 repealed, 1918,
257 § 77. (See 1914, 198 § 2; 1916, 281.) § 73 amended, 1914,
198 § 2. § 74, see 1918, 255 § 5. § 75 amended, 1914, 198 § 2. § 78
superseded, 1914, 198 § 6; 1915, 34. (See 1916, 281.) R. L. 12, 14.
IV Abatement of legacv and succession taxes illegally exacted, 1919,
146. § 1 revised, 1916, 268 § 1; 1920, 396 § 1, 548 § 1; affected,
1918, 191. (See 1909, 268, 527 § 1; 1911, 191; 1912, 678 § 1;
1913, 498.) § 2 in part repealed, 1912, 678 § 2; re-enacted, 1920,
396 § 2. § 3 in part repealed, 1912, 678 § 2; repealed as to parts
not previously repealed, 1916, 268 § 3; in part re-enacted, 1920,
396 § 3. (See 1911, 502 § 1.) § 4 revised, 1916, 268 § 2. (See
1909, 527 § 2; 1914, 699 § 6; 1915, 152; 1918, 14.) § 6 super-
seded, 1909, 527 § 3; 1913, 689. (See 1911, 191.) § 7 super-
seded, 1909, 527 § 4. § 12, see 1912, 360. § 13 superseded, 1909,
527 § 5;. 1911, 359. (See 1910, 440.) § 14 superseded, 1909, 527
§ 6. §§ 15, 16 in part repealed, 1912, 678 § 2. § 15 r6-enacted,
1920, 396 § 4. § 16 superseded, 1909, 527 § 7. (See 1920, 396 § 5.)
§§ 19, 20, see 1911, 191; 1912, 234; 1914, 462. § 21, see 1910,
440. § 22 amended, 1911, 551; 1915, 64. (See 1919, 349 § 6.)
§ 23 in part repealed, 1910, 481. (See 1916, 269 § 9.) § 24 revised,
1918, 257 § 75. (See 1910, 440.) § 25 amended, 1914, 563. (See
1909, 527 §§ 8, 10.) R. L. 15.
491 See 1919, 350 §§ 45-47, 49. § 2, see 1911, 148; 1915, 231 § 1, 268;
1918, 12. § 3 amended, 1912, 173. (See 1910, 399; 1912, 128;
1915, 268 § 3.) § 4 amended, 1914, 610. (See 1910, 343; 1915,
268 § 3.) § 6 amended, 1912, 171 ; extended, 1917, 33. § 7 amended,
1917, 144; revised, 1919, 11. (See 1911, 228, 337, 389; 1915, 93.)
§ 8 amended, 1912, 580; 1913,291; 1918,210. R. L. 113, 115, 116.
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492 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1913,679.) R. L. 11.
493 See 1911, 251. R. L. 118.
494 Amended, 1910, 503; 1913, 79L R. L. 164.
497 See 1920, 597. R. L. 83, 84.
499 See 1911, 251. R. L. 118.
502 Repealed, 1917, 122 § 5. (See 1910, 558.) R. L. 111.
504 Commission on mental diseases becomes department of mental dis-
eases, 1919, 350 §§ 79^81. §§ 2, 3 repealed, 1914, 762 § 9. §§4,
1 5 repealed, 1914, 762 § 9. (See 1911, 649.) § 6, see 1919, 318. § 7
repealed, 1914, 762 § 9. (See 1911, 334.) § 8 repealed, 1914, 762
§ 9. (See 1914, 662.) § 10 repealed, 1914, 762 § 9. § 14
amended, 1914, 442 § 3; affected, 1915, 79 § 3. (See 1912, 679;
1914, 456; 1915, 170; 1916, 283.) § 15 amended, 1914, 358 § 3.
§§ 18-20 repealed, 1914, 762 § 9. (See 1911, 649; 1918, 176.)
§§ 19-22, see 1911, 480; 1918, 239 § 23, see 1918, 257 § 187, sub-
sect. 5. §§ 24, 25 repealed, 1914, 762 § 9. § 28 et seq., see 1911,
273; 1919, 49 § 1, 318. § 29 amended, 1914, 473; revised, 1918,
257 § 309. (See 1911, 595 § 4; 1915, 136.) § 30, see 1915, 136.
§ 32 amended, 1916, 67. (See 1909, 526 § 5; 1911, 595 § 3; 1918,
257 § 310.) § 34, see 1915, 136. § 37 revised, 1919, 333 § 6. § 41,
see 1911,595 §9. § 42, see 1919, 49 § 2. §§ 42-45 extended, 1911,
395; 1915, 174. (See 1915, 136; 1918, 142.) § 43 revised, 1919,
145. (See 1919, 49 § 1.) § 45, see 1919, 49 § 2. § 46 repealed,
1918, 257, 311. § 48, see 1911, 394, 595 § 3. § 49 revised, 1910,
420; 1911, 595 § 11. § 50 revised, 1917, 69; 1918, 139 § 1. (See
1911, 273; 1914, 558 § 1; 1915, 73, 136; 1918, 139 § 2; 1920, 193.)
§ 54 revised, 1918, 139 § 3. § 57 amended, 1911, 71 § 1. (See 1915,
136.) §58amended, 1911,71 §2. § 63 revised, 1916, 122 § 1; 1917,
223 § 1. (See 1915, 136.) § 64 revised, 1917, 223 § 2. §§ 66, 67
affected, 1918, 121. (See 1916, 122 § 2.) § 69 revised, 1917, 131.
(See 1911, 334 §§1,2; 1918, 139 § 2; 1920, 193.) § 71 amended,
1914, 493. § 75 extended, 1916, 239; amended, 1917, 48. § 78
amended, 1916, 122 § 3. § 79 amended, 1916, 122 § 4. § 80
amended, 1916, 122 § 5. § 82 revised, 1917, 133. (See 1915, 208.)
§ 93 revised, 1919, 48. § 94 extended, 1911, 30; 1918, 63. § 98,
see 1918, 257 § 298. § 99 amended, 1911, 206. (See 1915, 23.)
§§ 101, 102, see 1915, 23. § 103 amended, 1917, 46 § 1. §§ 103,
104, see 1915, 136. § 104, see 1916, 239. § 105 affected, 1910,
345; 1911, 604. (See 1911, 273.) § 106 amended, 1910, 122;
1917, 46 § 2. (See 1915, 136; 1918, 153, to provide for ascertaining
the mental condition of persons coming before the courts of the
commonwealth.) § 107, see 1918, 257 § 208. R. L. 42, 83, 87,
145, 217, 219.
508 § 3 in part repealed, 1910, 472. (See 1912, 567.) R. L. 92.
512 Repealed, 1915, 237 § 26. R. L. 13.
514 §§ 1-8, see 1910, 83; 1918, 286. § 2 affected, 1919, 350 § 17. § 3
amended, 1911, 158. § 10 affected, 1917, 341; board of conciliation
1040 Changes in the
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and arbitration abolished and superseded by department of labor
and industries, 1919, 350 §§ 69-78. §§ 10-16, see 1918, 225, 251.
§ 11 superseded, 1914, 681 § 1. (See 1910, 445; 1912, 545; 1914,
347; 1915, 108.) § 14 amended, 1920, 361. § 15 revised, 1913,
444; affected, 1920, 207. (See 1914, 370; 1919, 350 § 72.) § 16
superseded, 1914, 681 §2. § 17 amended, 1911,241; 1912, 191; 1916,
95 § 1 ; in part repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1913, 619 § 5.) § 19,
see 1918, 286 § 7. § 21 amended, 1914, 474; 1917, 260; 1919, 253.
§§ 20, 21, see 1918, 228 § 7. § 23 amended, 1920, 210. § 27, see
1910, 445; 1912, 545; 1914, 347; 1915, 108. § 28 amended, 1912,
495. (See 1913, 690.) § 30, see 1910, 339; 1911, 111,431. §37
superseded, 1911,494 § 1. (See 1911, 151.) § 38 superseded, 1911,
494 § 2. § 42 extended, 1911, 494; 1913, 822; 1916, 240 § 1. (See
1914, 623.) § 44 limited, 1919, 132 § 4. § 47 extended, 1911, 313;
1912, 452. (See 1911, 229; 1913, 365, 610 § 2.) § 48 revised,
1911, 484; 1912, 477; 1913, 758; 1915, 57; 1916, 222; 1919, 113;
extended, 1918, 147; affected, 1919, 311 § 1. (See 1911, 151, 313;
1912, 726 §5; 1913, 610 § 2; 1914, 623; 1916, 145.) § 52 affected,
1911, 151; 1913, 619. § 56 revised, 1913, 779 § 14, 831 § 1. (See
1915, 70.) §§ 57-64 revised, 1913, 779 §§ 15-24; 1915, 70. § 56
et seq., see 1919, 311 §§ 4, 5. § 57 amended, 1913, 779 § 15; 1916, 95
§ 2; 1919, 292 § 12. § 58 amended, 1910, 257 § 3; 1911, 269; 1913, 779
§ 16; 1919, 62. (See 1915, 70.) § 59 amended, 1913, 779 § 17; 1914,
580. (See 1910, 249, 257; 1911, 269, 310; 1912, 280; 1913, 330,
610 § 2; 1914, 316.) § 60 amended, 1910, 257 § 4; 1913, 779 § 18;
1919, 292 § 13. § 61 amended, 1910, 249; 1913, 779 § 19; 1915,
70. §§ 61-64, see 1913, 610 § 2. § 62, see 1912, 726 § 5; 1916,
145. § 66 revised, 1913, 779 § 23; 1916, 95 § 3. (See 1911, 241;
1913, 467.) §§ 67, 68, see 1912, 477. § 68 revised, 1917, 110.
(See 1911, 229.) § 69, see 1913, 610 § 2. § 73 superseded, 1912,
96. § 74 affected, 1912, 479; supplemented, 1920, 298. (See 1911,
455; 1913, 806.) § 75 superseded, 1910, 404. (See 1912, 726 § 5;
1914, 792.) § 78 affected, 1912, 726; amended, 1915, 117. (See
1914, 792.) § 79 superseded, 1914, 328 § 1, 726. § 80 amended,
1910, 259 § 1. §§ 80-82, see 1913, 610 § 2. § 82 amended, 1910,
259 § 2. §§ 83, 84, see 1910, 543. § 89 affected, 1912, 726;
amended, 1915, 116. (See 1914, 792 § 5.) § 90 amended, 1915,
69. § 93 superseded, 1914, 566. § 94 superseded, 1914, 328 § 2.
(See 1912, 318.) § 96 in part repealed, 1913, 806 § 13. §§ 97-99
repealed, 1913, 655 § 61. (See 1913, 610 § 2.) § 100, see 1914,
795 §§ 3, 6. § 101, see 1911, 281. § 104 superseded, 1914, 557;
amended, 1915, 216; 1918, 110. § 105 repealed, 1913, 655 § 61.
(See 1910, 345; 1911, 603; 1914, 792 § 5.) § 106, see 1911, 313.
(See 1912, 726 § 5; 1914, 792 § 5.) § 112 amended, 1910, 350;
1911,208,249; 1914,247; 1915,75; 1916,229; 1918,87; affected,
1915, 214. (See 1914, 370 § 1.) § 113 amended, 1916, 14.
§ 116 amended, 1911, 263; 1919, 193 § 1; 1920, 417. (See also
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1919, 193 § 2 for penalty.) § 117, see 1913, 610 § 2. § 121
amended, 1916, 208 § 1. §§ 121-125 in part superseded, 1911,
727 § 22; 1912, 675 § 6. § 124 amended, 1916, 208 § 2. § 125
amended, 1910, 563. (See 1911, 727 § 22.) §§ 127-135, 141-143
limited, 1911, 751 I § 4. (See 1911, 751 I § 5, IV § 23; 1914, 553.)
§ 128 amended, 1915, 179. § 132 amended, 1910, 166 § 2, 611;
1911, 178, 751 II § 16; 1912, 251. (See 1912, 172.) §§ 136-140
repealed, 1911, 751 V § 4. § 144 repealed, 1913, 746 § 2. (See
1911, 751 § 18; 1912, 409, 726 §§ 5, 13; 1913, 610 § 2; 1916, 145.)
§ 145 amended, 1910, 63. R. L. 106-108.
516 Limited 1919, 355 § 27. (See 1911, 382 § 2; 1913, 458; 1916, 271;
1918, 129.) R. L. 12.
524 Extended, 1916, 245. R. L. 28.
526 § 6 amended, 1918, 85 § 2. (See 1918, 217; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67.)
R. L. 76.
527 § 1 superseded, 1916, 268 § 1; 1920, 396 § 1, 548 § 1. (See 1912,
678 § 1; 1913, 498.) § 2 superseded, 1916, 268 § 2. (See 1914,
699 § 6; 1915, 152; 1918, 14.) §§ 3, 5, 9 affected, 1910, 440;
1911, 191. (See 1914, 462.) § 5 amended, 1911, 359. § 7 in part
repealed, 1912, 678 § 2; re-enacted, 1920, 396 § 5. § 8, see 1914,
563. R. L. 15.
528 Superseded, 1914, 198 § 6. (See 1911, 379.)
531 Revised, 1920, 45. (See 1910, 462; 1914, 653 § 4.) R. L. 62.
534 Provision for registrar of motor vehicles in department of public
works, 1919, 350 §§ 115, 116. Extended to motor vehicles for
special or municipal purposes, 1915, 11. § 1 amended, 1914, 204
§ 1; 1915, 16 § 1, 99; 1916, 260; 1917, 187 § 1; 1919, 214; 1920,
476. § 2 amended, 1912, 400; 1914, 420; 1919, 294 § 1. §§ 2-5,
see 1920, 432 (authorizing displav of plates of this and an adjoining
state). §§ 2-8, see 1919, 350 §§ 115, 116. § 3 amended,' 1910,
605 § 1; 1914, 204 § 2; extended, 1919, 294 § 4. (See 1916, 42.)
§ 4 amended, 1915, 16 § 2; 1920, 262 § 1; extended, 1919, 294 § 4.
§ 5 amended, 1910, 605 § 2; 1914, 420; extended, 1919, 294 § 4.
§§ 5-7, see 1919, 88. § 7 amended, 1915, 16 § 3; 1918, 17. § 8
amended, 1910, 605 § 3; 1915, 10 § 1. § 9 revised, 1919, 88. (See
1915, 87.) § 10 amended, 1910, 605 § 4; 1914, 204 § 3; 1915, 16
§ 4. § 11 extended, 1919, 294 § 4. § 12 amended, 1911, 37; 1915,
16 § 5. § 14 revised, 1917, 200. (See 1910, 605 § 5; 1914, 190.)
§ 16 amended, 1910, 605 § 6. § 18 amended, 1913, 116. § 17, see
1913,803. §§ 18, 19, see 1915, 19. § 20 amended, 1913, 95; 1915,
16 § 6. (See 1915, 19.) § 21 amended, 1915, 16 § 7. (See 1914,
420; 1915, 19.) § 22 revised, 1916, 290. (See 1913, 123; 1915, 19.)
§ 23, see 1915, 19. § 24 amended, 1912, 123. § 29 amended, 1914,
695; 1915, 10 § 2, 16 § 8; 1916, 140; 1919, 294 § 2; 1920, 262
§ 2, 419, 426; limited, 1916, 52. (See 1914, 420; 1918, 217 § 3.)
§ 30 amended, 1910, 525; 1917, 276; affected, 1914, 514 § 2; 1917,
277; 1918, 18 § 1. (See 1911, 250 § 2; 1919, 212, 252.) R. L. 47,
52, 54, 102.
1042 Changes in^ the
Chap. 1909
536 §§ 1, 3 in part superseded, 1910, 597; 1912, 518. § 4, see 1914, 287;
1918, 217. § 10 amended, 1914, 287. (See 1912, 726 § 5; 1919, 317.)
R. L. 102, 103, 108.
537 § 3 amended, 1913, 689. R. L. 15.
540 Repealed, 1911, 471 § 11. R. L. 42, 86.
541 § 1 amended, 1917, 98 § 1. § 2 amended, 1917, 98 § 2. § 3 amended,
1917, 98 § 3. R. L. 62.
Statutes of 1910.
44 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
55 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1911, 422; 1912, 229.) R. L. 11.
66 Amended, 1912, 522; 1913, 717. R. L. 5.
73 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 122. (See 1919, 350 § 16.)
80 Amended, 1912, 109. (See 1911, 667.) R. L. 9.
83 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. Amended, 1911, 74; 1913, 358. R. L. 9,
107.
90 § 1 amended, 1920, 528. R. L. 16, 25.
93 § 1 superseded, 1912, 280. R. L. 29.
95 See 1915, 23. R. L. 145.
98 Extended, 1912, 82. (See 1911, 628 § 24.) R. L. 119.
100 Amended, 1917, 126, 279 § 44. Affected, 1915, 151 § 1. R. L. 162.
114 See 1910, 394; 1914, 744; 1915, 109. R. L. 56, 75.
122 Amended, 1917, 46 § 2. (See 1915, 136.) R. L. 87, 225.
123 See 1912, 3. R. L. 6.
124 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 52, 199. (See 1910, 374; 1911, 349.) R. L.
121, 122.
126 See 1918, 257 § 90, 294. R. L. 6.
130 § 2, see 1919, 275. R. L. 25.
137 See 1912, 3. R. L. 6.
147 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
150 Amended, 1913, 600 § 2. Affected, 1911, 474. (See 1913, 605; 1914,
430, 431; 1915, 80, 171.) R. L. 28, 32, 89.
151 See 1913, 336. R. L. 6.
152 Affecred, 1919, 182. R. L. 10.
153 See 1919, 350 §§ 39-42. R. L. 89.
166 § 1 repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part
4, § 27. (See 1912, 221.) § 2 amended, 1910, 611; 1911, 178;
1912, 172. (See 1911, 751 II § 15 et seq.; 1913, 324.) R. L. 51, 106.
171 See 1914, 742 § 23, 770; 1915, 238; 1918, 68 § 3. R. L. 109, 110.
172 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 291. § 2, see 1917, 218. (See 1910, 271,
387, 416; 1912, 263, 283; 1916, 85.) R. L. 75, 76, 213.
177 §1 amended, 1919, 334; §4 added, 1920, 139. (See 1915, 86.) R. L.
91.
182 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
185 Superseded, 1912, 401 § 3. R. L. 118.
187 § 1 amended, 1919, 349 § 19. R. L. 14.
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193 Amended, 1918, 291 § 19. R. L. 25, ^6, 102.
197 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 61, 199. R. L. 109.
200 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
201 Revised, 1919, 292 § 7. R. L. 42.
209 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 245. § 2 amended, 1918, 257 § 249. R.L.62.
214 § 5 amended, 1918, 257 § 284. (See 1919, 188.) R. L. 70, 73.
216 Repealed, 1919, 349 § 16. (See 1911, 383 § 1; 1915, 233 § 2; 1916,
281.) R. L. 14.
217 Affected, 1919, 350 § 16. R. L. 10.
220 Repeal and substitute, 1912, 719; 1914, 698; 1918, 244. (See 1910,
268; 1911, 82; 1914, 662.) R. L. 6, 9.
223 § 1 superseded, 1916, 162; in part repealed (Boston), 1918, Sp. Act
101. (See 1910, 284, 588; 1911, 477; 1913, 452, 610; 1914,795
§§ 3, 6; 1919, 303.) R. L. 102, 104.
225 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
227 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1914, 758.) R. L. 16.
228 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1911, 326, 633; 1912, 365
§ 2, 720 § 2.) R. L. 16.
230 Superseded, 1913, 336 § 2. R. L. 6.
235 Revised, 1919, 349 § 15.
236 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
246 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
249 Revised, 1913, 779 § 19; 1915, 70. (See 1911, 269, 310; 1912, 280;
1913, 831.) R. L. 29, 106.
256 See 1918, 51. R. L. 118.
257 § 3 amended, 1911, 269; 1913, 779 § 16; 1919, 62. (See 1914, 316;
1915, 70.) § 4 revised, 1913, 779 § 18; 1919, 292 § 13. (See 1913,
831.) R. L. 106.
259 See 1912, 726 § 5; 1914, 792. R. L. 75, 108.
261 Re\ased, 1920, 591 § 14.
263 See 1911, 81. R. L. 114, 115.
265 Superseded, 1913, 336. R. L. 6.
266 See 1918, 284; 1919, 353 § 5. R. L. 164.
268 Revised, 1917, 217. Affected, 1916, 296 § 6. (See 1911, 43, 82; 1912,
719; 1913, 534; 1914, 698; 1918, 228, 244.) R. L. 6, 9.
269 Amended, 1914, 177. R. L. 75.
270 Superseded, 1914, 198 § 6. Amended, 1918, 184 § 6; 1919, 332.
(See 1912, 491 ; 1919, 355, revising: corporate taxation.) R. L. 14.
271 Repealed and superseded, 1914, 694, 788; 1915, 187. (See 1910,
387, 416; 1911, 341, 372; 1912, 263, 283; 1913, 705; 1915, 159.)
R. L. 75, 213.
272 § 2 amended, 1916, 131 § 2. R. L. 25.
273 Revised, 1920, 495 § 1, 587. R. L. 204.
275 See 1911, 8. R. L. 217.
282 Revised, 1912, 80; 1913, 421; 1918, 257 § 168. (See 1911, 466;
1913, 295; 1915, 296 § 2.) R. L. 39.
283 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
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Chap, 1910
288 Superseded, 1912, 623 §§ 19-21. R. L. 114.
293 Amended, 1911, 7. R. L. 11.
297 Amended, 1912, 284; 1913, 176; 1915,43; 1918, 257 §240. R. L. 62.
299 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1912, 268; 1914, 715, 718
§ 3; 1915, 71; 1916, 284 § 5.) R. L. 16.
306 Amended, 1918, 257 § 87. (See 1910, 342.) R. L. 6.
310 § 1 revised, 1919, 220 § 1; 1920, 395. §§ 2, 3 repealed and super-
seded, 1918, 272 §§ 2, 5. (See 1911, 485; 1914, 573.) R. L. 7.
316 Amended, 1918, 257 § 465. R. L. 160, 161, 217, 220.
319 Repealed in part, 1918, 291 § 21. (See 1910, 614.) R. L. 92, 102.
321 Repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 §§ 2, 13. (See 1910, 363.) R. L.
53.
322 § 2 extended, 1920, 244 § 2. R. L. 29.
326 Affected, 1919, 350 § 18. R. L. 4, 10.
330 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 214. (See 1914, 450.) R. L. 49.
332 Amended, 1911, 116. R. L. 217.
333 Superseded, 1916, 144 § 3. (See 1914, 83; 1916, 299 §§ 3, 45; 1920,
552.) R. L. 12.
335 Superseded, 1914, 359. (See 1917, 123.) R. L. 164.
338 See 1911, 358; 1912, 335; 1913, 179; 1916, 175. § 1 amended, 1913,
178. R. L. 70, 109.
339 See 1911, 111. R. L. 119.
342 Superseded, 1917, 277 § 2. (See 1918, 1, 18 § 2.) R. L. 6.
345 Amended, 1911, 604. R. L. 223.
346 See 1914, 742 § 5. R. L. 109, 110.
347 See 1914, 635. R. L. 220, 223.
348 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1911, 747; 1912, 593;
1913, 268, 710, 733; 1916, 284 § 4; 1917, 92.) R. L. 16.
350 Amended, 1911, 208; 1914, 247; 1915, 75; 1916, 229; 1918, 87.
Affected, 1915, 214. (See 1914, 370 § 1.) R. L. 106.
356 § 2, see 1913, 620. R. L. 212.
363 § 1 repealed and superseded, 1915, 145 §§ 1, 13. R. L. 25, 47, 53.
364 Superseded, 1912, 623 § 38. R. L. 114.
365 Superseded, 1911, 356; 1912,270. (See 1911, 236; 1912,203; 1914,
79.) R. L. 92.
366 Extended, 1911, 361; 1912, 52. R. L. 118.
369 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 272 §§ 1, 5. (See 1911, 485; 1912,
576.) R. L. 7.
374 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 43, 199. (See 1911, 349; 1914, 742 § 39,
787 § 8; 1915, 21 § 1.) R. L. 121, 122.
375 § 1 affected, 1916, 5. § 2 amended, 1916, 5. (See 1915, 231 § 16.)
R. L. 118.
376 See 1911, 284 § 3. R. L. 159.
377 Amended, 1914, 422. (See 1910, 399; 1914, 537 § 1.) R. L. 116.
378 Extended, 1913, 312. § 2 limited, 1919, 333 § 37. R. L. 208.
379 See 1914, 742 §§ 98, 199. R. L. 34.
383 See 1915, Sp. Act 313; 1917, 23; 1918, 259. R. L. 102.
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Chap. 1910
387 §§ 2-6 repealed, 1915, 187 § 12. (See 1911, 341.) § 7, see 1911, 372;
1912, 283; 1915, 159. § 9, see 1910, 416; 1912, 263, 283; 1914,
694, 788. R. L. 75, 213.
389 Repealed, 1911, 126. R. L. 208.
390 See 1916, 305; 1918, 217; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. R. L. 76.
392 Revised, 1918, 271. R. L. 102.
393 See 1915, 231 § 4. R. L. 115.
394 See 1910, 405, 457, 523; 1914, 744, 792; 1915, 109. R. L. 75.
396 § 1, see 1914, 522. § 2 amended, 1914, 373 § 2. R. L. 38.
397 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 269. R. L. 66.
398 Supplemented, 1920, 269. § 1 amended, 1914, 262. R. L. 25, 32.
399 Amended, 1912, 472 § 1. (See 1915, 231 § 4.) § 2 amended, 1912,
472 § 2. (See 1912, 73, 97, 189, 623 § 18; 1915, 231 § 4.) § 3
amended, 1913, 177. (See 1915, 231 § 4.) §§ 4-12, see 1915,
231 § 4. § 13, see 1911, 339, 618; 1915, 231 § 4. R. L. 114, 115.
401 § 1 amended, 1912, 622. R. L. 111.
405 §§ 1, 2 revised, 1911, 282. (See 1910, 523; 1912, 726 § 5; 1914,
792 § 5.) §§ 2-4, see 1914, 792. R. L. 75, 224.
412 See 1914, 587 § 14; 1918, 291 § 4. R. L. 79.
414 § 1 amended, 1915, 207 § 1. § 2 amended, 1915, 207 § 2. § 3 amended,
1915, 207 § 3. § 5 amended, 1912, 565 § 2. (See 1913, 724;
1918, 141; 1919,45.) R. L. 225.
416 Repealed, 1917, 208 § 12. (See 1911, 289, 341, 372; 1912, 283; 1914,
792; 1915, 159; 1917, 208.) R. L. 75.
419 Superseded, 1916, 242 § 4; 1918, 257 § 263. R. L. 65.
420 See 1911, 394, 395; 1915, 174. R. L. 87.
421 §1 amended, 1920, 423. § 2 repealed and superseded, 1916, 112.
R. L. 10.
422 § 1 amended, 1913, 225. (See 1919, 350 § 16, placing art commission
under governor and council.) R. L. 4.
424 § 2, see 1915, 180 § 3. § 5 amended, 1914, 621. § 6, see 1915, 180
§ 3. § 8, see 1914, 654. R. L. 212.
427 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 241. R. L. 89, 124.
429 §§ 1, 2 superseded, 1916, 233. § 2 repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
(See 1914, 91.) R. L. 9, 89.
430 Superseded, 1911, 542; 1914, 554; 1920, 459. R. L. 223.
439 § 1 superseded, 1914, 542. § 3 amended, 1913, 002; 1916, 287.
§§ 2, 3, 5 superseded, 1918, 272, 281. § 4 revised, 1919, 245. R. L. 7.
440 See 1911, 191; 1912, 234, 360; 1914, 699 § 6. R. L. 15.
445 Repeal and substitute, 1914, 347. (See 1912, 545.) R. L. 106.
449 Board of registration of nurses placed in department of civil service
and registration, 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. § 3 revised, 1919, 142. (See
1918, 217.) § 7, see 1916, 305. R. L. 76.
452 Amended, 1915, 222 § 1, 269; 1919, 131. R. L. 18.
454 See 1920, 362. R. L. 223.
457 See 1915, 109. R. L. 56.
458 See 1914, 892. R. L. 75.
1046 Changes ix the
Chap. 1910
459 Superseded, 1920, 574. (See 1912, 447; 1915, 95.) R. L. 19, 20, 106.
462 See 1914, 653 § 4. R. L. 62.
463 Amended, 1917, 9. R. L. 118.
465 Amended, 1911, 632; 1912, 256; 1917, 243. (See 1918, 218.) R. L. 62.
467 Amended, 1914, 587 § 2. (See 1917, 179, 332; 1918, 108; 1919, 190,
290.) R. L. 79.
469 § 1 repealed, 1918, 30 § 6. (See 1915, 59, 218; 1916, 25; 1917, 188;
1918, 34; 1920, 339.) R. L. 91.
470 Extended, 1913, 323. (See 1917, 179, 332; 1918, 108; 1919, 190,
290.) R. L. 79.
472 Amended, 1911, 198. § 1 revised, 1916, 15. (See 1912, 567.) R. L. 92.
473 See 1911, 136. R. L. 8.
476 Amended, 1915, 67, 265. R. L. 100.
480 Superseded, 1916, 272 § 1; 1918, 257 § 427. R. L. 168.
481 See 1913, 498; 1916, 269 § 9. R. L. 15.
483 § 1 amended, 1914, 447. (See 1914, 449.) R. L. 5, 9.
487 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1,
§ 18. R. L. 47.
488 Repealed, 1914, 370 § 3. R. L. 6.
489 See 1910, 552; 1911, 406. R. L. 118.
491 See 1919, 350 §§ 96-98. R. L. 88,
493 § 1, Par. 1 revised, 1919, 92 § 1; Par. 6 amended, 1919, 92 § 1 ; Par. 7
amended, 1916, 28; revised 1919, 92 § 1; Par. 8 revised, 1919,
92 § 1. § 6 amended, 1919, 92 § 2. (See 1911, 751 V § 3; 1915,
155; 1920, 123, 288.) R. L. 118.
494 Repealed, 1912, 449 § 4. (See 1911, 103.) R. L. 91.
495 § 2 superseded, 1915, 104. (See 1911, 266 § 3; 1914, 094, 788, 792.)
R. L. 75.
497 § 1 amended, 1912, 201. (See 1911, 423.) R. L. 100.
498 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1,
§ 20. R. L. 47.
499 § 1 superseded, 1920, 327 § 1. (See 1913, 174, 334; 1914, 426; 1917,
238 § 1; 1918, 86; affected, 1915, 178.) § 2 superseded, 1920, 327
§ 2. (See 1911, 205; 1912, 524; 1913, 489; 1916, 135; 1918, 36;
1919, 140.) R. L. 118.
500 See 1911, 624; 1919, 150 § 6. R. L. 19.
501 See 1914, 509. R. L. 100.
508 § 1 amended, 1915, 25; 1918, 124; 1919, 217. (See 1912, 223; 1915,
263.) R. L. 25, 28.
511 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded. 1917, 344, Part 2,
§ 76. R. L. 48.
513 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
514 § 1 repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
517 Repealed, 1911, 526 § 3. R. L. 6. ^
518 See 1911, 442. R. L. 113.
520 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1911, 353, 354.) R. L. 11.
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521 Superseded, 1913, 719 § 18. R. L. 12, 27.
523 Superseded, 1914, 792. (See 1911, 282, 603, 709; 1912, 726 § 5.)
R. L. 75.
524 Superseded, 1917, 169; 1918, 257 § 174. (See 1911, 247; 1912,
368 § 3.) R. L. 42.
525 Amended, 1917, 276. Affected, 1914, 514 § 2. (See 1910, 605; 1911,
250 § 2; 1912, 368 § 3; 1913, 95, 116, 123, 530, 592,803.) R. L.
47,102.
528 § 1 repealed, 1917, 208 § 12. (See 1913, 272; 1917, 208.) R. L. 75.
529 § 1 amended, 1919, 39. R. L. 91.
531 See 1914, 464. R. L. 11, 59.
533 § 1 revised, 1916, 110; amended, 1919, 65. (See 1911, 101.) § 2
repealed, 1911, 118 § 4. § 3 extended, 1911, 118 § 3. § 4 revised,
1919, 83. (See 1911, 215; 1912, 567.) R. L. 92.
534 AflFected, 1912, 649 §§ 2-9. R. L. 160, 173.
537 In part superseded, 1918, 261. R. L. 20.
538 Superseded, 1911, 305. R. L. 173.
539 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 133, 199. R. L. 121.
540 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 95; 1919, 301 § 7; affected, 1920, 627 § 4.
541 § 1 amended, 1920, 185; affected, 1919, 360. R. L. 57.
543 §§ 1-3, 5, see 1914, 792. § 6, see 1912, 726 § 5; 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
544 Revised, 1918, 257 § 205. (See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 3.) R. L. 111.
545 Superseded, 1913, 529; 1914, 453. (See 1912, 388, 438; 1913, 552.)
R. L. 92.
552 See 1911, 406. R. L. 118.
554 § 1 amended, 1917, 130; 1918, 291 § 18. § 2 amended, 1918, 291
§ 20; affected, 1915, 144. R. L. 102.
555 § 3 superseded, 1910, 645. § 4 revised, 1918, 257 § 432. (See
1912, 649 § 9.) § 5 amended, 1917, 345. (See 1913, 716.) R. L.
173, 201.
558 Repealed, 1917, 122 § 5. R. L. 111.
559 § 3 amended, 1918, 257 § 136. (See 1911,532,628 §§ 29A-33, 751.)
R. L. 106, 119.
560 § 1, see 1915, 112. R. L. 128.
563 In part superseded, 1911, 727 § 22. R. L. 102, 189.
564 Repealed, 1911, 172 § 3. (See 1912, 573; 1913, 270.) R. L. 92.
565 See 1914, 795 § 3. R. L. 32.
567 Extended, 1915, 189 § 10, 225 § 7. (See 1912, 566 § 6.) R. L. 89.
569 Amended, 1911, 264. (See 1914, 792.) R. L. 75.
585 See 1918, 257 § 335. R. L. 97.
591 § 6 in part repealed, 1912, 591 § 5. R. L. 47.
596 See 1911, 487. R. L. 112.
597 In part superseded, 191-2, 518. (See 1914, 287.) R. L. 102, 103.
598 §§ 1-3 revised, 1913, 706 § 1; 1916, 13. § 3 affected, 1917, 24. §4
extended,.1920, 245 §5. § 5, see 1910, 616. (See 1917, 192; 1920,
245.) R. L. 27, 107.
1048 Changes in the
Chap. 1910
605 § 1 amended, 1914, 204 § 2. (See 1916, 42.) § 2, see 1914, 420. § 3
amended, 1915, 10 § 1. § 4 amended, 1914, 204 § 3; 1915, 16 § 4.
§ 5 superseded, 1917, 200. (See 1912, 123; 1913, 95, 116, 123, 530,
592, 803; 1914, 190.) R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
606 §§ 3, 4, 7 amended, 1913, 543 §§ 1-3; 1914, 204 § 2. R. L. 96.
607 §§ 2-4 amended, 1911, 478 §§ 1-3; 1914, 648 §§ 1, 2. (See 1914,
720 § 5.) § 6 amended, 1911, 478 § 4. (See 1914, 720 § 5.) R. L.
12, 14.
608 Amended, 1916, 297 § 1. (See 1915, 296 § 2.) R. L. 19.
611 Amended, 1911, 178, 751 II § 16; 1912, 172, 251. R. L. 106.
614 Superseded, 1911, 614. (See 1911, 235; 1912, 379; 1913, 479.) R. L.
92, 102.
616 § 2 amended, 1912, 45; affected, 1915, 285. § 4 amended, 1912, 49.
(See 1913, 416; 1914, 742 § 98; 1915, 84.) R. L. 25, 107.
619 §§ 1-6 amended, 1911, 338 §§ 1-6. § 3, paragraph (1) amended,
1918, 257 § 126. § 4, paragraph (1) amended, 1918, 257 § 127.
§ 5, paragraph (2) B (h) revised, 1918, 257 § 128. § 6 amended,
1918, 257 § 132; paragraph (2) B (6) amended, 1918, 257 § 129;
paragraph (2) C (a) amended, 1918, 257 § 130; paragraph (2)
E revised, 1918, 257 § 131. § 9 amended, 1918, 257 § 133. § 10,
see 1911, 339. ■§ 11 (new) added, 1911, 338 § 7. (See 1911, 532,
751; 1913,657; 1918, 257 §§ 134, 135.) R. L. 106.
622 § 1 amended, 1912, 173. §§ 1-3, see 1915, 231 § 4, 268 § 3. § 6
amended, 1912, 357. § 7, see 1912, 629 § 1. § 10 extended, 1912,
128. (See 1912, 580; 1918, 210.) R. L. 113, 115.
624 § 1 amended, 1916, 252. (See 1912, 387.) § 6 amended, 1911, 207.
(See 1913, 520, 669.) R. L. 25.
627 Repealed, 1911, 592 § 3. R. L. 89.
629 Amended, 1911, 391. R. L. 102.
632 Amended, 1912, 256. R. L. 62.
633 § 3, see 1915, 109. R. L. 56.
634 Affected, 1914, 667; 1919, 203. R. L. 10.
640 Extended, 1912, 052; 1917, 149. (See 1913, 538; 1914, 545; 1915,
55.) R. L. 56, 75, 102.
641 See 1915, 109. R. L. 56.
642 § 1, see 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
646 Affected, 1911, 557. § 1 amended, 1913, 639 § 1. R. L. 47.
648 Repealed, 1911, 748. (See 1912, 181.) R. L. 96.
651 § 1 amended, 1911, 10. § 2 amended, 1915, 50. R. L. 102.
653 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 34-38, establishing department of agriculture;
revised, 1911, 220; 1916,45. R. L. 89.
656 § 3 amended, 1919, 101 § 1. § 7 revised, 1919, 101 § 2. R. L. 68, 165.
Statutes of 1911.
6 Revised, 1918, 209. R. L. 90.
8 See 1911, 456; 1912, 264; 1914, 739; 1916, 243 § 4. ' R. L. 217.
10 See 1915, 50. R. L. 102.
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Chap. 19 H
19 See 1912, 567. R. L. 92.
30 Extended, 1918, 63. (See 1914, 694, 788; 1915, 187.) R. L. 75, 213.
35 § 1 amended, 1914, 216.
37 Amended, 1915, 16 § 5. (See 1912, 123, 400; 1913, 95, 116, 123,
530, 592, 803.) R. L. 52, 102.
38 § 1 amended, 1917, 4. R. L. 47.
43 Superseded, 1917, 217. (See 1913, 534; 1918, 228.) Affected, 1916,
296 § 6; 1918, 244. R. L. 6, 9.
48 Repeal and substitute, 1914, 791; 1915, 169. (See 1911, 440; 1912,
182.) R. L. 104, 108.
51 See 1918, 189 § 1. R. L. 9.
53 Repeal and substitute, 1911,563. (See 1911, 150; 1912, 163.) R. L.S2.
54 See 1911, 315; 1912, 74; 1915, 110; 1920, 333. R. L. 118.'
59 Repealed, 1912, .560 § 2. R. L. 107.
60 See 1914, 605. R. L. 10.
63 See 1911, 119. R. L. 19.
68 Repealed, 1911, 483. (See 1911, 254.) R. L. 157.
70 See 1913, 257; 1914, 626. R. L. 167.
73 See 1912, 498; 1918, 284; 1919, 353 § 4. R. L. 164.
74 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. (See 1913, 358.) R. L. 107.
75 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 257 § 219, subsects. 12, 17. (See
1916, 128.) R. L. 49, 50.
77 See 1911, 88. R. L. 100.
81 See 1919, 350 §§ 45-47, 49. R. L. 114, 115.
82 See 1912, 719; 1914, 662, 698; 1918, 244. R. L. 6, 9.
89 See 1912, 312 § 1. R. L. 12.
90 See 1918, 81 § 1. R. L. 32.
101 Superseded, 1916, 110; 1919, 65. (See 1911, 215.) R. L. 92.
102 Repealed, 1912, 449 § 4. R. L. 91.
103 See 1912, 449; 1913, 124, 449. R. L. 91.
113 § 1 amended, 1913, 313. New section (3) added, 1912, 395. Affected,
1920, 574. (See 1913, 657.) R. L. 19, 106.
115 Superseded, 1914, 710. (See 1917, 6; 1918, 66; 1919, 235.) R. L. 10.
116 See 1915, 254. R. L. 217.
118 § 1 amended, 1914, 120; 1917, 170 § 4; 1919, 153 § 4; 1920, 425 § 1.
§ 3A (new section) added, 1917, 196. (See 1911, 215; 1913, 626;
1919, 83.) R. L. 92.
121 § 2 amended, 1919, 194. R. L. 152.
122 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 162. (See 1913, 419.) R. L. 21.
129 Affected, 1915, 160; 1918, 259. (See 1913, 655 §§ 42^7.) R. L.
102, 104.
135 Seel914, 629, 792; 1915, 263. R. L. 12.
136 See 1916, 104. R. L. 8.
137 See 1913, 657, 671, 681, 697. R. L. 25, 106.
140 Extended, 1914, 118. R. L. 25, 26.
143 See 1911, 297 § 6. R. L. 75, 89, 90.
145 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1911, 298, 326, 633; 1912,
365.) R. L. 16.
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147 See 1914, 699 § 3; 1915, 61. R. L. 141, 150.
151 See 1915, 57. R. L. 106.
158 See 1918, 286. R. L. 106, 107.
160 Revised, 1920, 584 § 6. R. L. 217.
163 See 1914, 346, 379, 387; 1919, 63. R. L. 62.
164 See 1914, 257. R. L. 91.
172 § 1 amended, 1913, 270; 1917, 170 § 3; 1919, 153 § 3; affected,
1912, 523. R. L. 92.
174 See 1918, 287 § 1; 1919, 356 ^ 2 et seq. R. L. 165.
175 See 1912, 165; 1914, 272. R. L. 82, 86.
176 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 420. § 2 amended, 1911, 461. R. L. 208.
177 Amended, 1916, 18. R. L. 142.
178 Amended, 1912, 251. (See 1911, 751 II § 15 et seq.; 1912, 172.).
R. L. 106.
184 AflFected, 1914, 742 §§ 149, 199. (See 1914, 661.) R. L. 34.
186 Superseded, 1915, 250; 1916, 46; 1917, 286. (See 1915, 140.) R. L.
89.
187 Repealed, 1912, 490 § 2. R. L. 92.
191 See 1912, 234; 1913, 498; 1916, 269 § 9. R. L. 15.
194 See 1913, 404. R. L. 87, 208.
199 Superseded, 1914, 116. R. L. 76.
204 See 1914, 795 §§ 3, 6. R. L. 32.
205 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 2. (See 1912, 524; 1913, 489; 1916, 135;
1918, 36.) R. L. 118.
206 See 1915, 23. R. L. 145.'
207 See 1912, 387. R. L. 25.
208 Amended, 1914, 247; 1915, 75; 1916, 229; 1918, 87. Affected,
1915, 214. (See 1911, 249; 1914, 370 § 1.) R. L. 106.
210 Repealed, 1920, 166 § 3. § 3 amended, 1911, 625. R. L. 25, 26.
211 Amended, 1918, 11. R. L. 113.
212 See 1912, 317; 1913, 716. R. L. 173.
214 See 1914, 527. R. L. 111.
215 See 1911, 410 § 8; 1913, 626. R. L. 92.
218 See 1911, 266; 1914, 792. R. L. 56, 57, 75.
220 § 1 amended, 1916, 45. (See 1919, 350 §§ 34-38.) R. L. 89.
222 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
223 See 1915, 50. R. L. 102.
228 New section added, 1915, 93. R. L. 113.
229 § 2, see 1912, 726 § 5. R. L. 75, 106.
231 Affected, 1920, 614. R. L. 160.
232 Superseded, 1919, 84. R. L. 42.
234 Affected, 1920, 273. R. L. 92.
235 Superseded, 1911, 614. (See 1912, 379.) R. L. 92, 102.
236 § 1 amended, 1912, 203; 1917, 170 § 1; 1919, 153 § 1; affected
1912, 523; 1914, 79. (See 1912, 567.) R. L. 92.
241 Amended, 1912, 191 ; 1916, 95 § 1. (See 1913, 467, 619 § 5.) R. L. 44,
106.
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244 Repealed, 1916, 51. (See 1911, 722; 1912, 419 §§ 3, 4; 1914, 795 § 13.)
R. L. 28, 32.
246 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 385. R. L. 135.
249 See 1915, 75. R. L. 106.
251 § 1 amended, 1912, 311; 1913, 750; affected, 1915, 178 §1; 1916, 21,
200 § 1; 1917, 191. § 3 superseded, 1915, 181; affected, 1915, 178
§3. (See 1912, 139, 524; 1914,464, 642.) R. L. 118.
252 § 1 amended, 1912, 631 § 1. R. L. 78.
263 Amended and affected, 1919, 193 §§ 1, 2; 1920, 417. R. L. 106.
266 See 1914, 795 § 6. R. L. 32.
268 Revised, 1913, 779 §§ 3, 4. § 2 amended, 1915, 78 ; 1919, 291 . R. L. 44.
269 Revised, 1913, 779 § 16; 1919, 62. (See 1911, 310; 1913, 831; 1914,
316; 1915, 70.) R. L. 46, 106.
270 § 1 in part superseded, 1917, 173. R. L. 21.
271 See 1911, 410; 1912, 567; 1914, 648. R. L. 92.
273 See 1915, 136. R. L. 87.
278 See 1915, 109. R. L. 56, 75.
282 See 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
283 Repealed, 1911, 548 § 4. (See 1912, 391.) R. L. 211, 214.
284 § 2, see 1911, 339. R. L. 159.
289 Repealed, 1917, 208 § 12. (See 1911, 341, 372; 1912, 263, 283; 1913,
705; 1915, 159; 1917, 208.) R. L. 75, 213.
292 Superseded, 1916, 40. (See 1912, 149, 407.) R. L. 118.
293 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 140, 199. (See 1918, 78 § 2.) R. L. 121.
294 See 1912, 512; 1918, 244 § 4. R. L. 6.
297 §1, see 1912, 608 §4; 1914,792. § 2 affected, 1916, 153. §3 amended,
1911, 534 § 1. (See 1914, 792 § 5.) § 4 revised, 1919, 27. (See
1914, 792 § 5.) § 5 amended, 1912, 248 § 2; 1914, 206. (See 1912,
603, 608; 1914, 792 § 5.) § 6 revised, 1911, 534 § 2. (See 1911,
381; 1914, 792 §5.) R. L. 75,89.
298 Repealed and suspended, 1917, 327. (See 1911, 326, 633; 1912, 365.)
R. L. 16.
299 See 1918, 261 § 2, 263 § 3, 287 § 5; 1919, 241, 356. R. L. 20, 21, 165.
302 Affected, 1920, 494. (See 1913, 616.) R. L. 164.
304 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
305 See 1913, 68. R. L. 48, 173.
309 See 1913, 467. R. L. 44.
310 Repealed, 1913, 779 § 25. (See 1913, 779 § 16, 831; 1915, 70.) R. L. 46.
311 See 1918, 262, 268. R. L. 89.
313 Amended, 1912, 452. (See 1913, 365; 1915, 57.) R. L. 106.
315 Repealed, 1917, 10 § 5. (See 1912, 74; 1914, 661; 1915, 110.) R. L.
118.
322 Superseded, 1920, 213. § 2 repealed, 1917, 335 § 3. (See 1912, 134.)
R. L. 165.
325 § 1 amended, 1914, 155. R. L. 102, 108.
326 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1911, 633; 1912, 365 § 2;
720 § 2.) R. L. 16.
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328 Amended, 1914, 757; 1916, 146. R. L. 98.
334 § 1 superseded, 1917, 131. (See 1918, 139 § 2; 1920, 193.) R. L. 87.
338 § 3 amended, 1918, 257 § 126. § 4 amended, 1918, 257 § 127.
§ 5 revised, 1918, 257 § 128. § 6 amended, 1918, 257 §§ 129-132.
(See 1911, 532; 1912, 363; 1913, 657.) R. L. 106.
339 See 1914, 624 § 10. R. L. 110, 159.
341 See 1913, 705; 1915, 187 § 12. R. L. 75, 213.
342 Limited, 1912, 259. R. L. 104.
343 See 1912, 567. R. L. 92.
344 Superseded, 1912, 330. R. L. 118.
345 Amended, 1913, 598. R. L. 112.
348 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 190, 199. (See 1912, 437.) R. L. 121.
349 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 51, 199. R. L. 121.
350 See 1914, 742 § 98. R. L. 27.
353 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11. .
354 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
355 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
356 § 1 amended, 1912, 270; 1917, 170 § 2; 1919, 153 § 2; affected,
1912, 523; 1914, 79; 1919, 40. (See 1912, 567.) R. L. 92.
357 See 1912, 644. R. L. 113.
358 § 1 amended, 1912, 335. (See 1913, 178, 179; 1916,175.) R. L. 70, 109.
361 § 1 amended, 1912, 52. R. L. 118.
365 Amended, 1912, 466 § 1; 1913, 335. R. L. 24.
366 Superseded, 1914, 198 § 5. Amended, 1914, 689. R. L. 12.
367 § 1 amended, 1912, 320; affected, 1913, 391; 1914, 538. (See
1912, 157; 1915, 294 § 3.) R. L. 42, 104.
370 Amended, 1915, 237 §1; 1918, 257 §49. (See 1912, 360.) R. L. 13.
372 § 1 revised, 1916, 117. (See 1912, 283 § 1; 1915, 159.) § 3 repealed,
1917, 275 § 22. (See 1912, 283 § 2; 1913, 705; 1914, 694, 788;
1915, 187.) R. L. 75, 213.
377 Repealed and superseded, 1915, 301. R. L. 76.
378 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
379 Superseded, 1914, 198 § 6. (See 1912, 124, 457 § 1; 1918, 257 § 76;
1919, 355, revising taxation of domestic and foreign business cor-
porations.) R. L. 14, 112.
381 See 1912, 486, 608; 1914, 792; 1915, 109; 1919, 350 §§ 39-41, 44.
R. L. 75, 89.
382 §2, see 1913, 458; 1919, 356 §2 dsrg. R. L. 12.
383 Repealed, 1919, 349 § 16. § 1, see 1916, 281. (See 1912, 238; 1914,
198 § 2, 761 § 3; 1915, 135, 233 § 2.) § 2, amended, 1918, 129.
R. L. 12.
.384 See 1911, 444. R. L. 42.
388 § 6 revised, 1918, 220 § 1. § 5, see 1918, 220 § 3. § 9 amended,
1918, 220 § 2. (See 1919, 350 § 38.) R. L. 57, 89.
392 Amended, 1920, 547. R. L. 102.
395 Amended, 1915, 174. (See 1919, 49 § 2.) R. L. 87.
399 Amended, 1912, 114. R. L. 42.
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406 See 1919, 31. R. L. 118.
410 See 1914, 648. R. L. 92.
413 §§ 1, 2 amended, 1913, 367; 1914, 765; 1915, Sp. Act 63; 1919, Sp.
Act 55; extended, 1914, 536; affected, 1920, 179 § 1. (See 1913,
657; 1915, 47.) R. L. 106.
414 See 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
416 § 8, see 1913, 626. R. L. 92.
422 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1912, 229.) R. L. 11.
423 Amended, 1917, 180. (See 1912, 201.) R. L. 100.
428 See 1912, 489; 1914, 288. R. L. 214.
429 § 1 amended, 1918, 71; 1919, 46. (See 1914, 626.) § 3 revised, 1919,
47. § 4 amended, 1920, 326. (See 1913, 181, 510; 1919, 26;
1920, 317.) R. L. 118.
430 Superseded, 1917, 88. R. L. 157.
434 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 193, 199. (See 1911, 558; 1913, 254.) R. L.
121, 122.
436 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
439 See 1917, 299. R. L. 28.
440 Repeal and substitute, 1914, 791; 1915, 169. (See 1912, 182; 1914,
196; 1917, 327 § 49.) R. L. 102.
442 See 1911, 481, 509. R. L. 122.
443 § 1 amended, 1912, 155. R. L. 102.
444 See 1914, 714. R. L. 42.
445 See 1918, 284; 1919, 353 § 13; 1920, 626. R. L. 164.
446 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
447 See 1915, 225 § 4; 1918, 229 § 1. R. L. 42.
449 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1915, 71.) R. L. 16.
451 Extended, 1912, 103. Limited, 1913, 829 § 3. Affected, 1915, 206.
(See 1915, 141, 206.) R. L. 223, 225.
452 Amended, 1912, 160. R. L. 164.
455 Repealed, 1913, 806 § 13. (See 1912, 479; 1913, 610.) R. L. 104,
106.
456 § 1 affected, 1917, 163. § 5 amended, 1918, 257 § 453. § 6 amended,
1914, 520; 1918, 257 § 454. § 8 amended, 1912, 310. (See 1912,
264; 1913, 563 §§ 6, 7.) Provisions to applv to non-support of
destitute parents, 1915, 163 § 2. R. L. 82, 1.53, 212, 217.
466 Superseded, 1912, 80; 1913, 421; 1918, 257 § 168. (See 1915, 296
§ 2.) R. L. 39.
467 Superseded, 1920, 353. R. L. 223.
468 § 1 amended, 1918, 291 § 22. R. L. 19, 25, 26.
469 § 11 amended, 1913, 770. R. L. 26.
470 See 1915, 254. R. L. 217.
471 § 1 amended, 1919, 292 §§ 14, 15. (Affected temporarily, 1918, 206
§ 1.) § 3 amended, 1917, 215 § 5; 1919, 292 § 16. (Affected tem-
porarilv, 1918, 206 § 2.) § 9, CI. 2 amended, 1917, 61 § 1. § 10
amended, 1919, 292, § 17. (See 1912, 106, 587; 1913, 295, 337;
1914, 174, 391, 494; 1915, 189 §§ 4, 8, 225 §§ 2-6, 247, 266; 1916,
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156; 1917, 176, 247, 917; 1918, 230, 231, 246, 248, 274; 1920, 50.)
R. L. 39, 42, 86, 89.
473 See 1912, 232. R. L. 160.
474 See 1913, 600, 605; 1914, 430, 431; 1915, 80, 171. R. L. 28, 101.
477 See 1913, 452. R. L. 37, 102.
478 § 1 amended, 1914, 648 § 1. § 3 affected, 1914, 648 § 2. (See 1914,
720 § 5.) R. L. 12, 14.
481 See 1911, 509. R. L. 122.
484 Amended, 1912, 477; 1913, 758; 1915, 57; 1916, 222; 1919, 113.
Extended, 1918, 147. (See 1912, 726 § 5; 1914, 623.) R. L. 106.
485 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 272, 281. (See 1912, 576; 1914, 326;
1917, 242.) R. L. 7.
488 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 358. § 2 amended, 1918, 257 § 359.
R. L. 109, 110.
490 See 1914, 272. R. L. 83.
491 § 1 amended, 1912, .581. R. L. 111.
493 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 48, 50. R. L. 118.
494 Extended, 1914, 623. Restricted, 1918, 90 § 2. § 1 amended, 1916,
240 § 1. § 4 amended, 1916, 240 § 2. (See 1913, 758, 822; 1918,
228 §§ 5, 7; 1919, 152.) R. L. 25, 106.
497 See 1913, 716. R. L. 173.
499 § 1 amended, 1914, 43. (See 1915, 128.) R. L. 91.
501 See 1913, 716. R. L. 173.
502 In part repealed, 1912, 678 § 2. Repealed as to parts not previously
repealed, 1916, 268 § 3. In part re-enacted, 1920, 396 § 3. (See
1914, 462.) R. L. 15.
503 See 1912, 651; 1913, 709; 1919, 298. R. L. 56, 214.
506 See 1917, 256; 1918, 170. R. L. 56, 75.
509 §§ 1, 7, see 1914, 742 §§ 127, 199. § 2, paragraph 2, amended, 1916,
166. R. L. 122.
514 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
517 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
518 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
526 § 2 in part repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
527 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 96. (See 1920, 627 § 4.) R. L. 159.
532 Extended, 1916, 54 § 3; 1920, 56 § 2, 416 § 5. Restricted, 1920,
627 § 5. § 1 amended, 1912, 363 § 1 ; 1914, 568 § 1 ; 1915, 198 § 1 ;
1919, 94; 1920, 535. § 3 amended, 1912, 363 § 2; 1920, 416 § 1.
CI. (1) extended, 1916, 164. CI. (3) revised, 1918, 257 § 101.
CI. (4) amended, 1918, 257 § 102. § 4 amended, 1912, 363 § 3;
affected, 1919, 350 §§ 28, 29, placing board of retirement under
treasurer and receiver -general. CI. (3) rcAnised, 1918, 257 § 103.
CI. (6) revised, 1919, 36. § 5 amended, 1915, 198 § 2. CI. (2)
B (b) revised, 1918, 257 § 104. § 6 amended, 1912, 363 § 4; 1913,
63; 1914, 582; 1915, 197 § 3. CI. (2) B, see 1920, 304; (h)
amended, 1918, 257 § 105. CI. (2) C (a) amended, 1918, 257 § 106.
CI. (2) C (6) amended, 1918, 257 § 107; 1920, 416 § 3. CI. (2)
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C (c) added, 1920, 416 § 2. CI. (2) E revised, 1918, 257 § 108;
1920, 416 § 4, 539. § 9 amended, 1918, 257 § 109. (See 1911, 634,
751; 1913, 310, 657; 1914, 419; 1915, 197 §§ 1, 2, 234; 1916, 54
§ 2, 88; 1918, 257 §§ 110, 134; 1919, 80, 350 § 4; 1920, 304.)
R. L. 18, 19, 106.
537 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 198. Amended, 1913, 396. (See
1913, 779 §§ 1, 4; 1914, 556.) R. L. 42.
541 Superseded, 1913, 685. R. L. 75, 106.
542 Superseded, 1914, 554; 1920, 459. R. L. 223.
548 § 1 amended, 1919, 207 § 1. § 2 amended, 1919, 207 § 2. § 3 amended,
1919, 207 § 3; affected, 1912, 391. R. L. 211, 214.
549 See 1913, 834; 1918, 275. R. L. 108.
550 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1912, 254, 261, 265, 274, 275, 446,
483.) R. L. 11.
551 Amended, 1915, 64. (See 1919, 349 § 6.) R. L. 15.
554 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1914, 758.) R. L. 16.
558 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 188, 199. (See 1913, 254.) R. L. 121.
561 §§ 1, 2 affected, 1913, 610 § 5. (See 1913, 834; 1918, 275.) R. L.
108.
562 Superseded, 1915, 259. (See 1912, 726 § 5; 1913, 209, 610; 1914,
451; 1918, 217.) R. L. 102, 105.
566 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 87-95. § 3 affected, 1915, 113. (See 1918, 100.)
R. L. 86.
576 Amended, 1914, 408. R. L. 75.
578 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 5,
§§ 18-23. (See 1914, 182; 1916, 30.) R. L. 52, 54.
588 See 1919, 208 § 1. R. L. 137.
592 Repealed, 1912, 705 § 3. R. L. 89.
593 Repealed, 1913, 815 § 9. R. L. 173.
594 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1913, 524; 1917, 105 § 3.)
R. L. 16.
595 § 1, see 1915, 136. § 5 revised, 1913, 796 § 1. § 10, see 1915, 136.
§ 12 amended, 1913, 796 § 2. (See 1914, 473.) R. L. 87.
597 § 1 revised, 1917, 290; 1920, 238 § 1. (See 1912, 637 § 1; 1916, 57,
197.) § 2 amended, 1912, 637 § 2. (See 1914, 408.) R. L. 25, 26,
75 85
600 § 2 amended, 1915, 239; 1916, 189; 1918, 145. § 3 amended, 1915,
158. §4, see 1914, 792; 1918, 145. (See 1917, 193.) R. L. 57, 75.
603 §§ 1, 2, see 1914, 792 § 5. (See 1912, 726 § 5.) R. L. 75.
605 Amended, 1914, 207. Affected, 1917, 167. (See 1913, 471 § 2.) R. L.
42, 86, 217.
607 Homestead Commission abolished and superseded bv department of
public welfare, 1919, 350 §§ 87-95. § 1 amended, 'l915, 129. (See
1912, 714; 1913, 494 § 3, 595; 1914, 283 § 2; 1917, 310; 1918,
204.) R. L. 106.
610 § 1 revised, 1912, 474 § 1. R. L. 56, 75.
613 Superseded, 1912, 151; 1914, 647. Affected, 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
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614 Repealed, 1919, 296 § 14. (See 1912, 379; 1913, 249, 479; 1915,
212, 240; 1916, 74; 1917, 26; 1919, 180.) R. L. 92, 102.
616 See 1912, 726 § 5; 1913, 610 § 1. R. L. 108.
618 See 1912, 189. R. L. 113.
619 See 1911, 656; 1912, 726 § 5; 1913, 610 § 2; 1915, 211; 1918, 275.
R. L. 105, 108.
620 See 1912, 726 § 5; 1913, 610 § 1; 1918, 275. R. L. 108.
621 II § 20 amended, 1912, 397. R. L. 100.
624 Repealed, 1918, 247 § 4, but revised, 1918, 257 § 93. See 1919,
Sp. Act 188. (See 1915, 251; 1916, 113.) R. L. 19.
628 § 5 amended, 1917, 108; 1919, 68. (See 1917, 128.) § 6 amended,
1913, 617 § 1. § 10 amended, 1920, 359. § 12 Clause B amended,
1913, 617 § 2; 1915, 39; 1916, 4. Clause D amended, 1918, 105;
1920, 257 § 1. (See 1920, 217.) Clause G amended, 1914, 320.
§ 16 amended, 1920, 257 § 2. § 22 amended, 1920, 217. Clause
B amended, 1913, 617 § 3. § 23 repealed, 1913, 617 § 4. § 24, see
1920, 217. § 29 Clause A, see 1917, 128 § 5. Clause B amended,
1913, 411, 617 § 5. (See 1911, 751 §§ 23, 24; 1912, 82; 1919,
333 § 10.) R. L. 106, 119.
632 Amended, 1912, 256; 1917, 243. (See 1918, 218.) R. L. 62.
633 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1912, 365 § 2, 720 § 2.)
R. L. 16.
634 Extended, 1919, 103, 158. § 1 amended, 1913, 817 § 1; 1915, 234 § 1;
1919, 106. § 3 amended, 1913, 817 § 2. Paragraph (1) amended,
1918, 257 § 117. Paragraph (3) aflPeeted, 1919, 158. § 4, paragraph
(1), amended, 1918, 257 § 118. § 5, paragraph (1), revised,
1918, 257 § 119. Paragraph (2) B (b) revised, 1918, 257 § 120.
§ 6 amended, 1913, 817 § 3; 1915, 234 § 2; 1918, 104 §§ 1, 2.
Paragraph (2) B (b) revised, 1918, 257 § 121. Paragraph (2) C
(a) amended, 1918, 257 § 122; 1920, 319. Paragraph (2) C (6)
amended, 1918, 257 § 123. Paragraph (2) E revised, 1918, 257
§ 124. § 9 amended, 1918, 257 § 125. (See 1913, 832; 1918, 257
§ 134.) R. L. 20, 21, 106.
635 See 1912, 354. R. L. 111.
642 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1912, 399; 1913, 664;
1916, 221; 1917, 93 § 1, 105 §3.) R. L. 16.
649 § 1 revised, 1917, 50. (See 1914, 762 § 8; 1915, 241 § 2.) R. L. 87.
655 Extended, 1916, 265 § 3; 1918, 182. § 4 revised, 1916, 265 § 1.
§ 5 extended, 1916, 265 § 3; 1918, 182. § 7 amended, 1916, 265
§ 2. § 9 extended, 1916, 265 § 3. (See 1919, 3.) R. L. 75.
656 § 1 amended, 1915, 211. § 3, see 1912, 726 § 5; 1913, 610 § 2. R. L.
105, 108.
667 Amended, 1912, 144; 1913, 392. (See 1912, 109.) R. L. 9.
668 Amended, 1912, 378. (See 1918, 284; 1919, 353.) R. L. 164.
669 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 299; 1919, 333 § 5. § 3 amended, 1913,
266. § 4 amended, 1916, 316. (See 1914, 323; 1917, 111.) R. L.
80, 81.
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670 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1912, 506; 1914, 362, 718
§ 1; 1916,284 §3.) R. L. 16.
673 § 1 superseded, 1916, 273. (See 1915, 198.) R. L. 106, 222, 223.
674 Superseded, 1917, 338; 1920, 348. R. L. 3.
675 See 1913, 657; 1915, 198. R. L. 106.
676 § 1 in part repealed and superseded, 1919, 273. (See 1918, 62; 1919,
239.) R. L. 3.
679 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
697 § 1 amended, 1913, 639 § 2. R. L. 47.
709 Superseded, 1914, 792. (See 1912, 726 § 5.) R. L. 75.
710 See 1915, 280; 1919, 353 § 4. R. L. 164.
722 See 1919, 350 §§ 39-42; 1920, 269. R. L. 32, 89.
727 Office of supervisor of loan agencies abolished and super seded, 1919,
350 §§ 4o-49. § 1 amended, 1912, 675 § 1 ; 1913, 638. § 3 amended,
1912, 675 §2; 1913, 347 § 1. § 5, see 1916, 274. § 7 revised, 1916,
224. § 10 amended, 1912, 675 § 3. § 13 amended, A912, 675 § 4.
§§ 14, 15, see 1913, 656. § 17 amended, 1912, 675 § 5; 1913, 347 § 2.
§ 22 amended, 1912, 675 § 6. (See 1916, 208.) R. L. 73, 102, 115,
189.
731 § 1 amended, 1913, 368; 1919, 292 § 6; 1920, 18. R. L. 42.
735 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
736 Affected, 1912, 535; 1913, 360. § 2 amended, 1912, 463 § 1; 1914,
428. § 4 revised, 1912, 463 § 2. § 5 amended, 1919, 168 § 2. R. L.
151, 152.
743 Affected, 1919, 288 § 1. § 1 superseded, 1920, 627 § 1. § 2 super-
seded, 1920, 627 § 2. R. L. 156, 157.
