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ACTS

RESOLVES

PASSED BY THE

^mnm\ (JJourt of Itlassaclmsetts

IN THE YEAR

1930

TOGETHER WITH

TABLES SHOWING CHANGES IN THE STATUTES, ETC.

PUBLISHED BT THE

SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

BOSTON
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1930

ACTS AND RESOLVES

OF

MASSACHUSETTS
1930

The General Court, which was chosen November 6, 1928, assembled
on Wednesday, the first day of January, 1930, for its second annual
session.

His Excellency Fraisk G. Allen and His Honor William S. Youngman
continued to serve as Governor and Lieutenant Governor, resi)ectively, for
the political year of 1930.

ACTS.

An Act authorizing the springfield hospital to hold (JJiap, 1

ADDITIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.

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

The Springfield Hospital, a corporation incorporated ^^f^tri may**
under general law December twenty-fourth, eighteen hun- hold additional
dred and eighty-three, is hereby authorized to hold, for the eWestite!'
purposes for which it is incorporated, real and personal
estate to an amount not exceeding ten million dollars.

Approved January 24, 1930.

An Act authorizing the town of Yarmouth to borrow (Jjidj)^ 2

MONEY FOR SCHOOL AND MUNICIPAL BUILDING PURPOSES. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land and con- TownofYar-
structing a building or buildings for school and other rnu- wowmoLy
nicipal purposes and originally equipping and furnishing |^yQi^°°\*°*^
the same, the town of Yarmouth may borrow from time to building pur-
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 thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words, Yarmouth School and Municipal Building Loan, Act Yarmouth
of 1930. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate M^u^cipd
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than fifteen Act'ofllso"^"'
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 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 limitation contained in the first paragraph of section
seven thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and
twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.

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

Approved January 24, 1930.

Acts, 1930. —Chaps. 3, 4, 5.

Town of Ayer
may use certain
park land for
school purposes.

Chap. 3 An Act authorizing the town of ayer to use certain

PARK LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Ayer is hereby authorized to
use for school and school yard purposes a portion of the town
park, so called, situated in the northeasterly part of said town
park and bounded and described as follows: — northeasterly
by land of Mead, the mouth of Oak street and land of
Taylor, there measuring two hundred feet; northwesterly
by other land of said park, there measuring one hundred
and seventy-five feet; southwesterly by other land of said
park, there measuring two hundred feet; southeasterly by
other land of said park, there measuring one hundred and
seventy-five feet; and thereafter the portion aforesaid shall
be under the same care and control as other school property.

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

Approved January S4, 1930.

Chap.

E. M. Loew's,
Inc., revived.

4 An Act reviving e. m. loew's, inc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

E. M. Loew's, Inc., a corporation, dissolved by chapter
two hundred and seventy-three of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-eight, is hereby revived with the same
powers, duties and obligations as if said chapter had not been
passed; and all acts and proceedings of the officers, directors
and stockholders of said corporation acting as such which
would be legal and valid but for the passage of said chapter
are hereby ratified and confirmed.

Approved January 24, 1930.

Chap.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. 29, § 27,
etc., amended.

state officers,
etc., not to incur
new expenses,
etc., without
appropriation,
etc.

5 An Act authorizing the department of public works to
make certain contracts for the construction of
state highways, in anticipation of appropriations.

Whereas, 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 convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter twenty-nine of the General Laws, as amended in
section twenty-seven by chapter three hundred and eighty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section twenty-
seven and inserting in place thereof the following : — Sec-
tion 21 . No public officer or board shall incur a new
or unusual expense, make a permanent contract, increase
a salary or employ a new clerk, assistant or other subordinate
unless a sufficient appropriation to cover the expense thereof

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 6. t

has been made by the general court, except that prior to the Exception as
effective date of the general appropriation act the depart- conTractTby
ment of public works, in anticipation of appropriations '^Xf*"^®"^***
therefor, may, in any fiscal year, with the approval of
the governor and council, make contracts for the construc-
tion and reconstruction of state highways binding the com-
monwealth to an amount not in excess of twenty-five per
cent of the amount appropriated during the preceding fiscal
year for the same purposes, such contracts to provide for
the completion of the work thereunder within the fiscal
year in which they are made.

Approved January 27, 1930.

An Act relative to the avoidance of special legisla- fih^j^y^ f

TION. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section fifty-three of chapter three of the g. l. 3, §53,
General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter sixty- ®**'' ^'"^'^'le'^-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "exist"
in the seventh line the words: — If, in their opinion, the
necessity of enacting special bills in relation to any par-
ticular subject of legislation may, without detriment to the
public interest, be avoided in whole or in part by the en-
actment of general legislation, they shall from time to time
submit to the general court drafts of such changes in or
additions to the General Laws as will accomplish said pur-
pose,— so as to read as follows: — Section 63. The said Counsel to the
counsel may, from time to time, submit to the general court houle! duties.
such proposed changes and corrections in the general statutes ^^''■
as they deem necessary or advisable, including recommen-
dations for the repeal of such statutory provisions as have
become obsolete or the reasons for the enactment of which
have ceased to exist. If, in their opinion, the necessity of
enacting special bills in relation to any particular subject
of legislation may, without detriment to the public interest,
be avoided in whole or in part by the enactment of general
legislation, they shall from time to time submit to the general
court drafts of such changes in or additions to the General
Laws as will accomplish said purpose. They shall, as early
as practicable after prorogation, file in the office of the state
secretary a copy of all amendments of and additions to the
General Laws, which shall be open to public inspection.
They shall advise and assist as to the form of drafts of bills
submitted to them in accordance with section thirty-three
of chapter thirty.

Section 2. Chapter thirty of the General Laws is hereby g. l. 30, new
amended by inserting after section thirty-three the following ^33!°" ^^*®'"
new section: — Section 33 A. If, in the opinion of a state Annual reports
officer or department required to submit annual reports to ^''to cSn
the general court, the necessity of enacting special bills in recommenda-

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Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 7, 8.

tions for avoid-
ance of special
legislation.

relation to any particular subject of legislation may, without
detriment to the public interest, be avoided in whole or in
part by the enactment of general legislation, such officer or
department shall submit from time to time in such reports
recommendations for such changes in or additions to the
General Laws as will accomplish said purpose.

Approved January 27, 1930.

Chap. 7 Ax Act relative to annual meetings of the Massa-
chusetts SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI.

1806, Act of
March thir-
teenth, § 2,
amended.

Annual meet-
ings of the
Massachusetts
Society of the
Cincinnati.

Effective upon
acceptance, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Act of March thirteenth, eighteen hun-
dred and six, entitled "An Act to incorporate Benjamin
Lincoln and others, into a society by the name of the Society
of the Cincinnati, within the State of Massachusetts ", is
hereby amended by striking out section two and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Sect. 2. Be it further enacted,
That the said society shall meet in Boston, on the twenty-
second day of February, annually, (unless the same shall
fall upon a Sunday, in which case the annual meeting shall
always be holden on the day succeeding) or on such other
day as the said society may, from time to time at any annual
meeting, fix, for the purpose of electing by ballot from their
members a president, vice-president, treasurer, secretary,
and such other officers as may be necessary to manage their
concerns; all which officers shall hold their said offices for one
year, and until others shall be elected to succeed them;
and the officers for the time being shall publish a notification
of the time and place of each annual meeting in at least two
newspapers, at least fourteen days before holding the same.
Upon any urgent occasion, the president or vice-president,
or in their absence the secretary, may appoint a special
meeting of said society to be notified in the same manner as
annual meetings.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance by the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati at any
annual meeting. Approved January 29, 1930.

Chap. 8 An Act relative to town meeting members of the

town of dedham.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter three hundred and fifty-eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six is hereby
amended by striking out section two and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 2. The registered voters
tion, terms, ete. in cach prccinct shall, at the first annual town election held
after the establishment thereof, and at the first annual
town election following any precinct revision, conformably
to the laws relative to elections not inconsistent with this
act, elect by ballot from the registered voters of the pre-

1926, 358, § 2
amended.

Town meeting
members, elec-

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 8. 7

•

cinct town meeting members, other than the officers desig-
nated in section three as town meeting members at large,
to the largest number which is divisible by three and which
will not exceed three per cent of the number of registered
voters in the precinct upon and including the first day of
January next preceding said election. The first third, in
order of votes received, of members so elected shall serve
three j'ears, the second third in such order shall serve two
years, and the remaining third in such order shall serve one
year, from the day of the annual town meeting; and there-
after, except as is otherwise provided herein, at each annual
town election the voters of each precinct shall, in like manner,
elect town meeting members for the term of three years
to the largest number which will not exceed one per cent
of the number of registered voters in the precinct upon and
including the first day of January next preceding such elec-
tion, and shall at such election fill for the unexpired term or
terms any vacancy or vacancies then existing in the town
meeting members theretofore elected from such precinct.

In the case of a tie vote which afi^ects the election of town Tie vote. etc.
meeting members in any precinct otherwise than as to term
of office, the members elected from such precinct shall, by a
majority vote, determine which of the voters receiving such
tie vote shall serve as town meeting members from such pre-
cinct, and in case of a tie vote affecting the term of office of
members elected, the members elected from such precinct,
other than those whose terms of office are affected by such
tie vote, shall, by a majority vote, determine which member
receiving such tie vote shall serve for the longer and which
for the shorter term. Upon every revision of the precincts
the terms of office of all elected town meeting members
from every precinct shall cease upon the qualification of their
successors, who shall be elected at the annual town election
held next after such revision. The town clerk shall, after Notice to
everj^ election of town meeting members, forthwith notify ^^^g'd^"
each such member by mail of his election.

Section 2. Section three of said chapter three hundred e?c^'amend^
and fifty-eight, as amended by section one of chapter forty-
sLx of the acts of nineteen hundred and tw^enty-eight, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "taxes"
in the ninth line the words : — , the town counsel, — and by
striking out, in the fourteenth line, the words "overseers
of the poor" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
board of public welfare, — so that the first paragraph will
read as follows : — Section 3. Any representative town Town meetings
meeting held under the provisions of this act, except as iLTn^liic^ed^'^"
otherwise provided herein, shall be limited to the voters J^g^blreat"^
elected under section two, together with the following, large, etc.
designated as town meeting members at large; namely, any
member of the general court of the commonwealth who is a
registered voter of the town, the moderator, the tow^n clerk,
the selectmen, the town treasurer, the town collector of taxes,
the town counsel, the chairman of the trustees of the public

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 9.

library, the chairman of the planning board, the chairman
of the registrars of voters, the chairman of the school com-
mittee, the chairman of the board of assessors, the chairman
of the cemetery commission, the chairman of the board of
health, the chairman of the board of public welfare, the
chairman of the board of sewer commissioners, and the
Certain elected chairman of the warrant committee. Any elected town
mrmbMs!*when meeting member who is appointed or elected to an office
to cease to be the holder of which for the time being is herein designated
as a town meeting member at large shall thereupon cease
Notice of town to be an elected town meeting member. The town clerk
meetings, etc. g^Q]\ notify the town meeting members of the time and place
at which representative town meetings are to be held, such
notices to be sent by mail at least seven days before the
meeting and to be in addition to the warrant for such meeting
duly published.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 29, 1930.

Chap. 9 ^^ ^CT INCREASING THE AMOUNT THAT MAY BE BORROWED
BY THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE
COURT HOUSE ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE CITY OF NORTH-
AMPTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section two of chapter two hundred and thirty of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight is hereby amended
by striking out, in the fifth line, the words "one hundred
and sixty" and inserting in place thereof the words: — two
hundred and ten, — so as to read as follows : — Section 2.
For the purposes aforesaid, the county treasurer of said
county, with the approval of the county commissioners, may
borrow from time to time, on the credit of the county, such
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate,
two hundred and ten thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes of the county therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Hampshire County Court House Improve-
ment Loan, Act of 1928. Each authorized issue shall con-
stitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in
not more than ten 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 com-
missioners 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. Approved January 29, 1930.

1928, 230, 5 2,
amended.

Hampshire
county may
borrow in-
creased amount
to provide ade-
quate court
house accom-
modations in
city of
Northampton.

Hampshire
County Court
House Im-
provement
Loan, Act of
1928.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 10, 11.

An Act providing for certain improvements at the (JJinji 10

NORFOLK COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of Norfolk county
Norfolk, acting as trustees of the Norfolk county tubercu- mayexpen'd"
losis hospital, may expend a sum not exceeding one hundred improvlm'^nts'^
and ten thousand dollars for the purpose of acquiring land ^tjhe Norfolk
for, and/or of constructing and originally equipping and cuiosis hospital,
furnishing an addition or additions to, said hospital, includ-
ing the construction of a heating plant and garage, and the
installation of a water supply, all of which shall be subject
to the approval of the state department of public health.

Section 2. For the purposes set forth in section one, May borrow
the said county commissioners may borrow money on the bcmds^'etc."*'
credit of the county and issue bonds or notes of the county
therefor to an amount not exceeding one hundred and ten
thousand dollars. Said bonds or notes shall be payable by
such annual payments beginning not more than one year
after the date thereof as will extinguish each loan within ten
years from its date. The amount of such annual payment
in any year shall not be less than the amount of the prin-
cipal of the loan payable in any subsequent year. The
bonds or notes shall be signed by the county treasurer and
countersigned by a majority of the county commissioners.
Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan.
All sums necessary to meet interest payments on said
bonds or notes and payments on account of principal as the
same mature shall be assessed upon the cities and towns 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 accept- Effective upon
ance during the current year by the county commissioners ^'='=®p*^^<=®' ®*'='
of the count}' of Norfolk, but not otherwise.

Approved January 29, 1930.

An Act authorizing the establishment of a reserve rhr,^ 1 1

POLICE FORCE IN THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Manchester Establishment
may from time to time, as authorized by the town, ap- poSc^forcein
point, subject to chapter thirty-one of the General Laws town of

, i_ • rj. -11 -J. 1 1 X Manchester.

except as hereinafter provided, suitable persons to con-
stitute 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.

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Acts, 1930. —Chaps. 12, 13.

Powers and
duties.

Compensation.

Appointments
to regular
police force to
be made from
reserve force.

Effective upon
acceptance, etc.

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 accept-
ance by a majority of the registered voters of said town
voting thereon at any annual town meeting, but, for the
purpose of its submission for acceptance, it shall take effect
upon its passage. Approved January 31, 1930.

Chap. 12 An Act relative to appropriations by the town of

HARWICH FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.

1929, 272, § 1,
amended.

Town of
Harwich may
appropriate a
certain sum
for public
amusements.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and
seventy-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine is hereby amended by striking out, in the third hne,
the words "one thousand" and inserting in place thereof
the words: — twenty-five hundred, — so as to read as fol-
lows : — Section 1 . The town of Harwich may, by a two
thirds vote at any annual town meeting, appropriate a sum
not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, to be expended
under the direction of the selectmen, for the purpose of
providing amusements or entertainments of a pubhc char-
acter.

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

Approved January 31, 1930.

Chap. 13 An Act relative to representative town meetings

in the town of WEYMOUTH.

1921, 61, § 3,
amended.

Town meetings
limited to
certain elected
members and
members at
large.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter sixtj'^-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-one is hereby amended by striking out
section three and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 3. Any town meeting held under the provisions of
this act, except as otherwise provided herein, shall, at and
after the first election held under this act, be limited to the
voters elected under section two together with the following,
designated as town meeting members at large; namely, any
member of the general court of the commonwealth from the
town, the moderator, the town clerk, the selectmen, the
town treasurer, the town counsel, the town collector of taxes,
the town accountant, the chairman of the board of assessors,
the chairman of the school committee, the chairman of the
trustees of Tufts library, the chairman of the board of health,
the chairman of the park commission, the chairman of the
water commissioners, the tree warden, the chairman of the

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 13. 11

planning board, the chairman of the board of public welfare,
members of the appropriation committee and the chairman
of any board of town officers hereafter constituted by law or
by the acts of the town. The town clerk shall notify the Notice of
town meeting members of the time and place at which town ^"''"^ meetings,
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 such members. A majority of the town Quorum.
meeting members shall constitute a quorum for doing
business; but a less number may organize temporarily and
may take a recess or may adjourn from time to time. Notice Notice of
of every adjourned town meeting shall be posted by the ^.fjet'ings'to'be"
town clerk in ten or more public places in the town, and, if posted, etc
the adjournment is for more than forty-eight hours, he shall
notify by mail the members of the town meeting of the ad-
journment at least twenty-four hours before the time of the
adjourned town meeting. The notices shall state briefly
the business to be acted upon at the meeting; and shall in-
clude notice of any proposed reconsideration. In the war- Summons of
rant for any town meeting the selectmen may insert a pro- meS^nld-
vision summoning the members, in case the business named journed session,
in the warrant is not completed on the day named, to meet
in adjourned session at a time and place named in the
warrant for the consideration of such articles as shall not
have been acted upon, but the insertion of such a provision
shall not prevent the town meeting from voting further
adjournments. No adjournment shall be to a date beyond Limitation of
the date of the next succeeding annual town election. All Meet'ingr^" ^
town meetings shall be public. The town meeting members public,
as such shall receive no compensation. Subject to such ^cdve no*°
conditions as may be determined from time to time by the compensation,
members of the representative town meeting, any voter of
the town who is not a town meeting member may speak, but
he shall not vote. A town meeting member may resign by Resignations.
filing a written resignation with the town clerk, and his
resignation shall take effect on the date of such filing. A Removal from
town meeting member who removes from the town or ^n^°e^lT.
from the precinct from which he was elected shall cease to
be a town meeting member.

Section 2. Section seven of said chapter sixty-one is 1921, ei, § 7,
hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and ^"'^'^^^'^■
inserting in place thereof the following : — Upon petition Notices of
therefor, signed by not less than ten town meeting members ^'*'='*^''>'-
from the precinct, or, if the entire number of town meeting
members from said precinct is less than eighteen, by a
majority thereof, notices of the vacancy shall be promptly
given by the town clerk to the remaining members from the
precinct wherein the vacancy or vacancies exist, and he Caiiingof
shall call a special meeting of such members for the purpose ^p^^^^ "meeting.
of filling any vacanc3^

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

Approved January 31, 1930.

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Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 14, 15.

1928, 30, § 1,
amended.

Town of Millis
may sell and
convey certain
park land.

Chap. 14 An Act authorizing the town of millis to sell and

CONVEY certain PARK LAND.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter thirty of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-eight is hereby amended by striking out
section one and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 1 . The town of Milhs may, upon such terms and for
such considerations as the board of selectmen of said town
may determine, convey the whole or any part or parts of
certain park land in said town within a district bounded
northwesterly and northerly by Curve street, northeasterly
and easterly by Union street, southerly and westerly by the
location of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road, westerly and southerly by land now or formerly of
the Safepack Mills, and westerly by land of Everett L.
Coldwell; and may, upon the terms and for the considera-
tions aforesaid, grant an easement or easements in or over
any part or parts of such park land.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the voters of said town at its next annual town meeting
and shall take full effect upon its acceptance by a majority
of the voters voting on the question; but, for the purpose
of such submission, it shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 31, 1930.

Submission
to voters, etc.

Chav. 15 An Act relative to reserve police forces in certain

towns.

G. L. 147, new
section after
t 13.

Establishment
of reserve police
forces in
certain towns.

Appointments,
how made.

Removal.

Powers and
duties.

Compensation.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after section thirteen, under
the heading, RESERVE POLICE FORCE IN TOWNS, the
following new section: — Section ISA. A town having an
organized police force or department, other than a town in
which a reserve police force is established under special
law, which accepts the provisions of this section, may es-
tablish a reserve police force consisting of such number of
members as the town may determine. Appointments to
such force shall be made in the same manner and subject to
the same provisions of law as appointments to 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. Said members 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.

Approved January 31, 1930.

Acts, 1930. —Chaps. 16, 17. 13

An Act authorizing the town of lee to take over the Qhn^ i g

PROPERTIES AND ASSUME THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE LEE ^'

FIRE DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Lee is hereby authorized to take Town of Lee
over all the properties, rights, powers and privileges of the propertie^s°a^nd
Lee fire district and to assume all the duties and obligations tfons"o'f°LJe^'*"
of said district, and shall thereby become in all respects the fire district.
lawful successor of said district.

Section 2. The provisions of this act shall not affect ^^Tts^'^roceed-
any act done, ratified or confirmed by the said district or ings,'etc., not
any of its officers prior to the effective date of this act, nor ^^^°^^'^-
any right accrued or established, nor any action, suit or pro-
ceeding commenced or had in a civil case, nor shall it impair
the validity of any of the notes, bonds or other obhgations
of the said district outstanding on said date.

Section 3. The engineers of the fire district shall con- Engineers of
tinue to have charge of the fire department until such time fonttnue'to *°
as their successors are appointed in accordance with general firJde°^artme°nt
law. All receipts of the departments of the district taken until, etc.
over by the town shall be paid to the town treasurer, and all Receipts, etc.
disbursements on account of said departments shall be made
by the treasurer in the same manner as bills of other depart-
ments of the town.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its accept- ^cc^^t^Tnce^et'c
ance by a majority vote of the voters of the town of Lee
present and voting at the annual town meeting of nineteen
hundred and thirty; but, for the purpose of such accept-
ance, it shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved January 31, 1930.

An Act authorizing the town of braintree to con- QJkj^j) yj
struct and operate a system of sewers.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Braintree may lay out, con- Town of
struct, maintain and operate a system or systems of main TOM^r^uct^Y
drains and common sewers for a part or the whole of its ^fm of^sewers
territory, with such connections and other works as may etc.
be required for a system of sewage disposal, and may con-
struct such sewers or drains over and under land or tide
water 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 drain-
age, may make, lay and maintain such drains as it deems
best. And for the purposes aforesaid, the town may, within
its limits, make and maintain sub-drains, and, with the
approval of the department of public health, discharge the
water from such sub-drains into any brook, stream or water
course within the town.

14

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 17.

May make and
maintain con-
necting drains,
etc.

Board of sewer
commissioners,
election, terms,
etc.

Board may
take lands,
water rights,
etc.

Proviso.

Authorized
committee to
carry on work
until board is
elected, etc.

Section 2. The town may make and maintain in any-
way therein where main drains or common sewers are con-
structed, such connecting drains, under-drains and sewers
within the hmits of such way as may be necessary to con-
nect any estate which abuts upon the way.

Section 3. The town 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 construction hereunder a board of three
sewer commissioners who shall be citizens of the town, to
hold office, if elected at an annual meeting, one until the
expiration of one j^ear, 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 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 expiration of three years, from the next succeeding
annual town meeting, and until their successors are 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 qualified. In either case, whether the
town votes that its selectmen shall act as a board of sewer
commissioners or elects a board of sewer commissioners, the
town may, at any time thereafter, by any and all the
methods permitted by general law, provide for the election
of a board of three sewer commissioners, or that the select-
men may act as a board of sewer commissioners, as the case
may be.

Section 4. Said board of sewer commissioners, acting
for and on behalf of said town, may take by eminent domain
under 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 town, necessary
for accomplishing any purpose mentioned in this act, and
may construct such main drains and sewers, sub-drains and
under-drains under or over any bridge, railroad, railway,
boulevard or other public way, or within the location of any
railroad, and may enter upon and dig up any private land,
public land 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 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 ap-
proved by the department of public utilities.

Section 5. Until the board of sewer commissioners has
first been elected, as provided in this act, or the selectmen
have first been authorized by vote to act as such board, as

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 17. 15

the case may be, but not, in any event later than the second
annual meeting after the commencement of the work of
construction authorized hereby, the town may carry on
such work by a duly authorized committee of the town.
The committee shall serve without pay and shall have all
the powers and authority given to the board of sewer com-
missioners in this act or by general law. Whenever the " Said board of
phrase "said board of sewer commissioners" or "said board" sfoTeTs''"™^''*'
hereinafter occurs it shall mean and include the board of '!«5'd board",

.11, ,• T ,, dennition.

sewer commissioners, the selectmen acting as such or the
committee of the town provided for in this section, as the
case may be.

Section 6. Any person injured in his property by any Recovery of
action of said board of sewer commissioners under this act «^^™^ses.
may recover damages from said town under said chapter
seventy-nine.

Section 7. The town shall, by vote, determine what T°^n tp

,• r J.1 J. r • J J. j_ r determine its

proportion oi the cost oi said system or systems or sewerage proportion
and sewage disposal the town shall pay; provided, that it °J°°^*-
shall pay not less than one fourth nor more than two thirds
of the whole cost. In providing for the payment of the To determine
remaining portion of the cost of said system or systems or prov^dfng^e-
for the use of said system or systems, the town may avail maining
itself of any or all of the methods permitted by general laws, '''"'*^'°" °
and the provisions of said general laws relative to the as-
sessment, apportionment, division, reassessment, 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 taxes of said town shall certify the payment or
payments of such assessments or apportionments thereof to
the said board who shall preserve a record thereof.

Section 8. For the purpose of paying the necessary May borrow
expenses and liabilities incurred under this act, the town may bondT'ete"*
borrow such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in
the aggregate, five hundred thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face,
the words, "Braintree Sewerage Loan, Act of 1930". Each "Braintree
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan. In- ictonllo^"*"'
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 9. The receipts from sewer assessments and Receipts from

f , 1 • T xi_ r I. 11 u • J 1 sewer assess-

from payments made m lieu thereof shall be appropriated ments. etc.,
for and applied to the payment of charges and expenses ^°^ apphed.
incident to the maintenance and operation of said system of
sewerage and sewage disposal or to the extension 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.

16

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 17.

Board may
appoint clerk
and superin-
tendent of
sewers, etc.

Rentals for
use of sewer
systems.

Contracts.

Rules and
regulations.

Effective upon
publication.

Plans for
system of
sewerage,
approval by
department of
public health.

Effective upon
acceptance by
majority vote
of voters, etc.

1910, 535, etc.,
repealed.

Section 10. Said board of sewer commissioners may
annually appoint a clerk and may appoint a superintendent
of sewers who shall not be a member of the board. It may
remove the clerk or superintendent at its pleasure and shall
define their duties. Said board may, at its discretion,
prescribe for the users of said sewer system or systems such
annual rentals or charges based upon the benefits derived
therefrom as it may deem proper, subject, however, to such
rules and regulations as may be fixed by vote of the town.

Section 11. All contracts made by the board of sewer
commissioners shall be made in the name of the town and
shall be signed by the board, but no contracts shall be made
or obligation incurred by said board for any purpose in
excess of the amount of money appropriated by the town
therefor.

Section 12. Said board may, from time to time, pre-
scribe rules and regulations for the connection of estates
and buildings with main drains and sewers, and for the
inspection of the materials, the construction, alteration and
use of all connections and drains entering into such main
drains or sewers, and may prescribe penalties, not exceeding
twenty dollars, for each violation of any such rule or regu-
lation. Such rules and regulations shall be pubHshed at
least once a week for three successive weeks in some news-
paper published in the town of Braintree, 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 13. No act shall be done under authority of
the preceding sections, except in the making of surveys and
other preliminary investigations, until the plans of said
system of sewerage and sewage disposal have been approved
by the department of public health. Upon application to
said department for its approval, 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 and sewage disposal shall be submitted for
approval by said department.

Section 14. For the purpose of submission to the
voters of said town, this act shall take effect upon its pas-
sage, and it shall take full effect upon its acceptance by
vote of the majority of the voters of said town voting thereon
at a town meeting called for the purpose within five years
after its passage. No expenditure shall be made and no
liability incurred hereunder until such acceptance.

Section 15. Chapter five hundred and thirty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and ten and all acts in amendment
thereof or in addition thereto are hereby repealed, but
without affecting the validity of any action or proceeding
taken or performed thereunder.

Approved February 4, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 18, 19. 17

An Act relative to the allowance and acceptance of Chav. 18

REBATES OF PREMIUMS ON POLICIES OF INSURANCE AND
THE LIKE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and eighty-four of chapter one hun- g. l. 175, 5 184.
dred and seventy-five of the General Laws, as amended by ^^'^" ^"^^^ ^^'
section two of chapter ninety-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out, in the third to eighth hnes, inchisive, the words "in
the second clause of section forty-seven, as to which they shall
apply only to insurance against loss or damage to motor
vehicles, their fittings and contents and against loss or
damage caused by teams, automobiles or other vehicles,
excepting rolling stock of railways, as provided in said second
clause" and inserting in place thereof the words: — in sub-
divisions (a), (6) and (c) of the second clause of section forty-
seven, — so as to read as follows: — Section 184- The two Application of
preceding sections shall apply to all kinds of insurance, sfons'of kw^*'
including contracts of corporate suretyship, except those if^^l^^ *°g
specified in subdivisions (a), (6) and (c) of the second clause on insurance
of section forty-seven. The said sections shall not prohibit p*"^'"^^- ^**=-
any company from paying a commission to another company
or to any person who is duly licensed as an insurance agent of
such company or as an insurance broker and who holds
himself out and carries on business in good faith as such, or
prohibit any such person or any company from receiving a
commission in respect to any policy under which he or it is
insured, or in respect to any annuity or pure endowment
contract held by him; nor shall said sections apply to (1) a
distribution, without special favor or advantage, by mutual
companies to policy holders of savings, earnings or surplus
without specification thereof in the policy, or (2) the furnish-
ing to the insured of information or advice by any company,
officer, agent or broker with regard to any risk for the purpose
of reducing the liability of loss, or (3) the payment or allow-
ance to the insured of a return premium upon the cancellation
or surrender of a policy, or of a cash surrender or other value
upon the lapse or surrender of a policy of life or endowment
insurance or upon the exchange, alteration or conversion of
any such policy under section one hundred and thirty-nine.

Approved February 4, 1930.

An Act ajjthorizing the town of wareham to appropri- Chav. 19

ATE money for PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Wareham may, by a two thirds Town of

, -J. 1 i. T J. L Wareham may

vote, appropriate each year a sum not exceedmg twenty- appropriate
five hundred dollars for providing amusements or entertain- ff^r^^.ffl,?".''"
ments of a public character. The money so appropriated

18

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 20, 21,

shall be expended under the direction of the board of select-
men.

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

Approved February 5, 1930.

Chap. 20 An Act relative to the powers of the trustees of the

MINISTERIAL FUND OF THE FIRST PARISH IN BEVERLY.

1832, 8, § 4,
amended.

Powers of the
Trustees of the
Ministerial
Fund of the
First Parish
in Beverly.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section four of chapter eight of the acts of eighteen
hundred and thirty-two, being an act approved January
twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two and en-
titled "An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Ministerial
Fund of the First Parish in Beverly", is hereby amended
by striking out, in the second sentence, the words "fifteen
hundred" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
twenty-five thousand, — so as to read as follows: — Sec. 4-
Be it further enacted, That all grants, devises or donations
made, or which may hereafter be made to the said trustees
in their said capacity, for the use and benefit of said parish,
shall be valid to every intent and purpose. And the said
trustees may hold and possess funds, consisting of real and
personal estate, or either, for the object before specified, the
annual income of which shall not exceed the sum of twenty-
five thousand dollars, and should the fund, or the income
thereof be used or appropriated by the parish or said trus-
tees contrary to the provisions of this act, then the original
donation or donations so misused, shall belong to, and
revert to the president and fellows of Harvard College, unless
otherwise provided for, by the donor or deviser, in the con-
ditions of his gift or devise. Approved February 5, 1930.

Chav. 21 An Act providing a penalty for the false impersona-
tion OF AN EXAMINER OR INVESTIGATOR APPOINTED BY
the registrar OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and sixty-eight of the General
Laws, as amended in section thirty-three by chapter fifty-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is
herebj'- further amended by striking out said section and
inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 33.
Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be a justice of the
peace, sheriff, deputy sheriff, medical examiner, associate
medical examiner, constable, police officer, probation ofl&cer,
or examiner or investigator appointed by the registrar of
motor vehicles, and acts as such or requires a person to aid
or assist him in a matter pertaining to the duty of such
ofl&cer, shall be punished by a fine of not more than four
hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one
year. Approved February 5, 1930.

G. L. 268, « 33,
etc., amended.

Penalty for
false imperson-
ation of an
examiner or
investigator
appointed by
the registrar
of motor
vehicles, etc.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 22, 23, 24. 19

An Act relative to the granting of degrees by the Chap. 22

TRUSTEES OF NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY OF THE BOSTON
YOUNG men's CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and ^^23, 93

'^ ■ 1 I 111 •! • • 1 amenaed.

twenty-three is hereby amended by striking out, in the
fifth hne, the word ", except" and inserting in place thereof
the words : — including the degree of Bachelor of Science
with specification, but excepting, — and by inserting after
the letters "(B.S.)" in the sixth line the words: — without
specification, — so as to read as follows: — The trustees of North^fteTn"^
Northeastern University of the Boston Young Men's University of
Christian Association, a corporation organized under general YounrMen's
law, are hereby authorized to confer such degrees as are chdstian asso-

',, rii 11 1 • ..P.. ciation may

usually conferred by colleges and universities m this com- grant certain
monwealth including the degree of Bachelor of Science with ^s''^®^-
specification, but excepting medical and dental degrees
and degrees of Bachelor of Science (B.S.) without specifica-
tion and Bachelor of Arts (A.B.), and to grant diplomas
therefor. Approved February 5, 1930.

An Act authorizing the town of Lexington to re- QJiar) 23

VOKE its ACCEPTANCE OF THE TENEMENT HOUSE LAW,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

There may be submitted at any town meeting in the Town of Lex-
town of Lexington, called for the purpose within three years revoke Us ^
from the effective date of this act, the question of the rev- theTe^^^ment
ocation of its acceptance of chapter six hundred and thirty- house law.
five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, being an
act relative to tenement houses in towns, and if a majority
of the town meeting members of said town voting thereon
vote in favor of such revocation, then the provisions of
chapter one hundred and forty-five of the General Laws
shall not apply in said town. Nothing herein contained
shall prevent said town from again accepting the provisions
of said chapter one hundred and forty-five after the revo-
cation of its acceptance thereof.

Approved February 5, 1930.

An Act relative to municipal expenditures for the nhnry 94

OBSERVANCE OF THE TERCENTENARY OF THE FOUNDING OF ^'
THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to 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:

Cities and towns, except as otherwise authorized by law. Appropriations
may appropriate in nineteen hundred and thirty, for the ^Vm fo/'''^

20

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 25, 26.

observance of
tercentenary
of founding of
Massachusetts
Bay colony.

observance and celebration of the tercentenary of the found-
ing of the Massachusetts Bay colony, sums not exceeding one
fiftieth of one per cent of their respective assessed valuations
of the preceding year. Cities and towns empowered by this
or any other act to appropriate funds for such purposes may,
if and as authorized by vote of the city council or in town
meeting, expend such funds in co-operation with other cities
and towns. Approved February 6, 1930.

Chap. 25 An Act authorizing the town of stoneham to pay a

CERTAIN SUM OF MONEY TO THE MOTHER OF JUNE MARIE
GREELEY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral
obligation, the town of Stoneham may pay a sum not
exceeding five thousand dollars to Alice M. Greeley, the
mother of June Marie Greeley who died from injuries
received August eleventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight, by reason of being struck by a motor vehicle used by
the fire department of said town.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by a majority of the voters of the town of Stoneham present
and voting thereon at any annual town meeting within
three years after its passage; but, for the purpose of such
acceptance, it shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 6, 1930.

Town of Stone-
ham may pay
a certain sum
of money to
the mother of
June Marie
Greeley.

Effective upon
acceptance.

Chap. 26 An Act authorizing the troy co-operative bank to
invest an additional sum of money for banking
purposes.

Troy Co-opera-
tive Bank may
invest an addi-
tional sum of
money for
banking pur-
poses.

Proviso.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Troy Co-operative Bank, a co-operative
bank organized under the laws of this commonwealth and
having its usual place of business in the city of Fall River,
may, subject to the approval of the commissioner of banks,
invest in the erection and preparation of a suitable building
on a site now owned by said bank in said city, to be used in
whole or in part for the convenient transaction of its busi-
ness, an amount not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars
in addition to all amounts heretofore authorized to be
invested by it under section thirty-one of chapter one hun-
dred and seventy of the General Laws; provided, however,
that nothing contained herein shall be construed as author-
izing a total investment by said bank for the purposes of
said section exceeding in the aggregate the sum of one hun-
dred and thirty-five thousand dollars.

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

Approved February 7, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 27, 28. 21

An Act relative to the composition of reserves of QJidj) 27

TRUST companies.

Be it enacted, etc., asfoUoivs:

Chapter one hundred and seventy-two of the General ^^^^^^^^ * 74,
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section seventy- ^'^^^
four and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section Composition
74- Not less than one fifth of the required reserve shall "f trutr^^
consist of lawful money of the United States, gold certifi- companiea.
cates, silver certificates, or notes and bills issued by any
lawfully organized national banking association or federal
reserve bank. The remainder, if any, shall consist of bal-
ances payable on demand due from any trust company
authorized to act as reserve agent as provided in the follow-
ing section, or from any member of the federal reserve
system located in this commonwealth, in a reserve city in
the second, third or fourth federal reserve district or in a
central reserve city, as designated by or under authority of
act of congress, and/or bonds, notes, bills and certificates of
indebtedness of the United States, or of this common-
wealth, computed at their fair market value, which are the
absolute property and under the control of such corporation;
provided, that not more than two fifths of the minimum
reserve required shall consist of such bonds, notes, bills and
certificates of indebtedness. Approved February 7, 1930.

An Act authorizing radcliffe college to hold addi- Phn^ 28

TIONAL PROPERTY. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one of chapter four hundred and sixty-two of the i907, 462, § i,
acts of nineteen hundred and seven, as amended by chapter ^^''' ^™«'''^®<*-
eighty-two of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and
nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
fifth line, the word "ten" and inserting in place thereof the
word: — thirty, — so as to read as follows: — Section ^Radcliffe
Radcliffe College may accept, receive and take, by gift, hoi/add^donai
grant, devise or otherwise, and may hold any real and per- P''°perty-
sonal estate within or without the commonwealth to an
amount not exceeding thirty million dollars, and may sell
and dispose at its discretion of any real or personal estate
within or without the commonwealth which has been or
may hereafter be given, granted or devised to it, or which is
held by it and not expressly forbidden to be so sold or dis-
posed of by the terms of the gift, grant, devise or receipt
thereof: provided, however, that nothing herein contained Proviso,
shall be construed to give to said corporation any greater
exemption from taxation than it now has under the con-
stitution and laws of the commonwealth.

Approved February 10, 1930.

22

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 29, 30.

1815, 82, § 7,
amended.

Episcopal
Society in
Cambridge
may raise
funds, etc.

Chap. 29 An Act relative to the episcopal society in Cambridge.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section seven of chapter eighty-two of the acts of eighteen
hundred and fifteen, being an act approved February ninth,
eighteen hundred and sixteen and incorporating the Epis-
copal Society in Cambridge, is hereby amended by striking
out, in the last hne, the word "five" and inserting in place
thereof the word: — twenty-five, — so as to read as follows:
— Sec. 7. Be it further enacted. That the said society be,
and they hereby are empowered to raise and establish a
fund, in such way and manner as they may see fit, the
income or interest of which, or so much thereof as shall be
found necessary or expedient, they may from time to time
appropriate and apply to the support of the Minister of
the society, for the time being, or to the repairs of the
Church, Parsonage House, or other estates of the society,
or to the relief of the poor of the society, as the said society
shall from time to time, agree and determine. And the
Wardens of the society for the time being shall be the
Trustees of such fund, and shall have the management of
the same, subject to the control and direction of the society:
Provided that the whole annual income of such fund, ex-
clusive of the parsonage house, glebe or lands in the actual
occupation of the Minister for the time being, shall not
exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.

Approved February 10, 1930.

Proviso.

Chap. 30 An Act relative to the congregational society in the

TOWN OF SEEKONK.

1792, 4, § 3,
etc., amended.

Trustees of the
Congregational
Society in the
town of See-
konk may hold,
etc., certain
property, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section three of chapter four of the acts of seventeen
hundred and ninety-two, by which chapter certain persons
were incorporated by the name of the Congregational
Society in the First Precinct in the town of Rehoboth, as
amended by chapter twenty-five of the acts of eighteen
hundred and sixty-four, which changed the name of said
society to the Congregational Society in the town of See-
konk, and as amended by chapter two hundred and fifty-
nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and three, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the seventeenth line,
the words "twelve hundred" and inserting in place thereof
the words: — three thousand, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 3. And be it further enacted, that John Hunt, Na-
thaniel Titus, Elijah Kent, Asahel Carpenter and Eliphalet
Slack, and such others as may be hereafter annually chosen
by said society as trustees, shall be, and they are hereby
empowered, by the name of the Trustees of the Congre-
gational Society in the town of Seekonk, to take, hold,
receive and manage all the estate and rights of property of
every kind, both real and personal, which now do, or here-

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 31. 23

after may appertain and belong to the Congregational So-
ciety, or are legall}^ appropriated to the use and support of
a Congregational minister in the territory formerly com-
prised in the first precinct in Rehoboth, and also such other
grants, appropriations and donations, real or personal, as
have been or shall hereafter be made for the purposes afore-
said: provided, that the annual income of the whole shall Proviso-
never exceed three thousand dollars; and the trustees shall
apply the rents, issues and profits, or so much thereof as
the said society shall find necessary, for the support of a
pious, learned, orthodox Congregational minister, residing
and officiating in the work of the ministry in said territory.

Approved February 10, 1930.

An Act relative to fraternal benefit societies. Chan SI
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the g. l. i76, §36,-
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section '^™®°'^®<^-
thirty-six and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 36. The commissioner, or any person designated Examination
by him, may examine the affairs of any domestic society, fraternal bene-
He may employ assistants for the purpose of such ex- ^^ societies.
amination, and he or any person designated by him shall
have free access to all the books, papers and documents re-
lating to the business of the society, and may summon and
qualify as witnesses on oath and examine its officers, agents
and employees and other persons in relation to the affairs,
transactions and condition of the society. Whoever, with-
out justifiable cause, neglects, when duly summoned as
aforesaid, to appear and testify before the commissioner or
his authorized representative, or whoever obstructs the said
commissioner or his representative in making an examina-
tion under this section, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not
more than one year.

Whenever the commissioner is satisfied that any domestic certain facts
society has failed to comply with any provision of this tothe^att^ney
chapter, or that it has exceeded its powers, or that it is not general, etc.
carrying out its contracts in good faith, or that it is trans-
acting business fraudulently, or that its management or
condition is such as to render its further transaction of
business hazardous to the public, its members or creditors,
or whenever any such society, after the existence of one
year or more, shall have a membership of less than four
hundred, or shall determine to discontinue business, or
whenever any such society, or any of its officers or agents,
refuses to submit to an examination under this section or
to perform any legal obligation relative thereto, the com-
missioner may present the relevant facts to the attorney
general, who shall, if he deems the circumstances warrant,
begin a quo warranto proceeding in the supreme judicial
court. The court may forthwith issue a temporary in-

24

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 31,

Proceeding to
be brought
by attorney
general.

G. L. 176. § 41,
amended.

Licensing of
foreign frater-
nal benefit
societies.

Proviso.

junction restraining the society from further transacting any-
business, and it may, after a full hearing, if it then appears
that the society should be dissolved, make the injunction
permanent, and appoint one or more receivers to take pos-
session of the books, papers, moneys and other assets of the
society, and to settle its affairs, and to distribute its funds
to those entitled thereto, subject to such rules and orders
as the court may prescribe.

No such proceedings shall be begun by the attorney gen-
eral until after the commissioner has given written notice
to the chief executive officers of the society and has afforded
a reasonable opportunity, on a date named in such notice,
to show cause why such a proceeding should not be begun,
nor shall such a proceeding be entertained unless brought
by the attorney general.

Section 2. Section forty-one of said chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-six is hereby amended by striking out all
after the word "dollars" in the thirty-fifth line, — so as to
read as follows: — Section J^l. No foreign society shall
transact any business in the commonwealth without a license
from the commissioner. Every such society applying for
such a license shall file with the commissioner a duly certified
copy of its charter or articles of association; a copy of its
constitution and by-laws, certified by its secretary or cor-
responding officer; a power of attorney to the commissioner,
as provided in the following section; a statement of its
business, on oath of its pi'esident and secretary, or corre-
sponding officers, in the form required by the commissioner,
duly verified by an examination made by the supervising
insurance official of its home state or other state satisfactory
to the commissioner; a copy of its certificate of member-
ship; a certificate from the proper official of its home state,
territory, district or country that the society is legally organ-
ized; and the society shall show that the benefits are pro-
vided for by periodical or other payments by persons hold-
ing similar contracts, and that its assets are invested in
accordance with the laws of the state or country where it is
organized, and that it has the quahfications required of
domestic societies on the lodge system incorporated under
this chapter; provided, that a society which grants benefits
for disability arising from accidental injury or from sickness
shall be required to show that it has accumulated funds,
usable only for the payment of such benefits and in excess
of accrued claims for such benefits, not less in amount
than three monthly contributions or one quarterly con-
tribution from members entitled to such benefits, and shall
be required, as a condition for the maintenance of its au-
thority to do business in this commonwealth, to maintain
at all times after admission, as regards disability benefits,
funds in amount as above set forth; and shall furnish the
commissioner such other information as he may deem
necessary for the proper exhibit of its business and plan of
working. Upon compliance with these requirements, such

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 31. 25

foreign society shall be entitled to a license to transact ^jf^l"?^*-
business in the commonwealth until July first following, and renewal, etc.
such hcenso shall, upon compliance with this chapter, be
renewed annuall}^ but in all cases to terminate on July first
following; except that it shall continue in full force and
effect until the new license is issued or refused. For every Fee.
such license or renewal the society shall pay to the com-
missioner twent.y dollars.

Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-six g. l. i76, § 43,
is hereby further amended by striking out section forty- ^"^^'"^^'^■
three and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section Revocation
43. Whenever the commissioner is satisfied that any fireig^n fra°ter-
foreign society has exceeded its powers, or has failed to "o^^gt®"®^*^
comply with any provision of this chapter, or that it is con-
ducting business fraudulently, or that it is not carrying out
its contracts in good faith, or that its condition or manage-
ment is such as to render its further transaction of business
hazardous to the public, to members or creditors, or that
it or its officers or agents have refused to submit to an ex-
amination under section forty-four or to perform any legal
obligation relative thereto, he shall notify the society of
his findings, and state in writing the grounds of his dis-
satisfaction, and, after reasonable written notice to the
society, shall require it, on a date named in such notice, to
show cause why its license should not be revoked. If on
said date the society does not present to the commissioner
good and suflicient reasons why its license to transact business
in the commonwealth should not be revoked, he may revoke
such license.

Whenever the commissioner refuses to issue a license to Ruling, etc.,
a foreign society under section forty-one, or revokes its ^ri'^fng" etc.
license under this section, he shall reduce his ruling, order
or decision to writing and file it in his office, and he shall
furnish a copy thereof, together with a statement of the
reasons for his action, to the officers of the society upon
request.

Any such society aggrieved by the refusal of the com- Review by
missioner to issue a license to it, or by the revocation of its difPiafcourt
license, may, within thirty days after receiving written ofcommis-

,■ r 1 r 1 J- m , • i • • ±i sioner s action.

notice 01 such reiusal or revocation, file a petition in the
supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk for a review
of the commissioner's action. The court shall summarily Hearing.
hear and determine the case and may make any appropriate
order or decree. If the order or decree is adverse to the Appeal,
petitioning society, it may within ten days therefrom appeal
to the full court; and in case of such an appeal the refusal
or revocation of the license shall continue in full force and
effect until the final determination of the question by the
full court.

The termination of the license of such a society shall not Termination of
prevent it from continuing in good faith all contracts made prevent^con-
by it in the commonwealth during the time when it was c'e°^^n''^°^
legally authorized to transact business therein. contracts.

26

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 32.

G. L. 176, § 44.
amended.

Section 4. Section forty-four of said chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-six is hereby amended by striking out the
last paragraph. Approved February 10, 1930.

Chap.

Town of
Adams may
maintain the
VV. B. Plunkett
Memorial
Hospital as
a public
hospital, etc.

Trustees,
election,
terms, etc.

Vacancy.

Submission
to voters, etc.

Proviso.

32 An Act providing for the maintenance by the town
of adams of the w. b. plunkett memorial hospital
as a public hospital and for the election of the
trustees of said hospital by the inhabitants of said

TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Adams may maintain the
W. B. Plunkett Memorial Hospital as a public hospital for
the use of the inhabitants of said town and others who may
be admitted thereto who may require medical or surgical
treatment, and said town may appropriate money for the
maintenance thereof.

Section 2. Said town shall elect at a special town
meeting, which shall be called for the purpose within sixty
days from the annual town meeting in the current year, a
board consisting of seven trustees to manage said hospital,
who shall hold office, three until the expiration of three
years, two until the expiration of two years, and two until
the expiration of one j^ear, from the date of said annual
town meeting; and upon the qualification of the trustees so
elected, the terms of office of all the trustees of said hospital
then in office shall expire. Thereafter, as the terms of
office of said elected trustees expire, the town shall elect
such number of trustees for terms of three years each as is
necessary to fill any such vacancies. Any vacancy in said
board, other than by the expiration of the term of office,
shall be filled by appointment for the remainder of the term
by the board of selectmen and the remaining trustees.

Section 3. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of said town at the annual town
meeting in the current year in the form of the following
question which shall be placed upon the official ballot to
be used for the election of town officers at said meeting:
"Shall an act passed by the general court in the year nine-
teen hundred and thirty, entitled 'An Act providing for the
maintenance by the town of Adams of the W. B. Plunkett
Memorial Hospital as a public hospital and for the election of
the trustees of said hospital by the inhabitants of said town',
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; provided,
that so much thereof as authorizes its submission as afore-
said shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 11, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 33. 27

An Act relative to aircraft. Chap. 33

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section forty-seven of chapter ninety of the g. l. 9o, §47.
General Laws, inserted by section one of chapter five hundred ^*''^' ^'"^"^«<'-
and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two and as amended bj' section seven of chapter three hun-
dred and eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by striking out, in
the ninth Hne, the word "commercial", — so as to read as
follows: — Section I^J . No such registration shall be re- Registration of
quired as to (1) aircraft belonging to the United States or requf/edTn
to this or another state thereof under whose laws aircraft certain cases.
belonging to this commonwealth are exempt from registra-
tion; (2) aircraft registered under federal law; or (3)
aircraft, used for private flying only, registered by authority
of another state of the United States or of a foreign coun-
try. No aircraft not registered by the registrar shall,
except as otherwise provided by federal law, engage in
flying in the commonwealth for more than ten days in any
calendar j^car, unless the owner or operator thereof has
previously filed with the registrar a statement in writing
containing the make, model and j^ear of manufacture of the
aircraft, a replica of the symbol carried by it, the authority
as aforesaid whereby registered, the registration number
and the name and address in this commonwealth of said
owner or operator.

Section 2. Section forty-nine of said chapter ninety, g. l. 90, § 49,
inserted as aforesaid, and as amended by section eight of «*<=•• ^^^'I'i^d.
said chapter three hundred and eighty-eight, is hereby
amended bj' inserting after the word "pilot" in the third
line the words : — is not a proper person to operate aircraft,
or, — so as to , read as follows: — Section 49. The regis- Suspension or
trar may suspend, or after due hearing, revoke, a pilot's plioTfi'i^en'^i.
license or right to operate.

(a) If, in the opinion of the registrar, the pilot is not a
proper person to operate aircraft, or has operated any air-
craft in a manner dangerous to any person or has not used
due care and caution while flying with passengers, even
though not then engaged in commercial flying, or

(6) If the pilot exceeds his authority under his license, or

(c) Upon the use by the pilot of an unregistered aircraft,
except as provided in section forty-seven or forty-eight, or

{d) For violation of any provision of sections fifty-two to
fifty-four, inclusive, or

(e) For operating an aircraft after the damage or de-
terioration referred to in section fifty has occurred and
before full compliance with the provisions of said section.

The registrar shall suspend for at least three months,
and may after due hearing revoke, the license or right to
operate of a pilot who has been found guilty of operating
an aircraft while under the influence of liquor.

28

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 34.

G. L. 90, 5 50,
amended.

Operator of
aircraft in-
volved in
accident caus-
ing injury or
death to report
to registrar.

Damage to
aircraft to be
reported to
registrar, etc.

Where damage
occurs outside
commonwealth
to be reported.

Notice to
owner when
aircraft shall
have become
unfit for
operation, etc.

The registrar may suspend, or after due hearing, revoke,
the registration or right of operation of an aircraft,

(a) If it is used for any purpose not authorized by its
registration, or

(6) Upon violation of any provision of section fifty or
fifty-three.

Action by the registrar under this section shall not relieve
the licensee from further liability or penalty.

Section 3. Said chapter ninety is hereby amended by
striking out section fifty, inserted as aforesaid, and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 50. Every person
operating any aircraft which is in any manner involved in
an accident in which any person is killed or injured shall
forthwith report in writing to the registrar. When any
aircraft shall have been damaged in any structural part
other than the engine or tires, such damage shall forthwith
be reported in writing to the registrar by the person operat-
ing the same, and such aircraft shall not again be operated
until the damaged part has been replaced in whole by a
suitable new part, or, if it is not so replaced, until the air-
craft has been approved by the advisory board.

Where such damage occurs while the aircraft is outside
the commonwealth, it must be reported before the aircraft
is again operated within the commonwealth.

When any registered aircraft shall, in the opinion of the
advisory board, have become unfit for operation through
deterioration or otherwise, notice thereof shall be given to
the owner and such aircraft shall not again be operated until
it has been repaired and has been approved by the advisory
board. Approved February 11, 1930.

ChaV. 34 ^^ ^^'^ REQUIRING SUPERVISORS OF ATTENDANCE IN CITIES
AND IN CERTAIN TOWNS TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. 31, §4,
etc., amended.

Supervisors of
attendance in
cities and in
certain towns
to be included
within classi-
fied civil

CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE.

Whereas, 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 convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section four of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws,
as amended by chapter one hundred and ninety-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four and by chapter
one hundred and thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine, is hereby further amended by adding at
the end thereof the following new paragraph : —

Supervisors of attendance in cities, and in such towns of
over twelve thousand inhabitants as accept this paragraph.

Approved February 12, 1930.

Acts, 1930. —Chaps. 35, 36. 29

An Act relative to the control of lake quannapowitt Qfian 35

IN THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Wakefield, through its board 1"°^ m^ay^'"''^'
of park commissioners, may from time to time make rules make rules,
and regulations as to the erection, maintenance and control erec'tkm,''etc..
of all public bath houses on the shores of Lake Quannapowitt hous'ls'on''^*^

in said town. shores of Lake

Section 2. The board of park commissioners of said RuteTand"^'"
town may from time to time make rules and regulations regulations as
governing fishing, boating, bathing, skating and other *° ^ '"^' ^*^°
recreational activities in or on Lake Quannapowitt in said
town. Such rules and regulations relative to fishing shall Approval.
be subject to the approval of the division of fisheries and
game of the state department of conservation, and such
other rules and regulations shall be subject to the approval
of the state department of public works, and when so ap-
proved shall have the force of law.

Section 3. Any police officer of said town may patrol ^°|i.^^ ^^^
any 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 es- Penalty,
tablished 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 Powers, etc., of
abridge the powers and duties of said department of public pubifc wo?k8°^
works under chapter ninety-one of the General Laws. ""f^^l*?.:^^^''

i 77-iT v,-> ..^^^ not abndged.

Approved February 12, 1930.

An Act relative to the filing of statements of ex- Chap. 36
penses incurred by candidates for nomination for
or election to public offices.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Chapter fifty-five of the General Laws, as amended in g. l. 55, § 16,
section sixteen by section seven of chapter two hundred and ®*°- ^'^^■''^®^-
twelve of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section sixteen
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 16. gf"'^^'^e^|nt3
Every candidate for nomination for or election to a public of expenses
office shall file a statement setting forth each sum of money nwninatio'?f
and thing of value paid or promised to him or to a person °'" buc'^'ffices
on his behalf, and each sum of money and thing of value ^"
expended, contributed or promised by him or by a person
on his behalf, for the purpose of securing or in any way
affecting his nomination or election to the office, and the
name of the person or political committee to or by whom
the payment, contribution or promise was made and the

30

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 37, 38.

When state-
ment shall be
filed.

date thereof, or, if nothing has been paid or promised to him
or to a person on his behalf or contributed, expended or
promised by him or by a person on his behalf, a statement to
that effect. Such a statement shall be filed by a candidate
for nomination as aforesaid at a primary or caucus preceding
a special state, city or town election, within seven days after
such primary or caucus, and by a candidate for nomination
as aforesaid at any other primary or caucus, within sixteen
days thereafter, and by a candidate for election as aforesaid,
within fourteen days after the election.

Approved February 12, 1930.

Chap. 37 An Act relative to the use for an athletic field of a

PART OF MEMORIAL PARK IN THE TOWN OF NEEDHAM.

Part of Memo-
rial Park in
town of Need-
ham may be
used for an
athletic
field, etc.

Effective upon
acceptance.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. So much of the land in the town of Needham
known as Memorial Park, under the jurisdiction of the
Trustees of Memorial Park, as shall be designated for that
purpose by said trustees, may be set apart for an enclosed
athletic field. If any land is so set apart a plan showing
the extent thereof shall be made and kept on file in the
office of the town clerk. Said trustees shall establish and
maintain said athletic field, with suitable equipment, and
may in their discretion permit its use for athletic games and
other entertainments of a public nature, to which an ad-
mission fee may be charged, upon such terms and condi-
tions as said trustees may impose.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance, during the current year, by vote of the said town;
but, for the purposes of such acceptance, this act shall take
effect upon its passage. Approved February 12, 1930.

Chap. 38 An Act relative to the capacity of corporations or-
ganized FOR charitable AND CERTAIN OTHER PURPOSES
TO HOLD REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and eighty of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section nine and inserting
in place thereof the following : — Section 9. Any corporation
heretofore or hereafter organized under general or special
laws for any of the purposes mentioned in this chapter
may hold real and personal estate to an amount not ex-
ceeding five million dollars, which estate or its income shall
be devoted to the purposes set forth in its charter or agree-
ment of association or in any amendment thereof, and it
may receive and hold, in trust or otherwise, funds received
by gift or bequest to be devoted by it to such purposes.
This section shall not limit the amount of property which
may be held by a corporation in excess of said amount under

G. L. 180, § 9,
amended.

Corporations
organized for
charitable and
certain other
purposes may
hold real and
personnl prop-
erty to cer-
tain amount.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 39. 31

the authority of any special law and shall be applicable not-
withstanding the specification of a less amount in such a
law, heretofore or hereafter enacted.

Approved February IS, 1930.

An Act authorizing the town of hanover to supply fhr,^ qq

ITSELF AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH W^ATER. ^ '

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Hanover may supply itself and Town of
its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of fires supplyTts^iF
and for domestic and other purposes; may estabhsh foun- habitants'
tains and hydrants, relocate or discontinue the same, and ^'th water.
may regulate the use of such water and fix and collect rates
to be paid for the use of the same.

Section 2. The said town, for the purposes aforesaid, May lease,
may lease, or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy- acquire, cer-
nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase or other- withiTumUa
wise, and hold, the waters, or any portion thereof, of any of town.
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; and also may take by eminent do-
main under said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by pur-
chase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and
easements necessary for collecting and storing such water
and protecting and preserving the purity thereof and for
convejang the same to any part of said town of Hanover;
provided, that no source of water supply and no lands Proviso,
necessary for protecting and preserving the purity of the
water shall be taken without first obtaining the advice and
approval of the department of pubUc health, and that the
location of all dams, reservoirs, wells or filter galleries,
filtration plants or other works 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 May erect
erect on the lands taken or held under the provisions of this bu'ifdTngs,'^tc.
act proper dams, reservoirs, pumping and filtration plants,
buildings, standpipes, fi.xtures 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 main-
tenance of complete and effective water works ; and for that May conatract
purpose may construct wells and reservoirs, establish pump- ronluifs^
ing works, and lay down and maintain conduits, pipes and p'p«s. etc.
other works, under or over any lands, water courses, rail-
roads or pubHc 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, main-
taining, operating and repairing such conduits, pipes and
other works, and for all other proper purposes of this act,
said town may dig up or raise and embank any such lands,

32

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 39.

Restrictions
as to entry
upon railroad
locations, etc.

Control, etc.
of property
by board of
water com-
missioners.

Recovery of
damages.

Proviso.

Town may
issue bonds, etc.

Town of
Hanover
Water Loan,
Act of 1930.

Payment of
loan, etc.

Penalty for
polluting
water, etc.

highways or other ways in such manner as to cause the
least hindrance to pubHc 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, water rights and other property
taken or acquired under this act, and all works, buildings and
other structures erected or constructed thereunder, 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 source or water right, or any in-
jury thereto, shall not vest until the water is actually with-
drawn 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 in-
curred under the provisions of this act, issue from time to
time bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding, in the
aggregate, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which
shall bear on their face the words. Town of Hanover Water
Loan, Act of 1930. 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 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 ac-
cordance with the provisions of 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 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 pay-
ments on the principal as may be required under the pro-
visions 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. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts,
pollutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under
this act, or injures any structure, work or other property
owned, held or used by said town under the authority and
for the purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to said
town three times the amount of damages assessed therefor,
to be recovered in an action of tort; and upon conviction of

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 39. 33

any one of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be punished
by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by im-
prisonment for not more than one year.

Section 8. The said town shall, after its acceptance of B"iidof
this act, at the same meeting at which the act is accepted m'issioners,
or at a meeting called for the purpose, elect by ballot three terms""etc.
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 3^ear, 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 commissioner shall be
elected by ballot for the term of three years. All the au-
thority granted to the town by this act, except sections 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 Quorum.
commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. Any vacancy occurring in said board from vacancy,
any cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired '^°^ ^'^^'^•
term by said town at any town meeting called for the pur-
pose. 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 9. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi- To fix water
table 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 appropriated to defray all operating expenses,
interest charges and payments on the principal as they
accrue upon any bonds or notes issued for water supply
purposes. If there should be a net surplus remaining after Net surplus,
providing for the aforesaid charges it shall be appropriated {5°^ug*g°j
for such new construction as the water commissioners, with
the approval of the town, may determine upon, and in case
a surplus should remain after payment for such new con-
struction the water rates shall be reduced proportionately.
All authority vested in said commissioners by the foregoing
provisions of this section and by section three shall be sub-
ject to the provisions of section eight. Said commissioners Annual, etc.,
shall annually, and as often as the town may require, render ''"p"'"'^'*-
a report upon the condition of the works under their charge
and an account of their doings, including an account of
receipts and expenditures.

Section 10. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Effective upon
ance by a majority of the voters of the town of Hanover ^<=«ept=*n'=e' ^t<=-
present and voting thereon at a town meeting called for the
purpose within three years after its passage; but the num-
ber 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, this act shall take effect upon its
passage. Approved February 13, 1930.

34

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 40.

Chap. 40 An Act to authorize the boston dispensary, the boston

FLOATING HOSPITAL AND THE TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE
TO FORM AN ALLIANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISH-
ING, MAINTAINING AND OPERATING IN COMMON A MEDICAL
CENTER.

Boston Dis-
pensary, The
Boston Floating
Hospital and
the Trustees of
Tufts College
may form an
alliance for the
purpose of es-
tablishing, etc.,
in common a
medical center.

May enter into
agreements,
may hold real
and personal
property, etc.

Proviso.

How real and
personal prop-
erty shall be
considered
for purposes
of taxation.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Boston Dispensary, The Boston Float-
ing Hospital and the Trustees of Tufts College, three chari-
table corporations organized and existing under the laws of
Massachusetts, in furtherance of their respective corporate
purposes, are hereby authorized and empowered to form an
alliance for, and otherwise co-operate in, establishing, main-
taining and operating a medical center under the supervision
of an administrative board composed of representatives from
each of said corporations, and to render mutual services
and operate one or more plants in common in connection
with such medical center.

Section 2. Said corporations are hereby authorized and
empowered to enter into such mutual agreement or agree-
ments, to take such other action, and to acquire and hold,
either separately, jointly or as tenants in common, such real
and personal property, as they may respectively deem
necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of the objects
set forth in section one; provided, however, that none of
said corporations shall exceed the limits imposed by law
upon the amount of property which each may acquire and
hold, and for the purpose of computing said limits each of said
corporations shall, in the absence of an agreement between
them to the contrary, be considered as holding one third of
any property owned jointly or in common as aforesaid;
and said corporations respectively are hereby further au-
thorized and empowered to expend such of their funds, not
restricted to other purposes, as they may respectively deem
necessary or desirable to accomplish any of the objects set
forth in this act.

Section 3. Any personal property from time to time held
by said corporations as provided in this act, and any real
property so held, in so far as such real property shall be
occupied by any one or more of said corporations or their
officers for the objects set forth in this act, shall be con-
sidered for the purposes of taxation as property of the kind
described in paragraph Third of section five of chapter
fifty-nine of the General Laws, irrespective of whether such
property shall be so held separately, jointly or as tenants in
common. Approved February 13, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 41, 42, 43. 35

An Act regulating the taking of flounders in certain Chap. 41

WATERS IN CAPE COD BAY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

No person shall take flounders, by dragging or by trawl- l^^l^^jj-^^^
ing, between April first and September thirtieth, both dates certain waters
inclusive, in any year, in the waters in Cape Cod Bay lying Bay^regu^rtld.
southerly of a line drawn from Race Point Light to Gurnet
Light. Violation of this act shall be punished by a fine of Penalty.
not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars.

Approved February 14, 1930.

An Act relative to the listing of voters in the city (JJini) 42

OF REVERE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section five of chapter eighty-four of the acts of nineteen 1925, 84, § 5,
hundred and twenty-five is hereby amended by striking out ^'°®'^^^'^-
the third paragraph and inserting in place thereof the fol-
lowing:— If the board of assessors, after investigation and as8*sso°^of it
report by the chief of police or a police officer detailed by of Revere to
him, is satisfied that such statements are true, it shall give dMtr?n|to^"*^
the applicant a certificate that he was a resident of said ^Irtmcifte etc
city on said first day of April, which certificate shall state
his name, age, occupation and residence on the first day of
April in the current year and his residence on the first day
of April in the preceding year, or a certificate that he be-
came a resident of said city at least six months immediately
preceding the election, which certificate shall state his name,
age, occupation and present residence, the date when he
became a resident of said city, and his residence on the first
day of April in the current year and on the other dates
required as aforesaid; but no such appHcation shall be
received, and no such person shall be listed or given said
certificate, between the twentieth day preceding, and the
day following, a state or municipal election. The board of Transmission
assessors shall also forthwith transmit to the registrars of of voters of
voters the names of all persons receiving such certificates, rexTplontsof
together with their residences as appearing on said cer- certificates, etc.
tificates. Approved February I4, 1930.

An Act relative to noise from motor boats in hingham Qlidn 43

HARBOR. ^ '

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Whoever operates or causes to be operated, ^^^H^J^l^
in Hingham harbor, a boat propelled in whole or in part Hingham
by an internal combustion engine, unless the same is pro- boItrca"li3*ng
vided with an underwater exhaust, or a muffler approved annoTnce^'^
by the harbor master of said town, so constructed and used
that the noise of the explosions of the engine shall^not

36

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 44, 45.

Enforcement.

Hingham
harbor defined.

unreasonably cause annoyance to persons in the vicinity
shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five
dollars. The harbor master and the police of said town shall
enforce the provisions of this section. The provisions of
section fifteen of chapter one hundred and two of the Gen-
eral Laws shall not apply in said harbor.

Section 2. For the purposes of this act, Hingham
harbor is hereby defined to be all of the tide water lying
southerly of a line drawn between the northerly point of
World's End, on the east, and the northerly point of the
mainland constituting the easterly side of the entrance to
Weymouth Back river, on the west.

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

Approved February 15, 1930.

ChaV 44 -^^ ^^'^ PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF THE SPEED OF
MOTOR AND OTHER BOATS IN HINGHAM HARBOR.

Be it enacted, etc., a^s follows:

Section 1. The harbor master of the town of Hingham
may make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations
governing the speed in Hingham harbor of boats propelled
by gasoline, oil or naphtha, or by steam, electric or me-
chanical power. Violation of any such rule or regulation
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars.

Section 2. For the purposes of this act, Hingham
harbor is hereby defined to be all of the tide water lying
southerly of a line drawn between the northerly point of
World's End, on the east, and the northerly point of the
mainland constituting the easterly side of the entrance to
Weymouth Back river, on the west.

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

Approved February 15, 1930.

Speed of
motor and
other boats
in Hingham
harbor
regulated.

Penalty.

Hingham
harbor defined.

Chap. 45 An Act providing for the revival of certain corpo-
rations dissolved by statute.

G. L. 155,
new section
added.

Revival of
certain cor-
porations
dissolved by
statute, filing
in office of
state secretary
of certificate
by commis-
sioner of cor-
porations and
taxation, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the General Laws
is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new
section : — Section 56. If the commissioner finds that a
corporation has been dissolved subject to the provisions of
this section by act of the general court and that such corpo-
ration ought to be revived for all purposes or for any limited
time or for any specified purpose or purposes with or without
limitation of time, he may, not later than three years after
the effective date of said act, upon application by any
interested party, file in the office of the state secretary a
certificate, in such form as the commissioner may prescribe,
reviving such corporation as aforesaid. The commissioner
may subject the revival of such corporation to such terms
and conditions, including the payment of reasonable fees,

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 46, 47. 37

as in his judgment the pubHc interest may require. Upon
the filing of a certificate reviving a corporation for all purposes,
said corporation shall stand revived with the same powers,
duties and obligations as if it had not been dissolved, except
as otherwise provided in said certificate; and all acts and
proceedings of its officers, directors and stockholders or
members, acting or purporting to act as such, which would
have been legal and vahd but for such dissolution, shall,
except as aforesaid, stand ratified and confirmed. If such
a corporation is revived as aforesaid for a limited time or
for any specified purpose or purposes, it shall stand revived
for such time or for the accomplishment of such purpose or
purposes in accordance with the terms of the commissioner's
certificate. For cause shown to his satisfaction, the com-
missioner may, by certificate filed as aforesaid, extend the
time for which a corporation revived for a limited time
shall stand revived. Approved February 17, 1930.

An Act relative to appropriations by cities and towns QJidjf 4g

FOR BAND CONCERTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section five of chapter forty of the General Laws, as most ^. ^^^^^-^^^ 5,
recently amended by section six of chapter two hundred and
eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the one
hundred and eighth line, as printed in the General Laws,
the words "five hundred" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — one thousand, — so that clause (26) will read as
follows : —

(26) For pubhc band concerts, or for music furnished for cities and
public celebrations, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars. appropdaL

Approved February 17, 1930. ^^^lUZ.rts.

An Act authorizing odd fellows home of massachu- (Jjidj) 47

SETTS TO HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section five of chapter five hundred and sixty of the isqs, seo, § 5,
acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight is hereby amended ^™®'^'^®'^-
by striking out, in the third and fourth lines, the words ",
free from taxation," and by striking out in the fourth and
fifth lines, the words "five hundred thousand" and insert-
ing in place thereof the words: — one milhon, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 5. The corporation hereby es- odd Feiiows
tablished is hereby authorized to hold real and personal MaSachusetts
estate for the aforesaid charitable uses and purposes to an ^'Jj^tfo°nfi
amount not exceeding one million dollars, to be devoted real and per-
exclusively to the purposes and objects hereinbefore set ^°"^' ^^^^*^'
forth. Said trustees shall invest the funds of this corporation
in such securities only as are authorized by law for the
investment of the funds of savings banks in this Common-

38

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 48, 49.

wealth. No officer of said corporation shall hire or borrow
any portion of the funds belonging to said corporation nor
be security for loans thereof to another.

Approved February 21, 1930.

G. L. 71, § 6,
etc., amended.

Provisions for
towns not
maintaining
high schools.

Chap. 48 An Act relating to the transportation of high school

PUPILS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section six of chapter seventy-one of the General Laws,
as amended by section one of chapter two hundred and
ninety-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
is hereby further amended by striking out the first para-
graph and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section
6. If a town of less than five hundred famihes or house-
holders, according to such census, does not maintain a public
high school offering four years of instruction, it shall pay
the tuition of any pupil who resides therein and obtains from
its school committee a certificate to attend a high school
of another town included in the list of high schools approved
for this purpose by the department. Such a town shall
also, through its school committee, provide, when necessary,
for the transportation of such a pupil at cost up to forty
cents for each day of actual attendance, and it may expend
more than said amount. If, however, the distance between
a pupil's residence and the school he is entitled to attend
under this section exceeds three miles, the town may, when
necessary, be required by the department to expend for
transportation for such pupil a sum up to eighty cents in
all for each day of attendance. The department shall ap-
prove the high schools which may be attended by such
pupils, and it may, for this purpose, approve a public high
school in an adjoining state. Whenever, in the judgment of
the department, it is expedient that such a pupil should
board in the town of attendance the town of residence may,
through its school committee, pay toward such board, in
lieu of transportation, such sum as the said committee may
fix. Approved February 21, 1930.

Chap. 49 An Act relative to schedule or blanket bonds cover-
ing OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CO-OPERATIVE BANKS.

G. L. 170, § 9,
etc., amended.

Duties of
treasurers of
co-operative
banks.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section nine of chapter one hundred and seventy of the
General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter six-
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following :
— , approved by him as to the conditions thereof and as to
the sureties thereon, — so as to read as follows: — Section 9.
The treasurer shall keep the accounts and have charge of
all books and papers necessary therefor, and dispose of and
secure the safe keeping of all money, securities and property

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 50. 39

of the corporation, in the manner (lesi}2;nated by the by-laws,
and the treasurer and all other permanent employees having Treasurer and
access at all times to the cash or negotiable securities, shall gj^e'Cond! *^°
each give, subject to section twenty-four of chapter one
hundred and sixty-eight, a bond for the faithful performance
of their respective duties in such amount as the board of
directors may require, provided that such treasurer and Proviso,
other permanent emploj'ees may in the discretion of the
commissioner be included in one or more schedule or blanket
bonds, approved by him as to the conditions thereof and as
to the sureties thereon. Approved February 21, 1930.

An Act relative to the qualifications of members Qhn^ 5Q
OF the board of aldermen and of the school com- ^ '

mittee of the city of somerville.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section ten of chapter two hundred and etg^'a^m'nVd
forty of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, as "
amended by section three of chapter ninety-eight of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the word "from" in the
fourth line the words : — the qualified voters of, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 10. The board of aldermen shall Board of aider-

, 1 c , / 1,1 1 c men, election,

be composed oi twenty-one members, three members irom membership,
each ward, to be elected as follows: Seven aldermen-at-large, office,°etc.
one being selected from the qualified voters of each ward,
shall biennially be elected by the qualified voters of the city
at large, voting in their respective wards, and two aldermen
shall at the same time be elected by and from the qualified
voters of each ward. The members of the board of alder-
men shall hold office for the two municipal years next follow-
ing their election, or, if elected after the regular municipal
election, for the remainder of the two municipal years follow-
ing such regular municipal election and until a majority of
the new board shall be elected and qualified in their stead.

Section 2. Section twenty-eight of said chapter two isqq, 240, § 28,
hundred and forty, as amended by section one of chapter ^**^' ^"'*°'i®<^-
three hundred and fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and four and by section eight of said chapter ninety-eight,
is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"ward" in the eighth line the words:—, who shall be
qualified voters of the ward, — and by striking out, in the
thirteenth line, the word "resident" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — qualified voter, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 28. The management and control of the School com-
public schools shall be vested in a school committee, which Sem1^ereh?p,°"'
shall exercise the powers conferred and discharge the duties ^^utTes^^tf '^^'
imposed by law upon school committees. The committee
shall consist of the mayor and the president of the board of
aldermen, ex officiis, neither of whom shall serve as chair-
man, and fourteen other members two from each ward,

40

Acts, 1930. —Chaps. 51, 52.

elected as follows: — Two members from each ward, who
shall be qualified voters of the ward, shall be elected at each
regular municipal election to serve for the term of two mu-
Vacancies. nicipal ycars next following. Vacancies occurring in the
school committee shall be filled by a joint ballot of the board
of aldermen and the school committee, the member so elected
to be a qualified voter of the ward entitled to the new mem-
ber, and to hold office for the remainder of the term.

Approved February 21, 1930.

G. L. 207, § 28,
amended.

Certificate of
intention of
marriage.

Chap. 51 An Act relative to the delivery of certificates of
intention of marriage and the return of unused
certificates.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and seven of the Gen-
eral Laws is hereby amended by striking out section twenty-
eight and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section
28. On or after the fifth day from the filing of notice of
intention of marriage, except as otherwise provided, but not
in any event later than six months after such filing, the clerk
or registrar shall deliver to the parties a certificate signed by
him, specifying the date when notice was filed with him
and all facts relative to the marriage which are required
by law to be ascertained and recorded, except those relative
to the person by whom the marriage is to be solemnized.
Such certificate shall be delivered to the minister or magis-
trate before whom the marriage is to be contracted, before
he proceeds to solemnize the same. If such certificate is not
sooner used, it shall be returned to the office issuing it within
six months after the date when notice of intention of mar-
riage was filed.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and seven is
hereby further amended by striking out section fifty-seven
and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 57.
Whoever performs a ceremony of marriage upon a certificate
more than six months after the fifing of the notice of in-
tention of marriage as set forth in such certificate, and who-
ever having taken out such certificate and not having used
it fails to return it, within six months after such filing, to
the office issuing the same, shall be punished by a fine of
not more than ten dollars. Approved February 21, 1930.

G. L. 207, § 57,
amended.

Penalty for
failure to
return certifi-
cate of in-
tention of
marriage.

Chap. 52 An Act extending the time during which certain
persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis
may receive temporary care and treatment at

certain INSTITUTIONS.

Emergency
preamble.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part
defeat its purpose, it is hereby declared an emergency law
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and convenience.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 53. 41

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one of chapter three hundred and eighty-five of 'mendld ^ ^'
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight is hereby
amended by striking out, in the third Hne, the word "thirty"
and inserting in place thereof the word : — thirty-one, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . The department of Ja^r^and^'^^
public health may arrange for the admission, care and treat- treatment
ment, for periods not extending beyond June thirtieth, nine- of certltn*^
teen hundred and thirty-one, at any institution within the 3^3"*!®®
commonwealth approved by the department, of persons from pui-
suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis who are residents tuberculosis.
of any of the cities or towns comprising the territory of the
Worcester county or Middlesex county tuberculosis hos-
pital district or of the tuberculosis hospital district com-
prising Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop, and such arrange-
ments shall be deemed to be satisfactory compliance with the
provisions of sections seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive, of
chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws requir-
ing adequate hospital care for such persons.

Approved February S4, 1930.

An Act to provide for the protection of shellfish in (JJid^ 53

THE town of WESTPORT. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. No person shall take any shellfish from their Protection
beds or wilfully obstruct the growth of any shellfish within fntowlfof
the town of Westport, except as is hereinafter provided. Westport.

Section 2. The selectmen of said town may give per- Permits for
mits in writing to any person to take shellfish from their sheii&h^etc
beds within said town at such times, in such quantities, for
such uses and by such methods as they shall deem expedi-
ent. They shall grant such permits to any inhabitant of
the town to take from the beds in said town shellfish for the
use of himself and his family not exceeding in quantity one
half bushel including shells in any one day. They shall
grant such permits to any fisherman to take shellfish from
said beds for bait for his own use not exceeding in quantity
one bushel including shells in any one day. Such permits
shall be signed by the selectmen, shall be recorded in a book
kept for the purpose and shall remain in force for one year
from their date.

Section 3. Every person taking shellfish from their Exhibition of
beds within said town under the provisions of this act shall deJ^nd"^°°
at the time of such taking have with him the permit granted
to him as above provided and shall exhibit it upon demand
to any constable of the town or other officer charged with
the duty of enforcing the provisions of this act.

Section 4. No person shall take from their beds in said "f^^^'J"^ °l
town or sell or offer for sale or have in his possession any ciamsor
little neck clams or quahaugs measuring less than one and ?egu^at"ed^.
one half inches across the widest part.

42

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 54, 55.

Penalty.

Certain dis-
trict courts
to have con-
current
jurisdiction
with superior
court.

Certain incon-
sistent pro-
visions of law
not applicable
to town of
Westport.

Section 5. Whoever violates any provision of this act
shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more
than one hundred dollars.

Section 6. The second and third district courts of
Bristol shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the superior
court of all offences under this act.

Section 7. So much of section eighty-four of chapter
one hundred and thirty of the General Laws as is incon-
sistent herewith shall not apply to the town of Westport.

Approved February 24, 1930.

Chap. 54 An Act extending the time for filing requests for

REPORTS TO appellate DIVISIONS OF DISTRICT COURTS
other THAN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one hundred and ten B of chapter
two hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws, inserted
by section eight of chapter five hundred and thirty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby
amended by striking out, in the thirteenth line, the word
"two" and inserting in place thereof the word: — five, —
so that the third sentence of said section one hundred and
ten B will read as follows : — The request for such a report
shall be filed with the clerk within five days after notice of
the ruling, and when the objection is to the admission or
exclusion of evidence, the claim for a report shall also be
made known at the time of the ruling.

Section 2. This act shall take effect September first of
the current year. Approved February 21^, 1930.

G. L. 2.31,

§ HOB,

amended.

Time for filing
requests for
reports to
appellate
divisions of
district courts
other than the
municipal
court of the
city of Boston,
extended.
Effective date.

Chap. 55 An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to borrow

MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A MUNICIPAL
MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L The city of Worcester may, within a period
of five years from the passage of this act, incur indebtedness
for the construction of a municipal auditorium as a me-
morial to soldiers, sailors and marines, and may issue bonds
or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Worcester Municipal Memorial Auditorium Loan, Act of
1930. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate
loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more than ten
years from their dates, but no loan shall be authorized
under this act unless a sum equal to an amount not less
than ten per cent of the loan so authorized is voted for the
same purpose to be provided from taxes or other sources of
revenue of the year when authorized. Indebtedness in-
curred under this act shall be in excess of the amount au-
thorized by chapter two hundred and eleven of the Special

City of
Worcester
may borrow
money for
purpose of
constructing
a municipal
memorial
auditorium.

Worcester
Municipal
Memorial
Auditorium
Loan, Act
of 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 56, 57, 58. 43

Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, as amended by chap-
ter one hundred and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty, 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.

Approved February 25, 1930.

An Act authorizing the designation of persons to per- nhnqj 56

FORM the duties OF MEMBERS, EX OFFICIIS, OF PERMA- ^'

NENT STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter thirty of the General Laws is hereby amended ^gj'g^^-j^^
by inserting after section six the following new section : — after § 6.'
Section 6 A. If any member of a permanent state board Designation

, •' 1 1 • J c 1 1 1 • of persons to

or commission who serves as such by virtue oi holding any perform the
other office or position is unable by reason of absence or dis- bers?lx officifs'
ability to perform his duties as such member, he may, by g^^ibSarJ"*' '
a writing filed in the office of such board or commission, and com-
designate an officer or employee in his department who ^thoriled.
shall, without additional compensation therefor, perform
such duties in case of and during such absence or disability,
but a person so designated shall have no authority to make
any appointments or removals. Any such designation may
in like manner be revoked at any time.

Approved February 25, 1930.

An Act relative to the violation of one-way street (Jjidy 57

REGULATIONS, SO-CALLED, AS AFFECTING CIVIL LIABILITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. Chapter eighty-nine of the General Laws is g. l. 89,
hereby amended by adding the following new section : — added^''*^'"''
Section 10. The violation by the operator or driver of a violation of
motor or other vehicle of any rule, regulation, ordinance or r^gtKns^^^*
by-law limiting traffic on any specified way to traffic moving |^"^^'|®'^' f^,
in one direction shall not, in respect to any civil liability, liability.
render such operator or driver, or such vehicle or any occu-
pant thereof, a trespasser upon said way.

Section 2. This act shall take effect June first of the Effective date.
current year. Approved February 25, 1930.

An Act relative to the local acceptance of the pro- nhf.^ kq

VISIONS OF GENERAL LAW GRANTING ONE DAY OFF IN "*

EVERY EIGHT DAYS TO POLICE OFFICERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section sixteen of chapter one hundred and forty-seven g. l. 147, § le,
of the General Laws, as affected by chapter three hundred ^*<'- amended.
and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven,
is hereby amended by striking out, in the second and third

44 Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 59, 60.

lines, the words "accepted chapter one hundred and sixty-
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — accepts or has accepted the
provisions of this section by vote of its city council or se-
lectmen, or has accepted the corresponding provisions of
earlier laws in the manner therein provided, — so as to
Onedayofifin read as follows: — Section 16 Except in Boston, members
dly^s^to police of the poHcc department of every town which accepts or has
al!d towns*''*'^^ accepted the provisions of this section by vote of its city
council or selectmen, or has accepted the corresponding
provisions of earlier laws in the manner therein provided,
shall be excused from duty for one day out of every eight
without loss of pay. Approved February 25, 1930.

Chap. 59 An Act authorizing the city of lynn to construct

AND maintain SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE WORKS OUTSIDE
THE ESTABLISHED HARBOR LINE IN LYNN HARBOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

maycoMfruct SECTION 1. The city of Lynn may construct and main-
and maintain taiu Sb surface watcr drain with outlet and all necessary

surface water , . y uu j. • j. j.']j.ui_u

drainage works appurtcuances in Lyuu harbor at points outside the harbor

estabUshed ^^^^ established by chapter three hundred and thirteen of

harbor line in the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. The material,

ynn ar or. ^.^^ ^^^ coustructiou of Said sui'face water drain, outlet

and appurtenances, and also their location as aforesaid,

shall be in accordance with such plans and specifications

as may be approved after hearing by the state department

of pubhc works.

Effective upon Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance,

acceptance, etc. i • ,i j. i x r xi, 'j. m r 'j

during the current year, by vote oi the city council oi said
city, subject to the provisions of its charter.

Approved February 25, 1930.

Chap. 60 An Act relative to the issuance by the board of parole

OF PERMITS FOR PRISONERS TO BE AT LIBERTY AND OF
CERTAIN ORDERS RELATIVE THERETO.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

amended. ^^^^' SECTION 1. Scctiou One hundred and twenty-eight of
chapter one hundred and twenty-seven of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out, in the sixth, seventh and
eighth lines, the words "Permits granted by the board of
parole shall be issued by the commissioner on notification
by the board. Other" and inserting in place thereof the
Permits for word : — All, — SO as to read as follows: — Section 128.
beluibeJt'y. Permits to be at liberty may be granted as follows: to
by whom prisouers in the penal institutions of the commonwealth or

aruTi-ssued. transferred therefrom to jails or houses of correction, by
the board of parole; to prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, except in Suffolk county, by the county commis-
sioners; to prisoners in the jail and house of correction in

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 61. 45

Suffolk county, by the penal institutions commissioner. All
permits shall be issued by the board or officer granting them.

Section 2. Section one hundred and forty-nine of said g l. 127. § 149.
chapter one hundred and twenty-seven is hereby amended ^'"^"'^*''^-
by striking out, in the first and second lines, the words ",
the directors of a workhouse," — and by striking out, in
the tenth and eleventh lines, the words "An order directed
by the board of parole shall be issued by the commissioner",
— so as to read as follows: — Section 149. The board of Arrest of
parole, the county commissioners or, in Suffolk county, the vrdiiuin of
penal institutions commissioner of Boston, if a permit to be {^g™'fjb*^rt
at liberty granted or issued by them, respectively, has be- ^^ ' ^'^ ^'
come void or has been revoked, or if a prisoner on parole
under section one hundred and forty-one has been ordered
to return to the prison from which he was released, may
order the arrest of the holder of such permit or of such
prisoner on parole by any officer quahfied to serve civil or
criminal process in any county, and the return of such
holder or of such prisoner on parole to the prison from which
he was released. The governor, if a permit to be at liberty
issued to an habitual criminal under section one hundred
and thirtj'^-four has become void or has been revoked, shall
issue his warrant authorizing the arrest of the holder thereof
by any officer qualified to serve criminal process, and his
return to state prison. A prisoner who has been so re-
turned to his place of confinement shall be detained therein
according to the terms of his original sentence. In com-
puting the period of his confinement, the time between his
release upon a permit or on parole and his return to prison
shall not be considered as any part of the term of his original
sentence. If at the time of the order to return to prison
or of the revocation of his permit he is confined in any
prison, service of such order shall not be made until his re-
lease therefrom. Approved February 25, 1930.

An Act relative to the pensioning op laborers in the nhnjy a\

EMPLOY of the CITY OF LOWELL. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Any laborer in the employ of the city of Pensioning of
Lowell who has reached the age of sixty and has been in impioy^oFthL*
such employ for a period of not less than twenty-five years '^^^y °^ Loweii.
and has become physically or mentally incapacitated for
labor, and any laborer in the employ of said city who has
been in such employ for a period of not less than fifteen
years and has become physically or mentally incapacitated
for labor by reason of any injury received in the perform-
ance of his duties for said city, may, at his request and with
the approval of the mayor and city council, 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 the annual compensation paid him as a laborer at
the time of his retirement. Any laborer in the employ of

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 62.

Submission
to voters, etc

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, as
certified by a physician in regular standing, shall be re-
tired from service, and shall receive from said city an an-
nual pension computed in the manner hereinbefore set forth.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of said city at the state election in
the current year in the form of the following question which
shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used in said
city at said election: "Shall an act passed by the general
court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty, entitled
'An act relative to the pensioning of laborers in the employ
of the city of Lowell', 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 February 25, 1930.

Chan. 62 An Act authorizing building and zoning boards of

APPEALS TO SUMMON AND SWEAR WITNESSES.

G. L. 233, § 8,
amended.

Summoning
of witnesses
before city
and town
officers, com-
missions, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and thirty-three of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section eight and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 8. Wit-
nesses may be summoned to attend and testify and to
produce books and papers at a hearing before a city coun-
cil, or either branch thereof, or before a joint or special
committee of the same or of either branch thereof, or before
a board of selectmen, a board of police commissioners, a
fire commissioner or a board of fire commissioners, a com-
missioner of public safety, a school board, a licensing board
or licensing authorities for the granting of licenses for
certain non-intoxicating beverages, as defined in section
one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, a board of
registrars of voters, the police commissioner or election com-
missioners of Boston, the metropohtan district commission,
or a board of appeals designated or appointed under section
twenty-seven of chapter forty, as to matters within their
authority; and such witnesses shall be summoned in the
same manner, be paid the same fees and be subject to the
same penalties for default, as witnesses in civil cases before
the courts. The presiding officer of such council, or of
either branch thereof, or a member of any such committee,
board or commission, or any such commissioner, may ad-
minister oaths to witnesses who appear before such council,
branch thereof, committee, board, commission or commis-
sioner, respectively. Approved February 25, 1930.

Acts, 1930. —Chaps. 63, 64. 47

An Act authorizing the use of additional ballot (Jfiaj) g3

BOXES IN towns.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an P'^eambie.
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter fifty-four of the General Laws is hereby amended ^tVon aftlT^
by inserting after section sixty-seven the following new § 67.
section: — Section 67 A. If the selectmen so vote, more than Use of
one state ballot box may be used at any polling place in any baiiot°bOT'ea
town at state elections and at town elections if official ballots '° towns.
are used therein. If more than one ballot box is to be used at
any polling place as aforesaid, the voting lists for use thereat
shall each be divided by the selectmen into as many sec-
tions as there are ballot boxes. Upon written request of the
selectmen of a town for one or more additional ballot boxes
for use as herein provided, the state secretary shall provide
the same at the expense of such town.

Approved February 26, 1930.

An Act authorizing the issue of blanket policies nhr,^ A4

OF ACCIDENT OR HEALTH INSURANCE TO STUDENTS AND ^'
OTHERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General Laws, g. l. 175, § no,
as amended in section one "hundred and ten by chapter one ^*''- amended,
hundred and thirty-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 : — Sec- Certain pro-
tion 110. Nothing in the two preceding sections shall apply nSTppUcilTe
to or affect any general or blanket policy of insurance issued to general or
to any employer, whether an individual, corporation, co- cies^ofamdent
partnership, or association, or to any municipal corporation fnsuranc^e.
or department thereof, or to a police or fire department, or to
any college, school or other institution of learning or to the
head or principal thereof, or to any organization for health,
recreational or military instruction or treatment, under-
writers' corps, salvage bureau or like organization, where the
officers, members or emploj^ees or classes or departments
thereof or the students or patients are insured against speci-
fied accidental bodily injuries or diseases while exposed to the
hazards of the occupation, course of instruction or treatment,
or otherwise, for a premium intended to cover the risks of all
the persons insured under such policy. Where the premium what shaii
is to be paid by the employer and the employees jointly and a genS"'''^
the benefits of the pohcy are offered to all eligible employees, or blanket
a policy covering not less than seventy-five per cent of such ^° '''^' ^**''
employees, or covering members of an association of such
employees if the members so insured in fact constitute not

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Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 65, 66.

less than seventy-five per cent of all eligible employees, shall
be considered a general or blanket policy within the meaning
of this section. Approved February 26, 1930.

Chap. 65 An Act making certain procedure for expediting the

COLLECTION OF DEBTS APPLICABLE IN DISTRICT COURTS.

G. L. 231. § 141,
etc., amended.

Sections appli-
cable to civil
actions before
district courts,
except in city
of Boston.

When
operative.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one hundred and forty-one of chapter
two hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws, as amended
by section two of chapter three hundred and seventeen of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and by section
three of chapter two hundred and sixty-five of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "fifty-eight" in the tenth and
eleventh lines the following: — , fifty-nine B, — so as to
read as follows: — Section IJ^l. Sections one, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen,
fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty,
twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-
six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-
one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-
six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty-one,
forty-two, forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, forty-seven,
forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three,
fifty-four, fifty-six, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, fifty-nine B,
sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty-three, sixty-four, sixty-five, sixty-
six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight, sixty-nine, seventy, seventy-two,
seventy-three, seventy-four, seventy-five, seventy-nine,
eighty-five, eighty-five A, eighty-seven, eighty-eight, eighty-
nine, ninet}^, ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-
four, ninety-five, ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninetj^-nine,
one hundred, one hundred and one, one hundred and two,
one hundred and thirty-four, one hundred and thirtj^-five,
one hundred and thirty-six, one hundred and thirty-seven,
one hundred and thirty-eight, one hundred and thirty-nine,
one hundred and forty and one hundred and forty-seven shall
apply to civil actions before district courts, and no other
sections of this chapter shall so apply, except to the municipal
court of the city of Boston under section one hundred and
forty-three.

Section 2. This act shall become operative October
first of the current year. Approved February 26, 1930.

Chap. 66 An Act changing the method of reimbursing cities and

TOWNS FOR the SUPPORT OF CERTAIN NEEDY PERSONS
having NO LEGAL SETTLEMENT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twelve of chapter one hundred and twentj'-two of
the General Laws, as amended by section forty-eight of
chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby repealed.

Approved February 26, 1930.

G. L. 122, § 12.
etc., repealed.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 67, 68, 69. 49

I Chap. 67

An Act authorizing cities and towns to appropriate

MONEY to provide FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC ENTERTAIN
MENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
OF THE AMERICAN LEGION TO BE HELD IN THE CURRENT
YEAR.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^"«fmbiT^
to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency" law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

For the purpose of providing proper facilities for public cities and
entertainment at the time of the national convention of appropdate
The American Legion, to be held in Boston during the "■je'facmties'
current year, and of pajdng expenses incidental to such for public en-
entertainment, any city or town may appropriate a sum in'^comi'^ction
not exceeding one two hundredths of one per cent of the ^V't'^ f^^ na-

.^ ... r 1 • -ix/r tional conven-

last preceding assessed valuation oi the city or town. Money tion of The
so appropriated shall be expended under the direction of Legfonfetc.
the mayor of the city or the selectmen of the town.

Approved February 27, 1930.

An Act to authorize the planning board of the town nhfj^t 68
OF wellesley to act as its board of survey. ^*

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Wellesley may by by-law pro- The planning
vide that its planning board act as the board of survey town'^of *^^
therein, and in such case said planning board shall be vested weiiesiey
with all the powers and duties of boards of survey in towns its board
conferred or imposed by general law. °^ survey.

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

Approved February 27, 1930.

An Act authorizing the shelburne falls fire district ni.f^j. a(\
to take water from additional sources. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter six hundred and forty-four of the 1911,644,12,
acts of nineteen hundred and eleven is hereby amended by amended,
striking out section two and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 2. The Shelburne Falls Fire District sheiburne
for the purposes aforesaid may take, or acquire by purchase Distdcrmay
or otherwise, and hold, the waters of Fox brook in the towns ^aters^of
of Colrain and Shelburne, and the waters flowing into and Fox brook, etc.
from the same, the waters of Houghton brook in the towns
of Colrain and Charlemont, and the waters flowing into and
from the same, and the waters of Fink brook, and any other
source of water supply in the towns of Buckland, Colrain,
Charlemont and Shelburne, including any ground sources

50

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 70.

May con-
struct dams,
reservoirs, etc.

Title to vest
in Shelburne
Falls Fire
District.

Restrictions
as to entry
upon railroad
locations, etc.

of supply, which may be approved by the department of
public health, together with any and all water rights con-
nected with any such waters or sources, may purchase any
existing system for supplying water, and may also take, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all rights of way,
easements and lands in the towns of Colrain, Charlemont,
Buckland and Shelburne necessary for conveying the water
to and through said district, and over or under the Deerfield
river and North river. The said fire district may con-
struct on the lands thus acquired proper dams, reservoirs,
buildings, fixtures and other structures, and may make
excavations, procure and operate machinery and provide
such other means and appliances as may be necessary to
establish and maintain complete and effective water works;
and may construct and lay conduits, pipes and other works
under or over any such water courses, railroads, railways or
public or private ways, and along such ways, in such manner
as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same, and for the pur-
pose of constructing, maintaining and repairing such con-
duits, pipes and other works and for all proper purposes of
this act the said fire district may dig up any such lands,
and may enter upon and dig up any such ways in such
manner as to cause the least possible hindrance to public
travel. The title to all land taken or purchased under the
provisions of this act shall vest in said Shelburne Fails
Fire District, and the land so taken may be managed,
improved and controlled by the board of water commis-
sioners hereinafter provided for, in such manner as they
shall deem for the best interests of the district. The dis-
trict 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
to so agree, as may be approved by the department of public
utilities. No source of water supply for domestic purposes
shall be taken under this act without the consent and ap-
proval of the department of public health.

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

Approved February 27, 1930.

(J. L. 32, § 81),
etc., amended.

Chap. 70 An Act relative to pensions for firemen in certain

CITIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eighty of chapter thirty-two of the General
Laws, as amended by section one of chapter three hundred
and thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"years" in the twelfth fine the words: — as such or as a
call member and permanent member of said department, —
and also by inserting after the word "years" in the fifteenth
line the words: — as aforesaid, — so as to read as follows: —

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 71. 51

Section 80. In cities, except Boston, which accept this Retiremem,
and the following section or have accepted corresponding tngofhie-'''
provisions of earher laws by vote of the city council, the ^en '^"j^iUw^
fire commissioner in cities having such an official, otherwise
the aldermen, in all cases 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 writing 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 twentj^-five years as such or as a 'call member
and permanent member of said department, if in the judg-
ment of said board or official such member is disabled for
useful service in the department; provided, that any per- Proviso,
manent member of said department who has performed
faithful service therein for twenty-five years as aforesaid
and has attained the age of sixty shall be retired at his re-
quest. Any acceptance of this and the following section Acceptance
may be limited by the vote of acceptance to any one or more '""**■• ®**^-
of the classes of firemen hereinbefore set forth.

Approved February 27, 1930.

An Act relative to the pension payable to laborers nhny 71

IN THE employ OF THE CITY OF FALL RIVER UPON THEIR ' ^'

retirement.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and 1924, 278, § 1,
seventy-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty- '^^^
four is hereby amended by striking out, in the thirteenth
and fourteenth hnes, the words ", but such pension shall in
no event exceed five hundred dollars", — and by adding
at the end thereof the words : — , but no such person shall
receive a pension of more than five hundred dollars a year, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . Any laborer in the Pensioning of
employ of the city of Fall River who has reached the age employ oFcity
of sixty and has been in such employ for a period of not of Fail River,
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
received in the performance of his duties for said city, may,
at his request and with the approval of the mayor, be re-
tired 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. Any laborer in the employ of
said city who has reached the age of sixty-five and has been

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 72.

Word

" laborer"

to include, etc.

Submission
to voters, etc.

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 re-
tired 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, but no such person shall
receive a pension of more than five hundred dollars a year.
Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of the city of Fall River for their acceptance at its
next municipal election in answer to 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 thirty, entitled 'An Act
relative to the pension payable to laborers in the employ of
the city of Fall River upon their retirement', be accepted?"
If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in the af-
firmative in answer to said question, then this act shall take
effect in said city, but not otherwise.

Approved February 21, 1930.

Chap. 72 -^^ ^^'^ AUTHORIZING CERTAIN WAR VETERANS' ORGANIZA-
TIONS TO DRILL AND PARADE WITH FIREARMS.

G. L. 33, § 60,
etc., amended.

Unauthorized
drilling with
firearms, etc.,
forbidden,
except, etc.

Proviso.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section sixty of chapter thirty-three of the General Laws,
as appearing in chapter four hundred and sixty-five of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four and as amended
by chapter one hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in the thirty-fourth line, the word ", and" and
inserting in place thereof the words : — may drill and parade
with firearms in pubhc, under the supervision of their duly
authorized officers; that, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 60. No body of men, except the volunteer militia,
the troops of the United States and the Ancient and Honor-
able Artillery Company of Boston, except as provided in
the following 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 appropriate money toward arming, equipping,
uniforming, supporting or providing drill rooms or armories
for any such body of men; provided, that associations
wholly composed of soldiers honorably 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 permission of the
aldermen of the city or selectmen of the town where they
desire to parade; that students in educational institutions

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 73. 53

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 men!bers of schools for military in-
struction 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 Ameri-
can 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 drill
and parade with firearms in public, under the supervision
of their duly authorized officers; that the Kearsarge As-
sociation of Naval Veterans, Inc., 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 Revolution, the Society
of the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, the Society of the War of 1812 in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and regularly organized
branches of any of said societies may at any time parade in
public their uniformed color guards of ten men with fire-
arms; that regularly organized camps of the Sons of Vet-
erans may at any time parade in public their color guards
of ten men with firearms; and that any organization here-
tofore authorized by law may parade with side-arms; and
any veteran association composed wholly of past members
of the mihtia of the commonwealth may maintain an armory
for the use of the organizations of the militia to which its
members belonged; provided, that such drill or parade is Proviso.
not in contravention of the laws of the United States.

Approved February 27, 1930.

An Act authorizing the town of mansfield to vote to r^j lyo

PAY SALARIES TO ITS SELECTMEN. L'/lup. /O

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter five hundred and eighty-six of the 1920, 586, § 2,
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty is hereby amended amended.
by striking out section two and inserting in place thereof
the following : — Section 2. At each annual meeting in said selectmen,
town, there shall be elected in place of those selectmen whose tirms°°'
terms are about to expire, an equal number of selectmen, salaries.
each to serve for three years. The selectmen shall serve

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Acts, 1930. —Chap. 74.

Vacancy.

Submission
to voters, etc.

until their successors are elected and have qualified and
shall receive such salaries as may be fixed by vote of the
town. If, except as the result of a recall election, a va-
cancy occurs in the membership of the selectmen, the re-
maining members shall call a special town meeting to fill
the vacancy or vacancies for the unexpired term or terms,
except that if a vacancy or vacancies occur less than three
months prior to the annual meeting, and not less than three
selectmen remain in office, the vacancy or vacancies shall
remain unfilled until such annual meeting. A vacancy re-
sulting from a recall election shall be filled as hereinafter
provided in this act.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to
the registered voters of the town of Mansfield at its annual
town election in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one
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 thirty, entitled 'An Act authorizing the town
of Mansfield to vote to pay salaries to its selectmen ', be
accepted?" If a majority of the votes in answer to said
question are in the affirmative, this act shall thereupon take
full effect, but not otherwise.

Approved February 27, 1930.

Chap. 74 An Act authorizing the Italian society of mutual

RELIEF AND BENEVOLENCE, HUMBERT JI OF MARLBORO',
MASSACHUSETTS, INCORPORATED TO HOLD REAL ESTATE
AND CONFIRMING TITLE TO ITS PRESENT HOLDINGS.

Italian Society
of Mutual
Relief and
Benevolence,
Humbert II
of Marlboro',
Massachusetts,
Incorporated,
may hold real
estate, etc.

Title to pres-
ent holdings
confirmed.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The corporation known as Italian Society of
Mutual Relief and Benevolence, Humbert II of Marlboro',
Massachusetts, Incorporated, located in the city of Marl-
borough and incorporated under general law, is hereby au-
thorized to hold real estate in said city to an amount not
exceeding one thousand dollars. All of said property and
the income derived therefrom shall be used for the purposes
of said corporation as set forth in its charter or certificate of
incorporation.

Section 2. The title of said corporation to all real
estate standing in its name on the effective date hereof, in
so far as it is affected by lack of statutory authority for the
investment of funds of such corporations in real estate, is
hereby confirmed.

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

Approved February 28, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 75, 76. 55

An Act authorizing the independent Slovak roman and (Jfidj^ 75

GREEK CATHOLIC ST. STEPHEN'S SOCIETY OF WESTFIELD TO
HOLD REAL ESTATE AND CONFIRMING TITLE TO ITS PRESENT
HOLDINGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. The corporation known as Independent independent
Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic St. Stephen's Society of and' Greek™""
Westfield, located in the city of Westfield and incorporated 'itephln's^'
under general law, is hereby authorized to hold real estate Society of

• 1 •, , . , 1- X r? xi Westfield may

m said city to an amount not exceeding seventy-five thou- hold real
sand dollars. All of said property and the income derived ««*^t«' «tc.
therefrom shall be used for the purposes of said corporation
as set forth in its charter or certificate of incorporation.

Section 2. The title of said corporation to all real Jnt'lof^fn^g'
estate standing in its name on the effective date hereof, in confirmed.
so far as it is affected by lack of statutory authority for the
investment of funds of such corporations in real estate, is
hereby confirmed.

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

Approved February 28, 1930.

An Act consolidating the first universal christian Chav 76

society in SHIRLEY, THE ORTHODOX CONGREGATIONAL
SOCIETY OF SHIRLEY AND THE UNITED CHURCH OF SHIRLEY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The First Universal Christian Society in First universal
Shirley (otherwise called First Universahst Society of sodetA^i
Shirley), the Orthodox Congregational Society of Shirley orthodox^con
and The United Church of Shirley, corporations established gregationai
under the laws of the commonwealth, are hereby authorized thicily lid
to consolidate into one corporation, with all the privileges, churl!h of'^
powers and immunities to which other religious societies shiriey, may
in this commonwealth are by law entitled, under the name i'ntlf onl'^cor-
of The United Church of Shirley, which shall in all respects potation, etc.
be a continuation of, and the lawful successor to, said existing
corporations.

Section 2. In case of such consolidation, all bequests, Bequests, de-
devises, conveyances and gifts heretofore or hereafter made vesfin wn-"
to any of said existing corporations, however described, and ^°'''^f4^'^ '^?'"
all the powers and privileges thereof shall vest in said con-
soHdated corporation and all trusts now or hereafter vested
in anj^ of said existing corporations shall be preserved in-
violate, and all provisions relating thereto shall have full
force and effect in said consolidated corporation.

Section 3. In case of such consohdation, the treasurers Delivery of
of said existing corporations are hereby respectively author- p'^p®'"*' ''^*'-
ized to execute and deliver all papers and documents that
may be deemed necessary or proper for the purpose of vest-
ing in the consolidated corporation the property belonging
respectively to the existing corporations.

56

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 77, 78, 79.

Consolidation
complete upon
filing of certi-
fied copies of
acceptance, etc.

Effective upon
passage for
purpose of
acceptance.

Section 4. Upon the acceptance of this act by each of
the existing corporations at a meeting duly called for the
purpose, duly certified copies of the respective votes of ac-
ceptance shall be filed in the registry of deeds for the south-
ern district of Middlesex county and the consoHdation of
said corporations shall thereupon be complete.

Section 5. For the purpose of its acceptance this act
shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved February 28, 1930.

Chav. 77 ^^ Act reviving the union color and chemical com-
pany.

Union Color
and Chemical
Company
revived.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Union Color and Chemical Company, a corporation
dissolved by chapter three hundred and nineteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby re-
vived with the same powers, duties and obligations as if
said chapter had not been passed; and all acts and pro-
ceedings of the officers, directors and stockholders of said
corporation acting as such which would be legal and valid
but for the passage of said chapter are hereby ratified and
confirmed. Approved February 28, 1930.

Chav. 78 An Act authorizing the society of mutual aid of

ROCCADEVANDRO, ITALY TO HOLD REAL ESTATE.

Society of
Mutual Aid of
Roccadevan-
dro, Italy
may hold real
estate, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The corporation known as the Society of Mutual Aid of
Roccadevandro, Italy located in the city of Lawrence and
incorporated under general law, is hereby authorized to hold
real estate in said city to an amount not exceeding ten
thousand dollars. All of said property and the income de-
rived therefrom shall be used for the purposes of said corpo-
ration as set forth in its charter or certificate of incorpora-
tion or in any amendment thereof.

Approved February 28, 1930.

Chav. 79 An Act relative to the admissibility in evidence of

CERTAIN REPORTS OF OFFICIAL EXAMINATIONS IN CERTAIN
JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO INSURANCE COM-
PANIES, FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES AND SAVINGS AND
INSURANCE BANKS.

G. L. 175, § 4,
etc., amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section four of chapter one hundred and
seventy-five of the General Laws, as amended by chapter
one hundred and fifty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-six and by section one of chapter one hundred
and thirty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight, is hereby amended by inserting after the third para-
graph the following new paragraphs: —

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 80. 57

A report of an examination of any company made under Admissibility
this section may, as far as material and relevant, be ad- ce,.ta-n®r"po"4
mitted, in the discretion of the court, in any judicial pro- of (>friciai ex-

,. 1 . • c • • 'e • • 1 animations in

ceedmg under section nve or six, as prima facie evidence certain judicial
of the facts stated in such report; but nothing in this para- ^eiaUng'to^
graph shall be construed to require the commissioner to insurance

1 • u.- J J.U- i- u r J- companies.

make an examination under this section before proceeding
to act under section five or six.

The assets and liabilities of the company shall be allowed Assets and

, .i- j_ f • ±- 1 1 liabilities of

and computed, m any report oi an examination made under company to be
this section, in accordance with sections nine to twelve, in- comp^ed"*^
elusive, and may be set forth therein in accordance with the etc.
items specified in the forms of annual statements prescribed
by section twenty-five, so far as the commissioner may
deem appropriate.

Section 2. Section thirty-seven of chapter one hundred G- ^- .i^.^- 5 37.
and seventy-six of the General Laws is hereby amended by ^°"^° ^
inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph : —

A report of an examination made under section thirty- Admissibility
six or forty-four may, as far as material and relevant, be c"rtIi'nrepo°ts
admitted, in the discretion of the court, in any iudicial pro- of official ex-

T , ,• ,!•, • ciji • aminations in

ceedmg under section thirty-six or lorty-three, as prima certain judicial
facie evidence of the facts set forth in such report; but {^btlng'tl^
nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require the fraternal bene-

• • , 1 -x- r 1 i- -J. fit societies.

commissioner to make an examination oi a domestic society
under section thirty-six before presenting the facts to the
attorney general under said section, or to make an examina-
tion of a foreign society under section forty-four before re-
fusing to issue a license to such a society under section forty-
one or revoking the Kcense of such a society under section
forty-three.

Section 3. Section twenty-eight of chapter one hundred g. l- its, § 28,
and seventy-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended !T". ,'^.,.,.
by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph : — m ^idence of

A report of an examination made under section twenty- orofficiaf ex-*^
six may, as far as material and relevant, be admitted, in the aminations in

,. , • P ,1 . • T ^ ±1 • J.- certain judicial

discretion oi the court, m any proceeding under this section, proceedings
as prima facie evidence of the facts set forth in such report, gavfngf *'°

Approved February 28, 1930. and insur-

ance banks.

An Act authorizing the town of marblehead to ac- Qfiap 80

QUIRE CERTAIN LANDS IN SAID TOWN FOR CEMETERY
PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Marblehead may acquire by Town of
purchase or gift, or may take by eminent domain under may^cq^ire
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, certain lands in fn^'g^id town^
said town now used for cemetery purposes, known as Harbor for cemetery
View cemetery, adjacent to Waterside cemetery, for public p"''p°^^^-
cemetery purposes. Said acquisition or taking shall be
subject to the rights of any and all lot owners in said lands.

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Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 81, 82, 83.

Effective upon
acceptance, etc.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance, within a period of three years after its passage, by a
majority of the registered voters of said town present and
voting thereon at any annual or special town meeting.
For the purpose of such acceptance, this act shall take effect
upon its passage. Approved March 3, 1930.

Chap. 81 An Act authorizing the temporary reinstatement of

CHARLES E. BERRY AS A MEMBER OF THE POLICE DE-
PARTMENT OF THE CITY OF LYNN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Charles E. Berry, who was formerly a mem-
ber of the police department of the city of Lynn and who
was discharged therefrom on September eighth, nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, may be reinstated in said de-
partment without further examination for the sole pur-
pose of being retired under the provisions of section eighty-
three of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws. The
pension to be paid to him upon retirement as aforesaid shall
be at a rate equal to one half the rate of annual compen-
sation received by him on August thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and twenty-six.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance, during the current year, by vote of the city council of
said city, subject to the provisions of its charter; but for
the purposes of such acceptance this act shall take effect
upon its passage. Approved March 3, 1930.

Temporary
reinstatement
of Charles E.
Berry as a
member of
the police
department
of the city
of Lynn.

EiTeetive upon
acceptance, etc.

Chap. 82 An Act authorizing the construction and maintenance

BY OYSTER HARBOR, INC., OF A CERTAIN BRIDGE OVER TIDE
WATER IN THE TOWN OF BARNSTABLE.

Oyster Har-
bor, Inc. may
construct a
certain bridge
over tide
water in
town of
Barnstable.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Oyster Harbor, Inc., a Massachusetts corpo-
ration, and its successors and assigns, may erect and main-
tain a bridge, with a draw, connecting Grand Island with
Dead Neck beach in the town of Barnstable, subject to the
provisions of chapter ninety-one of the General Laws.

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

Approved March 4, 1930.

Chap. 83 An Act permitting foreign title insurance companies
to transact business by unlicensed agents.

G. L. 175.
§ 116.\,
amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section one hun-
dred and sixteen A, inserted by chapter one hundred and
sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight,

Acts, 1930. — C^hap. 84. 59

and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 116 A. FTeign titis
A foreign company admitted to transact business under the cmnptn^ls
eleventh clause of section forty-seven shall not be subject to "o^c/.^l^Tts.
this chapter except this section and sections three A, four, except, etc. '
five, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, nineteen, nineteen A, twenty-
two, twenty-five, twenty-six, one hundred and fifty, one
hundred and fifty-one, except subdivision (5) of clause
Second, one hundred and fifty-four, one hundred and fifty-
five, one hundred and fifty-six, one hundred and fifty-eight,
one hundred and fifty-nine, one hundred and eighty-nine, one
hundred and ninety-three A and one hundred and ninety-
four; provided, however, that nothing contained in section Proviso,
one hundred and fifby or one hundred and fifty-one shall be
construed to require any person acting as an insurance agent
of such a company to be licensed under section one hundred
and sixty-three. Such company may transact all the kinds
of business specified in said eleventh clause.

Approved March 4, 1930.

An Act providing for the appointment of the city nh^^ qa

SOLICITOR OF THE CITY OF CHELSEA BY THE MAYOR IN- ^ ^'
STEAD OF BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section fifty-one of Part II of chapter six 1911, eso.
hundred and eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred and ^menled.^^'
eleven is hereby amended by inserting after the word "alder-
men" in the second hne the words: — , a city solicitor, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 51. The mayor shall ap- Appointment
point, subject to the approval of the board of aldermen, a °|jf(fj"j!s''i3" °'*^
city solicitor, a chief of police, a city engineer, who shall be mayor of city
superintendent of streets and sewers, who shall have the °^^^^'''®^-
powers of surveyors of highways and all the powers of road
commissioners not herein otherwise conferred; a chief
engineer of the fire department; a superintendent of pubhc
buildings, and a superintendent of fire alarms. Every ad-
ministrative officer so appointed shall, unless sooner re-
moved, hold office until his successor is appointed and
qualified. Any officer so appointed under this section
may be removed by the mayor, for such cause as he shall
deem sufficient and shall assign in writing in his order of
removal, and the removal shall take effect upon the fifing
of the order in the office of the city clerk and the service
of a copy of such order upon the officer removed either per-
sonally or at his last or usual place of residence. The city
clerk shall keep such order on file and subject to public
inspection.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance submission
to the registered voters of the city of Chelsea at the state ^o ^^ters, etc.
election in the current year in the form of the following
question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be
used in said city at said election: "Shall an act passed by

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Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 85, 86, 87.

the general court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty
entitled 'An act providing for the appointment of the city
solicitor of the city of Chelsea bj'- the mayor instead of by
the board of aldermen', be accepted?" If a majority of the
voters voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to
said question, this act shall take effect on the first Monday
of the following January, but not otherwise.

Approved March 4, 1930.

Chap. 85 An Act authorizing the city of revere to pay certain

CLAIMS LEGALLY UNENFORCEABLE BY REASON OF FAILURE
TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ITS CHARTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Revere is hereby authorized to
appropriate money for the payment of, and to pay, such of
the unpaid bills against said city listed in current senate
document seventy-five as are legally unenforceable against
such city by reason of its failure to comply with the provisions
of section forty or forty-one of its charter, to wit: chapter
six hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and fourteen.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance,
during the current year, by vote of the city council of said
city, subject to the provisions of its charter; but not other-
wise. Approved March 4, 1930.

City of Revere
may pay cer-
tain claims
legally un-
enforceable
by reason of
failure to
comply with
certain pro-
visions of
its charter.

Effective upon
acceptance, etc,

Chap. 86 An Act exempting the property of the American na-
tional RED CROSS FROM TAXATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The property of The American National
Red Cross, a corporation incorporated under act of congress,
whether received or held by it or for its use by one of its
state or territorial societies or local chapters, shall be ex-
empt from taxation in the same manner, to the same extent
and subject to the same limitations as may be provided
from time to time by general laws in respect to property of
charitable or benevolent corporations incorporated in this
commonwealth.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of March thirty-
first of the current year. Approved March 4, 1930.

Property of
The American
National Red
Cross exempt
from taxation.

Effective date.

Chap. 87 An Act relative to the admissibility in evidence of
entries in the course of business.

G. L. 233, § 78,
amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and thirty-three of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
seventy-eight and inserting in place thereof the following: —

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 88. 61

Secfion 7S. An entry in an account kept in a book or by a Admissibility
card S3'steni or by any other system of keeping accounts, or entHeftnThe^
a writing or record, whether in the form of an entry in a book course of
or otherwise, made as a memorandum or record of any act,
transaction, occurrence or event, shall not be inadmissible
in any civil proceeding as evidence of the facts therein stated
because it is transcribed or because it is hearsay or self-
serving, if the court finds that the entry, writing or record was
made in good faith in the regular course of business and before
the beginning of the civil proceeding aforesaid and that it was
the regular course of such business to make such memoran-
dum or record at the time of such act, transaction, occurrence
or event or within a reasonable time thereafter. For the what word
purposes hereof, the word "business", in addition to its shLn^indude.
ordinary meaning, shall include profession, occupation and
calling of every kind. The court, in its discretion, before Producing in
admitting such entry, writing or record in evidence, may, to originar °^
such extent as it deems practicable or desirable, but to no entry, etc.
greater extent than the law required before April eleventh,
nineteen hundred and thirteen, require the party offering
the same to produce and offer in evidence the original entry,
writing, document or account or any other from which the
entry, writing or record offered or the facts therein stated
were transcribed or taken, and to call as his witness any
person who made the entry, writing or record offered or the
original or any other entry, writing, document or account
from which the entry, writing or record offered or the facts
therein stated were transcribed or taken, or who has personal
knowledge of the facts stated in the entry, writing or record
offered. When any such entry, writing or record is admitted,
all other circumstances of the making thereof, including lack
of personal knowledge by the entrant or maker, may be shown
to affect its weight.

