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IN THE YEAR

1924

TOGETHER WITH

TABLES SHOWING CHANGES IN THE STATUTES, ETC.

PUBLISHED BY THE

SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

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1924

ACTS AND RESOLVES

MASSACHUSETTS
1924

1^*" The General Court, which was chosen November 7, 1922, assembled
on Wednesday, the second day of January, 1924, for its second annual
session.

His Excellency Channing H. Cox and His Honor Alvan T. Fuller
continued to serve as Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively, for
the pohtical year of 1924.

ACTS.

An Act authokizing the city of waltham to construct (JJkij) \
and maintain a city hall on the common. ^'

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 1. The city of Waltham, if its city council, with the City of
approval of the mayor, so votes, is hereby authorized to con- ^nstmc^,'"^^
struct and maintain a city hall on the Common, which Common etc , a city
is bounded and described as follows: northerly by Main street,
easterly by Elm street, southerly by Carter street and westerly
by Moody street.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 21, 1924-

Chap.

An Act providing for an investigation and report rela-
tive TO A union high SCHOOL FOR CERTAIN TOWNS IN DUKES
COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The towns of Chilmark, Edgartown, Gay Head, jYtiv^t*'"'^
Gosnold, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury are each hereby union high
authorized to elect one person for each one thousand inhabitants, certafn^towna
or fraction thereof, to serve on a union high school building ^^ Dukes
committee. Upon the election of such person or persons by any
four or more of said towns whose total valuation equals or
exceeds three fourths of the valuation of Dukes county, said
committee shall investigate the desirability and the cost of a
union high school for the participating towns, and report its
findings to the said towns. If the establishment of said school
is found desirable, said committee shall recommend a site and
secure an estimate of the cost of the building and its equipment.
Said committee shall serve without pay, but any necessary ex- Expenses
penses, not exceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars, incurred etc.
for travel and for preliminary plans and estimates, and for
printing and mailing the report proNaded for in section two, shall
be paid by the participating towns in shares proportionate to
their state tax, after examination and approval of the accounts
of said expenses by the county commissioners of Dukes county.

Section 2. Said committee shall cause its report and recom- Report and
mendations to be printed and shall mail a copy thereof to every tfons^t'o be^*"
registered voter in each town represented on the committee not printed, etc.
later than two weeks prior to its annual meeting for the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-five.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 22, 1924.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 3, 4.

Chap. 3 An Act relative to release deeds to persons redeeming

LAND TAKEN BY OR SOLD TO A CITY OR TOWN FOR NON-PAY-
MENT OF TAXES.

G. L. 60,

§ 62, amended.

Redemption
of land
taken or sold
for taxes.

Release
deeds to
persons
redeeming
land taken
by or sold
to a city or
town, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section sixty-two of chapter sixty of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after the word "additional" in the
fifteenth line the following : — If land taken by or sold to a city
or town for non-payment of taxes is redeemed, the city treas-
urer, notwithstanding the provisions of the charter of his city,
or the town treasurer, as the case may be, shall sign, execute
and deliver on behalf of the city or town a release of all the
right, title and interest, which it acquired by such taking or
purchase, in and to the land so redeemed, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 62. Any person having an interest in land
taken or sold for non-payment of taxes, including those assessed
under sections twelve, thirteen and fourteen of chapter fifty-
nine, or his heirs or assigns, may, within two years after the
taking or sale, redeem the same by paying or tendering to the
collector, if the estate has been taken or purchased by the town,
the amount of the tax, all intervening taxes, charges and fees,
and interest on the whole at the rate of eight per cent per annum;
or by paying or tendering to the purchaser, or his legal repre-
sentatives or assigns, the original sum and intervening taxes
paid by him and interest on the whole at said rate. In each case
he shall also pay for examination of title and a deed of release
not more than three dollars in the aggregate; and in addition
thereto the actual cost of recording the tax deed or evndence of
taking. He may redeem the land by paying to the collector
the sum which he would be required to pay to the purchaser,
with one dollar additional. If land taken by or sold to a city
or town for non-payment of taxes is redeemed, the city treas-
urer, notwithstanding the provisions of the charter of his city,
or the town treasurer, as the case may be, shall sign, execute and
deliver on behalf of the city or town a release of all the right,
title and interest, which it acquired by such taking or purchase,
in and to the land so redeemed.

No person shall knowingly collect or attempt to collect for
the redemption of any such land a sum of money greater than
that authorized by this section. Approved January 24, 1924-

Chap. 4 An Act relating to certain town meetings in the town

OF FLORIDA.

Votes, etc.,
taken at
certain town
meetings in
town of
Florida no
longer to
continue in
force.

Acts of

certain persons
validated.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. All votes and all action taken at the annual town
meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Florida held February
fifth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and the meeting of
the inhabitants of said town held November twenty-fourth,
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, shall no longer continue
in force and effect.

Section 2. The acts of the persons purporting to hold office
in said toAvn by virtue of the action taken at said meeting of

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 5, 6. 5

February fifth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, which were
performed in course of the duties of such office, if and so far as
invahd, are hereby confirmed and made vaUd to the same ex-
tent as if said persons had been legal officers of said town, not-
withstanding the provisions of section one.

Section 3. The annual town meeting of the inhabitants of n\°^Jl^^„Vor
said town for the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, for year 1924 to
the election of town officers and for such other business as may efc!^
come before it, shall be called for the first Monday of February,
nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 25, 192 4.

An Act relative to a draw in the new haverhill lower Qfiap. 5

BRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter five hundred and seven 1922, 507, § 1,
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two is hereby ^"^^"^ ^ '
amended by inserting after the word "Laws" in the fifth line
the words : — , except as otherwise expressly provided herein, —
and by adding at the end thereof the words : — Subject to the
laws of the United States, said bridge may be built either with
or without a draw but if built without a draw such provisions
shall be made for installing a draw when needed as the division
of waterways and public lands of the department of public
works or the government of the United States may require, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . The county commissioners Special com-
of the county of Essex, and two citizens of said county who shall ™co^n°truct
be appointed by the governor, are hereby constituted a special ,^^.g^'''"'^
commission. Subject to the provisions of chapter ninety-one of bridge, so-
the General Laws, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, '^^^^^ ■
and of all other laws which may be applicable, said commission
is hereby authorized to reconstruct, of such type and dimensions
as it may determine, Haverhill lower bridge, so-called, over the
Merrimack river at Main street in the city of Haverhill, including
the approaches thereto. Subject to the laws of the United efther'^^th'or
States, said bridge may be built either with or without a draw without a
but if built without a draw such provisions shall be made for
installing a draw when needed as the division of waterways and
public lands of the department of public works or the govern-
ment of the United States may require-

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 26, 1924-

An Act authorizing the abatement of certain taxes on (Jhav. 6

REAL estate IN THE TOWN OF WINCHENDON USED AS A
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The assessors of the town of Winchendon may Xr°^°^ .
abate certain taxes assessed for the year nineteen hundred and may'^abate
twenty-three upon certain real estate in said town o^\Tied by o^reaV*^^^

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 7, 8, 9.

estate used
as a Christian
science church.

Chap.

1909, 490,
Part II, § 76,
etc., repealed,
etc.

Chap.

G. L. 201,

§ 45, amended.

Election,
waiver, or
exercise of
power by
guardian, etc.

Pro\'isos.

Approval of
probate court
to waiver of
provisions of
a will by
guardian, etc.

the Christian Science Society and purchased for reHgious pur-
poses.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 26, 1924.

7 An Act relative to equity procedure in cases arising

from the taking or sale of land for the non-payment

OF TAXES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section seventy-six of Part II of chapter four hundred and
ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, as revived and
re-enacted by section forty of chapter four hundred and eighty-
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby
repealed, but without affecting any case pending under the
section so repealed. Approved January 26, 1924-

8 An Act requiring the approval of the probate court to

A WAIVER of the PROVISIONS OF A WILL BY A GUARDIAN.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section forty-five of chapter two hundred and one of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth
line, the word "but" and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing: — provided, that no waiver of the provisions of a will under
this section shall be valid until approved by the probate court
after notice to such persons, if any, as the court shall deem proper
and a hearing thereon, and provided also that, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 45- If propert}^ rights or benefits given
by will or by law depend upon the election, waiver or other act
of a person incompetent by reason of insanity or minority to
perform the same, his guardian may make such election or
waiver or perform such act; provided, that no waiver of the pro-
visions of a will under this section shall be valid until approved
by the probate court after notice to such persons, if any, as the
court shall deem proper and a hearing thereon, and provided
also that if a power is vested in an insane person for his own
benefit, or his consent is required for the exercise of any power
where the power of consent is in the nature of a beneficial interest
in himself, his guardian may, by order of the probate court,
made after notice to such persons, if any, as the court shall
deem proper, exercise the power or give the consent in such
manner as shall be authorized or directed by the order.

Approved January 26, 1924.

Chap. 9 An Act placing under civil service the offices of janitor
OF the town hall and janitors of school buildings in
the town of dedham.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

jifitor ol Section 1. The provisions of chapter thirty-one of the Gen-
town hall and eral Laws and the rules and regulations made thereunder shall
schoorbuiid- hereafter apply to the offices of janitor of the town hall and
L^^Dldham"^ jauitors of the several school buildings in the town of Dedham.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 10, 11, 12. 7

The present incumbents of said offices shall continue to hold the placed under
same without taking civil service examinations.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the To be sub-
voters of said town at the annual town meeting in the year "oters, etc.
nineteen hundred and twenty-four in the form of the following
question to be placed upon the official ballot used for the elec-
tion of town officers at said meeting: — " Shall an act passed by
the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four,
entitled ' An Act placing under civil service the offices of janitor
of the town hall and janitors of school buildings in the town of
Dedham' be accepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer
to said question are in the affirmative, then this act shall there-
upon take effect, but not otherwise.

Approved January 26, 1924-

An Act providing for the dissolution of an attachment QJidj) IQ

OF REAL PROPERTY IF NO SERVICE IS MADE UPON THE DE-
FENDANT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and twenty-three of the General Laws g. l. 223,
is hereby amended by inserting after section one hundred and afte/riis!
fifteen the following new section: — Section 115 A. If real prop- Dissolution
erty of the defendant is attached in any action and no service is Cf reaf prop-"*
made upon him, the attachment shall be dissolved unless it erty if no
appears of record that notice of such action has been given to upon defend-
him, in such manner as the court orders, within one year after
the entry of the action. Approved January 26, 1924-

An Act to establish the time when members of the water QJifuy J J

AND sewerage BOARD OF THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD SHALL
TAKE OFFICE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The terms of office of all members of the water Members of
and sewerage board of the town of Wakefield elected after this slwlrage
act takes effect shall begin on the day after their election, instead ^°^^'^ °J
of on May first following their election as provided by section Wakefield,
twelve of chapter four hundred and eighty -eight of the acts of office.*" *^ ^
nineteen hundred and two as affected by chapter one hundred
and six of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten, and the terms
of office of the present members of said board shall terminate
upon the election and qualification of their successors.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 31, 192 4.

An Act authorizing the boston lying-in hospital to hold Chav. 12

ADDITIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and fourteen of the Special Acts of ^^^'^•}^} ^^^'

1111 -11 111 •! • amended.

nmeteen hundred and seventeen is hereby amended by stnkmg
out, in the third line, the words "two million" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — three million five hundred thou-

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 13.

Boston Lying-
in Hospital
may hold
real and
personal estate,
etc.

sand, — so as to read as follows : — The Boston Lying-in Hos-
pital, a charitable corporation duly incorporated, is hereby au-
thorized to hold real and personal estate to the value of three
million five hundred thousand dollars, and, in continuation of
and in addition to, the powers already granted it, shall have
authority to build, equip and maintain one or more lying-in
hospitals and to care for women suffering from diseases and
conditions peculiar to women and during convalescence, and
their infants, in said hospital or in private wards therein, or
under the supervision of out-patient departments.

Approved January 31, 1924-

Chap. 13 -^N ^CT AUTHOEIZING THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD AND THE TOWN
OF WEST SPRINGFIELD TO CONSTRUCT A BRIDGE ACROSS THE
CONNECTICUT RIVER AND TO INCUR INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Springfield and the town of West
Springfield may construct a bridge across the Connecticut river,
with suitable approaches thereto if any are necessar}^, at the
site of the bridge constructed in pursuance of chapter one hun-
dred and thirty of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-
two.

Section 2. The board of aldermen of said city and selectmen
of said town shall, in constructing said bridge, provide for the
use of a portion thereof for street railway purposes upon such
terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by said board and
said selectmen and the company operating the street railway
upon said bridge; and they may also provide upon said bridge
ducts and other facilities for the use of other public utilities and
collect from any utility using such ducts or facilities the cost of
constructing the same or reasonable rental based on such cost.
If any disagreement should arise concerning said provision or
the cost or rental to be charged therefor, the utility in question
or the city or town may petition the department of public
utilities to decide the matter in dispute and the decision of said
department shall be final and binding.

Section 3. After the completion of said bridge the city of
Springfield shall have the care and superintendence of said
bridge, its abutments and piers, and all cost and expenses in-
curred under this act, including all expense of maintaining said
bridge and keeping it in repair and safe and convenient for
travel and of said care and superintendence, shall be borne and
paid by the city of Springfield and the town of West Springfield
in the following proportion : — nine tenths by said city and one
tenth by said town.

Section 4. Liability for defects in said bridge, its piers and
abutments, shall exist on the part of the city of Springfield and
town of West Springfield respectively in the same proportions
in which they shall bear the cost and expenses of said bridge as
aforesaid, namely, nine tenths on the part of said city and one
tenth on the part of said town.

City of
Springfield
and town of
West Spring-
field may
construct a
bridge across
Connecticut
river.

Provision for
use of portion
of bridf-'e for
street railway
purposes.

Facilities for
use of other
public utilities,
etc.

Department
of public
utilities to
decide matters
in dispute.

Superin-
tendence of
bridge, etc.

Cost and
expenses, how
to be borne,
etc.

Liability for
defects in
bridge, etc.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 14. 9

Section 5. For the purpose of constructing said bridge and fl'[J^^^^"°°"
any necessary approaches thereto the city of Springfield may borrow money.
from time to time borrow such sums as may be necessary to pay
its aforesaid proportionate part of the cost thereof, not exceed-
ing, in the aggregate, nine hundred thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words, City of Springfield North End Bridge Loan, Act of ^'f^' ^^ '^'l""^^"
1924; and for said purpose the town of West Springfield may End Bridge
from time to time borrow such sums as may be necessary to pay {gg "• "towd
its aforesaid proportionate part of said cost, not exceeding, in of West
the aggregate, one hundred thousand dollars, and may issue may borrow
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, "^"^"^y-
Town of West Springfield North End Bridge Loan, Act of 1924. Town of West
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan and such North End
loans shall be payable in not more than twenty years from their Act'^ofml"'
dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess indebtedness
of the statutory debt limits of the city of Springfield and the of stetutory^^^
town of West Springfield respectively, but shall, except as ^ebt limits,
herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, including the provisions of section seven which relate to
borrowing inside the statutory limit for purposes set forth in
paragraph (5) of said section.

Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage, but 'Hme of taking
so much thereof as respectively empowers said city or town to
borrow money shall become null and void unless such borrowing
is authorized by the city or town within five years from the
date of said passage. Approved January 31 , 1924.

An Act authorizing the dennison manufacturing com- Chaj). 14

PANY to maintain BRIDGES OVER CLINTON STREET IN THE
TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Upon petition and after a public hearing thereon, Dennison
notice of which shall be published at least three times in the in^g company
Framingham Evening News, a newspaper pubHshed in the town IJ^'^/jJ^")^'^ j
of Framingham, the last publication to be at least seven days bridges over
before the hearing, the selectmen of said town may issue a i^''t°own oT*'^*
permit to the Dennison Manufacturing Company of Framing- Framingham.
ham, its successors and assigns, to build and maintain bridges
over Clinton street in said town, for the purpose of connecting
the buildings owned and occupied by said company on said
Clinton street. Said permit shall be granted upon such con- Conditions
ditions and subject to such restrictions as the selectmen may tums^^^^'^'
prescribe. Any permit so issued may be revoked by the select- Revocation

men.

ol permit.

Section 2. Any bridge built under a permit granted as Dimensions,
aforesaid shall be constructed and maintained at a height not ^"''
less than eighteen feet above the grade line of said street, and
shall not be more than twelve feet in width, and no part of said
bridge or its supports shall rest on the surface of the street.

Section 3. If a person sustains bodily injury or damage in Damages,
his property by reason of the construction or maintenance of et°c' ''^°°''^^^ '

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 15.

any such bridge, he may recover damages therefor in an action
of tort brought in the superior court against said Dennison
Manufacturing Company, or its successors or assigns, within
Proviso. one year after the date of such injury or damage; provided,

that such notice of the time, place and cause of the said injury
or damage be given to said Dennison Manufacturing Company,
or its successors or assigns, by, or on behalf of, the persons sus-
taining the same as is, under the provisions of chapter eighty-four
of the General Laws, valid and sufficient in cases of injury or
damage sustained by reason of a defect or a want of repair in
or upon a way, if such defect or want of repair is caused by or
consists in part of snow or ice, or both. The remedy herein pro-
vided shall not be exclusive, but shall be in addition to any
other remedy provided by law.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 2, 192 4.

Chap. 15 An Act relative to the exemption from taxation of

LOANS SECURED BY DULY RECORDED MORTGAGES OF REAL
ESTATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Clause Third of subsection (a) of section one of
chapter sixty-two of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after the word "by" in the first line of said clause the
words : — duly recorded, — so as to read as follows : — Third,
Loans secured exclusively by duly recorded mortgage of real
estate, taxable as real estate, situated in the commonwealth, to
an amount not exceeding the assessed value of the mortgaged
real estate less the amount of all prior mortgages.

Section 2. Section twenty- two of said chapter sixty-two is
hereby amended by inserting after the word "by" in the tenth
line the words : — duly recorded, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 22. Every individual inhabitant of the commonwealth,
including every partnership, association or trust, whose annual
income from all sources exceeds two thousand dollars shall
annually make a return of his entire income, except income de-
rived (a) from real estate, (&) from dividends exempt from
taxation imder section one, (c) from interest upon bonds or
other obligations of the L^nited States, (rf) from interest upon
such bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness of the com-
monwealth and political subdivisions thereof as are exempt from
taxation under clause twenty-fifth of section five of chapter
fifty-nine, {e) from loans secured exclusively by duly recorded
mortgage of real estate, taxable as real estate, situated in the
commonwealth, to an amount not exceeding the assessed value
of the mortgaged real estate less the amount of all prior mort-
gages, and (/) from wages or salaries received from the United
States. Every other individual inhabitant, including every
partnership, association or trust, who receives income taxable
under section one or subsection (a) or (c) of section five shall
make an annual return of such taxable income.

Approved February 2, 1924-

G. L. 62, § 1.
subsect. (o),
cl. Third,
amended.

Exemption
from taxation
of loans se-
cured by duly
recorded
mortcages of
real estate.

G. L. 62, § 22,
amended.

Persons re-
quired to
make return
of income,
etc.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 16, 17. 11

An Act relative to the collection of accounts due to QJiajj lg

CITIES and towns. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., a3 follows:

Chapter forty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended by G. l. 41, new
inserting after section thirty -eight the following new section : — §*^38 °" * ^^'^
Section 38 A. A city or town may by ordinance or by-law, not- Collection of
withstanding any charter provision, provide that the collector to dties^mf
of taxes shall collect, under the title of city or town collector, all towns.
accounts due the city or town, and may in like manner define
his powers and duties in relation to the collection of such ac-
counts. This section shall not apply to the collection of interest
on investments of sinking or trust funds.

Approved February 2, 1924-

An Act relative to exemption from local taxation of fhrijj 1 7
WIDOWS, certain unmarried women, aged persons and ^'

CERTAIN minors.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Clause seventeenth of section five of chapter g. l. 59, § 5,
fifty-nine of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting t'e'enthf'^"
after the word "under" in the eighth line of said clause the amended.
words : — the twelfth, twentieth and twenty-first clauses of, —
so that said seventeenth clause will read as follows: — Seven- Exemption
teenth. Property, to the amount of one thousand dollars, of a ta°a\ion^of
widow, of an unmarried woman above the age of twenty-one, widows, certain

« 1 ii J! J. n e • 1 unmarried

of a person above the age 01 seventy-nve, or or any mmor whose women, aged
father is deceased, who are legal residents of the commonwealth, certa^^ ^"'^
whether such property be owned by such persons separately, or "oinors.
jointly, or as tenants in common; provided, that the whole Pro\-iso.
estate, real and personal, of such person does not exceed in
value the sum of one thousand dollars, exclusive of property
otherwise exempt under the twelfth, twentieth and twenty-
first clauses of this section and exclusive of the value of the
mortgage interest held by persons other than the person to be
exempted in such mortgaged real estate as may be included in
such whole estate; but if, the value of such whole estate being
less than one thousand dollars, the combined value thereof and
of such mortgage interest exceeds one thousand dollars, the
amount so exempted shall be one thousand dollars. If the prop-
erty of a person entitled to such exemption is taxable in more
than one town, or partly without the commonwealth, only such
proportion of the one thousand dollars exemption shall be made
in any town as the value of the property taxable in such town
bears to the whole of the taxable property of such person. No
property shall be so exempt which the assessors shall adjudge
has been conveyed to such persons to evade taxation. A person
aggrieved by any such judgment may appeal to the county
commissioners within the time and in the manner allowed by
section sixty-four.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of March thirty-first Time of taking
in the current year. Approved February 2, 1924. ^^^^^'

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 18, 19.

Chap. 18 An A^t relative to fees of special justices of district

COURTS FOR taking BAIL IN CRIMINAL CASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section sixty-three of chapter two hundred and seventy-six
of the General Laws, as amended by section three of chapter
four hundred and sLxty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, is hereby further amended by inserting after the
word "court" in the first fine the words: — , except a special
justice of a district court, — and by striking out, in the third
line, the word "other", so as to read as follows: — Section 63.
No justice of any court, except a special justice of a district
court, shall receive any fee or compensation for taking and ap-
proving bail in criminal cases, and no person authorized to
admit to bail in criminal cases shall receive from any source in*
connection with the admitting to bail anything of value in
excess of the statutory fees therefor. No person shall act as
attorney in any case in which he has admitted a prisoner or
witness to bail. Approved February 4, 1924.

G. L. 276, § 63.
etc., amended.

Fees for
taking bail in
criminal cases
regulated.

G. L. 123, § 77,
amended.

ChaV- 19 -A^ ^^'^ relative to the DISPOSITION OF PERSONS COMMITTED
FOR OBSERVATION AS TO THEIR SANITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section seventy-seven of chapter one hundred and twenty-
three of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out,
in the sixteenth and seventeenth lines, the words "the institu-
tion" and inserting in place thereof the words: — any institu-
tion for the insane, — and by adding at the end thereof the
following new paragraph : — In case of the death, resignation
or removal of the judge committing a person for observation,
his successor in office, or, in case of the absence or disability of
the judge committing a person as aforesaid, any judge or special
justice of the same court, shall receive the notice or report pro-
vided for by this section and carry out any subsequent pro-
ceedings hereunder, — so as to read as follows : — Section 77.
If a person is found by two physicians qualified as provided in
section fifty-three to be in such mental condition that his com-
mitment to an institution for the insane is necessary for his
proper care or observation, he may be committed by any judge
mentioned in section fifty, to a state hospital or to the McLean
hospital, for a period of thirty-five days pending the determi-
nation of his insanity; provided, that such commitments shall
be made to Gardner state colony only when legally authorized
by the department. Within thirty days after such commitment
the superintendent of the institution to which the person has
been committed shall discharge him if he is not insane, and shall
notify the judge who committed him, or if he is insane he shall
report the patient's mental condition to the judge with the
recommendation that he shall be committed as an insane person,
or discharged to the care of his guardian, relatives or friends if
he is harmless and can properly be cared for by them. Within

Commitment
of persons for
observation as
to their
sanity.

Proviso.

Disposition
after com-
mitment.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 20. 13

the said thirty-five days, the committing judge may authorize

a discharge as aforesaid, or he may commit the patient to any

institution for the insane as an insane person if, in his opinion,

such commitment is necessary. If, in the opinion of the judge. Additional

additional medical testimony as to the mental condition of the ^1^°^^ *^**'"

alleged insane person is desirable, he may appoint a physician

to examine and report thereon.

In case of the death, resignation or removal of the judge com- Death, resig-
mitting a person for observation, his successor in office, or, in of judge^om-
case of the absence or disability of the judge committing a ™r**b?er^^ation
person as aforesaid, any judge or special justice of the same
court, shall receive the notice or report provided for by this
section and carry out any subsequent proceedings hereunder.

Approved February 4> 1924'

An Act relative to the discharge of certain mortgages (]}iQTf 20

BY DECREE OF THE LAND COURT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section fifteen of chapter two hundred and forty of the General ^- p- ?i?' ^ ^^'

T • 1 1 111' • i» 1 1 « >) amended.

Laws IS hereby amended by mserting after the word mortgage
in the third line the words : — or a mortgage not properly or
legally discharged of record, — so as to read as follows : — Sec- Discharge of
Hon 15. If the record title of land or of easements or rights in n^^tgagesby
land held and possessed in fee simple is encumbered by an un- decree of
discharged mortgage or a mortgage not properly or legally dis- '^^ '^°^^ '
charged of record, and the mortgagor and those having his
estate therein have been in uninterrupted possession of the land
or exercising the rights in easements or other rights in land,
either for any period of twenty years after the expiration of the
time limited in the mortgage for the full performance of the
condition thereof, or for any period of twenty years after the
date of a mortgage not given to secure the payment of money
or a debt but to secure the mortgagee against a contingent
liability which has so ceased to exist that no person will be
prejudiced by the discharge thereof, the mortgagor, or those
having his estate in the land, or exercising the rights in ease-
ments, or any person named in section eleven, may file a petition
in the land court; and if, after such notice by publication or
otherwise as the court orders, no evidence is offered of a pay-
ment on account of the debt secured by said mortgage within
such period of twenty years after the expiration of the time
limited for the performance of the condition thereof, or of any
other act within said time in recognition of its existence as a
valid mortgage, or if the court finds that such contingent lia-
bility has ceased to exist and that the mortgage ought to be
discharged, it may enter a decree, reciting the facts and findings,
which shall, within thirty days after its entry, be recorded in
the registry of deeds for the county or district where the land
lies, and no action to enforce a title under said mortgage shall
thereafter be maintained. Two or more persons owning in
severalty different portions or different interests, such as are
described in section eleven, in the land subject to the mortgage

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 21, 22.

may join in one petition, and two or more defects arising under
different mortgages affecting one parcel of land may be set forth
in the same petition. If the petition is contested, the court
shall make an appropriate order for separate issues.

Approved February 5, 1924-

Amovmt Mid-
dlesex county
may borrow
for improve-
ments at
county build-
ings in
Cambridge,
further in-
creased.

Chap. 21 ^ -^CT FURTHER INCREASING THE AMOUNT THE COUNTY OF
MIDDLESEX MAY BORROW TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE
COUNTY BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purposes specified in section one of
chapter three hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-one, the county commissioners of the county of
Middlesex may from time to time borrow upon the credit of
the county such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in
the aggregate, fift}^ thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes of the county therefor. Each authorized issue shall consti-
tute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more
than twenty years from their dates. 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. Indebtedness incurred here-
under shall be subject to chapter thirty-five of the General
Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
the county commissioners of ISIiddlesex county; provided, that
such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty-first in the
current year. Approved February 5, 1924.

To be sub-
mitted to
Middlesex
county com-
missioners.
Proviso.

Chap. 22 An Act establishing in the city of melrose a board of
appeal relative to the use of land and the construc-
tion and use of buildings thereon.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. There shall be established in the city of Melrose
a board to be known as the board of appeal and to consist of
five members, of whom one shall always be an architect, one a
builder and one an attornej^-at-law. Of the members of said
board, four shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to con-
firmation by the board of aldermen, one of such members to be
chosen from two candidates nominated by the planning board,
one from two candidates nominated by the board of survey
and one from two candidates nominated by the park commis-
sion, and the fifth member shall be elected by the board of
aldermen. When said board is first constituted, two members
appointed by the mayor shall be appointed for two years and
two for three years, and the member elected by the board of
aldermen shall be elected for five years, said terms to begin on
May first next succeeding the acceptance of this act. There-
after, as the term of any member expires, or his office becomes
vacant through removal from the city or from other cause, his
successor shall be nominated and appointed or elected in the

Board of
appeal relative
to use of
land and con-
struction and
use of bmld-
ings thereon in
city of Mel-
rose, estab-
lishment,
membership,
qualifications,
terms of
office, etc.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 22. 15

same manner in which such office was originally filled and for
the term of five years commencing on May first following his
appointment, except that any appointment to fill a vacancy
shall be for the unexpired term. Members of said board of
appeal shall be residents of Melrose, shall hold office during
such residence until their successors are duly qualified, and may
be removed by the appointing or electing authority. A chairman
of said board and, in his absence, an acting chairman shall be
chosen by and from the members thereof.

Section 2. Any person aggrieved by any order, act or refusal Method of
of the building inspector or other officer or board having super- board, etc.
vision or authority under the building or zoning ordinances or
regulations of the city, and any officer, department or board of
the city so aggrieved, may, within ten days from the date when
notice of said order, act or refusal is mailed or is otherwise
delivered, appeal therefrom to the board of appeal by mailing
or otherwise delivering written notice of such appeal to the Notice.
inspector, officer or board so ordering, acting or refusing. The
notice or a certified copy thereof shall thereupon be transmitted
by said inspector, officer or board to the board of appeal, which
shall hold a public hearing thereon after notice given to such Public hearing.
persons and in such manner as the board shall order. The
chairman of the board or, in his absence, the acting chairman,
may compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and may Attendance of
administer oaths thereto. A record of the proceedings of the Rg "''rT^f ^*'^"
board shall be kept, showing the vote of each member upon proceedings,
each question or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such ^^^'
fact, which record, together with the decision in each case, shall
be filed in the office of the board and shall thereafter be open
to public inspection. No member of the board shall act in any
case in which he is interested, financially or otherwise. The Rules, regu-
board shall make such rules and regulations governing its pro- ^*^°^^' ®*'^-
cedure, not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, as it deems
necessary or expedient, and may also prescribe the form and
manner of giving notice and the persons or officers entitled to
receive notice under this act and also under said building or
zoning ordinances and regulations.

Section 3. After hearing as provided in section two, the Powers and
board shall affirm, annul, reverse or modify the order, act or board'. °^
refusal appealed from. The board may vary or dispense with
the application or enforcement of building or zoning ordinances
and regulations of said city in accordance with what appears to
the board to be their true purpose and intent, or where a literal
interpretation thereof would result in manifest injustice; pro- Proviso.
vided, that no such decision shall conflict with the spirit of said
ordinances and regulations. In exercising the above powers the
board may affirm, annul, reverse or modify in whole or in part
the order, act or refusal appealed from, and in appropriate cases
and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards it may
make special exceptions to the terms of said ordinances and
regulations in harmony with the general purpose and intent
thereof or where such exceptions are reasonably necessary for
the public convenience and welfare, and to that end the board

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 23, 24.

Assent of
certain ntimber
of members of
the board for
decisions, etc.

To be sub-
mitted to
board of
aldermen,
etc.
Proviso.

shall have all the powers of the officer, department or board
from which the appeal was taken to make any order or refusal
or to act in relation to the subject matter. Any decision so to
annul, reverse or modify an order, act or refusal appealed from,
to vary or dispense with the application or enforcement of any
ordinance or regulation, or to impose conditions or make ex-
ceptions as hereinbefore provided, shall require the assent of
at least four members of the board. Each decision shall specify
the variations and exceptions allowed, if any, and the reasons
therefor, and a certified copy of such decision shall be sent by
mail or be otherwise delivered to each party in interest within
ten days after the decision. The board of appeal shall have such
further powers and duties not inconsistent with law as the
board of aldermen may from time to time prescribe.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the board of aldermen of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs
prior to December thirty-first in the current year. So much of
this act, however, as authorizes its submission for acceptance
shall take effect upon its passage. Approved February 5, 1924.

Chap. 23 An Act reviving the boston packing and provision com-
pany.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause
great inconvenience and expense, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

i^g^and Pro^" The Bostou Packing and Provision Company, a corporation
visionCompany dissolvcd by chapter two hundred and three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby revived with the same
powers, duties and obligations as if said chapter had not been
passed. Approved February IS, 1924-

Chap. 24 An Act removing the limitation as to price in purchases
of land by cities and towns for forestation purposes.

G. L. 132, § 35,

amended.

Acquisition of
land by cities
and towns for
forestation
purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-five of chapter one hundred and thirty-two of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
second and third lines, the words "at a rate not exceeding an
average cost of five dollars per acre", so as to read as fol-
lows : — Section 85. Towns may acquire by purchase, gift or
bequest lands for the purpose of forestation and may reclaim
and plant such lands. The said department may upon applica-
tion in such form as the forester may prescribe furnish such
towns free of charge with seedlings for the planting of their
lands. Approved February 13, 1924,

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 25, 26. 17

An Act authorizing the town of Hudson to borrow (JJkij) 25
money for constructing, equipping and furnishing new
school buildings.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter four hundred and seventeen of the acts 1923, 417, § 1,
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three is hereby amended by ^™*'° *^ '
striking out section one and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing : — Section 1 . For the purpose of constructing new school ^n"ma°y ?Jr^"
buildings and for the original equipment and furnishing of said row money for
buildings, the town of Hudson may borrow from time to time poses. ^^'
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate,
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Hudson Hudson School
School Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute {g2 °' ^'^^ °^
a separate loan. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be
in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, in-
cluding the pro\'isions of section seven thereof which relate to
borrowing inside the statutory limit for purposes set forth in
paragraph (3) of said section.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 15, 1924-

An Act repealing certain provisions of law relative (Jhny ofi
to consolidated tax returns of domestic and foreign "'

business corporations.

Whereas, The proper administration of the tax laws requires Emergency
the immediate repeal of chapter two hundred and fifty-four of preamble.
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, 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 folloics:

Section L Sections thirty-four A and thirty-nineB of chap- g. l. 63,
ter sixty-three of the General Laws, inserted, respectively, by Itc^ttpeakd.
sections one and two of chapter two hundred and fifty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, are hereby
repealed.

Section 2. Section thirty of said chapter sixty-three, as o. l. 63, § 30,
amended by chapter three hundred and two of the acts of nine- ^^^■' a^^ended.
teen hundred and twenty-two, section three of chapter two hun-
dred and fifty-four and section five of chapter four hundred and
thirty-eight both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, is hereby further amended by striking out the paragraph
included in the first four lines of said section thirty, as appearing
in said section five, and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 30. When used in this section and sections thirty-one to Taxation of
fifty-two, inclusive, the following terms shall have the following porL'J^M °'^"

meanings: Definitions,

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 27, 28.

G. L. 63, § 39,
etc., amended.

Excise on
foreign business
corporations.

Section 3. Section thirty-nine of said chapter sixty-three,
as amended by section three of chapter four hundred and twenty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the second hne, the words
" or in section thirty-nine B ", so that the paragraph included
in the first twelve lines of said section thirty-nine, as appearing
in said section three, will read as follows: — Section 39. Except
as otherwise provided herein, every foreign corporation shall
pay annually, with respect to the carrying on or doing of busi-
ness by it within the commonwealth, an excise equal to the
sum of the following, provided that every such corporation shall
pay annually a total excise not less in amount than one twentieth
of one per cent of such proportion of the fair cash value of all
the shares constituting its capital stock as the assets, both real
and personal, employed in any business within the common-
wealth on April first following the close of the taxable year,
bear to the total assets of the corporation employed in business
on said date: Approved February 15, 1924-

Reserve police
force in town
of Arlington,
establishment,
etc.

Chap. 27 An Act authorizing the establishment of a reserve

POLICE FORCE IN THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Section 1. The selectmen of the toAvn of Arlington may
from time to time, as authorized by the town, appoint, subject
to chapter thirty-one of the General Laws except as hereinafter
provided, suitable persons to constitute a reserve police force
for said town, to a number not exceeding one for every three
members of its regular police force. Members of said reserve
force may be removed by the selectmen at any time for any
reason satisfactory to them and shall be subject to such rules
and regulations as the selectmen may prescribe.

Section 2. The members of said reserve force shall, when
on duty, have all the powers and duties of members of the
regular police force of said town, and shall be paid by the town
such compensation as the selectmen may fix.

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 division of civil service may
prescribe, except that a period of six months of actual service
as a reserve officer shall be the minimum probationary period
under said rules and regulations.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 15, 1924-

Chap. 28 An Act authorizing the city of springfield to borrow
additional money for the use of its board of water
commissioners.

Powers and
duties.

Compensation.

Appointments
to regular
police force
from re.serve
force, etc.

City of Spring-
field may
borrow addi-
tional money
for use of ita
board of

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of paj-ing the necessary expenses
incident to carrying out the purposes specified in chapter three
hundred and seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred and six,
and acts in amendment thereof, the city of Springfield may

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 29, 30. 19

borrow from time to time such sums as may be necessary, not water com-
exceeding in the aggregate four miUion dollars in addition to
the amounts previously authorized, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Spring- Springfield
field Water Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall J^fl] \^.^l'
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in
not more than thirty' years from their dates. Indebtedness in-
curred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit,
but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws.

Section 2. The said city shall, at the time of authorizing Payment of
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accordance °^'^'
with section one ; and when a vote to that effect has been passed,
a sum which, with the income derived from water rates, will be
sufficient 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 the city 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 city annually
thereafter in the same manner as other taxes, until the debt in-
curred by said loan or loans is extinguished.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 15, 1924.

An Act authorizing the city of haverhill to extend and Qhav. 29

CONSTRUCT outfall SEWERS BEYOND THE HARBOR LINES
ON THE MERRIMACK RIVER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The city of Haverhill may extend and construct City of Haver-
outfall sewers in the Merrimack river in said city beyond the extemf.^etc,
harbor lines now established by law; provided, that no work bewild^ha/bor
hereunder shall be done unless a license therefor has been granted lines on Mer-
by the division of waterways and public lands of the department Provi^ao"^^
of public works. So much of chapter ninety-one of the General
Laws as relates to the licensing of structures and other works
in tide water within established harbor lines shall be applicable
to work to be done hereunder beyond such lines.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 15, 1924-

An Act enlarging the corporate purposes of the alpha phnj) Qn

THETA chapter OF THE CHI PSI FRATERNITY IN WILLIAMS
COLLEGE AND AUTHORIZING SAID CHAPTER TO HOLD ADDI-
TIONAL REAL ESTATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Section one of chapter sixty-eight of the acts of isso gs § i,
eighteen hundred and ninety is hereby amended by inserting '
after the word "property" in the tenth line the words: — and
preserving and advancing the general welfare, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 1 . William P. Prentice, Samuel P. Blag- Alpha Theta
den, George W. Van Slyck, Alexander T. Van Nest, William T. chf C F°/a-^'
Booth, William M. Grosvenor, Walter F. Hawkins, Fred R. t|™,i*y ^^^^ ,

' ' Williams Col-

20 Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 31, 32.

^ wate'd"'^' Bigelow, Vanderpael Adriance, Hale Holden, H. K. White, Jr.,
Charles C. Nott, John S. Sheppard, Calvin Bullock, Munson
Burton, their associates and successors, are made a corporation
under the name of the Alpha Theta Chapter of the Chi Psi
Purposes. Fraternity in Williams College, for the purpose of holding and

managing the real estate and personal property and preserving
and advancing the general welfare of the said chapter, with the
powers and privileges and subject to the duties, liabilities and
restrictions which now are or may hereafter be in force relating
to such corporations.
1890, ^-^§j3^ Section 2. Section three of said chapter sixty-eight, as
amended by section one of chapter eighty-two of the acts of
nineteen hundred and eight, is hereby further amended by in-
serting after the word "exceed" in the fifth line the words: —
May hold, one hundred and, — so as to read as follows : — Section 3. The
pers'o^na/ ^^^ Said Corporation is authorized to receive, purchase, hold, mort-
property. gage and convey real and personal property for the uses of said

Proviso. chapter: provided, that the value of the real estate so held at

any time shall not exceed one hundred and seventy-five thousand
dollars, and that said property shall not be exempt from taxa-
tion.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 15, 1924-

Chap. 31 An Act relative to the tenure of the holder of a

CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. i^- 185, § 46, Section forty-six of chapter one hundred and eighty-five of

amen e . ^^^ General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the

nineteenth and twentieth lines, the words "may attach" and

inserting in place thereof the word: — attaches, — and by

striking out, in the twentieth and twenty-first lines, the words

" prior to, or independent of, the recording or registering of any

Tenure of paper", SO that clause Fifth will read as follows: — Fifth,

certificate of Any Hability to assessment for betterments or other statutory

title. liability, except for taxes payable to the commonwealth, which

attaches to land in the commonwealth as a lien; but if there are

easements or other rights appurtenant to a parcel of registered

land which for any reason have failed to be registered, such

easements or rights shall remain so appurtenant notwithstanding

such failure, and shall be held to pass with the land until cut

off or extinguished by the registration of the servient estate, or

in any other manner. Approved February 15, 1924-

Chap. 32 An Act authorizing the city of Gloucester to refund

CERTAIN ILLEGAL SEWER ASSESSMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
City of Section 1. The city of Gloucester may refund to such

ina°y refund pcrsons as paid the same, or to their legal representatives, the
sewer^ksies's-' amouuts paid by such persons to said city on account of sewer
meats. Essessmcnts made under the sewer ordinance adopted by said

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 33. 21

city in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-one and since
repealed because of illegahty, whether or not such payments
were made under protest and whether or not actions have been
brought to recover the same.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by To be sub-
the municipal council of said city in accordance with the pro- mu^^cipai
visions of its charter. Approved February 15, 1924- council, etc.

An Act to provide for the verification of cash balances QJidj) 33

BY TOWN AUDITORS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Section fifty of chapter forty-one of the General g. l 41, § 50,
Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing: — They shall, at least once in each year, verify the cash
balance of each of such officers and committees by actual count
of the cash and by reconciliation of bank balances, and shall
insert in their annual report their certificate under oath of the
facts so found, — so as to read as follows : — Section 50. The Powers and
auditors of a town shall examine the books and accounts of all auditors! ^'^^^
its officers and committees intrusted with the receipt, custody
or expenditure of money, and all original bills and vouchers on
which money has been or may be paid from its treasury. They
shall have free access to such books, accounts, bills and vouchers
as often as once a month for the purpose of examination, and
shall examine the same at least once in each year, and annually
report in writing the result of their examinations. They shall, ^'flfg'if*'"'^
at least once in each year, verify the cash balance of each of balances.
such officers and committees by actual count of the cash and
by reconciliation of bank balances, and shall insert in their
annual report their certificate under oath of the facts so found.

Section 2. Section fifty-three of said chapter forty-one is g. l. 41, § 53,
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following : — amended.
They shall, at least once in each year, verify the cash balance of
such trustees by actual count of the cash and by reconciliation
of bank balances, and shall insert in their annual report their
certificate under oath of the facts so found, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 53. Town auditors shall at least once every Auditing of
year, and so much oftener as they deem necessary, audit the P'^t.hc trusts.
accounts of the trustees of any property the principal or income
of which, in whole or in part, was bequeathed or given in trust
for public uses for the benefit of the town or any part thereof,
or for the benefit of the inhabitants of the toA\Ti or of any part
thereof, and examine and estimate the funds, securities and
evidences of property held by such trustees. Said trustees shall
give said auditors free access to their accounts, funds, securities
and evidences of property; and any such trustee refusing to
exhibit the same shall be punished by a fine of not less than
fifty nor more than two hundred dollars. Town auditors shall
include in their annual reports a report of such auditing and
investigation; and if they discover any fraud or irregularity
they shall immediately report the same to the mayor and city

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 34, 35.

Verification of
cash balances.

treasurer or to the selectmen and town treasurer. They shall,
at least once in each year, verify the cash balance of such trustees
by actual count of the cash and by reconciliation of bank bal-
ances, and shall insert in their annual report their certificate
under oath of the facts so found. Approved February 15, 1924.

City of
Newton may
acquire and
use for high-
way purposes
certain portion
of Evergreen
Cemetery.

Chap. 34 ^ Act authorizing the city of newton to acquire and

USE FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES A CERTAIN PORTION OF EVER-
GREEN CEMETERY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The city of Newton may take by eminent domain under
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by pur-
chase or otherwise, for highway purposes, a certain portion of a
cemetery in said city known as the Evergreen Cemetery, bounded
and described as follows : — beginning at a point in the north-
westerly line of Needham street, distant eighty-five and eighty
one hundredths feet northeasterly from a Massachusetts high-
way bound in said northwesterly line of Needham street, at the
division line between land of the Evergreen Cemetery and land
of Emma P. Barbrick; thence westerl}'^ four and two one hun-
dredths feet by said division line; thence by a curve of ninety
feet radius in a general northeasterly and northerly direction,
sixty-one and seventy-seven one hundredths feet over said land
of the Evergreen Cemetery to a point in the westerly line of
Winchester street, distant forty-five and sixty-three one hun-
di'cdths feet northerly from a Massachusetts highway bound in
said westerly line of Winchester street; thence southerly forty-
five and sixty-three one hundredths feet to said last mentioned
bound; thence southerly more westerly fourteen and forty one
hundredths feet; the last two described lines being by said
westerly line of Winchester street; thence westerly fourteen
feet by said land of the Evergreen Cemetery to the point of
beginning; the above described parcel containing three hun-
dred and eighty-two square feet. Approved February 15, 1924.

Chap. 35 An Act providing for an investigation relative to

TRAFFIC congestion AT OR NEAR RICHARD BLYNMAN BRIDGE
in the city of GLOUCESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of ascertaining feasible methods
of relieving traffic congestion at or near Richard Blynman bridge
in the city of Gloucester, including the making of necessary
surveys, plans and the collection of other data in relation thereto,
the county commissioners of the county of Essex may expend,
from any funds available for the construction or repair of high-
ways, a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars. Upon the
completion of the work herein authorized, one half of the amount
expended therefor shall be assessed by the treasurer of said
county upon said city, and shall be added to the amount of the
county tax payable by said city.

Investigation
relative to
traflSc con-
gestion at or
near Richard
Blynman
bridge in city
of Gloucester.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 36, 37. 23

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by To be sub-
the county commissioners of the county of Essex; provided, Essex county

oommissioners.

that such acceptance occurs on or before December thirty-first
in the current year. Approved February 15, 1924.

An Act authorizing the designation of deputy assistant (Jfid^ 35

CLERKS OF the MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON ^'

FOR CIVIL BUSINESS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section fifty-three of chapter two hundred and eighteen of Psl^j^p^'
the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter three amended.'
hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two and section one of chapter three hundred and twenty-three
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
paragraph : — The clerk of said court for civil business may
designate such emploj^ees in his office, as in his judgment may
be necessary for the convenience of the public, as deputy as-
sistant clerks of said court, who shall have the same authority
to administer oaths as the assistant clerks of said court, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 53. There shall be a clerk and '^o""r'?'jl
eight assistant clerks of said court for criminal business, and a city of Boston,
clerk and eight assistant clerks of said court for civil business, assign? clerks.
The assistant clerks shall be appointed by the clerks, respec-
tively, subject to the approval of the justices or a majority of
them, and the clerks shall be responsible for the doings of their
assistants, and may remove them at pleasure. The salaries of
said assistant clerks shall be payable by the county.

The clerk of said court for civil business may designate such Deputy assist-
employees in his office, as in his judgment may be necessary for civH^business'^
the convenience of the public, as deputy assistant clerks of said
court, who shall have the same authority to administer oaths
as the assistant clerks of said court.

Approved February 15, 1924-

An Act providing for the registration with city and Qhav 37

TOWN clerks and WITH THE STATE SECRETARY OF ICE CREAM

cans and containers.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and ten of the General g^l. no,
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section twenty-one amended.'
and the heading immediately preceding it and inserting in
place thereof the following : — Registration of Milk Cans and
Ice Cream Cans, Tubs and Cabinets. Section 21. A person Registration
engaged in buying, selling or dealing in milk or cream in cans, aLd^ii c?°^
or who uses cans, tubs or cabinets in the sale, transportation or cans, tubs and
storage of ice cream, with his name and the word "registered" '^^ ^^^^'
produced in a permanent manner in or upon such cans, tubs or
cabinets, may register such articles by filing in the office of the
clerk of the town where his principal place of business is situated,

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 37.

G. L. 110.

§ 22, amended

Illegal use of
registered
cans, etc.

G. L. 110,

§ 23, amended.

Mutilation,
etc., of regis-
tered cans,
etc., pro-
hibited.

G. L. 110,

§ 24, -amended.

Defiling
registered
cans, etc.
Penalty.

G. L. 110,

I 25, amended.

Search war-
rant for
registered
cans, etc.,
wrongfully in
possession.

G. L. 110,

§ 28, amended.

and also in the office of the state secretary, a description of the
name so used by him, and shall publish such description once in
each of four successive weeks in a newspaper published in the
town where the description has been filed.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and ten is hereby
further amended by striking out section twenty-two and insert-
ing in place thereof the following : — Section 22. No person
shall without the consent of the owner take, detain, use, buy,
sell, traffic in or otherwise dispose of any registered can, tub or
cabinet. Possession of any such registered can, tub or cabinet
by a person in the transaction of his business shall be prima
facie evidence of violation of this section.

Section 3. Section twenty-three of said chapter one hundred
and ten is hereby amended by inserting after the word "can"
in the second and fifth lines the words : — , tub or cabinet, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 23. No person shall without the
consent of an o\\'ner wilfully destroy, mutilate or deface any
registered can, tub or cabinet bearing such owner's name, or
wilfully erase, mar, cover or change any word or name branded,
engraved, blown or otherwise produced in a permanent manner
in or upon such can, tub or cabinet.

Section 4. Section twenty-four of said chapter one hundred
and ten is hereby amended by striking out, in the second line,
the word "milk" and by inserting after the word "can" in the
second, third and sixth lines the words: — , tub or cabinet, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 24- Whoever puts an unclean
or foul substance into any registered can, tub or cabinet shall
for the first offence be punished by a fine of not less than fifty
cents nor more than five dollars for each can, tub or cabinet
with respect to which the violation occurs and for any subsequent
offence by a fine of not less than two nor more than twenty
dollars for each such can, tub or cabinet.

Section 5. Section twenty-five of said chapter one hundred
and ten is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth line,
the word "milk" and by inserting after the word "cans" in the
fourth and seventh lines the words : — , tubs or cabinets, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 25. Upon complaint of a person
who has complied with section twenty-one, or his agent, to a
district court or trial justice that he has reason to believe and
does believe that a person has WTongfully in his possession or is
secreting any of his registered cans, tubs or cabinets, said court
or justice may issue a search warrant to discover and obtain the
same, and may also cause to be brought before him the person
or his agent or emplo^xe in whose possession such cans, tubs or
cabinets are found, and shall thereupon inquire into the circum-
stances of such possession; and, if said court or justice finds
that such person has been guilty of a wilful violation of an^^ of
the provisions of the three preceding sections, he shall impose
the penalty prescribed therefor and shall also order the property
taken upon such search warrant to be delivered to the owner.

Section 6. Section twenty-eight of said chapter one hundred
and ten is hereby amended by inserting after the word "can"
in the fourth and sixth lines the words : — , tub or cabinet, — so

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 38, 39. 25

as to read as follows : — Section 28. Violation of any provision Penalty for
of section twenty-two or twenty-three shall be punished for the mutfiation°o^f
first offence by a fine of not more than five dollars or by im- registered

p 1 ^ p ^ 1 cans, etc.

prisonment tor not more than two months tor each can, tub or
cabinet in respect to which the violation occurs and for any
subsequent offence by a fine of not more than ten dollars or by
imprisonment for not more than six months for each such can,
tub or cabinet. Approved February 15, 1924.

An Act relative to the computation of interest in mak- (Jfidj)^ 3g

ING UP certain judgments.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eight of chapter two hundred and thirty-five of the g. l. 235,
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word ' ^^^^ ^ '
"jury" in the third line the words: — or the finding of a jus-
tice,— by striking out, in the fourth line, the word "or" and
inserting in place thereof a comma, — and by inserting after the
word "verdict" in the same line the words: — or finding, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 8. When judgment is made up interest on
upon an award of county commissioners, a committee or referees, itc.^'^^'^*^'
or upon the report of an auditor or master in chancery, or upon
the verdict of a jury or the finding of a justice, interest shall be
computed upon the amount of the award, report, verdict or
finding, from the time when made to the time of making up the
judgment. Every judgment for the payment of money shall
bear interest from the day of its rendition. The warrant or
execution issued on a judgment for the payment of money
shall specify the day upon which judgment is rendered, and
shall require the collection or satisfaction thereof with interest
from the day of its rendition. Approved February 15, 1924-

An Act placing the chief of police and members of the (Jhnjj 39
police department of the town of needham under the
civil service.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The provisions of chapter thirty-one of the Gen- Chief of police
eral Laws and the rules and regulations made thereunder, re- oFNeeXanf
lating to the appointment and removal of police officers, shall police depart-
apply to the offices of chief of police and members of the police under^civif
department in the town of Needham. service.

Section 2. The chief of police and the members of the Continuance
police department of said town at the time this act takes full '^th^ut ex-
effect shall continue to hold their respective offices without anunations,
taking civil service examinations.

Section 3. This act shall be submitted for its acceptance to To be sub-
the voters of said town at the annual town meeting in the ^terf of°
current year, in the form of the following question to be placed *own, etc.
upon the official ballot for the election of town officers to be
used at said meeting: — "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled
'An Act placing the chief of police and members of the police

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 40.

department of the town of Needham under the civil service ' be
accepted?" If this act is not accepted at said meeting, it shall
be submitted for acceptance in the manner provided herein to
the voters of said town at any subsequent annual town meeting,
upon petition signed by not less than one hundred registered
voters of said town and filed with the town clerk at least ten
days before any such annual meeting. If a majority of the
votes in answer to said question are in the affirmative, this act
Proviso. shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise; provided,

that for the purpose of its submission for acceptance, it shall
take effect upon its passage. Approved February 15, 1924-

Chap. 40 ^^ ^^'^ PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER TO THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH ANDOVER OF THE
POWERS AND DUTIES OF CERTAIN OTHER BOARDS AND OFFICERS
RELATIVE TO WAYS AND PARKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The board of public works of the town of North
Andover, established under section one of chapter three hun-
dred and seventy-nine of the acts of nin,eteen hundred and six,
shall hereafter have and exercise in said town all the powers and
duties vested by general law in road commissioners and in
park commissioners in towns.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of said
town for their acceptance at the next annual meeting in the
form of the following question, which shall be printed upon the
official ballot used for the election of town officers: "Shall the
town accept an act passed by the general court in the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, entitled 'An Act providing for
the transfer to the board of public works of the town of North
Andover of the powers and duties of certain other boards and
officers relative to ways and parks'?". If this act is not ac-
cepted in the manner herein provided at such meeting it shall
again be submitted in the manner provided herein to the voters
of said town for their acceptance at any annual meeting held
prior to nineteen hundred and thirty, upon petition therefor
signed by not less than twenty registered voters of said town
and filed with the town clerk at least thirty days prior to the
date of such annual meeting. If a majority of the voters voting
thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to the above question,
this act shall take full effect in such town on the day prior to
the annual meeting next following its acceptance, but not other-

Board of

public works
of North
Andover to
have addi-
tional powers
and duties.

To be sub-
mitted to
voters of
town, etc.

When act
takes full
effect terms
of certain
officers to
terminate,
etc.

Time of
taking effect.

Section 3. On the day when this act takes full effect as
aforesaid, the terms of office of the then incumbents of the fol-
lowing offices, namely, highway surveyor, road commissioner,
superintendent of streets and park commissioners, shall termi-
nate; and such town shall not elect any of the above officers
during such time as this act is in full effect therein.

Section 4. For the purpose of its submission to the voters,
this act shall take effect upon its passage, but shall not take
further effect unless accepted by the voters of said town as pro-
vided herein.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 41. 27

Section 5. Upon petition, signed and filed as provided in Submission
section two, asking that the town revoke its acceptance of this ofquestfon
act, the question of revoking such acceptance shall be submitted "^ a^ct°etc'°°
to the voters at the annual meeting in any year after this act
has been in full effect for a period of not less than three years;
provided, that the question of revocation shall not be submitted Proviso.
oftener than once in three years. The question of said revoca-
tion shall be printed upon the official ballot used for the election
of town officers in the same form as the question of acceptance,
except that the phrase "revoke its acceptance of" shall be
substituted for the word "accept". If a majority of the voters
voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to said ques-
tion, this act shall cease to be in force and effect, except as
hereinafter provided, upon the qualification of the officers first
elected in accordance with the following section.

Section 6. At the annual meeting next following the revo- Election of
cation of its acceptance of this act, the town shall proceed to upon'revoca^-'^*
elect as provided by general law such officers as are necessary tion of ac-
to perform the powers and duties which devolved upon the act.
board of public works in said town by its acceptance of this act.

Approved February 15, 1924'

An Act relative to the incurring of indebtedness by fhfj^ 4.1

THE city of NORTHAMPTON FOR SCHOOL AND CITY HALL PUR- ^'

poses.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and con- city of
structing a school building, and originally equipping and furnish- may^borrow °
ing said building, the city of Northampton may borrow from money for
time to time, within a period of five years from the passage of poses.
this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Northampton School Loan, Act of 1924. Each Northampton
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans Act°o°f 1924°'
shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates,
but no issue shall be authorized under this section unless a
sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such au-
thorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised in the
tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall,
except as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of
the General Laws exclusive of the new provisions inserted in
section seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and
thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. Chapter one hundred and seventy-four of the Act author-
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, which authorized nesffw-^cit*^'^
the incurring of indebtedness for city hall purposes, is hereby haii purposes,
repealed. ''''"'''^"^■

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 16, 1924-

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 42, 43.

ChaV- 42 ^^ ^^'^ AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF HOLDEN TO INCUR IN-
DEBTEDNESS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Town of
Holden may-
borrow money
for school
purposes.

Loan, Act of
1924.

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and con-
structing a new high school building and for the purchase of
original equipment and furnishings for such building, the town
of Holden may borrow from time to time within a period of five
years from the date of passage of this act such sums as may be
necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred thou-
sand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
Holden School bear on their face the words, Holden School Loan, Act of 1924.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their
dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act unless a
sum equal to not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue
is voted for the same purpose to be raised in the tax levy of the
year of such authorization. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as
herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 18, 1924-

Chap, 43 An Act relative to the laying out and construction of

ALLEYS AND PASSAGEWAYS IN THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

City of
Springfield
may lay out
and construct
alleys and
passageways.

City not to be
liable for
defects, etc.

Penalty for

obstructions,

etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Section 1 . The city of Springfield may laj^ out and construct
as a public alley, in the manner prescribed by law for the laying
out and construction of highways, but without increasing the
width thereof, any alley or passageway in said city not exceed-
ing thirty feet in width, and may, in the manner prescribed by
the provisions of chapter eighty-three of the General Laws
relative to the establishment and reconstruction of sidewalks
and with like resulting lien, assess a reasonable amount, not ex-
ceeding one half the cost of such laying out and construction,
upon the estates abutting thereon, but in no event exceeding
the amount of the special benefit or advantage accruing to such
estates.

Section 2. Said city shall not be liable for any defect or
want of repair in any public alley so laid out or constructed,
nor be required to remove snow or ice therefrom, but shall be
required to keep the same free from any substance apt to cause
sickness or a nuisance.

Section 3. Whoever drops or places or suffers to remain in
any public alley so laid out or constructed any snow or ice or
any rubbish or obstruction of any kind or any offensive sub-
stance, in violation of any ordinance of said city, shall be subject
to a fine of twenty dollars for each offense.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 44. 29

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by To be sub-

•^ r- ./ nutted to

charter; pro\aded, that such acceptance occurs prior to Decern- ^° .
ber thirty-first in the current year.

the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of its city council,

eptance occurs prior to Decei
ar.
Approved February 18, 1924-

An Act kelative to the filing of certain charter amend- Qfmq) 44

MENTS BY GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section eight of chapter one hundred and sixty- G. l. 164,
four of the General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter amended,
three hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "vote" in the tenth line the following: — and unless
the corporation shall, within thirty days after such approval,
file in the office of the state secretary a copy of the vote author-
izing such change, signed and sworn to by its clerk; and the
provisions of sections forty-one and forty-two of chapter one
hundred and fifty-eight, in so far as applicable, shall apply, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 8. Every corporation subject Gas and
to this chapter may at a meeting duly called for the purpose by panies'^may
the vote of a majority of all its stock, or if two or more classes vaiuloP'
of stock have been issued of a majority of each class outstanding shares, etc.
and entitled to vote, authorize a change of the par value of the
shares of its capital stock in accordance with paragraph (e) of
section six; but such change shall not be effective unless the Approval by
department shall approve the same on an application of the oF pubikf"^*
corporation filed within thirty days after the passage of such utilities.
vote and unless the corporation shall, within thirty days after
such approval, file in the office of the state secretary a copy of Copy of vote
the vote authorizing such change, signed and sworn to by its ^dtifsta^te
clerk; and the provisions of sections forty-one and forty-two secretary, etc.
of chapter one hundred and fifty-eight, in so far as applicable,
shall apply. The aggregate par value of the outstanding shares
shall not be increased by a change in the par value thereof.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and sixty-four is g. l. 164,
hereby further amended by striking out section thirty-three and ^ ^^' ^^^^ ^ '
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 33. The fees Filing, etc.,
for filing and recording the copies of the votes or certificates a^nde?ectric
required by section eight, twenty, twenty-two or twenty-three companies.
to be filed with the state secretary shall be ten dollars for each
copy or certificate.

Section 3. Section forty-three of chapter one hundred and ?4^amfnded
fifty-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking
out the last paragraph and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing paragraph : — For filing and recording the copies of the Filing, etc.,
votes or certificates required by section eleven, thirty-six, thirty- [|in miscei-
seven or forty of this chapter or section sixteen of chapter one ^'^o'^ltl^ns"'^"
hundred and fifty-five, ten dollars for each copy or certificate;
for filing and recording any other certificate required by law,
one dollar.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 45, 46.

No relief from
paying certain
fees.

Section 4. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to relieve
any gas or electric company from paying the fee, required by
law at the time this act takes effect, for filing in the office of the
state secretary any copy of a vote or any certificate.

Approved February 18, 1924'

Chap. 45 ^ Act to validate certain nominations of town

OFFICERS.

Emergency
preamble.

Certain
nominations
of town
officers vali-
dated.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause sub-
stantial inconvenience and confusion, it is hereby declared to be
an emergenc}^ law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

All nominations of candidates for town offices to be filled at
annual town meetings in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
four made by nomination papers which have been filed with and
accepted by, or shall hereafter be filed with, any town clerk in
conformity with section ten of chapter fifty-three of the General
Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and eighty-seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, if and in so far
as such nominations may be invalid by reason of being sub-
mitted to the registrars for the purpose of having the signatures
thereon certified, in accordance with the provisions of section
seven of said chapter fiftj^-three, as amended by section one of
chapter two hundred and fourteen of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-two, instead of in accordance with the pro-
visions of said section, as finally amended by chapter one hun-
dred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, are hereby made valid.

Approved February 21, 1924-

Chap. 46 An Act authorizing the city of newburyport to incur

INDEBTEDNESS FOR HIGH SCHOOL PURPOSES.

City of New-
buryport may
borrow money
for high school
purposes.

Newburyport
High School
Loan, Act of
1924.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of purchasing or otherwise ac-
quiring land in the city of Newburyport for high school purposes,
together with the buildings thereon, and for the original con-
struction of a high school building on said land including the
cost of the original equipment and furnishings of such building,
said city may borrow from time to time, within a period of
five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may be
necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, four hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Newburyport High
School Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall consti-
tute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more
than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be au-
thorized under this section unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is Voted for

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 47, 48. 31

the same purpose to be raised in the tax levy of the year when
authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws
exclusive of the new provisions inserted in section seven of said
chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. Chapter seventy-five of the acts of nineteen 1923, 75, re-
hundred and twenty-three is hereby repealed. ^®^'^ "

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 21, 1924-

An Act eelative to the salary of the mayor of taunton. (7/j^r) 47
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter four hundred and forty-eight of the 1909, 448 §13,
acts of nineteen hundred and nine, as amended ih section thirteen °" '^^^'^ ^
by section one of chapter ten of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty, is hereby further amended by striking out said sec-
tion thirteen and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 13. The salary of the mayor shall be fixed by ordinance city of
at a sum not to exceed thirty-five hundred dollars. The salary ^tar^°JJ'
of each councilman shall be five hundred dollars. mayor, etc.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by T9besub-
the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of its TOuncii, etc! ^
charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Decem- Proviso.
ber thirty-first in the current year. For the purposes of said
acceptance, it shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 21, 1924.

An Act authorizing the wakefield trust company to (JJkit) 48
hold additional real estate in the town of wake-

FIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoios:

Section 1. The Wakefield Trust Company, a trust com- Wakefieid
pany organized under the laws of this commonwealth and paJJ^^may""
having its usual place of business in the town of Wakefield hold additional
may, subject otherwise to the provisions of section forty-one of town of
chapter one hundred and sevent^'-two of the General Laws, as "^^^efieid, etc.
amended by chapter three hundred and twenty-one of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and to the approval of
the commissioner of banks, hold real estate in said town suitable
for and to be used in whole or in part for the transaction of its
business to an amount, including the cost of alterations and
additions in the nature of permanent fixtures, not exceeding,
directly or indirectly, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
in addition to the amount permitted by said section forty-one,
amended as aforesaid, to be held by said trust company at the
time this act takes effect.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 23, 1924'

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 49, 50, 51.

Chap. 49 ^ ^^'^ REQUIRING RECEIVERS OF DOMESTIC INSURANCE COM-
PANIES TO GIVE NOTICE OF THEIR APPOINTMENT TO POLICY
HOLDERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after section one hundred and
eighty the following new section: — Section 180 A. The receiver
of any domestic company shall, within twenty days after his
appointment, give notice thereof to all policy holders of the
company by written notice, in a form prescribed by the com-
missioner, sent by mail, postage prepaid, to the last address of
the insured appearing on the records of the company, to the
address or location given in the policy, or to the last business
residence or other address known to the receiver, and also shall
within said period cause notice thereof to be published in such
form and in such newspapers published in the commonwealth
as the commissioner may direct. Approved February 23, 1924-

G. L. 175, new
section after
§ 180.

Receivers of
domestic
insurance
companies to
give notice of
their appoint-
ment to policy
holders.

ChaV 50 ^^ ^^'^ RELATIVE TO SANITARY FOOD, SO-CALLED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 94, new
section after
§ 305.

Penalty for

manufacturing,

etc., food in

unsanitary

establishments,

etc.

Certain pro-
visions not
applicable to
certain cities
and towns.

"Food," word
defined.

Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section three hundred and five the following
new section: — Section 305 A. Unless another penalty is pro-
vided under this chapter or sections thirty-four to forty-nine,
inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eleven, whoever for the
purpose of sale manufactures, prepares, packs, cans, bottles,
keeps, exposes, stores, handles, serves, or distributes in any
manner, food in or from an unclean, unsanitary or unhealthful
establishment, place or vehicle or under unclean, unsanitary or
unhealthful conditions shall be punished for the first offence by
a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and for a subsequent
offence by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. The
provisions of this section relative to the keeping or exposing for
sale of food shall not apply in any city or town where rules and
regulations made by its board of health under section one hun-
dred and forty-six, or corresponding provisions of earlier laws,
are in force. For the purposes of this section, the word "food"
shall mean and include all articles, whether simple, mixed or
compound, used or intended to be used for food or drink, con-
fectionery or condiment, by human beings, except milk and
cream. Approved February 23, 1924-

Chap. 51 ■^ A^T AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF FOXBOROUGH TO BORROW

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Town of
Foxborough
may borrow
money for
school
purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purpose of acquiring and installing a
heating and ventilating system in the Center school in the
town of Foxborough, said town may borrow from time to time
within five years from the passage of this act such sums as may

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 52, 53. 33

be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, fifteen thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words, Foxborough School Loan, Act of 1924. ^^^^°{j^^^
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such Act of 1924.'
loans shall be payable in not more than five years from their
dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this act unless a
sum equal to an amount of not less than ten per cent of such
authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by
the tax le^y of the year, when authorized. Indebtedness in- .
curred under this act shall be inside the statutory limit and
shall, except as herein provided, be subject to the pro"visions of
chapter forty-four of the General Laws relative to borrowing for
purposes specified therein, exclusive of the proviso inserted in
section seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and
thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 25, 1924-

An Act authorizing the town of fairhaven to incur Chap. 52

INDEBTEDNESS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of purchasing land and con- Town of
structing thereon a schoolhouse and of furnishing and equipping borrow^moMy'^
the same, the town of Fairhaven may borrow from time to time, for school
within a period of five years from the passage of this act, such
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate,
seventy thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Fairhaven School Fairhav^en

T t i> -ni I'l'iii • bchool Loan,

Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute a Act of 1924.
separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized
under this act unless a sura equal to an amount not less than
ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same
purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when author-
ized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of
the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be
subject to the provisions of chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in section seven of said
chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 25, 1924.

An Act to limit the granting of registration as pharma- Chav. 53
cists to citizens of the united states.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty-four of chapter one hundred and twelve of the g. l. 112, § 24,
General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof =^"^«''^ded-
the following : — No certificate shall be granted under this sec-
tion unless the applicant shall have submitted evidence satis-

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 54.

Examination
of pharmacists
for registra-
tion.

Registration
as assistants.

Reciprocity
certificates.

Proviso.

Granting of
certificates
limited to
citizens of
United States.

factory to the board that he is a citizen of the United States, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 24- A person who desires to
do business as a pharmacist shall, upon payment of five dollars
to the board of registration in pharmacy, herein and in sections
twenty-five to forty-two, inclusive, called the board, be entitled
to examination, and, if found qualified, shall be registered as a
pharmacist, and shall receive a certificate signed by the presi-
dent and secretary of the board. Any person failing to pass
such examination shall upon request be re-examined, after the
expiration of three months, at any regular meeting of the board,
upon payment of three dollars. The board may grant certificates
of registration as assistants after examination upon the terms
above named, but such certificates shall not allow the holder
thereof to carry on the business of pharmacy. The board may
grant certificates of registration to such persons as shall furnish
with their applications satisfactory proof that they have been
registered by examination in some other state; provided, that
such other state shall require a degree of competency equal to
that required of applicants in this commonwealth. Every such
applicant for registration as a registered pharmacist shall pay
to the secretary of the board ten dollars at the time of filing his
application. No such certificate shall be granted until the
person applying therefor shall have signified his intention of
acting under the same in this commonwealth. No certificate
shall be granted under this section unless the applicant shall
have submitted evidence satisfactory to the board that he is a
citizen of the United States. Approved February 25, 1924-

Chap. 54 ^ ^^'^ AUTHORIZING THE HOLYOKE WATER-POWER COMPANY

TO INCREASE ITS CAPITAL STOCK.

Holyoke
Water-Power

Company may
increase its
capital stock.

Corporate
powers not
enlarged or
diminished,
except, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Holyoke Water-Power Company, incorpo-
rated by chapter six of the acts of eighteen hundred and fifty-
nine, is hereby authorized to increase its capital stock for any
and all its corporate purposes authorized by law by such an
amount that the total receipts by said company from the sale
of such additional capital stock, when issued as hereinafter pro-
vided, will amount to a sum not exceeding one million eight
hundred thousand dollars in cash. Said increased capital stock
shall be issued for cash, at not less than par, pursuant to the
provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the General
Laws relating to business corporations.

Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to enlarge
or diminish the corporate powers of said company under chapter
six of the acts of eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, chapter
seventy-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, or
chapter three hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred
and three, as amended by chapter one hundred and fifty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, except with respect to
the issue of capital stock as herein authorized.

Approved February 25, 1924-

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 55, 56. 35

An Act authorizing the city of new Bedford to sell a Chap. 55

PART of BROOKLAWN PARK,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The cit}'^ of New Bedford may sell at public city of New
auction and convey to the purchaser so much of Brooklawn sen part of*^
Park in said city as lies westerly of Ashley Boulevard, formerly P^"^*^'^*"
Bowditch street, and has not been devoted to school purposes
under authority of chapter five hundred and twenty-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty. All moneys received from
said sale and conveyance shall be used for the acquisition for
recreational purposes of other land in said city, the same to be
under the jurisdiction of its park department, or applied as
provided in section sixty-three of chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, said section sixty-three having been added to
said chapter by section four of chapter three hundred and three
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take efFect upon its acceptance by Tobesub-
the city council of the said city, subject to the provisions of its ™uncii, etc'. ^
charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Decem- Proviso.
ber thirty-first in the current year.

Approved February 25, 1924.

An Act relative to the releasing of rights of dower, Chav. 56
curtesy and homestead.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and eighty-nine of the g. l. iso, new
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section one h.'°° ^
the following new section: — Section lA. A deed conveying Release of
land which is signed by the spouse of a grantor, said spouse dower and
being competent so to act, shall be held to release the right of c^^^^tesy.
such spouse of or to dower or curtesy in such land, unless such
right is expressly reserved in said deed.

Section 2. Section five of said chapter one hundred and am^nde^d.' ^ ^'
eighty-nine is hereby amended by striking out, in the third line,
the words "and therein releasing her right to dower,", so as
to read as follows : — Section 5. A married woman may bar her Release of
right of dower in land conveyed by her husband or by operation dower°
of law by joining in, the deed conveying the land or by releasing
the land by a subsequent deed executed either separately or
jointly with her husband. Her dower may also be released in
the manner provided in chapter two hundred and nine.

Section 3. Chapter one hundred and eighty-eight of the p^L. iss-^^ew
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section seven § 7.
the following new section: — Section 7 A. The provisions of certain pro-

ini 1 11 i-i,' I,' Visions appli-

section one A of chapter one hundred and eighty-nme relative cable to
to the release of rights of or to dower or curtesy shall, so far as rfghts^of^
applicable, apply to the release of rights under this chapter. homestead.

Section 4. Section seven of chapter one hundred and eighty- G- ^'i^?' ^ '^•
eight of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting at the
beginning thereof the words : — Except as provided in section

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 57.

Release of
rights of
homestead,
etc.

Word "deed"
to include,
etc.

seven A, — so as to read as follows: — Section 7. Except as
provided in section seven A, no conveyance of property in
which an estate of homestead exists, and no release or waiver
of such estate, shall convey the part so held and exempted, or
defeat the right of the owner or of his wife and children to a
homestead therein, unless such conveyance is by a deed in
which the wdfe of the owner joins for the purpose of releasing
such right in the manner in which she may release her dower,
or unless such right is released as provided in chapter two hun-
dred and nine; but a deed duly executed without such release
shall be valid to pass, according to its terms, any title or interest
in the property be^^ond the estate of homestead.

Section 5. The word "deed", as used in this act, shall in-
clude a mortgage or other instrument conveying land.

Approved February 25, 1924.

Chap. 57 An Act extending the civil jurisdiction of the municipal

COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the General
Laws, as amended in section nineteen by section twelve A of
chapter five hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section nineteen and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing:— Section 19. District courts shall have original juris-
diction concurrent with the superior court of actions of contract,
tort and replevin where the debt or damages demanded or the
value of the property alleged to be detained does not exceed
three thousand dollars, or, in the municipal court of the city
of Boston, five thousand dollars, and also of actions of sum-
mary process under chapter two hundred and thirty-nine and
proceedings under section forty-one of chapter two hundred
and thirty-one.

Section 2. Section twenty of said chapter two hundred and
eighteen is hereby amended by striking out, in the eighth line,
the word " one " and inserting in place thereof the word : —
three, — and by striking out, in the ninth line, the word "two"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — five, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 20. District courts may issue writs of
scire facias against executors and administrators upon a sug-
gestion of w^aste after a judgment against them and also against
bail taken in a civil action before them, and proceed to judg-
ment and execution as the superior court might do in like cases.
Such writs shall be served not less than seven days before the
return day, which shall be not more than sixty days after the
date thereof. Said courts shall have jurisdiction of actions upon
such writs although the debt and costs on the original judgment
together exceed three thousand dollars, or, in the municipal
court of the city of Boston, five thousand dollars; and judg-
ment and execution may be awarded by the court for the whole
amount due to the plaintiff with costs of the new action.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 28, 1924.

G. L. 218, § 19,
etc., amended.

District
courts. Civil
jurisdiction in
general.

Municipal
court of the
city of Boston.

G. L. 218, § 20,
amended.

District courts.
Writs of scire
facias.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 58, 59. 37

An Act relative to justices of the peace authorized to Chav. 58
ISSUE warrants and take bail in criminal cases.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the General Laws is G. l. 218, § 36,
hereby amended by striking out section thirty-six and inserting ^"^^^ ^
in place thereof the following : — Section 36. The governor, Justices of
with the advice and consent of the council, may from time to ^-ith^power
time, upon the petition of the aldermen or the selectmen of any r°iJtsTnd'^'"
town within the judicial district of a district court, except a take bail in
town in which the clerk of such court resides, designate and ^""^"^^
commission a justice of the peace residing in such town to exer-
cise the powers given to certain justices of the peace by the
preceding section in cases to be brought before said court, and
to take bail in criminal cases arising within said judicial dis-
trict. Approved February 28, 1924.

An Act providing for the admission of the town of Chap. 59
needham to the south metropolitan sewerage system

AND authorizing SAID TOWN TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE
A SYSTEM OF SEWERS AND TO BORROW OUTSIDE THE STATU-
TORY LIMIT OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The territory comprising the town of Needham Town of
shall be admitted to the south metropolitan sewerage system admitted to
as defined in section one of chapter ninety-two of the General ^°^P}^ metro-

T J.- e J? -J X -xi -J Politan sewer-

Laws upon connection 01 any sewer 01 said town with said age system.

system. In becoming a part of said system, said town shall
conform to the requirements of the provisions of said chapter
ninety-two relative to the south metropolitan sewerage system,
and shall be subject to said provisions, except as otherwise pro-
vided herein. Any authority granted to other municipalities by
said chapter ninety-two shall also be vested in said town in
common with such other municipalities.

Section 2. Said town shall, in addition to the yearly pay- Payment of
ment, under sections five to eight, inclusive, of said chapter etc^^^'"^'^ '
ninety-two, of the assessments for the interest and sinking
fund requirements of the south metropolitan sewerage system,
pay into the treasury of the commonwealth for the sinking
fund of said system such proportion of the total amount of said
sinking fund, as existing on April first in the year of the ad-
mission of said town to said system, as the valuation of said
town for the said year shall bear to the total amount of the
valuation of the cities and towns in said system, as determined
for the purposes of apportionment of assessments. Such pro-
portion shall be determined by the metropolitan district com-
mission, and shall be certified by said commission to the state
treasurer. The state treasurer shall determine the total amount Total amount
so to be paid by said town on account of its admission to the account of °°
said system, and for the payment thereof shall add one fifth of sys'^^!Ttc.°
said total amount to the yearly sum payable by said town, on
account of its share of the interest and sinking fund require-

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 59.

Town may
lay out, main-
tain, etc.,
drains and
sewers, etc.

May make,
etc., connect-
ing drains and
sewers.

Board of
sewer com-
missioners,
selectmen to
act as, or to
be elected.

Terms of
office.

Selectman may
be member of
elected board,
etc.

Construction
of sewerage
sys.tem by
committee,
etc.

ments of the said system, in each of the five years next suc-
ceeding such admission. No assessment on account of the cost
of maintenance and operation of the aforesaid system shall be
made upon said town until the year in which any of its sewers
shall be connected with said system.

Section 3. The town of Needham may lay out, construct,
maintain and operate a system or systems of main drains and
common sewers for a part or the whole of its territory, with such
connections and other works as may be required for a system
of sewage disposal, and may construct such sewers or drains
over and under land in said town as may be necessary to conduct
the sewage to the south metropolitan sewerage system, and,
for the purpose of providing better surface or other drainage,
may make, lay and maintain such drains as it deems best. And
the towTi may, within its limits, make and maintain sub-drains
and, with the approval of the department of public health, dis-
charge the water into any brook, stream, or water course within
the town.

Section 4. The town may make and maintain within its
limits in any way where main drains or common sewxrs are con-
structed, such connecting drains, under drains and sewers within
the limits of such way as may be necessary to connect any estate
which abuts upon such way.

Section 5. The to\^Ti may, at the meeting when this act is
accepted, vote that the selectmen shall act as a board of sewer
commissioners. If the town does not so vote at said meeting,
the town shall elect by ballot, at any town meeting not later
than the second annual meeting after the commencement of the
work of construction of the local system of sewerage, a board of
three sewer commissioners, who shall be citizens of the tovm, to
hold office, if elected at an annual meeting, one until the expira-
tion of one year, one until the expiration of two years, and one
until the expiration of three years, from such annual town
meeting, and until their successors are elected and qualified, or,
if elected at a special meeting, one until the expiration of one
year, one until the expiration of two years, and one until the ex-
piration of three j'ears, from the next succeeding annual town
meeting, and until their successors are elected and qualified;
and thereafter at each annual town meeting, the town shall elect
one member of the board to serve for three years and until his
successor is elected and qualified. Any selectman may be a
member of said board so elected. In either case, whether the
town votes that its selectmen shall act as a board of sewer com-
missioners, or elects a board of sewer commissioners, the town
may at any time thereafter, by any or all of the methods per-
mitted by general law, provide for the election of a board of
three sewer commissioners, or that the selectmen may act as a
board of sewer commissioners, as the case may be.

Section 6. Until the board of sewer commissioners have
first been elected as provided in this act or the selectmen have
first been authorized by vote to act as such board, as the case
may be, but not in any event later than the second annual
meeting after the commencement of said work of construction,

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 59. 39

the town may carry on the construction of the system of sewerage
by a duly authorized committee of the town. The committee
shall serve without pay and shall have all the powers and au-
thority given to the board of sewer commissioners in this act or
by general law. Whenever the phrase "said board of sewer
commissioners" or "said board" hereinafter occurs, it shall
mean and include the board of sewer commissioners, the select-
men acting as such or the committee of the town provided for
in this section, as the case may be.

Section 7. Said board of sewer commissioners, acting for Eminent
and on behalf of said town, may take by eminent domain under takings.
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase
or otherwise, any lands, water rights, rights of way or easements,
public or private, in said towTi, necessary for accomplishing any
purpose mentioned in this act, and may construct such main where drains

J • J J T_ • 1 •! 1 •! and sewers

drams and sewers under or over any bridge, railroad, railway, may be con-
boulevard or other public way, or within the location of any ^tructed, etc.
railroad, and may enter upon and dig up any private land,
public way or railroad location, for the purpose of laying such
drains and sewers and of maintaining and repairing the same,
and may do any other thing proper or necessary for the purposes
of this act; provided, that they shall not take in fee any land proviso.
of a railroad corporation, and that they shall not enter upon or
construct any drain or sewer 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 to
agree, as may be approved by the department of public utilities.

Section 8. Any person injured in his property by any action Recovery of
of said board of sewer commissioners under this act may recover ^"^^^®^-
damages from said town under said chapter seventy-nine.

Section 9. The town shall by vote determine what propor- Proportion of
tion of the cost of said system or systems of sewerage and sewage by^to'wn.^ ^^*
disposal the town shall pay; provided, that it shall pay not Proviso,
less than one fourth nor more than two thirds of the whole cost.
In providing for the payment of the remaining portion of the ^(f™io'n'of
cost of said system or systems or for the use of said system or cost, how to
systems the town may avail itself of any or all of the methods ® ^^' ' ^^'''
permitted by general law, and the provisions of general law
relative to the assessment, apportionment, division, reassess-
ment, abatement and collection of sewer assessments, to liens
therefor and to interest thereon shall apply to assessments
made under this act. At the same meeting at which it determines
the proportion of the cost which is to be borne by the town, it
may by vote determine by which of such methods the remaining
portion of said cost shall be provided for. The collector of S''to'°^
taxes of said town shall certify the payment or payments of ""^^'/^^f^'
such assessments or apportionments thereof to said board of
sewer commissioners, who shall preserve a record thereof.

Section 10. For the purpose of paving the necessary ex- y°^'ii "^^y

borrow iiioii6V

penses and liabilities incurred by said town under sections three etc.
to sixteen, inclusive, of this act, it may borrow from time to
time within a period of five years after this act is accepted such
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 59.

Needham
Sewerage
Loan, Act of
1924.

Receipts, bow
to be applied,
etc.

Commissioners
may appoint
clerk and
superintendent
of sewers, etc.

Contracts
regulated.

Rules and
regulations.

Penalties.

Publication.

Approval of
plans by
department of
public health.

Time of takins
effect, etc.

hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Needham
Sewerage Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall consti-
tute a separate loan. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall
be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
including the provisions of section seven of said chapter which
relate to borrowing inside the statutory limit for purposes speci-
fied in paragraph (1) of said section.

Section 1L The receipts from sewer assessments and from
payments made in lieu thereof shall be applied to the payment
of charges and expenses iiicident to the maintenance and opera-
tion of said system of sewerage, or to the ext&nsion thereof, to
the payment of interest upon bonds or notes issued for sewer
purposes or to the payment or redemption of such bonds or
notes.

Section 12. Said board of sewer commissioners may annu-
ally appoint a clerk, and may appoint a superintendent of
sewers, who shall not be members of the board, and may define
their duties. It may remove the clerk or superintendent at its
pleasure.

Section 13. All contracts made by the said board of sewer
commissioners shall be made in the name of the town and shall
be signed by said board, but no contract shall be made or obliga-
tion incurred by said board for any purpose in excess of the
amount of money appropriated by the town therefor.

Section 14. Said board may from time to time prescribe
rules and regulations for the connection of estates and buildings
with main drains and sewers, and for inspection of the materials,
the construction, alteration and use of all connections and
drains entering into such main drains or sewers, and may pre-
scribe penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars, for each viola-
tion of any such rule or regulation. Such rules and regulations
shall be published at least once a week for three successive weeks
in some newspaper published in the town of Needham, if there
be any, and if not, then in some newspaper published in the
county of Norfolk, and shall not take effect until such publica-
tions have been made.

Section 15. No act shall be done under authority of the
twelve preceding sections, except in the making of surveys and
other preliminary investigations, until the plans for the said
system of sewerage have been approved by the department of
public health. Upon application to said department for its ap-
proval, it shall give a hearing, after due notice to the public.
At such hearing plans showing in detail all the work to be done
in constructing said system of sewerage shall be submitted for
approval by the said department.

Section 16. For the purpose of submission to the voters of
said town, this act shall take effect upon its passage, and it shall
take full effect upon its acceptance by vote of a majority of the
voters of said town voting thereon at a town meeting. No ex-
penditure shall be made by the town and no liability incurred
by it hereunder until such acceptance.

Approved February 28, 1924-

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 60. 41

An Act relative to the municipal year of the city of (JJidrf QQ

GLOUCESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter six hundred and eleven of the acts of amended' ^ ^'
nineteen hundred and eight is hereby amended by striking out
section two and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 2. The municipal year shall begin with the organiza- city of
tion of the city government in January, and shall continue until Muaicipa['
the organization of the succeeding city government, as provided year.
in section seven.

Section 2. Section seven of said chapter six hundred and amencfed' ^ '^'
eleven is hereby amended by striking out, in the third line, the
word "Monday" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
day, — and by inserting after the word "year" in the same line
the words : — , or on the following day when said first day falls
on Sunday, — so as to read as follows : — Section 7. The mayor Mayor and
and the aldermen elected as aforesaid shall meet at ten o'clock meetTnd take
in the forenoon on the first day of January of each year, or on °^^^' ^^'^■
the following day when said first da.y falls on Sunday, and shall
severally take oath before the city clerk or a justice of the
peace to perform faithfully the duties of their respective offices.
The municipal council shall thereupon be organized by the Organization
choice of a president who shall be called the president of the councii!"^^
municipal council and shall hold his office during its pleasure.
The president of the municipal council shall be some member
thereof other than the mayor. The organization of the mu-
nicipal council shall take place as aforesaid notwithstanding the
absence, death, refusal to serve, or non-election of the mayor or
of one or more of the four aldermen, provided that at least three Proviso.
of the persons entitled to be members of the municipal council
are present and take the oath as aforesaid. Any person entitled
to take the aforesaid oath who was not present at the time
above fixed therefor may take the same at any time there-
after.

Section 3. Section ten of said chapter six hundred and amiiided.' ^ ^°'
eleven is hereby amended by striking out, in the second and
third lines, the words " at a time after ten o'clock in the forenoon
of the first Monday of that month,", so as to read as follows: —
Section 10. The municipal council shall annually, in the month Assistant

i»T 1 • (* 1 y* n \ assessors,

of January, elect one assistant assessor from the qualified voters election, etc.

of each ward of the city. The assessors shall be sworn to the

faithful performance of their duties, shall have all the powers

and perform all the duties which the assistant assessors of said

city now have and perform, and shall hold their respective

offices for the remainder of the municipal year in which they

are elected. The municipal council shall fix the compensation

of the assistant assessors, and may remove them at any time

for sufficient cause.

Section 4. The term of office of every oflftcer of the city of Jft^ms of
Gloucester, which would under existing law end on the first certain offices.
Monday of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 61, 62, 63.

1917. 142 (S),
repealed.

the current municipal year of said city, shall terminate at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the first day of said January.

Section 5. Chapter one hundred and forty-two of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen is hereby repealed.

Approved February 29, 1924-

Chap. 61

1899. 210, § 3,
amended.

Second Church
in Salem to
fill vacancies
among certain
trustees.

An Act relative to the trustees of the property for-
merly OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE INDEPENDENT CONGRE-
GATIONAL CHURCH IN BARTON SQUARE IN SALEM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section three of chapter two hundred and ten of the acts of
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine is hereby amended by striking
out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing : — In case a vacancy shall occur among said trustees it
shall be filled by said Second Church in Salem.

Approved February 29, 1924-

Chap.

1872, 252, § 2,
etc., amended.

Trustees of
the Scottish
Rite of
Freemasonry
may hold •
property, etc.

May receive
and execute
trust of gifts,
etc.

62 An Act relative to the powers of the trustees of the

SCOTTISH rite OF FREEMASONRY TO RECEIVE AND EXECUTE
THE TRUST OF GIFTS BY WILL OR OTHERWISE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section two of chapter two hundred and fifty-two of the acts
of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, as amended by section
one of chapter sixty-seven of the acts of eighteen hundred and
ninety-one, chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and seven and chapter seventy-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further
amended by striking out all after the word "for" in the tenth
line down to and including the word "rite" in the fourteenth
line and inserting in place thereof the words : — religious, chari-
table, scientific or educational uses, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 2. Said trustees may receive, manage and convey such
real and personal estate, not exceeding in all five million dollars,
as may be deposited with them by or for the supreme council of
the ancient and accepted Scottish rite for the northern juris-
diction of the United States, to such uses as said council may
appoint, and shall report their doings to such supreme council,
and submit their accounts and records to the inspection of said
council. They may also receive and execute the trust of gifts
and devises made to them for religious, charitable, scientific or
educational uses, whether said trusts are to be performed and
executed in this or any other state of the United States where
said rite is practised. Approved February 29, 1924-

Chap. 63 An Act increasing the compensation of the appointive

MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF GAS FITTERS IN
THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and sixty-five of the acts of eighteen
hundred and ninety-seven is hereby amended by striking out
section three and inserting in place thereof the following: —

1897, 265, § 3,
amended.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 64, 65. 43

Section 3. The board of examiners shall consist of the building Board of
commissioner, the health commissioner, who shall be ex officiis gas fitters hi
members of said board and serve without compensation, and be°rsh°ip' TuT'
a third member who shall have been continuously engaged in
business as a practical gas fitter during the five years next pre-
ceding the date of appointment. Said third member shall be Appointive
chosen by said health commissioner annually, for a term ending com^'eMation,
on the first day of May of the year next ensuing, and he shall be ^to.
allowed a sum not exceeding ten dollars for each day of actual
service, to be paid from the treasury of the city of Boston.

Approved February 29, 1924-

An Act to incorpokate the Massachusetts protective (Jjiav 64

LIFE assurance COMPANY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Charles A. Harrington, William C. Johnson, TheMassa-
Lemuel G. Hodgkins and Frank C. Harrington, their associates tectlve Life°'
and successors, are hereby made a corporation under the name compan^y
of The Massachusetts Protective Life Assurance Company, to incorporated.
be located in the city of Worcester, for the purpose of making
insurance upon lives and issuing annuities and pure endowment
contracts ; with all the rights, powers and privileges, and subject
to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions, conferred or imposed
by all general laws now or hereafter in force, applicable to
domestic stock life insurance companies, so far as the same are
not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

Section 2. The capital stock of the corporation shall be Capital stock,
two hundred thousand dollars, divided into two thousand shares amount, pay-
of the par value of one hundred dollars each. The capital stock ™®''*' ®*°-
together with a surplus of not less than one hundred thousand
dollars shall be paid in, in cash, within twelve months after this
act becomes effective; and no certificates of shares and no
policies of insurance, annuities or pure endowment contracts
shall be issued until the whole capital stock and surplus are
so paid in. Said capital may, upon vote of the stockholders, increase of
be increased from time to time as provided in section seventy ^^^^^^ •
of chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws.

Section 3. At any time when the net surplus of the corpora- Retirement of
tion shall exceed twice the amount of the capital stock, said ^*°'' ' ^*°'
stock may be retired, and in such case the policy holders shall
become members of the corporation and direct its affairs as in
the case of domestic mutual life insurance companies, and all
general laws then or thereafter in force and applicable to such
companies shall apply to said corporation.

Approved February 29, 192^.

An Act authorizing the town of rockport to borrow Phnj) a^
money for the protection of its water supply. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Section one of chapter two hundred and eighty- 1922, 287, § 1,
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two is hereby ^"^®°''®''-
amended by striking out, in the third line, the word "and" and

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 66, 67.

Town of
Rockport may
borrow money
for protection
of its water
supply.

Rockport
Water Loan,
Act of 1922.

inserting in place thereof a comma, — and by inserting after the
word "facihties", in the fourth line, the words: — , and pur-
chasing and clearing the land forming the water sheds of Cape
Pond, so-called, the source of said supply, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 1 . For the purpose of increasing its water
supply, constructing a filtration system for the purification of
water, extending its water mains, improving its water distribu-
tion facilities, and purchasing and clearing the land forming the
water sheds of Cape Pond, so-called, the source of said supply,
the town of Rockport may from time to time borrow such
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Rock-
port Water Loan, Act of 1922. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in
not more than thirty years from their dates. Indebtedness in-
curred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit,
but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 3, 1924.

Chap. 66 An Act authorizing a change in the cellar grade estab-
lished IN THE TOWN OF WINTHROP.

Change in
cellar grade
established in
town of
Winthrop.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Winthrop, when
authorized so to do by a vote of said town at a meeting legally
held, may change the cellar grade, established in said town
under section one of chapter one hundred and ninety-eight of
the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, from thirteen
feet to eleven feet above mean low water, and, if and when
such cellar grade is so changed, the provisions of said chapter
one hundred and ninety-eight, changed as aforesaid, shall con-
tinue to apply in said town.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 3, 1924.

G. L. 168, § 31,
amended.

Chap. 67 An Act to increase the maximum amount of deposits

WHICH MAY BE RECEIVED BY SAVINGS BANKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Section thirty-one of chapter one hundred and
sixty-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking
out, in the second hne, the word : — " two " and inserting in
place thereof the word : — three, — and by striking out, in the
fourth and in the fifth lines, the word "four" and inserting in
place thereof in each instance the word : — six, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 31 . Such corporation may receive on de-
posit from any person not more than three thousand dollars;
and may allow interest upon such deposits, and upon the interest
accumulated thereon, until the principal, with the accrued
interest, amounts to six thousand dollars; and thereafter upon

Amount of
deposits in
savings banks
limited.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 68. 45

no greater amount than six thousand dollars; but this section
shall not apply to deposits by a religious or charitable corpora-
tion or labor union, or credit union, or in the name of a judge
of probate, or by order of any court, or on account of a sinking
fund of a town in the commonwealth or of any trust fund. held
by a town for public uses.

Section 2. Section thirty-one A of said chapter one hundred ^sJ^Al^e^tc,
and sixty-eight, inserted by section one of chapter forty of the amended,
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby amended
by striking out in the fourth and eleventh lines, the word "four"
and inserting in place thereof in each instance the word: — six, —
and by striking out, in the sixth, eighth and fourteenth and in the
fifteenth lines, the word "eight" and inserting in place thereof in
each instance the word : — twelve, — so as to read as follows : — de'^o^ts on
Section 31 A. Such corporation may receive deposits on joint joint accounts
accounts provided for in section fourteen of chapter one hundred banks limited.
and sixty-seven to the amount of six thousand dollars, and may
allow interest upon such deposits and upon the interest accu-
mulated thereon until the principal with the accrued interest
amoimts to twelve thousand dollars, and thereafter upon no
greater amount than twelve thousand dollars. Persons ha\'ing
such joint accounts may also make deposits in their individual
names, but the total amount of such deposits, both joint and in-
dividual, shall not exceed six thousand dollars, and such corpora-
tion may allow interest upon such deposits and upon the interest
accumulated thereon until the principal with the accrued interest
on all said accounts amounts to twelve thousand dollars, and
thereafter upon no greater amount than twelve thousand dollars.

Approved March 3, 1924.

An Act providing that loans by savings banks and Qfidj) 68

SAVINGS DEPARTMENTS OF TRUST COMPANIES SECURED BY
DEPOSIT BOOKS MAY BE FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE DE-
POSITS SHOWN THEREIN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of the clause entitled "Ninth" g- .^^inth ••^*'
of section fifty-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of subdiv. («)',
the General Laws, contained in lines five hundred and ninety- amendeV '
two and five hundred and ninety-three of said section as printed
in said General Laws, as amended by section three of chapter
one hundred and fifty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
second and third lines of said paragraph as amended, the words
"at no more than ninety per cent of" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — up to, — so that said paragraph as amended
will read as follows : — (5) Deposit books of depositors in sav- investments
ings banks up to the amount of deposits shown therein and un- banka^efc., in
pledged shares of co-operative banks at not more than ninety glJ^red b°*^^
per cent of their withdrawal value ; or. deposit books,

Approved March 3, 19£4. ^*°-

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 69, 70.

Middlesex
county com-
miaaioners may
provide ac-
commodationa
for diatrict
coiirt of
Somerville.

May borrow
money, etc.

Chap. 69 -^N -^^'^ AUTHORIZIXG THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX TO BORROW
MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUITABLE ACCOMMO-
DATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT COURT OF SOMERVILLE,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of
Middlesex may acquire by purchase, or take by eminent do-
main under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, land for
the purpose of constructing thereon a suitable building for the
use of the district court of Somerville, and may construct,
originally equip and furnish said building.

Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the county commis-
sioners of said county may from time to time borrow upon the
credit of the county such sums as may be necessary, not exceed-
ing, in the aggregate, one hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and
such loans shall be payable in not more than five years from
their dates. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by the treas-
urer 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. Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall, except
as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the
General Laws.
mittedTo'' Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by

Middlesex the couuty Commissioners of Middlesex county; provided, that
Sssionera"^' such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty-first in the
Proviso. current year. Approved March 3, 19£4- -

Chap

City of Boston
may transfer
to park de-
partment cer-
tain land
under control
of hoapital
department.

To be sub-
mitted to
mayor, city
council et ali.

•70 An Act authorizing the city of boston to transfer to
its park department for playground purposes certain
land now under the control of its hospital depart-
MENT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. That part of a certain lot of land in the Dorches-
ter district of the city of Boston, owned by said city and now
held by its hospital department for the purposes of the Conva-
lescent Home, which lies northeast of a northwesterly extension
of the northeast line of said lot running between it and Dorches-
ter park, so-called, and which is not now necessary for hospital
purposes, shall hereafter be devoted to playground purposes
and shall be under the control of the park department of said
city.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
the mayor and city council of said city, the trustees of the
Boston City Hospital and the park commissioners of said city.

Approved March 4, 1924'

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 71, 72. 47

An Act revoking the authority of the thorndike com- (Jhnnj 71

PANY TO SUPPLY WATER IN THE TOWN OF WARREN AND TO
CONTRACT FOR THE SALE AND DELIVERY OF ELECTRICITY ANI)
DECLARING SUCH COMPANY SUBJECT TO THE GENERAL BUSI-
NESS CORPORATION LAWS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would prevent Emergency
the Thorndike Company from making changes in its capital "^^^^^
stock and outstanding borrowings which it may be advisable to
make promptly, 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. Chapter four hundred and thirty-six of the acts Act extending
of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, being an act extending the powerTol
corporate powers of the Thorndike Company, is hereby re- Thorndike

pealed. repealed. '

Section 2. The Thorndike Company shall hereafter be sub- Said company
ject in all respects to all general laws applicable to business t^^generai^*'
corporations, and have all the powers thereby conferred on do- porL'tfonlaws
mestic business corporations. Approved March 5, 1924.

An Act extending further the duration of certain acts n},f,^ 70
protecting the rights of tenants. ^'

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat its Emergency
purpose to provide immediate relief from hardship incident to p'"®^'" ®-
the present scarcity of houses and buildings available for habita-
tion, therefore it 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:

Section 1. Section two of chapter five hundred and fifty- 1920, 555 §2,
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, as amended by ^ *'' ^^^^ ^
chapter four hundred and ninety-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-one, section two of chapter three hundred and
fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and
chapter six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in the third line, the
word "twenty-four" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
twenty -five, — so as to read as follows : — Section 2. This act Time extended
shall become null and void on the first day of May in the year penalizing
nineteen hundred and twenty-five. ^rtain°?en-

Section 2. Section six of chapter five hundred and seventy- ant's rights.
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, as amended etc""amenied
by chapter four hundred and ninety of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-one, section three of chapter three hundred and
fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and '

section two of chapter thirty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking out,

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 73, 74.

Time extended
on law pro-
viding for
stay of pro-
ceedings in
summary proc-
ess actions.
1919, 257 (G),
§ 2, etc.,
amended.

Time extended
on law
terminating
tenancies at
will.

in the third Hne, the word " twentj^'-f our " and inserting in place
thereof the word : — twenty-five, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 6. This act shall become null and void on the first day
of May in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-fi^•e.

Section 3. Section two of chapter two hundred and fifty-
seven of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, as
amended by chapter five hundred and thirtj'^-eight of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty, chapter four hundred and
eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
section one of chapter three hundred and fifty-seven of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twent^'-two and chapter eleven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereb}^ further
amended bj'^ striking out, in the fourth line, the word " twenty-
four" and inserting in place thereof the word: — twenty-five, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 2. This act shall take effect
upon its passage, but shall become null and void on the first
day of May in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five.

Approved March 5, 1924.

Chap, 73 ^'^ ^CT RELATIVE TO THE DISPOSITION AND EXPENDITURE OF
FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE UNITED STATES IN RELATION TO
FOREST FIRE PREVENTION OR FOR FORESTRY PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter ten of the General Laws is hereby amended by in-
serting after section eight the following new section : — Section
8 A. He shall receive from the United States all sums of money
payable to the commonwealth under any act of congress, pro-
viding for co-operation in the prevention of forest fires, by way
of reimbursement for sums expended by the commonwealth on
account of such prevention, or otherwise, and any sums allotted
to the commonwealth for the purpose of protecting, preserving
or developing its woodlands. The sums so received shall be
held as the Federal Forestry Fund and be expended upon the
order or approval of the division of forestry of the department
of conservation without specific appropriation.

Approved March 5, 1924-

G. L. 10, new
section after
§8.

State treas-
urer to receive
money from
United States
for forest fire
prevention,
etc.

Federal For-
estry Fund,
expenditure,
etc.

ChaV 74 ^^ ^^'^ RELATIVE TO BIENNIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE

CITY OF WESTFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Beginning with the second Tuesday of December
in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, municipal elec-
tions in the city of Westfield for the choice of mayor, members
of the city council, members of the school committee and mem-
bers of the board of directors or trustees of the Westfield Athe-
naeum shall be held biennially, on the second Tuesday of Decem-
ber in every even-numbered year.

Section 2. The mayor and members of the city council of
said city shall continue to be elected for terms of two years and
shall serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified
in their stead. The members of the city council elected from

Biennial mu-
nicipal elec-
tions in city of
Westfield.

Terms of
mayor and
city council.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 74. 49

the several wards in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
three shall continue to hold office until the qualification of their
successors who shall be elected at the biennial election in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-six. The inauguration inaug»iration
meeting of the city government shall be held on the first Monday meeting.
of January following each biennial election, or on the following
day whenever said first Monday falls on a holiday.

Section 3. At the biennial municipal election to be held in sohooicom-
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four and at every biennial ^"t'^ee, eiec-

,., p 1 ■ .,,.,. . tion, terms,

election thereafter, except as otherwise provided in this section, etc.
all members of the school committee to be elected shall be chosen
for terms of four years each. The members of said committee
elected in nineteen hundred and twenty-two shall continue to
hold office until the qualification of their successors who shall
be elected at the biennial election in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-six. At the biennial election to be held in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-sLx, four members of the school
committee shall be elected to fill the vacancies occurring in the
following January, and of the members so to be elected one shall
be elected for the term of two years and three for terms of
four years each.

Section 4. Such provisions of chapter two hundred and ^(f^gfgt^nt'
ninety-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, as provisions
amended by chapter six hundred and thirty-one of the acts of "^^^^^ ^ "
the same year, as are inconsistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed. Whenever the word "annual" is used in said chapters. Word "an-
as applying to elections by the voters of said city, it shall here- biennial" etc*"
after be construed to mean biennial.

Section 5. Chapter eighteen of the Special Acts of nineteen i9i9- is (S),
hundred and nineteen is hereby amended by striking out sec- ' ^'^^^ ^
tion one and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section
1. The management and control of the Westfield Athenaeum, Management
incorporated by chapter eighty-eight of the acts of eighteen westfidd"'*'*
hundred and sLxty-four, shall hereafter be vested in a board of Athenaum.
directors or trustees consisting of not less than nine nor more
than fifteen persons, of whom three shall be elected by the legal
voters of the city of Westfield as hereinafter provided. The
remaining directors or trustees shall be elected by the members
of the corporation for such terms, not exceeding three years, as
the corporation may prescribe in its by-laws. At the biennial
municipal election in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
four one director or trustee shall be elected to serve for two
years, one to serve for four years, and one to serve for six years,
from the first Monday of the January following, and at each
biennial municipal election thereafter one director or trustee
shall be elected to serve for six years. The terms of office of the
directors or trustees elected at the municipal elections in the
years nineteen hundred and twenty-two and nineteen hundred
and twenty-three shall terminate upon the qualification of the
directors or trustees elected under this section in the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four.

Section 6. A vote on the question of granting licenses for Biennial vote
the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages, as required by g?anthfg'cer-°^

tain licenses.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 75.

To be sub-
mitted to
voters, etc.

the provisions of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the
General Laws or by any other general provision of law, as long
as said provisions shall be in effect, shall, beginning with the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, be taken biennially in
the city of Westfield at the biennial election provided for in
this act.

Section 7. This act shall be submitted to the voters of the
city of Westfield at the state election in the current year in the
form of the following question to be printed on the official
ballot: "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled * An Act relative to
biennial municipal elections in the cit}' of Westfield', be ac-
cepted?" If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in
the affirmative in answer to said question, this act shall thereupon
take effect, but not otherwise. Approved March 5, 1924.

G. L. 175,
§ 132, pro-
vision 7, etc.,
amended.

Loans on life
insurance
policies, in-
terest, etc.

Chap. 75 An Act relative to the computation of interest on loans

AND certain overdue PREMIUMS ON LIFE INSURANCE
POLICIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section 1. Section one hundred and thirty -two of chapter
one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws, as amended
by chapter seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two and by chapter one hundred and ninety-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty -three, is hereby further
amended by striking out, in the fiftieth and fifty-first lines, the
words "at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent" and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — with interest at not ex-
ceeding six per cent per annum or, at the option of the com-
pany, with interest as aforesaid compounded annually, — so
that provision 7 will read as follows: — 7. A provision that not
later than the third anniversary of the policy the holder of the
policy shall, upon a proper assignment thereof to the company,
be entitled to borrow of the company, on the sole security of the
policy, a sum not more than ninety-five per cent of the cash
surrender value thereof, less any indebtedness to the company,
with interest at not exceeding six per cent per annum or, at the
option of the company, with interest as aforesaid compounded
annually. Said provision shall include such other conditions as,
in conformity to the laws of the commonwealth, the company
will impose when the application for the loan is made.

Section 2. Section one hundred and thirty-two of chapter
one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws, as amended
by chapter seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two and chapter one hundred and ninety-five of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "annum" in the seventy-second
line, the words: — or, at the option of the company, with interest
as aforesaid compounded annually, — so that provision 1 1 will
read as follows : — 11. A provision that the holder of a policy
shall be entitled to have the policy reinstated at any time within
three years from the date of default, unless the cash surrender

G. L. 175,
§ 132, pro-
vision 11, etc.,
amended.

Reinstatement
of life insur-
ance policies.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 76. 51

value has been duly paid or the extension period has expired,
upon the production of evidence of insurability satisfactory to
the company and the payment of all overdue premiums and Payment of
any other indebtedness to the company upon said policy, with premiums,
interest at the rate of not exceeding six per cent per annum or, '^^^'■^^*' ^*'=-
at the option of the company, with interest as aforesaid com-
pounded annually.

Section 3. Section one hundred and fortj'-two of said 9.^^2 ^'^^'
chapter one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by amended.
striking out, in the sixth and seventh lines, the words "and, at
not exceeding six per cent interest" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — , with interest at not exceeding six per
cent per annum or, at the option of the company, with interest
as aforesaid compounded annually, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 14^. After three full annual premiums have been paid '^°^^?°^,,.,

,. p TP 1 . • . 1, '^ , policies of life

on any poncy oi nie or endowment msurance issued by a do- or endowment
mestic life company after December thirty-first, nineteen hun- interesT^etc.
dred and seven, the holder thereof, upon its proper assignment
to the company, shall within ninety days of the application
therefor be entitled to a loan from the company, on the sole
security of the policy, with interest at not exceeding six per
cent per annum or, at the option of the company, with interest
as aforesaid compounded annually, of a sum not exceeding its
loan value, which loan value shall be not less than ninety-five
per cent of the cash surrender value of the policy at the end of
the policy year during which the application for the loan is
made, computed as prescribed by section one hundred and forty-
four, and of all dividend additions thereto, less any indebted-
ness to the company and any unpaid portion of the premium for
the then current policy year. Failure to repay any such loan
or to pay interest thereon shall not avoid the policy while the
total indebtedness thereon is less than such loan value at the
time said default in payment occurs, nor until thirty' days after
notice has been mailed by the company to the last known ad-
dress of the insured. The affidavit of any officer, clerk or agent
of the company, or of any one authorized to mail such notice,
that the notice required by this section has been duly mailed by
the company, shall be prima facie evidence that such notice was
duly given. Nothing in this section shall require any company
to make d loan upon any policy for less than twenty-five dollars.

This section shall not apply to term policies nor to those in Not applicable
force as extended insurance as provided in clause (c) of section poilder''
one hundred and forty-four. Approved March 5, 1924.

An Act relative to the assessment of poll taxes and QJiav 76

THE MAKING OF CERTAIN LISTS IN THE TOWN OF BELMONT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. In the making of lists under sections four to Assessment of
fourteen, inclusive, of chapter fifty-one of the General Laws, ^faWnrof^"^^
the board of assessors of Belmont shall have the assistance of certain lists in
the police department of said town in visiting buildings and m^nt.°^^^^"

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 77, 78.

residences and performing the duties of assistant assessors in
securing the information required by said sections.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 6, 1924-

Chap. 77 An Act authorizing the town of Norwood to incur in-
debtedness FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a new school
building and for the purchase of original equipment and furnish-
ings for said building, the town of Norwood may borrow from
time to time, within a period of five years from the passage of
this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, two hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Norwood School Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not
more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be
authorized under this section unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for
the same purpose to be raised in the tax levy of the year when
authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
exclusive of the proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter
by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 6, 1924.

Town of
Norwood may
borrow money
for school
purposes.

Norwood
School Loan,
Act of 1924.

Chap.

G. L. 120.

§ 23, amended.

Deposit of
earnings of
paroled chil-
dren in charge
of trustees of
the Massa-
chusetts
training
schools.

78 An Act authorizing the deposit in savings departments
of trust companies of earnings of paroled children

IN CHARGE of THE TRUSTEES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TRAIN-
ING SCHOOLS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty-three of chapter one hundred and twenty of
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the
word " banks " in the fourth line the words : — or savings de-
partments of trust companies, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 23. The trustees shall make earnest efforts to induce
boys and girls, in their charge on parole, to save some portion
of their earnings which, under the direction of the trustees, shall
be placed in savings banks or savings departments of trust com-
panies and held by them for the benefit of the ward, or when
deemed necessary, expended in his behalf, or by direction of the
trustees applied on liabilities incurred by him. Unless a different
agreement is made by the trustees with the ward, these deposits
shall be paid to him when he becomes twenty-one, or to his
legal representatives if he dies at any time before such payr
ment. Approved March 6, 1924-

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 79, 80. 53

An Act relative to sewer assessments in the town of nhf^j. 70

WAKEFIELD. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . The sewer commissioners of the town of Wake- Sewer assess-
field may determine the value of the benefit or advantage to towiVf^Wake-
every parcel of real estate in the town beyond the general ad- field.
vantage to all real estate therein from the construction hereafter
of any sewer or extension of any existing sewer or from the
doing of any other work authorized by the provisions of chapter
three hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred, and may assess on every such parcel a proportionate share
of such part, not exceeding two thirds, as said commissioners
shall deem just, of the expenses incurred by the town for the
improvements aforesaid, provided that no assessment on any proviso.
parcel of real estate shall exceed the value of the special benefit
to that parcel.

Section 2. The town of Wakefield may, however, at any Same subject.
town meeting after this act is accepted, vote that two thirds of
the estimated average cost of the completion or extension of the
existing sewer system or systems in said town be thereafter as-
sessed upon the estates benefited by said system or systems, and
in such case the sewer commissioners of said town shall fix a
uniform rate according to the frontage of estates upon any
street or way in which a sewer is constructed or according to
the area of estates within a specified distance from such street
or way or according to both frontage and area, and shall make
all assessments, thereafter levied, in accordance with such rate,
provided that no assessment on any parcel of real estate shall Proviso.
exceed the value of the special benefit to that parcel.

Section 3. The provisions of chapter three hundred and Certain pro-

r- I p • 111 111 ■visions of

seventy-seven oi the acts oi nineteen hundred, as amended by law to apply
chapter two hundred and forty-seven of the acts of nineteen ments!^etc.
hundred and two, so far as they are applicable and not incon-
sistent herewith, shall apply to assessments made under section
one or two of this act.

Section 4. This act shall, for the purpose of its submission Time of
for acceptance, take effect upon its passage and shall take full ^^^^'^^ ^ff®'=*-
effect upon its acceptance within two years after its passage Submission to
by a majority of the voters of the town of Wakefield voting ^°te"-
thereon at a town meeting. Approved March 6, 1924-

An Act relative to the sale of blank cartridges for Chn^ cn

THE USE OF, AND THEIR USE BY, THE SONS OF VETERANS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section fifty-seven of chapter one hundred and forty-eight of G- ^- i^?- § ^'''
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the ^'"^^ ^
word "veterans" in the nineteenth line the words: — or other
organization authorized by section sixty-four of chapter thirty-
three to parade in public a color guard armed with firearms, —

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 81.

Blank car-
tridges, etc.,
sale, etc., pro-
hibited, etc.

Proviso.

SO as to read as follows : — Section 67. No person shall sell or
keep for sale any blank cartridge, toy pistol, toy gun or toy
cannon that can be used to fire a blank cartridge; or sell or
keep for sale, or fire, explode or cause to explode any blank
cartridge or bomb, or sell or keep for sale, or set off, explode or
cause to explode any fireworks containing any picric acid or pic-
rates, or any firecracker exceeding two inches in length and three
eighths of an inch in diameter or of a greater explosive power
than a firecracker of such size containing black gunpowder only;
provided, that this section shall not apply to illuminating fire-
works set off between the hours of seven o'clock in the after-
noon and twelve o'clock midnight, excepting those containing
picric acid or picrates, or to the sale of any article herein named
to be shipped directly out of the commonwealth, or to the sale
or use of explosives in the firing of salutes by official authorities,
or to the sale or use of blank cartridges for a duly licensed show or
theatre or for signal purposes in athletic sports, or to experi-
ments at a factory for explosives, or to the firing of salutes with
cannon on shore or on boats where a permit has been secured
from the marshal or some officer designated by him therefor,
or to the sale of blank cartridges for the use of, or their use by,
the militia or any organization of war veterans or other organi-
zation authorized by section sixty-four of chapter thirty-three
to parade in public a color guard armed with firearms, or in
teaching the use of firearms by experts on days other than
holidays. Approved March 6, 1921^.

ChaV. 81 ^N ^CT RELATIVE TO THE MASSACHUSETTS HOME MISSIONARY

SOCIETY.

1808, 52, § 3,
etc., amended.

Massachusetts
Home
Missionary
Society, elec-
tion of
officers, etc.

Members of

Massachusetts

Congregational

Conference as

members of

Massachusetts

Home

Missionary

Society.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter fifty-two of the acts of eighteen hun-
dred and eight, as affected by chapter thirty-five of the acts of
eighteen hundred and twenty-three, by chapter fourteen of the
acts of eighteen hundred and forty-four and by chapter one hun-
dred and nineteen of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-
six, is hereby amended by striking out section three and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: — Section 3. Be it further
enacted. That the said corporation may choose by ballot at their
annual meetings a president, secretary, treasurer, and such
number of trustees as they may think proper, and such other
officers as they shall judge nepessary. Persons chosen as trustees
shall hold office for such tinte, not exceeding five years, as the
corporation by their by-laws may from time to time provide,
and all other officers shall hold office for one year. All of said
officers when chosen may hold their offices until others are chosen
in their stead. Any vacancy in such offices shall be filled in such
manner as the corporation may by their by-laws determine.

Section 2. The members of the Massachusetts Congrega-
tional Conference for the time being may, to such extent and
upon such conditions as the Massachusetts Home Missionary
Society shall by their by-laws determine, be also members of
the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 82, 83. 55

Section 3. Said Massachusetts Home Missionary Society May hold ^^
is hereby authorized to take and hold by donation, bequest, or p'"°p®'" ^' ® °-
otherwise, real and personal property, to an amount not ex-
ceeding five million dollars. Approved March 6, 19£4'

An Act relative to the appointment of constables in Qfidj) g2

TOWNS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause sub- Emergency
stantial harm and inconvenience, therefore it is hereby declared p''®^'"
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preserva-
tion of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter forty-one of the General Laws is hereby g. l. 41, new
amended by inserting after section ninety-one the following new 1^9*/°'^ ^^^^^
section: — Sectipn 91 A. The selectmen in any town may from ^[^°^l^^g
time to time appoint, for terms not exceeding one year, as many in towns.
constables as they deem necessary.

Section 2. All appointments of constables by selectmen in Certain ap-
any town between January first, nineteen hundred and twenty- et°c.?va?i&ated,
one and the effective date of this act, and all the official acts of «*^<'-
such appointees in so far as the same may have been without
authority because of any invalidity attaching to their appoint-
ment, are hereby validated and made lawful.

■ Approved March 7, 1924.

An Act authorizing the city of woburn to borrow money (J^Q^rf 83

FOR THE purpose OF BUILDING AN ADDITION TO THE WYMAN ^'

SCHOOL BUILDING AND EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING SUCH
ADDITION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . For the purpose of building an addition to the City of
Wyman school building in the city of Woburn, such addition to borrc^'money
increase the floor space of said building, and for the original for school
equipment and furnishing of such addition, said city may borrow
from time to time, within a period of five years from the passage
of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in
the aggregate, fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Woburn Woburn
School Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall consti- ic^°o°f Jg'aT'
tute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more
than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be au-
thorized under this section unless a sum equal to an amount of
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for
the same purpose to be raised in the tax levy of the year when
authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided,
be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive
of the proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 84, 85, 86.

three hundred and thirU'-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-tlii'ee.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 7, 1924.

Chap. 84 An Act authorizing the city of melrose to borrow

MONEY FOR SEWER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of laying out and constructing
a system of main drains and common sewers in the city of Mel-
rose, said city may borrow from time to time, within a period of
five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may be
necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred thou-
sand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Melrose Sewer Loan, Act of 1924.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be paid in not more than twenty years from their
dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this section unless
a sum equal to an amount of not less than ten per cent of such
authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by
the tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred
under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall,
except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in section seven
of said chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 7, 1924.

City of Mel-
rose may
borrow
money for
sewer purposes.

Melrose Sewer
Loan, Act of
1924.

Chap. 85 An Act to prohibit advertising signs or devices on
certain structures of or used by common carriers.

G. L. 93, § 32,
amended.

Advertising
signs or de-
vices on
structures of
or used by
common
carriers.

Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:

Section thirty-two of chapter ninety-three of the General
Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing: — , except advertising signs or other advertising dcA'ices
on bridges or viaducts, or abutments thereof, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 32. Sections twenty-nine to thirty-one, in-
clusive, and thirty-three shall not apply to signs or other devices
on or in the rolling stock, stations, subways or structures of or
used by common carriers, except advertising signs or other ad-
vertising devices on bridges or viaducts, or abutments thereof.

Approved March 7, 1924-

Chap. 86 An Act providing for additional court officers in the

third district court of eastern MIDDLESEX.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

^tc^am^Ad^ d^' Section L. Section sixty-two of chapter two hundred and
eighteen of the General Laws, as amended by section one of

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 86. 57

chapter two hundred and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-one, by section one of chapter tAvo hun-
dred and ninetj'-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two and by section one of chapter four hundred and fortj'^-eight
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the w^ord "court" in the
eleventh Hue the words : — , the third district court of eastern
Middlesex, — so as to read as follows : — Section 62. In the Number of
municipal court of the city of Boston the court officers appointed f°'diatricr"
shall not exceed ten for criminal business and five for civil busi- courts.
ness and one of such court officers for criminal business shall be
designated by the chief justice as chief court officer of said court
for criminal business, and one of such court officers for criminal
business shall be designated as an assistant chief court officer;
in the municipal court of the Roxbury district three court officers
may be appointed; in the municipal court of the South Boston
district, of the Charlestown district and of the West Roxbury
district, the East Boston district court, the third district court Additional for
of eastern Middlesex and the district court of East Norfolk two court of^astem
court officers for each court may be appointed; and in each of Middlesex.
the other district courts in the commonwealth one court officer
may be appointed.

Section 2. Section sixty-five of said chapter two hundred g. L- 218, § 65,
and eighteen is hereby amended by inserting after the word
" officer" where it occurs the first time in the fifth line the follow-
ing new sentence : — The justice of the third district court of
eastern Middlesex may appoint for service during such time as
three simultaneous sessions of said court are being held, and
may remove as provided in section sixty-one, a part time court
officer, who shall have all the powers and duties of a court
officer, — and by inserting after the word "temporary" in the
same line the words : — and part time, — so as to read as fol-
lows : — Section 65. In the absence of a court officer, or, in the Temporary
municipal court of the city of Boston, whenever a majority of fn'Sstrkt'^'^^
the justices think the business requires, a temporary court officer courts.
may be appointed in the manner provided in section sixty-one,
who shall have all the powers and duties of a court ofiicer. The Part time
justice of the third district court of eastern Middlesex may ap- f°'^rd^s-
point for service during such time as three simultaneous sessions trict court of
of said court are being held, and may remove as provided in MidSesex.
section sLxty-one, a part time court officer, who shall have all
the powers and duties of a court officer. Every such temporary
and part time officer shall receive for each day's service an
amount equal to the rate by the day of the salary of the court
officer, but any compensation for service performed for an
absent court officer in excess of fifteen days in any one year shall
be deducted by the county treasurer from the salary of such
court officer.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by to be sub-
the county commissioners of the county of Middlesex; provided, Middfesex
that such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty-first in the county com-
current year. Approved March 7, 192 4. p^^So^"'

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 87, 88.

Chap. 87 An Act authorizing the town of wellesley to pension

JOHN W. FOWLE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of discharging its moral obliga-
tion to John W. Fowle, who has served in its electric light de-
partment for almost twenty-one years and is now disabled by
reason of injuries received in the course of such service, the
town of Wellesley may pay to him an annual pension for life of
one thousand dollars, payable in equal weekly or monthly in-
stalments.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 10, 1924.

Town of
Wellesley
may pension
John W.
Fowle.

Chap. 88 An Act determining the jurisdiction of the department

OF MENTAL DISEASES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
OVER CERTAIN FEEBLE MINDED PERSONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and twenty-three of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section sixty-
six A, inserted by section one of chapter four hundred and forty-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: — Section 66 A. If an alleged
feeble minded person is found, upon examination by a physician
qualified as provided by section fifty-three, to be a proper subject
for commitment, the judge of probate for the county in which
such person resides or is found may upon application commit
him to the custody or supervision of the department; but no
person shall be so committed unless the approval of the depart-
ment shall be filed with the application for his commitment. If
he is committed to the custody or supervision of the depart-
ment, the department shall thereafter have power, whenever
advisable, to transfer him to a state school for the feeble minded,
or may cause an application to be made for his removal to a
department for defective delinquents, and such person may be
so removed in the manner provided by section one hundred and
sixteen. If the alleged feeble minded person is committed to
the custody or supervision of the department of mental diseases,
the said department may temporarily' release him in the manner
provided by, and subject to, the provisions of section eighty-
eight, or may discharge him under section eighty-nine.

Section 2. Section eighty-nine A of said chapter one hun-
dred and twenty-three, inserted by section two of said chapter
four hundred and forty-one, is hereby amended by striking out,
in the sixth and seventh lines, the words "commissioner, who"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — department,
which, — by striking out all after the word "custody" in the
eighth line down to and including the word "any" in the thir-
teenth line and inserting in place thereof the word : — Any, —
and by striking out, in the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth lines,
the word "commissioner" and inserting in place thereof the

G. L. 123.
§ 66A, etc.,
amended.

Commitment
of certain
feeble minded
persons to
custody of
department of
mental
diseases, etc.

Transfer to
a state school
for feeble
minded.

Temporary
release.

G. L. 123,
§ 89A, etc.,
amended.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 89. 59

word: — department, — so as to read as follows: — Section 89 A. ^/gert^am
If at any time, after study and observation, the superintendent persons from
of a state school having custody of a person placed therein under d^a°rtment of
section sixty -six A is of opinion that such person is not defective, ^Sleasis etc.
or that his further detention is not required for his own or the
public welfare, he shall so report to the department, which may
thereupon discharge such person from further care and custody.
Any parent, guardian, relative or friend of a person committed bearing! etc.
to the custody or supervision of the department of mental dis-
eases or to a department for defective delinquents may at any
time file a petition for a hearing in the probate court of the
county in which such person resided or was found when first
committed, to establish that further custody or supervision is
not required for the welfare of such person or the public; and
upon payment of the necessary traveling expenses by said pe-'
titioner, from the place where such person is detained to the
place of hearing, and the giving of security for the payment of
necessary expenses for a return to such place of detention, if a
return shall be ordered, the probate court may by order require
the attendance of such person at said hearing. Upon filing with Attendance of
the department of mental diseases or with the commissioner of hearing*
correction, as the case may be, a certified copy of said order, the
department of mental diseases or the commissioner of correc-
tion shall authorize and direct the attendance of such person at
such hearing in compliance with the terms of said order. Notice
of such hearing and proceedings thereupon shall be such as are
prescribed by the court. Approved March 10, 1924-

An Act providing retirement allowances for employees Chap. 89

OF THE BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE BRIDGES COMMISSION, SO-
CALLED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Except as hereinafter provided, regular and Retirement
permanent employees of the commission appointed under sec- employees of
tion fourteen of chapter four hundred and sixty-seven of the Cambridge^
acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, commonly known as Bridges Com-
the Boston and Cambridge Bridges Commission, in this act called. '
called the commission, shall, for the purpose of providing retire-
ment allowances, be deemed to be employees of the city of Bos-
ton within the meaning of section two of chapter five hundred
and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two,
known as the Boston Retirement Act, and shall have all the
rights, benefits and privileges and shall be subject to all the con-
ditions and restrictions specified in said act in respect to em-
ployees of the city of Boston as therein defined who are members
of the retirement system established by said chapter. Every Membership
such employee in the service of said commission on the effective ih-^nent'^ ^^
date of this act shall have the option of becoming a member of syatem, etc
said retirement system or not, and shall be deemed to have
elected to become a member thereof upon the expiration of sixty
days after said date, unless within said period he notifies the

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 89.

Commission
to be deemed
head of a de-
partment, etc.

Withholding
of part of
compensation,
etc.

Payment to
Boston retire-
ment board,
etc.

Money for
pension pay-
ments to be
provided by
cities of
Bo.ston and
Cambridge,
etc.

Payments to
be considered
part of
expense of
maintaining,
etc., bridges,
etc.

For purpose
of determining
amount of
pension,
certain persons
to be deemed
to have been
employees of
city of Boston,
etc.

Payments,
etc., under
workmen's
compensation
law, etc., to
be offset
against and
payable in
lieu of benefits
under this act,
etc.

Boston retirement board in writing that he does not wish to
become such a member. Such an employee may become a mem-
ber of said system at any time within said period of sixty days
upon notice in writing to said board. In relation to its employees
who become members of said system, the commission shall be
deemed the head of a department within the meaning of said
chapter five hundred and twenty-one.

Section 2. The treasurer of the city of Boston and the treas-
urer of the city of Cambridge shall each withhold four per cent
of the regular compensation due from his city on each pay day
to each employee of the commission who is a member of the
Boston retirement system and pay the same to the Boston retire-
ment board, who shall deposit the same in the annuity savings
fund, established under section six of said chapter five hundred
and twenty-one, to the credit of such member.

Section 3. Such sums as shall be necessary to provide all
pension payments on account of employees of the commission
who become members of the retirement system shall be provided
equally by the cities of Boston and Cambridge, and the treas-
urer of the city of Boston and the treasurer of the city of Cam-
bridge shall pay said sums to the said retirement board, to be
deposited in its pension accumulation fund, at such times and
in such instalments and amounts as shall be required by the
said retirement board, in conformity with the provisions of said
chapter five hundred and twenty-one. Such payments shall be
considered as part of the expense of maintaining and operating
the respective bridges under the control of said commission in
connection with which said employees are employed, but no
statutory tax limit shall apply to the raising of any funds neces-
sary to comply with this section.

Section 4. Any person employed by the commission on
February first, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, who becomes
a member of the Boston retirement system on or before the ex-
piration of sixty days after the effective date of this act, as pro-
vided in section one, shall, for the purpose of determining the
amount of his pension payable under subsection (c) of section
ten of said chapter five hundred and twenty-one, be deemed to
have been an employee of the city of Boston on February first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-three and to have become a mem-
ber of said system within one year from said date.

Section 5. Any amounts paid or payable by said cities under
the provisions of the workmen's compensation law, in pursuance
of chapter one hundred and twenty-five of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen, to an employee of the commis-
sion who is a member of the said retirement system or to the
dependents of any such member on account of his death or dis-
ability shall be offset against and payable in lieu of any benefits
payable out of the funds provided by said cities under the pro-
visions of this act on account of the death or disability of such
member. If the value of the total commuted benefits so paid
or payable is less than the reserve on the pension otherwise
payable under this act, the value of such commuted benefits
shall be deducted from such pension reserve and such benefits

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 90, 91. 61

as ma\' be provided by the pension reserve so reduced shall be
payable under the provisions of this act.

Section 6. On and after January first, nineteen hundred and Jf™v'icM°of
twenty-six, the services of every employee of the commission, "^ j^^^'^^^ ^™'
not a veteran of the civil war, of the Spanish War or Philippine age of seventy,
Insurrection or the World War as defined in section fifty-six of ^*''-
chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, who attains or has at-
tained the age of seventy and who is not then a member of the
said retirement system, shall terminate forthwith.

Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by To be sub-
vote of the city council of each of the said cities of Boston and ^"ncii^o"'^*^^
Cambridge, subject to the provisions of the respective charters c°^brid°e^
of said cities. Approved March 10, 1924- etc.

An Act relative to the use of cans and containers in QJidp^ 90

THE wholesale PURCHASE AND SALE OF MILK AND CREAM.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat its Emergency
purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, p''®^™
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. So much of sections eighteen and nineteen ^j^^^g^jj^^j
of chapter ninety-eight of the General Law^s, as respectively law as to tise
amended by sections one and two of chapter forty-five of the fn^hSesaie*
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, as relates to the use pyciiase and
of cans or containers in connection with the purchase or sale at and cream to
wholesale of milk or cream, shall be inoperative until January ^ntTetc.''*'^^
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of January first, ^a'Sng°effect.
nineteen hundred and twenty -four. Approved March 11, 1924.

An Act relative to meetings of stockholders of busi- (JJiaV- 91

NESS CORPORATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the Gen- g. l. ise, §28,
eral Laws is hereby amended by striking out section twenty- ^^e'^^^'i-
eight and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 28. ^/o®^|f^,'^°^
There shall be an annual meeting of the stockholders, and the of business
time and place of holding it, and the manner of conducting it, corporations,
shall be fixed by the by-laws; but it shall be held within ninety
days after the end of the fiscal year of the corporation. All
meetings of stockholders shall be held in the commonwealth.
A WTitten notice, stating the place, day and hour thereof, shall
be given by the clerk, at least seven days before the meeting, to
each stockholder entitled to vote thereat and to each stockholder
who, under the agreement of association or any amendment
thereof or under the by-laws, is entitled to such notice, by
leaving such notice with him or at his residence or usual place
of business, or by mailing it, postage prepaid, and addressed to
such stockholder at his address as it appears upon the books of

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 92, 93.

G. L. 156, § 30,
amended.

Special meet-
ings of
stockholders
of business
corporations.

the corporation. Unless the bj'-laws otherwise provide, a ma-
jority in interest of all stock issued and outstanding and entitled
to vote shall constitute a quorum. Notices of all meetings of
stockholders shall state the purposes for which the meetings are
called. No notice of the time, place or purpose of any regular or
special meeting of the stockholders shall be required if every
stockholder entitled to notice thereof, or his attorney thereunto
authorized, by a writing which is filed with the records of the
meeting, waives such notice.

Section 2. Section thirty of said chapter one hundred and
fifty -six is hereby amended by inserting after the word "stock"
in the sixth line the words : — entitled to vote at the meeting, —
so as to read as follows : — Section SO. Special meetings of the
stockholders may be called by the president or by a majority of
the directors, and shall be called by the clerk, or in case of the
death, absence, incapacity or refusal of the clerk, by any other
officer, upon written application of three or more stockholders
who are entitled to vote and who hold at least one tenth part in
interest of the capital stock entitled to vote at the meeting,
stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting.

Approved March 11, 1924.

Chap.

Additional
compensation
and travel
allowance for
jurors serving
in case of
Willett et al.
vs. Herrick
et ali., in
superior
court for
Norfolk
county.

To be sub-
mitted to
Norfolk
county com-
missioners.
Proviso.

92 An Act providing additional compensation and travel
allowance for the jurors serving in the case of wil-
lett et al. vs. herrick et all, in the superior court
for norfolk county.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The compensation of the jurors serving in the
case of Willett et al., vs. Herrick et ali., on trial since November
eighth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, in the superior
court for the county of Norfolk, sitting at Dedhara, shall, for
the period beginning December thirty-first, nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, and ending with the completion of their
service in said trial, be at the rate of nine dollars per diem, and
their travel allowance shall be at the rate of five cents a mile out
and home for each day of actual attendance during the aforesaid
period. The said compensation and travel allowance shall be
paid by said county in lieu of compensation and travel allow-
ance payable to them under provisions of general law.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
the county commissioners of Norfolk county; provided, that
such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty-first in the
current year. For the purpose of such acceptance, this act shall
take effect upon its passage. Approved March 11, 1934-

Chap. 93 An Act relative to proxy voting at the organization

AND OTHER MEETINGS OF RECLAMATION DISTRICTS AND PRO-
VIDING FOR PLANS SHOWING THEIR BOUNDARIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

first^pa^r^,^etL,^' SECTION 1. Section six of chapter two hundred and fifty-two
amended. ' of the General Laws, as appearing in section one of chapter four

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 93. 63

hundred and fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby amended by striking out the first para-
graph and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 6. p^rposl or
The district commissioners, in this and the ten following sec- organizing
tions called the commissioners, after being sworn, shall call a Sstrict^etc',
meeting of the proprietors of the lands to be improved, by giving ^°^ called,
in such manner as the board may order, a notice to each known
proprietor, signed by the commissioners and setting forth the
time and place of a meeting for the purpose of organizing a
reclamation district to carry out the proposed improvements
and maintain the same after they are completed. The notice
shall be in the form of a warrant specifying the matters upon
which action is to be taken at the meeting. Such meeting shall Proprietors to

. " . . °. . be present in

have no power to act unless proprietors constituting a majority person or by
in interest either in value or area are present or are represented ^^°^^' ^^°-
by proxies duly executed and placed in the hands of other pro-
prietors prior to said meeting. The chairman of the commis- Temporary
sioners or another commissioner designated by him shall preside officws^^
until a clerk is chosen and sworn and the clerk shall preside
until a moderator is chosen. After the choice of a moderator choice of
the question of the acceptance of sections one to fourteen B, in- Q°gg^t^ou°of
elusive, and the organization of a reclamation district shall be acceptance of
submitted to the proprietors and if a majority of those present and^or'gaiSza-^
in person or by proxy and voting on the question vote to accept to°be°sub-*"°*
and to organize such district the provisions of said sections shall mitted, etc.
take full effect. The vote shall be recorded and a copy thereof yote^'^etc^
shall be filed with the board. The meeting may then proceed
to act upon the other articles, if any, contained in the warrant.
Such district shall at the same meeting elect by ballot a district fjjd dfs^trfcT''
clerk and a district treasurer, who may be the same person, to treasurer,
hold office until one year from the next succeeding annual meet- etc^**""^' ^^^'
ing and at each annual meeting after the first a clerk and treas-
urer shall be elected by ballot for one year. There shall also be Prudential
elected by ballot a prudential committee of three members who efect^n^etc.
shall hold office, one for three years, one for two years, and one
for one year, from the next succeeding annual meeting. At each
annual meeting after the first a member of said committee shall
be elected by ballot for three years. The aforesaid officers of h^d^office
the district shall hold office until their successors are elected until suc-

, -i-n ^ ceeded.

and qualified.

Section 2. Said section six, as so appearing, is hereby p- l. 252, § 6,
further amended by striking out the last paragraph and insert- amended,
ing in place thereof the following: — A district organized under District may
the provisions of this section may adopt by-laws consistent with
the laws applicable to such district and subject to the approval
of the board. Such by-laws may provide for proxy voting by Proxy voting.
the members at any or all meetings of the district. The district To have
shall have such rights and powers as may be necessary and riglTs^and
proper for operating and maintaining the improvements made powers, etc.
by the commissioners, and for making, operating and maintain-
ing such further improvements as may be authorized under sec-
tion fourteen A. The members of the district shall be the pro- Members to
prietors from time to time of lands lying within its limits. No be^p^opnetors.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 94.

Restrictions
as to dissolu-
tion.

G. L. 252, § 7,
etc., amended.

Surveys, etc.,
to be made,
etc.

Plans showing
boundaries.

such district shall dissolve without specific authorization by the
general court, which shall not be given until provision has been
made for payment of the obligations of said district.

Section 3. Section seven of said chapter two hundred and
fifty-two, as appearing in section one of said chapter four hun-
dred and fifty-seven, is hereby amended by striking out, in the
fourth line, the word "for" and inserting in place thereof the
words : — showing in detail the boundaries of the district and, —
so that the first sentence will read as follows : — Section 7. As
soon as the district shall have been organized under the provi-
sions of the preceding section the commissioners shall, under
direction of the board, cause the necessary surveys and investi-
gations to be made and shall prepare a plan showing in detail
the boundaries of the district and the improvements to be
effected. Approved March 11, 1924-

Chap.

G. L. 128, § 14,
amended.

Powers of
department of
agriculture in
enforcing
laws relating
to dairy
products, etc.

Penalty.

G.'L. 276, § 1,
amended.

Search war-
rants for
colored oleo-
margarine, etc.

94 An Act relative to the powers of the department of
agriculture in enforcing the laws relating to dairy
products and imitations thereof, and relative to the
issuing of search warrants for colored oleomargarine.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section fourteen of chapter one hundred and
twenty-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended by insert-
ing after the word "place" in the second line the words: — or
vehicle, — and by inserting after the word " manufacture " in
the second and fourth lines in each instance the word : — ,
storage, — so as to read as follows: — Section 14- The depart-
ment and its employees shall have access to each place or vehicle
used in the manufacture, storage, transportation or sale of dairy
products or imitations thereof, and to each vessel and can used
in such manufacture, storage, transportation and sale, and shall
have the authority given to the department of public health or
its officers, or to inspectors of milk, to enforce and prosecute
violations of all laws relating to dairy products or imitations
thereof. Whoever hinders, obstructs, or in any way interferes
with an officer or duly authorized agent of the department in
the performance of his duty shall be punished for a first offence
by a fine of one hundred dollars and for a subsequent offence
by a fine of two hundred dollars, to the use of the common-
wealth.

Section 2. Section one of chapter two hundred and seventy-
six of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new clause : — Fifteenth, Oleomargarine
colored in imitation of yellow butter, and uncolored oleo-
margarine, coloring matter and utensils used or intended to be
used in making such colored oleomargarine, which the com-
plainant has reasonable cause to believe are intended for un-
lawful sale or use. Approved March 11, 1924-

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 95, 96. 65

An Act authorizing the town of barnstable to extend r<h„^ 95
A certain wharf beyond the extreme low water line ^'

IN COTUIT harbor.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Barnstable, subject to the provisions Town of
of chapter ninety-one of the General Laws, may extend the may^xtend
wharf, authorized under license granted August thirtieth, nine- certain wharf
teen hundred and twenty-three by the division of waterways treme low
and public lands of the department of public works to be built cotuit^harbor.
in Cotuit harbor at a public landing place located at the foot of
Oyster road, so-called, in the town of Barnstable, for a distance
of not exceeding seventy feet beyond the extreme low water line
in said harbor, notwithstanding the provisions of section four-
teen of chapter eighty-eight of the General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 12, 1924.

An Act relative to the date of expiration of lobster fhnj) qa

licenses. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one hundred and four of chapter one g. l. i30,
hundred and thirty of the General Laws, as amended by section amended!"
one of chapter one hundred and sixteen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-one and by chapter one hundred and sixty-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the twenty-third line, the
words "November thirtieth" and inserting in place thereof the
words : — December thirty-first, — so as to read as follows : —
Section IO4. The clerk of any town in Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Certain city
Norfolk, Plymouth, Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes or Nantucket clerks to grant
county, situated on the shores of the commonwealth, shall grant catchTobsters
licenses in the form prescribed and upon a blank furnished by etc.
the director, to catch or take lobsters from the waters of the
commonwealth within three miles of the shores of the county
where the town lies. Except as hereinafter provided, such
licenses shall be granted only to individuals who are citizens of
the commonwealth and who have resided therein for at least
one year next preceding the date of the same. The clerk of any Licenses for
such town may grant such a license to any individual who is ''I'^ns.
an alien and who resides in the county where the town lies;
provided, that such alien has resided in said county, and has Pro\-iso.
been actually engaged in lobster fishing in the waters of any of
the aforesaid counties, for five years next preceding December
first, nineteen hundred and twenty. A non-resident citizen of licenses for

, ' _ . 1 r^ M • !• • • certain non-

tne United States temporarily residing m any town granting residents.
such licenses may, during June, July, August and September in
each year, upon payment of the fee required by this section pro-
cure a license to take lobsters for consumption by the licensee
and his family only. Licenses, except those granted to non- Expiration of
residents, shkll expire on December thirty-first next succeeding "^®"^®^-

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 97, 98.

Fee.

Color, etc.,
of buoys to
be stated, etc.

Exhibition of
licenses.

Licenses to
which appli-
cable.

the granting of the same unless sooner revoked as provided in
the following section. The towoi clerk granting a license shall
collect therefor a fee of one dollar, which, less fifteen cents to
be retained by him, shall be forwarded to the director on the
first Monday of the following month, together with coupons
provided by the director for a description of the licensee and
his buoys, and for such other information as may be required.
All books of forms furnished to town clerks under this section
shall be returned to the director on January first of each year.
Each applicant for a license shall state the color scheme or other
special markings of the buoys to be 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. A licensee
under this section shall at all times, while acting in pursuance
of the license, exhibit his license upon the demand of any officer
qualified to serve criminal process.

Section 2. This act shall apply to licenses in force on its
effective date as well as to licenses granted on or after said date.

Approved March 12, 1924.

Chap. 97 An Act granting a further extension of the term of

CERTAIN FISHING RIGHTS OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE NEW
MATTAKESSETT creeks IN THE GREAT POND IN EDGARTOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Proprietors of the New Ma ttakessett Creeks,
a corporation established by law in the town of Edgartown, are
hereby authorized to catch fish, for a further period of ten
years from the termination of the extension, by chapter two
hundred and eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fourteen, of the term of the " additional rights " granted to them
by chapter one hundred and sixteen of the acts of eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-six, in the Great Pond, so-called, in said town,
by means of nets, seines, drag-seines, traps or pounds, as said
corporation maj^ determine: provided, however, that the said
corporation shall not catch any fish, other than alewives, in said
Great Pond in the ways aforesaid, except during the months of
January, February and JVIarch.

Section 2. The provisions of sections two and three of said
chapter two hundred and eighty-one shall continue to be in full
force and effect for said further period of ten years, and the
words "said ten years" as used in said section two shall apply
to said further period. Approved March 12, 1924.

Term of
certain fisliing
rights of
Proprietors of
the New
Mattakessett
Creeks in
Great Pond in
Edgartown
further ex-
tended.

Certain pro-
visions of law
to continue
to be in effect,
etc.

Chap. 98 ^ -Act VALIDATING CERTAIN CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION
AND NOMINATION PAPERS FOR TOWN OFFICERS IN THE TOWN
OF DOUGLAS.

VaUdation of
certain certifi-
cates of nomi-
nation and
nomination

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. No certificate of nomination for town officers to
be voted on at the current annual town meeting in the town of
Douglas which was filed with the town clerk on the sixth day of

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 99. 67

March in the current year, and no nomination paper for such ^^P^^^Jgrs
an office filed with said clerk on the seventh day of said March, in town of
shall be invalid by reason of not having been filed with said ^o^sias.
clerk within the time prescribed by section ten of chapter fifty-
three of the General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take eff'ect upon its passage.

Approved March 14, 1924-

An Act authorizing the special commission on the neces- (JJidj) 99
saries of life to investigate relative to gasoline and ^'

refined petroleum products.

Whereas, The evils sought to be remedied by this act are such Emergency
as to require that the investigation pro\dded for should be p^®**" ®-
undertaken forthwith, therefore it 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:

Section 1. Section two of chapter three hundred and twenty- 1921, 325, § 2,
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one is hereby ^"^^^ ® '
amended by inserting after the word "fuel" in the third line the
following : — , gasoline and refined petroleum products, — so as
to read as follows : — Section 2. It shall be the duty of the com- Special com-
mission to study and investigate the circumstances affecting the ^cessarie^ of
prices of fuel, gasoline and refined petroleum products, and other ^'^®^^j.g*'|j^
commodities which are necessaries of life. The commission
may inquire into all matters relating to the production, trans-
portation, distribution and sale of the said commodities, and
into all facts and circumstances relating to the cost of produc-
tion, wholesale and retail prices and the method pursued in the
conduct of the business of any persons, firms or corporations
engaged in the production, transportation, or sale of the said
commodities, or of any business which relates to or affects the
same. It shall also be the duty of the said commission to study
and investigate the circumstances affecting the charges for rent
of property used for living quarters, and in such investigation
the commission may inquire into all matters relating to charges
for rent. The said commission shall be furnished with suitable
quarters in the state house.

Section 2. Section one of chapter three hundred and twenty 1923 320, § 1,
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "twenty-five", in the
tenth line, the following: — , as amended, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 1 . The term of service of the special com- Term of
mission on the necessaries of life, appointed under chapter three
hundred and twenty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, as extended until May first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-three by section one of chapter three hundred and forty-
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby
further extended until May first, nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, and during the term hereby extended the commission shall
have all the powers and duties granted and imposed by said ^°^e" *°^

service.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 100, 101, 102.

Proviso. chapter three hundred and twenty-five, as amended; provided,

that the governor, with the advice and consent of the council,
may, at any time during said period of extended service provided
for herein, change the personnel of said commission in whole or
in part. Approved March 14, 1924-

Chap. 100 A^ ^CT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD TO PAT AN

ANNUITY TO THOMAS B. DRINAN.

City of Spring-
field may pay
an annuity to
Thomas B.
Drinan.

To be sub-
mitted to
city council.
Proviso.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of further discharging its moral
obligation to Thomas B. Drinan, a former police officer in its
employ, who was shot and permanently disabled while in the
performance of his duty as such, the city of Springfield may
pay to him annually so long as he shall live the sum of five
hundred and forty-six dollars, payable in equal weekly instal-
ments, the same to be in addition to any pension payable to
him by said city at the time this act takes effect.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city; provided, that such
acceptance occurs prior to December thirty-first in the current
year. Approved March 14, 1924-

Chap

101 An Act extending the time during which the united
states may maintain the temporary bridge, or build
and maintain a new bridge, over the neponset river
in the cities of boston and quincy.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The United States government may maintain a temporary
highway bridge, with a draw therein, over Neponset river be-
tween Commercial Point in the city of Boston and Squantum
in the city of Quincy, or do any other thing authorized by chap-

Time ex-
tended during
which United
States may
maintain
bridge, etc.,

river in Boston tcr two hundred and fifty-eight of the General Acts of nineteen
and Quincy. hundred and nineteen, during a further period of one year from
July first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

Approved March 14, 1924.

Chap

Plymouth
county com-
missioners
may expend
money for
improvements,
etc., at county
hospital at
South Hanson.
May borrow
money, etc.

.102 An Act authorizing the Plymouth county commissioners
to borrow money for enlarging and improving the
sewerage system at the plymouth county hospital at
south hanson.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of enlarging and improving the
sewerage system at the Plymouth county hospital at South
Hanson, the county commissioners of said county may expend
a sum not exceeding twenty-two thousand dollars.

Section 2. For the purpose aforesaid, the said county com-
missioners may borrow on the credit of the county and issue
notes of the county therefor to an amount not exceeding twenty-
two thousand dollars. Such notes shall be payable by such
annual payments beginning not more than one year after the

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 103, 104. 69

date thereof as will extinguish each loan within five years from
its date. The amount of such annual payment in any one year
shall not be less than the amount of the principal of the loan
payable in any subsequent year. The notes shall be signed by
the county treasurer and countersigned by the county commis-
sioners. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan. Assessments
All sums necessary to meet interest payments on said notes and and'city^con-
payments on account of principal as the same mature shall be ®ft'^^i*d|ftJ'i°t'
assessed upon the twenty-six towns and one city of said county
constituting the hospital district, in accordance with section
eighty-three of chapter one hundred and eleven of the General
Laws.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance T9 be sub-
by the county commissioners of the county of Plymouth; pro- Plymouth
vided, that such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty- county com-
first in the current year. Approved March I4, 1924- proviso.

An Act changing the age limit for applicants for regis- (J}ia'p.\{)Z

TRATION AS DENTAL HYGIENISTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section fifty-one of chapter one hundred and twelve of the g. l. 112, § 51,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the first ^^^^ ^
line, the word "twenty" and inserting in place thereof the
word : — nineteen, — so as to read as follows : — Section 61 . Registration

' . 11 ^^ dental

Any person of good moral character nineteen years old or over, hygienists,
who is a graduate of a training school for dental hygienists re- appii^cants?etc.
quiring a course of not less than one academic year and approved
by the board, or who is a graduate of a training school for nurses
and has received three months' clinical training in dental hygiene
in any such training school for dental hygienists, may, upon the
payment of ten dollars, be examined by the board in the subjects
considered essential by it for a dental hygienist, and, if his exami-
nation is satisfactory, shall be registered as a dental hygienist
and given a certificate allowing him to practice dental hygiene,
which shall mean the cleaning of teeth under the direction of
any registered dentist of the commonwealth, subject to such
rules and regulations as may be adopted by the board. An
applicant failing to pass a satisfactory examination shall be en-
titled to one re-examination at any meeting of the board, free of
charge, but for each subsequent examination he shall pay ten
dollars. Approved March I4, 1924-

An Act providing for the protection of the shad fishery CJiav.lO^
IN palmer river.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Between the first day of March in each year and fh^^^gg^'g'^ °^
the first day of July next succeeding, no person, either as prin- in Palmer
cipal or agent, shall catch or take any shad in Palmer river, or "^®'"
set, operate or superintend, therein, any device intended for
the purpose of catching fish, except hook and line, after sunset
on Saturday until sunrise on Wednesday in each week and no

70'

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 105, 106.

Penalties, etc.

As affecting
existing
permanent
dams.

Authority of
director of
division of
fisheries and
game.

Effective date,
etc.

person shall at any time erect or continue in said river any weir,
dam, hanging net, or other obstruction so as to prevent the
free passage of fish.

Section 2. Evexy person who violates any provision of sec-
tion one shall 'for the first offence be fined five dollars and for
every subsequent offence shall be fined twenty-five dollars and,
in addition to the penalties herein provided, shall forfeit all the
apparatus used by him in violation of the provisions of this act.
The possession of each and every fish taken in violation of tiie
provisions of section one or the continuance for every twenty-
four hours of any device erected or maintained contrary to the
provisions thereof shall constitute a separate offence.

Section 3. The foregoing provisions shall not be construed
to mean that any existing permanent dam shall be removed if
a suitable fishway for the passage of fish over such dam is main-
tained.

Section 4. The director of the division of fisheries and
game shall have concurrent authority with the boards of select-
men of the towns bordering on said river for the enforcement
of this act.

Section 5. This act shall be effective on and after March
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five for a period of five
years from said date. Any provision of existing law inconsistent
with this act shall be inoperative while this act is in effect.

Approved March 14, 1924.

Registration
of Alexander
R. Prudent as
a chiropodist.

Chap. 105 An Act authorizing the registration of Alexander r.

prudent as a chiropodist.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The board of registration in medicine is hereby authorized to
register Alexander R. Prudent of Boston as a chiropodist,
without examination, upon satisfactory proof that he had been
engaged in the practice of chiropody in this commonwealth for
a period of more than five years prior to the passage of chapter
two hundred and two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and seventeen, and without proof of further compliance with
chapter one hundred and twelve of the General Laws; and there-
upon he shall have and enjoy the same rights and privileges as
if registered as a chiropodist as provided by said chapter one
hundred and twelve. Approved March 14, 1924.

Chap. 106 An Act relative to voting by women whose names have

BEEN CHANGED BY MARRIAGE OR COURT DECREE.

G. L. 51, § 2,
amended.

Voting by
women whose
names have
been changed.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter fifty-one of the General LaAvs is hereby amended by
striking out section two and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing: — Section 2. If the name of a female who is duly regis-
tered as a voter is changed by marriage or by decree of court,
her right to vote in her former name shall continue until April
first next following. Approved March 14, 1924.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 107, 108. 71

An Act relative to the collection of water rates by Chap. 107

WATER DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section forty-two A of chapter forty of the General Laws, in- ^^^^-^^'J^^^'
serted by chapter three hundred and ninety-one of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "town" in the first and ninth Hues, in
each instance, the words : — or water district, • — and by insert-
ing after the word "town" in the third and tenth Hnes, in each
instance, the words : — or district, — by striking out in the
tenth Hne the word "or" and inserting in place thereof a
comma and by adding at the end thereof the following : — The
five following sections shall also apply to a water district which
has accepted sections forty-two A to forty-two F, inclusive, and
whose clerk has so filed the certificate of acceptance, and wher-
ever in said sections the word "town" and the phrase "board
or officer in charge of the water department" or " board or officer
having control of the water department" appear, they shall
also mean and include such water district and its water com-
missioners, respectively, — so as to read as follows : — Section Unpaid water
42 A. If the rates and charges due to a city or town or water upon real es-^"
district which accepts this and the five following sections by certain^citles,
vote of its city council or of the voters in town or district meet- towns and
ing for supplying water to any real estate at the request of the
owner or tenant, including interest and costs thereon, as estab-
lished by local regulations, ordinances or by-laws, are not paid
within sixty days after their due date, the same shall be a lien
upon such real estate in the manner hereinafter provided. This Certificate of
and the five following sections shall not take effect in a citj^ or statute, filing,
town or water district accepting the same as aforesaid until the ^*''-
city, town or district clerk files in the proper registry of deeds
a certificate that said sections have been so accepted. Each
register of deeds shall record such certificate in a book to be kept
for the purpose, which shall be placed in an accessible location
in the registry. The five following sections shall also apply to Sections to ap-
a water district which has accepted sections fortj-two A to water districts.
forty-two F, inclusive, and whose clerk has so filed the certificate ^*''-
of acceptance, and wherever in said sections the word "town"
and the phrase " board or officer in charge of the water depart-
ment" or "board or officer having control of the water depart-
ment" appear, they shall also mean and include such water dis-
trict and its water commissioners, respectively.

Approved March I4, 1924.

An Act for the assessing and recovery of certain costs Chap.lOS
IN civil actions.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and sixty-one of the Gen- g. l. 201, § 23,
eral Laws is hereby amended by striking out section twenty- *™^° ^

Acts, 1024. — Chap. 108.

Costs in civil
actions.
Items of costs
in supreme
judicial court
and superior
court.

G. L. 261. § 25,
amended.

Expenses of
printing briefs.

G. L. 261, § 26,
amended.

Items of costs
in district
courts.

three and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 23.
There shall be allowed, in a civil action in the supreme judicial
court or in the superior court, in addition to other disbursements
allowed by law, the following costs:

For the entry fee, three dollars.

For the declaration, fifty cents.

For an attorney's fee, if an issue in law or fact is joined, two
dollars and fifty cents; if not, one dollar and twenty-five cents.

For a term fee, five dollars for each sitting while the action
is pending, not exceeding three sittings, except by an order of
the court. If an action or question of law therein is carried to
the full court, two additional term fees may be allowed. If the
defendant is defaulted without having appeared, only one term
fee shall be allowed.

For travel, such sum as the court may allow.

If the defendant was arrested on mesne process, and the
plaintiff shall recover more than twenty dollars, exclusive of
costs, the plaintiff shall have taxed in his costs against the de-
fendant the costs paid by the plaintiff upon and after the arrest
and all lawful charges paid by him for the defendant's support
in jail.

If the defendant was arrested on mesne process and final
judgment is rendered in his favor, he shall have taxed in his
costs against the plaintiff all costs paid by the defendant on
account of the arrest.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and sixty-one is
hereby further amended by striking out section twenty-five and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 25. The pre-
vailing party shall be allowed such sum, not exceeding fifty
dollars, for expenses actually incurred in printing the briefs
which may be required for the argument of the case at the law
sitting of the supreme judicial court, but the court in which the
costs are taxed may allow a larger sum in its discretion.

Section 3. Said chapter two hundred and sixty-one is hereby
further amended by striking out section twenty-six and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 26. There shall be
allowed, in a civil action in a district court, except actions by
the trustee process, in addition to other disbursements allowed
by law, the following costs :

To the plaintiff or complainant, —

For a writ and declaration, petition or complaint, one dollar.

For an attorney's fee, if there is an appearance for the de-
fendant, two dollars and fifty cents; if not, one dollar and
twenty-five cents.

For a term fee, three dollars, if there is an appearance for the
defendant; and if not, one dollar.

For travel, such sum as the court may allow.
For attendance, such sum as the court may allow.
If the defendant was arrested on mesne process, and the
plaintiff shall recover more than twenty dollars, exclusive of
costs, the costs paid by him upon and after the arrest and lawful
charges paid by him for the defendant's support in jail.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 108. 73

To the defendant, —

For travel, such sum as the court may allow.

For attendance, such sum as the court may allow.

For a term fee, three dollars.

For an attorney's fee, two dollars and fifty cents.

Section 4. Said chapter two hundred and sixty-one is G. l. 261, § 27,
hereby further amended by striking out section twenty-seven *'^®°'^«<^-
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 27. There items of costs
shall be allowed, in an action by the trustee process in a district trustee°pro'cess
court, in addition to other disbursements allowed by law, the '^ diatrfct

,,,'., ./ > courts.

lollowmg costs:

To the plaintiff, —

For a writ and declaration, one dollar.

For an attorney's fee, one dollar and fifty cents.

For a term fee, if there is an appearance, one dollar; and if
not, seventy-five cents.

For travel and attendance, such sum as the court may allow.

To the defendant, —

For an attorney's fee, one dollar and fifty cents.

For travel and attendance, such sum as the court may allow.

To the trustee, —

For an attorney's fee, fifty cents.

For an answer in writing, twenty-five cents.

For travel and attendance, such sum as the court may allow.

For an answer to interrogatories, such sum as the court may
allow.

To an adverse claimant, —

Such sum as the court may allow.

Section 5. Section twenty-eight of said chapter two hun- g. l. 261, § 28,
dred and sixty-one is hereby repealed. repealed.

Section 6. Said chapter two himdred and sixty-one is g. l. 261, new
hereby further amended by inserting after section twenty-five §^25°'' ^ ^^
the following new section: — Section 25 A. Unless the court Expenses in-
shall otherwise determine, the prevailing party shall be allowed pi^M, draw-
a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars for expenses actually g°|p}5'^and"cer-
incurred for plans, drawings, photographs and certified copies of tified copies,
public and court records, necessary and used at the trial. Except ^*°"
by order of court, no such allowance shall be made unless an
affida\at by the prevailing party or his attorney of record is
filed with the clerk before final judgment, setting out fully such
expenditures, and that said plans, drawings, photographs and
copies were actually used at the trial.

Approved March I4, 1924.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 109, 110.

G.L. 41 § 15,
amended.

Duties of
town clerks.

Chap. 109 An Act requiring certain town clerks to transmit to

THE SHERIFF THE NAMES OF PERSONS QUALIFYING AS CON-
STABLES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section fifteen of chapter forty-one of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after the word "courts" in the
eleventh line the words : — and to the sheriff, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 15. The towm clerk shall record all votes
passed at town meetings held during his term of office. He
shall administer the oaths of office to all town officers who apply
to him to be sworn, and shall make a record thereof and of the
oaths of office taken before justices of the peace of which certifi-
cates are filed. He shall, immediately after every annual election
of town officers, transmit to the state secretary, on blanks to be
furnished by him, a complete list of all town officers elected and
qualified and shall promptly report to the secretary any changes
Returns of in such officcrs. He shall, except in the county of Suffolk,
sons^quaiifying witliiu scven days after the qualification of a constable make
as^constabies, return of his name to the clerk of the courts and to the sheriff
of the county. He shall make and keep an index of instruments
entered with him required by law to be recorded, which shall be
divided into five columns, with appropriate headings for record-
ing the date of reception, the names of parties and the book and
page on which each instrument is recorded. It shall be open to
public inspection. Approved March I4, 1924-

Chap. 110 A^ A^'^ PROVIDING FOR THE ORDERLY ACQUIREMENT OF POSSES-
SION OF PROPERTY AND EASEMENTS TAKEN BY RIGHT OF EMI-
NENT DOMAIN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section three of chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws is
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
paragraph : — If the person in possession of property which has
been taken in fee, or in which an easement has been taken, by
eminent domain under this chapter refuses to permit the body
politic or corporate by which the taking was made to enter
thereon and take possession thereof or to exercise its rights
under the taking after thirty days' notice in writing sent to him
by registered mail or posted upon the property so taken or in
which an easement has been so taken, the board of officers hav-
ing the direction and control of the public improvement in con-
nection with which the taking was made may issue its warrant
to the sheriff of the county in which the property is situated or
to his deputy directing him to make entry on the property so
taken and to take possession thereof or of the easement therein
which has been taken, on behalf of said body politic or corporate,
and such sheriff or his deputy shall forthwith execute said warrant
using such force as he may deem necessary for the purpose.

Approved March I4, 1924.

G. L. 79, § 3,
amended.

Acquirement
of possession
of property
and easements
taken by right
of eminent
domain.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. Ill, 112, 113. 75

An Act relative to compensation and travel allowance Qhav. Ill

FOR JURORS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would result in Emergency
manifest hardship to persons serving on juries, therefore it is ^''^^^
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:

Section twenty-five of chapter two hundred and sixty-two of ai^nd^d ' ^ ^^'
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
second line, the word "five" and inserting in place thereof the
word : — seven, — by striking out, in the third line, the word
"four" and inserting in place thereof the word: — six, — by
striking out, in the fourth line, the words "once in each week
twelve" and inserting in place thereof the words: — for each
day of actual attendance five, — and by striking out, in the
seventh line, the word "week" and inserting in place thereof the
word : — day, — so as to read as follows : — Section 25. The Compensation
compensation of traverse jurors impanelled to try cases of murder fJwancTfor* '
in the first degree shall be seven dollars, and that of all other Jurors,
traverse jurors and of grand jurors six dollars, for each day's
ser\ace. All jurors shall receive for each day of actual attend-
ance five cents a mile for travel out and home. If the expense
of a juror who attends court, necessarily and actually incurred
for transportation out and home once in each day, exceeds the
amount of the said allowance for travel, he shall be allowed the
amount of such expense in lieu of the said travel allowance. If
a grand or traverse juror is required to be in attendance for five
or more consecutive days he shall receive his fees not later than
the end of every fifth day of such attendance.

Approved March 15, 1924-

An Act subjecting the office of superintendent of police (Jfiaj) 112

OF the city of LOWELL TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The provisions of chapter thirty-one of the Gen- csty of Lowell,
eral Laws and the rules and regulations made thereunder relating perFntendent of
to the appointment and removal of police officers shall apply to focfvii'ser^ce'^
the office of superintendent of police of the city of Lowell, pro- laws,
vided, that the present incumbent of said office may continue P'^^^"-
to hold the same without taking a civil service examination.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 17, 1924.

An Act relative to the time within which complaints Qhnj) 1 1Q

AS TO dangerous DOGS SHALL BE FILED. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and fifty-seven of chapter one hundred ^-^jl ^^O-
and forty of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking amended.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 114, 115, 116.

Complaints as
to dangerous
dogs.

out, in the third line, the words " forty-eight hours " and insert-
ing in place thereof the words : — thirty days, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 157. If a person who has been so assaulted,
or who finds a dog strolling outside of the enclosure of its owner
or keeper and not under his immediate care, within thirty days
after such assault or finding makes oath thereof before a district
court or trial justice or before the clerk of the town where the
owner or keeper of the dog dwells, and that he suspects the dog
to be dangerous or mischievous, and gives notice thereof to its
owner or keeper by delivering to him a certificate of such oath
signed by such court, justice or clerk, the owner or keeper shall
forthwith kill or confine such dog; and if he neglects so to do
after twenty-four hours from the receipt of such notice he shall
forfeit ten dollars. Approved March 17, 1924-

Chav.W^: An Act authorizing the board of free public library

COMMISSIONERS TO ADVISE LIBRARIANS OF STATE AND COUNTY
INSTITUTIONS.

G. L. 78. § 15,
amended.

Board of free
public library
commissioners
to advise cer-
tain librarians,
etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter seventy-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended
by striking out section fifteen and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 15. The board of free public library com-
missioners shall ad\ase the librarian or trustees of any free public
library, and may on request advise the librarian or other person
in charge of the library of any state or county institution, rela-
tive to the selection or cataloguing of books and any other
matter pertaining to the maintenance or administration of such
library. Approved March 17, 1924-

Chav. 115 An Act authorizing the city of chelsea to pension

CHESTER B. FLANDERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Chelsea may, not later than Decem-
ber thirty-first of the current year, retire Chester B. Flanders,
for twenty-seven years a member of the permanent fire force of
said city, and for the purpose of discharging its moral obliga-
tion to him, may pay him an annual pension equal to two thirds
the annual salary received by him at the time of such retire-
ment, payable in equal monthly instalments.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of 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 17, 1924.

City of Chel-
sea may pen-
sion Chester
B. Flanders.

Submission
to city coun-
cil, etc.
Proviso.

Chav 116 An Act providing for the construction of additional
sewers in the north metropolitan sewerage district.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

MetropoUtan SECTION 1. The metropolitan district commission is hereby
mfss?onto™ authorized and directed to construct a main sewer or sewers,

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 117. 77

with sewer connections and other works, in the valley of Mill or C9nstruct ad-
Sucker brook in the town of Arlington and through other terri- in ArUngToT'^^
tory in the town of Arlington and in the city of Medford, from ^^^^j!;f^f°''^
Forest street in said Arlington to and crossing Mystic river and north metro-
to and in High street in said Medford to such point of connection age systern.^''
in the north metropolitan sewerage system as said commission
may deem best, in accordance with surveys and plans prepared
by said commission as authorized and directed by chapter sixty-
five of the resolves of nineteen hundred and twenty-three. For
such purposes, including any expenditures on account of the
purchase or taking of land or damages to land occasioned by the
construction hereinbefore pro\aded for, the said commission may
expend a sum not exceeding six hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.

Section 2, To meet the expenditures authorized by section state treas-
one, the state treasurer may issue, with the approval of the gov- bom^^'tcf^"^
ernor and council, bonds to an amount not exceeding six hun-
dred and fifty thousand dollars, to be designated on the face
thereof: Metropolitan Sewerage Loan, North System. Such Metropolitan
bonds shall be issued as coupon or registered bonds for such N^th^iystem^'
term of years as may be recommended by the governor in ac-
cordance with section three of Article LXII of the amendments
to the constitution, and shall bear interest at such rate as shall
be fixed by the state treasurer with the approval of the governor
and council. The interest and serial bond requirements on ac-
count of the moneys expended in constructing that part of the
north metropolitan sewerage system provided for in section one,
and the cost of maintenance and operation thereof, shall be
deemed to be, and shall be paid as, a part of the interest, sinking
fund or serial bond requirements and costs specified in chapter
four hundred and thirty-nine of the acts of eighteen hundred
and eighty-nine and acts in amendment thereof and in addition
thereto and affecting the same, and shall be apportioned, as-
sessed and collected in the manner provided by the provisions
of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws relative to the north ^

metropolitan sewerage system. Approved March 18, 1924-

An Act relative to the assessment of poll taxes and QJidj) \YJ

THE MAKING OF CERTAIN LISTS IN THE CITY OF REVERE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L In the making of lists under sections four to four- Assessment of
teen, inclusive, of chapter fifty-one of the General Laws, the m°aking^of^cer-
board of assessors of Revere may, with the approval of the city of Revere
mayor, have the assistance of the police department of said city
in visiting buildings and residences and performing the duties
of assistant assessors in securing the information required by
said sections.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
the city council of said city. Approved March 18, 1924- *" ^ co^ci .

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 118, 119.

Athol and
Orange Trans-
portation
Area, estab-
lishment, etc.

Chap.118 An Act relative to the establishment of the athol and

ORANGE TRANSPORTATION AREA.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The establishment by the town of Athol of the
Athol and Orange Transportation Area, limited to the town of
Athol but acquiring and operating the Athol and Orange division
of the Northern Massachusetts Street Railway Company to the
terminal of said division in the town of Orange, is hereby ratified
and confirmed; and the said area is hereby established and au-
thorized to acquire, maintain and operate street railways within
the town of Athol and also said extension in the town of Orange,
which extension is hereby declared to be necessary for and
incidental to the efficient operation of the said street railway
within the town of Athol. Sections one hundred and forty-three
to one hundred and sixty, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and
sixty-one of the General Laws, so far as applicable, shall apply
to the said Athol and Orange Transportation Area.

Section 2. The votes passed by the inhabitants of the town
of Athol at its meetings held on February fourth and eighteenth,
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, which authorized the estab-
lishment of said transportation area, the appropriation of money
for acquiring the property of the Athol and Orange division of
the Northern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, the in-
currence of debt and the issuing of bonds or notes for said
purposes, are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall have the
same force and effect as if the provisions of section one had
taken effect prior to the action of said meetings; and said town
may issue bonds or notes in accordance with said votes without
further action by the town.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 19, 1924.

Certain street
railway laws
to apply, etc.

Certain votes
of town of
Athol ratified,
etc.

Chav.W^ An Act relative to the grading and packing of apples
and to the marking of packages thereof.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would delay im-
provements advantageous to the public in the methods and
practices now followed in grading and marketing apples, therefore
it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public convenience.

G. L. 94, § 102,
amended.

Grading and
packing of
apples.
Certain des-
ignations
forbidden.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one hundred and two of chapter ninety-
four of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in
the third and fourth lines, the words : — , or marked more con-
spicuously on the package than, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 102. The marks indicating the grade, as described in
the preceding section, shall not be accompanied by any other
designation of grade or brand which is inconsistent with the
marks required by section one hundred and four.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 119. 79

Section 2. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further G. l. 94, § 104,
amended by striking out section one hundred and four and in- ^^^^ ^ '
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 101. Each p®''**'/?''*- ,

, y , ^ „ , , , 1 1 • 1 • 1 formation to bo

closed package 01 apples packed or repacked within the com- marked on
mon wealth and intended for sale within or without the com- ages^o/'appFes.
monwealth shall be marked or branded at the time of packing,
repacking or closing with a statement of the quantity of the con-
tents and, except as hereinafter provided, the name and address
of the person by whose authority the apples were packed, the
true name of the variety, and the grade and minimum size of
the apples contained therein, in accordance with sections one
hundred and one and one hundred and three, and the name of
the state where they were grown. If the true name of the variety
is not known to the packer or other person by whose authority
the apples are packed, the statement shall include the words
"variety unknown", and if the name of the state where the
apples were grown is not known, this fact shall also be set forth
in the statement. If apples are repacked, the package shall be
marked "repacked", and shall bear the name and address of the
person by whose authority it is repacked, in place of that of the
person by whose authority it was originally packed.

Section 3. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further G. l. 94, new
amended by inserting after section one hundred and four the §^104.^ ^ ^^
following new section: — Section IO4A. No open package of Marking,
apples shall be marked or branded or have affixed thereto any of^open pack-'
brand, label, mark or stencil which purports to state or describe ^^^ °^ apples,
the grade or classification of the apples contained therein, except
in accordance with the preceding section, and an}" such open
package which is marked or branded in accord'ance with the
preceding section shall be subject to sections one hundred and
one to one hundred and thirteen, inclusive.

Section 4. Section one hundred and five of said chapter g. l. 94, § 105,
ninety-four is hereby amended by striking out, in the sixth line, ^°^^'^^«'l-
the word "closed", so as to read as follows: — Section 105. Marking and
The branding or marking of barrels under sections one hundred barrels of
and one to one hundred and seven, inclusive, and one hundred *pp^®^-
and twelve shall be in block letters and figures of a size not less
than thirty-six point Gothic. The commissioner of agriculture
shall prescribe rules and regulations as to the lettering to be
used in branding or marking other packages.

Section 5. Section one hundred and six of said chapter G. l. 94, § 106
ninety-four is hereby amended by striking out, in the sixth line, ^™^° ^
the word "or" the second time it occurs in said line and insert-
ing in place thereof the words : — and apples in either a closed
or open package shall be deemed to be adulterated, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 106. For the purposes of sections Adulterated
one hundred to one hundred and seven, inclusive, one hundred defined.*^'™
and nine, one hundred and ten, one hundred and twelve and
one hundred and thirteen, apples packed in a closed package
shall be deemed to be adulterated if their measure, quality or
grade does not conform in each particular to the brand or mark
upon or aflfixed to the package, and apples in either a closed or

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 120, 121.

City of Boston
may incur in-
debtedness to
prov'ide funds
for alterations
in Tremont
street subway
and East
Boston tunnel.

Rapid Transit
Loan.

open package shall be deemed to be adulterated if the faced or
shown surface gives a false representation of the contents of
the package. Approved March 20, 1924-

Chap. 120 An Act authorizing the city of boston to incur indebted-
ness FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR ALTERA-
TIONS IN THE TREMONT STREET SUBWAY AND THE EAST BOS-
TON TUNNEL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The treasurer of the city of Boston shall from
time to time, at the request of the transit department of said
city, issue and sell at public or private sale bonds of said city in
excess of the issues authorized bj^ chapter five hundred and
forty-eight of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-four and
chapter five hundred of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-
seven and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto,
to the amount required to pay the cost and expense of altera-
tions in the Tremont street subway and the East Boston tunnel
as authorized by section sixteen of chapter seven hundred and
forty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended
by section one of chapter three hundred and seventy-sLx of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen. Such bonds shall
be designated on their face, Rapid Transit Loan, shall bear
interest payable semi-annually at such rate as the mayor and
treasurer of said city may determine, shall be registered or with
interest coupons attached as said treasurer may -deem best, and
shall not be included in determining the legal limit of indebted-
ness of said city. Said treasurer shall apply the proceeds of
such bonds to the cost and expense of alterations in the Tremont
street subway and the East Boston tunnel as authorized as
aforesaid, and shall keep a separate account of the bonds issued
and of the cost and expenses incurred in the alterations of said
subway and tunnel.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 20, 1924.

ChaV '121 ^^ ^^'^ providing for the appointment OF PETER A.
FLAHERTY AS A MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE TOWN
OF SAUGUS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The selectmen of the town of Saugus are hereby authorized
to appoint Peter A. Flaherty of said town as a member of its
police force, without civil service examination and notwithstand-
ing any provisions of the civil service laws and the rules and
regulations made thereunder. Upon such appointment, said
Flaherty shall hold office subject to the civil service laws and
rules and regulations made thereunder, but shall not, by virtue
of such appointment, be entitled upon his retirement to any
benefits of any act providing pensions for police officers in said
town. Approved March 20, 1924.

Town of
Saugus, ap-
pointment of
Peter A.
Flaherty as a
member of
police force.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 122, 123. 81

An Act relative to the issuance and revocation of per- Chav -122

MITS for the sale OF MILK.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section forty-three of chapter ninety-four of the General amended ^ *^'
Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word "milk" in
the twentieth line the following new sentence : — If the board
of health of any town refuses to issue a permit under this section ^

or a permit previously issued is revoked by it, an appeal may
be taken to the said department, whose decision shall be final, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 42. No producer of or dealer Permits for
in milk shall sell or deliver for sale in any town any milk pro- of ^ft"'
duced or dealt in by him without first obtaining from the board
of health of such town a permit authorizing such sale or delivery.
Said board of health may issue such permit after an inspection
of the milk, and of the place where and the circumstances under
which it is produced and handled, has been made by it or its
authorized agent. Any permit so granted may contain such
reasonable conditions as said board deems suitable for protecting
the public health and may be revoked for failure to comply
with any of such conditions. No charge shall be made to the
producer for such permit. After a permit has been revoked, it
may be reissued in the same manner in which the original permit
was issued. The board revoking or reissuing said permit shall
immediately send notice thereof to the department of public
health, which may enforce this provision. The department shall
at once inform the board of health of any other town where, in
its judgment, milk produced by the person to whom the permit
relates would be likely to be sold or delivered for sale, and it
shall also give notice of such revocation or reissue to any dealer
in milk who in its judgment would be likely to purchase milk
from such person; and after receipt of notice of revocation no
dealer so notified shall sell or offer for sale such milk. If the Appeal to de-
board of health of any town refuses to issue a permit under this pubiicTea?th
section or a permit previously issued is revoked b}^ it, an appeal "^°g°J®^'^®j^
may be taken to the said department, whose decision shall be mit, etc.
final. Violation of any provision of this section shall be punished
by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Approved March 20, 1924.

An Act changing the date of the biennial municipal fhn^ ioq

ELECTION IN THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and forty of the acts of i899. 240. § 5.
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, as amended in section five ^ °'' ^^^^ ^
by section one of chapter ninety-eight of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by
striking out said section five and inserting in place thereof the

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 124, 125.

Date of bien-
nial municipal
election in city
of Somerville,
changed.

Submission to
board of alder-
men, etc.
Proviso.

following : — Section 5. The biennial municipal election shall
take place on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of No-
vember in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five and every
second year thereafter. The municipal year shall begin on the
first Monday of January in each year.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the board of aldermen of the city of Somerville, subject
to the provisions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance
occurs on or before December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved March 20, 1924.

City of Lowell
may retire and
pension scrub
women in its
employ.

Chap. 124: An Act authorizing the city of lowell to retire and

PENSION SCRUB WOMEN IN ITS EMPLOY.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. The city council of the city of Lowell, with the
approval of the mayor, may retire from active service, at her
request, any woman who has been in the employ of said city as
a scrub woman for not less than twenty-five years and has
become physically or mentally incapacitated for labor, or any
woman who has been in the employ of said city as a scrub woman
for not less than fifteen years and has become physically or
mentally incapacitated for labor by reason of any injury received
in the performance of her duties as such. Any woman so retired
shall receive from said city an annual pension, equal to one half
the annual compensation paid to her as a scrub woman at the
time of her retirement, payable in equal monthly instalments.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the city council of said city, with the approval of the
mayor, provided that such acceptance occurs prior to December
thirty-first in the current year. Approved March 20, 1924-

Submission to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.

ChaV. 125 A^ ^^'^ AUTHORIZING the CITY OF BEVERLY TO PENSION

NATHANIEL W. CORLISS.

City of
Beverly may
pension
Nathaniel
W. Corliss.

Submission
to board of
aldermen, etc.
Proviso.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Beverly may, not later than Decem-
ber thirty-first of the current year, retire Nathaniel W. Corliss,
for thirty years in the employ of its public works department,
and, for the purpose of discharging its moral obligation to him,
may pay him an annual pension of four hundred dollars, payable
in equal weekly instalments.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the board of aldermen of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs
prior to December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved March 20, 1924.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126. 83

An Act making appropriations for the maintenance of Chav.l2Q

DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND
certain ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR INTEREST,
SINKING FUND AND SERIAL BOND REQUIREMENTS, AND FOR
CERTAIN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. To provide for the maintenance of the several Appropriations

, . f . . .... „ , for mainte-

departments, boards, commissions and institutions, oi sundry nance of de-
other services, and for certain permanent improvements, and to and interest^,*^*'"'
meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in section ^^'^^P^ ^V^^

oil 1 1 • 1 T • ^^'^ bond re-

two, tor the several purposes and subject to the conditions quirements,

therein specified, are hereby appropriated from the general fund hSprov'^menta.

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-four, 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 sixty- Legislative

one thousand five hundred dollars . . . $61,500 00 Department.

2 For the compensation for travel of senators, a sum

not exceeding fifty-two hundred dollars . . 5,200 00

3 For the compensation of representatives, the sum of

three hundred sixty-one thousand five hundred

dollars . 361,500 00

4 For the compensation for travel of representatives,

a sum not exceeding thirty-two thousand dollars . 32,000 00

5 For the salaries of William H. Sanger, clerk of the

senate, and James W. ffimball, clerk of the house
of representatives, the sum of ninety-five hundred
dollars 9,500 00

6 For the salaries of Irving N. Hayden, assistant clerk

of the senate, and Frank E. Bridgman, assistant
clerk of the house of representatives, the sum of
six thousand dollars ...... 6,000 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 busi-
ness, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars 1,500 00

8 For such additional clerical assistance to, and with

the approval of, the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives, as may be necessary for the proper des-
patch of public business, a sum not exceeding four
thousand dollars 4,000 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 forty-four himdred and forty

dollars 4,440 00

11 For the compensation for travel of doorkeepers, as-

sistant doorkeepers, messengers, pages and other
employees of the sergeant-at-arms, authorized by
law to receive the same, a sum not exceeding forty-
eight hundred and twenty dollars . . . 4,820 00

84 Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Item
Legislative 12 For the salaries of the doorkeepers of the senate and

Department. house of representatives, and the postmaster,

with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum
not exceeding sixty-seven hundred dollars . . $6,700 00

13 For the salaries of assistant doorkeepers and mes-

sengers to the senate and house of representatives,
with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum
not exceeding forty-three thousand one hundred
dollars 43,100 00

14 For compensation of the pages of the senate and

house of representatives, with the approval of the
sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding eighty-four
hundred and fifty dollars . . . . 8,450 00

15 For the salaries of clerks employed in the legislative

document room, a sum not exceeding forty-five

hundred and fifty dollars ..... 4,550 00

16 For certain other persons employed by the sergeant-

at-arms, in and about the chambers and rooms of
the legislative department, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars .... 2,500 00

17 For the salaries of the chaplains of the senate and

house of representatives, the sum of fifteen hun-
dred dollars 1,500 00

18 For personal services of the counsel to the senate

and assistants, a sum not exceeding twelve thou-
sand five hundred dollars ..... 12,500 00

19 For personal services of the counsel to the house of

representatives and assistants, a sum not exceeding

fourteen thousand four hundred dollars . . 14,400 00

20 For clerical and other assistance of the senate cona-

mittee on rules, a sum not exceeding tliirty-six

hundred dollars 3,600 00

21 For clerical and other assistance of the house corn-

mittee on rules, a sum not exceeding thirty-six

hundred dollars 3,600 00

22 For authorized traveling and other expenses of the

committees of the present general court, with the
approval of a majority of the committee incurring
the same, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dol-
lars 8,000 00

23 For expenses of advertising hearings of the com-

mittees of the present general court, including ex-
penses of preparing and mailing advertisements
to the various newspapers, with the approval of
the comptroller of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding six hundred dollars .... 600 00

24 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 ex-
ceeding forty-five thousand dollars . . . 45,000 00

25 For expenses in connection with the pubhcation of

the bulletin of committee hearings, with the ap-
proval of the joint committee on rules, a sum not
exceeding thirteen thousand dollars . . 13,000 00

26 For stationery for the senate, purchased by and with

the approval of the clerk, a sum not exceeding

seven hundred dollars ..... 700 00

27 For oflBce expenses of the counsel to the senate, a

sum not exceeding two hundred dollars . . 200 00

28 For stationery for the house of representatives, pur-

chased by and with the approval of the clerk, a

simi not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars . . 1,500 00

29 For office expenses of the counsel to the house of

representatives, a sum not exceeding two hundred

dollars 200 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Item
30

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 sixteen
thousand eight hundred dollars ....

Total

Legislative
Department.

$16,800 00
$680,860 00

Service of Special Investigations.

31 For expenses of the commission appointed to investi-
gate old age and other pensions, as authorized by
chapter forty-three of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, a svun not exceeding
ten thousand dollars .....

Commission to
investigate old
age ana other
pensions.

$10,000 00

Service of the Judicial Department.

Supreme Judicial Court, as follows:

32 For the salaries of the chief justice and of the six

associate justices, a sum not exceeding eighty-four
thousand five hundred dollars ....

33 For travehng allowance and expenses, a sum not ex-

ceeding forty-five hundred dollars

34 For the pensions of retired justices, a sum not exceed-

ing fifteen thousand dollars ....

35 For the salary of the clerk for the commonwealth, a

sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars

36 For clerical assistance to the clerk, a sum not exceed-

ing one thousand dollars .....

37 For law clerks, stenographers and other clerical as-

sistance for the justices, a sum not exceeding
nineteen thousand dollars .....

38 For office supplies, services and equipment of the

supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars ....

39 For the salaries of the officers and messengers, a sum

not exceeding three thousand and forty dollars

40 For the salary of the clerk for the county of Suffolk,

a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars

Reporter of Decisions :

41 For the salary of the reporter of decisions, a sum not

exceeding six thousand dollars ....

42 For clerk hire and office supplies, services and equip-

ment, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars .

Pension :

43 For the pension of Michael F. Meagher, as author-

ized by chapter two hundred and sixty-seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, a
sum not exceeding two hundred dollars

Total

44 For certain improvements in Suffolk county court

house for the convenience of the supreme judicial
court, to be expended by the sheriff of Suffolk
county with the approval of the chief justice of the
supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars ......

Superior Court, as follows:

45 For the salaries of the chief justice and of the twenty-

nine associate justices, a sum not exceeding two
himdred ninety-six thousand five hundred dol-
lars ........

Judicial De-
partment.
$84,500 00 Supreme Judi-

cial Court.

4,500 00

15,000 00

6,500 00

1,000 00

19,000 00

2,500 00
3,040 00
1,500 00

Reporter
6,000 00 °^ Decisions.

8,000 00

Pension,
Michael
F. Meagher.

200 00
$151,740 00

Improvements
in Suffolk
county court
bouse.

$15,000 00

Superior Court.

296,500 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Item
Superior Court. 46 For traveling allowance and expenses, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventeen thousand dollars

47 For the salary of the assistant clerk, Suffolk county,

a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .

48 For printing, transportation of papers and docu-

ments, and office supplies, services and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred
dollars ........

49 For pensions of retired justices, a sum not exceeding

twenty-four thousand three hundred and seventy-
five dollars .......

49a For reimbursing certain counties for compensation
of certain special justices for services in holding
sessions of district courts in place of the justice,
while sitting in the superior court, as authorized
by section four of chapter four hundred and sixty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars .

Total

Expenses of
justices of
District Courts
while sitting
in Superior
Court.

Administrative
Committee of
District Courts.

Probate and

Insolvency
Courts.

Justices of District Courts:

50 For expenses of justices of the district courts while

sitting in the superior court, as authorized by sec-
tion four of chapter four hundred and sixty-nine
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .

Administrative Committee of District Courts:

51 For compensation and expenses of the administrative

committee of district courts, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars ....

Probate and Insolvency Courts, as follows:

52 For the salaries of judges of probate of the several

counties, a sum not exceeding eighty-eight thou-
sand nine hundred dollars ....

53 For pensions of retired judges, a sum not exceeding

eleven thousand one hundred and seventy-five
dollars ........

54 For the compensation of judges of probate when

acting outside of their own county for other judges
of probate, a sum not exceeding twenty-nine hun-
dred dollars .......

55 For expenses of judges of probate when acting outside

their own counties for other judges of probate, as
authorized by chapter three hundred and eighty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .

56 For the salaries of registers of the several counties,

a sum not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars .

57 For the salaries of assistant registers, a sum not ex-

ceeding fifty-three thousand two hundred and ten
dollars ........

Total

$17,000 00
1,000 00

2,500 00
24,375 00

4,000 00
$345,375 00

$1,000 00

3,500 00

88,900 00
11,175 00

2,900 00

1,000 00
55,000 00

53,210 00
5212,185 00

Registers of
Probate and
Insolvency,
clerical
assistance.

For clerical assistance to Registers of the several
counties, as follows:

58 Barnstable, a sum not exceeding eleven hundred dol-

lars ........ $1,100 00

59 Berkshire, a sum not exceeding two thousand dol-

lars 2,000 00

60 Bristol, a sum not exceeding ninety-three hundred

doUars 9,300 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Item

61 Dukes county, a sum not exceeding five hundred dol-

lars ........

62 Essex, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand two

hundred dollars ......

63 Franklin, a sum not exceeding seven hundred and

eighty dollars .......

64 Hampden, a sum not exceeding seventy-nine hun-

dred and thirty dollars .....

65 Hampsliire, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred and

sixty dollars .......

66 Middlesex, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand

dollars ........

67 Norfolk, a sum not exceeding eight thousand and

seventy dollars ......

68 Plymouth, a sum not exceeding twenty-three hun-

dred dollars .......

69 Suffolk, a sum not exceeding forty-nine thousand

and twenty dollars ......

70 Worcester, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand

seven hundred dollars .....

Total

District Attorneys, as follows:

71 For the salaries of the district attorney and assistants

for the Suffolk district, a sum not exceeding forty-
six thousand dollars ......

72 For the salaries of the district attorney and assistants

for the northern district, a sum not exceeding nine-
teen thousand six hundred dollars

73 For the salaries of the district attorney and assistants

for the eastern district, a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand six hundred dollars ....

74 For the salaries of the district attorney, deputy dis-

trict attorney and assistants for the southeastern
district, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand six
hundred dollars ......

75 For the salaries of the district attorney and assistants

for the southern district, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand four hundred dollars ....

76 For the salaries of the district attorney and assistants

for the middle district, a sum not exceeding four-
teen thousand four hundred dollars

77 For the salaries of the district attorney and assistants

for the western district, a sum not exceeding
eighty-four hundred dollars ....

78 For the salary of the district attorney for the north-

western district, a sum not exceeding three thou-
sand dollars .......

79 For traveling expenses necessarily incurred by the

district attorneys, except in the Suffolk district, a
sum not exceeding six thousand dollars

Total

$500 00
11,200 00

Registers of
Probate and
Insolvency,
clerical
assistance.

780 00

7,930 00

1,260 00

30,000 00

8,070 00

2,300 00

49,020 00

11,700 00

$135,160 00

District
attorneys.

$46,000 00

19,600 00

12,600 00

15,600 00

10,400 00

14,400 00

8,400 00

3,000 00

6,000 00
$136,000 00

Service of the Land Court.

80 For Salaries of the judge, associate judge, the recorder Land Court.

and court officer, a sum not exceeding twenty-eight

thousand eight hundred dollars .... $28,800 00

81 For engineering, clerical and other personal services,

a sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand five

hundred dollars 21,500 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Land Court.

Item
82

For personal services in the examination of titles,
for publishing and serving citations and other
services, traveling expenses, supplies and office
equipment, and for the preparation of sectional
plans showing registered land, a sum not exceeding
thirty-two thousand dollars ....

Total

$32,000 00
$82,300 00

Commission
on Probation.

Service of the Commission on Probation.

83 For personal services of the deputy commissioner,

clerks and stenographers, a sum not exceeding

fourteen thousand seven hundred dollars . . $14,700 00

84 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, travehng expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding thirty-
nine hundred and seventy-five dollars . . 3,975 00

Total $18,675 00

Service of the Board of Bar Examiners.

Board of Bar 85 For personal services of the members of the board.

Examiners. a sum not exceeding sixty-three hundred dollars . $6,300 00

86 For other services, including printing the annual

report, traveling expenses, office supplies and

equipment, a sum not exceeding twenty-nine

hundred dollars 2,900 00

Total $9,200 00

Service of the Executive Department.

Executive 87 For the salary of the governor, the sum of ten thou-

Department. gand dollars $10,000 00

88 For the salary of the lieutenant governor, the sum

of four thousand dollars ..... 4,000 00

89 For the salaries of the eight councillors, the sum of

eight thousand dollars 8,000 00

90 For the salaries of officers and employees of the de-

partment, a sum not exceeding twenty-two thou-
sand four hundred and fifty-six dollars . . 22,456 00

91 For travel and expenses of the heutenant governor

and council from and to their homes, a sum not

exceeding one thousand doUars .... 1,000 00

92 For postage, printing, office and other contingent ex-

penses, including travel of the governor, a sum

not exceeding eleven thousand dollars . . 11,000 00

93 For postage, printing, stationery, traveling and

contingent expenses of the governor and council,

a sum not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars . 3,500 00

94 For expenses incurred in the arrest of fugitives from

justice, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars 1,000 00

95 For payment of extraordinary expenses and for

transfers made to cover deficiencies, with the ap-
proval of the governor and council, a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred thousand dollars . . 100,000 00

96 For the 'purchase of a portrait of a former governor,

as authorized by section nineteen of chapter eight
of the General Laws, a sum not exceeding three
thousand doUars 3,000 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Item

For the purchase of portraits or other memorials of
the governors of the province and colony of Mas-
sachusetts Bay and the colony of New Plymouth,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .

Total

Executive
Department.

$1,000 00
$164,956 00

Service of the Adjutant General.

98 For the salary of the adjutant general, a sum not

exceeding forty-one hundred dollars . . . $4,100 00

99 For the personal services of office assistants, a sum

not exceeding thirty-seven thousand four hundred

dollars 37,400 00

100 For services other than personal, printing the annual

report, and for necessary office supplies and ex-
penses, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dol-
lars 8,000 00

101 For expenses not otherwise provided for in connec-

tion with military matters and accounts, a sum

not exceeding ninety-four hundred dollars . . 9,400 00

102 For premiums on bonds for officers, a sum not exceed-

ing twelve hundred dollars .... 1,200 00

103 For expenses of maintenance and operation of auto-

mobiles for any use directed by the governor or
adjutant general, a sum not exceeding forty-five
hundred dollars 4,500 00

Total $64,600 00

Adjutant
General.

Service of the Militia.

104 For allowances to companies and other administra- Militia.

tive units, a sum not exceeding one hundred fifty-
five thousand dollars $155,000 00

105 For expenses of recruiting for the national guard, a

sum not exceeding three hundred dollars . . 300 00

106 For pay and transportation of certain boards, a sum

not exceeding five thousand dollars . . . 5,000 00

107 For pay and expenses of certain camps of instruction,

a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars . 7,000 00

108 For pay and transportation in making inspections

and surveys, and for escort duty, a sum not exceed-
ing fifty-five hundred dollars .... 5,500 00

109 For transportation of officers and non-commissioned

officers for attendance at military meetings, a sum

not exceeding nine thousand dollars . . . 9,000 00

110 For transportation to and from regimental and

battalion drills, a sum not exceeding five thousand

dollars ... . . . . . . 5,000 00

111 For transportation when appearing for examination,

a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars . . 500 00

112 For expenses of rifle practice, a sum not exceeding

twenty thousand dollars . . . . . 20,000 00

113 For compensation, transportation and expenses in

the preparation for camp duty maneuvers, a sum
not exceeding twenty-eight thousand eight hun-
dred dollars 28,800 00

114 For maintenance of horses, a sum not exceeding

twenty-eight thousand dollars . . . . 28,000 00

115 For expense of maintaining and operating certain

trucks, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred

dollars 2,500 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Militia.

Item

116

117
118

119

120

For incidental and maintenance expenses of division
headquarters, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars . _ . ._ . . . $2,500 00

For compensation for special and miscellaneous duty,

a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars . 14,000 00

For compensation for accidents and injuries sus-
tained in the performance of miUtary duty, a sum
not exceeding ten thousand dollars . . . 10,000 00

To cover certain small claims for damages to private
property arising from military maneuvers, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars . . 2,500 00

For expenses of organizing and maintaining an aero
squadron, a sum not exceeding three thousand
doUars 3,000 00

Total $298,600 00

Property and

Disbursing

Officer.

Service of the Property and Disbursing Officer.

121 For clerical services and other expenses for the office
of the property and disbursing officer, a sum not
exceeding sixty-eight hundred dollars .

$6,800 00

Mexican 122

Border Service,
certificates
of honor.

Mexican Border Service.

For the expense of furnishing certificates of honor for
service on the Mexican border, as authorized by
law, a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....

$100 00

Special

Military

Expenses.

Service of Special Military Expenses.

123 For expense of testimonials to soldiers and sailors

of the world war, to be expended under the direc-
tion of the adjutant general, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose $2,500 00

124 (This item omitted.)

125 For the compilation of records of soldiers and sailors

who served during the PhiKppine insurrection, to
be expended under the direction of the adjutant
general, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dol-
lars 1,500 00

Total $4,000 00

Publication of
Records of
Massachusetts
Soldiers and
Sailors of Civil
War.

Chief Quarter-
master.

Service for the Publication of Records of Massachu-
setts Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War.

126 For services for the publication of records of Massa-

chusetts soldiers and sailors who served in the
civil war, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars $5,000 00

Service of the Chief Quartermaster.

127 For personal services of the chief quartermaster,

superintendent of armories and superintendent of
arsenal, a sum not exceeding sixty-eight hundred
dollars . $6,800 00

128 For personal services of other employees of the chief

quartermaster, a sum not exceeding fourteen thou-
sand eight hundred dollars .... 14,800 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Item
129

130

131

132
133

134

135

136

137

138

For expert assistance, the employment of which
may be exempt from civil service rules, in the dis-
bursement of certain money to the officers and
enlisted men of the militia for compensation and
allowances, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred
dollars _ . . . Sl,200 00

For the salaries of armorers and assistant armorers
of first class armories, a sum not exceeding one
hundred twenty thousand eight hundred dollars . 120,800 00

For certain incidental military expenses of the
quartermaster's department, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand seven hundred dollars . . 15,700 00

For office and general supplies and equipment, a

sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars . . 7,000 00

For the care and maintenance of the camp ground
and buildings at Framingham, a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars ...... 500 00

For the maintenance of armories of the first class,
a sum not exceeding one hundred sixty-two thou-
sand eight hundred dollars . _ . . . 162,800 00

For reimbursement for rent and maintenance of
armories of the second class, a sum not exceeding
three thousand dollars . . . . • 3,000 00

For reimbursement for rent and maintenance of
armories of the third class, a sum not exceeding
forty-three hundred dollars .... 4,300 00

For an allowance for a mechanic for each battery of
field artillery, a sum not exceeding thirteen thou-
sand six hundred dollars . . . . . 13,600 00

For the rental of stables, including water and certain
other incidental services, for the housing of horses
and mules, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand
six hundred dollars ...... 11,600 00

Chief Quarter-
master.

Total

. $362,100 00

Service of the Chief Surgeon.

139 For personal services of the chief surgeon and regular

assistants, a sum not exceeding sixty-one hundred
and forty dollars ......

140 For services other than personal, and for necessary

medical and office suppUes and equipment, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars .

141 For the examination of recruits, a sum not exceeding

eight thousand dollars .....

Total

Chief Surgeon.

$6,140 00

2,500 00

8,000 00

$16,640 00

Service of the State Judge Advocate.

142 For compensation of the state judge advocate, as
provided by law, a sum not exceeding fifteen hun-
dred dollars .......

State Judge
Advocate.

$1,500 00

Service of the Commission on Administration
and Finance.

143 For personal services of the commissioners, a sum

not exceeding twenty-six thousand five hundred
dollars ........

144 For personal services of assistants and employees, a

sum not exceeding one hundred twenty-eight
thousand dollars ......

Commission
on Adminis-

^ „„ tration and

$26,500 00 Finance.

128,000 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Commission
on AdmiDis-
tration and
Finance.

Purchase
of paper.

Item

145

146
147

For other expenses incidental to the duties of the
commission, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars $15,000 00

Total $169,500 00

(This item omitted.)

For the purchase of paper used in the execution of
the contract for the state printing, with the ap-
proval of the commission on administration and
finance, a sum not exceeding ninety thousand dol-
lars $90,000 00

Armory
Commission.

Service of the Armory Commission.

148 For compensation of members, a sum not exceeding

twenty-three hundred dollars .... $2,300 00

149 For office and traveling expenses, a sum not exceed-

ing five hundred dollars ..... 500 00

149a For the purchase of land for an armory in the town
of Norwood, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars . . . . . . . . 10,000 00

150 For alterations and additions to certain armories, a

sum not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars . 18,000 00

Total $30,800 00

Board

of Appeal, etc.

151

Service of the Board of Appeal from Decisions of the
Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation.

For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding two
hundred dollars ......

$200 00

Commissioner
of State Aid
and Pensions.

Service of the Commissioner of State Aid and
Pensions.

152 For personal services of the commissioner and dep-

uty, a sum not exceeding seventy-seven hundred

dollars $7,700 00

153 For personal services of agents, clerks, stenographers

and other assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five thousand five hundred and ninety dollars . 25,590 00

154 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, traveling expenses of the com-
missioner and his employees, and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
thirty-nine hundred dollars .... 3,900 00

Total $37,190 00-

Expenses on
Account of
Wars.
Reimburse-
ment of cities
and towns for
state and mili-
tary aid, etc.

Reimburse-
ment for
funeral ex-
penses for
certain soldiers.

For Expenses on Account of Wars.

155 For reimbursing cities and towns for money paid on

account of state and military aid to Massachusetts
soldiers and their families, the sum of three hun-
dred seventy-three thousand five hundred dollars,
the same to be paid on or before the fifteenth day
of November in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, in accordance with the provisions of
existing laws relative to state and mihtary aid

156 For reimbursement for funeral expenses for certain

soldiers, as authorized by chapter three hundred
and seventy-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-two, as amended, a sum not exceeding
forty-five hundred dollars .....

$373,500 00

4, 500^00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

157 For the maintenance of the Soldiers' Home in Mas-

sachusetts, with the approval of the trustees
thereof, a sum not exceeding one hundred ninety
thousand dollars . . . . . _ .

157a For expenses of investigation by a special commis-
sion concerning the policy to be pursued by the
commonwealth relative to the Soldiers' Home in
Massachusetts and special institutional care for
veterans, a sum not exceeding two thousand dol-
lars ........

158 For the Grand Army of the Republic of the Depart-

ment of Massachusetts, the sum of one thousand
dollars, as authorized by chapter fifteen of the re-
solves of nineteen hundred and twenty-one .

159 For the preparation of a history of Massachusetts'

part in the World War, as authorized by chapter
four hundred and eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three, a sum not exceeding
twenty-four hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

Total

Soldiers' Home
in Massa-
chusetts.

$190,000 00

2,000 00

Investigation
as to Soldiers'
Home in Mas-
sachusetts and
institutional
care for
veterans.

Grand Army
of the Repub-
lic of the De-
1 nr\n r\n partment of
1,000 00 Massachusetts.

History of
Massachu-
setts' part in
World War.

2,400 00

$573,400 00

Service of the Art Commission.

160 For expenses of the commission, a sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars ......

Art Commis-

$100 00 «'°°-

Service of the Ballot Law Commission.

161 For compensation of the commissioners, a sum not

exceeding fifteen hundred dollars

162 For expenses, including travel, supplies and equip-

ment, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars .

Total

$1,500 00

500 00

$2,000 00

Ballot Law
Commission.

Service of the Commission on Uniform State Laws.

163 For expenses, for the current fiscal year, of the com-
missioners on uniform state laws, a sum not ex-
ceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars

$750 00

Commission
on Uniform
State Laws.

Service of the State Library.

164 For personal services of the librarian, a sum not ex- State Library.

ceeding five thousand dollars .... $5,000 00

165 For personal services of the regular library assistants,

temporary clerical assistance and for services for
cataloguing, a sum not exceeding twenty-nine
thousand three hundred dollars .... 29,300 00

166 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, office supplies and equipment,
and incidental traveling expenses, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty-five hundred dollars . . . 3,500 00

167 For books and other publications and things needed

for the library, and the necessary binding and re-
binding incidental thereto, a sum not exceeding
fourteen thousand five hundred dollars . . 14,500 00

168 For fitting up room for storage of books, and re-

arrangement of present reading room of the state

library, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars . 10,000 00

Total $62,300 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Superintend-
ent of Build-
ings.

Other Annual
Expenses.

Special im-
provement,
state house
dome, etc.

Old State
House, main-
tenance.

Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.

Service of the Superintendent of Buildings.

Item

169 For personal services of the superintendent and office

assistants, a sum not exceeding ninety-nine hun-
dred and fifty dollars .....

170 For personal services of engineers, assistant engi-

neers, firemen and helpers in the engineer's depart-
ment, a sum not exceeding fifty-one thousand two
hundred and twenty-eight dollars

171 For personal services of watchmen and assistant

watchmen, a sum not exceeding forty-one thou-
sand one hundred dollars .....

172 For personal services of porters, a sum not exceeding

twenty-three thousand nine hundred dollars

173 For other personal services incidental to the care and

maintenance of the state house, a sum not exceed-
ing sixty thousand five hundred dollars

Total

Other Annual Expenses :

174 For contingent, office and other expenses of the

superintendent, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars ........

175 For telephone service in the building, and expenses

in connection therewith, a sum not exceeding
thirty-seven thousand dollars ....

176 For services, supplies and equipment necessary to

furnish heat, light and power, a sum not exceeding
forty-three thousand dollars ....

177 For other services, supplies and equipment necessary

for the maintenance and care of the state house
and grounds, including repairs of furniture and
equipment, a sum not exceeding thirty-three
thousand dollars ......

Total

Special improvement:
177§ For regilding and repairing dome of state house, in-
cluding wiring for electric lights, a sum not exceed-
ing twelve thousand one hundred and eighty-eight
dollars ........

For the Maintenance of the Old State House.

178 For the contribution of the commonwealth toward

the maintenance of the old provincial state house,
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars

Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

179 For the salary of the secretary, the sum of six thou-

sand dollars .......

180 For the salaries of officers and employees holding

positions established by law, and other personal
services, a sum not exceeding ninety-one thousand
three hundred dollars .....

181 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,

office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand four hundred dollars

182 For postage and expressage on public documents,

and for mailing copies of bills and resolves to
certain state, city and town officials, a sum not
exceeding forty-five hundred dollars .

183 For the arrangement and preservation of state

records and papers, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars .......

$9,950 00

51,228 00

41,100 00
23,900 00

60,500 00
$186,678 00

$500 00
37,000 00
43,000 00

33,000 00
$113,500 00

$12,188 00

$1,500 00

$6,000 00

91,300 00
13,400 00

4,500 00
1,000 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

184 For printing registration books S,nd blanks and in-

dexing returns, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars ........

185 For the purchase. of copies of certain town records

prior to eighteen hundred and fifty, a sum not
exceeding nine thousand dollars
185a For the purchase of copies of the histories of certain
regiments in the civil war and in the world war,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .

186 For the purchase of certain supplies and equipment,

and for other things necessary in connection with
the reproduction of the manuscript collection
designated "Massachusetts Archives", a sum not
exceeding three thousand dollars

187 For the purchase and distribution of copies of certain

journals of the house of representatives of Mas-
sachusetts Bay from seventeen hundred and fifteen
to seventeen hundred and eighty, as authorized by
chapter four hundred and thirteen of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty, a sum not exceeding
seven hundred and fifty dollars ....

Total

197

198

$5,000 00
9,000 00
1,000 00

3,000 00

750 00
$134,950 00

Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.

For indexing vital statistics:
For the preparation of certain indexes of births,
marriages and deaths, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in the preceding year . $10,000 00

For printing laws, etc. :

For printing the pamphlet edition of the acts and
resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding
fifty-six hundred dollars $5,600 00

For the printing of a cumulative index to the acts
and resolves, a sum not exceeding fourteen hun-
dred dollars 1,400 00

For printing and binding the blue book edition of
the acts and resolves of the present year, a sum
not exceeding nine thousand dollars . . . 9,000 00

For the printing of reports of decisions of the supreme
judicial court, a sum not exceeding twenty-four
thousand five hundred dollars ....