745 Repealed, 1912, 275 § 2; 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
747 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1913, 268, 733; 1916, 284
§ 4.) R. L. 16.
748 In part repealed and superseded, 1916, 288; 1919, 350 §§ 111-116.
§ 1 superseded, 1914, 712. § 4, see 1919, 325. §§ 6, 7 extended,
1919, 162 § 2. § 9 amended, 1912, 181, 663. § 10, see 1915, Sp.
Act 363. § 17, see 1914, 555. (See 1912, 46; 1913, 635; 1914,
602; 1916, 231, 232; 1918, 143, 267, 270.) R. L. 66, 96.
751 Industrial accident board continued as department of industrial acci-
dents, 1919, 350 § 68. (See also § 69.) Relative to group life insur-
ance, 1918, 112.
I § 1, see 1914, 553. §§ 4, 5, see 1913, 807 § 4; 1914, 553, 618;
1915, 179. § 5, see 1912, 666 § 2.
II § 3 amended, 1912, 571 § 1. .(See 1915, 183, 244.) § 4 revised, 1916,
90. § 5 revised, 1917, 198; 1920, 324. (See 1914, 70S § 1; 1915,
183, 244, 287.) § 6 superseded, 1914, 708 § 20. (See 1914, 618;
1915, 183, 236, 244, 287.) §§ 6-8, see 1913, 807 §§ 1, 5, 7; 1915,
244, 287; 1918, 125. §§ 6, 7, see 1919, 272 § 2. § 7 superseded,
1914, 708 § 3; new paragraph {d) added, 1919, 204. § 8 revised,
1917, 269. (See 1915, 183, 287.) § 9 amended, 1914, 708 § 4;
1917, 249; 1918, 113; 1919, 197; affected, 1915, 236. (See 1915,
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183, 244, 287.) §§ 9, 10, see 1919, 272. § 10 superseded, 1914,
708 §5; 1919, 205. (See 1915, 183, 236, 244, 287; 1916, 90.) §11
superseded, 1914, 708 § 6. (See 1912, 571 § 2; 1913, 445, 696;
1915, 183, 236, 244, 287; 1919, 272.) § 13 amended, 1914, 708 § 7.
(See 1915, 151 § 7, 287.) § 14, see 1915, 287. § 16 revised, 1912,
571 § 3. (See 1912, 172, 251.) § 18 amended, 1920, 223 § 1. § 19
amended, 1912, 571 § 4. § 22 superseded, 1914, 708 § 8. (See
1915, 183, 244, 287.) § 23 added, 1912, 571 § 5; amended, 1918,
119; 1920, 223 § 2. § 24 (new section) added, 1914, 708 § 14.
Ill, see 1914, 656; 1918, 231. §§ 1-6 amended, 1912, 571 §§ 6-11.
§ 1 affected, 1917, 297 § 1; 1919, 299 § 3. § 2 amended, 1913, 48;
in part repealed, 1916, 275; afi'ected, 1919, 299 § 1. (See 1915,
132.) § 3 amended, 1912, 571 § 8; 1915, 123, 275; affected, 1920,
207. § 5 amended, 1912, 571 § 10; 1914, 708 § 9; 1917, 297 § 2.
(See 1915, 132.) § 6 d scq., see 1913, 813; 1916, 308. § 6 repealed,
1917, 297 § 3. (See 1912, 571 § 11.) § 7 revised, 1912, 571 § 12;
1917, 297 § 4. (See 1915, 132.) § 8 amended, 1914, 708 § 10; 1916,
72. § 9, see 1915, 287. § 9 repealed, 1917, 297 § 5. § 10 amended,
1912, 571 § 13; 1917, 297 § 6. § 11 revised, 1912, 571 § 14; 1917,
297 § 7. (See 1915, 132.) § 12 superseded, 1914, 708 § 11; 1917,
297 § 8. (See 1915, 236, 287.) § 1.3 superseded, 1914, 708 § 12;
1917, 297 §9. (See 1915, 287.) § 14 amended, 1917, 297 § 10. (See
1915, 287.) § 15 amended, 1913, 448. § 16 amended, 1912, 571
§ 15. (See 1915, 236.) § 18 revised, 1913, 746 § 1. § 19 (new
section) added, 1919, 198. (See 1912, 409, 726 § 13.)
IV § 1 amended, 1915, Sp. Act 314 § 1; affected, 1916, 200 § 2. § 2
superseded, 1914, 338. § 9, see 1915, 287. §§ 10, 12, see 1912, 684;
1915, 287. § 17, see 1912, 666 § 1. § 18 affected, 1919, 350 § 69.
§ 21 amended, 1912, 571 § 16. (See 1912, 196.) § 23 repealed,
1915, Sp. Act 314 § 2. (See 1919, 226, relative to payment through
the treasurer and receiver-general of death or compensation benefits;
1919, 272, special fund established in custody of treasurer and
receiver-general for pavment of additional compensation.)
V § 2 amended, 1913, 568; 1914, 708 § 13; affected, 1915, 236.
(See 1913, 807; 1918, 125.) § 3 revised, 1912, 571 § 17. (See
1912, 666; 1918, 216, relative to the issue of joint and several
workmen's compensation policies by insurance companies.) § 4
amended, 1912, 571 § 18. § 6 amended, 1912, 571 § 19. §§ 7-9
(new sections) added, 1914, 708 § 15. R. L. 106, 118, 120.
Statutes of 1913.
7 Repealed, 1917, 2 § 2. R. L. 6.
13 Revised, 1918, 203; 1920, 1. R. L. 3.
17 See 1916, 286 § 12. R. L. 88.
24 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2,
§75. R. L. 48.
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45 Affected, 1915, 285. (See 1912, 49; 1913, 416, 709, 727; 1914, 742
§ 98; 1915, 84.) R. L. 6, 107.
46 See 1912, 181, 663; 1913, 635. R. L. 66.
49 See 1914, 742 § 98; 1915, 84, 285. R. L. 107.
58 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
61 See 1912, 185. R. L. 9.
64 See 1920, 603. R. L. 22.
66 In part repealed, 1918, 257 § 8. Amended, 1914, 615; 1920, 546 § 2.
R. L. 7, 23.
67 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
70 Amended, 1913, 130. R. L. 6, 162.
71 Affected, 1914, 370. (See 1912, 145, 352; 1914, 45.) R. L. 6.
74 See 1915, 110; 1920, 333. R. L. 118.
77 See 1912, 387. R. L. 6, 21.
80 Amended, 1913,421; 1918, 257 § 168. (See 1915, 296 § 2.) R. L. 39.
81 Superseded, 1914, 406. R. L. 175.
87 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
97 See 1914, 661; 1915, 231 § 4, 268 § 3. R. L. 113.
103 Limited, 1913, 829 § 3. Affected, 1915, 206. (See 1915, 141.) R. L.
222, 225.
104 Amended, 1917, 190. (See 1909, 319; 1914, 792.) R. L. 75.
106 Amended, 1915, 266. (See 1913, 295; 1914, 174, 391.) R. L. 39.
109 See 1912, 142; 1913, 392. R. L. 9.
110 Repealed, 1913, 573. R. L. 91.
115 Superseded, 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
116 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
117 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
120 Amended, 1913, 752 § 2; 1914, 121. (See 1912, 463, 535; 1913, 360.)
R. L. 151, 152.
123 See 1912, 400; 1913, 95. R. L. 52, 102.
124 Superseded, 1914, 198 § 6. R. L. 14.
127 See 1912, 419. R. L. 32.
128 See 1912, 623; 1914, 643. R. L. 114.
131 Amended, 1915, 174. R. L. 91.
134 Extended, 1916, 133; 1920, 213 § 5. (See 1913, 501.) R. L. 165.
135 Repealed, 1917, 279 § 40. R. L. 184.
138 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1912, 464.) R. L. 16.
142 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
144 See 1913, 392. R. L. 9.
145 Repealed, 1914, 370 § 3. (See 1912, 352.) R. L. 6.
147 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
149 Repealed, 1916, 40. R. L. 118.
151 Amended, 1914, 647. Affected, 1914, 792. In part repealed, 1916, 286
§ 15. R. L. 75.
154 Amended, 1913, 653. (See 1920, 122.) R. L. 220.
157 Repeal and substitute, 1912, 320. R. L. 42, 104.
162 See 1914, 661. R. L. 118.
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163 Repeal and substitute, 1913, 563. R. L. 82.
165 See 1912, 264, 310; 1914, 272. R. L. 153, 217.
170 § 1 amended, 1919, 364 § 1. (See 1920, 388.) R. L. 3.
171 Extended, 1917, 33. R. L. 113.
172 Superseded, 1912, 571 § 3. (See 1913, 290, 445.) R. L. 106.
173 See 1915, 231 § 4, 268 § 3. R. L. 115.
175 Amended, 1920, 349 § 2. R. L. 109, 110.
181 Amended, 1912, 663. (See 1913, 635.) R. L. 66.
182 Repeal and substitute, 1914, 791; 1915, 169. (See 1914, 196.) R. L.
104.
184 Repealed, 1913, 611 § 18. R. L. 204.
185 § 1 revised, 1918, 151 § 2. R. L. 3, 9.
191 Amended, 1916, 95 § 1. (See 1913, 467, 619 § 5; 1915, 81.) R. L. 44.
192 Superseded, 1916, 242 § 6; 1918, 257 § 265. (See 1915, 253 § 1.)
R. L. 65.
203 Amended, 1917, 170; 1919, 153 § 1. Affected, 1912, 523. R. L. 92.
211 Affected, 1919, 350 § 14. R. L. 4, 16.
212 Amended, 1915, 76. R. L. 19.
218 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 222. § 3 amended, 1919, 301 § 9. (See
1917, 256; 1918, 170.) R. L. 56, 75.
219 See 1918, 287; 1919, 356 § 6. R. L. 165.
221 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 4,
§ 27. (See 1913, 324.) R. L. 51.
223 See 1915, 25, 263; 1918, 124. R. L. 25, 28.
226 Amended, 1914, 390; 1920, 584 § 2. R. L. 217.
229 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
233 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 181, 199. R. L. 58.
237 See 1914, 648. R. L. 91.
238 Repealed, 1918, 129 § 2. (See 1914, 198 § 1; 1918, 50.) R. L. 12.
241 § 1 amended, 1913, 180. R. L. 36.
246 Revised, 1913, 713. R. L. 57.
248 New section added, 1912, 603; 1913, 570. § 2 amended, 1916, 139.
(See 1914, 206, 792.) R. L. 56, 75.
249 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 147, 199. R. L. 121.
251 See 1912, 571 § 3; 1913, 290. R. L. 106.
252 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1912, 308, 473.) R. L. 11.
254 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
256 Amended, 1917, 243. (See 1918, 218.) R. L. 62.
257 See 1918, 21, changing designation of Harbor and Land Commis-
sioners Tide Water Fund to Waterways Fund. R. L. 96.
260 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 378. Amended, 1913, 240; 1914, 209, 276;
1917, 226. R. L. 124.
261 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 563. R. L. 11.
263 Amended, 1913, 585; 1916, 78. (See 1912, 283; 1915, 159.) R. L.
75, 213.
264 See 1912, 310. R. L. 153, 217.
265 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
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266 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
268 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1914, 715, 718 § 3; 1915,
71; 1916,284 §5.) R. L. 16.
270 Amended, 1917, 170 § 2; 1919, 153 § 2. Affected, 1912, 523; 1919,
40. (See 1914, 79.) R. L. 92.
271 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 382. (See 1913, 656.) R. L. 134, 198.
272 §§ 2, 3 revised, 1918, 257 § 33. R. L. 14.
273 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1913, 516.) R. L. 11. '
274 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1912, 446 § 3.) R. L. 11.
275 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. (See 1912, 483.) R. L. 11.
276 Repealed, 1913, 815 § 9. R. L. 173.
280 Extended, 1920, 244 § 2.
283 § 1 superseded, 1916, 117. § 2 repealed, 1917, 275 § 22. (See 1913,
705; 1914, 694, 788; 1915, 159, 187.) R. L. 75, 213.
284 Amended, 1913, 176; 1915, 43; 1918, 257 § 240. R. L. 62.
289 See 1914, 759. R. L. 165.
298 Amended, 1917, 99. R. L. 21.
304 See 1918, 93. R. L. 127-129, 134.
307 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
308 See 1912, 473. R. L. 11, 25.
310 See 1915, 163 § 2. R. L. 82, 153.
311 Amended, 1913, 750. Affected, 1916, 21, 200 § 1; 1917, 191. (See
1914, 464, 642; 1915, 178.) R. L. 118.
312 § 2, see 1913, 694. R. L. 12, 109.
314 § 2 amended, 1913, 387 § 1. § 12 revised, 1913, 387 § 2. R. L. 11.
318 Superseded, 1914, 328 § 2. (See 1913, 806 § 13.) R. L. 104, 106.
320 Affected, 1913, 391; 1914, 538. (See 1915, 294 § 3.) R. L. 42.
322 Amended, 1913, 70. R. L. 164.
331 See 1914, 272. R. L. 81.
332 See 1918, 284; 1919, 353 § 4; 1920, 626. R. L. 164.
347 § 1 re\ased, 1913, 645. R. L. 25, 27.
352 Repealed, 1914, 370 § 3. R. L. 6.
353 Increase, 1916, 169; 1919, 310. R. L. 164.
358 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
360 Affected, 1914, 436; 1918, 257 § 439. (See 1913, 255; 1915, 56, 127.)
R. L. 13, 178.
363 § 1 amended, 1914, 568 § 1; 1915, 198 § 1; 1919, 94; 1920, 535. § 2
amended, 1918, 257 §§ 101, 102. (See 1920, 416 § 1.) §3 amended,
1918, 257 § 103. § 4 amended, 1918, 257 § 107. (See 1913, 310;
1914, 419; 1915, 197 §§ 1, 2; 1916, 54; 1920, 416 § 3.) R. L. 19,
106.
365 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1912, 720 § 2.) R. L. 16.
368 §3amended, 1913,356; 1914, 443 §2; 1915,90; 1916, 102 §2. R. L.
43.
369 Amended, 1914, 782 § 2. R. L. 104.
370 Amended, 1913, 50. R. L. 104.
371 See 1913, 536. R. L. 48, 50.
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372 See 1912, 482; 1914, 654. R. L. 217.
377 § 1, see 1916, 152; 1917, 116. R. L. 21.
378 Superseded, 1914, 620; 1917, 336; 1919, 353 §§ 9, 10. (See 1918,
284.) R. L. 164.
379 Repealed, 1919, 296 § 14. (See 1913, 249, 479.) R. L. 91.
380 §§ 2, 3 repealed and superseded, 1919, 233. R. L. 223.
384 Affected, 1918, 99 §§ 1, 2. (See 1915, 125.) R. L. 212.
388 Superseded, 1913, 529; 1914, 453. R. L. 92.
395 Affected, 1920, 574. R. L. 19, 106.
396 See 1914, 661. R. L. 118.
398 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
399 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1913, 664; 1916, 221;
1917, 93 § 1, 105 § 3.) R. L. 16.
400 Revised, 1919, 294 § 1. (See 1913, 95, 116, 123, 803; 1914, 420.)
R. L. 52, 102.
401 §§ 1, 2 revised, 1920, 147 §§ 1, 2. (See 1913, 525; 1919, 87.) R. L.
118.
406 Amended, 1914, 546. R. L. 21.
407 Repealed, 1916, 40. R. L. 118.
409 Repealed, 1913, 746 § 2. (See 1912, 726 § 18.) R. L. 106, 107.
411 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 241. R. L. 89, 124.
419 §§ 3, 4 repealed, 1916, 51. (See 1914, 795 § 13.) R. L. 32.
437 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 190, 192, 199. R. L. 121.
441 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1912, 444; 1916, 127 § 1.)
R. L. 16.
442 See 1918, 96. R. L. 75, 85.
443 Revised, 1918, 257 § 147. R. L. 24.
444 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1913, 468.) R. L. 16.
446 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
447 Affected, 1920, 574. (See 1913, 657; 1915, 95.) R. L. 19, 25, 106.
448 Amended, 1914, 627. R. L. 56.
449 § 1 superseded, 1916, 34. (See 1913, 124, 449.) R. L. 91.
452 See 1913, 365; 1915, 57. R. L. 106.
457 Superseded, 1914, 198 § 6. (See 1918, 257 § 76.) R. L. 14.
4.59 See 1913, 305. R. L. 167.
463 § 1 amended, 1914, 428 § 1. (See 1912, 535; 1913, 360.) R. L.
151, 152.
464 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1915, 203; 1916, 284
§§ 8, 9.) R. L. 16.
465 § 1 amended, 1913, 250; affected, 1919, 350 §§ 39, 41, 43. R. L.
91, 92.
466 § 1 amended, 1913, 335. R. L. 24.
467 § 2 amended, 1914, 765. R. L. 106.
471 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
472 § 2, see 1913, 177; 1915, 231 § 4. R. L. 115.
473 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
475 See 1914, 587 § 18. R. L. 79.
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477 Revised, 1913, 758; 1915, 57; 1916, 222; 1919, 113. Extended,
1918, 147. (See 1914, 623.) R. L. 106.
479 Repealed, 1913, 806 § 13. R. L. 104, 106.
481 § 1 repealed, 1919, 293 § 5. (See 1914, 56.) R. L. 3.
483 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
486 See 1915, 109. R. L. 102.
489 Repealed, 1916, 149 § 3. (See 1914, 288.) R. L. 214.
491 Superseded, 1914, 198 § 6. Amended, 1918, 184 § 6;^ 1919, 332. (See
1919, 355, revising taxation of business corporations.) R. L, 14.
495 See 1913, 690. R. L. 106, 211.
496 Amended, 1917, 94. R. L. 6, 24, 111.
497 § 1 amended, 1914, 700; 1918, 257 § 417. R. L. 160.
498 See 1918, 284; 1919, 353 § 5. R. L. 164.
500 § 1 amended, 1914, 424; 1917, 75. (See 1919, 350 §§34-38.) R. L.
89, 92.
502 § 6 amended, 1913, 369. § 25 in part repealed and superseded,
1920, 495. (See 1918, 93.) R. L. 127-129, 134.
503 § 1 amended, 1915,47; 1919, 21; affected, 1920, 179 § 1. (See 1913,
657, 671; 1914, 352 § 2.) R. L. 106.
506 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1914, 362, 718 § 1; 1916,
284 § 3.) R. L. 16.
507 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 34-38. § 2, see 1917, 263; 1920, 446. § 3
amended, 1916, 91 § 1. § 5 amended, 1919, 331 § 1. § 6 amended,
1915, 161 § 1. § 7 amended, 1916, 91 § 2; 1919, 331 § 2. (See
1915, 161 § 2.) § 9 amended, 1916, 91 § 3. § 12 amended, 1918,
193. (See 1918, 268.) § 18 (new section) added, 1916, 91 § 5.
§§ 19, 20 (new sections) added, 1917, 263 § 2. Compensation for
damages provided, 1918, 215. Suppression of European corn-borer,
1919, 95, 358. (See 1915, 161 § 2.) R. L. 89.
512 § 1, see 1920, 546 § 3. § 2 repealed, 1915, 274 § 2. (See 1913, 605;
1918, 244 § 4.) R. L. 6.
515 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
516 Amended, 1913, 294. Affected, 1918, 158. (See 1915,231 § 4.) R. L.
115.
518 See 1914, 287. R. L. 102, 103.
519 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
522 Amended, 1913, 717. R. L. 5.
523 See 1913, 270; 1914, 79. R. L. 92.
524 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 2. (See 1913, 489; 1916, 135; 1918, 36.)
R. L. 118.
527 § 5 amended, 1917, 47 § 1. § 6 amended, 1917, 47 § 2. (See 1919,
350 § 38.) R. L. 57.
528 § 1 amended, 1914, 455; 1916, 258. (See 1914, 688, Res. 96; 1915,
288; 1918, 228 § 7.) R. L. 28, 49, 75, 106.
531 § 5 affected, 1919, 133. (See 1912, 726 § 5; 1913, 610.) R. L. 105.
533 §§2, 3 revised, 1913, 833 § 1; 1915, 277. R. L. 106, 112.
535 See 1913, 360, 752. R. L. 151.
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543 See 1913, 792. R. L. 14.
545 Repeal and substitute, 1914, 347. R. L. 106.
546 Limited, 1919, 132, § 4. (See 1913, 318; 1915, 97.) R. L. 26, 106.
548 Superseded, 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
549 See 1914, 587 § 1; 1918, 164; 1919, 190, 290, 350 § 16. R. L. 79.
552 Superseded, 1912, 711. R. L. 46.
553 See 1913, 682. R. L. 22.
554 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2,
§§ 1-8, 12, 13, 34. R. L. 48.
560 See 1914, 692 § 11. R. L. 107.
561 Superseded, 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
563 See 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
565 § 1, see 1913, 724; affected, 1919, 45. § 2, see 1914, 571; 1915, 207.
R. L. 225.
566 Affected, 1917, 247. § 2 in part repealed, 1914, 544 § 2. § 4, see 1917,
247 §§ 3, 4. § 5, see 1917, 247 § 5. (See 1914, 530, 544 § 1; 1916,
156.) R. L. 39, 42, 86, 89.
567 See 1914, 79; 1917, 157; 1919, 40, 66; 1920, 425 § 5, 437 § 8. R. L.
92.
568 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
571 § 1, see 1915, 183, 287. § 2 amended, 1913, 445, 696; 1914, 708 § 6.
(See 1915, 183, 287.) § 5 amended, 1918, 119; 1920, 223 § 2.
§ 6 affected, 1917, 297 § 1; 1919, 299 § 3. § 7 in part repealed,
1916, 275; affected, 1919, 299 § 1. § 8 amended, 1915, 123, 275;
affected, 1920, 207. § 9, see 1915, 132. § 10 amended, 1914, 708
§ 9; 1917, 297 § 2. (See 1913, 807; 1914, 618; 1915, 132.) § 11
repealed, 1917, 297 § 3. § 12 superseded, 1917, 297 § 4. §§ 12-14,
see 1915, 132. § 13 amended, 1917, 297 § 6. § 14 amended, 1917,
297 § 7. § 19, see 1915, 287. R. L. 106.
574 See 1913, 800; 1914, 519. R. L. 32, 106.
575 § 1 amended, 1920, 422 § 1.
576 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 272 §§ 1, 5, 281. R. L. 7.
577 See 1919, 350 §§ 39-42. R. L. 89.
580 Amended, 1913, 291. (See 1918, 210.) R. L. 113.
584 See 1918, 284; 1919, 353. R. L. 164.
585 See 1918, 284; 1919, 353; 1920, 623. R. L. 164.
586 See 1912, 595; 1920, 349 § 6. R. L. 110.
587 Affected, 1917, 176. (See 1915, 247.) R. L. 42, 89.
588 Repealed, 1919, 157 § 2. R. L. 223.
589 See 1913, 587 § 4. (See 1917, 179, 332; 1918, 108; 1919, 190, 290.)
R. L. 79.
592 Repealed, 1916, 33. R. L. 19.
593 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1913, 710; 1917, 92.)
R. L. 16.
595 Amended, 1914, 598 § 24. R. L. 110.
603 Amended, 1913, 570. (See 1916, 139.) R. L. 56, 75.
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604 In part repealed, 1913, 748 § 2. (See 1914, 509.) R. L. 160.
608 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 39^1, 44. § 3 amended, 1914, 490; 1918,
257 § 313. § 4 amended, 1913, 329; in part repealed, 1918, 189
§ 2. (See 1915, 109; 1917, 121.) R. L. 89, 90.
612 § 2 amended, 1913, 694. R. L. 12, 109.
614 See 1912, 726 § 5; 1913, 424, 610; 1914, 577. R. L. 104, 108.
623 § 4, see 1914, 661. § 6 amended, 1914, 643 § 1. (See 1913, 264.)
§ 8 affected, 1916, 22. § 9 amended, 1915, 38. § 10 amended, 1914,
643 § 2; 1915, 77; 1918, 83 § 1; 1920, 429. § 11 amended, 1914,
643 § 3. (See 1918, 47.) § 14 amended, 1914, 643 § 4; 1920, 110.
§ 16 amended, 1914, 643 § 5. § 17 amended, 1914, 643 § 6. § 18
amended, 1914, 643 § 7. §§ 19-21, see 1915, 231 § 16. § 22
revised, 1917, 52. § 24 amended, 1918, 83 § 2. (See 1918, 47.) § 25
amended, 1918, 101. § 29, see 1918, 47. (See 1918, 47, as to can-
cellation of shares of borrowers engaged in war service.) § 33
amended, 1914, 643 § 8. § 34 amended, 1914, 643 § 9. (See 1920,
429.) § 38, see 1914, 661; 1916, 142. R. L. 114.
632 See 1914, 605. R. L. 6.
635 § 7, see 1914, 792. §§ 19, 46, see 1913, 441, 786. § 54 amended,
- 1913, 614. §§ 55, 56 limited, 1913, 441. (See 1920, 601.) R. L.
25, 104.
637 § 1 superseded, 1917, 290; 1920, 238 § 1. (See 1914, 408; 1916, 57,
197.) R. L. 25, 26, 75, 85.
641 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
648 See 1914, 673. § 1 amended, 1916, 109. (See 1920, 534.) R. L. 157,
160, 204.
649 As affected by "small claims act," see 1920, 5.53. §§ 1, 3 affected,
1914, 371;' 1920, 590. § 2 superseded, 1914, 409. (See 1914,
35.) § 4 extended, 1920, 553 § 3. §§ 8, 9 amended, 1914, 35
§§ 3, 4. § 8 affected, 1920, 553 § 2. § 10 amended, 19f3, 726,
736; in part superseded, 1917, 262; 1918, 287 § 1; 1919, 328, 329;
1920, 491, 492, 614. § 11 amended, 1913, 430. (See 1913, 228,
289; 1918, 89.) R. L. 160, 173.
651 § 7 repealed, 1918, 257 § 220. (See 1913, 709; 1919, 298.) R. L. 56,
214.
652 Limited, 1919, 351 § 10. § 1 amended, 1917, 149 § 1. § 2 revised,
1917, 149 § 2; 1920, 297 § 1. § 3 revised, 1919, 28. § 4 amended,
1920, 297 § 2. § 5 revised, 1917, 149 § 3. § 6 amended, 1917, 149
§ 4. § 7 amended, 1917, 149 § 5; 1920, 297 § 3. § 8 revised, 1917,
149 § 6. (See 1913, 538, 654; 1914, 545, 792; 1915, 55.) R. L.
56, 75.
654 See 1918, 284 ; 1919, 353 § 3. R. L. 164.
658 Affected, 1920, 494. (See 1919, 42.) R. L. 164, 165.
663 See 1913, 635; 1914, 712; 1916, 232. R. L. 66, 96.
664 See 1915, 254. R. L. 217.
665 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1913, 812 § 1.) R. L. 16.
1066 Changes in the
Chap. 1912
666 See 1913, 807; 1914, 708 § 16. R. L. 106, 108.
672 Affected, 1917, 330; 1919, 362; 1920, 615. R. L. 160.
674 In part repealed, 1916, 226. R. L. 11.
675 § 1 amended, 1913, 638. § 2 amended, 1913, 347 § 1. § 5 amended,
1913, 347 § 2. § 6, see 1916, 208; 1919, 350 §§ 45, 46, 49. R. L.
102, 189.
678 Superseded, 1916, 268 § 1; 1920, 396 § 1, 548 § 1. § 2, see 1920, 396,
§§ 2-5. (See 1913, 498; 1914, 462.) R. L. 15.
679 §§ 2^ repealed, 1916, 283. (See 1914, 456; 1915, 170.) R. L. 87.
684 Repealed, 1916, 40. R. L. 118.
694 See 1914,601; 1916,172; 1917,287; 1918,3,5,157; 1919,2. R. L.
49.
695 See 1913, 198 § 6. R. L. 12.
699 See 1916, 237. R. L. 28.
700 Board of registration in optometry placed in the department of civil
service and registration, 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. § 2 revised, 1920, 512
§ 1. § 4 amended, 1920, 512 § 2. § 5 amended, 1915, 201; 1920,
512 § 3. § 6 revised, 1920, 512 § 4. § 7 revised, 1920, 463. § 8
amended, 1920, 512 § 5. § 9 revised, 1920, 512 § 6. § 10 amended,
1920, 512 § 7. (See 1916, 305; 1918, 217.) R. L. 76.
702 § 2 amended, 1913, 443. § 3 repealed and superseded, 1916, 165.
§ 7 amended, 1913, 105. R. L. 16, 79.
706 Minimum wage commission abolished and superseded by department
of labor and industries, 1919, 350 § 69. § 1 amended, 1916, 303.
§ 4 amended, 1914, 368 § 1; 1919, 72; 1920, 48. § 5 amended,
1913, 673 §§ 1, 2. § 6 amended, 1913, 673 §§ 1, 2; 1914, 368 § 2.
§ 7 repealed, 1914, 368 § 3. § 8 amended, 1920, 387. § 9 affected,
1919, 350 § 72. § 11 amended, 1913, 330 § 1; 1914, 368 § 4; 1919,
76. § 11 A added, 1919, 77. (See 1915, 65.) § 13 amended, 1913,
673 § 3; 1914, 368 § 5. R. L. 106.
712 See 1913, 518. R. L. 157.
714 See 1914, 283; 1915, 129; 1917, 310; 1918, 204. R. L. 106.
719 Affected, 1916, 296. § 1 superseded, 1914, 698. § 2 repealed, 1916,
296 § 9. §§ 3, 4 repealed and superseded, 1918, 244 §§ 1, 2, 5.
(See 1916, 296 § 7; 1917, 278 § 1; 1918, 38, 290.) § 4 amended,
1917, 278 § 2. (See 1914, 719 § 4.) § 5 repealed, 1916, 296 § 9.
§ 6, see 1916, 296 § 8; 1917, 165 § 3. § 9 revised, 1917, 165 § 2.
(See 1915, 45; 1916, 296 § 8; 1917, 165 § 3.) R. L. 6, 9.
720 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1914, 460; 1916, 284.)
R. L. 16.
721 See 1914, 370. R. L. 6.
722 Extended, 1920, 213 § 5. R. L. 165.
723 § 1 affected, 1916, 225. R. L. 217.
725 I § 6, see 1915, 303. II § 2 amended, 1915, 157 § 1. § 3, see 1918,
257 § 187, subsect. 7. §§ 4, 5 affected, 1913, 784 § 16. (See 1915,
303.) R. L. 111.
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Chap. 1912
726 State board of labor and industries abolished and superseded by de-
partment of labor and industries, 1919, 350 §§ 69-78. Affected,
1913, 766; 1914, 263, 474 § 2. § 5, see 1915, 57; 1916, 145; 1917,
342 § 24; 1918, 149, 192. § 8 amended, 1913, 813 § 8; 1915, 74;
1919, 224; affected, 1918, 276. (See 1918, 276.) § 13 repealed,
1913, 746 § 2. (See 1913, 424, 610, 655 §§ 42-47, 716, 813; 1914,
328, 726; 1915, 116, 117; 1916, 308.) § 14 amended, 1914, 533.
R. L. 106-108.
Statutes of 1913.
38 § 2 repealed, 1917, 326 § 2. (See 1913, 563.) R. L. 82, 204.
48 § 1 in part repealed, 1916, 275. R. L. 106.
62 See 1915, 2. R. L. 26.
63 See 1913, 657. R. L. 118.
68 Superseded, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 34. R. L. 173.
73 See 1920, 328. R. L. 75, 81, 84, 85.
81 Superseded, 1914, 406; 1919, 268; 1920, 120. R. L. 175.
85 Amended, 1916, 31. Extended, 1917, 218 § 2. R. L. 175.
95 Amended, 1915, 16 § 6. R. L. 52, 102.
105 See 1913, 443. R. L. 16.
116 See 1913, 803. R. L. 52, 102.
120 See 1920, 122. R. L. 20, 21, 217.
121 See 1920, 122. R. L. 20, 21, 217.
123 § 1 superseded, 1916, 290. (See 1913, 803.) R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
124 § 1 superseded, 1916, 34. (See 1913, 449.) R. L. 91.
130 See 1916, 198. R. L. 6, 113, 116, 132.
132 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
148 See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 37. R. L. 73, 177.
164 Amended, 1913, 801; 1917, 14. R. L. 62.
174 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 1. (See 1917, 238 § 1; 1918, 86; 1919,
140.) R. L. 118.
176 Amended, 1915, 43; 1918, 257 § 240. R. L. 62.
177 See 1915, 231 § 4. R. L. 115.
181 Affected, 1920, 317. (See 1913, 510; 1919, 26, 47.) R. L. 118.
205 See 1913, 368. R. L. 42.
206 Superseded, 1916, 37. R. L. 116.
209 Superseded, 1915, 259. (See 1913, 610.) R. L. 102, 105, 108.
213 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 377. R. L. 124.
214 § 1 amended, 1914, 76. R. L. 75, 207, 213.
223 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 7,
§ 6. R. L. 54.
225 Affected, 1919, 350 § 16. R. L. 4, 16.
228 See 1918, 257 § 409. R. L. 173.
235 Superseded, 1920, 237 § 1. (See 1913, 334, 541.) R. L. 118.
236 § 1 amended, 1913, 728. R. L. 208, 217.
237 Amended, 1919, 12. (See 1916, 269 § 18.) R. L. 13.
1068 Changes in the
Chap. 1913
240 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 378. Amended, 1914, 209; 1917, 226. (See
1914, 276.) R. L. 124.
246 Amended, 1917, 12.
249 Repealed, 1919, 296 § 14. (See 1913, 479.) R. L. 92, 102.
250 See 1919, 350 §§ 39-41, 43. R. L. 91, 92.
254 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 186, 199. R. L. 121.
255 Amended, 1920, 270. (See 1915, 56.) R. L. 13.
257 See 1914, 626. R. L. 126, 167.
259 Amended, 1918, 257 § 450. R. L. 212.
263 See 1913, 331 § 4. R. L. 42.
264 See 1914, 38. R. L. 114.
268 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327 §§ 73, 268. (See 1918, 257 § 90,
294 § 2.) R. L. 16.
270 Amended, 1917, 170 § 3; 1919, 153 § 3. R. L. 92.
272 Repealed, 1917, 208 § 12. R. L. 75.
280 See 1914, 196, 791; 1915, 169; 1917, 327 § 49. R. L. 104.
281 See 1915, 125. R. L. 212.
286 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
289 See 1918, 250. R. L. 160.
291 Amended, 1915, 273 § 2; 1918, 210. R. L. 113, 116.
294 See 1915, 231 § 4; 1918, 158. R. L. 115.
295 § 1 in part repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
300 Affected, 1920, 590. R. L. 198.
309 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 591 § 2. R. L. 167, 189.
310 See 1913, 657; 1914, 419; 1915, 198. R. L. 106.
313 Affected, 1920, 574. (See 1913, 657.) R. L. 106.
317 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 135, 178, 199. (See 1914, 767 § 3.) R. L.
121.
318 See 1912, 546; 1915, 97. R. L. 26, 106.
319 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 241. (See 1914, 267 § 1.) R. L.
89.
321 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
323 See 1914, 587 § 3. R. L. 79.
325 See 1914, 634. R. L. 56, 102.
328 § 2, see 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
329 § 1 in part repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. (See 1917, 121; 1919, 350 §§ 39-41,
44.) R. L. 9, 89, 90.
330 § 1 amended, 1914, 368 § 4; 1919, 76. (See 1915, 65; 1919, 77.)
R. L. 106.
334 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 1. (See 1913, 541; 1914, 464; 1918, 86,
115 § 2; 1919, 140.) R. L. 118.
336 § 1 revised, 1919, 169 § 1; affected, 1920, 381. § 2 revised, 1919,
169 § 2. (See 1914, 605.) R. L. 6.
337 See 1911, 471. R. L. 42.
340 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 363. (See 1918, 186, 257 § 173.)
R. L. 41.
344 § 1 amended, 1914, 440. R. L. 19, 106.
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Chap. 1913
346 Amended, 1915, 293; 1917, 55 § 1; 1918, 85 § 1, 257 § 285. (See
1917, 218; 1918, 217; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67.) R. L. 76.
349 See 1913, 829. R. L. 225.
356 Amended, 1914, 443 § 2; 1915, 90; 1916, 102 § 2. R. L. 43.
358 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
360 See 1913, 752. R. L. 151.
365 See 1915, 57. R. L. 106.
367 Amended, 1914, 765; 1915, Sp. Act 63. Extended, 1914, 536; 1920,
179 § 1. (See 1913, 657.) R. L. 106.
368 Amended, 1919, 292 § 6; 1920, 18. R. L. 39, 42.
369 See 1918, 93. R. L. 127-129, 134.
370 Amended, 1918, 257 § 456. R. L. 214.
386 Seel915, 41 § 1; 1916, 276§ 1; 1917, 95. R. L. 164.
389 See 1918, 286. R. L. 42, 106, 107.
391 § 1 amended, 1914, 538. (See 1915, 294 § 3.) R. L. 42.
396 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 198. (See 1913, 779 § 1.) R. L. 42.
401 § 1 superseded, 1918, 257 § 187, subseet. 35; amended, 1919, 297.
§ 2 repealed, 1915, 281. R. L. 28, 48.
408 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
410 § 2 amended, 1915, 200. R. L. 100.
411 See 1913, 617 § 5. R. L. 106, 119.
414 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
416 See 1913, 727; 1914, 742 § 98; 1915, 84, 285. R. L. 27, 32. 107.
419 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 162. R. L. 21.
421 Revised, 1918, 257 § 168. (See 1915, 296 § 2.) R. L. 39.
423 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 263 §§ 1, 4; 1919, 241. R. L. 21.
424 See 1913, 610, 813. R. L. 108.
426 § 1 amended, 1914, 241; 1915, 27. R. L. 75, 106.
431 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
436 Repealed, 1919, 157 § 2. R. L. 223.
444 Affected, 1920, 207. R. L. 204.
445 Amended, 1913, 696; 1914, 708 § 6. (See 1913, 807; 1914, 618;
1915, 183, 287.) R. L. 106, 108.
447 See 1920, 349 § 10. § 3 superseded, 1915, 118 § 1. § 6 CI. 2 super-
seded, 1915, 118 § 3. Two new sections added (§§ 9, 10), 1915, 118
§ 2. § 9 revised, 1918, 257 § 362. R. L. 110.
448 • See 1915, 287. R. L. 106, 108, 118.
450 Revised, 1920, 345. R. L. 3.
452 Superseded, 1916, 162. In part repealed (Boston), 1918, Sp. Act 101.
(See 1914, 795 §§ 3, 6; 1919, 303.) R. L. 32.
453 § 1 amended, 1914, 198 § 5. § 2 superseded, 1914, 198 § 6; amended,
1918, 222. R. L. 14.
4.54 See 1914, 471, 742 § 148, 770 § 10; 1915, 20 § 2, 238 § 5. R. L. 109,
116.
457 Repealed, 1914, 465. (See 1913, 471; 1914, 272.) R. L. 86, 217.
458 Amended, 1918, 129. Affected, 1915, 137. (See 1914, 198 § 2; 1916,
271.) R. L. 12.
1070 Changes in the
Chap. 1913
464 Amended, 1914, 570; 1917,265. Affected, 1917, 289. (See 1913, 604,
678, 810; 1915, 255; 1916, 36.) R. L. 1, 206.
467 § 1 amended, 1916, 82. (See 1914, 590; 1915, 81.) R. L. 44.
468 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
471 § 1 repealed, 1918, 257 § 458. § 2, see 1914, 207, 272. § 6, see 1919,
333 § 32. R. L. 46, 83, 86, 160.
473 See 1919, 355. R. L. 14.
475 See 1919, 290. R. L. 79.
479 Repealed, 1919, 296 § 14. R. L. 92, 102.
480 See 1913, 834; 1918, 275. R. L. 108.
481 Superseded, 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
483 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
485 § 2 amended, 1915, 45; 1918, 257 § 165. R. L. 35.
487 § 1 amended, 1914, 138; construed, 1916, 119. R. L. 25, 26, 32.
488 Superseded, 1918, 227. Increased, 1920, 496. (See 1913, 691.) R. L.
160.
489 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 2. (See 1916, 135; 1918, 36.) R. L. 118.
494 §§ 1, 3 amended, 1914, 283. § 1 affected, 1915, 165. (See 1913,
655 § 14; 1915, 129; 1918, 135, 257 § 78.) R. L. 25, 26, 104.
498 Superseded, 1916, 268 § 1; 1920, 396 § 1, 548 § 1. (See 1913, 689.)
R. L. 15.
499 Affected, 1914, 742 §§ 173, 199. R. L. 121. ^
501 § 1 amended, 1918, 201. R. L. 165.
502 See 1918, 65, 218. R. L. 57, 62.
508 See 1918, 245. R. L. 160.
509 § 2 superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 150, 199. § 4 superseded, 1914, 742
§§ 151, 199. § 5, see 1914, 742 § 152. § 6, see 1914, 742 § 153.
§ 7, see 1914, 742 § 154. R. L. 121.
510 Repealed, 1919, 85. R. L. 118.
515 Amended, 1913, 840. (See 1914, 778 § 1.) R. L. 159, 166.
516 Repealed, 1913, 833 § 503. R. L. 11.
517 Amended, 1915, 86. (See 1919, 334.) R. L. 91.
520 New section added (§ 3), 1913, 825. § 1 amended, 1918, 23. (See
1913, 669.) R. L. 25, 27.
523 Superseded, 1917, 54; 1918, 27. R. L. 91.
524 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
525 See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 37. R. L. 73, 177.
527 See 1916, 286 § 15. R. L. 75, 88.
529 § 1 amended, 1913, 744; 1914, 452. § 2 amended, 1917, 139. (See
1913, 542.) R. L. 92.
530 § 1 revised, 1917, 186. R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
532 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1914, 350; 1917, 105 § 1.)
R. L. 16.
534 Superseded, 1917, 217. Affected, 1916, 296 § 6; 1918, 244. (See
1912, 719; 1914, 698; 1918, 228.) R. L. 6, 9.
535 See 1913, 643 §§ 3, 4. R. L. 91.
536 See 1914, 641 § 2, 652 § 2. R. L. 48, 50.
Gexekal Laws. 1071
Caiap. 1913
538 Amended, 1914, 545; 1915, 55. (See 1914, 792.) R. L. 56, 75.
541 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 1. (See 1918, 115 § 1.) R. L. 118.
542 § 3, new section, 1910, 7. (See 1914, 79.) R. L. 92.
545 Extended, 1920, 403. Amended, 1920, 515 § 2. (See 1913, 671, 681,
697.) R. L. 25, 106.
546 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2,
§§ 35-38. R. L. 48.
549 See 1914, 597. R. L. 91.
559 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
563 §§ 6, 7, see 1914, 520. § 8 added, 1918, 199. R. L. 82.
564 § 1 amended, 1915, 162. (See 1915, 263.) R. L. 28.
567 § 2, see 1915, 47. R. L. 106.
568 Amended, 1914, 708 § 13. (See 1913, 696, 807; 1914, 618; 1915, 287.)
R. L. 106, 118.
569 See 1913, 643 §§ 3, 4. R. L. 91.
570 See 1916, 139. R. L. 75.
572 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2,
§ 73. (See 1917, 56.) R. L. 48.
574 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 551. R. L. 60.
575 Repealed, 1919, 292 § 21. R. L. 25, 26, 42.
577 §§ 1, 3, 4 amended, 1914, 119. R. L. 104.
578 § 1 amended, 1914, 523 § 1. § 2 repealed, 1914, 523 §'2. (See 1913,
719 § 17.) R. L. 78.
585 Amended, 1916, 78. R. L. 75, 213.
590 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 85. (See 1914, 298 § 1.) R. L. 89, 124.
592 § 3, see 1914, 695. R. L. 54, 102.
595 §3, see 1918, 189. (See 1915, 129; 1917,310; 1918,204.) R. L. 9, 106.
596 See 1914, 471, 770 § 10; 1915, 238 § 5. R. L. 109, 116.
599 § 2 amended, 1916, 20.
600 See 1913, 605; 1915, 80, 171. R. L. 32, 101.
602 Superseded, 1918, 272, 281. (See 1916, 287.) R. L. 7.
603 Superseded, 1918, 261. R. L. 20.
604 See 1913, 678, 818; 1915, 255; 1917, 265. R. L. 1, 206.
605 § 1 amended, 1915, 80. (See 1915, 80, 124, 171.) R. L. 25.
610 See 1913, 655, 834; 1914, 127, 451, 649, 791; 1915, 169, 259; 1918,
275. R. L. 104, 108.
611 §§ 1, 18, see 1915, 292 § 4; 1916, 163; 1917, 213. R. L. 197.
616 Amended, 1920, 383. R. L. 164.
617 § 2 amended, 1915, 39; 1916, 4. § 3, see 1920, 217. R. L. 119.
619 See 1918, 192. R. L. 106.
622 See 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
623 Superseded, 1914, 742 §§ 189, 199. R. L. 121.
629 Repealed, 1914, 649 § 10. (See 1914, 127.) R. L. 105. ^
632 Repealed, 1915, 176. R. L. 52.
633 § 2 amended, 1914, 180; 1915, 177; 1918, 159. § 3 (new section)
added, 1917, 129. (See 1913, 759 § 4; 1914, 720 § 4.) R. L.
225.
1072 Chaxges ys the
Chap. 1913
634 See 1913, 719 §§ 7, 12; 1914, 325. R. L. 27.
635 See 1914, 48, 602, 712; 1915, Sp. Act 363. R. L. 96.
637 Superseded, 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
642 § 1 amended, 1920, 204. (See 1913, 657; 1920, 574.) R. L. 106.
649 Superseded, 1913, 823; 1918, 257 § 37. R. L. 12.
650 Repealed, 1914, 634 § 5. R. L. 213.
651 Superseded, 1918, 261. R. L. 20.
653 See 1916, 243 § 4; 1920, 122. R. L. 220.
654 See 1914, 545, 792; 1915, 55. R. L. 56, 75.
655 § 4 amended, 1918, 291 § 23. § 20 revised, 1917, 156 § 1. § 55
amended, 1917, 156 § 2. (See 1914, 792, 795 § 13; 1916, 145.)
R. L. 25, 26, 75.
656 Repealed, 1915, 226 § 2. R. L. 198.
657 § 1 amended, 1916, 88; revised, 1918, 257 § 135; 1919, 80. (See
1913, 681, 697.) R. L. 20, 25, 26, 106.
660 § 1 superseded, 1915, 21 § 2. §§ 2, 3 repealed, 1915, 21 § 3. (See
1914, 661.) R. L. 110.
663 Repealed, 1919, 306 § 10. R. L. 47, 102, 214.
664 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1917, 93 § 1, 105 § 3.)
R. L. 16.
669 See 1913, 719 § 8, 825. R. L. 27.
670 See 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
671 Repealed, 1914, 352 § 3. (See 1913, 681.) R. L. 25, 106.
673 §§ 2, 3 amended, 1914, 368 §§ 2, 5. (See 1915, 65; 1919, 77.) R. L.
106.
674 See 1915, 142, 295; 1919, 357. R. L. 175.
675 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 233. R. L. 223.
678 Repealed, 1915, 255. (See 1913, 818.) R. L. 1, 206.
679 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 321. (See 1918, 257 § 42.) R. L. 12.
680 Repealed, 1915, 176. R. L. 52.
681 See 1913, 697. R. L. 25, 106.
685 See 1914, 474, Res. 96. R. L. 106.
686 Repealed, 1913, 835 § 503. R. L. 11.
688 § 1 superseded, 1916, 103; 1918, 190; 1920, 460 § 1. (See 1915, 237
§21.) § 2 amended, 1913, 824. § 4 amended, 1914, 625. R. L. 13.
689 See 1914, 462. R. L. 15.
692 § 2, see 1915, 83; 1918, 25. R. L. 25.
696 § 1 amended, 1914, 708 § 6. (See 1913, 807; 1914, 618; 1915, 183,
287.) R. L. 106.
697 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 97; extended, 1916, 218. § 2 amended,
1918, 257 § 98. R. L. 26, 32, 106.
701 § 1, see 1914, 694, 788. R. L. 75, 213.
704 Superseded, 1914, 782 § 8. (See 1914, 248.) R. L. 104. .
705 § 1 amended, 1916, 85. § 3 amended, 1920, 360. (See 1913, 720;
1914, 694, 788; 1915, 187.) R. L. 75, 76, 102.
706 Affected, 1917, 24. § 1 superseded, 1916, 13. (See 1913, 727; 1917,
192.) R. L. 27, 107.
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Chap. 1913
709 § 2 superseded, 1914, 728. (See 1919, 298.) R. L. 7.
710 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1917, 92.) R. L. 16.
711 Affected, 1919, 350 § 17. (See 1914, 419; 1915, 198.) R. L. 19, 106.
713 § 6, see 1914, 742 § 99. R. L. 121.
714 See 1918, 217; 1920, 298. R. L. 102.
716 § 4 amended, 1918, 257 § 431. Application extended, 1919, 274 § 4.
(See 1914, 35 § 1; 1915, 185; 1918, 89.) R. L. 160, 173.
719 Affected, 1915, 85 § 7. (See 1915, 267 II § 10, III § 8; 1919, 23;
1920, 336, 554.) §§ 2, 6, 8, 9 amended, 1914, 143. (See 1915, 83,
- 85 §§ 5-7.) § 3 amended, 1914, 143 § 2; 1918, 26 § 1. (See
1918, 25.) § 4 amended, 1918, 26 § 2. § 5 CI. 3 revised, 1916,
111; CI. 8 amended, 1914, 317; CI. 16 added, 1920, 591 § 10,
114; extended to water, etc., districts, 1915, 85 § 1; extended to
tuberculosis hospitals, 1916, 285 § 8. (See 1914, 742 § 98.) § 6
CI. 4 amended, 1915, 115; extended to water, etc., districts, 1915,
85 § 1. (See 1914, 742 § 99; 1918, 205 § 4 (as to dealing in food
and other necessaries), 223.) § 10, see 1915, 85 § 3. § 14 amended,
1916, 62 § 1. (See 1917, 264 § 2; 1919, 61, 164.) § 16 extended,
1920, 591 § 8. § 17 revised, 1916, 101. § 18, see 1915, Sp. Act
184 § 2; 1918, Sp. Acts 120, 132; 1919, 363 § 17, Sp. Acts 172, 206.
§ 19 amended, 1915, 18. § 20 amended, 1915, 138; 1920, 172.
Provisions extended to districts, 1915, 85 § 7. R. L. 25-27.
724 See 1915, 207. R. L. 225.
725 Repealed, 1919, 250 § 2. (See 1917, 282 § 2; 1920, 487.) R. L. 160.
726 In part superseded, 1919, 328; 1920, 491. R. L. 160.
727 § 1 affected, 1915, 285. § 2 amended, 1914, 55 § 1. § 3 amended,
1914, 55 § 2; affected, 1915, 285. (See 1915, 84, 85; 1919, 23.)
R. L. 27, 31, 32.
733 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1916, 284 § 4.) R. L. 16.
736 Amended, 1914, 666. Affected, 1918, 287 § 1; 1919, 329; 1920, 492.
R. L. 160.
737 Superseded, 1919, 361. R. L. 22.
738 Superseded, 1920, 627 § 3. R. L. 128, 156-158.
742 § 4 amended, 1914, 20. R. L. 96.
743 §§ 1, 2 amended, 1914, 67. (See 1920, 259.) R. L. 56, 75.
744 See 1914, 453. R. L. 92.
745 Affected, 1918, 290. (See 1914, 662; 1918, 244.) R. L. 6.
746 See 1913, 807; 1914, 618. R. L. 106.
748 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
750 Affected, 1915, 178 § 1; 1916, 21,200 § 1; 1917, 191. (See 1914, 464,
642.) R. L. 118.
752 § 2 amended, 1914, 121. R. L. 151.
758 Amended, 1915, 57; 1916, 222; 1919, 113. Extended, 1918, 147.
(See 1913, 831;' 1914, 623.) R. L. 106.
759 Repealed, 1917, 212 § 3. (See 1913, 633 § 2; 1914, 180, 596 §§ 1-3;
1915, 177, Res. 2, 23; 1919, 350 §§ 34-38.) R. L. 75, 89.
761 See 1915, 109. R. L. 56, 75.
1074 Changes in the
Chap. 1913
764 § 4, see 1915, 298. R. L. 112.
766 See 1913, 813. R. L. 106.
773 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1,
§ 21. (See 1914, 514.) R. L. 47.
774 Repealed, 1917, 3U, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1,
§ 25. (See 1914, 711.) R. L. 47.
779 § 1 affected, 1916, 66. §§ 1, 2 amended, 1915, 81; 1919, 281. (See
1914, 590; 1915, 94.) § 4 amended, 1915, 78; 1919, 291. § 5 re-
vised, 1918, 257 § 184; 1920, 40. (See 1914, 581.) §§ 6-8, 11, see
1914, 738. § 9 amended, 1918, 257 § 185. § 14 revised, 1913, 831
§ 1. § 15 amended, 1916, 95 § 2; 1919, 292 § 12. § 15 ct seq., see
1919, 311 §§ 3, 5. §§ 15-24, see 1919, 311 §§4, 5. § 16 amended,
1919, 62. §§ 16-18, see 1914, 316. § 17 amended, 1914, 580; para-
graph 2 amended, 1916, 66. § 18 amended, 1919, 292 § 13. § 19
amended, 1915, 70. § 23 amended, 1916, 95 § 3. R. L. 44, 46, 106.
784 § 1, see 1918, 283 (reorganizing public service commission). Commis-
sion abolished and superseded by department of public utilities, 1919,
350 §§ 117-122. § 2 affected, 1914, 616; 1916, 24, 92, 137, 244,
259, 266 §§ 4, 5; 1917, 184 §§ 1, 3, 246 §§ 4, 5; 1918, 226 (making
operators of certain motor vehicles subject to the supervision of
the public service commission) ; 1918,238,280,288. § 3 amended,
1918, 54; affected, 1914, 742 § 41. § 6 amended, 1915, 193; re-
vised, 1918, 283 § 2. § 9, see 1914, 527. § 11 amended, 1918,
257 § 186. § 15 superseded, 1915, 303. § 18 amended, 1914, 679.
§ 20 affected, 1918, 144. § 21 amended, 1916, 24. § 22 amended,
1916, 92. § 23 amended, 1916, 244. § 25 amended, 1916, 137.
§ 27, see 1919, 350 § 121. § 28, see 1918, 226, 238, 280. (See 1914,
722 § 1; 1915, 75; 1918, 144, 257 §§ 204, 205; 1919, 149.) R. L.
111.
786 § 17 affected, 1920, 190. §§ 26, 54, 63, see 1914, 628, 792; 1915, Sp.
Act 346. (See 1920, 601.) R. L. 104.
791 See 1918, 284; 1919, 353 §§ 4-6, 13. R. L. 164.
792 See 1918, 46, 103, 255 § 10. R. L. 14.
795 Superseded, 1916, 58. R. L. 75.
797 Amended, 1917, 216. R. L. 85.
800 Extended, 1914, 519. R. L. 32, 106.
801 Amended, 1917, 14. R. L. 62.
803 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 5,
§§ 39-43. (See 1918, 116.) R. L. 52.
805 See 1914, 174, 391, 494; 1919, 311; 1920, 50 §§ 1, 5. R. L. 42.
806 See 1914, 328 § 3; 1920, 298. § 6, board of elevator regulations
abolished and superseded by department of public safety, 1919,
350 §§ 99-110. (See 1914, 782 § 6). § 13, see 1914, 328 § 2.
(See 1918, 147.) R. L. 104.
807 Affected, 1915, 244. Extended, 1918, 125. § 2, see 1915, 132.
§ 3, see 1914, 618, 636; 1915, Sp. Act 270. § 7 amended, 1916,
307. R. L. 25, 26, 106, 120.
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812 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 19l4, 751, 752.) R. L. 16.
813 § 8 amended, 1919, 224; affected, 1916, 308. R. L. 106.
815 See 1^17, 194. R. L. 173.
816 See 1914, 577. R. L. 108.
817 § 1 amended, 1915, 234 § 1; 1919, 106. § 3 amended, 1915, 234 § 2;
1918, 257 § 123. R. L. 20, 21, 106.
818 See 1915, 255. R. L. 206.
819 See 1920, 560. R. L. 3, 11.
822 See 1914, 623. R. L. 106.
823 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 37. R. L. 12.
824 Repealed, 1915, 237 § 26. R. L. 13.
829 In part repealed and superseded, 1916, 241 §§ 1, 2, 5, 6, 9; 1917, 266;
1919, 350 §§ 82-86. (See 1918, 79, 214; 1920, 341.) § 3 super-
seded, 1915, 206. (See 1915, 141.) § 5 affected, 1914, 179; 1920,
342. (See 1919, 266.) § 6 repealed, 1917, 266 § 2. (See 1915, 35;
1917, 201.) R. L. 222, 223, 225.
830 Affected, 1916, 17. § 3 in part repealed and superseded, 1920, 510.
(See 1915, 256.) R. L. 10.
831 § 2, see 1915, 70. § 9 amended, 1917, 294. § 16, see 1915, 57.
§ 17, see 1918, 147, 192. (See 1920, 298.) R. L. 106.
832 Extended, 1916, 54. § 1, paragraph 2 amended, 1917, 233 § 1; par-
agraph 6 revised, 1916, 257 § 1. § 3 amended, 1919, 292 § 18;
affected, 1914, 494. § 4, teachers' retirement board placed in de-
partment of education and reconstituted, 1919, 350 §§ 56-59, 61.
§ 5 amended, 1915, 197 § 1; paragraph 2 amended, 1918, 257
§§ 111, 112. (See 1920, 56.) § 6 amended, 1915, 197 § 2; 1917,
233 § 2; paragraph 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 113; paragraph 2 revised,
1920, 335 § 1; paragraph 4 revised, 1918, 257 § 114; 1920, 335 § 2;
paragraph 5 amended, 1916, 257 § 2; revised, 1918, 257 § 115; 1920,
338 § 3; paragraph 7 revised, 1920, 49; paragraph 8 added, 1917,
233 § 2; revised, 1920, 335 § 4; paragraph 10 added, 1917, 233
§ 2; revised, 1920, 335 § 5; paragraph 12 added, 1917, 233 § 2;
revised, 1920, 335 § 6; paragraphs 17 and 18 added, 1920, 335 § 7.
§ 7 amended, 1915, 198 § 3; revised, 1919, 292 § 19; paragraph 1,
see 1920, 50 § 4; paragraph 2 revised, 1916, 60 § 1; paragraph 3
amended, 1916, 60 § 2 (see 1920, 49); paragraph 6 amended, 1916,
238. § 13 amended, 1919, 292 § 20. New section (§ 13A) added,
1918, 257 § 116. (See 1915, 198 §§ 1, 2; 1918, 197, 257 § 134;
1920, 50.) R. L. 40, 42.
833 § 1 amended, 1915, 277. R. L. 106, 112.
834 See 1918, 275. R. L. 108.
835 Affected, 1914, 730 § 7. (See 1916, 311, 315.) § 1 amended, 1914. 454,
783 § 1; 1916, 161; 1919, 269 § 1. (See 1914, 752 § 2; 1915, Res.
125.) §§ 10, 11 revised, 1918, 257 § 10. § 12 extended, 1920, 579
§ 2. §§ 12, 14, see 1918, 258; 1919, 289 (absent voting at state
elections). § 13 amended, 1914, 345 § 1. § 15 revised, 1917, 29 § 1 ;
amended, 1917, 106 § 1; 1918, 282 § 1; 1919, 108 § 1. (See 1915,
1076 Changes in the
Chap. 1913
91 § 1.) § 16 amended, 1915, 91 § 2; 1917, 29 § 2, 106 § 2; 1918,
282 § 2; 1919, 108 § 2. § 17 amended, 1915, 91 § 3; 1917, 29 § 3,
106 § 3; 1918, 282 § 3; 1919, 108 § 3. § 18 amended, 1915, 91 § 4;
1917, 29 § 4, 106 § 4; 1918, 282 § 4; 1919, 108 § 4. § 19 amended,
1915, 91 § 5; 1917, 29 § 5, 106 § 5; 1918, 282 § 5; 1919, 81. § 20
amended, 1917, 106 § 6; 1918, 282 § 6; 1919, 108 § 5. § 26 revised,
1919, 269 § 2. § 27 amended, 1919, 269 § 3. §§ 32, 33 revised,
1920, 243. § 36 amended, 1919, 269 § 1; in part repealed, 1919,
159 § 2. § 37 amended, 1919, 269 § 1. (See 1918, 258, supple-
mentary registration of soldiers and sailors.) § 41 amended, 1918,
257 § 11; 1919, 108 § 6. § 44 amended, 1917, 77. § 46 amended,
1915, 91 § 6; 1916, 87; 1917, 29 § 6, 106 § 7; 1918, 282 § 7; 1919,
108 § 7. § 51, see 1916, 29 § 8. § 52 amended, 1916, 81. § 60
revised, 1920, 579 § 1. § 62 amended, 1919, 269 § 1. § 64, see
1918, 258 § 2. § 66 amended, 1919, 269 § 4. § 68 superseded,
1914, 676 § 1; 1919, 269 § 5. §§ 69-75 repealed, 1915, 91 § 13,
see 1914, 611 §§ 1, 2; 1917, 106; 1918, 257 § 12, 258; 1920,
145. § 76 amended, 1915, 91 § 7; 1917, 29 § 12. § 83
amended, 1915, 48; 1919, 269 § 6; 1920, 142. (See 1920, 129.)
§ 85 amended, 1919, 269 § 7. § 86 amended, 1919, 269 § 1. § 88
amended, 1914, 790 § 12; 1919, 269 § 8. § 89 amended, 1914,
790 § 13; 1915, 42; 1919, 269 § 9. § 90 superseded, 1915, 100;
1919, 269 § 10. § 91 amended, 1919, 269 § 1. § 97 amended, 1919,
289 § 20. § 99 amended, 1918, 19. § 102 amended, 1917, 80.
§ 103 amended, 1914, 790 § 1; 1916, 179 § 1. § 104 amended, 1914,
790 § 2; 1916, 179 § 2. § 105 amended, 1914, 790 § 3; 1916,
179 § 3. § 106 revised, 1916, 179 § 4. (See 1914, 790 § 4.) § 107
amended, 1914, 790 § 5; 1916, 179 § 5. § 109 amended, 1914,
790 § 6; 1916, 179 § 6. § 110 revised, 1916, 179 § 7; 1920, 493 § 1.
(See 1914, 790 § 7.) § 111 revised, 1916, 179 § 8. (See 1914,
790 § 8.) § 112 revised, 1916, 179 § 9. (See 1914, 790 § 9.) § 113
amended, 1918, 257 § 13. § 115 amended, 1920, 481. § 117
amended, 1914, 790 § 10; 1915, 283. § 118 revised, 1916, 179 § 10;
1917, 79. (See 1914, 790 § 11.) § 124 amended, 1917, 81. § 133
amended, 1914, 345 § 2. § 134 amended, 1915, 105; 1918, 257 § 14.
§ 140 revised, 1916, 16. § 180 amended, 1918, 257 § 15. § 192
amended, 1919, 269 § 11. § 193 amended, 1918, 257 § 16. § 198
amended, 1919, 269 § 1. (See 1915, 267 I § 16.) § 199 amended,
1917, 82; 1918, 122. (See 1920, 129.) § 201 amended, 1917,
250 §1. §203 revised, 1918, 293 §33; 1919, 289 §21. §§211-215,
state ballot law commission placed under goverfior and council, 1919,
350 § M. § 216 amended, 1914, 676 § 2; 1920, 146 § 1. (See
1914, 630.) § 217 amended, 1918, 74. § 218 amended, 1914, 676
§ 3. § 219 superseded, 1914, 676 § 4; 1919, 269 § 1. (See 1914,
630.) § 225 amended, 1920, 146 § 2. (See 1914, 630.) § 230
amended, 1919, 269 § 12. § 241 amended, 1919, 269 § 13. § 243
amended, 1920, 169. § 249 amended, 1918, 257 § 17. § 251
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Chap. 1913
amended, 1916, 43 § 1. § 256 amended, 1916, 43 § 2. § 258
amended, 1917, 250 § 2. § 259 amended, 1915, 36. § 265 amended,
1919, 364 § 3. § 266 amended, 1919, 364 § 4. § 269 revised, 1919,
54; 1920, 559. § 270 revised, 1919, 301 § 4. § 271 revised, 1919,
301 § 4. § 273 revised, 1919, 301 § 4. § 274 amended, 1919, 364
§ 5. § 275 amended, 1919, 364 § 6. § 277 amended, 1916, 247;
1919, 269 § 14. § 278 amended, 1919, 269 § 15. § 279 amended,
1914, 329; 1919, 364 § 2. § 280 amended, 1919, 364 § 7; 1920,
479. §§ 292, 293 amended, 1914, 435. § 294 amended, 1916, 80.
§ 300 amended, 1918, 41. § 301 revised, 1919, 301 § 2. § 305
amended, 1920, 493 § 2. § 309 amended, 1917, 109 § 1; 1919, 301
§ 3. § 312 amended, 1917, 109 § 2. § 318 amended, 1914, 393 § 1.
§ 319 amended, 1914, 393 § 2. § 329 amended, 1917, 109 § 3. § 338
amended, 1919, 269 § 1. § 340 amended, 1919, 269 § 1. § 341
amended, 1919, 269 § 1. § 342 amended, 1919, 269 § 1. § 344
amended, 1919, 269 § 1. § 347 et seq., see 1918, 146 (soliciting of
monev for political purposes from public emplovees). § 348 super-
seded, 1914, 783 § 2; 1918, 257 § 18; 1920, 149.' § 349 superseded,
1914, 783 § 3; 1918, 257 § 18. § 354 amended, 1920, 256. § 358
superseded, 1914, 783 § 4. § 361 superseded, 1914, 783 § 5. § 362
amended, 1914, 783 § 6; 1917, 83. § 363 amended, 1914, 783 § 7.
§ 364 amended, 1904, 783 § 8. § 368 superseded, 1914, 783 § 9.