Section 2. This act shall become operative September when
first of the current year. Approved March 5, 1930. "pe^'^tive.

An Act to establish the millerville fire and water Phn^ 88

DISTRICT. ^ ■

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The inhabitants of that part of the town of S^^nd'^
Blackstone known as Millerville, liable to taxation in said Water District
town and residing within the territory enclosed by the follow- «^*'''^''^h««^-
ing boundary lines, to wit : — On the north by the Midland
division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road; on the east by the town of Belhngham; on the south
by the city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island; and on the west
by Harris pond, — shall constitute a fire and water district,
and are hereby made a body corporate by the name of the
Millerville Fire and Water District, hereinafter called the
district, for the purpose of suppl3dng themselves with water
for the extinguishment of fires and for domestic and other

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 88.

May eontnict
with city of
Woo n socket
in state of
Rhode Island
for purchose
of water, etc.

May take
lands, rights
of way, etc.

May construct
reservoirs, etc.,
may lay
aqueducts,
conduits, etc.

May dig up
and embank
lands, high-
ways, etc.

Restrictions
as to entry
upon railroad
locations.

Property
damages,
recovery, etc.

District may
borrow money,
issue bonds, etc

Millerville
Fire and

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 districts, except as otherwise provided herein.

Section 2. Said district may contract with the city of
Woonsocket, in the state of Rhode Island for the purchase of
whatever water may be required for the purposes herein
specified, and said city, when duly authorized so to do by the
law of said state of Rhode Island, may furnish whatever
water may be required for the purposes named herein, upon
such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by said
city and the water commissioners of said district hereinafter
provided for.

Section .3. Said district may take by eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire
by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way
and easements within its bounds necessary for the establish-
ment and maintenance of its system of water supply, or for
the conveying of water to any part of the said district, and
may construct on the land so acquired any standpipes,
reservoirs, tanks, fixtures, buildings or other structures, or
do such other things as may be necessary for the establish-
ment of a complete and effective system of water supply;
and for that purpose may construct, lay and maintain aque-
ducts, conduits, pipes and other works under or over any
land, water courses, railroads, railways, and public or other
ways, and along such ways within the bounds of said district,
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 dis-
trict may dig up or raise and embank any such land, high-
ways, or other ways in such manner as to cause the least
hindrance to public travel on such ways; and all things done
upon any such way, shall be subject to the direction of the
selectmen of the town of Blackstone. Said district shall not
enter upon, construct or lay any conduit, pipe 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 to so agree, as may be ap-
proved by the department of public utilities.

Section 4. Any person sustaining damages in his prop-
erty by any taking under this act or any other thing done
under authority thereof may recover such damages from said
district under said chapter seventy-nine.

Section 5. For the purpose of paying the necessary
expenses and liabilities incurred under the provisions of this
act, other than expenses of maintenance and operation, the
said district may borrow from time to time such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate thirty thousand
dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall
bear on their face the words, Millerville Fire and Water Dis-

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 88. 63

trict Loan, Act of WVM). lOach aulliotizcd issue shall con- W;iter Dis-
stitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be payable in not Acfongao.
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 author- Payment of
izing the said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof '"'*"' ^*"'
in accordance with section five 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 ac-
crues 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 Blackstone annually thereafter
until the debt incurred by said loan or loans is extinguished.

Section 7. Any land taken or acquired under this act Land acquired
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the board of etc^by'b'oaTd '
water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such manner mi^tonLT'""
as thej^ shall deem for the best interest of the district. All
authority vested in said board by this section shall be subject
to the provisions of section ten.

Section 8* Whenever a tax is duly voted by said district Assessment
for the purposes of this act, the clerk shall send a certified of'taxes.^'' '°°
copy of the vote to the assessors of the town of Blackstone,
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 dis-
trict. The district may collect interest on overdue taxes in
the same manner in which interest is authorized to be col-
lected on town taxes.

Section 9. A meeting of the voters of the territory Meeting,
included within the boundaries set forth in section one shall ^'""' <^''"^*^-
be called, on petition of ten or more legal voters therein, by
a warrant from the selectmen of the town of Blackstone, 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 moderator, the question of the
acceptance of this act shall be submitted to the voters, and
if it shall be accepted by a majority 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 10. Said district shall, at the same meeting at Districtcierk
which this act is accepted and after such acceptance, elect by treasurer,
ballot a district clerk and a district treasurer, who may be the ^^^^'°''' *''<=•

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Board of water
commission-
ers, election,
powers, etc.

Vacancy.

ConfHTiissioners
to fix water
rates, etc.

Income,
how used.

Annual, etc.,
report.

Adoption of
by-laws,
calling of
meetings, etc.

Penalty for
polluting
water, etc.

same person, to hold office until the expiration of one year
from the next succeeding 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 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
meeting, to constitute a board of water 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 office until their successors are elected and
qualified. All the authority granted to said district by this
act, except sections five and six and except as otherwise
specially provided, shall be vested in the said board of water
commissioners, who shall be subject, however, to such in-
structions, rules and regulations as the district may impose by
its vote. Any vacancy occurring in said board from any cause
may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the
district at any legal meeting called for the purpose. No
money shall be drawn from the district treasury except upon
the written order of a majority of the said board.

Section 11. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi-
table 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 appropriated to defray all operating expenses,
interest charges and payments on the principal as they accrue
upon any bonds or notes issued for water supply purposes.
If there should be a net surplus remaining after providing for
the aforesaid charges, it may be appropriated for such new
construction as said commissioners may recommend, and in
case a surplus should remain after payment for such new con-
struction the water rates shall be reduced proportionately.
Said commissioners shall annually, and as often as said dis-
trict 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 12. Said district may adopt by-laws prescribing
by whom and how meetings may be called and notified, and
upon the application of ten or more legal voters of said dis-
trict, meetings may also be called by warrant from a justice
of the peace as provided in section nine; 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 districts, so far as applicable.

Section 13. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts,
pollutes or diverts any water obtained or supplied under this
act, or wilfully or wantonly injures any reservoir, standpipe,
aqueduct, pipe or other property, owned or used by said
district for the purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to
the district three times the amount of damages assessed
therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort; and upon con-
viction of any of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 89, 90. 65

punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by
imprisonment for not more than six months.

Section 14. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Submission
by a majority of the voters of the district described in section district^etc.
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 any one year shall not exceed three;
and for the purpose of being submitted to the voters as afore-
said, this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 5, 1930.

An Act relative to the office expenses of the reporter QJiav, 89
OF decisions.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and twenty-one of the General Laws g. l. 221, § 68,
is hereby amended by striking out section sixty-eight and '^™®"^^'^-
inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 68. The Reporter of
reporter shall receive from the commonwealth a salary of six cralpenlation,
thousand dollars, and shall be allowed by the commonwealth expenses, etc.
for clerical and incidental expenses of his office such sums as
shall be appropriated therefor. These amounts shall be in
full compensation for his services and said expenses. All fees
received by him for copies of opinions, rescripts and other
papers shall be paid by him quarterly to the commonwealth,
with a detailed statement thereof.

Approved March 5, 1930.

An Act permitting war veterans' organizations to (JJkij) 90
parade with music on the lord's day.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an P'^eambie.
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the General LawS; g. l. i36, § 10,
as amended in section ten by chapter one hundred and nine- ^*'' ' ^™^" ® '
teen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 10. Any War veterans'
post or camp of an incorporated organization of veterans mly'^parade^
of any war in which the United States has engaged may ^^'g^^^-lXy
parade with music on the Lord's day for the purpose of
attending divine service, holding commemorative exercises or
dedicating memorials; provided, that the music shall be sus-
pended while passing within two hundred feet of any place
of public worship where services are being held.

Approved March 7, 1930.

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Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 91, 92.

Chap. 91 An Act providing for Saturday half holidays for

LABORERS, WORKMEN AND MECHANICS EMPLOYED BY THE
CITY OF WORCESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. All laborers, workmen and mechanics em-
ployed by the city of Worcester in any capacity as permanent
employees or who have been certified for such employment
under chapter thirty-one of the General Laws and whose
services can be dispensed with shall be allowed a half holiday
on Saturday of each week without loss of pay.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted to the voters of
the city of Worcester for their acceptance at the biennial state
election in the current year in the form of the following ques-
tion, which shall be placed on the official ballot to be used at
said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general court
in the year nineteen hundred and thirty, entitled 'An act
providing for Saturday half holidays for laborers, workmen
and mechanics employed by the city of Worcester,' 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 full effect in said city on a date which shall be deter-
mined by its city council; otherwise it shall not take effect.

Approved March 7, 1930.

Saturday half
holidays for
laborers, work-
men and me-
chanics em-
ployed by the
city of
Worcester.

Submission
to voters, etc.

1872, 342, § 1,
etc., amended.

Chap. 92 An Act relative to the use of certain streets in the

CITY OF BOSTON BY THE UNION FREIGHT RAILROAD COM-
PANY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section one of chapter three hundred and forty-two of
the acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, as amended
by section one of chapter four hundred and thirty of the acts
of nineteen hundred and one, is hereby further amended by
striking out all after the word "namely" in the eleventh
line, down to and including the semicolon in the twenty-
first line and inserting in place thereof the following : — :
Causeway street (from the southwesterly line, extended, of
Haverhill street to Commercial street), Commercial street,
Atlantic avenue and Cove street, — so as to read as follows :
— Section 1. George B. Upton, Percival L. Everett, Henry
S. Russell, their associates and successors, are hereby made a
corporation by the name of the Union Freight Railroad
Company, for the purpose of locating, constructing, main-
taining and operating a railroad, for public use in the con-
veyance of freight only, with convenient single or double
tracks, between the terminal points of the several steam
railroads entering the city of Boston, and extending in and
through such portions of the following streets as may be
necessary for that purpose, namely: Causeway street (from
the southwesterly line, extended, of Haverhill street to

Union Freight
Railroad
Company in-
corporated.

Use of certain
streets in
city of Boston.

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 93. 67

Commercial street), Commercial street, Atlantic avenue and
Cove street, and upon and over such other streets as the
board of aldermen of said city may from time to time de-
termine, on the petition of the said corporation; with the
right also to construct, use and maintain side tracks from
its main tracks to any wharf or wharves or warehouses, when
requested, in writing, so to do by a majority in interest of
the owners or occupants of such wharves or warehouses:
provided, however, that no side track shall be laid upon a Provisos.
public street to any wharf or warehouse without the ap-
proval of the board of aldermen; and provided, also, that
the rails for said tracks shall be of such pattern, suitable
for railway freight cars in common use, as the board of alder-
men may prescribe. Said corporation shall have all the pow-
ers and privileges and be subject to all the duties, restrictions
and liabilities set forth in all general laws which now are or
hereafter ma}^ be in force relating to street railway corpo-
rations, and to other railroad corporations, so far as the
same may be applicable. Approved March 7, 1930.

An Act establishing the bernardston fire and water (^/^^^I) 93

district.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The inhabitants of that part of the town of Bernardston
Bernardston, liable to taxation in said town and residing oTstrict es-^ ^
within the territory comprised within the following boundary tabhshed.
lines, to wit: — Beginning at the point where Fall River
crosses the southerly line of the town of Bernardston and
running thence westerly and northerly and again westerly
along the southerly line of said town, crossing the Boston
and Maine Railroad to Mill brook, so called; thence north-
westerly in a straight line to the southeasterly side of the
road leading to Leyden at a point one hundred feet westerly
from the house owned or occupied by George Hale, said
house being a short distance west of Mill brook, and con-
tinuing in the same line to a point two hundred feet north-
erly or northwesterly from said road; thence northeasterly
and easterly parallel to and two hundred feet from said road
to Leyden, to a point sixteen hundred feet westerly from
South street so called, it being the main road from Green-
field to Brattleboro; thence northerly in a straight line to a
point in the south line of land of Frank C. Root which is
also the north line of McMurdy, said point being twelve
hundred feet west from South street; thence northerly in a
straight line to the center of the culvert under Fox Hill road,
said point being about one hundred feet west of the house
owned and occupied by Fred M. Hale, and continuing in
the same line to a point one hundred feet north of said Fox
Hill road; thence easterly parallel to and one hundred feet
north of said road to a point two hundred feet west of the
state highway known as the Brattleboro road; thence
northerly parallel to and two hundred feet from said road to

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 93.

May contract
with town of
Greenfield for
purchase of
water, etc.

May take
lands, rights
of way, etc.

May construct
standpipes,
reservoirs, etc.

May construct
aqueducts,
conduits, etc.

a point a short distance north of the house owned and occu-
pied by Mrs. Ella Rogerson; thence easterly in a straight
line passing over a Massachusetts highway bound on the
west side of the road and situated about three hundred feet
north of the Rogerson house, and thence crossing Fall River
and Bald Mountain road to an iron pipe driven in the ground
at the easterly side of the road which passes the house owned
and occupied by Frank L. Oakes, said point being about two
hundred and seventy-three feet northeasterly from said
house; thence southeasterly in a straight hne to the north-
erly hne of the highway which runs past the house of Harriet
M. S. Couillard at a point about three hundred feet east of
the Couillard house, said point being two hundred feet east
of the east line of a cross road leading to the Northfield road ;
thence southerly parallel to and two hundred feet from said
cross road to a point two hundred feet north of the main
road from Bernardston to Northfield; thence easterly
parallel to and two hundred feet north of said Northfield
road to Casey brook, so called; thence southwesterly down
said brook to Fall River; thence southerly down Fall River
to the place of beginning, — shall constitute a fire and water
district, and are hereby made a body corporate by the name
of the Bernardston Fire and Water District, for the purpose
of supplying themselves with water for the extinguishment of
fires and for domestic and other purposes; for assessing and
raising taxes as provided herein for paying for such services
and for defraying the necessary expenses of carrying on the
business of said district, subject to all general laws now or
hereafter in force relating to such districts, except as other-
wise provided herein.

Section 2. Said district may contract with the town of
Greenfield for the purchase of whatever water may be re-
quired for the purposes herein specified, and said town may
contract with said district to furnish whatever water may
be required for the purposes named herein, upon such terms
and conditions as may be agreed upon by the water com-
missioners of said town and the water commissioners of
said district hereinafter provided for, or, in case of failure so
to agree, upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed
by the department of public utilities.

Section 3. Said district may take bj^ eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire
by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way
and easements within its bounds necessary for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of its system of water supply,
or for the conveying of water to anj'^ part of the said district,
and may construct on the land so acquired any standpipes,
reservoirs, tanks, fixtures, buildings or other structures, or
do such other things as may be necessary for the estabhsh-
ment of a complete and effective system of water supply;
and for that purpose may construct, lay and maintain
aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works under or over
any land, water courses, railroads, railways, and public or

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 93. 69

other ways, and along such waj^s within the bounds of said
district, in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the
same ; and for the purpose of constructing, laying, maintain-
ing, operating and repairing such conduits, pipes and other
works, and for all other proper purposes of this act, said May dig up

■,•,•, !• • 111 111 and embank

district may dig up or raise and embank any such land, lands, high-
highways or other ways in such manner as to cause the '^^^^' ^^'^'
least hindrance to public travel on such ways; and all things
done upon any such way shall be subject to the direction of
the selectmen of the town of Bernardston. Said district Restrictions as
shall not enter upon, construct or lay smy conduit, pipe or raifroaT ioca-°
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 to so agree, as
may be approved by the department of public utihties.

Section 4. Any person sustaining damages in his Property
property by any taking under this act or any other thing r^^vlryl etc.
done under authority thereof may recover such damages
from said district under said chapter seventy-nine.

Section 5. For the purpose of paying the necessary District may
expenses and liabilities incurred under the provisions of this I'ssue bonds'!^^'
act, the said district may borrow from time to time such e*^°-
sums as may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggregate
one hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Bernard- pf^^^'n^w'^.
ston Fire and Water District Loan, Act of 1930. Each au- District Loan^
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
subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

Section 6. The said district shall, at the time of au- Payment of
thorizing the 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 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 Bernardston
annually thereafter until the debt incurred by said loan
or loans is extinguished.

Section 7. Any land taken or acquired under this act Land acquired
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the board of etc'^.^y bSfrd^'
water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such of water com-
manner as they shall deem for the best interest of the district. ™'^^'
All authority vested in said board by this section shall be
subject to the provisions of section ten.

Section 8. Whenever a tax is duly voted by said ^^^^^^^^^^n
district for the purposes of this act, the clerk shall send oFtaxes.^ '°°
a certified copy of the vote to the assessors of the town of
Bernardston, who shall assess the same on said district in
the same manner in all respects in which town taxes are

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Meeting, how
called.

District clerk
and a district
treasurer,
election.

Board of water
commissioners,
election,
powers, etc.

Vacancy.

Commissioners
to fix water
rates, etc.

Income,
how used.

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 9. A meeting of the voters of the territory in-
cluded within the boundaries set forth in section one shall
be called, on petition of ten or more legal voters therein, by
a warrant from the selectmen of the town of Bernardston,
or from a justice of the peace, directed to one of the peti-
tioners, requiring him to give notice of the meeting b}^ post-
ing 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 moderator, the
question of the acceptance of this act shall be submitted to
the voters, and if it shall be accepted b}^ a majority 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 10. Said district shall, at the same meeting at
which this act is accepted and after such acceptance, elect
by ballot a district clerk and a district treasurer, who may be
the same person, to hold office until one year from the next
succeeding 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 water commis-
sioners. 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 office until their suc-
cessors are elected and qualified. All the authority granted
to said district by this act, except sections five and six and
except as otherwise specially provided, shall be vested in the
said board of water commissioners, who shall be subject,
however, to such instructions, rules and regulations as the
district may impose by its vote. Any vacancy occurring
in said board from any cause may be filled for the remainder
of the unexpired term by the district at any legal meeting
called for the purpose. No money shall be drawn from the
district treasury except upon the written order of a ma-
jority of the said board.

Section 11. Said board of water commissioners shall
fix just and equitable prices and rates for the use of water,
and shall prescribe the time and manner of payment. The
income of the water system shall be appropriated to pay the
town of Greenfield for water furnished, to defray operating
expenses, interest charges, and the payments of the prin-

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 94. 71

cipal as they accrue upon any bonds or notes issued for
water supply purposes, but this provision shall not be
construed as a limitation of the contractual or other obliga-
tion of the said district. If there should be a net surplus
remaining after providing for the aforesaid charges, it may
be appropriated for such new construction as said com-
missioners may recommend, and in case a surplus should
remain after pa3'ment for such new construction the water
rates shall be reduced proportionately. Said board shall
annually, and as often as the district may require, render a
report upon the condition of the system under their charge
and an account of their doings, including an account of
their receipts and expenditures.

Section 12. Said district may adopt by-laws prescrib- Adoption of
ing by whom and how meetings may be called and notified, cfiiing of meet-
and, upon the application of ten or more legal voters of said ^^^^- ^^'^■
district, meetings may also be called by warrant from a
justice of the peace as provided in section nine. Said dis-
trict may also choose such other officers, not provided for
in this act, as it may deem proper or necessary. Said dis-
trict shall have all the rights and privileges conferred by law
upon water districts and fire districts, so far as applicable.

Section 13. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts. Penalty for
pollutes or diverts any water obtained or supplied under water.'etc.
this act, or wilfully or wantonly injures any reservoir, stand-
pipe-, 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 there-
for, 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 imprison-
ment for not more than six months.

Section 14. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Submission
ance by a majority of the voters of the district described in distrktretc.
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 any one year shall not ex-
ceed three; and for the purpose of being submitted to the
voters as aforesaid, this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 7, 1930.

An Act relative to the tenure of office of the as- (JJiav 94

SESSORS OF the CITY OF REVERE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and twenty-eight of ^mindld ^ ^'
the acts of nineteen hundred and twentj^-one is hereby
amended by striking out section two and inserting in place
thereof the following : — Section 2. At each biennial election Assessors of
in said city an assessor shall be elected for a term of six years eiectkfn^^tJrml'.
from the first Monday of the following January, to fill the
vacancy then occurring. Assessors shall continue to serve

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Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 95, 96.

Effective upon
acceptance, etc.

until their successors have quahfied. The term of office of the
assessor elected in nineteen hundred and twenty-eight whose
period of service as an assessor has been the longest is hereby-
extended to the first IMonday in January, nineteen hundred
and thirty-five, and his successor shall be elected at the
biennial election in December, nineteen hundred and thirty-
four.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by vote of the city council of the city
of Revere, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved March 7, 1930.

Chap. 95 An Act to authorize the trustees of hopkins academy

TO HOLD ADDITIONAL REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.

Trustees of
Hopkins Acad-
emy may hold
additional real
and personal
estate.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Trustees of Hopkins Academy, a corporation incorpo-
rated by an act approved February fourteenth, eighteen
hundred and sixteen and entitled "An Act to incorporate the
Trustees of Hopkins Academy", is hereby authorized to hold
real and personal estate, the annual income from which shall
not exceed twenty thousand dollars.

Approved March 7, 1930.

Chap. 96 An Act relative to municipal appropriations for the

ERADICATION OF MOSQUITOES.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. 40, § 5.
etc., amended.

Cities and
towns may
appropriate
money for im-
provement of
low lands and
swamps and for
the eradication
of mtisqiiitoes.

Whereas, 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, safety and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section five of chapter forty of the General Laws, as most
recently amended by section six of chapter two hundred and
eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine, is hereby further amended by striking out clause (36),
added by said section six, and inserting in place thereof the
following: — (36) For the improvement of low lands and
swamps and the eradication of mosquitoes under chapter two
hundred and fifty-two, or for the eradication of mosquitoes
by the board of health in a town not then included within an
area described by an identifying name for the purposes of
section five A of said chapter two hundred and fifty-two.

Approved March 8, 1930.

Acts, 1930. —Chaps. 97, 98. 73

An Act providing for the dredging of leverett pond (Jfidp^ 97

AND muddy river IN THE TOWN OF BROOKLINE AND THE
CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Boston, acting by its board of Dredging of
park commissioners, with the approval of its mayor, and with anFivfuddy^
the approval of the board of park commissioners and the ofBrookH^e"
selectmen of the town of Brookline, is hereby authorized to «^nd oity of
make a written contract or contracts in the name of the said
city, which shall be in compliance with the provisions of its
charter and amendments thereto, for doing the work of
dredging Muddy river and Leverett pond in said city and
town between the extension southerly of the easterly hne of
St. Mary's street, Brookhne, and eight hundred feet south-
westerly of the southwesterly line of Huntington avenue,
Boston, and Washington street, Brookline, such contract or
contracts to be for removal of material to such depths and for
such sloping and inclines of the banks as may be agreed upon
by the park commissioners of the said city and the park
commissioners and the selectmen of the said town, before the
contract or contracts are made, and also to provide for the
replacing and restoring the adjacent grounds, rocks, trees,
drives, paths and shrubs that may be damaged in conse-
quence of doing the said work. The cost of doing the entire Cost, by
work shall be paid by the said city out of the appropriation ^^°^ ^^^*^'
of thirty-five thousand dollars heretofore made by the said
city for Muddy river and Leverett pond improvements and
out of the appropriation of seventy-five thousand dollars as
made by said town of Brookline for the cleaning and deepen-
ing of Muddy river; and the town of Brookline, on certificate
of work done and requisition of amounts due for the same
by the board of park commissioners of the said city, with the
approval of its mayor, shall pay to the treasurer of the said
city two thirds of the sum stated in each certificate until the
contract sum or sums are fully paid; and said contract or
contracts may be made by the said city without any further
appropriation by the said city or town.

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

Approved March 8, 1930.

An Act relative to the giving of notice in actions Q^ku) Qg

AGAINST ABUTTING OWNERS FOR DEFECTIVE CONDITION
OF THEIR PREMISES OR OF ADJOINING WAYS WHEN CAUSED
BY SNOW OR ICE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter eighty-four of the General Laws, as g. l. 84, § 21,
amended in section twentj^-one by chapter two hundred and etc., amended,
forty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section twenty-

74

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 99.

Notice in ac-
tions against
abutting own-
ers for de-
fective con-
dition of
their premises
or of adjoining
ways, when
caused by
snow or ice.

Proviso.

When
operative.

one and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section
21. The three preceding sections, so far as they relate to
notices of injuries resulting from snow or ice, shall apply to
actions against persons founded upon the defective condition
of their premises, or of adjoining ways, when caused by or
consisting in part of snow or ice; provided, that notice within
thirty days after the injury shall be sufficient, and that if by
reason of physical or mental incapacity it is impossible for
the injured person to give the notice within thirty days after
the injury, he may give it within thirty days after such in-
capacity has been removed, and in case of his death without
having been for thirty days at any time after his injury of
sufficient capacity to give the notice, his executor or adminis-
trator ma}' give the notice within thirty days after his
appointment. Such notice may be given by posting it in a
conspicuous place on said premises and by leaving it with
any person occupying the whole or any part of said premises,
if there be such a person, and no such notice shall be invalid
by reason of any inaccuracy or misstatement in respect to
the owner's name if it appears that such error was made in
good faith and did not prevent or unreasonably delay the
owner from receiving actual notice of the injury and of the
contention that it occurred from the defective condition of
his premises or of a way adjoining the same.

Section 2. This act shall become operative on Septem-
ber first of the current year. Approved March 8, 1930.

Chap. 99 An Act relative to the licensing of pipe lines, conduits

AND CABLES BEYOND ESTABLISHED HARBOR LINES.

G. L. 91, § 14,
amended.

Department of
public works
may license
erections, etc.,
in tide waters.

May license
construction,
etc., of pipe

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter ninety-one of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section fourteen, as affected
by section one of chapter one hundred and six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 1 4- The department of
public works may hcense and prescribe the terms for the
construction or extension of a wharf, pier, dam, sea wall,
road, bridge or other structure, or for the filling of land or
flats, or the driving of piles in tide water below high water
mark, but not, except as to a structure authorized by law,
beyond any established harbor line, nor, unless with the ap-
proval of the governor and council, bej^ond the line of riparian
ownership. A license shall not be granted for the construction
of a bridge across a river, cove or inlet, except in a location
above a bridge, dam or similar structure authorized by law
over such tide water, in which no draw actually exists or is
required by law, and not then, if objection is made by the
aldermen or selectmen of the town where the bridge is to be
built.

The said department may license and prescribe the terms
for the construction or extension of a pipe line, conduit or

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 100. 75

cable under tide water beyond any established harbor line ; iiiu-s, conduits
provided, that such pipe line or conduit is entirely iinbedded Jl'lfostab-^^
in the soil and docs not in any part occupy, or project into ii;^[."j-ngg'""
such tide water, and provided also that said department may p^^^.j^^jg
at any time require any pipe line, conduit or cable to be
moved or relocated if channel changes or alterations demand
the same.

Section 2. Section thirty-four of said chapter ninety- g. l. 9i, § 34,
one, as affected as aforesaid, is hereby amended by striking ^^^n^^^^^-
out, in the first Hne, the word "division" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — department of public works, —
and by inserting after the word "Hues" in the sixth Hne the
following: — , except as provided by section fourteen, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 34- The department of ^f^jfa'^bor unes
public works may, after hearing the parties interested, pre- in any harbor of
scribe lines in any harbor of the commonwealth and make w4fth!""°'^"
report thereof to the general court, not later than the next
session, for its action thereon. If such lines are established
by the general court as the harbor lines of said harbor, no
wharf, pier or other structure shall thereafter be extended
into said harbor beyond such lines, except as provided by
section fourteen. Notice of the hearing shall be pubhshed ^^^1^^'^^°^
three weeks successively in a newspaper published in Boston
and in one or more published in the county or counties where
such harbor lies, the first pubHcation to be at least thirty
days before the hearing. Approved March 10, 1930.

Chav.l^Qi

An Act permitting directors of credit unions to
borrow under certain restrictions.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eighteen of chapter one hundred and seventy-one g. l. m, § is.
of the General Laws, as appearing in section one of chapter ^°ie"ded.
two hundred and seventy-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, is hereby amended by inserting
after the word "corporation" in the seventh line the words:
— , unless approved by vote of two thirds of the other
members of the said board, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 18. No member of the board of directors shall Directors of

„ , . . 1 (• credit unions

receive any compensation tor his services as a member oi not to receive
the said board or as a member of any committee, nor shall ^°™pe"sation,
any member of the said board borrow from the corporation Not to borrow
to an amount in excess of the total of his shares and deposits u"niTss^^etc
in said credit union and the accumulated earnings standing
to his credit thereon on the books of the corporation, unless
approved by vote of two thirds of the other members of the
said board. No member of said board shall become surety Not to become
or co-maker for any loan. The officers elected by the ^^'^^^^^ ^t"-
board may receive such compensation as it may authorize, of°™EcCTafetc!
subject to the approval of the members at the next annual
meeting or at a special meeting called for the purpose.

Approved March 11, 1930.

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Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 101, 102, 103.

Chap.lOl An Act regulating the disposition of fines, penalties

AND FORFEITURES RECOVERED IN CERTAIN PROSECUTIONS
UNDER THE LAWS RELATIVE TO FISHERIES, BIRDS, ANIMALS
AND GAME.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section thirteen of chapter one hundred and
thirty of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking
out, in the fourth and fifth hues, the word "commonwealth"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — town where the
ofTence is committed, — so as to read as follows: — Section
13. All fines, penalties and forfeitures recovered in prose-
cutions under the laws relative to fisheries or to birds,
animals and game, except as provided in section ninety-nine,
shall be equally divided between the count}'- where such
prosecution is made and the town where the offence is com-
mitted; provided, that if the prosecuting officer is a warden
receiving compensation from the commonwealth, such fines,
penalties and forfeitures shall be paid to the commonwealth.

Section 2. This act shall apply to prosecutions begun
on or after June fifteenth in the current year.

Approved March 11, 1930.

0. L. 130, § 13,
amended.

Disposition of
fines, etc, re-
covered in
prosecutions
under the
laws relative
to fisheries,
birds, animals
and game.

To what prose-
cutions act
shall apply.

Chap. 102 An Act relative to the giving of bond by the cashier
IN the department of the attorney general.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G.L. 12, §2,
amended.

Section two of chapter twelve of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out, in the fifth and sixth lines,
the words "the sum of twenty thousand dollars" and in-
serting in place thereof the following : — such sum as is de-
termined by the attorney general, — so as to read as follows :
— Section 2. He may appoint such assistants as the duties
of the department require and a chief clerk and, with the
approval of the governor and council, shall fix their com-
Cashier. salary, pensatiou. He may appoint a cashier and, subject to the
approval of the governor and council, fix his salary. Such
cashier shall give bond to the commonwealth in such sum
as is determined by the attorney general. He may, with the
approval of the governor and council, employ additional
legal assistance. Appointments under this section shall be
exempt from chapter thirty-one.

Approved March 11, 1930.

Attorney
general may
appoint as-
sistants, etc.

bond.

C/iaT). 103 An Act providing for the holding of biennial munic-

IPAL elections in THE CITY OF WESTFIELD IN ODD-NUM-
BERED YEARS INSTEAD OF EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Biennial mu- SECTION 1. Beginning with the second Tuesday of De-
urcfty 0^*'°°^ cember in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one, mu-
Westfieidfor nicipal elections in the city of Westfield for the choice of

caokce of cer- t- ./

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 104. 77

mayor, members of the city council, members of the school ^jj'?"?^^''?
committee and members of the board of directors or trustees odd-numbered
of the Westfield Athenseum shall be held biennially, on the ^®'*'"^-
second Tuesday of December in every odd-numbered year.

Section 2. All of the aforesaid municipal officers of said Terms of
city shall continue to be elected for the terms now provided ^^^^'
by law, except that the successors of such officers whose
terms expire on the first Monday of January in the year
nineteen hundred and thirty-one shall at said election be
electetl for terms of one j-ear each. The terms of all the
aforesaid municipal officers which do not expire on said
day are hereby extended for one year and their respective
successors shall be elected at the biennial municipal elec-
tion next preceding the date of expiration of their respective
terms as hereby extended.

Section 3. This act shall be submitted to the voters submission
of the city of Westfield at the state election in the year *° voters, etc.
nineteen hundred and thirty in the form of the following
question which shall be placed on the official ballot to be
used at said election in said city: ''Shall an act passed by the
general cour.t in the year nineteen hundred and thirty,
entitled 'An Act providing for the holding of biennial mu-
nicipal elections in the city of Westfield in odd-numbered
years instead of even-numbered years', be accepted?" If a
majority of the voters voting thereon vote in the affirmative
in answer to said question, then this act shall take effect,
but not otherwise. Approved March 11, 1930.

An Act changing the date of the biennial municipal (7/^^^ \(\a
election in the city of northampton. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and 1927. 265, § i.
sixtj'-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven ^^^'^ ^
is hereby amended by striking out all after the word "bi-
ennially" in the seventh line and inserting in place thereof
the following: — on the Tuesday next after the first Monday
of November commencing with the biennial election in the
year nineteen hundred and thirty-one, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 1 . Municipal elections in the city of Bienm^ai mu-
Northampton for the choice of mayor, members of the city Tn^lty of^ ^°°^
council, members of the school committee, city clerk, city f^rchS^^o^
treasurer, trustees under the will of Charles E. Forbes, certain officers,
secretary and treasurer of the trustees of the Forbes hbrary,
elector under the Oliver Smith will and superintendents of
Smith's agricultural school shall be held biennially on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday of November commenc-
ing with the biennial election in the year nineteen hun-
dred and thirty-one.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Effective upon
ance during the current year by vote of the city council ^'^''eptance, etc
of the city of Northampton, subject to the provisions of its
charter, but not otherwise. Approved March 11, 1930.

78

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 105, 106, 107.

Appropriations
by city of Bos-
ton for munic-
ipal purposes.

Chap. 105 An Act relative to appropriations by the city of

BOSTON FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Boston may by vote of the
city council, with the approval of the mayor, in the manner
specified in section three of chapter four hundred and
eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, make
appropriations for municipal purposes to be raised by tax-
ation for the financial year ending December thirty-first,
nineteen hundred and thirty, not exceeding the sum of
sixteen dollars on each one thousand dollars of the valuation
upon which the appropriations by the city council are based.

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

Approved March 12, 1930.

Ordinance of
city of Cam-
bridge relative
to salary of
mayor
validated.

C/iap.l06 An Act validating and establishing the application

OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE RELATIVE
TO THE SALARY OF ITS MAYOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. A certain measure entitled "An Ordinance
Establishing the Salary of the Mayor", passed, in pursuance
of chapter fifty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, to be ordained by the city council of the
city of Cambridge on December thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine, and approved by the mayor of said city
on December thirty-first following, is hereby validated and
confirmed as an ordinance of said city if and in so far as it is
invalid by reason of failure to comply with section twenty-
three of chapter forty-three of the General Laws; and said
ordinance shall be appHcable to the salary of the mayor of
said city from and after the first Monday of January in the
current year.

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

Approved March 12, 1930.

Application.

Chap. 107 An Act relative to sidewalk assessments in the city

OF LOWELL.

1893, 429, § 24,
amended.

Sidewalk as-
sessments in
city of Lowell.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section twenty-four of chapter four hundred
and twenty-nine of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-
three is hereby amended by inserting after the word "assess"
in the eleventh line the words : — not less than one half of,
— so as to read as follows : — Section 24- The city council
is hereby authorized to appropriate, set off and reserve as
sidewalks, such parts of any streets of the city as may be
necessary for the safety, convenience and accommodation of
foot passengers, and permit or direct posts of stone, iron or
wood, or trees, to be placed along the edge of said sidewalk,

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 108, 109. 79

to protect the same or the passengers travelling thereon,
and to establish and grade sidewalks and set curbstones in
such streets in said city as the public convenience may
require, and construct the same with such material as the
city council shall deem expedient; and shall assess not less
than one half of the expense of the same upon the abutters
thereon. All assessments so made shall be a lien upon the
abutting lands, in the same manner as taxes are a lien on real
estate, and may be collected in the same manner as taxes
on real estate are collected. Sidewalks when constructed
shall be the property of the city, and thereafter shall be
maintained and kept in repair by the city. The city coun-
cil may from time to time reestablish, grade, reconstruct and
repair such sidewalks and curbstones, and any sidewalks and
curbstones heretofore established in said city.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 12, 1930.

An Act authorizing the trustees for eastern nazarene fhrj^^ i nc

COLLEGE to GRANT THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Trustees for Eastern Nazarene College, a corporation Trustees for
incorporated by chapter five hundred and six of the acts ^n^g coii^^l^"
of nineteen hundred and twenty, is hereby authorized to may grant
confer degrees of Bachelor of Arts. ekf/ol Ar^^*''^'

Approved March 12, 1930.

An Act increasing retirement allowances payable to (Jhnr) ino

CERTAIN employees OF THE CITY OF NEWTON. ^

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section six of chapter 1928, 355, § e,
three hundred and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hun- pam^aph (c/'
dred and twenty-eight is hereby amended by striking out in amended.
the third and fourth lines the words "under paragraph (b)
above," and by inserting after the word "service" in the
sixth line the words : — rendered both before and after age
sixty, — so as to read as follows : — (c) If he has a prior Additional
service certificate in full force and effect an additional pen- abre^to'^certa'in
sion which is the actuarial equivalent of twice the pension emjjioyees
which would have been payable on account of the accumu- Newton,
lated deductions which would have resulted from contribu-
tions made during the period of his creditable prior service
rendered both before and after age sixty had the system then
been in operation.

The total pension of any member payable under the Total pension,
provisions of this section shall not, however, exceed one half
of his average annual regular compensation during the five
years immediately preceding his retirement, nor shall the
total pension of any member who has fifteen or more years

80

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 110.

of total creditable service be less than an amount which,
added to his annuity, shall make his total retirement allow-
ance equal to three hundred dollars per annum.

Approved March 12, 1930.

C/?ap. 110 An Act relative to the payment of soldiers' relief.
Be it enacted^ etc., as follows:

G. L. 115, § 17,
etc., amended.

Soldiers' relief
for certain
persons in
military or
naval service,
etc., and for
their de-
pendents.

Section seventeen of chapter one hundred and fifteen of
the General Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred
and eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven
and by chapter one hundred and sixty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby further amended by
striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof
the following : — Section 17. If a person who served in the
army or navy of the United States in the war of the rebellion,
in the army, navy or marine corps in the war with Spain
or the Philippine insurrection between April twenty-first,
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and July fourth, nine-
teen hundred and two, or in the army, navy or marine corps
in the world war and received an honorable discharge from
all enlistments therein, and who has a legal settlement in a
town in the commonwealth, becomes poor and wholly or
partly unable to provide maintenance for himself, his wife
or minor children under sixteen years of age or for a de-
pendent father or mother, unless such condition is the result
of his own criminal or wilful misconduct, or if such person
dies leaving a widow or minor children under sixteen years
of age, or minor children over sixteen but under eighteen
years of age who attend school or are incapacitated for
work, or a dependent father or mother without proper
means of support, such support as may be necessary shall
be accorded to him or his said dependents by the town
where they or any of them have a legal settlement, and his
said dependents, in the case of his death, shall not be deemed
ineligible to receive said support by reason of criminal or
wilful misconduct on his part at any time during his lifetime;
but should such person have all the said qualifications except
settlement, if he served in the war of the rebellion, or in the
army, navy or marine corps in the war with Spain or the
PhiHppine insurrection between said dates, his widow, who
has acquired a legal settlement in her own right before
August twelfth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, which settle-
ment has not been defeated or lost, or if he served in the
world war and at the time of his decease was a legal resident
of this commonwealth, his widow, who has a legal settlement
and who has not remarried, and his minor children under
sixteen years of age, and those over sixteen but under
eighteen years of age who attend school or are incapacitated
for work, shall also be eligible to receive relief under this
section. Such relief shall be furnished by the aldermen
or selectmen, or, in Boston, by the soldiers' relief commis-

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. Ill, 112. 81

sioncr, subject, however, to the direction of the city council
of said city as to the amount to be paid. The beneficiary
shall receive said relief at home, or at such other place as
the aldermen, selectmen or soldiers' relief commissioner deem
proper, but he shall not be compelled to receive the same
at an infirmary or public institution unless his physical or
mental condition requires, or, if a minor, unless his parents
or guardian so elect. Approved March 12, 1930.

An Act giving preference in employment in the classi- QJidp \\\

FIED LABOR SERVICE OF CITIES AND TOWNS, TO PERSONS
W^TH DEPENDENTS.

Whereas, 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 preserva-
tion of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Until May fifteenth in the current year, the commissioner Preference in
of civil service, on receipt of a requisition from the head of f,^c^ii°si6ed*
any department, board or commission of a city or town for Jff'^°iji|fJ^^jf
temporary laborers in the classified labor service, shall, in towns to per-
certifying eligible applicants for positions in such service, cTepe^denta.
give preference to persons so ehgible who have one or more
persons dependent upon them for support; provided, that Proviso.
in giving such preference veterans having such dependents
shall be preferred over other persons so eligible for employ-
ment and having such dependents. Employment under
this act shall not be continued beyond the period named in
the requisition, which period shall not exceed three months.

Approved March 13, 1930.

An Act relative to sessions of the probate court in Q}i(ir)W2

HAMPDEN COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

etc., amended.

Section 1. Section sixty-two of chapter two hundred G- l. 215, § 62.
and fifteen of the General Laws, as most recently amended
by chapter one hundred and eighty-three of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby further amended
by striking out the paragraph contained in lines thirty-three
to thirty-six, inclusive, as printed in the General Laws, and
inserting in place thereof the following : —

Hampden, at Springfield, every Wednesday of each when and
month except the fourth Wednesdays of January, March, ^^^Xlif^"^^
May, July, September and November and the first, second, Hampden
fourth and fifth Wednesdays of August; at Holyoke, the county.
fourth Wednesdays of January, March, May, July, Sep-
tember and November.

Section 2. This act shall take effect on the first day of Effective date.
April in the current year. Approved March 13, 1930.

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Acts, 1930. —Chaps. 113, 114, 115.

Chav.llS An Act providing for sessions of registrars of voters

PRIOR TO SPECIAL PRIMARIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter fifty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section twenty-nine the following new
section: — Section 39 A. They shall, in some suitable place
in every city or town wherein there is to be a special state,
city or town primary, hold a session on the fourth day pre-
ceding such primary. Registration shall cease at ten o'clock
in the evening of the day on which such a session is held.

Approved March 13, 1930.

G. L. 51, new
section after
§29.

Sessions

of registrars of

voters prior

to special

primaries.

Chav.W^ An Act relative to the time for filing certain nomi-
nation PAPERS.

G. L. 53, § 10,
first paragraph,
etc., amended.

Time for filing
certain nomi-
nation papers.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The first paragraph of 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, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the eighth
line, as printed in said chapter three hundred and eighty-
seven, the words "ninth Monday" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — twelfth Tuesday, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 10. Certificates of nomination of candi-
dates for offices to be filled by all the voters of the common-
wealth, except for presidential electors, shall be filed on or
before the seventh Monday, and of all other candidates for
offices to be filled at a state election, including presidential
electors, on or before the fifth Thursday, and nomination
papers of all candidates for offices to be filled at a state
election, on or before the twelfth Tuesday, preceding the
day of the election; but if there is a special election to fill
any state office, certificates of nomination shall be filed on or
before the twelfth day, and nomination papers on or before
the eleventh day, preceding the day of such election.

Approved March 13, 1930.

Chap. 115 An Act making appropriations for the maintenance of

DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND
CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH, FOR IN-
TEREST, 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 departments, boards, commissions and institutions,
of sundry other services, and for certain permanent im-
provements, and to meet certain requirements of law, the
sums set forth in section two, for the several purposes and
subject to the conditions therein specified, are hereby ap-
propriated from the general fund or revenue of the cora-

Appropriatione
for mainte-
nance of
departments,
etc., for interest,
sinking fund
and bond re-
quirements,
and for certain
improvements.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115. 83

monwealth unless some other source of revenue is expressed,
subject to the provisions of law regulating the disbursement
of pubhc funds and the approval thereof, for the fiscal year
ending November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty, or
for such other period as may be specified.
Section 2.

jjgjjj Service of Ihe Legislative Department.

1 For the compensation of senators, the sum of eighty-

two thousand dollars $82,000 00 Legislative

2 For the compensation for travel of senators, a sum Department.

not exceeding fifty-nine hundred dollars . . 5,900 00

3 For the compensation of representatives, the sum of

four hundred eighty-two thousand dollars . . 482,000 00

4 For the compensation for travel of representatives,

a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand six hun-
dred dollars 36,600 00

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

senate, and Frank E. Bridgman, clerk of the house

of representatives, the sum of ten thousand dollars 10,000 00

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

of the senate, and Lawrence R. Grove, assistant
clerk of the house of representatives, the sum of
seven thousand dollars ..... 7,000 00

7 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
despatch of public business, a sum not exceeding
four thousand doDars . . . . . 4,000 00

8 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

9 For the salary of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not

exceeding thirty-seven hundred dollars . . 3,700 00

10 For clerical assistance, office of the sergeant-at-arms,

a sum not exceeding forty-nine hundred and eighty

dollars 4,980 00

11 For the compensation for travel of doorkeepers,

assistant doorkeepers, messengers, pages and other
employees of the sergeant-at-arms, authorized by
law to receive the same, a sum not exceeding sixty-
two hundred dollars 6,200 00

12 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 seventy-five hundred dollars . . 7,500 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-five thousand six hundred
doUars 45,600 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 fifty-two

hundred and fifty dollars ..... 5,250 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
three thousand dollars ..... 3,000 00

84 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Item
Legislative 17 Por the salaries of the chaplains of the senate and
Department. 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 fifteen thousand

eight hundred dollars 15,800 00

19 For personal services of the counsel to the house of

representatives and assistants, a sum not exceed-
ing fifteen thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars 15,950 00

20 For clerical and other assistance of the senate com-

mittee on rules, a sum not exceeding four thousand

dollars 4,000 00

21 For clerical and other assistance of the house com-

mittee on rules, a sum not exceeding four thousand

doUars 4,000 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 fifty-five hundred
dollars . . 5,500 00

23 For expenses of advertising hearmgs of the com-

mittees of the present general court, including
expenses of preparing and mailing advertisements
to the various newspapers, with the approval of
the comptroller of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars .... 100 00

24 For printing, binding and paper ordered by the

senate and house of representatives, or by con-
current order of the two branches, with the ap-
proval of the clerks of the respective branches, a
sum not exceeding fifty-two thousand dollars 52,000 00

25 For expenses in connection with the publication of

the bulletin of committee hearings and of the
daily list, and for the expense of printing a cumu-
lative index to the acts and resolves of the current
year, with the approval of the joint committee on
rules, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand five
hundred dollars 15,500 00

26 For stationery for the senate, purchased by and

with the approval of the clerk, a sum not exceed-
ing seven hundred dollars .... 700 00

27 For office and other expenses of the committee on

rules on the part of the senate, a sum not exceed-
ing two hundred dollars ..... 200 00

28 For office expenses of the counsel to the senate, a

sum not exceeding two hundred dollars . . 200 00

29 For stationery for the house of representatives, pur-

chased by and with the approval of the clerk, a

sum not exceeding eleven hundred dollars . . 1,100 00

30 For office expenses of the counsel to the house of

representatives, a sum not exceeding two hundred

dollars 200 00

31 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 fourteen
thousand five hundred dollars .... 14,500 00

Total $844,930 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

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47
48

49

Sermce of Special Legislative Investigations.

For expenses of an investigation by an unpaid
special commission of laws relative to dependent,
delinquent and neglected children, as authorized
by chapter twelve of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and twentj'-nine and by chapter two of
the resolves of nineteen hundred and thirty, a
sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... $7,000 00

Service of the Judicial Department.

Supreme Judicial Court, as follows:

For the salaries of the chief justice and of the six
associate justices, a sum not exceeding ninety-nine
thousand dollars ......

For traveling allowance and expenses, a sum not
exceeding forty-five hundred dollars .

For pensions of retired justices, a sum not exceeding
sevent.v-five hundred dollars ....

For the salary of the clerk for the commonwealth,
a sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars

For clerical assistance to the clerk, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars ....

For law clerks, stenographers and other clerical as-
sistance for the justices, a sum not exceeding
twenty-four thousand dollars ....

For office supphes, services and equipment of the
supreme judicial court, a sum not exceeding forty-
five hundred dollars .....

For the salaries of the officers and messengers, a sum
not exceeding three thousand and forty dollars .

For the commonwealth's part of the salary of the
clerk for the county of Suffolk, a sum not exceed-
ing fifteen hundred dollars ....

Reporter of Decisions:

For the salary of the reporter of decisions, a sum not
exceeding six thousand dollars ....

For clerk hire and office supphes, services and equip-
ment, a simi not exceeding eight thousand dollars

Pensions :
For the pensions of retired court officers, a sum not
exceeding two hundred dollars ....

Total

Superior Court, as follows :

For the salaries of the chief justice and of the thirty-
one associate justices, a sum not exceeding three
hundred eighty-five thousand dollars .

For traveling allowance and expenses, a sum not

exceeding nineteen thousand five hundred dollars 19,500 00

For the salary of the assistant clerk, Suffolk county,

a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars . . 1,000 00

For clerical work, inspection of records and doings of
persons authorized to admit to bad, 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 twelve thousand dollars . . 12,000 00

For pensions of retired justices, a sum not exceeding

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

Total $445,500 00

Special Legis-
lative In-
vestigations.

Judicial
Department.

^99,000 00 Supreme Ju-
dicial Court.

4,500 00
7,500 00
6,500 00
1,000 00

24,000 00

4,500 00
3,040 00

1,500 00

Reporter of
6,000 00 Decisions.

8,000 00

200 00

Pensions.

$165,740 00

Superior
Court.

$385,000 00

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Item

Justices of Dis-
trict Courts
sitting in
Superior Court.

50

51

52

Judicial
Council.

53

54

Administrative
Committee of
District Courts.

Probate and

Insolvency

Courts.

55

56

57

58

59

60

61

Justices of District Courts:

For compensation of justices of district courts while
sitting in the superior court, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand six himdred dollars . . $13,600 00

For expenses of justices of district courts while sitting
in the superior court, a sum not exceeding twenty-
seven hundred and fifty dollars .... 2,750 00

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, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars .... 6,000 00

Total $22,350 00

Judicial Council:

For expenses of the judicial council, as authorized by
section thirty-four C of chapter two hundred and
twenty-one of the General Laws, inserted b}' chap-
ter two hundred and forty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-four, as amended,
a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars . $3,000 00

For compensation of the secretary of the judicial
council, as authorized by section thirty-four C of
chapter two hundred and twenty-one of the
General Laws, inserted by chapter two hundred
and forty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, as amended, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars .... 3,500 00

Total $6,500 00

Administrative Committee of District Courts:
For compensation and expenses of the administrative
committee of district courts, a sum not exceeding
three thousand dollars $3,000 00

Probate and Insolvency Courts, as follows :

For the salaries of judges of probate of the several
counties, a sum not exceeding one hundred eleven
thousand five hundred doDars .... $111,500 00

For pensions of retired judges, a sum not exceeding

fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty dollars . 14,250 00

For the compensation of judges of probate when
acting outside their own counties for other judges
of probate, a sum not exceeding eighty-five hun-
dred dollars 8,500 00

For expenses of judges of probate when acting out-
side their own counties for other judges of probate,
as authorized by section forty of chapter two hun-
dred and seventeen of the General Laws, as
amended by chapter three hundred and eighty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three and by chapter three hundred and seventy-
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars . 300 00

For the salaries of registers of the several counties,
a sum not exceeding fifty-nine thousand five
hundred and seventy-five dollars . . . 59,575 00

For the salaries of assistant registers, a sum not ex-
ceeding sixty-six thousand seven hundred and
eighty-five dollars ...... 66,785 00

Total

$260,910 00

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87

Item

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

62 Barnstable, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hun-

dred and twenty dollars .....

63 Berkshire, a sum not exceeding forty-four hundi'ed

dollars ........

64 Bristol, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand eight

hundred dollars ......

65 Dukes county, a sum not exceeding nine hundred

and sixty dollars ......

66 Essex, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand nine

hundred dollars ......

67 Frankhn, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dol-

lars ........

68 Hampden, a sum not exceeding eighty-seven hun-

dred dollars .......

69 Hampshire, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred and

ninety dollars .......

70 Middlesex, a sum not exceeding forty-seven thou-

sand nine hundred dollars ....

71 Norfolk, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand five

hundred and twenty-five dollars

72 Plymouth, a sum not exceeding four thousand and

twenty-five dollars ......

73 Suffolk, a sum not exceeding sixty-one thousand five

hundred dollars ......

74 Worcester, a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand

two hundred dollars, provided that the cost of
photostatic service may be paid from this item .

Total

District Attorneys, as follows :

75 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-

ants for the Suffolk district, a sum not exceeding
sixty thousand dollars .....

76 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-

ants for the northern district, a sum not exceeding
twenty-four thousand dollars ....

77 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-

ants for the eastern district, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars .....

78 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 ......

79 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-

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

80 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-

ants for the middle district, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars .....

81 For the salaries of the district attorney and assist-

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

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

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

83 For traveling expenses necessarily incurred by the

district attorneys, except in the Suffolk district,
for the present and previous years, a sum not
exceeding ninety-five hundred dollars

Total ........

Clerical assist-

S2,520 00
4,400 00

ance to Regis-
ters of Probate
and Insolvency,

12,800 00

960 00

15,900 00

1,200 00

8,700 00

1,590 00

47,900 00

12,525 00

4,025 00

61,500 00

16,200 00

i|190,220 00

District
Attorneys.

$60,000 00

24,000 00

15,000 00

15,600 00

10,400 00

15,000 00

8,400 00

3,000 00

9,500 00
$160,900 00

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Land Court.

Item

84
85
86

Board of
Probation.

87

Board of Bar
Examiners.

89
90

Executive
Department.

91
92
93
94

95

96

97

98
99

Service of the Land Court.

For the salaries of the judge, associate judges, the
recorder and court officer, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars

For engineering, clerical and other personal services,
a sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand eight
hundred dollars . . . . . .

For personal services in the examination of titles,
for pubUshing 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 exceed-
ing twenty-five thousand dollars

Total

Service of the Board of Probation.

For personal services of the commissioner, clerks and
stenographers, a sum not exceeding forty-nine
thousand five hundred dollars . . . .

For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding eighty-
five hundred dollars .....

Total

Service of the Board of Bar Examiners.

For personal services of the members of the board,
a sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars

For other services, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding forty-two hun-
dred dollars .......

Total

Service of the Executive Department.

For the salary of the governor, the sum of ten thou-
sand dollars .......

For the salary of the lieutenant governor, the sum
of four thousand dollars .....

For the salaries of the eight councillors, the sum of
eight thousand dollars .....

For the salaries of officers and employees of the de-
partment, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand
dollars ........

For travel and expenses of the lieutenant governor
and council from and to their homes, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars ....

For postage, printing, office and other contingent
expenses, including travel of the governor, a sum
not exceeding twelve thousand dollars

For postage, printing, stationery, traveling and con-
tingent expenses of the governor and council, a
sum not exceeding three thousand dollars .

For expenses incurred in the arrest of fugitives from
justice, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars .

For payment of extraordinary expenses and for
transfers made to cover deficiencies, with the ap-
proval of the governor and council, a sum not
exceeding one hundred thousand dollars

$38,800 00
38,800 00

25,000 00
$102,600 00

$49,500 00

8,500 00
$58,000 00

$11,000 00

4,200 00
$15,200 00

$10,000 00
4,000 00
8,000 00

30,000 00

1,000 00

12,000 00

3,000 00
1,000 00

100,000 00

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89

Item
100

101

Executive
Department.

102

103
104

105

106

107

108

109
110

111

Special Com-
mittee to
study New
England rail-
road problems.

$25. 000 00

Adjutant
1,100 00 General.

For expenses of a commission appointed by the
governor to co-operate with the United States
Geographic Board in the preparation of an official
gazetteer of the United States, a sum not exceed-
ing five hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to anv amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose , $500 00

For the purchase of portraits or other memorials of
the governors of the province and colony of Massa-
chusetts Baj' and the colony of New Plymouth, a
sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . . 5,000 00

Total $174,500 00

Special Committee:
For expenses of the work of the joint New England
railroad committee in its comprehensive study of
New England railroad problems, to be expended
under the direction of the governor and council,
a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars,
to be in addition to any equity of the common-
wealth in funds remaining in the treasury of the
committee from previous appropriations for this
purpose ........

Service of the Adjutant General.

For the salary of the adjutant general, a sum not
exceeding forty-one hundred dollars .

For personal services of office assistants, including
services for the preparation of records of Massa-
chusetts soldiers and sailors who served in the civil
war, a sum not exceeding thirty-six thousand nine
hundred and ninety dollars .... 36,990 00

For ser\dces other than personal, printing the annual
report, and for necessary office supplies and ex-
penses, a sum not exceeding seventy-five hundred
dollars . . 7,500 00

For expenses of the national guard convention and
for expenses not otherwise provided for in connec-
tion with military matters and accounts, a sum not
exceeding eleven thousand dollars . . . 11,000 00

Total $59,590 00

Service of the Militia.

For allowances to companies and other administra- Militia,

tive units, a sum not exceeding one hundred fifty-
seven thousand dollars ..... $157,000 00

For certain allow'ances for national guard officers, as
authorized by paragraph {d) of section one hun-
dred and forty-five of chapter thirty-three of the
General Laws, as appearing in chapter four hun-
dred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, as amended, said paragraph
{d) having been inserted by section one of chapter
three hundred and seventy-three of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-three thousand dollars . . 23,000 00

For pay and transportation of certain boards, a sum

not exceeding two thousand dollars . . . 2,000 00

For pay and expenses of certain camps of instruc-
tion, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars . 6,000 00

For pay and transportation in making inspections
and surveys, and for escort duty, a sum not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars .... 5,000 00

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Militia.

Item
112

113

114
115
116

117
118

119

120

121

122
123

Special

Military

Expenses.

State Quarter-
master.

For transportation of officers and non-commissioned
officers for attendance at military meetings, a
sum not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars

For transportation to and from regimental and
battalion drills, a sum not exceeding forty-six
hundred dollars ......

For transportation when appearing for examination,
a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars

For expenses of rifle practice, a sum not exceeding
eighteen thousand dollars ....

For compensation, transportation and expenses in
the preparation for camp duty maneuvers, a sum
not exceeding thirty thousand dollars

For maintenance of horses, a sum not exceeding
twenty-eight thousand two hundred dollars

For compensation for special and miscellaneous
duty, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand seven
hundred dollars ......

For compensation for accidents and injuries sus-
tained in the performance of military duty, a sum
not exceeding nine thousand dollars .

To cover certain small claims for damages to private
property arising from military maneuvers, a sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars

For expenses of organizing and maintaining an aero
squadron, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars ........

For premiums on bonds for officers, a sum not ex-
ceeding fourteen hundred and fifty dollars .

For instruction in mihtary authority, organization
and administration, and in the elements of mili-
tary art, a sum not exceeding seventy-eight hun-
dred dollars .......

Total

Service oj Special Military Expenses.

124 For the expense of furnishing certificates of honor

for service on the Mexican border, as authorized
by law, a sum not exceeding one hundred and
fifty dollars .......

125 For expense of testimonials to soldiers and sailors

of the world war, to be expended under the di-
rection of the adjutant general, a sum not ex-
ceeding eight hundred dollars ....

126 For the expense of obtaining from the War De-

partment at Washington, D. C, copies of cer-
tain records, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars ........

Total

$6,500 00

4,600 00

200 00

18,000 00

30,000 00
28,200 00

13,700 00

9,000 00

500 00

3,000 00
1,450 00

7,800 00
$315,950 00

$150 00

800 00

1,500 00
$2,450 00

Service of the Stale Quartermaster.

127 For personal services of the state quartermaster,

superintendent of armories, superintendent of
arsenal and certain other employees of the state
quartermaster, a sum not exceeding twenty thou-
sand five hundred dollars .... $20,500 00

128 For expert assistance, the employment of wliich may

be exempt from civil service rules, in the dis-
bursement of certain money to the officers and
erdisted men of the militia for compensation and
allowances, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred
doUars 1,200 00

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91

Item
129

1.30

i.n

132
133

134

135

136
137

138
139

140
141
142

143

144
145
146

For the salaries of armorers and assistant armorers
of first elass armories, and acting superintend-
ent of armories, a simi not exceeding one hundred
thirty-six tliousand dollars ....

I'^or clerical and other expenses for the office of tlie
pronerty and disbursing officer, a sum not ex-
ceeding eleven thousand dollars

For certain incidental military expenses of the
quartermaster's depnrtment, a sum not exceeding
eight hundred and fifty dollars ....

For office and general supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding twelve thousand dollars

For the care and maintenance of the camp ground
and buildings at Framingham, a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars .....

For the maintenance of armories of the first class,
including the purchase of certain furniture, a sum
not exceeding one Inmdred sixt.y thousand dollars

For reimbursement for rent and maintenance of
armories of the second and third classes, a sum
not exceeding eighty-two hundred and fifty
dollars ........

For allowances for a mechanic for each battery of
field artillery, a sum not exceeding seventeen
thousand six hundred dollars ....

For the rental of stables, including water and certain
other incidental services, for the housing of horses
and mules, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand
six hvmdred dollars . . . . . .

For expense of maintaining and operating certain
trucks, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred
dollars ........

For expense of maintaining and operating the Camp
Curtis Guild rifle range, a sum not exceeding
seventeen thousand dollars ....

Total

Service of the State Surgeon.

For personal services of the state surgeon and regu-
lar assistants, a sum not exceeding sixty-nine
hundred and ninety dollars ....

For services other than personal, and for necessary
medical and office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding three thousand dollars .

For the examination of recruits, a sum not exceed-
ing ten thousand dollars .....

Total "

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

State Quarter-
master.

$136,000 00

11,000 00

850 00
12,000 00

1,000 00

160,000 00

8,250 00

17,600 00

13,600 00

2,500 00

17,000 00
$401,500 00

State Surgeon.

$6,990 00

3,000 00

10,000 00
$19,990 00

State Judge
Advocate.

$1,500 00

Service of the Commission on Administration and Finance.

For personal services of the commissioners, a sum
not exceeding twenty-six thousand five hundred
dollars $26,500 00

For personal services of assistants and employees, a
sum not exceeding one hundred seventy-six thou-
sand dollars 176,000 00

For other expenses incidental to the duties of the
commission, a sum not exceeding twenty-four thou-
sand dollars ......

Commission on
Administration
and Finance.

Total

24,000 00
$226,500 GO

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Purchase
of paper.

Item

147

Purchase of paper:
For the purchase of paper used in the execution of
the contracts for state printing, other than legis-
lative, with the approval of the commission on
administration and finance, a sum not exceeding
sixty-five thousand dollars ....

$65,000 00

Armory
Commissioners.

Service of the Armory Commissioners.

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 two hundred dollars ..... 200 00

150 For the construction of the road leading from the

pubhc highway to the rifle ranges at Camp Curtis

Guild, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars 4,000 00

Total $6,500 00

Commissioner
of State Aid
and Pensions.

Service of the Comviissioyier of State Aid and Pensions.

151 For personal services of the commissioner and

deputy, a sum not exceeding eight thousand

dollars $8,000 00

152 For personal services of agents, clerks, stenographers

and other assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five thousand five hundred and thirty dollars . 25,530 00

153 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
forty-eight hundred dollars .... 4,800 00

Total

$38,330 00

Expenses on
Account of
Wars.

Reimburse-
ment of cities
and towns for
state and
military aid.

Care of
veterans of
civil war, etc.

Soldiers' Home
in Massachu-
setts.

For Expenses on Account of Wars.

154 For reimbursing cities and towns for money paid on

account of state and military aid to Massachu-
setts soldiers and their families, the sum of two
hundred three thousand dollars, the same to be
paid on or before the fifteenth day of November
in the current year, in accordance with the pro-
visions of existing laws relative to state and
military aid . . . . . ... $203,000 00

155 For certain care of veterans of the civil war and their

wives and widows, as authorized by chapter three
hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine, a sum not exceeding forty-eight
thousand dollars 48,000 00

156 For the maintenance of the Soldiers' Home in Massa-

chusetts, with the approval of the trustees
thereof, a sum not exceeding two hundred thirty
thousand dollars. Pajanents from the state treas-
ury under this and the following item shall be
made only upon vouchers filed with the comp-
troller in accordance with the procedure prescribed
under section eighteen of chapter twenty-nine of
the General Laws 230,000 00

157 For the expense of certain improvements at the

Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, with the ap-
proval of the trustees thereof, a sum not exceeding
seventeen thousand dollars .... 17,000 00

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93

Item

158

For a study, investigation and report, by the com-
mission on administration and finance, on the cost
of permanent improvements for kitchen and
dining-room service and other facihtics at the
Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, and on the ad-
visabiHty of legislation for the purpose of improv-
ing the financial control of the Home, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars ....

Total

Soldiers' Home
in Massachu-
setts.

SI ,000 00
$499,000 00

Service of (he Art Commission.

159 For expenses of the commission, a sum not exceed- Art Com-
ing two hundred dollars $200 00 mission.

Service of the Ballot Law Commission.

160 For compensation of the commissioners for services

for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine and nineteen hundred and thirty, a sum not
exceeding three thousand dollars . . ,

161 For expenses, including travel, suppHes and equip-

ment, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars

Total

Ballot Law
Commission.

$3,000 00

500 00

$3,500 00

Service of the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

162 For expenses of the commissioners, a sum not ex-
ceeding seven hundred and fifty dollars

Commissioners

^750 00 - Uf --

163

Service of the Board of Appeal from Decisions of the Commis-
sioner of Corporations and Taxation.

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

Board of
$200 00 Appeal, etc.

Service of the State Library.

164 For personal services of the librarian, a sum not ex- State Library.

ceeding fifty-five hundred and fifty dollars . $5,550 00

165 For personal services of the regular library assistants,

temporary clerical assistance and for services for
cataloguing, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight
thousand five hundred dollars .... 38,500 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 three thousand dollars .... 3,000 00

167 For books and other pubUcations and things needed

for the Ubrary, and the necessary binding and re-
binding incidental thereto, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars ..... 15,000 00

168 For the expense of additional stacks for the storage

of books, a sum not exceeding forty-five hundred

dollars 4,500 00

Total $66,550 00

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Item
Superintendent i cq
of Buildings. ^"^

170

171

172

173

174

Service of the Superintendent of Buildings.

For personal services of the superintendent and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
three hundred and twenty dollars . . . $10,320 00

For personal services of engineers, assistant engi-
neers, firemen and helpers in the engineer's depart-
ment, a sum not exceeding fifty-eight thousand
eight hundred dollars 58,800 00

For personal services of watchmen and assistant
watchmen, a sum not exceeding forty-four thou-
sand four hundred dollars .... 44,400 00

For personal services of porters, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand nine hundred and twenty
dollars 25,920 00

For other personal services incidental to the care and
maintenance of the state house, a sum not exceed-
ing sixty-four thousand five hundred and sixty
dollars 64,560 00

For personal services of the central mailing room, a

sum not exceeding fifty-three hundred dollars . 5,300 00

Total $209,300 00

Other Annual
Expenses.

Other Annual Expenses:

175 For contingent, office and other expenses of the

superintendent, a sum not exceeding three hun-
dred dollars $300 00

176 For telephone service in the building and expenses

in connection therewith, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars . . 38,500 00

177 For services, supplies and equipment necessary to

furnish heat, light and power, a sum not exceed-
ing forty-two thousand one hundred dollars . 42,100 00

178 For other services, supplies and equipment neces-

sary for the maintenance and care of the state
house and grounds, including repairs of furniture
and equipment, a sum not exceeding forty-one
thousand dollars 41,000 00

179 For office and other expenses of the central mailing

room, a sum not exceeding nineteen hundred and

fifty dollars _ . 1,950 00

180 For expenses of the preservation of battle flags in

the state house, 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

Total . $125,350 00

181 (This item omitted)

Old State
House Main-
tenance.

For the Maintenance of Old State House.

182 For the contribution of the commonwealth toward
the maintenance of the old provincial state house,
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars

$1,500 00

Commission
on Necessaries
of Life.

Service of the Commission on Necessaries of Life.

183 For expenses of the commission, a sum not exceed-
ing ninetj'-five hundred dollars ....

),500 00

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95

Item
184

Scnnce of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission.

185
186

187

188

189

190

191

192

193

194
195

196

For expenses of the commission, as authorized by
chapter thirty-five of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine, a sum not exceeding
sevent3'-five thousand dollars, to b» in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ........

Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

For the salary of the secretary, the sura of seven
thousand dollars ......

For the salaries of officers and employees holding
positions established by law, and other personal
services, a sum not exceeding one hundred ten
thousand five hundred dollars ....

For services other than personal, travehng ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment, for the
arrangement and preservation of state records
and papers, and for advertising the purpose of
sections twenty-eight A, B, C and D of chapter
six of the General Laws, inserted by section two
of chapter three hundred and eighty-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, a
sum not exceeding twenty-two thousand one
hundred dollars ......

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 thirty-five hundred dollars

For printing registration books and blanks and
indexing returns, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars ......

For the purchase of copies of certain town records
prior to eighteen hundred and fifty, a sum not
exceeding eight thousand dollars

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 twenty-five hundred dollars

For the purchase and distribution of copies of
certain journals of the house of representatives of
Massachusetts Bay from seventeen hundred and
fifteen to seventeen hundred and eighty, inclu-
sive, 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 .......

For the purchase of ink for public records of the
commonwealth, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars .......

For traveling expenses of the supervisor of public
records, a sum not e.xceeding one thousand dollars

For expenses of the census division of the department
of the secretary of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding two hundred dollars ....

Total

Indexing vital statistics:
For the preparation of certain indexes of births, mar-
riages and deaths, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in the preceding year

Massachusetts
Bay Colony
Tercentenary
Commission.

$75,000 00

Secretary of

r,ooo 00 ^^^^°'",:v.

' monwealth.

110,500 00

22,100 00

3,500 00

3,000 00

8,000 00

2,500 00

750 00

1,000 00
1,000 00

200 00
$159,550 00

Indexing
vital statistics.

$10,000 00

96

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Printing
laws, etc.

Item

197

198

199

200

Election
matters.

For printing laws, etc.:

For printing the pamphlet edition of the acts and
resolves of the present 3'ear, a sum not exceeding
forty-two hundred dollars ....

For printing and binding the blue book edition of the
acts and resolves of the present year, a sum not
exceeding six thousand dollars ....

For the printing of reports of decisions of the su-
preme judicial court, a sum not exceeding thirty-
one thousand eight hundred dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .....

For printing and binding public documents, a sum
not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars .

Total

For matters relating to elections:

201 For personal and other services in preparing for

primary elections, and for the expenses of pre-
paring, printing and distributing ballots for pri-
mary and other elections, a sum not exceeding one
hundred forty thousand dollars

202 For the printing of blanks for town officers, election

laws and blanks and instructions on all matters
relating to elections, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars ......

203 For furnishing cities and towns with ballot boxes,

and for repairs to the same; for the purchase of
apparatus to be used at polling places in the can-
vass and counting of votes; and for providing cer-
tain registration facilities, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars .....

204 For expenses of publication of lists of candidates and

forms of questions before state elections, a sum
not exceeding ten thousand dollars

205 For administering the law to permit absent voters to

vote at state elections, a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand dollars ......

206 For expenses of compiling and pubhshing informa-

tion to voters, as required by section fifty-three
of chapter fifty-four of the General Laws, a sum
not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars .

Total

$4,200 00
6,000 00

31,800 00

3,500 00

S45,500 00

$140,000 00
5,000 00

5,000 00
10,000 00
12,000 00

35,000 00

207,000 00

Medical

Examiners'

Fees.

Treasurer
and Receiver-
General.

Medical Examiners' Fees:

207 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.

208 For the salary of the treasurer and receiver-general,

the sum of six thousand dollars . . . $6,000 00

209 For salaries of officers and employees holding posi-

tions established by law and additional clerical
and other assistance, a sum not exceeding fifty-one
thousand three hundred dollars . . . 51,300 00

210 For services other than personal, traveling expenses,

office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding

ten thousand eight hundred dollars . . . 10,800 00

Total $68,100 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

97

Item

Commissioners on Firemen's Relief:

211 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 .... $17,500 00

212 For expenses of administration by the commissioners

on firemen's reUef, a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars 500 00

Total $18,000 00

Payments to Soldiers:

213 For expenses of administering certain laws relating

to payments in recognition of miUtary service in
the world war, a sum not exceeding seventeen
hundred and sixty dollars, to be paid from the
receipts from taxes levied under authority of
chapters two hundred and eighty-three and three
hundred and forty-two of the General Acts of nine-
teen hundred and nineteen .... $1,760 00

For making payments to soldiers in recognition of
service during the world war, as provided by law,
a sum not exceeding seven thousand dollars, to be
paid from receipts from taxes levied as specified in
item two hundred and thirteen .... 7,000 00

For pajTuents to soldiers and sailors in the volunteer
service of the United States during the Spanish-
American war, and to certain of their dependents,
as authorized by section one of chapter five hun-
dred and sixty-one of the acts of eighteen hundred
and ninety-eight, as amended by section one of
chapter four hundred and seventy-one of the acts
of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, a sum not
exceeding two hundred dollars .... 200 00

Total $8,960 00

State Board of Retirement:

216 For personal services in the administrative ofiice of

the state board of retirement, a sum not exceeding

ten thousand three hundred dollars . . . $10,300 00

217 For services other than personal, printing the annual

report, and for office supplies and equipment, a

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

218 For requirements of annuity funds and pensions for

employees retired from the state service under
authority of law, a sum not exceeding one hundred
seventy thousand dollars ..... 170,000 00

Total $185,500 00

214

215

Commissioners
on Firemen's
Relief.

Payments to
Soldiers.

State Board
of Retirement.

Requiremetils for Extinguishing the State Debt,

219 For sinking fund requirements and for certain serial
bonds maturing during the present year, the sum
of one million one hundred one thousand six hun-
dred seven dollars and fifty cents, payable from the
following accounts and funds in the following
amounts: — from receipts from loans for the aboli-
tion of grade crossings, the sum of thirty-four
thousand dollars; from the Highway Fund, the
sum of three hundred twenty-seven thousand six
hundred seven dollars and fifty cents; and the

Requirements
for Extinguish-
ing State Debt.

remainder from the general fund

. $1,101,607 50

98

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Interest on
Public Debt.

Item
220

Auditor of the
Common-
wealth.

221
222

223

Attorney
General's
Department.

224
225

226

227

Department of
Agriculture.

228
229
230
231

232

233

Interest on the Public Debt.

For the payment of interest on the direct debt and
temporary loans of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding eight hundred ninety-three thousand
seven hundred seventy-five dollars and seventy-
five cents, of which sum three hundred eight thou-
sand sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents shall be
paid from the Highway Fund .... $893,775 75

Service of the Auditor of the Commonioealth.

For the salary of the auditor, the sum of six thousand

dollars . . . . . . . . $6,000 00

For personal services of deputies and other assist-
ants, a sum not exceeding forty-six thousand seven
hundred dollars . . . . . . 46,700 00

For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
sixty-five hundred dollars .... 6,500 00

Total $59,200 00

Service of the Attorney General's Department.

For the salary of the attorney general, the sum of

eight thousand dollars $8,000 00

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-seven
thousand dollars . . . . . . 87,000 00

For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand dollars 12,000 00

For the settlement of certain small claims, as author-
ized by section three A of chapter twelve of the
General Laws, inserted by chapter three hundred
and ninety-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars ........

234

Division of
Dairying and
Animal Hus-
bandry. 235

Total .

5,000 00
. $112,000 00

Service of the Department of Agriculture.

For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars .... $6,000 00

For personal services of clerks and stenographers, a

sum not exceeding twenty-two thousand dollars . 22,000 00

For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sum

not exceeding twelve hundred dollars . . . 1,200 00

For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, office supplies and equipment, and printing
and furnishing trespass posters, a sum not exceed-
ing eighty-eight hundred dollars . . . 8,800 00

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 Dairying and Animal Husbandry:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding thirteen

thousand two hundred and twenty dollars . . 13,220 00

For other expenses, including the enforcement of

the dairy laws of the commonwealth, a sum not

exceeding eighty-two hundred dollars . . 8,200 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

99

Item

236
237

238
239

Division of Plant Pest Control :
For personal services, a sum not exceeding eleven

thousand five hundred dollars ....
For other expenses, a sum not exceeding sixty-three

hundred dollars ......

Division of Ornithology :

For personal services, a sum not exceeding thirty-
eight hundred dollars .....

For other expenses, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars ........

Division of
$11,500 00 Plant Pest
' Control.

6,300 00

Division of
3,800 00 Ornithology.

500 00

Division of Markets:

240 For personal services, a sum not exceeding twenty

thousand seven hundred dollars

241 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding fifty-one

hundred dollars ......

Division of Reclamation, Soil Survey and Fairs:

242 For personal services, a sum not exceeding twelve

thousand five hundred dollars ....

243 For travel and other expenses, a sum not exceeding

sixty-nine hundred dollars ....

244 For state prizes and agricultural exhibits, a sum not

exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for this purpose, and any unexpended
balance remaining at the end of the current fiscal
year may be used in the succeeding year

Specials :

245 For work in protecting the pine trees of the com-

monwealth from white pine blister rust, and for
pajTnents of claims on account of currant and
gooseberry bushes destroyed in the work of sup-
pressing white pine blister rust, a sum not ex-
ceeding nineteen thousand dollars . .

246 For quarantine and other expenses in connection

with the work of suppression of the European
corn-borer, so-called, a sum not exceeding seven
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ........

247 For quarantine and other expenses in connection

with the work of suppression of the Japanese
beetle, so-called, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars .......

Total

Division
20,700 00 o^ Markets.

5,100 00

Division of

io K(\n on Reclamation,
IJ.OUU UU goij Survey

and Fairs.
6,900 00

35,000 00

Specials.

19,000 00

7,000 00

5,000 00
$197,220 00

Service of Stale Reclamation Board.

248 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars ......

$10,000 00

State Recla-
mation Board.

Service of the Department of Conservation.

Administration :

249 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-

ceeding six thousand dollars ....

250 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sum

not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars

Depa
of Co

Department

$6,000 00 ^j^„
250 00

Total

$6,250 00

100 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Item

Division of Forestry:
Division of 251 For personal services of office assistants, a sum not
Forestry. exceeding fourteen thousand one hundred dollars $14,100 00

252 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, and for traveling expenses,
necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding four thousand dollars . . . 4,000 00

253 For the salaries and expenses of foresters and for

necessary labor, supplies and equipment in main-
taining forest tree nurseries, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars . . . . . 15,000 00

254 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 two thousand
dollars . . . . . . . . 2,000 00

255 For aiding towns in the purchase of equipment for

extinguishing forest fires and for making pro-
tective belts or zones as a defence against forest
fires, for the present and previous years, a sum
not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars . . 1,500 00

256 For the personal services of the state fire warden

and his assistants, and for other services, includ-
ing traveling expenses of the state fire warden
and his assistants, necessary supplies and equip-
ment and materials used in new construction in
the forest fire prevention service, a sum not ex-
ceeding sixty thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to anv funds allotted to Massachusetts
by the federal authorities .... 60,000 00

257 For the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail

moths, and for expenses incidental thereto, a sum
not exceeding sixty-five thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for this purpose, and any unex-
pended balance remaining at the end of the cur-
rent fiscal year may be used in the succeeding year 65,000 00

258 For the planting and maintenance of state forests,

a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars 25,000 00

259 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 seventy-five
thousand dollars, 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 ..... 175,000 00

260 For the maintenance of the Standish monument

reservation, a sum not exceeding two thousand

doUars 2,000 00

261 For the maintenance of Mount Grace state forest,

a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars . . 500 00

262 For reimbursement to certain towns, as author-

ized by section twenty-four of chapter forty-
eight of the General Laws, as amended, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars . . . 1,000 00

263 For the expense of forest fire patrol, as authorized

by section twenty-eight A of chapter forty-eight
of the General Laws, inserted by chapter two hun-
dred and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twentj'-nine, a sum not exceeding four
thousand dollars 4,000 00

Total $369,100 00

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 115.

101

Special.

Division of

4 r\r\(\ nn Fisheries
1,UUU UU a^jjji Game.

10,300 00

Item

Special :

264 For the cost of construction of a comfort station on

the state highwaj' which is known as Mohawk

Trail, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars $4,000 00

Division of Fisheries and Game:

265 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding

four thousand dollars .....

266 For personal services of office assistants, a sum not

exceeding ten thousand three hundred dollars

267 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, traveling expenses and neces-
sary office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding eight thousand dollars

268 For expenses of exhibitions and other measures to

increase the interest of the public in the protec-
tion and propagation of fish and game, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars

Enforcement of laws :

269 For personal services of fish and game wardens, a

sum not exceeding sixty-nine thousand dollars

270 For traveling expenses of fish and game wardens, and

for other expenses necessary for the enforcement of
the laws, a sum not exceeding thirty-seven thou-
sand two hundred dollars ....

Biological work :

271 For personal services to carry on biological work, a

sum not exceeding sixty-seven hundred dollars .

272 For traveling and other expenses of the biologist

and his assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five hundred dollars .....

Propagation of game birds, etc.:

273 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 one
hundred fifteen thousand dollars . . . 115,000 00

Damages by wild deer and wild moose:

274 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
thirteen thousand dollars ..... 13,000 00

Special :

275 For improvements and additions at fish hatcheries

and game farms, a sum not exceeding twenty
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 20,000 00

Protection of wild life:

276 For expenses incurred in the protection of certain

wild life, a sum not exceeding thirty-seven hun-
dred dollars 3,700 00

Marine fisheries:

277 For personal services and expenses for regulating the

sale and cold storage of fresh food fish, a sum not

exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . . 15,000 00

State Supervisor of Marine Fisheries:

278 For personal services of the state supervisor of ma-

rine fisheries and his assistants, a sum not exceed-
ing nine thousand dollars .... 9,000 00

279 For office and other expenses of the state supervisor

of marine fisheries, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars 5,000 00

8,000 00

1,000 00

Enforcement

69,000 00 °^ ^^^«-

37,200 00

Biological

6,700 00 '^°'"^-

2,500 00

Propagation
of game
birds, etc.

Damages by
wild deer and
wild moose.

Fish hatcheries
and game farms.

Protection of
wild life.

Marine
fisheries.

State Super-
visor of Marine
Fisheries.

102

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Enforcement
of shellfish
laws.

Item

280

281

282

Bounty
on seals.

Division
of Animal
Industry.

Enforcement of shellfish laws:

For personal services for the enforcement of laws
relative to shellfish, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars ......

For other expenses for the enforcement of laws rela-
tive to shellfish, a sum not exceeding ninety-five
hundred dollars ......

For expenses of purchasing lobsters, subject to the
conditions imposed by chapter two hundred and
sixty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars ........

Total

Bounty on seals :
283 For bounties on seals, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred dollars ......

284
285

286

287

288

289

290

Reimburse- 291

ment of towns
for inspectors
of animals.

Division of Animal Industry:

For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight hundred and seventy-five dollars

For personal services of clerks and stenographers, a
sum not exceeding seventeen thousand three hun-
dred dollars . . . . .

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 eighty-four hundred dollars .

For personal services of veterinarians and agents
engaged in the work of extermination of contagious
diseases among domestic animals, a sum not ex-
ceeding sixty thousand dollars ....

For the traveling expenses of veterinarians and
agents, including the cost of any motor vehicles
purchased for their use, a sum not exceeding
twenty-eight thousand dollars .

For reimbursement of owners of horses killed during
the present and previous years, travel, when al-
lowed, of inspectors of animals, incidental expenses
of killing and burial, quarantine and emergency
services, and for laboratory and veterinary sup-
phes and equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-
three hundred doUars .....

For reimbursement of owners of tubercular cattle
killed, as authorized bj^ section twelve A of chapter
one hundred and twenty-nine of the General Laws,
inserted by section one of chapter three hundred
and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, and in accordance with certain pro-
visions of law and agreements made under author-
ity of section thirty-three of said chapter one
hundred and twenty-nine, as amended, during
the present and previous year, a sum not exceed-
ing four hundred thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, and any unexpended balance re-
maining at the end of the current fiscal year may
be used in the succeeding year ....

Total

Reimbursement of towns for inspectors of animals:
For the reimbursement of certain towns for compen-
sation paid to inspectors of animals, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty-five hundred dollars

$15,000 00
9,500 00

10,000 00
$353,900 00

$800 00

$3,875 00
17,300 00

8,400 00

60,000 00

28,000 00

6,300 00

400,000 00
$523,875 00

$5,500 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

103

Item

292
293

29-4

295

296

297
298

299

Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.

Division of Banks:

For the salary of the commissioner, the sum of six
thousand dollars ......

For services of deputy, directors, examiners and
assistants, clerks, stenographers and experts, a
sum not exceeding two hundred seventy-one thou-
sand five hundred dollars .....

For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, traveling expenses, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-two thou-
sand dollars .......

Total

Supervisor of Loan Agencies:

For personal services of supervisor and assistants,
a sum not exceeding ninety-nine hundred and
thirty dollars .......

For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, office supphes and equipment, a sum not
exceeding sixteen hundred and seventy dollars .

Total

Division of Insurance:

For salary of the commissioner, a sum not exceed-
ing six thousand dollars .....

For other personal services of the division, includ-
ing expenses of the board of appeal and certain
other costs of supervising motor vehicle liability
insurance, a sum not exceeding one hundred sev-
enty-five thousand dollars, of which sum not
more than twenty-eight thousand dollars may be
charged to the Highway Fund .

For other services, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
forty thousand dollars .....

Total

Department
),000 00 of Banking

and Insurance.

Division
of Banks.

271,500 00

62,000 00
$339,500 00

$9,930 00

Supervisor
of Loan
Agencies.

1,670 00
$11,600 00

Division
5 000 00 °^ Insurance.

175,000 00

40,000 00
$221,000 00

Board of Appeal on Fire Insurance Rates :

300 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding two

hundred dollars ......

Division of Savings Bank Life Insurance:

301 For personal services of officers and employees, a

sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand nine
hundred and seventy dollars ....

302 For publicity, including traveling expenses of one

person, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars

303 For services other than personal, printing the

annual report and traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding seven
thousand and thirty dollars ....

304 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 thirty-
two hundred dollars .....

Total .• .

Board of Ap-

$200 00 P^^^ °" ^''■e
Insurance
Rates.

$25,970 00
2,000 00

7,030 00

3,200 00
$38,200 00

Division of
Savings Bank
Life Insurance.

104

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Item

Department of 305

Corporations

and Taxation.

Corporation
and Tax
Divisions.

306

307
308

Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.

Corporation and Tax Divisions:

For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-five hundred dollars . . . $7,500 00

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 two hundred
fourteen thousand dollars, of which sum not more
than twenty thousand dollars may be charged to
the Highway Fund to cover the estimated cost of
collection of the gasoline tax, so-called . . 214,000 00

For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding ninety-
five hundred dollars 9,500 00

For other services and for necessary office supplies
and equipment, and for printing the annual re-
port, other publications and valuation books, a
sum not exceeding thirty-eight thousand dollars 38,000 00

Total $269,000 00

Income Tax
Division.

Division
of Accounts.

Income Tax Division (the three following ap-
propriations are to be made from the receipts
from the income tax):

309 For personal services of the deputy, assistants,

assessors, assistant assessors, clerks, stenographers
and other necessary assistants, a sum not exceed-
ing four hundred twenty thousand dollars . . $420,000 00

310 For traveling expenses of members of the division,

a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars . . 10,000 00

311 For services other than personal, and for office sup-

plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding one

hundred forty thousand dollars . . . 140,000 00

Total $570,000 00

Division of Accounts:

312 For personal services, a sum not exceeding seventy-

nine thousand five hundred dollars . . . $79,500 00

313 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding fifteen

thousand five hundred dollars .... 15,500 00

314 For services and expenses of auditing and installing

systems of municipal accounts, the cost of which
is to be assessed upon the municipalities for which
the work is done, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred sixty-five thousand dollars . . . 165,000 00

315 For the expenses of certain books, forms and other

material, which may be sold to cities and towns
requiring the same for maintaining their system
of accounts, a sum not exceeding eighteen thou-
sand dollars 18,000 00

Total $278,000 00

Reimbursement 31g
of cities and
towns for loss
of certain taxes.

Reimbursement for loss of taxes :
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
tliirty, a sum not exceeding one hundred five
thousand dollars ......

$105,000 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115. 105

Service of the Deparlmenl of Education.
Item

317 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex- Department

ceeding nine thousand doUars .... $9,000 00 of Education.

318 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 ninety-seven thousand '

eight hundred dollars . . . . . 97,800 00

319 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 eighty-five hundred dollars . . 8,500 00

320 For services other than personal, necessary office

supplies, and for printing the annual report and
bulletins as provided by law, a sum not exceeding
ten thousand five hundred doUars . . . 10,500 00

320a For the publication of a bulletin relative to the ter-
centenary of the founding of Massachusetts, a
sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . . 5,000 00

321 For expenses incidental to furnishing school com-

mittees with rules for testing the sight and hear-
ing of pupils, a sum not exceeding eight hundred
dollars 800 00

322 For printing school registers and other school blanks

for cities and towns, a sum not exceeding three

thousand doUars 3,000 00

323 For assisting small towns in providing themselves

with school superintendents, as provided by law,
a sum not exceeding one hundred one thousand
dollars . . . . . . . 101,000 00

324 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, a sum not exceeding two hundred five
thousand dollars 205,000 00

325 For the reimbursement of certain towns for the

transportation of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as provided
by law, a sum not exceeding one hundred ninety
thousand dollars . ... . . 190,000 00

326 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 four
hundred sixty thousand two hundred forty-seven
dollars and eighty-nine cents .... 1,460,247 89

327 For the promotion of vocational rehabilitation in

co-operation with the federal government, with
the approval of the department of education, a
sum not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars . 16,000 00

328 For aid to certain persons receiving instruction in

the courses for vocational rehabilitation, as au-
thorized by section twenty-two B of chapter
seventy-four of the General Laws, inserted by
chapter four hundred and thirty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, a sum not
exceeding three thousand dollars . . . 3,000 00

329 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 eighty-five thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . . 385,000 00

330 For expenses of holding teachers' institutes, a sum

not exceeding three thousand dollars . . . 3,000 00

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Department
of Education.

Item

331
332

English-speak-
ing Classes
for Adults.

333
334
335

University
Extension
Courses.

336
337

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-two
thousand dollars 32,000 00

Total $2,533,847 89

English-speaking Classes for Adults:
For personal services of administration, a sum not

exceeding ten thousand nine hundred dollars . $10,900 00
For other expenses of administration, a sum not ex-
ceeding four thousand dollars .... 4,000 00
For reimbursement of certain cities and towns, a sum
not exceeding one hundred fifty-two thousand
dollars 152,000 00

Total $166,900 00

University Extension Courses:

For personal services, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred thirty-three thousand eight hundred dollars . $133,800 00

For other expenses, a sum not exceeding forty-one

thousand dollars 41,000 00

Total . $174,800 00

Division of
Immigration
and American-
ization.

Division of Immigration and Americanization:

338 For personal services, a sum not exceeding forty-two

thousand dollars $42,000 00

339 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding ninety-six

hundred and fifty dollars ..... 9,650 00

Total $51,650 00

Division of

Public

Libraries.

Division of Public Libraries:

340 For personal services of regular agents and office

assistants, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand

two hundred dollars . . . . . $14,200 00

341 For other services, including printing the annual

report, traveling expenses, necessary office sup-
plies and expenses incidental to the aiding of pub-
lic libraries, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand
three hundred dollars 14,300 00

Total $28,500 00

Division of
the Blind.

Division of the Blind:

342 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 forty-four thousand
five hundred dollars $44,500 00

343 For the maintenance of local shops, a sum not ex-

ceeding seventy-eight thousand five hundred dol-
lars . . . 78,500 00

344 For maintenance of Woolson House industries, so-

called, to be expended under the authority of said
division, a sum not exceeding thirtj^-three thou-
sand dollars 33,000 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

107

Item
345

346
347

348

For the maintenance of certain industries for men,
to be expended under the authority of said divi-
sion, a sum not exceeding one hundred sixty-one
thousand dollars ......

For instruction of the adult blind in their homes, a
sum not exceeding seventeen thousand dollars

For expenses of providing sight-saving classes, with
the approval of the division of the blind, a sum
not excesding seventeen thousand six hundred
dollars ........

For aiding the adult blind, subject to the conditions
provided by law, a sum not exceeding one hundred
thirty-eight thousand five hundred dollars .

Total

Division of
the Blind.

$161,000 00

17,000 00

17,600 00

138,500 00
$490,100 00

Teachers' Retirement Board:

349 For personal services of employees, a sum not ex-

ceeding eleven thousand seven hundred and fifty

dollars ........ $11,750 00

350 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, traveling expenses and office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-one hundred and fifty dollars . . . 2,150 00

351 For payment of pensions to retired teachers, a sum

not exceeding six hundred sixty-five thousand

dollars . . . ; . .- • • • 665,000 00

352 For reimbursement of certain cities and towns for

pensions to retired teachers, a sum not exceeding
one hundred sixty-nine thousand one hundred
eighty- three dollars and seventy-two cents . . 169,183 72

Total $848,083 72

Teachers'

Retirement

Board.

Massachusetts Nautical School:

353 For personal services of the secretary and office

assistants, a sum not exceeding forty-six hundred

and fifty dollars . . ... . $4,650 00

354 For services other than regular clerical services,

including printing the annual report, rent, office
suppUes and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-three hundred dollars .... 2,300 00

355 For the maintenance of the school and ship, a sum

not exceeding eighty-nine thousand eight hundred

and fifty dollars 89,850 00

Total $96,800 00

Massachusetts

Nautical

School.

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the state normal schools, and
the boarding halls attached thereto, with the
approval of the commissioner of education, as
follows :

356 Bridgewater normal school, a sum not exceeding one

hundred fifty-six thousand eight hundred dollars $156,800 00

357 Bridgewater normal school boarding hall, a sum not

exceeding eighty thousand dollars . . . 80,000 00

358 Fitchburg normal school, a sum not exceeding one

hundred sixty-seven thousand dollars . . 167,000 00

359 Fitchburg normal school boarding hall, a sum not

exceeding forty-seven thousand dollars . . 47,000 00

360 For expenses of enlarging and improving the kitchen

facilities at the Fitchburg normal school, a sum

not exceeding eighteen thousand dollars . . 18,000 00

Maintenance
and improve-
ment of state
normal schools.

Bridgewater
normal school.

Fitchburg
normal school.

108

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Framingham
normal school.

Hyannis
normal school.

Lowell
normal school.

North Adams
normal school.

Salem nor-
mal school.

Westfield
normal school.

Worcester
normal school.

New normal
school in
Worcester.

Massachusetts
School of Art.

Bradford Dur-
fee textile
school of
Fall River.

Lowell textile
institute.

New Bedford
textile school.

Item

361 Framingham normal school, a sum not exceeding

one hundred fifty-nine tnousand four hundred

dollars $159,400 00

362 Framingham normal school boarding haU, a sum

not exceeding eighty-three thousand dollars . 83,000 00

363 Hyannis normal school, a sum not exceeding fifty-

nine thousand six hundred and fifty dollars . 59,650 00

364 Hyannis normal school boarding hall, a sum not

exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars . . 25,000 00

365 Lowell normal school, a sum not exceeding eighty

thousand seven hundred dollars . . . 80,700 00

366 North Adams normal school, a sum not exceeding

eighty-eight thousand dollars .... 88,000 00

367 North Adams normal school boarding hall, a sum

not exceeding twenty-seven thousand dollars . 27,000 00

368 Salem normal school, a sum not exceeding one

hundred fourteen thousand one hundred and

twenty-five dollars 114,125 00

369 Westfield normal school, a sum not exceeding sev-

enty-five thousand eight hundred dollars . . 75,800 00

3691 Westfield normal school boarding hall, a sum not

exceeding eleven thousand dollars . . . 11,000 00

370 For the purchase of land and buildings adjoining

property of the Westfield normal school, a sum

not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . 15,000 00

371 Worcester normal school, a sum not exceeding

ninety-five thousand five hundred and fifty

dollars 95,550 00

371^ Worcester normal school boarding hall, a sum not

exceeding eighty-five hundred dollars . . 8,500 00

372 For the construction and furnishing of a new normal

school building on a site to be provided by the
city of Worcester, at a cost not to exceed three
hundred fifty thousand dollars, of which amount
one hundred fifty thousand dollars is hereby ap-
propriated in anticipation of a further sum of two
hundred thousand dollars to be appropriated in
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirty-one 150,000 00

373 Massachusetts School of Art, a sum not exceeding

one himdred eighteen thousand one hundred

dollars 118,100 00

Total $1,579,625 00

Textile Schools:

374 For the maintenance of the Bradford Durfee tex-

tile school of Fall River, a sum not exceeding
seventy thousand dollars, of which sum ten
thousand dollars is to be contributed by the city
of Fall River, and the city of Fall River is hereby
authorized to raise by taxation the said sum of
ten thousand dollars . . . . . $70,000 00

375 For the maintenance of the Lowell textile institute,

a smn not exceeding one hundred seventy-one
thousand dollars, of which sum ten thousand dol-
lars is to be contributed by the city of Lowell,
and the city of Lowell is hereby authorized to
raise by taxation the said sum of ten thousand
dollars 171,000 00

376 For the maintenance of the New Bedford textile

school, a sum not exceeding seventy-tliree thou-
sand four hundred and fifty 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 sum of ten thousand dollars . . . 73,450 00

Total $314,450 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115. 109

Item

Massachusetts Agricultural College:

377 For maintenance and current expenses, a sum not Massachusetts

exceeding one million twenty-seven thousand rnfwi*"'^^'

dollars $1,027,000 00 ^

378 For an emergencj' fund to meet the needs 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 ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars, provided, however,
that this appropriation be available only after
approval of particular projects covered by it has
been obtained from the governor and council . 5,000 00

378a For the cost of platform scales, a sum not exceeding

twenty-two hundred dollars .... 2,200 00

379 For the construction and equipment of a building

for physical education, at a cost not to exceed two
hundred eighty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars, of which sum one hundred seventy-two
thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appro-
priated in anticipation of a further sum of one
hundred fifteen thousand dollars to be contributed
and paid into the state treasury by the alumni or
other friends of the college. No contract shall be
made or obUgation incurred under this item until
the said sum of one hundred fifteen thousand dol-
lars has been paid into the treasury . . . 172,500 00

380 For the expense of remodeUng North College dormi-

tory, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars 30,000 00

381 For the expense of an addition to the Fisher labora-

tory, a sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars . 8,000 00

382 For the expense of new water mains for fire protec-

tion, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . 5,000 00

Total $1,249,700 00

Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.
Administration :

383 For personal services of telephone operator for the Department of

department, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred Civil Service

and sixty dollars $1,260 00 tr°ation?'^"

Division of Civil Service:

384 For the salaries of the commissioner and associate Division of

commissioners, a sum not exceeding nine thou- Civil Service,

sand dollars $9,000 00

385 For other personal services of the division, a sum

not exceeding one hundred seven thousand dollars 107,000 00

386 For other services and for printing the annual report,

and for office supplies and equipment necessary for
the administration of the civil service law, a sum
not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars . . 35,000 00

387 (This item combined with Item 386.)

Total $151,000 00

Division of Registration:

388 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding Division of

eighteen hundred doUars $1,800 00 Registration.

389 For clerical and certain other personal services of the

division, a sum not exceeding thirty-three thou-
sand two hundred dollars 33,200 00

390 For services of the division other than personal,

printing the annual reports, oflace supplies and
equipment, except as otherwise provided, a sum
not exceeding eleven thousand five hundred dol-
lars 11,500 00

Total $46,500 00

no

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 115.

Board of Regis-
tration in
Medicine.

Board of

Dental

Examiners.

Item

391
392

393

394

395
396

Board of
Registration
in Pharmacy.

Board of
Registration
of 5furses.

Board of
Registration
in Embalming.

Board of
Registration
in Optometry.

Board of

Registration
in Veterinary
Medicine.

397
398

399

400
401

402
403

404
405

406

407

Board of Registration in Medicine:
For personal services of the members of the board, a

sum not exceeding forty-three hundred dollars . $4,300 00
For personal services of members of the board and

examiners for the registration of chiropodists, a

sum not exceeding six hundred dollars . . 600 00

For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding seven

hundred and fifty dollars ..... 750 00

Total $5,650 00

Board of Dental Examiners:

For personal services of the members of the board
and clerical assistance, a sum not exceeding thirty-
eight hundred dollars . . . . . $3,800 00

For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding twelve

hundred dollars 1.200 00

For travel and other expenses necessary in providing
for the enforcement of law relative to the regis-
tration of dentists, a sum not exceeding four thou-
sand dollars 4,000 00

Total $9,000 00

Board of Registration in Pharmacy:
For personal services of members of the board, a sum

not exceeding forty-three hundred dollars . . $4,300 00

For personal services of agent, a sum not exceeding

twenty-three hundred and seventy dollars . . 2,370 00

For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding forty-
five hundred dollars ..... 4,500 00

Total $11,170 00

Board of Registration of Nurses:

For personal services of members of the board, a sum

not exceeding twenty-one hundred dollars . . $2,100 00

For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding six hun-
dred dollars 600 00

Total $2,700 00

Board of Registration in Embalming:
For personal services of members of the board, a sum

not exceeding three hundred dollars . . . $300 00

For travehng expenses, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred and seventy-five dollars . . . . 175 00

Total . $475 00

Board of Registration in Optometry:
For personal services of members of the board, a

sum not exceeding nineteen hundred dollars . $1,900 00
For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding six

hundred dollars 600 00

Total $2,500 00

Board of Registration in Veterinary Medicine:
For personal services of the members of the board
and secretary, a sum not exceeding six hundred

dollars $600 00

For other services, printing the annual report, travel-
ing expenses, office suppHes and equipment, a sum
not exceeding three hundred dollars . . . 300 00

Total

$900 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Ill

Item

State Examiners of Electricians:

408 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding three

thousand dollars ......

Board of Registration of Public Accountants:

409 For personal services of members of the board, a sum

not exceeding six hundred and seventy-five dollars

410 For expenses of examinations, including the prepa-

ration and marking of papers, and for other ex-
penses, a sum not exceeding twenty-one hundred
and seventy-five dollars .....

Total

State Examiners of Plumbers:

411 For personal services of the members of the board, a

sum not exceeding eleven hundred dollars .

412 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding two

thousand dollars ......

Total

State Exam-

5 000 00 inorsof
,UUU UU Electricians.

Board of
$675 00 «eKistration
^ of Public

Accountants.

2,175 00
$2,850 00

state Ex-
,100 00 ?miner8 0f
' Plumbers.

2,000 00
$3,100 00

Service of the Department of Industrial Accidents.

413 For personal services of members of the board, a sum

not exceeding thirty-nine thousand dollars . . $39,000 00

414 For personal services of secretaries, medical adviser,

inspectors, clerks and office assistants, a sum not
exceeding one hundred twenty-eight thousand
dollars 128,000 00

415 For expenses of impartial examinations, a sum not

exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars . . 25,000 00

416 For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding eight

thousand dollars 8,000 00

417 For other services, printing the annual report, neces-

sary office supplies and equipment, a sum not ex-
ceeding twelve thousand three hundred and fifty
dollars 12,350 00

Department of

Industrial

Accidents.

Total

$212,350 00

Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.

418 For the salaries of the commissioner, assistant and

associate commissioners, a sum not exceeding

twenty thousand five hundred dollars . . $20,500 00

419 For clerical and other assistance to the commissioner,

a sum not exceeding forty-nine hundred and fifty

dollars 4,950 00

420 For personal services for the inspectional service, a

sum not exceeding one hundred thirty-three thou-
sand dollars 133,000 00

421 For personal services for the statistical service, a

sum not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars . 45,000 00

422 For clerical and other personal services for the

operation of free employment offices, a sum not
exceeding fifty-seven thousand five hundred
dollars . . 57,500 00

423 For clerical and other assistance for the board of

concihation and arbitration, a sum not exceeding

fifteen thousand dollars ..... 15,000 00

424 For personal services of investigators, clerks and

stenographers for the minimum wage service, a
sum not exceeding fourteen thousand five hundred
and fifty dollars 14,550„00

Department of
Labor and
Industries.

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Department of
Labor and
Industries.

Item

425
426

427

428

429

430

431

432

Massachusetts

Industrial

Commission.

433

434

Department
of Mental
Diseases.

435
436

437

438

For compensation and expenses of wage boards, a

sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars $2,500 00

For personal services for the division of standards,
a sum not exceeding thirty-two thousand five
hundred dollars 32,500 00

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 ofiice supplies and equipment for
the inspectional service, a sum not exceeding
thirty-four thousand dollars .... 34,000 00

For services other than personal, printing reports
and pubUcations, traveling expenses and office
supphes and equipment for the statistical service,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars . . 10,000 00

For rent, necessary office supphes and equipment for
the free employment offices, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars ..... 15,000 00

For other services, printing, traveling expenses and
office supplies and equipment for the board of
conciliation and arbitration, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars .... 3,500 00

For services other than personal, printing, traveling
expenses and office supplies and equipment for
minimum wage service, a sum not exceeding
thirty-five hundred dollars .... 3,500 00

For other services, printing, traveling expenses and
office supplies and equipment for the division of
standards, a sum not exceeding eight thousand
dollars 8,000 00

Total $399,500 00

Massachusetts Industrial Commission:
For personal services, including the employment of
experts for services authorized under section nine
B of chapter twenty-three of the General Laws,
inserted by section one of chapter three hundred
and fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine, and for completing the investi-
gation authorized by chapter fifty-four of the re-
solves of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, a
sum not exceeding twenty-three thousand dollars $23,000 00
For other services and expenses, including office
supplies and travel, a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand dollars 12,000 00

Total $35,000 00

Service of the Department of Mental Diseases.

For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not

exceeding nine thousand dollars . . . $9,000 00

For personal services of officers and employees, a
sum not exceeding one hundred seven thousand
dollars 107,000 00

For transportation and medical examination of state
charges under its charge for the present year and
previous years, a sum not exceeding fourteen
thousand dollars 14,000 00

For the support of state charges boarded in families
under its charge, or temporarily absent under its
authority, for the present year and previous years,
a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars , . 5,000 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

113

Item

439
440

441

442

443

444

For the support of state charges in the Hospital
Cottages for Children, a sum not exceeding
eighteen thousand dollars . . . . $18,000 00

For other services, including printing the annual
report, traveling expenses and office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding nineteen thou-
sand dollars 19,000 00

Total $172,000 00

Division of Mental Hygiene:
For the expenses of investigating the nature, causes
and results of mental diseases and defects and the
publication of the results thereof; and of what
further preventive or other measures might be
taken and what further expenditures for investi-
gation might be made which would give promise
of decreasing the number of persons afflicted with
mental diseases or defects; and for making a
survey of the feeble-minded within the common-
wealth and an estimate of the number requiring
hospital or custodial care or training such as the
institutions for the feeble-minded are especially
equipped to give, a sum not exceeding eighty-
three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose . . . $83,150 00

Psychiatric examinations :
For services and expenses of psychiatric examina-
tions of prisoners, a sum not exceeding sixty-five
thousand dollars $65,000 00

New Metropolitan Hospital:

For the maintenance of the new Metropolitan hos-
pital, a sum not exceeding three hundred thirty-
five thousand dollars $335,000 00

For the further development of the new Metropoli-
tan hospital, a sum not exceeding seven hundred
forty thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to and for the same general purposes as appro-
priations previously made .... 740,000 00

Department
of Mental
Diseases.

Division of

Mental

Hygiene.

Psychiatric
esaminations.

New Metropol-
itan Hospital.

Total

$1,075,000 00

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the Department of Mental Diseases:

445 Boston psychopathic hospital, a sum not exceeding

two hundred fifty-three thousand two hundred

and fifty dollars $253,250 00

446 Boston state hospital, a sum not exceeding eight

hundred fifty-six thousand five hundred and eighty

dollars 856,580 00

447 For renewing and enlarging certain steam lines at

the Boston state hospital, a sum not exceeding
twenty-seven thousand four hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 27,400 00

448 (This item omitted.)

448a For the construction and equipment of buildings to
accommodate eighty employees, including dining-
room facilities, for the construction of small office
accommodations, for the erection of a greenhouse,
and for the tearing down and removal of certain
structures, at the Boston state hospital, a sum not
exceeding one hundred fifty-eight thousand dollars 158,000 00

Institutions
under control
of Department
of Mental

Boston psycho-
pathic hospital.

Boston state
hospital.

114

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Boston state
hospital.

Item
449
450

Danvers state
hospital.

451

452

453

Foxborough
state hospital.

Gardner
state colony.

454

455

456

457

458

459

460

461

462
463

464

465

(This item omitted.)

(This item omitted.)

The unexpended l^alance of the appropriation made
by item four hundred and forty-seven of chapter
one hundred and twenty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight, for the construc-
tion and equipment of an administration building
for the Boston state hospital, is hereby reap-
propriated.

Danvers state hospital, a sum not exceeding seven
hundred fifty-eight thousand two hundred and
ninety dollars $758,290 00

For the construction of an officer's cottage at the
Danvers state hospital, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars 6,000 00

For the renovation of what is known as the rear
center of the Danvers state hospital, including
improvements for kitchen, dining-room, chapel
and other facilities, at a cost not to exceed three
hundred thousand dollars, of which sum two hun-
dred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated in
anticipation of a further sum of one hundred
thousand dollars to be appropriated in the fiscal
year nineteen hundred and thirty-one . . . 200,000 00

For the changing and renovation of steam lines at
the Danvers state hospital, a sum not exceeding
six thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 6,000 00

Foxborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
four hundred twenty-nine thousand three hun-
dred dollars 429,300 00

For the construction of verandas on the female ward
buildings at the Foxborough state hospital, a sum
not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars . . 35,000 00

For constructing and furnishing a nurses' home at
the Foxborough state hospital, a sum not exceed-
ing eighty-two thousand five hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to the appropriation made
in nineteen hundred and twenty-nine for a build-
ing for employees at said hospital . . . 82,500 00

For the construction, and equipment of a group of
buildings at the farm colony of the Foxborough
state hospital for the housing of patients and em-
ployees, a sum not exceeding one hundred five
thousand dollars . . . . . 105,000 00

For the construction of a paint shop at the Fox-
borough state hospital, a sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars 2,000 00

For furnishings for the employees' building at the
Foxborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
eleven thousand dollars ..... 11,000 00

For furnishings for an officer's cottage at the Fox-
borough state hospital, a sum not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars 1,500 00

Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding four hun-
dred sixty-five thousand six hundred dollars . 465,600 00

For the construction of a building for use of the
printing industry at the Gardner state colony, a
sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars . . 10,000 00

For the construction of an employees' cottage at the
Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand dollars 12,000 00

For the construction of two cottages for ofiicers at
the Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars 10,000 00

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 115.

115

Item
466

467

468

469
470

471

472
473

474
475
476

477

478
479

480

481

482

483

484

485

For the construction of a hospital building at the
Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding one
hundred fifty thousand dollars ....

For the installation of a fire alarm system at the
Gardner state colony, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars ......

For the construction of a cow barn at the Gardner
state colony, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars ........

Grafton state hospital, a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred ninety-eight thousand eight hundred dollars .

For the construction and furnishing of a chapel and
recreation building at the Grafton state hospital,
a sum not exceeding eighty thousand dollars

For the construction of a horse barn at the Grafton
state hospital, a sum not exceeding eight thousand
dollars ........

For the purchase of certain land for the Grafton
state hospital, a sum not exceeding six hundred
dollars ........

For building additional sewer beds at the Grafton
state hospital, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

Medfield state hospital, a sum not exceeding six
hundred sixty-two thousand four hundred and
thirty dollars .......

For renovating certain bath and toilet facilities at
the Medfield state hospital, a sum not exceeding
ten thousand dollars .....

For the construction of two cottages for officers at
the Medfield state hospital, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand dollars .....

For the completion of the piggery at the Medfield
state hospital, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars ........

(This item omitted.)

Northampton state hospital, a sum not exceeding
five hundred eleven thousand eight hundred dollars

For the purchase of equipment necessary in connec-
tion with the purchase of power by the Northamp-
ton state hospital, a sum not exceeding eighty-five
hundred dollars ......

For the construction of a ward building for patients
at the Northampton state hospital, a sum not ex-
ceeding one hundred eighty-five thousand dollars .

For the purchase of additional land for the North-
ampton state hospital in consideration of land sold
under authority contained in chapter four hun-
dred and sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-two, a sum not exceeding seventy-
five thousand dollars .....

For the construction of a pavilion for recreation at
the Northampton state hospital, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand dollars ....

Taunton state hospital, a sum not exceeding five
hundred ninety-six thousand nine hundred and
twenty dollars ......

For the purchase of equipment for use in the chapel,
dining-room and kitchen at the Taunton state
hospital, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars,
the same to be in addition to the amount appro-
priated by item four hundred and sixty-two of
chapter one hundred and forty-six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine .

Gardner
state colony.

Grafton
state hospital.

Medfield state
hospital.

$150,000 00

5,000 00

10,000 00
598,800 00

80,000 00

8,000 00

600 00

3,000 00

662,430 00

10,000 00

12,000 00

3,000 00

Northampton
511,800 00 state hospital.

8,500 00
185,000 00

75,000 00
10,000 00

Taunton
state hospital.

596,920 00
10,000 00

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Taunton
state hospital.

Item
486

487

488

489

Westborough
state hospital.

Worcester
state hospital.

Monson
state hospital.

490

491

492

493

494

495

496

497

498

499

500

501

502

503

For the construction of a cottage for officers at the
Taunton state hospital, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars $6,000 00

For the construction and furnishing of a superin-
tendent's house at the Taunton state hospital, a
sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand dollars . 21,000 00

For remodehng certain spaces now used as dining-
rooms at the Taunton state hospital, a sum not
exceeding sixty-four hundred dollars . . . 6,400 00

For the construction of garages at the Taimton state
hospital, to be used by employees on a monthly
rental basis, a sum not exceeding three thousand
dollars . 3,000 00

The unexpended balance of the appropriation for
the purchase of land for the Taunton state hos-
pital, made by item four hundred and seventy-
three a of chapter one hundred and twenty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, is hereby reappropriated.

Westborough state hospital, a sum not exceeding
five hundred eighty thousand nine hundred and
forty doUars 580,940 00

For the construction and equipment of a group of
buildings at the farm colony of the Westborough
state hospital for the housing of patients and
employees, a sum not exceeding one hundred
five thousand dollars 105,000 00

For the construction of a garage at the Westborough
state hospital, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars 5,000 00

For the purchase of certain pumping equipment for
the Westborough state hospital and the housing
for same, a sum not exceeding twenty-two thou-
sand dollars . 22,000 00

For renovating the building at the Westborough
state hospital known as the Warren House, a
sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars . 12,000 00

For renovating . the building at the Westborough
state hospital known as the Houghton House, a
sum not exceeding four thousand dollars . . 4,000 00

Worcester state hospital, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred sixty thousand two hundred and ten
dollars 860,210 00

For unproving the heating system at the Worcester
state hospital, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars 10,000 00

For the purchase and installation of a new boiler at
the Worcester state hospital, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand five hundred dollars . . 13,500 00

Monson state hospital, a sum not exceeding four
hundred ninety-one thousand eight hundred and
fifty dollars . . . . . . . 491,850 00

For the construction and equipment of a reception
building at the Monson state hospital, a sum not
exceeding one hundred thousand dollars . 100,000 00

For the construction and furnishing of a female
nurses' home at the Monson state hospital, a sum
not exceeding sixty thousand dollars . . . 60,000 00

For the construction of a garage at the Monson state
hospital, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars . 5,000 00

For the construction of an officer's cottage at the
Monson state hospital, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars 6,000 00

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117

Item

504 For the construction of a piggery at the Monson

state hospital, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars ........

505 For the construction of a shop for the carpenters and

painters at the Monson state hospital, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand dollars ....
605a For the expense of additional water supply at the
Monson state hospital, a sum not exceeding
eighty-five hundred dollars ....

506 Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding four

hundred ten thousand two hundred dollars

507 For the expense of building walks and of grading

at the Belchertown state school, a sum not ex-
ceeding two thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

508 For extension of the water and sewerage system at

the Belchertown state school, a sum not exceed-
ing fifteen thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

509 For the expense of constructing certain tunnels at

the Belchertown state school, a sum not exceed-
ing thirteen thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

510 For the construction of a boys' dormitory at the

Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding
one hundred thousand dollars ....

511 For the construction of an industrial building at

the Belchertown state school, a sum not exceed-
ing fifty thousand dollars ....

512 For the construction of a nursery building at the

Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding
fifty-nine thousand dollars ....

513 For the construction of a building for mechanical

work at the Belchertown state school, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand dollars . . .

514 For the construction of a cottage for employees at

the Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding
thirty thousand dollars .....

515 For the purchase of certain land for the Belchertown

state school, a sum not exceeding forty-nine hun-
dred dollars .......

516 For the purchase and installation of a new boiler at

the Belchertown state school, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand dollars . . .

517 For furnishings and equipment for the hospital

building at the Belchertown state school, a sum
not exceeding nineteen thousand five hundred
dollars ........

518 For the construction of a greenhouse at the Belcher-

town state school, a sum not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars ......

519 Walter E. Fernald state school, a sum not exceeding

six hundred forty-seven thousand four hundred
and fifty dollars ......

520 For the construction of a kitchen and dining-room

building at the Walter E. Fernald state school, a
sum not exceeding one hundred fifty thousand
dollars ........

521 For the expense of providing additional employees'

quarters at the Walter E. Fernald state school, a
sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars .

Monson
state hospital

$5,000 00

10,000 00

8,500 00

Belchertown
410,200 00 state school.

2,000 00

15,000 00

13,000 00
100,000 00
50,000 00
59,000 00
10,000 00
30,000 00
4,900 00
13,000 00

19,500 00
1,500 00

Walter E.
Fernald
647,450 00 state school.

150,000 00
40,000 00

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Acts, 1930. —Chap. 115.

Walter E.
Fernald
state school.

Wreatham
state school.

Item
522

523

524

525

526

527
528

529

530

531

532

533

New School
for Feeble-
minded.

Department
of Correction.

534

For the construction of a building for mechanical
work at the Walter E. Fernald state school, a
sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars

For the purchase of equipment for the storehouse at
the Walter E. Fernald state school, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand dollars

For the installation of certain equipment needed in
connection with the purchase of power for the
Walter E. Fernald state school, a sum not exceed-
ing fifteen thousand dollars ....

For the purchase of certain land for the Walter E.
Fernald state school, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five thousand five hundred dollars

For the purchase of laundry machinery for the
Walter E. Fernald state school, a sum not ex-
ceeding ten thousand dollars ....

Wrentham state school, a sum not exceeding five
hundred thirty-two thousand and fifty dollars .

For the construction and equipment of a children's
clinical building at the Wrentham state school, a
sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars .

For the construction of a nursery building at the
Wrentham state school, a sum not exceeding fifty
thousand dollars ......

For improving and remodeling the service building
at the Wrentham state school, a sum not exceed-
ing forty thousand dollars ....

For the purchase of certain land at the Wrentham
state school, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars ........

For furnishings for the nursery building at the Wren-
tham state school, a sum not exceeding six thou-
sand dollars .......

For the construction of a piggery at the Wrentham
state school, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars ........

Total

$10,000 00
10,000 00

15,000 00

25,500 00

10,000 00
532,050 00

50,000 00

50,000 00

40,000 00

10,000 00

6,000 00

4,000 00
$11,032,970 00

New School for Feeble-minded :
For expenses incidental to the selection of a site and
the purchase of land or options thereon for a new
school for the feeble-minded, a sum not exceeding
fifty thousand dollars .....

$50,000 00

Service of the Department of Correction.