For printing and binding public documents, a sum
not exceeding nine thousand dollars .

Total

For matters relating to elections :

For personal and other services necessary for pre-
paring and printing ballots for the primary elec-
tions, a sum not exceeding one hundred fifteen
thousand dollars ......

For the printing and distribution of ballots, a sum

not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars . . 55,000 00

For the printing of blanks for town officers, election
laws and blanks and instructions on all matters
relating to elections, a sum not exceeding seven
thousand dollars 7,000 00

For furnishing cities and towns with ballot boxes,
and for repairs to the same, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars 5,000 00

For expenses of pubhcation of lists of candidates and
forms of questions before state elections, a sum
not exceeding seven thousand dollars . . . 7,000 00

Indexing vital
statistics.

Printing laws,
etc.

24,500 00

9,000 00

$49,500 00

Election
matters.

$115,000 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Election
matters.

Item

199
200
201

Supervisor of 202
Public Records.

203

204

Summer
Census.

Decennial
Census.

205

206

207

Medical Exam- 208
iners' fees.

Treasurer and 209

Receiver

General. oin

211

212

For the purchase of apparatus to be used at polling
places in the canvass and counting of votes, a sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars . . . $500 00

For administering the law to permit absent voters
to vote at state elections, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars ..... 15,000 00

For expenses of compiling and publishing informa-
tion to voters, as required by law, a sum not ex-
ceeding eighty thousand dollars . . . 80,000 00

Total $284,500 00

Supervisor of Public Records:

For personal services of the supervisor, a sum not

exceeding three thousand dollars . . . $3,000 00

For the purchase of ink for public records of the
commonwealth, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars . . 1,000 00

For traveling expenses of the supervisor of public
records, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars 1,000 00

Total $5,000 00

Summer Census:
For personal services and expense of taking a special
census in towns having an increased resident popu-
lation during the summer months, to be covered
by assessments upon the towns in which the work
is done, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars . $600 00

Decennial Census:

For personal services of the census division of the
department of the secretary of the commonwealth,
a sum not exceeding forty-eight hundred dollars . $4,800 00

For expenses of the census division of the department
of the secretary of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars .... 500 00

Total $5,300 00

Medical Examiners' fees:
For medical examiners' fees, as provided by law,

a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars . . $1,000 00

Service of the Treasurer and Receiver General.

For the salary of the treasurer and receiver general,

the sum of six thousand dollars .... $6,000 00

For salaries of officers and employees holding posi-
tions estabhshed by law and additional clerical
and other assistance, a sum not exceeding forty-
two thousand eight hundred dollars . . . 42,800 00

For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
eighty-nine hundred dollars .... 8,900 00

For the expenses of administering chapter two hun-
dred and eleven of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and seventeen, a sum not exceeding seven
hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid from the re-
ceipts from taxes levied under authority of chap-
ters two hundred and eighty-three and three
hundred and forty-two of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen .... 750 00

Total

$58,450 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Item

Commissioners on Firemen's Ilelief :

213 For relief disbursed, with the approval of the com-

missioners on firemen's relief, subject to the pro-
visions of law, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand five hundred dollars, provided that
certain claims for relief, approved by the commis-
sioners in nineteen hundred and twenty-three in
excess of the amount authorized by law, amount-
ing to twelve hundred ninety-nine dollars and
fifty cents, shall be paid from this item

214 For expenses of administration by the commissioners

on firemen's relief, a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars .......

Total

Payments to soldiers:

215 For personal services and other expenses in ad-

ministering the provisions of chapter two hundred
and eighty-three of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, relative to suitable recog-
nition of residents of Massachusetts serving in the
army or navy of the United States during the
war with Germany, a sum not exceeding fifty-nine
hundred and seventy-five dollars, the same to be
payable from the receipts from taxes levied under
said chapter and chapter three hundred and forty-
two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

State Board of Retirement:

216 For personal services in the administrative oflBce of

the state board of retirement, a sum not exceeding
eighty-four hundred dollars ....

217 For services other than personal, printing the annual

report, and for office suppUes and equipment, a
sum not exceeding thirty-seven hundred and fifty
dollars ........

218 For requirements of annuity funds and pensions for

employees retired from the state service under au-
thority of law, a sum not exceeding one hundred
nine thousand five hundred dollars
218a For the accrued pension of Edward T. McGaffigan
from July first, nineteen himdred and nineteen, to
November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, the sum of eleven hundred seventy-nine
dollars and thirteen cents .....

Total

Requirements for Extinguishing the State Debt.

219 For sinking fund requirements and for certain serial

bonds maturing during the present year, the sum
of one milhon four hundred sixteen thousand eight
hundred sixty-six dollars and twenty-five cents, of
which sum two hundred and forty-nine thousand
dollars for the development of the port of Boston
loan shall be paid from the balance of the proceeds
of the sale of the Boston dry dock out of the ap-
propriation made by section four of chapter two
hundred and twenty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty, and sixty thousand dollars
for serial bonds for the harbor improvement loan
shall be paid from the unexpended balance now
in the treasury of the proceeds of said loan

Commissioners
on Firemen's
Relief.

$17,500 00

500 00

$18,000 00

Payments
to soldiers.

$5,975 00

$8,400 00

3,750 00

109,500 00

1,179 13
$122,829 13

State Board
of Retirement.

Requirements
for Extinguish-
ing State
Debt.

$1,416,866 25

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Interest Re-
quirements.

Auditor of
the Common-
wealth.

Item
220

221
222
223

Unclassified
Accounts and
Claims.

224

225

226

227

228

229

Certain other
aid.

230

231

Reimburse-
ment for pre-
miums paid,
etc.

232

Interest Requirements.

For the payment of interest on the direct debt and
temporary loans of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding one m.iUion four hundred seventy-five
thousand dollars ..... S

Service of the Auditor of the Commonwealth.

For the salary of the auditor, a sum not exceeding
six thousand dollars . . . . . ■ .

For personal services of deputies and other assistants,
a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars .

For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing six thousand dollars .....

Total

Unclassified Accounts and Claims.

For the compensation of veterans of the civil war
and certain others formerly in the service of the
commonwealth, now retired, a sum not exceeding
sixty-seven thousand dollars ....

For the compensation of any veteran who may be
retired by the governor under the provisions of
sections fifty-six to sixty, inclusive, of chapter
thirty-two of the General Laws, a sum not exceed-
ing seventeen hundred dollars ....

For the compensation of certain prison officers and
instructors formerly in the service of the common-
wealth, and now retired, a sum not exceeding
thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars

For the compensation of veterans of the civil war
who have been retired from the service of the
Massachusetts Soldiers' Home, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-two hundred and fifty doUars

For the compensation of state police officers formerly
in the service of the commonwealth, and now re-
tired, a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars .

For the compensation of certain women formerly
employed by the sergeant-at-arms in cleaning the
state house, and now retired, a sum not exceeding
twenty-one hundred dollars and twenty-eight
cents ........

Total

For certain other aid:

For the compensation of certain pubUc emploj'^ees
for injuries sustained in the course of their em-
ployment, as provided by section sixtj'-nine of
chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the General
Laws, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand
dollars . . . . • • • . •

For the payment of certain annuities and pensions
of soldiers and others under the provisions of
certain acts and resolves, a sum not exceeding
sixty-seven hundred eighty-four dollars and sixty-
seven cents .......

Total

For reimbursing oflficials for premiums paid for
procuring sureties on their bonds, as provided by
existing laws, a sum not exceeding three hundred
dollars ......••

11,475,000 00 ■

$6,000 00 i
35,000 00

6,000 00
$47,000 00

$67,000 00

1,700 00

31,500 00

2,250 00
9,000 00

2,100 28
$113,550 28

$25,000 00

6,784 67
$31,784 67

$300 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Item

233

234

235

236

237

237^
238

239
240

For payment 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 thirty thousand dollars

For payment of any claims, as authorized by section
eighty-seven of chapter thirty-two of the General
Laws, for allowances to the families of pohcemen
killed or fatally injured in the discharge of their
duties, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars

For small items of expenditure for which no appro-
priations have been made, and for cases in which
appropriations have been exhausted or have re-
verted to the treasury in previous years, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars

For reimbursement of persons for funds previously
deposited in the treasury of the commonwealth
on account of unclaimed savings bank deposits,
a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .

Total .

Claims.

Payments for certain claims authorized by the fol-
lowing appropriations shall be certified by the
comptroller of the commonwealth only upon
the filing of satisfactory releases or other evi-
dence that the payments are accepted in full
compensation on the part of the commonwealth
in respect thereto :
For refunding to the city of Somerville on account
of certain interest paid by said city under the pro-
visions of chapter three hundred and ninety of
the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, the sum
of twenty-six hundred forty dollars and twenty-
three cents .......

Service of the Attorney General's Department.

For the salarj' of the attorney general, the sum of
eight 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 eighty thousand
dollars ........

For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand dollars .....

Total

(This item omitted.)

Claims on
death of fire-
men, etc.

$30,000 00

Claims for
policemen
killed, etc.

1,000 00

Small items of
expenditure.

1,000 00

1,000 00
$33,300 00

Reimburse-
ment for un-
claimed savings
bank deposits.

Claims.

Refund to
city of
Somerville.

52,640 23

Attorney
5,000 00 gl^rnment.

80,000 00
12,000 00

$100,000 00

Service of the Department of Agriculture.

241 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-

ceeding five thousand dollars ....

242 For personal services of clerks and stenographers, a

sum not exceeding thirteen thousand four hundred
dollars ........

243 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sum

not exceeding one thousand dollars

244 For services other than personal, printing the annual

report, office supplies and equipment, and print-
ing and furnishing trespass posters, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars ....

Department of
$5,000 00 Agriculture.

13,400 00

1,000 00

6,000 00

100

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Department of
Agriculture.

Division of

Agricultural

Information.

Item
245

246

247
248

For compensation and expenses of members of the
advisory board, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars $2,000 00

For services and expenses of apiary inspection, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars . . 2,500 00

Division of Agricultural Information:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding sixty-five

hundred dollars 6,500 00

For other expenses and for disseminating useful in-
formation in agriculture, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars 5,000 00

Division of
Dairying and
Animal
Husbandry.

Division of
Plant Pest
Control.

Division of
Ornithology.

Division
of Markets.

Division of
Reclamation,
Soil Survey
and Fairs.

Department
of Agriculture.
Specials.

Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry:

249 For personal services, a sum not exceeding nine thou-

sand dollars . 9,000 00

250 For other expenses, including the enforcement of

the dairy laws of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding forty-five hundred dollars ...

251 For expenses of demonstration sheep farms, a sum

not exceeding forty-three hundred dollars .

Division of Plant Pest Control:

252 For personal services, a sum not exceeding ten thou-

sand seven hundred dollars ....

253 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding sixty-three

hundred dollars ......

Division of Ornithology:

254 For personal services, a sum not exceeding fifty-nine

hundred dollars ......

255 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding five hundred

dollars ........

Division of Markets:

256 For personal services, a sum not exceeding sixteen

thousand two hundred dollars ....

257 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding fifty-five

hundred dollars ......

Division of Reclamation, Soil Survey and Fairs:

258 For personal services, a sum not exceeding twelve

thousand five hundred dollars ....

259 For travel and other expenses, a sum not exceeding

fifty-eight hundred dollars ....

260 For state prizes and agricultural exhibits, a sum not

exceeding twenty-eight thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for this purpose, and any unexpended
balance remaining at the end of the current fiscal
year may be used in the succeeding year . . 28,000 00

260a For the supervision and care of school boys working
upon farms during the present year, a sum not
exceeding two thousand dollars, to be expended
with the approval of the commissioner . . 2,000 00

Specials :
260b To provide for additional drawings for bird books,

a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars . . 4,000 00

261 For work in protecting the pine trees of the common-

wealth from white pine blister rust, a sum not ex-
ceeding eighteen thousand dollars, the same to be
expended in co-operation with the federal au-
thorities 18,000 00

4,500 00

4,300 00

10,700 00

6,300 00

5,900 00

500 00

16,200 00

5,500 00

12,500 00

5,800 GO

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

101

Item
262

263

For quarantine and other expenses in connection
witn the work of suppression of the European
corn-borer, so-called, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars ......

For payments of claims on account of currant and
raspberry bushes destroyed in the work of sup-
pressing white pine blister rust, a sum not exceed-
ing three hundred and sixty dollars

Total

Department
of Agriculture.
Specials.

S10,000 00

360 00
$184,960 00

Service of the State Reclamation Board.

264 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding
twenty-two hundred dollars ....

State Recla-
$2,200 00 nation Board.

Service of the Department of Conservation,

Administration ;

265 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not exceed-

ing six thousand dollars . . .

266 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sum

not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars

Total

Department of
$6,000 00 Conservation.

250 00

5,250 00

Division of Forestry:

267 For personal services of office assistants, a sum not

exceeding ten thousand six hundred dollars

268 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, and for traveling expenses,
necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding fifty-five hundred dollars

269 For the salaries and expenses of foresters and for

necessary labor, supphes and equipment in main-
taining forest tree nurseries, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand dollars .....

270 For the purchase of land and reforesting the same,

as authorized by section ten of chapter one hun-
dred and thirty-two of the General Laws, as
amended, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dol-
lars ........

271 For aiding towns in the purchase of equipment for

extinguishing forest fires and for making protective
belts or zones as a defence against forest fires, for
the present year and previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars ....

272 For the personal services of the state fire warden and

his assistants, and for other services, including
traveling e.xpenses of the state fire warden and his
assistants, necessary supplies and equipment and
materials used in new construction in the forest
fire prevention service, a sum not exceeding fifty-
four thousand eight hundred dollars, the same to
be in addition to any funds allotted to Massachu-
setts by the federal authorities ....

273 For the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail

moths, and for expenses incidental thereto, a sum
not exceeding one hundred thirty thousand dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for this purpose, and any
unexpended balance remaining at the end of the
current fiscal year may be used in the succeeding
year ........

Division
$10,600 00 of Forestry.

5,500 00

12,000 00

10,000 00

1,000 00

54,800 00

130,000 00

102

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Division
of Forestry.

Item

274
275

276

277
278

Department
of Conserva-
tion.
Specials.

279
280

Division

of Fisheries
and Game.

Enforcement
of laws.

281

282

283

284

285

286

For the planting and maintenance of state forests,
a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dol-
lars $25,000 00

For the purchase and development of state forests,
and for the maintenance of nurseries for the grow-
ing of seedlings for the planting of state forests, as
authorized by section thirty-six of chapter one
hundred and thirty-two of the General Laws, a
sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for this purpose, and any un-
expended balance remaining at the end of the
current fiscal year may be used in the succeeding
year . 100,000 00

For the maintenance ' of the Standish monument
reservation, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars 1,500 00

For the maintenance of Mount Grace state forest,

a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars . . 1,000 00

For reimbursement to certain towns, as authorized
by section twenty-four of chapter forty-eight of
the General Laws, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars 1,000 00

Total $352,400 00

Specials :

For repairing the Myles Standish monument, a sum

not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars . . $2,500 00

For repairs and improvements to the roadway lead-
ing to the Myles Standish monument, a sum not
exceeding twenty-two hundred and eighty-six dol-
lars 2,286 00

Total $4,786 00

Division of Fisheries and Game:

For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding

four thousand dollars $4,000 00

For personal service of office assistants, a sum not

exceeding ninety-two hundred and ninety dollars . 9,290 00

For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses and necessary
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
nine thousand dollars ..... 9,000 00

For expenses of exhibitions and other measures to
increase the interest of the pubhc in the protection
and propagation of fish and game, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars .... 1,000 00

Enforcement of laws :

For personal services of fish and game wardens, a
sum not exceeding sixty thousand five hundred
dollars 60,500 00

For traveUng expenses of fish and game wardens,
and for other expenses necessary for the enforce-
ment of the laws, a sum not exceeding twenty-
three thousand dollars 23,000 00

Biological
work.

Biological work:

287 For personal services to carry on biological work, a

sum not exceeding forty-one hundred dollars . 4,100 00

288 For traveling and other expenses of the biologist and

his assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty-four

hundred doUars 2,400 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

103

Item

289

Propagation of game birds, etc. :
For the maintenance of game farms and fish hatch-
eries, and for the propagation of game birds and
animals and food fish, a sum not exceeding eighty-
five thousand dollars .....

Propagation
of game birda,
etc.

$85,000 00

Marine fisheries:

290 For personal services for regulating the sale and cold

storage of fresh food fish, a sum not exceeding
seventy-eight hundred and ten dollars

291 For other expenses for regulating the sale and cold

storage of fresh food fish, a sum not exceeding
eighteen hundred dollars .....

Total

Marine
fisheries.

7,810 00

1,800 00
$207,900 00

For certain improvements to be made under the

direction of the Division of Fisheries and Game,

as follows:

291a At the Amherst rearing station, a sum not exceeding

five hundred dollars ......

291b At the Montague rearing station, a sum not exceed-
ing three hundred dollars .....

291c At the Palmer hatchery, a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars ......

292 At the Marshfield bird farm, a sum not exceeding

eight hundred dollars . . . ...

293 At the Sandwich fish hatchery, a sum not exceeding

four hundred dollars .....

293a At the East Sandwich fish hatchery, a sum not ex-
ceeding four hundred dollars ....

294 At the Sandwich bird farm, a sum not exceeding

four hundred dollars .....

295 At the Wilbraham game farm, a sum not exceeding

fifteen hundred dollars .....

Total

$500

For certain
improvements,

300 00

500

800

400

1,500

$4,800 00

Damages by wild deer and wild moose:
296 For the payment of damages caused by wild deer
and wild moose, for the present year and previous
years, as provided by law, a sum not exceeding
six thousand dollars ......

Damages by
wild deer and
wild moose.

$6,000 00

Bounty on seals:
297 For bounties on seals, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred and fifty dollars . . . . .

Bounty
250 00 enseals.

Division of Animal Industry:

298 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding

thirty-five hundred dollars ....

299 For personal services of clerks and stenographers, a

sum not exceeding ninety-three hundred dollars .

300 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, traveling expenses of the di-
rector, and office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding forty-seven hundred dollars .

301 For personal services of veterinarians and agents

engaged in the work of extermination of contagious
diseases among domestic animals, a sum not ex-
ceeding forty-three thousand one hundred and
eighty dollars .......

Division
3,500 00 of Animal
Industry.

9,300 00

4,700 00

43,180 00

104

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Division
of Animal
Industry.

Item
302

303

304

For the traveling expenses of veterinarians and
agents, a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand
dollars $18,000 00

For reimbursement of owners of cattle and horses
killed during the present and previous years,
travel, when allowed, of inspectors of animals,
incidental expenses of killing and burial, quaran-
tine and emergency services, and for laboratory
and veterinary supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding eighty-four hundred dollars . 8,400 00

For reimbursement of owners of certain cattle killed
in accordance with agreements made under au-
thority of section thirty-three of chapter one hun-
dred and twenty-nine of the General Laws, as
amended by section three of chapter three hundred
and fifty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, a sum not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars, the same 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 ...... 100,000 00

Total S187,080 00

Reimburse- 305

ment of towns
for Inspectors
of Animals.

Reimbursement of towns for Inspectors of
Animals :
For the reimbursement of certain towns for compen-
sation paid to inspectors of animals, a sum not
exceeding seven thousand dollars

87,000 00

Department

of Banking

and Insurance.

Division

of Banks and

Loan Agencies.

Service of the Department of Banking and
Insurance.

Division of Banks and Loan Agencies:

306 For salary of the commissioner, the sum of six thou-

sand dollars $6,000 00

307 For services of deputy, directors, examiners and

assistants, clerks, stenographers and experts, a
sum not exceeding two hundred thirty-six thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . . 236,000 00

308 For services other than personal, printing the annual

report, traveling expenses, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-nine thou-
sand dollars 69,000 00

Total $311,000 00

Supervisor of 309
Loan Agencies.

310

Supervisor of Loan Agencies:

For personal services of supervisor and assistants,
a sum not exceeding seventy-six hundred and
forty dollars . . . . . . . $7,640 00

For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding seven hundred and thirty-five dollars . 735 00

Total $8,375 00

Division

of Insurance.

Division of Insurance:

311 For salary of the commissioner, a sum not exceeding

six thousand dollars ...... $6,000 00

312 For other personal services of the division, a sum

not exceeding ninety-five thousand five hundred

dollars 95,500 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

105

Item
313

For other services, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-one thousand three hundred dollars .

Total

DivUion

of Insurance.

$21,300 00
$122,800 00

Board of Appeal on Fire Insurance Rates:

314 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding two

hundred dollars ......

Division of Savings Banks Life Insurance:

315 For personal services of officers and employees, a

sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand three
hundred dollars ......

316 For pubhcity, including traveling expenses of one

person, a sum not exceeding two thousand dol-
lars . . . . . .

317 For .services other than personal, printing the annual

report and traveling expenses, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-three hun-
dred dollars .......

318 For encouraging and promoting old age annuities

and the organization of mutual benefit associa-
tions among the employees of industrial plants
in the commonwealth, a sum not exceeding three
thousand and sixty dollars ....

Total

Board of Ap-
$200 00 peal on Fire
Insurance
Rates.

Division
of Savings

$21,300 00 ?„^°^. Life

2,000 00

6,300 00

3,060 00
$32,660 00

Service of the Department of Corporations and
Taxation.

319 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-

ceeding sixty-five hundred dollars

320 For the salaries of certain positions filled by the

commissioner, with the approval of the governor
and council, and for additional clerical and other
assistance, a sum not exceeding one hundred
fifty-six thousand dollars .....

321 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding seventy-

five hundred dollars ......

322 For other services and for necessary office supplies

and equipment, and for printing the annual report,
other pubUcations and valuation books, a sum not
exceeding twenty-eight thousand dollars

Total

Department

«6,500 00 tl^^^^r

Taxation.

156,000 00

7,500 00

28,000 00
$198,000 00

Income Tax Division (the following appropria-
tions are to be made from the receipts from the
income tax) :

323 For personal services of the deputy, assistants, as-

sessors, assistant assessors, clerks, stenographers
and other necessary assistants, a sum not exceed-
ing three hundred thirty-one thousand dollars

324 For traveling expenses of members of the division,

a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars .

325 For services other than personal, and for office sup-

plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding one
hundred twenty-eight thousand dollars

Total

Income Tax
Division.

$331,000 00
9,000 00

128,000 00
$468,000 00

106

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Division
of Accounts.

Item

326

327
328

329

Division of Accounts:

For personal services, a sum not exceeding forty-eight

thousand five hundred dollars .... $48,500 00

For other expenses, a sum not exceeding twelve thou-
sand five hundred dollars ..... 12,500 00

For services and expenses of 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 exceeding seventy-three
thousand dollars 73,000 00

For the expense of certain books, forms and other
material, w^hich may be sold to cities and towns
requiring the same for maintaining their system
of accounts, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars 10,000 00

Total .

. $144,000 00

Reimburee-
ment of cities
and towns for
loss of cer-
tain taxes.

Reimbursement for loss of taxes :
330 For reimbursing cities and towns for loss of taxes on
land used for state institutions and certain other
state activities, as certified by the commissioner
of corporations and taxation, for the fiscal year
ending November thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, a sum not exceeding eighty-four
thousand dollars ......

$84,000 00

Service of the Department of Education.

Department 331 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not exceed-

of Education. i^g nine thousand dollars $9,000 00

332 For personal services of officers, agents, clerks,

stenographers and other assistants, but not in-
cluding those employed in university extension
work, a sum not exceeding eighty-three thousand
dollars . . . . . . • .

333 For traveling expenses of members of the advisory

board and of agents and employees when required
to travel in discharge of their duties, a sum not
exceeding ninety-five hundred dollars

334 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 dollars .....

335 For expenses incidental to furnishing school com-

mittees with rules for testing the sight and hearing
of pupils, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dol-
lars ........

336 For printing school registers and other school blanks

for cities and towns, a sum not exceeding thirty-
five hundred dollars . . . ' .

337 For assisting small towns in providing themselves

with school superintendents, as provided by law,
a sum not exceeding one hundred seven thousand
dollars ........

338 For the reimbursement of certain towns for the pay-

ment of tuition of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as pro-
vided by law, a sum not exceeding one hundred
sixty-six thousand dollars ..... 166,000 00

339 For the reimbursement of certain towns for the trans-

portation of pupils attending high schools outside
the towns in which they reside, as provided by
law, a sum not exceeding one hundred fifteen
thousand dollars 115,000 00

83,000 00

9,500 00

13,000 00

800 00

3,500 00

107,000 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

107

Item

340

341

342

343

344
345

346

For the reimbursement of certain cities and towns
for a part of the expense of maintaining agricul-
tural and industrial vocational schools, as provided
by law, a sum not exceeding one million one hun-
dred twenty-seven thousand one hundred fourteen
dollars and sixty-seven cents . . . $1,127,114 67

For the promotion of vocational rehabilitation and
co-operation with the federal government, with
the approval of the department of education, a
sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . 15,000 00 '

For aid to certain persons receiving instruction in
the courses for vocational rehabilitation, as au-
thorized by chapter four hundred and thirty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars . 10,000 00

For the education of deaf and blind pupils of the
commonwealth, as provided by section twenty-
six of chapter sixty-nine of the General Laws, a
sum not exceeding three hundred twenty-four
thousand dollars . . . . . 324,000 00

For expenses of holding teachers' institutes, a sum

not exceeding two thousand dollars . . 2,000 00

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

For the training of teachers for vocational schools
to comply with the requirements of federal au-
thorities under the provisions of the Smith-
Hughes act, so called, a sum not exceeding thirty
thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars . 30,825 00

Department
of Education.

Total

$2,019,739 67

English Speaking Classes for Adults:

347 For personal services of administration, a sum not

exceeding twelve thousand dollars

348 For other expenses of administration, a sum not ex-

ceeding four thousand dollars ....

349 For reimbursement of certain cities and towns, a sum

not exceeding one hundred fifty-five thousand
dollars ........

Total

English Speak-
$12,000 00 iiif Classes for
' Adults.

4,000 00

155,000 00
$171,000 00

University Extension Courses:

350 For personal services, a sum not exceeding one hun-

dred forty-two thousand dollars

351 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding forty-seven

thousand dollars ......

Total

University
$142,000 00 Extension
Courses.

47,000 00

$189,000 00

Division of Immigration and Americanization:

352 For personal services, a sum not exceeding thirty-six

thousand dollars ......

353 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding seven thou-

sand dollars .......

Total

Division of
$36,000 00 Immigration

and American-

7,000 00 ""*'""
$43,000 00

Division of Public Libraries:
354 For personal services of regular agents and office as-
sistants, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dol-
lars ........

Division
of Public
$10,000 00 Libraries.

108

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Division^
of Public
Libraries.

Item

355

Division of the 355
Blind.

357

358
359

360

Teachers'

Retirement

Board.

361
362

363

364

Massachusetts

Nautical

School.

365

366

367

Massachusetts ggg

Agricultural

College.

For other services, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses, necessary office supplies
and expenses incidental to the aiding of pubhc
libraries, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand
eight hundred dollars $13,800 00

Total $23,800 00

Division of the Blind:

For general administration, furnishing information,
industrial and educational aid, and for carrying
out certain provisions of the laws establishing said
division, a sum not exceeding seventy-three thou-
sand dollars $73,000 00

For maintenance of industries for the blind, to be
expended under the authority of the director of
said division, a sum not exceeding sixty thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to the income
collected from sales of products . . . 60,000 00

For instruction of the adult blind in their homes, a

sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars . . 11,000 00

For expenses of providing sight-saving classes, with
the approval of the division of the bhnd, a sum not
exceeding thirteen thousand dollars . . . 13,000 00

For aiding the adult blind, subject to the conditions
provided by law, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred fifteen thousand dollars .... 115,000 00

Total $272,000 00

Teachers' Retirement Board:

For personal services of employees, a sura not ex-
ceeding nine thousand dollars .... $9,000 00

For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, travehng expenses and office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding six-
teen hundred and ninety-two dollars . . . 1,692 00

For payment of pensions to retired teachers, a sum
not exceeding three himdred fifteen thousand dol-
lars . . . ; . .• • • • 315,000 00

For reimbursement of certain cities and towns for
pensions to retired teachers, a sum not exceeding
seventy-nine thousand three hundred thirteen dol-
lars and eighteen cents ..... 79,313 18

Total

. $405,005 18

Massachusetts Nautical School:

For personal services of the secretary and office as-
sistants, a sum not exceeding four thousand dol-
lars $4,000 00

For services other than regular clerical services, in-
cluding printing the annual report, rent, office
supplies and equipment, a sima not exceeding
twenty-four hundred dollars . . . 2,400 GO

For the maintenance of the school and ship, a sum
not exceeding eighty-six thousand three hundred
doUars 86,300 00

Total $92,700 00

Massachusetts Agricultural College:
For maintenance and current expenses, a sum not
exceeding eight hundred seventy-five thousand
eight hundred and twenty-five dollars . . $875,825 GO

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

109

Item

369
370

371
372

For miscellaneous improvements, a sum not exceed-
ing fifty-six hundred and fifty dollars

For an addition to the rural engineering building
and equipment, a sum not exceeding fifteen thou-
sand dollars .......

For roads and walks, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars .......

For an emergency fund to meet the need& of harvest-
ing big crops or other unforeseen conditions, which
clearly indicate that additional revenue will be
produced to equal the expenditure, a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars, provided, how-
ever, that this appropriation be available only
after approval of particular projects covered by it
has been obtained from the governor and council .

Total

Massachusetts
$5,650 00 CoS*"^*^

15,000 00
1,000 00

5,000 00
$902,475 00

For the maintenance and improvement of the
state normal schools, and the boarding halls
attached thereto, with the approval of the
commissioner of education, as follows:

373 Bridgewater normal school, a sum not exceeding

one hundred twenty-five thousand seven hundred
and eighty dollars ......

374 Bridgewater normal school boarding hall, a sum not

exceeding ninety-four thousand dollars

375 Fitchburg normal school, a sum not exceeding one

hundred fifty-one thousand dollars

376 Fitchburg normal school boarding hall, a sum not

exceeding forty-six thousand nine hundred and
thirty-five dollars ......

377 Framingham normal school, a sum not exceeding

one hundred thirty-four thousand two hundred
and sixty-five dollars .....

378 Framingham normal school boarding hall, a sum

not exceeding one hundred twenty-two thousand
six hundred and seventy-five dollars .
378a For expenses of grading and improving certain land
at the Framingham normal school, a sum not ex-
ceeding three thousand dollars ....

379 Hyannis normal school, a sum not exceeding forty-

seven thousand five hundred and ninety-five dol-
lars ........

380 Hyannis normal school boarding hall, a sum not ex-

ceeding thirty-eight thousand seven hundred
seventy-seven dollars and sixty-three cents

381 Lowell normal school, a sum not exceeding sixty-one

thousand six hundred and forty-five dollars

382 North Adams normal school, a sum not exceeding

seventy-eight thousand six hundred and thirty
dollars ........

383 North Adams normal school boarding hall, a sum

not exceeding thirty-five thousand five hundred
and eighty-five dollars .....
383a For the purchase of a certain parcel of land for the
North Adams normal school, a sum not exceeding
eighteen hundred dollars .....

384 Salem normal school, a sum not exceeding ninety-one

thousand nine hundred and sixty-five dollars

385 Westfield normal school, a sum not exceeding sixty-

nine thousand eight hundred and fifteen dollars

386 Westfield normal school boarding hall, a sum not

exceeding twenty-eight thousand dollars

Maintenance
and improve-

$125,780 00 ^p:,'iZ\
94,000 00 ^ "■
151,000 00

46,935 00

134,265 00

122,675 00

3,000 00

47,595 00

38,777 63
61,645 00

78,630 00

35,585 00

1,800 00
91,965 00
69,815 00
28,000 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Maintenance
and improve-
ment of state
normal schools,
etc.

Item

387

388
389
390

Worcester normal school, a sum not exceeding
seventy-eight thousand nine hundred and eighty-
five dollars .......

Worcester normal school boarding hall, a sum not
exceeding ninety-one hundred dollars

Normal art school, a sum not exceeding one hundred
two thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars .

For architects' fees in the preparation of plans for
normal art school buildings, a sum not exceeding
ninety-five hundred dollars ....

Total

$78,985 00

9,100 00

102,720 00

9,500 00

$1,331,772 63

Bradford
Durfee textile
school of Fall
River.

Lowell textile
Bohool.

New Bedford
textile school.

Department
of Civil Serv-
ice and
Registration.

Division of 395

Civil Service.

Textile Schools:

391 For the maintenance of the Bradford Durfee textile

school of Fall River, a sum not exceeding sixty-
nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars,
of which sum ten thousand dollars is to be con-
tributed by the city of Fall River, and the city of
Fall River is hereby authorized to raise by tax-
ation the said sum of ten thousand dollars . . $69,750 00
391a For the purchase of a portrait of Leontine Lincoln,
for many years a member of the board of trustees
of the Bradford Durfee textile school, a sum not
exceeding three hundred dollars . . . 300 00

392 For the maintenance of the Lowell textile school, a

sum not exceeding one hundred seventy-one thou-
sand and seventy-five dollars, of which sum ten
thousand dollars is to be contributed by the city
of Lowell, and the city of Lowell is hereby author-
ized to raise by taxation the said sum of ten
thousand dollars 171,075 00

393 For the maintenance of the New Bedford textile

school, a sum not exceeding seventy-seven thou-
sand three hundred and twenty dollars, of which
sum ten thousand dollars is to be contributed by
the city of New Bedford, and the city of New
Bedford is hereby authorized to raise by taxation
the said svun of ten thousand dollars . . . 77,320 00

Total $318,445 00

Service of the Department of Civil Service and
Registration.

394 For personal services of telephone operator for the

department, a sum not exceeding eight hundred

and forty dollars $840 00

Division of Civil Service :

For the salaries of the commissioner and associate
commissioners, a siim not exceeding nine thousand
dollars 9,000 00

For other personal services of the division, a sum not
exceeding seventy-six thousand three hundred
dollars 76,300 00

397 For other services and for printing the annual report,

and for office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding twenty-four thousand nine hundred
dollars . . . . . . 24,900 00

398 For services and traveling expenses in conducting

investigations, as provided by sections thirty-
three and thirty-four of chapter thirty-one of the
General Laws, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars 1,000 00

396

Total

$111,200 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Ill

Item

399
400

401
402
403

404

405

406

407

408

409

410
411

412

Division of Registration:
For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding

fifteen hundred dollars .....
For expenses of the director, a sum not exceeding

two thousand and fifty dollars ....

Total

Board of Registration in Medicine :
For services of the members of the board, a sum not

exceeding forty-three hundred dollars
For services of office assistants, a sum not exceeding

twenty-one hundred dollars ....
For personal services of members of the board and

examiners for the registration of chiropodists, a

sum not exceeding six hundred dollars
For services other than personal, including printing

of the annual report, traveling expenses, rent of

office, office supplies and equipment, a sum not

exceeding three thousand dollars

Total

Board of Dental Examiners:

For services of the members of the board and clerical
assistance, a sum not exceeding thirty-five hun-
dred dollars .......

For other services, including printing the annual
report, and for rent, traveling expenses, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars ....

Total

Board of Registration in Pharmacy:

For personal services of members of the board, a
sum not exceeding thirty-eight hundred dollars

For services of the agent and office assistants, a sum
not exceeding forty-five hundred and sixty dollars

For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, traveling expenses, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding forty-seven hun-
dred and fifty dollars .....

Division of
$1,500 00 Registration.

2,050 00

$3,550 00

Board of Reg-

$4,300 00 aii!"
2,100 00

600 00

3,000 00

$10,000 00

Board of

Dental

Examiners.

$3,500 00

2,500 00
$6,000 00

Board of Reg-
$3,800 00 istrationin
Pharmacy.

4,560 00

4,750 00

413

414

Total $13,110 00

Board of Registration of Nurses:

For services of members of the board, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-one hundred dollars .

For services of clerical assistants in their ofiice, a sum
not exceeding sixteen hundred dollars

For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, office rent, travehng expenses and office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
fifteen hundred dollars 1,500 00

Total $5,200 00

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 traveling
expenses, supplies and office equipment, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars . . . 1,000 00

Board of Reg-
52,100 00 istrationof

Nurses.

1,600 00

Board of Regis-
tration in
Embalming.

Total

$2,400 00

112

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Item

Board of Registration in Optometry :
Board of Regis- 415 For personal services of members of the board, a
toation in gujjj ^ot exceeding nineteen hundred dollars

p ome ry. ^^^ j,^^ clerical services, a sum not exceeding fifty dol-
lars ........

417 For other services, printing the annual report, oflBce
supphes and equipment, and traveling expenses
of the members of the boai;d, a sum not exceeding
seven hundred and fifty doUars ....

Total

Board of Registration in Veterinary Medicine:
Board of Regis- 418 For services of the members of the board and secre-
Veterina^y ^^^y> ^ ^^"^ ^^^ exceeding six hundred dollars

Medicine. 419 For other services, printing the annual report,

traveling expenses, office supplies and equipment,
a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars .

Total

$1,900 00
50 00

750 00
$2,700 00

$600 00

300 00
$900 00

State Exam-
iners of
Electricians.

Registration
of Public
Accountants.

State Examiners of Electricians:

420 For personal services of the secretary and assistants,

a sum not exceeding forty-eight hundred and fifty-
five dollars $4,855 00

421 For other expenses, including printing the annual

report, traveling expenses, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding three thousand
doUars 3,000 00

Total $7,855 00

Registration of Public Accountants:

422 For services of the members of the board, a sum not

exceeding six hundred and seventy-five dollars . $675 00

423 For other services and necessary supplies and equip-

ment, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred and

fifty dollars 1,550 00

Total $2,225 00

Department
of Indiistrial
Accidents.

Service of the Department of Industrial Accidents.

424 For personal services of members of the board, a

sum not exceeding thirty-nine thousand dollars . $39,000 00

425 For personal services of secretaries, medical adviser,

inspectors, clerks and office assistants, a sum not

exceeding one hundred and five thousand dollars . 105,000 00

426 For expenses of impartial examinations, a sum not

exceeding eighteen thousand dollars . . . 18,000 00

427 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding sixty-

nine hundred dollars ..... 6,900 00

428 For other services, printing the annual report, neces-

sary office supplies and equipment, a simi not ex-
ceeding thirteen thousand spven hundred dollars . 13,700 00

Total $182,600 00

Department 429
of Labor and
Industries.

430

Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.

For salary of the commissioner, assistant and asso-
ciate commissioners, a sum not exceeding twenty
thousand five hundred dollars . . . . $20,500 00

For clerical and other assistance to the comnoissioner,
a sum not exceeding fortv-seven hundred and
forty dollars . . . ' . . . . 4,740 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

113

Item

431 For personal services for the inspectional service, a

sum not exceeding one hundred four thousand six
hundred and sixty dollars .....

432 For personal services for the statistical service, a sum

not exceeding thirty-four thousand six hundred
dollars ........

433 For clerical and other personal services for the

operation of free employment offices, a sum not
exceeding forty-eight thousand dollars

434 For clerical and other assistance for the board of

conciliation and arbitration, a sum not exceeding
sixteen thousand dollars .....

435 For personal services of investigators, clerks and

stenographers for the minimum wage service, a
sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars .

436 For compensation and expenses of wage boards, a

sum not exceeding twenty-three hundred dollars .

437 For personal services for the division of standards,

a sum not exceeding twenty-three thousand nine
hundred and ninety dollars ....

438 For personal services of inspectors in surveying

lumber, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dol-
lars ........

439 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, assist-

ant commissioner, associate commissioners and
inspectors of labor, and for services other than
personal, printing the annual report, rent of dis-
trict offices, and office supplies and equipment for
the inspectional service, a sum not exceeding
twenty-six thousand dollars ....

440 (This item consolidated with item No. 439.)

441 For services other than personal, printing reports

and publications, traveling expenses and office
supplies and equipment for the statistical service,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars .

442 For rent, necessary office supplies and equipment

for the free employment offices, a sum not exceed-
ing fifteen thousand dollars ....

443 For other services, printing, traveling expenses and

office supplies and equipment for the board of
conciliation and arbitration, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars .....

444 For services other than personal, printing, traveling

expenses and office supplies and equipment for
minimum wage service, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars ......

445 For other services, printing, travehng expenses and

office' supplies and equipment for the division of
standards, a sum not exceeding ninety-eight
hundred dollars ......

446 For travel and expenses of the inspectors in survey-

ing lumber, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars . . . . . . . .

Total

Commission on Foreign and Domestic Commerce:

447 (This item omitted.)
418 (This item omitted.)

Service of the Department of Mental Diseases.

449 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding nine thousand dollars . . . .

Department
of Labor and
$104,660 00 Industries.

34,600 00

48,000 00

16,000 00

11,000 00
2,300 00

23,990 00

15,000 00

26,000 00

10,000 00
15,000 00

5,000 00

3,000 00

9,800 GO

1,500 00
$351,090 00

Commission
on Foreign and
Domestic
Commerce.

Department
),000 00 of Mental
Diseases.

452

114 Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Item

Department 450 For personal services of officers and employees, a sum
Disea^ses ^°* exceeding eighty thousand five hundred dol-
lars $80,500 00 I

451 For transportation and medical examination of state 1

paupers under its charge for the present year and
previous years, a sum not exceeding ten thousand

dollars 10,000 00 J

For the support of insane paupers boarded in families ■

under its charge, or temporarily absent under ■

authority of the same, for the present year and
previous years, a sum not exceeding sixty-five
hundred dollars 6,500 00

453 For the support of state paupers in the Hospital
Cottages for Children, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars 15,000 00

454 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 seven thousand dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 7,000 00

455 For other services, including printing the annual
report, traveling and office supplies and equip-
ment, a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand dol-
lars 18,000 00

Total $146,000 00

Special:
Special. 455a For the purchase of milch cows to replace tubercular

Purchase of COWS, a sum not exceeding fifty-two thousand

replace°tuber- dollars maj^ be expended out of the balance re-

cuiar cows. maining from the appropriation provided under

item four hundred and fifty-four b of chapter
four hundred and ninety-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three.

Institutions For the maintenance of and for certain improve-

of'Dep'art-'^"' ments at the following institutions under the

ment of Men- control of the Department of Mental Diseases :

tal Diseases. 456 Boston state hospital, a sum not exceeding seven
Boston state hundred sixty-one thousand two hundred and

''°^P'*a'- ninety dollars $761,290 00

Boston 457 Boston psychopathic hospital, a sum not exceeding

hospital** '"^ ^'^'^o hundred fourteen thousand five hundred and

ten dollars . 214,510 00

Danyers state 458 Danvers state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
"^^^''^ hundred seventy-seven thousand one hundred dol-
lars 577,100 00

459 For the purchase of certain equipment for food
service at the Danvers state hospital, a sum not
exceeding seventy-three hundred dollars . . 7,300 00

Foxborough 460 Foxborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
state hospital. three hundred twenty-nine thousand four hun-

dred and eighty dollars . . . . . 329,480 00

461 For the construction of an administration, medical
and surgical building at the Foxborough state
hospital, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 5,000 00

Gardner state 462 Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding three
'"' °^' hundred forty-eight thousand eight hundred and

fifteen dollars 348,815 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

115

Item

463 For expenses to procure additional water supply for

the Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five thousand dollars ....
463a For the building of a garage and fire station at the
Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars ......

464 For expenses of an addition to Fairview cottage at

the Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding
nine thousand dollars .....

465 Grafton state hospital, a sum not exceeding five

hundred thirty-three thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five dollars ......

466 For expenses of an addition to the kitchen at the

Pines group of the Grafton state hospital, a sum
not exceeding fifteen thousand doUars

467 Massachusetts School for the Feeble-Minded, a sum

not exceeding five hundred sixty-six thousand
six hundred and ninety dollars ....

468 For the construction of additional quarters for em-

ployees at the Massachusetts School for the
Feeble-Minded, a sum not exceeding fifty-nine
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose .

469 For repairs on side track of the Boston & Maine

railroad for the Massachusetts School for the
Feeble-Minded, a sum not exceeding six hundred
twenty-six dollars and twenty-five cents

470 Medfield state hospital, a sum not exceeding five

hundred ninety-seven thousand six hundred and
forty dollars .......

471 For expenses of furnishings for two cottages for

officers' quarters at the Medfield state hospital, a
sum not exceeding forty-five himdred dollars

472 Monson state hospital, a sum not exceeding three

hundred ninety-six thousand three hundred and
eighty-five dollars ......

473 Northampton state hospital, a sum not exceeding

three hundred forty-foiu" thousand nine hundred
and twenty dollars ......

474 For the construction of two ward buildings for the

Northampton state hospital, a sum not exceeding
one hundred seventy thousand five hundred dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars appropriated in item
four hundred and seventy-nine of chapter one hun-
dred and twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three .....

475 For expense of sewer connections at the North-

ampton state hospital, a sum not exceeding six
hundred dollars ......

476 For expense of instalUng additional sprinklers at the

Northampton state hospital, a sum not exceeding
ninety-one hundred and seventy-five dollars

477 For expense of standpipes for fire protection at the

Northampton state hospital, a sum not exceeding
twenty-seven hundred and fifty-seven dollars

478 Taunton state hospital, a sum not exceeding five

hundred twenty-five thousand four hundred and
ninety-five dollars ......

479 Westborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding five

hundred twenty-nine thousand two hundred and
ten dollars .......

480 For expenses of renovating certain wards at the

Westborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
seven thousand dollars .....

Gardner state
colony.

$35,000 00
6,000 00
9,000 00

Grafton state
hospital.

533,885 00
15,000 00

Massachusetts
School for the

566,690 00 Hed.
5,900 00

626 25

597,640 00

4,500 00

396,385 00

344,920 00

Medfield
state hospital.

Monson state
hospital.

Northampton
state hospital.

170,500 00

600 00

9,175 00

2,757 00

525,495 00

529,210 00

7,000 00

Taunton state
hospital.

Westborough
state hospital.

116

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Westborough
state hospital.

Worcester
state hospital.

Wrentham
state school.

Belchertown
state school.

Item

481

482
483

483a

484

484a

485
486

487

488

489
490
491

Department
of Correction.

For expenses of constructing a new porch on the
west wing of the Westborough state hospital, a
sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars .

Worcester state hospital, seven hundred forty-six
thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars .

Wrentham state school, a sum not exceeding four
hundred fifty-five thousand one hundred and ten
dollars ........

For the construction of a cottage and furnishings for
employees at the Wrentham state school, a sum
not exceeding thirty thousand dollars

For certain equipment for the athletic field at the
Wrentham state school, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars ....

For expenses of sprinklers in industrial buildings at
the Wrentham state school, a sum not exceeding
nineteen hundred and thirty dollars .

Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding two
hundred eighty thousand seven hundred dollars

For extensions to the water system at the Belcher-
town state school, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose .

For furnishings and equipment for the Belchertown
state school, a sum not exceeding seventy-eight
hundred and fifty-five dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

For expenses of drainage, grading, walks and roads
at the Belchertown state school, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

For the construction of a piggery at the Belchertown
state school, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars ......

For painting the interior of certain wards at the
Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding
three hundred dollars .....

For the installation of dampers in heating stacks
and certain other expenses of the power plant at
the Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

Total .

Service of the Department of Correction.

492 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-

ceeding six thousand dollars ....

493 For personal services of deputies, members of the

board of parole and advisory board of pardons,
agents, clerks and stenographers, a sum not exceed-
ing fifty-seven thousand five hundred dollars

494 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, necessary office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding seven thousand
dollars ........

495 For traveUng expenses of officers and employees of

the department when required to travel in the
discharge of their duties, a sum not exceeding
eighty-two hundred dollars

496 For the removal of prisoners, to and from state insti-

tutions, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars

$7,000 00
746,785 00

455,110 00

30,000 00

2,500 00

1,930 00
280,700 00

5,000 00

7,855 GO

15,000 00

2,500 00

300 00

3,800 00
$7,562,258 25

$6,000 00

57,500 00

7,000 00

8,200 00
8,000 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

117

Item

497

498

499

For assistance to prisoners discharged from the
state prison, Massachusetts reformatory, prison
camp and hospital and state farm, and to dis-
charged female prisoners, a sum not exceeding
eleven thousand dollars .....

For services of guards and for the purchase of equip-
ment needed for the employment of prisoners, as
defined in section eighty-two of chapter one hun-
dred and twenty-seven of the General Laws, a sum
not exceeding seven thousand dollars .

For the relief of the famihes of dependents of inmates
of state penal institutions, a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars ......

Total

Department
of Correction,

$11,000 00

7,000 00

500 00
$105,200 00

For the mainteiiance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the Department of Correction:

500 State farm, a sum not exceeding four hundred forty-

seven thousand five hundred and twenty-five dol-
lars ........

501 For the purchase of certain land with a dwelling

house thereon and remodeling the house as a two-
family house for the state farm, a sum not exceed-
ing four thousand dollars .....

502 State prison, a sum not exceeding two hundred ninety

thousand eight hundred dollars ....

503 Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceeding

three hundred thirty-three thousand five hundred
and seventy dollars ......

504 Prison camp and hospital, a sum not exceeding

seventy-five thousand and forty dollars

505 For certain motion picture equipment for the prison

camp and hospital, a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred eleven dollars and fiftj^ cents

506 Reformatory for women, a sum not exceeding one

hundred fifty-three thousand five hundred and
five dollars .......

507 For the town of Framingham, according to a contract

for sewage disposal at the reformatory for women,
the sum of six hundred dollars ....
507a For expenses of remodeling certain spaces in the
main building of the reformatory for women for
use as a gymnasium and for equipment therefor,
a svma not exceeding nineteen thousand dollars

Total «

Institutions
under control
of Department
of Correction.
State farm.

$447,525 00

4,000 00
290,800 00

State prison.

Massachusetts
reformatory.

333,570 00

Prison camp
75,040 00 and hospital.

511 50

153,505 00

600 00

19,000 00
[,324,551 50

Reformatory
for women.

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.

508 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not exceed-

ing six thousand dollars .....

509 For personal services of officers and employees and

supervision of homesteads and planning boards, a
sum not exceeding twenty-six thousand six hun-
dred dollars .......

510 For services other than personal, printing the annual

report, traveling expenses, including expenses of
auxihary visitors, office supplies and expenses,
and contingent expenses for the supervision of
homesteads and planning boards, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty-five hundred dollars

Department

3,000 00 a(P"'^ii'=

' vV elf are.

26,600 00

5,500 00

Total

$38,100 00

118

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Item

Division of 511

Aid and Relief.

512

513

Division of Aid and Relief:

For personal services of ofRcers and employees, a sum
not exceeding one hundred thousand eight hun-
dred dollars $100,800 00

For services other than personal, including travehng
expenses and office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding twenty-one thousand dollars . . 21,000 00

For the transportation of state paupers under the
charge of the department, for the present year
and previous years, a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand dollars 12,000 00

Reimburse-
ment of cities
and towns for
payment of
certain aid, etc.

The following items are for reimbursement of
cities and towns:

514 For the payment of suitable aid to mothers with de-

pendent children, for the present year and previous
years, a sum not exceeding nine hundred fifty
thousand dollars 950,000 00

515 For the burial of state paupers by cities and towns,

for the present year and previous years, a sum not

exceeding eight thousand dollars . . . 8,000 00

516 For expenses in connection with smallpox and other

diseases dangerous to the pubUc health, for the
present year and previous years, a sum not exceed-
ing one hundred forty-five thousand dollars . 145,000 00

517 For the support of sick paupers by cities and towns,

for the present year and previous years, the same
to include cases of wife settlement, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-five thousand dollars . . 75,000 00

518 For temporary aid given to state paupers and ship-

wrecked seamen by cities and towns, for the
present year and previous years, a sum not exceed-
ing four hundred fifty thousand dollars . . 450,000 00

Total

$1,761,800 00

Division
of Child
Guardianship.

Division of Child Guardianship:

519 For personal services of officers and employees, a

sum not exceeding one hundred forty-eight thou-
sand dollars $148,000 00

520 For services other than personal, office supplies and

equipment, a simi not exceeding four thousand

dollars . . . . . . . . 4,000 00

521 For tuition in the public schools, including trans-

portation to and from school, of children boarded
or bound out by the department, for the present
and previous years, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred tliirty thousand dollars .... 230,000 GO

522 For the care and maintenance of indigent and neg-

lected children and juvenile offenders, for the
present year and previous years, a sum not exceed-
ing seven hundred sixty thousand dollars . . 760,000 00

523 For the care, maintenance and transportation of un-

settled pauper infants, for the present year and
previous years, a sum not exceeding eighty-four
thousand five hundred dollars ....

Total

84,500 00
$1,226,500 00

Division of
Juvenile Train-
ing, Trustees
of Alassachu-
setts Training
Schools.

Division of Juvenile Training, Trustees of Mas-
sachusetts Training Schools:
524 For services of the executive secretary and stenog-
rapher, a sum not exceeding fifty-seven hundred
and fifty dollars ......

$5,750 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

119

Item

525

526

527

528

For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveUng and other expenses
of the members of the board and employees, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-six hundred dollars ....

Boys' Parole:

For personal services of agents in the division for
boys paroled and boarded in families, a sum not
exceeding thirty-one thousand seven hundred and
eighty dollars .......

For services other than personal, including traveling
expenses of the agents and boys, and necessary
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing nineteen thousand five hundred dollars .

For board, clothing, medical and other expenses
incidental to the care of boys, a sum not exceeding
twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars

Division of
Juvenile Train-
ing, Trustees
of Massachu-
setts Training

$2,600 00 Schools.

Boys' Parole.

31,780 00

19,500 00

23,500 00

Girls' Parole:

529 For personal services of agents in the division for

girls paroled from the industrial school for girls, a
sum not exceeding twenty-three thousand eight
hundred and fifty dollars ..... 23,850 00

530 For traveling expenses of said agents for girls paroled,

for board, medical and other care of girls, and for
services other than personal, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand
eight hundred dollars . . . . . 11,800 00

531 For reimbursement of cities and towns for tuition of

children attending the public schools, a sum not

exceeding seven thousand dollars . . . 7,000 00

Total $125,780 00

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the institutions under the control of
the trustees of the Massachusetts training
schools, with the approval of said trustees, as
follows :

532 Industrial school for boys, a sum not exceeding one

hundred thirty-nine thousand nine hundred dol-
lars ........

533 Industrial school for girls, a sum not exceeding one

hundred forty-one thousand one hundred dollars .

534 For reconstructing two additional sewer beds and

reconditioning old ones at the industrial school for
girls, a sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dol-
lars 6,500 00

535 Lyman school for bo3'^s, a sum not exceeding two

hundred twenty thousand and seventy-five dol-
lars 220,075 00

Total $507,575 00

Massachusetts Hospital School:

536 For the maintenance of the Massachusetts hospital

school, to be expended with the approval of the
trustees thereof, a sum not exceeding one hundred
seventy thousand six hundred and eighty-five
dollars . $170,685 00

537 For expenses of installing certain brass pipe for use

as a part of the hot water system at the Massa-
chusetts Hospital School, a sum not exceeding
twenty-three hundred dollars .... 2,300 00

Girls' Parole.

Institutions
under control
of trustees of
Massachusetts
training
schools.

Industrial
school for boys.

$139,900 00

1^1 inn nn Industrial
141,100 00 school for girls.

Lyman school
for boys.

Massachusetts

Hospital

School.

120

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Massachusetts

Hospital

School.

State
Infirmary.

Department
of Public
Health.

Division of Ad-
ministration.

Division
of Hygiene.

Maternal and
Child Hygiene.

Division of

Communicable

Diseases.

Item

538 For additional furnishings for nurses' home at the

Massachusetts Hospital School, a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars ..... $1,000 00

539 For improvements in filtration on the sewage bed

at the Massachusetts Hospital School, a sum not
exceeding six hundred dollars .... 600 00

539a For the purchase and installation of a new fire pump
at the Massachusetts Hospital School, a sum not
exceeding thirty-six hundred and fifty dollars . 3,650 00

Total $178,235 00

State Infirmary:

540 For the maintenance of the state infirmary, to be

expended with the approval of the trustees thereof,
a sum not exceeding eight hundred thirty-six thou-
sand eight hundred dollars .... $836,800 00

Service of the Department of Public Health.

Division of Administration:

541 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-

ceeding seventy-five hundred dollars . . . $7,500 00

542 For personal services of the health council and office

assistants, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand

five hundred dollars . . . . . . 13,500 00

543 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding seventy-
nine hundred dollars ..... 7,900 00

Division of Hygiene:

544 For personal services of the director and assistants,

a sum not exceeding twenty-four thousand four

hundred dollars 24,400 00

545 For services other than personal, traveUng expenses,

office supplies and equipm.ent, a sum not exceeding

sixteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars . 16,250 00

Maternal and Child Hygiene:

546 For personal services for extending the activities of

the division in the protection of mothers and
conservation of the welfare of children, a sum not
exceeding twentj^-nine thousand six hundred and
twenty-five dollars . . . • . .-. ■ 29,625 00

547 For other expenses for extending the activities of

the division in the protection of mothers and con-
servation of the welfare of children, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . . 15,000 00

Division of Communicable Diseases:

548 For personal services of the director, district health

officers and their assistants, epidemiologists,
bacteriologist and assistants in the diagnostic
laboratory, a sum not exceeding fifty-four thou-
sand two hundred dollars ..... 54,200 00

549 For services other than personal, traveUng expenses,

laboratory, office and other necessary supplies,
including the purchase of animals and equipment,
and rent of certain offices, a sum not exceeding
sixteen thousand one hundred dollars . . 16,100 00

The appropriations made in the following six items
are to be in addition to any federal funds now
in the treasury, or hereafter received, which
may be used for these purposes:

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

121

Item

Division of Venereal Diseases:

550 For personal services of the division, a sum not ex-

ceeding fourteen thousand three hundred dollars .

551 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,

office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars

Manufacture and Distribution of Arsphenamine :

552 For personal services necessary for the manufacture

of arsphenamine or other similar preparations, a
sum not exceeding ten thousand three hundred and
forty-five dollars ......

553 For the purchase of chemicals and other materials,

including equipment and supplies necessary for
the preparation and manufacture of arsphenamine,
or its equivalent, a sum not exceeding ninety-two
hundred and ninety-eight dollars

Wassermann Laboratory:

554 For personal services of the Wassermann laboratory,

a sum not exceeding eleven thousand eight hun-
dred dollars .......

555 For expenses of the Wassermann laboratory, a sum

not exceeding six thousand dollars

Antitoxin and Vaccine Lymph:

556 For personal services in the investigation and pro-

duction of antitoxin and vaccine lymph and other
specific material for protective inoculation, and
diagnosis of treatment, a sum not exceeding forty-
one thousand dollars .....

557 For other services, supplies, materials and equip-

ment necessary for the production of antitoxin and
other materials as enumerated above, a sum not
exceeding thirty-four thousand dollars

Inspection of Food and Drugs:

558 For personal services of the director, analysts, in-

spectors and other assistants, including seventy-
seven hundred dollars for testing certain com-
modities for the state purchasing agent, a sum not
exceeding forty-three thousand six hundred dol-
lars ........

559 For other services, including traveling expenses,

supplies, materials and equipment, including fif-
teen hundred and fifty dollars for testing certain
commodities for the state purchasing agent, a sum
not exceeding thirteen thousand seven hundred
dollars ........

Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage, Engineer-
ing Division:

560 For personal services of the director, engineers, clerks

and other assistants, a sum not exceeding forty-
four thousand three hundred and eighty-five dol-
lars ........

561 For other services, including traveling expenses,

supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand four hundred and fifty dol-
lars ........

Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage, Division
of Laboratories:

562 For personal services of laboratory director, chemists,

clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
thirty-one thousand dollars ....

Division
$14,300 00 of Venereal
Diseases.

21,600 00

10,345 00

9,298 00

11,800 00
6,000 00

41,000 00
34,000 00

Manufacture
and Distribu-
tion of
Arsphenamine.

Wassermann
Laboratory.

Antitoxin
and Vaccine
Lymph.

Inspection
of Food and
Drugs.

43,600 00

13,700 00

Water Supply
and Disposal
of Sewage,
Engineering
44,385 00 Division.

10,450 00

Water Supply
and Disposal
„ „„ of Sewage,
31,000 00 Division of
Laboratories.

122

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Water Supply
and Disposal
of Sewage,
Division of
Laboratories.

State

Examiners of
Plumbers.

Penikese
Island.

Division of
Tuberculosis.

Item
563

564

565

566

567

568

Lakeville state 569
sanatorium.

North Reading 570

state

sanatorium.

Rutland state
sanatorium.

571

572

Westfield state k'jq
sanatorium.

For other services, including traveling expenses,
supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-seven hundred dollars . . $7,700 00

State Examiners of Plumbers:
For personal and other services and necessary sup-
plies and equipment for the state examiners of
plumbers, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars 5,000 00

Penikese Island:
For services of a caretaker and other expenses inci-
dental to the care of property on Penikese island,
a sum not exceeding sixteen hundred dollars . 1,600 00

Total $490,253 00

Division of Tuberculosis:

For personal services of the director, stenographers,
clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
thirty-three thousand one hundred dollars . . $33,100 00

For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses and office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand five hundred dollars .... 10,500 00

To cover the payment of certain subsidies for the
maintenance of hospitals for tubercular patients,
a sum not exceeding one hundred seventy thou-
sand dollars 170,000 00

Total $213,600 00

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the sanatoria, as follows:

For the Lakeville state sanatorium, a sum not ex-
ceeding two hundred three thousand five hundred
and seventy dollars $203,570 00

For the North Reading state sanatorium, a sum not
exceeding one hundred fifty-four thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five dollars . . . 154,875 00

For the Rutland state sanatorium, a sum not exceed-
ing three hundred thousand five hundred and
ninety dollars 300,590 00

For the installation of certain sprinklers at the Rut-
land state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars 5,000 00

For the Westfield state sanatorium, a sum not exceed-
ing one hundred ninety-one thousand one hundred
dollars 191,100 00

Total

. $855,135 00

Department
of Public
Safety.

Service of the Department of Public Safety.

Administration :

574 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not exceed-

ing six thousand dollars ..... $6,000 00

575 For personal services of clerks and stenographers, a

sum not exceeding thirty-three thousand one hun-
dred and eighty dollars 33,180 00

576 For contingent services, including printing the annual

report, rent of district offices, supplies and equip-
ment, and all other things necessary for the investi-
gation of fires and moving picture licenses, as re-
quired by law, a sum not exceeding thirty-three
thousand five hundred dollars .... 33,500 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

123

Item

577

578
579

580

Division of State Police:

For the salaries of officers, a sum not exceeding
seventy-six thousand five hundred and forty-five
dollars . . $76,545 00

For traveling expenses of the division, a sum not

exceeding twenty-six thousand dollars . . 26,000 00

For maintenance and operation of the police steamer
"Lotis", a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand
one hundred and forty dollars .... 16,140 00

For personal services, rent, supplies and equipment
necessary in the enforcement of statutes relative
to explosives and inflammable fluids and com-
pounds, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars 5,000 00

Division of
State Police.

Division of Inspections:

581 For the salary of the chief of inspections, a sum not

exceeding thirty-eight hundred dollars

582 For the salaries of officers for the building inspection

service, a sum not exceeding fifty-two thousand
one hundred and ninety dollars ....

583 For traveling expenses of officers for the building in-

spection service, a sum not exceeding thirteen
thousand dollars ......

584 For the salaries of officers for the boiler inspection

service, a sum not exceeding sixty-five thousand
five hundred and twentj' dollars

585 For traveling expenses of officers for the boiler in-

spection service, a sum not exceeding sixteen thou-
sand dollars .......

586 For services, supplies and equipment necessary for

investigations and inspections by the division, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars

Division of
3,800 00 Iii^Pectiona.

52,190 00

13,000 00

65,520 00

16,000 00

1,000 00

Board of Elevator Regulations:

587 For compensation of the board of elevator regula- Board of

tions, a sum not exceeding four hundred and Elevator

twenty dollars 420 00 Regulations.

588 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding two

hundred and fifty dollars ..... 250 00

Board of Boiler Rules:

589 For personal services of members of the board, a sum

not exceeding one thousand dollars

590 For services other than personal and the necessary

traveling expenses of the board, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding five hundred dol-
lars ........

Total

Board of
1,000 00 Boiler Rules.

500 00

S350,045 00

Special :
591 For the purchase or building of a boat to replace the
steamer "Lotis", a sum not exceeding seventy-five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose .

Boat to replace

steamer

"Lotis".

$7,500 00

592

Fire Prevention District Service (the maintenance
of this service, as provided in the following ap-
propriations, is to be assessed upon certain cities
and towns making up the fire prevention dis-
trict, as provided by law) :
For the salary of the state fire marshal, a sum not

exceeding thirty-eight hundred dollars

Fire Preven-
tion District
Service.

State Fire
$3,800 00 Marshal.

124

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Fire Preven-
tion District
Service.

Item

593
594

For other personal services, a sum not exceeding

seventeen thousand and forty dollars . . . $17,040 00

For other services, office rent and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding four
thousand dollars 4,000 00

Total

$24,840 00

State Boxing
Commission.

595

596

State Boxing Commission:

For compensation and clerical assistance for the state
boxing commission, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand eight hundred and twenty dollars . . $10,820 00

For other expenses of the commission, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand one hundred and ten dollars . 10,110 00

Total

$20,930 00

State Police
Patrol.

State Police Patrol:

597 For personal services, a sum not exceeding one hun-

dred eightv-eight thousand seven hundred and

fifty dollars $188,750 00

598 For other services and expenses, a sum not exceeding

one hundred twenty-six thousand dollars . . 126,000 00

Total $314,7.50 00

Department
of Public
Works.

Service of the Department of Public Works.

599 For the salaries of the commissioner and the four as-

sociate commissioners, a sum not exceeding thirty-
one thousand five hundred dollars . . . $31,500 00

600 For personal services of clerks and assistants to the

commissioner, a sum not exceeding eighteen thou-
sand dollars 18,000 00

601 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sum

not exceeding two thousand dollars . . . 2,000 00

Total $51,500 00

Division

of Highways.

Division of Highways (the following appropria-
tions for the operation and maintenance of this
division, except as otherwise provided, are made
from the receipts from motor vehicle fees) :

602 For the personal services of the chief engineer, engi-

neers and office assistants, including certain clerks
and stenographers, a sum not exceeding fifty-five
thousand two hundred dollars . . ._ _ . $55,200 00

603 For traveling expenses of the associate commission-

ers, when traveling in the discharge of their official
duties, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred
dollars 2,500 00

604 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report and necessary office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand
dollars . 13,000 00

605 For the care, repair and storage, replacement and

purchase of road-building machinery and tools, a
sum not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars . 200,000 00
605a For the suppression of gj'psy and brown tail moths
on state highways, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars 15,000 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126. 125

Item

606 For the construction and repair of town and county Division

ways, including the sum of one hundred ten thou- °f Highways,

sand dollars to cover the cost of the work author-
ized by chapter five hundred and eighteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, a sum
not exceeding one million one hundred ten thou-
sand dollars . ... . $1,110,000 00

607 For aiding towns in the repair and improvement of

public ways, a sum not exceeding six hundred

fifty thousand dollars . . . . . 650,000 00

608 For the maintenance and repair of state highways,

including care of snow on highways, and payment
of damages caused by defects in state highways
with the approval of the attorney general, a siun
not exceeding three million eight hundred thou-
sand dollars 3,800,000 00

609 For the maintenance and operation of the Newbury-

port bridge and the Brightman street bridge in
Fall River and Somerset, in accordance with the
provisions of existing laws, a sum not exceeding
twenty thousand dollars . . . . . 20,000 00

610 For the purpose of enabling the department of public

works to secure federal aid for the construction of
highways, a sum not exceeding one million seven
hundred ninety thousand dollars in addition to
any other funds which the department has avail-
able for the purpose .... 1,790,000 00

611 (This item consoHdated with item No. 608.)

612 For administering the law relative to advertising

signs near highways, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand doflars, to be paid from the general
fund 15,000 GO

Total $7,670,700 00

Registration of Motor Vehicles:

613 For personal services, a sum not exceeding four hun- Registration

dred forty-eight thousand dollars, from the re- of Motor

ceipts from motor vehicle fees .... $448,000 00 Vehicles.

614 For services other than personal, including traveling

expenses, purchase of necessary supplies, equip-
ment and materials, including cartage and storage
of the same, and for work incidental to the regis-
tration, and licensing of owners, of motor vehicles,
a sum not exceeding three hundred sixty thousand
dollars, from the receipts from motor vehicle fees . 360,000 00

Total $808,000 00

Division of Waterways and Pubhc Lands:

615 For personal services of the chief engineer and as- Division of

sistants, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dol- Waterways and

lars $50,000 .00 F^'^^c Lands.

616 For necessary traveling expenses of the associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand

dollars 1,000 00

617 For services other than personal, including printing

and binding the annual report, and for necessary
office and engineering supplies and equipment, a
sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars . 6,500 00

618 For the care and maintenance of the province lands,

a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . . 5.000 00

126 Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

Item

Division of 619 For the maintenance of structures, and for repairing

Waterways and damages along the coast line or river banks of the

Public Lands. commonwealth, and for the removal of wrecks and

other obstructions from tidewaters and great

ponds, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand

dollars $25,000 00

620 For the improvement, development and protection

of rivers and harbors, tidewaters and foreshores
within the commonwealth, as authorized by sec-
tion eleven of chapter ninety one of the General
Laws, and of great ponds, a sum not exceeding
fifty thousand dollars, and any unexpended bal-
ance of the appropriation remaining at the end of
the current fiscal year may be expended in the
succeeding year for the same purposes, provided,
however, that all expenditures made for the pro-
tection of shores shall be upon condition that at
least fifty per cent of the cost is covered by con-
tributions from municipalities or other organiza-
tions and individuals, and that in the case of
dredging channels for harbor improvements at
least twenty-five per cent of the cost shall be
covered by contributions from municipalities or
other organizations and individuals . . . 50,000 00

621 For re-establishing and permanently marking certain

triangulation points and sections, as required by
order of the land court in accordance with section
thirty-three of chapter ninety-one of the General
Laws, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars 1,000 00

622 For the supervision and operation of commonwealth

pier five, including the salaries or other compensa-
tion of employees, and for the repair and replace-
ment of equipment and other property, a sum not
exceeding one hundred twenty-five thousand dol-
lars, to be paid from the port of Boston receipts . 125,000 00

623 For the maintenance of pier one, at East Boston, a

sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, to be

paid from the port of IBoston receipts . . 8,000 00

624 For the maintenance and improvement of common-

wealth property under the control of the division,
a sum not exceeding one hundred fourteen thou-
sand five hundred dollars, to be paid from the port
of Boston receipts 114,500 00

625 For the operation and maintenance of the New Bed-

ford state pier, a sum not exceeding fifteen thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . 15,000 00

626 For the compensation of dumping inspectors, a sum

not exceeding two thousand dollars, to be paid

from the Waterways Fund .... 2,000 00

627 For expenses authorized by chapter four hundred

and fifty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, relative to access to great
ponds, a sum not exceeding five hundred dol-
lars 500 00

628 For continuing the work in gauging the flow of water

in the streams of the commonwealth, a sum not

exceeding three thousand dollars . . . 3,000 00

629 For supervision and operation of the commonwealth

stores, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hunclred

dollars to be paid from the port of Boston receipts . 2,500 00

Total $409,000 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

127

Item

630

631

632

Specials:

For the construction of streets, railroads and piers
for the development of land at South Boston and
East Boston, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
thousand dollars, to be paid from the port of
Boston receipts, the same to be in addition to any
unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore
made for this purpose .....

For expenses of dredging channels and filling marsh
lands, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand
dollars, to be paid from the port of Boston receipts,
and to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....

For dredging minor channels in Boston harbor, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, to be
paid from the port of Boston receipts, and to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

Total

Specials.

$25,000 00

25,000 00

25,000 00
$75,000 00

Service of the Department of Public Utilities.

633 For personal services of the commissioners, a sum

not exceeding thirty-six thousand dollars, of which
simi one half shall be assessed upon the gas and
electric light companies in accordance w'ith the
provisions of law . . . . . . $36,000 00

634 For personal services of secretaries, employees of the

accounting department, engineering department
and rate and tariff department, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty-nine thousand four hundred and five
dollars, of which sum eighty-two hundred ninety-
two dollars and fifty cents shall be assessed upon
the gas and electric light companies in accordance
with the provisions of law .... 29,405 00

635 For the inspection department, personal services,

a sum not exceeding thirty-four thousand and

twenty dollars 34,020 00

636 For personal services of clerks, messengers and office

assistants, a sum not exceeding ten thousand six
hundred and twenty-five dollars, of which sum one
half shall be assessed upon the gas and electric
light companies in accordance with the provisions
of law 10,625 00

637 For personal services of the telephone and telegraph

division, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand

five hundred and eighty dollars .... 12,580 00

638 For personal services and expenses of legal assistants

and experts, a sum not exceeding two thousand

dollars 2,000 00

639 For stenographic reports of hearings, a sum not ex-

ceeding two thousand dollars .... 2,000 00

640 For traveling expenses of the commissioners and em-

plovees, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars 5,000 00

641 For services other than personal, printing the annual

report, office supplies and equipment, a sum not

exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars . . . 6,500 00

642 For stenographic reports of evidence at inquests held

in cases of death by accident on or about railroads,

a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars . 2,500 00

Total $140,630 00

Department of
Public Utilities.

128

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

Items to be
assessed upon
gas and elec-
tric light
companies.

Item

643

644

645

646

647

The following items are to be assessed upon the
gas and electric light companies:

For personal services of the inspector of gas and gas
meters, assistant inspectors and deputy inspectors
of meters, a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand
two hundred and fifty dollars ....

For expenses of inspectors and deputies, including
office rent, traveling and other necessary expenses
of inspection, a sum not exceeding seventy-five
hundred dollars ......

For services and expenses of expert assistants, as au-
thorized by law, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars ........

For other services, printing the annual report, for
rent of offices and for necessary office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-five hun-
dred dollars .......

For the examination and tests of electric meters, a
sum not exceeding six hundred dollars

Total

$19,250 00

7,500 00

4,000 00

6,500 00

600 00

$37,850 00

Smoke
Abatement.

Smoke Abatement:
648 For services and expenses in connection with the
abatement of smoke in Boston and vicinity, under
the direction and with the approval of the depart-
ment of public utilities, a sum not exceeding
seventy-five hundred dollars, the same to be as-
sessed upon the cities and town of the district set
forth in section one of chapter six hundred and
fifty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten

$7,500 00

Sale of
Securitiea.

Sale of Securities:

649 For personal services in administering the law rela-

tive to the sale of securities, a sum not exceeding

sixteen thousand one hundred and fifty dollars . 16,150 00

650 For expenses other than personal in administering

the law relative to the sale of securities, a sum not

exceeding six thousand dollars .... 6,000 00

Total $22,150 00

Bunker Hill
monument,
etc., main-
tenance.

Boulevards
and parkways.

Miscellaneous.

651 For the maintenance of Bunker Hill monument and

the property adjacent, to be expended by the
metropolitan district commission, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand dollars .... $10,000 00
651a For the purpose of providing for a suitable observ-
ance of the one hundredth anniversary of the lay-
ing of the corner stone of Bunker Hill monument
and the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of
the battle of Bunker Hill, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars . . . . . • 5,000 00

652 For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, with

the approval of the metropolitan district commis-
sion, a sum not exceeding two hundred twenty
thousand five hundred dollars, representing the
state's portion or one half of the estimated cost
ojf maintenance, to be paid from the receipts from
motor vehicle fees ...... 220,500 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

129

Item

653

654

655

656

657
658

659

660

661

662

663

664

For maintenance of Wellington bridge, with the ap-
proval of the metropolitan district commission, a
sum not exceeding thirty-eight hundred and
seventy-five dollars ......

Wellington
bridge.

Total

$3,875 00
$239,375' 00

Metropolitan District Commission.

For maintenance of the Charles river basin, a sum
not exceeding one hundred eighty-seven thousand
five hundred dollars ......

For maintenance of park reservations, a sum not ex-
ceeding seven hundred fifty-five thousand three
hundred and ninety-four dollars

For the expense of holding band concerts, a sum not
exceeding twenty thousand dollars

(This item omitted.)

For services and expenses of the division of metro-
poUtan planning, as authorized by chapter three
hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand dollars ....

For maintenance of the Nantasket beach reservation,
a sum not exceeding seventy-eight thousand dol-
lars ........

For maintenance of the Wellington bridge, a sum
not exceeding eleven thousand six hundred and
twenty-five dollars, the same to be in addition to
the amount appropriated from the general fund .

For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, a sum
not exceeding two hundred seventeen thousand
five hundred dollars, the same to be in addition
to the amount appropriated by item 652

For the construction of sidewalks in the Blue Hills
Parkway, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars,
of which sum three thousand dollars is to be paid
from Metropolitan Parks Maintenance Fund, Bou-
levards, and three thousand dollars from item six
hundred and fifty-two .....

For the maintenance and operation of a system of
sewage disposal for the north metropolitan sewer-
age district, a sum not exceeding three hundred
thirty-five thousand two hundred dollars

(This item omitted.)

Loan fund, sewer in Woburn and Winchester:
For the purpose of completing the additional main
sewer in Woburn and Winchester authorized by
chapter five hundred and twenty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and for the
payment of land damages for takings for the ex-
tension of-the Reading sewer authorized by chapter
one hundred and sixty-one of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and nineteen, the metropoli-
tan district commission may expend the balance
of the proceeds of the bonds issued under chapter
two hundred and fifteen of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and fifteen for lowering the
Maiden river siphon.

$187,500 00

755,394 00
20,000 00

25,000 00
78,000 00

11,625 00

217,500 00

3,000 00
335,200 00

Metropolitan

District

Commission.

Loan fund,
sewer in
Woburn and
Winchester.

130

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 126.

South metro-
politan sewer-
age district,
sewage
disposal.

Metropolitan
water system.

Item
665

666

For the maintenance and operation of a system of
sewage disposal for the south metropohtan sewer-
age district, a sum not exceeding two hundred
twenty-four thousand four hundred and twenty
dollars ........

For the maintenance and operation of the metro-
politan water system, a sum not exceeding seven
hundred seventy-six thousand three hundred and
twenty dollars ......

$224,420 00

Total

776,320 00
$2,633,959 00

Deficiencies.

For deficiencies in certain appropriations of
previous years, in certain items, as follows:

General Laws.

For printing the General Laws, a sum not exceeding
six thousand dollars ......

$6,000 00

Committee
on State Ad-
ministration.

Committee on State Administration.

For expenses of the committee on state administra-
tion during the recess while investigating certain
matters relative to tuberculosis, the sum of
seventj'-six dollars and ninety-one cents

76 91

Judicial De-
partment.
Superior Coiu-t.

Judicial Department.
Superior Court:
For travehng allowances and expenses, the sum of
nine hundred eighty-five dollars and forty-four
cents ........

985 44

Services of
certain Special
Justices of
District
Courts.

Services of Special Justices of District Courts:
For reimbursing certain counties for compensation
of certain special justices for services in holding
sessions of district courts in place of the justice,
while sitting in the superior court, as authorized by
section four of chapter four hundred and sixty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, the sum of seven hundred nineteen dollars
and three cents ......

719 03

Probate and

Insolvency

Courts.

Probate and Insolvency Courts:
For the compensation of judges of probate when
acting outside of their own county for other judges
of probate, the sum of six hundred and fifty-five
dollars ........

655 00

Commission
on Probation.

Commission on Probation:
For personal services of the deputy commissioner,
clerks and stenographers, the sum of forty-seven
dollars and forty-nine cents ....

47 49

Art Commis-
sion.

Art Commission.

For expenses of the commission, the sum of one hun-
dred seventy-three dollars and twenty-three cents

173 23

Secretary
of the Com-
monwealth.

Secretary of the Commonwealth.

For the purchase of copies of certain town records
prior to eighteen hundred and fifty, the sum of
five himdred sixty dollars .....

560 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 126.

131

Item

Payments to Families of Deceased Firemen.

For payment 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, the sum
of forty-five hundred dollars ....

Payments

to Families of

Deceased

Firemen.

1,500 00

Department of Conservation.

Division of Forestry:
For the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail
moths, and for expenses incidental thereto, the
sum of five hundred six dollars and forty-four
cents ........

Department
of Conserva-
tion.
Division
506 44 of Forestry.

Department of Public Utilities.

The following item to be assessed upon the gas
and electric light companies:
For other services, printing the annual report, for
rent of offices and for necessary office supplies and
equipment, the sum of thirty-three hundred
thirty-four dollars and fifty-six cents .

Department
of Public
Utilities.

3,334 56

Damages by Wild Deer and Wild Moose.

For the payment of damages caused by wild deer
and wild moose, for the present year and previous
years, as provided by law, the sum of eight hun-
dred eleven dollars and sixty-five cents

Damages by
Wild Deer and
Wild Moose.

811 65

Bounty on Seals.

For bounties on seals, the sum of eighty-two dollars
and fifty cents ......

Bounty
82 50 on Seals.

Department of Education.

High School Tuition:
For the reimbursement of certain towns for the pay-
ment of tuition of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as provided
by law, the sum of ninety-eight hundred fifty-three
dollars and sixty-seven cents .... 9,853 67

Transportation of High School Pupils:
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, the sum of eight thousand seventy-
six dollars and five cents ...... 8,076 05

English Speaking Classes for Adults:
For reimbursement of certain cities and towns, the
sum of seventeen hundred forty-eight dollars and
sixty-eight cents ...... 1,748 68

Department
of Education.
High School
Tuition.

Transporta-
tion of High
School Pupils.

English Speak-
ing Classes
for Adults.

Department of Civil Service and Registration.

Board of Dental Examiners:
For other services, including printing the annual re-
port, and for rent, traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, the sum of one hundred fifty
dollars ........

Department
of Civil Serv-
ice and Regia-

1 en r\n t^ation.

150 00 Board of
Dental
Examiners.

132

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 127.

Board of
Registration
in Pharmacy.

Item

Board of Registration in Pharmacy:
For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, travehng expenses, office suppHes and
equipment, the sum of ninety-four dollars and
fifteen cents .......

$94 15

Department
of PubUc Wel-
fare.

Division of
Child Guard-
ianship.

Department of Public Welfare.

Division of Child Guardianship:
For services other than personal, office supplies and
equipment, the sum of thirty-seven dollars and
seventy-seven cents ......

37 77

Total .

General Fund
Metropolitan District

Grand Total

5,412 57

$42,312,881 36
2;633,959 00

$44,946,840 36

No payment
to be made
which exceeds
allotment of
expenditure
made for cer-
tain purposes.

"Written ap-
proval of gov-
ernor and
council re-
quired for
certain
expenditures.
Budget com-
missioner to
send copies of
two foregoing
sections to
heads of de-
partments, etc,

Section 3. No payment shall be made or obligation incurred
under the authority of an appropriation made for construction
of public buildings under this act in cases where the bid for con-
tracts, proposed for acceptance, exceeds the allotment of ex-
penditure upon which the appropriation is based.

Section 4. No expenditures in excess of appropriations pro-
vided for under this act shall be incurred by any department or
institution, except in cases of emergency, and then only upon
the prior written approval of the governor and council.

Section 5. The budget commissioner is hereby directed to
send a copy of the two foregoing sections to each departmental,
di\isional and institutional head immediately following the
passage of this act.

Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 21, 1924.

ChaV.127 ^^ ^^'^ RELATIVE TO THE SALARY OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY

OF LYNN.

1917, 340
(S). §17,
amended.

City of Lynn,
salary of
mayor.

Salary of
members of
council.

Salary of
mayor may be
increased or
diminished to
take effect in
1925.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section seventeen of chapter three hundred and
forty of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen is
hereby amended by striking out, in the third line, the words
" thirty-five hundred " and inserting in place thereof the words : —
five thousand, — so as to read as follows : — Section 1 7. The
mayor shall receive in full compensation for all services to the
city such salary, not exceeding five thousand dollars a year, as
the city council by ordinance shall determine, which shall not
be increased or diminished during the term for which he is
elected. The council may, by yea and nay vote, establish a
salary for its members, not exceeding five hundred dollars a year,
which shall not be increased or diminished to take effect during
the current municipal year.

Section 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of said section
seventeen as amended by section one of this act, the salary of
the mayor of the city of Lynn may be increased or diminished

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 128, 129, 130. 133

in the manner therein provided within the hmit of amount
therein contained to take effect in the year nineteen hundred .
and twenty-five. Approved March 21, 1924-

An Act providing for uniting interests in connection Chap. 12S

WITH the taxation OF LEGACIES AND SUCCESSIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one of chapter sixty-five of the General Laws, as G. l. 65, § i,
amended by chapter three hundred and forty-seven and by sec- ^ °' ^'^^'^
tion one of chapter four hundred and three both of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended
by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: —
All property and interests therein which shall pass from a de- Uniting of
cedent to the same beneficiary by any one or more of the methods cqnnectio'n
hereinbefore specified and all beneficial interests which shall ^*ie l^cies'and
accrue in the manner hereinbefore provided to such beneficiary successions.
on account of the death of such decedent shall be united and
treated as a single interest for the purpose of determining the
tax hereunder. Approved March 2 J,, 1924.

An Act relative to the liability of innholders for loss Chap. 129

OF property.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section ten of chapter one hundred and forty of the General 9\q'1^' a j
Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth line,
the words "one thousand" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — five hundred, — so as to read as follows: — Section Liability of
10. An innholder shall not be liable for losses sustained by a ioMofprop-°'
guest except of wearing apparel, articles worn or carried on the ®''*y-
person, personal baggage and money necessary for traveling ex-
penses and personal use, nor shall such guest recover of an inn-
holder more than five hundred dollars as damages for any such
loss; but an innholder shall be liable in damages to an amount
not exceeding three thousand dollars for the loss of money,
jewels and ornaments of a guest specially deposited for safe
keeping, or offered to be so deposited, with such innholder, person
in charge at the office of the inn, or other agent of such innholder
authorized to receive such deposit. This section shall not affect Special con-
the innholder's liability under any special contract for other
property deposited with him for safe keeping after being fully
informed of its nature and value, nor increase his liability in
case of loss by fire or overwhelming force beyond that specified
in the following section. Approved March 24, 1924.

An Act prohibiting the having in possession of a ferret Chav 130
without a permit from the director of fisheries and

GAME.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws, as G. L. i3i,
amended in section forty-eight by section two of chapter ninety- Imfiled.'

134

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 131,

Hares and
rabbits not to
be trapped,
etc.

Permits to
have ferrets in
possession, etc.

Penalty.

nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section forty-eight and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 48. No person
shall remove or attempt to remove a hare or a rabbit from any
hole in the ground, stone wall, from under any ledge, stone, log
or tree, and, except as provided in the following section, no
person shall take or kill a hare or a rabbit by a trap or net, or
for that purpose construct or set a trap or net or use a ferret;
and no person shall have in possession a ferret without a permit.
The director may upon application issue to a person a permit
authorizing him to have ferrets in his possession, and may revoke
said permit at any time if he has reason to believe that said
ferrets are kept or used by him for hunting hares or rabbits.
The possession of a ferret in a place where hares or rabbits might
be taken or killed shall be prima facie evidence that the person
having the ferret in possession has used it for taking and killing
hares or rabbits contrary to law. Ferrets used or had in posses-
sion in violation hereof shall be confiscated. Whoever, except
as provided in section fifty, violates this section shall be punished
by a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars.

Approved March 24, 1924.

C/ia». 131 -^N ^^'^ REQUIRING CERTAIN CLERKS OF COURTS TO MAKE
ANNUAL RETURNS OF CASES TO THE STATE SECRETARY.

G. L. 221, § 24,
amended.

Certain clerks
of courts to
make annual
returns of
cases to state
secretary.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and twenty-one of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section twenty-four and insert-
ing in place thereof the following: — Section 24- The clerks of
the courts for the several counties and the clerks of the superior
court for civil and for criminal business in Suffolk county shall
annually in July make returns for the last preceding year ending
June thirtieth to the state secretary upon suitable blank forms
provided by him, setting forth, as to civil cases, the number of
jury cases, of jury waived cases, of equity cases and of divorce
cases, pending at the beginning of each year in the superior
court for their respective counties, the number of each of said
four classes of cases entered during the year, the number of cases
of each class actually tried during the year, the number of cases
of each class disposed of during the year by agreement of the
parties or by order of the court, the number of cases of each
class remaining untried, at the end of the year, the number of
cases wherein the verdict of the jury has been set aside by the
court on the ground that it was excessive and the number of
days during which the court has sat in their respective counties
for the hearing of each of said four classes of cases; and, as to
criminal cases, the number of such cases pending at the beginning
of each year in the superior court for their respective counties,
the number of indictments returned during the year, the number
of appealed criminal cases entered during the year, the number
of such cases actually tried during the year, the number of cases
disposed of without trial during the year, the number of such
cases remaining untried at the end of the year, the number of

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 132, 133. 135

Such cases wherein a new trial has been ordered and the number
of days during which the court has sat in their respective counties
for the hearing of such cases. Approved March £4, 1924-

An Act authorizing the Portsmouth poaver company, C}iap.\'^2

OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, TO FURNISH ELECTRICITY AT THE STATE
LINE TO STREET RAILWAY OR ELECTRIC COMPANIES IN THIS
COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter five hundred and two of the acts of nine- 1902 502, § 1,
teen hundred and two is hereby amended by striking out section '^"*^°
one and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 1 . p"^^™^^!^.
The Portsmouth Power Company, formerly the Rockingham pany, of New
County Light and Power Company, incorporated under the ^a^Fum^sh
laws of New Hampshire, is hereby authorized to furnish at any ^l^^^^'^ljjfj"
point or points at the state line between the state of New Hamp- or electric
shire and the commonwealth of Massachusetts, electricity to M^ggacWtts.
any street railway or electric company which may be operating
in this commonwealth; but said company shall not be authorized
to furnish electricity to any person, firm or corporation other
than such a street railway or electric company.

Section 2. Neither the enactment of this act nor the pro- Rights, etc.,
visions thereof shall be held to affect or impair the rights or compares
powers of any electric company in this commonwealth. not affected.

Approved March 24, 1924.

An Act relative to appeals under ordinances or by- (7/ici7}.133

LAWS LIMITING BUILDINGS TO SPECIFIED ZONES OR DIS-
TRICTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter forty of the General Laws is hereby amended by in- o. l. 40, new
serting after section twenty-seven the following new section : — §^27.°'^ ^^*^'
Section 27 A. A board of appeals designated or appointed under Board of
the preceding section may vary the application of any by-law ^ay vary**''
or ordinance adopted under section twenty-five in specific cases application of
wherein its enforcement would involve practical difficulty or un- limiting' buiid-
necessary hardship and wherein desirable relief may be granted g^f z*one^®or"
without substantially derogating from the intent and purpose districts.
of such by-law or ordinance, but not otherwise. No such variance
shall be authorized except by the unanimous decision of the
entire membership of the board, rendered upon a written petition
addressed to the board and after a public hearing thereon, of
which notice shall be mailed to the petitioner and to the owners
of all property deemed by the board to be affected thereby as
they appear on the most recent local tax list and also advertised
in a newspaper published in the city or town. The board shall pro°°eedings,
cause to be made a detailed record of all its proceedings relative etc.
to such petition, which record shall set forth the reasons for its
decision, the vete of each member participating therein, and the
absence of a member or his failure to vote. Such record, im-
mediately following the board's final decision, shall be filed in

136

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 134, 135, 136.

Aggrieved
persons may
petition
supreme
judicial court,
etc.

No costs
unless, etc.

the office of the city or town clerk and shall be open to public
inspection, and notice of such decision shall be mailed forthwith
to each party in interest as aforesaid. Any person aggrieved by
a decision of the board of appeals, whether previously a party
to the proceeding or not, or any municipal officer or board, may,
within fifteen days after the entry of such decision, bring a
petition in the supreme judicial court for a writ of certiorari to
correct errors of law therein, and the provisions of section four
of chapter two hundred and forty-nine shall, except as herein
provided, apply to said petition. No costs shall be allowed
against the board unless the court finds that it acted with gross
negligence or in bad faith. Approved March 24, 1924.

G. L. 221, § 40,
amended.

Removal of
attorneys at
law.

C/iax).134 An Act relative to the removal of attorneys at law.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and twenty-one of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section forty and inserting in
place thereof the following : — Section 40. An attorney may be
removed by the supreme judicial or superior court for deceit,
mal-practice or other gross misconduct, and shall also be liable
in damages to the person injured thereby, and to such other
punishment as may be provided by law. "Whenever a petition is
filed for the removal of an attorney, the proceedings thereafter
shall be conducted by an attorney to be designated by the court.
The expenses of the inquiry and proceedings in either court shall
be paid as in criminal prosecutions in the superior court.

Approved March 24, 1924.

Chap. 135 An Act relative to preliminary elections for the nomi-
nation OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE MUNICIPAL OFFICE IN
THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

There shall be placed upon the ballot to be used at the next
state election in the city of Cambridge the following question : —
" Shall sections forty-four A to forty-four G, inclusive, of chapter
forty-three of the General Laws, relative to the nomination by
preliminary elections of candidates for elective municipal offices
in cities governed under a standard form of city charter, be ac-
cepted by the city of Cambridge?" If a majority of the voters
voting thereon in said city vote in the affirmative, said sections
shall thereupon take effect therein. Approved March 25, 1924-

Referendum
as to prelimi-
nary elections
for nomination
of candidates
for elective
municipal
oflBce in city
of Cambridge.

C/iaX).136 -^N ^C'r RELATIVE TO THE LIGHTING OF PUBLIC HALLS AND
MAIN STAIRWAYS IN CERTAIN TENEMENT HOUSES IN THE CITY
OF BOSTON.

1907, 550, § 45,
etc., amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter five hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and seven, as amended in section forty-five by section ten
of chapter seven hundred and eighty-two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and fourteen, by section four of chapter three hundred

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 136. 137

and fifty-two of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen,
by sections one and two of chapter four hundred and forty of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, by section seven of
chapter two hundred and eighty-nine and by chapter four hun-
dred and seventj'-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, is hereby further amended by striking out said section forty-
five, and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 1^5. Building laws
Every house for habitation, except a single family dwelling, Boston,
hereafter erected more than three stories in height or covering
an area of more than thirty-five hundred square feet shall have
a staircase designated by the commissioner, of incombustible staircases in
material extending from the entrance to the roof and with a etc!^''' ^°"^^^'
pent house constructed of incombustible material. And the said
staircase shall not extend below the entrance floor level, except
as an exit to the outside and shall have no opening into base-
ment or cellar and shall be enclosed in walls constructed of in-
combustible material. In addition to the above staircase, all
such buildings shall have a staircase enclosed as described in sec-
tion forty-seven. All door openings from all stair enclosures
shall have metal or metal covered self-closing doors and metal
or metal covered fi-ames. Public halls therein shall be at least ^"V^'° ^^".^
three feet wide in the clear and stairs shall be at least three feet certain houses,
wide between the wall and the stair rail. '^'^*^' ^*''-

Each stairway shall have an entrance on the entrance floor stairways to
from a street or alley or open passageway or from an outer court, gfj^® entrance,
or from an inner court which connects directly with a street or
alley or open passageway. All stairs shall be constructed with stairs, rise,
a rise of not more than eight inches, and with treads not less ^^'^■
than nine inches wide and not less than three feet long in the
clear. Where winders are used all treads at a point eighteen
inches from the strings on the wall side shall be at least ten
inches wide.

In every tenement house all stairways shall be provided with stairways in
proper balusters and railings kept in good repair. No public houses to have
hall or stairs in a tenement house shall be reduced in width so balusters, etc.
as to be less than the minimum width prescribed in this section.

In all tenement houses of second and third class construction. Certain tene-
hereafter erected, being more than three stories high and con- to^hav'Tauto-
taining more than ten suites, the basements or cellars, kitchen- matic sprink-
ettes, stairway enclosures and elevator, light, ventilating and
dumb-waiter shafts shall be provided with a system of automatic
sprinklers approved as to situation, arrangement and efficiency
by the building commissioner. The building commissioner may
require the basement or cellar of a tenement house of first class
construction, more than three stories high and containing more
than ten suites, where in his opinion a fire hazard exists, to be
equipped with a system of automatic sprinklers approved by
him as to situation, arrangement and efficiency.

Basements or cellars in existing tenement houses of second Certain base-

. , . ° , , . , . , ments or cellar?

and third class construction, being more than three stories high to have
and containing more than ten suites, shall be provided with a ^^" *'"' ^ "'
system of automatic sprinklers approved as to situation, arrange-
ment and efficiency by the building commissioner. The building

138

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 137.

Waiver of
provisions in
certain cases.

Lighting of
public halls
and main
stairways in
certain tene-
ment houses.

Elevator, etc.,
shafts and
stairways to
be enclosed,
etc.

commissioner may in his discretion also require that all doors
leading from rear stairway enclosures on each floor of such tene-
ment houses shall be suitably protected by fire proofing material.

In existing tenement houses of first, second and third class
construction more than three stories high and containing more
than ten suites, where the first floor is of first class construction
and in any such tenement house in which any stairway, en-
closure, elevator, light, ventilating or dumb-waiter shaft is fire-
proof, as defined in section thirty-three, as amended by section
fourteen 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
sprinklers, except in cases, where, in his opinion, a fire hazard
exists.

Public halls and main stairways in all tenement houses, now
existing or hereafter erected, three stories or more in height
and accommodating four or more families who are served by a
common main stairway and hall shall be provided with proper
and sufficient lights to be kept lighted during the night. The
words "main stairway", as used in this section, shall mean the
staircase so designated by the building commissioner.

In cA'ery 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
enclosed 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.

Approved March 25, 1924.

Chap.lS7 An Act relative to listing and registering voters in

THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and eight of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen, as amended by section one of chapter
eighty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is
hereby further amended by striking out section twelve and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 12. If a person,
twenty years of age or upward, resident in said Watertown on
the first day of April as of which said lists were made, was not
listed by the board, he sh^ll, in order to establish his right to be
listed, appear before the board of assessors at such time as it
may designate, the members of which are hereby authorized to
administer oaths for this purpose, and present under oath a
statement in writing that he was on said day a resident of said
town, giving his name, age and occupation, and his residence on
said first day of April and on the first day of April in the pre-
ceding year.

A person, twenty years of age or upward, who becomes a resi-
dent of said town after the first day of April as of which said
lists were made and desires to be listed, shall appear before any
member of the board of assessors, who is hereby authorized to
administer oaths for this purpose, and present under oath a
statement in writing that he became a resident of said town at

1919, 108
(G), § 12,
etc., amended.

Listing and
registering
voters in town
of Watertown.

Residents on
April first and
not previously
listed, etc.

Persons
becoming resi-
dents after
April first,
etc.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 138. 139

least six months immediately preceding the election at which
he claims the right to vote, giving his name, age and occupation,
his residence on said first day of April, on the first day of April
in the preceding year, and on such other dates as said board
may require.

If the board of assessors, after investigation, is satisfied that Board of
such statements are true, it shall give the applicant a certificate give certificate
that he was a resident of said town on the first day of April as ||n°e!^e\'c
of which said lists were made or a certificate that he became a
resident at least six months immediately preceding the election,
as the case may be, which certificate shall state his name, age
and occupation, and his residence on said first day of April, on j

the first day of April in the preceding year, and, if he became a
resident of said town as aforesaid, his residence on the other
dates above required; but no such application shall be received,
and no such person shall be listed or be given such certificate,
later than the close of registration preceding the state or mu-
nicipal election. The board shall also forthwith transmit to the Transmission
registrars of voters the names of all persons receiving such per^oM^?^^
certificates, together with their residences on the several dates cltgg'^fo^r'lf-'i
as appearing in their certificates. The board shall not, after the trars of voters,
last day for making the said application before a state election, ^^°'
receive an application until after the election.

In every place where oaths are administered for the purpose Copy of
of listing, the board of assessors shall post in a conspicuous place prescribingi
a copy of section seven of chapter fifty-six of the General Laws, ^osfedyete.*^^
printed on white paper with black ink, in type not less than one
quarter of an inch wide. Approved March 25, 1924.

An Act authorizing the town of w^estford to borrow (JJ^j) ^38
money for school purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a new school Jo°TmS7^^^^'
building and for the purchase of original equipment and furnish- borrow money
ings for said building, the town of Westford may borrow from pu'rposes.
time to time, wdthin a period of five years from the passage of
this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, seventy-five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, West- Westford
ford School Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall Act°of 1924?'
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not
more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be
authorized under this section unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for
the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when
authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein,
be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive
of the proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter
thi'ee hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three.

Section 2, This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 27, 1924.

140

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 139, 140, 141.

Chap. 1S9 An Act relative to certain elections held following

A REDI VISION OF A CITY INTO WARDS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section four of chapter fifty-four of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out, in the first fine, the word
" second ", so as to read as follows : — Section 4- For all elections
held prior to the biennial state primary following a redivision
of a city into wards, and for the assessment of taxes prior to
such primary, the wards as existing previous to such redivision
shall continue, and for such purposes the election officers shall
be appointed and hold office, and voting lists shall be prepared,
and all other things required by law shall be done, as if no such
redivision had been made. For all other purposes the new
division shall take effect on December thirty-first of the year
when made. Approved March 27, 1924.

G. L. 54, § 4,
amended.

New divisions
of cities into
wards, when
to take effect,
etc.

Chav.XAQ An Act authorizing the city of medford to borrow money

FOR school PURPOSES.

City of Med-
ford may
borrow money
for school
purposes.

Medford
School Loan,
Act of 1924.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing school buildings,
including the cost of the original equipment and furnishings of
such buildings, or for the construction of additions to school
buildings, such additions to increase the floor space of such
buildings, including the cost of the original equipment and
furnishings of such additions, the city of Medford may borrow
from time to time, within a period of five years from the passage
of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in
the aggregate, three hundred thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Medford School Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not
more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be
authorized under this section unless a sum equal to an amount
not less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for
the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when
authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in
excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as pro\aded
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
exclusive of the proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter
by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 28, 1924.

Chap. 14:1 An Act relative to the separation and purification by

THE CITY OF WORCESTER OF ITS SEWAGE BEFORE ITS DIS-
CHARGE into BLACKSTONE RIVER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Chapter one hundred and seventy-one of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby amended

1919, 171
amended.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 142. 141

by striking out section one and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 1. The city of Worcester shall, before the City of
first day of July, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, remove ^plrate^Ind
from its sewage, before it is discharged into Blackstone river, P^^^^^'^^f ^
the offensive and polluting properties and substances therein, discharge into
so that after its discharge into said river, either directly or ^^3^^^*°"^^
through its tributaries, it shall not create a nuisance or endanger
the public health. The city shall have power to take, or to
acquire by purchase or otherwise, any lands, water rights, w^ter
privileges, rights of way or easements in the said city or in the
town of Millbury, necessary for the establishment of a system
of sewage disposal. The city shall, on or before the first day of New sewage
October, nineteen hundred and nineteen, begin the work of con- plant,
structing a new sewage disposal plant in accordance with plans
to be approved by the department of public health, and shall
complete said work on or before the first day of July, nineteen
hundred and twenty -five. For the purpose aforesaid, the city Expenditures,
shall, before the first day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty, ®"''
expend not less than one hundred thousand dollars, and not less
than two hundred thousand dollars each year thereafter until
the said plant is completed. Failure on the part of the city to
comply with the provisions of this section shall be prima facie
evidence of negligence on its part in any action for nuisance or
damages brought against the city on account of its sewage dis-
posal.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 28, 1924.

An Act changing the name of the boston normal school Chav. 14:2
TO the teachers college of the city of boston.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The public school called the Boston Normal ^^^^^^^
School and maintained by the school committee of the city of Normal School
Boston under authority of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven ThTf^eachers
of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-four shall hereafter ^il^^zl Boa^*
be known as The Teachers College of the City of Boston; and ton.
said school committee shall have the same power to maintain
and conduct said college as it now has to maintain and conduct
the Boston Normal School.

Section 2. Said school committee shall have the same au- Granting of
thority to grant degrees under chapter two hundred and seventy- ^^^grees.
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two to grad-
uates of The Teachers College of the City of Boston that it now
has in respect to graduates of the Boston Normal School.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 28, 1924-

142

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 143, 144.

Board of
park commis-
sioners in city
of Lynn may
let, etc.,
certain con-
cessions, etc.,
to be exercised
on public
playgrounds,
etc.

Disposition of
revenue.

Proposals to
be in\ited, etc.

Chap. 143 An Act authorizing the board of park commissioners

OF THE CITY OF LYNN TO LET OR ISSUE CERTAIN CONCESSIONS,
PRIVILEGES AND PERMITS TO BE EXERCISED ON PUBLIC PLAY-
GROUNDS AND PARKS IN SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The board of park commissioners of the city of
Lynn, which term as used in this act shall include its successors,
may let concessions and privileges on the public playgrounds
and parks in said city, and may permit the sale of refreshments
or the sale or rental of such other articles as it may determine
on the said playgrounds and parks, by such person or persons,
under such terms, at such rent, and upon such conditions, as
said board may deem proper. The money received therefor,
and all other revenue received from the use of playgrounds and
parks, shall be paid into the treasury of said city and appro-
priated and expended for the purchase, development or main-
tenance of public playgrounds and public parks in said city.
No concession or privilege shall be let, nor shall any permit be
issued for the sale of refreshments or the sale or rental of other
articles, b}' the board of park commissioners, unless proposals
therefor have been invited by advertisement once a week for at
least two consecutive weeks in at least one newspaper published
in the city, the last publication to be at least one week before
the time specified for the opening of the proposals. Such ad-
vertisements shall state the time and place for opening such
proposals, all of which shall be opened in public before the board
of park commissioners, and shall reserve to the board of park
commissioners the right to reject any or all proposals.

Section 2. Whoever, except as authorized by a concession,
privilege or permit let or issued under section one, sells, keeps
or offers for sale on any public playground or park in said city
refreshments or any other article covered by any such con-
cession, privilege or permit, or exercises any other right granted
thereby, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty
dollars.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 28, 1924.

ChaV 144 ^ -^^^ VALIDATING CERTAIN CERTIFICATES OF NOMINATION
AND NOMINATION PAPERS FOR TOWN OFFICERS IN THE TOWN
OF NORTHBRIDGE.

Penalty for
exercising con-
cessions, etc.,
without au-
thority.

Validation of
certain certifi-
cates of nomi-
nation, etc.,
for town
officers in
town of
Northbridge.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. No certificate of nomination for town ofiicers to
be voted on at the current annual town meeting in the town of
Northbridge which was filed with the town clerk on the twentieth
day of March in the current year, and no nomination paper for
such an office filed with said clerk on the twenty-first day of said
March, shall be invalid by reason of not having been filed with
said clerk within the time prescribed by section ten of chapter
fifty-three of the General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 28, 1924.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 145. 143

An Act to require the prompt payment of the wages of nh^jj. 14^

MUSICIANS AND OF CERTAIN CASUAL EMPLOYEES. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and forty-nine of the General Laws, as g.<l.«149,
amended in section one hundred and forty-eight by chapter |mended°"'
fifty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and by
chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section one hundred and forty-eight and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 148. Every person en- Weekly pay-
gaged in carrying on in a city a hotel or club, and every person CfTe'rtain ^^^^
engaged in carrying on within the commonwealth a theater, employees.
moving picture house, dance hall, factory, workshop, manu-
facturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment, mine, quarry,
railroad or street railway, or telephone, telegraph, express,
transportation or water company, or in the erection, alteration,
repair or removal of any building or structure, or the construc-
tion or repair of any railroad, street railway, road, bridge, sewer,
gas, water or electric light works, pipes or lines, shall pay weekly
each employee engaged in his business, and every person
employing musicians, janitors, porters or watchmen shall pay
weekly each such employee, the wages earned by him to within
six days of the date of said payment if employed for slx days in
a week or to within seven days of the date of said payment if
employed seven days in the week, or, in the case of an employee
who has worked for a period of less than six days, hereinafter
called a casual emploj'^ee, shall, within seven days after the ter-
mination of such period, pay the wages earned by such casual
employee during such period; but any employee leaving his When certain
employment shall be paid in full on the following regular pay Ih^nlfeTaid
day; and any employee discharged from such employment in full.
shall be paid in full on the day of his discharge, or in Boston
as soon as the laws requiring pay rolls, bills and accounts to be
certified shall have been complied with; and the commonwealth,
its departments, officers, boards and commissions shall so pay
every mechanic, workman and laborer employed by it or them,
and every person employed by it or them in any penal or chari-
table institution, and every county and city shall so pay every
employee engaged in its business the wages or salary earned
by him, unless such mechanic, workman, laborer or employee
requests in writing to be paid in a different manner; and every
town shall so pay each employee in its business if so required
by him ; but an employee absent from his regular place of labor when em-
at a time fixed for payment shall be paid thereafter on demand, pa'id^on de^^
This section shall not apply to an employee of a co-operative mand.
corporation or association if he is a stockholder therein unless
he requests such corporation to pay him weekly, nor to casual
employees as hereinbefore defined employed by the common-
wealth or by a county, city or town. The department of public Exemptions
utilities, after hearing, may exempt any railroad corporation of^pubHo*™^'^*
from paying weekly any of its employees if it appears that such ^^tiiities.
employees prefer less frequent payments, and that their interests
and the interests of the public will not suffer thereby. No person

144

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 146, 147.

No exemptions shall by a Special contract with an employee or by any other

contract^ means exempt himself from this section or section one hundred

Penalty. and fifty. Whoever \dolates this section shall be punished by a

fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.

Approved March 28, 1924.

G. L. 164,

§ 97, amended.

Consolidation
of electric
and hydro-
electric com-
panies.

C/iap.l46 An Act relative to the taxation of certain electric

COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section ninety-seven of chapter one hundred
and sixty-four of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking
out all after the word "chapter" in the twenty-fourth line, so
as to read as follows : — Section 97. An electric company may,
subject to the four following sections, from time to time purchase
or acquire any or all of the property of any domestic or foreign
corporation or association owning or operating a water storage
reservoir or hydro-electric plant with which the lines of the said
first mentioned electric company are actually connected, or
owning and operating lines for the transmission of electricity
within or without the commonwealth with which the lines of
said first named electric company are actually connected; and
any such domestic or foreign corporation or association may,
subject to the four following sections, the charter thereof and
the laws of the state under which such corporation or association,
if a foreign corporation or association, is organized, so far as
applicable, sell any or all of its property' to said first mentioned
electric company, or consolidate or merge with said first men-
tioned electric company, or merge and consolidate its capital
stock and property with said first mentioned electric company;
but no such purchase and sale or merger and consolidation shall
be valid or binding until the same and the terms thereof shall
have been approved, at meetings called therefor, by vote of at
least two thirds in interest of the stockholders of each of the
contracting parties, and until the department, after notice and
a public hearing, shall have approved the same and the terms
thereof as consistent with the public interest; provided, that
such electric company shall not exercise in this commonwealth
any powers, rights, locations, licenses or privileges or any fran-
chise so acquired which cannot be lawfully exercised by electric
companies under this chapter.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of March thirty-first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

Approved March 28, 1924'.

Approval by
stockholders
and depart-
ment of public
utilities.

Proviso.

Time of
taking effect.

Chap. 14:7 An Act concerning fraudulent conveyances and to make

UNIFORM THE LAW RELATING THERETO.

G. L., new
chapter after
chapter 109.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by in-
serting after chapter one hundred and nine the following new
chapter, to be numbered one hundred and nine A and to be
entitled " Fraudulent Transfers of Real and Personal Property " :

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 147. 145

Chapter 109A.
Fraudulent transfers of real and personal property.

Section 1. In this chapter "Assets" of a debtor means Uniform
property not exempt from liabihty for his debts. To the extent conviyance
that any property is liable for any debts of the debtor, such prop- '^w-
erty shall be included in his assets.

"Conveyance" includes every payment of money, assign- Definitions,
ment, release, transfer, lease, mortgage or pledge of tangible or
intangible property, and also the creation of any lien or in-
cumbrance.

"Creditor" is a person having any claim, whether matured
or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute, fixed or
contingent.

"Debt" includes any legal liabihty, whether matured or un-
matured, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute, fixed or contin-
gent.

Section 2. (1) A person is insolvent within the meaning of insolvency.
this chapter when the present fair salable value of his assets is
less than the amount that will be required to pay his probable
liability on his existing debts as they become absolute and
matured.

(2) In determining whether a partnership is insolvent within
the meaning of this chapter there shall be added to the partner-
ship property the present fair salable value of the separate assets
of each general partner in excess of the amount probably sufficient
to meet the claims of his separate creditors, and also the amount
of any unpaid subscription to the partnership of each limited
partner, provided the present fair salable value of the assets Proviso.
of such limited partner is probably sufficient to pay his debts,
including such unpaid subscription.

Section 3. Fair consideration is given for property or obli- Faircon-

gation — sideration.

(o) When in exchange for such property or obligation, as a
fair equivalent therefor, and in good faith, property is conveyed
or an antecedent debt is satisfied, or

(6) When such property or obligation is received in good faith
to secure a present advance or antecedent debt in amount not
disproportionately small as compared with the value of the
property or obligation obtained.

Section 4- Every conveyance made and every obligation Conveyances '
incurred by a person who is or will be thereby rendered insolvent ^^ ^solvent.
is fraudulent as to creditors without regard to his actual intent
if the conveyance is made or the obligation is incurred without a
fair consideration.

Section 5. Every conveyance made without fair considera- Conveyances
tion when the person making it is engaged or is about to engage busmess.'^^ "*
in a business or transaction, for which the property remaining
in his hands after the conveyance is an unreasonably small
capital, is fraudulent as to creditors and as to other persons who
become creditors during the continuance of such business or
transaction, without regard to his actual intent.

146

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 147.

Conveyances
by a person
about to
incur debts.

Conveyances
made with
intent to
defraud.

Conveyances
of partnership
property.

Rights of
creditors
whose claims
have matured.

Rights of
creditors
whose claims
have not
matured.

Rules for cases
not provided
for in act.

Construction
of act.

Section 6. Every conveyance made and every obligation
incurred without fair consideration when the person making the
conveyance or entering into the obligation intends or believes
that he will incur debts beyond his ability to pay as they mature
is fraudulent as to both present and future creditors.

Section 7. Every conveyance made and every obligation
incurred with actual intent, as distinguished from intent pre-
sumed in law, to hinder, delay or defraud either present or
future creditors, is fraudulent as to both present and future
creditors.

Section 8. Every conveyance of partnership property and
every partnership obligation incurred when the partnership is
or will be thereby rendered insolvent, is fraudulent as to part-
nership creditors, if the conveyance is made or obligation is
incurred —

(a) To a partner, whether with or without a promise by him
to pay partnership debts, or

(6) To a person not a partner without fair consideration to
the partnership as distinguished from consideration to the in-
dividual partners.

Section 9. (1) Where a conveyance or obligation is fraudu-
lent as to a creditor, such creditor, when his claim has matured,
may, as against any person except a purchaser for fair considera-
tion without knowledge of the fraud at the time of the purchase,
or one who has derived title immediately or mediately from
such a purchaser —

(a) Have the conveyance set aside or obligation annulled to
the extent necessary to satisfy his claim, or

(b) Disregard the conveyance and attach or levy execution
upon the property convej'^ed.

(2) A purchaser who without actual fraudulent intent has
given less than a fair consideration for the conveyance or obliga-
tion may retain the property or obligation as security for re-
payment.

Section 10. Where a conveyance made or obligation incurred
is fraudulent as to a creditor whose claim has not matured, he
may proceed in the supreme judicial or superior court against
any person against whom he could have proceeded had his claim
matured, and the court may —

(a) Restrain the defendant from disposing of his property,

(6) Appoint a receiver to take charge of the property,

{d) Make any order which the circumstances of the case may
require.

Section 11. In any case not provided for in this chapter the
rules of law and equity, including the law merchant, and in
particular the rules relating to the law of principal and agent,
and the effect of fraud, misrepresentation, duress or coercion,
mistake, bankruptcy or other invalidating cause shall govern.

Section 12. This chapter shall be so interpreted and con-
strued as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the
law of those states which enact it.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 148, 149, 150. 147

Section 13. This chapter may be cited as the uniform fraudu- Name of act.
lent conveyance law.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on July first, nineteen Time of
hundred and twenty-four. Approved March 28, 1924. ^^"^"^^ "^"'=*-

An Act authorizing the city of lynn to sell certain Qfidy 243

UNUSED cemetery LAND.. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:

Section 1. The city of Lynn, by its proper authorities, may city of Lynn
improve, lay out, subdivide with streets and sell any part or ^rtafn unused
parts or the whole of that unused portion of Pine Grove cemetery cemetery land.
in said city, lying on the northwesterly side of Parkland avenue
extension; provided, that the board of cemetery commissioners Proviso.
of said city shall, by vote at a regular meeting of said board,
assent to such sale. Any moneys from the sale of the above Disposition of
mentioned property shall become a part of the funds of Pine "^°°ey^-
Grove cemetery, to be expended by the said board for the pur-
poses of said cemetery.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions '^^^ council,
of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved March 28, 1924.

Chap.U9

An Act increasing the powers of justices of district

COURTS in the matter OF SENTENCES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the General Laws is g. l. 218, § 27,
hereby amended by striking out section twenty-seven and in- ^°^^^^^'*-
serting in place thereof the following : — Section 27. They Powers of
may impose the same penalties as the superior court for all jiiftrict courts
crimes of which they have jurisdiction, except that they may not ^'^ matter of
impose a sentence to the state prison.

Approved March 28, 1924.

An Act relative to the holding of simultaneous sessions QIkij) 15Q

BY THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT AND BY THE SUPERIOR
COURT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and thirteen of the General Laws is g. l. 213, § 7,
hereby amended by striking out section seven and inserting in ^°^®'^<^^"i-
place thereof the following : — Section 7. Two or more simul- simultaneous
taneous sessions of the court may be held in the same shire town supreme ^^
or in different shire towns in the same county, if public con- ^^'^'"^^^ '^°"'"*
venience requires; and the business may be so divided as to superior
secure its speedy and convenient disposal. ''°^*-

Approved March 28, 1924.

148

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 151, 152, 153.

Chap. 151 An Act exempting parties to certain negotiable instru-
ments FROM BEING ADJUDGED TRUSTEES UNDER THE TRUSTEE
PROCESS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-two of chapter two hundred and forty-six of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out clause
First and inserting in place thereof the following : — First, By
reason of having drawn, accepted, made or endorsed a negotiable
bill, draft, note or other security which at the date of the wTit
was negotiable to a holder in due course under the provisions of
chapter one hundred and seven. Approved March 28, 1924.

G. L. 246, § 32,
cl. First,
amended.
Exemption of
parties to
certain ne-
gotiable
instruments
from being
adjudged
trustees under
trustee
process.

G. L. 279, § 24,
amended.

Sentences to
state prison.

Chap. 152 An Act regulating the term of imprisonment in the state

PRISON in case of PLURAL SENTENCES THERETO.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty-four of chapter two hundred and seventy-nine
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the last
sentence, so as to read as follows : — Section 24- If a convict
is sentenced to the state prison, except for life or as an habitual
criminal, the court shall not fix the term of imprisonment, but
shall fix a maximum and a minimum term for which he may be
imprisoned. The maximum term shall not be longer than the
longest term fixed by law for the punishment of the crime of
which he has been convicted, and the minimum term shall not
be less than two and one half years.

Approved March 28, 1924.

Chap. 153 An Act subjecting the office of chief of the fire depart-
ment OF THE CITY OF PEABODY TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The office of chief of the fire department of the
city of Peabody shall hereafter be subject to the civil service
laws and rules and regulations made thereunder, but without
requiring the present incumbent of said office to take a civil
service examination.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the voters of the city of Peabody at its next annual city election
in the form of the following question which shall be placed upon
the official ballot to be used at said election: "Shall an act
passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty -four, entitled ' An Act subjecting the office of chief of the
fire department of the city of Peabody to the civil service laws'
be accepted?" If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote
in the affirmative in answer to said question, this act shall there-
upon take effect, but not otherwise.

Approved March 28, 1924.

Office of chief
of fire depart-
ment of city
of Peabody
subjected to
civil service
laws.

Submission to
voters, etc.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 154, 155. 149

An Act subjecting the office of chief engineer of the Qfid'n 3^54

FIRE department OF THE CITY OF MEDFORD TO THE CIVIL
SERVICE LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The office of chief engineer of the fire department Office of chief
of the city of Medford shall hereafter be subject to the civil l^f'dlpart-
service laws and rules and regulations made thereunder, but ™®^* °^, '^^^^
without requiring the present incumbent of said office to take a subject to
civil service examination. fawa.^^"^^"^^

Section 2. This act 'shall be submitted for acceptance to the submission to
voters of the city of Medford at the biennial city election in the ^o^^""^- ®*°-
current year in the form of the following question which shall be
placed upon the official ballot to be used at said election : " Shall
an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty -four, entitled ' An Act subjecting the office of chief
engineer of the fire department of the city of Medford to the
civil service laws' be accepted?" If a majority' of the voters
voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to said question,
this act shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise.

Approved March 28, 1934-

An Act to define the residence of veterans under the (Jhny 155
veterans' preference law.

Be it enacted, etc., asfoUoios:

Section twenty-one of chapter thirty -one of the General Laws g. l. 31, § 21,
is hereby amended by striking out, in the ninth line, the words amended.
"since acquired a settlement therein" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — resided in the commonwealth for five con-
secutive years next prior to the date of filing application with the
commissioner under this chapter, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 21. The word "veteran" as used in this chapter shall Veterans'

DrciGrciiCG

mean any person who has served in the army, navy or marine law.
corps of the United States in time of war or insurrection and gQg|'''^g'^/^
has been honorably discharged from such service or released
from active duty therein, or who distinguished himself by
gallant or heroic conduct while serving in the army or navy of
the United States and has received a medal of honor from the
president of the United States, provided that such person was a Provisos.
citizen of the commonwealth at the time of his induction into
such service or has resided in the commonwealth for five con-
secutive years next prior to the date of filing application with
the commissioner under this chapter; and provided further
that any such person who at the time of entering said service had
declared his intention to become a subject or citizen of the
United States and withdrew such intention under the provisions
of the act of congress approved July ninth, nineteen hundred
and eighteen, and any person designated as a conscientious ob-
jector upon his discharge, shall not be deemed a "veteran"
within the meaning of this chapter.

Approved March 28, 1924.

150

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 156, 157, 158.

Chap.ldQ ^^ -^CT KELATIVE TO BOVINE ANIMALS WHICH HAVE REACTED TO

A TUBERCULIN TEST.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out section thirty-three A, inserted
by chapter one hundred and thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing:— Section S3 A. Any bovine animal which reacts to a
tuberculin test shall immediately be tagged for identification by
the veterinarian, who has applied such test, by inserting into the
external ear of the reacting animal a special metal tag provided
by the director. Any person who removes any such tag attached
as above provided, or who in any way disposes of any animal
which has reacted to a tuberculin test except for the purpose of
immediate slaughter, or who neglects or refuses to have slaugh-
tered a reacting animal sold to him for that purpose, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by
imprisonment for not more than thirty days.

Approved March 28, 1924.

G. L. 129,
§ 33A, etc.,
amended.

Bovine
animals re-
acting to
tuberculin
test to be
tagged, etc.

Penalty.

Chap. 157 An Act relative to the appointment and compensation of

STENOGRAPHERS FOR CERTAIN TRIALS IN THE LAND COURT.

G. L. 185, new
section after
§ 13.

Stenographers
for certain
trials in land
court, appoint-
ment, com-
pensation, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and eighty-five of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after section thirteen the following
new section: — Section ISA. At the trial of any issue of fact
in the land court the presiding judge may appoint a stenographer,
who shall be sworn and shall attend the trial, or such part thereof
as the judge may direct, and perform like duties and receive the
same compensation therefor as a stenographer appointed by the
superior court who is not on salary; and the sums so payable for
his attendance at court and for any transcript of his notes or part
thereof furnished to the judge by his direction shall be paid by
the county in which the land in question lies, upon the certificate
of the judge. Approved March 28, 1924.

Chap.

Hampden
coimty may
pay money to
widow of late
Andrew B.
Phillips, etc.

158 An Act authorizing the county of hampden to pay a certain

SUM of money to the widow of the late ANDREW B. PHILLIPS,
former second assistant CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
FOR THE COUNTY OF HAMPDEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The county of Hampden, in consideration of
the honorable, efficient and capable service of the late Andrew
B. Phillips as second assistant clerk of the superior court for
said county, and by way of discharging its moral obligation by
reason thereof, may pay to his widow the balance of the salary
to which he would have been entitled had he lived and continued
to serve the county in the aforesaid capacity until the end of
the current year.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 159, 160. 151

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by the county commissioners of the county of Hampden ; pro- ^u^ty com-
vided, that such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty- missioners.
first in the current year. Approved March 28, 1924-

Proviso.

C/iap. 159

An Act providing for the establishment of the bash bish
falls state forest,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The commissioner of conservation may take by Commission
eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General ^on°may^'*'
Laws, or acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise, such land or R"^®?®^®,,^^^*^
interests therein as may be necessary to preserve Bash Bish called.
Falls, so-called, in the town of Mount Washington, together
with a parcel of about four hundred acres of land adjoining such
first mentioned land; provided, that any deed of such land or proviso
any part thereof shall first be approved as to form by the attor-
ney general. The land so acquired shall be known as Bash Bish Bash Bish
Falls State Forest and shall be under the control and manage- p^|.^®3f ^'^gf u
ment of the commissioner, who may, with the approval of the lishment,
governor and council, co-operate with the authorities of the *=°'^*'"°'' ®*'^-
state of New York in the care and maintenance of such land.

Section 2. The commissioner shall have full and exclusive Permits to
authority to grant from time to time permits to owners of adjoin- 9^a?''s of ad-
ing land to do any work in said forest, including grading, cutting to do work
trees, and similar work, that may be necessary for convenient "^ ^o""^^*- ^t"-
access to or communication with said forest, and to revoke the
same ; and also to grant and revoke permits or licenses for camp camp sites,
sites, and for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise along high- ^aie of goods,
ways or elsewhere within said forest.

Section 3. For the purpose of carrying out the pro\'isions Expenditures.
of this act, the commissioner may expend such sum, not exceed-
ing fifty-five hundred dollars, as may be necessary, to be paid
from item number two hundred and seventy-five of the general
appropriation act. Approved March 28, 1924.

An Act to establish the salary of members of the board of Qfidj) \Q()
aldermen of the city of somerville. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section eleven of chapter two hundred and forty i899, 240, § 11,
of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine is hereby ^^e'^^^'^-
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new para-
graph : — The board of aldermen 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 three hundred dollars a
year each. Such salary may be reduced, but no increase therein
shall be made to take effect during the year in which the increase
is voted, — so as to read as follows: — Section 11. The board ^P?^^ °^
of aldermen shall be the judge of the election and qualifications city of Somer-
of its members, and shall from time to time make rules for its pow^rs!'^*'^'^
proceedings. A majority of the members of the board shall quorum, etc.

152

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 161, 162.

Salary of
members.

Submission to
voters, etc.

constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less
number ma^^ meet and adjourn from time to time.

The board of aldermen 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 three hundred dollars a year each.
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 for acceptance to the
voters of the city of Somerville at the next state election in the
form of the following question which shall be placed upon the
official ballot to be used at said election: "Shall an act passed
by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, entitled Wn Act to establish the salary of i^^g
members of the board of aldermen of the city of
Somerville', be accepted?" If a majority of the

NO.

votes cast on said question are in the affirmative, this act shall
thereupon take effect, but not otherwise.

Approved March 28, 1924.

C/ia??.161 ^'^ ^'^'^ SUBJECTING THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPART-
MENT OF THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER TO THE CIVIL SERVICE
LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The provisions of chapter thirty-one of the
General Laws, and the rules and regulations made thereunder,
relating to permanent members of fire departments of cities,
shall hereafter apply to the office of chief of the fire department
in the city of Gloucester, but without requiring the present in-
cumbent to take a civil service examination.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the voters of the city of Gloucester at its next annual city elec-
tion in the form of the following question which shall be placed
upon the official ballot to be used at said election: "Shall an
act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, entitled ' An Act subjecting the office of chief
of the fire department of the city of Gloucester to the civil service
laws', be accepted?" If a majority of the voters voting thereon
vote in the affirmative in answer to said question, this act shall
thereupon take effect, but not otherwise.

Approved March 28, 1924.

City of
Gloucester,
office of chief
of fire depart-
ment sub-
jected to civil
service laws.

Submission to
voters, etc.

C/iap. 162 ^^ ^^'^ relative to REPORTS OF CONDITION OF TRUST COMPANIES,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 172, § 26,
amended.

Trust com-
panies to
make returns
of condition
to commis-

Section twenty-six of chapter one hundred and seventy-two
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
twenty-third and twenty-fourth lines, the words ", and in the
annual report of the commissioner", so as to read as follows: —
Section 26. Such corporation shall at such times as the com-
missioner orders, but not exceeding five times wdthin any calen-
dar year, and within ten days after a day designated in the order.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 163, 164. 153

make a return to the commissioner, signed and sworn to by its ^i°ner of
president and secretary, treasurer or actuary and not less than
four of its board of directors, showing accurately the condition
of such corporation at the close of business on the day designated,
and said return shall specify: capital stock; amount of all
money and property in detail in the possession or charge of said
corporation as deposits ; amount of deposits payable on demand
or within ten days; amount of trust guaranty fund; trust funds
and funds for purposes of investment; number of depositors;
investments in authorized loans of the United States or any of
the New England states, counties, cities or towns; investments
in bank stock, railroad stock and railroad bonds, stating amount
in each; loans on notes of corporations; loans on notes of in-
dividuals; loans on mortgages of real estate; cash on hand;
rate, amount and date of dividends since last return; and such
other information as the commissioner orders. Such return Form of
shall be in the form of a trifl balance of its books and shall '^e*^'^-
specify the difl'erent kinds of its liabilities and assets, with the
amount of each kind, in accordance with a blank form furnished
by the commissioner and shall be published b^^ and at the expense publication.
of such corporation in a newspaper of the city or town where
such corporation is located, at such times and in such manner
as may be directed by the commissioner.

Approved 31 arch 28, 1934.

An Act further extending the time for the construction QJiqj) \Q^
by the boston elevated railway company of an under-
ground station in the city of everett.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

The time within which the Boston Elevated Railway Com- Time for

1 , 1 . ,1 j^ j_- e 1 1 construction

pany is required to begin the construction oi an underground by Boston
station in the city of Everett under the provisions of section two R^Iway^Com-
of chapter three hundred and sixty-four of the Special Acts of pany of
nineteen hundred and seventeen, as extended to December statfonTi^'^
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four by chapter four ^xTerfde/'^*^^'^
hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby further extended until the first day of
June nineteen hundred and twenty-five.

Approved March 28, 1924.

An Act relative to the punishment of attempts to commit (7/iar),164

CERTAIN LARCENIES AND FELONIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and seventy-four of the General Laws G. l, 274, § 6,
is hereby amended by striking out section six and inserting in ^^^^ ^ '
place thereof the following: — Section 6. Whoever attempts Punishment
to commit a crime by doing any act toward its commission, but to commit*^
fails in its perpetration, or is intercepted or prevented in its crime,
perpetration, shall, except as otherwise provided, be punished
as follows:

154

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 165, 166.

Crime punish-
able with
death.

Crime, except
certain
larcenies,
punishable by
imprisonment
in state
prison for life
or for five
years or
more.

Crime, except
certain
larcenies,
punishable by
imprisonment
in state prison
for less than
five years or
in a jail or
house of
correction or
by fine.
Certain
larcenies.

First, by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than
ten years, if he attempts to commit a crime punishable with
death.

Second, by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than
five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two
and one half years, if he attempts to commit a crime, except any
larceny under section thirty of chapter two hundred and sixty-
six, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for life or
for five years or more.

Third, by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for
not more than one year or by a fine of not more than three
hundred dollars, if he attempts to commit a crime, except any
larceny under said section thirty, punishable by imprisonment
in the state prison for less than five years or by imprisonment in
a jail or house of correction or by a fine.

Fourth, by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for
not more than two and one half years or by a fine, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, if he attempts to commit any
larceny punishable under said section thirty.

Approved March 28, 1924.

Chap. 165 An Act to determine the time of the taking effect of a

"from and after" sentence.

G. L. 279,
new section
after § 8.

Tirne of
taking effect
of a "from
and after"
sentence.

Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:

Chapter two hundred and seventy-nine of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after section eight the following
new section: — Section 8 A. For the purpose only of determin-
ing the time of the taking eftect of a sentence which is ordered
to take effect from and after the expiration of a previous sentence,
such previous sentence shall be deemed to have expired when
a prisoner serving such previous sentence shall have been re-
leased therefrom by parole or otherwise. Nothing in this section
shall be construed to alter or control any provision of section
one hundred and thirty-one or one hundred and forty-nine of
chapter one hundred and twenty-seven.

Approved March 28, 1924.

Chap.lQQ An Act requiring certain public service corporations to

MAKE CERTAIN DEPOSITS OF FUNDS IN NATIONAL" BANKS AND
TRUST COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after section three the following
new section: — Section 3 A. After December thirty-first, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, all deposits of funds of public
service corporations, except common carriers under the super-
vision of the interstate commerce commission, shall be made
by the officers of the corporations in national banks or duly
chartered trust companies; but the foregoing provision shall
not apply to any deposit for a period of not more than sixty

G. L. 155, new
section after
§3.

Public service
corporations
to make
certain de-
posits of
funds in
national banks
and trust
companies.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 167, 168. 155

days made for the purpose of meeting obligations maturing
within said period or to any deposit for a similar period of time
resulting from the sale of obligations or securities.

Approved March 28, 1924.

An Act to establish the salary of members of the board Qhnqj i ^7

OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF MEDFORD. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section eleven of chapter three hundred and i903, 345, § 11,
forty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and three is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new para-
graph : — The board of aldermen 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 three hundred dollars a
year each. Such salary may be reduced, but no increase therein
shall be made to take effect during the year in which the increase
is voted, — so as to read as follows: — Section 11. The board ^,^^^°^ ^j
of aldermen shall be the judge of the election and qualifications city of Med-
of its members, shall determine the rules of its proceedings, and p°owers!'^etc!'
may appoint such assistant clerks and other officers as may be
necessary for the proper conduct of its business.

The board of aldermen may, by a two thirds vote of all its Salary of
members, taken by call of the yeas and naj^s, establish a salary ™embera.
for its members not exceeding three hundred dollars a year each.
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 for acceptance to the Submiasion
voters of the city of Medford at its next municipal election in *° ''°*^"' ^**'-
the form of the following question which shall be placed upon the
official ballot to be used at said election: "Shall an act passed
by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, entitled *An Act to establish the salary of members of
the board of aldermen of the city of Medford', be
accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast on said
question are in the affirmative, this act shall there-
upon take effect, but not otherwise.

TES.

Approved March 28, 1924.

An Act to authorize the hingham water company to ex- nhn^ iaq

TEND ITS SUPPLY INTO THE TOWN OF NORWELL. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter fifty-nine of the acts of ^^J^|^j ^ 1.
eighteen hundred and eighty-one is hereby amended by strik-
ing out, in the third line, the word "and" and inserting in place
thereof a comma, and by inserting after the word "Cohasset"
in said line the words : — and Norwell, — and by inserting after
the word "provided" in the eleventh line the following: — , that
whenever for any reason the supply of water shall not be more

156

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 169.

Hingham
Water Com-
pany may
extend its
supply into
town of
Norwell, etc.

Provisos.

1881, 59, § 3.
amended.

May make
contracts with
towns, etc.

than sufficient for the needs of the residents of the towns of
Hingham, Hull and Cohasset, the residents of the towns of
Hingham, Hull and Cohasset shall be first supplied; and pro-
vided, further, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1. The
Hingham Water Company is hereby authorized to extend its
water pipes or conduits through the towns of Hull, Cohasset
and Norwell, or any parts thereof, for the purpose of supplying
the inhabitants of said towns, respectively, with pure water
for the extinguishment of fires, generation of steam, domestic
and other purposes ; and it shall have the same privileges, rights
and powers in and for these localities that are granted it by
chapter one hundred and thirty-nine of the acts of the year
eighteen hundred and seventy-nine in and for the town of Hing-
ham : provided, that whenever for any reason the suppl}^ of water
shall not be more than sufficient for the needs of the residents
of the towns of Hingham, Hull and Cohasset, the residents of
the towns of Hingham, Hull and Cohasset shall be first supplied;
and provided, further, that whenever for any reason the supply
of water shall not be more than sufficient for the needs of the
residents of the towns of Hingham and Hull, the residents of
the towns of Hingham and Hull shall be first supplied; and
provided, further, that whenever for any reason the supply of
water shall not be more than sufficient for the needs of the
residents of the to\\Ti of Hingham, the residents of the town
of Hingham shall be first supplied.

Section 2. Section three of said chapter fifty-nine is hereby
amended by striking out, in the second line, the word "and"
and inserting in place thereof a comma, and by inserting after
the Avord " Cohasset" in said line the words: — and Norwell, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 3. Said corporation may
make such contracts with the to"\ATis of Hull, Cohasset and Nor-
well, respectively, to supply water for fire or other purposes, as
may be agreed upon by said towns, respectively, and said
corporation.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 29, 1924.

Chap.lGQ An Act further extending the time for completion of

THE LINES OF THE HAMPDEN RAILROAD CORPORATION.

Further ex-
tension of
time for com-
pletion of lines
of The Hamp-
den Railroad
Corporation.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The time within which The Hampden Railroad
Corporation, incorporated in nineteen hundred and eleven
under the general laws, is required to locate and complete its
lines to Holyoke and Chicopee Falls and open them for use, is
hereby extended to July first, nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 29, 1924.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 170. 157

An Act relative to certain petitions to the general court. (J}in'n 1 70

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter three of the General Laws is hereby g. l. 3, § 5,
amended Ky striking out section five and inserting in place amended.
thereof the following : — Section 5. Whoever intends to present Notice of
to the general court a petition for the incorporation of a city petitions to
or town, for the division of an existing city or town, for the fo'be pub°^'
incorporation of a railroad, street railway, elevated railroad or Hshed, etc
canal company, or for the amendment, alteration or extension
of the charter or corporate powers or privileges of any such
company, whether specially incorporated or organized under
General Laws, or for authority to take water for a water supply,
or relative to building structures over navigable or tide waters,
shall give notice of such petition by publishing a copy thereof Newspaper
once in each of three successive weeks in such newspapers as the
state secretary, having regard to the locality of the interests
involved in such petition, shall direct, the last publication to be
made at least twenty-four days before the session at which the
petition is to be presented. Such petition with a bill embodying Petition with
in substance the legislation petitioned for shall be deposited on fiied*°etc
or before the third Saturday of December in the office of the
state secretary, with proof of publication satisfactory to him,
and he shall file said petition and bill forthwith with the clerk
of the house of representatives, with his endorsement that the
required publication has been made.

Section 2. Said chapter three is hereby further amended by ,G. l. 3, § 6,
striking out section six, as amended by chapter fiifty-one of the ®**'" ^^^^ ^ '
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and inserting in
place thereof the following : — Section 6. Whoever intends to Petitions for
present to the general court a petition for the incorporation of a e^c°'of'edu-°'
college, university or other educational institution with power to cationai insti-
grant degrees, or for an amendment to the charter of any exist- deposited with
ing educational institution which will give it such power, shall on education^* °^
or before Novem-=^er first prior to its intended presentation de-
posit the same in the office of the department of education. The Newspaper
petitioners shall give notice of the petition by publishing a copy ^°^^^^-
thereof once in each of three successive weeks in such newspapers
as the commissioner of education may designate, the last publica-
tion to be made at least twenty-four days before the session of
the general court at which the petition is to be presented; and
the petitioners shall, on or before the third Saturday of Decem-
ber, file with the said commissioner satisfactory evidence that
a copy of the petition has so been published, together with a bill
embodying in substance the legislation petitioned for. Said F-^f*'''^? *°^
commissioner shall file said petition and bill forthwith with the filed, etc.
clerk of the house of representatives, together with his recom-
mendations relative thereto.

Section 3. Said chapter three is hereby further amended by o. l. 3, § 7,
striking out section seven and inserting in place thereof the fol- *'"®'^'^«'i-
lowing : — Section 7. Whoever intends to present to the general Petitions for
court a petition to establish or revive a corporation, other than aXcting cor-

158

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 171.

porations
other than
public ser\'ice
or educational
corporations
to be de-
posited with
bill, etc.

Contents of
petition.

Fee, when.

Commissioner
to examine
petition, etc.

Petition and
bill to be
filed, etc.

a public service corporation or a college, university or other edu-
cational institution to which the preceding section applies, or to
amend the charter or change the corporate purpose or name of
such an existing corporation, shall, on or before November first
prior to its intended presentation, deposit the same, together with
a bill embodying in substance the legislation petitioned for, 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 organized or to be
organized for purposes of business or profit, shall be accompanied
by a fee of twenty-five dollars, which shall be paid to the com-
monwealth. Said commissioner shall examine every petition
filed as aforesaid, and shall attach thereto a certificate or memo-
randum stating whether or not, in his opinion, the object sought
may be accomplished under the general laws or whether the
same requires legislation. He may also insert in said memo-
randum any other relevant statement which, in his opinion, might
be of assistance to the general court in passing on the petition,
and shall file the petition and bill with the clerk of the house of
representatives not later than the third Saturday of December.

Approved March 29, 192 J^.

Chap. 171 ^ ^^'^ RELATIVE TO THE TIME OF OPENING THE POLLS IN ELEC-
TIONS IN CITIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section sixty-four of chapter fifty-four of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting before the word "six" in the
eleventh line the words : — fifteen minutes before, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 64. Notices or warrants for state
and city elections and for the election of town officers in towns
where official ballots are used shall specify by name all the
offices to be voted for, and state, in the form in which it will
appear upon the ballot, any question submitted to the voters.
They shall specify the time when the polls will be opened, and
in cities and in towns when voting by precincts, when the polls
will be closed, and in to\\Tis when not voting by precincts, when
they may be closed.

The polls shall in no case be kept open after eight o'clock in
the evening.

In cities, the polls may be opened as early as fifteen minutes
before six o'clock in the forenoon, and shall be opened as early
as ten o'clock in the forenoon and shall be kept open at least
six hours.

In towns, at the election of state and town ofiicers, the polls
may be opened as early as fifteen minutes before six o'clock in
the forenoon, and shall be opened as early as twelve o'clock,
noon, and shall be kept open at least four hours, and until the
time specified in the warrant when they may or will be closed;
and in to^vTis not voting by precincts they may be kept open for
such longer time as the meeting shall direct. At annual town

G. L. 54, § 64,
amended.

Notices or
warrants for
state and city
elections and
for election of
town officers
in certain
towns, what
to specify.

No polls open
after eight
o'clock in
evening.
In cities, time
of opening
and closing
polls.

In towns, time
of opening
and closing
polls.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 172. 159

meetings they shall be kept open at least one hour for the recep- At annual
tion of votes upon the question of licensing the sale of certain inga° '"^^
non-intoxicating beverages, as defined in section one of chapter
one hundred and thirty-eight. After an announcement has
been made by the presiding officer of a time so fixed for closing
the polls they shall not be closed at an earlier hour.

Approved March 29, 1924.

An Act authorizing gas and electric companies to sell Qfidy ^72

STOCK to customers AND EMPLOYEES UNDER CERTAIN CON- '
DITIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section nineteen of chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the o. l. i64, § 19,
General Laws, as amended by chapter two hundred and forty- ®*° ' ^^^"^ ® '
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and by section
two of chapter two hundred and twenty-six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by
inserting after the word "determine" in the seventh and eighth
lines the words : — or may sell them to customers or employees
of the company upon such terms and subject to such conditions
as may be approved by the department, — and by inserting
after the word "of" in the twelfth line the words: — to custo-
mers or employees of the company or others, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 19. If an increase subject to the pre- Capital stock
ceding section does not exceed four per cent of the existing stock eLctric^'^

com-

of the company, the directors, without first offering the shares panies, sale by
to the stockholders, may sell them by auction or by tender to the etc.
highest bidder in such manner, at such times and upon such
terms, not less than par to be paid in cash, as the directors shall
determine, or may sell them to customers or employees of the Sale to
company upon such terms and subject to such conditions as may empf^les,"'^
be approved by the department. Any shares heretofore or here- etc.
after authorized, which, under the provisions of the preceding fubs'cribed for
section, remain unsubscribed for by the stockholders entitled h^d*°°'^d-
to take them may be sold by the directors at public auction, or position, etc.
may be disposed of to customers or employees of the company
or others at such price, not less than par, or at such price less
than par as may have been authorized by the department as
provided in section eighteen, and upon such terms and in such
manner as the directors may deem advisable, subject to the
approval of the department. Such shares as are sold by auction Place and
shall be offered for sale in Boston or in such other city or town '^°'^'°® °^ ^^'®-
as the department prescribes, and notice of the time and place
of the sale shall be published at least five times, during the ten
days immediately preceding the sale, in each of three, at least,
of such daily newspapers as the department may prescribe.

Approved March 29, 1924.

160

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 173, 174.

G. L. 164, § 13,
etc., amended.

Bonds of gas
and electric
companies,
issuance,
amount, rate,
etc.

Chap. 173 ^ -^CT KELATIVE TO THE AUTHORIZED AMOUNT OF BOND ISSUES

BY GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirteen of chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the
General Laws, as amended by chapter two hundred and twenty-
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word "corporation" in
the seventh hne the words : — , increased by all cash premiums
paid to the corporation thereon and likewise so applied, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 13. A corporation subject to
this chapter may, by vote of a majority in interest of its stock-
holders at a meeting called therefor, and subject to the limitations
and restrictions of the following section, issue bonds, at not less
than par, to an amount not exceeding its capital stock actually
paid in at the time of such issue and applied to the purposes of
the corporation, increased by all cash premiums paid to the cor-
poration thereon and likewise so applied, and bearing interest
at such rate as the department shall approve, and, if issued
under a mortgage existing on June second, nineteen hundred and
twenty, by the provisions of which the rate of interest on bonds
issued thereunder is fixed, at a price and with provisions for
amortization of any discount approved by the department as
consistent with the public interest; provided, that the terms of
the mortgage so permit; and may secure the payment of the
principal and interest of said bonds by a mortgage of its franchise
and property. All persons who acquire any mains, conduits,
poles, wires, fixtures or other apparatus in, over, under or across
public ways by virtue of such mortgage shall have the same rights
and be subject to the same obligations relative to their erection,
care, maintenance and operation as the corporation would have
had, or would have been subject to, if the mortgage had not been
made. Approved March 29, 1924.

Proviso.

Rights and
obligations of
mortgagees.

Chap. 17 4: ^ ■^CT SUBJECTING THE OFFICE OF CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE
CITY OF CHELSEA TO THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.

City of
Chelsea, office
of chief of
police sub-
jected to civil
service laws.

Submission to
voters, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The provisions of chapter thirty-one of the
General Laws and the rules and regulations made thereunder,
relating to the appointment and removal of police officers, shall
apply to the office of chief of police of the city of Chelsea; pro-
vided, that the present incumbent of said office may continue
to hold the same without taking a civil service examination.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the
voters of said city at the annual city election in the current year
in the form of the following question which shall be placed upon
the official ballot to be used at said election : — " Shall an act
passed by the general court in the current year,
entitled 'An Act subjecting the office of chief of
police of the city of Chelsea to the civil service laws',
be accepted?"

YES.

NO.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 175. 161

If a majority of the votes cast on said question are in the
affirmative, this act shall thereupon take effect, but not other-
wise. Approved March 29, 192 1^.

An Act relative to the suspension of execution of sen- (Jfidj) 175

TENCES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and seventy- g. l. 279. § 1,
nine of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after ^^^^ ® '
the word " If" in the twenty-first line the words: — during or, —
and by inserting after the word "is" in the twenty-third line
the words : — unwilling or, — so as to read as follows : — ■
Section 1. When a person convicted before a district court is Exeeutioa'of
sentenced to imprisonment, the court may direct that the execu- im'prisonme^nt
tion of the sentence be suspended, and that he be placed on pro- ^^ t° ^^^ ™|y
bation for such time and on such terms and conditions as it shall etc.
fix. When a person so convicted is sentenced to pay a fine, and
to stand committed until it is paid, the court may direct that
the execution of the sentence be suspended for such time as
it shall fix, and that he be placed on probation on condition that
he pay the fine within such time. If the fine does not exceed
fifteen dollars and the court finds that the defendant is unable
to pay it when imposed, the execution of the sentence shall be
suspended and he shall be placed on probation, unless the court
shall find that he will probably default, or that such suspension
will be detrimental to the interests of the public. If he is com-
mitted for non-payment of a fine, the order of commitment shall
contain a recital of the findings of the court on which suspension
is refused. The fine shall be paid in one pajTnent, or in part Payment of
payments, to the probation officer, and when fully paid the order tion officer,
of commitment shall be void. The probation officer shall give ^^'^■
a receipt for every payment so made, shall keep a record of the
same, shall pay the fine, or all sums received in part payment
thereof, to the clerk of the court at the end of the period of pro-
bation or any extension thereof, and shall keep on file the clerk's
receipt therefor. If during or at the end of said period the pro- Non-payment
bation officer shall report that the fine is in whole or in part eL^^^' ^^^°''
unpaid, and in his opinion the person is unwilling or unable to
pay it, the court may either extend said period, place the case
on file or revoke the suspension of the execution of the sentence.
When such suspension is revoked, in a case where the fine has
been paid in part, the defendant may be committed for default
in payment of the balance.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and seventy-nine g. l. 279,
is hereby amended by inserting after section one the following aft^/§°i'°'^
new section: — Section lA. When a person convicted before a Execution of
district court is sentenced to fine and imprisonment, the court g^g'an'dlra-
may direct that the execution of the sentence be suspended as pnaonment
to the fine or the imprisonment or both, and that he be placed on pended as to
probation for such time and on such terms and conditions as it prilo°nmTiit or
shall fix ; the court may direct, as one of such terms and con- oot^i. etc.
ditions, that payment of the fine may be made to the probation fine to proba-

162

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 176, 177.

tion officer,
etc.

Non-payment
of fine,
effect, etc.

officer in one payment, or in part payments, during the period
of probation or any extension thereof, and when such fine shall
have been fully paid the order of commitment as to the fine
shall be void, but the order of commitment as to imprisonment
shall not be affected by such payment. The probation officer shall
give a receipt for every payment so made, shall keep a record of
the same, shall pay the fine, or all sums received in part payment
thereof, to the clerk of the court at the end of the period of
probation or any extension thereof, and shall keep on file the
clerk's receipt therefor. If during or at the end of said period
the probation officer shall report that the fine is in whole or in
part unpaid, and in his opinion the person is unwilling or unable
to pay it, the court may either extend said period, place the
case on file or revoke the suspension of the execution of the
sentence. When such suspension is revoked, in a case where
the fine has been paid in part, the defendant may be committed
for default in payment of the balance, and may also be com-
mitted for the term of imprisonment fixed in the original sentence.

Approved March 31, 1924.

Chap. 17 Q An Act relative to the cliffs beach, so-called, in the

TOWN OF NANTUCKET.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Nantucket, by vote of its inhabit-
ants, is hereby authorized to alter the use of all or any part of
the land taken by it under authority of chapter four hundred
and thirty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and three,
situated on or about the Cliffs Beach, so-called, in said town,
and may purchase, erect, alter, enlarge, repair and improve
buildings thereon for public baths and wash houses, either with
or without open drying grounds, and may make open bathing
places, provide them with requisite furniture, fittings and con-
veniences and provide instruction in swimming. Such town
may establish rates for the use of such baths and wash houses,
and appoint officers therefor, and may make by-laws for the
government of such officers, and authorize them to make regula-
tions for the management thereof and for the use thereof by
non-residents of said town; and may lease said land, or any
part of it, for the above mentioned purposes, and all other
commercial purposes, for periods not exceeding twenty-five
years. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent
the use of said beach by the public for bathing.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 1, 1924.

Town of Nan-
tucket may
alter use of
land taken on
or about Cliffs
Beach, etc.

Public baths,
wash houses,
etc.

May establish
rates, etc.

By-laws, etc.

Lease of
land.

Public may
use beach for
bathing.

Chap. Ill An Act authorizing the city of new Bedford to borrow

MONEY FOR SEWERAGE PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

^eliord^m&y SECTION 1. For the purposc of scwer construction, the city
borrow money of Ncw Bedford may from time to time, within a period of five
purposS!*^* years from the passage of this act, borrow such sums as may be

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 178. 163

necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words. New Bedford Sewer New Bedford
Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute a AcT"f^924.'
separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
twenty years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized
under this section unless a sum equal to an amount not less than
ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same pur-
pose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be suoject
to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the pro-
viso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter three
hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 1, 1924-

An Act relative to the inspection of dams and reservoirs, nhrjj^ 1 78

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part Emergency
defeat its purpose and be inconsistent with the public interest, p'"^^"*^'®-
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public safety.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L Section forty-four of chapter two hundred and ^mend^f' ^ ^^'
fifty-three of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding
at the end thereof the words: — , nor to standpipes or tanks,
nor to a dam where the area draining into the pond formed
thereby does not exceed one square mile, unless the dam is more
than ten feet in height above the natural bed of the stream at
any point or unless the quantity of water which the dam im-
pounds exceeds one million gallons, — so as to read as follows :
— Section 44- A reservoir, reservoir dam or mill dam shall ^gervoT^^'
not be constructed or materially altered until plans and specifi- dama, etc.,
cations of the proposed work have been filed with and approved ^tructed^or*"^'
by the county commissioners of the county where it is situated. pjaM^'^e^c"*'^
Said commissioners shall retain and record such plans and specifi- have been'
cations and shall inspect the work during its progress; and if county com^
at any time it appears that the plans and specifications are not ™s3ione", etc.
faithfully adhered to, they may appoint an inspector to be con-
stantly engaged at the expense of ^he owners in the supervision
of the work. LTpon a refusal of the owners or of their agents
to adhere to said plans and specifications, said inspector may
order the discontinuance of the work. This and the six following This and six
sections shall not apply to small dams, constructed for irrigation ["ong^ot ^^^'
or for other purposes, the breaking of which would involve no applicable,
risk to life or property, nor to standpipes or tanks, nor to a dam
where the area draining into the pond formed thereby does not
exceed one square mile, unless the dam is more than ten feet in
height above the natural bed of the stream at any point or unless

164

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 178.

G. L. 253, § 45,
etc., amended.

County com-
missioners to
cause exami-
nation of
reservoirs,
reservoir
dams.fetc, to
be made.

Applications
by certain
parties.

Costs to be
paid by appli-
cant, when.

Engineer to
examine, etc.

Co-operation.

G. L. 253, § 47,
amended.

Proceedings
upon failure
to comply
with orders as
to alterations,
etc., of reser-
voirs, etc.

G. L. 253, § 48,
amended.

Costs and
expenses of
examination
of reservoirs,
etc.

the quantity of water which the dam impounds exceeds one
miUion gallons.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-three, as
amended in section forty-five by section two of chapter three
hundred and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking out section
forty-five and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section
4S. The county commissioners shall, as often as once in two
years, cause a thorough examination to be made of every reser-
voir, reservoir dam and mill dam by the breaking of which loss
of life or damage to a road or bridge is likely to be caused, and
they shall at any time cause such examination to be made upon
written application by the mayor and aldermen of a city or the
selectmen of a town where such damage is likely to be caused.
Any party whose property is likely to be damaged by the break-
ing of any such structure may make a written application to the
commissioners, setting forth the facts and the ownership of such
structure which is believed to be unsafe, and the commissioners
may thereupon cause said structure to be examined. If upon
examination the structure is deemed safe, the costs of such appli-
cation and examination may be ordered paid by the party mak-
ing the application. The commissioners shall cause every exami-
nation to be made by a competent engineer who shall report to
them in writing whether he considers the structure safe and in
good condition, and if not, its condition in detail and the work
or the changes required for safety and the public good. The
engineer shall be allowed by the commissioners a reasonable
compensation for his services which shall be paid by the county
in the first instance. Ownership of the structure shall be ascer-
tained and, so far as possible, examinations shall be made in
co-operation with the owner or his agent.

Section 3. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-three is
hereby further amended by striking out section forty-seven and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section J^l. If, after
notice in writing to the owner of a reservoir or dam which has
been so examined and adjudged to be .unsafe, the said owner
refuses or neglects to make such alterations or repairs as the
commissioners order, they may, at the expense of the county,
cause such reservoir or dam to be altered and repaired or any
part thereof removed or the water drawn off, whichever they
may consider necessary for the safety of life, property, roads or
bridges on the stream below. After such removal, no structure
shall be erected except in compliance with the three preceding
sections, and after the water has been drawn off, the reservoir
shall not be filled again until the orders of the commissioners have
been complied with.

Section 4. Said chapter two hundred and fifty-three is
hereby further amended by striking out section forty-eight and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section .^8. The
commissioners shall make such orders as they may deem just as
to the payment by the owner, county or other party of the costs
and expenses incurred by them under the three preceding sec-
tions, and if the reservoir or dam was adjudged to be unsafe,

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 179, 180, 181. 165

said costs and expenses may be ordered paid b\- the owner, with
interest, from the time they were paid by the county. Notice
shall be given the county treasurer and the owner or other party
of the amount due the county. Approved April 1, 1924.

An Act reviving the annuity company of Massachusetts (JJidj) 179

AND FURTHER EXTENDING THE TIME FOR ITS ORGANIZATION.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose and result in substantial inconvenience, there- p''®*'"^^^-
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:

The Annuity Company of Massachusetts, a corporation estab- Annuity
lished by chapter four hundred and fifty-two of the acts of Massachusetts
nineteen hundred and twenty, whose corporate powers expired revived, etc.
May thirteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three upon the
expiration of the period limited for the payment in of its capital
stock under the provisions of section three of said chapter four
hundred and fifty-two, as amended by chapter two hundred and
forty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is
hereby revived with the same powers, duties and obligations as
if said period had not expired; provided, that its corporate Proviso,
powers shall terminate unless its whole capital stock is paid in
on or before May thirteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.

Approved April 1, 1924.

An Act relative to certain regulations made by boards Chn^ ign

OF HEALTH. f'-

Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:

Chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws is hereby G. l. 111. § 31,
amended by striking out section thirty-one and inserting in place *'"^'^<^^<^-
thereof the following: — Section 31. Boards of health may Regulations
make reasonable health regulations. All regulations made by heaUiT'^'^'' °^
boards of health under this chapter shall be published once in a
newspaper published in the town, and such publication shall be
notice to all persons. Approved April 1, 1924.

An Act RELATIVE TO APPEALS by CERTAIN municipal EMPLOYEES. Phnr^ IQI

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty-six of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws o. l. 31, § 26,
is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words : — amended.
or to the police of any other city or any town, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 26. No veteran holding office or employ- Removal, etc..
ment in the public service of the commonwealth or any city or of veterans in
town therein shall be removed or suspended, or, without his only after fuU
consent, transferred from such office or employment, nor shall ^^^^^^' ®*<'-
his office or position be abolished, nor shall he be lowered in rank

166

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 182.

Order for
removal, etc.

Section not
applicable to
police, etc.

or compensation, except after a full hearing of which he shall
have at least seventy-two hours' written notice, with a state-
ment of the reasons for the contemplated removal, suspension,
transfer, lowering in rank or compensation, or abolition. The
hearing in case of a state employee shall be before the board of
conciliation and arbitration, in case of a town employee before
the selectmen, in case of a city employee before the board of
aldermen. At any such hearing each veteran concerned may be
present and be represented by counsel. Such removal, suspen-
sion or transfer, lowering in rank or compensation, or abolition
of an office, shall be made only upon a written order stating fully
and specifically the causes therefor, and signed by the board of
conciliation and arbitration, or by the selectmen, or by the alder-
men, as the case may be, after a hearing as aforesaid. An appeal
from such order may be taken under section forty-five. This
section shall not apply to the state or Boston police or to those
of the metropolitan district commission or to the police of any
other city or any town. Approved April 1, 1924.

G. L. 63, § 14,
etc., amended.

(7/iap.l82 An Act relative to mortgage deductions in connection
with the taxation of savings departments of trust
companies.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section fourteen of chapter sixty-three of the General Laws,
as amended by chapter two hundred and thirty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended
by striking out, in the seventh and eighth lines, the words " may
be deducted under both said sections" and inserting in place
thereof the following : — and transferred during the year between
the savings and commercial departments may be considered
both in determining the daily average of mortgages deductible
under section twelve and also in determining the monthly aver-
age of mortgages deductible under section fifty-six for the respec-
tive periods during which they remain as investments in said
departments, — so as to read as follows: — Section 14- No
investment of deposits in the savings department of any trust
company exempt in any year from the tax imposed by section
eleven shall be in the same year a basis for any deduction allowed
in computing any other tax which trust companies are required
by law to pay, except that investments in real estate mortgages
deductible under section twelve or fifty-six and transferred dur-
ing the year between the savings and commercial departments
may be considered both in determining the daily average of
mortgages deductible under section twelve and also in determin-
ing the monthly average of mortgages deductible under section
fifty-six for the respective periods during which they remain as
investments in said departments ; provided, that the same mort-
gage investment shall not be considered during the same cal-
endar month in determining the daily average of mortgages
deductible under section twelve and the monthly average deduct-
ible under section fifty-six. Approved April 1, 1924-

Investments
in savings de-
partment not
to be basis of
deduction
from other
taxes on trust
companies.
Deduction of
real estate
mortgages.

Pro\'isos.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 183. 167

An Act penalizing fraud in connection with licenses to Chav. 183

OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty-four of chapter ninety of the General Laws is G- l 9o, § 24,
hereby amended by inserting after the word "authority" in tlie ^"'^'^ ^
tenth hne the following : — , or whoever loans or knowingly
permits his license to operate motor vehicles to be used by another
person, or whoever makes false statements in an application
for such a license or falsely impersonates the person named in
such an application, — so as to read as follows: — Section 24. openitmg"'^
Whoever upon any way operates a motor vehicle recklessly, or ^^°^^lf^^l^
while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or so that the while under
lives or safety of the public might be endangered, or upon a bet inf^^cating
or wager or in a race, or whoever operates a motor vehicle for liquor, etc.
the purpose of making a record and thereby violates any provi-
sion of section seventeen or any regulation under section eighteen,
or whoever without stopping and making known his name,
residence and the number of his motor vehicle goes away after
knowingly colliding with or otherwise causing injury to any
other vehicle or property, or whoever uses a motor vehicle with-
out authority, or whoever loans or knowingly permits his license Fraud in con-
to operate motor vehicles to be used by another person, or who- licenses.
ever makes false statements in an application for such a license
or falsely impersonates the person named in such an application,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than
two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not less than two
weeks nor more than two years, or both; except that for a second
offence of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence
of intoxicating liquor, a person shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not less than one month nor more than two years. Any Not stopping,
person who operates a motor vehicle upon any way and who, comsfont'^etc.
without stopping and making known his name, residence and
the number of his motor vehicle, goes away after knowingly
colliding with or otherwise causing injury to any person, shall
be pimished by imprisonment for not less than one month nor
more than two years. A conviction of a violation of this section Revocation of
shall be reported forthwith by the court or magistrate to the conviction, etc.
registrar, who may in any event and shall, unless the court or
magistrate recommends other^'ise, revoke immediately the
license of the person so convicted, and no appeal from the judg-
ment shall operate to stay the revocation of the license. If it
appears by the records of the registrar that the person so con-
victed is the owner of a motor vehicle or has exclusive control
of any motor vehicle as a manufacturer or dealer, the registrar
may revoke the certificate of registration of any or all motor
vehicles so owned or exclusively controlled. The registrar in his ^g^^^i? g^gg
discretion may issue a new license to any person acquitted in the when.
appellate court, or after an investigation or upon hearing may
issue a new license to a person convicted in any court; provided,
that no new license shall be issued by the registrar to any person
convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence

168

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 184, 185.

Prosecution
for violations,
if second
offence, dis-
position, etc.

of intoxicating liquor until one year after the date of final con-
viction, if for a first offence, or five years after any subsequent
conviction, and to any person convicted of violating any other
provision of this section until sixty days after the date of final
conviction, if for a first offence, or one year after the date of any
subsequent con\'iction. The prosecution for the violation of any
of the provisions of this section, if a second offence, shall not,
unless the interests of justice require such disposition, be placed
on file or otherwise disposed of except by trial, judgment and
sentence according to the regular course of criminal proceedings.
It shall be otherwise disposed of only on motion in writing,
stating specifically the reasons therefor, and verified by affidavit
if facts are relied on. If the court or magistrate certifies in wi-iting
that he is satisfied that tlie reasons relied upon are sufficient and
that the interests of justice require the allowance of the motion,
the motion shall be allowed, and the certificate shall be filed in
the case. A copy of the motion and certificate shall be sent by
the court or magistrate forthwith to the registrar.

Approved April 1, 1924-

Chap. 184 An Act relative to the right to search and seizure under

THE LAW relative TO FISH AND GAME,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

ameiidw?" ^ ^' Scctiou six of chapter one hundred and thirty of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the second line, the

?:i§'^lf°,®^'*'^'^^ words ", without a warrant," so as to read as follows: — Section
6. The director, a warden, deputy or state police officer, may
search any boat, car, box, locker, crate or package, and any
building, where he has reason to believe any game or fish unlaw-
fully taken or held may be found, and may seize any game or
fish so taken or held, which shall be disposed of in such manner
as the director deems for the best interests of the commonwealth;
provided, that this section shall not authorize entering a dwelling
house, or apply to game or fish passing through this common-
wealth under authority of the laws of the United States.

Approved April 1, 1924.

and seizure
under fish and

game law.

Prov'iso.

Chap. 1S5 An Act authorizing the city of lynn to pension henry

WHEELOCK.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section • 1 . The city of Lynn may, on or before December
thirty-first of the current year, retire Henry Wheelock, for over
thu'ty-five years in the employ of its water department and at
present employed as a foreman, and, by way of discharging its
moral obligation to him, may pay him an annual pension equal
to one half the average annual rate of compensation received
by him during the three years next preceding his retirement.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of 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 April 1, 1924-

City of Lynn
may pension
Henry
Wheelock,

Submission to
city council,
etc.

Proviso.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 186, 187. 169

An Act divesting the essex company of its power to take (^/^^t) 1 86
land by eminent domain and making it a domestic business
corporation.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The provisions of chapter one hundred and sixty- Essex Com-
three of the acts of eighteen hundred and forty-five conferring ont^powf/^
upon the Essex Company the right to take land by eminent to take land
domain are hereby repealed; and said corporation shall hereafter domain and
be subject to chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the General domestic
Laws and all acts in amendment thereof or in addition thereto r^''^®^ corpo-
and to all other general laws applicable to domestic business
corporations, notwithstanding any limitations to the contrary
heretofore enacted by general or special law; but nothing herein
shall relieve said corporation from the obligation to maintain
the canal and locks necessary for the passage of goods, boats and
merchandise around its dam, as provided in said chapter one
hundred and sixty-three.

Section 2. Upon the acceptance of this act by the stock- Time of
holders of said company in the manner provided by section * "^^ ^
three of chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the General Laws,
and the filing in the office of the state secretary on or before
December thirty -first in the current year of a copy of the vote of
acceptance approved by the commissioner of corporations and
taxation as provided in said section, this act shall take effect
as of March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four. *

Approved April 1, 1924-

An Act authorizing the county of Worcester to borrow C hap. 1S7
additional money for the purpose of enlarging the

county court house in the city of WORCESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing necessary addi- Worcester

,, .y\ i'i'i> county may

tions to and alterations in the county court house in the city oi borrow money

Worcester, and of furnishing and equipping the same, and for county^coun

the purpose of acquiring by purchase or otherwise such additional „" Worcester

land as may be necessary therefor, the county commissioners of

the county of Worcester may from time to time borrow upon

the credit of the county such sums as may be necessary, not

exceeding, in the aggregate, sixty thousand dollars, and may

issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, w^hich shall bear on

their face the words, Worcester Countv Court House Loan, Act Worcester

, ,_„ . T-< 1 1 • I • 1 11 ' • 1 County Court

oi 1924. Lach authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan. House Loan,

and such loans shall be payable in not more than five years from ^'^*' °^ ^^"*'

their dates. Such bonds or notes 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. Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall, except as

herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the General

Laws.

170

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 188, 189, 190.

Wor'^iftlT *° Section 2. This act shall take eflFect upon its acceptance
county com- by the county commissioners of Worcester county; provided,
that such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty-first in the
current year. Approved April 1, 1924-

missioners
Proviso.

C hap. ISS An Act providing for the appointment of an executive

CLERK to the CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Chapter two hundred and twelve of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section twenty-eight and insert-
ing in place thereof the following : — Section 28. There may
annually be expended out of the treasury of the commonwealth,
under the direction of the chief justice, such sums as may be
appropriated for printing, for transportation of papers and docu-
ments, for clerical work, for inspection of the records and doings
of persons authorized to admit to bail, for an executive clerk
to said chief justice, who ma}^ be an assistant clerk, and for
certain other expenses incident to the work of the court. Said
chief justice may appoint and remove said executive clerk and
define his duties. Approved April 3, 1924-

G. L. 212, § 28,
amended.

•Superior court,

miscellaneou.s

expense.^.

Executive
clerk to chief
justice.

G. L. 90, I 1,
etc., amended.

Chap.189 An Act RELATIVE TO THE REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL
MOTOR VEHICLES OWNED BY NON-RESIDENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one of chapter ninety of the General LaAVs, as amended
by section one of chapter four hundred and sixty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "year" in the thirty-sixth line the
words : — ; provided, that any such resident who owns a com-
mercial motor vehicle w^hich is operated in the commonwealth
for more than thirty days in the year shall not, as to such vehicle,
be deemed a non-resident, — so that the paragraph contained
in the thirty-fourth to the thirty-sixth lines, inclusive, will
read as follows: — "Non-resident", any resident of any state
or country who has no regular place of abode or business in the
commonwealth for a period of more than thirty days in the year;
provided, that any such resident who owns a commercial motor
vehicle which is operated in the commonwealth for more than
thirty days in the year shall not, as to such vehicle, be deemed
a non-resident. Approved April S, 1924-

Definition of
"Non-resi-
dent" under
motor vehicle
laws.
Pro^^so.

Chap. 190 An Act dispensing with the transmission to, and the

PUBLICATION BY, THE STATE SECRETARY OF CERTAIN INFORMA-
TION AS TO VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS.

G. L. 182, § 5,
repealed.

Time of
taking effect.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section five of chapter one hundred and eighty-
two of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of November first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Approved April 3, 1924-

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 191, 192, 193. 171

An Act relative to the establishment of breeding areas QJkij) \<^\
IN certain great ponds.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and thirty of the General Laws is hereby G. L. 139,
amended by inserting after section twenty-eight the following afterTas!"
new section: — Section 28 A. The director, on petition of the Breeding areas
aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town where a great pond g^eaYp^onds,
not used as a source of public water supply is situated, or, in establishment,
case such pond is not wholly within a single city or town, on peti-
tion of the aldermen or selectmen of a majority of the cities
and towns wherein such pond is situated, may cause not exceed-
ing twenty-five per cent of the area of said pond to be set apart,
for such period of years as he may determine, as a breeding area
for such food fish as he may judge best suited to its waters. The Public hear-
provisions of the preceding section relative to public hearings "^^^'
and notice thereof in the petitioning cities and towns shall apply
to proceedings under this section. Whoever fishes in a breeding Penalty.
area while set apart as aforesaid shall forfeit his license and shall
be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.

Approved April 3, 1924-

An Act authorizing the town of hard wick to pay a sum of (Jfiaj) 192

money to GEORGE D. WARNER AND MARY C. WARNER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 , The town of Hardwick may pay a sum of money, Town of
not exceeding seventeen hundred and fifty dollars, under such pay^ n^ney"^^^
terms and conditions as it shall impose, to George D. Warner and w:!?ner^a^nd "
Mary C. Warner in full satisfaction for all damages suffered by Mary c.
them on account of the construction, alteration or repair of a
certain public highway upon which their property abuts in said
town.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of said t^vote?s°etc
town at an annual town meeting, or at a special town meeting
called for the purpose, and shall take effect upon its acceptance
by a majority of the voters present and voting thereon; otherwise
it shall not take effect. Approved April 3, 1924-

An Act to provide for personal service outside the com- C/ia2?.193
monwealth on libellees in divorce cases.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eight of chapter two hundred and eight of the General '^^^- ^^'if-
Laws, as amended by chapter sixty of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by adding
at the end thereof the following : — Personal service of the libel
may be made upon the libellee, if outside of the commonwealth,
by a sheriff or deputy sheriff of the commonwealth or by any
duly constituted public officer qualified to serve like process
in the place in which service is made, and when so made no
publication shall be required, — so as to read as follows : —

172

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 194.

Summons by Section 8. The court or clerk may order the Hbellee to be sum-
notice, etc., to •' ,...,..
libeiieesin moned to appear and answer at the court having jurisdiction
vorce cases. ^£ ^j^^ cause, by the publication of such a form of notice, as it
or he may require, in one or more newspapers to be designated
in the order, or by delivering to the libellee an attested copy
of the libel and a summons, or in such other manner as it or he
may require. If such order is made by the clerk, the court may
order an additional notice. If the libellee does not appear and
the court considers the notice defective or insufficient, it may
Personal ordcr further notice. Personal ser\-ice of the libel may be made
commonwealth, upou the libellee, if outside of the commonwealth, by a sheriff
or deputy sheriff of the commonwealth or by any duly constituted
public officer qualified to serve like process in the place in which
service is made, and when so made no publication shall be re-
quired. Approved April 3, 1924.

G. L. 215, § 18,
etc., amended.

Judges of
probate may
appoint court
stenographers.

C/iai). 194 ^^^ ^CT DISPENSING WITH THE PERMANENT STENOGRAPHER FOR
THE PROBATE COURT IN SUFFOLK COUNTY AND AUTHORIZING
THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERMANENT OFFICER FOR SAID COURT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and fifteen of the General
Laws, as amended in section eighteen by chapter three hundred
and ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
is hereby further amended by striking out said section eighteen
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 18. At
the trial of any issue of fact in a probate court the presiding judge
may appoint a stenographer, who shall be sworn and shall attend
the trial, or such part thereof as the judge may direct, and per-
form like duties and receive the same compensation therefor as
a stenographer appointed by the superior court who is not on
salary ; and the sums so payable for his attendance at court and
for any transcript of his notes or part thereof furnished to the
judge by his direction shall be paid by the county upon the
certificate of the judge. The judges of probate of any county,
except Suffolk, may, subject to the approval of the county com-
missioners of such county, appoint and fix the compensation
of a stenographer for the probate court of such county. The
compensation and expenses of such stenographer shall be paid
by the county.

Section 2. Chapter two hundred and seventeen of the
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section
twenty-seven the following new section: — Section 27 A. The
judges of probate for Suffolk county may appoint and at their
pleasure remove a permanent officer to perform the duties pre-
scribed by section fifty-six A of chapter two hundred and fifteen
and such other duties as said judges may determine. The salary
of such officer shall be fixed by the judges at a sum not exceeding
three thousand dollars and such officer shall be allowed such
sums for necessary traveling and other expenses as may be ap-
proved by the judges. The salary and expenses of such officer
shall be paid by the county of Suffolk.

Approved April 3, 1924.

Permanent
stenographers.

G. L. 217, new
section after
§ 27.

Judges of
probate for
Suffolk county
may appoint,
etc., perma-
nent officer,
etc.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 195, 196, 197. 173

An Act authorizing the city of boston to pension michael Phn^ 1 05

J. CURRAN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Boston may, not later than the ex- City of Boston
piration of the current year, retire Michael J. Curran, a member Mtchaefj°'^
of the police department of said city, who was shot and totally Curran.
incapacitated while in the performance of his duty on January
seventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and, by way of dis-
charging its moral obligation to him, may pay him an annual
pension equal to his present annual compensation.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by the mayor and city council of said city, subject to the pro- dfy council.
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs Proviso,
prior to December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved April 3, 1924-

An Act relative to the pension paid by the city of revere fhnr) IQfi
TO EDWIN A. GIBBS. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . For the purpose of further discharging its moral Pension paid
obligation to Edwin A. Gibbs, the city of Revere may increase Revere to
the pension now being paid him by said city from five hundred GUDbs^n-
and thirty dollars and forty cents per year to not more than creased.
seven hundred and seventy dollars per year.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission to
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions etc^ ^°^'^°'''
of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occure prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

{The foregoing was laid before the governor on the twenty-eighth
day of March, 1924, and after five days it had " the force of a law",
as prescribed by the constitution, as it was not returned by him with
his objections thereto within that time.)

An Act relative to the maximum age of applicants for (Jfidj) 197
positions in police and fire departments as affected ^'

BY civil service RULES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section four of chapter thii-ty-one of the General Laws is hereby G. l. 31, § 4,
amended by inserting after the word "selectmen" in the six- *™®° ® '
teenth line the following: — ; and except further that no rule
shall prescribe a maximum age limit for applicants for positions
in police or fire departments lower than thirty-five years, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 4- The following, among Positions under
others, shall be included within the classified civil service by bjTrijesTf^
rules of the board : board, etc.

All persons having charge of steam boilers, heating, lighting Persons having

14. • .. • J u xi, 1.LU charge of

or power plants mam tamed by the commonwealth ; steam boilers,

etc.

174

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 198.

Sealers of "^
weights and
measures, etc.

Members of
police and fire
departments.

Restrictions as
to certain rules.

Inspectors of

plumbing.

Instructors,

etc., in state

prison and

Massachusetts

reformatory.

All sealers and deputy sealers of v/eights and measures in
towns of over ten thousand inhabitants and in cities, whether
such officers are heads of principal departments or not, and also
the inspectors of standards in the service of the commonwealth ;

Members of police and fire departments of cities and of such
towns as accept the provisions of this chapter, or have accepted
corresponding provisions of earlier laws, and members of the
police or fire department of any town which, as to such depart-
ment, accepts section forty-eight or has accepted corresponding
provisions of earlier laws; except that no rule regulating the
height and weight of persons eligible to become members of the
fire department shall be made or enforced except by the city
council or selectmen; and except further that no rule shall
prescribe a maximum age limit for applicants for positions in
police or fire departments lower than thirty-five years ;

Inspectors of plumbing in receipt of an annual salary;

Instructors in the state prison and the Massachusetts reforma-
tory, and all other employees in said institutions having prisoners
under their charge. Approved April 4, 1924-

Biennial elec-
tions in city
of Lynn.

City council,
election,
terms, etc.

C/iap. 198 An Act providing for biennial elections in the city of

LYNN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Municipal elections in the city of Lynn for the
choice of mayor, members of the city council and members of
the school committee shall be held biennially commencing with
the municipal election in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
five. There shall be no municipal election in said city in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

Section 2. At the biennial municipal election to be held in
said city in nineteen hundred and twenty-five and at every
biennial municipal election thereafter, all eleven members of the
city council shall be elected to serve for two years from the first
Monday of January following their election and until their
successors are elected and qualified, subject to section fifty-
seven of chapter three hundred and forty of the Special Acts
of nineteen hundred and seventeen. The members of the said
city council elected in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, shall, subject to said section fifty-seven, continue to hold
office until the election and qualification of their successors who
shall be elected at the biennial election in the year nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-five. The inauguration meeting of the city
government shall be held on the first Mondaj' of January follow-
ing the election of its members; provided, that if said first
Monday of January falls on a holiday the said meeting shall take
place on the following day.

Section 3. At the biennial municipal election to be held
in said city in nineteen hundred and twenty-five and at every
biennial municipal election thereafter, all six elective members
of the school committee shall be elected to serve for two years
from the first Monday of January following their election and

Inauguration
meeting.

Proviso.

School com-
mittee, elec-
tion, terms, etc.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 198. 175

until their successors are elected and qualified, subject to said
section fifty-seven. The members of said committee elected
in nineteen hundred and twenty-one, shall, subject to said section
fifty-seven, continue to hold office until the qualification of their
successors, who shall be elected at the biennial election in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-five. The term of office of
each of the members of the school committee elected at the
annual election in the year nineteen hundred and tv/enty-three,
shall, subject to said section fifty-seven, terminate on the first
Monday of January nineteen hundred and twenty-six.

Section 4. Such provisions of chapter three hundred and Certain incon-
forty of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, and sions'repeaied.
all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, as are
inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Wherever the Word
word "annual" is used in said chapter three hundred and forty, ^henlo'irl
and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, as applied biennial.
to elections by the voters of said city, it shall hereafter be con-
strued to mean biennial.

Section 5. Said chapter three himdred and forty, as 1917, 340 (S),
amended in section forty-seven by section four of chapter one Imenled.'
hundred and seventy-seven of the Special Acts 01 nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section forty -seven and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing:— Section J^7 . If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor Vacancy in
or in the city council prior to the last six months of the term in orin'oH™'*^^'^
question, the city council shall order an election to fill the same t°bTfiii^d'^t
for the unexpired term; and if a vacancy occurs in the office of
mayor during the last six months of his term, the president of the
city council shall succeed thereto for the remainder of the term.
If the mayor is absent or temporarily unable from any cause to "Actin?:
perform his duties or pending the election of a mayor to fill a JTowe'rg, etc.
vacancy, they shall be performed by the president of the city
council, who shall for the time being be designated "acting
mayor", and shall possess the powers of mayor only in matters
not admitting of delay, and shall have no power to make per-
manent appointments. If the president is absent or unable to
serve, the city council shall elect an acting mayor. Should an Temporary
appointive officer of the city be temporarily unable for any cause acffor^ap^ *°
to perform his duties, the council or the mayor, having the power ^flj^^jg^^u
of original appointment, may designate a temporary appointee
to act until such officer shall resume his duties.

Section 6. This act shall be submitted to the voters of the Submission to
city of Lynn for their acceptance at the state election in the ^°*®"' **"•
current year in the form of the following question which shall
be printed on the official ballot to be used at said election:
"Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen
Jiundred and twenty-four, entitled 'An Act pro\'iding for Bien-
nial Elections in the City of Lynn' be accepted?" If a majority
of the voters voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer
to said question, then this act shall take full effect in said city,
but not otherwise. Approved April 4, 1924-

176 Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 199, 200.

Chap. 199 An Act authorizing the town of monson to borrow money

FOR school purposes.

Town of Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and con-

borrow money structing school buildings and originally equipping and furnish-

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. For the purp
structing school buildings an
pose?°°' ^^^' irig said buildings, the town of Monson may borrow from time
to time, within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate,
one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
Monson School notcs therefor, which shall bear on their face the w^ords, Monson
Loan. Act of gchool Loau, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized
under this section unless a sum equal to an amount not less than
ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same pur-
pose to be raised in the tax levy of the year when authorized.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be subject
to chapter forty -four of the General Laws exclusive of the pro-
viso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter three
hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved Ajyril 4, 1924.

Chap. 200 An Act establishing the commissioners on uniform state

LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G- L. 6, § 26, Section 1. Chapter six of the General Laws is hereby

amended by striking out section twenty-six and inserting in
Board of com- place thereof the following : — Section 26. There shall be a

missioners onf .. -r- x^i • j_- e

uniform state board of comniissiouers on umiorm state laws, consistmg oi

ifshmentretc. three suitable persons, who shall be appointed by the governor,
with the advice and consent of the council, for five year terms.
Within thirty days after the appointment of such commissioners,
they shall meet and organize. The governor may remove for
cause any or all of said commissioners.

G- ^-^'^ 27, Section 2. Section twenty-seven of said chapter six is hereby
amended by striking out all after the word "shall" in the ninth
line and inserting in place thereof the words : — make an annual

Duties of report, — so as to read as follows : — Section 27. The commis-

sioners shall examine subjects upon which uniformity of legisla-
tion in the various states of the United States is desirable, but
which are outside of the jurisdiction of the congress of the United
States; shall confer upon these matters with the commissioners
appointed by other states for the same purpose; shall consider
and draft uniform laws to be submitted for approval and adoption
by the several states; and generally shall devise and recommend
such other or further course of action as may tend to accomplish

comnuBsioners.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 201, 202. 177

such purposes. They shall keep a record of their doings, and
shall make an annual report.

Section 3. The initial appointments under this act shall ^^fj appomt-
be made by the governor, with the advice and consent of the
council, to take effect on the expiration of the terms of the present
commissioners on uniform state laws.

Approved April 4, 1924-

An Act to reduce the number of signatures required on Chap. 201

NOMINATION PAPERS OF CANDIDATES FOR CITY OFFICES IN
CERTAIN CITIES.

Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:

Chapter fifty-three of the General Laws is hereby- amended by G. L 53, § 6.
striking out section six and inserting in place thereof the follow- ^^^'^ ^
ing : — Section 6. Nominations of candidates for any offices Nomination
to be filled by all the voters of the commonwealth may be made of sfgnktures ^'
by nomination papers, stating the facts required by section required, etc.
eight and signed in the aggregate by not less than one thousand
voters. Nominations of all other candidates for offices to be
filled at a state election, and of all candidates for offices to be
filled at a city election except where city charters provide other-
wise, may be made by like nomination papers, signed in the
aggregate by two voters, in the case of offices to be filled at a
state election, and one voter, in the case of offices to be filled at
a city election, for every one hundred votes cast for governor at
the preceding biennial state election in the electoral district or
division for which the officers are to be elected, but in no event
by less than fifty nor more than one thousand in the case of offices
to be filled at a state election, or by less than fifty nor more than
two hundred and fifty in the case of offices to be filled at a city
election. Nominations of candidates for offices to be filled at a '
town election may be made by nomination papers signed in the
aggregate by at least one voter for every fifty votes polled for
governor at the preceding biennial state election in such town,
but in no case by less than twenty voters. At a first election
to be held in a newly established ward, the number of voters
upon a nomination paper of a candidate who is to be voted for
only in such ward need not exceed fifty; and at a first election
in a town the number for the nomination of a candidate who is
to be voted for only in such town need not exceed twenty.

Approved April 4, 1924.

An Act authorizing the sale of certain land in frajhing- Chap. 202

HAM OWNED BY THE COMMONWEALTH AND USED FOR PURPOSES
OF THE REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The commissioner of correction, in the name and on behalf o/'^^ep^ti'on "^
of the commonwealth, may sell and convey, for such price ap- may seii certain
proved by the governor and council as said commissioner may inghamusecT"
determine, a certain parcel of land in Framingham used for ^"''ref'J.'^ato
purposes of the reformatory for women and bounded and de- for women.

178 Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 203, 204.

scribed as follows : — Beginning at the southwesterly corner of
said parcel at a stake on the northerly side of Herbert street and
thence running northwesterly at right angles to said Herbert
street by land of George F. Coolidge about one hundred and
ninety-four and five tenths feet to a stake at Beaver Dam brook,
thence northeasterly along said brook about two hundred and
eighty-five feet to a stake, thence southeasterly in a line parallel
with the line first described by land of Henry Bullard about two
hundred and thirty-five and five tenths feet to a stake at said
Herbert street, thence southwesterly by said Herbert street about
two hundred and seventy-five feet to the point of beginning.

Approved April 4, 1924.

Chap. 203 An Act kelative to the expending of certain sums reim-
bursed TO THE COMMONWEALTH FOR CERTAIN EXPENDITURES
IN THE COMPLETION OF HIGHWAYS IN THE FIVE WESTERN
COUNTIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
^^^'aIa' ^ ^' Section two of chapter five hundred and seventy-two of the

amended. . i i i i • i i i i i -i

acts of nineteen iiundred and twenty is hereby amended by strik-
ing out, in the sixth line, the words "auditor of the common-
wealth", and inserting in place thereof the word: — comptroller,
— and by striking out, in the ninth line, the word "twenty-six"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — twenty-eight, — so
Repayment to as to read as follows : — Section 2. One fourth of any money
mo*ney ex-^'^*'''° which may be expended under the provisions of section one of
pended in ^^jg act for a highwav in anv county shall be repaid by the countv

completion of , i i • ' i • i i i • "

highways in to the commouwealth m such instalments and at such times,
counTils!^'^" within six years thereafter, as the said division of highways, with
the approval of the comptroller, having regard to the financial
Expenditure Condition of the county, shall determine. A sum equal to the
°l^\i^^'^° money so repaid shall, before November thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight, 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 high-
Pro^-iso. ways mentioned in the said act: provided, that the valuation

of the town does not exceed one million dollars; the highway so
improved to be a main highway connecting such town with its
railroad station, with a main through highway, or with an adjoin-
ing city or town. Approved April 4y 1924.

Chap.204: An Act relative to sessions of registrars of voters.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

G. L 51, § 26, Section 1. Section twenty-sLx of chapter fifty -one of the

amen e . General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word

"annual" in the seventh line the words: — or biennial, — and

by striking out, in the eighth line, the word "Saturday" and

inserting in place thereof the word : — Wednesday, — so as

Sessions of to read as follows : — Section 26. The registrars, for the pur-

vo^ters*'^'' ° pose of registering voters in the manner hereinafter provided,

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 205. 179

shall hold such day and such evening sessions as the town by
by-law or the city by ordinance shall prescribe, and such other
sessions as they deem necessary; but, except as provided in
section fifty, in every city registration shall cease at ten o'clock
in the evening on the twentieth day preceding the biennial state
election and the annual or biennial city election, and in every
town registration shall cease at ten o'clock in the evening on the
Wednesday last but one preceding the biennial state election
and the annual town meeting. The time and place of registration
shall be the same for male and female applicants.

Section 2. Section twenty-seven of said chapter fifty-one g. l. 51, § 27.
is hereby amended by striking out, in the second line, the words *'"«°'i^^-
"Saturday last" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
Wednesday last but one, — so as to read as follows : — Section Se3sions before
£7. They shall hold at least one session at some suitable place p^ma'^'es.
in every city or town on or before the Wednesday last but one
preceding a primary, except a primary preceding a special
election.

Section 3. Said chapter fifty-one is hereby amended by g. l. 51, § 28,
striking out section twenty-eight and inserting in place thereof ^'^e'^'^^'^-
the following: — Section ^8. They shall hold a continuous Sessions on
session from twelve o'clock noon until ten o'clock in the evening [^^i^flJon.
on the last day for registration preceding the biennial state elec-
tion and the annual or biennial city election or annual town
meeting, except that in towns having less than three hundred
voters said session shall be sufficient if it includes the time from
two to four o'clock in the afternoon, and from seven to ten
o'clock in the evening. Approved April 4, 1924-

Chap.206

An Act relative to the giving of notices to certain mem-
bers OF THE GENERAL COURT OF HEARINGS BEFORE THE
local AUTHORITIES ON PETITIONS FOR LOCATIONS OF STREET
RAILWAYS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section seven of chapter one hundred and sixty-one of the g. l. lei, § 7,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the tenth ^'^^^ ^
line, the words "; and if" and inserting in place thereof the
words : — They shall also give like notice in writing of the time
and place of such hearing to all members of the general court
representing the district or districts in which such city or town
lies, but the validity of the proceedings shall not be affected by
failure to give notice to such members. If, — so that the first
paragraph will read as follows : — Section 7. The board of alder- Locations of
men of a city or the selectmen of a town, upon petition executed **'^^®* ^^'^ ^^^^'
in accordance with the by-laws or a vote of the directors of a
company organized or in process of organization under this
chapter, or organized under a special act, for an original location
of tracks in such city or town, shall give fourteen days' notice Notice of
of the time and place for a hearing on such petition by publica- petHioM.°°
tion thereof in one or more newspapers, if any, published in said
city or town; otherwise, in such newspapers published in the
county where the city or town is situated as shall be designated

180

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 206, 207.

Notice to
certain mem-
bers of general
court.

Granting of
locations, etc.

Certification
by department
of public
utilities.

by the board of aldermen or the selectmen thereof. They shall
also give like notice in writing of the time and place of such
hearing to all members of the general court representing the
district or districts in which such city or town lies, but the valid-
ity of the proceedings shall not be affected by failure to give
notice to such members. If, after a hearing, they deem that
public necessity and convenience so require, they may grant said
location, or any portion thereof, and may prescribe how the
tracks shall be laid, and the kind of rails, poles, wires and other
appliances which shall be used, and, in addition to the general
provisions of law governing such companies, and in respect of
matters not treated of in such provisions, impose such other
terms, conditions and obligations, incidental to and not incon-
sistent with the objects of a street railway company, as they
deem the public interests may require; but no such location
shall be valid, until the department after public notice and a
hearing shall certify that such location is consistent with the
public interest. Approved April 4-y 1924-

C hap. 20G An Act relative to the distribution of corporation taxes.
. Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 58. I lOA,
etc., repealed.

G. L. 58,'§ 25,
etc., amended.

Distribution
of corporate
taxes.

Appeal to
board of
appeal.

Section 1 . Section ten A of chapter fifty-eight of the General
Laws, inserted by section two of chapter three hundred and
seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
is hereby repealed.

Section 2. Said chapter fifty-eight, as amended in section
twenty-five by section three of chapter three hundred and
seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and
section two of chapter three hundred and sixty-two of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section twenty-five and inserting in place
thereof the following : — Section 25. The commissioner shall
ascertain and determine the amount due to each town under
sections twenty to twenty-four A, inclusive, notify the treasurer
of each town thereof, and certify the amount as determined to
the state treasurer, who shall thereupon pay the same. The
commissioner in his discretion may from time to time within the
fiscal year make partial distributions of taxes paid therein and
distributable under the provisions of section twenty, withholding
such sums as may to him seem proper to provide for refunds and
abatements. Any decision made by the commissioner under
sections twenty-one to twenty-four A, inclusive, shall be subject
to appeal to the board of appeal. Approved April 4, 1924.

Chap. 207 An Act relative to the payment of additional compensa-
tion FOR INJURY UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
LAWS IN CERTAIN CASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

^te^' mend^d^' Section twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and fifty-two
of the General Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and
sixty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 208. 181

is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "injury"
in the fifth line the words: — , and if incapacity extends beyond
a period of four weeks, compensation shall be paid from the day
of injury, — so as to read as follows : — Section 29. No com- Time at which
pensation shall be paid for any injury which does not incapacitate compensation
the employee for a period of at least seven days from earning be^'aid°etc*"
full wages, but if incapacity extends beyond such period, com-
pensation shall begin on the eighth day after the injury, and if
incapacity extends beyond a period of four weeks, compensation
shall be paid from the day of injury. When compensation shall
have begun it shall not be discontinued except with the written
assent of the employee or the approval of the department or a
member thereof; provided, that such compensation shall be Provaso.
paid in accordance with section thirty-five if the employee in
fact earns wages after the original agreement is filed.

Approved April 7, 1924.

An Act relative to the filling of prescriptions for nar
cotic drugs.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and ninety-eight of chapter ninety-four o. l. 94. § los,
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
fifteenth and sixteenth lines, the words " together with the legal
signature of the person receiving such drug, ", so as to read as
follows: — Section 198. Except as otherwise provided in sec- Saieanddis
tions one hundred and ninety-nine and two hundred, no person

C/iap.208

amended.

tribution of
certain narcotic

shall sell, furnish, give or deliver any narcotic drug except upon d'""gs regu-
the written order of a manufacturer or jobber in drugs, whole-
sale druggist, registered pharmacist actively engaged in business
as such, physician, dentist or veterinarian registered under the
laws of the state where he resides, or an incorporated hospital,
college or scientific institution through its superintendent or
official in immediate charge, or upon the written prescription Prescriptions
of a physician, dentist or veterinarian registered as above pro- dlnt^^tTe1,c^'
vided, such order bearing his legal signature, the date of the
signature, his office address, the registry number given him under
the act of congress approved December seventeenth, nineteen
himdred and fourteen, and the name, age and address of the
patient for whom it is prescribed. The prescription, when filled,
shall show the date of filling and the legal signature of the person
filling it, WTitten across the face of the prescription, and the
prescription shall be retained on file for at least two years by
the druggist filling it. No prescription shall be filled except in
the manner indicated therein and at the time when it is received,
and the full quantity of each substance prescribed shall be
given. No order or prescription shall be either received for
filling or filled more than five days after its date of issue as in-
dicated thereon. Each pharmacist who fills a prescription for
a narcotic drug shall secureh^ attach to the container thereof a
label giving the name and address of the store where the prescrip-
tion is filled, the date of filling, the name of the person for whom
it is prescribed, the name of the physician, dentist or veterinarian

182

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 209.

Provisos.

Section not
to apply to
certain
peraons, etc.

who issued it; and the narcotic drug so delivered shall always
be kept in its container until used. No prescription shall be
refilled, nor shall a copy of the same be made except for the
purpose of record by the druggist filling the same, such record
to be open at all times to inspection by the officers of the depart-
ment of public health, the board of registration in pharmacy, the
board of registration in medicine, authorized agents of said
department and boards, and by the police authorities and police
officers of towns; provided, that sections one hundred and
ninety-seven to two hundred and thirteen, inclusive, shall not
apply to prescriptions, nor to the sale, distribution, giving,
dispensing or possession of preparations or remedies, if such
prescriptions do not call for, or such preparations and remedies
do not contain, more than two grains of opium or more than
one quarter of a grain of morphine, or more than one eighth of
a grain of heroin or more than one grain of codeine, in one fluid
ounce, or, if a solid or semi-solid preparation, in the avoirdupois
ounce; nor shall they apply to liniments, ointments or other
preparations which are prepared for external use only, except
liniments, ointments and other preparations containing cocaine
or alpha or beta eucaine; provided, that such preparations,
remedies or prescriptions are sold, distributed, given, dispensed
or held in possession in good faith as medicines and not for the
purpose of evading any provision of the last named sections, and
provided that the possession of any narcotic drug, except in
the form of prescriptions and preparations or remedies especially
exempted in this section, by any one not being a manufacturer
or jobber of drugs, or wholesale druggist, registered pharmacist
actively engaged in business as such, or a physician, dentist or
veterinarian registered as above provided, or superintendent or
official in charge of an incorporated hospital, college or scientific
institution shall, except as provided in section two hundred
and five, be presumptive evidence of an intent to violate sections
one hundred and ninety-eight to two hundred and ten, inclusive.
This section shall not apply to a person having in his possession
any of the above mentioned articles by virtue of a legal prescrip-
tion legally issued under any provision of sections one hundred
and ninety-eight to two hundred and ten, inclusive, and not
obtained by any false representation made to the physician,
dentist or veterinarian issuing it, or to the pharmacist who filled
it; nor shall such sections apply to decocainized coca leaves or
preparations made therefrom or to other preparations of coca
leaves which do not contain cocaine.

Approved April 7, 1924-

C hap. 20Q An Act relative to park commissioners and to the taking

OF LAND FOR PUBLIC PARKS.

G. L. 45, § 2,
amended.

Park comnus-
sioners in
cities and

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . Chapter forty-five of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section two and inserting in place thereof
the following : — Section 2. A town may elect a board of park
commissioners, consisting of three persons, and prescribe their

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 210. 183

t'^rms of office, or the members of a town planning board may towns, election ,
if so authorized by vote of the town act as park commissioners ^ppo'n*'"^"*'
therein. In a town which has not elected a board of park com-
missioners or has not authorized the town planning board so
to act, the selectmen shall act as such board of park commis-
sioners. The mayor of a city may, with the approval of the
city council, appoint a board of park commissioners for said
city, consisting of five persons, who shall hold office for terms
of one, two, three, four and five years respectively from the first
Monday in May next following such appointment, or until their
successors are qualified; and thereafter the mayor shall annually,
before the first Monday in May, with like approval appoint one
such commissioner for a term of five years from said first Mon-
day in May. No member of the city council, clerk or treasurer of
such city or town shall be such commissioner. In cities a va- vacancies in
cancy in such board shall be filled in like manner for the residue '"*"'^-
of the unexpired term. A commissioner may be removed by a Removal.
vote of two thirds of the ^^oters of a town, or by a vote of two
thirds of all the members of a city council. Such commissioners No compen-
shall serve without compensation. sation.

Section 2. Said chapter forty-five is hereby further amended ^^^f^^ ^ ^•
by striking out section three and inserting in place thereof the
following : — Section 3. Any such board may locate public xaidng, pur-
parks within its city or town and for that purpose may take in f^nd^r**^" °^
fee by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine or by pur- public parks.
chase, gift, devise or otherwise, land which it considers desirable
therefor, or may take bonds for the conveyance thereof to its
city or town, but any such taking by eminent domain or by pur-
chase shall be subject to the provisions of section fourteen of
chapter forty. A city or town may take and hold in trust or
otherwise any grant, gift, bequest or devise, made for the pur-
pose of laying out or improving any parks therein.

Section 3. Section ten of said chapter forty-five is hereby g. l. 45, § 10,
repealed. Approved April 7, 1924- "^^^^^ ^

An Act to ascertain the will of the people with refer- Qjidj) 210

ENCE TO the retention OF THE DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW,
SO-CALLED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

For the purpose of ascertaining the will of the people of the Acttoascer-
commonwealth concerning the continuance or repeal of the day- pe'°pi^^ia°h
light saving law, so-called, the secretary of the commonwealth reference to
shall cause to be placed on the official ballot to be used at the daylight
next state election the following question : — " Shall daylight ^Xd^ '*'''• '""
saving be retained by law in Massachusetts?" The votes upon
said question shall be received, sorted, counted and declared, and
copies of records thereof transmitted to the secretary of the
commonwealth, laid before the governor and council, and by
them opened and examined, in accordance with the laws relating
to votes for state officers and copies of records thereof, so far as
such laws are applicable. The governor shall make known the
result by declaring the number of votes in the affirmative and

184

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 211.

the number in the negative, and shall transmit a statement of
such result, in WTiting, to the general court during the first week
of the session in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five. If
it shall appear that a majority of said votes is in the affirmative,
it shall be deemed and taken to be the will of the people that
the daylight saving law, so-called, shall be continued in force,
and if a majority of said votes is in the negative, it shall be
deemed and taken to be the will of the people that said law shall
be repealed. Approved April 8, 19£4-

Chap. 211

G. L. 131. § 33,
amended.

Close season
for ruHed
grouse and
woodcock.

G. L. 131,
new section
after § 44.

Board to de-
termine and
define limits
of districts
wherein
permits to
capture, etc.,
ruffed grouse
may be used.

No compen-
sation, etc.

Granting of
permits to
capture, etc.
ruffed grouse
doing damage
to fruit trees.

No fee.

Report as to
grouse cap-
tured, etc.

An Act relative to ruffed grouse.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section thirty-three of chapter one hundred and
thirty-one of the General Laws is hereb}^ amended by inserting
after the word "section" in the first line the words: — forty-
four A or, — so as to read as follows : — Sectimi 33. Except as
pro^■ided in section forty-four A or fifty-three, no person, except
between the twentieth of October and the twentieth of Novem-
ber, both inclusive, shall hunt, pursue, take or kill a ruffed
grouse, commonly called partridge, or a woodcock, or have the
same, or any part thereof, in possession, whenever or wherever
the same may have been taken or killed; and no person, except
as provided in section thirteen, shall at any time transport or
cause to be transported out of the commonwealth the above
named birds, or have in possession any such bird with intent so
to do.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and thirty-one is
hereby further amended by inserting after section forty-four the
following new section: — Section 44^^- A board, consisting of
the commissioner of conservation, the commissioner of agri-
culture and the director of the division of ornithology, acting in
person or through their duly authorized agents, together with
a representative of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers Associa-
tion, Inc., and of The Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective
Association, may from time to time determine and define the
limits of districts within the commonwealth wherein permits to
capture, pursue, wound or kill ruffed grouse, as hereinafter pro-
vided, may be used. Said board shall serve without compensa-
tion and shall not incur any expense on account of the common-
wealth. Upon application to the director, upon blank forms
furnished by the division, by the owner or occupant of land in
a district wherein a permit as aforesaid may be used, the director
may grant to him a permit authorizing him, or a member of his
family authorized by him so to do or a person permanently em-
ployed by him on such land if authorized as aforesaid, to capture,
pursue, wound or kill on such land, but only for such period be-
tween December first and April fifteenth following as may be
specified in such permit, any ruffed grouse which he may find in
the act of doing damage to fruit trees. There shall be no fee for
granting any such permit. The person by whom or under whose
direction a ruffed grouse is captured, wounded or killed shall,

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 212, 213. 185

within twenty-four hours thereafter, make a written report to
the director, stating the time, place and the number of grouse
so captured, wounded or killed. Such person shall retain posses-
sion of such grouse or the carcasses thereof for a period of five
days, within which the director shall effect the disposition of the
same for scientific purposes. Any person violating any provision Penalty, etc.
of this section shall lie punished by a fine of not more than fifty
dollars and, in addition thereto, the holder of any permit granted
as aforesaid who violates any provision thereof or any provision
of this section shall forfeit such permit.

Approved April 8, 192/^.

An Act authorizing the town of williamstown to borrow Qjidj) 212

MONEY for school PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a new school ^°iiiiimstown
building and for the purchase of original equipment and furnish- may borrow
ings for said building, the town of Williamstown may borrow "chooTpur-
from time to time, within a period of five years from the passage p°^^^-
of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Williamstown WiiUamstown
School Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute 1';^''°/ 1^2^.'
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized
under this section unless a sum equal to an amount not less than
ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same pur-
pose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject
to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter three
hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three.

Section 2, This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 10, 192/^.

An Act reviving certain corporations. Chav 213

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause in- Emergency
convenience and expense, therefore it is hereby declared to be p'®^™ ^■
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

The following named corporations, which were dissolved by Certain cor-
the chapters set opposite their respective names, are hereby re- ?i>ed.°'^ '*"
vived with the same powers, duties and obligations as if the said
chapters had not been passed.

186 Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 214, 215, 216.

Certain cor- NaME. DISSOLVED BY —

vived. Chautauqua Association (Fram- Chapter one hundred and fifty-

ingham). seven of the Special Acts of nine-

teen hundred and seventeen.
Hibernian Friendly Society of Chapter one hundred and fifty-
Marblehead. seven of the Special Acts of nine-

teen hundred and seventeen.
New England Helping Hand So- Chapter one hundred and fifty-
ciety (Boston). seven of the Special Acts of nine-

teen hundred and seventeen.
Norfolk Realty Company . . Chapter one hundred and nine of

the Special Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen.
V. S. Pond Company . . . Chapter one hundred and nine of

the Special Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen.
Masters Manufacturing Com- Chapter four hundred and forty of
pany. the acts of nineteen hundred and

twenty-two.

Approved April 10, 1924-
Chap. 214^ An Act relative to sites and plans for vocational

SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF NEW BEDFORD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Sites and plans SECTION 1. No sitcs for Vocational school buildines shall be

tor vocational -ii i • i> -kt -nii>i ii>i

schools in city acquired by the city of New Bedford unless approval of the sites
ford.^^ ^ by the board of trustees of the New Bedford vocational school is
first obtained. No plans for the construction of or alterations
in such buildings shall be accepted, and no work shall be begun
on the construction or alteration thereof, unless the approval of
said trustees is first obtained.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 10, 1924-

Chap. 21 5 An Act authorizing the city of lynn to furnish water

TO THE city of PEABODY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

ma^furm^'* SECTION 1. The city of Lynn is hereby authorized to fumish
water to city watcr to the city of Peabody for such periods of time, in such
o ea o y. manner, on such terms and conditions and in such amounts as
the city council of said city of Lynn, by vote or votes, in ac-
cordance with its charter, may determine, and for the purpose
aforesaid, said city of Lynn, by its city council, in accordance
with its charter, may make a contract with said city of Peabody,
acting by its city council, in accordance with the charter of said
city of Peabody.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 10, 1924-

Chap. 216 An Act authorizing the town of ipswich to refund a

PART OF its water AND ELECTRIC LIGHT LOANS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

?p°sw?ch^may SECTION L For tlie purpose of refunding a part of its water

refund part of loan, the towu of Ipswich is hereby authorized to cancel all of

Its water loan.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 217, 218. 187

its water notes which mature subsequent to the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-three and which are now held by said town
as a part of its water loan sinking fund, to an amount not ex-
ceeding eighteen thousand eight hundred dollars, and to issue
bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding said sum of eighteen
thousand eight hundred dollars, which shall bear on their face
the words, Ipswich Water Refunding Loan, Act of 1924. Each Ipswich Water
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans Loan? Act of
shall be paid in not more than ten years from their dates. In- ^^-*-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject
to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

Section 2. For the purpose of refunding a part of its electric May refund
light loan, the town of Ipswich is hereby authorized to cancel electric light
all of its electric light notes which mature subsequent to the loan-
year nineteen hundred and twenty-three and which are now
held by said town as a part of its electric light sinking fund, to
♦ an amount not exceeding twenty-one thousand nine hundred
dollars, and to issue bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding
said sum of twenty-one thousand nine hundred dollars, which
shall bear on their face the words, Ipswich Electric Light Re- ipswach Eiec-
funding Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall consti- fundiig^Lo^n.
tute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more Act of 1924.
than ten years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under
this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except
as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the Gen-
eral Laws.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 10, 1924.

An Act relative to the powers of the associated charities Phnj) 217

OF SALEM MASSACHUSETTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Associated Charities of Salem Massachusetts, a corpora- Associated
tion organized under general law, may be appointed guardian saie2i*Ma*8-
of minor children with the same powers, duties and obligations sachusetts
as are prescribed for such guardians by general law. pointed ^^'

Approved April 10, 1924. e^^^^ian. etc.