§ 369 superseded, 1914, 783 § 10; 1918, 257 § 19. § 371 amended,
1914, 783 § 11. § 379 amended, 1919, 269 § 1. § 380 amended,
1919, 269 § 1. § 381 revised, 1919, 269 § 16. § 382 amended,
1919, 269 § 17. § 383 amended, 1919, 269 § 18. § 384 amended,
1919, 269 § 19. § 385 amended, 1919, 269 § 20. § 386 amended,
1919, 269 § 21. § 387 revised, 1919, 269 § 22. (See 1917, 255 § 2.)
§ 388 amended, 1919, 269 § 23. § 389 amended, 1918, 114 § 1;
1919, 269 § 24. § 390 amended, 1919, 269 § 25. § 391 amended,
1917, 255 § 1; re\ased, 1918, 114 § 2; 1919, 269 § 26. § 393
affected, 1915, 284 §§ 400, 419, 421. (See 1915, 284.) § 394
revised, 1917, 221 § 1; 1920, 591 § 1. § 395 amended, 1918, 291
§ 24. § 396 amended, 1917, 221 § 2. § 398 amended, 1918,
291 § 25; 1919, 176. § 400 amended, 1918, 291 § 26; 1920, 591
§ 33. (See 1918, 291 §§ 13, 14; 1919, 61 § 3, 164; 1920, 551 § 5
(measurers of lumber). §§ 401-407 repealed and superseded, 1920,
591 §§ 33-47. (See 1918, 257 §§ 151, 152.) § 408 revised, 1920, 591
§ 34. (See 1920, 591 §§ 36, 37, 44^7.) § 409 amended, 1918, 257
§ 153. (See 1920, 591 §§ 36, 40, 44-47.) § 410 amended, 1918, 257
§ 154. § 411 repealed and superseded, 1920, 591 §§ 33-47. § 414
revised, 1920, 591 § 15. § 415 amended, 1918, 291 § 27. § 416
repealed, 1918, 291 § 28. § 421 amended, 1918, 291 § 29. § 423
amended, 1918, 291 § 30. § 423 d scq., see 1918, 185, 291 § 32.
§ 424 amended, 1918, 257 § 155. (See 1918, 291 § 10.) § 425
repealed and superseded, 1920, 591 §§ 33-47. § 429 amended, 1918,
291 § 31. (See 1918, 291 § 24.) § 436 revised, 1917, 29 § 13;
1078 Changes in the
Chap. 1913
amended, 1917, 106 § 17; 1918, 282 § 17; 1919, 108 § 17. (See
1915, 91 § 8.) §§ 448, 449 superseded, 1918, 257 § 20. § 451
revised, 1918, 257 § 21. §§ 453, 454 repealed, 1918, 257 § 22.
§ 455 revised, 1918, 257 § 23. § 458 amended, 1915, 91 § 9; 1917,
29 § 14, 106 § IS; 1918, 282 § 18; 1919, 108 § 18. § 459 amended,
1915, 91 § 10; 1917, 29 § 15, 106 § 19; 1918, 282 § 19; 1919, 108
§ 19. § 460 amended, 1915, 91 § 11; 1917, 29 § 16, 106 § 20;
1918, 257 § 24, 282 § 20; 1919, 108 § 20. § 461 amended, 1915, 91
§ 12; 1918, 257 § 25; revised, 1919, 108 § 21. § 466 revised, 1918,
257 § 26. § 475 amended, 1918, 257 § 27. § 478 repealed, 1918,
257 § 156. §§ 481, 482 repealed, 1918, 257 § 28. § 483 amended,
1918, 257 § 29. § 484 repealed, 1918, 257 § 30. § 486 amended,
1918, 257 § 31. § 497 superseded, 1914, 783 § 12. § 498 super-
seded, 1914, 783 § 13. § 503, see 1914, 198. R. L. 11.
840 See 1914, 778 § 1. R. L. 159, 166.
Statutes of 1914.
33 § 1 superseded, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 14. (See 1914, 569.) R. L.
48, 49.
35 § 2 superseded, 1914, 409. § 3 affected, 1920, 553 § 2. (See 1918,
89.) R. L. 160, 173.
43 See 1915, 128. R. L. 91.
45 Repealed, 1914, 370 § 3. R. L. 6.
55 § 2 affected, 1915, 285. (See 1915, 84, 85.) R. L. 107.
56 Repealed, 1919, 293 § 5. R. L. 3.
79 Amended, 1915, 3. Extended, 1919, 40. R. L. 92.
83 See 1914, 518. 761; 1916, 299 §§ 3, 45. R. L. 12.
88 Repealed 1918, 123 § 2. (See 1916, 73.) R. L. 162.
91 §§ 1, 2 superseded, 1916, 233. § 2 repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L.
9, 89.
101 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 308. R. L. 32, 89.
105 See 1915, Res. 10. R. L. 42.
108 Repealed, 1917, 306 § 2. R. L. 127.
116 See 1914, 750; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. R. L. 76.
120 Amended, 1917, 170 § 4; 1919, 153 § 4; 1920, 425 § 1. (See 1917,
196.) R. L. 92.
122 § 1 revised, 1920, 218. R. L. 25, 78, 79.
127 Repealed, 1914, 649 § 10. R. L. 105.
134 Repealed, 1919, 7. R. L. 162.
138 Construed, 1916, 119. R. L. 25, 26, 32.
143 § 2 amended, 1918, 26 § 1. § 3, see 1914, 742 § 98; 1915, 83, 85
§§ 1, 7. R. L. 25.
158 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 25. (See 1918, 257 § 2.) R. L. 4.
159 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 257 § 2. R. L. 4.
161 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1915, 289 § 1.) R. L. 16.
174 See 1914, 391; 1919, 311. R. L. 42-.
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179 See 1916, 241. R. L. 222, 225.
180 Amended, 1915, 177; 1918, 159. (See 1917, 129.) R. L. 225.
182 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 5,
§ 18. (See 1916, 30.) R. L. 52, 54.
190 Superseded, 1917, 200. R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
196 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1914, 751, 752, 791; 1915,
31, 169.) R. L. 16, 102, 104, 108.
198 § 1, see 1916, 269 § 12. § 2 amended, 1918, 57, 184 § 7, 257 § 46;
affected, 1915, 237 § 23. (See 1916, 271; 1918, 129, 257 § 219,
subsect. 4.) § 4, see 1917, 271 § 2. § 5 amended, 1914, 689;
1918, 257 § 36. (See 1915, 137; 1916, 269 § 12, 281; 1918, 50.)
§ 6 amended, 1915, 34; 1918, 184 §§ 5, 6, 222, 257 § 76, 264 § 1;
1919, 332, 349 § 21; repealed in part, 1918, 257 § 77; affected,
1916, 99 §§ 1, 2. (See 1915, 137, 233 § 1; 1916, 281; 1917, 268;
1918, 264 § 2.) § 7, see 1915, 137. (See 1919, 355, revising, tax-
ation of business corporations.) R. L. 14, 102.
204 § 1 amended, 1915, 16 § 1, 99; 1916, 260; 1917, 187 § 1. § 2, see 1916,
42. § 3 amended, 1915, 16 § 4. R. L. 52.
205 § 2 amended, 1919, Sp. Act 155 § 2; 1920, 91 § 1. R. L. 104.
206 See 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
207 Affected, 1917, 167. R. L. 42, 86.
209 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 378. Amended, 1917, 226. (See 1914, 276.)
R. L. 124.
217 Extended, 1915, 60. Affected, 1917, 16 § 1; 1920, 143. R. L. 26,
106.
239 § 1 revised, 1920, 202. R. L. 89.
241 Amended, 1915, 27. R. L. 75, 106.
246 See 1915, 32; 1920, 564. R. L. 113, 118.
247 Amended, 1915, 75; 1916, 229; 1918, 87. Affected, 1915, 214. (See
1914, 370 § 1.) R. L. 106.
248 See 1914, 782 § 8. R. L. 104.
262 Supplemented, 1920, 269. R. L. 25, 32, 89.
267 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 241.
276 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 377. (See 1917, 226.) R. L. 124.
281 See 1915, 174. R. L. 91.
283 § 1 affected, 1915, 165. § 2, see 1915, 129. (See 1918, 135, 257 "§ 78.)
R. L. 25, 89, 106.
288 Repealed, 1916, 149 § 3. R. L. 214.
291 § 1 in part repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. § 2 repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. (See
1914, 336; 1918, 202.) R. L. 9.
295 See 1918, 96. R. L. 75.
298 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 85. R. L. 89, 124.
304 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1,
§ 12. R. L. 47.
309 § 1 amended, 1916, 27. R. L. 91.
311 Seel914, 587 §17; 1918, 183; 1919, 290. R. L. 79.
317 See 1914, 742 § 98; 1915, 85 §§ 1, 7. R. L. 27.
1080 Changes in the
Chap. 1914
325 Affected, 1915, 22. § 2 amended, 1917, 11. (See 1914, 634.) R. L.
56, 75, 213.
326 Superseded, 1918, 272. R. L. 7.
328 § 1 amended, 1914, 726. (See 1915, 116.) R. L. 106.
329 Amended, 1919, 364 § 2. (See 1915, 284.) R. L. 11.
334 Superseded, 1919, 287. R. L. 23.
336 Revised, 1918, 202. (See 1913, 291 § 2.) R. L. 9.
341 See 1919, 350 §§ 39^2. R. L. 89.
342 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
343 Affected, 1916, 100; 1917, 285; 1919, 237; 1920, 525. (See 1917,
285; 1918, 6.) R. L. 49, 75.
346 See 1914, 633 § 3. R. L. 62.
347 § 4 amended, 1915, 108; 1916, 143. § 5 amended, 1916, 89; 1918,
251. R. L. 106.
349 See 1914, 587 § 3; 1917, 179, 332; 1918, 108; 1919, 290. R. L. 79.
350 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1917, 105 § 1.) R. L. 16.
356 Amended, 1914, 702. R. L. 137.
359 See 1917, 123. R. L. 164.
362 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1914, 718 § 1.) R. L. 16.
367 See 1919, 351. R. L. 56, 91.
368 § 1 amended, 1919, 72; 1920, 48. § 4 amended, 1919, 76. (See 1915,
65; 1919, 77.) R. L. 106.
370 § 1, see 1915, 75. § 2, see 1917, 327 §§ 175, 253. R. L. 106.
371 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 434. R. L. 173.
373 § 2 amended, 1918, 127. (See 1914, 522; 1915, 106.) R. L. 38.
375 See 1914, 587 § 6; 1917, 179, 332; 1918, 108; 1919, 290. R. L. 79.
376 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1915, 126; 1916, 284 § 16.)
R. L. 16.
378 See 1914, 693. R. L. 96.
379 Amended, 1918, 257 § 250. R. L. 62.
380 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1916, 284 § 16.) R. L. 16.
381 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 122. (See 1919, 350 § 16.) R. L. 8.
386 Amended, 1919, 178. R. L. 21.
387 See 1914, 633 § 3; 1919, 63. R. L. 62.
390 § 1 revised, 1920, 584 § 2. R. L. 217.
391 See 1919, 311. R. L. 42.
399 § 1, see 1915, 274. §§ 1, 2, see 1918, 244 § 4. R. L. 6.
404 § 2, see 1915, 80, 124, 171. R. L. 25, 26.
405 See 1918, 287 § 1; 1919, 209. In part repealed, 1918, 287 § 7; 1919,
356 § 2 ci seq. R. L. 165.
406 Amended, 1919, 268; 1920, 120. R. L. 175.
407 See 1914, 587 § 1; 1918, 164; 1919, 190, 290, 350 § 16; 1920, 431.
R. L. 79.
411 Amended, 1915, 304; 1916, 70. R. L. 165.
413 Superseded, 1917, 272. (See 1918, 172.) R. L. 20, 106.
419 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 110; 1920, 416 § 5. (See 1915, 95, 198.)
R. L. 19.
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420 § 1, see 1919, 88, 294 § 1. §§ 2, 3- repealed, 1917, 187 § 2. § 4 added,
1915, 19. (See 1915, 10, 11, 16 §§ 7, 8.) R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
421 § 1 revised, 1916, 65; 1918, 275 § 4. (See 1914, 795 §§ 3, 6.) R. L.
102.
422 Seel914, 537 § 1; 1915, 219. R. L. 116.
424 § 1 amended, 1917, 75. R. L. 89, 92.
426 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 1. (See 1918, 86.) Affected, 1915, 178.
(See 1919, 140.) R. L. 118.
432 See 1919, 71. R. L. 165.
437 Repealed and superseded, 1915, 268 § 26. R. L. 113, 114.
442 Affected, 1915, 79 § 3. R. L. 87.
443 Amended, 1915, 90; 1910, 102. R. L. 43. •
446 See 1918, 140. R. L. 164.
447 See 1914, 449. R. L. 5, 9.
448 § 1 revised, 1919, 114 § 1. § 2 amended, 1919, 114 § 3. R. L. 118.
449 § 1 revised, 1918, 151 § 1; 1919, 137. (See 1914, 447.) R. L. 9.
450 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 214. R. L. 49.
451 Superseded, 1915, 259. R. L. 102, 105.
452 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 252. § 2 revised, 1918, 257 § 253. (See
1918, 65, 218; 1919, 128.) R. L. 57, 62.
454 Amended, 1919, 269 § 1. (See 1914, 783; 1916, 161.) R. L. 11.
455 Amended, 1916, 258. (See 1914, 688, Res. 96; 1915, 288.) R. L. 28,
49, 75, 106.
456 Repealed, 1916, 283. (See 1915, 170.) R. L. 87.
460 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
470 Amended, 1918, 44. Extended, 1915, 268 § 4. (See 1914, 610.)
R. L. 113, 116.
471 See 1914, 770 § 10; 1915, 238 § 5. R. L. 109, 116.
472 Superseded, 1914, 747. R. L. 67, 96.
473 Revised, 1918, 257 § 309. (See 1915, 136.) R. L. 87.
474 § 1 amended, 1917, 260; 1919, 253. R. L. 106.
478 See 1916, 9. R. L. 20.
481 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1916, 86; 1917, 105 § 2.)
R. L. 16.
484 Affected, 1920, 29. (See 1914, 792.) R. L. 75.
486 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 91. R. L. 19.
490 Amended, 1918, 257, 313. (See 1915, 109.) R. L. 90.
492 See 1919, 124. R. L. 78.
494 § 1 amended, 1920, 50. Extended, 1916, 54. (See 1919, 292 § 18.)
R. L. 15, 16, 40, 106.
504 See 1915, 219. R. L. 116.
506 See 1914, 691, 717. R. L. 96.
509 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
510 § 1 revised, 1918, 168. (See 1920, 211, 567.) R. L. 25, 26, 28, 108.
514 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1,
§21. R. L. 47.
515 § 1 amended, 1916, 107. R. L. 28.
1082 Changes in the
Chap. 1914
518 See 1914, 83, 761; 1916, 299 §§ 3-5. R. L. 12.
520 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 454. (See 1915, 163 § 2.) R. L. 83, 153.
526 Repealed, 1916, 241 § 9. R. L. 222.
532 See 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
536 Affected, 1920, 179 § 1. (See 1914, 765.) R. L. 106.
537 § 1, see 1914, 422; 1915, 219. § 3, see 1916, 129 § 1. R. L. 116.
538 See 1915, 294 § 3. R. L. 42.
544 See 1917, 247. R. L. 39, 42, 86, 89.
545 Amended, 1915, 55. R. L. 56, 75.
547 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
554 Affected, 1917, 323; 1918, 228 § 6; 1919, 213; 1920, 459. R. L.
223.
555 § 1 amended, 1916, 253 § 1. R. L. 66, 96.
556 Revised, 1918, 257 § 175. R. L. 42.
557 Amended, 1915, 216; 1918, 110. R. L. 106.
558 Superseded, 1917, 69; 1918, 139. (See 1915, 73, 136; 1918, 139 § 2;
1920, 193.) R. L. 87, 217.
568 Amended, 1915, 198 § 1; 1919, 94; 1920, 535. (See 1915, 197 §§ 1,
2.) R. L. 19, 106.
569 See 1914, 33. R. L. 48, 49.
570 Amended, 1917, 265. Limited, 1916, 36; 1917, 289. (See 1915, 255.)
R. L. 1, 206.
573 In part repealed and superseded, 1918, 272. § 1 repealed, 1919, 220
§4. R. L. 7.
575 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
577 See 1918, 75. R. L. 108.
582 § 1 amended, 1915, 197 § 3. R. L. 42.
587 Superseded, 1919, 290; 1920, 431. Extended, 1919, 151 §§ 1, 2.
§ 1 amended, 1918, 164; 1919, 190; superseded, 1919, 290 § 1.
(See 1919, 350 § 16.) § 3 amended, 1917, 161. § 17 amended,
1916, 191; 1918, 183. § 18 amended, 1917, 160; 1919, 129. (See
1914, 311; 1916, 314; 1917, 179, 332; 1918, 108, 233.) R. L. 79.
589 See 1914, 615. R. L. 5.
590 Amended, 1918, 257 § 179. (See 1915, 81.) R. L. 44.
594 See 1915, 140. R. L. 208.
596 Repealed, 1917, 212 § 3. (See 1915, Res. 2, 23; 1919, 350 §§ 34-38.)
R. L. 75, 89.
597 See 1915, 128. R. L. 91.
598 § 2 amended, 1918, 257 § 59. § 9 amended, 1918, 257 § 60. § 26
amended, 1918, 257 § 61. R. L. 12.
600 § 5 amended, 1918, 257 § 94. (See 1918, 228 § 7.) R. L. 19, 25, 26.
604 Affected, 1917, 291; 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
605 Repealed, 1919, 320 § 2. (See 1916, 33.) R. L. 4, 6, 18.
610 See 1914, 470; 1915, 268. R. L. 113-116.
611 See 1915, 91. R. L. 11.
615 In part repealed, 1918, 257 § 8. Amended, 1920, 546 § 2. (See 1918,
257 § 90, 294.) R. L. 6, 18.
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620 Superseded, 1917, 336; 1919, 353 §§ 9, 10. (See 1918, 284.) R. L. 164.
621 See 1914, 624. R. L. 101, 212.
624 See 1914, 621. R. L. 101, 212.
627 See 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
628 § 1 amended, 1915, Sp. Act 346. (See 1914, 792.) R. L. 75.
629 § 1 revised, 1918, 52 § 1. § 2 revised, 1918, 52 § 2.
633 § 2 revised, 1917, 21. § 3, see 1914, 346, 387. R. L. 62.
634 § 2 amended, 1917, 78. (See 1914, 325; 1915, 22; 1917, 11.) R. L.
56, 75, 213.
636 § 1 amended, 1915, Sp. Act 270. (See 1915, 244.) R. L. 26, 106, 120.
642 See 1915, 178, 181; 1916, 21, 200 § 1; 1917, 191. R. L. 118.
643 § 1, see 1918, 47. § 2 amended, 1915, 77; 1918, 83; 1920, 429. § 4
amended, 1920, 110. R. L. 114.
647 See 1914, 792; 1916, 286 § 15. R. L. 75.
649 § 8 aifected, 1919, 133. R. L. 105.
653 See 1916, 157; 1918, 218. R. L. 56, 62.
655 See 1914, 792. R. L. 75.
658 § 2 amended, 1918, 257 § 223. R. L. 39, 56, 109, 214.
661 See 1915, 268. R. L. 113-116.
662 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 290. (See 1918, 244.) R. L. 6.
664 See 1914, 665. R. L. 19.
666 Superseded, 1919, 329; 1920, 492. (See 1918, 287 § 1.) R. L. 160.
667 Affected, 1919, 203. R. L. 10.
670 Amended, 1915, 249. R. L. 165.
671 See 1915, 298, 303. R. L. 112.
673 See 1920, 534. R. L. 157, 160, 204.
676 § 1 amended, 1919, 269 § 5. §2 amended, 1920, 146 § 1. §4 amended,
1919, 269 § 1. R. L. 11.
677 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 100. R. L. 75.
681 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 69-78. R. L. 106.
684 Amended, 1919, 215.
686 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
688 Extended, 1915, 288. (See 1914, 455; 1918, 228 § 7.) R. L. 106.
689 See 1914, 198; 1916, 281. R. L. 12.
691 See 1914, 506, 717. R. L. 96.
692 Affected, 1919, 350 § 25. R. L. 107.
693 See 1914, 378. R. L. 96.
694 Repealed, 1915, 187 § 12. (See 1910, 495 § 2; 1914, 788; 1915, 104,
159.) R. L. 75, 76, 213.
695 Amended, 1915, 16 § 8. Limited, 1916, 52. § 1 amended, 1916, 140;
1919, 294 § 2; 1920, 262 § 2, 426. (See 1915, 10 § 2, 11.) R. L.
47, 54, 102.
696 Amended, 1919, 155; 1920, 573. R. L. 128.
698 Repealed, 1916, 296 § 9. R. L. 6.
699 § 3, see 1919, 333 § 25. § 6 amended, 1918, 257 § 392; 1919, 333
§ 25. § 7 amended, 1915, 33. (See 1919, 333 § 25.) § 3, see
1915, 33, 61. R. L. 141.
1084 Changes in the
Chap. 1914
700 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 417. § 3 superseded, 1920, 490. R. L.
160.
707 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 257 § 380, 273 § 6. R. L. 20, 21, 89.
708 § 1 superseded, 1917, 198; 1920, 324. §§ 1, 2, see 1915, 183, 287.
§ 3 amended, 1919, 204. (See 1919, 272.) § 4 amended, 1917,
249; 1918, 113; 1919, 197. (See 1919, 272.) §§ 4-6 affected,
1915, 236. § 5 revised, 1919, 205. (See 1919, 272.) § 6, see 1919,
272. (See 1915, 183, 287.) § 7, see 1915, 151 § 7, 287. §§ 8, 12,
see 1915, 183, 287. § 9 amended, 1917, 297 § 2. § 10 amended,
1916, 72. § 11 amended, 1917, 297 § 8. § 12 amended, 1917, 297
§ 9. § 14, see 1915, 287. § 20 affected, 1915, 236. (See 1915,
244; 1919, 272.) R. L. 106.
709 Amended, 1915, 66 § 1. R. L. 20.
710 Affected, 1917, 244; 1919, 183, 235. (See 1917, 6; 1918, 66.) R. L. 10.
712 In part repealed and superseded, 1916, 288.
714 § 7 amended, 1918, 257 § 182. (See 1918, 109, 197.) R. L. 42.
715 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1915, 71; 1916, 284 § 5.)
R. L. 16.
718 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1915, 71 ; 1916, 284 §§ 2, 3.)
R. L. 16.
720 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 39-^2. § 2 revised, 1916, 136. (See 1920,
604 §§ 2, 5.) § 4, see 1915, 177. Supplemented, 1920, 604, 606.
R. L. 28, 89, 225.
724 Repealed, 1918, 76. (See 1920, 462.) R. L. 14.
726 See 1915, 116. R. L. 106.
738 Affected 1918, 257 § 184. § 8 repealed in part, 1915, Sp. Act 34. (See
1915, 81.) R. L. 46.
739 See 1915, 254 § 2. R. L. 217.
740 See 1915, 85. R. L. 27.
742 Provision for emergencv connections between gas and electric com-
panies, 1918, 152. § "i, see 1915, 296 § 7. §§4 and 6 repealed and
superseded, 1919, 333 §§ 17, 18. §§ 7 and 9 repealed and super-
seded, 1919, 333 §§ 17, 18. (See 1918, 257 § 372.) §§ 13-15,
repealed and superseded, 1919, 333 §§ 17, 18. § 16 amended,
1918, 257 § 373. § 19 amended, 1918, 257 § 374. § 20 repealed
and superseded, 1919, 333 §§ 17, 18. § 23, see 1918, 68 § 3.
§ 35 extended, 1917, 166 § 1; 1920, 295. §§ 36^3, 51, 68,
141-147, 149, 161-163, 190, 191 extended to water companies,
1914, 787. § 37 amended, 1918, 257 § 375. §§ 38, 39 affected,
1919, 104 § 1; 1920, 581. § 39, see 1916, 64. § 49 repealed
and superseded, 1919, 333 §§ 17, 18. § 50 extended, 1920, 295.
§ 51 extended, 1914, 787 § 5. (See 1918, 196.) § 52 amended,
1915, 192. § 59 amended, 1918, 257 § 376. § 60 repealed and
superseded, 1919, 333 § 15. (See 1918, 196.) § 61 amended,
1919, 111. § 68 extended, 1914, 787 § 5. § 84 repealed and
superseded, 1919, 333 §§ 17, 18. § 91 amended, 1915, 92, 264;
1920, 598 § 5. § 92 amended, 1917, 205 § 2. §§ 93, 94, see 1917,
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205 § 1. §§ 98, 99, see 1915, 84, 115, 285. § 100 amended, 1915,
20 § 1. (See 1915, 191.) § 101, see 1915, 191. § 102, see 1915,
191. § 104 affected, 1915, 191. § 114 amended, 1918, 77 § 1. ^
§ 115 amended, 1918, 77 § 2. § 120 amended, 1918, 78 § 1. § 121
amended, 1920, 236. §§ 126, 127, see 1915, 267 I §§ 20, 38; 1918,
291 § 9. § 128 revised, 1917, 141; amended, 1918, 91. (See 1918,
152 § 4.) § 133, board of gas and electric light commissioners super-
seded hij department of puhlic utilities, 1919, 350 §§ 117-122. § 134
revised, 1916, 220 § 1. § 136 revised, 1917, 205 § 3. (See 1919,
350 § 122.) § 138, see 1917, 166 § 2; 1918, 9 § 2. § 140 amended,
1918, 78 § 2. §§ 141-147 extended, 1914, 787 § 5. § 142, see 1918,
152 § 8. § 144 revised, 1920, 583 § 1. § 146 revised, 1920, 583 § 2.
§ 148 amended, 1915, 20 § 2. § 149 extended, 1914, 787 § 5.
§§ 155-157, see 1919, 111. §§ 156-160, see 1918, 152 § 9. §§ 161-
163 extended, 1914, 787 § 5. § 165 extended, 1917, 166 § 1. §§ 167,
168, 170 extended, 1917, 166 § 1. § 174 revised, 1916, 220 § 2.
§ 174 et seq., board of gas and electric light commissioners may
establish rules and regulations governing quality of gas, 1918,
9 § 2. § 177 revised, 1920, 242. § 179 amended, 1917, 205
§ 4. § 181 amended, 1918, 9 § 1; affected, 1916, 167. § 182
revised, 1918, 9 § 3. §§ 190, 191 extended, 1914, 787 § 5. (See
1918, 280 § 11, requiring foreign companies furnishing light or
power to certain street railway companies to file certain schedules
with gas and electric light commission; 1919, 333 §§ 15, 17,
extending certain provisions of 1903, 437, to companies subject to
this chapter.) R. L. 109, 121, 122.
743 See 1915, 180 § 3. R. L. 212.
744 § 1 amended, 1916, 228. §§ 2, 5, see 1914, 792. §§ 1, 6, see 1915, 109;
1917, 112, 256, 259. R. L. 25, 26, 56, 75, 102.
747 See 1914, 472. R. L. 67, 96.
750 See 1918, 217; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. R. L. 76.
751 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1914, 752; 1915, 31;
1916, 279.) R. L. 16.
752 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1914, 196, 751; 1915, 31.)
R. L. 16.
757 Amended, 1916, 146. R. L. 98.
758 Repealed, 1917, 93 § 2. (See 1917, 327.) R. L. 16.
759 See 1915, 142, 295; 1919, 3.57 § 2. R. L. 165.
761 Affected, 1916, 269 § 29, 300. § 3 amended, 1915, 135. (See 1914,
83, 518.) R. L. 12.
762 Commission on mental diseases becomes department of mental
diseases, 1919,850 §§ 79-81. Repealed in part, 1916, 285 § 8.
§ 3 amended, 1918, 257 § 308. § 6 superseded, 1915, 241 § 1.
(See 1918, 176.) § 8 amended, 1915, 241 § 2. (See 1918, 153.)
R. L. 87.
765 § 1 amended, 1915, Sp. Act 63. Affected, 1920, 179 § 1. (See 1915,
47.) R. L. 106.
1086 Changes in the
Chap. ' 1914
770 § 1 amended, 1915, 238 § 1; 1918, 257 § 78; 1919, 349 § 24. § 2
amended, 1919, 349 § 25. § 4 amended, 1915, 238 § 2. § 6 super-
seded, 1915, 238 § 3; limited, 1920, 464. § 7 superseded, 1915, 238
§ 4. (See 1918, 68 § 3.) § 9 revised, 1920, 464. § 10 amended,
1915, 238 § 5. § 12 amended, 1915, 238 § 6; 1918, 46. (See 1915,
167.) R. L. 14, 126.
778 See 1918, 286 § 7. R. L. 106.
779 See 1916, 211. R. L. 47.
782 § 1 amended, 1915, Sp. Act 352 § 1. § 3 amended, 1915, Sp. Act 352
§ 3. § 4 amended, 1916, 118. § 8, see 1914, 248. § 10 amended,
1915, Sp. Act 352 § 4; 1920, 440 §§ 1, 2. R. L. 104.
783 See 1918, 146, relative to the soliciting of money for political purposes
from public emplovees. § 1 amended, 1919, 269 § 1. (See 1915,
Res. 125; 1916, 1(51.) § 2 amended, 1918, 257 § 18; 1920, 149.
§ 6 amended, 1917, 83. § 10 revised, 1918, 257 § 19. R. L. 11.
787 § 1, see 1917, 166. § 5 revised, 1920, 295. §§ 6-8 repealed, 1915, 21
§ 1. (See 1918, 257 § 375; 1919, 104 § 1, relative to disposition of
bonds of gas, electric and water companies.) R. L. 109, 121.
788 Repealed, 1915, 187 § 12. R. L. 75, 76, 213.
790 §§ 1-3 amended, 1916, 179 §§ 1-3. § 4 superseded, 1916, 179 § 4.
§§ 5, 6 amended, 1916, 179 §§ 5, 6. § 7 superseded, 1916, 179 § 7;
1920, 493 §1. §§ 8, 9 superseded, 1916, 179 §§ 8, 9. §10 amended,
1915, 283. § 11 revised, 1916, 179 § 10; 1917, 79. § 12 amended,
1919, 269 §8. § 13 amended, 1915,42; 1919, 269 §9. R. L. 11.
791 Affected, 1915, 169. § 12, see 1916, 145. (See 1914, 196.) R. L.
102, 104, 108.
792 State department of health becomes the department of public health,
1919, 350 §§ 96-98. § 1, see 1915, 258 § 3; 1916, 155, 180,
286. § 2, see 1917, 208. § 5, amended, 1920, 435. (See 1915,
109, 116; 1916, 313; 1917, 151, 208; 1918, 58, 131, 137.) R. L.
75.
794 § 2 amended, 1915, 276 § 1. § 3 amended, 1915, 276 § 2. §4 amended,
1915, 276 § 3. § 5 amended, 1915, 276 § 4. § 6 superseded, 1915,
276 §5. (See 1916, 178, 295.) R. L. 28.
795 Fire prevention commissioner abolished and superseded by departvient
of public safety, 1919, 350 §§ 99-110. § 3 amended, 1916, 138.
§ 24, see 1915, 296 § 2. §§ 25, 26, see 1920, 111. Duties of fire
prevention commissioner as to licensing tanks or containers for stor-
age of fluids other than water, 1919, 303. (See 1916, 291; 1920,
436.) R. L. 32, 102.
Statutes of 1915.
1 See 1919, 8. R. L. 91.
3 See 1919, 40. R. L. 92.
8 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 1,
§ 24. R. L. 47.
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Chap. 1915
10 § 2 amended, 1919, 294 § 2; 1920, 419; limited, 1916, 52. (See 1915,
11, 16, 19, 87, 99.) R. L. 25, 26, 47, 52-, 54, 102.
11 See 1915, 10, 16, 19, 87, 99. R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
15 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 355. R. L. 109, 110.
16 § 1 amended, 1915, 99; 1916, 260; 1917, 187 § 1; 1919, 214. § 2
amended, 1920, 262 § 1. § 3 amended, 1918, 17. § 8 amended,
1919, 294 § 2; limited, 1916, 52. (See 1915, 10, 16, 19, 87, 99.)
R. L. 25, 26, ,47, 52, 54, 102.
18 See 1915, 85 § 7. R. L. 27.
19 See 1915, 10, 11, 87, 99. R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
25 §lamended, 1918, 124; 1919, 217. (See 1915, 263.) R. L. 25, 26, 48.
31 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1916, 279.) R. L. 16.
32 Amended, 1919, 115. R. L. 113, 118.
33 See 1915, 61; 1919, 333 § 25. R. L. 141.
34 Amended, 1918, 184 § 6; 1919, 332. (See 1915, 137; 1916, 181.)
R. L. 14.
35 Repealed, 1917, 201 § 2. (See 1916, 241 §§ 1, 2, 5, 6, 9; 1917, 201 § 1.)
R. L. 222, 223, 225.
39 Amended, 1916, 4. R. L. 119.
40 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
41 § 1 amended, 1916, 276 § 1; affected, 1919, 354. (See 1917, 95.)
R. L. 164.
42 § 1 amended, 1919, 269 § 9. R. L. 11.
43 Amended, 1918, 257 § 240. R. L. 62.
45 Revised, 1918, 257 § 165. R. L. 35.
47 Amended, 1919, 21. Affected, 1920, 179 § 1. R. L. 25, 26, 106.
48 Amended, 1919, 269 § 6; 1920, 142. R. L. 11.
54 § 1 amended, 1917, 27. R. L. 91.
56 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 52; affected, 1915, 237 § 2. § 3 amended,
1915, 237 § 25. (See 1920, 270.) R. L. 13.
57 Amended, 1916, 222; 1919, 113. Extended, 1918, 147. R. L. 75, 106,
107.
59 Repealed, 1915, 218 § 2. R. L. 91. .
60 Affected, 1917, 16; 1920, 143. R. L. 26, 106.
61 Amended, 1919, 333 § 26. R. L. 141.
62 Repealed, 1919, 16. (See 1915, 93, 268.) R. L. 113, 114.
64 See 1915, 152; 1919, 349 § 6. R. L. 141.
65 Repealed, 1919, 77 § 2. R. L. 106.
67 Repealed, 1915, 265 § 2. R. L. 100.
71 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1916, 248 § 5.) R. L. 16.
73 Superseded, 1917, 69; 1918, 139 § 1. (See 1918, 139 § 2; 1920, 193.)
R. L. 87, 217.
74 See 1918, 276. R. L. 106.
75 Amended, 1916, 229; 1918, 87. Affected, 1915, 214. R. L. 106.
77 Ampnded, 1918, 83 § 1; 1920, 429.
78 Revised, 1919, 291. (See 1915, 90, 94.) R. L. 44.
80 See 1915, 124, 171. R. L. 25, 26.
1088 Changes in the
Chap. 1915
81 § 1 amended, 1919, 281. (See 1915, 78, 90, 94.) R. L. 44.
82 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 317. (See 1916, 11; 1919, 26, 87.)
R. L. 118.
83 § 1 amended, 1918, 25. R. L. 25, 27.
84 See 1915, 285. R. L. 107.
85 § 5 amended, 1916, 62 §,2. (See 1915, 285.) R. L. 25, 31, 32, 107.
86 See 1919, 334. R. L. 91.
87 See 1919, 88. R. L. 54.
88 Repealed in part, 1918, 272 §§ 2, 5; 1917, 222 § 1. (See 1919, 313.)
R. L. 7.
89 See 1915, 254. R. L. 217.
90 See 1915, 78, 94. R. L. 44. ^
91 As to supplementary registration of soldiers, etc., see 1918, 257
§ 12, 258. § 1 revised, 1917, 29 § 1, 106 § 1; 1918, 282 § 1; 1919,
108 § 1. § 2 amended, 1917, 29 § 2, 106 § 2; 1918, 282 § 2; 1919,
108 § 2. § 3 amended, 1917, 29 § 3, 106 § 3; 1918, 282 § 3; 1919,
108 § 3. § 4 amended, 1917, 29 § 4, 106 § 4; 1918, 282 § 4; 1919,
108 § 4. § 5 amended, 1917, 29 § 5, 106 § 5; 1918, 282 § 5; 1919,
81. § 6 amended, 1916, 87; 1917, 29 § 6, 106 § 7; 1918, 282 § 7;
1919, 108 § 7. § 7 amended, 1917, 29 § 12. § 8 revised, 1917, 29.
§ 13 amended, 1917, 106 § 17; 1918, 282 § 17; 1919, 108 § 17.
§ 9 amended, 1917, 29 § 14, 106 § 18; 1918, 282 § 18; 1919, 108
§ 18. § 10 amended, 1917, 29 § 15, 106 § 19; 1918, 282 § 19, 257
§ 24; 1919, 108 § 19. § 11 amended, 1917, 29 § 16, 106 § 20;
1918, 257 § 24, 282 § 20; 1919, 108 § 20. § 12 amended, 1918,
257 § 25; 1919, 108 § 21. R. L. 11.
92 Amended, 1915, 264; 1920, 598 § 5. R. L. 121.
93 See 1915, 62. R. L. 62.
94 See 1915, 78, 90. R. L. 44.
95 See 1920, 574. R. L. 18, 19, 106.
97 Limited, 1919, 132. R. L. 26, 32, 106.
99 Amended, 1916, 260; 1917, 187 § 1. R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
100 Amended, 1919, 269 § 10. R. L. 11.
105 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 14. R. L. 11.
107 § 2 revised, 1920, 386. R. L. 156.
108 Amended, 1916, 143. R. L. 75, 106, 107.
109 See 1917, 112. R. L. 89.
110 See 1920, 333. R. L. 118.
111 Amended 1918, 257 § 433. R. L. 173.
113 See 1918, 100. R. L. 86, 225.
114 See 1918, 268. R. L. 89.
115 See 1915, 85 § 1, 191. R. L. 27.
118 § 2 amended, 1918, 257 § 362. (See* 1915, 268 § 4; 1920, 349 § 10.)
R. L. 109, 110.
119 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 580. (See 1916, 79.) R. L. 25, 26.
122 § 2 amended, 1916, 121. R. L. 46.
123 Amended, 1915, 275. (See 1920, 207.) R. L. 106.
124 See 1915, 80, 171. R. L. 25, 26.
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Chap. 1916
126 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1916, 284 § 16.) R. L.
16.
129 See 1917, 310; 1918, 204; 1919, 350 §§ 87-95. R. L. 25, 26, 106.
134 Amended, 1918, 257 § 381. R. L. 132.
135 Affected, 1916, 269 § 29, 300. R. L. 12.
137 § 1 amended, 1918, 138. (See 1918, 129.) R. L. 12, 14.
138 Amended, 1920, 172. R. L. 25-27.
140 Repealed, 1920, 231. R. L. 89.
141 See 1916, 241 §§ 1, 2, 5, 6, 9; 1918, 79; 1919, 350 §§ 82-86. R. L.
222, 223, 225.
142 § 1 amended, 1915, 295 § 1. § 2 superseded, 1919, 357; amended,
1915, 295 § 2. R. L. 165.
148 § 3 added, 1919, 123. R. L. 57, 75.
149 Repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
152 § 1 superseded, 1916, 268 § 2. (See 1918, 14, 257 § 75.) R. L. 15.
153 § 4 revised, 1920, 379 § 2. § 7 amended, 1918, 132 § 2. Affected,
1917, 31. (See 1916, 286 § 15; 1918, 132 § 1, 229; 1920, 379.)
R. L. 75, 88.
155 See 1915, 178; 1916, 28. R. L. 118.
157 § 2, see 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 5. R. L. 111.
158 See 1915, 239; 1917, 193. R. L. 57, 75.
159 § 1 superseded, 1916, 117. (See 1915, 187.) R. L. 75, 76, 213.
160 See 1918, 259. R. L. 102.
161 § 2 superseded, 1916, 91 § 5. (See 1918, 215; 1919, 350 §§ 34-38;
1920, 446.) R. L. 89.
162 See 1915, 263. R. L. 25, 26, 48.
166 § 1 amended, 1920, 508 § 1. R. L. 160.
167 Amended, 1916, 83; 1917, 89; 1918, 133; 1919, 154, 355 §§ 28, 29.
R. L. 14.
170 Repealed, 1916, 183. R. L. 87.
171 See 1915, 80, 124. R. L. 25, 26.
174 See 1919, 49 § 2. R. L. 87.
175 See 1920, 290. R. L. 9, 16, 35.
176 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 5,
§§ 10, 11. R. L. 52.
177 Amended, 1918, 159. (See 1917, 129.) R. L. 225.
178 See 1915, 181; 1916, 21, 200 § 1; 1917, 191. R. L. 118.
181 See 1915, 178 § 3; 1916, 21, 200-§ 1. R. L. 118.
183 § 2 superseded, 1916, 29. R. L. 118.
187 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 275. (See 1915, 159, 301 § 12.)
R. L. 75, 76, 213.
190 See 1918, 65, 218, 257 §§ 240-253. R. L. 62.
192 See 1915, 191. R. L. 34, 109, 121.
193 Revised, 1918, 283 § 2. R. L. Ill, 112, 122.
197 Extended, 1916, 54. §§ 1, 2, see 1915, 198 § 3. § 2 amended, 1920,
49. (See 1917, 233.) R. L. 40, 42, 106.
198 § 1 amended, 1919, 94; 1920, 535. § 3 extended, 1916, 54; revised,
1919, 292 § 19. (See 1920, 50 § 4.) R. L. 18, 40, 106.
1090 Changes in the
Chap. 1915
201 Revised, 1920, 512 § 3. (See 1916, 305; 1918, 217; 1919, 350 §§ 63-
67.) R. L. 76.
202 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 273. R. L. 3.
203 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1916, 284 § 8.) R. L. 16.
206 See 1916, 241; 1918, 79; 1919, 350 §§ 82-86. R. L. 222, 225.
207 See 1918, 141; 1919, 45. R. L. 84, 225.
208 Superseded, 1917, 133. R. L. 42, 83, 87, 145.
209 § 1 amended, 1917, 45 § 2. R. L. 125.
211 See 1915, 259. R. L. 102.
212 Repealed, 1919, 296 § 14. R. L. 92, 102.
216 Amended, 1918, 110. R. L. 106.
217 Revised, 1919, 349 § 7. (See 1916, 281; 1919, 349 § 14.) R. L. 12, 14.
221 Affected, 1919, 1 ; 1920, 572. § 4, see 1918, 2. R. L. 6, 47.
222 § 1 amended, 1915, 269; 1919, 131. R. L. 18.
224 Affected, 1919, 3-50 §§ 17-23. (See 1918, 84.) R. L. 10.
227 Repealed, 1916, 256 § 1. R. L. 49, 50.
231 In part repealed, 1918, 257 § 370. § 17, see 1918, 67, 268. (See
1915, 268 § 18; 1919, 350 § 47.) R. L. 114.
233 Repealed, 1919, 349 § 16. R. L. 14.
234 § 1 amended, 1919, 106. R. L. 20, 21.
236 See 1915, 183, 287. R. L. 118.
237 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 49. § 16 amended, 1918, 257 § 53. § 17
repealed, 1918, 257 § 47. § 20 revised, 1918, 257 § 56. § 21
superseded, 1916, 103; 1918, 190; 1920, 460. § 22 amended, 1918,
257 § 45. § 26 amended, 1918, 257 § 58. R. L. 12.
238 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 78; 1919, 349 § 24. § 3 limited, 1920, 464.
§ 4, see 1918, 68 § 3. § 6 amended, 1918, 46. R. L. 14.
239 Amended, 1916, 189; 1918, 145. (See 1915, 158; 1917, 193.) R. L.
57, 75.
241 See 1918, 176, 257 § 90, 294; 1919, 350 §§ 79-81. (See 1916, 285.)
R. L. 87.
244 See 1918, 125. R. L. 106.
245 Seel918, 287 § 1; 1919, 356 §6. R. L. 165.
247 See 1917, 176. R. L. 42, 89.
250 Amended, 1916, 46; 1917, 286. R. L. 89.
251 Repealed, 1918, 247 § 4, but see 1918, 257 § 93. R. L. 19.
253 §§ 1, 2, 4-6 superseded, 1916, 242 §§ 6-10; 1918, 257 §§ 265-267.
§ 3 restricted, 1920, 591 § 21. § 7 amended, 1916, 120 § 6. (See
1918, 218, 257 § 256.) R. L. 65.
256 § 3 amended, 1916, 181. R. L. 10.
258 Repealed, 1920, 418 § 23. R. L. 56, 57, 75.
259 See 1915, 211; 1918, 228 §7. R. L. 102.
261 § 2 revised, 1916, 63 § 1. § 3 amended, 1916, 63 § 2; revised, 1918,
169 § 1. § 5 amended, 1917, 13. § 8 amended, 1916, 63 § 3. § 10
amended, 1916, 63 § 4. § 14 amended, 1918, 169 § 2. Two new
sections added (17, 18), 1918, 169 § 3. (See 1918, 268 § 4; 1919,
350 § 38.) R. L. 56, 57.
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263 Extended, 1920, 554 § 5. (See 1915, 267 I § 30; 1918, 257 § 187,
291 §§ 6-8.) R. L. 25, 26.
264 Amended, 1920, 598 § 5. R. L. 121.
267 I § 16 amended, 1916, 68 § 1. § 17 amended, 1916, 68 § 2. § 23
amended, 1917, 162. § 30, see 1918, 257 § 187, 291 §§ 6-8. § 32
amended, 1918,. 257 § 157. Ill § 5 amended, 1916, 99 § 1. V § 3
amended, 1920, 337 § 1. § 4 revised, 1920, 337 § 2. § 9 amended,
1920, 337 § 3. R. L. 26.
268 See 1918. 44, 257 § 370; 1919, 350 §§ 45-49. § 11, see 1918, 67, 210.
269 Amended, 1919, 131. R. L. 18.
272 Superseded, 1918, 261. R. L. 20.
273 § 1, see 1917, 122 § 2. (See 1918, 67, 210.) R. L. 113, 116.
274 § 1 revised, 1916, 236. (See 1918, 244 § 4.) R. L. 6.
275 See 1920, 207. R. L. 106, 204.
276 See 1916, 178, 295. R. L. 28.
280 See 1918, 284; 1919, 353 § 4. R. L. 164. .
284 § 1 revised, 1916, 59. R. L. 25.
286 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
287 See 1918, 216. R. L. 106, 118.
288 See 1918, 228 § 7. R. L. 6, 89.
289 Repealed, 1917, 327 § 268. (See 1916, 221 § 1; 1917, 327 § 14.)
R. L. 16.
292 Limited, 1916, 163; 1917, 213. §§ 2^, 6, 10 amended, 1916, 306.
§ 7 revised, 1918, 265 § 3. § 10 amended, 1916, 306 § 5; 1918,
265 § 4, 257 § 444. Two new sections added (3A, 8A), 1918, 265
§§1,2. R. L. 197.
293 Amended, 1917, 55 § 1; 1918, 85 § 1, 257 § 285. (See 1917, 218;
1918, 217; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67.) R. L. 76.
294 Extended, 1919, 295. R. L. 39.
295 § 2 superseded, 1919, 357. R. L. 165.
296 State examiners of electricians placed in department of civil service and
registration, 1 919, 350 §§ 63-67. § 3, paragraph (1) amended, 1918,
257 § 342; paragraph (2) amended, 1919, 333 § 8. § 4 revised,
1916, 199 § 2. § 9 amended, 1918, 257 § 343 ; aflfected, 1918, 213,
217, 228 § 5. (See 1916, 199 § 1; 1919, 56.) R. L. 102, 122.
298 § 1 revised, 1919, 333 § 23. (See 1915, 299, 303.) R. L. 11, 112.
299 See 1915. 298, 303. R. L. 111.
300 § 6 amended, 1917, 220. (See 1918, 2; 1919, 238.) R. L. 28.
301 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. § 2, see 1917, 218 § 1. § 3 revised,
1920, 424 § 1. § 4 amended, 1918, 257 § 293. § 5 revised, 1920,
424 § 2. § 6 revised, 1920, 424 § 3. § 7 revised, 1920, 424 § 4.
§ 11 amended, 1917, 76 § 1. § 13 amended, 1917, 76 § 2; 1918,
257 § 294. (See 1917, 218 § 5; 1918, 217.) R. L. 76, 102.
302 § 2 revised, 1918, 292 § 1; 1919, 211. R. L. 26, 27.
303 See 1915, 298, 299. R. L. 111.
304 Amended, 1916, 70. R. L. 165.
1092 Changes in the
Statutes of 1916.
Chap.
1 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
2 Repealed, 1919, 320 § 2. (See 1918, 228, 244.) R. L. 4, 6, 18.
8 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
10 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
11 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 317. (See 1919, 26.) R. L. 118.
12 Amended, 1918, 35. R. L. 118.
13 AflFected, 1917, 24. (See 1917, 192.) R. L. 27, 107.
17 See 1916, 181, 250; 1919, 350 § 17. R. L. 10.
21 See 1916, 200 § 1; 1917, 132. r§ 3, see 1919, 114 § 1.) R. L. 118.
23 See 1918, 144. R. L. 25, 26, 112, 113, 121, 122.
25 § 1 repealed, 1918, 30 § 6. R. L. 91.
28 Revised, 1919, 92 § 1. R. L. 118.
30 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 5,
§ 18. R. L. 52, 54.
31 Extended, 1917, 218 § 2. R. L. 175.
33 Repealed, 1919, 320 § 2. R. L. 4, 6, 18, 88.
36 See 1917, 289. R. L. 1, 206.
39 Amended, 1917, 71. R. L. 165.
44 See 1919, 350 §§ 69-78. R. L. 62.
45 See 1919, 350 §§ 34-38. R. L. 89.
46 § 2 amended, 1917, 286. R. L. 89.
48 Superseded, 1916, 242 § 3; 1918, 257 § 261; 1920, 591 § 20. R. L.
65.
49 See 1918, 268. R. L. 89.
51 See 1919, 120, 350 §§ 39^2. R. L. 89.
55 See 1918, 130. R. L. 75.
56 § 1 revised, 1918, 82; extended, 1920, 403. R. L. 19, 28.
57 Superseded, 1917, 290; 1920, 238 § 1. (See 1916, 197.) R. L. 25,
26 75 85
60 Revised,' 1919, 292 § 19. R. L. 40.
62 § 1, see 1917, 264 § 2. R. L. 25-27.
63 § 2 revised, 1918, 169 § 1. (See 1919, 350 § 38.) R. L. 57, 89.
65 Amended, 1918, 275 § 4. R. L. 108.
67 See 1918, 257 § 310. R. L. 87.
69 See 1918, 227. R. L. 160.
73 Repealed, 1918, 123 § 2. R. L. 162.
74 Repealed, 1919, 296 § 14. (See 1919, 180.) R. L. 92, 102.
75 See 1918, 257 § 136. R. L. 6, 20, 21, 25, 26.
79 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 580. R. L. 25, 26.
83 Amended, 1917, 89; 1918, 133; 1919, 154, 355 §§ 28, 29. R. L. 14.
86 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1917, 105 § 2.) R. L. 16.
87 Amended, 1917, 29 § 6, 106 § 7; 1918, 282 § 7; 1919, 108 § 7.
R. L. 11.
88 Revised, 1918, 257 § 135; 1919, 80. R. L. 6, 20, 21, 25, 26.
89 Amended, 1918, 251. R. L. 106.
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91 § 2 revised, 1919, 331 § 2. (See 1918, 215; 1919, 350 §§ 34-38;
1920, 446.) R. L. 89.
95 § 2 revised, 1919, 292 § 12. R. L. 44, 46, 106.
98 See 1917, 28, 118. R. L. 5, 11, 19.
100 See 1920, 525. R. L. 6, 49, 75.
103 Revised, 1918, 190; 1920, 460. R. L. 12.
109 See 1920, 534. R. L. 157, 160, 204.
110 Amended, 1919, 65. R. L. 92.
112 § 1 amended, 1917, 25; in part repealed and superseded, 1918, 126
§§1,2. R. L. 10.
115 § 1 amended, 1917, 72. E. L. 75, 106, 107.
116 Revised, 1919, 171 § 1. Extended, 1917, 58. (See 1917, 179, 332;
1918, 108.) R. L. 79.
120 Amended, 1918, 257 § 256. § 1 amended, 1917, 237 § 2. § 4
amended, 1917, 237 § 3; revised, 1918, 257 § 259. § 5 amended,
1917, 237 § 4. § 6 restricted, 1920, 591 § 21. R. L. 65.
122 § 63 amended, 1917, 223 § 1. § 64 superseded, 1917, 220 § 2. R. L.
42, 83, 87.
123 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
124 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 4,
§§ 7-9. R. L. 51.
126 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
127 Repealed, 1917, 327 § 268. (See 1917, 327 §§ 20, 21.) R. L. 16.
128 Superseded, 1918, 257 § 219, subsect. 12. R. L. 49, 50.
129 § 2 amended, 1917, 172 § 2. R. L. 116.
130 Superseded, 1916, 294 § 1. (See 1916, 294 § 2.) R. L. 12.
132 § 3 amended, 1917, 120; 1918, 102. (See 1918, 73.) R. L. 51.
133 Amended, 1917, 320; 1920, 285. R. L. 23, 165.
134 See 1917, 256; 1918, 170. R. L. 56, 75.
135 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 2. (See 1918, 36.) R. L. 118.
136 See 1919, 350 §§ 39^2; 1920, 604, 606. R. L. 89.
140 Amended, 1919, 294 § 2; 1920, 426. R. L. 47, 52, 54.
144 § 1 revised, 1917, 136 § 3. (See 1920, 552.) R. L. 12.
148 Amended, 1918, 257 § 426. R. L. 167.
150 § 2 amended, 1917, 137. (See 1919, 31.) R. L. 118.
152 Repealed, 1917, 116 § 2. R. L. 21, 25-27, 109-112.
154 § 2 amended, 1917, 39 § 1. § 3 amended, 1917, 39 § 2. R. L. 105,
214.
157 Repealed, 1920, 418 § 23. R. L. 57.
159 § 2 amended, 1917, 3; 1919, 161. R. L. 49, 75.
160 See 1918, 55, 141, 266; 1919, 350 §§ 56-59, 87-95. R. L. 83, 84.
161 Amended, 1919, 269 § 1. R. L. 11.
162 In part repealed (Boston), 1918, Sp. Act 101. (See 1919, 303.) R. L.
104.
163 See 1917, 213; 1918, 257 § 444, 265. R. L. 197.
169 Increase, 1919, 310. R. L. 164.
170 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
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Chap. 1916
172 See 1917, 287; 1918, 3, 157; 1919, 2. R. L. 49, 75.
173 Amended, 1918, 257 § 32. R. L. 14.
179 § 7 revised, 1920, 493 § 1. § 10 amended, 1917, 79. R. L. 11.
185 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 183. R. L. 42.
187 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 380. R. L. 210, 225.
188 See 1920, 591 § 21. R. L. 65.
189 Amended, 1918, 145. (See 1917, 193.) R. L. 57, 75.
190 See 1918, 135, 257 § 187, subsect. 10. R. L. 25, 26, 48.
191 Revised, 1918, 183. R. L. 79.
195 Affected, 1919, 362; 1920, 615. R. L. 160.
196 See 1918, 257 § 90, 294. R. L. 6, 18.
197 Superseded, 1917, 290; 1920, 238 § 1. R. L. 25, 26, 75, 85.
198 See 1918, 257 § 369. R. L. 113.
199 See 1918, 213, 217, 257 §§ 342, 343. R. L. 32, 102, 122.
200 § 1, see 1917, 191. R. L. 118.
201 § 1 amended, 1918, 55; 1919, 15. (See 1918, 141, 266; 1919, 350
§§ 56-59.) R. L. 84.
209 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1916, 221 § 1.) R. L. 16.
221 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
222 Revised, 1919, 113. Extended, 1918, 147. R. L. 106.
224 See 1919, 350 §§ 45, 46, 49. R. L. 102, 115.
227 Amended, 1917, 97; 1918, 184 § 1; 1919, 349 § 12. R. L. 14, 118.
228 See 1917, 112. R. L. 25, 26, 56, 75, 89, 102.
229 Amended, 1918, 87. R. L. 106.
230 § 4 amended, 1917, 1. R. L. 47.
231 See 1916, 288. R. L. 66, 96.
232 See 1916, 288. R. L. 66, 96.
233 § 2 repealed, 1918, 189 § 2. R. L. 9.
236 See 1918, 244 § 4. R. L. 6.
238 Revised, 1919, 292 § 19. R. L. 40.
239 See 1917, 48. R. L. 87, 145, 219.
240 See 1918, 90 § 2. R. L. 106.
241 Massachusetts bureau of prisons abolished and. superseded by depart-
meyit of correction, 1919, 350 §§ 82-86. § 1, see 1917, 201 § 1, 245,
248, 258 § 1, 280, 293. §§ 1, 5, see 1918, 214. § 5A (new section)
added, 1917, 266 § 1. (See 1916, 249, 273; 1917, 129; 1918, 79,
100, 156, 257 § 475; 1919, 199, 266; 1920, 341). R. L. 222, 223,
225.
242 Restricted, 1920, 591 § 21. Amended, 1918, 257 § 256. (See 1918,
218.) § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 260. § 3 revised, 1918, 257 § 261;
1920, 591 § 20. § 4 revised, 1918, 257 § 263. § 5 revised, 1918,
257 § 264. § 6 revised, 1918, 257 § 265. (See 1919, 22.) § 7
revised, 1918, 257 § 266. § 8 revised, 1918, 257 § 267. § 12
amended, 1918, 257 § 268. R. L. 62, 65.
247 § 1 amended, 1919, 269 § 14. R. L. 11.
249 See 1918, 79. R. L. 222, 225.
250 See 1919, 350 § 17. R. L. 10.
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Chap. 1916
253 See 1916, 288. R. L. 66, 96.
254 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 201. R. L. 10.
255 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 201. R. L. 10.
257 § 2 revised, 1920, 335 § 3. (See 1918, 257 § 115.) R. L. 42.
260 Amended, 1917, 187 § 1. R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
262 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
263 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
265 See 1918, 182; 1919, 3. R. L. 75.
266 See 1916, 293; 1918, 226. R. L. 25, 26, 47, 52, 54, 102.
267 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 201. R. L. 10.
268 Abatement of legacy and succession taxes illegally exacted, 1919, 146.
§ 1 amended, 1920, 396 § 1, 548 § 1; affected, 1918, 191. § 2
amended, 1918, 14. (See 1918, 257 § 75.) R. L. 15.
269 See 1918, 106 (exempting from taxation personal property and in-
come thereon of religious organizations), 252 (imposing an additional
income tax for the year 1918), 253 (imposing an additional tax
upon the net incomes of foreign corporations), 255 (an additional
tax upon the net incomes of domestic corporations). § 2 amended,
1918, 7, 120; 1920, 352; affected, 1918, 150. Rate increased for
certain years, 1919, 342 § 3. (See 1917, 204 § 2; 1920, 415 § 7.)
§ 3 amended, 1919, 286. § 4 amended, 1918, 32. § 5 affected,
1918, 150; paragraph (b) additional tax on certain incomes for
years 1918 and 1919, 1919, 324; affected, 1920, 102, relative to the
taxation of retirement allowances. (See 1917, 270.) § 6, subsect.
(e) revised, 1918, 257 § 62; subsect. (/) amended, 1918, 257 § 63;
subsect. {g) amended, 1918, 257 § 64; subsect. (?) superseded, 1918,
257 § 65. § 7 amended, 1917, 295. § 8 revised, 1919, 136 § 1.
(See 1919, 349 § 6, permitting tax commissioner to petition for
administration on certain estates.) § 9 amended, 1918, 207, 257
§§ 66-68; extended, 1920, 398. § 10 amended, 1919, 349 § 3.
§ 11 amended, 1918, 257 § 69; 1919, 349 § 4. § 12 amended, 1919,
136 § 2; affected temporarilv, 1919, 58. § 14 amended, 1918, 257
§ 70; 1919, 349 § 5; 1920, 404. § 15 amended, 1918, 29 § 1. § 16
amended, 1918, 257 § 71; 1919, 50, 117. § 17, income tax deputy
superseded by director in charge of income tax division in department
of corporations and taxation, 1919, 350 § 53. § 18 amended, 1918,
29 § 2. § 18A (new section) added, 1918, 257 § 72. § 19 amended,
1918, 257 § 73; 1920, 385 § 4. § 23 amended, 1917, 339; super-
seded, 1919, 314, 363 §§ 1, 2. (See 1917, 209, 317; 1918, 25, 26,
107, 154, 219; 1919, 324 § 2.) § 25 revised, 1918, 257 § 74. § 29
repealed, 1916, 300 § 6. R. L. 12.
271 See 1918, 129. R. L. 12.
272 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 427. R. L. 168.
273 See 1919, 350 §§ 82-86; 1920, 461. R. L. 222-225.
275 Affected, 1919, 299 § 1. R. L. 106.
276 § 1, see 1917, 95; 1919, 354. § 2, see 1918, 284; 1919, 353 § 6. R. L.
164.
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Chap. 1916
277 Superseded, 1920, 347. R. L. 3.
278 Repealed, 1919, 157 § 2. R. L. 223.
281 See 1918, 184 § 5. R. L. 14.
283 § 3, see 1917, 115, 131, 133, 158, 223, 232, 313. R. L. 87.
284 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. (See 1917, 211 § 4.) R. L. 16.
285 Massachusetts commission on mental diseases becomes department
of mental diseases, 1919, 350 §§ 79-81. § 3, see 1917, 115, 131,
133, 158, 232 § 3; 1918, 257 § 310. § 6 revised, 1917, 232 § 1.
§ 7 revised, 1917, 232 § 2. (See 1918, 121, 139, 142, 153, 176, 257
§§308-311.) R. L. 87, 102.
286 § 1 amended, 1918, 187 § 1; aflfected, 1919, 32 § 1; 1920, 532 § 1.
§ 2 amended, 1917, 251 § 1; 1918, 187 § 2; aflfected, 1919, 32 § 1.
§ 3 amended, 1919, 32 § 2. § 5 amended, 1917, 103. § 6 amended,
1918, 80; aflPected, 1920, 87. § 9 amended, 1917, 251 § 2. § 12,
see 1918, 229 § 1. § 13 amended, 1917, 251 § 3. (See 1918, 22,
163.) R. L. 20, 25, 26, 75, 85, 88.
287 Superseded, 1918, 272, 281. R. L. 7.
288 Commission on watencays and ■public lands abolished and superseded
by department of public works, 1919, 350 §§ 111-116. § 1, see 1917,
68 § 1, 178 §§ 1, 2, 184 §§ 1, 3. § 4, see 1917, 60. (See 1917, 256;
1918, 27, 143, 257 § 335, 267, 270, 277.) R. L. 66, 96.
291 § 1 revised, 1917, 140 § 1. § 2 revised, 1917, 140 § 1. ^3 super-
seded, 1917, 140 § 2. R. L. 25, 26, 32, 108.
292 § 4 amended, 1917, 168. R. L. 109, 165.
293 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 371. (See 1918, 226, 283.) R. L.
25, 26, 70, 102, 111, 112.
294 Affected as to Boston, 1918, Sp. Act 93 § 6. R. L. 104.
296 See 1919, 350 § 15, continuing supervisor of administration under
governor and council. § 1, see 1917, 165 §§ 1, 2, 219 §§ 1, 3, 278;
1918, 228. § 2 revised, 1920, 565 § 1. § 3 amended, 1917, 138;
extended, 1919, 350 § 20. (See 1917, 219 § 3.) § 5, see 1918, 175
§ 2, 228 § 6. § 7 superseded, 1918, 244. (See 1918, 290.) § 8
revised, 1917, 165 § 3. (See 1918, 230.) R. L. 4, 6, 9.
305 See 1918, 217 § 4; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67. R. L. 76.
306 § 5 amended, 1918, 257 § 444, 265 § 4. (See 1917, 213; 1918, 265.)
R. L. 197.
314 §§ 1, 2 amended, 1917, 5 §§ 1, 2. (See 1917, 179, 332; 1918, 108;-
1919, 290.) R. L. 79.
Statutes of 1917.
3 Amended, 1919, 161. R. L. 49, 75.
5 See 1917, 179, 332; 1918, 108. R. L. 16, 25, 26, 27, 79.
6 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 273. (See 1918, 66.) R. L. 3, 10.
7 Revised, 1920, 591 § 19. R. L. 78.
8 See 1918, 65, 218, 257 §§ 240-253. R. L. 57, 62.
11 See 1915, 22. R. L. 56, 75, 213.
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14 See 1918, 65, 218, 257 §§ 240-253. R. L. 62.
16 Affected, 1920, 143. R. L. 26, 106.
20 Revised, 1920, 208. R. L. 92.
21 See 1918, 218, 257 §§ 240-253. R. L. 62.
22 Amended, 1918, 257 § 386. R. L. 136.
25 In part repealed and superseded, 1918, 216. R. L. 10.
26 Repealed, 1919, 296 § 14. R. L. 92, 102.
29 See 1918, 257 § 12, 258. § 1 amended, 1917, 106 § 1; 1918, 282 § 1;
1919, 108 § 1. § 2 amended, 1917, 106 § 2; 1918, 282 § 2; 1919,
108 § 2. § 3 amended, 1917, 106 § 3; 1918, 282 § 3; 1919, 108 § 3.
§ 4 amended, 1917, 106 § 4; 1918, 272 § 4; 1919, 108 § 4. § 5
amended, 1917, 106 § 5; 1918, 282 § 5; 1919, 81. § 6 amended,
1917, 106 § 7; 1918, 282 § 7; 1919, 108 § 7. §§ 8-10, see 1918,
Sp. Act 93 § 5 (Boston). § 11 amended, 1920, 145. § 13
1919, 108 § 17. § 14
1919, 108 § 18. § 15
1919, 108 § 19. § 16
amended, 1917, 106 § 17; 1918, 282 § 17
amended, 1917, 106 § 18; 1918, 282 § 18
amended, 1917, 106 § 19; 1918, 282 § 19
amended, 1917, 106 § 20; 1918, 257 § 24, 282 § 20; 1919, 108 §20
R. L. 11.
31 See 1918, 132, 229; 1920, 379. R. L. 20, 25, 26, 75, 85, 88.
34 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 4,
§ 13. R. L. 25, 51.