535 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-

ceeding six thousand dollars .... $6,000 00

536 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 eighty-eight thousand eight hundred
dollars 88,800 00

537 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, necessary office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding seventy-five
hundred dollars 7,500 00

538 For traveling expenses of officers and employees of

the department when required to travel in the
discharge of their duties, a sum not exceeding
thirteen thousand dollars 13,000 GO

539 P'or the removal of prisoners, to and from state

institutions, a sum not exceeding nine thousand

dollars 9,000 00

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119

Item
540

541

542
543

544
545

546

547

548

549

550

551

552

553

554
555

For assistance to discharged prisoners, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars ....

For the expense of the service of what is known as
the Central Index, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars .......

Total

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the following institutions under the
control of the Department of Correction:

State farm, a sum not exceeding six hundred ninety-
four thousand three hundred dollars .

For the expense of installing new boilers and fire-
proofing the roof of the boiler house at the state
farm, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand dollars

State prison, a sum not exceeding four hundred
twenty-four thousand three himdred dollars

Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceeding
four hundred forty-three thousand two hundred
dollars ........

For the purchase of certain land for the Massachu-
setts reformatory, a sum not exceeding three thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item five hundred and
nine of chapter one hundred and forty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine .

For the expense of constructing additional sewage
disposal works at the Massachusetts reformatory,
a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars .

Prison camp and hospital, a sum not exceeding
seventy-five thousand nine hundred and eighty
dollars ........

Reformatory for women, a sum not exceeding one
hundred seventy-eight thousand five hundred and
twenty dollars ......

For the town of Framingham, according to a con-
tract for sewage disposal at the reformatory for
women, the sum of six hundred dollars

For the cost of draining certain land, including
dredging the channel of the main brook below the
property of the reformatory for women, a sum
not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....

For the cost of constructing a concrete wall and floor
for the coal pocket at the reformatory for women,
a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars

For the expense of building a new piggery at the re-
formatory for women, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five hundred dollars .....

State prison colony, a sum not exceeding ninety-two
thousand six hundred dollars ....

For continuing the work at the state prison colony
of construction of buildings and purchase of cer-
tain land, for grading, and for any necessary ex-
penditure in connection with the development of
said colony, a sum not exceeding one hundred
twenty-five thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

Total

Department
$1,000 00 of Correction.

1,000 00

Institutions
under control
of Department
of Correction.

State farm.

State prison.

Massachusetts
reformatory.

$126,300 00

$694,300 00

30,000 00
424,300 00

443,200 00

3,000 00

10,000 00

75,980 00

178,520 00

600 00

2,500 00
6,000 00
2,500 00

state prison
92,600 00 colony.

Prison camp
and hospital.

Reformatory
for women.

125,000 00
$2,088,500 00

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Item

Department of
Public Welfare.

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.

Administration:
556 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars .... $6,000 00
Administration. 557 For personal services of officers and employees and
supervision of homesteads and planning boards, a
sum not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars . 45,000 00

558 For services other than personal, printing the annual

report, traveling expenses, including expenses of
auxiliary visitors, office supplies and expenses,
and contingent expenses for the supervision of
homesteads and planning boards, a sum not ex-
ceeding sixty-three hundred dollars . . 6,300 00

559 For an investigation and survey to ascertain the

number of crippled children in the common-
wealth who are not receiving the benefit of treat-
ment at the Massachusetts hospital school, a
sum not exceeding six thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose .... 6,000 00

Total $63,300 00

Division of
Aid and
Relief.

Division of Aid and Relief:

560 For personal services of officers and employees, a

sum not exceeding one hundred twenty-four thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . . $124,000 00

561 For services other than personal, including traveling

expenses and office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding twenty-two thousand five hundred
dollars 22,500 00

562 For the transportation of indigent persons under the

charge of the department, for the present year and
previous years, a sum not exceeding seventy-five
hundred dollars 7,500 00

Reimbursement 563
of cities and
towns for
payment of
certain aid, etc. 564

565

566
567

The following items are for reimbursement of cities
and towns for expenses of the present year and
previous years, and are to be in addition to any
amounts heretofore appropriated for the purpose :

For the payment of suitable aid to mothers with
dependent children, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred forty thousand dollars . . . 840,000 00

For the burial by cities and towns of indigent persons
who have no legal settlement, a sum not exceeding
seven thousand dollars ..... 7,000 00

For expenses in connection with smallpox and other
diseases dangerous to the public health, a sum not
exceeding seventy-eight thousand dollars . . 78,000 00

For the support of sick indigent persons who have
no legal settlement and for cases of wife settle-
ment, a sum not exceeding eighty thousand dollars 80,000 00

For temporary aid given to indigent persons with no
legal settlement, and to shipwrecked seamen by
cities and towns, a sum not exceeding one million
and twenty-five thousand dollars

Total

1,025,000 00
$2,184,000 00

Division of 568

Child Guard-
ianship.

Division of Child Guardianship:
For personal services of ofiicers and employees, a sum
not exceeding one hundred eighty-seven thousand
six hundred dollars ......

$187,600 00

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121

Item
569

570

571

572

573

574

575

576

577

578

579

For services other than personal, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding thirty-eight hun-
dred dollars $3,800 00

For tuition in the public schools, including trans-
portation to and from school, of children boarded
by the department, for the present and previous
years, a sum not exceeding one hundred ninety
thousand dollars . . . . . . 190.000 00

For the care and maintenance of children, for the
present and previous years, a sum not exceeding
one million one hundred thousand dollars . 1,100,000 00

Total $1,481,400 00

Division of
ChUd Guard-
ianship.

580
581

Division of Juvenile Training, Trustees of Massa-
chusetts Training Schools :

For services of the secretary and certain other per-
sons employed in the executive office, a sum not
exceeding fourteen thousand five hundred and ten
dollars . . . . . . . .

For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, travehng and other expenses of
the members of the board and employees, office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
thirty-seven hundred dollars ....

Boys' Parole:

For personal services of agents in the division for
boys paroled and boarded in families, a sum not
exceeding thirty-seven thousand eight hundred
and ninety dollars ......

For services other than personal, including traveling
expenses of the agents and boys, and necessary
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
twenty-one thousand five hundred dollars .

For board, clothing, medical and other expenses in-
cidental to the care of boys, a sum not exceeding
twenty thousand dollars . . . .

Girls' Parole:

For personal services of agents in the division for
girls paroled from the industrial school for girls, a
sum not exceeding thirty thousand six hundred
and fifty dollars ......

For traveling expenses of said agents for girls
paroled, for board, medical and other care of girls,
and for services other than personal, office supphes
and equipment, a sum not exceeding fifteen thou-
sand four hundred dollars .....

Tuition of children:
For reimbursement of cities and towns for tuition of
children attending the pubhc schools, a sum not
exceeding six thousand dollars ....

Total

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 :
Industrial school for boys, a sum not exceeding one
hundred sixty-six thousand five hundred dollars .
Industrial school for girls, a sum not exceeding one
hundred fifty-seven thousand dollars

Division of
Juvenile Train-
ing, Trustees of
ttiA cm nn Massachusetts
$14,510 00 Training
Schools.

3,700 00

Boys' Parole.

37,890 00

21,500 00
20,000 00

30,650 00
15,400 00

6,000 00
$149,650 00

Girls' Parole.

Tuition of
children.

Institutions
under control
of Massachu-
setts train-
ing schools.

Industrial
$166,500 00 school for boys.
Industrial
157,000 00 school for girls.

122

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Lyman school
for boys.

Item

582

583

684

585

Lyman school for boys, a sum not exceeding two

hundred fifty-one thousand nine hundred dollars $251,900 00

For the expense of improvements in the power plant
building at the Lyman school for boys, a sum not
exceeding eight thousand dollars . . . 8,000 00

For the construction and equipment of a building
for chapel and assembly purposes at the Lyman
school for boys, a sum not exceeding fifty thou-
sand dollars . 50,000 00

For the construction and equipment of a brick cot-
tage at the Lyman school for boys, a sum not
exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars .

Total

55,000 00
$688,400 00

Massachusetts

Hospital

School.

Massachusetts Hospital School :

586 For the maintenance of the Massachusetts hospital

school, to be expended with the approval of the
trustees thereof, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars $201,660 00

587 For the construction and equipment of a cottage for

convalescent children, a sum not exceeding fifty
thousand dollars ......

Total

50,000 00
$251,660 00

State Infirmary:
State In- 588 For the maintenance of the state infirmary, to be

firmary. expended with the approval of the trustees thereof,

a sum not exceeding one million thirty-two
thousand nine hundred dollars . . $1,032,900 00

589 For completing the building to be used as a ma-

ternity ward, a sum not exceeding twenty thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose . 20,000 00

590 For the construction of an addition to the men's

hospital, a sum not exceeding seventy thousand

dollars 70,000 00

591 For the construction of an addition to the laundry

building, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars 6,000 00

592 For the construction of a building for industries, a

sum not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars . 45,000 00

593 For the construction of a building for storage

purposes, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand

dollars . . 20,000 00

594 For the purchase of certain land to protect the source

of water supply, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose 2,000 00

595 For the expense of improving walks and driveways,

a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars . 4,000 00

596 For certain improvements in the women's hospital,

a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars . 20,000 00

Total

$1,219,900 00

Service of the Department of Public Health.

Administration :
597 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-five hundred dollars . . . $7,500 00
Administration. 598 For personal services of the health council and office
assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand
six hundred and fifty dollars .... 20,650 00

Department of
Public Health.

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123

Item

599

600

601

602

603
604

605

606

607

608

609

610

611

612

613

For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars ......

Service of Adult Hygiene (cancer):
For personal services of the division, including

cancer clinics, a sum not exceeding thirty-nine

thousand seven hundred dollars
For other expenses of the division, including cancer

clinics, a sum not exceeding thirty-seven thousand

dollars ........

For the care of radium after purchase, as authorized

by chapter three himdred and twentj^-eight of the

acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, a sum

not exceeding ten thousand dollars

Service of Child Hj'giene:

For personal services of the director and assistants,
a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars

For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing twenty thousand dollars ....

Service of Maternal and Child Hygiene:
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 twenty thousand two hundred dollars .
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
exceeding thirteen thousand five hundred dollars

Division of Communicable Diseases :
For personal services of the director, district health
officers and their assistants, epidemiologists, bac-
teriologist and assistants in the diagnostic labora-
tory, a sum not exceeding seventy-one thousand
dollars ........

For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
laboratory, office and other necessary supplies,
including the purchase of animals and equipment,
and rent of certain offices, a sum not exceeding
twenty-one thousand five hundred dollars .

Venereal Diseases:

For personal services for the control of venereal dis-
eases, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand two
hundred dollars ......

For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars

Wassermann Laboratory:
For personal services of the Wassermann laboratory, a

sum not exceeding sixteen thousand five hundred

dollars ........

For expenses of the Wassermann laboratory, a sum

not exceeding fifty-seven hundred dollars .

Antitoxin and Vaccine Laboratories:
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 sixty-
seven thousand seven hundred dollars

Department of
Public Health.

Administration.

$15,000 00

39,700 00

Service of
Adult Hygiene
(cancer)

37,000 00

10,000 00

Service of
40,000 00 Child Hygiene.

20,000 00

Service of
Maternal and
Child Hygiene.

20,200 00

13,500 00

Division of

Communicable

Diseases.

71,000 00

21,500 00

12,200 00
32,500 00

16,500 00
5,700 00

67,700 00

Venereal

Wassermann
Laboratory.

Antitoxin and

Vaccine

Laboratories.

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Antitoxin and

Vaccine

Laboratories.

Item

614

For other services, supplies, materials and equip-
ment necessary for the production of antitoxin
and other materials as enumerated above, a sum
not exceeding forty-one thousand five hundred
dollars ........

$41,500 00

Inspection
of Food
and Drugs.

Inspection of Food and Drugs:

615 For personal services of the director, analysts, in-

spectors and other assistants, a sum not exceeding

fifty thousand five hundred dollars . . . 50,500 00

616 For other services, including traveling expenses,

supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not

exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . . 15,000 00

Shellfish

Enforcement

Law.

Water Supply
and Disposal
of Sewage,
Engineering
Division.

Water Supply
and Disposal
of Sewage,
Division of
Laboratories.

Shellfish Enforcement Law:

617 For personal services for administering the law rela-

tive to shellfish, a sum not exceeding twenty-one

hundred and sixty dollars .... 2,160 00

618 For other expenses for administering the law relative

to shellfish, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred

dollars 1,200 00

Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage, Engineer-
ing Division:

619 For personal services of the director, engineers, clerks

and other assistants, a sum not exceeding sixty-
eight thousand dollars 68,000 00

620 For other services, including traveling expenses, sup-

plies, materials and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing nineteen thousand dollars .... 19,000 00

Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage, Division
of Laboratories:

621 For personal services of laboratory director, chem-

ists, clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceed-
ing forty-two thousand dollars .... 42,000 00

622 For other services, including traveUng expenses,

supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not

exceeding eight thousand dollars . . . 8,000 00

Total $698,010 00

Division of
Tuberculosis.

Division of Tuberculosis :

623 For personal services of the director, stenographers,

clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceeding

forty thousand seven hundred dollars . . . $40,700 00

624 For services other than personal, including printing

the annual report, travehng expenses and oflRce
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand six hundred and sixty dollars . . 10,660 00

625 To cover the payment of certain subsidies for the

maintenance of hospitals for tubercular patients,
a sum not exceeding two hundred sixty-three
thousand dollars 263,000 00

626 For personal services for certain children's clinics

for tuberculosis, a sum not exceeding forty-eight

thousand four hundred dollars .... 48,400 00

627 For other services for certain children's cUnics for

tuberculosis, a sum not exceeding twenty-nine

thousand six hundred dollars .... 29,600 00

Total

$392,360 00

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125

Item

For the maintenance of and for certain improve-
ments at the sanatoria, as follows :

628 Lakeville state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding

two himdrcd sixty-three thousand four hundred
dollars ........

629 For the construction and furnishing of a house for

the superintendent at the Lakeville state sana-
torium, a sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand
dollars ........

630 For alterations and improvements in the superin-

tendent's apartment and elsewhere in the adminis-
tration building at the Lakeville state sanatorium,
a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand dollars .

631 For furnishings and equipment for the children's

building at the Lakeville state sanatorium, a sum
not exceeding ten thousand dollars .

632 For additional fire protection at the Lakeville state

sanatorium, a sum not exceeding nine thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

633 For settlement of claims on account of the construc-

tion of a water supply system at the Lakeville
state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding sixty-eight
hundred dollars ......

634 North Reading state sanatorium, a sum not exceed-

ing two hundred forty-six thousand dollars

635 For alterations and equipment for the power house

at the North Reading state sanatorium, a sum not
exceeding twenty-one thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose ....

636 For improvements in the water supply and for addi-

tional fire protection at the North Reading state
sanatorium, a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

637 For the expense of an addition and improvements

to the dining-room at the North Reading state
sanatorium, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars ........

638 For the construction of an addition and for furnish-

ings for the nurses' home at the North Reading
state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding twenty
thousand dollars ......

639 For the construction and furnishing of a building for

employees at the North Reading state sanatorium,
a sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars

640 Rutland state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding three

hundred thirty-eight thousand seven hundred
dollars ........

641 For the construction and equipment of a medical

and surgical building at the Rutland state sana-
torium, a sum not exceeding thirty-five thousand
dollars ........

642 For the expense of lightning protection at the Rut-

land state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars ......

643 For the construction of a hay barn and a garage and

for certain equipment for the farm at the Rutland
state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding twenty-two
thousand dollars ......

644 Westfield state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding

two hundred sixty-nine thousand three hundred
and ninety dollars ......

Lakeville state
sanatorium.

$263,400 00

21,000 00

13,000 00
10,000 00

9,000 00

6,800 00

North Reading
246,000 00 forium^''^'

21,000 00

16,000 00

4,000 00

20,000 00

75,000 00

338,700 00

Rutland state
sanatorium.

35,000 00
6,000 00

22,000 00
269,390 00

Westfield state
sanatorium.

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Westfield state
sanatorium.

Pondville

Cancer

Hospital.

Item

645

646

647

648

649

650

651

652

653

Department
of Public
Safety.
Administration.

654
655

656

Division of
State Police.

657

For improving the water supply and for additional
fire protection at the Westfield state sanatorium,
a sum not exceeding sixty-two hundred dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose . . . $6,200 00

For the construction and furnishing of a house for
the superintendent at the Westfield state sanato-
rium, a sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand
dollars 21,000 00

For alterations and improvements to the farm house
at the Westfield state sanatorium, a sum not ex-
ceeding nine thousand dollars .... 9,000 00

For alterations and improvements to the children's
building at the Westfield state sanatorium, a sum
not exceeding eleven thousand dollars . . 11,000 00

For alterations to the administration building at the
Westfield state sanatorium, a sum not exceeding
thirty-eight hundred dollars .... 3,800 00

Total $1,427,290 00

Pondville Cancer Hospital:

For maintenance of the Pondville cancer hospital,
a sum not exceeding two hundred twenty-seven
thousand two hundred dollars . . . . $227,200 00

For furnishings and equipment for the hospital unit
and out-patient department at the Pondville
cancer hospital, a sum not exceeding thirty-two
thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ...... 32,500 00

For the expense of renovating and equipping a
building for recreational purposes at the Pond-
ville cancer hospital, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars ...... 6,000 00

For additional fire protection at the Pondville can-
cer hospital, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 500 00

Total $266,200 00

Service of the Department of Public Safety.
Administration :

For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not ex-
ceeding six thousand dollars ' . . . . $6,000 00

For personal services of clerks and stenographers, a
sum not exceeding fifty-five thousand two hun-
dred dollars . 55,200 00

For contingent expenses^ including printing the
annual report, rent of district offices, supplies and
equipment, and all other things necessary for
the investigation of fires and moving picture
licenses, as required by law, and for expenses of
administering the law regulating the sale and re-
sale of tickets to theatres and other places of
public amusement by the department of public
safety, a sum not exceeding seventy-eight thou-
sand three hundred dollars .... 78,300 00

Division of State Police :
For the salaries of officers, including detectives, a
sum not exceeding three hundred sixty thousand
dollars, of which sum not more than one hundred
ten thousand dollars may be charged to the High-
way Fund 360,000 00

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127

Item

658 For personal services of civilian employees, a sum

not exceeding fifty-four thousand dollars

659 For other necessary expenses of the uniformed

division, a sum not exceeding three hundred sixty
thousand dollars, of whicsh sum not more than one
hundred eleven thousand dollars may be charged
to the Highway Fund .....

For traveling expenses of detectives, a sum not
exceeding nineteen thousand dollars .

For maintenance and operation of the police steamer,
a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars

For personal services, rent, supplies and equip-
ment necessary in the enforcement of provisions
of law relative to explosives and inflammable
fluids and compounds, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars ......

Division of Inspection:

For the salary of the chief of inspections, a sum not
exceeding thirty-nine hundred dollars

For the salaries of officers for the building inspec-
tion service, a sum not exceeding fifty-four thou-
sand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars

For traveUng expenses of officers for the building
inspection service, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars ......

For the salaries of officers for the boiler inspection
service, a sum not exceeding sixty-six thousand
seven hundred dollars . . . .

For traveling expenses of officers for the boiler in-
spection service, a sum not exceeding twenty-three
thousand dollars ......

For services, supplies and equipment necessary for
investigations and inspections by the division, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars

Board of Elevator Regulations :
669 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding one
hundred and fifty dollars .....

Board of Boiler Rules:

For personal services of members of the board, a sum
not e.xceeding one thousand dollars .

For services other than personal and the necessary
traveling expenses of the board, office supplies
and equipment, a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars ........

660
661
662

663
664

665

666

667

668

670
671

672

673
674

$54,000 00

360,000 00
19,000 00
12,000 00

15,000 00

3,900 00
54,825 00
15,000 00
66,700 00
23,000 00

1,000 00

150 00

1,000 00

500 00

Division of
Stute Police.

Division of
Inspection.

Board of Eleva-
tor Regulations.

Board of
Boiler Rules.

Total

$1,125,575 00

Special:
For the cost of constructing necessary buildings for
troop headquarters and for two sub-stations for
the state police, a sum not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars ......

Fire Prevention District Service (the maintenance
of this service, as provided in items 673, 675
and 677, 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
For personal services of fire inspectors, a sum not

exceeding thirty-one thousand two hundred and

thirty dollars .......

Special.

$100,000 00

Fire Prevention
District Service.

State fire
$3,800 00 marshal.

31,230 00

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State fire
marshal.

Item
675

676
677

State Boxing
Commission.

678
679

Department
of Public
Works.

680
681

682

Highways.

683

684

685

686

687

688

For other personal services, a sum not exceeding

twenty thousand five hundred and twenty dollars $20,520 00

For traveling expenses of fire inspectors, a sum
not exceeding thirteen thousand six hundred
dollars 13,600 00

For other services, office rent and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding fifty-
five hundred dollars ..... 5,500 00

Total 3574,650 00

State Boxing Commission:

For compensation and clerical assistance for the state
boxing commission, a sum not exceeding thirteen
thousand six hundred and fifty dollars . . $13,650 00

For other expenses of the commission, a sum not ex-
ceeding fourteen thousand dollars . . . 14,000 00

Total $27,650 00

Service of the Department of Public Works.

The appropriations made in the following three
items are to be paid two thirds from the High-
way Fund and one third from the Port of
Boston receipts:
For the salaries of the commissioner and the asso-
ciate commissioners, a sum not exceeding nine-
teen thousand five hundred dollars . . . $19,500 00
For personal services of clerks and assistants to the
commissioner, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
eight hundred dollars . . . . . 10,800 00
For traveling expenses of the commissioners, a sum
not exceeding four thousand dollars . . . 4,000 00

Total $34,300 00

Functions of the department relating to highways
(the following appropriations, except as other-
wise provided, are made from the Highway
Fund):

For the personal services of the chief engineer, engi-
neers and office assistants, including certain clerks
and stenographers, a sum not exceeding eighty-
three thousand eight hundred dollars . . . $83,800 00

For services other than personal, including printing
pamphlet of laws and the annual report, and
necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding twelve thousand dollars . . 12,000 00

For the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths
on state highways, a sum not exceeding fourteen
thousand dollars . . . . . . 14,000 00

For the construction and repair of town and county
ways, a sum not exceeding two milhon one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars .... 2,150,000 00

For aiding towns in the repair and improvement of
public ways, a sum not exceeding one milhon
dollars . . . . . . . . 1,000,000 00

For the maintenance and repair of state highways,
including care of snow on highways, expenses of
traffic signs and fights, and payment of damages
caused by defects in state highways with the ap-
proval of the attorney general, and for care and
repair of road-building machinery, a sum not
exceeding five million six hundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars 5,650,000 00

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Item

689 For the purpose of enabling the department of pub- Highways.

lie works to secure federal aid for the construction
of highways, a sum not exceeding six million
dollars $6,000,000 GO

690 For administering the law relative to advertising

signs near highwaj's, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars, to be paid from the General
Fund 15,000 00

691 For Daniel O'Connell's Sons Company, in settle-

ment of a claim, the sum of three hundred fifty-five
dollars and fifteen cents. This amount shall be
certified by the comptroller of the commonwealth
only upon the filing of satisfactory releases or
other evidence that tlie payment is accepted in
full compensation on the part of the common-
wealth in respect thereto ..... 355 15

Total $14,925,155 15

Registration of Motor Vehicles:

692 For personal services, a sum not exceeding eight Registration of

hundred ninety thousand dollars, of which sum ten Motor Vehicles.

thousand dollars may be charged to the General

Fund, and the remainder shall be paid from the

Highway Fund $890,000 00

693 For services other than personal, including traveling

expenses, purchase of necessary supplies and ma-
terials, including cartage and storage of the same,
and for work incidental to the registration and
licensing of owners and operators of motor vehicles,
a sum not exceeding five hundred sixty thousand
dollars, to be paid from the Highway Fund . . 560,000 00

694 For printing and other expenses necessary in connec-

tion with publicity for certain safety work, a sum
not exceeding twent)^-five hundred dollars, to be
paid from the Highway Fund .... 2,500 00

Total $1,452,500 00

Special :

695 For the construction and reconstruction of certain Special.

highways, as authorized by chapter three hundred
and sixty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, a sum not exceeding one hundred
seven thousand one hundred dollars, to be paid
from the Highway Fund, and to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose $107,100 00

Functions of the department relating to waterways
and public lands:

696 For personal services of the chief engineer and assist- Department

ants, a sum not exceeding fifty-two thousand waterways and

dollars $52,000 00 public lands.

697 For services other than personal, including printing

pamphlet of laws and the annual report, and for
necessary office and engineering supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars . . . . . . 2,500 00

698 For the care and maintenance of the province lands

and of the lands acquired and structures erected
by the Provincetown tercentenary commission,
a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . . 5,000 00

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Department
relating to
waterwajB and
public lands.

Item

699

700

Specials.

701

702

703

704

705

706

707
70S

709

710

For the maintenance of structures, and for repairing
damages along the coast Hne or river banks of the
commonwealth, and for the removal of wrecks and
other obstructions from tide waters and great
ponds, a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars $40,000 00

For the improvement, development and protection
of rivers and harbors, tide waters 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 one
hundred twenty-five thousand dollars, and any
unexpended balance of the appropriation remain-
ing at the end of the current fiscal year may be
expended in the succeeding fiscal year for the same
purposes; provided, that all expenditures made
for the protection of shores shall be upon condition
that at least fifty per cent of the cost is covered by
contributions from municipalities or other organi-
zations and individuals, and that in the case of
dredging channels for harbor improvements at
least twenty-five per cent of the cost shall be so
covered 125,000 00

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, as amended, a sum not exceeding one thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . 1,000 00

For expenses of surveying certain town boundaries,
by the department of public works, a sum not
exceeding forty-five hundred dollars . . . 4,500 00

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 ten thousand aollars, to be
paid from the Port of Boston receipts . . . 110,000 00

For the maintenance of pier one, at East Boston, a
sum not exceeding eight thousand dollars, to be
paid from the Port of Boston receipts . . . 8,000 00

For the maintenance and improvement of common-
wealth property under the control of the depart-
ment in connection with its functions relating to
waterways and public lands, a sum not exceeding
ninety thousand dollars, to oe paid from the Port
of Boston receipts 90,000 00

For the operation and maintenance of the New Bed-
ford state pier, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars . . . ... . . 5,000 00

For the compensation of dimaping inspectors, a sum

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

For continuing the work in gauging the flow of water
in the streams of the commonwealth, a sum not
exceeding four thousand dollars . . . 4,000 00

Total $452,000 00

Specials :

For dredging channels and filling flats, a sum not
exceeding seventy-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 . . . . . . $75,000 00

For the maintenance and repair of certain property
in the town of PljTnouth, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars 6,000 00

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131

Item
711

For the construction of railroads and piers and for
the development of land at South Boston and
East Boston, a sum not exceeding ten 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.

$10,000 00
$91,000 00

Service of the Department of Public Utilities.

712 For personal services of the commissioners, a sum

not exceeding thirtj'-six thousand dollars, of which
sum one half shall be assessed upon the gas and
electric companies in accordance with existing
provisions of law $36,000 00

713 For personal services of secretaries, employees of

the accounting department, engineering depart-
ment and rate and tariff department, a sum not
exceeding twenty-eight thousand six hundred dol-
lars, of which sum ten thousand five hundred
and twenty dollars shall be assessed upon the gas
and electric companies in accordance with existing
provisions of law 28,600 00

714 For personal services of the inspection department,

a sum not exceeding forty-one thousand one hun-
dred and thirty-five dollars .... 41,135 00

715 For personal services of clerks, messengers and office

assistants, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
eight hundred and eighty-five dollars, of which
sum one half shall be assessed upon the gas and
electric companies in accordance with existing
provisions of law ...... 12,885 00

716 For personal services of the telephone and telegraph

division, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand

eight hundred and eighty dollars . . . 13,880 00

717 For personal services and expenses of special investi-

gations, including legal assistants as needed, a
sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, provided
that in case of emergency this sum may be made
avaUable for expenses in the service of gas and
electric companies ...... 10,000 00

718 For stenograpnic reports of hearings, a sum not

exceeding tnirty-five hundred dollars • . . 3,500 00

719 For traveling expenses of the commissioners and

employees, a sum not exceeding seventy-three

hundred dollars 7,300 00

720 For services other than personal, printing the an-

nual report, office supplies and equipment, a simi

not exceeding forty-eight hundred dollars . . 4,800 00

721 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 $160,600 00

Department of
Public Utilities.

722

723

The following six items are to be assessed upon
the gas and electric companies:

For personal services of the division of inspection of
gas and gas meters, a sum not exceeding twenty-
three thousand five hundred dollars .

For expenses of the division of inspection of gas
and gas meters, including office rent, traveling and
other necessary expenses of inspection, a sum not
exceeding seventy-four hundred dollars

Items to be
assessed upon

«OQ Kr\n nn ^^^ ^^'^ electric
it>ZO,OUU UU companies.

7,400 00

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Items to be
assessed upon
gas and electric
companies.

Item

724
725

726

727

Smoke
Abatement.

728

Sale of
Securities.

729

730

For services and expenses of expert assistants, as
authorized by law, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars . $5,000 00

For other services, printing the annual report, for
rent of offices and for necessary office suppUes and
equipment, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
five hundred dollars 10,500 00

For the examination and tests of electric meters, a

sum not exceeding six hundred dollars . . 600 00

For expenses of the department of public utihties
incurred in the performance of its functions rela-
tive to gas, electric, and water companies and
municipal fighting plants, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand dollars .... 25,000 00

Total $72,000 00

Smoke Abatement:
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 fif-
teen thousand five hundred dollars, the same to
be assessed 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,
as amended $15,500 00

Sale of Securities:

For personal services in administering the law
relative to the sale of securities, a sum not ex-
ceeding thirty thousand five hundred dollars . $30,500 00

For expenses other than personal in administering
the law relative to the sale of securities, a sum not
exceeding seventy-three hundred dollars . . 7,300 00

Total $37,800 00

Bunker Hill
monument,
etc., main-
tenance.

Boulevards
and parkways.

Miscellaneous.

731 For the maintenance of Bunker Hill monument

and the property adjacent, to be expended by
the metropolitan district commission, a sum not
exceeding thirteen thousand dollars . . . $13,000 00

732 For rebuilding steps and walks at the Bunker Hill

monument, to be expended by the metropolitan
district commission, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars 10,000 00

Total $23,000 00

The following six items are to be paid from the
Highway Fund:

733 For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, with

the approval of the metropolitan district com-
mission, a sum not exceeding two hundred sixty-
three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars,
representing the state's portion or one half of
the estimated cost of maintenance . . . $263,650 00

734 For resurfacing of boulevards and parkways, with

the approval of the metropolitan district com-
mission, a sum not exceeding one hundred thou-
sand dollars, representing the state's portion or
one half of the estimated cost of resurfacing . 100,000 00

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133

Item

734a For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, with
' the approval of the metropolitan district com-

mission, to provide for the pa>Tncnt of certain
deficiencies incurred on account of the con-
struction of the Neponset bridge, so-called, the
sum of one hundred eighty-seven dollars and
fifty cents, representing the state's portion or one
quarter of the total deficiencies

735 For the construction of certain boulevards, as au-

thorized by chapter three hundred and thirty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine, a sum not exceeding one hundred eighty-
five thousand five hundred dollars, representing
the remainder of the state's portion of the esti-
mated cost of construction, the same to be in ad-
dition to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose .......

736 For certain improvements in the Charles River

basin, as authorized by chapter three hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, a sum not exceeding one hundred
fifty-five thousand dollars, representing the state's
portion of the cost of such improvements required
for the current year, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ........

737 (This item omitted.)

738 For maintenance of Wellington bridge, with the

approval of the metropolitan district commis-
sion, a sum not exceeding fifty-five hundred dol-
lars ........

Total

Unclassified Accounts and Claims.

739 For the compensation of veterans of the civil war

formerly in the service of the commonwealth,
now retired, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
thousand dollars ......

740 For the compensation of any veteran who may be

retired by. the governor under the provisions of
sections fifty-six to fifty-nine, inclusive, of chap-
ter thirty-two of the General Laws, as amended,
a sum not exceeding eighty-five hundred dollars

741 For the compensation of certain prison officers and

instructors formerly in the service of the com-
monwealth, now retired, a sum not exceeding
thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars

742 For the compensation of state poUce officers for-

merly in the service of the commonwealth, and now
retired, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars

743 For the compensation of certain women formerly

emploj'ed in cleaning the state house, and now
retired, a sum not exceeding nine hundred dollars

Total

For certain other aid:

744 For the compensation of certain public employees

for injuries sustained in the course of their em-
ployment, as provided by section sixty-nine of
chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the General
Laws, as amended, a sum not exceeding thirty
thousand dollars ......

Boulevards
and parkways.

$187 50

185,500 00

Charles River
basin.

155,000 00

Wellington
bridge.

5,500 00

$709,837 50

k

Unclassified
Accounts and
Claims.

$25,000 00

8,500 00

37,500 00

6,000 00

900 00
$77,900 00

Certain
other aid.

$30,000 00

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Certain
other aid.

Reimbursing
officials for
premiums, etc.

Item

745

746

747

748

749

750

For the payment of certain annuities and pensions of
soldiers and others under the provisions of certain
acts and resolves, a sum not exceeding six thou-
sand and ninety-six dollars .... $6,096 00

Total $36,096 00

For reimbursing officials for premiums paid for pro-
curing sureties on their bonds, as provided by
existing laws, a sum not exceeding one hundred
fifty dollars $150 00

For payment in accordance with law of such claims
as may arise in consequence of the death of fire-
men and of persons acting as firemen, from in-
juries received in the discharge of their duties, a
sum'not exceeding thirtj' thousand dollars . . 30,000 00

For payment of any claims, as authorized by section
eighty-nine of chapter thirty-two of the General
Laws, as amended, for allowances to the famiUes
of members of the department of public safety
doing police duty killed or fatally injured in the
discharge of their duties, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars .... 2,500 00

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 . . . 1,000 00

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 . . 1,000 00

Total $34,650 00

Deficiencies.

Deficiencies.

For deficiencies in certain appropriations of pre-
vious years, in certain items, as follows :

Judicial
Department.

Reporter of
Decisions.

Probate and

Insolvency

Courts.

Judicial Deparlmerit.

Reporter of Decisions :
For clerk hire and office supplies, services and equip-
ment, the sum of one hundred eighty-eight dollars
and four cents $188 04

Probate and Insolvency Courts, as follows:
For the compensation of judges of probate when
acting outside their own counties for other judges
of probate, the sum of three hundred five dollars 305 00

For expenses of judges of probate when acting out-
side their own counties for other judges of probate,
as authorized by 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 and by chapter three hundred
and seventy-six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, the sum of two hundred twenty-
two dollars and twenty-three cents . . . 222 23

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135

Item

Seri/ice of the Mililia.

For certain allowances for national guard officers,
as authorized by paragraph {d) of section one
hundred and fortj^-five of chapter thirty-three of
the General Laws, as appearing in chapter four
hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, as amended, said para-
graph (d) having been inserted by section one of
chapter three hundred and seventy-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, the sum
of one hundred eighty-six dollars and ninety-one
cents ........

For pay and transportation of certain boards, the
sum of seventj'-one dollars and thirty-two cents .

Art Commission.

For expenses of the commission, the sum of sixty-
three dollars and thirty-five cents

Department of Education.

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, the sum of seventy-eight hundred
twenty-four dollars and forty-one cents

For the reimbursement of certain towns for the
transportation of pupils attending high schools
outside the towns in which they reside, as provided
by law, the sum of three thousand ninety-three
dollars and twenty-four cents ....

Division of the Blind:
For expenses of providing sight-saving classes, with
the approval of the division of the blind, the sum
of five hundred forty-one dollars and sixty-six
cents ........

Massachusetts Agricultural College:
For the construction of roads, the sum of three hun-
dred seventy-eight dollars and ninety cents

Department of Civil Service and Registration.

Board of Registration in Medicine:
For traveling expenses, the sum of forty-nine dollars
and twenty-seven cents .....

Department of Industrial Accidents.

For other services, printing the annual report,
necessary office supplies and equipment, the sum
of nine hundred forty-one dollars and forty-three
cents ........

For traveling expenses, the sum of three hundred
eighty-five dollars and eight cents

Department of Mental Diseases.

For the maintenance of the Foxborough state hos-
pital, the sum of four hundred and seventy dollars

Department of Correction.

For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, necessary office supplies and
equipment, the sum of seventy-nine dollars and
eighty-seven cents ......

Militia.

$186 91

71

32

Art Com-

63

35

mission.

Department
of Education.

7,824 41

3,093 24

Division of
the Blind.

541 66

Massachusetts
Q7Q on Agricultural
c>/5 yu College.

Department of
49 27 Civil Service
and Regis-
tration.

Department of

Industrial

Accidents.

941 43
385 08

Department of

470 00 *^?°t«l

Diseases.

Department
of Correction.

79 87

136

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

Item

Department
of Public
Welfare.
Tuition of
children.

Boys' Parole.

Department of
Public Works.

Massachusetts
Soldiers' Home.

Metropolitan

District

Commission.

Division of

Metropolitan

Planning.

Nantasket
beach reser-
vation.

Wellington
bridge.

Boulevards
and parkways.

752

753

754
755

756

757

758

759

Department of Public Welfare.

Tuition of children:
For reimbursement of cities and towns for tuition
of children attending the pubhc schools, the sum
of three hundred seventy-seven dollars and
thirty-five cents $377 35

Boys' Parole:
For board, clothing, medical and other expenses
incidental to the care of boys, the sum of seven-
teen hundred sixteen dollars and forty-three cents 1,716 43

Department of Public Works.

For the maintenance and repair of state highways,
including care of snow on highways, expenses of
traffic signs and lights, and payment of damages
caused by defects in state highways with the
approval of the attorney general, and for care and
repair of road-building machinery, the sum of
two hundred thirty-four dollars ana ninety-three
cents, to be paid from the Highway Fund . , 234 93

Massachusetts Soldiers' Home.

For the maintenance of the Soldiers' Home in
Massachusetts, with the approval of the trustees
thereof, the sum of twenty thousand dollars . 20,000 00

Total $37,129 42

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
direction and with the approval of the metro-
pohtan district commission:

For maintenance of the Charles river basin, a sum
not exceeding two hundred nineteen thousand
eight hundred dollars . . _ . . . $219,800 00

For maintenance of park reservations, a sum not
exceeding eight hundred eighty-eight thousand
six hundred dollars 888,600 00

For the expense of holding band concerts, a sum

not exceeding twenty thousand dollars . . 20,000 00

For services and expenses of the division of metro-
politan planning, as authorized by chapter three
hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-three, a sum not exceeding
thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars . . 31,500 00

For maintenance of the Nantasket beach reser-
vation, a sum not exceeding eighty-six thousand
four hundred and fifty dollars .... 86,450 00

For the construction and equipment of a bath house
at the Nantasket beach reservation, a sum not
exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars, to be
paid from the metropolitan parks expense fund 75,000 00

For maintenance of Wellington bridge, a sum not
exceeding sixteen thousand five hundred dollars,
the same to be in addition to the amount appropri-
ated in item seven hundred and thirty-eight . 16,500 00

For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, a
sum not exceeding two hundred sixty-three thou-
sand six hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be
in addition to the amount appropriated in item
seven hundred and thirty-three . . . 263,650 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 115.

137

Item

760

761

762

763

764

765
766

767

768
769

770

For resurfacing of boulevards and parkways, a sum
not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to the amount appropri-
ated in item seven hundred and thirty-four . $100,000 00

For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, to
provide for the payment of certain deficiencies
incurred on account of the construction of the
Neponset bridge, so-called, a sum not exceeding
five hundred sixty-two dollars and fifty cents,
the same to be in addition to the amount appropri-
ated in item seven hundred and thirty-four a . 562 50

For the construction of certain boulevards, as
authorized by chapter three hundred and thirty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine, a sum not exceeding one hundred eighty-
five thousand five hundred dollars, to be in
addition to the amount appropriated in item
seven hundred and thirty-five and to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 185,500 00

For the construction and reconstruction of certain
highways by the department of public works, as
authorized by chapter three hundred and sixty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine, a sum not exceeding one hundred seven
thousand one hundred dollars, to be in addition
to the amount appropriated in item six hundred
and ninety-five and to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 107,100 00

For certain improvements in the Charles river
basin, as authorized by chapter three hundred
and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine, a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred fifty-five tnousand dollars, to be assessed
upon the cities and towns in the metropolitan
parks district in accordance with their taxable
valuations, and to be in addition to the amount
appropriated in item seven hundred and thirty-
six and to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose 155,000 00

(This item omitted)

For the maintenance and operation of a system of
sewage disposal for the north metropolitan sew-
erage district, a sum not exceeding three hundred
fifty-one thousand seven hundred dollars . . 351,700 00

For the maintenance and operation of a system of
sewage disposal for the south metropolitan sewer-
age district, a sum not exceeding two hundred
twenty-six thousand seven hundred dollars . 226,700 00

For the maintenance and operation of the metro-
pohtan water system, a sum not exceeding nine
hundred two thousand four hundred dollars . 902,400 00

For acquiring certain property in the Wachusett
water supply basin, with the approval of the
governor and council, for the protection of the
purity of the water supply, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose . . . . . . 15,000 00

For the construction of an additional Weston aque-
duct supply main, and for the completion of the
duplicate distribution mains for Winthrop and
East Boston, a sum not exceeding four hundred
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose 400,000 00

Boulevards
and parkways.

Construction
of certain
highways.

Improvements
in Charles
river basin.

North metro-
politan sew-
erage district.

South metro-
politan sew-
erage district.

Metropolitan
water system.

Acquisition of
certain property
in Wachusett
water supply
basin.

Additional
Weston aque-
duct supply
main.

138

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 116.

Item
Additional 771 For additional equipment for pumping stations, a

for^pumping s'^™ "°^ exceeding ten thousand dollars .

stations.

Total

General and Highway Funds
MetropoUtan District Commission

$10,000 00
$4,055,462 50

$62,314,792 93
4,055,462 50

Written ap-
proval of
governor and
council required
for certain
expenditures.

Certain allow-
ances included
in appropria-
tions for
maintenance
of certain in-
stitutions.

No payment
to be made
for construction
of public
buildings, etc.,
until plans
have been ap-
proved by
governor.

Department of
education may
sell and convey
certain land
and buildings
in city of
Worcester.

Budget com-
missioner to
send copies of
sections three
and five to
heads of de-
partments, etc.

Section 3. No expenditures in excess of appropriations
provided for under this act shall be incurred by any de-
partment or institution, except in cases of emergency, and
then only upon the prior written approval of the governor
and council.

Section 4. The sums appropriated for maintenance of
certain institutions include allowances for the purchase of
coal to April first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and
balance representing these sums may be carried forward
at the end of the fiscal year.

Section 5. No payment shall be made or obligation in-
curred under authority of any special appropriation made by
this act for construction of public buildings or other im-
provements at state institutions until plans and specifica-
tions have been approved by the governor, unless other-
wise provided by such rules and regulations as the governor
may make.

Section 6. The department of education, with the ap-
proval of the governor, is hereby authorized and directed to
sell and convey land and buildings in the city of Worcester
now occupied and used for the Worcester state normal
school.

Section 7. The budget commissioner is hereby directed
to send a copy of sections three and five of this act to each
departmental, divisional and institutional head immedi-
ately following the passage of this act.

Section 8. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 14, 1930.

Chav.llQ An Act to provide for the city of fitchburg a depart-
ment OF soldiers' relief and state and military

AID under the direction OF A COMMISSIONER.

Department of
soldiers' relief
and state and
military aid
in city of
Fitchburg.

Commissioner
of soldiers'
relief and
state and
military aid,
appointment,
terra.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. In the city of Fitchburg, there shall be a
department of soldiers' relief and state and mihtary aid
under the direction of a commissioner to be appointed as
provided in section two.

Section 2. The mayor of said city shall, as soon as may
be after the passage of this act and annually thereafter
in the month of January, subject to confirmation by the
city council, appoint a commissioner of soldiers' rehef and
state and military aid who shall perform all duties imposed
by law relative to the payment and disbursement of state
aid, military aid and soldiers' rehef. Every such commis-

office.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 117, 118, 119. 139

sioner shall be appointed to serve for a term of one year
and until the qualification of his successor, except the one
first appointed who shall serve only until the qualification of
his successor.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved March 14, 1930.

An Act requiring intelligence offices providing in- nhnjy 117

FORMATION RELATIVE TO EMPLOYMENT OF SEAMEN TO BE ^ '

LICENSED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section forty-one of chapter one hundred and forty of G- l. mo. § 41.
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the '^"^°
fourth line, the words ", except seamen", — so as to read
as follows : — Section 4I • Whoever, without a license there- Penalty for
for, establishes or keeps an intelligence office for the pur- untfce'ifged
pose of obtaining or giving information concerning places of i^'J^^'i'sence
employment for domestics, servants or other laborers, or
for procuring or giving information concerning such persons
for or to employers, or for procuring or giving information
concerning employment in business, shall be punished by a
fine of ten dollars for each day such office is so kept.

Approved March I4, 1930.

An Act authorizing the town of framingham to ap- phn^) 118

PROPRIATE MONEY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR HOLDING ^'

IN SAID TOWN DURING THE CURRENT YEAR THE STATE
CONVENTION OF THE UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Framingham may appropriate Town of
a sum, not exceeding two thousand dollars, for the purpose maTappro™
of providing proper facilities for public entertainment at the p"^*^ inoney
time of the state convention of the United Spanish War faculties for
Veterans to be held in said town during the current year and coite'lftron^of
of paying expenses incidental to such entertainment. Money ^^e United
so appropriated shall be expended under the direction of the Veterans, e'tc.
selectmen of said town.

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

Approved March I4, 1930.

An Act to authorize the town of southbridge to re- fhr.^ 1 1 q

FUND an OVER-ASSESSMENT OF TAXES. ^ *

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Southbridge is hereby author- Town of
ized to refund to Gedeon Gregoire the sum of twelve hun- ma"y refitd^
dred forty dollars and twelve cents on account of an over- anover-

,(., 1 •111'- p,i assessment

assessment 01 taxes and money paid by him m excess of the of taxes.
sum that should have been assessed.

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

Approved March 15, 1930.

140

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 120.

Town of
Walpole may
construct and
operate a
system of
sewers, etc.

May make and
maintain con-
necting drains,
etc.

Board of sewer
commissioners,
election, terms,
etc.

Chap. 120 An Act authorizing the town of walpole to construct

AND OPERATE A SYSTEM OF SEWERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Walpole may lay out, con-
struct, 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 con-
struct such sewers or drains over and under land in said
town as may be necessary to conduct the sewage to and
into 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,
for the purposes aforesaid, the town may, within its limits,
make and maintain sub-drains.

Section 2. The town may make and maintain in any
way therein where main drains or common sewers are con-
structed, such connecting drains, under-drains and sewers
within the limits of such way as may be necessary to con-
nect any estate which abuts upon the way.

Section 3. The town 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 construction hereunder a board of three
sewer commissioners who shall be citizens of the town, to
hold office, if elected at an annual meeting, one until the
expiration 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 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 expiration of three years, from the next succeeding
annual town meeting, and until their successors are quali-
fied; 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 qualified. Any selectman shall be
eligible to election to said board. In either case, whether
the town votes that its selectmen shall act as a board of
sewer commissioners or elects a board of sewer commis-
sioners, the town may, at any time thereafter, by any or
all the methods permitted 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 4, Until the board of sewer commissioners has
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 the work of

Authorized
committee to
carry on work
until board is
elected, etc.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 120. 141

construction authorized hereby, the town may carry on such
work by a duly authorized committee of the town. The com-
mittee shall serve without pay and shall have all the powers
and authority given to the board of sewer commissioners in
this act or by general law. Whenever the phrase "said board "^^^"^ board of
of sewer commissioners" or "said board" hereinafter occurs sioners'or ^
it shall mean and include the board of sewer commissioners, dle'ifiuon.'^'^ '
the selectmen acting as such or the committee of the town
provided for in this section, as the case may be.

Section 5. Said board of sewer commissioners, acting Board may
for and on behalf of said town, may take by eminent do- wttel^Aghia,
main under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, ®*<=-
or acquire by purchase or otherwise, any lands, water rights,
rights of way or easements, pubhc or private, in said town,
necessary for accomplishing any purpose mentioned in this
act, and may construct such main drains, sewers, sub-
drains and underdrains under or over any bridge, railroad,
railway, boulevard or other public way, or within the loca-
tion of any 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 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 6. Any person injured in his property by any Property dam-
action of said board of sewer commissioners under this act ^ses, recovery.
may recover damages from said town under said chapter
seventy-nine.

Section 7. The town shall, by vote, determine what Je"ter"m °ne its
proportion of the cost of said system or systems of sewerage proportion
and sewage disposal the town shall pay; provided, that it °^'=°^*-
shall pay not less than one fourth nor more than two thirds
of the whole cost. In providing for the payment of the re- Proviso.
maining portion of the cost of said system or systems or for
the use of said system or systems, the town may avail itself
of any or all of the methods permitted by general laws, and
the provisions of said general laws relative to the assessment,
apportionment, division, reassessment, abatement and col-
lection of sewer assessments, to liens therefor and to in-
terest thereon, shall apply to assessments made under this
act. At the same meeting at which it determines the pro- To determine
portion of the cost which is to be borne by the town, it may ^roV^idfng^
by vote determine by which of such methods the remaining [fol^of"^^^"'^'
portion of said cost shall be provided for. The collector of
taxes of said town shall certify the payment or payments of
such assessments or apportionments thereof to the sewer
commissioners, or to the selectmen acting as such, who shall
preserve a record thereof.

142

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 120.

May borrow
money, issue
bonds, etc.

Walpole Sewer-
age Loan,
Act of 1930.

Receipts from
sewer assess-
ments, etc.,
how applied.

Board may
appoint a clerk
and a superin-
tendent of
sewers, etc.

Rentals for use
of sewer
systems.

Contracts,
how made.

Rules and
regulations.

Effective upon
publication.

Plans for
system of
sewerage,
approval by
department of
public health.

Section 8. For the purpose of paying the necessary-
expenses and habihties incurred under this act, the town
may borrow such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding,
in the aggregate, five hundred thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words, Walpole Sewerage Loan, Act of 1930. Each
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan. 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.

Section 9. The receipts from sewer assessments and
from payments made in lieu thereof shall be appropriated for
and applied to the payment of charges and expenses inci-
dent to the maintenance and operation of said system of
sewerage and sewage disposal or to the extension 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 10. Said board of sewer commissioners may
annually appoint a clerk and may appoint a superintendent
of sewers who shall not be a member of the board. It may
remove the clerk or superintendent at its pleasure and shall
define their duties. Said board may, at its discretion, pre-
scribe for the users of said sewer system or systems such
annual rentals or charges based upon the benefits derived
therefrom as it may deem proper, subject, however, to such
rules and regulations as may be fixed by vote of the town.

Section 11. All contracts made by the board of sewer
commissioners shall be made in the name of the town and
shall be signed by the board, but no contract shall be made
or obligation incurred by said board for any purpose in
excess of the amount of money appropriated by the town
therefor.

Section 12. Said board may, from time to time, pre-
scribe rules and regulations for the connection of estates
and buildings with main drains and sewers, and for the
inspection of the materials, the construction, alteration and
use of all connections and drains entering into such main
drains or sewers, and may prescribe penalties, not exceeding
twenty dollars, for each violation of any such rule or regu-
lation. Such rules and regulations shall be published at
least once a week for three successive weeks in some news-
paper published in the town of Walpole, if there be any, and
if not, then in some newspaper published in the county of
Norfolk, and shall not take effect until such publications
have been made.

Section 13. No act shall be done under authority of the
preceding sections, except in the making of surveys and other
preliminary investigations, until the plans of said system or
systems of sewerage and sewage disposal have been ap-
proved by the department of public health. Upon appli-
cation to said department for its approval, it shall give a
hearing, after due notice to the pubhc. At such hearing,

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 121, 122. 143

plans showing in detail all the work to be done in construct-
ing said system or systems of sewerage and sewage disposal
shall be submitted for approval by said department.

Section 14. For the purpose of submission to the voters EfTeotive upon
of said town, this act shall take effect upon its passage, and maj^oHty^'vo'te
it shall take full effect upon its acceptance by vote of the °^ voters, etc.
majority of the voters of said town voting thereon at a
town meeting called for the purpose within five years after
its passage. No expenditure shall be made and no liability
incurred hereunder until such acceptance.

Approved March 15, 1930.

An Act providing for the licensing in the city of fhnjy loi

CAMBRIDGE OF OPEN AIR PARKING SPACES AND ESTAB- ^'

LISHMENTS LETTING MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. No person shall engage in the city of Cam- Licensing in
bridge in the business of conducting or maintaining an bridgiS^t^'en
open air parking space or an establishment for letting out air parking
motor vehicles for hire, however computed or determined, ISfislTments
without a Hcense therefor granted by the board of license vehicfes°for°'^
commissioners of said city, hereinafter called the board, t'^e.
The license shall in either case specify all the premises to be
occupied by the licensee for the purpose of conducting the
licensed business. The fee for each such license shall be Fee.
such amount as may be established by the board, and the
board may reasonably classify said licenses and fees. Li- Expiration.
censes granted hereunder shall expire on May first following Suspension or
the date of issue or on such date as may be specified therein, '"''^°'=^*'°°-
and may be suspended or revoked by the board. Whoever, Penalty,
not being licensed, engages in said city in a business required
to be licensed as aforesaid or is concerned therein, or, being
licensed, engages in such business, or is concerned therein,
in any other place than that designated in his license, or
after notice to him that his license has been suspended or
revoked, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one
hundred dollars.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Effective upon

J • J.U J. i_ J. r xi_ 'x •! acceptance.

ance, during the current year, by vote of the city council
of said city, subject to the provisions of its charter.

Approved March 15, 1930.

An Act increasing the amount that may be borrowed QJidj) ]^22

BY the county of DUKES COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CONTRIBUTING TO THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
highway in THE TOWNS OF WEST TISBURY AND CHILMARK.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter one hundred ^^d i^^.^^^^M i.
thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight is hereby amended by striking out, in the seventh
line, the word "twenty-five" and inserting in place thereof

144

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 123.

Dukes County
may borrow
money for
purpose of
contributing to
cost of con-
struction of a
highway in
towns of West
Tisbury and
Chilmark.

Dukes County
Highway Loan,
Act of 1928.

Submission to
county com-
missioners of
Dukes County,
etc.

the word: — thirty, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1.
For the purpose of contributing to the cost of the con-
struction by the state department of public works of a high-
way in the towns of West Tisbury and Chilmark, the county
commissioners of the county 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, thirty
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 1928. 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 com-
missioners. 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 full effect upon its ac-
ceptance during the current year by the county commis-
sioners of the county of Dukes County, but not otherwise.
For the purpose of such acceptance only, it shall take effect
upon its passage. Approved March 15, 1930.

Chap. 123 An Act providing for the elimination of diseased

CATTLE FROM CERTAIN AREAS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section
thirty-three B, inserted by section one of chapter three
hundred and thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-seven, and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 33B. The director may, upon application to him
by not less than seventy-five per cent of the cattle owners
owning cattle permanently kept in any city or town in a
county other than Barnstable, or upon like apphcation by
the owners of eighty-five per cent of such cattle, declare said
city or town a quarantine area and may proceed to test by
the tuberculin test or otherwise all bovine animals within
said area. If the director finds and declares that said city
or town is substantially free from bovine tuberculosis, he
may proclaim it to constitute a modified accredited area
and may prescribe rules and regulations, subject to the ap-
proval of the governor and council, prohibiting the ship-
ment or transportation into the same of any bovine animal
without a permit and health certificate issued by the director
or some officer designated by the director for the purpose.
Whoever violates the terms and conditions of any such
quarantine or any such rule or regulation shall be punished

G.L. 129, §33B,
amended.

Bovine tuber-
culosis test for
all cattle in
certain cities
or towns.

Shipment of
any bovine
animal into a
modified ac-
credited area
prohibited
without permit,
etc.

Penalty.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 124, 125, 126. 145

by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by im-
prisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 2. The provisions of chapter one hundred and ^^Jf ^j,^ P™^^
ninety-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty- continue to
nine shall continue to apply to Barnstable county and the Xb'ie coifnTy!'
towns therein. Approved March 13, 1930. ^tc.

An Act authorizing the city of Gloucester to appropri- (Jfidrf 124

ATE MONEY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR HOLDING IN SAID
CITY DURING THE CURRENT YEAR A CONVENTION OF THE
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY
VETERANS ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Gloucester may appropriate a city of
sum, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, for the pur- fpproprlate'S^^
pose of providing proper facilities for public entertainment ''^^q*^^ ^a"ii*^°
at the time of the convention of the one hundred and fourth jties for holding
United States infantry veterans association, American ex- convention of
peditionary forces, to be held in said city during the current ^'^^i'^^i'f "'
year and of paying expenses incidental to such entertainment. United states
Money so appropriated shall be expended under the direc- Lrans^Msock'-
tion of the mayor of said city. tion American

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage, f^ces! ^°^^^^

Approved March 18, 1930.

An Act authorizing the establishment of a public (JJidj) \25

GOLF course in LYNN WOODS RESERVATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Lynn, acting through its board ^a^eitabii'sh
of park commissioners, may use not more than one hundred a public goif
acres of land in the public park in said city known as Lynn wwdl reserva^
woods reservation for the purpose of establishing and main- *^'°'^-
taining therein a public golf course and may instal and con-
struct on the land so used such equipment, buildings for
shelters, the sale of refreshments and other purposes con-
ducive to its beneficial use by the public for such purpose as
may be necessary, and may charge fees for the use of said
course and for admission thereto.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Effective upon
ance, during the current year, by vote of the board of park ^^^®p*^'*°'=^'
commissioners of the city of Lynn, but not otherwise.

Approved March 18, 1930.

An Act authorizing the county commissioners of the Chav. 12Q

COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE ACCOMMO-
DATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT COURT OF NEWTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purpose of providing court house Middlesex
accommodations and facilities for the district court of mb^o^n^s'^ay
Newton, in the city of Newton, the county commissioners take land, etc..

146

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 127.

adequate ac-
commodations
for district
court of
Newton.

County treas-
urer may
borrow money,
issue bonds,
etc.

Middlesex

County-New-
ton District
Court House
Loan, Act of
1930.

May issue
temporary
notes of
county, etc.

Effective upon

acceptance,

etc.

of Middlesex county may take by eminent domain under
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by
purchase or otherwise, such land as may be necessary, and
may erect on such land a suitable building for the purposes
aforesaid and may equip and furnish the same.

Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the treasurer of
said county, with the approval of the county commissioners,
may borrow from time to time, on the credit of the county,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the ag-
gregate, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words, Middlesex County-Newton Dis-
trict Court House Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be
payable in not more than ten 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
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. The county treasurer, with the approval of
the commissioners, may issue temporary notes of the county,
payable in not more than one year from their dates, in an-
ticipation of the issue of serial bonds or notes under the pre-
ceding section, but the time within which such serial bonds
or notes shall become due and payable shall not, by reason
of such temporary notes, be extended beyond the time fixed
by said section. Any notes issued in anticipation of the
serial bonds or notes shall be paid from the proceeds thereof.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by the county commissioners
of said county, but not otherwise.

Approved March 18, 1930.

Chap. 127 An Act to authorize the city of lowell to pay certain
claims legally unenforceable by reason of failure
to comply with certain provisions of law.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Say ply cw-" SECTION 1. The city of Lowell is hereby authorized to
tain claims appropriate money for the payment of, and to pay, such of
fo?cea^bre"by' the Unpaid bills against said city, listed and recommended
trcompiy w'ith^ ^^^ payment in the report of the finance commission of the
certain provi- city of Lowell ou claims against the city of Lowell con-
tracted in violation of the law, current public document
number one hundred and forty-six, as are legally unenforce-
able against said city by reason of its failure to comply
with the provisions of section twenty-eight or twenty-nine
of chapter forty-three of the General Laws, or section thirty-

gjong of law.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 128, 129. 147

one of chapter three hundred and eighty-three of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-one; and also the claim of
the J. H. Sparks Company for ambulance service furnished
to said city between April twenty-first and May fifteenth,
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, both dates inclusive,
amounting to three hundred and forty-two dollars and
thirty-three cents, the said claim being legally unenforce-
able as aforesaid.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Effective upon
ance during the current year by the city council of said ^^^^p*^"''^-
city, subject to the provisions of its charter.

Approved March IS, 1930.

kii Act authorizing the removal of certain prisoners Chnr) 128

HELD IN JAIL IN NANTUCKET OR DUKES COUNTY TO A JAIL
in BARNSTABLE OR BRISTOL COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Any person who is held in a jail in Nantucket Certain pris-
or Dukes county awaiting action by the grand jury on a "„ jalun'^
charge of crime not capital or awaiting trial in the superior DukesTOu^T
court for said county on an indictment for such a crime may may be
be removed by the commissioner of correction, with the j-aiiTn^Barn-*
approval of the district attorney of the southern district, to BJ?ig[o°count
a jail in Barnstable or Bristol county. Said commissioner etc.
shall, at the request of such district attorney or a justice
of the superior court, cause the person so removed to be
returned to the jail whence he was removed. The proceed-
ings for every such removal shall be the same as for the
removal of sentenced prisoners from one jail or house of
correction to another. The cost of support of a person so
removed and of every such removal shall be paid by the
county whence he is removed.

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

Approved March 19, 1930.

An Act relative to certain deposits by domestic in- Chav 129

SURANCE companies ISSUING POLICIES OF WORKMEN'S
COMPENSATION INSURANCE, IN TRUST TO SECURE THE
SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS THEREUNDER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the g.l. 152, §57,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section amended,
fifty-seven and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 57. The commissioner of insurance may, whenever Depositor
he deems it expedient, by a written order in such form as rtanding°c"ai'm9
he may prescribe, require a domestic insurance company to by domestic
deposit with the state treasurer the present value, as com- pa^y^'issuing'"'
puted by him under section fifty-eight, of all or any part ^orkmen-s
of its outstanding claims incurred under its contracts or compensation
policies providing for the payment of benefits under this '°^"'"''°'=^-

148

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 129.

Certain powers
of commissioner
of insurance
not affected.

G. L. 152,
§§ 59 and 60,
amended.

State treasurer
to hold deposit
in trust for
payment of
claims, etc.

To keep sep-
arate account
with company
of amount
received, etc.

Refund.

Balance.

Appointment
of receiver,
etc.

chapter, in cash or in securities approved by the said com-
missioner, and he may, whenever he deems it expedient,
require the company, as aforesaid, to make an additional
deposit. The order shall specify the amount to be deposited
and the time within which the deposit shall be made, which
shall be not less than three days from the date on which the
company receives the said order. A duphcate or copy of
any such order shall be forthwith filed by the said commis-
sioner with the state treasurer and the department, and the
state treasurer, upon the expiration of the time specified
in said order, shall forthwith notify the commissioner in
writing whether or not the company has made the deposit
in accordance therewith.

Nothing in this section shall affect the powers conferred
on the commissioner of insurance by section six of chapter
one hundred and seventy-five.

Section 2, Said chapter one hundred and fifty-two is
hereby further amended by striking out sections fifty-nine
and sixty and inserting in place thereof the following six
sections : — Section 59. The state treasurer shall hold any
deposit made under section fifty-seven in trust for the pay-
ment of claims for benefits under this chapter, including
claims accruing after the deposit was made, and he shall
make such payments upon the written request and under
the direction of the department, or he may, if the company
so requests in writing, transfer from time to time to a trustee
appointed by the company and approved by the department,
any part of any such deposit made with him, reasonably
necessary for the prompt payment of said benefits, and the
trustee shall make such payments in accordance with the
written directions of the department.

The state treasurer shall keep a separate account with the
company of the amount so received, the amount of interest
earned thereon and the payments made. If the amount de-
posited proves to be larger than required, portions thereof
may, from time to time, be refunded to the company by the
state treasurer or by such trustee, if any, subject to the
written approval of the commissioner of insurance and the
department. If any balance remains after the payment of
all benefits due to claimants under this chapter, the state
treasurer or such trustee, if any, shall return the balance to
the company upon written notice from the department that
there is no likelihood of further payments becoming due on
account of such claims.

Section 60. The appointment of a receiver of a domestic
company under section six of chapter one hundred and
seventy-five shall not affect any order of the said com-
missioner or deposit made under section fifty-seven prior to
such appointment, and the state treasurer or trustee ap-
pointed and approved as provided in section fifty-nine shall
retain any deposit made with him as provided in section
fifty-seven or fifty-nine and make the payments therefrom
as provided in section fifty-nine. If a receiver is so ap-

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 129. 149

pointed prior to compliance by the company with any such
order, he shall, as soon as may be after his appointment,
make the deposit required by said order, if the assets of the
compan}'- in his hands are sufficient therefor.

Section 60 A. Any company aggrieved by any order of Review by
the said commissioner made under section nity-seven may, ciai court for
within five days from the date of its receipt, file a petition Suffolk county.
in the supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk for a
review thereof; but the filing of such a petition shall not
suspend the operation of the order. The court shall sum- Order or decree,
marily hear the petition and may make any appropriate
order or decree. If the court shall order or decree that
the amount of the deposit be reduced, the state treasurer
or such trustee, if any, shall return to the company so much
of the deposit as exceeds the amount fixed by the order or
decree, or, if the company has not complied with the order
of the said commissioner, it shall forthwith deposit with the
state treasurer the amount so fixed.

Section GOB. A company making a deposit under section Expenses of
fifty-seven shall pay to the state treasurer a reasonable depo°stt'.°^
amount for the expenses of his office, attributable to the
custody and disbursement of the deposit. Any such amount
may, upon written application of the state treasurer, and,
after written notice to the company and a hearing, be de-
termined by the commissioner of insurance, and, with the
written approval of the said commissioner, be deducted
from any funds of the company on deposit with the state
treasurer.

Section 60C. Failure of a company to comply with any Penalty for
lawful order of the commissioner of insurance under section wnl^fy with
fifty-seven shall, without any further action by the said miigioner°i^der
commissioner, terminate its authority to issue policies of §57.
workmen's compensation insurance, and in such a case the
company shall issue no such policies thereunder until it
complies with such order and has received from said com-
missioner, as evidence of such compliance, a special certificate
authorizing it to resume the issue of such policies. The com-
missioner may, in his discretion, refuse to issue such a cer-
tificate.

Section GOD. Any company failing to comply with any Forfeiture for
lawful order of the commissioner under section fifty-seven defauu.^"
shall, in addition, forfeit one hundred dollars for each day
of its default. Any forfeiture recovered under this section
shall be paid to the state treasurer and shall be held and
expended by him in like manner as a deposit made under
said section fifty-seven. Any company issuing any policy Penalty for
of workmen's compensation insurance while in default of whiiefn^° '"'^
such compliance shall be punished by a fine of not less than default.
one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and any
officer or agent thereof issuing any such policy on the com-
pany's behalf during such default shall be punished by such
fine or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or
both.

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Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 130, 131.

Enforcement.

The supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk shall
have jurisdiction in equity, upon an information filed by the
attorney general at the relation of the commissioner of in-
surance, to enforce compliance with any order of the com-
missioner made under section fifty-seven, and the payment
of any fine, forfeiture or penalty prescribed by this section.

Approved March 19, 1930.

Chap.130 An Act authorizing the payment of salaries to mem-
bers OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF MEL-
ROSE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section seventeen of chapter one hundred
and sixty-two of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-
nine is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Each member
thereof shall receive in full compensation for his services as
a member of the board of aldermen, or of any committee
thereof, such salary, not exceeding three hundred dollars a
year, as may be established by ordinance.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Melrose at its 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 authorizing the
payment of salaries to members 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 take effect on the first Monday of
January, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, but not other-
wise. Approved March 20, 1930.

1899, 162, § 17,
amended.

Payment of
salaries to
members of
board of alder-
men of city
of Melrose.

Submission to
voters, etc.

Chap. 131 An Act authorizing the town of concord to borrow
money for remodelling the town house for district
court purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of remodelling the town
house for the use of the central Middlesex district court, the
town of Concord 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, twelve
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words. Concord Town
Hall Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized issue shall con-
stitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid 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
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

Town of
Concord may
borrow money
for remodelling
the town house
for use of cen-
tral Middlesex
district court.

Concord Town
Hall Loan,
Act of 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 132, 133. 151

year when authorized. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be within the statutory limit and shall, except as
herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the Hmitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof as revised by chapter
three hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twent.y-eight.

Section 2. The town of Concord, by its selectmen, may May lease
lease, for a period not exceeding ten years, the whole or any toTiddicsex^"
part of the remodelled hall to the county of Middlesex for county, etc.
court room purposes.

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

Approved March 21, 1930.

An Act relative to sittings of the district court of QJku) \^2
hampshire.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and ^;,^am^Add
eighteen of the General Laws, as most recently amended by
chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by
inserting after the word ''Belchertown" in the eighty-first
line, as printed in the General Laws, the words: — , South
Hadley, — so that the paragraph contained in the eightieth,
eighty-first and eighty-second lines as printed as aforesaid,
will read as follows : — The district court of Hampshire, held ^^^.^•[oriaruri'''
at Northampton, Amherst, Cummington, Belchertown, South diction, etc.
Hadley, Huntington and Easthampton; Hampshire county, Hampshire.
except Ware, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott.

Section 2. The district court of Hampshire shall be District court
held for criminal and civil business in South Hadley on such °/tt?n^^^*'"'®'
day or days in each week as shall be fixed by said court.

Approved March 21, 1930.

An Act to provide a water supply for the town of Qhn^) 133

SOUTHBOROUGH OR A CERTAIN PART THEREOF. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Part I.

AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SOUTHBOROUGH TO SUPPLY
ITSELF AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH WATER.

Section 1. The town of Southborough may supply Town of
itself and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment may supX^^
of fires and for domestic and other purposes; may establish ||fhab?tants^
fountains and hydrants, relocate or discontinue the same, with water.
and may regulate the use of such water and fix and collect
rates to be paid for the use of the same.

Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, said town may May take over
purchase and take over all the property, rights, powers and ^^^p^^^^' ^^^-

152

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 133.

of Fayville Fire
and Water
District, etc.

May take cer-
tain waters, etc.

May take cer-
tain lands, etc.

Proviso.

May erect
dams, build-
ings, etc.

May construct
wells and res-
ervoirs, etc.

May dig up
and embank
lands, etc.

privileges of the Fayville Fire and Water District, estab-
lished by chapter four hundred and seventy-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, for a sum not ex-
ceeding the amount actually expended by said district for
the purposes for which it was established, and assume all
the duties and obligations of said district, and shall thereby
become in all respects the lawful successor of said district.
The selectmen of said town shall be the lawful successors of
the water commissioners of said district until water com-
missioners are elected by said town and the treasurer of said
town shall be the lawful successor of the treasurer of said
district. If said district has incurred indebtedness, the
amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of
such purchase shall be assumed by said town as a part of the
purchase price.

Section 3. For the purposes aforesaid, said town
acting through its board of water commissioners hereinafter
provided for, may lease, or take by 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, not already used
for public water supply, and the water rights and water
sources connected therewith; and also may take by eminent
domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by pur-
chase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and
easements necessary for collecting, storing, purifjdng 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 for preserving the quality of the water
shall be taken without first obtaining the advice and ap-
proval of the state 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 part 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 part proper dams, reservoirs, buildings,
standpipes, fixtures and other structures, and may make
excavations, procure and operate machinery, and provide
such other means and appliances and do such other things
as may be necessary for the establishment and maintenance
of complete and effective water works; and for that purpose
may construct wells and reservoirs, establish pumping works
and lay down and maintain conduits, pipes and other works,
under or over any lands, water courses, railroads or public
or private ways, and along any such way in 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 part, said
town may dig up or raise and embank any such lands,
highways or other ways in such manner as to cause the least

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 133. 153

hindrance to public travel thereon. Said town shall not ^g®to'"^°jf^°°*
enter upon, construct or lay any conduits, pipes or other upon railroad
works within the location of any railroad corporation ex- •"cations.
cept 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 4. The land taken or acquired under this part J;^^e mal^j'^ed
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the board of etc., by board'
water commissioners hereinafter provided for, in such man- mi^?onera°'^tc.
ner as they shall deem for the best interest of the town.

Section 5. Any person or corporation injured in his or Property
its property by any action of said town or board under this recover^; etc.
part may recover damages from said town under said chapter
seventy-nine; provided, that the right to damages for the Proviso,
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 part.

Section 6. Said town may, for the purpose of paying May issue
the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be in- '^°"'^^' ^^°-
curred under the provisions of this part, issue from time to
time bonds or notes to an amount, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, three hundred and twenty thousand dollars,
which shall bear on their face the words, Town of South- 1°"^^°^
borough Water Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized issue waiter Loanf
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.

Section 7. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing Payment of
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in ac- ^^' ^ "'
cordance with the provisions of section six; and when a vote
to that effect has been passed, a sum which, with the income
derived from the water rates, will be sufficient to pay the
annual expense of operating the water works or the purchas-
ing 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
part, 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 8. Said town may take, as a part of the water May take
supply to which the town of Southborough is entitled teln^anfoun't
under an agreement entered into with the city of Boston [es^^oh^of"'^^
on February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, metropolitan
from the Sudbury reservoir of the metropolitan water sys- *^^e'' ^y^*^™-
tem, situated in the town of Southborough, or from any
available outlet leading from said reservoir, water to an
amount not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five thou-
sand gallons per day, in addition to the amount now allowed
the Fayville Fire and Water District under the provisions of

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Penalty for
polluting
water, etc.

Board of water
commissioners,
election,
powers, etc.

Quorum.
Vacancy.

Commissioners
to fix water
rates, etc.
Income,
how used.

section two of chapter four hundred and seventy-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, upon such
terms and conditions and at such place or places and in
such manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the com-
missioners hereinafter provided for and the metropolitan
district commission or in default of such agreement as may
be determined by the state department of public health, but
such terms shall not include any charge for water used or to
be used under this part.

Section 9. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts,
pollutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under
this part, or injures any structure, work or other property
owned, held or used by said town under the authority and
for the purposes of this part, 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 pun-
ished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by
imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 10. The said town shall, at the same meeting
at which this part shall have been fully accepted or at a
later 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 ex-
piration 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 commissioner shall be elected
by ballot for the term of three years. All the authority
granted to the town by this part, except sections six and
seven, 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 constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business. Any vacancy occurring in said board from
any cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired
term by said town at any legal town meeting called for the
purpose. Any such vacancy may be filled temporarily by
a majority vote of the selectmen, and the person so ap-
pointed shall hold office until the town fills the vacancy in
the manner specified herein.

Section 11. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi-
table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall pre-
scribe the time and manner of payment. The income of the
water works shall be appropriated to defray all operating
expenses, interest charges and payments on the principal
as they accrue upon any bonds or notes issued for water
supply purposes. If there should be a net surplus remain-
ing after providing for the aforesaid charges, it may be ap-
propriated for such new construction as said commissioners
may recommend, and in case a surplus should remain after
payment for such new construction the water rates shall be

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 133. 155

reduced proportionately. Said commissioners shall annually, Annual, etc..
and as often as the town may require, render a report upon '■®''°'"*"
the condition of the works under their charge, and an ac-
count of their doings, including an account of receipts and
expenditures.

Section 12. The provisions of this part or any lawful ^^Yt^ pro^'^'
action taken thereunder shall not affect any act done, ratified coedings, etc.,
or confirmed by the Fayville Fire and Water District or any ^°^ ■''^''''^^■
of its officers prior to the effective date of this part, nor any
right accrued or established, nor any action, suit or pro-
ceeding commenced or had in a civil case, nor shall it impair
the validity of any of the notes, bonds or other obligations
of said district outstanding on said date.

Part II.

PROVIDING FOR THE INCORPORATION OF THE INHABITANTS
OF A CERTAIN SPECIFIED PART OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH-
BOROUGH AS A FIRE AND WATER DISTRICT.

Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Southborough southborough
residing in that part of said town bounded and described as water^District

follows* established.

Commencing at the junction of Sears road and Main
street, thence running easterly along said Main street to the
junction of Main street and Parkerville road; thence running
southerly along Parkerville road across the Worcester turn-
pike to the location of the Boston, Worcester and New York
Street Railway Company; thence running southwesterly
along the southerly edge of said railway company location
to the boundary line between the towns of Westborough and
Southborough; thence southeasterly along said boundary
line to a point; thence southwesterly along said boundary
line to the boundary line of the towns of Hopkinton and
Southborough; thence easterly along said boundary line
to a corner in the boundary line between the towns of Ash-
land and Southborough; thence north and northeasterly
along the boundary line between the towns of Ashland and
Southborough to Oregon road and the boundary line of the
Fayville Fire and Water District; thence westerly along
said Oregon road to Woodland road; thence southwesterly
along said Woodland road to the junction of Woodland road
and Breakneck Hill road ; thence northerly along said Break-
neck Hill road to the Boston and Worcester turnpike and the
Sudbury reservoir; thence northerly in an irregular line
along the easterly and northerly boundary line between the
town of Southborough and the Sudbury reservoir of the
metropolitan water district, crossing the Boston road and
following the said dividing line in a generally northerly
direction to the northerly boundary of Southborough at the
Marlborough boundary line; thence westerly along the
Marlborough boundary line to the Marlborough road; thence
southeasterly along said road to the junction between said
Marlborough road and Sears road; thence southerly along

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May contract
with town of
Southborough,
etc.

May take cer-
tain waters, etc.

May take cer-
tain lands, etc.

Proviso.

May construct
dams, build-
ings, etc.

May construct
wells, etc. J
lay conduits,
pipes, etc.

May dig up
and embank
lands, etc.

Sears road to the point of beginning, — shall constitute a
water district, and are hereby made a body corporate by the
name of the Southborough Fire and Water District, herein-
after called the district, for the purpose of supplying them-
selves with water for the extinguishment of fires and for
domestic and other purposes, with power to establish foun-
tains and hydrants and to relocate and discontinue the same,
to regulate the use of such water and to fix and collect rates
to be paid therefor, and to take by eminent domain under
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by
lease, purchase or otherwise, and to hold, for the purposes
mentioned in this part, property, lands, rights of way and
other easements, and to prosecute and defend all actions
relating to the property and affairs of the district.

Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, said district,
acting by and through its board of commissioners herein-
after provided for, may contract with the town of South-
borough, or any other town or city, acting through its water
department, or with any water company, and/or may take
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire
by purchase or otherwise, and hold, the waters, or any por-
tion thereof, of any pond or stream, or of any ground sources
of supply by means of driven, artesian or other wells within
the town of Southborough, not already used for public water
supply, and the water rights connected with any such water
sources; and for said purposes may take as aforesaid, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights
of way and other easements necessary for collecting, storing,
holding, purifying and preserving the purity of the water
and for convejang the same to any part of said district;
provided, that no source of water supply or lands necessary
for preserving the quahty of the water shall be so taken or
used without first obtaining the advice and approval of the
state department of public health, and that the location of
all dams, reservoirs and wells to be used as sources of water
supply under this part shall be subject to the approval of
said department. Said district may construct on the lands
acquired and held under this part proper dams, reservoirs,
standpipes, tanks, 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 wells and reservoirs and
estabhsh pumping works, and may construct, lay and main-
tain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works under or
over any land, water courses, railroads, railways and public
or other ways, and along such ways, in said town, in such
manner as not unnecessaril}'- to obstruct the same; and for
the purposes of constructing, laying, maintaining, operating
and repairing such conduits, pipes and other works, and for
all proper purposes of this part, said district may dig up or
raise and embank any such lands, highways or other ways

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in such manner as to cause the least hindrance to public
travel on such waj^s; provided, that all things done upon Proviso,
any such way shall be subject to the direction of the select-
men of the town of Southborough. Said district shall not ^^^*"°j^*^°"^
enter upon, construct or lay any conduit, pipe or other works upon railroad
within the location of any railroad corporation except at locations.
such time and in such manner as it may agree upon with
such corporation, or, in case of failure to so agree, as may
be approved by the department of public utilities.

Section 3. Any person sustaining damages in his prop- Property
erty by any taking under this part or any other thing done ^eTOvwy! etc.
under authority 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
part.

Section 4. For the purpose of paying the necessary ex- May borrow
penses and liabilities incurred under the provisions of this bon'diietc."^
part, other than expenses of maintenance and operation,
the said district may borrow from time to time such sums as
may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two hun-
dred and seventy-five thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words, Southborough Fire and Water District Loan, Act of |?r"eand Xfer
1930. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, ^^f "f'^iggo^^-
and such loans shall be payable in not more than thirty
years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this
part shall be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws.

Section 5. Said district shall, at the time of authorizing P'*y'"«'"* °f
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in ac- °'*"'
cordance with section four of this part; 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
district, and to make such payments on the principal as may
be required under provisions of this part, shall without
further vote be assessed upon said district by the assessors
of said town annually thereafter until the debt incurred by
said loan or loans is extinguished.

Section 6. Any land taken or acquired under this part fj'S^i^age","^'^*
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the com- etc., land '
missioners hereinafter provided for, in such manner as they ^ ^"' ^ *^'
shall deem for the best interest of the district.

Section 7. Whenever a tax is duly voted by said dis- Assessment
trict for the purposes of this part, the clerk shall send a oFtaxes.^ '°°
certified copy of the vote to the assessors of said town, who
shall assess the same 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 said tax in the manner provided by law for the

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Meeting,
how called.

Question of
acceptance of
act to be sub-
mitted, etc.

Board of water
commissioners,
election ,
terms, etc.

Quorum.
Vacancy.

Commissioners
to fix water
rates, etc.

collection of town taxes, and shall deposit the proceeds
thereof with the district treasurer for the use and benefit
of said district. Said district may collect interest on over-
due taxes in the manner in which interest is authorized to
be collected on town taxes.

Section 8. A meeting or meetings of the voters of the
territory described in section one of this part shall be called
as provided in part three, on petition of ten or more legal
voters therein, by a warrant from the selectmen of said
town, 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.
Such justice of the peace, or one of the selectmen, shall
preside at such meeting until a clerk is chosen and sworn,
and the clerk shall preside until a moderator is chosen.
After the choice of a moderator for the meeting the question
of the acceptance of this part shall be submitted to the
voters, and if it is accepted by a majority of the voters
present and voting thereon as provided in part three, the
meeting may then proceed to act on the other articles con-
tained in the warrant.

Section 9. Said district shall elect by ballot, either at
the same meeting at which this part shall have been ac-
cepted or at a later meeting called for the purpose, three
persons to hold office, one until the expiration of three years,
one until the expiration of two years, and one until the ex-
piration of one year, from the day of the next succeeding
annual district meeting, to constitute a board of water com-
missioners; and at every annual meeting thereafter one
such commissioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of
three years. All the authority granted to said district by
this part, except sections four and five, and not otherwise
specifically provided for, shall be vested in said board of
water commissioners, who shall be subject, however, to such
instructions, rules and regulations as the district may by
vote impose. Said commissioners shall appoint a treasurer
of said district, who may be one of their number, who shall
give bond to the district in such an amount and with such
surety or sureties as may be approved by the commissioners.
A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. Any vacancy occurring in
said board from any cause may be filled for the remainder of
the unexpired term by said district at any legal meeting
called for the purpose. No money shall be drawn from
the district treasury on account of the water works except
upon a written order of said commissioners or a majority of
them.

Section 10. Said board of commissioners shall fix just
and equitable 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 appropriated to defray all operating
expenses, interest charges and payments on the principal

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as they accrue upon any bonds or notes issued for water
supply purposes. If there should be a net surplus remaining Net surplus.
after providing for the aforesaid charges, it may be appropri- ''°''' "**"'■ ^*''-
ated for such new construction as said commissioners may
recommend, and in case a surplus should remain after pay-
ment for such new construction the water rates shall be
reduced proportionately. Said commissioners shall annually, Annual, etc.,
and as often as said district may require, render a report """p"'^*-
upon the condition of the works under their charge, and an
account of their doings, including an account of receipts and
expenditures.

Section 11. Said district may adopt by-laws prescrib- Adoption of
ing by whom and how meetings may be called, notified and caiiingof
conducted; and, upon the application of ten or more legal meetings, etc.
voters in said district, meetings may also be called by war-
rant as provided in section eight. Said district may also
establish rules and regulations for the management of its
water works, not inconsistent with this part or with law,
and may choose such other officers not provided for in this
part as it may deem necessary or proper.

Section 12. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, Penalty for
pollutes or diverts any water obtained or supplied under this water?etc.
part, or wilfully or wantonly injures any reservoir, stand-
pipe, aqueduct, pipe or other property owned or used by
said district for any of the purposes of this part, shall forfeit
and pay to said 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 not exceeding one hundred
dollars or by imprisonment in jail for a term not exceeding
six months.

Section 13. Said district may take, as a part of the May take
water supply to which the town of Southborough is entitled rmo''unt°from'''°
under an agreement entered into with the city of Boston on sudbury reser-

o *^ ^ voir oi iTiGtrO"

February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, poiitan water
from the Sudbury reservoir of the metropolitan water sys- ^y^*^'"- ^'^'=-
tem, situated in the town of Southborough, or from any
available outlet leading from said reservoir, water to an
amount not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five thou-
sand gallons per day, in addition to the amount now allowed
the Fayville Fire and Water District under the provisions
of section two of chapter four hundred and seventy-four of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, upon such
terms and conditions and at such place or places and in such
manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the commis-
sioners and the metropolitan district commission or in de-
fault of such agreement as may be determined by the state
department of public health, but such terms shall not in-
clude any charge for water used or to be used under this
part.

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Part III.

Part III, when
effective.

Part I, sub-
mission to
voters.

Resubmission
upon rejection.

Proviso.

Vote by ballot.

Submission
to voters of
question of
authorizing
incurrence of
indebtedness
under Part I,
§6.

Upon author-
ization, Part I
to be effective
and Part II
to be null
and void.

Part II, sub-
mission to
voters if
Part I not
fully accepted.

Resubmission
upon rejection.

Proviso.
Vote by
ballot.

Part II to take
effect upon
affirmative
vote of ma-
jority of voters

PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND TAKING
EFFECT OF THIS ACT.

Part III of this act shall take effect upon its passage, and
all other provisions thereof shall take effect only as herein-
after provided.

Part I thereof shall be submitted for acceptance to the
registered voters of said town of Southborough at a special
town meeting which shall be called for the purpose by its
selectmen within one year after the passage of this act and,
if rejected at any such meeting, may be resubmitted from
time to time at any special meeting called within said period;
provided, that not more than three special meetings shall be
called within said period. The vote on the question of
acceptance of said Part I shall be taken by ballot at each
such meeting in answer to a question which shall be placed
thereon in substantially the following form: "Shall the town
of Southborough supply itself and its inhabitants with
water?" If a majority of the voters present and voting
thereon at any such meeting vote in the affirmative in answer
to said question, said Part I shall thereby be accepted for
the purpose only of submitting to such voters, within the
aforesaid period, the question of authorizing the incurrence
of indebtedness under section six of said Part I, in the
manner provided in chapter forty-four of the General Laws,
and, if the incurrence of indebtedness is authorized as afore-
said, said Part I shall thereby be fully accepted and there-
upon take effect and Part II of this act shall be null and
void.

If said Part I is not fully accepted as aforesaid within one
year after the passage of this act, said Part I shall be null
and void and said Part II shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the territory described in section
one of said Part II at a meeting of said voters called as
provided in section eight of said Part II not later than two
years after the passage of this act and, if rejected at any
such meeting, may be resubmitted from time to time at
any such meeting called within the aforesaid period;
provided, that not more than three special meetings shall
be called within said period. The vote on the question of
acceptance of said Part II shall be taken by ballot at each
such meeting in answer to a question which shall be placed
thereon in substantially the following form: "Shall the
inhabitants of that part of the town of Southborough for
which this meeting is held be incorporated as a fire and
water district for the purpose of supplying themselves with
water?" If a majority of the voters of said territory present
and voting thereon at any such meeting vote in the affirmative
in answer to the last mentioned question, said Part II shall
thereby be accepted and thereupon take effect.

Approved March 21, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 134, 135. 161

An Act authorizing the town of millis to borrow (JJiQnj 134

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a new school maylC^row''^
building and originally equipping and furnishing the same, money for
the town of JNIillis may borrow from time to time, within a ^'^ °° purposes,
period of five years from the passage of this act, such sums
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one
hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Millis muhs School
School Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized issue shall con- ^9°^"' ^'* °^
stitute 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. 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 limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof, as revised by chap-
ter three hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight.

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

Approved March 26, 1930.

An Act relative to the leasing of tisbury great (JJiav.XZ^

POND FOR THE CULTIVATION OF FISH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter five hundred and twenty-nine of the 1910, 529, § 1,
acts of nineteen hundred and ten, as amended in section one ®'^°' ^""ended.
by chapter thirty-nine of the General Acts of nineteen hun-
dred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section and inserting in place thereof the following:
— Section 1 . The division of fisheries and game may in the Division of
name of the commonwealth lease from time to time, for a gamTmay"'^
term not exceeding five years at any one time, the pond lease Tisbury
known as Tisbury Great pond, in the county of Dukes the cultivation
County, with the arms, coves and bays connected there- °^ ^^^'
with, for the purpose of cultivating useful fishes, on such
terms and conditions as may seem to it expedient; provided. Proviso.
that nothing herein shall affect the right of any citizen of
the commonwealth to take fish in said pond or in the waters
connected therewith by hook and line, according to the laws
now or hereafter in force relating to the taking of fish by
hook and line.

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

Approved March 26, 1930.

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Emergency
preamble.

G. L. 175, §47,
etc., amended.

Purposes of
incorporation
of insurance
companies.

Kinds of
business.

G. L. 175, § 32,
etc., amended.

Domestic insur-
ance companies
must comply
with certain
prerequisites
before issuing
policies.

Chap. 136 An Act providing for the incorporation of life in-
surance COMPANIES under GENERAL LAW.

Whereas, 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 convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section forty-seven of chapter one hundred
and seventy-five of the General Laws, as most recently
amended by section one of chapter one hundred and six of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end thereof the following
paragraph : —

Sixteenth, To transact life insurance and to make con-
tracts for the payment of annuities and pure endowments.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-
five, as amended in section thirty-two by chapter one
hundred and ninety 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 32. No domestic company shall make or issue
any contracts or policies of insurance or annuity or pure
endowment contracts until it has obtained from the com-
missioner a certificate, in such form as he may prescribe,
stating that the company has complied with the conditions
set forth in this section and all other provisions of law, and
authorizing it to make or issue such policies or contracts.
No such certificate shall be issued until the commissioner is
satisfied, by such examination as he may make and such
evidence as he may require, that the company has complied
with the laws of the commonwealth, adopted a proper
system of accounting, employed a competent accountant
and a competent and experienced underwriter, and is with-
out liabihties except such organization expenses as the com-
missioner shall approve as reasonable, and except, in the
case of a stock company or a mutual company with a guar-
anty capital, its liabilities to stockholders for the amount
paid in for shares of stock, nor, in the case of a life com-
pany, until he is satisfied, as aforesaid, that the company
has employed a competent and experienced actuary, and
that its officers and directors are of good repute and com-
petent to manage a life company; provided, that if the
commissioner is of the opinion that the granting of such a
certificate to a life company would, in any case, be prejudicial
to the public interest, he may in his discretion refuse to issue
it.

Section 3. Section forty-eight of said chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-five, as most recently amended by section
one of chapter one hundred and fourteen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by

I

Proviso.

G. L. 175, § 48
etc., amended.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 136. 163

striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof

the following: — Section ^8. Ten or more persons residents stock insur-

of this commonwealth may form a stock company (a) to ki^nds o?^'*'^'^^'

transact the business set forth in any one of the clauses set business.

forth in 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, {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, or (e) to transact the

business set forth in the sixth and sixteenth clauses thereof,

— and by adding at the end thereof the following new

paragraph : —

Under the sixteenth clause, not less than two hundred ^'"itaf stock in
thousand dollars, or under the sixth and sixteenth clauses as certain cases.
provided under (e), not less than four hundred thousand
dollars, together, in either case, with a net cash surplus of not
less than two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of said
capital.

Section 4. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five g. l. 175,
is hereby further amended by striking out section forty-eight amended!"
A, inserted by section six of chapter four hundred and six
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four and as most
recently amended by section one of chapter two hundred and
twenty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight,
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section ASA. Mutual insur-

m 01 •ijc.i- 1,1 ance companies,

ien or more persons, residents 01 this commonwealth, may kinds of
form a mutual company, (a) to transact the business set business.
forth in any one of the clauses of section fortj^-seven, except
the eleventh, fourteenth or fifteenth; (6) to transact the
business set forth in the first and third, the first and eighth,
the third and eighth, or in the first, third and eighth clauses;
(c) to transact the business set forth in the first and second,
or in the first, second and eighth clauses; (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; or (e) to transact the business set forth in
the sixth and sixteenth clauses thereof, except subdivision
(e) of said sixth clause.

Section 5. Section forty-nine of said chapter one hun- g.l. 175, §49,
dred and seventy-five, as most recently amended by section ®*^^' '^"'^"ded.
three of chapter four hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four, is hereby further amended by
striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place
thereof the following : —

The name of the corporation shall be subject to approval ^r^ra"/ionat
by the commissioner and shall contain the word "insurance" formation.
or "assurance" or, if organized on the mutual plan, the words
"mutual insurance" or "mutual assurance" or, if organized
under the fifteenth clause of section forty-seven, the word
"reinsurance", and, if organized under the sixteenth
clause of said section forty-seven or under the sixth and

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Articles of
organization,
approval by
commissioner.

G. L. 175, § 51,
etc., amended.

Kinds of busi-
ness which may
be combined
by stock
companies.

G. L. 175,
new section
after § 93D.

Issue of pol-
icies by certain
mutual insur-
ance companies.

Guaranty
capital.

Dividends.
Redemption.

sixteenth clauses thereof, the word "hfe", — and by adding
at the end thereof the following new paragraph : —

The commissioner shall not approve the articles of organi-
zation of a company formed to transact business under the
sixteenth clause of section forty-seven, or under the sixth
and sixteenth clauses thereof, until he is satisfied by such
examination as he may make and such evidence as he may
require, that the incorporators are of good repute and intend
in good faith to operate the company. He shall execute a
certificate of his findings, in such form as he may prescribe,
which shall be attached to the articles of organization prior
to the filing thereof with the state secretary.

Section 6. Section fifty-one of said chapter one hundred
and seventy-five, as most recently amended by section two
of chapter one hundred and six of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by striking out
clause (d) and inserting in place thereof the following : —

(d) The sixth, if authorized to transact life insurance,
provided it has a paid-up capital of not less than four hun-
dred thousand dollars and net cash assets over all liabilities,
computed on the basis fixed by sections nine to twelve, inclu-
sive, of not less than two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive
of said capital.

Section 7. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five
is hereby further amended by inserting after section ninety-
three D, added by section ten of chapter two hundred and
sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five
and as amended by section twelve of chapter two hundred
and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven, the following new section: — Section 93E. No policy
shall be issued by a mutual company formed to transact
business under the sixteenth clause of section forty-seven,
or under clause (e) of section forty-eight A, until it has es-
tablished a* fully paid-up guaranty capital of not less than
two hundred thousand dollars, if it proposes to transact
business under said sixteenth clause, or four hundred thou-
sand dollars, if it proposes to transact business under said
clause (e), together, in either case, with a net cash surplus of
not less than two hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of said
guaranty capital. Such guaranty capital shall be divided
into shares of one hundred dollars each, to be invested as
provided by this chapter for the investment of the capital
stock of domestic companies, other than life. Stockholders of
such guaranty capital and policy holders of such a company
shall be subject to the same provisions of law relative to their
right to vote as apply respectively to stockholders in stock
companies and policy holders in mutual companies. The
stockholders of such guaranty capital shall be entitled to
annual dividends, not exceeding ei^ht per cent, payable from
the net surplus of the company, and such guaranty capital
shall be redeemed by an appropriation of net surplus for that
purpose whenever the net surplus, computed on the basis

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 136. 165

fixed by sections nine to twelve, inclusive, is twice the amount
of said guaranty capital.

Section 8. Said chapter one hundred and seventy-five, g.l. 175,594,
as amended in section ninety-four by chapter seventy-seven *''^*'' '^'"'^"'^'^d-
of the acts of nineteen hunch-ed and twenty-two, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section ninety-four
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 94- ^T^fjif
Except as provided in section one hundred and thirty-seven, companies'!
every person insured by a domestic mutual life company shall
be a member entitled to one vote, and one vote additional i^embera.
for each five thousand dollars of insurance in excess of the
first five thousand dollars, and shall be notified of its annual
meetings by written notice or by an imprint in the form
prescribed in section seventy-six upon the filing-back, or,
in case of pohcies on which the premiums are payable monthly
or oftener, on some other prominent place of each policy, and
also upon receipts or certificates of renewal.

Members and shareholders may vote by proxies dated and vote by
executed within three months and returned and recorded on authorized.
the books of the company seven days or more before the
meeting at which they are to be used; but no person shall,
as attorney or otherwise, cast more than twenty votes, and
no officer shall, himself or by another, ask for, receive, procure
to be obtained or use a proxy vote.

Two thirds of the directors shall always be residents of the Directors.
commonwealth, and, after the first election, the directors shall
be chosen by and from the policy holders; provided, that in Proviso.
case of a company having outstanding a guaranty capital,
one third of the directors may be chosen by and from the
stockholders thereof. No person shall be qualified to serve
as a director after he ceases to be such a policy holder or stock-
holder, as the case may be.

The provisions of section sixty shall apply to the officers Qualification
of every such company. °^ officers.

Section 9. Section sixty-three of said chapter one hun- g. l. 175, § 63,
dred and seventy-five, as amended by section three of chapter ''*''■' '^'"^"^^'^'
two hundred and fifteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-one and by section one of chapter two hundred and
ninety-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"stock" in the first fine the words: — and, in the case of a
domestic stock life company, the net cash surplus required by
section forty-eight, — and by inserting after the word
"capital" in the fourth line the words: — and net cash sur-
plus as aforesaid, — so that the first paragraph will read as
follows: — Section 63. The capital stock and, in the case of ^^^^i^f ^nd^net
a domestic stock life company, the net cash surplus required cash surplus
by section forty-eight shall be paid in cash within twelve
months after the date of the charter or certificate of organiza-
tion, but no certificates of full shares and no policies shall
be issued until the whole capital and net cash surplus as
aforesaid is paid in. A majority of the directors shall certify

of insurance
companies.

166

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 137, 138.

on oath that the money has been paid by the stockholders
for their respective shares, and that the same is held as the
capital of the company, invested and to be invested as re-
quired by this section. Approved March 26, 1930.

Chap. 137 An Act authorizing the payment of salaries to mem-
bers OF THE municipal COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ATTLE-
BORO.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section seventeen of chapter six hundred and
eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen is hereby
amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Each member of the municipal
council shall receive in full compensation for his services as
a member thereof, or of any committee thereof, such salary,
not exceeding three hundred dollars a year, as may be estab-
lished by ordinance.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Attleboro at its city
election in the current year in the form of the following ques-
tion 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 authorizing the pay-
ment of salaries to members of the municipal council of the
city of Attleboro', be accepted?" If a majority of the voters
voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to said ques-
tion, this act shall take effect on the first Tuesday of January,
nineteen hundred and thirty-one, but not otherwise.

Approved March 26, 1930.

1914, 680, § 17,
amended.

Payment of
salaries to
members of
municipal
council of city
of Attleboro.

Submission to
voters, etc.

C/iaw. 138 An Act relative to the sale of real estate by guardians

and conservators.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section thirty-eight of chapter two hundred
and one of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at
the end thereof the following: — Such license and the appli-
cation therefor shall state whether the ward is married or
single, — so as to read as follows : — Section 38. He shall
manage the estate of his ward frugally and without waste, and
shall, except as otherwise provided, apply the same, so far
as may be necessary, to the comfortable and suitable main-
tenance and support of the ward and his family. If the
income and profits are insufficient for that purpose, he may
sell the real estate upon obtaining a license therefor, and shall
apply the proceeds of such sale, so far as may be necessary,
for the maintenance and support of the ward and his family.
Such hcense and the application therefor shall state whether
the ward is married or single.

Section 2. This act shall take effect September first in
the current year. Approved March 26, 1930.

G.L. 201, § 38,
amended.

Duties of
guardians and
conservators as
to management
of ward's
estate.

Effective date.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 139, 140. 167

An Act prohibiting the interruption of traffic upon Chap.lS9

STATE HIGHWAYS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter eighty-five of the General Laws is hereby amended new^secUon
by inserting after section seventeen the following new sec- ^^^'^r § 17.
tion: — Section 17 A. Whoever, for the purpose of soliciting Penalty for
any alms, contribution or subscription or of selling any mer- lraffic"for'cer-
chandise or ticket of admission to any game, show, exhibition, ^^^^"^^3"^?°^^^
fair, ball, entertainment or public gathering, signals a moving highways.
vehicle on any state highway or causes the stopping of a
vehicle thereon, or accosts any occupant of a vehicle stopped
thereon at the direction of a police officer or signal man, or of
a signal or device for regulating traffic, shall be punished by
a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Approved March 26, 1930.

An Act relative to the investment by savings banks in Chav.\4!d

THE stock of national BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Clause seventh of section fifty-four of chapter one hundred ^I; seventh! ^*'
and sixty-eight of the General Laws, as amended by section etc., amended.
one of chapter three hundred and fifteen of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby further amended
by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Seventh, In the stock of a trust i^^^^stmentb^y
company incorporated under the laws of and doing business in the stock of
within this commonwealth, or in the stock of a national and°trust'''"''"
banking association located in the New England states and ''^f^^^^l^
incorporated under the authority of the United States, which
has paid dividends of not less than four per cent thereon in
cash in each of the five years next preceding the date of such
investment and the amount of whose surplus is at least equal
to fifty per cent of its capital; but a savings bank shall not
hold, both by way of investment and as security for loans,
more than twenty-five per cent of the stock of any one such
company or association, nor shall it hold by way of invest-
ment stock of such companies and associations having an
aggregate initial cost in excess of fifteen per cent of the de-
posits of such savings bank, or stock of any one such com-
pany or association having an initial cost in excess of one
per cent of the deposits aforesaid, except that in the event Consolidation
of the consohdation or merger of such companies or associa-
tions or of one or more such companies with one or more such
associations the amount of stock of the consolidated or
absorbing company or association which may be held under
authority hereof may be in excess of one per cent but not in
excess of two per cent of the deposits aforesaid, provided the Proviso,
stock so held is acquired in exchange for stock of the consoli-
dating or merging companies or associations which is owned
by such savings bank at the time of consolidation or merger.

Approved March 26, 1930.

168

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 141, 142.

Chap. 14:1 An Act relative to notices of intention and certifi-
cates OF MARRIAGE.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section nineteen of chapter two hundred and seven of the
General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new sentence : — In computing the five day
period specified in this section and in determining the fifth
day referred to in section twenty-eight, Sundays and holidays
shall be counted, — so as to read as follows: — Section 19.
Persons intending to be joined in marriage in the common-
wealth shall, not less than five days before their marriage,
cause notice of their intention to be filed in the office of the
clerk or registrar of the town where each of them dwells, or,
if they do not dwell within the commonwealth, in the office
of the clerk or registrar of the town where they propose to
have the marriage solemnized. In computing the five day
period specified in this section and in determining the fifth
day referred to in section twenty-eight, Sundays and holidays
shall be counted. Ay-proved March 26, 1930.

G. L. 207, § 19,
amended.

Notice of
intention of
marriage to be
filed five days
in advance.

C/iap.l42 An Act providing for representation of the municipal
court of the city of boston on the judicial council.

G. L. 221,

§34A,

amended.

Judicial
council,
establishment,
purposes, etc.

Membership.

Terms of

governor's

appointees.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-four A of chapter two hundred and twenty-
one of the General Laws, inserted by chapter two hundred
and forty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "him"
in the twelfth line the words: — ; the chief justice of the
municipal court of the city of Boston or some other justice
or former justice of that court appointed from time to time
by him, — so as to read as follows: — Section 34A. There
shall be a judicial council for the continuous study of the
organization, rules and methods of procedure and practice
of the judicial sj'^stem of the commonwealth, the work ac-
complished, and the results produced by that system and
its various parts. Said council shall be composed 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; the chief justice of the municipal court of the
city of Boston or some other justice or former justice 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 advice and consent of the executive council. The appoint-
ments by the governor shall be for such periods, not exceeding
four years, as he shall determine.

Approved March 26, 1930.

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 143. 169

An Act providing for local option relative to the car- Chav 143

RYING ON OF THE BUSINESS OF BOOTBLACK ON THE LORd's
DAY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section six of chapter one hundred and thirtj^-six of the g. l. 136, § 6,
General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter one ^tc, amended.
hundred and eighteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "forenoon" in the sixty-third line the words: —
, unless prohibited in a city or town by ordinance or by-law,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 6. The preceding Certain busi-
section shall not prohibit the manufacture and distribution prohibited on
of steam, gas or electricity for illuminating purposes, heat Lord's day.
or motive power; the distribution of water for fire or domestic
purposes; the use of the telegraph or the telephone; the
retail sale of drugs and medicines, or articles ordered by the
prescription of a physician, or mechanical appliances used by
physicians or surgeons; the retail sale of tobacco in any of its
forms by licensed innholders, common victuallers, druggists
and newsdealers whose stores are open for the sale of news-
papers ever}' day in the week ; the retail sale of bread, before
ten o'clock in the forenoon and between the hours of four
o'clock and half past six o'clock in the afternoon by hcensed
innholders and by licensed common victuallers authorized
to keep open their places of business on the Lord's day and
by persons licensed under the following section to keep open
their places of business as aforesaid; the retail sale of ice
cream, soda water and confectionery by licensed innholders
and druggists, and by such licensed common victuallers as
are not also licensed to sell certain non-intoxicating bever-
ages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and
thirty-eight, and who are authorized to keep open their
places of business on the Lord's day; the sale of ice cream,
soda water, confectionery or fruit by persons licensed under
the following section or the keeping open of their places of
business for the sale thereof; work lawfully done by persons
working under permits granted under section nine; the sale
by licensed innholders and common victuallers of meals such
as are usually served by them, consisting in no part of in-
toxicating liquors, which meals are cooked on the premises
but are not to be consumed thereon; the operation of motor
vehicles; the sale of gasoline and oil for use, and the retail
sale of accessories for immediate necessary use, in connection
with the operation of motor vehicles, motor boats and air
craft; the letting of horses and carriages or of boats; unpaid
work on pleasure boats; the running of steam ferry boats on
estabhshed routes; the running of street railway cars; the
running of steamboat lines and trains or of steamboats, if
authorized under section nineteen; the preparation, printing
and publication of newspapers, or the sale and dehvery
thereof; the wholesale or retail sale and delivery of milk, or

170 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 144.

Certain busi- h^q transportation thereof, or the dehvery of ice cream; the
prohibited on making of buttcr and cheese; the keeping open of pubHc
Lord's day. j^^^j^ houscs; the making or selh'ng by bakers or their em-
ployees, before ten o'clock in the forenoon and between the
hours of four o'clock and half past six o'clock in the afternoon,
of bread or other food usually dealt in by them; whenever
Rosh Hashonah, or the Day of Atonement, begins on the
Lord's day, the retail sale and delivery of fish, fruit and
vegetables before twelve o'clock noon of that day; the selling
of kosher meat by any person who, according to his religious
belief, observes Saturday as the Lord's day by closing his
place of business during the day until six o'clock in the after-
noon or the keeping open of his shop on the Lord's day for
the sale of kosher meat between the hours of six o'clock and
ten o'clock in the forenoon ; the performing of secular business
and labor on the Lord's day by any person who conscien-
tiously believes that the seventh day of the week ought to be
observed as the Sabbath and actually refrains from secular
business and labor on that day, if he disturbs no other person
thereby; the carrying on of the business of bootblack before
eleven o'clock in the forenoon, unless prohibited in a city or
town by ordinance or by-law; the digging of clams; the
icing and dressing of fish; the cultivation of land, and the
raising, harvesting, conserving and transporting of agricul-
tural products during the existence of war between the United
States and any other nation and until the first day of Janu-
ary following the termination thereof; the sale of catalogues
of pictures and other works of art in exhibitions held by
societies organized for the purpose of promoting education
in the fine arts or the exposure of photographic plates and
films for pleasure, if the pictures to be made therefrom are
not intended to be sold and are not sold.

Approved March 26, 1930.

C/iai).144 An Act relative to the appointment of third special

JUSTICES FOR certain DISTRICT COURTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

rtc ^amended Sectiou six of chapter two hundred and eighteen of the
General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter two
hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four and by section one of chapter eighty-eight
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby
further amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph
the following : — ; provided, that the governor may appoint
a third special justice for any such other district court the
judicial district of which has, according to the national or
state census last preceding, a population of one hundred
thousand or more, — so that said paragraph will read as
^i^stncj; court f qUows : — Scction 6. The district court of Nantucket shall
special justices, cousist of ouc justicc and one special justice. The central
district court of Worcester, the district court of southern

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 145, 146. 171

Essex, the district court of Lawrence and the district court of
Springfield shall consist of one justice and three special
justices. Each of the other district courts, except the munic-
ipal court of the city of Boston, shall consist of one justice
and two special justices; provided, that the governor may proviso.
appoint a third special justice for any such other district
court the judicial district of which has, according to the
national or state census last preceding, a population of one
hundred thousand or more. Approved March 26, 1930.

An Act further extending the corporate existence ni.f^^ 14^

OF THE BROCKTON CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION FOR THE ^*

PURPOSE OF CONVEYING CERTAIN REAL ESTATE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter sixty-seven of the acts 1928, 67, § 1,
of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight is hereby amended by
striking out, in the fourth line, the word "two" and inserting
in place thereof the word : — seven, — so as to read as fol-
lows : — Section 1 . The corporation heretofore known as corporate
Brockton Co-operative Association, dissolved by chapter Brockton"^
three hundred and sixty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred Co-operative
and eleven, is hereby revived and continued for the period of purpos"eoTcon'^
seven years from the effective date of this act for the sole J^^u'es^tate*^"^
purpose of selling and conveying title to a certain tract of extended. '
land with the buildings thereon and privileges appurtenant
thereto, situated in the city of Brockton, and distributing the
proceeds of said sale among creditors and stockholders en-
titled thereto.

Section 2. This act shall be operative as of March first, when
nineteen hundred and thirty. Approved March 26, 1930.

amended.

operative.

An Act relative to the plumbing laws of the city of (Jhnj) 14A

boston. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one hundred and twenty-one of I^J'.J'Sso,
chapter five hundred and fifty of the acts of nineteen hundred
and seven is hereby amended by striking out the last para-
graph of the subdivision appearing under the heading ''Cast
Iron Pipes, etc." and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing:—

All joints shall be made with picked oakum and molten Cast iron
lead run full, and be made gas tight. Threaded joints may p^p^- Jo^i^ts.
be used on cast iron pipe when above ground, with the ap-
proval of the building commissioner. No cement joints nor
connections between iron and cement or tile pipe or brick
drains shall be made within any building.

Section 2. Section one hundred and twenty-two of said i^o/,; sso.
chapter five hundred and fifty, as amended by section twenty- amend^ed.'
five of chapter four hundred and sixty-two of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further

172

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 147, 148.

Drain pipes,
etc.

amended by striking out the first paragraph and inserting in
place thereof the following : —

Drain, waste and connecting ventilation pipes, vents and
back air pipes shall be of sufficient size, and made of extra
heavy cast iron pipe if under ground, and if above ground
shall be made of extra heavy cast iron, of galvanized wrought
iron of standard weight, of not less than number thirteen
Stubbs gauge brass pipe within the building, or of such other
material as the building commissioner may approve, except
that lead pipes may be used for short connections exposed to
Cast iron drains shall extend not less than ten feet

view.

from the inside face of the wall beyond and away from the
building. Approved March 26, 1930.

Construction
of fish ways on
Parker river in
Essex county.

Chap. 147 An Act relative to the construction of fish ways on

THE PARKER RIVER IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.

Be it enacted, etc. , as follows:

For the purpose of constructing fish ways on the Parker
river, in the county of Essex, under the provisions of sections
nineteen and twenty of chapter one hundred and thirty of the
General Laws, the director of the division of fisheries and
game of the department of conservation may expend such
sum, not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars, as may be
appropriated by the general court. Such fish ways shall be
constructed at such points on said river as the said director
may, after hearing, determine. Approved March 26, 1930.

G. L. 33, § 145,
etc., amended.

C/iap.l48 An Act to provide annual allowances for uniforms to

WARRANT officers OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one hundred and forty-five of chapter
thirty-three of the General Laws, as appearing in chapter
four hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four and as amended by section one of chapter
three hundred and seventy-three of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by striking out
paragraph (d) and inserting in place thereof the following : —
(d) There shall be allowed and paid by the commonwealth,
as of April first in each year, to each commissioned officer,
and to each warrant officer, who served as such for the year
preceding said date, or for a part thereof, a sum for uniform
allowance computed at the rate of thirty-five dollars for the
full year, upon the approval of the adjutant general and of
the intermediate commanders in the chain of command and
upon their certification that such commissioned officer, or
such warrant officer, has served for the whole or a specified
part of said year and during such service has provided himself
with the equipment required by the regulations.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of April first of
the current year. Approved March 26, 1930.

Annual allow-
ances to com-
missioned and
warrant officers
of national
guard for
uniforms.

Effective date.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 149, 150, 151. 173

An Act relative to the display of the national flag at QJidy \AQ

POLLING PLACES. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter fifty-four of the General Laws is hereby amended ^eJ'section
by inserting after section twenty-five the following new after § 25.
section: — Section 25 A. In any city or town which accepts Display of
this section by vote of its city council or selectmen, the na- "lilff,""' |!fe|g"*
tional flag shall be displayed at each polling place during the
hours when voting is taking place thereat.

Approved March 26, 1930.

An Act relative to certain lines, poles and other Qhn^ i^n
equipment of the electric light department op the *

town of braintree.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. All lines for the transmission of electricity for Location of
light, heat or power, heretofore acquired or constructed by po1eyand"other
the electric light department of the town of Braintree upon, equipment of
along, over or under the public ways jind places of said town, de%rtm!fnt
and the poles, piers, abutments, conduits and other fixtures Bra?ntree!
necessary to sustain or protect the wires of said lines, and validated!
in actual use on the effective date of this act, are hereby made
lawful notwithstanding the lack of any valid locations there-
tor or any informality in the proceedings relative to their
location and erection; provided, that said department shall, ^^viso.
not later than the first day of July in the current year, file
with the town clerk a map or maps showing in detail the
location and nature of the said lines, structures and fixtures;
such map or maps to be recorded and kept with the records
of original locations for poles and wires in said town.

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

Approved March 27, 1980.

An Act relative to the powers of the newton police (Jhav 151
benefit association, incorporated. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter three hundred and 1907,339,51,
thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and seven is ^™^°
hereby amended by striking out, in the sixth line, the word
"two" and inserting in place thereof the word: — five, —
so as to read as follows : — Section 1 . The Newton Police Newton Poiice
Benefit Association, Incorporated, a corporation duly estab- daton*i incor-
lished by law, is hereby authorized, acting by its board of porated, may
directors, to pay or cause to be paid from its special fund to benefits.
any member in good standing, upon the death of his wife,
the sum of five hundred dollars.

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

Approved March 27, 1930.

174

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 152.

G. L. 218, I 10,
etc., amended.

District courts,
assistant clerks,
appointment,
etc.

Chap. 152 An Act establishing the office of second assistant
clerk in the municipal court of the dorchester
district.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section ten of chapter two hundred and
eighteen of the General Laws, as most recently amended by
section one of chapter two hundred and fifty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "district" the first time
it appears in the nineteenth line, the words: — , the munic-
ipal court of the Dorchester district, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 10. The clerk of a district court may,
subject to the approval of the justice, appoint one or more
assistant clerks, who shall be removable at his pleasure or
at the pleasure of the court, for whose official acts the clerk
shall be responsible and who shall be paid by him unless
salaries payable by the county are authorized in this section
or in section fifty-three. Assistant clerks with salaries pay-
able by the county may be appointed in the central district
court of northern Essex, the municipal court of the Charles-
town district, the municipal court of the Brighton district,
the district court of western Hampden, the district court of
Newton, the district court of northern Norfolk and in courts
the judicial districts of which have, according to the national
or state census last preceding, a population of sixty thousand
or more. Second assistant clerks with salaries payable by
the county may be appointed in the municipal court of the
Roxbury district, the East Boston district court, the munic-
ipal court of the Charlestown district, the municipal court of
the Dorchester district, the municipal court of the West
Roxbury district, and, subject to the approval of the county
commissioners, in the first district court of eastern Middlesex,
the third district court of eastern Middlesex, the district
court of southern Essex, the third district court of Bristol
and the district court of East Norfolk.

Third assistant clerks with salaries payable by the county
may be appointed in the municipal court of the Roxbury
district and, subject to the approval of the county commis-
sioners, in the first district court of eastern Middlesex and
the third district court of eastern Middlesex.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by vote of the city council of the city
of Boston, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved March 27, 1930.

Second assist-
ant clerks,
appointment,
etc.

Third assistant
clerks, appoint-
ment, etc.

Submission to
city council of
city of Boston.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 153, 154, 155. 175

An Act relative to decrees of probate courts chang- QJiaj) 153

ING the names of PERSONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and ten of the Gen- g. l. 210, § 13,
eral Laws is hereby amended by striking out section thirteen '^'nended.
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 13. Public notice
The court shall, before decreeing a change of name, require change of'name
public notice of the petition to be given, and any person "^ person.
may be heard thereon, and, upon entry of a decree, the Certificate.
court may grant a certificate under the seal of the court, of
the name which the person is to bear, which shall thereafter
be his legal name.

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

Approved March 29, 1930.

An Act relative to recognizances for appearance Qhav 154

BEFORE CERTAIN DISTRICT COURTS. '

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section sixty-five of chapter two hundred g- l. 276, § 65,
and seventy-six of the General Laws is hereby amended by ^^^'^ ^
adding at the end thereof the following new sentence : —
A recognizance of a person held to answer to a complaint Condition of
before a district court which is required by law to sit in applTrancr ^""^
more than one municipality may, with his consent or at his before certain

, -I !•,• J r 1 • X J.1 J -J J • district courts.

request, be conditioned tor his appearance at the next sitting
of the court at any one of said municipahties.

Section 2. This act shall become operative on Sep- when
tember first of the current year. operative.

Approved March 29, 1930.

Chap. 155

An Act to protect property rights in registered
bottles and other containers.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section eighteen of chapter one hundred and ten of the g. l. ho, i i8,
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting before the amended.'
word "owner" in the first and sixth fines the word: —
registered, — and by inserting after the word "owner" in
the sixth fine the words: — ; provided, that making a money
charge or requiring the deposit of a sum of money under an
agreement to refund the same upon the redelivery of the
vessel shall not constitute a purchase thereof, within the
meaning of this section, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 18. No person, without the written consent of the unlawful use
registered owner thereof, shall fill with a beverage with of registered
intent to sell the same any vessel registered under the pre-
ceding section, or change in any way, or conceal any name
or the word "registered" thereon, or buy, sell, traffic in or

176

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 156, 157.

Proviso.

Penalty.

dispose of any such vessel. This section shall not apply to
vessels purchased from the registered owner; provided, that
making a money charge or requiring the deposit of a sum of
money under an agreement to refund the same upon the
redelivery of the vessel shall not constitute a purchase
thereof, within the meaning of this section. Violation of
any provision of this section shall for the first offence be
punished by a fine of not less than fifty cents for each vessel
in respect to which the violation occurs or by imprisonment
for not less than ten days nor more than one year, or both,
and for each subsequent offence by a fine of not less than
one nor more than five dollars for each such vessel or by
imprisonment for not less than twenty days nor more than
one year. A'p'proved March 29, 1930.

Chap. 156 An Act authorizing the city of lynn to pay a certain

CLAIM FOR BLEACHERS FURNISHED FOR ITS STADIUM.

City of Lynn
may pay a
certain claim
for bleachers
furnished for
its stadium.