An Act authorizing the appointment as special police fhnj) 218

OFFICERS OF AGENTS OF THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF ' '

BOSTON AND OF THE BOSTON WORK HORSE RELIEF ASSOCIA-
TION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the General Laws is o. l. 147, § 10,
hereby amended by striking out section ten and inserting in amended,
place thereof the following: — Section 10. The commissioner commissioner
may appoint, at the request of the Massachusetts Society for gafe"y may
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Animal Rescue League appoint agents
of Boston or the Boston Work Horse Relief Association, duly coiporatrons

188

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 219, 220.

as special
police oflBcers,
etc.

accredited agents of the corporation so requesting as special
police officers to serve for one year, subject to removal by the
commissioner. Such special police officers shall report to him
as to their official acts at such times and in such manner as he
may require. They shall serve without pay, except their regular
compensation as agents of said corporation. They shall receive
no fees for services or return of any criminal process and shall
have throughout the commonwealth the powers of constables
and police officers to arrest and detain any person violating any
law for the prevention of cruelty to animals.

Approved April 10, 1924.

Chap. 219 An Act to prevent the abuse of the uniform of the mili-
tary, NAVAL AND OTHER FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.

G. L. 264,
new section
after § 10.

Penalty for
abuse of uni-
form of mili-.
tarj', naval
and other
forces of
United States.

Proviso.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and sixty-four of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after section ten the following new
section: — Section 10 A. Whoever wears the uniform, or any
distinctive part thereof, of the United States army, navy, marine
corps, revenue cutter service, or coast guard, or of the national
guard, while soliciting alms, or while engaged, for personal profit,
in selling merchandise or taking orders for the same, in seeking
or receiving contributions in support of any cause, enterprise or
undertaking or in soliciting or receiving subscriptions to any
book, paper or magazine, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more
than three months; provided, that this section shall not apply
to the sale of property or any other act or transaction conducted
under authority of the government of the United States.

Approved April 10, 192Jf.

Chap.

Preamble.

220 An Act repealing an act providing for the taking, for
educational purposes, of the picture entitled " the

synagogue", now IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Whereas, Notwithstanding that it is the sense of the general
court that works of art, which b}' their nature and character
reflect upon any race or class within our commonwealth, should
not be placed in public buildings, nevertheless it is the opinion
of said general court that chapter five hundred and forty-one of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two does not embody
a feasible or constitutional solution of the situation which said
chapter sought to remedy, accordingly.

Act providing
for taking of
picture "The
Synagogue",
repealed.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter five hundred and forty-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, as affected by chapter eighty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby re-
pealed. Approved April 10, 1924.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 221. 189

An Act relative to aid furnished to certain persons Chap. 221

BY CITIES AND TOWNS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and seventeen of the General Laws is g. l. in. § is.
hereby amended by striking out section eighteen and inserting ^^^'^ ^
in place thereof the following: — Section 18. A town may furnish Cities and
temporary aid to poor persons found therein, having no lawful fu^iSsh^ail to
settlements within the commonwealth, if tlie overseers consider certain state

. , 1 !• • 11 1 11 • paupers, etc.

it for the public interest; and the overseers snail m every case
give written notice within five days to the department of public
welfare, which shall examine the case and order such aid as it
deems expedient. If it directs a discontinuance of such aid, it Removal to
shall remove such persons to the state infirmary or to any state etc.
or place where they belong, if their necessities or the pubhc
interests require it, and the superintendent of said infirmary shall
receive the persons removed thereto as if they were sent there
in accordance with section seven of chapter one hundred and
twenty-two. A detailed statement of expenses so incurred shall Expenses.
be rendered, and after approval by the department such ex-
penses shall be paid by the commonwealth. If any such person Proceeding*
refuses to submit to removal, the department or any of its to submitTo
officers or agents may apply to the district court of the district removal, etc.
where such person resides, for an order directing that such re-
moval be made. Upon such application the court shall forth-
with cause a summons to be served upon the person so refusing,
and, if he be a minor, upon his parent or guardian, requiring
the attendance of the person so summoned at a time and place
appointed therein for hearing; and at such time and place shall
hear and examine upon oath such person or persons, and shall
hear such otlier evidence as may be material. If upon hearing
it appears that the person sought to be removed is without a
legal settlement in this commonwealth and is unable to support
himself, and that his necessities or the public interests require
his removal, the court shall issue an order in writing, directed to Court order
a duly constituted officer or agent of the department, reciting etc.
that such person appears to be a state pauper, and that his
necessities or the public interests require his removal, and com-
manding such officer or agent to remove him to the state in-
firmary or to any other state institution designated by the de-
partment, and such officer or agent shall thereupon make the
removal as ordered. After the removal is made such officer or
agent shall file such order, with his return thereon, with the
clerk of the court from which it was issued. In every case Expenses.
where a removal is ordered a detailed statement of the expense
incurred by any town for the support of the person so removed
while application for his removal was pending before the court
shall be rendered, and after approval by the department shall
be paid by the commonwealth. Approved April 10, 1924-

190

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 222, 223.

G. L. 58, § 18,
etc., amended.

Distribution
to cities and
towns of
income tax
proceeds.

Cha'p.222 An Act relative to the distribution to cities and towns

OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE TAX ON INCOMES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Section eighteen of chapter fifty-eight of the
General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter fifty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred, and twenty-two, is hereby further
amended by striking out, in the thirty-first hne, the words "for
school purposes", so that the second paragraph will read as
follows : — The amount so collected in any of said years in excess
of the sum necessary to make said payments shall be distributed
in proportion to the amount of the state tax imposed upon each
town in that year, after deducting a sum sufficient to reimburse
the commonwealth for the expenses incurred in the collection
and distribution of said tax and for abated taxes repaid under
said chapter during said year, which shall be retained by the
commonwealth, and a sufficient sum to be distributed under
Part I of chapter seventy.

Section 2. Chapter seventy of the General Laws, as amended
in section se^'en by section two of chapter three hundred and
thirty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two
and by section two of chapter one hundred and forty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section seven and inserting in the
place thereof the following: — Section 7. Every superintendent
of schools shall file with the commissioner of education, not later
than July twenty-fifth in each year, a sworn statement, upon
blanks prepared by the said commissioner, containing the data
necessary to determine the amounts payable under Part I of
this chapter. The said commissioner shall, not later than July
twenty-seventh, prepare and transmit to the commissioner of
corporations and taxation a list containing an estimate based
on the information then in his possession of the amount payable
under said Part I to each town for the current year. The com-
missioner of education shall cause such statements to be exam-
ined, and shall certify to the commissioner of corporations and
taxation and to the comptroller the amount due each town.

Approved April 10, 192 Jf.

G. L. 70, I 7,
etc., amended.

Statements by
superintendentB
of schools to
commissioner
of education.

Estimates of
amounts
payable to
cities and
towns from
income tax for
school pur-
pose.s, etc.

G. L. 170, § 12,
etc., amended.

Chap. 223 An Act relative to the issue of shares by co-operative

BANKS.

Be it enacted, etc., a.s follows:

Section 1. Section twelve of chapter one hundred and
seventy of the General Laws, as amended by chapter two hun-
dred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the twentieth
line, the words "or more than" and inserting in place thereof a
Capital of CO- comma, — so as to read as follows: — Section 12. The capital
banks^ufbe to be accumulated shall be unlimited and shall be divided into
unlimited, etc. ghares of the ultimate value of two hundred dollars each ; pro-

Pro^^so.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 224. 191

vided that the total value of paid-up shares outstanding at any
one time shall not exceed ten per cent of the assets of the corpo-
ration. The shares may be issued in quarterly, half yearly or is^ue of
yearly series, in such amounts and at such times as the board of ^ '"^®^'
directors may determine. Shares of a prior series may be issued
after a new series, subject to the approval of the board of di-
rectors. Paid-up shares may be issued, subject to such approval,
each share to have a value of two hundred dollars, which shall
be paid by the purchaser when the shares are issued, together
with interest from the last distribution of profits at a rate fixed
by the directors, but not in excess of the rate distributed to un-
matured shares. Paid-up shares shall participate in each dis-
tribution of profits in the same manner and to the same extent
as matured shares, as provided in section forty, but at a rate
not to exceed five per cent. No person shall hold more than Hoidinga
forty unmatured shares, ten matured and ten paid-up shares in •"™^^«'^
any one bank at the same tune. Paid-up shares may be with-
drawn or retired in the manner provided in sections sixteen and
eighteen for matured shares.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and seventy is hereby g. l. 179,
further amended by inserting after section fifteen the following afte/^is!"
new section: — Section 15 A. The number of shares which may issuance and
be issued by the corporation and held at the same time in any ghl^g^n°joint
joint account provided for in section fifteen shall not exceed accounts, etc..
eighty unmatured shares, twenty matured shares and twenty
paid-up shares. Either party to such a joint account may also
hold shares in his individual name, but the total amount of such
shares held by him, both jointly and individually, in such corpo-
ration at the same time shall not exceed eighty unmatured
shares, twenty matured shares and twenty paid-up shares.

Approved April 10, 1924-

An Act to provide for the determination by the division (7/^^r) 224

OF HIGHWAYS OF THE HORSE POWER OR CARRYING CAPACITY
OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section two of chapter ninety of the General Laws, as> amended ^g ^amended
by section one of chapter three hundred and three of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-two and by section sixty-four of
chapter three hundred and sixty-two of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in the seventy-fourth line of said section two as appearing
in the General Laws, the words "registrar, and his" and insert-
ing in place thereof the words : — division, and its, — so that
the eighth paragraph will read as follows : — If the registrar shall Refusal or

,°.*^°^. in 1.-1 revocation of

determine at any time that, tor any reason, a motor vehicle or motor vehicle
trailer is unsafe or improperly equipped or otherwise unfit to be ""esistrations.
operated, he may refuse to register the vehicle, and the registrar
may for like reasons revoke any registration already made. The Determination
horse power or carrying capacity of every motor vehicle or etc^°of moto?"^'
trailer sought to be registered shall be determined by the di- vehicles.

192

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 225, 226.

Expiration of
registrations.

vision, and its determination shall be final and conclusive. The
registration of every motor vehicle and trailer shall expire at
midnight on December thirty-first in each year.

Approved April 10, 1924.

Chap. 22b An Act repealing the provisions of law providing for

PREFERENTIAL VOTING AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE
CITY OF NEWTON AND MAKING THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
PRIMARY LAWS APPLICABLE THEREIN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . Chapter two hundred and sixty-one of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and sLxteen, and all acts in amend-
ment thereof and in addition thereto, are hereby repealed, and
upon such repeal the pro^'isions of general law relative to nomi-
nating by municipal primaries shall apply in the city of Newton.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for its acceptance to
the voters of the city of Newton at its next municipal election
in the form of the following question which shall be placed upon
the official ballot to be used at said election: "Shall an act
passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, entitled 'An Act Repealing the Provisions of Law
providing for Preferential Voting at Municipal Elections in the
City of Newton and making the General ISIunicipal Primary
Laws applicable therein', be accepted?" If a majority of the
voters present and voting thereon vote in the affirmative in
answer to such question, this act shall thereupon take effect,
but not otherwise. Approved April 10, 1924-

Law for
preferential
voting at mu-
nicipal elec-
tions in
Newton re-
pealed
and general
municipal
primary laws
made appli-
cable therein.
Submission to
voters, etc.

City of
Holyoke may
use certain
park lands for
laying out a
public street
and extending
High street.

Chap. 22Q An Act authorizing the city of holyoke to use certain

PARK LANDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF LAYING OUT A PUBLIC
street and extending HIGH STREET.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Holyoke, upon obtaining the consent
of its parks and recreation commission, may use the following
described land, which is now held for park purposes by said
city and which is a part of Elmwood Park, for the purpose of
laying oift a public street and extending High street in said
city. The land necessary for the extension of said High street
is bounded and described substantially as follows: Beginning
at a stone bound, said stone bound being on the southwesterly
side of Norfolk street and two hundred three and sixty-six one
hundredths feet southeasterl}' from the intersection of the south-
westerly side of Norfolk street and the southeasterly side of
Maple street; thence running southwesterly on a curve of nine
hundred thirty-nine and eighty one hundredths feet radius, two
hundred fifty-one and seven one hundredths feet to a point on
the northeasterly side of Ross avenue. [The point of curvature
of the above mentioned curve being the intersection of the center
line of Norfolk street and the northwesterly side of High street
and the tangent length of said curve being two hundred fifty-
six and eighty-one one hundredths feet]; thence southeasterly

Acts, 1024. — Chaps. 227, 228. 193

along the northeasterly side of Ross avenue seventy and eighteen
one hundredths feet to a point; thence northeasterly along a
curve of one thousand nine and eighty one hundredths feet
radius, two hundred seventy-eight and twenty-three one hun-
dredths feet to a stone bound on the southwesterly side of Norfolk
street, [the point of curvature of the above mentioned curve
being the intersection of the center line of Norfolk street and
the southeasterly side of High street and the tangent length of
said curve being two hundred seventy-five and ninety-three one
hundredths feet]; thence northwesterly along the southwesterly
side of Norfolk street seventy feet to the stone bound and place
of beginning, containing eighteen thousand six hundred square
feet, more or less.

Section 2. Chapter four hundred and nineteen of the acts 1923, 419,
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three is hereby repealed. repealed.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of etc^ ''°^^°^ '
its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year. So much of this act
as authorizes its acceptance by said city council shall take effect
upon its passage. Approved April 10, 1924-

Chap.227

An Act providing for the recording of certain affi-
davits RELATIVE TO THE TITLE OF LAND.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and eighty-three of the General Laws g. l. i83,
is hereby amended by inserting after section five the following after § 5.
new section:- — Section 6 A. A statement of a person's married Recording of
or unmarried status, kinship or lack of kinship, or of the date daviTs'^reiative
of his birth or death, which relates or purports to relate to the ^° *^'*''® °^ '*'^*^"
title to land and is sworn to before any officer authorized by
law to administer oaths may be filed for record and shall be re-
corded in the registry of deeds for the county where the land
or any part thereof lies. Any such statement, if so recorded, or
a certified copy of the record thereof, in so far as the facts stated
therein bear on the title to land, shall be admissible in evidence
in support of such title in any court in the commonwealth in
proceedings relating to such title. Approved April 10, 1924.

An Act providing a penalty for non-compliance with Chav. 228

THE RULES, REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN RESPECT TO FOOD AND DRUGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and ninety-one of chapter ninety-four g. l 94, § 191,
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the '*'"®° "
sixth and seventh lines, the words "and whoever sells or offers
for sale any such article", by inserting after the word "misbrand-
ing" in the seventh and eighth lines the words: — or non-com-
pliance with said rules, regulations and standards, — and also
by inserting after the word "inclusive" in the twelfth line the
words : — or not to comply with the rules, regulations and

194

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 229.

Penalty for
delivery, etc.,
of food or
drugs adulter-
ated, mis-
branded or not
complying
with rules,
regulations and
standards, etc.

No article to
be deemed
misbranded,
etc., if, etc.

Proviso.

standards provided for in said sections, ■ — so as to read as fol-
lows:— Section 191. Except as otherwise provided in sections
one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-six, in-
clusive, whoever for pay or otherwise delivers or offers to deliver
to any person any article of food or drug adulterated or mis-
branded, or which does not comply with the rules, regulations
and standards provided for in sections one hundred and eighty-
six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, shall in the case
of misbranding or non-compliance with said rules, regulations
and standards be punished by a fine of not more than two hun-
dred dollars, and shall in the case of adulteration be punished
by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than two hun-
dred dollars; but no article shall be deemed misbranded or
adulterated under sections one hundred and eighty-six to one
hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, or not to comply with the
rules, regulations and standards provided for in said sections,
if it is intended for export to any foreign country and is prepared
or packed according to the specifications or directions of the
foreign purchaser; provided, that no substance is used in the
preparation or packing thereof in violation of the laws of the
foreign country to which the article is intended to be shipped;
but if the article is sold or offered for sale for domestic use or
consumption then it shall not be exempt from said sections.

Approved April 10, 192Jf.

Chap.

G. L. 218, § 1,
etc., amended.

District court

of Lawrence,

territorial

jurisdiction,

etc.

G. L. 218. § 6,

amended.

District court
justices and
special justices.

District court
of Lawrence.

229 An Act abolishing the office of trial justice of methuen,
providing for a third special justice of the district
court of lawrence, and authorizing said district court
to hold sessions in the town of methuen.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and eighteen
of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter
four hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twgfjty-one and by section one of chapter two hundred and
forty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "Lawrence"
where it occurs the second time in the fifty-fifth line, the words:
— and Methuen, — so that the paragraph contained in the
fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth lines will read as follows : — The dis-
trict court of Lawrence, held at Lawrence and Methuen; Law-
rence, Andover, North Andover and Methuen.

Section 2. Section six of said chapter two hundred and
eighteen is hereby amended by striking out the word "and"
where it first occurs in the third line and inserting in place
thereof a comma, — and by inserting after the word "Essex",
in the same line, the words : — and the district court of Law-
rence, — so that the first paragraph will read as follows : —
Section 6. The district court of Nantucket shall consist of one
justice and one special" justice. The central district court of
Worcester, the district court of southern Essex and the district
court of Lawrence shall consist of one justice and three special
justices. Each of the other district courts, except the municipal

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230. 195

court of the city of Boston, shall consist of one justice and two
special justices.

Section 3. Section two of chapter two hundred and nineteen g. l. 219, 5 2,
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the ^"^^^
comma after the word "Andover" where it occurs the first
time in the third line and inserting in place thereof the word : —
and, — and by striking out, in the third and fourth lines, the
words "and Methuen", so as to read as follows: — Section 2. j^oraJon*'^^*'
One such trial justice may be designated and commissioned in
each of the following places : Ludlow, Hardwick, Barre, Hudson,
Hopkinton, Saugus, Nahant, Marblehead, North Andover and
Andover.

SeTction 4. Section seventeen of said chapter two hundred ^- ^ ^^^' J j'^-

, 111 • i>i 11 ^tc, amendea.

and nmeteen, as amended by section one of chapter three hun-
dred and sixty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, is hereby further amended by striking out all after the
word "dollars" the first time it occurs in the eleventh line and
inserting in place thereof the following: — ; and Andover, five
hundred dollars, — so as to read as follows : -^'Section 1 7. The Trial justices,
several trial justices in the places herein named shall receive a
salary, to be paid by the county in which the respective places
are situated, on the basis of the following named sums for each
year or portion thereof of their respective commissions : Ludlow,
five hundred dollars; Hardwick, two hundred and fifty dollars
Barre, three hundred dollars; Hudson, five hundred dollars
Hopkinton, one hundred dollars; Saugus, one thousand dollars
Nahant, twelve hundred dollars; Marblehead, one thousand
dollars; North Andover, three hundred dollars; and Andover,
five hundred dollars.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 12, 1924-

An Act dissolving certain corporations. Chap. 230

Whereas, It is necessary that certain delinquent and other Emergency
corporations be dissolved before April first in the current year, p'®^™ ^®-
therefore this act is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Such of the following named corporations as are Certain
not already legally dissolved are hereby dissolved, subject to the d^ssoiv^d!'"*
provisions of sections fifty-one and fifty-two of chapter one hun-
dred and fifty-five of the General Laws : —

A. & B. Film Company, A & M Motor Car Company, Incor-
porated, A. B. Durrell & Co., Inc., A. Bass Company, A. C.
Chandler & Son, Inc., A. Dodge & Son Corporation, A. E.
Wightman Company, The, A. F. Gay Company, A. Frank Seltzer
Company, A. Freedman & Sons Company of Detroit, A. G.
Crosby & Son, Inc., A. H. Crafts Co., Inc., A. Johnson, Incor-
porated, A. L, Foster Company Incorporated, A. M. K. Tjre

196 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230.

wTrporations Fluid Company, A. M. Lock's Specialty Shop, Incorporated,
dissolved. A. M. Tuttle Company, A. N. F. Shoe Company, Incorporated,

A. P. Bencks Company, A. Wolfson & Son, Inc., Abbott Putnam
Company, Aberdeen St. Garage, Inc., Accesso Company, The,
Acme Milling and Coal Company, Acton Orchard Farms, Inc.,
Adams, Aim & Co. Inc., Adams Cold Storage Warehouse Co.,
Inc., Adams of Boston, Inc., Adams, Pfeil Company, Adirondack
Tire Tube Company, Aerial Amusement Operating Co., Aero-
fram Co., The, Aetna Manufacturing Company, Aiken Drug
Company, Aker-Allen Lumber Co. Inc., The, Albany Street
Realty Co., Albright-Guibord Photographic Company, Alex-
andria Lunch, Inc., Alfond Shoe Company, All New England
Publicity Corporation, The, Allen L. Goldfine, Inc., Allen Spool
& Wood Turning Co., Allerton Ice Company, The, Alliance
Economic Corporation, Alliance Machinery Exchange, Inc., The,
Alliance Top, Body and Trimming Co., Alpha Drug Company,
Alpha Garage Inc., Altman & Kabatchnick Company, American
Asphalt Company, American Auto Radiator and Lamp Works
Inc., American Belting and Tanning Company, American Biscuit
Company, American Broom Company, American Chemical and
Dyestuff Company, Incorporated, American Clutch Company,
American Credit -Co., American Delicatessen Importing Com-
pany, The, American-European Supply Company, American
Fabric Mfg. Company, American Fuel Supply Company, Ameri-
can Gum Tape & Machine Co., American House Drug Co.,
American Iceless Refrigerator Co., American Knotting Machine
Company, American Linters Company, American Lithuanian
Agricultural Association, Inc., American-Lithuanian Machinery
Corporation, The, American Machinery and Equipment Corpo-
ration, American Marble Tile Co., American Match Company,
The, American Mate Company, American Mirror & Reflector
Corporation, American Motor Appliance Company, American
Never-Slip Shoe Company, American Oxygen Association (In-
corporated), American Paint and Putty Co., American Plating
Company, American Security Company, American Standard
Clothing, Incorporated, American Steam Gauge & Valve Manu-
facturing Compan}^, American Tack Company Inc., American
Textile Soap Company (1918), American Tulle Company, Ameri-
can Waste Co. Inc., American Whip Company, Amerikaf Tan-
ning Co. Inc., Ames Street Garage Company, Amesbury Amuse-
ment Company, Amesbury Specialty Company, Amigraph Com-
pany Inc., The, Anchor Leather Co. of Massachusetts, Andean
■ Oven Company, Anderson Foundry Company, The, Andrews

Shoe Company, Anglo-American Cotton Company, Angus
Morrison Company, Anthony S. Lewis Company, The, Apperson
Motor Car Co. of N. E., Aqua-Thermos Motor Company, Arax
Grocery Company, Incorporated, Arcadia Print Works, Arena
Cafe Inc., Ai-ey Manufacturing Company, Aristocrat Food
Products Corp., Arlington Press Corporation, Arlmont Country
Club, Inc., Armory Garage, Incorporated, Armstrong Manu-
facturing Co., Arnold & Company, Inc., Arrow Products Com-
pany, Arruda Grocery Co., Asbestos Fabric Company, Limited,
The, Ashby, Crawford Company, Ashley Pond Ice Company,

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230. 197

Ashmont Ideal Market Inc., Associate Company, The, Asso- Certain
ciated Hardware Distributors, Incorporated, Association Co- d?88oived°°*
Operative de Chicopee, Athol Public Market, Inc., Athol Theatre
Company, Atlantic Blacking Company, Atlantic Chemical Com-
pany, Atlantic Distributing Company, Atlantic Extract Co., At-
lantic Realty Company, Inc., Atlantic Shoe & Slipper Corpora-
tion, Atlantic Transportation Co., x\tlas Athletic Equipment
Company, Atlas Box Company, Atlas Clothing Corporation, *

August Johnson Company, Inc., Auto Finance & Sales Co., Auto
Freight Corp., Auto Glare Remover Company, Inc., Auto
Pointer Co. Inc., The, Auto Sales Company (1919), Auto Service
Co. Inc., Auto Supply Company, Inc., Automatic Flour Com-
pany, The, Automatic Individual Butter Cutter Company, Auto-
mobile Workers Building Corporation, Automotive Equipment
' Corporation, Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company of Boston, The,
Avenue Realty Company, Azaleana, Inc.

B. & B. Sales Ser\ace Inc., B. & S. Drug Company, B. C. F.
Realty Corporation, B. Cleveland Bassett Company Inc., The,
B. Cottier & Sons, Inc., B. Feinberg Sons Company, B. L. Kartt
Inc., B. Le\ine-Blumenthal Co. Inc., B. R. Claflin, Inc., B. V. F.
Manufacturing Co., Inc., Babcock Cream Doughnut Co., Babe
Ruth Cigar Co., Bader Coal Company, The, Bagley & Delury
Shoe Co., Bahmann Iron Works Company, The, Bakeman &
Williams, Inc., Baker & Cassidy Co., Baker Bros. & Co., Inc.,
Baker Electrical Co., Inc., Baker Shoe Company Inc., Banchor
Baking & Canning Co., Bangor Lunch, Inc., Bankers' Bond and
Mortgage Co., Inc., The, Bankers Guaranty Corporation,
Bankers Investment Company, The, Banner Manufacturing Co,
Inc., Banner Tire & Rubber Co., Barber-Buck Construction
Company, Barker Bakeries Original System, Inc., Barker Page
Company, Inc., Barnett Shoe Co., Inc., Barney & Smith, Inc.,
Barron, Anderson Company, Barron-Norcross Soap Corpora-
tion, The, Barry-Grewer Fish Company, Barry, Loud & Com-
pany, Inc., Bartlett Investment Co., Bar ton- Wheeler Shoe Com-
pany, Bates Shoe Company, Battery Service Co. of Springfield,
Battery Shop, Inc., Battey-Gunn Company Inc., Baxter Manu-
facturing Company, Bay State Bag Company, Bay State Brass
Rail Company, Bay State Cap Co., Bay State Coal Company,
Bay State Comb Company, Bay State Cranberry Co. (Inc.),
Bay State Foundry Company, Bay State Freezer Inc., Bay State
Fruit Auction Company, Bay State Granite & Marble Company,
Bay State Navigation Company, Bay State Publicity Co., The,
Bay State Refining Company, Bay State Spring Water Com-
pany, Inc., Bay State Storage & Warehouse Company, Bay
State Textile Finishing Company, Bay State Toy Co., Bay State
Waste Company, Bayside Inn Hotel Company, The, Beacon
Cloak & Suit Co., Beacon Development Inc., Beacon Dress &
Skirt Co., Beacon Dry Goods Stores Co., Beacon Grocery Com-
pany, Beacon-Hudson Company, The, Beacon Investment As-
sociation, Inc., Beacon Tool & Machine Co., Beaux Arts Garage,
Inc., Becklaw Co., Inc., The, Bedford Construction Company,
Bedford Garage and Machine Company, Bee-Hive Cafe Inc.,
Bell, Gregory, Inc., Bell Mitchell Company, Belle Waist Com-

198 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230.

Certain pany, The, Ben. Berry Co., Ben-Maiz Company, Bennett Tool

dls^o'h^ed!"^^ Company, Bentley Machine Company, Berdell Brothers Incor-
porated, Berger's Alleys, Inc., Bergson, Laserson & Gorfinkle,
Inc., Berkovich-Mishel Leather Company, Berkshire County
Sheep Growers Cooperative Exchange, The, Berkshire Leather
Manufacturing Corporation, Berry Clothing Co., Bert Farm
Milk Company, Bertsmith Chemical Company, Inc., The, Bestol
Company, Bestol Company, The, Betts Lighterage and Wrecking
Company, The, Betty Brown Candy Shops, Inc., Beverly
Chemical Companj^, Incorporated, Beverly Confectionery Com-
pany, Beverly Italian Investment Company, Inc., Bickum Shoe
Company, Big Five Mica Products Inc., Big Four Lumber Com-
pany, The, Bio-Chemic Fertilizer Company, Birch Street Garage
Co., Black's Theatre Corporation, Blackstone Clothing Co.,
Blackstone Linen Works, Inc., Blackstone Woolen Mills, Blan-
chard & Ford, Inc., Blue & White Soap Company, Blue Hill
Battery Station, Inc., Blue Hills Pedigreed Silver Black Fox Com-
pany, Boardman Manufacturing Company, Bolton Fruit Com-
pany, Bon Marche, Inc. of Webster, Massachusetts, Bon Ton
Millinery Company of Holyoke, Booth-Langmaid Co., The,
Boover-Kittredge Co., Inc., Borkow Confectionery Company,
Boston and Brockton Shoe Corporation, Boston and Idaho
Milling Company, Boston and Ophir Gold Mining Company,
Boston Apron Company, Boston Bag Co. of New York, Boston
Beef Company, Boston Bonnet Wire Co., Boston Candy Stores
Company, Boston Coat Manufacturing Company, Boston Com-
bining Company, Boston Disposal Company, Boston Felt Slipper
Co., Boston Finance Corporation, Boston Food Exchange, Inc.,
Boston Gaiter Co., Boston Garment Manufacturing Company
Incorporated, Boston Guild of Woodcarvers, Co-Operative, Inc.,
Boston-Hartford Optical Company, Boston Heel and Remnant
Company, Boston Ignition Co., Boston Leather Finishing Com-
pany, Boston Magneto and Generator Ser\ice Incorporated,
Boston Mail Order House, Inc. (1920), Boston Map Mounting
Service, Inc., Boston Merchandise Exchange, Inc., Boston Mill
Supply Co. Inc., Boston Paint and Supply Company, Boston
Realty and Construction Company, The, Boston Sheridan Com-
pany, Boston-Springfield Optical Company, Boston Superior
Petticoat Co., Inc., Boston Tire and Accessories Company, Bow-
doin Mfg. Co. Inc., Boyle, Butler Company, Boylston Dress Co.,
Boylston Shoe Manufacturing Company, Inc., Boylston Tailor-
ing Company Inc., Boj'nton Appliance Company, Braintree Con-
tracting Company, Brauer Waste Company, Inc., Brenners',
Inc., Bresnahan-MacLaughlin Shoe Co., Bresnick's Delicatessen,
Inc., Briggs Carriage Company, Briggs-Lynn Candy Company,
Briggs Systems Company', The, Brightwood Bronze Foundry
Co., Bristol Company, The, Broadwell Productions Incorpo-
rated, Brockton Motor Exchange Co., Brockton Novelty Felt
Slipper Co. Inc., Brockton Rubber Cement Company, Brockton
Salvaging Company Incorporated, Brodsky & Stern, Inc., Brown
Auto Specialties Company, Bryant Building Products Corpora-
tion, Buchholz Automobile Company, Inc., Buckley and Mannix
Undertaking Company Incorporated, Buckley Warehouse Sales

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230. l99

inc., Builders and Buyers Mortgage Company, Burnhara Motor Certain
Company, Burnham's Pharmacy, Inc. d?Ifoiv"d^"

C. A. Cathcart Co., Inc., C. A. Cotton, Inc., C. A. Remick
Motor Company, C. E. Trumbull Company, C. Edmund Davis,
Inc., C. H. Dwinell Hardware Co., C. J. O'lveefe Shoe Company,
C. P. Shaw Co. Inc., Cadrain Auto-Motors Corporation, Cam-
bridge Automobile & Wagon Co. Inc., Caml^ridge Home News,
Inc., Cambridge Knitting Co., Cambridge Metal Barrel Co.,
Cambridge Reversible Life Float Inc., Cameo Company, Incor-
porated, Cameo Manufacturing Corporation, Campbell Motors
Corporation, Canaan Press, The, Canal Fish & Fi'eezing Co.,
Cantor & Wolpert, Inc., Canvas Shoe INIanufacturing Company,
Cape Amusement Compan}^, Cape Ann Research Company,
Cape Cod Fish Freezing and Packing Company, The, Capulin
Mining Co. Inc., Carl V. Torrey Co. Inc., Carolina Pavement
Co., Carter & Sherburne Company, Case Shoe Co. Inc., Castilian
Company, The, Castle, Incorporated, The, Cel-Far Company,
Cement Products Company, Incorporated, Cenola Talking INIa-
chine Company, The, Central Amusement Operating Company,
Central Automobile Tire Company of Worcester, Central Bowl-
ing and Cigar Company, Century Manufacturing Company,
Chain Specialty Shops, Inc., Chairtown Upholstering Co., Inc.,
Chalifoux INIotor Company, Champagne Vineyard Brewers Co.,
Inc., The, Champion Manufacturing Company, Chandler Motors
of New England, Inc., Charles Barnett Company, Charles E.
Brewer Company, Chas. E. Morse Co., Inc., Charles F. Winter,
Inc., Charles Holske Corporation, Charles R. Dean Compan^'^,
Charles River Manufacturing Company, Charles S. Gove Com-
pany, Charles S. Walton & Co. of Massachusetts, Charles Singer
and Sons Company, Charles St. Garage, Inc., Charles Van Lim-
beck & Co., Inc., Charles W. Buck Company, Charron Building
Company, The, Chase Steel W'ool Co., Chatham Freezer Co.,
Chelsea Shoe Co., The, Chelsea Square Pharmacy, Inc., Chelsea
Theatre Company, Inc., Cheney, Upham & Co., Inc., Cherry
Bounce Company, Chesnul Shoe Manufacturing Company, The,
Chester Chemical Company, Incorporated, Chevrolet Motor
Company of New England, Chick Realty Co., Church & Burt
Taxi Company, City Auto Service & Repair Company of Pitts-
field, City Coal Company of Haverhill, The, City Iron Foundry
Co., City Point Amusement Co., Clarence INI. Smith, Incorpo-
rated, Clark & MacKusick Company, Clark Rubber Co., CleAe-
land-Cheever Company, Cliff & Company, Inc., Club Stable
Corporation, Coal Conservation Company, Coast To Coast
Trading Company, Cobb's Boston Tea Co., Ltd., Cogswell
Garage, Inc., Cohen Bros. & Karsh Co. Inc., Cohen Bros. Com-
pany, Coin Sorting and Counting Company, Colasta Company,
The, Colonial Aerial Transportation Company, Inc., Colonial
Antique Oriental Company, Colonial Cold Storage Company,
Colonial Film Producing Co., Colonial Grocery Company,
Colonial Home Builders Corporation, Colonial ]\Iotors Corpora-
tion, Colonial Preserving Company, Colonial Spa, Inc., Columbia
Bag Wood and Coal Company, Columbia Bathing Suit Co.,
Columbia Companies Incorporated, Columbia Investment Co.,

200 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230.

co*rporatioM Columbia Valley Paper Co., Columbian Amusement Company,
diasoived. Columbus Shoc Corporation, Combination Farms Company,

Commercial Box Company, Commercial Distributing Company
of Boston, Commercial Macaroni Manufacturing Company,
Commercial Metals Corporation, Commercial Security Com-
pany, Inc., Commonwealth Brick Company, Commonwealth Car
Company, Boston, Commonwealth Confectionery Company,
Commonwealth Envelope Company, Commonwealth Loan Asso-
ciation, Inc., Commonwealth Oil Cloth Company, Common-
wealth Photo Play Corporation, The, Commonwealth Thrift
Corporation, Commonwealth Wholesale Drug Company, Com-
monwealth Wool Storage Company, Community Pharmacy, Inc.,
Concord Smelting and Refining Co., Confectioners' & Grocers'
Exchange Corporation, Congress Company, The, Connecticut
Tailoring Co., Connelly Real Estate Company, Connery Machine
and Tool Company, Conservatory Pharmacy, Inc., Consolidated
Braiding Company, Consolidated Fur Import and Export Co.,
Inc., Consolidated Grocery Company, Inc., Consolidated Leather
Co., Consolidated Sales Company, Constance M. Allen, Inc.,
Consumers' Cooperative Company, Consumers Food Exchange
Incorporated, Consumers' Products Corporation, Continental
Company, Continental Rubber Company, Incorporated, Conti-
nental Sugar & Products Co. of Holyoke, Mass., Contoocook
Valley Farm, Incorporated, Co-operative Credit Association,
The, Copecut Cranberry Company, Copeland and Dodge Com-
pany, The, Copley Ai't Service Incorporated, The, Coppus Engi-
neering and Equipment Company, Corona Company, Corvin &
Jacobson Inc., Cosmic Power Co. of Massachusetts, Cosmopoli-
tan Garment Company, Incorporated, Cottage City Rink Com-
pany, Coughlin & Lovell, Inc., Coughlin, Mitchell & Wall Co.,
Cradock Garage Inc., Cranberry Harvesting Machine Com-
pany, Crane Drug Company, Inc., Crescent Company, Inc., The,
Crompton Associates, Crosby-Worcester Leather Goods Com-
pany, Cryptofil Manufacturing Company, Crystal High Grade
Shoe Manufacturing Company, Crystal Shops, Inc., The, Cun-
ningham & Duncan Co., Cushman & Hebert, Inc., Czechoslovak
Trading Corporation.

D. A. Donovan's Sons Co., D. F. G. Company, D. P. O'Brien
Company, Incorporated, D. Pelletier Tea and Coffee Company,
Dainty Maid Dress Co. Inc., Damon and Ellis, Incorporated,
Daniel Glover & Son Inc., Daniels Cornell Company, The,
Daniels Manufacturing Company, Darling & Company, Inc.,
Davis Costume Company, Davis Safety Device, Inc., Daw You
Low Restaurant Company, Day Baker Company, Incorporated,
Day Trucking Corporation, Dayco Products Inc., De Cody
Corset Company, Deane Machine Company, Dechert and
Walker Motors Company, Deco Trading Co., Deep Sea Fisheries
Sales, Inc., Delano Electric Company, The, Delfix Co., Demers
Motor Specialties Company, Demter Company, The, Dennett
& Prince Leather Co., Devens House, Inc., The, Dewhurst, Inc.,
Diamond Wood Heel Co., Direct Importing Company, Direct
Shoe Company, Directoyu Company, The, Dr. A. B. Courte-
manche Dental Co. Inc., Dodge Engineering Company, Dolge

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 230. 201

Felt Company, The, Dolge Slipper Company, The, Dolly Madi- Certain
son Baking Corporation (1919), Donahiie-Middleton Co., Don- d'iIs'o°ivtd°°'
nelly & Co., Inc., Dorchester Taxi Co.-Uphams Corner Garage,
Inc. (1918), Doughnut Service Company, Drevitson-Collinson
Company, Drew Orchards, Inc., Drew Petroleum Company,
Duley & Co., Inc., Dunlap-Baldwin Company, Dupuis-Shea
Company, Dura Construction Company, Dutch Food Shop, In-
corporated, The, Dwight Estates, Inc.

E. A. & M. C. Witherell Co., E. A. Morrissey Company, E. C.
Bowman & Son Company, E. H. Hancock Co., E. K. T. Com-
pany, The, E. M. Loew's, Inc., E. M. Poitevin, Inc., E. Noyes
Whitcomb Company, E. R. Seeley, Inc., E. Stoddard & Son
Company, E. V, Bowen Corporation, The, E. W. Clark Com-
pany, E-Z Fold Ironing Table Co., E. Z. Sawyer Shoe Company,
Eagle Auto Supply Company, Eagle Clothing Co., Eagle Leather
Company, The, East End Realty Company, Eastern Aircraft
Corporation, The, Eastern Brush Manufacturing Corporation,
The, Eastern Motor Contest Association, Inc., Eastern Securities
Corporation, Eastern Trading Co. Inc., Economy Counter Co.,
Economy Shoe Company, Edgar Levinstein Company, Edge-
worth Drug Company, The, Educational Film Company of New
England, Inc., Educational Projector Corporation, Edward D.
Walsh Company, Edwin L. Feibelman, Inc., Electra Stores, Inc.,
Electric Supply Corporation, Elite Men's Shop, Inc., Elite Shoe
Stores, Inc., Elkhart Motors Sales Company, Elliot Incorporated,
Ellis Shoe Co., Inc., Ellkop System, Inc., Elm Hill Provision
Company, Emergency Auto Service Company, Emery Bank
Service Inc., The, Empire Amusement Company, Empire Circuit,
Inc., Empire Food Products Company, Empire Grocery Com-
pany, Empire Theatre Realty Company, Eno Company, The,
Enterprise Brass Foundry Inc., Equitable Plan, Incorporated,
Equitable Security Corporation, Erman Shoe Co., Ernest W.
Saunders Company, Essex County Baking Co. Inc., Essex
County Building Company (1883), Essex County Fair, Trotting
& Amusement Company, Essex Lunch, Inc., Essex Raincoat
Company, Essex Tire Company, Inc., Estes Realty Company,
Eureka Metal Heel Company, Eureka Sole and Leather Com-
pany, Evans-Hall Supply Co., Everett Morgan Company,
Everett Piano Company, Everett Supply Company, Everlast
Ring Cast Company, Everyman Corporation, The, Excello
Clothing Company, Eyers Drug & Chemical Company.

F. & F. Dental Laboratory, Inc., F. C. Parker & Son, Inc.,
F. C. Richardson Leather Co. Inc., F. D. Hall Manufacturing
Company, Inc., F. D. Mansur Leather Company, F. E. Bacon
and Co., Inc., F. E. Houghton Company, F. G. George & Co.,
Inc., F. H. Sauncy Shoe Corporation, F. J. Kennedy Company,
F. L. Horton ISIanufacturing Company, F. 0. Dewey Company,
F. S. Carr Rubber Company, F. S. Corlew & Company, Inc.,
F. Scott Woodruff Company, F. T. Knight Refrigerator & Store
Fixture Co., F. W. Fullerton Company, F. W. G. Manufacturing
Company, F. W. Mason Company, Fair Oaks Realty Company,
Fairbanks Drug & Chemical Co., Falk-Baker Companj^, Fall
River Milk Producers Corporation, Fall River Operating Corpo-

202 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230.

Certain ration, Fall River Trunk Company Inc., Falmouth Pharmacy,

S°Wed°°'' !"(*•, Faulkner Lumber Company, Faulkner Manufacturing Com-
pany, Fearer Bros., Inc., Federal Amusement Corporation, Fed-
eral Corporation, The, Federal Shoe Company, Federal Wool
Company, Feldman & Greenberg Inc., Felkin Automobile Paint-
ing Co., Fellows Shoe Co., Inc., Felstiner-0' Council Shoe Co.,
Inc., Fenton's Market, Inc., Fernwood Amusement Corporation,
Ferrar & Hutchinson Inc., Ferry Street Garage, Inc., Fessenden
Engineering Corporation, Fidelity Chocolate Co., Fidelity Cor-
poration, Fidelity Mercantile Agency of Worcester, Field &
Kennedy, Inc., Fitchl^urg Motor Sales Inc., Flaherty Cigar Co.,
Inc., Flitner-Atwood Company (1901), Flitner-Atwood Com-
pany (1920), Flynn Roofing & Metal Co. Inc., Forino Company,
The, Formal Leather Company, Forrest, Lewis and Company
Inc., Forte Publishing Company, Foster Cap Co. Inc., Foster,
Wheelwright & Payson Company, 440 Fourth Avenue Corpora-
tion, Four Wheel Hydraulic Brake Company of Massachusetts,
Foxboro Realty Compan}^ The, Fracto Specialty Company,
Frameless Concrete Construction Company, Framingham
Motors Co., Frank C. Rawsofi Co., Inc., Frank E. Fleet Com-
pany, Franklin Compan}' of New Bedford, Franklin Hardware
Company, Franklin Howes Medicine Company, Franklin Park
Theatre Co., Franklin Press, Inc., The, Fred W. Baker Shoe
Company, The, Frederick E. Bennett Company, French, Shriner
& Urner, Inc., Fresh Pond Fruit Co., Frink & Company, Inc.,
Frutosen Drug Co., The, Furbish Shoe Company.

G and Z Clothing Company, G. E. Leadbetter and Sons, Inc.,
G. H. Dyer Company, The, G. Jaris Company, G. R. Walker
Co., Inc., G. S. Green Co., Gaines Products Corporation, The,
Gallagher & Company, Incorporated, Garden City Garage, Inc.,
Garnet Grit Co. of America, The, Gath Motor Car Company,
Inc., Gekco Company of St. Joseph, The, Gelinas Wood Heel
Company, Inc., General Auto Top, Inc., General Discount Cor-
poration, The, General Importation Co., General Motorcycle
Sales Co., General Sales Incorporated, General Shoe Company,
General Stabilizer Co., General-Victory Mailing & Messenger
Co. Inc., Gentile Flour Products Company, Geo. B. Dowley Co.,
George B. Doyle & Co., Incorporated, George F. Berrj^, Inc.,
George F. Croak Foundry Company, George G. Page Box Com-
pany, George H. Porell Company Inc., George Hart Laboratories,
Inc., George L. Osborn Incorporated, Geo. M. Ingalls Co., George
N. Tougas Shoe Company, Gibbs Markets, Inc., Gibson Game
Company, Gilbert-Hogan Motor Co., Gillespie Aircraft Com-
pany, Gillespie Aircraft Corporation, Glendale Laundry, Inc.,
The, Glenway Pharmacy, Inc., Globe Auto Supply Company,
Globe Cleansing Company, Globe Felt Slipper Co., Globe Gar-
ment Company, Globe Transportation Company, Inc., Godwin
M. Brown, Inc., Gordon Manufacturing Company, Gorham
Drug Store, Incorporated, Gould & Osberg Compan}', Grand
Amusement Company, Graton & Knight, Inc., Great Eastern
Companj' Incorporated, Great Northern Lumber Co., Greater
Pictures Co. Inc., The, Green Amusement Corporation, Green
and Beaudin, Inc., Green Brothers Mfg. Co., Green Dore Morri-

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230. 203

son Company, Greene Carburetor Co., Greenfield Industrial ^^frporationa
Company, Inc., Greenleaf Motor Sales, Inc., Green's Market dissolved.
Co. Inc., Green's Pharmacy, Grocers Baking and Supply Com-
pany.

H. & G. Confectionery Company, H. & H. Motor Specialties,
Inc., H & J Shoe Company, H. & P. Auto Supply Co., The, H. C.
Wood Lumber & Supply Co., H. D. Perry Company, H. H.
Mawhinney Company, H. J. Chamberlin, Inc., H. L. Kendrick
Company, Inc., H. L. Piatt & Co. Inc., H. Rozeen Co., H. T.
Bristow Last Company, H. T. SchaefeB Incorporated, H. V.
Greene Laborador Expedition, Inc., H. W. and Way Spaulding,
Inc., H. W. Rowley Company, H. Weger & Son, Inc., Hadley
Coal Company, The, Haffenreffer & Co. Inc., Hagar-]\Iann
Manufactiu-ing Company, Haiblum Shoe Co. Inc., Hall-Blinn
Lumber Company, Hall Shoe Company, Hallett Brothers Com-
pany, Hall's Dairy, Incorporated, Hambro Shoe Company,
Hamer Improved Washer Compan}', Hamilton Realty Co. Inc.,
Hammond Motor Car Company, Hampden Investment Com-
pany, Hampden Motor Company, Inc., Hampden Motor Truck
Corporation, Hampden Provision Co., Inc., Hankow Tea Com-
pany, Hanover Athletic Club, Inc., Hanscom Construction Com-
pany, Harbor Bar Fish Weir Company, Harbor Storage Com-
pany, Hardware Sales Compan}% The, Hare's Motors of Worces-
ter, Inc., Harlow Shoe Finishing Machinery Company, Harold
Cox, Inc., Harper, Bowditch & South, Inc., Harper-Libby Com-
pany Incorporated, Harrington Credit Clotliing Company, Har-
rington ISIanufacturing Company, Harrington Tool Corpora-
tion, Harris-Baird Compam-, Harris Company, Inc., Harris
Motors Company, Inc., Harrison & Peters, Inc., Harrison-Lock-
wood Co., Harry Gordon & Company, Incorporated, Harry M.
Hope Asiatic Corporation, Hart & O'Donnell Shoe Company,
Hart Machine & Tool Company, The, Hartig & Miller, Inc.,
Hartley Silk Company, Inc., Harvard Amusement Co., Harvard
Sales Co., Harwood Brothers, Inc., Haslam and Bussell, Incorpo-
rated, Hassam PaA-ing Compan}^, Hava Lunch, Incorporated,
Haverhill Motor Bus Company, Haverhill Slipper Company,
Inc., Haymarket Extract Company, Haj'ward & Litch Express
Company, Hayward Cloak & Suit Co., Hebbard Haskell Corpo-
ration, The, Hebbard Young Company, The, Hedlund Shoe Co.,
Hellenic Amusement Co., The, Hellenic Housing Company,
Henry F. Pueschel Sales Co., Inc., Henry W. W^are Company,
Herman H. Currier Co., Hi-Lo Jack Corporation, "Hide and
Leather Company, The, Higgins the Florist, Inc., High Grade
Piano Phonograph Music Co., Highland Lake Mill, Inc., Hight's
Incorporated, Hoag and W'alden, Incorporated, Hogg & Bond,
Inc., Holden Community Corporation, Holden-Harris Housing
Co., Hollister, White & Co. Incorporated, Hoist Furniture Mov-
ing and Transportation Company, Holton, Richards & Co. Inc.,
Holyoke Theatre Inc., Home Beautiful Company, Inc., The,
Home Building Corporation, Home Development Corporation,
Home Extract Company, Home Labor Savers of Mass., Inc.,
Homestead Welt Shoes, Inc., Horace W. Murray Co. Inc., Horn
Novelty Company, Inc., Horn Products Company, The, Hough

204 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230.

Sl-porations Cash Recorder Company, Howard Graphite Co., Howlett Shoe
dissolved. Company, Howlett Shoe Corporation, Hub Auto Radiator Com-

pany, Hub Auto Tire Exchange, Inc., Hub Beef Co. Inc., Hub
Electric Steel Casting Co., Hub Elevator Company, Hub General
Merchandise Co., Hub Hair Sales Company, Hub Paint Re-
moving Company, Hub Scale Co., Inc., Hub Wool Stock Co.,
Hudson Broach Company, Hudson Plumbing Company, The,
Hudson Sole Co., Hudson Upper Co., Hughes Leather Company,
Hughes, Patrick and Company, Incorporated, Hutton-Johnson
Company, Hyde Park Fruit Company, Hyde Park Motor Lines,
Inc., Hyde Park Warehouse Co. of Boston, Hygienic Pharma-
ceutical Company, Hygrade Mfg. Co., Hyman Goldman Com-
pany.

I. J. Warren Company, I. Shactman Leather Company, Ice
Pavilion, Inc., Ideal Cap Co., Ideal Coated Paper Company,
Ideal Stores, Inc., Ideal Supply Co., Illuminated Advertising
Service, Inc., Imperial Novelty Company, Imperial Shoe Co.,
Importers Branch, Ltd., Independent Chair Company, Inde-
pendent Grocery & Market Company, Independent Shoe Ma-
chinery Company, Independent Upholstering Company, Inc.,
Inheritance Securities Corporation, Intercolonial Navigation
Company, International Coat Company, Inc., International
Exchange Corporation, International Fixtures Co. Inc., Inter-
national Food Products Corporation, International Game Com-
pany, The, International Import and Export Company, Inter-
national Leaf Tobacco Corporation, International Lobster Cor-
poration, International Oil Investor Co., International Piano
Manufacturing Company, International Press Company, Inter-
national Publicity Corporation, International Service Company,
Inc., International Sporting Goods Mfg. Co., Interstate Foun-
dries Corporation, Inventions Manufacturing Company, Inc.,
Invincible Stopper Company, lonite Storage Battery Company,
Ipswich Clothing Co. Inc., Ipswich Meat & Grocery Company
Inc., Ira M. Williams Company, Italien Importing Co. Inc.

J. B. Cover Company, West Ossipee Branch, The, J. Caddigan
Company, J. F. Downey Corporation, J. F. Ingalls, Incorporated,
J. Finberg & Sons Co., J. Holbrook & Co., Inc., J. J. Lippitt,
Inc., J. N. Jeffery Company, J. S. Crehore & Co. Inc., J. T.
Downing & Co., Inc., J. V. McGuirk Co., J. V. Steele Company,
Inc., J. W. Emery Company, Jackson Motor Service Company,
Jacob L. Green Drug Company, Jacobs Baking Co., Jacobson
and Jacobs Inc., Jaines E. Carey & Sons, Inc., James G. Magee
Company, The, James H. Lacey Co., James Millar Company,
James Ramage Paper Company, James Thomas Co. Inc., Jap-
roid Products Corporation, Jenney Electric Manufacturing Com-
pany, John Aldrich and Company Incorporated, John and
Arthur, Inc., John B. Sharpe Company, Inc., John C. Avery,
Inc., John F. Lynch Company, Inc., John H. Beckman Co., John
J. Cluin Sons Inc., John J. Forsythe, Inc., John J. Sullivan &
Co. Inc., John L. Judd Company, Incorporated, John L, Kelly
Contracting Company, John Leigh Company, John P. Curley
Company, Inc., John Warner & Sons, Inc., John Zedros Com-
pany, Inc., Johnson Auto Body Corporation, Johnson Company,

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230. 205

The, Jones Machine Co., Joseph Cryan Tliread Company Inc., Certain
The, Joseph Huse & Son, Ltd., Joseph P. SuUivan Company, dissolved?'^
Joseph R. Mclnnes Company, Joseph Wilcox, Incorporated.

Kalor Construction Co., Kaola Company, Kaplan Bag &
Burlap Co., The, Kasogen Chemical Company, Katten and
Company, Incorporated, Katz Bros. Inc., Katzman-Adler Shoe
Co., Kavanaugh-Doyle Inc., Kay-Fowler, Inc., Keene Shoe Com-
pany, "Keleivis" Publishing Company, Kellogg Products of
Massachusetts, Inc., Kennedy & Peterson Construction Com-
pany, Kennedy Clothing Company, Kennedy Company, The
(1911), Kennedy's (Inc.), Kennedy's of Salem, Inc., Kennedy's
of Springfield, Inc., Kenney-Kennedy Company, Keown &
McEvoy, Inc., Kessler & Choate, Inc., King Mining Co., King
Motors Inc., King Philip Steamship Company, Kladky Leather
Co., Kuhns, Hanson, & Debell, Inc., Kwong Tong Realty Com-
pany.

L. A. May & Co. Inc., L & H Lumber Company, L & R
Manufacturing Co., L. B. Shoe Company, L. C. Fay & Com-
pany, Incorporated, L. C. L. Stores, Inc., L. F. Chapin Com-
pany, Inc., L. G. Cook Co. of Boston Mass., L G Waist Co.,
L. M. Holmes Baking Company, L. S. Johnson Company, L.
Swed & Company, Inc., La Belle Incorporated, Labor League
Co-operative Association of Springfield, Mass., inc.. Lace Shop,
Inc., The, Lafayette Players, Inc., Lake Yokum Hotel Company,
Langham Realty Company, Lawrence Autobody Company,
Lawrence Building, Inc., Lawrence Funeral Company, Lawrence
Improvement Company, Lawrence Oil and Gas Company,
Lawrence Plumbing Supply Company, Lawrence Rialto Theatre
Co., Lea Oil Company, Leach Shoe Repairing Co., Inc., Leather
Exchange Inc., The, Lebon-Kidd Company, The, Lee Construc-
tion Company, Lee Theater Company, Inc., Leggatt Portable
Typewriter Company, Lenox Cafe, Inc., The, Lenox Dress Com-
pany, Lenox Motor Car Company, Lenox Tire Company, Inc.,
Leominster Investment Associates, Incorporated, Leon C. Ells-
worth, Inc., Leon R. Rowe, Inc., Leonard A. Sylvia Company,
Incorporated, Leslie Webbing Manufacturing Co., Levinson &
Sack, Inc., Lewis Farm Company, Lewis Insecticide Co., Liberty
Electric Company, Liberty Home and Realty Corporation,
Liberty Metals Co., Lincoln Building and Alterating Company,
The, Lincoln Confectionery Company, Lincoln Merchandise Co.
Inc., Lincoln Park Associates, Incorporated, Lincoln Square Shoe
Manufacturing Co., Lion Overall Company, Litchfield & Maffeo,
Inc., Lithuanian Co-operative Association of Brighton, The,
Lithuanian Mechanics and Machinists Corporation, Little
Cherub, Inc., Littlefield Heel Co., Lloyd A. Mun-ay Hosiery
Shop, Inc., Lock-Tip Braid Company, Lombardy Inn Company,
London Baggage Company, London Construction Company,
London Sponging Works Inc., Long & Ayer Corporation, The,
Lord, Whitehead and Fiel, Inc., Lorraine Dress Company Inc.,
Louis A. Aronson, Inc., Louis Foucar Leather Company, Louis
Rothstein, Incorporated, Loupret Company, The, Lowell Box
Company, Lowell Building Investment Company, Lowell Co-
operative Association Sovereigns of Industry, Lowell Junk Co.,

206 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230.

Certain Lowell Seidell Truck Company, Incorporated, Lowell Theatre

dissolved. Company, The, Lowrance & Company-, Inc., Lowrance Naviga-

tion Company, LoxonCo., The, Luigi C. Carchia Company,
Inc., Lundin Steel Casting Company, The, Lunt Moss Company,
Luxus Consolidated Garages & Supply Company, Lynn Bakeries,
Inc., Lynn Common Garage, Inc., Lynn Cylinder Grinding Co.
Inc., Lynn Leather Transportation Co., Lynn Machine and
Screw Co., Lynn Wood & Ice Company, Lyon Manufacturing
Company, Lyons Hughes Shoe Company.

M. & C. Skirt Company, M & F Creamery Co., M. & L.
Delicatessen Company, M. B. Hill Manufacturing Company,
M. Block Co., M. D. Jones Foundry Co., M. J. Losty and Son,
Incorporated, M. K. Russell Cigar Co., Inc., M. L. Brophy Com-
pany, M. L. Brown Shoe Co. Inc., M. M. Lahue Company, M.
Richman Company, M. Zaff Incorporated, MacLaughlin & Com-
pany, Inc., Mack Transfer Company, Mac's Auto Cleanser Com-
pany, Mile. Lemaud, Inc., Mai Clothing Company, Main &
Park Motor Co., Main St. Pharmacy, Inc., Maine Motor Truck-
ing Co., Inc., Major Farms Co. Inc., Malco Chemical Co. Inc.,
Malcolm M. Grant Corporation, Maiden People's Co-operative
Bakery, Inc., Maloney-Cunningham-Madfis Inc., Mamigon
Bros., Inc., Manchester Hotel Co., Inc., Manhattan Commercial
Corporation, Manufacturers Trading Corporation, Marathon
Cafe, Inc., INIarchant Multiple Typewriter Company, The,
Marcus Company, Mardick Manufacturing Company, Marigold
Construction and Stores Company, The, Market Stables, Inc.,
Marlborough Building Association, Marlboro Products Com-
pany, Marliave Hotel Company, The, Marsh Motors of New
England Inc., Marshall Drug Store, Incorporated, Marshfield
Company, The, Marshfield Construction Co., Inc., Martin-
Brackett Company, Inc., Martin-Page Co., Masdon Manu-
facturing Co., Masked Riders Serial Co., Massachusetts Aircraft
Corporation, Massachusetts Biographical Society, Massachusetts
Chair and Furniture Manufacturing Corporation, Massachusetts
Commercial Securities Company, Massachusetts Corset Com-
pany, Massachusetts Credit Association Inc., Massachusetts Dis-
tributing Company, Massachusetts Dress Suit Case Company,
Massachusetts Fibre Basket Company, Massachusetts Flasher
Corporation, Massachusetts Hide & Skin Company, Massachu-
setts Lumber & Creosoting Company, Massachusetts Lumber
Company, Massachusetts Minerals Corporation, Massachusetts
Realty Investment Company, Massachusetts Signalite Sales
Corporation, Massachusetts Turbine Corporation, Massachu-
setts UnderwTiting Corporation, Massachusetts United Asso-
ciates Corporation, Massachusetts Wholesale Hardware Corpo-
ration, Massachusetts Willow Furniture Company, Massachu-
setts Zinc Company, Massadock Company, Massmont Lumber
Company, Master Barber's Towel Supply, Inc., Master Truck
Company of New England, Master Welding Company, Master
Workman Manufacturing Company, Mataliotis & Miliotis, Inc.,
Matchless Baseball Club, Incorporated, Mate Industries, Inc.,
The, Matison Knitting Mills, Matthews-Richards Company,
Inc., Maj'flower Photoplay Corporation, McCaffrey Shoe Com-

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230. 207

pany, McCreery & Wood, Incorporated, McEvoy Paper Com- Certain
pany, McGowan Shoe Company, McGrath's Baby Shop, Inc., Sh*^°°'
Mclver Import & Export Company, Inc., McKay & Eaton, Inc.,
McKinley Square Garage and Storage Co., McLaine & Co. Inc.,
McLaughHn and Doucette Company, The, McPherson Co. Inc.,
Mead & Dalton, Inc., Meath Film Productions, Inc., Medford
Coal Company, Medical Appliance Company, Medical Work-
shop, Inc., The, Mediterranean Trading Company, Medway
Shoe Company, Melrose Amusement Company, Mercantile
Trucking Corporation, Merchants' Investment Co., Merchants
Realty Company, Inc., Merger Film Corporation, Merrimack
Clothing Company, The, Merrimack Finishing Co., Merrimack
Motor Co., Merrimack Valley Tobacco Company, Inc., The,
Messier & Centebar Co., Metal Utilities Corporation, Metals
Production Equipment Company, Metropolitan Boston Motor
Transportation Company, Metropolitan Hotel Company of
Revere, Meyer Berkson Inc., Micas Consolidated, Inc., Michigan
Rubber Heel Company, The, Middlesex Drug Company, Middle-
sex Realty Company, Midland Egg Co., Milbilt Company, The,
Milford Automobile Machine Company, Milford Provision Co.,
Inc., Mill Sales Company, ISIill-Wall Shoe Company, Millbrook
Linen Works, Inc., Miller Motor Car Company, Millers' Inc.,
Mills Outlet Stores Co. Inc., Milo Chocolate Co. Inc., Milton
Fibre Board Co., Mineral Products Company, The, Mirete
Metal Company of Massachusetts, Mitchell-Caunt Company,
Mitchell Duffey Company, Mittell-Klein Company, Inc., Mizpah
Farm, Inc., Model Dress Company, Inc., Modern Chemical Com-
pany, Modern Coat and Apron Supply Company, The, Modern
Confectionery Company, Modern Equipment Company, Modern
Lunch Co. Inc., Modern Realty Co., Modern Toplift Company,
Money Makers' Almanac Corporation, The, Montello Shoe and
Dry Goods Company, Montreal Tobacco Company, Moody
Street Trust, Inc., Moon-Springfield Co., Inc., Moore Swimming
Machine Company, The, Mordalmac Co., Moreschi & Robinson
Company, Moreschi & Robinson, Inc., Morey Provision Co.,
Morgan Spring Company, Morin-Marland and Associates, Inc.,
Morrison Rubber Co., Morse Office Equipment Co., Morss &
Whyte Company, The, Moss Pump & Engine Works, Mosstwin
Company, Inc., Motion Picture Post of New England, Inc.,
Motor Accessories, Inc., Motor Truck Refrigerator Body Com-
pany, Motor Truck Service Company, Motors Corporation of
Boston, Motors Corporation of New England, Mount Sunapee
Lumber Co., Multiple Listing Exchange of Massachusetts Inc.,
Munsell Color Company, Murell Leather Goods Company, Music
Box, Incorporated, The, Muslar-Ordway Company, Mutual Dis-
tributors, Inc., Mutual Enterprise Corporation, Mutual Leather
Corporation, Mutual Merchandise Association, Inc., INIyers-
Wyman Company.

N. R. Goodman Company, N. S. Wilson Company, N. Wald-
man. Inc., Napoli Macaroni Mfg. Co., Nathan Diamond Shoe
Company, The, Nathan M. Rodman Co., Nathanson Players
Co. Inc., National Amusement Company, National Auto Park-
ing Company, National Automotive Service Company, National

208 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230.

Certain Blacking Company, National Dry Goods Co., National Fastener

corporations ^ '^ . '^ ' *■ t^t • i t •!• -rw »

dissolved. Company, National inyestment Company, National Life Kaft

Co., National Mail Order Company, National Oyerall Company,
The, National Press, The, National Products Manufacturing Co.
Inc., National Publishing Co., National Realty Trust, Incorpo-
rated, National School Sayings Service, Inc., National Service
Corporation, National Trading & Exporting Co., National Up-
holstering Co., National Weekly Advertiser Co., National Wrap-
ping Machine Corporation, Natoli Magneto Corporation of
America, Natsam Features Company, Needham Radio Com-
pany, Neighborhood Pure Food Co. Inc., Neighborhood Stores,
Inc., Neill and Hughes, Inc., Nelson Blower & Furnace Com-
pany, Nelson Body Co., Inc., Nelson Corporation, Nelson G.
Cooley and Company, Incorporated, Nelson Instrument Com-
pany, Nelson Manufacturing Corporation, New American Ore
Concentrator Company, The, New Arlington Theatre Company,
Inc., New Bedford Amusement Co., New Bedford Housing Cor-
poration, of New Bedford, New Bedford Rialto Theatre, Inc.,
New Bedford Strand Theatre, Inc., New England Accessory
Sales Company, New England Amusement Suppl}^ Co. Inc., New
England Bag & Burlap Co., The, New England Chain Stores,
Incorporated, New England Commission Merchants, Inc., New
England Crib Co., New England Dehydrating Company, New
England Dental Supply and Refining Company, New England
Dress Co., Inc., New England Electrolyte Company, New Eng-
land Finnan Haddie Company, New England Fisheries, Inc.,
The, New England Foundries, Incorporated, New England Fruit
& Produce Co. Inc., The, New England Furniture Company,
New England Hosiery Manufacturing Company Incorporated,
New England Hotel News and Ticket Company, New England
Leather Company, New England Lumber Company, New Eng-
land Market, Inc., New England Merchandise Company, New
England Metallic Bed Company, New England Mid-Earth Cor-
poration, NeM^ England Mill Equipment Company, New Eng-
land Motor Transport Compan}-, New England Motors, Inc.,
New England Music Supply Co., New England Oilless Bearings
Company, New England Piano and Phonograph Company, New
England Pl^^'ood Company, New England Profit Sharing Stamp
Company, New England Proslate Buildings, Inc., New England
Realty Co. Inc., New England Roamer Sales Company, New
England Roofing & Skylight Co., New England Specialty, Inc.,
New England Stock Feed Co., New England Supply and Equip-
ment Company, Inc., New England Transportation Company,
The, New England Woolen Yarn Company, New Forest Hills
Garage Inc., New Hampshire Advertising & Sealing Corpora-
tion, New Haynes Hotel Company, New Idria Mines, Inc., New
Onlee Headlight Controller Company, New Park Hotel Com-
pany, New Patent Leather Company, New Sweden Publishing
Company, New York Advertising & Sealing Corporation, New
York & New England Freight & Storage Co. Inc. (Aug. 7, 1919),
New York & New England Freight & Storage Co., Inc. (Oct. 10,
1919), New York Pants Company, Newbury Auto Company,
The, Newburyport Amusement Company, Newport Mica

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230. 209

Mining and Manufacturing Company, The, Newport Transfer Certain
Express Company, Newtowne Garage Company, Nicholas dtMo°v*d°'"
Panche Company, Nojar Rubber Company, Noma Motors of
New England, Inc., Norfolk Corporation, The, Norfolk Home
Building iVssociation, Inc., Norfolk Motor Service Company,
Norfolk Pottery, Inc., Norfolk Sales Corporation, Norfolk Silk
Mills, Norley Phipps Company, Norris Co., North Adams Homes
Corporation, North American Drug Company, North American
Steamship Company, North Eastern ISIotor Co. Inc., North End
Drug Company, Inc., North End Public Market, Inc., North
Shore Breeze Company, North Union Motor & Tire Company,
Northampton Silk Company, The (1906), Northborough Storage
Company, Northeastern Amusement Compam^ Northfield
Farmers Cooperative Exchange, Nouvelle Lumber Company,
Novo Manufacturing Company, Noyes-Cashman Hardware &
Sto^•e Corporation, Nurses Home Remedies Company, The, Nut
Grove Butter Company of Boston.

O. H. Farley, Incorporated, 0. J. Howe Treeing Machine Com-
pany, O. S. L. Company, Ocean Pier Garage Company, Oceanick
Pharmacy Inc., Oh! U. Baby Co., Old Colony Amusement Com-
pany, Old Colony Co-operative Poultry Exchange, Old Colony
Mines Company, Old Colony Storage Company, Old Colony
Supply Co. Inc., The, Old Colony Trading Corporation, The,
Old State Coffee Houses, Inc., Oliver Manufacturing and Sales
Company, Olympia Amusement Company, Olympia Exhibition
Company, Inc., Olympia Grocery Company, O'Neil-Eastman
Co. Inc., O'Neill Construction Company, Onlee Headlight Con-
troller Co., The, Onlysafe Electric Manufacturing Company,
Oppenheim, Choquette Co., Orem Amusement Company,
Orienta Fern Company, Ormsby, Waterman Company, Orpheum
Theatre, Inc., Otis Brothers Company, Otis Grocery Company,
O'Toole Brothers Co., Oulton Manufacturing Company, Outlet,
Inc., The, Oversea Trading Company, Owen Tire Company,
OwTiers Transportation Co., Inc., Oxyoline Institute, Inc.,
Ozozo Company, Inc., The.

P. C. Tooh}' & Sons Inc., P. Cogger Company, Inc., P. H. k
Co. Shoe Manufacturing Co., P. H. Christie Company, P. J.
Poland Company, P. J. Donaghey Co., P. M. Lea\itt Co. of
Maiden, Mass., P. W. V. Automatic Machine Corporation,
Pacific Coast Mercantile Co., Page-Storms Drop Forge Com-
pany, Palmer Amusement Company, Palmer Development Com-
pany, The, Palmer Drug Company, Palmo Cigarette Co., Pan-
ama Estates, Incorporated, Panama Raincoat Company, Paper
Products, Incorporated, Paramount Cloak Shop, Inc., The, Para-
mount Dresses, Inc., Parisian Beauty Parlors, Incorporated,
Parker Holt Corporation, The, Parker Machine Company,
Parker Shoe Company, Parkhurst Fisheries Company, Inc.,
Parkway Drug Co., Inc., Passaconaway Inn, Inc., Pastime
Theatre Co., Pastures Corporation, The, Pawtucket-New York
Transportation Company, Peabody Check Printing Company,
Pearlbert Manufacturing Company, Peerless Cap Co., Peerless
Daylight Bakeries, Inc., Peerless Extract Company, The, Peer-
less Grocery Stores, Inc., Peerless Novelty Company, Pemberton

210 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230.

consorations Airdome Theatre, Incorporated, Penn Gas & Oil Co., Penning-
dissoived. ton-Crowell Shoe Co., Peoples' Baking Compam', The, Peoples

Bus Company, Inc., Peoples Laundry Inc., The, Peoples Music
Publishing Co., Inc., People's Stores Company, Perry, Malcolm
Co., Inc., Perry Wholesale Drug Co., Persian Rug Loft Incorpo-
rated, Peters & Russell, Inc., Peterson Fish Company, Philbrick
& Stinson Lumber Co., Inc., Phillips Petroleum Products Co.
(Dec. 8, 1922), Phoenix Manufacturing Company, Phoenix
Rubber Manufacturing Company, Phonograph Sales Company,
The, Phototone Company, The, Phototones Incorporated, Pic-
torial Sales Company, Inc., Pilgrim Oil & Gas Company, Pilgrim
Specialty Company, Pillman & Demers Co., Pine Ridge Farm
Company, Pine Tree Brand Mfg. Co., Pioneer Chemical Com-
pany, Pioneer Navigation, Inc., Plakias Lunch Company Inc.,
Plant Engineering Company, Inc., Plymouth Lunch System,
Inc., Plymouth Rock Candy Co., Poland Chemical Products,
Inc., Polish American Clothing Company, Polish Printing &
Publishing Co., Inc., Polish White Eagle Corporation, Polo Coat
Co., Polonia Exchange Corporation, Polonia Shoe Company,
Inc., Pope Manufacturing Company, The, Pope Motor Sales
Company, Portland Street Garage, Inc., Porto-Cola Company,
Portuguese-American Fish Co., The, Portuguese Grocery Corpo-
ration, Powell Machine Company, Practical Products, Inc.,
Pratt and Greene Top-lift Company, Pratt Cereal Company,
The, Preferred Realty & Mortgage Corporation, Premier Feature
Film Co., Premier Realty Company, Premier Shoe Company,
President Suspender Company (1892), Presto Transfer Letter
Co., Presto Water Cooler Company, Prime Amusement Com-
pany, Printing Crafts Building Corporation, Producers and Con-
sumers Co-operative Association "Yritys", Professional Bag
Company, Progress Shoe IManufacturing Company, Progressive
Baking Company, Province town Freight Line, Inc., Public
Bakeries, Inc., Public Ser\-ice IMotor Association, Incorporated,
Pure Food Package Company, Puritan Counter Company,
Puritan Oil and Soap Company, The, Puritan Oil Company, The,
Puritan Peanut Company, Puritan Shoe Mfg. Co. Inc., Puritan-
Tanners' Yolk-Inc.

Quality Laundry, Inc., Quality Leather Goods Co., Quality
Store, Inc., Quimby & Cheney Inc., Quimbj' Candies, Inc.,
Quincy Buick Company, Quinn Auto Co. Inc.

R &: L Manufacturing Company, The, R & M Laundry, Inc.,
R. B. Phillips Manufacturing Company, R. C. Goudey Com-
pany, R. F. Dodge Company, R. F. Norwood, Inc., R. H. Young,
Inc., R. P. Waters Company, R. Woodman Manufacturing and
Supply Company, The, Rachlin Advertising, Inc., Radding,
Harrington Co., Inc., Radio Development Corporation, Radio
Products, Inc., Rain, Rich Leather Company, Rainbow Film
Company, Raivaaja Publishing Company, Ralo Toy Company,
Raraona Lunch, Inc., Ransden Auto Service Company, Raphael
Sagalyn & Co. Inc., Raycrafters, Inc., Raylite Companj^, Real
Estate Improvement Company of Haverhill, Record Manu-
facturing Company, Red Line Transportation Co., Inc., Re-
frigeration Engineers, Incorporated, Regal Jewelry Company,

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 230. 211

Regal Skirt Co., Inc., Reis Lloyd Limited, Inc., Reliable Mail ^o%*o|°ti„^.
Order Company, The, Remnant Sales Company, Renfield dissolved.
Market Co., Reputation Ice Cream Co., Resilia Manufacturing
Company, Resolute Cigar Company, Restoration Publishing Co.
Inc., Revere Confectionery Compan}-, Revere Laundry Co., Inc.,
Revere Manufacturing Corpn, Rex INIachine Company, Rex
Photoplays, Inc., The, Rialto Dress Company, Rice Sales Corpo-
ration, Rice-Wyatt Co., Richardson Leather Company, Rich-
mond Garage Company, Inc., The, Rickenbacker Cape Cod
Sales & Ser\-ice Company, Rideout-Halnan Company, Rimtco
Lubricator Company, Incorporated, Rioux Sales Company', Inc.,
Ripleys' Jewelry Co., Inc., Ritchie Company, The, Rite Wa Oil
Heating Co., Inc., Ritter Wholesale Grocery Company, River-
bank Improvement Company, Riverbote Company, Inc., Rivers-
Lewis Co., Riverway Manufacturing Corp., Roackdale Woollen
Company, Robert A. Doyle Co., Roberts Company, Robinson-
McCormick Leather Company, Inc., The, Rochdale Cooperative
Company, Rockport Isinglass Company, Rockwood, Mclntyre
Co., Rojas, Randall & Company, Inc., Rolfe Productions Inc. of
New England, Rolling-Machine Reducing Company, Roman
Candy Mfg. Co. Inc., Roosevelt Development Company Inc.,
Rose Garden Sweets Candy Co., Rose Sales Company, Rosenfeld
& Messing, Inc., Ross Machine Company, Ross Manufacturing
Company, (Inc.), Roth Superior Service Incorporated, Round
Hills Radio Corporation (1922), Rousseau Baking Company,
The, Roxbury Trust JBuilding Corporation, Roxbury Used Auto
Parts Co., Inc., Roy M. Hill Co., Royal Blue Line Co. of Florida,
Royal Bottling Company, Royal Detachable Heel Company,
Royal Fern Extension Corporation, The, Royal Manufacturing
Company, Royal Reed Furniture Company, Royal Tire Fabric
Co. Inc., Rozes Bros. Inc., Russell C. Parsons, Inc., Russell Elec-
tric Co. Inc., Russell Grant & Co., Inc., Russian-American Co-
operative Society, Russian-American Exchange, Inc., Ryan
Transportation Compan}-, Ryders Incorporated.

S-A Lace & Embroidery ' Works, S. A. Moffitt, Inc., S. A.
Ryan & Co., Incorporated, S. & S. Skirt Company, S. E. Hudson
Company, S. Freedman & Co. Inc., S. Jaffe Company Inc., S.
Karasos, Inc., S. S. Creamery, Inc., S. Simons Hardware Com-
pany, S. W^ Mfg. Co., Safandshur Fire Extinguisher Co. of New
England, Safety Crank Corporation, Saibel, Perils Co. Inc., St.
Louis Manufacturing Co., Sakonnet Trap Company, Salem Die
Company, Inc., Salem Press Company, The, Salem Securities
Company, Salem Tire Exchange, Inc., Sam Oilman Shoe Co.,
Inc., Samoset Box & Lumber Company, Sample Shoe Shop Co.,
The, Sampson-Soch Company, Samuel Myers Specialty Com-
pany, Sanford Electric Company, The, Sanitary Barbers' Appli-
ance Inc., Santa Barbara Products Company, Sartori, Williams
& Co. Inc., Saunders ISIarket Company, Sawtelle Coal Com-
pany Inc., Saxe Ad^•ertising x\gency. Inc., Saxon-Duplex Dis-
tributing Corporation of New England, Scenic Realty Company,
Schmitz & Guild, Inc., School Petroleum Company, School
Specialty Company, The, Schryver's Segar Stores Co., Schul>ert
Cigar Company, Schuh Motors Company, Scollay Square Amuse-

212 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230.

TO/^oJatioM "lent Enterprises, Inc., Scott's Preparations Sales Agency, In-
dissoivod. corporated, Scripps-Bootli Motor Car Co. of Boston, Seaboard

Milling Company, Sears & Taylor Company, Securities Corpo-
ration of New England, Securities Distributing Corporation,
Security Loan Association, Inc., Service Express Co., Ser^^ce
Machines Company, The, Service Stores Company Incorporated,
Servisilk Underwear Company, Sevel's Public Markets, Inc.,
The, Shaneck Market Company, Shantung Inn, Inc., Shawmut
Export & Import Corporation, The, Shawmut Finance Corpo-
ration, Shawmut Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, Shaw-
mut Printing Machine Corporation, Shawmut Specialty Co.
Inc., Shawsheen Transportation, Inc., Shelburn, Inc., Shelburne
Realty Corporation, Shoe Service Corporation, Shoe Store Fix-
ture Company, Shoplet Corporation of New England, The,
Shubert and Kolodny Company, Sicilian League's Co-operative,
Inc., Side Tilting Truck Body Co., Silentflush Valve Manufac-
turing Co., The, Silex Company, The, Silver Baking Company,
Silver D. Shoe Company, The, Simms-Pm'dy, Incorporated,
Simon-Shriber Shoe Company, Inc., Simplex Concrete Block
Co., Simplex Manufacturing Company, Simplex Slicing Machine
Co., Inc., Simplis Rim Adjuster Co., Simpson Brothers Company
of Hyde Park, Singer Grocery Company, Sjorlund Devices Co.,
Sky Rocket Amusement Company, The, Sleeper Specialty Co.,
Sloane Song Shop, Inc., Smith Countershaft Company, Smith
Frost Prevention Co., The, Smith Heating & Ventilating Com-
pany, Smith, Lakin & Poley Co., Smith's Express Company,
Smyrna Trading and Importing Company, Sobrero's Market,
Inc., Solderene Manufacturing Company, Somerset Garage Co.,
Somerset Piano Mfg. Co., Somerville Amusement Company,
Sorensen & Wallin Co., Inc., South American Leather Company,
South Boston Garage & Transportation Co., So. Boston Lithu-
anian Co-operative Association, South Braintree Garage Com-
pany, South Street Apartments, Inc., Southwestern Fur Corpo-
ration, Spangler Motors Inc., Sparrow & Company, Inc., Spencer
Express Companj^, Spencer-Reed Co., Springfield Battery Com-
pany, Springfield Change Making Register Co., Springfield Co-
operative Society, Inc., Springfield Experimental and Manu-
facturing Company, Springfield Grinding Company, Springfield
Photo-Players Company, Springfield Tailors, Inc., Springfield
Theatre, Inc., Spurr Veneer Company, Square Donut Company
of Boston, The, Standard Button Company, Standard Drug-
gists' Supply Company, Standard Finding Corporation, Standard
Housing Corporation, Standard Metal Products Company,
Standard Motors, Inc., Standard Pharmaceutical Corporation,
Standard Piston Ring Co., Standard Specialty Company, The,
Standard Tar Products Company, Standard Thimble Co.,
Standard Waste Company, Standard Wool Storage Company,
Stanley Grain Company, Star Coal & Supply Co. Inc., Star
Dress Manufacturing Company, Star Furniture Company, The,
Star Laboratories, Inc., The, Star Motor Transportation Com-
pany, Star Sanitary Fiber Company Inc., Steam Motors Com-
pany, The, Steel-Wood Skid & TraUer Co., The, Steeves Bros.
Inc., Sterilized Stock Feed Company, Sterilized Stock Feed
Corporation, Sterling Dental Manufacturing Company, Sterling

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230. 213

Jvoan Company, Sterling Oil and Distributing Company, Stevens- Certain
Duryea Company, Stickney, Rawlinson & Colclough, Incorpo- disfoived!"^
rated, Stillwater Canoe Livery, Inc., Stilphen & Harris Mfg. Co.,
Stone and Taylor Co., Stoneham Realty Company, Stoughton
Nipple Manufacturing Company, Strato Hair Refiner Company,
Structural Granite Company, Suburban Hotels Corporation,
Suburban Publishing Co. Inc., Suffolk Brewing Company,
Suffolk Company Inc., Suffolk Realty Company, Suffolk Restau-
rant Company Inc., Sullivan & Carter Inc., Sullivan and Sullivan
Co., The, Sullivan-O'Connor Co. Inc., Summit Overall Com-
pany, Sunbeam Sales Corporation, Sunshine Bakery Inc., Sun-
taug-By-The-Sea, Inc., Superfine Foods Company, Superior Ex-
tract Company, Superior Laundry Company, Superior Manu-
facturing Company, Superior Slipper Corporation, Sure Fit Shoe
Co., Inc., Sweet, Limited, Sweet-Nut Butter Co., Swerling and
Swerling Cloak and Suit Company, Swiss Embroidery Company,
Sydney Birch Company, Sjonphonia Phonograph Co., Synchro-
nized Scenario Music Company of New England, Syndicate In-
vestment Company.

T. F. Cannon, Inc., T. H. Gill Co., T. J. Cannon Machine
Company, The, T. J. Cunningham Motor Renting Company,
Tabor Rail Rebuilding Company, Tait-Marston Engineering
Company, The, Talmud Society Inc., The, Tanners Equipment
Company, Taunton Casting Company, Taunton Coal Com-
pany, Taunton Drapery Mills Inc., Taunton Motor Transport
Company, Taunton Retail Credit Bureau Inc., The, Taunton
Taxi Co., Inc., The, Taunton Wine Company Inc., Tavern Land
Company, Taylor Gluem Company, Tech Block, Inc., The,
Teiner Company, Telegram Advertising Company, Templar
Sales Corporation, Temple Garden Company, The, Tenney
Morse Company, Tho Shoe Company, Inc., Thomas Cavanagh
Company, Thomas Phillips and Sons, Incorporated, Thompson
and Spear Company, Thread Sales Company of America, Tide-
water Transportation Company, Til ton & Derry, Inc., Times
Company, The, Timothy F. Kelleher, Inc., Timson Leather
Company, Timson Monoplane Company, Tinsel Products Com-
pany, Tip Top Farm, Inc., Tobey-Mitchell Co., The, Tobey-
Muir Inc., Todd Protectograph Sales Company, Tone Shop, Inc.,
The, Tourist Tire Supply, Inc., Towle Land Company, Townes'
Food Shops, Incorporated, Trabulsi Co. Inc., Trade and Invest-
ment Corporation, Trading Posts, Inc., Transcript Publishing
Company, The, Transportation Engineering Company, Tremont
Construction Company, Tremont Talking INIachine Company,
Tremont Wine Company, Triad Electric Co., Triangle Tanning
Company, Tri-Mount Cigar Company, Trimount Film Exchange
Company, Tri-Mount Glove Manufacturing Compan}^, Trinity
Manufacturing Company, Tropical Rubber Co. of Massachusetts,
Trottier, Ide & Co., Inc., True W. Fogg Heel Company, Tuttle-
Jones Company, Twentieth Century Corporation, Twin Manu-
facturing Co., Inc., Tyler Paper Company, Tyng Box Company,
Tyngsboro Ice Company.

U. S. Motor Freight Company, U. S. Motor Sales Company,
"U L" Ijic., The, Underpriced Mail Order House Inc., Union
Furniture Company Incorporated of Boston, Union Maritime

214 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230.

^o^i^oratioM Company, Union Novelty Company, Union Partition Co., Inc.,
dissolved. Union Printing Company, Union Shoe Supply Company, Union

Spring Mfg. Co., Inc., Union Square Garage, Incorporated, The,
Union Square Olympia Company, Union Supply ^-Company,
Union Wood Shank & Novelty Co., Unit Manufacturing Co.,
United Advertising Company, Inc., United Amusement Com-
pany, Inc., United Aniline Company, Inc., United Automobile
Association Incorporated, United Beef Co., United Chemists
Corporation, United China Co. Inc., United Community Stores
Inc., United Grocery Company of LawTcnce, United Importing
Company, Ltd., United Jewelry Company, Inc., United Lumber
Company, The, United Marble Companies, United Mercantile
Company, United Printing Company, United Radio Sales Corpo-
ration, United Sales and Advertising Co., United Service Com-
pany, United Service Motor Association, Inc., United Shoe &
I^eather Co., United Shoe Company, United States Fireworks
Company, United States Flying- Company, United States Insti-
tute Company, United States Laundry Company, United States
Leatheroid and Rubber Company, United States Oil Company,
United Sugar & Products Co., United Thrift Association of
Boston, Inc., United Toy Manufacturing Co., United Writing
Paper Company, Inc., Unity Candy Company, Inc., L^niversal
Advertising Agency, Incorporated, The, Universal Car Starter
Company, Universal Export and Import Co., Universal Flour
& Mill Co. Inc., Universal Leather Company, Universal Sales
Company, Universal Sanacup Company, Universal Trading Co.
Inc., University Laundry Company, Uricsol Chemical Company.
V. Ballard & Sons, Inc., V. Maini & Company, Inc., Van
Buskirk & Osborne Company, Venetian Shoe Company, Vernon
Court Hotel Company, Victor Methods, Inc., Victor Pigeon
Garage Inc., Victoria Theatre Company, Victory Knitting Mills,
The, Victory Motor Corp., Victrolene Company, Vincent A.
Jenkins, Inc., Vogel Drug Company, The, Vulcan Company,
Vulcan Leather Company.

W. & A. Bacon Company, The, W. & K. Battery Service Sta-
tion, Inc., W. E. Greene Amusement Company, W. F. Baker
Company Inc., W. F. Robb Company, W. G. CoUagan Incorpo-
rated, W. G. Manufacturing Company, Inc., W. H. Maxwell
Incorporated, W. H. Phelps Companv, W. H. Stickney, Inc.,
W. H. T. Hunter Co., W. H. WardWell, Inc., W. J. Dalton
Lumber Company, Incorporated, W. J. Magee Co., W. J. Sexton
Company, W. Klingberg & Sons, Inc., W. L. Booth Company,
W. L. Russell Co., The, W. M. Christie and Son Company, W.
Mulveny & Company, Incorporated, W. S. Dolloff Inc., W. S.
Jewett, Inc., W. T. Fisher Co. Inc., Wah On High Realty Com-
pany, Wakefield Buick Co., Wakefield Garage Co. Inc., Wake-
field Shoe Manufacturing Company, W^aldorf Photoplays, Ltd.,
Wales Motor Company, Walker & Company Inc. of Iowa,
Walker & Company Inc. of Kansas, Walker & Company Inc. of
Oregon, Walker Mfg. & Sales Company, Walker Webbing Com-
pany, Wallace-Palmer-Bliss Company, Inc., The, Walnut A\e-
nue Garage, Inc., Walpole Omnibus Company, Walter B. Henni-
gan, Inc., Walter Coburn Company, Walter E. Dyson Lumber

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230. 215

Company, Walter F. Jordan Co., Walter G. Hall Incorporated, Certain
Walter H. Snow & Son, Inc., Walter J. Cook Company, Walter- dissolved. °
Transport Sales Company, Waltham Box Co., Waltham Central
Square Amusement Company, Waltham Watch Tool Company
of Springfield, Massachusetts, The, Walton Advertising Service,
Incorporated, Waluk Bros. & Sielawa, Inc., W^ard Hill Leather
Company, Ware Coated Paper Co., W^are Realty Company,
Warren IMaritime Company, The, Warsaw Sausage Manu-
facturing Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts, The, Wash-
burn & He^'wood Chair Co., Washburn Purizone Company,
Washington AAenue Pharmacy, Inc., Washington Hat & Cap
Company, Watertown Auto Sales Company, The, Watertown
Manufacturing Company, Watkins Engineering Supply Com-
pany, Watson Wooden Toy Company, Wead & Moseley, Inc.,
Wearwell Manufacturing Co., The, Webber Carburetors, Inc.,
Weber's Lingerie and Hosiery Shop, Inc., Webster Automobile
& Machine Company, Webster Square Pharmacy Inc., Webster
Transportation Company, Welch Carbonated Beverage Com-
pany, Welch Japanning Company, Weldona Company, W^ellesley
Shoe Mfg. Co., Wellington Improvement Association, Inc.,
Werner-Pazolt Company, West and Company, Incorporated,
West Berlin Grain and Coal Co., West Indian Copper Co., West
Newton Company, The, West W^atertown Auto Service and
Machine Shop, Inc., Western Coke and Collieries, Incorporated,
Western Poultry Company, Westfield Grocery Company, West-
field Printing and Publishing Company, Westfield Whip Com-
pany, Whippo jNIanufacturing Co., Whistle Bottling Company
of Massachusetts, White Counter Company, White Eagle Groc-
ery and Produce Co., White Laboratories, Inc., White Rebuilt
Truck Company, Whitman Hudson Company, Whitman Metal
Goods Company, The, Whitney Law Corporation, Whitten-
Mayer & Wilcox Corporation, Whittenton Hosiery Corporation,
Who's Who Along the North Shore, Inc., Wickenden Market,
Incorporated, Will-Hall-Sutherland Motors, Inc., Willard G.
Aborn, Inc., William A. Cole, Inc., William C. Barry Company,
William C. Hart Co., Wm. H. Dalton Co., Wm. Hemmerdinger
& Co., Inc., William Ireland Bottling Company, William J.
Coughlan Company Incorporated, William J. Groman Co. Inc.,
William Kaplan Co. Inc., Wm. Kerr & Son, Inc., William King
Company, William P. Gorman & Company Inc., Williams-
Donahoe Company, Williamsburg Fruit Growers' Association,
Co-operative, Willite Road Construction Company of New Eng-
land, WUmarth Auto Supply Company, Wilmore Garage Corpo-
ration, Wilson Square Dairv, Inc., Wilson, Wittneber, Hughes
Motor Co., Wilton Tool & Mfg. Co., Winchester & Co., Inc.
Window Features Company, Inc., Winera j\Iachine and Mfg.
Co., Inc., Wire Wheel Sales Company of New England, The,
Wisdom Shoe Manufacturing Company, Inc., Wizard Manu-
facturing Company, Woburn Brass & Iron Foundry, Wonder-
light, Inc., Wood Tail Lite Co. Inc., The, Woodbridge Company,
Inc., Woodrow Avenue Garage, Inc., Woods Womans Shop,
Inc., Woollard & Brewster Co. Inc., W^orcester Aero Corporation,
Worcester Auto Lock Company, W^orcester Auto Sales Company,

216

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230.

Certain

corporations

d,is8olved.

Worcester County Medical Institute Companj-, Worcester
Economy Stores, Inc., Worcester Knee Pants Company, Worces-
ter Molasses Company, The, Worcester Rental Co., Worcester
Sunday Express Publishing Company, Worcester Tailor Trim-
ming Company, Worden Realty Company, The, Workers' Co-
operative Consumers Association, Inc., The, Workers Co-opera-
tive Union of Salem, Inc., Workers Cooperative Union of South
Boston, Inc., Working Families Protective Co-operative League,
Inc., World Film Corporation of Massachusetts, Woronoco
Chemical Company, Wyman Brothers Incorporated, Wyoming
Oil-Leasing Company.

Yaffe Silk Corporation, Yaitanes Bros. Inc., Yale Novelty
Company, Yankee Brew Company, Yarden Publishing Co.,
Young's Glass Works.

Zakon and Zakon, Incorporated, Zallen & Swartz Inc., Zena
Clark Craig, Inc.

Certain
charitable
and other
corporations
dissolved.

Charitable and Other Corporations.

Assabet River Drainage District, The.

Boston National Elks Convention Association, Boston Post
Helping Hand Society, Incorporated.

Chevro Kodisho of Everett, The, Colonial Club, The.

Euxinus Pontus Association.

First Baptist Society in Dorchester.

Green Harbor Drainage District.

Hampshire County Tobacco Growers, Incorporated, The.

Italian-American Musicians' Mutual Relief and Benefit Asso-
ciation, Incorporated.

Jamaica Plain Friendly Society.

Longfellow Memorial Association.

New England Association for the benefit of the Orphans and
the Disabled Soldiers of the War in France.

Ostriner Aid Association Inc.

Pasque Island Corporation, Portuguese Blessed Sacrament
Association, under the name of Vetera Romana Catholica
Ecclesia, The.

Red Mogein Dovid Bureau of New England, Inc. or Red
Shield of David, Inc.

United Hebrews of Worcester.

Waltham Daj^ Nursery Association, The, War Service Asso-
ciation Di\-ision 20 Boston, We\Tnouth Hospital Association.

Certain public
service corpo-
rations dis-
solved.

Public Service Corporations.

Amesbury and Salisbury Gas Company.

Brockton and Pl^Tnouth Street Railway Company.

North Eastern Electric Company.

Pending suits
not afiected,
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 stockholders or officers of any

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 231, 232. 217

such corporation, or to revive 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 action arising out of con- Proceedings
tracts sold or assigned by any corporation dissolved by this act chores In '^^^
may be brought or prosecuted in the name of the purchaser or b^ought^etc
assignee. The fact of sale or assignment 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 defence of
which he might have availed himself in a suit upon the claim
by the corporation, had it not been dissolved by this act.

Section 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to relieve No relief from
the last person who was the treasurer or assistant treasurer, or, fiie'fax 'return,
in their absence or incapacity, who was any other principal ^*°'
officer, of each of the corporations named in this act, from the
obligation to make a tax return as of April first following the
date of dissolution and swear to the same as required by. section
thirty-five of chapter sixty-three of the General Laws. The tax
liability of each of the corporations named in this act shall be
determined in accordance with the existing laws of this common-
wealth.

Section 5. This act shall take effect as of March thirty-first ^^^Qg°effe^t
in the current year. Approved April 12, 1924.

An Act pertaining to certificates filed under the uni- (JJiaj) 231

FORM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to de- Emergency
feat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer- p""^*"^^'"-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Be it eyiacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and nine of the General Laws, as ap- g. l. io9, etc.,
pearing in section one of chapter one hundred and twelve of the aft^Tso"'^
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby amended
by adding after section thirty the following new section : —
Section 31. The fee for the filing for record in the office of the Fee for filing
state secretary of any original certificate or certificate of re- under TinTform
newal or amendment provided for by this chapter shall be ten p?™^^®rshi
dollars. Approved April 12, 1924- Act.

An Act authorizing the city of fall river to borrow (7/i(jr).232

MONEY FOR HOSPITAL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing, furnishing and j^j^^°may"
equipping a general hospital in the city of Fall River, said city borrow money
may borrow from time to time, within a period of five years from p^rpos^'. *
the passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not ex-
ceeding, in the aggregate, six hundred thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their

preamble.

218 Acts, 1924. —Chap. 233.

Hosphar' *^*^'^ ^^^^ words, Fall Ri\'er Hospital Loan, Act of 1924. Each
Loan, Act of authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans
shall be payable in not more than fifteen years from their dates,
but no issue shall be authorized under this section unless a sum
equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized
issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy
of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as
herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, exclusi^'e of the proviso inserted in section seven of said
chapter by chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three. All sums borrowed under
this act shall be expended by the board of trustees of municipal
hospitals and dispensaries in said city.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 12, 1924-

C hap. 23S An Act relative to the taxation of national banks.

Emergency Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to de-

feat 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:

G. L. 63,uoa, Section 1. Section ten A of chapter sixty-three of the Gen-
eral Laws, inserted by section two of chapter four hundred and
eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "thereof" in the
fourth line the words: — , but, in no event shall said tax be less
in amount than would be obtained by a tax at six per cent on
the dividends paid during the taxable year hereinafter men-
renain°ba°ks tio"^<^> — SO as to read as follows : — Sedton 10 A. All banks
upon their whosc shares are subject to taxation under section one shall upon
net mcome. election be taxed upon their net income an amount equal to
twelve and one half per cent thereof, but in no event shall said
Minimum tax. tax bc Icss in amouut than would be obtained by a tax at six
per cent on the dividends paid during the taxable year herein-
"Net income", after mentioned. The term "net income" as herein used shall
erm e ne . j^^g^jj ^]^q j^^^ incomc, for the taxable year as defined in para-
graph six of section thirty, as required to be returned by the
bank to tlie federal government under the, federal revenue act
of nineteen hundred and eighteen or of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, whichever of said acts may be applicable, and such
interest and dividends received by the bank not so required to
be returned as net income as would be taxable if received by an
inhabitant of this commonwealth; less interest, so required to
be returned, which is received from bonds, notes and certificates
Notice of of indebtedness of the United States. Any such bank electing

tax*ed*^upo°n ^ to be thus taxcd shall file with the commissioner notice of such
net income. election, in such form as he shall prescribe, on or before the
fifteenth day of March of the year in which the assessment is
to be made. The commissioner shall, as soon thereafter as may

etc., amended.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 234. 219

be, notify the assessors of the town where such bank is located ^o^i'^g°f
of such election, and in that event the local assessors shall make taxation.
no assessment upon the shares of such bank in that year; and
no such bank shall be liable to taxation under section fifty-eight.
Banks making such election shall make returns to the commis- Returns, etc.
sioner within fifteen days after the date of such election, setting
forth in such detail as he may require the information required
for assessment of the tax herein provided. The statement re-
quired to be made under section four by the cashier of any such
bank shall, if such bank elects to be taxed under this section, be
made and delivered to the commissioner. All provisions of this Certain busi-
chapter relative to the assessment, collection, payment, abate- Sonta?]awg
ment and administration of taxes applicable to business corpora- to apply,
tions shall, so far as pertinent, be applicable to taxes under this
section.

Section 2. This act shall be effective as of April first in the Time of
current year and shall also apply to the assessment of taxes in ll^^^ effect,
that year; provided, that a notice of election to be taxed in the proviso.
current year under section ten A of chapter sixty-three of the
General Laws, as amended by section one hereof, is filed there-
under with the commissioner of corporations and taxation on or
before the expiration of fifteen days after the passage of this
act. Approved April 12, 1924.

An Act establishing a maternal and child welfare com- QJiqj) 234

MISSION IN the city OF FALL RIVER.

Be it e7iacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of conserving the health of cwid^wiifrrt
infants, preventing illness or death and promoting health among Commission
mothers of infants, children of pre-school age and babies in the Fail River.
city of Fall River, there is hereby established in said city a com- establishment,
mission to be known as the Maternal and Child Welfare Com-
mission. Said commission shall be appointed in the manner
hereinafter provided, and shall consist of five members, who
shall be registered physicians. It shall exercise its powers and
perform its duties under the direction and control of the mayor
of said city. Subject to such direction and control, it may es- Powers and
tablish and maintain maternal and infant welfare stations and ^ '^■^'
prenatal clinics, may provide nurses at confinement, may teach
the needs of prenatal and maternal care and the value of medical
and nursing supervision of babies; may employ necessary as-
sistants and emploj^ees and define the duties of the same and
may make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this
act, as may be necessary for the proper execution of its duties.
The commission shall have no power to examine or weigh any
child, except with the consent of the mother or other person
legally having custody or control of such child, and shall have
no power to compel adults to comply with its advice or instruc-
tions.

Section 2. The books and records of the said commission Books and
shall at all times be open to the inspection of the mayor or board '■®''°''"^^-
of aldermen. The said commission shall, annually in the month Annual report.

220

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 235.

Members,
appointment,
terms, etc.

No compensa-
tion.

Submission to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.

of January, make a detailed report of its doing to the mayor and
aldermen.

Section 3. The mayor of said city, prior to May first, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, shall appoint one member of said
commission to serve for one year, one for two years, one for
three years, one for four years and one for five years, and there-
after, as the term of any member expires, a successor shall be
appointed for five 3'ears, and vacancies shall be filled in like
manner for unexpired terms. The members of said commission
shall serve without compensation.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of
its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to
December first in the current year. Approved April 12, 1924-

Part of town
of Sherborn
annexed to
town of
Framjngham.

Chap.2^5 ^^ ^*^T TO annex a part of the town of sherborn to the

TOWN OF FRAMINGHAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. All the territory now within the town of Sher-
born which lies north and west of a line beginning at a stone
monument which marks the intersection of the present boundary
lines of the towns of Framingham, Ashland and Sherborn;
thence running north seventy-five degrees seven minutes east
six thousand and thirty feet to a stone bound on the boundary
line of the highway located in the town of Sherborn known as
Perry street, in latitude forty-two degrees fifteen minutes, forty-
one and seventy one hundredths seconds, and longitude seventy-
one degrees twenty-three minutes fifty-three and seventy-four
one hundredths seconds; thence northeasterly about four thou-
sand two hundred and eighty-four feet to a point on the present
boundary line between the towns of Natick and Sherborn, in
latitude forty-two degrees sixteen minutes, nineteen and ten
one hundredths seconds, and longitude seventy-one degrees
twenty-three minutes twenty-seven and nine one hundredths
seconds, is hereby set off and separated from the town of Sher-
born and annexed to and made a part of the town of Framingham.
And the inhabitants of said annexed territory shall hereafter be
inhabitants of said town of Framingham and shall, except as
hereinafter provided, enjoy all the rights and privileges and be
subject to all the duties and liabilities of the inhabitants of said
town of Framingham.

Section 2. The inhabitants of and the estates within that
part of the town of Sherborn annexed to the town of Framingham
by this act, 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 Sherborn, and all taxes heretofore assessed
and not collected shall be collected by the tax collector of the
town of Sherborn and paid to the treasurer of said town.

Section 3. The town of Framingham shall be liable 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 the limits of that part of the town of

Payment of
taxes, etc.

Support of
paupers whose
settlement was
gained within
limits of
territory
annexed, etc.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 235. 221

Sherborn annexed to Framingham by this act; and the town of
Framingham shall pay annually to the town of Sherborn such
proportion of all costs for the support and relief of such persons
now or hereafter needing relief or support as paupers, and whose
settlement by original acquisition or derivation was gained by
reason of military service, or who cannot be located on the site
whence their settlement was derived or whereon it was acquired,
as the valuation of that part of the town of Sherborn annexed
to Framingham by this act shall bear to that of the town of
Sherborn according to the last state valuation prior to the giving
of such relief or support.

Section 4. The corporate property of the town of Sherborn Corporate
within that part of said town which is annexed hereby to the be°ve3ted in,
town of Framingham shall be vested in and is hereby declared **"•
to be the property of the said to'wn of Framingham.

Section 5. The inhabitants upon the territory hereby sepa- inhabitants
rated from Sherborn and annexed to Framingham shall continue territory to
to be a part of the town of Sherborn for the purpose of filling pan'oriher^"
vacancies in the office of representative to the general court bom for p^r-
from the eighth Middlesex district, until the next apportion- Vacancies in^
ment shall be made, and it shall be the duty of the board of r^resentative
registrars of voters of said town of Framingham to make a true to general
list of the persons on the territory hereby annexed qualified to
vote at any election to fill such a vacancy, and to post the list
in said territory, and to correct the same, as required by law,
and to deliver the same to the selectmen of said town of Sherborn
at least seven days before any such election, and the same shall
be taken and used by the selectmen of said Sherborn for any
such election in the same manner as if it had been prepared by
the board of registrars of said town of Sherborn.

Section 6. The town clerk of the town of Sherborn shall Listofregis-

, . » . , . , .11 1 tered voters,

prepare a list or registered voters m the territory hereby annexed etc.
to the town of Framingham and forward the same to the town
clerk of said town of Framingham, and the names of persons on
this list shall be placed on the registers of said town of Framing-
ham and shall be added to, and become a part of, the voting
lists of the town of Framingham. Unless otherwise provided by Territory
said town, the territory hereby annexed to said town of Fram- p^t^ol precinct
ingham shall be a part of precinct four of said town. four, etc.

Section 7. All rights heretofore secured to existing corpora- Certain rights
tions in the territory hereby annexed to the town of Framingham *° continue.
shall continue as though this act had not been passed. The Certain powers,
powers and privileges reserved to the town of Sherborn and the to'^and'be'^*
selectmen thereof in any orders, decrees or contracts heretofore exercised by
made by the selectmen of Sherborn in such territory shall inure Framingham,
to and be exercised by the town of Framingham, and the select- ®*°-
men thereof, respectively, as fully as if said orders, decrees or
contracts had originally been made by the selectmen of Framing-
ham.

Section 8. The town of Framingham by its board of public Water supply,
works, thereto empowered hereby, shall, without requiring a
guarantee by prospective users upon cost of installation thereof,
within one year after the date this act takes effect, install in the

222

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 236, 237.

May borrow
money.

Expenses of
making
surveys, etc.

Submission to
voters, etc.

Time of taking
effect, etc.

territory annexed by this act, connected with the water supply
system of the town of Framinghara, one mile of water main of
adequate size for the supply of municipal water to such terri-
tory; and said town of Framingham may, for the purpose of
defraying the cost of such installation, borrow such sum or
sums as may be necessary under authority of law authorizing
said town to borrow for the water supply system of the town of
Framingham.

Section 9. The towns of Framingham and Sherborn shall
each pay one half of the expenses, including the expenses already
incurred, of making necessary surveys and establishing the
lines between Sherborn and Framingham.

Section 10. This act shall be submitted to the voters of the
town of Sherborn for their acceptance at a special meeting called
for the purpose prior to June first in the current year. Such
meeting shall be conducted in the manner provided by general
law for the conduct of annual meetings for the election of town
officers, in so far as applicable to said town. At such meeting
the polls shall be open from six thirty o'clock a.m. to six o'clock
P.M. and voting shall be by precincts and by official ballot with
use of the check lists in answer to the following question which
shall be printed on such ballot : — " Shall an act passed by the
general court in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, entitled ' An Act to annex a part of the
toMTi of Sherborn to the town of Framingham', be
accepted?" If a majority of the voters present and voting
thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to said question, then
this act shall take effect as of January first, nineteen hundred
and twentj'-five, but not otherwise.

Section 11. For the purpose of its submission for acceptance,
this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 12, 1924-

i NO.

Cha V.2SQ ^^ ■^^'^ authorizing the town of swampscott to pay an

annuity to ELIZABETH HADLEY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of further discharging its moral
obligation to Elizabeth Hadley, a former school teacher in its,
employ, the town of Swampscott may pay to her annually so^
long as she shall live the sum of two hundred and sixty-six dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any pension payable to her
by said town at the time this act takes effect.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the inhabitants of said town at a town meeting; pro-
vided, that such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty-
first in the current year. Approved April 12, 1924-

Town of

Swampscott
may pay
annuity to
Elizabeth
Hadley.

Submission to
inhabitants,
etc.
Pro%nso.

Chav. 2S7 An Act relative to stipulations in contracts affected j

BY THE EIGHT HOUR LAW, SO-CALLED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G- ^■^'^^' 5 ^'^' Chapter one hundred and forty-nine of the General Laws is I
hereby amended by striking out section thirty-four and inserting!

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 238. 223

in place thereof the following: — Section 34. Every contract, Stipuiatiousi
except for the purchase of material or supplies, involving the affected by
employment of laborers, workmen or mechanics, to which the faws^so-^aUed.
commonwealth or any county or any town, subject to section
thirty, is a party, shall contain a stipulation that no laborer,
workman or mechanic working within the commonwealth, in
the employ of the contractor, sub-contractor or other person
doing or contracting to do the whole or a part of the work con-
templated by the contract, shall be required or permitted to
work more than eight hours in any one day or more than forty-
eight hours in any one week, except in cases of extraordinary
emergency, or in case any town subject to section thirty-one is
a party to such a contract, more than eight hours in any one
day, except as aforesaid; provided, that in contracts entered Proviso
into by the department of public works for the construction or
reconstruction of highways there may be inserted in said stipu-
lation a provision that said department, or any contractor or
sub-contractor for said department, may employ laborers,
workmen and mechanics for more than eight hours in any one
day in such construction or reconstruction when, in the opinion
of the commissioner of labor and industries, public necessity so
requires. Every such contract not containing the aforesaid Certain
stipulation shall be null and void. Approved April 12, 1924. when^void.

Chap.2S8

An Act authorizing the trustees of the Bristol county
agricultural school to make additions and improve-
ments to the grounds and equipment of said school.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The trustees of the Bristol county agricultural Trustees of
school may expend a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars agricuit^^^^
for the purpose of building, furnishing and equipping a dining school may
room building and of making other additions and improvements tions, etc.
to the grounds and equipment of said school.

Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the county commis- County com-
sioners of said county may borrow from time to time, on the JSay borrow
credit of the county, such sums as may be necessary, not exceed- money, etc.
ing, in the aggregate, fifty thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes of the county therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Bristol County Agricultural School Loan, Act Bristol County
of 1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, scliooi L^oan,
and such loans shall be payable in not more than five years from '^^^ °^ ^^-^■
their dates. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by the treas-
urer 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. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall,
except as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of
the General Laws.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by submission to
said county commissioners: provided, that such acceptance county

• T-w 1 1 • n • ^ commisfa

occurs prior to December thirty-hrst m the current year. Proviso.

Approved April 12, 1924-

commissioners.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 230.

G. L. 94, § 209,
etc., amended.

Narcotic
drugs.

Possession of
certain instru-
ments
regulated.

Chav. 2S9 ^ ^^^ regulating the possession of hypodermic instru-
ments.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section 1. Section two hundred and nine of chapter ninety-
four of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter
five hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, is hereby further amended by inserting after the
word "physician" in the tenth line the words: — or dentist, —
by inserting after the word "articles " in the thirteenth line the
words : — , or the holder of a permit issued under section two
hundred and nine A, — and by inserting after the word " physi-
cian" in the twenty-first line the words: — or dentist, the holder
of a permit issued under section two hundred and nine A, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 209. No person, not being a
physician, dentist, nurse or veterinarian registered under the
laws of this commonwealth or of the state where he resides, or
a registered embalmer, manufacturer or dealer in embalming
supplies, wholesale druggist, manufacturing pharmacist, regis-
tered pharmacist, manufacturer of surgical instruments, official
of any government having possession of the articles hereinafter
mentioned by reason of his official duties, nurse acting under the
direction of a physician or dentist, employee of an incorporated
hospital acting under the direction of its superintendent or
officer in immediate charge, or a carrier or messenger engaged
in the transportation of such articles, or the holder of a permit
issued under section two hundred and nine A, shall have in his
possession a hypodermic syringe, hypodermic needle, or any
instrument adapted for the use of narcotic drugs by subcutane-
ous injection. No such sjTinge, needle or instrument shall be
delivered or sold to, or exchanged with, any person except a
registered pharmacist, ph3'sician, dentist, veterinarian, regis-
tered embalmer, manufacturer or dealer in embalming supplies,
wholesale druggist, manufacturing pharmacist, a nurse upon
the written order of a physician or dentist, the holder of a permit
issued under section two hundred and nine A, or an employee
of an incorporated hospital upon the written order of its superin-
tendent or officer in immediate charge. A record shall be kept
b}^ the person selling such syringe, needle or instrument, which
shall give the date of the sale, the name and address of the pur-
chaser and a description of the instrument. This record shall
at all times be open to inspection by the department of public
health, the boards of registration in medicine, veterinary medi-
cine, and pharmacy and the board of dental examiners, author-
ized agents of said department and boards, and police authorities
and police officers of towois. Whoever violates an}^ provision of
this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one
hundred dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correc-
tion for not more than two years, or both.

Section 2. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further
amended by inserting after section two hundred and nine the

Sales, etc.,
regulated.

Record of sales
to be kept, etc.

Penalty.

G. L. 94, new
section after
§ 209.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 239. 225

following new section : — Section 209 A A registered physician Permits for
may, subject to the rules and regulations of the board of registra- hn^dermic^
tion in medicine, issue to a patient under his immediate charge instruments ^
a permit to have in possession any of the instruments specified patients.
in the preceding section. Such permits shall be issued upon
blanks to be furnished by said board and any permit so issued
may be revoked at any time by it.

Section 3. Section two of chapter one hundred and twelve g. l. 112, § 2,
of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter three ®*^ • ^'^^nded.
hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and tw^enty-
two, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"purposes" in the thirty-fourth line the words: — ; or of abuse
of the authority granted in section two hundred and nine A, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 2. Applications for registra- Examination
tion as qualified physicians, signed and sworn to by the appli- ^^^^f^^^^'
cants, shall be made upon blanks furnished by the board of regis- physicians,
tration in medicine, herein and in sections three to twenty-three, etc.
inclusive, called the board. Each applicant, who shall furnish
the board with satisfactory proof that he is twenty-one or over
and of good moral character, that he possesses the educational
qualifications required for graduation from a public high school,
and that he has received the degree of doctor of medicine, or its
equivalent, either from a legally chartered medical school having
the power to confer degrees in medicine, which gives a full four
years' course of instruction of not less than thirty-six weeks in
each year, or from any legally chartered medical school having
such power, if such applicant was, on March tenth, nineteen
hundred and seventeen, a matriculant thereof, shall, upon pay- Fee.
ment of twenty-five dollars, be examined, and, if found qualified
by the board, be registered as a qualified physician and entitled
to a certificate in testimony thereof, signed by the chairman and
secretary. An applicant failing to pass an examination satis- Re-examina-
factory to the board shall be entitled within one year thereafter *""*•
to a re-examination at a meeting of the board called for the
examination of applicants, upon payment of a further fee of Further fee.
three dollars; but two such re-examinations shall exhaust his
privilege under his original application. The board, after hear- Revocation of
ing, may revoke any certificate issued by it and cancel the rlgistrat^onf
registration of any physician convicted of a felony; or, after etc.
hearing, may revoke any certificate issued by it and cancel for
a period not exceeding one year, the registration of any physician,
who has been shown at such hearing to have been guilty of
gross and confirmed use of alcohol in any of its forms while en-
gaged in the practice of his profession, or of the use of narcotic
drugs in any way other than for therapeutic purposes; or of
abuse of the authority granted in section two hundred and nine A;
or of publishing or causing to be published, or of distributing or
causing to be distributed, any literature contrary to section
twenty-nine of chapter two hundred and seventy-two; or of
acting as principal or assistant in the carrying on of the practice
of medicine by an unregistered person or by any person con-
victed of the illegal practice of medicine or by any registered

226

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 240, 241.

Reissue of
certificate of
registration,
etc.

physician whose hcense has been revoked either permanently
or temporarily; or of aiding or abetting in*any attempt to secure
registration, either for himself or for another, by fraud; or, in
connection with his practice, of defrauding or attempting to de-
fraud any person. The board may subsequently, but not earlier
than one year thereafter, reissue any certificate formerly issued
by it or issue a new certificate, and register anew any physician
whose certificate was revoked and whose registration was can-
celled. Approved April 12, 1924.

Chap. 2^0 An Act authorizing the metropolitan district commis-
sion TO PREVENT THE DEFILEMENT OF THE WATERS OF CHEST-
NUT HILL AND SPOT POND RESERVOIRS BY GULLS OR TERNS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

In order to preserve the purity and prevent the pollution of
the waters of Chestnut Hill and Spot Pond reservoirs, the
metropolitan district commission may authorize one or more
of its employees, so far as permissible under federal law, to take
such reasonable means and use such appliances and weapons
as, in the judgment of said commission, will prevent the defile-
ment of the waters of said reservoirs by gulls or terns, any pro-
vision of chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the General
Laws to the contrary notwithstanding. The commission shall
keep an accurate account of any birds killed under the authority
of this act and submit such account to the director of the di-
vision of fisheries and game of the department of conservation
at such times and covering such periods as he may prescribe.

Approved April 12, 1924.

Metropolitan
district com-
mission may
prevent defile-
ment of
waters of
Chestnut Hill
and Spot
Pond reser-
voirs.

Chap. 24:1 An Act relative to pensioning members of the fire de-
partment OF THE CITY OF TAUNTON.

Pensioning
members of
fire depart-
ment of city
of Taunton.

Proviso.

Amount of
pension, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The municipal council of the city of Taunton,
with the approval of the mayor, shall retire from active service
and place upon the pension roll any fireman, call fireman or
substitute call fireman of the city whom the city physician
certifies in wTiting to be permanently disabled, mentally or
physically, by injuries sustained or illness incurred through no
fault of his own in the actual performance of duty, from further
performing duty as such member; or any permanent member
of said department who has performed faithful service therein
for not less than twenty-five years if in the judgment of said
municipal council and mayor such member is disabled for useful
service in the department; provided, that any permanent mem-
ber of said department who has performed faithful service therein
for twenty-five years and has attained the age of sixty shall be
retired at his request.

Section 2. Any permanent member retired under the pre-
ceding section shall receive an annual pension, payable monthly,

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 242, 243. 227

equal to one half of the annual salary or other compensation
payable to him during the last year of his service. The pension
of any call or substitute call fireman retired under said section
shall be the same as that of a permanent member of the first
grade of the same department in which he served.

Section 3. The words "permanent member" as used in this Words
act shall be construed to include the chief engineer of the fire membM-''Uo
department of said city, notwithstanding that he is subject to enginler^'etc
election at stated intervals by the municipal council.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
a two thirds vote of the municipal council of the said city. ^'iMiL**

Approved April 12, 1924'

Chav.24.2

An Act providing for the preservation of historical
relics and works of art within the state house.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty of chapter six of the General Laws, as amended "i- ^- ^ ^ |°^
by chapter two hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by adding
at the end thereof the following new paragraph : — Said com- Art commis-
mission shall have the custody and care of all historical relics cus°o'dy, etc.,
in the state house, and of all works of art, as herein defined, of historical
erected or maintained therein. Approved April 12, 1924- state 'house.

Chap.2^3

An Act relative to the control of crystal lake in the
city of newton.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Newton, through its playground Crystal lake
commission, may from time to time make rules and regulations in city of
as to the erection, maintenance and control of all public bath
houses on the shores of Crystal lake in said city.

Section 2. The playground commission of said city may Rules and
from time to time make rules and regulations governing fishing, gov^n^^ng^
boating, bathing, skating and other recreational activities in or fishing, boat-
on Crystal lake in said city. Such rules and regulations shall be
subject to the approval of the division of waterways and public
lands of the department of public works of the commonwealth
and when approved by said division shall have the force of law.

Section 3. Any police officer of said city may patrol any PoUce protec-
part of the waters of said lake and shall have authority to arrest *'°°-
any person violating any law of the commonwealth in, on or
adjacent to the waters of said lake or violating any rule or
regulation established under this act.

Section 4. The violation of any rule or regulation estab- Penalty.
lished under this act shall be punished by a fine of not more
than twenty dollars.

Section 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to abridge construction
the powers and duties of said division under chapter ninety-one °^ *"^*'-
of the General Laws. Approved April 12, 1924-

228

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 244, 245.

G. L. 221,
three new
sections after
§ 34.

Judicial
council,
establishment,
purposes, etc.

Membership.

Chap. 24:4: An Act providing for the establishment of a judicial

COUNCIL TO MAKE A CONTINUOUS STUDY OF THE ORGANIZA-
TION, PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE OF THE COURTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and twenty-one of the General Laws is
hereb}^ amended by inserting after section thirty-four, under
the heading "Judicial Council", the following three new sec-
tions: — Section 34 A. There shall be a judicial council for the
continuous study of the organization, rules and methods of
procedure and practice of the judicial system of the common-
wealth, the work accomplished, and the results produced by
that system and its various parts. Said council shall be com-
posed of the chief justice of the supreme judicial court or some
other justice or former justice of that court appointed from
time to time by him; the chief justice of the superior court or
some other justice or former justice of that court appointed from
time to time by him; the judge of the land court or some other
judge or former judge of that court appointed from time to time
by him; one judge of a probate court in the commonwealth and
one justice of a district court in the commonwealth and not
more than four members of the bar all to be appointed by the
governor, with the ad\'ice and consent of the executive council.
The appointments by the governor shall be for such periods, not
exceeding four years, as he shall determine.

Section 34B. The judicial council shall report annually on
or before December first to the governor upon the work of the
various branches of the judicial system. Said council may also
from time to time submit for the consideration of the justices
of the various courts such suggestions in regard to rules of prac-
tice and procedure as it may deem advisable.

Section 34C. No member of said council shall receive any
compensation for his ser^^ces, but said council and the several
members thereof shall be allowed from thfe state treasury out of
any appropriation made for the purpose such expenses for clerical
and other ser%'ices, travel and incidentals as the governor and
council shall approve. Approved April 12, 1924.

Terms of

governor's

appointees.

Annual report.

To submit

suggestions,

etc.

No compensa-
tion.

Expense
allowances.

Chap. 24:5 An Act placing the office of chief of the fire depart-
ment OF THE CITY OF SALEM UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE
LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The office of the chief of the fire department of
the city of Salem shall hereafter be subject to the civil service
laws and rules and regulations made thereunder. The present
holder of said office shall continue to hold the same under the
civil service, and shall not be required to take any ci\ il service
examination.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the
voters of the city of Salem at its next annual city election in the
form of the following question, which shall be placed upon the

City of Salem,
office of chief
of fire depart-
ment placed
under civil
service laws.

Submission to
voters, etc.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 246, 247. 229

official ballot to be used at said election : — " Shall an act passed
by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, entitled 'An Act placing the office of chief of the fire de-
partment of the city of Salem under the civil service laws', be
accepted?" Upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters
voting thereon, it shall thereupon take effect, but not other-
wise. Approved April 12, 1924.

An Act relative to the distribution of certain historical Qhnr) 246
WORKS RELATING TO THE SERVICE OF MASSACHUSETTS MEN
IN THE ARMY AND NAVY DURING THE CIVIL, SPANISH AND
WORLD WARS.

Be it enacted, etc., a^s follows:

Chapter one hundred and ninety-three of the acts of nineteen 1923, 193, 5 2,
hundred and twenty-three is hereby amended by striking out *'"^°^''*^-
section two and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 2. The volumes purchased as aforesaid shall be dis- Distribution
tributed by said secretary at his discretion as follows : — One ^[gt^j-^'?
copy to the office of said secretary; one to the office of the works relating
adjutant general; eleven to the state library, of which ten shall of SiassachlT
be for the purpose of exchange ; one to the free public library ^^'-^^ '^^^■
of each city and town in the commonwealth; one to each state
and territorial library; one to the library of congress; one to
each incorporated historical society in the commonwealth; one
to the library of each college or university in the commonwealth ;
and the remainder to other repositories, free libraries being
gi\en the preference. Approved April 12, 1924-

An Act to place upon an equal basis the taxation of Chap. 247

TRUST COMPANIES AND OF NATIONAL BANKS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to de- Emergency
feat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer- P''ea™bie.
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter sixty-three of the General Laws is G. l. 63, new
hereby amended by inserting after section fifty-eight the follow- §^58°" ^^^'^'^
ing new section: — Section 68 A. Any trust company subject Taxation of
to all or any of the provisions of chapter one hundred and pa'i^ies^upon
seventy-two shall, upon filing with the commissioner on or before ^^'^'^ ^'^^
March fifteenth in any year, or within such further time as the
commissioner may allow, a request in such form as he may pre-
scribe, be taxed upon its net income as defined in section ten A
an amount equal to twelve and one half per cent thereof. Any in lieu of
tax paid under this section shall be in lieu of any tax imposed °'^^'' ^^^' ^^°'
under section fifty-eight; provided, however, that in no event Pro\'i3o.
shall the amount of said tax be less than the minimum tax pro-
vided in said section fifty-eight.

230

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 248.

Time of
taking effect,
etc.

Pro\nso.

Section 2. This act shall be effective as of April first in the
current year and shall apply to the assessment of taxes in or on
account of the calendar year nineteen hundred and twenty-four;
provided, that in that year the request mentioned in section one
hereof shall be filed within fifteen days after the passage of this
act. Approved April I4, 1924.

Cha'p.24:8 ^ -^^'^ relative to children's health camps for under-
weight AND undernourished SCHOOL CHILDREN.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. 40, I 5,
etc., amended.

Appropriations
by cities and
towns for
children's
health camps.

G. L. Ill,
seven new
sections after
§62.

Children's
health camps
in cities and
towns, estab-
lishment, etc.

Commission
on children's
health camps,
membership,
terms, etc.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat its
purpose to make immediate pro\asion for the health of the chil-
dren intended to be benefited by its provisions, therefore it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public health and safety.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section five of chapter forty of the General
Laws, as amended by sections one and two of chapter three hun-
dred and seventy-one and by section six of chapter four hundred
and eighty-six, both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one and by chapter tAvo hundred and two and chapter four hun-
dred and one, both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new paragraph : — (31) For the establishment and
maintenance of children's health camps, as provided by sections
sixty-two A to sLxty-two G, inclusive, of chapter one hundred
and eleven.

Section 2. Chapter one hundred and eleven of the General
Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section sixty-two,
under the heading "Children's Health Camps", the following
seven new sections: — Section 62 A. In each city and town
which accepts this and the six following sections, in a city by
vote of its city council subject to the provisions of its charter,
or in a town by vote of its inhabitants, there shall, except as
provided by section sixty-two F, be established, without un-
reasonable delay, one or more children's health camps for the
care and treatment of children of school age in said city or town
who upon examination are found to be in need of such care and
treatment, but no child shall be given care or medical treatment
whose parent or guardian objects thereto.

Section 62 B. In each such city and town there shall be an un-
paid commission, called the commission on children's health
camps, to consist of the mayor or chairman of the board of
selectmen, who shall have no vote, the superintendent of schools,
the members of the board of health, all to serve ex officiis, and
also seven residents of such city or town to be appointed by the
mayor or the chairman of the board of selectmen. One member
of said board shall be designated as chairman by the mayor or
the chairman of the board of selectmen. Of the seven persons
first appointed after such acceptance, two shall be appointed for
terms of one year each, two for terms of two years each, and

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 248. ^^1

three for terms of three years each, and tliereaftcr as the term

of each member expires his successor shall be appointed for the

term of three years. Each appointment made to fill a vacancy Vacancies.

in said commission shall be for the balance of the unexpired

term.

Section 62C. Said commission shall establish, maintain and Powers and
have control of all children's health camps for the purposes commission.
named in section sixty-two A, and in addition shall have the
management of all sums appropriated by the city or towTi for
the maintenance of such children's health camps. Said com-
mission may receive in trust for the aforesaid purposes any gift
or bequest of money or securities and shall forth'wath transfer
any money or securities so received to the city or town treas-
urer, who shall administer the same as provided by the follow-
ing section.

Section 62D. The city or town treasurer shall invest, reinvest City or town
and hold in the name of said commission any money or securities, invest,Ttc.°
or the proceeds thereof, received from said commission under ^ceiv^'/fro'm
the preceding section, and shall disburse the income or principal commission.
thereof on its order; provided, that no disposition of either proviso.
income or principal shall be made which is inconsistent with
the terms of the trust on which the property is held. The Bond of
treasurer shall furnish a bond satisfactory to the commission treasurer.
for the faithful performance of his duties relative to such property.

Section 62E. The commission shall keep a record of its doings Records,
and at the close of each financial year shall make a report to the ^^^^^^ report,
city or town, showing the total amount of such funds and other
receipts, together with investments, receipts and disbursements
on account of the same, setting forth in detail the sources of the
receipts and the purposes of the expenditures.

Section 62F. Any two or more such cities or towns may vote Union chii-
to form, for such period of time not exceeding five years as such clmp^iistrk'ts,
cities or towns may from time to time determine, a union chil- establishment,
dren's health camp district for the purpose of establishing therein
one or more union children's health camps. The management Commission
of such union children's health camps in such district shall be cwid^en^s
vested in an unpaid commission, called the commission on union health camps,
children's health camps, to consist of the following persons from terms, etc.
each of the cities or towns constituting such union, namely, the
mayor or chairman of the board of selectmen, who shall have
no vote, the superintendent of schools, the members of the
board of health, all to serve, ex officiis, and also not exceeding
ten members, residents of the cities and towns comprising the
district, to be elected by the ex officiis members of the commis-
sion for terms commensurate with the duration of the agree-
ment forming or continuing the union. The term of each person Vacancies.
elected to fill a vacancy among the members not serving ex
officiis shall be for the balance of the unexpired term. The Treasurer.
treasurer of said commission shall be the treasurer for the time
being of such city or town within the district as is determined
by the members of the commission. The pro\'isions of sections Certain pro-
sixty-two C to sixty-two E, inclusive, so far as applicable, shall app?y,%\''c.
apply to such commission.

232

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 249, 250.

Location and
plans of
camps to be
approved by
department of
public health.

Section 62G. No children's health camp shall be established
under section sixty-two C or sixty-two F unless the location and
construction plans of such camp have been approved by the de-
partment, which may inspect any camp at any time.

Approved April I4, 1924.

Chap. 2^^ An Act relative to the disposition of sums payable to

THE CITY OF BOSTON BY THE COMMONWEALTH IN REIMBURSE-
MENT FOR PENSIONS PAID BY SAID CITY TO CERTAIN RETIRED
SCHOOL TEACHERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighty-nine of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen is hereby amended
by striking out section one and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 1. The sums payable by the common-
wealth to the city of Boston under section sixteen of chapter
thirty-two of the General Laws as reimbursement for pensions
paid by the city to retired school teachers shall, in the case of
all teachers retired by the Boston retirement board under
chapter five hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two and acts in amendment thereof, be
paid into the pension accumulation fund established by section
six of said chapter five hundred and twenty-one, and, in the
case of all teachers retired by the school committee of said city
under chapter five hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and eight and acts in amendment thereof, be paid
into the permanent school pension fund established by section
one of said chapter five hundred and eighty-nine.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April I4, 1924.

1916, 289
(S). § 1.
amended.

Disposition
of sums pay-
able to city
of Boston by
commonwealth
in reimburse-
ment for
pensions paid
to certain re-
tired school
teachers.

Chap. 250 An Act relative to requirements precedent to the re-
imbursement of cities and towns by the commonwealth
on account of pensions paid to school teachers.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section sixteen of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, as
amended by section thirty-three of chapter five hundred and
twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is
hereby further amended by striking out paragraph (1) and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 16. {!) When-
ever, after July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, a town re-
tires a teacher who is not eligible to a pension under section ten
and pays to such teacher a pension in accordance with section
forty-three, or chapter five hundred and eighty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and eight and acts in amendment thereof,
or chapter five hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two and acts in amendment thereof, and
the chairman or secretary of the school committee of said town
or the chairman or executive officer of the retirement board of
the Boston retirement system established by said chapter five

G. L. 32,

§ 16, etc.,
amended.

Reimburse-
ment of cities
and towns by
commonwealth
on account of
pensions paid
to school
teachers.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 251. 233

hundred and twenty-one certifies under oath to the board the
amount of said pension paid during any period prior to the pre-
ceding July first for which reimbursement has not been made
and furnishes such other information as the board may require,
said town shall be reimbursed therefor by the commonwealth;
provided, that no such reimbursement shall be granted unless Proviso.
the retirement has been approved by the board and the amount
of said reimbursement shall not be in excess of the amount, as
determined by the board, to which said teacher would have
been entitled as a pension, had he been a member of the asso-
ciation. Approved April I4, 1924.

An Act amending the act providing for annuities and fhn^ 951

PENSIONS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BOSTON AND "'

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section six of chapter five hundred and twenty- 1922, 521, § e,
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two is hereby ^^^J^^^d.
amended by inserting after the word "account" in the thirty-
fifth line the following new sentence : — The sums payable by
the commonwealth to the city of Boston on account of teachers
retired under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the
pension accumulation fund and used to reduce the amount
which would otherwise be required for the normal contributions
from the city of Boston for the years in which such payments
are made, — so as to read as follows : — Section 6. The funds Boston retire-
hereby created are the annuity savings fund, the pension ac- "^e'ltact.
cumulation fund and the retirement reserve fund.

The annuity savings fund shall be the fund to which shall be Annuity
paid the deductions from the compensation of members. The ^^'^'^"^^ ^"° •
treasurer of the city of Boston shall withhold four per cent of
the regular compensation due on each pay day to all employees
who are members of this retirement system ; provided, however. Proviso,
that a member who is a contributing member of the teachers'
retirement fund, as established by chapter two hundred and
thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred, if he shall so request
in writing to the treasurer, shall have his contributions to this
retirement system reduced by the amount deducted from his
salary under the provisions of said chapter two hundred and
thirty-seven. The amounts so withheld shall be transferred
immediately thereafter to the retirement board and credited to
the account of each member so contributing and shall be paid
into and become a part of said annuity savings fund.

The pension accumulation fund shall be the fund in which Pension ac-
shall be accumulated the annual contributions which shall be f^'^**'°'^
made by the city. These annual contributions shall be such as
shall be determined by actuarial computations on the basis of
mortality and ser\'ice tables approved by the retirement board
as necessary to provide all pension pa^Tnents on account of
members of the retirement sjstem and shall be paid by the
treasurer of the city of Boston to the retirement board in such
instalments and at such times as the retirement board shall re-

234

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 251.

Normal con-
tribution.

Certain sums
payable by
commonwealth
to Boston to
be paid into
pension
accumulation
fund, etc.

Accumulated
liability con-
tribution.

Retirement
reserve fund.

1922, 521, § 9,
amended.

Retirement
for super-
annuation at
age of sixty.

Notice and
hearing to
certain
members.

Retirement
for super-
annuation at
age of seventy.
Exceptions.

quire. These annual contributions shall consist of a normal
and an accumulated liability contribution.

The normal contribution shall be equal to such per centum
of the annual compensation of all members as is computed to
be sufficient to provide during the active service of the average
new entrant for all pensions for which the city may be liable on
his account. The sums payable by the commonwealth to the
city of Boston on account of teachers retired under the provisions
of this act shall be paid into the pension accumulation fund and
used to reduce the amount which would otherwise be required
for the normal contributions from the city of Boston for the
years in which such pa^Toents are made.

The accumulated liability contribution shall be computed as
a constant percentage of the total pay roll of all members and
shall be sufficient to provide during the thirty year period im-
mediately following the establishment of this system for all pen-
sions to be paid on account of members who are entitled to credit
for prior service when this system is established, which are not
provided by the normal contributions made on their account.
The accumulated liability contributions shall be at least equal
to regular interest on the amount of the accumulated liability
and shall be at least three per cent greater in amount each year
than the amount for the preceding year. The accumulated
liability contributions shall be discontinued as soon as the
accumulated liability has been liquidated.

The retirement reserAC fund shall be the fund to which upon
the retirement of any members shall be transferred:

(a) From the annuity savings fund the accumulated deduc-
tions of the member, and

(b) From the pension accumulation fund an amount equal to
his accumulated deductions, and

(c) From the pension accumulation fund in the case of the
accidental death or the retirement of a new entrant an amount
sufficient to provide the pension payable on his account not
covered by paragraph (6).

Section 2. Section nine of said chapter five hundred and
twenty-one is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"judiciary" in the fifteenth line the words: — , heads of depart-
ments and members of boards in charge of departments, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 9. A member of this retirement
system who shall have attained age sixty shall, upon his own
application be retired for superannuation within thirty days
after the filing of such application, or he may, and if he is a
member of the police force he shall, upon the application of the
head of his department be retired for superannuation by the
retirement board. A member, other than a member of the police
force, whose retirement is applied for by the head of his depart-
ment shall be entitled to a notice of such application and to a
hearing before the retirement board provided he requests such
hearing in writing within ten daj's of the receipt of such notice.

A member of this retirement system who shall have attained
age seventy shall be retired for superannuation within thirty
days, except members of the judiciary, heads of departments

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 252. 235

and members of boards in charge of departments, and except
that a school teacher shall be retu'ed on the thu'ty-first day of
August following his attaining the age of seventy.

Section 3. Section ten of said chapter five hundred and etc^^'ameAied*^'
twentj'-one, as amended by section one of chapter four hundred
and twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
is hereby further amended by striking out, in the twenty-second
and twenty-third lines, the words "the average annual com-
pensation received by him" and inserting in place thereof the
words : — his average annual regular compensation, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 10. Upon retirement for superannua- Allowances
tion a member of the retirement system shall receive a retire- nfen^for'^
ment allowance consisting of: superannua-

(a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his Annuity,
accumulated deductions at the time of his retirement, and

(b) A pension equal to the annuity, and Pension.

(c) If a member was an emploj'ee at the time the system was Additional
established and became a member within one year thereafter p^"*'°°' ^ ®°-
and has not since become a new entrant, an additional pension

having an actuarial value equivalent to twice the contributions
which he would have made during his prior service had the
system then been in operation, together with regular interest
thereon and

(d) If the retirement allowance provided under the foregoing Total retire-
clauses of this section for a member who has been an employee when.'' owance,
for fifteen years or more would otherwise be less than four hun-
dred and eighty dollars a year, an additional pension sufficient

to make a total retirement allowance of four hundred and
eighty dollars a year.

The total pension of any member payable under the provisions Maximiim
of this section shall not, except as provided in paragraph (cZ), to*^i p^'i^'O'i-
exceed one half of his aA^erage annual regular compensation
during the five years immediately preceding his retirement.

Section 4. Any head of a city department or member of a Admission to
board in charge of a city department who has declined member- ^Terta?n cHy
ship in the Boston retirement system may be admitted to mem- headfTtT*
bership therein upon written application to the Boston retire-
ment board at any time within sixty days after this act takes
effect, and shall, after being so admitted, receive credit for prior
service notwithstanding any provision of said chapter five hun-
dred and twenty-one.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission
the city council of the city of Boston, subject to the provisions etc?' ^ '=°"°*'' •
of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved April 14, 1924.

An Act to exclude from city caucuses of political Chav.252

PARTIES voters ENROLLED IN ANOTHER POLITICAL PARTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section sixty-two of chapter fifty-one of the g. l. 5i, § 62,
General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof ^"'^°^^'^-

236

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 252.

Voting lists
for use at
caucuses.

Lists for
caucuses of
political
parties to
contain party
enrollment of
voters, etc.

G. L. 53, I 76,

amended.

Caucuses open
only to
members of
political party
calling them.

City caucuses.

Voter may
take oath.

the following: — Said lists, if intended for use in the caucus of
a political party held in a city, shall contain the party enroll-
ment of voters whose names appear thereon established as pro-
vided in sections thirty-seven and thirty-eight of chapter fifty-
three, — so as to read as follows: — Section 62. When a caucus
is called, the registrars, on the request of the chairman of the
ward or town committee of the party whose caucus is to be held
or of the person designated to call the caucus to order, shall
furnish him for use in the caucus a certified copy of the last
published voting list of the town, or of the ward of the city for
which the caucus is to be held, adding thereto the names of
voters registered since such pubhcation. Said lists, if intended
for use in the caucus of a political party held in a city, shall con-
tain the party enrollment of voters whose names appear thereon
established as pro\'ided in sections thirty-seven and thirty-eight
of chapter fifty-three.

Section 2. Section seventy-six of chapter fifty-three of the
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"party" in the tenth line the words: — , nor shall a voter who
is enrolled under section thirty-seven or thirty-eight as a member
of a political party be entitled to vote in the caucus of another
political party held in a city while so enrolled, — and by insert-
ing after the word "voter" in the same line the words: — , not
hereinbefore disqualified, — so as to read as follows : — Section
76. Notices of caucuses shall apply to all members of the party
calling them, and to them only. No person having voted in the
caucus of one political party shall be entitled to vote or take
part in the caucus of another political party within the twelve
ensuing months; except that voting or taking part in the
caucuses of any municipal party by any voter shall not affect
his legal right to vote or to take part in the caucuses of any
political party, for any other election, and having voted or taken
part in the caucuses of a political party for any previous election,
shall not affect his right to vote or take part in the caucuses of
any municipal party, nor shall a voter who is enrolled under
section thirty-seven or thirty-eight as a member of a political
party be entitled to vote in the caucus of another political party
held in a city while so enrolled. No voter, not hereinbefore dis-
qualified, shall be prevented from voting or participating in any
caucus if he takes the following oath, which shall be administered
to him by the presiding officer of the caucus:

Form of oath. You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you are a registered voter in
this ward (or town) and have the legal right to vote in this caucus;
that you are a member of the political party holding the same, and in-
tend to vote for its candidates at the polls at the election next ensuing;
and that you have not taken part or voted in the caucus of any other
political party for twelve months last past.

Challenges.

Oath by
challenged
voters, record,
etc.

Such voter may be challenged like any other voter. Any
person whose right to vote is challenged for any cause recognized
by law shall not be permitted to vote until he has taken the
foregoing oath; and the clerk or secretary of the caucus shall
make a record of the administration of said oath to every person

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 253, 254. 237

taking the same, which record shall state whether or not said
person voted. The record shall be returned with the proceed- »
ings of said caucus and shall be prima facie evidence in any
court that such person took said oath and voted in said caucus.

Approved April I4, 1924-

Chap. 253

An Act permitting domestic insurance companies to

MAKE certain CHANGES IN THEIR CHARTERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws is G. l. 175,
hereby amended by striking out section fifty and inserting in ^ ^°' *™^'»'^^^-
place thereof the following: — Section 50. A stock company, changes in
by a two thirds vote of all its stock entitled to vote, or a mutual domestic in-

•' , 1 • 1 n 1 1 surance com-

company, by a two thirds vote 01 those members present and pany charters.
voting, at a meeting duly called therefor, may alter, add to or change in
change, to the extent authorized by this chapter, tlie classes of f^gurlf^gg ^^
insurance for the transaction of which it was incorporated, may
change the location of its principal oflfice or place of business change of
in the commonwealth, or, in the case of a stock company, may 'oration, etc.
increase or reduce the par value of the shares of its capital stock, increase or
which value shall be not less than five nor more than one hun- "^ ^l-^vaiue of
dred dollars. Articles of amendment, signed and sworn to by shares, etc.
the president and secretary and a majority of the directors, Articles of
setting forth such amendment or change and the due adoption amendment.
thereof, shall, within thirty days after their adoption, be sub-
mitted to the commissioner, who shall examine them in the
same manner and with the same powers as in the case of original
articles of organization. If he finds that they conform to the
requirements of law he shall so certify and endorse his approval
thereon, and they shall thereupon be filed in the office of the
state secretary, who, upon the receipt of a fee of five dollars. Fee.
shall cause them and the endorsement thereon to be recorded,
and said articles of amendment shall then be deemed to be a
part of the charter or articles of organization of the company.
No such amendment or change shall take effect until such when amend-
articles of amendment have been filed in the office of the state {^|e*effect''
secretary as aforesaid. Approved April I4, 19£4-

An Act relative to the giving of notice of hearings as pi ^ta

TO THE GRANTING OF LICENSES TO KEEP, STORE, MANUFAC- ^'^^P--^^^
TURE OR SELL GASOLINE AND CERTAIN OTHER FLUIDS AND
ARTICLES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the General Laws, as o. l. 148,
amended in section fourteen by section three of chapter four Imended.'
hundred and eighty-five of the acts of nineteen hundi-ed and
twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out said sec-
tion fourteen and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section I4. No building or other structure shall, except as pro- ^censes for
vided in section fifteen, be used for the keeping, storage, manu- storing, etc.,
facture or sale of any of the articles named in section ten, except

238

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 255.

Public hear-
ing, notice,
etc.

Permits by
state fire
marshal.
Proviso.

Department
may regulate
keeping of
explosives for
private use,
etc., without
license, etc.

Revocation of
rights, etc.

Fees.

Buildings, etc.
subject to
alterations,
etc.

fireworks, fii'ecrackers and torpedoes, unless the aldermen or
selectmen shall have granted a license therefor for one year from
the date thereof, after a public hearing, notice of the time and
place of which shall have been given, at the expense of the appli-
cant, by the clerk of the city or by the selectmen, by publication,
not less than fourteen da\'s prior thereto, in a newspaper pub-
lished in the representative district, if any, otherwise in the city
or town, wherein the land on which such license is to be exer-
cised is situated, and by mailing, not less than seven days prior
to such hearing, written notice of the time and place thereof to
all owners of real estate abutting on said land, and unless a
permit shall have been granted therefor by the marshal or by
some official designated by him for that purpose ; pro^'ided, that
any building or other structure once used under a license and
permit granted as aforesaid, or any building or other structure
lawfully used for any of said purposes, may be continued in
such use from year to year if the owner or occupant thereof
shall annually, while such use continues, file for registration
with the clerk of the city or town where such building or other
structure is situated, and with the marshal or the official desig-
nated by him to grant permits in such city or town, a certificate
reciting such use and occupancy. The department may by
regulation prescribe the amount of explosives, crude petroleum
or any of its products, or of any other inflammable fluid or com-
pound, that may be kept for private use in a building or other
structure without a license, permit or registration, or any of
them.

The right to use a building or other structure for any of said
purposes may be revoked for cause, after notice and a hearing
given to such owner or occupant, by the aldermen or selectmen
having authority to grant licenses for such use, or by the marshal.
A fee of one dollar may be charged for the license and a like
sum for the permit herein pro^^ded for, and one half of said
sum for the registration of the said certificate. Such building or
structure shall always be subject to such alterations in construc-
tion and to such regulations of its use in respect to protection
against fire or explosion as the department may prescribe.

Approved April I4, 1924.

Chap. 255 An Act relative to the computation of dividends on

DEPOSITS IN SAVINGS BANKS OR IN SAVINGS DEPARTMENTS
OF TRUST COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and sixty-seven of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section seventeen and inserting
in place thereof the following : — Section 1 7. Dividends or
interest on deposits in the savings departments of trust com-
panies or in savings banks may be declared and paid for periods
of not less than one month nor more than six months, as deter-
mined by their by-laws, from income which has been earned
and which has been collected, except as otherwise provided in
the case of savings banks by section forty-seven of chapter one

G.L. 167, § 17,
amended.

Dividends on
deposits in
savings de-
partments of
trust com-
panies or in
savings banks.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 256, 257. 239

hundred and sixty-eight, during the next preceding six months
and which is available after deducting previous dividends paid,
the reasonable expenses incurred in the management thereof,
the taxes paid and the amounts required to be set apart for the
guaranty fund. In the computation of such dividends or Computation
interest, when the day on which deposits in any such savings [ntJrest day'^
department or savings bank begin to draw interest, as provided fails on
in its by-laws or regulations, falls on a Sunday or a legal holiday, hoUday.""^
deposits made on the next succeeding business day and remain-
ing on deposit through the balance of the monthly period, may
be construed as having been on deposit one full month, within
the meaning of this section, section forty-seven of chapter one
hundred and sixty-eight and section sixty-seven of chapter one
hundred and seventy-two. Approved April I4, 1924.

An Act regulating the establishment and maintenance Qhn^ 256

OF MUNICIPAL TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws is g.l. 111, §57,
hereby amended by striking out section fifty-seven and inserting '^""^'^^'''^•
in place thereof the following: — Section 57. Every city having Establishment
a population of fifty thousand or more, as determined by the nancTX*^
last national census, shall establish and maintain within its municipal

1. ., !• i? ii. T j_ j_ X 1 • • tuberculosis

limits a dispensary tor the discovery, treatment and supervision dispensaries.
of needy persons resident within its limits and afiiicted with
tuberculosis, unless there already exists in such city a dispensary
satisfactory to the department. Every city having a population
of less than fifty thousand, as determined as aforesaid, and
every town may, and at the request of the department shall,
establish and maintain a similar dispensary. Such dispensaries Regulation,
shall be subject to the regulation of the boards of health of the °**'"
cities and towns where they are respectively situated, and shall
be inspected by and be satisfactory to the department. A city Forfeiture for
or town which, upon the request of the department, refuses or ''^^^^^> ^*°-
neglects to comply with the provisions hereof shall forfeit not
more than five hundred dollars. Approved April I4, 1924.

An Act to extend the use of armories. Chaj).257

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause in- Emergency
convenience and expense, therefore it is hereby declared to be P^'^ambie.
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter thirty-three of the General Laws, as amended in g. l. 33, j 52.
section fifty-two by chapter three hundred and forty-four of the ^*'- *'"«''^«<i-
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 52. (a) Armories provided for Use of armories
the militia shall be used by the militia for the military purposes •''"^*®'^-
or purposes incidental thereto designated by the commander-in-

240

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 257.

Use of armories
limited.

Use for certain

purposes

regulated.

Use for public
purposes.

Public meet-
ings by state
departments,
etc.

Civil service
examinations.
Meetings of
veterans'
organizations,
boards of
trade, etc.
Raising funds
for certain
benefit as-
sociations.
Elections, etc.
Meetings of
school military
organizations.

Meetings of
political or
municipal
parties.
Proviso.

Meetings of
organizations
of boys, etc.

Use of drill
grounds, etc.

chief. Military units stationed in an armory may, at any time
when it is not in use for miUtary purposes, use such armory
without charge for social activities, or athletics, subject only to
rules and regulations promulgated by the military custodian of
such armory and approved by the governor and council. No
non-military use of an armory under this section shall be per-
mitted which interferes with its military use, but such non-
military use shall not be deemed to interfere with military use
if all unit commanders affected can conveniently and without
detriment to the service utilize the armory for the usual military
purposes at other than the usual time or in other than the usual
manner.

(6) Any armory may be used for the purposes set forth in
subsections (c) and (d) in accordance with terms and conditions
prescribed by the commander-in-chief, upon application therefor
to the adjutant general through the military custodian of the
armory. No such application shall be granted unless it is ap-
proved by both the adjutant general and the military custodian
and contains a certificate from each unit commander whose drill
or other military duty is to be changed or modified by such use,
stating that he approves the application and that such change
or modification will not in any way be detrimental to his unit
or to its training, and further stating in detail tlie manner in
which said change or modification is to be effected.

A public meeting or hearing held by a state department or
commission.

An examination conducted by the division of civil service.

A meeting of an organization composed of veterans of the
civil, Spanish or world war, or their auxiliaries, a board of trade,
a chamber of commerce, or a meeting to raise funds for any
non-sectarian charitable or non-sectarian educational purpose.

A meeting to raise funds for a benefit association of policemen
or firemen.

Elections, primaries or caucuses, and town meetings.

Meetings of such military organizations of scholars in the
public schools of a town as may be approved by the school
committee thereof.

A meeting or rally of a political or municipal party, as defined
by section one of chapter fifty, conducted by the duly constituted
local committee of such party; provided, that no party shall be
permitted to use the same armory more than twice in the same
year,

A meeting of any organization of boys under eighteen years
of age, or of any student military organization conforming to the
regulations and training prescribed by the commander-in-chief,
with a view to preparing the members thereof for military or
naval service. Upon application to the commander-in-chief
and on terms and conditions prescribed by him, such organiza-
tions may be permitted to use for parade or drill purposes such
grounds owned by the commonwealth as are used by the militia
of the town where the organization is located.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 258. 241

Compensation for the use of any armory under this subsection Compensation
shall be fixed by the adjutant general with the approval of the ^°^ "^^■
commander-in-chief, and shall not exceed a sum sufficient to
cover all expenses of lighting, heating and guarding the armory,
and similar expenses. Such compensation shall be paid to the
adjutant general who shall pay the same to the commonwealth.

(d) Subject to the provisions of subsection (6), an armory use for certain
may be used for a period of not exceeding three days for any exhibitions.
exhibition of the products of labor, agriculture or industry, in-
cluding any automobile exhibition conducted by a responsible
organization; pro\-ided, that the compensation for such uses proviso.
shall in no case be less than the fair rental value of halls of a

similar nature in the same or a similar city or town together
with a sum sufficient to cover the expense of providing such
guards as may be necessary to protect the armory while so
used. Subject to the foregoing limitation, such compensation
shall be fixed by the adjutant general with the approval of the
commander-in-chief and shall be paid as provided in subsection

(^)-

(e) Each organization using an armory under subsection (c) ^*^'"®'^*/°'"

or (d) shall, under rules and regulations prescribed by the com- property, etc.

mander-in-chief, pay for any damage to or loss of any property

or equipment. Said rules and regulations, may also require that Filing of bond.

such organization shall file with the adjutant general a bond in

such form and amount and containing such conditions as said

rules and regulations may prescribe. Approved April 16, 1924-

Chap.25S

An Act relative to the survey and measurement of

LUMBER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section four of chapter twenty-three of the g. l. 23, § 4,
General Laws, as amended by section three of chapter three ^*''^ ■ ^'^ended.
hundred and six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one
and by chapter one hundred and ninety-six of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by
striking out the last two sentences, so as to read as follows : —
Section 4- The commissioner, assistant commissioner and asso- Department
ciate commissioners may, with the approval of the governor and "ndustries"'^
council, appoint, and fix the salaries of, not more than five di- directors, ap-
rectors, and may, with like approval, remove them. One of saiTriSt^tc.
them, to be known as the director of standards, shall have
charge of the division of standards, and each of the others shall
be assigned to take charge of a division. The commissioner may Experts,
employ, for periods not exceeding ninety days, such experts as
may be necessary to assist the department in the perforrhance
of any duty imposed upon it by law, and such employment shall
be exempt from chapter thirty-one. Except as otherwise pro- inspectors.
vided in section eleven, the commissioner may employ and re- c^er1L^'|tc°"'
move such inspectors, investigators, clerks and other assistants
as the work of the department may require, and fix their com-
pensation. Four inspectors shall be men who, before their em-
ployment as such, have had at least three years' experience as

242

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 259.

G. L. 23, § 9.
amended.

Inspectors of
standards to
give bond,
etc.

G. L. 96,
§§ 1-6. 12,
repealed.

G. L. 96, I 9,
amended.

Penalty for
fraud in
measuring
lumber.

G. L. 96, § 10,
amended.

Penalty for
fraud of seller
or purchaser
of lumber.

G. L. 96, § 11.
amended.

Penalty for
misrepresenta-
tion as
measurer of
lumber.

G. L. 98, § 29,
amended.

Certain duties
of director of
standards.

Units of
measurement
for wooden
shingles.

building construction workmen. The commissioner may require
that certain inspectors in the department, not more than seven
in number, shall be persons qualified by training and experience
in matters relating to health and sanitation.

Section 2. Said chapter twenty-three is hereby further
amended by striking out section nine and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 9. Inspectors of standards ap-
pointed under section four shall give bond for the faithful per-
formance of their duties.

Section 3. Sections one to six, inclusive, and section twelve
of chapter ninety-six of the General Laws are hereby repealed.

Section 4. Said chapter ninety-six is hereby further amended
by striking out section nine and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 9. A measurer of lumber for any city or
town who is guilty of or connives at a fraud or deceit in meas-
uring, marking or numbering the contents of any kind of wood
or lumber, or who, when lawfully requested, refuses without
good reason to measure lumber, shall be punished by a fine of
not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

Section 5. Section ten of said chapter ninety-six is hereby
amended by striking out, in the second line, the words " surveyor
or" and, in the same line, the words "survey or", so as to read
as follows: — Section 10. A seller or purchaser of lumber who
induces or attempts to induce a measurer to make a false meas-
urement shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor
more than two hundred dollars.

Section 6. Section eleven of said chapter ninety-six is hereby
amended by striking out, in the first and second lines, the words
"an official surveyor of lumber of the commonwealth or" and
by striking out, in the third line, the word "thereof", so as to
read as follows: — Section 11. Whoever without authority
represents himself to be an official measurer of lumber of any
city or to"svn shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty
nor more than two hundred dollars.

Section 7. Section twenty-nine of chapter ninety-eight of
the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the words : — He shall also from time to time establish
units of measurement to be observed in the sale of wooden
shingles in the commonwealth, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 29. The director shall enforce the laws relating to the
use of weighing and measuring devices and the giving of false
or insufficient weight or measure and shall keep a detailed record
of his work in connection therewith. He shall also from time
to time establish units of measurement to be observed in the
sale of wooden shingles in the commonwealth.

Approved April 17, 1924-

Chap. 259 An Act kelative to the approval of accounts for ex-
penditures FOR THE state INFIRMARY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

amended^' ^ ^' SECTION 1. Scctiou One of chapter one hundred and twenty-
two of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 260. 243

the tenth and eleventh Hnes, the words " The trustees shall audit
and approve the accounts and bills of the superintendent before
payment", so as to read as follows: — Section 1. The trustees state
of the state infirmary, in this chapter called the trustees, shall irustees'^'
hold meetings monthly at the state infirmary. One trustee shall meetings.
visit the institution at least once a week. The trustees shall ap- Visitation,
point a superintendent of the state infirmary, who, with the tenden^'ap-
approval of the governor and council, may be the resident phy- pojntment,
sician, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the trustees, and
whose compensation shall be fixed by them, with the approval
of the governor and council. All other officers and employees Other officers
shall be appointed by the superintendent, subject to the approval appofntmenr^'
of the trustees, who shall fix the compensation in each case. ^te.
The trustees shall not employ one of their own members. The Annual report,
commissioner of public welfare shall make an annual report of ^°asioner°^"
the condition of the institution, with a copy of the inventory public welfare.
required by section forty of chapter one hundred and twenty-
one.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and twenty-two, as g. l. 122, § 6,
amended in section six by section seventy-two of chapter three ^ °'' ^^^'^ ^ '
hundred and sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking out said
section six and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section Accounts of
6. All accounts for the maintenance of the state infirmary shall lpprovai™t'cT'
be approved by the trustees thereof, or, if the trustees so vote,
by the superintendent or by the chairman or some other member
designated by him, and shall be filed with the comptroller and
paid by the commonwealth. Approved April 17, 192Jf.

Chap.260

An Act relative to the receipt and disbursement of

MONEY for the SUPPORT OF THE STATE PRISON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section fourteen of chapter one hundred and twenty-five of G. l. 125, § 14,
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "paid" in the ninth line the words: — to him, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 14- The warden shall have the Warden of
custody and control of all con\'icts in the prison, and shall govern po^wers^duti'es,
and employ them according to law, pursuant to their respective ^'^''•
sentences and to the rules and regulations of the prison, until
their sentences have been performed or they are otherwise dis-
charged by due course of law. He shall also have the charge
and custody of the prison and of the land, buildings, furniture,
tools, implements, stock, provisions, and all other property be-
longine: to it or within its precincts. He shall be treasurer of Tobetreas-

1 • 1 1 11 • 1 T 1 11 •! urer of prison,

the prison, and shall receive and disburse all money paid to etc.
him by the commonwealth for the support thereof, and shall
cause regular and complete accounts to be kept of all the prop-
erty, expenses, income and business of the prison. He may, Entertainment
with the approval of the commissioner, expend not more than °^""^'*^°"-
three hundred dollars annually for the entertainment of official
and other visitors to the state prison. Approved April 1 7, 1924.

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Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 261, 262.

G. L. 26, § 7,
amended.

Chap. 2Q1 An Act relative to deputies and certain other employees

IN the division of insurance.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section seven of chapter twent}'-six of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out, in the second and third Hnes,
the words " who shall discharge such duties as may be prescribed
by the commissioner," and by adding at the end thereof the
following new sentence : — Such deputies, examiners, actuaries,
inspectors, clerks and other assistants shall perform such duties
as the commissioner may prescribe; pro\aded, that any person
aggrieved by any finding, ruling or decision rendered upon a
hearing authorized by law held before a person other than the
commissioner, ma}^, within three days, or such further period
in any particular case as the commissioner may allow, after the
filing of such finding, ruling or decision in the office of the com-
missioner, appeal therefrom to the commissioner who shall review
the case and may modify, affirm or reverse such ruling, finding
or decision, — so as to read as follows : — Section 7. The com-
missioner of insurance may appoint and remove, with the ap-
proval of the governor and council, a first deputy, an actuary
and a chief examiner and such additional deputies, examiners,
assistant actuaries and inspectors as the service may require.
In case of a vacancy in the office of commissioner, and during
his absence or disability, the first deputy shall perform the duties
of the office, or in case of the absence or disability of such first
deputy, the deputy who has been longest in the service of the
division. The commissioner may appoint and remove such
clerical and other assistants as the work of the di\ision may re-
quire, and fix their compensation. Such deputies, examiners,
actuaries, inspectors, clerks and other assistants shall perform
such duties as the commissioner may prescribe; provided, that
any person aggrieved by any finding, ruling or decision rendered
upon a hearing authorized by law held before a person other
than the commissioner, may, within three days, or such further
period in any particular case as the commissioner may allow,
after the filing of such finding, ruling or decision in the office of
the commissioner, appeal therefrom to the commissioner who
shall review the case and may modify, affirm or reverse such
ruling, finding or decision. Approved April 17, 1924-

Commissioner
of insurance
may appoint,
etc., a first
deputy and
other as-
sistants.

Clerical and
other as-
sistants.

Commissioner
to prescribe
duties, etc.
Proviso.

C/iap.262 An Act to provide for the payment of burial expenses

OF veterans of the INDIAN CAMPAIGNS.

G. L. 115, § 19,
amended.

Burial agents
in cities and
towns, desig-
nation, powers
and duties.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and fifteen of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section nineteen and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 19. The mayor of each
city and the selectmen of each town or, in Boston, the soldiers'
relief commissioner, shall designate a burial agent, who shall
not be one of the overseers of the poor or be employed by them,
and who shall, under regulations established by the commis-

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 263. 245

sioner, cause properly to be interred the body of any honorably Burial of
discharged soldier or sailor who served in the army or navy of ^^ '^'^^' ^ "'
the United States during the war of the rebellion, or in the
Indian campaigns if he died in receipt of a pension from the
United States, or during the war between the United States and
Spain or the Philippine insurrection after February fourteenth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and prior to July fourth,
nineteen hundred and two, or in the Mexican border service of
nineteen hundred and sixteen and of nineteen hundred and
seventeen, or in the world war; provided, that the soldier or Proviso.
sailor died in such service or after an honorable discharge there-
from or release from active duty therein; and shall also so inter Burial of
the body of his wife, widow or dependent mother, and the bodies widows etc^''^'
of army nurses entitled to state aid under section six, if they die
without sufficient means to defray funeral expenses; but no Restrictions.
wife or widow of any soldier or sailor of the civil war shall be
entitled to the benefits of this section unless she was married
to him prior to June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and
ninety, and no wife or widow of any soldier of the Indian cam-
paigns unless she was married to him prior to March fourth,
nineteen hundred and seventeen, and unless she was, if his
widow, in receipt of a pension under the act of congress of March
fourth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and no wife or widow
of any soldier or sailor of the Spanish war, or the Philippine in-
surrection, unless she was married to him prior to January first,
nineteen hundred and ten; and no wife or widow of any soldier
or sailor of the Mexican border service or of the world war
unless she was married to him prior to his final discharge from
such service. If an interment has taken place without the Application to
knowledge of the burial agent, application may be made to him fntwnent.'^etc.
within thirty days after the date of death, or after final inter-
ment if the soldier or sailor dies in the world war service; and
if upon investigation he shall find that the deceased was within
the provisions of this section and the rules of the commissioner,
he may certify the same as provided in the following section. Certification

Approved April 17, 1924-

to coranus-
sioner.

C/ia?>.263

An Act permitting certain teachers to accumulate in
the annuity fund the amount necessary for member-
SHIP IN THE teachers' RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section seven of chapter thirty-two of the General g. l 32, § 7,
Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end of paragraph (3) amended.
the following: — Such a teacher may make application for mem-
bership and accumulate in the annuity fund in instalments, in
accordance with such rules as the board shall adopt, the amount
due to join the association, he being enrolled a member of the
association when the total amount due on account of back
assessments and interest has been accumulated in the annuity
fund; provided, that all instalments must be paid before the
teacher is sixty years of age. Until the full amount required for
membership has been accumulated, a teacher may at any time

246

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 264.

Teachers'
retirement
association.
Certain
teachers may
become mem-
bers, etc.

May accumu-
late in annuity
fund amount
necessary for
membership,
etc.

Proviso.
Discon-
tinuance of
payments,
etc.

Persons en-
rolled as
members who
have paid the
back assess-
ments, etc.,
shall be
members, etc.

Persons now
paying their
back assess-
ments, etc.,
shall be
members, etc.,
when, etc.

Proviso.

discontinue payments and withdraw his total contributions with
the regular interest thereon, — so that said paragraph (3) will
read as follows : — (3) Any teacher who entered the service of
tlie public schools before July first, nineteen hundred and four-
teen, who has not become a member of the association, may
hereafter, before attaining the age of seventy, upon written
application to the board, become a member of the association
by paying an amount equal to the total assessments, together
with regular interest thereon, which he would have paid if he
had joined the association on September thirtieth, nineteen hun-
dred and fourteen. Such a teacher may make application for
membership and accumulate in the annuity fund in instalments,
in accordance with such rules as the board shall adopt, the
amount due to join the association, he being enrolled a member
of the association when the total amount due on account of
back assessments and interest has been accumulated in the
annuity fund; provided, that all instalments must be paid
before the teacher is sixty years of age. Until the full amount
required for membership has been accumulated, a teacher may
at any time discontinue payments and withdraw his total con-
tributions with the regular interest thereon.

Section 2. Persons already enrolled as members of the
teachers' retirement association who have paid the back assess-
ments and interest required as a condition of membership by
paragraph (3) of section seven of chapter thirty-two of the
General Laws, the payment being made in instalments under
the rules adopted by the teachers' retirement board on May
eleventh, nineteen hundred and sixteen. May tenth, nineteen
hundred and seventeen, or October eighth, nineteen hundred
and nineteen, shall be members of said association, entitled to
all the rights and privileges of membership. Persons now paying
their back assessments and interest required as a condition of
membership by said paragraph (3), the payments being made
in instalments under the rule adopted by said board on October
eighth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, shall, when the back
assessments with interest have been paid in full, be members of
said association, entitled to all the rights and privileges of mem-
bership; provided, that the back assessments and interest are
paid in full before age seventy. Approved April 17, 1924..

Chap.

G. L. 32, § 2,
etc., amended.

State retire-
ment associa-
tion.

264 An Act permitting certain state employees to accumu-
late IN THE ANNUITY FUND THE AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR
MEMBERSHIP IN THE STATE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section two of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, as
amended by section one of chapter four hundred and thirty-
nine and by sections four and five of chapter four hundred and
eighty-seven, both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, is hereby further amended by striking out paragraph {!) and
inserting in place thereof the following: — {!) All persons who
are now members of the state retirement association established
on January first, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall be members

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 265. 247

thereof. Any employee who entered the service before said Membership.
January first, who has not become a member of the asso- pioyeesmay
ciation, may before attaining the age of seventy, upon written ^g^^ers etc
application to the board, become a member of the association
by paj'ing in one sum an amount equal to the total assessments
which he would have paid, together with the interest which
would have been credited to his account, if he had contributed
assessments on a five per cent basis from June first, ninieteen
hundred and twelve.

Or, such an employee may make application for membership May accumu-
and accumulate in the annuity fund in instalments, in accordance fund amount ^
with such rules as the board shall adopt, the amount due to m^ember^J"'^
join the association, he being enrolled a member of the associa- etc.
tion when the total amount due on account of back assessments
and interest has been accumulated in the annuity fund; pro- Proviso.
vided, that all instalments must be paid before said employee is
sixty years of age. Until the full amount required for member- piscon-
ship has been accumulated, said employee may at any time dis- pTyments" etc.
continue payments and withdraw his total contributions with
interest thereon. Approved April 17, 1924-

Chap.265

An Act relative to the appointment of a third assistant
district attorney for the eastern district.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Section fourteen of chapter twelve of the General ^- ^- J^- y*.
Laws, as amended by section one of chapter three hundred and
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and by
section one of chapter two hundred and eleven of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended
by striking out, in the seventh line, the word "and" and insert-
ing in place thereof a comma and by adding after the word
"attorney" in the eighth line the words: — and a third assistant
district attorney, — so as to read as follows: — Section 14- Dis- District
trict attorneys of the following districts may appoint the follow- may'^appoint
ing officers, as herein specified, and may at their pleasure remove assistant dis-

, ° ' r J c/ tr tnct attorneys,

tnem : etc.

For the Suffolk district, six assistant district attorneys.

For the northern district, an assistant district attorney and
three second assistant district attorneys.

For the eastern district, an assistant district attorney, a
second assistant district attorney and a third assistant district
attorney.

For the middle district, an assistant district attorney, a
second assistant district attorney and a third assistant district
attorney.

For the southeastern district, an assistant district attorney
and a second assistant district attorney, and, if in the opinion of
the district attorney the interests of tlie commonwealth require,
with the approval of the chief justice of the superior court, a
deputy district attorney.

For the southern district, an assistant district attorney and
a second assistant district attorney.

248 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 266.

For the western district, an assistant district attorney and a
second assistant district attorney, of whom one shall reside in
Berkshire county and the other in Hampden county.
G. L. 12, § 16, Section 2. Section sixteen of said chapter twelve, as amended
e c, amen e . ^^ section two of chapter three hundred and four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and by section two of chapter
two hundred and ele\'en and section two of chapter three hun-
dred and ninety-eight both of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby further amended by inserting after the
word "dollars" in the ninth line the following: — ; third as-
sistant, eighteen hundred dollars, — so as to read as follows : —
assisunt°dis- Section 16. Assistant, second assistant and third assistant dis-
trict attorneys, trict attorneys and deputy district attorneys shall receive from
^^'^' the commonwealth salaries as follows:

For the Suffolk district, four assistants, five thousand dollars,
and two assistants, four thousand dollars.

For the northern district, assistant, thirty-six hundred dol-
lars; second assistants, three thousand dollars.

For the eastern district, assistant, thirty-six hundred dollars;
second assistant, three thousand dollars; third assistant, eight-
een hundred dollars.

For the middle district, assistant, thirty-six hundred dollars;
second assistant, three thousand dollars; third assistant, eighteen
hundred dollars.

For the southeastern district, assistant, thirty-six hundred
dollars; second assistant, three thousand dollars; deputy dis-
trict attorney, such compensation as shall be fixed by the district
attorney, with the approval of the chief justice of the superior
court.

For the southern district, assistant, three thousand dollars;
second assistant, twenty-four hundred dollars.

For the western district, assistant, twenty-four hundred dol-
lars; second assistant, two thousand dollars.

Approved April 17, 1924-

Chap. 266 An Act establishing the maximum expense of a funeral

OF A SERVICE MAN TO WHICH THE COMMONWEALTH WILL
CONTRIBUTE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. ii5,§20, Section twenty of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the
General Laws, as amended by section sixty-eight of chapter
three hundred and sLxty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking out,
in the sixth line, the words "one hundred and thirty-five" and
inserting in place thereof the words : — one hundred and sixty, —
Expense of SO as to read as follows : — Section 20. The expense of a burial
in"digent ^s aforcsaid shall not exceed sixty dollars, two dollars of which

ifmH^d' ^^'^" ^^^^^ ^ P^^^ ^^ compensation to the burial agent causing the
interment to be made; but if the total expense of the burial, by
whomsoe^'er incurred, shall exceed one hundred and sixty dol-
lars, no pajanent therefor shall be made by the commonwealth,
burial °^ The burial shall not be made in any cemetery or burial ground

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 267, 268. 249

used exclusively for the burial of the pauper dead, or in any
part of any cemetery or burial ground so used. Relatives of the Conduct of
deceased who are unable to Ix^ar the expense of burial may be ""'^■"^'•
allowed to conduct the funeral. The full amount so expended, Returns of

6xpcnciiturGS

the name of the deceased soldier or sailor, the regiment, com- etc., by cities.

pany, station, organization or vessel in which he served, the '^^ tow^s-

date of death, place of interment, and in case of a wife or widow

the name of the husband and date of marriage, and such other

details as the commissioner may require, shall be certified on

oath to him, in such manner as he may approve, by the burial

agent and the treasurer of the town expending the amount,

within three months after the burial; and the commissioner shall

endorse upon the certificate his allowance of such amounts as

he finds have been paid, and reported according to the foregoing

provisions, and shall transmit the certificate to the comptroller.

The amounts legally paid and so allowed, with no expense for state reim-

disbursement, shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth to the '^"'"sement.

several towns on or before November tenth in the year after the

expenditures have been made. Approved April 17, 1924-

An Act relative to the issue of renewals of certain (Jhav 267

LICENSES AND PERMITS IN THE CITY OF FALL RIVER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . The city of Fall River may from time to time city of Fail
provide by ordinance that all or any of the powers to issue re- pro^^d^for
newals of licenses and of permits vested by law in the mayor issue of re-
and aldermen of said city, except such as may be issued under certain licenses
chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the General Laws and ^^^ permits,
except when wTitten complaint objecting to the renewal of a
license or permit is filed with the city clerk or assistant city clerk
at least seven days prior to the expiration of such license or
permit or renewal thereof, shall be exercised by the city clerk or
assistant city clerk, and may by ordinance regulate the manner
of issuing such renewals. This act shall not be construed to Construction
prevent said city from revoking at any time, in like manner, in °^ ^°^-
whole or in part, any authority conferred hereunder.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of etc^ <^<*"°'^' •
its charter. Approved April 17, 1924-

An Act to dispense with medical examinations in con- (Jhav 268

NECTION WITH CERTAIN CONTRACTS OF LIFE INSURANCE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws is G. L. i75,
hereby amended by striking out section one hundred and twenty- amended.
three and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 123. Medical
No life company shall, except as herein and in sections one hun- required ^^^
dred and thirty-three and one hundred and thirty-four provided, j'ggy^ance of
issue any policy of life or endowment insurance upon a life "sWthin life or endow-
the commonwealth without ha\'ing previously made or caused ^olkiie'sTetc!"*^^
to be made a prescribed medical examination of the insured by except, etc.

250

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 269.

Proviso.

Medical

examination

requirement

not to apply

to issuance of

certain

policies.

Proviso.

Penalty.

a registered medical practitioner; provided, that an inspection
by a competent person of a group of employees and their en-
vironment may be substituted for such medical examination in
case of a policy of group life insurance as defined in section one
hundred and thirty-three.

The foregoing requirement for medical examination shall not
apply to the issuance of a policy or policies of industrial insurance
aggregating in amount five hundred dollars or less, exclusive of
dividend additions thereon, upon any one life, nor to the issuance
of contracts based upon the continuance of life, such as annuity
or pure endowment contracts, whether or not they embody an
agreement to refund, upon the death of the holder, to his estate
or to a specified payee, any sum not exceeding the premiums
paid thereon; provided, however, that no industrial policy shall
be issued without medical examination except upon a written
application therefor signed by the person to be insured, or, in
the case of a minor, by the parent, guardian or other person
having the legal custody of said minor. Any company violating
this section, or any officer, agent or other person soliciting or
effecting, or attempting to effect, a contract of insurance con-
trary to the provisions hereof, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than one hundred dollars. Approved April IS, 1924-

Chap.2Q9 An Act providing for an investigation bt the depart-
ment OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE MATTER OF SEWERAGE AND
SEWAGE DISPOSAL IN THE VALLEY OF THE CONCORD RIVER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of public health is hereby au-
thorized and directed to investigate the condition of the Concord
river and the matter of sewerage and sewage disposal in the
valley of said river within the limits of the city of Lowell and
towns of Billerica and Chelmsford.

Said department shall consider and report upon a general
system of sewerage and sewage disposal for the prevention of the
pollution of said river and for the removal and disposal of the
sewage of the city and towns herein mentioned, or parts thereof,
including also the removal or disposal of manufacturing wastes
which may contribute materially to the pollution of said river.

Said department may examine in connection with this investi-
gation all sewers discharging into said river or its tributaries
within the municipalities herein named, and may enter the
premises of any manufacturing establishment for the purpose
of making an examination of the amount and character of any
sewage or waste discharged therefrom into the river or into any
tributary thereof within said municipalities.

Said department shall make such surveys as may be necessary
to determine upon locations for sewers, drains, sewer outlets or
disposal works, and may employ such engineers or other as-
sistants as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of the
investigation and the preparation of plans, and may expend
therefor such sum as may hereafter be appropriated, not exceed-
ing three thousand dollars.

Department
of public
health to
investigate as
to sewerage,
etc., in valley
of Concord
river.
Scope of
investigation
and report.

May examine
all sewers
discharging
into Concord
river, etc.;
may enter
certain
premises, etc.

To make
surveys, etc.

May employ
engineers, etc.

Expenditures.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 270, 271. 251

The expenses incurred under this act shall be reported by the Expenses,
said department to the governor and council, and shall, when menC'etc!^'
approved by them, be paid out of the state treasury. Said de- Apportion-
partment shall apportion the amount of the expenses so paid "^^nt of
upon the municipalities herein mentioned, in proportion to the certain mu-
benefits derived by each from the work done under authority of '^^ip^^i'ties. etc.
this act, and, subject to the provisions of section two, the amount
so apportioned on each municipality shall be assessed, collected
and paid over to the state treasurer in the same manner and at
the same time as state taxes. All reports under this act shall be Reports to
made b}'^ said department to the general court on or before the general court.
second Wednesday in January, nineteen hundred and twenty-
five.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to Submission to
each of the municipalities of Lowell, Billerica and Chelmsford, orLiwefif*'®^
acting through its city council or selectmen. Any or all of said pU^^"°? ^5*^
municipalities may accept the same, and each may, in its vote etc.
of acceptance, limit its liability to assessment under section one
to such part of the expenses as will not exceed its proportionate
share as thereafter determined under said section, or it may, in
said vote, assume the proportionate shares of either or both of
the said other municipalities. Every such vote of acceptance Return of
shall be returned to the commissioner of public health, and this ceptanceretc.
act shall take full effect upon said commissioner's certifying to Time of
the state treasurer that by a vote or votes of acceptance as afore- ^^^^^ effect.
said the entire expense to be incurred has been assumed. For
the purpose of acceptance as aforesaid, this act shall take effect
upon its passage. Approved April 18, 1924.

Chap.270

An Act authorizing the city of melrose to pension
charles j. wing.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Melrose may retire, not later than City of
the expiration of the current year, Charles J. Wing, who has pensioifaiades
served Melrose faithfully for over twenty-five years as janitor J- ^''^s.
of its town and of its city hall, and, by way of discharging its
moral obligation to said Wing, may pay him an annual pension
not exceeding one half the salary received by him at the time of
his retirement.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of etc! *'°^''' '
its charter; provided that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved April 18, 1924-

An Act providing for an additional associate judge of Chaj). 271

THE LAND COURT AND REGULATING HIS DUTIES AND COMPEN-
SATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and eighty-five of the o. l. 18.5, § 2,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section two and ^™«'i^^'*-

252

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 272.

Judges of
land court,
number, etc.

G. L. 185, § 5,
amended.

Performance
of duties of
judge of land
court during
absence, etc.
G. L. 185, § 14,
etc., amended.

Judge and
associate
judges of land
court, salaries,
etc.

Recorder,
salary.

Examiners of
title, etc.,
salaries.
Court officer
in Suffolk,
salary.
Salaries and
expenses, by
whom paid.

Payment to
counties of
certain fees.

inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 2. There shall
be three judges of the court, one of whom shall be appointed,
commissioned and qualified as judge and the other two as as-
sociate judges.

Section 2. Section five of said chapter one hundred and
eighty-five is hereby amended by striking out, in the second line,
the words "the associate judge" and inserting in place thereof
the words : — either of the associate judges, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 5. In case of a vacancy in the office of judge,
or of his interest, absence or inability to perform his duties,
either of the associate judges shall perform them.
• Section 3. Section fourteen of said chapter one hundred and
eighty-five, as amended by section thirty-two of chapter four
himdred and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one and by chapter three hundred and eighty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further
amended by striking out the word "judge" the second time it
occurs in the first line and inserting in place thereof the word : —
judges, — and by striking out all after the word " common-
wealth" in the fifth line down to and including the word "for"
in the tenth line, so as to read as follows: — Section 14- The
judge and associate judges of the land court shall each receive a
salary of ten thousand dollars, and each shall annually receive,
upon the certificate of the judge, the amount of the expenses in-
curred by him in the discharge of his duties, to be paid by the
commonwealth. The recorder shall receive a salary of sixty-five
hundred dollars. The compensation and salaries of examiners of
title and all assistants and messengers shall be fixed by the gov-
ernor and council. The salary of the officer in attendance upon
the court in Suffolk county shall be twenty-three hundred dol-
lars, in full for all ser^^ces performed by him. All salaries and
expenses of the court shall be paid by the commonwealth, except
the salaries of the assistant recorders and the expenses incurred
by them under this chapter, which shall be paid by the respective
counties. All fees collected by the assistant recorders, except
those received. upon the filing of petitions, which shall be trans-
mitted with the petitions to the recorder, shall be paid to their
respective counties. Approved April 21, 1924.

Chap. 27 2 An Act authorizing the toavn of southwick to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of building a new central school
building in the town of Southwick, and for the original equip-
ment and furnishings of such building, said town may borrow
from time to time, within a period of five years from the passage
of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, fifty-five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, South-
wick School Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not
more than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be

Town of
Southwick
may borrow
money for
school pur-
poses.

Southmck
School Loan,
Act of 1924.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 273, 274. 253

authorized under this act unless a sum equal to an amount not
less than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the
same purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when au-
thorized. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess
of the statutory Umit, but shall, except as herein pro\dded, be
subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of
the pro\'iso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter
three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 22, 192 J^.

An Act relative to the holding of city primaries in the C}iav.21Z

CITY OF BROCKTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. There shall be submitted to the voters of the city Submission to
of Brockton at the next biennial state election the following o? Brockton^
question, which shall be printed upon the official ballot to be ^^^K*!,^^/*
used at said election: "Shall primaries for the nomination of primaries.
candidates to be voted for at city elections be held in this city?"

Section 2. If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote Effect of
in the affirmative in answer to said question, then all nomina- y^eTy'ma-
tions of candidates of poUtical and municipal parties to be voted iority, etc.
for at any municipal election in said city shall be made in ac-
cordance with the pro^^sions of sections twenty-three to forty,
and fifty-sLx to sixty-four, both inclusive, of chapter fifty-three
of the General Laws.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 22, 1924.-

An Act to authorize the city of lynn to alter and ex- Chap. 27 4:
tend its system of sewage disposal.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The city of Lynn, acting through its commission city of Lynn
on ways and drainage, with the approval of the city council ^tendHs^'''^
may, for the purpose of removing and disposing of the sewage of system of^^
said city, make such modifications in its present system of posah
sewers and construct, maintain and operate such additional
system of sewers and sewage disposal as may be necessary for
the proper and convenient discharge of the sewage at some
point in Lynn harbor or waters adjacent thereto. Such addi-
tional system may include a pumping station, one or more trunk
sewers, outfall sewers and other works essential to the proper
treatment and disposal of said sewage. Such modifications or Modifications.
additional system shall be in substantial accordance with the accord°ance"^
plans recommended by the state department of health and the pj^^g*'^''**'"
municipal council of the city of Lj'nn in their report to the general
court of the year nineteen hundred and sixteen; and said city May take,
may, for said purposes, take by eminent domain under chapter ^*^' ^^^^^' ®*'*'"
seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or

254

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 275.

Work, etc.,
limited.

Approval of
plans by de-
partment of
public health.

City may
carry its
sewers, etc.,
under struc-
tures, etc.

Work done,
etc., in tide
water below
highwater
mark subject
to certain
laws.

City may
borrow money,
etc.

Lynn Sewerage
Loan, Act of
1924.

otherwise, any lands, water rights, rights of way or easements
deemed necessary therefor. No work shall be done or liability
incurred under this act except for modifications of the present
sewerage system and the construction of the additional system
herein authorized and for investigations relating thereto. No
sewers or other works shall be constructed under authority of
this act until plans thereof have been approved by the depart-
ment of public health. Such approval shall not be given until
after a public hearing by said department notice of the time and
place of which shall be published in such newspaper or news-
papers and at such time or times as said department may deem
proper; and said department after the hearing may reject or
approve said plans, or may modify and amend the same, and
approve them as so modified and amended.

Section 2. The said city may, for the purposes of this act,
carry its sewers, pipes and conduits under any railroad, wharves,
docks or other structures, highway or other way, and construct
an outfall sewer in, across or under the harbor in said city of
Lynn, or the waters adjacent thereto, in such manner as not un-
necessarily to obstruct said railroad, highway or other way or
said harbor or waters adjacent thereto, and may do any other
thing necessary and proper for the purposes aforesaid. The said
city shall, in respect to all work done and structures built in tide
water below highwater mark under authority of this act, be
subject to the pro^asions of chapter ninety-one of the General
Laws, so far as the same are applicable.

Section 3. For the purpose of paying the expenses and
liabilities incurred under this act, the city of Lynn may borrow,
from time to time, such sums as may be necessary, not exceed-
ing, in the aggregate, one million five hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Lvmn Sewerage Loan, Act of 1924. Each au-
thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans
shall be payable in not more than thirty years from their dates.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject
to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, including the proviso
inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter three hun-
dred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 22, 1924.

Chap. 27 6 An Act authorizing the town of nantucket to pension

EMMA WYER.

Town of

Nantucket
may pension
Emma Wyer.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purpose of discharging its moral obliga-
tion, the toAvn of Nantucket may pay to Emma Wyer, who for
more than thirty-nine years served as a teacher in its public
schools and whose health was impaired by faithful attention to
her duties as such, an annual pension of five hundred dollars so

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 276, 277. 255

long as she lives, payable in equal weekly instalments, beginning
January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

Section 2. This act shall take eifect upon its passage.

Approved April 22, 1924-

An Act authorizing the town of brookline to borrow QJiqj) 276
money for the purpose of entering the metropolitan ^'

water district.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of paying the amount required g°^^]°^g
of the town in order to enter the metropolitan water district, the may borrow
town of Brookline may from time to time borrow such sums as ^termg°'^
may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, four hundred ^®[g°^gt*r^gt
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which
shall bear on their face the words, Brookline Water Loan, Act Brookline
of 1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, Act^of 1924!'
and such loans shall be paj^able in not more than thirty years
from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be
in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as provided
herein, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

Section 2. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing said j^^^'"!"* °^
loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accordance
•wdth section one ; and when a vote to that effect has been passed,
a sum which, with the income derived from water rates, will be
sufficient to pay the annual expense of operating its water works
and interest as it accrues on the bonds or notes issued as afore-
said, 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 said loan or loans is
extinguished.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 22, 1924-

An Act authorizing the city of chicopee to pension john nhnrt 277

E. FITZGERALD. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purpose of discharging its moral- obli- CHty of
gation to John E. Fitzgerald, a former employee of its water penskm John^
department, the city of Chicopee may pay him an annual pension e. Fitzgerald.
equal to one half the annual compensation received by him at
the time of his retirement.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the city council of said city, subject to tlie provisions of etc^ council,
its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to. Proviso.
December thirty-fu-st in the current year.

Approved April £^, 1924.

256

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 278, 279.

Pensioning of
laborers in
employ of city
of Fall River.

Chap. 21 S An Act relative to the pensioning of laborers in the

EMPLOY OF THE CITY OF FALL RIVER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Any laborer in the employ of the city of Fall
River who has reached the age of sixty and has been in such em-
ploy for a period of not less than twenty-five 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 physi-
cally or mentally incapacitated for labor by reason of any injury
received in the performance of his duties for said city, may, at
his request and with the approval of the mayor, be retired from
service, and if so retired he shall receive from said city for the
remainder of his life an annual pension equal to one half of the
annual compensation paid to him as a laborer at the time of his
retirement, but such pension shall in no event exceed five hun-
dred dollars. Any laborer in the employ of said city who has
reached the age of sixty-five and has been in such employ for a
period of not less than twenty-five years, including the time
when incapacitated by reason of sickness, not exceeding two
years in the aggregate, which is certified by a physician in regular
standing, shall be retired from service and shall receive from said
city an annual pension computed in the manner hereinbefore set
forth. The word "laborer", as used in this section, shall include
foremen, inspectors, mechanics, draw tenders, assistant draw
tenders and storekeepers.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of the
city of Fall River for their acceptance at its next municipal elec-
tion in answer to the following question which shall be placed
upon the official ballot: "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled
' An Act relative to the pensioning of laborers in the employ of
the city of Fall River ', be accepted? " If a majority of the voters
voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to said ques-
tion, then this act shall take effect in said city, but not other-
wise. Approved April 22, 1924.

Word

'"laborer" to
include, etc.

Submission to
voters, etc.

Chap. 279 An Act relative to the pensioning of laborers in the

EMPLOY of the CITY OF LOWELL.

Pensioning of
laborers in
employ of city
of Lowell.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Any laborer in the employ of the city of Lowell
who has reached the age of sixty and has been in such employ
for a period of not less than twenty-five 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 re-
ceived in the performance of his duties for said city, may, at his
request and with the approval of the mayor, be retired from
service, and if so retired he shall receive from said city for the

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 280. 257

remainder of his life an annual pension equal to one half the
annual compensation paid him as a laborer at the time of his
retirement, but such pension shall in no event exceed five hun-
dred dollars. Any laborer in the employ of 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-five years including the time
when incapacitated by reason of sickness, not exceeding two
years in the aggregate, which is certified by a physician in regular
standing, shall be retired from service and shall receive from
said city an annual pension computed in the manner hereinbefore
set forth. The word "laborer", as used in this .section, shall in- Word
elude foremen, inspectors, mechanics, draw tenders, assistant indudeTe'tc."
draw tenders, janitors of municipal buildings other than school
buildings and storekeepers.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the Submission to
voters of the city of Lowell for their acceptance at the next ^° ^^^' ^ "'
state election in the form of the following question which shall
be placed upon the official ballot to be used at said election:
"Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, entitled 'An Act relative to the pen-
sioning of laborers in the employ of the city of Lowell', be ac-
cepted?" If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in the
affirmative in answer to said question, then this act shall take
effect in said city, but not otherwise.

Approved April 22, 1924-

An Act extending the benefits of state aid to certain (Jfif^y 280

WIDOWS OF veterans OF THE PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION
AND OF THE CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section seven of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the Gen- g. l. ii5, § 7,
eral Laws, as amended by section three of chapter two hundred ®'^''' ^"^®'^^^'^-
and twenty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one
and by chapter two hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by
striking out all after the word "fifteen" in the seventh line down
to and including the word "Expedition" in the tenth line, so as
to read as follows : — Section 7. The wife of a discharged soldier Restrictions &a
or sailor shall not be held to belong to any of the foregoing ^d^w o°n
classes, nor shall she receive state aid unless, if the service of the 3^^°^^^^®^ °^
soldier or sailor was in the war with Spain, the Philippine In-
surrection or the China Relief Expedition, she was married to
him before his final discharge from such ser\dce, and, if his
widow, before April eleventh, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and
if his service was in the civil war unless she was, if his wife,
married to him prior to his final discharge from such service,
and, if his widow, prior to June twenty-seventh, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety, and if the service of the soldier or sailor was on
the Mexican border or in the world war unless she was married
to him prior to his final discharge from the service or release
from active duty therein, and, if his widow, prior to July first,
nineteen hundred and nineteen. Approved April 22, 1924-

258

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 281, 282.

Chap.2Sl An Act relative to membership in the teachers' retire-
ment ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS EMPLOYED IN THE COUNTY
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section six of chapter thirty-two of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the twenty-second
line, the word "twenty-four" and inserting in place thereof the
word : — thirty-seven, — so that the paragraph contained in
lines twenty to twenty-three, inclusive, will read as follows: —
"Public school", any day school conducted in the common-
wealth under the sui)erintendence of a duly elected school com-
mittee, also any day school conducted under sections one to
thirty-seven, inclusive, of chapter seventy-four;.

Section 2. Section twenty of said chapter thirty-two is
hereby amended by inserting after the word "service" at the
end of the tenth line the words : — , except teachers employed
in any day school conducted under sections twenty-five to
thirty-seven, inclusive, of chapter seventy-four, — so that the
paragraph contained in lines nine and ten will read as follows : —
"Employees", permanent and regular employees in the direct
service of the county whose sole or principal employment is in
such service, except teachers employed in any day school con-
ducted under sections twenty-five to thirty-seven, inclusive, of
chapter seventy-four;.

Section 3. Teachers in the Bristol county agricultural school,
the Essex county agricultural school and the Norfolk county
agricultural school when this act takes effect, and persons who
were teachers in such schools prior to such time, shall be deemed
to have been public school teachers within the meaning of sec-
tions six to nineteen, inclusive, of chapter thirty-two of the Gen-
eral Laws during the entire time they shall have been employed
as teachers in said schools. Approved April 22, 1924.

G. L. 32 § 6,
amended.

Retirement
system for
teachers.
"Public
School", term
defined.

G. L. 32, § 20,
amended.

County retire-
ment systems.
"Employees",
term defined.

Teachers in
county agri-
cultural
schools, etc.,
to be deemed
to have been
public school
teachers, etc.

Chap. 2S2 An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay a sum of

MONEY TO THE PARENTS OF JAMES o'mALLEY.

City of
Boston may
pay money to
parents of
James
G'Malley.

Submission to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The city of Boston may pay a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars in monthly payments of one hun-
dred dollars each, to James J. O'Malley and Agnes F. O'Malley,
parents of James O'Malley who was accidentally drowned on
September sixth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, by falling
into the Mystic river from property taken by said city for the
extension of the William J. Barry playground, in consequence
of the failure of the city to provide proper protection against
such accidents.

Approved April 22, 1924.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 283, 284. 259

An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay a sum of (Jfidnj 283

MONEY TO THE PARENTS OF PETER P. OGINSKIS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Boston may pay a sum not exceeding city of Boston
twenty-five hundred dollars to Joseph A. Oginskis and Barbara moLyTo
B. Oginskis, parents of Peter P. Oginskis, a police officer of said parents of
city, who died on May fifth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three Oginskis.
in consequence of injuries received while in the performance of
his duty.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of g^*/ council,
its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved April 22, 1924.

An Act authorizing the commissioner of conservation (JJidj) 284
TO construct and maintain state trails or paths.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and thirty-two of the g. l. 132. § 2,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section two and ^"^^'^'^ed.
inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 2. The com- Commission
missioner of conservation, in this chapter called the commissioner, may°accept*'°''
with the approval of the governor and council, may accept on bequests or
behalf of the commonwealth bequests or gifts to be used for the purposes, etc.
purpose of advancing the forestry interests of the commonwealth,
under the direction of the governor and council, or for the laying
out, construction or maintenance of state trails or paths, in such
manner as to carry out the terms of the bequests or gifts. The Transfer to
commissioner shall forthwith transfer any such bequest or gift fOT^nvest-'^'^^'^
of money or securities to the state treasurer, who shall invest, "^^^^' ^*°-
reinvest and administer it in the manner provided by section
sixteen of chapter ten and shall be liable on his bond for the
faithful management thereof. The commissioner may, subject Commissioner
to the approval of the deed and title by the attorney general as ^f^ oriand,
provided in section ten, accept on behalf of the commonwealth etc.
gifts of land to be held and managed for the purpose provided
in said section. A donor of such land may reserve the right to
buy back the land in accordance with said section; but in the
absence of a provision to that effect in his deed of gift he shall
not have' such right.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and thirty-two is g. l. i32,
hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof, under tiona^are^nd'
the heading State Trails or Paths, the two following new thereof.
sections : —

STATE TRAILS OR PATHS.

Section 38. The commissioner may lay out, construct and Commissioner
maintain trails or paths through or over lands in state forests and may lay out,
in public reservations and trails or paths leading to important traiis^or^paths.

260

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 285.

Permits for
enclosure and
use of trails,
etc., by owners
of adjoining
land, etc.

Commonwealth
not liable for
injuries, etc.
Contributions
by cities and
towns toward
laying out,
etc., of state
trails, etc.

mountains and other objects and places of special interest and
beauty and he may connect such trails or paths in order to make
them continuous so far as practicable. The commissioner on
behalf of the commonwealth may purchase such lands or ease-
ments therein as may be necessary for the aforesaid purposes.
He may post such trails or paths, erect signs thereon and con-
struct suitable rest camps or shelters at appropriate places. He
may by special permit in writing allow portions of such trails or
paths to be enclosed and used by the owner of adjoining land,
for any use not interfering with public passage on foot, during
the whole or any part of the year upon such conditions as the
conimissioner may prescribe and such permits may be revoked
at his pleasure. The commonwealth shall not be liable for injury
or damage sustained on such trails or paths.

Section 39. The mayor, selectmen or road commissioners, or
the board or officer having charge of the maintenance and care
of highway's, if so authorized by the city council or by the town,
may agree in writing, on behalf of such city or town, to con-
tribute money, labor or materials toward the laying out or con-
struction of any state trail or path which the commissioner may
lay out and construct within such city or town.

Approved April 22, 1924.

Chap. 2S5 An Act permitting fire insurance companies to issue a

SINGLE policy OF INSURANCE ON WHICH THEY ARE SEVERALLY
LIABLE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section one
hundred and two the two following new sections : — Section
102 A. Two or more stock or two or more mutual fire companies
may issue a single policy of insurance against loss or damage by
fire, or by fire and lightning, on property or interests in the com-
monwealth on which each company shall be severally liable for
a specified percentage of any loss or claim. Such policy shall be
executed by the duly authorized officers of each company, subject
to the provisions of section thirty-three in the case of a domestic
company.

No such policy shall be issued or delivered until a copy of the
form thereof has been on file for thirty days with the commis-
sioner, unless before the expiration of said thirty days he shall
have appro "v^ed the form of the policy in writing; nor if the
commissioner notifies the company in writing within said thirty
days that in his opinion the form of the policy does not comply
with the laws of the commonwealth, specifying his reasons there-
for; provided, that such action of the commissioner shall be
subject to re\dew by the supreme judicial court; nor unless it
is headed by the corporate name of each company; nor unless
it contains in substance the provisions of the seventh and eighth
clauses of section ninety-nine and is, except as hereinafter pro-
vided, in the standard form prescribed by said section; provided,

G. L. 175,
two new
sections after
§ 102.

Fire insurance
companies
may issue a
single policy
of insurance
on which they
are severally
liable.

Policies to be
approved by
commissioner,
etc.

Proviso.

To contain
certain pro-
visions.

Proviso.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 285. 261

that said provisions and said standard form may be modified as
to form and arrangement but only in such manner as the com-
missioner may prescribe ; nor unless it contains in substance : —

(1) A provision plainly specifying the percentage of any loss To contain
or claim for which each such company shall be liable. provisions. ^'

(2) A provision that the sworn statement required by said
standard form, the written request by the insured for a reference
under section one hundred or the notice of any claim authorized
by section one hundred and two may be rendered, made or given
to any one of such companies or, in the case of said notice, to
the agent of any one of such companies, and that such state-
ment, request or notice so rendered, made or given shall be valid
and binding as to all of such companies.

(3) A provision that, in any action or suit under the policy,
service of process may be made on any one of such companies
and that such service shall be deemed valid and binding service
upon all of such companies.

(4) A provision, in the case of a policy issued by mutual com-
panies, that the contingent mutual liability of the insured to
each such company shall be based on such proportion of the
total premium as the amount insured by each such company
bears to the total amount insured under the policy.

(5) A provision that upon cancellation by any company of
its liability under the policy the return premium, if any, to be
paid or tendered to the insured shall be based on such propor-
tion of the total premium stated in the policy as the amount
insured by the cancelling company bears to the total amount
insured under the policy.

The said provisions shall be printed in or on the policy under provisions to
the caption: — "Provisions Specially Applicable to this Comhi- poifcy°unde°r°
nation Policy " or such other distinctive caption as the commis- caption, etc.
sioner may prescribe.

Such policies shall be subject to the first to sixth, inclusive. Policies to be
and ninth clauses, of said section ninety-nine, except as otherwise certain laws,
provided herein and except that there may be printed on or in except, etc.
said policies or on the filing back thereof such device or devices
and such distinctive title of the policy as the commissioner may
approve, together with the names, locations, dates of incorpora-
tion, plan of operation, the amounts of the paid-up capital
stock in case of stock companies, and the names of the officers
and agents of each such company.

Section 102B. The provisions of sections seventy-six, eighty, certain pro-
eighty-one, eighty-three, ninety-six, ninety-eight, one hundred, ^TppV t!f^
one hundred and one and one hundred and two shall apply to 5?'!^'^^%
policies issued under section one hundred and two A, to dividends except, etc.
and assessments and to reference proceedings and to claims
thereunder except as hereinafter provided.

The person insured under such a policy issued by mutual ^'fg''*^\°ujj(jer
companies shall be deemed to be a member of each company policies of
while the policy is in force and entitled to one vote at the meet- pa'nies.' ^°^'
ings of each company.

The notice, endorsement and statement required by said sec- Notice, en-
tions seventy-six, eighty and eighty-one, respectively, shall be f^o"*™^"**- ®'^<'-

262

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 285.

etc., compU'
tation, etc.

Notice to
policy holders,
etc.

Application,
etc., not part
of contract,
etc.

Reference
proceedings,
claims, etc.

in such form and in such place on the poHcy as the commissioner
may prescribe.
Dividends, The dividends under said section eighty, the contingent mutual

mutuafliabiiity liability of the insured fixed by said sections eighty-one and
fOT*^ ro^or-^ eighty-three and the liability of each company for the propor-
tionate excess, tiouatc cxccss mentioned in said section ninety-six shall be com-
puted or based on such proportion of the total premium for the
policy as the amount insured by such company bears to the
total amount insured under the policy.

The notice to policy holders required by said section eighty
shall be sent by each such company to the insured. The pro-
visions of section ninety-eight shall apply to the application, if
any, of the insured to each such company and to their by-laws.
The written request by the insured for a reference under said
section one hundred, the written notice of a claim authorized
by said section one hundred and two or the sworn statement
upon the WTitten demand by a company as provided in said
section one hundred and two may be made or given to any one
of such companies or, in the case of said notice, to the agent of
any one of such companies, and such request, notice or state-
ment so made or given shall be deemed valid and sufficient as
to all such companies. The request for a sworn statement under
said section one hundred and two may be made by any such
company, and such request shall be deemed a sufficient request
upon the insured as to all of such companies. All such com-
panies shall, upon the written request under section one hun-
dred being made to any one of such companies, join in the refer-
ence proceeding and shall jointly exercise the powers and perform
the duties imposed upon a company by said section.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting, except
as provided herein, any provision of law relative to the rights,
powers, duties and liabilities of mutual fire companies and
persons insured thereby.

Section 2. Section eighteen of said chapter one hundred
and seventy-five is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"in" in the fourth line the words: — section one hundred and
two A of this chapter and in, — so that the first paragraph will
Insurance read as follows: — Section 18. Every company shall conduct

acrin'corporate its busiucss in the commonwealth in its corporate name, and all
policies and contracts, other than contracts of corporate surety-
ship, issued by it, shall, except as provided in section one hun-
dred and two A of this chapter and in section fifty-six of chapter
one hundred and fifty-two, be headed or entitled only by such
name.

Section 3. Section ninety-nine of said chapter one hundred
and seventy-five, as amended by chapter one hundred and thirty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word "except" in the
third line the words : — as provided in section one hundred and
two A and except, — so that the first paragraph will read as fol-
lows : — Section 99. No fire company shall issue fire insurance
policies on property or interests in the commonwealth, other
than those of the standard form herein set forth, except as

Construction
of section.

G. L. 175, § 18.
amended.

name, etc.

G.L. 175, \
etc., amend

Standard form
of fire policy.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 286. 263

provided in section one Inindred and two A and except as
follows :

Section 4. Section one hundred and ninety-two of said chap- g. l. 175,
ter one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by inserting ^ ' ^'"^^ ^ '
after the word " thereunder" in the ninth line the words: — , and
riders or endorsements used under the ninth clause of section
ninety-nine in connection with policies of fire insurance issued
under section one hundred and two A, — so as to read as fol-
lows: — Section 192. All provisions of law relative to the filing Riders, en-
of policy forms with, and the approval of such forms by, the ftcTsubTect
commissioner shall also apply to all forms of riders, endorsements *9 approval
and applications designed to be attached to such policy forms sioner.
and when so attached to constitute a part of the contract;- pro- Proviso.
vided, that riders or endorsements used at the request of indi-
vidual policy holders in connection with policies of life or en-
dowment insurance relative to the distribution of benefits payable
under their policies or to the reservation of rights or benefits
thereunder, and riders or endorsements used under the ninth
clause of section ninety-nine in connection with policies of fire
insurance issued under section one hundred and two A, may be
used, so far as consistent with law, without such approval.

Section 5. Chapter two hundred and twenty-three of the g. l. 223,
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section after^rsa"'^
thirty-nine the following new section: — Section 39 A. In an Service of
action against insurance companies severally liable upon a policy pMufancef "'^
of insurance issued under section one hundred and two A of companies
chapter one hundred and seventy-five, service upon any one of iTablefupon
such companies shall be a vahd and sufficient service upon all certain policies.
of such companies as are named in the writ. Such service, if on
a domestic company, shall be made in the manner provided by
this chapter and, if on a foreign company, in the manner pre-
scribed by section thirty-nine, or by the third clause of section
one hundred and fifty-one and section one hundred and fifty-
four of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.

Approved April 22, 1924.

An Act making the present employees of the electrical (JJkji^ 286
branch of the fire department of the city of attle-
boro eligible for pensions under the provisions of
law relative to firemen in cities.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Joseph Newcomb and Charles I. Gay employees Certain em-
of the electrical branch of the fire department of the city of Attlebor'o fire
Attleboro, shall be considered members of said fire department department
within the scope of sections eighty and eighty-one of chapter "or p^ensionsf
thirty-two of the General Laws, as amended, relative to pensions ^'°'
for firemen in cities.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of "tc'^ co"°cii,
its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved April 23, 1924.

264

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 287.

C hap. 2H7 An Act relative to the commitment of insane veterans

TO certain federal hospitals.

Emergency Wliercas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to

defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public health.

G.L. 123, §10,
amended.

Department
of mental
diseases to
establish
hospital dis-
tricts, etc.

Commitments
to designated
state hospitals,
except, etc.

G.L. 123, §21,
amended.

Transfers from
certain insti-
tutions and of
voluntary
patients re-
stricted.

G. L. 123.
new section
after § 34.

Department
may license
physicians to
have charge of
certain federal
hospitals for

Be it enacted, etc., as follou's:

Section 1. Section ten of chapter one hundred and twenty-
three of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in
the tenth line, the word " or", and by striking out, in the eleventh
line, the words "or to any licensed private institution" and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — to any private institution
the person having charge of which is licensed under section
thirty-three or to an institution established and maintained by
the United States government the person having charge of which
is licensed under section thirty-four A, — so as to read as fol-
lows: — Sectioji 10. The department shall divide the common-
wealth into districts, may change the districts from time to
time, and shall designate the state hospitals to which insane,
epileptic and feeble minded persons and persons addicted to the
intemperate use of narcotics and stimulants from each district
shall -be committed. All such persons within each district shall
be committed to the state hospitals designated for the district;
except that persons from any district may be committed to the
Westborough state hospital under section fifty-six, or to any
state hospital when the expense of their support is paid by them-
selves or friends or upon the written approval of the depart-
ment, to the INIcLean hospital, to any private institution the
person having charge of which is licensed under section tliirty-
tliree or to an institution established and maintained by the
United States government the person having charge of which is
licensed under section thirty-four A.

Section 2. Section twenty-one of said chapter one hundred
and twenty-three is herebj' amended by striking out, in the
second line, the words "a private institution" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — an institution the person ha\'ing
charge of which is licensed under section thirty-three or thirty-
four A, — so as to read as follows : — Section 21 . The depart-
ment shall not transfer any person to or from an institution the
person ha\'ing charge of which is licensed under section thirty-
three or thirty-four A except upon the application of the super-
intendent or manager of such institution and of the legal or
natural guardian of such person, nor transfer any voluntary
inmate of any institution, except with his written consent.

Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and twenty-three is
hereby further amended by inserting after section thirty-four
the following new section: — Section 34 A. The department may
also license annually ph}'sicians, qualified as provided in section
fifty-three who have had practical experience in the care and
treatment of persons suffering from mental diseases, to have

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 288, 289. 265

charge of institutions established and maintained by the United erans^e^tc*"
States government for the care and treatment of persons who
have been in the mihtary or naval service of the United States
and are suffering from mental disease, and may at any time
revoke any such license. Licenses granted hereunder shall ex- Expiration
pire with the last day of the year in which they are issued, but oniJensel^'
may be renewed. The department may fix reasonable fees for Fees.
said licenses and renewals thereof. Ap2)roved April 23, 1924.

An Act authorizing the boston elevated railway com- Chav 288

PANY TO ISSUE ADDITIONAL BONDS, COUPON NOTES OR OTHER '

EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

In addition to the bonds, coupon notes or other evidences of Boston Eie-
indebtedness paj^able at periods of more than twelve months comtiiy may
after the date thereof which the Boston Elevated Railway Com- i^^"5 additional

1 J. 1, . » ., , .^ *'. . bonds, coupon

pany may lawfully issue for capital purposes, it may, in the notes, etc.
manner and to such extent as the department of public utilities
after a public hearing may approve, issue bonds, coupon notes
or other evidences of indebtedness payable at periods of more
than twelve months after the date thereof to an amount not ex-
ceeding in the aggregate two million two hundred and thirty-
two thousand four hundred and seventy-seven dollars; pro- Proviso.
vided, however, that the amount of additional bonds, coupon
notes or other evidences of indebtedness authorized hereby shall
not in any event exceed the amount paid in in cash to the treas-
ury of the West End Street Railway Company in addition to
the par value of the stock of said company as premiums on the
stock issued by said company subsequent to the enactment of
chapter four hundred and sixty-two of the acts of eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-four. Approved April 24, 1924.