43 Re-enacted. 1918, 37. R. L. 4, 108.
51 § 2, see 1919, 350 §§ 39^2. R. L. 89.
52 See 1918, 47. R. L. 56, 57, 89.
53 Amended, 1919, 33. R. L. 91.
54 Superseded, 1918, 27. R. L. 91.
55 § 1 amended, 1918, 85 § 1, 257 § 285. (See 1917, 218.) § 2 amended,
1918, 257 § 287. § 3 superseded, 1917, 199. R. L. 76.
56 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 2,
§ 73. R. L. 48.
57 § 1 amended, 1918, 256 §1. § 2 amended, 1918, 256 § 2. §5 amended,
1918, 256 § 3. R. L. 20, 51.
58 See 1917, 179, 332; 1918, 108; 1919, 171 § 1. R. L. 79.
63 See 1919, 350 §§ 39-^2. R. L. 89.
66 See 1918, 45. R. L. 160.
67 § 2 amended, 1918, 18 § 1. New section (§ 3) added, 1918, 18 § 2.
New section (§ 4) added, 1919, 89. (See 1919, 350 §§ 111-116.)
R. L. 47.
68 § 2 amended, 1917, 175. R. L. 51.
69 Revised, 1918, 139 § 1. (See 1918, 139 § 2; 1920, 193.) R. L. 87.
74 § 1 repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 6,
§ 6. R. L. .53.
75 See 1919, 350 §§ 34-38. R. L. 89.
76 § 2 amended, 1918, 257 § 294. (See 1917, 218 § 5; 1918, 217.)
R. L. 76, 102.
82 § 1 amended, 1918, 122. R. L. 11.
1098 Changes in the
Chap. 1917
85 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 379. R. L. 124.
86 Amended, 1918, 24. R. L. 19.
89 Amended, 1918, 133; 1919, 154, 355 §§ 28, 29. R. L. 14.
90 § 1 amended, 1919, 208 § 2. § 2 amended, 1919, 208 § 3. R. L. 137.
92 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
93 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
97 Revised, 1918, 184 §1; 1919, 349 §12. R. L. 14.
98 See 1918, 218. R. L. 62.
101 See 1917, 227, 342 § 18. R. L. 165, 173.
102 See 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
104 § 1 revised, 1918, 184 § 4; 1919, 349 § 13. (See 1919, 349 § 14.)
105 Repealed and superseded, 1917, 327. R. L. 16.
106 See 1918, 257 § 12, 258 (supplementary registration of soldiers and
sailors). § 1 amended, 1918, 282 § 1; 1919, 108 § 1. § 2 amended,
1918, 282 § 2; 1919, 108 § 2. § 3 amended, 1918, 282 § 3; 1919,
108 § 3. § 4 amended, 1918, 282 § 4; 1919, 108 § 4. § 5 amended,
1918, 282 § 5; 1919, 81. § 6 amended, 1918, 282 § 6; 1919, 108
§ 5. § 7 amended, 1918, 282 § 7; 1919, 108 § 7. § 17 amended,
1918, 282 § 17; 1919, 108 § 17. § 18 amended, 1918, 282 § 18;
1919, 108 § 18. § 19 amended, 1918, 282 § 19; 1919, 108 § 19.
§ 20 amended, 1918, 257 § 24, 282 § 20; 1919, 108 § 20. R. L. 11.
108 Amended, 1919, 68. R. L. 119.
109 § 1 revised, 1919, 301 § 3. R. L. 11.
114 § 1 amended, 1918, 20. R. L. 20, 22.
115 See 1919, 350 §§ 79-81. R. L. 87.
120 Amended, 1918, 102. R. L. 51.
121 See 1919, 350 §§ 39^1, 44. R. L. 89, 90.
124 See 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
125 See 1918, 65, 218, 257 §§ 240-253. R. L. 57, 62.
126 Amended, 1917, 279 § 44. R. L. 162.
129 See 1918, 159; 1919, 350 §§ 82-86. R. L. 20, 23, 222-225.
130 Amended, 1918, 291 § 18. R. L. 25, 26, 102.
131 See 1918, 139 § 2; 1919, 350 §§ 79-81; 1920, 193. R. L. 87.
133 See 1919, 350 §§ 79-81. R. L. 87.
138 See 1917, 219 § 3. - R. L. 6, 9.
140 § 4, see 1917, 196. R. L. 92.
141 Amended, 1918, 91. R. L. 122.
143 See 1919, 100. R. L. 157, 166.
144 Revised, 1919, 11. R. L. 113.
146 §§ 1, 2 superseded, 1920, 327 § 1. (See 1918, 86; 1919, 140.) R. L.
118.
148 Affected, 1918, 188 § 1. § 1 revised, 1919, 173 § 1. § 2 revised, 1918,
188 § 2; 1919, 173 § 2. (See 1917, 342 § 10; 1919, 261, 368.)
R. L. 16.
149 § 2 revised, 1920, 297 § 1. § 5 amended, 1920, 297 § 3. (See 1919,
28.) R. L. 75.
152 See 1918, 218, 257 § 241. R. L. 62.
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154 See 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
160 Amended, 1919, 129. (See 1918, 183.) R. L. 79.
161 See 1917, 179, 332; 1918, 108. R. L. 16, 25-27, 79.
163 Amended, 1918, 257 § 455; 1919, 148. R. L. 212.
164 Affected, 1920, 317. § 1 revised, 1919, 38 § 1. § 2 revised, 1919, 38
§ 2. (See 1919, 26.) R. L. 118.
169 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 174. R. L. 42.
170 § 1 amended, 1919, 153 § 1. § 2 amended, 1919, 153 § 2. § 3 amended,
1919, 153 § 3. § 4 amended, 1919, 153 § 4; 1920, 425 § 1. R. L.
92.
179 Repealed in part and superseded, 1918, 108. § 7 amended, 1918, 233.
(See 1917, 332; 1919, 290.) R. L. 16, 25-27, 79.
183 Repealed, 1917, 344, Part 8, § 1, and superseded, 1917, 344, Part 5,
§ 18. R. L. 52, 54.
185 See 1918, 135, 257 § 150. R. L. 25, 26, 48.
188 Repealed, 1918, 30 § 6. R. L. 91.
189 See 1917, 256; 1918, 170. R. L. 56, 75.
192 See 1920, 245. R. L. 25-27, 107.
195 See 1918, 167. R. L. 28.
198 Amended, 1920, 324. R. L. 106, 118.
202 § 5 amended, 1918, 15; affected 1919, 316, 350 §§ 63-67. (See 1918,
217.) R. L. 76.
203 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
205 § 3, see 1919, 350 § 122. R. L. 15, 121.
208 See 1918, 137, 145. § 5, see 1918, 137. R. L. 57, 75.
209 Affected, 1918, 107; 1919, 314, 324 § 2. R. L. 26.
211 Extended, 1918, 92; 1919, 283. (See 1917, 332; 1918, 278.) R. L.
25-27 29.
212 Affected, 1919, 98. (See 1919, 350 §§ 34-38, 96-98.) R. L. 75, 89,
195.
213 See 1918, 257 § 444, 265. R. L. 197.
214 See 1918, 284; 1919, 353 § 5. R. L. 164.
215 § 5 revised, 1919, 292 § 16; affected temporarilv, 1918, 206 § 2.
R. L. 42, 106.
217 See 1918, 228, 244. R. L. 3, 4, 6, 18.
218 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 296. § 5 amended, 1918, 257 § 297. (See
1919, 350 §§ 63-67.) R. L. 76.
220 See 1918, 2; 1919, 238. R. L. 28, 51.
221 § 1 revised, 1920, 591 § 1. § 2, see 1918, 291 § 24. R. L. 11, 25.
222 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 272. R. L. 7.
226 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 378. R. L. 124.
229 In part repealed, 1918, 272. R. L. 7.
231 See 1919, 169 § 1. R. L. 6.
232 See 1918, 139 § 3. R. L. 87.
233 § 2 revised, 1920, 335 §§ 4-6. R. L. 40.
235 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 320. R. L. 91.
237 Amended, 1918, 257 § 256. § 3 revised, 1918, 257 § 259. R. L. 65.
1100 Changes in the
Chap. 1917
238 § 1 superseded, 1920, 237 § 1. (See 1918, 86; 1919, 140.) R. L. 11-8.
242 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 272. R. L. 7.
243 See 1918, 218. R. L. 62.
244 See 1919, 235. R. L. 10.
245 See 1918, 79, 214; 1919, 350 §§ 82-86. R. L. 222, 223, 225.
249 § 1 amended, 1918, 113; 1919, 197. (See 1919, 272.) R. L. 106.
251 Amended, 1918, 187 § 2. Affected, 1919, 32 § 1. (See 1918, 80, 163.)
R. L. 20, 25, 26, 75, 85, 88.
253 § 1 affected, 1920, 494. Amended, 1918, 166; 1919, 228, 372. R. L.
164.
254 Affected, 1920, 235. (See 1918, 185 § 1.) R. L. 16, 25, 26.
255 § 1 revised, 1918, 114 § 2; 1919, 269 § 26. R. L. 11.
256 § 3 amended, 1918, 170. R. L. 56, 75.
258 § 3 revised, 1918, 156 § 1. § 4 amended, 1918, 156 § 2. (See 1918,
58, 159.) R. L. 20, 75, 224.
260 Revised, 1919, 253. R. L. 16, 106.
261 § 1 amended, 1919, 284. R. L. 14.
262 Superseded, 1920, 614. R. L. 160.
263 Affected, 1920, 446. (See 1918, 215; 1919, 350 §§ 34-38.) R. L. 89.
265 Limited, 1917, 289. R. L. 1, 206.
266 See 1918, 214; 1919, 350 §§ 82-86. R. L. 222, 223, 225.
268 See 1919, 355. R. L. 14.
272 See 1918, 172. R. L. 20, 106.
273 Superseded, 1918, 287 § 1; 1919, 356. R. L. 165.
277 §2, see 1918, 1,18 §2, 257 §7; 1919,20. (See 1918, 38, 244.) R. L. 6.
278 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 244 §§ 1, 2, 5. (See 1918, 38.)
R. L. 3, 6, 18.
279 § 27 repealed, 1919, 274 § 11 (regulating appeals in probate proceed-
ings). (See 1919, 17.) § 37, see 1917, 309. R. L. 148, 184.
281 See 1917, 302. R. L. 160.
282 § 1 repealed and superseded, 1920, 485. § 2 repealed, 1919, 250 § 2;
superseded, 1920, 487. § 3 superseded, 1920, 486. R. L. 160.
283 Amended, 1919, 82. R. L. 116.
284 In part repealed, 1918, 272. R. L. 7.
285 § 1 amended, 1918, 6. (See 1919, 237; 1920, 525.) R. L. 6, 49, 75.
287 § 1 amended, 1918, 3. R. L. 6.
290 Revised, 1920, 238 § 1. R. L. 25, 26, 75, 85.
291 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
292 Affected, 1919, 184; 1920, 482. R. L. 160.
293 Amended, 1919, 206; 1920, 362. R. L. 223.
297 § 1 affected, 1919, 299 § 3. R. L. 106.
302 See 1918, 173; 1920, 527. R. L. 160.
303 Amended, 1920, 468. R. L. 140.
304 Repealed and superseded, 1918, 272. R. L. 7.
307 § 3 revised, 1920, 433. (See 1919, 350 §§ 71, 104, 116.) R. L. 4, 5,
18, 32, 106, 108.
310 § 2 amended, 1918, 204. R. L. 106.
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312 Repealed, 1920, 434 § 8. (See 1918. 212.) R. L. 91.
313 § 2 revised, 1920, 247 § 2. R. L. 87.
315 § 1 amended, 1918, 269 § 1; affected, 1919, 44; 1920, 90. § 7 added,
1920, 351. R. L. 20, 51.
316 § 2, see 1918, 2. R. L. 6.
317 Amended, 1918, 154. (See 1917, 339; 1918, 219; 1919, 314.) R. L.
12-14, 25-27.
318 See 1919, 298, 341. R. L. 7, 56, 214.
319 See 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
320 § 1 amended, 1920, 285. R. L. 165.
321 Bureau of immigration abolished and powers transferred to depart-
ment of education, 1919, 350 §§ 56-60; 1920, 72. (See 1919, 295.)
R. L. 39, 42.
322 Affected, 1919, 166. § 2 amended, 1918, 5. R. L. 6, 49, 75.
323 Extended, 1918, 118, 242. (See 1917, 343; 1918, 228 § 6.) R. L.
18.
324 § 2, see 1918, 2. R. L. 4, 6.
326 § 10 amended, 1919, 181. § 11 amended, 1918, 97. R. L. 161.
327 Provision for reorganization of the volunteer militia, 1919, 138. (See
1920, 127 § 1.) § 22 amended, 1919, 18. § 24 revised, 1919, 280
§ 1; 1920, 364. §§ 25, 26, see 1920, 365. § 35 amended, 1918,
257 § 79. § 38 revised, 1918, 257 § 80. § 40, armory commissioners
placed under governor and council, 1919, 350 § 16. § 43 revised,
1918, 221. § 48, subdiv. (a) amended, 1919, 64, 312; affected
temporarily, 1919, 55. § 52, see 1918, 238. § 59 amended, 1920,
131. § 64 revised, 1920, 199. §§ 70-73, see 1918, 257 § 90, 294.
§ 81 amended, 1920, 358 § 1. § 82 amended, 1920, 358 § 2, 595;
affected, 1918, 234. § 85 amended, 1920, 127 § 2. § 86 amended,
1920, 127 § 3. § 87 revised, 1920, 127 § 7. §§ 89-104 repealed,
■ 1920, 127 § 8. § 105 amended, 1919, 301 § 5; 1920, 127 § 4. (See
1920, 127 § 1.) § 111 amended, 1920, 127 § 5. § 112 amended,
1920, 127 § 6. § 113 revised, 1918, 232; affected, 1920, 408. § 161
et seq., see 1919, 368. § 162 amended, 1920, 274. § 163 amended,
1918, 257 § 81. § 168, par. (a) amended, 1919, 73. § 175 revised,
1920, 365. § 209 amended, 1919, 301 § 6. § 191 affected, 1920,
408. § 194 amended, 1917, 128. (See 1918, 94.) R. L. 16.
328 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
329 See 1918, 257 § 187, subsects. 6, 10. R. L. 47-50.
330 Superseded, 1919, 362; 1920, 615. R. L. 160.
331 § 2, see 1918, 2. (See 1919, 261, 367, 368.) R. L. 4, 6, 16, 39.
332 See 1918, 92, 108, 278; 1919,283. R. L. 16, 25-27, 79.
333 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
334 Repealed, 1920, 358 § 3.
335 Affected, 1920, 494. § 2 affected, 1919, 347 § 2; 1920, 213 § 3. R. L.
165.
336 See 1918, 284; 1919, 353. R. L. 164.
338 Superseded, 1920, 348. R. L. 3.
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Chap. 1917
339 Superseded, 1919, 314. (See 1918, 154, 219.) R. L. 12.
340 Amended, 1918, 178. In part repealed, 1918, 211. Affected, 1919,
362. R. L. 160.
342 Extended, 1920, 610, 628. § 7 amended, 1918, 257 § 211. R. L. 4, 16.
344 Massachusetts highway commission abolished and superseded by depart-
ment of public works, 1919, 350 §§ 111-116. (See 1920, 488, aid to
cities and towns in keeping open certain highways during the winter
months.) Part I % 2 et seq., see 1919, 252 § 2. § 8, see 1918, 257
§ 187, subsect. 43. § 17, see 1920, 488. § 23, see 1918, 18, 155.
Part 2 § 7 revised, 1918, 257 § 208. § 8 in part superseded, 1918,
257 § 187, subsect. 13. (See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 1.) § 14,
see 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 6. § 15 superseded, 1918, 257 § 187,
subsect. 9. § 16, see 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 12. § 17 superseded,
1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 13. (See 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 1.)
§§ 18-26 superseded and extended, 1918, 257 § 187, subsects. 24-31.
§ 27 superseded, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 14. § 28 in part super-
seded and extended, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 16. (See also subsect.
18.) § 41, see 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 8. § 42 revised, 1918,
257 § 209. § 43, see 1918, 257 § 187, subsects. 6, 19. § 46, see
1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 10. § 48 revised, 1918, 257 § 210. § 54,
see 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 38. § 55 in part superseded, 1918,
257 § 187, subsect. 13. § 64 superseded, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect.
16. (See also subsect. 8.) § 67, see 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 1.
§ 68 affected, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 3. § 77, see 1918, 257 § 187,
subsect. 23. § 79 superseded; 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 14. § 80
superseded and extended, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 15. § 81, see
1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 7. § 82, see 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 36.
§ 83 superseded, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 14. § 84 superseded and
extended, 1918, 257 § 187, subsects. 32, 33. Part 3 repealed and
superseded, 1918, 257 § 219; 1920, 124. § 1 amended, 1919, 333
§ 4. (See 1918, 257 §§ 192, 200, 216.) § 3, see 1918, 257 § 187,
subsect. 13. § 8 amended, 1919, 333 § 22. § 11, see 1918, 257
§ 187, subsect. 39. Part 4 § 21 in part superseded, 1918, 257 § 187,
subsect. 10. § 22 superseded, 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 10. §§ 23
et seq., affected, 1920, 447. Part 5 § 18, see 1918, 17. § 39 amended,
1918, 116 § 1. § 40 revised, 1918, 116 § 2. § 41 amended, 1918,
116 § 3. Part 6 §§ 7-9, see 1918, 257 § 187, subsect. 5. (See 1918,
18; 1919, 212, 214, 221, 222, 252.) Part 7, as to rights of way of
certain vehicles, see 1919, 333 § 1; as to right of way at intersection
of ways, see 1920, 222.
Statutes of 1918.
1 See 1918, 62, 203, 244; 1919, 20, 52. R. L. 3, 6.
6 See 1920, 525. R. L. 6, 49, 75.
7 Amended 1918, 120; 1920, 352. R. L. 12.
15 Affected, 1919, 316. (See 1918, 257 § 297.) R. L. 76.
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16 See 1920, 562. R. L. 5, 35.
18 See 1918, 155, 244; 1919, 89. R. L. 6, 25, 47.
25 See 1918, 26, 107, 154, 219. R. L. 12, 25, 26, 27.
26 See 1918, 25, 107, 154, 219, 257 § 159. R. L. 25-27.
28 See 1918, 257 § 37. R. L. 12.
33 See 1918, 257 §221; 1919, 351. R. L. 56, 91.
34 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 339. R. L. 91.
36 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 2. R. L. 118.
49 § 1 revised, 1919, 9. (See 1920, 552.) R. L. 12, 16.
50 Affected, 1918, 257 § 36. R. L. 12.
51 See 1919, 110. R. L. 118.
54 See 1918, 283; 1919, 350 §§ 117-122. R. L. Ill, 112, 122.
55 § 1 amended, 1919, 15. (See 1918, 141, 266; 1919, 350 §§ 56-59.)
R. L. 84.
58 See 1920, 421. R. L. 222-225.
60 See 1918, 112 § 2; 1919, 110. R. L. 118.
62 In part repealed and superseded, 1919, 239, 273. R. L. 3, 6.
64 Amended, 1919, 99. (See 1918, 259 § 9.) R. L. 102.
65 § 2, see 1918, 218 § 1. (See 1918, 95 § 1, 257 §§ 221, 224-226, 228,
229, 231-253; 1919, 3.50 §§ 69, 77; 1920, 551.) R. L. 56, 57, 60, 62.
66 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 273. R. L. 10.
71 Re\ased, 1919, 46. (See 1920, 317.) R. L. 118.
76 See 1918, 133, 235, 253, 255 § 10; 1919, 355 §§ 14-33. R. L. 14.
80 Affected, 1920, 87. (See 1918, 132, 163, 187, 229.) R. L. 20, 21, 75.
81 § 1 affected, 1919, 350 § 30. R. L. 32.
82 Extended, 1920, 403. R. L. 28, 106.
83 Amended, 1920, 429. (See 1918, 101.) R. L. 114.
84 Affected, 1919, 202. R. L. 10.
85 § 1 amended, 1918, 257 § 285. (See 1918, 217, 257 §§ 286, 287,
296; 1919, 350 §§ 63-67.) R. L. 76.
86 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 1. (See 1918, 115; 1919, 140.) R. L. 118.
90 Affected, 1919, 121. (See 1918, 268.) R. L. 89.
92 See 1918, 108, 233, 278 § 1 ; 1919, 283. R. L. 16, 25, 26, 79.
94 § 1 amended, 1919, 232. R. L. 16.
95 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 551. R. L. 60.
96 See 1918, 111, 237. R. L. 75, 76.
104 § 2 affected, 1918, 257 § 121. (See 1918, 257 §§ 117-125.) R. L. 20,
21.
105 Amended, 1920, 257 § 1. (See 1920, 217.) R. L. 119.
107 See 1918, 154, 219; 1919, 314, 324 § 2. R. L. 12, 25, 26.
108 § 1 revised, 1919, 139. § 2 revised, 1919, 151 § 1. (See 1918, 164,
183.) § 10, see 1918, 233. § 11 added, 1919, 171 § 2. R. L. 16, 79.
109 Revised, 1920, 371. R. L. 42.
112 See 1919, 110. R. L. 118.
113 Amended, 1919, 197. (See 1919, 272.) R. L. 106.
114 § 1 amended, 1919, 269 § 24. § 2 amended, 1919, 269 § 26. (See
1918, 263.) R. L. 11, 21.
1104 Changes in the
Chap. 1918
115 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 1. R. L. 118.
116 See 1919, 222, 252. R. L. 47, 51, 52.
118 Extended, 1918, 242. R. L. 3, 10.
119 Amended, 1920, 223 § 2. R. L. 106.
120 Amended, 1920, 352. R. L. 12.
121 See 1918, 257 § 310; 1919, 350 §§ 79-81. R. L. 87.
122 Affected, 1918, 257 § 14. R. L. 11.
124 Revised, 1919, 217. R. L. 28.
132 Affected, 1918, 229. (See 1918, 163; 1920, 379.) R. L. 20, 21, 75.
133 Amended, 1919, 154, 355 §§ 28, 29. (See 1918, 235, 253.) R.L. 12, 14.
134 See 1918, 257 § 336. R. L. 98.
135 Repealed, 1918, 257 § 150. R. L. 25, 26, 48.
139 See 1919, 350 §§ 79-81; 1920, 193. R. L. 87.
142 See 1919, 350 §§ 79-81. R. L. 87.
143 See 1918, 267, 270, 277. R. L. 96.
144 See 1918, 226, 280, 283; 1919, 149, 350 §§ 117-122. R. L. 112.
146 See 1918, 257 §§ 18, 19. R. L. 11.
147 Affected, 1919, 113. (See 1920, 298.) R. L. 106.
151 § 1 revised, 1919, 137 § 1. R. L. 9.
154 See 1918, 219, 257 § 159; 1919, 314. R. L. 12.
156 See 1918, 159. R. L. 224, 225.
157 Amended, 1919, 2. R. L. 6.
160 § 1 revised, 1919, 14 § 1; 1920, 219 § 1. § 2 revised, 1919, 14 § 2;
1920, 219 § 2. (See 1918, 185.) R. L. 16, 19, 25, 26.
163 Extended, 1918, 229 § 2. R. L. 20, 21, 75.
164 Revised, 1919, 190. Superseded, 1919, 290; 1920, 431. (See 1919,
350 § 16.) R. L. 79.
166 Affected, 1920, 494. Amended, 1919, 228, 372. R. L. 164.
168 See 1920, 211, 567. R. L. 25, 28, 108.
169 See 1919, 350 § 38. R. L. 56, 57, 89.
173 See 1918, 178, 211, 260 § 1; 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
177 § 2 amended, 1919, 6 § 1. (See 1919, 167.) R. L. 6.
178 In part superseded, 1919, 362. (See 1918, 211, 260 § 1.) R. L. 160.
182 § 1 amended, 1919, 3. R. L. 6.
184 I 1 revised, 1919, 349 § 12. § 2 revised, 1919, 349 § 9. § 3 revised,
1919, 349 § 10. § 4 revised, 1919, 349 § 13. (See 1919, 349 § 14.)
§ 6 amended, 1919, 332. R. L. 14.
185 See 1918, 160, 291 §§ 30-32. R. L. 11, 25, 26.
186 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 363. R. L. 41, 42.
187 §§1, 2 affected, 1919, 32 §1; 1920, 532 §1. (See 1918, 229.) R.L.
20, 21, 75.
188 § 2 revised, 1919, 173 § 2. (See 1919, 261, 368.) R. L. 16.
189 § 1 revised, 1918, 257 § 9. (See 1918, 175, 202, 257 § 5.) R. L. 9.
190 Revised, 1920, 460. R. L. 12.
191 Revived and re-enacted, 1919, 342 § 4; 1920, 441. R. L. 15.
193 See 1918, 268 § 4; 1919, 350 §§ 34-38. R. L. 89.
195 Superseded, 1920, 473. (See 1919, 264.) R. L. 160.
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198 See 1918, 200, 257 §§ 175-178; 1919, 363. R. L. 42.
203 Amended, 1920, 1. R. L. 3.
205 See 1920, 554, 580. R. L. 25-27, 56, 57.
206 See 1919, 292 §§ 14, 16. R. L. 39, 42.
207 Extended, 1920, 398. R. L. 12.
208 Superseded, 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
211 See 1919, 362. R. L. 160.
212 Repealed, 1920, 434 § 8. R. L. 91.
214 See 1919, 350 §§ 82-86. R. L. 222-225.
215 Affected, 1920, 446. (See 1918, 268 § 4 ; 1919, 350 §§ 34-38.) R. L. 89.
218 § 2 amended, 1919. 244. (See 1918, 257 §§ 221, 224-253, 256-
259.) Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 69-78. R. L. 56, 57, 62, 65.
219 Repealed and superseded, 1919, 314. R. L. 12, 31.
220 See 1919, 350 § 38. R. L. 89.
222 Amended, 1918, 264 § 1. (See 1919, 355, Part I.) R. L. 14.
226 Repealed and superseded, 1919,-371. (See 1918, 238, 280, 283, 288.)
R. L. 10, 112. '
227 Increased, 1920, 496. R. L. 160.
228 Extended, 1919, 157, 233. 244, 350 ("reorganization act") §§ 3, 18,
22, 26, 29, 37, 42-44, 49, 50, 55, 60, 66, 74, 95, 101, 114, 126; 1920,
205, 340, 421, 435, 514 § 2, 551 § 1. § 3 revised, 1919, 320. R. L.
6, 18.
230 See 1920, Res. 70. R. L. 16.
232 Affected, 1920, 408. R. L. 16.
234 See 1920, 358 § 2. R. L. 16.
235 See 1918, 253, 255 § 10; 1919, 355, Part II. R. L. 12, 14.
238 Seel918, 280, 283, 288; 1919, 350 §§ 117-122. R. L. 112.
240 See 1918, 260; 1919, 287. R. L. 21, 224, 225.
241 See 1918, 257 §§ 377-380, 268; 1919, 350 § 38. R. L. 89.
244 § 2, see 1918, 257 §§ 4-7, 290 § 1; 1919, 20, 131, 350 §§ 13, 21, 26.
§ 4 amended, 1919, 52; affected, 1919, 69. R. L. 3, 6.
246 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 56-59. (See 1918, 248, 274; 1919, 53.) R. L.
42, 106.
247 Affected, 1918, 257 § 93; 1919, 150 § 6. R. L. 19.
248 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 56-59. (See 1918, 246, 274; 1919, 53.) R. L.
42, 106.
249 Revised, 1919, 216 § 1. R. L. 24.
253 Revived and re-enacted, 1919, 342 § 1. §§ 1-5 revived, 1920, 550.
(See 1918, 255 §§ 4-10; 1919, 342 § 9, 355, Part II.) R. L. 14.
255 Revived and re-enacted, 1919, 342 § 1. §§ 1, 2 revived, 1920, 550.
§ 3 extended, 1919, 342 § 9. §§ 4-9 revived, 1920, 550. (See 1919,
355, Part I.) § 10, see 1918, 253. R. L. 12, 14.
257 Amended, 1918, 285. (See 1919, 5, postponing time of taking effect.)
Blank references in §§ 80, 189, 191-193, 199, 204-211, 216, 219,
subsect. 1, 435 are filled by 1918, 285. §§ 2, 3 repealed and
superseded, 1919, 25. (See 1918, 244.) R. L. 3, 4, 6. §§ 4-7.
see 1918, 244 § 2. R. L. 3, 4, 6. § 5, see 1918, 189. R. L. 9,
1106 Changes in the
Chap. 1918
§ 6, see 1918, 38. R. L. 6. § 7, see 1919, 20. § 9, see 1918,
189 § 1. R. L. 9. § 11 revised, 1919, 108 § 6. § 12 revised, 1919,
108 § 22. §§ 11, 12, 24, 25, see 1918, 282. R. L. 11. § 14, see
1918, 122. R. L. 11. § 18 amended, 1920, 149. §§ 18, 19, see
1918, 146 § 24. (See 1918, 282 § 20.) R. L. 11. § 24 revised,
1919, 108 § 20. § 25 revised, 1919, 108 § 21. § 36, see 1918, 50.
R. L. 12. § 37, see 1918, 28. R. L. 12. § 42 affected, 1919, 321
§ 5. § 43, see 1918, 48. R. L. 13. §§ 66-68 extended, 1920, 398.
§ 69 amended, 1919, 349 § 4. R. L. 12. § 70 amended, 1919, 349
§ 5; 1920, 404. R. L. 12. § 71 amended, 1919, 117. (See 1919,
50.) R. L. 12. § 73 amended, 1920, 385 § 4. § 75, see 1918, 14.
R. L. 15. § 78 amended, 1919, 349 § 24. § 90 superseded, 1920,
546. (See 1918, 294; 1919, 144.) R. L. 18. § 92, see 1919, 93.
R. L. 19. § 93 repealed, 1919, Sp. Act 188. (See 1918, 247;
1919, 150 § 6.) R. L. 19. § 95 revised, 1919, 301 § 7; affected,
1919, 288 § 2; 1920, 627 § 4. R. L. 158. §§ 99, 100 re-
pealed, 1919, 333 § 3. § 108 amended, 1920, 416 § 4, 539. § 110
amended, 1920, 416 § 5. §§111, 112, see 1920, 56. R. L. 40, 42.
§ 114 revised, 1920, 335 § 2. § 115 revised, 1920, 335 § 3.
§§ 117-125, see 1918, 104. R. L. 20, 21. § 122 amended,
1920, 319. § 135 amended, 1919, 80. R. L. 6, 20, 25, 26,
106. § 150, see 1918, 135. R. L. 25, 26, 48. §§ 151, 152
repealed, 1920, 591 § 35. §§ 151, 155, see 1918, 291 §§ 10-12,
21. R. L. 25. § 159, see 1918, 154, 219. R. L. 12, 31. §§ 161-
164, see 1918, 291 §§ 13, 26. R. L. 33. § 173 repealed and
superseded, 1919, 363. (See 1918, 186.) R. L. 41, 42. §§ 175-
178, see 1918, 109, 198. § 184 amended, 1920, 40. R. L. 42.
§ 187, subsect. 22 amended, 1919, 333 § 21; subsect. 35, see 1919,
297. (See 1918, 91, 152 § 4, 273 § 5, 289, 291 §§ 6-8.) R. L. 20, 21,
25, 26, 89, 121, 122, 195. §§ 196-202, see 1918, 289. R. L. 195.
§ 211, see 1920, 610. § 219, subsect. 1 amended, 1919, 333 § 4;
subsect. 4 amended, 1920, 124; subsect. 8 amended, 1919, 333 § 22.
§ 221, see 1918, 33, 65, 218; 1919, 351. R. L. 56, 57, 62, 65, 91.
§ 222, see 1918, 170. R. L. 56, 75. §§ 224-226, see 1918, 65.
R. L. 56, 57, 62. §§ 224-253, see 1918, 218. R. L. 56, 57, 62, 65.
§§ 228, 229, 231-253, see 1918, 65. R. L. 56, 57, 62. §§ 256-258,
see 1918, 218. §§ 260-266 restricted, 1920, 591 § 21. § 261 re-
vised, 1920, 591 § 20. § 265, see 1919, 22. R. L. 56, 57, 62, 65.
§ 269, see 1918, 17. R. L. 47, 66. § 279 amended, 1920, 618.
§ 285, see 1918, 85 § 1. R. L. 76. §§ 285-296, see 1919, 350-
§§ 63-67. §§ 286, 287, 296, see 1918, 85. R. L. 76. § 297, see
1918, 15. § 299 amended, 1919, 333 § 5. R. L. 76. §§ 308-311,
see 1919, 350 §§ 79-81. R. L. 87. § 310, see 1918, 121. R. L. 87.
§ 319, see 1918, 30. R. L. 91. § 336, see 1918, 134. R. L. 98.
§§ 342, 343, see 1918, 213. R. L. 104, 106. § 350 amended, 1920,
556. § 353 amended, 1920, 237 § 1. R. L. 109. § 361 revised,
1920, 598 § 3. § 362, see 1920, 349 § 10. § 372 repealed and
General Laws. 1107
Chap. 1918
superseded, 1919, 333 §§ 17, 18. §§ 377-380, see 1918, 241. R. L.
89. § 380, see 1918, 273 § 6. R. L. 89, 124. § 392 revised, 1919,
333 § 25. §§ 421, 422, see 1918, 97. R. L. 161. § 431, see 1919,
274 § 4. R. L. 173. § 444, see 1918, 265 § 4. R. L. 197. § 455
amended, 1919, 148. R. L. 212. § 459 revised, 1920, 584 § 4.
R. L. 217. § 472 amended, 1919, 333 § 20. § 477 revised, 1919,
333 § 39. § 478 revised, 1919, 5; 1920, 2. R. L. 8.
258 See 1918, 293 § 12, 295 § 2; 1919, 289. R. L. 11, 16.
259 § 9, see 1919, 99. R. L. 102.
260 § 1 amended, 1919, 276 § 1. § 3 in part superseded, 1919, 361.
262 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 56-59, 62. (See 1918, 268; 1919, 185.)
R. L. 89.
263 Superseded, 1919, 241. R. L. 21.
265 § 4, see 1918, 257 § 444. R. L. 197.
266 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 56-59. R. L. 84.
267 See 1918, 143, 270, 277. R. L. 96.
268 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 34-38. R. L. 89.
269 Affected, 1919, 44; 1920, 90, 351. R. L. 20, 51.
270 See 1918, 277. R. L. 96.
272 Extended, 1920, 320. § 2 in part repealed, 1919, 220 § 4. (See 1918,
281; 1919,313.) R. L. 7.
273 § 1 amended, 1919, 34. § 4 amended, 1920, 103, 517. § 6, see 1918,
257 § 380. Extended to Suffolk County, 1919, 75. R. L. 20, 21,
25, 26, 89.
274 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 56-59. (See 1918, 246, 248; 1919, 53.) R. L.
42, 106.
276 See 1919, 224. R. L. 106, 107.
280 See 1918, 283, 288; also 1918, Sp. Act 159 (Boston Elevated Rail-
way Company), and 1918, Sp. Act 188 (Bay State Street Railway
Company); 1919, 350 §§ 117-122; 1920, 599 (transportation areas).
R. L. 112. ,
281 In part superseded, 1920, 451. R. L. 7.
282 § 1 amended, 1919, 108 § 1. § 2 amended, 1919, 108 § 2. § 3 amended,
1919, 108 § 3. § 4 amended, 1919, 108 § 4. §5 revised, 1919, 81.
§ 6 amended, 1919, 108 § 5. § 7 amended, 1919, 108 § 7. § 17
amended, 1919, 108 § 17. § 18 amended, 1919, 108 § 18. § 19
amended, 1919, 108 § 19. § 20 amended, 1919, 108 § 20.
283 Affected, 1919, 350 §§ 117-122. (See 1919, 149.) R. L. Ill, 112.
284 See 1919, 353. R. L. 164.
285 Affected, 1919, 5. R. L. 8.
287 Affected, 1919, 328, 329, 356; 1920, 491, 492. § 1 extended, 1919,
251; affected, 1919, 347 § 1; 1920, 489. § 6 limited, 1919, 209.
R. L. 21, 160, 165.
288 See 1918, 280, 283, Sp. Act 188 § 15; 1919, 350 §§ 117-122, Sp. Act 247;
1920, 599 (transportation areas), Sp. Act 505, R. L. 25, 26, 112.
289 Affected, 1919, 98, 350 §§ 34-38, 96-98. (See 1918, 257 §§ 187,
196-202.) § 2, see 1918, 268. R. L. 89, 195.
1108 Changes in the
Chap. 1918
290 See 1918, 244. R. L. 6.
291 § 3 amended, 1920, 591 §§ 3, 5. §§ 6-8, see 1918, 257 § 187. §§ 10-
12, 21, see 1918, 257 §§ 151, 155. §§ 13, 26, see 1918, 257 §§ 161-
164. § 25 amended, 1919, 176; affected, 1919, 163. § 26 revised,
1920, 591 § 33. §§ 30-32, see 1918, 160, 185. R. L. 11, 25, 26, 33.
292 Amended, 1919, 211. R. L. 26, 27.
293 §§ 1-32, 34 repealed, 1919, 289 § 23. (See 1918, 295.) § 33' revised,
1919, 289 § 21. R. L. 11, 16.
294 Repealed, 1919, 144. (See 1918, 257 § 90.)
295 Repealed, 1919, 289 § 23. R. L. 11, 16.
Statutes of 1919.
5 Revised, 1920, 2. R. L. 8.
9 See 1920, 552. R. L. 12, 13.
13 Amended, 1920, 420 § 1. (See also § 2.)
14 § 1 amended, 1920, 219 § 1. § 2 amended, 1920, 219 § 2. (See 1919,
150.) R. L. 19.
17 Superseded, 1919, 274. (See 1919, 333 § 30.) R. L. 156, 162.
20 See 1919, 52, 350 § 13. R. L. 6.
21 Affected, 1920, 179 § 1. R. L. 25, 26, 106.
23 See 1919, 350 §§ 25, 52, 54. R. L. 25-27, 107.
24 See 1919, Res. 60; 1920, 55. R. L. 9.
26 See 1919, 38, 47; 1920, 317. R. L. 118.
28 See 1919, 351. R. L. 56, 75, 91.
29 Affected, 1920, 326.
32 Affected, 1920, 532 § 1. R. L. 20, 21, 75.
34 See 1919, 75. R. L. 20, 89.
37 See 1920, 563. R. L. 116.
38 See 1920, 317. R. L. 118.
44 Affected, 1920, 90, 351. R. L. 20, 51.
46 See 1919, 87; 1920, 317. R. L. 118.
47 See 1919, 87; 1920, 317. R. L. 118.
50 Amended, 1919, 117. R. L. 6, 12.
54 Revised, 1920, 559. R. L. 11.
55 See 1919, 64, 312. R. L. 16.
58 See 1919, 136 § 2. R. L. 12.
59 Increased, 1919, 236. R. L. 164.
61 §§ 1, 3 rexased, 1920, 292 §§ 1-3. (See 1919, 164.) R. L. 16, 25, 26.
64 Amended, 1919, 312. R. L. 16.
66 Repealed, 1920, 437 § 9. R. L. 92.
67 See 1919, 350 §§ 45^9. R. L. 115.
72 Amended, 1920, 48. (See 1919, 350 §§ 69-78.) R. L. 106.
77 See 1919, 350 §§ 69-78. R. L. 106.
87 See 1920, 317. R. L. 118.
94 § 1 amended, 1920, 535. R. L. 18, 19, 106.
95 § 1 amended, 1919, 358. (See 1919, 350 §§ 34-38.) R. L. 89.
General Laws. 1109
Chap. 1919
96 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 1. R. L. 118.
98 See 1919, 350 §§ 34-38, 96-98. R. L. 75, 89.
104 § 1, see 1920, 581. R. L. 121.
105 See 1919, 350 §§ 82-86. R. L. 222, 223.
116 § 2 revised, 1919, 326 § 1; amended, 1920, 311. § 5 added, 1920, 38.
(See 1920, 563 §§ 5, 6.) R. L. 113, 115, 116.
119 Affected, 1920, 514. R. L. 4, 66, 96.
120 See 1920, 269. R. L. 89.
122 See 1919, 350 § 16. R. L. 4, 8.
129 Superseded, 1919, 290 § 18. R. L. 79.
136 See 1919, 349 § 6. R. L. 12.
138 See 1920, 127. R. L. 16.
139 See 1919, 151, 171, 290. R. L. 79.
140 Superseded, 1920, 327 § 1. R. L. 118.
142 See 1919, 350 § 63. R. L. 76.
144 See 1920, 546. R. L. 6, 18.
146 See 1920, 462. R. L. 13, 14.
151 See 1919, 171, 190, 290. R. L. 79.
153 § 4 amended, 1920, 425 § 1. R. L. 92.
154 Revised, 1919, 355 § 28. (See also § 29.) R. L. 14.
155 § 1 amended, 1920, 573. R. L. 128.
157 Affected, 1919, Sp. Act 253, Item 10. R. L. 6, 18, 223.
169 See 1919, 350 §§ 28-31 ; 1920, 381. R. L. 6.
171 See 1919, 190, 290. R. L. 79.
173 See 1919, 261, 368. R. L. 16.
180 See 1919, 296 § 8. R. L. 92, 102.
184 Superseded, 1920, 482. R. L. 160.
190 Superseded, 1919, 290 § 1; 1920, 431. R. L. 79.
193 § 1 amended, 1920, 417. § 2, see 1920, 417. R. L. 106.
196 See 1920, 560. R. L. 3, 11.
199 See 1919, 350 §§ 86, 87. R. L. 84, 85, 222.
202 See 1919, 315. R. L. 10.
206 Amended, 1920, 362. R. L. 223.
213 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 459. R. L. 223.
216 See 1919, 230. R. L. 24.
220 § 1 revased, 1920, 395 § 1. R. L. 7.
223 Affected, 1920, 194. R. L. 156, 157, 160, 162, 167, 173.
228 Revised, 1919, 372. Affected, 1920, 494. R. L. 164.
237 See 1920, 525. R. L. 6, 49, 75.
239 In part superseded, 1919, 273. R. L. 3.
243 See 1920, 221. R. L. 6, 10, 106.
249 § 1 amended, 1920, 322. R. L. 208.
250 Superseded, 1920, 487. R. L. 160.
251 Affected, 1919, 356. R. L. 165.
257 § 2 revised, 1920, 538. R. L. 129.
264 Superseded, 1920, 473. R. L. 160.
266 Superseded, 1920, 342. R. L. 222, 223, 225.
1110 Changes in the
Chap. 1919
267 AflFected, 1920, 494. R. L. 165.
268 Revised, 1920, 120. R. L. 175.
269 Amended, 1920, 142. R. L. 11.
274 § 2, see 1919, 333 § 29. R. L. 157.
280 § 1 amended, 1919, 364. R. L. 16.
283 § 2 affected, 1920, 609 §§ 1-3. § 4 revised and affected, 1920, 250
§§ 1, 2. § 9 affected, 1920, 608 § 2, see 1920, 552. (See 1919, 307,
322, 342; 1920, 51, 608, 609.) R. L. 6, 12, 13, 16.
288 § 1 superseded, 1920, 627 §§ 1, 2. (See 1919, 301 § 7.) R. L. 156,
157.
290 § 1 in part repealed and superseded, 1920, 431. R. L. 79.
292 § 6 revised, 1920, 18. § 9 revised, 1920, 78. § 19, see 1920, 49, 50
§ 4. R. L. 39, 42.
294 § 2, see 1920, 476. R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
295 See 1920, 72. R. L. 39, 42.
296 § 8 re\ased, 1920, 300. (See 1919, 350 §§ 39-41, 43.) R. L. 91, 92.
301 § 5 amended, 1920, 127 § 4. (See 1920, 127 § 1.) § 7 affected, 1920,
627 § 4. R. L. 16.
303 § 2, see 1919, 350 §§ 99-110. R. L. 108.
304 See 1920, 328. R. L. 84, 85.
307 Repealed, 1920, 51 § 2. R. L. 6, 16.
311 See 1920, 50. R. L. 40, 106.
314 Affected, 1919, 324 § 2, 363 §§ 1, 2. R. L. 6, 12, 39, 41.
322 See 1919, 342; 1920, 51, 250, 609. R. L. 3, 6, 16.
326 § 1 amended, 1920, 311. (See 1920, 38, 563 §§ 5, 6.) R. L. 113, 115,
116.
328 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 491. R. L. 160.
329 Repealed and superseded, 1920, 492. R. L. 160.
331 See 1920, 446. R. L. 89.
332 See 1919, 342 §§ 1, 2, 355 Part I; 1920, 550 § 1. R. L. 14.
334 See 1920, 139. R. L. 91.
341 § 1 amended, 1919, 365. Affected, 1920, 628. R. L. 4, 129.
342 § 1, see 1919, 355; 1920, 51. § 4, see 1920, 441, 609. R. L. 6, 14, 16.
349 § 5 amended, 1920, 404 §§ 8-15. (See 1919, 342 §§ 1, 2; 1920, 550
§ 1.) § 20 revised, 1920, 385 § 1. (See 1919, 355 §§ 8, 23.) § 21,
see 1919, 355 § 12. § 22, see 1919, 355 §§ 7, 22. § 23 revised,
1920, 385 § 2. (See 1919, 350 § 16, 355 §§ 10, 25.)
350 See 1919, Res. 73; 1920, 205. § 11 amended, 1920, 44. § 15, see
1920, 565. §§ 17-21, see 1919, Sp. Act 246; 1920, 511, 513, 599.
§ 20 amended, 1920, 112. § 26 amended, 1920, 157. §§ 39-42,
see 1920, 269, 604, 606. § 49 amended, 1920, 596 § 1. § 50 amended,
1920, 181, 596 § 2. § 51 amended, 1920, 564. §§ 52-54, see 1920,
245. §§ 56, 59 affected, 1920, 72. § 59, see 1920, 562. §§ 69-78,
see 1920, 514. § 77, see 1920, 325, 369, 418 § 17. § 81, see 1920,
193. §§ 82-86, see 1920, 341, 377, 421. § 87, see 1920, 597. § 96,
see 1920, 328. §§ 96-98, see 1920, 296, 328, 541. §§ 99-110, see
1920, 111, 515, 619. § 107, see 1920, 403. § 113, see 1920, 545.
General Laws. 1111
Chap. 1919
§ 117 ri seq., see 1920, 599. §§ 123-129, see 1920, 296. § 128, see
1920, 531, 567.
351 §§ 7, 8 repealed, 1920, 297 § 4. § 11, see 1919, 350 §§ 39-41, 43.
R. L. 91.
352 See 1920, 254, 591 § 11. R. L. 16, 25.
353 §§ 4-6 revised, 1920, 626. § 11 amended, 1920, 623. § 13 revised,
1920, 626. R. L. 164.
355 § 2 amended, 1920, 549 § 1. § 3 revised, 1920, 415 § 1. §§ 4, 5 ex-
tended, 1920, 550 § 5. § 6 re\-ised, 1920, 415 § 2. § 10 revised,
1920, 385 § 3. § 11 revised, 1920, 415 § 3. § 15 amended, 1920,
549 § 2. § 16 revised, 1920, 415 § 4. §§ 17, 18 extended, 1920,
550 § 5. § 19 revised, 1920, 415 § 5, 549 § 3. § 26 re\ased, 1920,
415 § 6. § 27 amended, 1920, 415 § 7. § 32 revised, 1920, 549 § 4.
R. L. 14.
356 § 5 affected, 1920, 489. R. L. 165.
360 See 1920, 185. R. L. 57.
361 Affected, 1920, 495 § 3. § 4 amended, 1920, 625. R. L. 22, 205.
362 Affected, 1920, 615. R. L. 160.
364 § 7 amended, 1920, 479. (See 1920, 388.) R. L. 3, 8.
365 See 1920, 628. R. L. 4.
Statutes of 1920.
38 See 1920, 311, 563. R. L. 113, 115, 116.
51 See 1920, 250, 609. R. L. 15.
74 See 1920, 101. R. L. 48, 50.
87 See 1920, 532. R. L. 20, 21, 75, 85.
103 See 1920, 517. R. L. 20, 21, 89.
114 See 1920, 591 § 10. R. L. 25.
123 See 1920, 288. R. L. 118.
129 See 1920, 142. R. L. 11.
152 See 1920, 327 § 2. R. L. 118.
168 See 1920, 333. R. L. 118.
181 Amended, 1920, 596 § 2. R. L. 118.
204 See 1920, 574. R. L. 16, 19, 106.
217 See 1920, 257 § 1. R. L. 119.
238 See 1920, 532. R. L. 25, 75, 85.
250 See 1920, 609. R. L. 6, 16.
254 See 1920, 591 § 11. R. L. 16, 25.
262 See 1920, 419, 426. R. L. 47, 52, 54, 102.
292 See 1920, 528. R. L. 16, 25.
311 See 1920, 563. R. L. 113, 115, 116.
349 § 8 amended, 1920, 598 § 1. § 9 amended, 1920, 598 § 2. R. L. 109,
110.
358 § 2 amended, 1920, 595. R. L. 16.
396 § 1 amended, 1920, 548 § 1. R. L. 15.
403 See 1920, 515. R. L. 28, 108.
1112 Changes in the General Laws.
Chap. 1920
414 See 1920, 563 § 6. R. L. 116.
415 § 5 revised, 1920, 549 § 3. R. L. 14.
416 § 4 amended, 1920, 539. R. L. 18, 19, 106.
463 See 1920, 512. R. L. 76.
495 § 1 amended, 1920, 587. R. L. 204.
515 See 1920, 591 § 14. R. L. 25, 108.
550 § 6 revised, 1920, 600. R. L. 14.
552 See 1920, 608. R. L. 12, 13.
554 See 1920, 580. R. L. 25, 26, 56, 57.
610 See 1920, 628. R. L. 4, 56, 57.
uli;^ Cdammotttttpaltt; of iiaBHarliuartta.
Office of the Secretary, Boston, September 4, 1920.
I certify that the acts and resolves contained in this volume are
true copies of the originals on file in this department.
I further certify that the table of changes in general laws has been
prepared, and is printed as an appendix to this edition of the laws,
by direction of the Joint Committee on Rules of the General Court,
in accordance with the provisions of section 1, chapter 137, General
Acts of 1919.
ALBERT P. LANGTRY,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
INDEX
INDEX.
A.
Abatement of taxes (see Tax, Taxes).
Aberjona river, improvement of sanitary condition of,
appropriation ......
Absentee voting, appropriation
Academy, Tabor, trustees of, number increased
Worcester, quorum of trustees of, established
Accountants, public, examination and registration of, app
deficiency appropriation ....
Accounts, director of, in department of corporations and taxation, to
be member of board to approve emergency appropriations
by towns .........
division of, in department of corporations and taxation (see Divi-
sions) .
municipal, auditing and installing of, appropriation
auditing of, by director of division of accounts, provision for
Accused persons, discharge of, in certain cases, pending action by grand
jury
Acts and resolves, blue book edition, appropriation .
deficiency appropriation .......
cumulative index, appropriation ......
number passed at regular session .... Page
pamphlet edition, appropriation ......
deficiency appropriation .......
vetoed by governor ....... Page
Actuaries, assistant, department of banking and insurance, appoint-
ment of ......... .
Acushnet, river and its tributaries, sanitary condition of, investigation
as to . . . . . . . . Resolve
town of (see Towns).
Adams, town of (see Towns).
Adams Express Company, refund to, of certain motor vehicle registra-
tion fees ........ Resolve
Adjusters, insxirance (see Insurance).
Adjutant general, appropriation .......
expenditures, certain, by, authorized .... Resolve
investigation by, as to establishment of a state police force Resolve
records of soldiers, sailors and marines in Philippine insurrection,
compilation and publication of , by .
salary established .........
service button for certain members of state guard to be prepared
and presented by ..... . Resolve
Chap.
Item or
Section
jletion of
498
629
635
225
204
128
177
•opriation
225
315
629
641
591
225
245
113
225
629
225
801
225
225
801
181
32
13
225
14
40
357
364
43
10
335, 336
1
193
641
192
191
641
91-100
1118
Index.
Adjutant general, Bupplementary appropriation ....
tablet in Btate armory at Springfield to commenaorate services of
second Massachusetts regiment in Spanish war, erection of,
by . . . . . • • . • Resolve
Administration, division of, in department of public health (see Divi-
sions) .
Buper\'isor of, appropriation .......
deputy, salary established .......
investigation by, of expenditures by registries of probate Resolve
salary established .........
supplementary appropriation .......
to be member of board authorized to dispose of worthless books
and documents of commonwealth .....
to be member of commission to investigate certain railroad con-
nections with commonwealth's flats in East Boston Resolve
Administrators, expenditures by, for improvement of burial lots and
monuments .........
foreign, duties, liabilities, etc., imposed upon, by extension of
legacy and succession tax to personal property of non-resident
decedents .........
Advertising, committee hearings, general court, appropriation
supplementary appropriation ......
matter issued by insurance companies, inspection of, by commis-
sioner of insurance ........
signs and de\'ices, regulation of .
Advisory board, in department of agriculture (see Boards).
Affidavits, taking of, by clerks and assistant clerks of courts
Agawam, town of (see Towns).
Agents, department of correction, certain, salaries, relative to
insurance (see Insurance agents).
Agricultural College, Massachusetts (see Massachusetts Agricultural
College).
Agricultural information, division of, in department of agriculture
(see Divisions).
Agricultural School, Smith's (see Smith's Agricultural School).
Agriculture, commissioner of (see Commissions, Commissioners).
county aid to, trustees for, accounts of, relative to . . .
expenditures of, relative to .
department of (see Departments).
Aid, maternity, investigation as to . . . . . Resolve
prisoners discharged from state farm, to .... -
temporary, for dependents of prisoners, relative to . . .
Aid and pensions, state commissioner of (see Commissions, Com-
missioners) .
Aid and relief, division of, in department of public welfare (see
Divisions).
Alcohol, methyl or wood, sale of, relative to .... .
Algonquin tribe of Indians, Adeline Mills of, in favor of . Resolve
Aliens, education of, division of, in department of education (see
Divisions) .
AUerton, Point (see Point Allerton).
Amateur sports or games, certain, permitted on the Lord's Day
Chap.
629
18
225
565
50
565
629
174
54
46
Item or
Section
91,93
136-138
136
396
225
20
629
20
123
2
545
209
342
103
517
85
334
377
185
31
240
1-8
Index.
1119
Chap.
Item or
Section
Amendments to constitution (see Constitution).
American Express Company, refund to, of certain motor vehicle regis-
tration fees Resolve
American history, courses in, to be taught in public schools
American Legion, cities and towns may appropriate money to provide
headquarters for posts of .
insignia of, unauthorized, use of, penalized .....
Massachusetts department, proceedings of annual encampment of,
made a part of records of commonwealth, etc.
parades by posts of, relative to . . . . . . 131, 141
property of certain associations of veterans of, exempted from
taxation ..........
American Unitarian Association may hold additional property
Americanization, immigration and, division of, in department of
education (see Divisions).
Americanization, schools, maintenance by cities and towns, reimburse-
ment, appropriation .......
Amherst, town of (see Towns).
Amusements, public, certain, licensing of .... •
Andover, town of (see Towns).
Animal husbandry, dairying and, division of, in department of
agriculture (see Divisions).
Animal industry, director of, to be member of commission to investi-
gate as tfl tuberculosis in bovine animals . . Resolve
division of, in department of conservation (see Divisions).
Animals, bovine, tuberculosis in, control and eradication of, investiga-
tion as to Resolve
domestic, worrjing, maiming or killing of, by dogs, payment of
damages caused by .
killed because afflicted with tuberculosis, indemnity to be paid for
investigation as to . . . . . . Resolve
(See also Game.)
Annuities, firemen, Boston, widows and children of, relative to
policemen, Boston, widows and children of, relative to
soldiers and others, appropriation
supplementary appropriation ....
state employees, appropriation ....
Annuity Company of Massachusetts, incorporated
Apiary inspection, department of agriculture, appropriation
Appeal from decisions of tax commissioner, board of (see Boards).
Applications, insurance, used in connection with policies, filing and
approval of ........ . 123
APPROPRIATIONS:
Aberjona river, improvement of .
13
411
254
367
290
175
58
629
47
81
81
absentee voting ......
accountants, public, examination and registration of
deficiency .......
accounts, division of, in department of corporations and
supplementary ......
acts and resolves, blue book edition
deficiency .......
cumulative index ......
351
470
81
68
68
225
242
629
242
225
217
452
1
225
259
taxation
629
635
225
204
225
315
629
641
225
330-336
629
331-336
225
193
629
641
225
192
1120
Index.
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
acts and resolves, pamphlet edition ....
deficiency ........
adjutant general's department .....
supplementary .......
administration, division of, in department of public health
supervisor of .
supplementary .......
advertising committee hearings . . . . , .
supplementary .......
advisory board in department of agriculture
Agricultural College, Massachusetts ....
deficiency .........
agricultural information, division of, in department of agriculture
agriculture, department of .
supplementary ........
aid and pensions, state, commissioner of ... .
supplementary ........
aid and relief, division of, in department of public welfare
supplementary ........
Americanization, immigration and, division of, in department of
education ........
schools, maintenance by cities and towns, reimbursement
animal husbandry, dairying and, di\'ision of, in department of agri-
culture .........
animal industry, division of, in department of conservation
supplementary ........
annuities, soldiers and others ......
supplementary ........
state employees . . . . . . . » .
apiary inspection, department of agriculture
arbitration, conciliation and, board of, in department of labor and
industries
supplementary
archives, Massachusetts
armories .
armory, commission .
Commonwealth, improvements at
Springfield, erection of memorial tablet in
arsenal, superintendent of .
art commission ......
attorney-general's department
supplementary .....
auditing municipal accounts
auditor of the commonwealth, department of
supplementary
automobiles, registration of, in department of public works
deficiency
supplementary
ballot law commission
Item or
hap.
Section
225
191
225
641
225
91-100
629
91,93
225
531, 532
225
136-138
629
136
225
20
629
20
225
258
225
367, 368.
371
225
641
225
260, 261
225
254-273
629
257-273^
225
142-144
629
142, 143
225
499-506
629
499-506
225
354, 355
629
351
225
262-264
225
302-308
629
303
225
242.
629
242
225
217
225
259
225
431, 440
629
431
225
187
225
129-131
225
139, 140
629
141
629
149J
225
122
225
150
225
251-253
629
251, 252
225
335, 336
225
234-236
629
234, 235
225
595, 596
225
641
629
641
629
595
225
151, 152
Index.
1121
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
ballots, printing and distribution of
band concerts ......
banking and insurance, department of
supplementary .....
banks, division of, in department of banking and insurance
supplementary ......
bar examiners, board of .... .
supplementary ......
Belchertown, proposed school for feeble-minded at
supplementary ......
Bellew, Henry E., assistant clerk of Suffolk superior court, salary
blind, adult, aid for ......
instruction of, at homes .
supplementary ......
deaf and, pupils, education of .
deficiency .......
supplementary ......
division of, in department of education
supplementary ......
blue book, printing and binding of . . .
deficiency .......
boiler inspection service, department of public safety
boiler rules, board of, in department of public safety
bonds, officials', premiums, reimbursement .
serial .......
Boston, port of, development of, serial bonds
publicity bureau for advertising
state hospital .....
supplementary .....
boulevards and parkways ....
supplementary .....
boxing, commission on ... .
boys' parole, departme it of public welfare .
supplementary .....
Bradford Durfee Textile School .
supplementary .....
Bridgewater normal school
supplementary .....
Bridgman, Frank E., assistant clerk of house, salary
supplementary .....
Brightman street bridge in Fall River .
deficiency ......
supplementary .....
budget for 1920
building inspection service, department of public safety
buildings, superintendent of . . .
supplementary .....
bulkhead at East Boston, extension of
bulletin, of committee hearings, general court, publication of
Bunker Hill monument and adjacent property, maintenance, etc.
buttons, service, state guard, ......
Item or
Chap.
Section
. 225
199-201
. 225
635 J
. 225
309-321
, 629
309-320
. 225
309-311
. 629
309-311
. 225
80,81
. 629
80
. 225
482, 483
. 629
482, 483
. 629
42
. 225
362
. 225
361
. 629
361
. 225
348
. 225
641
. 629
348
. 225
359-362
. 629
359, 361
. 225
193
. 629
641
. 225
579, 580
. 225
582, 583
. 225
246
. 225
218
. 225
218
. 225
604
. 225
450-452
. 629
450-452^
. 225
244, 638
. 629
244, 638
. 629
586^
. 225
516-518
. 629
516, 517
. 225
393
. 629
393
. 225
375, 376
. 629
376
. 225
6
. 629
6
. 225
594
. 225
641
. 629
594
225, 629
. 225
577, 578
. 225
158-170
. 629
158-170J
. 225
611
. 225
24
. 225
633, 633 J
. 629
121a
1122
Index.
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
census division in department of secretary of the commonwealth
supplementary ........
chaplains, general court .......
supplementary ........
Charles river basin, maintenance .....
chief quartermaster ........
supplementary ........
chief surgeon .........
supplementary ........
child guardianship, division of, in department of public welfare
supplementary ........
chiropodists, registration of, department of civil service and regis
tration .........
cities, Americanization schools, reimbursement
military aid, reimbursement ......
schools, certain, expenses, reimbursement ....
taxes, reimbursement for loss of certain . . . ■ .
supplementary ........
teachers' pensions, reimbursement .....
civil service, division of, in department of civil service and regis
tration .........
supplementary ........
civil service and registration, department of ...
supplementary ........
civil war veterans, formerly in state service, compensation
records of, publication of . .
supplementary ........
claims, payment of certain .......
clerk, house of representatives ......
supplementary ........
senate ..........
supplementary ........
commerce, foreign and domestic, commission on .
supplementary ........
committees, general court, advertising hearings
supplementary .......
bulletin of hearings . . . . ...
expenses .........
supplementary ........
recess ..........
commonwealth armory, improvements at .
commonwealth pier five, supervision and operation of .
communicable diseases, division of, in department of public health
supplementary ........
conciliation and arbitration, board of, in department of labor and
industries ....
supplementary ....
conservation, department of
deficiency .....
supplementary ....
hap.
Item or
Section
225
206
629
206
225
17
629
17
225
634
225
122-131
629
123, 125
225
132-134
629
132, 134
225
507-511
629
507, 508
225
403
629
351
225
145
225
347, 351,
521
225
337
629
337
225
366
225
396-399
629
397, 398
225
396-421
629
397-415
225
237
225
121
629
121
629
633 J
225
5,8
629
5
225
5,7
629
5
225
174
629
174
225
20
629
20
225
24
225
18, 19
629
18, 19
629
27m
629
141
225
606
225
535, 536
629
536
225
431, 440
629
431
225
274-308
225
641
629
275-303
Index.
1123
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
constitutional convention, deficiency .
Coolidge, Henry D., clerk of senate, salary
supplementary ....
corporations and taxation, department of
supplementary ....
corporations, foreign, excise taxes, abatement of
correction, department of .
supplementary ....
councillors, salaries and expenses
cumulative index, acts and resolves
currant bushes, reimbursement for destruction of certain
dairying and animal husbandry, division of, in department of agri-
culture .....
Dalton, Robert O., reimbursement, etc.
damages occurring on state highways,
for ......
Danvers state hospital
supplementary ....
deaf and blind pupils, education of
deficiency .....
supplementary ....
debt, direct, payment of interest on
deer, wild, damages by . . .
deficiencies .....
demonstration sheep farms
dental examiners, board of, in department of civil
tration .
supplementary
district attorneys
deficiency
supplementary
district police, retired, compensation
documents, etc., worthless, commission to destroy
Donato, Joseph, payment to
doorkeepers, general court .
supplementary
drugs, food and, inspection of, department of publ
supplementary
Dwyer, William J., payment to .
education, department of .
deficiency ....
supplementary
elections, expenses
supplementary
printing matters relating to
supplementary
electoral college
electricians, state examiners of,
registration
payment of claims
service and
ic health
regis-
Chap.
629
, 225
, 629
, 225
, 629
, 629
, 225
. 629
, 225
, 225
629
225
629
225
225
629
225
22^
629
225
225
225
629
225
225
629
225
225
629
225
629
629
225
629
225
629
629
225
225
629
629
225
629
225
629
225
Item or
Section
641
5
5
322-337
322-336
633 i
484-496 J
484-496
84, 86, 88
192
273 i
262-264
633 f
593
453
453, 454
348
641
348
233
300
641
641
264
405, 406
405
66-74
641
66-71
239
174a
6331
11, 14
11
543, 544
544
633 J
338-395
641
641
338-395
199-205
201 J
199-205
20U
198
department of civil service and
225 420, 421
1124
Index.
Chap.