Effective upon
acceptance, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Lynn may appropriate a sum
not exceeding sixty-three hundred and sixteen dollars and
forty-five cents and may, with the approval of the mayor of
said city and of its stadium commission, expend the same,
or any part thereof, in the payment and discharge of a
certain claim of the R. A. Fife Corporation for certain
bleachers furnished for the Lynn stadium, so-called, on or
about the first day of October, nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine; said bleachers having been furnished to said city at
the instance of said commission without compliance with
sections thirty-nine and forty of chapter three hundred
and forty of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and
seventeen.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance,
during the current y€ar, by vote of the city council of said
city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not other-
wise. Approved March 29, 1930.

Chap. 157 An Act relative to the service of state and municipal

EMPLOYEES IN THE ORGANIZED MILITIA, IN THE ORGAN-
IZED RESERVE OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES OR
IN THE UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE FORCES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter thirty-three of the General Laws, as appearing
in chapter four hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby amended by strik-
ing out section sixty-seven and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 67. Any person in the service of
the commonwealth, or of a city or town which, by vote of
its city council or of its inhabitants at a town meeting, ac-
cepts this section, shall be entitled, during the time of his
service in the organized mihtia, under sections seventeen,

G. L. 33, § 67,
amended.

No loss of pay
or vacation to
certain state
and municipal
employees in
the organized
militia, in the
organized

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 158, 159. 177

twenty-five, twenty-six, one hundred and twenty-three and If^y^'^^ ^
one hundred and eighty-one, or during his annual tour of of the "™^
duty, not exceeding fifteen days, as a member of the organ- ^/in'^the*'''*^^
ized reserve of the army of the United States or of the ^'^'.'J^ f^'^t*'^
United States naval reserve forces, to receive pay therefor, forces.
without loss of his ordinary- remuneration as an employee
or official of the commonwealth, or of such city or town, and
shall also be entitled to the same leaves of absence or vaca-
tion with paj^ given to other like employees or officials.

Approved March 29, 1930.

An Act providing for the granting to certain teachers fhrin^ i kq

IN THE state normal SCHOOLS OF LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR ^'
STUDY OR RESEARCH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter seventy-three of the General Laws is hereby o. l. 73,
amended by inserting after section four the following new afterT4.^°°
section: — Section 4^.. A teacher in a state normal school certain
who has served as such in the state normal schools for at teachers in the

1 , ri J • 1 • ■ c 1 state normal

least seven years alter entermg such service or, if a leave schools may be

of absence has previously been granted to him hereunder, f tfsence fe^^ °^

after the termination of the last such leave may, upon study or

written recommendation of the principal of the school ^^^^'^'^

wherein he is employed, be granted by the commissioner of

education a leave of absence, for study and research, for a

period of one year at half pay or for a period of a half year

at full pay for such period; provided, that prior to the grant- Proviso.

ing of such leave said teacher shall enter into a written

agreement with the department that upon the termination

of such leave he will return to the state normal school service

and serve as a teacher in the same or another state normal

school for a period equal to twice the length of such leave

and that, in default of completing such service, he will

refund to the commonwealth, unless excused therefrom by

the department for reasons satisfactory to it, an amount

equal to such proportion of the salary received by him while

on leave as the amount of service not actually rendered as

agreed bears to the whole amount of service agreed to be

rendered. Approved March 29, 1930.

An Act clarifying the laws relative to the payment Phnr) 1 S9
OF w^orkmen's compensation AS affecting their ^ *

application to a certain class of workmen.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section seventy-four of chapter one hundred and fifty- g. l. 152, § 74,
two of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting amended,
after the word "profit" in the sixth line the following new
sentence : — Said sections shall not apply to inmates of
institutions performing labor under sections forty-eight to
seventy-eight, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and twenty-

178

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 160, 161.

Application of sevGii, — SO ES to read as follows : — Section 74- Sections
§§69 to 75, sixty-nine to seventy-five, inclusive, shall apply to all
inclusive. laborcrs, workmen and mechanics in the service of the

commonwealth or of such county, city, town or district
under any employment or contract of hire, expressed or im-
plied, oral or written, including those employed in work done
in performance of governmental duties as well as those em-
ployed in municipal enterprises conducted for gain or profit.
to°certSn°^^'^ Said scctions shall not apply to inmates of institutions per-
ciassof forming labor under sections forty-eight to seventy-eight,

inclusive, of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven. For
the purposes of said sections all laborers, workmen and
mechanics paid by the commonwealth, but serving under
boards or commissions exercising powers within defined
districts, shall be deemed to be in the service of the com-
monwealth. Approved March 29, 1930.

workmen.

C/iap. 160 An Act relative to appointments to the regular

POLICE forces in CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter thirty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section twenty the following new section:
— Section 20 A. In each city and town subject to section
twenty in which there has been established a reserve police
force, appointments to the regular force shall be made by
the appointing authority upon certification by the commis-
sioner from the list of members of the reserve police force
in accordance with the rules of the board, except that the
basis of certification shall be the order of appointment to the
reserve force. Approved March 31, 1930.

G. L. 31,

new section
after § 20.

Appointments
to regular
police forces in
certain cities
and towns to
be made from
list of mem-
bers of reserve
police force.

C/iax). 161 An Act conferring upon certain army nurses in the

PUBLIC service the RETIREMENT RIGHTS NOW ENJOYED
BY CERTAIN VETERANS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter thirty-two of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section sixty, under the heading ARMY
NURSES, the following new section: — Section 60 A. A
person who has served as an army nurse in the Spanish war
or Philippine insurrection between April twenty-first,
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and July fourth, nine-
teen hundred and two, or in the world war between April
sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen and November
eleventh, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and has been
honorably discharged from such service or released from
active duty therein, and who is in the service of the com-
monwealth, or who is in the service of any city, town or
district which by its retiring authority, as defined in section
fifty-nine, has accepted the provisions of sections fifty-six
to fifty-nine, inclusive, and shall hereafter accept the pro-

G. L. 32,
new section
after § 60.

Certain army
nurses in
public service
to have retire-
ment rights
now enjoyed
by certain
veterans.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 162, 163. 179

visions of this section, shall have and enjoy the same rights
and privileges of retirement as are conferred by said sections
fifty-six to fiftj^-nine, inclusive, upon veterans, as defined
in section fifty-six, who are in such public service.

Approved March SI, 1930.

An Act relative to obscene literature. Chav. 162

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the General ^mmdll' ^ ^^'
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section twenty-
eight and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section Penalty for
28. Whoever imports, prints, publishes, sells or distributes fafe,^etc°"o7
a book, pamphlet, ballad, printed paper or other thing obscene iiter-
which is obscene, indecent or impure, or manifestly tends
to corrupt the morals of youth, or an obscene, indecent or
impure print, picture, figure, image or description, mani-
festly tending to corrupt the morals of youth, or introduces
into a family, school or place of education, or buys, pro-
cures, receives or has in his possession any such book,
pamphlet, ballad, printed paper, obscene, indecent or im-
pure print, picture, figure, image or other thing, either for
the purpose of sale, exhibition, loan or circulation or with
intent to introduce the same into a family, school or place of
education, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more
than two years or by a fine of not less than one hundred nor
more than one thousand dollars, or both.

Approved March 31, 1930.

An Act to provide necessary accommodations for the ni^fj^ i aq

THIRD district COURT OF EASTERN MIDDLESEX. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of providing court house Middlesex
accommodations and facilities in the city of Cambridge for mis^oneTmay
the third district court of Eastern Middlesex, the county provide neces-
commissioners of Middlesex county may erect on land now modalipn^for
owned by the county a suitable building for the purposes court of '^""^
aforesaid, and may equip and furnish the same. wdir

Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, the treasurer of '
said county, with the approval of the county commissioners, urer"nmy'^b?)r'-
may borrow from time to time, on the credit of the county, [saue'bond^', etc.
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, three hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
or notes of the county therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Middlesex County — Third District Court Middies^c
of Eastern Middlesex Court House Loan, Act of 1930. Each Thh-d^istnct
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such ^rn^MiddbsIx"
loans shall be payable in not more than ten years from their Court House
dates. Such bonds or notes shall be signed by the treasurer otmo. '^
of the county and countersigned by a majority of the county

180

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 164.

May issue
temporary
notes, etc.

Effective upon
acceptance, etc.

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. The county treasurer, with the approval of
the commissioners, may issue temporary notes of the county,
payable in not more than one year from their dates, in an-
ticipation of the issue of serial bonds or notes under the
preceding section, but the time within which such serial
bonds or notes shall become due and payable shall not, by
reason of such temporary notes, be extended beyond the
time fixed by said section. Any notes issued in antici-
pation of the serial bonds or notes shall be paid from the
proceeds thereof.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by the county commissioners
of said county, but not otherwise.

Approved March 31, 1930.

C/iai). 164 An Act to authorize cities and towns to appropriate

MONEY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC LANDING PLACES AND MAINTAIN
DOCKS, PIERS, WHARVES, BUILDINGS AND APPURTENANCES
THERETO.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter eighty-eight of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section fourteen and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 14- The city council
or board of selectmen may, upon petition in writing by ten
or more voters of the city or town, lay out or alter common
landing places therein which shall not, where the tide ebbs
and flows, extend below low water mark; and all the pro-
visions of law relating to the laying out and alteration of
town ways shall apply to the laying out and alteration of
common landing places. Any person who is damaged in
his property by such laying out and alteration may recover
his damages under chapter seventy-nine. A city or town
may erect on any such common landing place structures
which may extend beyond low water mark, subject to the
provisions of chapter ninety-one, and may maintain the same.
The city council or board of selectmen may make rules and
regulations governing the operation and use of said struc-
tures, and may appoint a custodian thereof and fix his
salary, or it may, on behalf of the city or town, lease said
structures. Approved April 1, 1930.

G. L. 88, § 14,
amended.

Cities and
towns may
lay out or
alter common
landing places,
etc.

Recovery of
damages, etc.

May erect
structures, etc.

Rules and regu-
lations, etc.

Acts, 1930. —Chaps. 165, 166, 167. 181

An Act further increasing the amount of real and (Jjidj) 165

PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT MAY LAWFULLY BE HELD BY
THE TRUSTEES OF GROTON SCHOOL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section three of chapter ninety-four of the acts of eighteen 1803, 94, § 3,
hundred and ninety-three, as amended by section one of ^*''- «^'n«"'^«d-
chapter two hundred and eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and three, by section one of chapter ninety-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen, by chapter two hun-
dred and sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty
and by chapter thirty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twentj^-seven, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in the twelfth Hne, the word "five" and inserting in
place thereof the word : — twelve, — so as to read as fol-
lows : — Section 3. Said corporation is hereby authorized Qjoton^s°hooi
to take and receive by gift, grant, bequest, devise or other- may receive
wise, any lands, tenements or other estate, real or personal, and person^/
to have and to hold the same upon the terms and for the estate.
purposes specified in the declaration of trust aforesaid; and
also upon such terms and for such purposes and trusts
as may be expressed in any deed or instrument of convey-
ance or gift made to said corporation: provided, the same Provisos.
shall not be inconsistent with the terms and purposes of
the declaration of trust aforesaid, made and declared by
said trustees; and provided, the real and personal estate
held by said corporation shall not exceed in value twelve
million dollars. Approved April 1, 1930.

An Act authorizing the cape cod trust company to (7/iap.l66

MAINTAIN A BRANCH OFFICE IN THE TOWN OF ORLEANS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Cape Cod Trust Company, of Harwich, ^^P^^^gj^j^.
may, subject to the approval of the board of bank incorpo- pany may
ration, maintain a branch office in the town of Orleans. bi-anch'office

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage, j^'^.f^^^"^

Approved April 2, 1930.

An Act repealing the provisions of law subjecting Cha7).lQ7

THE appointment OF DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OTHERS

in the city of boston to approval by the civil service
commission.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section ten of chapter four hundred and afamel^dld!"'
eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine, as and § 11,
amended by section one of chapter five hundred and fifty ''^p^'' •
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, and section
eleven of said chapter four hundred and eighty-six are hereby
repealed.

182

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 168, 169.

G. L. 31, § 2,
amended.

Certain duties
of board.

Section 2. Section two of chapter thirty-one of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out all after
the word "commissioner" in the third and fourth lines, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 2. In addition to other
duties imposed by this chapter and chapter thirteen, the
board shall hear and decide all appeals taken by an appli-
cant, eligible person or appointee from any decision of the
commissioner.

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

Approved April 2, 1930.

Chap.lQS An Act authorizing the city of boston to establish

AND MAINTAIN AN OFFICIAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

Mayor of city
of Boston may
adopt an offi-
cial thorough-
fare plan, etc.

Public hear-
ing, etc.

Submission of
general plan
before laying
out of major
traffic street,
etc.

No action in
case of disap-
proval, un-
less, etc.

Effective upon
acceptance, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The mayor of the city of Boston, after re-
ceipt from the city planning board, the board of street
commissioners and the board of park commissioners of said
city of their recommendations and proposals therefor, may
adopt an official thoroughfare plan, designed to include a
system of major traffic streets, express roads and major
traffic parkways, to meet future as well as present traffic
needs in so far as they may be reasonably determined.
Before submitting any such recommendations or proposals,
said boards sitting jointly shall hold a public hearing thereon.
Such plan may be amended from time to time, after pubhc
notice and hearing, by said three boards sitting jointly,
with the approval of the mayor.

Section 2. After the adoption of an official thoroughfare
plan, as authorized by section one, no major traffic street,
express road or major traffic parkway shall be laid out or
constructed until a general plan therefor has been submitted
to each of said boards, which shall have a reasonable time,
not less than thirty days, within which to consider and
report thereupon. If any such board in any such report
disapproves of any feature or portion of such general plan,
no action shall be taken thereunder unless and until such
feature or portion receives the express approval of the mayor,
after consideration by him of the objections of said board.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by vote of the city council of said city, subject to the pro-
visions of its charter, bilt not otherwise.

Approved April 2, 19S0.

Chap.lQ9 An Act relative to correcting, amending or supple-
menting birth records of illegitimate children who
have acquired new names by judicial decree, and
relative to other records of vital statistics.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Sc^km^ndld Chapter forty-six of the General Laws, as amended in
section thirteen by section two of chapter two hundred and
eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five,

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 169. 183

is hereby further amended by striking out said section thir-
teen and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section Records re^
13. If the record relating to a birth, marriage or death docs marmges^lnd^'
not contain all the required facts, or if it is claimed that the deaths, cor-
facts are not correctly'- stated therein, the town clerk shall receipt ofaN
receive an affidavit containing the facts required for record, ^davits, etc.
if made by a person required by law to furnish the informa-
tion for the original record, or, at the discretion of the town
clerk, by credible persons having knowledge of the case.

If a person shall have acquired the status of a legitimate Birth records
child by the intermarriage of his parents and the acknowledg- fegHi^a'tlzed
ment of his father, as provided in section seven of chapter t>y inter-
one hundred and ninety, the record of his birth shall be theirplrents,
amended or supplemented as hereinafter provided so as to ment!™tc"*^"
read, in all respects, as if such person had been reported for
record as born to such parents in lawful wedlock. For such
purpose, the town clerk shall, if satisfied as to the identity
of the persons and the facts, receive an affidavit executed by
the parents or by either if the other is dead, setting forth the
material facts. Unless such intermarriage is recorded in the
records in the custody of such clerk, such affidavit shall be
accompanied by a certified copy of the record thereof.

If a person of illegitimate birth shall have acquired a new illegitimate
name by judicial decree, the town clerk shall receive a certi- qufrlngVew

fied copy of such decree. names by judi-

He shall file any affidavit, certified copy of such decree or ^^ '^"^^'
copy of record submitted under this section and record it in recording of
a separate book kept therefor, with the name and residence of ^^^davits.
the deponent or the facts of such decree and the date of the
original record, and shall thereupon draw a line through any
statement, or statements, sought to be corrected or amended
in the original record, without erasing them, shall enter upon
the original record the facts required to correct, amend or
supplement the same in accordance with such affidavit or
decree, and forthwith, if a copy of the record has been sent state secretary
to the state secretary, shall forward to the state secretary a of Ifcoid ''"^^
certified copy of the corrected, amended or supplemented corrected, etc.
record upon blanks to be provided by him, and the state
secretary shall thereupon correct, amend or supplement the
record in his office. Reference to the record of the affidavit
or such decree shall be made by the clerk on the margin of
the original record. If the clerk furnishes a copy of such Certification of
record, he shall, except upon proper judicial order, or unless Jl^tedf etl^Tn
otherwise requested by a person seeking his own birth record furnishing of

1 1 II- £c • 1 J J.- • xi • • e copies thereof.

or by a person whose pubhc official duties, m the opinion of

the clerk, entitle him to the information contained therein,

certify to the facts contained therein as corrected, amended

or supplemented, and shall state that the certificate is issued

under this section, a copy of which shall be printed on every

such certificate. Such affidavit, or a certified copy of the Affidavits, etc.,

record of any other town or of a written statement made at records! l°c.

the time by any person since deceased required by law to

furnish evidence thereof, may, in the discretion of the clerk.

184

Acts, 1930. —Chap. 170.

be made the basis for the record of a birth, marriage or death
not previously recorded, and such copy of record may also
be made the basis for completing the record of a birth,
marriage or death not containing all the required facts.

Approved April 2, 1930.

Chap A70 An Act requiring the registration of foreign chari-
table CORPORATIONS BEFORE ACTING IN THE COMMON-
WEALTH, AND RELATIVE TO REPORTS BY SUCH CORPORATIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section twelve of chapter one hundred and
eighty of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting
after the word "corporation" in the first hne, the words: —
incorporated in this commonwealth, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 12. A charitable corporation incorporated
in this commonwealth whose personal property is exempt
from taxation shall annually, on or before November first,
make to the department of public welfare a written report
for its last financial year, showing its property, its receipts
and expenditures, the whole number and the average number
of its beneficiaries and such other information as the depart-
ment requires. If any corporation subject to this section
fails for two successive years to file said report, the supreme
judicial court, upon apphcation by the department, after
notice and hearing, may decree a dissolution of the cor-
poration.

Section 2. Said chapter one hundred and eighty is
hereby amended by inserting after section twelve the follow-
ing new section: — Section 12 A. A charitable corporation
estabhshed, organized or chartered under laws other than
those of the commonwealth, except the Grand Army of the
Republic, the United Spanish War Veterans, The American
Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States, shall, before engaging in charitable work or raising
funds in the commonwealth, file with the department of
public welfare a copy of its charter, articles or certificate of
incorporation, certified under the seal of the state or country
where such corporation is incorporated, by the secretary of
state thereof or by the officer having charge of the original
record therein, and a true copy of its constitution and by-
laws, and shall also file with the department such other infor-
mation as may from time to time be required by it. Such
a corporation shall annually, on or before November first,
make to said department a written report such as is required
by section twelve to be made by charitable corporations
subject thereto. Every officer of such a corporation which
fails to comply with the requirements of this section who
authorizes or transacts, and every agent of such a corporation
who transacts, business in behalf of such corporation in this
commonwealth, shall be punished by a fine of not inore than
five hundred dollars. Upon an information in equity in the
name of the attorney general at the relation of the commis-

G. L. 180, § 12,
amended.

Annual re-
ports to de-
partment of
public welfare
by certain
charitable cor-
porations in-
corporated in
this com-
monwealth.

Decree of dis-
solution upon
failure to
file, etc.

G. L. 180, new
section
after § 12.

Foreign chari-
table corpora-
tions to file
certified copy
of charter, etc.,
with depart-
ment of public
welfare before
acting in com-
monwealth.

Annual reports.

Penalty for
failure to com-
ply with re-
quirements, etc.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 171. 185

sioner of public welfare, the supreme judicial or superior
court may restrain the violation of this section by such a
corporation or the transaction of any business in its behalf
by any officer or agent while such violation continues.

Approved April 2, 1930.

An Act relative to state appropriations for the im- QJiav 171

PROVEMENT OF PUBLIC WAYS IN SMALL TOWNS.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Chapter eighty-one of the General Laws, as amended in g. l. si, § 26,
section twenty-six by chapter two hundred and eighty-one ®*^'''^'"^" ® •
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and by
section one of chapter three hundred and fifteen of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section twenty-six and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 26. There state appro-
may be expended for the repair and improvement of public prJTvemlnt o™"
ways, other than state highways, in towns having valuations ^^aiu^wns ^^
of less than five million dollars, as established by the last j^^^^^j ^^^j,^
preceding valuation made for the purpose of apportioning age ratio.
the state tax, and in which the proportionate amount paid
by such towns of every million dollars of such tax as so
established, divided by the number of miles of such public
ways, hereinafter known as the road mileage ratio, is less
than twelve dollars, such sums not exceeding one hundred
dollars per mile as the general court may appropriate there-
for; provided, that such towns shall contribute or make Proviso,
available for use in connection therewith the following
amounts for each mile of such public ways within their
respective limits, according to the following schedule based
on their road mileage ratio: —

1. Less than one dollar and forty cents, fifteen dollars.

2. One dollar and forty cents and less than two dollars,
twenty-five dollars.

3. Two dollars and less than two dollars and eighty cents,
forty dollars.

4. Two dollars and eighty cents and less than three dollars
and fifty cents, fifty dollars.

5. Three dollars and fifty cents and less than five dollars
and fifty cents, seventy-five dollars.

6. Five dollars and fifty cents and less than seven dollars,
one hundred dollars.

7. Seven dollars and less than nine dollars, one hundred
and twenty-five dollars.

8. Nine dollars and less than twelve dollars, one hundred
and fifty dollars.

The amounts appropriated as aforesaid and contributed ^''p®,"']!*'"!"^

1 1 liii 11 1 IT • ci amounts appro-

by the towns shall be expended under the direction of the priatedand
department of public works on such ways as said department *'°"*^" "^"^
and the selectmen of the towns may agree upon.

Approved April 2, 1930.

186

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 172, 173.

Chap. 172 An Act providing for the appointment of certain tem-
porary MUNICIPAL officers IN CERTAIN CASES.

^r'^mbiT^ T^^/iereas, The deferred operation of this act would, in

part, defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

^'d^h^din ^^^' Chapter forty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended

preceding same, by Striking out sectiou sixty-one A, inserted by chapter

amended. ^^^ hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen hundred

and twenty-eight, and the heading preceding the same, and

inserting in place thereof the following: —

Appointment
of certain tem-
porary munici-
pal officers in
certain cases.

Period of serv-
ice limited.

Powers.

Provisions ap-
plicable not-
withstanding,
etc.

temporary auditor, treasurer, collector of taxes,
accountant and clerk of a town and temporary
heads of city departments.

Section 61 A. In case of the incapacity, death or resigna-
tion of a city auditor, city treasurer, city collector of taxes
or any other officer having charge of a city department, or of
a town treasurer, town collector of taxes, town accountant,
town clerk or of the auditor in a town having only one, the
mayor, without confirmation by the city council, or the
selectmen, as the case may be, shall appoint a temporary
officer to serve until a successor to such incapacitated, de-
ceased or resigned officer is duly appointed or elected in
accordance with law or, in case such an incapacitated officer
sooner recovers from such incapacity, until his return to
duty, but no such temporary officer shall in any event be
appointed hereunder to serve for a period longer than sixty
days. Any temporary officer so appointed shall during the
time he fills the position to which he is appointed under this
section exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of
the officer in whose place he serves. The provisions of this
section shall apply notwithstanding any provision of a city
charter to the contrary. Approved April 3, 1930.

Chap. VIZ An Act changing the date of the biennial municipal

ELECTION IN THE CITY OF PITTSFIELD.

1911, 732.

Part I, § 4. etc.,

amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section four of Part I of chapter seven
hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and
eleven, as affected by section two of chapter one hundred
and seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, and
as amended by section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in the second and
third lines, the words "of December, beginning with the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine" and inserting in
place thereof the words : — after the first Monday of No-

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 174, 175. 187

vember, beginning with the year nineteen hundred and
thirty-one, — so as to read as follows: — Section 4- The Biennial muni-
municipal election shall take place biennially on the first fn^dty of '°°^
Tuesday after the first Monday of November, beginning Pittsfieid.
with the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one. The mu- Municipal year.
nicipal year shall begin on the first Monday of January in
each j^ear. All meetings of the citizens for municipal pur-
poses shall be called by warrants issued by order of the
mayor and board of aldermen, which shall be in such form
and be served and returned in such manner and at such
times as the city council maj^ by ordinance direct.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Effective upon
ance during the current year by vote of the city council «'=<^eptance, etc.
of the city of Pittsfieid, subject to the provisions of its
charter, but not otherwise. Approved April 3, 1930.

An Act authorizing the payment of salaries to members (JJidj) 5^74

OF the city council of the city of BROCKTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Each member of the city council of the city Payment of
of Brockton shall receive in full compensation for his services mimbere°of
as a member thereof, or of any committee thereof, such ^1^^ ^f ""°'' °^
salary as may be established by ordinance, not exceeding Brockton.
five hundred dollars in the case of an alderman, and not
exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars in the case of a
common councilman.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance Submission
to the registered voters of the city of Brockton at its next ^"^ ''°^^'^' ^**''
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 nine-
teen hundred and thirty, entitled 'An Act authorizing the
payment of salaries to members of the city council of the
city of Brockton,' be accepted?" If a majority of the voters
voting thereon vote in the affirmative in answer to said
question, this act shall take effect on the first Monday of
January, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, but not otherwise.

Approved April 3, 1930.

An Act to provide additional funds for the purpose (Jhnj) 1 75

of providing a hospital for the MIDDLESEX COUNTY
TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter three hundred and i^^-^^eo. * '•
sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight
is hereby amended by striking out, in the sixth line, the words
"one million two hundred" and inserting in place thereof
the words : — two million, — so as to read as follows : — Middlesex
Section 1. For the purpose of providing a tuberculosis r°i'^e*ifnd ex-
hospital for the Middlesex county tuberculosis hospital pend a certain

188

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 176.

sum to provide
for a tubercu-
losis hospital
for the Middle-
sex county
tuberculosis
hospital dis-
trict.

Submission to
Middlesex
county com-
missioners, etc.

district under the provisions of sections seventy-eight to
ninety, inchisive, of chapter one hundred and eleven of the
General Laws, the county commissioners of said county may
raise and expend a sum not exceeding two million and fifty
thousand dollars subject to the provisions of said sections.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by the county commissioners of
Middlesex county, but not otherwise.

Approved April 3, 1930.

G. L. 123, new
Bection after
§39.

Payment to
state treasurer
of unclaimed
funds at cer-
tain state hos-
pitals, known
as " Patients'
Funds".

Chap. 17 6 An Act to provide for payment to the state treasurer
of unclaimed funds at certain state hospitals,
known as "patients' funds".

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and twenty-three of the General
Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section thirty-
nine the following new section : — *Sec/ion 39A. So much
of any funds known as "Patients' Funds" as represent monies
belonging to, or deposited for the benefit of, patients who
have been discharged or have escaped from any state hospital,
which shall have remained unclaimed for more than ten
years, shall be paid by the superintendent of such state
hospital to the state treasurer to be held subject to be paid
to the person establishing a lawful right thereto, with interest
at the rate of three per cent per annum from the time when
it was so paid to the state treasurer to the time when it is
paid by him to such person; provided, that so much of any
monies so paid to the state treasurer as may be necessary to
reimburse the department for any sum due for the support of
the person by whom, or for whose benefit such money was
originally deposited, shall be credited to the department for
that purpose. After six years from the date when any such
monies were paid to the state treasurer the same or any
balance thereof then remaining in his hands may be used as a
part of the ordinary revenue of the commonwealth. Anj'-
person may, however, establish his claim after the expiration
of the six years above mentioned and any claim so established
shall be paid from the ordinary revenue of the commonwealth.
Any person claiming a right to money deposited with the
state treasurer under this section may establish the same by
a petition to the probate court; provided, that in cases where
claims amount to less than fifty dollars, the claims may be
presented to the comptroller who shall examine the same and
allow and certify for payment such as may be proved to his
satisfaction. Approved April 3, 1930.

Proviso.

Establishment
of claim, etc.

Petition to
probate court.

Proviso.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 177, 178. 189

An Act authorizing the town of Georgetown to borrow (J}iqj) X77

ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section five of chapter two hundred and fg^Jtc |' ^^*'
eighty-one of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and amended,
fifteen, as amended by section one of chapter two hundred
and twenty-seven of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred
and seventeen, is hereby further amended by striking out,
in the fourth line, the word "seventy-five" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — one hundred and fifty, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 5. Said town, for the purpose Town of
of paying the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or m^'^bwow
to be incurred under the provisions of this act, may issue ^""e^suppiy
from time to time bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding purposes.
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Such bonds or notes
shall bear on their face the words. Town of Georgetown Town of
Water Loan, Act of 1915; shall be payable by such annual wlterLoIn,
payments, beginning not more than three years after their ^^^ °^ i^^^-
respective dates, as will extinguish each loan within thirty
years from its date; but the amount of such annual payment
of any loan in any year shall not be less than the amount of
the principal of said loan payable in any subsequent year.
Each authorized issue of bonds or notes shall constitute a
separate loan. Said bonds or notes shall bear interest, pay- Rate of
able semi-annually, at a rate not exceeding five per cent per '"'^*''''^®*-
annum; and shall be signed by the treasurer of the town and
countersigned by the water commissioners hereinafter pro-
vided for. The town may sell the said securities at public or
private sale, upon such terms and conditionis as it may deem
proper, but they shall not be sold for less than their par value
and the proceeds shall be used only for the purposes herein
specified.

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

Approved April 4, 1930.

An Act relative to sewerage works of the city of QJiar) 178

BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and ^f^- amended
twenty-six of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven,
as amended by section one of chapter two hundred and fifty-
seven of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, by
section one of chapter four hundred and fifty of the acts of
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, by section three of chapter
four hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and by section one of chapter two hundred and sixty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and three, and as
affected by chapter two hundred and four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and eight, is hereby further amended by

190

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 178.

Construction,
etc., of sewer-
age works in
city of Boston.

Appropriation.

What shall be
included in
term "sewerage
work".

No such work
to be con-
structed except
under authority
of this act, etc.

striking out, in the ninth and tenth Hnes, the words "sums
not exceeding one milhon dollars in any one year" and in-
serting in place thereof the words: — such sums as shall be
recommended by the commissioner of public works, with the
approval of the mayor, — so as to read as follows: — Section
1. The board or boards authorized to make appropriations
for the city of Boston, by a majority vote of the members of
such board or boards, approved by the city council of said
city by the affirmative vote of two thirds of all the members
of each branch thereof, taken by a call of the yeas and nays,
or, if there should be no such board or boards, then said city
council by such two thirds vote, may annually appropriate,
to be met by the issue of bonds as hereinafter provided, such
sums as shall be recommended by the commissioner of public
works, with the approval of the mayor, for constructing
sewerage works in said city, and shall also appropriate, to
be met by the annual income and taxes of said city, sums for
maintaining and operating the sewerage works, and such
sums as the city treasurer of said city shall each year deter-
mine to be the amount to be used for interest on the bonds
issued for sewerage works, and also the amount to be used
for the sinking funds for bonds issued for sewerage works,
which, with all other amounts so used, and their accumula-
tions, will pay all such bonds at maturity; and there shall
also be used for said sinking funds all premiums received from
the sale of said bonds, and all amounts received for breach
of any contract for constructing sewerage works, or for
securities deposited as security for making such contracts
and declared to be forfeited to the city, or for sales of prop-
erty. All sewers, drains, pumping stations and other works
for the collection or disposal of sewage, or surface or ground
water in said city shall be included in the term "sewerage
work", as used in this act, and no such work shall hereafter
be constructed in said city, except under authority of this
act, or of chapter three hundred and twenty-three of the acts
of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one and acts in
amendment of or in addition to said acts or either of them,
unless the same has been ordered to be constructed before
the passage thereof. Any such sewerage work aforesaid may
hereafter be constructed by the superintendent of streets
of said city, or by such other officer as the mayor shall desig-
nate, in any public way or place, or in any land owned by the
city or in which the city has acquired authority to lay such
sewerage work; but before commencing the construction of
any sewer the superintendent or officer shall cause to be
recorded in the Suffolk registry of deeds a statement ap-
proved by the mayor of his intention to construct the sewer,
naming the street or otherwise describing the land in which
the sewer is to be constructed, and giving his estimate of the
cost thereof.

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

Approved April 4, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 179. 191

An Act authorizing certain work in or about private (jfiQ^j) 1 79

GARDENS OR PRIVATE GROUNDS ADJACENT TO A DWELLING ^'

HOUSE ON THE LORd's DAY.

Beit enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and thirty-six of the General Laws, g. l. i36. § 6,
as most recently amended in section six by chapter one ^tc, amended.
hundred and forty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
thirty, is hereby further amended by striking out said sec-
tion and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section Certain busi-
6. The preceding section shall not prohibit the manufacture Mwted oS'^°"
and distribution of steam, gas or electricity for illuminating Lord's day.
purposes, heat or motive power; the distribution of water
for fire or domestic purposes; the use of the telegraph or the
telephone; the retail sale of drugs and medicines, or articles
ordered b}^ the prescription of a physician, or mechanical
appliances used by physicians or surgeons; the retail sale of
tobacco in any of its forms by licensed innholders, common
victuallers, druggists and newsdealers whose stores are open
for the sale of newspapers every day in the week; the retail
sale of bread, befoi'e ten o'clock in the forenoon and between
the hours of four o'clock and half past six o'clock in the
afternoon by licensed innholders and by licensed common
victuallers authorized to keep open their places of business
on the Lord's day and by persons licensed under the follow-
ing section to keep open their places of business as aforesaid;
the retail sale of ice cream, soda water and confectionery by
licensed innholders and druggists, and by such licensed
common victuallers as are not also licensed to sell certain
non-intoxicating beverages, as defined in section 6ne of
chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, and who are author-
ized to keep open their places of business on the Lord's day;
the sale of ice cream, soda water, confectionery or fruit by
persons licensed under the following section or the keeping
open of their places of business for the sale thereof; work
lawfully done by persons working under permits granted
under section nine; the sale by licensed innholders and
common victuallers of meals such as are usually served by
them, consisting in no part of intoxicating liquors, which
meals are cooked on the premises but are not to be con-
sumed thereon; the operation of motor vehicles; the sale
of gasoline and oil for use, and the retail sale of accessories
for immediate necessary use, in connection with the opera-
tion of motor vehicles, motor boats and air craft; the letting
of horses and carriages or of boats; unpaid work on pleasure
boats; the running of steam ferry boats on established
routes; the running of street railway cars; the running of
steamboat lines and trains or of steamboats, if authorized
under section nineteen; the preparation, printing and pub-
lication of newspapers, or the sale and delivery thereof;
the wholesale or retail sale and delivery of milk, or the
transportation thereof, or the delivery of ice cream; the

192

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 180.

Certain busi-
ness not pro-
hibited on
Lord's day.

making of butter and cheese; the keeping open of pubhc
bath houses; the making or selHng by bakers or their em-
ployees, before ten o'clock in the forenoon and between the
hours of four o'clock and half past six o'clock in the after-
noon, of bread or other food usually dealt in by them; when-
ever Rosh Hashonah, or the Day of Atonement, begins on
the Lord's day, the retail sale and delivery of fish, fruit and
vegetables before twelve o'clock noon of that day; the selling
of kosher meat by any person who, according to his re-
ligious belief, observes Saturday as the Lord's day by closing
his place of business during the day until six o'clock in the
afternoon or the keeping open of his shop on the Lord's day
for the sale of kosher meat between the hours of six o'clock
and ten o'clock in the forenoon; the performing of secular
business and labor on the Lord's day by any person who
conscientiously believes that the seventh day of the week
ought to be observed as the Sabbath and actually refrains
from secular business and labor on that day, if he disturbs
no other person thereby; the carrying on of the business of
bootblack before eleven o'clock in the forenoon, unless pro-
hibited in a city or town by ordinance or by-law; the digging
of clams; the icing and dressing of fish; the cultivation of
land, and the raising, harvesting, conserving and transport-
ing of agricultural products during the existence of war be-
tween the United States and any other nation and until the
first day of January following the termination thereof; such
unpaid work in or about private gardens or private grounds,
adjacent to a dwelling house, as shall not cause unreason-
able noise, having regard to the locality where such work is
performed; the sale of catalogues of pictures and other
works" of art in exhibitions held by societies organized for
the purpose of promoting education in the fine arts or the
exposure of photographic plates and films for pleasure, if
the pictures to be made therefrom are not intended to be
sold and are not sold. Approved April 4, 1930.

Chap. 180 An Act to establish a fee for the examination of

CREDIT UNIONS.

G. L. 171, §3,
amended.

Fee for the
examination of
credit unions.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section three of chapter one hundred and seventy-one of
the General Laws, as appearing in section one of chapter
two hundred and seventy-three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, is hereby amended by adding
at the end thereof the following new paragraph: —

To defray in part the expenses of each regular examination
provided for by section two of chapter one hundred and
sixty-seven, every credit union so examined, shall, upon
notice from the commissioner, pay a fee which shall be due
and payable within thirty days after the date of the notice,
of fifteen cents for each one thousand dollars of assets as
shown by the statement of condition of the credit union at

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 181, 182. 193

the date of the examination, which fee shall in no event be
less than five dollars; provided, that no fee shall be col- Proviso,
lected from a credit union hereunder until it has been in
operation for a period of three years unless prior to the
expiration of said period its assets shall amount to twenty-
five thousand dollars or more. Approved April 4, 1930.

An Act relative to the period during which a lump sum (JJiary.X'^X

AWARD MAY BE MADE UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSA-
TION LAW IN THE CASE OF A MINOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the General Laws, g. l. 152, § 48.
as amended in section forty-eight by section ten of chapter ®*''' ^™'"^ ^
three hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twent3'-seven, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section forty-eight and inserting in place thereof the
following : — Section 48. Whenever the department deems workmen's
it to be for the best interests of the employee or his depend- m^^be^plid\n
ents, and the parties agree, the liability for compensation lump 8^™- etc.
may be redeemed by the payment in whole or in part by the
insurer of a lump sum of an amount to be fixed by the depart-
ment, not exceeding the amount provided by this chapter.
The department, in the case of a minor who has received in case of
permanently disabling injuries, either partial or total, may,
at any time before or after he attains his majority, provide
that he be compensated in whole or in part by the payment
of a lump sum, of an amount to be fixed by the department,
not exceeding the amount provided by this chapter.

Approved April 4, 1930.

An Act relative to the payment of compensation to QJkij) lg2

DEPENDENTS OF POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN WHO ARE KILLED
in THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an preamble,
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public safety.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section eighty-nine of chapter thirty-two g. l. 32, § 89,
of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section one ®*"^' ^"^ended.
of chapter three hundred and eight of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in the second line, the words "which accepts
this section", — so as to read as follows: — Section 89. If f^^^t^g*^
a member of tha police or fire force of a city or town or a dependents of
member of the department of public safety doing police firemMlduId,
duty, is killed, or dies within six months from injuries re- pr dj^ing^^om
ceived, while in the performance of his duty as such member ceived. in per-
and it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the mayor and ofTuty*!^

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 182.

Determination
of amount, etc.

Election of
benefits in
case deceased
was member
of a contribu-
tory retirement
system, etc.

Election to be
in writing, etc.

G. L. 32, I 88,
etc., amended.

city council or selectmen, or of the commissioner of public
safety subject to the approval of the governor and council,
as the case may be, that such death was the natural and
proximate result of an accident occurring during the perform-
ance and within the scope of his duty as such member, and the
attending physician or medical examiner shall certify to the
city, town or state treasurer, as the case may be, that the
death was the direct result of the said injury, there shall be
paid except as hereinafter provided, out of the city, town or
state treasury, as the case may be, to the following dependents
of such deceased person the following annuities: To the
widow, so long as she remains unmarried, an annuity not
exceeding one thousand dollars a year, increased by not ex-
ceeding two hundred dollars for each child of such deceased
person during such time as such child is under the age of
eighteen or over said age and physically or mentally inca-
pacitated from earning; and, if there is any such child and
no widow or the widow later dies, such an annuity as would
have been payable to the widow had there been one or had
she lived, to or for the benefit of such child, or of such chil-
dren in equal shares, during the time aforesaid ; and, if there
is any such child and the widow remarries, in lieu of the
aforesaid annuity to her, an annuity not exceeding two hun-
dred and sixty dollars to or for the benefit of each such child
during the time aforesaid; and, if there is no widow and no
such child, an annuity not exceeding one thousand dollars to
or for the benefit of the father or mother of the deceased if
dependent upon him for support at the time of his death,
during such time as such beneficiary is unable to support
himself or herself and does not remarry. The total amount
of all such annuities shall not exceed two thirds of the annual
rate of compensation received by such deceased person at the
date of his death. The amount of any such annuity shall
from time to time be determined within the limits aforesaid
by the mayor and city council, the selectmen, or the commis-
sioner of public safety subject to the approval of the governor
and council, as the case may be.

In case the deceased was a member of a contributory re-
tirement system for public employees, the benefits provided
under this section shall be in the alternative for the benefits,
if any, provided by such retirement system for dependent
widows and children or for dependent fathers or mothers;
and the widow, or if there is no widow, the legal representa-
tive of the children entitled thereto, if any, otherwise the
father or mother in the order named, shall elect which benefits
shall be granted. Such election shall be made in writing and
shall be filed with the retirement board in charge of the
system of which the deceased was a member and shall not be
subject to change or revocation after the first payment of
any benefit thereunder.

Section 2. Said chapter thirtj^-two, as amended in sec-
tion eighty-eight by section five of chapter four hundred and
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is

' Acts, 1930. — Chap. 182. 195

hereby further amended by striking out said section eighty-
eight and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section Pensions to
88. The selectmen of any town which accepts this section p^eTsdns kuied
or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws by a ?>■ dying from
two thirds vote at an annual town meeting may pay to the ceived while
widow of any person aiding a police officer in the discharge office?, or'^d!)^^
of his duty by the order or request of such officer or any of '^^^^^l ^"^y-
the authorities of the town, or to the widow of a person doing request, in
fire duty at the request or by the order of the authorities of "^"^^^^"^ <*^°8.
the town, if it has no organized fire department, or of a person
performing the duties of a fireman in such town, who dies
from injuries received through no fault of his own in the
actual performance of his duty, a pension not exceeding three
hundred dollars a year while such widow remains unmarried,
or, if there is no widow, a pension not exceeding said sum for
the benefit of any of the children under sixteen of such de-
ceased person while any such child is under the age of sixteen,
and the selectmen of such town may determine the amount
of such pension within said limits. No payments shall be
made under this section on account of any death in respect
to which compensation is paj^able under section eighty-nine.

Section 3. Section eighty-three of chapter forty-eight g. l. 48, § 83,
of the General Laws, as most recently amended by section ''*°' '^'n^"^^^'*-
six of said chapter four hundred and two, and as affected by No payments
sections seven and eight of said chapter four hundred and deatfToFa*"^
two, is hereby further amended by striking out the last member of

/ 1111 -1 !_• • ^ • 1- • 1 fire department

sentence, added by said section six, and inserting m place of a city or town
thereof the following: — No payments shall be made under wWch'^m*-"
this section or section eighty-one on account of the death of pensation is
a member of the fire department of a city or town in respect g!^l. 32,^89.
to which compensation is payable under section eighty-nine
of chapter thirty-two.

Section 4. The provisions of any non-contributory Non-contnbu-
pension law of general application in a city or town, so far as law^foTpay-
it provides for the payment of compensation to dependents ^ents to de-
of policemen or firemen of a city or town killed, or dying from poricemen°or
injuries received, while in the performance of duty shall not or fataUy'in-*^
apply in case of the death of a policeman or fireman in respect jured. not ap-
to which compensation is payable under section eighty-nine certainVa^es.
of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws.

Section 5. Section eighty-seven of said chapter thirty- g. l. 32, § 87,
two, as most recently amended by section three of said i928"4T2?§^3,
chapter four hundred and two, section seven of said chapter i928, 402, § 7,
four hundred and two, section eight of said chapter four hun- as^amended,"
dred and two, as amended by section four of chapter three §4^igfg%o8^'
hundred and eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty- § s. repealed.
nine, and section three of said chapter three hundred and
eight, are hereby repealed.

Section 6. This act shall apply to deaths of policemen Application
and firemen occurring on or after January first, nineteen hun- °* ^°*'"
dred and thirty. Approved April 5, 1930.

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G. L. 218, § 47,
etc., amended.

Chav.lSS An Act eelative to certain payments by county treas-
urers TO CLERKS OF DISTRICT COURTS AND TO TRIAL JUS-
TICES FOR THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN FEES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section forty-seven of chapter two hundred
and eighteen of the General Laws, as amended by section two
of chapter one hundred and ninety-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out, in the second and third hues, the words "and justices
of such courts as have no clerk,", — by striking out, in the
thirtieth line, the word "one" the first time it appears in
said line, and inserting in place thereof the word : — two, —
by inserting after the word "approve" in the thirty-second
line the words: — in addition thereto, — and by striking out,
in the thirty-eighth line, the words "or justice", — so as
to read as follows: — Section J^7 . Clerks of district courts,
except the municipal court of the city of Boston, shall, on
or before the tenth day of each month, account for and pay
over to the county treasurer all money received by them from
civil business, including fees for blanks and copies, and to city
and town treasurers all fines and forfeitures received by them
payable to said cities or towns, and render to said treasurers
a detailed account on oath of the same. Such payments shall
include the balances due and payable at the end of the month
last preceding the day of payment. They shall, at the end of
a criminal case, pay the fees and expenses of officers entitled
thereto from the funds in their hands payable to the city or
town liable for the payment of such fees and expenses, if they
have sufficient funds therefor, and all such fees and expenses
not so paid shall be certified at the end of each month to the
treasurer of the city or town liable therefor, who shall pay
them to the parties entitled thereto. They shall, at the end
of a criminal case or inquest, pay the fees of witnesses for the
commonwealth and the fees and expenses of officers at in-
quests who are entitled thereto, from the funds furnished
them by the county treasurer for that purpose, or out of any
funds which may be paid into court and are payable to the
county. They shall be allowed for the amounts so paid in
their settlement with the county, city and town treasurers.
If they do not have in their hands sufficient funds returnable
to counties with which to pay such fees, as herein provided,
they may make written requisition therefor upon the county
treasurer, who shall pay to them not more than two hundred
dollars each in any one month; but if it appears necessary to
the director of accounts, he may approve in addition thereto
a requisition for not more than two hundred dollars in any
one month, and, upon receipt of a requisition so approved,
the county treasurer may pay to them such amount as may
be called for therein. They shall account therefor in their
regular settlements with the county treasurer and shall be
liable therefor on their official bonds. A clerk violating any

Accounting by
clerks of dis-
trict courts,
except the
municipal court
of city of
Boston.

Officers' fees
and expenses
in criminal
cases, pay-
ment, etc.

Witnesses' fees
in criminal
cases, payment,
etc.

Requisition
upon county
treasurer if
funds insuf-
ficient, etc.

Penalty.

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provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not
more than one hundred dollars.

Section 2. Chapter two hundred and nineteen of the g. l. 219, § 15,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section amended.
fifteen and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section Accounting
15. Trial justices shall be subject to the same duties and [^^es"e|j"^'
liabilities as clerks of district courts under section forty-seven
of chapter two hundred and eighteen, and the provisions of
said section forty-seven relative to advances on requisition
shall apply to such justices. Approved April 5, 1930.

An Act providing retirementj allowances based on nhn^ 1 04

ANNUITY AND PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES
OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

PURPOSE OF ACT.

Section 1. The purpose of this act is to improve the somerviiie re-
efficiency of the public service of the city of Somerviiie, here- purpo^se! etc'
inafter called the city, by the retirement of disabled or
superannuated employees.

DEFINITIONS.

Section 2. The following words and phrases as used in Definitions.
this act, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the
context, shall have the following meanings: —

(1) "Retirement system", the arrangement provided in "Retirement
this act for the retirement of, and payment of retirement ^y^^^™-"
allowances to, employees as defined in paragraph (2) of this
section.

(2) "Employee", any person who is regularly employed "Employee."
in the service of, and whose salary or compensation is paid

by, the city, except employees who hold office by popular
election, who were not members at the time of their election,
and teachers in the public schools as defined by section six
of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws. In all cases of
doubt the retirement board shall decide who is an employee
within the meaning of this act.

(3) "Member", any employee included in the retirement "Member."
system as provided in section four of this act.

(4) "Retirement board", the board provided in section "Retirement
fourteen of this act to administer the retirement system. board."

(5) "Service", service as an employee as described in "service."
paragraph two of this section and paid for by the city of
Somerviiie.

(6) "Prior service", service rendered prior to the date "Prior
the retirement system becomes first operative, for which service."
credit is allowable under the provisions of section five of

this act.

(7) "Membership service", service as an employee "Membership
rendered since last becoming a member. service."

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" Creditable
service."

' ' Beneficiary.

" Regular
interest."

Proviso.

" Accumulated
deductions."

"Annuity."

"Pension."

" Retirement
allowance."

" Regular com-
pensation."

"Annuity
reserve."

" Pension
reserve."

"Actuarial
equivalent.'

(8) "Creditable service", "prior service" plus "mem-
bership service", for which credit is allowable as provided
in section five of this act.

(9) "Beneficiary", any person in receipt of a pension, an
annuit}^, a retirement allowance or other benefit as provided
by this act.

(10) "Regular interest", interest at four per centum per
annum compounded annually; provided, that if the actual
net interest earned on the reserves of the retirement system
be less than four per centum, the rate may be reduced to not
less than three per centum per annum after the retirement
board has given the members ninety days' notice of a pro-
posed reduction in rate; and provided, further, that such a
reduction shall not affect any payments or credits made
prior to the date of the change in rate.

(11) "Accumulated deductions", the sum of all the amounts
deducted from the compensation of a member and standing
to his credit in the annuity savings fund, together with
regular interest thereon.

(12) "Annuity", annual payments for life derived from
the accumulated deductions of a member. All annuities
shall be paid in monthly instalments.

(13) "Pension", annual payments for life derived from
contributions made by the city. All pensions shall be paid
in monthly instalments.

(14) "Retirement allowance", the sum of the "annuity"
and the "pension".

(15) "Regular compensation", the annual compensation
determined by the head of the department for the individual
service of each employee in that department and the com-
pensation determined by duly constituted authority for ap-
pointed officers of the city, exclusive of bonus or overtime
payments.

(16) "Annuity reserve", the present value of all pay-
ments to be made on account of any annuity or benefit in
lieu of any annuity computed upon the basis of such mor-
tality tables as shall be adopted by the retirement board
and regular interest.

(17) "Pension reserve", the present value of all pay-
ments to be made on account of any pension or benefit in
lieu of any pension computed upon the basis of such mor-
tahty tables as shall be adopted by the retirement board
and regular interest.

(18) "Actuarial equivalent", a benefit of equal value
when computed upon the basis of such mortality tables as
shall be approved by the retirement board and regular
interest.

Somerville
Retirement
System es-
tablished.

NAME AND DATE SYSTEM IS FIRST OPERATIVE.

Section 3. A retirement system is hereby established
and placed under the management of the retirement board
for the purpose of providing retirement allowances under

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the provisions of this act for employees of, or employees
paid by, the city. The retirement system so created shall
have the powers and privileges of a corporation and shall be
known as the "Somerville Retirement System", and by such
name all of its business shall be transacted, all of its funds
invested, all warrants for money drawn and paj^ments made,
and all of its cash and securities and other property held.
The retirement system so created shall begin operation Date of
upon the first day of January, nineteen hundred and thirty- "P^^^^io**-
one.

MEMBERSHIP.

Section 4. (1) The membership of the retirement sys- Retirement
tem shall be constituted as follows: — be?S.°'^°"

(a) All persons who become emploj^ees and, except as
otherwise provided in the last sentence of subsection (2) of
section nine, all employees who enter or re-enter the service
of the city on or after the day the retirement system becomes
operative may become members of the retirement system
on their own appHcation, and all such employees who shall
complete one year of service thereafter and disability bene-
ficiaries restored to active service to whom the provisions
of subsection (3) of said section nine apply shall become mem-
bers of the retirement system, and after becoming members
as above provided shall receive no pension or retirement
allowance from any other pension or retirement system sup-
ported wholly or in part by the city, nor shall they be re-
quired to make contributions to any other pension or re-
tirement system of the city, anything to the contrary in
this or any other special or general law notwithstanding.

(6) All persons who are employees on the date when this Employees on
retirement system becomes operative and who are not then fton ol rettlt^
covered by any other pension or retirement law of the ment system,
commonwealth shall become members as of the first day this ot°her°plnlion^
retirement system becomes operative, unless on or before a ^^^ of state,
date not more than sixty days thereafter, to be set by the
retirement board, any such employee shall file with the
retirement board on a form prescribed by the board a notice
of his election not to be covered in the membership of the
system and a duly executed waiver of all present and pro-
spective benefits which would otherwise inure to him on
account of his participation in the retirement system.

(c) An employee who is covered by any other pension or Employees
retirement law of the commonwealth, including a special othlr^peMion
law accepted by, and applicable to employees of, the city, or retirement
on the date when this retirement system becomes operative **^' ^
shall not be considered to have become a member of this
retirement system unless said employee shall then or there-
after make written application to join this system and shall
therein waive and renounce all benefits of any other pension
or retirement system supported wholly by the city, but no
such employee shall receive credit for prior service unless
he make such application for membership within one year
from the date this retirement system becomes operative.

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Employee
electing not
to become
member may
thereafter
apply for mem-
bership, etc.

Right of board
to deny mem-
bership, etc.

Department
head.s to sub-
mit certain
information
to board.

Group."? of
members.

When member
shall cease
to be such.

(2) An employee whose membership in the retirement
system is contingent on his own election and who elects not
to become a member may thereafter apply for and be ad-
mitted to membership; but no such employee shall receive
prior service credit unless he becomes a member within
one year from the date this retirement system becomes
operative.

(3) The retirement board may deny the right to become
members to any class of officials appointed for fixed terms,
or to any class of part-time employees, or it may, in its
discretion, make optional with persons in any such class
their individual entrance into membership.

(4) It shall be the duty of the head of each department to
submit to the retirement board a statement showing the
name, title, compensation, duties, date of birth and length
of service of each member of his department, and such
information regarding other employees therein as the re-
tirement board may require. The retirement board shall
then place each member in one of the following groups: —

Group 1 . — General employees, including clerical, ad-
ministrative and technical workers, laborers, mechanics and
all others not otherwise classified;

Group 2. — Members of the pohce department and the
fire department of the city;

Or in any other group of not less than two hundred and
fifty persons which may be hereafter recommended by the
actuary on the basis of service and mortality experience, and
approved by the retirement board to cover all or part of
any group or groups previously created or any additional
classes of employees. When the duties of a member so re-
quire, the retirement board may reclassify him in and
transfer him to another group.

(5) Should any member in any period of six consecutive
years after last becoming a member be absent from service
more than five years, or should any member withdraw his
accumulated deductions or become a beneficiary hereunder
or die, he shall thereupon cease to be a member.

Members to
file statement
of prior serv-
ice, etc.

Determination
by board of
service, etc.

CREDITABLE SERVICE.

Section 5. (1) Under such rules and regulations as the
retirement board shall adopt, each person becoming a mem-
ber within one year from the date he first becomes eligible
to membership who was in service at the time the system
became operative, or who re-entered the service within five
years after rendering service prior to the time the system
became operative shall file a detailed statement of all service
as an employee rendered by him prior to the day on which
the system first became operative for which he claims
credit, and of such facts as the retirement board may re-
quire for the proper operation of the system.

(2) The retirement board shall fix and determine by ap-
propriate rules and regulations how much service in any
year is equivalent to a year of service, but in no case shall

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more than one year of service be creditable for all service in
one calendar year, nor shall the retirement board allow
credit as service for any period of more than one month's du-
ration during which the employee was absent without pay.

(3) Subject to the above restrictions and to such other verification of
rules and regulations as the retirement board may adopt, ^^'■^'''«' ®*«'-
the retirement board shall verify, as soon as practicable after

the filing of such statements of service, the service therein
claimed, and shall certify as creditable all or such part of
the service claimed as may be allowable.

In lieu of a determination of the actual compensation of ^°^Pto"be*'°°
the member that was received during such period of prior used, etc.
service, the retirement board shall use for the purposes of
this act the compensation rates which, if they had progressed
in accordance with the rates of salary increase shown in the
tables as prescribed in paragraph (10) of section fourteen
of this act, would have resulted in the same average salary
of the member for the five years immediately preceding the
date this system became operative as the records show the
member actually received.

(4) Upon verification of the statements of service the prior service
retirement board shall issue prior service certificates certi- certificates, etc.
fying to each member entitled to credit for prior service the

length of service rendered prior to the date the retirement
system first became operative, with which he is credited on
the basis of his statement of service. So long as mem-
bership continues a prior service certificate shall for re-
tirement purposes be final and conclusive as to such service;
provided, that any member may, within one year from Proviso,
the date of issuance or modification of such certificate, re-
quest the retirement board to modify or correct his prior
service certificate.

When membership ceases such prior service certificates Prior service
shall become void. Should the employee again become a when mlmbej?
member, such employee shall enter the system as an em- ship ceases, etc.
ployee not entitled to prior service credit except as provided
in subsection three of section nine.

(5) Creditable service at retirement shall consist of the Creditable
membership service rendered by the member since he last service, etc.
became a member and also, if he has a prior service cer-
tificate which is in full force and eft'ect, the amount of the
service certified on his prior service certificate.

SERVICE RETIREMENT.

Conditions for Allowance.

Section 6. (1) Any member in service who shall have Retirement
attained age sixty shall, either upon his own written appli- n°iitkfnTt°age
cation or that of the head of his department, be retired for °^ s«ty.
superannuation not less than thirty nor more than ninety
days after the filing of such application. A member whose Notice and
retirement is apphed for by the head of his department shall ^^"'^e.
be entitled to a notice of such apphcation and to a hearing

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Retirement for
superannuation
at age of sixty-
five and
seventy.

Retention in
service of cer-
tain members,
etc.

Proviso. before the retirement board, provided he requests such

hearing in writing within ten days of the receipt of such
notice; and unless the retirement board finds, on hearing,
that the member is able to properly perform his duties and
files a copy of its findings with the head of his department,
the retirement shall become effective thirty days from the
time of the filing of such finding.

Any member in service classified as a policeman or fire-
man under group two of subsection (4) of section four who
shall have attained age sixty-five, and any member other-
wise classified who shall have attained age seventy, shall be
retired for superannuation not less than thirty nor more than
ninety days after attaining such respective ages, or after
this system becomes operative, if such respective ages were
attained prior thereto.

Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section,
any member who is the head of a department or a member
of a board in charge of a department or departments may be
retained in service for periods of one year at a time upon
reappointment by the mayor or board of aldermen, or
both, according to the requirements of the city charter and
ordinances for appointment to said office; or, if his con-
tinued employment does not require a reappointment, then
he may be retained in service for periods of one year at a
time upon the written approval thereof of the mayor.

Amount of Allowance.

(2) Upon retirement for superannuation a member of the
retirement system shall receive a retirement allowance
consisting of —

(a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent
of his accumulated deductions at the time of his retirement,
and

(b) A pension equal to the annuity allowable at age
sixty, computed on the basis of contributions made prior
to the attainment of age sixty, and

(c) If he has a prior service certificate in full force and
effect an additional pension which is the actuarial equivalent
of twice the pension which would have been payable under
paragraph (6) above, on account of the accumulated de-
ductions which would have resulted from contributions made
during the period of his creditable prior service had the
system then been in operation.

Total pension. 'pj^g total peusiou of any member payable under the pro-
visions of this section shall not, however, exceed one half
of his average annual regular compensation during the five
years immediately preceding his retirement, nor shall the
total pension of any member who has fifteen or more years
of total creditable service be less than an amount which,
added to his annuity, shall make his total retirement allow-
ance equal to four hundred eighty dollars per annum.

Allowance upon
retirement for
superannua-
tion.

Annuity.

Pension.

Additional
pension.

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ORDINARY DISABILITY RETIREMENT.

Conditiojis for Allowance.

Section 7. (1) Upon the application of a member in Ordinary
service or of the head of his department, any member who ^etTrement.
has had twenty or more years of creditable service may be 1l^'^{^^^^\
retired by the retirement board, not less than thirty and not
more than ninety days next following the date of filing such
application, on an ordinary disability retirement allowance;
provided, that the city physician, after a medical examination Proviso.
of such member, shall certify that such member is mentally
or physically incapacitated for the further performance of
duty, that such incapacity is likely to be permanent, and
that such member should be retired.

Amount of Allowance.

(2) Upon retirement for ordinary disability a member Allowance for
shall receive a service retirement allowance if he has at- for'ordinary
tained age sLxty; otherwise he shall receive an ordinary disability.
disability retirement allowance consisting of —

(a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent Annuity.
of his accumulated deductions at the time of his retire-
ment, and

(o) A pension of ninety per centum of the pension that Pension.
would have been provided by the city for the member had
he remained without further change of compensation in the
service of the city until he reached age sixty and then re-
tired.

ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT.

Conditions for Allowance.

Section 8. (1) Upon application of a member in service. Accidental
or of the head of his department, any member who has been retfrement.
totally and permanently incapacitated for duty as the natural °"i"'^'*'„°"^'^°''
and proximate result of an accident occurring in the perform-
ance and within the scope of his duty at some definite time
and place, without wilful neghgence on his part, shall be re-
tired not less than thirty nor more than ninety days follow-
ing the date of filing of such application; provided, that the Proviso,
city physician, after an examination of such member, shall
report that said member is physically or mentally incapaci-
tated for the further performance of duty, that such incapacity
is likely to be permanent, and that said member should be
retired, and the retirement board shall concur in such report
and find that the physical or mental incapacity is the natural
and proximate result of such an accident and that such dis-
ability is not the result of wilful negligence on the part of said
member and that said member should be retired.

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Allowance
upon retire-
ment for
accidental
disability.

Annuity.

Pension.

Amount of Allowance.

(2) Upon retirement for accidental disability a member
shall receive a service retirement allowance if he has attained
age sixty; otherwise he shall receive an accidental disability
retirement allowance consisting of —

(a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of
his accumulated deductions at the time of his retirement, and

(6) A pension equal to one half of the average rate of his
regular annual compensation for the year immediately pre-
ceding the date of the accident.

Annual medi-
cal examination
of persons
under age sixty
retired for
disability, etc.

Reduction in
pension if dis-
ability bene-
ficiary is able
to engage in
gainful occu-
pation, etc.

Modification of
pension if earn-
ing capacity
changed.

Proviso.

Restoration
to service, etc.

RE-EXAMINATION OF BENEFICIARIES RETIRED ON ACCOUNT
OF DISABILITY.

Section 9. (1) Once each year during the first five
years following retirement of a member on a disability re-
tirement allowance, and once in every three-year period
thereafter, the retirement board may, and upon his appli-
cation shall, require any disabiUty beneficiary who has not
yet attained age sixty to undergo a medical examination by
the city physician or a physician or physicians designated
by the retirement board and approved by the mayor, such
examination to be made at the place of residence of said
beneficiary or other place mutually agreed upon. Should
any disability beneficiary who has not yet attained the age
of sLxty refuse to submit to at least one medical examination
in any such period of one or three years, as the case may
be, his allowance may be discontinued until his withdrawal
of such refusal, and should his refusal continue for a year,
all his rights in and to his pension shall be revoked by the
retirement board.

(2) Should such physician or physicians report and certify
to the retirement board that such disability beneficiary is
engaged in or is able to engage in a gainful occupation pay-
ing more than the difference between his retirement allow-
ance and his final regular compensation, and should the
retirement board concur in such report, then the amount
of his pension shall be reduced to an amount which, together
with his annuity and the amount earnable by him, shall
equal the amount of his final regular compensation. Should
his earning capacity be later changed, the amount of his
pension may be further modified; provided, that the new
pension shall not exceed the amount of the pension originally
granted nor shall it exceed an amount, which, when added
to the amount earnable by the beneficiary together with his
annuity, equals the amount of his final regular compensation.
A beneficiary restored to active service at a salary less than
the final regular compensation upon the basis of which he
was retired shall not become a member of the retirement
system.

(3) Should a disability beneficiary be restored to active
service at a compensation not less than his final regular

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compensation, his retirement allowance shall cease, he shall
again become a member of the retirement system, and he
shall contribute thereafter at the same rate he paid prior
to disabihty. Any prior service certificate on the basis of
which his service was computed at the time of his retire-
ment shall be restored to full force and effect, and in addi-
tion upon his subsequent retirement he shall be credited with
all his service as a member.

RETURN OF ACCUMULATED DEDUCTIONS.

Section 10. (1) Within sixty days after the filing with Payment if
the retirement board of a request therefor, any member who to^bl^emp^yee
shall have ceased to be an employee by resignation or dis- for reason other
charge or for any reason other than death or retirement shall retirement! ""^
be paid the amount of his accumulated deductions.

(2) Should a member die while an employee, his accumu- Payment if
lated deductions shall be paid to his legal representative; whiTe'^empioyee.
provided, that if the sum so due does not exceed three proviso,
hundred dollars, and there has been no demand therefor by
a duly appointed executor or administrator, payment may
be made, after the expiration of three months from the date
of death of such member, to the persons appearing, in the
judgment of the retirement board, to be entitled thereto,
and such payment shall be a bar to recovery by any other
person.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT.

Section 11. If, upon receipt by the retirement board dSth^enefit
of proper proofs of the death of a member, the retirement
board shall decide that such death was the natural and
proximate result of an accident occurring not more than one
year prior to the date of death at some definite time and
place while the member was in the actual performance and
within the scope of his duty, and not the result of wilful
negligence on his part, and if the deceased member is sur-
vived by any of the dependents enumerated below, there
shall be paid, in addition to accumulated deductions under
subsection (2) of section ten, an accidental death benefit
consisting of a pension equal to one half the average regular
annual compensation received by the deceased member for
the year preceding the date of the accident, said pension to
be paid —

(a) To the widow of the deceased member during her
widowhood ; or

(6) If there be no widow or if the widow dies or remarries
before every child of such deceased member shall have at-
tained the age of eighteen years, then to his child or children
under such age, divided in such manner as the retirement
board in its discretion shall determine to continue as a joint
and survivor pension until every such child dies or attains
the age of eighteen years; or

(c) If there be no widow or child under the age of eighteen
years surviving such deceased member, then to either his

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Optional
benefits.

dependent father or dependent mother, as the retirement
board in its discretion shall determine, to continue for life
or until remarriage.

OPTIONAL BENEFITS.

Section 12. Subject to the provisions that no optional
selection shall be effective in case a beneficiary dies within
thirty days after retirement, and that such a beneficiary shall
be considered as an active member at the time of death, until
the first payment on account of any retirement allowance is
made, the member, or if he be an incompetent then his wife,
or if he have no wife, his conservator or guardian, may elect
to convert the retirement allowance otherwise provided for
in this system into a lesser retirement allowance of equivalent
actuarial value payable throughout his life, with the pro-
vision that —

Option 1. — If he die before he has received in payments
of his annuity the present value of his annuity as it was at the
time of his retirement, the balance shall be paid to his legal
representative or to such person having an insurable interest
in his life as he, or if he be an incompetent then his wife, or
if he have no wife, his conservator or guardian, shall have
nominated by written designation duly acknowledged and
filed with the retirement board ; or

Option 2. — Upon his death, his lesser retirement allow-
ance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to
such person having an insurable interest in his life as he, or
if he be an incompetent then his wife, or if he have no wife,
his conservator or guardian, shall have nominated by written
designation duly acknowledged and filed with the retirement
board at the time of his retirement; or

Option 3. — Upon his death, one half his lesser retirement
allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid
to such person having an insurable interest in his life as he,
or if he be an incompetent then his wife, or if he have no wife,
his conservator or guardian, shall have nominated by written
designation, duly acknowledged and filed with the retire-
ment board at the time of his retirement.

Offset of
amounts paid,
etc., by city
under work-
man's com-
pensation law.

COMPENSATION BENEFITS OFFSET.

Section 13. Any amounts paid or payable by the city
under the provisions of the workmen's compensation law to
a member or to the dependents of a member on account of
death or disability shall be offset against and paj^able in lieu
of any benefits payable out of funds provided by the city
under the provisions of this act on account of the death or
disability of a member. If the value of the total commuted
benefits under the workmen's compensation law is less than
the reserve on the pension otherwise payable under this act,
the value of such commuted payments shall be deducted
from such pension reserve and such benefits as may be pro-
vided by the pension reserve so reduced shall be payable
under the provisions of this act.

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ADMINISTRATION.

Section 14. (1) The management of the retirement Retirement
system is hereby vested in a retirement board, the member- be^ship^t^ems
ship of which shall be constituted as follows : — °f °^'^^- e'<=.

(a) The auditor of the city for the time being,

(b) One person to be appointed by the mayor of the city,
subject to confirmation by the board of aldermen, who shall
serve for a term of three years commencing on the date when
the retirement system becomes first operative and until the
qualification of his successor, and

(c) One person who shall be a member of the retirement
system and who shall be appointed by the mayor of the city
subject to such confirmation, to serve for a term of one year
commencing on the date when the retirement system becomes
first operative and until the qualification of his successor.

(2) As the terms of office of the appointed members expire. Appointment
their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years of successors.
each and until the quahfication of their successors. On a vacancies.
vacancy occurring in the appointed membership of the re-
tirement board, for any cause other than the expiration of a

term of office, a successor to the person whose place has be-
come vacant shall be appointed for the unexpired term in the
same manner as above provided.

(3) The members of the retirement board shall be reim- Reimburse-
bursed from the expense fund for any expense or loss of salary pe^^ei°etc^"
or wages which they may incur through service on the retire-
ment board.

(4) The retirement board shall elect from its member- chairman,
ship a chairman, and shall by a majority vote of all its ^'^t-'o^- ^t".
members appoint a secretary, who may be, but need not be,

one of its members. It shall engage such actuarial and other Actuarial serv-
service as shall be required to transact the business of the "'®^' ®*°-
retirement system. The funds to meet the costs of ad- Funds to ad-
ministering the retirement system shall be derived from t^m!\ow^^^"
appropriations of the city from the annual tax levy. The derived,
retirement board shall submit an estimate of such costs to ^u esti^ite'
the mayor not later than January first of each year. Such of costs, etc.
amount as shall be required in the first year of operation to
defray the expenses of the establishment and maintenance
of the retirement system shall be appropriated by the board
of aldermen.

(5) The retirement board shall keep in convenient form to keep data
such data as shall be necessary for actuarial valuations of ^^^l{ ^°'"
the various funds of the retirement system and for checking valuations.
the experience of the system.

(6) The retirement board shall keep a record of all of Jo keep record
its proceedings, which shall be open to public inspection.

It shall publish annually a report showing the fiscal trans- Annual report.
actions of the retirement system for the preceding municipal
year, the amount of accumulated cash and securities of the
system, and the last balance sheet showing the financial

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Legal adviser.

condition of the system by means of actuarial valuation of
the assets and liabilities thereof. The board shall submit
said report to the mayor and shall furnish copies thereof to
the city clerk for distribution.

Legal Adviser.

(7) The city solicitor of the city shall be the legal adviser
of the retirement board. ,

City physician
to pass upon
all medical
examinations,
etc.

Actuary,
duties.

Medical Examinations.

(8) The city physician of the city shall arrange for and
pass upon all medical examinations required under the pro-
visions of this act, shall investigate all essential statements
and certificates by or in behalf of a member in connection
with an apphcation for disability retirement, and shall re-
port in writing to the retirement board his conclusions and
recommendations upon all the matters referred to him. If
required, other physicians may be employed by the retire-
ment board to report on special cases.

Duties of Actuary.

(9) The retirement board shall designate an actuary
who shall be the technical adviser of the retirement board
on matters regarding the operation of the funds created by
the provisions of this act, and shall perform such other duties
as are required in connection therewith.

(10) Immediately after the establishment of the retire-
ment system the actuary shall make such investigation of
the mortality, service and compensation experience of the
members of the system as he shall recommend and the retire-
ment board shall authorize, and on the basis of such investi-
gation he shall recommend for adoption by the retirement
board such tables and such rates as are required by section
fifteen. The retirement board shall adopt tables and
certify rates, and as soon as practicable thereafter the
actuary shall make a valuation, based on such tables and
rates, of the assets and liabilities of the funds created by this
act.

(11) Three years after the system becomes operative,
and at least once in each five-year period thereafter, the
actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the
mortality, service and compensation experience of the
members and beneficiaries of the retirement system, and
shall make a valuation of the assets and habilities of the
funds thereof, and taking into account the result of such
investigation and valuation the retirement board shall —

(a) Adopt for the retirement system such mortality,
service and other tables as shall be deemed necessary; and

(6) Certify the rates of contribution payable by the city
on account of new entrants.

(12) On the basis of such tables as the retirement board

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shall from time to time adopt, the actuary shall make an
annual valuation of the assets and liabilities of the reserve
funds of the system created by this act.

METHOD OF FINANCING.

Section 15. All of the assets of the retirement system Assets of r&-
shall be credited, according to the purpose for which they tem"to"be^^^"
are held, to one of the following five funds, namely, the An- cgrtain^funds
nuity Savings Fund, the Annuity Reserve Fund, the Pen-
sion Accumulation Fund, the Pension Reserve Fund or the
Expense Fund.

Annuity Savings Fund.

(1) (a) The Annuity Savings Fund shall be the fund to Annuity Sav-
which shall be paid the deductions from the compensation of ^^^^ ^"°'*'
members. The treasurer of the city shall withhold four per
centum of the regular compensation due on each pay day to
all employees who are members of this retirement system.
The various amounts so withheld shall be transferred im-
mediately thereafter to the retirement system and credited
to the accounts of the respective members so contributing,
and shall be paid into and become a part of said Annuity
Savings Fund.

(6) In determining the amount earnable by a member in
a payroll period, the retirement board may consider the
rate of annual compensation payable to such member on the
first day of the payroll period as continuing throughout
such payroll period, and it may omit deduction from com-
pensation for any period less than a full payroll period if
an employee was not a member on the first day of the pay-
roll period.

(c) The deductions provided for herein shall be made
notwithstanding that the minimum compensation provided
for by law for any member shall be reduced thereby. Every
member shall be deemed to consent and agree to the deduc-
tions provided for herein and shall receipt for his full salary
or compensation, and the payment of his full salary or com-
pensation less the deductions provided for hereunder shall
be considered a full and complete discharge and acquittance
of all claims and demands whatsoever for the services ren-
dered by such person during the period covered by such pay-
ment, except as to the benefits prorv^ided under this act.

(d) In addition to the contributions deducted from com-
pensation as hereinbefore provided, subject to the ap-
proval of the retirement board, any member may redeposit
in the Annuity Savings Fund by a single payment or by an
increased rate of contribution an amount equal to the total
amount which he previously withdrew therefrom, as pro-
vided in this act, or any part thereof; or any member may
deposit therein by a single payment or by an increased
rate of contribution an amount computed to be sufficient to
purchase an additional annuity, which, together with his
prospective retirement allowance, will provide for him a

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i^^sFund^^' total retirement allowance of not to exceed one half of his
salary at age sixty. Such additional amounts so deposited
shall be treated as a part of his accumulated deductions,
except in the event of his retirement, when they shall not
be used to increase the pension payable, and shall be treated
as excess contributions returnable to the member in cash
or in providing an excess annuity of equivalent actuarial
value. The accumulated deductions of a member with-
drawn by him or paid to his estate or to his designated bene-
ficiary in event of his death as provided in this act shall be
paid from the Annuity Savings Fund. Upon the retire-
ment of a member his accumulated deductions shall be
transferred from the Annuity Savings Fund to the Annuity
Reserve Fund,

Annuity
Reserve
Fund.

Annuity Reserve Fund.

(2) The Annuity Reserve Fund shall be the fund from
which shall be paid all annuities and all benefits in lieu of
annuities, payable as provided in this act. Should a bene-
ficiary, retired on account of disability, be restored to active
service with a compensation not less than his regular com-
pensation at the time of his last retirement, his annuity re-
serve shall be transferred from the Annuity Reserve Fund to
the Annuity Savings Fund, and credited to his individual
account therein.

Pension Accumulation Fund.

fumitn" (3) («) The Pension Accumulation Fund shall be the fund

Fund. into which shall be accumulated all reserves for the payment

of all pensions and other benefits payable from contributions
made by the city, and from which shall be paid all pensions
and other benefits on account of members with prior service
credit. Contributions to and payments from the Pension
Accumulation Fund shall be made as follows: —

(h) On account of each member there shall be paid annually
into the Pension Accumulation Fund by the said city, for
the preceding fiscal year, a certain percentage of the regular
compensation of each member, to be known as the "normal
contribution", and an additional percentage of his regular
compensation to be known as the "accrued liability contribu-
tion." The rates per centum of such contributions shall be
fixed on the basis of the liabilities of the retirement system
as shown by actuarial valuation. Until the first valuation
the normal contribution shall be one and eighty-nine hun-
dredths per centum, and the accrued liability contribution
shall be two and fifty-four hundredths per centum, of the
regular annual compensation of all members.

(c) On the basis of regular interest and of such mortality
and other tables as shall be adopted by the retirement board,
the actuary engaged by the board to make each valuation
required by this act during the period over which the accrued
liability contribution is payable, immediately after making

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 184. 211

such valuation, shall determine the uniform and constant Pension Ac-
percentage of the regular compensation of the average new FilSd!**'""
entrant, which if contributed on the basis of compensation
of such new entrant throughout his entire period of active
service is computed to be sufficient to provide for the pay-
ment of any pension payable on his account. The rate per
centum so determined shall be known as the "normal con-
tribution" rate. After the accrued liabilitj^ contribution has
ceased to be payable, the normal contribution rate shall be
the rate per centum of the regular compensation of all mem-
bers obtained by deducting from the total liabilities of the
Pension Accumulation Fund the amount of the funds in
hand to the credit of that fund and dividing the remainder
by one per centum of the present value of the prospective
future salaries of all members as computed on the basis of the
mortality and service tables adopted by the retirement board
and regular interest. The normal rate of contribution shall
be determined by the actuary after each valuation.

(d) Immediately succeeding the first valuation, the actuary
engaged by the retirement board shall compute the rate per
centum of the total regular compensation of all members
which is equivalent to four per centum of the amount of the
total pension liability on account of all members and benefi-
ciaries which is not dischargeable by the aforesaid normal
contribution made on account of such members during the
remainder of their active service. The rate per centum
originally so determined shall be known as the "accrued
Hability contribution rate".

(e) The total amount payable in each year to the Pension
Accumulation Fund shall be not less than the sum of the
rates per centum known as the normal contribution rate and
the accrued liability contribution rate of the total compensa-
tion earnable by all members during the preceding year;
provided, that the amount of each annual accrued liability
contribution shall be at least three per centum greater than
the preceding annual accrued hability payment, and that
the aggregate payments of the city shall be sufficient when
combined with the amount in the fund to provide the pen-
sions and other benefits payable out of the fund during the
year then current.

(f) The accrued liability contribution shall be discontinued
as soon as the accumulated reserve in the Pension Accumu-
lation Fund shall equal the present value, as actuarially com-
puted and approved by the retirement board, of the total
liability of such fund less the present value, computed on the
basis of the normal contribution rate then in force, of the
prospective normal contributions to be received on account of
persons who are at that time members.

(g) All pensions, and benefits in lieu thereof, with the
exception of those payable on account of members who re-
ceive no prior service allowance, payable from contributions
of the city, shall be paid from the Pension Accumulation
Fund.

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(h) Upon the retirement of a member not entitled to credit
for prior service, an amount equal to his pension reserve
shall be transferred from the Pension Accumulation Fund to
the Pension Reserve Fund.

Pension Reserve Fund.

Pension (4) The Pousion Reserve Fund shall be the fund from

Fund. which shall be paid the pensions to members not entitled to

credit for prior service and benefits in lieu thereof. Should
such a beneficiary, retired on account of disability, be
restored to active service with a compensation not less than
his average regular compensation for the year preceding his
last retirement, the pension reserve thereon shall be trans-
ferred from the Pension Reserve Fund to the Pension Accu-
mulation Fund. Should the pension of a disability beneficiary
be reduced as a result of an increase in his earning capacity,
the amount of the annual reduction in his pension shall be
paid annually into the Pension Accumulation Fund during
the period of such reduction.

Expense Fund.
Expense (5) The Expeusc Fund shall be the fund to which shall be

credited all money appropriated by the city to pay the ad-
ministration expenses of the retirement system, and from
which shall be paid all the expenses necessary in connection
with the administration and operation of the system.

A ppropriations.
Appropriations. (Q) ((j) Ou or before the first day of December in each year
the retirement board shall certify to the mayor the amount
of the appropriation necessary to pay to the various funds
of the retirement system the amounts payable by the city
as enumerated in this act for the year beginning on the first
day of January of the succeeding year, and items of appro-
priation, providing such amounts shall be included in the
budget.

(6) To cover the requirements of the system for the period
prior to the date when the first regular appropriation is due,
as provided by paragraph (a) of this subsection, such amounts
as shall be necessary to cover the needs of the system shall
be paid into the Pension Accumulation Fund and the Ex-
pense Fund by special appropriations to the system.

MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS.

Management SECTION 16. (1) The retirement board may invest the

retirement fuuds of the retirement system in such securities as are ap-
system. provcd from time to time by the commissioner of insurance

for the investment of the funds of life insurance companies

under the laws of the commonwealth.

(2) The retirement board shall annually allow regular

interest on the average balance for the preceding year to the

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 184. 213

credit of the various funds from the interest and dividends Management
earned from investments. Any excess earnings over the retirement
amount so credited shall be used for reducing the amount of system.
contributions required of the city during the ensuing year.
Any deficiency shall be paid by the city during the ensuing
j-ear.

(3) The treasurer of the city shall be custodian of the
several funds. All payments from said funds shall be made
by him only upon vouchers signed by two persons designated
by the retirement board. A duly attested copy of a resolu-
tion of the retirement board designating such persons and
bearing upon its face specimen signatures of such persons
shall be filed with the treasurer as his authority for making
payments upon such vouchers. No voucher shall be drawn
unless it shall have been previously authorized by resolution
of the retirement board.

(4) For the purpose of meeting disbursements for pen-
sions, annuities and other payments an amount of money,
not exceeding ten per centum of the total amount in the
several funds of the retirement system, may be kept on
deposit in one or more banks or trust companies organized
under the laws of the commonwealth or of the United States;
provided, that the sum on deposit in any one bank or trust
company shall not exceed ten per centum of the paid-up
capital and surplus thereof.

(5) The retirement board may, in its discretion, transfer
to or from the Pension Accumulation Fund the amount of
any surplus or deficit which may develop in the reserves
creditable to the Annuity Reserve Fund or the Pension
Reserve Fund, as shown by actuarial valuation.

(6) Except as otherwise provided herein, no member and
no employee of the retirement board shall have any direct
interest in the gains or profits of any investment made by
the retirement board, nor as such receive any pay or emolu-
ment for his services. No member or employee of the board
shall, directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent, in
any manner use any of the securities or other assets of the
retirement board, except to make such current and neces-
sary payments as are authorized by the retirement board;
nor shall any member or employee of the retirement board
become an endorser or surety or in any manner an obligor
for moneys loaned by or borrowed from the retirement
system.

(7) Each member of the retirement board, and the
treasurer of the city in his capacity as custodian of the sev-
eral funds, shall severally give bond for the faithful per-
formance of his duties in a sum and with sureties or surety
approved by the board of aldermen.

EXEMPTION OF FUNDS FROM TAXATION AND EXECUTION.

Section 17. The pensions, annuities and retirement Exemption of
allowances and the accumulated deductions and the cash t^xat1on°^d
and securities in the funds created by this act are hereby execution.

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exempted from any state, county or municipal tax of this
commonwealth, and shall not be subject to execution or
attachment by trustee process or otherwise, in law or in
equity, or under any other process whatsoever, and shall be
non-assignable except as specifically provided in this act.

Beneficiaries
not to be paid
for services to
city, except,
etc.

May be em-
ployed for
periods not
exceeding one
year at a
time, etc.

Proviso.

RECEIPT OF BOTH RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE AND SALARY
FORBIDDEN.

Section 18. No beneficiary of the retirement system
shall be paid for any service, except service as a juror and
such service as he may be called upon to perform in the
police or fire department in a time of public emergency,
rendered by him to the city after the date of the first payment
of any retirement allowance hereunder, except as provided
in section nine of this act, and except as further provided in
this section.

Notwithstanding the above provision, a beneficiary may
be employed, for periods of not exceeding one year at a time,
with the approval of the mayor and board of aldermen, and
may receive compensation from the city for the services so
rendered; provided, that the annual rate of compensation
paid, together with the retirement allowance received, shall
not exceed the regular compensation of the said beneficiary
at the time of retirement.

Jurisdiction of
supreme ju-
dicial court.

RIGHT OF APPEAL.

Section 19. The supreme judicial court shall have
jurisdiction in equity upon the petition of the retirement
board or any interested party or upon the petition of not
less than ten taxable inhabitants of the city to compel the
observance and restrain any violation of this act and the
rules and regulations authorized or established thereunder.

Certain rights
as to demotion,
transfer, etc.,
of employees
not affected.

TENURE UNAFFECTED.

Section 20. Nothing contained in this act shall affect
the right or power of the city or other duly constituted au-
thority in regard to demotion, transfer, suspension or dis-
charge of any employee.

Inconsistent
acts applicable
only to em-
I)loyees en-
titled to bene-
fits thereof
on effective
date of act.

inconsistent acts.

Section 21. Any of the provisions of chapter four hun-
dred and fifty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twelve and of sections forty-four, forty-five, seventy-seven
and eighty-three of chapter thirty-two of the General Laws,
as amended, which may be inconsistent herewith, and any
other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith, shall, on
and after the effective date of this act, apply only to such
employees of the city as are, on said effective date, entitled
to the benefits thereof. Nothing herein contained shall be
construed as affecting the provisions of sections forty-nine

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to sixty, inclusive, or of section ninety-two, of chapter
thirty-two of the General Laws, as amended.

Section 22. On or before September first in the current ^"''^*^°jjj ^
year, the question of the approval of the provisions of this be voted upon
act shall be finally voted upon bj'- the board of aldermen aide^rmen,"ito.
of the city of Somerville, and, whether or not said provisions
are approved by such vote, they shall be submitted for Submission
acceptance to the qualified voters of said city at the bi- *° '"'*^'"^' ^**'-
ennial state election to be held in the current year, in the
form of the following question, which shall be printed upon
the official ballot to be used in said city at said election: —
"Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nine-
teen hundred and thirty, entitled 'An Act providing retire-
ment allowances based on annuity and pension contributions
for emploj'ees of the city of Somerville,' be accepted?"
If a majority of the voters voting thereon vote in the af-
firmative in answer to said question this act shall thereupon
take full effect; otherwise it shall not take effect.

Approved April 5, 1930.

An Act relative to the penalty for unlawfully enter- (7/^^r) 185

ING places where POULTRY IS KEPT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty-two of chapter two hundred and sixty-six g. l. 266, § 22,
of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after ^'"^"'^^"i-
the word "not" in the eighth line the words: — less than one
hundred nor, — by inserting after the word "not" in the
tenth line the words: — less than six months nor, — and by
inserting after the word "years" in said tenth fine the words:
— , or by both such fine and imprisonment, — so as to read
as follows : — Section 22. Whoever, with intent to commit Detention of
larceny, breaks or enters or enters in the night without break- fawfuUy "enter-
ing any building or enclosure wherein is kept or confined any wherl^'pouitry
kind of poultry, may be detained or kept in custody in a con- is kept,
venient place by the owner of the poultry, or by his agent or
employee, for not more than twenty-four hours, Sunday
excepted, until a complaint can be made against him for the
offence and he be taken upon a warrant issued upon such
complaint, and, upon conviction of such trespassing or break- Penalty,
ing or entering, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by im-
prisonment in the house of correction for not less than six
months nor more than two years, or by both such fine and
imprisonment. Approved April 5, 1930.

An Act increasing the amount of state aid payable to (Jfidy \gQ

CERTAIN veterans OR THEIR DEPENDENT RELATIVES, AND
TO CERTAIN NURSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section nine of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the g. l. 11.5, § 9,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth ^'"®"'^®^-

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Limit of
amount of
state aid
payable to
certain
veterans or
their de-
pendent rela-
tives, and to
certain nurses,
etc.

and in the fifth hne, the word "six" and inserting in place
thereof in each instance the word: — ten, — and by striking
out, in the sixth hne, the word "twelve" and inserting in
place thereof the word: — twenty, — so as to read as fol-
lows : — Section 9. No state aid shall be paid to or for a
person of the first class as defined in section six exceeding in
any one month three fourths of the monthly amount of his
United States pension or compensation, nor exceeding ten
dollars in any one month; or to or for a person of the second,
third, fourth or fifth class as defined in said section exceeding
ten dollars in any one month; and no more than twenty
dollars shall be paid to or for all dependent relatives of any
one soldier or sailor in any one month. State aid shall not
be paid to or for any soldier or sailor on account of service
in the war with Spain, or to his dependent relatives, unless
he enlisted or was appointed in the service of the United
States after February fourteenth and prior to August
twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight; but it may be
allowed to or for volunteers mustered into the service of the
United States in Massachusetts regiments after said August
twelfth but prior to January first, eighteen hundred and
ninety-nine, who shall otherwise be qualified to receive the
same, and to or for their dependent relatives.

Approved April 5, 1930.

Chai). 1S7 ^^ ^^'^ RELATIVE TO THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES AT
PRELIMINARY ELECTIONS OR CAUCUSES IN THE CITY OF
TAUNTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section six of chapter four hundred and forty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine is hereby
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: — In
preparing the official ballots for a preliminary election or
caucus, blank spaces shall be left at the end of each list of
candidates for nomination for the different offices equal to
the number to be nominated therefor, in which the voter may
insert the name of any person not printed on the ballot for
whom he desires to vote for nomination for such office.

The two persons receiving at a preliminary election or
caucus the highest number of votes for nomination for an
office shall, except as hereinafter provided, be the sole candi-
dates for that office whose names shall be printed on the
official ballot to be used at the annual or special city election
at which such office is to be filled. If two or more persons
are to be elected to the same office at such annual or special
city election, the several persons in number equal to twice
the number so to be elected receiving at such preliminary
election or caucus the highest number of votes for nomination
for that office, or all such persons, if less than twice the
number of those so to be elected, shall, except as hereinafter
provided, be the sole candidates for that office whose names

1909, 448, § 6.
amended.

Blank spaces
to be left on
ballots for
preliminary
election or
caucus.

Nominations,
how deter-
mined.

Sole candi-
dates.

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 188. 2l7

shall be printed on the official ballot to be used at such annual
or special city election. If the preliminary election or caucus Tie vote,
results in a tie vote among candidates for nomination receiv-
ing the lowest number of votes, which, but for said tie vote,
would entitle a person receiving the same to have his name
printed upon the official ballot for the annual or special city
election, all candidates participating in said tie vote shall
have their names printed upon the official ballot, although in
consequence there be printed thereon candidates to a number
exceeding twice the number to be elected.

If at the expiration of the time for filing petitions of can- when insuf-
didates to be voted for at a preliminary election or caucus of petidoM*'^'
not more than twice as many such petitions have been filed jji^ve been
with the city clerk for an office as are to be elected to said dales fiTng"
office, the candidates whose petitions have thus been filed deemed to°^^
shall be deemed to have been nominated to said office and have been
their names shall be printed upon the official ballot to be used etc.
at such annual or special city election, and the city clerk shall
not print said names upon the ballot to be used at said pre-
hminary election or caucus, and no other nomination to said
office shall be made. If it shall appear that no names are to Preliminary
be printed upon the official ballot to be used at a preliminary ^y^^en^not to be
election or caucus, such preliminary election or caucus shall teid.
not be held.

Section 2. Chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the i9io, i76,
acts of nineteen hundred and ten is hereby repealed. repealed.

Section 3. This act shall be submitted for acceptance Submission to
to the registered voters of the city of Taunton 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 year nineteen hundred and thirty, entitled 'An
Act relative to the nomination of candidates at preliminary
elections or caucuses in the city of Taunton', be accepted?"
If a majority of the votes cast on said question are in the
affirmative, this act shall thereupon take effect, but not
otherwise. Approved April 5, 1930.

An Act reviving cook-taylor go., inc. Chav.lSS

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Cook-Taylor Co., Inc., a corporation dis- Cook-Tayior
solved by chapter two hundred and seventy-three of the acts revived!"
of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby revived with
the same powers, duties and obligations as if said chapter
had not been passed; and all acts and proceedings of the
officers, directors and stockholders of said corporation acting
as such which would be legal and valid but for the passage
of said chapter are hereby ratified and confirmed.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of March thirty- Effective date.
first in the current year. Approved April 5, 1930.

218

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 189.

G. L. 59, § 5,
cl. twenty-
third,
amended.

Certain
exemptions
from taxation
granted to
certain veter-
ans and their
wives and
widows.

Chap. 1S9 An Act granting certain exemptions from taxation

TO CERTAIN VETERANS AND THEIR WIVES AND WIDOWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Clause twenty-third of section five of chapter fiftj^-nine
of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
the word "rebellion" in the second line the words: — , in
the Spanish war, in the Philippine insurrection or in the
Chinese relief expedition, — by inserting after the word
"discharged" in the third line the words: — or honorably
released, — and by inserting after the word "rebellion"
in the twentj^-third hne the words: — , in the Spanish war,
in the Philippine insurrection or in the Chinese relief ex-
pedition, — so as to read as follows: —

Twenty-third, Soldiers and sailors who served in the
military or naval service of the United States in the war
of the rebellion, in the Spanish war, in the Philippine in-
surrection or in the Chinese relief expedition, and were
honorably discharged or honorably released therefrom shall
be assessed for, but shall be exempt at their request from
the payment of, a poll tax, and, if they are not entitled to
exemption under the preceding clause, their property, and
the property of their wives or widows, shall be exempt
from taxation to the amount of one thousand dollars in the
case of each person; provided, that the combined exemp-
tion of such a soldier or sailor and his wife shall not exceed
one thousand dollars, and provided, further, that the com-
bined estate, real and personal, of the person so exempted
and of the husband or wife of such person does not exceed
in value the sum of five thousand dollars, 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 said combined estate; but if, said com-
bined estate being less than five thousand dollars, the sum
total thereof and of such mortgage interest exceeds one
thousand dollars, the amount so exempted shall be one
thousand dollars. If the property 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 propert}'' of such person. The widows
of soldiers and sailors who served as aforesaid and who lost
their lives in the war of the rebellion, in the Spanish war, in
the Philippine insurrection or in the Chinese relief expedi-
tion, shall be entitled to exemption as specified in the pre-
ceding clause. No exemption shall be made under this
clause of the property of a person not a legal resident of the
commonwealth. Approved April 7, 1930.

Provisos.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 190. 219

An Act relative to the powers of the new york, new QJmr) 190

HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY AS AFFECTED
BY ITS interests IN CERTAIN SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Section two of chapter three hundred and P.^Jn'^'^j'
nine of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and seventeen
is hereby amended by striking out the word "and" the
second time it occurs in the twenty-eighth line, and insert-
ing in place thereof a comma, and by inserting after the
word "lighters" in the twenty-ninth line the words: —
and motor vehicles, — so that the last sentence of said
section will read as follows: — So long as the New Haven New York,
company shall continue to hold, directly or indirectly, a MTilirtfOTd
controlling interest in the stock of the New England Steam- qq^"""^^
ship Company and in the stock of the Hartford and New restrict p^owers
York Transportation Company, it shall not permit either subsidfa^y
of said companies to exercise any corporate powers and companies,
franchises except such as are reasonably required for the
management, operation, maintenance or improvement of
steamship and barge lines, lighters and motor vehicles; nor
shall the New Haven company, so long as it continues to
hold, directly or indirectly, a controlling interest in the
stock of the Providence Securities Company, permit said
company to exercise any corporate powers or franchises
except such as are reasonably required to perform its obli-
gation of transferring its registered debentures upon its books.

Section 2. Section eight of said chapter three hundred J^g^J^-^^^g^'
and nine is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"shall" in the tenth hne the words: — , except as hereinafter
provided, — by striking out, in the eighteenth line, the
words "public service commission" and inserting in place
thereof the words : — department of pubhc utilities, —
and by adding at the end the following: — ; provided, that
the department of public utilities, at any time after making
the certification provided for in subdivision (c) of this sec-
tion, may waive in whole or in part any or all the conditions
set forth in subdivision (b) of this section if such waiver is
found by said department to be consistent with the public
interest and thereupon the condition or conditions in so
far as waived shall cease to be in effect, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 8. The New Haven company is Dividends
hereby prohibited from declaring or paying dividends upon Sn°tu',^etc!^'
its common stock in excess of five per cent per annum until
(a) all the sales have been made of stock, bonds, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness of other corporations or
associations or of other property required by the decree of
the United States court for the southern district of New
York, entered the seventeenth day of October, nineteen hun-
dred and fourteen, as the same is now or may hereafter be
modified; until (b) it shall, except as hereinafter provided,
have caused to be cancelled the bonds of the New York,

220

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 191.

Proviso.

1917 (S.), 309.
§ 3, repealed.

Westchester and Boston Railway Company which it held on
the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred and
sixteen, amounting at par to two million one hundred and
ninety thousand dollars, and shall have reduced the book
value of the notes of said railway company which it holds
to one dollar, and the book value of the stock of said railway
company which it holds by three million dollars; and until
(c) the department of public utilities shall have certified
that, beginning with the thirtieth day of June, nineteen
hundred and thirteen, an amount has been appropriated from
the earnings of the New Haven company, or has been paid
on notes of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
Company reduced to the book value of one dollar, and has
been used for additions and improvements to the property
of the New Haven company, or for the retirement of float-
ing indebtedness which said company may lawfully fund
by an issue of stock or bonds, which is equal to the net
'amount of any losses upon the sale of securities under the
aforesaid decree of the United States court, plus the net
amount of any book loss resulting from the dissolution of
the New England Navigation Company and of the Millbrook
Company, plus the amount of the reduction in the book
value of the holdings of the New Haven company in the
securities of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway
Company hereinbefore provided for; provided, that the
department of public utilities, at any time after making the
certification provided for in subdivision (c) of this section,
may waive in whole or in part any or all the conditions set
forth in subdivision (b) of this section if such waiver is
found by said department to be consistent with the public
interest and thereupon the condition or conditions in so far
as waived shall cease to be in effect.

Section 3. Section three of said chapter three hundred
and nine is hereby repealed. Approved April 7, 1930.

Chap. 191 An Act relative to the interest held by the cen-
tral VERMONT RAILWAY, INC., AS LESSEE IN THE RAIL-
ROADS, FRANCHISES AND OTHER PROPERTY OF THE NEW
LONDON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The transfer of the interest of the Central
Vermont Railway Company, as lessee, in the railroads,
franchises and other property of the New London Northern
Railroad Company to Central Vermont Railway, Inc.,
upon foreclosure of the mortgage consented to by the gen-
eral court by chapter three hundred and forty-seven of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen and approved
as therein provided by the department of public utilities,
being the lawful successor of the public service commis-
sion, and the prior transfer of the interest of the Central
Vermont Railroad Company in said leasehold to Central

Certain
transfer of in-
terest of
Central
Vermont
Railway
Company, as
lessee, in rail-
roads, fran-
chises, etc., of
New London
Northern
Railroad
Company to
Central
Vermont
Railway, Inc ,
approved and
ratified.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 192. 221

Vermont Railway Company, upon foreclosure of the mort-
gage consented to by the general court by chapter four
hundred and fifty-six of the acts of eighteen hundred and
ninety-eight and approved as therein provided, by the
board of railroad commissioners are hereby approved and
ratified.

Section 2. The transfer or proposed transfer by Central centrif ^^
Vermont Railway, Inc., of the interest of said Central Ver- Vermont
mont Railwaj^, Inc., as lessee, in the railroads, franchises onntiTres/of'
and other property of the New London Northern Railroad virnSnf'^'''
Companj^, by a mortgage or deed of trust covering other Railway, inc.,
lines of railroad and other property of said Central Ver- raiiroaX'."*
mont Railway, Inc., as well as said leasehold interest, to any etc°°of^New
trust company incorporated under the laws of the common- London North-
wealth of Massachusetts or of any other state or the Do- com^any^^
minion of Canada or any province therein, as trustee, with andTithlirSed
or without an individual co-trustee, and its or their successors
in trust, to secure bonds of said Central Vermont Railway,
Inc., is hereby consented to and authorized; provided. Proviso,
that such consent and authorization shall take effect only
when such transfer is approved by the department of public
utilities, after notice and a public hearing, as consistent with
the public interest. Approved April 7, 1930.

An Act making certain children of certain veterans Phnri 192

ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SOLDIERS' RELIEF. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and fifteen of the General Laws, g. l. iis, § n,
as most recently amended in section seventeen by chapter ®*'°- ^"^^^^^e^-
one hundred and ten of the acts of the current year, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section seventeen and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 17. If fg"|gi7o^
a person who served in the army or navy of the United certain persons
States in the war of the rebellion, in the army, navy or ITa^'/s'^eTvice^
marine corps in the war with Spain or the Philippine insur- !^gi'^'*°^ ^"^
rection between April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and dependents.
ninet3'--eight, and July fourth, nineteen hundred and two,
or in the army, navy or marine corps in the world war and
received an honorable discharge from all enlistments therein,
and who has a legal settlement in a town in the common-
wealth, becomes poor and wholly or partly unable to pro-
vide maintenance for himself, his wife or minor children
under sixteen years of age or for a dependent father or
mother, unless such condition is the result of his own criminal
or wilful misconduct, or if such person dies leaving a widow
or minor children under sixteen years of age, or minor
children over sixteen but under eighteen years of age who
attend school or are incapacitated for work, or a dependent
father or mother without proper means of support, such
support as may be necessary shall be accorded to him or
his said dependents by the town where they or any of them
have a legal settlement^ and his said dependents^ in the_case

222

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 192.

Soldiers'
relief for
certain persons
in military or
naval service,
etc., and for
their
dependents.

Notice to
certain
officials of
application
for military
aid or
soldiers' relief.

Procedure in
case of un-
reasonable
delay in aiding
applicant.

Penalty.

Applicable to
certain army
nurses, etc.

of his death, shall not be deemed ineligible to receive said
support by reason of criminal or wilful misconduct on his
part at any time during his lifetime; but should such person
have all the said qualifications except settlement, if he
served in the war of the rebellion, or in the army, navy
or marine corps in the war with Spain or the Philippine in-
surrection between said dates, his widow, who has acquired
a legal settlement in her own right before August twelfth,
nineteen hundred and sixteen, which settlement has not
been defeated or lost, or if he served in the world war and
at the time of his decease was a legal resident of this com-
monwealth, his widow, who has a legal settlement and who
has not remarried, and his minor children under sixteen
years of age, and those over sixteen but under eighteen
years of age who attend school or are incapacitated for work,
shall also be eligible to receive relief under this section.
Any crippled, blind or helpless child, whether a minor or
adult, of a deceased person who served in the army or navy
of the United States in the war of the rebellion, or in the war
with Spain or the Philippine insurrection between April
twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and July
fourth, nineteen hundred and two, and received an honor-
able discharge from all enlistments therein, if such child is
receiving a pension from the United States and is not other-
wise eligible to receive relief under this section, shall also be
eligible as aforesaid. Such relief shall be furnished by
the aldermen or selectmen, or, in Boston, by the soldiers'
relief commissioner, subject, however, to the direction of
the city council of said city as to the amount to be paid.
The beneficiary shall receive said relief at home, or at such
other place as the aldermen, selectmen or soldiers' relief
commissioner deem proper, but he shall not be compelled
to receive the same at an infirmary or public institution
unless his physical or mental condition requires, or, if a
minor, unless his parents or guardian so elect.

If an applicant for military aid or soldiers' relief has a
settlement outside of the town where the application is
made, the official required to act thereon shall, within three
days, notify the corresponding official in the town of the
applicant's settlement, and also the commissioner. If the
town of settlement of an applicant for soldiers' relief un-
reasonably delays in aiding the applicant after receipt of
said notice, the town of the applicant's residence shall forth-
with grant such aid as the commissioner may order, and
the town so granting such aid shall be reimbursed in full
therefor by the town of the applicant's settlement. Any
town official required to act on such order of the commis-
sioner who refuses and neglects to compl}^ therewith shall be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more
than one hundred dollars.

This section shall also apply to army nurses who served
in the army hospitals of the United States during the civil
war and are entitled to state aid under section six and to

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 193. 223

army nurses and their dependents as specified herein who
served in the army, navy or marine corps during the war
with Spain or during tlie PhiHppine insurrection between
April twentj^-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and
July fourth, nineteen hundred and two, or during the world
war. Approved April 8, 1930.

C/iap.l93

An Act relative to wild birds.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the g. l. i3i, new
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section |^*'°" after
fifty-seven the following new section : — Section 57 A . wiid birds not
Whoever, for the purpose of taking or killing a wild bird, *° ^fii^^'^b'*
places or causes to be placed upon the shores or foreshores of, placing grain
or in or upon, any waters within the commonwealth grain or^wat\^r7^^
of any kind shall be punished by a fine of not less than within state.
twenty nor more than fifty dollars.

Section 2. Section thirty-seven of said chapter one g. l. i3i,
hundred and thirty-one, as amended by section one of chap- Imended.
ter one hundred and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two and by section one of chapter three
hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking out,
in the fifth line, the words "the hours of" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — one half hour after, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 37. No person, except as pro- Hunting,
vided in sections forty and eighty-two to eighty-nine, in- etliTofswkns,
elusive, shall kill or possess a swan at any time, or hunt, bratt^^dtfc'ks
pursue, take or kill any other of the anatidse, commonly andt^airegu-
known as wild geese, brant, ducks and teal, between one ^'^
half hour after sunset and one half hour before sunrise, or in
Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes or Nantucket county between
January sixteenth and September fifteenth, both dates in-
clusive, or in any other county between January first and
September fifteenth, both dates inclusive, or at any time with
a shotgun of over ten gauge or by the use of a rifle, revolver
or pistol, or have in possession any of such anatidse or part
thereof during the close season. No person shall take or
kill more than eight wild geese, eight brant and twenty-five
ducks of all kinds in the aggregate in any one day. Vio- Penalty,
lation of any provision of this section shall be punished by a
fine of not less than twenty dollars. This section shall not un'j Vf d'erai
be deemed to permit the hunting, pursuing, taking or kill- law.
ing of any anatidae during the time when the same is for-
bidden by federal law. Approved April 8, 1930.

224 Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 194, 195, 196.

Chap. 194 An Act authorizing the town of methuen to borrow

MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMODELING ITS TOWN
HALL.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:
Town of Section 1. For the purpose of remodeling its town

Methuen may ■, ^^ ^ pn^rii r> •

borrow money hall, the town 01 Methucn may borrow irom time to time,
o^remodding within a period of five years from the passage of this act,
its town hall, gygjj sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, twenty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
Methuen Town thercfor, which shall bear on their face the words, Methuen
Act of 1930. Town Hall Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized issue shall
constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in
not more than five years from their dates. Indebtedness
incurred under this act shall be within the statutory limit
and shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter
forty-four of the General Laws, including the limitation con-
tained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof as
revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

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

Approved April 9, 1930.

Chap. 195 An Act making certain Massachusetts veterans re-
ceiving HOSPITAL TREATMENT OUTSIDE THE COMMON-
WEALTH eligible to RECEIVE MILITARY AID.

pr'^fmbre"^ Whcrcas, 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 convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Sls^cliusetts ^o veteran, who is or shall be otherwise entitled to mili-

veterans re- tary aid uuder chapter one hundred and fifteen of the Gen-

tf^tmenr^'*'* cral Laws, shall lose his right thereto by reason of his ab-

sti^Hfigibie sence from the commonwealth while receiving hospital

to receive treatment, under order of the United States veterans' bu-

mi itary ai . j-gg^^^ ^^ ^^j^g United Statcs naval hospital at Newport, Rhode
Island. Approved April 9, 1930.

Chap.lQQ An Act relative to sewer assessments in the town

OF NORWOOD.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

m^Tstn^town Section L The Selectmen of the town of Norwood may
of Norwood. determine the value of the benefit or advantage to every
parcel of real estate in the town beyond the general ad-
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 pro-

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 197. 225

visions of chapter three hundred and eleven of the acts of
nineteen hundred and one, and may assess on every such
parcel a proportionate share of such part, not exceeding two
thirds, as said selectmen shall deem just, of the expenses
incurred by the town for the improvements aforesaid;
provided, that no assessment on any parcel of real estate Proviso.
shall exceed the value of the special benefit to that parcel.

Section 2. The said town may, however, at any town Town may
meeting after this act is accepted, vote that two thirds of ^"oVwr'ds o?
the estimated average cost of the completion or extension of estimated cost
the existing sewer system or systems in said town be there- etc*!?S^exbting
after assessed upon the estates benefited by said system or u*|^n''|Jtl'fe^
systems, and in such case the selectmen of said town shall benefited.
fix a uniform rate according to the frontage of estates upon Uniform rate.
any street or way in which a sewer is constructed or accord-
ing 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 accord-
ance with such rate; provided, that no assessment on any Proviso.
parcel of real estate shall exceed the value of the special
benefit to that parcel.

Section 3. The provisions of chapter three hundred and ^\^^^^i^[^^'
eleven of the acts of nineteen hundred and one, so far as they assessments
are appHcable and not inconsistent herewith, shall apply to Action""! 0^2.
assessments made under section one or two.

Section 4. This act shall, for the purpose of its submis- Fuiiy effective
sion for acceptance, take effect upon its passage and shall "nce'^bT''^*^
take full effect upon its acceptance, within two years after voters, etc.
its passage, by a majority of the voters of the said town
voting thereon at a town meeting.

Approved April 9, 1930.

An Act to authorize the town of auburn to borrow (J}iav 197

AN additional SUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLYING
WATER TO ITS INHABITANTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section five of chapter three hundred and twenty-six of 1924. 326. § 5,
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four is hereby ^'"'^"
amended by striking out, in the fourth and fifth lines, the
words ''one hundred and fifty" and inserting in place
thereof the words: — two hundred, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 5. Said town may, for the purpose of Juburn^ma
paying the necessary expenses and habilities incurred or to is^ue'borlds.
be incurred under the provisions of this act, issue from time p^se oT '^'^^'
to time bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding in the ^"'^^Pr^tJ'ftg
aggregate two hundred thousand dollars, which shall bear inhabitants.
on their face the words, Town of Auburn Water Loan, Act Town of
of 1924. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate watw Loan,
loan, and such loans shall be payable in not more than ^""^ °^ i^^^-
thirty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under

226

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 198, 199.

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. Approved April 9, 1930.

C hap. 19S An Act authorizing the city of salem to acquire cer-
tain FLATS AND LANDS IN OR ADJACENT TO COLLINS COVE
IN SAID CITY.

City of Salem
may acquire
certain flats
and lands in
or adjacent to
Collins Cove
in said city
for certain
municipal
purposes.

May improve
lands ac-
quired, lay
out streets,
etc.

All things
done in and
over tide
water subject
to G. L. 91.

Effective
upon

acceptance,
etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Salem may from time to time
acquire by purchase or take in fee by eminent domain under
chapter eighty A of the General Laws, inserted therein by
section one of chapter three hundred and eighty of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, such uplands, flats
and tide lands in that part of said city lying southerly and
southwesterly from the northerly line of Osgood street
extended to Salem Neck and bounded easterly by property
of the city of Salem and Alms House road and southerly by
Fort avenue and southwesterly by the location of the Boston
and Maine Railroad and westerly by Collins street, for the
purpose of abating or preventing any nuisance in Collins Cove,
of constructing one or more public parks or playgrounds,
of constructing streets or boulevards and for such other
municipal purposes as the city government shall determine.

Section 2. The said city may from time to time fill
with suitable material and otherwise improve any lands and
flats acquired as aforesaid, or any portion thereof, and may
lay out streets or avenues upon and over the same and may
sell and convey, or otherwise dispose of, any portions of said
lands and flats not required for pubhc uses.

Section 3. All things done under the authority of this
act in and over tide water shall be subject to the provisions
of chapter ninety-one of the General Laws.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by vote of the city council
of said city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved April 9, 1930.

Chap.

Town of
Marshfield
may borrow
money to
meet its share
of expendi-
tures for
dredging and
filling certain
shore areas in
said town for
purpose of

199 An Act providing for dredging and filling certain
shore areas in the town of marspifield for the
purpose of improving green harbor and providing
land for an aviation field.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of meeting its share of the
expenditures required to dredge and fill certain tide waters
and foreshores and to construct other necessary works in
that part of the town of Marshfield called Green Harbor,
with a view to improving the said harbor for navigation and
to reclaiming land for use as an aviation field, all of said work
to be done by the department of pubhc works under and

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 200. 227

subject to the provisions of section twentj^-nine of chapter improving
ninetj'-one of the General Laws, said town may borrow anTproviding
from time to time such sums as may be necessary, not ex- av"ft[on field.
ceeding, in the aggregate, forty thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Town of JNIarshfield, Harbor Improvement Town of
and Aviation Field Reclamation Loan, Act of 1930. Each Harbor'''^'
authorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such ^nd^^^','P[J^ioJj*
loans shall be payable in not more than ten years from their Field Reoia-
dates. Indebtedness incurred hereunder shall be inside the Act^onm"'
statutory limit and shall, except as herein provided, be
subject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, including
the limitation appearing in the first paragraph of section
seven of said chapter fortj^-four, as revised by chapter three
hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-eight.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Effective upon
ance during the current year by vote of the town of Marsh- H^^p^^'^'^^'
field in town meeting and the filing in the office of the de-
partment of public works of a certified copy of said vote.
So much hereof as provides for acceptance as aforesaid shall
take effect upon its passage. Approved April 9, 1930.

An Act authorizing the city of revere to borrow nhnqi 200

MONEY for school BUILDING PURPOSES. ^ '

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing additions city of Revere
to the Abraham Lincoln school and to the senior high school, ™oney°for^
such additions to increase the floor space of said buildings, school building
and for the original equipment and furnishing of such
additions, the city of Revere 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 and fifty thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words, Revere School Loan, Act of 1930. Each author- Revere School
ized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans [fgo"' ^^^ °^
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 outside the statutory
limit but shall, except as provided herein, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof as revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

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

Approved April 11, 1930.

228

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 201, 202.

Chap.201 An Act authorizing the town of needham to borrow

MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING, EQUIPPING
AND FURNISHING A NEW FIRE AND POLICE STATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a fire and
police station building on land owned by the town and of
originally equipping and furnishing such building, the town
of Needham 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
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Needham Fire and
Police Station Loan, Act of 1930. 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. 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 limitation
contained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof as
revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

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

Approved April 11, 1930.

Town of
Needham
may borrow
money for
purpose of
constructing,
equipping
and furnishing
a new fire and
police station.

Needham Fire
and Police
Station Loan,
Act of 1930.

Chap. 202 An Act authorizing the town of needham to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Town of Need-
ham may bor-
row money
for school
purposes.

Needham
School Loan,
Act of 1930.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing an addition
to the Stephen Palmer school building, on land belonging
to the town, so as to increase the floor space of said build-
ing, and of originally equipping and furnishing said addition,
the town of Needham 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 aggre-
gate, sixty-five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Needham School Loan, Act of 1930. 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. 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

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 203, 204. 229

of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained
in the first paragraph of section seven thereof as revised
by chapter three hundred and twentj^-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

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

Approved April 11, 1930.

Chap.20S

An Act authorizing the director of animal industry
to make and enforce reasonable rules, regulations
and orders relative to disease-free herds of cattle.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section two of chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of ^^^ed' ^ ^'
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "animals" in the fifth line the words: — ; the estabhsh-
ing of disease-free herds of cattle and the issuing of certificates
in connection therewith, — so as to read as follows: — Sec- Director of
tion 2. The director may make and enforce reasonable tr^y^ly^make
orders, rules and regulations relative to the following: the f^^on'iff^ie^
sanitary condition of neat cattle, other ruminants and swine rules, regu-
and of places where such animals are kept ; the prevention, If/dere. ^^^
suppression and extirpation of contagious diseases of do-
mestic animals ; the establishing of disease-free herds of cattle
and the issuing of certificates in connection therewith; the
inspection, examination, quarantine, care and treatment or
destruction of domestic animals affected with or which have
been exposed to contagious disease, the burial or other
disposal of their carcasses, and the cleansing and disinfection
of places where contagion exists or has existed. No rules Approval by
or regulations shall take effect until approved by the gov- founciL'^"*^
ernor and council. Approved April 11, 1930.

An Act relative to the making of statements by elec- ni^r.^ oc\a

TION OFFICERS AS TO THE STATE OF THE POLLS AT ELECTIONS ^ *

AND PRIMARIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section sixty-eight of chapter fifty-four of g. l. 54, § 68,
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after ^"^^" ^
the word "except" in the fifth line the following: — as
expressly permitted by section one hundred and five and
except, — so as to read as follows : — Section 68. No elec- no statement
tion officer shall, before the public declaration of the vote, b°efo?e'^ubiic
make any statement of the number of ballots cast, the declaration of
number of votes given for any person, the name of any e^.^' ^'"^^^^'
person who has voted or whose name has not been checked,
or of any other fact tending to show the state of the polls,
except as expressly permitted by section one hundred and
five and except that he shall when requested make a state-
ment of the figures on the ballot box register, which state-
ment shall not be considered an official declaration as to
the state of the polls or of the number of ballots cast.

230

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 205, 206.

G. L. 54, § 105,
etc., amended.

Public an-
nouncement of
result of votes
cast for each
candidate for
an office or
upon a ques-
tion submitted
to voters,
regulated.

G. L. 56, § 18,
amended.

Penalty for
violation of
G. L. 54, § 68.

Section 2. Section one hundred and five of said chapter
fifty-four, as amended by section five of chapter two hun-
dred and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new paragraph : —

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section,
the clerks of precincts or the town clerk in a town not di-
vided into precincts may, if authorized in writing by the
election commissioners or election commission in a city having
such a body, by the city clerk in any other city or by the
town clerk in a town, publicly announce the number of
votes cast for each candidate for each office as soon as the
count of ballots for that office has been completed, and the
number of affirmative or negative votes cast upon any
question submitted to the voters, as soon as the count of
ballots upon such question has been completed.

Section 3. Chapter fifty-six of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section eighteen and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 18. Any
election officer who violates any provision of section sixty-
eight of chapter fifty-four shall be punished by imprison-
ment for not more than one month.

Approved April 11, 1930.

Chap. 205 An Act relative to the payment of compensation under

THE workmen's COMPENSATION LAWS FOR INJURIES RE-
CEIVED BY EMPLOYEES WHILE OPERATING OR USING MOTOR
OR OTHER VEHICLES.

G. L. 152. § 26,
etc., amended.

Payment of
compensation
under work-
men's com-
pensation laws
for injuries re-
ceived by em-
ployees while
operating or
using motor or
other vehicles.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty-six of chapter one hundred and fifty-two
of the General Laws, as amended by section three of chapter
three hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new sentence : — For the purposes
of this section, any person while operating or using a motor
or other vehicle, whether or not belonging to his employer,
with his employer's general authorization or approval, in
the performance of work in connection with the business
affairs or undertakings of his employer, and whether within
or without the commonwealth, shall be conclusively pre-
sumed to be an employee. Approved April 11, 1930.

C hap. 20Q An Act validating the incorporation and certain acts

AND proceedings OF THE PORTUGUESE CONTINENTAL
UNION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

InTcertai'n"" ^hc incorporatiou of the Portuguese Continental Union

acts.^etc^'of of the United States of America on October first, nineteen

OD^nUnSr"^ hundred and twenty-nine as a fraternal benefit society under

UniteYst^^tes scctiou nine of chapter one hundred and seventy-six of the

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 207, 208. 231

General Laws, and all acts and proceedings of said society, of America,
insofar as they arc illegal by reason of its failure to secure ^■' ' "*^ '
its certificate of incorporation and to begin business within
the time limited by section ten of said chapter one hundred
and seventj'-six, are hereby confirmed and made valid.

Approved April 11, 1930.

An Act relative to the a. b. c. street railway, so- nhnj) OQ?