An Act relative to the discontinuance of certain ways Chav 289
AS public ways. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter eighty-two of the General Laws is hereby amended g. l. 82, new
by inserting after section thirty-two the following new section : — §^32.°° * *^'
Section 32 A. Upon petition in writing of the board or officers Discontin-
of a touTi having charge of a public way, the county commis- ceruin°iay8
sioners may, whenever common convenience and necessity no aspuWio
longer require such way to be maintained in a condition reason-
ably safe and convenient for travel, adjudicate that said way
shall thereafter be a private way and that the town shall no
longer be bound to keep the same in repair, and thereupon such
adjudication shall take effect; provided, that sufficient notice to Proviso.
warn the public against entering thereon is posted where such
way enters upon or unites with an existing public way. This Not applicable
section shall not apply to ways in cities. citie^*^ ''^

Approved April 24, 1924.

266

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 290, 291, 292, 293.

Chap. 290 An Act validating certain town meetings of the town

OF MARBLEHEAD IN THE CURRENT YEAR.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Section 1. The acts and proceedings of the town of Marble-
head at the annual town meeting, and at the adjournments
thereof on March tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth, and
at the special town meeting called to be held on March eleventh
and at the adjournment thereof on March twelfth, all in the
current year, and all acts done in pursuance thereof, are hereby
confirmed and made valid, to the same extent as if the said
meetings had been called, held, conducted and adjourned in
strict compliance with law.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 25, 192 J^.

Certain town
meetings of
town of
Marblehead
in current year
validated.

Chap.

Authority of
city of Wal-
tham to
borrow money
for city hall
and other
municipal
building pur-
poses.

291 An Act relative to the authority of the city of waltham
TO borrow money for city hall and other municipal

BUILDING purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. So much of chapter three hundred and ninety-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two as authorizes
the city of \^'altham to borrow money for the purpose of ac-
quiring land for a city hall and other municipal purposes, and
so much thereof as authorizes said city to borrow more than
four hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of constructing
a city hall and other municipal buildings, including the cost of
original equipment and furnishings for the same, are hereby
repealed. This act shall not, except as hereinbefore provided,
affect the right of said city to incur debt in accordance with
said chapter three hundred and ninety-one, nor shall it be con-
strued to invalidate any action heretofore taken under authority
thereof if otherwise in accordance with law.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 25, 1924.

Chap. 292 An Act to revive the dextro-germ propagating company.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Dextro-Germ
Propagating
Company re-
vived.

The Dextro-Germ Propagating Company, a corporation dis-
solved by chapter two hundred and three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twentj^-three, is hereby revived with the same
powers, duties and obligations as if said chapter had not been
passed. Approved April 25, 1924.

Chap.29S An Act exempting the Berkshire street railway company

FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF LAW.

Berkshire
Street Railway
Company

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Berkshire Street Railway Company shall not during the
years nineteen hundred and twenty-four, nineteen hundred and

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 294. 267

twenty-five and nineteen hundred and twenty-six be required "o^^ certain
to pay by assessment, taxation or otherwise directly or indirectly requirements
any part of the expense of the construction, alteration, change ° ^^'
of grade, maintenance or repair of any street, highway or bridge,
or of any structure therein or thereon, or for or on account of
the abolition of any grade crossing or the removal of wires from
the surface of any street or highway to an underground conduit
or other receptacle for such wires, or to pay or incur any expense
whatever for or in connection with the construction, alteration,
maintenance or repair of any street, highway or bridge; pro- Provisos.
vided, that, if the surface of any street or highway shall be
opened or disturbed by such company for any purpose relating
to the operation of its street railway, nothing herein contained
shall be construed to relieve it from the expense of restoring
the surface of such street or highway to its original condition;
and provided, further, that nothing herein contained shall relieve
such street railway company from the payment of any assess-
ment or expense made or incurred for or on account of work
done or to be done under a valid order or decree, made before
the passage of this act, in a proceeding relating to the abolition
of any grade crossing or to the construction, alteration, mainte-
nance or repair of any street, highway or bridge to which such
street railway company was a party, or made or incurred before
the passage of this act under any act of the general court, or
prevent the placing of future obligations upon the street railway
company in respect to the construction, alteration, maintenance
or repair of any bridge, structure, or part thereof, which any
corporation other than a municipal corporation or any private
person may be required in whole or in part to construct, alter,
maintain or repair; and also provided, that nothing herein con-
tained shall relieve such company from its obligation to change
the grade of its tracks whenever necessary on account of the
new location of a state highway or of the reconstruction of a
present state highway, or of the construction of a town way
when such construction is carried on imder the direction of the
division of highways of the department of public works and
funds of the commonwealth are contributed toward the cost
thereof. Approved April 25, 1924-

An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to borrow Chap.294:

MONEY for school PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a new high Town of
school building and additions to existing school buildings where may borrow
such additions increase the floor space, and for the purchase of ™hooT pur-
equipment and furnishings for said buildings or additions, and poses.
for the remodehng of the present high school building, the town
of Lexington may borrow from time to time, within a period of
five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may be
necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, Lexington
which shall bear on their face the words, Lexington School Loan, Act°of 1924!'

268

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 295, 296.

Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years
from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this
section unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per
cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to
be raised in the tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebted-
ness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory
limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter
forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted
in section seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and
thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 26, 1924-

Town of
Edgartown
may borrow
money for
school pur-
poses.

Chap. 295 An Act authorizing the town of edgartown to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of purchasing or otherwise ac-
quiring for school purposes, land in the town of Edgartown
together with the buildings thereon, and for the original con-
struction of a school building on said land, including the cost
of original equipment and furnishings of such building, said
town may borrow from time to time, within a period of five
years from the passage of this act, such sums as may be neces-
sary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Edgartown School Loan, Act of
1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan,
and such loans shall be payable in not more than fifteen years
from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this
section unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per
cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to
be raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject
to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter
three hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 26, 1924.

Edgartown
School Loan,
Act of 1924.

C/iap.296 An Act relative to the regulation of coasting on public

WAYS.

G. L. 85, new
section after
§ 10.

Regulation of
coasting on
public ways.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter eighty-five of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section ten the following new section : — Sec-
tion 10 A. Selectmen in towns, and the aldermen or other board
or officer having charge of ways in cities, may by regulation
designate certain ways or parts of ways, other than state high-

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 297, 298, 299. 269

ways, upon which and the hours during which coasting may be
permitted and ma}' in like manner regulate the use of such
ways by vehicles during such hours. Approved April 26, 1924.

An Act relative to the corporate powers of the marble- Phn^ 297

HEAD female HLTVIANE SOCIETY. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the i845, les, § i
acts of eighteen hundred and forty-five is hereby amended by *'"^°''®'^-
adding at the end thereof the following : — Said corporation is
also authorized to establish and maintain in the town of Marble-
head a home for aged persons, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 1. Hannah Reed, Rebecca Bartlett, and Lydia B. Marbiehead
Hooper, their associates and successors, are hereby made a Humane
corporation, by the name of the Marblehead Female Humane corpOTation,
Society, for charitable and benevolent purposes, with all the powers, etc.
powers and privileges, and subject to all the duties, liabilities
and restrictions, set forth in the forty-fourth chapter of the
Revised Statutes. Said corporation is also authorized to estab-
lish and maintain in the town of Marblehead a home for aged
persons. Approved April 26, 1924-

An Act to regulate the issuance of certain licenses Qhav 298

BY THE commissioner OF INSURANCE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section fifty-one of chapter one hundred and ^' ('■)^ gf^ ^ ^^'
seventy-five of the General Laws, as amended by section two amended.
of chapter thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking out clause
(g) and inserting in place thereof the following : — (g) Such Certain
other form or forms of insurance coverage not included in the commissioner
provisions of section forty-seven and not contrary to law as the °^ jf ^^ ^t"°^
commissioner in his discretion may authorize and license and stock com-
which shall be transacted only upon such terms and conditions p^""®^-
as he may from time to time prescribe.

Section 2. Section fifty-four of said chapter one hundred ^; ('g),^etc.^ ^^'
and seventy-five, as amended by chapter one hundred and fifty- amended.
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by striking out clause (g) and inserting in
place thereof the following: — (g) Such other form or forms of brcomJd^^'^^
insurance coverage not included in the provisions of section sioner to
forty-seven and not contrary to law as the commissioner in his mutual* com-
discretion may authorize and license and which shall be trans- p^'"^^-
acted only upon such terms and conditions as he may from time
to time prescribe. Approved April 26, 1924.

An Act relative to aiding discharged prisoners. Chap. 299

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and sixty of chapter one hundred and ^i^', amended.
twenty-seven of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking

270

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 300.

Aiding dis-
charged
prisoners.

out, in the first and second lines, the words "not more than
eleven thousand dollars annually" and inserting in place thereof
the words : — such sum as may be annually appropriated, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 160. The commissioner may
expend such sum as may be annually appropriated for the as-
sistance of prisoners released from the state prison, the Massa-
chusetts reformatory, the reformatory for women, the state
farm, the prison camp and hospital, or from any institution to
which they were removed therefrom. Approved April 26, 1924-

G. L. 65, § 13,
amended.

Taxation of
legacies and
successions.

Tax to be
assessed upon
value of
property, etc.

Value of
annuity or
life interest in
property, etc.

C hap. SOO An Act relative to the determination of the value of-

PROPERTY IN connection WITH THE TAX.\TI0N OF LEGACIES
AND SUCCESSIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section thirteen of chapter sixty-five of the Gen-
eral Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the third and
sixth lines, the word "actual", so as to read as follows: — Sec-
tion 13. Except as otherwise provided in this and the following
section, the tax imposed by this chapter shall be assessed upon
the value of the property at the time of the death of the decedent.
In case of a devise, descent, bequest or grant to take effect in
possession or enjoj'ment after the expii-ation of one or more life
estates or of a term of years, the tax shall be assessed on the
value of the property or interest therein coming to the beneficiary
at the time when he becomes entitled to the same in possession
or enjo;)anent. The value of an annuity or a life interest in any
such property, or any interest therein less than an absolute
interest, shall be determined by the "American Experience
Tables" at four per cent compound interest; but when an
annuity or a life interest is terminated by the death of the
annuitant or life tenant, and the tax upon such interest is not
due and has not been paid in advance, the value of said interest
for the purposes of taxation under this chapter shall be the
amount of the annuity or income actually paid or payable to
the annuitant or life tenant during the period for which he was
entitled to the annuity or was in possession of the life estate.

Section 2. Section fourteen of said chapter sixty-five is
hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth line, the Avord
"actual", so as to read as follows: — Section 14- Any person
entitled to a future interest in any property may pay the tax
on account of the same at any time before such tax would be
due under this chapter, and in such cases the tax shall be assessed
upon the value of the interest at the time of pa}anent,'and such
value shall be determined by the commissioner as provided in
this chapter. Whenever it is impossible to compute the present
value of any interest, the commissioner may, with the approval
of the attorney general, effect such settlement of the tax as he
shall deem to be for the best interests of the commonwealth,
and payment of the sum so agreed upon shall be a full satis-
faction of such tax.

Section 3. Section twenty-five of said chapter sixty-five is
hereby amended by striking put, in the ninth line, the words

G. L. 65, § 14,
amended. •

Persons
entitled to
future interests
may pay tax
in advance,
etc.

Tax upon
value of
interest, etc.

G. L. 65, § 25,

amended.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 301, 302. 271

"actual market", so as to read as follows: — Section 25. The Determination
value of the property upon which the tax is computed shall be p^J^pmyW
determined by the commissioner and notified by him to the commissioner,
persons by whom the tax is payable, and such determination
shall be final unless the value so determined shall be reduced
by proceedings as herein provided. At any time within three Appraisal by
months after such determination the probate court shall, on ^PP^'^'^era, etc,
application of any party interested in the succession, or of the
executor, administrator or trustee, appoint one or three dis-
interested appraisers, who, first being sworn, shall appraise such
property at its value as of the day of the death of the decedent,
and shall make return thereof to said court. Such return, when Return to be
accepted by said court, shall be final, except that any party ag- ^^^}' ^'^^^p*-
grieved by such appraisal shall have an appeal upon matters of
law. One half of the fees of said appraisers, as determined by Fees of
the judge of said court, shall be paid by the commonwealth, and ^pp^'^i^^i's.
one half by the other parties to the proceeding.

Approved April 26, 192 4.

An Act relative to vacations for laborers in the employ Qfiav 301

OF THE city of FALL RIVER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Every person, regularly employed by the city of Vacations for
Fall River as a common laborer, skilled laborer, mechanic or employ of '
craftsman, shall be granted a vacation of not less than two fau River.
weeks dining each year of his employment without loss of pay,
said vacation to occur at such times as in the opinion of the
head of the department in which he is employed will cause the
least interference with the performance of the regular work of
the city. A person shall be deemed to be regularly employed,
within the meaning of this act, if he has actually worked for the
city for thirty-two weeks in the aggregate during the preceding
calendar year.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of etc^ council,
its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved April 26, 1924.

An Act relative to fraudulent or invalid signatures (Jhnr) 302
appended to initiative and referendum petitions.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer- P^'eambie.
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Section 1 . Chapter fifty-three of the General Laws is hereby g. l. 53, new
amended by inserting after section twenty-two, under the |®22.°° ^^^^^
heading "Initiative and Referendum Petitions", the fol-
lowing new section: — Section 22 A. Objections that signatures Fraudulent
appearing on an initiative or referendum petition have been ^gJi'ltul^M

272

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 303.

appended to
initiative and
referendum
petitions,
filing of
objections, etc.

Reference by
state secretary
to ballot law
commission,
etc.

Rejection of
petition, when,
etc.

To apply to
petitions
pending, etc.

forged or placed thereon by fraud and that in consequence
thereof the petition has not been signed by a sufficient number
of quaUfied voters actually supporting such petition, as required
by the constitution, may be filed with the state secretary not
later than the sixtieth day prior to the election at which the
measure therein proposed or the law which is the subject of the
petition is to be submitted to the voters, except that, if a refer-
endum petition is lawfully filed after the sixty-third day prior
to said election, such objections may be filed not later than
seventj'-two week day hours succeeding five o'clock of the day
on which such petition is so filed. If upon hearing or otherwise
it appears to the state secretary that there is substantial evi-
dence supporting such objections, he shall refer the same to the
state ballot law commission, which shall investigate the same,
and for such purpose may exercise all the powers conferred upon
it relative to objections to nominations for state offices, and if
it shall appear to said commission that the objections have been
sustained it shall forthwith reject the petition as not in con-
formity with the constitution and shall notify the state secretary
of its action.

Section 2. This act shall apply to all initiative and referen-
dum petitions pending at the time of its passage.

Approved April 28, 1924.

Boundary line
between towna
of Sharon and
Stoughton
established.

Chap. 303 An Act to establish the boundary line between the

TOWNS OF SHARON AND STOUGHTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The foUowang described line shall hereafter be
the boundary line between the towns of Sharon and Stoughton : —
Beginning at the corner of the towns of Canton, Sharon and
Stoughton, an unmarked point in the middle of Bay street and
north seventy-five degrees eleven minutes west and about nine-
teen feet from the witness mark on the easterly side of said
street, a granite monument marked C-S-S; thence south seventy-
five degrees eleven minutes east about twenty-five feet to a
point on the easterly side of Bay street; thence southerly along
the easterly side of Bay street about thirteen thousand and
ninety-four feet to a point on the easterly side of Bay street
about six hundred feet northerly of its junction with the northerly
side of Plain street; thence crossing Bay street at right angles
about fifty feet to a point on the westerly side of Bay street;
thence southerly along the westerly side of Bay street about
thirteen thousand and ninety-four feet to a point where the
westerly side of Bay street intersects the boundary line between
the towns of Easton and Sharon which point is south sixty-two
degrees fifteen minutes west and about fifty feet from the
witness mark to the corner of the towns of Easton, Sharon and
Stoughton, a granite monument marked E-S-S situated at a
wall on the easterly side of Bay street nearly opposite the
southerly line of Mountain street.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 28, 1924.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 304, 305, 306. 273

An Act relative to compensation by the commonwealth (JJiq^jj 304
IN certain cases where cattle affected with tubercu-
Losis are killed.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the g. l. 129, new
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section f\2°° ^^^^^
twelve, as printed in said laws, the following new section : —
Section 12 A. If, under section eleven, any cattle affected with Compensation
tuberculosis are killed, the full market value thereof at the time ^i^a*it™in°''
of condemnation, not exceeding twenty-five dollars each, shall certain cases
be paid to the owner by the commonwealth if such animal has cattle affected
been owned by him for a period of not less than sixty days, and ^losil"^^^"
has been owned and kept within the commonwealth for six con-
secutive months, both periods being next prior to its killing, or
if it has been inspected within said six months' period and satis-
factory proof has been furnished to the director, by certificate
or otherwise, that it was free from disease on the date of such
inspection, and if the owner has not, in the opinion of the director,
by wilful act or neglect, contributed to the spread of tubercu-
losis.

Section 2. All expenditures incurred during the current Expenditures,
fiscal year under the precedmg section shall be paid from item
three hundred and four of the general appropriation act of the
current year. Approved April 28, 1924-

payment, etc.

Chap.SOb

An Act authorizing the city of Cambridge to pay a sum

OF money to the widow of WALTER H. HARDING.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. In recognition of the long and meritorious ser-v-ice. City of
of the late Walter H. Harding, for forty-seven years in the may pay ^^
service of the water department of the city of Cambridge and ^^o^of*
for the purpose of promoting the public good, said city may Walter h.
pay to his widow, Ann I. Harding, the balance of the salary to ^^ ^^'
which he would have been entitled as water registrar in said
city had he lived until March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, the end of the fiscal year of said city.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of etc^ counci ,
its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved April 28, 1924-

An Act authorizing the city of lowell to pay an annuity Chav.SOQ
to the widow of romuald c. bisaillon.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . The city of Lowell may pay in equal monthly City of Lowell
instalments to Aline Bisaillon, the widow of Romuald C. Bisaillon, ^^/vu^y^to
a former member of its fire department who was killed while in ^^ow of

1 I. P 1 • 1 • 1 n 1 Romuald C.

the performance of his duty, an annuity not to exceed nve hun- Bisaillon.

274

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 307, 308.

Submission
to city
council, etc.
Proviso.

dred dollars. Such annuity shall terminate upon the remarriage
of the annuitant.

Approved April 28, 1924.

Chap. 307 An Act authorizing the city of lynn to pay a certain

SUM OF MONEY TO THE WIDOW OF ARTHUR H. PREBLE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Lynn may pay to Elsie Waitt Preble,
the widow of the late Arthur H. Preble, a former member of its
fire department, who was killed while in the performance of his
duty as such, the balance of the salary to which he would have
been entitled had he lived and continued to serve as such until
the end of the current year, payable before January first, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-five in equal monthly instalments.

Approved April 28, 1924.

City of Lynn
may pay
money to
widow of
Arthur H.
Preble.

Submission to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.

Chap.SOS An Act authorizing the town of Arlington to supply

WATER TO THE TOWN OF WINCHESTER.

Town of
Arlington may
furnish water
to inhabitants
of part of
town of
Winchester,
etc.

Town of
Arlington may
furnish and
sell water to
town of
Winchester,
etc.

Apportion-
ment to town
of Arhngton
of expenses of
metropolitan
water system,
etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Arlington, on the request of the
water and sewer board of the town of Winchester, may, with
the consent of the metropolitan district commission, furnish
water to the inhabitants of the town of Winchester who reside
in that part of the town near the boundary line between said
towns, which cannot be conveniently furnished with water by
the water system of said town of Winchester, under such con-
ditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the board of public
works of said town of Arlington and said water and sewer
board.

Section 2. Said town of Arlington may furnish and sell, by
meter, water to the town of Winchester for the use of the in-
habitants of said town of Winchester who are described in the
preceding section, and for the purpose of supplying hydrants for
fire protection in the part of the town of Winchester described
in the preceding section, at such rates as may be agreed upon
by said board of public works and said water and sewer board
and as may be approved by the metropolitan district commis-
sion.

Section 3. The state treasurer, in making the apportion-
ment to the towns in the metropolitan water district, as pro-
vided in section twenty-six of chapter ninety-two of the General
Laws, shall add to the amount apportioned to the town of
Arlington an amount determined by the metropolitan district

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 309. 275

commission and certified to the state treasurer to be necessary
to make a full apportionment to said towTi of Arlington for the
water supplied to inhabitants of the town of Winchester under
section one and to the town of Winchester under section two.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 29, 1924.

An Act requiring the psychiatric examination of certain Chav.30Q

PRISONERS IN JAILS AND HOUSES OF CORRECTION AND PRO-
VIDING FOR THE ASSEMBLING OF RELEVANT OFFICIAL INFOR-
MATION AS TO SUCH PRISONERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section sixteen of chapter one hundred and ^ml'ndel.' ^ ^^'
twenty-seven of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding
at the end thereof the following: — Keepers and masters of
jails and houses of correction shall cause all con\acted prisoners
serving a sentence of more than thirty days therein, except
prisoners sentenced for non-pajniient of fine or of fine and ex-
penses, and all convicted prisoners serving sentence therein who
have been previously committed upon sentence to any penal
institution, to be given a thorough psychiatric examination by
a psychiatrist appointed under section four of chapter nine-
teen, — so as to read as follows: — Section 16. The warden of giL^rition
the state prison, the superintendents of the Massachusetts re- of prisoners.
formatory, the reformatory for women, the prison camp and
hospital and the state farm, and the keepers and masters of jails
and houses of correction shall cause a thorough physical exami-
nation to be made by a competent physician of each inmate in
their respective institutions committed for a term of thirty days'
imprisonment or more. In conducting the examination special
attention shall be given to determining the presence of com-
municable diseases, particularly gonorrhoea, syphilis and pul-
monarv tuberculosis. Keepers and masters of jails and houses Psychiatric

„ " , • 1 11 11 • i 1 • • J. examination

of correction shall cause all convicted prisoners serving a sentence of certain
of more than thirty days therein, except prisoners sentenced fa'iiTand ''^
for non-payment of fine or of fine and expenses, and all convicted houses of

'■ " . ^ j^i'ii, u •! correction.

prisoners serving sentence therein who have been previously
committed upon sentence to any penal institution, to be given
a thorough psychiatric examination by a psychiatrist appointed
under section four of chapter nineteen.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and twenty-seven is g. l. 127, § 17,
hereby further amended by striking out section seventeen and ^™ended.
inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 1 7. Specifi- Regulations for
cations governing the manner and time of such physical exami- psychiatric''^
nations and such psychiatric examinations shall be respectively examinations,
promulgated by the departments of public health and mental
diseases. Said departments shall respectively prescribe the
medical and psychiatric records to be kept, shall require such
laboratory or other diagnostic aids to be used as in their judg-
ment are expedient, and shall forward to the commissioner Statements of
statements of the results of all such examinations, together with exaninations
recommendations relative thereto, and the psychiatrists making *? commis-

' ^ " ° sioner, etc.

276

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 310.

Assembling of
further in-
formation as
to certain
prisoners.

Records of
examinations,
transmission of
copies to
commission
on probation.

G. L. 127, § 18,
amended.

Penalty for
breach of
sections 16
and 17.

Psychiatric
examination
of certain
prisoners,
when to be
made, etc.

This act
enacted in
place of pro-
posed law
accompaiiying
certain initia-
tive petition.

Time of
taking effect.
Proviso.

such examination shall from time to time furnish such other
information as the commissioner may request. For the purpose
of obtaining further information relative to such prisoners the
commissioner may cause inquiry to be made of court physicians
and psychiatrists, probation officers and district attorneys, who
have made examinations or investigations of such prisoners
prior to conviction or who have prosecuted them, and such
physicians, psychiatrists and probation officers shall furnish to
the commissioner when requested all pertinent information in
their possession. The commissioner may cause such further
inquiry to be made relative to the offences committed by sucft
prisoners and their past history and environment as he may
deem necessary. He shall cause records to be made of such
examinations and investigations, and shall transmit copies
thereof to the office of the commission on probation, which
shall cause the same to be filed with its office records.

Section 3. Section eighteen of said chapter one hundred
and twenty-se^'en is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "health" in the third line the words: — or of the depart-
ment of mental diseases, — so as to read as follows : — Section
18. Any officer named in section sixteen who neglects or refuses
to comply with said section or who violates any rule or regula-
tion of the department of public health or of the department of
mental diseases made under section seventeen shall forfeit not
more than fifty dollars.

Section 4. As soon as may be after the taking effect of this
act, the psychiatric examination required to be made under the
provisions of section sixteen of said chapter one hundred and
twenty-seven, as amended by section one of this act, shall be
made of all convicted prisoners serving a sentence of more than
thirty days in jails or houses of correction, except prisoners
sentenced for non-payment of fine or of fine and expenses, and
all other convicted prisoners who have been previously com-
mitted upon sentence to any penal institution.

Section 5. This act is hereby declared to be enacted in
place of the proposed law accompanying the initiative petition
transmitted by the secretary of the commonwealth to the general
court on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, and printed as current house document number
three hundred and seventy-five, and shall take effect on the first
day of September in the current year; provided, that if the said
initiative petition is completed, as provided by the constitution,
by filing the required number of signatures not later than the
first Wednesday of August in said year, this act shall be void.

Approved April 29, 1924.

Chap.310

G. L. 94, new

section after
§ 14.

Rules, regula-
tions and
standards for

An Act relative to the grading of milk.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after section fourteen the follow-
ing new section: — Section I4A. The department of public
health, subject to the approval of the governor and council,

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 311. 277

shall make rules and regulations and establish standards for "Grade a

the production, processing and sale of " Grade A Milk", includ- ^^''^ ■

ing fat standards, bacterial standards and sanitary standards,

and may from time to time amend such rules, regulations

and standards; pro\'ided, that such standards shall not fall Proviso.

below the standard for milk now or hereafter prescribed by law.

Said department shall, before submitting such rules, regulations Public hearing,

and standards to the governor and council for approval, hold a '*°'^"^^> ^*'^-

public hearing thereon and shall give notice of the time and

place of such hearing by publication for two successive weeks in

a newspaper published in each county, the first publication to

be at least fourteen da3's prior to the date of the hearing. Said Rules, etc.,

department shall also publish its proposed rules, regulations and pubUshed.

standards in a newspaper published in each county, at least

fourteen days before submitting the same for the approval of the

governor and council. Any person objecting to said rules, regu- objections to

lations and standards may, within seven days after such publica- ^'^\^f: ^*^'i'

, "^ ^ •! P 1 •II' petition to

tion, petition the governor and council tor a hearing beiore ap- governor and
proval of the same, and the governor and council shall hear the ''°"°" ■ ^^'^■
petitioner, after gi^■ing due notice to said department of public
health and to all parties appearing at the hearing before the de-
partment whose attendance appears of record. Whoever himself Penalty.
or by his servant or agent sells, exchanges or delivers or has in
his custody or possession with intent to sell, exchange or deliver
any milk designated as "Grade A Milk" and not conforming to
the rules, regulations and standards made and established here-
under shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more
than fifty dollars and for a subsequent offence within one year
by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars.

Section 2. Section fifteen of said chapter ninety-four is g^l.^94, § 15,
hereby amended by inserting before the word "is" in the sec-
ond line the words: — or "Grade A Milk", and by striking out
in the third and fourth fines the words "the preceding section"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — section fourteen. —

amended.

ijjl vv aO, I if/ijlf..

An Act making certain changes in the laws relative to (7/ia».311

JURIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and thirty- c. l. 234, §1.
four of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter ^^''' ^"^^^ ® '

276

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 310.

Assembling of
further in-
formation as
to certain
prisoners.

Records of
examinations,
transmission of
copies to
commission
on probation.

G. L. 127, § 18,
amended.

Penalty for
breach of
sections 16
and 17.

Psychiatric
examination
of certain
prisoners,
when to be
made, etc.

This act

Section 5. This act is hereby declared to be enacted in

The initiative petition referred to in Chapter 309, Section 5,
not having been completed, said chapter takes effect Septem-
ber 1, 1924.

See page 616.

G. L. 94, new

section after
§ 14.

Rules, regula-
tions and
standards for

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 311. 277

shall make rules and regulations and establish standards for "Grade a

the production, processing and sale of " Grade A Milk", includ- '^^'"' "

ing fat standards, bacterial standards and sanitary standards,

and may from time to time amend such rules, regulations

and standards; pro\'ided, that such standards shall not fall Proviso.

below the standard for milk now or hereafter prescribed by law.

Said department shall, before submitting such rules, regulations Public hearing,

and standards to the governor and council for approval, hold a ^°*'*=®' ^*'=-

public hearing thereon and shall give notice of the time and

place of such hearing by publication for two successive weeks in

a newspaper published in each county, the first publication to

be at least fourteen days prior to the date of the hearing. Said Rules, etc.,

department shall also publish its proposed rules, regulations and published.

standards in a newspaper published in each county, at least

fourteen days before submitting the same for the approval of the

governor and council. Any person objecting to said rules, regu- objections to

lations and standards may, within seven days after such publica- ^^\^^j ^^'i-

, "^ 1 -1 p 1 • ^ p petition to

tion, petition the governor and council tor a hearing beiore ap- governor and
proval of the same, and the governor and council shall hear the '^°'^'^'^^ • ^ ''•
petitioner, after giving due notice to said department of public
health and to all parties appearing at the hearing before the de-
partment whose attendance appears of record. Whoever himself Penalty.
or by his servant or agent sells, exchanges or delivers or has in
his custody or possession with intent to sell, exchange or deliver
any milk designated as "Grade A Milk" and not conforming to
the rules, regulations and standards made and established here-
under shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more
than fifty dollars and for a subsequent offence within one year
by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars.

Section 2. Section fifteen of said chapter ninety-four is G. l. 94, § 15,
hereby amended by inserting before the word "is" in the sec- ^"^^'^ ^
ond line the words: — or "Grade A Milk", and by striking out
in the third and fourth Hues the words "the preceding section"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — section fourteen, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 15. If any grade or classifica- Permits for
tion of milk other than "Grade A, Massachusetts Milk" or graded milk!
"Grade A Milk" is established, permits for the sale of such
other milk shall be granted and may be revoked in accordance
with section fourteen with respect to "Grade A, Massachusetts
Milk", but such permits shall not be granted until the milk to Test.
be sold thereunder has been tested in such manner as the local
board of health to whom application for the permit is made shall
determine. Milk sold or exchanged or kept or offered for sale or Name of
exchange under such a permit shall be marked with a label, cap |pptlr,°etc.
or tag, bearing in the English language in plain, legible, bold-
faced type, the name of the grade as it is determined by such
board. Approved April 29, 1924.

An Act making certain changes in the laws relative to CJxav.'dW

JURIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and thirty- g.l. 234, § r,
four of the General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter ^**'* ^'^^'^ ^ '

278

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 311.

Qualifications
and exemptions
of jurors.

G. L. 234, § 4,
amended.

Jury lists,

preparation,

etc.

Examination
of persons
as to their
qualifications
for jury
service.

four hundred and thirteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby further amended by inserting after the
word "court" in the second Hne the following: — , whether a
registered voter or not, — and by striking out, in the sixteenth
line, the words "sixty-five years of age" and inserting in place
thereof the following: — seventy years of age; persons under
twenty-five years of age, — so as to read as follows : — Section
1. A person qualified to vote for representatives to the general
court, whether a registered A^oter or not, shall be liable to serve
as a juror, except that the following persons shall be exempt:

The governor; lieutenant governor; members of the council;
state secretary; members and officers of the senate and house
of representatives during a session of the general court; judges
and justices of a court; county and associate commissioners;
clerks of courts and assistant clerks and all regularly appointed
officers of the courts of the United States and of the common-
wealth; registers of probate and insolvency; registers of deeds;
sheriffs and their deputies; constables; marshals of the United
States and their deputies, and all other officers of the United
States; attorney's at law; settled ministers of the gospel; officers
of colleges; preceptors and teachers of incorporated academies;
registered practicing physicians and surgeons; persons over
seventy years of age; persons under twenty-five years of age;
members of the volunteer militia; superintendents, officers and
assistants employed in or about a state hospital, insane hospital,
jail, house of correction, state industrial school or state prison;
keepers of lighthouses; conductors and engine drivers of railroad
trains; teachers in public schools; enginemen and members of
the fire department of Boston, and of other cities and towns in
which such exemption has been made by vote of the city council
or the inliabitants of the town, respectively.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and thirty-four is
hereby further amended by striking out section four and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 4- The board of elec-
tion commissioners in cities ha^^ng such boards, the board of
registrars of voters in other cities and the board of selectmen in
towns shall annually before July first prepare a list of such in-
habitants of the city or town, qualified as provided in section
one, of good moral character, of sound judgment and free from
all legal exceptions, not exempt from jury service under section
one or two, as they think qualified to serve as jurors. The
board shall not place the name of any person on said list unless
such person is determined to be qualified as aforesaid upon the
knowledge of one of its members, or after personal appearance
and, if the board deems it necessary, examination under oath.
The board may summon persons to appear before it for exami-
nations as to their qualifications for jury service and may com-
pel their attendance before it and the gi^^ng of testimony in the
same manner and to the same extent as may magistrates au-
thorized to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses.
Such examinations may be held before a single member of the
board and for the aforesaid purpose each member may ad-
minister oaths. If the board elects, such examination may be

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 311. 279

in the form of a questionnaire to be answered under oath. The inquiries as to
board may further investigate by inquiries at such person's place ^^^ai'fi'=^*'°'^8'
of residence and of business or employment, or by other means,
his reputation, character and fitness for such service. The chief Assistance by
of police or the police commissioner or the official having charge
of the police shall upon request give the board all possible as-
sistance in making such investigation. Upon the request of the Persons to
board or any member thereof, any person shall answer all ques- tS^iSf etT^^^'
tions and give such information as he may have relating to the
character or fitness for jury ser\ace of any person concerning
whom such request is made, which information shall be confi-
dential. To the name of each juror on said list shall be appended Residence, etc.,
his place of residence and of business or occupation. on lists.

Such lists shall include not less than one juror for every hun- Number of
dred inhabitants nor more than one for every sixty according u^ta" °°
to the latest census, state or national, but in Nantucket or
Dukes county it may include one for every thirty inhabitants.
In no event shall a person's name appear on the jury lists of more Number of
than three successive years or on more than three jury lists in to"app°a™ete.
any six year period.

If any question concerning the preparation of such list arises. Decision in
as to which the board of election commissioners, registrars or fn Bo°st^n^^"*^^
selectmen are equally divided, it shall be referred, if arising in
Boston, to the chief justice of the municipal court of the city
of Boston, or, in case of his absence or disability, to the senior
justice thereof, and, if arising in any other city or in any town, in other cities
to the justice of the district court within whose jurisdiction such °^ '" towns,
city or town lies, or in case of his absence or disability to the
senior special justice thereof, and his decision on the question
shall be final.

Failure by a registrar of voters or election commissioner to Removal for
comply with the requirements of this section shall be sufficient co'mpfy!*etc.
ground for his removal from office.

Section 3. Said chapter two hundred and thirty-four is g. l. 234. § 23,
hereby further amended by striking out section twenty-three ^^^nded.
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 23. The Meetings for
meeting for drawing jurors shall, unless the court otherwise ^''^^'^s jurors.
orders when issuing venires for additional jurors under section
twelve, be not less than twenty days before the day ^hen the
jurors are required to attend.

Section 4. Section twenty-four of said chapter two hundred G- ^- ?¥• ^ ^^'
and thirty-four is hereby amended by striking out, in the first
line, the word "four" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
fourteen, — and by inserting after the word "attend" in the
second line the words : — unless the court otherwise orders when
issuing venires for additional jurors under section twelve, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 24- The constable shall, fourteen Summoning
days at least before the time when the jurors are required to at- °* Jurors,
tend unless the court otherwise orders when issuing venires for
additional jurors under section twelve, summon each person
who is di-awn, V)y reading to him the venire with the endorse-
ment thereon of his ha\ing been drawn, or by leaving at his
place of abode a written notice of his having been drawn and

280

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 312.

Return of
venire.

G. L, 234, § 37,
amended.

Penalty for
improperly
putting name
on jury list.

G. L. 277, § 1,
amended.

Grand jurors,
term of service,
etc.

of the time and place of the sitting of the court at which he is
required to attend, and shall make a return of the venire with
his doings thereon to the clerk of the court, before the sitting
of the court by which it was issued.

Section 5. Section thirty-seven of said chapter two hundred
and thirty-foiu" is hereby amended by inserting after the word
" voters " in the first line the words : — , a selectman, — so as
to read as follows : — Section 37. Whoever, being a registrar of
voters, a selectman or an election commissioner, shall put or
cause to be put upon the jury list the name of any person for
any reason other than his judgment in good faith of the quali-
fications and fitness of such person for such jury service shall
be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or
imprisonment in the jail or house of correction for not more
than one year.

Section 6. Section one of chapter two hundred and seventy-
seven of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out,
in the second line, the words "seven nor more than thirty" and
inserting in place thereof the word : — twenty-eight, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 1 . The clerk of the courts for each
county, except Suffolk, shall, not less than twenty-eight days
before the commencement of the first sitting of the superior
court for criminal business in each year, issue writs of venire
facias for twenty-three grand jurors to be returned to that court,
who shall serve until the first regular sitting in the year next
after they have been impanelled and until another grand jury
has been impanelled in their stead. In counties where sittings
of the court are established for the transaction of criminal busi-
ness, they shall be required to attend only at such sittings.

Section 7. Section two of said chapter two hundred and
seventy-seven is hereby amended by striking out, in the second
line, the words "seven nor more than fourteen" and inserting
in place thereof the word : — twenty-eight, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 2. The clerk of the superior court for criminal
business in Suffolk county shall, not less than twenty-eight days
before each sitting commencing on the first Mondays of January
and Jul^', issue writs of venire facias for twenty-three grand
jurors to serve in said court, twenty-two of whom shall be drawn
and returned from Boston, and one from Chelsea, Revere or
Winthrop, who shall serve for each sitting thereof for six months
and until another grand jury has been impanelled in their stead.

Section 8. This act shall take effect on October first of the
current year. Approved April 29, 1924-

Chap.dl2 An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to pay a sum

of money to anna B. and to DAVID O. STONEQUIST.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Worcester may pay to Anna B.
Stonequist a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars for damage
to her property, and to David O. Stonequist a sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars for personal injuries suffered by him, on
account of blasting operations conducted by the said city in the
cqnstruction of its sewage purification plant.

G. L. 277, I 2,
amended.

Grand jurors
in Suffolk
county, term
of service, etc.

Time of
taking effect.

City of

Worcester may
pay money to
Anna B. and
to David O.
Stonequist.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 313, 314. 281

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro\isions of I'll council,
its charter; pro\-ided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved April 29, 1924.

An Act dissolving certain corporations. Chai) 313

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . Such of the following named corporations as are Dissolution of
not already legally dissolved are hereby dissolved, subject to the corp^Jnitions.
provisions of sections fifty-one and fifty-two of chapter one hun-
dred and fifty-five of the General Laws : — American Textile
Soap Company (1922). Bancroft Publishing Company. Betsy
Ross Players Incorporated. Edgerly Cruller & Doughnut Com-
pany, Inc. of Springfield. Hope Machine Co. I. Levinstein &
Co. Incorporated. New England Oil, Paint & Varnish Co.
(1912). Sponge Products Corporation. Submarine Parlor, Inc.

Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect Pending suits
any suit now pending by or against any corporation mentioned ^o^^ affected,
herein, or any suit now pending or hereafter brought for any
liability now existing against the stockholders or officers of any
such corporation, or to revive any charter preAdously annulled
or any corporation pre\dously dissolved, or to make valid any
defective organization of any of the supposed corporations men-
tioned herein.

Section 3. Suits upon choses in action arising out of con- Proceedings
tracts sold or assigned by any corporation dissolved by this act '^^^is^in^""
may be brought or prosecuted in the name of the purchaser or action, how
assignee. The fact of sale or assignment and of purchase by the ''■'°^s'^*' ®*°-
plaintiff shall be set forth i?i the writ or other process; and the
defendant may avail himself of any matter of defence of which
he might have availed himself in a suit upon the claim by the
corporation, had it not been dissolved by this act.

Section 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to relieve no relief from
the last person who was the treasurer or assistant treasurer, or, gj'j'fax^return,
in their absence or incapacity, who was any other principal etc.
officer, of each of the corporations named in this act, from the
obligation to make a tax return as of April first following the
date of dissolution and swear to the same as required by section
thirty-five of chapter sixty-three of the General Laws. The tax
liability of each of the corporations named in this act shall be
determined in accordance with the existing laws of this com-
monwealth.

Section 5. This act shall take effect as of March thirty-first Time of
in the current year. Approved April 29, 192/+. ^^^""^ ^'^^''*-

Chap.ZU

An Act validating certain votes and acts of the town
of falmouth.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. The vote of the town of Falmouth, at its annual Certain votes
meeting in the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, to purchase town of

282

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 315, 316.

Falmouth
validated, etc.

certain property for a public bathing beach and all action taken
under authority of said vote, and the vote of said town, at its
annual meeting in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four,
to enlarge and improve the bath house located upon said public
bathing beach and the appropriation made thereunder, are hereby
ratified, confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if said
town had accepted sections twenty and twenty-one of chapter
twenty-five of the Re^^sed Laws. Said town, acting through its
park commissioners, is hereby authorized to use said property
for the purposes of a public bathing beach, to maintain thereon
a public bath house and to rent the booths or compartments
contained therein.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 30, 1924.

Chap. 315 An Act establishing the number of firewards in the

FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE TOWN OF MARBLEHEAD.

Number of
firewards in
fire depart-
ment in town
of Marblehead.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter three of the acts of eight-
een hundred and twenty-nine, as amended by section one of
chapter fifty of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty, is
hereby further amended, so that the number of firewards pro-
vided to be chosen by the inhabitants of the town of Marblehead
at their annual meeting shall be three instead of five.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 30, 1924.

Chap.SlQ An Act permitting certain aliens to take examinations

FOR ADMISSION TO THE BAR.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would defeat its
purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-

venience.

G. L. 221, new
section after
§38.

Certain aliens
may take
examinations
for admission
to the bar.

Proviso.

Certain aliens
not entitled
to benefits
of section.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and twenty-one of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after section thirty-eight the fol-
lowing new section: — Section 38 A. Every alien who has made
the primary declaration to become a citizen of the United States
under the federal naturalization laws shall, upon otherwise com-
plying with section thirty-seven, be permitted to file a petition
in the supreme judicial or superior court to be examined for ad-
mission as an attorney-at-law, and to take the examinations
held under said section; provided, that upon passing such exami-
nations and otherwise meeting the requirements for admission
as set forth in said section, the board of bar examiners shall not
recommend his admission until satisfied that the applicant has
become a citizen of the United States. No alien who claimed
exemption during the world war on the ground of being an alien
shall be entitled to the benefits of this section.

Approved April 30, 1924.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 317, 318. 283

An Act authorizing the town of wakefield to borrow (J^kij) 3^7
money for school purposes and validating a certain
vote of said town passed at its annual meeting in the
present year.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . For the purpose of building an addition to the Town of
Franklin school building in the town of Wakefield, such addition may bolrow
to increase the floor space of said building, and for the original ^g^®]' ^°^
equipment and furnishings of such addition, said town may purposes.
borrow from time to time, within a period of five years from the
passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceed-
ing, in the aggregate, one hundred thirty thousand five hundred
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words, Wakefield School Loan, Act of 1924. Wakefield
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such Act of 1924.'
loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject
to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

Section 2. The action of the inhabitants of the town of Certain votes
Wakefield, at its annual town meeting in nineteen hundred and annual meeting
twenty-four, in voting to appropriate one hundred and forty-five va-i^^^ted.
thousand dollars, of which sum fourteen thousand five hundred
dollars was to be raised in the tax levy of the current year and
one hundred thirty thousand five hundred dollars to be borrowed,
to provide money to carry out a vote of said town at said meeting
to construct and originally equip and furnish an addition to the
Franklin school building is hereby ratified and confirmed, and
shall have the same effect and validity as if section one of this
act had been in effect prior to said vote.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 30, 1924.

An Act authorizing the town of concord to appropriate (Jfidj) 3]^g
money for the celebration of the sesquicentennial of
the concord fight, and to appropriate annually money
for the celebration of the nineteenth day of april.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . The town of Concord may appropriate money Town of
for the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary appropriaTe^^
of the Concord fight; and may annually hereafter appropriate ^rtSn^°'
for the celebration of the nineteenth day of April a sum of money celebrations,
not exceeding five one thousandths of one per cent of the last
preceding valuation for the assessment of taxes in said town.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 30, 1924.

284

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 319, 320.

Chap

Town of
Buckland may
contribute
toward pay-
ment of rent
of quarters for
post of The
American
Legion in town
of Shelburne.

319 An Act authorizing the town of buckland to contribute
toward the payment of the rent of the quarters for
the post of the american legion in the town of shel-
BURNE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Buckland may annually appropriate
money for the pm-pose of contributing toward the payment of
the rent of the quarters of the post of The American Legion in
the town of Shelburne to the same extent as if said quarters
were situated within the limits of the said town of Buckland.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 30, 1924.

Chap. 320 An Act extending the term of service of the special

COMMISSION ON THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE, AND VESTING IT
WITH CERTAIN POWERS IN THE EVENT OF A FUEL EMERGENCY.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Special com-
mission on the
necessaries of
life, term of
service ex-
tended,

powers, duties,
etc.

Unexpended
balances of
certain ap-
propriations
made available,
etc.

Annual
report.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The term of service of the special commission on
the necessaries of life, appointed under chapter three hundred
and twenty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
as extended until May first, nineteen hundred and twenty-three
by section one of chapter three hundred and forty-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and to May first, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four by section one of chapter three
hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, is hereby further extended to May first, nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, and during the term hereby extended the com-
mission shall have all the powers and duties granted and imposed
by sections two to four, inclusive, of said chapter three hundred
and twenty-five, as amended by section one of chapter ninety-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four. During
said extended term the chairman of said commission shall have
authority to act for the commission when the commission is not
in session, and the compensation of its chairman shall continue
to be as provided in section one of said chapter three hundred
and twenty-five.

Section 2. The unexpended balances of any appropriations
heretofore made for the use of the commission are hereby made
available for the purposes of the commission during the current
fiscal year and the commission, from such balances and from
such additional appropriations as may be made by the general
court, may expend such sums as shall be approved by the gov-
ernor and council. The commission shall report annually to the
general court not later than the second Wednesday of January.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 321. 285

Section 3. Whenever the governor shall determine that a Governor may
fuel emergency exists, he may, with the approval of the council, specfafcom^'
by a writing signed by him, designate the aforesaid special com- ^^|j,°g^° f °*
mission to act as an emergency fuel administrator, which shall gencyfuei
have with respect to fuel all the powers and authority granted etc. °'^ ^^ °^'
by the Commonwealth Defence Act of nineteen hundred and
seventeen, being chapter three hundred and forty-two of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, to persons
designated or appointed by the governor under section twelve
of said chapter three hundred and forty-two ; and he may revoke
such written authority at any time. The provisions of said ^IJony^J?"^"'
chapter are hereby revived and made operative until May first, Common-
nineteen hundred and twenty-five to such extent as the pro- let revived^"*'^
visions of this act may require.

Section 4. This act shall take effect as of May first, nineteen Time of
hundred and twenty-four. Approved April 30, 1924. ^^^""^ ^^^''^^

An Act relative to the taxation of business corpora- (JJiar) 321

TIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section five of chapter fifty-nine of the General gl- 59, i 5,
Laws, as amended in clause sixteenth by section sixteen of etc., amended,
chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out
said clause sixteenth and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing:— Sixteenth, Property, other than real estate, poles, under- Exemptions
ground conduits, wires and pipes, and other than machinery used taxTtion^
in manufacture or in supplying or distributing water, owned by certain
Massachusetts savings banks or co-operative banks, by Massa- p^+^^j^ ^ °^
chusetts corporations subject to taxation under chapter sixty- corporations.
three except domestic business corporations as defined in section
thirty of said chapter, or by foreign corporations subject to
taxation under section fifty-eight of said chapter; also property,
other than real estate, poles, underground conduits, wires and
pipes, and other than machinery used in the conduct of the busi-
ness, owned by domestic business corporations or by foreign
corporations, as defined in section thirty of chapter sixty-three;
provided, that the term "machinery used in the conduct of the Proviso,
business" shall not, as herein used, be deemed to include stock
in trade.

Section 2. Section eighteen of said chapter fifty-nine is g. l. 59, § is,
hereby amended by striking out clause second and inserting in a^inended.
place thereof the following : — Second, Machinery employed in Machinery,
any branch of manufacture or in supplying or distributing water, foca'ii*y,^whwe
including machines used or operated under a stipulation pro- assessed.
viding for the payment of a royalty or compensation in the
nature of a royalty for the privilege of using or operating the
same, and all tangible personal property within the common-
wealth leased for profit, or, in the case of domestic business and
foreign corporations as defined in section thirty of chapter sixty-
three, machinery used in the conduct of their business, shall be

286

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 322, 323, 324.

assessed where such machiner}^ or tangible personal property is
situated to the owner or any person having possession of the
same on April first. Approved April SO, 192^.

G. L. 5, § 9,
amended.

Preservation,
printing and
distribution of
records of
proceedings of
Massachusetts
departments
of certain war
veterans'
organizations.

Chap. 322 An Act relative to copies of the proceedings of the

ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHU-
SETTS, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter five of the General Laws is hereby amended by strik-
ing out section nine and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing : — Section 9. The state secretary shall annually procure
copies of the proceedings of the annual encampments of the de-
partments of Massachusetts, Grand Army of the Republic,
United Spanish War Veterans, The American Legion and Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars of the United States, held in that year,
with the general and special orders, circulars and other papers
forming parts thereof, and shall cause the same to be kept as
parts of the records of the commonwealth. He shall annually
cause copies thereof, including in the case of those relating to
the Grand Army of the Republic the portraits of the department
officers and staff and of the executive committee of the national
encampment, to be printed and bound; and shall cause one
printed and bound copy of each to be sent to each town library
in the commonwealth. He shall also send one copy of each
volume relating to the Grand Army of the Republic to each
Grand Army post, one copy of the volume relating to the United
Spanish War Veterans to each camp of Spanish War Veterans,
one copy of the volume relating to The American Legion to each
post of The American Legion, and one copy of the volume relating
to the Veterans of Foreign Wars to each post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States, in the commonwealth. He
shall cause the other copies of each to be distributed in the same
manner as the annual report of the state secretary.

Approved April 30, 1924.

Chap.S2S An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to appro-
priate MONEY FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE SESQUICEN-
TENNIAL of the battle of LEXINGTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The town of Lexington may appropriate money for the cele-
bration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the battle
of Lexington. Approved April 30, 1924.

Town of
Lexington may
appropriate
money for
certain
celebration.

Chap. 32^ An Act relative to the appointment of members of the

POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF MEDFORD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Imended'^^^' SECTION L Scctiou forty of chapter three hundred and forty-
five of the acts of nineteen himdred and three is hereby amended
by striking out all after the Avord "mayor" in the fourth line and
inserting in place thereof the following: — , subject to confirma-

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 325, 326. 287

tion by said board, — so as to read as follows: — Section Jfi. Police depart-
The board of alderaien rnay establish a police department, and Medford,
may provide for the appointment of a chief of police and of oFmembers*
other members of the police force b}' the mayor, subject to ^tc
confirmation by said board.

Section 2. Section fort^'-one of said chapter thi'ee hundred ame^ncfed^' ^^^'
and forty-five is hereby amended by striking out all after the
word "mayor" in the fourth line and inserting in place thereof
the following : — , subject to confirmation by said board, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 4^ . The board of aldermen may Fire depart-
establish a fire department, and may provide for the appoint- Medford, ap-
ment of a chief engineer and of other members of the depart- ^°'^*™r^* tc
ment by the mayor, subject to confirmation by said board.

Approved April 30, 1924-

Chap.S25

An Act to increase the fee paid to city and town clerks

FOR recording LICENSES TO HUNT, FISH AND TRAP.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section ten of chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the g. l. i31, § lo,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the second ^^^^ ^
line, the word "fifteen" and inserting in place thereof the
word: — twenty-five, — so as to read as follows: — Section 10. and^town*^
The clerk of the town where the registration is recorded may re- clerks for
tain twenty-five cents from each such registration fee, including [fceMes^to
fees paid to the deputy registrar under section five and fees for aS'tra?
certificates to trap under section six. Approved April 30, 1924.

An Act to authorize the town of auburn to supply itself (JJidj) 326

AND ITS inhabitants WITH WATER. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Auburn may supply itself and its Town of
inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of fires and for supp'iy^itTelf
domestic and other purposes; may establish fountains and ^abitantswith
hydrants, relocate or discontinue the same, and may regulate water, etc.
the use of such water and fix and collect rates to be paid for the
use of the same.

Section 2. Subject to the provisions of section seven, the May acquire
said town, for the purposes aforesaid, may lease, or take by source3,^tc^'^
eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General
Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, the waters,
or any portion thereof, 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, and the water rights and
water sources connected therewith; provided, that the amount Prov-iso.
of water which may be taken shall from time to time be deter-
mined by vote of the town; and also may take by eminent May take

i.i.ii. ,. •! 1 certain lands,

domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase etc.
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;
provided, that no source of water supply and no lands necessary Proviso.

288

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 326.

May erect
structures,
lay pipes, etc.

Restrictions
as to con-
struction, etc.,
within railroad
locations.

Board of
water com-
missioners to
control.

Damages,
recovery, etc.

Proviso.

May issue
bonds, etc.

Town of
Auburn Water
Loan, Act of
1924.

Payment of
loan, etc.

for preserving 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, wells
or filter galleries to be used as sources of water supply under this
act shall be subject to the approval of said department. Said
town may construct and may erect on the lands taken or held
under the provisions of this act proper dams, reservoirs, build-
ings, 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 purpose may construct wells
and reservoirs, establish pumping works and lay down and main-
tain conduits, pipes and other works, under or over any lands,
water courses, railroads or public or private ways, and along any
such way in said town 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 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 enter upon, construct
or lay any conduits, pipes or other 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. The land taken or acquired under this act shall
be managed, improved and controlled by the board of water
commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such manner as they
shall deem for the best interest of the town.

Section 4. Any person or corporation injured in his or its
property by any action of said town or board under this act may
recover damages from said town under said chapter seventy-nine ;
provided, that the right to damages for the taking of any water,
water right, or any injury thereto, shall not vest until the water
is actually withdrawn or diverted by said town under authority
of this act.

Section 5. Said town may, for the purpose of paying the
necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be incurred under
the pro\'isions of this act, issue from time to time bonds or notes
to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, which shall bear on their face the words.
Town of Auburn Water Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be
payable in not more than thirty years from their dates. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject
to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

Section 6. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing said
loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accordance
with the provisions of section five; and when a vote to that
effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 326. 289

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 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

Section 7. Before otherwise proceeding to acquire any water To take or
supply under authority of this act, said town shall, for the properties,
purposes aforesaid and irrespective of the restrictions in section tlfg^^^ibm-n °^
eight of chapter two hundred and forty-one of the Special Acts Water Com-
of nineteen hundred and nineteen, take by eminent domain under ^^°^"
said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase or otherwise,
all the properties, privileges, franchises and other rights appurte-
nant to the business of water supply of the Auburn Water Com-
pany, incorporated under said chapter two hundred and forty-
one.

Section 8. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pollutes Penalty for
or diverts any of the waters taken or held under this act, or ^ater,' etc.
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 recovered in an action of
tort; and upon conviction of any one of the above wilful or
wanton acts shall be punished by a fine of not more than three
hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 9. The said town shall, after its acceptance of this Board of
act, at the same meeting at which the act is accepted or at a m?ssioners,
meeting called for the purpose, elect by ballot three persons to tg®^3°°'tc_
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 commissioners; and at each annual town meeting
held after the shortest of such terms has expired one such com-
missioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of three years.
All the authority granted to the town by this act, except sections Authority, etc.
five and six, and not otherwise specially provided 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 commissioners shall Quorum,
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any Vacancies.
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 purpose. Any such vacancy
may be filled 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 specified herein.

Section 10. Said commissioners shall fix just and equitable To fix water
prices and rates for the use of water, and shall prescribe the time ^^ ^^' ® °'
and manner of payment. The income of the water works shall
be applied to defraying all operating expenses, interest charges

290

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 327.

Net surplus,
how applied.

Annual report.

City of

Worcester may
furnish water
to town of
Auburn, etc.

This section,
when to take
effect.

Submission to
voters, etc.

and payments 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 commis-
sioners may determine upon, and in case a surplus should remain
after payment for such new construction the water rates shall be
reduced proportionately. Na money shall be expended in new
construction by the water commissioners except from the net
surplus aforesaid unless the town appropriates and provides
money therefor. All authority vested in said commissioners by
the foregoing pro^-isions of this section shall be subject to the
provisions of section nine. 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. The city of Worcester may furnish water to the
town of Auburn and the inhabitants thereof, by delivering the
same into a main water pipe of said town, on payment of such
sum as the city council of the city of Worcester, with the ap-
proval of the mayor, may determine. This section shall take
effect only upon its acceptance by the mayor and city council
of the city of Worcester, subject to the p^o\^sions of its charter.

Section 12. This act, except section eleven, shall take effect
upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters of the town of
Auburn present and ^•oting thereon at a town meeting called
for the purpose Avithin three years after its passage; but the
number of meetings so called in any year shall not exceed three;
and for the purpose only of being submitted to the voters of said
town as aforesaid and of being accepted as to section eleven by
the mayor and city council of the city of Worcester, this act shall
take effect upon its passage. Approved April 30, 192 If..

Chap. ^21 An Act relative to the regulation of billboards, signs

AND other advertising DEVICES BY CITIES AND TOWNS.

G. L. 93, § 29,
amended.

Billboards,
etc., regulation
by division of
highways.

May require
licenses, etc.

Public
hearings.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

Section twenty-nine of chapter ninety-three of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the thirteenth and
fourteenth lines, the words "Subject to the approval of the
division," and inserting in place thereof the words: — Cities
and, — so as to read as follows : — Section 29. The division of
highways of the department of public works, hereinafter called
the division, shall make and may amend or repeal rules and
regulations for the proper control and restriction of billboards,
signs and other advertising devices, except as provided in section
thirty-two, on public ways or on private propert}^ within public
view of any highway, public park or reservation. Said rules and
regulations may require that said billboards, signs or other de-
vices be licensed in accordance therewith and with this section,
may prescribe license fees, to be fixed with regard to the cost of
administering this section, and need not be uniform throughout
the commonwealth. Before establishing or amending rules or
regulations under this section, the division shall hold duly ad-

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 328, 329, 330. 291

vertised public hearings in Boston and elsewhere within the
commonwealth as it deems necessary or expedient. Cities and Further
towns may lurther regulate and restrict said billboards or other cities and
devices within their respective limits by ordinance or by-law not *°^°^' ®*°-
inconsistent with sections twenty-nine to thirty-three, inclusive,
or with said rules and regulations. Approved May 1, 1924.

Chap.S2S

An Act relative to appropriations by the city of boston
for municipal purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The city of Boston may by vote of the city council, with the Appropriations
approval of the mayor, in the manner specified in section three Boston for
of chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen municipal
hundred and nine, make appropriations for municipal purposes
for the financial year ending on January thirty-fii-st, nineteen
hundred and twenty-five, not exceeding the sum of twelve dol-
lars and seven tj^-five cents on each one thousand dollars of the
valuation upon which the appropriations by the city council are
based. Approved May 1, 1924.

An Act to authorize the trustees of the delta upsilon (JJkij) 329
society of williams college to hold additional real
and personal estate.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part de- Emergency
feat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer- P'^eambie.
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section two of chapter thirty-six of the acts of eighteen hun- 1888, 36, § 2,
dred and eighty-eight, as amended by section one of chapter ®*^' ^^^^ ^ '
fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the third line, the word
"forty" and inserting in place thereof the words: — one hun-
dred, — so as to read as follows: — Section 2. Said corporation Delta Upsiion
may hold real and personal estate for the uses of the above wfij^ams^
named society to an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand College may
dollars which shall not be exempt from taxation. personal

Approved May 5, 1924. «^^^t«- «*«•

An Act authorizing the toavn of Dartmouth to borrow (JJku) 33Q

MONEY FOR THE REPAIR OF PADANARAM BRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of reconstructing the center pier Town of
and repairing the abutments of the Padanaram bridge, the town ^ay b'or"ow
of Dartmouth may borrow from time to time, within a period money for
of five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may be Padanaram
necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, forty thousand dol- ^"^se.
lars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on Dartmouth
their face the words, Dartmouth Bridge Loan, Act of 1924. ^^fil^H'

292

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 331.

Each avithorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such
loans shall be paid in not more than ten years from their dates,
but no issue shall be authorized under this section unless a sum
equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized
issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised by the tax levy
of the year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall, except as
herein provided, be subject to the provisions of chapter forty-
four of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in
section seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and
thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 6, 1924.

Trustees of
The W.Murray
Crane Com-
munity House,
incorporated.

Purposes.

C/?a». 331 An Act to incorporate the trustees of the w. Murray

CRANE COMMUNITY HOUSE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Charles F. Sawyer, Lephia B. Warren, Ralph B.
Marean, Patrick J. Sullivan and William G. O'Connell, trustees
under the will of W. Murray Crane, late of Dalton, named by
the executors of said will and appointed by the probate court
for the county of Berkshire, and their successors, are hereby
made a body corporate by the name of the Trustees of The W.
Murray Crane Community House for the purpose of construct-
ing and maintaining the above named community house; build-
ing community spirit, making leisure hours constructive and
recreation wholesome; maintaining free health clinics, educa-
tional classes in subjects of interest to home makers, free lectures
on educational subjects and a library for free use; furnishing
entertainments and sports of high order and charging admission
thereto only to the amount necessary to defray the expenses
thereof and to help toward the maintenance of the aforesaid
community house; instructing in athletics, and generally for
the purpose of elevating and educating the youth of the town of
Dalton in the manner aforesaid; and for the purpose of receiving
devises, bequests or contributions from outside sources for the
aforesaid purposes; and with all the duties, powers and privileges
imposed or conferred upon corporations of like character. The
successor to any member of said corporation shall be named by
the remaining members thereof.

Section 2. None of the profits from the entertainments and
sports authorized to be furnished under section one shall be dis-
tributed among the members of said corporation and no salaries
shall be paid to any of the officers thereof. No part of the
property or income of said corporation shall be permitted at any
time to enure to the benefit of any member, manager, officer or
director thereof, excepting only the paid secretary or secretaries
for the carrying on of the activities hereinbefore specifically and
generally set forth and such employees as are necessary for the
maintenance of said community house.
^r^J*ert to be SECTION 3. All real and personal property now vested in the
vested in abovc named Charles F. Sawyer, Lephia B. Warren, Ralph B.

corporation.

Naming of
successors to
members.

Restrictions
as to profits,
salaries, etc.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 332, 333. 293

Marean, Patrick J. Sullivan and William G. O'Connell, trustees
as aforesaid, shall be and become vested in the corporation
created hereby.
Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 6, 1924.

An Act providing for the appointment of special night (JJiap. SS2

ELEVATOR INSPECTORS AND THE INSPECTION OF PASSENGER
ELEVATORS AT NIGHT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Subject to the laws, rules and regulations gov- Special night
erning the civil service, the Jbuilding commissioner of the city of tp^cTo°l iS"
Boston may appoint not more than two special night elevator Boston, ap-

. , 1 J a. • 1 J. -J J pointment,

mspectors to mspect passenger elevators at nignt; provided, etc.
that no person shall simultaneously hold the position of day ele- Proviso.
vator inspector and special night elevator inspector. The pay of ^^y.
such special night elevator inspectors shall be at the rate of ten
dollars for each night's inspection, but shall not exceed one
thousand dollars per annum, and their duties shall be prescribed Duties.
by said building commissioner.

Section 2. Upon request to the building commissioner by Requests for
the owner or occupant of any building in the city of Boston in JJ^^g^lnge? °
which a passenger elevator inspection is to be made that such ^|''^^*°j[^ ^*
inspection be made at night and upon payment to the said com- Boston,
missioner of the sum of ten dollars, the commissioner shall cause Fee.
the same to be so made. All money collected for passenger Disposition
elevator inspections made at night hereunder shall be turned coikctTZ
over by the building commissioner to the city collector of the
city of Boston. Approved May 6, 1924.

An Act authorizing the city of beverly to pay a sum (7/i(iT>.333

OF MONEY TO THE WIDOW OF JAMES J. FAGAN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Beverly, in recognition of the meri- City of
torious and distinguished service of James J. Fagan, formerly a pfy money to
member of its police department, who died from sickness in- j^^^^j^
curred while in the performance of duty, and for the purpose of Fagan.
promoting the public good, may pay to his widow, Henrietta F.
Fagan, the sum of seventeen hundred and thirty-five dollars,
the remainder of the salary to which he would have been entitled
had he lived and continued to serve said city until the end of the
year nineteen hundred and twenty- two.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the board of aldermen in said city, subject to the pro- afd^rmen, etc.
visions of its charter; provided, such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved May 6, 192 4.

294

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 334, 335.

C^a». 334 An Act relative to advertising signs and devices within

PUBLIC VIEW.

Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:

Section 1. Section thirty of chapter ninety-three of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the ninth
and tenth hnes, the words "existing on said date and", by
striking out, in the tenth hne, the words "then existing" and by
inserting after the word "let" in the thirteenth line the words: —
and which contain no other advertising matter, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 30. No person, firm, association or corpo-
ration shall post, erect, display or maintain on any public way
or on private property within public \'iew from any highway,
public park or reservation any billboard or other advertising de-
vice, whether erected before August twenty-fifth, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty, or not, which advertises or calls attention to
any business, article, substance or any other thing, unless such
billboard or de\'ice conforms to the rules and regulations and
ordinances or by-laws established under the preceding section;
provided, that this section shall not apply to signs or other de-
vices erected and maintained in conformity with law and which
advertise or indicate either the person occupying the premises
in question or the business transacted thereon, or advertise the
property itself or any part thereof as for sale or to let and which
contain no other advertising matter.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of January first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-one. Approved May 6, 1924-

G. L. 93, § 30,
amended.

Certain ad-
vertising
signa, etc.,
forbidden
unless con-
forming to
regulations,
etc.

Proviso.

Time of
taking effect.

1907, 550, § 9,
etc., amended.

Chap.3S5 An Act making certain amendments to the building laws

OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section nine of chapter five hundred and fifty of
the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as amended by section
one of chapter seven hundred and eighty-two of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and fourteen, by section one of chapter three hun-
dred and fifty-two of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and
fifteen, by section one of chapter two hundred and twenty-one
of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, by sec-
tion two of chapter one hundred and seventy-nine of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen and by chapter one
hundred and twenty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
ninth and tenth lines, the words " nor to market sheds or market
buildings not exceeding the said height", and by striking out, in
the twenty-seventh line, the word "with" and inserting in place
thereof the word : — from, — so that the first paragraph will read as
buifdin"^iim°^' foUow^s: — Section 9. The building limits of the city of Boston
etc. ° ' as they now exist shall continue until changed by ordinance, and

the city council may by ordinance from time to time extend and
define them, and may establish other limits in any part of the
city within which every building built after the estabhshment

cases.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 385. 295

tliereof shall be of the first or second class. This restriction sliall Uestriction
not apply to wharves, nor to buildings not exceeding twenty- Ta certain^ ^
seven feet in height on whar\'es, nor to elevators for the storage
of coal or grain, if the external parts of such buildings, elevators
or other structures are covered with slate, tile, metal, or other
equally fireproof material, and the mode of construction and the
location thereof are approved by the commissioner. Temporary Temporary
structures to facilitate the prosecution of any authorized work structures.
may be erected under such conditions as the commissioner may
prescribe. Single and two-family dwellings not to be occupied ofsingi"''and
and not intended, arranged, or designed to be occupied, by more two-family
than two families, may be built of third-class construction or of ^"^ '°^^'
composite construction in all parts of the city of Boston not
included in the building limits of the city as they existed prior
to the twenty-second day of September in the year nineteen
hundred and thirteen; but no such building shall occupy more
than sixty per cent of the area of the lot upon which it is situated,
and all such buildings shall be constructed with pitched roofs
not less than thirty degrees from the horizontal.

Section 2. Section twelve of said chapter five hundred and ete'^ amended^'
fifty, as amended by section one of chapter three hundred and
sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, by section
two of chapter seven hundred and eighty-two of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fourteen, by section one of chapter two
hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, and by section seven of chapter four hundred and
sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is
hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new paragraph : — Whenever any building is subdivided gpaggf ^^
into stores in the first story and storage space is provided for basements of
such stores in the basement, then such storage spaces shall be ^ °'^'^^'
enclosed with partitions made of incombustible material satis-
factory to the commissioner.

Section 3. Section thirteen of said chapter five hundred and etr^'amendid^'
fifty, as amended by section three of chapter seven hundred and
eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, by sec-
tion three of chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, by chapter two hundred
and seventy-seven of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and
sixteen, by chapter one hundred and four of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen and by section eight of chapter
four hundred and sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby further amended by inserting after the
word "buildings" in the sixth line of the twentieth paragraph
the words : — , provided, that if a dormer window is in excess
of fifty per cent of the length of the roof on the side of the roof
where the dormer window is to be located, the same covering
as used on the external walls of the building may be used on the
sides and outsides of the frames of the dormer window, — so
that said paragraph will read as follows : — No material other Materials used
than brick, tile, slate, metal, asbestos shingles, or slag, shall roo*f°bS(£ngs,
hereafter be used to cover or roof any building, or the tops, ^^'^■' ''eguiated.
sides and outsides of the frames of any dormer window, or any

296 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 335.

other projection of the roof of any building, except wooden

Proviso. cornices on wooden frame buildings, pro\aded, that if a dormer

window is in excess of fifty per cent of the length of the roof on

the side of the roof where the dormer window is to be located,

the same covering as used on the external walls of the building

may be used on the sides and outsides of the frames of the

dormer window; but on flat roofs composition of asbestos and

asphalt or tar and gravel may be used, or such other composition

of fire-resisting roofing as the commissioner may authorize.

Asphalt Asphalt shingles may also be used; pro\dded, that each package

Provisos. of shingles is inspected and labelled and that the shingles are

made and laid in conformity with the regulations promulgated

by the Underwriters' Laboratories as modified from time to time

by said Laboratories; and pro\ided, further, that within the

lines at present constituting the building limits of the city of

Boston such asphalt shingles may be used only on buildings of

third class construction, and that they shall not be used within

the building limits of said city as they existed prior to September

Use of certain twcnty-sccoud, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Nothing in this

materials to scction shall be construed to prohibit the use of materials ap-

'^t^*'not°^^' proved by the commissioner for repairing any roof now covered

prohibited. with woodcu shingles or to prohibit covering with such approved

materials the roofs of buildings less than sixteen feet in height;

Proviso. provided, that the building is not altered in height or otherwise

generally reconstructed.
1907. 550. § 32. SECTION 4. Scctiou thirty-ti^'o of said chapter five hundred
etc.. amen e . ^^^j g^^^^^ ^^ amended by section five of chapter seven hundred
and eightj^-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, by
section thirteen of chapter one hundred and seventy-nine of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, by section two
of chapter sixty of the acts of nineteen himdred and twenty-one
and by section sixteen of chapter four hundred and sixty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further
amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph the follow-
ing:— The commissioner may in respect to radio towers waive
the proAisions of this section, — so that said paragraph will read
Fire protection, as follows : — Section 32. All structural metal supporting or
forming part of the frame, floors, roof or columns of any build-
ing, except as otherwase exempted in this act, shall be protected
Waiver as to against the effect of heat. The commissioner may in respect to
radio towers. ^.^^-^ towers waive the provisions of this section. And by adding
at the end of the eleventh paragraph the words: — or other
material satisfactory to the commissioner, — so that said para-
Parts of certain graph will read as follows : — In buildings of third class con-
fil^iitippe^e^c. struction the exterior walls at each floor level, and all spaces
between joists over girders and bearing partitions, and from
plate to roof boarding, shall be firestopped with masonry or metal
or other material satisfactory to the commissioner.
1907, 550. § 35, SECTION 5. Scctiou thirty-five of said chapter five hundred
etc.. amended. ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ amended by section three of chapter two hundred
and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one
and by section seventeen of chapter four hundred and sixty-two
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 335. 297

further amended by striking out, in the seventh hne of the
eleventh paragraph, the word "other" and inserting in place
thereof the word : — such, — so that said paragraph will read as
follows : — New buildings for habitation or tenement purposes Buildings of
of not more than seventeen hundred and fifty square feet area, second cia^*
may be built of second class construction with the same restric- construction.
tions as required by the preceding paragraphs of this section re-
ferring to the alteration, remodelling and enlarging of second
class buildings. The exposure required under this section shall
apply to all such buildings hereafter constructed and adapted
for habitation.

Section 6. Section forty-five of said chapter five hundred i907, 550, § 45,
and fifty, as amended by section ten of chapter seven hundred
and eighty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, by
section four of chapter three hundred and fifty-two of the Special
Acts of nineteen hundred and fifteen, by sections one and two of
chapter four hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty, by section seven of chapter two hundred and eighty-
nine, by chapter four hundred and seventy-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-one and by chapter one hundred
and thirty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four,
is hereby further amended by inserting after the word " material"
in the eleventh line, the words : — , except as hereinafter pro-
vided, — so that the first paragraph will read as follows : —
Section 1^5. Every house for habitation, except a single family staircases in
dwelling, hereafter erected more than three stories in height or etc!^'^*'^ J^o^ses,
covering an area of more than thirty-five hundred square feet
shall have a staircase designated by the commissioner, of in-
combustible material extending from the entrance to the roof
and with a pent house constructed of incombustible material.
And the said staircase shall not extend below the entrance floor
level, except as an exit to the outside and shall have no opening
into basement or cellar and shall be enclosed in walls constructed
of incombustible material, except as hereinafter provided. In
addition to the above staircase, all such buildings shall have a
staircase enclosed as described in section forty-seven. All door
openings from all stair enclosures shall have metal or metal
covered self-closing doors and metal or metal covered frames.
Pubhc halls therein shall be at least three feet wide in the clear PubUc hails
and stairs shall be at least three feet wide between the wall and certain "^^ '°
the stair rail. houses, width,

Section 7. Section sixty-five of said chapter five hundred 1907, 550, § 65,
and fifty, as amended by section fifteen of chapter two hundred «*'^' amencied.
and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "sixty"
in the ninth line the words : — , or be lighted by other means
which in the opinion of the commissioner will pro^ ide a sufficient
amount of light, — so as to read as follows : — Section 65. Public hails in
Except as otherw^ise provided in section sixty-six, in every tene- ment houses.
ment house hereafter erected, covering a superficial area of more opeSngs^orlje^
than seventeen hundred and fifty square feet, every public hall lighted by
shall have at least one window opening directly upon a street, etc.
a public alley or open passageway not less than ten feet in width,

298

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 336.

Proviso.

Separate hall,
definition.

a railroad right of way, a cemetery or a public park, or upon a
yard or court or a vent court as provided in section sixty, or be
lighted by other means which in the opinion of the commissioner
will provide a sufficient amount of light. Either such window
shall be at the end of said hall, ■with, the plane of the window
substantially at right angles to the axis of the hall, or there shall
be at least one window opening as above prescribed in every
twenty feet in length or fraction thereof of the hall; but this
provision for one window in every twenty feet of hall-way shall
not apply to that part of the entrance hall between the entrance
and the first flight of stairs, provided that the entrance door con-
tains not less than five square feet of glazed surface. At least
one of the windows provided to light each public hall shall be
at least two feet six inches wide and five feet high, measured
between the stop beads.

Any part of a hall which is shut off from any other part of said
hall by a door or doors shall be deemed a separate hall within
the meaning of this section. Approved May 6, 1924-

Sewer assess-
ments in town
of Stoneham.

Cliap.ZZ^ An Act relative to sewer assessments in the town of

STONEHAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Stoneham may de-
termine the value of the benefit or advantage to every parcel
of real estate in the town beyond the general advantage to all
real estate therein from the construction hereafter of any sewer
or extension of any existing sewer or from the doing of any
other work authorized by the provisions of chapter eighty-three
of the General Laws, and may assess on every such parcel a
proportionate share of such part, not exceeding two thirds, as
the selectmen shall deem just, of the expenses incurred by the
town for the improvements aforesaid; provided, that no assess-
ment on any parcel of real estate shall exceed the value of the
special benefit to that parcel.

Section 2. The town of Stoneham may, however, at any
town meeting after this act is accepted, vote that two thirds of
the estimated average cost of the completion or extension of the
existing sewer system or systems in said town be thereafter
assessed upon the estates benefited by said system or systems,
and in such case the selectmen of said town shall fix a uniform
rate according to the frontage of estates upon any street or way
in which a sewer is constructed or according to the area of estates
within a specified distance from such street or way or according
to both frontage and area, and shall make all assessments,
thereafter levied, in accordance with such rate, provided that
no assessment on any parcel of real estate shall exceed the value
of the special benefit to that parcel.

Section 3. The provisions of chapter eighty-three of the
General Laws, so far as they are applicable and not inconsistent
herewith, shall apply to assessments made under section one or
two of this act.

Proviso.

Same subject.

Proviso.

Certain pro-
visions ap-
plicable to
assessments,
etc.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 337, 338. 299

Section 4. This act shall, for the purpose of its submission Time of
for acceptance, take effect upon its passage and shall take full submfssion^*to
effect upon its acceptance within two years after its passage b}' ■^'otera, etc.
a majority of the voters of the town of Stoneham voting thereon
at a town meeting. Approved May 8, 1924-

An Act authorizing the county commissioners of the ni^nr) SS7

COUNTY OF BRISTOL TO ERECT NECESSARY BUILDINGS IN ^'

ATTLEBORO for the proper housing of PRISONERS AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section 1. The county commissioners of Bristol county Bristol
may erect on land leased by them in behalf of the county for ^^ionere™may
use as a county industrial farm in the city of Attleboro, such erect buildings

1 .|j. ,, ., i> ,1 1 • p in Attleboro

buildmgs as they consider necessary tor the proper housing oi for housing
prisoners and for other purposes, and may expend therefor a other^pui^oses.
sum not exceeding six thousand dollars.

Section 2. For the purpose of meeting the expenses incurred ^i^y borrow
under this act, the county commissioners of said county may ™°'^®^'
borrow from time to time, upon the credit of the county, such
simis as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, six
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes of the county
therefor. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan,
and- such loans shall be payable in not more than five years
from their dates. Such bonds or notes 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. Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall, except
as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the
General Laws.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
the county commissioners of Bristol county; provided, that fom^lsioSrl
such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty-first in the Proviso,
current year. Approved May 8, 1924.

An Act to provide for suspension of payment of assess- Qhav 338

MENTS for betterments IN CERTAIN CASES IN THE CITY
OF BROCKTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city council of the city of Brockton may in Suspension of
its discretion suspend the payment of betterments assessed upon asseSmen°8
the property of The Fletcher Webster Post No. 13 Grand Army ["""certaf^^s*^
of the Republic Department of Massachusetts, an incorporated in city of
organization of veterans of the ci\al war, and of The Brockton ^''°''^*°'i-
Society of the New Jerusalem Church, a religious corporation,
or either of them, for a public improvement resulting from the
laying out and construction of city hall square extension in said
Brockton, and upon the property of the Young Men's Hebrew

300

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 339, 340.

Suspended
assessments
not to bear
interest unless,
etc.

Association of Brockton, and of the Massachusetts Baptist Con-
vention, a reHgious corporation, or either of them, for a public
improvement resulting from the laying out and construction of
Centre street extension, now known as Legion Parkway, in said
Brockton, and may at any time thereafter in its discretion revoke
any such suspension.

Section 2. If an assessment is suspended under the pro-
visions of this act, such assessment shall not bear interest unless
and until such suspension shall be revoked, and, upon such
revocation, the assessment shall, notwithstanding such suspen-
sion, be subject thereafter to the provisions of chapter eighty
of the General Laws so far as applicable, in the same manner as
though the assessment were made at the time of such revoca-
tion.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 9, 1924-

Chap. SS9 An Act authorizing the city of lynn to borrow money

FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of repairing or rebuilding the
English High School building and equipping and furnishing the
same, the city of Lynn may borrow from time to time, within a
period of five years from the passage of this act, such sum as
may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two hundred
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which
shall bear on their face the words, Lynn English High School
Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute a
separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized
under this act unless a sum equal to an amount not less than
ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose
to be raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized. In-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as provided herein, be subject
to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso
inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter three hun-
dred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 9, 1924.

City of Lynn
may borrow
money for
school
purposes.

Lynn English
High School
Loan, Act of
1924.

C/iap. 340 An Act amending an act authorizing the town of

IPSWICH TO REFUND A PART OF ITS WATER AND ELECTRIC
LIGHT LOANS.

1924, 216, § 2,
amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section two of chapter two hundred and sixteen
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four is hereby
amended by striking out, in the fifth line, the words "electric
light" and inserting in place thereof the words: — water loan, —

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 341, 342. 301

so as to read as follows : — Section 2. For the purpose of re- Town of
funding a part of its electric light loan, the town of Ipswich is Jefund'V^rt^of
hereby authorized to cancel all of its electric light notes which jts electric
matui-e subsequent to the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
three and which are now held by said town as a part of its water
loan sinking fund, to an amount not exceeding twenty-one thou-
sand nine hundred dollars, and to issue bonds or notes to an
amount not exceeding said sum of twentj^-one thousand nine
hundred dollars, which shall bear on their face the words, Ipswich ipswich
Electric Light Refunding Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized Light^Refund-
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be o°n924 °' ■^'^*
paid in not more than ten years from their dates. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit,
but shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Ajjproved May 9, 1924.

An Act authorizing the trustees of the salem monthly (JJkij) 341
meeting of friends to discontinue the friends' bury-
ing ground in the city of peabody.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The trustees of the Salem Monthly Meeting of sakm Monthly
Friends are hereby authorized to discontinue the use for ceme- Meeting of
tery purposes of a certain tract of land in the city of Peabody, disconti^e^
known as the Friends' Burying Ground; but, before so doing, i^g'^Qroundm*
they shall exhume, and re-inter in the Friends' Burial Place in city of
the city of Salem, the remains of such bodies as have not been ^^ ° ^'
removed therefrom by relatives or friends of the deceased, within
a period of one year afier the last publication of the notice
hereinafter provided. Such notice shall be given by publishing Notice to be
a copy of this act once a week for three successive weeks in ^*^®°'
some newspaper published in the city of Peabody or Salem, and
also by mailing, postage prepaid, before the last publication as
aforesaid, such a copy to each known relative of any deceased
person whose remains are to be exhumed and re-interred by
them under authority hereof.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 9, 1924-

An Act to provide accommodations for the district court (JJkij) 342

of LOWELL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purpose of providing in the city of Middlesex
Lowell a suitable building for the district court of Lowell, and ^ssione°3"may
for other purposes incidental thereto, the county commissioners P[g^tc ^f'or'^'
of the county of Middlesex may purchase, or take by eminent district court
domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, such '^ °^^
land within said city as may in their opinion be necessary for
such purposes, may erect a building and may do all things

302

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 343, 344.

May borrow
money, etc.

Submission to
county com-
missioners.
Proviso.

necessary to furnish and equip the same and to grade the grounds
appui'tenant thereto.

Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the county commis-
sioners of said county may from time to time borrow upon the
credit of the county such sums as may be necessary, not exceed-
ing, in the aggregate, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor. Each au-
thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans
shall be payable in not more than five years from their dates.
Such bonds or notes shall be signed by the treasurer of the
county and countersigned by a majority of the county commis-
sioners. The county may sell the said securities at public or
private sale upon such terms and conditions as the county com-
missioners maj^ deem proper, but not for less than their par
value. Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall, except as herein
provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of the General Laws.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
the county commissioners of Middlesex county; provided, that
such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty-first in the
current year. Approved May 9, 1924-

Chap. 343 An Act relative to rules and regulations of the de-
partment OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN RESPECT TO CERTAIN FIRE
department EQUIPMENT.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Chapter forty-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended
by adding at the end thereof, under the heading "General
Provisions", the following new section: — Section 87. The de-
partment of public safety may make rules and regulations pro-
viding for the standardization throughout the commonwealth of
threads on fire hose couplings, fittings and hydrant outlets for
public fire protection. The state fire marshal shall prepare said
rules and regulations and submit them to the commissioner of
public safety, and they shall take effect subject to section thirty-
seven of chapter thirty when approved by said commissioner
and by the governor and council and on such dates as they may
fix. Approved May 9, 1924.

G. L. 48, new
section at end
thereof.
Rules and
regulations of
department of
public safety
as to certain
fire department
equipment.

Chap. 344: An Act to increase the rate of board of certain

CHILDREN IN THE MASSACHUSETTS HOSPITAL SCHOOL.

G. L. 121, §31,
amended.

Massachusetts
hospital school,
admission, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-one of chapter one hundred and twenty-one of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
thirteenth line, the word "four" and inserting in place thereof
the word : — six, — so as to read as follows : — Section 31 . The
trustees may, upon written application of any child entitled to
receive the benefit of said school, or upon such application by a
parent, guardian or person having the legal custody of the child,
or by any state or municipal department, board or officer having
such custody, admit such child to said school, subject to such
rules and regulations as the trustees may prescribe, and the

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 345. 303

trustees may discharge such child from the school. The charges Charges for

for the support of the children of the school who are of sufficient chfi§?en °pay-

ability to pay for the same, or have persons or kindred bound ment, etc.

by law to maintain them, shall be paid by such children, such

persons or such kindred at a rate determined by the trustees.

The board of such children as have a legal settlement in a town Board of cer-

shall be paid by the town at a rate not exceeding six dollars a ptym^t'^by"'

week, notice of the reception of the children by the trustees being *ow°-

given by them to the overseers of the poor of the town as soon

as practicable; and the tuition and board of those having no Tuition and

such settlement shall be paid by the commonwealth. The tain'^cMid^en,

trustees may receive other children having no means to pay for payment by '

tuition and support, and the tuition and board of all such children

shall be paid by the commonwealth. The attorney general and Action to

district attorneys shall upon request bring action to recover said charges, etc.

charges in the name of the state treasurer. The charges paid

by the commonwealth, or by any town, shall not be deemed to

have been paid as state or pauper aid, and no person shall be

deemed a pauper because of his inability to pay for the support

of a child in said school. The admission of a child as aforesaid ^^stody1)f

to the school shall be deemed a commitment of the child to the children by

care and custody of the commonwealth, and the trustees, with

the approval of the department, may detain the child at said ^^*®'»*^°'»-

school during its school age, or for such longer period during its

minority as in the opinion of the trustees will tend to promote

the education and welfare of the child. Approved May 9, 1924.

An Act relative to the rights of a surviving spouse in Chav. 345

THE estate of A SPOUSE DYING TESTATE IN CASES WHERE
THEY WERE LIVING APART UNDER A COURT DECREE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and nine of the General G- ^- ?°?' 5 3S,
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section thirty-five and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 35. If a court Married
having jurisdiction has entered a decree that a married woman apart from
has been deserted by her husband or is living apart from him c^rt^decree'^^'^
for justifiable cause, she may convey her real estate in the same m^y convey,
manner and with the same effect as if she were sole; and the surviving
survi\ing husband shall not be entitled under section fifteen of ^"f'^f j^.'^"*
chapter one hundred and ninety-one to waive the provisions of certain rights
a will made by her or to claim such portion of her estate as he '^fe^dying^
would take if she had died intestate, nor shall he be entitled testate.
upon her death, if she leaves a will, to his tenancy by curtesy in
her estate, as provided in section one of chapter one hundred
and eighty-nine.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and nine is hereby o. l. 209, § 36,
further amended by striking out section thirty-six and inserting amended.
in place thereof the following : — Section 36. A probate court Husband living
may upon petition of a husband or, if he is insane, of his guardian ^der court^ *
or next friend, enter a decree that said husband has been deserted conv?y™^tc
by his wife or that he is living apart from her for justifiable
cause, and he may thereafter convey his real estate in the same

304

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 346, 347.

■Surviving wife
not entitled to
certain rights
in estate of
husband
dying testate.

Certain law to
apply, etc.

manner and with the same effect as if he were sole; and the
surviving wife shall not be entitled under section fifteen of
chapter one hundred and ninety-one to waive the provisions of
a will made by him or to claim such portion of his estate as she
would take if he had died intestate, nor shall she be entitled
upon his death, if he leaves a will, to dower in his estate, as pro-
vided in section one of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine.
Section seventeen of chapter two hundred and eight shall apply
to proceedings upon such petition, so far as applicable.

Approved May 9, 1924-

Chav 346 ^ ^^'^ ^^ establish the salary of the messenger in the

OFFICE OF the DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE SUFFOLK DIS-
TRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section nineteen of chapter twelve of the General
Laws, as amended by section one of chapter two hundred and
thirty-five of the acts of nineteen himdred and twenty-one, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in the third line, the
words "sixteen hundred" and inserting in place thereof the
words : — two thousand, — so as to read as follows : — Section
19. The district attorney for the Suffolk district may appoint
a messenger, whose annual compensation shall not exceed two
thousand dollars, and, with the approval of the chief justice of
the superior court, such stenographers, telephone operators and
other office assistants as in his opinion the interests of the com-
monwealth require, whose compensation shall be fixed by said
district attorney with like approval. The compensation of any
person appointed hereunder shall be paid by Suffolk county,
and any such person may be removed by said district attorney
at his pleasure.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the city council of the city of Boston, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter; proAdded, that such acceptance occurs
prior to December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved May 9, 1924-

G. L. 12. I 19,
etc., amended.

District at-
torney for
Suffolk district,
messenger,
appointment,
salary, etc.
Other office
assistants,
appointment,
compensation,
etc.

Submission to
Boston city
council, etc.
Proviso.

C/iap. 347 An Act relative to election officers in the city of

BROCKTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. So much of section five of chapter one hundred
and ninety-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-one
as relates to ward officers in the city of Brockton is hereby re-
pealed, and the provisions of general law relative to election
officers shall hereafter apply in said city.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 9, 1924-

Election
officers in city
of Brockton.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 348.

305

ChapMS

An Act making appropriations for the maintenance of
certain counties, for interest and debt requirements,
for certain permanent improvements, and granting a
county tax for said counties.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause sub- Emergency
stantial inconvenience, therefore it is hereby declared to be an p''®'^"^ ®-
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The following sums are hereby appropriated for
the counties hereinafter specified for the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-four. No direct drafts against the account known
as the reserve fund shall be made, but transfers from this
account to other accounts may be made to meet extraor-
dinary or unforeseen expenditures upon the request of the
county commissioners and with the approval of the director of
accounts.

Section 2.

Appropriations
for main-
tenance of
certain coun-
ties, for interest
and debt re-
quirements, for
certain im-
provements,
etc.

Item
1

12
14

Barnstable County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding
fourteen thousand dollars .....

For reduction of countj' debt, a sum not exceeding
thirty-three thousand six hundred forty-four dol-
lars and twelve cents ......

For salaries of county oflficers and assistants, fixed by
law, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand five
hundred dollars ......

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars ....

For salaries and expenses of district 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 exceeding nine thousand dollars .

For criminal costs in the superior covut, a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars ....

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding three thousand dol-
lars .........

For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, 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 ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars ....

For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings, a sum not exceeding two thousand five
hundred dollars ......

For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,
other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand dollars ....

Appropriations,

$14,000 00 «*<=•• fif
' county tax,

Barnstable.
33,644 12

13,500

5,000 00

11,000

9,000 00

5,000

3,000

1,000

2,000 00

500 00

2,500

10,000

306

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 348.

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Barnstable.

Item
16

20
23

For highways, including state highways, bridges and
land damages, a sum not exceeding sixty-two thou-
sand dollars . . . . .' . . $62,000 00

For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding
six thousand dollars ...... 6,000 00

For the infirmary, a sum not exceeding forty-two

thousand dollars 42,000 00

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the
current vear, a sum not exceeding two thousand five
hundred dollars . . . . . . 2,500 00

For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding two thousand

five hundred dollars 2,500 00

And the county commissioners of Barnstable county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax of
said coimty for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of one hundred sixty-six
thousand four hundred four dollars and seventy-
four cents, to be expended, together with the cash
balance on hand and the receipts from other sources,
for the above purposes ..... $166,404 74

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Berkshire.

Berkshire County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding ten

thousand five hundred dollars .... $10,500 00

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sum not exceeding twenty-three thousand

dollars . 23,000 00

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding twelve thousand five hundred dollars . 12,500 00

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding thirty-seven thousand dollars . . 37,000 00

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,

a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars . 30,000 00

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding eleven thousand dollars . . . 11,000 00

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior

courts, a sum not exceeding seven thousand five

hundred dollars 7,500 00

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand

dollars . . . . . . . . 1,000 00

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding four thousand

five hundred dollars 4,500 00

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-

ing one thousand five hundred dollars , . . 1,500 00

14 P'or repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dol-
lars 8,000 GO

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not

exceeding twelve thousand dollars . . 12,000 00

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred

fifteen thousand dollars 115,000 00

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding one thousand

dollars 1,000 00

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding one thousand

dollars . 1,000 00

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

twelve thousand dollars . . . . . 12,000 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 348.

307

Item
20

22
23

For the sanatorium (Hampshire County), a sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars ....

For the care and maintenance of Grej'lock state reser-
vation, a sum not exceeding six thousand five hun-
dred dollars .......

For the care and maintenance of Mount Everett state
reservation, a sum not exceeding two thousand dol-
lars . . . . . . .

For pensions, a sum not exceeding eight hundred
fifty dollars .......

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the
current year, a sum not exceeding six thousand
dollars . . . . • .

For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars . . . . . . .

And the county commissioners of Berkshire 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 two hundred eighty-
one thousand forty-eight dollars and forty-six cents,
to be expended, together with the cash balance on
hand and the receipts from other sources, for the
above purposes . . . . .

Appropriations,
$500 00 etc. and

county tax,
Berkshire.

6,500 00

2,000 00
850 00

6,000 00
5,000 00

$281,048 46

12
14

Bristol County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceedmg
twenty-five thousand dollars . . . .

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding
si.xty-two thousand five hundred dollars

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by
law, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand
dollars ........

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not
exceeding fifty thousand dollars ....

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not
exceeding one hundred thousand dollars

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dol-
lars .........

For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not
exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars .

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding forty-five thousand
dollars ........

For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, 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 exceed-
ing five thousand dollars .....

For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars ........

For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,
other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not
exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars

For highways, including state highways, bridges and
land damages, a sum not exceeding sixty thousand
dollars ........

Appropriations
$25,000 00 etc.. and

county tax,

62,500 00 ^"^*°'-

38,000 00

50,000 00

100,000 00

35,000 00

45,000 00

1,000 00

12,000 00
5,000 00

20,000 00

55,000 00

60,000 00

308

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 348.

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Bristol.

Item
17

For law libraries, a sum not exceeding seven thousand

dollars $7,000 00

For training school, a sum not exceeding sixteen

thousand dollars 16,000 00

For the agricultural school, a sum not exceeding fifty

thousand dollars . . . . . . 50,000 00

For pensions, a sum not exceeding seven thousand

dollars 7,000 00

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the
current vear, a sum not exceeding two thousand
five hundred dollars 2,500 00

For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thousand

dollars . ... . . . . 10,000 00

And the county commissioners of Bristol countj^ are
hereby authorized to levy as the county tax of said
county for the current year, in the manner pro-
vided by law, the sum of five hundred sixteen thou-
sand dollars, to be expended, together with the
ca.sh balance on hand and the receipts from other
sources, for the above purposes .... $516,000 00

County of Dukes County.

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Dukes county.

1 For interest on county debt, a sum not e.xceeding two

thousand three hundred dollars ....

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

nine thousand dollars . . .

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sum not exceeding three thousand seven
hundred sixty-three dollars ....

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding seven hundred dollars ....

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding one thousand eight hundred fifty dol-
lars .........

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding six hundred fifty dollars

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding five hundred dollars . . . .

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior

courts, a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars .

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding seventy-five
dollars . . . . . . .

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars ........

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-

ing three hundred dollars . .

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars . . . . • .• . •

15 For care, fuel, light and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not
exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

laijd damages, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars .....-••

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the
current year, a sum not exceeding eight hundred
dollars ■ . •

23a For bills of the previous year, a sum not exceeding
forty-three dollars and four cents ,

$2,300 00

9,000 00

3,763 00

700 00

1,850 00

650 00

500 00

800 00

75 00

500

300

1,000 00

1,800

2,000

800 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 348.

309

Item

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding four hundred
dollars
And the county commissioners of the countj' of Dukes
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 twenty-three
thousand four hundred thirteen dollars and twenty-
six cents, to be expended, together with the cash
balance on hand and the receipts from other sources
for the above purposes .....

Essex County.

1 For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding fifty

thousand dollars . . . . . ■ .

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

one hundred sixty-three thousand dollars

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sum not exceeding fifty-one thousand dol-
lars .........

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding eighty-four thousand dollars

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding one hundred sixty-one thousand dollars .

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding sixty-seven thousand eight
hundred dollars ......

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding eighty-two thousand five hundred dol-
lars .........

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior

courts, a sum not exceeding ninety-one thousand
five hundred dollars, ......

9 For trial justices, a sum not exceeding seven thousand

dollars ........

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
two hundred dollars . .

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand
five hundred dollars ......

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-

ing thirteen thousand dollars ....

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding forty-six thousand
six hundred dollars ......

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not
exceeding sixty-seven thousand two himdred dol-
lars .........

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding two hundred
sixty-four thousand dollars ....

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding eight thousand

five hundred dollars ......

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding fifty-four

thousand dollars ......

19 For the maintenance of the independent agricultural

school, a sum not exceeding one hundred thirty-
nine thousand eight hundred dollars ^including re-
ceipts) . . . . . . _ .

19a For the equipment of the independent agricultural
school, a sum not exceeding four thousand four
hundred fifty dollars ......

Appropriations,

$400 00 county tax,

Dukes county.

$23,413 2G

Appropriations,

$.50,000 00 ^*<=- f'^f
* ' county tax,

Essex.

163,000 00

51,000 00

84,000 00

161,000 00

67,800 00

82,500 00

91,500 00
7,000 00

1,200 00

13,500 00
13,000 00

46,600 00

67,200 00

264,000 00

8,500 00

54,000 00

139,800 00
4,450 00

310

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 348.

Item

Appropriations, 22
etc., and
county tax,
Essex.

For pensions, a sum not exceeding five thousand eight

hundred dollars . . '^ . . . $.5,800 00

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the
current year, a sum not exceeding four thousand
nine hundred fortj'-three dollars and nineteen
cents . . " 4,943 19

For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thousand

dollars . . . • 10,000 00

And the county commissioners of Essex 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 nine hundred ninety-
three thousand two hundred fifty dollars, to be ex-
pended, together with the cash balance on hand
and the receipts from other sources, for the above
purposes $993,250 00

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Franklin.

Franklin County.

1 For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding five

thousand dollars $5,000 00

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

three thousand fifty dollars .... 3,050 00

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed

by law, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand

three hundred seventy-five dollars . . . 13,375 00

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding five thousand two hundred dollars . 5,200 00

5 For .salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding thirteen thousand dollars . . . 13,000 00

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding twenty-two thousand dol-
lars • . . . 22,000 00

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding four thousand dollars .... 4,000 00

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior

courts, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand five

hundred dollars 11,500 00

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding two hundred

and fifty dollars 250 00

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding two thousand

dollars 2,000 00

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-

ing one thousand five hundred dollars . . . 1,500 00

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding one thousand five

hundred dollars 1,500 00

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not

exceeding nine thousand dollars .... 9,000 00

16 For highways, including state highwaj^s, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding sixty thousand

dollars 60,000 00

16a For the examination of dams, a sum not exceeding

two thousand dollars 2,000 00

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding two thousand

two hundred dollars i 2,200 00

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

eight thousand dollars 8,000 00

1 Includes $1,000, clerk of court fees.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 348.

311

Item
20

For the sanatorium (Hampshire County), a sum. not

exceeding five thousand sixty-five dollars . . $5,065 00

For Mount Sugar Loaf state reservation, a sum not

exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars . 1,800 00

For pensions, a sum not exceeding four hundred and

eighty dollars 480 00

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the
current year, a sum not exceeding six hundred
three dollars and fifteen cents .... 603 15

For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding five thousand

dollars . . . . . . . 5,000 00

And the county commissioners of Franklin 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 forty-nine
thousand fifteen dollars, to be expended, together
with the cash balance on hand and the receipts
from other sources, for the above purposes . . $149,015 00

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Franklin.

Hampden County.

1 For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

twelve thousand dollars .....

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

seventeen thousand dollars ....

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sum not exceeding thirty-seven thousand
dollars ........

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding thirty-six thousand dollars .

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding seventy thousand dollars

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding thirty-three thousand dollars

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior

courts, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars .

9 For trial justices, a sum not exceeding eight hundred

dollars ........

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
two hundred dollars ......

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars ........

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-

ing thirteen thousand dollars ....

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars ........

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum
not exceedmg fifty-two thousand dollars

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred
fifty-five thousand dollars .....

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding seven thousand

dollars ........

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding forty thou-

sand dollars . . . . . . - .

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

thirty thousand dollars . . .

Appropriations,

$12,000 00 ^t"- f "^^

w ,^yy^ Kjyj county tax,
Hampden.

17,000 00

37,000 00
36,000 00
75,000 00

70,000 00

33,000 00

50,000 00

800 00

1,200 00

10,000 00
13,000 00

20,000 00

52,000 00

155,000 00

7,000 00

40,000 00

30,000 00

312

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 348.

Item

Appropriations, 20
etc., and
count J' tax,
Hampden.

For the sanatorium (Hampshire CountjO, a sum not
exceeding eleven thousand nine hundred sixty-nine
dollars and ninety-one cents .... $11,969 91

For Mount Tom state reservation, a sum not exceed-
ing six thousand five hundred dollars . . . 6,500 00

For pensions, a sum not exceeding five thousand five
hundred dollars 5,500 00

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the
current year, a sum not exceeding seven hundred
fifteen dollars and ninety-one cents . . . 715 91

For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thousand

dollars . . 10,000 00

And the countj^ commissioners of Hampden county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax of
said county for the current year, in the manner
provided bj'^ law, the sum of four hundred eighty-
five thousand dollars, to be expended, together
with the cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes . . . $485,000 00

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Hampshire.

Hampshire County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding two

thousand dollars $2,000 00

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

seventeen thousand dollars .... 17,000 00

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand dol-
lars • .•... 18,000 00

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not ex-

ceeding eight thousand dollars .... 8,000 00

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum

not exceeding twentj^-one thousand dollars . . 21,000 00

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand five hun-
dred dollars 18,500 00

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding eighteen thousand dollars . . . 18,000 00

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior

courts, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . 5,000 00

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand

dollars . . . . . . . 1,000 00

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding three thousand

dollars 3,000 00

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-

ing three thousand five hundred dollars . 3,500 00

13 For building county buildings, a sum not exceeding

ten thousand dollars 10,000 00

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars . . . . . . . . 5,000 00

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies m count}' buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not

exceeding twelve thousand dollars . . . 12,000 00

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred .

thousand dollars ...... 100,000 00

17 For law libraries, a sum not e.xceeding one thousand

two hundred dollars 1,200 00

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

eight thousand dollars 8,000 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 348.

313

Item

20 For the sanatorium, a sum uot exceeding four thou-

sand dollars .......

21 For Mount Tom state reservation, a sum not exceed-

ing one thousand five hundred dollars .

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-

lars .........

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding two thousand
five hundred dollars ......

2.3a For bills of previous years, a sum not exceeding four
hundred eighty-three dollars and fifty cents .

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding five thousand

dollars ........

And the county commissioners of Hampshire 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 eighty-
six thousand five hundred eighty-one dollars and
sixty-seven cents, to be expended, together with
the cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes .

.Appropriations,

^4,000 00 ^^-;-i,_

Hampshire.

1,500 00
1,000 00

2,.500 00
483 50

5,000 00

.S186,.581 67

12
14

Middlesex County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding
fifty thousand dollars .....

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding
forty-six thousand dollars .....

For salaries of count}' officers and assistants, fixed
by law, a sum not exceeding sixty-six thousand
dollars ........

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not
exceeding two hundred nine thousand dollars

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not
exceeding two hundred fifteen thousand dollars

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding one hundred forty thousand
dollars ........

For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not
exceeding two hundred twenty-five thousand dol-
lars .........

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding one hundred fifty-five
thousand dollars ......

For trial justices, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars ........

For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not e-xceeding one thousand
five hundred dollars ......

For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments
of the insane, a sum not exceeding twenty-seven
thousand dollars ......

For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-
ing twentj' thousand dollars . . .

For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings, a sum not exceeding one hundred thou-
sand dollars .......

For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,
other than jails and houses of correction, a sum no't
exceeding one hundred twenty thousand dollars

For highways, including state highways, bridges and
land damages, a sum not exceeding three hundred
fifteen thousand dollars .....

Appropriations,
$50,000 00 etc., and

county tax,
Middlesex.
46,000 00

66,000 00
209,000 00
215,000 00

140,000 00

225,000 00

155,000 00
'1,000 00

1,500 00

27,0C0 00
20,000 00

100,000 00

120,000 00

315,000 00

314

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 348.

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Middlesex.

Item

IS
19
21
22
23

For law libraries, a sum not exceeding seven thousand

dollars $7,000 00

For training school, a sum not exceeding forty-seA'en

thousand dollars . . . ' . . 47,000 00

For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

thirty-five thousand dollars .... 35,000 00

For Walden Pond state reservation, a sum not ex-
ceeding seven thousand dollars .... 7,000 00

For pensions, a sum not exceeding twenty-tAvo thou-
sand dollars . 22,000 00

For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the
current j'ear, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars . . 5,000 00

For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thousand

dollars . . 10,000 00

And the county commissioners of Middlesex county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax of
said count}' for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of one million three hun-
dred eighty-five thousand one hundred thirty dol-
lars and seventy-seven cents, to be expended, to-
gether with the cash balance on hand and the
receipts from other sources, for the above pur-

poses

$1,385,130 77

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Norfolk.

12
13

Norfolk County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

thirty thousand dollars $30,000 00

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding
thirty-one thousand two hundred two dollars and
ninetj'-four cents . . . . . 31,202 94

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by
law, a sum not exceeding thirty-two thousand dol-
lars . . 32,000 00

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding fifty-three thousand dollars . . . 53,000 00

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum

not exceeding seventy-four thousand dollars . 74,000 00

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars . . 40,000 00

For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding forty-eight thousand dollars . . . 48,000 00

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand
dollars 38,000 00

For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars ... . . . . . 2,000 00

For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of
the insane, a sum not exceeding nine thousand dol-
lars 9,000 00

For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-
ing four thousand dollars ..... 4,000 00

For building county buildings, a sum not exceeding

four thousand dollars . . . . 4,000 00

For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dol-
lars 8,000 00

For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,
other than jails and houses of correction, a sum
not exceeding fifty-one thousand dollars . . 51,000 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 348.

315

Item

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and
land damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred
seventy-five thousand dollars ....

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding nine thou-

sand dollars .......

19 For the agricultural school, a sum not exceeding

seventy-four thousand six hundred eighty dollars .

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding three thousand

five hundred dollars ......

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current ,year, a sum not exceeding six thousand five
hundred eleven dollars and four cents .
23a For unpaid bills of the previous year, a sum not ex-
ceeding six hundred seventeen dollars and seventy
cents ........

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding eight thou-

sand dollars .......

And the county commissioners of Norfolk county are
hereby authorized to levy as the county tax of said
county for the current year, in the manner pro-
vided by law, the sum of five hundred eighty-eight
thousand dollars, to be expended, together with
the cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes .

Appropriations,
etc., and

$175,000 00 "N°orf*Tk!^'''

9,000 00

74,680 00

3,500 00

6,511 04

617 70
8,000 00

$588,000 00

Plymouth County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding
twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding
forty-one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars

P''or salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed
by law, a sum not exceeding twenty-two thousand
three hundred dollars .....

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-seven thousand five hundred dol-
lars .........

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not
exceeding fortj'-six thousand five hundred dollars .

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding eighty-three thousand dollars .

For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not
exceeding forty-eight thousand dollars .

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding twenty-seven thousand
dollars ........

For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
two hundred dollars ......

For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments
of the insane, a sum not exceeding six thousand
dollars ........

For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-
ceeding three thousand five hundred dollars .

For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars .........

For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,
other than jails and houses of correction, a sum
not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars

For highways, including state highways, bridges and
land damages, a sum not exceeding one himdred
twelve thousand dollars . , . . .

Appropriations,
$22,500 00 etc., and

county tax,
Plymouth.
41,750 00

22,300 00

27,500 00
46,500 00

83,000 00
48,000 00

27,000 00

1,200 00

6,000 00
3,500 00

5,000 00

16,000 00

112,000 00

316

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 348.

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Plymouth.

Item

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding five hiindred

fifty dollars . . . . ._ . . $550 00

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding six thousand

five hundred dollars 6,500 00

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

eight thousand dollars 8,000 00

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding three thousand one

hundred fifteen dollars . . . . 3,115 00

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current 3'ear, a sum not exceeding three thousand
three hundred fifteen dollars and four cents . . 3,315 04

23a For bills of the previous year for miscellaneous and
contingent expenses, a sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars . . . ' . . . 2,000 00

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thousand

dollars 10,000 00

And the county commissioners of Plymouth county
are hereby authorized to levj' as the county tax of
said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of four hundred twenty-
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 . $425,500 00

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Worcester.

Worcester County.

For interest on countv debt, a sum not exceeding

thirteen thousand dollars $13,000 00

For reduction of countv debt, a sum not exceeding

thirty-five thousand dollars .... 35,000 00

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sum not exceeding fiftj' thousand dollars . 50,000 00

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy thousand dollars . . . 70,000 00

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not
exceeding one hundred seventeen thousand dol-
lars . . . . . . . . . 117,000 00

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding eightj' thousand dollars . 80,000 00

For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding eight}' thousand dollars . . 80,000 00

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial and superior
courts, a sum not exceeding seventj^-five thousand
dollars 75,000 00

For trial justices, a sum not exceeding one thousand

dollars 1,000 00

For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars . . . . . . . . 2,000 00

For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments
of the insane, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars 15,000 00

For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-
ing twelve thousand dollars .... 12,000 00

For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dol-
lars . . . . . . . . . 15,000 00

For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,
other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not
exceeding forty-seven thousand dollars . . 47,000 00

For highways, including state highways, bridges and
land damages, a sum not exceeding two hundred
ninety thousand five hundred dollars . . . 290,500 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 349. 317

Item

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding nine thousand Appropriations,

dollars. . . . . $9,000 00 «^Xlax.

18 lor trammg school, a sum not exceedmg twenty-two Worcester.

thousand dollars 22,000 00

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

thirty thousand dollars 30,000 00

21 For Mount Wachusett and Purgatory Chasm state

reservations, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand

five hundred dollars . . . ... . 15,500 00

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding seventeen thousand

dollars 17,000 00

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding four thousand

dollars . 4,000 00

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thousand

dollars . ' . 10,000 00

And the county commissioners of Worcester 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 seven hundred ninety-
nine thousand dollars, to be expended, together
with the cash balance on hand and the receipts
from other sources, for the above purposes . . $799,000 00

Approved May 12, 1924.

ChapM9

An Act establishing the salaries of the registers of
deeds for dukes and nantucket counties and for the
southern district of berkshire county.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section thirty-five of chapter thirty-six of the g. l. 36, §35,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the second ^"^®'^'^®'*-
fine, the word "nine" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
fifteen, — and by striking out, in the third line, the words " one
thousand" and inserting in place thereof the words: — sixteen
hundred, — so as to read as follows : — Section 35. The salaries Registers of
of the registers for Dukes and Nantucket counties shall be fifteen in Duk^,*"^^
hundred dollars each, and that of the register for the southern ^uthem^* ^"^"^
district of Berkshire county, sixteen hundred dollars. In addi- district of
tion, said registers shall receive a sum equal to twenty per cent
of the annual average gross income from all sources of their re-
spective registries for the five years next preceding January
first, nineteen hundred and twenty, and said additional amounts
shall be paid as of said date; and thereafter, in the year suc-
ceeding 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 January first in said year, and
shall be added to said salaries as of said date, provided that Proviso,
seventy per cent only of all income received after May twentieth,
nineteen hundred and twenty, shall be taken as a basis for com-
puting said average annual income.

Section 2. So much of section one of this act as provides for Submission to
increasing the salary of the register of deeds for Dukes county, ^3sioner°s™etc.
for Nantucket county and for the southern district of Berkshire

318

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 350, 351, 352.

county, respectively, shall take effect upon its acceptance, prior
to December thirty-first in the current year, by the county com-
missioners of his county. Approved May 12, 1924.

Chap. 350 An Act establishing the salaries of the clerks of the

COURTS FOR DUKES AND NANTUCKET COUNTIES.

G. L. 221. § 98,
amended.

Salaries of
clerks of the
courts for
Dukes and
Nantucket
counties.
Submission to
county com-
missioners, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section ninety-eight of chapter two hundred and
twent3'-one of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking
out, in the second line, the words " one thousand " and inserting
in place thereof the words: — fifteen hundred, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 9S. The salaries of the clerks of the courts
for Dukes and Nantucket counties shall be fifteen hundred
dollars each.

Section 2. So much of section one of this act as provides for
increasing the salary of the clerk of the courts for Dukes county
and for Nantucket county, respectively, shall take effect upon
its acceptance, prior to December thirty-first in the current year,
by the county commissioners of his county.

Approved May 12, 1924.

Chav.S51 An Act relative to certain exemptions under the income

TAX LAW.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. Section eight of chapter sixty-two of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and in-
serting in place thereof the following : — (a) One thousand dol-
lars in all of income taxable under section one and under sub-
section (a) of section five, received by a person whose total
income from all sources does not exceed one thousand dollars
during the year; but said exemption shall not be given to any
married person if the combined incomes of both husband and
wife from all sources exceed fifteen hundred dollars; provided,
however, that no tax shall be exacted upon any income taxable
under said section one and said subsection (a) which shall reduce
the total income of the taxpayer, if unmarried, below one thou-
sand dollars, or which shall reduce the combined income of
husband and wife below fifteen hundred dollars.

Section 2. This act shall apply to the taxation of all income
received during the calendar year nineteen hundred and twenty-
four and thereafter. Approved May 12, 1924.

G.L. 62. 18,
subsect. (a),
amended.

Certain
exemptions
under income
tax law.

Proviso.

To what
income ap-
plicable.

Chap.S52 An Act authorizing the city of boston to borrow and

TO RAISE BY TAXATION MONEY FOR HOSPITAL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purpose of erecting additional buildings
for the Boston City Hospital, for remodeling existing buildings
of said hospital, for the purchase of additional property for the
purposes of said hospital, or for any of said purposes, the city of
Boston may borrow, outside the statutory limit of indebtedness,

City of Boston
may borrow
and raise by
taxation
money for
hospital
purposes.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 353, 354. 319

from time to time within a period of five years from the passafje
of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, two million dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Boston City Boston City
Hospital Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall consti- Act^on924.^°'
tute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more
than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be author-
ized under this act unless a sum equal to one half of each such
authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised from
taxes or other sources of revenue or from the proceeds of in-
debtedness incurred within the statutory limit of indebtedness.
Except as herein provided, indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be subject to the laws relative to the incurring of debt by
said city.

Section 2. The said city, for the purpose of raising any sum Mayie\'y.
voted to be raised by taxation as authorized by section one of tax^ilmit^etc.
this act may levy taxes outside the tax limit for general municipal
purposes to an amount not exceeding the amount so voted.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the city council of said cit}', subject to the provisions of etc'!' ''°"'^"^'
its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved May 12, 1924.

An Act providing for the construction of a portion of nh^j^ oko

THE westerly BORDER ROAD OF WEST ROXBURY PARK- ^'
WAY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized and Metropolitan

f , T . 1 . PI 111 1 district com-

directed to construct that portion oi the westerly border road mission to
of the West Roxbury parkway from Lagrange street to a con- po^ion'of
nection with the existing parkway drive about opposite Hobson westerly border
street, and for such purpose may expend a sum not exceeding Roxbury
forty thousand dollars out of the Metropolitan Parks Mainte- p^'^''^^'^^-
nance Fund. Approved May 12, 1924.

An Act authorizing the division of metropolitan plan- Qhav 354

NING to sell certain MAPS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section six of chapter twenty -eight of the General Laws, in- g. l. 28, § 6,
serted by section one of chapter three hundred and ninety-nine ^*'^' ^"^«'»'^^'^-
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
amended by inserting after the word " necessary" in the sixteenth
line the following new sentence : — It may sell such maps or
other maps prepared by it from time to time in connection with
the work under its charge at such prices and on such conditions
as it may determine, — so as to read as follows : — Section 6. Division of
Said division shall investigate and make recommendations as to planning, *^
transportation service and facilities within the district consisting dutiS^ ^"^^
of all the cities and towns in the metropolitan sewer districts.

320

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 355.

May sell
certain maps.

State depart-
ments, etc.,
may consult
with division,
etc.

Estimates to
budget com-
missioner.
Annual report.

and the metropolitan parks district, and the co-ordination
thereof upon highways, roads, bridges, waterways, railroads,
street railways and other arteries of traffic; the manner of
effecting such co-relationship and what improvements and new
facilities should be provided for a comprehensive and co-ordi-
nated development of transportation for said district. It shall
confer with the local planning agencies in the district with regard
to such projects as are not of an exclusively local character. It
shall recommend the method of carrying into effect and financing
the projects recommended by it, and shall make such maps,
plans and estimates of cost as may be needed for its investiga-
tions and reports, and may employ such assistants therefor as
it deems necessary. It may sell such maps or other maps pre-
pared by it from time to time in connection with the work under
its charge at such prices and on such conditions as it may de-
termine. The various other departments, boards and divisions
of the commonwealth, the public trustees, respectively, of the
Boston Elevated Railway Company and of the Eastern Massa-
chusetts Street Railway Company, the street commissioners,
planning boards and other officials of cities and towns com-
prising said district, and the various public utilities operating
therein may consult with it and furnish all facts and information
requested within their knowledge or control.

The division shall annually submit to the budget commis-
sioner the estimates required by sections three and four of chapter
twenty-nine, and shall prepare and file an annual report as re-
quired by sections thirty-two and thirty-three of chapter thirty.

Approved May 12, 1924.

Chap.Z55 An Act relative to the tenure of office of the city

MESSENGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MESSENGER OF THE CITY
OF CHICOPEE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city messenger and the assistant city mes-
senger of the city of Chicopee in office at the time this act takes
effect and any person thereafter elected to fill any vacancy exist-
ing in such offices shall hold office during good behavior and
until removed by the board of aldermen in accordance with the
provisions of chapter thirty-one of "the General Laws and the
rules and regulations made thereunder relative to removals
from the classified public service. After this act takes effect,
any vacancy in the office of city messenger or assistant city
messenger in said city shall be filled by election by ballot by its
board of aldermen.

Approved May 12, 1924.

City of
Chicopee, city
messenger and
assistant city
messenger,
tenure of office.

Vacancies.

Submission to
voters, etc.

Proviso.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 356, 357. 321

An Act relative to the leasing bt state departments, QIku) 355
commissions and boards of quarters or premises out-
side of buildings owned by the commonwealth.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter eight of the General Laws is hereby amended by in- G. l. 8, new

,• Pi ,• j_ ,1 r 11 • J.* o j" section after

serting aiter section ten the loUowing new section: — bcction § lo.
10 A. When a state department, commission or board is au- Leasing by
thorized to procure quarters or to occupy premises outside of the ments, etc"! of
state house or other building owned by the commonwealth, the quarters or

,,.. .°, icii • premises out-

executive and administrative head or such department, commis- side of buiid-
sion or board shall, in the name and behalf of the commonwealth, commonwealth.
execute the lease, but no such lease shall be valid until approved
by the superintendent of buildings and the governor and council.

Approved May 12, 1924.

Chap.S57

An Act relative to the payment of state aid to certain
veterans of the world war and to certain dependent

relatives OF SUCH VETERANS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section six of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the General ^tc ^'amended'
Laws, as amended by sections one and two of chapter two hun-
dred and twenty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
sixty-fourth, sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth lines, as printed in the
General Laws, the words " ; and provided further, that such
soldier, sailor or nurse was honorably discharged from such
service by reason of illness or disability incurred therein", and
by striking out, in the eighty-ninth and ninetieth lines, as so
printed, the words "such service from injuries received or dis-
abilities or illness incurred therein" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — all enlistments or appointments in such
service, — so as to read as follows : — Section 6. The recipient Payment of
of state aid shall have a residence, and shall actually reside, in ^*^*^ ^* ' ®*°*
the town from which such aid is received, shall not receive aid
from any other town in the commonwealth or from any other
state, shall be in such needy circumstances as to require public
assistance, and, if a soldier, sailor or nurse, shall have been
honorably discharged from all appointments and enlistments in
the army or navy, shall be so far disabled, as the result of his
service in the army or navy, as to prevent him from following
his usual occupation, and shall belong to one of the following
classes :

First Class, Invalid pensioners of the United States who served First class
in the army or navy of the United States to the credit of this
commonwealth in the civil war, between April nineteenth. Civil war
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and September first, eighteen ^®''^*''®-
hundred and sixty-five; or who served in such army or navy in
the military organizations of this commonwealth known as
three months' men, ninety days' men or one hundred days' men
mustered into the service of the United States in April, May,

322

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 357.

Spanish war
service.

Philippine
Insurrection
and China
Relief Expedi-
tion service.
Proviso.

Mexican
border service.

June or July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or in April, May,
Jul^^ or August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, or who, having
their residence and actually residing in this commonwealth at
the time of their enlistment, either served to the credit of some
other state in such army or navy, between April nineteenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and March eighteenth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two, or served in such army or navy, having
been mustered into the service of the United States at some
time between May first and October first, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two, while having a residence and actually living in this
commonwealth and while a member of one of the organizations
of the volunteer militia, known as the Boston cadets, the Salem
cadets, the eighth battery of light artillery, or company B of
the seventh regiment of infantry; or who served in said navy,
being one of the persons included in the list of officers, sailors
and marines prepared by the adjutant general in accordance
with chapter fifteen of the resolves of eighteen hundred and
seventy-five and chapter eight of the resolves of eighteen hun-
dred and eighty, having been appointed or mustered into and
having served in the naval service of the United States while an
actual resident of this commonwealth; or who served in the
regular army or navy of the United States during the civil war,
having been appointed or having enlisted in said army or navy,
while a citizen of this commonwealth, having a residence and
actually residing therein;

Invalid pensioners of the United States who served in the
army or navy of the United States to the credit of this common-
wealth in the war with Spain, which for the purposes of this
chapter is defined as having begun on February fifteenth, eight-
een hundred and ninety-eight, and as having ended on August
twelfth in said year; or who served in the regular army or navy
of the United States during said war, having been appointed or
having enlisted in said army while a citizen of this common-
wealth, having a residence and actually residing therein;

Soldiers or sailors who served in the army, navy, or marine
corps of the United States in the Philippine Insurrection or the
China Relief Expedition, provided they were residents of and
actually residing in the commonwealth at the time of their en-
listment or appointment in the service, having been appointed
or having enlisted in the army, navy or marine corps after
August twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and prior
to July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, and who have been
honorably discharged therefrom.

Soldiers mustered into the military service of the United
States as part of the quota of this commonwealth called for
service on the Mexican border in nineteen hundred and sixteen,
and who are in receipt of pension or compensation from the
United States for disability or illness incurred in such service,
which for the purpose of this chapter shall be deemed to have
begun on June nineteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and
as having ended on February third, nineteen hundred and seven-
teen, having been mustered into such service while an inhabitant
of a town in this commonwealth and actually residing therein;

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 357. 323

Any soldier, sailor or nurse who served in the army or navy worid war
of the United States in the world war, which for the purposes of service.
this chapter shall be defined as having begun on February third,
nineteen hundred and seventeen, and as having ended on
November eleventh, nineteen hundred and eighteen; provided, Proviso,
that such soldier, sailor or nurse receives a pension or compen-
sation from the United States for disability incurred in such
service, and was mustered into such service while an inhabitant
of a town in the commonwealth and actually residing therein.

Second Class, Dependent relatives of invalid pensioners and Second class

, , ,. -11, J • J.I, J ] iU qualifications.

oi soldiers or sailors who served m the manner and under the
limitations described for such service under class one who did
not die in the service above defined and who were honorably
discharged therefrom, as follows:

The wives and widowed mothers of* invalid pensioners who civil war
served in the civil war, and the widows and widowed mothers ^^■■^*=®-
of soldiers or sailors dying in such service or after honorable dis-
charge therefrom;

The widows and widowed mothers of soldiers or sailors who Spanish war,
served in the war with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection or the fng^'^ectfon
China Relief Expedition dying in such service or dying after ?[f?^/^* >■_
their honorable discharge therefrom, or dying while in receipt tion service.
of a pension from the United States or of state aid from the
commonwealth, and the wife and widov/ed mother of any invalid
pensioner of the Spanish war, the Philippine Insurrection or the
China Relief Expedition service;

The widow and children under sixteen years of any person Merfcan border
who incurred disabiUty during service on the Mexican border service.
as defined in class one and has died from such disability, either
while in the service or after an honorable discharge therefrom;
provided, that only such children whose birth occurred prior to proviso,
said discharge or to January first, nineteen hundred and eighteen,
may receive such state aid;

The dependent widow, dependent widowed mother and de- World war
pendent children up to the age of sixteen of any soldier, sailor service.
or nurse who died while in such service during the world war as
defined in class one, or who shall die after an honorable discharge
from all enlistments or appointments in such service, or any
child dependent by reason of physical or mental incapacity, pro- Proviso,
vided the children were in being prior to his discharge or prior
to the termination of said war as herein defined, or any person
who stood to him in the relationship of a parent for five years
prior to such service.

There shall also be included in this class the crippled or other- Civil war and
wise helpless children, whether minors or adults, of soldiers or service. ^^"^
sailors who served in either the civil war or the war with Spain;
provided, that such children are in receipt of a pension from the
United States.

Third Class, Dependent wives, and children up to sixteen Third class
years, widows and widowed mothers of soldiers, sailors and i"ai>ficat>o«S'
nurses, entitled to state aid as defined in class one, who appear
on the rolls of their regiments or companies in the office of the
adjutant general to be missing or to have been captured by th§

324

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 358.

Fourth class
qualifications.

Fifth class
qualifications.

enemy, and who were not exchanged and have not returned
from captivity, and whom the town officers granting such aid
have good reason to beUeve to be dead.

Fourth Class, Fathers or mothers, the fathers being alive, of
soldiers or sailors who served in the war with Spain, in the
manner and under the limitations described for the service of
said invalid pensioners, and who died in such service, if such
parents were receiving aid May eighteenth, eighteen hundred
and ninety-nine.

Fathers or mothers, the fathers being alive, of soldiers or
sailors who served in the world war, in the same manner and
under the same limitations described herein for the service of
said soldiers or sailors, and who died in such service, if such
parents had been in receipt of state war allowance under chapter
one hundred and eight of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and eighteen between February third, nineteen hundred and
seventeen, and November eleventh, nineteen hundred and
eighteen. No aid shall be granted to persons in this class unless
in each case the aldermen, selectmen, or, in Boston, the soldiers'
relief commissioner, are satisfied, on evidence first reported to
the commissioner and satisfactory to him, that justice and
necessity require a continuance of the aid to prevent actual
suffering.

Fifth Class, Women who served not less than three months
as nurses in the army hospitals of the United States between
April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and September
first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, or who served not less
than three months as nurses in the army or navy hospitals of
the United States between February fifteenth, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-eight, and April twelfth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine, or who served in the world war for not less than
three months as nurses in the army or navy hospitals between
February third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and November
eleventh, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and who for three
consecutive years next prior to the date of application for aid,
shall have been actually resident in the commonwealth, and
who shall not be in receipt of an annuity from the common-
wealth, if the municipal authorities are satisfied, on evidence
first reported to and found satisfactory by the commissioner,
that the service was actually rendered and that justice and
necessity require the granting of aid. The amount of such aid
and its duration shall be determined by the commissioner.

Approved May 14, 1924.

Chap.S5S An Act relative to limited town meetings in the town

OF WATERTOWN.

1919. 205 (S),
§ 3, amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:

Section 1. Section three of chapter two hundred and five
of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen is hereby
amended by striking out, in the twenty-first line, the words
"A majority" and inserting in place thereof the words: - — Thirty
per cent, — and by adding at the end thereof the following : —

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 358. 325

Any elected town meeting member, who shall be either appointed
or elected to any office or position entitling him, under the
terms of this section, to be a town meeting member at large,
shall thereupon be such a member at large and cease to be an
elected town meeting member, thereby creating a vacancy in
the number of elected town meeting members from his pre-
cinct, — so as to read as follows : — Section 3. Any town meeting Limited town
held under the provisions of this act, except as otherwise pro- town of ^"^
vided herein, shall, at and after the first annual election held Watertown.
under this act, be limited to the voters elected under section
two together with the following, designated as town meeting Meetings
members at large; namely, any member of the general court of JertaL elected
the commonwealth from the town; the moderator, the town members.
clerk, the selectmen, the town treasurer, the town counsel, the
town collector of taxes, the town auditor, 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 commission, the chairman of the w^ater commissioners,
the tree warden, the chairman of the planning board, the chair-
man of the assessors of taxes, the chairman of the playground
commission, and the members of the finance committee. The Notice of
town clerk shall notify the town meeting members of the time meetings.
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
town meeting members, as aforesaid, shall be the judges of the
election and qualification of their members. Thirty per cent of Quorum,
the town meeting members shall constitute a quorum for doing
business ; but a less number may organize temporarily and may
adjourn from time to time. Notice of every adjourned town Notice of
meeting shall be posted by the town clerk in ten or more public ^Jet^gs'to be
places in the town, and he shall notify by mail, the members of posted, etc.
the town meeting of the adjournment 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 H^^-g"^^' *° ^^
town meetings shall be public. The town meeting members as
such shall receive no compensation. Subject to such conditions no compensa-
as may be determined- from time to time by the members of the *^''°-
limited town meeting, any voter of the town who is not a town Non-members
meeting member may speak, but he shall not vote. A town ^oTvo'te?''^ '^"*
meeting member may resign by filing a written resignation with Resignation,
the town clerk, and his resignation shall take effect on the date ^^'^'
of such filing. A town meeting member who removes from the Removal
town or from the precinct from which he was elected shall cease etc^by^'^'
to be a town meeting member. Any elected town meeting members.
member, who shall be either appointed or elected to any office membersirbe
or position entitling him, under the terms of this section, to be members at
a town meeting member at large, shall thereupon be such a cea^se to be
member at large and cease to be an elected town meeting mem- bera^'^etc""'*'
ber, thereby creating a vacancy in the number of elected town
meeting members from his precinct.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and five, as amended ^7^^^^*^^ ^^^'
in section seven by section four of chapter six hundred and amended.

326

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 359.

Vacancies in
full number of
town meeting
members, how
filled, etc.

Notice of
meeting, etc.

Choice by
ballot, etc.

Certificate of
choice, filing,
etc.

Acceptance.

thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section seven and
inserting in place thereof the following: — 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 re-
maining members of the precinct from among the voters thereof.
Notices of the vacancy shall be promptly 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 each of such members, not less than
seven daj's before the time set for the meeting, a notice specifying
the object and the time and the 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 with
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 members to judge of the election and qualifica-
tion of members as set forth in section three.

Approved May 14, 1924.

Chap.S59 An Act authorizing the town of holliston to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Town of
HolUston may
bofrow money
for school
purposes.

Holliston
School Loan,
Act of 1924.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of remodeling the present high
school building and for constructing an addition to said build-
ing, such addition to increase the floor space of said building, in-
cluding the cost of equipment and furnishings for said building
and addition, the town of Holliston may borrow from time to
time, within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not excee'ding, in the aggregate,
forty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Holliston School Loan,
Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen years
from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this
act unless a sum equal to an amount not less than ten per cent
of such authorized issue is voted for the same purpose to be
raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized. Indebted-
ness incurred under this act shall be inside the statutory limit,
but shall, except as provided herein, be subject to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws, exclusive of the proviso inserted in
section seven of said chapter by chapter three hundred and
thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 16, 1924,

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 360, 361, 362, 363. 327

An Act defining the term "annual election" as ap- pu^^ oarx

PLIED TO CITIES HOLDING THEIR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS BI- "

ENNIALLY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section seven of chapter four of the General Laws, as amended ^- ^- ^ ^ J* .

(>i p 111 1-1 •!> ^ ' amenaea.

by section one or chapter four hundred and eighty-six of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty -one, is hereby further "Annual
amended bv adding at the end thereof the following new election",
clause: — Thirty-nmth. "Annual election", as applied to mu- applied to cities
nicipal elections in cities holding such elections biennially, shall pal eiect^ns"""
mean biennial election. Approved May 16, 1924- biennially.

An Act repealing the statutory provision for a joint CJiav 361

STANDING LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON THE STATE HOUSE.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section fifteen of chapter eight of the General Laws, providing joint standing
for a joint standing legislative committee on the state house, is com^mi'ttel! on
hereby repealed. Ajjproved May 16, 1924- the statue

pensed with.

Chap.SQ2

An Act providing for the installation of an electric
lighting system on the revere beach reservation.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby directed to MetropoUtan
install an electric lighting system on the Revere beach reserva- ^^ga"onto™"
tion in the metropolitan parks district, in substitution for the j?^^*" electric
present gas lighting system. For the purpose aforesaid, said system on
commission may expend out of the Metropolitan Parks Mainte- ^servath^n.'^^
nance Fund such sum, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, as
may be hereafter appropriated; provided, that no contract for Pro\'iso.
the installation of said new system or for the furnishing of
electric current thereto shall be executed until the same has
been approved by the governor and council.

Approved May 16, 1924.

Chap.SeS

An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay a sum of

MONEY to the WIDOW OF PHILIP J. McGONAGLE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:

Section 1 . In recognition of the long and meritorious service City of
of the late Philip J. McGonagle, who served as a court officer in pay^STo^y^
the superior court for the county of Suffolk for more than ten pu^^'^T*' °^
years, and, for the purpose of promoting the public good", the McOonagie.
city of Boston may pay to Julia T. McGonagle, his widow, the
balance of the salary to which he would have been entitled had
he lived and served in said capacity until the end of the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance, by Submission to
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of etc^ '^°"'"" '
its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved May 16, 1924.

328

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 364.

G. L. 90, I 29,
etc., amended.

Motor vehicle
laws. Investi-
gators and
examiners,
appointment,
powers, duties,
etc.

Chap. 364: An Act relative to the reporting by local authorities
OF certain motor vehicle accidents.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section twenty-nine of chapter ninety of the General Laws,
as amended by section seven of chapter four hundred and sixty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word "forthwith" in the
twenty-first Une the words : — , upon blanks furnished by him, —
by striking out, in the twenty-second line, the words "serious
accident" and inserting in place thereof the words: — accident
referred to in section twenty-six, — and by striking out, in the
twenty-third and twenty-fourth lines, the words "and as a re-
sult of which a death occurs or appears likely to occur" and
inserting in place thereof the words : — together with such further
information relative to such accident as the registrar may re-
quire,— so as to read as follows: — Section 29. The registrar
shall appoint competent persons to act as investigators and
examiners, may remove them for cause, and may determine
their compensation and terms of service and define their duties.
Said inspectors and examiners, with respect to the enforcement
of the laws relating to motor vehicles, shall have and exercise
throughout the commonwealth all the powers of constables,
except the service of civil process, and of police officers, including
the power to arrest any person who violates any provision of
this chapter, and they may serve all processes lawfully issued
by the courts, the division or the registrar. The registrar may
investigate the cause of any accident in which any motor vehicle
is involved, and for this purpose may send his investigators into
other states. The selectmen of any town and the mayor of any
city of less than one hundred thousand inhabitants where there
is no police commission or police commissioner, and the police
commission or police commissioner, when such exist, of any such
city, may appoint special constables, who shall. serve without
cost to such city or town and who shall have all the powers of
police officers and constables in relation to the enforcement of
all laws and regulations concerning motor vehicles. The chief
officer of the police department of every city and town and the
chairman of the selectmen of such towns as have no regular
police department shall notify the registrar forthwith, upon
blanks furnished by him, of the particulars of every accident
referred to in section twenty-six which happens within the limits
of hie city or town in which a motor vehicle is involved, together
with such further information relative to such accident as the
registrar may require, and shall also, if possible, ascertain the
name of the person operating such vehicle and notify the registrar
of the same. Every such officer, upon the request of the registrar,
shall demand forthwith the license of any operator and the
certificate of registration and number plates of any motor
vehicle situated within the city or town where such officer re-
sides when said license or certificate has been suspended or re-

Special
constables to
enforce motor
vehicle laws,
etc.

Reporting by
local authori-
ties of certain
motor vehicle
accidents.

To demand

license,

certificate,

etc., upon

suspension or

revocation

thereof.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 365, 366. 329

voked by the registrar, and shall forward the same to the regis-
trar. Whenever the death of any person results from an^^ such Suspension
accident, the registrar shall suspend forthwith the license of the onicense'fn*""
person operating the motor vehicle involved in said accident, acdd^nts*^'
and shall order the said license to be delivered to him; and the
registrar shall revoke the same unless, upon investigation or
after a hearing, he determines that the accident occurred without
serious fault upon the part of the operator or chauffeur of such
motor vehicle. No operator whose license is revoked under this Renewal of
section shall be licensed again within six months after the date revoked for
of the suspension, nor thereafter except in the discretion of the ^•'"•^^'i*^' et".
registrar. Approved May 16, 1924-

An Act authorizing the town of Dartmouth to pay a (JJiav 365

CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY TO THE WIDOW OF BENJAMIN J.
POTTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The town of Dartmouth, in recognition of the Town of
meritorious and distinguished service of Benjamin J. Potter, Say pay*^
formerly clerk and treasurer of said town, and for the purpose ™oiey to
of promoting the public good, may pa}^ to his widow, Ruth Benjamin
Potter, the sum of eight hundred and thirty -three dollars and ^' ^°**'®'-
thirty-four cents, the remainder of the salary to which he would
have been entitled had he lived and continued to serve said
town until March third in the current year.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
a majority of the voters of said town voting thereon at its next ^° ^"' ^ "'
annual meeting or by a two thirds vote of the voters of said
town voting thereon at a special meeting duly called, but for
the purpose of its submission as aforesaid, it shall take effect
upon its passage. Approved May IG, 1924-

An Act authorizing the city of lowell to pay an annuity Chav.SQQ

to the widow of EDWARD J. P. CUNNINGHAM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . The city of Lowell may pay in equal monthly in- City of Lowell
stalments to the widow of Edward J. P. Cunningham, a former ^^ufty^to
captain in its fire department who was killed while in the per- ?^j^°^ ?^
formance of his duty, an annuity not to exceed fi\-e hundred Cunmingham'.
dollars. Such annuity shall terminate upon the remarriage of
the annuitant.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of ef/ *'°'^"''
its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved May 16, 1924.

330

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 367, 368, 369.

Compilation
of a record of
Massachusetts
men who
died in military
or naval
service during
world war.

C hap. S67 An Act relative to the compilation of a record of

MASSACHUSETTS MEN WHO DIED IN THE MILITARY OR NAVAL
SERVICE DURING THE WORLD WAR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The special commission to provide for the prepa-
ration of a suitable history of Massachusetts' part in the world
war, established under authority of chapter four hundred and
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
directed to compile an appropriate record of Massachusetts men
who died during the world war while in the military or naval
service of the United States of America or of the commonwealth
of Massachusetts or in the militarj^ or naval forces of any foreign
power associated with the United States of America in the world
war. Said record shall be known as the Gold Star Record of
Massachusetts in the World War. It shall be in sufficient detail
to establish the identity of each such deceased soldier, sailor or
marine and to enable a reasonable estimate to be made of the
service rendered by him to the commonwealth and shall set
forth among other things his service record, residence, birth-
place, age of entry into service and his nearest relatives. The
manuscript for said report shall be completed on or before July
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six.

Section 2. For the purpose of meeting the expenditures au-
thorized by this act, the said commission may expend such
sums, not exceeding ten thousand dollars in the aggregate, as
the general court may from time to time appropriate, in addi-
tion to any sum which already has or may hereafter be appro-
priated for the use of said commission.

Approved May 16, 1924-

Manuscript
for report,
when to be
completed.

Expenditures.

C/iap.368 An Act providing for the further improvement of the

AIRCRAFT LANDING FIELD IN EAST BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Improvement The division of waterways and public lands of the depart-
fanding field in mcut of public works is hereby authorized and directed to ex-
East Boston, pend for the grading and filling of additional land at the aircraft
landing field in East Boston, such sum not exceeding nine thou-
sand dollars as ma\^ hereafter be appropriated therefor.

Approved May 16, 1924.

Chap. 369 An Act to provide for a larger appropriation for the

FINANCE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty of chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and nine, as amended by chapter
eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in the fifth and tenth
lines, the word "thirty-five" and inserting in place thereof in
each instance the word : — forty-five, — so as to read as fol-

1909, 486, § 20,
etc., amended.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 370, 371. 331

lows : — Section 20. The said commission is authorized to era- Finance oom-
ploy such experts, counsel, and other assistants, and to incur Cf'loston *^' ^
such other expenses as it may deem necessary, and the same ™g,^tlnfiand
shall be paid by said city upon requisition by the commission, incur expenses.
not exceeding in the aggregate in any year the sum of forty-five
thousand dollars, or such additional sums as may be appro-
priated for the purpose by the city council and approved by the
mayor. A sum sufficient to cover the salary of the chairman of Appropriation
the commission and the further sum of at least forty-five thou-
sand dollars to meet the expenses as aforesaid each year shall
be appropriated b}^ said city. The commission shall have the incurring
same right to incur expenses in anticipation of its appropriation |n?fc^ptVon of
as if it were a regular department of said city. appropriation.

Approved May 16, 192 4.

An Act to provide for the construction of a roadway Chap. S70

FROM RIVER STREET TO REGENT STREET IN THE HYDE PARK
DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby directed to Metropolitan
construct a roadway in the Neponset river parkway on land mfsaTonto"^"
now owned by the commonwealth from River street to Regent construct
street in the Hyde Park district of the city of Boston, and said Hyde Park
commission may expend therefor such sum not exceeding ten Boston."*
thousand dollars as may hereafter be appropriated, to be paid
from the Metropolitan Parks Maintenance Fund, Boulevards.

Approved May 16, 1924-

An Act relative to payments to the families of police- Chap. 371

MEN killed, or DYING FROM INJURIES RECEIVED, WHILE ON
DUTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eighty-seven of chapter thirty-two of the General ^^ ^amended'
Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and seventy-eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further
amended by striking out, in the tenth line, the words " one thou-
sand" and inserting in place thereof the words: — twenty-five
hundred, — and by inserting after the word "widow" in the
thirteenth line the words : — , and if there is no widow or minor
child, to the use of the next of kin, if dependent upon such de-
ceased person for support, — so as to read as follows : — Section Payments to
87. If a policeman in a regularly organized police department poTcemerf
of a city or town, or a member of the department of public tilled, or dying
safety doing police duty is killed, or dies within six months from received,
injuries received, while in the performance 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 payment
as hereinafter provided, there shall be paid to his executor or
administrator the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for the
use equally of his widow and minor children; or if there are

332

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 372, 373, 374.

Payment to
next of kin,
when.

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 upon such de-
ceased person for support. A child of full age dependent upon
such policeman for support shall be regarded as a minor child.
Payment shall be made by the treasurer of the city or town con-
cerned, 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.

Approved May SO, 1924.

Chap. Z72 An Act to establish the salary of the sheriff of nan-
tucket COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter thirty-seven of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section nineteen and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 19. The sheriff of
Suffolk county shall receive from the county a salary of three
thousand dollars. The sheriffs of Dukes and Nantucket counties
shall receive from their respective counties salaries of three
hundred and five hundred dollars, respectively, and may like-
wise retain to their own use the fees received by them for service
of process.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
the county commissioners of Nantucket county; provided, that
such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty-first in the
current year. Approved May 20, 1924-

G. L. 37. § 19,
amended.

Sheriffs'
salaries.
Suffolk.
Dukes and
Nantucket.

Submission to
Nantucket
county com-
missioners.

Proviso.

Chap. 37 S An Act establishing the salary of the present chaplain

of the MASSACHUSETTS REFORMATORY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The salary of Robert Walker as chaplain of the
Massachusetts reformatory shall be three thousand dollars.

Section 2. This act shall not take effect until a sufficient
appropriation therefor is made at the current session of the gen-
eral court, and then as of June first in the current year.

Approved May 20, 1924-

Salary of

present

chaplain of

Massachusetts

reformatory.

When to take

effect.

C/iap.374 An Act authorizing the agawam cemetery association
to acquire certain land in the town of agawam for
cemetery purposes and validating certain acts of said
association.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Agawam Cemetery Association may take
by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General
Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold and main-
tain for the purposes of its organization, all or any part of the
tract hereinafter described, whether owned by the town of
Agawam or by individuals, subject however to the right of an
owner of any lot in said tract and any member of his family en-

Agawam
Cemetery
Association
may acquire
certain land
in town of
Agawam for
cemetery
purposes.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 375. 333

titled thereto by law, or any grantee of burial rights therein,
to burial in said lot and to maintain the same and to access
thereto by such way or path or in like manner as heretofore.
The aforesaid tract is bounded and described as follows : — Be- Boundaries,
ginning at a stone bound in the westerly line of Main street at ******
land of the heirs of Edward K. Bodurtha and running thence
southerly eighteen degrees, seventeen minutes and thirty seconds
west along the westerly line of said Main street, two hundred
and ninety-four and eighty-five one hundredths feet to land of
Phillips; thence northerly eighty degrees, forty-four minutes
and thirty seconds west on land of said Phillips, forty-seven and
thirty-three one hundredths feet to a stone bound; thence con-
tinuing on said last named land north eighty-six degrees and
eight minutes west, two hundred and fifty-nine and fifty-five
one hundredths feet to a stone bound; thence continuing on
said last named land northerly sixty-nine degrees, forty-five
minutes and thirty seconds west one hundred seventy-seven and
forty-seven one hundredths feet to a stone bound at land of
the heirs of said Bodurtha ; thence on said last named land north
thirty degrees, thirty-seven minutes east, one hundred fifty-five
and fifty one hundredths feet to a stone bound; thence on said
last named land northerly eighty-four degrees, elev^en minutes
east, five hundred sixty-three and eighty-six one hundredths
feet to a stone bound at the place of beginning.

Section 2. After said tract or any part thereof has been VaUdation of
taken or otherwise acquired by said cemetery association under '^^^^^^^ '^°*^-
authority of section one, all contracts heretofore made by it for
the care and maintenance or the perpetual care of lots therein,
if otherwise valid, shall be valid and binding upon it to the same
extent as if it had owned said tract or part thereof at the time
of making such contracts. Approved May 20, 19:24.

An Act providing for the appointment of a special judge ni^fj^ 07c

OF probate for the county of MIDDLESEX. "*

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section three of chapter two hundred and seventeen of the g. l. 217, § 3.
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the second amended.
line, the word "and" and inserting in place thereof a comma,
and by inserting in the same line after the word "Hampden"
the words : — and Middlesex, — and by striking out, in the
thirteenth line, the words "state auditor" and inserting in place
thereof the word : — comptroller, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 3. There shall be a special judge of probate and insol- Special
vency in each of the counties of Berkshire, Franldin, Hampshire, p^obale, ap-
Hampden and Middlesex, who may perform the duties of the powew^duties
judge of probate in the county for which he is appointed, in cases etc.
of vacancy in office, sickness, disability on account of interest
of such judge, or whenever the judge in a writing filed with the
register requests the special judge to perform his duties; or, in
case of the absence of the judge from the county, whenever the
register, in a writing certifying such absence, shall so request.

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Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 376, 377.

The register shall certify upon the records of the court the num-
ber of days, the dates upon which, and the occasions for which,
the duties of the judge are performed by the special judge; and
when the occasion is that of sickness, absence from the county,
interest or other legal disqualification, or vacancy in office, he
shall certify the same to the comptroller.

Approved May 20, 1924.

Chap.S7Q An Act relative to compensation of judges of probate

FOR SERVICE RENDERED OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN COUNTIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section forty of chapter two hundred and seventeen of the
General Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and eighty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the fourth line, the word
"fifteen" and inserting in place thereof the word: — twenty-
five, — so as to read as follows : — Section 40. A judge perform-
ing any duty under section eight shall receive from the common-
wealth, in addition to the amount otherwise allowed him by
law, twenty-five dollars for each day that he performs such duties,
and shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth for his traveling
expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of such duties.

Approved May 20, 1924.

G. L. 217, § 40,
etc., amended.

Compensation
of judges of
probate for
service

rendered out-
side their own
counties.

Chav. S77 An Act to change the time of holding the annual meet-

ING OF THE TOWN OF WALPOLE, TO ENLARGE THE POWERS
AND DUTIES OF THE SELECTMEN, TO ABOLISH CERTAIN OFFICES
AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF TOWN AFFAIRS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Town of
Walpole,
annual town
meeting, time
of holding,
adjournments,
etc.

ANNUAL TOWTSI MEETING.

Section 1. The annual town meeting of the town of Walpole
shall be held on the third Monday of January, beginning with
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five. All matters to be
considered at the annual town meeting, except the election of
ofl[icers and other matters required by law to be determined by
ballot, shall be considered at an adjournment thereof, to be held
on the second Monday of February following 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 following Monday
at haK past seven o'clock in the evening. Any further adjourn-
ments shall be in accordance with general law.

Selectmen,
election,
terms,
vacancies.

SELECTMEN, ELECTION, TERMS, VACANCIES.

Section 2. At the first annual meeting following the accep-
tance of this act and annually thereafter, the voters shall elect
by ballot five selectmen who shall serve until their successors
are elected and qualified. If a vacancy or vacancies occur in

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 377. 336

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 next annual
meeting and at least three selectmen remain in office, such
vacancy or vacancies shall remain unfilled until such annual
meeting.

SELECTMEN TO BE LAWFUL SUCCESSORS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

Section 3. Upon the election and qualification of the select- ?®'f°^®,'^ *"
men as provided in section two, all the powers, rights, duties successors of
and liabilities conferred or imposed by law upon the water com- '=^'"**"^ officers,
missioners, park commissioners, surveyors of highways, over-
seers of the poor, board of health and tree warden shall be trans-
ferred to and conferred and imposed upon the selectmen, subject
to the provisions of this act, and the said offices shall be abolished.

The aforesaid transfer of rights, powers, duties and liabilities Liabilities,
shall not affect any liability incurred, contract made, fine, special not*affec1;ed**'"
assessment, rate, penalty, forfeiture or tax imposed before such
transfer, nor any suit or other proceeding pending, and the select-
men shall in all respects and for all purposes whatsoever be the
lawful successors of the officers and boards whose powers and
duties are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed upon
them.

town clerk.

Section 4. The selectmen shall appoint, as soon as practi- Town clerk,
cable, a person suitably qualified to the office of town clerk. power°!dut^M.
The existing elective office of town clerk shall be continued until *erm, etc.
the person appointed to said office of town clerk shall have
qualified, at which time the elective office of town clerk shall
cease and determine. The town clerk shall enjoy all the powers
and rights and be subject to all the duties and liabilities which
are now or may hereafter be conferred or imposed by law upon
town clerks. He shall hold office during the pleasure of the
selectmen and shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his
duties by the chairman of the selectmen or by a justice of the
peace.

town accountant.

Section 5. The selectmen elected as provided in section two Town account-
shall appoint, as soon as practicable, a person suitably qualified ment* mwws
to the office of town accountant, who shall enjoy all the powers duties, term, '
and rights and be subject to all the duties and liabilities which
are now or may hereafter be conferred or imposed by law upon
town accountants. Said officer shall hold office for three years
from the date of his appointment and until his successor is
qualified, except as is herein otherwise provided. He shall be
sworn to the faithful performance of his duties by the chairman
of the selectmen or by a justice of the peace. In case of a vacancy vacancy.
in said office of town accountant the selectmen forthwith shall
fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. The offices of town Same person
clerk and town accountant may be held by the same person. d^k^'and't^wn

accountant.

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Acts, 1924. — Chap. 377.

Board of relief,
appointment,'
term, powers,
duties, etc.

BOARD OF RELIEF.

Section 6. The selectmen shall appoint a board of three
persons, to be known as the board of relief, who shall be resi-
dents of the town and, except as hereinafter provided, shall hold
no elective office in the town. The members of said board shall
hold office at the pleasure of the selectmen, and subject to the
direction and supervision of the selectmen shall exercise the
powers and perform the duties of overseers of the poor of said
town. The selectmen may appoint one or more of their own
number as a member or members of said board of relief.

Town counsel,
appointment
and salary.

Selectmen to
prosecute,
defend, etc.,
litigation.
Special counsel,

Execution of
deeds, etc.

LEGAL AFFAIRS.

Section 7. The selectmen shall annually appoint an attorney-
at-law to act as town counsel, who shall be paid such salary as
the town may by vote determine.

The selectmen shall have authority to prosecute, 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 necessity therefor arises.

Whenever it shall be necessarj^ to execute any deed conveying
land, or any other instrument required to carry into effect any
vote of the town, the same shall be executed by the treasurer
on behalf of the town unless the town shall vote otherwise.

Town engineer,
appointment,
term, powers,
duties.

Bond.

Town engineer,
powers and
duties.

TOWN engineer, APPOINTMENT, TERM, POWERS, DUTIES.

Section 8. The selectmen shall appoint, as soon as practi-
cable, a town engineer who, except as provided otherwise in this
act, 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. The
town engineer 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 and experience to
perform the duties of said office. He shall be appointed without
regard to his political belief, and he may or may not, when ap-
pointed, be a resident of the town or state. He shall be re-
sponsible for the efficient administration of all departments under
his control. Before entering upon the duties of his oflSce, the
town engineer shall be sworn to the faithful and impartial per-
formance thereof by the chairman of the selectmen, or by the
town clerk or by a justice of the peace. He shall execute a
surety company bond in favor of the town for the faithful per-
formance of his duties in such sum as may be fixed by the
selectmen.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWN ENGINEER.

Section 9. The powers and duties of the town engineer shall
include the following:

To organize, continue or discontinue such divisions or depart-
ments from time to time as may be determined by vote of the
selectmen, or, in the absence of such vote, as he shall determine
to be required for the efficient conduct of his oflRce.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 377. 337

To appoint upon merit and fitness alone and, except as herein Town engineer,
otherwise provided, to remove all superintendents or chiefs of duS*'^^
departments and all subordinate officers and employees in such
departments, and to fix all salaries and wages of all subordinates
and employees, subject to law. Superintendents or chiefs of
departments shall be removed by the town engineer only upon
five days' notice in writing which shall state the cause of such
removal.

To exercise control over all such departments or divisions
created, or that may hereafter be created and made subject to
his supervision.

To attend all regular meetings of the selectmen, and to recom-
mend to the selectmen for adoption such measures requiring
action by them or by the town as he may deem necessary or
expedient.

To keep full and complete records of the doings 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 reports for publication.

To keep the selectmen fully advised as to the needs of the
town within the scope of his duties, and to furnish the selectmen
on or before the thirty-first day of December of each year with
a detailed list in writing of the appropriations required during
the next fiscal year for the proper conduct of all departments of
the town under his control.

Except as provided in section fifteen, to keep in repair all the
town buildings, under the supervision of the selectmen.

Except as pro\'ided in section fifteen, to purchase all supplies
and materials for all departments of the town under control of
the selectmen. He shall, however, purchase educational supplies
upon the request of the school committee accompanied by a
proper requisition therefor.

To administer the health regulations of the town as required
by the by-laws, or as made by the selectmen, in addition to
those provided by statute, either directly or through a person
appointed by him, to be designated as the health officer, and
who under the supervision of the selectmen shall exercise the
powers and perform the duties of a board of health.

Subject to the approval of the state department of conserva-
tion, to act as local superintendent for the suppression of gypsy
and brown tail moths with the powers and duties now or here-
after provided by law with respect to said office.

To perform such other duties, consistent with his office, as
may be required of him by the by-laws of the town or by vote
of the selectmen.

EXAMINATION OF THE CONDUCT OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS AND

OFFICERS.

Section 10. The town engineer may without notice cause Examination
the affairs of any division or department under his control, or certafn depart-
the conduct of any officer or employee thereof, to be examined, ^^ent? and
The town engineer or any person or persons appointed by him

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Acts, 1924. — Chap. 377.

to examine the affairs of any such department or the conduct of
any such officer or employee shall have the same power to com-
pel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and
papers and other e\adence, and to cause the witnesses to be
sworn and to be punished for contempt as is conferred by law
upon the selectmen. The town engineer shall have access to all
town books and papers for information necessary for the proper
performance of his duties.

REMOVAL OF TOWN ENGINEER.

Removal of
town engineer.

Section 11. The selectmen, by a majority vote, may remove
the town engineer by filing a written statement with the town
clerk setting forth in detail the specific reasons for his removal,
a copy of which statement shall be delivered to the town engineer.
Such removal shall not take effect until the expiration of five
days from the filing of such statement with the town clerk; but
if so recited in the statement the town engineer shall be sus-
Pubiic hearing, pendcd from officc forthwith. If the town engineer so requests
within said five day period, a public hearing shall be given to
him by the selectmen, and in such event the removal of the
town engineer shall not take effect until a WTitten decision fol-
lowing the hearing and providing for removal shall have been
filed with the town clerk. Such decision by a majority of the
selectmen shall be final.

Vacancy in
oflSce of town
engineer.

VACANCY.

Section 12. Any vacancy in the office of town engineer shall
be filled as soon as possible by the selectmen. Pending the ap-
pointment of a town engineer or the filling of any vacancy, the
selectmen may appoint a person to perform temporarily the
duties of the office.

Police depart-
ment, estab-
lishment, etc.

Police officers,
removal, tenure
of office, etc.

Hearing before
removal.

Chief of police
to be in control,
etc.

Regulations.

POLICE DEPARTMENT.

Section 13. The board of selectmen shall establish a police
department as herein provided. They shall appoint a chief of
police and such other police officers as they may deem necessary,
and shall fix their compensation.

Police officers may be removed at pleasure by the selectmen,
except that the tenure of office of police officers including the
chief of police shall, after they have ser^'ed three continuous
years, continue during good beha\aor as long as they are able
to perform the duties of their office and such officers shall not
be removed except after a hearing by the selectmen on written
charges, a copy of which shall be .furnished to them not less
than seven days prior to the hearing.

The chief of police shall be in immediate control of all town
property used by the police department, and of the police officers
who shall obey his orders.

The selectmen shall make suitable regulations governing the
organization of the police department and the officers thereof.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 377. 339

CONSTABLES.

Section 14. The selectmen shall annually In February, be- Constabiea,
ginning with the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five, appoint terms^lto!''*'
three constables, each for the term of one year from the following
first day of March; and may at any time appoint as many addi-
tional constables as, in their opinion, may be necessary, who
shall hold office at the pleasure of the selectmen. Upon the
qualification of constables appointed for fixed terms under the
provisions of this section, the existing elective offices of constables
shall terminate.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Section 15. The selectmen shall establish, as herein pro- Fire depart-
vided, a fire department to be under the control of an officer to ifshment^^e'Tc.
be known as the chief of the fire department. The chief shall chief, appoint-
be appointed by the selectmen and shall hold office during good ^lary.^powers,
behavior, and shall receive such salary as the selectmen may duties, etc.
from tim.e to time determine, not exceeding 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 extinguishing fires in the town and the protection
of life and property in case of fire. Subject to the approval of
the selectmen and except as provided in section nine, he shall
purchase 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 fire engineers in towns except as herein provided
and shall appoint a deputy chief and such officers and firemen To appoint
as he may think necessary, subject to the approval of the select- efc!"*^ ° ^ '
men, and may remove the same at any time for cause and after
a hearing. Except as otherwise provided herein, he shall have To have full
full and absolute authority in the administration of the depart- ^"*^°"*y' ele-
ment, 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 with his recommendations 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 may from time to time prescribe. The To act as forest
chief shall act as forest warden and shall have authority to ap- '^*'''^®'*' ®*"'-
point deputy wardens and fix their compensation, subject to the
approval of the selectmen.

salaries.

Section 16. The town engineer, the town clerk and the town Salaries of
accountant shall each receive such salary subject to the appro- H^a cfefk Imd
priation available therefor as may be fixed by the selectmen, ♦■o^n account-
unless otherwise .specifically voted by the town.

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Acts, 1924. —Chap. 377.

CERTAIN TOWN OFFICERS NOT TO MAKE CONTRACTS WITH THE

TOWN, ETC.

Certain town SECTION 17. It shall be Unlawful for any selectman, any
make contracts asscssor, the treasurer, the collector of taxes, the town engineer,
wth the town, ^^y member of the school committee, any trustee of the public
library, any member of the planning board or any other elective
or appointive official except as otherwise provided by law, di-
rectly 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 corpo-
ration making or performing such a contract, 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 writing 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
contract on behalf of the town, the contract may be made by
another officer or person of the town duly authorized thereto
abi°*'^^tc* ^°''^' ^y ^^^® °^ ^^® town. A violation of any provision of this section
shall render the contract in respect to which such violation occurs
Penalty. 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 imprisonment for not more
than one year, or both.

Submission of
act to voters,
etc.

Vote, how
taken.

When act takes
effect.

Certain
appointees to
continue to
draw com-
pensation, etc.

SUBMISSION OF ACT AND TIME OF TAKING EFFECT.

Section 18. This act shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of the town of Walpole for acceptance at a special election
which shall be called by the selectmen on or before December
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

The vote shall be taken by ballot in answer to the following
question, which shall be printed on the official ballot: "Shall
an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, entitled ' An Act to change the time of holding
the annual meeting of the town of Walpole, to enlarge the powers
and duties of the selectmen, to abolish certain offices and to
provide for the administration of town affairs' be accepted"?
If this act shall be so accepted by a majority of the qualified
voters voting thereon, it shall take effect for the purposes of the
next annual meeting, which shall be held on the third Monday
of January in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and
for all things that pertain to said election, and shall take full
effect upon the election and qualification of the selectmen, except
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, au-
thority and jurisdiction as theretofore until other pro^^sion is
made.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 377. 341

DUTIES OF CERTAIN TOWN OFFICIALS RELATIVE TO THE FIRST
ANNUAL ELECTION AFTER ACCEPTANCE.

Section 19. It shall be the duty of the selectmen and the Duties of
town clerk in office and any other town official upon whom by officta?s*reTative
reason of his office a duty devolves by the provisions of this act, *°ef[f*n^after'
when this act is accepted by the qualified voters as herein pro- acceptance.
vided, to comply with all the requirements of this act relating
to elections, to the end that all things may be done necessary
for the nomination and election of the officers first to be elected
under this act.

BY-LAWS, RULES, ETC.

Section 20. All laws, by-laws, rules and regulations in force By-iaws, rules,
in the town of Walpole when this act takes effect, not incon- ®*°-
sistent with its provisions, whether enacted by authority of the
town or any other authority, shall continue in full force and
effect until 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 Walpole, are hereby repealed and annulled, but such
repeal shall not revive any pre-existing enactment.

REVOCATION OF ACCEPTANCE.

Section 21. At any time after the expiration of four years Revocation of
and within six years from the date on which this act is accepted, ^^'^^p^^^'^^-
and not less than ninety days before the date of an annual
meeting, a petition, signed by not less than twenty 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 fihng of the petition, but not between the first
day of June and the first Tuesday of September, both dates in-
clusive. At such meeting the vote shall be taken in answer to votR, how
the following question which shall be printed on the official '^*'*^®'^'
ballot: "Shall the acceptance by the town of Walpole of an act
passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, entitled ' An Act to change the time of holding the
annual meeting of the town of Walpole, to enlarge the powers
and duties of the selectmen, to abolish certain offices and to pro-
vide for the administration of town affairs' be revoked"? If When act
such revocation is favored by a majority of the voters voting
thereon by ballot, the acceptance of this act shall be revoked
and this act shall become null and void beginning with the annual
town meeting next following such vote, which meeting shall be
held at such time, in conformity with general law, as may be
determined by vote of the town ; provided, that all town officers Proviso,
holding office under this act shall continue to hold office until
their successors have been duly qualified. The said revocation Revocation not
shall not affect any contract then existing or any action at law tractsT'etc."'^'

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Certain re-

f)ealed special
aws to be re-
vived, etc.
By-laws not to
be affected,
etc.

or suit in equity or other proceeding then pending. Any special
laws relative to said town which are repealed by this act shall
be revived by such revocation. Any by-law in force when such
revocation takes effect, so far as consistent with general laws
respecting town government and town officers and with said
special laws, shall not be affected thereby.

Effect of
passage of act.

EFFECT OF PASSAGE.

Section 22. So much of this act as authorizes the submission
of the question of its acceptance to the qualified voters of said
town shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 20, 1924.

Pension to
Charles P.
Lebon by city
of Boston.

Chap. Z7S An Act relative to the pension paid to charles p. lebon

BY THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Boston may pay Charles P. Lebon,
for thirty-five years a public school teacher in its employ and
retired on September first, nineteen hundred and twenty-two,
an annual pension of twelve hundred dollars in addition to that
now received by him under chapter five hundred and eighty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, thereby making
his total pension approximately equal in amount to the sum
which he would have received if he had been retired under the
Boston retirement act of nineteen hundred and twenty-two.

Approved May 20, 1924.

Submission to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.

Chav.379 ^^ Act to require persons conducting certain public

PARKING PLACES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON TO KEEP RECORDS
OF CARS PARKED THEREIN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter ninety of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out section thirty-two and inserting in place thereof the
following : — Section 32. Every manufacturer of and dealer in
motor vehicles, and every owner, proprietor, person in control
or keeper of a garage, and, in the city of Boston, every owner,
proprietor, person in control or keeper of an open air parking
space kept open with attendants day and night for the storage
or keeping for hire of motor vehicles, shall keep or cause to be
kept in a book a proper record of every motor vehicle which
enters and which leaves his garage, stable, shop or place of
business. Said book shall have columns and headings substan-
tially as follows:

G. L. 90, § 32,
amended.

Records of
motor vehicles
entering and
leaving garages,
etc., and, in
city of Boston,
records of
motor vehicles
parked in cer-
tain public
parking places.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 380.

343

Time of E^•TERI^'o

Garage or other

Place.

Time of leaving

Garage or other

Place.

Operator's

or
Chauffeur's

Any.

A.M. P.M.

1 A.M.

P.M.

Name.

\
1

Form of record.

All entries in said book shall be made legibly in ink or with Entries, how
an indelible pencil. The said book shall be kept in some con- ^^ ^\. ,

1 1 1 11 1 11 • 1 • • p Inspection of

venient place and shall be open at all times to the mspection oi book, etc.
the registrar and his agents and of any police officer or constable.

Approved May 20, 1924.

An Act relative to the salaries of the members of the

BOARD of commissioners OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE DEPART-
MENT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . Section one of chapter four hundred and seventy-
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and one, as amended by
section one of chapter three hundred and seventy-six of the acts
of nineteen hundred and four, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in the sixteenth line, the word "four" and inserting
in place thereof the word: — five, — and by striking out in the
eighteenth line the words "thirty-five hundred" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — four thousand, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 1 . The schoolhouse department of the city
of Boston is hereby established and shall be under the charge
of a board of three commissioners, citizens of Boston, appointed
by the mayor of the city without confirmation. During the
current year one of said commissioners shall be appointed for
the term of three years, one for the term of two years and one
for the term of one year, beginning with the first day of June
of said year ; and on or before the expiration of any term a com-
missioner shall be appointed for a term of three years, beginning
with the first daj' of June in the year in which such term expires.
Any vacancy occurring in the number of the commissioners
shall be filled by appointment of a commissioner in the manner
aforesaid, for the remainder of the term. The members of the
board shall be paid a salary; the chairman at the rate of five
thousand dollars per annum, and each of the other members at
the rate of four thousand dollars per annum. The salaries and
other necessary expenses of said department shall be appor-
tioned and paid out of the proceeds of the bonds authorized by
section four of this act, and out of such sums as shall be appro-
priated by said school committee for constructing and furnishing
new school buildings, including the taking of land therefor and
for school yards, and the preparing of school yards for use, and
for repairs and alterations of school buildings, which apportion-
ment shall be approved by the mayor. The provisions of chapter
two hundred and sixty-six of the acts of the year eighteen hun-

C/iap.380

1901, 473, § 1.
etc., amended.

Schoolhouse
department of
city of Boston,
board of com-
missioners,
appointment,
terms, etc.

Vacancies.
Salaries.

Expenses,
apportionment,
payment, etc.

Certain pro-

v-isions

applicable.

344 Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 381, 382.

dred and eighty-five and of all other acts relating to the depart-
ments of the city of Boston or the officers or employees thereof,
so far as they may be applicable and not inconsistent herewith,
shall apply to said department and to the officers and employees

Annual report, thereof. The Said board shall make an annual report in writing
of its doings, and of all the business transacted by it, to the
mayor of the city of Boston, and said report shall be printed as
a public document of said city.

When to take SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its approval by
the school committee of the city of Boston.

Approved May 20, 1924.

ChaV.SSl ^^ ^^^ FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE SUPPORT OF FAMILIES
OF PERSONS CONFINED IN REFORMATORIES OR PENAL INSTI-
TUTIONS FOR DESERTION OR NON-SUPPORT.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

G. L. 273, § 9, Section nine of chapter two hundred and seventy -three of the
amen e . General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word

"cents" in the seventh line the words: — for the wife and an
additional amount equal to twenty-five cents for each dependent
Support of minor child, — so as to read as follows : — Section 9. If the
peSoMconfined couTt imposing a Sentence under section one, finds the wife or
in reformatories child, as the casc may be, of the defendant to be in destitute or
institutions for needy circumstauccs, the superintendent, master or keeper of
non-suppo*rt. ^^^^ reformatory or penal institution where he is confined upon
such sentence shall pay over to the probation officer of such
court at the end of each week, out of the annual appropriation
for"the"maintenance of such reformatory or penal institution, a
sum equal to fifty cents for the wife and an additional amount
equal to twenty-five cents for each dependent minor child for
each day's hard labor performed by the person so confined, and
shall state the name of the person for whose labor the payment
is made. The probation officer shall pay over said sum in the
manner provided in section five for the payments therein pro-
vided for. Approved May 20, 1924.

C hap. SS2 An Act authorizing the town of barnstable to appro-
priate MONEY for advertising THE TOWN AND FOR PUBLIC

amusements, and validating a vote of the town making
SUCH appropriations.

Be it enacted, etc., as folio ivs:

Town of Section 1 . The town of Barnstable may, by a two thirds

appropriate™*^ votc, at its annual town meeting, annually appropriate a sum
money for j^q^ exceeding three thousand dollars for the purpose of adver-

advertismg the . . *' „ , , „ f ,. ^

town and for tismg the advantages or the town and tor providing amusements
amusements, or entertainments of a public character.

Certain action Section 2. The actiou of Said town, taken at its town meet-

vaUdafed. i^g in the current year, in appropriating money for any of the

purposes named in section one, is hereby validated and con-

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 383, 384. 345

firmed to the same extent as if said section had been in effect at
the time of such action.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 22, 1924.

An Act peoviding for the leasing to the united states Q^^p 333

OF AN additional AIRPLANE LANDING FIELD ON THE PROP-
ERTY OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN EAST BOSTON.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part de- Emergency
feat its purpose and be inconsistent with the public interest, preamble^
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:

The division of waterways and public lands of the depart- Leasing to
ment of public works is hereby authorized and directed to lease of'additionar
to the United States an additional tract of land situated on the ?'''p1,^?? '='°'^-

1 I • ^ nela on

property of the commonwealth m East Boston and adjacent to state property
and easterly of the present airplane landing field authorized and
constructed under chapter four hundred and four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-two and leased to the United
States under authority thereof. Said lease shall be for a period J^^i°l.i^^^^'
not exceeding ten years and at a nominal annual rental of one
dollar; provided, that the United States during the term of said Proviso.
lease shall permit under suitable regulations full use of said
field by military, naval, air mail, commercial and civilian air-
planes and flyers. Approved May 22, 1924.

An Act to require foreign assessment insurance com- Phn^ 304

PANIES TO APPOINT THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE AT- ^

TORNEY for the service OF PROCESS AND TO FIX THE EX-
PIRATION DATE OF LICENSES ISSUED TO SAID COMPANIES.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to de- Emergency
feat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer- p""®^™ '^•
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section thirteen of chapter one hundred and seventy-seven o. l. 177, § 13,
of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the *™®° ® "
word " year " in the sixth line the words : — ; a power of attorney
constituting and appointing the commissioner or his successor
its true and lawful attorney for the service of process against it
in the form prescribed by and subject to clause third of sec-
tion one hundred and fifty-one of chapter one hundred and
seventy-five, which process shall be served as provided in said
clause third and in section one hundred and fifty-four of said
chapter, — and by inserting after the word "commonwealth"
in the nineteenth line the words : — until July first following

346

Acts, 1024. —Chap. 384.

Foreign assess-
ment insurance
companies, ad-
mission to
Massachusetts.

To file copy of
charter, etc.

To appoint
commissioner
of insurance
attorney for
service of
process, etc.

To file certain
certificates, etc.

License, issue,
term, etc.

Revocation.

Notice of
revocation.

Fees.

Reciprocal
obligations.

unless it is sooner revoked, but it may be renewed annually by
the commissioner before that date upon written application of
the company, — so as to read as follows: — Section 13. A cor-
poration organized under the authority of another state or gov-
ernment to issue policies of insurance on the assessment plan,
as a condition precedent to transacting business in this common-
wealth, shall deposit with the commissioner a certified copy of
its charter; a statement, on oath, of- its president and secretary
in the form required by the commissioner, of its business for the
preceding year; a power of attorney constituting and appointing
the commissioner or his successor its true and lawful attorney
for the service of process against it in the form prescribed by
and subject to clause third of section one hundred and fifty-one
of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, which process shall be
served as provided in said clause third and in section one hun-
dred and fifty-four of said chapter; a certificate, on oath, of its
president and secretary, that it is paying, and for the twelve
months then last preceding has paid, the maximum amount
named in its policies in full; a certificate from the proper au-
thority in its home state that corporations of this commonwealth
engaged according to this chapter in insurance on the assess-
ment plan, are legally entitled to do business in such state; a
copy of its policy and application, which must show that benefits
are provided for by assessment upon policy holders; evidence
satisfactory to the commissioner that it has accumulated and
maintains a fund equal in amount to that required by section
ten, that such accumulation is permitted by the law of its in-
corporation and is held in trust for the benefit of policy holders
only, and is securely invested. The commissioner shall there-
upon issue a license authorizing such corporation to do business
in this commonwealth until July first following unless it is
sooner revoked, but it may be renewed annually by the com-
missioner before that date upon written application of the com-
pany; and such authority shall be revoked if the commissioner,
on investigation, is satisfied that such corporation is not paying
in full the maximum amount named in its policies, or that it has
otherwise failed to comply with any provision of this chapter
or its own contracts. Upon such revocation the commissioner
shall cause notice thereof to be published in such manner as he
deems necessary for the protection of the public; and no new
business shall be thereafter done by it or its agents in this com-
monwealth. A foreign corporation admitted under this section
to transact business shall pay, on filing its application, thirty
dollars, and for each annual statement thereafter, twenty dollars.
If any other state or country shall impose any obhgation in
excess of those imposed by this chapter upon any such corpora-
tion of this commonwealth, like obligation shall be imposed on
similar corporations, and their agents, of such state or country
doing business in the commonwealth.

Approved May 22, 1924.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 385, 386, 387. 347

An Act authorizing the guaranty trust company to hold QJku) 335
additional real estate in the city of cambridge. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Guaranty Trust Company, a trust company Guaranty Trust
organized under the laws of this commonwealth and having its hoid^additTonai
usual place of business in the city of Cambridge may, subject ^?^^' ^®f*^*® ^^
otherwise to the provisions of section forty-one of chapter one Cambridge.
hundred and seventy-two of the General Laws, as amended by
chapter three hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, and to the approval of the commis-
sioner of banks, hold real estate in said city suitable for and to
be used in whole or in part for the transaction of its business to
an amount, including the cost of alterations and additions in the
nature of permanent fixtures, not exceeding, directly or indirectly,
sixty-one thousand dollars, in addition to the amount permitted
by said section forty-one, amended as aforesaid, to be held by
said trust company at the time this act takes effect.

Section 2. This act shall take eifect upon its passage.

Approved May 22, 1924.

An Act authorizing the county of hampden to pay a nhfjj. qqa

CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY TO THE WIDOW OF NATHANIEL B. ^'
WADE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county of Hampden, in recognition of the County of
meritorious and faithful service of Nathaniel B. Wade as turnkey ^ay"money°to^
in the Hampden county jail, who died from sickness incurred ^'^°^ 9^
while in the performance of duty, and for the purpose of pro- Wade!""'
moting the public good, may pay to his widow the remainder of
the salary to which he would have been entitled had he lived
and continued to serve said county until January first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-five.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by submission to
the county commissioners of said county; provided, that such ^g^ioners"^'
acceptance occurs prior to December thirty-first in the current Proviso.
year. Approved May 22, 1924.

An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay a sum of rii.^^ 007

MONEY TO THE FATHER OF IRENE W. FALL. p.OOt

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Boston may pay to James G. Fall, City of Boston
the father of Irene W. Fall, a minor, upon his being duly ap- ^^f^ther'of'"*'^
pointed her guardian, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars to her ^^^"^^ ^- ^*"-
use, as full compensation on the part of said city on account of
injuries sustained by her by reason of the fall of snow and ice
from the roof of the Henry Grew school in the Hyde Park dis-
trict jn the city of Boston.

348

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 388, 389, 390.

Submission to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.

Approved May 22, 1924.

C hap. SSS An Act relative to the powers of the seraphic institute

INC. OF BOSTON, MASS.

Powers of

Seraphic
Institute Inc.
of Boston,
Mass.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Seraphic Institute Inc. of Boston, Mass., a corporation
organized under chapter one hundred and twenty-five of the
Revised Laws, may, in addition to powers already granted to it
by general law or by its charter, maintain a hospital for sick or
indigent persons. Approved May 22, 1924.

City of, Boston
may pay money
to mother of
Beatrice
Rosenblatt.

Chap.SS9 An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay a sum of

MONEY TO THE MOTHER OF BEATRICE ROSENBLATT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Boston may pay a sum of money
not exceeding five thousand dollars to Sadie Rosenblatt, mother
of Beatrice Rosenblatt, who was accidentally killed by an aero-
plane at Franklin Field on June twenty-fourth, nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen, in consequence of the failure by the city au-
thorities to provide proper protection to the decedent at the
time of the arrival and landing of said aeroplane. Such sura
shall be paid in such weekly or monthly instalments as the city
council may determine, and shall not be subject to assignment
or attachment. Should any part of said sum remain unpaid at
the decease of said Sadie Rosenblatt, the same may be paid in
the same manner and subject to the same conditions to Harry
M. Rosenblatt, father of said Beatrice, during his life.

Approved May 22, 1924-

Submission to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.

Chap.

390 An Act authorizing the metropolitan district commission

TO GRANT locations FOR LINES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF
electricity FOR LIGHT, HEAT OR POWER, AND LOCATIONS
FOR GAS MAINS, IN BOULEVARDS AND RESERVATIONS UNDER
ITS CONTROL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

amraded ^ ^^' SECTION 1. Chapter uiuety-two of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section forty-three and inserting
Metropolitan in placc thereof the following: — Section 43- The commission
mfss7on m^ mav grant locations to street railways or electric railroads within
grant locations ^j^g boulcvards and reservations in its care and control, and,

to street rail- i i> i i -i i

ways or electric suhjcct to the approval of the governor and council, may also

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 390. 349

grant upon, under, along or across such boulevards and reser- railroads, loca-
vations such locations as shall be found by order of the depart- forTraMmis"^
ment of public utilities after public hearing to be required by ^i°°°^^
public convenience and necessity for poles, wires, cables or and locations
pipes for the transmission of electricitj' for light, heat or power Inhox^e^&Td^'
or for the distribution of gas. No grant of a location to a gas or ^.°d reserviL-
electric company under the provisions of this and the following control,
section shall affect the rights of parties under sections eighty-six,
eighty-seven and eighty-eight of chapter one hundred and sixty-
four in cases invol\"ing locations in public ways of a town other
than locations upon, under, along or across such boulevards or
reservations, but such rights shall be determined without refer-
ence to the provisions of this and the four following sections or
to the grant of any location thereunder.

Section 2. Said chapter ninety-two is hereby further G. l. 92, §44,
amended by striking out section forty-four and inserting in place ^"^^"^ ^
thereof the following: — Section 44- Subject to the provisions Notice
of section forty-three, the commission, upon petition of the upon^petftions
directors of a street railway company, or of an electric railroad g"^ locations,
company, or of a duly authorized official or representative of a
gas or electric company, for such location, shall give notice to
all parties interested of the time and place at which the com-
mission will give a hearing upon such petition, at least fourteen
days before the hearing, by publication in one or more news-
papers published in each town where the location petitioned for
would lie, and if none such is published, then by publication in
one or more newspapers published in each county where the
location petitioned for would lie; and after hearing, if in the Granting of
opinion of the commission public convenience and necessity so {fearing! etc!'
require, it may grant such location, or any part thereof, upon
such terms, conditions and obligations, and for such compensa-
tion, as the public interest and a due regard for the rights of the
commonwealth may require. Such locations shall be void unless Locations void
accepted in writing by the directors of such company within accepted,
thirty days after receiving notice thereof.

Section 3. Section forty-six of said chapter ninety-two is g. l. 92 § 46,
hereby amended by striking out, in the second line, the words ^'^^^'^'i^'^-
"to any street railway or electric railroad", and by inserting
after the word "location" in the third line the follownng: — , re-
ferred to in sections forty-three and forty-four, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 46. The commission, within fourteen days Record of
after making any order granting a location, or an extension, fng'^etc^'^^'^*"
alteration or revocation of a location, referred to in sections locations,
forty-three and forty-four, shall deposit a copy of such order in
the office of the clerk of the town where the location is granted,
altered, extended or revoked, and the clerk of that town shall
receive and record the same.

Section 4. Section forty-seven of said chapter ninety-two is g. l. 92, § 47,
hereby amended by striking out, in the fu-st line, the words ^™^'*^^*^-
"street railway or electric railroad", so as to read as follows: —
Section If! . All companies operating under the four preceding Companies
sections shall remain subject to the duties and liabilities imposed tkfn8*to'°em'ain
h\ other proA-isions of law consistent with said sections, and subject to cer-

tain duties and
liabilities, etc.

350

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 391, 392, 393.

shall have the powers, duties and rights therein authorized, all
of which shall be in addition to and in amendment of any charter
or special provision of law or of the general laws under which
they are organized. Approved May 22, 1934.

Chap. 391 An Act directing the metropolitan district commission

TO CONSTRUCT A DAM, WITH OR WITHOUT A TIDE GATE,
ACROSS black's CREEK IN THE CITY OF QUINCY WHERE THE
SAME IS CROSSED BY FURNACE BROOK PARKWAY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The metropolitan district commission is hereby
authorized and directed to construct a dam across Black's creek
in the city of Quincy where said creek is crossed by the Furnace
Brook parkway, and to hold the water above such dam at such
a level as said commission may deem advisable. Said dam may
be constructed with or without a tide gate, as said commission
may decide. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
this act, said commission may expend such sum, not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars, as may hereafter be appropriated, to
be paid from the Metropolitan Parks Expense Fund; provided,
that the city of Quincy shall contribute and pay into the treas-
ury of the commonwealth to the credit of said fund one half of
the estimated cost, to wit, seventy-five hundred dollars, before
the work authorized hereby is commenced.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the city council of the city of Quincy, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs
prior to December thirty-first in the current year. So much of
this act as authorizes its acceptance by said city council shall
take effect upon its passage. Approved May 22, 192 4.

Construction
of dam across
Black's creek
in city of
Quincy, etc.

With or with-
out tide gate.

Expenditures.

Pro\-iso.

Submission to
Quincy city
council, etc.

Proviso.

Taking effect
for acceptance.

C/iaw.392 An Act providing that copies of rescripts in the su-
preme JUDICIAL COURT BE TRANSMITTED TO THE REPORTER
OF DECISIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Chapter two hundred and twenty-one of the General Laws,
as amended in section twenty by chapter fifty-three of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section twenty and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 20. When a rescript is filed in a case
or proceeding in an}^ court, the clerk, register or recorder of
such court shall forthwith give notice thereof to an attorney of
record of each party. The clerk of the supreme judicial court
for the commonwealth shall transmit a copy of each rescript to
the reporter of decisions. Approved May 22, 1924.

G. L. 221, § 20,
etc., amended.

Notice of
rescripts filed
in courts.

In supreme
judicial court,
copy to
reporter of
decisions.

Chap.SdS An Act providing a tw^o year term of office for the

MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
1893, 444, § 22, Section 1. Chapter four hundred and forty-four of the acts
of eighteen hundred and ninety-three is hereby amended by

Acts, 1924. — Ckaps. 394, 395. 351

striking out section twenty -two and inserting in place thereof

the following: — Section 22. Beginning with the year nineteen city of

hundred and twenty-five, the mayor shall be elected biennially j^a"term'or°

in each odd numbered year from the qualified voters of the city office for

for the two municipal years next succeeding his election, except

that when elected to fill a vacancy he shall hold office only for

the unexpired term. In either case he shall continue in office

until his successor is elected and qualified.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the Submission to
qualified voters of the city of Worcester at the city election in voters, etc.
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four in the form of the
following question which shall be placed upon the official ballot
to be used at said election: "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four and entitled,
* An Act providing a two year term of office for the mayor of the
city of Worcester', be accepted?" If a majority of the voters Time of taking
voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to said ques- ^^®°*'
tion, this act shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise.

Approved May 22, 1924'

C/iap.394

An Act authorizing the city of newton to pay a certain
SUM of money to the widow of w^alter b. randlett,
late chief of the fire department of said city.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Newton mav pav to Clara A. Rand- City of Newton
lett, widow of W^alter B. Randlett, who served in the fire depart- money to
ment of said city for over forty years and who died as the result wafter b.
of injuries received while in the performance of duty, the sum Randlett.
of twenty-six hundred and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-three
cents, being the balance of the salary to which he w^ould have
been entitled had he lived and continued to serve said city as
chief of its fire department until the end of the current year.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission to
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of "tc^ council,
its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to p^o^^so.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved May 22, 1924.

Chap.395

An Act to provide for the settlement of certain small
claims against the commonw^ealth.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoics:

Chapter twelve of the General Laws is hereby amended by in- o. l. 12, new
serting after section three the following new section : — Section ^^^^^°^ ^ ^^^
3 A. The attorney general shall investigate all claims against investigation
the commonwealth which may be presented to him, provided cLims against
there is not any statutory authority whereby the claimant may commonwealth,
prosecute his claim by suit, at law or in equity, against the com- ^'■°^'^^°-
monwealth, or anj^ other mode of redress provided by law. To Hearings, etc.
carry out the provisions of this section he may hold hearings,
take evidence, administer oaths and issue subpoenas. If after Payments for
investigation the attorney general finds that any claimant is ciai^^"^*"^

352 Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 396, 397.

justly entitled to damages, there shall be paid from the state
treasury for settlement in full of such claim from such appro-
priation as may be made by the general court for the purposes
Limit of of this scction such sum, not exceeding one thousand dollars on

amoun . ^^^ ^^^ claim, as the attorney general shall determine to be just

and reasonable and as the governor and council shall approve,
to^generar* Should the attorney general find any claimant to be justly en-
court as to titled to damages in excess of one thousand dollars, he shall re-
port to the general court the facts as found by him and his
recommendations relative thereto. Approved May 22, 1924.

Chap.SQQ An Act relatr'^e to medals of valor for officers and

ENLISTED MEN OF THE MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

am^'(kd ^ ^^'^' Section 1. Section one hundred and eighty of chapter thirty-
three of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting at
fOT^officeralnd"^ ^^^ ^^^ thereof the following new paragraph: — The adjutant
enlisted men of general and two commissioned officers above the rank of captain,
vofunteer'^^**^ from time to time designated by the commander-in-chief, shall
militia. act as a medal of valor commission, and may receive recom-

mendations from the military authorities through military
channels that any officer or enlisted man of the volunteer militia,
by reason of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk
of his life above and beyond the call of duty while on active
service, is entitled to receive a medal of valor. Such recommen-
dations shall not be considered unless supported by the affidavit
of at least one responsible eye-witness to the act to be so recog-
nized. If satisfied that such medal ought to be conferred as
recommended, the commission may so advise the commander-
in-chief who may confer upon such officer or enlisted man,
in the name and on behalf of the commonwealth, a medal of
Only one valor. Not more than one such medal shall be awarded to any

one person, etc. One pcrson, but for cach succeeding deed or act sufficient to
justify such an award, the commander-in-chief may bestow a
suitable bar or other appropriate insignia to be worn as he shall
Art commission dircct. The dcsigu of any such medal or insignia shall be ap-
design. provcd by the art commission for the commonwealth.

G- L. 33, § 254, SECTION 2. Section two hundred and fifty-four of said chap-
ter thirty-three is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"sentence" in the second line the words: — of the first para-
Certain PT°"^- graph, — so as to read as follows : — Section 254. The provisions
to^navaffoTces^ of scctiou ouc hundred and eighty, except the last sentence of
the first paragraph, shall apply to the naval forces.

Approved May 22, 1924.

Chap. ^97 An Act authorizing the city of lowell to pay an an-
nuity TO the widow of WILLIAM T. FOSS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

maypiy^°^^" Section 1. The city of Lowell may pay in equal monthly
annuity to instalments to Grace L. Foss, the widow of William T. Foss, a
WimlmT. former member of its fire department who was killed while in

Foss.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 398, 399. 353

the performance of his duty, an annuity not to exceed five hun-
dred dollars. Such annuity shall terminate upon the remarriage
of the annuitant.

Approved Mmj 22, 1924.

An Act exempting from the civil service requirements (Jfidy 393

CERTAIN EXPERTS IN THE EMPLOY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twelve of chapter one hundred and forty-eight of the G. l. 148, § 12
General Laws, as amended by chapter two hundred and fifty- ^'° ' ^^^'^ ®
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: —
Expert assistants employed under this section shall be exempt
from the requirements of civil service laws and the rules and
regulations made thereunder, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 12. The commissioner may expend the amount annually Department of
appropriated for maintaining a laboratory to aid in the enforce- expenditures'
ment of the laws relative to explosives and inflammable fluids for laboratory,

iirtti n • expert a,s3ist""

and compounds, and for the employment of expert assistance to ance, etc.
aid in the enforcement of such laws and to perform such other
duties as the commissioner may prescribe. Expert assistants Experts exempt
employed under this section shall be exempt from the require- se?^ce^equire-
ments of civil service laws and the rules and regulations made ments.
thereunder. Approved May 22, 1924-

An Act relative to the construction of a municipal Qhav.SQd

BUILDING IN THE BRIGHTON AND ALLSTON DISTRICT OF THE
CITY OF BOSTON AND AUTHORIZING SAID CITY TO BORROW
MONEY THEREFOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a municipal City of Boston

niSiV borrow

building in the Brighton and Allston district in the city of money for
Boston, said city may borrow from time to time, within a period buiidfng^in
of five years from the passage of this act, such sums as mav be Brighton and

, 1--.1 1 £ vjjxL Allston district.

necessary, not exceedmg, m the aggregate, tour hundred thou-
sand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Brighton and Allston Municipal ?[i|,^*°'^ ^^^
Building Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall consti- Municipal
tute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more Act'on924°*°'
than fifteen years from their dates, but no issue shall be author-
ized under this section unless a sum equal to an amount not less
than ten per cent of such authorized issue is voted for the same
purpose to be raised by the tax levy of the year when authorized.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the
statutory limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be subject
to the laws relative to the issuance of debt by the city of Boston.

354

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 400.

Loeation,
design, etc.,
of building.

Submission to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.

The proceeds of the loan herein authorized shall be used only for
the purposes herein specified. The aforesaid municipal building
shall be located on land owned by the city in said district and
shall be so designed as, in the judgment of the city, to best serve
the community by providing quarters for municipal depart-
ments and for veteran and civic organizations that may under
the law be supplied by the city, and as a community center.

Approved May 24, 1934.

City of Fall
Biver may take
waters of Long
pond in towns
of Lakeville and
Freetown, etc.

May take
lands, etc.

ChapAOO An Act authorizing the cities of fall river, new bed-
ford AND TAUNTON TO INCREASE AND PROTECT THEIR WATER
SUPPLY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Fall River, by its reservoir commis-
sion, for the purpose of supplying water to its inhabitants and
protecting the purity of such water, is hereby authorized to take
by eminent domain under chapter seventj^-nine of the General
Laws, and to hold and use, as hereinafter specified, the waters
of Long pond in the towns of Lakeville and Freetown, with all
water rights, brooks, streams, water sources and tributaries con-
nected with and flowing into said pond. The said city, by its
reservoir commission, may also take under the said chapter, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of
way and other easements necessary for collecting, storing, purify-
ing, preserving and protecting such water aijd for conveying the
same to any part of the said city; provided, that the location
of all dams, reservoirs or structures to be used for the storage of
such water supply shall be subject to the approval of the depart-
ment of public health.

Section 2. The said city before drawing water for its water
supply from the said Long pond shall acquire all right, title and
interest in and to the waters of North Watuppa pond in the
city of Fall River and town of Westport, and shall use the same
through its distributing mains, and thereafter shall draw from
the said Long pond only such water as shall be required, in addi-
tion to the waters of said North Watuppa pond, to furnish an
adequate supply of water to the said city through its distributing
mains in said city and to such towns as it may hereafter be re-
quired or permitted to furnish with water. The waters of said
Long pond, which are not so required, shall be permitted to flow
from the said pond into Assawompset pond for the benefit of
the cities of New Bedford and Taunton and such cities, towns,
persons and corporations as have, or under this act are per-
mitted to acquire, rights in the waters of said Assawompset pond
and the tributaries thereof; and the city of Fall River, if a dam
is constructed at the outlet of Long pond, as hereinafter pro-
vided, shall, upon the request of the cities of New Bedford and
Taunton, or either of them, evidenced by a duly attested vote

Proviso.

City of Fall
River to ac-
quire right, etc.,
in waters of
North
Watuppa
pond in said
city and town of
Westport, etc.

Waters of Long
pond not re-
quired, etc., to
be permitted to
flow into
Assawompset
pond, etc.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 400. 355

of the water board of the city of New Bedford or of the water
commissioners of the city of Taunton, permit a sufficient quan-
tity of water to flow from Long pond into Assawompset pond
to maintain a difference not exceeding six inches in the surface
elevation of the two ponds.

Upon the request of said cities of Taunton and New Bedford Construction.
or either of them, evidenced as aforesaid, the said cit}'^ of Fall outlet of Long
River shall construct and maintain, at the expense of the three womp3'et°pond"
cities in the proportions as provided in section seven, a dam at ^tc
the outlet of said Long pond into said Assawompset pond for
the purpose of storing and controlling the waters of said Long
pond for the uses of said cities of Fall River, Taunton and New
Bedford, and the towns hereinafter referred to.

Section 3. For the purposes of an additional water supply Cities of New
the city of New Bedford by its water board and the city of ^aSn may
Taunton by its municipal council are hereby authorized jointly t^^ke waters of
to take by eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine, and and Pocksha
to hold and use, all the waters of Assawompset and Pocksha oFLakeviiielnd
ponds in the towns of Lakeville and Middleborough, and all ^''^'^•^'
water rights, brooks, streams, water sources, and tributaries ° = • ^ °-
connected with and flowing into said ponds, excepting Long pond,
as provided in this act, and excepting Great and Little Quittacas
ponds.

Either of said cities may act under the provisions of this sec- Either city may
tion relating to the taking of water, and upon so doing may call and^c'ali^po'n
upon the other city and the city of Fall River, by request evi- other city and
denced as aforesaid, for their respective proportions of the pay- payment^
ments made therefor, as hereinafter provided. Upon the taking Rights upon
by both or either of the said cities of such waters, each shall ^^.kmg, etc.
have the right to draw from the same, subject to the provisions
of the following section, such water as shall be required, in addi-
tion to present sources, to furnish an adequate supply through
its distributing mains to such city and to such towns as it now
furnishes or may hereafter be required or permitted to furnish
with water. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to impair the Certain existing
existing rights of the cities of New Bedford and Taunton in said pfh^ed^etc.™"
Assawompset and Pocksha ponds, except as herein otherwise
provided, or of the city of New Bedford in said Great and Little
Quittacas ponds, or in any of the ponds or brooks, streams, water
sources and tributaries connected with and flowing into said
ponds, except that, if the waters of Long pond are taken under
this act by the city of Fall River, the rights of said cities of New
Bedford and Taunton in said Long pond, other than those re-
served in this act, shall cease.

The city of New Bedford, by its water board, may take by city of New
eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by ^it^flnds^e'tc.,
purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and "po° f'p^'^f;
easements upon the shores or within the watershed of said andAssawomp-
Pocksha pond, and upon the shores or within the watershed of ^^^ ponds, etc.
said Assawompset pond lying easterly of a line from the Ne-
masket river to Tammett brook, so-called, and extending along
the thread of said river and brook, for the purpose of collecting,
storing, purifying, preserving and protecting the waters of said

356

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 400.

City of Taun-
ton may take
lands, etc.,
upon shores,
etc., of Assa-
wompset pond,
etc.

Location of
dams, etc.,
approval by
department of
public health.
Restrictions as
to amount of
water to be
drawn from
Long, Assa-
wompset and
Pocksha ponds.

Reapportion-
ment of waters
of said ponds
if insufficient
to furnish
adequate
supply, etc.

New reappor-
tionment.

Pro^^so.

Expense of
reapportion-
ment.

Deduction
from waters
apportioned,
when, etc.

Water supply
for certain
towns if waters
of Assawomp-

ponds and for conveying the same to the said city, and for the
like purpose the said city of Taunton, by its municipal council,
make take by eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine,
or, by its water commissioners, may acquire by purchase or
otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and easements .upon
the shores or within the watershed of said Assawompset pond
lying westerl}^ of the line, as aforesaid.

The location of all dams, reservoirs or structures to be used
for the storage of such additional water supply shall be subject
to the approval of the department of public health.

Section 4. No one of said cities of Fall River, New Bedford
and Taunton without the written approval of both of the other
cities, as evidenced by a duly attested vote of the said reservoir
commission, water board or water commissioners, as the case
may be, shall, in any calendar 3'ear, draw water from the said
Long, Assawompset and Pocksha ponds in excess of the following
daily averages: — Fall River, eleven and one half million gallons;
New Bedford, eleven and one half million gallons; Taunton,
eight million gallons.

If at any time it shall appear that the waters of said Long,
Assawompset and Pocksha ponds, as herein apportioned, have
become or are about to become insufficient to furnish an adequate
suppl.y to the cities of Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton, or
any of them, or to such towns as they now furnish or may here-
after be required or permitted to furnish with water, and if said
cities cannot agree upon a reapportionment of said waters, any
one of said cities may apply to the department of public health
for a reapportionment, and such reapportionment shall, after
notice to all of said cities and a hearing, be made by said depart-
ment. In determining such reapportionment the city of Taunton
shall be allowed all the waters of Assawompset pond required
for its needs up to the amount apportioned as herein provided,
and the remainder shall be apportioned between the cities of New
Bedford and Fall Ri^-er. In making such reapportionment, the
department shall take into consideration the respective existing
and probable future populations and water consumption of said
three cities, all their existing supplies of water for any purposes,
and their ability" to secure water from other sources. The decision
of said department shall be final and binding, but any one of
said cities may apply for a new reapportionment, to be made by
said department; provided, that no reapportionment hereunder
shall be made within five years after any previous reapportion-
ment. The expense of any reapportionment, as herein provided,
shall be paid by said cities in proportions to be determined by
said department.

If by reason of the taking of waters at the source by any of
the towns named in section five the remaining waters are in-
sufficient to furnish the maximum amounts provided in this
section, the amount so taken shall be deducted from the waters
herein apportioned to said cities in the ratio of the maximum
drafts as provided as aforesaid.

Section 5. If the waters of said Assawompset and Pocksha
ponds are taken by the cities of New Bedford and Taunton, or

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 400. 357

either of them, the town of Lakeville or Middleborough may setandPock-

1 , ,1 , p .1 'J J !• sha ponds are

draw at the source water irom the said ponds, or upon applica- taken by New
tion filed with the said cities, may be furnished with such water xauntoli^eu;
by either of the said cities, and the town of Acushnet, Dart-
mouth, Raynham, Fairhaven, Dighton, Berkley, Freetown,
Carver, Wareham, Marion, Rochester or Mattapoisett, upon
such application, may be furnished with water by either of the
said cities. If the waters of Long pond are taken by the city Water supply
of Fall River, the town of Lakeville or Freetown may draw at towns'^if waters
the source water from said pond, or, upon application filed with are^takenT'^
the said city, may be furnished with such water by said city. Fail River.
and the town of Swansea, Somerset or Westport, upon applica-
tion filed with the said city, may be furnished by said city with
water from the said Long pond. Upon any application made B9ard of com-
under this section the manner and terms of supplying or furnish- g^x manner, etc.,
ing such water, if not agreed upon, shall be fixed by a board of °^ ^^°^ ^,^*®''

• • -J J • u.- • r. J. J? • 1 -i.- supply, etc.

commissioners as provided in section six; but none or said cities
shall be required without its consent to construct or maintain in
any town to which it is to furnish such water, or in any inter-
vening town, any pumping station, dam, reservoir, filter bed or
distributing system. The said cities and towns, or any of them, Said cities and
may take by eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or^cqSre^** ^
or acquire by purchase or otherwise, any lands, rights of way or 1^°"^^- ®*^<'-
easements necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this
section.

Section 6. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to repeal T°"^^°^ ,

. . ° , (. 1 • 1 • 1 K 1 Middleborough

any existing acts or parts thereof relative to the rights of the and Middle-
town of Middleborough or of the Middleborough Fire District m^^.^, l^^
in the waters of said Assawompset pond, but if the cities of New ^'^'^^^/^^t^Tof
Bedford and Taunton, or either of them, take under this act the Assawompset
waters of said pond and the said town or district thereafter draws Bedford anT
or diverts any of the said waters, the said town or district so Taunton, etc.
drawing or diverting water shall pay to the said cities a pro-
portionate part of the expense, already or thereafter to be in-
curred, of erecting and maintaining dams or other structures
and of the taking or purchasing of lands or buildings for the
common benefit, and to said cities and the city of Fall River a
proportionate part of all damages and expenses which have been
or may be recovered from or paid by the said cities of Fall River,
New Bedford and Taunton by reason of the taking by them of
the waters of said Long, Assawompset and Pocksha ponds. In Board of
case the said town or said district, or any of the towns named toT™fn'casTof
in section five of this act, and the said cities of Fall River, New disagreement
Bedford and Taunton do not agree upon any apportionment and towns as to
under this act, or in case the manner and terms of supplying or men°ts!'manner
furnishing water under section five of this act are not agreed ^^'^ terms of
upon, the same shall be determined by a board of three commis- Ttc." ^"^^ ^'
sioners, none of whom shall be a resident of Plymouth or Bristol
county, to be appointed as follows : — The said town of Middle-
borough or said district, or, in cases arising under section five of
this act, the town applying for water under the provisions of
said section, shall appoint one commissioner, the said city or
cities affected, through their respective boards, as aforesaid,

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Acts, 1924. — Chap. 400.

Findings to be
binding, etc.

Liability of
cities of Fall
River, New-
Bedford and
Taunton upon
taking waters,
etc.

Rights of
certain riparian
owners not
impaired, etc.

Regulations to
prevent pollu-
tion, etc.

Certain
damages to be
apportioned to
said cities.

Certain
expenses to be
apportioned to
said cities.

Said cities
to severally
pay certain^
damages.

Said cities may
issue water
bonds.

jointly one commissioner, and the two so chosen shall select the
third commissioner, who shall be chairman of the board. If
said two commissioners shall be unable to agree on the selection
of the third commissioner, or if said cities shall be unable to
agree on a commissioner, said commissioner or commissioners
shall be appointed, upon petition of any city or town in interest,
by the chief justice of the superior court, and the finding of said
commissioners shall be binding upon all parties upon all questions
of fact.

Section 7. Upon the taking by the city of Fall River of the
waters of Long pond, or by the cities of New Bedford and
Taunton, or either of them, of the waters of Assawompset and
Pocksha ponds, the said cities shall be jointly liable for such
damages, if any, and not heretofore determined and paid for, as
may be sustained by any person or corporation, the same to be
assessed or determined as pro\dded in section fourteen of this
act ; but the right to such damages shall not vest until water is
actuallj^ drawn or diverted under such taking.

A taking of the waters of a brook, stream, water source or
tributary flowing directl}^ or indirectly into said Long, Assa-
wompset or Pocksha ponds shall not impair the right of the
riparian owners on such brook, stream, water source or tributary
to make such use of their riparian lands or of the waters of such
brook, stream', water source or tributary as is incident to the
ownership of riparian land under the law of this commonwealth,
but nothing herein shall prevent the adoption of reasonable
regulations prohibiting the discharge into such brook, stream,
water source or tributary of polluting matter of such kind and
amount as will corrupt or impair the quality of the water flowing
into any of said ponds subsequent to the time when the waters
of such pond have been taken under this act. Upon the taking
of said waters as herein provided, by any one or more of said
cities, and the payment of any damages that may be recovered
therefor or agreed upon, the said damages shall be apportioned
to and be paid by said cities as follows : — the city of Fall River,
forty per centum; the city of New Bedford, forty per centum;
and the city of Taunton, twenty per centum. The expense of
constructing and maintaining a dam or dams or other structures
for the storage and control of water in said Assawompset,
Pocksha and Long ponds shall be apportioned to and be paid
by said cities as follows : — the city of Fall River, forty-two per
centum; the city of New Bedford, forty-two per centum; and
the city of Taunton, sixteen per centum.

Section 8. Except as provided in the preceding section,
each of said cities of Fall River, New Bedford and Taunton shall
severally pay the damages for which liability is established
under section fourteen resulting from the taking of property or
other action by such city under this act.

Section 9. For the purposes of meeting expenses incurred
under this act, each of said cities may issue from time to tiiiie,
by vote of two thirds of the members of its city or municipal
council, taken by yeas and nays, water bonds in the following

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 400. 359

amounts, viz. : — The city of Fall River, not exceeding two

million dollars; the city of New Bedford, not exceeding eight

hundred thousand dollars; the city of Taunton, not exceeding

three hundred thousand dollars, at such rate or rates of interest

as may be determined by said city or municipal council. Each

authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan and such loans

shall be payable in not more than thirty years from their dates,

and shall bear on their face the name of the city issuing the

same and the words. Water Supply Loan, Act of 1924. Indebted- J^otn''|"tPP|^

ness incurred under this section shall be in excess of the statutory i924.'

limit prescribed for the aforesaid cities, respectively, and, except

as herein provided, shall be subject to chapter forty-four of the

General Laws.

Section 10. The said cities may construct on their land, or Said cities may
on lands acquired under the provisions of this act, proper dams, reservofrs, etc.^'
reservoirs, standpipes, tanks, buildings, fixtures, pipes, drains,
sewers, filters and other structures, and may make excavations,
procure and operate machinery, and may provide such other
means and appliances and do such other things as may be
necessary in carrying out the provisions of this act, and for
that purpose may construct reservoirs, establish, maintain and
operate pumping works, and may lay and maintain aqueducts, May lay con-
conduits, pipes and other works under and over any land, water '^^^^^' ^^^'
courses, railroads, railways or public ways, 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 purposes of
this act, said cities may dig up or raise and embank any lands,
or public or other ways in such manner as to cause the least
possible hindrance to public travel thereon; provided, that no Proviaos.
conduits or pipes shall be laid in a public way except under the
direction of the state department of public works or of the select-
men of the town or towns in which any such way or ways are
situated, and provided, further, that any public way in which the
work is done under the provisions of this act shall be restored
by the said city doing said work to a condition satisfactory to
the state department of public works or the said selectmen.
The said cities shall not enter upon, construct or lay any con- Restrictions as
duits, pipes or other works within the location of any railroad raifroa'd loca-
corporation, except at such time and in such manner as may be ^'°'^®'
agreed upon with said corporation, or, in case of failure so to
agree, at such time and in such manner as may be approved by
the department of public utilities.

Section 11. The said cities may enter upon any lands for Said cities may
the purpose of making surveys, test pits and borings, and may iTnds.^e^c!^
take or otherwise acquire the right to occupy temporarily any
lands necessary for the construction of any works or for any
other purpose authorized by this act.

Section 12. If any of said cities shall under authority of °t"e3*^ff°eg^e^r-'^
this act construct any reservoir in such manner as to flow any voirs flow pub-
existing public way, the city constructing said reservoir shall "^ ^"^^^^
raise the way to such grade as to make it reasonably safe and

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Taking of prop-
erty may be
permanent or
temporary.
Proviso.

Management,
etc., of

property taken,
etc., by said
cities.

Recovery of
damages by
persons, etc.

Proviso.

Damages for
temporary use
or injury.

Said cities may
sell, lease, etc.,
property no
longer needed,
etc.

May permit
construction,
etc., of electric
power trans-
mission poles,
etc.

Provisos.

convenient for travel, or shall build in place of any part of the
way so closed another suitable way, mth all necessary fences
and culverts, which thereafter shall be a public way.

Section 13. The taking of land or other property under this
act may be permanent or temporary and shall be in accordance
with said chapter seventy-nine; provided, however, that an
owner of land or other property taken shall, upon request made
within one year of the taking, be furnished within thirty days
after such request with a plan or description of his land or other
property taken.

Land or other property taken or otherwise acquired under
this act shall in the case of Fall River be managed, improved
and controlled by its reservoir commission, in the case of New
Bedford by its water board and in the case of Taunton by its
water commissioners, and the said boards or officers may pro-
hibit all persons from entering in, upon or over the waters of
said ponds and the lands taken or acquired hereunder by said
cities, respectively.