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
embalming, board of registration in, in department of civil service
and registration ........ 225
supplementary ......... 629
employees, public, compensation for injuries sustained by . . 225
state, annuities and pensions ....... 225
employment for soldiers and sailors, securing of . . . . 629
employment offices, free ........ 225
Endicott, Henry B., late, tablet in state house in memory of . . 629
engineering division, department of public health .... 225
supplementary ......... 629
excise taxes, foreign corporations, abatement of . , . . 629
executive department ........ 225
supplementary ......... 629
fairs, reclamation, soil survey and, division of, in department of
agriculture . . . . . . . • . 225
farms, school boys working upon, supervision and care of . . 629
Feeble-Minded, Massachusetts School for the .... 225
supplementary ......... 629
feeble-minded, proposed school for, at Belchertown . . . 225
supplementary ......... 629
fire marshal, state ......... 225
fire prevention district service, department of public safety . . 225
supplementary ......... 629
fire warden, state ......... 225
firemen, claims arising from death of, payment of ... 225
supplementary ......... 629
Firemen's Association, Massachusetts State ..... 225
fisheries and game, di\rision of, in department of conservation . 225
supplementary ......... 629
Fitchburg normal school ........ 225
supplementary ......... 629
fiags, Spanish and world wars, permanent exhibition of, in state
house 629
food and drugs, inspection of, department of public health . . 225
supplementary ......... 629
foreign and domestic commerce, commission on . . . . 225
supplementary ......... 629
foreign corporations, excise taxes, abatement of . . . . 629
forestry, division of, in department of conservation . . . 225
forests, state, purchase and development of . . . . . 629
Foxborough state hospital ........ 225
supplementary ......... 629
Framingham, normal school ....... 225
supplementary ......... 629
town of, sewage disposal contract, reformatory for women . . 225
free employment offices ........ 225
fuel administration ......... 629
game, fisheries and, division of, in department of conservation . 225
supplementary ......... 629
Gardner state colony ........ 225
supplementary ......... 629
Item or
Section
413,414
414
241
217, 237-
240
179
430
170i
545, 546
546
633f
82-90
85
271-273
273 J
463
463
482, 483
482, 483
584-586
584-586
585
280
249
249
213,214
283-301
283-291
377, 378
378
1701
543, 544
644
174
174
633 f
274-282
282a, 282b
456, 457
456
379, 380
379, 380
496J
430, 439
633 i
283-301
283-291
460. 461
460-461 J
Index.
1125
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
general court, bulletin of committee hearings
chaplains
supplementary
clerks of senate and house of representatives
supplementary
committees, expenses
supplementary
contingent expenses-
supplementary .
doorkeepers .
supplementary
hearings, advertising
supplementary
bulletin of .
legislative document room, clerks
manual for
members' compensation
messengers
pages .
supplementary
postmaster
supplementary .
printing and binding
recess committees .
sergeant-at-arms, salary and clerical assistance, etc
supplementary ....
sketches, outline, of members .
stationery .....
travelling expenses
witnesses, summoning of
general laws, commissioners for consolidating
supplementary ....
recess committee on consolidating
Gill, Edmund J., late, father of, payment to
girls' parole, department of public welfare
supplementary ....
gooseberry bushes, reimbursement for destruction of cert
governor, salary and expenses
governor's council, salaries and expenses
Grafton state hospital
supplementary ....
graves of soldiers in foreign soil, method of caring for, commission
to investigate ....
great ponds, use of, investigation
Greene, William J., widow of, payment to
guard, state . .
service buttons ....
supplementary ....
guide book, state house, reprinting of .
Hardy, John D., payment to
Item or
liap.
Section
225
24
225
17
629
17
225
5-8
629
5,6
225
18,19
629
18,19
225
27
629
27
225
11,14
629
11
225
20
629
20
225
24
225
15
225
23
225
1-4
225
12,14
225
13, 14
629
13
225
11, 14
629
11
225
22
629
27a, 27b,
27m
225
9, 10, 16
629
10,16
225
27i
225
25,26
225
2.4
225
21
225
171
629
27a
629
27a
629
27f
225
519-521
629
519
629
273 J
225
82,87
225
84, 86,
88-90
225
462
629
462
629
271
225
549
629
633J
225
101
629
121a
629
101-141
225
27}
629
6331
1126
Index.
Chap.
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
health, public, department of ...... . 225
supplementary ......... 629
hearings, committees of general court, advertising of . . . 225
supplementary ......... 629
bulletin of 225
Herter, Ella M., payment to 629
highways, division of, in department of public works . . . 225
deficiency . . . . . . . . . . 225
supplementary ......... 629
state, construction and maintenance of .... . 225
defective, payment of damages for ..... 225
improvement of certain ....... 629
homestead commission ........ 225
Hospital Cottages for Children ....... 225
supplementary ......... 629
hospital school, Massachusetts ....... 225
supplementary ......... 629
Hyannis normal school ........ 225
supplementary ......... 629
hygiene, division of, in department of public health . . . 225
supplementary ......... 629
immigration and Americanization, division of, in department of
education ......... 225
income tax division, in department of corporations and taxation . 225
supplementary ... ...... 629
index, cumulative, acts and resolves ...... 225
industrial accidents, department of ..... . 225
deficiency . . ........ 225
Bupplementfiry . ........ 629
industrial school, for boys . . . . . . . . 225
supplementary . ........ 629
for girls 225
supplementary . ........ 629
industries, labor and, department of . . . . . . 225
supplementary ......... 629
infirmary, state .......... 225
supplementary ......... 629
ink, purchase of ......... 225
inspections, division of, in department of public safety . . . 225
institutions, state, improvements, etc., at, studies and estimates
for 225
supplementary ...... . . . 629
recess committee on ....... . 629
insurance, banking and, department of ..... 225
supplementary ......... 629
division of, in department of banking and insurance . . . 225
supplementary ......... 629
sa\ings bank life, division of, in department of banking and insurance 225
supplementary ......... 629
intelligence bureau, adjutant general's department . . . 225
It«m or
Section
531-569
532-569
20
20
24
6331
688-594
641
588-594^
593, 597
593
594i
512, 513
446
446
525, 526
525, 526}
381, 382
382
533. 534
534
354, 355
327-329
327
192
422-426
641
423
522
522
523
523
427-^42}
431, 442
527, 529.
530
527
189
572-581
632
632
27b
309-321
309-320
316-318
316, 317
319-321
320
94,98
Index.
1127
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
interest, direct debt and temporary loans
investigations, sundry-
judicial department ....
supplementary ....
Kimball, James W., clerk of house of representatives, salary
supplementary ......
labor and industries, department of . . .
supplementary ......
laboratories division of, in department of public health
Lakeville state sanatorium .....
supplementary ......
land court .......
supplementary ......
laws, general, commissioners for consolidating
supplementary ......
province, publication of .
recess committee on consolidating
uniformity of state, commission on .
legislative, department .....
supplementary ......
document room, clerks .....
libraries, public, division of, in department of education
supplementary ...;..
library, state .......
supplementary ......
lieutenant governor, salary and expenses
loan agencies, division of, in department of banking and insurance
loans, temporary, payment of interest on
"Lotis", police steamer, maintenance .
Lowell, normal school
supplementary
textile school
supplementary
lumber, surveying of
supplementary
Lydon, John J., payment to
Lyman school for boys
supplementary
manual for general court
markets, division of, in department of agriculture
supplementary ......
Mashpee, town of, construction and repair of roads in
Massachusetts, Agricultural College
deficiency .......
archives, reproduction of manuscript collection .
hospital school ......
supplementary ......
Institute of Technology .....
nautical school ......
Item or
lap.
Section
225
233
629
27c-27i
225
28-77
629
28-75
225
6
629
5
225
427-442J
629
431, 442
225
547, 548
225
557, 558^.
559
629
557, 559
225
75-77
629
75
225
171
629
27a
225
180, 197
629
27a
225
153
225
1-27J
629
l-27i
225
15
225
356, 358
629
356
225
154-157
629
154-157^
225
83,86
225
312-314
225
233
225
575
225
383
629
383 J
225
394
629
394
225
435, 442^
629
431,442
629
633 J
225
524
629
524
225
23
225
269, 270
629
269
225
243
225
367, 368,
371
225
641
225
187
225
525, 526
629
525, 526 §
225
247
225
372-374
1128
Index.
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
Massachusetts, reformatory
supplementary ....
School for the Feeble-Minded .
supplementary ....
Soldiers' Home in .
State Firemen's Association
training schools, trustees of
supplementary ....
maternity aid, investigation as to
Medfield state hospital . . .
supplementary ....
medical examiners' fees
medicine, registration in, board of, in department of civil service
and registration
supplementary ....
memorial to soldiers and sailors, construction of, commission to
consider .....
mental diseases, department of .
supplementary ....
messengers, general court .
metropolitan, district commission
supplementary ....
north, sewerage district .
supplementary ....
south, sewerage district .
supplementary ....
water system ....
supplementary ....
Mexican border service, certificates of honor
military accounts, etc. ...
military aid, cities and towns reimbursed
militia, adjutant general
supplementary ....
armories .....
chief quartermaster
supplementary ....
chief surgeon ....
supplementary ....
naval ......
property and disbursing officer
quartermaster general
reorganization, etc.
superintendent, of armories
of arsenal . . . . • .
minimum wage service, department of labor and industries
Monson state hospital
supplementary ....
mothers and children, prenatal and postnatal care of, investigation
as to 629
hap.
Item or
Section
225
494, 495
629
494
225
463
629
463
225
146, 147
225
213,214
225
514-524
629
514,515
629
27k
225
465
629
465, 467
225
207
225
401-404
629
402
629
27j
225
443-483
629
443-483
225
12,14
225
634-641
629
244, 635-
641
225
639
629
639
225
640
629
640
225
641
629
641
225
120
225
97
225
145
225
91-100
629
91,93
225
129-131
225
122-131
629
123, 125
225
132-134
629
132. 134
225
120J
225
119J
225
122-131
225
102, 103
225
122
225
122
225
432, 441
225
468
629
468
27k
Index.
1129
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
motor vehicles, registration of, in department of public works
deficiency ......
supplementary .....
Mount Grace, establishment of as a state forest
municipal accounts, auditing and installing .
supplementary .....
Nantasket Beach reservation
nautical school, Massachusetts
naval militia ......
necessaries of life, commission on
New Bedford, state pier ....
textile school .....
supplementary .....
Newburyport bridge .....
deficiency ......
supplementary .....
Norfolk state hospital ....
normal art school .....
deficiency . . . . ,.
normal schools ......
supplementary .....
North Adams normal school
supplementary .....
north metropolitan sewerage district .
supplementary . .
North Reading state sanatorium
supplementary .....
Northampton state hospital
deficiency ......
supplementary .....
nurses, board of registration of, in department of civil
registration .....
supplementary .....
officials' bonds, premiums, reimbursement
old p^o^^nciaI state house ....
optometry, board of registration in, in department of
and registration ....
supplementary .....
ornithology, division of, in department of agricultu
pages, general court .....
supplementary .....
pamphlet edition, acts and resolves
deficiency . .....
paper, purchase of .... .
deficiency . .....
pardons, advisory board of, in department of correction
supplementary .....
Parker, Horace B., claims filed with
Item or
Chap.
Section
orks . 225
595, 596
f 225
641
\ 629
641
. 629
595
. 629
282b
. 225
335, 336
. 629
335, 336
. 225
636
. 225
372-374
. 225
120J
. 629
633a
. 225
605
. 225
395
. 629
395
. 225
594.
/ 225
641
\ 629
641
. 629
694
. 225
449
. 225
392
. 225
641
. 225
375-392
. 629
376-391
. 225
385, 386
. 629
386
. 225
639
. 629
639
. 225
560, 561
. 629
560, 561
. 225
469
. 629
641
. 629
469, 470
service and
. 225
410-412
. 629
411
. 225
246
. 225
172
'ivil service
. 225
415-417
. 629
415
. 225 ■
267, 268
. 225
13,14
. 629
13
. 225
191
. 225
641
. 225
195
. 225
641
. 225
484
. 629
484-486
. 629
6331
1130
Index.
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
parkways and boulevards . . . ,
supplementary . . . . ,
parole, board of, in department of correction
supplementary .....
boys', department of public welfare .
supplementary .....
girls', department of public welfare .
supplementary . . .
Pavey, Darwin C, widow of, payment to
Pedrick, Thomas F., late, daughters of, payment to
Penikese hospital
supplementary
pensions, soldiers and others
supplementary
state aid and, commissioner of
supplementary .
state employees
in, in department of
in.
civil service
publication
teachers
pharmacy, board of registration
and registration
supplementary
Philippine insurrection, records of soldiers, etc.
of
pier one at East Boston, maintenance
Pilgrim tercentenary commission
supplementary
plant pest control, division of, in department of agriculture
plumbers, state examiners of, in department of public health
police, district, retired, compensation .
killed in discharge of duties, allowance to families of
state, division of, in department of public safety
supplementary , . . . . .
ponds, great, use of, investigation
port of Boston, development of, serial bonds
publicity bureau for advertising
porters, state house ......
supplementary ......
Porto Rico, memorial for Sixth Massachusetts Regiment at, dedica
tion of, expenses of commission at
postmaster, general court .
supplementary
premiums, officials' bonds .
prison, camp and hospital .
instructors, retired, compensation
supplementary .
officers, retired, compensation .
supplementary
state .....
supplementary . , ,
Item or
Dhap.
Section
225
244, 638
629
244, 638
225
484
629
484-486
225
516-518
629
516,517
225
519-521
629
519
629
6331
629
27i
225
569
629
569
225
242
629
242
225
142-144
629
142, 143
225
217, 237-
240
225
365
225
407-409
629
408, 409
629
149 J
225
609
225
173
629
173i
225
265. 266
225
551
225
239
629
250i
225
573-576
629
571-574
225
549
225
218
225
604
225
161
629
161
225
149
225
11, 14
629
11
225
246
225
493
225
238
629
238
225
238
629
238
225
492
629
492
Index.
1131
APPROPRIATIONS — continued,
probate and insolvency, courts of
supplementary ,
registers of
supplementary .
probation, commission of
supplementary
property and disbursing officer ....
province lands, care and maintenance of
pro\'ince laws, publication of ... .
public accountants, examination and registration of
deficiency .......
public employees, compensation for injuries sustained by
public health, department of
supplementary
public lands, waterways and, division of, in department of
works
public libraries, division of, in department of education
supplementary ......
public records, supervisor of, in department of secretary
monwealth ......
supplementary ......
public safety, department of ... .
supplementary ......
public utilities, department of .
deficiency .......
supplementary ......
public welfare, department of ... .
supplementary ......
public works, department of ... .
deficiency
public
of the com
supplementary .....
publicity bureau for advertising port of Boston
recess committees, general court .
reclamation, soil survey and fairs, division of, in department
agriculture ........
records, etc., of commonwealth, obsolete, commission to destroy
reformatory, for women ......
supplementary .......
Massachusetts .......
supplementary .......
registers of probate and insolvency ....
supplementary .......
registration, civil service and, department of
supplementary .......
division of, in department of civil service and registration
supplementary .......
relief, aid and, division of, in department of public welfare
supplementary .......
Chap.
225
629
225
629
225
629
225
225
225
225
629
225
225
629
225
225
629
225
629
225
629
225
225
629
225
629
225
225
629
629
225
629
of
225
629
225
629
225
629
225
629
225
629
225
629
226
629
Item or
Section
45-65
45,46
48-65
49, 51-65
78,79
78,79
119§
614
180, 197
315
641
241
531-569
532-569
598-614
356-358
356
188-190
188, 190
570-586
570-585
615-631
641
625, 626
497-530
497-527
587-614
641
641
587-594^
604
27a, 27b,
27m
271-273
174a
496
496
494, 495
494
48-65
49, 51-65
396-421
397-415
400-421
402-415
499-506
49^606
1132
Index.
Chap.
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
reporter of decision of supreme judicial court . . , . 225
supplementary ......... 629
representatives, house of, members' compensation . . , 225
supplementary ......... 629
reservations, park ......... 225
retirement, allowances, state employees ..... 225
board, teachers' ......... 225
board of 225
supplementary ......... 629
prison officers and instructors ....... 225
supplementary ......... 629
veterans, certain ......... 225
supplementary ......... 629
Roome, James A., payment to ...... . 629
Rutland state sanatorium ........ 225
supplementary ......... 629
safety, public, department of ...... . 225
supplementary ......... 629
Salem normal school ......... 225
sanatoria ........... 225
siipplementary . . . , . . . . . 629
Sanger, William H., assistant clerk of senate, salary . . . 225
supplementary ......... 629
savings bank life insurance, division of, in department of banking
and insurance ......... 225
supplementary ......... 629
school boys working upon farms, supervision and care of . . 629
scrubwomen, state house, additional compensation, extra session of
general court in 1919 ....... 629
seals, bounties on ........ . 225
secretary of the commonwealth, department of . . . . 225
deficiency .......... 225
supplementary ......... 629
senate, members' compensation ....... 225
sergeant-at-arms, retired women formerly employed by, compensation 225
salary, clerical assistance, etc. . . ^ . . . . . 225
supplementary ......... 629
service buttons, state guard ....... 629
sewerage district, north metropolitan ...... 225
supplementary ......... 629
south metropolitan ........ 225
supplementary ......... 629
sheep farms, demonstration ....... 225
sight-sa\ing classes for children ....... 225
signs to be erected by Pilgrim tercentenary commission . . 629
Sim, William, reimbursement ....... 629
sinking fund requirements ........ 225
Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, memorial for, at Porto Rico, ex-
penses of commission at ...... . 225
Item or
Section
38,39
38,39
3,4
3
635
217, 237-
240
363-366
215-217
215
238
238
237
237, 237J
633 f
562
562
570-586
570-585
387
557-568
557-564
6
6
319-321
320
273 i
166b
301
179-206
641
179, 181-
206
1,2
240
9, 10, 16
10, 16
121a
639
639
640
640
264
361 J
170§
633 J
218
149
Index.
1133
r agri
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
Smith, Herbert W., reimbursement
smoke, abatement of .
soil survey, reclamation, and fairs, division of, in department o
culture ........
soldiers, annuities and pensions of certain
suppiemeiitary .......
soldiers and sailors, aid for, in finding employment
supplementary .......
aid for, state and military, cities and towns reimbursed
graves of, in foreign soil, method of caring for, commission to
investigate ......
memorial to, construction of, commission to consider
records of, in Philippine insurrection, publication of
state pay to .
welfare of, in France .....
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts
supplementary ......
Somerset bridge, maintenance of, deficiency .
south metropolitan sewerage district
supplementary ......
Spanish war flags, permanent exhibition of, in state house
Springfield, state armory at, erection of a memorial tablet in
standards, division of, in department of labor and industries
supplementary ......
Standish monument association, maintenance of .
state aid and pensions, commissioner of, department of
supplementary ....
state employees, annuities and pensions
state farm .....
supplementary ....
state fire marshal ....
state fire warden ....
state forests, purchase and development of
state guard
service buttons
supplementary
state house, contingent expenses
supplementary .
engineer's department
supplementary
flags, Spanish and world wars, permanent
grounds, grading and improvement of
guide book, reprinting of
maintenance of ... .
supplementary ....
old provincial .
porters .
supplementary
exhibition of, in
Item or
hap.
Section
629
6331
225
631
225
271-273
225
242
629
242
225
135J
629
179
225
145
629
271
629
27i
629
149 i
225
211
225
135
225
146, 147
629
147
629
641
225
640
629
640
629
170^
629
149J
225
434, 442
629
442
629
282 f
225
142-144
629
142, 143
225
217, 237-
240
225
491
629
491
225
584-586
225
280
629
282a,
282b
225
101
629
121a
629
101-141
225
27
629
27
225
159
629
159
629
170^
225
170
225
27J
225
158-170
629
162, 166,
167
225
172
225
161
629
161
1134
Index.
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
state house, scrubwomen, additional compensation, extra session of
general coi^rt in 1919
tablet in, in memory of late Henry B. Endicott
telephone service .....
ventilation improvements
watchmen
supplementary
women formerly employed in cleaning, compensation
state infirmary
supplementary
state library
supplementary
state police, division of, in department of public safety
supplementary
state prison
supplementary
stationery, general court
statistical service, department of labor and industries
superintendent of buildings ....
superior court .......
supplementary ......
supervisor of a-dministration ....
supplementary ......
supreme judicial court .....
supplementary ......
purchase of reports of .... .
supplementary ......
reporter of decisions of .
supplementary ......
surgeon, chief .......
Swan, Arthur Wharton, forest, maintenance of
Taunton state hospital .....
supplementary ......
tax commissioner's department ....
taxation, corporations and, department of
supplementary ......
teachers, training of, for vocational schools .
supplementary ......
teachers', institutes, expenses of holding . .
retirement board ......
supplementary ......
Technology, Massachusetts Institute of
telephone and telegraph department, 'in department
utilities ......
telephones, state house ....
Templeton Colony, assembly hall at, building of
Tower, Horace S., widow of, payment to
towns, Americanization schools, reimbursement
animals, inspection of, reimbursement
deficiency ......
of
public
Item or
hap.
Section
629
166b
629
170i
225
164
629
169f
225
160
629
160
225
240
225
527, 529,
530
629
527
225
154-157
629
154-157^
225
573-576
629
571-574
225
492
629
492
225
25,26
225
438
225
158-170
225
40-44
629
40
225
136-138
629
136
225
28-39
629
28-39
225
194
629
194, 1981
225
38,39
629
38,39
225
132-134
629
282 i
225
471
629
471
225
322-326
225
322-337
629
322-336
225
339
629
339
225
349
225
363-366
629
365
225
247
225
619
225
164
225
464
629
27f
629
351
225
308
629
641
Index.
1135
of public health
in department of civil
APPROPRIATIONS — continued.
towns, military aid, reimbursement
school expenses, certain, reimbursement
taxes, reimbursement for loss of certain
supplementary ....
teachers' pensions, reimbursement
training schools, Massachusetts, trustees of
supplementary ....
treasurer and receiver-general's department
supplementary ....
tuberculosis, division of, in department of public health
uniformity of state laws, commission on
university extension courses
utilities, public, department of
deficiency .....
supplementary ....
venereal diseases, division of, in department
ventilation improvements, state house
veterans, retirement of certain
supplementary ....
veterinary medicine, board of registration in
ser\'ice and registration
vocational schools, training of teachers for
supplementary ....
wage, boards .....
minimum, service, department of labor and industries
Waltham, rental for sewage disposal, department of mental
eases ......
war records, civil, publication of .
supplementary .....
Philippine insurrection, publication of
world's, collection of, by state librarian
division of, adjutant general's department
wars, expenses on account of . . ,
supplementary .....
■watchmen, state house ....
supplementary .....
water supply, needs and resources, investigation
systein, metropolitan ....
supplementary .....
waterways and public lands, division of, in departrnent of public
works .....
welfare, public, department of
supplementary ....
Wellington bridge ....
West Roxbury parkway, construction of
Westborough state hospital
supplementary . , • .
Westfield, normal school
supplementary ....
Item or
hap.
Section
225
145
225
345-347,
351, 621
225
337
629
337
225
366
225
514-524
629
514,515
225
208-211
629
208-210
225
554-556
225
153
225
352, 353
225
615-631
225
641
629
625
225
537, 538
629
1691
225
237
629
237, 237J
225
418, 419
225
339
629
339
225
433
225
432, 441
225
4631
225
121
629
121
629
149 J
629
157^
225
95,99
225
145-149
629
147, 149i,
149 J
225
160
629
160
225
549
225
641
629
641
225
598-614
225
497-530
629
497-527
225
245, 637
629
244, 638
225
472, 474
629
472
225
388, 389
629
388. 389
1136
Index.
APPROPRIATIONS — concluded.
Westfield, state sanatorium ....
supplementary ......
white pine blister, destruction of bushes on account of
witnesses, general court, summoning of
women, reformatory for
supplementary
Worcester, normal school
supplementary
Polytechnic Institute
state hospital
supplementary
works, public, department of
deficiency
supplementary
Wrentham state school
supplementary ......
Appropriations, budget, in cities, by city council, relative to
cities and towns, emergency, relative to
memorials to persons who served in world war, authorized
Arbitration, conciliation and, board of, in department of labor and
industries (see Boards).
Arbitrators, ■witnesses before, travel fees, law amended . . . 207
Arboretum, Arnold, extension of 126
Archives, division, in department of. secretary of the commonwealth
(see Divisions).
Massachusetts, appropriation ....... 225
Arlington, standpipe, metropolitan water system, improvements at . 530
town of (see Towns) .
Armories, appropriation ......... 225
Armory, commission (see Commissions, Commissioners).
Commonwealth, improvements at, appropriation .... 629
construction of, in East Boston district of Boston, investigation as
Resolve 21
Resolve 18
. 629
. 126
. 378
. 225
. 358
Item or
hap.
Section
225
564-568
629
564
629
273 J
225
21
225
496
629
496
225
390, 391
629
390, 391
225
247
225
475-477
629
475
225
587-614
225
641
629
641
629
587-594^
225
479, 480i
481
629
479-481
172
591
10
292
1-3
528
to advisability of .... .
Springfield, erection of memorial tablet in
appropriation . . ....
Arnold Arboretum, extension of ... .
Arrest of judgment debtors, venue of applications for
Arsenal, superintendent of, appropriation
salary of, relative to .
Art commission (see Commissions, Commissioners).
Assessments, metropolitan fire prevention district, cities and towns in,
authorized .........
parks district, cities and towns in, basis for determining
special, for public improvements, placing of, on annual tax bill
Assessors, Boston, assistant, compensation of, relative to .
deputy, salaries established .......
poll taxes, assessment and abatement of, certain powers as to
municipal tax rates for current year, fixing of, by .
Ill
443
124
96
92
552
183
1,2
187
1
129-131
140
149 i
1.2
122
2
1-7
Index.
1137
Assessors, poll taxes, abatement of, duties as to
towns, appointment of ... ,
Item or
Chap.
Section
552
1-3
591
31-34,
36,37
591
33,34
591
36
225
251-253
174
1.2
310
591
17
37
422
1
629
251, 252
591
10
election of ........ .
selectmen acting as .......
Associations (see Corporations).
Athletic sports and games, certain, permitted on the Lord's Day . 240 1-8
Atlas Construction Company, payment of claim of, by Boston,
relative to . . . . . . . . .79
Atlas Trust Company may establish an additional branch office in
Springfield . . 224
Attachments, land, on mesne process, relative to ... . 344
Attleborough Branch Railroad Company may consolidate with the
Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Company . . 162
ATTORNEY-GENERAL:
appropriation ..........
assistant, to be member of board authorized to dispose of worthless
books, etc., of commonwealth ......
cashier in department of, office established .....
health regulations by towns, penal, to be approved by .
investigation by, as to certain claim of Boston and Maine Railroad
against commonwealth ..... Resolve
salary established .........
supplementary appropriation .......
to be member, of board to approve emergency appropriations by
towns ..........
of commission to investigate as to sale of corporate securities,
etc. ........ Resolve 79
Auburn, town of (see Towns).
Auditing, and installing of municipal accounts, appropriation . . 225 335, 336
of earnings of savings banks prior to payment of dividends, relative to 414
of municipal accounts by director of division of accounts, pro-
vision for ........ . 245 1-5
AUDITOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH:
appropriation .........
bonds of certain state officers, etc., to fix amount of
deputies in department of, bonds required of . . .
examiners of accounts, appointment of, by, authorized .
payments by, to trustees of Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts in
anticipation of appropriations, authorized .
supplementary appropriation ......
Auditors, town, election of ...... .
Automatic devices, certain, to be approved by director of standards
Automobiles (see Motor vehicles).
B.
Bail, savings deposits and federal, state and municipal bonds, accept-
ance of, as security for ....... 584 1-8
Bailees, liens of, recovery of property held under .... 690 1-7
Bakeries and bakery products regulated ...... 418 1-22
Ballot, boxes, furnished by secretary of the commonwealth, price of . 169
law commission (see Commissions, Commissioners) .
225
234-236
546
4
546
3
428
24
1
629
234, 235
591
33
325
1,2
1138
Index.
Ballots, printing and distribution of, appropriation ....
stickers or pasters used on, contents of .....
Band concerts, appropriation ........
Banking and insurance, department of (see Departments).
BANKS (see also Trust companies) :
Franklin Savings, of the City of Boston, may acquire additional
property .........
Union Institution for Savings in the City of Boston, may acquire
real estate and erect a building, etc. .....
Workingmen's Co-operative, may purchase and hold real estate
Banks, commissioner of, in department of banking and insurance (see
Commissions, Commissioners) .
co-operative, borrowing powers of, extended
issuing of shares by, relative to .....
division of, in department of banking and insurance (see Divisions)
savings, auditing earnings of, prior to payment of dividends, relative
to
deposits, acceptance of, as security for bail in criminal cases
dividends or interest on, computation of . . .
payment of ....... .
investments of, relative to ..... .
Bar examiners, board of (see Boards).
Barnstable, county of (see Counties).
Baseball (see Games and sports).
Bay State Mutual Fire Insxirance Company, charter revived .
Beaches, in Gloucester, certain, special commission to consider advisa-
bility of taking ...... Resolve
Bedford, town of (see Towns).
Beer, cider and light wines, initiative petition filed for law to regulate
manufacture and sale of . . . . . Page
veto by governor of act relative to . . . . Page
Belchertown, town of (see Towns).
Bellew, Henry E., assistant clerk of Suffolk superior court, salary
established . .
appropriation ..........
Belmont, town of (see Towns).
Benefit societies, fraternal, licensing of .
permitted to form and operate a higher rate class of members
Berkshire, county of (see Counties).
Betterments, assessments of, placing of, on annual tax bill
Beverly, city of (see Cities),
harbor (see Harbor).
Billboards, regidation of
Billerica, town of (see Towns).
Billiard tables, licenses to keep, for hire, etc., suspension and revoca-
tion of ......... .
Biographical sketches of members of general court, book containing,
purchase authorized .......
Birds, wild or undomesticated, protection of, law amended .
Births, etc., indexes of, preparation of certain, by secretary of the
commonwealth ...... Resolve
town records of, previous to year 1850, preservation of .
Chap.
225
479
225
439
570
105
110
429
414
584
38
311
420
Item or
Section
199-201
635 §
1-8
1.2
267
34
798
801
489
1
629
42
257
1.2
217
124
545
191
55
208
44
662
1-7
Index.
1139
Chap.
Blandford, town of (see Towns).
Blind, adult, aid for, appropriation ....... 225
instruction of, at homes, appropriation ..... 225
supplementary appropriation ...... 629
aiding of, relative to ........ . 201
commission for (see Commissions, Commissioners).
deaf and, pupils, education of, appropriation .... 225
deficiency appropriation ........ 225
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
divasion of, in department of education (see Divisions).
Blossom, Walter C, widow of, payment of money to ... 64
Blue book, printing and binding of, appropriation .... 225
deficiency appropriation ....... 629
BOARDS :
ad\'isory, in department of agriculture, appropriation . . . 225
appeal from decisions of tax commissioner, time for making applica-
tion to, extended ........ 385
bank incorporation, maj'^ authorize Stoughton Trust Company to
maintain a branch office in town of Sharon .... 173
bar examiners, appropriation ....... 225
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
boiler rules, in department of public safety, appropriation . . 225
city (see Cities) .
conciliation and arbitration, in department of labor and industries,
appropriation .....
experts employed by, compensation of
minimum wage decrees, revision of, powers as to
supplementary appropriation .
wage boards, selection of members of, by .
witnesses before, travel fees, law amended
dental examiners, in department of civil service
appropriation .....
salaries, duties, etc., of, relative to .
supplementary appropriation .
electricians, state examiners of, in department of
registration, appropriation
embalming, registration in, in department of civil service and regis-
tration, appropriation
supplementary appropriation
industrial accident, artificial eyes, limbs, etc., for certain injured
employees may be ordered by .
chairman of, to be member of commission to consider methods
for rehabilitation and vocational training of disabled soldiers
and others ....... Resolve
claim of Adin Millard Custance, adjustment of, by, provision
for ......... Resolve
claim of David Somerville, adjustment of, by, provision for Resolve
claims for compensation, filing of, with, law amended
industrial training by, for injured employees, commission to con-
sider ........ Resolve
witnesses, travel fees, law amended ......
and
civil
registration.
service and
225
361
387
629
48
207
225
424
629
225
629
324
70
30
16
223
70
207
Item or
Section
362
361
361
348
641
348
1
193
641
258
1-4
80,81
80
582, 583
431, 440
431
405, 406
1
405
225 420, 421
413, 414
414
1,2
1140
Index.
BOARDS — concluded.
medicine, registration in, in department of civil service and registra-
tion, appropriation ........
internes and hospital medical officers, limited registration of, by .
supplementary appropriation .......
nurses, registration of, in department of civil ser\'ice and registra-
tion, appropriation ........
supplementary appropriation .......
optometry, registration in, in department of civil service and regis-
tration, appropriation .......
' compensation and expenses of .
relative to ......... .
supplementary appropriation .......
pardons, advisory board of, in department of correction, appropria-
tion ..........
supplementary appropriation .......
parole, in department of correction, appropriation
rules of, and statutes affecting, publication of .
supplementary appropriation .......
pharmacy, registration in, in department of ci\'il service and regis-
tration, appropriation .......
permits issued by, to transact retail drug business, fees for, estab-
lished ..........
supplementary appropriation .......
plumbers, state examiners of, in department of public health, ap-
propriation ,,.......
retirement, appropriation ........
supplementary appropriation .......
teachers' retirement, appropriation ......
relative to
supplementary appropriation ......
town (see Towns).
Boards, appointments by, certain, authorized ..... 205
orders, rules, etc., certain, of, filing of, by secretary of the common-
wealth 433
hap.
Item or
Section
225
401^04
244
1,2
629
402
225
410-412
629
411
225
415-417
463
512
1-8
629
415
225
484
629
484-486
225
484
341
1
629
484-486
225
407-409
360
1
629
408, 409
225
551
225
215-217
629
215
225
363-366
49
50
1-5
56
1-3
336
1-7
629
365
surety bonds of heads of, etc., relative to .... .
wage (see Wage Boards).
Boiler, inspection service, department of public safety, appropriation .
rules, board of, in department of public safety (see Boards).
Bonds, Boston and Maine Railroad, certain, may be held by treasurer
and receiver-general .......
contractors', constructing, etc., public works, enforcement of, by
persons furnishing materials or labor, law amended
corporate, sale of, investigation as to . . . . Resolve
counties, citiea and towns, rate of interest on ... .
federal, state and municipal, acceptance of, as security for bail in
criminal cases .........
gas and electric light companies, interest rate ....
officials', premiums, reimbursement, appropriation
546
225 579, 680
617
210
79
336
584
IS
681
1
226
246
Index.
1141
Bonds, railroads, operated by United States government, investments
of savings banks in, relative to .
replevin, property held under a lien, relative to
serial, appropriation .......
state officers and employees, relative to . . .
" Bonus " for soldiers, sailors and marines, applications for
for filing, extended ......
inequalities, certain, in statute providing for, corrected .
securities to provide for, issue of ....
special state tax to provide funds for ....
Books, commonwealth may dispose of duplicate and worthless
containing portraits and biographical sketches of members of gen-
eral court, purchase authorized ......
Boston, and Albany Railroad Company, rail connections between com-
monwealth's flats in East Boston and lines of, investigation
as to . . . . . . . . Resolve
state highway passing under tracks of, in town of Wilbraham, in-
vestigation as to relocation of . . . . Resolve
and Maine Railroad, bonds of, certain, may be held by treasurer
and receiver-general . . .
claim of, against commonwealth, investigation of . Resolve
rail connections between commonwealth's flats in East Boston
and, investigation as to . . . . . Resolve
time extended for operation of certain provisions of law relative
to
Chamber of Commerce, may hold additional property .
city of (see Cities).
Elevated Railway Company, investigation by trustees of,, relative
to removal of subway structures in Harvard square in Cam-
bridge ........ Resolve
operation of street railway lines in Hyde Park district of Boston
by trustees of .
payment to commonwealth by, of part of cost of construction of
bridge over Charles river between Boston and Watertown,
provision for .........
harbor (see Harbor),
municipal court (see Courts).
port of, development of, serial bonds, appropriation
publicity bureau for advertising, appropriation .
psychopathic hospital, established as a state hospital
Quincy and Fall River Bicycle Railway Company, charter revived
state hospital, appropriation ......
psychopathic department of, made a separate state hospital for
insane ........
supplementary appropriation .....
Young Men's Christian Association, Northeastern College of the
may grant certain degrees ....
Bottles used for distributing milk or cream, sealing of
Boulevards and parkways, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .....
Bovine animals (see Animals) .
Bow Ridge Development Company, charter revived
Chap.
Item or
Section
. 420
1,2
. 590
1-7
. 225
218
. 546
4
r, time
. 250
1,2
. 609
1-5
. 51
1
. 557
1
. 174
1,2
55
54
72
617
37
54
454
160
20
613
449
1-12
225
218
225
604
537
1,2
624
225
450-452
537
1,2
629
450-452 J
158
45
225
244, 638
629
244
263
1142
Index.
Bowling alley, suspension and revocation of licenses to keep
Boxing commission, state, established
referendum petition filed to suspend operation of law establish-
ing Page
Boys, parole of, department of public welfare .....
supplementary appropriation .......
Bradford Durfee Textile School, appropriation ....
supplementary appropriation .......
Braintree, town of (see Towns).
Brant Rock Water Company, town of Marshfield may acquire prop-
erties, etc., of .
Bread and other bakery products, production, sale, etc., of, regulated
Br ennock, Henry E., annmty
BRIDGES:
Brightman street, Fall River, appropriation .....
deficiency appropriation ........
supplementary appropriation .......
Charles river, over, between Boston and Watertown, locations upon,
granting of, to West End Street Railway Company
Connecticut river, over, between towns of Greenfield and Montague,
investigation as to reconstructing . . . Resolve
Floating, over Glenmere pond in Lynn, reconstruction of, expense, etc.
Kernwood, over Danvers river between Salem and Beverly, recon-
struction of, by Essex county ......
Lagoon pond, outlet of, over, between Oak Bluffs and Tisbury, con-
struction of, provision for ......
Lobster Cove, over, in Gloucester, investigation as to construction
of . . ' . . . . . . . Resolve
Merrimack river, over, in Lawrence, construction of, bond issue by
Essex county, interest rate ......
Monatiquot river, over, in Braintree, construction of, additional
expenditures authorized .......
payment of cost of ........
Newburyport, appropriation .......
deficiency appropriations ......
supplementary appropriation . . . . .
Padanaram, construction of draw on, vote of town of Dartmouth
relative to, ratified ........
Quinsigamond, Lake, over, borrowing of money by city of Worcester
for construction of ....... .
Worcester granted as easement in part of land occupied by Worces-
ter state hospital as an approach to .
Shawsheen river, over, in town of Andover, construction of, by
Essex county .........
Wakefield, over Lake street, Winship Boit and Company may main-
tain ..........
Worcester, over Bradley and Gold streets, Wyman Gordon Company
may maintain .........
Bridgewater, normal school, appropriation .....
supplementary appropriation .......
town of (see Towns).
Chap.
Item or
Section
191
619
1-22
8 '10
225
516-518
629
516, 517
225
393
629
393
405
7
418
1-22
214
1,2
225
594
225
641
629
694
449
6
589
1-4
472
1-8
89
1-6
52
156
90
1
351
1
225
694
225
641
629
641
629
594
445
1
444
1
372
1
475
1-5
264
1-3
121
1-3
225
375, 376
629
376
Chap.
Item or
Section
tives, salary,
225
6
348
1
629
6
Resolve
4
225
594
.
225
641
•
629
594
Index. 1 143
Bridgman, Frank E., assistant clerk of house of representatives, salary,
appropriation ......
established .......
supplementary appropriation ....
Brief, Benjamin, acts as justice of the peace confirmed
Brightman street bridge, Fall River, appropriation .
deficiency appropriation . . . ' .
supplementary appropriation ....
Bristol, county of (see Counties). ''
Brockton, city of (see Cities).
Brokers, insurance (see Insurance brokers).
Brookfleld, town of (see Towns). y
Brookline, town of (see Towns).
Trust Company, may establish an additional branch in Brookline . 406
Brush and slash, disposal of 308 1-5
Budget, appropriation acts . . . . . _. . . 225, 629
in cities, action by city council on ..... . 172
Building inspection service, department of public safety, appropriation
Buildings, in Boston, construction, alteration and maintenance of, law
amended ........
height of, on land between Dartmouth street and Trinity place,
certain limitations not to apply to .... .
unsafe or dangerous, taken down by building commissioner, right
of owner to material of ...... .
limitation of, to specified districts by cities and towns according to
their use and construction ......
public (see Public buildings).
superintendent of, appropriation ......
flags, Spanish and world wars, permanent exhibition of, in state
house, duties as to .
purchasing agent and storekeeper, appointment of, by, relative
to 112
quarters in state house may be assigned to United Spanish War
Veterans by ........ .
scrubwomen employed by, to be paid weekly ....
supplementary appropriation .
to be member of board authorized to dispose of worthless books,
etc., of commonwealth .......
to be member of commission to investigate as to new building for
state library, supreme judicial court and department of edu-
cation ..... . . Resolve
Bulletin, of committee hearings, general court, appropriation
Bullock, William J., widow of, payment to . . . Resolve
Bunker Hill monument and adjacent property, maintenance, etc.,
appropriation .........
Burbank Hospital, Fitchburg may issue bonds or notes for purpose of
making additions to .......
Burial lots, improvement of, by executors and administrators, expendi-
tures for, relative to .......
Burial permits, return of, by cemetery officers .....
Bushes, gooseberry and currant, destruction of, on account of white
pine blister, compensation for . . . . . . 446
225
91
266
577, 578
1.2
1
455
1
91
1
601
1-9
225
158-170
513
1-4
511
1,2
221
629
158-170J
174
1,2
22
225
24
10
225
633, 633J
106
1.2
46
321
1144
Index.
Chap
Business corporations (see Corporations).
Butman, Joseph E., and Mary A. Stewart, marriage validated and
issue made legitimate ..... Resolve 46
Buttons, service, for certain members of state guard . . Resolve 43
appropriation .......... 629
By-laws of towns (see Towns).
Item or
Section
121a
c.
Cabot, Lucian S., pension 161
Call firemen, Framingham, acts of town relative to promotion of, con-
firmed .......... 3
Peabody, promotion of, to permanent force .... 430
Cambridge, city of (see Cities).
subway, structures in Harvard square used in connection with, re-
moval of, investigation relative to . . . Resolve 20
Camp, prison, and hospital, persons in prison ser\dce at, retirement
and pensioning of ....... . 461
Candidates (see Elections).
Cans, used for sale of ice cream, use of, regulated .... 259
Canton, town of (see Towns).
Capital stock, business corporations, issue of, regulated
without par value, pro\'ision for
certificate for increase of, filing fee increased
sale of, investigation as to . . . . . . Resolve
transfer of, excise on, late payments of
Carrousels, etc., licensing of, law amended
Cartons used for sale of ice cream, use of, regulated
Catauniet harbor, name changed to Megansett harbor
Cattle, killed because afflicted with tuberculosis, indemnity to be paid for
tuberculosis in, control and eradication of, investigation as to Resolve
worrying, etc., of, by dogs, payment of damages caused by
Cemeteries, graves of soldiers and sailors in, care of, by cities and
towns ..........
return of burial and cemetery permits by officers of . . .
Cemetery, Prospect Hill (see Prospect Hill Cemetery Association).
Warren, Boston may dispose of . . . . . . .66
Westhampton (see Westhampton Cemetery Association).
Cemetery commissioners, towns, appointment of .
election of .........
Census, decennial, supervisor of, title changed to state census director
division, in department of secretary of the commonwealth (see
Di\'isions) .
state, director, title established ......
Central New England Sanatorium, Incorporated, The, formed
Chamber of Commerce, Boston, may hold additional property
Chaplains, general court, appropriation .....
salaries established ........
Charitable institutions, public (see Institutions).
Charles river, bathhouse, public, on, in Boston, metropolitan district
commission to report relative to construction of . Resolve 17
basin, appropriation ......... 225
1-6
349
1-10
598
2
79
464
47
259
3
277
1
470
81
547
218
321
. 591
36,43
. 591
19
. 157
e
. 157
. 37
1
. 160
1
. 225
17
, 345
1
634
Index.
1145
296
449
541
530
Chap.
Charles river, basin, sewerage works, construction of, within watershed
of, duties as to, transferred from department of public health
to metropolitan district commission .....
bridge over, between Boston and Watertown at North Beacon
street, locations upon, granting of, to West End Street Rail-
way Company ........
protection of, from pollution, orders for, by department of public
health ..........
Charlestown district of city of Boston, municipal court of (see
Courts).
Charters, city, Plan D of standard forms of, relative to . . .
Chauffeurs, licenses of, renewal of, fee for .....
Cheever, Richard L., payment to
Chelmsford, town of (see Towns).
Chelsea, city of (see Cities).
Chester, town of (see Towns).
Chestnut Hill reservoir pumping stations, metropolitan water
system, improvements at .
Chicopee, city of (see Cities).
Chief quartermaster, appropriation
service of, relative to
supplementary appropriation
Chief surgeon, appropriation .
salary of, relative to .
supplementary appropriation
Child guardianship, division of, in department of public welfare (see
Divisions) .
Children, school attendance of, residing in places remote from school .
Chiropodists, registration of, appropriation .....
Church of the Unity in Worcester, The, may unite with The Second
Parish in the Town of Worcester .....
CHURCHES:
Church of the Unity in Worcester, The, may unite with The Second
Parish in the Town of Worcester .....
First Universalist Society of Middleton, relative to . . .
Second Parish in the Town of Worcester, The, may unite with The
Church of the Unity in Worcester .....
Cider, beer and light wines, initiative petition filed for law to regulate
manufacture and sale of . . . . . Page
veto by governor of act relative to . . . . . Page
Circulars issued by insurance companies, inspection of, by commissioner
of insurance .........
CITIES:
Beverly, contribution of money to federal government by, for im-
provement of Beverly harbor, authorized ....
Kernwood bridge over Danvers river, reconstruction of part of, by
Essex county, assessments for, to be paid by . . .
mayor and other public officers, salaries, relative to .
Boston, annuities payable to widows and children of certain deceased
policemen and firemen of . . ...
annuity, McGrath, Mary A 318
appropriations, by school committee, further regulated
for municipal purposes, relative to . . .
Item or
Section
1-6
337
1-4
426
442
1
1.2
225
122-
-131
595
629
123
125
225
132-
-134
358
1.2
629
132,
134
78
225
403
57
1-7
57
1-7
52
1
57
798
801
123
275
1-7
472
1-6
26
1
68
318
1
524
1-4
401
1
1146 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
Resolve 21
. 126 1.2
apportion-
74 I
101 I
96
92 1
CITIES — continued.
Boston, armory in East Boston district of, investigation as to
advisability of constructing
Arnold Arboretum in, extension of .
assessments for highways and other improvements
ment of .
payment of ......
assessors, assistant, compensation of, relative to
deputy, salaries established ....
poll taxes, assessment and abatement of, certain powers as to 552 1-3
Atlas Construction Company, claim of, payment of, by, relative
to 79
bridge over Charles river between Watertown and, locations upon,
granting of, to West End Street Railway Company . . 449
building commissioner, decisions of, appeals from
issuing of permits by, relative to .
powers and duties as to removal of unsafe or dangerous build-
ings
buildings, construction, alteration and maintenance of, law
amended ........
height of, on land between Dartmouth street and Trinity place,
certain limitations not to apply to .... .
superintendent of, employees of, certain, placed under civil
service laws .........
unsafe or dangerous, taken down by building commissioner,
right of owner to material of ..... .
cemetery trustees may dispose of Warren cemetery
Chelsea and, investigation as to transportation facilities be-
tween ........ Resolve
city council, election of members of .
council districts, establishment of ..... .
Dartmouth street and Trinity place in, buildings on land be-
tween, height of ....... .
districts established for election of members of city council
Dorchester district of, rapid transit system for, investigation as
to . . . . . . . . . Resolve 36
East Boston, district, state armory in, investigation as to advisa-
bility of constructing ..... Resolve
ferry system, improvement of, money may be borrowed for
election commissioners, certification by, of signers of initiative
and referendum petitions .......
city council, election of members of, powers and duties as to
lists of candidates and forms of questions, publication of, by
registration of voters, applications for, time for receiving of,
by
sessions of, for purposes of registration .....
voting lists showing party enrolment of voters, furnishing of,
by 493 1,2
election department, employees of, certain, placed under civil
service laws ......
Eliot street in, widening of ... .
440
1-3
266
I
91
1-3
91
1-3
266
1
440
1-3
455
1
314
1
91
1
66
1
71
471
1-16
471
1-16
455
1
471
1-16
21
315
1
129
1
471
1-16
559
145
142
305
1-4
312
1-3
465
Index.
1147
Chap.
CITIES — continued.
Boston, ferry system, East Boston, improvement of, money may be
borrowed for .........
fire commissioner, powers as to firemen pensioned on account of
disability .......
firemen, pensioned on account of disability, relative to
widows and children of, annuities payable to .
highways and other improvements in, assessments for, apportion-
ment of ........ .
payment of ........
Hyde Park district, public operation of street railway lines in
initiative and referendum petitions, certification of signers of, by
election commissioners . . . . ,
Latin school, public, in, appropriations for, relative to
licensing board, outdoor exhibitions and public entertainments
licensing by ....... .
McCourt, John, payment to ..... .
mayor, pensioning of members of police departments to be ap
proved by ....... .
metropolitan parks district, interest, sinking fund and serial
bond requirements, assessments for, upon .
Mooney, Timothy, widow of, payment to
municipal court (see Courts).
park and recreation department of, powers as to extension of
Arnold Arboretum .....
pension, Ellis, James M., widow of .
McCausland, John R. .
Marks, George A. . . .
police, commissioner, legal assistance, employment of,
pensioning of members of police department by
salary of superintendent of police, fixing of, by
secretary of, salary, relative to .
women police officers, appointment of, by .
superintendent of, salary, relative to
policemen, pensioning of .
widows and children of, annuities payable to .
Post Office square in, extension of subway to
prison vans, drivers of, employed by Suffolk county in
tion of ...... .
registrars of voters, assistant, etc., office of, placed
service laws ......
school committee, appropriations by, further regulated
Skinner, Atlas, widow of, payment of money to, by
South Boston district of, old harbor in, improvement
conditions in .
sprinklers, automatic, use of, in tenement houses in
street railway lines in Hyde Park district of, operation of
Stuart street in, construction of ... .
subway in, extension of, to Post Office square, investigation as
to ........ . Resolve
tax limit, for municipal purposes, increased ....
for school purposes, increased ......
by
Resolve
compensa-
under civil
of sanitary
315
60
60
68
74
101
613
129
524
47
180
443
98
126
132
400
407
13
6
7
8
211
7
45
271
305
524
62
393
440
613
312
465
45
401
524
Item or
Section
J, 2
1,2
1
1
1-12
1
1-6
1-6
1
1,2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1-3
1-4
1
1
1
1-12
1-3
1
1-4
1148
Index.
CITIES — continued.
Boston, teachers employed by, in continuation schools, retirement
pensions of ........ .
teachers' retirement association, collection of reservations from
all members of, on a basis of equality ....
tenement houses in, use of automatic sprinklers in . . .
transit department, investigation by, as to extension of subway
in Boston to Post Office square .... Resolve
aa to rapid transit system for Dorchester district . Resolve
as to traffic tunnel between Boston and East Boston Resolve
transportation facilities between Chelsea and, investigation as
to . . . . . . . . . Resolve
treasurer, enabled as custodian of Boston teachers' retirement
association to collect reservations from all members on a
basis of equality ........
Trinity place and Dartmouth street, buildings on land between,
height of .........
tunnel, between Chelsea and, investigation as to . Resolve
between East Boston and, investigation as to . Resolve
East Boston, use of, by Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Company, investigation as to . . . . Resolve
voters in, listing and registration of
registration of, sessions of election commissioners for purposes
of
voting lists showing party enrolment of voters in, certified copies
of, applications for .....
Wallace, William and Mary, payment of money to
Warren cemetery may be disposed of by .
Webber, James F., payment to . . .
West Roxbury parkway in, to be constructed by metropolitan
district commission ......
women, appointment of, as police officers in
Brockton, annuity, Guyette, John B. George, dependents of
Haskell, Rachel .
athletic field, maintenance of, by
exempted from building a hospital
sewerage loan authorized
surface drainage loan authorized
tuberculous inhabitants, indebtedness for providing for care of
may be incurred by .
Cambridge, assessments on account of proposed tuberculosis hos-
pital for Middlesex county not to be le\'ied upon
assistant assessor, office of, relative to ... .
Bridge street in, widening of, investigation as to . Resolve
Harvard square in, subway structures in, removal of, investiga-
tion relative to ...... Resolve
listing board, transmission by, to assessors of list of polls, relative
to
metropolitan parks district, interest, sinking fund and serial
bond requirements, etc., assessments) for, upon
park land in, certain, transfer of, to metropolitan district com-
mission ..........
Chap.
50
140
440
45
36
73
71
140
455
71
73
78
145
142
493
94
66
186
389
211
20
19
99
108
93
374
302
241
443
609
Item or
Section
1-5
1-3
1
1-3
1,2
1,2
532
1,2
241
1-3
75
1-3
1-6
1-4
Index.
1149
Chap.
Item or
Section
authorized
investigation as
Resolve
161
135
331
21
161
134
54
71
279-
533
518
CITIES — continued.
Cambridge, pension, Cabot, Lucian S.
Davis, George
Dayton, Margaret A. .
Hussey, Eliza M.
Porter, William H.
Thomas, Thomas M. .
Chelsea, land, certain, sale of, by
transportation facilities between Boston and,
to
Chicopee, auditor, salary of, relative to
chief of fire department and superintendent of water department
placed under civil service laws .....
Everett, inspector of buildings in, placed under civil service laws
Fall River, alienation by, of part of South Park, so-called, author
ized .........
city treasurer and city collector of, substitutes for, appointment
of
janitors, certain, employed by, pensioning of
laborers in employ of, pensioning of .
police force, retired members of, pensions of
Quequechan river in, nuisances in and along, permanent abate-
ment of .
tuberculosis hospital purposes, indebtedness for, authorized
Fitchburg, indebtedness by, for purpose of making additions to
Burbank hospital authorized .....
pension, Metcalf , Julius A. ..... .
Gloucester, chief engineer of fire department and building inspector
election of ....... .
harbor line in, portion of, changed .....
highway between Rockport and, construction of, relative to
Lobster Cove in, bridge over, investigation as to construction
of . . , . . . . . . Resolve
marshes and beaches in, certain, commission to consider taking
of . . . . . . . . . Resolve
mayor to be member of commission to consider taking of certain
marshes and beaches in Gloucester . . . Resolve
preferential voting law for, repealed .....
Haverhill, new city charter for .......
Lawrence, annuity, Morrison, Dana W., mother of . . .
bridge over Merrimack river in, construction of, bond issue by
Essex county, interest rate . . . ■ .
mayor and aldermen, salaries of ..... .
Merchants Trust Company in, may hold additional real estate
Union of Italy, Incorporated, situated in, powers of, relative to .
Lowell, assessments on account of proposed tuberculosis hospital
for Middlesex county not to be levied upon
charter of, changes in, investigation as to . . . Resolve
chauffeurs of police department, status of, in respect to pensions,
defined . . . . . . . . . .115
election commission established
fire hazards in, investigation of .... Resolves 39, 83
52
34
1.2
1,2
80
1.2
136
1
163
1
323
1
544
227
1
106
1,2
17
1
63
1
230
1.2
457
1.2
81
1
182
1-16
338
1
156
84
1
118
41
532
1.2
55
115
1
154
1-5
1150
Index.
CITIES — continued.
Lowell, high school loan authorized .....
Lynn, Blossom, Walter C, widow of, payment of money to ,
Floating bridge over Glenmere pond in, reconstruction of, ex-
pense, etc. ........
indebtedness by, for cemetery purposes authorized
mayor, salary of ....... .
pension, Cunningham, Mary E. . . . . .
Matthews, Harriet S. .
school funds to be received from commonwealth, etc., use of, by
school purposes, appropriations for, relative to .
securities of, certain, interest rate .....
ways and drainage, commission on, member of, who is elected by
city council, salary of ..... .
Maiden, board of appeal relative to building construction and
maintenance, established ......
district court rooms in, land and property for, may be acquired by
Middlesex county .......
Marlborough, chief of police, placing of, under civil service laws
relative to ....... .
inauguration of city government of .
mayor, salary of ....... .
Medford, Mystic lakes in, improvement of, relative to .
pension, Cummings, George D. .....
Melrose, Ell pond in, control of, relative to .
Fitch Home, Inc., The, in, incorporated ....
soldiers and sailors memorial building in, relative to .
Methuen, mayor and city council, salaries of . . .
New Bedford, Acushnet river and its tributaries in, sanitary con-
dition of, investigation as to . . . . Resolve
Brooklawn Park in, part of, may be used for school purposes
civil war veterans retired from service of, rate of compensation to
be paid to ....... .
Hyland, John Stephen, appointment of, as member of police
force, relative to ...... .
lands and structures in, certain, powers and duties of department
of public works in respect to .... .
pension, Vance, Walter R. ..... .
school loan authorized .......
sewage from part of town of Dartmouth may be disposed of by
sewer loan authorized .......
Textile Trust Company may establish an additional branch in
Newburyport, city council, president of, as trustee of certain trust
funds, relative to ...... .
preliminary election for choice of municipal officers in, provision
for ..........
Newton, Cochituate aqueduct, parts of, may be beautified by
Cotton, John F., widow of, payment to .
sewer assessments in, regulation of .
Northampton, town of Williamsburg may lay water pipes, etc., in
Wright Home for Young Women in, incorporated
Peabody, call firemen in, promotion of, to permanent force
Item or
hap.
Section
75
1
64
1
589
1-5
36
1.2
85
1
125
1
65
1
366
1
289
1.2
53
1
88
1
220
1-4
501
1-3
299
148
187
1.2
171
283
1
82
1.2
107
1-3
144
1-4
83
1
32
523
1
474
1
67
375
1.2
409
1
249
1
69
1
248
1
258
77
95
1-11
561
1
332
1
86
568
1
25
1-5
430
1
Index.
1151
CITIES — concluded.
Peabody, high school loan authorized ......
mayor and city councilmen, salaries of .... .
Pittsfield, Hudner, John, widow of, payment to .
Quincy, city council, ward representation in, etc. ....
license commissioners, board of, established ....
school buildings and hospital, indebtedness for constructing and
furnishing, authorized .......
sessions of superior court in, for naturalization purposes
Revere, city collector, term of office ......
school loan authorized ........
sewer loan authorized ........
tenement houses, etc., on same lot in, minimum space between
Salem, Kernwood bridge over Danvers river, reconstruction of part
of, by Essex county, assessments for, to be paid by
Somerville, assessments on account of proposed tuberculosis hos-
pital for Middlesex county not to be levied upon
Springfield, Atlas Trust Company may establish an additional
branch office in ....... .
state armory at, erection of tablet in, to commemorate services
of second Massachusetts regiment in Spanish war Resolve
streets, •widening and construction of certain, additional indebted-
ness for, authorized .....
Taunton, mayor, salary established
removal of overhead wires and other appliances in
Waltham, rental for sewage disposal, department of mental diseases
Westfield, incorporated as city ....
Woburn, treasurer and tax collector, tenure of office
Worcester, borrowing of money by, for construction of bridge over
Lake Quinsigamond ......
bridges over Bradley and Gold streets in, Wyman Gordon Com
pany may maintain .......
Church of the Unity ir., may unite with The Second Parish in the
Town of Worcester ....
easement in part of land occupied by Worcester state hospital
granted to, for highway purposes ....
loans by, relative to ...... .
retirement as school teachers of certain clerical assistants in
sale of certain land held by, for park and playground purposes
authorized ........
water supply, additional, relative to procuring ...
Auburn, town of, to be furnished with, by
Grafton state hospital to be furnished with, by . .
Cities, accounts of, auditing of, by director of division of accounts
American Legion, headquarters for posts of, money to provide, may
be appropriated by .
Americanization schools in, maintenance of, reimbursement, appro
priation ......
appropriations, emergency, by, relative to .
assessors, poll taxes, abatement of, duties as to
tax rates for current year, fixing of, by
term of .
bap.
Item or
Section
33
1
192
1
450
1
195
1-4
70
1-5
526
1
232
97
1
293
1
251
1
190
1,2
472
2
532
2
224
18
500
1
10
1
350
1-7
225
463^
294
1-47
61
1.2
444
1
121
1-3
57
1-7
372
1
138
1
268
16
1
301
1
516
1
247
1,2
245
1-5
254
629
351
691
10
552
1-3
183
591
34
Chap.
Item or
Section
418
1-23
545
1-7
114
172
601
1-9
337
1^
467
300
559
512
4,6
580
2
493
1
100
1-4
1152 Index.
Cities, bakeries and bakery products, regulation of, by
billboards, etc., regulation of, powers as to .
borrowing of money by, for payment of judgments, authorized
budget, annual, in, action by city council on ...
buildings, limitation of, by, to certain districts according to their
use and construction ......
charters, standard forms of. Plan D of, relative to
civil service standing of persons who enter military or naval service
of United States in time of war ..... 219 1,2
clerks, claims of persons furnishing materials or labor for public
works, filing of, with ....... 210
discharge or release papers of soldiers, sailors and marines, record-
ing of, by
hunting and fishing licenses, granting of, law amended
lists of candidates and forms of questions to be submitted to voters,
publication of, by .
optometrists, certificates of registration of, to be recorded by
public markets, establishment of, duties as to .
voting lists showing party enrolment of voters, furnishing of,
by
clinics, dental, medical and health, may be established by
contracts by, certain, protection of persons furnisliing materials or
labor in connection with, law amended .... 210
contributions by, served by Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Company, toward cost of service ..... 505
division of, into wards and voting precincts, relative to . . 146 1, 2
dwellings for inhabitants of, in case of emergency, provision
for 554 1-5
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, cost of ser^dee in,
served by, act made emergency law . . . Pages 793, 801
elections (see Elections),
employees of, vacations of certain, relative to ... . 143
who served in world war, payments to, of difference between their
military and their municipal compensation, relative to
retirement of ........ .
employment by, equal opportunity for, secured to all citizens of
commonwealth ........
firemen, may indemnify ........
fires, better prevention of, in certain, provision for
foremen, inspectors, mechanics, drawtenders and storekeepers, pen-
sioning of ........ .
forest wardens, powers as to disposal of slash and brush
forestation by, provision for .......
gas or electric plants, operation of, by, recovery of damages for death
caused by ........ .
graves of soldiers and sailors, care of, by .
monuments at, appropriations for, by .... .
hawkers and peddlers, regulations as to
highways, defects in certain, liabiUty for .....
open during winter months, aid in keeping certain, by
laborers employed by, pensioning of certain .....
vacations of, relative to . . . . . . .
235
1
574
1-7
376
591
14
436
1-3
179 .
1
308
4
604
1-5
236
218
528
591
20
447
488
1-4
179
1
143
Index.
1153
Cities, licenses, billiard, pool or sippio tables, keeping of, for hire, etc
suspension and revocation of .... .
intelligence offices, keepers of, suspension of . . ,
lobsters, taking of .
lumber, to measure .......
outdoor exhibitions and public entertainments, granting of
sports and games on Lord's day .....
lumber, measurers of, election of, in .
markets, public, in, establishment and regulation of
maternity aid by, investigation as to . . . . Resolve
memorials to soldiers, sailors and marines, appropriation of money j 292
for, by \ 528
metropohtan fire prevention district in, assessments upon, authorized 111
metropohtan parks district, within, assessments upon, for interest,
sinking fund and serial bond requirements, etc. .
military aid, reimbursement, appropriation .....
monuments as memorials to soldiers, sailors, etc., appropriations
for, by ........ .
payments by, on account of inmates of county training schools
peddlers and hawkers, regulations as to
policemen, killed or fatally injured, allowance to families of .
may indemnify .........
one day off in every eight days for ......
requisition of, by, from other cities or towns ....
within classified civil service, appointment and promotion of
process, service of, on ........
records of births, marriages and deaths previous to 1850, preservation
and purchase of ....... .
registrars of voters, assistant, in, appointment of .
rules, relative to regulation of vehicles by, publication of
scallops, permits for taking of, granting of .
schools, certain, expenses, reimbursement for7 appropriation .
courses in American history and civics to be taught in
securities issued by, rate of interest on .....
service of process on .
shelter for inhabitants of, in case of emergency, provision for
street railways, operation of, by, in transportation areas
taxes (see Tax, Taxes) .
teachers' pensions, reimbursement, appropriation ....
transportation areas, estabUshment by, and operation of street rail-
ways therein .........
tuberculosis cases, care of, claims for, by, relative to . . .
vehicles, regulation of, by, rules for, publication of . . .
veterans, in service of, to have leave of absence on Memorial day .
of Spanish war, Philippine insurrection or world war in service of,
retirement of ........ .
voting precincts in, relative to ...... .
wards in, relative to ........ .
Citizens, equal rights as to employment, etc., to have
City charters. Plan D of standard forms of, relative to . , .
Civics, courses in, to be taught in public schools ....
Item or
Chap.
Section
. 191
. 216
. 434
1-9
. 551
6
. 47
. 240
1-7
. 661
6
. 580
1-4
e 85
443
5
225
145
292
1
528
40
591
20
515
1
591
14
166
1-5
591
13
368
1-6
591
2
562
1-3
243
1.2
591
9
139
225
347, 351,
521
411
336
591
2
554
1-5
599
1-18
225
366
599
1-18
238
1-3
591
9
531
1.2
574
1-6
146
2
146
1
376
337
1-4
411
1154 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
appropna-
Civil service, and registration, department of (see Departments).
division of, in department of ci\il service and registration (see
Divisions) .
police forces, municipal, within, appointments and promotions in . 368 3
standing of persons who enter military or naval service of United
States in time of war ....... 219 1, 2
Civil service laws, appointments, certain, by heads of departments,
etc., not subject to, authorized ...... 205
Billerica fire department, chief of, office established and placed
under ..........
Boston, election department, employees of, certain, placed under
superintendent of buildings, employees of, certain, placed under .
Chicopee, chief of fire department and superintendent of water de-
partment placed under ....
Everett inspector of buildings placed under .
Marlborough police chief, placing of, under, relative to
Swampscott fire department, chief of, office placed under
Westfield fire department, chief of, office placed under
Winthrop police chief, office of, placed under
Civil war veterans, formerly in state service, compensation,
tion .......
records of, publication of, appropriation
supplementary appropriation ....
retirement of, from Boston pohce department
from service of city of New Bedford
from service of Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts
Claims, payment of certain, appropriation
small, hearing and determination of, new procedure for, estab-
lished 553 1-6
Clerks, city (see Cities).
court (see Courts) .
senate and house of representatives (see General court) .
town (see Towns).
Clinics, dental, medical and health, cities and towns may establish . 100 1-3
Clinton, town of (see Towns).
Cochituate, Lake, in town of Natick, use of, for boating, fishing, etc.,
relative to 504 1-3
aqueduct, parts of, may be beautified by city of Newton . . 561 1
Cohasset, town of (see Towns).