CALLED, IN THE CITY OF ATTLEBORO. ^ '

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Attleboro may sell to the Inter- cityof Attie-
state Street Railway Company the tracks, poles, trolley, ^ inSaTe^
feed and stay wires, and all cars, equipment and other ^^^'''^^com'an
property and devices used in connection with the street tracks, cars.
railway owned by said city and operated, in pursuance of connection with
Part I ■ of chapter one hundred and eighty-seven of the ^'''b'^c "sfreet
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen, under the Railway, so-
name of A. B. C. Street Railway, on Emory street. Park ''^"^'^"
street and Oak Hill avenue in said city.

Section 2. Said company is hereby authorized to pur- Purchase to
chase said equipment and other property, and thereupon granr<^el-^
to use the same for the purpose of providing street railway [®"^'?'^„°^
service in said streets. Such purchase shall be deemed a '^^
grant of extension of location in said streets in all respects
as if granted and certified as consistent with the public
interest, under the provisions of section seventy of chapter
one hundred and sixty-one of the General Laws.

Section 3. In lieu of the sale and purchase authorized city may dis-

,• ,, -i-j 1- !• ii continue opera-

in sections one and two, said city may discontinue the tion of a. b. c.
operation of said A. B. C. Street Railway and may sell at ^iyfn^ilu"
private sale or public auction all of the property and equip- of sale, etc.
ment described in section one.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its accept- ^ccSa'n^ce,^e"c.
ance during the current year by vote of the municipal coun-
cil of said city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but
not otherwise. Approved April 11, 1930.

An Act relative to the payment of certain expenses nhp,^ ono
of reviews in industrial accident cases. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section ten of chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the g. l. 152, § 10,
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the ^'^^I'^e'^-
word "parties" in the sixth line the following sentence: —
If a claim for a review is so filed by the insurer in any case
and the board by its decision orders the insurer to make, or
to continue, payments to the injured employee, the cost to
the injured employee of such review, including therein
reasonable counsel fees, shall be determined by the board and
shall be paid by the insurer, — so as to read as follows : — Hearing by re-
Section 10. If a claim for a review is filed under section Tn'd^i'm for a

232

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 209, 210.

review in in-
dustrial ac-
cident cases.

Payment of
certain expenses
of reviews.

eight, the reviewing board shall hear the parties, and may
hear evidence in regard to pertinent matters and may revise
the decision in whole or in part, or may refer the matter
back to the member for further findings of fact, and shall file
its decision with the records of the proceedings and notify
the parties. If a claim for a review is so filed by the in-
surer in any case and the board by its decision orders the
insurer to make, or to continue, payments to the injured
employee, the cost to the injured employee of such review,
including therein reasonable counsel fees, shall be de-
termined by the board and shall be paid by the insurer.
No party shall as of right be entitled to a second hearing
upon questions of fact. Approved April 11, 1930.

G. L. 68, new
section added.

Certain unin-
corporated
trustees of
charitable
trusts to file
annual reports
with depart-
ment of
public welfare.

Chap. 209 A.N Act requiring certain unincorporated trustees
OF charitable trusts to file annual reports with

THE department OF PUBLIC WELFARE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter sixty-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended
by adding thereto the following new section: — Section 16.
Every unincorporated trustee who holds in trust within
the commonwealth property given, devised or bequeathed
for benevolent, charitable, humane or philanthropic pur-
poses and administers, or is under a duty to administer, the
same in whole or in part for said purposes within the com-
monwealth shall annually, on or before November first,
make to the department of public welfare a written report
for the last preceding financial year of such trust, showing
the property so held and administered, the receipts and
expenditures in connection therewith, the whole number
and the average number of beneficiaries thereof, and such
other information as the department requires; provided,
that if any such trustee is required by law to file an account
with the probate court, said department shall accept a copy
thereof in lieu of the report hereinbefore required. Failure
for two successive years to file such a report shall constitute
a breach of trust within the meaning of section eight of
chapter twelve and shall be reported by said department to
the attorney general, who shall take such action as may be
appropriate to compel compliance with this section.

Approved April 11, 1930.

Proviso.

Action by at-
torney general
in case of
failure to file
report, etc.

Chap. 210 An Act relative to the payment of certain expenses

INCURRED IN EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS.

G. L. 12. § 23,
amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section twenty-three of chapter twelve of
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "district" the first time it occurs in the first line the
words : — , and except as otherwise provided in section

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 211. 233

twenty-four of this chapter and in section fifteen of chapter
two hundred and seventy-six, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 2S. Except in the Suffolk district, and except as Traveling ex-
otherwise provided in section twenty-four of this chapter [ncrattorneya
and in section fifteen of chapter two hundred and seventy- ^nd assistant
six, district attorneys and assistant district attornej^s shall neys.'^excepT
receive for traveling expenses necessarily incurred in the ®*°-
performance of their official duties such sums as shall be
approved by a justice of the superior court, to be paid by
the commonwealth.

Section 2. Section twenty-four of said chapter twelve g. l. 12, § 24,
is hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth line, the *'"®°'i^'^-
word "officers" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
himself or by ofiicers and others, — so as to read as follows:
— Section 24- A district attorney, in the name of any Certain ex-
county in his district, may contract such bills for stationery, tHcrattorney
experts, travel outside of the commonwealth by witnesses t° ^e paid by
required by the commonwealth in the prosecution of cases,
for necessary expenses incurred by himself or by officers and
others under his direction in going outside of the common-
wealth for the purpose of searching for or bringing back
for trial persons under indictment in said county, and for
such other expenses as may in his opinion be necesssary for
the proper conduct of his office in the investigation of or
preparation and trial of criminal causes; and all such bills
shall be paid by the county for the benefit of which they
were contracted upon a certificate by the district attorney
that they were necessarily incurred in the proper perform-
ance of his duty, and upon approval of the auditor of Suffolk
county if the bills were incurred for said county, otherwise
upon the approval of the county commissioners or of a jus-
tice of the superior court. Approved April 11, 1930.

An Act relative to the equipment of railroad trains (Jhn'r) oil

AND CARS WITH CERTAIN TOOLS AND OTHER SAFETY DE- ^'

VICES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and sixty of the Gen- g. l. leo, § m.
eral Laws is hereby amended by striking out section one ^'"^'^'^ed.
hundred and sixty-three and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 163. Every railroad corporation shall Railroad trains
equip each of the trains and cars owned or operated by it, equipp'^d with
for use in case of accident and for safety purposes, with such and^'othl""'"
tools and devices as the department in writing shall order, safety devices.
A corporation which violates this section shall forfeit five
hundred dollars.

Section 2. Section one hundred and sixty-four of said g. l leo, § lei.
chapter one hundred and sixty is hereby repealed. ^^^^^

Approved April 11, 1930.

234

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 212, 213.

G. L. 30. § 13,
etc., amended.

Fee for certain
commissions,
except, etc.

Chap. 212 An Act increasing the fee to be paid for a commission

AS A notary public OR A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN CER-
TAIN CASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter thirty of the General Laws, as amended in sec-
tion thirteen by chapter seventy-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by
striking out said section and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 13. Before the delivery of a commis-
sion to a person appointed commissioner under section
three or four of chapter two hundred and twenty-two,
notary pubhc, master in chancery, justice of the peace
or pilot, he shall pay to the state secretary a fee of five
dollars, except that a person whose acts as a notary public
or a justice of the peace have been validated by the general
court shall pay a fee of fifteen dollars before the delivery
of the first commission for either of said offices to be deHvered
after such vahdation. Upon the change of name of any
woman, who has been appointed and quahfied as a notary
public, she shall re-register under her new name and shall
pay to the state secretary a fee of one dollar.

Approved April 11, 1930.

Fee for re-regis-
tration of
women as no-
taries public,
upon change
of name.

C/ia».213 An Act relative to the appraisal of estates of de-
ceased PERSONS.

G. L. 195, § 6,
amended.

Appointment of
one appraiser.

Proviso.

Appraisers to
be sworn.

G. L. 215, §
amended.

Appointment of
one appraiser,
except, etc.

When
operative.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and ninety-five of the
General Laws is hereby amended b}^ striking out section
six and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 6.
The property comprised in the inventory shall be appraised
by one disinterested person to be appointed by the court
or by the register; provided, that if a person interested
requests that three appraisers be appointed or if it appears
that the estate may exceed one hundred thousand dollars
such property shall, unless the court otherwise orders, be
appraised by three such persons so appointed. Such ap-
praisers shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their
duties.

Section 2. Section forty-eight of chapter two hundred
and fifteen of the General Laws is hereby amended by in-
serting after the word "may" in the first line the words: — ,
except as provided in section six of chapter one hundred
and ninety-five, — so as to read as follows: — Section 4.8.
In appraisals of property, the judge or register may, except
as provided in section six of chapter one hundred and ninety-
five, appoint only one appraiser if in his opinion the nature
of the property makes it advisable.

Section 3. This act shall become operative on September
first of the current year. Approved April I4, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 214, 215. 235

An Act providing for the refunding of certain illegal QJidr, 214
OR excessive bank taxes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Any bank, as defined in section one of chapter sixty- Refunding of
three of the General Laws, which, within thirty days after orexcess/vr'
this act takes effect or within such further time as the ^°'''^ ^^^«^-
commissioner of corporations and taxation may allow, shall
have filed a waiver, in such form as the said commissioner
shall, with the approval of the attorney general, prescribe,
of any right which it may have to the abatement or recovery
of any taxes, assessed upon it with respect to its income
returnable under the provisions of said chapter in the
years nineteen hundred and twenty-six, nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, and paid by it, shall be
entitled .to have refunded to it, in the manner hereinafter
provided, a sum equal to that part of the tax assessed and
paid by it, which was upon or measured by so much of its
income returnable in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine as was derived from interest upon bonds, notes or
certificates of indebtedness of the United States or of the
commonwealth of Massachusetts or its political subdivisions,
or of any federal instrumentality, which would not be
taxable under chapter sixty-two of the General Laws if
received by an individual inhabitant of the commonwealth,
with interest thereon from the date of payment at the rate
of six per cent per annum. The amount so to be refunded Amount of
shall be certified by said commissioner, subject to the ap- certified, etc.
proval of the attorney general, and no further taxes under
said chapter sixty-three or under any laws revived under
section thirteen of chapter three hundred and forty-three
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, as amended
by chapter two hundred and twenty-two of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, shall be assessed against
or collected from any such bank with respect to the years
for which it shall have filed a waiver as herein provided.
The amount of refund so certified to each bank shall be Refund to be
applied by said commissioner to the payment of its tax to paymMt°oftax
be assessed under said chapter sixty-three in the year nine- to be assessed
teen hundred and thirty, and any excess of such refund over in year I'gso,
the amount of said tax shall be paid out of the treasury of ^^^'
the commonwealth, without appropriation.

Approved April 14, 1930.

An Act authorizing American tissue mills to maintain CJiav 215

A BRIDGE OVER APPLETON STREET IN THE CITY OF
HOLYOKE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Upon petition and after seven days' notice cityof
inserted in a newspaper published in the city of Holyoke, ^tKle'the

236

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 216.

American
Tissue Mills
to maintain
a bridge over
Appleton
street.

Restrictions
as to height,
width, etc.

Liability for
bodily injury
or damage to
property.

Proviso.

Remedy not
exclusive.

and a public hearing thereon, the board of aldermen of
said city may, by a two thirds vote, with the approval of
the mayor, issue a permit to the American Tissue Mills, a
corporation having a usual place of business in Holyoke,
its successors and assigns, to build and maintain a bridge
over Appleton street in said city for the purpose of con-
necting the buildings owned and occupied by said American
Tissue Mills on said street with certain premises of the
Boston and Maine Railroad on the opposite side of said
street. The said permit shall be granted upon such con-
ditions, and subject to such restrictions, as the said board
may prescribe and with the written consent of the said
Boston and Maine Railroad filed with the said board.
Any permit so issued may be revoked by a vote of the said
board with the approval of the maj^or.

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

Section 3. If a traveler on the highway in the exercise
of due care sustains bodily injury or damage to his property
by reason of the construction or maintenance of said bridge,
he may recover damages therefor in an action of tort brought
in the superior court against said American Tissue Mills,
or its successors or assigns, within 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 American Tissue Mills, or its successors or assigns,
by, or on behalf of, the person sustaining the same as is,
under the provisions of chapter eighty-four of the General
Laws, valid and sufficient in cases of injury or damage sus-
tained 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 con-
sists in part of snow or ice, or both. The remedy herein
provided 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 Api'il 15, 1930.

C hap. 21Q An Act changing the name of the trustees of the

EAMES ministerial FUND IN HOLLISTON AND THE MANNER
OF ELECTING THE MEMBERS THEREOF.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The name of the Trustees of the Eames
Ministerial Fund in Holliston, incorporated by an act ap-
proved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and
twenty-nine and entitled "An Act to incorporate the trus-
tees of the Eames Ministerial Fund in HolHston", is hereby
changed to the Endowment Committee of the First Con-
gregational Church of Holliston.

Name of the
Trustees of the
Eames Minis-
terial Fund in
Holliston
changed to
Endowment
Committee of
the First Con-
gregational
Church of
Holliston .

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 217. 237

Section 2. The trustees of said corporation shall be Trustees,
elected by the members of the First Congregational Church tgrms°"e'tc
of Holliston, and at the first election thereof under the pro-
visions of this act, one shall be elected for one year, one for
two years, one for three years, one for four years and one
for five years, and thereafter, as the term of office of any
trustee expires, his successor shall be elected for the term
of five years. Any such trustee may be removed by vote
of the members of said church and any vacancy existing
among the number of said trustees shall be filled for the
unexpired term by said members. The term of office of the
present trustees shall terminate upon the election of the
trustees under the provisions of this act.

Approved April 15, 1930.

Chap.217

An Act exempting the Berkshire street railway
company from certain requirements of law.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The Berkshire Street Railway Company shall not during Berkshire
the years nineteen hundred and thirty, nineteen hundred street Railway
and thirty-one and nineteen hundred and thirty-two be em'pted"from'
required to pay by assessment, taxation or otherwise di- menTsVAlw^^
rectly or indirectly any part of the expense of the construc-
tion, 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 re-
ceptacle for such wires, or to pay or incur any expense
whatever for or in connection with the construction, altera-
tion, maintenance or repair of any street, highway or bridge;
provided, that, if the surface of any street or highway shall Provisos.
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 assessment 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 in- •
curred 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 con-
struction, 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 re-
quired in whole or in part to construct, alter, maintain or

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Town of Wil-
liamstown
may appro-
priate money
to provide
facilities for
holding in said
town the state
convention of
The American
Legion.

Proviso. repair; and also provided, that nothing herein contained

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 under the direc-
tion of the department of public works and funds of the
commonwealth are contributed toward the cost thereof.

Approved April 16, 1930.

Chap. 21S An Act authorizing the town of williamstown to ap-
propriate MONEY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR HOLDING
IN SAID TOWN THE STATE CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN
LEGION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Williamstown may appropriate
a sum, not exceeding two thousand dollars, for the purpose
of providing proper facilities for public entertainment at the
time of the state convention of The American Legion, to be
held in said town during the current year, and of pajang
expenses incidental to such entertainment. Money so ap-
propriated shall be expended under the direction of the
selectmen of said town.

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

Approved April 16, 1930.

Chap. 219 An Act authorizing the town of west boylston to

BORROW MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a high school
building and originally equipping and furnishing said build-
ing and/or acquiring land for the same, the town of West
Bojdston 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, sev-
enty-five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
s'ifoofLoan"" thcrefor, which shall bear on their face the words. West
Act of 1930. ' Boylston School Loan, Act of 1930. 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. 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 limitation con-
tained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof as
revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

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

Approved April 16, 1930.

Town of West
Boylston may
borrow money
for school
purposes.

1

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 220. 239

An Act changing the laws relating to the taxation (JJidy 220

OF BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES AND CERTAIN OTHER COR-
PORATIONS, AND CLASSIFYING MANUFACTURING CORPORA-
TIONS FOR PURPOSES OF TAXATION.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend Kmergency
to defeat its purpose, 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:

Section 1. Section one of chapter sixty-three of the g. l. 63. § i,
General Laws, as appearing in section one of chapter three amended,
hundred and forty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, is hereby amended by striking out the para-
graph defining net income and inserting in place thereof the
following : —

"Net income", The net income for the taxable year as Taxation of
required to be returned by the bank to the federal govern- ^r^y"^®^'''^
ment under the federal revenue act applicable for the companies.
period, adding thereto any net losses, as defined in said Definition
federal revenue act, that have been deducted and all inter- ^^^^''^^'^^ ■
est and dividends not so rec{uired to be returned as net
income which would be taxable if received by an individual
inhabitant of the commonwealth ; provided that net income
as defined in this section shall not include interest from
bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness of the United
States or of any federal instrumentalitj^, if such interest is
by the constitution of the United States or by act of con-
gress exempt from taxation under this chapter.

Section 2. Said chapter sixty-three is hereby further g. l. 63, § 2,
amended by striking out section two as appearing in section *™^"'^®'^-
one of said chapter three hundred and forty-three and
inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 2. Every Tax measured
bank shall pay annually a tax measured b}^ its net income, ^y net income,
as defined in section one, at the rate assessed upon other Rate.
financial corporations; provided, that such rate shall not Proviso.
be higher than the highest of the rates assessed under this
chapter upon mercantile and business corporations doing
business in the commonwealth. The commissioner shall Commissioner

•1 icTiz-ci c aetermine

determme the rate on or before July first of each year after rate, etc.
giving a hearing thereon, and at or prior to such hearing he
shall make available to all banks requesting the same a
statement showing the aggregates of the income returnable
during the preceding calendar year and taxable under this
chapter and the aggregates of the taxes under this chapter
of such year, with respect to the following classes of corpora-
tions: (1) domestic financial corporations, (2) foreign finan-
cial corporations, (3) domestic manufacturing corporations
as defined in section thirty-eight C, (4) foreign manufactur-
ing corporations as defined in section forty-two B, (5) do-
mestic business corporations as defined in section thirty,

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 220.

To notify
banks of de-
termination.

Appeal by
banks from
determination
of commis-
sioner, etc.

G. L. 63, § 30,
etc., amended.

Taxation of
business cor-
porations.

Definitions.

"Domestic
business cor-
porations".

"Foreign
corporations"

"Net income"

G. L. 63, § 38A
amended.

Net income of
domestic busi-
ness corpora-
tion subject
to tax, etc.

(6) foreign corporations as defined in said section thirty.
The commissioner shall seasonably notify the banks of his
determination. Appeal by a bank from the determination
of the commissioner may be taken to the board of appeal
from decisions of the commissioner of corporations and
taxation, in sections five and six called the board of appeal,
within ten days after the giving of such notice.

Section 3. Section thirty of said chapter sixty-three, as
amended, is hereby further amended by striking out para-
graphs numbered one, two and five and inserting in place
thereof the following : —

1. "Domestic business corporations", every corporation
organized under or subject to chapter one hundred and
fifty-six, except corporations organized under the provisions
of section ten of chapter one hundred and fifty-seven, and
except domestic manufacturing corporations as defined in
section thirty-eight C.

2. ''Foreign corporations", every corporation, association
or organization established, organized or chartered under
laws other than those of the commonwealth, for purposes
for which domestic corporations may be organized under
chapter one hundred and fifty-six, which has a usual place of
business in this commonwealth, or is engaged here, perma-
nently or temporarily, in the construction, erection, altera-
tion or repair of a building, bridge, railroad, railway or
structure of any kind; provided, that said term shall not
apply to such corporations, associations or organizations
without capital stock as are subject to taxation under sec-
tion eighteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-seven, or to
foreign manufacturing corporations as defined in section
forty-two B.

5. "Net income", except as otherwise provided in sections
thirty-four and thirty-nine, the net income for the taxable
year as required to be returned by the corporation to the
federal government under the federal revenue act applicable
for the period, adding thereto any net losses, as defined in
said federal revenue act, that have been deducted and all
interest and dividends not so required to be returned as net
income which would be taxable if received by an individual
inhabitant of the commonwealth; provided that net income
as defined in this paragraph shall not include interest from
bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness of the United
States or of any federal instrumentality, if such interest is
by the constitution of the United States or by act of congress
exempt from taxation under this chapter.

Section 4. Said chapter sixty-three is hereby further
amended by striking out section thirty-eight A, inserted by
section two of chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and inserting in
place thereof the following : — Section 38 A . The net income
of a domestic business corporation allocated to this com-
monwealth shall be its net income subject to tax under this
chapter.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 220. 241

Section 5. Said chapter sixty-three is hereby further g. l. 63, new
amended by inserting after section thirty-eight B, inserted flm^ ^
bj^ section one of chapter three hundred and fifty-nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, the following new
section: — Section 3SC. Every corporation organized under wimt shall be
or subject to chapter one hundred and fifty-six which is en- u'tiomestk: ^
gaged in manufacturing shall, for the purposes of this chap- ^rpV.ratTJl^'for
ter, be deemed to be a domestic manufacturing corporation, purposes of

1-1 1 ,• e ± • j^- iiiii !• taxation, etc.

Every domestic manuiacturmg corporation shall be taxed in
the same manner and shall have the same duties under this
chapter as a domestic business corporation, except that
from the net income of a domestic manufacturing corpora-
tion, allocated to this commonwealth, there shall be deducted
the same proportion thereof which the fair cash value of
machinery owned by the corporation and used in manu- •
facturing in the commonwealth bears to the value of its
total assets employed in the commonwealth, and the amount
remaining shall be its net income subject to tax under this
chapter. All provisions of this chapter relative to the
assessment, collection, pajTnent, abatement, verification
and administration of taxes, including penalties, applicable
to domestic business corporations shall, so far as pertinent,
be applicable to taxes upon domestic manufacturing cor-
porations.

Section 6. Said chapter sixty-three is hereby further G- l- 63, § 42A.
amended by striking out section forty-two A, inserted by ^'^^^ ^ '
section five of chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 42 A. The net ^^^^^1.^?°^^^^,^..
income of a foreign corporation allocated to this common- poration sub-
wealth shall be its net income subject to tax under this ^^°* *^° *^'^' ^^'
chapter.

Section 7. Said chapter sixty-three is hereby further g. l. 63, new
amended by inserting after section forty-two A, inserted by f 42a" ^^^^^
said section five of said chapter three hundred and thirty-
eight, the following new section : — Section 42B. Every what shall be
corporation, association or organization established, organ- flf/e'i^n^man-
ized or chartered under laws other than those of the com- ^or'^oraUon
monwealth, which has a usual place of business in the com- for purposes of
monwealth and is engaged in manufacturing therein, shall, *^'^^*'°"' ®*°-
for the purposes of this chapter, be deemed a foreign manu-
facturing corporation. Every foreign manufacturing cor-
poration shall be taxed in the same manner and shall have
the same duties under this chapter as other foreign corpora-
tions, except that from the net income of a foreign manu-
facturing corporation, allocated to this commonwealth, there
shall be deducted the same proportion thereof which the
fair cash value of machinery owned by the corporation and
used in manufacturing in the commonwealth bears to the
value of its total assets employed in the commonwealth, and
the amount remaining shall be its net income subject to tax
under this chapter. All provisions of this chapter relative
to the assessment, collection, payment, abatement, verifica-

242

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 220.

G. L. 58, § 10,
etc., amended.

To aid in
making tri-
ennial equali-
zation and
apportionment
of state and
county taxes,
etc., commis-
sioner of
corporations
and taxation
to prepare
certain ab-
stracts, obtain
information,
etc.

Commissioner
to prepare said
equalization,
etc.

Notice to
assessors, etc.

G. L. 58, § 20,
etc., amended.

Distribution
of domestic
business and
domestic man-
ufacturing and
foreign man-
ufacturing and
other foreign
corporation
taxes.

tion and administration of taxes, including penalties, appli-
cable to other foreign corporations shall, so far as pertinent,
be applicable to taxes upon foreign manufacturing corpora-
tions.

Section 8. Section ten of chapter fifty-eight of the
General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter three
hundred and seventy-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twentj'-one and by section twelve of chapter three
hundred and forty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the words "business and" in the eighth hne the words:

— domestic manufacturing corporations and of foreign
manufacturing and other, — so as to read as follows : —
Section 10. To aid in making the equalization and appor-
tionment required by the preceding section, and to assist
the general court to determine the amount of state tax to be
imposed upon the several towns, the commissioner shall
prepare and submit to the general court abstracts showing
the amount of the corporate franchise value of domestic
corporations, of the excise value as determined by the com-
missioner of domestic business and domestic manufacturing
corporations and of foreign manufacturing and other foreign
corporations, and of the value produced by capitalizing at
the state rate taxes paid by banks which are subject to taxa-
tion under section two of chapter sixty-three and which have
been distributed according to law to each town. He may
require from state and town officers such further returns
and statements relative to the amount and value of taxable
property in the several towns as he deems necessaiy. He
shall to the best of his judgment and discretion prepare said
equalization and apportionment upon the basis of the
returns and statements provided for and authorized, and of
any other information in his possession. He shall give
notice of so much of said equalization and apportionment as
may be prepared upon the basis of such other information in
his possession to the assessors of any town affected thereby,
and upon their request shall give his reasons therefor, and
such information as he may properly divulge.

Section 9. Section twenty of said chapter fifty-eight, as
amended by section one of chapter three hundred and
sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two
and by section two of chapter two hundred and twenty-two
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the words "business
and" in the second line the words: — domestic manufac-
turing corporations and foreign manufacturing and other,

— so as to read as follows: — Section 20. From the total
taxes paid in any state fiscal year by domestic business and
domestic manufacturing corporations and foreign manu-
facturing and other foreign corporations under sections
thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, of chapter sixty-three there shall
be deducted such taxes paid under said sections as have
been refunded under said chapter or section twenty-seven of

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 220. 243

this chapter during said year, together with any interest or
costs paid such corporations on account of refunds. One
sixth of the balance shall be retained by the commonwealth,
and five sixths shall be distributed, credited and paid to
each of the several towns in the proportion that the value of
the tangible property owned by all corporations taxable
under any provision of sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive,
of chapter sixty-three and situated in each town, bears to
the value of the total tangible property owned by all such
corporations and situated within the commonwealth, as
determined by the commissioner from the returns of the
previous taxable year or in such other manner as he may
deem just and equitable.

Section 10. Clause sixteenth of section five of chapter g. l. 59, § 5.
fifty-nine of the General Laws, as most recently amended etc^'amended
by section three of chapter three hundred and seventy-nine
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby
amended by inserting after the word "chapter" in the
eighth line the words: — or domestic manufacturing cor-
porations, as defined in section thirty-eight C of said chap-
ter, — and by inserting after the word " sixt,y-three " in the
thirteenth line the words : — , by domestic manufacturing
corporations, as defined in section thirty-eight C of said
chapter, or by foreign manufacturing corporations, as
defined in section forty-two B of said chapter, — so that
said clause will read as follows : —

Sixteenth, Property, other than real estate, poles, under- Certain
ground conduits, wires and pipes, and other than machinery certain corpo-
used in manufacture or in supplying or distributing water, from ^xat^n*
owned by Massachusetts savings banks or co-operative
banks, by Massachusetts corporations subject to taxation
under chapter sixty-three except domestic business corpora-
tions as defined in section thirty of said chapter or domestic
manufacturing corporations, as defined in section thirty-
eight C 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 con-
duct of the business, owned by domestic business corpora-
tions or by foreign corporations, as defined in section thirty
of chapter sixty-three, by domestic manufacturing corpora-
tions, as defined in section thirty-eight C of said chapter, or
by foreign manufacturing corporations, as defined in section
forty-two B of said chapter; provided, that the term "ma- Proviso.
chinery used in the conduct of the business" shall not, as
herein used, be deemed to include stock in trade.

Section 11. Clause thirty-first of said section five of G- ^^j ^9, § 5,
said chapter fifty-nine, as amended by section one of chapter etc., amended.
fifteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "sixty-
three" in the third line the words: — , stock in domestic
manufacturing corporations, as defined in section thirty-

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 220.

Stock in
domestic busi-
ness and
domestic man-
ufacturing
corporations,
and stock in
domestic in-
surance com-
panies exempt
from local
taxation.

G. L. 59, § 18,
cl. second, etc.,
amended.

Machinery,
etc., taxable
locally, where
assessed.

G.L. 60A,§1,
amended.

Excise tax not
applicable to
motor vehicles
owned by
state, certain
manufacturers,
etc.

Change of
ownership not
to impose ad-
ditional tax.

Applicable to
taxes assessed
in year 1930,
etc.

eight C of said chapter, — so that said clause will read as
follows : —

Thirty-first, Stock in domestic business corporations, as
defined in section thirty of chapter sixty-three, stock in
domestic manufacturing corporations, as defined in section
thirty-eight C of said chapter, and stock in domestic insur-
ance companies subject to taxation under section twenty or
twenty-two of said chapter.

Section 12. The second clause of section eighteen of
said chapter fifty-nine, as amended by section two of chap-
ter three hundred and twenty-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twentj^-four, is hereby further amended by
inserting after the word "sixty-three" in the eighth and
ninth lines the words : — and domestic manufacturing cor-
porations as defined in section thirty-eight C of said chapter
and foreign manufacturing corporations as defined in section
forty-two B of said chapter, — so that said clause will read
as follows: — Second, Machinery employed in any branch
of manufacture or in supplying or distributing water, includ-
ing machines used or operated under a stipulation providing
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 commonwealth
leased for profit, or, in the case of domestic business and
foreign corporations as defined in section thirty of chapter
sixty-three and domestic manufacturing corporations as
defined in section thirty-eight C of said chapter and foreign
manufacturing corporations as defined in section forty-two
B of said chapter, machinery used in the conduct of their
business, shall be assessed where such machinery or tangible
personal property is situated to the owner or any person
having possession of the same on April first.

Section 13. Section one of chapter sixty A of the Gen-
eral Laws, inserted by section one of chapter three hundred
and seventy-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "business" in the sbcth line of the third paragraph
thereof the words : — , domestic manufacturing, — so that
said paragraph will read as follows : — The tax imposed by
this section shall not apply to motor vehicles owned and
registered by the commonwealth or any political subdivision
thereof, or registered by manufacturers, dealers or repair-
men under section five of said chapter ninety, or to motor
vehicles owned and registered by any corporation other than
a domestic business, domestic manufacturing, foreign or
public service corporation, or by an association, whose per-
sonal property is exempt from taxation under section five
of chapter fifty-nine, nor shall the change of ownership or
reregistration of a motor vehicle in any year impose any
additional tax hereunder on any motor vehicle already
taxable in that year.

Section 14. This act shall apply to taxes assessed in the
year nineteen hundred and thirty and thereafter.

Approved April 16, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 221. 245

An Act authorizing the selectmen of the town of fh^j^ ooi

BILLERICA TO ACT AS A BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS EXER- ^'

CISING the POWERS OF CERTAIN OTHER BOARDS AND
TOWN OFFICERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section 1. The board of selectmen of the town of ^Jj'^^'"^^^°f^ ^^
Billerica, as constituted from time to time, from and after town of Bli-
the annual meeting at which this act becomes fully effective llTboTrd^oT*
as provided in section four, shall also be a board of public public works

*■ , . ., -x 1 11 1 1 -1 exercising the

works, and in said capacit}^ shall have and exercise, under powers of
the designation of selectmen, all the powers and duties now boanisan/'^
or from time to time vested by general law in the following town officers,
boards and offices in said town, to wit: The road surveyor,
water and sev/er commissioners, park commissioners, board
of survey and tree warden; and such boards and offices
shall thereupon be abolished during the time that this act is
in operation. No contracts or liabilities then in force shall
be affected by such abolition, but the selectmen, acting as
said board of public works, shall in all respects be the lawful
successor of the boards and offices so abolished. At said Number of
annual meeting the number of the selectmen shall be in- belncTsMed,
creased to five, subject to change, however, as provided by ^*^''-
chapter forty-one of the General Laws. Such increase HowefTected,
shall be effected by electing at said annual meeting one ^tc.
selectman for one year, two for two years and two for three
years ; and at each annual meeting thereafter the town shall
elect their successors for terms of three years, until a change
is made as aforesaid.

Section 2. The selectmen shall appoint, and fix the superin-
compensation of, a superintendent of public works, who shall pt^bH^works,
administer, under the supervision and direction of the se- appointment',
lectmen, such departments of the town under their control " '®^' ^ *^'
as they may designate. He shall be responsible for the ef-
ficient administration of all such departments 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 give bond Bond,
for the faithful performance of his duties, in such sum and
with such surety or sureties as the selectmen may require,
and shall, subject to the approval of the selectmen, ap- Appointment
point such assistants, agents and employees as the perform- ofjiss'stants,
ance of the duties of such departments may require. He Report of
shall keep full and complete records of the doings of his doings, etc.
office and render to the selectmen as often as they 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 pubhcation. He shall keep the select- to make de-
tailed estimate

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Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 222, 223.

of appropria-"'
tions required,
etc.

Town may
rescind all
action taken
under pro-
visions of
this act, etc.

When effective.

men fully advised as to the needs of the town within the
scope of his duties and shall furnish to the selectmen, on or
before January fifth in each year, a carefully prepared and
detailed 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 provisions of section
twenty-three of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, the
said town, at any time after three years following the annual
town meeting at which this act becomes fully effective, may
rescind, in whole or in part, all action taken under its pro-
visions.

Section 4. For the purpose of its submission to the
voters of said town at an annual or special town meeting,
this act shall take effect upon its passage; and it shall take
full effect beginning with, and for the purposes of, the first
annual town meeting which is held after the expiration of
twenty days from its acceptance.

Approved April 16, 1930.

Chav.222 An Act providing for the furnishing of information
TO municipalities in the several metropolitan dis-
tricts relative to the amount of assessments rec-
ommended TO BE made upon SAID MUNICIPALITIES FOR
certain NEW STATE PROJECTS AND UNDERTAKINGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter thirty of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section thirty-five the following new
section : — Section 35 A . Reports of state officers, depart-
ments or heads thereof, and special commissions, recom-
mending the expenditure of money to an amount in the
aggregate exceeding five hundred thousand dollars for a
new project or undertaking, any part of the cost of which is
recommended to be assessed upon the cities and towns of
any metropolitan district, shall be accompanied by a state-
ment showing the amount, in dollars and cents, that would
be assessed upon each such city and town if such recommen-
dation should be enacted into law. The officer, department
or special commission making a recommendation as afore-
said shall, upon the filing of its report containing the same,
send a copy of said statement to each city and town which
would be subject to such assessment.

Approved April 16, 1930.

G. L. 30, new
section after
§35.

Informa-
tion to be
furnished to
municipalities
in the several
metropolitan
districts rela-
tive to amount
of assessments
recommended
to be made
upon said
municipalities
for certain
new state
projects, etc.

Chap.22S An Act relative to municipal advertising.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter forty of the General Laws is hereby amended

by inserting after section six the following new section : —
Cities or towns Section 6 A . A city or town which accepts this section may
priate a^cw'tain appropriate annually a sum not exceeding one two-hundredths

G. L. 40, new
section after
§ 6.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 224, 225. 247

of one per cent of the assessed valuation of the preceding per cent of
j'ear, but in no event more than fifty thousand dollars in atfon^orld-""
anj^ one 3'ear, for the purpose of advertising its resources, reTolfrc"^ ^*t
advantages and attractions; provided, however, that as to pj.^^; ^
each such appropriation a sum at least equal to the amount
thereof shall previously have been contributed by public
subscription, or by donation or legacy, and paid into the
city or town treasury to be expended for the aforesaid
purposes, and provided, further that no such city or town
shall in any year appropriate money for such purposes
under authority hereof and also under any special act au-
thorizing appropriations for municipal advertising. The
money so appropriated and so contributed shall be expended
under the direction of the mayor and city council of the
city or the selectmen of the town. Two or more municipal-
ities having resources, advantages or attractions in common
may join in advertising the same hereunder.

Approved April 16, 1930.

An Act requiring the reviewing board in the depart- ni.f^^^ on a

MENT OF industrial ACCIDENTS TO HOLD HEARINGS IN ' ^ "
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

. Chapter twenty-four of the General Laws is hereby g. l. 24, new
amended by inserting after section three the following new 1*^^*'°" -'^^ter
section : — Section 3 A . A reviewing board appointed under Reviexying
authority of section three shall hold hearings in the city of '^artmenA^f'
Springfield at least six times each year to decide matters industrial
required to be heard by such board and relating to industrial hda hearin°gs
accidents occurring, or to employees living, in Berkshire, 5"r^n^fi°eid
Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties.

Approved April 16, 1930.

An Act establishing the south seekonk water district (Jhn'r) 225

OF seekonk. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The inhabitants of the town of Seekonk south seekonk
liable to taxation in that town and residing within the of^seekonk"''
territory comprised within the boundary lines, to wit : — established.

Beginning at a point on the Massachusetts-Rhode Island
state line seventeen hundred feet north of the state-line
bound on the northerly side of Ledge road; thence in a
straight line to a point on Taunton avenue two hundred
feet east of the southeast corner of Taunton avenue and
Pleasant street; thence in a southeasterly direction crossing
Arcade avenue thirteen hundred feet northeasterly from the
northeasterly corner of said Arcade avenue and Fall River
avenue to a point five hundred feet northeasterly from said
Arcade avenue; thence running southerly on a line which is

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May contract
with town of
East Provi-
dence in state
of Rhode
Island, etc.

May take
waters of any
pond, etc., in
town of
Seekonk, may
take, etc.,
lands, rights
of way, etc.

Proviso.

May construct
dams, stand-
pipes, etc.,

five hundred feet easterly from said Arcade avenue and from
Fall River avenue to a point which is five hundred feet
northerly from County street; thence running easterly two
thousand feet on a line which is five hundred feet northerly
from County street; thence turning at a right angle and run-
ning southerly crossing County street to a point which is
five hundred feet southerly from said County street ; thence
running westerly on a line which is five hundred feet south-
erly from said County street to a point which is five hundred
feet easterly from Fall River avenue; thence running south-
westerly on a line five hundred feet easterly from Fall River
avenue to a point two hundred feet south of Cole street;
thence in a southwesterly direction on a line two hundred
feet southerly from and parallel with Cole street and in con-
tinuation with said line to the Massachusetts-Rhode Island
state line; thence in a general northerly direction along said
state line to the point of beginning, shall constitute a water
district, and are hereby made a body corporate by the
name of South Seekonk Water District of Seekonk, herein-
after called the district, for the purpose of supplying them-
selves with water for the extinguishment of fires and for
domestic and other purposes, with power to establish foun-
tains and hydrants and to relocate and discontinue the same,
to regulate the use of such water and to fix and collect
rates to be paid therefor, and to take, or acquire by lease,
purchase or otherwise, and to hold for the purpose men-
tioned in this act, property, lands, rights of way and other
easements, and to prosecute and defend all actions relating
to the property and affairs of the district.

Section 2. For the purposes aforesaid, said district,
acting by and through its board of commissioners herein-
after provided for, may contract with the town of East
Providence in the state of Rhode Island, or any other town
or city, acting through their respective water departments,
or with any water company, and/or may take under chap-
ter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by pur-
chase or otherwise, and hold, the waters, or any portion
thereof, of any pond or stream, or of any ground sources
of supply by means of driven, artesian or other wells within
the town of Seekonk, and the water rights connected with
any such water sources; and for said purposes may take
as aforesaid, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold,
all lands, rights of way and other easements necessary for
collecting, storing, holding, purifying and preserving the
purity of the water and for conveying the same to any part
of the said district; provided, that no source of water supply
or lands necessary for preserving the quality of the water
shall be so taken or used without first obtaining the advice
of the state department of public health, and that the lo-
cation of all dams, reservoirs and wells to be used as sources
of water supply under this act shall be subject to the ap-
proval of said department. Said district may construct
on the lands acquired and held under this act proper dams,

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 225. 249

reservoirs, standpipes, tanks, buildings, fixtures and other make excava-
structures, and may make excavations, procure and operate '°"^' ^
machinery and provide such means and appHances, and do
such other things as may be necessary for the estabhshment
and maintenance of complete and effective water works;
and for that purpose may construct wells and reservoirs May construct
and establish pumping works, and may construct, lay and aqueducts', '^^
maintain aqueducts, conduits, pipes and other works under conduits, etc.
or over any land, water courses, railroads, railways and
public or other ways, and along such ways, in said town,
in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the same;
and for the purposes of constructing, laying, maintaining. May dig up
operating and repairing such conduits, pipes and other fa"n'dl!'high-^
works, and for all proper purposes of this act, said district ways, etc.
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 on such ways; provided that all things done Proviso.
upon any such way shall be subject to the direction of the
selectmen of the town of Seekonk. Said district shall not f^^'^e'^\'';™^|5^^ii
enter upon, construct or lay any conduit, pipe or other works railroad
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 to so agree, as may be ap-
proved by the department of public utilities.

Section 3. Any person sustaining damages in his prop- Property
erty by any taking under this act or any other thing done ^e^cwwy,' etc.
under authority 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 ex- District may
penses and liabilities incurred under the provisions of this issu'e bonds,
act, other than expenses of maintenance and operation, the '^'^''•
said district may borrow from time to time such sums as
may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, one hun-
dred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes there-
for, which shall bear on their face the words. South Seekonk south seekonk
Water District Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized issue Lo^an^Aif"*"
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be °f ^^so.
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. Said district shall, at the time of authorizing Payment of
said loan or loans, provide for the payment thereof in °^'^'
accordance 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
expenses of operating its water works and the interest as it •
accrues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid by the
district, and to make such payments on the principal as may
be required under provisions of this act, shall without

250

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 225.

Land acquired
to be managed,
etc., by board
of water com-
missioners.

Assessment
and collection
of taxes.

Meeting,
how called.

Board of water
commissioners,
election, pow-
ers, etc.

Treasurer of
district, ap-
pointment,
bond.

further vote be assessed upon said district by the assessors
of said town annually thereafter until the debt incurred by
said loan or loans is extinguished.

Section 6. Any land taken or acquired under this act
shall be managed, improved and controlled by the com-
missioners hereinafter provided for, in such manner as
they shall deem for the best interest of the district.

Section 7. Whenever a tax is duly voted by said dis-
trict for the purposes of this act, the clerk shall send a cer-
tified copy of the vote to the assessors of said town, who
shall assess the same 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 said tax in the manner provided by law for the
collection of town taxes, and shall deposit the proceeds
thereof with the district treasurer for the use and benefit
of said district. Said district may collect interest on over-
due taxes in the manner in which interest is authorized to
be collected on town taxes.

Section 8. The first meeting of said district shall be
called, within four years after the passage of this act, on
petition of ten or more legal voters therein, by a warrant from
the selectmen of said town, 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. Such justice of the peace,
or one of the selectmen, shall preside at such meeting until
a clerk is chosen and sworn, and the clerk shall preside until
a moderator is chosen. After the choice of a moderator for
the meeting the question of the acceptance of this act shall
be submitted to the voters, and if it is accepted by a ma-
jority of the voters present and voting thereon it shall take
effect, and the meeting may then proceed to act on the other
articles contained in the warrant.

Section 9. Said district shall, after the acceptance of
this act as aforesaid, elect by ballot, either at the same
meeting at which this act is accepted or at a special meeting
called for the purpose 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 day
of the next succeeding annual district meeting, to constitute
a board of water commissioners; and at every annual
meeting thereafter one such commissioner shall be elected
by ballot for the term of three years. All the authority
granted to said district by this act, and not otherwise spe-
cifically provided for, shall be vested in said board of water
commissioners, who shall be subject, however, to such in-
structions, rules and regulations as the district may by vote
impose. Said commissioners shall appoint a treasurer of
said district, who may be one of their number, who shall give
bond to the district in such an amount and with such surety
or sureties as may be approved by the commissioners. A

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 225. 251

majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum Quorum.
for the transaction of business. Any vacancy occurring in vacancy.
said board from any cause may be filled for the remainder
of the unexpired term by said district at any legal meeting
called for the purpose. No money shall be drawn from the
district treasury on account of the water works except upon
a written order of said commissioners or a majority of them.

Section 10. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi- Commissioners
table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall pre- rates, lu;*!^^
scribe the time and manner of payment. The income income,
of the water works shall be appropriated to defray all '^°^ "^*'^-
operating expenses, interest charges 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 re-
maining after providing for the aforesaid charges, it may be
appropriated for such new construction as said commissioners
may recommend, and in case a surplus should remain after
payment for such new construction the water rates shall
be reduced proportionately. Said commissioners shall annu- Annual, etc.,
ally, and as often as said district may require, render a ''®p°''*-
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. Said district may adopt by-laws prescribing Adoption of
by whom and how meetings may be called, notified and c^njng of
conducted; and, upon the application of ten or more legal meetings, etc.
voters in said district, meetings may also be called by war-
rant as provided in section eight. Said district may also
establish rules and regulations for the management of its
water works, not inconsistent with this act or with law,
and may choose such other officers not provided for in this
act as it may deem necessary or proper.

Section 12. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts. Penalty for
pollutes or diverts any water obtained or supplied under this water,'etc.
act, or wilfully or wantonly injures any reservoir, stand-
pipe, aqueduct, pipe or other property owned or used by said
district for any of the purposes of this act, shall forfeit and
pay to said district three times the amount of damages as-
sessed therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort, and upon
conviction of any of the above acts shall be punished by a fine
of not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment
in jail for a term not exceeding six months.

Section 13. For the purpose only of its acceptance, this submission
act shall take effect upon its passage, and it shall take full dbtrTctretc.
effect upon its acceptance by a majority vote of the voters
of said district present and voting thereon at a district meet-
ing called, in accordance with the provisions of section eight,
within four years after its passage ; but it shall become void
unless said district shall begin to distribute water to con-
sumers within two years after its acceptance as aforesaid.

Section 14. Upon a petition in writing addressed to Referendum
said commissioners by any owner of real estate in said town, quesUon of"
abutting on said district, setting forth that the petitioner including cer-

252

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 226, 227.

tain real estate
within district,
etc.

For certain
purposes, dis-
trict to have
certain powers,
etc.

desires to have certain accurately described portions of his
real estate included in said district, said commissioners shall
cause a duly warned meeting of said district to be called,
at which meeting the voters may vote on the question of
including said real estate within said district. If a majority
of the voters present and voting thereon vote in the af-
firmative, the district clerk shall within ten days file with
the town clerk and with the state secretary an attested copy
of said petition and vote, describing precisely the real estate
added to said district; and thereupon said real estate shall
become and be a part of said district and shall be holden
under this act in the same manner and to the same extent as
the real estate described in section one.

Section 15. For the purposes of providing itself with
equipment for lighting its streets, said district shall have
and may exercise the powers conferred upon fire districts
under section sixty-nine of chapter forty-eight of the General
Laws. Approved April 16, 1930.

Chav. 22Q An Act subjecting the salary of the superintendent

OF THE STATE ARSENAL TO CLASSIFICATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 33, § 83. Section eighty-three of chapter thirty-three of the Gen-
amen e . ^^^^ Laws, as appearing in chapter four hundred and sixty-

five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is
hereby amended by striking out, in the fourth, fifth and
sixth lines, the words "shall receive fifteen hundred dollars
a year, except when ordered on duty under section twenty-
five or twenty-six and" — so that the second sentence of
Salary of Said sectiou wiU read as follows: — An officer of the quarter-

of state*f?slnai ^aster corps of the land forces of suitable grade, detailed to
subject to act as superintendent of the state arsenal, shall be in the
classification, quartermaster corps of the land forces as a clerk in addition
to the clerks hereinafter provided for.

Approved April 17, 1980.

Chap. 227 An Act relative to the approval of civil service rules

AND REGULATIONS AND CHANGES THEREIN.

G. L. 31, § 3,
amended.

Approval of
civil service
rules, etc.,
hearing by
board.

Notice and
publication
of hearing.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section three of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws
is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new paragraph : —

No new rule or regulation and no change in any rule or
regulation shall be submitted for approval by the governor
and council hereunder until after a hearing relative thereto
has been held by the board. Not later than seven days
before such hearing, the board shall send notice thereof to
each member of the general court and to the mayor of each
city and the selectmen of each town to which such rule,
regulation or change relates and shall also publish the same
in one or more newspapers. Approved April 17, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 228, 229. 253

An Act authorizing the town of bourne to borrow ni^r,^ 228

MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHARVES AND PIERS, ^ '

FOR ACQUIRING LAND FOR APPROACHES THERETO, AND FOR
CERTAIN OTHER HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing wharves Town of
and piers, of acquiring under section fourteen of chapter borrow^ mo^ney
eighty-eight of the General Laws land for approaches for the con-
thereto, and of meeting its share of the expenditures re- wharves^and
quired to dredge channels and turning basins for vessels, quYr!ng°Lnd
or for any of said purposes, the town of Bourne may borrow for approaches

P ,■ j_ ,• -J.!- • T c c c J.^ thereto, etc.

from tune to tmie, withm a period ot nve years from the
passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, thirty thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
the words. Bourne Waterfront and Harbor Improvement BoumeWater-
Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized issue shall constitute Harbor"im-
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more f/oT^^Tcl^of
than ten years from their dates, but no issue shall be au- I'sso.'
thorized 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. Indebtedness incurred under this
act shall be within the statutory limit and shall, except as
herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the
General Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof as revised by chap-
ter three hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 18, 1930.

An Act authorizing the city of marlborough to borrow nhn^ 229

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing a new cityofMari-
school building and originally equipping and furnishing the borrow'^n^ney
same, the city of Marlborough may borrow from time to for school
time, within a period of five years from the passage of this p"''p°^^®-
act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the
aggregate, one hundred thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words, Marlborough School Loan, Act of 1930. Each au- Marlborough
thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such 101*0°/ 1930"'
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. Indebtedness

254

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 230, 231.

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 Lav/s, exclusive of the
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

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

Approved April 18, 1930.

Chap. 2^0 An Act authorizing the city of everett to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

City of Everett
may borrow
money for
school
purposes.

Everett School
Loan, Act of
1930.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing an addition
to the Parlin junior high school, such addition to increase
the floor space of said building, including the cost of originally
equipping and furnishing such addition, the city of Everett
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 and fifty
thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,
which shall bear on their face the words, Everett School
Loan, Act of 1930. 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. 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 limitation contained in the
first paragraph of section seven thereof as revised by chapter
three hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-eight.

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

Approved April 18, 1930.

Chap. 231 An Act authorizing the city of medford to borrow

MONEY FOR FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING CERTAIN SCHOOL
BUILDINGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Section 1. For the purpose of originally furnishing and
equipping the addition to its high school and its practical
arts school building, the city of ]\'Iedford 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 thousand dollars, and may
issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face
Sorio-m ^^® words, Medford School Loan, Act of 1930. Each au-
Act of 1930. ' thorized issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such

City of Medford
may borrow
money for fur-
nishing and
equipping cer-
tain school
buildings.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 232, 233. 255

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
bj" 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
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 18, 1930.

C/ia29.232

An Act authorizing the city of medford to borrow
money for elementary school purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and/or city of Medford
constructing an elementary school building in West Medford money^for"^
and originally equipping and furnishing the same, the city of elementary
IMedford may borrow from time to time, within a period of purp°oses.
five years from the passage of this act, such sums as may
be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Medford Eiemenlary
Elementary School Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized School Loan,
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. 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 limitation con-
tained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof, as
revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

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

Approved April 18, 1930.

An Act relative to the eligibility of wives and widows fhnj) 233

OF CERTAIN VETERANS TO CERTAIN BENEFITS. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section seven of chapter one hundred and ^c ^amended,
fifteen of the General Laws, as most recently amended by
chapter two hundred and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in the seventh line, the words "April eleventh,
nineteen hundred and fifteen" and inserting in place thereof

256

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 233.

Restrictions as
to allowances
of state aid to
wives and
widows of
certain
veterans.

G. L. 115, § 19,
etc., amended.

Burial agents
in cities and
towns, desig-
nation, powers
and duties.

Burial of
soldiers, etc.

Proviso.

Burial of sol-
diers' wives,
widows or de-
pendent fathers
or mothers, and
of army nurses,
etc.

Restrictions.

the words: — September first, nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, — so as to read as follows: — Section 7. The wife of a
discharged soldier or sailor shall not be held to belong to any
of the foregoing classes, nor shall she receive state aid unless,
if the service of the soldier or sailor was in the war with
Spain, the Philippine Insurrection or the China Relief
Expedition, she was married to him before his final dis-
charge from such service, and, if his widow, before Septem-
ber first, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, 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 hundred and
ninety, and if the service of the soldier or sailor was on the
Mexican border or in the world war unless she was, if his
wife, married to him prior to his final discharge from the
service or release from active duty therein, and, if his widow,
prior to January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

Section 2. Section nineteen of said chapter one hun-
dred and fifteen, as most recently amended by chapter one
hundred and fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-six, is hereby further amended by striking out, in
the fourth line, the words "overseers of the poor" and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — board of public wel-
fare, — by striking out, in the fifth line, the word "them"
and inserting in place thereof the words: — said board, —
and by striking out, in the thirty-second and thirty-third
lines, the words "January first, nineteen hundred and ten"
and inserting in place thereof the words : — September first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-two, — so as to read as fol-
lows: — Section 19. The mayor of each city and the select-
men of each town or, in Boston, the soldiers' relief com-
missioner, shall designate a burial agent, who shall not be
one of the board of public welfare or be employed b}'- said
board, and who shall, under regulations established by the
commissioner, cause properly to be interred the body of
any honorably 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 be-
tween the United States and Spain or the Philippine insur-
rection 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 sailor died in such
service or after an honorable discharge therefrom or release
from active duty therein; and shall also so inter the body
of his wife, widow or dependent father or mother, and the
bodies of army nurses entitled to state aid under section
six, if they die without sufficient means to defray funeral
expenses; but no 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.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 234, 235. 257

eighteen hundred and ninety, and no wife or widow of any

soldier of the Indian campaigns 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 insurrection, unless

she was married to him prior to September first, nineteen

hundred and twenty-two; 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 Application to

place without the knowledge of the burial agent, application f,ffg"*,fg*t''

may be made to him within thirty days after the date of etc.

death, or after final interment if the soldier or sailor dies in

the world war service; and if upon investigation he shall Certification to

', . i^. , ^ . . c 1 • commissioner.

find that the deceased was withm the provisions oi this
section and the rules of the commissioner, he may certify
the same as provided in the following section.

Approved April 18, 1930.

An. Act relative to preliminary elections for the (Jhdnj 234

NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE MUNICIPAL ^'

OFFICE IN THE CITY OF ATTLEBORO.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

There shall be placed upon the ballot to be used at the svibmissmnto
next state election in the city of Attleboro the following oTAttieboro^
question: — "Shall the provisions of sections forty-four A °gi^^t*i^*'^t°"
to forty-four G, inclusive, of chapter forty-three of the preliminary
General Laws, relative to the nomination by preliminary tife nomination
elections of candidates for elective municipal office in cities ?f candidates

> tor gIgclivb

governed under a standard form of city charter, be adopted municipal
by the city of Attleboro? " If a majority of the voters voting °^^'^'''
thereon in said city vote in the affirmative, said provisions
shall thereupon take effect therein, to the same extent as
though said city had been governed on September first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-two by one of the plans pro-
vided by said chapter forty-three.

Approved April 18, 1930.

An Act regulating the approval of plants for the (7/|^r) 235

PURIFICATION OF SHELLFISH TAKEN FROM CONTAMINATED
AREAS.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an P'e^'"t.ie.
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the pubhc health.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and thirty of the General Laws is g.l. iso,
hereby amended by striking out section one hundred and amended.

258

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 236.

Taking of
shellfish from
contaminated
waters regu-
lated, and
purification
of such
shellfish.

Proviso.

Revocation.

Rules and
regulations.

Penalty.

forty-two A, inserted by chapter three hundred and twenty-
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section lJf2A.
The supervisor may grant and revoke written permits for
the digging or taking of shellfish from an area determined
under section one hundred and thirty-seven or correspond-
ing provisions of earlier laws to be contaminated, upon the
express condition, which shall be set forth in the permit,
that all shellfish dug or taken therefrom by the holder of
such a permit shall, before being used or disposed of for con-
sumption as food, be purified at a plant approved in writing
by the commissioner of public health as to the location,
construction and operation thereof and as to the person
in immediate charge thereof; provided, that said com-
missioner shall not so approve any such plant unless re-
quested in writing so to do by the city council or the select-
men of the city or town wherein said plant is located. Said
commissioner may revoke approval of a plant at anj^ time
upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to him of violation of
any condition upon which such approval is based or of any
rule or regulation promulgated by the department of public
health under this section, and such revocation shall be final.
Said department may from time to time promulgate rules
and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
Violation of a condition contained in a permit granted by
the supervisor hereunder shall render the holder thereof
liable to the penalties set forth in section one hundred and
thirty-eight. Approved Apiil 21 , 1930.

Chap. 236 An Act exempting the employees and other assistants

OF THE BOSTON PORT AUTHORITY FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE
LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section three of chapter two hundred and
twenty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine is hereby amended by inserting after the word "assist-
ants" in the third line the words: — , who shall not be sub-
ject to chapter thirty-one of the General Laws, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 3. Said board shall have an office
in the city of Boston and may employ such experts, counsel
and other assistants, who shall not be subject to chapter
thirty-one of the General Laws, and incur such other ex-
pense as it may deem necessary. All such expenses shall be
paid by the city of Boston upon requisition by the board to
the extent that appropriations therefor are available, but
not exceeding in the aggregate in any one year the sum of
fifty thousand dollars; provided, that said board shall have
the same right to incur expense in anticipation of its appro-
priation as if it were a regular department of said city.

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

Approved April 21, 1930.

1929, 229, § 3,
amended.

Boston Port

Authority,

office in

Boston,

employment

of experts,

etc.

Expenses.

Proviso.

I

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 237, 238. 259

An Act authorizing certain guardians and conserva- Chav.237

TORS TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE BURIAL EXPENSES OF '^

their WARDS.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloios:

Chapter two hundred and one of the General Laws is g. l. 201. new
hereby amended by inserting after section forty-eight the hs!"" °'^^^^
following new section: — Section 48 A. Upon application certain
therefor by a conservator or by a guardian of an insane guardians and

•^ ii-i- 1 !• -ijcii conservators

person or a spendthriit, whose ward is a resident 01 the may make
commonwealth, the probate court, after such notice as it the^buriai °^
deems necessary, and a hearing, may authorize him to j^eiTwards
deposit, for the purpose hereinafter stated, in a savings
bank, or in the savings department of a trust company,
within the commonwealth, not exceeding one hundred and
fifty dollars, to be expended solely for, or towards the ex-
pense of, the burial of his ward. Such deposit shall be made Deposit to be
in the name of the judge of probate for the time being, and MmeS
shall be subject to the order of the judge and of his successors ■'^o||t°^ g^^
in office. The person making such deposit shall file in the
probate court a memorandum thereof and the deposit book,
and the amount so deposited shall, for the purpose of the
accounting by such guardian or conservator, be allowed
as a payment. Upon the death of such ward, the probate Payment to
court may, upon application and after like notice and hear- ®''*o"'d'eith*°"
ing, authorize the payment of such sum, together with any of ward, etc.
accrued interest thereon, to the executor of the will of such
ward or to the administrator of his estate, to be expended
by him only for the purpose hereinbefore stated; provided. Proviso,
that any balance remaining after the payment of such
expense shall become general assets of the estate.

Approved April 21, 1930.

An Act providing that deficiencies in the annuity Chav. 238

FUND FOR ACTIVE OR RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE RETIRE-
MENT SYSTEM FOR TEACHERS BE MADE GOOD BY THE
COMMONWEALTH, AND IMPOSING UPON THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF INSURANCE CERTAIN DUTIES IN RELATION TO
SUCH SYSTEM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Paragraph (2) of section nine of chapter g. l. 32, § 9,
thirty-two of the General Laws, as amended by section amende'd!*^'''
two of chapter three hundred and sixty-five of the acts of Deficiencies
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby further amended lun^ for*^
by adding thereto the following : — The commonwealth shall active or
annually contribute such amount as is necessary to make good menfbers of
any deficiency in the annuity fund for active or retired mem- H^'gl^^^f^l
bers as of the preceding thirty-first day of December. teachers to

Section 2. Section eight of said chapter thirty-two is by^tatl.^""^
hereby amended by striking out subsection (4). g. l. 32, § 8,

amended.

260

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 239.

G. L. 32, § 31,
amended.

Commissioner
of insurance
to prescribe
mortality
tables, etc.

Inspection
and examina-
tion.

Commissioner
or agent to
have access
to securities,
etc.

Commissioner
to make
report of
findings, etc.

Effective date
of §1.

Section 3. Section thirty-four of said chapter thirty-
two is hereby amended by inserting after the word "system"
in the second Hne the words: — , the retirement system for
teachers, — so as to read as follows: — Section 34-. The
commissioner of insurance shall prescribe for the state re-
tirement system, the retirement system for teachers and for
each county, city and town retirement system one or more
mortality tables, and fix the rates of interest to be used in
connection therewith, and may later modify such tables or
prescribe other tables to represent more accurately the
expense of such retirement systems, or may change the rates
of interest and determine the application of such changes.
He shall also prescribe and supervise methods of bookkeep-
ing of their retirement associations.

The commissioner or his agent shall at least once every
year thoroughly inspect and examine the affairs of each
such retirement association to ascertain its financial con-
dition, its abihty to fulfil its obligations, whether all the
parties in interest have complied with the laws applicable
thereto, and whether the transactions of each board of
retirement have been in accordance with the rights and
equities of those in interest. Each such retirement system
shall be credited, in the account of its financial condition,
with its investments having fixed maturities upon which
the interest is not in default at amortized values, and its
other investments at a reasonable valuation.

For the purposes aforesaid, the commissioner or his agent
shall have access to all the securities, books and papers of
such retirement systems, and may summon and administer
oath to and examine any person relative to the financial
affairs, transactions and condition of the retirement system.
The commissioner shall preserve in a permanent form a full
record of the proceedings at such examination and the
results thereof. Upon the completion of such examination,
verification and valuation, the commissioner shall make a
report in writing of his findings to the board, and shall send
a copy thereof to the governor and council, the county
commissioners, the city council or the selectmen, as the
case may be.

Section 4. Section one of this act shall take effect
January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one.

Approved April 21, 1930.

C/iap.239

Certain
harbor lines
on southerly
side of a
portion of the
Charles river
changed and
established.

An Act relocating certain harbor lines on the south-
erly SIDE OF THE CHARLES RIVER AT THE CHARLESTOWN
BRIDGE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The harbor lines on the southerly side of a
portion of the Charles river are hereby changed and estab-
lished as follows: — The location of each of the angle points
in the lines hereinafter described is fixed by a distance

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 240. 261

hereinafter called longitude, in feet, from a meridian pass-
ing through the center of the apex of the dome of the state
house in Boston, and by a distance hereinafter called latitude,
in feet, from a line at right angles to said meridian and
passing through the said center of the apex of the state
house dome, and the bearings refer to the true meridian
passing through the center of said apex. Beginning at
point G' as defined in chapter seventy of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-seven, in latitude three thousand six
hundred eight feet north and longitude six hundred ninety-
six feet east, thence north eighty-two degrees forty-one
minutes four seconds east one hundred forty-nine and
twenty-one hundredths feet to a point A' in latitude three
thousand six hundred twenty-seven feet north and longitude
eight hundred forty-four feet east; thence north sixty-two
degrees forty-five seconds east three hundred ninety-six and
thirty-jBve hundredths feet to point B' in latitude three
thousand eight hundred thirteen feet north and longitude
one thousand one hundred ninety-four feet east; thence
south sixty degrees, forty-one minutes, eleven seconds east
tw^o hundred sLxty-eight and fifty-nine hundredths feet to
point X in latitude three thousand five hundred seventy-
eight and eight tenths feet north and longitude one thousand
three hundred twenty-five and five tenths feet east, said
point X being the point X in the harbor line established by
chapter one hundred and seventy of the acts of eighteen
hundred and eighty.

Section 2. Those portions of the harbor lines in the Certain harbor
southerly side of the Charles river southerly of the line aboUshed.
herein described are hereby abolished.

Approved April 21, 1930.

An Act clarifying the law relative to professional nhnri 240

BONDSMEN. ^ *

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter two hundred and seventy-six of p- l. 2J^6,
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out sec- amended. '
tion SLxty-one B, inserted by section two of chapter four
hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-two, as most recently amended by chapter thirty of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, and inserting
in place thereof the following: — Section 61 B. No person Professional
proposing to become bail or surety in a criminal case for appfo^f"'
hire or reward, either received or to be received, shall be registration,
accepted as such unless he shall have been approved and ^^^'
registered as a professional bondsman by the superior court
or a justice thereof. No person proposing to become bail
or surety in a criminal case in any calendar year after having
become bail or surety in criminal cases on five separate
occasions in said year shall be accepted thereafter during said
year as bail or surety unless he shall have been approved '

262

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 240.

Revocation of
approval and
registration.

District
attorney, etc.,
to give
certain notice
to chief
justice.

Rules
governing
professional
bondsmen.

Penalty for
unregistered
persons be-
coming bail or
surety for
hire or reward
in criminal
cases, etc.

When a person
shall be
deemed to
have become
bail or
surety on a
separate
occasion, etc.

What shall
not be
deemed an
additional
occasion, etc.

G. L. 276, § 61,
etc., amended.

Monthly state-
ments to
chief justice
of superior
court by
persons taking
bail out of
court.

and registered as a professional bondsman as aforesaid.
A person who has been accepted as bail or surety, con-
trary to the provisions of this section, shall nevertheless
be liable on his obligation as such bail or surety. Such
approval and registration may be revoked at any time by
such court or a justice thereof, and shall be revoked in case
such a bondsman fails for thirty days after demand to
satisfy in full a judgment recovered under section seventy-
four or a new judgment entered on review under section
seventy-six. The district attorney or prosecuting officer
obtaining any such judgment which is not satisfied in full
as aforesaid shall, forthwith upon the expiration of such
period of thirty days, notify in writing the chief justice of
such court. AH professional bondsmen shall be governed
by rules which shall be established from time to time by the
superior court. Any unregistered person receiving hire or
reward for his services as bail or surety in any criminal case,
and any unregistered person becoming bail or surety in
any criminal case in any calendar year after having become
bail or surety in criminal cases on five separate occasions in
said year, and any professional bondsman violating any
provision of the rules established hereunder for such bonds-
men, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thou-
sand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year,
or both. The provisions of this section shall not apply to
surety companies or to probation officers.

A person shall be deemed to have become bail or surety
on a separate occasion within the meaning of this section if
he becomes such: (1) for a person in respect to a single
offense ; or (2) for a person in respect to tw^o or more offenses
wherefor he at one and the same time offers bail or surety,
or in respect to two or more offenses committed at the same
time or arising out of the same transaction or course of
conduct wherefor he at different times offers bail or surety;
or (3) for two or more persons at the same time offering
bail or surety in respect to offenses committed jointly or in
common course of conduct. Becoming bail or surety for
the same person or persons in subsequent proceedings in
connection with prosecution for the same offense or offenses
shall not be deemed an additional occasion or occasions.

Section 2. Section sLxty-one of said chapter two hun-
dred and seventy-six, as most recently amended by section
three of chapter three hundred and forty of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended
by striking out the paragraph added by said section three
and inserting in place thereof the following : —

On the second Monday of each calendar month, every
person taking bail out of court shall transmit to the chief
justice of the superior court a written statement, setting
forth each separate occasion, as defined in section sixty-one
B, on which each bail or surety was accepted as aforesaid
during the preceding calendar month, the name and address
of each bail or surety, the date of such acceptance, the name

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 241. 263

of the defendant or defendants, the offense or offenses
charged, and the court or trial justice before which or whom
the defendant was required to appear.

Section 3. This act shall take effect January first, KiTective date.
nineteen hundred and thirty-one.

Approved April 21, 1930.

An Act relative to the payment of compensation to (JJ^qj) 241
dependents of policemen and firemen who are killed
in the performance of duty.

Whei'eas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ^™®^^i"°y
to defeat its purpose, 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 1. Chapter thirty-two of the General Laws, as g. l. 32, § so,
most recently amended in section eightj^-nine by section ^^''■' ^™ended.
one of chapter one hundred and eighty-two of the acts of
the current year, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section eighty-nine and inserting in place thereof the
following : — Section 89. If a member of the police or fire payment of
force of a city or town, or a member of the department of dependents°of
public safety doing police duty, is killed, or dies within one policemen or

^ r. .''. . ° ^ . . 1 -1 • j.i_ r c ^ ■ firemen killed,

year from mjuries received, while m the periormance 01 nis or dying
duty as such member and it shall be proved to the satis- [eeeived^In''^
faction of the mayor and city council or selectmen, or of performance
the commissioner of public safety subject to the approval ^ " ^'
of the governor and council, as the case may be, that such
death was the natural and proximate result of an accident
occurring during the performance and within the scope of
his duty as such member, and the attending physician or
medical examiner shall certify to the city, town or state
treasurer, as the case may be, that the death was the direct
result of the said injur}^, there shall be paid except as here-
inafter provided, out of the city, town or state treasury, as
the case may be, to the following dependents of such de-
ceased person the following annuities: To the widow, so long
as she remains unmarried, an annuity not exceeding one
thousand dollars a year, increased by not exceeding two
hundred dollars for each child of such deceased person
during such time as such child is under the age of eighteen
or over said age and physically or mentally incapacitated
from earning; and, if there is any such child and no widow
or the widow later dies, such an annuity as would have been
payable to the widow had there been one or had she lived,
to or for the benefit of such child, or of such children in
equal shares, during the time aforesaid; and, if there is any
such child and the widow remarries, in lieu of the aforesaid
annuity to her, an annuity not exceeding two hundred and
sixty dollars to or for the benefit of each such child during
the time aforesaid; and, if there is no widow and no such

264

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 241.

Total amount.

Determination
of amount,
etc.

Election of
benefits in case
deceased was
member of a
contributory
retirement
system, etc.

Election to be
in writing, etc.

G. L. 32, § 71,
etc., amended.

Payment of
annuities to
dependents of
metropolitan
police killed,
or dying from
injuries re-
ceived, in
performance
of duty,
subject, etc.

child, an annuity not exceeding one thousand dollars to or
for the benefit of the father or mother of the deceased if
dependent upon him for support at the time of his death,
durinp: such time as such beneficiary is unable to support
himself or herself and does not remarry. The total amount
of all such annuities shall not exceed the annual rate of
compensation received by such deceased person at the
date of his death. The amount of any such annuity shall
from time to time be determined within the limits aforesaid
by the maj^or and city council, the selectmen, or the com-
missioner of public safety subject to the approval of the
governor and council, as the case may be.

In case the deceased was a member of a contributory
retirement system for public employees, the benefits pro-
vided under this section shall be in the alternative for the
benefits, if any, provided by such retirement system for
dependent widows and children or for dependent fathers
or mothers; and the widow, or if there is no widow, the
legal representative of the children entitled thereto, if any,
otherwise the father or mother in the order named, shall
elect which benefits shall be granted. Such election shall be
made in writing and shall be filed with the retirement board
in charge of the system of which the deceased was a mem-
ber and shall not be subject to change or revocation after
the first payment of any benefit thereunder.

Section 2. Section seventy-one of said chapter thirty-
two, as most recently amended by section two of chapter
three hundred and eight of the acts of nineteen hundred
and- twenty-nine, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in the fourth line, the words "six months" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — one year, — and by striking
out, in the thirty-third line, the words "two thirds of", —
so as to read as follows: — ■Section 71. Subject to the re-
quirement of election set forth in the last paragraph of
section eightj^-nine, if ixny permanent or call officer of said
police department is killed or dies within one year from
injuries received while in the performance of his duty as
such officer and it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the
commission that such death was the natural and proximate
result of an accident occurring during the performance and
within the scope of his duty as such officer and the attend-
ing physician or medical examiner shall certify to the state
treasurer that the death was the direct result of the said
injur}'-, there shall be paid to the following dependents of
such deceased officer the following annuities: To the widow,
so long as she remains unmarried, an annuity not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars a year, increased by not exceeding
two hundred dollars for each child of such deceased person
during such time as such child is under the age of eighteen
or over said age and physically or mentally incapacitated
from earning; and, if there is any such child and no widow
or the widow later dies, such an annuity as would have
been payable to the widow had there been one or had she

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 242. 265

lived, to or for the benefit of such child, or of such children
in equal shares, during the time aforesaid; and, if there is
any such child and the widow remarries, in heu of the
aforesaid annuity to her, an annuity not exceeding two
hundred and sixty dollars to or for the benefit of each such
child during the time aforesaid; and, if there is no widow
and no such child, an annuity not exceeding one thousand
dollars to or for the benefit of the father or mother of the
deceased if dependent upon him for support at the time of
his death, during such time as such beneficiary is unable
to support himself or herself and does not remarry. The Total amount.
total amount of all such annuities shall not exceed the
annual rate of compensation received by such deceased
officer at the date of his death. The amount of any such Determination
annuity shall, from time to time, be determined within the etc'!™°'^"*'
limits aforesaid by the said commission. The provisions
of this and the two preceding sections as to pensions or
annuities for disability or death resulting from injuries re-
ceived in the performance of duty shall apply to officers
assigned to duty under the commissioner of public safety
as provided in section four of chapter one hundred and
forty-seven.

Section 3. This act shall apply to deaths of policemen Application
and firemen occurring on or after January first, nineteen ° ^'^^'
hundred and thirty. Approved April 22, 1930.

An Act prohibiting the requirement of certain infor- Chap. 2"^

MATION FROM APPLICANTS FOR POSITIONS IN THE CLASSI-
FIED POLICE AND PRISON SERVICE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirteen of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws g. l. si, § is,
is hereby amended by striking out, in the seventh line, the ^'''^''^^'^■
words ", except in the case of apphcants for police or prison
service," , — so as to read as follows: — Section 13. Every statements
apphcation shall state under oath the full name, residence appHcant^^for
and post office address, citizenship, age, place of birth, for^^g-^-o^a
health and physical capacity, right of preference as a vet- in the
eran, previous employment in the public service, occupation chifswvice.
and residence for the previous five years and education of
the applicant, and such other information as may be reason-
ably required relative to his fitness for the public service;
but no question shall be asked in such application or in any
examination requiring a statement as to any offence com-
mitted before the apphcant reached the age of sixteen.

Approved April 22, 1930.

266

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 243, 244.

G. L. 31, new
section after
§46.

Petition for
writ of

mandamus for
reinstatement
of certain
persons to
positions in
classified civil
service.

Proviso.

Chap. 24:3 An Act limiting the time witpiin which petitions for

WRITS OF mandamus MAY BE BROUGHT TO COMPEL RE-
INSTATEMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONS TO POSITIONS IN THE
CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter thirty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended
by inserting after section forty-six the f onowing new section :
— Section 1^6 A. The supreme judicial court shall have
jurisdiction of anj'- petition for a writ of mandamus for the
reinstatement of any person alleged to have been illegally
removed from his office or employment under this chapter;
provided, that such petition shall be filed in said court
within six months next following such allegedly illegal
removal, unless said court for cause shown extends the time.

Approved April 22, 1930.

Chap. 24:4: -^^ ^^'^ making certain EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE
LAW IMPOSING AN EXCISE TAX ON REGISTERED MOTOR
VEHICLES.

Whereas, 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 preserva-
tion of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter sixty A of the General Laws, inserted
by section one of chapter three hundred and seventy-nine of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby
amended by striking out section one, as amended by section
thirteen of chapter two hundred and twenty of the acts of the
current year, and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 1. Except as hereinafter provided, there shall be
assessed and levied in each calendar year on each motor
vehicle registered under the provisions of chapter ninety
and customarily kept within the commonwealth, for the
privilege of operating such motor vehicle upon the highways
during such year, an excise tax upon the value thereof, as
hereinafter defined and determined, at the average state
rate for the calendar year, as determined in the manner
provided in section fifty-eight of chapter sixty-three. For
the purpose of this tax the value of each such motor vehicle
shall be deemed to be the value, as determined by the com-
missioner of corporations and taxation, hereinafter referred
to as the commissioner, of motor vehicles of the same make,
type, model, and year of manufacture, but not in excess of
the following percentages of the list price established by the
manufacturer for the year of manufacture, namely: —

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. 60A, § 1,
etc., amended.

Assessment
and levy of
excise tax on
registered
motor vehicles.

Determination
of value by
commissioner
of corporations
and taxation.

In the year of manufacture

In the second year .

In the third year

In the fourth year .

In the fifth and succeeding years

90%
60%
40%
25%
10%

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 244. 267

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Aimtement by
local assessors from granting an abatement in any case in If'^v-liu^tion''^^
which the valuation aforesaid is in their opinion excessive, is excessive.

The tax imposed Ijy this section shall not apply to motor Tax not
vehicles owned and registered by the commonwealth or nuJt'dr^'^ *"
any political subdivision thereof, or registered by manu- vehicles owned
facturers, dealers or repairmen under section five of said certain*''
chapter ninetj^ or to motor vehicles owned and registered m^j^'ufacturers,
by any corporation other than a domestic business, domestic
manufacturing, foreign or public service corporation, or by an
association, whose personal property is exempt from tax-
ation under section five of chapter fifty-nine.

If a motor vehicle is registered after January thirty-first Tax when

. . */ •/ motor vGiiicl©

of anj^ year the tax imposed by this section shall be that is registered
proportion of the tax for a full year which the number of thwly-Trsu^
months in said year following the last daj^ of the month pre-
ceding that in which the motor vehicle is registered bears
to twelve. If a registered motor vehicle is sold or its ownei- Tax when
ship transferred during any calendar year, and if notice to motorTdiicie
the former owner of a tax on account thereof for that year is sold or
has already been issued pursuant to section two, that transferred
proportion of the tax for a full year which the number of f2iendaf%a,T
months in said year remaining after the last day of the etc.
month in which such sale or transfer occurred bears to
twelve shall be abated. If, however, the tax payer has not
been notified of said tax before notice of such sale or transfer
has been received by the local board of assessors, only that
proportion of the tax for a full year which the number of
months in said year prior to the first day of the month next
following the month in which said sale or transfer occurred
bears to twelve shall be assessed. The tax assessed under Minimum
this section shall not be less than two dollars and no abate- *^''-
ment under this section shall reduce the tax collected to
less than two dollars.

Section 2. Said chapter sLxty A is hereby further g. l. 6oa,
amended by striking out section two and inserting in place ^ ^' amended.
thereof the Mlowing: — Section 2. The local boards oi ^f'^^^'^o^^^^

, ~ , . . or assessors

assessors shall assess the tax imposed by section one, and to assess tax,
commit the same to the collector of taxes with their warrant ^^'^'
for the collection thereof. The tax shall be assessed to the Registrar of
owner of the motor vehicle registering the same, and the n^otor vehicles

.^^ ^ '. i*'' transmit to

registrar oi motor vehicles shall promptly transmit to the commissioner
commissioner a notice of each registration of a motor vehicle re°g*isTrations of
subject to this tax, giving the name and home address of sub^ectTo'*^^^^
the owner, if an individual, or the name and principal place tax, etc.
of business in this commonwealth, if a corporation, partner-
ship or voluntary association, the municipality in which the
vehicle is customarily to be kept, the name of the maker,
the year of manufacture and the model and type of vehicle.
The commissioner may require from the owner such further
information as may be necessary for the purposes of this
chapter. The commissioner shall, as soon as may be. Commissioner
transmit to the local boards of assessors the registrations registra\k)n8 to

268

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 244.

local boards of
assessors.

When tax
shall be due.

Notification to
owner of tax
assessed, etc.

Application
for abatement.

Appeal from
decision.

Refund of

overpayment,

etc.

Rate of

interest in case
of neglect to
pay tax.

Value of motor
vehicles
taxable under
G. L. 60A,
to be used,
as well as
assessed valu-
ations of
property, in
ascertaining
maximum
amount of
taxes that rnay
be assessed in
a city haying
a tax limit,
etc.

Act to

become effec-
tive January
first of current
year, except,
etc.

Abatement and
refund of
excess tax in
certain cases.

sent to him by the registrar of motor vehicles, and, under
such provisions as he deems best, make available to the
local assessors information showing the values as deter-
mined under section one. The tax hereunder shall be due
and payable at the expiration of thirty days from the date
upon which the notice was issued by the collector pursuant
to this section. The local tax collector shall seasonably
notify the owner of the tax assessed and the due date, but
failure to receive notice shall not affect the validity of the
tax. The owner may within six months of the date of the
issuing of the notice of assessment, or of the date of sale or
transfer, but not later than January thirty-first of the suc-
ceeding 3"ear, apply to the local assessors for abatement, and,
from their decision upon such application, an appeal may be
taken to the county commissioners or the superior court,
all in accordance with the provisions of sections sLxty-four
and sixty-eight A of chapter fifty-nine. If an abatement
is granted, any overpayment with interest thereon at the
rate of six per cent per annum from the date of pajnnent
shall be refunded by the city or town treasurer from any
available funds, upon certification by the tax collector and
approval for payment as required by section fifty-two of
chapter forty-one, without any appropriation therefor by
the municipality. Owners who neglect to pay taxes as-
sessed under this chapter shall pay interest at the rate of
six per cent per annum from the time when such taxes
were payable until paid, if such payment is made before the
commencement of proceedings for recovery thereof, and
twelve per cent if made after the commencement thereof.
The notice issued pursuant to this section shall bear on its
face a statement of the time within which petitions for
abatement of the tax may be filed.

Section 3. In ascertaining the maximum amount of
taxes that may be assessed in a city having a tax hmit in
accordance with the statute or ordinance establishing the
same, or the total taxable valuation of a city wherein the
appropriation for any department is determined by law
at a certain rate or percentage of the taxable valuation or
the valuation of the taxable property therein, or however
otherwise the same may be described, the value of motor
vehicles taxable therein under chapter sixty A of the General
Laws, as determined thereunder, shall be used, as well as
the assessed valuations of property therein.

Section 4. The provisions of this act shall become ef-
fective as of January first of the current year, except that
the provision for a minimum tax and the provision requiring
payment at the expiration of thirty days from the date of
issue of the notice of the tax shall not apply to any tax,
notice of which has been issued prior to the date of passage
of this act, but as to such a tax the provisions of law relative
to payment in effect immediately prior to said date shall
continue to apply. If notice of any tax assessed under
chapter sixty A of the General Laws in the current year for

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 245.

269

an aniouiit in excess of the amount which would have been
assessable if this act had then been in effect has been issued
prior to said date, such excess shall be abated and refunded
upon application made within six months after said date.

Approved April 23, 1930.

Chap.24:5

Appropriations
for mainte-
nance of certain
counties, for
interest and
debt require-
ments, for
certain im-
provements,
etc.

An Act making appropriations for the maintenance of
certain counties, for interest and debt require-
ments, for certain permanent improvements, and
granting a county tax for said counties.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause Emergency
substantial inconvenience, therefore it is hereby declared preamble.
to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preser-
vation 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 thirty. 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
extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures upon the request
of the county commissioners and with the approval of the
director of accounts.

Section 2.

Barnstable County.
Item

1 For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

fourteen thousand dollars .....

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

eighty thousand nine hundred forty-eight, dollars
and seventy-seven cents .....

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars .

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding eleven thousand dollars

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding eighteen thousand five hundred dollars .

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding twelve thousand five hundred
dollars . . . . . . . . 12,500 00

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding twelve thousand dollars . . . 12,000 00

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, a sum not exceeding four-
teen thousand dollars ..... 14,000 00

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand

dollars 1,000 00

1 1 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 two thousand dollars ..... 2,000 00

13a For acquiring land under chapter one hundred and
fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, a sum not exceeding eight thousand
dollars 8,000 00

.$14,000 00 Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
.„ Barnstable.

80,948 77
15,000 00
11,000 00
18,500 00

270

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 245.

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Barnstable.

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Berkshire.

Item

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars S6,000 00

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not

exceeding fourteen thousand dollars . . . 14,000 00

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding seventy thou-
sand dollars 70,000 00

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

eleven thousand three hundred dollars . . 11,300 00

20 For the sanatorium, a sum not exceeding fifty thou-

sand dollars 50,000 00

20a For county health service, a sum not exceeding twelve

thousand five hundred dollars .... 12,500 00

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding three thousand

five hundred dollars 3,500 00

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not exceed-
ing one tliousand five hundred dollars . . . 1,500 00

23b For a state fire patrol, a sum not exceeding two

thousand dollars 2,000 00

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding five thousand

dollars . . 5,000 00

And the county commissioners of Barnstable 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-
nine thousand one hundred forty-eight dollars and
sixty-three cents, to be expended, together with the
cash balance on hand and the receipts from other
sources, for the above purposes .... $289,148 63

Berkshire County.

1 For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

twenty-three thousand dollars .... $23,000 00

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

eighteen thousand dollars ..... 18,000 00

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sum not exceeding twenty-seven thousand

five hundred dollars 27,500 00

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not ex-

ceeding eleven thousand eight hundred dollars . 11,800 00

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding forty-two thousand dollars . . . 42,000 00

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,

a sum not exceeding forty-one thousand dollars . 41,000 00

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . . . 15,000 00

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, a sum not exceeding fifteen

thousand dollars 15,000 00

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand

five hundred dollars 1,500 00

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments of

the irsane, a sum not exceeding five thousand five

hundred dollars 5,500 00

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-

ing three thousand dollars ..... 3,000 00

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county
buildings, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars 15,000 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 245.

271

Item

15 For caro, fuel, lijihts and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum
not exceeding twenty-three thousand dollars

16 For highways, including state higliways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred

seventy thousand doUars .....

16a For examination of dams, a sum not exceeding one

thousand six hundred dollars ....

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding one thousand

five hundred dollars ......

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding two thou-

sand dollars .......

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

seventeen thousand dollars ....

20 For the sanatorium (Hampshire county), a sum not

exceeding eleven thousand five himclred dollars

21 For the care and maintenance of Greylock state

reservation, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand
five hundred dollars ......

21a For the care and inaintenance of Mount Everett state
reservation, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars ........

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding eight hundred five

dollars ........

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars ........

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding two thousand five hundred thirtj'-six
dollars and twenty-six cents ....

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding eight thou-

sand 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 four hundred twenty-
seven thousand nine hundred fifty-seven dollars
and forty-eight cents, to be expended, together
with the cash balance on hand and the receipts
from other sources, for the above purposes

Bristol County.

1 For interest on coimty debt, a sum not exceeding

thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

thirty-seven thousand four hundred dollars .

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed

by law, a sum not exceeding forty-four thousand
dollars ........

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding forty thousand dollars

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding one hundred ten thousand dollars

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding eighty-three thousand
dollars ........

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding fifty-eight thousand dollars .

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, a sum not exceeding
forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars
10 For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars ........

$23,000 00 Appropriations,
etc., and
county ta.x,

Berkshire.

170,000 00

1,600 00

1,500 00

2,000 00

17,000 00

11,500 00

12,500 00

2,000 00

805

00

4,000

00

2,536

26

8,000

00

$427,957 48

$36,500 00 Appropriations,
etc., and
QV /fon no county tax,
37,400 00 Bristol.

44,000 00

40,000 00

110,000 00

83,000 00
58,000 00

48,500 00

1,000 00

272

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 245.

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Bristol.

Item
11

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Dukes County.

For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments
of the insane, a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand
dollars ........

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-
ceeding eight thousand dollars ....

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding seventeen thou-
sand five hundred dollars .....

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-

ings, other than jails and houses of correction, a
sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred
twenty-five thousand dollars ....

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding seven thou-

sand dollars .......

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding twelve

thousand five hundred dollars ....

19 For the agricultural school, a sum not exceeding fifty-

two thousand dollars .....

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand

dollars ........

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars ........

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not exceed-
ing three thousand dollars .....

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thousand

dollars ........

And the county commissioners of Bristol 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 six hundred twenty-five thou-
sand five hundred dollars, to be expended, together
with the cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes .

County of Dukes County.

1 For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding two

thousand five hundred twenty-six dollars and
twenty-one cents ......

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

fourteen thousand nine hundred sixty-eight dollars
and thirty-one cents ......

3 For salaries of count}'^ officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sum not exceeding five thousand three hun-
dred sixty-nine dollars and twenty cents

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding one thousand three hundred dollars

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding three thousand dollars

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correc-
tion, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, a sura not exceeding one
thousand five hundred dollars ....

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding three hundred
fifty dollars .......

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding three hundred
dollars ........

$16,000 00
8,000 00

17,500 00

50,000 00

125,000 00

7,000 00

12,500 00

52,000 00

13,000 00

2,000 00

3,000 00

10,000 00

$625,500 00

$2,526

21

14,968

31

5,369

20

1,300

00

3,000

00

2,000

00

1,500

00

1,500 00

350

00

300 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 245.

273

Item

12 For auditors, masters and roforces, a sum not exceed-
ing three hundred fifty doHars ....

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county build-

ings, a sum not exceetUng five thousand dollars

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not
exceeding two thousand three hundred dollars

16 For highway's, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars ........

17 For law librarj', a sum not exceeding one hundred

fifty dollars .......

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding five hundred

dollars . • . ...

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

four hundred dollars ......

20 For the sanatorium (Barnstable county), a sum not

exceeding four thousand five hundred thirty-five
dollars and eighty cents .....

21 For the Gay Head reservation, a sum not exceeding

seven hundred dollars .....

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding six hundred
dollars ........

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding five hundred

dollars ........

And the county commissioners of the county of Dukes
County are hereby authorized to levy as the county
tax of said county for the current year, in the man-
ner provided by law, the sum of forty thousand
four hundred four dollars and sixty-three 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

thirty-five thousand five hundred dollars

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding one

hundred fiftj^-two thousand five hundred dollars .

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sum not exceeding fifty-four thousand five
himdred dollars ......

4 For clerical assistance in county -offices, a sum not

exceeding ninety-nine thousand three hundred
dollars ........

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding one hundred eighty thousand three hun-
dred dollars .......

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and sup-

port of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding eighty-six thousand nine hun-
dred dollars .......

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding one hundred five thousand dollars

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, a sum not exceeding
one hundred nineteen thousand dollars

9 For trial justices, a sum not exceeding four thousand

eight hundred dollars
10 For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding two thousand
five hundred dollars ......

$350 00 Appro|iriations,
etc., and

5,000 00 J,Tif ^ou"„ty.

2,300 00

1,000

00

150

00

500 00

400

00

4,635

80

700 00

600

00

500 00

$40,404 63

$35,500 00 Appropriations,
etc., and

152,500 00 ^i^^"! *^^

54,500 00

99,300 00

180,300 00

86,900 00

105,000 00

119,000 00

4,800 00

2,500 00

274

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 245.

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Essex.

Item

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding thirteen thou-
sand dollars $13,000 00

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-

ceeding eighteen thousand dollars . . . 18,000 00

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding twenty-six thou-
sand one hundred fifty-five dollars . . . 26,155 00

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county build-

ings, other than jails and houses of correction, a
sum not exceeding sixty-seven thousand eight
hundred dollars 67,800 00

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding four hundred

eleven thousand dollars ..... 411,000 00

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding nine thousand

dollars 9,000 00

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding fifty-three

thousand dollars 53,000 00

19 For maintenance of the independent agricultural

school, a sum not exceeding one hundred fifty-six
thousand three hundred dollars .... 156,300 00
19a For the equipment of the independent agricultural
school, a sum not exceeding two thousand eight
hundred dollars 2,800 00

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding three thousand

two hundred sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents . 3,267 50

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding three thousand

five hundred dollars 3,500 00

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars .... 1,000 00

24 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 one million two hun-
dred fifty-one thousand six hundred dollars, to be
expended, together with the cash balance on
hand and the recei^Dts from other sources, for the
above purposes .....

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Franklin.

10

$1,251,600 00

Franklin County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding six

thousand six hundred dollars .... $6,600 00

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by
law, a sum not exceeding fourteen thousand four
hundred sixteen doUars ..... 14,416 00

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding six thousand dollars .... 6,000 00

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding fourteen thousand five hundred dollars 14,500 00

For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and
support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding twentv-seven thou-
sand dollars . . . . " . . . 27,000 00

For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding five thousand dollars .... 5,000 00

For civil expenses in the supreme judicial, superior,
probate and land courts, a sum not exceeding four-
teen thousand dollars ..... 14,000 00

For transportation expenses of county and associate
commissioners, a sum not exceeding three hun-
dred fifty dollars 350 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 245.

275

Item

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of tlie insane, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars ........

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sura not e.\-

ceeding two thousand dollars ....

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum
not exceeding ten thousand dollars

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding eighty-six
thousand five hundred dollars ....
16a For the examination of dams, a sum not exceeding
one thousand five hundred dollars

17 For law Ubraries, a sum not exceeding two thousand

five hiuidred dollars ......

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

nine thousand dollars .....

20 For the sanatorium (Hampshire county), a sum not

exceeding fourteen thousand six hundred eighty-
three dollars and ninety-two cents
20a For Greenfield health camp (chapter three hundred
and fifty-four, acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight), a sum not exceeding one thousand five hun-
dred dollars .......

21 For Mount Sugar Loaf state reservation, a sum not

exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding eight hundred fifty

dollars ........

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars ........

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand dollars .....

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding five thousand

dollars ........

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 ninety-
one thousand five hundred ninety-six dollars, to be
expended, together with the cash balance on hand
and the receipts from other sources, for the above
purposes ........

Hampden Courdy.

1 For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

ninety-four thousand dollars ....

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

one hundred twenty-eight thousand two hundred
seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars .

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding fifty-seven thousand dollars .

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding one hundred three thousand dollars

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correction,
a sum not exceeding eighty-one thousand dollars .

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding thirty-seven thousand dollars

12,000 00 Appropriations,
etc., and

2,000 00 TanlTi^^''"

6,000 00

10,000 00

86,500 00

1,500 00

2,500 00

9,000 00

14,683 92

1,500 00

1,800 00

850 00

2,000 00

1,000 00

5,000 00

$191,596 00

$94,000 00 Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Hampden.

128,277 50

50,000 00

57,000 00
103,000 00

81,000 00
37,000 00

276

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 245.

Appropriations,
etc., and
c junty tax,
Hampden.

Item

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, a sura not exceeding fiftv-

eight thousand dollars $58,000 00

9 For trial justices, a sum not exceeding two thousand

dollars 2,000 00

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand

five hundred dollars . . . . . . 1,500 00

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand

dollars 12,000 00

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-

ing thirteen thousand dollars .... 13,000 00

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county build-

ings, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars . 15,000 00

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not

exceeding sixtj^ thousand dollars . . . 60,000 00

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding two hundred
seventy-five thousand dollars .... 275,000 00

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding nine thousahd

five hundred dollars 9,500 00

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding forty-two

thousand dollars 42,000 00

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

thirtj^-six thousand dollars .... 36,000 00

20 For the sanatorium ("Hampshire county), a sum not

exceeding thirty thousand dollars . . . 30,000 00

20a For the preventorium, a sum not exceeding three

thousand dollars ■ . 3,000 00

21 For Mount Tom state reservation, a sum not exceed-

ing nine thousand dollars ..... 9,000 00

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding four thousand five

huncbed dollars 4,500 00

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the cur-

rent year, a sum not e.xceeding five thousand eight
hundred seventy dollars and two cents . . . 5,870 02

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not exceed-
ing one thousand five hundred dollars . . . 1,500 00

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thou-

sand dollars . 10,000 00

And the county commissioners of Hampden 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 fifteen
thousand dollars, to be expended, together with
the cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes . . . $915,000 00

A ppropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Hampshire.

Hampshire County.

For interest on county ■ debt, a sum not exceeding

seven thousand dollars ..... $7,000 00

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

thirty-five thousand dollars . . . . 35,000 00

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fi.xed
by law, a sum not exceeding eighteen thousand
dollars 18,000 00

For clerical assistance in countj'^ offices, a sum not

exceeding nine thousand five hundred dollars . 9,500 00

For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum

not exceeding twenty-six thousand dollars . . 26,000 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 245.

277

Item

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correc-
tion, a sum not exceeding twenty-six thousand
dollars ........

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand dollars .....

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars ........

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars ........

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-

ceeding two thousand five hundred dollars .

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars ........

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum
not exceeding thirteen thousand dollars

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred
seventeen thousand dollars ....

17 For law hbraries, a sum not exceeding one thousand

two hundred dollars ......

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

thirteen thousand dollars .....

20 For the sanatorium, a smn not exceeding twelve

thousand dollars ......

20a For the preventorium, a sum not exceeding two thou-
sand five hundred dollars .....

21 For Mount Tom state reservation, a sum not ex-

ceecUng two thousand dollars ....

21a For Deer Hill state reservation, a sum not exceeding

five hundred dollars ......

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding two thousand two

hundred dollars ......

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding three thousand
five hundred dollars ......

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars ....

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding nine thou-

sand 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 two hundred forty
thousand seven hundred seventy-five dollars and
seventy-two cents, to be expended, together with
the cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes .

$26,000 00 Appropriations,
etc., and

25,000 00 '^Z^.

12,000 00

1,000 00

4,000 00
2,500 00

15,000 00

13,000 00

117,000 00

1,200 00

13,000 00

12,000 00

2,500 00

2,000 00

500 00

2,200 00

3,500 00
1,000 00
9,000 00

$240,775 72

Middlesex County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding
sixty-three thousand dollars ....

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding
two hundred twelve thousand dollars .

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by
law, a sum not exceeding seventy-two thousand
dollars ........

$63,000 00 Appropriations,
etc., and

212,000 00 att'

72,000 00

278

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 245.

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Middlesex.

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Norfollc.

Item

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding two hundred sixty-eight thousand dol-
lars . . . . . . . . $268,000 00

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding three hundred fifteen thousand dollars 315,000 00

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of cor-
rection, a sum not exceeding two hundred twenty-
five thousand dollars . . . . . 225,000 00
6a For transfer of prisoners, a sum not exceeding one

thousand dollars . . . . . . 1,000 00

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding one hundred ninety thousand dollars . 190,000 00

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, a sum not exceeding one

hundred eighty thousand dollars . . . 180,000 00

9 For trial justices, a sum not exceeding one thousand

dollars 1,000 00

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding two thousand

five hundred dollars 2,500 00

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding tliirty thousand

dollars 30,000 00

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-

ing twenty-five thousand dollars .... 25,000 00

14 For repairing, furnisliing and improving county build-

ings, a sum not exceeding ninety thousand dollars . 90,000 00

15 For care, fuel, lights and supphes in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not

exceeding one hundred forty thousand dollars . 140,000 00

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding four hundred

thousand dollars . . . . . . 400,000 00

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand

dollars 11,000 00

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding fifty-sLx

thousand dollars 56,000 00

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

thirty-nine thousand dollars .... 39,000 00

21 For Walden Pond state reservation, a sum not exceed-

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

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding thirty thousand

dollars 30,000 00

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the cur-

rent year, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars 10,000 00
23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not exceeding

ten thousand dollars . . . . . . 10,000 00

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding twenty thou-

sand dollars . . . . . . . 20,000 00

And the county commissioners of Middlesex county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax of
said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of one million nine hun-
dred ninety-four thousand seven hundred eighty-
three dollars and ninety-four cents, to be expended,
together with the cash balance on hand and the
receipts from other sources, for the above purposes $1,994,783 94

Norfolk County.

1 For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

thirteen thousand dollars . . . . . $13,000 00

2 For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding

nineteen thousand six hundred two dollars and

ninety-four cents ...... 19,602 94

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279

Item

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sum not exceeding thirty-one thousand
dollars . ......

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding ninety-one thousand five hundred dollars

5 For .salaries and expenses of district and municipal

courts, a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand
dollars ........

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correc-
tion, a sum not exceeding fifty-one thousand dollars

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding sixty thousand dollars ....

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, a sum not exceeding forty-
five thousand dollars ......

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand
five hundred dollars ......

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding twelve thoasand
dollars ........

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-

ing eleven thousand dollars ....

13 For building county buildings, a sum not exceeding

two thousand five hundred dollars

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars ........

15 For care, fuel, hghts and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum not
exceeding fifty-eight thousand dollars .

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges

and land damages, a sum not exceeding tw^o hun-
dred sixty-six thousand dollars ....

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding two thousand

five hundred dollars . . . ...

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding seven

thousand dollars ......

19 For the agricultural school, a sum not exceeding

seventy-eight thousand dollars . . . .

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding six thousand

dollars ........

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding two thousand
six hundred dollars and nine cents
23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not ex-
ceeding three thousand dollars ....

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 comity tax
of said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of six hundred ninety-
eight thousand dollars, to be expended, together
with the cash balance on hand and the receipts from
other sources, for the above purposes .

$31,000 00 Approiiriations,

91,500 00 ilSik!"''

100,000 00

51,000 00
60,000 00

45,000 00

1,.500 00

12,000 00

11,000 00

2,500 00

15,000 00

58,000 00

266,000 00

2,500 00

7,000 00

78,000 00

6,000 00

2,600 09
3,000 00
8,000 00

$698,000 00

Plymouth County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceecUng
thirty-five thousand dollars ....

For reduction of county debt, a sum not exceeding
sixty-three thousand dollars ....

$35,000 00 Appropriations,
etc., and
CO nnn nr\ county tax,
63,000_00 Plymouth.

280

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 245.

Appropriatijns,
etc., and
county tax,
Plymouth.

Item

3 For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed

by law, a sum not exceeding twenty-six thousand

seven hundred dollars $26,700 00

4 For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not

exceeding twenty-four thousand dollars . . 24,000 00

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum

not exceeding sixty thousand dollars . . . 60,000 00

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correc-
tion, a sum not exceeding ninety-six thousand
dollars . . . . . . . 96,000 00

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding fifty-three thousand dollars . . . 53,000 00

8 For civil expen.ses in the supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, a sum not exceeding
twenty-nine thousand dollars .... 29,000 00

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding one thousand

eight hundred dollars . . . . . 1,800 00

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding five thousand

five hundred dollars ...... 5,500 00

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not ex-

ceeding five thousand dollars .... 5,000 00

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county

buildings, a sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand

dollars . . . . . . . 21,000 00

15 For care, fuel, lights and supplies in county buildings,

other than jails and houses of correction, a sum

not exceeding twenty-two thousand dollars . . 22,000 00

16 For highways, including state highways, bridges and

land damages, a sum not exceeding one hundred
seventy-eight thousand dollars .... 178,000 00

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding three thousand

five hundred dollars ....... 3,500 00

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding five thou-

sand seven hundred fifty dollars . . . 5,750 00

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

twelve thousand dollars 12,000 00

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding two hundred fortj'

dollars 240 00

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the

current year, a sum not exceeding three thousand
four hundred eighty dollars and one cent . . 3,480 01

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not exceed-
ing 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 Plyinouth county
are hereby authorized to levy as the county tax
of said county for the current year, in the manner
provided by law, the sum of five hundred sev-
enty-nine thousand dollars, to be expended, to-
gether with the cash balance on hand and the
receipts from other sources, for the above pur-
poses $579,000 00

Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Worcester.

Worcester County.

For interest on county debt, a sum not exceeding

fifteen thousand dollars $15,000 00

For salaries of county officers and assistants, fixed by

law, a sura not exceeding fifty-six thousand dollars 56,000 00

For clerical assistance in county offices, a sum not
exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars . . 75,000 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 245.

281

Item

5 For salaries and expenses of district courts, a sum not

exceeding one hundred fifty-five thousand dollars .

6 For salaries of jailers, masters and assistants, and

support of prisoners in jails and houses of correc-
tion, a suTu not exceeding one hundred seventy
thousand dollars ......

7 For criminal costs in the superior court, a sum not

exceeding eightj' thousand dollars

8 For civil expenses in the supreme judicial, superior,

probate and land courts, a sum not exceeding eighty-
five thousand dollars .....

9 For trial justices, a sum not exceeding two thousand

dollars ........

10 For transportation expenses of county and associate

commissioners, a sum not exceeding three thousand
five hundred dollars ......

11 For medical examiners, inquests, and commitments

of the insane, a sum not exceeding eighteen thou-
sand dollars .......

12 For auditors, masters and referees, a sum not exceed-

ing twelve thousand dollars . . . .

14 For repairing, furnishing and improving county build-

ings, 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
exceeding sixty thousand dollars ....
IG For highways, including state highways, bridges and
land damages, a sum not exceeding five hundred
seventy-eight thousand five hundred dollars .

17 For law libraries, a sum not exceeding eight thousand

two hundred dollars ......

18 For training school, a sum not exceeding twenty-three

thousand dollars ......

19 For county aid to agriculture, a sum not exceeding

thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars .

20a For the preventorium, a sum not exceeding three

thousand dollars . . . . .

21 For state reservations, a sum not exceeding twenty-

seven thousand five hundred dollars .

22 For pensions, a sum not exceeding sixteen thousand

dollars ........

23 For miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the cur-

rent year, a sum not exceeding four thousand
dollars . . . ...

23a For unpaid bills of previous years, a sum not exceed-
ing seven thousand five hundred dollars

24 For a reserve fund, a sum not exceeding ten thousand

dollars ........

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 one million one hun-
dred five thousand eight hundred dollars, to be ex-
pended, together with the cash Vjalance on hand
and the receipts from other sources, for the above
purposes .......

$155,000 00 Appropriations,
etc., and
county tax,
Worcester.

170,000 00
80,000 00

85,000 00
2,000 00

3,500 00

18,000 00
12,000 00
20,000 00

60,000 00

578,500 00

8,200 00
23,000 00
33,500 00

3,000 00
27,500 00
16,000 00

4,000 00

7,500 00

10,000 00

$1,105,800 00
Approved April 2S, 1930.

282

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 246, 247.

I

Town of Brook-
field may
borrow money
for water
supply pur-

Chap. 24i6 An Act authorizing the town of brookfield to bor-
row MONEY FOR WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of enlarging and improving
its water supply, the town of Brookfield may borrow, from
time to time within five years from the passage of this act,
such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggre-
gate, thirty-five thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or
notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
Brookfield Water Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized issue
shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid
in not more than fifteen years from their dates. Indebted-
ness incurred hereunder shall be outside the statutory hmit
of indebtedness, but shall, except as herein provided, be
subject to the provisions of chapter forty-four of the General
Laws.

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

Approved April 23, 1930.

Brookfield
Water Loan,
Act of 1930.

Chap. 247 An Act relative to exemption from local taxation
of certain property of widows, minors, and persons

OVER seventy-five YEARS OF AGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
G L. 59, § 5, Clause seventeenth of section five of chapter fifty-nine

el. seventeenth, p ,^ /^ ix iii x- rij.

etc., amended. 01 the General Laws, as amended by section one or chapter
seventeen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four
and by chapter eleven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by striking out,
in the second, eighth, fourteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and
twentieth lines, the word "one" and inserting in place
thereof, in each instance, the word : — two, — so as to read
as follows: — Seventeenth, Property, to the amount of two
thousand dollars, of a widow, of a person above the age of
certain property scvcnty-fivc, or of any minor whose father is deceased, who
per^onslnd''^^ are Icgal residents of the commonwealth, whether such
certain minors, property bc owned by such persons separately, or jointly, or
as tenants in common; provided, that the whole estate, real
and personal, of such person does not exceed in value the
sum of two 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 in-
cluded in such whole estate ; but if, the value of such whole
estate being less than two thousand dollars, the combined
value thereof and of such mortgage interest exceeds two
thousand dollars, the amount so exempted shall be two
thousand dollars. If the property of a person entitled to
such exemption is taxable in more than one town, or partly

Exemption
from local
taxation of

Proviso.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 248. 283

without the commonwealth, only such proportion of the
two 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 Avhich the assessors shall adjudge
has been conveyed to such persons to evade taxation. A Appeal.
person aggrieved b}'' any such judgment may appeal to the
county commissioners within the time and in the manner
allowed by section sixty-four. Approved April 24, 1930.

Chap.2^8

An Act authorizing the dedham water company to
furnish water to the town of "westwo'od and pro-
viding in a certain event that said town may es-
tablish a water distributing or water supply system.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Part I.

AUTHORIZING THE DEDHAM WATER COMPANY TO FURNISH
WATER TO THE TOWN OF WESTWOOD.

Section 1. The Dedham Water Company, a corporation Dedham water
created by chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of the acts f^°nVsh"water^
of eighteen hundred and seventy-six, may extend its mains to town of
into the town of Westwood and may supply the inhabitants ^^®*^*^^'°°'^-
of said town with water for domestic, manufacturing and
other purposes, including the extinguishment of fires, subject,
however, to the conditions and restrictions set forth in
sections four and five of this Part.

Section 2. Said corporation, for the purposes afore- May use same
said, maj^ use the same sources of water supply which it waTeTsuppiy
now uses or may hereafter use in supplying water to the i^ "°w uses
inhabitants of the town of Dedham under the provisions of water to in-
said chapter one hundred and thirty-eight and any acts in ^wnof*^^"^
amendment thereof or in addition thereto, and such corpo- Dedham.
ration shall, except as herein otherwise provided, have the Powers and
same powers and privileges and be subject to the same duties, ^"*'^^-
restrictions and liabilities set forth in said chapter one hun-
dred and thirty-eight or in general laws which may now or
hereafter be in force relating to such corporations; provided, Proviso.
however, that no source of water supply for domestic pur-
poses, or lands necessary for preserving or protecting the
quality of such water, within the town of Westwood shall
hereafter be acquired under this act or under said chapter
one hundred and thirty-eight without the approval of the
department of public health and that the location of all dams,
reservoirs, wells or other works for collecting or storing water
shall be subject to such approval.

Section 3. Said corporation may distribute water through- May distribute
out the town of Westwood, may regulate the use of the out town of^^'
same and may, subject to the approval of the department Westwood.
of public utilities, establish and fix, from time to time, and May fix
may collect, rates for the use of said water. Said corpo- '^'

284

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 248.

May make
contracts, etc.

Certain rights
given to
Dedham Water
Company to
cease, unless,
etc.

Town of
Westwood to
have right to
purchase
property, etc.,
of Dedham
Water Com-
pany within
limits of town,
etc.

Proviso.

Appointment
of arbitrators
upon failure
to agree upon
market value,
etc.

Findings of
board final.

Hearings, etc.

Procedure to be
in accordance
with provisions
of G. L. 251,
except, etc.

ration may make such contracts with said town or with
any individual, firm, association or corporation therein, to
supply w^ater thereto for the extinguishment of fires and
for such other purposes as may be agreed upon.

Section 4. The rights and privileges within the town of
Westwood given by said chapter one hundred and thirty-
eight and by this act to the Dedham Water Company shall
cease and terminate unless such company shall commence
to supply water to the inhabitants of said tow^n within one
year of the passage of this act.

Section 5. The town of Westwood shall have the abso-
lute right at any time to purchase the franchise, property
and all the rights and privileges of the Dedham Water Com-
pany within the limits of the town on payment to it of the
market value of said franchise, corporate property, rights
and privileges within such town, as mutually agreed upon
or as hereinafter determined, on the date which said town
shall fix for such purchase; provided, that said town shall
give said corporation written notice of its intention to pur-
chase as aforesaid at least sixty days before said date. If
said town and said corporation shall be unable to agree
within sixty days after said date upon the market value of
said franchise, corporate property, rights and privileges,
said town shall appoint one arbitrator and said corporation
shall appoint a second arbitrator and the two arbitrators
so appointed shall appoint a third arbitrator. Said board of
arbitration shall determine the market value of said franchise,
corporate property, rights and privileges, and the findings
of said board on all matters of fact shall be final. The
hearings before said board shall be commenced within thirty
days after the date of the appointment of the third arbi-
trator and concluded within ninety days after his appoint-
ment, and the procedure before said board shall be in ac-
cordance with the provisions of chapter two hundred and
fifty-one of the General Laws, except that the supreme ju-
dicial court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in equity to
enforce by appropriate orders or decrees, or otherwise, the
findings of said board, and the right of said town to take
possession of said franchise, corporate property, rights and
privileges within said town upon payment to said corpora-
tion of the sum awarded by said board.

Town of
Westwood
may supply
itself and its
inhabitants
with water,
etc.

Part II.

AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WESTWOOD TO SUPPLY ITSELF
AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH WATER.

Section 1. The town of Westwood may supply itself
and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of
fires and for domestic and other purposes; may establish
one or more systems of water supply within its limits for
such purposes; may establish fountains and hydrants, re-
locate or discontinue the same, and may regulate the use
of such water and fix and collect rates to be paid for the use

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 248. 285

of the same. For the aforesaid purposes, said town may May purchase
purchase from the Dedham Water Company, and said Ded'him'"
company may sell to said town, water from its sources of water Com-
supply wherever located. If the rights and privileges of ^^^ n take
said companv within the town of Westwood have not termi- ijy eminent
nated under section four of Part I of this act, said town shall, ^"t'^^jf ^''"'''
before otherwise proceeding to establish a water supply {^/^I^^^qq^.
system under Part II of this act, take by eminent domain pany within
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or purchase [own! T/, etc.
as provided in section five of said Part I, the franchise,
property and all the rights and privileges of the Dedham
Water Company within the limits of the town of Westwood.

Section 2. The said town, for the purposes aforesaid, m^v take
may lease, or take by eminent domain under said chapter aAy pond,
seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, HmTtrof''"^
the waters, or an}'- portion thereof, of any pond, brook or town, etc.
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 of water which may proviso.
be taken shall from time to time be determined by vote of
the town ; and also may take by eminent domain under May take
said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase or other- o^f^^ayrtt^c*^
wise, and hold, all lands, rights of way and easements neces-
sary for collecting, storing, purifying and preserving such
water and for conveying the same to any part of said town
of Westwood; provided, that no source of water supply proviso.
and no lands necessary 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 Part II of this act
shall be subject to the approval of said department. Said May construct
town may construct and may erect on the lands taken or rnakee^xcaVa-
held under the provisions of Part II of this act proper dams, *'°"®' ®*''-
reservoirs, buildings, standpipes, fixtures and other struc-
tures, 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 estab-
lishment and maintenance of complete and effective water
works; and for that purpose may construct wells and reser- May construct
voirs, establish pumping works and lay down and maintain i^y conduits,
conduits, pipes and other works, under or over any lands, etc.
water courses, railroads or public or private ways, and along
any such way in said town in such manner as not unneces-
sarily to obstruct the same; and for the purpose of con- May dig up
structing, laying, maintaining, operating and repairing such fa"n1is™etc."'^
conduits, pipes and other works, and for all other proper
purposes of Part II of this act said town may dig up or raise
and embank any such lands, highways, or other waj^s in
such manner as to cause the least hindrance to public travel
thereon. Said town shall not enter upon, construct or lay Restrictions
any conduits, pipes or other works within the location of ^® *° ®"*''^

286

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 248.

upon railroad
locations.

Land acquired
to be managed
etc., by board
of water
commissioners.

Property
damages,
recovery.

Proviso.

Town may
issue bonds,
etc.

Town of
Westwood
Water Loan,
Act of 1930.

Payment of
loan, etc.

Penalty for
polluting water,
etc.

any railroad corporation except at such time and in such
manner as it may agree upon with such corporation or in
case of faihire so to agree as may be approved by the de-
partment of pubhc utihties.

Section 3. The land, water rights and other property
taken or acquired under this act shall be managed, improved
and controlled by the board of water commissioners herein-
after 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
Part II of 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 provisions of Part II of this act other than those
pertaining to maintenance, issue from time to time bonds
or notes to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which shall bear on
their face 'the words, Town of Westwood Water Loan, Act
of 1930. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate
loan, and such loans shall be payable not more than thirty
years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under Part
II of this act shall be in excess of the statutory hmit, 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 ac-
cordance with the provisions of section five of Part II; and
when a vote to that effect has been passed, a sum which,
with the income derived from the water rates, will be suf-
ficient 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 ac-
crues on the bonds or notes issued as aforesaid, and to
make such payments on the principal as may be required
under the provisions of Part II of this act, shall without
further vote be assessed by the assessors of the town an-
nually thereafter in the same manner as other taxes until
the debt incurred by the said loan or loans is extinguished.

Section 7. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts, pol-
lutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under Part
II of this act, or injures any structure, work or other prop-
erty owned, held or used by said town under the author-
ity 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

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 248. 287

shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 8. The said town shall, after its acceptance of Board of water

. commissioners

Part II of this act, at the same meeting at which said Part election.
II of this act is accepted or at a meeting called for the pur- p°«'«'"^' ^^'=-
pose, 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 3^ear, 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
commissioner shall be elected by ballot for the term of three
years. All the authority granted to the town by Part II
of this act, except sections 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 in-
structions, rules and regulations as said town may impose
by its vote. A majority of said commissioners shall con- Quorum,
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any va- vacancy.
cancy 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 va-
cancy 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 9. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi- ^Tx'^Xr"'"^^
table prices and rates for the use of water, and shall prescribe rates, etc.
the time and manner of payment. The income of the water income,
works shall be appropriated to defray all operating expenses, ^""^ "^^^^
interest charges and payments on the principal as they
accrue upon any bonds or notes issued for water supply pur-
poses. If there should be a net surplus remaining after
providing for the aforesaid charges it shall be appropriated
for such new construction as the water commissioners with
the approval of the town may determine upon, and in case
a surplus should remain after payment for such new con-
struction the water rates shall be reduced proportionately.
No money shall be expended in new construction by the
water commissioners except from the net surplus aforesaid
unless the town appropriates and provides money therefor.
All authority vested in said commissioners by the foregoing
provisions of this section shall be subject to the provisions
of section eight. Said commissioners shall annually, and ^gpo"t^^' ®*°'
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 expendi-
tures.

Part III.

PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE ACCEPTANCE AND TAKING
EFFECT OF THIS ACT.

Part I and Part III of this act shall take effect upon its p^j;* {j^i^^hen

passage. effective'.

288

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 249, 250, 251.

Part II, when
effective.

Part II hereof shall take effect upon its acceptance by a
majority of the voters of the town of Westwood present and
voting thereon at a town meeting called for the purpose not
earlier than one year nor later than four years from the
passage of this act. Approved April 24, 1930.

Chap. 249 An Act authorizing the city of quincy to settle and

PAY A CERTAIN CLAIM OF AUGUST H. MORTON AND H. F.
MARDEN AGAINST SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The city of Quincy is hereby authorized to effect a settle-
ment and make payment of the claim of August H. Morton
and H. F. Harden against said citj^ to indemnify them for
loss sustained by reason of the taking by eminent domain
by said city for highway purposes of property owned by them
at the corner of Billings road and Davis street in said city
and the subsequent voidance of said taking by the failure
of said city to enter or take possession for the purpose of
constructing such highway within two years of the date of
the order of said taking. Approved April 24, 1930.

City of Quincy
may settle and
pay a certain
claim of
August H.
Morton and
H. F. Marden
against said
city.

Chap. 250 An Act authorizing the city of pittsfibld to supply

WATER TO AN ADDITIONAL PART OF THE TOWN OF LENOX.

1911, 580, § 3,
amended.

City of
Pittsfield may
supply water
to that part
of town of
Lenox called
New Lenox,
and to certain
other territory
witliin certain
boundary line.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter five hundred and eighty of the acts of nineteen
hundred and eleven is hereby amended by striking out sec-
tion three and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 3. The city of Pittsfield is hereby authorized to
supply water for domestic purposes, and for the extinguish-
ment of fires, to that part of the town of Lenox called New
Lenox which is within two miles of the northeast corner of
the said town, and, in addition, such other territory in the
said town as is within one mile of the Lenox-Pittsfield
boundary line, on such terms and conditions as may be
mutually agreed upon by said city and the town of Lenox.
In case they cannot agree the state department of public
health may determine the terms and conditions.

Approved April 24, 1930.

Chap. 251 An Act authorizing the city of newton to borrow

MONEY FOR CITY HALL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purpose of constructing, originally
equipping and furnishing a new city hall, the city of Newton
may, from time to time, within a period of five years from
the passage of this act, borrow such sums as maj^ be neces-
sary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, seven hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes therefor,

City of
Newton may
borrow money
for city hall
purposes.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 252. 289

which shall bear on their face the words, Newton City Hall ri'';v^°" ^''•y
Loan, Act oi 19.50. Jbach authorized issue shall constitute Act of 1930.
a separate loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than
fifteen j'ears 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. 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 limitation contained in the first paragraph
of section seven thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred
and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.

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

Approved April 28, 1930.