Section 14. Any person or corporation sustaining damage
in his or its property by the taking of land, waters, easements
or other property, or by the entry upon or the use of any prop-
erty, or by the making of any change of grade, laying out,
construction, alteration, discontinuance of a way under this
act shall be entitled to recover the same under said chapter
seventy-nine; provided, however, that a petition for damages
under said chapter may be filed at any time within two years
after the right to such damages has vested, and that any person
whose property has been taken or injured, and who has not
received notice under section thirteen of this act or otherwise
of the proceedings whereby he is entitled to damages at least
sixty days before the expiration of such two years may file such
petition within six months from the time when possession of
his property has been taken or he has otherwise suffered actual
injury in his property. Damages for the temporary use of or
injury to property may, on the request of the petitioner, be
assessed by monthly payments, to be continued so long as the
property is used or injured.

Section 15. Said cities, with the advice and approval of the
department of public health, may sell at public or private sale
or may exchange any property, real or personal, or any ease-
ments, whether taken by eminent domain or otherwise, no
longer needed for w^orks under their charge or may from time
to time lease any property not then so needed; and may in
their discretion, by lease, license or other agreement, permit the
construction and maintenance on any land under their control
of towers, poles, wires and other structures for the purpose of
transmitting electric power over lands and waters of said cities
held for water supply purposes under this act; provided that,
in the opinion of the said department, such lease, license or
agreement will not affect or interfere with the water supply;
and provided further, that said cities may revoke said lease,
license or agreement for cause to be determined by them, with
the approval of said department.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 400. 361

Section 16. No plan for the construction of works for im- Certain plans
proving the quahty of the water, or adding to or extending the by^lepanment
sources of supply or constructing new intakes, filters, or other of public
works in connection with said ponds or any works to take water
therefrom under the provisions of this act shall be put into effect,
without first obtaining the advice and approval of the depart-
ment of public health.

Section 17. So much of chapter two hundred and seventeen Parts of certain
of the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-five, as ratified and ^"^^^ repealed,
established by chapter four hundred and two of the acts of
eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as requires the city of Taun-
ton to maintain the natural flow of the Nemasket river, and so
much of section three of chapter three hundred and forty-five of
the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-four as requires that no
waters of said Pocksha pond shall pass back into Great Quittacas
pond, are hereby repealed; provided, however, that all water P^o^^so.
passing from Pocksha pond into Great Quittacas pond through
the waterways in any dams between said ponds shall be deemed
to be drawn by the city of New Bedford from Long, Assawompset
and Pocksha ponds within the meaning of this act and that this
section shall not take effect until there has been a taking under
this act either by the city of Fall River of the waters of Long
pond, or by the cities of New Bedford and Taunton, or either
of them, of the waters of said Assawompset and Pocksha
ponds.

Section 18. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to repeal ^/fJ'^^^R ^Jf^ j
the rights of the city of New Bedford to furnish water to the to furnish water
town of Dartmouth, pursuant to the provisions of chapter one towns,*etc., and
hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and ^, Fauhaven
fourteen; to the town of Acushnet, under chapter one hundred pany not
and twenty-nine of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and ''^p^^^'^'^-
fifteen; to certain inhabitants of the town of Lake^•ille, under
chapter one hundred and eighteen of the Special Acts of nineteen
hundred and sixteen; to certain inhabitants of the town of Free-
town, under chapter three hundred and fourteen of the acts of
nineteen hundred and thirteen and to said town and to certain
inhabitants thereof under chapter one hundred and twenty-two
of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen; to the
town of Fairhaven, under section three of chapter five hundred
and eleven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen; and
to the Fairhaven Water Company, under chapter three hundred
and ninety-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three ;
or to repeal the right of the city of Taunton to furnish water to Right of city
a certain part of the town of Raynham, pursuant to the provi- f4Iith°wf[ter°
sions of chapter four hundred and fifty-two of the acts of eighteen *« part of town

1 1 1 1 • , • ° of Raynham

hundred and nmety-nme. not repealed.

Section 19. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pollutes Penalty for
or diverts any of the waters taken or held under this act, or waters'^ftc
injures any structure, work or other property owned, held or
used by said cities, or any of them, under the authority and for
the purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to said cit}^ or
cities three times the amount of damages assessed therefor, to
be recowred in an action of tort; and upon conviction of any

362

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 401, 402.

one of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be punished by a
fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment
for not more than one year. Approved May 2Jf, 1924-

ChavAOl ^^^ ^^'^ ESTABLISHING THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES
OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE GENERAL COURT.

G. L. 3, § 18,
etc., amended.

Certain em-
ployees of the
i^ergeant-at-
arms, salaries
established.

When salary
increases shall
take effect.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section eighteen of chapter three of the General
Laws, as amended by section one of chapter three hundred and
sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, by
section one of chapter three hundred and sixty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-two and by section one of chapter
four hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
is herel)y further amended by striking out, in the fourth and fifth
lines, the word "twenty -one" and inserting in place thereof the
word : — twenty -three, — by striking out in the tenth line the
word "twenty-one" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
twenty-three, — and bj^ striking out in the eleventh line the
word "sixteen" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
seventeen, — so as to read as follows: — Section 18. There shall
be a doorkeeper for each branch, each at a salar}^ of twenty-three
hundred dollars, and such assistant doorkeepers as it may direct,
each at a salary of nineteen hundred dollars; a postmaster at a
salary of twenty-three hundred dollars; an assistant postmaster;
messengers, each at a salary of seventeen hundred dollars ; pages
whose compensation shall be six hundred and fifty dollars each
for the regular annual session and a sum not exceeding three
dollars for each day's service after said session; a clerk to take
charge of the legislative document room at a salary of twenty-
three hundred dollars, an assistant clerk of said room at a salary
of se^'enteen hundred dollars, and such assistants therein as may
be necessary, for whose fitness and good conduct the sergeant-
at-arms shall be responsible.

Section 2. The increases in salaries provided for by this act
shall not take effect until an appropriation has been made suf-
ficient to cover the same and then as of June first in the current
year. Approved May 24> 19£4-

Chap.

1920, 7.3, § 5,
amended.

North Chelms-
ford Fire Dis-
trict, assess-
ments upon
owners of
estates
benefited by

402 An Act authorizing the north chelmsford fire district

to borrow additional sums for sewerage PURPOSES AND
PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF SEWER ASSESSMENTS OF SAID
district to the COLLECTOR OF TAXES OF CHELMSFORD.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Section five of chapter seventy -three of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty is hereby amended by striking
out, in the twenty-fourth line, the word "North", so as to read
as follows: — Section 5. The district shall by vote determine
what proportion of the cost of said system or systems of sewerage
the district shall pay, and what proportion thereof shall be met
by assessments upon the owners of estates situated within the

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 402. 363

territory embraced by said system or systems and benefited gyste'"^f'ete
thereby. In case such assessments are authorized, the board
shall assess such owners their proportional 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 the amounts of such assess-
ments 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 Payment of
owner shall, within three months after written notice of his as- coifector^of '^°
sessment, served on him or on the occupant of his estate, or sent t^^^s of town
by mail to the last address of the owner known to the board,
pay the sum so assessed to the collector of taxes of the town of
Chelmsford: provided, that ihe board shall, on the written re- Proi-isos.
quest of any 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 provided; and provided, further,
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 remain-
ing unpaid, but interest on such balance at the rate of six per
cent per annum shall be paid to the date of such paym.ent; and
thereupon the collector of taxes of the town shall receive the
same and shall certify such payment or payments 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 2. Said chapter seventy-tliree is hereby further 1920, 73 § 6,
amended by striking out section six and inserting in place thereof '^'^ended,
the following : — Section 6. For the purpose of paying the neces- District may
sary expenses and liabilities incurred by such district under this et°c"°"^ money,
act, said district may borrow, from time to time, such sums as
may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two. hundred
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which
shall bear on their face the words, North Chelmsford Fire Dis- North cheims-
trict Sewerage Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall t?ict Sewerage
constitute a separate loan. Indebtedness incurred under this ^^|^' -^''^ °*
act shall be subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
including the provisions of section seven of said chapter which
relate to borrowing inside the statutory limit for purposes speci-
fied in clause (1) of said section. The securities shall be signed
by the treasurer of the district and countersigned by a majority
of the board. The proceeds shall be retained in the treasury.

364 Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 403, 404.

and shall be disbursed by the treasurer upon the order of the
board, as may be necessary to meet the expenditures hereby au-
thorized.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 26, 1924.

ChavAOS An Act defining court street in connection with the
widening and construction of cambridge and court
streets in the city of boston, and relative to the re-
moval IN connection with such widening and construc-
tion OF CERTAIN STRUCTURES ON AND UNDER SCOLLAY
square and ITS VICINITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

1923 489, § 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and eighty-nine of the

acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three is hereby amended

Alterations in by adding at the end thereof the following: — The transit de-

structures on partment of the city of Boston, with the written consent of the

ScoTay "^square, said Company, is hereby authorized to make alterations, in ac-

etc, in connec- cordaucc with plans approved by said company, in the existing

widening and structurcs now locatcd on and under the surface of Tremont

Cambridge'and Row, Court street and Scollay square, and the treasurer of said

Court streets in ^Jty may pay for one half of the expense incurred in making said

alterations but not in any event exceeding sixty-seven thousand

five hundred dollars from bonds issued under the authority of

and subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and twenty

of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and the balance

of the cost of said alterations shall be paid out of the proceeds of

the bonds authorized to be issued under the provisions of section

three of this act, without any charge to said company on account

"Court street" thereof. Wherever in this act the words " Court street" appear,

e ne , e c. ^-^^^ ^^^^j^ mean Court street or Tremont Row, as the case may

be. Approved May 26, 1924.

Chap. 4:04: An Act relative to fidelity bonds of county, city, town

OR district officers.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 4, § 7, Section 1. Section seven of chapter four of the General
etc., amen e . ^^^.^g^ g^g amended by section one of chapter four hundred and
eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and
by chapter three hundred and sixty of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty -four, is hereby further amended by adding after
clause thirty-ninth, inserted by said chapter three hundred and
Meaning'of sixty, the following new clause: — Fortieth, "Surety" or "Sure-
f^constri^Lg^ ties", when used with reference to a fidelity bond of an officer
statutes, or employee of a county, city, town or district, shall mean a

"Suretfes.""^ surcty Company authorized to transact business in the common-
wealth.
G. L. 35, § 3, Section 2. Section three of chapter thirty-five of the Gen-

amended. ^^^^ Laws is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence,

County so as to read as follows: — Section 3. County treasurers, except

oaUrbond. etc. in Suffolk and Nantucket counties, shall be sworn before the

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 404. 365

county commissioners, who shall make a record thereof. Each
treasurer shall give bond to the county for the faithful perform-
ance of his official duties, in a form approved by the attorney
general, with such sureties and in such sura as the commissioners
shall approve. An attested copy thereof and a certificate of the
commissioners that the original is in their possession shall be
filed with the state secretary within one week after its approval.
Suit thereon may be brought in the name and for the benefit of
the county by the commissioners or by the attorney general.

Section 3. Said chapter thirty-five is hereby further amended g.l. 35 new
by inserting after section forty -three the following new section : — § 43.
Section 43 A. Every officer or employee of a county required to Certain county
furnish a fidelity bond with a surety or sureties shall furnish a °^Sb^ond ***
bond with a surety company authorized to transact business in with surety
the commonwealth, as surety. The premium on such bond shall surety.
in every case, except in the case of the treasurer of Suffolk or County to pay
Nantucket county, be paid by the county.

Section 4. Section two of chapter thirty-seven of the General ^^jg^lJ^j ^ ^•
Laws is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence, so
as to read as follows: — Section 2. A sheriff, before performing Sheriffs, oath,
any official act shall be sworn and shall give to the state treas- °^ ' ®**'*
urer a bond in such amount. and with such sureties as the superior
court shall order and approve, conditioned to perform faithfully
his own duties and to be responsible for the official acts of his
deputies. A default, malfeasance or misfeasance in office of a
deputy sheriff or jailer after the death, removal or resignation
of the sheriff by whom he was appointed, shall be a breach of
the bond of such sheriff.

Section 5. Section six of said chapter thirty-seven is hereby G. l. 37, § 6,

I , repealed.

repealed.

Section 6. Section seven of said chapter thirty-seven is g. l. 37, § 7,
hereby amended by striking out, in the second line, the words ^""^"^ ®
"in the preceding section or", so as to read as follows: — Section ^^^^^J^ ^"^
7. A sheriff neglecting or refusing to give bond as required in neglecting or
section eighteen of chapter thirty shall forfeit one hundred and gfveTond"
fifty dollars for each month's neglect, at the suit of the attorney
general. The superior court shall forthwith certify the fact of
such neglect or refusal to the governor and council and to the
attorney general, and, unless the sheriff satisfies the governor
and council that there was reasonable cause for such neglect and
gives security to their satisfaction within twenty days after the
receipt of such certificate, the governor, with the advice and
consent of the council, shall remove him from office.

Section 7. Section three of chapter thirty-eight of the Gen- g. l. 38, § 3
eral Laws is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence, 'i'»e'»<ied.
so as to read as follows: — Section 3. Each examiner and as- Medical ex-
sociate examiner, before entering upon his duties, shall be sworn b3f"tc.°^*'''
and give bond for the faithful performance thereof, in the sum
of five thousand dollars, to the county treasurer, with sureties
by him approved. Failure for three months after appointment
to give such bond shall render his appointment void.

Section 8. Clause one of section five of chapter forty of the G. l. 40. § 5,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence, amended.

366

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 405, 406.

Town appro-
priations to pay
insurance com-
panies acting
as sureties, etc.
G. L. 41, new
section after
§ 109.

Certain city,
town and dis-
trict employees
to furnish bond
with surety
company as
surety.
Payment of
premium. .

SO as to read as follows : — (/ ) To pa}' a proper charge of an
insurance company for acting as surety on the official bond of
any town officer.

Section 9. Chapter forty-one of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after section one hundred and nine the
following new section: — Section 109 A. Every officer or em-
ployee of a city, town or district required to furnish a fidelity
bond with a surety or sureties shall furnish a bond with a surety
company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth,
as surety. The premium on such bond shall in every case be
paid by the city, town or district. Approved May 26, 1934-.

ChavA05 ^^ -^^t authorizing the city of boston to pay an annuity

TO THE WIDOW OF CHRISTOPHER MELIA.

City of Boston
may pay
annuity to
widow of
Christopher
Melia.

Submission to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The city of Boston may paj^ in equal monthly
instalments to Catherine Melia of Boston, widow of Christopher
Melia, who died April fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, from illness contracted from a severe wetting received the
preceding February second, while fighting a fire in the course of
his duties as a member of the fire department of said city, an
annuity of six hundred dollars, the same to terminate on the re-
marriage of the annuitant.

Approved May 26, 1924.

ChavAOQ ^^ ^^'^ making certain corrections and amendments in

THE insurance LAWS.

G. L. 175, § 3,
amended.

Insurance
contracts
contrary to
G. L. 175 to
178, incl.,
forbidden.

G. L. 175, new
section after
§3.

Commissioner
of insurance to

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . Section three of chapter one hundred and seventy-
five of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the
word "and" where it occurs the second time in the sixth line and
inserting in place thereof a comma, by inserting after the word
" seventy -seven " in the sixth line the words: — or one hundred
and seventy-eight, — and by striking out the last sentence, so
as to read as follows : — Section 3. No company shall make a
contract of insurance upon or relative to any property or interests
or lives in the commonwealth, or with any resident thereof, and
no person shall negotiate, solicit, or in any manner aid in the
transaction of such insurance or of its continuance or renewal,
except as authorized by this chapter or chapters one hundred
and seventy-six, one hundred and seventy-seven or one hundred
and seventy-eight.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five is
hereby further amended by inserting after section three under
the present heading "POWERS AND DUTIES OF COM-
MISSIONER OF INSURANCE" the following new section: —
Section 3 A. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 406. 367

provisions of this chapter and chapters one hundred and seventy- enforce certain
six and one hundred and seventy -seven, and, so far as is pro- faw!^^'""^^ °^
vided therein, chapter one hundred and seventy-eight. If upon To report cer-
complaint, examination or other evidence exhibited to him he is to attorlfey""^^
of the opinion that any provision of said chapters has been general, etc
violated, he shall forthwith report the facts to the attorney
general, to the proper district attorney or to the commissioner of
public safety, who shall cause the offender to be prosecuted
therefor.

Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five is g. l. its, $ lo,
hereby further amended by striking out section ten and inserting ^'"^^ ® '
in place thereof the following: — Sectioji Id. The commissioner Commissioner
shall determine the liability of a company other than a life com- fi^bi1i\'^™f°^
pany, upon its contracts of insurance, excepting marine insurance, ''?PP^.'>^®^
and the amount the company shall hold as a reserve for reinsur- life on con-
ance by charging as a liability fifty per cent of the premiums surance and'to
written in its policies, or the actual unearned portions of such determine
premiums. He shall charge as a liability fifty per cent of the held by them as
amount of the premiums written in its policies of marine in- '■^®®'^®^' ®*°-
surance upon yearly risks, and upon risks covering more than
one passage not terminated, and the full amount of premiums
written in policies upon all other marine risks not terminated,
except that in the case of a foreign fire and marine company
with less than three hundred thousand dollars capital, admitted
to transact fire insurance only, he shall charge as a liability the
full amount of premiums written in its marine and inland navi-
gation and transportation insurance policies.

Section 4. Section twenty-six of said chapter one hundred G. l. 175, § 26
and seventy-five is hereby amended by inserting at the end
thereof the words : — without any proceedings under section five
or six, — so as to read as follows : — Section 26. A company Penalty for
neglecting to make and file its annual statement in the form and fnaurance*'
within the time provided by the preceding section shall forfeit companies to
one hundred dollars for each day during which such neglect con- statements.
tinues, and, upon notice by the commissioner to that effect, its
authority to do new business shall cease while such default con-
tinues without any proceedings under section five or six.

Section 5. Section forty -eight of said chapter one hundred ^ ^- ^2,\l ^'
and seventy -five, as amended by section two of chapter two hun-
dred and fifteen and by section four of chapter two hundred and
seventy-seven, both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, and by section one of chapter thirty-nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended
by striking out the first paragraph thereof and inserting in place
thereof the following : — Section J^S. Ten or more persons resi-
dents of this commonwealth may form a stock company (a) to
transact the business set forth in any one of the clauses of section
forty-seven excepting the third, {b) to transact the business set
forth in the first and eighth clauses thereof, (c) to transact the
business set forth in the first and second clauses thereof, or in
the first, second and eighth clauses thereof, or, {d) to transact
the business set forth in any two or more of the fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth and thirteenth

368

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 406.

Capital of
stock
insurance
companies.

$100,000.

$200,000.

$300,000.

$400,000.

Not over
$1,000,000.
except, etc.

$500,000.

Amount in
certain cases.

clauses thereof, — by striking out the fourth paragraph and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Under the first, first
and eighth, fourth, fifth, sixth, except as otherwise provided
herein, eighth, ninth, tenth, or twelfth clauses, not less than two
hundred thousand dollars, — by striking out the fifth para-
graph and inserting in place thereof the following: — Under the
second clause, and under the first and second clauses excepting
ocean marine insurance, and under the first, second excepting
ocean marine insurance, and eighth clauses, not less than three
hundred thousand dollars, — by striking out the sixth paragraph
and inserting in place thereof the following : — Under the first
and second clauses, and under the first, second and eighth
clauses, not less than four hundred thousand dollars, — and by
striking out the letter " (c) " in the twenty-ninth line and insert-
ing in place thereof the letter: — (d), — so as to read as fol-
lows : — Section 48- Ten or more persons residents of this
commonwealth may form a stock company (a) to transact the
business set forth in any one of the clauses of section forty-seven
excepting the third, (6) to transact the business set forth in the
first and eighth clauses thereof, (c) to transact the business set
forth in the first and second clauses thereof, or in the first, second
and eighth clauses thereof, or, (d) to transact the business set
forth in any two or more of the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh,
eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth and thirteenth clauses thereof.

Companies organized under this section shall have a paid-up
capital as follows:

Under the sixth clause, to insure only against sickness and
against the bodily injury or death by accident of the insured;
and under the seventh and thirteenth clauses, not less than one
hundred thousand dollars.

Under the first, first and eighth, fourth, fifth, sixth, except as
otherwise provided herein, eighth, ninth, tenth, or twelfth
clauses, not less than two hundred thousand dollars.

Under the second clause, and under the first and second
clauses excepting ocean marine insurance, and under the first,
second excepting ocean marine insurance, and eighth clauses,
not less than three hundred thousand dollars.

Under the first and second clauses, and under the first, second
and eighth clauses, not less than four hundred thousand dollars.

Under the eleventh clause, not exceeding 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 transacted, not less than two hundred thou-
sand dollars.

Under the fourteenth or fifteenth clause, not less than five
hundred thousand dollars.

Under two or more of the clauses enumerated herein under
(d), the paid-up capital shall not be less than the largest amount
required for the transaction of the kinds of business specified in
any one clause which it is authorized to transact, and an addi-
tional amount equal to one half of the minimum capital required
above for the transaction of the kinds of business specified in
each additional clause which it is authorized to transact.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 406. 369

Section 6. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five is G. l. 175, new
hereby further amended by inserting after section forty-eight §^48°° ^^^^^
the following new section: — Section 4SA. Ten or more persons Mutual insur-
residents of this commonwealth may form a mutual company pa^es?"^'
(a) to transact the business specified in the first, second, third, ['•''^g^^'f'u' •
fifth or sixth clause of section forty-seven, or (b) to transact the ness, etc.
business specified in the first and eighth clauses thereof.

Companies organized under this section to transact business Certain
under the first or third clause of said section forty-seven, or as TOmpanies
provided by (b) hereof, shall be subject to the provisions of sec- subject to
tions seventy-three and seventj'-nine, those organized under this relative to
section to transact business under the second clause of said sec- poudls.^^
tion forty-seven shall be subject to section eighty-six and those
organized under this section to transact business under the fifth
or sixth clause of said section forty-seven shall be subject to
sections ninety-two and ninety-three, respectively, relative to
the issuing of policies.

Section 7. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five, as G. l. 175, § 49,
amended in section forty-nine by section five of chapter two ^^^'' ^™^'^<^®''-
hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out said sec-
tion forty-nine and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 49. The company shall be formed in the manner incorporation
described in and be subject to section nine of chapter one companfes!*
hundred and fifty-five, and sections six and eight to twelve,
inclusive, of chapter one hundred and fifty-six, except the pro-
visions thereof relative to the issue of capital stock without a
par value and except as otherwise expressly pro\dded in this
chapter.

The name of the corporation shall be subject to approval by Name.
the commissioner and shall contain the word " insurance " or
"assurance" or, if organized on the mutual plan, the words
"mutual insurance" or, if organized under the fifteenth clause
of section forty-seven, the word "reinsurance".

The agreement of association shall state the classes of insurance Agreement of
it proposes to transact and on what business plan or principle; *^°*'***i°'»-
and, if a mutual company, the amount of capital stock and the
par value of shares shall be omitted.

At the first meeting, only the directors and such other officers. First meeting,
as the by-laws require shall be chosen, and the president, secre- officera! °^
tary and such other officers as the by-laws authorize them to
choose shall be chosen by the directors.

The president, secretary and a majority of the directors shall ^r^am?ation
execute and make oath to the articles of organization specified
in section ten of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six, which
shall, with the records and by-laws of the company, be sub-
mitted to the commissioner instead of to the commissioner of
corporations and taxation, and he shall have the powers and
perform the duties relative thereto specified in section eleven of
said chapter one hundred and fifty-six.

The certificate issued by the state secretary under section Certificate of
twelve of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six shall be modified '°<=°'t'°'"**""»-
to conform to the requirements of this section.

370

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 406.

Fee.

G. L. 175,
§ 100, etc.,
amended.

Appointment
of referees
under standard
fire insurance
policies.

Third referee,
appointment
by commis-
sioner of
insurance,
when.

Compensation
and expenses
of third referee.

Company not
to pay
award until,
etc.

Compensation
and expenses of
third referee.

Review by
commissioner
of compensa-

The fee to be paid to the state secretary upon the filing of the
articles of organization shall be twenty-five dollars.

Section 8. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five, as
amended in section one hundred by chapter one hundred and
fifty-two and section one of chapter one hundred and ninety-
eight, both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section one hundred
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 100. In
case of any claim for loss or damage under any fire policy issued
on property or interests in the commonwealth in the standard
form set forth in the preceding section, and the failure of the
parties to agree as to the amount of loss, the company shall,
within ten days after a written request to appoint referees under
the provision for arbitration in such policy, name three men no
one of whom shall, without the written consent of the insured,
be a person who has served in that capacity for said company
within four months, each of whom shall be a resident of the com-
monwealth and willing to act as one of such referees, of whom
the insured shall, within ten days after receiving said names,
make known to the company his choice of one to act as one of
such referees; and such company shall, within ten days after
receiving the names of three men named by the insured, make
known to the insured its choice of one of them to act as one of
such referees. And in case of the failure of two referees chosen,
respectively, by the company and the insured to agree upon and
select, within ten days from the appointment of the second
referee, a third referee willing to act in said capacity, either of
said referees or parties may make written application, setting
forth the facts, to the commissioner to appoint such third referee;
and said commissioner shall thereupon make such appointment,
and shall send written notification thereof to the parties.

The third referee shall forthwith upon the publication of the
award furnish the company and the insured with a written state-
ment of his claim for compensation and expenses. The com-
pany and the insured shall each be liable in any case to the third
referee for one half of his compensation and expenses. The com-
pany shall not pay an award in favor of the insured prior to the
expiration of twenty days from its publication, nor until the
decision of the commissioner on a petition for review as herein-
after provided, whether or not the sixty day period prescribed
in said standard form and in section one hundred and two has
expired, but the company shall not be liable for interest during
said period of twenty days and pending the decision of the com-
missioner on a petition as aforesaid.

The company shall in all cases withhold from the amount of
such an award one half of the compensation as demanded, or, in
case of a review, as approved by commissioner, and one half of
the expenses, of the third referee, and it shall upon payment of
the balance of the award to the insured also pay to the said
referee the full amount of the compensation to which he is en-
titled and his expenses.

A company or an insured objecting to the compensation de-
manded by the third referee in any case may, within twenty

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 406. 371

days from the publication of the award, file a written petition tion of third
with the commissioner, in such form as he may require, to review
such compensation, and the commissioner after due hearing
thereon shall review and approve or disapprove in whole or in
part such compensation, and his decision in respect thereto shall
be final and conclusive upon the parties. Written notice of such
petition and of the hearing thereon shall forthwith be given by
the commissioner to the company, the third referee and the in-
sured, and he shall give like notice to the aforesaid parties of his
decision thereon, which shall be rendered as soon as may be
after said hearing.

If a policy of fire insurance contains a reduced rate or co- Referees to
insurance clause, and if, in case of loss, the parties do not agree sounTtaiue,
as to the sound value of the property affected, such value shall when.
be determined by the referees chosen to determine the loss or
damage. If the parties agree as to the loss or damage, but do
not agree as to the amount of the sound value, said value shall
be determined by referees appointed as provided in and subject
to the provisions of this section and of said standard form.
An award in writing of a majority of the referees shall be final and
conclusive on the parties as to the amount of the sound value.

A company which in compliance with this section joins in Legal defenses
reference proceedings shall not thereby be held to have waived company^ ^
any legal defense to the claim in respect to which the reference i°Y^^^ '"^
proceedings are held and such proceedings shall fix only the proceedings,
amount of the loss or damage sustained by the insured and the ^^'^'
sound value of the property as hereinbefore provided, unless
both parties shall agree in writing that the reference shall be
held and shall proceed under the provisions of chapter two
hundred and fifty-one.

A company, or an officer, agent, adjuster or representative Penalty for
thereof having authority to represent the company in respect comply *with
to a reference under this section, who wilfully refuses to comply provisions as
with the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of
not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

The appointment of a receiver for a domestic fire company, Reference
whether before or after any referees are chosen or appointed case^of'^''^^^ "^
under this section, shall not affect the requirements of said sec- company in
tion, and the receiver shall be under the same duties and obliga-
tions and have the same rights and powers in relation to referees
as are imposed and conferred by said section upon the company.
Any claim of a referee, whether chosen or appointed before or
after the receiver's appointment, for his compensation and
expenses due from the company or the receiver shall be deemed
and treated as preferred over claims for losses.

Section 9. Section one hundred and five of said chapter G. l. 175,
one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by striking out ^ ^°^' ^"^^"^"i^*^-
the last two paragraphs and inserting in place thereof the
following new paragraph : — The commissioner shall transmit Notice by com-
forthwith to each register of probate and insolvency, to the ^TO?poratr*'''
clerk of each district court, to each clerk of the courts, to the ^^^^^^ becom-
clerks of the superior court for civil and criminal business in ing or ceasing
the county of Suffolk and to the clerk of the supreme judicial to do bulne^

372

Acts; 1924. — Chap. 406.

in Massachu-
setts.

G. L. 175,

§ 114, amended.

Title insurance
companies not
subject to
G. L. 175,
except, etc.

G. L. 175,

§ 152, amended.

Kinds of busi-
ness by foreign
insurance
companies in
M assachusetts .

G. L. 175,

§ 154, amended.

Service of proc-
ess on commis-
sioner of insur-
ance as
attorney for
foreign
companies.

court for the county of Suffolk, the names of all corporate surety
companies as they become or cease to be qualified to do busi-
ness in the commonwealth.

Section 10. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five is
hereby further amended by striking out section one hundred
and fourteen and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 11 4. A company organized under the eleventh clause
of section forty-seven or under earlier laws relating to such
companies shall not be subject to this chapter, except this sec-
tion and sections three A, four, six, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen,
nineteen, nineteen A, twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-six,
thirty, thirty-two, thirty-three, forty-four, forty-seven to forty-
nine, inclusive, fifty-seven to sixty-one, inclusive, sixty-two so
far as applicable, sixty-three to sixty-five, inclusive, sixty-nine
to seventy-two, inclusive, one hundred and sixteen, one hun-
dred and eighty-nine, one hundred and ninety-three A and one
hundred and ninety-four. Such company may transact all the
kinds of business specified in said eleventh clause.

Section 11. Section one hundred and fifty-two of said
chapter one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by
inserting before the word "Any" in the first line the following
new sentence : — No foreign company shall transact in this
commonwealth any kind of business not specified in its charter
and in its license, — so as to read as follows: — Section 152.
No foreign company shall transact in this commonwealth any
kind of business not specified in its charter and in its license.
Any foreign stock company admitted to this commonwealth, or
any company admitted under section one hundred and fifty-five,
may, if its charter permits, transact the kinds of business per-
mitted to domestic stock companies under section fifty-one, and
shall be subject to said section fifty-one and to section fifty-two.
Any foreign mutual company admitted to this commonwealth
may, if its charter permits, transact the kinds of business per-
mitted to domestic mutual companies by clauses (a), {d), (e),
(/) and (g) of section fifty-four. Any foreign life company ad-
mitted to this commonwealth may, if its charter permits, trans-
act the kinds of business permitted to domestic life companies
under section one hundred and nineteen.

Section 12. Section one hundred and fifty-four of said
chapter one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "forward" in the third line the words: • —
by mail, postage prepaid, — by striking out the words " to its
secretary" in the fourth line and inserting in place thereof the
words : — addressed to the company at its last home office ad-
dress appearing on his records, — and by inserting after the word
"States" in the sixth line the words: — , addressed to him at
the last address appearing on said records, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 15 4- When legal process is served upon the
commissioner as attorney for a foreign company under the third
clause of section one hundred and fifty-one, he shall forthwith
forward by mail, postage prepaid, one of the duplicate copies of
the process served on him, addressed to the company at its last
home ofiice address appearing on his records, or, in the case of a

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 406. 373

company of a foreign country, to its resident manager in the
United States, addressed to him at the last address appearing
on said records, or to such other person as may previously have
been designated by the company by written notice filed in the
office of the commissioner. As a condition of valid and effectual
service and of the duty of the commissioner in the premises, the
plaintiff in each such process shall pay to the commissioner at
the time of service thereof the sum of two dollars, which the said
plaintiff shall recover as taxable costs if he prevails in his suit.
The commissioner shall keep a record of all such processes show-
ing the day and hour of service.

Section 13. Section one hundred and seventy-four of said ^-^^ i^s,
chapter one hundred and seventy-five is hereby further amended
by mserting after the word "necessary" in the twenty-fourth
line the words : — , and for this purpose shall have the powers
conferred by section four, — so as to read as follows: — Section Certain
174. The licenses described in sections one hundred and sixty- may°be*'°°^
three, one hundred and sixty-six, one hundred and eixty-seven, licensed as
one hundred and sixty-eight and one hundred and seventy-two agents,
may be issued to any corporation which is incorporated exclu- ^'■°^®'"^' ®•^''•
sively for the purpose of acting as an insurance agent, broker or
adjuster of fire losses and which, in case of a corporation incor-
porated to act as an insurance agent or broker, by its by-laws
and articles of organization limits the holding and ownership of
its capital stock to insurance agents and brokers or persons em-
ployed 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 said sections, 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 in the license. Each officer shall file the statement or
application required by law. A certified copy of the by-laws, Copy of by-
articles of organization and charter shall be filed with the said bTfiied."" *°
statements or applications. The license may be revoked or sus- Revocation or
pended as to the corporation or as to any officer named therein, fi^nse^'"*^ °
No foreign corporation shall be licensed as an insurance agent Restrictiona as
of a foreign company under said section one hundred and sixty- corporatrona.
three or as a special insurance broker under said section one hun-
dred and sixty-eight. The commissioner may at any time require Examination.
such information as he deems necessary in respect to the corpora- commissioner.
tion, its officers or affairs, and may make such examination of its
books and affairs as he deems necessary, and for this purpose
shall have the powers conferred by section four. The clerk or Copies of
other corresponding officer shall file with the commissioner, by-iaw^l^c^, to
within thirty days after the adoption thereof, certified copies of ^® fi'®'^-
all 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 of ^c^eMe^'^'^" °^
such notice, the commissioner shall forthwith revoke its license
without a hearing. Every officer specified in the license shall be
personally liable to the penalties of the insurance laws for any
violation thereof, although the act of violation is done in the

374

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 406.

Liability of
oflScers, etc.

Penalty for
failure to file
copies of
amendments
to by-laws,
etc.

G.L. 175,
§ 178, etc.,
amended.

Compensation
and accounts
of receivers of
insurance
companies.

Duties of
receivers as
to unclaimed
money.

Payment to
Common-
wealth, etc.

Notice to
persons in
interest by
comptroller,
etc.

Deposit of
books and
papers of
company,
when.

name and in behalf of the corporation. The corporation shall be
liable for any such violation, the responsibility for which cannot
be placed on any individual officer.

Whoever, being clerk or corresponding officer of a corporation
licensed under this section, fails to file with the commissioner
copies of all amendments to the by-laws or charter of such cor-
poration as provided herein, or fails to notify the commissioner
of the dissolution or revocation of the charter of the corpora-
tion, or whoever, being specified in the license of such corpora-
tion as an officer, acts 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 14. Section one hundred and seventy-eight of said
chapter one hundred and seventy-five, as amended by section
eighty-eight of chapter three hundred and sixty-two of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended
by insertirtg after the word "receivers" in the third line, the
words : — , except those rendered by the commissioner when ap-
pointed under section one hundred and seventy-nine, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 178. The compensation of receivers
of insolvent companies shall be fixed by the supreme judicial
court. All accounts rendered to the court by such receivers,
except those rendered by the commissioner when appointed under
section one hundred and seventy-nine, shall bfe referred to the
commissioner.

Such receivers, at the expiration of one year after final settle-
ment ordered by the court, shall report to the court the names
and residences, if known, of the persons entitled to money or
dividends from the estate of such companies remaining in their
hands uncalled for, with the amount due to each. The court
shall thereupon order a notice to be given by the receivers and,
upon the expiration of one year after the time of giving such
notice, the receivers shall in like manner report the amounts still
uncalled for. Unless cause shall appear for decreeing otherwise,
such amounts shall then be ordered to be paid to the common-
wealth, and schedules signed by the receivers shall at the same
time be deposited with the state treasurer and comptroller,
setting forth the decree of the court and the names and residences,
so far as known, of the persons or parties entitled thereto, alpha-
betically arranged, and the amount due to each. The comp-
troller shall forthwith cause notice of such deposit to be mailed
to such persons, and, upon certification by him that a claimant
is entitled to any part of said deposit, it shall be paid in the same
manner as other claims against the commonwealth. Upon the
payment to the commonwealth of such unclaimed money or
dividends by the receiver and the allowance by the court of his
final account, or at the expiration of one year after the final
settlement ordered by the court, if he then has in his hands no
unclaimed money or dividends, he shall deposit with the com-
missioner all books and papers of such company, including those
relative to his receivership, which shall be preserved by the
commissioner.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 406. 375

Section 15. Section one hundred and eighty of said chapter g. l. 17.5,
one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by striking out ^ ^^^' *'^®'i"®<^-
the second paragraph thereof and inserting in place thereof the
following: — For the above purposes, he, his deputy or examiner Examination
shall have free access to the official books and papers of such etc^'^o°'re-^'
receivers relative to their transactions and shall have all the ceiv'ers of

2 11 i • p insurance

powers conferred by section four. companies.

Section 16. Section one hundred and eighty -nine of said g. l. 175,
chapter one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by .amen e .
striking out, in the third and fourth lines, the words " in the fol-
lowing section", by inserting after the word "as" in the third
line the word: — otherwise, — and by striking out, in the fourth
line, the word "two" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
five, — so as to read as follows: — Section 189. A company or Penalty for
any officer or agent thereof who makes, issues or delivers a policy insurance *°''
of insurance or an annuity or pure endowment contract in viola- policies in
tion of this chapter shall, except as otherwise provided, forfeit law.
not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 17. Sections eight, ninety-one, one hundred and G- l. 175, §§8.
fifteen and one hundred and ninety of said chapter one hundred and g°'l. 177,
and seventy-five, and section fifteen of chapter one hundred and ^ ^''' ""epeaied.
seventy-seven of the General Laws, are hereby repealed.

Section 18. Section twenty-two of said chapter one hundred ^- ^Ph ^ ^^'
and seventy-five is hereby amended by striking out the word
"or" Avhere it occurs the fourth time in the eighth line, and by
inserting after the word "writing" in the tenth line, the words: —
, or pro\'iding that any such policy or contract made in the
commonwealth on lives, property or interests therein shall be
governed by the laws of any state or country other than this
commonwealth, — so as to read as follows : — Section 22. No insertion of
company and no officer or agent thereof shall make, issue or certain

,,. ,. ». " . ' conditions,

deliver any policy of insurance or any annuity or pure endowment etc., in
contract containing any condition, stipulation or agreement de- p^ol^ci^r*'
priving the courts of the commonwealth of jurisdiction of actions prohibited,
against it; limiting the time for commencing actions against it
to a period of less than two years from the time when the cause
of action accrues; making any person appointed and licensed as
its agent the agent of the applicant or insured or holder of the
policy or contract for any purpose; providing that no person
shall be deemed an agent of the company unless authorized by
the company in wTiting, or providing that any such policy or
contr^tct made in the commonwealth on lives, property or inter-
ests therein shall be governed by the laws of any state or country
other than this commonwealth. Any such condition, stipula-
tion or agreement shall be void.

Section 19. Chapter two hundred and five of the General ^- L- 205 new
Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section nineteen the § 19.°^ ^
following new section: — Section 19 A. Any receiver, assignee, Receivers.
guardian, conservator, trustee, executor, administrator or other may make^*^"'
fiduciary, or party from whom a bond is required, may agree certain
and arrange with his sureties for the deposit for safe keeping of witr^retfos,
any or all moneys, assets and other property for which he is or ^^'^'
may be responsible with a bank, savings bank, safe deposit or

376 Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 407, 408.

trust company authorized by law to do business as such in the
commonwealth, and in such manner as to prevent the with-
drawal or alienation of such money, assets or other property, or
any part thereof, without the written consent of such sureties,
or an order of the court in which such bond is filed, or of a judge
thereof, made on such notice to such sureties as the court or
judge may direct. Approved May 26, 1924.

Chap. 4:07 An Act reducing the membership of the board of aldermen

OF THE CITY OF MELROSE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

s^9 ^amended' ' SECTION 1. Chapter One hundred and sixty-two of the acts
of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, as affected by chapter
four hundred and thirty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, is hereby amended by striking out section nine and
C'tyo^f b rd i'^serting in place thereof the following: — Section 9. The board
of aldermen. of aldermen shall consist of eleven members, who shall be elected
Section? te^'ms, biennially in every even-numbered year as follows: — One mem-
e*<=- ber from each ward to be elected hy and from the qualified voters

of that ward, and four members at large to be elected by and
from the qualified voters of the entire city. The aldermen so
elected shall serve for terms of two years, beginning with the
first Monday in January next following their election. A ma-
jority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day.
Submission to SECTION 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to

vovGrs etc ■

the voters of the city of Melrose at the biennial state election in
the current year, in the form of the following question which
shall be printed upon the official ballot to be used at said elec-
tion: "Shall an act passed by the general court in the year
nineteen himdred and twenty-four, entitled 'An Act reducing
the membership of the board of aldermen of the city of Melrose',
be accepted?" If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote
in the affirmative in answer to said question, this act shall
thereupon take effect for the purposes of the biennial municipal
election in said city in the current year, and shall take full effect
at the beginning of its municipal year of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five; otherwise it shall not take effect.

Approved May 26, 1924.

ChapAOS An Act authorizing the onset fire district to take over

THE ONSET WATER COMPANY AND THEREAFTER TO ESTABLISH
AND MAINTAIN A GENERAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Onset Bay SECTION 1. All acts and proceedings of the Onset Ba}^ Fire

certain'acts ' District in the town of Wareham under the name of the Onset
ratified. p'jj.g District are hereby ratified and confirmed to the same ex-

tent as if the latter name had been the correct name of said dis-
Name changed trict, and the name of the said district shall hereafter be the
District. "^^ Ousct Fire District.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 408. 377

Section 2. The said district, by its prudential committee May purchase
or by a committee thereto duly authorized, for the purpose of oto^setwateT
supplying its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of Company.
fires and for domestic and other purposes, may purchase the
franchises, corporate property and all the rights and privileges
of the Onset Water Company for a sum not exceeding eighty-
five thousand dollars, and thereafter said district may maintain May maintain
a water supply system for the aforesaid purposes, subject to all ^y^tenf^tc!^
general laws now or hereafter in force relating to such districts,
except as otherwise provided herein. If the said company has
incurred indebtedness, the amount of such indebtedness out-
standing at the time of such purchase may be assumed by the
said district, and the purchase price shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 3. For the purposes aforesaid, the said district, act- May take, etc.,
ing through its board of water commissioners hereinafter pro- etc.'*"* ^^ ^^^'
vided for, may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-
nine of the General, Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise,
and hold, the water of any pond, brook, spring or stream within
the town of Wareham, not already used for public water supply,
subject to the approval of the department of public health; and cert^i^^j^ancfs'" '
for the said purposes, through its board of water commissioners, etc.
may take by eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine,
or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights
of way and other easements necessary for collecting, storing,
holding and preserving such water and conveying the same. The May erect
said district may erect on the lands acquired and held under this buildings, etc.
act proper dams, buildings, 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 mainte-
nance of complete and effective water works ; and for that pur- May lay
pose may construct and lay conduits, pipes and other works, over ''°^ ^' ''"
and under any lands, water courses, railroads, railways, and
public or private ways, and along such ways, in such manner as
not unnecessarily to obstruct the same; and for the purposes of
constructing, maintaining and repairing conduits, pipes and
other works, and for all other proper purposes of this act, said
district may dig up any such lands, and, under the direction of
the selectmen of tlae town of Wareham, enter upon and dig up
any such ways in such manner as to cause the least hindrance
to public travel thereon. The said district shall not enter upon. Restrictions
construct or lay any pipes, conduits or other works within the upon railroad
location of any railroad corporation, except at such time and locations.
in such manner as it may agree upon with such railroad corpora-
tion or, in case of failure so to agree, as may be approved by the
department of public utilities.

Section 4. The said district may, in cases of emergency, May take
take by eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine the fn'^cases"!
right to draw water from any stream, pond or reservoir not emergency, etc.
already appropriated to the uses of a municipal water supply,
for a period of not more than nine months in any year, in quan-
tities n^essary to relieve the emergency; but no such taking
shall be made until after the department of public health has

378

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 408.

May borrow
money, etc.

Onset Fire
District Loan,
Act of 1924.

Payment of
loan, etc.

Board of water
commissioners,
election, terms,
powers, etc.

Vacancies.

Commissioners
to fix water
rates, etc.

Net surplus,
how to he used.

approved the water as a proper source of water supply. The
said district may also take by eminent domain under said chapter
seventy-nine the right to use any land for the time necessary to
use such water. The vote of the said district to make or author-
ize such taking shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of
the emergency.

Section 5. For the purpose of paying the necessary expenses
and liabilities incurred under the provisions of this act, the said
district may borrow from time to time within a period of five
years after the passage of this act such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words, Onset Fire District Loan, Act of 1924.
Said bonds or notes shall be signed by the treasurer of the dis-
trict and countersigned by the prudential committee. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans
shall be payable in not more than thirty years from their dates.
Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be subject to chapter
forty-four of the General Laws.

Section 6. The said district shall, at the time of authorizing
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in accordance
with section five; 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 and interest as it accrues on bonds or notes issued as
aforesaid, and to make such payments on the principal as may
be required under this act, shall, without further vote, be as-
sessed upon the said district by the assessors of the town of
Wareham annually thereafter, until the debt incurred by said
loan or loans is extinguished.

Section 7. The said district shall, after the purchase of the
franchise, corporate property, rights and privileges of said water
company as provided in this act, at a legal 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
succeeding annual district meeting, to constitute a board of
water commissioners; and at each annual district meeting after
said next succeeding annual district meeting one such commis-
sioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of three years. All
authority granted to the said district by this act, except sections
five and six, when not specifically provided otherwise, shall be
vested in the said board of water commissioners, who shall be
subject, however, to such instructions, rules and regulations as
said district may impose by vote. Any vacancy occurring in said
board may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by
said district at any legal meeting called for the purpose.

Section 8. The said commissioners shall fix just and equitable
rates and prices for the use of water, and shall prescribe the time
and manner of payment. The income of the water works shall
be used to defray all operating expenses, interest charges and
payments on principal as they become due upon anyT)onds or
notes issued under authority of this act. If there should be a
net surplus remaining after providing for the aforesaid charges

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 409. 379

it shall be used for such new construction as said commissioners
may determine upon, and in case a surplus should remain after
payment for such new construction the water rates shall be re-
duced proportionately. No money shall be expended in new
construction by said commissioners except from the net surplus
aforesaid, unless the district appropriates and provides money
therefor. All authority vested in the said commissioners by the
foregoing provisions of this section shall be subject to the pro-
visions of section seven. Said commissioners shall, annually Annual report.
and as often as the district may require, render to the district 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 9. No purchase of the franchise, corporate prop- Two thirds vote
erty, rights and privileges of said water company shall be made clr^a^n'^cMes
except b}^ a two thirds vote of the voters of the district present
and voting thereon; and all loans authorized under section five
shall require a like two thirds vote.

Section 10. So much of chapter three hundred and thirty- certain incon-
four of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-two as is incon- glo^ng^reoeaied
sistent herewith is hereby repealed.

Section 1 1 . This act shall take full effect upon its acceptance submission to
by a two thirds vote of the voters of said district present and ^rstrict^etc
voting thereon at a meeting called for the purpose within six
months after its passage ; but for the purpose of being submitted
to the voters as aforesaid it shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 27, 192 J^.

C/iap.409

An Act providing for the laying out by the metropolitan
dist!rict commission of a parkway or boulevard in the
towns of stoneham and wakefield.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized to Metropolitan
lay out a parkway or boulevard from a point at or near the June- n'^a^ion m^y
tion of Main and South streets in the town of Stoneham to or lay out park-
near Doleful pond in said town, thence to the northerly end of vard'in stone-
Crystal lake in the town of Wakefield, and from said lake to hamandWake-
Quannapowitt parkway in said town of Wakefield, or by such
other route as said commission may deem desirable between said
junction of Main and South streets and said Quannapowitt
parkway. For the purposes of this act, said commission may Expenditures.
expend such sum, not exceeding five thousand dollars, as may
hereafter be appropriated, to be paid from the Metropolitan
Parks Maintenance Fund, Boulevards; provided, that said Proviso.
towns shall first ha\e acquired and conveyed, or caused to be
conveyed, to the commonwealth, for the use of the metropolitan
parks district, without cost to the commonwealth or to said
commission, such lands and rights in land as the commission
may deem necessary for the laying out of said parkway or
boulevard, exclusive of such lands and rights therein as may be
acquired Ijy the commonwealth at a total cost of not exceeding
said sum of five thousand dollars. Approved May 27, 1924.

380

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 410.

ChaV AlO ^^ ^^'^ RELATIVE TO THE REDIVISION OF THE CITY OF BOSTON

INTO WARDS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. There shall be an unpaid commission to redivide
the city of Boston into wards, consisting of three senators to be
appointed in the first instance by the president of the senate and
eight representatives to be appointed in the first instance by the
speaker of the house of representatives, all such members to be
residents of said city. Any vacancy in said commission shall be
filled by the remaining members thereof by electing a senator
or representative, as the case may be, who is a resident of said
city. At their first meeting, they shall organize by choosing a
chairman who shall be one of their number, and a clerk. The
city of Boston shall provide them with a suitable office and room
for hearings and shall allow and pay a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars for clerk hire, stationery and incidental expenses
of said commission. The election department of said city shall
at its expense prepare a map of said city showing the number of
registered voters in each block therein qualified to vote at the
nineteen hundred and twenty-four biennial state election and
shall on or before December first, nineteen hundred and twenty-
four deliver the same to said commission. For the purposes of
this act said election department, the assessing department and
any other department, board or officer of said city, including
the police department, maj^ and upon request of said commission
shall, consult with it and furnish to it all facts and information
requested within their knowledge or control, and all the resources
and facilities of said city departments, boards or officers, or any
of them, shall be available to such commission. Such commission
may hold public hearings, may require by summons the atten-
dance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books
and papers relating to any matter within the scope of the
authority granted by this act. Such summonses may be issued,
and oaths to witnesses testifying before the commission may
be administered, by the chairman thereof.

Section 2. Said commission shall, during the month of
December in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, make
a new division of the territory of said city into not more than
thirty-six wards. The boundaries of the wards shall be so ar-
ranged that the wards shall contain, as nearly as can be ascer-
tained and as may be consistent with well defined limits to each
ward, an equal number of registered voters. Said commission
shall forthwith give notice in writing to the city clerk of said
city and to the secretary of the commonwealth of the number and
designations of the wards as established by it hereunder.

Section 3. For all elections held prior to the nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six biennial state primary, and for the assess-
ment of taxes prior to such primary, the wards as existing
previous to the redivision provided for herein shall continue, and
for such purpose the election officers shall be appointed and hold
office, and voting lists shall be prepared and all other things
required by law shall be done, as if no such redivision had been

Commission to
redivide city of
Boston into
wards,
membership,
etc.

Vacancies.

Organization.

City of Boston
to provide
office.'etc.

Election
department of
Boston to
prepare map,
etc.

City depart-
ments, etc.,
to furnish
information,
etc.

Public
hearings,
witnesses, etc.

Division of
city into not
more than
thirty-six
wards, etc.

Notice by
commission.

Wards existing
previous to
redivision to
continue for
certain pur-
poses, etc.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 411, 412. 381

made. For all other purposes such redivision shall take effect ?^¥P ""e-

T /^i'Ti 11 1. if> division to take

on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-nve. effect.

Section 4. All provisions of law applicable to said city inconsistent
which are inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. rJp^iedL^

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 28, 1924.

An Act validating the election and certain acts of the Qfidr) 411

COMMISSIONERS OF THE FAYVILLE FIRE AND WATER DISTRICT
AND MAKING PROVISION FOR THEIR FUTURE ELECTION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . The election of the commissioners of the Fay- Election and
ville Fire and Water District elected at a meeting held on October comm?s.^ioners
eighth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and all acts of such "'J^t^r d'^^
commissioners done in pursuance thereof, are hereby validated trict validated.
and confirmed to the same extent as if their election had been
in accordance with section nine of chapter four hundred and
seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
and the said district shall, at its annual meeting in nineteen Provision for
hundred and twenty-four, elect by ballot a board of commis- l"f*^ommfs°sTon-
sioners consisting of three persons to hold office, one for three era.
years, one for two years, and one for one year, from said annual
meeting, and at each annual meeting thereafter the said district
shall elect one such commissioner for a term of three ^'^ears.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 28, 1924.

Chap.U2

An Act to amend the building laws of the city of bos-
ton WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF STRUCTURAL STEEL AND
CAST IRON.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Section fourteen of chapter five hundred and i907. 550 § u,
fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as amended by
section four of chapter one hundred and seventy-nine of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen and by section
nine of chapter four hundred and sixty-two of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by
striking out the twenty-eighth paragraph and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Steel: — Steel for all structural work in Boston building
buildings, except reinforced concrete work, shall conform to the '^^^"
requirements of the standard specifications for the composition materials;
of structural steel for bridges of the American Society for Testing ^*®®''
Materials, as from time to time revised.

And further amended by striking out the schedule headed.
" Stresses for Structural Steel and Iron" and all after said schedule
down to but not including the paragraph entitled "Cast Iron
Compression Members" and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing : —

stresses for Cast Iron.
Bearing ...... 16,000 lb.s. per square inch stresses for

Bending compression .... 10,000 lbs. per square inch cast iron.

Bending tension ..... 4,000 lbs. per square inch

Shearing 2,000 lbs. per square inch

382

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 412.

1907, 550, § 16,
etc., amended.

Structural steel.

Allowable
stresses.

Tension.
Compression.

Bending.

Shearing.

And further amended by striking out the last four para-
graphs.

Section 2. Said chapter five hundred and fifty, as amended
in section sixteen by section six of said chapter one hundred and
seventy-nine and by section ten of said chapter four hundred
and sixty-two, is hereby further amended by striking out said
section sixteen and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 16. Structural Steel. — The design, fabrication and
erection of structural steel shall be in accordance with the follow-
ing specifications:

1. Allowable Stresses:

All parts of the structure shall be so proportioned that the sum of
the maximum static stres.ses in pounds per square inch shall not exceed
the following:

(a) Tension: Rolled Steel, on net section .... 18,000

(6) Compression: Rolled Steel, on short lengths or where
lateral deflection is prevented ...... 18,000

On gross section of columns,

18,000

1 +

18,0C0r 2

with a maximum of . . . . • . • •

In which / is the unsupported length of the column, and r is the
corresponding least radius of gyration of the section, both in
inches.

For main compression members, the ratio 1/r shall not exceed
160, and for bracing and other secondary members, 200.

(c) Bending: On extreme fibres of rolled shapes, and built
up sections, net section, if lateral deflection is prevented .

When the unsupported length I exceeds 15 times b, the width
of the compre^^sion flange, the stress in pounds per square inch
in the latter shall not exceed

20,000

13,500

18,000

1 +

2,0006 ■

The laterally unsupported length of beams and girders shall not
exceed 40 times b the width of the compression flange.

On extreme fibres of pins, when the forces are assumed as

acting at the center of gravity of the pieces ....

(d) Shearing: On pins .....••

On power-driven rivets ....

On turned bolts in reamed holes with a clearance

of not more than 1/50 of an inch
On hand-driven rivets .....
On unfinished bolts . . . . ■

On the gross area of the webs of beams and
girders, where h, the height between flanges
in inches, is not more than 60 times t, the
thickness of the web in inches
On the gross area of the webs of beams and
girders if the web is not stiffened where h,
the height between flanges in inches, is more
than 60 times t, the thickness of the web. the
maximum shear per square inch, S/A shall
not exceed

18.000

27,000
13,500
13,500

13,500
10,000
10,000

12,000

1 +

//2

7,200< ■

In whif'h S is the total shear, and A is gross
area of web in square inches.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 412. 383

Double Single
Shear. Shear.

(e) Bearing: On pins 30,000 24,000 Bearing.

On power-driven rivets . . . 30,000 24.000

On turned bolts in reamed holes . . 30,000 24,000

On hand-driven rivets . . . 20,000 16,000

On unfinished bolts ... . 20,000 16,000

On e.xpan.'^ion rollers per lineal inch 600
times the diameter of the roller in
inches.
(/) Combined Stresses: For combined stresses due to wind and Combined
other loads, the permi.ssibre working stress may be increased 20%, st'fessea.
provided the section thus found is not less than that required by the
dead and live loads alone.

(g) Members Carrying Wiitd Only: For members carrying wind Members
stresses only, the permissible working stresses may be increased 20%. f^^yig wind

only.

2. Symmetrical Members:

Sections shall preferably he symmetrical. Symmetrical

members.

3. Beams and Girders:

(a) Rolled beams shall be proportioned by the moment of inertia Beams and
of their net section. Plate girders with webs fully spliced for bending girders,
shall be so proportioned that the unit stress on the net section does not Rolled beams,
exceed the stresses specified in paragraph 1 of this section as determined

by the moment of inertia of the net section.

(b) Plate girder ivebs shall have a thickness of not less than 1-160 of Plate girder
the unsupported distance between the flanges. webs.

(c) Web splices shall consist of a plate on each side of the web Web splices,
capable of "transmitting the full stress through the splice rivets.

(d) Stiffeners: StifJeners shall be required on the webs of rolled Stiffeners.
beams and plate girders at the ends and at points of concentrated

loads, and at other points where h the clear distance between flanges
is greater than 85t 1/18,000 (A/S) — 1, in which t is the thickness of
the web. When stiffeners are required, the distance in inches between
them shall not be greater than 85/1/18,000 (A/S) — 1, or not greater
than 6 feet. Stiffeners under or over concentrated loads shall be pro-
portioned to distribute such loads into the web.

Plate girder stiffeners shall generally be in pairs, one on each side
of the web, and shall have a close bearing against the flange angles at
points of concentrated loading. The pitch of rivet in stiflfeners shall
not exceed 6".

(e) Flange plates of all girders shall be limited in width so as not to Flange plates,
extend more than 6" or more than 12 times the thickness of thinnest etc.

plate beyond the outer row of rivets connecting them to the angles.

(/) Crane runivay girders and the supporting frame-work shall be Crane runway
proportioned to resist the greatest horizontal stresses caused by the girders,
operation of the cranes.

{g) Rivets connecting the flanges to the web at points of direct load Rivets, etc.
on the flange between stiffeners shall be proportioned to carry the
re.sultant of the longitudinal and transverse shears.

{h) Rivets connecting the flanges to the webs of plate girders and Rivets, etc.
of columns subjected to bending shall be so spaced as to carry the
increment of the flange stress between the rivets.

4. Column Bases:

(a) Proper provision shall be made to distribute the column loads Column bases.
on the footings and foundations.

(6) The top surface of all column bases shall be planed for the
column bearing. ,

384

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 412.

Eccentric
loading.

Combined
stresses.

5. Eccentric Lo.iuinu:

Full provision shall be made for stresses caused by eccentric loads.

6. Combined Stresses:

(o) Members subject to both direct and bending stresses shall be so
proportioned that the greatest combined stresses shall not exceed the
allowed limits.

(b) All members and their connections which are subject to stresses
of both tension and compression due to the action of live loads shall
be designed to sustain stress giving the largest section, with 50% of
the smaller stress added to it. If the reversal of stress is due to the
action of wind, the member shall be designed for the stress giving the
largest section and the connections proportioned for the largest stress.

Abutting
joints.

Net sections.

7. Abutting Joints:

Compression members when faced for bearings shall be spliced suf-
ficiently to hold the connecting members accurately in place. Other
joints in riveted work, whether in tension or compression, shall be fully
spliced.

8. Net Sections:

(a) In calculating tension members, the net section shall be used,
and in deducting the rivet holes they shall be taken 5 inch greater in
diameter than the nominal diameter of the rivets.

(b) Pin-connected tension members shall have the section through
the pin hole 2.^% in excess of the net section of the member, and a net
section back of the pin hole equal to 75% of that required through the
pin hole.

9. Rivets and Bolts:

(a) In proportioning rivets, the nominal diameter of the rivet shall
be used.

(b) Rivets carrying calculated stresses, and whose grip exceeds five
diameters, shall have their number increased 1% for each additional
i*(f inch in the rivet grip.

(c) Rivets shall be used for the splices and connections of main
members, and for connections subject to reversal of stresses.

(d) P'inished bolts in reamed holes may be used in shop or field
work where it is impracticable to obtain satisfactory power-driven
rivets. The finished shank shall be long enough to provide full bear-
ing, and washers used under the nuts to give full grip when turned
tight.

Unfinished bolts may be used in field work for connections in minor
structures, and for secondary members of all structures such as purlins,
girts, door and window framing, alignment bracing and secondary
beams in floor.

10. Rivet Spacing:
Rivet spacing. Rivets shall be spaced in accordance with good engineering practice.

Rivets and
bolts.

11. Connections:

Connections. («) Connections carrying calculated stresses except for lacing, sag

bars, or angles, hand rails, or beam connections, shall not have less
than 2 rivets; or for field connections not less than .3 rivets.

(h) Members meeting at a joint shall have their lines of center of
gravity meet at a point if practicable; if not, provision shall be made
for anv eccentricity.

(c) The rivets at the ends of any member transmittmg the stresses
into that member should have their centers of gi-avity in the line of the
center of gravity 9f the member; if not, provision shall be made for
the effect of the resulting eccentricity. Pins may be so placed as to
counteract the effect of bending due to dead load.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 413. 385

(d) When a beam or girder "A" is connected to another member
in such a manner that "A" acts as a continuous or fixed end beam,
proper provision shall be made for the bending moments at such a
connection.

(e) Where stress is transmitted from one piece to another, through
a loose filler, the number of rivets shall be properly increased.

12. Expansion:
Proper provision shall be made for expansion and contraction. Expansion.

13. Minimum Thickness:

No steel less than ^\ inch thick shall be used for exterior construe- Minimum
tion, nor less than j inch for interior construction, except for linings or t^^icknesa.
fillers and the webs of rolled structural shapes.

Structural steel and sheet metal thinner than j inch forming a part
of the construction of stairs, skylights, roof houses, fire escapes, light
one-story buildings, or light miscellaneous steel work may be used
under such restrictions as the commissioner may prescribe.

14. Workmanship:

(a) All workmanship shall be equal to the best practice in modern Workmanship,
structural shops.

(6) Compression joints depending upon contact bearing shall have
the bearing surfaces truly faced after the members are riveted.

(c) The use of a burning torch is permissible if the burned metal is
not carrying stresses during the burning. Stresses shall not be trans-
mitted into the metal through a burned surface.

15. Erection:

(a) The frame of all steel skeleton buildings shall be carried up true Erection,
and plumb, and temporary bracing shall be introduced wherever nec-
essary to take care of all loads to which the structure may be subjected,
including erection equipment, and the operation of same. Such brac-
ing shall be left in place as long as may be required for safety.

(h) As erection progresses the work shall be securely bolted up to
take care of all dead load, wind and erection stresses.

(c) Wherever piles of material, erection equipment, or other loads
are carried during erection, proper provision shall be made to take
care of stresses resulting from the same.

(d) No riveting shall be done until the structure has been properly
aligned.

(e) Rivets driven in the field shall be heated and driven with the
same care as those driven in the shop.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 28, 1924.

An Act relative to the discharging of liens for water ChavAlZ

RATES BY CITIES, TOWNS AND WATER DISTRICTS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an p'"^'^"^ ^•
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section forty-two B of chapter forty of the General Laws, o. l. 40, § 42 b,
inserted by chapter three hundred and ninety-one of the acts ^**'' ^"^'^^ ® *
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby amended by
adding at the end thereof the following: — Such lien may be Discharging

of liens for

386

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 414.

water rates by
cities, towns
and water
districts.

dissolved by filing for record in such registry of deeds a certificate
from the collector of taxes of the city or town in which such real
estate is situated that all rates and charges for which such lien
attached, together with interest and costs thereon, have been
paid or legally abated. Approved May 28, 1924.

1907, 550, § 36,
etc., amended.

C/iaZ).414 ^^ -^^"^ RELATIVE TO LIVE LOAD REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICE

BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-six of chapter five hundred and fifty of the acts
of nineteen hundred and seven, as amended by chapter five
hundred and ninety-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
fourteen, by section sixteen of chapter one hundred and seventy-
nine of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen and
by section eighteen of chapter four hundred and sixty -two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further
amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Live loads shall include all loads
except dead loads. Every permit shall state the purpose for
which the building is to be used, and all floors and stairs shall
be of sufficient strength to bear safely the weight to be imposed
thereon in addition to the dead load, but shall safely support a
minimum uniformly distributed live load per square foot as
specified in the following table:

Boston
building laws.
Live loads.

Class op BtriLDiNG.

Pounds per
Square Foot.

Armories, assembly halls, and gymnasiums
Fire houses : —

Apparatus floors ....

Residence and stable floors
Garages, private, not more than two cars
Garages, public . . . .

Grandstands .....

Hotels, lodging houses, boarding houses, clubs, convents, hospi
tals, asj'lums and detention buildings: —

Public portions .....

Residence portions ....
Manufacturing, heavj^ ....
Manufacturing, light ....
Office buildings: —

First floor .....

All other floors .....
Public buildings: —

Public portions .....

Office portions .....
Residence buildings, including porches
Schools and colleges: — •

Assembty halls ......

Class rooms never to be used as assembly halls
Sidewalks .......

(Or eight thousand pounds, concentrated, whichever gives the
larger moment or shear.)
Stables, public or mercantile: —

Street entrance floors .......

Feed room .........

Carriage room .........

Stall room .........

100

150

100

100
50

250
125

125
60

100
75
50

100

250

150

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 415.

387

Pounds per
Square Foot.

Stairs, corridors and fire escapes from armories, assembly halls

and gymnasiums ........ 100

Stairs, corridors and fire escapes except from armories, assembly

halls and gymnasiums ....... 75

Storage, heavy ......... 250

Storage, light ......... 125

Stores, retail . . . . . . . . .125

Stores, wholesale ......... 2.50

And further amended by striking out the thirteenth paragraph
and inserting in place thereof the following : — In all buildings Reduction of
except storage buildings, wholesale stores, public garages and ^°°'" '*^® ^°^*^^'
office buildings, for all columns, girders, trusses, walls, piers and
foundations :

Carrying one floor .
Carrying two floors
Carrying three floors
Carrying four floors
Carrying five floors
Carrying six floors or more

No reduction

Twenty-five per cent reduction
Forty per cent reduction
Fifty per cent reduction
Fifty-five per cent reduction
Sixty per cent reduction

For office buildings only :

Carrying one floor .
Carrying two floors
Carrying three floors
Carr3Mng four floors
Carrying five floors
Carrying six floors or more

No reduction
Ten per cent reduction
Twenty per cent reduction
Thirty per cent reduction
Forty per cent reduction
Fift}'' per cent reduction
Approved May 28, 1924.

An Act to establish the salary of the messenger of the
probate court for the county of suffolk.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and seventeen of the Gen-
eral Laws, as amended in section thirty-nine by section two of
chapter forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
thirty-nine and inserting in place thereof the following : — Sec-
tion 39. Court officers for attendance at sessions of the probate
courts shall receive from their respective counties salaries and
compensation as follows : For the county of —

Middlesex, twenty-four hundred and eighty-four dollars, and
one hundred dollars annually to provide a uniform, together
with ten cents a mile for travel out and home once a week during
such attendance if the distance exceeds five miles one way.

Plymouth, four hundred and fifty dollars, subject to the ap-
proval of the county commissioners.

Suffolk, twenty-six hundred and forty dollars, and one hun-
dred dollars annually to provide a uniform.

Messengers of the probate courts shall receive from their re-
specti\e counties salaries and compensation as follows:

Chap.A15

G. L. 217, § 39,
etc., amended.

Probate courts,
court officers,
salaries, etc.

Middlesex.

Plymouth.

Suffolk.

Messengers.

388

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 416.

Middlesex

Suffolk.

Submission to
Boston city
council, etc.

Proviso.

For the county of —

Suffolk, twenty-four hundred and eighty-four dollars, and one
hundred dollars annually to provide a uniform.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the city council of the city of Boston, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs
prior to December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved May 28, 1924.

1921, 497, etc.,
new section
at end thereof.

New location
for Boston and
Albany Rail-
road over
Charles River
Basin at
Brookline
Street-Essex
Street- Cottage
Farm bridge.

ChapAlQ An Act providing for a new location for the boston

AND ALBANY RAILROAD OVER THE CHARLES RIVER BASIN
AT THE BROOKLINE STREET-ESSEX STREET-COTTAGE FARM
BRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter four hundred and ninety -seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-one, as amended by chapter five hundred
and one of the acts of said year, is hereby further amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new section : — Section
16. As a part of the construction of the new Brookline Street-
Essex Street-Cottage Farm bridge, the Grand Junction Branch
of the Boston and Albany Railroad Company, hereinafter called
the railroad company, shall be relocated across the Charles
River Basin within a new location five rods in width, the centre
line of such new location commencing at the centre line of its
present location near the bridge over said branch at Charles
River Road in the city of Cambridge and running in a straight
line to a point in the centre line of the present Brookline Street-
Essex Street-Cottage Farm bridge about five hundred and forty-
five feet northerly from the northerly line of Commonwealth
avenue, and thence continuing in a straight line and thence
running by a curve to the right, of a radius not less than the
radius of the curve in the centre line of the present location of
said branch, to the northerly line of the location of the main line
of said railroad company. Said centre line may be modified by
agreement of the commission and the railroad company. Said
new location shall be acquired by the commonwealth without
expense to the railroad company and shall be conveyed to the
railroad company by it, and that portion of the present location
of said branch lying between a line drawn from a stone bound
located in the northerly side line of said location distant about
two hundred and forty feet southwesterly from the westerly line
of Essex street, measured along said northerly side line, to a
point on the southerly side line of said location at the south-
westerly corner of land belonging to the commonwealth and the
southeasterly side line of the proposed new location shall be con-
Commission to veyed by the railroad company to the commonwealth. The
doubfe^track Commission shall, as a part of said Brookline Street-Essex Street-
brid°e'''tc Cottage Farm bridge, construct a double track railroad, in-

New location
to be acquired
by state and
conveyed to
railroad
company.

Portion of
present location
to be conveyed
by railroad
company to
state.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 416. 389

eluding a double track bridge without a draw, signalling and
other appurtenances, within said new location and connect it
with the present tracks of the railroad company and shall re-
move the old railroad structures. After the completion of the Railroad com-
work, the railroad company shall own and maintain said rail- and^n*aint^rn
road, including the superstructure and abutments of that part railroad, etc.
of said bridge carrying its tracks across said basin. The com- Commi.ssion
mission may acquire by purchase or otherwise the lands or rights [^nds^etc^'^
necessary for said new location of said branch and, if in the judg-
ment of the commission, it is necessary to take any lands or Taking of
rights by eminent domain the railroad company shall at the re- J-aUroad**'" ''^
quest of said commission take said lands or rights by eminent company, etc.
domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, and
the commonwealth shall reimburse it for any damages or ex-
penses incurred thereby. In lieu of the requirements of chapter Filing of new
one hundred and sixty of the General Laws, the railroad com- '°*'^'^'°°-
pany shall file its new location with the city council of the city
of I3oston and the county commissioners of the county of
Middlesex.

The commission may construct and thereafter shall maintain Underpass
and renew without expense to the railroad company an under- "o'JatLn!^
pass of suitable width and headroom under said new location on
the southerly side of said Charles River Basin in connection with
a proposed shore drive along said basin.

The commission may at its own risk and expense loam the Loaming por-
portions of said new location which the railroad company may location ^hich
not require from time to time for the tracks and appurtenances ^yj^ed* etc
of said branch and maintain plants and shrubs in such portions.

For the purpose of complying with the provisions of this sec- Further
tion, the commission may expend a further sum not exceeding ^^^^"^ tures.
three hundred and fifty thousand dollars (of which one hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars is to be repaid by the railroad
company) , in addition to the amounts already authorized for the
cost of said bridge. Pursuant to this act, as amended by chapter state treasurer
five hundred and one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty- money^'etT
one, the state treasurer may borrow on the credit of the com-
monwealth such further sums, not exceeding three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, as may from time to time be required,
and may issue and renew notes of the commonwealth carrying
such rates of interest as the state treasurer may fix, with the ap-
proval of the governor and council, said notes to be for such
term or terms of years as shall be recommended by the governor,
in pursuance of section three of Article LXII of the amendments
to the constitution. The additional construction cost incurred ^d^ass^sment
under the provisions of this section, including interest, shall be of additional
determined and assessed in accordance with the provisions of cosf.^etc.*'""
section five relative to the Essex Street-Brookline Street-
Cottage Farm bridge and approaches.

But this section shall have no effect, and no work shall be section not
commenced thereunder, unless and until an agreement shall have ^^If^^^^' ®f?'
been executed between the commonwealth and the railroad com- of certain
pany, or its lessee, the New York Central Railroad Company, bltwe'Tn"*
providing that the railroad company will accept the provisions andT^froad"^^

390 Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 417, 418.

company or of this act, and will accept the new location, tracks and appurte-
essee, e c. jjg^nces and the portion of said bridge supporting such tracks and
pay the commonwealth therefor the sum of one hundred and
twenty-five thousand dollars, when the same are completed and
turned over to it. In consideration of said payment, no other
assessment under this act shall be made upon the railroad com-
pany. Approved May 28, 1924-

Chap. 4:17 An Act establishing the salary of the deputy sheriff in

CHARGE OF THE SESSION OF THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR CRIMINAL
BUSINESS IN SUFFOLK COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 221, § 74, Section 1. Section seventy-four of chapter two hundred and
twenty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking
out, in the eighth line, the words "twenty-six hundred and
forty" and inserting in place thereof the words: — twenty-eight
of^^wr*^*^'"" hundred and forty, — so as to read as follows: — Section 74-
officers of Each officer in Suffolk and Middlesex counties appointed under

i'n'certain''""'^ scction scvcnty shall receive a salary of twenty-four hundred and
counties. eighty-four dollars, and each officer in Worcester county ap-

pointed under said section seventy such salary a? the justices of
the superior court may fix, in full for all services performed by
deputy ^sheriff ^"^' which shall bc paid by their respective counties; except
in charge of that the Salary of the deputy sheriff in charge of the session of
super^r'court the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county shall
busfnesaTn' be twcnty-cight hundred and forty dollars and said officers in
Suffolk, etc. Middlesex and Worcester counties shall, in addition, receive ten
cents a mile for travel out and home once a week during such
attendance, if the distance exceeds five miles in one direction.
Any additional officers whose attendance may be required in
the superior court in Suffolk county under section sixty-nine
shall be allowed six dollars for each day of service actually
rendered, which shall be paid by said county.
Boston^ciT *° Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
council, etc. votc of the city council of the city of Boston, subject to the pro-
Proviso, visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs
prior to December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved May 28, 1924.

Chav.4:18 An Act providing for the conducting of certain courses

in vocational education at the BRISTOL COUNTY AGRI-
CULTURAL school.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 74, § 34, Section thirty-four of chapter seventy-four of the General
amen e . Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-

Certain courses lowing : — Said trustecs may from time to time provide instruc-
'educ°at1on"at tiou in such of the typcs of vocational education described in
agHcuitura"*^ scctious ouc to twcuty-two, inclusivc, as they may deem advis-
schooi. able and as the commissioner may approve, in addition to the

instruction authorized herein and in sections thirty-five, thirty-
six and thirty-seven. Approved May 28, 1924-

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 419, 420, 421. 391

An Act providing for the construction by the metropoli- phr.^^ 410

TAN district COMMISSION OF SIDEWALKS ON CHARLES RIVER P- ■ '^

ROAD IN THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized Metropolitan

,,. ,, , •Ill-Ill uistnct com-

and directed to lay out and construct a sidewalk or sidewalks mission to
along the highway in the town of Watertown known as Charles 8i°ci?waiks on
River road, on the southerly side thereof, from Beacon square Charles River
to School street, and may expend therefor such sum, not exceed- Watertown.
ing twenty-five hundred dollars, as may hereafter be appropri-
ated, to be paid from the Metropolitan Parks Maintenance Fund,
Boulevards. Approved May 28, 1924.

An Act to provide for the improvement of certain land nhfj^t 420

OF THE commonwealth ADJOINING THE SHORES OF ALEWIFE ^'

brook IN CAMBRIDGE AND ARLINGTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby directed to Metropolitan
improve by grading, planting of trees and shrubs, by the con- mfssionto'"'
struction of a footpath, and in such other manner as may be improve certain
suitable, certain parcels of land of the commonwealth in the city adjoinrng
of Cambridge and the town of Arlington adjoining the shores of Aie^^fe°brook
Alewife brook and extending in a southerly direction from the in Cambridge
point where Massachusetts avenue crosses said brook to the ° ^ '°° °°'
Lexington branch of the Boston and Maine railroad. Said
commission may expend for the said purposes such sum, not
exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, as may be appropriated
therefor, to be paid from the Metropolitan Parks Maintenance
Fund. Approved May 28, 1924.

An Act authorizing the new England trust company to Qhav 421

HOLD additional REAL ESTATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The New England Trust Company, incorporated New England
by chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the acts of eighteen pany ma ™
hundred and sixty-nine, may, subject to the provisions of the re^afestate""^^^
second sentence of section forty-one of chapter one hundred and
seventy-two of the General Laws, as amended by chapter three
hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, and to the approval of the commissioner of banks,
invest its capital and surplus in real estate in the city of Boston
suitable for and to be used in whole or in part for the transaction
of its business as a branch office to an amount, including the
cost of alterations and additions in the nature of permanent fix-
tures, not exceeding, directly or indirectly, seven hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, in addition to the amount permitted by
chapter two hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 28, 1924.

392 Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 422, 423, 424.

Chap .422 An Act to authorize the proprietors of grace church in

SALEM to hold ADDITIONAL PROPERTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

u^^aniended^' SECTION 1. Chapter two hundred and twenty-three of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen is hereby amended
by striking out section one and inserting in place thereof the

Proprietors of following : — SectioTi 1 . The Proprietors of Grace Church in

Grace Onurch » i-i i iiiiii i

in Salem rnay balcm are hereby authorized to take and hold real and personal
property. ^°^^ property to the amount of two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, anything in the charter of said parish or any law of the
commonwealth to the contrary notwithstanding.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 28, 1924.

Chap. 423 An Act authorizing the department of correction to

ACQUIRE CERTAIN LAND IN CONCORD FOR THE USE OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS REFORMATORY.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Department of After an appropriation has been made therefor, the depart-
acquire certain mcut of correctiou, in the name and behalf of the commonwealth,

for'lise^r'''"^'^ may, with the approval of the governor and council, take by
Massachusetta eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the General
Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, certain lots of land
in Concord, adjoining land now used by the Massachusetts
Proviso. reformatory at Concord; provided, that the cost of the land

taken or otherwise acquired under this act shall not exceed the
sum of thirteen thousand dollars, except in case said land is
taken by eminent domain and the damages are assessed in
judicial proceedings under said chapter seventy-nine after a trial
on the merits. Approved May 28, 1924.

Chap.424 An Act relative to the apportionment of Suffolk county

INTO REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 54, §161, Section 1. Section one hundred and sixty-one of chapter
fifty -four of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out,
in the fourth, fifth and sixth lines, the words " Five of said com-
missioners shall be residents of and voters in Boston and shall be
elected by the voters of that city" and inserting in place thereof
the following: — For the purpose of electing commissioners as
aforesaid, the city of Boston is hereby divided into the five fol-
lowing districts, each comprising the territory within the wards,
as constituted on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, which are hereinafter assigned to it: First district, wards
one, two, three, four, five. Second district, wards seven, eight,
twenty-five, twenty-six. Third district, wards six, twelve, thir-
teen, fourteen, fifteen. Fourth district, wards nine, ten, eleven,
seventeen, eighteen, twenty. Fifth district, wards sixteen,
nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four.

amended.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 424. 393

One of said commissioners shall be a resident of and voter in
each of the aforesaid districts and shall be elected by the voters
of that district, — so as to read as follows: — Section 161. At Commissipaerg

,,..,■,... 1111 i> ""^ apportion

the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and twenty-tour, Suffolk county
and in every tenth year thereafter, nine commissioners shall be tiVe dlstriuft". *'
elected to apportion Suffolk county into representative districts
under section five of chapter fifty-seven. For the purpose of Bo^tonln^o
electing commissioners as aforesaid, the city of Boston is hereby districts for
divided into the five following districts, each comprising the coremSfsioners.
territory within the wards, as constituted on January first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, which are hereinafter assigned
to it:

First district, wards one, two, three, four, five.

Second district, wards seven, eight, twenty-five, twenty-six.

Third district, wards six, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.

Fourth district, wards nine, ten, eleven, seventeen, eighteen,
twenty.

Fifth district, wards sixteen, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-
two, twenty-three, twenty-four.

One of said commissioners shall be a resident of and voter in Commissioners,
each of the aforesaid districts and shall be elected by the voters eFeefkTn^eto.
of that district; two shall be residents of and voters in Chelsea
and shall be elected by the voters thereof; one shall be a resi-
dent of and a voter in Winthrop and shall be elected by the voters
thereof; and one shall be a resident of and a voter in Revere and
shall be elected by the voters thereof. Said commissioners shall '^'^'■™ o^ office.
hold office for two years from the first Wednesday of January
next after their election. At their first meeting, they shall organ- Organization.
ize by choosing a chairman, who shall be one of their number,
and a clerk. The city of Boston shall provide them with a suit- Boston to
able office and room for hearings and shall allow and pay to them hearing rwm,'
for compensation a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars each, ®*°-
said sum to be determined by the governor and council, and a c°'"pensation.
further sum of not more than seven hundred dollars for clerk cierk hire, etc.
hire, stationery and incidental expenses.

Section 2. Section five of chapter fifty-seven of the General ^- L- 57, § 5,
Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the eighth and
thirteenth lines, the word "voters" and inserting in place
thereof in each instance the words : — legal voters, as such term
is used in Articles XXI and XXII of the amendments to the
constitution, — so as to read as follows : — Section 5. The Apportionment
commissioners to apportion Suffolk county into representative "^ Suffolk

,. . 1 II 1 n rry t pa i- i county into

districts shall, on the nrst iuesday or August next after the representative
state secretary shall have certified to them the number of repre- ^'"^*^-
sentatives to which Suffolk county may be entitled, as deter-
mined by the general court, assemble in Boston, and, as soon as
may be, shall so divide said county into representative districts
of contiguous territory as to apportion the representation of said
county, as nearly as may be, according to the number of legal
voters, as such term is used in Articles XXI and XXII of the
amendments to the constitution, in the several districts. Such
districts shall be so formed that no ward of a city and no town
shall be divided, and no district shall be so formed that it shall

394

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 425, 426, 427.

Districts to be
numbered, etc.

be entitled to elect more than three representatives. The dis-
tricts shall be numbered by the commissioners, and a description
of each district, its number and the number of legal voters, as
such term is used in Articles XXI and XXII of the amendments
to the constitution, therein shall be transmitted to the state
secretary, to the board of election commissioners of Boston, to
the city treasurer of Boston, to the city clerk of Boston, to the
city clerk of Chelsea, to the city clerk of Revere and to the town
clerk of Winthrop, and shall be filed and kept in their respective
offices. Approved May 28, 1924-

Chaj) 425 ^^ ^^^ authorizing the city of CHELSEA TO PAY AN ANNUITY
TO NELLIE E. HUTCHINS, THE WIDOW OF CHARLES E. HUTCHINS.

City of Chelsea
may pay
annuity to
widow of
Charles E.
Hutchins.

Submission to
board of
aldermen, etc.
Proviso.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Chelsea, in recognition of the meri-
torious and distinguished service of Charles E. Hutchins as a
member of the fire department of said city, who died from in-
juries incurred while in the performance of duty, and, for the
purpose of promoting the public good, may pay to Nellie E.
Hutchins, his widow, an annuity of five hundred dollars, said
annuity to cease upon her remarriage.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the board of aldermen of said city, subject to the provi-
sions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior
to December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved May 28, 1924.

ChaV 426 ^^ -^^"^ authorizing the city of CHELSEA TO PAY AN ANNUITY
TO HANNAH SULLIVAN, THE WIDOW OF DENNIS SULLIVAN.

Be it enacted, etc., a^ folloivs:

Section 1. The city of Chelsea, in recognition of the meri-
torious and distinguished service of Dennis Sullivan as a mem-
ber of the fire department of said city, who died from injuries
incurred while in the performance of duty, and for the purpose
of promoting the public good, may pay to Hannah Sullivan, his
widow, an annuity of five hundred dollars, said annuity to cease
upon her remarriage.

Section 2, This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the board of aldermen of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs
prior to December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved May 28, 1924.

City of
Chelsea may
pay annuity
to widow of
Dennis
Sullivan.

Submission to
board of
aldermen,
etc.
Proviso.

ChaV 427 ^^ ^^'^ continuing the registration OF MOTOR VEHICLES
AND TRAILERS FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME AFTER THE
DEATH OF THEIR OWNERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. T,. 90, § 2, Section two of chapter ninety of the General Laws, as amended

etc., ament e . y^^ scctiou ouc of chapter three hundred and three of the acts of

nineteen hundred and twenty-two, by section sixty-four of chap-

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 428, 429. 395

ter three hundred and sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred

and twenty-three and by chapter two hundred and twenty-four

of the acts of the current year, is hereby further amended by

adding at the end of the fourth paragraph the following : —

; provided, that on the death of an owner of a motor vehicle or

trailer its registration shall be deemed to continue in force as a

valid registration until the end of the year or until the ownership

of such motor vehicle or trailer is transferred by the executor or

administrator of the estate of such owner, whichever occurs first,

— so that said paragraph four will read as follows : — Upon the Transfer of

transfer of ownership of any motor vehicle or trailer its registra- ormJtor^

tion shall expire, and the person in whose name such motor vehicles or

vehicle or trailer is registered shall forthwith return the certifi- expiration of

cate of registration to the registrar with a written notice con- Registration,

taining the date of the transfer of ownership and the name, place

of residence and address of the new owner; pro\aded, that on Proviso.

the death of an owner of a motor vehicle or trailer its registra- Registration

tion shall be deemed to continue in force as a valid registration ltc°^poT'

until the end of the year or until the ownership of such motor death of

vehicle or trailer is transferred by the executor or administrator

of the estate of such owner, whichever occurs first.

Approved May 28, 1924.

ChapA28

An Act to require the division of highways to erect
warning signs or lights at certain dangerous places
on state highw^ays.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1.' Chapter eighty-one of the General Laws is g. l. si, new
hereby amended by inserting after section nineteen the following ^^Iq°^ ^^^^^
new section: — Section 19 A. The division shall erect at or Division of
near such crossings, underpasses and bridges on state highways erfct^wari^no'
as in its opinion are dangerous, suitable signs or lights to warn signs, etc., at
persons using the same at night of the danger. ot^ pilces!*^^^"

Section 2. For the purposes of the foregoing section the Expenditures
division may expend during the current year such sum, not
exceeding three thousand dollars, as may be hereafter appro-
priated by the general court. Approved May 28, 1924-

An Act incorporating the trustees of the fletcher

hospital.

ChapA29

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Arthur W. Pierce, Lydia P. Ray Pierce, Adelbert D. Thayer, The Trustees
Annie Ray Thayer, Fred P. Chapman, LeRoy W. Stott, George pieT^he,.
H. Staples, Edith H. Ray, Orestes T. Doe, George F. S. Single- Hospital.
ton, Harry T. Hayward and Charles A. Whiting, all of Frank- ''^<=°'-P°^=*^d-
lin, and Catherine J. Follett of Wrentham, in the commonwealth
of Massachusetts, and their successors, are hereby made a body
corporate by the name of The Trustees of The Fletcher Hospital,
for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a hospital in Purposes.
the town of Franklin in said commonwealth, and for the purpose
of receiving, holding and expending such sums as may be re-

396

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 430, 431, 432, 433.

ceived by them from the estate of Austin B. Fletcher, late of
New York in the state of New York, and such other devises,
bequests or contributions from outside sources for the aforesaid
Duties, powers, purposcs; and with all the duties, powers and privileges imposed
or conferred upon corporations of like character. The successor
to any member of said corporation shall be named by the
remaining members thereof. Approved May 28, 1924.

etc.
Naming of
successors to
members.

ChavAZO An Act authorizing the metropolitan district commission

TO IMPROVE AND EQUIP FOR PLAYGROUND PURP'OSES A TRACT
OF LAND OWNED BY THE COMMONWEALTH AT NAHANT BEACH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized
to expend from the Metropolitan Parks Maintenance Fund such
sum, not exceeding five thousand dollars, as may hereafter be
appropriated, for improving and equipping for playground pur-
poses a certain tract of land on Nahant road, harbor side, oppo-
site the Nahant Beach bath-house, located in the town of
Nahant and under the control of said commission.

Approved May 28, 1924.

Improvement
and equip-
ment for
playground
purposes of
certain state
land at
Nahant beach.

Chap. 431 An Act reviving hallett brothers company.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Hallett
Brothers
Company,
re%'ived.

The Hallett Brothers Company, a corporation dissolved by
chapter two hundred and thirty of the acts of the current year,
is hereby revived with the same powers, duties aijd obligations
as if said chapter had not been passed.

Approved May 28, 1924.

Chap.4Z2 An Act authorizing the reconstruction of a road at
the revere beach reservation from ELIOT circle to

REVERE STREET.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows.

After an appropriation has been made for the purpose, the
metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized and di-
rected to reconstruct the road at the Revere beach reservation
from Eliot circle to Revere street at a cost not to exceed ninety
thousand dollars, to be paid out of the Metropolitan Parks
Maintenance Fund. Approved May 28, 1924.

Reconstruc-
tion of road at
Revere beach
reservation
from Eliot
circle to
Revere street.

C/ia». 433 An Act relative to the taking of land by electric com-
panies FOR transmission LINES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

p- L/¥' § '^2, Chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section seventy -two and insert-
Taidngofiand jng jn placc thereof the following: — Section 72. An electric
companies for compauy may petition the department for authority to construct
Une"! petition ^^^ ^sc or to Continue to use as constructed or with altered con-

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 433. 397

struction a line for the transmission of electricity for distribution to department
in some definite area or for supplying electricity to itself or to utiiiUe3%tc.
another electric company or to a municipal lighting plant for
distribution and sale, or to a railroad, street railway or electric
railroad, for the purpose of operating it, and shall represent that
such line will or does serve the public convenience and is con-
sistent with the public interest. The company shall file with
such petition a general description of such transmission line and
a map or plan showing the towns through which the line will or
does pass and its general location. The company shall also
furnish an estimate showing in reasonable detail the cost of the
line and such additional maps and information as the depart-
ment requires. The department, after notice and a public hear- Department
ing in one or more of the towns affected, may determine that said "^at itne^T"^^
line is necessary for the purpose alleged, and will serve the necessary, etc.
public convenience and is consistent with the public interest.
If the company shall file with the department a map or plan of
the transmission line showing the towns through which it will
or does pass, the public ways, railroads, railways, navigable
streams and tide waters in the town named in said petition which
it will cross, and the extent to which it will be located upon
private land or upon, under or along public ways and places, the
department, after such notice as it may direct, shall give a public Public hearings
hearing or hearings in one or more of the towns through which affected^
the line passes or is intended to pass and may by order authorize
the company to take by eminent domain under chapter seventy- Eminent
nine such lands, not exceeding one hundred and fifty feet in faWn^s.
width, or such rights of way or other easements therein necessary
for the construction and use or continued use as constructed or
with altered construction of such line along the route prescribed
in the order of the department. The department shall transmit {^^tJ-a^^'^^^*
a certified copy of its order to the company and the clerk of each copy of order,
such town. The company may at any time before such hearing ^'°"
change or modify the whole or a part of the route of said line, Change of
either of its own motion or at the instance of the department or H^!'^ °^ ^"^^'
otherwise, and, in such case, shall file with the department maps,
plans and estimates as aforesaid showing such changes. If the Dismissal
department dismisses the petition at any stage in said proceed- p^*^'*'""^-
ings, no further action shall be taken thereon, but the company
may file a new petition after the expiration of a year from such New petition
dismissal. When a taking under this section is effected, the Procedure
company may forthwith, except as hereinafter provided, proceed ^^'^^ takings.
to erect, maintain and operate thereon said line. If the com- Rights to cease
pany shall not enter upon and construct such line upon the land ' ' ^^'^'
so taken within one year thereafter, its right under such taking
shall cease and determine. No lands or rights of way or other Restrictions
easements therein shall be taken by eminent domain under the etc.
provisions of this section in any public way, public place, park
or reservation, or within the location of any railroad, electric
railroad or street railway company; and no electricity shall be
transmitted over any land, right of way or other easement taken
by eminent domain as herein provided until the electric com-
pany shall have acquired from the board of aldermen or selectmen

398

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 434, 435.

or from such other authorities as may have jurisdiction all
necessary rights in the public ways or public places in the town
or towns, or in any park or reservation, through which the line
will or does pass. Approved May 2S, 192Jf.

ChapA^4: An Act defining the basis of compensation in connec-
tion WITH certain injuries SUSTAINED BY EMPLOYEES OF
THE COMMONWEALTH RECEIVING FULL MAINTENANCE.

Whereas, Delay in the taking efPect of this act would cause
much inconvenience and suffering to several injured employees
of the commonwealth, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law^ necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. 152, § 69,
amended.

Compensation
for injxiries j
sustained by
certain public
employees.

Basis of com-
pensation
payable to
employees of
common-
wealth re-
ceiving full
maintenance.

Certain pro-
visions to
apply, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section sixty-nine and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 69. The common-
wealth and any county, city, town or district having the power
of taxation which has accepted chapter eight hundred and seven
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen shall pay to labor-
ers, workmen and mechanics employed by it who receive injuries
arising out of and in the course of their employment, or, in case
of death resulting from such injury, to the persons entitled
thereto, the compensation required by this chapter. Compen-
sation payable under this chapter to an injured employee of the
commonwealth who receives full maintenance in addition to his
cash salary or wage, and compensation payable thereunder to
his dependents in case of his death, shall be based upon his
average weekly wages plus the sum of seven dollars per week in
lieu of the full maintenance received by him. Sections seventy
to seventy-five, inclusive, shall apply to the commonwealth and
to any county, city, town or district having the power of taxation
which has accepted said chapter eight hundred and seven.

Approved May 29, 1924.

Cha7)A35 ^'^ ^^^ establishing the salary OF THE PRESENT ASSISTANT
CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause sub-
stantial inconvenience inasmuch as the compensation provided
for would be delayed beyond a reasonable time, therefore it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public convenience.

Salary of
present as-
sistant clerk
of house of
representatives.
Time of taking
effect.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The -salary of Frank E. Bridgman as assistant
clerk of the house of representatives shall be four thousand
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 January first of the current year.

Approved May 29, 1924.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 436, 437, 438. 399

An Act establishing the salaries of the present clerk (JJiar} 436

AND assistant CLERK OF THE SENATE. ^'

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause sub- Emergency
stantial inconvenience inasmuch as the compensation provided p''''^™^'^-
for would be delayed beyond a reasonable time, therefore it is
hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and seventy- 1922, 271, § 1,
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two is hereby '^'"ended.
amended by striking out, in the second line, the words "forty-
five hundred" and inserting in place thereof the words: — five
thousand, — and by striking out, in the fourth line, the words
"twenty-five hundred" and inserting in place thereof the
words : — three thousand, — so as to read as follows : — Section Salaries of
1. The salary of William H. Sanger as clerk of the senate shall ^ndrssiS
be five thousand dollars, and the salary of Irving N. Hayden as <=ierk of senate.
assistant clerk of the senate shall be three thousand dollars.

Section 2. This act shall not take effect until a sufficient Time of
appropriation therefor is made at the current session of the *^ '°^ ^'^^*'*'
general court, and then as of January first of the current year.

Approved May 29, 1924.

An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay a sum of (JJki^ 437
money to nellie long.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The city of Boston may pay to Nellie Long, the city of Boston
mother of James Long, a pupil of the William E. Blackstone Ke5feTon1[
school, who was injured, while escorting said pupil to said school,
by falling on the sidewalk in the school yard, which fall was oc-
casioned by the accumulation of ice and snow, the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars, as full compensation on the part ©f said city on
account of said injury.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions etc!^'*^ council,
of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved May 29, 1924.

An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay a sum of Qhnr) 4SS

money to the brothers of frank h. milliken. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follotcs:

Section 1. The city of Boston may pay to Daniel R. and City of Boston
William H. Milliken, brothers of Frank H. Milliken, the only to brofh'era'of ^
heirs and next of kin of said Frank H. Milliken, a sum not ex- Muiften.'
ceeding one thousand dollars, as full compensation on the part
of said city on account of the death of said Frank H. Milliken,

400

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 439, 440.

Submission to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.

who, while an innocent bystander, was accidentally shot and
killed by a police officer of said city while making an arrest.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the cit}^ council of said city, subject to the provisions of
its charter; pro\aded, that such acceptance occurs prior to
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved May 29, 1924.

ChapASQ An Act to establish the salary of the chairman of ths

BOARD OF PAROLE IN CERTAIN CASES.

G. L. 27, § 5,
etc., amended.

Board of
parole,
membership,
etc.

Governor to

designate

chairman.

Salaries,

Salary of
chairman in
certain cases.
Reimburse-
ment for
expenses, etc.

Expenditures
for medical
assistance.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section five of chapter twenty-seven of the General Laws, as
amended by chapter three hundred and twelve of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in the eleventh line, the word "thirty -five", and
inserting in place thereof the word : — fort^^-five, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 5. There shall be in the department a
board of parole, consisting of a deputy commissioner designated
bj' the commissioner and two appointive members. Upon the
expiration of the term of office of an appointive member, his
successor shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice
and consent of the council, for three years. The governor shall
designate the chairman of the board. The deputy commissioner
shall receive no additional compensation for his ser\'ices on said
board. The two appointive members shall receive such salary,
not exceeding two thousand dollars each, as the governor and
council may determine; but if one of said members is desig-
nated as chairman, he shall receive a salary not exceeding forty-
five hundred dollars. The appointive members of the board
shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth for actual expenses
incurred by them in the performance of their official duties.
With the approval of the commissioner, said board ma^^ expend
annually from the appropriation for contingent and other ex-
penses of the department a sum not exceeding two hundred dol-
lars for examinations by physicians of prisoners whose cases
come before said board for action. Approved May 29, 1924.

Chap. 440 ^ Act establishing a part of the boundary LINE
BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF WALPOLE AND FOXBOROUGH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Part of Section 1. All the territory now within the town of Fox-

between towns borough which hes north and west of a hue beginning at a point
Fo^oiougV*^ where the present boundary Hue between the towns of Fox-
estabUshed. borough and Walpole intersects the easterly side of Washington
street, thence southerly along the easterly side of said street six
hundred and seventy-five feet to a point; thence westerly about
twenty-two hundred and thirty-eight feet to a point in the pres-
ent boundary line between the towns of Foxborough and Walpole
south thirty-two degrees thirty-four minutes west and thirteen
hundred and seventy-five feet distant from the present bound

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 441, 442. 401

known as Foxborough-Walpole 1 standing at an angle in the
wall on the southeasterly side of Summer street about three hun-
dred and seventy feet northeast of its junction with Winter
street, is hereby set oflF and separated from the town of Fox-
borough and annexed to and made a part of the town of Walpole.
The selectmen of the town of Walpole, at the expense of said wLlpo"e^to°^
town, shall erect all stone monuments required as the result of erect stone
the reestablishment of said boundary line under this act. ^c.°""^^° ^'

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the Submission
voters of each of the towns of Foxborough and Walpole at its Folborough
next annual town meeting, in the form of the following question ^^^ Waipoie,
which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used for the
election of town officers in each such town : " Shall an act passed
by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, entitled ' An Act establishing a part of the Boundary Line
between the Towns of Walpole and Foxborough' be accepted?"
If a majority of the voters present and voting thereon at each
such meeting vote in the affirmative in answer to said question,
then this act shall take effect, but not otherwise.

Approved May 29, 1924.

An Act validating certain acts of the beth el hebrew Chaj) 441

SCHOOL OF DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

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., a^ follows:

All deeds accepted, all mortgages, contracts and other papers Validation of

.1 J11J.J V, J.' T.1;? II certain acts of

executed and all acts done by a certam school, lormerly known Beth ei
as the Mount Moriah Hebrew School of Dorchester, Inc., acting ^c^Mi^of
through its officers or agents, under its present name "Beth El Dorchester,
Hebrew School of Dorchester, Massachusetts", between Febru- ^^^'^ "®®
ary first, nineteen hundred and eighteen and April fourth, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, are hereby validated and con-
firmed to the same extent as if the name of said school had been
changed in compliance with law to its present name on said
February first. Approved June 2, 1924.

An Act requiring the metropolitan district commission Chav.4:42

TO strengthen, REPAVE and repair the bridge in MASSA-
CHUSETTS AVENUE ACROSS THE CHARLES RIVER BASIN BE-
TWEEN BOSTON AND CAMBRIDGE, AND TO ALTER THE DRAW
SPAN IN SAID BRIDGE INTO A FIXED SPAN.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would be incon- Emergency
sistent with its purpose to eliminate without unnecessary delay ^ ^
the danger involved in the continued use of said bridge in its
present condition, therefore this act is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public safety and convenience.

402

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 442.

Metropolitan
district com-
mission to
repair, etc.,
bridge in
Massachu-
setts avenue
across Charle
River Basin,
etc.
Expenditures.

Certain
expenses to be
deemed part
of expenditure
authorized,
etc.

Payment in
first instance.

State treasurer
may borrow
money, etc.

Apportion-
ment of cost.

Cities of
Boston and
Cambridge
may borrow
money, etc.

Massachusetts
Avenue Bridge
Loan, Act of
1924.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The metropolitan district commission is hereby
authorized and directed to strengthen, repave with a pavement
of \atrified brick, asphalt or other suitable surface of similar
lasting character, and repair the bridge in Massachusetts avenue
across the Charles Ri\-er Basin between Boston and Cambridge,
and to alter the draw span in said bridge into a fixed span equal
in width to the rest of the bridge, and for these purposes, it may
expend not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars.

Section 2. Salaries and wages of emplo^'ces of the commis-
sion while engaged in the work herein authorized, interest on all
money borrowed by the state treasurer on the credit of the com-
monwealth as provided in this section, and all other expenses
incurred in carrying out the pro^^sions of this act shall be
deemed to be a part of the expenditure authorized by this act,
and shall in the first instance be paid by the commonwealth.
For this purpose the state treasurer may borrow on the credit
of the commonwealth such sum or sums of money as may from
time to time be certified to him by said commission as required
therefor, and may issue temporary notes of the commonwealth
therefor, carrying such rates of interest as the state treasurer
may fix, with the approval of the governor and council, and for
such term or terms as shall be recommended by the governor
in pursuance of section three of Article LXII of the amendments
of the constitution ; and on the order of the commission the state
treasurer shall make payments from time to time on account of
the work done under this act.

Section 3. When the commission has completed the work
authorized b\^ this act, the cost thereof, as certified by the com-
mission, shall be paid as follows: thirty per cent by the cities
and towns of the metropolitan parks district, excluding Boston
and Cambridge, in proportions based upon the ratios which the
respective taxable valuations of said cities and towns, as last
determined by the general court, bear to their total taxable
valuation; forty-five per cent by the city of Boston; and twenty-
five per cent by the city of Cambridge. The state treasurer shall
include in the state tax le\ied next after the completion of the
work upon each of said cities and towns, except Boston and
Cambridge, the proportionate part of said cost to be paid by
said city or town as herein provided, and the same shall be
collected as a part of the state tax of said city or town.

Section 4. To meet the payment required by this act of the
city of Boston and of Cambridge, each such city may borrow
outside its limit of indebtedness such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, the amount of such payment,
and may issue its notes or bonds therefor, which shall bear on
their face the name of the city and the designation Massachusetts
Avenue Bridge Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in
not exceeding five years from their dates. Except as otherwise
provided by this section, any indebtedness incurred hereunder
by the city of Boston shall be subject to the laws relating to the
incurring ofA.debt by said city, and any indebtedness incurred

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 443. 403

hereunder by the city of Cambridge shall be subject to the pro-
visions of chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

Section 5. When the work herein authorized shall have been Maintenance,
completed, said bridge shall be maintained as a public highway of bridge upon
and, so far as consistent with such purpose, the metropolitan ^°J^^' g^""^ °^
district commission shall have over the same all the powers and
authority and be subject to the liability now conferred and im-
posed upon said commission in respect to the care, control and
maintenance of roadways and boulevards under its care and
control, and the cost of maintenance of said bridge and ap-
proaches shall be paid as a part of the cost of maintenance of
boulevards by said commission. Approved June 2, 1924.

An Act to enlarge the present tuberculosis hospital ChavA4S

DISTRICT within THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND TO APPORTION
CERTAIN COSTS INCIDENT THERETO.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of caring for the inhabitants of Cities and
the cities' and towns within the county of Essex who are suffering Essex county
from tuberculosis, all of said cities and towns shall constitute the'^Efsex"'^
the Essex county tuberculosis hospital district, hereinafter called county tuber-

• • CUlOSlS iIOSDILlII

the district, and shall, except as herein provided, be subject to district, etc.
all the pro\isions of general law relating to the care of persons
suffering from tuberculosis as set forth in sections seventy-eight
to ninety, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eleven of the
General Laws, and the costs of maintenance, operation and ^° c^gts^or^'^
repair of the Essex county tuberculosis hospital incurred after maintenance,
January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five shall be assessed ^^^'
on all the cities and towns constituting the district as enlarged
by this section in accordance with their valuations used in
assessing county taxes. Section eighty-five of said chapter one
hundred and eleven shall, so far as applicable, apply to assess-
ments so made.

Section 2. Section ninety-one of said chapter one hundred ^j^^i j^' ^ ®^'
and eleven is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the
following: — ; provided, that this section shall not apply to the
cities of Lynn, Lawrence, Haverhill, Salem and Newburyport, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 91 . Cities having more than Certain cities
fifty thousand inhabitants, and also cities and towns having less exMiprfrom
than fifty thousand inhabitants and already possessing and con- ^^ertain pro-
tinuing to furnish adequate tuberculosis hospital provision, shall as to tuber-
be exempt from the provisions of sections seventy-eight to ninety, hoipTt^is.
inclusive; provided, that this section shall not apply to the cities Proviso.
of Lynn, Lawrence, Haverhill, Salem and Newburyport.

Section 3. By reason of the admission under section one Assessments
of this act of said cities of Lynn, Lawrence, Haverhill, Salem Lynn,*^'*'^^ °^
and Newburyport to the enlarged tuberculosis hospital district LawTence,
thereby constituted, the total amount to be assessed on the said Saiem and
cities on account of their respective shares of the total cost of the Newburyport.
said tuberculosis hospital to the date of the passage of this act
shall be five hundred and ninety thousand forty dollars and eight
cents, divided as follows: — Lynn, one hundred and eighty-six

404

Acts, 1924. — C^hap. 443.

Said cities
may borrow
money, etc.

Certain cities
may transfer
title of
property
owned and
used for
tuberculosis
purposes to the
district, etc.

Deduction
from assess-
ment, etc.

Capital costs,
etc., to be
deemed con-
struction costs.

Trustees to
take title, etc.

Certain cities
to retain title
to such
property, etc.

Sale, etc., of
such property
by county
commissioners,
etc.

Certain sums
to be credited
and paid over
to cities and
towns con-
stituting

thousand seven hundred and ninety-four dollars and seventy-
three cents; Lawrence, one hundred and ninety-two thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six dollars and forty-seven cents;
Haverhill, one hundred and seven thousand four hundred and
thirty-two dollars and sixty-two cents; Salem, eighty thousand
six hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy -two cents;
Newburyport, twenty-two thousand two hundred and eighty-
eight dollars and fifty-four cents; and said assessments less de-
ductions allowed under section four of this act shall be paid
over to the treasurer of the hospital district on or before Decem-
ber thirty-first of the current year. For the purpose of paying
their respective assessments as aforesaid, said cities may sev-
erally borrow money outside the statutory limit to an amount
not exceeding the same and may issue bonds or notes payable
in not more than twenty years after their respective dates and
in the manner set forth in chapter forty-four of the General
Laws.

Section 4. If, within sixty days after the passage of this
act, any city added to the district by section one thereof shall
by a majority vote of its city council elect to transfer the title
of the property now owned and used in whole or in part by it
for tuberculosis purposes to the district, said city shall thereupon
by its city clerk certify such vote to the county commissioners
of said county acting as the trustees of the said county tuber-
culosis hospital, who shall deduct from the assessment levied on
said city under section tlii'ee of this act the actual construction
costs of the hospital property so to be transferred, including
land, buildings and equipment, as shown by the books of the
city auditor of said city at the time of the passage of this act.
All capital costs in connection with hospital property so to be
transferred shall be deemed construction costs within the mean-
ing of this act. Said trustees shall on December thirty-first of
the current year take title to the aforesaid hospital property of
any such city in the name of the district by conveyance of such
city. Each of said cities in the absence of any vote taken within
the sixty days specified as aforesaid shall retain the title to all
the property now owned by it and used for tuberculosis hospital
purposes, and may dispose of the same or may use it for any
municipal purpose.

Section 5. Upon the acquisition by the district of any of
the property specified in section four of this act, the county
commissioners of said county, acting as the trustees of said
county tuberculosis hospital, shall proceed within a reasonable
time to sell or dispose of the property thus acquired, and shall
credit all sums of money derived therefrom to the cities and
towns which constituted the district prior to the passage of this
act, in proportion to the amounts originally assessed against
them for the construction costs of the said county tuberculosis
hospital.

Section 6. All sums paid to the treasurer of the district by
the cities of Lynn, Lawrence, Haverhill, Salem and Newbury-
port under section three of this act shall be credited and paid
over to the cities and towns which constituted the district prior

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 444. , 405

to the passage of this act in the same proportion as such cities district
and towns were originally required to contribute to the cost of p'""^''^'
said county tuberculosis hospital and the funds so credited and
paid over shall be applied to the payment of debt incurred on
account of said county tuberculosis hospital, if any; otherwise
to the payment of any assessment levied on account of said
county tuberculosis hospital.

Section 7. Chapter one hundred and seven of the Special Repeals.
Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, so much of section one
of chapter four hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three as authorizes the county commis-
sioners of said county to sell any property of the district, and
section two of said chapter four hundred and twenty-nine, are
hereby repealed.

Section 8. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein. Time of
this act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred and *''^'''"° ^^^^^'
twenty-five. Aj^proved June 2, 1924.

An Act to provide for the construction and use of an (Jfidnj 444

ADDITIONAL STATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE CAMBRIDGE
SUBWAY AT OR NEAR THE JUNCTION OF CAMBRIDGE AND
CHARLES STREETS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The commission of the department of public Construction

.... 1 1- • 1 • • J • -j^i of additional

utilities may construct an additional station in connection with station in con-
the Cambridge subway, so-called, at or near the junction of Cambridge'^
Cambridge and Charles streets in the city of Boston. The subway at or

. .° , 1 , • ,1 1 1 1 j_- near junction

commission may make such changes m the grades and location of Cambridge

of the existing tracks and structure as may be necessary for the at'^ee?s^1^'^^

proper location and construction of said station, its platform or Boston.

platforms, approaches, entrances and exits, and for the purposes

of this act the said commission shall have the same powers as f°^.^''? 9^^

were conferred upon the Boston transit commission by chapter

seven hundred and forty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred

and eleven; provided, that whenever by said chapter said transit Proviso.

commission is authorized to act in the name or in behalf of the

city of Boston the said commission of the department of public

utilities shall have like power and authority to act in the name

and in behalf of the commonwealth. The said commission may Boston transit

arrange to have the Boston transit department make the plans act.'*'^ "^^"^

for and take charge of the work of construction authorized by

this act under the supervision of the commission.

Section 2. No work of construction shall be done or con- Plan to be
tract therefor let, unless and until a plan as set forth in the fol- gied!*'^^
lowing section shall be prepared and filed and the Boston Ele- Contract for
vated Railway Company shall execute a contract for the use of ^^'^°
said station as hereinafter provided.

Section 3. The commission shall prepare or cause to be Pjan. what to
prepared a plan showing the location and design of the proposed
station, the layout of the platform or platforms, approaches,
entrances and exits, and the grade and location of the tracks,
with the changes, if any, in the existing tracks or structure.

commission.

406

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 444.

Contract for
use of station,
term, etc.

Rental.

Station con-
structed, etc.,
to be deemed
part of
Cambridge
subway.
Certain pro-
visions of law
to apply.

Contracts in
name of
common-
wealth,
advertising,
awarding to
lowest bidder,
etc.

Boston
Elevated
Railway
Company may
bid, etc.
State treasurer
may issue
bonds, etc.

Cambridge
Subway
Station Loan.

The plan shall be submitted to the Boston Elevated Railway
Companj^ for examination and a copy shall be filed in the office
of the mayor of the city of Boston. The commission may hold
a hearing on the plan.

Section 4. The contract to be executed by the Boston Ele-
vated Railway Company for the use of the station shall be for a
term ending with that of the contract for the use of the Cam-
bridge subway. The company shall pay to the commonwealth
an annual rental equal to the total interest obligations of the
commonwealth in respect of the bonds issued to carry out the
purposes of this act for the year on account of which said rental
is paid, increased by the total amount of the principal of said
bonds maturing annually, which increase shall be applied to re-
tiring subsequently maturing bonds as they fall due. Any sta-
tion constructed or changes made in the existing structure under
this act shall be deemed a part of the Cambridge subway. The
provisions of section eight of chapter three hundred and sixty-
nine of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen shall
apply to the work authorized by this act.

Section 5. The commission may make contracts in the name
of the commonwealth for the work herein authorized, but all
contracts involving two thousand dollars or more in amount
shall be advertised in a reasonable number of newspapers for
proposals for the performance of such work, shall be awarded to
the lowest responsible and eligible bidder, and shall be entered
into by an instrument in writing signed by a majority of the
commission, and no such contract shall be altered except by an
instrument in writing signed by the contractor and a majority
of the commission, and also by the sureties, if any, on the bond
given by the contractor for the completion of the original con-
tract. The Boston Elevated Railway Company is authorized to
bid upon and make and carry out any such contract for con-
struction.

Section 6. The state treasurer shall, upon the request of the
commission, issue and sell at public or private sale bonds of the
commonwealth, registered or with interest coupons attached, as
he may deem best, to an amount, to be specified from time to
time by the commission, sufficient to provide means for the pay-
ment for the work and construction herein authorized and the
necessary expenses incurred by the commission in connection
therewith but not in excess of six hundred thousand dollars. All
such bonds shall be designated on their face, Cambridge Subway
Station Loan, and shall be on the serial payment plan for such
maximum term of years as the governor may recommend to the
general court in accordance with section three of Article LXII
of the amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth,
the maturities thereof to be so arranged that the amount payable
each year shall, as nearly as is in the opinion of the state treas-
urer practicable, be the same, and shall bear interest payable
semi-annually at such rate as the state treasurer, with the ap-
proval of the governor and council, shall fix. All rents, tolls or
other compensation received by the commonwealth for the use
of the property constructed under the authority hereof shall be

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 445. 407

applied to the payment of principal and interest upon said
bonds. Any premium received upon the sale of said bonds shall
be used in the retirement or purchase thereof.

Approved June 2, 19£4-

An Act to establish the lynnfield water district in Phnj) AA^

THE TOWN OF LYNNFIELD, ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. "The inhabitants of the town of Lynnfield, liable Lynnfield
to taxation therein, and residing within the territory comprised ^taMished!"*'*^'
within the folloA\nng boundary lines, to vAt: — Starting at the
point of intersection of the Peabody-Lynnfield and the Lynn-
Lynnfield boundary lines, thence running northwesterly along
the Peabody and Lynnfield boundary line across Suntaug Lake,
sometimes called "Humphrey's Pond", to a stone town monu-
ment near the northerly shore of said pond ; thence turning and
running southwesterly in a straight line to the junction of Walnut
street and the Boston and Maine railroad on the northerly side
of said railroad and the westerly side of Walnut street; thence
turning and running in a southerly direction along Walnut street
to the southwesterly corner of Salem and Walnut streets ; thence
turning and running in a straight line in an easterly direction to
the southwest corner of the old stone house now or formerly
owned by Oelcher on Broadway, sometimes called the Newbury-
port Turnpike^ thence running in a straight line still in a south-
easterly direction to the Lynn line on Lynnfield street which is
near the Block farm, so-called; thence turning and running
northwesterly and easterly on the Lynn and Lynnfield boundary
line to the point of beginning, — shall constitute a water district,
and are hereby made a body corporate, by the name of the
Lynnfield Water District, for the purpose of supplying them-
selves with water for the extinguishment of fb'es and for domestic
and other purposes, for assessing and raising taxes as provided
herein for payment for such services, and for defraying the neces-
sary expenses of carrying on the business of said district, subject
to all general laws now or hereafter in force relating to such dis-
tricts, except as otherwise provided herein.

Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, said district, acting May take
by and through its board of commissioners hereinafter provided etc!^'^ waters,
for, may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of
the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and
hold, the water of any well, pond, brook, spring or stream within
the limits of the territory described in section one, subject to the
approval of the department of public health, and also subject to
the rights of the city of Lynn and of the city of Peabody, if any,
in and to any water supply now within the limits of said terri-
tory; and for said purposes may take as aforesaid, or acquire May take
by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and If,}^'^^ \a,nds,
other easements necessary for collecting, storing, holding and
preserving such water and conveying the same to any part of
said territory. Said district may erect on the lands acquired and

408

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May erect
dams, build-
ings, etc.

May lay
conduits,
pipes, etc.

Restrictions
as to entry
upon railroad
locations.

May purchase
water from
other mu-
nicipalities.

Property
damages,
recovery, etc.

May issue
bonds, etc.

Lynnfield
Water District
Loan, Act of
1924.- ,

Payment of
loan, etc.

held under this act proper dams, buildings, 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 purpose may construct and lay conduits, pipes and other
works, over and under any lands, water courses, railroads, rail-
ways, and public or private ways, and along such ways, in such
manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same; and for the
purposes of constructing, maintaining and repairing conduits,
pipes and other works, and for all other proper purposes of this
act, said district may dig up any such lands, and, under the
direction of the selectmen of the town of Lynnfield, enter upon
and dig up any such ways, in such manner as to cause the least
hindrance to public travel thereon. The said district shall not
enter upon the location of any railroad corporation, or construct
or lay any pipes, conduits or other works within such location,
except at such time and in such manner as it may agree upon
with such railroad corporation, or, in case of failure so to agree,
as may be appi'oved by the department of public utilities. Said
district may purchase water from any other municipality for
such periods of time, in such manner, on such terms and con-
ditions and in such amounts as said district may by vote deter-
mine, and for the purpose aforesaid the said water district, by
its board of commissioners, may make a contract or contracts.

Section 3. Any person sustaining damages in his property
by any taking under this act or any other thing done under au-
thority thereof may recover such damages from said district
under said chapter seventy-nine; but the right to damages for
the taking of any water, water right or water source, or for any
injury thereto, shall not vest until water is actually withdrawn
or diverted under authority of this act.

Section 4. For the purpose of paying the necessary expenses
and liabilities incurred under the provisions of this act, the said
district may borrow from time to time such sums as may be
necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate two hundred thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words, Lynnfield Water District Loan, Act of
1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan,
and such loans shall be payable in not more than thirty years
from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be
subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

Section 5. The said district shall, at the time of authorizing
the said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in ac-
cordance with section four of this act; and when a vote to that
effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income derived
from water rates, will be sufficient to pay the annual expense of
operating the water works and interest as it accrues on bonds or
notes issued as aforesaid, and to make such payments on the
principal as may be required under this act, shall, without further
vote, be assessed upon the said district by the assessors of the
town of Lynnfield annually thereafter until the debt incurred by
said loan or loans is extinguished.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 445. 409

Section 6. Any land taken or acquired under this act shall i>and taken,
be managed, improved and controlled by the board of comniis- managed, etc.,
sioners hereinafter provided for, in such manner as they shall doners!""'"
deem for the best interest of the district.

Section 7. Whene\'er a tax is duly ^'oted by said district for Assessment
the purposes of this act, the clerk shall send a certified copy of of\axes'^'^ '""
the vote to the assessors of the town of Lynnfield, who shall
assess the same on said district in the same manner in all respects
in which town taxes are required by law to be assessed. The
assessment shall be committed to the town collector who shall
collect the tax in the manner provided 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 same manner in which interest
is authorized to be collected on town taxes.

Section 8. A meeting of the voters of the territory included ^^^^ meeting,
within the boundaries set forth in section one shall be called, on eto.
petition of seven or more legal voters therein, by a warrant from
the selectmen of the town of Lynnfield, 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 petitioners shall preside at the
meeting until a clerk is chosen and sworn, and the clerk shall
preside until a moderator is chosen. After the choice of a Question of
moderator, the question of the acceptance of this act shall be act^^ be'^sub-
submitted to the voters, and if it shall be accepted by a majority '"'"ed, etc.
of the voters present and voting thereon it shall take full effect,
and the meeting may then proceed to act upon the other articles
contained in the warrant.

Section 9. Said district shall, at the same meeting at which District clerk,
this act is accepted and after such acceptance, elect by ballot a treasurer and
district clerk and a district treasurer, who may be the same m°asi^aerr'"'
person, to hold office until one year from the next succeeding election,
annual meeting, and at each annual meeting after the first, their '^'^"^^'
successors shall be elected by ballot for one year; and there
shall also be elected by ballot three persons to hold office, one
until three years, one until two years, and one until one year,
from the next succeeding annual meeting, to constitute a board
of commissioners. At each annual meeting after the first one
such commissioner shall be elected by ballot for three years. All
officers of the district shall hold oflSce until their successors are
elected and qualified. All the authority granted to said district
by this act, and not otherwise specifically provided for, shall be
vested in the said board of commissioners, who shall be subject,
however, to such instructions, rules and regulations as the dis-
trict may impose by its vote. Any vacancy occurring in said boaS^ttc''^
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 upon the written order of a majority of the said board.

Section 10. Said board of commissioners shall fix just and fj'^J^^atM^'^^
equitable prices and rates for the use of water, and shall prescribe rates, etc.

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Net surplus,
liow to be
usefl, etc.j

Annual, etc.,
report.^

Adoption of
by-laws,
calling of'
meetings, etc.

To have cer-
tain rights, etc.

Penalty for
polluting jL
water, etc.

Submission

to voters of ,j

district, etc. g

the time and manner of payment. The income of the water
works shall be used to defray all operating expenses, interest
charges and pa^'^ments on principal as they become due upon
any bonds or notes issued under authority of this act. If there
should be a net surplus remaining after providing for the afore-
said charges, it shall be used for such new construction as said
board may determine upon, and in case a surplus should remain
after payment for such new construction the water rates shall
be reduced proportionately. No money shall be expended in
new construction by said board except from the net surplus
aforesaid, unless the district appropriates and provides money
therefor. All authority vested in said board of commissioners
by the foregoing provisions of this section shall be subject to the
provisions of section nine. Said board shall annually, and as
often as the district may require, render to the district a report
upon the condition of the works under their charge and an ac-
count of their doings, including an account of receipts and ex-
penditures.

Section 11. Said district may adopt by-laws prescribing by
whom and how meetings may be called and notified, and upon
the application of seven or more legal voters in said district,
meetings may also be called by warrant from a justice of the
peace as provided in section eight; said district may also choose
such other officers, not provided for in this act, as it may deem
proper or necessary. Said district shall have all the rights and
privileges conferred by law upon water districts and fire dis-
tricts, so far as applicable.

Section 12. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pollutes
or diverts any water obtained or supplied under this act, or wil-
fully 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 conviction of any of the above
wilful or wanton acts shall be punished by a fine of not more
than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
six months.

Section 13. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by a majority of the voters of the district described in section
one, 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 one year shall not exceed three; and for
the purpose of being submitted to the voters as aforesaid, this
act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 2, 1924-

ChapA4:Q An Act relative to the purchase of supplies and other

PROPERTY BY THE STATE PURCHASING AGENT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G.L. 7, §22 Section twenty-two of chapter seven of the General Laws,

inserted by section one of chapter three hundred and sixty-two

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 447. 411

of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the three following new
paragraphs :

A copy of the rules, regulations and orders issued under this Purchase of
section and at the time being in force shall be delivered or mailed eto!f by state
to any person on request, and the commission shall annually aglnv*^mfiiing
give public notice by advertisement inviting such requests and etc., of mies;
inviting all persons who desire to bid on state supplies, materials bids.^etc."^^
or contracts so to signify in WTiting by sending their names and
addresses to the office of the commission with a statement of the
class or classes of supplies, materials or contracts on which they
desire opportunity to bid. The state purchasing agent, under Classified list
the direction of the commission, shall maintain a classified list desmngTo bid
of all persons so signifying such desire and shall make such use ^*''-
of the same for the stimulation of competition as shall be pro-
vided by said rules and regulations, having in view the time of
delivery, the quantity required, the locality in which delivery is
to be made, and any other special circumstances of the case.

For the information of the public and of prospective bidders. Public list of
the state purchasing agent shall keep and maintain a public list to^b'e pur- °"
or bulletin enumerating the supplies and materials to be pur- ^^^a^ed, etc.
chased or contracted for and the dates on which bids for the
same will be received.

Bids shall be opened in public. Approved June 2, 1934. o^OTe^din^

. public.

An Act providing for an equitable enlargement of the ChavAA?

CLASS OF PERSONS TO WHOM PAYMENT OF THE SOLDIERS'
BONUS, SO-CALLED, MAY IN AVHOLE OR IN PART BE MADE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section two of chapter two hundred and eighty-three of the i9i'j, 283 (G),
General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, as affected by amended.
chapter six hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty, by chapter three hundred and fifty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and by chapter four hun-
dred and fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new paragraph : — In all cases of death in service prior to
January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, or of discharge
from service prior to said date for physical disability, not occur-
ring or incurred in line of duty and not due to misconduct, there
shall be payable hereunder an amount equal to the difference
between the one hundred dollars to which the applicant would
be entitled if such death or discharge from servace had occurred
subsequent to January fourteenth, nineteen hundred and eight-
een and the amount which the person on account of whose
service said payment is to be made, his heirs at law, dependents
or allottee recei^'ed or might receive under the provisions of
chapter two hundred and eleven, as affected by chapter three
hundred and thirty-two, both of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and seventeen, and by chapter ninety-two of the Gen-
eral Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen; provided, that to
be entitled to receive any payment under this paragraph such

412

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 447.

Soldiers'
bonus, so-
called, to
whom pay-
ments are to
be made.

Provisos.

Payments in
certain cases
of death or
discharge
from service,
etc.

Proviso.

person must have been on active duty for a period exceeding
thirty days, — so as to read as follows : — Section 2. Upon
application, as hereinafter provided, there shall be allowed and
paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth, to each commis-
sioned officer, enlisted man, field clerk and army or navy nurse
duly recognized as such by the war or navy department, who
was mustered into the federal service and reported for active
duty subsequently to February third, nineteen hundred and
seventeen and prior to November eleventh, nineteen hundred
and eighteen, and to each commissioned officer, warrant officer,
nurse and enlisted man, who enlisted or was enrolled in, or was
mustered into the federal service and who had been called and
reported for active duty in the United States Navy, United
States Naval Reserve Forces, United States Marine Corps,
United States Coast Guard, or the National Navy Volunteers,
subsequently to said February third, and prior to said November
eleventh, and to every man who served during the war in the
regular army, navy or marine corps, or to the dependents or
heirs at law of the persons above enumerated, as provided in
section three, the sum of one hundred dollars: provided, that
every person on account of whose service the application is filed
had been a resident of the commonwealth for a period of not
less than six months immediately prior to the time of his entry
into service; and further provided, that no benefits shall accrue
under this act because of the service of any person appointed to
or inducted into the military or naval forces who had not re-
ported for duty on or prior to November eleventh, nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen at the military cantonment or the naval station
to which he was ordered, or who was discharged from service or
relieved from active duty and not recalled to the colors prior to
January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, but in all
cases of death in service or discharge for physical incapacity re-
ceived in the line of duty the full amount of one hundred dollars
shall be payable notwithstanding the provisions of this section.
In all cases of death in service prior to January fifteenth, nine-
teen hundred and eighteen, or of discharge from service prior to
said date for physical disability, not occurring or incurred in line
of duty and not due to misconduct, there shall be payable here-
under an amount equal to the difference between the one hun-
dred dollars to- which the applicant would be entitled if such
death or discharge from service had occurred subsequent to Jan-
uary fourteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen and the amount
which the person on account of whose service said payment is
to be made, his heirs at law, dependents or allottee received or
might receive under the provisions of chapter two hundred and
eleven, as affected by chapter three hundred and thirty-two,
both of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen,*
and by chapter ninety-two of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen; provided, that to be entitled to receive any
payment under this paragraph such person must have been on
active duty for a period exceeding thirty days.

Approved June 2, 1024.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 448, 449, 450. 413

An Act entitling women who were regularly enlisted

IN the navy or marine corps of the united states

DURING the world WAR TO RECEIVE THE STATE BONUS.

Chap.US

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Women who were regularly enlisted or enrolled "^'omen who
in the navy, naval reserve or marine corps of the United States eniisted'in
during the world war and who are otherwise qualified under the m^^ne'^corps
provisions of chapter two hundred and eighty-three of the Gen- of United
eral Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, and any acts in woridfwa"'^^
amendment thereof and in addition thereto, shall, upon applica- r^ceive*^state
tion, be entitled to the one hundred dollar gratuity pro\'ided bonus.
under said chapter two hundred and eighty-three, and any acts
in amendment thereof and in addition thereto.

Section 2. Section seventeen of said chapter two hundred i9i9. 283 (G),
and eighty-three is hereby repealed. ' ^^!^^^ ^

(The foregoing icas laid before the governor on the twenty-seventh
day of May, 1924, and after five days it had "the force of a law",
as prescribed by the constitution, as it loas not returned by him tvith
his objections thereto within that time.)

An Act authorizing the borrowing of money on account ni.^^ aaq

OF ESSEX county TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION ^'^^P'^^^

assessments.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Any city or town in Essex county assessed on Certain cities
account of the construction cost of the Essex county tuberculosis g"^^ ^^"^^ ™*y
hospital under the date of February sixth, nineteen hundred and on account of
twenty-four, that has paid such assessment from funds in its ^bercXsls^
treasury raised otherwise than by borrowing, is hereby author- hospital con-
ized to borrow money in excess of the statutory limit, for the assessments.
purpose of reimbursing its treasury, to the same extent and
subject to the same provisions of law as it was authorized to
borrow to meet such assessment.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 3, 1924.

Chap. 4:50

An Act relative to the fees payable to the commis-
sioner OF insurance and to certain fees payable to

THE STATE SECRETARY.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, inasmuch as it would not take effect until preamble.
after certain fees affected by its provisions had been paid for 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. Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the g. l. 175. § h.
General Laws, as amended in section fourteen by chapter one ®*'' • amended. '

414

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 450.

Collection of "
certain charges
and fees by
commissioner
of insurance.

Pro\iso.

G. L. 175, § 16,
amended.

hundred and sixty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, is hereby further amended by striking out said section and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section I4. He shall
collect and pay to the commonwealth charges and fees as fol-
lows: for each examination prior to granting a license or a cer-
tificate of authority to issue policies of insurance or annuity or
pure endowment contracts as provided in sections four and
thirty-two, fifty dollars; for the valuation of life policies of a
domestic company as provided in section nine, two and one half
mills for each thousand dollars of insurance; for each certificate
issued under section sixteen, two dollars, provided that such
certificates shall be issued without charge for the use of the com-
monwealth; for each certificate under section thirty-two, two
dollars; for each special license under clause {g) of section fifty-
one or of section fifty-four, ten dollars; for each certificate
issued by the commissioner under section seventy or seventy-one,
two dollars; for filing copy of charter or deed of settlement of
each foreign company under section one hundred and fifty-one,
thirty dollars; for filing financial statement with the applica-
tion for admission of a foreign company under said section one
hundred and fifty-one, and for the filing of each annual state-
ment by a foreign compan}^ under section twenty-five, twenty
dollars; for each service of lawful process upon him as attorney
for a foreign company under said section one hundred and fifty-
one, two dollars; for each license or renewal thereof to an in-
surance agent of any company under section one hundred and
sixty -three, two dollars; for each license or renewal thereof to
an insurance broker under section one hundred and sixty-six,
twenty-five dollars; for each license or renewal thereof to a
special insurance broker under section one hundred and sixty-
eight, twenty-five dollars; for each license or renewal thereof to
an adjuster of fire losses under section one hundred and seventy-
two, ten dollars; for each license or renewal thereof to a volun-
tary association under section one hundred and seventy-two A,
to a partnership under section one hundred and seventy-three
or to a corporation under section one hundred and seventy-four,
the fees hereinbefore prescribed for like licenses issued to indi-
viduals under said section one hundred and sixty-three, one
hundred and sixty-six, one hundred and sixty-eight or one hun-
dred and seventy-two, for each trustee, partner or officer to be
covered by the license; for each certificate of the valuation of
the policies of any life company and for each certificate of the
examination, condition or qualification of a company, two dol-
lars; for each copy of any paper on file in the office of the com-
missioner, twenty cents a page and for copies of tabulations,
forty cents a page and two dollars for certifying the same; and
all other fees and charges due the commonwealth for any official
act or service of the commissioner.

Section 2. Section sixteen of said chapter one hundred and
seventy-five is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"furnish" in the fourth line the words: — , upon payment of
the fee presci'ibed by section fourteen, — so as to read as fol-

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 450. 415

lows: — Section 16. He shall preserve in a permanent form a Record of pro-
record of his proceedings, including a concise statement of the commSioner
result of official examinations of companies. of insurance.

He shall furnish, upon payment of the fee prescribed by sec- Certificates for
tion fourteen, when required for evidence in court, certificates, ^'"^ '" '^'^"'^ '
under seal of the division of insurance, relative to the authority
of an insurance agent, broker or company, or an adjuster of fire
losses, or a fraternal benefit society, to transact business in the
commonwealth on any particular date or for any specified period,
and such certificates shall be received by the courts in lieu of
the testimony of the commissioner or his representative.

Section 3. Section forty-nine of said chapter one hundred ^tc^ame^nded^'
and seventy-five, as amended by section five of chapter two
hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one and by section seven of chapter four hundred and
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby
further amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting
in place thereof the following new paragraph : — The fee to be Fee for filing
paid to the state secretary by a stock company, or by a mutual organ!za*tion
company with a guaranty capital, upon the filing of the articles co^anfeT^
of organization, shall be one twentieth of one per cent of the
total amount of the authorized capital, but not less than one
hundred dollars. The fee to be paid upon such filing by any
other mutual company shall be one hundred dollars.

Section 4. Section fifty of said chapter one hundred and ^tc^amend^ed"'
seventy-five, as amended by chapter two hundred and fifty-three
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the twentieth line, the word
"five" and inserting in place thereof the word: — ten, — so as
to read as follows : — Section 50. A stock company, by a two Changes in
thirds vote of all its stock entitled to vote, or a mutual company, surance com-
by a two thirds vote of those members present and voting, at a p^'^^ charters.
meeting duly called therefor, may alter, add to or change, to the Change in •
extent authorized by this chapter, the classes of insurance for insurance, etc
the transaction of which it was incorporated, may change the change of , ^
location of its principal office or place of business in the com-
monwealth, or, in the case of a stock company, may increase or increase or
reduce the par value of the shares of its capital stock, which par value of
value shall be not less than five nor more than one hundred dol- ^^^''^s. etc.
lars. Articles of amendment, signed and sworn to by the presi- amendment
dent and secretary and a majority of the directors, setting forth
such amendment or change and the due adoption thereof, shall,
within thirty days after their adoption, be submitted to the com-
missioner, who shall examine them in the same manner and
with the same powers as in the case of original articles of organi-
zation. If he finds that they conform to the requirements of
law he shall so certify and endorse his approval thereon, and
they shall thereupon be filed in the office of the state secretary,
who, upon the receipt of a fee of ten dollars, shall cause them Fee.
and the endorsement thereon to be recorded, and said articles
of amendment shall then be deemed to be a part of the charter
or articles of organization of the company. No such amend- ^nt^.^eTc.?*^"

take effect.

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Acts, 1024. — Chap. 450.

G. L. 175, § 51,
cl. (g), etc.,
amended.

Other business
by domestic
stock com-
panies on
express license,
etc.

Fee.

G. L. 175, § 54.
cl. (g), etc.,
amended.

Other business
by domestic
mutual com-
panies on
express license,
etc.

Fee,

G. L. 175, § 56,
amended.

Reincorpora-
tion of certain
fraternal
benefit socie-
ties and of
assessment
insurance com-
panies as stock
companies.

Proxy voting.

Copy of vote
to commis-
sioner, etc.

Notice of
affirmative
vote to policy,
etc., holders.

ment or change shall take effect until such articles of amend-
ment have been filed in the office of the state secretary as
aforesaid.

Section 5. Clause (g) of section fifty -one of said chapter one
hundred and seventy-five, as amended by section one of chapter
two hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, is hereby further amended by adding at the
end thereof the words : — and upon payment of the fee pre-
scribed by section fourteen, — so as to read as follows: — (g)
Such other form or forms of insurance coverage not included in
the provisions of section forty-seven and not contrary to law as
the commissioner in his discretion may authorize and license and
which shall be transacted only upon such terms and conditions
as he may from time to time prescribe and upon payment of the
fee prescribed by section fourteen.

Section 6. Clause (g) of section fifty-four of said chapter one
hundred and seventy-five, as amended by section two of chapter
two hundred and ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, is hereby further amended by adding at the
end thereof the words : — and upon payment of the fee prescribed
by section fourteen, — so as to read as follows : — {g) Such
other form or forms of insurance coverage not included in the
pro\dsions of section forty-seven and not contrary to law as the
commissioner in his discretion may authorize and license and
which shall be transacted only upon such terms and conditions
as he may from time to time prescribe and upon payment of the
fee prescribed by section fourteen.

Section 7. Section fifty-six of said chapter one hundred and
seventy-five is hereby amended by striking out, in the fifty-
seventh line, the words "ten dollars" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — one twentieth of one per cent of the total
amount of the authorized capital, but not less than one hundred
dollars, — so as to read as follows : — Section 56. Any domestic
corporation subject to chapter one hundred and seventy-six and
confining its membership to a particular order or fraternity, or
to chapter one hundred and seventy-seven, may by a two thirds
vote of its policy or certificate holders voting thereon adopt this
section at a meeting called to consider the same, of which meet-
ing written or printed notice shall be mailed to each policy or
certificate holder at least thirty days before the day fixed for the
meeting, and be reincorporated under this chapter as a stock
company to insure only against the disability of the insured by
sickness and the bodily injury and death of the insured by acci-
dent as provided in subdivisions (a) and (c/) of the sixth clause
of section forty-seven. The members of such corporations may
vote on this proposition by proxy, if the instrument appointing
the proxy is filed with the secretary of the corporation at least
five days before said meeting, and the aforesaid notice to the
policy and certificate holders shall so state. A copy of such vote
certified to by the president, secretary and a majority of the
directors of the corporation shall be filed with the commissioner.
If such vote be in the affirmative the recording officer shall cause
a notice to be mailed to each policy or certificate holder at his
last known address, reciting the substance of such vote, and

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 450. 417

stating that books for cash subscriptions for stock in said com-
pany have been opened in the home office and will continue .
open for sixty days from the date of said notice, and that a
policy or certificate holder in said corporation may have a prior
right within said period to subscribe for said stock; and stating
also that no member shall subscribe for more than ten shares
thereof, and that the par value shall be twenty-five dollars per
share; and stating also, in a form satisfactory to the commis-
sioner, the financial condition of the corporation at the time of
the meeting aforesaid. If within said period of sixty days the Oversub-
capital, as fixed, shall be oversubscribed by policy or certificate capital"" tc.
holders, the directors shall allot to each his proportionate part
of the amount subscribed. At the expiration of said period of ^®?^.^*'°'^ °^
sixty days, the said right of priority to subscribe shall cease, and subscribe.
subscriptions for stock then undisposed of may be received from
any member or certificate holder or other person and to any
amount. Within thirty days after the stock has been sub- Meetin? of
scribed, a meeting of the subscribers shall be called by a notice notfcel'etc!'
signed by the recording officer of the corporation, stating the
time, place and purpose of the meeting, a copy of which notice
shall, seven days at least before the day appointed for the meet-
ing, be given to each subscriber, or left at his usual place of
business or residence, or deposited in the post office, postpaid,
and addressed to him at his usual place of business or residence.
Said recording officer shall make an affidavit of his doings,
which, with a copy of the notice, shall be recorded in the records
of the corporation. At such meeting, including any necessary Adoption of
or reasonable adjournment thereof, by-laws of such stock com- eieotlon'of
pany shall be adopted, and the secretary, directors and such officers, etc.
other officers as the by-laws require shall be chosen. The presi-
dent, treasurer and other officers that the said by-laws author-
ize them to choose shall be elected by the directors at a meeting
held directly after the adjournment of the stockholders' meeting.
A certificate of organization, containing a statement that the Certificate of
capital stock has been paid in in cash, shall be signed and sworn sub'rSs^ston'to
to by the president, secretary and a majority of the directors of commissioner,
such corporation, and shall, w^ith the records of the corporation
pertaining to the reincorporation, be submitted to the commis-
sioner. If it appears that the requirements of this section have
been complied with, the commissioner shall so certify and ap-
prove the certificate by his endorsement thereon. Such certifi- Filing with
cate shall thereupon be filed with the state secretary, who, upon fee'^etc^'^'^^*^'^^'
payment of a fee of one twentieth of one per cent of the total
amount of the authorized capital, but not less than one hundred
dollars, shall issue to such corporation a certificate of reincorpo-
ration as a stock company, with the powers retained and hereby
conferred. Upon the issuance of such certificate such company
shall cease to issue policies or certificates upon its former plan,
and shall then be empowered to transact its business under this
chapter, with all the obligations, rights and privileges that it
would be subject to had it been incorporated thereunder.

The company shall be subject to all the liabilities of the Liabilities,
former corporation, and be entitled to all its assets, including rLmcoVpor'ated
the emergency fund, which shall be paid to it by the state treas- companies,

418

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 450.

Policies to
continue in
force, etc.

Proviso.

Reincor-
porated
companies
may increase
capital stock,
etc.

G. L. 175, § 70,
amended.

Increase of
capital by
insurance
companies.

Certificate of
increase of
capital, sub-
mission to
commissioner,
eto.

liter, upon requisition signed by the president and a majority of
the directors, accompanied by a copy of the certificate of rein-
corporation. All policies or certificates in force at the date of
reincorporation shall continue in full force and effect in all their
provisions, agreements and undertakings, and shall be construed
according to the laws under which they were issued, except that
the policy or certificate holder shall not be liable to any extra
assessment; provided, that the rates for benefits for death from
natural causes may from time to time be raised if the experience
of the company shows it to be necessary. Any defences or evi-
dence relative to such policies or certificates open under such
provisions shall constitute a defence, and shall be received as
evidence in any controversy between the parties to or interested
in such policies or certificates. No such reincorporated company
shall declare a stock dividend unless its surplus thereafter would
be equal to the amount of the surplus at the time of reincorpora-
tion.

Any company reincorporated under this section may increase
its capital stock in the manner provided in section seventy, and
may, if it has sufficient capital, transact all the kinds of business
permitted to domestic companies by section fifty-one.

Section 8. Section seventy of said chapter one hundred and
seventy-five is hereby amended by striking out, in the twenty-
eighth line, the words "five dollars" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — one twentieth of one per cent of the amount
by which the capital is increased, — and by inserting after the
word "shall" in the thirtieth line, the words: — , upon payment
of the fee prescribed by section fourteen, — so as to read as fol-
lows : — Section 70. Such company may issue pro rata to its
stockholders certificates of any portion of its actual net surplus
it may decide to divide, which shall be deemed to be an increase
of its capital to the amount of such certificates, or such company
may, at a meeting called therefor, vote to increase the amount
and number of shares of its capital stock, and to issue certificates
thereof when paid in full. If a company shall vote to increase
its capital in the second of the two ways set forth in this sec-
tion, the directors shall fix the price, not less than par, at which,
and the time, not less than thirty days after the date of such
vote to increase, within which the new stock may be taken by
the stockholders. And the directors shall forthwith give written
notice to each stockliolder who was such at the time of the vote
to increase, stating the amount of the increase, the number of
shares or fractions of shares of new stock that such stockholder
is entitled to take, the price at which and the time within w^hich
such new stock may be taken. Within said time each stock-
holder may take, at the price fixed as aforesaid, his proportion
of such new shares at the date of such vote to increase. If at
the expiration of such time any shares remain untaken, the di-
rectors may sell the same for the benefit of the corporation in
such manner and for such price, not less than the price fixed as
aforesaid, as they may determine. In whichever mode the in-
crease is made, the company shall, within thirty days after the
issue of such certificates, submit to the commissioner a certificate

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 450. 419

setting forth the proceedings thereof and the amount of such
increase, signed and sworn to by its president and secretary and
a majority of its directors. If the commissioner finds that the
increase is made in conformity to law, he shall endorse his ap-
proval thereon; and upon filing such certificate so endorsed ^a'te° secretary
with the state secretary and the payment of a fee of one twentieth fee, etc.
of one per cent of the amount by which the capital is increased
for filing the same, the company may transact business upon
the capital as increased, and the commissioner shall, upon pay- Certificate of
ment of the fee prescribed by section fourteen, issue his certifi- ^oj^^'^^'^^'O'^e'''
cate to that effect.

Section 9. Section seventy-one of said chapter one hundred ^^^^i j^' ^ '^^•
and seventy-five is hereby amended by striking out, in the
fifteenth line, the word "five" and inserting in place thereof the
word: — twenty-five, — and by inserting after the word "shall"
in the seventeenth line, the words: — , upon payment of the
fee prescribed by section fourteen, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 71. If the capital stock of a company is impaired as set ^^'It^fstoc'k
forth in section six, such company may, upon a vote of a ma- by insurance
jority of the stock represented at a meeting legally called for <=°"^p3''i'«s-
that purpose, reduce its capital stock and the number of shares
thereof to an amount not less than the minimum amount re-
quired by sections forty-eight and fifty-one. But no part
of its assets and property shall be distributed to its stock-
holders.

Within ten days after such meeting the company shall submit ^ducl°on^e°tc
to the commissioner a certificate setting forth the proceedings submission to '
thereof and the amount of such reduction and the assets and ^o^^^^'^"^^""'
liabilities of the company, signed and sworn to by its president,
secretary and a majority of its directors. If the commissioner
finds that the reduction is made in conformity to law and that
it will not be prejudicial to the public, he shall endorse his ap-
proval thereon and upon filing the certificate, so endorsed, with Filing with
the state secretary and paying a fee of twenty-five dollars for fee, etc^"^ ^^'
the filing thereof, the company may transact business upon the
capital as reduced, and the commissioner shall, upon payment Certificate of

« 1 » Mil • c • 1 • -V commissioner,

of the fee prescribed by section fourteen, issue his certificate to fee.
that effect.

Such company may, by a majority vote of its directors, after Exchange for

, 1 .• • ii J. J? xi- • • 1 j.-£i J. J? new certificates

such reduction, require the return or the original certificates or upon reduction,
stock held by each stockholder in exchange for new certificates ®**^*
which it may issue in lieu thereof for such number of shares as
each stockholder is entitled to in the proportion that the re-
duced capital bears to the original capital.

Section 10. Section one hundred and sixty-three of said ^-^^ ^^^'
chapter one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by in- amended,
serting after the word "agent" in the fifth line the. words: —
and upon payment by the company of the fee prescribed by sec-
tion fourteen, — by inserting after the word "commissioner"
in the twenty-fourth line the words : — and upon payment by
the company of said fee, — and by striking out, in the twenty-
ninth and thirtieth lines, the words "Every foreign company
.shall pay for each license or renewal thereof a fee of two dollars",

420

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 450.

Licensing of

insurance

agents.

Fee.

Revocation or
suspension of
license.

Expiration.

Renewal.

Companies to
be bound by
acts of agents.

Penalty.

G. L. 175,
§ 166,
amended.

SO as to read as follows: — Scctio72. 1G3. Upon written notice by
a company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth
of its appointment of a person to act as its agent herein, the
commissioner shall, if he is satisfied that the appointee is a
suitable person of full age and intends to hold himself out and
carry on business in good faith as an insurance agent and upon
payment by the company of the fee prescribed by section four-
teen, issue to him a license which shall state in substance that
the company is authorized to do business in the commonwealth,
and that the person named therein is the constituted agent of
the company in the commonwealth for the transaction of such
business as it is authorized to transact therein. Such notice
shall be upon a form furnished by the commissioner, and shall
be accompanied by a statement executed on oath by the ap-
pointee which shall give his name, age, residence, present occu-
pation, his occupation for the five years next preceding the date
of the notice, and such other information as the commissioner
may require upon a form furnished by him. The commissioner
may, except as provided in section five, at any time, for cause
shown and after a hearing, revoke the license or suspend it for
a period not exceeding the unexpired term thereof, and may,
for cause shown and after a hearing, revoke the license while so
suspended, and shall notify both the company and the agent in
writing of such revocation or suspension. A license issued here-
under shall expire on the thirtieth day of June next after its
issue, unless sooner revoked or suspended as aforesaid, or unless
the company, by a written notice filed with the commissioner,
cancels the authority of the agent to act for it. Such license
may, in the discretion of the commissioner and upon payment
by the company of said fee, be renewed for any succeeding year
by a renewal certificate without requiring anew the detailed in-
formation hereinbefore specified. Every company shall he bound
by the acts of the person named in the license within the scope
of his apparent authority as its acknowledged agent while such
license remains in force. Whoever, not being a duly licensed
insurance broker or an officer of a domestic company acting
under section one hundred and sixty-five, acts as an insurance
agent as defined in the preceding section, without such license
or during a suspension of his license, shall be punished by a fine
of not less than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 11. Section one hundred and sixty-six of said chapter
one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by striking
out, in the first and second lines, the words "a fee of ten dollars"
and in the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh lines, the words
"the fee of ten dollars" and inserting in place thereof in each
instance the words: — the fee prescribed by section fourteen, —
by inserting after the word " state" in the third line the words: —
of the United States, — and by striking out, in the thirty-fifth
to fortieth lines, inclusive, the words "No fee for a license
issued hereunder shall be required of any soldier, sailor or marine
resident in this commonwealth who has served in the army or
navy of the United States in time of war or insurrection and re-
ceived an honorable discharge therefrom or release from active

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 450. 421

duty therein, if he presents to the commissioner satisfactory
evidence of his identity", so as to read as follows: — Section Licensing of
166. The commissioner may, upon the payment of the fee pre- bl-okTrs!^^ ' \
scribed by section fourteen, issue to any suitable person of full
age resident in the commonwealth, or resident in any other state
of the United States granting brokers' licenses or like privileges
to residents of the commonwealth, a license to act as an insurance
broker to negotiate, continue or renew contracts of insurance or
annuity or pure endowment contracts, or to place risks, or effect
insurance with any qualified domestic company or its agents,
or with the lawfully constituted and licensed resident agents in
this commonwealth of any foreign company duly admitted to
issue such policies or contracts therein upon the following con-
ditions: The applicant for the license shall file with the commis- Application.
sioner a written application upon a form provided by the com-
missioner, which shall be executed on oath by the applicant and
kept on file by the commissioner. The application shall state
the name, age, residence and occupation of the applicant at the
time of making the application, his occupation for the five j^ears
next preceding the date of the application, that the applicant in-
tends to hold himself out and carry on business in good faith as
an insurance broker, and such other information as the commis-
sioner may require. The application shall also contain a state-
ment as to the trustworthiness and competency of the applicant,
signed by at least three reputable citizens of this commonwealth.
If the commissioner is satisfied that the applicant is trustworthy
and competent and intends to hold himself out and carry on
business in good faith as an insurance broker, he shall issue the i?suc, cxpira-
license, which shall expire in one year from its date, unless
sooner revoked or suspended as provided herein. The license Renewal, fee,
may, in the discretion of the commissioner, be renewed, upon
payment of the fee prescribed by section fourteen, for any suc-
ceeding year without requiring anew the detailed information
hereinbefore specified. The commissioner may at any time, for Revocation or

, ic 1 • 111- 1- suspension.

cause shown and alter a hearing, revoke the license or suspend it
for a period not exceeding the unexpired term thereof, and may,
for cause shown and after a hearing, revoke the license while so
suspended, and shall notify the licensee in writing of such revo-
cation or suspension, and may publish a notice of such revoca-
tion or suspension in such manner as he may deem necessary for
the protection of the public. Whoever, not being a duly licensed ^"'"^ ^'
insurance agent of the company in which any policy of insurance
or any annuity or pure endowment contract is effected or an
officer of a domestic company acting under section one hundred
and sixty-five, acts as an insurance broker as defined in section
one hundred and sixty-two, without such license or during a
suspension of his license, shall be punished by a fine of not less
than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 12. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five is G. l. i75, new
hereby further amended by inserting after section one hundred § i67.
and sixty-seven the following new section: — Sectimi 167 A. No No fee required
fee for a license issued under section one hundred and sixty-six saiiors,*1;Tc.,
or one hundred and sixty-seven shall be required of any soldier, f°f certain

422

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 450.

brokers'
licenses.

G. L. 175,
§ 168,
amended.

Licensing of
Bpecial insur-
ance brokers
for procuring,
etc., insurance
in unauthorized
companies,
fee, etc.

Application.

Issue of
license,
expiration, etc.

Renewal, fee,
etc.

Filing of
afl5da\'it
with commis-
sioner before
procuring
insurance, etc.

Licensees to
keep and file
account of
business done,
etc.

sailor or marine resident in this commonwealth who has served
in the army or navj' of the United States in time of war or in-
surrection and received an honorable discharge therefrom or
release from active duty therein, if he presents to the commis-
sioner satisfactory e\'idence of his identity.

Section 13. Section one hundred and sixty-eight of said
chapter one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by
striking out, in the first and second and in the fifteenth and
sixteenth lines, the words "a fee of twenty dollars" and inserting
in place thereof in each instance the words : — the fee prescribed
by section fourteen, — so as to read as follows: — Section 168.
The commissioner may, upon the payment of the fee prescribed
by section fourteen, issue to any suitable person of full age resi-
dent in the commonwealth, a license to act as a special insurance
broker to negotiate, continue or renew contracts of fire, bom-
bardment, steam boiler or flywheel insurance on property in this
commonwealth in foreign companies not authorized to transact
such business therein, upon the following conditions: The appli-
cant for the license shall file with the commissioner a written
application as prescribed by section one hundred and sixty-six,
which shall be executed on oath by the applicant and kept on
file by the commissioner. If the commissioner is satisfied that
the applicant is trustworthy and competent, he shall issue the
license, subject to suspension or revocation at the pleasure of
the commissioner, which shall expire in one year from its date,
unless sooner suspended or revoked as aforesaid. The license
may, in the discretion of the commissioner, be renewed for each
succeeding year, upon the payment of the fee prescribed by sec-
tion fourteen, without requiring anew the detailed information
specified by section one hundred and sixty-six. Before the person
named in such license shall procure any insurance in such com-
panies on any such property, he shall in every case execute, and
within five days thereafter file with the commissioner, an affi-
davit, which shall have force and effect for one year only from
the date of said affida\at, that he is unable to procure, in com-
panies admitted to do business in the commonwealth, the amount
of insurance necessary to protect said property, and shall pro-
cure insurance under such license only after he has procured in-
surance in companies admitted to do business as aforesaid to
the full amount which said companies are willing to write on said
property; but such licensed person shall not be required to file
such affidavit if one relative to the same property has been filed
within the preceding twelve months by any broker licensed under
this section, nor to offer any portion of such insurance to any
company not possessed of net cash assets of at least twenty-five
thousand dollars, nor to one which has within the preceding
twehe months been in an impaired condition. Each person so
licensed shall keep a separate account of the business done under
the license, a certified copy of which account he shall forthwith
file with the commissioner, showing the exact amount of such
insurance placed for any person, the gross premium charged
thereon, the companies in which the same is placed, the date of
the policies and the term thereof, and also a report in the same

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 450. 423

detail of all such policies cancelled, with the gross return premi-
ums thereon, and before receiving such license shall execute and
deliver to the state treasurer a hond in the penal sum of two Botui.
thousand dollars, with such sureties as he shall approve, con-
ditioned that the licensee will faithfully comply with all the re-
quirements of this section, and will annually, in January, file Annual stcate-
with the state treasurer a sworn statement of the gross premiums treasure/.
charged for insurance procured or placed and the gross return
premiums on such insurance cancelled under such license during
the year ending on December thirty-first last preceding, and at Piy™ent to

1 „„,. .,, , ,, common-

the time of fihng such statement will pay to the commonwealth wealth.
an amount equal to four per cent of such gross premiums, less
such return premiums so reported.

A person licensed under this section who negotiates, continues Penalty.
or renews any such contract of insurance in any unauthorized
foreign company, and who neglects to make and file the affidavit
and statements required by this section, or who wilfully makes
a false affidavit or statement, or who negotiates, continues or
renews any such contract of insurance after the revocation or
during the suspension of his license, shall forfeit his license and
be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than
five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one
year, or both.

Section 14. Section one hundred and seventy-two of said 9-^^2 ^^'^'
chapter one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by amended.
striking out, in the first and second and in the tenth and eleventh
lines, the words "a fee of two dollars" and inserting in place
thereof in each instance the words : — the fee prescribed by sec-
tion fourteen, — so as to read as follows: — Section 172. The Licensing of
commissioner may, upon the payment of the fee prescribed by firi'iost"s°fee,
section fourteen, issue to any suitable person of full age a license ^^'^■
to act as an adjuster of fire losses upon the following conditions:
The applicant for the license shall file with the commissioner a Application.
written application as prescribed by section one hundred and
sixty-six, which shall be executed on oath by the applicant, and
kept on file by the commissioner. If the commissioner is satisfied exp^rat[on!Ttc!'
that the applicant is trustworthy and competent, he shall issue
the license, which shall expire in one year from its date, unless
sooner revoked or suspended as provided herein. The license Renewal, fee,
may, in the discretion of the commissioner and upon the pay- ^^^'
ment of the fee prescribed by section fourteen, be renewed for
any succeeding year without requiring anew the detailed in-
formation specified by section one hundred and sixty-six. The Revocation or

, . . (. 1 1 Pi 1 suspension.

commissioner may at any time, tor cause sriown and after a hear-
ing, revoke the license or suspend it for a period not exceeding
the unexpired term thereof, and may, for cause shown and after
a hearing, revoke the license while so suspended, and shall notify
the licensee in writing of such revocation or suspension. Who- Penalty.
ever acts as an adjuster of fire losses, as defined in section one
hundred and sixty-two, without such license or during a sus-
pension of his license, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
six months.

424 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 450.

\^\t^a~^Ic Section 15. Section one hundred and seventy-two A of said

iuiienfied. ' chapter one hundred and seventy-five, inserted therein by chap-
ter three hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"may" in the fourth fine the words: — , upon payment of the
fees prescribed by section fourteen, — so as to read as follows : —
^"'"iadwis Section 172 A. The licenses described in sections one hundred
may be licensed and sixty-thrcc, onc hundred and sixty-six, one hundred and
agent^'^brokers sixty-scvcn, one hundred and sixty-eight and one hundred and
and adjusters, gevcnty-two may, upon payment of the fees prescribed by sec-
tion fourteen, be issued to any voluntary association, as defined
in section one of chapter one hundred and eighty-two, which is
organized exclusively for the purpose of acting as insurance
agent or l^roker, or adjuster of fire losses and which, in case of
an association organized to act as an insurance agent or broker,
by its written instrument or declaration of trust limits the hold-
ing and ownership of shares or certificates of participation therein
Residence of ^q resident insurance agents and brokers. AH the trustees shall
Association, ^^ residents of the commonwealth. Such association and the
trustees and trustccs thereof shall be subject to section six of said chapter
to certain onc hundred and eighty-two. Such licenses, together with the

laws, etc. association and the trustees thereof named in the license, shall

be subject to the sections of this chapter hereinbefore mentioned,
License to cxccpt as Otherwise provided herein. Each license shall specify
who\nay actr^ the trustees, not exceeding five, who may act thereunder in the
^^^- name and on the behalf of the association. Each trustee shall

d'c^f u ^^^ ^^^ statement or application required by law. A duplicate

trust, etc. original of the w'ritten instrument or declaration of trust creating

the association and a certified copy of the by-law's thereof, if
Revocation, any, shall be filed with said statements or applications. The
etc., of license, ij^jgfjgg j^^y be rcvokcd or suspended as to the association or as to
Filing of any trustee named therein. The trustees shall file with the com-

to"dedaration missioucr witliin thirty days after the adoption thereof, dupli-
of trust, etc. (.jj|g originals of all amendments to the written instrument or
declaration of trust and certified copies of all amendments to
Notice of i\jQ by-laws, if any. The trustees shall at once notify the com-

termination of . . "^ ...''. „ , . . pi

association. missioucr m writmg ui case or the termmation or the associa-
tion, and upon receipt of such notice the commissioner shall
forthwith revoke the license of the association without a hearing.
trustees^ °^ Each trustcc specified in the license shall be personally liable to
the penalties of the insurance laws for any violation thereof, al-
though the act of violation is done in the name or in the behalf
of the association, and shall be personally liable for all of the
debts and obligations of the association, notwithstanding any
provision in the written instrument or declaration of trust of
such association limiting the liability of the trustees thereunder,
and such provision, if any, shall be deemed to have been waived
by the trustees by their filing the aforesaid statements or appli-
Commissioner cations. The Commissioner may at any time require such in-
i^fOTmat^on*, formation as he deems necessary in respect to the association,
examine books, j^g trustccs, agcnts or affairs, and may make such examination
of its books, records and affairs as he deems necessary and for
the aforesaid purposes shall have all the powers conferred by sec-

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 450. 425

tion four. Whoever, being a trustee of an association licensed I'enaity.
under this section, fails to file with the commissioner copies of
all amendments to the written instrument or declaration of
trust, or to the by-laws, if any, or fails to notify the commissioner
of the termination of such association, or whoever knowingly or
wilfully files with the commissioner false copies of the written
instrument or declaration of trust or amendments thereof, or of
the by-laws, if any, or amendments thereof, or whoever, being
specified in the license of such association as a trustee thereof,
acts under said license after the termination of such association,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more
than five hundred dollars. Sections one hundred and seventy- Certain pro-
four A and one hundred and seventy-four B shall apply to ^fcabieTo
licenses issued under this section. licenses.

Section 16. Section one hundred and seventy-three of said 9\l"^ ^^^'
chapter one hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended by in- amended.
serting after the word "may" in the third line the words: — •
, upon payment of the fees prescribed by section fourteen, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 173. The' licenses described in Partnerships
sections one hundred and sixty-three, one hundred and sixty-six, "rmsurance''*^
one hundred and sixty-seven, one hundred and sixty-eight and agents brokers

and. acljiisters

one hundred and seventy-two may, upon payment of the fees fee, etc.
prescribed by section fourteen, be issued to partnerships on the
conditions specified in and subject to said sections, except as
otherwise provided herein. Each member of the partnership statement?,
shall file the statement or application required by law, including agreement!'
a written request that the license be issued in the partnership etc., to be filed.
name. Together with said statements or applications, there
shall be filed a duplicate original of the written partnership
agreement signed by all the partners. The license shall be issued
in the partnership name, and may be revoked or suspended as Revocation or
to one or all members of the partnership. Minors who are parties ^'J^pe^s'on.
to the written articles of partnership may be included in the
partnership license, provided that there is one adult member of
the firm. If the partnership is terminated prior to the expira- Revocation
tion of the license, the partners shall forthwith give notice thereof "ion°of^part"^"
to the commissioner, who shall thereupon without a hearing nership.
revoke the license. Each partner shall be personally liable to Liability of
the penalties of the insurance laws for any violation thereof, P'^'tne'rs.
although the act of violation is done in the name of or in behalf
of the partnership. Whoever, being licensed as a partner under Penalty,
this section, fails to give notice as required herein of the termi-
nation of the partnership, or after the partnership is terminated
acts under such license, shall be punished by a fine of not less
than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 17. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five, as 9\h ^''•'•
amended in section one hundred and seventy-four by section amended '
thirteen of chapter four hundred and six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section one hundred and seventy-four and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 174. The licenses de- Certain cor-
scribed in sections one hundred and sixty-three, one hundred and be licen^ed^as^
sixty-six, one hundred and sixty-seven, one hundred and Lgen't^s'^brokers

etc., fee, etc.

426

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 450.

Copy of by-
laws, etc., to
be filed.

Revocation,
etc., of license.
Restrictions
as to foreign
corporations.

Commissioner
may require
information,
etc.

Copies of
amendments
to by-laws or
charter to be
filed, etc.

Revocation of
license upon
dissolution,
etc.

Liability of
oflBcers, etc.

Penally.

To what
licen.se.'s in-
creased foes to
apply.

sixty-eight and one hundred and seventy-two may, upon pay-
ment of the fees prescribed by section fourteen, be issued to any
corporation 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 an in-
surance agent or broker, by its by-laws and articles of organiza-
tion limits the holding and ownership of its capital stock to in-
surance agents and brokers or persons employed in good faith
by such agents or brokers. Such license, together with the cor-
poration and officers of the corporation named in the license,
shall be subject to said sections, 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 in the
license. Each oflficer shall file the statement or application re-
quired by law. A certified copy of the by-laws, articles of organi-
zation and charter shall be filed with the said statements or
applications. The license may be revoked or suspended as to
the corporation or as to any officer named therein. No foreign
corporation shall be licensed as an insurance agent of a foreign
company under said section one hundred and sixty-three or as
a special insurance broker under said section one hundred and
sixty-eight. The commissioner 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 its
books and affairs as he deems necessary, and for this purpose
shall have the powers conferred by section four. The clerk or
other corresponding officer shall file with the commissioner,
within thirty days after the adoption thereof, certified copies of
all 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 of
such notice, the commissioner shall forthwith revoke its license
without a hearing. Every officer specified in the license shall
be personally liable to the penalties of the insurance laws for
any violation thereof, although the act of violation is done in the
name and in behalf of the corporation. The corporation shall
be liable for any such violation, the responsibility for which
cannot be placed on any individual officer.

Whoever, being clerk or corresponding officer of a corpora-
tion licensed under this section, fails to file wdth the commis-
sioner copies of all amendments to the by-laws or charter of such
corporation as provided herein, or fails to notify the commis-
sioner of the dissolution or revocation of the charter of the cor-
poration, or whoever, being specified in the license of such corpo-
ration as an officer, acts under said hcense 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 18. The increased fees provided for in this act shall
apply to all licenses issued or renewed after it takes effect.

Approved June 3, 1924.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 451, 452: 427

An Act authorizing the city of marlborough to borrow ChapAdl

MONEY for school PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and con- city of
structing a school building and originally equipping and furnish- may Wow
ing said building, the city of Marlborough may borrow from ™^'^®^ ^"'"
time to time, within a period of five years from the passage of purposes.
this act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words, Marlborough School Loan, Act of 1924. Each au- Mariborougii
thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans Act'of 1924!'
shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but
no issue shall be authorized under this section unless a sum
equal to an amount not less than ten per cent of such authorized
issue is voted for the same purpose to be raised in the tax levy
of the year when authorized. One hundred and seventy-five
thousand dollars of the indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be in excess of the statutory limit and fifty thousand dollars
of such indebtedness shall be inside the statutory limit, but all
of such indebtedness, except as herein provided, shall be subject
to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
proviso inserted in section seven of said chapter by chapter three
hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three.

Section 2. The said city, for the purpose of raising any sum May levy

,1,1 "ii^i A- j.i_'ji J." £ taxes outside

voted to be raised by taxation as authorized by section one or tax lindt, etc.
this act, may levy taxes outside the tax limit as fixed by the city
for the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four to an amount
not exceeding the sum so voted.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 3, 1924.-

An Act abolishing the time limit for filing applications ChavAb2

FOR certain PAY'MENTS TO SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND OTHERS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would be incon- Emergency
sistent with its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an p""®^"^ ®-
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Applications for the one hundred dollar payment Abolition of
to soldiers, sailors and others authorized by chapter two hundred filing appiica-
and eighty-three of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and ce°rtain°pay-
nineteen, as amended, and as affected by chapter six hundred "^ents to
and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, by chapter and others.
three hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one, by chapter four hundred and fifty-seven of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-two or by any other act hereto-
fore or hereafter enacted extending the benefits in whole or in

428

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 453.

part of said chapter two hundred and eighty-three, and appH-
cations for the ten dollar a month payment to soldiers, sailors
and others authorized by chapter two hundred and eleven, as
affected by chapter three hundred and thirty-two, both of the
General Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen, and by chapter
ninety-two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen,
which were filed with the state treasurer prior to the passage of
this act without payment having been made thereon or which
may be filed with him at any time prior to December first, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-six, shall be honored and payment
made thereon, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing a
time limit on the filing of such an application; provided, that
every person on account of whose service the application is filed
is otherwise entitled under the aforesaid acts to receive the pay-
ment applied for.

Section 2. The state treasurer shall estimate annually the
necessary to be amouuts ucccssary to be expended for the aforesaid purposes,
expen e , e c. ^j^-^,]^ shall be available therefor when appropriated by the

Proviso.

Estimate of
amounts

general court.

Approved June 3, 1924.

Chap. 4i5S An Act relative to the decennial census.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 9,
§§ 6-9.
amended.

Decennial
certification
to state
secretary of
number of
registered
voters in cities
and towns.

Secretary
may verify
information,
etc.

Secretary to
compile special
enumeration
of legal voters,
etc.

Decennial
census by
mayors and
selectmen.

Return to
state secretary.

Section 1. Chapter nine of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out sections six to nine, inclusive, and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 6. In nineteen
hundred and twenty-five and every tenth year thereafter, the
registrars of voters, election commissioners or other officials
ha\'ing charge of the registers of voters in each city and town
shall certify under oath to the secretary on or before June
thirtieth the number of registered voters in their respective cities
and towns on the preceding March thirty-first, specifying in the
case of cities the number of registered voters in each ward. The
secretary may in his discretion verify any such information in
such manner as he deems advisable, and for this purpose may
inspect the records of said officials and call upon them for such
further information as he desires. From the returns so made,
with such amendments as the secretary finds necessary to correct
any errors or omissions therein, he shall compile the special
enumeration of legal voters required by Articles XXI and XXII
of the amendments to the constitution, and shall submit the re-
sult thereof to the general court by filing the same with the
clerk of the house of representatives as soon as possible there-
after.

Section 7. In nineteen hundred and twenty-five and every
tenth year thereafter, the mayor of every city and the selectmen
of every tow^n shall cause a census to be made of the inhabitants
of their respective cities and towns residing therein on March
thirty-first, on forms provided by the secretary, and in accord-
ance with his instructions, and shall return the same under
oath to the office of the secretary on or before June thirtieth
following, together with a sworn statement of the total of such
census. The secretary may in his discretion verify any such

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 453. • 429

census in such manner as he deems advisable, and for this purpose Secretary
may inspect the records of any city or town and call upon the c^nsusfetc.
mayor or selectmen for such further information as he desires.
From the returns so made, with such amendments as the secre- Secretary to
tary may find necessary to correct any errors or omissions therein, census^etc.
he shall compile the census of inhabitants of each city and town
required by Articles XXI and XXII of the amendments to the
constitution, and may publish the results thereof in such form
as he may determine.

Section 8. The secretary shall make available for inspection information
and copying by the federal authorities charged with the taking authorfties
of the United States census such information in his possession states censiS^
as said authorities may desire.

Section 9. The secretary, with the approval of the governor state census
and council, shall appoint and may remove a competent person appointment,
to be known as the state census director, and may with like salary, duties,
approval fix his salary. Said director, under the supervision of
the secretary, shall have charge of compiling information in con-
nection with said decennial census and enumeration and of the
enumeration of summer residents under section fourteen of
chapter one hundred and thirty-eight. He shall perform such
other duties as the secretary determines. The secretary may Secretary may
appoint and remove such temporary officers, clerks and other tfmpM-ary*^''
assistants as are necessary to assist him in performing the duties officers, clerks,
required in connection with said enumeration and census, and,
subject to chapter thirty, may fix their compensation. Appoint- Not subject
ments under this section shall not be subject to chapter thirty- H^l^^^ service
one. For the purposes of such enumeration and census, the Attendance
secretary or the state census director may require the attendance ^^"^ testimony

OI WltriGSSGS

and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and etc.
documents, and may examine witnesses on oath; and such wit-
nesses shall be examined in the same manner and be paid the
same fees as witnesses before the superior court.

Section 2. Section nineteen of chapter sixty-nine of the g. l. 69, § i9,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the second ^"^^^ ^ '
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following: — -The
mayor of each city and the selectmen of each town shall aid him
by furnishing, upon his request, the names and addresses of all
known blind persons residing within their respective cities and
towns, — so as to read as follows: — Section 19. He shall main- Register of the
tain a register of the blind in the commonwealth, which shall de- dJrectOTof
scribe their condition, cause of blindness and capacity for educa- division of
tion and industrial training. The mayor of each city and the Mayors and
selectmen of each town shall aid him by furnishing, upon his selectmen to
request, the names and addresses of all known blind persons re- etc., of blind '
siding within their respective cities and towns. The department p^'^sois-
of public welfare and the overseers of the poor shall aid the aid^ etc^. ^^
director by reporting whenever outdoor or indoor aid is granted
to families in which there is a blind member, and the director
shall report in turn to the said department and the said overseers
any activity on his part in relation to blind persons who or
whose families are known to be receiving or to have received
public outdoor or indoor aid.

430

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 454.

Retention of SECTION 3. For the purposes of this act and to perform such

cieTk^o^f c^ens°us other duties as the secretary shall determine, the present senior
division. ^jgj.j, ^f ^Yye census division may be retained in the department

of the state secretary. Approved June 3, 192 4.

Selectmen of
town of
Needham to
act as a board
of public
works exercis-
ing powers of
certain other
boards and
town ofificers.

Superin-
tendent of
public works,
appointment,
compensation,
qualifications,
powers, duties,
etc.

Chav 454 ^^ ^^'^ authorizing the selectmen of the town of need-

HAM TO ACT AS A BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS EXERCISING THE
POWERS OF CERTAIN OTHER BOARDS AND TOWN OFFICERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The board of selectmen of the town of Needham,
as constituted from time to time, from and after the annual
meeting held following the acceptance of this act, shall also be
a board of public works, and in said capacity' shall have and
exercise, under the designation of selectmen, all the powers and
duties now or from time to time vested by general law in the
following boards and offices in said town, to wit: — the water
commissioners, tree warden, park commissioners and board of
health, and such boards and offices shall thereupon be abolished
during the time this act is in operation. No contracts or habilities
then in force shall be affected by such abolition, but the select-
men, acting as said board, shall in all respects be the lawful
successor of the boards and offices so abolished.

Section 2. The selectmen shall appoint, and fix the com-
pensation of, a superintendent of public works, who shall ad-
minister, under the supervision and direction of the selectmen,
such departments of the town under the control of the selectmen
as the selectmen may designate. He shall be responsible for the
efficient administration of all departments within the scope of
his duty, and shall hold office subject to the will of the selectmen.
He shall be specially fitted by education, training and experience
to perform the duties of said office, and may or may not be a
resident of the town. During his tenure he shall hold no elective
or other appointive office, nor shall he be engaged in any other
business or occupation. He shall, subject to the approval of the
selectmen, appoint such assistants, agents and employees as the
performance of the duties of the various departments under his
supervision may require. He shall keep full and complete records
of the doings of his office, and render to the selectmen as often
as tliey may require, a full report of all operations under his
control during the period reported upon; and annually, or from
time to time as required by the selectmen, he shall make a
synopsis of all such reports for publication. He shall keep the
selectmen fully advised as to the needs of tlie town within the
scope of his duties, and shall furnish to the selectmen on or
before January first in each year, a carefully prepared and de-
tailed estimate in writing of the appropriations required during
the ensuing fiscal year for the proper conduct of all departments
of the town under his supervision.

Section 3. In accordance with the pro\asions of section
twenty-three of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, the said
town at any time after three years following the acceptance of
this act may rescind, in whole or in part, all action taken under

Town may
rescind action
taken under
act, etc.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 455. 431

its provisions, and the other provisions of said section appHcable
in ease of a rescission of tlie acceptance of section twenty-one of
said chapter shall apply.

Section 4. For the purpose of its submission to the voters, Submission
this act shall take effect upon its passage; but it shall not take tfmToftaking
further effect unless accepted by a majority of the voters of said effect, etc.
town, present and voting thereon at a meeting called for the
purpose not later than twenty days before the annual town
meeting of nineteen hundred and twenty-five.

Approved June 3, 1924.

Chap Abb

An Act relative to the distribution of certain school

FUNDS TO certain TOWNS OF LESS THAN THREE MILLION
DOLLARS VALUATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section fourteen of chapter seventy of the General G L- 70, § h,
Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the first line, the ^^^^ ^ '
words "two million five hundred thousand" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — three million, — and also by striking
out all after the word "full" in the tenth line and inserting in
place thereof the following: — , such towns of a valuation of
less than two million five hundred thousand dollars shall first be
paid their full allotments or, if said addition does not permit of
such payment, their allotments shall be proportionally reduced
and paid, and, after the payment to such towns of their allot-
ments in full, the allotments to towns of a valuation of less than
three million dollars but not less than two million five hundred
thousand dollars shall be proportionally reduced and paid, —
so as to read as follows: — Sectioii 14- A town of less than three Distribution
million dollars, but not less than one million dollars, valuation, ggh'ooi fl^^s
shall be allotted one half the amount by which its assured to certain
minimum exceeds the amount that would have accrued therein thrn^hrVe^^^
from a tax of five dollars per thousand dollars valuation. If the ™aiuatio1i°'^^"
total allotment under this section exceeds the amount available
after the distribution provided for by the two preceding sec-
tions, the state treasurer shall add to said amount, from the
proceeds of the income tax, without appropriation, the amount
required, but not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars in
any one year. If said addition does not permit the payment of
said allotments in full, such towns of a valuation of less than
two million five hundred thousand dollars shall first be paid their
full allotments or, if said addition does not permit of such pay-
ment, their allotments shall be proportionally reduced and paid,
and, after the payment to such towns of their allotments in full,
the allotments to towns of a valuation of less than three million
dollars but not less than two million five hundred thousand
dollars shall be proportionally reduced and paid.

Section 2. This act shall apply to all towns affected thereby Application
for their respective fiscal years ending December thirty-first, °^*''*-
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and thereafter.

Approved June 3, 1924.

432

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 456.

ChavA^Q An Act to provide for surface and ground water drain-
age IN THE NORTHEASTERLY PART OF EVERETT AND THE
ADJACENT PORTIONS OF MALDEN AND REVERE,

Metropolitan
district com-
mission to
provide
surface and
ground water
drainage in
parts of
Everett,
Maiden and
Revere.

May acquire
lands, etc.

May construct
canals, ditches,
etc.

Expenditures

Cost to be met
by cities of
Everett,
Maiden and
Revere.

State treasurer
to assess said
cities, etc.

Proviso.

Apportion-
ment com-
missioners,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The metropolitan district commission, herein-
after referred to as the commission, shall make improvements in
the surface and ground water drainage of a certain area of land
in the southeasterly part of Maiden, the westerly part of Revere
and the northeasterly part of Everett, bounded approximately
by Fuller street in Everett, Lynn street in Maiden and Washing-
ton avenue in Revere, substantially in accordance with the
report of the commission contained in House Document No. 14
of the current year, and also such improvements as may be inci-
dentally necessary in the watershed tributary to the Pines river.

Section 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of
this act, the commission may acquire by purchase, or by eminent
domain under chapter seventj'-nine of the General Laws, lands,
rights and easements therein, such acquisition to be in the name
of the city in which the lands, rights or easements lie, and may
construct in the lands so acquired, or across or under any public
way, any canals, ditches or structures necessary for the purposes
of this act and may change the location of any brook or tributary
thereof and shall have all other powers necessary to carry out
such purposes.

Section 3. To meet the expenses authorized by this act,'
the commission may expend a sum not exceeding sixtj'-five
thousand dollars and the apportionment commissioners, herein-
after provided for, may expend a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars, all to be paid as provided in section four; but, subject
to the provisions hereof, the commission or said commissioners
may use any unexpended balance of the sum provided herein
for the other.

Section 4. The cost of carrying out the improvements pro-
vided for in section one, including the compensation and expenses
of the apportionment commissioners, shall, in the first instance,
be met equally by the cities of Everett, Maiden and Revere.

As soon as may be after this act takes effect, the state treas-
urer shall assess upon said cities the sum of seventy thousand
dollars, one third upon each, by including the same in the state
tax. The cost of carrying out the improvements provided for
in section one, as certified to the state treasurer by the commis-
sion, and the compensation and expenses of the apportionment
commissioners, as fixed and approved by the supreme judicial
court as hereinafter provided, shall be paid by the state treasurer
out of the money so received into the state treasury from said
cities; provided, that the commission shall not begin the work
authorized by this act until the state treasurer has certified to
it that said sum of seventy thousand dollars is in the state treas-
ury and is available for the purposes of this act.

Section 5. The supreme judicial court shall, on application
of the commission and after notice to each of said cities, appoint

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 456. 433

tliree commissioners, herein referred to as apportionment com- appointment,
missioners, who shall not be residents of any of said cities and '^^'^'®*' ^*^'^-
who shall, after due notice and hearing and in such manner as
they shall deem just and equitable, determine the proportion
which each of said cities shall bear of the cost of carrying out
the improvements provided for in section one, the compensation
and expenses of the apportionment commissioners and the ex-
penses of maintaining such improvements thereafter and shall
report their findings to said court as soon as may be; and when
said report shall have been accepted by the court the same shall
be conclusiAC of all matters referred to said commissioners and
shall be binding upon all parties. The court shall have juris- Enforcement
diction in equity to enforce the provisions of this act and shall °^ ^^^'
fix and determine the compensation of said apportionment com- Compensation
missioners and shall allow such expenses incurred by them in oFcomnSs-^^
carrying out the provisions of this act as it shall approve. sionera.

As soon as may be after said report has been accepted, the Allocation of
state treasurer shall allocate the cost of said improvements, protemen^ts t
which term shall hereinafter include the compensation and ex- each of said
penses of the apportionment commissioners, to each of said cities °^ '^^' ^ ^'
in accordance with the proportions fixed in said report, crediting
to any such city the amount which it has paid over and above
its proportion and debiting to any such city the amount by
which it has fallen short of its proportion.

Section 6. If limited and determinable areas within said Assessment

.,_,,, of betterments.

Cities receive benefit other than the general advantage to the
community from the improvements made under authority of
this act, the apportionment commissioners shall, after the com-
pletion of the improvements, determine the value of such benefit
or advantage to the lands within such areas, and assess upon
each parcel thereof, including lands dedicated to the burial of
the dead and other real estate owned by Woodlawn cemetery,
the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston (known as Holy
Cross Cemetery), Beth Israel Cemetery Corporation of Everett
and Everett Hebrew Burial Association, a proportionate share
of the cost of such improvements, including therein all costs for
the purchase and all damages for the taking of lands, rights or
easements therein in order to carry out the improvements pro-
vided for in section one and all other sums expended under au-
thority of the foregoing provisions of this act. The provisions Application
of chapter eighty of the General Laws shall apply to such assess- fawsTetc?
ments and the collection thereof, except as otherwise herein pro-
vided. All such assessments collected by any of said cities shall
belong to that city. In determining the proportion of the cost
of the improvements provided for in section one which each city
shall bear the apportionment commissioners shall consider the
amount of the betterments assessed upon real estate in each city
on account of such improvements.

Section 7. After the completion of the improvements pro- Maintenance
vided for in section one, the same shall be maintained by the me'ntTby laid
cities of Everett, Maiden and Revere, each city being responsible *''*'®®' ®''^-
for the maintenance of such part thereof as lies within its bound-
aries. On or before January- fifteenth of each year each such statement of

*' '' expenditures.

434

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 457.

Apportion-
ment, etc.

Reimburse-
ment of city
paying more
than its
proportion,
etc.

Court action
as to delinquent
city, etc.

Certain
powers and
duties of
metropolitan
district corn-

Submission
to city councils
of said cities,
etc.

Proviso.
Effect of

city shall submit to the commission an itemized statement certi-
fied to by its treasurer, showing the sums expended by it during
the preceding year for such maintenance. The commission shall
approve such sums as it finds to be correct and proper charges
and the total amount thereof shall be apportioned to said cities
in the proportions fixed by the apportionment commissioners in
their report; and the commission shall notify each city thereof.

Any city which has during the preceding year paid for such
maintenance less than its proportion shall within thirty days
after the receipt of such notification reimburse any such city
which has paid more than its proportion, and upon failure so to
do shall be liable therefor to such other city in an action of con-
tract.

Should any such city neglect to maintain in good condition
that portion of such improvements for which it is responsible,
the supreme judicial court shall have jurisdiction upon applica-
tion of the commission or of any other such city or of any land-
owner within the area drained thereby to compel the delinquent
cit3% at its own expense, to put said portion into good condition.

Section 8. The commission shall have general control of the
improvements provided for in section one, shall see to it that
each of said cities properly maintains such part as lies within its
boundaries and may upon application and under such reasonable
regulations and conditions as it raa}'^ deem advisable permit any
of said cities or any person to discharge into any drain, ditch or
canal constructed by the commission under authority of this act
surface or ground water and for the purpose of disposing of such
water to connect with the drain, ditch or canal constructed by
the commission.

Section 9. This act shall take full effect upon its acceptance
by the cities of Everett, Maiden and Revere by vote of their re-
spective cit}' councils, subject to the provisions of their respective
charters; provided, that such acceptances occur prior to Decem-
ber thirty-first in the current year. So much of this act as au-
thorizes its acceptance as aforesaid shall take effect upon its
passage. Approved June 3, 1924-

ChaV 457 *^^ ^^^ ^^ REGULATE THE TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONAL
^ ' PROPERTY OVER PUBLIC WAYS BY MOTOR VEHICLES.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoxcs:

Chapter ninety of the General Laws is hereby amended by in-
serting after section thirty-one the following new section: —
Section 31 A. The division after a public hearing may make, and
may alter, rescind or add to, rules and regulations for the reason-
able and proper control and regulation of the transportation by
motor vehicle of personal property over the ways of this com-
monwealth, except ways under the control of the metropolitan
district commission. Said rules and regulations shall cover,
among other matters which the division may deem necessary or
desirable, the fixing of routes with respect to the physical capacity
of such ways to carry traffic; the establishment of the maximum
weight of loads per commercial motor, vehicle and per inch of

G. L. 90, new
section after
§31.

Transporta-
tion of personal
property over
public ways by
motor vehicles
regulated.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 458, 459. 435

tire in contact with the surface of such ways; the maximum di-
mensions of loads; and the regulation of the rate of speed of
such vehicles over such ways. Said rules and regulations and
any changes therein shall be subject to approval, and shall take
effect, in the manner provided by section six of chapter sixteen.
Any person convicted of a violation of any rule or regulation Penalty.
made under this section shall be punished by a fine of not more
than twenty-five dollars, and in case of a second or subsequent
offence the registration of the vehicle or vehicles involved shall
be suspended for such length of time as the division may de-
termine. Approved June 3, 1924-

ChapA5S

An Act authorizing the county of dukes county to
borrow money for highway purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoics:

Section 1. For the purpose of contributing to the cost of Dukea County
construction by the department of public works of the Lamberts money for
Cove road, so called, the county commissioners of the county ^J-pog^.
of Dukes County may from time to time borrow upon the credit
of the county such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in
the aggregate, ten thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
of the county therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Dukes County Highway Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized gJ^wa^^LoLn
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be Act of 1924.
payable in not more than five years from their dates. Such
bonds or notes 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. Indebtedness
incurred hereunder shall, except as herein provided, be subject
to chapter thirty-five of the General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission
the county commissioners of the county of Dukes County; pro- com^Sssfoners.
vided, that such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty- Proviso.
first in the current year; but so much thereof as authorizes its
acceptance shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 3, 1924-

An Act relative to the selection of a site for the con- QJid^ 459

STRUCTION of A NEW CITY ILVLL IN THE CITY OF MEDFORD
AND TO ASCERTAIN THE OPINION OF THE VOTERS IN RESPECT
THERETO.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The city of Medford may sell and convey all or City of
any part of the following parcel of land in said city heretofore sell land '"^^
acquired by it for town or city hall purposes and bounded town w'^dty
easterly by jNIain street, northerly by High street, westerly by hail purposes.
the center of an alleyway and southerly by the Mystic river,
containing fifteen thousand eight hundred and fifty-one square

436

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 460.

Use of pro-
ceeds of sale.

May'construot
new city hall
upon Medford
Common, etc.

Submission to
voters of
Medford of
questions as to
site for con-
struction of
new city hall.

Time of taking
effect.

feet, more or less. The proceeds of such sale may be used toward
the payment for any land which may hereafter be acquired for
the purpose of constructing a city hall thereon or toward the
payment of the cost of such city hall or the equipment or furnish-
ings thereof, notwithstanding the provisions of section sixty-
three of chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

Section 2. The said city may construct a new city hall upon
the Medford Common, so-called, and may use such part of said
Common as may be necessary to provide proper driveways,
parking places and approaches to said city hall.

Section 3. There shall be submitted to the voters of said
city at its next municipal election the following questions which
shall be placed on the official ballot to be used at said election:

1. Shall the new city hall be built upon the present city hall
site at the corner of Main and High streets?

2. Shall the present city hall site at the corner of Main and
High streets be sold and the new city hall be built upon the
Medford Common on Salem street?

3. Shall the present city hall site at the corner of Main and
High streets be sold and the new city hall be built upon a site
elsewhere than upon the present site or upon the Medford
Common? Each voter shall answer only one of said questions,
otherwise his ballot shall not be counted; and instructions to
this effect shall be printed on the official ballot.

Section 4. So much of this act as authorizes the submission
to the voters of said city of the above questions shall take effect
upon its passage, but said act shall not take full effect until the
opinion of said voters has been ascertained in accordance with
the provisions of the preceding section.

Approved June 3, 192 Jf..

G. L. Ill,
§ 66,

amended.
Charges for
support of
inmates of
state sanatoria.

C/iap.460 An Act relative to the support of inmates of state

SANATORIA.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and eleven of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section sixty-six and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 6G. The
charges for the support of each inmate in a state sanatorium
shall be seven dollars a week, and shall be paid quarterly. Such
charges for those not having known settlements in the common-
wealth shall be paid by it, and may afterward be recovered by
the state treasurer of the inmates, if they are able to pay, or of
any person or kindred bound by law to maintain them, or of the
place of their settlement subsequently ascertained ; but for those
having known settlements in the commonwealth, the charges
shall be paid either by the persons bound to pay them or by the
town where such inmates had their settlement, unless security
to the satisfaction of the commissioner is given for their support.
If any person or town refuses or neglects to pay such charges
the state treasurer may recover the same to the use of the sana-
torium. A town which pays the charges for the support of an
inmate of a state sanatorium shall have like rights and remedies

Recovery by
state treasurer.

Recovery by
certain towns,
etc.

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 461, 462. 487

to recover the amount thereof, with interest and costs, from the
town of his settlement or from such person of sufficient abihty,
or from any person bound by law to maintain him, as if such
charges had been incurred in the ordinary support of such inmate.
If in any case the charges, as established by this section, for the Liability ot
support of an adult inmate are not paid in accordance with this to'^p^j? e°r"^
section by the inmate or by the persons bound to pay them and
a town becomes liable to pay them, such town shall be liable to
pay such sum, in addition to such charges, as shall be fixed by
the department, but the total amount including such charges
shall not be less than the cost to the commonwealth for the
support of such adult inmate. In such a case, the provisions of
this section relative to the recovery of charges by the state treas-
urer, and by a town from the town of settlement, shall apply to
the recovery of such total amount.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of December first, Time of
nineteen hundred and twenty-four. A-pproved June 3, 1924. ^ ""^^ ^

An Act repealing the law requiring certain steam Chav.Al&l

BOILERS TO BE EQUIPPED WITH FUSIBLE SAFETY PLUGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section twenty-eight of chapter one hundred and forty-six of ^p^^ied*'' ^ "^*
the General Laws is hereby repealed. Approved June 3, 1924-

An Act relative to the contents of the blue book, so- Chap.4:Q2

CALLED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follmos:

Chapter five of the General Laws is hereby amended by G- l. 5 § 2,
striking out section two and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing : — Section 2. The state secretary shall, at the close of each Annual
regular session of the general court, collate and cause to be of laws, etc.
printed in a single volume the following:

(1) All acts and resolves passed at such session. Acts and

(2) All amendments to the constitution referred at such session certaj^i

to the next general court and all such amendments acted upon amendments
at such session and to be submitted to the people at the next ° ''°"'^ 1 u ion.
state election.

(3) All acts and resolves passed at any special session of the Acts and
general court, except a general revision of the statutes, and not aTspeciaf ^^^^
theretofore published in any preceding annual volume. et?^°'^' ^''•^^p*'

(4) In the volume of the year immediately following a state Laws and con-
election, all laws and constitutional amendments adopted by the amMciments
people at said election, with the aggregate vote thereon, both adopted by
affirmative and negative, arranged in such detail as the secretary p^°p'®' ®*°-
may determine.

(5) A statement in bold type at the conclusion of each law as statement,
printed, or in a postscript at the end of the volume with a on wWch"
suitable reference to each law, as to which a petition asking for [^gk^Jd'^erc"^
a referendum thereon has been filed prior to the publication of

the volume, with a sufficient number of signatures to procure its

438

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 463, 464.

Statement
showing acts
submitted to
people, etc.

Table of
changes and
index.

submission to the people, together with a recital of the perti-
nent provisions of article forty-eight of the amendments to the
constitution.

(6) In the volume of the year immediately following a state
election, a statement showing what acts of the general court
were submitted to the people at said election, with the total
vote, affirmative and negative, on each measure, M'ith a specific
reference to such laws of the general court as have been so re-
jected.

(7) A table of changes in the general statutes and an index,
to be prepared as provided in section fifty-one of chapter three.

Approved June 3, 1924-

ChapAQS An Act authorizing the county of essex to borrow money

FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ESSEX COUNTY TRAIN-
ING SCHOOL.

Essex county
may borrow
money for
certain im-
provements at
Essex county
training school.

Submission to
county com-
missioners.
Proviso.

Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of building, equipping and
furnishing an addition to the administration building at the
Essex county training school situated in the city of Lawrence,
the county commissioners of the county of Essex may, from
time to time, borrow upon the credit of the county such sums
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hun-
dred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes of the
county therefor. Each authorized issue shall constitute a sepa-
rate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more than five
years from their dates. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by
the treasurer of the county and countersigned by a majority of
the county commissioners. The county may sell the said se-
curities 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. Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall,
except as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five of
the General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
the county commissioners of the county of Essex; provided,
that such acceptance occurs prior to December thirty-first in
the current year. Approved June 3, 1924.

Chap. 4:64: An Act relative to the control and repair of school

BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

22, Section 1. Section twenty-two of chapter six hundred and
eleven of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight is hereby
amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place
thereof the following : — The school committee shall make all
repairs of school buildings and shall have control of all such
buildings and grounds connected therewith, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 22. No site for a school building shall be ac-
quired by said city unless the approval of such site by the
school committee is first obtained. No plans for the construc-

1908, 611. §
amended.

City of
Gloucester,

sites, plans
for construe-

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 465. 439

tion of, or alterations in, a school building shall be accepted, and gX,'oi^^'' °^
no work shall be begun in the construction or alteration of a bdiidiags, etc.
school building unless the approval of the school committee
therefor is first obtained. The school committee shall make all ™air°of'^'^
repairs of school buildings and shall have control of all such school build-
buildings and grounds connected therewith. '°^^'

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to Submission to
the voters of said city at its regular municipal election in the ^°*®''^' ®*'^-
current year, in the form of the following question which shall
be placed upon the official ballot to be used at said election:
"Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, entitled 'An Act relative to the con-
trol and repair of school buildings in the city of Gloucester' be
accepted?" If a majority of the votes cast thereon are in the
affirmative, this act shall thereupon take effect, but not other-
wise. Approved June 3, 1924.

An Act to revise the militia law. Chav 465

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Chapter thirty-three of the General Laws, as amended by g. l. new
chapters two hundred and seventy -six and three hundred and piac^eoV"
fifty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty -one, by <:hapter 33.
chapters one hundred and fifty-two, three hundred and forty-
four and four hundred and forty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, by chapter one hundred and one, sec-
tion two of chapter four hundred and thirteen and chapter four
hundred and fifty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, and by chapters two hundred and fifty-seven and
three hundred and ninety-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, is hereby further amended by striking out all
of said chapter and inserting in place thereof the following : —

Chapter 33.

Definitions.

Section 1. In this chapter except as otherwise provided ^^'i'*'*-
herein, the word "soldier", or the words "enlisted man", shall ''gQi^ted'
include musicians and all persons, except commissioned officers, man," and^
in the volunteer or reserve militia, including both land and naval define^^°^
forces; and the word "company" shall include battery, troop,
naval division and such other units as may be determined by
the commander-in-chief to come under such designation.

UNORGANIZED MILITIA.

Section 2. Subject to the following section, every able-bodied g',^roJig^ \n the
male citizen, and every able-bodied male of foreign birth who militia.
has declared his intention to become a citizen, resident within
the commonwealth, of the age of eighteen and under the age of
forty-five, shall be enrolled in the militia. In all cases of doubt
respecting the age of a person enrolled, the burden of proof shall
be_upon^him.

440

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 465.

Exemptions.
Same subject.

Organized and

unorganized

militia.

Asse.ssora' list
for enrollment.

Tavern
keepers, etc.,
to give names,
etc.

Forfeiture.

Calling out of

unorganized

militia.

Muster of
same, etc.

Section 3. Persons exempted from military service by the
laws of the United States shall be exempt from such enrolment.

Section If.. Every person of the religious denomination of
Quakers or Shakers conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms
shall, if such conscientious belief is established as provided by
the laws of the United States, be exempt from service in the
militia in a combatant capacity.

Section 5. The militia shall consist of two classes, namely, the
organized militia, to be known as the Massachusetts volunteer
militia, composed and organized as provided in this chapter;
and the remainder, to be known as the unorganized militia.
The unorganized militia shall be subject to no active duty except
in case of war, actual or threatened, invasion, the prevention of
invasion, the suppression of riots, and the assisting of civil
officers in the execution of the laws.

Section 6. Assessors shall annually, in April or May, make a
report of the number of persons living within their respective
limits liable to enrolment, and shall place a certified copy thereof
in the hands of the clerks of their respective towns, who shall
place it on file with the records of such town, and annually, in
May, June or July, transmit reports of the number of such
persons to the adjutant general.

Section 7. Keepers of taverns or boarding houses, and masters
and mistresses of dwelling houses, shall, upon application of the
assessors, or of persons acting under them, give information of
the persons residing in their houses, liable to enrolment or to
military service and every such person shall, upon like applica-
tion, give his name and age. Any such keeper, master or mistress
violating this section shall forfeit twenty dollars, and any person
liable to enrolment or to military service guilty of such violation
shall forfeit twelve dollars, to be recovered on complaint of any
of the assessors.

Section 8. When necessary to call out any part of the un-
organized militia for active duty, the commander-in-chief shall
direct his order to the aldermen or to the selectmen, who shall
forthwith, by written order or oral notice to each individual, or
by proclamation, appoint a time and place for the assembling
of the unorganized militia in their town, and shall then and
there draft as many thereof, or accept as many volunteers, as are
required by the order of the commander-in-chief, and shall forth-
with forward to him a list of the persons so drafted or accepted
as volunteers.

Section 9. The part of the unorganized militia so drafted or
accepted shall immediately be mustered under the orders of the
commander-in-chief into the service of the commonwealth for
three years, or for such less period as he may direct, and shall
be organized into new units, or assigned to organizations of the
volunteer militia then existing. Such new organizations shall
be officered, equipped, trained and governed according to the
laws for the goAxrnment of the volunteer militia. In such new
organizations, the commander-in-chief may detail officers to train
and command them until their officers shall have qualified.
Every member of the unorganized militia who volunteers or is

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 465. 441

detached or drafted, wlio does not appear to be mustered in as
required by the orders of the commander-in-chief, or does not
produce a sworn certificate, from a physician in good standing,
of physical disabihty so to appear, shall be taken to be a de-
serter.

VOLUNTEER OR ORGANIZED MILITIA.

Section 10. The active or organized militia shall be composed ^es'i'.^nati'on'^''^'
of volunteers.

Section 11. {a) The Massachusetts volunteer militia shall Organization.
comprise the staflF of the commander-in-chief, the land forces
and naval forces.

(6) Sections one to seventy-eight, inclusive, shall apply to all ^^°jlf^l
persons, including all parts of the volunteer militia and the un- '
organized militia.

(c) Sections seventy-nine to one hundred and seventy, in- Same subject.
elusive, shall apply to all persons except the naval forces (in-
cluding an officer of the naval forces detailed as aide on the
staff of the commander-in-chief) and except such part of the
unorganized militia as may under sections eight and nine be
called out for active service as a part of the naval forces.

{d) Sections one hundred and seventy-one to one hundred ^^^"^® subject.
and eighty-eight, inclusive, shall apply to all persons except the
staff of the commander-in-chief (not including an aide detailed
from the naval forces), and except the land forces and such part
of the unorganized militia as may under sections eight and nine
be called out for active service as a part of the land forces.

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

Section 12. The commander-in-chief may raise volunteer Commander-
companies or detachments, as he deems necessary, or when raise voW^eer
they are needed to maintain the forces of the commonwealth at ^ompames,
the strength and of the composition required or permitted by
law.

Section 13. He may, to recruit the Massachusetts volunteer Recruiting and
militia, appoint provisional officers for such units as he may pro^s'io'nai"
from time to time create, by orders in accordance with this officers.
chapter. Such provisional officers, subject to removal by the
commander-in-chief and until their successors are qualified as
provided by the constitution and laws of the commonwealth,
shall exercise the same military authority over their several
commands as is specified in the said laws for duly chosen officers
of the organized militia.

Section I4. Such provisional officers may be appointed before Time of ap-
the enlisted personnel of the units to which they are assigned po'"*'"""*- etc
are enlisted and mustered and may be designated as enlisting
and mustering officers of the respective units to which they are
assigned.

Section 15. He may from time to time prescribe in orders the May prescribe
organization of the Massachusetts volunteer militia, the desig- etc.^"'^'^ '°°'
nation and location of all units, and the numbers, titles, grades
and duties of all officers and enlisted men as he deems the interest

442

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 465.

Proviso.

May disband

inefficient

company.

May order
out for escort
duty, etc.
May exclude
traffic from
highways, etc.

May make
regulations,
publish
militia law,
etc.

May transfer
organizations,
etc.

May lease
property to
United States,
etc.

Commander-
in-chief's staff,
appointment,
composition,
etc.

of the ser\ice demands; provided, that the organization shall
not conflict with the laws of the United States relating to the
organized militia. He shall, subject to the constitution and
laws of the commonwealth, direct how such officers and enlisted
men shall be appointed to office or to specific duty.

Sectioti 16. He may, subject to the laws of the United States,
disband any company of the volunteer militia falling below the
proper standard of efficiency. -

Section 17. He may order out any part of the volunteer militia
for escort and other duties.

Section 18. The governor, under such regulations as he may
prescribe, with the consent of the council, may exclude traffic
from highways during target practice or maneuvers of the Massa-
chusetts volunteer militia, whenever he deems that public con-
venience or safety so requires.

Section 19. The commander-in-chief may make regulations
for the government of the militia in accordance with law, and
may publish them with a sufficient index. He shall cause copies
of this chapter, with such amendments as may be made from
time to time, to be published for the information and use of the
volunteer militia, with a sufficient index for every such publica-
tion, and copies sufficient for the proper supply of the several
commands of the volunteer militia shall be printed and issued
by the adjutant general.

Section 20. The governor, with the advice and consent of
the council, may transfer any or all organizations, departments
or staff corps of the Massachusetts volunteer militia to such
United States volunteer military or naval force, other than. the
regular army or navy, as the congress of the United States may
at any time authorize, and commission or enlistment in such
United States force shall entitle officers and men to an honorable
discharge from the Massachusetts volunteer militia; but no
organization shall be transferred by the governor to such United
States force if a majority of the officers and enlisted men of the
organization shall by vote reject such proposed transfer within
thirty days after notice to the commanding officer thereof by
the governor of his proposal to so transfer. This section shall
not affect the right of any officer to be retired under the pro-
visions of this chapter. Any officer or enlisted man of any
organization that has been transferred to such United States
force, not electing to enter the said force, shall be entitled to
receive an honorable discharge from the Massachusetts volunteer
militia, if such discharge would not contravene any law of the
United States.

Section 21. The governor, with the advice and consent of the
council, may lease to, or permit to be used by, any United States
volunteer military or naval force, authorized by the congress of
the United States, military or naval property belonging to the
commonwealth, upon such terms and conditions as will fully
protect the commonwealth against expense.

Section 22. The staff of the commander-in-chief shall be ap-
pointed by him and shall consist of:

One adjutant general with the grade of brigadier general;

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 465. 443

Two aides de camp, each with the grade of captain;

Eight aides de camp, to be detailed annually from the com-
missioned officers of the Massachusetts volunteer militia, but
not to be relieved from duty with their organizations while
serving in that capacity.

In case of war, actual or threatened, the commander-in-chief ^taff offiJ;ers,
may appoint such additional staff officers as the service may appointment,
require, with such grade, not higher than that of colonel, as he ® '''
may designate, and he may delegate to or confer on such staff
officers such authority and duties as he deems proper.

The staff officers aforesaid, excepting the detailed aides de Commissions,
camp, shall be commissioned and hold office until their successors et™ ° ° ^^'
are qualified, but they may be removed at any time by the
commander-in-chief.

No person shall be eligible to appointment on said staff unless Eligibility to
he has served at least six years in the volunteer militia of the ^ppoiit^^^'i*^-
commonwealth, at least two years of which shall have been as
a commissioned officer, or has had equivalent service in the
army or navy of the United States, or in the organized militia
of other states.

During the absence or disability of the chief of any staff corps Absence, etc.,
or department, or when he is called into the se^^^ce of the United staff "corps,'*etc.
States, the commander-in-chief may in orders designate some
officer to perform his duties.

The commander-in-chief may detail from the officers of the Military
land forces a military council which, subject to his authority, navai'miiitia
shall determine the policies of the land forces; and he may ap- bureau.
point or detail from the officers of the naval forces a naval
militia bureau in the department of naval militia which, subject
to his authority, shall determine the policies of the naval forces.

The adjutant general shall be, ex officio, a member of the Adjutant
military council, and of the naval militia bureau in the depart- m«nber,°etc'!
ment of naval militia.

Section 23. The adjutant general shall be charged \\ath carry- Adjutant
ing out the policies of the commander-in-chief and the military department of
council as to the land forces, and shall issue orders in the name °'*^''*' mii'tia.
of the commander-in-chief. The department of naval militia
shall be charged with carrying out the policies of the commander-
in-chief as to the naval forces, and shall issue orders under the
authority of the commander-in-chief. Except in those cases
where by law or regulations specific powers are conferred on the
adjutant general as such, he shall have no authority independ-
ently of the commander-in-chief, from whom his orders shall
be considered as emanating, and the acts of the adjutant general
and the department of naval militia shall be regarded as in
execution of the orders of the commander-in-chief.

All orders and instructions, and all regulations for the govern- •^y'''^'^^.^"'\
ment of the militia and of the officers and enlisted men therein, etc., is.sue, etc.
shall be issued by and communicated to the commands and
individuals in the military service through the adjutant general
and the department of naval militia.

The adjutant general shall make such returns and reports as Heturns and
may be prescribed by the commander-in-chief or required by the

444

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 465.

Adjutant
general and

assistants,
salaries.

laws or regulations of the commonwealth or of the United
States.

Section 24- The adjutant general shall receive a salary of
forty-one hundred dollars. He may detail such officers of appro-
priate rank and may employ such clerks and other assistants as
may be necessary in his department at an expense not exceeding
the amount annually appropriated therefor.

Volunteer
militia called
out in case of
invasion or
insurrection.

Call of militia
in case of
tumult, riot,
etc.

AID TO CIVIL POWER.

Section 25. The commander-in-chief shall call out the volun-
teer militia to repel an invasion or to suppress an insvirrection
made or threatened. If such invasion, insurrection or imminent
danger thereof is so sudden that the commander-in-chief cannot
be informed and his orders seasonably received and executed, a
brigade commander in that part of the commonwealth may order
out his brigade, or any part thereof.

' Section 26. In case of a tumult, riot, mob or a body of persons
acting together by force to violate or resist the laws of the com-
monwealth, or when such tumult, riot or mob is threatened, or
in case of public catastrophe or when the usual police provisions
are inadequate to preserve order and afford protection to persons
and property, and the fact appears to the commander-in-chief,
to the sheriff of a county, to the mayor of a city or to the select-
men of a town, the commander-in-chief may issue his order, or
such sheriff, mayor or selectmen may issue a precept, directed to
any commander of a brigade, regiment, naval brigade or bat-
talion, battalion, squadron, corps of cadets or company, within
the jurisdiction of the officer issuing such order or precept, di-
recting him to order his command, or any part thereof, to appear
at a time and place therein specified to aid the civil authority
in suppressing such violations and supporting the laws; which
precept shall be in substance as follows:

Precept.

How signed,
etc.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

To (insert the officer's title) A. B., commanding (insert his
command).