Cold storage of foods, law amended 297 1-4
Collectors of taxes (see Tax, Taxes).
COLLEGES:
Eastern Nazarene, Trustees for, incorporated .... 506 1-3
Harvard, President and Fellows of, land of, in Boston, taking of,
for extension of Arnold Arboretum ..... 126 1, 2
Massachusetts Agricultural, appropriation ..... 225 367, 368,
371
deficiency appropriation ........ 225 641
soldier memorial building, proposed, at, provision for extending
certain services to ...... Resolve 11
Northeastern, of the Boston Young Men's Christian Association, may
grant certain degrees ....... 158
480
1.2
305
1-4
314
1
533
1,2
518
1,2
299
4
1-3
5
1-3
330
1
225
237
225
121
629
121
6
1
474
1
204
629
633 f
Index.
1155
COLLEGES — concluded.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, powers and membership of, rela-
tive to ......... .
Colleges, dental, relative to . . . . . i .
Collins, John, pension .........
Color, applicants', not to affect applications for employment in public
service or by street railway companies publicly controlled or
aided ..........
Columbia Securities Company, charter revived ....
" Combination sales ", so-called, of articles of food, prohibited
Commander-in-chief, officers, commissioned, certain, of land forces,
appointment of, by .
Commerce, Boston Chamber of, may hold additional property .
foreign and domestic, commission on (see Commissions, Commis-
sioners).
Commercial agents, hawkers, certain laws relative to, not applicable to
" Commercial trailer ", term defined ......
Commissioners, designation by, of persons to perform their duties in
certain instances, authorized ......
orders, rules, etc., of, certain, filing of, by secretary of the common-
wealth .......... 433
surety bonds of, relative to ....... 646
Commissions, appointments, certain, by, not subject to civil service
laws, authorized ........ 205
orders, rules, etc., of, certain, filing of, by secretary of the common-
wealth .......... 433
hap.
Item or
Section
11
1
424
4.5
109
1
376
576
402
1-3
127
1-8
160
1
591
21
476
44
surety bonds of heada of, etc., relative to .... .
COMMISSIONS, COMMISSIONERS:
agriculture, laws relating to trespass on farm and forest lands, ex-
tracts from, printing and sale of, by .
public markets, establishment and regulation of, powers as
to
to be member of commission to investigate as to tuberculosis in
bovine animals ...... Resolve
armory, appropriation ........
investigation by, as to advisability of constructing a state armory
in East Boston district of Boston . . . Resolve
art, appropriation .........
portraits of governors of commonwealth to be hung in state house
under direction of
ballot law, appropriation
banks, salary increased
blind, appropriation .
powers extended
boxing, established
appropriation
referendum petition filed to suspend operation of law establish-
ing Page
city (see Cities).
conservation, fish hatchery in town of Adams, sale cf; by, author-
ized ........ Resolve
lobsters, licenses to take, duties as to granting of . . .
546
202
580
81
225
139,140
21
225
150
354
225
151, 152
596
1
225
359-362
201
619
1-22
629
586 J
606
6
434
1156 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
385
1-4
462
1-3
237
1.2
183
550
7
404
682
1-2
552
1-3
307
COMMISSIONS, COMMISSIONERS — continued.
conservation, salmon, taking of, rules and regulations relative to, may
bemadeby 339 1,2
scallops, taking of, law relative to, may be modified by . . 139
screening of ponds and rivers by ..... . 382 1, 2
Standish monument in town of Duxbury, acquiring of, by com-
monwealth, duties as to . . . . . . . 456 1, 2
state forests, purchase and development of, powers and duties as to 604 1-7
to be member of commission to investigate as to tuberculosis in
bovine animals ...... Resolve 81
corporations and taxation, abatements by, applications for, time
extended .........
of certain corporation excise taxes .....
acts of, certain, ratified and confirmed .....
assessors, in fixing municipal tax rates for current year, may reckon
as estimated receipts certain sums authorized by
corporations, additional taxes on, duties and powers as to .
income taxes erroneously paid, offset of, by .
legislation affecting corporations, petitions for, powers and duties
as to .
poll taxes, abatement of, powers as to .
listing of, duties relative to .
to be member of commission to investigate as to sale of corporate
securities, etc. ....... Resolve 79
transfers of stock, excise on, late payments of, powers and duties
as to 464
correction, electrician at state prison, salary of, to be fixed by . 340
expenditures by, for temporary relief of dependents of prisoners,
authorized ......... 377
physical training of inmates of penal institutions, powers as to . 421
rules of board of parole and certain statutes to be published by . 341
education, conveyance by, of certain land of Hyannis normal school
to town of Barnstable, authorized ..... 397
to be member of commission, to consider methods for rehabili-
tation and vocational training of disabled soldiers and
others ........ Resolve 70
to investigate as to establishing trade school in leather manu-
facturing, etc. ....... Resolve 23
to investigate as to new building for state library, supreme judi-
cial court and department of education . . Resolve
foreign and domestic commerce, appropriation ....
continued and placed in department of labor and industries
supplementary appropriation .......
graves of American dead in foreign soil, to ascertain most appro-
priate methods of caring for, estabHshed ....
health, bakeries and bakery products, duties as to
district health officers, appointment by .
homestead, in department of public welfare, appropriation
insurance, agents, brokers, etc., licensing of partnerships and corpo-
rations as, duties as to .
appointments by, certain, relative to .....
fees, etc., collection of certain, by ..... •
22
225
174
514
1
629
174
616
1-3
418
8
435
225
512, 513
317
2
181
326
Index.
1157
COMMISSIONS, COMMISSIONERS — continued.
insurance, fraternal benefit societies, licensing of, by . , .
licenses of certain insurance companies, revocation of suspension
of, by . . . '
reserve liability of life insurance companies, computation of, by
riders, etc., used with insurance policies, approval of, by
salary increased .......
judicature, final report, time extended
labor and industries, lumber, survey of, powers as to
to be member of commission on foreign and domestic commerce
to be member of commission to consider methods for rehabili-
tation and vocational training of disabled soldiers and
others ........ Resolve
to be member of commission to investigate as to estabUshing
trade school in leather manufacturing, etc. . . Resolve
laws, general, for consolidating and arranging, appropriation .
expenditures by, in advance of appropriation . . Resolve
final report of, time extended ..... Resolve
supplementary appropriation .......
mental diseases, may transfer certain inmates of Norfolk state hos-
pital to mental wards of state infirmary ....
metropolitan district, Aberjona river, improvement of sanitary con-
dition of, may be completed by .....
annuities, payment of, by, to wife of James B. Ellis and widow of
Richard M. McCarthy ..... Resolve
appropriation . . . . . . , .
assessments upon municipalities within metropolitan parks dis-
trict for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements,
etc., duties as to .
Cambridge may transfer certain park land to .
Cochituate aqueduct, beautifying of, by city of Newton, regula-
tions as to, by
Lake Cochituate in town of Natick, use of, for boating, fishing,
etc., powers as to .
Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield, parkway, etc., around, con-
struction of, by, relative to ..... .
lighting of reservations, parkways, etc., under control of, report
as to . . . . . . . . Resolve
Lincoln, Frank H., an employee of, made a member of retirement
association for state employees ......
metropolitan water system, improvement and development of,
expenditures for, by .......
Mystic lakes in Arlington, Medford and Winchester, improve-
ment of, by, relative to . . . . . .
pohce force of, members of, assigned for emergency duty under
commissioner of public safety, pensioning of . . .
killed in discharge of duty, allowance to families of .
property of commonwealth held by, in town of Hull, taxation of
report by, as to construction of a public bathhouse on Charles
river in Boston, provision for .... Resolve
sewerage works, construction of, within watershed of Charles
river basin by Boston, duties as to, transferred to
hap.
Item or
Section
267
1.2
147
1-4
333
123
1.2
596
1
194
551
1-12
514
1
70
23
226
1
80
629
193
498
171
27a
56
225
634-641
443
4
609
1-4
661
1
604
1-3
170
77
370
630
171
403
615
675
17
296
1.2
hap.
Item or
Section
629
244, 635-
641
531
1,2
525
389
1
567
1
629
633a
628
1
225
173
392
1,2
629
1735
225
78,79
629
78,79
1158 Index.
COMMISSIONS, COMMISSIONERS — concluded,
metropolitan district, supplementary appropriation
veterans in service of, leave of absence to, on Memorial day
Wellesley extension of south metropolitan sewerage system, com-
pletion of , by .
West Roxbury parkway in Boston to be constructed by
women as special police officers, appointment of, by .
necessaries of life, appropriation .......
term of service extended, powers, duties, etc. ....
Pilgrim tercentenary, appropriation ......
signboards and milestones to be erected by, in certain cities and
towns ..........
supplementary appropriation .......
probation, appropriation ........
supplementary appropriation .......
public health, bakeries and bakery products, regulation of, powers
as to 418 2
duties as to construction of sewerage works within Charles river
basin watershed transferred to metropolitan district com-
mission .......... 296
health districts, di\asion of state into, by, relative to . . . 435
to be member of commission to investigate as to prenatal and
postnatal care for mothers and their children . Resolve 85
public safety, investigation by, as to establishment of a state police
force ........ Resolve 40
metropolitan district police officers assigned for emergency duty
under, pensioning of ....... 403
to be member of state boxing commission . . . .619 1
public welfare, to be member of commission to investigate as to
prenatal and postnatal care for mothers and their chil-
dren ........ Resolve 85
public works, to be member of commission, to consider taking of
certain marshes and beaches in Gloucester . . Resolve 34
to investigate certain railroad connections with commonwealth's
flats in East Boston ..... Resolve 54
savings bank life insurance, deputy, appointment of . . . 564
soldiers' and sailors', funds, certain, may be used by, in securing
employment for soldiers, sailors and marines . . . 621
special, to make certain investigations . Resolves 22, 23, 34, 63, 54,
65, 70, 79, 81, 82, 85
state aid and pensions, appropriation ...... 225 142-144
deputy, salary established ....... 431 1
salary established ......... 431 1
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 142, 143
taxation, corporations and (see Commissions, Commissioners;
corporations and taxation),
town (see Towns) .
Committees, general coiirt (see General Court).
Commonwealth, armory, improvements at, appropriation . . . 629 141
boards of (see Boards).
Index. 1159
Item or
Chap. Section
Commonwealth, books, documents, etc., duplicate and worthless,
disposal of, by ........ 174 1, 2
civil service standing of persons who enter military or naval service
of United States in time of war ..... 219 1, 2
commissions and commissioners of (see Commissions, Commis-
sioners).
consent of, granted to acquiring of certain lands situated at Point
AUerton in town of Hull by United States . . . .189 1, 2
departments of (see Departments) .
employees, annuities and pensions, appropriation .
225 217,
,237-
240
205
546
1,4
appointments, certain, not subject to civil service laws, by heads
of departments, etc., authorized .....
bonds of, relative to ....... .
equal opportunity secured to all citizens of commonwealth for
employment as ........ 376
retirement of (see State retirement association).
travel outside commonwealth by, regulated .... 253
governors of, portraits of, relative to procuring of ... 354
judicature of, commission to investigate, final report, time ex-
tended 194
officials of, travel outside commonwealth by, regulated . . . 253
pier five, supervision and operation of, appropriation . . . 225 606
prison service of, persons in, retirement and pensioning of, relative to 461
province lands belonging to, in Provincetown, reclamation of, to be
continued ......... 203 1
public school teachers, who are also employees of, retirement pen-
sions of . . . . . . . . . .56 1-3
who were at one time employees of, retirement allowance of 49
records of, proceedings of annual encampment of American Legion
made part of ........ . 290
scrubwomen employed by, in state house, to be paid weekly . . 221
veterans, Spanish war, Philippine insurrection or world war in serv-
ice of, retirement of . . . . . . . . 574 1-6
Commonwealth's flats in East Boston, railroad connections with, in-
vestigation as to . . . . . . Resolve 54
Communicable diseases, division of, in department of public health
(see Divisions),
prisoners and certain public charges afflicted with, relative to . 306
Companies, insiirance (see Insurance companies).
Compensation of injiired employees (see Workmen's Compensation
Act).
Concerts, band, appropriation ........ 225 635^
Conciliation and arbitration, board of, in department of labor and
industries (see Boards).
Concord, town of (see Towns).
Conditional sales, lien of vendee's bailee, as affecting . . . 590 71
Connecticut river, bridge over, between towns of Greenfield and Mon-
tague, investigation as to reconstruction of . Resolve 6
Conservation, commissioner of (see Commissions, Commissioners),
department of (see Departments). *
1160 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
Constables, in towns, election or appointment of . . . .591 33
Constitution, federal, proposed amendments to, provision for ascer-
taining opinion of people as to . . . . . . 560 1, 2
initiative provisions of, measures submitted to people under, enact-
ing style for, prescribed ....... 3S8 1
proposal for legislative amendment to, relative to roll calls in general
court on adoption of preambles to emergency laws Pages 745, 801
Constitutional convention, deficiency appropriation . . . 629 641
Containers for sale of ice cream, use of, regulated .... 259 1-6
Continuation schools, teachers employed by Boston in, retirement
pensions of ......... 50 2
Contract, small claims in nature of, hearing and determination of, new
procedure estabhshed ....... 553 1-6
Contracts, public works, protection of persons furnishing materials or
labor in connection with, law amended .... 210
Conviction of witnesses, records of, admission in evidence of, to affect
credibility, relative to . . . . . . .120
Coolidge, Henry D., clerk of senate, salary, appropriation . . . 225 5
established 347 1
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 6
Co-operative banks (see Banks).
Copies of official papers, certified by secretary of commonwealth, fee
for, established ........ 598 8
Copley Square Trust, certain land owned by, in Boston, height of
buildings on ........ . 455 1
CORPORATIONS (see also Banks; Churches; Colleges; and Trust
Companies) :
American Unitarian Association may hold additional property . 58
Annuity Company of Massachusetts, incorporated . . . 452 1-6
Bay State Mutual Fire Insurance Company, charter revived . . 267
Boston Chamber of Commerce may hold additional property . 160 1
Bow Ridge Development Company, charter revived . . . 263
Brant Rock Water Company, town of Marshfield may acquire
properties of ........ . 405 7
Central New England Sanatorium, Inc., The, formed ... 37 1
Columbia Securities Company, charter revived .... 576
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston, The, line for trans-
'^ mission of electricity, certain, town of Concord may sell,
to 605 4
Fitch Home, Inc., The, incorporated ...... 107 »l-6
Fraternal Order of Eagles may continue to transact certain insurance
in Massachusetts ........ 542
Grotou School, Trustees of, corporate powers extended . . . 260
Humarock Beach Water Company, town of Marshfield may acquire
properties, etc., of ....... . 405 7
Little, Brown & Company, Inc., contract with, for publication of
decisions of supreme judicial court, renewal of . Resolve 25
Marblehead Building Association, continued as . _ . . .15 1
Marshfield Water Company, town of Marshfield may acquire prop-
erties, etc., of . . . . . . . . . 405 7
Massachusetts Benevolent Association of the Deaf, incorporated . 246 1, 2
Nahant Land Company, charter continued ..... 12 1
Index.
1161
Chap.
CORPORATIONS — concluded.
Newburyport Trust Funds, Trustees of, president of city council of
Newburyport as member of, relative to . . . .77
Northampton School of Industries, number of superintendents or
trustees of, increased ....... 14
Peerless Machinery Company, charter revived . . . .31
Prospect Hill Cemetery Association, town of Uxbridge may convey
certain land to ........ 130
Rumford and Wading Rivers Reservoir Company, incorporated . 529
Rutland Private Sanatorium Association, united with The Central
New England Sanatorium, Incorporated . . . .37
Shaw Propeller Company, charter revived ..... 39
Smith's Agricultural School, number of superintendents or trustees
of, increased ......... 14
title of, relative to . . , . . . . . .611
Society for the Relief of Aged or Disabled Episcopal Clergymen,
permitted to extend aid to widows and children of deceased
Episcopal clergymen ....... 32
Tabor Academy, trustees of, number of .... . 128
Union of Italy, Incorporated, powers of, relative to . . .41
Watuppa Reservoir Company, powers, etc., as to abatement of
nuisances in and along Quequechan river in Fall River . 544
Whitman's Concert Band Inc., charter revived .... 30
Worcester, Academy, quorum of trustees of, established . . 177
Woman's Club, purposes of, changing of . . . . . 313
Wright Home for Young Women, The, incorporated ... 25
Wyman Gordon Company, may maintain bridges over Bradley and
Gold streets in Worcester . . . . . . .121
Corporations, bonds issued by, sale of, investigation as to , Resolve 79
business, fees, certain, payable by, increased .... 598
issue of capital stock by, regulated ...... 556
without par value, provision for ...... 349
officers of, election of, relative to ..... . 237
stock dividends by, relative to ...... 556
capital stock, issue of, regulated ....... 556
without par value, provision for ...... 349
sale of, investigation as to . . . . . Resolve 79
dissolution of certain . . . . . . . . .212
dissolved, existence of certain, continued for purposes of suit . . 165
electric, bonds issued by, interest rate ...... 581
fees, certain, payable by, increased ...... 598
returns by, to department of public utilities, relative to . . 583
service charge by, investigation as to expediency of . Resolve 26
fees, certain, payable by, increased ...... 598
foreign, business, fees, certain, payable by, increased . . . 698
taxation of (see Tax, Taxes),
fraternal benefit (see Fraternal benefit societies).
gas, bonds issued by, interest rate ...... 581
fees, certain, payable by, increased ...... 598
returns by, to department of public utilities, relative to . . 583
service charge by, investigation as to expediency of . Resolve 26
insurance (see Insurance companies).
Item or
Section
1
1-4
1
1
1-5
1-4
1-4
1-10
1.2
1-10
1
1
6
2
1-7
4
Chap.
Item or
Section
682
1,2
317
1
237
1,2
79
352
1
556
1162 Index.
Corporations, legislation affecting, filing of petitions for
licensing of, as insurance agents, brokers and adjusters .
officers of business, election of, relative to .
securities issued by, sale of, investigation as to . . Resolve
stock di^^dends, exempted from taxation as income
relative to ........ .
taxation of (see Tax, Taxes) .
transfers of stock, excise on, late payments of ... . 464
water companies, specially incorporated, corporate powers of,
relative to ........ . 295
water supply, private, returns by, to department of public utilities,
relative to ........ . 583
Corporations and taxation, commissioner of (see Commissions, Com-
missioners).
department of (see Departments) .
Correction, commissioner of (see Commissions, Commissioners).
department of (see Departments) .
Corrections, substantive, in existing laws, acts making, time of taking
effect postponed ........ 2
Corrupt practices (see Elections).
Cotton, John F., widow of, payment to . . . • .
Councillors, salaries and expenses, appropriation ....
COUNTIES:
Barnstable, hares, possession of, in .
infirmary, enlargement of, provision for .....
probate court, powers as to setting off land of Town Neck in
town of Sandwich among owners thereof ....
tax levy ........ Resolve
Berkshire, hares, European, hunting of, in .
highway, in Otis, Monterey and Great Barrington, part of cost
of constructing, to be paid by . . . . . . 571
in Peru and Hinsdale, part of cost of constructing, to be paid
by . . . .
highways in, provision for completion of .
register, of deeds, southern district, salary, relative to
of probate and insolvency,, clerical assistance, amoupt allowed
for, increased .........
tax levy ........ Resolve
Bristol, retirement of Mary L. Wood by . . . Resolve
tax levy ........ Resolve
Dukes, bridge over outlet of Lagoon pond between Oak Bluffs and
Tisbury, construction of, by .
hares, possession of, in . . . . . .
pension, Crowell, Hiram ........
register of deeds, salary, relative to .
tax levy ........ Resolve
Essex, bonds, certain, issued by, interest rate ....
bridge, over Merrimack river in Lawrence, construction of, bonds,
interest rate .........
over Shawsheen river in town of Andover, construction of, by
Floating bridge over Glenmere pond in Lynn, reconstruction of,
by 589 1-6
332
1
225
84, 86. 88
425
2
379
1.2
196
1
67
425
3
566
672
1.2
625
594
1
58
27
59
89
1-5
425
2
119
1
625
60
1
156
156
475
1-6
Index. s 1163
COXTNTIES — continued.
Essex, highway between Rockport and Gloucester, construction
of, by, relative to ....... .
Kernwood bridge over Danvers river between Salem and Beverlj',
reconstruction of part of, by .
marshes and beaches, certain, in Gloucester, consideration by
commission of taking of, contribution for, by . Resolve
payments, excess, to jurors in, confirmed .....
probate court, powers as to sale of rights of unknown owners of
Jeffries Neck Pasture in town of Ipswich ....
register, of deeds, southern district, second assistant, provision for
of probate and insolvency, clerical assistance, amount allowed
for, increased .........
tax levy ........ Resolve
treasurer, excess payments to jurors by, confirmed
Franklin, highways in, provision for completion of . ...
tax levy ........ Resolve
Hampden, highway, in Blandford, part of cost of constructing, to
be paid by ........ .
in Chester, part of cost of constructing, to be paid by
highways in, provision for completion of .
register of probate and insolvency, clerical assistance, amount
allowed for, increased .......
sanatorium, water supply for, by town of Williamsburg
tax levy ........ Resolve
Hampshire, highway, in Middlefield, part of cost of constructing, to
be paid by ........ .
highways in, provision for completion of .
payments, excess, to jurors in, confirmed . . . Resolve
register of probate and insolvency, clerical assistance, amount
allowed for, increased .......
tax levy ........ Resolve
treasurer, excess piiyments to jurors by, confirmed . Resolve
Middlesex, Bridge street in Cambridge, widening of, investigation
as to, by commissioners of .... Resolve
chief deputy sheriff of, salary established .....
courts in, court officers appointed by sheriff, compensation in-
creased .. I ...... .
first eastern district court in city of Maiden, land and property
for rooms for, may be acquired ......
probate court, court officers, compensation increased .
messenger, compensation increased .....
register, of deeds, southern district, second assistant, appoint-
ment of ......... .
of probate and insolvency, clerical assistance, amount allowed
for, increased . . . . . . . . . 594
tax levy . . . . , , ■ . . Resolve 65
tuberculosis hospital for, proposed, assessments for, upon certain
cities and towns ........ 532
Nantucket, geese, live, as decoys for hunting water fowl in, use of,
pemaitted ......... 273
hares, possession of, in . . . . . . . . 425
hap.
Item or
Section
457
1.2
472
1-7
34
71
206
569
1^
594
61
71
572
62
1
1. 2
571
566
572
1.2
1.2
594
568
63
1
1
566
572
2
1.2
602
64
2
75
285
1-3
494
1
501
494
494
1.2
1
1
603
1.2
594
1
1164
Index.
Chap.
COUNTIES — concluded.
Nantucket, levy of executions on land in, relative to . . . 344
register of deeds, salary, relative to . . . . . . 625
Norfolk, expenditures by, additional, for construction of bridge over
Monatiquot river, authorized ...... 90
hares, possession of, in . . . . . . . . 425
register of probate and insolvency, clerical assistance, amount
allowed for, increased ....... 594
tax levy ........ Resolve 66
Plymouth, Brockton may contract with, for care of tubercular in-
habitants ......... 108
court of probate and insolvency for, court officer, salary estab-
lished 383
not to be assessed for additional expenditures for construction of
bridge over Monatiquot river ...... 90
shores in town of Scituate, part of cost of protecting, to be paid by 585
tax levy ........ Resolve 67
Suffolk, drivers of prison vans employed by, in Boston, compensa-
tion of 271
Herter, Robert, widow of, payment to . . . Resolve 35
Johnson, Wells H., widow of, payment to .... 483
land court, court officer, salary established .... 573
pension, Collins, John ........ 109
Quane, John ......... 233
Torrey, Rosa B ' . . .309
probate court, court officers, compensation increased . . . 494
justice, salary established ....... 623
messenger, compensation increased ..... 494
register, of probate and insolvency, clerical assistance, amount
allowed for, increased ....... 594
clerk of, salary established, ....... 477
registers of probate, assistant, salaries established . . . 626
superior court, clerk, assistant, equity business, salary established 489
court officers, compejisation increased ..... 494
messenger, compensation increased ..... 494
supreme judicial court, court officers, compensation increased . 494
messenger, compensation increased ..... 494
Worcester, district court, western, relative to . ' . . . 527
highway, in Clinton, part of cost of improving, to be paid by . 520
in Holden, part of cost of improving, to be paid by . . 521
in Leicester, laying out of, by, borrowing of money for . . 197
in Paxton and Rutland, part of cost of constructing, to be paid by 519
in Templeton, part of cost of improving, to be paid by . . 522
in Westborough, part of cost of improving, to be paid by . 536
highways in, provision for completion of . . . . . 572
register of deeds, Worcester district, second assistant, appoint-
ment of ......... . 603
retirement of certain officers of . . . . . .176
sheriff, appointment of court officers by . . . . . 213
supreme judicial, superior, probate and land courts for, officers
for attendance upon, appointment of . . . . . 213
tax levy ........ Resolve 68
Item or
Section
1
1.4
1,2
1.2
1
1.2
1.2
1. 2
1,2
1,2
1
1
Index. 1165
Item or
Chap. Section
Counties, aid to agriculture, trustees for, accounts of, relative to . 103
expenditures of, relative to ...... . 517
contracts by, certain, protection of persons furnishing materials or
labor in connection with, law amended .... 210
employees, appointees of sherifTs, surety bonds of, relative to . 546 2
retirement of (see County retirement systems) .
employment by, equal opportunity for, secured to all citizens of
commonwealth ........ 376
highways, defects in certain, liability for ..... 447
money, unclaimed, in hands of probation officers to be used by . 122
notes, non-interest bearing, for tuberculosis hospital purposes, may
be issued by ......... 87
process, service of, on ........ 591 2
retirement systems (see County retirement system).
salaries in, veto of resolve granting additional county tax for
salary increases ....... Page 801
securities issued by, rate of interest on ..... 336
service of process on ........ . 591 2
sheriffs, appointees of, surety bonds, of, relative to . . . 546 2
training schools, payments by municipalities on account of inmates
of , . . . .40
treasurers, claims of persons furnishing materials or labor for public
works, filing of, with ....... 210
payment to, of unclaimed money in hands of probation officers . 122
tuberculosis hospitals, construction, etc., of, by, time extended . 532 1, 2
veterans, in employ of, to have leave of absence on Memorial day . 531 1, 2
of Spanish war, Philippine insurrection or world war in service
of, retirement of ....... . 574 1-6
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:
Dukes county, bridge over outlet of Lagoon pond between Oak
Bluffs and Tisbury, construction of, by . . . . 89 1-5
Crowell, Hiram, may be retired by . . . . . .119 1
Essex, to be members of commission to consider taking of certain
marshes and beaches in Gloucester . . . Resolve 34
Franklin, investigation by, as to reconstructing bridge over Con-
necticut river between towns of Greenfield and Monta-
gue ........ Resolve 6
Middlesex, investigation by, as to widening of Bridge street in Cam-
bridge ........ Resolve 75
Norfolk, additional expenditures by, for construction of bridge over
Monatiquot river, authorized ...... 90 1
Plymouth, Brockton may contract with, for care of tubercular in-
habitants 108 2
County commissioners, accounts of trustees for county aid to agri-
culture, powers and duties as to . . . . . 103
money, unclaimed, in hands of probation officers, disposal of, powers
as to 122
payments by, to trustees for county aid to agriculture, relative to 517
witnesses before, travel fees, law amended ..... 207
County retirement systems, contribution of counties to certain pen-
sions payable under, increased ...... 319
Worcester county officers, certain, entitled to membership in . . 176 1
1166
Index.
Resolve
Resolve
Resolve
Resolve
Resolve
Resolve
Resolve
Resolve
Resolve
Resolve
Resolve
Resolve
COUNTY TAX
Barnstable
Berkshire
Bristol
Dukea
Essex
Franklin
Hampden
Hampshire
Middlesex
Norfolk .
Plymouth
Worcester
COURTS:
Boston municipal, civil business, clerk and assistant clerks, salaries
established ........
court officers, salaries established .....
criminal business, clerk and assistant clerks, salaries established
medical service furnished to .....
justices, salaries established ......
messenger, salary established ......
small claims, hearing and determination of, by, new procedure
established ......
clerks, and assistant clerks, affidavits, taking of, by
Boston municipal, civil business, clerk and assistant clerks, salaries
established .........
criminal business, clerk and assistant clerks, salaries established
municipal, Charlestown district of Boston, assistant, salaries
established .........
superior, Suffolk, assistant, equity business, salary established
discharge by, in certain cases of persons in custody pending action
by grand jury .........
district (see Courts: police, district and municipal),
general (see General court) .
insolvency, witnesses, travel fees, law amended
justices, Boston municipal, salaries established
land, salaries and pensions, relative to
probate, Suffolk, salaries established
supreme judicial and superior, salaries and pensions
land, appropriation ......
assistant recorders, salaries, relative to
justices, pensions, relative to .
salaries, relative to .... .
Suffolk, court officer, salary established
supplementary appropriation ....
witnesses, travel fees, law amended .
Worcester county, officers, appointment of
messenger, Boston municipal, salary established
probate, Middlesex, compensation increased
Suffolk, compensation increased
superior, Suffolk, compensation increased .
supreme judicial, Suffolk, compensation increased
Chap.
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
Item or
Section
491
496
492
508
614
473
553
209
491
492
615
489
113
1
1
1
1
1-6
. 207
. 614
1
. 627
3-6
. 623
1
, relative to 627
1, 2, 4-6
. 225
75-77
. 495
1-3
. 627
4
. 627
3
. 573
1
. . .629
75
. 207
. 213
1-5
. 473
. 494
1
. 494
1
. 494
1
. 494
1
Index.
1167
Chap.
COURTS — continued.
Middlesex county, court oflBcers appointed by sheriff, compensation
increased ......... 494
municipal (see Courts: police, district and municipal).
officers, Boston municipal, salaries established .... 496
East Boston district, salaries established ..... 490
Jand, Suffolk, salary established ...... 573
Middlesex county, appointed by sheriff, compensation increased . 494
486
487
482
485
484
494
383
494
494
494
213
378
615
486
487
490
534
501
482
Item or
Section
municipal, Charlestown district of Boston, salaries established
Dorchester district of Boston, salary established
Roxbury district of Boston, salaries established
South Boston district of Boston, salaries established
West Roxbury district of Boston, salary established
probate, Middlesex, compensation increased
Plymouth, compensation increased
Suffolk, compensation increased .
superior, Suffolk, compensation increased .
supreme judicial, Suffolk, compensation increased
Worcester county, appointment of .
police, district and municipal, arrest of judgment debtors, venue of .
Boston (see Courts: Boston municipal).
Charlestown district of Boston, assistant clerks, salaries established
court officers, salaries established ......
Dorchester district of Boston, court officer, salary established
East Boston, court officers, salaries established ....
Italian interpreter for, provision for .....
Middlesex, first eastern district, in city of Maiden, land and
property for rooms for, may be acquired ....
Roxbury district of Boston, court officers, salaries established
small claims, hearing and determination of, by, new procedure
established ....
South Boston district of Boston, court officers, salaries estab-
lished .....
West Roxbury district of Boston, clerical assistance
court officer, salary established
witnesses, travel fees, law amended .
Worcester, western district, relative to
probate, appropriation .....
Barnstable, powers as to setting off land of Town Neck in town
of Sandwich among owners thereof
Essex, powers as to sale of rights of unknown owners of Jeffries
Neck Pasture in town of Ipswich
intestate estates, valuation of, by, relative to
Middlesex, court officers, compensation increased
messenger, compensation increased
Plymouth, court officer, salary established
Suffolk, court officers, compensation increased .
judges, salaries established .
messenger, compensation increased
supplementary appropriation .
witnesses, travel fees, law amended .
Worcester, officers, appointment of .
196
1
1
1
1-6
1.2
553
1-6
ies estab-
485
1
elative to
282
484
207
^ ,
527
1.2
225
45-65
1-3
206
468
1
494
1
494
1
383
494
1
623
1
494
1
629
45,46
207
213
1-6
1168 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
COURTS — concluded.
probation officers of, unclaimed money in hands of, disposal of . 122
email claims, hearing and determination of, by, new procedure es-
tablished ......
superior, appropriation .....
bill boards, etc., jurisdiction as to .
buildings, limitation of, to specified districts, jurisdiction as to
discharge of persons in custody, may order, when
justices, pensions, relative to .
salaries, relative to ..... .
sessions of, in city of Quincy for naturalization purposes
Suffolk, clerk, assistant, equity business, salary established
court officers, compensation increased .
messenger, compensation increased
supplementary appropriation
trial in, more speedy, of persons held in jail in default of bail
witnesses, travel fees, law amended .
Worcester, officers, appointment of .
supreme judicial, appropriation ....
bill boards, etc., jurisdiction as to .
decisions of, publication of, renewal of contract .
justices, pensions, relative to .
salaries, relative to .... .
law sittings of, relative to ... .
new building for, investigation as to
purchase of reports of, appropriation
reporter of decisions of, appropriation
salary and expenditures of, relative to .
supplementary appropriation
Suffolk, court officers, compensation increased ,
messenger, compensation increased
supplementary appropriation
witnesses, travel fees, law amended .
Worcester, officers, appointment of .
trial justices, witnesses, travel fees, law amended .
venue of applications for arrest of judgment debtors
witnesses, travel fees, law amended
Worcester county, officers, appointment of .
Cream bottles or jars, sealing of .
Cremations, investigation of deaths prior to, compensation of medical
examiners for, established ...... 188
return of, by officers of crematories ...... 321
Crimes, eavesdropping, defined and punished ..... 558 1-5
records of con\'iction of witnesses of, admission in evidence of, to
affect credibility, relative to ..... . 120
Crompton park in Worcester, sale of part of, by city of Worcester au-
thorized .......... 16 1
Crowell, Hiram, pension 119 1
Cummings, George D., pension . 283 1
Cumulative index, acts and resolves, appropriation .... 225 192
Cunningham, Mary E., pension 125 1
. 553
1-^
. 225
40-44
. 545
6
IS to . 601
6
. 113
. 627
4
. 627
1.2
. 232
d . 489
1
. 494
1
. 494
1
. 629
40
bail . 167
1-3
. 207
. 213
1-6
. 225
28-39
. 545
9
Resolve 25
. 627
4
. 627
1.2
. 386
Resolve 22
. 225
194
. 225
38,39
. 540
1
. 629
38,39
. 494
1
. 494
1
. 629
28-39
. 207
. 213
1-5
. 207
. 378
. 207
. 213
1-5
. 45
472
1-7
225
453
629
453, 454
394
1.2
Index. 1169
Item or
Chap. Section
Currant bushes, destruction of, on account of white pine blister, com-
pensation for ........ . 446 1
appropriation .......... 629 273 J
Custance, Adin Millard, in favor of ... . Resolve 30
Cycles, motor (see Motor vehicles).
D.
Dairying and animal husbandry, division of, in department of agri-
culture (see Divisions).
Dalton, Robert O., reimbursement, etc., appropriation . . . 629 633J
Danvers, river, Kernwood bridge over, between Salem and Beverly,
reconstruction of part of, by Essex county ....
state hospital appropriation .......
supplementary appropriation .......
water suppHed by town of Danvers to, determination of cost of .
town of (see Towns).
Dartmouth, town of (see Towns).
Dartmouth street, buildings on land between Trinity place and, in
Boston, height of ....... •
Davis, George, pension .........
" Daylight-saving ", so-called, benefits of, restored to citizens of Mas-
sachusetts .........
Dayton, Margaret A., pension .......
Deaf, and blind pupils, education of, appropriation ....
deficiency appropriation ........
supplementary appropriation .......
Massachusetts Benevolent Association of the. incorporated
Death, caused by operation of municipal gas or electric plants, recovery
of damages for ........
gifts made in contemplation of, taxation of, provision for
Deaths, indexes of, preparation of certain, by secretary of the common-
wealth * . . . . . . . . Resolve 44
investigation of, prior to cremation, compensation of medical exam-
iners for, established .......
records of, town, previous to year 1850, preservation of
Debt, direct, of commonwealth, payment of interest on, appropria-
tion ...........
Debtors, judgment, arrest of, venue of applications for
Deceased persons (see Estates of deceased persons).
Decisions of supreme judicial court, pubhcation of, renewal of con-
tract ........ Resolve
reporter of, appropriation ........
salary and expenditures of, relative to .... .
supplementary appropriation .......
Decoys, live geese as, for hunting water fowl in Nantucket coimty, use
of, permitted ......... 273
Deeds, registers of (see Registers).
Deer, wild, damages by, appropriation .....
Deficiency appropriations
455
1
135
1
280
1-3
331
1
225
348
225
641
629
348
246
1,2
236
548
1-3
188
562
1
225
233
378
25
225
38,39
540
1
629
38,39
225
300
225
641
629
641
255
225
264
100
1-4
100
4
1170 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
Degrees, Northeastern College of the Boston Young Men's Christian
Association may grant certain ...... 158
Demands, etc., service of, in relation to collection of taxes on land,
relative to ....... .
Demonstration sheep farms, appropriation ....
Dental, clinics, cities and towns may establish ....
dispensaries, establishment by cities and towns, law repealed .
examiners, board of, in department of civil service and registration
(see Boards).
Dentistry, practice of, relative to . , . . ... . 424 1-5
DEPARTMENTS: ,
administration, supervisor of (see Administration, supervisor of).
agriculture, advisory board in (see Boards).
agricultural information, division of, in (see Divisions).
appropriation ......... 225 254-273
dairying and animal husbandry, division of, in (see Divisions).
markets, division of, in (see Divisions).
public, establishment of, duties as to . . . . . 580 2, 3
ornithology, division of, in (see Divisions).
plant pest control, division of, in (see Divisions).
reclamation, soil surveys and fairs, division of, in (see Divisions).
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 257-273 1
attorney-general (see Attorney-General).
auditor of the commonwealth (see Auditor of the Commonwealth).
banking and insurance, appointments in, certain, relative to . . 181
appropriation 225 309-321
banks, division of, in (see Divisions).
insurance, commissioner of, in (see Commissions, Commissioners).
division of, in (see Divisions).
loan agencies, division of, in (see Divisions).
savings bank life insurance, commissioner of, in (see Commissions,
Commissioners).
division of, in (see Divisions).
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 309-320
buildings, superintendent of (see Buildings, superintendent of).
civil service and registration, appropriation ..... 225 396—421
civil service, division of, in (see Divisions).
dental examiners, board of, in (see Boards).
embalming, registration in, board of, in (see Boards).
medicine, registration in, board of, in (see Boards).
nurses, registration of, board of, in (see Boards).
optometry, registration in, board of, in (see Boards).
pharmacy, registration in, board of, in (see Boards).
registration, division of, in (see Divisions).
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 397-415
veterinary medicine, registration in, board of, in (see Boards).
conservation, animal industry, division of, in (see Divisions).
appropriation 225 274-308
commissioner of, in (see Commissions, Commissioners).
deficiency appropriation ........ 225 641
fisheries and game, division of, in (see Divisions).
Index.
1171
DEPARTMENTS — continued.
conservation, forestry, division of, in (see Divisions).
Mount Grace established as a state forest, powers and duties as to
state forests, purchase and development, powers and duties as to .
supplementary appropriation ....•••
corporations and taxation, accounts, director of, in (see Accounts,
director of),
division of, in (see Divisions).
appropriation . . . . . •
commissioner of, in (see Commissions, Commissioners).
income tax division in (see Divisions).
supplementary appropriation ....•••
correction, agents, certain, of, salaries, relative to .
appropriation .......••
director of physical training of, designation of .
pardons, advisory board of, in (see Boards).
parole, board of, in (see Boards).
supplementary appropriation .......
education, aliens, education of, division of, in (see Divisions).
appropriation .......•■
blind, commission for, in (see Commissions, Commissioners),
division of, in (see Divisions).
Chap.
606
604
629
Item or
Section
1-5
1-7
275-303
225 322-337
deficiency appropriations ......
immigration and Americanization, division of, in (see Divisions).
new building for, investigation as to . . . Resolve
public libraries, division of, in (see Divisions).
registration of school teachers with, fee for, abolished
school attendance of children residing in places remote from
school, powers as to .......
supplementary appropriation .......
industrial accidents, appropriation ......
deficiency appropriation ........
industrial accident board in (see Boards).
supplementary appropriation .......
insurance, banking and (see Departments: banking and insurance).
labor and industries, appropriation ......
conciliation and arbitration, board of, in (see Boards).
foreign and domestic commerce, commission on, placed in .
Reagan, James P., of Boston exempted from age limit require-
ments for inspectors of ...... .
standards, director of, in (see Standards, director of),
division of, in (see Divisions).
strikes, existence of, applicants for employment to beinformed of, by
supplementary appropriation .......
mental diseases, appropriation .......
commissioner of, in (see Commissions, Commissioners).
supplementary appropriation .......
water supply, additional, for Grafton state hospital may be ac-
quired by ........ •
metropolitan district commission (see Commissions, Commissioners).
629
322-336
342
1
225
484^96^
421
629
484-496
225
338-395
225
641
629
641
22
18
78
629
338-395
225
422-426
225
641
629
423
225
42 7-442 i
514
1
410
412
629
431. 442
225
443-483
629
443-483
247
1,2
1172
Index.
DEPARTMENTS — continued.
public health, administration, division of, in (see Divisions).
appropriation .........
bakeries and bakery products, regulation of, powers as to .
Charles river, protection of, from pollution, orders for, by .
communicable diseases, division of, in (see Divisions).
district health officers of, number and compensation
duties as to construction of sewerage works within watershed of
Charles river basin by Boston transferred to metropolitan
park commission . . . ...
food and drugs, inspection of, in, appropriation ....
supplementary appropriation ......
hygiene, division on, in (see Divisions).
investigation by, as to advisability of standardizing municipal
regulations relating to plumbing and drainage, provision
Chap.
for
Resolve
Resolve
its tribu-
Resolve
report of, printing and distribution of
as to sanitary condition of Acushnet river and
taries ........
laboratories, division of, in (see Divisions).
land, additional, in town of Lakeville may be acquired by .
lepers, care of, at Penikese island, contract with United States
government for, by, authorized ......
liquor, analj'sis of, by, relative to ..... .
■ plumbers, state examiners of, in (see Boards).
representative of, determination by, of cost of water supplied by
town of Danvers to Danvers state hospital, relative to
subsidies to cities and towns for care of tuberculosis cases, powers
and duties as to .
supplementary appropriation .......
tuberculosis, division of, in (see Divisions).
venereal diseases, division of, in (see Divisions),
public safety, appropriation .......
boiler rules, board of, in (see Boards).
boxing commission, state, to serve in .....
referendum petition filed to suspend law establishing . Page
inspections, division of, in (see Divisions).
police members of, killed or fatally injured, allowance to families of
state police, division of, in (see Divisions).
supplementary appropriation .......
public utilities, appropriation .......
bonds of gas and electric light companies, interest rate to be ap-
proved by ........ .
chairman of, to be member of commission to investigate certain
railroad connections with commonwealth's flats in East
Boston ........ Resolve
deficiency appropriation ........
gas and electric meters, testing of, by, collection of fees for
investigation by, as to expediency of a service charge by gas and
electric light companies ..... Resolve
as to rapid transit system for Dorchester district of Bos-
ton ........ Resolve
225
418
541
435
296
225
629
9
19
32
588
323
29
394
238
629
225
619
800
515
629
225
581
54
225
242
26
36
Item or
Section
531-569
2, 15, 19,
21
1-5
543, 544
544
1-3
1-3
632-569
570-586
1
1.2
570-585
615-631
615-631
Index. 1173
Item or
Chap. Section
DEPARTMENTS — concluded.
public utilities, investigation by, as to removal of subway structures
in Harvard square in Cambridge . . . Resolve 20
as to use of East Boston tunnel by Eastern Massachusetts
Street Railway Company ..... Resolve 78
returns to, by gas, electric and private water supply companies . 583 2
street railway lines in Hyde Park district of Boston, operation
of, powers and duties as to . . . . . .613 1-12
street railways, operation of, by cities and towns in transporta-
tion areas, powers and duties as to . . . . . 599 1
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 625
transportation areas, establishment of, by cities and towns,
powers and duties as to . . . . . . . 599 1
transportation district in towns of Raynham and Bridgewater,
rates in, to be approved by . . . . . . 622 6
public welfare, aid and relief, division of, in (see Divisions).
appropriation .........
child guardianship, division of, in (see Divisions).
minor wards, care of, at Massachusetts hospital school, powers as to
supplementary appropriation .......
public works, appropriation .......
225
497-530
597
1
629
497-527
225
587-614
225
641
629
641
363
1
deficiency appropriations ......
dredging of minor channels in Boston harbor by, authorized
highways, division of, in (see Divisions).
open during wintermonths, keeping of, by cities and towns, aid by 488 1
investigation by, as to construction of bridge over Lobster Cove
in Gloucester ....... Resolve 52
as to rectification of lines of highways passing under railroads
and other structures ..... Resolve 29
Lake Quinsigamond, protection and improvement of, by . . 287 1
lands and structures, certain, in city of New Bedford, powers and
duties in respect to . . . . . . . . 375 1
motor vehicles, registration of, in (see Motor vehicles).
province lands in Provincetown, reclamation of, by . . . 203 1
refunds by, to American Express Company and Adams Express
Company of certain motor vehicle registration fees Resolve 13
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 587-694J
waterways and public lands, division of, in (see Divisions),
state aid and pensions, commissioner of (see Commissions, Commis-
sioners) .
taxation, corporations and (see Departments: corporations and
taxation),
treasurer and receiver-general (see Treasurer and receiver-general).
Depaxtments, heads of, appointments, certain, by, authorized . . 205
designation by, of persons to perform their duties in certain
instances, authorized ....... 44
surety bonds of, relative to ...... . 546 1
orders, rules, etc., of, certain, filing of, by secretary of the common-
wealth 433
Deposits, savings, bail, may be accepted as security for . . . 584 1-8
dividends or interest on, auditing of earnings of savings banks
prior to, relative to . . . . . . . . 414
1174
Index.
Deposits, savings, computation of .
payment of ....... .
trust companies, relative- to .....
Dictagraphs or dictaphones, installation and use of, regulated
Dighton, Electric Light District, established
town of (see Towns).
Dipsomaniacs, transfer of certain, to mental wards of state infirmary .
Director, of standards (see Standards, director of).
state census (see Census).
Discharge or release papers of soldiers, sailors and marines, recording
of, provision for ........
Diseases, communicable, division of, in department of public health
(see Divisions),
prisoners and certain public charges afBicted with, relative to
Dissolution of certain corporation! .......
Dissolved corporations, existence of certain, continued for purposes of
suit ..........
Distribution of estates of persons djdng intestate ....
District attorneys, appropriation .......
deficiency appropriation ........
middle district, second assistant district attorney, appointment of .
northern district, additional second assistant district attorney, ap-
pointment of ........ .
Suffolk district, office of, organization and salaries, relative to
supplementary appropriation .......
District courts (see Courts).
District police, retired, compensation, appropriation ....
Dividends, savings deposits, auditing of earnings of savings banks prior
to payment of . . . . . . . ' .
computation of ........ .
payment of .......... 311
trust companies, relative to ...... . 663
stock (see Stock dividends).
DIVISIONS:
accounts, in department of corporations and taxation, appropria-
tion ..........
auditing of municipal accounts by director of .
supplementary appropriation .......
administration, in department of public health, appropriation
agricultural information, in department of agriculture, appropria-
tion ..........
aid and relief, in department of public welfare, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .......
aliens, education of, in department of education, name changed
animal industry, in department of conservation, appropriation
director of, to be member of commission to investigate as to tuber-
culosis in bovine animals ..... Resolve
supplementary appropriation .......
archives, in department of secretary of the commonwealth, chief of,
salary established ........
banks, in department of banking and insurance, appropriation
supplementary appropriation . . . . ' .
Chap.
Item or
Section
38
311
563
1-6
558
1-5
316
1-10
193
467
306
212
165
468
225
225
320
395
451
629
225
414
38
1
66-74
641
1
1
1
66-71
239
1-6
225
330-336
245
1-5
629
331-336
225
531, 532
225
260, 261
225
499-506
629
499-506
72
225
302-308
81
629
303
620
1
225
309-311
629
309-311
Index.
1175
225
629
225
629
225
629
Chap.
DIVISIONS — continued.
blind, in department of education, appropriation ....
supplementary appropriation .......
census, in department of secretary of the commonwealth, appropria-
tion .......•••
supplementary appropriation ....-••
child guardianship, in department of public welfare, appropria-
tion .......•••
supplementary appropriation .......
civil service, in department of civil service and registration, appro-
priation ........••
police officers in Boston, women eligible to appointment as, sepa-
rate list of, to be established by .....
supplementary appropriation .......
communicable diseases, in department of public health, appropria-
tion ........••
supplementary appropriation .......
dairying and animal husbandry, in department of agriculture, appro-
priation ..........
engineering, in department of public health, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .......
fisheries and game, in department of conservation, appropriation
lobsters, licenses to take, powers as to granting of, etc.
supplementary appropriation .......
traps, confiscated, disposition of, by director of .
forestry, in department of conservation, appropriation .
highways, in department of public works, appropriation
billboards, etc., regulation of, powers and duties as to
deficiency appropriation . . . . . . . .
highway, in Blandford, Otis, Monterey and Great Harrington,
construction of ........
in Chester, Middlefield, Peru and Hinsdale, construction of, by
in Clinton, improvement of , by .
in Holden, improvement of, by .
in Paxton and Rutland, construction of, by .
in Templeton, improvement of ..... .
in Westborough, improvement of, by .
highways in five western counties, additional expenditures for
completion of, by .
investigation by, as to relocation of state highway in town of
Wilbraham . . . . . . . Resolve
motor vehicles, registration of, in (see Motor vehicles),
supplementary appropriation .......
hygiene, in department of public health, appropriation .
supplementary appropriation .......
immigration and Americanization, in department of education,
appropriation .........
named ...........
income tax, in department of corporations and taxation, appropria-
tion ..........
supplementary appropriation .......
inspections, in department of public safety, appropriation
572
72
629
225
629
225
72
225
629
225
Item or
Section
359-362
359, 361
206
206
507-511
507, 508
225 396-399
211
629
397, 398
225
535, 536
629
536
225
262-264
225
545. 546
629
546
225
283-301
434
2
629
283-291
437
3
225
274-282
225
588-594
545
1.2
225
641
571
1
566
520
1
521
1
519
1
522
1
536
1
1.2
588-594}
533, 534
534
354, 355
327-329
327
572-681
1176
Index.
^
(
DIVISIONS — concluded.
insurance, in department of banking and insurance, appropriation .
supplementary appropriation .......
laboratories, in department of public health, appropriation
loan agencies, in department of banking and insurance, appropria-
tion ..........
markets, in department of agriculture, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .......
ornithology, in department of agriculture, appropriation
plant pest control, in department of agriculture, appropriation
payments by, on account of white pine blister, authorized .
pubhc libraries, in department of education, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .......
town records of births, marriages and deaths, certain, preserva-
tion of, powers as to .......
reclamation, soil survey and fairs, in department of agriculture,
appropriation .........
registration, in department of civil service and registration, appro-
priation ..........
supplementary appropriation .......
savings bank life insurance, in department of banking and insurance,
appropriation .........
standards, in department of labor and industries, appropriation
state police, in department of public safety, appropriation
tuberculosis, in department of public health, appropriation
venereal diseases, in department of public health, appropria-
tion ..........
waterways and public lands, in department of public works, appro-
priation ..........
investigation by, as to certain claim of Boston and Maine Rail-
road against commonwealth .... Resolve
as to traffic tunnel between Boston and East Boston Resolve
as to transportation facilities between Boston and Chel-
sea ........ Resolve
as to shores in town of Scituate, protection of, by .
Documents, commonwealth may dispose of duplicate and worthless, .
appropriation ..........
Dogs, hunting, training of, relative to ..... .
worrying, maiming or killing of domestic animals by, payment of
damages caused by .
Donato, Joseph, payment to . . . . . . Resolve
appropriation ..........
Doorkeepers, general court (see General Court).
Dorchester district of city of Boston, municipal court of (see Courts),
rapid transit sj'stem for, investigation as to . . . Resolve
Drainage and plumbing, municipal regulations relating to, investiga-
tion as to advisability of standardizing, provision for Resolve
report of, printing and distribution of . . . . Resolve
Drawtenders, etc., in employ of cities and towns, pensioning of .
Drivers of vehicles, right of way, granting of, by, at intersection of
certain ways, relative to .
Drug business, retail, permits to transact, fees for, established .
hap.
Item or
Section
225
316-318
629
316,317
225
547, 548
225
312-314
225
269, 270
629
269
225
267, 268
225
265, 266
446
1
225
356. 358
629
356
562
225
271-
-273
225
400-421
629
402-415
225
319-321
225
434
442
225.
573
-576
225
554
-556
225
537
538
225
698
-614
37
73
71
585
1
174
1.2
629
174a
437
6
547
47
629
633 f
56
9
19
179
222
360
Index. 1177
Item or
Chap. Section
Drugs, food and, inspection of, department of public health, appropria-
tion 225 543,544
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 544
persons addicted to intemperate use of, certain, transfer of, to
mental wards of state infirmary . . . . .193
Dukes, county of (see Counties).
Duxbury, town of (see Towns).
Dwellings, cities and towns may provide, in case of emergency . . 654 1-5
renting of (see Landlord and Tenant).
restriction of certain kinds of, to specified parts of cities and towns . 601 1-9
summary process to recover possession of, discretionarj'' stay of pro-
ceedings in, provision for ....... 577 1-6
Dwyer, William J., payment to, appropriation . .... 629 633j
E.
Eagles, Fraternal Order of, may continue to transact certain in-
surance in Massachusetts .*...... 542
East Boston, commonwealth's flats in, railroad connections with, in-
vestigation as to . . . . . . Resolve 54
district court (see Courts).
ferry system, improvement of, Boston may borrow money for . 315
state armory in, investigation relative to . . . Resolve 21
tunnel, between Boston and, investigation as to . . Resolve 73
use of, by Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, in-
vestigation as to . . . . . . Resolve 78
East Brookfield, town of (see Towns).
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, act made emer-
gency law authorizing cities and towns served by, to contribute
to cost of service ...... Pages 793, 801
contributions toward cost of service by cities and towns served by . 505
East Boston tunnel, use of, by, investigation as to • Resolve 78
/ operation of lines of, in Hyde Park district of Boston . . . 613
transportation district in towns of Raynham and Bridgewater,
powers and duties of trustees of, as to
Eastern Nazarene College, Trustees for, incorporated
Eastern States Agricultural and Industrial Exposition, Inc.,
property owned by other states within grounds of, exempted
from taxation .........
Eavesdropping, crime of, defined and punished .....
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston, The, line for
transmission of electricity, certain, town of Concord may
sell, to 605 4
Education, campaigns of general, relative to matters of public health,
cities and towns may conduct ...... 100 1
commissioner of (see Commissions, Commissioners),
department of (see Departments) .
ELECTIONS:
ballot boxes furnished by secretary of the commonwealth, price of . 169
Boston, city council, law amended ...... 471 1-16
election commissioners, sessions of, for purposes of registration . 142
622
6
506
I
261
1
558
1-5
1178 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
149, 256
. 149
. 225 199-205
. 629 20U
ELECTIONS — concluded.
Boston, initiative and referendum petitions, certification of signers
of, by election commissioners ...... 129
listing and registration of voters in . . . . . . 145
registration in, laws relating to, amended .... 142, 145
sessions of election commissioners for purposes of . . . 142
candidates, expenditures of, law amended ..... 149
lists of, etc., publication of, before state and city elections . . 559
city, lists of candidates and forms of questions, publication of, before 559
constitutional amendments, federal, proposed, provision for ascer-
taining opinion of people as to . . , . . . 560
corrupt practices in, law amended
expenditures of candidates, law amended
expenses, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
Gloucester, preferential voting law for, repealed . . . .81 1, 2
lists of candidates, etc., publication of, before state and city elec-
tions .......... 559
Lowell, election commission in, established ..... 154 1-6
Newburyport, preliminary, for choice of municipal officers, provision
for 95 1-H
pasters used on official ballots, contents of . . , . . 479
primaries, candidates in, expenditures of, law amended . . . 149
in towns, polling hours ........ 481
printing matters relating to, appropriation ..... 225 199-205
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 201 J
questions, forms of, to be submitted to voters, publication of . 559
registrars of voters, assistant, appointment of ... . 243 1, 2
state, lists of candidates and forms of questions, publication of, before 659
stickers used on official ballots, contents of . . . . . 479
towns, laws amended ........ 691 1
voters, party enrolment of, voting lists showing, certified copies of,
applications for ........ 493 2
voting lists showing party enrolment of voters, certified copies of,
applications for ........
voting precincts, division of cities and towns into
wards, division of cities into .......
warrants, town meetings, posting of ..... .
Winthrop, precinct voting, representative town meetings, etc., in .
women voters enabled to vote at primaries and elections when
qualified .........
Electoral college, services and expenses, appropriation
Electric and gas, meters, testing of, by department of public utilities,
collection of fees for ....... 242
plants, municipal, recovery of damages for death caused by opera-
tion of ... 236
Electric companies, bonds issued by, interest rate .... 581 1
disposal of slash and brush by ...... . 308 3
fees, certain, payable by, increased ...... 698 6
returns by, to department of public utilities, relative to . . 683 2
service charge by, investigation as to expediency of . Resolve 26
Electric Light District, Dighton, established 316 1-10
493
2
146
2
146
1
591
1
427
1-11
679
2
225
198
Index. 1179
Electric railroad corporations, special tax imposed upon . . s
id
{
Electricians, state examiners of, in department of civil service and
registration (see Boards).
Elevators, operation of, by minors, relative to .
Chap.
Item or
Section
550
1
600
298
1
312
2
465
82
1-3
56
132
1
Eliot street in Boston, widening of ....
Ell pond in city of Melrose, control of, relative to
Ellis, James B., wife of, annuity ..... Resolve
James M., widow of, pension .....
Embalming, board of registration in, in department of civil service
and registration (see Boards) .
Emergency appropriations by cities and towns, relative to 591 10
Emergency laws, acts of 1919 and 1920, certain, declared to be Pages 793, 801
roll calls in general court on, proposed constitutional amendment
as to Pages 745, 801
Employees, city (see Cities).
civil service, standing of, who enter military or naval service of
United States in time of war ...... 219 1, 2
commonwealth (see Commonwealth),
county (see Counties) .
injured (see Workmen's Compensation Act).
minors, certain, not to be employed to operate, etc., freight elevators 298 1
municipal (sea Cities; Towns).
public, compensation for injuries sustained by, appropriation . 225 241
equal opportunity secured to all citizens of commonwealth for
employment as ........ 376
scrubwomen employed in state house to be paid weekly . . 221
state (see Commonwealth).
street railway companies, publicly controlled or aided, equal oppor-
tunity secured to all citizens of commonwealth for employ-
ment as ......... . 376
textile factories, specifications to be furnished to, relative to . . 417
town (see Towns) .
wage boards (see Wage boards).
Employers, wage boards (see Wage boards).
Employment, applicants for, to be informed of strike conditions by
department of labor and industries ..... 412
for soldiers, sailors and marines, work of securing, use of certain
funds for, authorized . . . . . ...
appropriation .........
offices, free, appropriation ........
Enacting style for measures submitted to people under initiative pro-
visions of constitution, prescribed .....
Endicott, Henry B., late, tablet in state house in memory of, appro-
priation .......... 629
Endorsements, etc., used in connection with insurance policies, filing
and approval of ....... .
Engineering division in department of public health (see Divisions) .
Entertainments, public, licensing of 47
Escapes or attempted escapes from prison camp and hospital and other
penal institutions, punishment for ..... 380 1, 2
621
629
179
225
430
388
1
629
170i
123
1,2
1180 Index.
46
468
1
396
1-6
270
120
181
378
344
225
82-90
629
85
Item or
Chap. Section
Essex, county of (see Counties).
Estates of deceased persons, expenditures by executors and adminis-
trators for improvement of burial lots and monuments, rela-
tive to ......... .
intestate, distribution of ....... .
non-resident decedents, personal property of, taxation of legacies
and successions extended to ..... .
sale of undivided real estate of, for payment of taxes
Everett, city of (see Cities).
Evidence, records of convictions of witnesses, admission of, in, to affect
credibility, relative to ...... .
Examiners, department of banking and insurance, appointment of
Excise tax (see Tax, Taxes).
Execution, arrest on, venue of applications for ....
Executions, levy of, on land, relative to . . . . ■ .
Executive department, appropriation ......
supplementary appropriation .......
Executors, expenditures by, for improvement of burial lots and monu-
ments .......... 46
foreign, duties, liabilities, etc., imposed upon, by extension of legacy
and succession tax to personal property of non-resident de-
cedents .......... 396 4
Exemptions, tax (see Tax, Taxes).
Exhibitions, outdoor, licensing of . . . . . . .47
Exposition, international, in or near Boston, commission to con-
sider ........ Resolve 53
Extradition of fugitives from justice, relative to .... 399
Eyes, artificial, furnishing of, to certain injured employees under
Workmen's Compensation Act ...... 324
F.
Factories, textile, specifications to be furnished to certain operatives
in, relative to . . . . . . . . . 417
Fair haven, town of (see Towns).
Fairs, reclamation, soil survey and, division of, in department of
agriculture (see Divisions).
Fall River, city of (see Cities).
Falmouth, town of (see Towns).
Farm, state (see State farm).
Farm lands, trespass on, laws relating to, extracts from, printing and
sale of 202
Farms, school boys working upon, supervision and care of, appropriation 629 273J
Federal, constitution (see United States).
government (see United States).
Feeble-Minded, Massachusetts School for the, appropriation . . 225 463
. 629 463
. 225 482, 483
. 629 482, 483
. 326
supplementary appropriation .....
proposed school for, at Belchertown, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .....
Fees, certificates, certain, issued by commissioner of insurance
chauffeurs' licenses to operate automobiles, renewal of, established . 426
Index.
1181
Fees, copies of official papers certified by secretary of the commonwealth,
established .........
corporations, payable by certain, increased .....
drug business, retail, permits to transact, established
labels, trade-marks, etc., registration of, increased
lumber, survey of, relative to ...... .
medical examiners, investigation of deaths prior to cremation, estab-
lished ..........
meters, gas and electric, testing of, by department of public utilities,
collection of ........ .
motor vehicles, registration of, relative to ' .
operators' licenses to operate automobiles, renewal of, established
registers of deeds ........
hap.
Item or
Section
598
8
598
1-7
360
1
618
551
3
188
242
419
426
495
587
18
691
207
school teachers, registration of, abolished . . .
town officers, by-laws as to . . . . / .
witnesses, travel of, law amended ....
Felonies (see Crimes).
Ferris wheels, etc., licensing of, law amended ..... 47
Ferry system. East Boston, improvement of, Boston may borrow
money for ......... 315
Fields, general (see General fields).
Fire commissioner, Boston (see Cities, Boston).
Fire department, Billerica, chief and assistant chief of, offices estab-
lished 480
Canton, division of permanent members of, into day and night
forces, relative to ..... .
Chicopee, chief of, placed under civil service laws .
Framingham, acts of town relative to promotion of call men in, con-
firmed .........
Peabody, call firemen in, promotion of, to permanent force
Swampscott, chief of, office established and placed under civi
service laws ........
Westfield, chief of, office established and placed under civil service
laws ........
Fire departments, towns, chiefs of, appointment of .
establishment of ...... .
Fire District, North Chelmsford, sewerage system may be established by
Palmer, Number One may establish system of water supply
Fire districts, police officers and firemen, indemnification of, by, for
damages sustained ......
Fire marshal, state, appropriation .....
better prevention of fires in certain cities and towns, powers and
duties as to . . . . . . . . . 436
investigation by, of fire hazards in city of Lowell . . Resolves 39, 83
Fire prevention district, metropolitan (see Metropolitan fire pre-
vention district).
Fire warden, state, appropriation .....
Firemen, Boston, pensioned on account of disability, relative to
widows and children of, annuities payable to
claims arising from deaths of, pajonent of, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .....
1-3
1,2
453
1,2
533
1.2
3
1
430
1
l-A
5
1-4
691
36,41
691
27-29
73
1-12
543
1-13
591
14
225
584-586
1-3
. 225
280
. 60
1.2
. 68
. 225
249
. 629
249
1182 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
Firemen, indemnification of, by towns, etc., for damages sustained
in performance of duties ....... 591 14
killed or fatally injured, allowances to families or dependents of,
law amended ......... 286
Firemen's Association, Massachusetts State, appropriation . 225 213,214
Fires, better prevention of, in commonwealth outside of metropolitan
fire prevention district, provision for . . . , . 436 1-3
forest (see Forest fires).
First sergeants in land forces, compensation established . . • 274
First TTniversalist Society of Middleton, relative to ... 52 1
FISH:
alewife fishery in town of Cohasset, relative to ... . 291 1, 2
flounders, catching of, in certain waters of town of Marblehead,
prohibited 284 1,2
hatchery in town of Adams, sale of, by commissioner of conserva-
tion, authorized ...... Resolve 5
lobsters, licenses to take, granting of . . . . . . 434 1—9
protection of, screening of ponds and rivers for, by commissioner
of conservation ........ 382 1, 2
salmon, taking of, rules relative to, may be made by commissioner
of conservation ........ 339 1, 2
scallops, taking of, relative to ...... . 139
Fish and game wardens, paid, permanently incapacitated while in
performance of duty, retirement of . . . . 304 1-3
Fisheries and game, division of, in department of conservation (see
Divisions) .
Fishing, licenses for, for minors, etc., law amended
Fitch Home, Inc., The, incorporated .....
Fitchburg, city of (see Cities).
normal school, appropriation ......
supplementary appropriation ......
Flags, Spanish and world wars, permanent exhibition of, in state house
appropriation .......... 629
Flats, commonwealth's, in East Boston, railroad connections with,
investigation as to . . . . . . Resolve 54
Floating bridge over Glenmere pond in Lynn, reconstruction of, ex-
pense, etc. ......... 589
Flounders, catching of, in certain waters of town of Marblehead, pro-
hibited ..........