An Act relative to schoolhouse accommodations in QJiq/q 252
the town of lee.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter sixteen of the acts of I'^^s, le § 1,
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight is hereby amended by '^"^"
inserting after the word "of" in the first line the words: —
acquiring land for and/or, — by inserting after the word
"constructing" in the first line the words: — a school build-
ing and/or, — and by inserting after the word "such" in
the fourth line the words : — school building and/or, — so
as to read as follows: — Section 1. For the purpose of ac- Town of Lee
quiring land for and/or constructing a school building and/or nJoney^for"^
an addition to the central school building which will increase schooihouse
the floor space of said building, including the cost of originally ti'ons""" ^'
equipping and furnishing such school building and/or addi-
tion, the town of Lee 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 thousand dollars, and may issue bonds or notes
therefor, which shall bear on their face the words, Lee School Lo^n °Act'of
Loan, Act of 1928. Each authorized issue shall constitute 1928.'
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. 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 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 28, 1930.

290

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 253, 254.

G. L. 262, 5
etc

38,
amended.

Chap.25S An Act relative to the fees of registers of deeds.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section thirty-eight of chapter two hundred
and sixty-two of the General Laws, as most recently amended
by section three of chapter three hundred and eighty-six
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby
further amended by striking out the paragraph contained
in the fourth to the thirteenth lines, inclusive, as printed in
the General Laws, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing:—

For entering and recording any paper, certifying the same
on the original, and indexing it, and for all other duties
pertaining thereto, including, when a marginal reference or
references are required, one such reference, one dollar. If
the paper contains more than one page, at the rate of forty-
five cents for each page after the first; provided, that if the
paper contains the names of more than two parties thereto,
other than the husband or wife of the grantor or grantee, an
additional fee of ten cents each shall be charged for indexing
the names of additional grantors or grantees or other parties
thereto. The minimum fee for recording a deed or con-
veyance or a mortgage shall be two dollars.

Section 2. Said section thirty-eight, as amended as
aforesaid, is hereby further amended by striking out the
paragraphs contained in the twenty-fourth to twenty-seventh
lines, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following: —

A fee of twenty-five cents each shall be collected for mak-
ing, when required, any marginal reference the fee for which
is not herein otherwise provided for.

Section 3. This act shall become operative on Septem-
ber first of the current year. Approved April 28, 1930.

Registers

of deeds, fees.

Proviso.

G. L
etc

§ 38,
amended.

Marginal ref-
erence, fee.

When
operative.

Chap. 254: An Act authorizing the metropolitan district com-
mission TO construct a public bath house on the
southerly shore of upper mystic lake in the town

of WINCHESTER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized
and directed to construct, and thereafter to maintain, on
the southerly shore of the upper jNlystic lake, in the town of
Winchester, a pubhc bath house, with dressing rooms and
lockers and proper toilet facihties. Said commission may
expend for this purpose, out of the metropolitan parks ex-
pense fund, such sum, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars,
as may hereafter be appropriated. The commission may,
upon such terms and conditions and at such rent as it may
deem proper, let concessions or privileges in connection
with said bath house for the sale of refreshments or for the
sale or rental of such other articles as it may determine, and

Metropolitan
district com-
mission may
construct a
public bath
house on south-
erly shore of
upper Mystic
lake in town of
Winchester.

Expenditure,
etc.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 255, 256, 257. 291

may provide adequate quarters therefor, and may establish
rules and regulations and make reasonable charges for the
use of said bath house. All sums received for such use shall
be paid to the state treasurer, and shall be placed by him to
the credit of the metropohtan parks expense fund.

Approved April 28, 1930.

Chap.255

An Act authoeizing the city of quincy to settle and

PAY A certain claim OF DAVID J. BRICKLEY AGAINST SAID
CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The city of Quincy is hereby authorized to effect a settle- city of Quincy
ment and make payment of the claim of David J. Brickley paTa^cMtefn"^
against said city to indemnify him for loss sustained by reason j^b"^;"^,^^^''^
of the taking by eminent domain by said city for highway againslsafd
purposes of property owned by him on Mason and Davis '^'*^'
streets in the Wollaston district of said city and the sub-
sequent voidance of said taking by the failure of said city
to enter or take possession for the purpose of constructing
such highway within two years of the date of the order
of said taking. Approved April 28, 1930.

klSi Act SUBJECTING THE SALARY OF THE SECRETARY OF fh^,^ O^a
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO CLASSIFICATION. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section five of chapter twenty-two of the General Laws o. l. 22, § 5,
is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence, — amended.
so as to read as follows : — Section 5. The commissioner Department of
may appoint a secretary, who shall be exempt from chapter fe^retary^^*^'
thirty-one, and may remove him for such cause, to be
stated in the order of removal, as he deems sufficient. The Duties,
secretary, in addition to his duties under section twelve,
shall perform such other duties as the commissioner pre-
scribes. Approved April 28, 1930. ■

Chap.257

etc., amended.

An Act subjecting the salary of the secretary of the
department of industrial accidents to classifica-
TION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section four of chapter twenty-four of the General Laws, o. l. 24, § 4,
as amended by section two of chapter four hundred and
seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
third and fourth lines, the words "a secretary at a salary
of five thousand dollars, and may remove him" and insert-
ing in place thereof the words : — and remove a secretary, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 4- The salaries and P^,P^^^,^f^* °;^
expenses of the department shall be paid by the common- dents, salaries,

etc.

292

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 258, 259, 260.

Secretary.

Clerical serv-
ice, etc.

wealth. The department may appoint and remove a
secretary. It shall also be allowed such sums as may
annually be appropriated by the general court for clerical
service and traveling and other necessary expenses. Its
records shall be kept in its office.

Approved April 28, 1930.

Chav.25S ^^ -^ct subjecting the salary of the medical adviser
IN the department of industrial accidents to classi-
fication.

Be it enacted, etc., as follovjs:

Section seven of chapter twenty-four of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out, in the second line, the
words ", at a salary of forty-five hundred dollars," — so as
to read as follows : — Section 7. The department may ap-
point a duly qualified physician as medical adviser and shall
prescribe his duties. Approved April 28, 1930.

G. L. 24, § 7,
amended.

Department of
industrial acci-
dents, medical
adviser, duties.

Chav 259 ^^ ^^'^ relative to the superintendent of construction
OF the department of school buildings of the city

OF BOSTON AND HIS DEPUTIES.

1929, 351, § 4,
amended.

Superintendent
of construction
of department
of school
buildinfis of
city of Boston
to appoint
deputy super-
intendents.

Duties.

Salaries.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter three hundred and fifty-one of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine is hereby amended
by striking out section four and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 4- The said superintendent of
construction shall appoint, subject to confirmation by a
majority of the board of commissioners, and may, after
hearing before said superintendent and subject to approval
by a majority of said board, remove, not more than three
deputy superintendents, one of whom shall have assigned to
him the charge of repairs and alterations of all school build-
ings of said city subject to the direction of said superintend-
ent. One of said deputies may be designated by the said
superintendent, with like approval, to perform the duties
of said superintendent in case of absence, disability or
vacancy in office. The deputy superintendents shall be
paid such salaries as may be fixed by the said superintendent,
with the approval of a majority of said board. No appoint-
ment under this section or section two shall be subject to
chapter thirty-one of the General Laws.

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

Approved April 29, 1930.

Chap. 260 An Act to authorize the city of quincy to refund the

AMOUNT OF TAXES ERRONEOUSLY ASSESSED UPON AND
COLLECTED FROM THE ESTATE OF CHARLES B. PERKINS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

ma^ °if ?nd"*'^ '^^^ ^^^^ °^ Quincy is hereby authorized to refund to the
the amount of trustec Under the will of Charles B. Perkins the sum of four

taxes errone-

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 261, 262. 293

hundred eighty-one dollars and sixty-one cents which has ousiy assessed
heretofore been collected by said city from said trustee as rectecArom" '
taxes upon certain real estate in Quincj'' which through charfesB
mistake was erroneously assumed by the assessors of said Perkins,
city to have been the property of said estate.

Approved April 29, 1930.

An Act authorizing the annexation by the city of Qhnnr) 261

LAWRENCE OF A PART OF THE TOWN OF METHUEN. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. All that part of the town of Methuen, with Certain part
the inhabitants and estates therein, comprised within the MeUi'uen°Lt oS
following described lines, to wit : — Beginning at an existing and annexed
monument on the present boundary line between Lawrence Lawrence.
and Methuen at the intersection of the northeasterly line of
Lawrence street with the southeasterly line of Birchwood
road, thence running northeasterly in a straight line by said
side line of Birchwood road six hundred sixty-two and fifty-
nine one hundredths feet to its point of intersection with the
southwesterly side line of Oakside avenue; thence running
southeasterly in a straight line by said side line of Oakside
avenue five hundred eighty-seven and six tenths feet to its
point of intersection with the northwesterly side line of
Arlington street; thence running southwesterly by said side
fine of Arlington street about twelve feet to a monument
on said present boundary line between Lawrence and
Methuen ; thence running westerly by said present boundary
line five hundred eighty-three and nine tenths feet to another
monument on said boundary line; thence turning at an
interior angle of one hundred and forty degrees and sixteen
minutes and running somewhat southwesterly by said present
boundary line three hundred and fifty-four feet to said
monument first mentioned, containing about one hundred
twenty-eight thousand, five hundred and ninety square
feet, is hereby set off from the town of Methuen and annexed
to the city of Lawrence.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission to
during the current year by vote of the city council of the city "awrTn'^cTand
of Lawrence and by vote of the town meeting members of the ^" ^°'^'^ ™^^*^'

,-_, ^ . 1 1 ■! ^^ ^ ^.-.^ ing members

town of Methuen. Approved April 30, 1930. of Methuen.

An Act authorizing the town of swampscott to borrow fhnqj 262

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. ^ '

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and/or Town of
constructing a high school building and originally equipping m'^y^borrow
and furnishing the same, the town of Swampscott may borrow "choofpurposes
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 thousand dollars.

294

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 263.

Swampscott
School Loan,
Act of 1930.

and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on
their face the words, Swampscott School Loan, Act of 1930.
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 limitation contained in the first paragraph of section
seven thereof, as amended by chapter three hundred and
twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.

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

Approved April SO, 1930.

Chap.2QS An Act providing higher educational opportunities

FOR THE children OF MASSACHUSETTS MEN WHO DIED IN
the MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES

Emergency
preamble.

State may con-
tribute toward
expenses of
higher educa-
tion of children
of Massachu-
setts men
who died
in military or
naval service
of United
States during
world war, etc.

Maximum
amount of
reimburse-
ment, etc.

DURING THE WORLD WAR, OR AS A RESULT OF SUCH SERVICE.

Whereas, 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 convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The commonwealth, acting through the de-
partment of education, may contribute toward the expenses
of the higher education of any child, resident in the com-
monwealth and not under sixteen years and not over twenty-
two years of age, whose father entered the military or naval
service of the United States from Massachusetts in the world
war and was killed in action or died from other cause as a
result of such service, between April sixth, nineteen hun-
dred and seventeen and July second, nineteen hundred and
twenty-one.

Section 2. Any child who is eligible under the provisions
of the preceding section shall, upon becoming a student in
any state or county educational institution or other edu-
cational institution approved in writing by the commissioner
of education, be entitled to reimbursement by the com-
monwealth, in an amount not to exceed two hundred and
fifty dollars in any year, for expenses for tuition, board and
room rent, transportation, books and supplies necessary or
incidental to his pursuit of study at any such state or county
educational institution and for expenses for the above-
named items except tuition in any other educational insti-
tution approved as aforesaid. Such reimbursement shall be
made to such child, or his guardian if any, on the presenta-
tion of vouchers therefor approved by the said commissioner.

i

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 264. 295

Section 3. Such payments shall continue for the benefit How long
of a child only during such time as he remains a student in 8hJiUo"ntinue.
good standing in the institution in which he is enrolled, and
in no event shall any student receive the benefits provided
by this act for more than four years.

Section 4. The said commissioner shall determine the Determinntion
eligibilitj^ of children for the benefits hereinbefore provided of eligibility.
for. Approved April SO, 1930.

An Act relative to the widening and construction of nhf.^ o«4

SUMMER AND L STREETS IN THE SOUTH BOSTON DISTRICT ^'^''^P'^^^
OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The board of street commissioners of the Board of street
city of Boston may, with the approval of the ma3^or of said Cfdty^'of'Bos-
city, widen and order constructed Summer street from a ton may widen
point in the vicinity of the army base, so called, to its junc- coMt/ucTed
tion with L street, and L street from such junction to its L^TrTelsinthe
intersection with Broadway in the South Boston district of south Boston
said city. All of the aforesaid work shall be carried out '^'^^'"'^' ®^°'
upon plans to be prepared by said board of street com-
missioners.

Section 2. The work authorized by section one shall be work to be
performed and the awarding of damages and the assessment d^mTgel toTe*^
of betterments therefor shall be made in accordance with awarded, etc,
chapter three hundred and ninety-three of the acts of nine- wi^h cwlTn^
teen hundred and six, as amended by chapter five hundred jP^rovisions of
and thirty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen and
by chapters seventy-nine, eighty and eighty A of the Gen-
eral Laws.

Section 3. For the purpose of meeting the expense of u|j*^"^*^o
the work authorized by section one of this act, the city of issueTond's"^^'
Boston may borrow outside the statutory Hmit of indebted- ®*°'
ness from time to time, within a period of five years from
the effective date of this act, such sums as may be neces-
sary, not exceeding in the aggregate one million dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear
on their face the words. City of Boston — Summer and L ^'sumn^er*"""
Streets Improvement Loan — Act of 1930. Each author- and l streets
ized issue shall constitute a separate loan and such loans shall Lo^n -Tct^of
be paid in not more than fifteen years from their dates, but ^^^°-
no loan shall be authorized under this act 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. Any sum to be so raised by taxation shall be
outside the tax limit as fixed for the city in the year in which
the loan is authorized. Except as herein provided, indebted-
ness incurred hereunder shall be subject to the laws relative
to the incurring of debt by said city.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Effective upon
ance during the current year by vote of the city council of ^'^«p'=*"'=<^' «*«=•

296

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 265, 266.

said city subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise; for the purposes of such acceptance, this act
shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April SO, 1930,

Town of
Saugus may
borrow money
for school
purposes.

Saugus School
Loan, Act of
1930.

Chap.265 An Act authorizing the town of saugus to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and/^or
constructing a new high school building, and originally
equipping and furnishing said building, the town of Saugus
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, Saugus School Loan, Act of
1930. 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 au-
thorized. 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 limitation contained in the first paragraph
of section seven thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred
and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.

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

Approved May 1, 19S0.

C/iap. 266 An Act authorizing the city of chicopee to refund

AN OVER-ASSESSMENT OF TAXES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Chicopee is hereby authorized
to refund to Simon J. Przybyla, Joseph Perlak and Martin
Piela, joint owners of certain property located on Exchange
street in said city, the sum of seventeen hundred forty dollars
and twenty cents on account of an over-assessment of taxes
on said property and money paid by them in excess of the
sum that should have been assessed.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance, during the current year, by vote of the city council
of said city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise; provided, that for the purposes of such accept-
ance only, this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 1, 1930.

City of
Chicopee may
refund to
certain persons
an over-assess-
ment of taxes.

Effective upon

acceptance,

etc.

Proviso.

I

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 267, 268. 297

An Act relative to the recording of certified copies (JJidr) 267
OF certain instruments relating to land.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter thirty-six of the General Laws, as amended in g. l. 36, § i3,
section thirteen by chapter one hundred and thirty of the ®^'^' ^"^^nded.
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section IS. If a deed or other Recording of
writing, affecting land lying in more than one county or in ofceftaln"^'^^
more than one registry district, has been recorded in the instruments

•j. rjjr u J. TJ.-J.* • relating to land.

registry of deeds for one such county or district or m a regis-
try district of the land court of a county or district where
part of the land lies, a copy thereof, duly certified by a
proper official, may be recorded in any other county or dis-
trict where another part of the land lies and when so re-
corded shall have the same effect as a record of the original
instrument. No such certified copy of such a record, except Approval by a
of a declaration of trust as provided for in section seventy- Jrnd^cour*t!^
two of chapter one hundred and eighty-five, shall be entitled
to registration in any registry district of the land court until
the same has first been approved by a judge of the land court.

Approved May 1, 1930.

An Act authorizing the city of marlborough to use (Jhnj) 268
certain park land for school purposes. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Marlborough is hereby author- cityofMari-
ized to use for school and school yard purposes a portion of usrc^rtaiS^^
Artemas Ward Park, so called, situated in said city and fQ/g^jIfQ"*!
bounded and described as follows- — Beginning at a point purposes.
on the easterly line of South street at the southwesterly
corner of land of Crotty; thence running northeasterly one
hundred and twenty-six feet; thence running northwesterly
three hundred and twelve feet to the southwesterly corner
of land of Mattel; thence running northeasterly sixty-six
feet; thence running southeasterly thirteen feet; thence
running northeasterly two hundred and twenty-six feet to
the southeasterly corner of land of Hanley; thence running
southeasterly six hundred and seventy-seven feet to the
northeasterly corner of land of Ricci; thence running west-
erly four hundred and twenty-four feet to a point on said
South street at the northwesterly corner of land of Tor-
nifoglio; thence running northwesterly two hundred and
twenty-eight feet to the point of beginning, and thereafter
the portion aforesaid shall be under the same care and
control as other school property.

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

Approved May 2, 1930.

298 Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 269, 270, 271.

Chav.269 An Act authorizing the town of sudbury to borrow

MONEY FOR TOWN HALL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

sudbuf ma SECTION 1. FoF the pui'pose of acquiring land for and/or

borrow money constructing a town hall and originally equipping and fur-

for town 1 "
purposes.

for town hall njghing the same, the town of Sudbury 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, seventy-five thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
Sudbury Town words, Sudbury Town Hall Loan, Act of 1930. Each author-
Act onoM ^^^^ 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. 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
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 2, 1980.

Chav. 270 An Act authorizing the city of springfield to ap-
propriate MONEY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR HOLDING
IN SAID CITY DURING THE CURRENT YEAR THE STATE CON-
VENTION OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE

UNITED STATES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

SprTn° field may Section L The city of Springfield may appropriate a
appropriate suui, uot cxcecdiug tweuty-fivc hundred dollars, for the
^ovide^facii- purpose of providing proper facilities for public entertain-
ities for holding jj^gn^ at the time of the state convention of the Veterans of

in said city the . ci tt-ic-i i iii- •!•

state conven- Foreign Wars of the United States to be held m said city
Veterans of duriiig the cuiTeut year and of paying expenses incidental
of"thlunited ^^ ^^*^^ entertainment. Money so appropriated shall be
states. expended under the direction of the mayor of said city.

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

Approved May 2, 19S0.

Chap. 271 An Act establishing the northbridge athletic field
commission and authorizing said commission to ac-
quire, MAINTAIN, MANAGE AND DEVELOP AN ATHLETIC
FIELD IN SAID TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Mhbtkrfeld Section 1. There is hereby estabhshed in the town of
CommiBsion, Northbridgc 3 commission to be known as the Northbridge

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 271. 299

Athletic Field Commission. Said commission shall, when establishment,
first constituted, consist of five citizens of said town to be eiecTion?te?iiis.
appointed by the board of selectmen to hold office until the
election and qualification of their successors as hereinafter
provided. At the annual town meeting in the year nine-
teen hundred and thirty-one five members of said commission
shall be elected, two for a term of three years, two for a term
of two years and one for a term of one year. Thereafter,
there shall be elected at each annual town meeting a suf-
ficient number of members to fill the vacancies created by
the expiration of said terms, each member so elected to
serve for three years. Vacancies by reason of resignation or vacancies,
otherwise shall be filled, until the next annual town meeting, ^""^ ^"^<^-
by appointment by the remaining members of the commis-
sion.

Section 2. Said commission may acquire by purchase Commission
or otherwise in the name of the town of Northl3ridge that ^rtai'iT'iand,
land of the Arthur F, Whitin estate located on Linwood ^^f^?^''^^
avenue in the Whitinsville district of said town, known as the thereon, etc.
"Linwood Avenue Ball Grounds", containing thirteen and
seven one hundredths acres, as shown on a plan filed with
the town clerk of said town, and may erect buildings and
other structures on said land and provide proper equipment
therefor; and may hold, manage, control, lease and let the May manage,
same for the purposes of all amateur and professional ath- alme'fo*f certain
letics, recreation, play, sports, physical education, cele- ^^^f^^'"" p"''"
brations, exhibitions and entertainments. Said commission
may make rules and regulations governing said athletic
field and may charge for admission to the same.

Section 3. Said town may annually make an appropri- Town may
ation of money to the use of the above-named commission X^'ney'toUie
for the following uses and purposes, namely: mTss^ionTr"

1. For the care of said land and the care and repair of the certain uses
buildings and other structures thereon. and purposes.

2. For the equipment and improvement of the grounds
and the construction, alteration and enlargement of build-
ings and other structures thereon.

3. For the support and encouragement of recreation, play,
sports, physical education, celebrations, exhibitions and
entertainments.

Section 4. All revenue received by said commission Revenue to be
from said athletic field shall be paid into the treasury of said ^y of'town^^^'
town.

Section 5. Said commission shall annually file with the Annual state-
board of selectmen an itemized and detailed statement of revenue to be
all revenue received from and of all expenditures made on fi'^*^- ^'^°-
account of said athletic field and the buildings and other
structures thereon.

Section 6. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 3, 1930.

300

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 272, 273.

G. L. 90, § 2,
etc., amended.

Rebates in
connection with
cancellation of
registration of
motor vehicles.

Chav.272 An Act relative to rebates in connection with the

CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section two of chapter ninety of the General Laws, as
most recently amended by section three of chapter three
hundred and sixteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by striking out all
after the word "and" in the third line of the sixth paragraph
down to and including the word "conditions" in the ninth
line thereof, so that said paragraph will read as follows: —
A person who, before the first day of August in any year,
transfers the ownership or loses possession of any vehicle
registered in his name and who does not apply for regis-
tration of another vehicle but who, on or before the first day
of September in the same year, files in the office of the
registrar a written application for a rebate shall be entitled
to a rebate of one half the fee paid for the registration of
the vehicle transferred or lost possession of as aforesaid;
provided, that no such rebate shall be paid except upon a
certificate, filed with the comptroller, setting forth the facts,
and signed by the registrar or his authorized agent; and
provided, also, that the rebate shall be paid out of the fees
received for the registration of motor vehicles and trailers
without specific appropriation. The registrar, at his dis-
cretion, may assign to the vehicle of any person who sur-
renders his registration certificate as herein provided, and
who desires to register another vehicle, the register number
of the vehicle described in the surrendered certificate.

Approved May 2, 1930.

Provisos.

Assignment of
register number
to another
vehicle.

Chap. 273 An Act establishing the powers of the board of sur-
vey IN THE town of MILTON.

Plans sub-
mitted to
board of survey
of town of
Milton to show
profiles of ways,
etc., and to be
accompanied
by specifica-
tions, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Plans submitted to the board of survey of
the town of Milton under the provisions of section seventy-
four of chapter forty-one of the General Laws, shall, in
addition to other requirements in said section contained, be
so prepared as to show the profiles of ways and the method
of drainage of the same, and shall be accompanied by a speci-
fication in writing of the materials and method proposed to
be used in constructing said ways. The board of survey of
the said town, in addition to the powers granted to towns in
said section seventy-four and subject to the provisions of
said section not inconsistent herewith, may, and, after the
hearing in said section provided, alter plans as to grades and
specifications as to materials and method to be used in the
construction of said ways, and may determine the grades
of said ways and the materials and method of construction
thereof, and shall indicate any modifications on said plans

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 274. 301

and/or in writing. The plans and specifications as ap- Plans, etc.,
proved or modified by the board shall then be signed by the office of\ow"n
board and shall be filed in the office of the town clerk, and the ^^^^^- ^^'^■
officer with whom they shall be filed shall stamp thereon the
date of filing; and thereafter no way in the territory to
which the plans and specifications relate shall be laid out
or constructed except in accordance therewith, or with further
plans and/or specifications subsequently approved by the
board.

Section 2. The board of survej^ of the town of Milton Additional
shall have, in addition to the powers granted to it in section ^o^T °^
seventy-five of said chapter forty-one, the same powers as
are granted in said section to boards of survey in cities, and
plans of drainage shall be prepared under the direction of
said board.

Section 3. Section seventj^-seven of said chapter forty- g. l. 41, § 77.
one shall be applicable in the town of ]\Iilton, except as in- town'S^MiUon,
consistent with the following provision, to wit : If any per- except, etc.
son shall open for public travel in the town of Milton, any
private way the location, direction, width, grades, materials,
method of construction and plan of drainage of which have
not previously been approved in writing by the board of sur-
vey in the manner provided in sections seventy-three to
eighty-one, inclusive, of said chapter forty-one as modified
for said town of Milton by this act, neither the town nor
other public authority shall place any public sewer, drain,
water pipe or light in, or do any public construction work of
any kind, or make repairs, on such private way; provided, proviso.
that this section shall not prevent the laying of a trunk
sewer, drain, water or gas main if required by engineering
necessities for the accommodation of other territory.

Section 4. The board of survey in the town of Milton Board may

iiij. ,• ,,• -J , , , appoint a com-

shall irom time to tune appomt a competent person to petent person
examine ways constructed in said town which are subject to ^ayTetc"^
the provisions of this act. Any person interested may make
application to said board of survey for an examination of
any ways so constructed, and if such ways as constructed
comply with the provisions of the plans and specifications
approved by the said board of survey, said board of survey
shall certify such fact in writing and such certification shall
be conclusive evidence of the compliance of said ways with
said plans and specifications and may be recorded in the
registry of deeds for the county of Norfolk.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage, to°4ayi'*°^
but shall not apply to ways approved by the board of survey board'^p^rlo^^o
prior to its taking effect. Avvroved May 2, 1930. effective date

of act.

An Act relative to the purchase of lands for state Chap. 27 4i

forests.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and thirty-two of the General Laws, g. l. 132, § 33,
as amended in section thirty-three by chapter two hundred ^'^ "'^™®" ®

302

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 275, 276.

Commissioner
of conservation
may purchase,
take, etc., addi-
tional lands for
state forests.

Reclamation
by state
forester.

and thirty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one and by section two of chapter two hundred and eighty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is
hereby further amended by inserting after the word "hun-
dred" in the sixth Hne the words: — and fifty, — so as to
read as follows: — Section S3. In addition to lands ac-
quired under section thirty the commissioner may purchase
or, with the approval of the governor and council, take by
eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine and hold for
state forests lands within the commonwealth suitable for the
production of timber to the extent of not more than one
hundred and fifty thousand acres. The land shall be pur-
chased before August fifth, nineteen hundred and thirty-five,
at a rate not exceeding an average cost of five dollars per
acre or at such price as the general court may from time
to time determine. The forester shall reclaim the said lands
by replanting or otherwise in order to produce timber and
to protect the water supply of the commonwealth. The
forester may employ temporarily such persons as foresters,
assistant foresters, engineers, surveyors, forest fire ob-
servers and foremen as he deems necessary to assist him in
carrying out his duties under this section, and the employ-
ment of such persons shall not be subject to chapter thirty-
one. Approved May 2, 1930.

Chap. 27 5 An Act relative to expenditures in connection with

THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL
COURT FOR THE COMMONWEALTH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and twenty-one of the General
Laws, as amended in section ninety-three by section two of
chapter four hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-two, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section ninety-three and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 93. The clerk of the
supreme judicial court for the commonwealth shall receive
from the commonwealth a salary to be fixed by the chief
justice of said court, with the approval of the governor and
council, with fifteen hundred dollars a year for clerk hire,
together with an additional sum not to exceed five hundred
dollars a year for extra clerk hire in cases of emergency,
subject, however, to the approval of the chief justice.

Approved May 2, 1930.

G. L. 221, § 93,
etc., amended.

Clerk of su-
preme judicial
court for com-
monwealth,
salary, clerk
hire.

C/iap.276 An Act authorizing the city of woburn to borrow

MONEY FOR PUBLIC BUILDING PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

^ia^borro°w"" SECTION 1. For the purpose of erecting a building for
money for city hall and police station purposes, with accommodations
therein for the fourth district court of Eastern Middlesex,

public build-
ing purposes

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 277. 303

including the cost of original equipment and furnishing of
such building, the city of Woburn 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 eighty thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their
face the words, Woburn Municipal Building Loan, Act of wobum
1930. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate Bui?d1n'^''Loan,
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. 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 hmitation contained in the first paragraph
of section seven thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred
and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.

Section 2. The city of Woburn by its mayor, and the Execution of
county of Middlesex by the county commissioners, may oTpart o"!"^^
execute leases for periods not exceeding ten years each for M^ddJe^x^
the use of a part of said building by said county for court county '^for
room purposes. _ pTrfoser

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

Approved May 5, 1930.

An Act authorizing municipal expenditures in con- Qhav 277

NECTION WITH THE HOLDING OF CONVENTIONS AND THE
ENTERTAINMENT OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section five of chapter forty of the General Laws, as g. l. 4o, § s,
amended, is hereby further amended by adding after clause ^*''' ^'"®"'^«'i-
thirty-six, added by section six of chapter two hundred and
eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine, the following new clause : —

(37) For providing proper facihties for public entertain- Municipal
ment in connection with the holding of conventions in the fn wnnertion
town, for paying expenses incidental to such entertainment ^'t'' holding of
and/or for the entertainment of distinguished guests, a andTi^e'ent^er-
sum not exceeding in any one year one two-hundredth of dlstingui^shed
one per cent of the assessed valuation of the preceding year, ^"•'^*^^'.
but in no event more than seventy-five thousand dollars.

Approved May 5, 1930.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Executive Department, Boston, May 7, 1930.

I, Frank G. Allen, by virtue of and in accordance with the Governor's
provisions of the Forty-eighth Amendment to the Con- mTidnViaw
stitution, "The Referendum II, Emergency Measures," do ^"^emergency

304

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 278.

declare that in my opinion the immediate preservation of
the pubhc peace, health, safety and convenience requires
that the law passed on the fifth day of May, in the j^ear
nineteen hundred and thirty, entitled "An Act Authorizing
Municipal Expenditures in Connection with the Holding of
Conventions and the Entertainment of Distinguished
Guests", should take effect forthwith, that it is an emergency
law, and that the facts constituting the emergency are as
follows : — because its delayed operation may result in serious
inconvenience to the pubhc.

FRANK G. ALLEN.

Secretary of
State's certifi-
cate r.s to filing
of the gover-
nor's declara-
tion.

The Commonwealth of"^Massachusetts,
Office of the Secretary, Boston, May 7, 1930.

I hereby certify that the accompanying statement was
filed in this office by His Excellency the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts at three o'clock and
thirty minutes, p.m., on the above date, and in accordance
with Article Forty-eight of the Amendments to the Con-
stitution said chapter takes effect forthwith, being chapter
two hundred and seventy-seven, acts of nineteen hundred
and thirty.

F. W. COOK,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

lishment.

Chap. 27 S An Act establishing a board of license commissioners

IN THE CITY OF MEDFORD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Board of license Section L There is hereby established in the city of
in^^v^or"^'^^ Medford a board of license commissioners, to consist of the
i^=w,°pn'l.' '^^^^^' chiefs of the pohce and fire departments of said city, and a
third commissioner to be appointed by the mayor, subject
to the provisions of the charter of said city, for a term of
two years. All authoritj'' to grant licenses, now or hereafter
vested by law in boards of aldermen in cities shall, upon its
organization, be exercised exclusively in said city by the
board of license commissioners. The commissioner ap-
pointed by the mayor shall be chairman of the board and
shall receive such salary not exceeding fifteen hundred
dollars as the maj'or and aldermen shall determine.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of JMedford at its biennial
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 hundred and thirty, entitled
'An Act establishing a Board of License Commissioners in
the City of Medford', 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 May 5, 1930.

Chairman,

salary.

Submission
to voters, etc.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 279. - 305

An Act providing for the holding of biennial mu- Cliav-'^l^

NICIPAL elections IN THE CITY OF MEDFORD IN ODD-
NUMBERED YEARS INSTEAD OF EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS,
AND ESTABLISHING THE DATE OF SAID ELECTIONS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Beginning with the Tuesday next following Biennial mu-
the first Monday of November in the year nineteen hundred "n^cfty ol^Med"^
and thirty-one, municipal elections in the city of Medford n^jjjj^gred*^" ^j.
for the choice of mayor, members of the board of aldermen for choice of
and members of the school committee shall be held biennially, '="''"'" °^''''''-
on the Tuesday next following the first Monday of Novem-
ber in every odd-numbered year.

Section 2. At the biennial municipal election to be held ^^^"'(ff'^^^jjgj.
in said city in the year nineteen hundred and thirty, the men, election
mayor and members of the board of aldermen shall be office^°ete™^°^
elected for terms of one year, and at each biennial municipal
election thereafter shall be elected for terms of two years.

Section 3. At the biennial municipal election to be held mixtri, d™tion
in said city in the year nineteen hundred and thirty, the in md, terms
three members of the school committee to be elected thereat °
shall be elected to hold office until the qualification of their
successors who shall be elected at the biennial municipal
election in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-three.
The terms of office of the seven members of the school com- School com-
mittee elected at the biennial municipal election in the year Tn^glLMrmi-
nineteen hundred and twenty-eight shall terminate upon the upon^ete*^'^™^
qualification of the members of the school committee elected
as hereinafter provided at the biennial municipal election in
the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one. At the biennial ^choo^ ';°™tion
municipal election to be held in the year nineteen hundred in 1931', terms
and thirty-one, the two members at large of the school °^ °*'^^"
committee to be elected thereat shall be elected to hold
office until the qualification of their successors who shall be
elected at the biennial municipal election in the year nine-
teen hundred and thirty-three, and the five ward members
of the school committee to be elected thereat shall be elected
to hold office until the qualification of their successors who
shall be elected at the biennial municipal election in the year
nineteen hundred and thirty-five. Beginning with the school com-
biennial municipal election to be held in the year nineteen hl\"33; terms°°
hundred and thirty-three, all members of the school com- of office.
mittee to be elected shall be elected for terms of four years.

Section 4. This act shall be submitted for acceptance submission to
to the registered voters of the city of Medford at the state voters, etc.
election in the current year in the form of the following
question which shall be printed on the official ballot to be
used in said city at said election: — "Shall an act passed
by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty,
entitled 'An Act providing for the holding of biennial
municipal elections in the city of Medford in odd-numbered
years instead of even-numbered years, and establishing the

306

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 280.

date of said elections', 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 May 6, 19S0.

Town of Pem-
broke may
supply itself
and its inhab-
itants with
water.

May purchase
water from city
of Brockton
and towns of
Abington,
Rockland and
Hanover, etc.

May acquire
certain waters,
etc.

ChaV.2S0 ^N ■^C'T AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF PEMBROKE TO SUPPLY
ITSELF AND ITS INHABITANTS WITH WATER.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. The town of Pembroke may supply itself
and its inhabitants with water for the extinguishment of
fires and for domestic and other purposes; may establish
fountains and hydrants, relocate or discontinue the same,
and may regulate the use of such water and fix and collect
rates to be paid for the use of the same. The said town
may purchase water from the city of Brockton and from the
towns of Abington, Rockland and Hanover, or any of them,
and may store the same, and may convey or distribute the
same to its inhabitants; and said city and towns are hereby,
respectively, authorized to sell water to the town of Pem-
broke. The price to be paid for water sold by said city or
by any of said towns under this act shall be as agreed upon
by the water commissioners of the municipalities concerned
or, in case of their failure so to agree, as fixed by the depart-
ment of public utihties.

Section 2. The town of Pembroke, for the purposes
aforesaid, may lease, or take by 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 hmits of said town, and the water rights
and water sources connected therewith; and also may take
by eminent domain under said chapter seventy-nine, or
acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, all lands, rights
of way and easements, not already appropriated for water
supply purposes, necessary for collecting and storing such
water and protecting and preserving the purity thereof
and for conveying the same to any part of said town of Pem-
broke; provided, that no source of water supply and no lands
necessary for protecting and preserving the purity 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, fil-
tration plants or other works 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, pumping and filtration plants,
buildings, standpipes, fixtures and other structures, and may
make excavations, procure and operate machinery and pro-
vide such other means and appliances and do such other

I

May acquire
certain lands,
etc.

Proviso.

May erect
structures, etc.

missioners.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 280. 307

things as may be necessary for the estabhshment and
maintenance of complete and effective water works; and May construct
for that purpose may construct wells and reservoirs, estab- dultl', iTtc.*'""'
lish pumping works, and lay down and maintain conduits,
pipes and other works, under or over any lands, water
courses, railroads or public or private ways, and along any
such way in said town in such manner as not unnecessarily to
obstruct the same ; and for the purpose of constructing, lay- May dig up
ing, maintaining, operating and repairing such conduits, fa"n1is"i!igh-^
pipes and other works, and for all other proper purposes of ways,' etc.
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 Restrictions
shall not enter upon, construct or lay any conduits, pipes upon railroad
or other works within the location of any railroad corporation locations.
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, water rights and other property Land acquired
taken or acquired under this act, and all works, buildings eto'^.^by^'bofrd'
and other structures erected or constructed thereunder, of water com-
shall be managed, unproved 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 Property
or its property by any action of said town or board under f^^f^yl
this act may recover damages from said town under said
chapter seventy-nine; provided, that the right to damages Proviso.
for the taking of any water, water source or 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 Townmay
the necessary expenses and liabilities incurred or to be in-
curred under the provisions of this act, issue from time to
time bonds or notes to an amount not exceeding, in the
aggregate, sixty-five thousand dollars, which shall bear on
their face the words. Town of Pembroke Water Loan, Act p°^?°i
of 1930. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate vvTtVLoan,
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.

Section 6. Said town shall, at the time of authorizing Payment of
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 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 pay-

issue bonds,

etc.

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Penalty for
polluting
water, etc.

Board of water
commissioners,
election,
terms, etc.

Authority,
etc.

Quorum.
Vacancy.

Commissioners
to fix water
rates, etc.

Income, how
used.

Annual, etc.,
report.

ments on the principal as may be required under the pro-
visions of this act, shall without further vote be assessed
by the assessors of the town annually thereafter in the same
nianner as other taxes, until the debt incurred by the said
loan or loans is extinguished.

Section 7. Whoever wilfully or wantonly corrupts,
pollutes or diverts any of the waters taken or held under this
act, or injures any structure, work or other property owned,
held or used by said town under the authority and for the
purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to said town three
times the amount of damages assessed therefor, to be re-
covered in an action of tort; and upon conviction of any
one of the above wilful or wanton acts shall be punished
by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by im-
prisonment for not more than one year.

Section 8, The said town shall, after its acceptance of
this act, at the same meeting at which the act is accepted
or at a 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 ex-
piration 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 commissioner shall be elected
by ballot for the term of three years. All the authority
granted to the town by this act, except sections 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 com-
missioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. Any vacancy occurring in said board from any
cause may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term
by said town at any 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 9. Said commissioners shall fix just and equi-
table 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 appropriated to defray all operating expenses,
interest charges and payments on the principal as they
accrue upon any bonds or notes issued for water supply
purposes. If there should be a net surplus remaining after
providing for the aforesaid charges it shall be appropriated
for such new construction as the water commissioners, with
the approval of the town, may determine upon, and in case
a surplus should remain after payment for such new con-
struction the water rates shall be reduced proportionately.
All authority vested in said commissioners by the foregoing
provisions of this section and by section three shall be sub-
ject to the provisions of section eight. Said commissioners

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 281. 309

shall annually, and as often as the town may require, render
a report upon the condition of the works under their charge
and an account of their doings, including an account of
receipts and expenditures.

Section 10. This act shall take effect upon its accept- submission to
ance by a majority of the voters of the town of Pembroke ^'''°''*' ®^°-
present and voting thereon at a town meeting called for the
purpose within three years after its passage; but the num-
ber 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, this act shall take effect upon its
passage. Approved May 6, 1930.

An Act relative to the salary of the mayor of the Qhnj) 9gi

CITY OF PITTSFIELD. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section nine of Part I of chapter seven hun- loii, 732,
dred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and ftc'^^amlnded
eleven, as affected by section one of chapter one hundred
and seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twelve, and
as amended by section one of chapter one hundred and fifty-
four of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen
and by section two of chapter one hundred and sixty-one of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the twenty-sixth to
twenty-ninth hues, the words "a, salary not exceeding
eighteen hundred dollars per annum, beginning with the first
Monday of January, nineteen hundred and nineteen" and
inserting in place thereof the words : — such salary, not
exceeding five thousand dollars per annum, as the city
council shall by ordinance determine, — so as to read as
follows : — Section 9. Beginning with the biennial munic- Mayor of city
ipal election in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, e[erdon''i^n'\'929
the mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the term of office.
entire city and shall hold office for two municipal years
beginning with the first Monday in January next succeed-
ing his election, and until his successor is elected and quali-
fied. He shall be the chief executive officer of the city, and Duties and
it shall be his duty to be active and vigilant in causing the
laws, ordinances and regulations of the city to be enforced,
and to keep a general super\'ision over the conduct of all
subordinate officers. He shall have the power of veto pro-
vided by general law. He may suspend any officer, and
may suspend any work or payment whether on contract
or otherwise for a period not exceeding seven days, but in
such case he shall report his action with his reasons therefor
to the city council, which shall take immediate action thereon.
He may call special meetings of the city council or either
branch thereof, when in his opinion the interests of the city
require it, by causing notices to be left at the usual place of
residence of each member of the board or boards to be con-

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Salary.

No other
compensation.

Submission
to voters, etc.

vened. He shall from time to time communicate to the city
council or either branch thereof such information and recom-
mend such measures as the business and interests of the city-
may in his opinion require. He shall, when present, pre-
side in the board of aldermen and in convention of the two
boards, but shall have no vote. He shall receive such
salary, not exceeding five thousand dollars per annum, as
the city council shall by ordinance determine, and the same
shall be payable at stated periods. He shall receive no other
compensation for his services.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Pittsfield at the state
election in the current year, in the form of the following
question which shall be placed upon the official ballot to
be used in said city at said election: "Shall an act passed
by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and
thirty, entitled 'An Act relative to the Salary of the Mayor
of the City of Pittsfield', be accepted?" If a majority of
the votes cast on said question are in the affirmative, this
act shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.

Approved May 6, 1930.

Chap. 2S2 An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to take

OVER, maintain AND MANAGE CERTAIN PROPERTY OF
THE GEORGE H. WARD POST NO. 10 GRAND ARMY OF THE
REPUBLIC, DEPARTMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. In pursuance of a vote of the George H.
Ward Post No. 10 Grand Army of the Republic, Depart-
ment of Massachusetts, at a special meeting held March
eighteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, which vote
is recorded on the books of the said post, the board of trus-
tees of said post is hereby authorized to convey in trust to
the city of Worcester the land and building of the said post
on Pearl street in said city, and the said city is hereby au-
thorized to accept the same upon the terms and conditions
herein set forth and upon such others as may be agreed
upon between said post and said city, and subject to all
unpaid taxes thereon, which the assessors of said city are
hereby authorized to abate; provided, that such conveyance
and transfer of possession thereunder shall occur within one
year after the passage of this act.

Section 2. The said city, in consideration of such con-
veyance and acceptance, shall maintain the said building as
a memorial to the men of Worcester who served in the army
or navy of the United States in the civil war, under the
name of G. A. R. Memorial Hall, and shall keep the building
in good repair and properly equipped, heated and lighted.
So long as the said post shall continue in existence it shall
enjoy the use, occupancy and benefits of the said building
in its present condition; and upon the dissolution of said

City of

Worcester may
accept in trust
a conveyance
of certain
property of the
George H.
Ward Post
No. 10 Grand
Army of the
Republic, De-
partment of
Massachusetts.

Proviso.

Building to be
maintained as
a memorial to
civil war
veterans, etc.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 282. 311

post the city shall equip and maintain the building as a
memorial for the Grand Army of the Republic, or in the
event that the city shall erect a civic memorial building to
its service men of all wars, then the said land and building
may be converted into a fund by the board of trustees here-
inafter provided for, to be used in furnishing and main-
taining a part of such civic memorial building for the records
and relics of the Grand Army of the Repubhc, which shall
be carefully preserved by said city.

Section 3. Subject to such rules and regulations as said f^fn^LthJ's'"^
board of trustees may prescribe, the said trustees shall per- etc.
mit the use of said building for meetings of the inhabitants
of said city for patriotic, charitable, benevolent or educa-
tional purposes, and for meetings or entertainments given
by churches or by rehgious, charitable or benevolent so-
cieties at such rental as the trustees may deem expedient
and proper.

Section 4. The powers and duties hereby conferred dCtiertoll
and imposed upon said city with respect to said trust shall exercised and
be exercised and performed by an unpaid board of five Tboard of ^
trustees to be appointed by the mayor, subject to confirma- trustees.
tion by the city council, to serve for terms of three years,
except that of the initial appointees two shall serve for two
years, two for three years and one for four years. Any
vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointment. A majority of said trustees shall always be
lineal descendants of men who served in the mihtary or
naval forces of the United States during the civil war and
were honorably discharged therefrom; provided, that a Proviso,
sufficient number of such persons suitable to serve can be
obtained. The said board of trustees shall administer the Board may
property of said trust subject to the rights and privileges ^pendituTe?'^^
reserved or created by authority of this act and shall be out of funds,
empowered to make all necessary expenditures out of funds
in their possession under said trust, appropriated by said
city, or received by way of gift or otherwise.

Section 5. The city shall on every Memorial day place city to place
a wreath and a flag of the United States, and wherever fllgf etcTupon
necessary, a marker, upon every grave or tomb in the city ^•g^glnd^''^"
in which is buried or placed the body of any soldier or sailors of civil
sailor who served in the army or navy of the United States ^^'^'""
during the civil war.

Section 6. So much of this act as authorizes the con- when effective.
veyance of the property described in section one to the city of
Worcester and its acceptance by the said city shall take effect
upon its passage, and the remainder thereof shall take effect
upon such acceptance. Approved May 6, 1930.

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1919 (S), 206,
§ 1, par. (a),
etc., amended.

Appropriations
by Boston
school com-
mittee for
general school
purposes.

1919 (S), 206,
§ 1, par. (e),
etc., amended.

Appropriations
by Boston
school com-
miittee for
employment of
nurses, physi-
cians, etc.

Chav. 2S3 An Act regulating appropriations for general and

OTHER SCHOOL PURPOSES IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and six
of the Special Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen, as most
recently amended in paragraph (a) by section one of chapter
three hundred and nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-five, is hereby further amended by striking out said
paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following : —

(a) For general school purposes: for each financial year
ending on the thirty-first day of December, seven dollars and
twenty cents.

Section 2. Section one of said chapter two hundred and
six, as most recently amended in paragraph (e) by section
three of chapter one hundred and fifty-three of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-sLx, is hereby further amended
by striking out said paragraph and inserting in place thereof
the following : —

(e) For the emplojinent of one supervising female nurse,
and so many district female nurses as, in the opinion of said
committee, are necessary in accordance with the provisions
of chapter three hundred and fifty-seven of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and seven and acts in amendment thereof and
in addition thereto, and for the employment of such number
of school physicians as, in the opinion of the committee, may
be necessary, and for the care of teeth of school children:
for each financial year ending on the thirty-first day of
December, twelve cents.

Section 3. The school committee is hereby authorized
to appropriate money for the payment of such of the unpaid
bills, incurred during the year nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine by the board of schoolhouse commissioners of the school-
house department in excess of available appropriations or
stamped by said board as emergency bills, as may be certified
by the board of commissioners of school buildings, the same
to be charged to the sum provided under paragraph (c) of
section one of said chapter two hundred and six, as most
recently amended by section one of said chapter one hundred
and fifty-three.

Section 4. The limit of the amount of taxes that may be
assessed on property in the city of Boston is hereby increased
in the year nineteen hundred and thirty and in each year
thereafter by such an amount, on each one thousand dollars
of the valuation upon which the appropriations of the city
council of said city are based, as may be necessary to raise
sufficient money to meet the provisions of this act.

Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 7, 1930.

Appropriations
by Boston
school com-
mittee for
payment of
certain unpaid
bills, etc.

City of Boston
tax limit
increased.

Acts, 1930. -- Chaps. 284, 285. 313

An Act validating certain acts of the Worcester fire- (Jhaj) 284
men's relief association and the membership of cer- ^'

tain persons therein.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. All the past acts, deeds and proceedings of ouh^'worcester
the Worcester Firemen's Relief Association, a corporation Firemen's
duly established by law, in so far as they relate to the pur- tion andthe'''
ported membership of George Taft, Lawton C. Walden, ^rtal'rf^^ws^ns
Wilbert Baker, Arthur C. Stevens, Edgar E. Taylor, Joseph therein,
M. Foley, Andrew E. Wilder, Mitchell A. Delage, Albert E. ^=^>'dated.
Seger, Carl B. Reynolds, Edwin L. Halcott, Francis A. Le-
land, and Rufus G. Ham, members of the Worcester Protective
Department, of Morey F. Orrell, John C. McDonald, Dennis
E. Healy, Joseph W. Healy, Walter W. Brown, Peter N.
White, Edward Lambert, Fred J. Lambert, Joseph P. Cur-
ran, Daniel P. Whitney and Thomas H. Cahill, members of
the fire alarm telegraph department of the city of Worcester,
of John J. Horgan, a clerk of the fire department of said city,
of George H. Hill, emplo3^ed as physician in said fire depart-
ment and of Wilham H. Guertin, deceased, a former mem-
ber of said protective department, and to the payment of
benefits on account of said membership, are hereby ratified,
confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if the said
persons and the said Guertin had been lawfully admitted to
membership therein.

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

Approved May 7, 1930.

An Act establishing in the town of fairhaven repre- Chap. 285
sentative town government by limited town meet-
ings.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Upon the acceptance of this act by the town Preoinct vot-
of Fairhaven, as hereinafter provided, the selectmen and atfve'^towr''*'
board of registrars of voters, acting jointly, and hereinafter meetings, etc.,
referred to as the districting board, shall forthwith divide Fairhave"n.
the territory thereof into not less than four nor more than
six voting precincts, each of which shall be plainly designated
and shall contain not less than five hundred registered
voters. All precincts shall contain approximately an equal
number of registered voters.

The precincts shall be so established as to consist of com- Precincts,

, 1 ,- j.*j. j.i_i ij r establishment,

pact and contiguous territory, to be bounded as tar as etc.
possible by the center line of known streets and ways or by
other well defined limits. Their boundaries shall be re-
viewed and, if need be, wholly or partly revised by the dis-
tricting board in November, once in five years, or in Novem-
ber of any year when so directed by a vote of a representative
town meeting not later than October thirtieth of that year.

314

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Districting
board to
report doings,
etc.

Division into
voting pre-
cincts, effective
date, etc.

Town clerk to
give written
notice to state
secretary, etc.

Meetings of
voters, when
and where to
be held.

Certain provi-
sions of general
laws to apply,
etc.

Representative
town meeting
membership,
number, etc.

Town meeting
members, elec-
tion, terms,
etc.

The districting board shall, within twenty days after
any establishment or revision of the precincts, but not later
than December twentieth of that year, file a report of their
doings with the town clerk, the registrars of voters and the
assessors, with a map or maps or descriptions of the precincts
and the names and residences of the registered voters therein.
The districting board shall also cause to be posted in the
town hall a map or maps or description of the precincts as
established or revised from time to time, with the names and
residences of the registered voters therein; and it shall also
cause to be posted in at least one public place in each pre-
cinct a map or description of that precinct with the names
and residences of the registered voters therein. The division
of the town into voting precincts and any revision of such
precincts shall take effect upon the date of the filing of the
report thereof by the districting board with the town clerk.
Whenever the precincts are established or revised, the town
clerk shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the state
secretary, stating the number and designation of the pre-
cincts. Meetings of the registered voters of the several
precincts for elections, for primaries, and for voting upon
any question to be submitted to all the voters of the town,
shall be held on the same day and at the same hour and at
such place or places within the town as the selectmen shall
in the warrant for such meeting direct. The provisions of
the general laws relating to precinct voting at elections, so
far as the same are not inconsistent with this act, shall apply
to all elections and primaries in the town upon the estab-
lishment of voting precincts as hereinbefore provided.

Section 2. Other than the officers designated in section
three as town meeting members at large, the representative
town meeting membership shall in each precinct consist of
the largest number divisible by three which will not exceed
five per cent of the registered voters in the precinct. The
registered voters in every precinct shall, at a special election
called for that purpose, to be held not sooner than thirty
days after the establishment of precincts under this act, or
at the first annual town election held after the establishment
thereof, and at the first annual town election following any
precinct revision where the number of precincts is changed,
conformably to the laws relative to elections not inconsistent
with this act, elect by ballot the number of registered voters
in the precinct, other than the officers designated in section
three as town meeting members at large, provided for in the
first sentence of this section, to be town meeting members of
the town. The first third in order of votes received of mem-
bers so elected shall serve three years, the second third in
such order shall serve two years, and the remaining third in
such order shall serve one year, from the day of the annual
town meeting, or, in case such election is at a special meeting,
from the next annual town meeting; in case of a tie vote
affecting the division into thirds, as aforesaid, the members
elected from the precinct shall by ballot determine the same;

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 285. 315

and thereafter, except as is otherwise provided herein, at
each annual town election the registered voters of each
precinct shall, in like manner, elect one third of the number
of town meeting members to which that precinct is en-
titled for the term of three j^cars, and shall at such election
fill for the unexpired term or terms any vacancy or va-
cancies then existing in the number of town meeting mem-
bers in their respective precincts. Upon every revision of
the precincts where the number of precincts is changed, the
terms of office of all town meeting members from every
precinct shall cease upon the election of their successors.
The town clerk shall, after every election of town meeting Notice to
members, forthwith notify each member by mail of his eiected."^^
election.

Section 3. Any representative town meeting held under Town meetings
the provision of this act, except as otherwise provided herein, elected town
shall be limited to the voters elected under section two, to- meeting mem-
gether with the following, designated town meeting members desfgnateT'^ ^'"
at large; namely, any member of the general court of the mrmbwTat"^
commonwealth who is a resident of the town, the moderator, '^rge.
the town clerk and treasurer, the members of the board of
selectmen, the tax collector, the members of the board of
health, the members of the school committee, the members
of the board of assessors, the members of the sewer com-
mission, the members of the park commission, the chairman
of the finance committee, the members of the planning
board, and the tree warden. All the foregoing shall be
included within the general designation of town meeting
members. The town clerk shall notify the town meeting Notice of
members of the time and place at which representative town ^^^'^ meetings,
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 Town meeting

1 r ii 1 X" 1 Tn J.' r j-i • i. members to be

judges 01 the election and qualifications oi their members, judges of
A majority of the town meeting members shall constitute fnembers^etc
a quorum for doing business; but a less number may organ- Quorum
ize temporarily and may adjourn from time to time. Notice Notice of
of every adjourned representative town meeting shall be adjourned
posted by the town clerk in at least one public place in each toT)epoTtedr
precinct, and he shall notify the members by mail of the ^^^•
adjournment at least forty-eight hours before the time of
the adjourned representative town meeting. The notices
shall state briefly the business to be acted upon at any
meeting and shall include notice of any proposed recon-
sideration. All town meetings shall be public. The town Meetings,
meeting members as such shall receive no compensation. p"*^^"=-
Subject to such conditions as may be determined from time
to time by the representative town meeting, any voter of
the town who is not a town meeting member may speak at
any representative town meeting, but shall not vote. A Resignations.
town meeting member may resign by filing a written resig-
nation with the town clerk, and such resignation shall take
effect upon the date of such filing. No elected member

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Removal from
town or pre-
cinct, effect.

Nomination of
candidates for
town meeting
members, how
made.

Proviso.

Acceptance of
nomination.

Warrant
articles, how
acted upon,
etc.

Moderator,
election, etc.

Moderator
pro tempore.

Vacancies in
full number
of town meet-
ing members,
filling, etc.

Notice of
vacancy.

Calling of
special meeting.

whose official position entitles him to be a member at large
shall act as a member at large during such time as he re-
mains an elected member. A town meeting member who
removes from the town shall cease to be a town meeting
member and an elected town meeting member who removes
from one precinct to another or is so removed by a revision
of precincts shall not retain membership after the next
annual election.

Section 4. Nomination of candidates for town meeting
members to be elected under this act shall be made by
nomination papers signed by not less than ten voters of the
precinct in which the candidate resides, and filed with the
town clerk at least fifteen days before the election; pro-
vided, that any town meeting member may become a can-
didate for re-election b}^ giving written notice thereof to
the town clerk at least thirty days before the election. No
political designation shall appear upon either the nomination
papers or upon the official ballot. No nomination papers
shall be valid in respect to any candidate whose written
acceptance is not thereon or attached thereto when filed.

Section 5. The articles in the warrant for every town
meeting, so far as they relate to the election of the town
officers, town meeting members, and, as herein provided, to
referenda and all matters to be acted upon and determined
by ballot of the town, shall be acted upon and determined by
the voters in their respective meetings by precinct. All other
articles in the warrant for any town meeting, beginning with
the town meeting at which said town meeting members are
first elected, shall be acted upon and determined exclusively
by town meeting members at a meeting to be held at such
time and place as shall be set forth by the selectmen in the
warrant for the meeting, subject to the referendum provided
for by section eight.

Section 6. A moderator shall be elected by ballot at each
annual town meeting, and shall serve as moderator of all
town meetings, except as otherwise provided by law, until a
successor is elected and quahfied. Nominations for and
election of a moderator shall be as in the case of other elective
town officers, and any vacancy in the office may be filled by
the town meeting members at a meeting held for that pur-
pose. If a moderator is absent, a moderator pro tempore
may be elected by the town meeting members.

Section 7. Any vacancy in the full number of town
meeting members from any precinct, whether arising from a
failure of the registered voters thereof to elect, or from any
other cause, may be filled until the next annual election by
the remaining elected town meeting members of the precinct
from among the registered voters thereof. Notice of any
vacancy shall promptly be given by the town clerk to the
remaining members from the precinct in which the vacancy
or vacancies exist and he shall call a special meeting of such
members for the purpose of filling any vacancy. He shall
cause to be mailed to every such member, not less than seven

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 285. 317

days before the time set for the meeting, a notice specifying
the object, time and place of the meeting. At the said meet-
ing a majority of the members from such precinct shall con-
stitute a quorum, and they shall elect from their own number
a chairman and a clerk. The choice to fill any vacancy shall choice by
be by written ballot and a majority of the votes cast shall ^ '^^'
be required for a choice. The chairman and clerk shall count Certificate of
the ballots and shall make a certificate of the choice and forth- ^ °^'^^' '^^"'
with 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 meet-
ing member or members, subject to the right of all the town
meeting members to judge of the election and qualifications
of the members as set forth in section three.

Section 8. A vote passed at any representative town votes, when
meeting authorizing the expenditure of twenty thousand °p®''^*''''®' ^^°-
dollars or more, as an appropriation other than town charges,
shall not be operative until after the expiration of five days,
exclusive of Sundaj^s and holidays, from the dissolution of the
meeting. If, within said five days a petition, signed by not Referendum,
less than five per cent of the registered voters of each pre-
cinct, containing their names and addresses as thej^ appear
on the list of registered voters, is filed with the selectmen
requesting that the question or questions involved in such
vote be submitted to the voters of the town at large, then the
selectmen, within fourteen days after the filing of the petition,
shall call a special meeting, which shall be held within ten
days after the issuing of the call, for the purpose of presenting
to the voters at large the question or questions so involved.
The polls shall be opened at two o'clock in the afternoon and
shall be closed not earlier than eight o'clock in the evening,
and all votes upon any questions so submitted shall be taken
by ballot, and the check list shall be used in the several
precinct meetings in the same manner as in the election of
town officers. The questions so submitted shall be deter- Questions,
mined by vote of the same proportion of voters at large voting m°ned?*eTc.
thereon as would have been required by law of town meeting
members had the question been finally determined at a repre-
sentative town meeting. The questions so submitted shall be Questions,
stated upon the ballot in substantially the same language and upon\ai!ot,
form in which they were stated when presented to said repre- ®*'=-
sentative town meeting by the moderator as appears from
the records of the said meeting. If such petition is not filed votes operative
within the said period of five days, the vote of the representa- Ltc!° ^^ ' '°"'
tive town meeting shall become operative upon the expiration
of the said period.

Section 9. The town of Fairhaven, after the accept- Powers of
ance of this act, shall have the capacity to act through and town meeting
be bound by its said town meeting members who shall, members, etc.
when convened from time to time as herein provided, con-
stitute representative town meetings; and the representative
town meetings shall exercise exclusively, so far as will con-
form to the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the

318

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 285.

Rules.

Committees for
investigation.

Inconsistent

by-laws

repealed.

G. L. 44, to
continue to
apply.

Certain rights
not abridged,
etc.

Submission to
voters of town
of Fairhaven,
etc.

Time of taking
effect.

Resubmission
after rejection,
etc.

municipal corporation. Action in conformity with all pro-
visions of law now or hereafter applicable to the transaction
of town affairs in town meetings shall, when taken by any
representative town meeting in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act, have the same force and effect as if such
action had been taken in a tov/n meeting open to all the
voters of the town as heretofore organized and conducted.

Section 10. The representative town meeting may make
such rules consistent with general law as may be considered
necessary for conducting its meetings.

Section 11. The representative town meeting may ap-
point such committees of its members for investigation and
report as it may consider necessary.

Section 12. All by-laws or parts of by-laws of the
town inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby
repealed. The provisions of chapter forty-four of the Gen-
eral Laws shall continue to apply in the town of Fairhaven
notwithstanding the provisions of this act.

Section 13. This act shall not abridge the right of the
inhabitants of Fairhaven to hold general meetings, as that
right is secured to them by the constitution of this com-
monwealth ; nor shall this act confer upon any representative
town meeting in Fairhaven the power finally to commit the
town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or
changing its government, without action thereon by the
voters of the town at large, using the ballot and the check
list therefor.

Section 14. This act shall be submitted to the regis-
tered voters of the town of Fairhaven at any annual or
special town meeting. The vote shall be taken in precincts
by ballot in accordance with the provisions of the General
Laws, so far as the same shall be applicable, in answer to
the question, which shall be placed, in case of a special
meeting, upon the ballot to be used at said meeting, or, in
case of an annual meeting, upon the official ballot to be used
for the election of town officers: "Shall an act passed b}^ the
General Court in the j^ear nineteen hundred and thirty,
entitled 'An Act establishing in the town of Fairhaven
representative town government by limited town meetings,'
be accepted by this town?"

So much of this act as authorizes its submission for
acceptance to the registered voters of the town of Fairhaven
shall take effect upon its passage, and the remainder, except
section fifteen, shall take effect upon its acceptance by a
majority of the voters voting thereon.

Section 15. If this act is rejected by the registered
voters of the town of Fairhaven when submitted to said
voters under section fourteen, it may again be submitted for
acceptance in like manner from time to time to such voters
at any annual town meeting in said town within three years
thereafter, but not more than three times in the aggregate.

Approved May 7, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 286, 287, 288. 319

An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to purchase C hap. 28Q

LAND to be conveyed TO THE COMMONWEALTH AS A SITE
FOR A NEW NORMAL SCHOOL BUILDING.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Worcester is hereby authorized to city of
purchase for a sum, not exceeding forty-five thousand dollars, purchas^i^dT
land to be conveyed to the commonwealth as a site for a new 1° ^tatealT^'^
normal school building as provided in chapter two hundred site for a new
and thirtj^-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty- Cunafng^ °°
nine.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance, Effective upon
during the current year, by vote of the city council of said ''^•^^^p*^"*'^'
citj', subject to the provisions of its charter, but not otherwise.

Approved May 7, 1930.

Chap.287

An Act relative to the erection by the town of fal-
mouth of a bath house on certain park land in said

TOWN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Falmouth may erect a new Town of
bath house, exceeding six hundred square feet in area on the ma™er"ect a
ground, upon certain property owned by the town and used ^j^^^gr^t'^^n''
for park purposes, consisting of the "casino and stone- park land in
dock " beach property, so-called, and property added thereto. ^"^ ^'"'"' ''^°'
The provisions of section two of chapter six hundred and
ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen
shall apply to such bath house.

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

Approved May 8, 1930.

An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to acquire Chap.288

FOR street purposes CERTAIN LAND IN SAID CITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Worcester, in order to avoid the city of ^^
cost incident to the partial demolition of a certain existing acqui'iefor
building owned by Louis Chase and located on the westerly certahfraTdTn
side of Main street in said city, in connection with the re- said city.
establishment of the westerly line of said Main street south
of Chandler street, may accept from said ov^^ner a deed
conveying to said city a certain parcel of land located on
the westerly side of said Main street, containing approxi-
mately seven hundred and twelve and four one hundredths
square feet, and adjoining land of Trustees of Wesley
Methodist Episcopal Church, as shown on a plan entitled,
" Main Street. Land to be acquired by the City of Worcester
for street purposes", dated January twelfth, nineteen hundred
and twenty-five, and filed with the engineering department
of the city of Worcester, said parcel to be used, except as

320

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 289, 290.

Conveyance
to be subject
to certain
conditions, etc.

Effective upon
acceptance, etc.

hereinafter provided, for street purposes. Said conveyance
shall be subject to the condition, which shall be set forth
in the deed, that the said Chase and his successors in title
shall have the right to have project over said parcel certain
portions of said building as at present constructed, said
right to continue so long and only so long as the external
part of such projections remains unaltered except in so far
as may be required in making necessary repairs.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by vote of the city council of said
city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not other-
wise. Approved May 8, 1930.

G. L. IIOA, § 3,
subdivision (g),
amended.

C/iayj. 289 An Act providing that securities of corporations

LICENSED TO MAKE SMALL LOANS BE SUBJECT TO THE
SALE OF SECURITIES ACT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Subdivision (g) of section three of chapter one 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 fifth and sixth lines, the words "corporation duly
licensed to make small loans," and also by adding at the end
thereof the words: — , other than corporations licensed to
make small loans, — so as to read as follows : — (g) Secur-
ities issued by, and representing an interest in, or direct
contract right against, any national bank or corporation
created or existing by virtue of the acts of the congress of
the United States; or by any state bank, trust company,
co-operative bank, or credit union of this commonwealth,
or of any other state where the same is fully organized, doing
business and is under the supervision of the pubKc official
controlHng banking in such state; or the securities of any
corporation under the supervision of the department of
banking and insurance of this commonwealth, other than
corporations licensed to make small loans.

Approved May 8, 1930.

Securities
issued by, etc.,
certain banks,
insurance com-
panies, etc.,
exempt from
provisions
of sale of
securities act.

Chap. 2^0 An Act relative to tuition and transportation rates

FOR state and city WARDS.

G. L. 76, § 7,
etc., amended.

Tuition and
transportation
rates for state
and city wards.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter seventy-six of the General Laws, as amended in
section seven by chapter two hundred and seventy-two 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 7. For the tuition
in the public schools of any town of any child over five years
placed elsewhere than in his home town by, or there kept
under the control of, the department of public welfare or
the child welfare division of the institutions department of

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 291. 321

Boston, the commonwealth or Boston, from its appropri-
ation for school purposes, shall pay to said town for each
day of attendance in a public elementary school an amount
charged by the school committee but not at a rate in excess
of the expenditure per pupil for support, exclusive of general
control and transportation within the town, of the public
day elementary schools in said town for the next preced-
ing- school year based on the average membership of such
schools as printed in the annual report of the department
of education, and, for attendance in a pubhc junior or senior
high school, the regular rate established by the school com-
mittee for non-resident pupils, filed with and approved by
the department of education. Approved May 8, 1930.

An Act authorizing the city of boston to relocate, CJiav 291

RESTORE, PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE HOUSE USED BY
GENERAL JOHN THOMAS AS HIS HEADQUARTERS DURING
THE SIEGE OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Boston, by such department as city of Boston
the mayor of said city may designate, is hereby authorized "estor'e! preserve
to remove the Dillaway house, so called, which was used by ^he D^wa"
General John Thomas as his headquarters during the siege house, so called,
of Boston, from its present location on a parcel of land emfjohn *"^'
abutting upon Eliot square or Roxbury street in said city, he^,°["'^^rTere^
the control of which is now in the school committee of said during the siege
city, to another appropriate location on the same parcel, to °f^°s'^°"-
be determined by the school committee with the approval of
the mayor, and thereafter to restore said house as nearly
as may be to its original condition. In the event that such
a course of action is decided upon and some department
other than the school committee is designated as aforesaid,
the school committee shall transfer the control of said build-
ing and of such portion of said parcel as may be appropriate
and necessary for such relocation, to the general control
of said city. For the aforesaid purposes, the said city is Expenditure.
hereby authorized to appropriate and expend from the gen-
eral revenue raised by taxation, or from moneys donated
for the purpose or both, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
thousand dollars; and any money so raised shall be outside
the tax limit as fixed for the city in the year in which the
appropriation is made. After such relocation and restora-
tion, the said city is hereby authorized to preserve and
maintain said house as a place of historical interest, and for
the purpose of defraying the expense thereof may appropri-
ate and expend money from the annual general revenue of
the city or from moneys donated for the purpose, or both.

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

Approved May 9, 1930.

322

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292.

Chap.292

Emergency
preamble.

Certain

corporations

dissolved.

An Act dissolving certain corporations.

Whereas, It is necessary that certain delinquent and
other corporations be dissolved in the current year, there-
fore this act is hereb}^ declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public con-
venience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Such of the following named corporations as
are not already legally dissolved are hereby dissolved, sub-
ject to the provisions of sections fifty-one, fifty-two and
fifty-six of chapter one hundred and fifty-five of the General
Laws : —

A. A. Adams Quincy Corporation, A. A. Barre Company,
Inc., The, A & B Metal Company, Inc., The, A. & E.
Burton Company, A. B. C. Iron Works, Inc., A. B. C. Oil
Burner Company, A. B. Cook Co., A. E. Blanchette Com-
pany, Inc., A. Edgcomb Co., A. F. Dow & Co., Inc., A. F. P.
Roofing Corp., A. G. Miller Incorporated, A. Herman &
Son, Inc., A. L. Chain Stores Co., A. L. Howard, Incor-
porated, A. L. Parks Tea Company, A. M. Grant Furniture
Company, Inc., A. M. McPhail Piano Company, A. M.
Spurr & Co. Inc., A-1 Food-Service, Inc., A. P. Nardini Art
Associates, Inc., A. R. Andrews Company, A. R. Martins
Mfg. Co., A. Rosenblum & Sons Inc., A. S. Bartlett Co., A.
W. Brenninger Company, Incorporated, A. W. Cox & Co.,
Inc., A. W. Smith Shoe Company, Abbott Window Display
Service Co., Abenakis Mineral Springs Company, Abington-
Whitman Ice Company, Abram Gunsenhiser Co., Absorbent
Linen Corporation, Accesso Manufacturing Company, Acker-
mann Company, The, Acme Company, Acoaxet Co., Acush-
net Co-operative Association, Adams Street Pharmacy, Inc.,
The, Adelson & Barkin Inc., Adjustable Spinning Band Co.,
Adrian Company, Inc., Advance Auto Service & Repair Co.
Inc., Advance Leather Machinery Co., Aetna Discount and
Finance Company, African Pictures Co., Inc., Ahlstrom Tire
Co. Inc., Albany Iron Works, Inc., Albany Shoe Company,
Albert R. Thayer, Incorporated, Alco Contracting Co. Inc.,
Alex Lerner Co., Alger Browne Company, Allen Street
Greenhouses, Inc., Alley, Greene & Pipe Co., Allied Amuse-
ment Company, Alhed Corporation, The, AUwyn Realty
Company, Almont Realty Co., Al's Garment Co., Ambassa-
dor Lamp Shop, Inc., American Advertising & Sealing
Company, American Auto Parts Co., American Banner
Company Inc., The, American Corporation of Commerce,
American Discount Corporation, American Eagle Coal Com-
pany, Inc., American Farms Co., American Furniture Ex-
change, American House Spa, Inc., American Laundries, Inc.,
American Leather Goods Company, American Loan Com-
pany of Lowell, Inc., American Motor Car Co., American
Outdoor Advertising Co., American Patents Company, Inc.,
American Powder Company (1926), American Press Syndi-

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292. 323

cate, Inc., The, American Produce and Fruit Company, Certain
American Publicity and Manufacturing Co., American Seal- diL^o°Wed°"^
Kap Corporation, American Securities Corporation, Ameri-
can Target IMachinery Co., Inc., Anchor Laundry Company,
Anchor Rubber Co., Inc., Ancient River Corporation, The,
Andrews Company, Angekis Sign Flasher Company, Anna
C. Reardon, Inc., Apex Mortgage and Securities Corpora-
tion, Arcade Smelting & Refining Company, Arcadian Hotel
Corporation, Inc., Archer Company, The, Archer Strauss
Rubber Corporation, Arctic Nu-Air Corporation of New
England, Ardell's, Inc., Argosy Transportation Company,
Inc., Arlington Avenue Woodworking Co., Arhngton Centre
Garage, Inc., Arlington Clothing Co., Inc., Arlington Heights
Motor Exchange, Inc., Armstrong & Durant Inc., Armstrong
& Sons, Inc., Arrow Markets, Inc., Art Craft Novelty Co.,
Art-Craft Upholstering Company (1922), Art Importing Co.
Inc. of Springfield, Massachusetts, The, Arthur R. Price,
Inc., Artistic Pattern Co., Arundel Associates, Inc., The,
Ashmont-Dorchester Motor Car Corp., Asia Products Com-
pany, Asia Products Corporation, Aspinwall Garage, Inc.,
Associated Auto Mechanics of Massachusetts, Inc., Asso-
ciated Club Members, Inc., Associated Investment Corpora-
tion, Associated Motor Service of America, Inc., Astoria
Steamship Company, Inc., Athens Cafe, Inc. (1926), Athens
Market, Inc., Atlantic Carbonic Company, Atlantic Dis-
count Corporation, Atlantic Industries Inc., Atlantic Jobbing
Co., Atlantic Marine Airways, Inc., Atlantic Restaurant,
Inc., Atlas Buckram Company, Atlas Die-Casting Corpora-
tion, Atlas Portland Cement Company, The, Atlas Radio
Corporation, Attleboro Paper Products, Inc., Atwater-
Coleman Inc., Atwood & McManus Box Company, Atwood
Motors Co., The, Auburn-Boston Company, Auburn Marble
& Tile Co., Inc., Aurora Investment Co., Authorized Radio
Service Corporation, Auto Emergency Service Corporation,
Auto Paint and Repair Co., Auto Wind Shield Company,
Automatic Advertising System, Inc., Automatic Fashion
Demonstrator Corporation, The, Automatic Firearms, Ltd.,
Automatic Heating Corporation, Automatic Inn Co., Inc.,
Automatic Shoe Pohshing Machine Co., Automatic Time
Reminder Company, Automobile Go-Light Co., Automobile
Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Automotive Credit Club
Inc. N. E. Div., Automotive Service Corporation, Averell &
Thayer Co., Ayer and Ayer, Inc.

B & H Construction Company, B & M Leather Co., The,
B. & S. Motor Co., Inc., B. D. Rising Paper Company,
B. F. Watkins Transport Company, B. Goldich Company,
B. J. Mulligan & Son, Inc., B. L. & M. Mfg. Co., Inc., B. 0.
& G. C. Wilson, Inc., B. of C. B'ld'g., Inc. (1924), B. W.
Currier & Co., Inc., B. W. Neal, Inc., Bacon-Forrest Com-
pany, Bailey & Co. Inc., Bailey Furniture Company, Inc.,
Bako Manufacturing Company, Balch's Beach Inc., Bald
Mountain Quarries, Inc., Balfe Realty Co., Bancroft Hotel
Company, Bancroft Realty Company, Bancroft Women's

324 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292.

wi^rations Shop, Inc, Bankers' Guarantee and Mortgage Corporation,
dissolved. Bargain Shoe Store Inc., Bargar Brothers, Inc., Barlow &

Durhng Company, Barnej- Leavitt Company, Barree's Inc.,
Barrington Court, Incorporated, Barrows & Freemah Co. Inc.,
Barry Building Wrecking Co., Incorporated, Barrj^ Cashman
& Co., Inc., Bartlett, Rampulla & Kelso, Inc., Battery Sup-
plj' Company, Inc., Battistini & Boccasile, Inc., Baxter I\Ifg.
Compan}', Bay State Construction and Supply Company, Bay
State Electrical Company, Bay State Food Products, Inc., Bay
State Pharmacy, Inc., Bay State Sheet Copper Companj',
Beacon Folding Machine Company, Beacon — Hereford Realty
Corp., Beacon Motor Supply Compam^, Beacon Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, Beacon Office Supply Co., Inc., Beacon
Park Boat Co., Beacon Products ^Manufacturing Co., Beacon
Supply Company, Beals & Howell, Inc., Beal's Jewelry Shop,
Inc., Beaudry Company, Inc., Beautiful Shoes, Inc., Beaver
Springs Ice Corp., Bedley & Brand, Inc., Belanger Spinning
Process Company, Bellam5'-i\IcKim Company, Belleaire De-
velopment Compan}', Belmont Barber Shop, Inc., Belmont
Hospital, Inc., Belmont Oil Company, Belvidere Tailoring
Co. Inc., Ben Adams Buck, Inc., Ben C. Goulston Co. Inc.,
Bencks Company, The, Benedict Cooper & Co., Inc., Ben-
nett Co. of Boston, The, Bennett Electrical Co., Benoit's Inc.,
Berkeley Company, The, Berkman's Market Inc., Berkshire
Grocer}^ Company, Berkshire Hills Paper Company, Berk-
shire INIusic Co., Berkshire Publishing Company, Berman &
Waldman, Inc., Beth Adele Hat Shoppe, Inc., Beverly Mfg.
Co., Beverly Wood Heel ]Mfg. Co., Biltmore Automat Lunch
Co., Inc., Binnej' Street Iron Works, Bjork, Downing,
Hickey Compam', Black-Iron Stove Polish Co., Black Point
Steamship Company, Blaisdell & Hawes, Inc., Blue Hill
Drug Co. Inc., Blue Hill Realty Corporation, Blue Shoppe,
Inc., The, Bluebird Dress Co. Inc., Boepple Food Products
Company, Inc., Boettger's Bakery, Inc., Bonfanti's Specialty
Shops, Inc., Borkum and Glott Shoe Co., Boston Aero-
Marine Mfg. Corporation, Boston & Dover Despatch, Inc.,
Boston and Lawrence Express, Inc., Boston Automobile
Apartments, Inc., Boston Battery Parts Company, Boston
Caloroil Burner Co., Inc., Boston Chain Stores Co., Boston
Dairy Products Co., Boston Department Store, Inc., Boston
Electric Sales Companj', Boston-iMirando Company Number
Two, The, Boston Nipple Company, Boston Self-Locking
Block Company, Boston Soccer Football Club, Inc., Boston
Stage Society, Inc., Boston Store, Inc., Boston Water Power
Compan}^, Boulder Spa, Inc., Bojdston Cafeteria, Inc., Brad-
ley Mills, Brandt Leather Company, Brattleboro Theatres
Co., Breining-Hamilton, Incorporated, Bridgewater Motor
Company, Briscoe Shoe Co. Inc., Bristol Lace and Braid
Company, British Canadian Securities Company, Limited,
Broadwalk Shoe Company, Broadway Realtj^ Associates,
Inc., Broadway Theatre Company of Somerville, Inc., Brock
Brothers, Inc., Brockton Standard Shoe Company, Brook-
line Ice Cream Company, Brooks Manufacturing Company,

I

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292. 325

The, Brown Construction Co., Brown-Edwards Co., Brown- Certain
Percy Associates, Inc., Brown Supply Company, Browning- 'Sw^.'"'
Drake Speaker Sales Company, Brunswick Shop of Holyoke,
Inc., Brush well Inc., Buckle}^- Wasserman Shoe Co., Bunga-
low Grill, Inc., Burlington Realty Co. Inc., Burton Realty
Company, Business Digest Charts, Incorporated.

C & A Realty Co., Inc., C & C Construction Co., Inc.,
C. B. R. Dress Co., C. E. Barton Company, C. F. Hathaway
& Sons, Inc., C. F. Newman, Incorporated, C. L. Woodbury
Sons, Inc., C. O. Parmenter Company, C. P. R. Laundry
Inc., C. R. Electric & Machine Co., C. R. Taylor, Inc., C. S.
Allen Company, The, C. W. Bennett & Co., Incorporated,
Caddy Service Association Inc., Cafe De Luxe, Inc., Calla-
han-Morton Shoe Co., Cambridge Wet Wash Laundry, Inc.,
Cambridge Wholesale Fruit Co., Cameron Appliance Com-
pany, Camp Waimea, Inc., Campbell & Whittemore Hard-
ware Compan}', Campbell Company, Canadian Construction
Company, The, Candus Laboratories, Inc., Cand}^ Box Inc.,
The (19*27), Candyland, Inc., Cantab Realty Company,
Canton Manufacturing Co. Inc., Cantor Sales Service Cor-
poration, Cape Cod Collection Agency, Inc., Cape Cod Shirt
i\Ifg. Co., Cape Specialty Shop, Inc., Capitol Realty Cor-
poration, The, Capitol Stores, Inc., Capitol Women's Shop,
Inc., Car Owners Safe Drivers Club, Inc., Carleton Company
Inc., Carlson Company, Incorporated, The, Carroll Pub-
Hshing Company Incorporated, The, Carry Tire & Battery
Co., Casa Portuguesa, Inc., CassoU Construction Company,
Inc., Castlegate Realty Corporation, Catherine Gannon, Inc.,
Cedar Outlet Stores, Inc., Cellugraph Corporation, Cement
Block and Brick Co., The, Central Block, Central Filling
Station, Inc., Central Ser\'ice Stations, Inc., Century Fi-
nance Corporation, Cercle Canadien of Holyoke, Inc., Certi-
fied Foods, Inc., Chace ^liWs, Chamberlain Garages, Inc.,
Chamberlin and Wheeler, Incorporated, Champion Electro
leer Company, Chapin Brush Co., Chardon Metal Goods
Company, Charles A. Morin Shoe Company, Incorporated,
Charles E. Ohver & Son Company, Inc., Charles H. Tiede-
mann Corporation, Charles Jordan Co., Chas. R. Gow Com-
pany, Charles River Paper Company, Charles Umana &
Company, Inc., Charlestown Drug Store Inc., Charlestown
Motor Sales Inc., Chase Brass Companies of ^Massachusetts,
Inc., Chatham Pharmacy, Inc., Chekof Realty Co., Chelms-
ford Company, The, Chelsea ^Moulded Products Corporation,
Cherbro Realt}' Co., Inc., Chester Confectioner}- Co., Inc.
China Rose, Inc., Christian A. Zappe, Incorporated, Chris-
tiansen Screw Co., Circle Swing Amusement Company',
Circlette Manufacturing Co. Inc., Citric Acid Products Co.,
Inc., City Hall Pharmacy, Inc., City Laundrj^ Inc. of
Springfield, City Sand and Gravel Company, Clark-Cum-
mings Co., Clauson Spring Co., Clay Head, Block Island
Realtj' Corporation, Claybourne, Inc., Clay's Battery Sta-
tion, Inc., Clear Brook Cranberry Company, Cleghorn
Clothing Company, Cleveland & Walton_Company,^Incor-

326 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292.

Certain porated, Clinton Wire Cloth Company, Coe's, Inc., Colbuck

Sved°"' Shoe Company, Colby Shoe Co., Cole-Proctor Company
Incorporated, Collins Drug Store, Inc., Colonial Bedding
Company, Colonial Engraving Company, Inc., The, Colonial
Furniture Company, Inc., Colonial Garden Furniture Com-
pany, Colonial Grill, Inc., The, Colonial Manufacturing
Company, Colonial Photo-Play Corporation, Colonial Sculp-
ture Company, Columbia Corporation, Inc., Columbia Filling
Stations, Inc., Columbia Textile Company, Comet Publish-
ing Company, Inc., Comet Transportation Company Inc.,
Comfort Powder Co., The, Commander" at Cambridge,
Massachusetts, Inc., "The, Commerce Credit Bureau In-
corporated, Commercial Business Brokers Incorporated of
Massachusetts, The, Commercial Management Service, Inc.,
Commercial Mortgage and Investment Company, Commer-
cial Tire Sales Company, Commercial Towing Company,
The, Commonwealth Beef & Provision Company, Common-
wealth Fruit Company, Community Builders, Inc., Com-
munity Laundries, Inc., Compagnie L'Une, Conara Realty
Corporation, Concord Cash Market, Inc., Concord Securi-
ties Corporation, Concretex Brick Co., Inc., Congress Coal
Company, Inc., Connors, Inc., Consolidated Automobile
Association, Inc., Consolidated Home Service, Inc., Con-
sohdated Rubber Co., The, Constructive Advertising Agency,
Inc., Continental Petticoat Company, Inc., Coolidge-Cabot
Company, Coombs Herbert Power Company, The, Cooper
Taxi. Inc., Coq D'Or, Inc., Cordaville Woolen Company,
Corey Arms Inc., Corey Hill Motor Company, Corporation
for Discount, Corporation for Securities, Corsetti System,
Inc., Cosmopolitan Mortgage and Finance Corporation,
Cottage Builders, Inc., Cottage Construction Company,
Cowdrey Brake Tester Organization, Incorporated, Coy,
Hunt Company, Craftex Studios, Inc., Crane Drug & Chem-
ical Company, Crane Furniture, Inc., Cranfield and Clarke
Exchanges of New England Inc., Crawford-Columbus Boot-
ery. Inc., Cream of Chocolate Company of America, Creco
Glove Company Inc., Crescent Dress Co., Crescent Star
Beverage Co., The, Crimson Cigar Co., Crossing Motor
Mart, Inc., Crown Grill, Inc., Cunningham Packing Com-
pany, Currier Pharmacy, Inc., Cushman Manufacturing
Company, Cutler & Company, Inc., Cutler-Jenney Drug
Company, Cutter & Wood Supply Company.

D. C. Dupuis Plumbing & Heating Co. Inc., Daisy, Incor-
porated, The, Dangel Bank Note Company, Daniel Wood
Heel Co., Daniels & Slepian, Inc., Daniels & Wilson Furni-
ture Company, Daniels Family Trust, Inc., The, Dan's
Auto Exchange, Inc., Dart Express Company, Dartmouth-
Stuart Corporation, Dasco-Carlson Spring Cover Company,
Inc., Davis Square Dry Goods Co., Dayco Varnish-Enamel
Products Co., Inc., DeLuxe Taxi, Inc., DeMayo & Gallagher
Company, Dealers' Transport Service, Inc., Dearboi'n,
Swenson & Company, Inc., Decoreen Spray Company,
Dedham Men's Shop, Inc., Deering Company, The, Deflect

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292. 327

Filter Company, Inc., Deflect Water Filter Sales Corpo- Certain
ration, The, Dennett & Prince Co., Dennison Motor Car &£"'
Co., Dependable Pictures Corporation, Derry Shoe Com-
pany, Diamond Tack and Nail Works, Doherty Coal
Company, Dollar Shirt Shop of 137 Massachusetts Avenue,
Inc., The, Dollar Sj^stem, Inc., Dolly Madison Baking
Corporation, Donat E. Gingras Incorporated, Dony Oil
Company, Dorchester Bakery Company, Inc., Doris Nov-
elty Company, Inc., Dorman-Huxford Company, Dorset
Corporation, Doull & Corliss Co., Douthart Oil Company,
Drayton-Erisman, Inc., Dumas Coating Machine Company,
Dunster Cafeteria, Inc., The, Duntile Corporation of Fall
River, D'Urso Construction Company, Inc., Dwight R.
Woodford Co., Inc., Dwight R. Woodford Realty Co.,
Dwyer, Pearce and Fogg, Inc., Dyer and Butler, Incor-
porated, Dyer Construction Company.

E. B. Taylor Steel Company, E. C. Hayward Inc., E. C.
Woodman Company, E. C. Woodman Realty Corporation,
E. E. Cole's Plating Works, Incorporated, E. E. Smith, Inc.,
E. F. Marston, Incorporated, E. G. & E. Wallace Shoe
Company, E. H. McKeever Construction Company, E. H.
Porter Company, E. J. Bryan & Co., Inc., E. L. Hyndman,
Inc., E. S. Rowell Company, E. T. Bailey Company, Fames
Baking Company, East Boston Flour & Grocery Co., East
Weymouth Garage, Inc., Eastern Avenue Ice Cream Com-
pany, Eastern Fish Company, Inc., Eastern Manufacturing
Company, Eastern ]\Iinerals Company, The, Eastern States
Security Corporation, Eastern States Warehouse and Cold
Storage Company, Eastern Teachers' Agency (Incorporated),
The, Eastern Trimotor Company, Easthampton Co-operative
Milk Association, Eatmore Diners, Inc., Echo Bridge Cor-
poration, The, Economy Supply, Inc., Edington & Co. Inc.,
Edphert Foundation, Incorporated, Educational Pubhshing
Company, The, Edward H. Wiggin Company, El-Be Cor-
poration, The, El-Jobe-An Associates Inc., Eldredge Elec-
trical Corporation, Electric Chain Stores, Inc., Electric Job-
bers' Syndicate Inc., Electrical Products Company Inc.,
Electrice Sales & Service Inc., Electro Medical Baths, Inc.,
Ehte Candy Shoppe, Inc., Ehte Quality Shop, Inc., Ellis F.
Copeland Co., The, Elm Amusement Company of Dorches-
ter, Emerson Manufacturing Company, Emery Rubber Heel
Company, The, Empire Company Incorporated, The, Em-
pire Implement Mfg. Co., Empire Manufacturing Co.,
Empire Manufacturing Corporation, Empire Upholstering
Company, Inc., Enfield Bobbin Company, Engineering Asso-
ciates, Inc., Equitable Publishing Company, Inc., Ernest L.
Haines, Incorporated, Ernest L. Miller Company, Ernest
Nowak Inc., Ernest Place, Inc., Essex Aniline Works, Inc.,
The, Essex Clothing Company, Essex Finance Corporation,
Essex Kosher Restaurant, Incorporated, Eva H. Osberg Incor-
porated, Everett Daily Tribune, Inc., Everett T. Bickford Co.
Inc., Everett Taxi Service, Inc., Everpure Ice Company, The.

F. A, MacNamee Co., Inc., F. & S. Manufacturing Com-

328 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292.

Certain pany, F. C. Wales Company, F. De Marco Brothers and

dbsXT' Company, Inc., F. E. Belliveau Company, F. E. Palmer,
Incorporated, F. G. H. Shoe Co., Inc., F. J. Benn Motor
Sales, Inc., F. J. McCarthy Contracting Company, F. L.
Pearson, Inc., F. R. Shore Company, Incorporated, F. X.
Dansereau Son, Inc., Fabric Weaving Company, Fall River
Cement Construction Company, Fall River Luxor Cab
Company, Fall River Roller Hockey Club, Inc., Falmouth
Arms, Incorporated, Faneuil Billiard Club, Inc., Fanora
Radio Co., Inc., Farmer's Hay Co., Federal Cap Company,
Federal Clearance House, Inc., Federal Electric Supply Co.,
Inc., Federal FilHng Station, Incorporated, Federal Manu-
facturing Co., Federal Oil Heating Company, Inc., Federal
Products Company, Federal Radio Company, Incorporated,
Federal Stoker Company, Federal Supply Co. Inc., Federal
Wholesale Grocery Company, Inc., Fendalite Corporation,
Fenway Amusement Company, Fenway Stamp Company,
Ferguson & Company, Inc., Fernol Products Co., Fibre
Receptacles Corporation of America, Fidelity Finance Cor-
poration, Fidelity Land Co. of Holyoke, Mass., Fidelity
Upholstering Company, Fifteen & Five Taxi Association
Inc., Fillmore-Gleason, Inc., Financialistic Debater, Inc.,
The, Fine The Florist, Inc., Fingerprints Inc., Finne, Bjork,
Downing, Hickey Company, First Amtrusco Securities Cor-
poration, First B G Co., First Division Pictures Corporation
of New England, Fisher Fashion Shop, Inc., Fitchburg
Victory Garage, Inc., Fitzgerald & Wing Inc., Five and Ten
Cent Grocery Stores, Inc., Flexoloid Company, The, Flint
Co., The, Florida Sugar and Food Products Company, Food
Shop of Worcester, Inc., Forbes Mutual Realty Corporation,
Foreign Fruit Importing Co., Foreign Sojourns, Incorpo-
rated, Forest Realty Company, Forge-Craft Inc., Foster,
Adams & Gibbs Company, 478 Commonwealth Inc., Four
Rayners Fur Company, Fowler's Lunch, Incorporated, Fox
Breeders Gazette, Inc., Framingham Better Homes Associa-
tion, Inc., Framingham Concrete Construction, Inc., Fran
Don Cafeteria, Inc., Frances Frocks Incorporated, Franconia
Motor Car Company, Frank H. Street Company, Frankhn
Creameries, Inc., Franklin Finance and Mortgage Corpora-
tion, Franklin Lunch Corporation, Franklin Park Spa, Inc.,
The, Franklin Shoppe, Inc., Frary Manufacturing Company,
Incorporated, Eraser Worsted Company, The, Fraternity
Emblem Co., Fraternity Publishing Co., The, Frederick
Corporation, The, Freeman-Loring Company, Front Street
Transportation Company Inc., Frost Forwarding & Transfer
Co., Fuelite Credit Corporation, Fuhrmann Wool Corpora-
tion, Fuller & Sullivan Manufacturing Company, Fuller-
Gile Company.

G. A. Tweedy Company, G. B. Spring Co. Inc., G. D. Hall,
Inc., G. Ferullo Construction Co., G H M Company, G H M
Company of N. Y., G. M. Briggs Construction Company,
G. M. Burke Coal Company, G. W. Bent Co., Gadway Ice
Cream Co., Gagner Manufacturing Company, The, Gale-

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292. 329

Sawyer Company, The, Galen Motor Sales, Inc., Gallant ^o^*^'",;^
Rubber Company, Gannon's Bakery, Inc., Garrrtt Bros, d'l'asoived?"^
Inc., Gavin Furniture Company, General Business Corpora-
tion, General Holding Corporation, General Merchandising
Co., General Sales & Trading Co., General Trade Engineer-
ing, Incorporated, George A. Jackson, Inc., Geo. B. Leavitt
Co., George Cooper, Inc., Geo. F. Alexander Lumber Co.,
George F. Stocker, Inc., George Inston, Inc., George P.
Raymond Company, Geo. W. Harris Co., Gerald Incorpo-
rated, Gerdts, Witherell & Co., Inc., Gerrish Dredging Com-
pany, Gibby Mfg. Co., Giff Toy Company, Gill Screw Asso-
ciates, Inc., Gillett & Gullam, Inc., Gillett-Upton Inc.,
Giroux Lumber Company, Gleason Motor Car Co., Inc.,
Globe Shoe Company, Glover-Krasnow Company, Inc.,
Glurite Company, Inc., Colbert Last Company, Golden
Galleon Shipyard, Inc., Golden Tanning Company, Gold-
thwaite-Summers Company, Good Humor Ice Cream Com-
pany of Lynn, Goodrow's Incorporated, Goodwear Clothes,
Inc., Gosnold Mills Company, Gove Motor Co. Inc., Granite
Bakery, Inc., Grant Oil Burner Company Incorporated,
Grant P. Veale Corporation, Gray-Hathaway Wood Heel
Co., Graybert Land Co., Great Neck Trucking Co., Green
Street Ice Cream Company, Greenleaf Confectionery Com-
pany, Gregory & Read Co. Express, Gregory Auto Co. Inc.,
Greylock Hotel Company, Grisawder Milling Company,
Grove Hall Construction Company, Inc., Guaranty Realty
Co., Guardian Realty Co., Gurdy Ice Cream Company,
Gustin & Co., Inc., Gyro Products Co. Inc.

H. A. Poole & Son, Inc., H & V Shoe Co., Inc., H. B.
Jaspon, Inc., H. C. Staples Co., H. E. Crawley, Incorpo-
rated, H. G. Bullard, Inc., H. H. Babcock Body Company,
H. H. Brown Shoe Company, H. H. Reardon & Co., Inc.,
H. L. Spooner Supply Company, H. M. Haven & A. T.
Hopkins, Inc., H. M. Herwitz Co., H. Newman & Son (In-
corporated), H. Sahagian Rug Company, H. W. K. Com-
pany, The, Haircraft Manufacturing Company, Inc., The,
Hall Textile Corporation, Halpern-Navison Shoe Company,
Inc., Hamilton Finance Company, The, Hamilton Roofing
Co., Hammond and Son Company, Hampden Auto Parts
Co., Hampden County Mortgage Corporation, Hampden
Trading Corporation, Hancock Beverage Co. Inc., Hancock
Clothing Co., Inc., Hanley Electrical Company, Hanley
Snow Company, The, Hannan-Finton Company, The, Han-
sahoe Manufacturing Company, Harding Amusement Co.,
Harding Shoe Company (Inc.), Hare & Chase of Boston,
Inc., Hare & Chase of Springfield, Inc., Hare & Chase of
Worcester, Inc., Harold Albro, Incorporated, Harper Oil
Co. Inc., Harry Dangel Lithograph Co., Harry J. Murray
Detective Service, Inc., Harry Rosengard Furniture Co. Inc.,
Hart Realty Company, Hartford Finance Corporation,
Hartford-Worcester Realty Corporation, Harvard Coat
Manufacturing Company, Harvard Construction Company,
The, Harvard Egg Company, Inc., Harvard Motor Trans-

330 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292.

Certain poi'tation Co., Harvard Toy Works, Inc., Hastings Electric

dlToTved""' Sales Company, Hatch Distributing Company, Inc., Hatch-
Stevens Company, Inc., The, Hathaway-Dube Baking Co.,
Hathaway Worcester Company, Haverhill Products, Inc.,
Haverhill Shoe Trimming Co., Hayden, Murphy and Parks
Inc., Hayes & Co., Inc., Health Service Association, Inc.,
Heckman-Hunt Corporation, The, Heel Cote Co. Inc.,
Heledith-Stanjan Company, Helene Phillips, Inc., Helen's
Candy Shop, Inc., Henry B. Peek & Company, Incorporated,
Henry Cort Company, The, Henry Dobbins, Inc., Henry
Duncan Corporation (1908), Henry J. Connell Co., Henry
S. Do we Company, Herbert Date Company, Herbert Realty
Co. Inc., Herman E. Lewis, Inc., Hexdees Company, The,
Hi-Grade Fruit Co. Inc., Hibel-Jaguel Furriers, Inc., High
Shoe Manufacturing Company, Highland Lake Paper
Company, Hill & Keegen Inc., Hillsmith, Inc., Hi-way
Diners Club of New England, Inc., Ho-Riel Furniture
Manufacturing Company, Holden Amusement Company,
Holden Company Incorporated, Holhs Holding Trust, Inc.,
Hollywood Lunch Company, Inc., Holyoke Dry Goods
Company, The, Holyoke Warehouse Companj^, Home
Builders and Realty Company, Home Builders Construction
Company, Inc., Home Food Service Company, Home
Method Wet Wash, Incorporated, Home Roofing Co., Inc.,
Home Supply Company, Homestead Land & Building Co.,
Inc., The, Hope Webbing Company, Hopkins Furniture
Company, Inc., Hopkins-Tull Machinery Company, Horse-
neck Beach Amusement Co., Hotel La Salle, Inc., Hotel
Winchendon, Inc., Houghton & Co., Inc., Household Util-
ities, Inc., Howe Engineering Company, Howland Shoe
Company, Hub Dress Manufacturing Company, Hub, Inc.,
The, Hub Oil Co. Inc., Hub Wool Stock Co., Inc., Hubbard,
AVentworth Co., Hudson Bay Fur Corporation, Hudson
Belting Company, Hudson Building Corporation, Hudson
Theatre Companj^, Hudson Valley Coke Sales Corporation,
Hughes & Parker, Incorporated, Humphreys Baker Com-
pany, Incorporated, Hunt Hydro Burner Company, Hunters'
Cabin, Inc., Huntington Construction Co., Inc., The,
Huntt's Coffee House, Inc., Hyannis Engineering Company,
Hyde Park Auto Service Inc., Hj^de Park Realty Corpora-
tion, Hyman's, Inc.

I. H. Morse Company, Ideal Acceptance Corporation,
Ideal Botthng Co. Inc., Ideal Dental Laboratory, Inc., The,
Ideal Mattress Company, The, Ideal Neckwear Company,
Inc., The, Ideal Theater Company, Inc., Ideal Wood Heel
Turning Co., Improvement Realty Corporation, Incorpo-
rated Tire Sales, Independent Theatres Distributing Com-
pany, Inc., Indiana Truck Corporation of Mass., Industrial
Felt Co., Industrial Sales Company, Ingalls Leather Com-
pany, Instantfreese Co. of New England, Inc., Insurance
Aid Company, Insurance Discount Company, Inter-City
Theatre Company, Inter-State Advertising Syndicate Inc.,
International Finance Corporation, International Importing

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292. 331

Company, International Sales Co., Interstate Corporation, Certain
Interstate Film Corporation, Intervale Potato Co., Invest- dlTo^Ued""^
ment Bond & Share Corporation, Investment Equities, Inc.,
Irving Costume Co., Inc., Isabella Silver Black Fox Sales
Company, Italian Co-operative Store of Readville and Hyde
Park, Inc., The.

J. B. Carrier Construction Company, J. Brown & Sons,
Inc., J. Cushing Co., J. E. Holland Company, J. E. Locatelli
Company, Incorporated, J. E. Tessier Co., Inc., J. G. Oddy
Company, J. G. Widener Inc., J. Hurwitz Construction
Co., J. J. IMcGowan Company, J. L. Donaldson, Inc., J.
M. Bess Company, Inc., J. M. Construction Co., J. M.
Harian Shoe Co., J. P. Hatch Company, J. R. Dagnino Com-
pany, J. S. Condinho & Co., Inc., J. Vincent Murray Inc.,
J. W. Damon Co. Inc., J. W. Grady Company, J. W. Potter
Co., Jacob L. Weiner Co., Jaffrey Arms, Inc., James Brazeil
Compan}^, James Driscoll and Son Company, James E.
Boardman Co., Inc., James F. Kennedy Construction
Company, James Given Inc., James Stanley Co., Inc.,
James Tuck, Inc., Jealous & Fitch, Incorporated, Jefferson
Shoe Company Inc., Jeffrey-Nichols Company, Jem Stove
Supply, Inc., Jersey Butter Company, Jesse E. Knight
Automobile Company, Jewett Repertory Theatre, Inc., The,
Joe Mitchell Chappie Associates, Inc., The, John A. Cun-
ningham & Co. Inc., John A. Schroeder Co., John F. Travers
Shoe Company, John Gallishaw School for Creative Writing,
Inc., The, John H. Sellman Company, John O'Connell
Company, Inc., John Todd, Inc., Johnson & Markeson Com-
pany Incorporated, Johnson, Gardner & Davenport, Inc.,
Johnson Molding & Tool Co., Johnson Wood Heel Company
Inc., Jones & Co. Inc., Joseph A. Mercier Co. Inc., The,
Joseph Adams Brush Company, Inc., Joseph S. Dobbins,
Inc., Journal Engraving Co., Joyland, Inc., Judd Specialties,
Inc., Judkins Textile Machine Co., Julius E. Rams and
Company, Inc., Jumbo Equipment Company of New Eng-
land, Junior Book League, Inc.

Kant Clog Specialty Company, Karpas Cloak Co., Kasco
Sales Corporation, Katz and Kurhan Inc., Kay-Ess Uphol-
stering Co., Kelley Development Company, Kelsey Con-
struction Co., The, Kendall Square Electrotype Co., Kenil-
worth Garage Co., "Kid Boots" Shoe Co., Inc., Kilburn
Lincoln Machine Company, Kimball Motors Inc., King
Philip Steamship Company Inc., Kirstein Manufacturing
Co., The, Klagold Construction Company, Kleen-Heet
Company of New England, Kneeland St. Parking Station,
Inc., Kneeland Supply Co. Inc., Knickerbocker Roasteria
System, Inc., Knight & Company, Inc., Knox Motors Com-
pany, Kolbe Inc., Kollen Automatic Service Company, The,
Kraft Knitters, Inc., Krotki Drug Co., Krux Corporation.

L & B Manufacturing Co., L & Q Construction Co., Inc.,
L. Cross P. Ranch Corporation, L. F. Clough Company, Inc.,
L. F. Woodberry Co., Inc. of Mansfield, L. Goldstein &
Son Co., L. H. Hamel Leather Co. (1923), L. R. Neale

332 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292.

S)7*^rations Motor Coiiipany, Inc., L. W. Kingman Company, Incorpo-
dissoived. rated, La Croix Manufacturing & Sales Company Inc.,

LaRossa & Spinazzola Co., Inc., Lackawanna Transporta-
tion Co., Lafayette Trust Inc., Lampro's Lunch, Inc.,
Landey's Inc., Lane & Co., Inc., Lane Tailors, Inc., Laporte
Gasoline and Oil Company, Lavallee Bros. Company,
Lawrence Land & Development Company, Lawrence Real
Estate and Development Corporation, The, LeRan Co.,
Inc., The, Le Vine's, Inc., Leavitt Bros. Inc., Lebbossiere,
Inc., Lectrodio Corporation, Leftin, Inc., Legal Stamp
Company, Inc., Legion Realty Company, Leloff Transpor-
tation Company, Leonard & Burns Incorporated, Leonard
Construction Co., Leonardi Restaurant, Inc., Leshure Com-
pany, The, Leslie Construction Company, Levine Bros.
Shoe Co. Inc., Liberty Fruit & Produce Co. Inc., Liberty
Screw Products Company, Liberty Upholstering Co., Lieber-
man Brothers Co., Lincoln Building and Realty Corporation,
Lincoln Cleansing & Dye Works, Lincoln Realty Company,
Lincoln Theatres Co., Lindbrod Realty Corporation, Lipsky
Grocery Co., Inc., Lithman's Air-0-Matic Oil Burner, Inc.,
Little's Syndicate Inc., Lock-Em-All Sales Co., Lone Star
Oil Products Co., Longwood Laundry, Incorporated, The,
Louis' French Restaurant Company, Louis H. Ross Music
Publishing Company, Louis Jeselsohn, Inc., Louis Under-
wear Company, Lowell Nash Company, Lowell Oil Heating
Co., Inc., Lowell T. Hayden Co., Inc., Ludlow Motor Sales,
Inc., Luxor Tailors, Inc., Lynn Airport Inc., Lynn Cigar
Company, Lynn Concrete Curb Company, Lynn Electric
Corporation, Lynn Maid Shoe Co., Inc., Lynn Modern
Shoe Co., Lynn Novelty Shoe Co., Lynn Rubber Manufac-
turing Company, Lynn Tanning Company, Lyons-Hargraves
Incorporated.

M. A. Palmer Co., M & H Paper Company, Inc., M. &
S. Paper Products Company, M. & V. Co., The, M. F. Burk
Building & Construction Co., M. H. Bernstein Company,
M. I. Klashman Co., M. J. Melledy Contracting Co., M. J.
Taylor & Co. Inc., M. L. Bolles Co. Inc., M. P. Drew Com-
pany, M. S. C. Garage Company, M. S. Davidson Co., M. T.
Solovicos Co., M. Walen & Son, Incorporated, MacDonald
Realty Trust Inc., The, MacKenzie Realty Company,
Maccar Sales and Service Co., Machine Shop Equipment
Corporation, Maclite Battery & Radio Corporation, Maconi's,
Inc., Macropol & Marty Construction Company, The,
Macy Manufacturing Company, Inc., Madam Colin Cafe
Francais, Inc., Made-Rite Furniture Corporation, Made-
Rite Syrup Co., Inc., Maho Steel Products Company, Inc.,
Mailman, Hanlon and Cullen Company, Maintenance
Supply Company, Inc., Majestic Mortgage and Acceptance
Co., Inc., Majestic Tire Sales, Inc., Maiden Tire Rebuilding
Company, MaHff Products Company, Manchaug Store,
Inc., Manning Construction Company, Mansfield Tavern,
Inc., Maple Farm Milk Company of Massachusetts, Marcy
Brothers & Company, Incorporated (1909), Margo Clothing

I

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292. 333

Stores, Inc., Marion Hotel Company, The, Mark A. Dun- Certain
ham and Co., Inc., Mark E. Kelley Co., Marketing Products Su^ed""'
Incorporated, Marmon Brockton Co. Inc., Marnion Motor
Sales, Inc., Marvel Hotel Corporation, The, Mary Chilton
Shoppes Inc., Mason Electric Inc., Mason H. Grower, Inc.,
Massachusetts and Rhode Island Building Corporation,
Massachusetts Auto Renting Company, Massachusetts
Building Corporation, Massachusetts Cap Company, Massa-
chusetts Clothing Co. Inc., Massachusetts Realty Corpora-
tion, IMassachusetts Realty Insurance Corporation, Massa-
chusetts Steel Products, Inc., Massachusetts Toy Corpora-
tion, Matagalpa Rubber Company, Mattapan Bakery, Inc.,
Maverick Construction Corporation, Max M. Adler Co.,
May Island Land & Lumber Corporation, Mayer Mills, Inc.,
Maj^fair Shoe Company, Mayflower Grain Products Corpo-
ration, Maynard-Hefler Eng. Corp., McCaddin Candy Co.,
McCallum Hosiery Company, McCloskey-Matz-O^'Neill,
Inc., McCormick Drug Company, Inc., McFarland Labor
Agenc}^, Incorporated, McGrath-O'Donnell Shoe Company,
McKinnon Bros. Inc., McLaughlin Brothers & Co., Inc.,
McLean Shop, Inc., McPherson Store, Inc., The, Mechanical
Products Corporation, Medford Construction Company,
Medford Garage and Sales Company, Inc., Medway Park
Association, Melrose Construction Company, Inc., Meltzer
Bros., Inc., Melvin Motor Company, Incorporated, Mer-
cantile Credit Plan Inc., Merchant, Inc., The, Merchants
and Manufacturers Finance Corporation, Merchants Mutual
Protective Association, Inc., Merchants Service Corporation,
Merchants' Steam Lighter Company, Mercury Motor Com-
pany, Inc., Mercury Products Corporation, The, Meridian
Company, The, Merrihew Leather Company, Merrimac
Chemical Company, Merrimac River Towing Company,
Merrimack Warehouse Company, Metal Service Co., The,
Meteor Steamship Company, Metropolitan Automobile
Company Inc., Miller Construction Company, The, Miller
Development Company, Mills Machine Sales Co. Inc.,
Minot & Olsen, Inc., Mission Distributors of New England,
Inc., Model Cafeteria Company, Modern Upholstering Com-
pany Inc., Mohawk Electrical Supply Co. Inc., Mohawk
Plastic Magnesia Corp. of New England, Mohican Garage
and Filling Stations, Inc., Molat Electric Co., Monitor
Wireless, Inc., Monomoy Weir and Fish Company, Monson
Textile Company, Inc., Montenell's Inc., Mor-Service Ga-
rage System Inc., The, Morrier & Morrier, Inc., Mortgage
Security Company, The, Mortimer D. Williams Coal Com-
pany, The, Motograph Corporation of New England, Motor
Supply Company, Mouat-Swan Corporation, Moulton
Manufacturing Company, Mount Pleasant Water Com-
pany, Mulhall & Holmes Co., Mullane-Kenslea Trade
School Incorporated, Municipal Lunch Inc., Munroe Felt
and Paper Company, Murphy Die Company, Murphy
Gorman & Waterhouse Inc., Murray Investment Inc.,
Murray's Restaurant, Inc., Mutual Drive Yourself Service,

334 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292.

?o7^oJations ^^c., Myers Hair Company, Mystic Electrical Co., Mystic
dissolved. Securitics Corporation, Mystic Theatres Co., Inc.

N. and B. Crushed Stone and Gravel Company, Inc., The,
Naborhood Pharmacy, Inc., The, Nantasket Amusement
Company, Nantasket Cafe Company, The, Napoli Decorat-
ing Co. Inc., Nassau Company, Nathanson-Franks Corpora-
tion, National Automatic Sprinkler Co., National Commer-
cial Liquidation Company Inc., National Credit Exchange,
Inc., National Decorative Lamp Company, National Hard-
ware Stores Co., National Investors Service, Inc., National
Lighting Co., Inc., National Mercantile Corporation,
National Neckwear Company, National Nut & Bolt Co.,
National Oxite Manufacturing Co., National Radio Service
Inc., National Refrigerating Company, National Willow
& Furniture Manufacturing Co., Nature's Products Com-
pany, Needham Dragon, Inc., The, Neighborhood Grocers,
Inc., Nemasket Worsted Mills, Neptune Sea Grill Co., The,
Netoco Milford Theatre, Inc., Neve Drug Stores Incorpo-
rated of Massachusetts, New Bedford Novelty Fabrics
Corporation, New Boston Lunch Inc., New Boston Street
Sand & Gravel Company, New China Rose, Incorporated,
New Doughnut & Pastry Shops, Inc., The, New England
Acme Truck Corporation, New England Audit Co., New
England Book and Tract Company, New England Com-
munity Theatres, Inc., New England Concrete Products
Co., New England Consumers Discount Corporation, New
England Electric, Incorporated, New England Electric
Service Corporation, New England Fabrics "B" Inc., New
England Fabrics Corporation, New England-Florida Realty
Corporation, New England Fruit Products Co., New Eng-
land Furniture Exchange, Inc., New England Hydraulic
Jack Company, New England Land Company, New Eng-
land Rope & Cordage Co., New England Silver Company,
Inc., New England Sulphur- Vapor Bath Co., New England
Wire Company, New Era Spinning Co., New Frascati, Inc.,
The, New Glover Inn, Inc., New Seymour Hotel, Inc.,
New York and Boston Auto Tourist Co., New York &
Springfield Express, Inc., New York Construction Co. Inc.,
New York Novelty Shoe Company, Newman & Stedman,
Inc., Newmark's Woman's Shop, Inc., Newton Bakery Inc.,
Nichols Bros. Co. Inc., Nicol, Heberden Company Inc.,
Nielco Sales Company of New England, Nobrak Fibre
Products Company, Nonantum Bankers Company, The,
Nonantum Co-Operative Store, Inc., Norfolk Downs Alleys,
Inc., Norfolk Shade & Screen Company, Inc., Norma Silk
Hosiery Co., Inc., Norman and Bennett, Incorporated,
Norman Bruce Petroleum Company, Norman Shoe Co.,
North Atlantic Co., North Atlantic jNlaritime Company,
North Land Cedar Chest Company, North Reading Im-
provement Corporation, North Station Haberdasher, Inc.,
Northdale Woolen Mills, Inc., Northeastern Realty Com-
pany, Northern Box Company, The, Northern Commission
Company, Northern Construction Company, Northern De-

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292. 335

partment Stores, Inc., Northern Products Sales Co., Novelty certain
Wood Heel Co., Novick Garment Co., No vitas Sales Com- S,ssXd°"'
pany, Nu-Idea Sales Corp., Nu-Mode Manufacturing Co.,
Inc. (1928), Nu Way Oil Heating Company.

O. M. Savels & Co. Inc., Oak Hill Produce Co., Inc.,
Oak Leaf Food Shop, Inc., Oakes and Dow Company
(Incorporated), The, Oakland Mills, Obrecht McNiff
Spring Co., The, Ocean Products Co., Oceanside Company,
The, Oestrum Confectionery Company, O'Hearn-Hill Co.
Inc., Oil Well Specialties Corp., Old Bromfield Inn, Inc.,
The, Old Colony Laundry Inc., Old Colony Poultry Co.,
Inc., Old Colony Wholesale Grocery Co., Inc., Old Elm
Pharmacy, Inc., Oldham Home Builders Inc., 107 Charles
Street, Inc., Oppenheim Bros. & Co. Inc., Oppenheim Out-
let Co., Orange Belle Co., Inc., Orchard Hill Crushed Stone
Company, Orent's Department Store Incorporated, Oriental
Shoe Co., Oringer INIanufacturing Corporation, Orthopedic
Shoe Incorporated, The, Osborn Mills Inc., Oscar's Radio
Shop, Inc., Ossipee House Company, Overland-Knight
Motors Sales Company, The, Owen B. Brigham, Inc.,
Oxford Chocolate Company.

P and D Theatres Inc., P. Derby and Company, Incor-
porated, P. J. Sullivan Company, Page Broom Company,
Page Realty Companj'-, Palace Hotel Inc., Palace Restaurant
Company, The, Palais Royal Hotel Company, Raider's, Inc.,
Papoulias Bros., Inc., Paragon Realty Corp., Paramount
Bedding Machine Co. of Boston, Paramount Shoe Goods
Company, Parfitt Furniture Co., Park Avenue Hospital,
Inc., Park Baking Company, Inc., Park Furniture Com-
pany, Inc., Park Manufacturing Co., Park Shoe Company,
Park Square Investment Corporation, Parker Cut Sole
Company, Parker Fish Freezer Company, Parkhill Manu-
facturing Company, Parks, Inc., Patented Clothing Co.,
Paul Furniture Mfg. Co. Inc., Paul L. Pontius, Inc., Paulin
Brovan Co. Inc., Payne & Stillman Inc., Payson Company,
Peace Haven Hotel (Inc.), Pearl Provision Co., Pearl Sau-
sage Company, Inc., Pearl Shoe Shoppe Inc., Pearl Shoe
Trading Co., Pearl White Wet Wash Inc., Peavy Brothers
Company, Peerless Coat Front Co., Peerless Drug Com-
pany, Peerless Radio Corporation, Pelham Construction
Company, Pemberton Investment Company, Pembroke In-
vestment Company, Pennsylvania Finance Corporation,
Penobscot Steamship Company (1922), Perfection Wind-
shield Wiper Co. Inc., The, Peters Electrotype Co., Peterson
Embossing Co. Inc., Philip Kreem, Inc., Phoenix Oil Burner
Company, Phoenix Oil Burners, Inc., Pictures-In-Motion,
Inc., Pierce Furniture Company, Pilgrim Export and
Import Company, Inc., Pilgrim Lumber Company, Pil-
grim Manufacturing & Supply Company, Inc., Pillman
Silver Black Fox Fur Farms, Inc., The, Pittsfield News
Dealers Supply Co., Pittsfield Oil Company, Pittsfield
Post Publishing Company, Inc., The, Plain Dealer Publish-
ing Company, The, Plakias Dairy Company, Planet Oil

336 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292.

rorporations Company, Plymouth County Used Car Corp., Plymouth
dissolved. Inn Corporation of Northampton, Mass., Plymouth Steam-

ship Corporation, Polish Clothing Association, Inc., Pollack
Roller Runner Sled Co. Inc., Pompei Restaurant, Inc., Poole
Shoe Machinery Company, Popham Beach Estates, Incor-
porated, Porter Realty Corporation, Powers Garage, Inc.,
Powers, Taurasi & Rush Co., Inc., Preble's Inc., Premier
Advertising Co., Premier Cider and Fruit Juice Machinery
Company, The, Premier Clothing Company, Premier Mil-
linery Co., Premier Theatre Company of Norwood, Presbrey
Stove Lining Company, Prescott-Allen Inc., Price and Ed-
wards Company, Inc., Primrose Grill, Inc., The, Princeton
Garage Inc., Princeton Shoe Co., Prior Motor Service Com-
pany, Inc., Process Printing Inc., Proctor Tuttle Company,
Production, Inc., Properties Development Corporation, Pros-
pect Hill Pharmacy, Inc., Protecto Shield, Inc., Public Serv-
ice Building Co. Inc., Public Service Realty Co., Inc., Pure
Food Candy Corporation, Puritan Cloak Company, Puritan
Clothing Company, Inc., Puritan Laundry Company of New
Bedford, Inc., The, Purity Market, Inc.

Quahty Brush Manufacturing Co. Inc., Quincy House
Hotel Company, The, Quincy Market Beef and Provision
Company, Quint Sewer Construction Co., The.