Whereas, It appears to (the sheriff, mayor or the selectmen)
of the (county, city or town) of , that (here state one

or more of the causes above mentioned) in our of

, and that military force is necessary to aid the
civil authority in suppressing the same: Now, therefore, we
command you that you cause (the command or such part thereof
as may be desired), armed and equipped with ammunition and
with proper officers, to parade at , on

then and there to obey such orders as may be given according
to law^ Hereof fail not at your peril, and have you there this
precept with your doings returned thereon.

This precept shall be signed by the sheriff, mayor or selectmen,
and may be varied to suit the circumstances of the case; and a
copy of the same shall immediately be forwarded by the sheriff,
mayor or selectmen to the commander-in-chief.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 465. 445

Section 27. The officer to whom the order of the commander- Duty of
in-chief or brigade commander, or a precept as aforesaid, is uuh!"^"'^'"^ °^
directed shall forthwith order the troops therein called for to
parade at the time and place appointed, and shall immediately
notify the commander-in-chief of his order, in the most expe-
ditious manner, and also by letter through the usual military
channels.

Section 28. If an officer neglects or refuses to obey such order Penalty for

.« rr- ii-i>-i. 1 !• 1 disobedience.

or precept, or it any officer or soldier tails to obey an order issued
in pursuance thereof, he shall be punished as a court-martial
may direct.

Section 29. Such troops shall appear at the time and place ap- Troops to
pointed, armed, equipped, and with ball ammunition, and shall et'o'!^'*'^ ^^"^'^^ '
obey and execute such orders as they have received, or such
additional orders as they may then and there or thereafter receive
from the commander-in-chief, or from an officer or magistrate
acting under section twenty-five or twenty-six.

Section 30. Whenever practicable all orders issued under the When
preceding section shall, at the request of the officers to whom additional^
addressed, be in writing and signed by the officers or magistrates """ders to be in
issuing the same. Such orders shall set forth the purpose to be
accomplished by the military officer to whom addressed, but
shall not prescribe the military measures to be used or the orders
to be issued by said officer, who shall use such measures and
issue such orders as he deems necessary to accomplish the purpose
indicated.

Section 31. No officer or soldier shall be liable, either civilly No liability

11 P ... , 11 for acts under

or criminally, tor any injury to persons or property caused by orders.
him or by his order, while serving under section twenty-five or
twenty-six and acting in obedience to and in execution of any
orders received from the persons, and in the manner, prescribed
by this chapter, unless the act or order causing such injury was
manifestly beyond the scope of the authority of such officer or
soldier.

Section 32. Upon the termination of any service of the land ^rvfcTat'caii of
or naval forces at the call of the sheritf of a county, the mayor sheriff, mayor,
of a city or the selectmen of a town, under the seven preceding
sections, the adjutant general shall certify to the state treasurer
the expense of said service, and the state treasurer shall there-
upon assess said expense upon any such city or town as an addi-
tion to its share of the state tax next to be assessed, or shall
collect said expense from the treasurer of any such county, as
the case may be.

Section 33. When the entire organized militia has been called f^rce^to'be
out under section twent^'-five or twenty -six and a further force taken frpm
is required, it shall be taken from the unorganized militia, as militia.
provided in section eight.

Section 34- No officer or soldier of the volunteer militia, not duty^lnd"'"
on leave of absence or furlough, shall be excused from duty when punishment
called or ordered out under section twenty-five or twenty-six, wTthouUeave.
except upon a physician's certificate of disability. If an officer
or soldier is absent without leave and does not produce such
certificate to his commanding officer, he shall be tried by court-

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martial for desertion, or absence without leave. .Sickness shall
not be an excuse unless he procures a certificate or satisfies the
court-martial that he was unable to procure the same.

Cities and
towns to
provide
armories and
headquarters.

Location of
armories and
headquarters
in certain
cases.

Proviso.

Parade
grounds, etc.

ARMORIES.

Sectio7i 35. The aldermen or the selectmen shall provide for
each command of the volunteer militia, or detachment thereof,
not pro^^ded with an armory of the first class, and permanently
stationed within the limits of their respective towns, an armory,
including a suitable hall for the purpose of drill, and suitable
rooms annexed thereto for the meetings of the command, for ad-
ministrative work, and for the safe keeping of military property;
and shall also provide for each headquarters permanently lo-
cated within their said limits, suitable rooms for administrative
work, for the assembling of officers for instruction, and for the
safe keeping of military property; and they shall provide for
every such armory and headquarters the necessary fuel, lights,
water, telephone service, janitor service and necessary repairs,
or shall make a reasonable allowance therefor. Any town failing
to comply with this section shall forfeit to the commouAvealth a
sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for each year during
which such failure continues, to be recovered upon an informa-
tion in equity brought in the supreme judicial court by the
attorney general at the relation of the adjutant general. Any
amount so forfeited shall be credited to the armory appropria-
tion for the fiscal year in which the forfeiture occurs.

Section 36. AVhere two or more commands of the volunteer
militia are permanenth^ stationed in the same town, the aldermen
or the selectmen may, if practicable, provide for such commands
a suitable hall for drill, to be used by them in common; provided,
that in every other respect the preceding section is complied
with. When practicable, the rooms provided for a headquarters
shall be in an armory provided for its command, or for any of
the units thereof.

Section 37. The aldermen or the selectmen shall provide and
maintain for each command of the volunteer militia or detach-
ment thereof permanently stationed within the limits of their
respective towns suitable grounds for parade, drill and small
arms practice, unless such grounds have been furnished for such
command by the commonwealth. Any town failing to comply
with this provision shall forfeit to the commonwealth a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars for each year during which such
failure continues, to be recovered upon an information in equity
brought in the supreme judicial court by the attorney general at
the relation of the adjutant general. Any amount so forfeited
shall be credited to the appropriation for small arms practice
for the fiscal year in which the forfeiture occurs. When two or
more commands of the volunteer militia are permanently sta-
tioned in the same town, the aldermen or the selectmen may, if
practicable, provide for such commands suitable grounds for
parade, drill and small arms practice, to be used by them in
common, Land for drill and parade grounds and for ranges for

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small arms practice may be acquired by purchase or lease, or
under chapter seventy-nine. Towns where headquarters, com-
mands or detachments of the volunteer militia are permanently
stationed may raise money by taxation or otherwise for the
acquisition of land for drill and parade grounds or ranges for
small arms practice or for complying with sections thirty-five
and thirty-eight.

Section 88. For each armory maintained by a town there shall ^t "^a'^d^^ '°
annually be allowed and paid by the commonwealth, in full for towns for
rental and for all other charges of maintenance for such an ^'""'°"®^' ^'^''•
armory, such sum or sums as the state quartermaster shall de-
termine, subject to the approval of the adjutant general. The
amount allowed to a corps of cadets shall be determined by the
commander-in-chief.

ARMORY COMMISSIONERS.

Section 39. The armory commissioners provided for in section Duties of
eighteen of chapter six shall have full supervision and control of m^g°oners™'
the construction of all armories erected by the commonwealth, etc
and on completion and acceptance of any such armory the care
and maintenance thereof, as well as the care and maintenance of
all armories belonging to the commonwealth, shall devolve upon
the state quartermaster.

Section 40. The armory commissioners shall rebuild, remodel ^tc'^®o™*'*'°"'
or repair armories of the first class injured or destroyed by fire, armories, etc.
and may reconstruct, remodel, enlarge or otherwise improve
existing state armories, if they deem the needs of the service so
require, and shall construct additional armories until the volun-
teer militia shall be provided with adequate c^uarters. They
shall designate the location of armories so to be constructed and
shall thereupon, on behalf of the commonwealth, take under
chapter seventy-nine or acquire by purchase or otherwise,
suitable lots of land in the respective towns designated, and shall
erect, furnish and equip thereon armories sufficient for one or
more companies of militia, and for such other commands or
headquarters thereof permanently stationed in any such town
as they deem necessary; but no land shall be acquired and no
buildings erected, reconstructed, remodeled or enlarged until the
site and plans thereof, respectively, and the total amount to be
authorized therefor, have been approved by the governor and
council.

Section Jf.1 . The armory commissioners, on behalf of the com- Taking of
monwealth, may, with the approval of the governor and council, jfrounds,^"^'"
take under chapter seventy -nine, or purchase or lease land ranges, etc.
suitable for parade and drill grounds or for ranges for target
practice until the volunteer militia is adequately provided with
parade and drill grounds and ranges for target practice, and
upon land so acquired ma^^, with the approval of the governor
and council, erect such building or buildings as may be needed
for the use of the militia.

If land is acquired by purchase, under this section, the purchase state to pay
price shall be paid by the commonwealth upon the execution of orice?*^*

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Purchase of
armories
owned by
cities or
towns.

Purchase of

certain

armories.

Purchase of
drill grounds,
etc.

Expenditures.

Armories of the
first class.

Cities and
towns to be
relieved of
certain
obligations.

Armories of
first class to be
under control
of commander-
in-chief, etc.

Cities and
towns to :nake
annual returns
to state
quartermaster.

such a release or con\eyance as shall be prescribed by the attor-
ney general.

Section 4-2. The armory commissioners may, by agreement
with the aldermen of any city or the selectmen of any town
owning an armory, determine the value of the land and buildings,
and on approval of such agreement by the governor and council
may purchase said armory in behalf of the commonwealth, and
thereupon title to the land and buildings so purchased shall vest
in the commonwealth.

The armory commissioners may, by agreement with the owners
of the armory of the first corps of cadets in Boston and of the
armory of the Lawrence Light Guard in Medford, determine the
value of the land and buildings, and on approval of such agree-
ment by the governor and council may purchase in behalf of
the commonwealth either or both of said armories.

The armory commissioners may, by agreement with the alder-
men of any city or the selectmen of any town holding title to a
drill and parade ground or a target range, determine the value
of such drill and parade ground or target range and on approval
of such agreement by the governor and council may purchase
such drill and parade ground or target range in behalf of the
commonwealth, and thereupon title to the land and buildings
so purchased shall vest in the commonwealth.

Section 4-^. To meet the expenses incurred under the three
preceding sections the armory commissioners may expend such
amounts as are annually appropriated therefor by the general
court, together with such armory loan funds as may from time
to time be authorized specifically by the general court.

Section 44- Armories built or purchased by the armory com-
missioners under former or existing laws shall be designated and
known as armories of the first class.

Section 4^- ip) When any armory or any parade and drill
ground or range for target practice is furnished by the common-
wealth in any town, the adjutant general shall notify the town
where such armory, parade and drill ground, or range for target
practice lies, and thereupon all obligations of said town as to
said armory, or parade and drill ground or range for target
practice, under sections thirty-five, thirty-six and thirty-seven,
and all allowances and payments by the commonwealth for rent,
shall cease, as to the organizations quartered in said armory, or
using said parade and drill ground or said range for target prac-
tice.

(6) All armories taken, purchased or erected under this chapter
shall be under the control of the commander-in-chief, and shall
be cared for and maintained by the commonwealth, and the
necessary expenditures for care and maintenance shall be made
subject to the approval of the state quartermaster.

Section 4^- The aldermen of a city, or the selectmen of a
town, providing an armory or armories, or headquarters, for
use of the volunteer militia, shall annually on or before February
first make returns thereof to the state quartermaster on blank
forms provided by him. All statements contained therein shall
be sworn to by at least two members of the board of aldermen

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or by two of the selectmen. All such returns shall give the desig-
nation and location of each armory or headquarters, the name
of each command or headquarters therein quartered, the rental
paid or charged therefor, and when required by the state quarter-
master under the classification of such armories or headquarters,
the expense incurred in heating, lighting and repairing the same,
in furnishing water, telephones and janitor service, as well as the
aggregate cost of the land and building. The state quartermaster
shall examine each return so made and allow or disallow, in
whole or in part, the sums so returned, his decision being subject
to review and amendment by the commander-in-chief. He shall
annually, not later than March first, file with the state comp-
troller his certificate, stating the sum allowed for each armory,
the name of the command or headquarters occupying it, and the
town making the return, and thereupon he shall notify the mayor
or the selectmen of the sum allowed, which shall be paid to such
town; but no return received by the state quartermaster after
February first shall be allowed.

Section 1^7. Every officer whose command occupies, or as- Commanding
sembles or drills in any armory, drill hall or building used accord- cratroi^of^^''*
ing to law for that purpose shall have control of such premises armory, etc.
during the period of occupation, subject to orders of his superior
officers, and any person intruding contrary to his orders or to
the orders of his superior officers, or who interrupts, molests,
obstructs or insults the troops or any of them so occupying such
premises, may be ejected, forcibly, if necessary, or may be dealt
with as provided in sections fifty-six and fifty-seven for like
offences, at the discretion of such officer or of his superior officers ;
but in armories not of the first class reasonable inspection of the
premises may be made by the aldermen or by the selectmen, or
by the owners of the premises if such inspection is under the
terms of the lease.

Section 48. (a) Armories provided for the miUtia shall be used ^rmJries
by the mihtia for the military purposes or purposes incidental limited.
thereto designated by the commander-in-chief. MiUtary units
stationed in an armory may, at any time when it is not in use
for military purposes, use such armory without charge for social
activities, or athletics, subject only to rules and regulations
promulgated by the military custodian of such armory and ap-
proved by the governor and council. No non-military use of an
armory under this section shall be permitted which interferes
with its military use, but such non-military use shall not be
deemed to interfere with military use if all unit commanders
affected can conveniently and without detriment to the service
utilize the armory for the usual military purposes at other than
the usual time or in other than the usual manner.

(6) Any armory may be used for the purposes set forth in sub- Use for certain
sections (c) and {d) in accordance with terms and conditions r^g'S.ated.
prescribed by the commander-in-chief, upon application therefor
to the adjutant general through the military custodian of the
armory. No such application shall be granted unless it is ap-
proved by both the adjutant general and the military custodian
and contains a certificate from each unit commander whose drill

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Use for public
purposes.

Public
meetings by-
state, etc.
Civil service
examinations.
Meetings of
veterans'
organizations,
boards of
trade, etc.

Raising certain
benefit funds.

Elections, etc.

Meetings of
scliool military
organizations.

Meetings of
political, etc.,'
parties.
Proviso.

Meetings of
organizations
of boys, etc.

Use of drill
grounds, etc.

Compensation
for use.

Use for certain
exhibitions.

Proviso.

or other military duty is to be changed or modified by such use,
stating that he approves the apphcation and that such change
or modification will not in any way be detrimental to his unit
or to its training, and further stating in detail the manner in
which said change or modification is to be effected.

A public meeting or hearing held by a state department or
commission.

An examination conducted by the division of civil service.

A meeting of an organization composed of veterans of the
civil, Spanish or world war, or their auxiliaries, a board of trade,
a chamber of commerce, or a meeting to raise funds for any non-
sectarian chantable or non-sectarian educational purpose.

A meeting to raise funds for a benefit association of policemen
or firemen.

Elections, primaries or caucuses, and town meetings.

Meetings of such military organizations of scholars in the
public schools of a town as may be approved by the school com-
mittee thereof.

A meeting or rally of a political or municipal party, as defined
by section one of chapter fiftj', conducted by the duly constituted
local committee of such party; provided, that no party shall be
permitted to use the same armory more than twice in the same
year.

A meeting of any organization of boys under eighteen years
of age, or of any student military organization conforming to
the regulations and training prescribed by the commander-in-
chief, with a view to preparing the members thereof for military
or naval service. Upon application to the commander-in-chief
and on terms and conditions prescribed by him, such organiza-
tions may be permitted to use for parade or drill purposes such
grounds owned by the commonwealth as are used by the militia
of the town where the organization is located.

Compensation for the use of any armory under this subsection
shall be fixed by the adjutant general with the approval of the
commander-in-chief, and shall not exceed a sum sufficient to
cover all expenses of fighting, heating and guarding the armory,
and similar expenses. Such compensation shall be paid to the
adjutant general who shall pay the same to the common-
wealth.

(d) Subject to the provisions of subsection (6), an armory
may be used for a period of not exceeding three days for any
exhibition of the products of labor, agriculture or industry, in-
cluding any automobile exhibition conducted by a responsible
organization; provided, that the compensation for such uses
shall in no case be less than the fair rental value of halls of a
similar nature in the same or a similar city or town together with
a sum sufficient to cover the expense of providing such guards
as may be necessary to protect the armory while so used. Subject
to the foregoing limitation, such compensation shall be fixed by
the adjutant general with the approval of the commander-in-
chief and shall be paid as provided in subsection (c).

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(e) Each organization using an armory under subsection (c) ^^^^^Y°^
or (d) shall, under rules and regulations prescribed by the com- property, etc.
mander-in-chief, pay for any damage to or loss of any property
or equipment. Said rules and regulations may also require that Filing of bond.
such organization shall file with the adjutant general a bond in
such form and amount and containing such conditions as said
rules and regulations may prescribe.

Sectwn 49. An officer or enlisted man of the volunteer militia Operation of
licensed under chapter one hundred and forty-three, may, in graphl'.^etc.,
any armory or other place permanently occupied by the com- in armonea,
monwealth for military purposes, operate any cinematograph or
similar apparatus owned or controlled by the commonwealth,
without obtaining the special license required by section eighty-
two of said chapter or, in Boston, that required by chapter two
hundred and eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen;
provided, that all other laws of the commonwealth and the Proviso,
regulations of the state police relative to the use of the cinemat-
ograph or similar apparatus are complied with.

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Section 50. Any part of the uniform or insignia of rank pre- Penalty for
scribed for officers or enlisted men of the volunteer militia shall wearing of
be worn only by persons entitled thereto by commission or en- umforms, etc.
listment under the laws of this commonwealth or of the United
States or of another state of the United States. Whoever violates
a provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less
than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, on complaint of
any officer or enlisted man of the militia.

Section 51. Returns made to the adjutant general by town Disposition
clerks under section six, and applications for the use of armories retu^MTnd
made under section forty-eight, may, after the lapse of one year applications.
from the date of their receipt, be destroyed or disposed of by
order of their lawful custodian, and any proceeds received in
the course of their disposal shall be paid to the commonwealth.

Section 52. Street railway, electric railroad and elevated rail- street railways,
way companies may transport military supplies and equipment traiispo^rt
o\er their respective lines, and from and to any point thereon, ^^'*'|Y^
subject only to the supervision of the department of public
utilities and to such regulations as it may impose.

Section 53. Commanding officers of organizations which are Military bands
allowed military bands may, so far as is consistent w4th the laws [^o^'^camp^and
of the United States for the government of the national guard, substitute duty
with the approval of the commander-in-chief, excuse the members °'^
of such bands from performing the annual tours of camp duty
with their organizations, or any part of such tours, and at any
time thereafter may, with the approval of the commander-in-
chief, order such bands to perform duty from time to time not
in excess of the number of days for which they were excused
from camp duty, and the members of the bands shall be paid
for such duty at the same rate and with the same allowance
which they would have received had they performed such duty
^t camp.

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No parade,
etc., without
approval.

Details for
temporary or
special duty.

A judge advo-
cate at en-
campment to
have jurisdic-
tion of a dis-
trict court,
etc.

Bounds of
parades or
encampments,
and punish-
ment for
intrusion, etc.

Penalty for
molesting or
insulting
troops on duty.

Troops to have
right of way,
etc.

Pro^•iso.

No military
duty on
election day,
except, etc.

Section 54- (a) No parade or voluntary se^^^ce shall be per-
formed by any company under arms or with state uniform
without the approval of the regimental, separate battalion, naval
battalion or squadron commander or such other organization
commander as may be authorized by the commander-in-chief
or, if unattached, of its next superior commander.

(6) Any officer or enlisted man may temporarily be detailed
or assigned to duty with commands other than his own, or he
may be detailed for any special duty by competent authority.

Section 55. A judge advocate may be detailed by the com-
mander-in-chief to attend any encampment, and during the en-
campment shall, within the limits of the camp and for a distance
of one mile from the guard line, have the jurisdiction of a district
court of all offences then and there committed.

Section 56. Every commanding officer, when on duty, may
fix necessary bounds and limits to his parade or encampment,
not including a road within such bounds in such manner as to
prevent traveling thereon, within which bounds and limits no
person shall enter without his leave. Whoever intrudes within
the limits of the parade or encampment, after being forbidden,
may be ejected, forcibly if necessary, or may be confined under
guard during the time of parade or encampment, or during a
shorter time, at the discretion of the commanding officer; and
whoever resists a sentry may be arrested by order of the com-
manding officer and dealt with as provided in the following sec-
tion.

Section 57. ^Yhoever interrupts, molests or insults, by abusive
words or behavior, or obstructs any officer or soldier while on
duty or at any parade, drill or meeting for military improve-
ment, may immediately be put under guard and kept at the dis-
cretion of the commanding officer until the duty, drill, parade
or meeting is concluded; and may be delivered into the custody
of any police officer or constable of the town where such duty,
parade, drill or meeting is held, who shall detain him in custody
for examination or trial before a court having jurisdiction of the
place; and any person found guilty of any of the offences
enumerated in this section, or in sections forty-seven and fifty-
six or of obstructing or interfering with United States forces or
troops or any part of the militia in the exercise or enjoyment of
the right of way granted by the following section, shall be
punished hy a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by
imprisonment for not more than six months.

Section 58. United States forces or troops, and any part of
the militia parading, or performing any duty, according to law,
shall have the right of way in any street or highway through
which they may pass; provided, that the carriage of the United
States mails, the legitimate functions of the police, and the
progress and operation of fire engines and fire departments shall
not be interfered with thereby. *

Section 59. Except while on duty under section twenty-five
or twent3--six, or in obedience to the commander-in-chief, no
officer or soldier shall be required to perform militar}' duty on
a day appointed for a state election in the town where he resides;

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and an officer parading his command, or ordering it to parade,
contrary to this section, shall be liable to trial by court-martial.

Section 60. No body of men, except the volunteer militia, the Unauthorized
troops of the United States and the Ancient and Honorable forbidden'*'"
Artillery Company of Boston, except as provided in the follow-
ing section, shall maintain an armory, or associate together at
any time as a company or organization, for drill or parade with
firearms, or so drill or parade; nor shall any town raise or appro-
priate 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 honor- Provisos.
ably discharged from the service 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 per-
mission of the aldermen of the city or selectmen of the town
where they desire to parade ; that students in educational insti-
tutions where military science is a prescribed part of the course
of instruction may, with the consent of the governor, drill and
parade with firearms in public, under the superintendence of
their teachers; that members of schools for military instruction
conducted with the approval of the governor, may drill and
parade with firearms in public, under the supervision of their
instructors; that foreign troops whose admission to the United
States has been consented to by the United States government
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 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 and regularly organized posts
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States may at
any time parade in public their color guards of not more than
twelve men armed with firearms, that the Society of Colonial
Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Order of the
Founders and Patriots of America, the Massachusetts Society
of the Sons of the American Re\'olution, the Society of the Sons
of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the
Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, and regularly organized branches of any of said societies
may at any time parade in public their uniformed color guards
of ten men with 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 organiza-
tion heretofore authorized by law may parade with side-arms;
and any veteran association composed wholly of past members
of the militia of the commonwealth may maintain an armory
for the use of the organizations of the militia to which its mem-
bers belonged; provided, that such drill or parade is not in
contravention of the laws of the United States.

Section 61. The adjutant general, with the approval of the certain
governor, may prescribe rules and regulations under which any "[f'^'drrn'or^

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parade with
firearms.

Proviso.

May use
armory, etc.

Proviso.

Penalty.

Rifle team.

Officers of
United States
army and navy
to be reim-
bursed for
expenses.

Division,
brigade,
etc., funds.

Exemption
from jury
duty and from
civil arrest.

body of citizens of the commonwealth, organized as an associa-
tion, chib or training school for the purpose of acquiring military
knowledge, discipline and training, may drill or parade with
firearms; provided, that written consent is first obtained from
the adjutant general, and that the body organized as aforesaid
shall adopt such uniform, equipment and insignia of rank as he
shall prescribe. He may authorize the use by any such body of
any state armory for drill or training; provided, that such use
shall not interfere with the occupation and use of the armory by
the volunteer militia. The governor may, at any time, disband
any such body. This section shall be operative only during such
time as the United States may be in a state of actual warfare.

Section 62. Whoever violates any provision of the two pre-
ceding sections, or belongs to or parades with any such unau-
thorized body of men with firearms, shall be punished by a fine
of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more
than six months, or both.

Section 63. The commander-in-chief may send a rifle team
composed of members of the Massachusetts volunteer militia
to take part in the annual competitions in rifle shooting for
national and other trophies held in the United States.

Section 64- Officers of the army and navy of the United
States detailed by the war or navy department, at the request
of the commander-in-chief, to act as instructors, advisers or
umpires, or to perform any other duty in connection with the
volunteer militia of the commonwealth, shall be reimbursed by
the commonwealth for all expenses incurred by them in the
performance of the said duties, and authorized or approved by
the adjutant general, in excess of those expenses allowed and
paid by the United States. Payments under this section shall
be made to officers entitled thereto on certificates approved by
the adjutant general, in such form as the commander-in-chief
shall prescribe.

Section 65. Division, brigade, regimental, battalion, squad-
ron, company, mess, band or detachment funds shall be main-
tained and conducted as the commander-in-chief may prescribe
in regulations. The administration of such a fund by the officer
designated in regulations to have the custody thereof shall be
one of the duties pertaining to his office and for the proper per-
formance of which he shall furnish bond to the commonwealth.
Suit on the bond of such officer to recover for any misappropria-
tion of the fund shall be brought in the name of the common-
wealth for the benefit of the organization affected. Upon the
disbandment of any organization maintaining a fund as above
provided, the adjutant general shall at once become custodian
or treasurer thereof, and shall draw a check for the total amount
on deposit in favor of the state treasurer, who shall hold such
funds or shall expend them as the general court may prescribe.

Section 66. Members of the volunteer militia shall not be
liable for jury duty, and any citizen who has served for nine
years in the volunteer militia, or whose total faithful 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.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 465. 455

No officer or soldier shall he arrested on civil process while
going to, remaining at or returning from a place where he is
ordered to attend for election of officers or for military duty.

Section (J7. Any person in the service of the commonwealth No loss of pay
shall be entitled, during the time of his service in the organized atate em-"" *°
militia, under sections seventeen, twenty-five, twenty-six, one pioyees in
hundred and twenty-three and one hundred and eighty-one, to
receive pay therefor, without loss of his ordinary remuneration
as an employee or official of the commonw^ealth, and shall also
be entitled to the same leaves of absence or vacation with pay
given to other like employees or officials.

Section 6'S. Rolls of the volunteer militia, showing the names Rolls of
of all general, field, staff and noncommissioned staff officers, and ""''''''•
the names of all company officers and enlisted men in the service,
shall be made annually on January first. Those for companies
shall be prepared by the respective company commanders, and
all others by direction of the commanding officers of the several
organizations. A sworn copy of such rolls, or of so much thereof Sworn copies
as may be necessary, shall be furnished by the commanding officials for
officers of companies and of such other organizations annually exempUoM^
before January tenth to the registrars of voters in any city except f[°'" J"''y
Boston, and in Boston to the election commissioners, and to the
selectmen of any town where such companies or organizations
or any members thereof are situated, for use in ascertaining
exemptions from jury duty. The issue by an officer of the Penalty.
volunteer militia of a false certificate, or the issue of a certificate
to any person not entitled to receive it, in order to secure ex-
emption from jury duty, shall be punished in such manner as
the commander-in-chief shall direct.

Sectio7i 69. A member of the volunteer militia who shall, when Compensation
on duty or when assembled therefor under sections seventeen, during^miiitary
twenty-five, twenty-six, one hundred and twenty -three, one hun- ^^^y-
dred and thirty-five and one hundred and eighty-one, receive
any injury by reason of such duty or assembly, or who shall
without fault or neglect on his part be wounded or disabled, or
contract any sickness or disease, while performing any such
lawfully ordered militia duty, temporarily incapacitating him
from pursuing his usual business or occupation, shall, during the
period of such incapacity, receive compensation to be fixed by a
board appointed to inquire into his claim, not exceeding in
amount the pay provided for by this chapter and actual necessary
expenses for care and medical attendance. All claims arising
under this section shall be inquired into by a board of three
officers, at least one of whom shall be a medical officer, appointed
by the commander-in-chief. The board shall have the same
power to take evidence, administer oaths, issue subpoenas and
compel witnesses to attend and testify and produce books and
papers, and to punish their failure to do so, as is pos.sessed by a
general court-martial. The findings of the board shall be subject
to the approval of the commander-in-chief. The amount so
found due and so approved shall be a charge against the com-
monwealth, and paid in the same manner as other military
accounts.

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Penalty for
interference
with militia.

Paymasters'
bonds.

Bond for
military
property, etc.

Reimburse-
ment for
premium on
bond.

Schedule
bonds.

Certain rights
of Ancient and
Honorable
Artillery
Company not
affected.

Penalty on
civil officers
for violations
of this chapter

Scdlun 70. Whoever wilfully deprives a member of the \ohiii-
teer militia of his employment, or denies him emplo3'ment, or
prevents his being employed by another, or obstructs or annoys
him or his employer in respect of his trade, business or employ-
ment, because of such member's connection with the volunteer
militia or because of his necessary absence from business in per-
formance of his duty as such, and whoever dissuades any person
from enlisting in the volunteer militia by threat of injury to
him in respect of his employment, trade or business, or of other
injury, if he shall so enlist, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more
than six months, or both.

Section 71 . Each officer regularly assigned to the duty of pay-
ing troops, and the pay officers of the naval militia, shall give
bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, wnth such surety
or sureties as may be approved by the governor and council, con-
ditioned faithfully to perform the duties of his office.

Section 72. Any officer of the volunteer militia to whom any
public property is at any time issued may be required to give
bond, wuth such surety or sureties as may be approved by the
governor and council, conditioned faithfully to perform the duties
of his office; to properly hold and administer funds; to use all
necessary care in the safe keeping of military stores and property
committed to his custody; and to account for and deliver to his
successor, or to any other person authorized to receive the same,
all such military property or funds.

Section 73. When a member of the volunteer militia having
the custody of property of the commonwealth, or charged with
the duty of receiving or disbursing money, is required to give
bond to the commonwealth for the faithful discharge of his duty,
the commonwealth shall reimburse him for any amount that he
may be required to pay to a surety company for becoming
surety on his official bond.

Section 74. The adjutant general may arrange for such
schedule bonds as he deems advisable to take the place of bonds
required by law from any officers of the INIassachusetts volunteer
militia. Any such schedule bond shall be with surety satisfactory
to the governor and council, and conditioned that the officers
named in the bond^hall faithfully perform the duties of their
offices; and it shall contain such other conditions or provisions
as may be required by law. Such bonds shall take the place of
any bond required frorn any officer named in the schedule bond.
The premium due to any surety company for acting as surety
on any such bond shall be paid by the commonwealth.

Section 75. This chapter shall not affect the right of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company to maintain its organ-
ization as a military company and its constitution and by-laws
in so far as the same are not repugnant to the laws of this com-
monwealth or of the United States and do not restrain the lawful
parade or exercise of the active militia.

Section 76. Civil officers named in this chapter who neglect
or refuse to obey its provisions shall, except as otherwise ex-

•Acts, 1924. — Chap. 465. 457

pressly provided, forfeit not less than twenty nor more than five
hundred dollars.

Section 77. (a) Money or other suitable prizes may be Prizes for
awarded for shooting, athletic or other competitions in the militia competitions.
under such regulations as the commander-in-chief shall deter-
mine, which prizes shall be paid by the commonwealth.

(6) For the maintenance and repair of aeroplanes, used by the Maintenance
commonwealth for the use of the militia, the adjutant general ^^^ 7"^''^ "^

1 11 1 1 .11/. aeroplanes.

may expend annually such sums as may be appropriated therefor.

Section 78. There shall annually be allowed and paid by the Allowances for
commonwealth such sums as may annually be appropriated, to ?"i'i*ary

1 11 1 1 T • i>iT 1 • instruction.

be expended under the direction or the adjutant general m
furnishing the officers and men of the militia with uniform in-
struction in military authority, organization and administration
and in the elements of military art. Certificates for allowance
of expenses incident to such instruction shall be furnished to the
adjutant general and upon his approval payment shall be made
to the persons certified to be entitled thereto.

LAND FORCES.

Organization.

Section 79. (a) The land forces shall consist of the national Composition
guard, the national guard reserve, the national guard retired °^ ^^^^ forces.
list, such other units, officers and enlisted men as the commander-
in-chief may prescribe under section fifteen, and any part of the
unorganized militia serving with the land forces under sections
eight, nine and eleven.

(b) The national guard of Massachusetts shall consist of such National
regiments, corps or other units as the commander-in-chief may euard.
from time to time authorize to be formed, all to be organized in
accordance with the laws of the United States affecting the
national guard and the regulations issued by the secretary of

war.

(c) The national guard and the organizations thereof shall be To continue
and continue as at present constituted until changed by the stitu*tr/e°c
commander-in-chief under authority of law.

(d) The coast artillery corps shall be considered a regiment in Coast artillery
all matters of administration and law, unless especially excepted ment.* ^^^'
in law or orders.

(e) The commander-in-chief may, by order, attach officers Special details,
and enlisted men of staff departments and corps to brigades, mand^M^n-™"
regiments, battalions and other organizations for duty there- '^^'ef.
with, and shall so detail such officers and enlisted men as may

be necessary to comply with the provisions of United States
laws concerning the organized militia.

(/) The national guard reserve shall consist of such organiza- National
tions, officers and enlisted men as the commander-in-chief shall ^^'^^^ reserve.
prescribe, consistently with the requirements of the United
States.

(g) Officers on the reserve list of the national guard appointed Reserve
to office on the active list, not higher in grade than that of first from^ert^fin^

examinations.

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First and
second corps
of cadets,
officers, equip-
ment, etc.

lieutenant, shall be exempt from passing the examinations re-
quired of other newly commissioned officers of those grades, and,
upon being commissioned and qualified, shall be assigned to
duty.

Section 80. To the first corps of cadets there shall be such
officers, noncommissioned staff officers and noncommissioned
officers and other enlisted men, as the commander-in-chief deems
expedient. The first corps of cadets shall be instructed, armed
and equipped as the commander-in-chief directs. The second
corps of cadets shall be organized and equipped as a regiment
of field artillery and may retain its name. It shall retain the
right to own and wear in place of such full dress uniform as may
be prescribed by orders or regulations for the militia, a full dress
uniform of special design such as may be by it adopted and ap-
proved by the commander-in-chief.

Titles and
grades to
conform to
ITnited States
laws and
regulations.

State surgeon,
salary, duties,
etc.

State judge
advocate,
salary, duties,
etc.

State inspector,
duties, etc.

Staff Corps and Departments.

Section St. The officers of the several corps and departments
shall be commissioned with such title and grade and have such
designation as may be necessary to conform to the laws of the
United States, and the regulations issued under the authority
thereof.

Section 82. (o) Except Avhen ordered on duty under section
twenty-five or twenty-six, the state surgeon shall receive a salary
of fifteen hundred dollars; 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. He shall purchase and issue all
medical and hospital supplies, and perform such other official
duties as the commander-in-chief directs. For services rendered
to the commissioner of state aid and pensions in cases of state
or military aid and soldiers' relief he may receive such compen-
sation, not exceeding twelve hundred dollars per annum, as said
commissioner shall approve.

{b) Except when ordered on duty under section twenty-fiAC
or twenty-six, the state judge advocate shall receive a salary of
fifteen hundred dollars; and shall examine and report in writing
on all proceedings of courts-martial requiring the action of the
commander-in-chief and, in matters referred to him by law or
by the commander-in-chief, shall be the legal adviser of the
militia department of the commonwealth and shall bring all
necessary actions. He shall perform such other duty as the
commander-in-chief may direct.

(c) The state inspector, or such other officers as the com-
mander-in-chief shall designate, shall inspect once in every year,
and oftener if the commander-in-chief deems it necessary, all
headquarters, armories and state property in the hands of the
land forces, and report the condition of the same. The state in-
spector, or his assistants under his orders, may inspect any
organization at any time when the troops thereof are under
arms, or in attendance at their armories.

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(d) The state ordnance officer, under the direction of the State ordnance
adjutant general, shall be charged with the care and control of et^!^^"^' '*'^'^'*^'^'
all state rifle ranges, with the supervision of all other ranges pro-
vided for the small arms practice of the volunteer militia, and
with the supervision of expenditure of public funds appropriated
by the commonwealth for the promotion of small arms practice.

Section 83. The state quartermaster shall receive a salary of quartermaster,
three thousand dollars. An officer of the quartermaster corps salary.
of the land forces of suitable grade, detailed to act as superin- Superin-
tendent of the state arsenal, shall receive fifteen hundred dollars atate^arsenai,^
a year, except when ordered on duty under section twenty-five salary, etc.
or twenty-six and shall be in the quartermaster corps of the
land forces as a clerk in addition to the clerks hereinafter pro-
vided for. The state quartermaster shall give bond to the com- state quarter-
monwealth in the penal sum of ,twenty thousand dollars, with duTiMl'etc.'"'"
surety or sureties approved by the governor and council, con-
ditioned faithfully to perform the duties of his office, to use all
necessary diligence and care in the safe keeping of military stores
and property of the commonwealth committed to his custody,
and to account for and deliver over to his successor, or to any
person authorized to receive the same, such stores and property.
The commander-in-chief may require the duties imposed upon
the state quartermaster to be performed by any officer of the
land forces, who shall, in that case, give bond to the common-
wealth in like manner as is required of the state quartermaster.
The state quartermaster, under orders of the commander-in-
chief, shall have the care and control of the state camp ground
and all other land held for military purposes, of all state arsenals
and magazines, of the soldiers' burial lot and monument at
Dedham, and of all military property of the commonwealth
except such as is by law expressly intrusted to the keeping of
other officers. He shall procure and provide transportation for
the land forces and for all their implements, munitions of war
and military supplies; such transportation to be in kind when-
ever practicable. He shall, at the public expense, provide
suitable places for the safe keeping of all munitions of war, and
all other implements of war. Such implements shall be desig-
nated as the property of the commonwealth by suitable perma-
nent brands or marks on each of them. He may allow annually
proper accounts for the repair of uniforms and equipment. He
shall adjust all accounts relating to loans of state military prop-
erty to towns, institutions and schools, and shall require annual
returns of such property and of its condition, at such time and
in such manner as he may direct, and may at any time, under
direction of the commander-in-chief, require the return of the
whole or any part of such property as he deems best for the
commonwealth. He may employ a superintendent of armories Superin-
at a suitable salary, subject to the provisions of chapter thirty. arnw?es"^
The actual transportation expenses of the superintendent of salary, etc.
armories, in visiting the various armories of the state under di-
rection of the state quartermaster shall be paid from the appro-
priation for maintenance of armories of the first class. The state clerical
quartermaster may employ necessary clerks and other assistants ^saistauts,

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Officers not to
be pecuniarily
interested in
purchases and
sales, etc.

Penalty.

Eligibility to
appointment
as a com-
missioned
officer, etc.

Relative rank
of commis-
sioned officers.

Date of com-
mission, etc.

in his department, at an expense not exceeding the amount
annually appropriated therefor.

Section 84- The adjutant general, the officers of a corps or
department, and the officers attached thereto, shall not be inter-
ested, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or sale of any
articles intended for, or appertaining to, their respective depart-
ments, except for and on account of the commonwealth; nor
shall they or any of them take or apply to his or their own use,
for negotiating or transacting business in their respective depart-
ments, any gift, gain or advantage other than that allowed by
law.

Section 85. Any officer violating any provision of the preceding
section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand
dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or
both. ,

Commissioned Oficers — Appointment. /

Section 86. No person, except an officer of the United States
army, shall 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 or over, resident in the commonwealth, or
who is disqualified by law from enrolment in the militia, or who
is not certified as eligible by the military service commission as
hereinafter provided; and no person shall be eligible to such ap-
pointment 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 enrolment on account of his age, or otherwise qualified, but
exempted from military service by the laws of the United States,
or subject to enrolment but not enrolled, shall, on that account,
be ineligible to position in the land forces, or incapable of serving
in a volunteer company, unless 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 prescribed by the
laws of the United States.

Section 87. 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 previous en-
listed service. Where there has been such previous service in
the army of the United States, or in the national guard or national
guard reserve of the 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, without increase of grade or loss of con-
tinuous service, he shall rank in his grade according to the date
of his original commission, which shall be stated in his new
commission.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 465. 461

Section SS. All staff and department officers of the national paru.fenV^"
guard, appointed after March thirteen, nineteen hundred and officers, ap-
twenty, shall have had previous military experience, and shall terms^^'^*^^'
hold their positions until they reach the age of sixty-four years, gfc^^"*^'®^*
unless retired prior to that time by reason of resignation, dis-
ability, or for cause to be determined by a court-martial legally
convened for that purpose, and vacancies among said officers
shall be filled by appointment from the officers of the militia of
Massachusetts.

Section 89. No person shall be eligible to appointment as a Eligibility for
medical or veterinary commissioned officer unless he has been as^nedicat'L'i-
duly registered in accordance with the laws of the common- veterinary

ortiCGr etc

wealth, and has complied with its laws relative to the practice
of his profession.

Section 90. (a) There shall be a military service commission. Military
consisting of three commissioned officers appointed or detailed mSonf ap-"
by the commander-in-chief. Upon the expiration of the term pointmeat,
of office of each commissioner, his successor shall be appointed
or detailed for three years.

{h) The military service commission shall establish an eligible Eligible
officers' list for all commissioned grades in the land forces. officers hst.

(c) The commission shall from time to time prepare rules, to Rules, pro-
take effect upon approval by the commander-in-chief, regulating ciassrscation
the selection of persons to fill commissioned offices in the land Sf,^'^'**^®^ *" ^®
forces. Such rules may be of general or limited application and amin'ations,
shall include proWsion for: (1) The classification 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 otherwise.

(o?) The commission may designate commissioned officers of Examiners.
the regular army or land forces to act as examiners of particular
grades or branches of the service.

ie) The commission and examiners shall receive such pay for Pay.of com-

^ , n 11 • 1 ,1 1 mission and

duty performed and may mcur such expenses as the commander- examiners.
in-chief shall order.

(/) The commission shall prepare a full record of its proceed- ^ro'c'eedings,
ings and findings in the case of each person appearing before it etc.
for examination.

{g) All examinations as to physical qualifications to hold office Physical
in the land forces shall be made by a board of three medical etc.^ '°^ ' °'
officers appointed by the commander-in-chief. If such board
finds an officer physically competent to perform his duties, it
shall certify that fact to the commander-in-chief; if such board
finds an officer not physically fit to perform 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 the office. Whenever the com- Physical dis-
mander-in-chief finds that an officer reported by such board to be'wafv^m
be physically unsound possesses professional and general quali- certain cases.

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Acts, 1924. — Chap. 465.

No further
examination
for appoint-
ment to grade
for which
officer is
eligible.

Certain
officers
exempt from
examination.

Certain
persons to be
placed on
eligible list
without
examination.

Commissioned
officers of land
forces, how
selected.
General
officers and
chiefs of
departments.
Regimental
and separate
unit com-
manders.
Other officers
of the line.

Departmental
officers.

Oath, United
States require-
ments, etc.

Discharge for
failure to pass.

Retirement
after failure
to pass.

fications of a high order, and that his physical disabiUties will
not materially impair his efficiency as an officer, he may there-
upon 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 concerned.

(h) An officer, certified as eligible for his grade, if assigned to
duty in that grade, shall not be required to take another exami-
nation under the rules adopted by authority of subsection (c) in
order to continue 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.

(0 Officers appointed from one office to another of equal or
lower grade in the same branch of the militia service, chaplains,
and retired officers, shall be exempt from all examinations under
this chapter, as to professional and practical qualifications.

(j) Subject to article fifty-three of the articles of amendment
of the constitution, any person certified as eligible for any
specified grade in the national guard under the laws of the
United States shall be placed on the eligible list by the military
service commission without professional examination. The com-
mission shall prepare the final examination of the training school,
and its graduates shall be placed on the ehgible list.

(k) All commissioned officers of the land forces shall be se-
lected from the eligible officers' list provided for in this section.
General officers and chiefs of departments shall be appointed by
the commander-in-chief from said list.

Regimental and separate unit commanders shall be appointed
by the commander-in-chief from said list upon recommendation
of superior commanders, if any.

All other officers of the line shall be appointed by the com-
mander-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 commander-
in-chief from said list upon the recommendation of the chief of
the department in which the appointment is to be made.

Section 91. No person commissioned as an officer in the
national guard shall enter upon the performance of his official
duties or exercise any command unless he shall have taken and
subscribed to the oath of office, shall have been selected from
such classes, and shall have successfully passed such tests as to
his physical, moral and professional fitness, as are prescribed by
the laws of the United States, except that an officer may be
ordered to duty pending such tests as hereinbefore provided.

Section 92. An officer failing to pass satisfactorily the tests
required by this chapter or by the laws of the United States and
the regulations issued thereunder, shall, unless further time is
allowed for cause, forthwith be discharged by the commander-
in-chief.

Section 93. An officer failing to pass satisfactorily the required
tests, but otherwise entitled to be retired, may, in the discretion

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 465. 463

of the commander-in-chief, be placed upon the retired list with
the grade to which his new commission entitles him, instead of
being discharged as provided in the preceding section.

Section 94- Every commissioned officer, before entering upon Form of
the performance of his official duties or exercising any command, "'^^ ' ®*^°'
shall take and subscribe the following oaths and declarations:

I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will sup-
port the constitution thereof. So help me, God.

I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will obey the lawful orders
of all my superior officers. So help me, God.

I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and impartially
discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as

, according to the best of my ability and understanding,
agreeably to the rules and regulations of the constitution and the
laws of the commonwealth. . So help me, God.

I, A. B., do solemnly swear that I will support the constitu-
tion of the United States. So help me, God.

All officers shall take and subscribe the said oaths before any Administering
competent authority or an officer qualified under section one °^°^^^-
hundred and sixty-nine to administer oaths, except retired officers
and the staff of the commander-in-chief who may take the said
oaths before any competent authority; and the following certifi- Certificate
cate shall be printed on every commission and shall be signed etc!°°'^* '
by the person before whom the officer is qualified:

This may certify that A. B., commissioned as within on this
day of , A.D. , personally ap-

peared and took and subscribed the oaths required by the consti-
tution and laws of this commonwealth and by a law of the
United States, to qualify him to discharge the duties of his
office.

Before me,

Commissioned Officers — Discharge and Retirement.

Section 95. (a) At any time the moral character, capacity Discharge of
and general fitness for the service of any officer may be investi- findi^nga^of
gated and determined by an efficiency board of three commis- b^a°rd°etc
sioned officers, senior in rank to him, to be appointed by the
commander-in-chief. The investigation may include misconduct
in civil life for which the officer is not amenable to court-martial.
If the findings of the board are unfavorable to the officer and are
approved by the commander-in-chief, the officer shall be dis- '
charged.

(6) An officer may be discharged by order of the commander- Discharge by
in-chief upon an address of both branches of the general court, upon sentence
or to carry out the lawful sentence of a court-martial, or under ^ ^^^l\'
this chapter.

(c) An officer may be honorably discharged by the commander- Honorable
in-chief upon removal of residence from the commonwealth, '^"^ ^^^^'
upon tender of resignation, or when he accepts an appointment
in the army or navy of the United States.

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Dismissal.

Placing in
reserve of
surplus
officers.

Term of office
of general
officers of the
line.

Term of office
of colonel.

Retirement
of officers.

P^o^^so.

Retir&d
officers on
active list
may be retired
again.
Proviso.

(d) The commander-in-chief may dismiss an officer convicted
of crime, or who has been absent without leave for a period of
three months.

(e) Officers rendered surplus by the disbandment of their
organizations shall be placed in the national guard reserve.
Officers may, upon their own application, be placed in the said
reserve, subject to the laws of the United States.

Section 96. The term of office of general officers of the line
shall be five years from the date of appointment, and such
officers shall be ineligible for reappointment in the same grade.
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 97. The term of office for a colonel of a regiment, and
for the colonel of the coast artillery corps, or the commanding
officer of a separate organization shall be seven years from the
date of his appointment and he shall be ineligible for reappoint-
ment. 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 9S. Any commissioned officer in the militia service
of the age of sixty-four shall be discharged or placed upon the
retired list with the grade held by him at the time of making
application therefor, provided that he complies with this chapter.
Any commissioned officer in the militia service who has served
as such in the active militia of the commonwealth for the period
of ten years may, upon his own application, be placed upon the
retired list with the rank held by him at the time of making the
application; but an officer who, at the time of making such
application, has remained in the same grade for the period of
ten years, or has served as a commissioned officer for the period
of fifteen years, or, having served in the army or navy of the
United States in time of war and having been honorably dis-
charged therefrom, has also served as a commissioned officer in
the militia of the commonwealth for the period of five years,
may be retired with the rank next in grade above that held by
him during the six months preceding the time of making such
application. Any commissioned officer who has served in the
active militia of this commonwealth for the period of fifteen
years, at least six of which have been as a commissioned officer,
may be placed upon the retired list with the rank held by him
at the time of making such application. Any commissioned
officer requesting retirement after the completion of twenty-five
years or more of commissioned service may be placed upon the
retired list with such increase in rank as the commander-in-chief
may direct. A commissioned officer upon the retired list accept-
ing a commission in the active militia may at any time, upon his
own application, be placed again upon the retired list with the
rank with which he was formerly retired; provided, that if his
latest service on the active list has entitled him to a grade on
the retired list higher than that previously held by him, he shall
be given such higher grade. At his own request, an officer apply-
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the same grade then held by him or of a lower grade. All officers Certain
who held a commission in the Massachusetts volunteer militia apPpiy^for*^
prior to May twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, retirement.
who would have been entitled to retirement as hereinbefore
provided had the same been in effect, shall be entitled to apply
for retirement under the provisions of this section. Service in
the state guard shall be considered as service in the militia.

Defining Continuous Service in the Land Forces.

Section 99. All officers and enlisted men of the land forces Continuoua
who were drafted into the service of the United States and dis- fand forces
charged therefrom, and who within one year after the date of defined.
their discharge are commissioned or enlisted in the land forces,
shall be deemed to have had continuous service 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\dce in the volunteer militia as
contemplated by sections ninety-eight and one hundred and
sixty-eight.

Section 100. The commander-in-chief may order any com- Retirement
missioned officer before a medical board consisting of at least ^^^ '^^ *''*^'
three commissioned medical officers, and, if the board reports
such officer to be physically unable to perform the duties of his
office, the commander-in-chief may retire him.

Section 101. The names and records of all active and retired Register of
officers shall annually be printed in a separate register in the retired officers.
order of their active and retired rank, to be appended to the re-
port of the adjutant general, or to the roster of the officers of
the volunteer militia.

Section 102. Retired officers shall be commissioned on the Retired officers,
retired list by the commander-in-chief, and on occasions of duties.^*^ ^°*^
ceremony may, and when acting under orders as hereinafter pro-
vided shall, wear the uniform of their retired rank. They shall
be eligible to perform any military duty to the same extent as
if not retired, and the commander-in-chief may require them to
serve upon military boards, courts of inquiry and courts-martial,
or to perform any other special or temporar}^ military duty, and
while actively engaged in such duty they shall receive the pay
and allowances provided for like service by officers of the land
forces. They shall be amenable to court-martial for military
offences, as if upon the active list of the land forces. Their names
shall be borne on a separate roster, kept under the supervision
of the adjutant general. They shall report to the adjutant gen-
eral any change in their residence. An officer now on the retired
list may, on application, receive a commission on the retired list
as provided above, and such commission shall state the date on
which he was so retired.

Section 103. Officers discharged from the service of the com- Certificate of
monwealth shall be entitled to a certificate of discharge, in such ^rera^^ '^^
form as the commander-in-chief shall direct.

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Number of
noncommis-
sioned oflficers
to conform to
law or orders.

Regulations
by commander-
in-chief as to
appointment,
etc., of non-
commissioned
officers.

Regulations
by commander-
in-chief as to
enlistment,
etc., of soldiers.

N oncomviissioned Officers — Appointment and Reduction.

Section 104 . Commanding officers shall warrant, appoint, en-
list or keep warranted, appointed or enlisted the number of non-
commissioned staff officers, noncommissioned officers and other
enlisted men specified herein or required in orders of the com-
mander-in-chief.

Section Wo. The commander-in-chief shall provide, in regu-
lations issued by him, how and by whom noncommissioned
officers and other rated men shall be appointed, warranted and
reduced.

Enlisted Men — Enlistment and Muster.

Sectio7i 106. The commander-in-chief may, by regulations,
prescribe such conditions of qualifications, enlistment, service
and discharge of enlisted men as he deems necessary, but such
regulations shall not conflict with the laws of the United States
or with the regulations issued thereunder.

Dishonorable
discharge, etc.,
only on sen-
tence of court-
martial.
Certificate of
discharge.

Enlisted Men — Discharge.

Section 107. A dishonorable discharge, or a discharge expressly
forbidding re-enlistment, shall be gi^■en only to carry out the
sentence of a court-martial.

Section 108. A discharged soldier shall be furnished with a
certificate of discharge, setting forth his rank and stating clearly
the reason for his discharge.

Uniforms,
etc., of com-
missioned
officers.

Uniforms of Officers.

Section 109. Commissioned officers shall provide themselves
with uniforms, arms and equipments prescribed by the com-
mander-in-chief.

Certain
supplies to be
provided by
common-
wealth.

Sale of certain
other supphes
to officers and
enlisted men.

liniform."',
how prescribed
and provided.

Public Property — Issue, Accountability, etc.

Section 110. Except as provided in the preceding section,
organizations of the land forces shall be provided, at the expense
of the commonwealth, with the uniforms, arms, equipments,
colors, musical instruments, books of instruction and of record,
supplies and camp and garrison equipage, wagons and draft
animals necessary for their proper training and instruction and
for the performance of military duty. Such property shall be
issued as the commander-in-chief may prescribe. The state
quartermaster may make sales of clothing, equipment, ordnance
stores and medical stores for cash to officers and enlisted men of
the Massachusetts volunteer militia, and the money so received
by him shall be paid to the commonwealth.

Section 111. The uniform of the land forces shall be prescribed
by the commander-in-chief. No uniforms, except required
yearly supplies, shall be provided by the commonwealth without
a special appropriation therefor, and they shall be purchased
under such inspection as the commander-in-chief may direct.

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Section 112. The uniforms, arms, equipments and other prop- Uniforms,
erty so provided shall be used only for military purposes, under ^gii oniy'for
regulations prescribed by the commander-in-chief, who shall pro- «uiitary
vide how and where such property shall be kept and used, and
shall be returned when ordered by the commander-in-chief.

Section 113. An officer or soldier shall be responsible for the Responsibility
care, safe keeping and return of all government and state prop- p°ro]^rty?'Jtc.
erty delivered to him ; he shall use the same for military purposes
only, and upon receiving a discharge or otherwise leaving the
military service, or upon the demand of his commanding officer,
shall forthwith deliver such property in his possession to the
commanding officer, or to any officer ordered to receive it, in
good order and condition, reasonable use and ordinary wear
thereof excepted.

Section 114- («) An officer shall be accountable for public Accmintabiiity
property received by him for military use, and shall not sell, loan miUtary'^
or transfer it or any part of it, without the authority of the Property, etc.
commander-in-chief; and shall be liable to the commonwealth
for all property defaced, injured, destroyed or lost by his neglect
or default, or for its value, to be recovered in tort brought by
the state judge advocate in the name of the commonwealth.

(b) Commissioned officers shall exercise the strictest care and Court-martiai

. ., i> 1 • f> 1 •(> . '"'^ neglect

vigilance tor the preservation of the uniforms, arms, equipment as to same.
and other property furnished to their several commands; and
in case of any loss thereof or damage thereto, by their neglect
or default they shall be liable to punishment as a court-martial
may direct.

(c) When any officer or enlisted man neglects or refuses to re- Recovery of
turn any military property of the commonwealth or of the embezzled
United States or of any military organization, or to account property,
satisfactorily for it to the officer responsible for its custody, or

to the officer ordered to receive it, such custodian or officer may
make a written complaint directly to the commissioner of public
safety, describing the offender and the missing property, and
thereupon the state police shall make diligent search for the
property and the offender, and shall take possession of all such
property and turn the same over to the officer responsible for
its custody.

Section 115. (a) An officer of the land forces, upon vacating Records,
an office, shall turn over to his immediate successor, or other property "to be
officer designated by the commander-in-chief, all records, reports turned over to

1 •■\-^ . • ^ • • 11. . ^ successor, etc.

and military property in his possession belonging or in any way
pertaining to such office.

ih) Upon the disbandment of any organization which has re- Liability upon
ceived property for military use, the commissioned officers thereof ^^^^andment,
shall be responsible for the safe return to the officer ordered to
receive it of all such property in its possession, and the officer
who has receipted for such property shall be liable for any loss
or damage thereto.

(c) Until an officer or his legal representative receives from Liability to
the adjutant general notice that the property accounts of such •'°'*''"'*®- ^^''■
officer have been found correct, the liability of such officer or of
his estate for public property for which he is or may have been

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Corrert
inventory to
be made, etc.

Penalty for
unlawful
purchase, etc.

Liability for
loss, etc.

Penalty on
officer or
soldier for
destruction
of certain
property.

Uniform, etc.,
to be worn,
etc., only
when on duty,
etc.

Adoption of
other than
prescribed
uniform, etc.

Volunteer
organizations
may own
personal
property, etc.

Inspection
and condem-
nation of

responsible shall continue. Upon the death or desertion of an
officer responsible for public property his immediate commanding
officer shall at once cause such property to be collected, and a
correct inventory made by actual count and examination and
forwarded to the adjutant general, and compensation for any
deficiency may be recovered as provided in the preceding section.

Section 116. Whoever purchases, retains or has in possession
any implement, or any weapon of ordnance or article of clothing,
camp or garrison equipage or field equipage issued by and the
property of the United States or the commonwealth, unless the
same shall have been issued to him or is in his possession in
accordance with law, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
ten times the value thereof.

Section 117. Every officer and enlisted man of the land forces
who loses through carelessness or neglect, carries away, or un-
lawfully disposes of arms, equipment or other military property
belonging to the United States or to the commonwealth, shall be
charged with the money value thereof, as determined by a sur-
veying officer or board of survey detailed or appointed by the
commander-in-chief to investigate and report upon the case.
Such surveying officer or board of survey shall submit with the
report all the evidence bearing upon the loss or disposition of
the property.

Section 118. An officer or enlisted man who wilfully or ma-
liciously destroys, injures or defaces any United States or state
property, or who loses or injures such property through careless-
ness or neglect, or who carries away or unlawfully disposes of
such property, or who retains in his possession such property and
neglects or refuses to return it when so ordered, or who uses it
in violation of the regulations or law, or who fails satisfactorily
to account for it, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Section 119. No soldier shall wear or use, except upon military
duty or by special permission of his company commander or
other competent authority, any uniform or other article of_mili-
tary property belonging to the commonwealth.

Section 120. Any organization of the land forces may, with
the approval of a majority of its commissioned officers and of
the commander-in-chief, adopt at its own expense any other
uniform than that prescribed under section one hundred and
eleven, but such uniforms shall not be worn, except by permission
of the commander-in-chief, when such organization is on duty
under his orders.

Section 121. Volunteer organizations may own personal prop-
erty, to be under the control of the active members thereof; and
the commanding officer of any organization may recover in his
own name for its use in any county where such organization or
part thereof is located any debts or effects belonging to it, or
damages for injury to such property. No suit or complaint
pending in his name shall be abated by his ceasing to be com-
manding officer of the organization; but his successor shall be
admitted to prosecute the suit or complaint.

Section 122. The state surveying officer or a board of three
officers designated by the commander-in-chief shall inspect and

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condemn state military property unfit for use; and no property military
shall be sold until it has been so inspected and condemned, and P^'^P^'^'-y' •**<=•
the condemnation approved by the commander-in-chief, except
that subsistence stores of a perishable nature, which would spoil
before action could be taken by the state surveying officer or a
board of inspection as above provided, may be sold by the officer
responsible therefor, after survey by a surveying officer detailed
by the commanding officer of the organization. The report of
the survey, approved by the commanding officer, shall be for-
warded by the accountable officer with his report of the sale.
The proceeds of all sales made hereunder shall be paid to the
commonwealth.

Duly — Active and Peace. Inspection and Drill.

Section 123. The land forces shall perform during each year Annual
not less than fifteen days' training under service conditions at trllni^ng.
times and places designated by the commander-in-chief.

Section 12^. When on duty under orders of the commander- Militia on
in-chief, the militia ma}^ enter upon and occupy any public or entJrTnd
private lands within the commonwealth for the necessary pur- "grtam lands
poses of such duty, and no officer or soldier shall thereby become etc., \vithout'
liable, either civilly or criminally, for trespass ; but, except in '^ ' '*"^'
times of invasion, insurrection, riot, or public catastrophe or
danger, neither the organizations of the militia nor individual
members thereof shall be permitted to enter houses or other
buildings or their immediate enclosures, without the consent of
the owner or tenant in possession, nor to go upon the gardens,
lawns, tobacco fields, cranberry meadows, vineyards, nurseries,
fields with especially valuable crops, orchards or cemeteries unless
extreme necessity for such entry exists, and then only in obe-
dience to the specific orders of the senior officer present.

Section 125. In the case of land entered upon under the pre- Damages for
ceding section for an encampment or other substantial occu- tola'nd^Vtc!"'^^
pancy, the owner thereof shall receive damages in the nature of
compensation for the use of the land and for any injury to the
same resulting from "such occupancy; and in the case of land
so entered upon or passed over in the course of maneuvers, field
exercises, or any similar transient purposes, the owner shall re-
ceive damages for any injury to the same resulting from such
entry, but shall not be entitled to compensation for the use of
the land. The amount of damages to be paid by the common-
wealth under this section shall be as agreed upon by the owner
of the land with an officer or board of officers appointed by the
commander-in-chief to adjust the claim, but if the parties are
unable to agree, the damages shall be assessed under chapter
seventy-nine.

Section 126. At each encampment, the state inspector, or such inspection at
assistants as may be detailed, shall be present, and shall, within encampment.
thirty days thereafter, report in writing to the commander-in-
chief in regard to numbers, discipline and other matters affecting
the character and efficiency of the organizations.

Section 127. (a) The notice for the duty required under sec- Notice for
tion one hundred and twenty-three shall be given to each person *^"*^"

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Orders, etc.,
delivery by
enlisted men.

Mounted
bands.

United States
system of
discipline,
etc., to be
observed.

Officers and
enlisted men
subject to
military law
and jurisdic-
tion.

Officers and
enlisted men
not entering
service of
United States
remain in
militia.

Troops to be
ordered out-
side common-
wealth, etc.,
only by con-
sent of com-
mander-in-
chief.
Penalty,
disbandment.

verbally, or by delivery to him in person, or by leaving at or
mailing to his last known abode or place of business the order
therefor, at least four days previous to the time appointed.

(6) The commanding officer of a regiment, separate battalion
or squadron, or of the first corps of cadets, or of a company may
direct such orders or the order and copy of charges under section
one hundred and sixty-three to be delivered by one or more of
the enlisted men of his command.

Section 128. The commander-in-chief may authorize the use
of mounted bands.

Section 129. (a) The land forces shall conform to the system
of discipline and field exercise ordered to be observed by the
army of the United States, or to such other system as may
hereafter be established by the laws of the United States.

{h) Officers and enlisted men of the land forces may be tried
and punished under this chapter for acts contrary to the pro-
visions thereof or to the regulations for the government of the
militia, or for any offence for which officers and enlisted men of
the United States army may be so tried and punished.

Scctian ISO. Commissioned officers and enlisted men, who,
by reason of their supplementary positions in the land forces,
cannot be accepted when the organization to which they are
attached is taken into the service of the United States, shall not
therefor be discharged from the land forces, but shall be subject,
within the limits of the commonwealth, to such military duty
as the commander-in-chief shall require, and upon the return to
the state of the organization to which they were attached shall
resume their former duties.

In like manner, officers and soldiers in the service of the com-
monwealth, but who for any lawful reason do not enter the
service of the United States, shall retain their positions with the
land forces.

Section 131. Except by order of the commander-in-chief, or
with his consent, no organization of the land forces shall be
ordered without the limits of the commonwealth or leave the
commonwealth for any period or purpose -v^'hatever, with public
military property in its possession or use. Any organization
disobeying the provisions of this section may, subject to the laws
of the Ignited States, be disbanded by the commander-in-chief.

Meetings of
officers and
non-com-
missioned
officers for
instruction.

Meetings and Assemblies.

Section 132. (a) Division and brigade commanders may, six
times in each year, call meetings for instruction of their staflf
officers, including attached departmental officers, field officers,
adjutants, and captains of unattached companies of their com-
mands, at some convenient place within the limits of their di-
visions or brigades, or at such place as the commander-in-cliief
may designate. The commanding officer of each regiment,
separate battalion or squadron, and such other organizations as
may be authorized by the commander-in-chief, or of the first
corps of cadets may call similar meetings of the officers and non-
commissioned officers of his command, including attached de-

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partmental officers, six times in each year. No compensation
shall be allowed for attendance at such meetings, but the officers
and noncommissioned officers attending such meetings shall be
provided with the necessary transportation, at the rates estab-
lished by law, when the distance traveled exceeds five miles.

(6) At the discretion of the commander-in-chief a school for School for
officers or selected enlisted men may be established in any part selected"
of the commonwealth, under such regulations as he deems proper, unlisted men.

Section 133. Division and brigade commanders may visit commanding
the headquarters and companies of their commands whene\er officers, etc.
they deem it necessary for military instruction. The command-
ing officer of each regiment, separate battalion or squadron, or
of such other organization as may be authorized by the com-
mander-in-chief, or of the first corps of cadets, may visit the
companies in his command six times each year; field and staff
officers, such companies as they are ordered to visit by regimen-
tal, separate battalion, squadron or such other organization
commanders as may be authorized by the commander-in-chief,
six times each year; division and brigade staff officers, includ-
ing attached departmental officers, when ordered so to do by
their commanding officers, maj' A'isit each company in their
division or brigade once in each ^'ear. The state ordinance
officer may visit competitions of company teams in regimental,
battalion, squadron and corps competitions, and competitions
of regimental, battalion, squadron and corps teams in state
matches. Mileage for such visits shall be allowed on receipt of an'owa^neea.
returns therefor at the rate of six cents a mile each way, the
distance being computed by the line of the most direct railway
communication from the residence of the officers, or by such
route as may be approved by the commander-in-chief.

Section 134- The commanding officer of any regiment, sepa- Evening
rate battalion or squadron, or such other organization as may be i^ns^ecUon
authorized by the commander-in-chief, or of the first corps of ^^ered
cadets may order company inspection in the evening at the
several company armories, when the good of the service so re-
quires.

Section 135. In addition to the dut.y required by section one *-,'^"'Pu?'^^ *°
hundred and twenty-three, and in addition to any duty that instruction
may be required under sections seventeen, twenty-five, and ^^'^ '^""' ^*^''"
twenty-six, every company of the volunteer militia shall assemble
for instruction and drill at least forty-eight times in each year,
and oftener upon the orders of the company commander or his
superior commanding officers. Regimental, battalion, or squad- Regimental,
ron drills may be held in place of company drills, and trans- ^^'^" " ^'
portation to and from the place of such drills shall be furnished
for the companies, batteries or troops composing the regiment,
battalion or squadron, if authorized by the commander-in-chief.

Section 136. The commanding officer of a regiment, separate Excuses from
battalion, squadron or of such other organization as may be au- ''""''• ^*''^-
thorized by the commander-in-chief, of the first corps of cadets,
or of a staff corps or department may, on sufficient grounds,
excuse absences from camp duty and drills.

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No dtm-
pensation
except for
personal
service, etc.

Pay of officers
for certain
duties.

Of soldiers
for certain
duties.

Of certain
soldiers for
certain duties.

Of officers and
soldiers for
certain duties.

Allowance for
horses and
draft animals.

Payment in
lieu of
subsistence.

Pay and Allowances.

Section 137. No officer or soldier in the land forces shall be
entitled to compensation for military service unless he personally
performs the same, although he may be excused therefrom; and
no substitute shall be allowed any compensation for such services.

Section 188. (a) There shall be allowed and paid per diem
to officers of the land forces, on rolls and accounts kept in such
form as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, for the duty pre-
scribed by sections seventeen, twenty-five, twenty-six, and one
hundred and twenty-three, the same per diem pay as is received
by officers of the national guard, when in federal ser\H[ce.

(b) There shall be allowed and paid per diem to soldiers of
the land forces, on rolls and accounts kept in such form as the
commander-in-chief may prescribe, for the duty prescribed by
sections seventeen, twenty-five and twenty-six, as follows: non-
commissioned 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 prescribes, it is certified and made to
appear that in each case the duty of superintending and assist-
ing 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 enlisted men of like grade; and every other enlisted man,
one dollar and fifty-five cents.

(c) There shall be allowed and paid per diem to soldiers of the
land forces, except bandsmen and cooks, on rolls and accounts
kept in such form as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, for
the duty prescribed by section one hundred and twenty-three
the same per diem pay and alloAvances as are received by soldiers
of like grade in the regular army. Bandsmen and cooks shall
receive the same per diem pay for this duty as is provided for
members of a band and cooks serving under section seventeen.

(d) For all other duty under orders of the commander-in-chief
unless specially provided, or as a witness or defendant under
summons, there shall be paid per diem to all officers above the
rank of captain, four dollars; to every other commissioned
officer, two dollars and fifty cents; to every member of a band,
three dollars and fifty-five cents, and if with troops one dollar
additional; and to every other enlisted man, one dollar and fifty-
five cents, except where payment is made therefor from federal
funds.

(e) There shall be allowed for each horse actually used and
furnished by officers and soldiers authorized to be mounted, and
for each draft animal used, a sum not exceeding four dollars a
day, which shall be in full for keeping and forage, except that
when forage is furnished in kind as provided in section one hun-
dred and forty-seven the cost of the same shall be deducted from
this allowance.

(/) In addition to the pay herein specified, each member of
the band and each enlisted man shall receive forty-five cents per

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(lleiii, In lieu of suhsistence, except as pro\'idetI in section one
hundred and forty-seven.

Section 139. Inspections by the state inspector or his assistants c^ertain in-
shall not constitute tours of duty for which state pay will be to'^coMtftut°e
allowed to the troops inspected. *^^''^ °f "^"^y-

Section I40. (a) An owner of a riding or draft animal which compensation
is killed or injured while in the custody of a person in the per- [n^Jj'^'l,"" °''
forinance of duty under the provisions of sections seventeen, horse, etc.
twenty-five, twenty-six, and one hundred and twenty-three, shall
be entitled to receive compensation for the loss sustained by
such death or injury.

(b) All claims for such death or injury shall be inquired into Manner of
by a board of three officers appointed by the commander-in-chief. daims7ov such
The board shall have the same power to take evidence, administer death or
oaths, issue subpoenas and compel witnesses to attend and testify

and produce books and papers, and to punish their failure to do
so, as is possessed by a general court-martial. The findings of
the board shall be subject to the approval of the commander-in-
chief. The amount found due to the owner by said board, to
the extent that its findings are approved by the commander-in-
chief, shall be paid from the fund established by section one hun-
dred and forty-one.

(c) All claims for injury to private property occasioned by Manner of
members of the volunteer militia while in the pei'forraance of ciaims'lm-
duty under the provisions of sections seventeen, twenty-five, '"^Ivate*^"
twenty-six, one hundred and twenty-three, one hundred and property, etc.
thirty-five, and one hundred and eighty-one, shall be inquired

into by a board of three officers appointed by the commander-
in-chief. The board shall have the same power to take evidence,
administer oaths, issue subpoenas and compel witnesses to attend
and testify and produce books and papers, and to punish their
failure to do so as is possessed by a general court-martial. The
findings of the board shall be subject to the approval of the
commander-in-chief. The amount found due to the owner of
the property by the said board to the extent that its fi.ndings are
approved by the commander-in-chief shall be paid from the
fund established by the following section.

Section 141. To defray the claims and expenses arising under Annual
the preceding section, there shall annually be allowed by the ffr^Sms,""^
commonwealth a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars. *^'^''-

Section 142. (a) There shall annually be allowed and paid ^pp^'ropriation
by the commonwealth from such sums as may be hereafter ap- and reguia-
propriated for the maintenance of the United States and state nx?T."nte°nance
draft or riding animals, used for military organizations author- ridfnir'^anlmais
ized to be mounted, a sum not exceeding fifteen dollars each
month for every such animal owned by such organization or by
individual members thereof and used for military purposes. Such
allowance to an organization maintaining horses under this
section shall be for forage, care and maintenance. The com-
mander-in-chief shall, by order, prescribe the conditions and
regulations relative to the use and maintenance of such horses,
which shall be complied with before the allowance shall be paid.

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Ilogulations,
etc., lor use
and maiu-
(enance of
draft or riding
animals, etc.

Excess of
state pay,
etc., over
United States
pay, etc., to
be given,
when.

Allowance
for motor
vehicles, etc.

Allowance
for travel, etc.

Reimburse-
ment to
United States
for injury to
its property,
etc.

Pay and
allowances of
inspecting
officers.

Allowance for

transporting

horses.

(h) The commander-in-chief shall, by order, prescribe the
conthtions and regulations for the use and maintenance of draft
or riding animals owned by the commonwealth and used for
military purposes, and may authorize the use and letting of
such animals. All income received from such use and letting
shall be paid into the state treasury.

Section US. When an organization of the land forces engages
in any encampment, maneuvers or field instruction under the
laws of the United States, or the troops of this commonwealth
receive from the United States government any pay, subsistence,
forage and transportation or other allowance on account of such
service, the allowance for pay, subsistence, forage and trans-
portation provided for by this chapter shall be reduced by the
amounts so received from the United States government.

Section IJ^J^. There may be allowed, on approval of the
adjutant general, for motor vehicles actually used in lieu of
horses, to each officer and soldier authorized to be mounted, but
using such vehicle in lieu of a horse, a sum not exceeding four
dollars per day; but the commonwealth shall not be liable for
any injury to or depreciation of motor vehicles so used, or for
any damages to persons or property resulting therefrom.

Section 145. (a) There shall be allowed and paid to each
officer and soldier required to travel on duty, as follows : Under
sections seventeen, twenty-five, twenty-six, and one hundred
and twenty-three, mileage at the rates established by law com-
puted by the most direct railroad communication from the place
where the headquarters of the various commands and the ar-
mories of the companies are situated and return, or by such
route as may be approved by the commander-in-chief; and
when upon duty as a member or judge advocate of any military
court or board, or as a witness or defendant before such court
or board, when attending meetings of officers and non-commis-
sioned officers, as provided in section one hundred and thirty-
two, when acting as a paymaster, and in any case when obliged
by orders of the commander-in-chief to travel without troops,
six cents a mile each way, computed by the most direct railroad
communication from the residence of the officer or soldier, or
by such route as may be approved by the commander-in-chief.

{h) When military property loaned by the United States gov-
ernment to the commonwealth has suffered loss or injury, the
amount of such loss or injury shall be paid to the United States
government by the commonwealth on approval of the adjutant
general, and the amounts so paid shall be deducted from allow-
ances made payable to officers of the militia or from sums paid
to the commonwealth by the adjutant general on account of
such loss or injury and collected by him from officers of the
militia responsible therefor, or from their bondsmen.

(c) Inspecting officers, when on duty in armories under orders
of the commander-in-chief, shall receive the pay and allowances
provided for officers on duty.

Section I40. Mounted officers and men, when ordered by the
commander-in-chief to transport their horses, shall be allowed

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the actual cost of such transportation from the point of departure
nearest to the several headquarters or the armories of the com-
panies to which they belong. No allowance shall be made for
transportation not actually used, nor to officers or men, when
transported by horses provided by the commonwealth.

Section 147. Subsistence for enlisted men and bandsmen shall •''"'js'stence.
be furnished in kind, unless it is otherwise directed by the com-
mander-in-chief, when troops are on duty under sections seven-
teen, twenty-five, twenty-six, and one hundred and twenty-
three. Bids for supplies for the annual encampment of the Bids for
militia, in^'olving the expenditure of more than one hundred advertised, '^^
dollars, shall be advertised for by the state quartermaster in etc.
such newspapers as the adjutant general approves; and the con-
tract shall be awarded to the lowest bidder, if the bid is approved
by the adjutant general, and the bidder furnishes such security,
if any, as the adjutant general may require. This requirement
as to advertising shall not apply to supplies purchased or drawn
from the war department or from contractors under contract to
that department, if the commander-in-chief so directs. The Sale of
state quartermaster may make sales of commissary stores for stores for
cash, at contract prices, to officers and enlisted men, and to *'^^^' '^^'^'
civilian employees of the state or of the United States assigned
to or employed at the station or with the troops, and the moneys
so received by him shall be paid to the commonwealth. The
state quartermaster may purchase annually for sale for cash to
officers and enlisted men and to such civilian employees of the
state or of the United States, commissary stores to a value not
exceeding five thousand dollars. Forage and transportation may
be furnished in kind in lieu of money allowances.

Section I48. There shall annually be allowed and paid under Allowance to
such regulations as may be promulgated by the commander-in- efc!, lorler-^'
chief, for postage, printing, stationery, care of property, equip- ^'^'^ expenses.
ment, military expense, including clerical assistance: to each
brigade headquarters, one hundred and fifty dollars; to each
regimental headquarters, twelve hundred dollars, and fifty dollars
for every company in the command ; to each separate battalion
or squadron and to each other organization designated by the
commander-in-chief, and to the first corps of cadets, one hun-
dred and fifty dollars for each company therein; and to each
company, five hundred dollars, and two dollars for each enlisted
man attached thereto or enrolled therein, not exceeding the
maximum enlisted strength allowed by law, to separate detach-
ments and sections such proportionate amounts as may be ap-
proved by the commander-in-chief; to division headquarters
for office and maintenance expense, twenty-five hundred dollars.

Sectio7i 149. There shall annually be allowed and paid, under Aiiowanre for
such regulations as may be promulgated by the commander-in- [inlf^r'nls^anr?^
chief, to each headquarters, department, corps and company, for inridentai
and to each other unit designated by the commander-in-chief, Mpenses.
the sum of two dollars for each enlisted man, excepting bandsmen
not mustered, attached thereto or enrolled therein, not exceeding
the maximum enlisted strength allowed by law, the amount so

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Allowance
for armorer.

Allowance for

artillery

mechanic.

Advances to
state quarter-
master for
pay, etc.

Vouchers and
accounts of
officers of
quarter-
master corps.

Pay and
allowances for
ITnited States
service.

paid to be expended in the repair and alteration of uniforms, or
in defraying the incidental military expenses of the several
organizations.

Section 150. There shall annually be allowed and paid under
such regulations as may be promulgated by the commander-in-
chief, to brigade, regimental, separate battalion, squadron or to
each other organization designated by the commander-in-chief,
and corps headquarters, and to each company, for the services
of a company armorer, or armorer for regimental, separate bat-
talion, squadron and corps headquarters, who shall devote all
necessary attention to the care of the arms, equipments and
vmiforms of the headquarters or company, the sum of one hun-
dred and twenty-five dollars.

Section 151. There shall annually be allowed and paid under
such regulations as may be promulgated by the commander-in-
chief, to each battery of field artillery' the sum of eight hundred
dollars for the emplo^'ment of a competent mechanic, to be ap-
pointed by the battery commander and approved by the state
quartermaster, and who shall be regularly enlisted in the battery.
The said mechanic shall devote his time and labor exclusively
to the care of the artillery equipment and material of the battery,
except, however, that he may be required by the state quarter-
master to perform, without further compensation, the duties of
assistant armorer in the quarters occupied by the battery.

Section 152. The state quartermaster shall have advanced to
him by the commonwealth, under such rules and regulations as
the state comptroller may prescribe, one hundred per cent of the
pay and mileage for duty performed at camp, or under sections
twenty-five and twenty-six and shall return the unexpended
balance of the sum so advanced as soon as possible, or at such
times as the comptroller may require.

Section 153. Officers of the quartermaster corps shall take
proper vouchers for all payments, and immediately after the pay-
ment of troops shall file with the state comptroller an account
of their payments, with their vouchers; and such accounts shall
be audited by the state comptroller, and the several officers shall
be held to account for any discrepancies.

Section 154- The militia, when in the service of the United
States, if paid by tlie commonwealth, shall receive the same pay
and allowances as the regular troops of the United States, and
the rations when commuted shall be valued at the rate fixed by
the regulations of the United States army in force at the time.
When the militia are discharged from such service, they shall be
allowed pay and rations to their respective homes.

Courts of
inquiry.

Allowance
to witness.

Courts-Martial — Courts of Inquiry — Special Boards.

Section 155. Courts of inquiry in the land forces shall be
instituted, constituted and conducted in the same manner and
shall have like powers and duties as similar courts in the army
of the United States, except that such courts shall be ordered
by the commander-in-chief or by a brigade commander.

Section 15G. There shall be allowed to each person, not in the
volunteer militia, appearing before courts of inquiry or courts-

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martial, upon summons of the president or judge advocate
thereof, one dollar and fifty cents for each day's attendance and
six cents for each mile necessarily traveled in obedience to the
summons.

Section 157. Courts-martial in the land forces shall be of three Courts-
kinds, namely, general courts-martial, special courts-martial and ™^''*'^ •
summary courts-martial. They shall be constituted like similar
courts provided for by the laws and regulations governing the
army of the United States, and shall have cognizance of the
same subjects as those courts and possess like powers with them,
except as to punishments, and the proceedings of courts-martial
of the national guard shall follow the forms and modes of pro-
cedure prescribed for said similar courts.

Section 158. General courts-martial of the land forces may General
be convoked by order of the president or of the governor, and martial, how
may impose one or more -of the following punishments or sen- convoked, etc.
tences for each offence: (1) Fine, not exceeding two hundred Pumshmenta,
dollars. (2) Forfeiture of pay and allowances. (3) Reprimand.
(4) Dismissal or dishonorable discharge from the service. (5)
Reduction of noncommissioned officers to the ranks.

Section 159. The commanding officer of each garrison, fort, Special
post, camp or other place, brigade, regiment, detached battalion, martial,
or other detached command, may appoint special courts-martial powera*'efc!*^'
for his command; and such special courts-martial may in any
case be appointed by superior authority at its discretion. Special
courts-martial may try any person subject to military law, except
a commissioned officer, for any crime or offence made punishable
by the military laws of the United States, and such special courts-
martial shall have the same powers of punishment as do general
courts-martial, except that fines imposed by them shall not ex-
ceed one hundred dollars.

Section 160. The commanding officer of each garrison, fort. Summary
post, or other place, regiment, or corps, detached battalion, appointment,
company, or other detachment, of the land forces may appoint powers, etc.
for such place or command a summary court to consist of one
officer, who may administer oaths and try the enlisted men of
such place or command for breaches of discipline and violation
of laws governing such organizations; and said court, when
satisfied of the guilt of the soldier brought before it, may impose
fines not exceeding twenty-five dollars for any single offence,
may sentence noncommissioned officers to reduction to the
ranks, and may sentence to forfeiture of pay and allowances.
The proceedings of such courts shall be informal, and the minutes
thereof shall be the same as are prescribed for summary courts
of the army of the United States.

Section 161. All courts-martial of the land forces including sentence to
the summary courts, may sentence to confinement in lieu of fn°^u®^f®fines.
fines authorized to be imposed, not exceeding one day for each
dollar of fine authorized.

Section 162. No sentence of dismissal from the service or dis- Governor to
honorable discharge imposed by a court-martial shall be executed tfncTof dis*-'
until approved by the governor. missal, etc.

Section 163. In the land forces, presidents of courts-martial Po^^"" \° '^""^

J „. . , warrants,

and summary court officers may issue warrants to arrest accused compel at-

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tendance of
witnesses, etc.

Processes and
sentences, how
executed, etc.

Fines, pay-
ment, dis-
position, etc.

Fines may be
paid out of
funds due
person con-
victed.

Ignited States
articles of war,
etc., to apply
to national
guard subject
to modifica-
tions by com-
mander-in-
chief.

persons and to bring an accused person before the court for trial
whenever he shall have disobeyed a written order from the con-
vening authority, delivered to the accused, with a copy of the
charge or charges, and directing him to appear before the court.
The said officials may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces
tecum, and may enforce the attendance of witnesses and the
production of books and documents, and may sentence for a
refusal to be sworn or to answer, as in actions before civil courts.

Section 164. («) All processes and sentences of said courts
shall be executed by an officer qualified to serve criminal process,
and commitment under said sentences may be made to any jail
or house of correction in the commonwealth. The master or
keeper of the jail or house of correction to which a person is
sentenced shall receive and detain him in the same manner as if
he had been sentenced by a civil court sitting in the county
where such jail or house of correction is situated. The necessary
charges shall be paid by the commonwealth on vouchers in
duplicate to be submitted to the adjutant general.

(6) All fines assessed under sections seventy-nine to one hun-
dred and seventy, inclusive, and collected or withheld shall be
paid to the adjutant general, to be used to pay court-martial
expenses, or for such other purposes as he may determine, subject
to such regulations as may be prescribed by the commander-in-
chief. Upon receipt of a certificate from the authority convening
the court as to any fine assessed by it, the pay officer concerned
shall pay over any funds due to the person convicted, not exceed-
ing the amount of the fine, to the adjutant general upon his sole
receipt.

Section 165. The provisions for training and the general rules
of conduct set forth in the articles of war and general regulations
for the government of the army of the United States, so far as
applicable, and with such modifications as the commander-in-
chief may prescribe, shall apply to the national guard, and the
officers and men of the national guard shall conform thereto.

Baud of
niusiciaM.

Chaplains.

Service
medals.

General Provisions.

Section 166. The commanding officers of a separate battalion,
squadron of cavalry and of the first corps of cadets may each
employ or raise by enlistment a band of musicians, not exceeding
the number prescribed by the commander-in-chief, to be under
his command. Such musicians while on duty shall be subject to
the laws and regulations for the government of the militia, except
that they may not be mustered in.

Section 167. Chaplains in the land forces shall hold the same
grades as chaplains in the regular army.

Section 168. To each officer or enlisted man who completes
nine years of honorable service, continuous or otherwise, there
shall be issued a medal, and, for each additional five years of
like service, a clasp to be affixed thereto. Active, retired or
honorably discharged officers and enlisted men who have served
in the military or na\'al service of the United States in time of
war and have been honorably discharged therefrom, shall receive

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an additional clasp indicative of such service, to be affixed to
the medal herein provided for. The adjutant general and two Medal of
commissioned officers above the rank of captain, from time to mllHion'!'""
time designated l)y the commander-in-chief, shall act as a medal
of valor commission, and may receive recommendations from
the military authorities through military channels that any
officer or enlisted man of the volunteer militia, by reason of
conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above
and beyond the call of duty while on active service, is entitled
to receive a medal of valor. Such recommendations shall not
be considered unless supported by the affidavit of at least one
responsible eye-witness to the act to be so recognized. If satis- Medals of
fied that such medal ought to be conferred as recommended, the re^rdng!°tc.
commission may so advise the commander-in-chief who may
confer upon such officer or enlisted man, in the name and on
behalf of the commonwealth, a medal of valor. Not more than Only one to
one such medal shall be awarded to any one person, but for pgMouretc.
each succeeding deed or act sufficient to justify such an award,
the commander-in-chief may bestow a suitable bar or other ap-
propriate insignia to be worn as he shall direct. The design of nlss?on^to
any such medal or insignia shall be approved by the art com- approve
mission for the commonwealth. ^'''^'^'

Section 169. General and field officers, officers regularly as- Oaths, by
signed to the duty of paying troops, any judge advocate or J^ih?i^te^red,
acting judge advocate, the president of a general or special
court-martial, any summary court-martial, the trial judge advo-
cate or any assistant trial judge advocate of a general or special
court-martial, the president or the recorder of a court of inquiry
or of a military board, any officer designated to take a deposition,
any officer detailed to conduct an investigation, and the adjutant
of any command shall have power to administer oaths for the
purposes of the administration of military justice and for other
purposes of military administration and the oaths required by
this chapter and by the regulations for the government of the
militia.

Section 170. The governor may appoint from the Massa- Delegates to
chusetts national guard association delegates, at his discretion, veutio'ns'of
to represent the militia of the commonwealtli at the annual con- national guard
ventions of the national guard association of the United States.
The necessary expenses of the delegates so appointed shall be
paid out of the appropriation for military accounts.

NAVAL FORCES.

Organization.

Section 171. (a) The naval forces shall consist of the depart- Naval forces,
ment of naval militia, the naval militia, the naval militia retired 7tiuite^etc!^^'
list, and the naval militia reserve list, and any part of the un-
organized militia serving with the naval forces under sections
eight, nine and eleven.

{b) The department of naval militia shall consist of a naval ^^^l jg.
militia bureau, such other officers as the commander-in-chief partment of.
may detail, and necessary clerks and otlier assistants. The ex-

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Naval militia
bureau.

Naval forces
to consist of
other units,
etc., organiza-
tion, etc.

Commander-
in-chief may
make regula-
tions, prescribe
punishments,
etc.

Medical head
of naval
forces.

Acting judge
advocate
general for
naval militia,
duties, etc.

Supervision,
etc., of cloth-
ing, equip-
ment, etc.

Transporta-
tion for naval
forces.

Control of
appropria-
tions, etc., and
allowance of
claims for
repairs.

pense of such clerical and other assistance shall not exceed tlie
amount annually appropriated therefor.

The chief of the na^'al militia bureau shall he the chief of the
department. A member of the bureau shall be designated as as-
sistant chief of bureau and shall, in the absence of the chief of
department, be acting chief of department. The adjutant general
shall be, ex officio, a member of the naval militia bureau, and
shall be, ex officio, acting chief of department in the absence of
the chief of bureau and the assistant chief of bureau.

Section 172. The naval forces shall consist of such other units,
officers and enlisted men, and shall be so organized, maintained,
officered, recruited, armed, equipped, uniformed, trained and
disciplined as the commander-in-chief may from time to time
by order prescribe. Officers, petty officers and other rated men
shall be selected, appointed and removed as the commander-in-
chief may from time to time by order prescribe.

Section 173. The commander-in-chief may make and issue
regulations for government and discipline of the naval forces,
and may prescribe the punishments which can be inflicted by
sentence of court-martiaL

Section 174- Such officer of the Massachusetts volunteer
militia as the commander-in-chief may designate shall have
general supervision and control of all matters pertaining to the
medical department of the naval forces, and shall, subject to the
laws of the United States, prescribe the physical and mental dis-
abilities exempting from military duty. He shall purchase and
issue all medical and hospital supplies and shall perform such
other medical duties as the commander-in-chief may direct.

Sectio7i 175. Such officer of the Massachusetts volunteer
militia as the commander-in-chief may designate as acting judge
advocate general for the naval militia may be required to examine
and report in writing upon all proceedings of courts-martial in
the naval forces requiring the action of the commander-in-chief;
and, in matters referred to him by law or by the commander-in-
chief, shall be the legal adviser of the department of naval militia
of the commonwealth, and shall bring all necessary actions.

Section 176. (a) Such officers as the commander-in-chief may
designate shall have the supervision and control of all clothing,
equipment and other naval property, both state and federal,
issued to, drawn, or purchased for the use of the naval militia.
Such clothing, equipment and other naval property shall be
purchased, drawn and issued as the commander-in-chief may
direct.

(6) Such officers as the commander-in-chief may designate
shall procure and provide transportation for the naval forces
and their equipment and other property under such regulations
as the commander-in-cliief may prescribe.

(c) The adjutant general, or such other officer as the com-
mander-in-chief may designate, shall have control of the appro-
priations for the use and benefit of the naval forces, and may
allow, annually, proper accounts for the repair of uniforms and
equipment.

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Section 1 77. The na\al militia while occupying armories, or Use of
quarters therein, or using grounds for parades, drill or small gr^nds'by
arms practice, as provided in sections one to seventy-eight, in- ^^^'^^ militia.
elusive, shall be subject to the same rules and regulations in the
use thereof, and the same administrative control, as is the
national guard. The officer or official charged by law with the
care and maintenance of armories shall, at the public expense,
provide suitable places for the safe keeping of all clothing, equip-
ment and other naval property of the naval militia.

Section 17 S. Whoever purchases, retains or has in possession Penalty for
any tool or equipment, or any weapon of ordnance, or article of purchase, etc.,
clothing or equipment issued by and the property of the United pro^'peHy^
States or the commonwealth, unless it has been issued to him or
is in his possession in accordance with law, shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding ten times the value thereof.

Section 1 79. Naval militia organizations may own personal pr^'openy of
property, to be under the control of the active members thereof; organizations,

,,, i-rr- e -i* • and suits to

and the commandmg oincer or any organization may recover in recover same,
his own name for its use, in any county where such organization
or part thereof is located, any debts or effects belonging to it,
or damages for injury to such property. No suit or complaint
pending in his own name shall be abated by his ceasing to be
commanding officer of the organization, but his successor shall
be permitted to prosecute the suit or complaint.

Section ISO. The duty of the naval militia may be performed ^JJf^^rSed ^^
afloat on vessels of the navy or on vessels or boats loaned by afloat, etc.
the secretary of the navy to the governor or other proper state
authority, for the use of the naval militia.

The annual appropriation for the furnishing, repair and care Expenses for
of apy United States ships loaned to the commonwealth for the states ships.
use of the naval militia shall be available for the payment of all
damages and other expenses incident to the use of such ships.
Claims for damages shall be paid only when approved by the
adjutant general, and the release obtained shall be in such form
as he may prescribe.

Section 181. The commander-in-chief may prescribe the terms Commander-
and conditions under which, and the types of duty for which, pTe'scrtb™^^
officers and enhsted men shall be entitled to receive compensa- t^™!!^!^' *^
tion, transportation, subsistence or other allowances and emolu- tion, trans-

, - portation,

mentS. subsistence,

Section 182. The commander-in-chief may prescribe the ^*''-
amounts to be allowed and paid for compensation, transporta- ammintrt"be
tion, subsistence, allowances and other emoluments to officers allowed and

11-1P1 ii> 11 1 paid for com-

and enlisted men of the naval forces, and the amounts to be pensation,
allowed and paid to brigades, battalions, divisions and other sutwistence,'°°'
units for administrative and incidental expenses, for the care ^t'^-
and repair of uniforms and equipment, and the care of arms and
quarters.

Section 183. Such officer as may be designated in orders of Advances to
the commander-in-chief to act as paymaster general for the master general
naval militia may have advanced to him, by the commonwealth, ^°^ ^^^' ^^'^'
under such rules and regulations as the comptroller prescribes,

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Power to issue
warrants,
compel at-
tendance of .
witnesses, etc.

Fines, pay-
ment, disposi-
tion, etc.

one hundred per cent of the pay and mileage for duty to be per-
formed under section one hundred and eighty-one, and he shall
return the unexpended balance so advanced as soon as possible,
or at such time as the comptroller may require.

Section I84. Presidents of general courts-martial, senior
members of summary courts-martial and deck court officers of
the naval forces may issue warrants to arrest accused persons
and to bring an accused person before the court for trial, when-
ever he shall have disobeyed a written order from the convening
authority, delivered to the accused with a copy of the charge or
charges, and directing him to appear before the court. The said
officers may issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, and
may enforce the attendance of witnesses and the production of
books and documents, and may sentence for refusal to be sworn
or to answer, all as authorized for similar proceedings for courts-
martial in the navy of the United States.

Section 185. All fines assessed under any provisions of sec-
tions one hundred and seventy-one to one hundred and eighty-
eight, inclusive, and collected or withheld shall be paid to the
commanding officer of the naval militia of the Massachusetts
volunteer militia, to be used by him to replace lost or damaged
property, or for such other purposes of the naval militia as he
may determine, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed
by the commander-in-chief or by the secretary of the navy of
the United States. Upon receipt of a certificate from the au-
thority convening the court as to any fine assessed by it, the pay
officer concerned shall pay over diXxy funds due to the person
fined, not exceeding the amount of the fine, to the commanding
officer upon his sole receipt.

Section ISO. The provisions of section one hundred and fifty-
six shall apply to each person appearing before courts of inq\iiry
or courts-martial.

Section 187. Officers of or above the rank of lieutenant-com-
mander, pay officers, and any officer serving as judge advocate
or as a member of a court or board, may administer the oaths
required by this chapter and by the regulations for the govern-
ment of the militia.

Section 188. The provisions of section one hundred and sixty-
eight shall apply to the na^'al forces. Approved June 3, 1924.

ChapAQQ An Act authorizing the appointment of a temporary as-
sistant TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE NORTHWESTERN
DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eighteen of chapter twelve of the General Laws, as
amended by chapter three hundred and thirty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twentj^-two, is hereby further amended
by striking out the word "and" the second time it occurs in the
fifth line and inserting in place thereof a comma, and also by in-
serting after the word "western" in the fifth and sixth lines the
words: — and northwestern, — so as to read as follows: — Sec-
tion 18. If there is no assistant district attorney, the court may
allow a reasonable sum, payable from the county treasury, for

Payment out
of funds due
person fined.

Allowance to
witness.

Administering
of oaths.

Service medals
and medals of
valor.

G. L. 12, § 18,
etc., amended.

Clerk or
temporary
assistant to
certain district

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 467, 468. 483

the services of a clerk to aid the district attorney; and in the attorneys,
northern, eastern, middle, southeastern, western and north- ^ppomtment,
western districts, the court may appoint, for the sitting at which
the appointment is made, a competent person to act as an as-
sistant to the district attornej^ and his compensation, not ex-
ceeding six hundred dollars in one year, shall be paid from the
county treasury. Approved June 3, 1924.

An Act authorizing the department of mental diseases fhnj) 4^7

TO SELL TO THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK A CERTAIN PARCEL OF ^'
LAND IN THE TOWN OF FOXBOROUGH.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUotvs:

The department of mental diseases, subject to the approval °*'P^/j^*'^p*
of the governor and council, may sell and convey to the county diseases may
of Norfolk so much of a certain parcel of land of the common- count°y^ertain
wealth situated in the town of Foxborough and appurtenant to parcel of land

,_,, , 1-1 1 Pii m town of

the Foxborough state hospital as may be necessary tor the re- Foxborough.
location of the present highway between the state highway and
North street in said town. Approved June 3, 192Jf.

An Act relative to the time when the polls shall be QhavA'o^

OPEN AT elections IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section sixty-four of chapter fifty-four of the General Laws, o. l. 54, § 64,
as amended by chapter one hundred and seventy-one of the acts ^^'^- amended.
of the current year, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word, "In" in the twelfth line the words: — the city of Bos-
ton, the polls shall be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon and
shall be kept open at least ten hovirs continuously. In other, —
so as to read as follows: — Section G4. Notices or warrants for Notices or
state and city elections and for the election of town officers in ^tate^and dty
towns where official ballots are used shall specif}' by name all f^°*^i°°^^io*^ ^f
the offices to be voted for, and state, in the form in which it will town officera
appear upon the ballot, any question submitted to the voters, iowns^'what
They shall specify the time when the polls will be opened, and to specify.
in cities and in towns when voting by precincts, when the polls
will be closed, and in towns when not voting by precincts, when
they may be closed.

The polls shall in no case be kept open after eight o'clock in No polls open
the evening. o'clock in

In the city of Boston, the polls shall be opened at six o'clock evening.
in the forenoon and shall be kept open at least ten hours con- time "of °'^'
tinuously. In other cities, the polls may be opened as early as "j^ g?^^^ gijg
fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon, and shall be in other cities.
opened as early as ten o'clock in the forenoon and shall be kept
open at least six hours.

In towns, at the election of state and town officers, the polls in towns, time
may be opened as early as fifteen minutes before six o'clock in c/osmg"p?iia^
the forenoon, and shall be opened as early as twelve o'clock,
noon, and shall be kept open at least four hours, and until the
time specified in the warrant when they may or will be closed;
and in towns not voting by precincts they may be kept open for

484

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 469, 470.

At annual
town meetings.

such longer time as the meeting shall direct. At annual town
meetings they shall be kept open at least one hour for the re-
ception of votes upon the question of licensing the sale of certain
non-intoxicating beverages, as defined in section one of chapter
one hundred and thirty-eight. After an announcement has been
made by the presiding officer of a time so fixed for closing the
polls they shall not be closed at an earlier hour.

Approved June S, 192^.

ChapAQ9 An Act authoeizing the union of the proprietors of the

SOUTH CHURCH IN SALEM WITH THE TABERNACLE CHURCH
OF SALEM, MASS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Proprietors of the South Church In Salem,
duly incorporated according to law, are hereby authorized to
merge in and unite with the Tabernacle Church of Salem, Mass.,
duly incorporated according to law.

Section 2. Upon the acceptance of this act by each of said
corporations in accordance with law, duly certified copies of
such votes of acceptance shall be filed in the Essex registry of
deeds for the southern district, and thereupon the persons who
are then members of the first named corporation shall be mem-
bers of said Tabernacle Church of Salem, Mass., which shall
thereafter have and enjoy all the franchises, powers, privileges
and rights of both of said corporations.

Section 3. The annual meetings of said united Tabernacle
Church of Salem, Mass. shall be held at such times as the corpo-
ration may by its by-laws determine, and it shall also elect such
trustees, standing committees and other officers to serve for
such periods of time as shall be provided by said by-laws.

Approved June 3, 1924-

Union of
Proprietors of
the South
Church in
Salem with
Tabernacle
Church of
Salem, Mass.
Copies of
votes of
acceptance to
be filed, etc.

Annual
meetings.

Election of
oflBcers.

ChapA70 An Act providing for certain financial readjustments

IN the city of CAMBRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloxos:

Section 1 . For the purpose of meeting current liabilities out-
standing April first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, the city
of Cambridge is hereby authorized and directed to raise in the
tax levy of the current year a sum not less than three hundred
thousand dollars, against which shall be charged abatements
made on account of the leAaes of the year nineteen hundred and
nineteen and prior years which are in excess of the overlay of
those years.

Section 2. The said city is also authorized to refund or ex-
tend from time to time, for a period not extending beyond one
year from the date of the passage of this act, revenue loans
issued on account of the revenue of the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, and now outstanding, to an amount not ex-
ceeding three hundred thousand dollars, the same to be outside

City of
Cambridge
may raise
money in tax
levy of current
year to meet
certain current
liabilities, etc.

May refund
or extend
certain

revenue loans,
etc.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 471. 485

the statutory limit of indebtedness. None of the uncollected Purpose of
taxes of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-three and prior of certain
years shall be appropriated for any purpose other than for the ""x^es"^'^*^'^
meeting of current liabilities outstanding April first, nineteen
hundred and twentj^-four, which shall include the refunded or
extended loans hereinbefore authorized, and there shall be Sum to be
raised in the tax levy of the year nineteen hundred and twenty- [evy^of year"
five a sum which, together with the cash on hand April first, ^^^s.
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, the receipts on account of
the taxes of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-three and
prior years collected since April first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, and the sum of three hundred thousand dollars
raised in the levy of the current year as hereinbefore required,
will meet the current liabilities of said city as shown by the
city auditor's books as of April first, nineteen hundred and
twentj^-four.

Section 3. The city auditor shall, on or before July first, City auditor
nineteen hundred and twenty-five, submit to the assessors a assessors
certified statement showing the total amount of the receipts statement etc
since April first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, on account
of the taxes of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-three and
prior years, the cash on hand April first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four available to meet current liabilities as of that date,
the amount levied in nineteen hundred and twenty-four as re-
quired by section one, the total payments made on account of
the current liabilities as of April first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, and the balance that must be raised in the tax
levy of nineteen hundred and twenty -five to meet the deficit, as
shown by said statement, existing as a result of abatements
granted in excess of the said overlay and failure to collect taxes
assessed, and the assessors shall include said amount in the tax Assessors to
levy of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five. Lm'o"u^ntTn\''a" '

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 19^25°^^^^'

Approved June 4, 1924-

An Act authorizing the city of lowell to acquire land ni.rj^ aji

FOR CEMETERY PURPOSES IN THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD. ^'

Be it cjiacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Lowell may purchase the following city of Lowell
parcels of land in the town of Chelmsford and upon securing the ^^^ f^^"""®
permission of said town therefor in the manner and subject to cemetery
the provisions of section thirty-four of chapter one hundred and town°or "^
fourteen of the General Laws may use the same for burial Chelmsford.
purposes.

(1) A certain parcel of land bounded and described as follows: Boundaries
Beginning at a stone bound located on the westerly side of the onand^"^^*'""
Boston road so-called, and on the boundary line between the
town of Chelmsford and the city of Lowell, thence running south
twenty-one degrees, seventeen minutes east six hundred twenty-
four and thirty one hundredths feet to a point; thence running
south seventeen degrees, nineteen minutes east one hundred

486

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 472.

City of Lowell sixteen and sixty-five one hundredths feet to a stone bound;
landfo?""^^ thence running south seventy-six degrees, three minutes west
''uT^osesin ^''^ hundred sixty-seven and seventy-four one hundredths feet
town of to a drill hole in a wall ; thence running north sixty degrees,

Boundaries forty-scveu miuutes west one hundred and sixty and fifty-six
and description one hundredths feet to a point; thence running north fifty de-
grees, thirty-six minutes west one hundred eighty-two and
seventy-four one hundredths feet to a point; thence running
north forty-four degrees, twenty-six minutes west eighty and
six tenths feet to a point; thence running north fifty degrees,
twenty-six minutes west one hundred and eighty-nine and
twenty-nine one hundredths feet to a point on land now or
formerly of George C. Dempsey; thence running north forty-
two degrees, twenty-five minutes east three hundred forty and
twelve one hundredths feet to a drill hole in the wall on land
now or formerly of one James Nichols; thence running north
twenty-four degrees, twenty-nine minutes west two hundred and
one and seventy-six one hundredths feet to a stone bound on
the boundary line between the town of Chelmsford and the city
of Lowell; thence running north eighty -six degrees, seventeen
minutes east along said boundary line seven hundred twenty-six
and eighteen one hundredths feet to the point of beginning.

(2) A certain parcel of land adjoining the property of the city
of Lowell, known as the Edson cemetery, bounded and described
as follows: Beginning at a stone bound on the easterly side of
the Boston road, so-called, at the corner of land of the city of
Lowell; thence running north sixty-eight degrees, forty-three
minutes east twenty-seven and forty one hundredths feet to a
point; thence running south fifty -three degrees, thirty-four
minutes east one hundred and sixty and twenty one hundredths
feet along land of said city of Lowell to a point on Carlisle street;
thence running south thirteen degrees, fifty minutes west along
said Carlisle street one hundred ninety-six and thirty-seven one
hundredths feet to a stake at the junction of said Carlisle street
and the Boston road above referred to; thence running north
twenty-one degrees, seventeen minutes west by said Boston
road two hundred ninety-six and seven one hundredths feet to
the point of beginning.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 4, 1924.

Chap. 4:72 An Act determining the status of certain bonds or

NOTES OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON.

Status of
certain bonds
or notes of
town of
Lexington
determined.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L All bonds or notes issued or to be issued by the
town of Lexington under the provisions of chapter three hun-
dred and twenty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen
shall be deemed to be outside of the statutory limit of indebted-
ness as defined in chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 4) 1924.

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 473, 474, 475. 487

An Act extending the time within which the tax limit QJiqy) 473
OF the city of newburyport for the current year may ^'

BE CHANGED.

Be it enacied, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The citv of Newburvport is hereby exempted 9*^'.°^

»'. *• PI 'p P Newburyport

from the provisions 01 section twenty-nine or chapter lorty-iour exempted
of the General Laws in so far as they require that changes in the p'i-°J^sionr°'<
tax hmit for the year nineteen hundred and twenty -four shall to change of
be made between January first and INIay first only.

Section 2. At any time prior to August first, nineteen hun- Tiine within
dred and twenty-four, the city council of Newburyport may by Tax' toik^mTy
ordinance change the present tax limit, which limit as changed be changed.
shall be effective for the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 4, 1924.

An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay' a sum of Qhnjj 474

money to the LEGAL GUARDIAN AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF ""

AGNES FLAHERTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section 1. The city of Boston may pay a sum of money, city of Boston
not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, to the legal guardian ™oneyTo
and for the benefit of Agnes Flahertv, who sustained injuries legal guardian

, ., ,. , 1 !• 1 I i*' • 1 • • aii<l fo'' benent

while attending the public schools or said cit}', in consequence of Agnes
of the failure by the city authorities to properh' safeguard the ^^'»^®^*y-
said Flaherty from injury.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance bv Submission to

„ , . .,..,. 1 • . , j1 • • "(• city council,

vote 01 the city council or said city, subject to the provisions or etc.
its charter; provided, such acceptance occurs prior to December Proviso,
thirty-first in the current year. Approved June 4, 1924-

An Act authorizing the laying out, widening and con- QhavAlb

STRUCTION OF TREMONT STREET FROM ARLINGTON SQUARE
TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH STUART STREET IN THE CITY OF
BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The board of street commissioners of the city of ^|di°fu°"etc
Boston may, with the approval of the mayor, lay out, widen, ofTrenwJnt
and construct Tremont street from Arlington square to its inter- ArUngton"^
section with Stuart street to a width of not less than eighty feet, f^^^g^g^t^j*^
The said widening and construction and the assessment of with Stuart
betterments therefor shall be made in accordance with the pro- of'^Boston"'^^
visions 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
chapters seventy-nine and eighty of the General Laws.

Section 2. For the purpose of meeting the expense author- city of Boston
ized by section one of this act, the city of Boston may borrow, money?eTc'^

488

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 476.

Boston
Tremont
Street Im-
provement
Loan, Act of
1924.

Submission to
city council,
etc.
Proviso.

outside the statutory limit of indebtedness, from time to time
within a period of five years from the passage of this act, such
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one
milhon two hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Boston
Tremont Street Improvement Loan, Act of 1924. Each au-
thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans
shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but
no loan shall be authorized under this section unless a sum equal
to ten per cent of the loan so authorized is voted for the same
purpose to be provided from taxes or other sources of revenue.
Except as herein provided, indebtedness incurred under this act
shall be subject to the laws relative to the incurring of debt by
said city.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions of
its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to De-
cember thirty-first in the current year.

Approved June 4, 1924-

ChavA7Q An Act authorizing the laying out, widening and con-
struction OF KNEELAND STREET FROM A POINT AT OR NEAR
WASHINGTON AND STUART STREETS TO ATLANTIC AVENUE IN
THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The board of street commissioners of the city of
Boston may, with the approval of the mayor, lay out, widen
and construct Kneeland street from a point at or near Washing-
ton and Stuart streets to Atlantic avenue to a width of not less
than eighty feet. The said widening and construction 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 chapters seventy-nine and eighty of the General
Laws.

Section 2. For the purpose of meeting the expense author-
ized by section one of this act, the city of Boston may borrow,
outside the statutory limit of indebtedness, from time to time
within a period of five years from the passage of this act, such
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one
million two hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Boston
Kneeland Street Improvement Loan, Act of 1924. Each au-
thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans
shall be paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but
no loan shall be authorized under this section unless a sum equal
to ten per cent of the loan so authorized is voted for the same
purpose to be provided from taxes or other sources of revenue.
Except as herein provided, indebtedness incurred under this act

Laying out,
wideninpc, etc.,
of Kneeland
street from
point at or
near Washing-
ton and
Stuart streets
to Atlantic
av^ue in city
of Boston.

City of Boston
may borrow
money, etc.

Boston
Kneeland
Street Im-
provement
Loan, Act of
1924.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 477. 489

shall be subject to the laws relative to the incurring of debt by
said city.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submission
vote of the city council of said city, subject to the provisions etc°' ^ counci ,
of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved June 4, 1924-

An Act establishing penikese island as a refuge and Chav 477

SANCTUARY FOR WILD BIRDS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The commonwealth shall retain Penikese island i^f^nd^stab-
as a refuge and sanctuary for wild birds, subject to the pro^^sions lished as a
of section sixty-eight of chapter one hundred and thirty-one of sanctuary for
the General Laws. Said island shall be under the control of the ^'''^ ^''''^^•
division of fisheries and game of the department of conserva- regulations,
tion, and the director of said division, subject to the approval ^*''-
of the commissioner of said department and of the governor and
council, shall have authority to make regulations to govern the
management of said island and the access of persons thereto.
The director shall make such use of the buildings and other state
property now on the island as he may consider desirable, and,
subject to the approval of the governor and council, he may dis-
pose of any such building or other state property as is not likely
to be useful for the purposes for which the island is retained by
the commonwealth, and shall arrange for the removal of such
building or other property within a reasonable time after the
disposal thereof. Any person violating any regulation made Penalty.
under authority of this section shall be punished by a fine of not
more than twenty-five dollars for each offense.

Section 2. Section eight of chapter seventeen of the General aiii^nded. ^ ^'
Laws is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence, so
as to read as follows : — Section 8. The division of sanatoria shall undlr"divfs!on
include the state sanatoria at Rutland, North Reading, Lakeville of sanatoria.
and Westfield.

Section 3. Section sixty-three of chapter one hundred and ^^^nded^' ^ ^^'
eleven of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out,
in the third hne, the words "and the Penikese hospital", so as
to read as follows : — Section 63. The commissioner shall have Commissioner
general supervision and control of the sanatoria at Rutland, health to have
North Reading, Lakeville and Westfield, and shall see that the and^7'*'°°i
affairs of such institutions are conducted according to law, and sanatoria, etc.
to the by-laws and regulations established by the council in re-
spect thereto. He may also estabhsh out-patient departments,
and may disseminate information as to the best methods of com-
bating tuberculosis.

Section 4. Section sixty-eight of said chapter one hundred Repeals,
and eleven and chapter thirty of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and twenty-one are hereby repealed. Approved June 4, 1924.

490

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 478.

Chav 478 ^'^ ^^'^ relative to additional fire protection for
^ ' horses and mules.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloics:

G. L. 272, § 86,
amended.

Stabling
horses, etc.,
above first
floor pro-
hibited, unless,
etc.

to cities
G. L. 272, six
new sections
after § 86.
Stabling
horses, etc.,
above first or
ground floor
regulated.

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section eighty-
six and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 86.
No person shall stable a horse or mule on the second or any
higher floor of any building, unless there are two means of exit
therefrom, at opposite ends of the building, to the main or
street floor, unless such building is equipped with an automatic
Not applicable sprinkler system. This section shall not apply to cities.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and seventy-two is
hereby further amended by inserting after section eighty-six the
following six new sections: — Section 86 A. No person shall
stable a horse or mule above the first or ground floor of any
building not equipped with an automatic sprinkler system, or
horses or mules exceeding six in all on the first or ground floor
of any building not so equipped, unless there are two unob-
structed means of exit from each floor whereon it or they are
stabled, as far apart as practicable and so constructed as to
grade that the said animal or animals can quickly and safely
leaA-e the building in case of fire and approved as to situation,
arrangement and utility by the chief of the fire department.
The person in charge of horses and mules stabled in any building
not equipped with such a system and requiring two exits as
aforesaid shall cause each such animal to use each such exit at
least once a week. This and the four following sections shall
apply only to cities.

Section 86 B. No person shall stable horses or mules exceeding
fifteen in all at any one time in a building not equipped with an
automatic sprinkler system unless a watchman is employed con-
stantly on the premises to guard against fire.

Section 86C. No person shall have a lighted cigarette, cigar
or pipe in his possession in any building in which by the pro-
visions of section eighty-six A two unobstructed means of exit
are required or in which by the provisions of section eighty-six
B the employment of a watchman is required, except in a room
in said building made fire-resisting,
■ii.u ».tiiu v« u^ Section S6D. On every floor of a building not equipped with
ilept"hi"certarn an automatic sprinkler system, where horses or mules are stabled,
stables. there shall be kept in accessible locations and filled at all times,

four pails of water and one pail of sand, for each one thousand
square feet of floor space, to be used for no other purpose than
extinguishing fires and to be so marked.

Section S6E. In the metropolitan fire prevention district the
state fire marshal or any person designated by him, and in cities
outside said district, the chief of the fire department or any
person designated by him, may, at all reasonable hours, enter
into buildings within their jurisdiction where horses or mules
are stabled, or upon premises adjacent thereto, for the purpose
of enforcing sections eighty-six A to eighty-six D, inclusive, and

Sections
applicable
only to cities.

Number of
horses, etc., in
certain build-
ings limited,
unless watch-
men, etc.

Smoking in
certain stables
prohibited,
except, etc.

Pails of water
and sand to be

Entry into
stables by
certain oSicials
for law enforce-
ment, etc.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 479. 491

if any such official or person so authorized finds the existence of
conditions Hkely to cause a fire in such buildings or on such
premises, he shall order such conditions to be remedied. Such To remedy
order shall be served by delivering the same in hand or by posting ukeiy^to'^cause
the same in a conspicuous place on the building or premises ^^^' ^^'^■
affected thereby.

Section S6F. Whoever violates any provision of sections Penalties.
eighty-six to eighty-six D, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine
of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for
not more than one month, or both. Whoever refuses or un-
reasonably neglects to comply with any order issued under sec-
tion eighty-six E shall be punished by a fine of not more than
ten dollars for each day during which such refusal or neglect
continues after service of said order. Approved June 4, 1924.

An Act providing for biennial elections in the city of
boston and for borough or ward representation in
the city council thereof, and making certain other
changes in and additions to the charter of said city.

ChapA79

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoics:

Section 1. The terms of office of the mayor of the city of pity. of Boston.

T> p 1 PI- -iiii .» termination of

xJoston, or members or the city council and school committee oi terms of office
said city which would expire under existing law on the first certam'mem-
Monday of February, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and of co"jj°//'*5
members of the city council and school committee of said city school com-
which would expire under existing law on the first Monday of '"'"''®-
February, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, shall terminate
at ten o'clock in the forenoon on the first Monday of January,
nineteen hundred and twenty-six. There shall be no municipal No municipal
election in said city in the year nineteen hundred and twenty- 1924. "^ ^^^^
four, and the terms of office of members of the city council and Extension of
school committee of said city which would expire under existing of certain"
law on the first Monday of February, nineteen hundred and dtTco^undi
twenty-five, are hereby extended to ten o'clock in the forenoon ^nd school
on the first Monday of January, nineteen hundred and twenty- "'^
six. The salary of any official whose term of office is terminated ^ge^f^ °i
as aforesaid shall cease at the time of such termination and the terms of office
salary of any official whose term of office is extended as afore- or^cxtended!^''
said shall continue at the same rate as theretofore so long as he
continues to serve during the period of such extension.

Section 2. Section three of chapter four hundred and eighty- 1909, 486, § 3,
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended amended.
by striking out, in the twenty-fifth line, the words "December
first" and inserting in place thereof the words: — November
fifteenth, — and by striking out, in the twenty-sixth line, the
word " February " and inserting in place thereof the word : —
January, — so that the second paragraph will read as follows : —
The city auditor may, with the approval in each instance of the city auditor
mayor, at any time make transfers from the appropriation for ^ans^s'^from
current expenses of one division of a department to the appro- appropria-
priation for current expenses of any other division of the same *'°°^' ^^°'

492

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 479.

Proviso.

Application of
certain income
and taxes.

1909, 486, new
section after
§4.

Signing of
mayor's name
in approval of
certain
vouchers.

1909, 486, § 32,
etc., amended.

Municipal
election to be
held biennially,
etc.

1909, 486, § 33,
amended.

Fiscal year.

Municipal
year.

Members of
school com-
mittee, elec-
tion, terms of
office, etc.

1909, 486, I 45,
etc., amended.

Mayor, elec-
tion, term of
office, etc.

department, and from the reserve fund to any appropriation for
the current expenses of a department; and may also, with the
approval of the mayor, at any time between November fifteenth
and January first, make transfers from any appropriation to any
other appropriation : 'provided, however, that no money raised by
loan shall be transferred to any appropriation from income or
taxes. He may also with such approval apply any of the income
and taxes not disposed of in closing the accounts for the financial
year in such manner as he may determine.

Section 3. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-six is
hereby further amended by inserting after section four the fol-
lowing new section: — Section 4 A. The mayor may designate
one clerical assistant for whose acts he shall be responsible to
sign his name in approval of all vouchers of less than five hun-
dred dollars each.

Section 4. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-six, as
amended in section thirty-two b^' section one of chapter seven
hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen
and by section one of chapter two hundred and eighty-eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section thirty-two and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 82. Beginning in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-five, the municipal election
in said city shall take place biennially in every odd numbered
year on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

Section 5. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-six is
hereby further amended by striking out section thirty-three and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 33. The fiscal
year in said city shall begin on January first and shall end on
December thirty-first next following; and the municipal year
shall begin on the first Monday in January and shall continue
until the first Monday of the January next following. At the
biennial municipal election in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, the five members of the school committee shall be
elected. The two candidates receiving the largest number of
votes at said election shall hold office for four years, and the
three receiving the next largest number of votes at said election,
for two years. At every biennial municipal election thereafter,
all members of the school committee to be elected shall be chosen
for terms of four years each. The terms of all members of the
school committee shall begin with the first Monday of January
following their election and continue until their successors are
chosen and qualified. The members of the school committee
shall meet and organize on the first Monday of January following
their election.

Section 6. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-six, as
amended in section forty-five by section one of chapter ninety-
four of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section forty-five
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 43. Be-
ginning with the biennial municipal election in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-five, the mayor of the city of Boston shall

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 479. 493

be elected at large to hold office for the term of four years from
the first Monday in January following his election and until his
successor is chosen and qualified and shall not be eligible for
election for the succeeding term.

Section 7. Section forty-seven of said chapter four hundred ^p^^- ^^^-i 1'^'

... . Ill • 1 !• 1 ®''^' amended.

and eighty-six, as amended by section three or chapter seven
hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen,
is hereby further amended by striking out the first two sentences *
and inserting in place thereof the following : — If a vacancy
occurs in the office of mayor within two months prior to a regular
municipal election other than an election for mayor, or within
sixteen months after any regular municipal election, the city
council shall forthwith order a special election of mayor to serve
for the unexpired term, and if such vacancy occurs at any other
time there shall be an election for mayor at the next regular
municipal election for the term of four years; provided, that
the foregoing provisions shall not apply' if such vacancy occurs
between the date of an election at which a new mayor is elected
and the date he takes office, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 1^7. If a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor within Filling of
two months prior to a regular municipal election other than an officTof "^
election for mayor, or within sixteen months after any regular mayor.
municipal election, the city council shall forthwith order a special
election of mayor to serve for the unexpired term, and if such
vacancy occurs at any other time there shall be an election for
mayor at the next regular municipal election for the term of
four years; provided, that the foregoing provisions shall not Proviso.
apply if such vacancy occurs between the date of an election at
which a new mayor is elected and the date he takes office. In "Acting
the case of the decease, inability, absence or resignation of the ^o^we/s etc.
mayor, and whenever there is a vacancy in the office from any
cause, the president of the city council while said cause continues
or until a mayor is elected shall perform the duties of mayor.
If he is also absent or unable from any cause to perform such
duties they shall be performed until the mayor or president of
the city council returns or is able to attend to said duties by
such member of the city council as that body may elect, and
until such election by the city clerk. 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 ad-
mitting of delay, but shall have no power to make permanent
appointments except on the decease of the mayor.

Section 8. At the biennial state election in nineteen hun- Voters to vote
dred and twenty-four, the registered voters of the city of Boston oFcHy cound?,^
shall be entitled to vote upon the following plans of city council, ®*''-
which shall be printed upon the official ballot in the following
form. Each voter shall make a cross in the space at the right
of the plan which he desires to have adopted. No ballot shall
be counted upon which the voter has made a cross in each such
space.

Flan No. 1. A city council of fifteen members to consist of Plan No. i.
three members to be elected for two year terms by and from the

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Effect if
majority vote
in favor of
first plan.

1909, 486,
amended.

§48,

Di^^sion of
city into five
boroughs.

voters of each of five boroughs (each comprising certain specified
wards) at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars each, nominated as
heretofore, except that the names of five hundred
voters only shall be required to nominate each
member.

Plan No. 2. P/flw No. 2. A city council to consist of one member to be

elected for a two year term by and from the voters of each
# ward at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars each, nominated as
heretofore, except that the names of one hundred
voters only shall be required to nominate each
member.

Section 9. If a majority of the votes cast under the pro-
visions of the preceding section are in favor of the first plan,
then sections ten to twelve, inclusive, shall take effect subject to
section twenty-one, and sections fourteen to sixteen, inclusive,
shall be inoperative.

Section 10. Said dhapter four hundred and eighty-six is
hereby further amended by striking out section forty-eight and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 4^. For the
purpose of electing city councillors, the city of Boston is hereby
divided into the five following boroughs, each comprising the
territory within the wards as constituted on January first, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, which are hereinafter assigned
to it:

First borough, Wards one, two, three, four, five, nine and
ten.

Second borough, Wards six, seven, eight, twenty-five and
twenty-six.

Third borough, Wards eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen and
seventeen.

Fourth borough, Wards eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-
one and twenty-four.

Fifth borough. Wards fifteen, sixteen, twenty-two and twenty-
three.

Beginning with the biennial municipal election in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-five, there shall be elected at each
regular municipal election by and from the registered voters of
each borough three councillors to serve for two years from the
first Monday in January following their election and until their
successors are elected and qualified.

Section 11. Section fifty of said chapter four hundred and
eighty-six is hereby amended by striking out all after the word
"member" in the seventh line down to and including the word
"term" in the fourteenth line, and inserting in place thereof the
following: — during the first eighteen months of his term, order
a special election in his borough to fill such vacancy for the un-
expired term, — so as to read as follows : — Section 50. The

^^^^ city council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications

of its members of j^g members ; shall elect from its members by a vote of a ma-
President. jority of all the members a president who when present shall

Rules. preside at the meetings thereof; shall from time to time estab-

Fiiiing of lish rules for its proceedings, and shall, when a vacancy occurs

in the office of any member during the first eighteen months of

Election of
three coun-
cillors by and
from voters of
each borough.

1909, 486, § 50,
amended.

City council
to be judge of
election, etc

vacancies.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 479. 495

his term, order a special election in his borough to fill such
vacancy for the unexpired term. The member eldest in 3'ears Eldest member,
shall preside until the president is chosen, and in case of the ^^l"* *° ^^^'
absence of the president, until a presiding officer is chosen.

Section 12. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-six, as 1909, 486, § 53,
amended in section fifty-three by section four of chapter seven ^^°' ^"^^nded.
hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen
and by chapter thirty-seven of the Special Acts of nineteen
hundred and eighteen, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section fifty-three and inserting in place thereof the
following : — Section 53. Any registered voter who is qualified f^?™i^c^tive°^
to vote for a candidate for any municipal elective office in such °ffice, eto;
city may be a candidate for nomination thereto, 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 Proviso,
o'clock P.M. of the twenty-first day prior to such election nomi-
nation papers prepared and issued by the election commissioners,
signed in person for the nomination for mayor by at least three
thousand registered voters in said city qualified to vote for such
candidate at said election, signed in person for the nomination
for school committee by at least two thousand registered voters
in said city qualified to vote for such candidate at said election
and signed in person for the nomination for city councillor by
at least five hundred registered voters in the borough, for which
said nomination is sought, qualified to vote for such candidate
at said election shall be filed with said election commissioners
and the signatures on the same to the number required to make
the nomination subsequently certified by the election commis-
sioners as hereinafter provided. Said nomination papers shall
be in substantially the following form:

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

CITY OF BOSTON

NOMINATION PAPER.

The undersigned, registered voters of the City of Boston, Form of
qualified to vote for a candidate for the office named below, in paper!^*'°°
accordance with law, make the following nomination of a candi-
date to be voted for at the election to be held in the City of
Boston on November 19

Name of Candidate.
(Give first or middle name in full.)

Office for which
nominated.

Residence.
Street and number if anv.

SIGNATURES AND RESIDENCES OF NOMINATORS.

We certify that we have not subscribed to more nominations
of candidates for this office than there are persons to be elected
thereto. In case of the death, withdrawal or incapacity of the

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Acts, 1924. — Chap. 479.

Form of

nomination

paper.

above nominee, after written acceptance filed with the board of
election commissioners, we authorize (names of a committee of
not less than five persons) or a majority thereof as our repre-
sentatives to fill the vacancy in the manner prescribed by law.

Signatures op

Nominators

(To be made in Person.)

Residence,
Aprill.

Borough.

Ward.

Precinct.

Present
Residence.

Form of
acceptance
of nomination.

Certificate
and oath as to
nominators.

ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION.

I accept the above nomination.

Signature of Nominee.

I (the candidate named in this paper, an officer of his political
committee or the person who circulated this paper, as the case
may be) do hereby make oath that the persons whose names
appear on this paper as nominators signed the same in person.

(Voter's Residence.)

commonwealth of massachusetts.
Suffolk, ss. Boston,

Then personally appeared who, I am satisfied;

is (the candidate named in this paper, an officer of his political
committee, or the person who circulated this paper, as the case
may be) and made oath that the foregoing statement by him
subscribed is true, and that his voting residence is

Before me,

Notary Public or Justice of the Peace.

Administering
of oath.

Effect if
majority vote
in favor of
second or
alternative
plan.

1909, 486, § 48,
amended.

Election of
one councillor
by and from
voters of each
ward.

The affidavit above set forth shall be sworn to before any
officer qualified to administer oaths.

Section 13. If a majority of the votes cast under the pro-
visions of section eight are in favor of the second or alternative
plan, then sections fourteen to sixteen, inclusive, shall take effect
subject to section twenty-one, and sections ten to twelve, in-
clusive, shall be inoperative.

Section 14. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-six is
hereby further amended by striking out section forty-eight and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 48. Beginning
with the biennial municipal election in the year nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-five, there shall be elected at each regular mu-
nicipal election by and from the registered voters of each ward
one councillor to serve for two years from the first Monday in
January following his election and until his successor is elected
and qualified.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 479. 497

Section 15. Section fifty of said chapter four hundred and ^n^g^^^fg^^' ^ ^^
eighty-six is hereby amended by striking out all after the word
"member" in the seventh line down to and including the word
"term" in the fourteenth line and inserting in place thereof the
following: — during the first eighteen months of his term, order
a special election in his ward to fill such vacancy for the un-
expired term, — so as to read as follows: — Section 50. The City council to
city council shall be the judge of the election and qualifications eieition!e°tc., of
of its members ; shall elect from its members by a vote of a it^ members.
majority of all the members a president who when present shall President,
preside at the meetings thereof; shall from time to time estab- Rules.
lish rules for its proceedings, and shall, when a vacancy occurs Filling of
in the office of any member during the first eighteen months of ^'*'=^^'='es.
his term, order a special election in his ward to fill such vacancy
for the unexpired term. The member eldest in years shall pre- Eldest member,
side until the president is chosen, and in case of the absence of pres?de°
the president, until a presiding officer is chosen.

Section 16. Said chapter four hundred and eighty-six, as 1909, 486, § 5.3,
amended in section fifty-three by section four of chapter seven ®*''' ^inended.
hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen
and by chapter thirty-seven of the Special Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and eighteen, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section fifty-three and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing:— Section 53. Any registered voter who is qualified to Nominations
vote for a candidate for any municipal elective office in such offic^i^etc^^
city may be a candidate for nomination thereto, 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 proviso.
o'clock P.M. of the twenty-first day prior to such election nomi-
nation papers prepared and issued by the election commissioners,
signed in person for the nomination for mayor by at least three
thousand registered voters in said city qualified to vote for such
candidate at said election, signed in person for the nomination
for school committee by at least two thousand registered voters
in said city qualified to vote for such candidate at said election
and signed in person for the nomination for city councillor by
at least one hundred registered voters in the ward, for which
said nomination is sought, qualified to vote for such candidate
at said election shall be filed with said election commissioners
and the signatures on the same to the number required to make
the nomination subsequently certified by the election commis-
sioners as hereinafter provided. Said nomination papers shall
be in substantially the following form :

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

CITY OF BOSTON

NOMINATION PAPER.

The undersigned, registered voters of the City of Boston, Form of
qualified to vote for a candidate for the office named below, in nomination
accordance with law, make the following nomination of a candi-
date to be voted for at the election to be held in the City of
Boston on November 19

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Name of Candidate.
(Give first or middle name in full.)

OflSce for which
nominated.

Residence.

Street and Number

if any.

SIGNATURES AND RESIDENCES OF NOMINATORS.

We certify that we have not subscribed to more nominations
of candidates for this office than there are persons to be elected
thereto. In case of the death, withdrawal or incapacity of the
above nominee, after written acceptance filed with the board of
election commissioners, we authorize (names of a committee of
not less than five persons) or a majority thereof as our repre-
sentatives to fill the vacancy in the manner prescribed by law.

Signatures of Nom-
inators.
To be made in person.

Residence
April 1.

Ward. Precinct.

Present Residence.

ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION.

Form of
acceptance of
nomination.

Certificate and
oath aa to
nominators.

I accept the above nomination.

Signature of Nominee.

I (the candidate named in this paper, an ofiicer of his political
committee or the person who circulated this paper, as the case
may be) do hereby make oath that the persons whose names
appear on this paper as nominators signed the same in person.

(Voter's Residence.)

commonwealth of massachusetts.

Suffolk, ss. Boston, 19

Then personally appeared who, I am satisfied,

Before me,

Administering
of oatb.

Notary Public or Justice of the Peace.

The affidavit above set forth shall be sworn to before any
officer qualified to administer oaths.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 479. 499

Section 17. Section fifty-four of said chapter four hundred lt^%mendedi'
and eighty-six, as amended by section five of chapter seven
hundred and thirty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen
and by chapter three hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-one, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in the tenth and eleventh fines, the words "in each year",
by striking out, in the twelfth and thirteenth lines, the words
"Wednesday after the first Monday in November", and insert-
ing in place thereof the words : — fifth Wednesday preceding
the regular municipal election, — by striking out, in the twenty-
fourth and twenty-fifth lines, the words "for the city council
or", and by inserting after the word "committee" in the twenty-
fifth line the following : — and to any candidate for the city
council there shall be issued not more than ten such nomination
papers for a ward or not more than sixty such nomination
papers for a borough, — so as to read as follows: — Section 54- lYg^"^?"®^;!"
If a candidate nominated as aforesaid dies before the day of dates nomi-
election, or withdraws his name from nomination, or is found to eiectfve°office.
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. Nomi- Nomination
nation papers shall not include candidates for more than one fn^c^u^g'^etc**'
office. Every voter may sign as many nomination papers for Number
each office to be filled as there are persons to be elected thereto voters may
and no more. Nomination papers shall be issued by the board issue
of election commissioners on and after but not before the fifth regulated.
Wednesday preceding the regular municipal election. Such
papers shall be issued only to candidates who shall file with the
election commissioners requests therefor in writing, containing
their names with the first or middle name in full, the offices for
which they are candidates, and their residences, with street and
number, if any. Forthwith the election commissioners shall Printing

. , . '^ , . . , „ , names, etc.,

pnnt or msert on such nommation papers the names or the on nomination
candidates, the offices for which they are nominated and their p^p®"-
residences, with street and number, if any. Not more than Number of
three hundred such nomination papers shall be issued to any papers to be

, , 1 1111 issued limited,

candidate for mayor, and not more than two hundred such etc.
nomination papers shall be issued to any candidate for the
school committee and to any candidate for the city council
there shall be issued not more than ten such nomination papers
for a ward or not more than sixty such nomination papers for
a borough. No nomination papers except those issued in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this section shall be received or
be valid.

Section 18. Section fifty-eight of said diapter four hundred ^^^l^^^ed^' ^ ^^'
and eighty-six is hereby amended by striking out, in the first
line, the word "annual" and inserting in place thereof the
word: — biennial, — so as to read as follows: — Section 58. No No party or

political

ion,

ballot used at any biennial or special municipal election shall Seslgnat:
have printed thereon any party or political designation or mark, panted upon
and there shall not be appended to the name of any candidate ballot.
any such party or political designation or mark, or anything show-
ing how he was nominated or indicating his views or opinions.

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1909, 486, § 59,
amended.

Blank spaces
upon ballots,
etc.

Voter may
insert name of
person, etc.

Inconsistent
acts, etc.,
repealed, etc.

Certain acts,
etc., continued
in force.

Times when
various pro-
visions take
efifect.

Section 19. Section fifty-nine of said chapter four hundred
and eighty-six is hereby amended by striking out, in the first
Hne, the word "annual" and inserting in place thereof the
word : — biennial, — so as to read as follows : — Section 59. On
ballots to be used at biennial or special municipal elections blank
spaces shall be left at the end of each list of candidates 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 for such office.

Section 20. All acts and parts of acts, so far as inconsistent
with this act, are hereby repealed; and all ordinances and parts
of ordinances, so far as inconsistent with this act, are hereby
annulled. All acts and parts of acts affecting the city of Boston,
not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby con-
tinued in force.

Section 21. The provisions of section five relative to the
fiscal year shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred
and twenty-six. The provisions of section one abolishing the
municipal election in said city in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty -four and extending the terms of office of members of the
city council and school committee of said city which would expire
under existing law on the first Monday of February, nineteen
hundred and twenty-five, shall take effect after the Tuesday
following the first Monday in November, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four. The provisions of this act relative to changes in
the date of the regular municipal election in said city in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-five, in the terms of office for
which elective municipal officers are to be elected and in the
manner of nominating and electing members of the city council
shall, except as herein otherwise provided, take effect in season
to be availed of at the regular municipal election of said city in
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five. Except as other-
wise provided in this act, all other provisions thereof shall take
effect on the first Monday of January, nineteen hundred and
twenty-six. Approved June I^, 1924-

ChapASO An Act providing for the return to the cities and

TOWNS OF CERTAIN SURPLUS FUNDS COLLECTED TO PROVIDE
SUITABLE RECOGNITION OF THOSE RESIDENTS OF MASSACHU-
SETTS WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE UNITED
STATES DURING THE WAR WITH GERMANY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

dti^eTand The statc treasurer shall on or after November twentieth,

towns of cer- nineteen hundred and twenty-four, pay to the cities and towns
funds collected of the Commonwealth on account of payments made by such
b°o'n?^!'^o-^ cities and towns under the provisions of chapter two hundred
called! and eighty-three of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and

nineteen, the sum of two miUion dollars out of funds now in the
treasury and collected in part from the cities and towns to pro-
vide suitable recognition of those residents of Massachusetts
who served in the army and navy of the United States during
Sum received the war With Germany, and any sum received by a city or town

by a city or ./ > v v i

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 480.

501

on account of such payment shall be held as a special fund to be town to be held

appropriated only for the purpose of paying indebtedness or etc!^^"**' ^^^^'

for purposes for which the city or town may borrow money as

specified in sections seven and eight of chapter forty -four of the

General Laws. The amounts to be paid the several cities and f^'Tf^l?*^ to be

towns shall be as shown in the following schedule:

paid several
cities and
towns.

Abington, thirty-two hundred seventy-three dollars and
sixty-two cents .......

Acton, twelve hundred fortj^-eight dollars and sixty- three
cents .........

Acushnet, fifteen hundred twenty-eight dollars and ninety-
one cents . . . . .

Adams, fifty-six hundred ninety-two dollars and ninety-
nine cents ........

Agawam, twenty-seven hundred one dollars and fourteen
cents .........

Alford, one hundred forty-four dollars and eighty-five
cents .........

Amesbury, fifty-six hundred and twenty-eight dollars

Amherst, twenty-eight hundred eighty-six dollars and
sixty-eight cents .......

Andover, forty-two hundred ninety-nine dollars and one
cent .........

Arlington, ninety-seven hundred one dollars and twenty-
nine cents ........

Ashburnham, eleven hundred eleven dollars and twenty-
one cents ........

Ashby, five hundred eighteen doUars and forty cents

Ashfield, five hvmdred twenty-five dollars and eighty-four
cents .........

Ashland, eleven hundred fifty-nine dollars and eighty-
three cents ........

Athol, fifty-one hundred eighty-eight dollars and forty-
eight cents ........

Attleboro, ten thousand eight hundred thirty-four dollars
and thirty-four cents ......

Auburn, two thousand sixty-two dollars and nineteen
cents .........

Avon, eleven hundred sixty-three dollars and thirty
cents .........

Ayer, fifteen hundred eighty-eight dollars and ninety-foiu"
cents .........

Barnstable, twenty-eight hundred fifteen dollars and
twenty-four cents .......

Barre, seventeen hundred sixty dollars and eight cents

Becket, four himdred fifty-five dollars and ninety cents .

Bedford, seven himdred sixty-nine dollars and ninety-one
cents .........

Belcher town, eleven himdred nineteen dollars and fifteen
cents .........

Bellingham, eleven hundred thirty-two doUars and fifty-
five cents ........

Belmont, fifty-seven hundred twenty-eight doUars and
twenty-one cents .......

Berkley, five hundred fifty dollars and fifteen cents

Berlin, five hundred nine dollars and ninety-seven cents .

Bernardston, four hundred fourteen dollars and twentj^-
two cents ........

Beverly, eleven thousand nine hundred thirty-seven
dollars and sixty-one cents .....

Billerica, twenty-four hundred sixty dollars and fift3^-five
cents .........

Blackstone, twenty-four hundred eleven dollars and
ninety-three cents .......

$3,273 62 Schedule.

1,248 63

1,528 91

5,692 99

2,701 14

144 85
5,628 00

2,886 68

4,299 01

9,701 29

1,111 21

518 40

525 84

1,159 83

5,188 48

10,834 34

2,062 19

1,163 30

1,588 94

2,815 24

1,760 08

455 90

769 91

1,119 15

1,132 55

5,728 21
550 15
509 97

414 22

11,937 61

2,460 55

2,411 93

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Acts, 1924. — Chap. 480.

Amounts to be
paid several
cities and
towns from
surplus funds
collected for
soldiers'
bonus, so-
called.
Schedule.

Blandford, three hundred twenty-eight dollars and forty

cents $328 40

Bolton, four hundred thirty-seven dollars and four cents . 437 04

Boston, three hundred ninety-five thousand seven hun-
dred six dollars and seventy-four cents . . . 395,706 74

Bourne, fourteen hundred eighty-three dollars and twenty-
seven cents . . . ' . . . . 1,483 27

Boxborough, one hundred eightj'-six dollars and fifty-three

cents 186 53

Boxford, three hundred eighty-three dollars and forty-
seven cents ........ 383 47

Boylston, four hundred forty- two dollars and one cent . 442 01

Braintree, fifty-five hundred eight dollars and fortj'-five

cents . . . . . . . . . 5,508 45

Brewster, three hundred sixty-one dollars and sixty-four

cents 361 64

Bridgewater, thirty-five hundred seventj^-two dollars and

seventy-five cents ....... 3,572 75

Brimfield, four hundred fifty-nine dollars and eighty-six

cents 459 86

Brockton, thirtv-five thousand one hundred and sixtv

dollars . "^ \ 35,160 00

Brookfield, eight hundred seven dollars and sixty-one cents 807 61

Brookline, seventeen thousand three hundred thirteen

dollars and eleven cents ...... 17,313 11

Buckland, eight hundred sixty-six dollars and fifteen

cents ......... 866 15

Burlington, five hundred sixty-seven dollars and fiftj'-one

cents ......... 567 51

Cambridge, fifty-nine thoasand six hundred seven dollars

and .seventy cents ....... 59,607 70

Canton, twentv-nine hundred fortv-two dollars and

twenty-four cents . . " . . . 2,942 24

Carlisle, two hundred ninety-seven dollars and fifteen

cents . . . .' . . . . . 297 15

Carver, six hundred eighty dollars and sixtj^-two cents . 680 62

Charlemont, five hundred sixteen dollars and forty-two

cents 516 42

Charlton, eleven hundred twenty-one dollars and sixty-
three cents ........ 1,121 63

Chatham, nine hundred forty-seven dollars and one cent . 947 01

Chelmsford, thirty-one hundred four dollars and ninety-
five cents ........ 3,104 95

Chelsea, twenty-one thousand nine hundred fifty-nine

dollars and thirty-seven cents ..... 21,959 37

Cheshire, eight hundred sixteen dollars and five cents . 816 05

Chester, eight hundred thirty-one dollars and forty-three

cents . . . . . . . . . 831 43

Chesterfield, two hundred ninetj^-four dollars and seven-
teen cents ........ 294 17

Chicopee, eighteen thousand foiu- hundred seventy-nine

dollars and thirty-nine cents ..... 18,479 39

Chilmark, one hundred ninety-two dollars and forty-eight

cents 192 48

Clarksburg, six hundred six dollars and seventy cents . 606 70

Clinton, seven thousand sixty-three dollars and fifteen

cents 7,063 15

Cohasset, sixteen hundred eighteen dollars and seventy

cents 1,618 70

Colrain, nine hundred thirty-one dollars and fourteen cents 931 14

Concord, thirty-one hundred three dollars and forty-six

cents 3,103 46

Conway, five hundred fifty-one dollars and fourteen cents . 551 14

Cummington, three hundred one dollars and .sixty-two

cents ......... 301 62

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 480.

503

Dalton, nineteen hundred ninety -four dollars and twent}--

three cents . . " $1,994

Dana, three hundred fifty-nine dollars and sixteen cents . 359

Danvers, fortv-nine hundred eighty-five dollars and eight

cents . ■ 4,985

Dartmouth, thirty-five hundred sixty-six dollars and

thirty cents . . . . . . . . 3,566

Dedham, fiftj'-eight hundred thirty-five dollars and thirty-
six cents ......... 5,835

Deerfield, thirteen hundred eighty-five dollars and five

cents ......... 1,385

Dennis, nine hundred ninety-nine dollars and ten cents . 999

Dighton, fourteen hundred twenty-two dollars and

seventj'-five cents . . . . . ... 1,422

Douglas, eleven hundred fortj^-five dollars and forty-four

cents ......... 1,145

Dover, five hundred seventeen dollars and forty -one

cents . . . . . . . 517

Dracut, twenty-six hundred five dollars and ninety cents . 2,605

Dudley, two thousand ninetj^-five dollars and ninety-three

cents 2,095

Dunstable, two hundred thirt3'-two dollars and sixteen

cents ......... 232

Duxbury, nine hundred seventy dollars and thirty-three

cents 970

East Bridgewater, eighteen hundred eighty-eight dollars

and fifty-seven cents ...... 1,888

East Brookfield, three hundred seventy-two dollars and

fifty-five cents ....... 372

East Longmeadow, thirteen hundred twenty-nine dollars

and ninety-eight cents ...... 1,329

Eastham, two hundred sixtj'-eight dollars and thirty-eight

cents ......... 268

Easthampton, fifty-one hundred eighty dollars and fifty-
four cents ........ 5,180

Easton, twenty-seven hundred fifteen dollars and three

cents . 2,715

EdgartowTi, six hundred thirtj'-one dollars and fifty-one

cents ......... 631

Egremont, three hundred six dollars and fifty-eight cents . 306

Enfield, three hundred eighty-three dollars and fort}'-

seven cents ........ 383

Erving, seven hundred fifteen dollars and thirty-four

cents ......... 715

Essex, nine hundred twenty-one dollars and twenty-two

cents . 921

Everett, twentj^ thousand five dollars and thirty-two

cents 20,005

Fairhaven, forty-four hundred twenty dollars and fifty-
five cents ' . . . . " . . . 4,420
Fall River, sixty-one thousand two hundred sixty-five

dollars and fifty-nine cents ..... 61,265

Falmouth, two thousand ninety-eight dollars and ninety

cents 2,098

Fitchburg, twenty-one thousand thirty-one dollars and

twenty-one cents ....... 21,031

Florida, one hundred ninety-two dollars and ninety-seven

cents ......... 192

Foxborough, nineteen hundred fifteen dollars and thirty-
six cents ......... 1,915

Framingham, ninety-four himdred thirty-two dollars and

forty-two cents ....... 9,432

Franklin, thirty-three hundred .seventy-nine dollars and

twenty-eight cents ....... 3,379

Fi'eetown, nine hundred three dollars and thirty-six cents . 903

Amounts to be
23 paid several
1 f? cities and

towns from

surplus funds
08 collected for

soldiers'
„- bonus, so-
30 called.

Schedule.

05
10

41
90

57
55
98
38
54
03

28
36

504

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 480.

Amounts to be
paid several
cities and
towns from
surplus funds
collected for
soldiers'
bonus, so-
called.
Schedule.

Gardner, eighty-seven hundred ninety-six dollars and

forty-five cents ......

Gay Head, ninety-five dollars and seventy-four cents
Georgetown, one thousand twenty-five doUars and thirty

nine cents .......

Gill, four hundred ninety-one dollars and twelve cents
Gloucester, twelve thousand four hundred twenty-three

dollars and seventy-seven cents
Goshen, one hundred thirty-four dollars and ninety-three

cents ........

Gosnold, seventy-two dollars and ninety-two cents .
Grafton, twenty- seven hundred twenty-eight dollars and

ninety- two cents ......

Granby, four hundred twenty dollars and sixty-seven

cents . ' .
Granville, four hundred forty-three dollars and ninety

nine cents . . . . . ' .

Great Barrington, thirty-three hundred seven dollars and

thirty-five cents .......

Greenfield, eighty-four hundred eighteen dollars and

forty-four cents .......

Greenwich, two hundred thirty-three dollars and sixteen

cents .........

Groton, thirteen hundred thirteen dollars and twelve

cents ........

Groveland, thirteen hundred fourteen dollars and sixty

one cents .......

Hadley, thirteen hundred and twenty-eight dollars .
Halifax, three hundred thirty-three dollars and eighty-six

cents .....•••
Hamilton, nine hundred sixty-five dollars and thirty-seven

cents ......■•

Hampden, three hundred fifty-one dollars and seventy-two

cents . . . . • • • • . •

Hancock, two hundred fiifty-seven dollars and forty-six

cents ......•••

Hanover, fifteen hundred thirty-six dollars and thirty-five

cents ......••

Hanson, eleven hundred twenty dollars and sixty-four

cents ........

Hardwick, fifteen hundred eighty-eight dollars and forty

four cents .......

Harvard, six hundred fifteen dollars and fourteen cents
Harwich, ten hundred eighty-one dollars and forty-five

cents ........

Hatfield, thirteen hundred thirty-nine dollars and forty

one cents .....••

H? verhill, twenty-eight thousand four hundred thirty-nine

dollars and sixty-three cents ....
Hawley, one hundred ninety-seven dollars and ninety

three cents .......

Heath, two hundred eleven dollars and eighty-three

cents . . . . • • ■

Hingham, twenty-eight hundred sixty-six dollars and

thirty-four cents ......

Hinsdale, five hundred twenty-four dollars and eighty

five cents .......

Holbrook, sixteen hundred thirty-nine dollars and four

cents
Holden, sixteen hundred twenty-one dollars and sixty

eight cents .......

Holland, seventy-four dollars and ninety-one cents .
Holliston, fifteen hundred forty-seven dollars and seventy

six cents ....••••
Holyoke, twenty-eight thousand four hundred eightv

seven dollars and twentj-six cents

$8,796 45
95 74

1,025 39
491 12

12,423 77

134 93
72 92

2,728 92

420 67

443 99

3,307 35

8,418 44

233 16

1.313 12

1.314 61
1,328 00

333 86

965 37

351 72

257 46

1,536 35

1,120 64

1,588 44
615 14

1,081 45

1,339 41

28,439 63

197 93

211 83

2,866 34
524 85

1,639 04

1,621 68
74 91

1,547 76

28,487 26

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 480.

505

Hopedale, sixteen hundred eight dollars and seventy-eight
cents .........

Hopkinton, thirteen hundred nine dollars and fifteen
cents .........

Hubbardston, six hundred twenty dollars and ten cents .

Hudson, forty-one hundred sixty-one dollars and sixty
cents .........

Hull, eleven hundred sixty-seven dollars and twenty-
seven cents ........

Huntington, eight hundred ten dollars and nine cents

Ipswich, thirty-two hundred eight dollars and thirteen
cents .........

Kingston, thirteen hundred eleven dollars and thirteen
cents .........

Lakeville, seven hundred five dollars and ninety-two
cents .........

Lancaster, eleven hundred eighty-one dollars and sixty-
six cents .........

Lanesborough, five hundred eighty-six dollars and thirty-
six cents .........

Lawrence, forty-one thousand forty-eight dollars and
ninety-four cents .......

Lee, twentj'-three hundred eleven dollars and twenty-
three cents ........

Leicester, nineteen hundred seventy-two dollars and
ninety cents ........

Lenox, seventeen hundred twenty-two dollars and eighty-
eight cents ........

Leominster, ten thousand three hundred eighty-two dol-
lars and forty-one cents ......

Leverett, three hundred sixty-five dollars and sixty-one
cents .........

Lexington, thirty-six hundred seventeen dollars and
eighty-nine cents .......

Ley den, one hundred eighty-two dollars and fifty-six
cents .........

Lincoln, six hundred twenty-eight dollars and three cents .

Littleton, six hundred ninety dollars and four cents

Longmeadow, fourteen hundred eighty-four dollars and
sevent3'-six cents .......

Lowell, fifty-five thousand three hundred seven dollars
and seventy cents .......

•Ludlow, thirty-five hundred sixty-one dollars and thirt}'-
four cents ........

Lunenburg, nine hundred fifty-seven dollars and forty-
three cents ........

Lynn, fifty-two thousand six hundred thirty-six dollars
and thirty-two cents ......

Lynnfield, seven hundred thirty-four dollars and nineteen
cents .........

Maiden, twenty-five thousand eighty dollars and twenty
cents .........

Manchester, thirteen hundred seventy-nine dollars and
ten cents ........

Mansfield, thirty-three hundred fifty-four dollars and
ninety-seven cents .......

Marblehead, thirty-eight hundred ninety-five dollars and
seventy cents ........

Marion, seven hundred seventy-eight dollars and eighty-
four cents ........

Marlborough, seventy-nine hundred sixty-one dollars and
fifty-five cents .......

Marshfield, eight hundred ninety-nine dollars and thirty-
nine cents ........

Mashpee, one hundred forty-five dollars and eightj^-five
cents .........

Amounta to be

$1,608 78 ^Ss^-r'

towns from
1,309 15 surplus funds
Ron 1 n collected for
t'^U iU soldiers-
bonus, so-
4,161 60 called.

Schedule.

1,167 27
810 09

3,20S

1,311

705

1,181

586 36

41,048 94

2,311

1,972 90

1,722 88

10,382

365

' 3,617 89

182
628
690

56
03
04

1,484

55,307

3,561

957

52,636 32

734

25,080 20

1,379

3,354 97

3,895

778

7,961

899

145

506 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 480.

Amounts to be Mattapoisett, seven hundred eightj'-two dollars and

cHies'lnd'^' eighty-one cents

towns from Maynard, forty-one hundred seventy-five dollars and
surplus funds ninety-eight cents .......

sol^ers"^ bonus Medfield, eleven hundred two dollars and twenty-eight

so-called. ' cents

Schedule. Medford, twenty thousand one hundred fiftj-six dollars

and thirteen cents .......

Medway, fifteen hundred thirteen dollars and four cents .
Melrose, ninety-one hundred fifteen dollars and ninetj^-

two cents ........

Mendon, five hundred sixty-eight dollars and one cent
Merrimac, twelve hundred forty-one dollars and sixtj'-

eight cents ........

Methuen, eighty-two hundred thirty-seven dollars and
■ thirty-seven cents .......

Middleborough, forty-eight hundred ninety dollars and

eighty-three cents .......

Middlefield, one hundred forty-one dollars and eightj'-

eight cents ........

Middleton, five hundred thirty-five dollars and seventy-
six cents .........

Milford, sixty-eight hundred ninety-three dollars and

ninety-nine cents .......

Millburj', twenty-nine hundred seventeen dollars and

ninety-three cents .......

Millis, eight hundred forty-nine dollars and seventy-eight

cents .........

Millville, eleven hundred twentj'-nine dollars and seven

cents .........

Milton, forty-seven hundred ninetj^-five dollars and nine

cents .........

Monroe, one hundred thirty-six dollars and ninety-two

cents .........

Monson, eighteen hundred seventj^-seven dollars and

sixteen cents ........

Montague, thirty-nine hundred ninety-nine dollars and

eighty-seven cents .......

Monterey, one hundred seventy dollars and sixtj'-five

cents .........

Montgomery, one hundred twentj^-one dollars and four

cents .........

Mount Washington, fortj^-six dollars and fourteen cents .
Nahant, nine hundred forty-seven dollars and one cent .
Nantucket, sixteen hundred seventy- two dollars and

seventy-seven cents .......

Natick, sixty-five hundred and seven tj^-seven dollars
Needham, thirty-seven hundred ninetj^-two dollars and

fifty-one cents ........

New Ashford, forty- eight dollars and sixty- two cents
New Bedford, sixty-two thousand three hundred ninety-
three dollars and sixty-seven cents ....

New Braintree, two hundred fifty-eight dollars and ninety-
five cents ........

New Marlborough, five hundred thirty-eight dollars and

seventy-four cents .......

New Salem, three hundred fourteen dollars and fifty-one

cents .........

Newbury, eight hundred dollars and sixty-seven cents
Newburyport, seventy-six hundred sixty-two dollars and

fort}^-two cents . . . . . .

Newton, twenty-three thousand one hundred fifty-two

dollars and ninety-four cents .....
Norfolk, five hundred fifty-two dollars and sixtj'-three

cents .........

$782 81

4,175

1,102

20,156
1,513

13
04

9,115
568

92
01

1,241

8,237

4,890 83

141

535

6,893

2,917 93

849

1,129

4,795 09

136 92

1,877

3,999 87

170 65

121 04

46 14

947 01

1,672
6,577

77
00

3,792

62,393 67

258 95

538

314
800

51
67

7,662 42

23,152

552

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 480.

507

North Adams, ten thousand three hundred forty-five dol-
lars and twenty cents ...... $10,3-45 20

North Andover, thu'ty-four hundred four dollars and eight

cents 3,404 08

North Attleborough, forty-nine hundred forty-five dollars

and forty cents 4,945 40

North Brookfield, fourteen hundred ninety-six dollars and

seventeen cents ....... 1,496 17

North Reading, seven hundred eighteen dollars and

thirty-two cents ....... 718 32

Northampton, ninety-five hundred eighty-two dollars and

twenty-four cents ....... 9,582 24

Northborough, ten hundred twenty-five dollars and eighty-
nine cents ........ 1,025 89

Northbridge, fifty-seven hundred eight dollars and thirty-
seven cents . . . . . . 5,708 37

Northfield, eight hundred sixty-five dollars and sixty-six

cents 865 66

Nort(5n, thirteen hundi-ed sixty-five dollars and twenty-
one cents ........ 1,365 21

Norwell, eight hundred sixty-eight dollars and fourteen

cents 868 14

Norwood, sixty-eight hundred seventy-six dollars and

thirteen cents ........ 6,876 13

Oak Bluffs, six hundred ninety-one dollars and four

cents - 691 04

Oakham, three hundred thirty dollars and eighty-eight

cents ......... 330 88

Orange, three thousand nine dollars and twenty-one

cents 3,009 21

Orleans, six hundred thirty dollars and fifty-one cents . 630 51

Otis, two hundred forty-five dollars and six cents . . 245 06

Oxford, nineteen hvmdred eighty-nine dollars and twenty-
seven cents ........ 1,989 27

Palmer, five thousand forty-five dollars and eleven cents . 5,045 11

Paxton, two hundred eighty-four dollars and seventjvfive

cents . . ' 284 75

Peabody, ten thousand three hundred six dollars and fifty-
one cents ........ 10,306 51

Pelham, two hundred eightv-five dollars and seventy-four

cents . . . ^ . 285 74

Pembroke, seven hundred eighty-one dollars and thirty-,

two cents ........ 781 32

Pepperell, fifteen hundred eighty-three dollars and ninety-
eight cents . . . ' ; . . . . 1,583 98

Peru, ninety dollars and seventy-eight cents ... 90 78

Petersham, three hundred seventy-four dollars and fifty-
four cents ........ 374 54

Phillipston, two hundred eight dollars and eighty-five

cents . 208 85

Pittsfield, twenty-one thousand three hundred forty-nine

dollars and sixty-nine cents . . . . . ' 21,349 69

Plainfield, two hundred two dollars and ninety cents . 202 90

Plainville, seven hundred twenty-four dollars and twenty-
seven cents ........ 724 27

Plymouth, sixtj'-six hundred eightj'-seven dollars and

thirteen cents ........ 6,687 13

Plj'mpton, two hundred eighty-one dollars and twenty-
eight cents ........ 281 28

Prescott, one himdred sixty-one dollars and twenty-three

cents ......... 161 23

Princeton, four hundred twenty-eight dollars and eleven

cents • 428 11

Provincetown, eighteen hundred eighty-eight dollars and

seven cents ........ 1,888 07

Amounts to be
paid several
cities and
towns from
surplus funds
collected for
soldiers' bonus,
so-called.
Schedule.

508 Acts, 1924. —Chap. 480.

Amounts to be Quincv, twentv-four thousand seven hundred seventy-one

Pftles'and'' dollars and sixty-four cents

towns from Randolph, twenty-six hundred three dollars and forty-two

surplus funds cents .........

soldiers'^ bonus Raynham, ten hundred fifteen dollars and ninety-seven
so-called. ' cents

Schedule. Reading, four thousand sixty-nine dollars and' eighty-two

cents .........

Rehoboth, eleven hundred ninety dollars and fifty-nine
cents .........

Revere, fifteen thousand one hundred thirty-five dollars
and eight3'-two cents ......

Richmond, three hundred thirtj'-two dollars and thirty-
seven cents ........

Rochester, five hundred ninety-five dollars and twenty-
nine cents ........

Rockland, four thousand twenty-one dollars and seventy
cents .........

Rockport, twenty-two hundred nineteen dollars and
ninety-five cents .......

Rowe, one hundred eighty-eight dollars and fifty-one
cents .........

Rowley, seven hundred thirty-eight dollars and sixteen
cents .........

Roj'alston, four hundred sixty-five dollars and eightj^-two
cents .........

Russell, six hundred eighty-three dollars and fifty-nine
cents .........

Rutland, eight hundred thirty-six dollars and eighty-eight
cents .........

Salem, nineteen thousand four himdred ninety-two dollars
and thirtj^-eight cents ......

Salisburj^ ten hundred seventy-four dollars and one
cent .........

Sandisfield, two hundred eighty-four dollars and seventy-
five cents ........

Sandwich, eight hundred fifty- three dollars and seventy-
five cents ........

Saugus, fifty-five hundred ninety-five dollars and seventy-
six cents .........

Savoy, two hundred fifty-one dollars and two cents

Scituate, fifteen hundred forty-seven dollars and seventy-
six cents ........

Seekonk, seventeen hundred twenty-one dollars and thirty-
nine cents ........

Sharon, thirteen hundred eighty-two dollars and seven
cents .........

Sheffield, eight hundred thirteen dollars and fifty-seven
cents .........

Shelburne, eight hundred fifty-two dollars and twenty-six
cents .........

Sherborn, 'six hundred ninety-seven dollars and ninety-
eight cents ........

Shirley, ten hundred fortj'-one dollars and twentj^-seven
cents .........

Shrewsbury, twenty-one hundred sixty-six dollars and
eighty- seven cents .......

Shutesbury, one hundred seventeen dollars and seven
cents .........

Somerset, eighteen hundred thirty-three dollars and one
cent .........

Somerville, forty-six thousand five himdred ninety-eight
dollars and six cents ......

South Hadley, twenty-nine hundred seventeen dollars
and ninety-three cents ......

124,771

2,603

1,015 97

4,069

1,190

15,135

332 37

595

4,021

2,219 95

188

738

465

683

836

19,492

1,074

284

853

5,595
251

76
02

1,547

1,721

1,382 07

813

852

697

1,041

2,166 87

117

1,833

46,598 06

2,917 93

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 480.

509

Southampton, four hundred seventy dollars and twentv

eight cents .......

Southborough, ten hundred forty-two dollars and twenty-
six cents .......

Southbridge, seventy-seven hundred seventy-eight dollars

and ninety-nine cents .....

Southwick, seven hundred forty-one dollars and fourteen

cents ........

Spencer, thirty-two hundred and eighty-eight dollars
Springfield, sixty-seven thousand five hundred ten dollars

and twenty-one cents .....

Sterling, eight hundred thirteen dollars and fifty-seven

cents . . . . . .

Stockbridge, nine hundred seventy-nine dollars and seV'

enty-five cents ......

Stoneham, thirty-nine hundred eighty dollars and three

cents ........

Stoughton, thirty-seven hundred sixty-seven dollars and

seventy-one cents ......

Stow, six hundred forty-six dollars and eighty-nine cents
Sturbridge, nine hundred eighty-one dollars and seventy

four cents .......

Sudbury, six hundred sixty-one dollars and seventy-seven

cents ........

Sunderland, six hundred five dollars and twenty-one cents
Sutton, twelve hundred ninety dollars and thirty cents
Swampscott, thirty-nine hundred seventy dollars and

sixty-one cents ......

Swansea, fourteen hundred eighty-seven dollars and

seventy-four cents ......

Taunton, eighteen thousand nine hundred eightj'-four

dollars and eighty-nine cents ....
Templeton, nineteen hundred eighty-three dollars and

eighty-one cents ......

Tewksbury, eleven hundred eighty-six dollars and sixty

two cents .......

Tisbury, six hundred fifty-one dollars and eighty-five

cents ........

Tolland, one hundred eighteen dollars and fifty-six cents
Topsfield, five hundred eighty-three dollars and thirty

nine cents .......

Townsend, nine hundred sixty-eight dollars and thirty

four cents .......

Truro, two hundred eighty-six dollars and seventy-three

cents ........

Tyngsborough, six hundred twenty-three dollars and

fifty-seven cents ......

Tyringham, one hundred sixty-three dollars and twenty

one cents .......

Upton, nine hundred fifty dollars and forty-eight cents
Uxbridge, twenty-seven hundred eighty-nine dollars and

forty-four cents ......

Wakefield, sixty-seven hundred ninety-eight dollars and

seventy-four cents ......

Wales, two hundred forty-seven dollars and fifty-four

cents ........

Walpole, twenty-nine hundred fourteen dollars and ninety

five cents .......

Waltham, sixteen thousand three hundred eighty-two

dollars and fortj'-seven cents ....
Ware, thirty-nine hundred seventeen dollars and fifty

three cents .......

Wareham, three thousand thirty-eight dollars and ninety

seven cents .......

Warren, two thousand twenty dollars and fifty-two cents

$470
1,042

7,778

741

3,288

67,510

813

979

3,980

3,767
646

Amounts to be
no paid several

cities and

towns from
26 surplus funds

Collected for
_- soldiers' bonus
99 so-called.

Schedule.
14
00

981 74

661

605

1,290

3,970

1,487

18,984

1,983

1,186

651
118

583

968

286

623

163
950

2,789

6,798

247

2,914

16,382

3,917

3,038
2,020

77
21
30

85
56

97
52

510 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 480.

Amounts to be Warwick, two hundred sixteen dollars and twentv-nine

paid several ppnts

cities and ueiits .........

towns from Washington, one hundred thirty-eight dollars and forty-
surplus funds one cents ........

soldiers'^ bonus, Watertown, twelve thousand one hundred sixty-two
so-called. ' dollars and eighty-three cents .....

Schedule. Wayland, eleven hundred ninety-seven dollars and four

cents .........

Webster, six thousand seventy-five dollars and ninety-six
cents .........

Wellesley, thirty-three hundred thirty-three dollars and
sixty-four cents .......

Wellfleet, four hundred ninety-seven dollars and seven
cents .........

Wendell, two hundred five dollars and eighty-seven cents .

Wenham, five hundred sixty-five dollars and fifty-three
cents .........

West Boj'lston, eight hundred thirty-nine dollars and
eighty-six cents .......

West Bridgewater, fifteen hundred forty dollars and
thirty-two cents .......

West Brookfield, seven hundred fiftj^-four dollars and four
cents .........

West Newburj', eight hundred forty-three dollars and
eighty-three cents .......

West Springfield, seventy-four hundred ninety-six dollars
and twenty-three cents ......

West Stockbridge, six hundred forty-seven dollars and
thirtv-eight cents .......

West Tisburj-, one hundred seventy-five dollars and
eleven cents ........

Westborough, two thousand fifty-eight dollars and
seventy-two cents .......

Westfield, ninety-one hundred sixtj'-three dollars and five
cents .........

Westford, fifteen hundred seventj^-five dollars and fifty-
four cents ........

Westhampton, two hundred six dollars and thirty-seven
cents .........

Westminster, seven hundred sixty-seven dollars and forty-
three cents ........

Weston, thirteen hundred seventeen dollars and nine
cents .........

Westport, nineteen hundred twenty-nine dollars and
twenty-four cents .......

Westwood, seven hundred ninety-six dollars and seventy
cents .........

Weymouth, eight thousand sixt3"-two dollars and twenty-
five cents ........

Whately, five hundred sixty-four dollars and fifty-four
cents .........

Whitman, four thousand ninety-three dollars and fourteen
cents .........

Wilbraham, thirteen hundred sixty-four dollars and
twenty-one cents .......

Williamsburg, ten hundred twenty-nine dollars and eighty-
six cents .........

Williamstown, two thousand thirty-eight dollars and
eighty -eight cents .......

Wilmington, fourteen hundred seventy-five dollars and
eighty-three cents .......

Winchendon, three thousand sixtj'-four dollars and
seventy-seven cents .......

Winchester, fifty-one hundred fourteen dollars and fifty-
six cents .........

$216 29

138

12,162

1,197

6,075

3,333

'497 07
205 87

565

839

1,540

754 04

843

7,496 23

647

175

2,058

9,163

1,575

206 37

767 43

1,317

1,929

796

8,062

564

4,093

1,364

1,029

2,038

1,475

3,064

5,114

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 481, 482. 511

Windsor, two hundred twenty-four dollars and seventy- Amounts to be

two cents

Winthrop, seventy-eight hundred eighty-one dollars and ^^ towns from

sixtj''-eight cents
Woburn, eighty-two hundred eighty-two dollars and fifty

one cents .......

Worcester, ninety-three thousand two hundred twelve _ Schedule

dollars and ninety-nine cents ....
Worthington, two hundred ninety-five dollars and sixty-six

cents ........

Wrentham, eight hundred eighty-two dollars and fifty

two cents .......

Yarmouth, eight hundred eleven dollars and nine cents

jj;294 72 paid several

'" ■" cities and

7,881 68 surplus funds

collected for
Q ooo Ki soldiers' bonus,
OfZsz Ol so-called.

93,212 99

295 66

882 .52

811 09

Total $2,000,000 00

Approved June 4> 1'924-

An Act relating to the terms of certain bonds to be QJiqj) 481
issued by the commonwealth providing for the con- ^'

struction of additional sewers in the north metro-
politan sewerage district.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The term of the bonds which the state treasurer is authorized b^'^ds^^r****
to issue under chapter one hundred and sixteen of the acts of struction of
the current year, providing for the construction of additional sewers°rn^
sewers in the north metropohtan sewerage district, shall not ex- ^^T^}^ metro-
ceed ten years, as recommended by the governor in a message to sewerage
the general court, dated May twenty-first, nineteen hundred and '^'^*"<=*-
twenty-four, in pursuance of section three of Article LXII of
the amendments to the constitution. Approved June 4, 1924-

ChapAS2

An Act relative to the powers of the board of trustees
of the essex county agricultural school.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The board of trustees of the Essex County Agri- Powers of
cultural School shall have the care and custody of the property, ^°^V^ °^
both real and personal, acquired for the use of such school, and Essex County
shall have the management of its business and affairs. The sc^hooi!*"'*^
superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon the suit
of said board, to prevent the threatened misappropriation of Misappropria-
property of the school under its management or to compel the property.
restoration of such property to its proper use when any misap- etc.^^'^**°°'
propriation thereof is committed, by any person, public officer
or board, or body politic, including the said county and its
officers.

Section 2. This act shall not invalidate any appropriation Appropriation
of the property of said school heretofore made by the county f'or^cenain'
commissioners of said county for county tuberculosis hospital P^^'P^lat 'd'*
sewage disposal purposes.

Section 3. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the Submission to
voters of the said county of Essex at the biennial state election Esse" county,

512

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 483, 484.

in the current year, in the form of the following question to be
placed upon the official ballot to be used at said election: —
" Shall an act of the general court passed in the current year and
entitled 'An Act relative to the powers of the board of trustees
of the Essex County Agricultural School' be accepted?" If a
majority of the votes cast thereon are in the affirmative, this
act shall thereupon take effect, but not otherwise.

Approved June 4-, 1924-

G. L. 13, § 21,
ameuded.

ChapASS ^^ -'^CT ESTABLISHING THE SALARY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1 . Section twenty -one of chapter thirteen of the Gen-
eral Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the second line,
the words " and secretary of the board salaries of eight hundred
dollars each," and inserting in place thereof the words: — of the
board a salary of eight hundred dollars, to the secretary thereof
twelve hundred dollars and, — and by striking out, in the seventh
line, the words "state auditor" and inserting in place thereof
the word : — comptroller, - — so as to read as follows : — Section
21. There shall be paid by the commonwealth to the chairman
of the board a salary of eight hundred dollars, to the secretary
thereof twelve hundred dollars and to the other members thereof
six hundred dollars each, and to each member thereof his neces-
sary traveling expenses actually incurred in attending meetings
of the board. The board shall keep a record of all money re-
ceived and expenses incurred by it, and a duplicate thereof shall
be open to public inspection in the office of the comptroller.

Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an appropria-
tion is made sufficient to cover the same, and then as of July
first in the current year. Approved June 4, 1924-

Board of
dental
examiners,
salaries and
expenses.

Records.

Time of
taking effect.

C^a».484 ^'^ ^^'^ ESTABLISHING THE SALARIES OF THE JUSTICES AND
CLERKS OF CERTAIN DISTRICT COURTS.

G. L. 218, § 76,
etc., amended.

Salaries of
justice and
clerk of
Boston
juvenile
court.
Salaries of
justices of

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section seventy-six of chapter two hundred and
eighteen of the General Laws, as amended by section one of
chapter three hundred and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-one, is hereby further amended by adding at
the end thereof the following: — The salaries of the justices of
the following district courts shall severally be as follows: First
district court of Barnstable, twenty-two hundred dollars; second
district court of Essex, twenty-four hundred dollars; second dis-
trict court of Plymouth, thirty-two hundred dollars; third dis-
trict court of Plymouth, twenty-five hundred dollars; fourth
district court of Plymouth, twenty-five hundred dollars, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 76: The salary of the justice of
the Boston juvenile court shall be four thousand dollars, and
that of the clerk of said court three thousand dollars. The salary
of the justice of the municipal court of the Charlestown district
shall be four thousand dollars. The salaries of the justices of

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 485. 513

the following district courts shall severally be as follows: First g^^^tl" '''*'^"*^'
district court of Barnstable, twenty-two hundred dollars; second
district court of Essex, twenty-four hundred dollars; second dis-
trict court of Plymouth, thirty-two hundred dollars; third dis-
trict court of Plymouth, twenty-five hundred dollars; fourth
district court of Plymouth, twenty-five hundred dollars.

Sfxtion 2. Section eighty of said chapter two hundred and g l. 218 §80,
eighteen, as amended by section two of chapter three hundred
and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, is
hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing : — The salaries of the clerks of the first district court of
Barnstable, the second district court of Essex and the second,
third and fourth district courts of Plymouth shall be equal to
seventy-five per cent of the salaries established for the justices
of their respective courts, — so as to read as follows : — Section Salaries of
80. The salary of the clerk of the municipal court of the Charles- cirtain^di'str?ct
town district shall be equal to seventy-five per cent of the salary courts,
established for the justice of said court, and the salary of the
first assistant clerk shall be equal to seventy-five per cent, and
the salary of the second assistant clerk shall be equal to sixty
per cent, of the salary of said clerk. The salaries of the clerks
of the first district court of Barnstable, the second district court
of Essex and the second, third and fourth district courts of
Plymouth shall be equal to seventy-five per cent of the salaries
established for the justices of their respective courts.

Approved June 4, 1934-

An Act eelative to the trial or disposition of certain QJkxj) 435
criminal cases by district court judges sitting in the
superior court.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and sixty- 1923, 469, § 1,
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three is hereby ^'"^'i^^'^-
amended by striking out all after the w^ord "officer" in the
seventh line down to and including the word "Laws" in the
tenth line and inserting in place thereof the foUow^ing: — or of
any misdemeanor except conspiracy or libel, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 1 . A justice of a district court, except the Certain
municipal court of the city of Boston, shall, at the written request ^^^^H courts
of the chief justice of the superior court, sit in the superior court to sit in
at the trial or disposition with or without a jury in any part of at^triL° ot°"
the commonwealth of any \'iolation of a by-law^, order, ordinance, certafn*^'"'' *'^
rule or regulation made by a city or town or public officer or of criminal
any misdemeanor except conspiracy or libel, and during the con-
tinuance of such request shall have and exercise all the powers
and duties which a justice of the superior court has and may
exercise in the trial and disposition of such cases; provided, that Provnso.
no special justice of a district court shall so sit and that no
justice so sitting shall act in a case in which he has either sat or
held an inquest in the district court or otherwise has an interest.

Section 2. Section four of said chapter four hundred and ^me^ncfed^' ^ *'
sixty-nine is hereby amended by inserting after the word "ses-

514

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 486, 487.

txpense
allowances and
compensation
of justices of
district courts
sitting in
superior
court.

Compensation
of special
justices holding
sessions of
district courts,
etc.

When section
two to take
effect.

sions" in the sixth hne the following: — and also such compen-
sation for each court daj^ while so sitting, as will, when added
to the per diem rate of his regular salary, computed as provided
in section eighty-four of chapter two hundred and eighteen of-
the General Laws, amount to thirty dollars a day, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 4- Justices of district courts when
sitting in the superior court as herein provided shall receive from
the commonwealth, in addition to their regular salaries, upon
certificate of the chief justice of the superior court, the amount
of expense incurred by them in the discharge of their duties in
connection with such sessions and also such compensation for
each court day, while so sitting, as will, when added to the per
diem rate of his regular salary, computed as provided in section
eighty-four of chapter two hundred and eighteen of the General
Laws, amount to thirty dollars a day. The compensation of a
special justice for services in holding sessions of a district court
in place of a justice of a district court while sitting in the superior
court as herein prov'ided shall be paid by the county and shall not
be deducted from the salary of the district court justice so
sitting in the superior court, but shall be repaid to the county
by the commonwealth.

Section 3. Section two of this act shall take effect as of the
first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

Approved June ^, 1924.

ChapASG An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay a sum of

MONEY TO THE WIDOW OF CHARLES V. CAREY.

City of
Boston may
pay money to
widow of
Charles V.
Carey.

Submission to
city council,
etc.

Proviso.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. In recognition of the long and meritorious service
of the late Charles V. Carey, who served as a court officer in the
superior court for the county of Suffolk for more than six years
and for the purpose of promoting the public good, the city of
Boston may pay to Laura T. Carey, widow of said Charles V.
Carey, the balance of the salary to which he would have been
entitled had he lived and served in said capacity until December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

ChavAS7 ^^ ^^'^ '^^ extend the scope -of THE EXISTING LAW TO CON-
TROL THE SALE OF SECURITIES AND TO PREVENT THE
FRAUDULENT PROMOTION AND SALE OF SECURITIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

GL.iioA,§2, Section 1. Subdivision (g) of section two of chapter one

amended^ '^ "' hundred and ten A of the General Laws, inserted by section one

of chapter four hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen

hundred and twenty-one, is hereby amended by striking out, in

the tenth line of said subdivision, the words "and fraudulent",

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 487. 515

so as to read as follows: — (g) "Fraud" and "fraudulent" shall lecurltiea Act.
include any misrepresentation in any manner of a relevant fact, !'^'"^"^'J ^'^^,
such misrepresentation being intentionally dishonest or due to words defined!
gross negligence, and anj' promise or representation or prediction
as to the future not made honestly and in good faith, or an in-
tentional failure to disclose a material fact; the gaining directly
or indirectly, through the sale of any security of an underwriting
or promotion fee or profit, selling or managing commission or
profit, so gross and exorbitant as to be unconscionable, and any
scheme, device or artifice to obtain such a profit, fee or com-
mission; provided, however, that nothing herein shall limit or Proviso.
diminish the full meaning of the terms "fraud" and "fraudu-
lent" as applied or accepted in courts of law or equity.

Section 2. Section five of said chapter one hundred and ^'s^etc^^^'
ten A, inserted as aforesaid, as amended by chapter forty-seven amended,
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: —
and the commission has revoked its action in forbidding its
sale, — so as to read as follows: — Section 5. No security not ^°tion*to'seii
exempted under section three and to which the preceding section certain securi-
does not apply shall be sold unless and until there shall have ^fth commi.?-
been filed with the commission by a person offering the same for ^'°"' ®*^-
sale or by the directors or trustees of the corporation, associa-
tion, trust, or other body issuing the security, or by other officers
holding a corresponding relation thereto, or by officers duly au-
thorized by such directors or trustees to take such action, a
notice of intention to ofter for sale the security named and
specified in the notice; but within seven days, or such further statement

^ . , . . , ,, . ."' ., . with informa-

period as m any special case the commission may authorize, tion and data
after filing said notice, the person or officers, or some one in *^p^® ^•^'^■
their behalf, shall file with the commission a statement contain-
ing the information and data relative to the security offered and
the issuing corporation, association or trust, specified in sub-
divisions (o), (6), (c), and {d) of section four, and in addition
thereto a statement of the purposes to which the proceeds of
the proposed issue are to be applied. Upon and after the filing
of such notice the said security may be sold and offered for sale
by any broker or salesman registered under the provisions of
this chapter, subject, however, to the provisions of the following
section and subject to the right of the commission in its dis- commission
cretion to forbid its sale until the information required by this ^'^^"^^ ^^^^"^
and the following section is filed with it and the commission has
revoked its action in forbidding its sale.

Section 3. Section six of said chapter one hundred and ^e.^etc^,'^'^'
ten A, inserted as aforesaid, as amended by section one of chapter amended.
four hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
sixth and seventh lines the words "or from any officer of the
corporation" and inserting in place thereof the words: — or from
any person or persons, — by inserting after the word " informa-
tion" in the eighth fine the words: — under oath, including
examinations and reports by reputable accountants, engineers
and other experts, at the expense of the person or persons afore-

516

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 487.

Commission
may require
further in-
formation
under oath,
etc.

Failure to
submit infor-
mation to be
deemed prima
facie evidence
of fraud.

Commission
to make
findings, etc.

G. L. IIOA,
§ 8, etc.,
amended.

Registration
of brokers and
salesmen
selling securi-
ties.

Original
applications,
what to state,
etc.

Expiration of
registrations.

Renewal of
certain regis-
trations, fee,
etc.

Applications
for regis-
tration after
October 1,
1924.

said, — SO as to read as follows : — Section 6. If, upon receipt
and examination of the notice or of any statement required by
the two preceding sections the commission deems the informa-
tion inadequate it shall make such further investigation as it
shall deem necessary or advisable, and may require from the
person filing such statement or from any person or persons
issuing such security such further information under oath, in-
cluding examinations and reports by reputable accountants,
engineers and other experts, at the expense of the person or
persons aforesaid, as may in its judgment be necessary to enable
it to ascertain whether the sale of such security would be fraudu-
lent or would result in fraud. The failure to submit the in-
formation required by the commission within such reasonable
time as it may specify shall in the absence of satisfactory expla-
nation or of extension by the commission of the time for filing
such information, be deemed prima facie evidence of fraud.
Whenever the commission is of opinion from the information
disclosed or in its possession that the sale of any security under
section four or five or of any security exempted under any pro-
vision of section three, is fraudulent or would result in fraud, it
shall make a finding to that effect. Upon the making of such
finding, such security shall not be sold or offered for sale until,
and except in accordance with, further action by the commis-
sion or by the court as provided in this chapter.

Section 4. Said chapter one hundred and ten A, inserted as
aforesaid, as amended in section eight by section one of chapter
three hundred and seventeen and section three of chapter four
hundred and thirty-five, both of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-two, and by chapter forty-eight of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by
striking out said section eight and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Sectimi 8. No person shall sell securities within
this commonwealth, whether exempted under section three or
not, as broker or salesman, except as provided in paragraph (6)
of section ten, unless he has been registered by the commission.
An original application for such registration shall state the
applicant's name and residence, and the place where the regis-
tered business is to be conducted, shall be accompanied by a
certificate of two citizens of the commonwealth that the applicant
is, in their opinion, honest and of good repute, or, in case the
applicant is a partnership, corporation, trust or voluntary asso-
ciation, that the reputation of its members, officers or trustees
for honesty and fair dealing is good. Every registration under
this section shall expire on the thirty-first day of December in
each year, but the same may be renewed. Any person registered
as broker or salesman prior to October first, nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, shall be entitled to renewals thereof merely by
payment of the lawful fee, unless his registration has been or
shall be cancelled or revoked by order of the commission. Any
person applying for registration as broker or salesman after said
date shall furnish under oath such information as the commis-
sion may require, and shall be registered if it appears to the com-
mission that the applicant is of good moral character and of

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 487. 517

sufficient acquirements and qualifications. The fee for such Fees.
registration and for each annual renewal thereof shall be fifty
dollars in case of brokers and two dollars in case of salesmen.
Said fees shall be paid into the state treasury. No non-resident oj^f °t'(^rM^'by
person not having a usual place of business in the common- non-resident
wealth shall be so registered unless and until he has filed with slfj^ce^of ^°^
the commission a writing, in a form to be approved by the at- process, etc.
torney general, appointing the secretary of the commission or
his successor in office to be his true and lawful attorney upon
whom all lawful processes in any action or proceeding against
him relative to or connected with an act or acts done as such
salesman or broker may be served, and in such writing shall
agree that any lawful process against him which is served on said
attorney shall be of the same legal force and validity as if in
fact served on the applicant, and that the authority shall con-
tinue in force so long as any liability remains outstanding against
the applicant in this commonwealth. No person registered as a instalment or
broker or salesman shall sell any security or securities, whether ment plans to
exempted under section three or not, which are to be paid for ^^e^approved,
in accordance with the terms of an instalment or partial pay-
ment plan contract except as such plan is approved by the com-
mission. No person shall be entitled to registration hereunder Conviction of
if he, or, in case of a partnership, any member of the firm, or, vi9iation of
in case of a corporation, any officer thereof, or, in case of a trust defeat^s'^ng'ht to
or other unincorporated association, any trustee or officer thereof, registration,
has been convicted of a felony or of a violation of any provision
of this chapter. Conviction of such an offense shall render void
the registration of the person convicted or of the firm of which
he is a member in case of a partnership, or of the corporation of
which he is an officer, or of the trust or other unincorporated
association of which he is a trustee or officer, but the commission
may, after hearing, restore such registration. The commission ^°y™qy\°e
may at any time in the case of any broker or salesman, the con- information to
duct of whose business it has reason to believe has been fraudu- whither"^
lent or if continued would result in fraud, require such informa- ^o|'^^p*t"*g'^
tion under oath as in its judgment may be necessary to enable business
it to ascertain whether such broker or salesman is conducting ot^" " ^^*' ^'
his business in a fraudulent manner or wilfully and purposely
evading or seeking to nullify the provisions of this act. The Failure to
failure to supply the information required within such reasonable f or^mluion to
time as the commission may specify shall, in the absence of ^^imlf^cfe
satisfactory explanation or of extension by the commission of evidence of
the time for filing such information, be deemed prima facie evi- ^'■^"'*-
dence of fraud. If it appears to the commission that any regis- Suspension or

, , 1 , • 1 • 11 1 revocation of

trant is or has been conducting business as a broker or salesman registrations.
in a fraudulent manner or is or has been wilfully and purposely
evading or seeking to nullify the provisions of this chapter,
whether under his present registration or prior thereto, the com-
mission, upon notice to the registrant, may suspend or revoke
his registration either as broker or salesman or both. Upon the Effect of

'^ . ,. «!. -ii- 11 1 suspension or

suspension or revocation oi his registration, a broker or salesman revocation.
shall not be regarded as registered nor be entitled thereafter to
registration as cither a broker or salesman, nor shall any i\rn\

518

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 487.

G. L. IIOA,
§ 9, amended.

Receipt alone
to be issued to
registrants.

Salesmen to
have receipt
on person, etc.

Orders for
cancellation
of registrations,
etc.

G. L. llOA,
§ 10, par.
(6), etc.,
amended.

Circulars,
pamphlets
and advertise-
ments con-
cerning
securities,
issuance
restricted, etc

of which he is a member, nor any corporation, trust or other
unincorporated association of which he is an officer, trustee,
manager or agent, be regarded as registered or be entitled to
registration under the provisions of this chapter unless and until
such suspension or revocation shall be modified or annulled by
the commission or by the court.

Section 5. Section nine of said chapter one hundred and
ten A, inserted as aforesaid, is hereby amended by inserting after
the word "salesman" in the third fine the following: — other
than a receipt in such form as it may approve. Every salesman
so registered shall have said receipt upon his person and said
receipt shall be shown upon demand to an officer authorized to
make arrests but to no other person; violation of this provision
by a salesman so registered shall be ground for the cancellation
by the commission of his registration, — and by inserting after
the word " shall " in the fourth line the words: — , except as afore-
said, — so as to read as follows: — Section 9. The commission
shall not issue any certificate or written evidence to any person
registered as a broker or salesman other than a receipt in such
form as it may approve. Every salesman so registered shall
have said receipt upon his person and said receipt shall be shown
upon demand to an officer authorized to make arrests but to no
other person; violation of this provision by a salesman so regis-
tered shall be ground for the cancellation by the commission of
his registration. The finding of the commission that a person
may act as a broker or salesman within the commonwealth shall,
except as aforesaid, take the form solely of entering his name on
the register of brokers or salesmen properly indexed and open
to the public; but the finding of the commission that the regis-
tration of a person to act as a broker or salesman should be
cancelled on the register, shall be in the form of an order to that
effect. Where the registration of a person as salesman or broker
is cancelled under the pro\dsions of this chapter, the commission
shall so note upon the register.

Section 6. Paragraph (6) of section ten of said chapter one
hundred and ten A, inserted as aforesaid, as amended by section
two of chapter three hundred and seventeen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by
striking out all after the word "sale" in the twenty-third line of
said paragraph, so as to read as follows : — (6) A broker regis-
tered under this chapter shall place the name under which he is
registered and his address upon all circulars, pamphlets or ad-
vertisements issued by him concerning any security'. No person,
other than a broker registered under this chapter, shall issue any
circular or pamphlet or procure the publication of any advertise-
ment concerning securities not exempted under section three
within the commonwealth, unless such circular, pamphlet or
advertisement is signed by such person and all the persons con-
tributing to the cost thereof with their respective addresses and
a statement of their respective interests in such securities, or
unless the circular, pamphlet or advertisement is signed or its
issuance procured or paid for by a so-called syndicate or group

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 488. 519

of persons at least one of whom is a broker registered under this
chapter. The commission may at any time require information Coinmission
showing the compHance of any one so advertising or so issuing eerta[n1n-'^''
circulars or pamphlets with the proA'isions of this section; and f°[^-l;!g°t"
may also, at any time, require in the case of any security the sale advertisinK,
of which it has reason to believe has been fraudulent or if con- ^^'^'
tinued would result in a fraud, information as to the amount of
such security sold to any person, and the person or persons to
whom any such security has been sold and the terms and nature
of such sale.

Section 7. Section fifteen of said chapter one hundred and ^15 'amended.
ten A, inserted as aforesaid, is hereby amended by striking out
section fifteen and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 15. Whoever, being required under any section of this Certain
chapter to furnish information under oath, wilfully swears or guifty"of°
affirms falsely in a matter relative to which such oath or affirma- perjury.
tion is required, shall be guilty of perjury. Whoever violates Penalty for
any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not ■"oi'''*'°°^-
more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not
more than two and one half years, or both. Any officer author- Arreat without
ized to make arrests maj^ arrest without a warrant and keep in when,
custody until he can be taken before a court having jurisdiction
of such offense, any salesman offering securities for sale who does
not have in his possession and who does not exhibit upon demand
to such officer a receipt issued to him by the commission under
the provisions of section nine of this chapter. Record shall be Court records
kept by every court and trial justice of every case in which a etc.
person is convicted of a violation of any provision of this act,
and of every case in which a person registered as a broker or
salesman is convicted of a felony, and an abstract of such record commtssion.
shall be sent forthwith by the clerk of the court or the trial
justice to the commission. Approved June 4, 1924.

An Act regulating and restricting the use of buildings (7/iai0.488

AND premises, THE HEIGHT AND BULK OF BUILDINGS AND
THE OCCUPANCY OF LOTS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND FOR
SAID PURPOSES DIVIDING THE CITY INTO DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follotvs:

DEFINITIONS.

Section 1. For the purposes of this act, certain words and i^w*so-caifed^
terms used herein are hereinafter defined; words not defined Definitions.
herein shall be construed as defined or used in chapter five hun-
dred and fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven, and
acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, being the
building law of the city of Boston, hereinafter referred to as the
aforesaid building law or, if not defined or used therein, as in
the regulations of the department of public safety.

Building, Area of: The maximum horizontal projected area Area of
of a building, including covered porches but excluding cornices ^ '°^'
not more than eighteen inches wide, steps and terraces.

520

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 488.

Dwelling.

Hotel.

Lot.

Set-back.

Story, Half.

Yard, Rear.

Yard, Side.

Dwelling: Any house ur building, or portion thereof, except a
hotel, which is occupied in whole or in part as the home or resi-
dence of one or more persons, either permanently or transiently.

Hotel: A building occupied as the more or less temporary
abiding place of individuals in which provision is not made for
cooking in any apartment, and in which there are more than
fifty sleeping rooms, a public dining room for the accommoda-
tion of at least fifty guests, and a general kitchen.

Lot: Land occupied or to be occupied by a building and its
accessory buildings, and including the open spaces required
under this act.

Set-back: The minimum horizontal distance between the street
line and the front line of the building, excluding steps, uncovered
porches and covered but unenclosed entrance porches on the
first story which do not exceed a total area of fifty square feet.

Story, Half: A story which is situated in a sloping roof, the
area of which at a height four feet above the floor does not exceed
two thirds of the floor area of the story immediately below it
and which does not contain an independent apartment. A half
story shall not be counted as a story for the purpose of deter-
mining yard dimensions.

Yard, Rear: An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with
a building and between the extreme rear line of said building
and the rear line of the lot.

Yard, Side: An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with
a building extending for the full length of the building between
the building and the side line of the lot.

Establish-
ment of use
districts.

Zoning map.

Buildings not
to be erected,
etc., for
purpose other
than use
permitted, etc.

ESTABLISHMENT OF USE DISTRICTS.

Section 2. In order to regulate and restrict the location of
trades, industries and other uses, and the location of buildings
designed, erected, altered or occupied for specified uses, the city
of Boston is hereby divided into the following classes of use dis-
tricts :

Single Residence districts,

General Residence districts.

Local Business districts.

General Business districts,

Industrial districts.

Unrestricted districts,
as appearing on the zoning map prepared by the Boston city
planning board, dated March fifteenth, nineteen hundred'and
twenty-four and filed, April twenty-eighth of said year, in the
office of the state secretary, as amended by the substitution of
a new sheet ten of said plan, filed with said office May eleventh,
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, in place of sheet ten previ-
ously filed.

Except as hereinafter provided no building shall be erected or
altered nor shall any building or premises be used for any purpose
other than a use permitted in the use district in which such build-
ing or premises is located.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 488. 521

SINGLE RESroENCE DISTRICTS.

Section 3. In a single residence district no building or Single
premises shall be erected, altered or used except for one or more dtstrfcts^
of the following uses:

(1) Single-family detached dwellings; Dwellings.

(2) Clubs, except clubs the chief activity of which is a service ciubs.
customarily carried on- as a business and clubs with more than

five sleeping rooms;

(3) Educational, religious, philanthropic or other institutional uses**"*'**"*'
uses, provided that in the case of a hospital, sanitarium, correc- Proviso,
tional institution or similar use the health commissioner of Boston

and building commissioner of Boston approve the location as
not detrimental or injurious to the residential character of the
neighborhood after public notice and hearing;

(4) Farms, gardens, nurseries or greenhouses; Farms, etc.

(5) Municipal recreational uses; Municipal

(6) Railroad or street railway local passenger stations; p^assTn'er

(7) Cemeteries, provided the health commissioner of Boston stations,
and the Boston city council approve the location; Cemeteries.

(8) Accessory uses customarily incident to any of the above J°^^^°-

• 1 mi )» 1 11 '11 Accessory uses,

permitted uses, i he term accessory use shall not mclude : not including:

(a) Garages; Garages.

(b) x\ny use, except signs, located upon that half of the lot ;^rJet"iine or'
nearest the street line or lines, or within ten feet of such part of adjacent lot,
an adjacent lot, unless it is either fifty feet from the nearest ^*'''
street or in the same building to which the use is accessory;

(c) Signs except those pertaining to the lease, sale or use of ^[f^ except,
the lot or building on which placed, and not exceeding a total

area of eight square feet, and except further that on a lot occu-
pied by a dwelling there shall not be more than one such sign,
pertaining to the use thereof or bearing the name or occupation
of an occupant, for each family housed and no such sign shall
exceed one square foot in area;

(9) Garages in which the business of repairing is not con- Certain
ducted and in which not more than one commercial automobile ^^''^^''^'
is stored, provided after public hearing the board of street com- Proviso.
missioners grants a license therefor. No such license shall be License,
granted where such garage \A-ill be detrimental to the residential ^'^^^ '°^" ^ '^'
character of the neighborhood, or increases the fire hazard or

tends to cause congestion in any private way used in common
with others. From any decision of said commissioners granting Appeal to
any such license any person aggrieved may take an appeal, within marsha^L
fifteen days of notice of such decision, to the state fire marshal,
who may after public hearing suspend or re\oke any such license.

general residence districts.

Section 4. In a general residence district no building or General
premises shall be erected, altered or used except for one or more d!stri*ct3^
of the following uses:

(1) Any use permitted in a single residence district; r^dence

(2) Dwellings; district uses.

Dwellings.

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Clubs, etc.

Hotels.
Proviso.

Accessory uses.

Telephone

exchanges.

Permits for

physicians'

offices.

P^o^^so.

(3) Clubs, social or recreational buildings, except clubs the
chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as a
business ;

(4) Hotels, provided they conform to all the requirements of
this act for dwellings;

(.5) Accessory uses customarily incident to any of the above
uses. The term "accessory use" shall be construed as in section
three.

(6) Telephone exchange offices. ^

In a general residence district the building commissioner may
grant a permit for physicians' offices, provided the building or
use is not detrimental or injurious to the residential character of
the neighborhood.

Local business
districts.

Residence

district uses.

Hotels.

Fire stations.

Offices or

banks.

Amusement

places.

Stables.

Proviso.

Other retail

business, etc.

Certain manu-
facturing, etc.,
use.
Pro\'iso8.

Certfiin filling
stations or
garages.
Proviso.
License,
granting, etc.

LOCAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS.

Section 5. In a local business district no building or premises
shall be erected, altered or used for any use prohibited in a general
business district as provided in section six, for any use injurious,
noxious or offensive to a neighborhood by reason of the emission
of odor, fumes, dust, smoke, vibration or noise, or for any use
except one or more of the following:

(1) Any use permitted in a single or general residence district;

(2) Hotels;

(3) Fire stations;

(4) Offices or banks;

(5) Places of amusement or assembly;

(6) Stables, provided the health commissioner after public
notice and hearing approves the location;

(7) Any other retail business or service not involving any
manufacture on the premises except as permitted in paragraph
eight of this section;

(8) Any manufacturing, industrial or other use on the same
premises with and clearly incidental to one of the above uses,
provided that it does not occupy an area exceeding fifty per cent
of the floor area of that part of a building occupied by such use,
and provided further that the major portion of any products
manufactured are to be sold at retail on the premises to the con-
sumer;

(9) Filling stations or garages otherwise excluded, pro\ided
that the board of street commissioners, after public notice and
hearing, grants a license therefor. No such license shall be
granted where such filling station or garage will be detrimental
or injurious to the business character of the neighborhood.

General
business
districts.

SpOicified
trades, indus-
tries or uses
prohibited.

GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS.

Section 6. In a general business district no building or
premises shall be erected, altered or used for any of the following
specified trades, industries or uses :

(1) Aluminum, copper, iron, steel or alloys thereof: foundry
or works;

(2) Assaying, other than gold and siher;

(3) Blacksmith or horse-shoeing shop;

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 488. _523

(4) Bleaching, dry cleaning or dyeing at wholesale; "'^'"di^'^nciu-

(5) Bottling works ; tries or uses

(6) Brewing or distilling of liquor or spirits; proiiibited.

(7) Brick, terra cotta or tile manufacture;

(8) Building material storage yard;

(9) Carpet or bag cleaning;

(10) Coal, coke or wood yard;

(11) Contractor's plant or storage yard, except during build-
ing construction on the same or an adjacent lot;

(12) Cotton or woolen mills;

(13) Fish curing or smoking;

(14) Flour or grain mill or elevator;

(15) Forge works;

(16) Glass manufacture;

(17) Ice manufacture for sale, or storage of more than twenty
tons;

(18) Junk or scrap iron dump, storage or wrecking;

(19) Lumber yard;

(20) Oiled or rubber cloth manufacture;

(21) Paper or pulp manufacture;

(22) Petroleum or other inflammable liquids: storage in
excess of two thousand gallons or manufacture of any of its
by-products ;

(23) Planing or saw mill;

(24) Public utility power generating plant;

(25) Rags or scrap paper dump, storage, sorting or baling;

(26) Rock or stone crusher, mill or quarry;

(27) Rubber manufacture or treatment;

(28) Shoddy manufacture;

(29) Soap manufacture;

(30) Steam railroad yard or roundhouse;

(31) Stone yard or cutting;

(32) Sugar refining;

(33) Tobacco, manufacture of chewung tobacco;

(34) Any use prohibited in an industrial district as provided
in section seven;

(35) Any other trade, industry or use that is injurious, noxious
or offensive to a neighborhood by reason of the emission of
odor, fumes, dust, smoke, vibration or noise.

INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS.

Section 7. In an industrial district no building or premises industrial
shall be erected, altered or used for any of the following specified districts.
trades, industries or uses :

(1) Ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacture or Specified

rof^nino-- trades, indus-

leuiuiig, ^ tries or uses

(2) Asphalt manufacture or refining; prohibited.

(3) Blacking or polish manufacture;

(4) Blast furnace;

(5) Boiler works;

(6) Candle or sperm oil manufacture;

(7) Cement, gypsum, lime or plaster of paris manufacture;

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Industrial
flistricts.
Specified
trades, indus-
tries or uses
prohibited.

(8) Coke manufacture;

(9) Cremation, unless in a cemetery;

(10) Creosote manufacture or treatment;

(11) Dextrin, glucose or starch manufacture;

(12) Disinfectant or insecticide manufacture;

(13) Distillation of bones, coal or wood or manufacture of
any of their by-products;

(14) Dye manufacture;

(15) Explosives or fireworks manufacture, or storage in excess
of five hundred pounds;

(16) Fat, grease, lard or tallow manufacture, refining or
rendering;

(17) Fertilizer manufacture;

(IS) Gas (fuel or illuminating) manufacture in excess of one
thousand cubic feet per day or storage in excess of ten thousand
cubic feet;

(19) Gelatin, glue or size manufacture;

(20) Hydrochloric, nitric, picric, sulphuric or sulphurous acid
manufacture;

(21) Hair manufacture;

(22) Hot rolling mill;

(23) Incineration or reduction of dead animals, garbage offal
or refuse unless accumulated and consumed on the same premises
without the emission of odor;

(24) Lamp-black manufacture;

(25) Linoleum or oilcloth manufacture;

(26) Match manufacture;

(27) Metal or ore reduction or smelting;

(28) Oil, paint, shellac, turpentine or varnish manufacture;

(29) Petroleum or other inflammable liquids: production or
refining;

(30) Printing ink manufacture;

(31) Pyroxylin manufacture, manufacture of articles thereof,
or storage in excess of five hundred pounds unless in a vault ap-
proved by the state department of public safety;

(32) Rubber manufacture from crude material;

(33) Salt, soda or soda compounds manufacture;

(34) Slaughtering except as permitted by the health commis-
sioner of Boston;

(35) Stock-yards;

(36) Tanning, curing Or storage of raw hides or skins;

(37) Tar distillation or manufacture;

(38) Tar roofing or waterproofing manufacture;

(39) Wool pulhng or scouring;

(40) Any other trade, industry or use that is injurious, noxious
or offensive to a neighborhood by reason of the emission of
odor, fumes, dust, smoke, vibration or noise, but not including
places of amusement.

Unrestricted
districts.

UNRESTRICTED DISTRICTS.

Section 8. In an unrestricted district buildings and premises
may be used for any purposes not prohibited by law, ordinance
or regulation.

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NON-CONFORMING USES.

Section 9. Any lawful use of a building or premises or part Non-conform-
thereof existing at the time of the taking effect of this act may "^^ ^^^'
be continued, although such use does not conform with the
foregoing provisions hereof. In the case of a building or part
thereof designed and intended for a non-conforming use, such
use in a part thereof may be extended throughout the building
or part thereof so designed and intended or changed to any use
permitted in a district where such non-conforming use would be
permitted and not more detrimental or injurious to the neighbor-
hood, pro\-ided no structural alterations are hereafter made Pro\i3o.
therein, except those required by law, ordinance or regulation.

The building commissioner may grant a permit for the erection Permits for
of additional buildings or for the enlargement or alteration of fargementT'
existing buildings on the same or an adjacent parcel of land, etc of certain
each in the same single or joint ownership of record at the time use prolibi'ted
it is placed in a use district, for a trade, business, industry or "^ ^^'stnct, etc.
other use prohibited in such district where such enlargement or
alteration v.ill not be detrimental or injurious to the character
of the neighborhood.

The building commissioner may grant a permit for a non-con- Permits for
forming temporary building or use incidental to the development temporar"™'"^
of a neighborhood and where reasonably required for such de- b'^ii^i'nss or

1 1 • !• T p • • • ^ • 1 i> uses, etc.

^'eIopment, such permit to be issued tor an initial period of not
more than two years, and in the case of a building only upon
application accompanied by a bond and bill of sale to the city,
effective in case the building is not removed prior to the expira-
tion of the permit. Permits may be renewed by the commis- Renewals,
sioner for successive periods of not more than two years each.

In a general business or industrial district the building com- ?®?"?.its for
missioner may grant a permit for a building or use otherwise uses otherwise
excluded from such district, pro\'ided such building or use is general bus?-"^
distinctly incidental and essential to a use of a building or plant ness or in-
with a series of buildings permitted in such a district, provided districts.
not more than twenty per cent of the total floor area of the build- Provisos,
ing or buildings is to be so occupied, pro\ided that not more
than twenty per cent of the employees of the building or plant
are to be engaged therein, and provided that no building or use
otherwise prohibited in the district is located within fifty feet
of any street or lot line unless such line adjoins or faces property
in a district in which such use is permitted.

ESTABLISHMENT OF BULK DISTRICTS.

Section 10. In order to regulate and limit the height and ^/vf^jj^jf^®"*
bulk of buildings, the area of yards and other open spaces and tricts.
the percentage of lot occupancy, the city of Boston is hereby
divided into the following classes of bulk districts:

Thirty-five foot districts,

Forty foot districts,

Sixty-five foot districts,
^ Eighty foot districts,
^ One hundred and fifty-five foot districts,

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Zoning map.

Ereotion, etc.,
of buildings
not to produce
greater heights,
smaller yards,
etc.

Reduction of
lots.

Restriction as
to open
space.

as appearing on the zoning map prepared by the Boston city
planning board, dated March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four and filed, April twentj^-eighth of said year, in the
office of the state secretary, as amended by the substitution of
a new sheet ten of said plan, filed with said office May eleventh,
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, in place of sheet ten previ-
ously filed.

Except as hereinafter provided no building or part thereof
shall be erected or altered so as to produce greater heights,
smaller yards or less unoccupied area than herein required for
such a building for the bulk district in which it is located.

No lot shall be so reduced that the yards, courts or other open
spaces shall be smaller than prescribed by this act. No yard,
court or other open space shall at any time be counted as required
open space for more than one building.

Thirty-five
foot districts.
Height.

Rear Yards.

Proviso.
Side Yards.

Pro\'iso.

Cotirts.

Set-back.
Proviso.
Same subject.

THIRTY-FIVE FOOT DISTRICTS.

Section 11. In a thirt^^-five foot district: —

Height: No building shall exceed thirty-five feet or two and
one half stories in height.

Rear Yards: There shall be behind every building other than
an accessory building a rear yard extending across the entire
width of the lot and having a minimum depth of twentj^-five
feet, provided that on lots not within a single or general resi-
dence district the depth may be reduced five feet.

Side Yards: There shall be a side yard on each side of exevy
building or pair of semi-detached buildings in a single or general
residence district. The minimum width of any side yard pro-
vided in a thirty-five foot district shall be six feet, which shall
be increased three inches for every ten feet or fraction thereof
that the length of the side yard exceeds fifty feet, provided that
on no lot held under a separate and distinct ownership from
adjacent lots and of record at the time it is placed in a thirty-
five foot district shall the buildable width be reduced by this
requirement to less than twenty-four feet.

Courts: Courts shall conform to the regulations prescribed in
sixty -five foot districts. In a single or general residence district
no window required by the aforesaid building law shall open
upon an outer court the depth of which exceeds its width or upon
any inner court.

Set-back: In a single or general residence district no building
shall hereafter be erected or altered to be within thirty feet of
the center of the street on which it fronts or within ten feet of
the street line, provided that on a lot between two buildings not
more than sixty feet apart the set-back need not exceed the
greater of the set-backs of such buildings.

Between the lines of streets intersecting at an angle of less
than one hundred and thirty-five degrees and a line joining
points on such lines twenty feet distant from their point of
intersection no building or structure may be erected and no
vegetation may be maintained above a height three and one
half feet above the plane through their curb grades.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 488. 527

Building Area: The area of a dwelling shall not exceed thirty- Building
fi^•e per cent of the area of the lot. The area of a building other ^^^'
than a dwelling shall not exceed sixty per cent of the area of the
lot.

FORTY FOOT DISTRICTS.

Section 12. In a forty foot district:— d°9trfcts.°*

Height: No building shall exceed forty feet or three stories Height,
in height.

Rear Yards: There shall be behind every building other than Rear Yarda.
an accessory building a rear yard extending across the entire
width of the lot and having a minimum depth of twenty feet.