Food administrators, appointment of ..... .
Food and drugs, inspection of, department of public health, appropria-
tion ..........
supplementary appropriation .......
Foods, bread and other bakery products, production, sale, etc., of,
regulated .........
cold storage of, law amended .......
sale of, regulated .........
Football (see Games and sports) .
Fore river (see Weymouth Fore river) .
Foreign and domestic commerce, commission on (see Commissions,
Commissioners) .
Foreign corporations (see Corporations) .
300
107
1-6
225
377, 378
629
378
513
1-4
629
170J
284
1,2
628
5
225
543, 544
629
544
418
1-23
297
1
402
1-3
Index.
1183
Pago
Foremen, in employ of cities and towns, pensioning of . . .
Forest, fires, aiding certain towns in extinguishment of, relative to
lands, trespass on, laws relating to, extracts from, printing and sale
of
state. Mount Grace established as a .
appropriation .........
wardens, disposal of slash and brush, powers as to
Forestry, division of, in department of conservation (see Divisions).
Forests, state, purchase and development of
appropriation ......
initiative petition relative to . . .
Fowl, water (see Game).
Foxborough, state hospital, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
town of (see Towns) .
Framing ham, normal school, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
town of (see Towns).
Franklin, county of (see Counties).
Savings Bank of the City of Boston, may acqmre additional property 439
Fraternal beneficiary laws. Fraternal Order of Eagles may continue
to transact certain insurance in Massachusetts under . . 542
General Electric Mutual Benefit Association exempted from . . 151
Fraternal benefit societies, investments of, relative to . . . 359
licensing of ......... . 257
permitted to form and operate a higher rate class of members . 217
Fraternal Order of Eagles, may continue to transact certain insurance
in Massachusetts ........ 542
Free employment oflBices, appropriation ...... 225
Fuel administrator, appointment of ..... . 610
appropriation .......... 629
Fugitives from justice, extradition of, relative to ... . 399
Funeral expenses, improvement of burial lots and monuments by
executors and administrators allowed as . . . .46
Fur -bearing animals, taking of ...... . 437
Chap.
179
269
Item or
Section
1.2
202
606
629
308
1-5
282b
4
604 1-7
629 282a, 282b
798
225
629-
456, 457
456
225
629
379, 380
379, 380
1,2
1,2
430, 439
6331
1-9
Gallagher, George J., in favor of . . . . . Resolve 24
GAME:
birds, wild or undomesticated, protection of, law amended . . 208
fisheries and, division of, in department of conservation (see Divi-
sions).
fur-bearing animals, taking of
hares, hunting and killing of
hunting licenses, law amended
minks, muskrats, otters, etc., taking of
Tabbiis, hunting and killing of
raccoons, skunks, etc., taking of .
wardens (see Fish and game wardens).
water fowl, hunting of, in Nantucket county, use of live geese as de-
coys for, permitted ........ 273
437
1-0
425
1-5
300
437
1
425
1-5
437
1
1184
Index.
Games and sports, certain, permitted on the Lord's Day .
Gardner, Augustus P., name of, conferred on auditorium in east wing
of state house ....... Resolve
Gardner, state colony, appropriation ......
supplementary appropriation .......
town of (see Towns) .
Garland, Prank L., in favor of Resolve
Gas and electric, meters, testing of, by department of public utilities,
collection of fees for .......
plants, municipal, recovery of damages for death caused by opera-
tion of ......... .
Gas companies, bonds issued by, interest rate . . . . .
fees, certain, payable by, increased ......
returns by, to department of public utilities, relative to
service charge by, investigation as to expediency of . Resolve
Geese, live, as decoys for bunting water fowl in Nantucket county, use
of, permitted .........
GENERAL COURT:
acts and resolves, number passed by . . . . . Page
amendments to federal constitution, action as to .
bulletin of committee hearings, appropriation ....
Bullock, William J., late member of, payment to widow of Resolve
chaplains, appropriation ........
salaries established ........
supplementary appropriation .......
clerks of senate and house of representatives, appropriation .
purchase by, of books containing portraits, etc., of members of
general court, authorized .
salaries established ....
supplementary appropriation
assistant, appropriation ....
salaries estabhshed ....
supplementary appropriation
committees, expenses, appropriation
supplementary appropriation
recess, appropriation ....
contingent expenses, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
corporations, petitions to, affecting, procedure
doorkeepers, appointment and removal of
appropriation .....
senate, title and salary of present
supplementary appropriation .
emergency measures, roll calls on preambles to, proposed constitu-
tional amendment as to .
hearings, advertising, appropriation
supplementary appropriation
bulletin of, appropriation
legislative document room, clerks, appointment and removal of
appropriation ........
Mahoney, John J., late member of, payment to brother of Resolve
Resolve
Chap.
240
3
225
629
33
242
236
681
598
583
26
273
801
560
225
10
225
345
629
225
55
347
629
225
348
629
225
629
629
225
629
582
593
225
41
629
Item or
Section
1-9
460, 461
460-461 J
Pages 745. 801
225
629
225
593
225
51
1
24
17
1
17
6,7.8
1
6,6
6
1
6
18,19
19
27a, 27b,
27m
27
27
1.2
11, 14
11
20
20
24
15
Index.
1185
Item or
Chap.
Section
225
23
• • •
225
1-4
1
593
225
12, 14
Resolve
10
593
225
13, 14
346
629
13
. containing,
65
,
225
27k
593
225
11.14
629
11
225
22
•
629
27a, 27b,
27m
GENERAL COURT — concluded.
manual for, appropriation .....
members' compensation, appropriation
time of payment of , . . . .
messengers, appointment and removal of
appropriation ......
Morrison, James, late member of, payment to estate of
pages, appointment and removal of . . .
appropriation ......
compensation fixed .....
supplementary appropriation ....
portraits and biographical sketches of members of, book
purchase authorized ....
appropriation ......
postmaster and assistant, appointment and removal of
appropriation ......
supplementary appropriation ....
printing and binding, appropriation
recess committees, appropriation
roll calls in, on preambles to emergency measures, proposed consti-
tutional amendment relative to . . . Pages 745, 801
sergeant-at-arms (see Sergeant-at-arms) .
stationery, appropriation
travelling expenses, appropriation
vetoes of acts passed by ...... . Page
witnesses, summoning of, appropriation
travel fees, law amended
General Electric Mutual Benefit Association exempted from fra-
ternal beneficiary and insurance laws ....
General fields, proprietors of, service of process on .
General laws (see Laws) .
German War (see War measures).
Gifts, made in contemplation of death, taxation of, provision for .
of personal property between husband and wife permitted
Gill, EdmundJ., late, father of, payment to . . . Resolve
appropriation .....
Girls, parole of, department of pubUc welfare
supplementary appropriation
Glass bottles or jars used for distribution of milk or cream, sealing of
Gloucester, city of (see Cities).
Gooseberry bushes, destruction of, on account of white pine blister,
compensation for ........
appropriation ..........
Gorfinkle, Bernard L., acts as notary public confirmed . Resolve 8
Goshen, town of (see Towns).
Gosnold, town of (see Towns).
GOVERNOR:
appointment by, Boston psychopathic hospital, trustees of . . 537
corporate securities, etc., one member of commission to investi-
gate ........ Resolve 79
food administrators ........ 628
225
25.26
225
2,4
801
225
21
207
151
1
591
2
548
1-3
478
49
629
271
225
519-521
629
519
45
446
1
629
273J
1186 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
GOVERNOR — concluded.
appointment by, fuel administrator ...... 610
graves of American dead in foreign soil, commission to ascertain
most appropriate methods of caring for . . . .616 1
international exposition in or near Boston, commission to con-
sider ........ Resolve 53
leather manufacturing, etc., trade school in, commission to in-
vestigate as to establishing .... Resolve 23
memorial to soldiers, sailors and marines, construction of, com-
mission to consider ...... Resolve 82
mothers and their children, prenatal and postnatal aid and care
for, commission to investigate .... Resolve 85
state boxing commission ........ 619 1-22
salary and expenses, appropriation ...... 225 82, 87
vetoes by, in 1920 Page 801
warrants by, for extradition of fugitives from justice, law amended . 399
Governor's council, salaries and expenses, appropriation 225 84, 86
88-90
Governors of commonwealth, portraits of, relative to procuring of 354
Grafton and Upton Railway, town of Upton may contribute toward
cost of repair of part of ...... . 497 1
Grafton state hospital, appropriation ...... 225 462
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 462
water supply, additional, for ....... 247 1, 2
Grand jury, discharge in certain cases of persons in custody pending
action by ......... 113
Gratuity for soldiers, sailors and marines (see Bonus).
Graves of soldiers and sailors, care of, by cities and towns 218
in foreign soil, conm:iission to report as to caring for, appropria-
tion 629 271
established . . . . . . . . • • 616 1
monuments at, appropriations for, by cities and towns . . . 528
Great Barrington, town of (see Towns).
Great ponds, use of, investigation, appropriation .... 225 549
Greene, William J., widow of, payment to . . . Resolve 84
appropriation .......... 629 633 J
Greenfield, town of (see Towns).
Groton School, Trustees of, corporate powers extended . . . 260
Guard, state (see State guard).
Guardians, income received by, taxation of, relative to . . . 398 1
Guardianship, child, division of, in department of public welfare
(see Divisions) .
Guide book, state house, reprinting of, appropriation . . . 225 27 i
Guyette, John B. George, dependents of, annuity .... 20 1
H.
Habitations (see Dwellings).
Half holidays for certain town employees ...... 541 12
Hallett, Laura E., administratrix of estate of James Morrison, pay-
ment to Resolve 10
Hampden, county of (see Counties).
Index.
1187
Chap.
Item or
Section
n Boston, taking
removal of, in-
Resolve
Hampshire, county of (see Counties).
Harbor, Beverly, improvement of, contribution of money to federal
government by city of Beverly for, authorized
Boston, dredging of minor channels in, by department of public
works, authorized ........
Cataumet, in town of Falmouth, name changed to Megansett
harbor ..........
Gloucester, line in, portion of, changed .....
Marblehead, flounders, catching of, in parts of, prohibited
old, in South Boston district, improvement of sanitary conditions in
Harbor lines, Gloucester harbor, portion of, changed
WejTnouth Fore river above Quincy Point bridge, established
Hardy, John D., payment to, appropriation
Hares and rabbits (see Game).
Harvard College, President and Fellows of, land of,
of, for extension of Arnold Arboretum
Harvard square in Cambridge, subway structures in
vestigation relative to
Haskell, Rachel, annuity
Haskins, Leander M. , hospital may be maintained by town of Rock-
port ..........
Haverhill, city of (see Cities).
Hawkers and peddlers, application of laws relative to, limited
regulations as to, by cities and towns ......
Headstones (see Monuments).
Health, boards of, bakeries and bakery products, duties and powers as to
towns, election of .
regulations by . . .
selectmen acting as
clinics, cities and towns may establish
inspectors, of towns, appointment of
officers, district, number and compensation of
public, department of (see Departments).
Hearings, committees of general court, advertising of, appropria
tion .......
supplementary appropriation ....
bulletin of, appropriation .....
Herter, Robert, widow of, pajTnent to . . .
appropriation .......
Highway, between Rockport and Gloucester, construction
to
in Blandford, Otis, Monterey and Great Barrington, construction
of .
appropriation
in Chester, Middlefield, Peru and Hinsdale, construction of
appropriation
in Clinton, improvement of
appropriation
in Holden, improvement of
appropriation
in Leicester, laying out of,
money for
Resolve
of, relative
275
363
277
230
1, 2
284
393
230
1, 2
104
629
6331
by Worcester county, borrowing of
126
20
19
276
591
591
418 2,
591
591
591
100
591
435
225
629
225
35
629
457
571
629
566
629
520
629
521
629
197
1.2
1,2
21
20
, 19-21
33
17
36,38
1-3
38
20
20
24
633 J
1.2
1.2
594J
594i
1.2
594 J
1.2
594 i
1188
Index.
to, determination of cost of
29
225
225
591
411
42
Chap.
Highway, in Paxton and Rutland, construction of . . . .519
appropriation . . . . . . . . .629
in Templeton, improvement of ...... . 522
appropriation ......... 629
in Westborough, improvement of ...... 536
appropriation . . . . . ■ .629
in Wilbraham, relocation of, investigation as to . . Resolve 72
surveyors, towns, election of ...... . 591
Highways, defects in certain, liability of counties, cities and towns for 447
division of, in department of public works (see Divisions),
improvement of certain, appropriation ..... 629
in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester
counties, additional expenditures for completion of . . 572
open during winter months, aid for cities and towns in keeping
certain .......... 488
rectification of lines of, passing under railroads and other structures,
investigation as to ..... Resolve
state, construction and maintenance of, appropriation .
defective, payment of damages for, appropriation
surveyors of, election of, in towns ......
Hinsdale, town of (see Towns).
Historical Society, Massachusetts (see Massachusetts Historical
Society).
History, American, courses in, to be taught in public schools
Hoerles, Frank, pajTnent to . . . . Resolve
Holden, town of (see Towns).
Homestead commission in department of public welfare (see Com-
missions, Commissioners).
Hospital Cottages for Children, appropriation
supplementary appropriation
Hospital school, Massachusetts, appropriation
state minor wards, care of certain, at .
supplementary appropriation
trustees of, may acquire additional land in town of Canton
HOSPITALS:
Boston, psychopathic, established as a state hospital
state, appropriation ........
psychopathic department of, made a separate state hospital
for insane
supplementary appropriation
Burbank, Fitchburg may issue bonds or notes for purpose of making
additions to .
Danvers state, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
water supplied by town of Danvers
Foxborough state, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
Gardner state colony, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
Grafton state, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
water supply, additional, for .
Item or
Section
1.2
594i
1,2
594i
1.2
594i
33
594i
1,2
1-4
593, 597
593
33
225
446
629
446
225
525, 526
597
1
629
525, 526i
384
1-3
537
1,2
225
450-452
537
1,2
629
450-452 J
106
2
225
453
629
453, 454
394
1.2
225
456, 457
629
456
225
460, 461
629
460-46 li
225
462
629
462
247
1,2
Index.
1189
wards of state infirm-
HOSPITALS — concluded.
Haskins, Leander M., may be maintained by town of Rockport
Medfield state, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
Monson state, appropriation ,
supplementary appropriation .
Norfolk state, appropriation
inmates of, certain, transfer of, to mental
ary .....
Northampton state, appropriation
deficiency appropriation .
supplementary appropriation .
Penikese, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
prison camp and hospital, appropriation
escapes or attempted escapes from, punishment for
persons in prison service at, retirement and pensioning of
Taunton state, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
Westborough state, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
Worcester state, appropriation
land occupied by, easement in part of, granted to city of Worces-
ter for highway purposes .
leasing of, to United States, authorized
supplementary appropriation .
Hospitals, medical officers in, limited registration of
tuberculosis, construction, etc., of, by certain counties, time extended
counties may issue non-interest bearing notes for purposes of
House of Representatives (see General court) .
Massachusetts Bay, journals of, from 1715 to 1780, purchase and
distribution of copies of ...... .
Hoyt, Laura A., payment to ........
Hubbard, Charles W., water supply system operated by, may be
taken over by town of Wellesley . .
Hudner, John, widow of, payment to ..... .
Hull, town of (see Towns).
Humarock Beach Water Company, town of Marshfield may acquire
properties, etc., of ....... .
Hunting (see Game).
Husband and wife, gifts of personal property between, permitted
Hussey, Eliza M., pension ........
Hyannis normal school, appropriation .....
land of, certain, may be conveyed to town of Barnstable
supplementary appropriation . . . . . .
Hyde Park district of Boston, street railway lines in, public operation of
Hygiene, division of, in department of public health (see Divisions).
Hyland, John Stephen, appointment of, as member of police force of
New Bedford .........
Resolve
Item or
hap.
Section
276
1.2
225
465
629
465, 467
225
595, 596
629
468
225
449
193
225
469
629
641
629
469, 470
225
669
629
569
225
493
380
1.2
461
225
471
629
471
225
472, 474
629
472
225
475-477
372
1
48
629
475
244
1, 2
532
1,2
87
413
1.2
155
184
1
450
1
405
478
21
1
225
381, 382
397
629
382
613
2
67
225
622
629
622
225
522
629
623
1190 Index.
I.
Item or
Chap. Section
Ice cream, containers for sale of, use of, regulated .... 259 1-6
Immigration and Americanization, division of, in department of
education (see Divisions).
Income tax (see Tax, Taxes).
division, in department of corporations and taxation (see Divi-
sions).
Indemnity, payment of, for animals killed because afflicted with
tuberculosis . . . . . . . . .470
investigation as to . . . . . . . Resolve 81
Index, cumulative, acts and resolves, appropriation .... 225 192
Indexes of births, marriages and deaths, preparation of certain, by
secretary of the commonwealth . . . Resolve 44
Indian Orchard, district of city of Springfield known as. Atlas Trust
Company may establish a branch in . . . . . 224
Industrial accident board (see Boards).
Industrial accidents, department of (see Departments).
Industrial school, for boys, appropriation ....
supplementary appropriation ......
for girls, appropriation .......
supplementary appropriation ......
Industries, labor and, department of (see Departments).
Inebriates, transfer of certain, to mental wards of state infirmary . 193
Infirmary, Barnstable county (see Counties, Barnstable).
state (see State Infirmary).
Initiative and referendum, measures submitted to people under initi-
ative petitions, enacting style for ..... 388 1
petitions under, certification of signers of, by Boston election com-
missioners ......... 129 1
secretary of the commonwealth, certain, filed in ofl5ce of Pages 795-800
questions under, publication of, before elections .... 559
Injured employees (see Workmen's Compensation Act).
Ink, purchase of, appropriation ....... 225 189
Insane hospitals (see Hospitals).
Insignia, of certain organizations of veterans, unauthorized use of,
penalized ......... 367
Insolvency, probate and, courts (see Courts, probate).
Inspections, division of, in department of public safety (see Di\'i-
sions).
Inspectors, cities and towns, pensioning of .... . 179 1
department of banking and insurance, appointment of . , . 181
health, in towns, appointment of ...... 591 38
wires, in towns, appointment of . . . . . , . 591 18
Institutes (see Colleges).
Institutions, charitable, public, inmates of, aCBicted with communicable
diseases, relative to . . . . . . . . 306
officers and employees of, certain, surety bonds of, relative to . 546 1
penal, escapes or attempted escapes from, punishment for . . 380 1, 2
inmates of, physical training of, provision for .... 421
savings (see Banks, savings).
Index.
1191
Institutions, state, improvements, etc., at, studies and estimates for
supplementary appropriation ......
recess committee on, appropriation ......
Instruments, testing of certain, by director of standards
Insurance, adjusters, licensing of partnerships and corporations as
agents, licensing of partnerships and corporations as . . .
rebates, etc., on policies by, prohibited .....
stipulations relative to, certain, not to be inserted in policies, etc.
banking and, department of (see Departments),
brokers, licensing of partnerships and corporations as .
rebates, etc., on policies by, prohibited .....
commissioner of (see Commissions, Commissioners),
companies, advertising matter issued by, inspection of, by commis-
sioner of insurance .......
assets may include deposits in foreign countries, etc. .
business, kinds of, that may be transacted by '.
deposits in foreign countries by, etc., accounting for .
fees, relative to collection from .....
life, mutual, permitted to transact certain other kinds of business
reserve liability of, relative to .... .
purposes for which, may be formed .....
rebates, etc., on policies by, prohibited ....
reinsurance by, relative to ..... .
riders, etc., used by, in connection with policies, filing and ap
proval of ........
stipulations, certain, insertion of, in policies, etc., by, prohibited
tax, special, imposed upon ......
workmen's compensation, notice of injury to, law amended
division of, in department of banking and insurance (see Divisions),
fraternal (see Fraternal benefit societies) .
laws. General Electric Mutual Benefit Association exempted from .
policies, rebates, etc., on, prohibited ......
riders, etc., used in connection with, filing and approval of .
stipulations in, certain, prohibited ......
reinsurance, relative to ....... .
savings bank life, commissioner of, in department of banking and
insurance (see Commissions, Commissioners),
division of, in department of banking and insurance (see Divi-
sions),
workmen's compensation (see Workmen's Compensation Act).
Intelligence office licenses, suspension of .... .
Interest, direct debt and temporary loans of commonwealth, appropria-
tion ..........
rate of, on bonds issued by gas and electric light companies .
on county and municipal securities ......
savings deposits, auditing of earnings of savings banks prior to
payment of ........ .
computation of ........ .
payment of ......... .
trust companies, relative to ...... .
taxes (see Tax, Taxes).
Chap.
225
629
629
369
317
317
147
150
317
147
123
168
327
168
326
152
333
327
147
288
123
150
550
600
223
151
147
123
150
288
216
Item or
Section
632
632
27b
1-3
1,2
1.2
1-4
1.2
1-4
2
1
1.2
1
1,2
1-4
1
1
1-7
1.2
1
1-4
1
1
225
233
581
1
336
414
38
311
563
1-6
1192 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
International exposition in or near Boston, commission to con-
sider ........ Resolve 53
Internes, limited registration of, provision for ..... 244 1, 2
Interpreter, Italian, for East Boston district court, provision for . 534
Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Company may consolidate
with the Attleborough Branch Railroad Company . .162
Interstate traffic by motor vehicles and trailers, display of register
number plates in connection with ..... 432
Intestates, estates of, distribution of ..... . 468 1
Investments, savings banks and institutions for savings, relative to . 420 1, 2
Ipswich, town of (see Towns).
Ireson, Lucretia S., pension 215 1,2
J.
Jacques, Dora M., payment to .... . Resolve
Jars used for distributing milk or cream, sealing of .
Jeffries Neck Pasture, in town of Ipswich, sale of rights of unknown
owners of ........ .
Jobbers, hawkers, etc., certain laws as to, not applicable to certain
Johnson, Wells H., widow of, payment to .....
Journals, house of representatives of Massachusetts Bay from 1715 to
1780, purchase and distribution of copies of . . .
Judgment debtors, arrest of, venue of applications for
Judgments, cities and towns may borrow money for payment of
Judicatiire commission (see Commissions, Commissioners).
Judicial department, appropriation ......
supplementary appropriation .......
Jury, grand (see Grand jury).
service, soldiers and sailors, veteran, certain, exempted from .
waiver of, in small claims proceedings ......
Justices (see Courts).
K.
Keewaydin water works of Weston may be taken over by town of
Wellesley 184 1
Kendrick field in Worcester, sale of part of, by city of Worcester, au-
thorized .......... 16 1
Kernwood bridge over Danvers river between Salem and Beverly, re-
construction of part of, by Essex county .... 472 1-7
Kimball, James W., clerk of house of representatives, salary, appro-
priation .......... 225 5
established .......... 347 1
supplementary appropriation . . . , ' . . . 629 6
Kingston, town of (see Towns).
Knight, Frank P., paj'ments to ....... 442 1
George L., estate of, payment to ...... 442 1
38
45
•
206
591
21
483
1
413
1.2
378
114
225
28-77
629
28-75
199
•
553
2
376
163
1
179
1
591
2
179
1
143
387
298
1
143
210
221
Index. 1193
L.
Item or
Chap. Section
Labels, registration fee for, increased ...... 618
LABOR:
equal opportunity secured to all citizens of commonwealth for em-
ployment in public service or by street railway companies
publicly controlled or aided ......
Fall River, laborers, pensioning of ..... .
foremen, inspectors, mechanics, drawtenders and storekeepers in
employ of cities and towns, pensioning of .
laborers, employed by towns, half holidays for certain .
employed by cities and towns, pensioning of certain, provision for
vacations of certain, relative to ..... .
minimum wage decrees, revision of, provision for ....
minors, operation, etc., of freight elevators by, relative to
municipal employees, vacations of certain, relative to .
protection of persons furnishing materials or labor for public
works ..........
scrubwomen employed in state house to be paid weekly
strikes, existence of, department of labor and industries to inform
applicants for employment of . . . . . . 412
textile factories, certain operatives in, specifications to be furnished
to, relative to . . . . . . . . . 417
vacations of certain municipal employees, relative to . . . 143
wage boards, reconvening of, for revision of minimum wage decrees 387
selection of members of . . . . . . . .48
Labor and industries, commissioner of (see Commissions, Commis-
sioners) .
department of (see Departments) .
Laboratories, division of, in department of public health (see Divisions).
Lagoon pond, outlet of, bridge over, between Oak Bluffs and Tisbury,
construction of, provision for . . . . . .89 1-5
Lake, Cochituate, in town of Natick, use of, for boating, fishing, etc.,
relative to ........ . 504 1-3
Quannapowitt, in Wakefield, parkway or boulevard around, con-
struction of, relative to ....... 170
Quinsigamond, bridge over, construction of, borrowing of money
by city of Worcester for .......
protection and improvement of ......
Worcester granted an easement in part of land occupied by Worces-
ter state hospital as an approach to .
Lakeville, state sanatorium, appropriation ...,,.
supplementary appropriation .......
town of (see Towns).
Land, execution on, levy of ....... . 344
taking of, by cities and towns to provide shelter for their inhabitants
in case of emergency ....... 664 1-5
Land coiirt (see Courts).
Land forces (see Mihtia).
444
287
1
1-3
372
225
629
1
557, 558i,
559
557-559
1194
Index.
Chap.
Item or
Section
591
202
225
1-3
1
1
1-6
555
1
322
225
171
1
80
629
27a
2
1,2
L112
225
180. 197
629
27a
LANDLORD AND TENANT:
agreements for payment of rent, unjust, unreasonable and oppres-
sive, unenforceable ........ 578
quiet enjoyment of leased premises, penalty for interfering with . 555
rights, certain, of tenants, penalty for violation of ... 555
summary process to recover possession of dwellings, discretionary
stay of proceedings in actions of, provision for . . . 577
tenancies at will, termination of, duration of act relative to, ex-
tended 538
water, heat, light, power, etc., furnishing of, rights of tenants in
connection with, penalty for violation of .
Larceny, motor vehicles, penalty for ......
Lawrence, city of (see Cities).
Laws, general, commissioners for consolidating and arranging, appro-
priation ..........
expenditures by, in advance of appropriation . Resolve
final report of, time extended .... Resolve
supplementary appropriation ......
substantive corrections in existing, acts making, time of taking
effect postponed ........
table of changes in, for 1920 Pages 804-1112
province, publication of, appropriation .....
recess committee on consolidating, appropriation ....
towns, relating to, certain substantive changes in and additions
to
trespass, farm and forest lands, extracts from, printing and sale
of
uniformity of state, commission on, appropriation . . . 225 153
Leather manufacturings > etc., trade school in, commission to investi-
gate as to estabhshment of ... . Resolve 23
Legacy tax (see Tax, Taxes).
Legion, American (see American legion).
Legislative, department, appropriation ......
supplementary appropriation .......
document room, clerks, appointment and removal of . . .
appropriation .........
Legislature (see General court).
Leicester, town of (see Towns).
Lepers, department of public health may contract with United States
government for care at Penikese island of .
Lessors and lessees of buildings (see Landlord and tenant).
Lexington, town of (see Towns).
Librarian, state, salary established .......
to be member of commission to investigate as to new building for
state library, etc Resolve
Libraries, public, division of, in department of education (see Divi-
sions).
Library, state, appropriation 225 154-157
librarian (see Librarian, state).
new building for, investigation as to . . . . Resolve 22
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
Library trustees, women eligible as . 691
225
1-27}
629
1-27
593
225
15
328
423
22
154-1571
33
Item or
hap.
Section
47
545
1-7
191
619
3, 4, 7-12
426
317
1.2
47
47
300
257
1,2
300
317
1.2
216
434
1-9
551
5,6
426
317
1.2
545
1-7
590
1-7
225
83.86
Index. • 1195
1
LICENSES:
amusements, public, certain .......
billboards and other advertising devices .....
billiard, pool or sippio tables, keeping of, for hire, etc., suspension and
revocation of ........ .
boxing or sparring matches or exhibitions .....
chauffeurs, renewal of, fee for .......
corporations, as insurance agents, brokers and adjusters
entertainments, public, certain .......
exhibitions, outdoor .........
fishing, law amended .........
fraternal benefit societies ........
hunting, law amended ........
insurance agents, brokers and adjusters, partnerships and corpora-
tions as ......... .
intelligence offices, suspension of ......
lobsters, taking of ........ .
lumber, measurers of, certain, in towns .....
operators, automobile, renewal of, fee for .....
partnerships as insurance agents, brokers and adjusters
signs, advertising, etc. ........
Lien, personal property hold under a, recovery of ... .
Lieutenant governor, salary and expenses, appropriation .
Life insurance (see Insurance) .
Lighting of reservations, parkways, etc., under control of metropolitan
district commission, report as to . . . Resolve 77
Limbs, artificial, furnishing of, to certain injured employees under
Workmen's Compensation Act ...... 324
Lincoln, Frank H., made a member of retirement association for state
employees ......... 370
Lincoln, town of (see Towns).
Liquor, analysis of, by department of public health, relative to . .29
Liquors, initiative petition for law to regulate manufacture, etc., of
certain, filed ........ Page 798
veto by governor of act relative to .... . Page 801
Little, Brown & Company, Inc., contract with, for publication of
decisions of supreme judicial court, renewal of . Resolve 25
Live stock (see Cattle).
Loan agencies, division of, in department of banking and insurance
(see Divisions).
Loans, by cities and towns for payment of judgments, authorized
by counties, cities and towns, rate of interest ....
temporary, of commonwealth, payment of interest on .
Lobster Cove in city of Gloucester, bridge over, investigation as to
construction of ...... Resolve
Lobsters, licenses to take, granting of ..... .
Lord's Day, sports and games, certain, permitted on .
" Lotis ", police steamer, maintenance, appropriation
Lowell, city of (see Cities).
normal school, appropriation .......
supplementary appropriation .......
textile school, appropriation .......
supplementary appropriation .......
114
336
225
233
52
434
1-6
240
1-8
225
575
225
383
629
383^
225
394
629
394
Chap.
Item or
Section
551
1-12
629
633 f
225
524
629
524
438
1-3
225
23
15
1
1196 Index.
Lumber, survey of, relative to
Lydon, John J., payment to, appropriation ....
Lyman school for boys, appropriation .....
Bupplementary appropriation ......
Lynn, city of (see Cities).
M.
McCarthy, Richard M., widow of, annuity . . . Resolve 56
McCausIand, John R., pension . 400 1
McCourt, John, payment to 180 1
McGrath, Mary A., annuity 318 1
Machines, slot (see Slot machines).
Mahoney, John J., late, brother of, payment to . . Resolve 51
Maiden, city of (see Cities).
river, improvement of, by United States, payment of money for . 198 1, 2
Manchester, town of (see Towns).
Mansfield, town of (see Towns).
Water Supply District, properties, etc., of, may be taken over by
town of Mansfield .......
Manual for general court, appropriation ....
Marblehead, Building Association continued as a corporation
town of (see Towns) .
Marines (see Soldiers, sailors and marines).
Marion, town of (see Towns).
Markets, division of, in department of agriculture (see Divisions).
public, establishment and regulation of ..... 580 1-4
Marks, George A., pension ........ 407 1
Marlborough, city of (see Cities).
Marriage of Joseph E. Butman and Mary A. Stewart validated and
issue made legitimate ..... Resolve 46
Marriages, etc., indexes of, preparation of certain, by secretary of
commonwealth ...... Resolve 44
town records of, previous to year 1850, preservation of . . . 562 1
Marshes, in Gloucester, certain, special commission to consider taking
of . . . . . . . . . Resolve 34
Marshfield, town of (see Towns).
Water Company, town of Marshfield may acquire properties, etc.,
of 405 2
Mashpee, town of (see Towns).
Massachusetts, Agricultural College, appropriation ....
deficiency appropriation ........
soldier memorial building, proposed, at, provision for extending
certain services to . . . . . . Resolve
Annuity Company of, incorporated ......
archives, appropriation ........
Bay, house of representatives of, journals of, from 1715 to 1780,
purchase and distribution of copies of ....
Benevolent Association of the Deaf, incorporated ....
department, American Legion (see American Legion) .
Historical Society, journals of house of representatives of Massa-
chusetts Bay, purchase of copies of, from, authorized . . 413
225
367, 368,
371
225
641
11
452
1
225
187
413
1.2
246
1.2
Index.
1197
Chap.
Massachusetts, hospital school, appropriation ..... 225
state minor wards, care of certain, at . . . , . 597
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
trustees of, may acquire additional land in town of Canton . 384
Institute of Technology, appropriation ..... 225
nautical school, appropriation ....... 225
reformatory, appropriation . . . ... . . 225
chaplain, salary established ....... 355
deputy superintendent, salary established ..... 353
parole clerk, salary, relative to ...... 362
physician, salary established ....... 356
superintendent of, salary established ..... 343
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
turnkeys and watchmen, salaries regulated .... 459
School for the Feeble-Minded, appropriation .... 225
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
school fund, bonds of, certain, state treasurer may hold . . 617
distribution of, referendum petition on act of 1919 relative to Page 797
Soldiers' Home in, appropriation ...... 225
payments to trustees of, in anticipation of annual appropria-
tions, authorized ........ 24
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
veterans, certain, in service of, retirement of . . . . 204
State Firemen's Association, appropriation ..... 225
training schools, trustees of, appropriation ..... 225
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
volunteer militia (see Militia).
Maternity aid and care, investigation as to . . . Resolve 85
appropriation .......... 629
Matthews, Aulay, James A. and Sadie C, payment to . . . 133
Harriet S., pension ......... 65
Measurers of lumber, relative to ...... . 551
Measures (see Weights and measures).
Mechanical appliances, furnishing of, to certain injured / 324
employees under Workmen's Compensation Act . \ Resolve 70
Mechanical devices, testing of certain, by director of standards . . 369
Mechanics, in employ of cities and towns, pensioning of . . . 179
Medfield state hospital, appropriation ...... 225
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
Medford, city of (see Cities).
Medical clinics, cities and towns may establish .... 100
Medical examiners, compensation of, for investigating deaths prior to
cremation, established .......
fees of, appropriation ........
Medical officers, hospital, limited registration of ... .
Medicine, registration in, board of, in department of civil service
and registration (see Boards).
Meetings, town (see Towns).
Megansett harbor, name changed froni Cataumet harbor .
Melrose, city of (see Cities).
Memorial day, veterans in public service to have leave of absence on
Memorial Sunday, American Legion posts may parade with music on .
Item or
Section
525, 526
1
525, 526J
1
247
372-374
494, 495
1
1
494
1
463
463
146, 147
1
147
213,214
5.14-524
514, 515
27k
1
1
5, 6. 8. 10
1
1
465
465, 467
1-3
188
225
207
244
1.2
277
531
141
1
1.2
1198 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
Memorials, to soldiers, sailors and marines, appropriation of money f 292 1, 2
for, by cities and towns ...... \ 528
construction of, by commonwealth, commission to consider Resolve 82
appropriation ......... 629 27j
Mental diseases, commissioner of (see Commissions, Commissioners).
department of (see Departments).
Merchants Trust Company may hold additional real estate in Law-
rence .......... 118
Merrimack river, bridge over, in La^Tence, construction of, bond issue
by Essex county, interest rate ...... 156
Mesne process, attachment of land on, relative to , . . . 344
Messengers, court (see Courts).
general court (see General Court).
Metcalf, Julius A., pension 17 1
Meters, gas and electric, testing of, by department of public utilities,
collection of fees for ....... 242
Methuen, city of (see Cities).
Methyl alcohol, sale of, relative to 185
Metropolitan, district commission (see Commissions, Commissioners),
fire prevention district ser%'ice, appropriation ....
assessments for, upon certain cities and towns ....
north, sewerage district, appropriation .....
supplementary appropriation .......
park police, fatally injured, allowance to families of . . .
parks district, municipaUties \^^thin, assessments upon, for interest,
sinking fund and serial bond requirements, etc. .
women as special police officers ^^^thin, appointment of
south, sewerage district, appropriation .....
supplementary appropriation .......
Wellesley extension, completion of .
water system, appropriation .......
improvement and development of, certain expenditures for, au-
thorized .......... 530
supplementary appropriation .......
Mexican border service, certificates of honor, appropriation
Middleborough, town of (see Towns).
Middlefield, town of (see Towns).
Middlesex, county of (see Counties).
Middleton, town of (see Towns).
Milestones, etc., to be erected by Pilgrim tercentenary commission in
certain cities and towns ....
Military, accounts, etc., appropriation
aid, cities and towns reimbursed, appropriation
and naval service (see Soldiers, sailors and marines).
Militia, adjutant general (see Adjutant general),
armories, appropriation
chief quartermaster, appropriation
service of, relative to
supplementary appropriation .
chief surgeon, appropriation
salary of, relative to
supplementary appropriation .
225
584-586
111
225
639
629
639
515
2
443
1-3
567
1
225
640
629
640
625
225
641
530
1
629
641
225
120
. 392
1
. 225
97
. 225
145
. 225
129-131
. 225
122-131
. 595
. 629
123, 125
. 225
132-134
. 358
1
. 629
132, 134
Index.
1199
Chap.
Militia, first sergeants in land forces, compensation established . . 274
former members of, certain, exempted from jury service . . 199
land forces, commissioned officers of, compensation of certain . 358
selection of ......... 127
continuous service in, defined ....... 408
first sergeants in, compensation established .... 274
members of, prompt payment of, provision for .... 365
naval, appropriation ......... 225
officers, commissioned, of land forces, selection of . . . . 127
compensation of certain, relative to . . . . . . 358
property and disbursing officer, appropriation .... 225
reorganization, etc., appropriation ...... 225
8er\ice, continuous, in land forces of, defined .... 408
superintendent, of armories, appropriation ..... 225
of arsenal, appropriation ....... 225
salary of, relative to ....... . 358
Milk bottles or jars, seahng of 45
Millbury, town of (see Towns).
Mills, AdeHne, in favor of Resolve 31
Arthur C, -nddow of, in favor of . . . . . Resolve 28
Minimum wage, boards, selection of ...... 48
decrees, revision of, provision for ...... 387
service, department of labor and industries, appropriation . . 225
Minks, etc. (see Game).
Minor wards, state, care of certain, at Massachusetts hospital school . 597
Minors, elevators, freight, operation, etc., of, by, relative to . . 298
licenses, hunting and fishing, for, law amended .... 300
Misdemeanors (see Crimes).
Mitchell, Wontonekamuske, annuity .... Resolve 15
Model Fruit Farm in town of Goshen, supervisors of, election of . 28
Monatiquot river in Braintree, bridge over, construction of, additional
expenditures authorized ....... 90
payment of cost of constructing ....... 351
Monson state hospital, appropriation ...... 225
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
Montague, town of (see Towns).
Monterey, town of (see Towns).
Monuments, as memorials to soldiers, sailors, etc., appropriations for,
by cities and towns .......
improvement of, by executors and administrators, expenditures for,
relative to ........ .
Mooney, Timothy, widow of, payment of money to .
Morrison, Dana W., mother of, annuity ......
James, estate of, payment to .... , Resolve
Mothers, prenatal and postnatal aid and care for, 'investigation as
to ........ . Resolve
appropriation ..........
Motion picture films, veto of act relative to exhibition of . Page
Motor vehicles, "commercial trailer", term defined ....
interstate traffic by, display of register number plates in connection
with ..........
operators' and chauffeurs' licenses to operate, fees for renewal of
292
528
46
98
338
10
85
629
801
476
432
426
Item or
Section
1,2
1-8
120J
1-8
1.2
119i
102, 103
122
122
2
432, 441
1
1
1
468
468
1-3
27k
1200 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
Motor vehicles, registrar of, registration of motor vehicles, duties as
to 262 1,2
registration of, in department of public works, appropriation . . 225 595, 596
deficiency appropriations ......< „2q fi4i
fees for, relative to ........ 419
relative to 262 1, 2
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 595
right of way to, at intersection of certain ways, relative to . . 222
theft of, penalty for 322
Moulds, used for sale of ice cream, use of, regulated .... 259 1
Mount Grace State Forest, appropriation 629 282b
established 606 1
Moving pictures, veto of act relative to exhibition of . . Page 801
Municipal accounts, auditing and installing of, appropriation . . 225 335, 336
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 335, 336
auditing of, by director of division of accounts, provision for . 245 1
Municipal courts (see Courts).
Municipal employees (see Cities; Towns).
Municipalities (see Cities; Towns).
Muskrats, etc. (see Game).
Mutual life insurance companies (see Insurance companies).
N.
Nahant Land Company, charter continued ..... 12 1.
Nantasket Beach reservation, appropriation ..... 225 636
property in, certain, held by metropolitan district commission,
taxation of ........ . 575 1, 2
Nantucket, county of (see Counties).
Narcotics, persons addicted to intemperate use of, certain, transfer of,
to mental wards of state infirmary ..... 193
Natick, town of (see Towns).
National guard, Massachusetts (see Mihtia).
Naturalization, sessions of superior court in city of Quincy for . . 232
Nautical school, Massachusetts, appropriation .... 225 372-374
Naval militia, appropriation ........ 225 120J
Naval service (see Soldiers, sailors and riaarines).
Necessaries of life, commission on (see Commissions, Commissioners).
New Bedford, city of (see Cities).
state pier, appropriation ......
textile school, appropriation .....
supplementary appropriation .....
New England Trust Company may hold additional real estate
Newburyport, bridge, appropriation ....
deficiency appropriations .....
supplementary appropriation .....
city of (see Cities).
Trust Funds, Trustees of, president of city council of Newburyport
as member of, relative to . . . . . . .77
Newton, city of (see Cities).
225
605
225
395
629
395
265
1
225
594
225
641
629
641
629
594
' Index.
1201
Chap.
Newtonville and Watertown Street Railway Company, payment
by, of part of cost of constructing bridge over Charles river
between Boston and Watertown at North Beacon street,
relative to ........ . 449
Norfolk, county of (see Counties).
state hospital, appropriation .......
inmates of, certain, transfer of, to mental wards of state infirmary
emergency law, declared to be . . . . . Page
Normal art school, appropriation ......
deficiency appropriation .......
Normal schools, appropriation ......
supplementary appropriation
North Adams normal school, appropriation ....
supplementary appropriation ......
North Andover, town of (see Towns).
North Attleborough, town of (see Towns).
North Beacon street, bridge over Charles river at, between Boston
and Watertown, locations upon, granting of, to West End
Street Railway Company ....... 449
North Chelmsford Fire District, sewerage system, establishment of,
by, authorized .......
North metropolitan sewerage district, appropriation
supplementary appropriation ......
North Reading, state sanatorium, appropriation
supplementary appropriation ......
town of (see Towns).
Water Company, time extended in which to begin distribution of
water .......... 458
Northampton, city of (see Cities).
School of Industries, number of superintendents or trustees of, in-
creased .......... 14
state hospital, appropriation ....... 225
deficiency appropriation ........ 629
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
Northbridge, town of (see Towns).
Northeastern College of the Boston Young Men's Christian As-
sociation may grant certain degrees ..... 158
Notes (see Securities).
Nurses, registration of, board of, in department of civil service and
registration (see Boards).
o.
Oak Bluffs, town of (see Towns).
OFFICERS, OFFICIALS:
court (see Courts).
corporations, business, election of, relative to , . . . 237
militia (see Militia).
< probation, unclaimed money in hands of, disposition of . . . 122
state, appointments by, certain, not subject to civil service laws,
authorized ......... 205
bonds of, premiums on, reimbursement, appropriation . . 225
relative to ......... . 546
Item or
Section
225
449
193
801
225
392
225
641
225
375-392
629
376-391
225
385, 386
629
386
73
1-12
225
639
629
639
225
560. 561
629
560, 561
1
469
641
469. 470
1. 2
246
1
1202
Index.
OFFICERS, OPPMJIALS — concluded.
state, designation by, of persons to perform their duties in certain
instances, authorized .......
travel outside commonwealth by, regulated ....
towns (see Towns) .
Worcester county, certain, retirement of .... .
Operatives, in textile factories, certain, specifications to be furnished
to, relative to .
Operators' license, automobile, renewal of, fee for .
Optometry, practice of, relative to .
registration in, board of, in department of ci\'il service and regis-
tration (see Boards).
Orders, «tc., certain, made by public officials, filing of, by secretary of
the commonwealth ........
Ornithology, division of, in department of agriculture (see Divisions).
Otis, town of (see Towns).
Otters, etc. (see Game).
Outdoor exhibitions, licensing of ...... .
Overseers, of the poor, towns, election of .... .
selectmen acting as ........ .
Chap.
Item or
Section
44
253
176
417
426
612
433
1-8
47
691
33
691
36,39
445
P.
Padanaram bridge, construction of draw on, vote of town of Dart-
mouth relative to, ratified .....
Pages, general court (see General court).
Palmer, Fire District Number One may establish system of water
supply .......... 543
town of (see Towns).
Pamphlet edition, acts and resolves, appropriation .... 225
deficiency appropriation ........ 225
Paper, purchase of, appropriation ....... 225
deficiency appropriation ........ 225
Par value, capital stock without, issue of, by business corporations,
pro%asion for ......... 349
Parades, by posts of American Legion, relative to . . . 131, 141
Pardons, advisory board of, in department of correction (see Boards).
Parishes or religious societies, serv-ice of process on ...
Park commissioners, selectmen acting as .....
Parker, Horace B., claims filed with, appropriation ....
Parkways and boulevards, appropriation .....
lighting of, certain, report as to, by metropolitan district commis-
sion ........ Resolve
supplementary appropriation .......
Parole, board of, in department of correction (see Boards).
■ boys', department of public welfare, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .....
girls', department of public welfare, appropriation
supplementary appropriation ......
Partnerships, licensing of, as insurance agents, brokers and adjusters
Party enrolment of voters, voting lists showing, certified copies of,
applications for ....... . 493
1-13
191
641
195
641
591
2
591
36
629
633 i
225
244, 638
629 244, 638
225
516-518
629
516,517
225
519-521
629
519
317
1
Index.
1203
Passageway, through eaat wing of state house, maintenance of
Pasters used on official ballots, contents of .....
Pavey, Darwin C, wddow of, payment to, appropriation
Pazton, town of (see Towns).
Peabody, city of (see Cities).
Peddlers and hawkers, regulations as to, by cities and towns
Pedrick, Thomas F., late, daughters of, payment to . Resolve
appropriation ..........
Peerless Machinery Company, charter revived ....
Peeso, George E., \\adow and family of, annuity ....
Pelham, town of (see Towns).
Penal institutions (see Institutions).
Penikese, hospital, appropriation .......
supplementary appropriation .......
island, department of public health may contract with United
States government for care of lepers at ... . 328
Pensions, counties, contributions of, to certain, payable under county
retirement act, increased ....... 319
firemen, Boston, relative to ....... 60
fish and game wardens, paid, permanently incapacitated while- in
performance of duty ....... 304
foremen, inspectors, mechanics, drawtenders and storekeepers in
employ of cities and towns . . . . . .179
judges, certain, relative to . . . . . . . . 627
laborers, certain, employed by cities and towns .... 179
employed by Fall River . . . . . . . .163
police department, Boston, law amended ..... 6
Fall River, relative to 323
Lowell, chauffeurs in, status in respect to, defined . . .115
police officers, metropolitan district, assigned for emergency duty
under commissioner of public safety ..... 403
prison service of commonwealth, persons in, relative to . . . 461
soldiers and others, appropriation .....
supplementary appropriation ......
state employees (see State retirement association) .
taxation of ........ .
teachers, appropriation .......
Item or
Chap.
Section
510
1
479
629
6331
591
20
76
629
271
31
272
1
225
569
629
569
relative to
emergency law, chapter 335 declared to be . . . Page
veterans, civil war, from ser\ace of city of New Bedford
Spanish war, Philippine insurrection or world war, in public
service, pro\asion for .......
Pensions, state aid and, commissioner of (see Commissions, Com-
missioners) .
Pentecostal Collegiate Institute and Pentecostal Trade Schools,
assets and liabiUties of, may be taken over by Trustees for
Eastern Nazarene College ......
Personal property, gifts of, between husband and wife, permitted
574
506
478
1,2
1-3
1
225
242
629
242
102
1.2
225
365
49
50
1
66
1
140
1
335
1
416
1-5
801
474
1
1204
Index.
Personal property, recovery of, held under a lien ....
Peru, town of (see Towns).
Pest control, plant, division of, in department of agriculture (see
Divisions).
Pharmacy, registration in, board of, in department of civil ser\-iee
and registration (see Boards).
Philippine insurrection, records of soldiers, sailors and marines in,
compilation and publication of .
appropriation .....
veterans of, and their widows, certain, exempted from certain taxa-
tion ......
in public ser\ace, retirement of
war poll tax assessed on, abatement of
Phillips, Moses B., burial expenses of, payment of . . Resolve
Pier, New Bedford state, appropriation
one at East Boston, maintenance, appropriation
Pilgrim tercentenary, celebration, international exposition in con-
nection ■with, comniission to consider . . . Resolve
commission (see Commissions, Commissioners).
Pine blister, white (see White pine blister).
Pittsfield, city of (see Cities).
Plan D of standard forms of city charters, relative to .
Plant pest control, division of, in department of agriculture (see
Divisions).
Plumbers, state examiners of, in department of public health (see
Boards).
Plumbing and drainage, municipal regulations relating to, investiga-
tion as to advisability of standardizing, provision for Resolve
report of, printing and distribution of . . . . Resolve
Plymouth, county of (see Counties).
Point AUerton, lands situated at, in town of Hull, acquiring of, by
United States .........
Police, appointment and promotion of, in municipal police forces Avithin
civil service .........
commissioner, Boston (see Cities, Boston).
courts (see Courts).
departments, in towns, establishment of . . . .
district, retired, compensation, appropriation ....
indemnification of, by towns, etc., for damages sustained in per-
formance of duties ........
killed or fatally injured, allowance to families of certain
appropriation .........
local (see Cities; Towns).
metropolitan district, assigned for emergency duty under commis-
sioner of public safety, pensioning of .
pensions, Boston, law amended . . . . ' .
relief of certain, from duty for one day out of every eight days
requisition of, by cities and towns from other cities and towns
state, di^^sion of, in department of public safety (see Divisions).
force, establishment of, investigation as to . . Resolve
towns, chiefs of, appointment of ......
women, appointment of, as, by Boston police commissioner .
Chap.
590
Item or
Section
1-7
357
1
629
149 §
137
574
4
608
1,2
7
225
605
225
609
53
337
9
19
403
1-4
189
1
368
3
591
22-26
225
239
591
14
515
1
629
250i
6
1
166
1
591
13
40
591
36,41
2U
89
1-5
225
549
382
1,2
191
591
33
591
36,39
591
33
591
39
Index. 1205
Item or
Chap. Section
Police, women, appointment of, aa, by metropolitan park commission . 567 1
Policies, insurance (see Insurance).
Poll taxes (see Tax, Taxes).
Pond, Ell, in Melrose, control of, relative to . . . . .82 1, 2
Lagoon, outlet of, bridge over, between Oak Bluffs and Tisbury,
construction of, provision for ......
Ponds, great, use of, investigation, appropriation ....
screening of, by commissioner of conservation ....
Pool tables, licenses to keep, for hire, etc., suspension and revocation of
Poor, overseers of the, towns, election of .
selectmen acting as ........
women eligible as . . . . . . . . .591
superintendents of the, towns, appointment of . . .
Port of Boston (see Boston, port of).
Porter, William H., pension 161 1
Porters, state house (see State house).
Porto Rico, memorial for Sixth Massachusetts Regiment at, dedication
of, expenses of commission at, appropriation . . . 225 149
Portraits, of governors of commonwealth, relative to procuring of . 354
of members of general court, book containing, purchase authorized 55
Post Office square in Boston, extension of subway to, investigation
as to . . . . . . . . Resolve 45
Posters relative to poultry thieving, law authorizing printing and dis-
tribution of, repealed ....... 231
Postmaster, general court (see General Court).
Poultry, thefts of, statute against, law relative to printing and distribu-
tion of, repealed ........ 231
worrying, maiming or killing of, by dogs, payment of damages
caused by ........ . 547
Preambles, emergency, roll calls on, in general court, proposed con-
stitutional amendment as to . . . . Pages 745, 801
Precincts, voting, division of cities and towns into, relative to . . 146 1, 2
Preferential voting, in municipal elections in Gloucester, law pro-
viding for, repealed ........ 81 1
Premiums, officials' bonds, appropriation ...... 225 246
Primaries (see Elections).
Prison, camp and hospital, appropriation ...... 225 493
escapes or attempted escapes from, punishment for . . . 380 1, 2
persons in prison ser\'ice at, retirement and pensioning of . . 461
instructors, retired, compensation, appropriation .... 225 238
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 238
oflBcers, retired, compensation, appropriation .... 225 238
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 238
service of commonwealth, persons in, retirement and pensioning
of, relative to . . . . . . . . . 461
state, appropriation ......... 225 492
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 492
turnkeys and watchmen, salaries regulated .... 459 1
vans, drivers of, employed by Suffolk county in Boston, compen-
sation of ......... 271 1
Prisoners, bail, admission to (see Bail).
dependents of, temporary aid for . . . . . ' . 377
discharge of, in certain cases, pending action by grand jury . .113
380 1, 2
421
167 1, 2
1206 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
Prisoners, discharged or released from state farm, aid for . . . 334
diseases, communicable, afflicted with, relative to . . . . 306
escapes or attempted escapes of, from penal institutions, etc.,
punishment for ....
physical training of, provision for
trial of certain, more speedy, provision for .
Prize fighting (see Boxing).
Probate and insolvency, courts of (see Courts, probate).
registers of (see Registers).
Probate courts (see Courts).
Probation, commission on (see Commissions, Commissioners).
officers, unclaimed money in hands of, disposal of ... 122
Process, etc., service of, in relation to collection of taxes on land, rela-
tive to ......... . 255
on counties, cities, towns, etc. ....... 591
Property, personal (see Personal property).
real (see Real Estate).
Proprietors of wharves, general fields or real estate lying in common,
service of process on . . . . . . .591
Prospect Hill Cemetery Association, Uxbridge may convey certain
land to ......... .
Province, lands, care and maintenance of, appropriation
reclamation of, to be continued by department of public works
laws, publication of, appropriation ......
Provincetown, town of (see Towns).
Psychopathic hospital, Boston, established as a state hospital .
Public accountants, examination and registration of, appropriation
deficiency appropriation ........
Public buildings, towns, use and control of .... .
Public employees, compensation for injuries sustained by, appropriation
Public health, commissioner of (see Commissions, Commissioners).
department of (see Departments) .
Public lands, waterways and, division of, in department of pubhc
works (see Di\asions).
Public libraries, division of, in department of education (see Divi-
sions) .
Public markets, estabUshment and regulation of ... . 580 1-4
Public records, supervisor of, in department of secretary of the com-
monwealth, appropriation ...... 225 188-190
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 188, 190
town records of births, etc., certain, powers as to . . . . 562 1
Public safety, commissioner of (see Commissions, Commissioners).
commissioners of, in towns ....... 591 41
department of (see Departments).
Public school teachers (see Teachers).
Public schools (see Schools).
Public welfare, commissioner of (see Commissions, Commissioners).
department of (see Departments) .
Public works, commissioner of (see Commissions, Commissioners).
department of (see Departments) .
protection of persons furnishing materials or labor for . . . 210
Publicity bureau for advertising port of Boston .... 225 604
130
1-3
225
614
203
1
225
180, 197
537
1
225
315
629
041
591
11
225
241
Index. 1207
Item or
Chap. Section
Purchasing agent, appointment of, by superintendent of buildings,
relative to . . . . . . . . .112
Purchasing departments, in towns, establishment of . . . 591 30
Q.
Quane, John, pension ......... 233 1
Quannapowitt, Lake, in Wakefield, parlov^ay or boulevard around,
construction of, relative to . . . . . .170
Quartermaster, chief (see Chief quartermaster).
Quequechan river in Fall River, nuisances existing in and along, per-
manent abatement of ...... . 544
Quincy, city of (see Cities).
Quinsigamond, Lake, bridge over, construction of, borrowing of
money by city of Worcester for ..... 444 1
protection and improvement of . . . . . . . 287 1, 2
Worcester granted an easement in part of land occupied by Worces-
ter state hospital as an approach to . . . . . 372 1
R.
Rabbits (see Game).
Raccoons, etc. (see Game).
Race, applicants', not to affect applications for employment in public
ser\'ice or by street railway companies publicly controlled or
aided .......... 376
RAILROAD AND RAILWAY CORPORATIONS:
Attleborough Branch Railroad Company consolidated vnth the
Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Company . .102
Boston and Albany Railroad Company, rail connections between
commonwealth's fiats in East Boston and lines of, investi-
gation as to . . . . . . . Resolve 54
state highway passing under tracks of, in town of Wilbraham,
investigation as to relocation of . . . Resolve 72
Boston and Maine Railroad, claim of, against commonwealth, in-
vestigation of . . . . . . . Resolve 37
rail connections between commonwealth's flats in East Boston
and, investigation as to . . . . . Resolve 54
time extended for operation of certain pro\'isions of law relative to 454
Boston Elevated Railway Company, operation of street railway
lines in Hyde Park district of Boston by trustees of . . G13 4
payment to commonwealth by, of part of cost of construction of
bridge over Charles river between Boston and Watertown,
provision for ......... 449
Boston, Quincy and Fall River Bicycle Railway Company, charter
revived .......... 624
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, contributions
toward cost of service by cities and towns .... 505
East Boston tunnel, use of, by, investigation as to . Resolve 78
operation of lines of, in Hyde Park district of Boston . . 613 6
transportation district in towns of Raynham and Bridgewater,
powers and duties of trustees of, as to . . . . 622 6
1208 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
RAILROAD AND RAILWAY CORPORATIONS — concluded.
Grafton and Upton Railroad Company, town of Upton may con-
tribute toward cost of repair of certain railway property
of 497 1
Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Company consolidated
with the Attleborough Branch Railroad Company . . 162
Newtonville and Watertown Street Railway Company, payment to
commonwealth by, of part of cost of constructing bridge over
Charles river between Boston and Watertown, relative
to 449
West End Street Railway Company, locations upon bridge over
Charles river at North Beacon street between Boston and
Watertown, granting of , to . . . . . . 449
Westfield River Railway Company, duration of certain authoritj'
granted to, extended ....... 448
Railroad corporations, special tax imposed upon . . . i
Railroads, highways passing under, rectification of lines of, investiga-
tion as to , . . . . . . Resolve 29
operated by United States government, bonds of, investments of
savings banks in, relative to ..... . 420 1, 2
Rapid transit system for Dorchester district of Boston, investigation
as to . . . . . . . . Resolve 36
Raymond, Carl A., deputy supervisor of administration, salary estab-
lished .......... 565 2
Raynham, town of (see Towns).
Reagan, James P., of Boston, exempted from age limit requirements
for inspectors of department of labor and industries , . 410
Real estate, assessments on (see Tax, Taxes).
lying in common, proprietors of, service of process on . , . 591 2
taking of, by cities and towns to provide shelter for their inhabitants
in case of emergency ....... 554 1-5
tax sales of undivided ........ 270
Recess committees, general court (see General Court).
Reclamation, soil survey and fairs, division of, in department of
agriculture (see Di^dsions).
Records, births, marriages and deaths, of towns, previous to year 1850,
preservation of .......
commonwealth may dispose of obsolete or worthless
appropriation ........
conviction of witnesses, admission in evidence of, to affect credi-
bility, relative to ....... . 120
public (see Public records) .
war (see War records).
Referees, witnesses before, travel fees, law amended .... 207
Referendum, initiative and (see Initiative and referendum).
Reformatory, for women, appropriation .....
supplementary appropriation ......
Massachusetts (see Massachusetts reformatory).
Registers, of deeds, assistant, salaries, relative to . . .
Berkshire county, southern district, salary established
Dukes County, salary, relative to .... ,
562
1
174
1
629
174a
225
496
629
496
495
3
625
625
Index.
1209
Registers, of deeds, Essex county, southern district, second assistant,
provision for .........
fees of
Middlesex county, southern district, second assistant, appoint-
ment of .
Nantucket county, salary established .....
salaries, relative to ........
Worcester county, Worcester district, second assistant, appoint-
ment of ......... .
of probate and insolvency, appropriation .....
assistant, salaries established .......
Berkshire, Essex, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk and Suffolk
counties, clerical assistance, amounts allowed for, increased .
expenditures by, investigation of ... . Resolve
Hampshire county, clerical assistance, amount allowed for, increased
Suffolk county, assistant, salaries established ....
clerk of, salary established .......
supplementary appropriation .......
Registrar of motor vehicles (see Motor vehicles).
Registrars of voters (see Elections).
Registration, ci^ril service and, department of (see Departments).
" dentists, relative to ........ .
division of, in department of civil service and registration (see Divi-
sions) .
internes and hospital medical officers, limited
labels, trade-marks, etc., fee increased .
motor vehicles, fees for ....
relative to ..... .
optometrists, relative to .
school teachers, fee for, abolished
Registries, of deeds, executions, copy of, filing of, in, if land was at
tached on mesne process, relative to .
of probate, expenditures by, investigation of . . Resolve
Regulations, etc., certain, made by pubUc officials, filing of, by secre-
tary of commonwealth
health, by towns .....
town boards and ofiicers, to be filed with town clerk
Rehabilitation of disabled soldiers, sailors and marines, commission to
consider methods for ..... Resolve
Reinsurance, relative to ........
Release or discharge papers of soldiers, sailors and marines, record-
ing of, provision for . .
Relief, aid and, division of, in department of public welfare (see Divi-
sions) .
Religious societies or parishes, service of process on . . .
Rent (see Landlord and Tenant) .
Replevin of property held under a lien ......
Reporter of decisions of supreme judicial court, appropriation
salary and expenditures of, relative to .
supplementary appropriation .......
Representatives, house of (see General court).
hap.
Item or
Section
569
1
495
1
587
603
1
625
495
3
603
1
225
48-65
626
594
1
50
602
626
477
1
629
49, 51-65
424
1-5
244
1
618
419
262
1.2
512
1-8
18
344
50
433
591
17
591
4
70
288
467
591
590
1-7
225
38.39
540
1
629
38,39
1210
Index.
ReserTations, park, appropriation .......
lighting of certain, report as to, by metropolitan district commis-
sion ........ Resolve
ReserTOir Company, Rumford and Wading Rivers, incorporated
Watuppa, powers, etc., as to abatement of nuisances in and along
Quequechan river in Fall River . . . . .
Resolves (see Acts and resolves).
Retirement, allowances, state employees, appropriation
Chap.
225
77
529
544
Item or
Section
635
taxation of ........ .
association, Boston teachers', relative to ... .
state (see State retirement association).
teachers', relative to ...... .
board of (see Boards).
clerical assistants, certain, in Worcester, as school teachers
county employees, contribution of county increased
firemen, disabled, Boston, relative to .
fish and game wardens, paid, permanently incapacitated while in
performance of duty ......
foremen, inspectors, mechanics, drawtenders and storekeepers
employ of cities and towns .....
judges, certain, relative to .
laborers, certain, employed by cities and towns
employed by Fall River .......
officers, certain, Worcester county, relative to . , .
police department, Boston, law amended . ' .
Fall River, relative to ...... .
Lowell, chauffeurs in, status defined ....
police officers, metropolitan district, assigned for emergency duty
under commissioner of public safety ....
prison ser\nce of commonwealth, persons in, relative to .
state employees (see State retirement association).
system, state, Lincoln, Frank H., an employee of metropolitan
district commission, made a niember of ... .
minimum rate of retirement for members of .
public school teachers, certain, to be members in
reinstatement in, and definition of continuous service, relative to
relative to ......... .
systems, county, contributions of counties to certain pensions paj'-
able under, increased .......
Worcester county officers, certain, entitled to membership in
teachers, relative to .
emergency law, chapter 335 declared to be
teachers', board (see Boards).
225
217, 237-
240
102
1,2
140
1-3
49
50
1-5
56
1-3
335
1-7
268
319
CO
1.2
Page
304
179
627
179
163
176
6
323
115
403
461
370
539
56
535
416
319
176
49
50
56
140
335
416
801
1-3
1-4
1,2
1-5
1-5
1-3
1-3
1-7
1-5
Index. 1211
Chap.
Item or
Section
6
1
474
1
204
Retirement, veterans, civ-il war, from Boston police department .
from service of city of New Bedford ....
from ser\ace of Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts
Spanish war, Philippine insurrection or world war, in public
servdce, provision for ....... 574 4
Revere, city of (see Cities).
Riders, etc., used in connection with insurance policies, filing and ap-
proval of ......... 123 1, 2
Right of way at intersection of certain ways, relative to . . . 222
River, Aberjona, improvement of sanitary condition of, may be com-
pleted by metropolitan district, commission . . . 498 1
Acushnet, and its tributaries, sanitary condition of, investigation
as to . . . . . . . . Resolve 32
Charles, bathhouse, public, on, in Boston, metropolitan district
commission to report relative to construction of . Resolve 17
bridge over, between Boston and Watertown at North Beacon
street, locations upon, granting of, to West End Street
Railway Company ........ 449
protection of, from pollution, orders for, by department of public
health 541 1
Connecticut, bridge over, between towns of Greenfield and Mon-
tague, investigation as to reconstruction of . Resolve 6
Maiden, improvement of, by United States, payment of money for 198 1, 2
Monatiquot, in Braintree, bridge over, construction of, additional
expenditures authorized ....... 90 1
payment of cost of constructing ...... 351 1
Quequechan, in Fall River, nuisances existing in and along, per-
manent abatement of ...... . 544
Shawsheen, bridge over, in town of Andover, construction of, by
Essex county .........
Ten Mile, improvement of, by town of North Attleborough authorized
Weymouth Fore, above Quincy Point bridge, harbor lines in, estab-
lished .........
Rivers, screening of, by commissioner of conservation
Road commissioners, towns, election of .....
Rockland Trust Company may maintain a branch office in town of
Scituate .......... 159
Rockport, town of (see Towns).
Roll calls, in general court, proposal for legislative amendment to con-
stitution relative to, on adoption of preambles to emergency
laws Pages 745, 801
Roome, James A., payment to, appropriation .....