R. A. Morrison, Inc., R & R Laundry Co., R. B. Mac-
donald & Co. Inc., R. H. Hussey Company, R. H. Long Shoe
Manufacturing Company, R. L. Head & Company, Inc.,
R. L. S. Signal Co., R. V. Worthen Company, Radio Products
and Specialty Company, Rainbow Products Corporation,
Randall & Shaw, Inc., Raphel Dress Mfg. Co. Inc., Rapid
Butter Machinery Co. Inc., Rapkin & Miller Co., Ray's
Market Incorporated, Re-Filit Broom Manufacturing Com-
pany, Re-Sol-It Company, Inc., Reading Knights of Colum-
bus Building Association, Incorporated, The, Reading
Theatre, Inc., Realty Finance Corporation, Rebboli, Incor-
porated, Record Realty, Inc., Recreator, Inc., Red Rose
Tourist Coach Line, Inc., Redonnet Bros., Inc., Reed Metal-
smiths Company, Reedcraft Corporation, The, Regal Cafe-
teria, Inc., Regent Lunch, Inc., The, Registration Service
Corporation, Rehance Electric Co. Inc., Repeating Cine
Corporation, Restful! Mattress Co., Inc., The, Revere Filling
Stations, Inc., Rex Scale & Specialty Company, Rialto
Theater Company, Inc. of Worcester, Rice Co., The, Richard
C. Wildes Construction Company, Inc., Richmond Finance
Co., Richmond-Swan Companj^, Ricketson Motor Car Com-
pany, Inc., Ring Cab, Inc., Rite Shoe Co., Inc., The, River-
dale Market Garden, Inc., Riverside Amusement Company,
Roberts Oil Company, Roberts Shoe Co. (1928), Roberts
Shoe Co., Inc., Roberts Shoe Mfg. Co., Roberts Shoe Sales
Co., Robinson & Ordway Company, Robinson & Shuman
Inc., Rogers Panel Co., Inc., Rogo Products Company,
Rolfe's Music House, Inc., Rolling Ridge, Inc., Rollstone
Paper Company, Romagna Cigar Company, Inc., Roosevelt
Apartments, Inc., Rose G. Caisse Fur Shop, Inc., Rosedale

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292. 337

Realty Corporation, Ross Cutter & Machine Works, Inc., Certain
Rousmaniere Williams Liquidation Company Inc., Royal SsfoTved""^
Diamond Electric Corporation, Royal Rubber Company,
Inc., Roycroft Men's Shop, Inc., Rubber Fibre Company,
Rumford Rug Co. Inc., Ryder and Richmond Oil Com-
pany.

S. A. MacDonnell Co., S. Abdelnour Company, S & Q
Market Company, S. H. Davis Company, S. J. Richards &
Co. Inc., Saco Uniform Co., of Massachusetts, Salem Lamp
Company, Salem Tribune Publishing Company, Sally Rose
Inc., Samson Laundry Corporation, Samuel Cohen Shoe Co.,
Sandara Realty Trust, Inc., Sanette Corporation of New-
England, The, Santos Company, Sapphire Egg Co. Inc.,
Sargent Camp, Inc., Sargent School, The, Saunders Awning
& Decorating Co., Inc., Saw^yer Belting Company, Scandi-
navian Societies Building Association, Inc., Schooset Farms
Inc., Seaboard Skyways, Inc., Seal-Kap Company, Sears,
Roebuck Shoe Factories, Second Amtrusco Securities Corpo-
ration, Second B G Co., Securities General, Inc., Securities
Salvage Corporation, Security Engineers, Incorporated,
Security Loan Jewelry Sales Company, Security Shoe Com-
pany, Service Motor Trucking Corporation, Service Wood
Heel Company, Shanley's, Inc., Shaw PubKshing Company,
Shawmut Egg Co., Shawmut Manufacturing Company,
Shawmut Oil Company, Shawmut Paper Box Corporation,
Sheehan, Masterson, Inc., Sherin Sandwich Shops, Inc.,
Sherman- jNIoore Company, Sherwood Curtain Company, The,
Shirley Cleansers and Dyers, Inc., Shoe Retailer Company,
The, Shopper's Garage, Inc., Shores Greater Shows, Inc.,
Shrewsbury Amusement Co., Inc., Shur-Stix Chemical Co.,
Sicania Film Corporation, Silverstein Hair Company,
Simmons Advertising System, Inc., Simmons Hardware
Company of Boston, Simon Coat Company, Simplex Elec-
tric Heating Company, Singer Shoe Company, Singletary
Stables Inc., Six Little Tailors, Inc., Slowe Building Com-
pany, Smiley-Carney Company, Smith Casey Company,
The, Smith Catering Company Inc., Smith Company, The,
Smith Oil Company, Snappy Box Lunch Company, Snow's
Ice Cream Company, Society for Spiritual and Physical
Hygiene, Inc., Solar Electric Lamp Company, Somerset
Inn, Inc., Somerset Investment Company, Inc., Somerset
Realtj^ Co., Inc., Somerset Securities Company, Sorosis
Advertising Agency, The, Sorosis Shoe Company of Boston,
South Boston Building Association, South Chatham De-
velopment Company, Inc., South Deerfield Onion Storage
Co., South Shore Hotels Co., South Street Realty Company,
Spang's Food Specialty Company, Spartan Press Inc.,
Spear and Gorman, Inc., Special Production Machines, Inc.,
Special Yarns Corporation, Spencer Kellogg & Sons of
Massachusetts, Incorporated, Spencer, Mundon & Harriman
Inc., Spigel's Cafeteria, Inc., Spotless Food Shops, Inc.,
Spotless Streets Bulletin Association of America, Inc.,
Spraco Painting Equipment Company, Spring-Tector Com-

338 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292.

Certain pany, Springfield Agitator Company, Springfield Brick

dbfolv^ed""^ Company (1899), Springfield Furnace Co., Inc., Springfield
Health Bread Co. Inc., Springfield Security Company, Stag
Realty Corporation, Stage Door, Incorporated, The, Stand-
ard Army & Navy Store, Inc., Standard Barrel Company,
Standard Bottling and Extract Company, Standard Con-
tracting Company, Standard Counter Co., Standard Cut
Sole Co., Inc., Standard Heel and Rand Co., Inc., The,
Standard Investment Corporation, Standard Lumber Com-
pany, Standard Rubber Company, Standard Split Com-
pany, Standard Steel Shelving Company, Standard Utilities
Co., Inc., Standardized Products Co., Stanley Green Co.,
Stanley Storage Company, Stanley W. Moulton, Inc.,
Stanley's Club Diner Inc., Stanmar Corporation, Stantial-
Jackson Company, Stanton Manufacturing Co., Star
Amusement Company, Star Publishing Company, The,
Star Radio & Battery Service Inc., Star Reed & Fibre
Furniture Co., Star Rubber Co. of N. E., Star Service
Stores Inc., Stark Lunch Company, State Malt Supply
Company, State Wharf and Storage Company, Stationdex
Publishing Co., Inc., Statistical Service Inc., Stephen P.
Hurd Company, Step-in-all Sales Company, Inc., Stevens
Bros., Inc., Stevens Lumber Company, The, Stewart Truck
Co. of Worcester, Stocking Shoppe, Inc., The, Stoddard
Motor Car Company, Stone Motors, Inc., Stone Surface
Washer Company, Inc., Stoughton Mills, Inc., Stoughton
Raincoat Company Inc., Strafford Shoe Company, Strand
Ballroom, Inc., Strand Cash Market Corporation, Strand
Theatre Company of Lowell, Strand Theatre of Jamaica
Plain Inc., Strauss Wood Heel Co., Street Lumber Company,
The, Stromberg Motor Devices Company of Massachusetts,
Stuart Clothing Co., Stuart Realty Co. Inc., Stuart St.
Market, Inc., Style Shoe Company, Inc.,- Suburb Realty
Company, Sudbury Colonial Airport, Inc., Suffolk Print
Inc., Sullivan Hotel Company, The, Sun Light Electric Sales
Company, Super-Penn Oil Corporation, Superior Cardline
Inc., Superior Floors, Incorporated, Superior Grinding'
Wheel Co., Superior Underwear Mfg. Co., Supreme Wood
Heel Co. Inc., Surety Construction Company Incorporated,
Surfside Dry Goods Co., Sutherland Drug Co., Swasey
Brothers Incorporated, Swift Engineering Co.

T. F. Walsh Company, T. J. Breshn, Inc., T. J. Howard
Tire Company, T. T. Gray's Argonne Service Stations, Inc.,
T Wharf Fish Co., Tailors' & Cleansers' Dye House, Inc.,
Tait Bros., Inc., Tarpon Springs Florida Development
Company, Taunton Biltmore Corporation, Taunton Central
Garage, Inc., Tay-Sia At wood Tea Company, Testa &
Scurto Engineering Co. Inc., Tetlow Hall, Inc., Te.xten
Corporation, Textile Braiding Company, Thayer Corpora-
tion, The, Thayer-Griffith Co., Theodore Bros. Incorporated,
Theodore R. Alexander Co. Inc., The, Thermo- Wall Con-
struction Company, Third B G Co., Thomas E. Hogan, Inc.
(1921), Thos. F. Fitzgerald Co., Thomas G. Jewett, Jr. Inc.,

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292. 339

Thomas Joseph McCue Construction Company, Thomas, certain
Kinum Company, Thompson Reo Co., Thorncr Construe- dbfolv'ld""^
tion Co., Three B Corporation, The, 330 Moody Street,
Inc., Thrift Service, Incorporated, Thurman Leshe & Co.
Inc., Tid-Bit Inc., The, Timson Bros. Shoe Company,
Tingley Heat Inc., ''Toggery Shop" Inc., Tom Thumb
Company, Touraine Shoe Co. Inc., Trafichte Co., Tremblay,
Incorporated, Tremont and Suffolk Mills, Trenton Tire and
Rubber Company, Inc., Triangle Shoe Co., Trident Develop-
ment Corp., Trimount Dredging Company (1921), 245
Tremont St. Inc., 261 Main Street Corporation.

USE Auto Service, Inc., U. S. Insulating Corporation,
Union Company, Union Garage, Inc., Union Trading Com-
pan}', Inc., Unionite Paving Companj^ of Massachusetts,
United American Shoe Company, United Butchers, Inc.,
United Co-operative Society of Worcester, United Electric
Service Company, United Feather Co., United Food Shops,
Incorporated, United Housewares Stores Co., United Job-
bing Company, Inc., United Pubhc Market, Inc., United
Sealing Machine Company, United States Creditors Asso-
ciation, Inc., United Stationery Company, United Tailors,
Incorporated, United Truck Lines Inc., Unity Novelty Co.,
Inc., Universal Hardware Co., Inc., Universal Radio Dis-
tributing Company, Universal Safety Signal, Inc., Universal
Sales Machine Co., Universal Service Corporation, Universal
Shuttle Spring Company, University Bookstore, Inc., Up-
To-Date Products Co., Uphams Corner Stores, Inc., Upton
Tire Company, Inc.

Vacuum Glass Company, Van Tassel Company, Vantine
& Vantine, Inc., Velez Course Indicator, Inc., Velouderma,
Inc., Vending Service, Inc., Vermont Products Co., Ver-
rengia Italian-American Pharmacy Inc., Viard Mfg. Co.,
Victor Electrical Supply Co. Inc., Victor Shoe Machinery
Company, Victoria Company of Lawrence, Victory Yacht
Yard Inc., Vinc-A-Fone Corporation, Virginia Worsted
Company, Visco Construction Company, Vode Patent
Leather Company, Vogue Shop, Inc., The, Vorenberg's
Successors, Inc. (1925), Vulcanite Corporation.

W. A. Haynes Co., The, W. A. Miller Company, Inc., W.
B. Lincoln Piano Company, W. D. Baker Mfg. Co., W. D.
Kinsman Company, W. E. Ellis Company, W. F. Smith
Corporation, W. G. Shaw Furniture Co. Inc. (8-24-23),
W. H. Blodget Company, W. H. Cooley Company, W. H.
Foss Co. Inc., W. H. Kay, Inc., W. H. Whitcomb Construc-
tion Company, W. H. Willard Company, W. J. Tirrell and
Co., Inc., W. J. White Company, W. R. Eaton Inc., W. S.
Mills, Inc., W. T. Shackley & Son Company, W. W. Adrian
Electrical Construction Co., Wachusett Nail Corporation,
Walk-On-Air Foot Remedy Company, Wallace & Company,
Inc., Walnut Taxi Company, Walrus Products Company,
Walters, Denish & Frisco, Inc., Waltham Loan Company,
Inc., Waltham Waste Paper Stock Co., Ward Heater Sales
Co. of N. E., Inc., Ware Automobile Sales Company, War-

340

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292.

Certain

corporations

dissolved.

Certain
charitable
and other
corporations
dissolved.

wick, Incorporated, The, Washburn Lumber Company,
Washington Building and Construction Company, W^ashing-
ton Hotel Company, Inc. of Westfield, Mass., The, Water-
front Engine Repair Company, Watertown Service Garage,
Incorporated, Webber-Huggins Motor Company, Webster
Candy Company, The, Wells Motor Car Company, Well-
worth Restaurant Inc., Wendell Pharmacy, Inc. (1925),
West Bay Inn, Inc., West Concord Motors, Inc., West New-
ton Curtain Co., Inc., West Side Garage, Inc., The, West-
boro Hat Company, Western Wyoming Oil Company, Wey-
mouth Finance Company, Whalen Sporting Goods Co. Inc.,
Whalom Lake Launch Company, Whalom Recreation Com-
pany, Wheeler Express Company, Whitaker's, Inc., Whit-
comb & Co., Inc., Whitcomb Electrical Co., White House
Lunch Co., Inc., Whitenights Stores, Inc., Whitmore Manu-
facturing Company, Whitney, King and Barney Inc., Whole-
sale Hat Sales Co., The, Wilder Drug Company, William E.
Lamb Company, Inc., William F. Mosser Company, William
Freeman Construction Company, Wm. H. Luther & Son Inc.,
Wm. H. Wilkinson Co., William Lay, Incorporated, Wm.
M. Lovering & Co., Inc., Wm. P. Lowell, Inc., Wilham Read
& Sons Company (1921), Wm. S. Jelly Shoe Company,
Williamstown Sales Company, Wills, Carson, Bennett Com-
pany, Wills Sainte Claire, Inc., Winchester, Hayden Inc.,
Winchester Sales Co., Wind Mill, Inc., Winter Hill Realty
Company, Winter Hill Theatre, Incorporated, Winthrop
Building & Construction, Inc., Winthrop Cash Market, Inc.,
Winthrop Cotton Yarn Company, Winthrop Delicatessen
Company, Witt Motors, Inc., Woburn Hardware Company,
Women's Novelty Shoe Manufacturing Co., Wonder Shoe
Co., Woodbury Hill Granite Company, Woodman Company,
Inc., Woods Builders' Supply Company, Wood's Business
College, Inc., Worcester and Company Incorporated,
Worcester Bilt-Rite Company, Worcester Capitol Company,
Worcester Drug Corporation, Worcester Lithuanian Co-
operative Association, Inc., Worcester Mechanics Auto
Service Inc., Worcester Professional Building, Inc., Worces-
ter Refrigerating Corporation, Worcester Steam and Trolley
Trucking Company, Worcester White Company, Inc., The,
Worcester Wire Company, Workers Mutual Plan, Inc.,
World Chemical Co., Wright- Alexander Company, Wyman-
Churchill Lunch Co.

Yaffe's Inc., Yankee Bargain Stores, Inc., Ye Middleton
Arms, Inc., York & Burdwood Co.

Zaff Burlap Bag Co., The, Zahonyi's Inc., Zanditon Motor
Company, Inc., Zariffe Cigarette Company, Inc., Zundell
Hardware Co., Inc.

Charitable and Other Corporations.

Association for International Medical Service, The.
Bunker Hill Irish Charitable Society.
Deaconess Home of the First African Methodist Episcopal
Society of Boston, Mass., The.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 292. 341

East End Hebrew Gemilath Chassodim Association of
Fall River Mass.

Gabriele D'Annunzio Building Association Inc., The,
Geniilith Chesed of Salem, Inc., Greek Women's Benefit
Institution of Boston.

Hebrew Ladies' Beneficial Fund, Inc., Hebrew Ladies
Council Progressive Association, Hebrew Ladies Helping
Hand Society of Fall River, The, Hellenic Association Patria.

Immaculate Conception School Association of Holyoke.

Khrimian Hayrig Fund of America, Inc.

Lithuanian Sons Society of Springfield, Massachusetts,
The, Long Plain Library Association.

Mansfield Civic Association and Boys' Club, The, Massa-
chusetts Home of the Order Sons of Italy in America, Inc.,
ISIedford Women's Club House Corporation.

New England Men's Apparel Exchange, Inc.

Pan Hellenic Union in America, Pepperell Men's Club,
Piatker Relief Association Inc., Pultusker Benevolent Asso-
ciation.

Quinsigamond Finnish Workingmen's Association, Inc.

St. Josephs Association of Boston, Saint Joseph's School
Association of Haverhill, Somerville High School Association.

Trustees of Saint Peter's Charity Fund, in Newburyport.

Unitarian Laymen's League, New England Division.

Wolf Hill Country Club, Inc., Worcester Civic League,
Inc.

York Quon Educational Association.

Public Service Corporations.

Block Plant Electric Light Company, The. Certain

Chester Electric Light Company. ^o'SatZr

Milford, Attleborough and Woonsocket Street Railway dissolved.

Company.

New Bedford and Onset Street Railway Company, North

Attleboro' Gas Light Company, Norton, Taunton & Attle-

boro Street Railway Company.

Webster and Dudley Street Railway Company, Worcester

and Webster Street Railway Company.

Section 2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to Pending suits
affect any suit now pending by or against any corporation "oj^ effected,
mentioned 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
previously annulled or any corporation previously dissolved,
or to make vahd any defective organization of any of the
supposed corporations mentioned herein.

Section 3. Suits upon choses in action arising out of Proceedings in
contracts sold or assigned by any corporation dissolved by chosl^m"
this act may be brought or prosecuted in the name of the brought^'X
purchaser or assignee. The fact of sale or assignment and
of purchase by the plaintiff shall be set forth in the writ or

342

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 293.

No relief from
obligation to
file tax
return, etc.

When
operative.

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 the last person who was the treasurer or assistant
treasurer, or, 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 as required by 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 commonwealth.

Section 5. This act shall be operative as of March
thirty-first in the current year. Approved May 9, 1930.

Chav.29S -^^ Act relative to the payment of workmen's com-
pensation IN CASE OF the DEATH OF THE EMPLOYEE.

G. L. 152, § 31,
etc., amended.

Workmen's
compensation,
payment to
dependents of
employee, if
death results
from injury.

Payments to
terminate, if
widow re-
marries, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the General Laws,
as amended in section thirty-one by chapter four hundred
and two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two
and by section six of chapter three hundred and nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section thirty-one and
inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 31 . If
death results from the injury, the insurer shall pay the follow-
ing dependents of the employee, including his children by a
former wife, wholly dependent upon his earnings for support
at the time of his injury, compensation as follows, payable,
except as hereinafter provided, in the manner set forth in
section thirty-two:

To the widow, so long as she remains unmarried, ten
dollars a week if and so long as there is no child of the em-
ployee, who is under the age of eighteen, or over said age
and physically or mentally incapacitated from earning; to
or for the use of the widow and for the benefit of all children
of the employee, twelve dollars a week if and so long as
there is one such child, and two dollars more a week for each
such additional child; provided, that in case any such child
is a child by a former wife, the death benefit shall be divided
between the surviving wife and all living children of the
deceased employee in equal shares, the surviving wife taking
the same share as a child. If the widow dies, such amount
or amounts as would have been payable to or for her own
use and for the benefit of all children of the emploj^ee shall
be paid in equal shares to all the surviving children of the
employee. If the widow remarries, all payments under the
foregoing provisions shall terminate and the insurer shall
pay each week to each of the children of the employee, if
and so long as there are more than five, his or her proper-

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 294. 343

tionate share of eighteen dollars and shall pay each of such
children, if and so long as there are five or less, three dollars
a week. The total amount of payments under this section Maximum
shall not be more than sixty-four hundred dollars and said p^ymentf.
payments shall not continue more than four hundred weeks.
When weekly payments have been made to an injured em-
ployee before his death, compensation under the foregoing
provisions of this section shall begin from the date of the
death of the employee, but shall not amount to a total of
more than sixty-four hundred dollars, including such pay-
ments as were made to the injured employee before his
death, and shall not continue for more than four hundred
weeks, including weeks during which payments were made
to the injured employee before his death.

In all other cases of total dependency, the insurer shall Payments in
pay the dependents of the employee wholly dependent upon of totaf ''^^^^
his earnings for support at the time of the injury a weekly dependency.
paj^ment equal to two thirds of his average weekly wages,
but not more than ten dollars nor less than four dollars a
week for a period of five hundred weeks; but in no case
shall the amount be more than four thousand dollars. If
the employee leaves dependents only partially dependent
upon his earnings for support at the time of his injury, the
insurer shall pay such dependents a weekly compensation
equal to the same proportion of the weekly payments for
the benefit of persons wholly dependent as the amount
contributed by the employee to such partial dependents
bears to the annual earnings of the deceased at the time of
his injury. When weekly payments have been made to an
injured employee before his death, the compensation under
this paragraph to dependents shall begin from the date of
the death of the employee, but shall not continue for more
than five hundred weeks. Approved May 9, 1930.

An Act establishing in the town of danvers repre- Chav 294

SENTATIVE TOWN GOVERNMENT BY LIMITED TOWN MEET- '
INGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Upon the acceptance of this act by the town Precinct
of Danvers, as hereinafter provided, the selectmen shall re°niati've^town
forthwith divide the territory thereof into not less than four meetings, etc.,
nor more than eight voting precincts, each of which shall Danve?3°
be plainly designated, and shall contain approximately an
equal number of registered voters. The precincts shall be Precincts,
so established as to consist of compact and contiguous ter- establishment,
ritory to be bounded, as far as possible, by the center line of
known streets and ways or by other well defined limits.
Their boundaries shall be reviewed and, if need be, wholly
or partly revised by the selectmen in October, once in five
years, or in October of any year when so directed by a vote
of a representative town meeting held not later than Sep-

344

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 294.

Selectmen to
report doings,
etc.

Division into
voting pre-
cincts, effective
date, etc.

Town clerk to
give written
notice to state
secretary, etc.

Meetings of
voters, when
and where to
be held.

Certain provi-
sions of general
laws to apply,
etc.

Representative
town meeting
membership,
number, etc.

Town meeting
members, elec-
tion, terms, etc.

tember twentieth of that year. The selectmen shall, within
ten days after any establishment or revision of the precincts,
file a report of their doings with the town clerk, the regis-
trars of voters and the assessors, with a map or maps or
description of the precinct and the names and residences
of the registered voters therein. The selectmen shall also
cause to be posted in the town hall a map or maps or descrip-
tion of the precincts as established or revised from time to
time, with the names and residences of the registered voters
therein; and they shall also cause to be posted in at least
one pubhc place in each precinct a map or description of that
precinct, with the names and residences of the registered
voters therein. The division of the town into voting pre-
cincts and any revision of such precincts shall take effect
upon the date of the filing of the report thereof by the select-
men with the town clerk. Whenever the precincts are
established or revised, the town clerk shall forthwith give
written notice thereof to the state secretary, stating the
number and designation of the precincts. Meetings of the
registered voters of the several precincts for elections, for
primaries, and for voting upon any question to be submitted
to all the registered voters of the town, shall be held on the
same day and at the same hour and at such place or places
within the town as the selectmen shall in the warrant for
such meeting direct. The provisions of the general laws
relating to precinct voting at elections, so far as the same
are not inconsistent with this act, shall apply to all elections
and primaries in the town upon the establishment of voting
precincts as hereinbefore provided.

Section 2. Other than the officers designated in section
three as town meeting members at large, the representative
town meeting membership shall in each precinct consist of
the largest number divisible by three which will not exceed
two per cent of the registered voters in the precinct. The
registered voters in every precinct shall, at the first annual
town election held after the establishment of such precincts,
and at the first annual town election following any precinct
revision, conformabl}^ to the laws relative to elections not
inconsistent with this act, elect by ballot the number of
registered voters in the precinct, other than the officers
designated in section three as town meeting members at
large, as provided in the first sentence of this section, to be
town meeting members of the town. The first third, in the
order of votes received, of members so elected shall serve
three years, the second third in such order shall serve two
years, and the remaining third in such order shall serve one
year, from the day of the annual town meeting; in case of
a tie vote affecting the division into thirds, as aforesaid, the
members elected from the precinct shall by ballot determine
the same; and thereafter, except as is otherwise provided
herein, at each annual town election the registered voters
of each precinct shall, in like manner, elect one third of the
number of elected town meeting members to which that

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 294. 345

precinct is entitled for the term of three years, and shall
at such election fill for the unexpired term or terms any
vacancy or vacancies then existing in the number of town
meeting members in any such precinct. Upon every re-
vision of the precincts the terms of office of all town meeting
members from every precinct shall cease upon the qualifica-
tion of their successors, who shall be elected at the annual
town election held next after such revision. The town Notice to mem-
clerk shall, after every election of town meeting members, '^^'"^ ^''^^*^««i-
forthwith notify each such member by mail of his election.

Section 3. Any representative town meeting held under Town meetings
the provisions of this act, except as otherwise provided eT^t^edtown
herein, shall be limited to the voters elected under section "e'rs*and"m"n
two, together with the members of the board of selectmen bers of board of
designated as town meeting members at large. selectmen, etc.

The town clerk shall notify the town meeting members Notice of town
of the time and place at which representative town meetings '"'^'^^'"ss, etc.
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 qualifica-
tions of their members. A majority of the town meeting Quorum,
members shall constitute a quorum for doing business; but
a less number may organize temporarily and may adjourn
from time to time. All town meetings shall be public. Meetings
The town meeting members as such shall receive no com- p*^*^''"-
pensation. Subject to such conditions as may be deter- ^tion!'"^'^""
mined from time to time by the members of the representa-
tive town meeting, any registered voter of the town who is
not a town meeting member may speak at any representative
town meeting, but shall not vote. A town meeting member Resignations,
may resign by filing a written resignation with the town
clerk, and such resignation shall take effect on the date of
such filing. A town meeting member who removes from the Removal from
town shall cease to be a town meeting member, and a town c°irct, "effect
meeting member who removes from the precinct from which
he was elected to another precinct may serve only until the
next annual town meeting.

Section 4. Nomination of candidates for town meeting Nomination
members to be elected under this act shall be made by for'^town meet-
nomination papers, which shall bear no political designation, h" V^ade*^"^^'
shall be signed by not less than ten voters of the precinct
in which the candidate resides, and shall be filed with the ,
town clerk at least ten days before the election, provided, Proviso.
that any town meeting member may become a candidate
for re-election by giving written notice thereof to the town
clerk at least thirty days before election. No nomination Acceptance of
papers shall be valid in respect to any candidate whose """""'^ '°""
written acceptance is not thereon or attached thereto when
filed.

Section 5. The articles in the warrant for every town Warrant
meeting, so far as they relate to the election of the moderator, act'ed^uponT
town officers and town meeting members, and as herein pro- etc.
vided, to referenda, and all matters to be acted upon and

346

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 294.

Moderator,
election, etc.

Moderator
pro tempore.

Vacancies in
full number of
town meeting
members, fill-
ing, etc.

Notice of
vacancy.

Calling of spe-
cial meeting.

Notice of
meeting.

Quorum.

Choice by
ballot.

Certificate of
choice, etc.

Votes, when
operative, etc.

Referendum.

determined by ballot, shall be so acted upon and determined
by the registered voters of the town in their respective
precincts. All other articles in the warrant for smy town
meeting, beginning with the town meeting at which said
town meeting members are first elected, shall be acted upon
and determined exclusively by town meeting members at
a meeting to be held at such time and place as shall be set
forth by the selectmen in the warrant for the meeting, subject
to the referendum provided for by section eight.

Section 6. A moderator shall be elected by ballot at
each annual town meeting and shall serve as moderator of
all town meetings, except as otherwise provided by law,
until a successor is elected and qualified. Nominations for
and election of a moderator shall be as in the case of other
elective town officers, and any vacancy in the office may be
filled by the town meeting members at a meeting held for
that purpose. If a moderator is absent, a moderator pro
tempore may be elected by the town meeting members.

Section 7. Any vacancy in the full number of town
meeting members from any precinct, whether arising from
a failure of the registered voters thereof to elect, or from any
other cause, may be filled, until the next annual election,
by the remaining members of the precinct from among the
registered voters thereof. Upon petition therefor, signed
by not less than ten town meeting members from the pre-
cinct, notice of any vacancy shall promptly be given by the
town clerk to the remaining members from the precinct in
which the vacancy or vacancies exist, and he shall call a
special meeting of such members for the purpose of filling
any vacancy. He shall cause to be mailed to every such
member, not less than five days before the time set for the
meeting, a notice specifying the object, time and place of
the meeting. At the said meeting a majority of the members
from such precinct 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 ma-
jority of the votes cast shall be required for a choice. The
chairman and clerk shall count the ballots and 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 as a town meeting member or
members, subject to the right of all the town meeting mem-
bers to judge of the election and qualifications of the mem-
bers as set forth in section three.

Section 8. No vote, except a vote to adjourn or au-
thorizing the borrowing of money in anticipation of the
receipt of taxes for the current year, passed at any represen-
tative town meeting shall be operative until after the expira-
tion of five days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, from
the dissolution of the meeting. If, within said five days,
a petition, signed by not less than two hundred registered
voters of the town, containing their names and addresses

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 294. 347

as they appear on the Hst of registered voters, is filed with

the selectmen asking that the question or questions involved

in such vote be submitted to the registered voters of the

town at large, then tlic selectmen, after the expiration of

five days, shall forthwith call a special meeting for the sole

purpose of presenting to the registered voters at large the

question or questions so involved. The polls shall be

opened at two o'clock in the afternoon and shall be closed

not earlier than eight o'clock in the evening and all votes

upon any questions so submitted shall be taken by ballot,

and the check list shall be used in the several precinct

meetings in the same manner as in the election of town

officers. The questions so submitted shall be determined de^tefmined^"'^

by vote of the same proportion of voters at large voting etc.

thereon as would have been required by law of the town

meeting members had the question been finally determined

at a representative town meeting. The questions so sub- Questions, how

mitted shall be stated upon the ballot in substantially the brTuot, ete."^

same language and form in which they were stated when

presented to said representative town meeting by the

moderator, and as appears from the records of said meeting.

If such petition is not filed within the said period of five yotes operative

days, the vote of the representative town meeting shall et"" p*"^'*'""-

become operative and effective upon the expiration of said

period.

Section 9. There shall be a finance committee, to con- Finance
sist of nine persons, who shall not be town meeting members, ap^^ntment,
to be appointed bj'' the moderator at the first annual town *®'"'"^' ®*'=-
meeting held after this act becomes operative and to hold
office, three until the expiration of three years, three until
the expiration of two years, and three until the expiration of
one year, from said annual town meeting, and thereafter at
each annual town meeting three members of said committee
shall be appointed by the moderator to serve for three years
therefrom. To this committee shall be referred all questions Powers, etc.
pertaining to the appropriation or expenditure of money, the
creation of debt, the disposition of town property and all
other questions affecting the town, for the purpose of making
recommendations, but this shall not be construed to pro-
hibit the appointment of special committees to investigate
matters pertaining to the town or to execute work author-
ized by it. This committee shall have the power to consult
with such departments, officers, employees or committees
as may have information concerning any matter under
consideration, and it shall be the duty of all departments,
officers, employees or committees to furnish such informa-
tion as they possess that may be required by said committee.
It shall also have the- power to examine, in connection with
any subject under investigation or consideration, all books,
vouchers, papers and all other instruments in the custody
or possession of any officer, employee or agent of the town.

Section 10. All by-laws or parts of by-laws of the town inconsistent
inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby re- rep^kd.

348

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 294.

Provisions of
G. L., 44, to
continue to
apply.

Powers of town
and its town
meeting mem-
bers, etc.

Annual town
meeting for
election of
officers, etc.

Annual meeting
for transaction
of municipal
business, etc.

Adjournment,
etc.

Certain rights
not abridged,
etc.

Submission to
voters of town
of Danvers, etc.

pealed. The provisions of chapter forty-four of the Gen-
eral Laws shall continue to apply in the town of Danvers
notwithstanding the provisions of this act.

Section 11. The town of Danvers, after the acceptance
of this act, shall have the capacity to act through and be
bound by its said town meeting members who shall, when
convened from time to time as herein provided, constitute
representative town meetings; and such representative
town meetings shall exercise exclusively, so far as will con-
form to the provisions of this act, all powers vested in the
municipal corporation. Action in conformity with all pro-
visions of law now or hereafter applicable to the transaction
of town affairs in town meetings shall, when taken by any
representative town meeting in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act, have the same force and effect as if such
action had been taken in a town meeting open to all the
voters of the town as heretofore organized and conducted.

Section 12. The town of Danvers, after the acceptance
of this act, shall hold its annual town meeting for the pur-
poses of election of officers only on the first Monday of March
in each year. The polls for the election of officers shall open
not later than fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the fore-
noon and shall close not earlier than four o'clock in the
afternoon. The town of Danvers shall hold its annual
meeting for the transaction of municipal business in pur-
suance of the warrant for the annual town meeting, except
the election of officers, on the third Monday of March at
thirty minutes past seven o'clock in the evening. If the said
business of the annual town meeting is not completed on the
evening of the third Monday of March, the said meeting
may be adjourned to thirty minutes past seven o'clock of
any evening or to as many evenings as the meeting votes,
during the week of the third Monday of March, as are
necessary to complete the said business.

Section 13. This act shall not abridge the right of the
inhabitants of the town of Danvers to hold general meet-
ings, as that right is secured to them by the constitution of
this commonwealth; nor shall this act confer upon any
representative town meeting in Danvers the power finally
to commit the town to any measure affecting its municipal
existence or changing its government, without the action
thereon by the voters of the town at large, using the ballot
and the check list therefor.

Section 14. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of the town of Danvers at an annual or special town
meeting called for the purpose. The vote shall be taken in
precincts by ballot in accordance with the provisions of the
general laws, so far as the same shall be applicable, in
answer to the question, which shall be placed upon the
official ballot to be used at said meeting: "Shall an act
passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred
and thirty, entitled 'An Act estabhshing in the town of
Danvers representative town government by limited town

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 295, 296. 349

meetings,' be accepted by this town?" So much of this Time of
act as authorizes its submission to the registered voters of *'^ '"^ ® *^*'
the town of Danvers shall take effect upon its passage and
the remainder, except section fifteen, shall take effect upon
its acceptance by a majority of the voters voting thereon.

Section 15. If this act is rejected by the registered ff^gj^'^'"?'^'''""
voters of the town of Danvers when submitted to said tion, etc.
voters under section fourteen, it may again be submitted
for acceptance in like manner from time to time to such
voters at any annual town meeting in said town within
three years thereafter, but not more than three times in the
aggregate. Approved May 9, 1930.

An Act authorizing the city of boston to pay a sum QJi^nj 295

OF MONEY TO THE HUSBAND OF RACHEL S. WATSON. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral obli- city of Boston
gation, the city of Boston may pay to John Watson a sum ormo^ney'^to"'"
not exceeding sixty-five hundred dollars on account of the R^fchef s^'^^ °^
death of his wife, Rachel S. Watson, caused by the negligent watson.
administering of medicine to her while an inmate of the
Boston City Hospital. Said sum shall be paid in monthly
payments, not exceeding two thousand dollars for the first
payment and not exceeding seventy-five dollars for each
succeeding payment, and if said John Watson dies, such
amounts as would have been payable to him had he lived
shall be paid to his surviving children in equal shares.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Effective upon
during the current year by vote of the city council of said acceptance, etc.
city, subject to the provisions of its charter.

Approved May 9, 1930.

An Act authorizing the morgan memorial co-operative nj^f,^ one

INDUSTRIES and STORES, INC., TO MAKE CONTRACTS TO PAY ^'

ANNUITIES AND VALIDATING CERTAIN CONTRACTS ALREADY
MADE BY SAID CORPORATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Morgan Memorial Co-operative Indus- The Morgan
tries and Stores, Inc., a corporation established by law in cv-o'perative
this commonwealth, may, in consideration of the receipt of industries and
funds to be devoted to the purposes for which it is incor- may make con-
porated, bind itself to pay fixed yearl}^ sums in one or more a^uities''''^
payments each year to such person or persons as may be
agreed upon, for a term of years or for the life of such person
or persons.

Section 2. Any such contracts made by said corpora- Certain con-
tion prior to the effective date of this act, in so far as madebySfd
they are illegal for want of authority to make the same, are ^°^fdate^°'*
hereby validated. Approved May 9, 1930.

350 Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 297, 298, 299.

Chap.297 ^^ Act regulating the drawing of trailers and other

Vehicles by motor vehicles.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

^c ^amended Section nineteen of chapter ninety of the General Laws,

as most recently amended by chapter three hundred and

thirteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine,

is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the

traUers"and f ollowiug new seuteuce : — No motor vehicle shall be oper-

other vehicles atcd on any way to draw more than one trailer or other

cies"reguiatld!' vchicle. Approved May 9, 1930.

Chap. 298 An Act authorizing the town of Randolph to borrow

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

doiph mayTor- Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and/or

row money for coustructing a school buildlug and originally equipping and
purposes, f^j-jj^gj^jj^^g ^j^g same, the town of Randolph 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, seventy-five thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on

Sclfooi Loan *^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ woi'ds, Randolph School Loan, Act of 1930.

Act of 1930. ' 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 sub-
ject to chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of
the limitation contained in the first paragraph of section
seven thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and
twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight.

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

Approved May 10, 1930.

Chap.299 An Act relative to clerical assistants in the offices

OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

pr'^ambre^^ Whcrctts, 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 pubHc convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Sc ^'amenVed Scction clcven of chaptcr thirty-four of the General Laws,
as amended by section three of chapter four hundred and
twenty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 300, 301. 351

two, is hereby further amended bj'- inserting at the beginning
thereof the following sentence : — They may employ such
clerical employees as may* be necessary for the proper per-
formance of the work of their offices, who shall perform such
duties as the commissioners may determine, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 11. They may employ such clerical ^'?^g'i'*y ^°"'ji j._
employees as may be necessary for the proper performance icai assistance.
of the work of their offices, who shall perform such duties as
the connnissioners ma}^ determine. They may, in the ab- Temporary
sence from any meeting of the clerk or any deputy assistant mpn\', et^"'"*"'
clerk designated under section seven of chapter two hundred
and twentj^-one, appoint a temporary clerk, who may be a
commissioner or other suitable person. He shall be sworn
by the chairman or presiding conniiissioner, keep a record
of the proceedings, and deliver the same forthwith to the
clerk or deputy assistant clerk, who sliall enter it upon the
records of the commissioners. Approved May 10, 1930.

Chap.SOO

An Act providing for mosquito-breeding prevention
IN the province lands in the town of province-
town.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

For the purpose of mosquito-breeding prevention in the Department of
province lands in the town of Provincetown, the depart- m"ay prov[dl
ment of public works is hereby authorized and directed, in form?squito-

ijj- -jiji 1 • 1 1 breeding pre-

consultaiion with the state reclamation board, to lay out ventioninthe
and construct a dike across Race Run and to do such other fnThe^toin^of
work as may be necessary. For the purposes of this act, Provincetown.
the department may expend such sums, not exceeding twenty
thousand dollars, as may be appropriated.

Approved May 10, 1930.

Chap.301

An Act relative to refunds in connection with the
estate tax.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Chapter sixty-five A of the General Laws, o. l. 65a, §7,
inserted by chapter one hundred and seventy-eight of the '^'^^"*^^'^-
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby
amended by striking out .section seven and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 7. This chapter shall be- Ta.xationof
come void and of no effect in respect to the estates of persons """^^^^"^ estates.
who shall die subsequent to the repeal of Title III of said ^me void'and
federal revenue act or of the provision thereof providing for °f "o effect in
a credit of the taxes paid to the several states of the United tates of certain
States not exceeding eighty per cent of the tax imposed by p®""^""^- ®*°-
said Title III or who shall die sU'bsequent to a final judgment,
order or decree declaring such provision to be invalid. If Refund,
said provision for such a credit shall be declared invalid as
aforesaid and if, in consequence thereof, the proper officials
of the federal government shall assess an additional estate

352

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 302.

Proviso.

tax upon the estate of any person who shall have died after
February twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six,
an amount equal to such additional estate tax, with interest
thereon, shall be refunded by the state treasurer without an
appropriation therefor, provided, that the amount so re-
funded shall not exceed the tax paid on account of such
estate under this chapter and corresponding provisions of
earlier laws, with interest at the rate of six per cent per
annum from the date of its payment; and the time for
bringing any petition in accordance with the provisions of
said chapter sixty-five shall be extended for one year from
the date when such additional estate tax shall have been
paid to the United States.

Section 2. The provisions of section one are hereby
to taxes assessed made applicable to taxes assessed under chapter three hun-
, 0 . ^^^^ ^^^^ fifty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-six. Approved May 10, 1930.

Provisions of
§ 1 applicable

G. L. 93, § 25,
amended.

Amount and
provisions of
bond required
to be filed with
the state treas-
urer by collec-
tion agencies.

C/iap. 302 An Act relative to bonds required to be filed with

THE state treasurer BY COLLECTION AGENCIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter ninety-three of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out section twenty-five and
inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 25. Said
bond shall run to the state treasurer and shall cover an inde-
terminate period but it may be cancelled at any time as
provided in section twenty-six. It shall be in the sum of
five thousand dollars and shall provide that the person,
partnership, association or corporation, giving the same shall,
upon written demand, pay and turn over to or for the per-
son, partnership, association or corporation, from whom any
account, bill or other indebtedness is taken for collection
the proceeds of such collection in accordance with the terms
of the agreement upon which it was received for collection.
Said bond shall be in such form and shall contain such further
provisions and conditions as the state treasurer with the
advice and consent of the governor and council deems neces-
sary or proper.

Section 2. Said chapter ninety-three is hereby further
amended by striking out section twenty-six and inserting
in place thereof the following : • — • Section 26. Said bond shall
be executed by said person, partnership, association or cor-
poration as principal, with a surety company as surety; or
cash may be accepted in lieu of a surety company. The
bond shall not be accepted unless it is approved by the state
treasurer after having been examined and approved by the
commissioner of banks. Upon its approval by the treasurer,
it shall be filed in his office. Said bond may be cancelled
at any time by the principal, by the surety company or by
the state treasurer upon written notice by registered mail
given by the principal, the surety company or the state

G. L. 93. § 26,
amended.

Sureties,
approval.

Cancellation.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 303. 353

treasurer to each of the others, said notice to state the effec-
tive date of the cancellation which shall not be sooner than
thirty days from the date of the mailing of such notice.

Section 3. Any bond given under the provisions of sec- Bond given
tions twenty-four to twenty-eight, inclusive, of chapter provTsionTo"
ninety-three of the General Laws, which is dated prior to lo'^'^gptf^gPJ^?''
the effective date of this act may be cancelled by either of of act, may be
the parties thereto with the written consent of the other '^^'^'^eiied, etc.
and the approval of the state treasurer, without prejudice,
however, to any valid claim arising under such bond prior
to the effective date of such cancellation.

Approved Maij 10, 1930.

Chap.303

An Act relative to the laying out and construction
OF certain improvements in the town of tyngsbor-

OUGH, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE
OVER THE MERRIMACK RIVER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners of Middlesex Middlesex
county are hereby authorized to lay out as a highway a county com-

.•' i-i lAT- 1- 1 niissioners may

location for a new bridge across the Merrimack river and i^y out and
over the Boston and Maine railroad in the town of Tyngs- tai'n^mprove^
borough in said county, and also to lay out, alter and/or "ot"n VfVyngs-
relocate ways on both sides of said river as approaches to borough, in-
said bridge, or to cause any or all of such ways to be di.s- coMtruction of
continued. Said commissioners may take by eminent do- ov^r^ile^Mlr-
main under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or rimack river.
acquire by purchase or otherwise, in fee or otherwise, in the May take nec-
name and on behalf of the county, such lands or interests etc."^^ ^^'"'^'
therein as they may deem of common convenience and ne-
cessity for laying out and constructing such ways, including
said bridge and its approaches, and for building and main-
taining water ways, culverts and other structures so far as
necessary on account of said ways, including said bridge
and its approaches.

Said commissioners, in the name and on behalf of said May take more
county, may also take in fee by eminent domain under said e'^ty tHinare"^
chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, "uai'conl°truc-
more land and property than are needed for the actual tion of such of
construction of such of the ways, including said bridge and ciudTng'said'
its approaches, authorized by the preceding paragraph as approachM.'l^s
are to be constructed within the territory hereinafter de- are to be con-
scribed, the land and property authorized by this paragraph fJnaln dl^
to be so taken or otherwise acquired being no more in ex- ^^r"^'''' *""'"
tent than will be sufficient for suitable building lots on both
sides of such ways and, together with the land necessary
for the construction of such ways, comprising the territory
bounded and described substantially as follows : — Land in
the area westerly of the Merrimack river bounded, in part,
easterly by the Boston and Maine railroad, southerly by
the highway leading from the state highway to the present

354 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 303.

bridge, southerly and westerly by the state highway lead-
ing to Nashua, New Hampshire, and by the old Nashua
road, and northerly by the dividing line between land sup-
posed to be owned by Ernest L. and Stephen H. Scribner
and land now or formerly of Terry A. Flint, extended east-
erly to the brook known as Bridge Meadow brook, and
further bounded easterly by said brook to a point opposite
the line of the old Ferry way extended westerly to said
brook and northerly by said Ferry way extended to said
brook. The premises thus authorized to be taken or other-
wise acquired are shown more particularly on a plan entitled
"Plan of area proposed to be taken for highways and other
public purposes near Tyngsboro Bridge, 1930," on file in
the office of said commissioners.
May sell re- After SO much of the above specified land and property

mainder of land , , ■ j i c • i -it • i i • i

and property, has been appropriated tor said ways, including said bridge
®*^" and its approaches, as is needed therefor, said commissioners

may, in the name and on behalf of the county, sell and con-
vey the remainder for value, with or without suitable re-
County to pay strictious. Said county shall pay all damages, costs and
amages, etc. expeuses awarded, or which any person may by legal process
obtain, in consequence of the proceedings authorized by this
section.
When entry Whenever the commonwealth, by its department of pub-

an entry on all lic works, euters upon any of the lands included in any tak-
in^anylaking'! i^g by Said couuty commissioners under authority of this
etc. section, said entry shall constitute an entry on all the lands

included in such taking.

County may SECTION 2. Said county may pay all expenses authorized

From^it^TiTh- by this act to be incurred by it, including land damages,

^^^^'^PP'"°P"' from its highway appropriation, or the treasurer of said

county, with the approval of said county commissioners,

may borrow from time to time, on the credit of said county,

such sums as may be necessary to pay such expenses, not

exceeding, in the aggregate, seventy-five thousand dollars.

May issue and may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, which

bonds, etc. gj^g^^ ^^^^^ on their face the words, Middlesex County,

CountrTyngs- Tyugsborough Bridge Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized

borougii Bridge issue shall coiistitute a separate loan, and such loans shall

i93o"' '^ ° 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 under this

act shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter

thirty-five of the General Laws.

Effective upon SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance

acceptance, etc. ^^^^.-j^g ^j^g current year by the county commissioners of said

county, but not otherwise. Approved May 10, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 304, 305. 355

An Act to authorize the city of boston to borrow Qfidj) 3Q4

MONEY for the PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING SANITARY
AND SURFACE DRAINAGE SEWERS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows. •

Section 1. For the purpose of constructing sanitary and city of Boston
surface drainage sewers, the citj^ of Boston may borrow, moLy^forthe
outside the statutory Hmit of indebtedness, from time to ^onXtTctin
time within a period of two years from the passage of this sanitary and
act, such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the age^sew^rs^"^'
aggregate, five hundred thousand dollars, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the
words, Boston Sewer Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized ^"^^f^^t^^f
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall i930. '
be paid in not more than twenty years from their dates, but
no loan shall be authorized under this act 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. An^^ sum to be so raised by taxation shall be
outside the tax limit as fixed for the city in the year in which
the loan is authorized. Except as herein provided, indebt-
edness incurred under this act shall be subject to the laws
relative to the incurring of debt by said city.

Section 2. The construction of sewers for which funds Construction of
are provided by this act shall be done, and the awarding of dMe^n^d'^^
damages and the assessment of betterments therefor shall awarding of
be made, in accordance with chapter four hundred and to be made, in
twenty-six of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven ce^ahf pro^d-*^
and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto sionsofiaw.
including chapters seventy-nine, eighty and eighty A of the
General Laws.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Submission to
ance during the current year by vote of the city council of ItJ.
said city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Approved May 10, 1930.

An Act to authorize the city of boston to borrow Chav.SOd
money for the reconstruction of streets.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section L For the purpose of reconstructing accepted maybwow""
streets, the city of Boston may borrow, outside the statutory money for the
limit of indebtedness, from time to time within a period of ofTtreets.'^*'^'^
two years from the passage 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 Street Loan, Act of Boston street
1930. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate mo!'
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than five years
from their dates, but no issue shall be authorized under this
act unless a sum equal to fifty cents on each one thousand

356 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 306.

dollars of valuation upon which taxes are assessed is voted
for the same purpose to be provided from taxes or other
sources of revenue in the year in which the loan is authorized.
The amount required to be provided from taxes or other
sources of revenue in the year nineteen hundred and thirty
shall include the sum included in the annual budget for re-
constructing and repairing streets by contract. Except as
herein provided, indebtedness incurred under this act shall
be subject to the laws relative to the incurring of debt by
said city.
|"^bmisswn to SECTION 2, This act shall take effect upon its accept-
etc. ' ance during the current year by vote of the city council of

said city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not
otherwise. Ay-proved May 10, 1930.

Chap.dOG An Act authorizing the city of boston to borrow

MONEY FOR THE LAYING OUT AND CONSTRUCTION OF

STREETS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

CHyof^BoBton Section 1. For the purpose of laying out and construct-
money for the ing strcets, the city of Boston maj'' borrow, outside the
cons"tm°c"tiVn"of statutory limit of indebtedness, from time to time within a
streets. period of two years from the passage of this act, such sums

as maj^ be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two
million five hundred thousand dollars, and may issue bonds
^ or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words,
La^^n^outa^d ^^ston Street Laying Out and Construction Loan, Act of
Construction 1930. Each authorizcd issue shall constitute a separate
1930?' ^^^ °^ 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 ten per cent of the loan
so authorized is voted for the same purpose to be provided
from taxes or other sources of revenue in the year in which
the loan is authorized, and no issue shall be authorized
under this act unless a sum equal to twenty per cent of such
authorized issue to be borrowed outside the debt limit is also
voted to be borrowed inside the debt limit. Except as
herein provided, indebtedness incurred under this act shall
be subject to the laws relative to the incurring of debt by
said city.
Laying out, Section 2. The laying out and construction of streets

to*'i^e°done%nd for which fuuds are provided by this act shall be done, and
damages^ etc ^^® awarding of damages and the assessment of betterments
to be made, in thcref or shall bc made, in accordance with chapter three
ce^tain'*pro^^- ' hundred and ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
Bions of law. g^j^^j gjjj^ as amended by chapter five hundred and thirty-
six of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and chapters
seventy-nine, eighty and eighty A of the General Laws.
dty TOuncii,*° SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
etc. ' during the current year by vote of the city council of said

city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not other-
wise. Approved May 10, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 307, 308. 357

An Act authorizing the fraternal benefit association (Jhav 307

OF ST. STANISLAW KOSTKA CHURCH OF ADAMS, MASSACHU-
SETTS, TO HOLD REAL ESTATE AND CONFIRMING TITLE TO
ITS PRESENT HOLDINGS.

Be it enacted, etc., a^ follows:

Section 1. Fraternal Benefit Association of St. Stanis- Fraternal Bene-

law Kostka Church of Adams, Massachusetts, a corporation of^st^'^st-'mi'siaw

incorporated under general law and located in the town of o'i'^\^i'''f*'«if^

Adams, is hereby authorized to hold real estate in said town sachusetts, may

to an amount not exceeding twelve thousand dollars. All tol'ir'tain'^'''''*^^

of said property and the income derived therefrom shall be amount.

used for the purposes of said corporation as set forth in its

charter or certificate of incorporation or in any amendment

thereof.

Section 2. The title of said corporation to all real 7'\^^- ^° present
. , J !• • -i 1 cc • hoidmgs con-

estate in said town standing in its name on the enective firmed.

date hereof, in so far as it is affected by lack of statutory

authority for the investment of funds of such corporations

in real estate, is hereby confirmed.

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

Approved May 13, 1930.

Chap.308

An Act to confirm, extend and revive certain cor-
porate POWERS OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND RAIL-
ROAD CORPORATION,

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend ■^rSbfe^^
to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1, All provisions of law heretofore enacted re- certain corpo-
quiring the construction and putting into operation of the thl'^skTuthCTn^
railroad, or any portion thereof, of the Southern New Eng- New England
land Railroad Corporation within the times limited therein poMt^on <ion-
and the failure to comply with the said provisions within fe™edand
such times, except in respect to such portions of its railroad revived.
as were authorized by sections one, two and three of Part
I of chapter seven hundred and twenty-five of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twelve, are hereby waived, and the
rights, privileges, powers and authority heretofore conferred
upon and granted to said corporation under its charter or by
or under any special or general law, except in respect to such
portions of its railroad as were authorized by said sections,
are hereby estabhshed and confirmed to said corporation
and its successors and assigns and, to the extent that the
same may have lapsed, are hereby revived; provided, that Proviso.
such rights, privileges, powers and authority shall become
void unless its railroad, excepting the portions aforesaid, is

358

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 309.

Section 1
not effective
unless accepted
by vote of board
of directors and
an attested copy
filed with state
secretary within
fourteen days
after passage
of act, nor un-
less a certain
sum is paid
into state treas-
ury for certain
expenditures,
etc.

Bond, etc.

Certain liabili-
ties of the
Southern New
England Rail-
road Corpora-
tion to continue
unimpaired.

constructed and put in operation within two years after the
acceptance of this act as provided in section two.

Section 2. Section one of this act shall not take effect
unless its provisions are accepted by vote of the board of
directors of said corporation, and an attested copy of such
vote is filed with the state secretary, within fourteen days
after the passage of this act, nor unless within said fourteen
days there shall be paid into the treasury of the common-
wealth by said corporation, or on its behalf, the sum of
twenty-five thousand dollars for expenditure by the depart-
ment of public works in or on account of the repair and
maintenance of bridges which carry public highways over
the railroad location of said corporation within this com-
monwealth, such payment to be accompanied by delivery
to the state treasurer of a bond executed as surety by a
surety company authorized to do business in the common-
wealth and securing the payment, upon demand of said
department, of an additional sum for said purposes up to
but not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars. The pay-
ment of said first-named sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars and the delivery of said bond shall be evidenced by a
certificate of the state treasurer, which shall be filed with the
state secretary. Said department is hereby authorized and
directed to expend in the repair and maintenance of such
bridges, without appropriation by the general court, so much
of any sums paid to it for such purposes under authority
hereof as may be necessary therefor.

Section 3. Any liabihty of the Southern New England
Railroad Corporation under general or special laws for the
repair and maintenance of any bridges which carry public
highways over the location of its railroad within the com-
monwealth shall continue unimpaired, notwithstanding the
provisions of section two or any action thereunder.

Approved May I4, 1930.

Chap.SOQ An Act providing for the prevention of forest fires.

Whereas, 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 safety.

Emergency
preamble.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter forty-eight of the General Laws is hereby amended
by adding after section twenty-eight A, inserted by chapter
two hundred and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred

Patrol of forests and twcnty-nine, the following new section : — Section 28B.

t°on of f'^o'reat"' Whcnevcr it shall appear to the forester that by reason of

fires. extreme drought there is danger of forest fires, the forest

warden of any town shall, upon order of the forester, cause
the forests of such town to be patrolled for the prevention
of such fires in such manner as the forester shall determine.

Cost, etc. The cost of such patrol shall be paid by said town, subject

G. L. 48, new
section after
§ 28A.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. [310, 311, 312. 359

to reimbursement by the commonwealth, if the valuation of
such town does not exceed one million two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, as if incurred for the extinguishment
of forest fires as provided in section twenty-four.

Approved May I4, 1930.

An Act authorizing the town of swampscott to use Chav.^^^

CERTAIN PARK LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Swampscott is hereby author- '^°^^^°l^,^^^
ized to use so much of Phillips Park, so-called, located therein may use certain
as the town by vote may determine, for school and school ^c'hooi'pmposes.
yard purposes, and after said vote, the land so determined
shall be under the same care and control as other school
property.

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

Approved May I4, 1930.

An Act to authorize the hadley water supply district Chap.Sll
TO make an additional water loan.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of protecting and improv- ^^f '^'f^ ^rstrict
ing its water supply, the Hadley Water Supply District may borrow
may borrow, from time to time within five years from the IX'dT'e'te."^
passage of this act, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, twenty thousand dollars, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor which shall bear on their
face the words, Hadley Water Supply District Loan, Act of f^'^^f Sfsu-kt
1930. Each authorized issue shall constitute a separate Loan, Act of
loan, and such loans shall be paid in not more than twenty ^^^°'
years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred hereunder
shall be outside the statutory limit of indebtedness, but
shall, except as herein provided, be subject to the provisions
of chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

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

Approved May I4, 1930.

An Act authorizing the equitable co-operative bank Chap. 312

TO INVEST AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF MONEY IN REAL ESTATE
FOR BANKING PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The Equitable Co-operative Bank, a co-op- Equitable Co-
erative bank organized under the laws of this common- nmy^llatTn^
wealth and having its usual place of business in the city of of'money\r™
Lynn, may, subject to the approval of the commissioner real estate for
of banks, invest in the purchase of a site in said city and po"es!"^^"''
the erection thereon and preparation of a suitable building
to be used in whole or in part for the convenient transaction
of its business, an amount not exceeding thirty-five thou-

360

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 313.

sand dollars in addition to the amount heretofore authorized
Proviso. , by law to be invested for the aforesaid purposes; provided,
however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed
as authorizing a total investment by said bank for the
aforesaid purposes exceeding in the aggregate the sum of
one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.

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

Approved May I4, 1980.

The school com-
mittee of the
city of Boston
may make
appropriations
for the con-
struction and
furnishing of
new scliool
buildings, etc.

Chav.ZVd An Act relative to appropriations for construction

AND certain other PURPOSES BY THE SCHOOL COMMIT-
TEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section 1. The school committee of the city of Boston
may, by vote of four fifths of all its members, taken by yeas
and nays, make appropriations by items for the construction
and furnishing of new school buildings for elementary and/or
intermediate schools, including the taking of land therefor,
and for school yards and the preparing of school yards for
use, which items may be subdivided as the committee may
determine, for the financial year ending December thirty-
first, nineteen hundred and thirty, of not more than three
million eight hundred and twenty thousand dollars, and, in
addition to other sums required by law to be raised for
appropriations of previous years and of the current year for
such purposes, such portion of any amount or amounts ap-
propriated under authority hereof for the year ending
December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirty, as may
be determined by the school committee on or before August
first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one and certified by the
school committee to the board of assessors on or before
August fifth, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, but, except
on order of the mayor, not more than two million five hundred
thousand dollars of the amount or amounts appropriated
under authority hereof, shall be raised in the tax levy of the
year nineteen hundred and thirty-one.

For the purpose of meeting appropriations made by the
school committee on or before December thirty-first, nine-
teen hundred and thirty, under authority of this act, in
excess of two million five hundred thousand dollars, the city
of Boston may borrow, outside the statutory limit of in-
debtedness, from time to time within a period of two years
from the effective date 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. City of
Boston School Loan, Act of 1930. 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
loan shall be authorized under this act unless a sum equal to
ten per cent of the loan so authorized is voted for the same

City of Boston
may borrow
money, issue
bonds, etc.

City of Boston
School Loan,
Act of 1930.

Payment of
loan, etc.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 314, 315, 316. 361

purpose to be provided from taxes or other sources of revenue
in the year nineteen hunch-ed and thirty-one. Any sum to be
so raised by taxation shall be outside the tax limit as fixed
for the city for said year. Except as herein provided, in-
debtedness incurred under this act shall be subject to the
laws relative to the incurring of tlebt by said city.

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

Approved May 14, 1930.

An Act relative to expenditures by school committees C/ia?9.314

FOR the safety OF PUPILS IN CROSSING PUBLIC WAYS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter seventy-one of the General Laws is hereby ^■I(-^^\!'^'^
amended by inserting after section fortj^-eight the following § 48.
new section: — Section 48 A. School committees may make Expenditures
expenditures, from funds appropriated for school purposes, m^teesfor Xe"
for the purchase of traffic belts, so-called, to be used by pu- safety of pupils
pils aiding in the directing of traffic as a means of providing ITuMc ways.
additional safeguards for pupils in crossing public ways.

Approved May 14, 1930.

An Act authorizing the purchase of additional land C/iap. 3 15

FOR THE MOUNT EVERETT STATE RESERVATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Subject to appropriation, the Mount Everett reservation Mount Everett
commission is hereby authorized to purchase, at the expense of commbsTon
the commomvealth, additional land adjacent to the Mount ""j'jtfo^nana^nd
Everett state reservation, at a cost not exceeding twenty- etc.
five hundred dollars. Approved May I4, 1930.

An Act providing that all securities issued by certain (7/iax>.316

HOLDING CORPORATIONS BE SUBJECT TO THE SALE OF
SECURITIES ACT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Subdivision (d) of section three of chapter one hundred ^';i-,ji^,\s°^; \/)
and ten A of the General Laws, inserted by section one of amended.
chapter four hundred and ninety-nine of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-one, is hereby amended by strik-
ing out the last sentence, — so as to read as follows: —

(d) Securities of, or guaranteed either as to principal, certain public
interest or dividend by, a corporation owning or operating service utilities
a railroad, or any other public service utility, the issue or provisi^on'sTf
guarantee of such securities being regulated or controlled, or Ulll^l^^'^^'^^'
requiring approval by, public officials of this or of any other
state or of the United States empowered to regulate and con-
trol or supervise public service utilities and the issue of
securities thereby; and all securities senior thereto.

Approved May I4, 1930.

362

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 317, 318.

Chap. ^17 An Act relative to infernal machines.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

G. L. 266, new-
section after
§ 102.

Penalty for
possession of
an infernal
machine.

Forfeiture to
state.

What term
" infernal ma-
chine" shall
include.

Notice of seiz-
ure to commis-
sioner of public
safety.

Chapter two hundred and sixty-six of the General Laws
is hereby amended by inserting after section one hundred
and two the following new section: — Section 102 A. Who-
ever, other than a police or other law enforcement officer
acting in the discharge of his official duties, has in his pos-
session or under his control an infernal machine or a similar
instrument, contrivance or device shall be punished by im-
prisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years
or in jail for not more than two and one half years, or by a
fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both such
fine and imprisonment, and the said machine, instrument,
contrivance or device shall be forfeited to the common-
wealth. The term "infernal machine", as used in this sec-
tion, shall include any device for endangering life or doing
unusual damage to property, or both, by explosion, whether
or not contrived to explode automatically and whether or
not disguised so as to appear harmless. Notice of the
seizure of any such machine, instrument, contrivance or
device shall be sent forthwith to the commissioner of public
safety and the article seized shall be subject to his order.

Approved May IJy, 1930.

Chap. 318 An Act relative to the manufacture and sale of

SAUSAGES AND SAUSAGE MEAT.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. 94, § 14J
amended.

Manufacture
and sale of
sausages and
sausage meat
regulated.

Penalty.

Whereas, 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 pubhc health, safety and convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter ninety-four of the General Laws is hereby
amended by striking out section one hundred and forty-
three and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section
14s. No person shall manufacture, sell, or offer or expose
for sale, sausages or sausage meat containing any material
or substance which would render the same adulterated within
the meaning of section one hundred and fort,y-two. Who-
ever violates any provision of this section shall be punished
by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Approved May 15, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 319. 363

An Act authorizing the county of Worcester to ac- Chap.319

QUIRE LAND IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED WIDEN-
ING OF THE BOSTON AND WORCESTER TURNPIKE, SO-CALLED,
IN THE TOWNS OF SHREWSBURY, NORTHBOROUGH, WEST-
BOROUGH AND SOUTHBOROUGH.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissionors of the county of Worcester
Worcester are hereby authorized in the laying out, reloca- mi"sk3^iers"may
tion and alteration of the Boston and Worcester Turnpike, ^'^'j "'^'^esfry

11 1 • I I- ni -KT 1 T T-TT lands lor the

so-called, in the towns oi Shrewsbury, Northborough, West- laying out, etc.,
borough and Southborough, from the city of Worcester line °nd Worcester
to the Framingham town line, to take by eminent domain ^'^^f Hr '" *^^
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire Shrewsbury,
by purchase or otherwise, in fee or otherwise, in the name wcstborough '
and on behalf of the county, such lands, or interests therein, bol;^^","*^'
as said commissioners may deem of common convenience
and necessity for laying out and constructing said highway
and streets intersecting therewith.

Said commissioners, in the name and on behalf of said M^^y take more

. ij^i'pi -ji- 1 land than nec-

county, may also take m tee, by eminent domain under essary for pur-
said chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase or other- C;ecf by'preced-
wise, more land and property than are needed for the pur- '"s.,p^.'"^°['^p^/
poses authorized by the preceding paragraph, such land and sufficient fo'^
property authorized by this paragraph to be so taken or et"''*^'"^ '°*^'
otherwise acquired being no more in extent than will be
sufficient for suitable building lots on both sides of said
highway or streets and being bounded and described sub-
stantially as follows : —

TOWN OF SHREWSBURY.

1. A parcel of land belonging to Jennie L. Granger, Town of
bounded westerly by North Quinsigamond avenue, north- ^'"■^^^^^''y-
erly, (parallel to and one hundred and forty feet distant bebnging'to'^
from the northerly line of location of said state highway or Jf^nie l.
Turnpike street), by land of said Granger, easterly by land

of S. Gertrude Dean and southerly by the aforesaid Turnpike
street, and containing approximately ninety-six hundred and
sixty square feet of land.

2. A parcel of land belonging to Lucia D'Errico, bounded ^^{^f °^J'f^'^
northerly by land of Francesco and Mariangela lovieno, Lucia D^Errico.
easterly by land of Cataldo and Carmelle Santo, and Joseph
Delucca, southerly by the present northerly line of said
Turnpike street, and westerly by land of Francesco and
Mariangela lovieno, and containing approximately eighteen
thousand square feet of land.

3. A parcel of land belonging to Cordelia Malhoit, bounded Par'^^^-^^ ^^"'^
northerly by land of Francesco and Mariangela lovieno, c!)rddia^
easterly by land of Luigi and Mariagrazia DeLuca and "^^^^''"'t-
Ralph L. and William O. Dahl, southerly by the present
northerly line of said Turnpike street, and westerly by land

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 319.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Bertha Dahl.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Luigi and
Mariagrazia
DeLuca.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Antonio and

Mary Moalli.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Sam Lainer.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Antonio and
Mary Moalli.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Clara J. Caul-
field.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Ida Eppolito.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Arthur E.
Leary and
Henry
Dufresne.

of Cataldo and Carmelle Santo and Joseph Delucca, and
containing approximately seventy-two hundred square feet
of land.

4. A parcel of land belonging to Bertha Dahl, bounded
northerly by land of Luigi and Mariagrazia DeLuca, easterly
by the westerly line of Dewey road, southerly by the present
northerly line of said Turnpike street, and westerly by land
of Ralph L. and William 0. Dahl, and containing approxi-
mately four thousand square feet of land.

5. A parcel of land belonging to Luigi and Mariagrazia
DeLuca, bounded northerly by land of Francesco and
Mariangela lovieno, easterly by the westerly line of Dewey
road, southerly by land of Bertha Dahl, and Ralph L. and
William O. Dahl, and westerly by land of Cordelia Malhoit,
and Francesco and Mariangela lovieno, and containing
approximately ninety-six hundred square feet of land.

6. A parcel of land belonging to Antonio and Mary
Moalli, bounded northerly by land of Guiseppe Amoroso
and Gaetano Ferranto, easterly by land of Sam Lainer,
southerly by the present northerly line of said Turnpike
street, and westerly by the east line of Dewey road, and
containing approximately three thousand square feet of land.

7. A parcel of land belonging to Sam Lainer bounded
northerly by land of Antonio and Mary Moalli, easterly
by the westerly line of Lakeview avenue, southerly by the
present northerly line of said Turnpike street, and westerly
by the land of Antonio and Mary Moalli and of Guiseppe
Amoroso and Gaetano Ferrant, and containing approximately
eighty-four hundred square feet of land.

8. A parcel of land belonging to Antonio and Mary Moalli,
bounded northerly by land of Matteo Bisceglie, easterly by
the westerly line of Lakeview avenue, southerly by the land
of Sam Lainer, and westerly by the land of Guiseppe Amoroso
and Gaetano Ferranto, and containing .approximately five
thousand forty square feet of land.

9. A parcel of land belonging to Clara J. Caulfield, bounded
northerly by land of Albert Garganigo, easterly by land of
Albert Garganigo, southerly by the present northerly line of
said Turnpike street, and westerly by the easterly line of
Lakeview avenue, and containing approximately twelve
thousand, five hundred eighty square feet of land.

10. A parcel of land belonging to Ida Eppolito, bounded
northerly by land of Rosa Garganigo and of Minnie Gar-
ganigo, easterly by land of Minnie Garganigo, southerly by
the present northerly line of said Turnpike street, and west-
erly by land of Rosa Garganigo, and containing approxi-
mately eleven thousand five hundred twenty square feet of
land.

11. A parcel of land known as lots one and two, Elmhurst
Addition, belonging to Arthur E. Leary and Henry Dufresne,
bounded northerly and easterly by land of Arthur E. Leary
and Henry Dufresne, southerly by the present northerly line
of said Turnpike street, and westerly by land of Antoni

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 319. 365

Borgatti, and containing approximately nine thousand square
feet of land.

12. A parcel of land belonging to Ameen J. Antoun, Paroeiofiand
bounded northwesterly by the southeasterly line of Elm a'.'I^JJ.h' j^ ***
street, easterly by the land of P. A. Reynolds and of Stanley Antoun.
M. Bailey, southerly by the present northerly line of said
Turnpike street, and southwesterly by Elm street, and con-
taining approximately fifty-six thousand, one hundred fifty

square feet of land.

13. A parcel of land belonging to Mary T. Moroney, Parcel of land
bounded northerly by the land of Edward C. Moroney, Ml°yT^ *°
easterly by land of the New England Power Construction Moroney.
Company, southerly by the present northerly line of the
Turnpike, westerly by land of Edward C. Moroney, and
containing approximately four thousand eighty square feet of

land.

14. A parcel of land belonging to the New England Power Parcel of land
Construction Company, bounded northerly by the present New^Enfiand
southerly line of said Turnpike street, easterly and westerly Power con-
by the land of the New England Power Construction Com- pany.'"" °'""
pany, westerly by the land of Stanley M. Bailey, and con-
taining approximately four thousand eighty square feet of

land.

15. A parcel of land belonging to the heirs of Edith A. beiongi'Jf ^to*^
Wright, bounded northerly by the land of the heirs of Edith heirs of Edith
A. Wright, easterly by the westerly line of Oak street, ^- ^"^^*-
southerly by the present northerly line of said Turnpike

street, and westerly and southerly by the land of William A.
Boyce, and westerly by the land of the heirs of Edith A.
Wright, and containing approximately forty-three thousand
square feet of land.

16. A parcel of land belonging to William A. Boyce, Parcel of land
bounded westerly, northerly, and easterly by the land of the wmiam"!.*"
heirs of Edith A. Wright, and southerly by the present Boyce.
northerly line of said Turnpike street, and containing approxi-
mately sixteen thousand, one hundred square feet of land.

17. A parcel of land belonging to Oliver S. Morey, bounded ^^{^jf°^ \'^'^
northerly and easterly by land of the heirs of Edith A. Wright, Oliver s.
southerly by the present northerly line of said Turnpike ^°'^^y-
street, and westerly by the easterly line of Oak street, and
containing approximately fifty thousand, five hundred square

feet of land.

18. A parcel of land belonging to the heirs of Edith A. beioniinVto'^
Wright, bounded northerly and easterly by the land of the heira of Edith
heirs of Edith A. Wright, southerly two hundred and eighty ' "^ *'
feet by the land of Oliver S. Morey, and westerly sixty feet

by the easterly line of Oak street, and containing approxi-
mately sLxteen thousand, three hundred and eighty square
feet of land.

19. A parcel of land belonging to William H. and Homer W. beio^niinVto*^
Chamberlin, bounded northerly by the present southerly wiiiiam h.
line of said Turnpike street, easterly one hundred and eighty- chamberUn. '
six feet by the westerly line of Lake street, southerly (parallel

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Parcel of land
belonging to
Henry Newton.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Frederick S.
Holden.

Parcel of land
belonging to
William O. and
Alice M.
Spooner.

Parcel of land
on which is
situated the
house and barn
belonging to
Arthur W. and
Alma M. Davis.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Fred B. Farrow.

Parcel of land
belonging to

to and one hundred and eighty feet distant from the south-
erly line of said Turnpike street for one hundred and sixty-
five feet), and westerly one hundred and eighty feet by the
land of William H. and Homer W. Chamberlin, and con-
taining approximately thirty-five thousand, one hundred and
forty square feet of land.

20. A parcel of land belonging to Henry Newton, bounded
northerly by the present southerly line of said Turnpike
street, easterly and southerly by the land of Henry Newton,
and westerly by the land of Sherman R. Howe, being a tract
of land one hundred and seventy feet in width abutting
Turnpike and two hundred and ten feet in depth, and con-
taining approximately thirty-five thousand, seven hundred
square feet of land.

21. A parcel of land belonging to Frederick S. Holden,
bounded northerly by the present southerly line of said Turn-
pike street, easterly by the land of Frank Harrington and land
now or formerly of J. E. Hastings, southerly and westerly
by the land of Mary S. Greene, and containing approxi-
mately forty-one thousand, eight hundred square feet of land.

22. A parcel of land belonging to William 0. and Alice
M. Spooner, bounded northerly by the present southerly
line of said Turnpike street, easterly and southerly by the
land of William 0. and Alice M. Spooner, and westerly by
the easterly line of Grafton street, said parcel being a tract
of land one hundred and fifty feet more or less, in width on
Turnpike street and two hundred and sixty-five feet in depth
on Grafton street, and containing approximately thirty-nine
thousand, seven hundred and fifty square feet of land.

23. A parcel of land being that tract on which is situated
the house and barn belonging to Arthur W. and Alma M.
Davis, the westerly line of which is three hundred and ninety
feet more or less from the intersection of the southerly line
of said Turnpike street, with the easterly line of Cherry street,
so-called, thence easterly two hundred and forty-five feet
along the southerly line of said Turnpike street, thence
southerly one hundred and thirty-five feet to a point, thence
westerly two hundred and forty-five feet to a point, thence
northerly one hundred and sixty-five feet to the point of
beginning, and containing approximately thirty-six thou-
sand, eight hundred square feet of land.

24. A parcel of land belonging to Fred B. Farrow, on the
northerly side of said Turnpike street and being described
as follows: Beginning at the southwesterly corner of the
house lot of said Fred B. Farrow, said corner also being three
hundred and fifty-three feet more or less westerly of the
land of Jennie E. Newton, and extends thence two hundred
feet westerly along said Turnpike to a point, thence one
hundred and fifty feet northerly to a point, thence two hun-
dred feet easterly to a point, thence one hundred and fifty
feet to the point of beginning, and containing approximately
thirty thousand square feet of land.

25. A parcel of land belonging to Wendell L. Farnsworth,

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 319. 367

containing house and barn, bounded northerly by the present wendeii l.
southerly line of said Turnpike street, easterly and southerly ''^'■"^"'°''**'-
by walls dividing the house lot of said Farnswortii from
his other land, and westerly by the easterly line of South
street, and containing approximately thirty-six thousand
square feet of land.

TOWN OF NORTHBOtlOUGH.

1. A parcel of land belonging to F. Elmer Lawrence, the Town of North-
northwesterly corner of which is at the intersection of a wall ''°''°"sh.
and the southerly line of said Turnpike street, said corner beioi^ginVto^
also being two hundred and five feet more or less westerly f ^imer
of the westerly line of the house of said Lawrence, thence
easterly two hundred feet along the southerly line of said
Turnpike street to a point, thence southerly one hundred
and seventy-five feet to a point; thence westerly one hun-
dred and fifty-five feet to the above wall, thence northerly
along the said wall one hundred and eighty-five feet to the
point of beginning, and containing approximately thirty-
two thousand, four hundred square feet of land.

TOWN OF WESTBOROUGH.

1. A parcel of land belonging to Margaret Ord, bounded b°o"°h^®®*'
northerly by the present southerly line of said Turnpike i fi ^
street, easterly and northerly by land of Minnie A. Burhoe, belonging to
easterly by land of Lewis W. Wynott, southerly by the M'^'-garet Ord.
northerly Right of Way Line of the Boston and Worcester

Street Railway Company, and westerly by the easterly line
of Park street, and containing approximately seventy-four
thousand, seven hundred square feet of land.

2. A parcel of land belonging to Minnie A. Burhoe, Parcel of land
bounded northerly by the present southerly line of the Turn- MlnnfeX*"
pike or Belmont street, so-called, easterly by the land of Burhoe.
Lewis W. Wynott, southerly and westerly by the land of
Margaret Ord, and containing approximately twenty-three
thousand, two hundred square feet of land.

3. A parcel of land belonging to Robert Harrington, be- Parcel of land
ginning at the southeasterly corner thereof at a corner of Robert"^
land of Charles R. and Stella J. Scott and the northwesterly Harrington.
line of East Main street, and extending thence southwesterly

along the northwesterly line of North Main street ninety
feet more or less to the present northerly line of Belmont
street; thence westerly along said northerly line of Belmont
street two hundred and thirty feet to a point; thence
northerly by land of Robert Harrington one hundred and
ninety feet to a point; thence easterly by land of Robert
Harrington one hundred and thirty feet more or less to the
dividing wall between Robert Harrington and Charles R.
and Stella J. Scott; thence southeasterly by wall of said
Scott two hundred and fifteen feet more or less to the point
of beginning, and containing approximately forty-two thou-
sand four hundred square feet of land.

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 319.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Robert
Harrington.

4. A parcel of land belonging to Robert Harrington, be-
ginning at the intersection of the southerly line of Belmont
street, w^th the westerly line of East Main street; thence
southwesterly along the said westerly line of East Main
street three hundred feet to a point; thence northerly
through land of said Harrington two hundred and fifty feet
to a point in the present southerly line of said Belmont street;
thence easterly along Said present southerly line of said
Belmont street to the point of beginning, and containing
approximately thirty-five thousand seven hundred and fifty
square feet of land.

Town of South-
borough.

Pared of land
belonging to
Deerfoot Farms
Company,
Incorporated.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Earl S. Russell.

Parcel of land
belonging to
George and
Jessie Camp-
bell.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Julia B.
Cocoran.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Isaac A. and
Flora Gclina.

TOWN or SOUTHBOROUGH.

1. A parcel of land belonging to the Deerfoot Farms Com-
pany, Incorporated, the northeast corner of which is in the
present southerly line of said Turnpike street and is due south
of the intersection of the easterly line of Flagg road with the
northerly line of said Turnpike street, thence southerly two
hundred and fifty feet from said corner to a point; thence
westerly one hundred and eighty feet to a point; thence
northerly two hundred and fifty feet to a point on the pres-
ent southerly line of said Turnpike, thence easterly along
said southerly line of said Turnpike street to the point of be-
ginning, and containing approximately forty-five thousand
square feet of land.

2. A parcel of land belonging to Earl S. Russell, bounded
northerly by the present southerly line of said Turnpike
street, so-called, easterly by the land of George and Jessie
Campbell, and Julia B. Cocoran, southerly by the land of
Pasquale Mauro, and westerly by the land of the metropolitan
water works, and containing approximately fifty-two thou-
sand, four hundred square feet of land.

3. A parcel of land belonging to George and Jessie Camp-
bell, bounded northerly by the southerly line of the Turnpike
street, so-called, and easterly by the land of Isaac A. and
Flora Gelina, southerly by the land of Julia B. Cocoran, and
westerly by the land of Earl S. Russell, and containing ap-
proximately thirty-seven thousand, one hundred and thirty
square feet of land.

4. A parcel of land belonging to Julia B. Cocoran, bounded
northerly by land of George and Jessie Campbell, easterly
by the land of Isaac A. and Flora Gelina, southerly by the
land of Pasquale Mauro, and westerly by the land of Earl
S. Russell, and containing approximately twenty-nine thou-
sand four hundred square feet of land.

5. A parcel of land belonging to Isaac A. and Flora Gelina,
bounded northerly by the southerly line of said Turnpike
street, easterly by land of the metropolitan water works,
southerly (parallel to and three hundred feet distant from
present southerly line of said Turnpike street) by land of the
metropolitan water works, and westerly by land of Julia B.
Cocoran and George and Jessie Campbell, and containing
approximately sixty-five thousand square feet of land.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 319. 369

6. A parcel of land belonging to Lowell T. Collins, bounded ]!,^[^^l,°^ '^^^^
northerly bv the present southerly line of said Turnpike Loweii t.
street, easterly by the land of Lydia H. McMay, southerly ^°""''-

by the land of George W. Miller, and westerly by the easterly
line of Woodland road, and containing approximately four-
teen thousand, three hundred eighty square feet of land.

7. A parcel of land belonging to Lydia H. McMay, Piircei of land
bounded northerly by the southerly line of said Turnpike ^'diif h^ *°
street, easterly and southerly by the land of George W. McMay-
Miller, and westerly by the land of Lowell T. Collins, and
containing approximately seventeen thousand, one hundred

and sixty square feet of land.

8. A parcel of land belonging to George W. Miller, bounded ^^{^f°^ '^"*^
northerly by the present southerly line of said Turnpike George w.
street, easterly by the land of Grace M. Kidder, thence '^'^•^''•
parallel to and two hundred and fifty feet southerly from the
aforesaid southerly line of said Turnpike street, southerly

along land of George W. Miller, and westerly by the easterly
line of Waidland road, northerly by land of Lowell T. Collins
and Lydia H. McMay, and westerly by the land of Lydia H.
]\lc]\Iay, and containing approximately seventy-nine thou-
sand square feet of land.

8A. A parcel of land belonging to Grace M. Kidder, Parcel of land
bounded northerly for a distance of one hundred feet by the cfrac?M^ *°
present southerly line of said Turnpike street, easterly by Kidder.
land of Grace M. Kidder, southerly at a distance of twenty
hundred and fifty feet from and parallel to said southerly
line of said Turnpike street by land of Grace M. Kidder,
westerly by land of George W. Miller, and containing ap-
proximately thirty-six thousand two hundred and fifty square
feet of land.

9. A parcel of land belonging to the Marlborough Co- Parcel of land
operative Bank, bounded northerly by the present southerly Mariiwrough
line of said Turnpike street, easterly by land of Grace New- b°°^^''^*''^'®
ton, southerly and westerly by land of Helen A. Flanders and

Mary G. Gray, and containing approximately seven thou-
sand and fifty square feet of land.

10. A parcel of land belonging to Helen A. Flanders and l^{^f°^^l^'^
Mary G. Gray bounded northerly by the present southerly HeienA. Fian-
line of said Turnpike street, easterly and northerly by land G^oray.'^'^'^^
of the Marlborough Cooperative Bank, easterly and north-
erly by land of Grace Newton, northerly and easterly by land

of Arthur F. Brewer, southerly (parallel to and three hundred
feet distant from present southerly line of said Turnpike
street) by land of Flanders and Gray, westerly by the easterly
line of Oak Hill road, and containing approximately thirty-
one thousand, nine hundred square feet of land.

11. A parcel of land belonging to Grace Newton, bounded J^ebnS'Jf'to'^
northerly by the present southerly line of said Turnpike Grace Newton.
street, easterly by the land of Arthur Brewer, southerly and
westerly by the land of Helen A. Flanders and Mary G.

Gra}'^, westerly by the land of the Marlborough Cooperative

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 319.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Arthur F.
Brewer.

Parcel of land
belonging to
George W.
Miller.

Parcel of land
belonging to
John and
Clementine
Trioli.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Arthur F.
Brewer.

Parcel of land
belonging to
John and
Clementine
Trioli.

Parcel of land
belonging to
Susie Smitli.

Bank, and containing approximately fourteen thousand, one
hundred square feet of land.

12. A parcel of land belonging to Arthur F. Brewer,
bounded northerly by the present southerly line of said Turn-
pike street, easterly b}^ the land of George W. Miller, south-
erly (parallel to and three hundred feet distant from the
present southerly line of said Turnpike street by land of
George W. Miller), westerly and southerly by the land of
Flanders and Graj^, and westerly by the land of Grace New-
ton, and containing approximately one hundred four thou-
sand, eight hundred square feet of land.

13. A parcel of land belonging to George W. Miller,
bounded northerly by the present southerly line of said Turn-
pike street, easterly by the land of Fred G. Slawson, south-
erly (parallel to and three hundred feet distant from the
present southerly line of said Turnpike street) by land of
George W. Miller, westerly by the land of Arthur F. Brewer,
and containing approximately one hundred forty-one thou-
sand, six hundred square feet of land.

14. A parcel of land belonging to John and Clementine
Trioli, bounded northerly by the present southerly line of
said Turnpike street, easterly by the land of Arthur F.
Brewer, southerly (parallel to and one hundred and sixty-
eight feet distant from the present southerly line of said
Turnpike street), by the land of John and Clementine
Trioh, and westerly by the land of Fred G. Slawson, and
containing approximately thirty-five thousand, eight hun-
dred square feet of land.

15. A parcel of land belonging to Arthur F. Brewer,
bounded northerly by the present southerly line of said
Turnpike street, easterly by the land of Susie Smith, south-
erly by the land of John and Clementine Trioli and westerly
by land of said Trioli, and containing approximately fifteen
thousand, four hundred square feet of land.

16. A parcel of land belonging to John and Clementine
Trioli, bounded by the land of Arthur F. Brewer and Susie
Smith, easterly by the land of Susie Smith, southerly (parallel
to and two hundred and fifteen feet distant from the present
southerly line of said Turnpike street) and westerly by
land of John and Clementine Trioli, and containing ap-
proximately seven thousand, three hundred square feet of
land.

17. A parcel of land belonging to Susie Smith, abutting
on the present southerly line of said Turnpike street, the
northwest corner of which is two hundred and seven feet
easterly of the northeast corner of land owned by Arthur F.
Brewer, thence easterly one hundred and thirty feet along
present southerly line of said Turnpike street to a point,
thence southerly two hundred feet along other land of Susie
Smith, thence westerly (parallel to and two hundred feet
distant from the present southerly line of said Turnpike
street) for a distance of one hundred and thirty feet to a
point; thence northerly two hundred feet to said southerly

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 319. 371

line of Turnpike street to point of beginning, and containing
approximately twenty-six thousand square feet of land.

18. A parcel of land belonging to Katherine E. Sniiddy, Parcel of land
bounded northerly bj^ the present southerly line of said KathfrineE.
Turnpike street, '^ easterly by land of William Sniiddy, Smiddy.
southerly and westerly by land of Susie Smith, and contain-
ing approximately twenty-one thousand, eight hundred

square feet of land.

19. A parcel of land belonging to the Marlborough and j^eTo'^ng'?"'^
Hudson Gas and Electric Company, bounded northerly by Marlborough
the present southerly line of said Turnpike street, south- gL and Eiec-
easterly by the county line and by land of the Marlborough ^'ic Company.
and Hudson Gas and Electric Company, and westerly by the

land of William Smiddy, and containing approximately one
thousand six hundred and fifty square feet of land.

After so much of the above specified land and property Remainder of
has been appropriated for said highway and streets, as is Xf W^ope^ty
needed therefor, said commissioners may, in the name and ^^^y ^^ ^°^'^'
on behalf of the county, sell and convey the remainder for
value with or without suitable restrictions. The proceeds Proceeds, how
of any land so sold shall be applied to any unpaid claims ''pp'"^^-
for damages for land taken hereunder or to the payment of
any outstanding securities issued under section two; and
if there are no such unpaid claims or outstanding securities
to which such proceeds can be applied, they shall be paid
into the treasury of said county. Said county shall pay all damages!°et'c^^
damages, costs and expenses awarded, or which any person
may by legal process obtain, in consequence of the proceed-
ings authorized by this section.

Whenever the commonwealth, by its department of public ghafuonstftute
works, enters upon any of the lands included in any taking an entry on aii
by said county commissioners under authority of this section, Jn^anV taking,
said entry shall constitute an entry on all the lands included
in such taking.

Section 2. Said county may pay all expenses author- ^"""^^g'^gjg
ized by this act to be incurred by it, including land dam- from its high-
ages, from its highway appropriation, or the treasurer of
said county, with the approval of said county commissioners, May
may borrow from time to time, on the credit of said county, bonds, etc.
such sums as may be necessary to pay such expenses, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, one hundred thousand dollars,
and may issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, which
shall bear on their face the words, Worcester County, c°^nfy^Turn-
Turnpike Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized issue shall pike Lokn, Act
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 com-
missioners may deem proper, but not for less than their
par value. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall, ex-

way appropri-
ation.

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Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 320, 321.

Effective upon
acceptance, etc.

Proviso.

cept as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty-five
of the General Laws.

Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance,
during the current year, by the county commissioners of
said county, but not otherwise; provided, that for the
purposes of such acceptance it shall take effect upon its
passage. Approved May 15, 1930.

Chap. ^20 An Act providing judicial relief in case of failure

TO CLAIM A REVIEW WITHIN THE TIME LIMITED BY THE
workmen's COMPENSATION LAWS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the
General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section
eight the following new section : — Section 8 A . A party who
has by accident, mistake or through other reasonable cause,
omitted to claim a review from a decision rendered under
section eight within the time limited therein, may, within
two years from the filing of such decision with the depart-
ment, petition the superior court for the county in which the
injury occurred, or for the county of Suffolk, for leave to
claim such review, and the court may grant such petition
and permit such claim to be filed if it finds that justice and
equity require it, notwithstanding that a decree has pre-
viously been rendered on such decision as provided in section
eleven.

Section 2. This act shall apply to all claims for com-
pensation arising since the first day of January in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.

Approved May 15, 1930.

G. L. 152, new
section after § 8.

Petition to su-
perior court in
case of failure
to claim a re-
view within the
time limited by
the workmen's
compensation
laws.

To what claims
applicable.

ChaV 321 -^^ ^^'^ '^^ AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE TO APPRO-
PRIATE MONEY FOR ATHLETIC CLOTHING FOR THE EQUIP-
MENT OF ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS COMPOSED OF SCHOOL
PUPILS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Cambridge, in view of its peculiar
situation in respect to financial competition between colle-
giate and scholastic athletic contests held in said city, may
appropriate a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars in
any one year for athletic clothing for the equipment of athletic
organizations composed of school pupils. The amount so
appropriated shall be deemed a part of the amount that may
be raised for school purposes under chapter one hundred and
eighty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six
and amendments thereof and additions thereto.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Cambridge at the bien-
nial state election in the current year in the form of the follow-
ing question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to

City of Cam-
bridge may
appropriate
money for ath-
letic clothing
for the equip-
ment of athletic
organizations
composed of
school pupils.

Submission to
voters, etc.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 322, 323, 324. 373

be used in said city at said election: — "Shall an act passed
by the General Court in the current year, entitled 'An Act
to Authorize the City of Cambridge to Appropriate Money
for Athletic Clothing for the l<]quipnient of Athletic Organiza-
tions Composed of School Pupils', be accepted?" If a ma-
jority of the voters voting thereon vote in the afRrmative in
answer to said question, this act shall thereupon take effect,
but not otherwise. Approved May 16, 1930.

An Act authorizing the reinstatement of Alfred p. Chap.322

TONER AS A MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE
CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Alfred P. Toner, a former member of the fire Reinstatement
department of the city of Boston who was discharged there- To'ner'^asr'
from on September fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, }|re"'j}'/,''.,°tmeL
may be reinstated in said department without further exami- oTthe^city ot
nation, and, upon said reinstatement he shall be entitled to ^°^*°°-
the same pension and retirement rights as if his term of
service in said department had not been interrupted by said
discharge.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Effective upon
during the current year by the mayor and city council of said "^cceptance, etc.
city, in accordance with the provisions of its charter.

Approved May 16, 1930.

An Act authorizing the reinstatement of michael Cfia-n 323
kelley as a member of the fire department of the
city of boston.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Michael Kelley, a former member of the fire Michael
department of the city of Boston who was discharged there- bilemsteted
from on September fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty- ^f thTfir"*'^'^
six, may be reinstated in said department without further department
examination, and, upon said reinstatement he shall be en- Boston'!'*^ °^
titled to the same pension and retirement rights as if his term
of service in said department had not been interrupted by
said discharge.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance Effective upon
during the current year by the mayor and city council of said ^^^•^p*'"'"®-
city, in accordance with the provisions of its charter.

Approved May 16, 1930.

An Act relative to certain lines, poles and other ChaT).^24i
equipment of the electric light department of the

TOWN OF concord.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. All lines for the transmission of electricity Certain lines,
for hght, heat or power, heretofore acquired or constructed eiecTric ught

374

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 325, 326.

department of
town of
Concord made
lawful not-
withstanding
lack of valid
locations
therefor, etc.

Proviso.

by the electric light department of the town of Concord
upon, along, under and across the public ways and places of
said town, and the poles, piers, abutments, conduits and
other fixtures necessary to sustain or protect the wires of
said lines and in actual use on the effective date of this act,
are hereby made lawful notwithstanding the lack of any
valid locations therefor or any informality in the proceedings
relative to their location and erection; provided, that said
department shall, not later than December first in the
current year, file with the town clerk a map or maps showing
the location of said poles and conduits, such map or maps to
be recorded and kept with the records of the original loca-
tions for poles and wires in said town.

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

Approved May 20, 1930.

Chap.S25 An Act relative to the changing by corporations of

SHARES without PAR VALUE INTO A GREATER NUMBER OF
SIMILAR SHARES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and fifty-six of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after section forty-one the
following new section: — Section Jj.lA. Any corporation
having authorized shares without par value may, without
increasing its capital, at a meeting duly called for the pur-
pose, by vote of a majority of all its stock, or, if two or more
classes of stock have been issued, of a majority of each class
outstanding and entitled to vote, including in any event a
majority of the outstanding stock of each class affected,
change such shares or any class thereof into a greater num-
ber of shares without par value, or provide for the exchange
thereof pro rata for a greater number of shares without par
value; provided, that the preferences, voting powers, re-
strictions and qualifications of the outstanding shares so
changed or exchanged shall not be otherwise impaired or
diminished without the consent of the holders thereof.

Approved May 20, 1930.

G. L. 156, new
section after
§41.

Corporations
may change
shares without
par value into
a greater
number of
similar shares
without
increasing
capital.

Proviso.

Chap.32Q An Act to fix the time within which persons may reg-
ister TO VOTE.

G. L. 51, § 26,
etc., amended.

Sessions of
registrars of
voters.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section twenty-six of chapter fifty-one of the
General Laws, as most recently amended by section one
of chapter one hundred and three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by
striking out, in the fifth fine, the word "section" and in-
serting in place thereof the words : — sections thirty-four
and, — so as to read as follows : — Section 26. The regis-
trars, for the purpose of registering voters in the manner
hereinafter provided, shall hold such day and such evening

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 327, 328. 375

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 sections thirty-four and fifty,
there shall be no registration of voters between ten o'clock
in the evening on the twentieth day preceding, and the day
following, the biennial state primary and the biennial state
election, nor in any city between ten o'clock in the evening
on the twentieth day preceding and the day following
the city election, nor in any town between ten o'clock
in the evening on the Wednesday next but one preceding
and the day following the annual town meeting. The time
and place of registration shall be the same for male and
female applicants.

Section 2. Said chapter fifty-one is hereby further g. l. si, § 34,
amended by striking out section thirty-four and inserting in amended.
place thereof the following: — Section 34- After ten o'clock Not to enter
in the evening of a day on which registration is to cease, the "egTsterslfter
registrars shall not register any person as a voter until after close of
the next primary or election, except that they shall furnish, except? e°c!'
or cause to be furnished, to each person waiting in line at said
hour of ten o'clock for the purpose of being registered a
card or shp of identification bearing such person's name and
shall, before registration ceases, register such person if found
qualified. The registrars may, however, enter or correct
on the registers the names of persons whose qualifications
as voters have been examined between March thirty-first
preceding and the close of registration.

Approved May 20, 1930'.

An Act authorizing the city of lynn to furnish water (JJiq^j) 307

TO THE town of MARBLEHEAD. ^

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Lynn is hereby authorized to cityof
furnish water to the town of Marblehead for such periods of fu^niirwater
time, in such manner, on such terms and conditions and in to town of

1 , J.1, -J. •! r -J -x i_ ± Marblehead.

such amounts, as the city council 01 said city, by vote or
votes, in accordance with its charter, may determine, and,
for the purpose aforesaid, said city, by its city council, in
accordance with its charter, may make a contract with
said town of Marblehead, acting by and through its board
of water commissioners and board of selectmen.

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

Approved May 20, 1930.

Chap. 328

An Act authorizing the town of marblehead to pur-
chase water from the city of LYNN AND CONVEY THE
SAME TO SAID TOWN AND TO BORROW MONEY FOR SAID
PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The town of Marblehead, after the signing Town of
of a contract for the purchase of water from the city of Lynn may'^icq^re

376

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 328.

certain lands,
rights of way,
etc., necessary
for conveying
water from
city of Lynn
to said town.

May establish,
etc., additional
pumping
works, may
construct, etc.,
pipes under
and over
lands, etc.

May enter
upon and dig
up lands, etc.

Proviso.

Restrictions
as to entry
upon railroad
locations.

Town may
borrow money,
issue bonds,
etc.

Marblehead
Water Loan,
Act of 1930.

under authority of any law heretofore or hereafter enacted,
may, by and through its board of water commissioners, take
by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the Gen-
eral Laws, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold,
all lands, rights of way and other easements, situated in
the town of Swampscott or in the city of Lynn or Salem,
that may be necessary for the conveying of such water from
said city of Lynn to said town of Marblehead.

Section 2. For the purpose of conveying such water as
aforesaid, said town of Marblehead, acting by and through
its board of water commissioners, may estabhsh, maintain
and operate additional pumping works and may construct,
lay and maintain conduits, pipes and other works under or
over any lands, water courses, railroads, railways and pubUc
or private ways, and along any state highway or other way
in said town of Swampscott and in said cities of Lynn and
Salem, in such manner as not unnecessarily to obstruct the
same; and for the purpose of constructing, laying, main-
taining, operating and repairing such aqueducts, conduits,
pipes and other works, and for all other proper purposes of
this act, said town of Marblehead may enter upon and dig
up or raise and embank any such lands or pubHc or other
ways, in such manner as to cause the least possible hindrance
to public travel thereon; provided, that no way in said
town of Swampscott or in said city of Lynn or Salem shall be
dug up except with the consent of the state department of
public works in the case of a state highway or of the select-
men of said town or of the authority having charge of public
ways of said cities, in which any such way or ways are situ-
ated in the case of other ways, and provided, further, that
anj?^ such way so dug up shall be restored to the satisfaction
of said state department of public works, selectmen or au-
thority, as the case may be. Said town of Marblehead shall
not enter upon, construct or lay any aqueduct, conduit, pipe
or other works within the location of any railroad corpora-
tion 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 provided by the state department of public utihties.

Section 3. For the purpose of paying the necessary
expenses and liabilities incurred under the provisions of this
act, other than expenses of maintenance and operation, said
town of Marblehead may borrow 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, Marblehead Water
Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized issue shall constitute
a separate loan and such loans shall be paid in not more than
twenty years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred here-
under shall be in excess of the statutory limit of indebtedness,
but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to the pro-
visions of chapter forty-four of the General Laws.

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

Approved May 20, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 329. 377

An Act relative to the liquidation, consolidation or Chav.S29

MERGER OF SAVINGS BANKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the g. l. les. new
General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end ^^*'°" added,
thereof the following new section : — Section 55. Any sav- Liquidation
ings bank may, if authorized by vote of at least two thirds blnkl!^^^
of its corporators at a meeting specially called to consider
the subject, be dissolved and liquidate its affairs in the
manner hereinafter set forth; provided, that the commis- Provisos.
sioner is satisfied that such savings bank has given at least
thirty days' notice to each other savings bank, located
within twenty-five miles, of its willingness to enter into
negotiations with a view to consolidation or merger and
that no consohdation or merger with any such other savings
bank can be arranged upon terms satisfactory to the com-
missioner; and provided, further, that, prior to such vote,
the commissioner shall have approved in writing the pro-
posed liquidation of such savings bank as being in the in-
terest of its depositors. In such case a committee of three Liquidation of
shall thereupon be elected by and from the trustees and, dtstribu'tfon of
under such regulations as may be prescribed by the com- remaining
missioner, shall Hquidate the assets, and after satisfying all depositors, etc
debts of the liquidating savings bank shall distribute the
remaining proceeds among its depositors, as of the date of
the vote of liquidation, and other persons entitled thereto,
according to their several interests. The charter of a sav- Charter to
ings bank shall upon such a vote to liquidate become void ex- etc"""*^ ^°"^'
cept for the purpose of discharging its existing obligations
and liabilities.

Funds representing unclaimed dividends in liquidation and ^""^s '■^P'^e-
remaining in the hands of the liquidating committee for six claimed
months after the date of the final payment in liquidation uq^uidTtfon'to
shall be deposited by them, together with all books and be deposited

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papers of the savings bank, with the commissioner. Such sioner, etc.
funds shall be deposited in one or more trust companies or
national banks to the credit of the commissioner in his official
capacity, in trust for the depositors of the savings bank and
other persons entitled thereto, according to their several
interests. Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to him, the Payment to
commissioner may pay over the moneys so held by him to entft°ied, etc.
the persons respectively entitled thereto. In case of doubt court order
or of conflicting claims, he may require an order of the d^ubt^etc
supreme judicial court authorizing and directing the payment
thereof. He may apply the interest earned by the money interest, how
so held to the defraying of expenses incurred in the pay- ''pp''®'^-
ment of such unclaimed dividends. At the expiration of J^^^inlng" °^
twelve months from the date of receipt of such funds by funds.
the commissioner, such portion thereof as still remains in
his possession shall be disposed of as provided in section
thirty-five of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven.

378

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 330.

Consolidation
or merger
of savings bank
proposing
liquidation
with another
savings bank
within certain
distance, etc.

Proviso.

G. L. 167,

§ 22, amended.

Liquidation of
co-operative
banks or
trust com-
panies.

Liquidation of
assets and
distribution of
remaining
proceeds, etc.

If, however, the commissioner is satisfied that a con-
soHdation or merger of the savings bank proposing hquida-
tion with another savings bank located within twenty-five
miles can be effected on terms approved by him and if he
finds that such consolidation or merger is in the interest of
the depositors of the savings banks concerned, such con-
solidation or merger may be effected upon such terms and
subject to the direction of the commissioner, provided that
a vote authorizing the same is passed by at least two thirds
of the corporators of each of the savings banks aforesaid at
meetings specially called to consider the subject.

Section 2. Section twenty-two of chapter one hundred
and sixty-seven of the General Laws is hereby amended by
striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place
thereof the following: —

Subject to the written approval of the commissioner, any
co-operative bank or trust company may be dissolved and
liquidate its affairs if authorized by a vote passed, at a meet-
ing specially called to consider the subject, by at least two
thirds of the shareholders in a co-operative bank or by stock-
holders of a trust company representing at least two thirds
of its outstanding capital stock. A committee of three
shareholders or stockholders shall thereupon be elected,
and, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the
commissioner, shall liquidate the assets, and after satisfying
all debts of the corporation shall distribute the remaining
proceeds among those entitled thereto in proportion to their
respective interests therein. Approved May 20, 1930.

Chap. SSO An Act relative to fees for physicians appearing

BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS ON
BEHALF OF INJURED EMPLOYEES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section nine A of chapter one hundred and fifty-two of
the General Laws, inserted by chapter two hundred and
forty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine,
is hereby amended by inserting after the word "for" in the
third line the word: — each, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 9A. Whenever a medical question is in dispute in
any case, and an impartial physician has not, prior to seven
days before the date assigned for each hearing thereon, been
appointed b}'^ the department or a member thereof, the
employee may engage his own physician to appear and
testify in his behalf and, if the decision of the single mem-
ber or of the department is in favor of the emploj'ee, a reason-
able fee shall be allowed by the member or by the depart-
ment for such physician's services and shall be added to the
amount awarded to the employee and be paid by the insurer
under the provisions of this chapter.

Approved May 21, 1930.

G. L. 152,

§ 9A, amended.

Fees for
physicians
appearing
before depart-
ment of indus-
trial accidents
on behalf of
injured em-
ployees.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 331, 332. 379

An Act relative to naturalization fees. Chav 331

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Section 1. Section thirty-two of chapter two hundred g.l, 221,
and twenty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended by '' "' '""'^" ^ '
striking out all after the word "over" in the nineteenth line,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 32. The clerks of the cierksof the
courts in the several counties, and of the supreme judicial accounffor
and superior courts in Suffolk county, shall keep cash books, fees, etc.
which shall be county property and shall be and remain a
part of the records of the courts, in which they shall keep
accounts of all fees received by them for their official acts
and services, including fees for copies which they are not
required by law to furnish, fees and money in proceedings
relative to naturalization or for naturalization certificates,
and all fees and money of whatever description or character
received by them, or by any assistant or other person in
their offices or employment, for any acts done or services
rendered in connection with their said offices, and shall on
or before the tenth day of each month pay over to the
treasurers of their respective counties, or to such other
officers as are entitled to receive them, all fees received
during the preceding calendar month, and shall render
therewith a sworn account thereof; provided, that said clerks Proviso,
shall account for and pay over to the United States bureau
of naturalization in accordance with the federal laws as to
naturalization such part of any moneys received by them
under or by authority of such laws as they are required
thereby to account for and pay over.

Section 2. This act shall take effect January first, Effective date.
nineteen hundred and thirty-five.

Approved May 21, 1930.

An Act including within the provisions of the motor rhnj) qqo

VEHICLE LAWS, EXCEPTING THOSE REQUIRING LIABILITY ^'

INSURANCE AND THE PAYMENT OF REGISTRATION FEES,
CERTAIN VEHICLES HERETOFORE EXCLUDED THEREFROM.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter ninety of the Gen- g. l. 90, §1,
eral Laws, as most recently amended by chapter two hun- ^tc. amended,
dred and three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine, is hereby further amended by striking out all after the
word "tracks" in the fifth line of the definition of motor
vehicles, — so that said definition will read as follows: —
"Motor vehicles", automobiles, semi-trailer units, motor "Motor^^
cycles and all other vehicles propelled by power other than defin'ition.
muscular power, except railroad and railway cars and motor
vehicles running only upon rails or tracks.

Section 2. Section one A of said chapter ninety, in- g. l. 90, § ia,
serted by section one of chapter three hundred and forty- ^"^^ ' ^™®"^®'^-

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 332.

Applications
for registration
of certain
motor vehicles
not required
to be accom-
panied by
certificate
as to motor
vehicle
liability
policy or
bond, etc.

G. L. 90, § 2,
etc., amended.

Number
plates for
motor vehicles,
furnishing,
etc.

Proviso.

Valid only for
year issued,
except, etc.

G. L. 90, § 10,
etc., amended.

Section not
applicable to
operation of
road rollers,
etc.

G. L. 90, § 33,
etc., amended.

No fee for
registration of
certain ambu-

six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five and
as amended by section one of chapter three hundred and
sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six,
is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof
the following : — Ambulances, fire engines and apparatus,
police patrol wagons and other vehicles used by the police
department of any city or town or park board solely for the
official business of such department or board, road rollers,
street sprinklers, power excavators, power graders and con-
crete mixers, whether or not owned as aforesaid, shall not
be subject to the requirements of this section.

Section 3. Section two of said chapter ninety, as most
recently amended by chapter two hundred and seventy-two
of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty, is hereby further
amended by inserting after the word "vehicle" in the fifth
line of the seventh paragraph, as amended by section one of
chapter three hundred and three of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-two, the following: — ; provided, that
number plates assigned to ambulances, fire engines and ap-
paratus, police patrol wagons and other vehicles used by the
police department of any city or town or park board solely
for the official business of such department or board, road
rollers, street sprinklers, power excavators, power graders
and concrete mixers may be of a distinctive type or types, —
so that said seventh paragraph will read as follows : —

The registrar shall furnish at his office, without charge,
to every person whose vehicle is registered under this chapter,
two number plates of suitable design, each number plate
to have displayed upon it the register number assigned to
that vehicle; provided, that number plates assigned to
ambulances, fire engines and apparatus, police patrol wagons
and other vehicles used by the police department of any
city or town or park board solely for the official business of
such department or board, road rollers, street sprinklers,
power excavators, power graders and concrete mixers may
be of a distinctive type or types. The. number plates so
furnished shall, except as provided by section nine, be valid
only for the year for which they are issued.

Section 4. Section ten of said chapter ninety, as most
recently amended by chapter two hundred and sixty-two
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby
further amended by striking out the last sentence and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — This section shall
not apply to the operation of road rollers, power excavators,
street sprinklers, power graders and concrete mixers.

Section 5. Section thirty-three of said chapter ninety,
as most recently amended by section five of chapter three
hundred and sixteen of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "driven" in the nineteenth line the following new
paragraph : —

For the registration of every ambulance, fire engine or
apparatus, police patrol wagon or other vehicle, the fee for

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 333. 381

the registration of which is not provided by the preceding lances, fire
paragraph, used by the poHcc department of any city or ''"^'"'^*'
town or park board solely for the official business of such
department or board, of every road roller, street sprinkler,
power excavator, power grader or concrete mixer, no fee
shall be collected hereunder.

Section 6. This act shall not apply in respect to the Application
registration of motor vehicles for the current year. ° ''^*'

Approved May 21, 1930.

An Act ceding jurisdiction to the united states of (Jfidj) 333

AMERICA OVER CERTAIN TRACTS OF LAND IN BOSTON,
QUINCY, SCITUATE, CHATHAM AND TOWN OF NANTUCKET.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Jurisdiction is hereby granted and ceded cedld'to*'^''
to the United States of America over five tracts of land United states
severally situated in Boston, Quincy, Scituate, Chatham over™ertain
and the town of Nantucket, which tracts were acquired by ^'^^^^ °^ ^'^"'^

,.,^ c» • !• i«-ii"^ Boston,

the United States oi America tor purposes of national de- Quincy,
fense as hereinafter indicated, and are severally bounded Chatham and
and described as follows: Nantucket.

Tract 1. Naval section base, East Boston, containing Na^^a/section
three and one tenth acres, more or less, bounded as follows: base, East
northeasterly on Sumner street, one hundred and eighty- ®°^*^°"-
five feet; northwesterly on a common driveway and the
North ferry of the city of Boston, six hundred and seventy-
four feet; southwesterly on the harbor line or the line
limiting the ownership of the grantor in that direction, two
hundred and nineteen and six tenths feet, and southeasterly
on land now or formerly of Henry Pigeon and others, seven
hundred and ninety-two and thirty-one hundredths feet,
to the point of beginning.

Tract 2. Naval destroyer and submarine base, Squantum Tract 2, Naval
point, Quincy, containing two hundred sixty-two and sixty- subrn'Sfnl'"
eight one hundredths acres, more or less, described as gq^uantum
follows: All that tract of land on the north side of Victory pcipt,
road, lying northerly of a line enclosing the area now occu- ^'"''^'
pied by buildings, said line being more particularly as
follows: beginning at a point on the shore line approxi-
mately six hundred and seventy-five feet southeasterly of
the southeast building line of building number twenty-four,
and on the center line of the center railroad track of plate
yard prolonged; thence southwesterly to a point twenty-five
feet south of the southeasterly end of the southwest wall of
building number twenty-four; thence paralleling the south-
west wall of building number twenty-four to the intersection
of the north side of Victory road; thence following the north
side of Victory road northwesterly to a point twenty-five
feet northwest of the northwesterly building line of building
number twenty-four; thence northeasterly paralleling the
northwesterly building line of building number twenty-four

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 333.

Tract 3,
Naval Radio
station,
Fourth cliff,
Scituate.

Tract 4,
Naval Air
station,
Chatham.

to a point on the southerly side of F street produced south-
easterly; thence northwesterly along; the south side of F
street, a distance of eight hundred and twenty-five feet, more
or less; thence northwesterly paralleling the center railroad
track of the plate yard at a distance of fifteen feet there-
from to the intersection of the north side of Victory road;
thence northwesterly following the north side of Victory
road for a distance of sixteen hundred and twenty-five feet,
more or less, thence in a northwesterly direction on a bearing
north fourteen degrees no minutes west to the line of ex-
treme low water. From the point of beginning the line is
produced easterly paralleling the first described line of ex-
treme low water. All as shown on map of Destroyer and
Submarine Base, Squantum, Massachusetts, No. 983-35,
dated June 30, 1929.

Trad 3. Naval Radio station, Fourth cliff, Scituate,
containing two and fifty-six one hundredths acres, more or
less, described as follows: beginning at a stone bounded at
the first angle in the easterly line of a fifty foot County
way, described in a decree of the county commissioners of
the county of Plymouth, dated July first, eighteen hundred
and ninety, establishing lines of a new highway from Fourth
cliff to Marshfield avenue and the sea; thence north six
degrees forty-seven minutes west, one hundred and sev-
enteen and twenty-eight hundredths feet to a stake in
said easterly highway line; thence north sixty-eight degrees
fifty minutes east, four hundred and seventy-eight and
sixteen hundredths feet to the top edge of cliff; thence on
same course about fiftj^-five feet to high water line of Massa-
chusetts bay; thence southerly along said high water line,
two hundred feet, more or less, to a point in a line parallel
to and two hundred feet south of the second described
line; thence south sixty-eight degrees fifty minutes west,
about forty-five feet to the top edge of cliff; thence along
same course and passing through an iron pin and a drilled
hole in a split rock, indicated in plan, five hundred and
twelve and four tenths feet to an iron pin in said east-
erly line of County way; thence north twenty-five degrees
thirty-nine minutes west, eighty-seven and thirty-eight hun-
dredths feet along said easterly line to point of beginning,
meaning and intending to convey a strip of land two hundred
feet in width extending entirely across said Fourth cliff' from
the said easterly line of County way easterly to high water
line in said Massachusetts bay, including all riparian rights
appurtenant to the property.

Tract 4- Naval Air station, Chatham, containing forty
and two tenths acres, more or less, described as follows:
beginning at an iron pipe at high water mark (elevation four
and no tenths), in Pleasant bay, said point being the most
northerly in the parcel, thence south twenty-six degrees
forty-four minutes west along the present wire fence on land
of Charles Ashley Hardy and George F. Willet, six hundred
and eighty-six and seventy-seven hundredths feet to an

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 333. 383

anjilc ill said fence, thence south seventy degrees fourteen
minutes west along a wire fence on land of said George F.
Willet, five hundrctl and forty-two and ninet,y-one hundredths
feet to an angle in said fence; thence north seventy-seven
degrees sixteen minutes west along a wire fence, said fence
being the division line between land of George F. Willet and
land of Franklin B. Nickerson, three hundred and eighty-
three and five tenths feet to a monument; thence north
fifty-four degrees fifteen minutes west along a wire fence,
said fence being an extension of said division line, two hun-
dred and twenty-eight and fifty-seven hundredths feet to
a monument; thence south forty degrees forty-three minutes
west along a wire fence, said fence being a further extension
of said division line, one hundred and fifty-eight and thirty-
six hundredths feet to a monument; thence south thirty-
six degrees thirty-four minutes west partly along a town
way and partly along a wire fence, said fence being a further
extension of said division line, one hundred and ten feet to
a post at high water mark (elevation four and no tenths),
in Crows pond; thence in a southerly direction along the
high water mark in Crows pond, a distance of five hundred
and sixty-five and five tenths feet to a wire fence; thence
south fifty-one degrees three minutes east along a wire fence
on land of Gertrude B. Gilmore et al., eighty-seven and
five tenths feet; thence north eighty-three degrees fifty-
eight minutes east on land of Gertrude B. Gilmore et al. to
the division line between land of Gertrude B. Gilmore et al.
and land of Philip G. Harris, one hundred and one and
seventy-nine hundredths feet; thence north one degree
twenty-four minutes west along the division line between
land of Gertrude B. Gilmore et al. and land of Philip G.
Harris, sixty feet; thence north eighty-four degrees twenty-
one minutes east on land of Philip G. Harris to the division
line between land of the said Philip G. Harris and land of
Franklin B. Nickerson, three hundred and nineteen and three
hundredths feet; thence south two degrees twenty-seven
minutes west along said division line, ninety-two and
twenty-nine hundredths feet to an iron pipe; thence south
one degree three minutes west along said division line, two
hundred and seventy-seven and fifty-six hundredths feet to
an iron pipe; thence south fifty-three degrees twenty-seven
minutes east along said division line, one hundred and
sixty-five and five tenths feet to an iron pipe set at high
water mark in Fourside harbor; thence in an easterly and
northerly direction along the high water line of Fourside
harbor and Pleasant bay to the point of beginning.

Tract 5. Radio Compass station, Surfside, Nantucket, tracts,
containing thirty-nine thousand square feet, more or less, compass
described as follow^s: SurfsiS'e

Parcel 1. Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Nantucket.
Western avenue at the east line of Station street; thence Parcel i.
easterly along Western avenue, one hundred and forty-four
hundredths feet; thence northerly along the boundary be-

384

Acts, 1030. — Chap. 334.

Parcel 2.

Condition
upon which
jurisdiction
over tracts of
land is granted
and ceded.

Proviso.

Act void as to
any such tract,
unless, etc.

tween lots thirty-two and thirty-three, eighty and four
tenths feet, more or less; thence westerly along the north-
erly line of lots thirty-three, thirty-four, thirtj^-five and
thirty-six, one hundred feet, to the easterly line of Station
street; thence southerly along the easterly line of Station
street, ninety feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.

Parcel 2. Beginning at a point on the northerly line of
Western avenue at the westerly side of Station street;
thence northerly along the westerly side of Station street,
one hundred and ninety-three and eight tenths feet to
the northerly line of lot ten, in block thirty-nine; thence
westerly along the northerly line of lot ten, one hundred
and fifty feet; thence southerly through the center of lots
twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five, on
a line between lots nineteen and twenty, two hundred and
fifteen feet, more or less, all in block thirty-nine, to the
northerly line of Western avenue; thence easterly along the
northerly line of Western avenue, one hundred and fifty
and forty-five hundredths feet to the point of beginning.

Section 2. Jurisdiction over the tracts of land described
in the preceding section is granted and ceded upon the
express condition that the commonwealth shall retain con-
current jurisdiction with the United States of America in
and over such tracts, in so far that all civil processes, and
such criminal processes as may issue under the authority of
the commonwealth against any person or persons charged
with crime, may be executed thereon in the same manner
as though this cession had not been granted; provided, that
the exclusive jurisdiction in and over any such tract shall
revert to and revest in the commonwealth whenever such
tract shall cease to be used for purposes of national defense.

Section 3. This act shall be void as to any such tract
unless within one year after its effective date a suitable plan
thereof shall be deposited in the office of the state secretary.

Approved May 21, 1930.

C/iap. 334 An Act authorizing the establishment of doane's falls

RESERVATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The county commissioners of the county of
Worcester, on behalf of said county, are hereby authorized
and directed, within three years after the passage of this
act, to take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine
of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase, gift or other-
wise, land not exceeding one hundred acres in extent situ-
ated in the southwesterly part of the town of Royalston in
said county. The land thus acquired shall be known as
the Doane's Falls Reservation. Said county commissioners
shall be vested with full power and authority to care for,
maintain and improve said reservation in behalf of said
county.

Worcester
county com-
missioners
may acquire
certain land
to be known
as Doane's
Falls Reserva-
tion, etc.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 335. 385

Section 2. Said county commissioners shall include in Expenditure
the estimates submitted by them to the general court such mLintelmnce,
sum as in their opinion is necessary for the care, mainte- etc.
nance and improvement of said reservation and may expend
for such purposes such sum as is annually appropriated
therefor.

Section 3. The county treasurer of said county shall County
receive and hold, subject to the order of said county com- toTlceiteand
missioners, all sums which may be given to said commis- grven7or care,
sioners for the care, maintenance and improvement of said etc.
reservation.