Side Yards: There shall be a side yard on each side of every side Yards,
building or attached group of buildings other than accessory
buildings in a single or general residence district unless there is
a party wall. The minimum width of any side yard provided
in a forty foot district shall be six feet, w'hich shall be increased
three inches for ever}^ ten feet or fraction thereof that the length
of the side yard exceeds fifty feet, provided that on no lot held Proviso,
under a separate and distinct ownership from adjacent lots and
of record at the time it is placed in a forty foot district shall the
buildable width be reduced by this requirement to less than
twenty-four feet.

Courts: Courts shall conform to the regulations prescribed in Courts.
sixty-five foot districts, provided that in a single or general resi- Proviso.
dence district no window required by the aforesaid building law-
shall open upon any inner court the length or width of which is
less than its average height.

Set-back: In a single or general residence district no building Set-back.
shall hereafter be erected or altered to be within twenty-five
feet of the center of the street on which it fronts or within ten
feet of the street line, provided that on a lot between two build- Proviso,
ings not more than sixty feet apart the set-back need not exceed
the greater of the set-backs of such buildings.

Between the lines of streets intersecting at an angle of less Same subject.
than one hundred and thirty-five degrees and a line joining
points on such lines fifteen feet distant from their point of inter-
section no building or structure may be erected and no vegeta-
tion may be maintained abo\e a height three and one half feet
above the plane through their curb grades.

Building Area: The area of a dwelling shall not exceed sixty Building Area.
per cent of the area of the lot. The area of a building other
than a dwelling shall not exceed seventy per cent of the area of
the lot.

sixty-five foot districts.

Section 13. In a sixty-five foot district:— dlstri'cfs'.^ ^°°*

Height: No building shall exceed sixty-five feet or five stories Height.

in height.

Yards and Courts: There shall be in the rear of e\ery building Yards and

other than an accessory building a rear yard extending across ^°^^^-

the entire width of the lot, provided that no rear yard shall be Proviso.

required for any building in those cases enumerated in section

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Set-back.

Same subject.

Building
Area.

Eighty foot

districts.

Height.

Proviso.

Set-back.

Building
Area.

fifty-six of the aforesaid building law. All yards and courts
shall conform to the requirements prescribed for tenement houses
by the aforesaid building law.

Set-back: In a single or general residence district, in a sixty-
five foot district and in any adjacent forty foot or thirty-five
foot district on lots fronting on one side of a street between two
intersecting streets no building shall hereafter be erected or
altered to be nearer the street line than the average set-back of
existing buildings within such limits, subject to the following
provisions:

1. No set-back need exceed ten feet in any case. Any reduced
set-back thus established shall be used in computing the average
set-back.

2. On a lot between two buildings not more than sixty feet
apart the set-back need not exceed the greater of the set-backs
of such buildings. Any set-back thus established shall be in-
cluded in computing the average set-back.

Between the lines of streets intersecting at an angle of less
than one hundred and thirty-five degrees and a line joining
points on such lines ten feet distant from their point of inter-
section no building or structure may be erected and no vegeta-
tion may be maintained above a height three and one half feet
above the plane through their curb grades.

Building Area: The area of a dwelling shall not exceed seventy
per cent of the area of the lot. The area of a building other
than a dwelling shall not exceed eighty per cent of the area of
the lot.

EIGHTY FOOT DISTRICTS.

Section 14. In an eighty foot district: —

Height: No building shall exceed the height limit heretofore
in effect in district B as established by the commission on
height of buildings in the city of Boston under chapter three
hundred and thirty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
four, and as thereafter revised; provided, that nothing herein
shall be construed to affect the now existing limit of the height
of buildings abutting on Commonwealth avenue between Arling-
ton and Kenmore streets.

Set-back: Between the lines of streets intersecting at an angle
of less than one hundred and thirty-five degrees and a line
joining points on such lines five feet distant from their point of
intersection no building or structure may be erected and no
vegetation may be maintained above a height three and one
half feet above the plane through their curb grades.

Building Area: In a single or general residence district and
for dwellings in any use district the area of a building shall not
exceed eighty per cent of the area of the lot. For other buildings
no requirements are herein prescribed.

One hundred
and fifty-five
foot districts.
Height.

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE FOOT DISTRICTS.

Section 15. In a one hundred and fifty-five foot district: —

Height: No building shall exceed the height heretofore in

effect in district A as established by the commission on height

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 488. 529

of buildings in the city of Boston under chapter three hundred
and thirty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and four, and
as thereafter revised.

BULK DISTRICT REGULATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS.

Section 16. The foregoing requirements in the bulk districts Bulk district
shall be subject to the following exceptions and regulations: Lnd^Mceptions.

Height.

(1) In a thirty-five foot or forty foot district a single-family Height,
dwelling or building for recreational use may be built to a height f'^^'/v'^^'"*'^
of three and one half stories but not exceeding forty-five feet, recreational
and an educational, religious, philanthropic or other institutional uonafbuiid-
building may be built to a height of five stories, but not exceed- '"^^s.

ing sixty-five feet, provided in each case the building sets back Pro\'iao.
from each street and lot line, in addition to other yard and set-
back requirements, ten feet plus one foot for each foot of such
height in excess of the height limit; and a telephone exchange Telephone
office may be built to a height of five stories but not exceeding officeT^^
sixty-five feet, provided that the part of the building above the Proviso.
height limit sets back ten feet from each street and lot line, in
addition to other yard and set-back requirements.

(2) In an industrial or unrestricted district all dwellings shall industrial or
conform to the regulations herein prescribed for dwellings in district

forty foot districts. _ dwellings.

(3) Structures specified in and exempted from height limita- structures
tion by section four of chapter three hundred and eighty-three and'exempted
of the acts of nineteen hundred and five, as amended b^^ section [?"°^ ^^^^^t
one of chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the Special Acts of certain laws.
nineteen hundred and nineteen, by chapter one hundred and
seventy-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two

and by section twenty-seven of chapter four hundred and sixty-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, may be
erected above the height limit herein established.

(4) In a thirty-five foot or forty foot district on a lot less than Area.

one hundred feet deep the depth of a rear yard may be reduced de^pth'^of rear
to one per cent of the depth required in preceding sections of yard.
this act for each foot of lot depth, but in no such case to less
than twelve feet.

(5) In a thirty-five foot or forty foot district where there is Measurement
a street, alley, railroad right of way, public park or cemetery ?ear*yard°and
along the rear or side of a lot, the measurement of the depth of ^^^^'^ °^ ^'^®
rear yard and width of side yard may be made to the center of

such street, alley, right of way, park or cemetery, and for that
portion of the lot within twenty-five feet of any such rear or
side, the building area may be increased bv an additional ten increase of
per cent of such portion of the lot. " ^^*'^'°^ ^'^*-

(6) In a thirty-five foot or forty foot district where there is Reduction of
a street, alley, railroad right of way, public park or cemetery yard^ °^ '^^^^

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Increase of
building area
in certain
districts.

Increase of
building area
where no yard
is required.

Dwelling
yards higher
in level, etc.,
regulated.

Yards or
courts to be
open, etc.

Extension of
cornices.

Projection of
fire e.soapes,
etc.
Proviso.

Application of
building area
limitation.

One-story
buildings of
accessory use
to certain
dwellings.

Chimneys,
etc., within
yard limits.
Proviso.

along the side of a lot, for that portion of the lot within twenty-
five feet of such side the depth of rear yard may be reduced six
feet.

(7) In a thirty-five foot or forty foot district where a lot con-
taining ten thousand square feet or less is entirely surrounded
by streets or by streets and alleys or a railroad right of way,
public park or cemetery, the building area may be increased
twenty per cent.

(8) In a sixty-five foot or eighty foot district on a lot where
no yard is required the building area may be increased thirty
per cent.

(9) No part of a yard required for a dwelling shall be higher
in level above the floor of the first dwelling story than one foot
for each two feet of distance from the building or for other
buildings a similar distance above the second story floor.

(10) Every part of a required 3^ard or court shall be open
from its lowest point to the sky unobstructed except for the
projections of skylights above the bottom of such yard or court,
and except for the ordinary projections of window-sills, belt
courses and other ornamental features, to the extent of not more
than four inches. Cornices may not extend more than four
inches into any court nor more than eighteen inches into any
yard. Open or lattice-enclosed iron fire escapes or unenclosed
outside stairs may project into the rear or side yard a distance
of not more than four feet, provided that the exact location
thereof receives the appro^■al of the building commissioner.

(11) The limitation of building area herein prescribed shall
apply in a thirty-five foot or forty foot single or general residence
district at the curb grade ; for a dwelling in any other district at
a level not more than two feet above the first story floor; else-
where not more than two feet above the second story floor; and
not more than twenty feet above the mean curb grade in any
case.

(12) On a lot occupied by a dwelling other than a tenement
house a one-story building of accessory use thereto and not more
than fifteen feet high measured to the mean height of the gable
may be located in and occupy not more than thirty per cent of
the rear yard of such dwelling. The area occupied by such a
building of accessory use shall not be included as occupied area
in computing the percentage of lot occupancy.

(13) Chimneys or flues may be erected within the limits pre-
scribed for yards, provided that they do not exceed five square
feet in total horizontal area and do not obstruct ventilation.

Boundaries
of districts.

BOUNDARIES OF DISTRICTS.

Section 17. Unless otherwise indicated, the district boundary
lines are the center lines of streets, alleys, parkways or railroad
rights of way, or such lines extended. Other lines within blocks
less than two hundred feet wide are median lines between their
sides; other lines within blocks two hundred feet or more wide
are one hundred feet distant from the less restricted side of the
block.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 488. 531

Where the boundary Hne of a district di^•ides a lot in a single Boundary
or joint ownership at the time such district is established, a alot, etc. ""^
building or use authorized on the less restricted portion of such
lot may extend to the entire lot but in no case for a distance of
more than thirty feet.

Where the street or alley layout actually on the ground varies interpretation
from the layout as shown on the zoning map the building com- °n case'o^f cer?
missioner shall interpret said map according to the reasonable ^^'"^ variances.
intent of this act.

enforcement; permits.

Section 18. It shall be the duty of the building commis- Enforcement
sioner of the city of Boston to enforce the provisions of this act °{ acr^'"*"*
in manner and form and with powers similar to those practised
or p^o^^ded under the aforesaid building law. No permit shall pgrmitL^
be issued for the construction, alteration or moving of any regulated.
building or part thereof unless the plans and intended use indi-
cate that the building and the premises are to conform in all
respects to the provisions of this act.

Upon any well founded information in writing from any Complaint,
person aggrieved that the provisions of this chapter are being upon ^^ola-
violated or upon his own initiative, the building commissioner *^°°^' ®'°-
shall take immediate steps to enforce the provisions of this act
by causing complaint to be made before the municipal court of
the city of Boston or b}^ applying for an injunction in the superior
court.

It shall be unlawful to use or permit the use of any premises Certification
or building or part thereof hereafter erected, or altered wholly permits or
or partly, or the yards, courts or other open spaces of which are ^^epmJL
in any way reduced, until the building commissioner shall have specifying
certified on the building permit or, in case no building permit is premises, etc.,
issued, shall have issued a use permit specif;ying the use to which ""^^ ^® p*^*'
the premises, or the building upon being sufficiently completed
to comply with the provisions and regulations relating thereto,
may be put.

APPEALS.

Section 19. The board of appeal provided for in paragraph Board of
one of section six of the aforesaid building law shall act as a ^pp^^ •
board of appeal under this act, and the members thereof shall
receive for acting under this act the same compensation as pro-
vided in the aforesaid building law.

Any applicant for a permit under this act whose application Appeals by
has been refused may appeal therefrom within ninety days, f^r^permlts.
Any applicant to the building commissioner for a permit who
appeals to the said board shall pay to him a fee of ten dollars Fee.
before such permit shall be considered by the board. Such fees
shall be deposited by the building commissioner with the city
collector at least once a week.

The board of appeal may vary the application of this act in Board may
specific cases wherein its enforcement would involve practical tioifolf^acrili
difficulty or unnecessary hardship and wherein desirable relief certain cases.
may be granted without substantially derogating from the intent

532

Acts, 1924^ — Chap. 488.

Record of

proceedings,

etc.

Aggrieved
persons,
etc., may
petition for
writ of
certiorari, etc.

No costs
against board
unless, etc.

and purpose of this act, but not otherwise. No such variance
shall be authorized except by the unanimous decision of the
entire membership of the board, rendered upon a written petition
addressed to the board and after public hearing thereon, of
which notice shall be mailed to the petitioner and to the owners
of all property deemed by the board to be affected thereby as
they appear in the most recent local tax list and also advertised
in a daily newspaper published in the city of Boston.

The board shall cause to be made a detailed record of all its
proceedings, which record shall set forth the reasons for its de-
cisions, the vote of each member participating therein, and the
absence of a member or his failure to vote. Such record, im-
mediately following the board's final decision, shall be filed in
the office of the building commissioner and shall ])e open to
public inspection, and notice of such decision shall be mailed
forthwith to each party in interest as aforesaid.

Any person aggrieved by a decision of the board of appeal,
whether previously a party to the proceeding or not, or any
municipal officer or board may, within fifteen days after the
entry of such decision, bring a petition in the supreme judicial
court for the county of Suffolk for a writ of certiorari to correct
errors of law therein, and the provisions of section four of chapter
two hundred and forty-nine of the General Laws shall, except
as herein provided, apply to said petition.

No costs shall be allowed against the board unless the court
finds that it acted with gross negligence or in bad faith.

Board of
zoning
adjustment,
members, etc.

Appointive
members,
qualifications,
terms of
oflBce, etc.

BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT.

Section 20. There shall be a board of zoning adjustment to
consist of twelve members as follows : — The chairman of the
city planning board ex officio, and eleven members appointed
by the mayor in the following manner: one member from two
candidates nominated by the Associated Industries of Massa-
chusetts, one member from two candidates nominated by the
Boston Central Labor Union, one member from two candidates
nominated by the Boston Chamber of Commerce, one member
from two candidates to be nominated by the Boston Real Estate
Exchange, one member from two candidates to be nominated
by the Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange, one member from
two candidates, one to be nominated by the Boston Society of
Architects and one by the Boston Society of Landscape Archi-
tects, one member from two candidates to be nominated by the
Boston Society of Civil Engineers, one member from two candi-
dates to be nominated by the Master Builders' Association of
Boston, one member from two candidates to be nominated by
the Team Owners Association, one member from two candidates
to be nominated by the United Improvement Association, and
one member to be selected by the mayor. All appointive mem-
bers shall be residents of or engaged in business in Boston. Two
of the appointments first made shall be for the term of one year,
two for the term of two years, two for the term of three years,
two for the term of four years, and two for the terra of five

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 488. 533

years, respectively, so that the terms of two luenibers will expire

each year. All subsequent appointments shall be for the term

of five years. Vacancies among the appointive members shall Vacancies.

be filled in the same manner in which original appointments are

made. The several heads of departments of the city of Boston information

shall on request of the board supply it with all information in departments,

their possession useful for its duties. ®''''-

Either upon petition or otherw ise, the board may, subject to Board may
the following conditions, change the boundaries of districts by boundaries of
changing the zoning map, on file at the state secretary's office, districts, etc.
to meet altered needs of a locality, to avoid undue concentration
of population, to provide adequate light and air, to lessen con-
gestion in streets, to secure safety from fire, panic and other
dangers, to facilitate the adequate pro\ision of transportation,
water, sewerage and other public requirements and to promote
the health, safety, convenience and welfare of the inhabitants
of the city of Boston. Such changes shall be made with reason-
able consideration, among other things, of the character of the
district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with
a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the
most appropriate use of land. No such change shall be made Require-
except by the decision of not less than four fifths of the members ^ch changes.
of the board, excepting only any member or members not quali-
fied to act, rendered after a public hearing thereon, of which Public
notice shall be mailed to the petitioner, if any, to the building noti"e,"etc.
commissioner, the chairman of the assessing department, the
chairman of the street laying-out department, the commissioner
of public works, the fire commissioner and the health commis-
sioner of the city of Boston, and to the owners of all property
deemed by the board to be affected thereby as they appear in
the most recent local tax list and also advertised in a daily
newspaper published in the city of Boston. No member shall ^^embers
act in any case in which he is personally interested either directly interested
or indirectly. ''°* '° ^'=*-

The board shall cause to be made a detailed record of all its Record of
proceedings, which record shall set forth the reasons for its de- P[°'=®^'»gs>
cisions, the vote of each member participating therein, and the
absence of a member or his failure to vote. Such record, im-
mediately following the board's final decision, shall be filed in
the office of the building commissioner of Boston and shall be
open to public inspection, and notice of such decision shall be
mailed forthwith to each party in interest as aforesaid. Upon Amended
any decision changing the zoning map, on file at the state secre- ming^etc^^'
tary's office, an amended map showing such change endorsed
by the chairman of said board shall be filed forthwith at said
office.

If a change be favorably decided upon, any person aggrieved pe^ilo^g^^t
or any municipal officer or board may, within fifteen days after may petition
the entry of such decision, bring a petition in the supreme judicial certro^arf, etc.
court for the county of Suffolk for a writ of certiorari setting
forth that such decision is in whole or part not in accordance
with the duties and powers of such board as above prescribed
and specifying the particulars of such non-compliance. The

534

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No costs
against board
unless, etc.
No reduction
of certain
area.
Annual report.

Effect of
transfer of
area to
another
district, etc.

provisions of section four of chapter two hundred and forty-nine
of the General Laws shall, except as herein provided, apply to
said petition.

No costs shall be allowed against the board unless the court
finds that it acted with gross negligence or in bad faith.

The board shall not reduce in any way the area of the one
hundred and fifty-five foot district established by this act.

The board shall report its doings annually on or before the
tenth day of February to the mayor of Boston and to the general
court.

If any area is hereafter transferred to another district by a
change in district boundaries either by action of the board of
zoning adjustment or by an amendment to this act, the buildings
and uses then existing within said area shall be subject to the
provisions of this act with reference to existing buildings or uses
in the district to which tlie area is removed.

Jurisdiction;
penalties.

Interpretation
and applica-
tion of provi-
sions of act.

Certain
statutes not
affected.

Proviso.

Not applicable

to United

States or

state buildings,

etc.

Public service

corporation

buildings,

etc., may be

exempted,

etc.

Restoration,
etc., of
buildings
damaged by
fire, etc.

jurisdiction; penalties.

Section 21. The jurisdiction of courts in equity and at law
and penalties for violation of any of the provisions of this act
shall be as set forth in the aforesaid building law for violations
thereof.

interpretation and application.

Section 22. In interpreting and applying the provisions of
this act they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for
the promotion of health, safety, convenience and welfare of the
inhabitants of the city of Boston. This act shall not interfere
with, abrogate, annul or repeal any statute pre\'iously enacted,
relating to the use of buildings or premises, provided, hov/ever,
that where this act imposes a greater restriction upon the use of
buildings or premises or upon the height of buildings or requires
larger open spaces than imposed or required by such statute,
the provisions of this act shall control.

The provisions of this act shall not applj^ to buildings or land
belonging to and occupied by the United States or the common-
wealth.

A building or premises used or to be used by a public service
corporation may be exempted from the operation of this act if,
upon a petition of the corporation, the department of public
utilities shall, after a public hearing, decide that the present or
proposed situation of the building or premises in question
is reasonably necessary for the convenience or welfare of the
public.

existing buildings and permits.

Section 23. Nothing in this act shall prevent the substantial
restoration within twelve months and continuance of use of a
building which has been damaged by fire, explosion, flood, riot,
act of the public enemy or accident of any kind to such an extent
that the estimated cost of such restoration does not exceed three
quarters of the fair value of the building based on replacement
cost immediately prior to such damage. In the case of a building

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 489. 535

not conforming in use or in bulk to the regulations for the dis- Permits for
trict in which it is located and so damaged to a greater extent, etc.,°in certain
the building commissioner may grant a permit for restoration <''»s®^-
and continuance of use where neither will be detrimental or
injurious to the character of the neighborhood.

Nothing in this act shall require any change in the plans, con- Existing
struction or intended use of a building for which a building p^Lits^
permit has heretofore been issued, and the construction of which
shall have been diligently prosecuted within six months of the
date of such permit, and the ground story framework of which,
including the second tier of beams, shall have been completed
within such six months, and which entire building shall be com-
pleted according to such plans as filed within two years from
the date this act takes effect. Nothing herein shall prevent the Restoration
restoration of a wall or other structural part of a building de- waiis,*etc.
dared unsafe by the building commissioner.

VALIDITY.

Section 24. The invalidity of any section or provision of this Validity.
act shall not invalidate any other section or provision hereof.

WHEN effective.

Section 25. This act shall take effect upon its passage. when

Approved June 5, 1924.

An Act providing for the laying out and construction of Chav.4:S9

A NORTHERN ROUTE TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC BETWEEN BOS-
TON AND THE TERRITORY TO THE NORTH AND EAST THEREOF.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The metropolitan district commission, herein- ^letropoutan
after called the commission, is hereby authorized to lay out and ^m^^Lion
construct a convenient and adequate way for motor vehicles may lay out
and other traffic between Boston and the territory north and traffic way
east thereof along substantially the following route: Beginning Bo^sTon^and
at or near Wellington bridge in the city of Somerville, thence ***'''''f°'"y ,
proceeding over public ways and private property in said city east thereof.
to Medford street and Somerville avenue; thence along Somer- 1°^^^' ^i^t'»«>
ville avenue and Bridge street in the city of Cambridge to the
Cambridge terminus of the Charles river dam; thence southerly
along the bank of the Charles River Basin to or near the terminus
of Memorial Drive in the city of Cambridge near the Cambridge
bridge. The location along the Charles River Basin shall be
laid out to a width not exceeding seventy-five feet. The location
from Broadway to Mystic avenue in the city of Somerville shall
be o\'er that part of Middlesex Fells parkway formerly Winthrop
avenue in Somerville, widened not over twenty-five feet on the
easterly side thereof. The remainder of the proposed new way
southerly of Broadway in Somer\ille shall be laid out and con-
structed to a width of not less than one hundred nor more than
one hundred and twenty feet. The widths hereinbefore pre-

536

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 489.

May take
lands, etc.

Cost of work,
payment in
first instance
by state.

Proviso.

Cost to be
paid by state
and by cities
and towns
benefited.

Commissioners
to determine
proportion in
whicii cities
and towns
benefited shall
pay to meet
three fourths
of cost of
work, etc.

Compensation
of commia-
aioners, etc.

Estimate of
amount of
money re-
quired, etc.

Assessment
and collection.

Part of new
way to become
part of metro-
politan parks
system, etc.

scribed shall not apply to bridges and their approaches. The
commission may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-
nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise,
such lands or rights therein as it may deem necessary' for carry-
ing out the provisions of this act.

Section 2. The cost of laying out and constructing said
proposed new way, including any damages awarded or paid on
account of any taking of land or property therefor or for damage
to any property and any sums paid for lands or rights purchased,
and the salaries and wages of all employees of the commission,
including the interest on all money borrowed by the state treas-
urer on the credit of the commonwealth as provided in section
five and all other expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions
of this act, shall be deemed to be the cost of the work, and shall
in the first instance be paid by the commonwealth; provided,
that such cost shall not exceed in the aggregate two million four
hundred thousand dollars. Twenty-five per cent of such cost
shall be borne by the commonwealth and shall be paid in the
manner provided in section six. When the work authorized
hereunder is completed and the full cost thereof ascertained,
three fourths of such cost shall be paid by the cities and towns
determined to be specially benefited by the work authorized by
this act, in the manner provided in section three.

Section 3. The supreme judicial court, upon application of
the commission and after notice and a hearing, shall appoint
three commissioners, who shall, after due notice and hearing,
and in such manner as they deem just and equitable, determine
the proportion in which any city and town which they deem to
be specially benefited by the work performed under the pro-
visions of this act, shall pay money into the treasury of the
commonwealth, to meet three fourths of the cost of said work,
and shall return their award into said court; and when said
award shall have been accepted by said court the same shall be
a final and conclusive adjudication of all matters herein referred
to said commissioners and shall be binding on all parties. Said
court shall fix and determine the compensation of said commis-
sioners and such compensation, together with such incidental
costs of hearings, experts and printing as may be incurred by
the commissioners shall be deemed part of the cost of the work
herein authorized. The amount of mone^^ so required shall be
estimated by the state treasurer in accordance with the pro-
portions determined as aforesaid and shall be included in and
made a part of the sum charged to such city or town, and shall
be assessed and collected by the state treasurer in the apportion-
ment and assessment of the annual state tax. Such assessments
may be paid from the proceeds of taxation or of loans issued
under section seven.

Section 4. When the work herein authorized shall have been
completed the section of the location of said proposed new way
along Charles River Basin from the Charles river dam to said
Memorial Drive shall become a part of the metropolitan parks
system and shall be maintained and controlled by said commis-
sion as an addition to the Cambridge park lands conveyed to

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 489. 537

tlie commonwealth under authority of chapter five hundred and
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty. All other other paus
parts of said proposed new way, including that portion of pubnc°street3
Middlesex Fells parkway in Somerville, formerly Winthrop ^''g'''*^'^?^"'
a\enue, widened as above provided, shall become public streets cities, etc.
or ways of the respective cities within which they lie and shall
be kept in good condition and repair by them. Said commission Repairs, etc.,
shall notify the mayor of any such city whenever, in its opinion, ° ^^^'
any part of said proposed way, as is to be maintained by such
city is not being maintained in proper condition, and shall specify
in said notice what repairs or improvements are necessary, and
the officers of the city in charge of streets or ways shall forth-
with make the specified repairs and improvements. If such Neglect by
officers do not make such repairs or improvements within sixty repl^r, etc
days of such notice, or w'ithin such further time as said com-
mission may allow, the commission may make the repairs or
improvements, wdiich shall be paid for out of the general revenue
of the commonwealth. The commission shall certify the amount
of such expenditures to the state treasurer, and the same shall
be assessed, collected and paid over to the state treasurer in the
same manner and at the same time as state taxes.

Section 5. The state treasurer shall, upon request of the state
commission and subject to the approval of the governor and toTsaie%tc.,
council, issue and sell at public or private sale temporary notes *®'^p"'''*/.^
of the commonwealth to an amount to be specified from time
to time by the commission, sufficient to provide means for the
payment of the cost of the work herein authorized as defined in
section two. All such temporary notes shall be issued, and may
be renewed, for such maximum term of years, as the governor
may recommend to the general court in accordance with section
three of Article LXII of the amendments to the constitution of
the commonwealth, and shall bear interest payable semi-annu-
ally at such rate as shall be fixed by the state treasurer, with
the approval of the governor and council. The total amoimt of
any notes issued hereunder shall not exceed the sum of one
million eight hundred thousand dollars, in the aggregate at any
one time outstanding.

Section 6. To meet the twenty-five per cent of the expense Annual
of said work required to be paid by the commonwealth there to meet'parT^
shall be annually appropriated from the receipts in the Motor paid bVstate
Vehicle Fees Fund in each of the years nineteen hundred and
twenty-five and nineteen hundred and twenty-six the sum of
three hundred thousand dollars.

Section 7. To meet the payments required hereunder to be pties and
made by any city or town for the cost of the work herein pro- borrow money,
vided for, such city or town may borrow from time to time such ^*°-
sums as may be necessary not exceeding, in the aggregate, the
amount of such payments, and may issue bonds or notes there-
for, which shall bear on their face the words. City or Town of
(name of city or town). Northern Traffic Route Loan, Act of Tr°a'^ffic^ Route
1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan. Loan, Act of
and such loans shall be payable within ten years from their re-
spective dates. Indebtedness incurred by any city or town

538

Acts, 1924. —Chaps. 490, 491.

hereunder shall be in excess of the statutory limit, but shall,
except as herein provided, be subject, in the case of the city of
Boston, to the laws relative to the incurring of debt by said
city and, in the case of any other city or town, to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws. Approved June 5, 1924.

C hap A90 An Act providing for the abatement and removal of

CERTAIN BILLBOARDS, SIGNS AND OTHER DEVICES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter ninety-three of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section thirty the following new section : —
Section SO A. Any billboard, sign or other device erected after
August twentieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, without the
authorization or permit of the division in cases where such au-
thorization or permit is required or maintained after said date
in violation of any rule or regulation of the division shall be
deemed a nuisance. Said division shall have the same power to
abate and remove any such nuisance as is given to the board of
health of a town under sections one hundred and twenty-three
to one hundred and twenty-five, inclusive, of chapter one hun-
dred and eleven, and the provisions of said sections shall, so far
as applicable, apply in the case of a nuisance as herein defined.
The remedy herein provided shall be in addition to any other
remedy provided by law. Approved June 5, 1924.

G. L. 93, new
section after
§30.

Abatement
and removal
of certain
billboards,
signs and
other de\'ices.

ChapA91 An Act providing for the appointment of a metropolitan

WATER SUPPLY INVESTIGATING COMMISSION TO STUDY
FURTHER THE WATER SUPPLY NEEDS OF THE METROPOLITAN
WATER DISTRICT AND OTHER COMMUNITIES WHICH MAY RE-
QUIRE WATER FROM THE METROPOLITAN WATER SYSTEM, AND
OF THE CITY OF WORCESTER.

Emergency
preamble.

Metropolitan

Water Supply

Investigating

Commission,

appointment,

membership,

salaries, etc.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part de-
feat 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 1. The governor, with the advice and consent of
the council, shall appoint three commissioners Avho shall consti-
tute the Metropolitan Water Supply Investigating Commission,
hereinafter called the commission. The governor shall designate
the chairman of the commission. One of said commissioners shall
be a citizen of Boston, one a citizen of the city of Worcester,
and one a citizen of Hampden, Franklin or Hampshire county.
The governor with the consent of the council may fill any
vacancy which may occur in the membership of the commission,
in the same manner in which the original appointment was
made. The chairman shall receive such salary at the rate of
not exceeding six thousand dollars per annum, and the other
two members shall receive such salaries at the rate of not ex-

commission.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 491. 539

ceeding five thousand dollars per annum, as may be fixed by
the governor and council.

Section 2. It shall be the duty of the commission to study P'^^'^s of
further the water supply needs of the metropolitan water dis-
trict, of the city of Worcester, and of such other cities and towns
as may hereafter require water from the metropolitan water
system; to consider the possibility of decreasing the per capita
consumption of water in the metropolitan water district through
further prevention of waste or otherwise; to consider the possi-
bility of utilizing to a greater extent the watershed tributary to
the Wachusett reservoir; to review the findings and recom-
mendations of the joint board on the water supply needs and
resources of the commonwealth, contained in House Document
No. 1550 of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and such other
information and data as may be pertinent to the questions under
investigation and to the study of the several Ware river projects,
of the Swift river project, and of other feasible sources of water
supply, including water purified by filtration; to consider how
soon an additional water supply must be provided for the metro-
politan water district and the municipalities referred to in this
act, and in what quantity, and where the initial and subsequent
development of such additional water supply as may be found
to be necessary should be located; and to determine the best
method of increasing the water supply of the city of Worcester.
The commission shall make surveys and preliminary drawings Surveys, plans,

1 1 n J. J. J. • J 1 1 estimates,

and plans oi any water system extensions recommended, and etc.
shall prepare estimates relative to the cost of the same, including
land damages, and as part of said estimates shall make an
estimate of damages for the taking of land or easements therein
and the taking of water.

The commission shall also consider and recommend the best Method of
method of apportioning among the metropolitan water district, cosTof'watM
the city of Worcester, and such other cities and towns as may ^yfteni

«'' . •' extensions,

be benefited thereby the cost or any water system extensions etc.
which it may recommend.

The commission shall hold public hearings in such places as Public

•, 1 „ hearing."?.

it may deem proper.

The department of public health and the metropolitan district information to \

. I ^^ P •^^ • • • i 11 • i> • • Comnil8.Slon.

commission shall furnish the commission with all mtormation in
their possession which the commission established hereby may
require for the purposes of its investigation.

Section 3. The commission shall be furnished with suitable ^^^jo'^'^gyt
quarters. It shall employ as consultant a disinterested engineer of engineers,
of acknowledged professional standing, qualified as an expert s'starfts.^etc.
on water supply matters, and may employ such other engineers
and such clerical and other assistants as may be necessary for
carrying out the provisions of this act, and for these purposes Expenditure's.
and for traveling and other expenses may expend from such
amount, not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, as may be
appropriated by the general court such sums as may be approved
by the governor and council, of which amount not exceeding
thirty thousand dollars shall be appropriated during the current
fiscal year, The commission shall file with the budget comrais-

540

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 492.

Filing esti-
mates v.dth
budget com-
missioner, etc.

Sums appro-
priated, pay-
ment by state
in first in-
stance.

Apportion-
ment upon
metropolitan
water district
and city of
Worcester.
Entry upon
lands, etc.

D^.mages,
recovery, etc.

Report of
findings,
filing, etc.

sioner on or before October fifteenth of the current year, in the
manner required by chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws,
estimates of its necessary expenditures for the ensuing fiscal
year. The sums appropriated for the purposes of this act shall
in the first instance be paid from the state treasury upon order
of the commission, and shall be apportioned upon the metro-
politan water district and the city of Worcester in such propor-
tions as the commission shall determine and shall be assessed,
collected and paid over to the state treasurer in the same manner
and at the same time as state taxes.

Section 4. In making the investigation required by this
act the commission, its agents or servants may make such entry
upon any lands and waters, including those now held for the
purposes of the water supply of the metropolitan water district
and the city of Worcester, as it may deem necessary, erect
temporary structures and make borings, and in general do any
other act or thing necessary or proper for such purposes, without
being deemed guilty of trespass. In so doing the commission
shall protect the owners of private property from all unnecessary
inconvenience and injury. Any person sustaining damage to
his property b}^ any action of the commission under this act shall
be entitled to recover the same from the commonwealth under
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, and the same shall
thereupon l^e apportioned, assessed, collected and paid over in
the same manner as provided in section three.

Section 5. Said commission shall file its report of its findings
and recommendations and a report of its consulting engineer,
together with plans and estimates, with the clerk of the house
of representatives not later than December first, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-five, and shall at the same time file a copy
thereof with the budget commissioner; and upon the filing of
its report the term of service of the commission shall expire.

Ajyproved June 5, 1924-

Chap. 4:92 An Act rel.\tive to printing and distributing certain

STATE publications.

~ Be it enacted, etc., as foUo^cs:

Section 1. Chapter five of the General Laws, as amended
in section three by section one of chapter one hundred and ninety-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section three and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 3. The state secretary
shall determine the number of copies, not exceeding eleven thou-
sand five hundred, of said volume required to be printed each
year and shall, immediately after their publication, distribute
such copies as follows:

To the clerk of the senate, for the use of the senate, twelve;

To the counsel to the senate, four;

To the clerk of the house of representatives, for the use of
the house, twenty-four;

To the counsel to the house of representatives, four;

G. L. 5, § 3,
etc., amended.

Distribution
of annual
publication
of laws, or
blue book,
so-called.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 492. 541

To each member of the general court and to the clerks of ^'a^!^nuai'°°
each branch thereof, two; and to each assistant clerk thereof, publication

of laws, or
one; blue bonk.

To the state library, twenty-five; so-called.

To the governor, the lieutenant governor, the members of the
executive council, the private secretary to the governor, the
attorney general and his assistants, the adjutant general, every
permanent state department, board and commission having an
office and clerk and to such diAasions thereof as in the opinion
of the secretary require a copy for official use, the senators and
representatives in congress from the commonwealth, the justices,
clerks and registers of courts, such assistant clerks of courts for
official use as the state secretary may designate, the reporter of
decisions, district attorneys, county commissioners, county treas-
urers, registers of deeds, medical examiners, sheriffs, city and
town clerks, city treasurers, city auditors, town treasurers and
town auditors of towns having a population of over twenty-five
thousand as determined by the last preceding state or national
census, the warden of the state prison, the superintendent of the
Massachusetts reformatory, the superintendent of the reforma-
tory for women, keepers of jails and houses of correction, super-
intendents of state hospitals, superintendents of the Lyman and
industrial schools, superintendents of the state in&*mary and
the state farm, Harvard University and all incorporated colleges
within the commonwealth, the Massachusetts Historical Society,
the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Boston
Athenaeum, the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, the
state normal schools, such free public libraries and branches
thereof in the commonwealth as the state secretary may desig-
nate, county law libraries, all incorporated law libraries and
branch libraries maintained by them, veteran organizations
having headquarters in the state house, the justices of the
supreme court of the United States, the judges and clerks of the
United States circuit court of appeals and district court for the
district of Massachusetts, one, each; to the clerks of the supreme
judicial court and the superior court, a number sufficient to
supply two copies at each place where regular or adjourned
sessions of said courts are held;

To. the state secretary for distribution to schools, societies
and in certain important cases not otherwise pro\nded for by
laAv, one hundred;

To the secretary of state of the United States, and to the
secretary of state of each of the United States for the use of
such states, such number not exceeding four in each case, as
such officials may request;

To the library of congress, three;

To the justices or clerks of district courts, upon application
in writing therefor, a number sufficient to supply not more than
two copies for each court room where sessions of said courts are
held;

To associate or special justices, trial justices, masters in
chancery, assistant registers of deeds, assistant registers of pro-
bate, assistant clerks of courts not otherwise provided for,

542

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 492.

Distribution
of anuual
publication
of laws, or
blue book,
so-called.

G. L. 5, § S,
etc., amended.

Certain
publications
as official text
books, case
books or
technical
reports.
Proviso.

Appeal.

Distribution,
etc.

Proviso.

Sale, etc.

G. L. 5, § 11,
etc., amended.

Manual of
the general
court, biennial
preparation,
distribution,
etc.

justices of the peace to issue warrants and take bail, assistant
district attorneys, members of state departments, boards and
commissions, associate medical examiners, town treasurers and
town auditors in towns not otherwise provided for, boards of
town officials elected by the voters of their respective towns for
the use of such towns, free public libraries not otherwise pro-
vided for, high schools and common schools in towns having
no high school, upon application in writing therefor prior to
February first next following the printing of said volume, one,
each;

To each member of the general court ten, and ^upon ap-
plication in writing filed prior to June first next following the
printing of said volume, ten additional copies.

To each member of the general court at the session next follow-
ing the passage of the acts and resolves in said volume, one
copy, to be delivered at the beginning of such session.

After making the foregoing distribution or making provision
therefor, the state secretary may sell copies at such price per
copy, not less than the cost of printing, binding and paper, as
shall be fixed by him.

Section 2. Said chapter five, as amended in section eight
by section seven of chapter three hundred and sixty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section eight and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section S. AYhen in the opinion of the
director of the division of personnel and standardization, a state
publication is not of sufficient public benefit to be distributed
free of charge, he may declare such publication to be an official
text book, case book or technical report; provided, that the
status of such publication has not already been determined by
the general court. An appeal from the decision of the director
shall lie to the committee of the executive council appointed to
consider matters of finance, whose decision shall be final. Text
books, case books or technical reports shall be distributed ex-
clusively by the state secretary. They shall be distributed free
of charge, but only upon written request, to such persons and
in such numbers as are mentioned in the preceding section, or
for the purpose of exchange with other states; provided, that a
number of copies, not to exceed one hundred, of such text
books, case books or technical reports, may be retained by the
state secretary for free distribution to state departments, or
otherwise as he may deem necessary. They may be delivered
to other persons only upon receipt of a sum equal at least to
the estimated cost thereof, as determined by the comptroller.

Section 3. Said chapter five, as amended in section eleven
by chapter three hundred and nineteen of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section eleven and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing: — Section 11. The clerks of the two branches shall in every
odd-numbered year prepare a manual of the general court, of
which ten thousand five hundred copies shall, under their di-
rection, be printed and except as otherwise provided in this
section, be distributed by them as follows; four copies to each

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 493. 543

TiieinbtT of tlie genenil court; one copy to eacli member of the Mauuni ..f
executive department, to the clerk and assistant clerk and coun?b1enniui
counsel of each branch of the general court, and to each reporter 5[g/Jfbfiti°^'
who is entitled to the privileges of the reporters' gallery in either etc.
branch; and ten copies to the state library.

Under the direction of the clerks of the two branches, three
hundred copies shall be reserved for the use of the general court
at its next annual session and three hundred copies for the use
of the succeeding general court.

The remaining copies shall be delivered to the state secretary
and by him distributed as follows: fifty copies to the state
library for exchange; to all free public libraries and branches
thereof, town clerks, justices, clerks and registers of courts,
registers of deeds, county commissioners, county treasurers,
sheriffs, medical examiners, state institutions, state depart-
ments, boards and commissions, and state normal schools, one
copy; to such associate justices, special justices and assistant
clerks of courts as apply in writing therefor at any time prior to
April first of the even-numbered years or prior to April first
next following their appointment, one copy. He shall also de-
liver to each member of the general court, upon application in
writing filed prior to said June first, twenty-five additional
copies. After said date the secretary may sell any copies then f'aie, etc.
remaining at such price per copy, not less than the cost of
printing, binding and paper, as shall be fixed by him.

Approved June 5, 192 4.

An Act to apportion and assess a state tax of ten Qjidj) 493

MILLION DOLLARS.

Whereas, A delay in the taking effect of this act would cause Emergency
great inconvenience in the collection of the state tax, 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. Each city and town in the commonwealth shall fpport*k>ned
be assessed and pay the sum with which it stands charged in ^nd assessed.
the following schedule, that is to say : —

Abington, ninety-nine hundred dollars .

Acton, forty-five hundred dollars .

Acushnet, fifty-eight hundred dollars

Adams, twenty-seven thousand one hundred dollars

Agawam, ninety-eight hundred dollars .

Alford, five hundred dollars ....

Amesburj^, nineteen thousand six hundred dollars

Amherst, thirteen thousand one hundred dollars

Andover, twenty thousand dollars

Arlington, forty-four thousand four hundred dollars

Ashbumham, thirty-one hundred dollars

Ashby, two thousand dollars

Ashfield, nineteen hundred dollars

Ashland, thirty-nine hundred dollars

Athol, nineteen thousand eight hundred dollars

$9,900 00

4,500 00

5,800 00

27,100 00

9,800 00

500 00

19,600 00

13,100 00

20,000 00

44,400 00

3,100 00

2,000 00

1,900 00

3,900 00

19,800 00

544

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 493.

State tax
apportioued
and assessed.

Attleboro, forty-four thousand tliree hundred dollars

Auburn, fiftj'-one hundred dollars

Avon, twentj'-eight hundred dollars

Aver, fifty-six hundred dollars ....

Barnstable, seventeen thousand two hundred dollars
Barre, sixty-nine hundred dollars ....

Becket, seventeen hundred dollars

Bedford, forty-one hundred dollars

Belchertown, t\vent3'-four himdrcd dollars

Bellingham, thirty-one hundred dollars .

Belmont, twenty-nine thousand one hundred dollars

Berkley, thirteen hundred dollars ....

Berlin, sixteen hundred dollars ....

Bernardston, fourteen hundred dollars
Beverly, seventy-nine thousand one hundred dollars
Billerica, twelve thou.sand nine hundred dollars
Blackstone, forty-four hundred dollars .
Blandford, sixteen hundred dollars
Bolton, seventeen hundred dollars
Boston, two million seven hundred fifty-two thousand
dollars ........

Bourne, ten thousand three hundred dollars .
Boxbo rough, six hundred dollars ....

Boxford, eighteen hundred dollars
Boylston, thirteen hundred dollars
Braintree, twenty-one thousand seven hundred dollars
Brewster, nineteen hundred dollars
, Bridgewater, ten thousand two hundred dollars
Brimfield, nineteen hundred dollars
Brockton, one hundred thirty-one thousand dollars
Brookfield, twenty-two hundred dollars
Brookline, one hundred seventy-nine thousand dollars
Buckland, forty-three hundred dollars
Burlington, twenty-five hundred dollars
Cambridge, two hundred seventy-nine thousand two hun
dred dollars .......

Canton, thirteen thousand three hundred dollars
Carlisle, eleven hundred dollars . . . .

Carver, thirty-seven hundred dollars

Charlemont, sixteen hundred dollars

Charlton, thirty-five hundred dollars

Chatham, fifty-three hundred dollars

Chelmsford, eleven thousand seven hundred dollars

Chelsea, seventy-six thou.sand seven hundred dollars

Cheshire, twenty-two hundred dollars .

Chester, twenty-two hundred dollars

Chesterfield, eight hundred dollars

Chicopee, eighty-one thousand three hundred dollars

Chilmark, eight hundred dollars ....

Clarksburg, sixteen hundred dollars
Clinton, twenty-five thousand eight hundred dollars
Cohasset, eleven thousand two hundred dollars
Colrain, three thousand dollars ....

Concord, thirteen thousand two hundred dollars

Conway, eighteen hundred dollars

Cummington, eight hundred dollars

Dalton, ninety-five hundred dollars

Dana, eleven hundred dollars ....

Danvers, .seventeen thousand one hundred dollars .
Dartmouth, fourteen thousand three hundred dollars
Dedham, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars
Deerfield, seventy- seven hundred dollars
Dennis, three thousand dollars
Dighton, six thousand dollars
Douglas, thirty-six hundred dollars
Dover, fifty-one hundred dollars .

$44,300 00
5,100 00
2,800 00
5,600 00

17,200 00
6,900 00
1,700 00
4,100 00
2,400 00
3,100 00

29,100 00
1,300 00
1,600 00
1,400 00

79,100 00

12,900 00
4,400 00
1,600 00
1,700 00

,752,000 00

10,300 00

600 00

1,800 00

1,300 00

21.700 00

1,900 00

10,200 00

1,900 00

131,000 00

2,200 00

179,000 00

4,300 00

2,500 00

279,200 00

13,300 00

1,100 00

3,700 00

1,600 00

3.500 00

5,300 00

11,700 00

76,700 00

2,200 00

800 00

81,300 00

800 00

1,600 00

25,800 00

11,200 00

3,000 00

13,200 00

1,800 00

800 00

9,500 00

1,100 00

17,100 00

14.300 00

27,500 00

7,700 00

3,000 00

6,000 00

3,600 00

5,100 00

Acts, 1924. ~ Chap. 493.

545

Dracut, sixty-eight hundred dollars

Dudlej', seventy-two hundred dollars

Dunstable, eleven hundred dollars

Duxbury, sixty-eight hundred dollars

East Bridgewater, seventy-seven hundred dollars

East Brookfield, fifteen hundred dollars

East Longmeadow, thirty-eight hundred dollars

Eastham, eleven hundred dollars .

Easthampton, twenty-three thousand two hundred dol-
lars .....

Easton, ten thousand dollars

Edgartowii, thirty-one hundred dollars

Egremont, fifteen hundred dollars

Enfield, fourteen hundred dollars .

Erving, thirty-eight hundred dollars

Essex, twenty-seven hundred dollars

Everett, eighty-four thousand one hundred dollars

Fairhaven, fifteen thousand two hundred dollars

Fall River, three hundred twenty-eight thousand seven
hundred dollars ......

Falmouth, seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars

Fitchburg, ninety-nine thousand one hundred dollars

Florida, twenty-two himdred dollars

Foxborough, sixty-four hundred dollars .

Framingham, fort.v-seven thousand three hundred dollars

Franklin, twelve thousand six hundred dollars

Freetown, twenty-eight hundred dollars

Gardner, thirty-four thousand four hundred dollars

Gay Head, one hundred dollars ....

Georgetown, twentj^-eight hundred dollars

Gill, fourteen hundred dollars ....

Gloucester, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars

Goshen, six hundred dollars .....

Gosnold, fifteen hundred dollars ....

Grafton, ten thousand eight hundred dollars .

Granby, nineteen hundred dollars

Granville, thirteen hundred dollars

Great Harrington, seventeen thousand one hundred dol
lars ........

Greenfield, thirty-five thousand three hundred dollars

Greenwich, one thousand dollars ....

Groton, fifty-nine hundred dollars

Groveland, thirty-one hundred dollars .

Hadley, fifty-two hundred dollars ....

Halifax, sixteen hundred dollars ....

Hamilton, seventy-seven hundred dollars

Hampden, one thousand dollars ....

Hancock, eight hundred dollars ....

Hanover, forty-six hundred dollars

Hanson, thirty-eight hundred dollars

Hardwick, sixty-two hundred dollars

Harvard, thirty-four hundred dollars ...

Harwich, forty-two hundred dollars

Hatfield, fifty-one hundred dollars

Haverhill, one hundred fifteen thousand two hundred dol-
lars ........

Hawley, five hundred dollars ....

Heath, eight hundred dollars ....

Hingham, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars

Hinsdale, sixteen hmadred dollars ....

Holbrook, forty-five hundred dollars

Holden, forty-nine hundred dollars

Holland, three hundred dollars ....

Holliston, forty-nine hundred dollars

Holyoke, one hundred seventy-three thousand four hun
dred dollars .......

$6,800 00 State tax

7,200 00 ^Pfa's'^^s^sfd
1,100 00 ^''^ «^^«^««'*-

6,800 00

7,700 00

1,.500 00

3,S00 00

1,100 00

23,200 00
10,000 00

3,100 00

1,500 00

1,400 00

3,800 00

2,700 00
84,100 00
15,200 00

328,700 00
17,800 00
99,100 00

2,200 00

6.400 00
47,300 00
12,000 00

2,800 00

34,400 00

100 00

2,800 00

1,400 00

52,500 00

600 00

1,500 00
10,800 00

1,900 00

1,300 00

17,100 00
35,300 00

1,000 00

5,900 00

3,100 00

5,200 00

1,600 00

7,700 00

1,000 00
800 00

4,600 00

3,800 00

6,200 00

3,400 00

4,200 00

5,100 00

115,200 00

500 00

800 00

15,.500 00

1,600 00

4,500 00

4,900 00

300 00

4,900 00

173,400 00

546

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 493.

State tax
apportioned
and assessed.

Hopedale, twelve thousand nine hundred dollars

Hopkinton, thirty-nine hundred dollars .

Hubbardston, nineteen hundred dollars .

Hudson, twelve thousand six hundred dollars

Hull, twenty-one thousand dollars

Huntington, twent3'-two hundred dollars

Ipswich, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars

Kingston, thirt3^-eight hundred dollars .

Lakeville, twenty-four hundred dollars .

Lancaster, six thousand dollars ....

Lanesborough, eighteen hundred dollars

LawTence, two hundred six thousand eight hundred dol-
lars ........

Lee, ninety-four hundred dollars ....

Leicester, seven thousand dollars ....

Lenox, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars .

Leominster, thirty-four thousand five hundred dollars

Leverett, one thousand dollars ....

Lexington, seventeen thousand four hundred dollars

Lej'den, six hundred dollars .

Lincoln, thirt3'-six hundred dollars

Littleton, twentj'-eight hundred dollars .

Longmeadow, ninety-two hundred dollars

Lowell, two hundred forty-one thousand eight hundred
dollars ........

Ludlow, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars

Lunenburg, thirtj'-two hundred dollars .

Lj^nn, two hundred thousand three hundred dollars

Lynnfield, thirty-five hundred dollars

Maiden, eighty-six thousand eight hundred dollars .

Manchester, twenty thousand four hundred dollars

Mansfield, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars

Marblehead, twent3'-one thousand six hundred dollars

Marion, fifty-seven hundred dollars

Marlborough, twenty-five thousand one hundred dollars

Marshfield, fifty-three hundred dollars .

Mashpee, nine hundred dollars ....

Mattapoi.sett, thirtj'-eight hundred dollars

Maynard, eleven thousand dollars

Medfield, four thousand dollars ....

Medford, seventj^-two thousand three hundred dollars

Medway, fortv-seven hundred dollars

Melrose, thirt3'-eight thousand eight hundred dollars

Mendon, sixteen hundred dollars ....

Merrimac, thirty-five hundred dollars

Methuen, thirt3' thousand seven hundred dollars

Middleborough, thirteen thousand dollars

Middlefield, six hundred dollars ....

Middleton, two thousand dollars ....

Milford, twenty-two thousand one hundred dollars

Millbury, nineU'-two hundred dollars

Millis, fortv-one hundred dollars ....

Millville, three thousand dollars ....

Milton, thirty-six thousand eight hundred dollars .

Monroe, nine hundred dollars ....

Monson, forty-eight hundred dollars

Montague, eighteen thousand four hundred dollars

Montere3% nine hundred dollars ....

Montgomer3% four hundred dollars

Mount Washington, three hundred dollars

Nahant, sevent3'-nine hundred dollars .

Nantucket, ninet3'-seven hundred dollars

Natick, twent3'-two thousand three hundred dollars

Needham, nineteen thousand six hundred dollars

New Ashford, two hundred dollars

$12,900 00

3,900 00

1,900 00

12,600 00

21,000 00

2,200 00

11,800 00

3,800 00

2,400 00

6,000 00

1,800 00

206,800 00

9,400 00

7,000 00

11,900 00

34,500 00

1,000 00

17,400 00

600 00

3,600 00

2,800 00

9,200 00

241,800 00

15,500 00

3,200 00

200,300 00

3,500 00

86,800 00

20,400 00

11,900 00

21,600 00

5,700 00

25,100 00

5,300 00

900 00

3,800 00

11,000 00

4,000 00

72,300 00

4,700 00

38,800 00

1,600 00

3,500 00

30,700 00

13,000 00

600 00

2,000 00

22,100 00

9,200 00

4,100 00

3,000 00

36,800 00

900 00

4,800 00

18,400 00

900 00

400 00

300 00

7,900 00

9,700 00

22,300 00

19,600 00

200 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 493.

547

New Bedford, three hundred forty-four thousand five

hundred dollars ......

New Braintree, one thousand dollars

New Marlborough, twenty-six hundred dollars

New Salem, eleven hundred dollars

Newbury, forty-three hundred dollars .

Newburyport, twentj^-three thou-sand nine hundred dol

lars ........

Newton, one hundred fifty-seven thousand nine hundred

dollars ........

Norfolk, twenty-five hundred dollars

North Adams, forty-four thousand dollars

North Andover, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars

North Attleborough, seventeen thousand seven hundred

dollars ........

North Brookfield, forty-six hundred dollars

North Reading, twenty-seven himdred dollars

Northampton, forty-one thousand five hundred dollars

Northborough, thirtj^-.seven hundred dollars

Northbridge, twenty thousand eight hundred dollars

Northfield, thirtj^-two hundred dollars .

Norton, four thousand dollars ....

Norwell, twenty-seven hundred dollars .
Norwood, thirtj'-four thousand five hundred dollars
Oak Bluffs, forty-seven hundred dollars
Oakham, nine hundred dollars ....

Orange, ninetj^-nine hundred dollars

Orleans, twenty-eight hxmdred dollars .

Otis, eight hundred dollars .....

Oxford, fifty-three hundred dollars

Palmer, nineteen thousand one himdred dollars

Paxton, one thousand dollars ....

Peabody, fortj^-one thousand six hundred dollars
Pelham, eleven hundred dollars ....

Pembroke, twenty-seven himdred dollars

Pepperell, fifty-six hundred doUars

Peru, four hundred dollars .....

Petersham, twentj'^-four hundred dollars
Phillipston, seven hundred dollars
Pittsfield, ninety-one thousand three hundred dollars
Plainfield, five himdred dollars ....

Plainville, thirty-one hundred dollars

Plymouth, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars

Plympton, eleven himdred dollars

Prescott, five hundred dollars ....

Princeton, two thousand dollars ....

Provincetown, seven thousand dollars .

Quincy, one hundred four thousand six hundred dollars

Randolph, sixty-three hundred dollars .

Raynham, twenty-six hundred dollars .

Reading, seventeen thousand one hundi'ed dollars .

Rehoboth, thirty-one himdred dollars

Revere, fifty thousand dollars ....

Richmond, eleven hundred doUars

Rochester, twenty-one hundred dollars .

Rockland, thirteen thousand two himdred dollars .

Rockport, eighty-five hundred dollars

Rowe, six hundred dollars .....

Rowley, twenty-three himdred dollars .
Roj'alston, twenty-one hundred dollars .
Russell, fifty-six hundred dollars ....

Rutland, twenty-two hundred dollars
Salem, eighty-six thousand five hundred dollars
Salisbury, forty-three hundred dollars .
Sandisfield, nine hundred dollars ....

$344,500 00 State tax

1,000 00 tp§°^'3*i°3°fd

2,600 00 ° *«««««ed-
1,100 00
4,300 00

23,900 00

157,900 00

2,500 00

44.000 00

16,500 00

17,700 00

4,600 00

2,700 00
41,500 00

3,700 00
20,800 00

3,200 00

4,000 00

2,700 00
34.500 00

4,700 00
900 00

9.900 00

2,800 00
800 00

5,300 00
19,100 00

1,000 00
41,600 00

1,100 00

2,700 00

5,600 00
400 00

2,400 00
700 00
91,300 00 .
500 00

3,100 00
37,800 00

1,100 00
500 00

2,000 00

7,000 00
104,600 00

6,300 00

2.600 00
17,100 00

3,100 00
50,000 00

1,100 00

2,100 00
13,200 00

8,500 00
600 00

2,300 00

2,100 00

5,600 00

2.200 00
86,500 00

4,300 00
900 00

548

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 493.

State tax
apportioned
and assessed.

Sandwich, three thousand dollars .

Saugus, fifteen thousand eight hundred dollars

Savo}-, five hundred dollars .

Seituate, twelve thousand dollars .

Seekonk, forty-seven hundred dollars

Sharon, sixty-six hundred dollars .

Sheffield, twenty-seven hundred dollars

Shelburne, forty-one hundred dollars

Sherborn, thirty-three hundred dollars

Shirley, fortj^-one hundred dollars

Shrewsbury, eighty-six hundred dollars

Shutesbury, seven hundred dollars

Somerset, fifty-four hundred dollars

Somerville, one hundred sixty-two thousand one hundred

dollars ........

South Hadley, ten thousand six hundred dollars

Southampton, fourteen hundred dollars

Southborough, fifty-five hundred dollars

Southbridge, twenty-one thousand nine hundred dollars

Southwick, twenty-six hundred dollars .

Spencer, eight thousand dollars ....

Springfield, four hundred ten thousand four hundred dol

lars ........

Sterling, twenty-seven hundred dollars .
Stockbridge, ninety-two hundred dollars
Stoneham, thirteen thousand nine hundred dollars .
Stoughton, eleven thousand four hundred dollars
Stow, twenty-eight hundred dollars
Sturbridge, twent3'-five hundred dollars
Sudbury, thirty-seven hundred dollars .
Sunderland, eighteen hundred dollars
Sutton, four thousand dollars ....

Swampscott, twenty-six thousand nine hundred dollars

Swansea, forty-one hundred dollars

Taunton, seventy-one thousand four hundred dollars

Templeton, fifty-eight hundred dollars .

Tewksbury, fifty-two hundred dollars

Tisbury, four thousand dollars ....

Tolland, six hundred dollars ....

Topsfield, forty-six hundred dollars

To\\Tisend, thirty-eight hundred dollars

Truro, twelve hundred dollars ....

Tyngsborough, eighteen hundred dollars

Tyringham, eight hundred dollars

Upton, twenty-eight hundred dollars

Uxbridge, eleven thousand seven hundred dollars .

Wakefield, twenty-six thousand four hundred dollars

Wales, eight hundred dollars ....

Walpole, fifteen thousand four hundred dollars
Waltham, seventy-five thousand dollars
Ware, thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars
Wareham, fourteen thousand one hundred dollars .
Warren, eight thousand dollars ....

Warwick, one thousand dollars ....

Washington, six hundred dollars ....

Watertown, fifty-two thousand nine hundred dollars

Wayland, sixty-eight hundred dollars

Webster, twenty-one thousand two hundred dollars

Wellesley, thirty-one thousand two hundred dollars

Wellfleet, eighteen hundred dollars

Wendell, sixteen hundred dollars .

Wenham, forty-nine hundred dollars

West Bovlston, twenty-four hundred dollars

West Bridgewater, four thousand dollars

West Brookfield, twenty-four hundred dollars

West Newbury, twenty-one hundred dollars

$3,000 00

15,800 00

500 00

12,000 00

4,700 00

6,600 00

2,700 00

4,100 00

3,300 00

4,100 00

8,600 00

700 00

5,400 00

162.100 00
10,600 00
1,400 00
5,500 00
21,900 00
2,600 00
8,000 00

410,400 00

2,700 00

9,200 00

13,900 00

11,400 00

2,800 00

2,.500 00

3,700 00

1,800 00

4,000 00

26,900 00

4,100 00

71,400 00

5,800 00

5,200 00

4,000 00

600 00

4,600 00

3,800 00

1,200 00

1,800 00

800 00

2,800 00

11,700 00

26,400 00

800 00

15,400 00

75,000 00

13,700 00

14,100 00

8,000 00

1,000 00

600 00

52,900 00

6,800 00

21,200 00

31,200 00

1,800 00

1,600 00

4,900 00

2,400 00

4,000 00

2,400 00

2,100 00

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 493.

549

West Springfield, thirty-six thousand three hundred dol
lars ........

West Stockbridse, seventeen hundred dollars .

West Tisbury, eleven hundred dollars

Westbo rough, seven thousand dollars

Westfield, thirty-four thou.sand four hundred dollars

Westford, seventy-seven hundi'ed dollars

Westhampton, six hundred dollars

Westminster, twenty-two hundred dollars

Weston, ninety-nine hundred dollars

Westport, eighty-one hundred dollars

Westwood, forty-nine hundred dollars .

Weymouth, twenty-eight thousand one hundred dollars

Whately, eighteen hundred dollars

Whitman, twelve thousand four hundred dollars

Wilbraham, forty-seven hundred dollars

Williamsburg, twenty-eight hundred dollars .

Williamstown, ten thousand dollars

Wilmington, forty-five hundred dollars .

Winchendon, ten thousand seven hundred dollars

Winchester, thirty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars

Windsor, seven hundred dollars ....

Winthrop, thirty-one thousand six hundred dollars .

Woburn, thirty thousand two hundred dollars

Worcester, four hundred fifty-nine thousand nine hundred
dollars .....

Worthington, one thousand dollars

Wrentham, thirty-six hundred dollars

Yarmouth, forty-one hundred dollars

$36,300
1,700
1,100
7,000

34,400
7,700
600
2.200
9,900
8,100
4,900

28,100
1,800

12,400
4,700
2,800

10,000
4,.500

10,700

39,900
700

31.600

30,200

QO State tax

/->/-> apportioned

'-"-' and assessed.

459,900 00
1,000 00
3,600 00
4,100 00

$10,000,000 00

Section 2. The state treasurer shall forthwith send his state
warrant, according to the pro\nsions of section twenty of chapter issue warrant.
fifty-nine of the General Laws to the selectmen or assessors of
each city and town taxed as aforesaid, requiring them respec-
tively 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 state treasurer in his warrant shall require Payment of
the selectmen or assessors to pay, or issue severally their warrant by cities and
or Avarrants requiring the treasurers of their several cities and ^°'^'^^-
towns to pay to the state treasurer, on or before November
twentieth in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four, 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 state treasurer at some time before September first in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-four.

Section 4. If the amount due from any city or town, as Notice to
])rovided in this act, is not paid to the state treasurer within the delhiquent"
time specified, then the state treasurer shall notify the treasurer f *;^®ng^"^
of such delinquent city or town, who shall pay into the treasury
of the commonwealth, in addition to the tax, such further sum
as would be equal to one per cent per month during the delin-
quency from and after November twentieth in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-four; and if the same remains unpaid after
December first in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-four,

550

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 494, 495.

Warrant of
distress, when
may issue.

Deduction of
tax from
moneys due
from common-
wealth.

an information may be filed by the state treasurer in the supreme
judicial court, or before any justice thereof, against such de-
linquent 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 the court, or the justice thereof before
whom the hearing is had, shall order. Nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent the state treasurer from deducting
at any time, from any moneys which may be due from the com-
monwealth to the delinquent city or town, the whole or any
part of said tax, with the interest accrued thereon, which shall
remain unpaid. Approved June 5, 1924-

Chap. 494. An Act authorizing the city of fall river to borrow

MONEY for street AND SEWER CONSTRUCTION WITH A VIEW
TO PROVIDING WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED.

City of Fall
River may
borrow money
for street
and sewer
construction
to provide
work for
unemployed.

Fall River
Street and
Sewer Loan,
Act of 1924.

Civil service
laws not to
apply to em-
ployment, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing certain accepted
streets and for sewer construction, or for either of the said
purposes, with a vdew to providing work for the unemployed for
temporary service, the city of Fall River may, from time to
time, borrow in excess of the statutory limit such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, three hundred
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor which
shall bear on their face the words. Fall River Street and Sewer
Loan, Act of 1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute a
separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than ten
years from their dates. The provisions of chapter forty-four of
the General Laws exclusive of section seven, so far as applicable,
shall apply to loans issued under authority of this act.

Section 2. Chapter thirty-one of the General Laws shall not
apply to the employment of any person on any construction work
undertaken by the use of funds borrowed under the provisions
of this act.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 5, 192/^.

Chap. 495 An Act relative to the admission into the common-
wealth OF cattle to be used for dairy purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after section twenty-six the fol-
lowing new section : — Section 26 A . Whoever ships, drives or
w-ith admission transports iuto the commonwealth cattle to be used for dairy
weaith'JJf™°''' purposes, unless they have been inspected and passed as healthy
cattle for^ ^ ^ by a Veterinary inspector of the United States Bureau of Animal
Industry or a veterinarian of the state of origin authorized by
the state and approved by said bureau, shall be punished by a
fine of not more than two hundred dollars.

Approved June 5, 192/f..

G. L. 129,
new section
after § 26.
Penalty in
connection

Acts, 1924. — Chaps. 496, 497. 551

An Act regulating the fee for licenses for slaughter CliapA^ij

HOUSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Section one hundred and nineteen of chapter g. l. 94, § 119,
ninety-four of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking
out, in the fifth hue, the words "following section" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — two following sections, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 119. The aldermen, selectmen, or Licenses for
such other officers as they shall designate, or, in a town having hous^es, issue,
a population of more than five thousand, the board of health, '^^^' ^^^'■
if any, may annually issue licenses to carry on the business of
slaughtering neat cattle, sheep or swine to applicants therefor.
Except as provided in the two following sections, the fee for each
license shall be one dollar. The license shall name the persons
licensed to conduct such business, and the building or establish-
ment where it is to be carried on, and it shall continue in force
until May first of the year next ensuing, unless sooner forfeited
or rendered void. A record shall be kept by the board or officers Record to be
authorized to issue such licenses of all applications for licenses
under the preceding section and of all licenses issued, which shall
be evidence of the issue of any such license. Such board or Copies of
officers shall annually, on or before June first, send to the depart- etcVto de- '
ment of public health a copy of each application made to them pubUc^heaith.
under the preceding section and of their action thereon, together
with a list of the names and addresses of all persons who, al-
though engaged in the business named in said section on the pre-
ceding April thirtieth, failed to make application for a license.

Section 2. Said chapter ninety-four is hereby further G- l. 94, new
amended by inserting after section one hundred and twenty the §^120."^ ^
following new section: — Section 120 A. A town which accepts Payment of
this section may, in addition to the annual fee under eection one feeVby'^^
hundred and nineteen or one hundred and twenty for a license hous^e^ifcensees.
to carry on the business of slaughtering neat cattle, sheep or
swine, require the payment by the licensee of a further fee of
not exceeding one dollar for each animal slaughtered under such
license, but such further fee shall not be required for any animal ^'^"^p*""^-
slaughtered under federal inspection. Additional fees provided
for under this section shall be paid to the town treasurer at such
times and in such manner as the selectmen by vote determine.
This section shall not apply to cities. Apjaromd June 5, 1924. S^citles^"'"'''''^

An Act to regulate the sale and resale of tickets to Chav.4:97

THEATRES AND OTHER PLACES OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT AS A
MATTER AFFECTED WITH A PUBLIC INTEREST IN ORDER TO
PREVENT FRAUD, EXTORTION AND OTHER ABUSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and forty of the General ^ct^'ontrte"^^^
Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section one hundred § 182.
and eighty-two the following new section: — Section 182A. J^^^^^i^H'^-'
Every ticket of admission or other evidence of right of entry to etc., to bear

552

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 497.

on face the
price charged,
etc.

Penalty.

G. L. 140,
seven new-
sections after
§185.

Licenses for
business of
reselling
tickets, etc.,
to theatres,
etc.

Applications.

Duration of
license.

Transfer, etc.,
regulated.

Fees.

Revocation or
suspension of
license.

Resale price
of tickets, etc.,
limited.

Rules and
regulations.

Investigation
of affairs of
licensees.

any theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement or
exhibition required to be licensed by sections one hundred and
eighty-one and one hundred and eighty-two, for admission to
which a price is charged, shall bear on its face the price charged
for such ticket or other evidence of right of entry by the person
issuing the same or causing the same to be issued. Whoever
issues or causes to be issued such a ticket or other evidence of
right of entry in violation of this section shall be punished by a
fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and forty is hereby
further amended by inserting after section one hundred and
eighty -five the following seven new sections: — Section 185 A.
No person shall engage in the business of reselling any ticket or
tickets of admission or other evidence of right of entry to any
theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement or exhi-
bition required to be licensed under sections one hundred and
eighty-one and one hundred and eighty-two, whether such busi-
ness is conducted on or off the premises on which such ticket or
other evidence is to be used, without being licensed therefor by
the commissioner of public safety, in this and the six following
sections called the commissioner. A license shall be granted
only upon a written application setting forth such information
as the commissioner may require. Each license issued under
this section shall be in force until the first day of January next
after its date, unless sooner revoked. No such license may be
transferred or assigned except upon written permission of the
commissioner.

Section 1S5B. The fee for each license granted under section
one hundred and eighty-five A and for each annual renewal
thereof shall be one hundred dollars.

Section 1S5C. The commissioner, after notice to the licensee
and reasonable opportunity for him to be heard, may revoke his
license or jnay suspend the same for such period as the com-
missioner may deem proper, upon satisfactory proof that the
licensee has violated or permitted a violation of any condition of
his license or of any rule or regulation of the commissioner under
section one hundred and eighty-five E. If the license is revoked,
the licensee shall be disqualified to receive a license for one year
after the expiration of the term of the license so revoked.

Section 1S5D. No licensee under section one hundred and
eighty-five A shall resell any ticket or other evidence of right
of entry to any theatrical exhibition, public show or public
amusement or exhibition of any description at a price in excess
of fifty cents in advance of the price printed on the face of such
ticket or other evidence of right of entry as the purchase price
thereof.

Section 185E. The commissioner shall establish and may from
time to time alter rules and regulations relative to the granting
of licenses and the business carried on by persons licensed under
section one hundred and eighty-five A. He shall, either person-
ally or by such subordinates as he may designate, as often as he
deems it necessary, investigate the affairs of such licensees and
for that purpose shall have free access to the books and papers

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 498. 553

of such licensees and shall ascertain the condition of the business

and whether it is being transacted in compliance with law and

the rules and regulations made hereunder, and with the terms

and conditions of the license. The commissioner shall keep a Record of

book or books in which shall be entered in alphabetical order a granted, etc.

record of all licenses granted under section one hundred and

eighty-five A, Avhich record shall be open to public inspection.

Section ISoF. Whoever \iolates any provision of sections one Penalty.
hundred and eighty-five A to section one hundred and eighty-
five G, inclusive, or any rule or regulation of the commissioner
made under section one hundred and eighty-five E, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Section ISoG. The provisions of section one hundred and Provisions
eighty-two A and the six preceding sections shall not apply to to tickets!^
tickets or other evidences of entry to theatrical exhibitions, theatT°car*^'°
public shows or public amusements or exhibitions, all the pro- exhibitions,
ceeds of the sale or resale of which inure exclusively to the benefit
of religious, educational or charitable institutions, societies or
organizations or civ-ic leagues or organizations not organized for
profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare
or to associations of veterans of any wars of the United States,
or to tickets or other evidences of entry to agricultural fairs,
none of the profits of the sale or resale of which are distributed
to stockliolders or members, of the association conducting the
same. Approved June 5, 192A.

An Act requiring the registrar of motor vehicles to Phnr) 408

HOLD A HEARING RELATIVE TO THE RESTORATION OF OPER-
ATORS' LICENSES IN FATAL CASES, AND AUTHORIZING THE
APPOINTMENT OF A DEPUTY REGISTRAR,

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause sub- Emergency
stantial inconvenience and tend to defeat its purpose, therefore ^''^^"^ '®-
it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public safety and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter ninety of the General Laws, as amended in section g. l. oo, § 29,
twenty-nine by section seven of chapter four hundred and sixty- ^^^'' =*'"^°'^°'^-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three and by
chapter three hundred and sixty-four of the acts of the current
year, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
twenty-nine and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 29. The registrar shall appoint competent persons to Registrar of
"act as investigators and examiners, may remove them for cause, to°appoint"^'^^
and may determine their compensation and terms of service and investigators,
define their duties. He may also appoint, for cause remove and May appoint
fix the compensation of, a deputy registrar and may delegate to ^ deputy
such deputy the performance of any duty imposed upon the ^ • « c.

registrar by anv provision of this chapter. Said inspectors and .Powers of

°. '' . ," ^ , . ^ I'll 1- inspectors and

exammers, with respect to the enforcement of the laws relatmg examiners.
to motor vehicles, shall have and exercise throughout the com-
monwealth all the powers of constables, except the service of

554

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 499.

Investigation
of causes of
accidents, etc.

Special con-
stables to
enforce motor
vehicle laws,
etc.

Reports to
registrar by
local authori-
ties of certain
accidents, et&.

Surrender of

license,

registration

certificate,

etc., upon

suspension or

revocation.

Suspension
and revocation
of license in
fatal cases.

Hearing

Issue of
license after
revocation.

civil process, and of police officers, including the power to arrest
anj^ person who violates any provision of this chapter, and they
may serve all processes lawfully issued by the courts, the division
or the registrar. The registrar may investigate the cause of any
accident in which any motor vehicle is involved, and for this
purpose may send his investigators into other states. The select-
men of any town and the mayor of any city of less than one
hundred thousand inhabitants where there is no police commis-
sion or police commissioner, and the police commission or police
commissioner, when such exist, of any such city, may appoint
special constables, who shall serve without cost to such city or
town and who shall have all the powers of police officers and
constables in relation to the enforcement of all laws and regula-
tions concerning motor vehicles. The chief officer of the police
department of every city and town and the chairman of the
selectmen of such towns as have no regular police department
shall notif}^ the registrar forthwith, upon blanks furnished by
him, of the particulars of every accident referred to in section
tMcnty-six which happens within the limits of his city or town
in which a motor vehicle is involved, together with such further
information relative to such accident as the registrar may require,
and shall also, if possible, ascertain the name of the person
operating such vehicle and notify the registrar of the same.
Every such officer, upon the request of the registrar, shall demand
forthwith the license of any operator and the certificate of regis-
tration and number plates of any motor vehicle situated within
the city or town where such officer resides when said license or
certificate has been suspended or revoked by the registrar, and
shall forward the same to the registrar. Whenever the death of
any person results from any such accident, the registrar shall
suspend forthwith the license of the person operating the motor
vehicle involved in said accident, and shall order the said license
to be deliAcred to him; and the registrar shall revoke the same
unless, upon investigation and after a hearing, he determines
that the accident occurred without serious fault upon the part
of the operator or chauffeur of such motor vehicle. No operator
whose license is revoked under this section shall be licensed
again within six months after the date of the suspension, nor
thereafter except in the discretion of the registrar.

Approved June 5, 1924.

Chap.4:99 An Act requiring the division of the blind to establish,

EQUIP AND MAINTAIN SCHOOLS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL TRAIN-
ING OF BLIND PERSONS AND WORKSHOPS FOR THEIR EMPLOY-.
MENT, AND PROVIDING FOR AN INl'ESTIGATION RELATIVE TO
THE EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND PLACEMENT t)F THE BLIND.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to de-
feat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emer-
gency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public convenience.

Emergency
preamble.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 499. 555

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter sixty-nine of the General Laws is hereby o. l. 69, § 14,
amended by striking out section fourteen and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 14- The division shall, with Di\'ision of
the approval of the governor and council, establish, equip and establish, etc.,
maintain schools for the industrial training of blind persons, and worTshops'^
workshops for their employment.

Section 2. Upon the taking effect of this act, the division Duties of
of the blind of the department of education shall reopen and the'bUnd" as to
maintain the shops for the blind operated by it in the city of operated b''?t^
Cambridge and closed in July, nineteen hundred and twenty- in city of
three, and shall, upon such opening, employ all blind persons etc!^'"'"^'
employed in said shops immediately prior to said closing, who
apply for employment, and at a rate of wages not less than that
respectively paid them immediately prior to said closing, and
may employ other blind persons who are residents of the com-
monwealth, except such former employees or other blind persons
as are incapacitated for work by reason of age or infirmity other
than blindness. The director ol^the division shall make every Disposition
effort to dispose of the products manufactured, and for this manufactured.
purpose shall establish a sales force and temporarily employ
'salesmen, whose appointment shall not be subject to chapter
thirty-one of the General Laws.

Section 3. A special commission is hereby established, to Special com-
consist of two members of the senate to be designated by the iWst^ate
president, four members of the house of representatives to be employment
designated by the speaker, and three persons to be appointed training and'
by the governor, to investigate existing conditions relative to the'^bUnd* °
blind persons in the commonwealth, with special reference to establishment,
making further provision for their employment in shops con-
ducted by the commonwealth, in home industries, or otherwise,
and providing means for self-help through education, training
and placement; to consider to what forms of work the blind can
best adapt themselves, what opportunities there are for em-
ployment of the blind, how industries conducted for the blind
by the commonwealth should be organized and managed, what
measures should be taken for buying raw materials and dis-
posing of the product to best advantage, and whether further
provision might be made for the manufacture for and sale to
state departments and to other public authorities of articles
made by the blind, and for enlisting public interest in the pur-
chase of such articles; and to consider what changes, if any,
should be made in the administrative organization of the work
for the blind conducted by the commonwealth, and whether all
or any part of that work should be transferred from the depart-
ment of education to any other department. The commission
in the course of its investigation shall inquire into the work
done for the blind in other states and by private organizations,
with particular reference to the providing of employment. The Certain de-
departments of education, public welfare and labor and industries Fi^nishln- *°
are hereby directed to assist the commission by furnishing it formation, etc.

556

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 500.

Quarters in
state house,
hearings,
clerical as-
sistance,
expenses, etc.

Report.

with all pertinent information in their possession. The commis-
sion shall be assigned quarters in the state house,- may hold
hearings, may employ clerical and other assistance, and, subject
to the approval of the governor and council, may incur such ex-
penses within such amount, not exceeding five thousand dollars,
as the general court shall appropriate. Said commission shall
file with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before
December fifteenth of the current year a report of its investi-
gations and recommendations, together with drafts of such legis-
lation, if any, as it recommends. Approved June 5, 1924.

G. L. Ill, § 79-
amended.

Contracts by
and between
counties for
supplying
hospital
facilities to
persons
suflerihg from
tuberculosis.

Renewal.
Provisos.

Chap. 500 An Act relative to contracts for supplying hospital

FACILITIES TO PERSONS SUFFERING FROM TUBERCULOSIS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and eleven of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section seventy-nine
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Sed ion. 79. A
contract, entered into before September first, nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, and approved by the department after a petition
made to it and a public hearing thereon, between the county
commissioners of any two or more counties for the express pur-
pose of supplying within a reasonable time, as provided in the
conditions of approval of the department, and guaranteeing
adequate hospital provision for tubercular patients coming under
section seventy-eight, shall be deemed satisfactory compliance
with said section for such counties or sections of counties as are
designated in the contract; and such contracts shall, subject to
the approval of the department, be renewable upon terms satis-
factory to the contracting parties; provided, that the term of
any such contract entered into by the county commissioners of
the counties of Hampshire, Hampden, Berkshire or Franklin
shall be not less than five nor more than ten years and that the
term of any such contract entered into by the county commis-
sioners of any other county shall not exceed three years; and
proiided, further, that if such contracts are not renewed and ap-
proved by the department at least six months before they expire,
or if the contracts are renewed and the department shall refuse
approval on the ground that by reason of changed circumstances
the contract will be inadequate properly to protect the public
health of the communities affected by it, and the contracting
parties fail, within three months before the time when the
previous contract expires, to agree to a renewal of the contract
upon terms approved by the said department, the duties and
obligations relative to supplying adequate hospital care for such
counties or sections of counties imposed upon county commis-
sioners by sections seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive, shall be
in full force and effect. The county commissioners of any county
may in like manner and subject to the foregoing provisions rela-
tive to renewal contract, with the department, for a term of not
more than three years, for suitable hospital pro\dsion at not less
than the actual cost to the commonwealth for tubercular patients
from such county at any state sanatorium designated by the

Contracts by
counties with
department of
putDlic health
for supplying
hospital
facilities to
tubercular
patients from
Bucb counties

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 501. 557

department, except that no such contract shall require or permit **■ state
the treatment of an adult at the Westfield state sanatorium;
and no such contract shall be made by the department unless
in its opinion suitable accommodations can be furnished at such
sanatorium for the treatment and care of such patients without
interfering with other functions of such sanatorium. Any such
contract with the department shall be deemed satisfactory com-
pliance with section seventy-eight.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and eleven is hereby g. l. hi, § si,
further amended by striking out section eighty-one and inserting '^™®° ® '
in place thereof the following: — Section 81. Except as otherwise County
provided in section seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive, or unless to w^t^onT"
a contract has been entered into under section seventy-nine and ?''J"°'"®, .
approved by the department or made with said department, hospitals
county commissioners shall, subject to the approval of the de- ^''^^p*- ^^^
partment, erect one or more tuberculosis hospitals within their
respective counties. No new tuberculosis hospital shall be Minimum
erected under sections seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive, having ^°^^^ capacity.
a total capacity of less than fifty beds; provided, that in the Proviso.
county of Berkshire a hospital may be constructed having a
capacity of as many less than fifty beds as the department shall
approve.

Section 3. Section sixty-six of said chapter one hundred and ^c^am^nd d^'
eleven, as amended by chapter four hundred and sixty of the
acts of the current year, is hereby further amended by adding
at the end thereof the following : — This section shall not apply Charges for
to patients received under any contract made under authority fnmatesof
of section seventy-nine. Approved June 5, 1924- ^^^*'^ sanatoria.

Chap. dOl

An Act providing for the inclusion of certain cities
and towns in county tuberculosis hospital districts.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and eleven of the General g. l. in, § 78,
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section seventy-eight
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 7S. The Counties to
county commissioners of each county in the commonwealth hogpit^i care
shall before September first, nineteen hundred and twentv-five, for persons

. , • J 1 , • ^ • 1 , J • I • suffering from

provide, as required by sections seventy-eight to ninety, in- tuberculosis,
elusive, adequate hospital care for all persons residing in towns ®'°-
having less than one hundred thousand population as determined
by the last national census, within the boundaries of their re-
spective counties and suffering from tuberculosis, who need such
hospital care and for whom adequate hospital provision does not
already exist.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and eleven, as amended G- l. hi, § 9i,

,^ ,. , !• 1 J p 1 11 etc., amended.

in section ninety-one by section two oi chapter tour hundred
and forty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four,
is hereby further amended by striking out said section ninety-
one and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 91. Certain cities
Cities having one hundred thousand or more inhabitants as de- exempted^rom
termined by the last national census, and cities and towns having ^Ji"'^^"^
less than one hundred thousand inhabitants as determined as providing

558

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 501.

hospital care
for persons
suffering from
tuberculosis.

Provisos.

Certain cities
and towns
becoming part
of a county
hospital dis-
trict to pay
proportionate
share of certain
costs, etc.

Valuation
board to
determine
share of cost,
etc., in case of
disagreement,
etc.

G. L. Ill, §92
amended.

Establishment
etc., by cities
and towns of
hospitals for
persons suffer-
ing from cer-
tain diseases
dangerous to
the public
health.

aforesaid and already possessing and continuing to furnish satis-
factory tuberculosis hospital provision, shall be exempt from
the provisions of sections seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive;
provided, that each city or town of less than one hundred thou-
sand inhabitants as aforesaid, which on July first, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-seven or at any time thereafter shall have
failed to furnish tuberculosis hospital provision to the satisfaction
of the department in a tuberculosis hospital maintained by said
city or town or in a building or ward of a hospital set apart by
it for its tubercular patients, shall, upon receipt of written
notification from the department of such failure, become and
be a part of the district of the tuberculosis hospital for the
county or section thereof in which such city or town is situated ;
and prox-ided, further, that any city or town may, at any time
upon application and payment of its proportionate share of the
actual construction costs, as hereinafter provided, of said county
tuberculosis hospital, if any, become a part of the hospital dis-
trict of the county or section thereof in which it is situated. Each
city or town becoming, by reason of its failure to comply with
this section or upon application as aforesaid, a part of a county
hospital district shall pay to the district treasurer its proportion-
ate share of the actual construction costs of said county tuber-
culosis hospital, if any, including land, buildings and equip-
ment, computed as' of the date of such failure or such applica-
tion. In case the city council of such city or the selectmen of
such town and the trustees of such county tuberculosis hospital
do not agree on the amount of such proportionate share within
three months after the receipt by said city or town of written
notification from the department of failure as aforesaid or within
three months after apphcation as aforesaid, the amount of such
share shall be determined by a valuation board consisting of the
mayor of the city or the chairman of the board of selectmen of
the town, a person to be selected forthwith after the expiration
of said three months' period by the county commissioners of the
county in which such city or town is situated, and a third person
to be selected by the other two. If the representatives of the
city or town and the county do not, within thirty days after the
selection of the county representative on said board, agree upon
a third member thereof, such third member shall, on petition
therefor by any party in interest to the supreme judicial court,
be appointed by a justice thereof. The decision of a majority of
said valuation board shall be final.

Section 3. Section ninety-two of said chapter one hundred
and eleven is hereby amended by striking out, in the twenty-sixth
line, the word " fifty" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
one hundred, — so as to read as follows : — Section 92. Each
city, except Brockton, shall, and each town may, and upon re-
quest of the department shall, establish and maintain constantly
within its limits one or more hospitals for the reception of persons
having smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, tuberculosis or other
diseases dangerous to the public health as defined by the de-
partment, unless there already exists therein a hospital satis-
factory to the department for the reception of persons ill with

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 502. ' 559

such diseases, or unless some arrangement satisfactory to the
department is made between neighboring municipalities for the
care of such persons. All such hospitals established and main-
tained by cities and towns shall be subject to the orders and
regulations of the boards of health thereof. Plans for construe- Approval of
tion of such hospitals shall be approved by the department p^^°^'
before they are constructed, and the district health officers shall P'^['"i^*'fl-
annually make such examination of said hospitals, and of all to examine
other hospitals, sanatoria, asylums, homes, prisons and dis- '»°^p>**i^> ^*''-
pensaries, both public and private, caring for diseases dangerous
to the public health, as in the opinion of the department may be
necessary, and report as to their condition and needs to those
responsible for their management. A city or town which, upon Forfeiture by
the request of the department, refuses or neglects to establish cfties^and*
and maintain such a hospital shall forfeit not more than five towna.
hundred dollars; provided, that if, in the opinion of the boards Proviso,
of health of two or more adjoining municipalities, such hospitals
can advantageously be established and maintained in common,
the authorities of the said cities or towns may, subject to the ap-
proval of the department, enter into any agreements deemed
necessary to establish and maintain the same. Cities and towns Certain cities
having a population of less than one hundred thousand inhabit- required by
ants according to the last national census shall not be required to'ma1ce'°°
by this section to make hospital provisions for tubercular pa- hospital pro-

. \isions for

tientS. tubercular

Section 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed as in any Pf^^ieJ^t^- .
way preventing the cities of Lj'nn, LawTence, Haverhill, Salem not prevented
and Newburyport from becoming a part of the Essex County parTclf^Esse:^^
Tuberculosis Hospital District in accordance with the pro\'isions County
of chapter four hundred and forty-tliree of the acts of the Hospital
current year. Approved June 5, 1924- O'^*""*-

An Act establishing the compensation for mileage of Chap. 502

MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COURT AND OF CERTAIN LEGIS-
LATIVE EMPLOYEES.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to de- Emergency
feat its purpose of providing adequate compensation for mileage, p''®*'^^^®-
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, the im-
mediate enactment of which is necessary for the public con-
venience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section nine of chapter three of the General c. l. 3, §9,
Laws, as amended by section one of chapter four hundred and
ninety-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
is hereby further amended by striking out, in the third and fourth
lines, the words "three dollars and sixty" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — four dollars and twenty, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 9. Each member of the general court shall Compensation
receive fifteen hundred dollars for each regular annual session of general court,
the term for which he is elected, and four dollars and twenty

560

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 503.

G. L. 3, § 20,
etc., amended.

Compensation
for mileage of
certain legisla-
tive employees.

Time of
payment.

Time of taking
effect.

cents for every mile of ordinary traveling distance from his place
of abode to the place of sitting of the general court. The presi-
dent of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives
shall each receive fifteen hundred dollars additional compensa-
tion.

Section 2. Section twenty of said chapter three, as amended
by section two of chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, by chapter eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and by section
one of chapter two hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-thi-ee, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in the sixth line, the words "three dollars and
sixty" and inserting in place thereof the words: — four dollars
and twenty, — so as to read as follows : — Sectio7i 20. Door-
keepers, assistant doorkeepers, messengers and pages, the post-
master and assistant postmaster, the clerks in the sergeant-at-
arms' office, and the clerk, assistant clerk and other assistants
in the legislative document room shall each receive for each
annual session four dollars and twenty cents for every mile of
ordinary traveling distance from their places of abode to the
place of the sitting of the general court. Payments to persons
authorized to receive compensation under this section shall be
made from the treasury of the commonwealth in anticipation
of an appropriation, in the month of January of each year, upon
the certificate of the sergeant-at-arms approved by the president
of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.

Section 3. This act shall take effect as of January first in
the current year. Approved June 5, 1924-

Chap. 503 ^^ ^^"^ ESTABLISHING THE SALARY OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT
CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CHARLESTOWN DIS-
TRICT IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the General
Laws, as amended in section eighty by section two of chapter
three hundred and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one and by section two of chapter four hundred and
eighty-four of the acts of the current year, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section eighty and inserting in
place thereof the following : — Section SO. The salary of the
clerk of the municipal court of the Charlestown district shall be
equal to seventy-five per cent of the salary established for the
justice of said court, and the salary of the first assistant clerk
shall be equal to seventy-five per cent, and the salary of the
second assistant clerk shall be equal to sixty-six and two-thirds
per cent, of the salary of said clerk. The salaries of the clerks
of the first district court of Barnstable, the second district court
of Essex and the second, third and fourth district courts of
Plymouth shall be equal to seventy-five per cent of the salaries
established for the justices of their respective courts.

G. L. 218, § 80,
etc., amended.

Salaries of
clerk and
assistant
clerks of
municipal
court of
Charlestown
district.

Salaries of
clerks of cer-
tain district
courts.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 504. 561

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Submisaion to
vote of the city council of the city of Boston, subject to the pro- etc^ council,
visions of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs Proviso.
prior to December thirty-first in the current year.

Approved June 5, 1924.

An Act providing for the payment of hospital, medical Chav 504

AND surgical EXPENSES INCURRED BY CERTAIN POLICE . *

OFFICERS INJURED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY AND OF
ANNUITIES TO THE FAMILIES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS OR IN-
SPECTORS KILLED OR DYING FROM SUCH INJURIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. Chapter twenty -two of the General Laws is g. l. 22, new
hereby amended by inserting after section seven the following |ection after
new section: — Section 7 A. The commissioner may authorize Payment of
the payment, out of any appropriation made for traveling or expenses of''"
other expenses of the department, of the reasonable hospital, officers and
medical and surgical expenses incurred by any officer or inspector department of
of the department when temporarily or permanently disabled fn^ured^^^f*^
by reason of injuries sustained through no fault of his own while
actually performing police service.

Section 2. Chapter thirty-two of the General Laws is hereby G- l. 32, new
amended by inserting after section eighty-seven the following §^87°° ^^^^^
new section : — Section S7A . If a member of the department of Payment of
public safety doing police duty is killed, or dies from injuries re- fsTmiiles^of °
ceived, while in the performance of his duties and leaves a widow Sl^'^^^f" °f
or, if no widow, any child or children under the agfe of sixteen, public safety
an annuity not exceeding one thousand dollars may be paid from duty^iunedr
the treasury of the commonwealth, upon certification by the ®*°-
commissioner of public safety, to such widow so long as she
remains unmarried, or for the benefit of such child or children
so long as any one of them continues under the age of sixteen,
and the said commissioner may from time to time determine the
amount of such annuity within the amount aforesaid. Payment Payment,
of such annuity shall not be made on account of the death of be made.
any member of said department whose death has been the basis
of any payment under section eighty-seven.

Section 3. Said chapter thirty-two is hereby further ^- L- 32, § 89,
amended by striking out section eighty-nine and inserting in ^^^^ ^
place thereof the following: — Section 89. Any city or town Payment of
except Boston which accepts this section or has accepted corre- SSiiles^of °
sponding provisions of earlier laws by vote of the city council or policemen in

(* ,1 , • , , • ' , !• certain cities

01 the voters m town meetmg may pay an annuity not exceedmg and towns
one thousand dollars a year to or for the benefit of the widow, so mjunesreTc
long as she remains unmarried, or for the benefit of the children,
so long as such children or any of them remain under the age of
sixteen years, of any member of the police force or department
of the city or town who dies from injuries received while in the
exercise of his duty as such member. Such payments shall be Conditions as
made only in cases where, first, it shall be proved to the satis- *° P^y^^nts.

562

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 505.

Amount of
annuity,
determination,
etc.

Payment,
when not to
be made.

G. L. 40, § 5.
etc., amended.

Cities and
towns may
appropriate
money for
payment of
hospital, etc.,
expenses of
policemen,
etc., injured,
etc.

faction of the city council or selectmen that the injury in ques-
tion was received by the deceased member while in the exercise
of due care in the discharge of his duty as such member, and,
secondly, the city or town physician, if there be one, and two
other reputable physicians of the city or town, shall certify that
the death was the direct result of the said injury. The city
council or selectmen shall from time to time determine the
amount of any such annuity which shall in no case exceed the
sum of one thousand dollars a year on account of any one
death. Payment of such annuity shall not be made on account
of the death of any such member whose death has been the basis
of any payment under section eighty-seven.

Section 4. Section five of chapter forty of the General Laws,
as amended by sections one and two of chapter three hundred
and seventy-one and by section six of chapter four hundred and
eighty-six, both of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
by chapters two hundred and two and four hundred and one of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and by section
one of chapter two hundred and fort^'-eight of the acts of the
current year, is hereby further amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new paragraph : — (32) For the payment
of the reasonable hospital, medical and surgical expenses in-
curred by any miember of its police force or by any person duly
assigned to police duty therein when temporarily or permanently
disabled by reason of injuries sustained through no fault of his
own while actually performing useful police service for such
town. Approved June 5, 1924.

G. L. 218, § 76,
etc., amended.

ChaV.bO^ ^^ ^^'^ "^^ ESTABLISH THE SALARIES OF THE JUSTICE AND
CLERK OF THE BOSTON JLrVENILE COURT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the Gen-
eral Laws, as amended in section seventy-six by section one of
chapter three hundred and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-one and by section one of chapter four hun-
dred and eighty-four of the acts of the current year, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section seventy -six and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 76. The salary
of the justice of the Boston juvenile court shall be five thousand
dollars, and that of the clerk of said court an amount equal to
seventy-five per cent of the salary of the justice. The salary of
the justice of the municipal court of the Charlestown district
shall be four thousand dollars. The salaries of the justices of
the following district courts shall severally be as follows: First
district court of Barnstable, twenty -two hundred dollars; second
district court of Essex, twenty-four hundred dollars; second dis-
trict court of Plymouth, thirty-two hundred dollars; third dis-
trict court of Plymouth, twenty-five hundred dollars; fourth
district court of Plymouth, twenty-fi^'e hundred dollars.

Section 2. This act shall take eifect as of the first day of
June in the current year. Approved June 5, 1024.

Salaries of
justice and
clerk of
Boston
juvenile
court.
Salaries of
justices of
certain district
courts.

Time of
taking effect.

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 506. 563

An Act establishing the salaries of the clerk and as- Qfinr^ 5Qg

SISTANT CLERKS OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF ^'

BOSTON FOR CR^L BUSINESS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and eighteen of the General ^t'c^amended^'
Laws, as amended in section seventy-five by section two of
chapter two hundred and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-one, by section two of chapter three hun-
dred and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two,
by section two of chapter three hundred and twenty-three and
by section two of chapter four hundred and forty-eight, both of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section seventy-five and inserting
in place thereof the following : — Section 75. The salary of the Municipal
chief justice of the municipal court of the city of Boston shall be dtjf of°Boston,
eighty-five hundred dollars, and the salary of each of the asso- ?^iaries of
ciate justices shall be eight thousand dollars; provided, that proviso.
any chief justice or associate justice appointed before June fourth,
nineteen hundred and twenty, who has not accepted the increase
in salary provided by chapter six hundred and fourteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty shall receive annually two
thousand dollars less than the salaries above provided for. The Salaries of
salary of the clerk of said court for civil business shall be equal assistant
to seventy per cent of the salary of an associate justice of said u^^^Jg"^ ^'^'^
court appointed after said June fourth ; that of the first assistant
clerk for civil business shall be equal to seventy per cent of the
salary of the clerk of said court for civil business, and the salaries
of the second, third and fourth assistant clerks for civil business
shall be equal to sixty per cent, and the salaries of the fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth assistant clerks for civil business,
fifty per cent, of the salary of the clerk of said court for civil
business. The salaries of the clerk and assistant clerks of said fierlTand^
court for criminal business shall be as follows : clerk, five thou- assistant
sand dollars; first assistant clerk, thirty-five hundred dollars; criminai"^
second assistant clerk, three thousand dollars; third and fourth '^^"i®^^-
assistant clerks, twenty-nine hundred dollars each; fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth assistant clerks, twenty-four hundred dollars
each.

The salary of the messenger of said court shall be twenty-six Salary of

hundred dollars. messenger.

The salary of the chief court officer and of the assistant chief com^t'officers
court officer of the municipal court of the city of Boston for
criminal business shall be twenty-eight hundred dollars and
twenty-five hundred and eighty-four dollars, respectively, and
the salary of each of the other court officers in attendance at the
civil and criminal sessions of said court, twenty-four hundred
and eighty -four dollars.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by Subnussion
the city council of the city of Boston, subject to the provisions etc?^ ^ counci ,
of its charter; provided, that such acceptance occurs prior to Proviso.
December thirty -first in the current year.

Approved June 5, 1924.

564

Acts, 1924. -— Chaps. 507, 508.

Term of state
notes for pro-
viding new
railroad loca-
tion over
Charles river
basin at
Brookline
street-Essex
street-Cottage
farm bridge.

Term of state
notes for
strengthening,
etc., bridge in
Massachusetts
avenue across
Charles river
basin, etc.

Chap. 507 An Act relating to the terms of certain bonds and

NOTES TO BE ISSUED BY THE COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The term of the notes which the state treasurer
is authorized to issue under chapter four hundred and sixteen of
the acts of the current year, providing for a new location for the
Boston and Albany railroad over the Charles river basin at the
Brookline street-Essex street-Cottage farm bridge, shall not
exceed five years, as recommended by the governor in a message
to the general court, dated June fifth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, in pursuance of section three of Article LXII of
the amendments to the constitution.

Section 2. The term of the notes which the state treasurer
is authorized to issue under chapter four hundred and forty-two
of the acts of the current year, requiring the metropolitan district
commission to strengthen, repave and repair the bridge in
Massachusetts avenue across the Charles river basin between
Boston and Cambridge, and to alter the draw span in said bridge
into a fixed span, shall not exceed two years, as recommended
by the governor in said message to the general court, in pur-
suance of the said provision of the amendments to the constitu-
tion.

Section 3. The term of the bonds which the state treasurer
is authorized to issue under chapter four hundred and forty-four
of the acts of the current year, providing for the construction
and use of an additional station in connection with the Cambridge
subway at or near the junction of Cambridge and Charles
streets in the city of Boston, shall not exceed fifty years, as
recommended by the governor in said message to the general
court, in pursuance of the said provision of the amendments to
the constitution.

Section 4. The term of the notes which the state treasurer
is authorized to issue under chapter four hundred and eighty-
nine of the acts of the current year, providing for the laying
out and construction of a northern route to accommodate traffic
between Boston and the territory to the north and east thereof,
shall not exceed five years, as recommended by the governor in
said message to the general court, in pursuance of the said pro-
vision of the amendments to the constitution.

Approved June 5, 1924-

Term of state
bonds for con-
struction, etc.,
of new Cam-
bridge subway
station at or
near Cam-
bridge and
Charles streets
in Boston.

Term of state
notes for
laying out,
etc., traffic
route between
Boston and
territory to
north and
east thereof.

Chap. 50S An Act to provide for the treatment of extra-pulmo-
nary TUBERCULOSIS AT THE LAKEVILLE STATE SANATORIUM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and eleven of the General
Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section sixty-five the
following new section: — Scctio7i Go A. The department may
admit to the Lakeville state sanatorium persons suffering from
extra-pulmonary tuberculosis; provided, that no person shall

G. L. Ill, new
section after
§ 65.

Treatment
of extra-
pulmonary
tuberculosis
at Lakeville

tonuni.
Proviso.

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 509. 565

be admitted who has not been a resident of the commonwealth state sana-
for at least twelve months preceding the date of his application
for admission, and that preference shall be given to citizens of
the commonwealth.

Section 2. For the purpose of remodelling, if found feasible. Expenditures
an existing stable at the Lakeville state sanatorium for the further aUeration",
accommodation of the employees in said institution and also for ^'tP; • »* i-ake-
architects' fees for this and other contemplated alterations to sanatorium.
carry out the provisions of the preceding section, the depart-
ment of public health may expend from such appropriation as
the general court may make such sums not exceeding twenty
thousand dollars as the governor and council may approve. Said ^o^st'^f furt°her
department shall submit, on or before October fifteenth of the alterations,
current year to the budget commissioner, pursuant to section
four of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws, detailed esti-
mates of the cost, including architects' fees and expenses, of such
further alteration or construction of buildings at said sanatorium
as is recommended by said department for the purpose of carry-
ing out the provisions of said preceding section.

Approved June 5, 192 4.

Chap. 509

An Act to ascertain the opinion of the people of the
commonwealth as to the ratification of the proposed
amendment to the constitution of the united states
empowering the congress to limit, regulate and pro-
hibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of

AGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

For the purpose of ascertaining the opinion of the people of ^^.^ ^-^ ?^5'er-

1 11 1 1 • ^ •^• !• •(.•! *ai'i opinion

the commonwealth as to the desirability or ratifying the pro- of people of
posed amendment to the constitution of the United States em- as't.Tr^a'tifiTa-^
powering the congress to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor tionofpro-

n I'll p Till posed anienu-

01 persons under eighteen years 01 age, passed by the congress ment to con-
of the United Sta'tes by a constitutional majority of two thirds ul^ted st'ates
of each house thereof, there shall be placed upon the ballot to emp^owering
be used at the biennial state election in the current year the fol- limit, regulate
lowing question : Is it desirable that the general court ratify the iTbLfof^''^''^
following proposed amendment to the constitution of the United persons under
States : — " Section 1 . The Congress shall have power to limit, of age.
regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years
of age. Section 2. The power of the several States is unim-
paired by this article except that the operation of State laws
shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to
legislation enacted by the Congress."? The votes upon said
question shall be received, sorted, counted and declared, and
copies of records thereof transmitted to the secretary of the
commonwealth, laid before the governor and council, and by
them opened and examined, in accordance with the laws relating
to votes for state officers and copies of records thereof, so far as
such laws are apphcable. The governor shall make known the
result by declaring the number of votes in the affirmative and

566

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

the number in the negative, together with the totals of such
votes arranged by senatorial and representative districts, and
shall transmit a statement of such result, in writing, to the general
court during the first week of the session in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-five. Approved June 5, 1924.

Chap

Appropriations
to supplement
certain items
contained in
general appro-
priation act,
and for certain
ne'w acti^•ities
and pro'jects.

510 An Act in addition to the general appropriation act
making appropriations to supplement certain items
contained therein, and for certain new activities and
projects.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. To provide 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 particular
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 regulating the disbursement of
public funds and the approval thereof.

Section 2.

Legislative
Department.

Item
5

Service of the Legislative Department.

For the salaries of William H. Sanger, clerk of the
senate, and James W. Kimball, clerk of the house
of representatives, the sum of four himdred fifty-
eight dollars and thirty-four cents, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ..... $458 34

For the salaries of Irving N. Hayden, assistant clerk
of the senate, and Frank E. Bridgman, assistant
clerk of the house of representatives, the sum of
nine hundred sixteen dollars and sixtj^-seven cents,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose . . . 916 67

For clerical assistance, office of the sergeant-at-arms,
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 doorkeepers of the senate and
house of representatives, and the postmaster,
with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum
not exceeding one hundred dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ..... 100 00

For the salaries of clerks employed in the legislative
document room, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 200 00

For certain other persons employed by the sergeant-
at-arms, in and about the chambers and rooms of
the legislative department, a sum not exceeding
fifty dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 50 00

For personal services of the counsel to the senate and
assistants, a sum not exceeding eight hundred
and fifty dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 850 GO

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

567

Item

21 For clerical and other assistance of the house com-
mittee on rules, a sum not exceeding four hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

21a For clerical and other assistance of the joint com-
mittee on ways and means, a sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars .....

30 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 appropriated for the purpose .

Total

Lagislative
department.

$400 00
1,000 00

1,500 00
$5,575 01

Service of Special Investigations.

31 For expenses of the commission appointed to investi-
gate old age and other pensions, as authorized by
chapter forty-three of the resolves of nineteen
hundi'ed and twenty-three, a sum not exceeding
ten thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose . . . . . . . . $10,000 00

31a For expenses of a special commission relative to
taxation of banking institutions, as authorized by
chapter twenty of the resolves of the present year,
a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars . 1,500 00

31b For expenses of a special commission relative to
property loss from fires, as authorized by chapter
forty-three of the resolves of the present year, a
sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars . 2,500 00

31c For expenses of a special commission to report plans
for the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the revolution, as authorized by
chapter forty-two of the resolves of the present
year, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars .

3 Id For expenses of the Connecticut Valley regional
planning board, as authorized by chapter fift}'-
five of the resolves of the present year, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars ....

3 le For expenses of a special commission to study further
the water supply needs of the metropolitan district
and other communities, a sum not exceeding
thirty thousand dollars . . . . 30,000 00

3 If For expenses of the joint special committee to study
the various problems relating to the control,
supervision and regulation of motor vehicles, a
sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars . . 10,000 00

31g For expenses of the joint special committee to investi-
gate and consider what additions, extensions and
improvements in the road and equipment of the
railway system managed and operated by the
board of trustees of the Boston elevated railway
are necessary or desirable, and methods of finan-
cing the same, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars . . . . ... 5,000 00

31h For expenses of the joint special ronmiittee to in-
vestigate the question of the establishment in the
commonwealth of public reservations and of ac-
quiring by purchase, gift or eminent domain on
the part of the commonwealth, or by counties,
cities or towns, such tracts of land, a sum not ex-
ceeding twelve hundred dollars .... 1,200 00

Special
Investigations,

Old age and
other pensions.

Taxation of

banking

institutions.

Property loss
from fires.

Celebration of
anniversary of
revolution.

2,000 00 ^

Connecticut
Valley
regional
planning

1,000 00 ^°^'^-

Water supply
needs of
metropolitan
district, etc.

Control,
supervision,
etc., of niotor
vehicles.

Additions, etc.
to Boston
elevated
railway
system, etc.

Establisliiiioiit
of public
reservations,
etc.

568

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

Organization,
etc., of various
divisions of
registration,
etc.

Committee
on public
institutions.

Item

31i For expenses of the joint special committee to in-
vestigate every aspect of the organization, prac-
tice and procedure of the various divisions of
registration in the department of civil service and
registration, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars . . . . ■..-.• $5,000 00

31 j For expenses of the committee on public institutions,

a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars . . 2,000 00

Total $70,200 00

Judicial
Department.
Superior
Court.

Service of the Judicial Department.

Superior Court:
48 For clerical work, inspection of records and doings
of persons authorized to admit to bail, for an execu-
tive clerk to the chief justice, and for certain
other expenses incident to the work of the court,
a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to the amount appropriated
in item forty-eight of chapter one hundred and
twenty-six of the acts of the present year, said
item forty-eight being hereby amended as shown
above ........

$1,500 00

Judicial
Council.

Judicial Council:
49b For expen.ses of the judicial council, as authorized by
chapter two hundred and forty-four of the acts
of the present year, a sum not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars ......

1.500 00

Justices of

District

Courts.

Probate and

Insolvency

Courts.

Justices of District Courts:
49c For compensation of justices of district courts while
sitting in the superior court, as authorized by
chapter four hundred and sixty-nine of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, a sum not
exceeding twenty-six thousand dollars . . 26,000 00

Probate and Insolvency Courts:
54 For the compensation of judges of probate when
acting outside of their owti county for other judges
of probate, a sum not exceeding three hxmdred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 300 00

District
Attorneys.

District Attorneys:
73 For the salaries of the district attorney and assistants
for the eastern district, a sum not exceeding six
hundred and seventy-five dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

675 00

Land Court:
Land Court. gQ For salaries of the judge, associate judges, the re-
corder and court officer, a sum not exceeding
thirty-six hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ........

3,600 00

Total

$33,575 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

569

Item
101

Service of the Adjutant General.

For expenses not otherwise provided for in connec-
tion with miHtary matters and accounts, a sum
not exceeding five hundred and seventy dollars,
the same to be in addition to anj' amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose

Adjutant
General.

$570 00

131

Service of the Chief Quartermaster.
For certain incidental military expenses of

the

quartermaster's department, a sum not exceeding
two thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ........

Chief
Quarter-
master.

$2,000 00

Service of the Commission on Administration and Finance.
144 (This item omitted.)

For Expenses on Account of Wars.

159a For the publication of the records of residents of
Massachusetts who died in the military or naval
service during the World War, as authorized by
chapter three hundred and sixty-seven of the acts
of the present year, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars $5,000 00

159b For a suitable commemoration of the decoration of
the colors of the one hundred and fourth regiment
of infantry of the Twenty-sixth Division, as au-
thorized by chapter nineteen of the resolves of
the present year, a sum not exceeding eight thou-
sand dollars' 8,000 00

159c For expenses of a proper observance of the fifty-ninth
anniversary of the termination of the War of the
Rebellion, as authorized by chapter twenty-one of
the resolves of the present vear, the sum of twenty-
five thousand dollars ' 25,000 00

159d For expenses of medals of valor, with the approval
of the adjutant general, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars ...... 1,000 00

159e For expenses of the preparation of plans for the con-
struction in St. Mihiel, France, of a memorial to
the men and women of Massachusetts who served
on foreign soil in the World War, as authorized
by chapter fifty of the resolves of the present year,
a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars .

Commission
on Adminis-
tration and
Finance.

Expenses on
Account of
Wars.

Total

Service of the Superintendent of Buildings.

169 For personal services of the superintendent and

office assistants, a sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

170 For personal services of engineers, assistant engi-

neers, firemen and helpers in the engineer's depart-
ment, a sum not exceeding nine hundred and fifty
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose
173 For other personal services incidental to the care
and maintenance of the state house, a sum not
exceeding five hundred and sixty dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .....

2,500 00
$41,500 00

Superin-
tendent of
Buildings.

$100 00

950 00

560 00

570

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 510.

Superin-
tendent of
Buildings.

Item

177

b'or other services, supplies and equipment necessary
for the maintenance and care of the state house
and groimds, including repairs of furniture and
equipment, a sum not exceeding fifty-five hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

Total

$5,500 00
$7,110 00

Service of the Commission on N'ccessaries of Life.

Commission on iJSa. For expenses of the commission on necessaries of life,
Necessanes of ^ ^^^ ^^^ exceeding twentj-four thousand dollars,

the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose

$24,000 00

Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.

Sernce of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

207a For expenses in preparation of the next state census
enumeration, a sum not exceeding six thousand
dollars ........

$6,000 00

Treasurer and
Receiver-
General.

Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-Geneial.

210 For salaries of officers and emploj^ees holding

positions established by law and additional clerical
and other assistance, a sum not exceeding twelve
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . $1,200 00

211 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,

office supplies and equipment, a sum not. exceed-
ing one thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose 1,000 00

212 For the expenses of administering chapter two hun-

dred and eleven of the General Acts of nineteen
hundred and seventeen, a sum not exceeding seven
hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid from the re-
ceipts from taxes levied under authority of chap-
ters two himdred and eighty-three and three
hundred and forty-two of the General Acts of
nineteen hundred and nineteen, and to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose ....... 750 00

Total $2,950 00

Interest Requirements.

Interest 220a For refunding interest to certain cities and towTis,

Requirements. ^g authorized by chapter twenty-six of the resolves

of the present year, a sum not exceeding seventy-
four thousand seven hundred ninety-seven dollars
and twelve cents ......

$74,797 12

Unclassified
Accounts and
Claims.

Unclassified Accounts and Claims.

231 For the payment of certain annuities and pensions
of soldiers and others under the provisions of
certain acts and resolves, a sum not exceeding
sixteen hundred and sixty dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose . . . .

$1,660 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

571

Item
234

For payment of any claims, as authorized by section
eighty-seven of chapter thirty-two of the General
Laws, for allowances to the families of policemen
killed or fatally injured in the discharge of their
duties, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars,
the same to be in addition to anj' amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose

Total

Unclassified
Accounts
and Claims.

$1,500 00
$3,160 00

Claims.

Payments for certain claims authorized by the
following appropriations shall be certified by
the comptroller of the commonwealth only
upon the filing of satisfactory releases or other
evidence that the payments are accepted in full
compensation on the part of the commonwealth
in respect thereto:
237a For Marion B. Young, for services as nurse attending
the wife of William Davis of the National Guard
who was fatally injured while on duty at Camp
Devens in nineteen hundred and twenty-two, the
sum of fiftj'-six dollars and eighty cents . $56 80

237b For Gertrude A. Steele, an employee in the oflSce of
the registrar of motor vehicles, as reimbursement
for the loss of a coat, the sum of forty-five dol-
lars, from receipts in the Motor Vehicle Fees

Fund 45 00

237c For Arthur L. Devens of Boston, for damages to his
automobile in consequence of its being rim into
by a motor truck of the commonwealth, the sum
of three hundred dollars, from receipts in the

Motor Vehicle Fees Fund 300 00

237d For William Donohue of East Boston, for damages
to his automobile due to an accident caused by a
defect in the roadway of the state highway in the
city of Revere, the sum of one hundred and fifty
dollars, from receipts in the Motor Vehicle Fees

Fund 150 00

237e For Harold C. Knapp of Boston, for damages sus-
tained as a result of a collision with an automobile
operated by an emplo.yee of the department of
public works, the sum of four hundred and
seventy-five dollars, from receipts in the Motor

Vehicle Fees Fund 475 00

237f For Harold F. MacWilliams of Newburyport, for
damages sustained as a result of a collision with
an automobile operated by an employee of the
department of public works, a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars, to be paid on receipted
vouchers and to be paid from receipts in the

Motor Vehicle Fees Fund 500 00

237g For Sadie B. Waelde, for damage to her clothing
occasioned by the bursting of a steam pipe in the
state house, the sum of seventy-five dollars . 75 00

237h For Florence W. Spates, for damage to her clothing
occasioned by the bursting of a steam pipe in the
state house, the sum of forty dollars ... 40 00

237i For Ida Ferrand, for compensation for personal
injuries sustained by falling on the stairs in the
state house, the sum of five hundred dollars . 500 00

Claims.

Marion B.
Young.

Gertrude A.
Steele.

Arihur L.
Devens.

William
Donohue.

Harold C.
Knapp.

Harold F.
MacWilliams.

Sadie B.
Waelde.

Florence W.
Spates.

Ida Ferrand.

572

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

George I.
Sidebottom.

Heirs of
Frank Zajac.

William
McGinley and
Elizabeth
McGinley.

Treasurer of
Westborough
state hospital.

Richard Smith
and Catherine
Smith.

William M.
Heftye.

Susan F.
McLaughlin.

Henry M.
Lamson,
Roderick L.
Weston and
Joseph Soja.

Lewine A.
Nathanson
and Marion
Glickman.

Item

237j For George I. Sidebottom of Easthampton, for
damages to his automobile in consequence of its
being run into bj' a motor truck operated by an
employee of the department of pubHc works, the
sum of thirty dollars and five cents, from receipts
in the Motor Vehicle Fees Fund ' . . . $30 05

237k For the heirs of Frank Zajac of Holyoke, being money
paid into the treasmy of the commonwealth by a
public administrator, the sum of one hundred
sixty-one dollars and fiftj'-six cents, to be paid
subject to the approval of the attorney general . 161 56

2371 For William McGinley and Elizabeth McGinley of
Hamilton, as authorized by chapter ten of the
resolves of the present year, the sum of twenty-
five hundi-ed dollars 2,500 00

237m For the treasurer of the Westborough state hospital,
as authorized by chapter fifteen of the resolves of
the present year, the sum of twenty-six hundred
seventy-five dollars and fifty cents . . . 2,675 50

237n For Richard Smith and Catherine Smith, as author-
ized by chapter thirty-four of the resolves of the
present year, the sum of twenty-five hundred dol-
lars 2,500 00

237o For William M. Heftye of Lynn, as authorized by
chapter forty of the resolves of the present year,
the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars . . 3,500 00

237p For Susan F. McLaughlin, as authorized by chapter
forty-one of the resolves of the present year, the
sum of three thousand dollars .... 3,000 00

237q For Henry M. Lamson of Belchertown, twelve hun-
dred and fifty dollars, for Roderick L. Weston of
said town, fifteen hundred dollars, for Joseph Soja
of said town, one thousand dollars, severally as
authorized by chapter forty-six of the resolves of
the present jear ...... 3,750 00

237r For Lewine A. Nathanson, five hundred and forty
dollars, for Marion Glickman, fourteen hundred
and forty dollars, severally as authorized by chap-
ter forty-seven of the resolves of the present year . 1 ,980 00

Total

$22,238 91

Attorney
General's
Department.

Service of the Attorney General's Deparlinent.

238 For the compensation of assistants in his office, and
for such other legal and personal services as may
be required, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . $2,000 00

239a For the settlement of certain claims, as authorized
by chapter three hundred and ninety-five of the
acts of the present vear, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars ~ 3,000 00

Total $5,000 00

Department of
Agriculture.
Division of
Markets.

Service of the Department of Agriculture.

Division of Markets:
256 For personal services, a sum not exceeding twenty-
nine hundred and twenty dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

$2,920 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

573

Item
257

For other expenses, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . $200 00

Division of Reclamation, Soil Survey and Fairs:
259 For travel and other expenses, a sum not exceeding
seven hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ...... 750 00

Special :

261a For publication of the first volume of a report on
birds of the commonwealth, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand six hundred dollars . . 13,600 00

Total $17,470 00

Division of
Markets.

Division of
Reolamation,
Soil Survey
and Fairs.

Special.

Service of (he Department of Conservation.

Division of Fisheries and Game:
The appropriations made by items two hundred and
ninetj'-one (a) to two hundred and ninety-five,
inclusive, of the general appropriation act, for im-
provements at fish hatcheries and game farms,
shall be in addition to the unexpended balances
of appropriations made in nineteen hundred and
twenty-three for like improvements.

Department
of Conserva-
tion.

Division of
Fisheries
and Game.

Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.

322a For refunding taxes to certain national banks, as
authorized by chapter four hundred and eighty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, the sum of twenty-nine hundred nine dollars
and nine cents $2,909 09

Department of
Corporations
and Taxation.

343

387

Service of the Department of Education.

For the education of deaf and blind pupils of the
commonwealth, as provided bj^ section twenty-
six of chapter sixty-nine of the General Laws, a
sum not exceeding twenty-three thousand dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose

For the maintenance and improvement of the
state normal schools, and the boarding halls
attached thereto, with the approval of Mie com-
missioner of education, as follows: •
Worcester normal school, a sum not exceeding
twentj'-six hundred and fifty dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
I)riated for the purpose .....

Department
of Education.

23,000 00

Worcester
normal school.

2,650 00.

Total $25,650 00

Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.

Board of Registration of Nurses:
412a For expenses of Josephine E. Thurlow in making an
examination of hospital training schools, as origi-
nally authorized in nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, the sum of one hundred seventy-nine dollars
and thirtv-five cents .....

Department of
Civil Service
and Registra-
tion.
Board of
$1*9 o5 Registration
of Nur-aes.

574 Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.

Item

Department 434 For clerical and other assistance for the board of con-

Indus^ries^ ciliation and arbitration, a sum not exceeding

eight thousand dollars, the same to be in addition

to any amount heretofore appropriated for the

purpose $8,000 00

443 For other services, printing, traveling expenses and
office supplies and equipment for the board of
conciliation and arbitration, a sum not exceeding
two thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to anv amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 2,000 00

Total $10,000 00

Service of the Department of Mental Diseases.
Department 455b For personal services in institutions under the control
Diseases*' of this department, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred thousand dollars. Transfers may be made
from this appropriation to the allotments for
personal services in the appropriations for main-
tenance of any institution under the control of
this department, with the approval of the com-
missioner $100,000 00

455c For the psychiatric examination of prisoners, as au-
thorized by chapter three hundred and nine of
the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars, this sum being the esti-
mated amount needed for administering the law
for its first three months of operation, and the
basis for pro-rating continuing expenses after
December firsts nineteen hundred and twentv-

four 15,000 00

455d For expenses of caretakers and maintenance of
property at the Norfolk state hospital, a sum not
exceeding three thousand dollars . . . 3,000 00

455e For the payment of certain architects' fees, a sum

not exceeding fourteen hundred and ten dollars . 1,410 00

Institutions poj. ^}jg maintenance of and for certain improve-

oFoepanment ments at the following institutions under the

of Mental control of the Department of Mental Diseases:

Diseases. 456a For expenses of improvements and additions for pro-

Boston state tection against fire at the Boston state hospital,

^^^P'*'*'- a sum not exceeding forty-four hundred dollars . 4,400 00

Boston 457 Boston psychopathic hospital, a sum not exceeding

Psychopathic ^^^.Q thousand dollars, the same to be in addition

'°^P' ^ ' to any amount heretofore appropriated for the

purpose . 2,000 00

Danyers state 4593, For expenses of improvements and additions for
hospital. ■ protection against fire at the Danvers state hos-
pital, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dol-
lars 12,000 00

Gardner state 4(543 For expenses of improvements and additions for

'^'^^'^'^y- protection against fire at the Gardner state

colony, a sum not exceeding twenty-five htmdred

dollars . 2,500 00

Massachu- 469a For expenses of improvements and additions for

for^the^Feeble- protection against fire at the Massachusetts School

Minded. for the Feeble-Minded, a sum not exceeding

twenty-five hundred dollars .... 2,500 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

575

Item

471a

477a

478a
479

481a
482a
486

For exj)euses of improvements and additions for pro- Medheia

tection against fire at the Medfield state hospital, "tate hospital,

a sum not exceeding eleven thousand five hundred
dollars $11,500 GO

The unexpended balance of forty-one hundred forty-
two dollars and sixty-nine cents, appropriated in
nineteen hundred and twenty-two for repairing
and enlarging sewage disposal beds at the Medfield
state hospital, is hereby reappropriated.

For expenses of improvements and additions for
protection against fire at the Northampton state
hospital, a sum not exceeding eighty-six hundred
dollars 8,600 00

For expenses of improvements and additions for pro-
tection against fire at the Taunton state hospital,
a sum not exceeding thirty-six hundred dollars . 3,600 00

Westborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
fifty-seven hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose ....... 5,700 00

For expenses of improvements and additions for pro-
tection against fire at the Westborough state hos-
pital, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars . 500 00

For expenses of improvements and additions for pro-
tection against fire at the Worcester state hospital,
a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars . 8,000 00

For extensions to the water system at the Belcher-
towTi state school, a sum not exceeding thirty-three
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 3,300 00

Northampton
state hospital.

Taunton
state hospital.

Westborough
state hospital.

Worcester
state hospital.

Belchertown
state school.

Total .

. $184,010 00

Service of the Deparlment of Correction.

497 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 exceeding fifteen hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . $1,500 00

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the Department of Correction:
500 State farm, a sum not exceeding two thousand dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 2,000 00

502 State prison, a sum not exceeding four thousand

dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 4,000 00

502a For George F. Martin, on account of hospital and
medical expenses due to an injury sustained while
on duty at the state prison, the sum of three hun-
dred sixty-six dollars and forty cents . . 366 40

503 Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceeding

four thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose; for the increase in the salary of the
chaplain, as authorized by chapter three hundred
and seventy-three of the acts of the present year,
the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars,
the same to be in addition to other sums appro-
priated for the maintenance of the reformatory . 4,125 00

Department of
Correction.

Institutions
under control
of Department
of Correction.
» State farm.

State prison.

Massachusetts
reformatorj'.

576

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 510.

Deputies,
board of
parole, etc.

Item

493

For personal services of deputies, members of the
board of parole and advisory board of pardons,
agents, clerks and stenographers, a sum not ex-
ceeding five hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

Total

$500 00

S12,491 40

Department of
Public Welfare.
Reimburse-
ment of cities
and towns for
payment of
certain aid,
etc.

Service of the Departmenl of Public Welfare.

The following item is for reimbursement of cities
and towns:
518 For temporary aid given to state paupers and ship-
wrecked seamen by cities and towns, for the
present year and previous years, a sum not exceed-
ing fifty thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose .......

$50,000 00

Institutions
under control
of trustees o^
Massachusetts
training
schools.

Industrial
school for
girls.

Lyman school
for liQys.

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the institutions under the control of
the trustees of the Massachusetts training
schools, with the approval of said trustees, as
• follows :

533 Industrial school for girls, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose .
535 Lyman school for boys, a sum not exceeding forty-
five hundred dollars, the same to be in adchtion to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose . . . • .

1,000 00

4,500 00

State Infirmary:
State infirmary. 54Q Yot the maintenance of the state infirmary, to be ex-
pended with the approval of the trustees thereof,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 10,000 00
540a For the payment of certain architects' fees, a sum
not exceeding seventeen hundred ninety-seven
dollars and forty-two cents .... 1,797 42

Total $67,297 42

Department
of Pubhc
Health.

Di\'ision of Ad-
ministration.

Service of the Department of Public Health.

Division of Administration:

542 For personal services of the health council and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any aniount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

542a For the salary of a business agent, a sum not exceed-
ing fifteen hundred dollars ....

$1,000 00
1,500 00

Division of

Communicable

Diseases.

Division of Communicable Diseases:
548 For personal services of the director, district health
officers and their assistants, epidemiologists, bac-
teriologist and assistants in the diagnostic labo-
ratorj% a sum not exceeding seven hundred and
eighty dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose .

780 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

577

Item

553

Manufacture and Distribution of Arsphenamine :
For the purchase of chemicals and other materials,
including equipment and supplies necessary for
the preparation and manufacture of arsphenamine,
or its equivalent, a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the puz'pose .

Manufacture
and Distribu-
tion of
Arsphenamine.

$500 00

Inspection of Food and Drugs:
558 For personal services of the director, analysts, in-
spectors and other assistants, including two thou-
sand dollars for testing certain commodities for
the state purchasing agent, a sum not exceeding
twenty-two hundred and seventj^ dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....

Inspection of
Food and
Drugs.

2,270 00

Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage, Engineer-
ing Division:

561a For investigation of sewage disposal in the city of
Gloucester, as authorized by chapter thirteen of
the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceed-
ing four thousand dollars .....

561b For investigation of sewage disposal along the Con-
cord river, as authorized by chapter two hundred
and sixty-nine of the acts of the present year, a
sum not exceeding three thousand dollars .

561c For investigation of sources of water supply for the
city of Lawrence and the town of Methuen, a sum
not exceeding six thousand dollars

561d For investigation of sewerage and sewage disposal
for the cities of Salem, Beverly and Peabody and
the town of Danvers, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars ......

"Water Supply
and Disposal
of Sewage,
Engineering
4,000 00 Division.

3,000 00
6,000 00

5,000 00

Water Supplj- and Disposal of Sewage, Division
of Laboratories:
562 For personal services of laboratory director, chemists,
clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ........

Water Supply
and Dispqsal of
Sewage,
Division of
Laboratories.

1,000 00

State Examiners of Plumbers:
564 For personal and other services and necessary sup-
plies and equipment for the state examiners of
plumbers, a sum not exceeding six hundred dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

State

Examiners of
Plumbers.

600 00

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the sanatoria, as follows:

569 For the Lakeville state sanatorium, a sum not ex-
ceeding two thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

573a For remodelling two pavilions at the Westfield state
sanatorium, a sum not exceeding twenty-four
thousand dollars ......

Lakeville state
sanatorium.

2,000 00

Westfield state
sanatorium.

24,000 00

Total .

$51,650 00

578

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 5l6.

Item

Department o^ 576
Public Safety.

D^^d3ion of
State Police.

579

580

State Police
Patrol.

Claims.

WinfredA.
Martin of
Weston.

Norman H.
Brown. Everett
I. Flanders,
Frederick W.
Cole, Jame3 H.
Sullivan, Stuart
P. Redding.

598

598a

598b

Service of the Department of Public Safety.

For contingent services, including printing the annual
report, rent of district offices, supplies and equip-
ment, and all other things necessary for the in-
vestigation of fires and moving picture licenses, as
required by law, a sum not exceeding sixty-five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to anj^
amoimt heretofore appropriated for the purpose .

Division of State Police:

For expenses of the police steamer, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thoasand dollars, the same to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in item five
hundred and seventy-nine of the general appro-
priation act .......

State Police Patrol:
For other services and expenses, a sum not exceeding
twenty-one thousand two hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to an}' amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....

Claims :

For Winfred A. Martin of Weston, for damages to
his automobile by reason of a collision with an
automobile operated by employees of the depart-
ment of public safety on February twenty-second,
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, the sum of
two hundred and seventy-five dollars

For the payment of medical and hospital expenses
on account of injuries received in the course of
duty as officers or employees of the department
of public safety, as follows: — Norman H. BrowTi,
fifty dollars, Everett I. Flanders, one hundred dol-
lars, Frederick W. Cole, two hundred and seventy-
five dollars, James H. Sullivan, fifty dollars, and
Stuart P. Redding, two hundred dollars

Total

$6,500 00

6,000 00

1,000 00

21,200 GO

275 00

675 00
$35,650 00

Department of
Public Works.
Division of
Highways. .

Service of the Department of Public Works.

Division of Highways:
608a For Emma C. Shea of Hinsdale, for medical services
and injury to clothing resulting from a fall, July
twenty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-three,
on a highway where oil had been spraj^ed by em-
ploj^ees of the department of public works, the
sum of one hundred dollars; and to Howard Stan-
ton of Chesterfield, for the cost of repairing
damages to his barn caused by blasting done by
employees of said department in August, nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, the sum of sixty dollars
and forty-eight cents, severally to be paid from
receipts from motor vehicle fees upon the filing of
satisfactory releases or other evidence that pay-
ments are accepted in full compensation on the
part of the commonwealth in respect thereto

$160 48

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

579

Item

Registration of Motor Vehicles:

613 For personal services, a sum not exceeding ten thou-

sand dollars, from receipts from motor vehicle fees,
and to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... $10,000 00

614 For services other than personal, including traveling

expenses, purchase of necessary supplies, equip-
ment and materials, including cartage and storage
of the same, and for work incidental to the regis-
tration, and licensing of owners, of motor vehicles,
a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars,
from receipts from motor vehicle fees, and to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated

for the purpose 18,000 00

614a For expenses for ways and means other than those
now used for registering and distributing licenses
for motor vehicles, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand dollars, from receipts from motor vehicle
fees 10,000 00

Reeistration
of Motor
Vehicles.

Other highway improvements:

614b For the construction of a state highway in the town Other highway

of Hingham, as authorized by chapter four hun- improvements,

dred and eighteen of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred thousand dollars, to be paid from the general
fund . •.-..• -. •. ■ • 100,000 00

614c For expenses of maintaining warning signs, as au-
thorized by chapter four hundred and twenty-
eight of the acts of the present year, a sum not
exceeding three thousand dollars, from receipts
from motor vehicle fees ..... 3,000 00

Division of Waterways and Public Lands:

620a For repairing damages to the bank of the Connecticut
river in the town of Hadley, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars; provided, that before
the work begins the town of Hadley shall pay
into the treasury of the commonwealth the sum
of forty-five hundred dollars, which shall be used
for this purpose as a part of the fifteen thousand
dollars hereby authorized, the balance of which
shall be taken from item six hundred and twenty
of the general appropriation act.

624 For the maintenance and improvement of common-
wealth property under the control of the division,
a sum not exceeding twenty-eight thousand dol-
lar?, to be paid from the port of Boston receipts
and to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....

632a For completing a certain channel in the Herring
river, a sum not exceeding twenty-seven hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to an^^ amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

632b For • improvement of the aircraft landing field at
East Boston, as authorized by chapter three hun-
dred and sixty-eight of the acts of the present year,
a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars .

Total

Division of

Waterways
and Public
Lands.

Commonwealth
property.

28,000 00

Channel in
Herring river.

2,700 00

Aircraft land-
ing field at
East Boston.

9,000 00
$180,860 48

580

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 510.

Department
of Public
Utilities.

Service of the Department of Public Utilities.

Item

638a For personal services and expenses of special investi-
gations, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dol-
lars $15,000 00

639 For stenographic reports of hearings, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ...... 1,500 00

Smoke
Abatement.

Smoke Abatement:
648 For services and expenses in connection with the
abatement of smoke in Boston and vicinity, under
the direction and with the approval of the depart-
ment of public utilities, a sum not exceeding two
hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be assessed
upon the cities and towTis of the district set forth
in section one of chapter six hundred and fifty-one
of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten, and to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

250 00

Sale of _
Securities.

Sale of Securities:

649 For personal services in administering the law rela-

tive to the sale of securities, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose 5,000 00

650 For expenses other than personal in administering

the law relative to the sale of securities, a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ..... 5,000 00

Total

$26,750 00

Miscellaneous.
Maintenance
of boulevards
and parkways.

Boulevard in
Hyde Park
district of
Boston.

Parkway in
Stoneham and
Wakefield.

Sidewalk on
Charles River
road in Water-
town.

Miscellaneous.

652 For maintenance of boulevards and parkwaj^s, with
the approval of the metropolitan district commis-
sion, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars,
representing the state's portion or one half of the
estimated cost of maintenance, to be paid from
the receipts from motor vehicle fees and to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose $15,000 00

652a For construction of a boulevard, as authorized by
chapter three hundred and seventy of the acts of
the present year, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars, to be paid from the receipts from
motor vehicle fees ...... 5,000 00

652b For the laying out of a parkway in Stoneham and
Wakefield, as authorized by chapter four hundred
and nine of the acts of the present year, a sum not
exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, to be paid
from the receipts from motor vehicle fees . . 2,500 00

652c For the construction of a sidewalk on Charles River
road in the town of Water town, as authorized by
chapter four hundred and nineteen of the acts of
the present year, a sum not exceeding twelve
hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid from the
receipts from motor vehicle fees . • . . 1,250 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

581

It«m

653

The unexpended balance, amounting to thirty-four
hundred five dollars and ninety-two cents, of the
appropriation made in nineteen hundred and
twenty-two for copj'ing and perpetuating certain
records of Massachusetts troops in the World War,
under the direction of the secretary of the com-
monwealth, is hereby reappropriated.

For maintenance of Wellington bridge, with the ap-
proval of the metropolitan district commission, a
sum not exceeding fifty dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

Total

Copying, etc.,
certain war
records.

Wellington
bridge.

$50 00

$23,800 GO

Other Miscellaneous.

31k For expenses of a special commission for examination
and revision of laws relating to credit unions, as
authorized by chapter fiftj^-six of the resolves of
the present vear, a sum not exceeding fifteen hun-
dred dollars" $1,500 00

311 For expenses of a special commission to investigate
the matter of laying out and constructing a new
thoroughfare in the city of Boston and the exten-
sion and widening of certain streets in connection
therewith, as authorized by chapter sixty-two of
the resolves of the present year, a sum not exceed-
ing five thousand dollars ..... 5,000 00

237s For the estate of Major Edward B. Hodskins, as au-
thorized by chapter fifty-seven of the resolves of
the present year, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars 1,500 00

237t For Albion A. Weeks and Teresa Weeks, as author-
ized by chapter fifty-eight of the resolves of the
present year, the sum of two thousand dollars

548a For an investigation by the department of public
health of certain problems connected with the
maintenance of pre per health and medical service
in sparsely settled districts, as authorized by
chapter fifty-nine of the resolves of the present
year, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars . 2,000 00

193a For the expenses of compiling and printing the laws
of the commonwealth relating to veterans, as au-
thorized by chapter sixty-eight of the resolves of
the present year, a sum not exceeding six hundred
and fifty dollars ... . . . 65000

5()3a For the acquiring of certain land in Concord for the
use of the Massachusetts reformatory, as author-
ized by chapter four hundred and twenty-three of
the acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand dollars ..... 13,000 00

405 For the salary of the secretary of the board of dental
examiners, as authorized by chapter four hundred
and eighty-three of the acts of the present jear,
a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to the amount heretofore appro-
priated for services of the members of said board 200 00

657f For expenses of the metropolitan district commission
in investigating the question of establishing a
route or routes connecting the Lynn woods with
the Newburyport turnpike, as authorized by chap-
ter thirty-nine of the resolves of the present year,
a sum not exceeding five himdred dollars, to be
paid from the Metropolitan Parks Maintenance
Fund 500 00

Special
commission
to examine,
etc., credit
union laws.

Special
commission
to investigate
as to new
thoroughfare
in Boston,
etc.

Estate of
Major Edward
B. Hodskins.

Albion A.
Weeks and
2 000 00 Teresa Weeks.

Investigation
by department
of public
health.

Compiling,
etc., laws
relating to
veterans.

Acquisition of
land for
Massachusetts
reformatory.

Secretary of
board of
dental
examiners.

Investigation
as to route
connecting
Lynn woods
with Newbury-
port turnpike.

582

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

Certain pay-
ments to
soldiers and
others.

Item

215a

Aduiinistering
act regulating
sale, etc., of
theatre tickets,
etc.

Reciprocal

insurance

investigation.

Industries
for blind.

Aiding adult
blind.

Compensation
for travel of
senators.

Compensation
for travel of
representatives.

Compensation
for travel of
employees of
sergeant-at-
arms.

New elevator
in state house.

Lakeville

state

sanatorium.

576

31m
357

360

177i
569a

For the expenses of administering the laws and mak-
ing payments to soldiers and others, authorized
by chapters four hundred and forty-seven and four
himdred and forty-eight of the acts of the present
year, and for making certain other paj^ments to
soldiers authorized by law, a sum not exceeding
two hundred thirty-seven thousand eight hundred
and fiftj' dollars, the same to be payable from the
receipts from taxes levied under chapters two
hundred and eighty-three and three hundred and
forty-two of the General Acts of nineteen hundred
and nineteen, and to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purposes . $237,850 00

For expenses of administering the act to regulate the
sale and resale of tickets to theatres and other
places of public amusement by the department
of public safety, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars, the same to be added to item five
hundred and seventy-six of the general appropria-
tion act . . .... . . 2,500 00

For expenses of an investigation relative to reciprocal
insurance, a sum not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars 5,000 00

For maintenance of industries for the blind, to be
expended under the authority of the director of
the division of the blind, a sum not exceeding
sixty-six thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to the income collected from sales of products
and to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose 66,000 00

For aiding the adult blind, subject to the conditions
provided by law, a sum not exceeding twenty
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 20,000 00

For the compensation for travel of senators, a sum
not exceeding eight hundred and seventy dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose . . . 870 00

For the compensation for travel of representatives,
a sum not exceeding fifty-three hundred and fifty
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 5,350 00

For the compensation for travel of doorkeepers, as-
sistant doorkeepers, messengers, pages and other
emploj'ees of the sergeant-at-arms, authorized by
law to receive the same, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred and eight dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose 808 00

For the installation of an elevator in the state house,

a sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars . 6,500 00

For certain building improvements at the Lakeville
state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding twenty
thousand dollars 20,000 00

Metropolitan

District

Commission.

654

Metropolitan District Commission.

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 di-
rection and with the approval of the metro-
politan district commission:
For maintenance of the Charles River basin, a sum
not exceeding nineteen hundred and fifty dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose

$1,950 00

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510. 583

Commission.

Item

6o5 For maintenance of park reservations, a sum not ex- Metropolitaa

ceeding fifteen thousand dollars, the same to be ComnSss

in addition to smy amount heretofore appropriated

for the purpose $15,000 00

657a For the construction of the Westerly border road

in the West Roxbury parkway, as authorized by

chapter three hundred and fifty-three of the acts

of the present year, a sum not exceeding forty

thousand dollars, to be paid from Metropolitan

Parks Maintenance Fund 40,000 00

657b For the installation of a certain electric lighting

system, as authorized by chapter three hundred

and sixty-two of the acts of the present year, a

sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, to be

paid from Metropolitan Parks Maintenance Fimd 50,000 00
657c For certain improvements on land owned by the

commonwealth at Nahant, in order that the same

may be equipped as a playground, as authorized

by chapter four hundred and thirty of the acts of

the present year, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars, to be paid from Metropolitan Parks

Maintenance Fund 5,000 00

657d For improvement of certain land adjoining the shores

of AJewife Brook in the city of Cambridge and

the town of Arlington, as authorized by chapter

four hundred and twenty of the acts of the present

year, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred

dollars, to be paid from Metropolitan Parks

Maintenance Fund 2,500 00

657e For the reconstruction of the roadway from Eliot

Circle to Revere street in Revere, as authorized

by chapter four himdred and thirty-two of the

acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding

ninety thousand dollars, to be paid from Metro-
politan Parks Maintenance Fund . . 90,000 00
658 For services and expenses of the division of metro-

p)olitan planning, as authorized by chapter three

hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen

hundred and twenty-three, a sum not exceeding

five thousand dollars, the same to be in addition

to any amount heretofore appropriated for the

purpose 5,000 00

660 For maintenance of the Wellington bridge, a sum

not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, the
same to be in addition to the amount appropriated
from the general fund and to any amoimt hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose . . . 150 00

661 For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, a

sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to the amount appropriated
from the general fund and to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose . . 15,000 00

662a For construction of a boulevard, as authorized by
chapter three hundred and seventy of the acts of
the present year, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars, to be paid from Metropolitan Parks
Maintenance Fund, Boulevards, and to be in addi-
tion to any amount appropriated from the general
fund 5.000 00

662b For the laying out of a parkway in Stoneham and
Wakefield, as authorized by chapter four hundred
and nine of the acts of the present year, a sum not
exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, to be paid
from Metropohtan Parks Maintenance Fund,
Boulevards, and to be in addition to any amount
appropriated from the general fimd . . 2,500 00

584

Acts, 1924. — Chap. 510.

Metropolitan

District

Commission.

Item

662c For the construction of a sidewalk on Charles River
road in the town of Water town, as authorized by
chapter four hundred and nineteen of the acts of
the present year, a sum not exceeding twelve hun-
dred and fif t}' dollars, to be paid from Metropolitan
Parks Maintenance Fund, Boulevards, and to be
in addition to anv amount appropriated from the
general fund .' . . . . . $1,250 00

662d For the construction of a dam and tidegate in Fur-
nace Brook parkway where the same crosses
Black's Creek in the city of Quincy, as authorized
by chapter three hundred and ninety-one of the
acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars, to be paid from Metropolitan
Parks Expense Fund 15,000 00

Total $248,350 00

Deficiencies.

For deficiencies in certain appropriations of
previous j'ears, in certain items, as follows:

Judicial
Department.

Superior
Court.

Special
Justices of
District Courts.

Judicial Department.
Superior Court:
For traveling allowances and expenses, the sum of
seventeen hundred forty-six dollars and thirtv-six
cents " . $1,746 36

Services of Special Justices of District Courts:
For reimbursing certain counties for compensation
of certain special justices for services in holding
sessions of district courts in place of the justice,
while sitting in the superior court, as authorized
by section four of chapter four hundred and sixty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, the sum of twelve hundred ninety dollars
and fifty-eight cents 1,290 58

Department of
Conservation.
Division of
Forestry.

Department of Conservation.

Division of Forestry:
For the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail
moths, and for expenses incidental thereto, the
sum of three hundred eight dollars and seventy-
two cents .......

$308 72

Department of
Education.
Fitchburg
normal school.

Department of Education.

For the maintenance of the Fitchburg normal school,
the sum of three hundred twenty-six dollars and
thirty-eight cents ......

$326 38

Department of
Public Health.

Department of Public Health.

For expenses of the Wassermann laboratory, the sum
of one hundred eighty-nine dollars and forty-five
cents ........

$189 45

Acts, 1924. —Chap. 510.

585

Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Item

Registration of Public Accountants:
For other services and necessary supplies and equip-
ment, the sum of eight hundred ninety-nine dollars
and fifty-two cents ......

Total

Cxeneral Fund • . . $1,095,032 79

Metropolitan District Commission . . . 248,850 00

Grand Total Sl,343,882 79

Department of
Civil Service

$899 52 ^°t.^'^''*'^'

Registration
1,761 01 of Public
Accounta.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved June 5, 1924..

RESOLVES.

Resolve validating the acts of Elizabeth t. hemsley of Qfidj) ]

STOCKBRIDGE AS A NOTARY PUBLIC. ^'

Resolved, That the acts of Elizabeth T, Hemsley of Stock- Acts of
bridge as a notary public, between November twenty-third, Hemsley as a
nineteen hundred and twenty-one, and August fourteenth, nine- vaJidatJ^"^^"
teen hundred and twenty-three, both dates inclusive, are hereby
confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if during that
time she had been qualified to discharge the duties of said office.

Approved January 22, 1924-

Resolve validating the acts of Reginald l. robbins of

MILTON as a justice OF THE PEACE.

Resolved, That the acts of Reginald L. Robbins of Milton as Acts of
a justice of the peace, between September thirtieth, nineteen RoSjinaVs'a
hundred and twenty-one, and October fifteenth, nineteen hun- Justice of
dred and twenty-three, both dates inclusive, are hereby con- validated.
firmed and made valid to the same extent as if during that time
he had been qualified to discharge the duties of said office.

Approved January 22, 1924.

Chap.

Resolve validating the acts of alfred p. richards of
plymouth as a justice of the peace.

Resolved, That the acts of Alfred P. Richards of Plymouth Acts of
as a justice of the peace, between June twenty-fourth, nineteen Rjp^harS'
hundred and twenty-one and October twenty-third, nineteen justice of
hundred and twenty-three, both dates inclusive, are hereby validated.
confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if during that
time he had been qualified to discharge the duties of said office.

Approved February 13, 1924.

Chap.

Resolve validating the acts of john j. sweeney of boston
as a justice of the peace.

Resolved, That the acts of John J. Sweeney of Boston as a Acts of John
justice of the peace, between February sixteenth, nineteen hun- asl^ustfc^
dred and twenty-three and October third, nineteen hundred of the peace
and twenty -three, both dates inclusive, are hereby confirmed ^'^' ^^^ '
and made valid to the same extent as if during that time he
had been qualified to discharge the duties of said office.

Approved February IS, 1924.

588

Resolves, 1924. — Chaps. 5, 6, 7.

Chap. 5

Acta of Henry
G. Haddon as
a notary-
public
validated.

Resolve validating the acts of henry g. haddon of
falmouth as a notary public.

Resolved, That the acts of Henry G. Haddon of Falmouth as
a notary pubHc, between February twenty-third, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three and September eighteenth, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three, both dates inchisive, are hereby con-
firmed and made vahd to the same extent as if during that
time he had been quahfied to discharge the duties of the said
office. Approved February 15, 1924-

Chap. 6 Resolve validating the acts of william f. driscoll of

MEDFORD AS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Acts of
William F.
Driscoll as
a justice of
the peace
validated.

Resolved, That the acts of William F. Driscoll, now of Medford,
as a justice of the peace, between October eleventh, nineteen
hundred and twenty-two and November sixth, nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three, both dates inclusive, 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 said office.

Approved February 27, 1924-

Chap.

Special com-
mission to
investigate as
to Soldiers'
Home in
W assachu-
Betts and
special in-
stitutional
care for
veterans.

Scope of
investigation.

7 Resolve providing for an investigation by a special com-
mission CONCERNING THE POLICY TO BE PURSUED BY THE
commonwealth RELATIVE TO THE SOLDIERS' HOME IN MAS-
SACHUSETTS AND SPECIAL INSTITUTIONAL CARE FOR VET-
ERANS.

Resolved, That a special commission to consist of five persons
to be appointed by the governor is hereby established, to con-
sider what policy the commonwealth should pursue with reference
to the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, hereinafter called the
Soldiers' Home, and generally with reference to special institu-
tional care for veterans of past wars. The commission among
other things shall consider and report upon the following ques-
tions :

(1) Whether further provision should be made, and if so
what, for the care at the Soldiers' Home of veterans of the Civil
War now resident there or likely to require admission thereto.

(2) Whether further provision should be made, and if so
what, for the care at the Soldiers' Home of veterans of the
Spanish War now resident there or likely to require admission
thereto; whether any such veterans might better be cared for
at federal or state institutions; and what policy should be pur-
sued with reference to future admissions of such veterans.

(3) Whether, having in mind the obligations of the federal
government with reference to veterans of the World War and
the accommodations now available or proposed by the federal
government to carry out these obligations, the avoiding of
duplication of effort and the assumption by the commonwealth
of obligations or burdens which have been assumed by or rightly

Resolves, 1924. — Chap. 8. 589

belong to the federal erovernment and toward the support of Special com-

1 • 1 1 • • (• 1 • 11 •! • mission to

which the citizens ot this commonwealth are contributing investigate as
through federal taxation, — it is advisable for the common- Hon?e in"
wealth to provide for veterans of the World War any such ac- ^tTs^^nd""
commodations as were provided through the establishment of special in-
the Soldiers* Home primarily for the veterans of the Civil War; carefo°"'^
and if so, whether and what further provision should be made veterans.
at the Soldiers' Home or elsewhere for their care, and what invfsdgation.
policy should be pursued with reference to admissions of such
veterans, and to what extent they might better be cared for at
state institutions.

(4) Whether, if any further improvements are made at the
expense of the commonwealth at the Soldiers' Home, they
should be made on the condition that the ownership and control
of the Soldiers' Home be transferred to the commonwealth.

(5) Whether any charge should be made to those who from
pensions, war risk insurance or other sources are able to con-
tribute toward their own support, and whether any industries
should be conducted or other occupations provided for those
able to work which might contribute to their physical and mental
wellbeing and, so far as possible, aid in their support.

(6) The possibility of obtaining from the federal government
a larger contribution toward the care of each veteran at the
Soldiers' Home, commensurate or more nearly commensurate
with the per capita cost of maintenance at the Soldiers' Home
and with the per capita cost of maintenance to the federal
government at similar homes maintained by said government,
such as the Soldiers' Home at Togus, Maine.

The commission shall be provided with quarters at the state Quarters for
house. It shall report its findings and recommendations, to- ^g'^^t^^g""'
gether with plans and estimates of any work recommended and
with drafts of such legislation, if any, as is recommended, by
filing a report with the clerk of the house of representatives and
a copy thereof with the budget commissioner not later than Expenditures.
December first of the current year. For clerical assistance, travel
and other expenses, said commission may expend out of such
sum not exceeding two thousand dollars as shall have been ap-
propriated by the general court such amounts as may be ap-
proved by the governor and council.

Approved March 6, 1924.

Resolve validating the acts' of ernest a. Thompson of Qjidj) g

BROOKLINE AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.

Resolved, That the acts of Ernest A. Thompson of Brookline Acts of
as a notary public, between November second, nineteen hun- xhomp^'n
dred and twenty-three and February twenty-eighth, nineteen as a notary
hundred and twenty-four, both dates inclusive, are hereby con- validated.
firmed and made valid to the same extent as if during that time
he had been qualified to discharge the duties of said office.

Approved March 21, 1924.

590

Resolves, 1924. —Chaps. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.

Chap. 9 Resolve validating certain acts of john j. bltler of

WAKEFIELD AS A NOTARY PUBLIC AND JUSTICE OF THE
PEACE.

Acta of John
J. Butler as
a notary
public and
justice of the
peace
validated.

Resolved, That the acts of John J. Butler of Wakefield as a
notary public and justice of the peace, between October first,
nineteen hundred and twenty and February eighth, nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, both dates inclusive, 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 said offices.

Approved March 25, 1924.

Chap. 10 Resolve in favor of the parents of james w. mcginley,

LATE OF HAMILTON.

Payment to
parents of
James W.
McGinley,
late of
Hamilton.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made for the
purpose, there may be paid out of the treasury of the common-
wealth to William McGinley and Elizabeth McGinley of Hamil-
ton, father and mother of James W. McGinley, the sum of
twenty-five hundred dollars in full compensation for the death
of their son, who was killed while in the service of the common-
wealth as a member of the national guard.

Approved March 29, 1924.

Chap. 11 Resolve in favor of the town of Greenfield.

Payment to Resolvcd, That the department of education is hereby au-

Greenfieid out thorizcd to approve the payment to the town of Greenfield,

proceeds^for^ out of that part of the proceeds of the tax on incomes available

educational for cducatioual purposcs under chapter seventy of the General

purp e., . Laws, the sum of five hundred dollars, being the amount, in

addition to the sums already received, which the town would

have received in past years under authority of said chapter

seventy, except for errors in the claims for reimbursement filed

with said department. Approved March 29, 1924'

Chap. 12 Resolve in favor of the dependent minor children

OF WILLIAM p. HOGAN.

Payment to
dependent
minor children
of William
P. Hogan.

Resolved, That there be paid from the treasury of the common-
wealth, to the guardian of the dependent minor children of
William P. Hogan, who was killed at West Acton, July eighth,
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, while in the performance
of his duty as a member of the one hundred and first artillery
of the state military forces, annually for the term of five years,
the sum of one thousand dollars. All sums so paid shall be
expended by said guardian for the maintenance and education
of said children. Approved April 5, 1924.

Chap. 13 Resolve providing for an investigation relative

SEWAGE disposal IN THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER.

Department
of public
health and

Resolved, That the department of public health and the board
of sewerage survey of the city of Gloucester, acting jointly, are

Resolves, 1924. —Chaps. 14, 15, 16. 591

hereby authorized and directed to consider and formulate a plan board of
for the disposal of sewage in the city of Gloucester, and for such gu7vJy*^of
purpose shall prepare suitable plans and maps relative to such gj^y °\ r t
disposal, and consider the various methods of sewage disposal investisate
available and the application of such methods to the said city. dfspos^aHn^^
Said department and board shall have access to all existing plans ^^'^^ "''ty-
and specifications relative to the sewage disposal of said city
and may expend for engineering and other expenses such sum,
not exceeding four thousand dollars, as may be appropriated Expenditures.
by the general court, the same to be assessed upon the said city
in addition to its share of the state tax. Said department and Report, etc.
board shall report the results of their investigations, with drafts
of any proposed legislation, to the general court not later than
the second Wednesday of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-
five, such report to include estimates of the cost of any system
of sewage disposal in said city that they may recommend.

Approved April 5, 1924.

Resolve providing for an investigation by the depart- fhn'r) 14

MENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES RELATIVE TO THE USE OF AUTO- ^'

MATIC DEVICES FOR SHUTTING OFF THE SUPPLY OF GAS FROM
BUILDINGS.

Resolved, That the department of public utilities shall investi- investigation
gate and report to the next general court, not later than the autmBatic°'
second Wednesday of January next, whether or not in its opinion de\nce3 for
there are in the market practicable safety gas cocks, valves or Lppiy of^gas
other devices by means of which the supply of gas to a building ^^°"^ bmidmgs.
can be shut off automatically so as to prevent or retard the
escape of gas in case of fire, the approximate or probable cost of
installing and maintaining such devices and the conclusions of
the department as to the desirability of requiring by general
law the use of such de\aces. Approved April 10, 1924-

Resolve to reimburse the westborough state hospital Qfidj) 15

FOR THE LOSS OF A CERTAIN PAY ROLL OF SAID INSTITUTION
BY HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made, there Westborough
be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth ?efmbursed*for
the sum of twenty-six hundred and seventy-five dollars and loss of certain
fifty cents to the treasurer of the Westborough state hospital to
reimburse said institution for the loss of its pay roll by highway
robbery on May tenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

Approved April 12, 1924.

Resolve to relieve the registrar of motor vehicles nhn^ \a

FROM liability TO ACCOUNT FOR CERTAIN MONEYS LOST BY ^'

THEFT.

Resolved, That the registrar of motor vehicles is hereby re- Registrar of
lieved from accounting to the state treasurer for the smn of J^jieved^fwlf^
forty-eight hundred and eleven dollars, the same being the liabiutyto

592

Resolves, 1924. —Chaps. 17, 18, 19.

account for
certain
moneys lost
by^ theft.

deficit appearing in his account with the commonwealth on
November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and
resulting from peculations by an employee of said registrar.

Approved April 12, 1924.

Chap. 17 Resolve relative to certain expenditures by the metro-
politan DISTRICT commission.

^en^turesby Resolved, That for the purpose of completing the work directed

metropolitan by chapter sixty-five of the resolves of nineteen hundred and

mfssion for"' twcuty-threc, relative to additional sewers in the town of Arling-

additionai ^qjj j^j^j [^ ^}jg ^.j^-y ^f Medford, the metropolitan district com-

sewers in .. '' ipi -ik-i

Arlington and missiou may cxpcud SO much of the sum appropriated for said
purpose by item six hundred and seventy and one half of chapter
four hundred and ninety-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-three as remained unexpended after the filing of its
report under said chapter sixty-five.

Approved April 12, 1924.

Chap. 18 Resolve in favor of james v. Hennessey of concord.
James V. Resolvcd, That James V. Hennessey, now employed at the

Concord*^^ *^ Massachusctts reformatory, who began his service as a prison
certaln^retire- officer ou Juuc first, nineteen hundred and eleven at the house
ment privileges, of correction for Middlesex county, shall be entitled to the re-
tirement privileges provided by sections forty-sLx to forty-eight,
inclusive, of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, notwith-
standing the fact that no ^^Titten evidence of the commence-
ment of service on or before June seventh, nineteen hundred
and eleven as required by said section forty-six is available.

Approved April 14, 1924-

Chap.

19 Resolve to provide for the suitable commemoration of
the decoration by the french republic during the
world war of the colors of the one hundred and
fourth infantry of the twenty-sixth division.

Provision for
suitable
commemora-
tion of decora-
tion by

French republic
during World
War of colors
of one hundred
and fourth
infantry of
tv/enty-sixth
division.

Expenditures
by commission,
eto.

Resolved, That in testimony of the commonwealth's apprecia-
tion of the services rendered by the men from Massachusetts
who served in the World War and to commemorate the signal
honor to those men and to the commonwealth as evidenced by
the decoration by the French Republic, during the World War
of the colors of the one hundred and fourth regiment of infantry
of the twenty-sixth division, which regiment was the first unit
of American troops to be so honored by a foreign government
during the history of our nation, and to properly impress our
citizens of this and future generations with the importance of
such honor, it is hereby directed that a fitting mural decoration,
representing such event, be placed in the state house. For this
purpose, such sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, as
may hereafter be appropriated may be expended by a commis-
gion, to consist of five persons appointed by the governor, who

Resolves, 1924. —Chaps. 20, 21. 593

shall, together with the art commission of the commonwealth,
arrange therefor and who shall, subject to the approval of said
art commission, select a site within the state house for such
mural decoration. Approved April 15, 1924.

Resolve providing for an investigation by a special com- (Jfi^y 20

MISSION OF THE OPERATION OF THE LAWS RELATIVE TO THE
TAXATION OF CERTAIN BANKING INSTITUTIONS.

Resolved, That a special commission, to consist of five persons investigation
to be appointed by the governor, shall investigate and report as commission
to the laws relative to the taxation of national banks, savings of faws^refa^tive
banks and trust companies with a view to bringing about a more to taxation of
uniform and equitable system of taxation of such banking insti- fnstiTutions. °^
tutions as are competing, and in conducting its investigation it
shall consider the advisability of changing the law so as to make
such banking institutions subject to the laws relative to the
taxation of business corporations; as to the effect of the present
laws restricting the investment of the funds of savings banks in
so far as they relate to the competition of such banks with other
banking institutions; as to such matters as are referred to in
house bills numbered nine hundred and eighty-eight, ten hun-
dred and ninety-four, ten hundred and ninety-five, eleven hun-
dred and three, and twelve hundred and ninety-five of the current
session ; and as to such other matters as may be pertinent. The stenographic,
commission may employ such stenographic and other assistance
and incur such expense as may be necessary in conducting such
investigation, subject to the approval of the governor and
council. The commission shall make a report to the next general R^p°'''-
court by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representa-
tives not later than October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, with drafts of such legislation as may be necessary
to caiTy its recommendations, if any, into eflFect.

Approved April 18, 1924-

Resolve providing for a proper representation of the QJidj) 21

COMMONWEALTH AT THE NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT OF THE
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC IN THE CITY OF BOSTON DUR-
ING THE PRESENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of uniting with the veterans Expenditures
of the war of the rebellion in a proper observance of the fifty- connection
ninth anniversary of the termination of said war, and of assisting encampment^
the Grand Army of the Republic in holding its national encamp- of Grand Army
ment of the present year in the city of Boston, and thereby fn Bo*8ton^"
enabling the commonwealth to offer, in testimony of its appre- y^^j."^ p''®^®"*'
ciation of their services to the nation, a fitting hospitality to the
veteran soldiers, there be allowed and paid out of the treasury
of the commonwealth, after an appropriation has been made, a
sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, to be expended
under the direction of the governor and council, in such manner
as they shall deem proper.

Resolved, That the governor, the lieutenant governor, the Representa-
executive council, the president of the senate, the speaker of the common-

594

Resolves, 1924. —Chaps. 22, 23, 24.

wealth at said
encampment.

house of representatives, and a special committee of three mem-
bers of the senate and eight members of the house of representa-
tives, to be appointed by the presiding officers of the two
branches, shall represent the commonwealth at the reception
and entertainment of the veterans on the occasion of the national
encampment. Approved April 22, 1924-

Chap. 22 Resolve providing for the payment of an annuity to

HUBBARD M. ABBOTT.

Payment of
annuity to
Hubbard M.
Abbott.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury
of the commonwealth to Hubbard M. Abbott, a veteran of the
civil war and register of probate and insolvency of the county
of Hampshire since the j^ear eighteen hundred and eighty-four,
an annuity of fourteen hundred and fifty dollars during his life,
payable in equal quarterly instalments, said annuity to date
from his retirement from the office of register as aforesaid. This
annuity is granted in recognition of his long and honorable
public service, and by way of discharging the moral obligation
of the commonwealth to him. Approved April 22, 1924-

Chap.

23 Resolve providing for an investigation as to the ad-
visability OF THE commonwealth's ACQUIRING FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE VICTORY PLANT, SO-CALLED, IN
THE CITY OF QUINCY FOR USE AS A PUBLIC TERMINAL.

Inve.stigation
as to advisa-
bility of
common-
wealth's
acquiring
from federal
government
the " Victory
Plant" in
Quincy for
use as public
terminal.

Resolved, That the division of waterways and public lands of
the department of public works is hereby authorized to investi-
gate and report to the general court, not later than the second
Wednesday in January-, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, as
to the advisability of the acquisition by the commonwealtjh of
the property belonging to the United States located at Squantum
in the city of Quincy, and known as the "Victory Plant", for
the purpose of further improving the port of Boston, and utilizing
said property for a public terminal. Any recommendations in
such report contemplating legislation shall be accompanied by
drafts of bills embodying the same. Approved April 23, 1924-

Chap. 24 Resolve providing for the sale of the land and build-
ings AT THE MARKET GARDEN FIELD STATION AT NORTH
LEXINGTON AND THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH STATION
IN WALTHAM.

Sale of land
and buildings
at market
garden field
station of
Massachusetts
Agricultural
College at
North Lexing-
ton and re-
establishment
of such station
in Waltham.

Resolved, That the trustees of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College on behalf of the commonwealth are hereby authorized
and directed to sell, subject to the approval of the governor and
council and upon such terms and conditions as the trustees
may deem advisable, the land and buildings now occupied b}'
the market garden field station of said college at North Lexington,
and to execute by such officer or officers as the trustees may by
vote designate for that purpose the necessary instruments of
conveyance in connection with such sale, subject however to
approval as to their form by the attorney general. The pro-
ceeds of said sale, but not exceeding twenty-fi^'e thousand dollars,

Resolves, 1924. — Chaps. 25, 26. 595

are hereby appropriated for expenditure under the direction of
the trustees, for the purpose of ^emo^^ng the said market garden
field station to the parcel of real estate situated in Walthara
which said trustees have acquired by gift from the estate of the
late Cornelia Warren and for the erection of a greenhouse plant
thereon, for making necessary repairs and improvements to
existing buildings and procuring other necessary equipment.

Approved April 25, 1924.

Resolve providing for an investigation and report by QJiaj) 25

THE metropolitan DISTRICT COMMISSION ON THE FEASI-
BILITY, DESIRABILITY AND COST OF CONSTRUCTING, OPERA-
TING AND MAINTAINING BATH HOUSES ON RIVERS AND PONDS
IN RESERVATIONS OR PARKWAYS UNDER ITS CONTROL.

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission is hereby investigation
authorized and directed to investigate and report as to the to f ea^s^bUHy!
feasibility, desirability and probable cost of constructing, opera- ^tru'cthig°e'tc
ting and maintaining public bath houses on reservations or bath houses
parkways under its control which border on rivers or ponds, pondlln^"
Said commission shall submit its report and recommendations, rl^rrations
accompanied by drafts of any proposed legislation, to the general etc.
court not later than the second Wednesday in January, nineteen
hundred and twenty-five. Approved April 25, 1924-

Resolve providing for refunds to certain cities and Qhav 26

TOWNS of interest ON ACCOUNT OF ABOLITION OF GRADE
CROSSINGS.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made for the Refunds to
purpose, there be refunded to the following cities and towns, on and^to^Vo^f
account of certain interest charges which were paid by them to '°terest on
the commonwealth in connection with money advanced by the abolition of
commonwealth for their account for the abolition of grade ^''^^ crossings,
crossings, under the provisions of chapter three hundred and
ninety of the acts of nineteen hundred and eight, and which
were in excess of the interest actually paid by the common-
wealth for the money so advanced, the following sums:

City or Town. Refunds.

Abington, forty-six dollars and twenty-seven cents . . $46 27
Arlington, one hundred seventy-nine dollars and twenty

cents 179 20

Attleboro, twenty-five hundred seventy-four dollars and

seventy-five cents ....... 2,574 75

Auburn, fifty-nine dollars and fifty-one cents . . . 59 51

Ayer, seventy-three dollars and six cents . . . 73 06

Bedford, one dollar and eighteen cents .... 1 18

Belchertown, four dollars and one cent .... 4 01

Belmont, five hundred sixty-nine dollars and twenty-one

cents 569 21

Beverly, sixty-six dollars and ninety-four cents . . 66 94
Blackstone, one hundred thirty-eight dollars and sixty-six

cents 138 66

Bourne, thirty-four dollars and forty-three cents . . 34 43
Brockton, ninety-seven hundred fifty-nine dollars and

seventy-eight cents ....... 9,759 78

Brookhne, one dollar and ninety-eight cents ... 1 98

596

Resolves, 1924. — Chap. 26.

Refunds to
certain cities
and towns of
interest on
account of
abolition of
grade crossings.

City or Town. Refundt.
Cambridge, five hundred eighty-one dollars and ninety-
eight cents . $581 98

Chelsea, five dollars and thirty-five cents ... 5 35

Chester, twelve dollars and seventeen cents . . . 12 17

Chicopee, one hundred seventy-six dollars and twenty cents 176 20

East Bridge water, two dollars and thirty-six cents . . 2 36

Eastham, two dollars and ninety-two cents ... 2 92

Easthampton, seven dollars and sixty-two cents . . 7 62

Easton, thirty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents . . 38 75
Everett, four hundred thirty-five dollars and twenty-six

cents 435 26

Fall River, forty-three hundred twenty dollars and fifty-
nine cents ........ 4,320 59

Gardner, fifty-nine cents ...... 59

Hadley, forty-one dollars and sixty-seven cents . . 41 67
Harwich, thirteen dollars and thirty cents . . . 13 30
Haverhill, fifteen hundred thirty-eight dollars and fifty-
eight cents ........ 1,538 58

Hingham, twenty-eight dollars and six cents . . 28 06

Hinsdale, eighteen dollars and eightj^-seven cents . . 18 87

Lee, eighty-one cents ....... 81

Lenox, fourteen dollars and thirteen cents . . . 14 13

Leominster, one dollar ....... 1 00

Lexington, two dollars and seventy-six cents ... 2 76
Lowell, one thousand twenty-two dollars and ninety-one

cents 1,022 91

Maiden, seven hundred forty dollars and ninety-seven cents 740 97

Marshfield, seventeen dollars and twelve cents . . 17 12
Middleborough, two hundred ninety-four dollars and

ninety-four cents ....... 294 94

Millbury, eleven dollars and eighty-five cents . . . 11 85
Natick, eleven hundred forty-six dollars and eighty-four

cents 1,146 84

New Bedford, fifteen hundred dollars and thirty cents . 1,500 30

Northborough, seventy-two cents ..... 72

Northbridge, fifty-six dollars and seventy-six cents . . 56 76

Norton, thirty-seven dollars and thirty-five cents . . 37 35

Norwood, eighty-one dollars and two cents . . . 81 02

Palmer, thirty dollars and ninety-three cents . . 30 93

Pittsfield, twenty-one dollars and seventy-eight cents . 21 78

Revere, two hundred forty-two dollars and twenty cents . 242 20

Scituate, twelve dollars and thirty-five cents . . . 12 35

Southborough, one dollar and twenty-nine cents . . 1 29

Springfield, forty-three dollars and fifty cents . . . 43 50

Stockbridge, six dollars and twenty-seven cents . . 6 27

Sutton, nine dollars and five cents ..... 9 05

Taunton, five dollars and fifty-eight cents ... 5 58

Templeton, two dollars and ninety-three cents . . 2 93

Uxbridge, one hundred fifty-two dollars and four cents . 152 04

Ware, one hundred one dollars and five cents . . . 101 05

Wareham, twelve dollars and eighty-one cents . . 12 81

Wellfleet, six dollars and seventy-eight cents ... 6 78

West Stockbridge, four dollars and five cents ... 4 05
Westborough, four hundred seven dollars and sixty-nine

cents 407 69

Boston, forty-one thousand seven hundred seventy-four

dollars and thirty-six cents ..... 41,774 36
Boston for account of Hyde Park, forty-nine hundred four-
teen dollars and seventy-three cents .... 4,914 73
Dedham, thirteen hundred eighty-five dollars . . 1,385 00

Total

. $74,797 12

Approved April 29, 1924-

Resolves, 1924. — Chaps. 27, 28, 29, 30. 597

Resolve in favor of robert a. edmonds of the metro- Qfid^n 27

POLITAN DISTRICT POLICE FORCE,

Resolved, That, for the purpose of determining the rating for in favor of
salary purposes of Robert A. Edmonds, a member of the metro- Edmonds'of
poHtan district poHce force and a veteran of the world war, the metropolitan

•JiJU'i- 1 j» 1 e \ p diatnct police

period 01 ms absence on leave irom such lorce on account oi force.
disability suffered by reason of his military service shall be
.deemed a period of actual service on said force.

Approved April 29, 19£4-

Resolve providing for an investigation relative to nhrijy oS

CERTAIN street IMPROVEMENTS IN CAMBRIDGE AND SOMER- "'

VILLE.

Resolved, That the metropolitan planning division of the iHvestigation
metropolitan district commission be hereby authorized and di- street'^fmprove-
rected to investigate the subject matter of current House Bill p^'^'^i^^
No. 1024, entitled " An Act providing for the widening and con- Somer'^ife.
struction of Broadway and Hampshire street in Cambridge and
Beacon street in Somerville and Cambridge", and to report the
results of its investigation, with drafts of any proposed legisla-
tion, to the general court not later than the first Wednesday in
January, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.

Approved April 29, 1924-

Chap. 29

Resolve authorizing an investigation by the division
of metropolitan planning relative to establishing
a through highway from mattapan square or vicinity
to connect with the main highways to the south shore.

Resolved, That the division of metropolitan planning of the investigation
metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized and di- fnir^^throu^h"^"
rected to investigate relative to a route for a through highway highway from
from Mattapan square or vicinity' via Milton, East Milton and square'oT
Quincy to connect with the main highway routes to the south connect with
shore. Said division shall report the results of such investiga- main highways
tion, together with its recommendations and drafts of such shore"
legislation as may be necessary to carry its recommendations
into effect, to the general court not later than the first Wednes-
day in January, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.

Approved April 29, 1924-

Resolve providing for an investigation relative to the nUfj^ on

ISSUE BY RAILROADS OF MONTHLY" COMMUTATION TICKETS. ^'

Resolved, That House Bill No. 1319, entitled "An Act fixing investigation
the date of expiration of monthly commutation tickets issued raih-oad^of^^
by railroad corporations", be referred to the department of monthly
public utilities, and that said department be authorized and trckets!*^*''°"
directed, under the provisions of the General Laws and the
powers granted to said department thereby, to investigate forth-
with the subject matter of said bill and to determine the

598

Hesolves, 1924. — Chaps. 31, 32, 33.

feasibility and practicability of the provisions therein contained
with the view to the issuance of a new form of commutation
ticket. Said department shall publish its findings not later than
May fifteenth in the current year. Approved May 1, 1924-

Chap. 31 Resolve providing for an investigation by the division

OF METROPOLITAN PLANNING RELATIVE TO THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF A PARKWAY AND BOULEVARD FROM THE WEST ROX-
BURY PARKWAY TO WATERTOWN.

Investigation
as to construc-
tion of park-
way and
boulevard
from West
Roxbury park-
way to Water-
town.

Report, etc.

Resolved, That the division of metropolitan planning is hereby
authorized and directed to investigate the feasibility, desira-
bility, location and cost of a parkway and boulevard from the
West Roxbury parkway near Weld street to the Galen street
bridge over the Charles river at Watertown, said parkway and
boulevard to pass through the West Roxbury district of Boston,
Brookline and Newton via the Brookline park reservation and
Hammond's pond woods, and it shall also consider what special
benefits would accrue from the construction of the proposed
parkway and boulevard, and what part or proportion of the cost
of construction should be assessed on the persons or properties
specially benefited, and in what manner and form the assess-
ment should be made, and whether the construction might
properly and economically be undertaken in sections, and if so,
in what order of precedence. Said division shall file its report
of the result of such investigations, together with recommenda-
tions, estimates of costs, and drafts of proposed legislation, with
the clerk of the house of representatives on or before October
fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and shall at the
same time file a copy of the same with the budget commissioner
as a part of the budget estimates required to be submitted under
section four of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws.

Approved May 9, 1924.

Chap. 32 Resolve granting an annuity to samantha talbot of

SPRINGFIELD.

Annuity to
Samantha
Talbot of
Springfield.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of
the commonwealth, in equal monthly instalments, an annuity of
one hundred and fifty dollars to Samantha Talbot, a daughter
of the late Eli and Saloma Burr, members of the Oneida tribe
of Indians. Said annuity shall continue during her life. Pay-
ments hereunder shall begin one month after the last payment
made to her under authority of chapter thirty of the resolves of
nineteen hundred and nineteen. Approved May 9, 1924-

Chap. 33 Resolve relative to retirement allowances for certain

FORMER TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS RETIRED PRIOR
TO THE ADOPTION OF THE STATE TEACHERs' RETIREMENT
ACT.

aifowanc^e's^for Resolvcd, That the commission on pensions, established by
certain former chapter forty-thrce of the resolves of nineteen hundred and

Resolves, 1924. — Chaps. 34, 35, 36. 599

twenty-three, is hereby authorized and directed to consider the pubUe school
subject matter of current senate document number twenty-five, pl^for t"adop^
providing retirement allowances for certain former teachers in tea°h°ers'*r*-
the public schools retired prior to the adoption of the state tirement act.
teachers' retirement act, and to include its recommendations in
relation thereto in its report to the general court.

Approved May 9, 1924.

Resolve in favor of the parents of Arthur dale smith. Chnrt 34

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made, there Payment to
be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth Arthur^ dLio
to Richard Smith and Catherine Smith, father and mother of Smith.
Arthur Dale Smith, who was killed January twenty-third in the
current year while serving the commonwealth as an athletic
instructor in the Massachusetts national guard, the sum of
twenty-five hundred dollars. Payment under authority of this Releases.
resolve shall be made only upon the filing with the comptroller
of satisfactory releases or other evidence that said payment is
accepted as full compensation on the part of the commonwealth
on account of said death. Approved May 9, 1924-

Resolve relative to an investigation of pensions for Phny 35
veterans in the public service.

Resolved, That the commission on pensions, established by investigation
chapter forty-three of the resolves of nineteen hundred and vet'eran°i'n ^^^
twenty-three, is hereby authorized and directed to consider the public senqce.
subject matter of documents numbered house two hundred and
seventy-six and nine hundred and eighty-four of the current
year, relative to pensions for veterans in the public service, and
to include its recommendations in relation thereto in its report
to the general court. Approved May 9, 1924.

Chap. 36

Resolve authorizing the completion of the drawings
for a report on the birds of the commonwealth and
the publication and distribution of the first volume
of said report.

Resolved, That the department of agriculture is hereby au- Department
thorized to complete the drawings for the report on the birds of °* agriculture

1 11 I'll! f>i>i n may complete

the commonwealth, authorized by chapter nve 01 the resolves of drawings for
nineteen hundred" and. twenty-one, and to cause to be printed an birds°and may
edition of five thousand copies of the first volume of said report, aittribufe^first
to be distributed as follows : — One copy to each free public volume of said
library in the commonwealth, one copy to each county agri- "^"'^ '
cultural school and to each agricultural department of a public
high school in the commonwealth, one copy to the commissioner
of agriculture, one copy to the library of the Massachusetts
Agricultural College, two copies to the state library, si.xty copies
to the director of the division of ornithology for distribution
among scientists in the United States, and the remaining copies
to be sold under the direction of the secretary of the common-

600

Resolves, 1924. — Chaps. 37, 38, 39.

Expenditures, wealth at a price not less than the cost thereof. For the afore-
said purposes there may be allowed and paid out of the treasury
of the commonwealth such sum, not exceeding thirteen thousand
six hundred dollars, as may be appropriated.

Approved May 12, 1924.

Chap. 37 Resolve providing foe an investigation relative to the

ANTHRACITE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND OF RHODE ISLAND.

Investigation
relative to
anthracite
deposits of
southeastern
Massachusetts
and of Rhode
Island.

Resolved, That the special commission on the necessaries of
life be authorized and directed to gather all available informa-
tion relative to the anthracite deposits of southeastern Massa-
chusetts and of Rhode Island, and to consider whether further
testing of that part of the territory which lies within the com-
monwealth by borings or otherwise is advisable, and if so how
much testing should be undertaken and what expenditures
would be required, and to report its findings and recommenda-
tions, with drafts of legislation necessary to carry the same into
effect, to the general court by filing the same with the clerk of
the house of representatives, and a copy thereof with the budget
commissioner, not later than the fifteenth day of December of
the current year. Approved May IG, 1924-

Chap.

3g Resolve providing for an investigation by the division
OF metropolitan planning of the railroad and steam-
ship TERMINAL FACILITIES OF METROPOLITAN BOSTON.

Investigation
by division of
metropolitan
planning of
railroad and
steamship
terminal
facilities of
metropolitan
Boston.

Report, etc.

Resolved, That the division of metropolitan planning of the
metropolitan district commission is hereby directed to investi-
gate the railroad and steamship terminal facilities, including
piers, of the metropolitan district; to consider the efficiency
with which they are now used and any increased efficiency
which can be gained by better co-ordination of their use; to
determine the source and destination of freight passing through
the various railroad and steamship terminals of said district,
and the decrease in amount of carting which can be brought
about by the delivery of freight at terminals in said district
nearer to its destination; and in general to report a compre-
hensive plan for the future development of the terminal facilities
and piers of the metropolitan district and of the port of Boston.
Said division shall report its recommendations, together with
drafts of legislation to carry the same into effect, to the general
court by filing the same with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives on or before October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-five. Approved May 16, 1924.

Chap. 39 Resolve directing the metropolitan district commission
TO investigate the question OF establishing a route
OR routes connecting the ltnn woods with the new-

BURYPORT turnpike.

Investigation
as to establish-
ing route or

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission is hereby
directed to investigate a route or routes for a parkway from the

Resolves, 1924. —Chaps. 40, 41, 42. 601

proposed Lynn Fells parkway at Walnut street, North Saugus, routes from
through Lynn woods, and the cost of constructing the same. Felis^parkv^ay"
Said commission shall report to the general court, on or before ^t ^^^^^ ,
December fifteenth of the current year, by filing with the clerk Sauau's through
of the house of representatives its report, including its estimate ^'^^ woods.
of the cost of the work and a plan of the route recommended,
and at the same time shall file a copy of the same with the
budget commissioner as a part of the budget estimates required
to be submitted under section four of chapter twenty-nine of
the General Laws. For the purposes of this resolve, said com- Expenditures.
mission may expend such sum, not exceeding five hundred dol-
lars, as may hereafter be appropriated, to be paid from the
Metropolitan Parks Maintenance Fund.

Approved May W, 19.24.

Resolve in favor of william m. heftye of lynn. Chan 40

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made, there Payment to
be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth Heftye"o?^
to William M. Heftye of Lynn, who was injured while in the ^y^^-
service of the commonwealth as a member of the state guard,
the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars. Payment under authority Reiea-ses.
of this resolve shall be made only upon the filing with the comp-
troller of satisfactory releases or other evidence that said pay-
ment is accepted as full compensation on the part of the com-
monwealth on account of said injury. Approved May 16, 1924-

Resolve in favor of susan f. Mclaughlin. Chav 41

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made, there Pay'^entto
be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth Ai^Laughiin.
to Susan F. McLaughlin, on account of injuries sustained on a
state highway in the city of Lynn, the sum of three thousand
dollars. Payment under authority of this resolve shall be made Releases.
only upon the filing with the comptroller of satisfactory releases
or other evidence that said payment is accepted as full compen-
sation on the part of the commonwealth on account of said
injuries. Approved May 16, 1924.

Resolve relative to a proper observance on ,the part Chap. 42
of the commonwealth of the approaching sesquicen-

TENNIAL of THE WAR OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

Resolved, That an unpaid commission of nine persons, to be Observance
appointed by the governor, be established for the purpose of °°p^'"*°

common-

considering and recommending an appropriate programme for appioacWnc
the patriotic observance by the commonwealth of the approach- sesquieen- °
ing one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the war of the o^AmericaT'
American revolution and making an estimate of the cost of the '■^volution.
same. The commission may expend from such amount, not ex- Expenditures.
ceeding two thousand dollars, as may be appropriated by the
general court such sums as may be approved by the governor
and council, and shall file a report of its recommendations and Report-

60^

Resolves, 1924. — Chaps. 43, 44, 45.

estimate with the clerk of the house of representatives, and a
copy thereof with the governor and the budget commissioner,
on or before October fifteenth of the current year.

Approved May 16, 1924.

Chap.

43 Resolve providing for the ascertainment by a special
commission of effective means of reducing the annual
property loss from fires.

Ascertainment
by special
commission of
effective
means of
reducing
annual
property loss
from fires.

Report, etc.

Resolved, That an unpaid commission of five persons, to be ap-
pointed by the governor, is hereby estabhshed for the purpose
of investigating the extent of property destruction from fire and
the most feasible and effective measures that may be adopted
for the reduction thereof. The commission shall be provided
with quarters in the state house, may require the attendance
and testimony of witnesses, may administer oaths, and may
expend for clerical and other assistance, from such appropria-
tion as may hereafter be made, such sums, not exceeding in the
aggregate twenty-five hundred dollars, as the governor and
council may approve. The commission shall report the results
of its investigation, with drafts of any proposed legislation, to
the general court not later than the first Wednesday in January,
nineteen hundred and twenty-five. Approved May IG, 192^.

Chap. 44 Resolve providing for an additional member of the

COMMISSION ON PENSIONS.

Additional
member of
commission on
pensions.

Resolved, That the governor be hereby authorized to appoint
a veteran as an additional member to the commission on pen-
sions, established by chapter forty-three of the resolves of nine-
Proviso, teen hundred and twenty -three ; provided, that such additional
member shall participate in the investigations, report and recom-
mendations of the commission to the extent only that they
relate to pensions for veterans. Approved May 16, 1934.

Chap.

45 Resolve providing for an investigation by the division
OF metropolitan planning relative to the extension

AND development OF RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE IN BOSTON,
SOMERVILLE AND SURROUNDING CITIES AND TOWNS.

Investigation
by di\'ision of
metropolitan
planning
relative to
extension,
etc., of rapid
transit service
in Boston,
Somerville and
surrounding
cities and
towns.

Resolved, That the division of metropolitan planning of the
metropolitan district commission is hereby directed to investi-
gate and make recommendations as to the following:

(a) A comprehensive scheme for the extension and develop-
ment of rapid transit service within the metropolitan district,
so-called, including the further correlation of steam and electric
lines operating within a radius of twenty miles of Boston, and
in connection therewith recommendations as to the method of
financing and operating the same.

(b) An extension of the rapid transit lines operated by the
board of trustees of the Boston Elevated Railway Company

Resolves, 1924. — Chap. 46. 603

from Lechmere square through Somerville to North Cambridge
or Arlington.

(c) An extension of the Boylston street subway under Gov-
ernor's square out Commonwealth avenue or Beacon street, or
both;

(d) The establishment (following the completion of the two
above extensions) of rapid transit train service from North
Cambridge via Lechmere square, the viaduct, the Tremont and
Boylston street subways, to the terminus of the extension of
the Boylston street subway out Commonwealth avenue or
Beacon street.

(e) Methods and means for providing better and more rapid
transportation within and for the city of Somerville and im-
proved facilities therefor.

(/) The subject matter of house document number sixteen
hundred and four of the current year, entitled "An Act pro-
viding for unified street railway service in Chelsea, Revere,
Everett, Maiden and Boston."

The said division shall report its recommendations to the gen- Report, etc.
eral court, together with drafts of legislation to carry the same
into effect, by filing with the clerk of the house of representatives
so much thereof as relates to the subject contained in paragraph
(a) on or before January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six
and so much as relates to the remaining subjects on or before
January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five.

Approved 31 ay 20, 1934.

Resolve in favor of henry m. lamson, Roderick l. weston (Jhav. 46

AND JOSEPH SOJA, SEVERALLY OF BELCHERTOWN.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made, there Payments to
be allowed and paid out of the state treasury to Henry M. Lam- j^a^^g^^"
son, of Belchertown, the sum of. twelve hundred and fifty dol- Roderick l
lars, to Roderick L. Weston, of said town, the sum of fifteen Joseph Soja,
hundred dollars, and to Joseph Soja, of said town, the sum of Beicifirtown.
one thousand dollars, severally, in full compensation and satis-
faction for all claims and demands whatsoever against the com-
monwealth which they or each of them ever had, now have or
which they or each of them, or their heirs, executors, adminis-
trators or assigns, hereafter can, shall or may have for all damages
to their property or business by reason of sewerage water escaping
or released from the sewage disposal beds erected on the grounds
of the Belchertown state school, or which may escape or be
released, from said beds as now maintained and operated, into
the brook flowing down through the farms of the aforesaid
Lamson, Weston and Soja. The said amounts shall be certified Releases,
by the comptroller of the commonwealth only upon the filing
of releases, in form approved by the attorney general, duly exe-
cuted by the said Henry M. Lamson, Roderick L. Weston and
Joseph Soja, agreeing that the said sums are received in full
satisfaction of any and all claims against the commonwealth and
against any officer, agent or employee of the commonwealth on
account of such damages. Approved May 22, 192-!j.

604

Resolves, 1924. — Chaps. 47, 48, 49.

Chap. 47 Resolve authorizing the compensation of lewine- a.

NATHANSON AND MARION GLICKMAN FOR DAMAGES SUSTAINED
BY REASON OF THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR LAND.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of compensating Lewine A.
Nathanson and Marion Glickman, both of Boston, for damages
sustained by reason of the fact that their property was, against
their objection, used and occupied by the commonwealth in con-
nection with the maintenance of the Charlestown armory on
Bunker Hill street in the Charlestown district of the city of
Boston, there shall be paid from the treasury of the common-
wealth, after an appropriation has been made and upon the
filing with the comptroller of releases approved by the attorney
general, the sum of five hundred and forty dollars to said Lewine
A. Nathanson and the sum of fourteen hundred and forty dol-
lars to said Marion Glickman. Approved May 22, 1924.

Payments to
Lewine A.
Nathanson
and Marion
Glickman
for certain
damages.

Releases.

Chap. 48 Resolve relative to a certain claim of ludwig towing

LINE, inc., against THE COMMONWEALTH.

Investigation Resolved, That the attorney general is hereby requested to in-
Ludwig vestigate the claim of Ludwig Towing Line, Inc., and others as

imT'etc^'"^' their interest may appear, against the commonwealth referred
against to in Senate document number forty-nine of the current year, and

wealth. to find the facts in relation thereto and the amount of damages

sustained; to advise whether or not there is any legal obliga-
tion on the part of the commonwealth; and to recommend what
action, if any, should be taken by the general court thereon, ac-
companying his recommendations by drafts of such legislation,
Hearings, etc. if any, as is ncccssary to carry the same into efl'ect. For the
purpose of the investigation herein directed, the attorney gen-
eral, or an assistant attorney general designated by him, may
hold hearings, take evidence, administer oaths and issue sub-
Report, eto. poenas. The attorney general is hereby further requested to re-
port to the general court by filing the same with the clerk of the
house of representatives on or before October fifteenth in the
current year, and at the same time to file a copy thereof with
the budget commissioner as a part of the budget estimates re-
quired to be submitted under section four of chapter twenty-
nine of the General Laws. Approved May 22, 1924.

Chap. 49 Resolve validating the acts of william j. lynch of cam-
bridge as a notary public.

Acts of
William J.
Lynch as a
notary public
validated.

Resolved, That the acts of William J. Lynch of Cambridge as
a notary public, between August eighteenth, nineteen hundred
and twenty-two and May nineteenth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, both dates inclusive, are hereby confirmed and
made valid to the same extent as if during that time he had been
qualified to discharge the duties of said office.

Approved May 26, 1924.

Resolves, 1924. —Chaps. 50, 51, 52. 605

Resolve relative to the construction in st. mihiel, Qfid'n 50

FRANCE, OF A MEMORIAL TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF MASSA-
CHUSETTS who SERVED ON FOREIGN SOIL IN THE WORLD
WAR.

Resolved, That the commission to ascertain the most appro- Construction
priate methods of caring for the graves of American dead in Frfnce!^^o^'a'
foreign soil, appointed under chapter six hundred and sixteen of memorial to
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty, and revived and con- women of
tinned under chapter four hundred and forty-eight of the acts ^hTserved^on
of nineteen hundred and twenty-one, chapter four hundred and foj'^'iy^^?'^'"
fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and
chapter seventy-three of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby again revived and continued until the
second Wednesday of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-
five. Said commission is hereby authorized and directed to pro- Plans, etc
cure plans and designs, in place of those already submitted, for
the erectioh of a memorial on the site in St. Mihiel, France, al-
ready acquired by said commission, to commemorate the achieve-
ments, sufferings and sacrifices of the men and women of Massa-
chusetts who served on foreign soil in the World War, and may Expenditures.
expend, with the approval of the governor and council, for such
purpose such sum, not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, as
may hereafter be appropriated therefor. Said commission shall ®^°''^'
submit such new plans and designs, with a statement of the cost
thereof and estimates of the cost of erecting said memorial, to
the general court by filing copies of such plans, designs, state-
ment and estimates with the clerk of the house of representatives
on or before October fifteenth in the current year, and shall at
the same time file copies of the same with the budget commis-
sioner as a part of the budget estimates required to be submitted
under section four of chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws.

Approved May 27, 1924.

Resolve providing for an investigation as to the widen- QJiaj) 51

ING OF RIVER STREET IN THE HYDE PARK AND MATTAPAN
DISTRICTS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Resolved, That the division of metropolitan planning of the investigation
metropolitan district commission is hereby directed to consider of Ri^r^stTe'ef
the subject matter of current House Document No. 219 and to in Hyde Park
report its findings and recommendations in relation thereto in dfstnct* of''*'^
full to the next general court on or before Januar}^ tenth, nine- ^0^*°°-
teen hundred and twenty-five, with drafts of such legislation as
may be necessary to carry its recommendations into effect.

Approved May 28, 1924.

Resolve providing for an investigation relative to the nhfj^. ko

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN HIGHWAY OVER THE NAN- ^'

TASKET BEACH RESERVATION IN THE TOWN OF HULL AND OF
THE SIDEWALKS ALONG THE SAME.

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission is hereby investigation
requested to consider further the subject matter of House Docu- structIon°of

606

Resolves, 1924. — Chaps. 53, 54, 55.

main highway
over Nantasket
beach reserva-
tion in town
of Hull and of
sidewalks
along same.

Report, etc.

ment No. 606 of the current year, relative to the reconstruction
of the main highway over the Nantasket beach reservation in
the to\^Ti of Hull and of the sidewalks along the same, and par-
ticularly as to whether a proportion of the cost, and, if so, what
proportion, should be assessed on the town of Hull, and what
proportion of the cost of the sidewalks along that part of the
highway abutting on private land should be borne by the
abutters and how the same should be assessed. Said commission
shall file a report of the results of its investigation, together with
drafts of such legislation, if any, as it recommends, with the
clerk of the house of representatives not later than October
fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and shall at the
same time file a copy thereof with the budget commissioner.

Approved May 28, 1924.

Chap. 53 Resolve validating the acts of Herbert a. cahoon of

SWAMPSCOTT AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.

Acts of Herbert
A. Cahoon as a
notary public
validated.

Resolved, That the acts of Herbert A. Cahoon of Swampscott
as a notary public, between June second, nineteen hundred
and twenty-two, and May twenty-second, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, both dates inclusive, are hereby confirmed and
made valid to the same extent as if during that time he had
been qualified to discharge the duties of said office.

Approved May 28, 1924.

Chap.

54 Resolve directing the division of metropolitan plan-
ning OF the metropolitan district commission further
TO consider questions relative to the laying out and

FINANCING OF BOULEVARDS, PARKWAYS AND IMPROVED
traffic ROUTES WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.

Consideration
of questions
relative to
laying out and
financing of
boulevards,
parkways and
improved
traflSc routes
within metro-
pohtan district.

Report.

Resolved, That the division of metropolitan planning of the
metropolitan district commission is hereby directed further to
consider present methods of laying out and financing boulevards,
parkways and improved traffic routes in the metropolitan dis-
trict; the advisability of any changes in such methods or in the
division and apportionment of the cost thereof; the advisability
of providing for the laying out of boulevards, parkways and
improved traffic routes for future development in order thereby
to restrict building over the proposed routes and prevent the
payment of excessive costs; and such other matters relating to
the above problems as it may deem proper. Said division shall
include its findings and recommendations relative to the subject-
matter of this resolve in its annual report for the current year.

Approved May 28, 1924.

Chap. 55 Resolve establishing the Connecticut valley regional

PLANNING BOARD.

Vailey*^*^"^"' Resolved, That a special unpaid commission, to be known as

Regional the Connecticut Valley Regional Planning Board, and to con-

Resolves, 1924. — Chaps. 56, 57. 607

sist of a county commissioner from each of the counties of g^^j^"^'""
Hampden, Hampshire and Frankhn, to be designated by the established.
governor, and four other persons, one of whom shall be a land-
scape engineer and another a civil engineer, both of established
reputation, to be appointed by the governor, shall consider and dutie" '^^
study the subject-matter of the report submitted to the general
court by the Connecticut valley park commission, appointed
under chapter sixty-nine of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, and shall be entitled to receive all the plans and
data compiled by said park commission. Said regional planning Expenses.
board may incur such expenses for clerical assistance, travel and
other items as may be approved by the governor and council,
within such amount, not exceeding one thousand dollars, as may
hereafter be appropriated. Said regional planning board shall R«p°''*' «*«•
report the results of its study, together with its recommenda-
tions and drafts of legislation embodying the same, accompanied
by such maps and plans as it may deem useful, to the next
general court, on or before the first Wednesday in January, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-five, and with the submission of said
report the existence of said regional planning board shall termi-
nate. Approved May 29, 1924.

Resolve providing for the establishment of a special Chap. 56

COMMISSION FOR THE EXAMINATION AND REVISION OF THE
laws RELATING TO CREDIT UNIONS.

Resolved, That a special commission be established, to consist of spe^a^i"^^"*
of two senators to be designated by the president of the senate, commission
three representatives to be designated by the speaker of the tlon'and"^^"
house of representatives, the commissioner of banks, and three '"^^^'°° *?1

^ -111 PI credit union

other persons to be appom^ed by the governor, tor the purpose law.s.

of examining and revising the laws relating to credit unions.

The commission may expend for clerical and other assistance Expenditures.

from such amount, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, as

may be appropriated by the general court such sums as may be

approved by the governor and council, and shall report its Report, etc.

recommendations, with drafts of legislation embodying the

same, to the general court by filing the same with the clerk of

the house of representatives not later than December fifteenth

of the current year. Approved June 2, 1924-

Resolve in favor of the estate of the late edward b. Qhav. 57

HODSKINS.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made, there Payment to
be paid from the treasury of the commonwealth the sum of fifteen M^njo^r Edward
hundred dollars to the estate of the late Major Edward B. Hods- ^- Hodskins.
kins, the same being the amount due for services rendered by
him as a major in the medical corps of the Massachusetts
national guard. Payment under authority of this resolve shall Release,
be made only upon the filing with the comptroller of a release
approved by the attorney general. Approved June 3, 1924-

608

Resolves, 1924. — Chaps. 58, 59, 60.

Chap. 58 Resolve in favor of albion a. weeks and teresa weeks.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made for the
purpose, there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the
commonwealth the sum of two thousand dollars to the joint use
of Albion A. Weeks and Teresa Weeks, father and mother of
John M. Weeks, who died from injuries received while a patient
at the Westborough state hospital. Approved June 3, 1924.

Payment to
Albion A.
Weeks and
Teresa Weeks.

Chap.

59 Resolve providing for an investigation by the depart-
ment OF PUBLIC health OF CERTAIN PROBLEMS CONNECTED
WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF PROPER HEALTH AND MEDICAL
SERVICE IN SPARSELY SETTLED DISTRICTS.

Investigation
by department
of public
health of
certain

problems con-
nected with
maintenance
of proper
health and
medical
service in
sparsely
settled dis-
tricts.

Expenditures.

Report, etc.

Resolved, That the department of pul:>lic health is hereby di-
rected to investigate the conditions existing throughout the com-
monwealth with respect to the maintenance of adequate and
competent health and medical service in sparsely settled dis-
tricts. In the course of its investigations, the department shall
inquire especially into what is now being done by local com-
munity effort to provide for such service, and what further steps
might be taken by towns or groups of towns or counties or
through the organization of health districts for improving the
health and medical service in sparsely settled portions of the
commonwealth. For the purpose of the investigation hereby
directed, the department may expend out of such amount, not
exceeding two thousand dollars, as the general court may ap-
propriate such sums as the governor and council shall approve.
The department shall report to the general court its findings and
recommendations, with drafts of such legislation, if any, as it
may recommend, by filing the same with the clerk of the house
of representatives not later than December fifteenth of the
current year, and at the same time transmitting a copy thereof
to the budget commissioner. Approved June 3, 1924'

Chap. 60 Resolve relatfve to the sale of a portion of the state

MUSTER FIELD, SO-CALLED, AT FRAMINGHAM.

Sale of

portion of state
muster field,
so-called, at
Framingham.

Report.

Resolved, That the armory commissioners are hereby author-
ized, with the advice and consent of the governor and council,
to sell, at public auction after advertising in one or more Boston
daily newspapers, and in the Framingham Evening News, not
less than once each Aveek for three successive weeks, and convey
by deed approved by the attorney general, at not less than such
upset price as said commissioners, with such advice and consent,
shall determine, so much of the property owned by the com-
monwealth in the town of Framingham and known as the state
muster field as does not include the main buildings on said field
and the land necessarily or reasonably appurtenant to such
buildings. The commissioners shall make a report to the general
court of their action under this resolve by filing the same with
the clerk of the senate not later than December fifteenth in the
current year. Approved June 3, 1924.

Resolves, 1924. —Chaps. 61, 62. 609

Resolve providing for an investigation by the depart- Qhn'D ai

MENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, THE COMMISSION ON NEW WATER ^'

SUPPLY FOR THE CITY OF LAWRENCE AND THE WATER COM-
MISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF METHUEN RELATIVE TO SOURCES
OF WATER SUPPLY FOR SAID CITY AND TOWN.

Resolved, That the department of public health, the commis- investigation
sion on new water supply for the city of Lawrence and the water sour^cM o°
commissioners of the town of Methuen, acting as a joint board, J^^'cit^'of''^
shall forthwith proceed to investigate all sources of water supply Lawrence and
reasonably available to the inhabitants of said city and said Methuen.
town, including the possibility of a connection with the metro-
politan water system, and all questions relating to the quantity
of water to be obtained from such sources, its quality, the oper-
ation and maintenance of works for storing, conveying, protect-
ing and purifying the water, the cost of the same, and all matters
pertaining to the subject. The said joint board may make such Surveys, etc.
surveys as shall be necessary to determine upon sites suitable
for storage reservoirs, aqueducts and other necessary works in
connection with any sources of water supply which it may con-
sider is or may become available for said city and said town.
The said joint board may employ such engineers or other as- Employment
sistants as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of the etc^°^'°®®"'
investigation, including the preparation of plans and estimates
of cost, and may expend therefor such sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars, as may hereafter be appropriated for the pur-
poses of this resolve, which sum shall be apportioned between Apportion-
the city of Lawrence and the town of Methuen, as determined "^^^^ °^ ''°^'^*
by said commission upon the following basis: one third in pro-
portion to their valuations, and two thirds in proportion to their
consumption of water, for the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-three. The amounts apportioned as aforesaid shall be
assessed, collected and paid over to the state treasurer in the
same manner and at the same time as state taxes.

The said joint board shall, on or before the first Wednesday Report,
in January, nineteen hundred and twenty-five, report to the
general court fully, with plans, estimates and drafts of any legis-
lation recommended by it. Approved June 3, 192^.

Resolve providing for a special commission to investi- nhnry 62

GATE the matter OF LAYING OUT AND CONSTRUCTING A ^'

NEW THOROUGHFARE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE EX-
TENSION AND WIDENING OF CERTAIN STREETS IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH.

Resolved, That a special unpaid commission, consisting of the Special com-
chairman of the division of metropolitan planning of the metro- ,™?|3°igafe
politan district commission, who shall be chairman of said special laying out,
commission, and the chairmen of the planning board, the finance thoroughfarr
commission, the transit commissioners and the board of street Bogto^°and the
commissioners, of the city of Boston, is hereby established to in- extension and
vestigate the matter of laying out and constructing a new Terta^iTft^eets
thoroughfare in the city of Boston and the extension and widen- therev^tr'°'*

Bio

Resolves, 1924. — Chaps. 63, 64.

Report, etc.

Expenditures.

ing of certain streets in connection there^dth. The commission
shalj give especial consideration to the subject matter of current
House Document No. 240, and to such other matters as may be
pertinent thereto. The commission shall include in its investi-
gation estimates in detail of the cost of any street construction,
widening or laying out recommended and of betterments collec-
tible under existing law, shall consider and recommend ways and
means for financing the required expenditure, and in this con-
nection shall consider whether by changes in existing law or
otherwise provision can be made for relieving the general public
of a greater proportion of the burden of the expense by increasing
the betterments collectible, by laying a special tax upon the
district or districts specially benefited, by a municipal wheel
tax on vehicles, or by other means. The commission shall report
its findings and recommendations in full to the next general
court, on or before the tenth day of January, nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, with drafts of any legislation which it may
deem expedient.

Subject to such appropriation as may hereafter be made, said
commission may expend under this resolve a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars. The expenditures so incurred shall be re-
ported by said commission to the governor and council and shall,
when approved by them, be paid, in the first instance, from the
state treasury; and the state treasurer shall issue his warrant
requiring the assessors of the city of Boston to assess a tax to
the amount of said expense, and such amount shall be collected
and paid to the state treasurer in the same manner and at the
same time as other state taxes. Approved June 3, 19S4-

Chap.

63 Resolve directing the commission on administration and
finance to consider what disposition should be made
of the norfolk state hospital.

Commission
on administra-
tion and
finance to con-
sider what dis-
position
should be made
of Norfolk
state hospital.

Report, etc.

Resolved, That the commission on administration and finance
is hereby directed to consider what disposition should be made
of the Norfolk state hospital after the termination of the lease
to the United States government, and in this connection whether
the said institution should be transferred from the department
of mental diseases to some other state department, and if so
for what purpose, and what expense would be involved in fitting
it for any such new use; also, what the prospects are for selling
the property at a reasonable price, having in view the common-
wealth's investment in land and buildings. Said commission
shall report its findings and recommendations, together with
drafts of such legislation, if any, as it recommends, to the general
court by filing the same with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives not later than December first of the current year.

Approved June 3, 1924-

Chap. 64 Resolve confirming the acts of harry b. ross of newton

AS A NOTARY PUBLIC.

Hany B.Ross Resolved, That the acts of Harry B. Ross, of Newton, as
as a notary notary public, between February seventh, nineteen hundred and

Resolves, 1924. —Chaps. 65, 66. 611

twenty-four and June fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, public con-
both dates inclusive, are hereby confirmed and made vaUd to ^"^^ '
the same extent as if during that time he had been duly qualified
to discharge the duties of said office. Approved June 3, 1924-

Resolve providing for an investigation as to relocating Phnr) ^5

CERTAIN ELEVATED STRUCTURES IN CAMBRIDGE STREET IN
THE CITY or BOSTON IN CONNECTION WITH THE WIDENING OF
SAID STREET.

Resolved, That the commission of the department of public investigation
utilities and the transit department of the city of Boston, sitting certain^struc-"*
jointly, be directed to investigate and determine, in connection turesinCam-

"'.,•', , . ° 1 • 1 1 1 p bridge street m

With the proposed improvements authorized by chapter four Boston in
hundred and eighty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and with widening
twenty-three, the most available and advantageous location, °^ ^*''* street,
either within the limits of public ways or on private property,
for the exit and entrance of cars from and to the East Boston
tunnel extension located in Cambridge street at or near North
and South Russell streets, and report the new location so de-
termined and the cost of removing such structures to the new
location determined as aforesaid, together with the cost involved
in the acquisition of any land necessary to carry out such re-
moval. Said report, with recommendations, if any, shall be Report, etc.
made to the general court by filing the same with the clerk of
the house of representatives, on or before December fifteenth in
the current year. Approved June 4, 192 4.

Resolve in favor of john f. maguire of boston. Chap. 66

Resolved, That the warden of the state prison is hereby au- Reinstatement
thorized to fill a vacancy by the reinstatement of John F. Ma- Ma^ire as an
guire as an officer at the state prison, without civil service exami- officer at state

° . . . T-C 1 1 • n • 1 prison, etc.

nation, at any time prior to December thirty-nrst in the current
year, said Maguire having entered the prison service at the
Deer Island house of correction on April twenty-seventh, nine-
teen hundred and eleven and having resigned on October third,
nineteen hundred and nineteen from the service of the state
prison to which he had been transferred ; and upon such re- Salary, etc.
instatement, he shall be entitled to the same salary, and to the
same rights and privileges under sections forty-six to forty-eight,
inclusive, of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, as he was
at the time of such resignation. For the purpose of computing
any future increase in salary based on length of service and de-
termining any rights and privileges accruing thereafter to him
under said sections forty-six to forty-eight, inclusive, said re-
instatement shall not be deemed to be a new employment, and,
for the purposes aforesaid, his service between said April twenty-
seventh and said October third and also his service after such
reinstatement shall be deemed to be continuous.

Approved June 4, 192 4.

612

Resolves, 1924. — Chap. 67.

Chap. 67 Resolve providing for an investigation by a special com-
mission RELATIVE TO SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL FOR
THE CITIES OF SALEM, BEVERLY AND PEABODY, THE TOWN
OF DANVERS AND CERTAIN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

Investigation
as to sewerage,
etc., for Salem,
Beverly,
Peabody,
Danvers and
certain public
institutions.

Scope of
investigation.

Report, etc.

Expenditures.

Proviso.

Apportion-
ment of
expense.

Public
hearings, etc.

Resolved, That a commission is hereby estabHshed, to consist
of the city engineer of Salem, the city engineer of Peabody, the
commissioner of pubHc works of Beverly, an engineer or other
competent person representing the town of Danvers to be ap-
pointed by the sewer committee of Danvers, the county engineer
of the county of Essex, and two persons appointed by the gov-
ernor. Of the two persons appointed by the governor one
person, not a resident of Essex county, shall be designated by
him as chairman and shall receive such compensation as the
governor and council may determine, and the other shall repre-
sent the commonwealth.

Said commission shall consider the special report of the depart-
ment of public health relative to sewerage and sewage disposal
for the cities of Salem, Beverly and Peabody and the town of
Danvers and for certain public institutions, being House Docu-
ment No. 1300 of the current year, together with such other
information as may come before it, and shall, on or before the
third Wednesday of December in the current year, report to the
general court its findings and conclusions, including an apportion-
ment to said cities and said town and to the public institutions
referred to in said document of the cost of construction and
maintenance of any proposed sewer system or systems. Such
report shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives, together with such drafts of legislation, if any, as said
commission deems necessary or advisable in order to carry into
effect any recommendations which it may make.

For the purposes of this resolve, including the compensation
of the chairman, said commission may expend, from such ap-
propriation, not exceeding five thousand dollars, as the general
court may make, such sums as the governor and council may
approve; provided, that no compensation shall be paid under
this paragraph to any of the engineers or other persons repre-
senting the said cities, town or county, or to the representative
of the commonwealth.