Roxbury district of city of Boston, municipal court of (see Courts).
Rules, of cities and towns for regulation of vehicles, publication of
of state officials, etc., filing of, by secretary of the commonwealth .
of town boards or officers to be filed with town clerk
Rumford and Wading Rivers Reservoir Company, incorporated
Rutland, Private Sanatorium Association, united with The Central
New England Sanatorium, Incorporated ....
state sanatorium, appropriation .......
supplementary appropriation .......
town of (see Towns).
475
1-6
42
1
104
1.2
382
1,2
591
33
629
633!
591
9
591
4
529
1
37
1
225
562
629
562
1212
Index.
S.
Safety, public, commissioners of, in towns .....
department of (see Departments).
Sailors (see Soldiers, sailors and marines) .
SALARIES:
adjutant general, established .....
administration, supervisor of, and deputy, established .
agents, certain, of department of correction, relative to .
archives division, chief of, in department of secretary of the com-
monwealth, established
arsenal, superintendent of, relative to
attorney-general, established
banks, commissioner of, increased
chief surgeon, relative to
conciliation and arbitration, experts employed by, relative to
county, veto of resolve providing for increases in certain . Page
courts, Boston municipal, civil business, clerk and assistant clerks,
established .........
court officers, established .......
criminal business, clerk and assistant clerks, established .
justices, established ........
messenger, established .......
district, East Boston, court officers, established
land, assistant recorders, relative to .
justices, relative to ....... .
Suffolk, court oflEicer, established ......
Middlesex county, court officers appointed by sheriff, increased .
deputy sheriff, chief of .......
municipal, Charlestown district of Boston, assistant clerks, estab-
lished ..........
court officers, established .......
Dorchester district of Boston, court officer, established .
Roxbury district of Boston, court officers, established
South Boston district of Boston, court officers, established
West Roxbury district of Boston, court officer, established
probate, Middlesex, court officers, compensation increased
messenger, compensation increased
Plymouth, court officer, established
Suffolk, court officers, compensation increased
judges, established .....
messenger, compensation increased
superior, justices, relative to .
Suffolk, clerk, assistant, equity business, established
court officers, increased
messenger, increased
supreme judicial, justices, relative to
reporter of decisions, established ,
Suffolk, court officers, increased
messenger, increased
dental examiners, board of, established
district attorney and assistants, Suffolk district, established
Chap.
691
Item or
Section
41
364
1
665
1
342
1
620
1
368
2
422
1
596
1
368
1
361
801
491
1
496
492
1
614
1
473
1
490
495
3
627
3
573
1
494
1.2
285
1.2
616
1
486
487
482
486
1
484
494
1
494
1
383
494
1
623
1
494
1
627
2
489
1
494
1
494
1
627
1
640
1
494
1
494
1
424
1-5
451
1
Index.
1213
SALARIES — concluded.
general court, chaplains, established
clerks of senate and house of representatives, established
assistant, established .
doorkeeper, senate, relative to .... Resolve
members, time of payment of ,
pages, fixed ......
health officers, district, relative to
insurance, commissioner of, increased .
librarian, state library, established
Massachusetts reformatory, chaplain, established
deputy superintendent, established .
parole clerk, relative to .
physician, established ....
superintendent, established
turnkeys and watchmen, regulated .
militia, certain officers of, relative to ,
optometry, board of registration in, established
registers, of deeds, assistant, relative to
Berkshire county, southern district, relative to
Dukes county, relative to
Nantucket county, relative to
relative to .
of probate and insolvency, assistants, established
Middlesex county, clerk of, established
Suffolk county, assistant, established
reporter of decisions of supreme judicial court, established
state aid and pensions, commissioner of, established
deputy, established
state prison, deputy warden, established
electrician, relative to .
turnkeys and watchmen, regulated .
town officers and errployees, fixing of .
treasurer and receiver-general, deputies in office of, established
Salem, city of (see Cities).
normal school, appropriation .......
Sales, alcohol, methyl or wood, relative to .....
bakery products, regulated .......
"combination sales", so-called, of articles of food, prohibited
conditional, lien of vendee's bailee as affecting ....
food, articles of, regulated ........
real estate, undivided, of deceased persons, for payment of taxes
secturities, corporate, investigation as to . . • . Resolve
Salmon, taking of, rules relative to, may be made by commissioner of
conservation .........
Sanatoria, appropriation ........
supplementary appropriation .......
Sanatorium, Hampden county, water supply for, by town of Williams-
burg ..........
Lakeville state, appropriation .......
supplementary appropriation .......
Item or
hap.
Section
345
1
347
1
348
1
41
1
346
9
435
696
2
423
1
355
1
353
1
362
356
1
343
459
1
358
1.2
463
495
3
625
625
625
495
3
626
477
1
626
540
1
431
1
431
1
353
1
340
459
1
591
8
381
1
225
387
185
418
14
402
1
590
7
402
1
270
79
339
1
225
557-568
629
657-664
568
1
225
557, 558i
559
629
657-659
1214
Index.
Sanatoriiun, North Reading state, appropriation
supplementary appropriation
Rutland state, appropriation
supplementary appropriation
Westfield state, appropriation
supplementary appropriation
Sandwich, town of (see Towns).
Sanger, William H., assistant clerk of senate, salary, appropriation .
established ..........
supplementary appropriation .......
Savings bank life insurance, commissioner of, in department of bank-
ing and insurance (see Commissions, Commissioners),
division of, in department of banking and insurance (see Divisions).
Savings banks (see Banks).
Savings departments, of trust companies, relative to
Chap.
Item or
Section
225
560. 561
629
660, 661
225
562
629
562
225
564-568
629
564
225
6
348
1
629
6
Savings deposits (see Deposits).
Savoy, town of (see Towns).
Scallops, taking of, relative to .
School committee, election of, in towns ......
School fund, Massachusetts (see Massachusetts, school fund).
School oftenders, committed to county training schools, payments by
municipalities on account of . .... .
School teachers (see Teachers).
Schools, county training, payments by municipalities on account of
inmates of ........ .
public, attendance at, of children residing in places remote from
school ..........
Boston, retirement of teachers, relative to . . . S
continuation, teachers employed by Boston in, retirement pensions
of
courses in American history and civics to be taught in
superintendents, salaries paid to, reimbursement of small towns
for ..........
trade (see Trade school).
transportation to, by towns, of children attending school in adjoin-
ing towns, provision for .......
tuition in, of children attending school in adjoining towns, pay-
ment of . . . . . . ...
Scituate, town of (see Towns).
Scrubwomen, employed in state house, additional compensation,
extra session of general court in 1919 . . . .
appropriation .........
to be paid weekly .........
Sealers of weights and measures (see Weights and measures) .
Sealing of milk or cream bottles or jars ......
Seals, bounties on, appropriation .......
Second Massachusetts regiment, 6e^^'^ces of, in Spanish war, erec-
tion of tablet to commemorate services of, provision
for . ' . . . . . . . Resolve
38
311
663
139
591
40
40
371
78
607
629
221
45
225
18
1-6
33
78
60
1-5
140
1.2
50
2
411
166b
301
Index.
1215
169
388
44
413
559
433
290
Chap.
Second Parish in the Town of Worcester, The, may unite with The
Church of the Unity in Worcester ..... 57
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH:
appropriation .......... 225
archives division in (see Divisions).
ballot boxes furnished by, price of ..... .
census, division in department of (see Divisions),
state, director, in department of (see Census).
copies of official papers certified by, fees for, established
corporation certificates, filing of, with, fees for, increased
deficiency appropriation ........
enacting clause to be inserted by, in engrossing bills for which
initiative petitions are completed .....
indexes of births, marriages and deaths, preparation of certain,
by . . . . . . . . . Resolve
journals of house of representatives of Massachusetts Bay from
1715 to 1780, purchase and distribution of copies of, by
lists of candidates and forms of questions to be published before
state elections by ....... .
orders, rules, etc., certain, made by public officials, filing of, by .
proceedings of annual encampment of Massachusetts department,
American Legion, records of, duties as to .
public records, supervisor of, in department of (see Public records,
supervisor of),
supreme court decisions, publication of, renewal of contract
by . . . . . . . . . Resolve
town, officers, lists of, to be filed with ......
records of births, marriages and deaths, certain, preservation of,
duties as to .
Securities, corporate, sale of, investigation as to . . Resolve
non-interest bearing, for tuberculosis hospital purposes, counties
may issue .........
to provide for bonus' for soldiers, sailors and marines, issue of
(see also Bonds).
Selectmen (see Towns).
Senate (see General court).
Sergeant-at-arms, assistant, title of, present doorkeeper of senate to
have . . . . . . . . Resolve 41
employees of, certain, appointment and removal of . . . 593
retired women formerly employed by, compensation, appropria-
tion 225
salary, clerical assistance, etc., appropriation .... 225
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
Sergeants, first, in land forces, compensation established . . . 274
Service button, for certain members of state guard . . Resolve 43
appropriation .......... 629
Service, of notices, process, etc., in relation to collection of taxes on
land, relative to ....... . 255
of process, on counties, cities, towns, etc. ..... 591
Sewer commissioner.s, towns, election of . . . . . .591
selectmen acting as . . . . . , . . . 591
departments, superintendents of, in towns ..... 591
Item or
Section
1-7
179-206
598
8
598
1-7
225
641
1,2
1.2
25
591
16
562
1
79
87
51
1
240
9, 10, 16
10, 16
121a
2
33
36
40
1216
Index.
Sewerage, district, north metropolitan, appropriation
supplementary appropriation
south metropolitan, appropriation .
supplementary appropriation
Wellesley extension, completion of
system. North Chelmsford Fire District may establish a
Shares, co-operative banks, issuing of, relative to
corporations, business (see Capital stock).
Sharon, town of (see Towns).
Shaw Propeller Company, charter revived .....
Shawsheen river, bridge over, in town of Andover, construction of, by
Essex county .........
Sheep farms, demonstration, appropriation .....
Shelter, for inhabitants, providing of, by cities and towns in case of
emergency .........
Sheriff, chief deput5% Middlesex county, salary estabUshed .
Sheriffs, appointees of, bonds of, reimbursement for . . . .
bonds of, reimbursement for .......
Shingles, law as to, repealed and superseded . . . . .
Sight-saving classes for children, appropriation . . . .
Signs, advertising, regulation of ...... .
to be erected by Pilgrim tercentenary commission in certain cities
and towns .........
Sinking fund requirements, appropriation .....
Sippio tables, licenses to keep for hire, etc., suspension and revocation
of
Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, memorial for, at Porto Rico, ex-
penses of commission at, appropriation . . . ,
Skating rinks, etc., licensing of, law amended . . . . .
Skinner, Atlas, widow of, payment of money to . . . .
Skunks, etc. (see Game).
Slash and brush, disposal of ....... .
Slot machines to be approved by director of standards
Small claims, hearing and determination of, new procedure for, es-
tablished .........
Smith's Agricultural School, number of superintendents or trustees
of, increased . . . . . . . . .
title of, relative to ........ .
Smoke, abatement of, appropriation ......
Society for the Relief of Aged or Disabled Episcopal Clergymen,
permitted to extend aid to widows and children of deceased
Episcopal clergymen .......
Soil sxirvey and fairs, reclamation, division of, in department of
agriculture (see Divisions).
Soldiers' and sailors' commission (see Commissions, Commis-
sioners) .
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, appropriation ...
payments to trustees of, in anticipation of annual appropriations
authorized ........
supplementary appropriation ......
veterans, certain, in service of, retirement of
Chap.
Item or
Section
225
639
629
639
225
640
629
640
525
73
1-12
429
39
475
1-6
225
264
554
1-5
285
1
546
2
546
2
551
1-12
225
361i
545
1-7
392
1
225
218
191
225
149
47
62
1
308
1-5
325
1
553
1-6
14
1
611
225
631
32
225 146, 147
24
629
204
1
147
Index. 1217
Item or
Chap. Section
Soldiers, sailors and marines, aid for, in finding employment, appro-
priation 225 135J
state and military, cities and towns reimbursed, appropria-
tion 225 145
American Legion (see American Legion).
associations of veteran, insignia of, unauthorized use of, penalized .
property of, certain, exempted from taxation ....
"bonus" for, applications for, time for filing, extended .
inequalities, certain, in statute providing for, corrected
securities to provide for, issue of ..... .
special state tax to provide funds for .....
civil service standing of, law amended ......
civil war veterans, formerly in state service, compensation, appro-
priation ..........
in Boston police department, retirement of ... .
records of, publication of, appropriation .....
supplementary appropriation ......
retirement of, from Boston police department ....
from service of city of New Bedford .....
from service of Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts
dental students, certain, who served as, exempted from certain re-
quirements .........
discharge or release papers, recording of, provision for .
employment for, work of securing, use of certain funds for, au-
thorized 621
appropriation .........
flags carried by, in Spanish and world wars, permanent exhibition
of, in state house ........
graves of, care of, by cities and towns ......
in foreign soil, commission to report as to caring for, appropria-
tion ..........
established .........
monuments at, appropriations for, by cities and towns
jury service not required of certain veteran .....
memorial to, construction of, by commonwealth, commission to
consider ........ Resolve
appropriation .........
memorials to, appropriation of money by cities and towns for
militia (see Militia).
monuments as memorials to, appropriations for, by cities and towns
municipal employees who served in world war, payment to, of dif-
ference between their military and their municipal compen-
sation .......... 235
organizations of veteran, insignia of, unauthorized use of, penal-
ized .........
property of certain, exempted from taxation
poll tax, war, assessed on certain, abatements of .
public service, in, leave of absence to, on Memorial day ,
retirement of ........
367
175
250
1
609
1-5
51
1
557
1
219
1,2
225
237
6
1
225
121
629
121
6
1
474
1
204
424
6
467
621
629
179
513
1-4
218
629
271
616
1
528
199
82
629
27j
292
1.2
528
292
1.2
528
175
608
1,2
531
1,2
674
1-7
1218
Index.
Soldiers, sailors and marines, records of, in Philippine insurrection,
compilation and publication of .
appropriation .........
rehabilitation of disabled, commission to consider methods
for ........ Resolve
retirement of veterans of Spanish war, Philippine insurrection or
world war in public service . . - .
state pay to, appropriation ......
tax, war poll, assessed on certain, abatements of .
taxation, certain, exempted from .....
United Spanish War Veterans (see United Spanish War Veterans)
vocational training of disabled, commission to consider methods
for ........ Resolve
welfare of, in France, appropriation .....
widows of, certain, exempted from certain taxation
Somerville, city of (see Cities).
Somerville, David, claim of, adjustment of, by industrial accident
board, provision for ...... Resolve
South Boston district of city of Boston, municipal court of (see
Courts) .
old harbor in, improvement of sanitary conditions in .
South metropolitan sewerage district, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .......
Wellesley extension, completion of ..... .
South Park, in Fall River, alienation of part of, authorized
Spanish war, flags carried by Massachusetts men in, permanent exhi-
bition of, in state house .......
appropriation .........
second Massachusetts regiment, services of, in, erection of tablet
in state armory at Springfield in commemoration of Resolve
veterans of, and their widows, certain, exempted from certain
taxation ..........
in public service, retirement of ......
war poll tax assessed on, abatement of . .
Spanish War Veterans, United, quarters for, in state house
Sparring (see Boxing).
Specifications to be furnished to certain operatives in textile factories,
relative to ........ .
Sports and games, certain, permitted, on the Lord's Day .
Spot pond pumping station, metropolitan water system, improve-
ments at .........
Springfield, city of (see Cities).
Sprinklers, automatic, use of, in tenement houses in Boston
Sproule, Robert W., widow of, payment of money to . . .
Stamps and forms of advertisement, registration fee for, in-
creased . . . . . . .
Standard time, in Massachusetts, relative to .
Standards, director of, in department of labor and industries, bread,
sale of, by weight, duties as to .
ice cream, containers for sale of, regulation of use of, powers and
duties as to .
lumber, survey of, powers and duties as to . . .
Chap.
357
629
70
16
18
137
674
608
511
417
Item or
Section
1
149i
. 574
4
. 225
211
. 608
1.2
. 137
3
e 70
. 225
135
. 137
393
1
225
640
629
640
525
9
1
513
1-3
629
170§
4
1.2
1
240
1-8
530
1
440
1
35
1
618
280
1.2
418
17
259
1-5
551
1-4
Index.
1219
standards, director of, milk or cream bottles, sealing of, by the
manufacturer, powers and duties as to .
slot machines and other automatic devices to be approved by
weights, measures, mechanical do\Tces, etc., testing of certain, by
division of, in department of labor and industries (see Divisions).
Standish Monument Reservation in town of Duxbury, established .
State aid, and pensions, commissioner of (see Commissions, Com-
missioners).
State boxing commission, established ......
referendum petition filed to suspend law establishing
State census director (see Census).
State departments (see Departments).
State elections (see Elections).
State employees (see Commonwealth, employees).
State farm, appropriation .....
prisoners discharged or released from, aid for
supplementary appropriation ....
State fire marshal, appropriation ....
better prevention of fires in certain cities and towns,
duties as to .
investigation by, of fire hazards in city of Lowell .
State flre warden, appropriation ....
State forest. Mount Grace established as a
appropriation .......
State forester, slash and brush, disposal of, powers as to
towns, certain, to be aided in extinguishment of forest fires upon
recommendation of . . . .' .
State forests, purchase and development of
initiative petition relative to ... .
State guard, appropriation .....
service, certain, of, expenditures in connection with, by adjutant
general, authorized .....
service button for certain members of .
appropriation ......
supplementary appropriation ....
Chap.
45
325
369
456
619
800
. 225
. 334
. 629
. 225
powers and
. 436
Resolves 39, 83
. 225
. 606
. 629
. 308
269
604
799
225
Page
Resolve
Resolve
State house, auditorium in east wing of, name of Augustus P. Gardner
conferred on ....... Resolve
contingent expenses, appropriation ......
supplementary appropriation .......
engineer's department, appropriation ......
flags, Spanish and world wars, permanent exhibition of, in
appropriation .........
grounds, grading and improvement of, appropriation
guide book, reprinting of, appropriation .....
maintenance of, appropriation .......
old provincial, appropriation .......
passageway for foot passengers through east wing of, maintenance of
porters, appropriation ........
Bcrubwomon, additional compensation, extra session of general
court in 1919 .........
appropriation .........
14
43
629
629
3
225
629
225
613
629
225
225
225
225
510
225
607
629
Item or
Section
491
491
584-586
1,2
280
1
282b
3,4
1-7
101
121a
94, 96-98,
101, 141
27
27
159
1
170J
170
271
158-170
172
1
161
166b
1220 Index.
State house, scrubwomen, to be paid weekly . . . . .
telephone service .........
United Spanish War Veterans, quarters for, in ... .
ventilation improvements, appropriation . . . . .
watchmen, appropriation ........
women formerly employed in cleaning, compensation, appropria-
tion ..........
State infirmary, appropriation .......
Chap.
Item or
Section
221
225
164
511
1
629
169f
225
160
225
240
225
527, 529,
630
629
527
193
801
225
154-157
423
1
22
22
629
154-157J
205
546
1,4
supplementary appropriation ......
transfer of certain inmates of Norfolk state hospital to mental
wards of ........
emergency law, declared to be . . . . . Page
State library, appropriation .......
librarian, salary established ......
to be member of commission to investigate as to new building
for state library, etc. ..... Resolve
new building for, investigation as to . . . . Resolve
supplementary appropriation ......
State minor wards (see Minor wards).
State officers, appointments by, certain, authorized .
bonds, surety of, relative to ......
designation by certain, of persons to perform their duties in certain
instances, authorized ....... 44
State police, division of, in department of public safety (see Divisions).
force, establishment of, investigation as to . . . Resolve 40
State primaries (see Elections).
State prison, appropriation .......
deputy warden, salary established .....
electrician, salary of, relative to .
supplementary appropriation ......
turnkeys and watchmen, salaries regulated ....
State retirement association, minimum rate of retirement for mem-
bers of ......... . 539
reinstatement in, and definition of continuous service, relative
to
relative to ..........
school teachers, public, certain, to be members in .
State Street Trust Company may hold real estate ....
State tax (see Tax, Taxes).
" State treasurer ", words, to mean treasurer and receiver-general
Stationery, general court, appropriation .....
Statistical service, department of labor and industries, appropria-
tion 225 438
Statutes (see Laws) .
Sterling, town of (see Towns).
Stewart, Mary A., and Joseph E. Butman, marriage validated and
issue made legitimate ..... Resolve 46
Stickers used on official ballots, contents of .... . 479
Stock (see Capital stock).
Stock dividends, by business corporations, relative to . . . 556
exempted from taxation as income ...... 352 1
Storage, cold (see Cold storage).
225
492
353
1
340
629
492
459
1
535
416
1-6
56
1-3
117
164
225
25,26
Index. 1221
Item or
Chap. Section
Storekeeper, appointment of, by superintendent of buildings, relative
to 112
Storekeepers, in employ of cities and towns, pensioning of . . . 179 1
Stoughton, town of (see Towns).
Trust Company may maintain a branch office in town of Sharon . 173
Street railway companies, publicly controlled or aided, employment
by, equal opportunity secured to all citizens of common-
wealth for ......... 376
/ 550 6
special tax imposed upon ....... \ ^qq
Street railways, Boston Elevated Railway Company, relative to (see
Boston Elevated Railway Company).
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, relative to (see
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company),
operation of, by cities and towns in transportation areas . . . 599 1-18
in Hyde Park district of Boston ....... 613 1-12
in towns of Raynham and Bridgewater ..... 622 1-8
West End Street Railway Company, relative to (see West End
Street Railway Company).
Streets, intersection of, right of way at ..... . 222
superintendent of, towns, appointment of . . . . . 591 36, 40
Strikes, existence of, department of labor and industries to inform
applicants for employment of .
Stuart street in Boston, construction of .
land on, certain, height of buildings on
Subsidies, to cities and towns for care of tuberculosis cases, relative to
Subway, Cambridge (see Cambridge subway).
extension of, in Boston, to Post Office square . . Resolve 45
Succession tax (see Tax, Taxes).
Suffolk, county of (see Counties).
Suffrage, woman (see Woman suffrage).
Sugar, etc. (see Foods).
Summary process to recover possession of dwellings, discretionary
stay of proceedings in actions of, provision for . . . 577 1
Summons (see Service of process).
Sunday, memorial, American Legion posts may parade with music on 141
sports and games, certain, permitted on .... . 240 1-8
Superintendent, of buildings (see Buildings, superintendent of).
of police, Boston (see Cities: Boston).
Superintendents, school, salaries paid to, reimbursement of certain
small towns for ........ 371
Superior court (see Courts).
Supervisor, of administration (see Administration, supervisor of).
of the decennial census (see Census).
of public records (see Public Records, Supervisor of).
Supreme judicial court (see Courts).
Sureties, criminal cases, acceptance of savings deposits and federal,
state and municipal bonds as security of . . . . 584 1-8
Surgeon, chief (see Chief surgeon).
Survey of lumber, relative to 551 1-12
Surveyors, highway, towns, election of , . . . . . 591 33
Swampscott, town of (see Towns).
412
/
312
1
\
465
455
1
238
1-3
Item or
Chap.
Section
. Pages 804-1 H2
. 128
1
. 225
471
. 629
471
. 385
1-4
. 462
1-3
. 629
633 i
f 552
1-3
\ 608
1.2
. 608
1.2
. 385
2
1222 Index.
T.
Table of changes in general laws for 1920
Tabor Academy, trustees of, number increased .
Tapping of wires (see Eavesdropping).
Taunton, city of (see Cities).
state hospital, appropriation ....
supplementary appropriation ....
TAX, TAXES:
abatement, applications for certain, time extended
excise, foreign corporations, certain .
appropriation ......
poll taxes, relative to .... .
war poll tax assessed on certain veterans .
appeal, board of, relative to ... .
assessments, special, for public improvements, placing of, on annual
tax bill 124
assessors, poll taxes, abatement of, duties as to . . . . 552 1-3
rates for current year, fixing of, by . . . . . . 183
towns, appointment of ....... . 591 31-33,
36,37
election of 691 33,34
selectmen acting as . . . . . . . .591 36
associations, certain, of veteran soldiers and sailors, property of,
exempted from ........ 175
cities, rates for current year, fixing of . . . . . . 183
reimbursement for loss of certain, appropriation . . . 225 337
supplementary appropriation ...... 629 337
special state tax upon, to provide for payment of "war bonus" . 557 1-4
state tax upon ......... 612 1-4
collection of, upon land, service of notices, etc., in connection with . 255
collectors, publication of notice of tax sale of undivided real estate,
duties as to . . . . . . . . . 270
towns, election of ........ . 591 33
commonwealth, property of, certain, held by metropolitan district
commission ......... 575 1, 2
corporations, abatements, applications for, time extended . . 385 1-4
. ,. • . . / 550 1-7
additional, imposed upon ...... \ ^qq
^ . , J 550 1-7
business, domestic, additional, imposed upon . . . S ^^q
r 415 1-3
law amended ........ \ r^g i 4
r ■ ,, J 550 1-7
foreign, additional imposed upon ..... S /:.qq
excise, abatement of certain ...... 462 1, 2
appropriation ........ 629 633i
law amended
549 2-A
soldiers and sailors, veteran, organizations of, property of,
exempted from . . . . . . . .175
Index. 1223
Item or
Chap. Section
TAX, TAXES — continued.
electric railroad companies, additional, imposed upon . , < .^^
]^ oUO
excise, foreign corporations, abatement of . . , . . 462 1, 2
appropriation ......... 629 633 i
transfers of stock, late payments of . . . . . . 464
exemption from, certain, veteran soldiers and sailors, etc., entitled to 137
organizations of, entitled to . . . . . .175
gifts made in contemplation of death, provision for . . . 548 1-3
guardians, income received by, relative to . . . . . 398 1, 2
income, abatement of, time for making application for, extended . 385 1-4
erroneously paid, offset of, provision for ..... 404
guardians, entitled to certain deductions ..... 398 1, 2
overpayments of, relative to . . . . . , . 404
retirement allowances, relative to . . . . . . 102 1, 2
school purposes, distribution of proceeds of, for, referendum peti-
tion on act of 1919, relative to . . . . . Page 797
stock dividends exempted from ...... 352 1
inheritance, additional, provision for ...... 441
gifts made in contemplation of death to be subject to . . 548 1-3
personal property of non-resident decedents to be subject to . 396 1-6
insurance companies, additional, imposed upon . . . <
interest on unpaid, relative to ...... . 460
land, upon, service of notices, process and demands in relation to
collection of, relative to ...... . 255
legacy, additional, provision for ....... 441
gifts made in contemplation of death to be subject to . . 548 1-3
personal property of non-resident decedents to be subject to . 396 1-6
metropolitan district commission, property of commonwealth held
by, in town of Hull 575 1,2
pensions ........... 102 1,2
552 1—3
poll, abatement of, rslative to
-listing of, relative to
war, assessed on veterans of Spanish
and world war, abatements of
war.
Philippine insurrection
railroad corporations, additional, imposed upon
608 1, 2
307
608 1, 2
550 1-7
600
rate, municipal, fixing of, for current year ..... 183
real estate, assessments on, for public improvements, placing of, on
■ annual tax bill ........ 124
retirement allowances ........ 102 1, 2
sale of undivided real estate for payment of . . . . . 270
soldiers and sailors, associations, certain, of, property exempted from 175
exemption of, from certain ....... 137
special, imposed upon corporations
550 1-7
600
state, apportioned and assessed . . . . . . .612 1-4
special, "bonus" for soldiers, sailors and marines . . . 557 1-4
stock, dividends exempted from, as income ..... 352 I
transfers, excise on, late payments of . . . , . 464
1224
Index.
TAX, TAXES — concluded.
street railway companies, additional, imposed upon
succession, additional, provision for .....
gifts made in contemplation of death to be subject to
personal property of non-resident decedents to be subject to
telephone and telegraph companies, additional, imposed upon .
towns, rates for current year, fixing of ....
reimbursement for loss of certain, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .....
special state tax upon, to provide for payment of "war bonus"
state tax upon ........
transfers of stock, late payments of .... .
unpaid, interest on, relative to ..... .
veterans, organizations of, exempted from ....
widows of certain veteran soldiers and sailors exempted from
certain ..........
Taxation, corporations and, commissioner of (see Commissions, Com-
missioners) .
department of (see Departments).
Teachers, Boston, retirement of, relative to ... .
registration of, fee for, abolished .....
retirement of, relative to
Chap.
Item or
Section
550
1-7
600
. 441
. 548
1-3
396
1-6
550
1-7
600
. 183
. 225
337
. 629
337
557
1-4
. 612
1-4
. 464
. 460
. 175
emergency law, chapter 335 declared to be . . . Page
training of, for vocational schools, appropriation ....
supplementary appropriation .......
Teachers', institutes, expenses of holding, appropriation
retirement association, relative to
emergency law, chapter 335 decfered to be . . . Page
board (see Boards).
Teams (see Vehicles).
Technology, Massachusetts Institute of , appropriation .
Telephone and telegraph, companies, disposal of slash and brush by .
special tax imposed upon ......
department, in department of public utilities, appropriation .
Telephones, state house, appropriation ......
Templeton, Colony, assembly hall at, building of, appropriation
town of (see Towns).
Ten Mile River, improvement of, by town of North Attleborough, au-
thorized ..........
137
50
1-5
140
1-3
18
49
50
1-5
56
1-3
140
1-3
268
335
1-6
416
1
801
225
339
629
339
225
349
49
50
1-5
56
1-3
335
1-7
416
1
801
225
247
308
1-5
550
1-7
600
225
619
225
164
225
464
42
1-3
Index. 1225
134
1
280
1-3
309
1
553
1-6
69
629
27i
586
1-39
592
1-36
Item or
Chap. Section
Tenancies at will, termination of, duration of act relative to, extended . 538
Tenant (see Landlord and tenant).
Tenement houses (see Dwellings).
Textile factories, specifications to be furnished to certain operatives
in, relative to ........ . 417
Textile Trust Company of New Bedford may establish an additional
branch .......... 258
Theft, of motor vehicles, penalty for ...... 322
of poultry, statute against, law relative to printing and distribution
of, repealed ......... 231
Thomas, Thomas M., pension .......
Time, standard, in Massachusetts, relative to .
Tisbury, town of (see Towns).
Torrey, Rosa B., pension ........
Tort, small claims in nature of, hearing and determination of, new pro-
cedure established ........
Tower, Horace S., widow of, payment to . . . . Resolve
appropriation ..........
Town manager form of government, for Mansfield, established
for Middleborough, established .......
Town meetings (see Towns).
Town Neck in town of Sandwich, land of, setting off by metes and
bounds among owners thereof ...... 196 1-3
TOWNS:
Acushnet, Acushnet river and its tributaries in, sanitary condition
of, investigation as to . . . . . Resolve
school loan authorized ........
Adams, fish hatchery in, sale of, by commissioner of conservation,
authorized ....... Resolve
Agawam, high school loan authorized ......
Amherst, union superintendent of schools in towns of Pelham and,
provision for .........
Andover, bridge over Shawsheen river, construction of, by Essex
county, assessment for, to be paid by ....
janitors, public school, pensioning of .....
Arlington, Mystic lakes in, improvement of, relative to .
Auburn, water supply, city of Worcester may furnish
Barnstable, conveyance of certain land of Hyannis normal school
to, authorized ......... 397
Bedford, line through part of, for transmission of electricity, town
of Concord may construct .....
Belchertown, proposed school for feeble-minded at, appropriation
supplementary appropriation ......
Belmont, school loan authorized ......
Billerica, fire department in, chief and assistant chief of, offices
established .........
water loan, additional, authorized ......
Blandford, highway, in, construction of .... .
Braintree, Monatiquot river in, bridge over, construction of, addi-
tional expenditures authorized ......
payment of cost of constructing new bridge over
32
116
1
5
373
1
76
1.2
475
1-5
200
1,2
171
516
1
605
1-6
225
482,
483
629
482,
.483
43
1
507
480
1-3
466
1
571
1,2
90
-
1
351
1
1226
Index.
TOWNS — continued.
Braintree, school loan authorized .....
Bridgewater, transportation district in, established
Brookfield, part of set off and incorporated as town of East Brook-
field
Brookline, appropriations of money for band concerts by, author
ized .........
Brookline Trust Company may establish an additional branch
in . ■ .
Canton, fire department, permanent members of, division of, into
day and night forces, relative to ....
trustees of Massachusetts hospital school may acquire additional
land in ........ .
Chelmsford, North Chelmsford Fire District in, may establish a
sewerage system .......
Chester, highway in, construction of .
Clinton, highway in, improvement of .
Cohasset, alewife fishery in, relative to ....
annuity, Brennock, Henry E. .
assessments upon, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond re-
quirements, etc., of metropolitan parks district .
Concord, may construct line to town of Lexington for transmission
of electricity ........
Danvers, water supplied to Danvers state hospital by, determina
tion of cost of .
Dartmouth, sewage from part of, may be disposed of by city of
New Bedford ........
vote of, relative to construction of Padanaram bridge, ratified
Dighton, electric light district established in . . .
Duxbury, Standish Monument Reservation in, established
East Brookfield, district court of western Worcester to be held
Chap.
27
622
178
incorporated .........
Fairhaven, Acushnet river and its tributaries in, sanitary condition
of, investigation as to . . . . . Resolve
Falmouth, Cataumet harbor in, name changed to Megansett
harbor ..........
Foxborough, buildings for high school and town hall purposes, in-
debtedness for, authorized ......
Framingham, acts of, relative to promotion of call men in fire de-
partment, confirmed . .
reserve police force established in ..... .
sewage disposal, contract, reformatory for women, appropriation .
Gardner, town hall, construction, etc., indebtedness for, author-
ized ..........
Goshen, Model Fruit Farm in, supervisors of, election of
Gosnold, bridge over outlet of Lagoon pond between Oak Bluffs
and Tisbury, no part of expense of construction, etc., of, to
be paid by ........ .
Great Barrington, highway in, construction of ... .
Greenfield, bridge between Montague and, investigation as to recon-
struction of ...... . Resolve
59
406
32
Item or
Section
1
1-8
1-14
1
453
1,2
384
1-3
73
1-12
566
520
1. 2
291
1,2
214
1,2
443
1-7
605
1-6
394
1-3
69
1
445
1
316
1-10
456
1, 2
527
1.2
178
1-14
502
1,2
3
1
34
1-4
225
496^
303
1
28
1
89
1-5
571
1,2
Index.
1227
Resolve
TOWNS — continued.
Greenfield, payment to Laura A. Hoyt
Phillips, Moses B., burial expenses of, payment of
Hinsdale, highway in, construction of .
Holden, highway in, improvement of .
payment to Aulay, James A. and Sadie C. Matthews
Hull, lands situated at Point Allerton in, acquiring of, by United
States .......
property of commonwealth in, held by metropolitan district com-
mission, taxation of .
Ipswich, Jeffries Neck Pasture in, sale of rights of unknown owners
of
Kingston, water loan authorized ....
Lakeville, land iiji, additional, may be acquired by department of
public health ........
Leicester, highway in, laying out of, by Worcester county, borrow
ing of money for .......
Lexington, line to, for transmission of electricity, town of Concord
may construct .....
Lincoln, line through part of, for transmission of electricity, town
of Concord may construct ....
Manchester, Knight, Frank P., and others, payments to
Mansfield, properties, etc., of Mansfield Water Supply District
may be taken over by .
town manager form of government for, established
Marblehead, bathhouse in Brown park, so-called, may be built by
flounders, catching of, in certain waters of, prohibited
pension, Ireson, Lucretia S. ..... .
Marion, Tabor Academy in, trustees of, number increased
Marshfield, road commissioner in, election of, validated
water supply for itself and its inhabitants
Mashpee, roads in, construction and repair of, appropriation
Middlebo rough, town manager form of goveiaimeut for,
lished ........
Middlefield, highway in, construction of . , .
Middleton, First Universalist Society of, relative to
Millbury, pipes, etc., laying of, along ways in, for additional water
supply for Grafton state hospital, authorized
Montague, bridge between Greenfield and, investigation as to re-
construction of, by Franklin county commissioners Resolve
Monterey, highway in, construction of
Natick, commissioners of public works in, provision for
Lake Cochituate in, use of, for boating, fishing, etc., relative to
payment to widow of Robert W. Sproule .
North Andover, janitors, public school, pensioning of .
North Attleborough, improvement of Ten Mile river by, author-
ized .......
North Reading, North Reading Water Company in, time extended
in which to begin distribution of water
Northbridge, sewer loan authorized
Oak Bluffs, bridge over outlet of Lagoon pond between Tisbury
and, construction of, provision for . . . . .
estab-
jhap.
Item cr
Section
155
7
566
521
1,2
133
1
189
1,2
575
1.2
206
281
1
588
1-3
197
1
605
1-6
605
1-6
442
1
438
1-3
586
1-39
234
1,2
284
1.2
215
1.2
128
1
229
1
405
1-11
225
243
592
1-36
566
52
1
247
1,2
6
571
1,2
22
1-3
504
1-3
35
1
200
1,2
42
458
23
89
1-3
1.2
1-5
1228 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
TOWNS — continued.
Otis, highway in, construction of ...... 571 1, 2
Palmer, Palmer Fire District Number One of, may establish system
of water supply 543 i_i3
school loan authorized ........ 226 1
Paxton, highway in, construction of ...... 519 1,2
Pelham, union superintendent of schools in towns of Amherst and,
provision for ......... 76 1-3
Peru, highway in, construction of ..... . 566
Provincetown, province lands in, reclamation of, to be continued by
department of public works ......
Raynham, transportation district in, estabhshed ....
Rockport, highway between Gloucester and, construction of,
relative to .......,) .
Leander M. Haskins hospital may be maintained by .
Rutland, highway in, construction of .
Sandwich, Town Neck in, land of, setting off by metes and bounds
among owners thereof .......
Savoy, emergency purposes, loan for, by, authorized
Scituate, Rockland Trust Company may maintain a branch office
in .......... .
shores in, protection of ....... .
Sharon, Stoughton Trust Company may maintain a branch office
in .......... .
Sterling, annuity, Peeso, George E., widow and family of
Stoughton, school loan authorized ......
Swampscott, fire department, chief of, office established and placed
under civil service laws .......
sewerage loan authorized .......
water supply securities, interest rate .....
Templeton, highway in, improvement of .... .
Tisbury, bridge over outlet of Lagoon pond between Oak Bluffs and,
construction of, provision for ......
Townsend, may supply itself and its inhabitants with water .
Upton, street railway loan authorized ......
Uxbridge, conveyance of certain land to Prospect Hill Cemetery
Association by, authorized ......
Wakefield, bridge over Lake street in, may be maintained by Winship
Boit and Company ........
Lake Quannapowitt in, parkway or boulevard around, construc-
tion of, relative to ....... .
Warren, water district in, established ......
Warwick, Mount Grace in, established as a state forest .
Watertown, bridge over Charles river between Boston and, locations
upon, granting of, to West End Street Railway Com-
pany ....... . . 449
land, certain, may be taken by, for a town hall or other public
purpose .......... 499 1-3
playground, in, called "Town Field" may be used for athletic
purposes .......... 469
Wellesley, may extend its water supply into town of Weston . . 184 1-3
Wenham, water, distribution of, by, time of beginning, extended . 239 1
203
1
622
1-8
457
1.2
276
1,2
519
1.2
196
1-3
329
1
159
1
585 ,
1-6
173
272
1
153
1,2
4
1-4
278
1
252
1
522
1,2
89
1-5
391
1-10
497
1.2
130
1-4
264
1-3
170
390
1-15
606
1-6
Index.
1229
TOWNS — concluded.
West Springfield, property, certain, owned by other states in,
exempted from taxation .......
water loan authorized ........
Westborough, highway in, improvement of .
Westfield, fire department of, chief of, office established and placed
under civil service laws .......
incorporation of, as city ........
Westhampton, action by, relative to care of cemetery in, vali-
dated ........ Resolve
Weston, Wellesley may extend its water supply into
Wilbraham, state highway in, relocation of, investigation as
to . . . . . . . . . Resolve
Williamsburg, may supply water to Hampden county sanatorium .
Winchester, Aberjona river in, improvement of sanitary condition
of, may be completed by metropolitan district commission .
Mystic lakes in, improvement of, relative to ... .
town clerk of, may be a woman ......
Winthrop, chief of police, oflBce of, placed under civil service laws .
precinct voting, representative town meetings, etc., in
Towns, accounts of, auditing of, by director of division of accounts
American Legion, headquarters for posts of, money to provide,
may be appropriated by .
Americanization schools in, maintenance of, reimbursement, appro-
priation ........
animals, inspection of, reimbursement, appropriation
deficiency appropriation ......
appropriations, emergency ......
assessors, appointment of .
election of ...... .
poll taxes, abatement of, duties as to
selectmen acting as . . . . .
tax rates for current year, fixing of, by
auditors, election of .
bakeries and bakery products, regulation of, by
billboards, etc., regulation of, powers as to .
bills of departments, payment of . . .
boards, election of ..... .
rules, etc., made by, to be filed with town clerk
salaries, fixing of, by .
selectmen acting as various . . . .
borrowing of money by, for payment of judgments, authorized
buildings, limitation of, by, to certain districts according to their
use and construction
public, use and control of
by-laws, prosecution for violation of
relative to disposition of fees of officers
vehicles, for regulation of
cemetery commissioners, appointment of
election of .... ,
hap.
Item or
Section
261
1
228
1
536
1.2
5
1-4
294
1-47
12
184
1-3
72
568
1
498
1
171
503
1
330
1,2
427
1-11
245
1-5
254
1.2
629
351
225
308
629
641
591
10
591
31-34,
36,37
591
33,34
552
1-3
591
36
183
591
33
418
1-23
545
1-7
591
6
591
33
591
4
591
8
591 36
38-40,
45-47
114
601
1-9
591
11
591
3
591
5
591
9
591
36,43
591
19
467
591
33
591
6
300
591
16
512
1-8
580
1-4
591
5,7
591
4
591
15
493
1,2
100
1-4
591
33
591
33
1230 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
Towns, civil service standing of persons who enter military or naval serv-
ice of United States in time of war ..... 219 1,2
clerks, claims of persons furnishing materials or labor for public
works, filing of, with . . . . . . . . 210
discharge or release papers of soldiers, sailors and marines, re-
cording of, by .
election of ......... .
fees of, by-laws as to .
hunting and fishing licenses, granting of, by, law amended .
lists of town oflScers to be filed by, with secretary of the common-
wealth ..........
optometrists, certificates of registration of, to be recorded with .
public markets, establishment of, duties as to .
receipts of, disposition of .......
rules, etc., to be filed with .......
term of office .........
voting lists showing party enrolment of voters, furnishing of, by
clinics, dental, medical and health, may be established by
collectors of taxes, election of ...... .
constables, election or appointment of .
contracts by, certain, protection of persons furnishing materials or
labor in connection with, law amended .... 210
contributions by, served by Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway
Company toward cost of service ....
departments, purchasing, estabUshment of .
bills of, payment of .......
receipts of, disposition of ......
rules made by, to be filed with town clerk
salaries, fixing of, by .......
division of, into voting precincts, relative to ...
dwellings for inhabitants of, in case of emergency, provision for
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, cost of service
in, served by, act made emergency law . . . Pages 793, 801
elections (see Elections),
emergency appropriations by ...... .
employees of, half holidays for certain .....
salaries of, fixing of ........
vacations of certain, relative to ......
who served in world war, payments to, of difference between their
military and their municipal compensation, relative to
retirement of ........ .
employment by, equal opportunity for, secured to all citizens of
commonwealth ........
fees of officers, by-laws as to
fire departments, chiefs of, appointment of .
establishment of ........ .
firemen, indemnification of, for damages sustained in performance
of duties .........
fires, better prevention of, in certain, provision for
foremen, inspectors, mechanics, drawtenders and storekeepers,
pensioning of ........ . 179
505
591
30
591
G
591
7
591
4
591
8
146
1,2
554
1-6
591
10
591
12
591
8
143
235
1
574
1-7
376
591
5
591
36,41
591
27-29
591
14
436
1-3
Index.
1231
Chap.
Towns, forest, fires, extinguishment of, aid to certain .... 269
wardens, chiefs of fire departments, acting as . . . . 591
powers as to disposal of slash and brush .... 308
forestation by, provision for . . . . . . • . 604
gas or electric plants, operation of, by, recovery of damages for
death caused by ....... . 236
graves of soldiers and sailors, care of, by . . . . . 218
monuments at, appropriations for, by .... . 528
hawkers and peddlers, regulations as to . . . . . 591
health, boards of, election of ...... '. 591
regulations by . . . . . . • . . . 591
selectmen acting as . . . . . . . .591
inspectors of, appointment of . . . . ' . . . .591
highways, defects in certain, liability for ..... 447
open during winter months, aid in keeping certain, by . . 488
surveyors of, election of . . . . . . . .591
holidays, half, for certain employees of ..... 591
inspectors, of health, appointment of . . . . . . 591
of wires, appointment of ....... 591
laborers employed by, pensioning of certain . . . . .179
half holidays for ......... 591
vacations of, relative to . . . ' . . . . . 143
laws relating to, certain substantive changes in and additions to . 591
licenses, billiard, pool or sippio tables, keeping of, for hire, etc.,
suspension and revocation of ..... . 191
intelligence offices, keepers of, suspension of . . . .216
lobsters, taking of ........ . 434
lumber, to mea.sure ........ 551
out door exhibitions and public entertainments . . . .47
sports and games on Lord's day ...... 240
lumber, measurers of, election of , in . . . . . .551
markets, public, in, establishment and regulation of . . . 580
maternity aid by, investigation as to . . . . Resolve 85
meetings, warrants, posting of ...... . 591
memorials to soldiers, sailors and marines, appropriation of money f 292
for, by \ 528
metropolitan fire prevention district, in, assessments upon, author-
ized Ill
metropolitan parks district, within, assessments upon, for interest,
sinking fund and serial bond requirements, etc. .
military aid, reimbursement, appropriation ....
monuments, as memorials to soldiers, sailors, etc., appropriations / 292
for, by ........ .
officers, election of ....... .
fees of, by-laws as to .
lists of, to be filed with secretary of commonwealth
receipts of, disposition of ......
rules, etc., made by, to be filed with town clerk
salaries of, fixing of .......
selectmen acting as various ......
Item or
Section
27-29
1-6
1-7
20
33
17
36,38
38
1-4
33
12
38
18
1
12
1-9
6
1-7
5
1-4
1
1-3
443
1-7
225
145
3/292
1-3
(528
, 591
33-35
. 591
5
. 591
16
. 591
7
. 591
4
. 591
8
. 591 36, 38-40,
45-47
1232 Index.
Towns, overseers of the poor, election of .
selectmen acting as ........
park commissioners, selectmen acting as .... .
payments by, on account of inmates of county training schools
treasurers to make .........
peddlers and hawkers, regulations as to
police departments, chiefs of, appointment of ... .
establishment of ........ ,
policemen, indemnification of, for damages sustained in perform-
ance of duties .........
killed or fatally injured, allowance to families of . . .
one day off in every eight days for certain ....
requisition of, by cities and other towns .....
within classified civil service, appointment and promotion of
poor, overseers of the, election of ......
selectmen acting as ........
superintendents of the, appointment of .
primaries, state, in, polling hours ......
process, service of , on ........
property of, use and control of ...... .
public buildings, use and control of ..... .
public safety, commissioners of, appointment of .
purchasing departments, establishment of .
receipts by departments of, disposition of .
records of births, marriages and deaths, previous to year 1850,
preservation and purchase of ..... .
registrars of voters in, assistant, appointment of .
reimbursement of small, for salaries paid to superintendents of
schools .........
road commissioners, election of .
rules, made by boards, etc., to be filed with town clerk .
relative to regulation of vehicles bj', publication of
safety, public, commissioners of, appointment of .
salaries of officers and employees, fixing of .
scallops, permits for taking of, granting of, by . . .
school committees, election of ..... .
schools, attendance in, of children residing in places remote from
school .........
courses in American history and civics to be taught in
expenses, certain, reimbursement, appropriation
superintendents of, salaries paid to, reimbursement of certain
securities issued by, rate of interest on ....
selectmen, acting as other boards or officers ....
election of . . .
powers of . . .
service of process on .
sewer commissioners, election of
selectmen acting as
departments, superintendents of, appointment of
shelter for inhabitants of, in case of emergency, provision for
Item or
Chap.
Section
591
33
591
36,39
591
36
40
591
6
591
20
591
36,41
591
22-26
591
14
515
1,2
166
1-5
691
13
368
1-6
591
33
591
36,39
591
39
481
591
2
591
11
591
11
591
41
591
30
591
7
562
1-3
243
1.2
371
591
33
591
4
591
9
591
41
591
8,44
139
591
33
1
78
411
. 225
345-347.
351,521
. 371
. 336
. 591
36. 38-40.
45-47
. 591
33.36
. 591
36-44
. 591
2
. 591
33
. 591
36,40
. 591
40
. 554
1-5
Index.
1233
Towns, street railways, operation of, by, in transportation areas .
streets, superintendent of, appointment of .
surveyors, highway, election of .
taxes (see Tax, Taxes).
teachers' pensions, reimbursement, appropriation ....
transportation areas, estabHshment by, and operation of street
railways therein
treasurers, duties of .
election of . . .
tree wardens, appointment of
election of . . .
tuberculosis cases, care of, claims for, by, relative to . . .
vehicles, regulation of, by, rules for, publication of . . .
veterans, in ser\ace of, to have leave of absence on Memorial day .
of Spanish war, Philippine insurrection or world war, in service
of, retirement of .... .
voting precincts in, relative to .
warrants, posting of .
water, and sewer boards, selectmen acting as
commissioners, selectmen acting as .
departments, superintendents of, appointment of
wires, inspectors of, appointment of .
writs, service of, upon .....
Townsend, town of (see Towns) .
Trade school in leather manufacturing, etc., commission to investigate
as to establishment of .... . Resolve
Trade-marks, registration fee for, increased
" Trailer, commercial ", term defined
Trailers, used in interstate motor trafEc, display of register number
plates in connection with
Training schools, county, payments by municipalities on account of
inmates of ... .
Massachusetts, trustees of, appropriation
supplementary appropriation .
Transfers of stock, excise on, late payments of
Transportation, areas, cities and towns may establish, and operate
street railways therein .....
district, in towns of Raynham and Bridgewater, established
of school children by towns to schools in adjoining towns, provision
for .......
Traps, use of, for taking fur-bearing animals, relative to
TREASURER AND RECEIVER- GENERAL:
appropriation .
assessments by, upon cities and towns in metropolitan
tion district, authorized
bond issues by .
"bonus" for soldiers, sailors and marines, applications for, time for
filing with, extended
bond issue to pro\'ide for, by
Boston and Maine Railroad bonds, certain, may be held by
deputies in office of, salaries established
Chap.
Item or
Section
599
1-18
591
36,40
691
33
fire preven
225
432
40
225
629
464
599
622
78
437
225
111
525
530
250
51
617
381
366
599
1-18
591
6.7
591
33
591
36,42
591
33
238
1-3
591
9
531
1.2
574
1-7
146
2
591
1
591
36,40
591
36,40
591
40
591
18
591
2
23
618
476
514-524
514,515
1-18
1-8
1-9
208-211
1,2
1,2
1,2
1234
Index.
Chap.
TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL — concluded.
statutory designation of, relative to . , . . . , 164
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
to be member of board to approve emergency appropriations by
cities and towns . . . . . . . .591
Treasurers, county (see Counties).
town (see Towns).
Tree wardens, towns, appointment of ..... . 691
election of .......... 591
Trespass laws, farm and forest lands, extracts from, printing and sale of 202
Trial, more speedy, of persons held in jail in default of bail, provision for 167
Trial justices (.see Courts).
Trinity place, buildings on land between Dartmouth street and, in
Boston, height of ....... . 455
Truants committed to county training schools, payments by municipal-
ities on account of . . . . . . . .40
Trucks, motor (see Motor vehicles).
TRUST COMPANIES:
Atlas, may establi.sh an additional branch office in Springfield
Brookline, may establish an additional branch in Brookline
Merchants, in Lawrence, may hold additional real estate
New England, may hold additional real estate
Rockland, may maintain a branch office in Scituate
State Street, may hold real estate in Boston
Stoughton, may maintain a branch office in Sharon
Textile, may establish an additional branch in New Bedford
Trust companies, organization fee of, increased
savings departments of, deposits in, acceptance of, as ,=ecuritj' for
bail in criminal cases
dividends or interest on, computation of
payment of ....
guaranty funds, establishment of
investment committees in
loans by, relative to . . .
relative to . . . . . • .
Trustees for Eastern Nazarene College, incorporated
Trustees, foreign, duties, liabilities, etc., imposed upon, by extension
of legacy and succession tax to personal property of non-
resident decedents ........ 390
Tuberculosis, animals, bovine, in, control and eradication of, investi-
gation as to . . . . . . . Resolve 81
killed because afflicted with, indemnity to be paid for . . 470
Resolve 81
claims of cities and towns for care of cases of, relative to . . 238
division of, in department of public health (see Di\'isions).
hospitals, construction, etc., of, by certain counties, time extended . 532
counties may issue non-interest bearing notes for purposes of . 87
prisoners and certain public charges afflicted with, relative to . 306
Tuition of school children attending school in adjoining towns, pay-
ment of, by towns, provision for ..... 78
Item or
Section
208-210
10
36,42
33
1-3
. 224
. 406
. 118
. 265
1
. 159
1
. 117
. 173
. 258
. 598
7
. 584
1-8
. 38
. 311
. 563
1-6
. 563
1-6
. 563
1-6
38
311
563
1-6
. 506
1-3
1-6
1-3
1.2
Index. 1235
Item or
Chap. Section
Tunnel, between Boston and Chelsea, investigation as to . Resolve 71
between Boston and East Boston, investigation as to Resolve 73
East Boston, use of, by Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Com-
pany, investigation as to . . . . . Resolve 78
Turnkeys, state prison and Massachusetts reformatory, salaries regulated 459 1, 2
u.
Uniformity of state laws, commission on (see Commissions, Com-
missioners) .
Union Institutibn for Savings in the City of Boston may acquire
real estate and erect a building, etc. ..... 570
Union of Italy, Incorporated, powers of, relative to ... 41
United Spanish War Veterans, quarters for, in state house . . 511 1, 2
United States, 'Beverly, city of, may contribute money to, for use in "
impro^^ng Beverly harbor ...... 275
constitution of, proposed amendments to, provision for ascertaining
opinion of people as to . . . . . . . 560 1, 2
lands, certain, situated at Point Allerton in town of Hull, acquiring
of, by .■ 189 1,2
Maiden river, improvement of, by, payment of money for . . 198 1, 2
military and naval service (see Soldiers, sailors and marines).
public health, department of, may contract with, for care at
Penikese island of lepers ....... 328
Worcester state hospital, leasing of, to, authorized . Resolve 48
University extension courses, appropriation ..... 226 352, 353
Upton, town of (see Towns).
Utilities, public, department of (see Departments).
Uxbridge, town of (see Towns).
V.
Vacations of municipal employees, certain, relative to . . . 143
Vance, Walter R., pension ........ 409 1
Vehicles, motor (see Motor vehicles).
regulation of, by cities and towns, rules for, publication of . . 591 9
right of way to, at intersection of certain ways, relative to . , . 222
Venereal diseases, division of, in department of public health (see
Divisions) .
Ventilation improvements, state house, appropriation . . . 629 169i
Veterans, war (see Soldiers, sailors and marines).
Veterinary medicine, registration in, board of, in department of
civil service and registration (see Boards).
Vetoed measvires, in 1920 ....... Page 801
Vocational schools, training of teachers for, appropriation . . 225 339
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 339
Vocational training of disabled soldiers, sailors and marines, commis-
sion to consider methods for .... Resolve 70
Voters (see Elections).
Voting, preferential, in municipal elections in Gloucester, law pro-
viding for, repealed ........ 81 1, 2
1236 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
Voting lists, showing party enrolment of voters, certified copies of,
applications for ........ 493 1, 2
Voting precincts, division of cities and towns into, relative to . . 146 2
w.
Wage, boards, compensation and expenses, appropriation . . . 225 433
reconvening, etc., of, for revision of minimum wage decrees . 387
selection of members of . . . . . . . .48
minimum, ser^dce, department of labor and industries, appropria-
tion 225 432,441
Wakefield, town of (see Towns).
Wallace, William and Mary, payment of money to .... 94 1
Waltham, city of (see Cities).
Walton, Charles, payment to . . . . . . Resolve 74
WAR MEASURES:
American Legion, headquarters for posts of, cities and towns may
appropriate money to provide ...... 254 1
"bonus" for soldiers, sailors and marines (see Bonus).
civil service standing of persons who enter military or naval service
of United States in time of war ..... 219 1,2
dental students, certain, who were in military or naval service,
exempted from certain requirements ..... 424 5
discharge or release papers of soldiers, sailors and marines, record-
ing of, provision for ........ 467
employment for soldiers, sailors and marines, work of securing, use
of certain funds for, authorized ......
appropriation .........
flags, Spanish and world wars, permanent exhibition of, in state house
appropriation .........
graves of soldiers, sailors and marines, care of, bj' cities and
towns ..........
in foreign soil, commission to report as to caring for, appropriation
established .........
monuments at, appropriations for, by cities and towns
insignia of certain organizations of veterans, unauthorized use of,
penalized .........
jury ser\'ice, certain veteran soldiers and sailors exempted from
memorial to soldiers, sailors and marines, construction of, by com-
monwealth, commission to consider . . . Resolve
appropriation .........
memorials to soldiers, sailors and marines, appropriation of money
for, by cities and towns .......
monuments, as memorials to soldiers, sailors, etc., appropriations / 292
for, by cities and towns . . . . . . \ 528
municipal employees who served in world war, payment to, of dif-
ference^ between their military and their municipal compen-
sation, relative to ....... . 235 1
poll tax, war, assessed on veterans of Spanish war, Philippine in-
surrection and world war, abatement of ... . 608 1, 2
rehabilitation of disabled soldiers, sailors and marines, commission
to consider methods for ..... Resolve 70
621
629
179
513
1-4
629
170J
218
629
271
616
1-3
528
367
199
82
629
27j
292
1-3
292
1-3
Index.
1237
Chap.
WAR MEASURES — concluded.
retirement of veterans of Spanish war, Philippine insurrection or
world war, in public service, provision for .... 574
taxation, property of certain associations of veteran soldiers and
sailors exempted from ....... 175
soldiers and sailors, veteran, and their widows, exempted from
certain .......... 137
vocational training of disabled soldiers, sailors and marines, com-
mission to consider methods for . . . Resolve 70
widows of veteran soldiers and sailors, certain, exempted from
certain taxation . . . . . . . .137
War records, civil, publication of, appropriation .... 225
supplementary appropriation ....... 629
Philippine insurrection, compilation and publication of . . . 357
appropriation . . . . . . . ... 629
Wardens, fish and game, retirement of certain ..... 304
forest (see Forest wardens).
tree, in towns, appointment of ...... . 591
election of ......... . 591
Wards, division of cities into, relative to . . . . . . 146
Wards, minor (see Minor wards).
Warrants, for extradition of fugitives from justice, law amended . . 399
town meetings, posting of . . . . . . . .591
Warren, cemetery, Boston may dispose of ..... 66
town of (see Towns).
Water District established ........ 390
Wars, expenses on account of, appropriation ..... 225
supplementary appropriation . . , . . ' . . 629
Warwick, town of (see Towns).
Watchmen, Massachusetts reformatory, salaries regulated . . . 459
state house (see State house),
state prison, salaries regulated ....... 459
WATER:
board, etc., in towns, selectmen acting as . . . . . 591
companies, corporate powers of certain, relative to . . . 295
returns of certain, to department of public utilities . . . 583
Company, North Reading, time extended in which to begin distri-
bution of water ........ 458
departments, superintendent of, in towns ..... 591
district, Warren, established ....... 390
districts, police officers and firemen, indemnification of, by, for
damages sustained ........ 591
fowl (see Game).
supply. Auburn, by city of Worcester ...... 516
Billerica, additional loan authorized ..... 466
companies, private, returns by, to department of public utilities . 583
Danvers state hospital, by town of Danvers, determination of
cost of ......... . 394
Grafton state hospital, additional ...... 247
Hampden county sanatorium, by town of Williamsburg . . 568
investigation as to needs and resources, appropriation . . 225
Item or
Section
1-7
121
121
1
149J
1-3
36,42
33
1,2
1
1
1-15
145-149
147, 149i,
149 i
1,2
1,2
36
1,2
40
1-16
14
1
1
1,2
1,2
1.2
1
549
1238 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
WATER— concluded.
supply, Kingston, additional loan authorized .... 281 l
Mansfield, district, properties, etc., of, may be taken over by
town of Mansfield ........ 438 1-3
Marshfield, established ........ 405 1-11
Palmer Fire District Number One may establish system of . 543 1-13
Swampscott, securities, interest rate ..... 252 1
Townsend, established . . . . . , . .391 1-10
Wenham, time to begin distribution, extended .... 239 1
West Springfield, additional loan authorized .... 228 1
Weston, may be supplied by Weliesley ..... 184 1-3
Worcester, additional, relative to procuring .... 301 1
system, metropolitan, appropriation ...... 225 641
improvement and development of, certain expenditures for, au-
thorized 530 1, 2
supplementary appropriation . ...... 629 641
Watertown, Newtonville and, Street Railway Company (see Newton-
ville and Watertown Street Railway Company),
town of (see Towns).
Waterways and public lands, division of, in department of public
works (see Divisions).
Watuppa Reservoir Company, powers and duties as to abatement of
nuisances in and along Quequechan river in Fall River
Ways, intersection of certain, right of way at, relative to .
Weavers in textile factories, certain, specifications to be furnished to,
relative to ........ .
Webber, James F., payment to .......
Weights and measures, sealers of, containers for sale of ice cream,
regulation of use of, duties as to
testing of certain, bj' director of standards .....
Welfare, public, department of (see Departments).
Weliesley, extension, south metropolitan sewerage system, completion of 525
town of (see Towns).
Wellington bridge, appropriation ....... 225 245, 637
Wenham, town of (see Towns).
West End Street Railway Company, locations upon bridge over
Charles river at North Beacon street between Boston and
Watertown, granting of, to . . . . . . 449
West Roxbury, district of Boston, municipal court of (see Courts),
parkway in Boston, construction of ..... .
appropriation .........
West Springfield, town of (see Towns).
Westborough, state hospital, appropriation .....
supplementary appropriation .......
town of (see Towns).
Westfield, normal school, appropriation ......
supplementary appropriation . . . . .
River Railway Company, duration of certain authority granted to,
extended .........
state sanatorium, appropriation .......
supplementary appropriation .......
544
222
417
186
1
259
1-6
369
1-3
389
1
629
244, 638
225
472, 474
629
472
225
388, 389
629
388, 389
448
225
564-568
629
564
Index.
1239
Chap.
Item or
Section
Resolve 12
Westfield, town of (see Towns) .
Westhampton, Cemetery Association, relative to
town of (see Towns) .
Weston, town of (see Towns).
Weymouth Fore river, harbor lines in, above Quincy Point bridge,
established .....••••
Wharves, proprietors of, service of procesa on .
Whitcomb's Concert Band Inc., charter revived . . . .
White pine blister, compensation for destruction of bushes on account of
appropriation . . . . . •
Wholesalers, hawkers and pedlers, certain laws as to, not applicable
to certain
Widows of certain veteran soldiers and sailors exempted from certain
taxation .....•••••
Wife (see Husband and wife) .
Wilbraham, town of (see Towns).
Wild birds (see Game).
Williamsburg, town of (see Towns).
Winchester, town of (see Towns).
Wines, beer and cider, initiative petition filed for law to regulate
manufacture and sale of .
veto by governor of act relative to .
Winship Boit and Company may maintain a bridge over
in Wakefield . . . . . .
Winter, highways, certain, keeping of, open during, aid for cities and
towns in ......
Winthrop, town of (see Towns).
Wires, inspectors of, in towns, appointment of .
tapping of (see Eavesdropping).
Witnesses, general court, summoning of, appropriation
records of conviction of, admission in evidence of, to
bility, relative to .... .
travel fees, law amecded .....
Wobiu-n, city of (see Cities).
Woman suffrage, voting by women at primaries and elections when
qualified, relative to ....
Women, appointment of, as police officers, in Boston .
eligible for certain town offices ....
within metropolitan parks district
reformatory for, appropriation ....
supplementary appropriation ....
voting by, at primaries and elections when qualified
Wood, Mary L., retirement of .
Wood alcohol, sale of, relative to .
Worcester, Academy, quorum of trustees of, established
city of (see Cities),
county of (see Counties),
normal school, appropriation ....
supplementary appropriation ....
Polytechnic Institute, appropriation . . .
powers and membership of, relative to . .
state hospital, appropriation ....
104
1.2
591
2
30
446
1
629
273 §
591
137
21
. Page
798
. Page
801
Lake street
264
1-3
3r cities and
488
1-4
591
18
225
21
affect credi-
120
207
jctions when
579
1-4
211
591
33
567
1
225
496
629
496
579
1-4
Resolve
27
185
.
177
1
225
390, 391
629
390, 391
225
247
11
1,2
225
475-477
1240 Index.
Item or
Chap. Section
Worcester, state hospital, land occupied by, part of, easement in,
granted to city of Worcester for highway purposes . . 372 1
leasing of, to United States authorized . . . Resolve 48
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 475
Woman's Club, purposes of, changing of .... . 313 1
Workingmen's Co-operative Bank may purchase and hold real
estate .......... 105 1
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT:
artificial eyes, limbs and other mechanical appliances, J 324
furnishing of, to certain injured employees . . \ Resolve 70
notice and claim for compensation under, law amended . . 223 1, 2
World War (see War measures).
Wrentham state school, appropriation 225 479, 480J,
481
supplementary appropriation ....... 629 • 479-481
Wright Home for Young Women, The, incorporated ... 25 1-5
Writs, service of, on cities, towns, etc. ...... 591 2
Wyman Gordon Company may maintain bridges over Bradley and
Gold streets in Worcester . . . . . . .121 1-4
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