Said commission shall apportion the expense so paid upon the
commonwealth, the cities of Salem, Beverly and Peabody, the
town of Danvers and the county of Essex, in such proportion as
it shall determine. The amount as apportioned on each such
city and town shall be assessed, collected, and paid over to the
state treasurer, in the same manner and at the same time as
state taxes. The amount so apportioned on said county shall,
within a reasonable time after notice thereof by said commission,
be paid by said county from any of its funds available therefor.

The said commission shall give public hearings in such places
and after such notice as it may deem expedient and shall be
given such assistance and information by the department of
public health as said commission may request.

Approved June 4, 1924-

Resolves, 1924. — Chaps. 68, 69, 70. 613

Resolve providing for compiling and printing the laws (JJid^) 68
OF the commonwealth relating to veterans and their ^'

organizations.

Resolved, That the state secretary shall cause the laws of the Compilation,
commonwealth relating to veterans, and to their organizations, distribution
to be compiled, indexed and annotated, and shall cause to be °^ ^^^^ °^

I'lip !•• !• 1 1 coramon-

pnnted m pamphlet lorm an edition ot not more than ten thou- wealth relating
sand copies of such compilation, and shall distribute them as andtheir'^
follows: To such free public libraries of the commonwealth as organizations.
the state secretary shall designate, to such other free public
libraries as shall make written application therefor, to each
post, camp or other organization of such veterans within the
commonwealth, and to the national headquarters of such organi-
zations, one copy each ; to the headquarters of the Massachusetts
Departments of the Grand Army of the Republic, The American
Legion, the United Spanish War Veterans and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States, one hundred copies each.
The remaining copies shall be distributed by the state secretary
in the manner provided for the distribution of public documents.
To carry out the provisions of this resolve, the state secretary Expenditures.
may expend such amount, not exceeding six hundred and fifty
dollars, as the general court may appropriate.

Approved June 4> 1924-

Resolve providing for the installation of an additional Chap. 69

passenger elevator in the STATE HOUSE.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made therefor. Provision for
the superintendent of buildings is hereby authorized to install L'ddftionai^ °
in the unoccupied elevator well adjacent to the governor's office passenger

1 • -1 11 1 1 • 1 1 • 1 elevator in

a selective automatic button-controlled electric elevator, wnicn state house.
shall be available, at all times when the other elevators in the
state house are not in operation, for the use of persons whose
business requires them to be in the state house at such times.

Approved June 5, 1924-

Resolve providing for the appointment of a joint Chap. 70

SPECIAL committee TO CONSIDER FURTHER THE SUBJECT OF
RECIPROCAL INSURANCE OR INTER-INSURANCE.

Resolved, That a joint special committee be appointed, to con- Appointment
sist of three members of the senate to be appointed by the presi- committee to
dent and six members of the house to be appointed by the funhersubject
speaker, to consider further the subject-matter of Senate Docu- ?f reciprocal

XT Ae\r\ i>i 1 'iiii'- insurance or

ment No. 490 ot the current year, and particularly whether it is jnter-
for the public interest that the business of reciprocal insurance '^^'^ance.
or inter-insurance should be legalized in this commonwealth,
and, if so, on what terms and conditions, both as to domestic
reciprocals, so called, and as to foreign reciprocals, so called,
and as to what class or classes of insurance. Said committee
shall study the laM's of other states relative to the transaction of
reciprocal insurance or inter-insurance and the form and manner

614

Resolves, 1924. — Chap. 70.

Public
hearings, etc.

Clerical, etc.,
assistance,
travel, etc.

Report, etc.

in which said business is conducted and the safeguards with
which, according to the best practice, it is surrounded. Said
committee shall hold public hearings, shall be furnished by the
commissioner of insurance with all information relative to the
aforesaid subject-matter in his possession, shall be assigned
quarters in the state house, may employ clerical and other as-
sistance, and for such clerical and other assistance and for travel
and other expenses may expend from such amount not exceeding
five thousand dollars, as may hereafter be appropriated such
sums as shall be approved by the governor and council. Said
committee shall report to the general court its findings and
recommendations, together with drafts for such legislation, if
any, as it shall recommend, by filing the same with the clerk of
the house of representatives not later than December fifteenth
of the current year. Approved June 5, 1924.

Amendment to Constitution. 615

(!ll|0 Olontmatttuealtl; of Mn^mtiimttiB

In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty -Four.

Proposal for a legislative amendment of the constitu-
tion relative to the authority of the general court
to provide limited forms of town meetings.

A joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives Proposed
hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the Constitution by the^c^stuu-"
the adoption of the following Article of Amendment, to the end tion authorizing
that it may become a part of the Constitution, if similarly agreed Court to estab-
to in a joint session of the next General Court and approved by lornls^'/town
the people at the state election next following: meetings.

article of amendment.

Article II of the Articles of Amendment to the constitution of
the commonwealth is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new paragraph : — Nothing in this article
shall prevent the general court from establishing in any corporate
town or towns in this commonwealth containing more than six
thousand inhabitants a form of town government providing for
a town meeting limited to such inhabitants of the town as may
be elected to meet, deliberate, act and vote in the exercise of
the corporate powers of the town subject to such restrictions
and regulations as the general court may prescribe; provided,
that such establishment be with the consent, and on the appli-
cation of a majority of the inhabitants of such town, present and
voting thereon, pursuant to a vote at a meeting duly warned
and holden for that purpose.

In Joint Session, May 29 (p.m.), 1924.
The foregoing legislative amendment of the Constitution is Amendment
agreed to in joint session of the two houses of the General Court, referred*? ''th
the said amendment having received the affirmative votes of a next General
majority of all the members elected; and it is referred to the °^^*"
next General Court in accordance with a provision of the Consti-
tution.

WILLIAM H. SANGER,
Clerk of the Joint Session.

616

Initiative Petition.

SII|f Qlnmmnttm^alllj nf ilaBsarljuspttB

Initiative
petition filed
relative to
the examina-
tion, classifi-
cation and
treatment of
convicted
prisoners, etc.;
additional
signatures for
completion
not filed.

Acts of 1924,
chapter 309
becomes law.

Office of the Secretary,
Boston, August 7. 1924.

Pursuant to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the Amend-
ments to the Constitution, "The Initiative. 11. Initiative
Petitions. Section 3" (Article 79 of the Rearrangement of
the Constitution), an initiative petition was filed in this office
September 15, 1923, signed by ten qualified voters together
with the certification of the Attorney General that the measure
was in proper form for submission to the people, and the re-
mainder of more than the required number of qualified voters
(24,784) was filed December 5, 1923, representing that there
was need for legislation, either by the general court or by the
people, to require the examination, classification and treatment
of convicted prisoners in jails and houses of correction, accom-
panied by a Bill entitled, " An Act relative to the examination,
classification and treatment of convicted prisoners".

Under date of December 31, 1923, 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 at its session of 1924, after due considera-
tion of the petition and its accompanying Bill (House document
No. 375) failed to enact the law in the form in which it appeared
with the petition but in lieu thereof enacted a legislative sub-
stitute which received the governor's approval, namely, Chapter
309, entitled, "An Act requiring the psychiatric examination
of certain prisoners in jails and houses of correction and pro-
viding for the assembling of relevant official information as to
such prisoners."

Said petition was not completed by filing in this office not
earlier than the first Wednesday of July, 1924 nor later than
the first Wednesday of August, 1924, the additional five thou-
sand signatures of qualified voters required by the Constitution
and said legislative substitute, namely, Chapter 309, Acts of
1924, thereby takes effect September first, 1924, as therein
provided.

FREDERIC W. COOK,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Acts and Resolves Approved, etc. 617

NUMBER OF ACT8 AND RESOLVES APPROVED, APPROVAL WITH-
HELD, AND LIST or ACTS VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR UNDER
AUTHORITY OF THE CONSTITUTION. AND PROPOSAL FOR A
LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION.

The general court, during its second annual session held in
1924, passed 508 Acts and 70 Resolves, which received execu-
tive approval and 2 Acts from which executive approval was
withheld but have become law by virtue of chapter 1, section
1, Article 2 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth.

Two (2) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act relative to the
pension paid by the city of Revere to Edwin A. Gibbs", (Chap-
ter 196); and "An Act entitling women who were regularly
enlisted in the navy or marine corps of the United States during
the World War to receive the state bonus", (Chapter 448),
were passed, but failed to receive executive approval; as, how-
ever, they were not returned, with objections thereto, within
five days after they had been received in the executive depart-
ment, the general court not having been prorogued in the mean-
time, said acts have the force of laws, under the provisions of
the constitution governing such cases, and have been so certified.

Seven (7) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act relative to
the keeping of gasoline and other inflammable fluids in buildings
used for housing fire and police apparatus throughout the
commonwealth"; "An Act authorizing the city of Boston to
to pay a sum of money to John Curran"; " An Act establishing
the pension of Michael Birmingham formerly a member of the
fire alarm and police signal service of the city of Boston"; "An
Act increasing the salaries of the registers of deeds and assistant
recorders of the land court for the northern, southern and Fall
River districts of Bristol county"; "An Act providing for the
construction of a breakwater or sea wall at Point Allerton in
the town of Hull"; "An Act authorizing the armory commis-
sioners to acquire certain land in the towns of Lynnfield, Read-
ing and Wakefield for a state rifle range"; and "An Act provid-
ing for the construction of a breakwater along the shore of
Dorchester Bay off Squantum in the city of Quincy and of
an adjoining highway", were passed and laid before the gov-
ernor 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 thereby became void.

618 Acts and Resolves Approved, etc.

The general court at a joint session of the two Houses held
May 29, 1924 passed a "Proposal for a legislative amend-
ment of the constitution relative to the authority of the general
court to provide limited forms of toAMi meetings", which pro-
posal, having been agreed to in said joint session of the general
court, has been certified by the clerk of the joint session to the
secretary of the commonwealth, for action by the next general
court, which convenes in 1925.

The general court was prorogued on Thursday, June 5th, at
twenty-eight minutes after seven o'clock p.m., the session hav-
ing occupied one hundred and fifty-six days.

APPENDIX

The following tables and the index to the Acts and Resolves of the
current year have been prepared by William E. Dokman, Esq., and
Henry D. Wiggin, Esq., counsel, respectively, to the Senate and
House of Representatives, in accordance with section fifty-one of chap-
ter three of the General Laws.

TABLES

WHAT GENERAL LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SUBSEQUENT

LEGISLATION

CHANGES IN THE "GENERAL LAWS"

Chapter 1. — Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the United States.

"Camp Devens" ceded to the United States, 1921, 456.
Consent to the acquisition by the United States of land and buildings in
Rutland, 1922, 409.

Chapter 3. — The General Court.

Purchase and distribution of ancient journals of House of Representa-
tives, 1920, 413; 1921, 170; 1922, 164.

For salaries of the present clerk and assistant clerk of the Senate, see
1922,271; 1924,436.

For salary of the present assistant clerk of the House of Representatives,
see 1924, 435.

Legislative supplies, etc., not required to be purchased through central
purchasing agency, 1922, 545 §§ 10-12; 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 22, § 52.

Sect. 5 revised, 1924, 170 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 51; revised, 1924, 170 § 2.

Sect. 7 revised, 1924, 170 § 3.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 498 § 1; 1924, 502 § 1.

Sect. 18 amended, 1921, 367 § 1; revised, 1922, 366 § 1; 1923, 400 § 1;
amended, 1924, 401 § 1. (See 1921, 384.)

Sect. 19 amended, 1923, 228.

Sect. 20 amended, 1921, 498 § 2; 1922, 8; 1923, 229 § 1; 1924, 502 § 2.

Sect. 24 revised, 1921, 486 § 41.

Sect. 35 amended, 1921, 343; 1923, 362 § 2.

Sect. 37 amended, 1923, 362 § 3.

Sect. 38 amended, 1923, 362 § 4.

Sect. 50 amended, 1922, 210.

Sect. 51 amended, 1922, 197.

Sect. 53 amended, 1922, 24 § 1.

622 Changes in the [Chaps. 4-7.

Chapter 4. — Statutes.

Sect. 7, cl. Fourth repealed, 1921, 486 § 1. CI. Seventh see 1921,
430 § 1, changing title of police courts to district courts. Cl. Thirty-ninth
added, 1924, 360 (defining "annual election" as applied to cities holding
biennial municipal elections). Cl. Fortieth added, 1924, 404 § 1 (defining
"surety" and "sureties" with reference to certain fidelity bonds).

Sect. 7A added, 1922, 151 (relative to the filing and recording in the
office of the State Secretarv of certain certificates, articles and affidavits).

Sect. 10 amended, 1921,' 145. (See 1924, 210.)

Chapter 6. — Printing and Distribution of Laws and Public Documents.

As to the preparation and sale of the General Laws in a special form,
see 1922, Resolve 42.

As to state printing, see 1922, Resolve 48; 1923, 493.

Sect. 1 revised, 1923, 362 § 5; amended 1923, 493.

Sect. 2 revised, 1924, 462.

Sect. 3 amended, 1922, 198 § 1; revised, 1924, 492 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1922, 198 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 362 § 6. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 362 § 7; revised, 1924, 492 § 2. (See 1922, 545
§§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 9 revised, 1924, 322.

Sect. 11 revised, 1922, 319; 1924, 492 § 3.

Chapter 6. — The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain
Officers under the Governor and Council, and State Library.

Special Commission on the Necessaries of Life, 1919, 341, 365; 1920, 610,
628; 1921, 325; 1922, 343; 1923, 320; 1924, 99, 320.

Commission on Administration and Finance to serve under Governor and
Council, 1922, 545 § 2; 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 2.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 362 § 8.

Sect. 12 A added, 1923, 210 (relative to the observance of Armistice
Day).

Sect. 17. See 1922, 545 § 2; 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 2.

Sect. 20 revised, 1922, 298; amended, 1924, 242.

Sect. 22 amended, 1923, 368 § 1.

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 191.

Sect. 26 revised, 1924, 200 § 1.

Sect. 27 amended, 1924, 200 § 2.

Sect. 36 revised, 1922, 15.

Sect. 37A added, 1923, 376 § 1 (authorizing the trustees of the State
Library to receive money and securities in trust for State Library pur-
poses, to be administered by the State Treasurer).

Chapter 7. — Commission on Administration and Finance (former title,
Supervisor of Administration).

Chapter 7, as amended in § 7 by 1921, 298, repealed and superseded by
1923, 362 § 1 (chapter 7, Commission on Administration and Finance).

[Former chapter 7, sects. 6-16. See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 9-13, 17, 20; 1923,
362 § 1 subsects. 7-12, 29, 30, 33-35, 52, 92.]

Chaps. 8-10.] GENERAL LawS. 623

Office of Supervisor of Administration abolished and his rights, powers,
duties and obligations transferred to Commission on Administration and
Finance, see 1922, 545.

Changes noted below are to sections of new Chapter 7.

Sect. 22 amended, 1924, 446.

Chapter 8. — Superintendent of Buildings, and State House.

Sects. 3, 6, 8, 11. Rights, powers, duties and obligations of Superintend-
ent of Buildings relative to purchasing and storeroom functions transferred
to Commission on Administration and Finance, see 1922, 545 §§ 1, 9.

Sect. 3 repealed, 1923, 362 § 9.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 234.

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 362 § 10.

Sect. 8 repealed, 1923, 362 § 9.

Sect. lOA added, 1924, 356 (relative to leasing by state departments of
premises outside of buildings owned by the commonwealth).

Sect. 11 amended, 1923, 362 § 11.

Sect. 12 amended, 1921, 256.

Sect. 15 repealed, 1924, 361.

Sect. 17 revised, 1921, 459 § 1; 1923, 225 § 1.

Sect. 18 revised, 1921, 459 § 2; amended, 1923, 225 § 2.

Sect. 19A added, 1922, 320 (procuring of portraits and other suitable
memorials of former Governors).

Sect. 21 added, 1922, 146 (regulating the establishment of permanent
memorials in the State House).

Chapter 9. — Department of the State Secretary.

For salary of the present second deputy in the office of the State Secre-
tary, see 1922, 372.

Sect. 2 revised, 1922, 370 § 1.

Sects. 6 (as amended by* 1922, 427 § 3) to 9 repealed and new sections
6 to 9 inserted, 1924, 453 § 1.

Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 375.

Sect. 14 repealed, 1923, 362 § 12. (See 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 27.)
Rights, powers, duties and obligations of the State Secretary relative to
the purchase of paper transferred to Commission on Administration and
Finance, see 1922, 545 §§ 1, 9-12; 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 22, § 52.

Sect. 17 amended,* 1922, 427 § 4.

Sect. 18 repealed, 1923, 146 § 1.

Chapter 10. — Department of the State Treasurer.

For salaries of the present deputies in the office of the State Treasurer,
see 1922, 323.

Rights, powers, duties and obligations of the State Treasurer relative to
bookkeeping and accounting functions not necessarily connected with the
cash and funds which he handles transferred to Commission on Adminis-
tration and Finance, see 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.

Sect. 5. See 1922, 545 § 22.

* Rejected on r^erendum,

624 Changes in the [Chaps. ii-i4.

Sect. 8A added, 1924, 73 (relative to the disposition and expenditure of
funds received from the United States in relation to forest fire prevention
or for forestry purposes).

Sect. 16 revised, 1923, 301 § 2, 376 § 2.

Chapter 11. — Department of the State Auditor.

Rights, powers, duties and obligations of the State Auditor, except such
as relate to the auditing of accounts of all offices of the commonwealth
and to the keeping of reports of such audits, transferred to Commission
on Administration and Finance, see 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5, 27, 29; 1923, 362
§ 1 subsects. 13-15, 17-19, §§ 13, 16.

Sect. 3 repealed, 1923, 362 § 13. Office of second deputy abolished,
see 1922, 545 § 27.

Sect. 4 repealed, 1923, 362 § 13. Offices of supervisor of accounts and
assistant supervisor of accounts abolished, see 1922, 545 § 27.

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 362 § 14.

Sect. 6 revised, 1923, 362 § 15. (See 1922, 545 §§ 22, 27.)

Sects. 7-11 repealed, 1923, 362 § 13. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 10. See 1922, 358.

Sect. 12 revised, 1923, 362 § 16. (See 1922, 545 § 27.)

Sects. 13-15 repealed, 1923, 362 § 13. (See 1922, 545 § 20.)

Chapter 12. — Department of the Attorney General, and the District

Attorneys.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 117.

Sect, 3A added, 1924, 395 (relative to the settlement of certain small
claims against the commonwealth).

Sect. 12 amended, 1922, 459.

Sect. 14 amended, 1922, 304 § 1; 1923, 211 § 1; 1924, 265 § 1.

Sect. 15 revised, 1923, 398 § 1.

Sect. 16 amended, 1922, 304 § 2; revised, 1923, 211 § 2, 398 § 2; amended,
1924, 265 § 2.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 304 § 3, 333 § 1; 1923, 362 § 17; repealed,
1923, 398 § 3.

Sect. 18 amended, 1922, 334; 1924, 466.

Sect. 19 amended, 1921, 235 § 1; 1924, 346 § 1.

Chapter 13. — Department of Civil Service and Registration.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 426.
Sect. 21 amended, 1924, 483 § 1.
Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 441.

Sects. 33-35 added, 1923, 470 § 1 (relative to the board of registration
of certified public accountants).

Chapter 14. — Department of Corporations and Taxation.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 520 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 486 § 2; 1922, 330.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 21.

Chaps. 15-24] GENERAL LaWS. 625

Chapter 16. — Department of Education.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 442.

Sect. 6 A added, 1921, 462 § 2 (state board for vocational education
established) .
Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 121.
Sect. 12 amended, 1921, 449 § 1.

Chapter 16. — Department of Public Works.

Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 534 § 2.

Chapter 17. — Department of Public Health.

Sect. 8 amended, 1924, 477 § 2. [See 1924, 477.]
Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 481.

Chapter 19. — Department ' of Mental Diseases.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 443.

Sect. 4A added, 1922, 519 § 1 (establishing a division of mental hygiene
in the Department of Mental Diseases).
Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 410 § 2.
Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 449 § 2; 1922, 410 § 3.

Chapter 21. — Department of Conservation.

Sect. 2 amended, 1923, 369 § 1.
Sect. 7 amended, 1923, 144.

Chapter 22. — Department of Public Safety.

Sect. 2 amended, 1923, 330.

Sect. 7A added, 1924, 504 § 1 (authorizing the payment of reasonable
hospital, medical and surgical expenses of officers or inspectors of the de-
partment injured while on police duty).

Sect. 8 revised, 1922, 9.

Sect. 9 A added, 1921, 461 (additional appointments in the division of
state police, "state constabulary," so called); amended, 1922, 331 § 1.

Sect. 13 added,* 1921, 438 § 1 (provision for deputy director of moving
picture censorship).

Chapter 23. — Department of Labor and Industries.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 306 § 1.

Sect. 3 amended, 1921, 306 § 2.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 306 § 3; 1922, 196; 1924, 258 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 306 § 4.

Sect. 9 revised, 1924, 258 § 2.

Chapter 24. — Department of Industrial Accidents.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 537 § 1; 1923, 477 § 1.
Sect. 3 revised, 1923, 151.

* Rejected on referendum.

626 Changes in the/ [Chaps. 25-29,

Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 477 § 2.

Sect. 8 repealed, 1921, 462 § 8. '

Sect. 9 repealed, 1921, 462 § 8.

Chapter 25. — Department of Public Utilities.

Sect. 5A added, 1922, 259 § 1 (authorizing the Department of Public
Utilities to summon witnesses and take testimony); amended, 1923, 362
§18.

Sect. 6 repealed, 1923, 227.

Chapter 26. — Department of Banking and Insurance.

Sect. 3 amended, 1922, 513.
Sect. 7 amended, 1924, 261.

Chapter 27. — Department of Correction.

Sect. 4 revised, 1923, 231 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 312; 1924, 4.39.

Chapter 28. — Metropolitan District Commission.

Sect. 2 amended, 1923, 427.

Sect. 5 added, 1922, 406 (authorizing the appointment of a superin-
tendent of police), made a special law instead of an amendment to the
General Laws by 1923, 399 § 3.

Sects. 5 and 6 added, 1923, 399 § 1 (establishing the division of metropoli-
tan planning within the metropolitan district commission) ; sect. 6 amended,
1924, 354.

Chapter 29. — State Finance.

Establishment of Commission on Administration and Finance, see 1922,
545; 1923, 362.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 362 § 19.

Sect. 3 amended, 1923, 300. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5-8.)
Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 362 § 20. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 6-8.)
Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 362 § 21. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5, 6.)
Sect. 5 A added, 1923, 362 § 22 (requiring departments, offices and com-
missions to submit with budget estimates forecasts of probable annual
construction expenditures). (See 1922, 545 § 7.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 362 § 23. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 6-8.)
Sects. 7-9. See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 6-8.
Sect. 10. See 1922, 545 § 28.

Sect. 18 amended, 1923, 362 § 24. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 20 amended, 1923, 362 § 25. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 23 revised, 1921, 342; amended, 1923, 362 § 26. (See 1922, 545
§§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 24 amended, 1923, 362 § 27. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 25 amended, 1923, 362 § 28. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 26 amended, 1923, 362 § 29. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 27 amended, 1923, 387.
Sect. 29 amended, 1923, 362 § 30. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Chaps. 30, 31.] GENERAL LaWS. 627

Sect. 33 amended, 1923, 362 § 31. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 34 amended, 1922, 10.

Sect. 48 amended, 1923, 362 § 32. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 50 amended, 1923, 362 § 33. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 56 amended, 1923, 362 § 34. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 58 amended, 1923, 362 § 35. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 61 amended, 1923, 362 § 36. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Chapter 30. — General Provisions relative to State Departments, Com-
missions, Officers and Employees.

Establishment of Commission on Administration and Finance and pro-
vision for a central purchasing agency, see 1922, 545; 1923, 362.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 362 § 37.

Sect. 6 revised, 1921, 275.

Sect. 7 revised, 1923, 362 § 38.

Sect. 7A added, 1921, 449 § 3 (rendering women eligible to hold state
office); amended, 1922, 371 § 1.

Sect. 15 amended, 1923, 362 § 39. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 25 amended, 1923, 362 § 40.

Sect. 27 revised, 1921, 225; amended, 1923, 362 § 41.

Sect. 30 A added, 1923, 362 § 42 (relative to a uniform style of letter-
head for executive and administrative officers, departments and institu-
tions). (See G. L. 8, § 8.)

Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 24 § 2; 1923, 362 § 43. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 6.)

Sect. 35 amended, 1923, 362 § 44. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 36 revised, 1923, 362 § 45. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 9-13.)

Sect. 38 amended, 1923, 362 § 46. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 39 amended, 1922, 416.

Sect. 42 amended, 1923, 362 § 47. (See 1922, 358, 545 §§ 1, 9-13.)

Sect. 45 amended, 1923, 362 § 48. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 46 amended, 1923, 362 § 49. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 47 revised, 1923, 362 § 50. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 48. See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.

Sect. 49 amended, 1923, 362 § 51. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 50. See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.

Sects. 51 and 52 added, 1923, 362 § 52 (relative to the purchase of cer-
tain materials, supplies and other property by executive and administrative
departments of the commonwealth).

Chapter 31. — Civil Service.

Sect. 4 amended, 1924, 197.
Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 130.
Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 36.
Sect. 21 amended, 1924, 155.
Sect. 23 revised, 1922, 463.
Sect. 26 amended, 1924, 181.
Sect. 31 revised, 1922, 31.

Sects. 42A and 42B added, 1923, 242 § 1 (changing the civil service laws
relative to certain police officers in certain cities and towns).
Sect. 44 repealed, 1923, 242 § 2.

628 Changes in the [Chaps. 32, 33.

Chapter 32. — Retirement Systems and Pensions.

As to retirement allowances based on annuity and pension contributions
for employees of the city of Boston or of the County of Suffolk, see 1922,
521. As to salaries and retirement allowances of the present justices of
the supreme judicial court, see 1923, 375.

Provision for a special commission to investigate the subject of old age
and other pensions, see 1923, Resolve 43; 1924, Resolves 33, 35, 44.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 341 § 1.

Sect. 2, par. (1) revised, 1924, 264; par. (3) amended, 1921, 439 § 1;
par. (9) revised, 1921, 487 § 4; par. (10) added, 1921, 487 § 5.

Sect. 3, par. (4) amended, 1922, 341 § 2.

Sect. 4, (2) B, par. {e) added, 1921, 487 § 6.

Sect. 5 (par. included within lines 78-83) revised, 1922, 341 § 3; par.
{2) E amended, 1922, 341 § 4, revised, 1923, 205 § 2; par. (2) B (6) revised,
1923, 205 § 1.

Sect. 6 (par. contained in lines 20-23) amended, 1924, 281 § 1.

Sect. 7ipar. (3) amended, 1924, 263 § 1.

Sect. 10 extended, 1921, 460.

Sect. 11, par. (1) amended, 1923, 381 § 1.

Sect. 16, par. (1) amended, 1922, 521 § 33; revised, 1924, 250.

Sect. 18 revised, 1923, 381 § 2.

Sects. 20-25 affected, 1921, 413; 1923, 479 § 3.

Sect. 20 (par. contained in lines 9 and 10) am-ended, 1924, 281 § 2.

Sect. 25, par. (2) C (a) amended, 1921, 480; par. (2) B (6) revised,
1923, 190 § 1; par. (2) E revised, 1923, 190 § 2.

Sect. 46 amended, 1921, 402.

Sect. 49 amended, 1921, 279.

Sects. 49-60. See 1922, 521 § 32.

Sect. 56 amended, 1922, 261.

Sect. 57 amended, 1923, 386.

Sect. 61 amended, 1921, 486 § 3. (See 1923, 375.)

Sect. 62. See 1923, 375.

Sect. 63 amended, 1921, 486 § 4, 487 § 7.

Sect. 65 revised, 1921, 413; 1923, 479 § 3.

Sect. 66 amended, 1923, 407 § 3.

Sect. 68 revised, 1921, 487 § 1.

Sect. 69 revised, 1921, 487 § 2.

Sect. 71 amended, 1921, 487 § 3.

Sect. 74 revised, 1921, 487 § 8; affected, 1922, 266.

Sect. 77, par. (6) amended, 1923, 458 § 1. (See 1923, 458 § 2.)

Sect. 80 amended, 1921, 337 § 1.

Sect. 85A added, 1921, 337 § 2 (relative to retirement of members of
fire departments in towns).

Sect. 87 amended, 1923, 178; 1924, 371.

Sect. 87A added, 1924, 504 § 2 (providing annuity payments to families
of certain deceased members of the department of public safety).

Sect. 89 revised, 1924, 504 § 3.

Chapter 33. — Militia.

For a complete list of temporary war legislation prior to 1921, see Table
of Changes for 1920 under chapter 16 of the Revised Laws, superseded by
chapter 33 of the General Laws.

Chap. 34.] GENERAL LaWS. 629

See also 1921, 38, authorizing counties to pay their employees who
served in the world war the difference between their military and county
compensation.

State pay and "bonus" for war service, 1917, 211, 332; 1918, 92; 1919,
283 [§ 17 repealed by 1924, 448 § 2]; 1920, 51, 250, 609; 1922, 457. 1921,
326 and 1922, 240, extending time for filing applications for payments to
November 30, 1921, and further to November 30, 1923. Tune limit for
filing applications abolished, 1924, 452. 1921, 354, entitling student nurses
of medical department of United States army during world war to receive
the "bonus". 1924, 447, enlarging class of persons to whom payment may
be made. 1924, 448, entitling "yeomen F" to receive the " bonus".

Commission to ascertain the most appropriate methods of caring for the
graves of American dead in foreign soil, revived and continued, 1921, 448;

1922, 455; 1923, Resolve 73; 1924, Resolve 50.

Military supplies, etc., not required to be purchased through central
purchasing agency, see 1922, 545 §§ 10-12; 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 22, § 52.

The purchase of certain historical works relative to the service of Massa-
chusetts men in the army or navy during the civil, Spanish or world war
authorized, 1923, 193; 1924, 246.

Establishment of an unpaid special commission to provide for the prepa-
ration of a suitable history of Massachusetts' part in the World War, see

1923, 408.

Chapter 33 repealed and superseded by 1924, 465.

Sect. 6 revised, 1922, 152.

Sect. 28 revised, 1921, 359 § 1.

Sect. 30 amended, 1921, 276.

Sect. 35A added, 1923, 459 § 10 (relative to the assessment upon cities
and towns of the expense of certain services performed by the land or
naval forces of the commonwealth).

Sect. 52, subsect. (a) amended, 1922, 344; section revised, 1924, 257.

Sect. 64 amended, 1923, 101. (See 1924, 80.)

Sect. 72 amended, 1923, 413 § 2.

Sect. 86, subsect. (a) revised, 1921, 359 § 2; subsect. (6) revised, 1923,
459 § 1.

Sect. 100 revised, 1923, 459 § 2.

Sect. 145, subsect. (a) revised, 1923, 459 § 3.

Sect. 146 revised, 1923, 459 § 4.

Sect. 151, subsect. (a) revised, 1923, 459 § 5.

Sect. 152, par. (c) added, 1923, 459 § 6 (relative to investigations as to
claims for injury to private property by members of the volunteer militia).

Sect. 154, subsect. (a) revised, 1921, 359 § 3.

Sect. 157, paragraphs (b) and (c) repealed, 1922, 445 § 1; par. (a) re-
vised, 1923, 459 § 7.

Sect. 160 amended, 1922, 445 § 2; revised, 1923, 459 § 8.

Sect. 161 revised, 1923, 459 § 9.

Sect. 176, subsect. (a) revised, 1923, 459 § 11.

Sect. 180, new par. added at end, 1924, 396 § 1.

Sect.' 254 amended, 1924, 396 § 2.

Chapter 34. — Counties and County Commissioners.

Counties authorized to pay their employees who served in the world
war the difference between their military and county compensation, 1921,
38.

630 Changes in the [Chaps. 35-39.

Sect. 3A added, 1921, 449 § 4 (rendering women eligible to county
offices); amended, 1922, 371 § 2.

Sects. 9A-9E added, 1922, 123 (defining the records of county commis-
sioners).

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 423 § 3.

Sect. 17 revised, 1922, 383.

Chapter 35. — County Treasurers, State Supervision of County Accounts,

and County Finances.

Counties authorized to pay their employees who served in the world
war the difference between their military and county compensation, 1921j 38.

Sect. 3 amended, 1924, 404 § 2.

Sect. 6 revised, 1921, 300.

Sect. 26 amended, 1923, 334 § 1.

Sect. 28 amended, 1921, 336.

Sect. 30 amended, 1922, 127.

Sect. 37A added, 1922, 122 (relative to the borrowing of money by
counties and to the use of proceeds and premiums).

Sect. 38 amended, 1923, 428.

Sect. 39 amended, 1921, 22.

Sect. 43A added, 1924, 404 § 3 (requiring surety company bonds from
certain county officers and employees).

Sects. 44^7. See 1921, 486 § 2.

Chapter 36. — Registers of Deeds.

Sect. 31A added, 1921, 207 (registers of deeds to notify Commissioner
of Corporations and Taxation of the recording of certain deeds and decla-
rations of trust).

Sect. 33. See 1921, 422.

Sect. 34 revised, 1921, 422.

Sect. 35 amended, 1924, 349 § 1.

Sect. 36 revised, 1922, 301.

Chapter 37. — Sheriffs.

Sect. 2 amended, 1924, 404 § 4.
Sect. 6 repealed, 1924, 404 § 5.
Sect. 7 amended, 1924, 404 § 6.
Sect. 19 revised, 1924, 372 § 1.

Chapter 38. — Medical Examiners.

Sect. 3 amended, 1924, 404 § 7.
Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 439 § 1.
Sect. 11 amended, 1923, 362 § 53.

Chapter 39. — Municipal Government.

Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 486 § 5.
Sect. 16 revised, 1923, 388.
Sect. 19 repealed,* 1922, 427 § 5.
Sect. 20 amended,* 1922, 427 § 6.
Sect. 23 amended,* 1922, 427 § 7.

* Rejected on referendum.

Chaps. 40, 41.] GENERAL LaWS. 631

Chapter 40. — Powers and Duties of Cities and Towns,

Sect. 5, cl. (1) amended, 1924, 404 § 8; cl. (12) revised, 1921, 486 § 6;
1923, 202, 401; cl. (21) revised, 1921, 371 § 1; cl. (21 A) added, 1921, 371
§ 2 (authorizing towns to appropriate money for purchase, etc., of ambu-
lances); cl. (31) added, 1924, 248 § 1 (for estabhshment and maintenance of
children's health camps); cl. (32) added, 1924, 504 § 4 (for payment of
hospital, medical and surgical expenses of certain persons doing police dutv).

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 80; revised, 1923, 122. (See 1921, 169, author-
izing city of Boston to utilize schoolhouse property to provide quarters for
organizations of war veterans.)

Sect. 9A added, 1921, 227 (authorizing cities and towns to provide
quarters for camps of the United Spanish War Veterans).

Sect. 11 amended, 1921, 252.

Sect. 13A added, 1923, 234 (authorizing cities and towns to establish
insurance funds to pay workmen's compensation).

Sect. 14 amended, "^1921, 486 § 7; 1923, 266.

Sects. 25-33. See 1924, 488 for special zoning provisions for Boston.

Sect. 27A added, 1924, 133 (relative to appeals imder ordinances or
by-laws limiting buildings to specified zones or districts).

Sect. 30 amended, 1922, 40.

Sects. 42A-42F added, 1923, 391 (relative to the collection of water
rates).

Sect. 42A amended, 1924, 107.

Sect. 42B amended, 1924, 413.

Chapter 41. — Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 66. See 1921, 65, rendering women eligible to
elective municipal office in Boston.

Sect. 5 amended,* 1922, 427 § 8.

Sect. 15 amended, 1924, 109.

Sect. ISA added, 1922, 86 (relative to the certification of appropriation
orders by city and town clerks); amended, 1923, 17.

Sect. 21 amended, 1921, 130.

Sect. 24 A added, 1921, 208 (election or appointment of assistant as-
sessors in cities).

Sect. 25A added, 1921, 14 (authorizing assessors in towns to appoint
assistant assessors).

Sect. 34A added, 1923, 26 (relative to changing the name of the over-
seers of the poor in certain cities and towns to the board of public welfare).

Sect. 38 A added, 1924, 16 (relative to the collection by collectors of
taxes of accounts due to cities and towns) .

Sect. 50 amended, 1924, 33 § 1.

Sect. 53 amended, 1924, 33 § 2.

Sect. 54 A added, 1922, 135 (requiring annual notification to the assessors
by certain city and town officials of receipts of the preceding year).

Sect. 55 amended, 1921, 486 § 8.

Sect. 56 amended, 1922, 84.

Sect. 76 amended, 1922, 297.

Sect. 77 amended, 1921, 486 § 9.

* Rejected on referendum.

632 Changes in the [Chaps. 42-44.

Sect. 91A added, 1924, 82 § 1 (relative to the appointment of constables
by selectmen).

Sect. 109 A added, 1924, 404 § 9 (requiring surety company bonds from
certain city, town and district officers and employees).

Sect. Ill amended, 1921, 486 § 10; 1923, 346.

Chapter 42. — Boundaries of Cities and Towns.

Boundary line between Carver and Middleborough established, 1921, 82;
between Cambridge, Belmont and Watertown, 1922, 181 ; between Walpole
and Foxborough, 1924, 440.

Sect. 10 revised, 1923, 103.

Chapter 43. — City Charters.

Provision for a special commission to revise the charter of the city of
Boston, see 1923, Resolve 54. See 1924, 479.

Sect. 1 (last paragraph) amended, 1922, 237 § 1.

Sect. 8 amended, 1922, 237 § 2.

Sect. 15 revised, 1922, 237 § 3.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 237 § 4.

Sect. 31 amended, 1922, 237 § 5.

Sect. 36 revised, 1922, 237 § 6.

Sect. 40 amended, 1922, 237 § 7.

Sects. 44A-44H added, 1922, 282 § 1 (providing for the nomination at
preliminary elections of candidates for elective municipal office in cities
governed under a standard form of city charter).

Sect. 45 amended, 1922, 282 § 2.

Sect. 50 amended, 1922, 237 § 8.

Sect. 59 revised, 1922, 237 § 9.

Sect. 62 amended, 1923, 232.

Sect. 68 revised, 1922, 237 § 10.

Sect. 82 revised, 1922, 237 § 11.

Chapter 44. — Municipal Finance.

As to municipal indebtedness of the city of Boston, see 1909, 486 § 26;
1910, 437; 1911, 165; 1918, Sp. Acts 52.
Relative to the maintenance and operation of municipal light plants,

1922, 184.
Sect. 5A added, 1922, 28 (authorizing cities to borrow money to meet

expenditures by city officials in anticipation of appropriations); revised,

1923, 359 § 1.
Sect. 6A added, 1921, 366 (authorizing towns to borrow money for

highway purposes in anticipation of state or county reimbursement).

Sect. 7 amended, 1923, 338.

Sect. 8, cl. (5) amended, 1921, 486 § 11; els. (3a) and (36) added, 1923,
303 § 1 (authorizing cities and towns to incur debt outside the debt limit
for certain purposes).

Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 303 § 2.

Sect. 18 amended, 1923, 303 § 3.

Sect. 19 amended, 1923, 359 § 2. As to Boston, see 1909, 486 § 26;
1910, 437; 1911, 165.

Chaps. 45-51.] GENERAL LaWS. 633

Sect. 22. As to rate of interest on securities issued by city of Boston,
see 1918, Sp. Acts 52.

Sect. 24A added, 1921, 294 (relative to the form of notes issued by
towns and districts).

Sect. 29. As to tax limit of city of Boston, see 1909, 490 I § 53; 1910,
521; 1913, 719 §18; 1915, Sp. Acts 184 § 2, 304; 1916, Sp. Acts 267; 1918,
Sp. Acts 120, 132 § 3; 1919, Sp. Acts 172, 206 § 10; 1920, 401, 524, 641 § 5;
1922, 205; 1923, 223; 1924, 328.

Sect. 33A added, 1922, 250 (providing that the financial budgets of cities
shall include provision for the salaries of officials).

Sect. 34. See 1922, 28.

Sect. 47. As to Boston, see 1909, 486 § 26; 1910, 437; 1911, 165.

Sect. 50 repealed, 1921, 486 § 12.

Sect. 55 amended, 1921, 486 § 13.

Sect. 62 added, 1922, 253 (providing penalties for violation of the laws
relative to municipal finance) .

Sect. 63 added, 1923, 303 § 4 (requiring cities and towns to use the
proceeds of the sale of real estate for certain purposes in certain cases).

Chapter 45. — Public Parks, Playgrounds and the Public Domain.

Sect. 2 revised, 1924, 209 § 1.
Sect. 3 revised, 1924, 209 § 2.
Sect. 10 repealed, 1924, 209 § 3.

Chapter 48. — Fires, Fire Departments and Fire Districts.

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 274.

Sect. 13 amended, 1922, 515.

Sect, 20 A added, 1922, 252 (relative to the operation of portable saw-
mills).

Sect. 24 amended, 1923, 214.

Sect. 36 amended, 1923, 109.

Sect. 83 amended, 1923, 362 § 54.

Sect. 87 added, 1924, 343 (relative to rules and regulations of the depart-
ment of public safety in respect to certain fire department equipment).

Chapter 50. — General Provisions relative to Primaries, Caucuses and

Elections.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 131 § 3.

Chapter 61. — Voters.

Board of election commissioners and registration of voters in Boston,
1913, 835 §§ 76-87; 1915, 48, 91 § 7; 1917, 29 § 12; 1919, 269 §§ 1, 6, 7;

1920, 142; 1921, 93, 114 § 5.

For listing of voters in Boston, see 1917, 29; 1920, 145; 1921, 114; in
Chelsea, 1917, 106; 1921, 84; in Cambridge, 1918, 282; 1921, 84; in
Watertown, 1919, 108; 1921, 84; 1924, 137; in Lowell, 1923, 131.

Election commission and registration of voters in Lowell, 1920, 154;

1921, 115; in Cambridge, 1921, 239.

634 Changes in the [Chap. 53.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 305.

Sect. 2 revised, 1924, 106.

Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 131 § 4.

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 131 § 5.

Sect. 6 revised, 1923, 131 § 6.

Sect. 7 amended, 1923, 131 § 7.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 131 § 8.

Sect. 9 amended, 1923, 131 § 9.

Sect. 11 amended, 1923, 131 § 10.

Sect. 15 revised, 1921, 102 § 1.

Sect. 16 revised, 1921, 102 § 2.

Sect. 22 amended, 1921, 156.

Sect. 26 amended, 1924, 204 § 1.

Sect. 27 amended, 1924, 204 § 2.

Sect. 28 revised, 1924, 204 § 3.

Sect. 35 amended, 1923, 131 § 11.

Sect. 36 amended, 1921, 209 § 1.

Sect. 37 amended, 1921, 209 § 2; 1923, 131 § 12.

Sect. 39 amended, 1923, 131 § 13.

Sect. 42 amended, 1923, 131 § 14.

Sect. 43 amended, 1923, 131 § 15.

Sect. 44 amended, 1922, 166.

Sect. 55 amended, 1921, 209 § 3.

Sect. 57 amended, 1923, 238 § 1.

Sect. 59 amended, 1922, 189.

Sect. 61 revised, 1921, 209 § 4.

Sect. 62 amended, 1924, 252 § 1.

Chapter 53. — Nominations, Questions to be submitted to the Voters,

Primaries and Caucuses.

Sect. 6 revised, 1924, 201.

Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 214 § 1; 1923, 124.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 387.

Sect. 11. See 1909, 486 § 56; 1914, 730 § 6; 1921, 288 § 2, as to time
of filing objections to nomination papers of candidates for municipal office
in Boston.

Sect. 13. See 1909, 486 § 56; 1914, 730 § 6; 1921, 288 § 2, as to time
of withdrawal of nominations to municipal office in Boston.

Sect. 22A added, 1924, 302 § 1 (relative to fraudulent or invalid signatures
appended to initiative and referendum petitions).

Sect. 34 amended, 1923, 302 § 1.

Sect. 35 amended, 1923, 302 § 2.

Sects. 37, 38.* See 1924, 252 §§ 1, 2.

Sect. 46 amended, 1922, 214 § 2.

Sect. 59. See 1921, 65, enabling women to sign nomination papers for
candidates for municipal office in Boston.

Sect. 61 amended, 1922, 214 § 3. See 1909, 486 § 56; 1914, 730 § 6;
1921, 288 § 2, as to certificates, etc., of nomination papers of candidates for
municipal office in Boston.

Sect. 76 amended, 1924, 252 § 2.

Sect. 117 amended, 1923, 186.

Chaps. 54-57.] GENERAL LawS. 635

Chapter 54. — Elections.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 220 § 1. (See 1913, 835 § 217; 1918, 74; 1920,
636, as to division of city of Boston into voting precincts.)

Sect. 4 amended, 1924, 139.

Sect. 11 amended, 1923, 204 § 1.

Sect. 13 amended, 1923, 204 § 2.

Sect. 14 revised, 1923, 204 § 3.

Sect. 58. See 1909, 486 § 54; 1914, 730 § 5; 1921, 340, as to time for
issuance of nomination papers for elective offices in Boston.

Sect. 63. See 1909, 486 § 32; 1914, 730 § 1; 1921, 288 § 1, as to date
of municipal election in Boston.

Sect. 64 amended,* 1922, 427 § 9; 1924, 171, 468.

Sect. 104 amended,* 1922, 427 § 10.

Sect. 105 amended, 1921, 209 § 5.

Sect. 132 amended, 1921, 209 § 6.

Sect. 133 amended, 1921, 209 § 7.

Sect. 139 revised, 1922, 57.

Sect. 141 amended, 1922, 142.

Sect. 154. See 1922, 459.

Sect. 161 amended, 1924, 424 § 1.

Chapter 56. — Corrupt Practices and Election Inquests.

Sect. 1 revised, 1923, 110.

Sect. 33A added, 1923, 98 § 1 (relative to the use of the names of political
parties).

Sect. 34A added, 1922, 269 § 1 (making of false statements in relation
to candidates for nomination or election to public office prohibited).

Sect. 36 amended, 1922, 269 § 2.

Chapter 56. — Violations of Election Laws.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 114 § 6; 1923, 131 § 16.

Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 131 § 17.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 114 § 7; 1923, 131 § 18.

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 114 § 8; 1923, 131 § 19.

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 486 § 14; 1923, 131 § 20.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 131 § 21.

Sect. 13 revised, 1923, 183.

Sect. 62A added, 1923, 98 § 2 (penalizing members of organizations for
illegal use of names of political parties).

Sect. 64 A added, 1922, 269 § 3 (penalty for making false statements in
relation to candidates for nomination or election to public office).

Chapter 67. — Congressional, Councillor and Senatorial Districts, and
Apportionment of Representatives.

Sect. 5 amended, 1924, 424 § 2.

* Rejected on referendum.

636 Changes in the [Chaps. 58, 59.

Chapter 58. — General Provisions relative to Taxation.

Sect. 8 amended, 1922, 34; 1923, 283.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 379 § 1.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 379 § 2.

Sect. lOA added, 1921, 375 § 2 (allowance as offset to amounts due
state from cities and towns of percentage of corporation taxes to be dis-
tributed); repealed, 1924, 206 § 1.

Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 486 § 15; revised, 1923, 271 § 1. (See 1922,
54 § 1.)

Sects. 13-17 extended, 1921, 344 § 4.

Sect. 14 revised, 1923, 271 § 2.

Sect. 15 amended, 1921, 282; revised, 1923, 271 § 3.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 54 § 1.

Sect. 17A added, 1923, 271 § 4 (relative to the taxation of land held
for county tuberculosis hospitals).

Sect. 18 amended, 1922, 54 § 2; second paragraph amended, 1924, 222
§ 1. (See 1922, 194.)

Sect. 20 revised, 1922, 362 § 1.

Sects. 20-24A. See 1921, 375 § 2; 1922, 362 § 2.

Sect. 24A added, 1921, 375 § 1 (distribution to cities and towns of
interest on corporation taxes).

Sect. 25 amended, 1921, 375 § 3; revised, 1922, 362 § 2; 1924, 206 § 2.

Sect. 27 revised, 1922, 382.

Chapter 69. — Assessment of Local Taxes.

As to local tax limit generally, see Chap. 44 § 29.

As to Boston, see 1909, 490 I § 53; 1910, 521; 1913, 719 § 18; 1915,
Sp. Acts 184 § 2, 304; 1916, Sp. Acts 267; 1918, Sp. Acts 120, 132 § 3;
1919, Sp. Acts 172, 206 § 10; 1920, 401, 524, 641 § 5; 1922, 205; 1923, 223;
1924, 328.

As to taxation of lands and buildings of the city of Boston leased for
business purposes, see 1922, 390.

Collection of certain taxes assessed under authority of special law
transferred to the commissioner of corporations and taxation, see 1923,
133.

Provision for an investigation of the advisability of providing a limitation
of exemptions from local taxation of certain property, see 1923, Resolve 58.

Sect. 1. For the poll tax payable prior to 1924, including the additional
"war poll tax ", so called, see 1919, 283 §§ 10-15. (See 1921, 226, repealing
certain provisions relative to poll taxes. See 1922, 260, relative to abate-
ments of poll taxes for certain veterans. See 1922, 398, exempting certain
veterans of the world war from the payment of additional poll taxes.)

Sect. 5, cl. Second amended, 1921, 389; 1922, 216; cl. Third, subsect.
(c) amended, 1922, 451 § 1; cl. Fifth amended, 1921, 474; 1922, 222;
cl. Sixteenth amended, 1921, 486 § 16; revised, 1924, 321 § 1; cl. Seven-
teenth amended, 1924, 17 § 1; cl. Thirty-third amended, 1921, 202.

Sect. 8. See 1922, 329.

Sect. 18, cl. Second revised, 1924, 321 § 2.

Sect. 23 amended, 1921, 348.

Chaps. 60-63.] GENERAL LaWS. 637

Sects. 23 A and 23B added, 1922, 118 (requiring assessors to notify the
financial officers of cities and towns of amounts to be raised by taxation
and from receipts, and of amounts of abatements granted).

Sect. 51 revised, 1923, 421.

Sect. 60 amended, 1923, 18.

Chapter 60. — Collection of Local Taxes.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 124.
Sect. 9 revised, 1923, 128 § 1.
Sects. 10 and 11 repealed, 1923, 128 § 2.
Sect. 12 amended, 1923, 128 § 3.
Sect. 17 revised, 1923, 128 § 4.
Sect. 43 revised, 1923, 377 § 7.
Sect. 62 amended, 1924, 3.
Sect. 97 revised, 1923, 128 § 5.
Sect. 100 amended, 1923, 128 § 6.

Forms 10, 11, 12, 14, 18 in schedule at end of chapter amended, 1923,
377 § 8.

Chapter 61. — Taxation of Forest Products and Classification and Taxa-
tion of Forest Lands (former title, Taxation of Forest Lands).

Chapter repealed and superseded by 1922, 360 § 1.

Chapter 62. — Taxation of Incomes.

Extra tax to be assessed in or on account of the year 1924, see 1923,
487 § 6.

Sect. 1, subsect. (a) cl. First amended, 1923, 378 § 1; subsect. (a) cl.
Third amended, 1924, 15 § 1 ; subsect. (a) cl. Fourth amended, 1923, 287
§ 1; subsect. (6) amended, 1923, 487 § 3.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 265.

Sect. 5, cl. (c) amended, 1921, 376 § 1; 1922, 449 § 1; cl. (6) amended,
1923, 287 § 2.

Sect. 6, cl. (6) amended, 1922, 329 § 1; cl. (g) amended, 1922, 329 § 2;
cl. (h) amended, 1922, 489.

Sect. 8 subsect. (a) revised, 1924, 351 § 1.

Sect. 22 amended, 1924, 15 § 2.

Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 290.

Sect. 34 amended, 1923, 362 § 55.

Sect. 37 amended, 1922, 143.

Sect. 41 amended, 1923, 287 § 3.

Sect. 45 amended, 1922, 339 § 1.

Sect. 47 amended, 1921, 113 § 1; 1923, 287 § 4.

Sect. 48 amended, 1921, 113 § 2.

Sect. 58 amended, 1923, 402 § 1.

Chapter 63. — Taxation of Corporations.

Extra tax to be assessed on certain corporations in or on account of the
year 1924, see 1923, 487 § 6.
Sect. 1 revised, 1923, 487 § 1.

638 Changes in the [Chap. 63.

Sect. 8 revised, 1923, 378 § 2.

Sect. lOA added, 1923, 487 § 2 (relative to the taxation of national bank
stock); amended, 1924, 233 § 1.

Sect. lOB added, 1923, 487 § 2 (relative to the distribution of taxes on
national bank stock).

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 520 § 2; revised 1923, 378 § 3. (See 1922, 239.)

Sect. 12. See 1922, 230.

Sect. 14 amended, 1922, 239; 1924, 182.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 520 § 3.

Sect. 18 amended, 1922, 520 § 4.

Sect. 28 amended, 1922, 520 § 5; 1923, 378 § 4.

Sect. 29 amended, 1922, 520 § 6; 1923, 378 § 5.

Sect. 30, par. 5 amended, 1922, 302; par. contained in first two lines
amended, 1923, 254 § 3; pars. 1 and 2 amended, 1923, 438 § 5; par. con-
tained in first four lines, as appearing in 1923, 438 § 5, revised, 1924, 26 § 2.

Sects. 30-51. See 1922, 362 § 1.

Sect. 32 amended, 1923, 424 § 1. (See 1921, 361.)

Sect. 32A added, 1923, 424 § 2 (relative to a minimum gross receipts
excise with respect to certain domestic business corporations).

Sect. 33 revised, 1922, 492 § 1. (See 1922, 492 § 2.)

Sect. 34A added, 1923, 254 § 1 (relative to the taxation of subsidiary
companies controlled bv- domestic business corporations); repealed, 1924,
26 § 1.

Sect. 39 amended, 1923, 424 § 3; par. contained in first twelve lines, as
appearing in 1923, 424 § 3, amended, 1924, 26 § 3. (See 1921, 361.)

Sect. 39A added, 1922, 492 § 2 (imposing a minimum tax upon foreign
business corporations doing business in this commonwealth) .

Sect. 39B added, 1923, 254 § 2 (relative to the taxation of subsidiary
companies controlled by foreign corporations); repealed, 1924, 26 § 1.

Sect. 39C added, 1923, 424 § 4 (relative to a minimum gross receipts
excise with respect to certain foreign corporations).

Sect. 45 amended, 1922, 520 § 7.

Sect. 48 amended, 1922, 520 § 8.

Sect. 53, cl. Fourth (part) amended, 1922, 49; last par. amended, 1923,
402 § 2.

Sect. 55, cl. Sixth added, 1923, 290 § 3 (certain deductions allowed
corporations owning stock of electric companies).

Sect. 56 amended, 1923, 378 § 6. (See 1922, 239.)

Sect. 56A added, 1923, 310 (providing an alternative method of de-
termining the value of corporate franchises of foreign telephone companies).

Sect. 58 revised, 1921, 394; affected, 1924, 247 § 1.

Sect. 58A added, 1924, 247 § 1 (placing upon an equal basis the taxation
of trust companies and national banks).

Sect. 60 amended, 1922, 520 § 9.

Sect. 61. See 1921, 406 § 1; 1923, 452.

Sects. 62, 65. See 1921, 406, relieving street railway, etc., companies
for years 1922 and 1923 from commutation or excise tax; time extended
for years 1924-1928, inclusive, see 1923, 452.

Sect. 70 amended, 1922, 520 § 10. (See 1921, 375 § 1.)

Sect. 71 amended, 1921, 123; 1922, 339 § 2.

Sect. 71A added, 1923, 402 § 3 (inspection of returns restricted).

Sect. 72 amended, 1922, 520 § 11; revised, 1923, 378 § 7.

Sects. 72-75. See 1921, 493 § 7.

Chaps. 64\-69.] GENERAL LaWS. 630

Sect. 73 amended, 1922, 520 § 12.
Sect. 75 amended, 1922, 520 § 13.
Sect. 76 amended, 1923, 140.
Sect. 77 amended, 1922, 520 § 14.
Sect. 78 amended, 1923, 362 § 56.

Chapter 64A. — Taxation of Sales of Gasoline and Certain Other Motor

Vehicle Fuel.

New chapter added byf 1923, 454.

Chapter 65. — Taxation of Legacies and Successions.

As to the collection of collateral legacy taxes under chapter 15 of the
Revised Laws and amendments thereof, see 1922, 520 § 24.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 347, 403 § 1; new paragraph added, 1924, 128.

Sect. 4 amended, 1922, 403 § 2.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 403 § 3.

Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 520 § 15.

Sect. 8 amended, 1922, 520 § 16.

Sect. 10 repealed, 1922, 403 § 4.

Sect. 11 revised, 1923, 176.

Sect. 13 amended, 1924, 300 § 1.

Sect. 14 amended, 1924, 300 § 2.

Sect. 15 revised, 1922, 300.

Sect. 23 amended, 1922, 520 § 17.

Sect. 25 amended, 1924, 300 § 3.

Sect. 27 amended, 1922, 520 § 18.

Sect. 30 amended, 1922, 520 § 19.

Sect. 31 amended, 1922, 520 § 20.

Sect. 32 amended, 1922, 339 § 3; revised, 1922, 520 § 21.

Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 520 § 22.

Sect. 34 amended, 1922, 520 § 23.

Chapter 66. — Public Records.

See 1920, 562; 1921, 171; 1922, 199, relative to the preservation and dis-
tribution of town records of births, marriages and deaths previous to 1850.
Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 362 § 57.
Sect. 10. See 1923, 337.

Chapter 67. — Parishes and Religious Societies.

Certificates of organization of parishes and religious societies filed in the
office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Chapter 69. — Powers and Duties of the Department of Education.

Special commission to investigate relative to the employment, training
and placement of the blind, 1924, 499.

Provision for an investigation relative to opportunities and methods for
technical and higher education in the commonwealth, 1922, Resolve 33;
time extended to December 26, 1923, 1923, Resolve 33.

t Operation of this act suspended pending referendum.

640 Changes in the [Chaps. 70-74.

Sect. 3 revised, 1923, 301 § 3.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 484,

Sect. 14 revised, 1924, 499 § 1.

Sect. 19 amended, 1924, 453 § 2.

Sect. 25 revised, 1921, 486 § 17; amended, 1923, 362 § 58. (See 1922,
545 §§ 10-12.)

Sect. 28 added, 1923, 361 (providing for the establishment of special
day classes for deaf pupils in the public schools of certain towns).

Chapter 70. — School Funds and Other State Aid for Public Schools.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 145 § 1.

Sect. 2 revised, 1921, 420 § 1.

Sect. 4 revised, 1921, 420 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 190.

Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 333 § 2; 1923, 145 § 2; revised, 1924, 222 § 2.

Sect. 11 revised, 1921, 420 § 3; amended, 1923, 472 § 1.

Sect. 14 amended, 1924, 455 § 1.

Sect. 16 amended, 1922, 333 § 3; 1923, 362 § 59.

Chapter 71. — Public Schools.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 360; 1923, 222 § 1.
Sect. 2 amended, 1923, 222 § 2.
Sect. 6 revised, 1921, 296 § 1.
Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 296 § 2; revised, 1923, 363.
Sect. 21 amended, 1922, 401.
Sect. 24 amended, 1922, 413.
Sect. 40 revised, 1921, 420 § 4.
Sect. 42 amended, 1921, 293.
Sect. 46 amended, 1922, 231.
Sect. 53 revised, 1921, 357 § 1.

Sects. 53 A and 53B added, 1921, 357 § 2 (enabling superintendency dis-
tricts and unions to employ school physicians and nurses, etc.).
Sect. 55 revised, 1922, 120.
Sect. 70 amended, 1921, 486 § 18.
Sect. 71 amended, 1923, 50.

Chapter 73. — State Normal Schools.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 486 § 19; 1923, 362 § 60.
Sect. 7 added, 1921, 92 (authorizing Department of Education to grant
degrees in education); amended, 1922, 274.

Chapter 74. — Vocational Education.

Sects. 1-24. See 1922, 521 § 2.

Sect. 8A added, 1923, 299 (relative to payment by certain towns for
the transportation of pupils attending outside vocational schools and to
state reimbursement therefor).

Sect. 10 revised, 1923, 364.

Sect. 20 revised, 1921, 462 § 3.

Sect. 21 amended, 1921, 462 § 4.

Sect. 22 amended, 1921, 462 § 5.

Chaps. 75-81.] GENERAL LawS. 641

Sect. 22A added, 1921, 462 § 6 (duties of state board for vocational
education).

Sect. 22B added, 1923, 434 (authorizing the state board for vocational
education to furnish aid during rehabilitation to certain persons).

Sects. 25-37 affected, 1924, 281.

Sect. 34 amended, 1924, 418.

Sect. 46A adcfed, 1921, 385 (authorizing state textile schools to make
certain tests).

Sect. 51 amended, 1923, 362 § 61.

Chapter 76. — Massachusetts Agricultural College.

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 362 § 62.

Sect. lOA added, 1922, 268 (authorizing the trustees of the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College to insure its memorial building and contents).
Sect. 17. See 1922, 182.
Sect. 21 amended, 1922, 182.

Chapter 76. — School Attendance.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 463. (See 1922, 376.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 272.
Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 214.

Chapter 77. — School OfiEenders and County Training Schools.
Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 173.

Chapter 78. — Libraries.
Sect. 15 revised, 1924, 114.

Chapter 79. — Eminent Domain.
Sect. 3 new paragraph added, 1924, 110.

Chapter 80. — Betterments.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 377 § 1.
Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 377 § 2.
Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 377 § 3.
Sect. 12 amended, 1923, 377 § 4.
Sect. 13 revised, 1923, 377 § 5.
Sect. 14 repealed, 1923, 377 § 6.

Chapter 81. — State Highways.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 57 § 1.

Sect. 3 amended, 1921, 260.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 427 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 446.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 112 § 2; 1923, 362 § 63.

Sect. 12 revised, 1921, 427 § 2. (See 1921, 427 § 1.)

Sect. 19 revised, 1923, 482 § 1.

642 Changes in the [Chaps. 82-90.

Sect, 19A added, 1924, 428 § 1 (requiring warning signs or lights at certain
dangerous places on state highways).

Sect. 25 revised, 1921, 428.

Sect. 26 amended, 1922, 281.

Sect. 26A added, 1921, 120 § 1 (providing for the participation of the
county in the improvement of public ways).

Chapter 82. — The Lasring Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance
of Public Ways, and Specific Repairs thereon.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 251 § 1.
Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 401.
Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 251 § 2.

Sect. 32 A added, 1924, 289 (relative to the discontinuance of certain
ways as public ways).

Chapter 83. — Sewers, Drains and Sidewalks.

Sect. 27 amended, 1921, 486 § 20.

Chapter 84. — Repair of Ways and Bridges.

Sect. 11 revised, 1923, 482 § 2.

Sect. IIA added, 1921, 120 § 2 (providing for the participation of the
county in the improvement of public ways).
Sect. 21 revised, 1922, 241.

Chapter 85. — Regulations and By-laws relative to Ways and Bridges.

Sect. lOA added, 1924, 296 (relative to the regulation of coasting on
public wavs).

Sect. 13 revised, 1921, 377.

Sect. 30 revised, 1922, 526.

Sect. 34 revised, 1923, 313 § 1.

Sect. 35 added, 1923, 313 § 2 (relative to the protection of highway
bridges from heavy loads).

Chapter 90. — Motor Vehicles and Aircraft.

Provision for an aircraft landing field, see 1922, 404; 1924, 368, 383.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 464 § 1 ; 1924, 189.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 303 § 1; 1923, 362 § 64; fourth par. amended,
1924, 427; eighth par. amended, 1924, 224.

Sect. 3 amended, 1923, 431 § 1.

Sects. 3A and 3B added, 1923, 431 § 2 (relative to jurisdiction and
service of process in actions against non-residents operating motor vehicles
in this commonwealth).

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 303 § 2; revised, 1923, 464 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 342 § 1.

Sect. 7 revised, 1921, 189, 434, 483; amended, 1922, 342 § 2; 1923,
335.

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 403 § 1; 1923, 464 § 3.

Sect. 9 amended, 1922, 303 § 3.

Chaps. 91-93.] GENERAL LaWS. 643

Sect. 10 amended, 1923, 464 § 4.
Sect. 12 amended, 1923, 464 § 5.
Sect. 20 amended, 1922, 130.
Sect. 21 revised, 1921, 349.
Sectt 22 amended, 1923, 464 § 6.
Sect. 23 amended, 1921, 304.
Sects. 23-25. See 1922, 36.
Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 183.
Sect. 28 amended, 1922, 202; 1923, 362 § 65.
Sect. 29 amended, 1923, 464 § 7; 1924, 364; revised, 1924, 498.
Sect. 30 amended, 1923, 464 § 8.
Sect. 31. See 1922, 36.

Sect. 31 A added, 1924, 457 (regulating the transportation of personal
property over public ways by motor vehicles).
Sect. 32 revised, 1924, 379.

Sect. 33 amended, 1921, 403 § 2; revised, 1923, 464 § 9.
Sect. 34 revised, 1921, 112 § 1.
Sects. 35^3 superseded, 1922, 534 § 1.

Chapter 91. — Waterways.

Sect. 12 revised, 1922, 262 § 1.

Sect. 18A added, 1923, 453 (providing access for the public to great
ponds).
Sect. 33 amended, 1923, 57 § 2.

Chapter 92. — Metropolitan Sewers, Water and Parks.

Commission to study further the water supply needs of the Metropolitan
Water District and certain other communities, 1924, 491.

Sect. 36 revised, 1923. 230.

Sect. 43 revised, 1924, 390 § 1.

Sect. 44 revised, 1924, 390 § 2.

Sect. 46 amended, 1924, 390 § 3.

Sect. 47 amended, 1924, 390 § 4.

Sect. 48 amended, 1922, 14.

Sect. 56 amended, 1921, 112 § 3.

Sect. 63 A added, 1923, 221 (authorizing the payment of reasonable
hospital, medical and surgical expenses of police officers of the metropolitan
district commission injured while on duty).

Sect. 64 revised, 1923, 350.

Sect. 99 amended, 1923, 362 § 66.

Chapter 93. — Regulation of Trade and Certain Enterprises.

Special Commission on the Necessaries of Life, 1919, 341, 365; 1920, 610,
628; 1921, 325; 1922, 343; 1923, 320; 1924, 99, 320.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 486 § 21.

Sect. 29 amended, 1924, 327.

Sect. 30 amended, 1924, 334 § 1.

Sect. 30A added, 1924, 490 (providing for abatement and removal of
certain billboards, signs and other devices).

Sect, 32 amended, 1924, 85.

644 Changes in the [Chap. 94.

Sects. 35 and 36 repealed, 1923, 470 § 3.

Sect. 37 revised, 1922, 395 § 1; repealed, 1923, 470 § 3.

Sect. 38 repealed, 1923, 470 § 3.

Sect. 39 revised, 1922, 395 § 2; repealed, 1923, 470 § 3.

Sect. 41 repealed, 1921, 486 § 22.

Chapter 94. — Inspection and Sale of Food, Drugs and Various Articles.

Special Commission on the Necessaries of Life, 1919, 341, 365; 1920, 610,
628; 1921, 325; 1922, 343; 1923, 320; 1924, 99, 320.

Sect. 7 revised, 1922, 186 § 1.

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 94; 1922, 186 § 2.

Sect. 9 amended, 1922, 186 § 3.

Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 186 § 4.

Sects. lOx-V-lOE added, 1921, 303 (regulating the manufacture and
bottling of certain non-alcoholic beverages).

Sect. 14A added. 1924, 310 § 1 (relative to "Grade A Milk").

Sect. 15 amended, 1924, 310 § 2.

Sect. 17A added, 1923, 170 (prohibiting the combination of certain fats
and oils with milk, cream or skimmed milk).

Sect. 43 amended, 1924, 122.

Sect. 51 amended, 1923, 84.

Sect. 74 revised, 1922, 17 § 1.

Sect. 76 revised, 1922, 17 § 2.

Sect. 81 revised, 1922, 338 § 1.

Sect. 82 revised, 1922, 338 § 2.

Sect. 92 A added, 1921, 486 § 23 (sale of decayed eggs).

Sect. 96 revised, 1922, 355 § 1.

Sect. 97 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sect. 99 amended, 1922, 355 § 2.

Sect. 99A added, 1921, 248 (establishing a standard for boxes and half
boxes for farm produce at wholesale).

Sect. 102 amended, 1924, 119 § 1.

Sect. 104 revised, 1924, 119 § 2.

Sect. 104A added, 1924, 119 § 3 (regulating the marking or branding of
open packages of apples).

Sect. 105 amended, 1924, 119 § 4.

Sect. 106 amended, 1924, 119 § 5.

Sect. 108 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sects. 117A-117F added, 1922, 438 § 1 (providing for the grading and
inspection of onions).

Sect. 119 amended, 1924, 496 § 1.

Sect. 120 A added, 1924,496 § 2 (regulating the fee for licenses for slaughter
houses in certain towns).

Sect. 142 amended, 1923, 425 § 1.

Sect. 143A added, 1923, 425 § 2 (relative to the sale of vegetable
sausages).

Sect. 150A added, 1921, 486 § 24 (penalizing the sale of unwholesome
food or drink, etc.).

Sect. 163 revised, 1922, 524.

Sect. 164 revised, 1922, 206.

Sect. 173 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sect. 177 amended, 1923, 155 § 3.

Chap. 96.] GENERAL LaWS. 645

Sect. 184A added, 1921, 486 § 25 (marking of packages, etc., of foods or
medicines containing certain drugs).

Sect. 185 repealed, 1921, 486 § 26.

Sect. 186, cl. Seventh added, 1923, 166 (prohibiting the inflation of
meat with gas or air).

Sect. 191 amended, 1924, 228.

Sect. 198 amended, 1924, 208.

Sect. 209 revised, 1922, 535 § 1; amended, 1924, 239 § 1.

Sect. 209A added, 1924, 239 § 2 (relative to permits to have in possession
hypodermic instruments).

Sect. 210 amended, 1922, 535 § 2.

Sect. 212 revised, 1922, 535 § 3.

Sect. 218 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sect. 219 amended, 1922, 355 § 3.

Sect. 220 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sect. 221 amended, 1922, 355 § 4.

Sect. 222 revised, 1922, 355 § 5.

Sect. 223 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8. '

Sect. 224 revised, 1922, 355 § 6.

Sect. 227 revised, 1922, 400 § 1.

Sect. 228 amended, 1922, 400 § 2.

Sect. 229 revised, 1922, 400 § 3.

Sect. 237 amended, 1922, 355 § 7.

Sects. 238-249. As to the appointment, duties, authority and powers
of a fuel administrator, see 1922, 544; 1923, 217; 1924, 320 § 3.

Sect. 240 amended, 1921, 95 § 2; 1923, 196 § 2.

Sect. 241 amended, 1921, 95 § 1; revised, 1923, 196 § 1.

Sect. 243 amended, 1921, 89 § 1.

Sect. 248 amended, 1921, 89 § 2; 1923, 155 § 2.

Sects. 249A-249F added, 1923, 155 § 1 (relative to the sale of coal).

Sect. 270 revised, 1923, 226 § 1.

Sect. 271 amended, 1923, 226 § 2.

Sect. 272 amended, 1923, 226 § 3.

Sect. 273 revised, 1923, 226 § 4.

Sect. 277 revised, 1923, 226 § 5.

Sects. 295A-295E added,* 1922, 427 § 2 (relative to wood alcohol), there-
tofore appearing as sections 34 to 38 of chapter 138.

Sect. 298 revised, 1921, 251 § 1.

Sect. 299 revised, 1921, 251 § 2.

Sect. 304 amended, 1921, 486 § 27.

Sect. 305 A added, 1924, 50 (relative to sanitary food, so called).

Chapter 96. — Survey of Lumber.

Sects. 1-6 repealed, 1924, 258 § 3.
Sect. 9 revised, 1924, 258 § 4.
Sect. 10 amended, 1924, 258 § 5.
Sect. 11 amended, 1924, 258 § 6.
Sect. 12 repealed, 1924, 258 § 3.

* Rejected on referendum.

646 Changes in the [Chaps. 9S-iio.

Chapter 98. — Weights and Measiires.

Sect. 12 revised, 1921, 263 § 1.

Sect. 13 revised, 1921, 263 § 2.

Sect. 14 revised, 1921, 263 § 3.

Sect. 18 revised, 1921, 45 § 1; affected, 1924, 90.

Sect. 19 revised, 1921, 45 § 2; affected, 1924, 90.

Sect. 22 revised, 1921, 374.

Sect. 29 amended, 1924, 258 § 7.

Sect. 41 amended, 1923, 32 § 1.

Sect. 42 amended, 1923, 32 § 2.

Sect. 58 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Chapter 100. — Auctioneers.
Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 127.

Chapter 101. — Transient Vendors, Hawkers and Pedlers.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 106 § 1; 1923, 102 § 1.
Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 106 § 2; 1923, 102 § 2.
Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 285.
Sect. 30 amended, 1923, 154.

Chapter 103. — Pilots.

Sects. 1-14 superseded, 1923, 390 § 1.
Sect. 15 amended, 1923, 390 § 2.
Sect. 16 revised, 1923, 390 § 3.
Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 390 § 4.
Sect. 29 repealed, 1923, 390 § 5.

Chapter 108A. — Partnerships.
New chapter added by 1922, 486.

Chapter 109. — Limited Partnerships.

Certificates and affidavits of limited partnerships filed in the oflice of the
State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Chapter repealed and superseded by 1923, 112 § 1.

Sect. 31 added, 1924, 231 (fees for filing certificates under the uniform
limited partnership act).

Chapter 109A. — Fraudulent Transfers of Real and Personal Property.

New chapter added by 1924, 147.

Chapter 110. — Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration thereof.

Sects. 8 and 9. (Certificates of registration of labels, insignia, etc., filed
in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.)
Sect. 21 revised, 1924, 37 § 1.
Sect. 22 revised, 1924, 37 § 2.

Chaps. IIOA, 111.] GENERAL LaWS. 647

Sect. 23 amended, 1924, 37 § 3.
Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 37 § 4.
Sect. 25 amended, 1924, 37 § 5.
Sect. 28 amended, 1924, 37 § 6.

Chapter llOA. — Promotion and Sale of Securities.

New chapter added by 1921, 499 § 1 ("Blue Sky Law ", so called).

Sect. 2, subdiv. (g) amended, 1924, 487 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 47; 1924, 487 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 435 § 1; 1924, 487 § 3.

Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 435 § 2.

Sect. 8 amended, 1922, 317 § 1; revised, 1922, 435 § 3; amended,

1923, 48; revised, 1924, 487 § 4.
Sect. 9 amended, 1924, 487 § 5.

Sect. 10, par. (6) amended, 1922, 317 § 2; 1924, 487 § 6.
Sect. 13 repealed, 1922, 259 § 2.
Sect. 15 revised, 1924, 487 § 7.

Chapter 111. — Public Health.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 322.

Sect. 11 repealed,* 1922, 427 § 11.

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 200.

Sect. 31 revised, 1924, 180.

Sect. 31 A added, 1921, 358 (providing for registration of collectors of
garbage, etc.).

Sect. 39 amended, 1921, 315 § 1.

Sect. 48 affected, 1921, 315 § 1.

Sect. 57 revised, 1924, 256.

Sects. 62A-62G added, 1924, 248 § 2 (relative to children's health camps).

Sects. 63, 68. See 1924, 477.

Sect. 63 amended, 1924, 477 § 3.

Sect. 65 A added, 1924, 508 § 1 (providing for treatment of extra-pul-
monary tuberculosis at Lakeville state sanatorium).

Sect. 66 revised, 1924, 460 § 1 ; amended, 1924, 500 § 3.

Sect. 68 repealed, 1924, 477 § 4.

Sect. 70 amended, 1923, 337.

Sects. 78-91 affected, 1924, 443, 500, 501.

Sect. 78 revised, 1924, 501 § 1.

Sect. 79 revised, 1924, 500 § 1.

Sect. 81 revised, 1924, 500 § 2.

Sect. 82 revised, 1922, 393 § 1; 1923, 113 § 1.

Sects. 83-85. See 1921, 185 (apportionment of expense incurred by
county of Middlesex for a tuberculosis hospital). See 1923, 429 (apportion-
ment of expense incurred by county of Essex for a tuberculosis hospital);

1924, 443 § 7.

Sect. 85 amended, 1923, 113 § 2.

Sect. 85 A added, 1923, 113 § 3 (authorizing county commissioners to
make temporary loans to provide funds for the care, maintenance and
repair of county tuberculosis hospitals).

• Rejected on referendum.

648 Changes in the [Chaps. 112-115.

Sect. 86 amended, 1922, 393 § 2.

Sect. 91 amended, 1924, 443 § 2; revised, 1924, 501 § 2.

Sect. 92 amended, 1924, 501 § 3.

Chapter 112. — Registration of Certain Professions and Occupations.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 340 § 1; 1924, 239 § 3.

Sect. 2A added, 1923, 13 (relative to the qualifications of applicants for
registration as qualified physicians).

Sect. 3 amended, 1921, '313, 409; revised, 1922, 340 § 2.

Sect. 9 A added, 1922, 426 (providing for the registration of medical stu-
dents for the limited practice of medicine).

Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 53.

Sect. 27 amended,* 1922, 427 § 12.

Sect. 32 amended,* 1922, 427 § 13.

Sect. 34 amended,* 1922, 427 § 14; 1923, 233 § 8.

Sect. 35 amended,* 1922, 427 § 15.

Sect. 36 amended,* 1922, 427 § 16.

Sect. 38 amended, 1921, 318.

Sect. 40 amended,* 1922, 427 § 17.

Sect. 45A added, 1921, 365 (providing for registration of dental
internes).

Sect. 48 revised, 1922, 221.

Sect. 51 amended, 1924, 103.

Sect. 61 revised, 1921, 478 § 1.

Sect. 65 revised, 1921, 478 § 2.

Sect. 82 amended, 1921, 419.

Sects. 87A-87E added, 1923, 470 § 2 (relative to the registration of
certified public accountants).

Chapter 114. — Cemeteries and Burials.

Certificates, articles of organization and amendment and affidavits re-
lating to cemetery and crematory corporations filed in the oflSce of the State
Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 45 revised, 1922, 176 § 1.

Sect. 47 revised, 1921, 333.

Sect. 50 amended, 1922, 176 § 2.

Chapter 115. — State and Military Aid, Soldiers' Relief, etc.

For a complete list of temporary war legislation prior to 1921, see Tables
of Changes for 1920 under chapter 16 of the Revised Laws, superseded by
chapter 33 of the General Laws.

See also 1921, 38, authorizing counties to pay their employees who
served in the world war the difference between their military and county
compensation.

As to allowances for the burial expenses of certain persons who died
overseas in the service of the United States in the world war, see 1923,
258.

Provision for allowances to certain organizations of persons w^ho served
in the world war for the expenses of certain military funerals or burials in
which they participate, see 1923, 396.

• Rejected on referendum.

Chaps. 116-122.] GENERAL LawS. 649

State pay and "bonus" for war service, 1917, 211, 332; 1918, 92; 1919,
283 (§ 17 repealed by 1924, 448 § 2) ; 1920, 51, 250, 609; 1922, 457. 1921,
326 and 1922, 240, extending time for filing applications for payments to
November 30, 1921, and further to November 30, 1923. Time limit for
filing applications abolished, 1924, 452. 1921, 354, entitling student nurses
of medical department of United States army during world war to receive
the "bonus ". 1924, 447, enlarging class of persons to whom payment may
be made. 1924, 448, entitling "yeomen F" to receive the "bonus".

Sect. 3A added, 1923, 181 (relative to the payment of state and military
aid and soldiers' relief).

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 222 §§ 1, 2; 1924, 357.

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 222 § 3; 1922, 229; 1924, 280.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 222 § 4.

Sect. 15 amended, 1923, 362 § 67.

Sect. 19 revised, 1924, 262.

Sect. 20 amended, 1923, 362 § 68; 1924, 266.

Chapter 116. — Settlement of Paupers.

Sect. 1, cl. Fifth amended, 1922, 177.
Sect. 5 revised, 1922, 479.

Chapter 117. — Support of Paupers by Cities and Towns.

Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 298.
Sect. 18 revised, 1924, 221.

Chapter 118. — Aid to Mothers with Dependent Children.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 376.

Chapter 120. — Massachusetts Training Schools.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 362 § 69.

Sect. 10 amended, 1923, 362 § 70.

Sect. 18 repealed, 1923, 245 § 2.

Sect. 23 amended, 1924, 78.

Chapter 121. — Powers and Duties of the Department of Public Welfare,
and the Massachusetts Hospital School.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 486 § 28.
Sect. 29 revised, 1922, 306.
Sect. 31 amended, 1924, 344.

Chapter 122. — State Infirmary and State Paupers.

Sect. 1 amended, 1924, 259 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 362 § 71.

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 362 § 72; revised, 1924, 259 § 2.

Sect. 15 amended, 1923, 177.

Sect. 19 amended, 1923, 362 § 73.

Sect. 24 amended, 1921, 430 § 2.

Sect. 25 amended, 1921, 430 § 3.

650 Changes in the [Chap. 123.

Chapter 123. — Commitineiit and Care of the Insane and Other Mental

Defectives.

Sect. 3A added, 1922, 519 § 2 (relative to the powers and duties of the
Department of Mental Diseases concerning the mental health of citizens).

Sect. 10 amended, 1924, 287 § 1.

Sect. 13A added, 1922, 519 § 3 (relative to the powers and duties of the
Division of Mental Hygiene in the Department of Mental Diseases).

Sect. 16 amended, 1921, 317 § 1.

Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 362 § 74. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 20 amended, 1921, 317 § 2; 1922, 410 § 4; 1923, 245 § 1.

Sect. 21 amended, 1924, 287 § 2.

Sect. 22A added, 1923, 467 § 1 (relative to the commitment of insane
persons to the Bridgewater state hospital, and to the transfer or discharge
of inmates thereof).

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 410 § 5.

Sect. 32 amended, 1922, 193; 1923, 362 § 75.

Sect. 34A added, 1924, 287 § 3 (relative to licensing physicians to have
charge of federal institutions for the care of insane veterans).

Sect. 45 amended, 1922, 410 § 6.

Sect. 46 amended, 1922, 410 § 7.

Sect. 51 amended, 1922, 410 § 8.

Sect. 62 amended, 1922, 535 § 4.

Sect. 66 amended, 1922, 410 § 9.

Sect. 66A added, 1921, 441 § 1 (commitment of feeble-minded persons
to supervision of Department of Mental Diseases, etc.) ; revised, 1924, 88 § 1.

Sect. 67 amended, 1922, 410 § 10.

Sect. 77 amended, 1924, 19.

Sect. 80 revised, 1922, 535 § 5.

Sect. 88A added, 1922, 337 (providing for the parole of inmates of
state schools for the feeble-minded).

Sect. 89 amended, 1922, 535 § 6.

Sect. 89A added, 1921, 441 § 2 (discharge of certain feeble-minded persons
committed under § 66A) ; amended, 1924, 88 § 2.

Sect. 89B added, 1921, 441 § 2 (relative to petitions for discharge of
certain feeble-minded persons committed under § 66A).

Sect. 91 amended, 1922, 410 § 11.

Sect. 93 amended, 1922, 410 § 12.

Sect. 96 amended, 1921, 317 § 3.

Sect. 100 amended, 1923, 467 § 2.

Sect. lOOA added, 1921, 415 (investigation by Department of Mental
Diseases of certain persons held for trial); amended, 1923, 331.

Sect. 101 amended, 1923, 467 § 3.

Sect. 105 amended, 1923, 467 § 4.

Sect. 113 revised, 1921, 270 § 1; 1922, 535 § 7.

Sect. 114 revised, 1922, 535 § 8.

Sect. 115 revised, 1922, 535 § 9.

Sect. 117 amended, 1921, 270 § 2; revised, 1922, 535 § 10.

Sect. 118 amended, 1922, 535 § 11.

Sect. 119 amended, 1922, 535 § 12.

Sect. 121 amended, 1923, 397.

Sect. 124 amended, 1922, 535 § 13.

Chaps. 125-129.] GENERAL LaWS. 651

Chapter 126. — Penal and Reformatory Institutions of the Commonwealth.

As to the commitment of drug addicts and dipsomaniacs to institutions
under the Department of Correction, see 1922, 535 §§ 4-13.
Sect. 3 amended, 1923, 362 § 76.
Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 362 § 77.
Sect. 14 amended, 1924, 260.
Sect. 26 amended, 1923, 362 § 78.
Sect. 34 revised, 1923, 362 § 79.
Sect. 42 repealed, 1921, 486 § 29.
Sect. 49 amended, 1923, 362 § 80.

Sects. 51 and 52 repealed, 1923, 362 § 81. (See 1922, 545 §§ 10-16.)
Sect. 53. See 1922, 545 §§ 10-16.
Sect. 54 amended, 1923, 362 § 82.

Chapter 127. — Officers and Inmates of Penal and Reformatory Institu-
tions, Paroles and Pardons.

As to the commitment of drug addicts and dipsomaniacs to institutions
under the Department of Correction, see 1922, 535 §§ 4-13.

Sect. 16 amended, 1924, 309 § 1.

Sect. 17 revised, 1924, 309 § 2.

Sect. 18 amended, 1924, 309 § 3.

Sects. 51-78. See 1922, 545 §§ 10-12.

Sect. 57 revised, 1923, 362 § 83.

Sect. 71 amended, 1923, 362 § 84.

Sect. 90A added, 1923, 52 (allowing inmates of penal institutions to
attend the funerals of their spouses and next of kin).

Sect. 127 amended, 1923, 150.

Sect. 160 amended, 1924, 299.

Sect. 161 amended, 1923, 362 § 85.

Chapter 128. — Agriculture.

Provision for co-operation between the United States Department of
Agriculture and the commonwealth in the collection and publication of
agricultural statistics, 1921, 253.

Provision for an investigation relative to grading and marketing methods
prevailing among tobacco growers in this commonwealth, 1922, Resolve 32.

Sect. 2, cl. (/) revised, 1921, 206.

Sect. 8 revised, 1922, 438 § 2.

Sect. 14 amended, 1924, 94 § 1.

Sect. 23 amended, 1923, 362 § 86.

Sect. 30 amended, 1923, 147 § 1.

Sect. 31A added, 1923, 147 § 2 (relative to the disposition of corn stalks
and stubble in connection with the suppression of the European corn borer).

Sect. 39. See 1921, Resolve 5 (providing for preparation and publica-
tion of a report on the birds of Massachusetts); 1924, Resolve 36.

Chapter 129. — Animal Industry.

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 353 § 1.

Sect. 12 revised, 1922, 353 § 2 (repealed by 1922, 353 § 4 from and
after August 1, 1923).

652 Changes in the [Chaps. 130, 131.

Sect. 12A added, 1924, 304 § 1 (relative to compensation by the com-
monwealth in certain cases where cattle afFected with tuberculosis are
killed).

Sect. 26 A added, 1924, 495 (relative to the admission into the common-
wealth of cattle to be used for dairy purposes).

Sect. 33 revised, 1922, 353 § 3.

Sect. 33A added, 1922, 137 (providing for certain requirements in case
of the transfer of possession of bovine animals which have reacted to the
tuberculin test); revised, 1924, 156.

Chapter 130. — Powers and Duties of the Division of Fisheries and Game .

Fisheries.

Possession of protected fish permitted under certain conditions if lawfully
caught in this commonwealth or elsewhere, 1922, 187 § 1.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 187 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1924, 184.

Sect. 22 revised, 1922, 124.

Sect. 23 revised, 1921, 467 § 9.

Sect. 28A added, 1924, 191 (relative to the establishment of breeding
areas in certain great ponds).

Sect. 49 revised, 1923, 269.

Sect. 58 revised, 1923, 268 § 1.

Sects. 58-60. See 1921, 224 (imposing temporary restrictions on taking
of pickerel).

Sect. 59 revised, 1923, 268 § 2.

Sect. 61 amended, 1922, 148; revised, 1923, 268 § 3.

Sect. 62 A added, 1923, 212 (relative to the taking, possession and sale
of pike perch).

Sect. 64 amended, 1921, 197; revised, 1922, 444.

Sect. 77 A added, 1922, 108 (relative to fishing with floats in fresh water
ponds).

Sect. 78A added, 1921, 188 (imposing restrictions on the taking of fresh
water fish); revised, 1923, 268 § 4.

Sect. 84A added, 1922, 80 (issuing of permits for the taking of shellfish
by unnaturalized foreign -born persons).

Sect. 104 revised, 1921, 116 § 1; amended, 1922, 161; 1924, 96 § 1. ' '

Sect. 145 revised, 1921, 24.

Chapter 131. — Preservation of Certain Birds and Animals. Hunting and

Fishing Licenses.

Provision for preparation and publication of a report on the birds of
Massachusetts, 1921, Resolve 5; 1924, Resolve 36.

Taking of quail in the counties of Dukes, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire,
Middlesex, Norfolk, Worcester and Nantucket prohibited until the year
1925, 1922, 89; 1923, 182.

Possession of protected birds and quadrupeds permitted under certain
conditions if lawfully taken or killed in this commonwealth or elsewhere,
1922, 187 § 2.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 187 § 2.

Sect. 3 revised, 1921, 467 § 1.

Chap. 132.] GENERAL LawS. 653

Sect. 4 revised, 1921, 467 § 2.

Sect. 6 revised, 1921, 467 § 3.

Sect. 7 revised, 1921, 467 § 4.

Sect. 8 revised, 1921, 467 § 5.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 467 § 6.

Sect. 10 amended, 1924, 325.

Sect. 13 revised, 1921, 467 § 7.

Sect. 14 revised, 1921, 467 § 8.

Sect. 16 amended, 1923, 68.

Sect. 19 amended, 1921, 75.

Sect. 29 revised, 1921, 107 § 1.

Sect. 30 revised, 1921, 107 § 2.

Sect. 33 amended, 1924, 211 § 1.

Sect. 37 amended, 1922, 171 § 1; revised, 1923, 307 § 1.

Sect. 39 revised, 1923, 307 § 2.

Sect. 44A added, 1924, 211 § 2 (relative to the killing, etc., of ruflFed
grouse). See also 1924, 211 § 1.

Sect. 45 amended, 1923, 99 § 1.

Sect. 46 amended, 1921, 152; 1922, 117 § 2; revised, 1922, 160.

Sect. 46xA. added, 1922, 117 § 1 (relative to the importation of live hares
and rabbits for purposes of propagation or liberation).

Sect. 48 amended, 1923, 99 § 2; revised, 1924, 130.

Sect. 51 revised, 1921, 121.

Sect. 51A added, 1923, 185 (requuing annual reports to the division of
fisheries and game relative to fur-bearing animals caught or killed in this
commonwealth) .

Sect. 58 amended, 1923, 99 § 3.

Sect. 61 revised, 1922, 183.

Sect. 66 revised, 1922, 128.

Sect. 67 revised, 1921, 257.

Sect. 69 amended, 1923, 301 § 1.

Sect. 72 amended, 1921, 55.

Sect. 81 amended, 1922, 171 § 2; 1923, 307 § 3.

Sect. 82A added, 1921, 90 (relative to the release of wild birds or animals).

Sect. 85 amended, 1921, 159.

Chapter 132. — Forestry.

Mohawk Trail State Forest established, 1921, 344.

Sect. 2 revised, 1924, 284 § 1.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 271 § 1.

Sect. 14 amended, 1923, 311; revised, 1923, 472 § 2.

Sect. 16 amended, 1923, 472 § 3.

Sect. 30 amended, 1922, 185; revised, 1923, 288 § 1.

Sect. 33 amended, 1921, 238; 1923, 288 § 2.

Sect. 34A added, 1923, 288 § 3 (relative to the sale or exchange of forest
and certain other lands under the supervision of the department of con-
servation and to the granting of certain rights of way and locations for
telephone, etc., lines thereon).

Sect. 35 amended, 1924, 24.

Sects. 38 and 39 added, 1924, 284 § 2 (relative to state trails or paths).

654 Changes in the [Ch.\ps. i36-140.

Chapter 136. — Observance of the Lord's Day.

Sect. 6 amended,* 1922, 427 § 18.
Sect. 7 amended,* 1922, 427 § 19.
Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 119.

Chapter 138. — Intoxicating Liquors and Certain Non -Intoxicating

Beverages.

Sect. 2A added,t 1923, 370 (relative to the manufacture, transportation,
importation or exportation of intoxicating liquors and certain non-intoxi-
cating beverages).

Sects. 4-9. See 1921, 356, 450.

Sect. 8 affected, 1921, 356, 450.

Sect. 15 amended, 1922, 285.

Sect. 18 amended, 1923, 233 § 1.

Sect. 25 revised, 1923, 233 § 2.

Sect. 28 amended, 1923, 233 § 3.

Sects. 30 and 31 repealed, 1923, 233 § 4.

Sect. 32 amended, 1923, 233 § 5.

Sect. 43 amended, 1923, 291.

Sect. 54 revised, 1921, 495; amended, 1922, 22.

Sect. 69 revised, 1923, 329.

Sect. 75 amended, 1923, 435.

Sect. 87 amended, 1923, 233 § 6.

Sect. 88 amended, 1923, 233 § 7.

Chapter 138 and amendments repealed by * 1922, 427 § 1 and super-
seded by * 1922, 427 § 1 (Chapter 138. Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors)
and by * 1922, 427 § 2, inserting in chapter 94 new sections 295A-295E.

Chapter 139. — Common Nuisances.

Sect. 14 amended,* 1922, 427 § 20.
Sect. 16 amended,* 1922, 427 § 21.
Sect. 17 repealed,* 1922, 427 § 22.
Sect. 18 amended,* 1922, 427 § 23.
Sect. 19 amended,* 1922, 427 § 24.
Sect. 20 amended,* 1922, 427 § 25.

Chapter 140. — Licenses.

Sect. 10 amended, 1924, 129.

Sects. 21A-21D added, 1922, 392 (authorizing cities and towns to pro-
vide for licensing the sale of certain beverages).
Sect. 23 revised, 1921, 59.
Sect. 58 revised, 1923, 30.
Sect. 66 revised, 1923, 218.
Sect. 121 amended, 1922, 485 § 1.
Sect. 122 revised, 1922, 485 § 2.

* Rejected on referendum.

t Operation of this act suspended pending referendum.

Chaps. 141-147.] GENERAL LawS. 655

Sect. 122A added, 1922, 485 § 3 (relative to the recording of licenses to
sell, rent or lease firearms).

Sect. 123 revised, 1922, 485 § 4.

Sect. 125 amended, 1922, 485 § 5.

Sect. 127 amended, 1922, 485 § 6.

Sect. 129A added, 1922, 485 § 7 (unnaturalized foreign-born persons re-
stricted as to firearms).

Sect. 130 amended, 1922, 485 § 8.

Sect. 131 revised, 1922, 485 § 9.

Sect. 133 revised,* 1922, 427 § 26.

Sect. 157 amended, 1924, 113.

Sect. 182 A added, 1924, 497 § 1 (tickets to theatres and other places of
public amusement to have price printed on face).

Sects. 185A-185G added, 1924, 497 § 2 (regulating the sale and resale
of tickets to theatres and other places of public amusement).

Chapter 141. — Supervision of Electricians.

Sect. 3, cl. (3) revised, 1921, 221 § 1; cl. (5) amended, 1921, 221 § 2.

Chapter 142. — Supervision of Plumbing.

Provision for a continuance of the investigation as to standardizing mu-
nicipal regulations relative to plumbing and drainage, 1921, Resolve 40;
1922, Resolve 19; 1923, Resolve 6.

Sect. 11 amended, 1923, 194.

Chapter 143. — Inspection and Regulation of, and Licenses for, Buildings,
Elevators and Cinematographs.

Boston building laws, 1907, 550; 1908, 336; 1909, 313; 1910, 284, 631;
1911, 342; 1912, 369, 37C; 1913, 50, 577, 586, 704, 729; 1914, 119, 205,
248, 595, 628, 782, 786; 1915, Sp. Acts 254, 333, 346, 352; 1916, Sp. Acts
248, 277; 1917, Sp. Acts 221; 1918, Sp. Acts 104, 115, 179; 1919, Sp.
Acts 155, 156, 163; 1920, 91, 266, 440, 455; 1921, 60, 289, 476; 1922, 61,
126, 174, 316; 1923, 108, 278, 462; 1924, 136, 335, 412, 414.

Sect. 72 amended, 1923, 478 § 1.

Sects. 86-88 added, 1923, 478 § 2 (relative to the use in schools and for
other purposes of moving picture apparatus adapted to standard width
safety films).

Chapter 146. — Inspection of Boilers, Air Tanks, etc., Licenses of Engineers,
Firemen, and Operators of Hoisting Machinery.

Sect. 28 repealed, 1924, 461.

Chapter 147. — State and Other Police, and Certain Powers and Duties of
the Department of Public Safety.

Sect. 2 revised, 1921, 164.

Sect. 10 revised, 1924, 218.

Sects. 52-59 added,* 1921, 438 § 2 (moving picture censorship).

• Rejected on referendum.

656 Changes in the [Chaps. 148-152.

Chapter 148. — Fire Prevention.

Sect. 2 revised, 1921, 485 § 1.

Sect. 10 revised, 1921, 273, 485 § 2.

Sect. 12 revised, 1921, 255; amended, 1924, 398.

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 485 § 3; revised, 1924, 254.

Sects. 15-18 affected, 1921, 485 § 1.

Sect. 19 revised, 1921, 485 § 4.

Sect. 21 affected, 1921, 485 § 1.

Sect. 23 affected, 1921, 485 § 1.

Sect. 31 amended, 1921, 485 § 5.

Sect. 54 amended, 1921, 104.

Sect. 57 amended, 1924, 80. ^

Sects. 57A-57G added, 1921, 500 (providing for the giving of bonds in
connection with the manufacture, wholesale storage or public exhibition of
fireworks).

Sect. 62 revised, 1921, 485 § 6.

Sect. 66 amended, 1921, 485 § 7.

Chapter 149. — Labor and Industries.

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 306 § 5.

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 306 § 6.

Sect. 15 amended, 1921, 306 § 7.

Sect. 17 amended, 1921, 306 § 8.

Sect. 30 amended, 1923, 236.

Sect. 34 revised, 1924, 237.

Sect. 56 amended, 1921, 280.

Sect. 60 amended, 1921, 410 § 2.

Sect. 65 revised, 1921, 351 § 1; 410 § 3.

Sect. 69 amended, 1921, 410 § 1.

Sect. 70 revised, 1921, 410 § 4.

Sect. 86 amended, 1921, 351 § 2. (See 1922, 401.)

Sect. 89. See 1922, 401.

Sect. 94 amended, 1921, 351 § 3.

Sect. 95 amended, 1921, 341.

Sect. 120 revised, 1921, 50.

Sect. 141 amended, 1921, 53.

Sect. 148 amended, 1921, 51; 1923, 136; revised, 1924, 145.

Sect. 177A added, 1922, 215 (prohibiting employers from exempting
themselves from liability for certain injuries to employees).

Sect. 179A added, 1922, 517 (providing a preference to citizens in award-
ing contracts for public work).

Chapter 152. — Workmen's Compensation.

Sect. 3 repealed, 1921, 462 § 8.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 462 § 7.

Sect. 29 amended, 1923, 163; 1924, 207.

Sect. 31 revised, 1922, 402.

Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 368.

Sect. 45 revised, 1921, 310.

Chaps. 155-159.] GENERAL LawS. 657

Sect. 49 amended, 1923, 125.
Sect. 54 repealed, 1923, 139 § 1.
Sect. 55 amended, 1923, 139 § 2.
Sect. 69 revised, 1924, 434.

Chapter 155. — General Provisions relative to Corporations.

Sect. 3A added, 1924, 166 (requiring certain public service corporations
to make certain deposits of funds in national banks and trust companies).

Sect. 5A added, 1921, 268 § 1 (relative to provision for depreciation by
companies under the supervision of the Department of Public Utilities).

Sect. 10. (Articles of amendment and certificates of change of name
of certain corporations filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed
recorded, see 1922, 151.)

Sect. 22 amended, 1923, 172.

Chapter 156. — Business Corporations.

Certificates, articles of organization and amendment and affidavits re-
lating to business corporations filed in the office of the State Secretary
deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 2 amended, 1923, 438 § 1. (See 1923, 438 § 6).

Sect. 28 revised, 1924, 91 § 1.

Sect. 30 amended, 1924, 91 § 2.

Chapter 157. — Co-operative Corporations.

Certificates, articles of organization and amendment and affidavits re-
lating to co-operative associations filed in the office of the State Secretary
deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 3 amended, 1923, 438 § 2.

Sect. 4 revised, 1921, 297.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 438 § 3.

Sects. 10-18 added, 1923, 438 § 4 (relative to the incorporation of agri-
cultural and other co-operative corporations without capital stock).

Chapter 158. — Certain Miscellaneous Corporations.

Certificates, articles of organization and amendment and affidavits re-
lating to certain public service corporations filed in the office of the State
Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sects. 41, 42. See 1924, 44 § 1.

Sect. 43 re\4sed, 1924, 44 § 3.

Sects. 46-54. See 1922, 488 § 2.

Chapter 159. — Common Carriers.

Sect. 42 repealed, 1922, 259 § 2.
Sect. 59 amended, 1923, 351 § 1.
Sect. 61 amended, 1923, 351 § 2.
Sect. 62 amended, 1923, 351 § 3.

Sect. 86. (Certificates of organization of certain relief corporations
filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.)

658 Changes in the [Chaps. 160-164.

Chapter 160. — Railroads.

Certificates relative to railroad corporations filed in the office of the State
Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151,
Sect. 128 amended, 1922, 116.

Chapter 161. — Street Railways.

Boston Elevated Railway Companv, public operation of, 1918, Sp. Acts
159; 1919, Sp. Acts 244, 245, 250, 251; 1920, 613, 637; 1921, 108.

Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, formerly Bay State
Street Railway Company, public operation of, 1918, Sp. Acts 188; 1919,
Sp. Acts 247; 1920, 505; 1921, 223.

Act to assure the continued operation of the lines of the Berkshire Street
Railway Company, 1921, 479. See 1924, 293.

Certificates relative to street railway companies filed in the office of the
State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 4, par. (h) amended, 1923, 491 § 1.

Sect. 7, first par. amended, 1924, 205.

Sect. 20A added, 1923, 491 § 3 (authorizing a change of the par value
of shares of capital stock issued by street railway companies).

Sect. 85 revised, 1923, 482 § 3.

Sect. 98 amended, 1922, 430.

Sect. 136, par. (i) amended, 1923, 491 § 2.

Sect. 161 added, 1923, 296 (authorizing cities and towns to contribute
toward the cost of street railway service therein).

Chapter 162. — Electric Railroads.

Certificates relative to electric railroads filed in the office of the State
Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Chapter 163. — Trackless Trolley Companies.

Certificates relative to trackless trolley companies filed in the office of
the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Chapter 164. — Manufacture and Sale of Gas and Electricity.

Temporary act, in force until June 1, 1925, relative to the rate of interest
on bonds of gas, electric and water companies, 1920, 581, 634; 1921, 264.

Certificates relative to gas and electric companies filed in the office of the
State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 354 § 1; 1923, 290 § 1.

Sect. 8 revised, 1922, 354 § 2; amended, 1924, 44 § 1. (See 1924, 44 § 2.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 269.

Sect. 9A added, 1923, 290 § 2 (relative to the corporate purposes of
certain electric companies).

Sect. 13 amended, 1922, 223; 1924, 173.

Sect. 14 revised, 1921, 230 § 1.

Sect. 18 amended, 1922, 226 § 1.

Sect. 19 amended, 1921, 246; 1922, 226 § 2; 1924, 172.

Chaps. 165-168.] GENERAL LawS. 659

Sect. 22. See 1924, 44 § 2.
Sect. 33 revised, 1924, 44 § 2. ^

Sect. 57A added, 1922, 184 (relative to appropriations for the mainte-
nance of municipal light plants).
Sect. 63 amended, 1923, 85.
Sect. 72 revised, 1924, 433.
Sect. 77 amended, 1921, 48.
Sect. 84 amended, 1923, 90.
Sect. 97 amended, 1924, 146.
Sect. 116 amended, 1923, 162.
Sect. 119 amended, 1921, 404.

Chapter 165. — Water and Aqueduct Companies,

Temporary act, in force until June 1, 1925, relative to the rate of interest
on bonds of gas, electric and water companies, 1920, 581, 634; 1921, 264.

Sect. 13. (Certificates of payment of capital of aqueduct corporations
filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.)

Chapter 166. — Telephone and Telegraph Companies, and Lines for the
Transmission of Electricity.

Sect. 1. (Certificates of payment of capital of telephone and telegraph
companies filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see
1922, 151.)

Sect. 4 revised, 1921, 230 § 2.

Chapter 167. — Banks and Banking.

Sect. 2 revised, 1922, 363 § 1; amended, 1923, 406 § 1.
Sect. 8 revised, 1922, 367.
Sect. 9 amended, 1922, 104.
Sect. 12 amended, 1921, 78 § 1; 1922, 114.
Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 78 § 2.
Sect. 15 amended, 1921, 153; repealed, 1923, 40 § 2.
Sect. 17 revised, 1924, 255.
Sect. 21 repealed, 1922, 411.
Sects. 22-35. See 1922, 291.
Sect. 24 amended, 1922, 488 § 1.
Sect. 31 amended, 1921, 471.
Sect. 37. See 1922, 114.

Sects. 46 and 47 added, 1922, 312 (fixing responsibility and providing
additional penalties for violation of laws relative to banks).

Chapter 168. — Savings Banks.

Sect. 10. (Certificates and articles of organization of savings banks filed
in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.)

Sect. 14 amended, 1922, 258 § 1.

Sect. 14A added, 1922, 258 § 2 (providing for the election of trustees of
savings banks in groups).

Sect. 24 revised, 1922, 265 § 1.

Sect. 31 amended, 1924, 67 § 1.

660 Changes in the [Chaps. 169-i71.

Sect. 31A added, 1923, 40 § 1 (limiting the restriction on joint accounts
in banks to those in savings banks); amended, 1924, 67 § 2.

Sect. 32 A added, 1921, 79 (authorizing savings banks to estabhsh and
maintain safe deposit vaults).

Sect. 33A added, 1923, 37 (permitting savings banks to transmit money
to another state or country).

Sect. 43 amended, 1923, 362 § 87.

Sect. 51 amended, 1921, 292 § 1; revised, 1922, 468 § 1.

Sect. 51A added, 1922, 468 § 2 (requiring savings banks to make loans
to depositors on deposit books).

Sect. 54, cl. Sixth amended, 1921, 229; 1922, 159 § 1; cl. Ninth (c)
amended, 1922, 159 § 2; cl. Ninth (e) (3) amended, 1922, 159 § 3; 1924,
68.

Chapter 169. — Deposits with Others Than Banks.

Sect. 1 revised,t 1923, 473 § 1.
Sect. 2 revised,! 1923, 473 § 2.
Sect. 3 revised,! 1923, 473 § 3.
Sect. 12 revised,! 1923, 473 § 4.

Sect. ISA added,t 1923, 473 § 5 (regulating the dealing in foreign ex-
change by foreign bankers, so called).
Sect. 16 revised,! 1923, 473 § 6.
Sect. 18 revised,! 1923, 473 § 7.

Chapter 170. — Co-operative Banks.

Certificates and articles of organization of co-operative banks filed in the
office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 7 amended, 1923, 100.

Sect. 12 amended, 1921, 242; 1924, 223 § 1. ^

Sect. 15A added, 1924, 223 § 2 (limiting the issuance and holding of
shares in co-operative banks).

Sect. 19 amended, 1922, 208.

Sect. 27 amended, 1921, 211.

Sect. 31 amended, 1921, 158; 1922, 212; 1923, 21.

Sect. 41 amended, 1921, 157 § 1.

Sect. 42 amended, 1921, 157 § 2.

Sect. 47 amended, 1922, 256.

Chapter 171. — Credit Unions.

Certificates and articles of organization of credit unions filed in the
office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 147 § 1; 1923, 38.

Sect. 4 A added, 1923, 294 § 1 (permitting domestic corporations, volun-
tary associations and partnerships to become limited members of credit
unions) .

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 294 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 294 § 3.

Sect. 13 amended, 1922, 147 § 2.

Sect. 14 amended, 1922, 147 § 3.

Sect. 15, first paragraph amended, 1922, 147 § 4.

t Operation of this act suspended pending referendum.

Chaps. 172, 175.] GENERAL LawS. 661

Sect. 16A added, 1923, 143 § 1 (providing for a reserve fund for credit
unions).

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 147 § 5; 1923, 294 § 4.
Sect. 23 amended, 1923, 54, 143 § 2.
Sect. 27 revised, 1923, 55.

Chapter 172. — Trust Companies.

Certificates and articles of organization of trust companies and certificates
of increase and reduction of capital filed in the office of the State Secretary
deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 41. (See 1923, 121.)

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 263 § 1.

Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 263 § 2.

Sect. 11 revised, 1922, 293.

Sect. 13 amended, 1922, 265 § 2.

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 352.

Sects. 20-22 repealed, 1923, 406 § 2.

Sect. 23 repealed, 1922, 363 § 2.

Sect. 24 revised, 1922, 488 § 2.

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 488 § 3.

Sect. 26 amended, 1924, 162.

Sects. 28-30 repealed, 1923, 406 § 2.

Sect. 30A added, 1922, 310 (subjecting interdepartment transfers of
assets by trust companies to the supervision of the Commissioner of Banks).

Sect. 39 amended, 1922, 264.

Sect. 40 amended, 1921, 194.

Sect. 41 revised, 1922, 321.

Sect. 44 amended, 1922, 292.

Sect. 46 revised, 1922, 396.

Sect. 65 amended, 1922, 365.

Sect. 66 amended, 1921, 292 § 2; revised, 1922, 468 § 3.

Sect. 66A added, 1922, 468 § 4 (requiring savings departments of trust
companies to make loans to depositors on deposit books).

Sect. 73 amended, 1922, 294.

Sect. 76 amended, 1922, 291.

Sect. 80 revised, 1922, 394.

Chapter 175. — Insurance,

Certificates and articles of organization and amendment relative to in-
surance companies filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded,
see 1922, 151.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 165 § 1.

Sect. 2A added, 1921, 277 § 1 (relative to contracts of reinsurance).

Sect. 3 amended, 1924, 406 § 1.

Sect. 3A added, 1924, 406 § 2 (relative to administration of certain
insurance laws by commissioner of insurance).

Sect. 8 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.

Sect. 8A added, 1923, 197 (extending the authority of the commissioner
of insurance relative to hearings).

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 213.

Sect. 10 revised, 1924, 406 § 3.

662 Changes in the [Chap. i75.

Sect. 13 repealed, 1923, 39 § 3.

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 166; revised, 1924, 450 § 1.

Sect. 16 amended, 1924, 450 § 2.

Sect. 18, first paragraph amended, 1924, 285 § 2.

Sect. 19A added, 1921, 172 (relative to the merger of insurance com-
panies); revised, 1923, 192.

Sect. 20 amended, 1921, 277 § 2.

Sect. 22 amended, 1924, 406 § 18.

Sect. 25, Form A, Item 32 (6) revised, 1921, 165 § 2; first paragraph
amended, 1923, 86.

Sect. 26 amended, 1924, 406 § 4.

Sect. 31A added, 1923, 373 (extending the territory within which in-
surance business may be transacted by domestic insurance companies
otherwise restricted by their charters).

Sect. 32 revised, 1921, 190.

Sect. 37 amended, 1921, 144.

Sects. 38^3 repealed, 1923, 120.

Sect. 46A added, 1922, 407 (giving preference to certain claims against
insolvent domestic liability insurance companies).

Sect, 46B added, 1923, 118 § 2 (requiring domestic insurance companies
to file copies of their by-laws and amendments with the commissioner of
insurance).

Sect. 47, cl. Second amended, 1921, 198; cl. Fourteenth added, 1921,
215 § 1 (authorizing writing of insurance in foreign countries); cl. Fifteenth
added, 1921, 277 § 3 (relating to reinsurance).

Sect. 48 amended, 1921, 215 § 2; 277 § 4; 1923, 39 § 1; 1924, 406 § 5.

Sect. 48A added, 1924, 406 § 6 (relative to the organization of mutual
insurance companies).

Sect. 49 amended, 1921, 277 § 5; revised, 1924, 406 § 7; amended, 1924,
450 § 3.

Sect. 50 revised, 1924, 253; amended, 1924, 450 § 4.

Sect. 51, cl. (a) amended, 1923, 39 § 2; cl. (g) revised, 1924, 298 § 1;
amended, 1924, 450 § 5.

Sect. 53 repealed, 1922, 76.

Sect. 54, cl. (b) revised, 1923, 153; cl. (g) revised, 1924, 298 § 2; amended,
1924, 450 § 6.

Sect. 55. See 1921, 486 § 30.

Sect. 56 amended, 1924, 450 § 7.

Sect. 60. See 1922, 77.

Sect. 63, cl. 7 (a) added, 1921, 215 § 3; revised, 1923, 297 § 1.

Sect. 65 amended, 1923, 297 § 2.

Sect. 66 revised, 1923, 297 § 3.

Sect. 70 amended, 1924, 450 § 8.

Sect. 71 amended, 1924, 450 § 9.

Sect. 80 amended, 1921, 160.

Sect. 81 affected, 1921, 372.

Sect. 91 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.

Sect. 93 amended, 1921, 486 § 30.

Sect. 94 amended, 1922, 77.

Sect. 99, cl. First revised, 1923, 137; first paragraph amended, 1924,
285 § 3.

Sect. 100 amended, 1923, 152, 198 § 1; revised, 1924, 406 § 8.

Chap. 175.] GENERAL LaWS. 663

Sects. 102A and 102B added, 1924, 285 § 1 (relative to the issuance by
fire insurance companies of a single policy of insurance on which they are
severally liable.)

Sect.' 103 repealed, 1923, 336 § 2. *

Sect. 105 amended, 1924, 406 § 9. [See 1924, 406 § 19.]

Sect. 110 amended, 1921, 136.

Sect. 112 revised, 1923, 149 § 1.

Sect. 113 revised, 1923, 149 § 2.

Sect. 114 revised, 1924, 406 § 10.

Sect. 115 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.

Sect. 118 amended, 1921, 167.

Sect. 119A added, 1921, 168 (to protect persons entitled to the proceeds
of life insurance and annuity policies, and the income therefrom, when re-
tained by life insurance companies).

Sect. 123 revised, 1924, 268.

Sect. 132, provision 2 revised, 1922, 75; amended, 1923, 195; provision
7 amended, 1924, 75 § 1; provision 11 amended, 1924, 75 § 2.

Sect. 133 amended, 1921, 141.

Sect. 142 amended, 1924, 75 § 3.

Sect. 150 amended, 1921, 372.

Sect. 152 amended, 1924, 406 § 11.

Sect. 154 amended, 1924, 406 § 12.

Sect. 156 amended, 1922, 81.

Sect. 159 amended, 1922, 417 § 2.

Sect. 163 amended, 1924, 450 § 10.

Sect. 166 amended, 1924, 450 § 11.

Sect. 167A added, 1924, 450 § 12 (exempting certain veterans from
payment of fees for certain licenses).

Sect. 168 amended, 1924, 450 § 13.

Sect. 172 amended, 1924, 450 § 14.

Sect. 172A added, 1923, 354 (authorizing the commissioner of insurance
to license voluntary associations as insurance agents, brokers and adjusters) ;
amended, 1924, 450, § 15.

Sect. 173 amended, 1924, 450 § 16.

Sect. 174 amended, 1924, 406 § 13; revised, 1924, 450 § 17.

Sect. 174A added, 1922, 69 (relative to notices of hearings before the
Commissioner of Insurance and of the revocation or suspension of licenses).

Sect. 174B added, 1923, 116 (requiring insurance agents, brokers and
adjusters to surrender their licenses upon revocation).

Sect. 178 amended, 1923, 362 § 88; 1924, 406 § 14.

Sect. 180 amended, 1924, 406 § 15.

Sect. 180A added, 1924, 49 (requiring receivers of domestic insurance
companies to give notice of their appointment to policy holders).

Sect. 187A added, 1922, 408 (relative to the limitation of actions on
policies of insurance).

Sects. 187B-187D added, 1923, 336 § 1 (relative to the cancellation of
insurance policies).

Sect. 189 amended, 1924, 406 § 16.

Sect. 190 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.

Sect. 192 amended, 1924, 285 § 4.

Sect. 193A added, 1922, 417 § 1 (relative to the enforcement of the
insurance laws).

664 Changes in the [Chaps. .176-182.

Chapter 176. — Fraternal Benefit Societies.

, Certificates of organization and amendment of fraternal benefit societies
filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 39A added, 1921, 295 (relative to the valuation of securities held
by fraternal benefit societies).

Sect. 45 amended, 1922, 90.

Sect. 46 revised, 1921, 155 § 1; amended, 1922, 494.

Sect. 46A added, 1921, 155 § 2 (relative to the payment of disability
benefits by subordinate lodges).

Chapter 177. — • Assessment Insurance.

Certificates of organization and amendment of assessment insurance com-
panies filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922,
151.

Sect. 13 amended, 1924, 384.

Sect. 15 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.

Chapter 178. — Savings Bank Life Insurance.

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 79 § 1.

Sect. 21 revised, 1921, 416; amended, 1922, 79 § 2.

Chapter 179. — Proprietors of Wharves, Real Estate lying in Common,

and General Fields.

Certificates of organization of proprietors of wharves and real estate
lying in common filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded,
see 1922, 151.

Chapter 180. — Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes.

Certificates of organization and amendment of certain corporations filed
in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.
Sect. 20 amended, 1923, 252 § 1.
Sect. 23 amended, 1923, 252 § 2.

Chapter 181. — Foreign Corporations.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 486 § 31.
Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 28.
Sect. 10. See 1923, 290 § 4.

Chapter 182. — Voluntary Associations.

Sect. 1 amended,* 1921, 368 § 1. (See 1921, 368 § 3.)
Sect. 2 revised, 1922, 272. ..- • ■
Sect. 5 repealed, 1924, 190 § 1.
Sect. 12 added,* 1921, 368 § 2 (suits against voluntary associations).
(See 1921, 368 § 4.)

* Rejected on referendum.

Chaps. 183-189.] GENERAL LawS. 665

Chapter 183. — Alienation of Land.

Sect. 5A added, 1924, 227 (recording of certain affidavits relative to the
title of land).

Sect. 49 amended, 1923, 71.
Sect. 52 amended, 1923, 96.

Chapter 185. — The Land Court and Registration of Title to Land.

Sect. 2 revised, 1924, 271 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1924, 271 § 2.

Sect. 10 amended, 1923, 374 § 1.

Sect. 12 revised, 1923, 374 § 2.

Sect. 13A added, 1924, 157 (relative to the appointment and compen-
sation of stenographers for certain trials in the land court) .

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 486 § 32; revised, 1923, 385; amended, 1924,
271 § 3.

Sect. 45 amended, 1923, 374 § 3.

Sect. 46 cl. Fifth amended, 1924, 31.

Sect. 53 amended, 1921, 117.

Sect. 103 amended, 1923, 362 § 89.

Chapter 186. — Estates for Years and at Will.

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1925, relative to termination of
tenancies at will, 1919, 257; 1920, 538; 1921, 489; 1922, 357 § 1; 1923, 11;
1924, 72 § 3.

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1925, penalizing lessors for violation
of certain rights of tenants, 1920, 555; 1921, 491; 1922, 357 § 2; 1923, 6;
1924, 72 § 1.

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1925, granting discretionary stay
of proceedings in actions of summary process, 1920, 577; 1921, 490; 1922,
357 § 3; 1923, 36 § 2; 1924, 72 § 2.

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1925, abolishing fictitious costs,
so-called, in certain actions of summary process, 1923, 36 § 1; 1924, 72 § 2.

Unjust, unreasonable and oppressive rent agreements unenforceable,
1920, 578; amended, 1921, 452, rendering unenforceable agreements raising
rent because of increase in tenant's family; duration of act extended to
July 1, 1923, 1921, 488; 1922, 357 § 4.

Sect. 12 affected temporarily, 1919, 257; 1920, 538; 1921, 489; 1922,
357 § 1; 1923, 11; 1924, 72 § 3.

Chapter 188. — Homesteads.

Sect. 7 amended, 1924, 56 § 4. See 1924, 56 § 5.

Sect. 7 A added, 1924, 56 § 3 (relative to the releasing of rights of home-
stead). See 1924, 56 § 5.

Chapter 189. — Dower and Curtesy.

Sect. 1A added, 1924, 56 § 1 (relative to the releasing of rights of dower
and curtesy). See 1924, 56 § 5.

Sect. 5 amended, 1924, 56 § 2. See 1924, 56 § 5.

666 Changes in the [Chaps. 190-198.

Chapter 190. — Descent and Distribution of Real and Personal Property.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 191. —Wills.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 192. — Probate of Wills and Appointment of Executors.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 193. — Appointment of Administrators.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 64.

Chapter 194. — Public Administrators.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 195. — General Provisions relative to Executors and Adminis-
trators.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 196. — Allowances to Widows and Children, and Advancements.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 197. — Pasnnent of Debts, Legacies and Distributive Shares.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, du*ect enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 198. — Insolvent Estates of Deceased Persons.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chaps. 199-205.] GENERAL LawS. 667

Sect. 7A added, 1922, 175 § 1 (relative to the allowance of claims of
creditors receiving preferences).

Sects. lOA-lOC added, 1922, 175 § 2 (relative to preferences made by
persons dying insolvent).

Chapter 199. — Settlements of Estates of Deceased Non-Residents.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 200. — Settlement of Estates of Absentees.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 201. — Guardians and Conservators.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 3 revised, 1922, 461.

Sect. 45 amended, 1924, 8.

Chapter 202. — Sales, Mortgages and Leases of Real Estate by Executors,
Administrators, Guardians and Conservators.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 19 amended, 1923, 321.

Chapter 203. — Trusts.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Chapter 204. — General Provisions relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases,
Compromises, etc., by Executors, etc.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 23 amended, 1921, 44 § 1.

Sect. 24 amended, 1921, 44 § 2.

Sect. 25 amended, 1921, 44 § 3.

Sect. 26 amended, 1921, 44 § 4.

Chapter 205. — Bonds of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Con-
servators, Trustees and Receivers.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

668 Changes in the [Chaps. 206-211.

Sect. 1. See 1922, 512.

Sect. 6 A added, 1923, 259 (relative to bonds required of national banks
as fiduciaries).

Sect. 7A added, 1922, 512 (relative to certain fiduciary bonds in the
probate court).

Sect. 19A added, 1924, 406 § 19 (relative to deposit of funds by fiduciaries
for safekeeping. [Formerly in chapter 175 § 105.]

Sects. 20-35. See 1922, 512.

Chapter 206. — Accounts and Settlements of Executors, Administrators,
Guardians, Conservators, Trustees and Receivers.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 23 A added, 1922, 59 (issuing of citations on probate accounts).

Chapter 207. — Marriage.

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 98; 1923, 305 § 1.
Sect. 33 amended, 1923, 305 § 2.

Chapter 208. — Divorce.

General provisions of law governing libels for divorce brought in the
superior court made applicable to such libels when commenced in the
probate court, see 1922, 532 § 6.

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 466 § 1; 1922, 532 § 5; revised, 1922, 542 § 1.

Sect. 6A added, 1922, 532 § 6 (making the general provisions of law
governing libels for divorce brought in the superior court applicable to such
libels when commenced in the probate court).

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 60; 1924, 193.

Sect. 9A added, 1921, 466 § 2 (transfer from the superior to the probate
court of uncontested divorce libels); repealed, 1922, 542 § 3.

Chapter 209. — Husband and Wife.

Sect. 32 revised, 1921, 56.

Sects. 32A-32C added, 1922, 242 (naming of third parties in proceedings
for separate support).

Sect. 35 revised, 1924, 345 § 1 .
Sect. 36 revised, 1924, 345 § 2.

Chapter 211. — The Supreme Judicial Court.

Provision for the publication and sale of advance sheets of the opinions
and decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court, see 1923, Resolve 30.

As to the transfer of causes within the concurrent jurisdiction of the
superior court or the probate court and of the supreme judicial court, see
1922, 532 § 1.

Sect. 22. See 1923, 375.

Sect. 23 revised, 1922, 228 § 2.

Chaps. 212-215.] GENERAL LaWS. 669

Chapter 212. — The Superior Court.

As to the transfer of causes within the concurrent jurisdiction of the
superior court or the probate court and of the supreme judicial court, see
1922, 532 § 1.

As to concurrent jurisdiction of divorce libels in the superior and probate
courts, see 1922, 532 §§ 4, 5, 7; 542.

Temporary act, inoperative after July 1, 1926, providing for the more
prompt disposition of criminal cases in the superior court, see 1923, 469
(amended, 1924, 485).

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 532 § 3.

Sect. 3 amended, 1922, 532 § 4. (See 1922, 532 § 5.)

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 35, 327.

Sect. 16 amended, 1922, 532 § 11.

Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 262 § 1.

Sect. 18A added, 1921, 350 § 1 (authorizing sittings of the Superior
Court at Quincy); repealed, 1923, 262 § 2.

Sect. 19A added, 1922, 533 (providing for the appointment of a special
master by the superior court).

Sect. 28 revised, 1924, 188.

Chapter 213. — Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts.

Sect. 7 revised, 1924, 150.

Chapter 214. — Equity Jurisdiction and Procedure in the Supreme Judicial

and Superior Courts.

Sect. 3 cl. (7), see 1922, 486 § 1 subsect. 44; cl. (10) revised, 1923,
149 § 3.

Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 431 § 1.
Sect. 32 revised, 1922, 532 § 1.
Sect. 33 repealed, 1922, 532 § 2.

Chapter 215. — Probate Courts.

As to the transfer of causes within the concurrent jurisdiction of the
superior court or the probate court and of the supreme judicial court, see
1922, 532 § 1.

As to concurrent jurisdiction of divorce libels in the superior and probate
courts, see 1922, 532 §§ 4, 5, 7; 542.

Short form of certain fiduciary bonds, direct enforcement of same in
equity in the probate court and dispensing with the practice of issuing and
recording letters of appointment, see 1922, 512.

Sect. 3 amended, 1921, 466 § 3; 1922, 532 § 7; revised, 1922, 542 § 2.

Sect. 18 revised, 1923, 392; 1924, 194 § 1.

Sect. 56A added, 1923, 432 (relative to the appointment by judges of
probate of guardians ad litem in certain proceedings). See 1924, 194 § 2.

Sect. 62 amended, 1922, 41, 257; 1923, 325 § 1, 483.

670 Changes in the [Chaps. 217, 218.

Chapter 217. — Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency.

Sect. 3 amended, 1924, 375.
Sect. 23 amended, 1923, 164 § 1.
Sect. 24 amended, 1923, 164 § 2.
Sect. 25 amended, 1923, 164 § 3.

Sect. 27A added, 1924, 194 § 2 (authorizing the appointment of a per-
manent officer for the probate court for Suffolk county).
Sect. 33 revised, 1921, 42 § 1; amended, 1923, 362 § 90.
Sect. 34 amended, 1923, 383 § 1.
Sect. 36 amended, 1922, 333 § 4; 1923, 362 § 91.
Sect. 37 revised, 1921, 364; amended, 1923, 383 § 2.
Sect. 39 amended, 1921, 42 § 2; revised, 1924, 415 § 1.
Sect. 40 amended, 1923, 384; 1924, 376.

Chapter 218. — District Courts.

As to jurisdiction and procedure in civil cases in district courts other
than the municipal court of the city of Boston, see 1922, 532 § 8.

Police courts to be known as district courts, 1921, 430 § 1.

Temporary act, inoperative after July 1, 1926, providing that certain
justices of district courts sit in criminal cases in the superior court, see
1923, 469 (amended, 1924, 485).

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 4.30 § 1; 1923, 243 § 1; 1924, 229 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1924, 229 § 2.

Sect. 10 revised, 1921, 287; 1922, 63; amended, 1923, 164 § 4; revised,
1923, 314 § 1; amended, 1923, 379 § 1.

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 156.

Sect. 19 revised, 1922, .532 § 12A; 1924, 57 § 1.

Sect. 20 amended, 1924, 57 § 2.

Sect. 21 amended, 1922, 99 § 1.

Sect. 27 revised, 1924, 149.

Sect. 36 revised, 1924, 58.

Sect. 43 amended, 1922, 532 § 9.

Sect. 43A added, 1922, 532 § 10 (establishing an administrative com-
mittee of district courts).

Sect. 53 amended, 1922, 309 § 1; 1923, 323 § 1; 1924, 36.

Sect. 55 revised, 1921, 486 § 33.

Sect. 62 amended, 1921,284 § 1; revised, 1922, 299 § 1; 1923, 448 § 1;
amended, 1924, 86 § 1.

Sect. 65 amended, 1924, 86 § 2.

Sects. 69-73 as amended by 1921, 430 § 1; 465 § 1; superseded by new
sections 69 and 70. (See 1922, 399 §§ 1-3).

Sect. 69 amended, 1921, 430 § 1; revised, 1922, 399 § 1.

Sect. 70 amended, 1921, 430 § 1; revised, 1922, 399 § 2.

Sect. 71 revised, 1921, 465 § 1; repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 71A added, 1921, 334 § 1 (relative to extra clerical assistance for
district court of Springfield); repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 71B added, 1921, 334 § 2 (relative to extra clerical assistance for
district court of Hampshire); repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 71C added, 1921, 464 § 1 (relative to clerical assistance for the
municipal court of the^ Roxbury district); repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Chaps. 219-222.] GENERAL LawS. 671

Sect. 71D added, 1921, 465 § 2 (relative to clerical assistance for the
municipal court of the Brighton district); repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 72 repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 73 amended, 1921, 430 § 1; repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 75 amended, 1921, 284 § 2; 1922, 309 § 2; revised, 1923, 323 § 2;
amended, 1923, 448 § 2; revised, 1924, 506 § 1.

Sect. 76 amended, 1921, 355 § 1; 1924, 484 § 1; revised, 1924, 505 § 1.

Sect. 77 revised, 1923, 326 § 1.

Sect. 78 amended, 1923, 479 § 1.

Sect. 79 amended, 1923, 379 § 2.

Sect. 80 revised, 1921, 355 § 2; amended, 1924, 484 § 2; revised, 1924,
503 § 1.

Sect. 83 amended, 1921, 321 § 1; revised, 1923, 322.

Chapter 219. — Trial Justices.

Sect. 2 amended, 1924, 229 § 3.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 364 § 1; 1924, 229 § 4.

Chapter 221. — Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 487 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 305; 1923, 164 § 5; revised, 1923, 206 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 164 § 6.

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 236.

Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 423 § 1.

Sect. 14 amended, 1922, 423 § 2.

Sect. 20 amended, 1922, 53; revised, 1924, 392.

Sect. 24 revised, 1924, 131.

Sects. 34A-34C added, 1924, 244 (relative to a judicial council to make
a continuous study of the organization, procedure and practice of the courts).

Sect. 37 amended, 1921, 290 § 1. (See 1922, 493 and 1924, 316, per-
mitting certain aliens to take examinations for admission to the bar.)

Sect. 38A added, 1924, 316 (permitting certain aliens to take examinations
for admission to the bar).

Sect. 39 amended, 1921, 290 § 2.

Sect. 40 revised, 1924, 134.

Sect. 55 amended, 1921, 163.

Sect. 69 amended, 1923, 407 § 1.

Sect. 70 amended, 1923, 324 § 1.

Sect. 71 amended, 1923, 352 § 1.

Sect. 72 amended, 1923, 407 § 2.

Sect. 74 amended, 1924, 417 § 1.

Sect. 75 amended, 1921, 423.

Sect. 90 repealed, 1922, 228 § 1.

Sect. 93 amended, 1922, 487 § 2.

Sect. 95 amended, 1923, 206 § 2.

Sect. 96 amended, 1921, 486 § 34.

Sect. 98 amended, 1924, 350 § 1.

Chapter 222, — Justices of the Peace, Notaries Public and Conunissioners.
Sect. 2 repealed, 1923, 164 § 7.

672 Changes in the [Chaps. 223-234.

Chapter 223. — Commencement of Actions, Service of Process.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 432.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 99 § 2.

Sect. 7 amended, 1923, 111.

Sect. 25 amended, 1921, 338.

Sect. 39. See 1921, 486 § 37.

Sect. 39A added, 1924, 285 § 5 (relative to service in actions against
fire insurance companies severally liable upon a single policy) .

Sect. 40 amended,* 1921, 368 § 3.

Sect. 40A added,* 1921, 368 § 4 (service in suits against voluntary
associations).

Sect. 45A added, 1921, 425 § 1 (security for officers making attachments).

Sect. 115A added, 1924, 10 (dissolution of attachment of real property
if no service upon defendant).

Sect. 129A added, 1921, 425 § 2 (release by officer of personal property
attached upon filing of bond).

Chapter 224. — Arrest on Civil Process.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 33.

Sect. 18A added, 1921, 425 § 3 (security to officers arresting on civil
process).
Sect. 59 amended, 1923, 34.

Chapter 229. — Actions for Death and Injuries resulting in Death.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 486 § 35.
Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 439.

Chapter 231. — Pleading and Practice.

Sect. 18 amended, 1921, 431 § 2.

Sect. 59A added, 1922, 509 § 1 (relating to the speedy trial of cases in
the supreme judicial and superior courts).

Sect. 63 revised, 1922, 314.

Sect. 97 amended, 1922, 532 § 12.

Sect. 103 amended, 1921, 486 § 36.

Sects. 104-110 affected, 1921, 486 § 36.

Sects. IIOA-IIOC added, 1922, 532 § 8 (relative to jurisdiction and
procedure in civil cases in district courts other than the municipal court of
the city of Boston).

Sect. 115 revised, 1923, 5.

Chapter 233. — Witnesses and Evidence.
Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 263.

Chapter 234. — Juries.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 413 § 1; 1924, 311 § 1.

Sect. 3 amended, 1921, 455 § 2.

Sect. 3A added, 1921, 455 § 1 (postponement of jury service).

• Rejected on referendum.

Chaps. 235-255.] GENERAL LaWS. 673

Sect. 4 revised, 1924, 311 § 2.

Sect. 23 revised, 1924, 311 § 3.

Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 311 § 4.

Sect. 37 amended, 1924, 311 § 5.

Chapter 235. — Judgment and Execution.

Sect. 8 amended 1924, 38.

Sect. 35 revised, 1921, 425 § 4 (security for officers taking property on
execution).

Chapter 239. — Summary Process for Possession of Land.

Temporarv act, in force until May 1, 1925, relative to termination of
tenancies at will, 1919, 257; 1920,538; 1921,489; 1922, 357 §1; 1923,11;
1924, 72 § 3.

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1925, granting discretionary stay
of proceedings in actions of summary process, 1920, 577; 1921, 490; 1922,
357 § 3; 1923, 36 § 2; 1924, 72 § 2.

Temporary act, in force until May 1, 1925, abolishing fictitious costs,
so-called, in certain actions of summary process, 1923, 36 § 1; 1924, 72 § 2.

Chapter 240. — Proceedings for Settlement of Title to Land.

Sect. 15 amended, 1924, 20.

Chapter 246. — Trustee Process.

Sect. 4A added, 1921, 417 (relative to trustee suits in district courts).

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 486 § 37.

Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 93.

Sect. 32 cl. First revised, 1924, 151.

Chapter 252. — Improvement of Low Land and Swamps.

Sects. 1-14, as amended by 1922, 349 §§ 1-9, and section 14A, inserted
by 1922, 349 § 10, were superseded by sections 1-14B, inserted by 1923,
457 § 1.

Changes noted below are to sections as inserted by 1923, 457 § 1.

Sect. 6 first paragraph revised, 1924, 93 § 1; last paragraph revised,
1924, 93 § 2.

Sect. 7 first sentence amended, 1924, 93 § 3.

Chapter 253. — Mills, Dams and Reservoirs.

Sect. 44 amended, 1924, 178 § 1.

Sect. 45 amended, 1923, 334 § 2; revised, 1924, 178 § 2.

Sect. 47 revised, 1924, 178 § 3.

Sect. 48 revised, 1924, 178 § 4.

Chapter 255. — Mortgages, Conditional Sales and Pledges of Personal
Property, and Liens thereon.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 233.

674 Changes in the [Chaps. 260-268.

Chapter 260. — Limitation of Actions.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 319 § 1.

Chapter 261. — Costs in Civil Actions.

Sect. 23 revised, 1924, 108 § 1.
Sect. 25 revised, 1924, 108 § 2.

Sect. 25 A added, 1924, 108 § 6 (allowance to prevailing party of certain
expenses).

Sect. 26 revised, 1924, 108 § 3.
Sect. 27 revised, 1924, 108 § 4.
Sect. 28 repealed, 1924, 108 § 5.

Chapter 262. — Fees of Certain Officers.

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 259.

Sect. 25 amended, 1924, 111.

Sect. 39 revised, 1923, 374 § 4.

Sect. 50. See 1922, 377 § 1.

Sect. 53 amended, 1922, 377 § 1.

Sect. 56 amended, 1922, 377 § 2.

Chapter 263. — Rights of Persons Accused of Crime.

Sect. 8A added, 1922, 432 (preventing double trials in district courts
and before trial justices).

Chapter 264. — Crimes against Governments.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 278; 1922, 227.

Sect. 10 A added, 1924, 219 (to prevent the abuse of the uniform of the
naval and other forces of the United States).

Chapter 265. — Crimes against the Person.

Sect. 14 amended, 1923, 280.

Sect. 24 A added, 1923, 339 (relative to the venue of certain specific
crimes).

Chapter 266. — Crimes against Property.

Sect. 27A added, 1923, 347 § 1 (penalizing the removal or concealment
of automobiles with intent to defraud the insurers).

Sect. 29 amended, 1923, 347 § 2.

Sect. 52 revised, 1922, 313 § 1.

Sect. 53A added, 1922, 313 § 2 (providing for the punishment of certain
crimes relating to banks and banking).

Sect. 55 revised, 1922, 313 § 3.

Chapter 268. — Crimes against Public Justice.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 451.

Sect. 8 A added, 1923, 241 (relative to bribing police officers).

Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 52.

Chaps. 269-278.] GENERAL LawS. 675

Chapter 269. — Crimes against Public Peace.

Sect. 9 repealed, 1923, 248 § 2.
Sect. 10 revised, 1923, 248 § 1.
Sect. 12 amended, 1922, 485 § 10.

Chapter 271. — Crimes against Public Policy.
Sect. 17 revised, 1922, 315.

Chapter 272. — Crimes against Chastity, Morality, Decency and Good

Order.

Sect. 86 affected, 1921, 109; revised, 1924, 478 § 1.
Sects. 86A-86F added, 1924, 478 § 2 (relative to additional fire protection
for horses and mules in cities).

Chapter 273. — Desertion, Non-Support and Bastardy.

Sect. 4 revised, 1922, 397.
Sect. 9 amended, 1924, 381.

Chapter 274. — Felonies, Accessories and Attempts to commit Crimes.

Sect. 6 revised, 1924, 164.

Chapter 276. — Search Warrants, Rewards, Fugitives from Justice, Arrest,
Examination, Commitment and Bail. Probation Officers and Com-
mission on Probation.

Sect. 1 cl. Fifteenth added, 1924, 94 § 2 (search warrants for oleo-
margarine colored in imitation of yellow butter, etc.).

Sect. 57 amended, 1922, 464 § 1; revised, 1923, 436 § 1.

Sect. 60 amended, 1923, 436 § 2.

Sect. 61 revised, 1922, 465 § 1.

Sects. 61A and 61B added, 1922, 465 § 2 (relating to bail in criminal
cases).

Sect. 63 revised, 1922, 465 § 3; amended 1924, 18.

Sect. 81 amended, 1922, 361 § 1.

Chapter 277. — Indictments and Proceedings before Trial.

Sects. 1-14. See 1922, 466.
Sect. 1 amended, 1924, 311 § 6.
Sect. 2 amended, 1924, 311 § 7.

Sect. 2 A added, 1922, 466 (providing for special grand juries).
Sect. 57A added, 1923, 340 (relative to the venue of crimes in general).
Sects. 70 A and 70B added, 1922, 458 (regulating the disposition with-
out trial of criminal cases).

Chapter 278. — Trials and Proceedings before Judgment.

Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 262.

Sect. 16A added, 1923, 251 (protecting witnesses under the age of seven-
teen at trials for certain crimes).
Sect. 29 revised, 1922, 508 § 1.

676 Changes in the General Laws. [Chaps. 279-282.

Chapter 279. — Judgment and Execution.

Sect. 1 amended, 1924, 175 § 1. ^

Sect. 1A added, 1924, 175 § 2 (relative to the suspension of execution of
sentences of both fine and imprisonment).

Sect. 8 A added, 1924, 165 (relative to the time of the taking effect of
a "from and after" sentence).

Sect. 11 amended,* 1922, 427 § 27.

Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 152.

Chapter 281. — The General Laws and their Effect.
Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 486 § 38.

Chapter 282. — Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves.

For additional acts and resolves repealed, see 1921, 486 § 39.
1906, 463 Part III § 2 and 1909, 490 Part II § 76 revived and re-enacted
by 1921, 486 § 40 and said § 76 later repealed by 1924, 7.

* Rejected on referendum.

Changes in the Annual Laws. 677

II
CHANGES IN THE ANNUAL LAWS

1931

Chap.

35 See 1921, 327. G. L. 212.

42 § 1 amended, 1923, 362 § 90. G. L. 217.

42 § 2 revised, 1924, 415 § 1. G. L. 217.

45 §§ 1, 2 affected, 1924, 90. G. L. 98.

51 Amended, 1923, 136; 1924, 145. G. L. 149.

78 § 1 amended, 1922, 114. G. L. 167.

80 Revised, 1923, 122. G. L. 40.

89 § 2 amended, 1923, 155 § 2. G. L. 94.

92 Amended, 1922, 274. G. L. 73.

94 See 1922, 186 § 2. G. L. 94.

95 § 1 revised, 1923, 196 § 1. G. L. 94.
95 § 2 amended, 1923, 196 § 2. G. L. 94.

106 § 1 amended, 1923, 102 § 1. G. L. 101.

106 § 2 amended, 1923, 102 § 2. G. L. 101.

112 § 2 amended, 1923, 362 § 63. G. L. 81.

113 § 1 amended, 1923, 287 § 4. G. L. 62.

114 § 6 amended, 1923, 131 § 16. G. L. 56.
114 § 7 amended, 1923, 131 § 18. G. L. 56.
114 § 8 amended, 1923, 131 § 19. G. L. 56.'

116 § 1 amended, 1922, 161; 1924, 96 § 1. G. L. 130.

123 Amended, 1922, 339 § 2. G. L. 63.

145 See 1924, 210. G. L. 4.

152 Amended, 1922, 117 § 2; revised, 1922, 160. G. L. 131.

153 Repealed, 1923, 40 § 2. G. L. 167.
155 § 1 amended, 1922, 494. G. L. 176.

158 Amended, 1922, 212; 1923, 21. G. L. 170.

165 § 2, see 1923, 86. G. L. 175.

166 Revised, 1924, 450 § 1. G. L. 175.
172 Revised, 1923, 192. G. L. 175.

188 Revised, 1923, 268 § 4. G. L. 130.

189 Amended, 1921, 434; revised, 1921, 483; amended, 1922, 342 § 2;

1923, 335. G. L. 90.

197 Revised, 1922, 444. G. L. 130.

198 See 1921, 215 § 1, 277 § 3. G. L. 175.

202 See 1921, 389, 474, 486 § 16; 1922, 216, 222, 451. G. L. 59.

209 § 2 amended, 1923, 131 § 12. G. L. 51.

215 § 1, see 1921, 277 § 3. G. L. 175.

215 § 2, see 1921, 277 § 4; amended, 1923, 39 § 1; 1924, 406 § 5. G. L.

175.

215 § 3 revised, 1923, 297 § 1. G. L. 175.

678 Changes in the

Chap.

222 §§ 1, 2 amended, 1924, 357. G. L. 115.

222 § 3 amended, 1922, 229; 1924, 280. G. L. 115.

225 Amended, 1923, 362 § 41. G. L. 30.

229 Amended, 1922, 159 § 1. See 1922, 159 §§ 2, 3. G. L. 168.

235 § 1 amended, 1924, 346 § 1. G. L. 12.

238 Amended, 1923, 288 § 2. G. L. 132.

242 Amended, 1924, 223 § 1. G. L. 170.

246 Amended, 1922, 226 § 2; 1924, 172. G. L. 164.

255 Amended, 1924, 398. G. L. 148.

270 § 1 revised, 1922, 535 § 7. G. L. 123.

270 § 2 revised, 1922, 535 § 10. G. L. 123.

273 Revised, 1921, 485 § 2. G. L. 148.

276 Superseded by 1924, 465. G. L. 33.

277 § 4 amended, 1923, 39 § 1; 1924, 406 § 5. G. L. 175.

277 § 5 ^e^^sed, 1924, 406 § 7; amended, 1924, 450 § 3. G. L. 175.

278 Amended, 1922, 227. G. L. 264.
282 § 1 revised, 1923, 271 § 3. G. L. 58.

284 § 1 revised, 1922, 299 § 1; 1923, 448 § 1; amended, 1924, 86 § 1.

G. L. 218.

284 § 2 amended, 1922, 309 § 2; revised, 1923, 323 § 2; amended, 1923,

448 § 2; revised, 1924, 506 § 1. G. L. 218.

287 Revised, 1922, 63; amended, 1923, 164 § 4; revised, 1923, 314 § 1;

amended, 1923, 379 § 1. G. L. 218.

290 § 1, see 1922, 493. G. L. 221.

292 § 1 revised, 1922, 468 § 1. G. L. 168.

292 § 2 revised, 1922, 468 § 3. G. L. 172.

296 § 2 re\ased, 1923, 363. G. L. 71.

305 Amended, 1923, 164 § 5; revised, 1923, 206 § 1. G. L. 221.

306 § 3 amended, 1922, 196; 1924, 258 § 1. G. L. 23.

312 Amended, 1924, 439. G. L. 27.

313 See 1921, 409; revised, 1922, 340 § 2. G. L. 112.

317 § 2 amended, 1922, 410 § 4; 1923, 245 § 1. G. L. 123.

321 § 1 revised, 1923, 322 § 1. G. L. 218.

334 §§ 1, 2 repealed, 1922, 399 § 3. G. L. 218.

342 Amended, 1923, 362 § 26. G. L. 29.

343 Amended, 1923, 362 § 2. G. L. 3.

350 Repealed, 1923, 262 § 2. G. L. 212.

351 § 1 revised, 1921, 410 § 3. G. L. 149.

355 § 1 amended, 1924, 484 § 1; revised, 1924, 505 § 1. G. L. 218.

355 § 2 amended, 1924, 484 § 2; revised, 1924, 503 § 1. G. L. 218.

359 § 1 superseded by 1924, 465. G. L. 33.

359 § 2, see 1923, 459 § 1; superseded by 1924, 465. G. L. 33.

360 Amended, 1923, 222 § 1. G. L. 71.
364 Amended, 1923, 383 § 2. G. L. 217.

367 § 1 revised, 1922, 366 § 1; 1923, 400 § 1; amended, 1924, 401 § 1.

G. L. 3.

375 § 2 repealed, 1924, 206 § 1. G. L. 58.

375 § 3 revised, 1922, 362 § 2; 1924, 206 § 2. G. L. 58.

376 § 1 amended, 1922, 449 § 1; see 1923, 287 §2. G. L. 62.
389 Amended, 1922, 216. G. L. 59.

403 § 1 amended, 1923, 464 § 3. G. L. 90.

Annual Laws. 6?9

Chap.

403 § 2 revised, 1923, 464 § 9. G. L. 90.

409 Revised, 1922, 340 § 2. G. L. 112.

413 Revised, 1923, 479 § 3. G. L. 32.

415 Amended, 1923, 331. G. L. 123.

416 Amended, 1922, 79 § 2. G. L. 178.
420 § 3 amended, 1923, 472 § 1. G. L. 70.

430 § 1, see 1923, 243 §1; 1924, 229 §1. G. L. 218.

434 Revised, 1921, 483; amended, 1922, 342 § 2; 1923, 335. G. L. 90.

439 § 1, see 1921, 487 §§ 4, 5; 1924, 264. G. L. 32.

441 § 1 revised, 1924, 88 § 1. G. L. 123.

441 § 2 amended, 1924, 88 § 2. G. L. 123.

449 § 2 amended, 1922, 410 § 3. G. L. 19.

449 § 3 amended, 1922, 371 § 1. G. L. 30.

449 § 4 amended, 1922, 371 § 2. G. L. 34.

459 § 1 revised, 1923, 225 § 1. G. L. 8.

459 § 2 amended, 1923, 225 § 2. G. L. 8.

461 Amended, 1922, 331 § 1. G. L. 22.

464 Repealed, 1922, 399 § 3. G. L. 218.

465 §§ 1, 2 repealed, 1922, 399 § 3. G. L. 218.

466 § 1 amended, 1922, 532 § 5; revised, 1922, 542 § 1. G. L. 208.
466 § 2 repealed, 1922, 542 § 3. G. L. 208.

466 § 3 amended, 1922, 532 § 7; re^dsed, 1922, 542 § 2. G. L. 215.

474 Amended, 1922, 222. G. L. 59.

480 See 1923, 190 §§ 1, 2. G. L. 32.

483 Amended, 1922, 342 § 2; 1923, 335. G. L. 90.

485 § 3 revised, 1924, 254. G. L. 148.

486 I 1, see 1924, 360, 404 § 1. G. L. 4.
486 § 2 amended, 1922, 330. G. L. 14.
486 § 4, see 1921, 487 § 7. G. L. 32.
486 § 6 revised, 1923, 202, 401. G. L. 40.
486 § 7 amended, 1923, 266. G. L. 40.
486 § 10 amended, 1923, 346. G. L. 41.
486 § 11, see 1923, 303 § 1. G. L. 44.

486 § 14 amended, 1923, 131 § 20. G. L. 56.

486 I 15 revised, 1923, 271 § 1. G. L. 58.

486 § 16 revised, 1924, 321 § 1. G. L. 59.

486 I 17 amended, 1923, 362 § 58. G. L. 69.

486 § 19 amended, 1923, 362 § 60. G. L. 73.

486 § 32 revised, 1923, 385; amended, 1924, 271 § 3. G. L. 185.

486 § 40 repealed in part, 1924, 7. G. L. 60.

487 §§ 4, 5, see 1924, 264. G. L. 32.

495 Amended, 1922, 22. Superseded by 1922, 427 § 1 subsect. 64. G. L.

138

498 § 1 amended, 1924, 502 § 1. G. L. 3.

498 § 2 amended, 1922, 8; 1923, 229 § 1 ; 1924, 502 § 2. G. L. 3.

499 § 1 subsect. 2 (^) amended, 1924, 487 § 1. G. L. IIOA.

499 § 1 subsect. 5 amended, 1923, 47; 1924, 487 § 2. G. L. IIOA.

499 § 1 subsect. 6 amended, 1922, 435 § 1; 1924, 487 § 3. G. L. IIOA.

499 § 1 subsect. 7 amended, 1922, 435 § 2. G. L. IIOA.

499 § 1 subsect. 8 amended, 1922, 317 § 1 ; revised, 1922, 435 § 3; amended,
1923, 48; revised, 1924, 487 § 4. G. L. IIOA.

680 Changes in the

Chap.

499 § 1 subsect. 9 amended, 1924, 487 § 5. G. L. 110 A.

499 § 1 subsect. 10 par. (6) amended, 1922, 317 § 2; 1924, 487 § 6. G. L.

110 A.
499 § 1 subsect. 13 repealed, 1922, 259 § 2. G. L. IIOA.
499 § 1 subsect. 15 revised, 1924, 487 § 7. G. L. IIOA.

1933

8 Amended, 1923, 229 § 1; 1924, 502 § 2. G. L. 3.

22 Superseded by 1922, 427 § 1 subsect. 64. G. L. 138.

24 § 2 amended, 1923, 362 § 43. G. L. 30.

28 Revised, 1923, 359 § 1. G. L. 44.

34 Amended, 1923, 283. G. L. 58.

41 See 1922, 257; 1923, 325 § 1, 483. G. L. 215.

49 Amended, 1923, 402 § 2. G. L. 63.

53 Revised, 1924, 392. G. L. 221.

54 § 2 amended, 1924, 222 § 1. G. L. 58.

63 Amended, 1923, 164 § 4; revised, 1923, 314 § 1; amended, 1923,
379 § 1. G. L. 218.

75 Amended, 1923, 195. G. L. 175. •

86 Amended, 1923, 17. G. L. 41.

98 Amended, 1923, 305 § 1. G. L. 207.

117 § 2 revised, 1922, 160. G. L. 131.

137 Revised, 1924, 156. G. L. 129.

147 § 1 amended, 1923, 38. G. L. 171.

147 § 5 amended, 1923, 294 § 4. G. L. 171.

148 Revised, 1923, 268 § 3. G. L. 130.
152 Superseded by 1924, 465. G. L. 33.
159 § 3 amended, 1924, 68. G. L. 168.
161 Amended, 1924, 96 § 1. G. L. 130.
171 § 1 revised, 1923, 307 § 1. G. L. 131.
171 I 2 amended, 1923, 307 § 3. G. L. 131.
185 Revised, 1923, 288 § 1. G. L. 132.
193 Amended, 1923, 362 § 75. G. L. 123.
196 Amended, 1924, 258 § 1. G. L. 23.
198 § 1 revised, 1924, 492 § 1. G. L. 5.
202 Amended, 1923, 362 § 65. G. L. 90.
212 Amended, 1923, 21. G. L. 170.

214 § 1 amended, 1923, 124. G. L. 53.

223 Amended, 1924, 173. G. L. 164.

226 § 2 amended, 1924, 172. G. L. 164.

229 Amended, 1924, 280. G. L. 115.

239 Amended, 1924, 182. G. L. 63.

257 See 1923, 325 § 1 ; 483. G. L. 215.

259 § 1 amended, 1923, 362 § 18. G. L. 25.

271 Amended, 1924, 436 § 1. G. L. 3.

285 Superseded by 1922, 427 § 1. G. L. 138.

298 New paragraph added, 1924, 242. G. L. 6.

299 § 1 revised, 1923, 448 § 1; amended, 1924, 86 § 1. G. L. 218.

302 See 1923, 254 § 3; 438 § 5; 1924, 26 § 2. G. L. 63.

303 § 1, see 1923, 362 §' 64; 1924, 224, 427. G. L. 90.
303 § 2 revised, 1923, 464 § 2. G. L. 90.

Annual Laws. 681

Chap.

304 § 1 amended, 1923, 211 § 1; 1924, 265 § 1. G. L. 12.

304 § 2 revised, 1923, 211 § 2; 398 § 2; amended, 1924, 265 § 2. G. L. 12.

304 § 3 amended, 1922, 333 § 1; 1923, 362 § 17; repealed, 1923, 398 § 3.

G. L. 12.
309 § 1 amended, 1923, 323 § 1; 1924, 36. G. L. 218.
309 § 2 revised, 1923, 323 § 2; amended, 1923, 448 § 2; revised, 1924,

506 § 1. G. L. 218.
317 § 1 revised, 1922, 435 § 3; amended, 1923, 48; revised, 1924, 487 § 4.

G. L. IIOA.
317 § 2 amended, 1924, 487 § 6. G. L. IIOA.

319 Revised, 1924, 492 § 3. G. L. 5.
329 § 1, see 1922, 329 § 2, 489. G. L. 62.
329 § 2, see 1922, 489. G. L. 62.

333 § 1 amended, 1923, 362 § 17; repealed, 1923, 398 § 3. G. L. 12.

333 § 2 amended, 1923, 145 § 2; revised, 1924, 222 § 2. G. L. 70.

333 § 3 amended, 1923, 362 § 59. G. L. 70.

333 §4 amended, 1923, 362 §91. G. L. 217.

334 Amended, 1924, 466. G. L. 12.

339 § 3 revised, 1922, 520 § 21. G. L. 65.

340 § 1 amended, 1924, 239 § 3. G. L. 112.

341 § 3, see 1923, 205 § 1. G. L. 32.

341 § 4 revised, 1923, 205 § 2. G. L. 32.

342 § 2 amended, 1923, 335. G. L. 90.

344 Revised, 1924, 257; superseded by 1924, 465. G. L. 33.

347 See 1922, 403 § 1; 1924, 128. G. L. 65.

349 §§ 1-10 superseded by 1923, 457 § 1. G. L. 252.

353 § 2 repealed by 1922, 353 § 4, from and after August 1, 1923. G. L.

129.

354 § 1, see 1923, 290 § 1. G. L. 164.
354 § 2 amended, 1924, 44 § 1. G. L. 164.

362 § 2 revised, 1924, 206 § 2. G. L. 58.

363 § 1 amended, 1923, 406 § 1. G. L. 167.

364 § 1 amended, 1924, 229 § 4. G. L. 219.

366 I 1 revised, 1923, 400 § 1; amended, 1924, 401 § 1. G. L. 3.

393 § 1 revised, 1923, 113 § 1. G. L. 111.

395 §§ 1, 2 repealed, 1923, 470 § 3. G. L. 93.

403 § 1, see 1924, 128. G. L. 65.

406 Amended, 1923, 399 § 3. G. L. 28.

410 § 4 amended, 1923, 245 § 1. G. L. 123.

435 § 1 amended, 1924, 487 § 3. G. L. IIOA.

435 § 3 amended, 1923, 48; revised, 1924, 487 § 4. G. L. IIOA.

445 § 1, see 1923, 459 § 7; superseded by 1924, 465. G. L. 33.

445 § 2 re\ised, 1923, 459 § 8; superseded by 1924, 465. G. L. 33.

464 § 1 re^^sed, 1923, 436 § 1. G. L. 276.

465 § 3 amended, 1924, 18. G. L. 276.
520 § 2 revised, 1923, 378 § 3. G. L. 63.
520 § 5 amended, 1923, 378 § 4. G. L. 63.
520 § 6 amended, 1923, 378 § 5. G. L. 63.

520 § 11 revised, 1923, 378 § 7. G. L. 63.

521 § 33 revised, 1924, 250. G. L. 32.
532 § 5 revised, 1922, 542 § 1. G. L. 208.

682 Changes in the

Chap.

532 § 7 revised, 1922, 542 § 2. G. L. 215.

532 § 12A revised, 1924, 57 § 1. G. L. 218.

535 § 1 amended, 1924, 239 § 1. G. L. 94.

537 § 1 amended, 1923, 477 § 1. G. L. 24.

1933

39 § 1 amended, 1924, 406 § 5. G. L. 175.

39 § 2, see 1924, 298 1 1 ; 450 § 5. G. L. 175.

40 § 1 amended, 1924, 67 § 2. G. L. 168.

47 Amended, 1924, 487 § 2. G. L. IIOA.

48 Revised, 1924, 487 § 4. G. L. IIOA.
51 Revised, 1924, 170 § 2. G. L. 3.

54 See 1923, 143 § 2. G. L. 171.

60 Amended, 1924, 193. G. L. 208.

99 § 2 revised, 1924, 130. G. L. 131.

101 Superseded by 1924, 465. G. L. 33.

112 § 1 subseet. 31 added, 1924, 231. G. L. 109.

136 Revised, 1924, 145. G. L. 149.

137 See 1924, 285 § 3. G. L. 175.

145 § 2 revised, 1924, 222 § 2. G. L. 70.

152 See 1923, 198 § 1 ; revised, 1924, 406 § 8. G. L. 175.

153 See 1924, 298 § 2; 450 § 6. G. L. 175.

163 Amended, 1924, 207. G. L. 152.

164 § 4 revised, 1923, 314 § 1; amended, 1923, 379 § 1. G. L. 218.
164 § 5 revised, 1923, 206 § 1. G. L. 221.

178 Amended, 1924, 371. G. L. 32. -'

198 § 1 revised, 1924, 406 § 8. G. L. 175.

202 Revised, 1923, 401. G. L. 40.

211 § 1 amended, 1924, 265 §1. G. L. 12.

211 § 2 revised, 1923, 398 § 2; amended, 1924, 265 § 2. G. L. 12.

229 § 1 amended, 1924, 502 § 2. G. L. 3.

243 § 1, see 1924, 229 § 1. G. L. 218.

254 §§ 1, 2 repealed, 1924, 26 § 1. G. L. 63.

254 § 3 amended, 1923, 438 § 5; revised, 1924, 26 § 2. G. L. 63.

287 § 1, see 1923, 378 § 1; 487 §3. G. L. 62.

301 § 2 revised, 1923, 376 § 2. G". L. 10.

311 Revised, 1923, 472 § 2. G. L. 132.

314 § 1 amended, 1923, 379 § 1. G. L. 218.

323 § 1 amended, 1924, 36. G. L. 218.

323 § 2 amended, 1923, 448 § 2; revised, 1924, 506 § 1. G. L. 218.

325 § 1 amended, 1923, 483. G. L. 215.

334 § 2 revised, 1924, 178 § 2. G. L. 253.

354 Amended, 1924, 450 § 15. G. L. 175.

362 § 1 subseet. 22 amended, 1924, 446. G. L. 7.

362 § 5, see 1923, 493. G. L. 5.

362 § 7 revised, 1924, 492 § 2. G. L. 5.

362 § 17 repealed, 1923, 398 § 3. G. L. 12.

362 § 64, see 1924, 224, 427. G. L. 90.

362 § 68 amended, 1924, 266. G. L. 115.

362 § 72 revised, 1924, 259 § 2. G. L. 122.

362 § 88 amended, 1924, 406 § 14. G. L. 175.

Annual Laws. 683

Chap.

378 § 1, see 1923, 487 § 3. G. L. 62.

384 Amended, 1924, 376. G. L. 217.

385 Amended, 1924, 271 § 3. G. L. 185.

391 Subsect. 42A amended, 1924, 107; subseet. 42B amended, 1924, 413.

G. L. 40.

392 Revised, 1924, 194 §1. G. L. 215.

398 § 2 amended, 1924, 265 § 2. G. L. 12.

399 § 1 subsect. 6 amended, 1924, 354. G. L. 28.

400 § 1 amended, 1924, 401 § 1. G. L. 3.
413 § 1 amended, 1924, 311 § 1. G. L. 234.
413 § 2 superseded by 1924, 465. G. L. 33.
438 § 5 revised, 1924, 26 § 2. G. L. 63.
448 § 1 amended, 1924, 86 § 1. G. L. 218.
448 § 2 revised, 1924, 506 § 1. G. L. 218.

457 § 1 subsect. 6 revised, 1924, 93 §§ 1, 2. G. L. 252.

457 § 1 subsect. 7 revised, 1924, 93 § 3. G. L. 252.

459 Superseded by 1924, 465. G. L. 33.

464 § 1 tenth paragraph amended, 1924, 189. G. L. 90.

464 § 7 amended, 1924, 364; revised, 1924, 498. G. L. 90.

487 § 2 subsect. lOA amended, 1924, 233 § 1. G. L. 63.

1924

171 Amended, 1924, 468. G. L. 54.

224 See 1924, 427. G. L. 90.

248 § 1, see 1924, 504 §4. G. L. 40.

253 Amended, 1924, 450 § 4. G. L. 175.

257 Superseded by 1924, 465. G. L. 33.

298 §§ 1, 2 amended, 1924, 450 §§ 5, 6. G. L. 175.

360 See 1924, 404 § 1. G. L. 4.

364 Revised, 1924, 498. G. L. 90.

396 Superseded by 1924, 465. G. L. 33.

406 § 7 revised, 1924, 450 § 3. G. L. 175.

406 § 13 revised, 1924, 450 § 17. G. L. 175.

443 See 1924, 501 § 4. G. L. 111.

443 § 2 revised, 1924, 501 § 2. G. L. 111.

460 § 1 amended, 1924, 500 § 3. G. L. 111.

484 § 1 revised, 1924, 505 § 1. G. L. 218.

484 § 2 revised, 1924, 503 § 1. G. L. 218.

Q[i|f dommottm^altil of MnsisutifmBtlB

Office of the Secretary, Boston, September 2, 1924.

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 pre-
pared, 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 51, chapter 3 of the General Laws, as amended by
chapter 197, Acts of 1922.

FREDERIC W. COOK,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

INDEX.

Chap.
Abatement, nuisance, of (see Nuisance),
Abbott, Hubbard M., annuity ..... Resolve 22

Absent defendants, service of process on (see Service of process).
Absentee voting, appropriation ....... 126

Acceptance of statutes (see Statutes).

Accidents, motor vehicle, fatal, restoration of operators' licenses in

cases of, hearings relative to . . . . . , 498

reporting by local authorities of certain .... 364

workmen, to, compensation for (see Workmen's compensation).
Accountants, public, registration of, appropriation . . . 126

deficiency ......... 510

Accounts, cities and towns, of (see Municipal finance).

claims, and, unclassified, appropriation ..... 126

supplementary . . . , . . . . . 510 ■

director and division of (see Corporations and taxation, depart-
ment of),
municipal (see Municipal finance).
Actions, civil, attachments in (see Attachment of property).

costs in, assessing and recovery of certain .... 108

executions ia (see Executions in civil actions),
judgments in (see Judgments in civil actions).

returns of, to state secretary by certain clerks of courts . , 131

trustee process, use in (see Trustee process).
Acts and resolves, approval of certain, withheld by governor . Page 617
blue book edition of, appropriation . . . . . .126

contents of ........ . 462

printing and distribution of ...... 492

cumulative index of, appropriation ...... 126

number passed by general court ..... Page 617

pamphlet edition of, appropriation ...... 126

vetoed by governor ....... Page 617

Acushnet, town of (see Cities and towns).

Adjutant general (see Militia).

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, COMMISSION ON:

in general, appropriation ....... 126

Norfolk state hospital, disposition of, investigation as to,

by . . . . . . . . Resolve 63

state supplies, materials, etc., purchase, etc., powers and

duties as to ........ 446

budget commissioner, Metropolitan Water District Investi-
gating Commission, estimates, report, etc., filing with . 491
public health, department of, estimates by, of costs of certain
alterations, etc., at Lakeville state sanatorium, submission

to 508

comptroller, dental examiners, board of, receipts and expendi-
tures by, record in office of . . . . . . 483

highways in five western counties, completion of, reimburse-
ment to commonwealth for certain expenditures in, ap-
proval by . . . ■ 203

probate and insolvency, .special judges of, service by, certifi-
cation as to, to . . . . . . . . 375

personnel and standardization, division of, director, state
publications, certain, declaration as official text books,
case books, etc., by ...... . 492

purchasing bureau, state purchasing agent, purchase of sup-
plies, etc., by ....... . 446

Administrators (see Executors and admini.'^trators).

Admission tickets, theatres, etc., to, sale and resale regulated . 497

Adulteration, food and drugs, of, rules, etc., of department of public

health as to, penalty for non-compliance with , . 228

Item or
Section.

200

422, 423
Page 585

224-237

231-237r,

598a, 598b,

608a; 237s,

237t, Page

681

1-6

191

1
190

189

143-147

3,5

2
1

1.2

686

Index.

Advertising signs and devices, abatement and removal of certain .
forbidden, when .........

regulation by cities and towns . . . . .

structures, certain, on, of or used by common carriers, pro-
hibited .........

Affidavits, land, title to, relative to, recording of certain
Agavram, Cemetery Association, land, certain, in town of Agawam,
acquisition by, and certain acts validated
town of (see Cities and towns).
Aged persons, taxation, property exemption ....

Agents, insurance (see Insurance).

Agricultural College, Massachusetts (see Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College).
Agricultural information, division of (see Agriculture, depart-
ment of).
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS:

county, in general, teachers in, membership in teachers' retire-
ment association .......

Bristol, improvements, etc., to grounds and equipment .
teachers in, etc., deemed to be public school teachers for
retirement purposes, etc. . . .

vocational education, certain courses in, at . . .

Essex, board of trustees, powers of .... .

teachers in, etc., deemed to be public school teachers for
retirement purposes, etc. ......

Norfolk, teachers in, etc., deemed to be public school teachers
for retirement purposes, etc. .....

AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF:
in general:

appiopriation .........

supplementary ........

birds, report on, completion of drawings for, and publication,
etc., of first volume . . . . . Resolve

dairy products and imitations thereof, laws relating to, en-
forcement by ....... .

commissioner, apples, packages of, marking, etc., rules and regu-
lations as to, by .
grouse, ruffed, killing, etc., of, permits for, board to act in re-
lation to, to be member of .
divisions of:

agricultural information, appropriation
dairying and animal husbandry, appropriation
markets, appropriation .....

supplementary ......

ornithology, appropriation . . . . .

director, grouse, ruffed, killing, etc., of, permits for, board
to act in relation to, to be member of
plant pest control, appropriation . .

reclamation, soil survey and fairs, appropriation .
supplementary . . .

Aid, military (see State and military aid).

poor persons, certain, to, cities and towns, by .
prisoners, discharged, to .....

relief, and, division of (see Public welfare, department of),
state and military (see State and military aid),
state, and pensions, commissioner of (see State aid and pensions,
commissioner of).
Aircraft landing field in East Boston, additional, leasing to
United States ........

further improvement of .......

Aldermen, powers and duties, coasting on public ways, regulation of .

electric companies, rights in public ways, etc., for transmission

lines of, granting by ...... .

fish, breeding areas for, establishment in certain great ponds,
petition for . . . . . .

justices of the peace to issue warrants, etc., petition for .
street railway location petitions, hearings on, notices to certain
members of general court ......

Alewife brook, state land, certain, adjoining shores of, in Cambridge
and Arlington, improvement by metropolitan district com-
mission .........

appropriation .........

Chap.

Item or
Section.

490
334
327

1.2

85
227

374

1,2

1. 2

281
238

281
418
482

281

126
510

119

211

126
126
126
510
126

211
126
126
510

221
299

383
368
296

433

191
58

205

420
510^

1-3
1-3

1-3
3
3

241-263
256-261a

247, 248
249-251
256, 257
256, 257
254, 255

252, 253

258-260a

259

657d,
Page 583

Index.

687

Chap
Aliens, bar, admission to, examinations for, taking by certain . 316

Allston and Brighton district of Boston, municipal building in,

construction, loans for, etc. ...... 399

Alms, solicitation of, wearing of United States army, etc., uniform

in, prohibited ........ 219

Alpha Theta Chapter of the Chi Psi Fraternity in Williams
College, corporate purposes enlarged and holding of
additional real estate authorized ..... 30

Amendments, constitutional, proposed (see Constitution, pro-
posed amendments to).
Americanization, immigration and, division of (see Education,

department of).
American Legion, The, post of, in town of Shelburne, quarters of,
pajTnent of rent of, contribution toward, by town of Buck-
land 319

American revolution, war of, sesquiccntennial of, observance of,

commission to consider programme for, etc. . Resolve 42
appropriation ......... 510

Amusements, public (see Theatrical exhibitions, shows and amuse-
ments).
Animal husbandry, dairying and, division of (see Agriculture,

department of).
Animal industry, division of (see Conservation, department of).
Animal Rescue League of Boston, agents of, appointment as

special police officers, etc. ...... 218

Animals, bovine, tuberculin test, reacting to, requirements, etc., in

case of ........ . 156

See also Cattle,
domestic, diseases among, tuberculosis, cattle affected with,

killing, compensation by state ..... 304

tuberculin test, bovine animals leacting to, requirements, etc.,

in case of . . . . . . . . . 156

inspectors of, reimbursement of certain towns for, appropriation . 126
See also Cattle; Game; Horses; Mules.
Annexation, Foxborough, part of, to Walpole .... 440

Sherborn, part of, to Framingham ...... 235

Annual election, term as applied to cities holding municipal elec-
tions biennially defined ...... 360

Annuities, soldiers and otheis, of, appropriation .... 126

supplementary ......... 510

state employees, of, appropriation ...... 126

See also Insurance, contracts of insurance.
Annuity Company of Massachusetts, revived and time for

organization extended ....... 179

Anthracite deposits, southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island,

of, investigation as to . . . . . Resolve 37

Apiary inspection, department of agriculture, in, appropriation . 126

Apparel, wearing (see Wearing apparel).

Appeals, criminal cases, in, superior court, to, returns as to, to state

secretary ......... 131

milk, sale of, permits for, to public health department . . 122

ordinances or by-laws limiting buildings to specified zones or

districts, under ........ 133

APPEALS, BOARDS OP:

commissioner of corporations and taxation, from decisions of,
appropriation ........

fire insurance rates, on, appropriation .....

Apples, grading and packing of, and marking of packages thereof .

Appraisers, legacy and succession taxes, appraisal of property in

connection with, by ...... .

APPROPRIATIONS :

absentee voting .........

accountants, public, registration of .....

deficiency ..........

accounts, and claims, unclassified ......

supplementary ......... 510

division of, in department of corporations and taxation
municipal, auditing and installing of .

Item or

Section.

1.2

1-3

1,2
31c

1.2

305

1,2
1-11

231
231

218, 218a,
224-229

246

126

151

126

314

119

1-5

300

126

200

126

422, 423

510

Page 585

126

224-237

231-237r,

598a, 598b,

510

608a; 237s,

237t, Page

581

126

326-329

126

328, 329

688

Index.

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

acts and resolves, blue book edition
cumulative index
pamphlet edition
adjutant general ....

supplementary . . . _. _

administration, and finance, commission on
division of, in department of public health
supplementary . . .

advisory board, department of agriculture

department of education
Agricultural College, Massachusetts

market garden field station of, removal to Waltham Resolve
agricultural information, division of, in department of agricul-
ture .....

agriculture, department of

supplementary . . . .

aid, and pensions, state, commissioner of ...

and relief, division of, in department of public welfare .
Ale\vife Brook, improvement of land adjoining shores of, in Cam

bridge and Arlington . .

Americanization, immigration and, division of, in department of
education ....

animal husbandry, dairying and, division of, in department of
agriculture . . . . . . . .

animal industry, division of, in department of conservation
animals, inspectors of, reimbursement of certain towns for
annuities, soldiers and others ......

supplementary .......

state employees .......

apiary inspection, department of agriculture . .

appeal, from decisions of commissioner of corporations and taxa
tion, board of ...... .

on fire insurance rates, board of, in department of banking and
insurance .........

arbitration, conciliation and, board of, in department of labor
and industries .......

supplementary . . . . . . .

archives, Massachusetts, reproduction of manuscript collection

superintendent of ...... .

armory, commission .......

arsenal, superintendent of ..... .

art commission ........

deficiency ........

attorney general ........

supplementary ........

auditing and installing of municipal accounts .

auditor of the commonwealth .....

automobiles, registration of, in department of public works

supplementary ........

ballot law commission .......

ballots, printing and distribution of ....

band concerts ........

banking and insurance, department of .

banking institutions, taxation of, special commission relative to
banks, and loan agencies, division of, in department of banking
and insurance ....

refunding of taxes to certain
bar examiners, board of ...

Belchertown state school

supplementary .....
blind, adult, instruction, aid, etc. .
supplementary . _ .

deaf and, pupils, education of

supplementary . . . .

division of, in department of education

supplementary ....

blue book, printing and binding of .

Blue Hills Parkway, construction of sidewalks in

Item or

Chap.

Section.

126

191

126

190

126

189

126

98-103

510

101

126

143-147

126

541-543

510

542, 542a

126

245

126

333

126

368-372

126

247, 248

126

241-263

510

256-261a

126

152-154

126

511-518

510 657d, Page 583
126 352, 353

126
126
126
126
510

126

249-251

298-305

305

231

218, 218a,

224-229

246

151

314

126

434, 443

510

434, 443

126

186

126 {

134-136,
149a, 150

126

127

126

148-150

126

127

126

160

126

Page 130

126

237^239

510

238, 239a

126

328, 329

126

221-223

126

613, 614

510

613-614a

126

161, 162

126

194, 195

126

656

126

306-318

510

31a

126

306-310

510

322a

126

85,86

126

485-491

510

486

126

358, 360

510 360

, Page 582

126

343

510

343

126

356-360

510 1

357, 360,

Page 582

126

191

126

662

Index.

689

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

blue fky law, so-called, administration of . . .

supplemental y ........

boiler, inspection ser\-ice, department of public safety

rules, board of, in department of public safety
bonds, officials', premiums, reimbursement

serial .........

"bonus" for soldiers, sailors, etc. .....

supplementary ........

Boston, elevated railway system, additions, etc., to, joint special
committee to investigate as to .
port of, development of, serial bonds ....

psychopathic hospital ......

supplementary .......

state hospital ........

supplementary .......

thoroughfare, new, in, etc., special commission to investigate
as to . . . . . . ...

boulevards and parkways ......

supplementary ........

boxing commission in department of public safety

boys, industrial school for ......

Lyman school for .......

supplementary .......

boys' parole, department of public welfare

Bradford Durfee Textile School .....

Bridgewater normal school ......

Bridgman, Frank E., assistant clerk of house, salary

supplementary ........

Brightman street bridge in Fall River, maintenance, etc. .
Brown, Norman H., payment to .
building inspection service, department of public safety
buildings, superintendent of .

supplementary ........

bulletin of committee hearings, general court, publication of
Bunker Hill monument and adjacent property, maintenance, etc
census division in department of secretary of the commonwealth

supplementary ........

chaplains, general court ......

Charles river basin, maintenance, etc. . ; . .

supplementary ........

chief quartermaster .......

supplementary ........

chief surgeon ........

child guardianship, division of, in department of public welfare

deficiency ........

chiropodists, registration of, department of civil service and regis
tration ........

cities, aid and relief, certain, by, reimbursement

supplementary .......

by (see Municipal finance)

English speaking classes for adults, reimbursement
deficiency ........

funeral expenses for certain soldiers, reimbursement

interest on account of abolition of grade crossings, refunds to
certain ........

military aid, reimbursement .....

schools, certain expenses, reimbursement

deficiency ........

taxes, reimbursement for loss of certain

teachers' pensions, reimbursement ....

civil service and registration, department of .

deficiency ........

supplementary .........

civil ser\dce, division of, in department of civil service and regis-
tration .........

Chap.

126
510
126
126
126
126
126

Item or
Section.

649, 650

584, 585

589, 590

232

219

215

510 215a, Page 682

510
126
126
510
126
510

31g
219

457

456

456a

510

126
126
126
510
126
126
126
126
510
126
510
126
126

510

126
126
126
510
126
126

510 311, Page 581
126 652, 661
652-652b;
661, 662a,
662b, Page
683
595, 596
532
535
535
526-528
391,391a
373, 374
6
6
609
598b
582, 583
169-177i
169-177;
177f , Page
682
25
651,651a
205-207
207a
17
654

510 654, Page 582
126 127-138
510 131
126 1.39-141
126 519-523
126 Page 132

126
126
510

126
126
126

403

155, 514-518

618

349

Page 131

156

510 220a
126 155
126 340, 349, 531
126 Page 131
126 330
126 364
126 394-423
/ 126 Pages 131, 132

Page 585
412a; 405,

Page 681

1510
510 {

126

395-398

690

Index.

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

civil war veterans, formerly in state service, compensation
records of, publication of ..... .

claims, accounts and, unclassified . . . . .

supplementary

Chap.

126

126
126

510

126
126
126
126

510

cleaners formerly employed in state house, pensions . . . 126

clerk, house of representatives ...... 126

supplementary ........ 510

senate .......... 126

supplementary ........ 610

Cole, Frederick W., payment to ..... . 510

commerce, foreign and domestic, commission on, in department

of labor and industries
committees, general court, advertising hearings

bulletin of hearings ....

expenses ......

supplementary .....

commonwealth pier five, supervision and operation of . .126

communicable diseases, division of, in department of public health 126

supplementary ......... 510

conciliation and arbitration, board of, in department of labor

and industries ........ 126

supplementary ......... 510

Connecticut Valley Regional Planning Board . . . .510

[ 126

conservation, department of ..... . j 510

deficiency ........ < g^Q

constabulary, state ........ 126

supplementary ......... 510

corporations and taxation, department of .... 126

supplementary ......... 510

correction, department of ...... . 126

supplementary ......... 510 j

councillors, salaries and expenses . . . . . .126

counsel, house of representatives, and assistants . . . 126

senate, and assistants . . . . . . .126

supplementary . . . . . . . .510

counties, maintenance of certain, etc. . . . . . 348

credit unions, laws relating to, special commission to examine,

etc 510

cumulative index, acts and resolves ..... 126

dairying and animal husbandry, division of, in department of

agriculture ......... 126

Danvers state hospital ........ 126

supplementary ......... 510

deaf and blind pupils, education of . . . . . . 126

supplementary ......... 510

debt, direct, payment of interest on ..... 126

deer, wild, damages by , . . . . . . . 126

deficiency ......... 126

deficiencies .........

dental examiners, board of, in department of civil service and
registration ........

deficiency .........

supplementary .........

Devens, Arthur L., payment to ..... . 510

diseases, communicable, division of, in department of public health 126

supplemental y ........ 510

mental, department of ...... . 126

supplementary ........ 610

venereal, division of, in department of public health . . 126

Item or
Section.

224, 227

126

224-237

231-237r,

598a, 598b.

608a; 237s,

237t, Page

581

229

5,8

5,7

598b

447, 448

20-23

21,21a,

31f-31j

622

548, 549

548

434, 443

31d

265-305

after 261a,

Page 573

Page 131

Page 584

597, 598

598

319-330

322a

492-507a

497-503;

493, Page

576;

503a, Page

681

89,91,93

19,29

18,27

1,2

31k
190

249-251

458, 459

459a

343

220

296

Page 131

/ 126 Pages 130-132

\ 510 Pages 584, 686

126 405, 406

126 Page 131

510 405, Page 581

237c

548, 549

548

449-491

455b-486

650, 661

Index.

691

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

district attorney? ........

supplementary ........

district courts, administrative committee of . . .

justices of, expenses, etc., for service in superior court .

supplementary .......

special, services of certain, reimbursement of counties
deficiency ........

Donohue, William, payment to .... .

doorkeepers and assistant doorkeepers, general court

supplementary ........

drugs, food and, inspection of, in department of public health
supplementary ........

education, department of ..... .

deficiency ........

supplementary .......

elections, matters relating to . . . . • . . • .

electricians, state examiners of, in department of civil service

and registration .......

elevator regulations, board of, in department of public safety
embalming, board of registration in, in department of civil serv

ice and registration . . _ . . .

employees, public, compensation for injuries sustained by .

state, annuities and pensions .....

employment offices, free ......

engineering division, department of public health

supplementary ........

English speaking classes for adults, department of education

deficiency ........

executive department .......

fairs, reclamation, soil survey and, di'V'ision of, in department of
agriculture ........

supplementary ........

farm, state .........

supplementary ........

Feeble-Minded, Massachusetts School for the .

supplementary ........

fees, medical examiners' ......

Ferrand, Ida, payment to ..... .

finance, administration and, commission on . . .

fire insurance rates, board of appeal on, in department of banking
and insurance .......

fire mai'shal, state .......

firemen, claims arising from deaths of ... .

deficiency ........

firemen's relief ........

fire prevention district service, depaitment of public safetj^
fires, property loss from, special commission relative to
fire warden, state ........

fisheries and game, division of, in department of conservation

Fitchburg normal school ......

deficiency .........

Flanders, Everett I., payment to ..... .

food and drugs, inspection of, in department of public health

supplementary .........

foreign and domestic commerce, commission on, in department of
labor and industries .......

forestry, di\'ision of, in department of conservation .

deficiency ........

forests, state, planting, purchasing, development, etc.
Foxborough state hospital ......

Framingham, normal school ......

town of, sewage disposal contract, reformatory for women
France, memorial in, to Massachusetts soldiers, etc. .
free employment offices ......

Chap.

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510
126
126
510
f 126
1510
510
126

510 <

126
510
126
126
510

510

126

126
126

126

126
510
126
126
126

126
510
126
510
126
510
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510
126

126
126
126
126
126
126
510
126
126
510

126
510
510
126
510

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126
126
510
126
126
126
126
510
126

Item or
Section.

71-79
73
51

49c

Page 130

Page 684

237d

11-13

12; 11, Page

682

558, 559

558

331-393

Page 131

Page 584

343, 387;

357, 360,

Page 582

194-201

420. 421
587, 588

413, 414

230

218, 218a,

224-229

433, 442

560, 561

561a-561d

347-349

Page 131

87-97

258-260a

259

500, 501

500

467-469

469a

208

2371

143-147

314

692-694

233

Page 131

213, 214

592-694

31b

272

281-297

after 261a,

Page 673

375, 376

Page 684

598b

558, 559

558

447, 448

267-278

Page 131

Page 584

274-277

460, 461

377-378a

507

159e

433,442

692

Index.

Chap.

Item or
Section.

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

funerals, military, expenses of certain, reimbursement to cities
and towns ........

Furnace Brook parkway, dam and tidegate in, construction of
game, fisheries and, division of, in department of conserva-
tion ......

supplementary .....

Gardner state colony ....

supplementary .....

general court, bulletin of committee hearings
chaplains ......

clerk, house of representatives
supplementary
assistant .....

supplementary
senate ......

supplementary
assistant .....

supplementary
committees, expenses

deficiency .....

supplementary ....

contingent expenses ....

supplementary ....
counsel to .....

supplementary ....

doorkeepers and assistant doorkeepers .

supplementary ....

hearings, advertising ....

bulletin of . . . " .

legislative document room, clerks

supplementary ....

members' compensation

supplementary ....

messengers .....

supplementary ....

pages ......

supplementary ....

postmaster .....

supplementary ....

printing and binding . . . .

sergeant-at-arms, salary, clerical assistance, etc.

supplementary . . . .

women, retired, formerly emplos'^ed bj% compensation
stationery .....

traveling expenses ....

supplementary ....

General Laws, printing of, deficiency
girls, industrial school for

supplementary . . . .

girls' parole, department of public welfare
Glickman, Marion, payment to
governor, salary and expenses
governor's council, salaries and expenses .
grade crossings, abolition of, interest on account of, refunds to

certain cities and towns
Giafton state hospital ....
Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massachusetts
Hayden, Irving N., assistant clerk of senate, salary

supplementary ......

health, public, department of ...

deficiency ......

supplementary ......

126 156

510 662d, Page 584

281-297
after 261a,
Page 573
462-464
464a
25
17
5,8
5
6
6
5,7
5
6
6
20-23
Page 130
21,21a,
31f-31j
30
30
18. 19, 27, 29
18
11-13
12; 11,
Page 682
23
25
15
15
1-4
510 2, 4, Page 582

126

510 •

126
510
126
126
126
510
126
510
126
510
126
510
126
126

610^

126
510
126
510
126

510"

126
126
126
510

126

126
510
126
510
126
510
126
126

510 '

126

126
126

510J

126
126
510
126
510
126
126

610
126
126
126
510
126
510

510^

11, 13

11, Page 582

11, 14

11, Page 582

9-16

■ 10-16; 11,

Page 682

229

26,28

2,4, 11,22

2,4, 11,

Page 582

Page 130

533, 534

533

529-531

237r

87, 92, 93

89, 91, 93

220a

465, 466

158

541-573

Page 684

542-573aL

548a,

Page 581;

569a,

Page 682

Index.

693

Chap.

Item or
Section.

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

hearings, committees of general court, advertising of

bulletin of ........

Heftye, William M., pajTnent to .

highways, division of, in department of public works

supplementary ........

history of Massachusetts' part in World War, preparation of
Hodskins, Major Edward B., estate of, payment to .
Hospital Cottages for Children .....

hospital school, Massachusetts .....

Hyannis normal school .......

Hyde Park district of Boston, roadway from River street to

Regent stieet in, construction of .
hygiene, divi.«ion of, in department of public health
immigration and Americanization, division of, in department of
education ........

income tax division, in department of corporations and taxa
tion .....

index, cumulative, acts and resolves
industrial accidents, department of
industrial school, for boys

for girls .....
supplementary
industries, labor and, department of

supplementary ....
infirmary, state ....

supplementary ....
injuries, compensation of certain public employees for
ink, purchase of .
insolvency, probate and, courts of .

deficiency ....

supplementary ....
inspections, division of, in department of public safety
insurance, banking and, department of .

division of, in department of banking and insurance

fire, rates, board of appeal on, in department of banking and
insurance ....

reciprocal, investigation as to

savings bank life, division of, in department of banking and in-
surance ....
interest, direct debt and temporary loans

grade crossings, abolition of, on account of, refunds to certain
cities and towns ........

investigations, special

journals of house of representatives of Massachusetts Bay, pur-
chase and distribution of copies of . . . .

judge advocate, state ........

judicial council .........

judicial department ........

deficiency ........

supplementary ........

juvenile training, division of, in department of public welfare

supplementary ........

Kimball, James W., clerk of house of representatives, salary

supplementary ........

Knapp, Harold C, payment to .... .

labor and industries, department of ....

supplementary ........

laboratories, division of, in department of public health

supplementary ........

Lakeville state sanatorium ......

126
126
510
126
510
126
510
126
126
126

}510{

126

126
126
126
126
126
510
126
510
126
510
126
126
126
126
510
126
126
126

237o

602-614

608a-614c

159

237s, Page 581

453

536- 539a

379, 380

652a; 662a,

Page 583

544-547

352, 353

323-325

190

424-428

532

533, 534

533

429-446

434, 443

540

540, 540a

230

203

52-70

Page 130

581-586

306-318

311-314

126 314
510 31m, Page 582

126
126

315-318
220

510 220a
126 157A

(31-31J; 31k,
311, Page
581;
31m, Page
582

supplementary .

Lamson, Henry M.
land court .
supplementary .

payment to

126
126
510
126
/126
\510
510
126
510
126
510
510
126
510
126
510
126

510

510
126
510

187

49b

32-82

Page 130

Page 584

48-80

524-535

533, 535

237e

429-446

434, 443

562, 563

562

569

569; 569a.

Page 582

237q

80-82

694

Index.

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

Laws, General, printing of, deficiency
laws, uniform state, commissioners on .
legislative department ......

supplementary ...
libraries, public, division of, in department of education
library, state .......

lieutenant governor, salary and expenses
loan agencies, banks and, division of, in department of banking
and insurance ......

supervisor of, in department of banking and insurance
loans, temporary, payment of interest on
"Lotis," police steamer
supplementary

boat to replace .
Lowell, normal school .

textile school
lumber, surveying of
Lyman school for boys .

supplementary .
Lynn woods and Newburyport turnpike, route connecting, in

vestigation as to .
MacWilliams, Harold F., payment to ... .

markets, division of, in department of agriculture

supplementary ........

Martin, George F., payment to .... .

Winfred A., payment to ..... .

Massachusetts, Agricultural College ....

market garden field station of, removal to Waltham Resolve

archives, reproduction of manuscript collection

hospital school .

nautical school .

reformatory

supplementary

School for the Feeble-Minded
supplementary

training schools, trustees of
supplementary
McGinley, William and Elizabeth, pajTnent to
McLaughlin, Susan F., payment to
Meagher, Michael F., pension
medals of valor, militia ....
Medfield state hospital ....

supplementary .....
medical examiners' fees ....
medical service in sparsely settled districts, investigation as to
medicine, registration in, board of, in department of civil service

and registration .
mental diseases, department of

supplementary .
messengers, general court

supplementary .
metropolitan, district Commission

supplementary

north, sewerage district
planning, division of .

supplementary
south, sewerage district
water system
Mexican border service, certificates of honor
military, accounts, etc. .
supplementary
aid, cities and towns reimbursed
expenses, special
militia ....

adjutant general
supplementary
aero squadron, organization and maintenance

Chap.

126
126
126
510
126
126
126

126
126
126
126
510
126
126
126
126
126
510

Item or
Section.

Page 130

163

1-30

5-3 Ij

354, 355

164-168

88,91

306-310
309, 310
220
579
579
591
381
392
438, 446
635
535

510 657f, Page 581

237f

256, 257

502a

598a

368-372

186
386-539a
365-367
503
503; 503a,
Page 581
467-469
469a
524-535
533, 535
2371
237p
43
159d
470, 471
471a
208
510 548a, Page 581

510
126
510
510
510
126
24
126
126
126
126

510 <

126
510
126
510
510
510
126
510
126
510
126

126
126
510
126
510
126

510-

126
126

401-404

449-491

455b-486

11, 13

11, Page 582

654-666

654-662d,

Pages

682-584;

657f, Page

681

663

658

510 658, Page 583

126
126
126
126
510
126
126
126
126
610
126

665

666

122

101

155

123-125

104-120

98-103

101

120

Index.

695

of labor and industries

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued,
militia, armories .

chief quartermaster .
supplementary

chief surgeon . . .

horses, maintenance, etc.

judge advocate, state

property and disbursing officer

superintendent, of armories
of arsenal
minimum wage service, department
Monson state hospital .
moose, wild, damages by

deficiency
motor vehicles, registration of, in department of public works
supplementary

regulation, etc., joint special committee to investigate as to
Mount Grace state forest, maintenance of
municipal accounts, auditing and installing
Nahant, state land at, certain improvements on
Nantasket Beach reservation ....
Nathanson, Lewine A., pajonent to
national banks, refunding of certain taxes to
nautical school, Massachusetts
necessaries of life, commission on .
New Bedford, state pier ....

textile school ......

Newburyport, bridge, maintenance, etc. .

turnpike and Lynn woods, route connecting, investigation as to
Norfolk state hospital
normal, art school

schools
deficiency
supplementary
North Adams normal school
Northampton state hospital

supplementary . .

north metropolitan sewerage district
North Reading state sanatorium ....
Norwood, armory in, purchase of land for
nurses, board of registration of, in department of civil
and registration ......

supplementary .......

officials' bonds, premiums, reimbursement

old provincial state house .....

optometry, board of registration in, in department of civil
and registration ......

ornithology, division of, in department of agriculture
pages, general court ......

supplementary .......

pamphlet edition, acts and resolves

paper, purchase of ......

pardons, advisory board of, in department of correction

supplementary .......

park reservations, maintenance ....

supplementary . . . . . .

parkways and boulevards .....

supplementary . . . . . . .

parole, board of, in department of correction .

supplementary ......

boys', department of public welfare

gills', department of public welfare
Penikese Island, care of property on . . .

pensions, judges, certain

old age, etc., investigation as to
supplementary

police officers, state

prison officers and instructors

sergeant-at-arms, certain women formerly employed by

Chap.

126 (

126

510

126

510

126

510 657c

126

510

126

510

126

510 657f

510

126

510

126

510

126

126
510
126
126

Item or
Section.

134-136,

149a, 150

127-138

131

139-141

114

142

121

127

435, 444

472

296

Page 131

613, 614

613-614a

31f

277

328, 329

, Page 583

659

237r

322a

365-367

178a

625

393

609

, Page 581

455d

389. 390

373-390

Page 584

387

382-383a

473-477

477a

663

570

149a

410-412

412a

232

178

126
126
126
510
126
126
126

415-417

254, 255

11, 14

11, Page 682

189

147

493

510 493, Page 676
126 655
510 655, Page 683
126 652, 661
652- 652b;
661, 662a,
662b, Page
683
493
510 493, Page 576

510

126

126
126
126
126
126
510
126
126
126

526-528

529-531

565

34, 49, 53

228

226

229

696

Index.

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued,
pensions, soldiers and others .
supplementary-
state aid and, commissioner of

state employees

teachers ....

veterans, certain

pharmacy, board of registration in, in department of civil service

and registration ........

deficiency . . . . . . . _ .

Philippine Insurrection, records of soldiers and sailors who served
during, compilation of . . . . _ .

pier, commonwealth, five, supervision and operation of
New Bedford state, operation and maintenance of
one at East Boston, maintenance . . .

plant pest control, division of, in department of agriculture
plumbers, state examiners of, in department of public health
supplementary . . . . . . ■ ■

police, killed in discharge of duties, allowance to families of
supplementary .....

patrol, state ......

supplementary .....

state, division of, in department of public safety
supplementary .
retired compensation ....

porters, state house .....

poit of Boston, development of, serial bonds .
postmaster, general court ....

supplementary ......

premiums, officials' bonds, reimbursement
prison, camp and hospital . _ .
instructors, retired, compensation
officers, retired, compensation
state .......

supplementary .....

probate and insolvency, courts of ,

deficiency ......

supplementary .....

registers of ..... •

probation, commission on ... .

deficiency ......

propertj' and disbursing oflicer

province lands, care and maintenance of .

public accountants, registration of .

deficiency . . . • _ _• • . •

public employees, compensation for injuries sustained by
public health, department of .
deficiency

supplementary

Chap.

126
510
126

126 I

126

126 I

126
126

126
126
126
126
126
126
510
126
510
126
510
126
510
126
126
126
126
510
126
126
126
126
126
510
126
126
510
126
126
126
126
126
126
510
126
126
510

510

public lands, waterways and, division of, in department of public

works ......... 126

supplementary .......•• 510

public libraries, division of, in department of education . . 126

public records, supervisor of, in department of state secretary . 126
public reservations, establishment, etc., joint special committee

to investigate as to . . . . . • • 510

public safety, department of . . . . . . . 126

supplementary . . . . . . • . . . 510

public utilities, department of ...... 126

deficiency .......•• 126

supplementary ......... 510

public welfare, department of ...... 126

deficiency ......... 126

supplementary . . . . . . . . .510

Item or
Section.

231

152-154

218,218a,

224-229

363, 364

224, 225,

227, 231

407-409
Page 132

125

622

625

623

252, 253

564

234

597, 598

598

577-580

579, 580

228

172

219

232

504, 505

226

502

52-70

Page 130

56-70

83,84

Page 130

121

618

422, 423

Page 585

230

541-573

Page 584

542-573a;

548a,

Page 581 ;

569a,

Page 582

615-632

620a-632b

354, 355

202-204

31h

574-598

576-598b;

576, Page

582

633-650

Page 131

638a-650

508-540

Page 132

518-540a

Index.

697

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued,
public works, department of .

supplementary .........

quartermaster, chief ........

supplementary .........

Rebellion, War of the, anniversary of termination of, observance

of . . .

reciprocal insurance, investigation as to .
reclamation, board, state . .

soil survey and fairs, division of, in department of agriculture .
supplementary
records, public, supervisor of, in department of state secretary .
war, civil, publication of ...... .

Philippine Insurrection, compilation of .
World, Massachusetts residents, of, who died in military or
naval service ........

Massachusetts troops, of, copying, etc., of certain .

Redding, Stuart P., payment to ..... .

reformatory, for women .......

Massachusetts .........

Chap.

126

510
126
510

Item or
Section.

599-632

608a-632b

127-138

131

510 159c
510 31m, Page 582

126
126
510
126
126
126

264
258-260a
259
202-204
126
125

510
510 I

supplementary .......

registers of probate and insolvency .....

registration, civil service and, department of .

deficiency ........ I

supplementary ........

division of, in department of civil service and registration

deficiency ........ <

organization, practice, etc., investigation by joint special
committee .........

supplementary ........

rehabilitation, vocational, and co-operation with federal govern-
ment ..........

relief, aid and, division of, in department of public welfare
reporter of decisions of supreme judicial court ....

representatives, house of, members' compensation

supplementary .........

reservations, park ........

supplementary . . . .

public, establishment, etc., special joint committee to investi-
gate as to .
retirement, board of, state .......

teachers' .........

judges, certain .........

prison ofBcers and instructors ......

sergeant-at-arms, certain women formerly employed by

state employees . . . ...

state police officers ........

veterans, certain ........

Revere, beach reservation, electric lighting system on, installation

roadway from Eliot Circle to Revere street in, reconstruction

revolution, anniversary of, special commission to report plans

for ..........

rural districts, health and medical service in certain, investigation

as to .
Rutland state sanatorium .......

safety, public, department of .

supplementary .........

Salem normal school . . . . . . . .

sanatoria ..........

supplementary .........

159a
after 652c,
Page 581
598b
506-507a
503
503; 503a,
Page 581
56-70
394-423
126 Pages 131, 132
510 Page 585

..„ f 412a; 405,
^^"1 Page 581
126 399-423

126 Pages 131, 132
510 Page 585

510
126
126

510

126
126

510
510

31i

412a; 405,
Page 581

126 341

126 511-518

126 41,42

126 3, 4

610 2, Page 582

126 655

510 655, Page 583

510
126
126
126
126
126

126 1

126

126 I

510 '

510
I

510

510\

126

510

126
126
510

31h

216-218a

361-364

34, 49, 53

226

229

218, 218a,

224-229

228

224, 225,

227, 231

657b, Page

583

657e, Page

583

31c

548a, Page

581

571, 572

574-598

576-598b;

576, Page

582

384

569-573

569, 573a

lNDE3t.

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

Sanger, William H., clerk of senate, salary ....

supplementary .........

savings bank deposits, unclaimed, reimbursement for funds de-
posited on account of .
savings bank life insurance, division of, in department of banking
and insurance ........

scrub women formerly employed in state house, pensions .
seals, bounties on .

deficiency .........

secretary of the commonwealth ......

deficiency ..........

supplementary

securities, administration of law relative to sale of, etc.

supplementary .....
senate, members' compensation

supplementary .....
sergeant-at-arms, salarj', clerical assistance, etc.

supplementary ....

retired women, certain, formerly employed by
tion ......

compensa-

sewerage district, north metropolitan

south metropolitan ....
Shea, Emma C, pajTnent to .
sheep farms, demonstration .
Sidebottom, George I., payment to
sight-saving classes for children
sinking fund lequirements
Smith, Richard and Catherine, payment to
smoke, abatement of .

supplementary .....
soil survey, reclamation, and fairs, division of, in department o
agriculture .....

supplementary .....
Soja, Joseph, payment to . . .

soldiers, annuities and pensions of certain

supplementary .....
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts

investigation as to, by special commission
soldiers, sailors, etc., aid for, state and military, cities and town
reimbursed ....

"bonus" for .....
supplementary ....

funeral expenses for certain, reimbursement for

institutional care, special, for veterans, investigation as to

records of (see, supra, records, war).

state pay to .... .

supplementary . . *.

testimonials to certain, of World War .
Somerville, city of, refund to, for certain interest paid, etc.
south metropolitan sewerage district
Spates, Florence W., payment to

standards, division of, in department of labor and industries
Standish, monument reservation, maintenance of

Myles, statue of, in Duxbury, repair of, etc.
Stanton, Howard, payment to
state aid, and pensions, commissioner of .

cities and towns, by, reimbursement
state constabulary ....

supplementary .....

state employees, annuities and pensions .

state farm ......

supplementary .....

state fire marshal .....

state fire warden .....

state forests, purchase, development, etc.
state house, elevator, installation in

Chap.

126
510

126

126
126
126
126
126
126

510

126
510
126
510
126

510

126
126
126
510
126
510
126
126
510
126
510

126
510
510
126
510
126
126

Item ot
Section.

5
5

236

315-318

229

297

Page 131

179-208

Page 130

207a; after

652c,

Page 581;

193a,

Page 581

649, 650

1.2

2, Page 582

9-16

10-16; 11,

Page 582

229
663
665

608a
251

237j
359
219
237n
648
648

258-260a

259

237q

231

157, 157A

157A

126 155
126 215
510 215a, Page 582
126 156
126 157A

212
212
123
237
665
237h

437, 445
276

279, 280
608a

152-154
155

597, 598

598

218,218a,

224-229

500, 501
500

592-594
272

274-277
510 1771, Page 682

126
510
126
126
126
510
126
126
126
510
126
126
126
510

126 •

126
510
126
126
126

Index.

699

APPROPRIATIONS — Continued,
state house, engineer's department
supplementary

maintenance of .

old provincial .

porters ....

telephone service

watchmen

women formerly employed in cleaning, compensation
state infirmary

supplementary .
state judge advocate
state library

state pay to soldiers and sailors

state police, division of, in department of public safety
supplementary

patrol

supplementary

retired, compensation
state prison .

supplementary .
state reclamation board
stationery, general court
statistical service, department of labor and industries
Steele, Gertrude A., payment to ..... .

St. Mihiel, France, memorial in, to men and women of Massa-
chusetts who served on foreign soil in World War .

Stoneham, parkway in, laying out of .... .

Suffolk county court house, certain improvements in

Sullivan, James H., payment to ..... .

superintendent of buildings .......

supplementary .

superior court
deficiency

supplementary .
supreme judicial court

printing of reports of

reporter of decisions of
surgeon, chief
Taunton state hospital

supplementary .
taxation, corporations and, department of ... .

supplementary .........

taxes, loss of, on land used for state institutions, reimbursement
of cities and towns for ......

refunding of certain, to certain national banks
teachers', institutes, expenses of holding .....

retirement board ........

teachers, training of, for vocational schools ....

telephone and telegraph division, in department of public utilities
telephones, state house ........

textile schools .........

tickets to theatres, etc., sale and resale of, administering act to
regulate .........

towns, aid and relief, certain, by, reimbursement

supplementary ........

animals, inspection of, reimbursement . . . . .

English speaking classes for adults, reimbursement

deficiency .........

forest fires, aid in purchasing equipment for extinguishing, etc.
reimbursement for certain expenses in extinguishing .

funeral expenses for certain soldiers, reimbursement

interest on account of abolition of grade crossings, refunds to
certain .....

military aid, reimbursement

school expenses, certain, reimbursement
deficiency .....

taxes, reimbursement for loss of certain

teachers' pensions, reimbursement

Item or

Chap.

Section.

126

170

510

170

126

169-177J

126

178

126

172

126

175

126

171

126

229

126

540

510

540, 540a

126

142

126

164-168

126

212

126

577-580

510

579, 580

126

597, 598

510

598

126

228

126

502

510

502

126

264

126

26,28

126

432, 441

510

237b

510

159e

510 1

652b; 662b,

Page 583

126

510

598b

126

169-177^

169-177;

510 ]

177i

Page 582

126

45-49a

/126
\510

Page 130

Page 584

510

126

32-44

126

192

126

41,42

126

139-141

126

478

510

478a

126

319-330

510

322a

126

330

510

322a

126

344

126

361-364

126

346

126

637

126

175

126

391-393

510 576, Page 582

126

155, 514-518

510

518

126

305

126

349

126

Page 131

126

271

126

278

120

156

510

220a

126

155

126

338-340, 349

126

Page 131

126

330

126

364

700

Index.

Chap.
APPROPRIATIONS — Continued.

training schools, Massachusetts, trustees of ... . 126

supplementary ......... 610

treasurer and receiver general ...... 126

supplementary . . . . . . . . .510

tuberculosis, division of, in department of public health . . 126
Twenty-sixth Division, one hundred and fourth regiment of

infantry of, decoration of colors of, commemoration of . 510

uniform state laws, commissioners on .... . 126

university extension courses ....... 126

utilities, public, department of ..... . 126

deficiency ......... 126

supplementary ......... 510

venereal diseases, division of, in department of public health . 126

veterans, institutional care, special, for, investigation as to . 126
laws relating to, compilation and printing of . . .

retirement of certain ........

veterinary medicine, board of registration in, in department of
civil service and registration .....

vocational rehabilitation and co-operation with federal govern-
ment ..........

vocational schools, training of teachers for ....

Waclde, Sadie B., pajTiient to ......

wage, boards .........

minimum, service, department of labor and industries .

Wakefield, parkway in, laying out of .... .

war records, civil, publication of ..... .

Philippine Insurrection, compilation of .

World, Massachusetts residents, of, who died in military or
naval service ........

Massachusetts troops, of, copying, etc., of certain

wars, expenses on account of .

supplementary .........

watchmen, state house ........

water supply needs of metropolitan district, etc., special com-
mission to study further ......

water system, metropolitan .......

Watertown, Charles River road in, construction of sidewalk on .

waterways and public lands, division of, in department of public
works

supplementary .
Weeks, Albion A. and Teresa, pajmtient to
welfare, public, department o:

deficiency .

supplementary .
Wellington bridge

Item or
Section.

524-535

533, 535

209-220

210-220a;

215a, Page

582

566-568

159b

163

350, 351

633-650

Page 131

638a-650

550, 551

157A

510 193a, Page 581

,„. f 224,225.

i^o I 227, 231

418, 419

341

346

237g

436

435, 444

652b; 662b,

Page 583

126

125

159a

after 652c,

Page 581

155-159

159a-159e

171

31e

126

126
126
510
126
126

510

126

510

510-I

126
510
126

510
126

510

f 652c; 662c,
\ Page 584

supplementary .

Westborough state hospital
supplementary .
treasurer of, pajTnent to
Westfield, nonnal school
state sanatorium
supplementary
Weston, Roderick L., payment to

West Roxbury parkway. Westerly border road in, construction of 510 657a, Page 583
women, reformatory for
Worcester, normal school
supplementary
state hospital
supplementary
works, public, department of

supplementary .
World War, Massachusetts' part in, history of

records, Massachusetts residents, of, who died in military or
naval service

126 615-632

510 620a-632b
510 237t, Page 581

126
126
510
126

510

126
510
510
126
126
510
510

126
126
510
126
510
126
510
126

508-540

Page 132

518-540a

653, 660

653; 660,

Page 583

479-481

479, 481a

237m

385, 386

573

573a

237q

506-507a

387, 388

387

482

482a

599-632

608a-632b

159

Massachusetts troops, of, copying, etc., of certain

510
510 i

159a
after 652c,
Page 581

Index. 701

Item or
Chap. Section.

APPROPRIATIONS — Concluded.

Wientham state school 126 483-484a

Yeomen (F), so-called, payment of soldiers' bonus to . . 510 215a, Page 582

Young, Marion B., payment to ..... . 510 237a

Z:ijac, Frank, heirs of, payment to . . . . . . 510 237k

Arbitration, conciliation and, board of (see Labor and industries,
department of).

Archives, Massachusetts, reproduction of manuscript collection,

appropriation ........ 126 186

Arlington, town of (see Cities and towns).

. . . ,. lor / 134-136,

Armories, appropriation ........ lib < 149a 150

superintendent of, appropriation ...... 126 127

use of, extended ........ <, ^gg ^g

See also Militia.
Armory, Charlestown, damages, certain, in connection with mainte-
nance of, claims for, payment of . . . Resolve 47
appropriation ......... 510 237r

Norwood, in, purchase of land for, appropriation . . . 126 149a

ARMORY COMMISSIONERS:

appropriation ......... 126 148-150

state muster field, so-called, at Framingham, portion of, sale

by ....... . Resolve 60

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