Section 4. There shall be appropriated for the purposes Appropriation
of section one, ten thousand dollars, the same to be included o7secUonT
in the assessment of the county tax of said county; or, for or county
said purposes, the treasurer of said county, with the ap- n'w borrow
proval of the county commissioners, may borrow, on the iro°tesfetc^'^*
credit of the county, such sums as may be necessary, not
exceeding, in the aggregate, ten thousand dollars, and may
issue notes of the county therefor payable in not more than
one year from their dates. Such notes shall bear on their
face the words, Doane's Falls Reservation Loan, Act of Rgs^JJvatkTn^^
1930, and shall be signed by the treasurer of the county and Loan, Act of
countersigned by a majority of the county commissioners. ^^^°"
The county may sell the said notes 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 be subject to
chapter thirty-five of the General Laws.

Section 5. This act shall take effect on its acceptance Effective upon
during the current year by the county commissioners of the 'acceptance.
county of Worcester, but not otherwise.

Approved May 21, 1930.

An Act relative to the refunding of contributions r*/,^^ oqk

OF MEMBERS AND PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS OF THE STATE ^'

retirement association in case of THEIR DECEASE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section five of chapter thirty-two of the Gen- g. l. 32, § 5,
eral Laws, as amended in paragraph (2) A (6) by section one p^Y; imdded
of chapter two hundred and forty-four of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended
by striking out said paragraph {2) A (6) and inserting in
place thereof the following : —

(b) Should a member of the association die before becoming Refunding of
entitled to a pension, or should an employee die while in ^"de to stlTtl
process of accumulating under section two (1) the amount retirement'
required to become a member, all the money contributed ^^^*®"'-
by him under section four (2) A, or said section two (i),
as the case may be, with such interest as shall have been
earned thereon, shall be paid to his legal representatives,
subject to paragraph (2) F of this section.

386

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 335.

G. L. 32, § 5,
par. (2) B (b),
etc., amended.

Annuities
from employees'
deposits.

G. L. 32, § 5,
new para-
graph
added.

Payment to
beneficiary or
beneficiaries
of money
otherwise
payable to
legal rep-
resentatives of
a deceased
member, etc.

Nomination
of beneficiary
or beneficiaries,
etc.

Payment to
legal repre-
sentatives of
sum which
would have
been paid to
beneficiary, if
he had
survived, etc.

Payment to
persons
entitled if
sura does not
exceed one
hundred
dollars.

G. L. 32,

§ 33, amended.

Payments to
estates of
deceased
members.

Section 2. Said section five, as amended most recently
in paragraph {2) B (b) by section two of said chapter two
hundred and forty-four, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out said paragraph (2) B (h) and inserting in place
thereof the following : —

(6) A life annuity of less amount, payable monthly, with
the provision that if the annuitant dies before receiving
annuity payments equal to the amount used to purchase the
annuity, the difference shall be paid to his legal representa-
tives, subject to paragraph (2) F of this section.

Section 3. Said section five, as amended, is hereby fur-
ther amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
paragraph : —

F. Any sum of money otherwise payable to the legal
representatives of a deceased member or deceased employee
under paragraph {2) A (6) or {2) B (b) of this section shall
be paid, subject to the following conditions, to the beneficiary
or beneficiaries nominated as hereinafter provided, if any,
surviving at the death of such member or employee, as ap-
pearing in the records of the association at his death, and
such payment or payments shall bar the recovery by any
other person of such sum. Any such member or employee,
by a written instrument duly executed by him and filed
with the board prior to his death, upon a form to be fur-
nished by the board, may nominate, and from time to time
change, one or more beneficiaries to receive, in designated
proportion, but not in the alternative, any such sum; any
such person so nominated by a minor to be of his kindred.
The sum which would have been paid to any beneficiary if
he had survived such member or employee shall be paid to
the legal representatives of such member or employee, sub-
ject to the conditions hereinafter provided in this paragraph.
Any question arising hereunder as to survivorship shall be
finally determined by the board. If any sum otherwise
payable to the legal representatives of a member or em-
ployee under paragraph (2) A (fo) or (2) B (b) of this section
and under this paragraph does not exceed one hundred
dollars, and if there has been no demand upon the board
for payment of such sum by a duly appointed executor or
administrator of the estate of such member or employee,
and the board has not otherwise been informed that pro-
bate proceedings relative to such estate have been commenced,
such sum may be paid, after the expiration of three months
from the date of death of such member or employee, to
the persons appearing, in the judgment of the board, to be
entitled thereto, and such payments shall bar recovery by
any other person.

Section 4. Section thirty-three of chapter thirty-two of
the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "sections" in the third line the words: — , except
sections one to five, inclusive, — so as to read as follows: —
Section S3. Should there be due to the estate of a deceased
member of any of the retirement associations established

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 336. 387

under the preceding sections, except sections one to five,
inclusive, any sum of money payable from the funds of the
association, the same shall be paid to his legal representa-
tives; provided, that if the sum so due does not exceed Proviso.
three hundred dollars if due from the funds of the teachers'
retirement association, or one hundred dollars if due from the
funds of an}'- other such association, and there has been
no demand therefor by a duly appointed executor or ad-
ministrator, payment may be made, after the expiration of
three months from the date of the death of such member,
to the persons appearing, in the judgment of the board, to
be entitled thereto, and such payment shall be a bar to
recovery by any other person. Approved May 21, 1930.

An Act relative to the amount of compensation pay- nhnr) 335

ABLE FOR CERTAIN SPECIFIC INJURIES UNDER THE WORK- ^'

men's COMPENSATION LAW.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-six of chapter one hundred and fifty-two q l. 152, § 36,
of the General Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred etc - amended.
and fifty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight, is hereby further amended by striking out paragraph
(k) and inserting in place thereof the following : —

(k) For the loss by severance of the terminal phalange or Payments
phalanges of any finger or fingers, not exceeding three on n^en^s^m^
the same hand, which for the purposes hereof may include f(f"®''^H°Pj^^'^
the thumb of the left or minor hand but not of the right or specffic'
major hand, two thirds of the average weekly wages of the '"J""*'^-
injured person, but not more than ten, dollars nor less than
four dollars a week for a period of twelve weeks in case of
the loss by severance of one such terminal phalange, or for a
period of twenty-two weeks in case of the loss as aforesaid of
two such terminal phalanges on the same hand, or for a
period of thirty weeks in case of the loss as aforesaid of three
or more such terminal phalanges on the same hand; pro- Provisos.
vided, that no compensation shall be payable under this
paragraph for the loss by severance of any phalange for the
loss of which compensation is payable under any other
paragraph of this section, and provided, further, that com-
pensation shall be payable under this paragraph on account
of injury to one hand only for such number of weeks as, to-
gether with the number of weeks during which compensation
is payable under any other paragraph of this section for
injury to the same hand, will not exceed forty-seven in the
case of the left or minor hand or seventy-two in the case of
the right or major hand.

{k}/2) For the loss by severance of at least one phalange
of any toe, two thirds of the average weekly wages of the
injured person, but not more than ten dollars nor less than
four dollars a week for a period of twelve weeks, for each
foot so injured. Approved May 22, 1930.

388

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 337, 338, 339.

Chap. SS7 An Act providing for the acquisition by the metro-
politan DISTRICT COMMISSION OF MOSWETUSETT HUM-
MOCK IN THE CITY OF QUINCY AS AN ADDITION TO THE
QUINCY SHORE RESERVATION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Subject to appropriation, the metropolitan district com-
mission is hereby authorized and directed to acquire in fee
on behalf of the commonwealth, by eminent domain under
chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or by purchase
or otherwise at an expense not exceeding nine thousand
dollars, a certain parcel of land in the city of Quincy known
as Moswetusett Hummock, the same to become a part of
the Quincy shore reservation. Approved May 22, 1930.

Metropolitan
district com-
mission may
acquire
Moswetusett
Hummock
in city of
Quincy as an
addition to
Quincy shore
reservation.

C/zaz>.338 An Act relative to the care of certain patients under

THE control of THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL DISEASES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and twenty-three of the General
Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section sixteen
the following new section: — Section 16 A. The depart-
ment, or the trustees of state hospitals with the approval
of the department, may place at board, under direction, in
approved private homes, with provisions for occupational
therapy, such patients under supervision as they believe
will be benefited from a period of training therein. Any
such patient in a state hospital so placed at board by the
trustees thereof, shall be deemed to be an inmate of the
state hospital. The number of patients so placed shall
be approved by the department. The cost to the com-
monwealth of the board of such patients supported at the
public expense shall not be limited by the amount specified
in section sixteen. Approved May 22, 1930.

G. L. 123,
new section
after § 16.

Department of
mental diseases
may place
certain patients
at board, etc.

Cost not
limited to
certain
amount, etc.

G. L. Ill, § 91,
etc., amended.

Chap. SS9 An Act establishing the status of certain cities in-
cluded WITHIN TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section ninety-one of chapter one hundred and eleven of
the General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter four
hundred and forty-three and by section two of chapter five
hundred and one, both of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "provided" in the eighth line the following: — ,
that no city included within a tuberculosis hospital district
shall become entitled to such exemption by reason of any
change in the number of inhabitants of such city, and pro-
vided, further, — so as to read as follows : — Section 91 .
Cities having one hundred thousand or more inhabitants as
determined by the last national census, and cities and

Certain cities
and towns
e.\empted
from pro-

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 339. 389

towns having less than one hundred thousand inhabitants visions relative
as determined as aforesaid and already possessing and con- iioi'pi'tMrc-rrI
tinuing to furnish satisfactory tuberculosis hospital pro- sufferTngTrom
vision, shall be exempt from the provisions of sections tuberculosis.
seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive; provided, that no city Provisos.
included within a tuberculosis hospital district shall become
entitled to such exemption by reason of any change in the
number of inhabitants of such city, and provided, further,
that each city or town of less than one hundred thousand
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 provided, further,
that any city or town may, at any time upon apphcation
and pajonent of its proportionate share of the actual con-
struction costs, as hereinafter provided, of said county
tuberculosis hospital, if any, become a part of the hospital
district of the county or section thereof in which it is situ-
ated. Each city or town becoming, by reason of its failure Certain cities
to comply with this section or upon application as afore- becomi^g^part
said, a part of a county hospital district shall pay to the ho^p°°a'i'di^.
district treasurer its proportionate share of the actual con- trict to pay
struction costs of said county tuberculosis hospital, if any, share o'f°''^*^
including land, buildings and equipment, computed as of m^'^''' °°^^^'
the date of such failure or such application. In case the yaiy3(.;ojj
city council of such city or the selectmen of such town and board to
the trustees of such county tuberculosis hospital do not agree sW^of'cost,
on the amount of such proportionate share within three ^^g^'greemlnt*,^
months after the receipt by said city or town of written etc.
notification from the department of failure as aforesaid
or within three months after application 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 se-
lected 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 se-
lected 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.

Approved May 22, 1930.

390 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 340.

Chap. SAO An Act to extend the coverage under the laws rela-
tive TO COMPULSORY MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSUR-
ANCE TO INCLUDE CERTAIN CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

etc ^amended^' SECTION 1. SectioD thirty-four A of chapter ninety of
the General Laws, as appearing in section four of chapter
three hundred and eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out the third and fourth paragraphs and inserting in place
thereof the following: —
Definitions. " Motor vchicle habihty bond", a bond conditioned that

ii^uTt'^ iS" ^^^ obligor shall within thirty days after the rendition
' thereof satisfy all judgments rendered against him or against
any person responsible for the operation of the obligor's
motor vehicle with his express or implied consent in actions
to recover damages for bodily injuries, including death at
any time resulting therefrom and judgments rendered as
aforesaid for consequential damages consisting of expenses
incurred by a husband, wife, parent or guardian for medical,
nursing, hospital or surgical services in connection with or
on account of such bodily injuries or death, sustained during
the term of said bond by any person other than employees
of the obligor or of such other person responsible as afore-
said who are entitled to payments or benefits under the
provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-two, and arising
out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, control or
use upon the ways of the commonwealth of such motor
vehicle, to the amount or limit of at least five thousand
dollars on account of injury to or death of any one person,
and, subject to such limits as respects injury to or death
of one person, of at least ten thousand dollars on account of
any one accident resulting in injury to or death of more
than one person.
vdl?cb "Motor vehicle habihty policy", a pohcy of hability

liability insuraucc which provides indemnity for or protection to the

insured and any person responsible for the operation of the
insured's motor vehicle with his express or implied consent
against loss by reason of the liability to pay damages to
others for bodily injuries, including death at any time re-
sulting therefrom, or consequential damages consisting of
expenses incurred by a husband, wife, parent or guardian
for medical, nursing, hospital or surgical services in con-
nection with or on account of such bodily injuries or death,
sustained during the term of said policy by any person other
than employees of the insured or of such other person re-
sponsible as aforesaid who are entitled to payments or
benefits under the provisions of chapter one hundred and
fifty-two, and arising out of the ownership, operation,
maintenance, control or use upon the ways of the common-
wealth of such motor vehicle, to^the amount or limit of at
least five thousand dollars on account of injury to or death

policy"

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 340. 391

of any one person, and, subject to such limits as respects
injury to or death of one person, of at least ten thousand
dollars on account of any one accident resulting in injury
to or death of more than one person, or a binder as defined
in section one hundred and thirteen A of said chapter one
hundred and seventy-five providing indemnity or protection
as aforesaid pending the issue of such a policy.

Section 2. Section thirty-four D of said chapter ninety, g. l. 9o,
as appearing in said section four, is hereby amended by li^tnded!'"
inserting after the word ''therefrom" in the eleventh line
the following: — , and judgments rendered as aforesaid for
consequential damages consisting of expenses incurred by
a husband, wife, parent or guardian for medical, nursing,
hospital or surgical services in connection with or on account
of such bodily injuries or death, — so as to read as follows: —
Section 34D. The applicant for registration may, in lieu of Deposit with
procuring a motor vehicle liability bond or policy, deposit ofcash^ltlf.,
with the department cash in the amount of five thousand motor vf hide
dollars or bonds, stocks or other evidences of indebtedness liability bond
satisfactory to the department of a market value of not less °^ ^° ^^^'
than five thousand dollars as security for the payment
by such applicant or by any person responsible for the
operation of such applicant's motor vehicle with his express
or implied consent of all judgments rendered against such
applicant or against such person in actions to recover dam-
ages for bodily injuries, including death at any time result-
ing therefrom, and judgments rendered as aforesaid for
consequential damages consisting of expenses incurred by a
husband, wife, parent or guardian for medical, nursing,
hospital or surgical services in connection with or on ac-
count of such bodily injuries or death, sustained during the
term of registration by any person other than employees of
the applicant or such other person responsible as aforesaid
who are entitled to payments or benefits under the pro-
visions of chapter one hundred and fifty-two, and arising
out of the ownership, operation, maintenance, control or
use upon the ways of the commonwealth of such motor
vehicle to the amount or limit of at least five thousand
dollars on account of any such judgment. The depositor Depositor
shall be entitled to the interest accruing on his deposit fnt^est accru-
and to the income payable on the securities deposited and jj"e^og°t= etc
may from time to time with the consent of the department
change such securities. Upon presentation to the depart- y^^^^"*^
ment by an officer qualified to serve civil process of an executions
execution issued on any such judgment against the regis- ^^ department,
trant or other person responsible as aforesaid, the depart-
ment shall pay, out of the cash deposited by the registrant
as herein provided, the amount of the execution, including
costs and interest, up to but not in excess of five thousand
dollars. If the registrant has deposited bonds, stocks or
other evidences of indebtedness, the department shall, on
presentation of an execution as aforesaid, cause the said
securities or such part thereof as may be necessary to satisfy

392

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 340.

Members of
department
discharged from
liability, etc.

Requirements
in case amount
of deposit falls
below required
amount.

Deposits
exempt from
attachment,
etc., except,
etc.

Department
to deposit
cash received
in banks,
etc.

G. L. 175,
§ 112, etc.,
amended.

Payment of

losses under

certain

policies of

liability

insurance

regulated.

G. L. 214, § 3,
etc., amended.

Equity
jurisdiction
of supreme
judicial and
superior
courts as to
certain

the judgment to be sold at public auction, giving the regis-
trant three days' notice in writing of the time and place
of said sale, and from the proceeds of said sale the depart-
ment shall, after paying the expenses thereof, satisfy the
execution as hereinbefore provided when a cash deposit has
been made. Any payment upon an execution by the de-
partment in accordance with the provisions of this section
shall discharge its members from all official and personal
liability whatever to the registrant to the extent of such
payment. The department shall, whenever the amount of
such deposit from any cause falls below the amount re-
quired by this section, require, at the option of the regis-
trant, the deposit of additional cash or securities up to the
amount required by this section or a motor vehicle liability
bond or policy as provided in this chapter. Money or se-
curities deposited with the department under the provisions
of this section shall not be subject to attachment or execu-
tion except as provided in this section. The department
shall deposit any cash received under the provisions of this
section in a savings bank or the savings department of a
trust company or of a national bank within the common-
wealth.

Section 3. Chapter one hundred and seventy-five of
the General Laws, as amended in section one hundred and
twelve by section one of chapter one hundred and forty-nine
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section one hundred
and twelve and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 112. The liability of any company under a motor
vehicle liability policy, as defined in section thirty-four A of
chapter ninety, or under any other policy insuring against
liability for loss or damage on account of bodily injuiy or
death, or for loss or damage resulting therefrom, or on ac
count of damage to property, shall become absolute when-
ever the loss or damage for which the insured is responsible
occurs, and the satisfaction by the insured of a final judgment
for such loss or damage shall not be a condition precedent
to the right or duty of the company to make payment on
account of said loss or damage. No such contract of in-
surance shall be cancelled or annulled by any agreement
between the company and the insured after the said insured
has become responsible for such loss or damage, and any
such cancellation or annulment shall be void.

Section 4. Section three of chapter two hundred and
fourteen of the General Laws, as amended in the tenth clause
by section three of chapter one hundred and forty-nine of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby
further amended by striking out said tenth clause and in-
serting in place thereof the following : —

(10) Suits to reach and apply the obligation of an insur-
ance company to a judgment debtor under a motor vehicle
liability policy, as defined in section thirty-four A of chapter
ninety, or under any other policy insuring a judgment

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 341. 393

debtor against liability for loss or damage on account of liability
bodily injury or death or for loss or damage resulting there- poli'c'i^s!^^
from, or on account of damage to property, in satisfaction
of a judgment covered by such policy, which has not been
satisfied within thirty days after the date when it was ren-
dered.

Section 5. This act shall not apply to motor vehicle Application of
liability policies or bonds, both as defined in section thirty- '''^*-
four A of chapter ninety of the General Laws, or to deposits
under section thirty-four D of said chapter, covering motor
vehicles registered for operation during the current year or
any part thereof. Approved May 22, 1930.

An Act imposing a time limit for payment by the com- Phrij^ Q41

MONW'EALTH OF COMPENSATION FOR THE SLAUGHTERING '

OF ANIMALS REACTING TO THE TUBERCULIN TEST.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the General ^^^^^^^o^j 33,
Laws, as most recently amended in section thirty-three by
section one of chapter three hundred and thirty-two of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section thirty-three and in-
serting in place thereof the following : — Section 33. Except No compen-
as otherwise provided, a person who has animals tested certaki'cases
with tuberculin shall not be entitled to compensation from [ested'wfth
the commonwealth for any animals which react to the tu- tuberculin
berculin test unless they have been tested by the director "" *^^''' ^ ^'
or qualified veterinarians acting under his authorization and
have been owned and kept by the owner applying for the
test on the premises where tested for a period of not less
than sixty days next prior to the date of said test or have
been admitted to the herd on a test approved by the director.
The director may prescribe rules and regulations for the Rules, etc.,
inspection of cattle by the application of the tuberculin o'f'^ci'ttfe^by""
test and for the segregation or slaughter of reacting animals; tuberculin
but no inspection by the application of such test shall be '^^ '^ °'
made unless an agreement has previously been entered into
for such inspection and application with the owner of the
animals, except as provided in section thirty-three B, If, ^r'^a^Tht™^"*
in the opinion of the director, any of the animals react to the of animais
test and are slaughtered in consequence thereof, the owner test,*a"p^praisai,
shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth in the manner '^*'=-
hereinafter provided. The director may appoint persons
to make appraisals of reacting cattle in conjunction with
the owner or his authorized representative. Such appraisal ^Jj!/gg[®to
shall be subject to the rights of arbitration and petition set certain rights
forth in section thirty-one; provided, that the award or o^^^'bitration,
damages shall be within the limits prescribed by this section, proviso.
The commonwealth shall, within thirty days after the filing Amount of
in the office of the director of a valid claim for reimbursement payment, etc
in pursuance of such an appraisal or of an award under

394

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 342.

Provisos.

section thirty-one, pay to the owner of any animal slaughtered
under authority of any rules or regulations made here-
under, or to any mortgagee or assignee designated in writ-
ing by said owner, one half of the difference between the
amount received by the owner for the carcass of the animal
and the value of the animal as determined by appraisal as
aforesaid; provided, that payment by the commonwealth
hereunder shall not exceed fifty dollars for any grade animal
or seventy-five dollars for any pure-bred animal; and pro-
vided, further, that the owner or his representative has
not, in the opinion of the director, by wilful act or neglect,
contributed to the spread of bovine tuberculosis.

Approved Matj 22, 1930.

Chav.342 An Act relative to approval by the department of

PUBLIC UTILITIES OF CONTRACTS OF GAS COMPANIES AND
OF ELECTRIC COMPANIES FOR THE PURCHASE OF GAS OR
ELECTRICITY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the General
Laws is hereby amended by striking out section ninety-
four A, inserted by chapter two hundred and ninety-eight of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and inserting
in place thereof the following : — Section OJ^A ■ No gas or
electric company shall hereafter enter into a contract for the
purchase of gas or electricity covering a period in excess of
two years without the approval of the department, unless
such contract contains a provision subjecting the price to
be paid thereunder for gas or electricity to review and de-
termination by the department in any proceeding brought
under section ninety-three or ninety-four; provided, that
nothing herein contained shall be construed as affecting a con-
tract for the purchase of gas or electricity from a person or
corporation engaged in manufacturing, where the manu-
facture, sale or distribution of gas or electricity by such
person or corporation is a minor portion of his or its business,
and which contract is made in connection with a contract to
supply such person or corporation with gas or electricity.
In any such proceeding the department may review and
determine the price to be thereafter paid for gas or elec-
tricity under a contract containing said provision for review.
Any contract covering a period in excess of two years sub-
ject to approval as aforesaid, and which is not so approved
or which does not contain said provision for review, shall be
null and void. Approved May 22, 1930.

G. L. 164,

§94A,

amended.

Department of
public utilities
to approve
contracts of
gas companies
and of electric
companies for
the purchase
of gas or
electricity.

Proviso.

Determination
of price,
etc.

Certain
contracts
null and void.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 343, 344. 395

An Act relative to classifications of risks and sched- (JJid^p 343

ULES of premium CHARGES UNDER THE COMPULSORY MOTOR
VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE LAW, WHEN DELAYED IN BE-
COMING EFFECTIVE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one hundred and thirteen B of chapter one hun- g. l. 175,
dred and seventy-five of the General Laws, inserted therein Imln^'ed!'''
by section four of chapter three hundred and forty-six of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, and as most
recently amended by chapter one hundred and sixty-six
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby
further amended by inserting after the fourth paragraph
the following new paragraph : —

If, for any reason, classifications of risks and premium Procedure
charges fixed and established as aforesaid on or before das'siscations
September fifteenth in any year for the ensuing calendar year °f \^^^l , ,
are not effective for the said year, the classifications of risks of premium
and premium charges in effect for the then calendar year compulsory ^'^
shall remain in full force and effect, and shall be used and na^b^J-"/®^''''®
charged in connection with the issue or execution of motor insurance
vehicle liability policies or bonds for said ensuing calendar deliyed in
year until classifications of risks and premium charges for g|e°^|"^
said ensuing calendar year are finally fixed and established.
Classifications of risks and premium charges when finally when
fixed and established for said ensuing calendar year shall shaTi' become^
become effective as of January first of said year, and all effective, etc.
premium charges affected by any change thereby made
which have been paid or incurred prior to the time when
such charges are finally fixed and established shall be ad-
justed in accordance with such change, as of said January
first. Approved May 22, 1930.

Chap. MA:

An Act establishing the salary of the director of

THE division OF FISHERIES AND GAME.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section six of chapter twenty-one of the General Laws g. l. 21, § e,
is hereby amended by striking out, in the seventh line, the '^"®°'^®'^-
word "four" and inserting in place thereof the word: —
five, — so as to read as follows: — Section 6. Upon the ex- Director of
piration of the term of office of a director of the division of fisherTe" and
fisheries and game, his successor shall, except as provided ^o-n^mTnt
by section three, be appointed for three years by the gov- duties, salary.
ernor, with the advice and consent of the council. The di-
rector shall be qualified by training and experience to per-
form the duties of his oflBce, and shall, except as provided by
section three, receive such salary, not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars, as the governor and council determine. The
director shall be allowed necessary traveling expenses for
himself and his employees incurred in the discharge of duty.

Approved May 23, 1930.

396

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 345, 346, 347.

Chap S4i5 An Act authorizing the city of Gloucester to sell and

CONVEY WATER TO THE TOWN OF ROCKPORT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city of Gloucester is hereby authorized
to sell and convey water to the town of Rockport, upon such
terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by
said city and town, or, in case of failure so to agree, as may
be approved by the state department of public utilities.

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

Approved May 23, 1930.

City of
Gloucester
may sell and
convey water
to town of
Rockport.

C/iax>.346 ^'^ ^^^ relative to the use of certain park land for
school purposes by the town of ayer.

1930, 3, § 1,
amended.

Town of Ayer
may use
certain park
land for
school purposes.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter three of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and thirty is hereby amended by striking out section
one and inserting in place thereof the f ollqwing : — Section 1 .
The town of Ayer is hereby authorized to use for school and
school yard purposes a portion of the town park, so called,
situated in the northeasterly part of said town park and
bounded and described as follows : — Beginning at the
northeast boundary of the town park, thence northwesterly
by land of Green, the mouth of Pond street, and land of
Downing, two hundred and eighty feet; thence turning at
right angle and running in a southerly direction one hundred
and seventy-five feet; thence in an easterly direction three
hundred and twenty feet to the easterly boundary line of
the town park; thence northerly on said easterly boundarj^
line of the town park one hundred and seventy-five feet to
the point of beginning; and thereafter the portion aforesaid
shall be under the same care and control as other school
property.

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

Approved May 23, 1930.

Chap. 34:7

1924, 488, § 1,
etc., amended.

Boston zoning
law, so-called.

Definitions.

Semi-detached
building.

An Act further regulating the use of buildings and

PREMISES and the BULK AND OCCUPANCY OF BUILDINGS
IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and
eighty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, as amended, is hereby further amended by inserting
after the paragraph entitled '^LoV the following two para-
graphs : —

Semi-detached building: A building that is joined on one
side to another building with a party wall between the two
buildings.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 348. 397

Pair of semi-detached buildings: Two buildings separated detac°!ed™'"
by a party wall. buildings.

Section 2. Paragraph (17) of section six of said chapter 1024, 488, § e,
four hundred and eighty-eight is hereby amended by striking amendld.
out in the first line the word "twenty" and inserting in place Manufacture
thereof the word : — fifty, — so that said paragraph will °^^°^^',"
read as follows: — (17) Ice manufacture for sale, or storage business
of more than fifty tons; '^'^^*"'''^-

Section 3. Paragraph (11) of section sixteen of said p^^^r^'ffi^;^ '^•
chapter four hundred and eighty-eight is hereby amended amended.
by inserting after the word "first" in the fourth line of said
paragraph the word : — dwelling, — so that said paragraph
will read as follows: — (11) The limitation of building area Application of
herein prescribed shall apply in a thirty-five foot or forty umj^atiln.'^^^
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 dwelling story floor; elsewhere not
more than two feet above the second story floor; and not
more than twenty feet above the mean curb grade in any
case.

Section 4. Section eleven of said chapter four hundred fn;p|r'.
and eighty-eight, as amended in the second paragraph by second, etc.,
section two of chapter two hundred and twenty of the acts ^'""^ ^
of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby further
amended by striking out said paragraph and inserting in
place thereof the following: —

Height and Occuyanaj: No building or structure shall ex- Height and
ceed thirty-five feet or two and one half stories in height and '^''^P^'^^'y-
no building or structure used for habitation, whether con-
sisting of a single building or a pair or group of semi-detached
buildings or an attached group of buildings, shall accom-
modate or make provision for more than two families.

Approved May 23, 1930.

Chap. S^S

An Act relative to the salaries of the members of
the city council of the city of boston.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section forty-nine of chapter four hundred amended.^ *^'
and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and nine is
hereby amended by striking out, in the second line, the
words "fifteen hundred" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — two thousand, — so as to read as follows: —
Section ^9. Each member of the city council shall be paid c[t®^c^ou^n°i|
an annual salary of two thousand dollars; and no other sum of city of
shall be paid from the city treasury for or on account of any sakHe"'.
personal expenses directly or indirectly incurred by or in
behalf of any member of said council.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance Submission to
to the registered voters of the city of Boston at the state ^° ^^^' ® ^'
election in the current year in the form of the following
question which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be

398

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 349, 350.

used in said city at said election: — ''Shall an act passed
by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and
thirty, entitled ' An Act relative to the salaries of the members
of the city council of the city of Boston', be accepted?"
If a majority of the votes cast on said question are in the
affirmative, this act shall thereupon take effect, but not
otherwise. Approved May 23, 1930.

Chap.S4:9 An Act relative to the salaries of the members of the

CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The city council of the city of Cambridge
is hereby authorized, by a two thirds vote of all its members,
to establish salaries for its members not exceeding seven
hundred and fifty dollars each.

Section 2. The provisions of the last paragraph of sec-
tion sixty-two of chapter forty-three of the General Laws
shall not apply in said city.

Section 3. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Cambridge at the state
election in the current year in the form of the following
question which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be
used in said city at said election: — "Shall an act passed
by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and
thirty, entitled 'An Act relative to the salaries of the mem-
bers of the city council of the city of Cambridge', be ac-
cepted?" If a majority of the votes cast on said question
are in the affirmative, this act shall thereupon take effect,
but not otherwise. Approved May 23, 1930.

Members of
city council
of city of
Cambridge,
salaries.

Certain
provisions
not applicable.

Submission
to voters, etc.

ChaV. S50 ^^ ^^'^ RELATIVE TO THE SALARIES OF THE MEMBERS OF
the city council OF THE CITY OF REVERE.

1914, 687, § 6,
etc., amended.

City council
of city of
Revere, mem-
bership,

salary.

No compen-
sation for
school
committee.

Elections to
fill vacancies,
etc.

Submission
to voters, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section six of chapter six hundred and
eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and fourteen,
as amended by section one of chapter forty-two of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and sixteen, is hereby
further amended by striking out the last paragraph and in-
serting in place thereof the following : — The council shall
consist of nine members, until it is otherwise provided.
The councilmen shall receive such salary, not exceeding
five hundred dollars a year, as the city council, with the
approval of the mayor, may establish. The members of
the school committee shall serve without compensation. At
every biennial election, there shall be elected officers to fill
vacancies, and to succeed those whose terms will expire upon
the first Monday of January following.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the registered voters of the city of Revere at the state
election in the current year in the form of the following

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 351, 352, 353. 399

question which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be
used in said city at said election: — "Shall an act passed
by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and
thirty, entitled 'An Act relative to the salaries of the mem-
bers of the city council of the city of Revere', be accepted?"
If a majority of the votes cast on said question are in the
affirmative, this act shall thereupon take effect, but not
otherwise. Approved May 23, 1930.

An Act authorizing cities and towns to appropriate (JJidjj 351

MONEY FOR THE PURCHASE OF UNIFORMS FOR MEMBERS
OF THEIR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter forty of the General Laws is hereby amended by g. l. 40, new
inserting after section sLx A, inserted by chapter two hun- ffl°'^ "■^^'^^
dred and twenty-three of the acts of the current year, the cities and
following new section : — Section 6B. A city or town which appropriate
accepts this section may appropriate money for the pur- money for the
chase of uniforms for members of its police and fire depart- Sn[forms for
ments. Approved May 23, 1930. ?hei? police

and fire

departments.

An Act relative to payment by the town of weymouth fhr,^ Qr^o

OF compensation to the dependents of JOHN QUINCY ^'

HUNT, LATE CHIEF OF ITS FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the pubhc Town of
good and the efficiency of the public service, the town of ^a^/^mpen™^^
Weymouth may pay to the widow and minor children of sation to
John Quincy Hunt, late chief of the fire department of said john'oufncy
town, who died while on duty at a fire on October eighth, ^"e"/oflts
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, the annual amount or fire
amounts to which said widow and minor children would be ^^'^^ '"^^ '
entitled if section eighty-nine of chapter thirty-two of the
General Laws had been in effect in said town on said date.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept- Effective
ance by the town meeting of said town before April first, aMeptance,
nineteen hundred and thirty-one, but not otherwise; but etc.
for the purpose of such acceptance, shall take effect upon its
passage. Approved May 24, 1930.

An Act further regulating the weight of certain Chav.S53

VEHICLES operated ON PUBLIC WAYS AND PROTECTING
the SERIAL NUMBERS OF TRAILERS, SEMI-TRAILERS AND
SEMI-TRAILER UNITS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter eighty-five of the General Laws, as c. h. 85, § 30,
most recently amended in section thirty by section two of '^^''•' amended.
chapter three hundred and forty-two of the acts of nineteen

400

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 353.

Use of public
ways by heavy
vehicles and
other heavy
objects regu-
lated.

Proviso.

As to public
ways outside of
metropolitan
parks or sewer-
age districts.

Permits,
duration,
conditions, etc.

Regulations as
to such use in
certain season
of year, etc.

Approval by
department of
public works,
when.

Publication
and taking
effect.

Liability for
violations, etc.

G. L. 266, § 139
amended.

hundred and twenty-five, is hereby further amended by
striking out said section thirty and inserting in place thereof
the following : — Section SO. No vehicle shall travel or ob-
ject be moved, on any public way, which has any device
attached to or made a part of its wheels or the rollers or
other supports on which it rests, which will injure the
surface of the way; nor shall any vehicle travel or object
be moved, on any public way, which weighs more than
fourteen, or, in case of a vehicle equipped with pneumatic
tires, more than fifteen, tons, without a permit from the
board or officer having charge of such way, or, in case of a
way determined by the department of public works to be
a through route, from the commissioner of public works;
provided, that a semi-trailer unit or any other type of
vehicle provided with three axles, when operated on such
through routes, may weigh more than fourteen, or, in case
of a vehicle equipped with pneumatic tires, more than fifteen,
tons, but not more than twenty tons except when operated
under a permit from said commissioner. No vehicle shall
travel or object be moved on any public way, outside of the
metropolitan parks or sewerage districts, the weight of
which resting on the surface of such way exceeds eight
hundred pounds upon any inch of the tire, roller or other
support, without such a permit. Such a permit may limit
the time within which it shall be in force and the ways which
may be used and may contain any provisions or conditions
necessary for the protection of such ways from injury. If,
in the opinion of the board or officer having charge of any
public way, the travel or moving thereon at any season of
the year of any vehicle or object which weighs more than
ten thousand pounds would cause injury to such way more
serious than the ordinary wear and tear which the type
of construction of such way is designed to withstand, such
board or officer may by regulation prohibit such vehicle or
object from passing over such way during such season with-
out a permit therefor. All such regulations shall, when
affecting ways which are determined by the department of
public works to be through routes, be subject to the approval
of such department. Such regulations shall be published
and shall take effect as provided in case of rules and orders
under section twenty-two of chapter forty and shall be
posted in a conspicuous place at both ends of the part of
said way from which traffic is prohibited thereby. Any
person driving, operating or moving a vehicle or object in
violation of this section or of any regulation adopted here-
under, or the owner thereof, shall be liable in tort to the body
politic or corporate having charge of the way for any injury
to the way thereby caused. All the aforesaid limitations
as to weight shall be inclusive of the load.

Section 2. Section one hundred and thirty-nine of
chapter two hundred and sixty-sLx of the General Laws,
added by section two of chapter two hundred and thirty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five, is

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 354, 355. 401

hereby amended by adding thereto the following: — In what words
this section, the words "motor vehicle" shall, so far as apt, hide^shaTi
include trailer, semi-trailer and semi-trailer unit. inoiude.

Approved May ^, 1980.

An Act requiring certain automobiles used for the Qf^^jj 354

CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS FOR HIRE TO BE EQUIPPED WITH ^'

NON-SCATTERABLE GLASS WIND SHIELDS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter ninety of the General Laws is hereby g. l. 90, new
amended by inserting after section nine the following new section after
section: — Section 9 A. No person shall operate for the car- Certain auto-
riage of persons for hire any automobile with a wind shield mobiles used
of glass, and the owner or custodian of such an automobile o'fWsse°ngers^^
shall not permit the same to be operated for such purpose, gquj'pped^with
unless such glass is of a type known as non-scatterable glass non-scatterabie
and approved by the department. The term "non-scat- fhieids.""
terable glass", as used herein, shall include any glass designed
to minimize the likelihood of personal injury from its scat-
tering, when broken.

Section 2. The provisions of this act shall not apply Application
to automobiles manufactured and assembled prior to its °^ '"^''"
effective date.

Section 3. This act shall take effect on January first. Effective date.
nineteen hundred and thirty-one.

Approved May 21^, 1930.

An Act authorizing the holding of a special town (JJkju) 355

meeting in the town of GEORGETOWN IN RELATION TO
THE BORROWING OF MONEY BY SAID TOWN FOR WATER
SUPPLY PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. There may be held in the current year in the Town of
town of Georgetown, upon the call of its selectmen, subject mlyToiT"^
to all applicable provisions of law relative to the calling n^'IgtfngZr"
of town meetings, a special town meeting of the voters of purpose of
said town for the sole purpose of voting on the question t^on'Jff borrow-'
of borrowing money under the provisions of section five of ^ft™supp/r
chapter two hundred and eighty-one of the Special Acts of purposes.
nineteen hundred and fifteen, as amended by section one of
chapter two hundred and twenty-seven of the Special Acts
of nineteen hundred and seventeen and by section one of
chapter one hundred and seventy-seven of the acts of the
current year. At such special meeting the polls shall be votes to be
open during such hours as the selectmen may determine, baikn. ^
the votes on any question submitted at such meeting shall
be taken by ballot and the check list shall be used in the
same manner as in the election of town officers.

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

Approved May 26, 1930.

402

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 356.

Emergency
preamble.

Abolition of
Stony Brook
grade crossing
on the Boston
Post road in
the town of
Weston by the
department of
public works.

Proviso.

Written agree-
ment, by
whom signed.

Specifications

Chap.d5Q An Act relative to the abolition of the stony brook

GRADE CROSSING ON THE BOSTON POST ROAD IN THE TOWN
OF WESTON.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would cause
substantial inconvenience, therefore it is hereby declared
to be an emergency law, necessary for the iminediate preser-
vation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of public works is hereby
authorized and directed to proceed with the abolition of
the grade crossing of the Boston and Maine Railroad known
as the Stony Brook grade crossing on the Boston Post road
in the town of Weston by raising the said highway and
carrying it over the tracks of said railroad; provided, that
a written agreement, the making of which is hereby author-
ized, shall be entered into by said department, on behalf of
the commonwealth, with the Boston and Maine Railroad,
the town of Weston and the city of Waltham for the abolition
of said crossing upon such terms as may be deemed satis-
factory to said department, and subject to the provisions
of this act.

Section 2. Said written agreement shall be signed in
behalf of said department by the commissioner of public
works, in behalf of the city of Waltham by its mayor, au-
thorized by its city council, in behalf of the town of Weston
by the chairman of its board of selectmen authorized by the
board, and by the president of the Boston and Maine Rail-
road, authorized by its directors, and shall specify the man-
ner and the limits within which the alterations in said cross-
ing shall be made, subject however to the provisions of sec-
tion one, by which party the work shall be done, the general
method of construction, the grades for the railroad and the
public ways, what land or other property it is necessary to
take, including easements in land adjoining the location of a
public or private way or of said railroad, which easements
shall consist of the right to have the land of such location
protected by having the surface of such adjoining land slope
from the boundary of the location in a manner to be deter-
mined by said department, what portion, if any, of any
existing pubhc way is to be discontinued, how the total cost
of said work, including damages, shall be apportioned, and
how the future expense of maintenance and repair of the
structure to be erected and its approaches shall be borne.
Before any work shall be done under said agreement, plans
of such work shall be approved by the department of public
utilities.

Section 3. If it is necessary to take land or easements
therein, the department of public works shall take the same
by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine of the
General Laws. If any part of the land or easements taken
is to be used for or in connection with said railroad, the said

Approval by
department of
public utilities.

Land or ease-
ments, taking
by eminent
domain, etc.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 357, 358. 403

department shall convey such part thereof to said railroad,
and, if any such part of land or easements taken is to be
used as a private way, the said department shall grant an
easement therein to such persons or corporations as may be
entitled thereto.

Section 4. Any person damaged in his property by the Property dam-
taking of land or an easement in land or by the alteration ''^''^' '•^covery.
of the grade of a public way may recover damages therefor
from the commonwealth under said chapter seventy-nine.

Section 5. To meet that portion of the cost of the city of Wai-
work hereinbefore authorized which is to be borne ulti- of wLsTon m^y
mately by the city of Waltham and the town of Weston, borrow neces-

,- , -. >*•<• j-i i.*j S3.ry sums, issuG

respectively^, said municipalities may each borrow outside bonds, etc.
its limit of indebtedness as fixed by law such sums as may
be necessary, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which
shall be payable in not more than five years; and such in- indebtedness
debtedness shall, except as herein provided, be subject to certoTnprov-i-
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the sions of law.
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

Approved May 26, 1930.

An Act relative to the transfer of certain land in Chap.S57

THE ROXBURY DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON FROM THE
PARK DEPARTMENT TO THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT OF THE
CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Such portion of the Mission Hill playground, J/^tefn^Lnd in
located in the Roxbury district of the city of Boston, as Roxbury dis-
shall be determined by the board of park commissioners of Bosto°n from°^
the city of Boston and the trustees of the public library Pfentlo^ubrary
of the city of Boston shall hereafter be devoted to library department.
purposes and shall be under the control of said trustees.

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

Approved May 26, 1930.

Chap.S5S

An Act authorizing the conveyance to the county of
barnstable of certain land held by the common-
wealth in the town of sandwich.

Whereas, 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 convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The commissioner of conservation is hereby authorized, ^™si''^°t"n
subject to the approval of the governor and council, to con- may convey on
vey, on behalf of the commonwealth, to the county of to Barnstable^'
Barnstable, for the purpose of making certain adjustments county, certain

404 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 359.

land in town and Settlements in connection with the relocation of a
of Sandwich, gounty road in the town of Sandwich, a certain parcel of
land in said town, being part of the land now being used by
the department of conservation for purposes of a fish hatchery
and no longer needed therefor. Said parcel is located on
the southwesterly side of a road laid out by the county
commissioners of said county on April third, nineteen hun-
dred and thirty, and is bounded and described as follows: —
Boundaries and Beginning at a point on the southwesterly location line
escnption. ^^ ^^^ abovc mentioned county layout, said point being
thirty-two and twenty-eight hundredths feet southeasterlj'-
along said location line from the point of curvature; and
extending thence by said location line southeasterly by a
curve to the left of three thousand two hundred and eleven
and SLxty-four hundredths feet radius a distance of twenty-
seven feet to the junction of said location line with the
northerly boundary of land of said Ernest L. Jones 2nd ; thence
by the said northerly boundary of land of said Jones south
seventy-six degrees thirty-nine minutes forty-five seconds
west a distance of forty-six and twenty-six hundredths feet
to a concrete bound marking the northwesterly corner of
land of said Jones; thence by the westerly boundary of
said land of Jones south two degrees forty-two minutes ten
seconds west a distance of fifty and forty-three hundredths
feet to a concrete bound marking the southwesterly corner
of land of said Jones; thence by a continuation of the
southerly boundary of land of said Jones and along the land
of the commonwealth south seventy-seven degrees twenty
minutes forty-five seconds west a distance of twenty-nine
feet; thence continuing along said land of the common-
wealth north thirty-five degrees thirty-six minutes fifteen
seconds west a distance of thirty-five and thirteen hun-
dredths feet; thence continuing along said land of the
commonwealth north fifty-two degrees fifty-four minutes
forty-two seconds east a distance of one hundred feet to the
point of beginning, — containing about twenty-seven hun-
dred square feet. Approved May 26, 1930.

Chap. 359 An Act relative to the payment of the claim of olive
p. gately against the city of boston.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

1921. 414 § 2, Section two of chapter four hundred and fourteen of the
amen e . ^^^^ ^^ nineteen hundred and twenty-one is hereby amended

by striking out all after the word "charter" in the third
Claim of Olive line, — SO as to read as follows: — Section 2. This act shall
againlt^'cHy of take cffcct upou its acccptancc by vote of the city council of
m^ssCfn to city ^aid city, subject to the provisions of its charter; provided,
council. that such acceptance occurs on or before December thirty-

Proviso, first of the current year. Approved May 26, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 360, 361. 405

An Act relative to the salaries of the senior physician, Chap. SQO

CHAPLAIN AND PAROLE CLERK OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
REFORMATORY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter three hundred and fifty-six of the 1920,356,
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty is hereby repealed, ■"^P^'ed.
and after the effective date of this act the salary of the senior fi^ro'f''^^^"
physician of the Massachusetts reformatory shall be fixed ^fo^mitof"^
in accordance with the regulations, classifications and sal- salary fixed W
ary levels established by the division of personnel and stand- ci^^ssification,
ardization of the commission on administration and finance,
as authorized by sections forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of
chapter thirty of the General Laws.

Section 2. Chapter three hundred and fifty-five of the 1920, 355, and
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty and chapter three JeptkfJd.'
hundred and seventy-three of the acts of nineteen hundred chaplain of
and twenty-four are hereby repealed, and after the effective ^eform°!tof "^
date of this act the salary of the chaplain of the Massachu- salary fixed W
setts reformatory shall be fixed in accordance with the ci^'^ssification,
regulations, classifications and salary levels established by
the division of personnel and standardization of the com-
mission on administration and finance, as authorized by
sections forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of said chapter thirty
of the General Laws.

Section 3. Chapter one hundred and twenty-five of the g. l. 125, § 25,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section ^'"^''*^^'^-
twenty-five and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 25. The commissioner may designate as parole clerk Massachusetts
one of the officers at the Massachusetts reformatory. He paro™cierk,'
shall perform such duties relating to the parole of inmates duties, salary.
of the reformatory as the commissioner may prescribe.
While performing the duties of parole clerk, such officer
shall receive such salary as may be fixed under and in ac-
cordance with sections forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of chap-
ter thirty. No officer so designated shall by reason of feSfent"^
such designation lose any rights that he may have had to [^ff'g'f^JJj°*
retirement and pension under sections forty-six to forty-
eight, inclusive, of chapter thirty-two.

ATp-proved May 26, 1930.

An Act providing for biennial municipal elections in Qhav.ZQl

THE CITY OF EVERETT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Beginning with the year nineteen hundred ^^^pauiSuons
and thirty-one, municipal elections in the city of Everett jn city of
for the choice of mayor, aldermen, common councilmen and chXIof cL-
members of the school committee shall be held biennially ^'''" officers.
on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November
in each odd numbered year.

406

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 362.

Aldermen,
election in
1930, terms.

Terms of
mayor, alder-
men and com-
mon council-
men, to be
elected in 1931.

Terms of school
committee to
be elected in
1931, etc.

School com-
mittee elected
in 1929 to
continue to
hold office
until, etc.

Inconsistent

provisions

repealed.

Submission to
voters, etc.

Section 2. The aldermen to be elected at the municipal
election to be held in the current year shall be elected for
terms of one year.

Section 3. Beginning with the biennial municipal elec-
tion to be held in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one,
the mayor, aldermen and common councilmen of said city
shall be elected for terms of two years from the first Monday
in January following their election and until their successors
are qualified.

Section 4. At the biennial municipal election to be
held in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one and at
every biennial municipal election thereafter, all members
of the school committee to be elected shall be elected to
serve for four years each and until their successors are
qualified. The members of said committee elected in the
year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine shall continue to
hold office until the qualification of their successors who
shall be elected at the biennial municipal election in the
year nineteen hundred and thirty-three.

Section 5. So much of chapter three hundred and
fifty-five of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-two,
and acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, as
is inconsistent with this act, is hereby repealed.

Section 6. This act shall be submitted to the registered
voters of the city of Everett 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 in said city
at said election: — "Shall an act passed by the general court
in the year nineteen hundred and thirty, entitled 'An Act
providing for biennial municipal elections in the city of
Everett', 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 May 26, 1930.

Chap. ^^2 An Act authorizing the city of Worcester to grant

AN easement in A CERTAIN PUBLIC STREET IN SAID CITY
TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

City of

Worcester may
grant an ease-
ment in a cer-
tain public
street in said
city to the
United States
of America.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The city of Worcester is hereby authorized to grant to
the United States of America an easement in a certain strip
of land on Main street in said city for the purpose of main-
taining a step, thirty-three feet in length and one foot in
width, adjacent to and on the westerly side of the new
federal building to be erected in said city.

Approved May 26, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 363, 364. 407

An Act authorizing the town of mansfield to borrow QJidp 3^3

MONEY FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of acquiring land for and fieili m°i ^^^"^'
constructing a new junior-senior high school building and borrow money
originally equipping and furnishing the same, the town of p^Jrposes.'
Mansfield 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, Mansfield Junior- Mansfield
Senior High School Loan, Act of 1930. Each authorized ^"i^L^'sfhTif
issue shall constitute a separate loan, and such loans shall Loan, Act of
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. 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
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-
four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

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

Ap-proved May 27, 1930.

An Act authorizing the town of medfield to purchase fhnnr) qqa

WATER FROM THE COMMONWEALTH. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Subject to the approval of the governor and ^''j j'"j^°/ '^®'^'
council, the town of Medfield may obtain from the common- purchase water
wealth, through an arrangement with the department of we^th^Tt^""^'
mental diseases, water from the works of any public institu-
tion under the control of said department within the limits
of said town. Upon approval by the governor and council
of any such plan of supplying water to said town, the com-
missioner of mental diseases may, in his discretion, arrange
for the delivery of, and deliver, water into the pipes of said
town, from such places and on such conditions and terms
as the commissioner and the water commissioners of said
town may mutually agree upon. If the commissioner and
the said water commissioners are unable so to agree, the
water shall be pumped and delivered upon such conditions
and terms as shall be approved and authorized by the
governor and council.

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

Approved May 21, 1930.

408

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 365, 366, 367.

Chap. 365 An Act relative to the appropriation of money by
cities and towns for the prevention of automobile
accidents.

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. 40, new
section after
§7.

Cities and
towns rnay
appropriate
money for the
prevention of
automobile
accidents.

Whereas, 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 pubhc safety.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter forty of the General Laws is hereby amended by
inserting after section seven the following new section: —
Section 7 A. Cities and towns may appropriate money for
the purpose of conducting and maintaining a specific pro-
gram of safety activities designed to prevent automobile
accidents; and such appropriations shall be expended under
the direction of the mayor in a city or the selectmen in a town.

Approved May 27, 1930.

Chap.SQQ An Act authorizing the city of lowell to compensate

CORNELIUS p. LYNCH FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED WHILE IN
THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF LOWELL.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of discharging a moral obli-
gation, the city of Lowell may pay to Cornelius P. Lynch
a sum not exceeding forty-eight hundred and forty-nine
dollars as full compensation for injuries sustained while
in the performance of his duties as lineman in the police
department of the city of Lowell, and for expenses incurred
on account of such injuries.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
during the current year by vote of the city council of said
city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not other-
wise. Approved May 27, 1980.

City of Lowell
may compen-
sate Cornelius
P. Lynch for
injuries sus-
tained while in
performance of
his duty as an
employee of
police depart-
ment.

Submission to
city council,
etc.

Cha7).3Q7 An Act establishing the compensation of district

COURT JUDGES SITTING IN THE SUPERIOR COURT,

1923, 469, § 4,
etc., amended.

Expense allow-
ances and com-
pensation of
justices of
district courts
sitting in su-
perior court.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section four of chapter four hundred and sixty-nine of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, as amended
by section two of chapter four hundred and eighty-five of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the tenth line, the word
"thirty" and inserting in place thereof the word: — forty, —
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

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 368, 369. 409

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 reg-
ular salary, computed as provided in section eighty-four
of chapter two hundred and eighteen of the General Laws,
amount to forty dollars a day. The compensation of a Compensation
special justice for services in holding sessions of a district tices hoUing'
court in place of a justice of a district court while sitting in trfct°courts'^etc
the superior court as herein provided 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.

Approved May 27, 1930.

An Act relative to the education of crippled children. r<hn^ Qgc

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter seventy-one of the General Laws is hereby g. l. 71, new
amended by inserting after section forty-six the following §''46'°" ''^*^®'"
new section: — Section 46 A. The school committee of every instruction of
town shall annually ascertain, under regulations pre- ^I'^^Pfl^'^^.^glJ:
scribed by the department and the commissioner of public homes, etc.
welfare, the number of children of school age and resident
therein who are crippled. In any town where, at the be-
ginning of any school year, there are five or more children
so crippled as to make attendance at a public school not
feasible, and who are not otherwise provided for, the school
committee shall, and in any town where there are less than
five such children may, employ a teacher or teachers, on
full or part time, who shall, with the approval in each case
of the department and the said commissioner, offer instruc-
tion to said children in their homes or at such places and
under such conditions as the committee may arrange.

Approved May 27, 1930.

An Act further restricting the sale of municipal Qhav.Z^^

LIGHTING PLANTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section sixty-eight of chapter one hundred g. l i64, § 68,
and sixty-four of the General Laws is hereby amended by *'"^"
adding at the end thereof the following: — No sale of such
a plant shall be made for any purpose until the department,
after notice and a public hearing, has determined that the
facilities for furnishing and distributing gas and electricity
in the territory served by such plant will not thereby be
diminished, and that such sale and the terms thereof are
consistent with the public interest, — so as to read as
follows: — Section 68. A town which has acquired a mu- Restrictions
nicipal lighting plant shall not sell it for the purpose of Inunicrpai"^
abandoning the distribution of gas or electricity to its in- lighting plants.

410

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 370, 371.

Application
of act.

habitants until such sale has been authorized in the manner
and by the votes prescribed for the acquisition of such
plants by sections thirty-five and thirty-six. No sale of
such a plant shall be made for any purpose until the de-
partment, after notice and a public hearing, has determined
that the facilities for furnishing and distributing gas and
electricity in the territory served by such plant will not
thereby be diminished, and that such sale and the terms
thereof are consistent with the public interest.

Section 2. This act shall not apply to the sale of such
a plant in pursuance of a contract entered into prior to its
passage. Approved Mmj 27, 1930.

Chap. S70 An Act relative to allowances to officers in the

SERVICE OF MITTIMUSES.

G. L. 262, § 21,
amended.

Allowances to
officers of
expenses in
criminal cases.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter two hundred and sixty-two of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out section twenty-one and
inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 21 . In
the service of precepts in criminal cases, the officer shall be
allowed the actual, reasonable and necessary expenses
incurred in going or returning with the prisoner, and if he
necessarily uses his own conveyance, he shall be allowed
therefor twenty cents a mile for the distance traveled one
way, and if he uses the conveyance of another person, he
shall be allowed the amount actually expended by him
therefor; but no allowance for the use of a conveyance shall
be made unless the officer certifies that it was necessary for
him to use a conveyance and that he actually used it for
the distance, and, if the conveyance of another was used,
that he paid therefor the amount, stated in his certificate.
If, in the service of a mittimus, the journey from the town
where the prisoner is held to the town where he is to be
committed can be made by railroad, no allowance shall be
made for the use of any other conveyance, unless the court
from which the mittimus is issued by general or special order
has authorized the use thereof. Approved May 27, 1930.

G. L. 217, § 24,
etc., amended.

Chap. 371 An Act providing for the appointment of a second

ASSISTANT REGISTER OF PROBATE FOR THE COUNTY OF
NORFOLK.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section twenty-four of chapter two hundred
and seventeen of the General Laws, as amended by section
two of chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-three and by section one of
chapter two hundred and twenty-three of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby further amended
by inserting after the word "Essex" in the first line the
Second assist- word : — , Norfolk, — so as to read as follows: — Section 24-
o"p?obatr^ The judges of probate for the counties of Essex, Norfolk,

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 372, 373. 411

Hampden, Middlesex, Suffolk and Worcester may appoint
a second assistant register for their respective counties, who
shall hold office for three years unless sooner removed by the
judge. Thej^ shall be subject to the laws relative to assistant
registers.

Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an appro- Time of
priation has been made sufficient to cover the same, and ^^ '"^ ® ^*"
then as of June first in the current year.

Approved May 27, 1930.

An Act regulating expenditures by the school com- (Jjidy 372

MITTEE OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The school committee of the city of Cam- Expenditures
bridge shall, in addition to any other amounts which it is TOmm1ttee°o/
authorized to expend under authority of chapter one hun- Qfn^bHd°e
dred and eighty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and regulated! '
twenty-six", or otherwise, have the power to expend such
amounts as may be received by said city from the com-
monwealth under the provisions of sections one to seven,
inclusive, of chapter seventy of the General Laws.

Section 2. This act shall take effect as of April first in Effective date.
the current year. Approved May 27, 1930.

An Act establishing the salaries of the members of (JJku) 373
the industrial accident board. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section two of chapter twenty-four of the o. l. 21, § 2,
General Laws, as amended by section one of chapter five ^^'^■' ^n^^nded.
hundred and thirty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-two and by section one of chapter four hundred
and seventy-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, is hereby further amended by striking out,
in the second and third lines, the words "salaries of fifty-
five hundred dollars each" and inserting in place thereof
the words: — such salaries, not exceeding six thousand
dollars each, as the governor and council determine, — and
by striking out, in the fourth and fifth lines, the words "a
salary of sLx thousand dollars" and inserting in place thereof
the words : — such salary, not exceeding sixty-five hundred
dollars, as the governor and council determine, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 2. The industrial accident board ic^idlnttoard,
shall consist of seven members, one of whom shall be a membership,
woman, at such salaries, not exceeding six thousand dollars etc""^'^' ^™^'
each, as the governor and council determine, except that
the chairman, who shall be designated by the governor,
shall receive such salary, not exceeding sixty-five hundred
dollars, as the governor and council determine. Upon the
expiration of the term of office of a member, his successor
shall be appointed for five years by the governor, with the

412

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 374, 375.

Time of
taking effect.

advice and consent of the council. The members shall de-
vote their whole time in business hours to the work of the
board.

Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an ap-
propriation sufficient to cover the same has been made by
the general court, and then as of June first in the current
year. Approved May 27, 1930.

Chap. S74: An Act establishing the salary of the commissioner

OF PUBLIC welfare.

Be it enacted, etc., as. follows:

Section 1. Section two of chapter eighteen of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the sixth
line, the word "six" and inserting in place thereof the word:
— seven, — so as to read as follows: — Section 2. The
department shall be under the supervision and control of a
commissioner of public welfare, who shall be its executive
and administrative head, and an advisory board consisting
of the commissioner, ex officio, and six appointive members,
of whom two shall be women. The commissioner shall
receive such salary, not exceeding seven thousand dollars,
as the governor and council determine. Upon the expira-
tion of his term of office, his successor shall be appointed
for five years by the governor, with the advice and consent
of the council.

Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an ap-
propriation sufficient to cover the same has been made
by the general court, and then as of June first in the current
year. Approved May 27, 1930.

G. L. 18, § 2,
amended.

Department of
public welfare,
organization.

Commissioner,
salary, etc.

Time of
taking effect.

Chap.S75 An Act increasing the amount that may be expended

FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A HOSPITAL FOR THE
WORCESTER COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section one of chapter three hundred and
sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight
is hereby amended by striking out, in the sixth line, the
word "six" and inserting in place thereof the words: — one
million one, — so as to read as follows: — Section 1. For
the purpose of providing a tuberculosis hospital for the
Worcester county tuberculosis hospital district under the
provisions of sections seventy-eight to ninety, inclusive, of
chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws, the
county commissioners of said county may raise and expend
a sum not exceeding one million one hundred thousand
dollars subject to the provisions of said sections.

Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its accept-
ance during the current year by the county commissioners
of said county, but not otherwise.

Approved May 27, 1930.

1928, 368, § 1,
amended.

Worcester
county may
raise and
expend a cer-
tain sum to
provide for a
tuberculosis
hospital for
Worcester
county tuber-
culosis hospital
district.

Effective upon
acceptance, etc.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 376, 377, 378. 413

An Act establishing the salary of the commissioner Qfidy 375
OF mental diseases. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section 1. Section two of chapter nineteen of the g. l. 19, § 2,
General Laws, as amended by chapter four hundred and °*^' -^'"ended.
forty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one,
is hereby further amended by striking out, in the fifth Une,
the word "nine" and inserting in place thereof the word:
— ten, — so as to read as follows: — Section 2. Upon the Commissioner
expiration of the term of office of a commissioner, his sue- eL?s!"appoint-
cessor shall be appointed for five years by the governor, with ment, salary.
the advice and consent of the council. The commissioner
shall receive such salary, not exceeding ten thousand dollars,
as the governor and council determine, and shall be reim-
bursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance
of his duties.

Section 2. This act shall not take effect until an ap- Time of
propriation sufficient to cover the same has been made by ^^"^'"^ ® ^^■
the general court, and then as of June first in the current
year. Approved May 27, 1930.

An Act relative to the powers of the board of water nj^..^. 977

commissioners of the town of WEYMOUTH. ^ *

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Upon acceptance by the town of Weymouth Powers of

r , • T c ,1 1 • • c • 1 J J J 1 board of water

of any act providing tor the admission 01 said town to the commissioners
south metropolitan sewerage district, the board of water we^ymoufh.
commissioners of said town, established by chapter one hun-
dred and seventy-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and
eighty-one, shall, if said town has not prior to such accept-
ance established a board of sewer commissioners or voted to
have its selectmen act as such, possess all the powers and be
subject to all the duties of a board of sewer commissioners
under any law now or hereafter in force; provided, that Proviso.
nothing in this act shall prevent said town from thereafter
establishing a board of sewer commissioners or so voting
whereupon the powers and duties hereby conferred and im-
posed upon said board of water commissioners shall be trans-
ferred to said board of sewer commissioners or board of
selectmen, as the case may be.

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

Approved May 28, 1930.

An Act authorizing the reinstatement of benjamin f. Pfidj) 378

DOLIBER, 2nd, as A MEMBER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ^ "

OF THE TOWN OF MARBLEHEAD.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The selectmen of the town of Marblehead 00"/^^''^^'
may reinstate, without examination, Benjamin F. Doliber, may be 'rein-'

414

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 379.

stated as a
member of the
police depart-
ment of the
town of
Marblehead.

Submission
to voters, etc.

2nd, as a member of the police department of said town, with
the same rating held by him immediately prior to the ter-
mination of his service on March twentieth, nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine.

Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance
to the voters of said town at the next annual town 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 hun-
.dred and thirty, entitled 'An Act authorizing the reinstate-
ment of Benjamin F. Doliber, 2nd, as a member of the police
department of the town of Marblehead', be accepted?" If
a majority of the votes in answer to said question are in the
affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take effect, but
not otherwise. A'pyroved May 28, 1930.

Cape Cod
Mosquito Con-
trol Project
established in
towns of Barn-
stable county.

Money neces-
sary to meet
construction
expenses to be
appropriated
by towns, etc.

C/iaz>. 379 An Act establishing a mosquito control project com-
prising THE TOWNS OF BARNSTABLE COUNTY.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The area included in the towns comprising
the county of Barnstable is hereby constituted a mosquito
control project under section five A of chapter two hundred
and fifty-two of the General Laws, inserted therein by section
three of chapter two hundred and eighty-eight of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, to the same extent as if
so constituted by the state reclamation board acting under
said section five A, and the improvements herein authorized
shall be undertaken under the identifying name of the Cape
Cod Mosquito Control Project.- The sums of money neces-
sary to meet the construction and other expenses for the year
nineteen hundred and thirty, if not already appropriated,
shall be raised and appropriated by the said towns, to an
amount not less than twenty-five cents for each one thousand
dollars of their respective valuations, and the sums necessary
to meet the said estimates for the year nineteen hundred and
thirty-one shall be raised and appropriated b}^ the said towns
to an amount not less than twenty-five cents for each one
thousand dollars of their respective valuations. Contribu-
tions to any amount from any other source may also be re-
ceived by the said board for the use of the said project. All
of said sums appropriated or contributed shall be deposited
with the state treasurer and held and disbursed by him as
provided in said section five A.

Section 2. The funds deposited as aforesaid shall be
expended under the direction and supervision of the state
reclamation board under such known methods as in its
opinion will effect the greatest measure of relief and serve as
a demonstration in respect to the expediency of undertaking
similar control work in other parts of the commonwealth.
Insults* o°f^ work '^^^ board shall report the results of the work hereunder
to be filed with witli recommeudations for the continued financing of this and

To be deposited
with state
treasurer, etc.

To be expended
under direction
of state recla-
mation board.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 380. 415

similar projects and for such changes in or additions to the clerk of senate,
existing laws relating to mosquito control and reclamation *"^'''
work as may be suggested by experience hereunder or other-
wise, by filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or
before December first of the current year, and shall at the
same time file a copj^ thereof with the budget commissioner.

Approved May 28, 1930.

An Act establishing the division of smoke inspection Qfidj) qqq
IN the department of public utilities. ^ *

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter twenty-five of the General Laws is g. l. 25, new
hereby amended by adding, under the heading DIVISION |ections after
OF SMOKE INSPECTION, after section twelve B, in-
serted b}'^ section one of chapter two hundred and eighty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, the
following four new sections: — Section 12C. There shall be Division of
in the department, and under its supervision and control, ^^nestib-'^^
a division of smoke inspection consisting of a director, who lished.
shall have charge of said division, and an advisory council
hereinafter provided for. The commission, with the ap- Director,
proval of the governor and council, shall appoint said director twm! TOmiren-
for a term of five years, and fix his compensation. The sation, etc.
commission, with like approval, or the governor, may re-
move said director at any time for cause. Said director
shall not engage in any other business, and he shall be an
experienced engineer.

Section 12D. Said division shall perform such of the Functions of
functions in relation to the administration and enforcement '^'^''^'°'*-
of chapter six hundred and fifty-one of the acts of nineteen
hundred and ten, and acts in amendment thereof or in
addition thereto, as have been vested in the commission by
said chapter and acts as the commission may from time to
time determine by order duly recorded in the office of the
commission and open to public inspection. The com- inspectors,
mission may employ such inspectors, assistants and other 'Assistants, etc.
employees to serve in said division as may be necessary.

Section 12E. The salaries of the director and all employees salaries and
of the division and the expenses incurred in the performance apportfone°d^''
of its functions shall be apportioned annually by the state among cities
treasurer among the cities and towns comprising the district comprili^g dis-
defined by said chapter six hundred and fifty-one, and acts by'^ig'Jol'eli!
in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, in proportion etc.
to their last annual taxable valuation, and the amount so
apportioned shall be added to their proportion of the state
tax.

Section 12F. Said advisory council shall consist of five Advisory
members appointed by the governor, with the advice and bers"hip', tlrms.
consent of the council, who shall be designated in their
initial appointments to serve as follows : — two for three
years, two for two years and one for one year. Upon the

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Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 381, 382, 383.

Meetings.

No compensa-
tion.

Reimbursement
for expenses.

Certain em-
ployees trans-
ferred to divi-
sion of smoke
inspection.

Certain incon-
sistent provi-
sions repealed.

expiration of the term of office of a member, his successor
shall be appointed in the manner aforesaid for three years.
Said council shall meet at least once a month, and when
requested by the director or by any three members thereof,
for the consideration of problems and matters relating to
the abatement of smoke. The members shall receive no
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their necessary
expenses actually incurred in the performance of their
official duties.

Section 2. Such of the employees in the department of
public utilities on the effective date of this act as are regu-
larly occupied in connection with the functions thereof
relating to the abatement of smoke are hereby transferred
to the division of smoke inspection established by this act.

Section 3. Such parts of said chapter six hundred and
fifty-one, and acts in amendment thereof or in addition
thereto, as are inconsistent with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed. Approved May 28, 1930.

ChaV. 381 -^^ ^^^ RELATIVE TO THE FURNISHING OF AID TO MOTHERS

WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section one of chapter one hundred and eighteen of the
General Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and
seventy-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
two, is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof
the following sentence : — A mother shall not be disqualified
from receiving aid under this chapter because of having
but one such child. Approved May 28, 1930.

G. L. 118, § 1,
etc., amended.

Aid to mothers
with dependent
children.

C/ia». 382 ^^ ^C'^ RELATIVE TO ARSON AND THE PENALTIES THEREFOR.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows: .

G. L. 266,
amended.

Penalty
for arson.

§ 1. Section one of chapter two hundred and sixty-six of the
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
fifth line, the words "for life or", — and by adding at the
end thereof the words : — not to exceed twenty, — so as to
read as follows : — Section 1 . Whoever wilfully and ma-
liciously burns the dwelling house of another or a building
adjoining such dwelling house, or wilfully and maliciously
sets fire to a building by the burning whereof such dwelling
house is burned, shall be punished by imprisonment in the
state prison for any term of years not to exceed twenty.

Approved May 28, 1930.

Chap.SSS An Act relative to the compulsory supply of gas

AND electricity IN BULK.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

?^aonl!iter^^ Chapter one hundred and sixtj^-four of the General Laws
§ 92. is hereby amended by inserting after section ninety-two

Acts, 1030. — Chap. 384. 417

the following new section: — Section 92 A. On written peti- Compulsory
tion of any person, corporation or municipality aggrieved f," ef^tHcity^
by the refusal or neglect to supply gas or electricity in bulk '" '"^•''•
at reasonable rates by any person, corporation or municipal-
ity engaged, subject to the provisions of this chapter, in the
manufacture, transmission or sale of gas or electricity, the
department maj'^, after notice to such last-mentioned person,
corporation or municipality to appear at a time and place
therein named to show cause why the prayer of such pe-
tition should not be granted, issue an order directing and
requiring him or it to supply the petitioner with gas or
electricity, upon such terms and conditions as are legal and
reasonable; provided, that such order shall not be made proviso.
where it appears that compliance therewith would result
in permanent financial loss to such person, corporation or
municipality.

Grants of locations in streets, lanes and highways for Grants of loca-
pipes or hues necessary to the supplying of gas or electricity etc"f fo" necis- '
in pursuance of such order shall be subject to the provisions sary pipes, etc.,

e ^ ,- • 1 J • J -J • 1 • subject to cer-

01 sections eighty-six to nmety-one, inclusive. tain provisions

ilpproyed May 28, 1930. °^ ^''•

An Act regulating the proceedings of probate courts fhfj^ Q04

AND DEFINING CERTAIN DUTIES OF SUCH COURTS AND OF ^ '

THE REGISTERS OF PROBATE RELATIVE TO CERTAIN IN-
COMPETENT BENEFICIARIES OF THE UNITED STATES VET-
ERANS' BUREAU.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section two of chapter two hundred and one g. l. 201. § 2,
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in ^"^^^'^^'i-
the fifth line, the words ", special commissioner" and by
adding at the end thereof the following sentence : — In the
matter of said appointment and all subsequent proceedings
relating thereto, the United States veterans' bureau or its
successor shall be deemed to be a party in interest and shall
receive such notice as the court may order, if the ward or
proposed ward is entitled to any benefit, estate or income
paid or payable by or through said bureau or its successor,
— so as to read as follows : — Section 2. If a minor is under Appointment
fourteen the probate court may nominate and appoint his °| ^nol-'J'by
guardian. If he is above that age he may nominate his own probate court.
guardian, who, if approved by the court, shall be appointed
accordingly. Such nomination may be made before a justice
of the peace, notary public or city or town clerk within the
commonwealth who shall certify the fact to the probate court.
If the person nominated is not approved by the court, or if
the minor resides out of the commonwealth, or if the minor
after being cited neglects to nominate a suitable person, the
court may nominate and appoint his guardian in the same
manner as if he were under fourteen. If the minor is a mar-
ried woman no guardian shall be appointed without such

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 384.

Notice to
United States
veterans' bu-
reau if ward
is entitled to
any benefit
through said
bureau.

G. L. 201,
amended.

§7,

Notice of
hearing upon
petition for
appointment
of guardian of
insane persor.

United States
veterans' bu-
reau to be
deemed to be
a party in
interest, if, etc.

G. L. 201, § 17,
amended.

Notice of hear-
ing upon
petition for
appointment
of conservator
for person of
advanced age
or mental
weakness.

G. L. 205, § 9,
amended.

notice to her husband as the court may order. In the matter
of said appointment and all subsequent proceedings relating
thereto, the United States veterans' bureau or its successor
shall be deemed to be a party in interest and shall receive such
notice as the court may order, if the ward or proposed ward
is entitled to any benefit, estate or income paid or payable
by or through said bureau or its successor.

Section 2. Said chapter two hundred and one is hereby
amended by striking out section seven and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 7. Upon such petition the
court shall cause not less than seven days' notice of the time
and place appointed for the hearing to be given to the alleged
insane person, to the department of mental diseases, and,
if the alleged insane person is entitled to any benefit, estate
or income paid or payable by or through the United States
veterans' bureau or its successor, to said bureau or its suc-
cessor, except that the court may, for cause shown, direct
that a shorter notice be given. No appointment shall be
made without such notice to the heirs apparent or presump-
tive of the alleged insane person, including the husband or
wife, if any, as the court may order. In the matter of said
petition and all subsequent proceedings relating thereto said
bureau or its successor shall be deemed to be a party in
interest if the alleged insane person is so entitled.

Section 3. Section seventeen of said chapter two hun-
dred and one is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"any" in the seventh line the following: — , and, if such
person is entitled to any benefit, estate or income paid or
payable by or through the United States veterans' bureau
or its successor, to said bureau or its successor, — and by
adding at the end thereof the following : — , except to said
bureau or its successor if such person is so entitled, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 17. Upon the filing of such
petition the court shall appoint a time and place for a hearing,
and shall cause not less than seven days' notice thereof to be
given to the person for whom a conservator is to be appointed,
except that the court may for cause shown direct that a
shorter notice be given. No appointment shall be made
without such notice to the heirs apparent or presumptive of
such person, including the husband or wife, if any, and, if
such person is entitled to any benefit, estate or income paid
or payable by or through the United States veterans' bureau
or its successor, to said bureau or its successor, as the court
may order. If the person for whose property the conservator
is to be appointed is himself the petitioner or assents in writ-
ing to the petition, no notice shall be required, except to said
bureau or its successor if such person is so entitled.

Section 4. Section nine of chapter two hundred and five
of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following: — and that, if the property of a person
under guardianship or conservatorship is composed in whole
or in part of any benefit, estate or income paid or payable
by or through the United States veterans' bureau or its

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 385, 386. 419

successor and exceeds five hundred dollars, the surety on the
bond of the guardian or conservator shall be such a com-
pany, — so as to read as follows : — Section 9. Sureties on sureties on
probate bonds shall be inhabitants of the commonwealth, rnhabit*;?ntrof
and satisfactory to the judge or register; except that com- cr>mmonwenith.
panics permitted b}^ section one hundred and five of chapter ^^'^^^
one hundred and seventy-five to act as sureties may be
accepted in accordance with the provisions thereof and that,
if the property of a person under guardianship or conserva-
torship is composed in whole or in part of any benefit, estate
or income paid or payable by or through the United States
veterans' bureau or its successor and exceeds five hundred
dollars, the surety on the bond of the guardian or conservator
shall be such a company.

Section 5. Section seven of chapter two hundred and ^gn^^g*!!' ^ ^'
six of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following sentence : — No account of a Notice to
guardian of an insane person or of a conservator shall be yjteralis^^b^T-^
allowed without such notice as the court may order to the l^'^V °^^^^^^'^'
United States veterans' bureau or its successor if the ward of an ins<>ne
is entitled to any benefit, estate or income paid or payable p®''^°"' 'f- ®*°-
by or through said bureau or its successor.

Approved May 28, 1930.

Chap.385

An Act providing for the construction of certain
beaches on the charles river and the construction
and maintenance of bath houses thereat.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The metropolitan district commission is hereby authorized ^n^dTstric?"'''
and directed to construct a beach on the Charles river in commission
the Faneuil district and in the North Brighton district of Si^n beSs
the city of Boston and to construct and maintain at each r^e^liS^colT
of said beaches a public bath house. For said purposes, struct and
said commission may expend such sums as may hereafter Eoures^he^reat.
be appropriated therefor, which shall be included in the
amounts to be assessed upon the metropolitan parks district
for maintenance of reservations. Approved May 23, 1930.

An Act authorizing the conveyance to the united C/ia^.SSG

STATES of AMERICA OF A TRACT OF STATE LAND IN PROVINCE-
TOW^N for USE AS A COAST GUARD STATION AND THE CES-
SION OF JURISDICTION IN AND OVER SUCH TRACT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The department of public works, subject to the approval ment'^or'^^ijiic
of the governor and council, is hereby authorized, on behalf works may
of the commonwealth, to convey to the United States of hXcfstate*^
America a tract of land within the hmits of the Province g'Jt'^g ^f"'''^'^
Lands at Provincetown, not exceeding nine acres in extent, America a cer-
located westerly of the northerly end of the state highway fanVi'n Prot-
at Sea View, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining incetown for

420

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 387.

use as a coast
guard station,
etc.

a coast guard station thereon. The transfer of title to such
tract shall be subject to such restrictions or easements as
the department may deem necessary or advisable and shall
be subject to the condition that if at any time such station
is discontinued or abandoned the title to the land shall
revert to the commonwealth. Upon the filing in the office
of the state secretary of a suitable plan of the tract con-
veyed hereunder within one year after the date of such
conveyance, the United States of America shall have juris-
diction in and over such tract; but the commonwealth
shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States
states'to a^cer-'^ ^^ Amcrica iu and over such tract to the extent that all
tain extent, etc. civil and Criminal processes issued under authority of the
commonwealth may be executed thereon as if there had
been no cession of jurisdiction, and exclusive jurisdiction
over such tract shall revest in the commonwealth upon
reversion of the title as aforesaid.

Approved May 28, 1930

Stnte to retain

concurrent

jurisdiction

Chap.SS7 An Act relative to pensioning certain members of

THE police department OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

1892, 353, §1,
etc., amended.

Certpin mem-
bers of the
Boston police
depnrtment
may be pen-
sioned, etc.

Proviso.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter three hundred and fifty-three of
the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended
in section one by section one of chapter six of the acts of
nineteen hundred and twenty, is hereby further amended
by striking out said section one of said chapter three hun-
dred and fifty-three and inserting in place thereof the
following : — Section 1 . The police commissioner for the
city of Boston shall, at the request of any member, engineer
or fireman of the police department in good standing who
has arrived at the age of sixty years and who has performed
active service in the department for twenty-five consecutive
years, retire him from active service and place him upon
a pension roll, and may retire from such service and place
upon a pension roll any member of the police department
who has performed faithful service in said department for
a period of not less than twenty years and who shall be cer-
tified to said commissioner in writing, by the medical board
provided for by section eighteen of chapter five hundred and
twenty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two, '
to be incapacitated for useful service on said force, and shall
retire from such service and place upon a pension roll any
member of said force who has arrived at the age of sixty-
five years, or any member who shall be certified to the
commissioner in writing, by said medical board, to be per-
manently incapacitated, either mentally or physically, by
injury sustained in the actual performance of duty, from
further performing duty as such member; provided, that
no member, engineer or fireman of said department shall be
retired under the provisions hereof unless such action is

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 388. 421

approved in writing by tlic mayor of the city of Boston
after receipt from the poHce commissioner of a certificate
stating that such member, engineer or fireman is in good
standing and that no charges are pending against such
member, engineer or fireman. Such a certificate shall not
be made by the police commissioner until after the ex-
piration of a period of ten days from the filing of an appli-
cation for retirement under the provisions hereof, during
which period the police commissioner, or a lieutenant or
other officer of higher rank in the department if authorized
so to do, may prefer charges against the member, engineer
or fireman so applying for retirement.

Section 2. Chapter three hundred and six of the acts i9oo, 306, etc.,
of nineteen hundred and all acts in amendment thereof and ""^p^^^^-
in addition thereto are hereby repealed; but such repeal grlmted^prior
shall not affect any pension granted thereunder prior to the dat^^of acTnot
effective date of this act. affected.

Section 3. Only those who on the effective date of this Oniy members
act are covered by chapter three hundred and fifty-three of tai^n^provisions'
the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-two and acts in °or^retirement
amendment thereof and in addition thereto or by chapter and pension un-
three hundred and six of the acts of nineteen hundred and ®''^®^*'°" •
acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto or by
chapter four hundred and two of the acts of nineteen hundred
and four shall be eligible to be retired and pensioned under
section one of this act, subject, however, to the provisions
thereof. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to 1922, 521, etc..
affect chapter five hundred and twenty-one of the acts of affected.^' °°*
nineteen hundred and twenty-two and acts in amendment
thereof and in addition thereto or chapter three of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance submission to
during the current year by vote of the city council of said etc^ *'°"'^"''
city, subject to the provisions of its charter, but not other-
wise. Approved May 28, 1930.

Chap.SSS

An Act providing for the removal of certain highway
bridges over the former location of the hampden
railroad corporation in certain towns, and for the
filling in of parts of ways affected thereby.

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

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The department of public works is hereby Thedepart-
authorized to remove all bridges which carry public ways woTks may'r'J^"
over the former location of The Hampden Railroad Corpora- ?^°u^'^®'",3rid es
tion in the towns of Palmer and Ludlow in the county of o\4r^he forn?er
Hampden and in the town of Belchertown in the county of Hampden^ Rail-
Hampshire, except the bridge on a way in said town of road Corpora-

422

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 388.

tion in certain
towns, and
may fill in
parts of ways
affected
thereby.

Cost in first
instance, to be
paid by state.

Assessment
upon towns of
Palmer and
Ludlow and
Hampden
county.

Assessment
upon town of
Belchertown
and Hampshire
county.

Additional
amount if
town or county
delinquent, etc.

Enforcement
of payment,
etc.

Deduction of
amount from
money due
from state to
delinquent
town or county,
etc.

Towns of
Palmer, Lud-
low and Bel-
chertown may
borrow neces-
sary amounts,
issue bonds,
etc.

Palmer shown on the plan of said railroad location, on file
with the department of public utilities, as being located at
or near station nine hundred and fifteen, and to fill in and
protect with guard rails so much of said ways as is now con-
stituted by said bridges with such material and in such
manner as may be determined by said department, the sur-
face of so much of said ways so filled in to be substantially
of the same material as the surface of the existing approaches
to said bridges.

Section 2. The cost of the work authorized by section
one shall, in the first instance, be paid by the commonwealth,
subject to appropriation, from the Highway Fund. Upon
the completion of such work, one third of the cost of so much
of such work as was performed in each of the towns of Palmer
and Ludlow shall be assessed by the state treasurer upon said
towns, respectively, and one third of the cost of so much of
such work as was performed in both said towns shall be so
assessed upon the county of Hampden; and one third of the
cost of so much of such work as was performed in the town
of Belchertown shall be so assessed upon said town and one
third upon the county of Hampshire. Each of said towns
and counties shall, within sixty days after receipt of notice
of the amount due from it under this act, pay such amount
into the state treasury. If the amount due from any town
or county, as provided in this act, is not paid to the state
treasurer within the time specified as above, then the state
treasurer shall notify the treasurer of such delinquent town
or county, who shall pay into the treasury of the common-
wealth, in addition to such amount, such further sum as
would be equal to one per cent per month during the delin-
quency from and after the expiration of the time specified as
above; and if the same remains unpaid after the expiration
of sixty days following the giving of such notice, an informa-
tion may be filed by the state treasurer in the supreme
judicial court, or before any justice thereof, against such
delinquent town or county; and upon notice to such town
or county, and a summary hearing thereon, a warrant of
distress may issue against such town or county to enforce
the payment of said amount or amounts under such penalties
as the court, or the justice thereof before whom the hearing
is had, shall order. Nothing herein contamed shall be con-
strued to prevent the state treasurer from deducting at any
time, from any monej^s which may be due from the common-
wealth to the delinquent town or county, the whole or any
part of said amount or amounts, with the interest accrued
thereon, which shall remain unpaid.

Section 3. To meet that portion of the cost of the work
hereinbefore authorized which is to be borne ultimately by
the towns of Palmer, Ludlow and Belchertown, respectively,
each of said towns may borrow from time to time such sums
as may be necessary, not exceeding, in the aggregate, the
amount assessed upon it under authority of section two, and
may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall be payable

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 389. 423

in not more than five years from their dates. Indebtedness
incurred by any town hereunder shall be outside the statutory
limit, but shall, except as herein provided, be subject to
chapter forty-four of the General Laws, exclusive of the
limitation contained in the first paragraph of section seven
thereof, as revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-four
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

To meet that portion of the cost of such work which is to Hampden and
be borne ultimately by the counties of Hampden and Hamp- counties 'may
shire, each of said counties may pay the amount assessed Prom^hff^'T"'^
upon it under authority of section two from its highway appropriation,
appropriation, or the county treasurer of each of said coun- n^"ssary°"°^
ties, with the approval of the county commissioners, may b^nds"*etc^^"^
borrow from time to time such sums as may be necessary,
not exceeding, in the aggregate, the amount assessed upon
such county under authority of said section two, and may
issue bonds or notes of the county therefor, which 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
commissioners may deem proper, but not for less than their
par value. Indebtedness incurred by any county hereunder indebtedness
shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter thirty- G.^L.f35°
five of the General Laws. Approved May 28, 1930.

An Act providing that the messengers of the general (JJidj) 339

COURT SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS GENERAL COURT
OFFICERS AND EXTENDING THEIR POWDERS AND DUTIES.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part Emergency
defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be an preiimbie.
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section seventeen of chapter three of the g. l. 3, § 17,
General Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end ^'"ended.
thereof the following: — In respect to any criminal offence Certain legis-
committed in any part of the state house assigned to or pioyles'tJ have
used by either branch of the general court or any committee powers of police
or officer thereof, or to any such offence committed against ° '^'^'*'
any member of the general court, including any member of
a special commission composed in part of members of the
general court, while acting within the commonwealth in his
official capacity as such member, whether such offence is
committed within the state house elsewhere than as afore-
said, or upon premises outside the state house while officially
used by a committee of the general court or by such a special
commission, the sergeant-at-arms, the doorkeepers and
assistant doorkeepers of either branch thereof, and its gen-
eral court officers shall have and exercise all the powers of

424

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 389.

G. L. 3, § 18,
etc., amended.

Certain em-
ployees of
sergeant-at-
arms, salaries
established.

G. L. 3. § 19,
etc., amended.

Number of
doorkeepers,
etc., authorized

G. L. 3, §20,
etc., amended.

Compensation
for mileage of
certain legisla-
tive employees,

Time of
payment.

police officers, and in respect to the service within the com-
monwealth of such processes and orders as may be enjoined
upon them by the general court or either branch or by any
committee of the general court or either branch, they shall
have the powers of constables.

Section 2. Section eighteen of said chapter three, as
most recently amended by section one of chapter three
hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by striking out,
in the eighth line, the word "messengers" and inserting in
place thereof the words: — general court officers, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 18. There shall be a doorkeeper
for each branch, each at a salary of twenty-five hundred
dollars, and such assistant doorkeepers as it may direct,
each at a salary of two thousand dollars; a postmaster at a
salary of twenty- five hundred dollars; an assistant post-
master at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars; a porter in
the lobby of the house of representatives at a salary of
fifteen hundred dollars; general court officers, each at a
salary of eighteen hundred dollars; pages whose compen-
sation 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-five hundred dollars, an assistant clerk of said room
at a salary of nineteen hundred dollars, and such assistants
therein as may be necessary, for whose fitness and good
conduct the sergeant-at-arms shall be responsible.

Section 3. Section nineteen of said chapter three, as
amended by section one of chapter two hundred and twenty-
eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 19. The
number of doorkeepers, assistant doorkeepers, general court
officers and pages of the senate and of the house shall not
exceed fortj^-one in all.

Section 4. Section twenty of said chapter three, as
most recently amended by section one of chapter two hun-
dred and one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
second and third lines, the word " messengers" and inserting
in place thereof the words : — general court officers, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 20. The sergeant-at-arms,
doorkeepers, assistant doorkeepers, general court officers
and pages, the postmaster 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 appropri-

Acts; 1930. — Chaps. 390, 391. 425

ation, in the month of January of each year, upon the cer-
tificate of the sergeant-at-arnis approved by the president
of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.

Approved May 28, 1930.

An Act relative to the listing of voters in the city
of cambridge.

C/iap.390

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The third paragraph of section twelve of l^l^^'^J^f'
chapter two hundred and eighty-two of the General Acts of etc"! amended,
nineteen hundred and eighteen, as amended by chapter
three hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
second and third lines of said paragraph the words ", after
investigation and report by the chief of police or a police
officer detailed by him,", — and by striking out the word
"no" the first time it occurs in the twelfth line and inserting
in place thereof the following: — if, after investigation and
report by the chief of police or a police officer detailed by
him, the board is satisfied that such statements are not true
it shall strike the name of such person from the list. No, —
so as to read as follows : — If the board of election com- Listing of
missioners is satisfied that such statements are true, it shall ^^Q^^^bj-ld*©
give the applicant a certificate that he was a resident of said
city on said first day of April, or a certificate that he became
a resident at least si.x months immediately preceding the
election, as the case may be, which certificate shall state his
name, age, occupation and residence on the first day of
April in the current year or on the above date, as the case
may be, and his residence on the first day of April in the
preceding year; but if, after investigation and report by
the chief of poHce or a police officer detailed by him, the
board is satisfied that such statements are not true it shall
strike the name of such person from the list. No such ap-
plication shall be received, and no such person shall be listed
or be given said certificate, between the twentieth day pre-
ceding, and the day following, a state or municipal election.

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

Approved May 28, 1930.

An Act to reduce the fee for transferring the regis- fhri^f qqi

TRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section thirty-three of chapter ninety of the General G- l- 90, § 33.
Laws, as most recently amended by section five of chapter ^ '^" ^"^^"^
three hundred and thirty-two of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and thirty, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in the third line of the fifteenth paragraph, the words
"two dollars" and inserting in place thereof the words: —
one dollar, — and by striking out, in the third line of the

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Fee for trans-
ferring regis-
tration of
automobile.

Fee for trans-
ferring regis-
tration of
motor cycle.

sixteenth paragraph, the words "one dollar" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — fift}^ cents, — so that said
fifteenth and sixteenth paragraphs will read as follows: —

For the substitution of the registration of an automobile
for that of a vehicle previously registered, in accordance
with section two, one dollar.

For the substitution of the registration of a motor cycle
for that of a vehicle previously registered, in accordance
with section two, fifty cents. Approved May 28, 1930.

Rules and
orders for regu-
lation of hack-
ney stands and
hackney car-
riages in city
of Boston.

Violation.
Publication.

What shall be
deemed to be
a hackney
carriage within
meaning of
sections 2 to 9,
inclusive.

Chav 392 -^^ ^^'^ providing for the regulation and limitation
OF hackney stands and hackney carriages in the

CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., asfoUoivs:

Section 1. Except as otherwise provided in chapter two
hundred and sixty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, the police commissioner of the city of Boston
shall have exclusive authority to make rules and orders for
the regulation of hackney carriages and hacknej^ stands, both
as defined in section two, within the limits of said city, with
penalties for the violation thereof not exceeding twenty
dollars for each offence. Such rules and orders shall not take
effect until they have been published at least once in a news-
paper published in said city.

Section 2. Each vehicle used or designed to be used for
the conveyance of persons for hire from place to place within
the city of Boston, except a street or elevated railway car
or a trackless trolley vehicle, within the meaning of section
two of chapter one hundred and sixty-three of the General
Laws, or a motor vehicle, known as a jitney, operated in the
manner and for the purposes set forth in section forty-five of
chapter one hundred and fifty-nine of the General Laws, or
a sight-seeing automobile licensed under chapter five hundred
and ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen,
shall be deemed to be a hackney carriage within the meaning
of sections two to nine, inclusive, of this act; and in said
sections, unless the context otherwise expressly requires,
the words "drive" and "driver" shall be respectively deemed
to include "operate" and "operator", a special hackney
stand shall be one for the exclusive use, for hackney carriage
purposes, of the licensee thereof, a private hackney stand
shall be one estabhshed only upon private property, and a
public hackney stand shall be one for the common use, for
hackney carriage purposes, of all licensees under section four
except those licensed to use special hackney stands.

Section 3. In said city, no person shall drive or have
charge of a hackney carriage, nor shall any person, firm or
corporation set up and use a hackney carriage, unless licensed
thereto by the police commissioner of the city of Boston;
nor shall any person having the care or ordering of such a
vehicle in said city suffer or allow any person other than a
driver so licensed to drive such a vehicle.

Words " drive"
and " driver"
to include
"operate" and
"operator."

Special, private
and public •
hackney stand.s
defined.

Licensing of
drivers of hack-
ney carriages,
etc.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 392. 427

Section 4. Said police commissioner of the city of Bos- Granting of
ton may annually grant hackney licenses in said city to o\^^i'orTof°
suitable persons, firms and corporations who are owners of i.\ages Tf °etc
vehicles known as hackney carriages, if such person, or one
member of such firm, resides in such city, or if the principal
place of business of such corporation is in such city. Licenses Regulations,
granted under this section shall be subject to such terms, '^®®'^**'-
conditions and regulations, and be issued subject to the
payment of such fees, as said police commissioner shall from
time to time prescribe. Said commissioner shall also from Rates.
time to time fix maximum and minimum rates to be charged
b}'- said licensees for use of such vehicles.

Section 5. Upon the receipt from the owner, lessee or Assignment of
official representative of a hotel, railroad station, steamboat tion^ofVubiic"^"
pier or public or semi-public building in said city, of a request Thotei^raii"^
that a certain named licensee or licensees under section four ro^d station,

. , • ,. 1 T -111 steamboat pier

or association of such hcensees may use as a special hackney or public buiid-
stand a designated portion of a public way abutting such hackneVit^nd
hotel, station, pier or building, the police commissioner of
the city of Boston may, if consistent with the public interest,
assign such stand to such licensee, licensees or association of
licensees; provided, that said commissioner shall not make Proviso.
any such assignment unless and until he is satisfied that, in
connection with such request or designation, no valuable
consideration has been paid or promise given to such owner,
lessee or official representative. Said commissioner shall
grant no location for a special hackney stand which does not
abut such a hotel, station, pier or building.

Section 6. Any owner, lessee or official representative ^^ifcltin ^°etc
referred to in section five, who solicits, demands or accepts compensation"
compensation for requesting or designating a portion of any itc.^l^portiSn
public way in said city for use by a licensee as a special "fa^^f^fU*^''*'
hackney stand shall be punished by a fine in an amount not a special hack-
exceeding double the compensation so solicited, demanded '^®y^*^^'^^-
or accepted and by imprisonment for not more than six
months. Payment by the licensee of a special hackney stand fyXnce of
of any compensation to the owner, lessee or official repre- violation.
sentative of any property abutting said stand for the use of a
doorway or other entrance, lobby, waiting room or telephone
stand in connection with the use of such hackney stand, shall
be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.

Section 7. Any person, firm or corporation licensed ^g'^gt^A^^^'
under section four may occupy as a private hackney stand,
subject to general provisions of law, private property in said
city, if thereto authorized by the owner, lessee or official
representative thereof.

Section 8. Said police commissioner shall, from time to Designation
time, designate certain portions, other than sidewalks, of oFcertaiiiVor-
public ways in said city, to be used and known as public ways as public
hackney stands. Such stands shall be equally free and open hackney stands.
of access to all vehicles whose owners are licensed under
section four, who have not been assigned special hackney
stands and who have complied with all provisions of sections

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Inconsistent

provisions

repealed.

Inconsistent
rules and regu-
lations null and
void.

Licenses in
effect on effec-
tive date of act
to continue in
force until, etc.

two to eight, inclusive, of this act, relative to such stands,
and with all rules and regulations of said commissioner rela-
tive thereto. Within that portion of the city proper, as
defined in the present rules and regulations of the police
department of said city relative to hackney carriages, lying
north and east of Massachusetts avenue, said commissioner
shall, so far as practicable, establish such stands at intervals
of not more than one quarter of a mile. All such stands
shall be plainly marked as public hackney stands. No motor
vehicle other than a hackney carriage licensed for use at such
a stand shall make use of any such public hackney stand.
Said police commissioner shall, upon application for a public
hackney stand by an applicant for a license under section
four, issue to such applicant for each hackney carriage for
which a license under said section four is granted, a license
for said carriage to use public hackney stands unless such
carriage has been assigned to a special stand under section
five.

Section 9. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with
sections two to eight, inclusive, of this act, are hereby re-
pealed, and all rules and regulations of the police commis-
sioner of Boston inconsistent with said sections are hereby
made null and void.

Section 10. Notwithstanding the provisions of this act,
all licenses otherwise affected thereby which are in effect on
its effective date shall continue in force until the expiration
date of such licenses, unless sooner revoked in accordance
with law. Approved May 28, 1930.

Chap. 393 An Act revising and recodifying the laws relative

TO game and inland fish.

Certain sections
of G. L. 130, as
amended,
repealed.

G. L. 131, etc.,
amended.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Sections two to eight, inclusive, ten, eleven,
twelve to thirty-eight, inclusive, forty to forty-three, in-
clusive, forty-nine to sixty-two B, inclusive, sixty-four to
sixty-six, inclusive, seventy-five to seventy-eight A, inclusive,
one hundred and fifty, one hundred and fifty-one, one
hundred and fifty-three and one hundred and fifty-four of
chapter one hundred and thirty of the General Laws, as
amended, are hereby repealed.

Section 2. Chapter one hundred and thirty-one of the
General Laws, as amended, is hereby further amended by
striking out all of said chapter and inserting in place thereof
the following : —

Chapter 13 L

Definitions.

POWERS AND duties OF THE DIVISION OF FISHERIES AND
GAME. GAME AND INLAND FISHERIES.

Definitions.

Section 1. In this chapter the following words shall have
the following meanings and the following rules of construc-
tion shall apply:

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 393. 429

"Angling", fishing with hand hne or rod, with naturally "AngUng
or artificially baited hook, except that not more than three
flies may be used on a single leader.

"Birds", wild or undomestieated birds. "Birds".

"Close season", the time during which fish, bii'ds and " ciose season "■
mammals cannot lawfully be taken.

"Commissioner", the commissioner of conservation. "Commis-

" Department", the department of conservation.

"Deputy", a deputy fish and game warden appointed "Department",
under section seven of chapter twenty-one. "Deputy".

"Director", the director of the division of fisheries and "Director".
game.

"Division", the division of fisheries and game. "Division".

"Fish" or "fishing", to take or to attempt to take fish ;; Fish" or
by any method or means, whether or not such method or "^^^'"s".
means results in their capture.

"Game", any wild bird or mammal commonly hunted "Game",
for food or sport.

"Great pond", a natural pond the area of which is twenty "Great pond".
acres or more.

"Hook", any lure or device capable of taking not more "Hook",
than one fish at a time.

"Hunt" or "hunting" includes pursuing, shooting, killing ;; Hunt" or
and capturing mammals and birds, and all lesser acts such ^'^"*^'"° '•
as disturbing, harrying or worrying, or placing, setting,
drawing or using any device commonly used to take mam-
mals and birds, whether or not they result in taking; and
includes every attempt to take and every act of assistance
to any other person in taking or attempting to take mam-
mals and birds.

"Mammals", wild or undomestieated mammals. "Mammals".

"Open season", the time during which fish, birds and "Open season",
mammals may lawfully be taken.

"Supervisor", the state supervisor of marine fisheries "Supervisor".
appointed under section eight A of chapter twenty-one.

"Warden", a fish and game warden appointed under "Warden".
section seven of chapter twenty-one.

A person who counsels, aids or assists in a violation of Assistance in
any of the provisions of this chapter, or knowingly shares provision^of
in any of the proceeds of said violation by receiving or penalties" etT""^
possessing either fish, birds or mammals, shall be deemed
to have incurred the penalties provided in this chapter
against the person guilty of such violation.

Whenever the taking of fish, birds or mammals is allowed Jtc'^'by lawful'
by law, reference is had to taking by lawful means and means.
in lawful manner.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to Taking or pos-
the taking or having in possession of a fish, bird or mammal fiX°e"r°!to
shall include the taking or having in possession of any part include, etc.
or portion thereof.

In construing this chapter, the fact that possession of ^onstruecuT
various species of fish, birds and mammals is forbidden to possession
thereby during certain periods of the year shall not be held cfelof'fish.^''*

430

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 393.

birds, etc.,
during certain
forbidden pe-
riods of year.

Chapter, how
construed as to
bringing into
state for per-
sonal use, dead
bodies of fish,
birds, etc.,
taken or killed
in another
state, etc.

Provisos.

to prohibit a resident of the commonwealth who has legally-
taken, killed or come into possession of such fish, birds or
mammals from having the dead bodies or carcasses or parts
thereof in possession, for his own personal use and not for
sale unless prohibited by federal legislation or regulation so
to do; but the burden shall be on him to prove that such
possession was lawful in its origin.

In construing this chapter, the fact that possession of
various species of fish, birds and mammals is forbidden
thereby during certain periods of the year shall not be held
to prohibit a person from bringing into this commonwealth,
for his own personal use and not for sale the dead bodies or
carcasses of fish, birds or mammals or parts thereof which
were lawfully taken or killed in another state, province or
country, or from having such fish, birds or mammals or
parts thereof in possession for the aforesaid purpose after the
arrival thereof in this commonwealth unless prohibited by
federal legislation or regulation so to do; provided, that
before any such fish, birds or mammals or parts thereof are
so imported they shall be tagged or marked in accordance
with the laws of such other state, province or country and
with the federal laws relative to interstate commerce, and
provided, further, that no person shall so import more such
fish, birds or mammals at one time than is permitted by
the laws of such other state, province or country to be ex-
ported therefrom; but the burden shall be on him to prove
that such possession was lawful in its origin.

Suspension or
revocation of
licenses, etc.

Disposition of
fines, etc., re-
covered in
prosecutions
under the laws
relative to fish,
birds and
mammals.

Proviso.

Director, etc.,
may enter upon
private lands.

General Provisions.

Section 2. Licenses or permits issued by the director
may be suspended or revoked by him for cause.

Section 3. All fines, penalties and forfeitures recovered
in prosecutions under the laws relative to fish, birds and
mammals, except section ninety-nine of chapter one hun-
dred and thirty, shall be equally divided between the county
where such prosecution is made and the town where the
offence is committed; provided, that if the prosecuting
officer is a warden receiving compensation from the com-
monwealth, such fines, penalties and forfeitures shall be paid
to the commonwealth.

Section 4- The director, his wardens and deputies, and
the supervisor, may, in the performance of their duties,
enter upon and pass through or over private lands, whether
or not covered by water.

Hunting, fish-
ing or trapping
prohibited
without a
sporting or
trapping li-
cense, except,
etc.

Licenses.

Section 5. Except as provided in section ninety-one,
ninety-two, ninety-six, ninety-nine or one hundred and
eight, no person shall hunt any bird or mammal, and no
person, unless he is under fifteen j^ears of age, shall fish,
except as hereinafter provided, in any of the inland waters
of the commonwealth, and no person shall use, set, tend or

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 393. 431

maintain any trap, or take or attempt to take any mammal
by means thereof, without first having obtained a sporting
or a trapping Hcense, as the case may be, authorizing him
so to do, as provided in the three following sections; pro- Proviso.
vided, that nothing in sections five to twelve, inclusive,
shall be construed as affecting in any way the general laws
relating to trespass, or as authorizing the hunting, or the
possession of, birds or mammals, contrary to law, or the
taking of fish, or the possession thereof, contrary to law.
But said last mentioned sections shall not prohibit any Legal resident
person who is a legal resident of the commonwealth, and {{."^^n^h'vl'ntj'n®'^
any member of his immediate family residing on land owned on own land,
or leased by him, from hunting or trapping on such land ^*'''
or from fishing in any inland waters bordered by such land;
provided, that he is or they are actually domiciled thereon. Provisos.
and that the land is used exclusively for agricultural pur-
poses, and not for club, shooting or fishing purposes; and
provided, further, that the burden of proof shall rest upon
the person claiming such exemptions to show that he is
entitled thereto.

Section 6. Upon the application of any person entitled 9p°rt|iigpr

. '-.. ,^^ • 1- 1 , trapping li-

to receive a sporting or a trapping license and upon payment cense, form.
of the fee hereinafter specified therefor and the furnishing of '^°°*®"*^®-
an affidavit by any non-resident desiring to be classified under
clause (2) of section eight, the director or the clerk of any
town shall issue to such person a sporting license or a trapping
license, as the case may be, in the form prescribed upon a
blank furnished by the division. A sporting license shall
authorize the licensee to hunt birds and mammals and to fish,
subject to existing laws. A trapping hcense shall authorize
the licensee to trap mammals, subject to existing laws. Each
license issued hereunder shall bear, in addition to any other
data, the name, place of residence, citizenship, birthplace,
signature and identifying description, and, in the case of a
male person, the age, of the licensee, a statement that the
holder has not been convicted of a violation of this chapter
or any provision thereof, or of any corresponding provision
of earlier laws, within one year of the date of the license, and
each applicant shall furnish such information to the director
or the town clerk issuing such license. Each license shall be Duration of
valid for use to and including the following December thirty- ''^®°^®'
first. No person holding a sporting or trapping license shall ^°e*et?^^^''
transfer or loan such license, and every holder thereof shall, „ ^ /

,.,„,. , . '. "^ , . ' rioider to

while fishing, hunting or trapping, carry upon his person his produce license
license and shall produce it for examination upon the demand etc!" ^^^^^'
of any warden, deputy warden or other officer qualified to
serve criminal process, or upon the demand of an owner or
lessee of land upon which the hcensee is fishing, hunting or
trapping, or upon the demand of the agents of such owner or
lessee. Failure or refusal to produce a licen.se issued here- Failure to pro-
under upon such demand shall constitute a violation of this to'TOnLtfrute
section. Whoever for the purpose of procuring a license * violation.
falsely makes any representation or statement required by ^l^reprt"^

sentation.

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To whom
sporting or
trapping li-
censes may
be granted.

Restrictions,
etc., as to
minors.

Sporting and
trapping li-
censes, issue
to whom
and fees.

Resident
citizens.

Non-resident
citizens.

Class A.
Class B.

Proviso.

this section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten
nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment for not more
than one month, or both.

Section 7. Except as herein provided, any citizen of the
United States and any unnaturalized foreign born person
resident in this commonwealth for at least ten consecutive
days and owning real estate in the commonwealth assessed
for taxation at not less than five hundred dollars may be
granted a sporting license and/or a trapping license. No
sporting license or trapping hcense shall be granted to a
minor under the age of fifteen, nor, as a matter of right, shall
a sporting license or a trapping license be granted to a minor
between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, but the director or
any town clerk may issue a sporting license to any minor
between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, if such minor has
been a resident in this commonwealth for at least six months
and is a citizen of the United States, and a trapping license
to any minor between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, if such
minor has been a resident in this commonwealth for at least
six months. Every application for a license hereunder from
a minor under the age of eighteen shall be in writing and shall
be accompanied by the written consent thereto of the parent
or guardian, which shall be preserved by the town clerk or by
the director, as the case may be.

Section 8. Sporting and trapping licenses shall be issued
to the following classes of persons upon payment of the
following fees :

(1) A citizen of the United States, resident in this common-
wealth for at least six months, for which the fee shall be two
dollars and seventy-five cents for a sporting license and five
dollars and twenty-five cents for a trapping license, except as
hereinafter provided for a trapping license to a minor be-
tween the ages of fifteen and eighteen, and except that there
shall be no fee for a sporting license if such person has
reached age seventy.

(2) A citizen of the United States, not a resident of this
commonwealth for at least six months, for which the fee shall
be ten dollars and twenty-five cents; or, if he comes within
one of the four following classes and resides or last resided
in a state extending like privileges to citizens of this common-
wealth, the fee shall be three dollars and twenty-five cents
for a sporting license and five dollars and twenty-five cents
for a trapping license; but if the state of which he is a resi-
dent requires a resident of this commonwealth to pay a larger
fee for a similar privilege in such state, the fee for such a
non-resident shall be equal to that charged by such state.
Class A. Owner of real estate in the commonwealth assessed
for taxation at not less than five hundred dollars. Class B.
Member of any club or association incorporated prior to
nineteen hundred and seven, for the purpose of hunting,
fishing or trapping upon land owned by such corporation;
provided, that the land owned is equal in value to five hun-
dred dollars for each member and that the membership list

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 393. 433

of tho corporation shall bo filed from time to time upon re-
quest, and at least annually, with the clerks of the various
towns within which such land is located and with the director.
Class C. Invited guest of a club or association conducting chssC.
fox hunts and incorporated under the laws of this common-
wealth who, on the written invitation of a member of said
club or association, attends its meetings for the sole purpose
of hunting foxes; provided, that the membership list of such Proviso.
club or association shall be filed from time to time upon
request, and at least annually, with the clerk of the town
where the hunt takes place and with the director; also, a
non-resident member of any such club or association. Class Class d.
D. A citizen of the United States, not a resident of this
commonwealth for at least six months, who desires to fish
only.

(3) An unnaturalized foreign born person, resident in this Unnaturalized
commonwealth for at least ten consecutive days, provided resfdlnts!"^"
that he is the owner of real estate in the commonwealth proviso
assessed for taxation at not less than five hundred dollars,
for which the fee shall be fifteen dollars and twenty-five cents.

The fee for a trapping license issued to a minor between Feefortrap-
the ages of fifteen and eighteen, if he is a resident of this fssu|d°^°^°
commonwealth for at least six months, shall be one dollar to minor.
and twenty-five cents.

Each person licensed to hunt or trap shall within thirty Hunting or
days succeeding January first in each year make a written ^eMees to''
report to the director at the office of the division, stating the make annual
number of birds or mammals taken by him in the preceding ''^p°''*' ^**'-
calendar year, or stating that no such birds or mammals
were so taken, as the case may be.

Section 9. Any town clerk issuing any license under city or town
authority of this chapter may, except as otherwise provided "lark's fee.
by law, retain for his own use twenty-five cents from the fee
for each such license.

Section 10. Whoever loses or by mistake or accident Duplicate li-
destroys his license may, upon application to the director Su^ed!"^^
or to the clerk of the town wherein it was issued, and upon
payment of a fee of fifty cents, receive a duphcate license;
provided, that such application is accompanied by an affi- proviso.
davit setting forth the circumstances of said loss and also,
in case application is made to the director, by a statement
from the person who issued the original license or his suc-
cessor in office, which statement shall contain the number
and form of the license, the date of its issue and a personal
description of the licensee.

Section 1 1 . The director and the clerk of every town shall Record of li-

1 1'i.iij.i.i r rill- • 1 censes issued .

make a record, m books kept therefor, of all licenses issued

by them, and shall date each license as of the date of issue;

and no other date shall be placed on such license. Such

books shall be supplied by the division, shall be the property

of the commonwealth, shall be open to public inspection open to public

during the usual ofl5ce hours of the town clerk or the di- '°spection.

rector, as the case may be, and shall be subject at all times

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Payment to
division of
money re-
ceived, ex-
cept, etc.

Penalty for
violation.

Non-resident
licensees may
carry from
state fish, birds
or mammals
legally taken,
etc.

Penalty for
violation of
sections 5 to 12,
inclusive.

Surrender of
license upon
conviction, etc.

to audit and inspection by the director, by the state auditor
or by his or their agents. Every such clerk shall, on the first
Monday of every month, pay to the division all moneys
received by him for licenses issued during the month pre-
ceding, except the fees retained under section nine. All remit-
tances shall be by check. United States post office money
order, express money order, or in lawful money of the United
States; and every such clerk shall, within thirty days next
succeeding January first in each year, return to the division
all license books received during the year preceding, including
all stubs and void and unused licenses. Any such clerk violat-
ing any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine
of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, or
by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than
one year, or both.

Section 12. Except as prohibited or limited by federal
legislation or regulation, any person who holds a sporting or
trapping license issued to him as a non-resident may carry
from the commonwealth such fish, birds or mammals as have
been legally taken within the commonwealth.

Section 13. Whoever violates any provision of sections
five to twelve, inclusive, for which no specific penalty is pro-
vided, or is in any way directly or indirectly a party to any
such violation, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
ten nor more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not
more than one month, or both. Everj^ license issued under
said sections five to twelve, inclusive, held by any person
convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter, shall
be void, and shall immediately be surrendered to the officer
securing such conviction. The officer shall forthwith for-
ward such void licenses to the director. No person shall be
given a license under authority of said sections during the
period of one year from the date of his conviction as afore-
said, and any such license so issued shall be void and shall be
surrendered on demand of any officer authorized to enforce
this chapter. No fee received for a license made void under
this section shall be returned to the holder of such license.

Enforcement
of laws relating
to fish, birds
and mammals.

Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Director, Wardens, etc.

Section 14- The director, wardens, deputies and mem-
bers of the state police shall enforce the laws relating to
fish, birds and mammals. Each warden, when on duty,
shall wear and display a metallic badge bearing the seal of
the commonwealth and the words "fish and game warden",
and each deputy, when on duty, shall wear and display a
metallic badge bearing the words "deputy fish and game
warden", together with a number to be assigned by the
director. The director, with the approval of the governor,
may in writing authorize any warden to have in his pos-
session and carr}^ a revolver, club, billy, handcuffs and
twisters, or any other weapon or article required in the
performance of his official duty.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 393. 435

Section 15. Whoever, not being a warden or deputy, Penalty for
possesses or wears any badge described in the preceding ""P'^""n"t'°n-
section or in any way impersonates a warden or deputy
shall be punished bj^ a fine of ten dollars.

Section 16. The director, supervisor, wardens and dep- Powers of di-
uties shall have and exercise throughout the common- v'iso'^^warde'iia
wealth, for the enforcement of the laws relating to fish, and deputies.
birds and mammals, including dogs, all the powers of con-
stables, except the service of civil process, and of police officers.

Section 17. The director, supervisor, wardens, deputies, May arrest
members of the state police and all officers qualified to serve rant.°"* ^'^^'
criminal process may arrest without a warrant any person
found violating any provision of this chapter or chapter
one hundred and thirty.

Section 18. The director, supervisor, wardens, deputies search may be
or members of the state police, may search any boat, vehicle, foh^ birds'!^
car, box, locker, crate or package, and any building other ["''T"??^'! "t"'
than a dwelling house, where he has or they have reason to '^^^ " ^ ^ ^'^■
believe any fish, birds or mammals unlawfully taken or held
may be found, and may seize any fish, birds or mammals so
taken or held, which shall be disposed of in such manner as
the director deems for the best interests of the common-
wealth; provided, that this section shall not apply to fish,
birds or mammals passing through this commonwealth
under authority of the laws of the United States.

Section 19. A court or justice authorized to issue war- search
rants in criminal cases shall, upon a sworn complaint that warrants.
the complainant believes that any fish, birds or mammals
unlawfully taken or held are concealed in a particular place,
other than a dwelling house, if satisfied that there is reason-
able cause for such belief, issue a warrant to search therefor.
The warrant shall designate and describe the place to be
searched and the articles for which search is to be made,
and shall be directed to any officer named in the preceding
section commanding him to search the place where the fish,
birds or mammals for which he is required to search are
believed to be concealed, and to seize such fish, birds or
mammals.

Section 20. The director, supervisor or a warden may Persons hunt-
request any person whom he reasonably believes to be en- ete.', or^pof-
gaged in unlawfully hunting, fishing, trapping or possessing birds^tc'^'to
fish, birds or mammals to forthwith display for inspection display them
all fish, birds and mammals then in his possession ; and said ^°^ inspection.
director, supervisor or warden may arrest without warrant
a person refusing to comply with such request.

Section 21. Any person violating any of the provisions Penalty.
of the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not
less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars.

Section 22. The director may destroy from time to time Certain old
license books, stubs, hcenses and license blanks, after the be'deTtroyed!'*^
same have been properly audited by the state auditor, and
such other documents as the director deems advisable,
after the same have been noted on the ofiicial records.

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Director may
establish prop-
erties for propa-
gation of fish,
birds and
mammals.

May acquire
fishing rights
in any brook,
etc.

Rules and
regulations.

Penalty.

Stocked waters
to be free for
public to fish.

Director may Sectiou 2S. The director may investigate questions

investigate as to i,-,cii-j IJ n

fish, birds or relating to iisn, birds or mammals, and may, personally or
mammals. |^y assistants, institute and conduct inquiries pertaining to
such questions.

Fish and Fishing.

Section 24- The director may estabhsh and maintain
properties at such places within the commonwealth as he
may select for the purpose of propagating and rearing fish,
birds and mammals.

Section 25. For the purpose of providing public fishing
grounds, the director may acquire by gift, and shall in his
discretion acquire by lease or purchase, fishing rights and
privileges in any brook or stream in the commonwealth,
together with such rights of ingress to and egress from such
brook or .stream as may be necessary or proper.

Said director may, subject to the provisions of section
thirty-seven of chapter thirty, make rules and regulations
relative to fishing in any water acquired under authority
of this section, may provide a penalty, to consist of a fine
not to exceed twenty dollars, for anj^ violation of any such
rule or regulation, and may from time to time close or open
such waters, or any part thereof, for fishing.

Section 26. Except as otherwise provided in section
forty-five, no person shall be provided by the director with
fish or fish spawn to stock waters owned or leased by such
person or under his control unless he first agrees in writing
with the director that waters so stocked shall be free for the
public to lawfully fish therein; and the public vasiy there-
after fish in such waters.

Section 27. Whoever without right enters in or upon any
building or other structure or any area of land or water .set
apart and used by or under authority of the director or
supervisor for conducting scientific experiments or investi-
gations or for propagation after the director or supervisor
has caused printed notices of such occupation and use and
the purposes thereof to be placed in a conspicuous position
adjacent to any such areas of land or water or upon any
such building or other structure, and whoever injures or
defaces any such building or other structure or any notice
posted as aforesaid, or injures or destroys any property used
for such purposes, or otherwise interferes therewith, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two
hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six
months.

Section 28. The director or supervisor, or their agents
when so authorized by him or them, may take fish, birds
or mammals at any time or in any manner for purposes
connected with propagation or scientific observation.

Section 29. If the director determines that the fisheries
of any inland waters of the commonwealth are of sufficient
value to warrant the prohibition or regulation of the dis-
charge or escape of sawdust, shavings, garbage, ashes, acids,

Penalty for
entering with-
out right,
buildings, etc.,
used by the
director in
scientific in-
vestigations or
for propagation.

Director, etc.,
may take fish,
etc., for certain
purposes.

Discharge of
waste material
into certain
inland waters
of state pro-
hibited or
regulated.

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sewage, dyestuffs, and/or other waste material from any saw-
mill, manufacturing or mechanical plant, or dwelling house,
stable or other building, which may, directly or indirectly,
materially injure such fisheries, he shall by a written order
to the owner or tenant thereof prohibit or regulate the dis-
charge or escape therefrom of sawdust, shavings, garbage,
ashes, acids, sewage, dyestufPs, and/or other waste material
into such inland waters. Such order may be revoked or
modified by him at any time. Before any such order is Public hearing,
made the director shall, after reasonable notice to all parties
in interest, give a public hearing in the county where the
sawmill, manufacturing or mechanical plant, dwelling house,
stable or other building to be affected by the order is located,
at which hearing any person shall be heard. Upon petition Aggrieved
of any party aggrieved by such order, filed within six months pet'tio^to
after its date, the superior court may, in equity, after such superior court.
notice as it deems sufficient, hear all interested parties and
annul, alter or affirm the order. If such petition is filed
by the party aggrieved within ten days after the date of
said order, said order shall not take effect until altered or
affirmed as aforesaid. Whoever, having so been notified. Penalty.
discharges sawdust, shavings, garbage, ashes, acids, sewage,
dyestuffs, and/or other waste material, or suffers or permits
it to be discharged or to escape from said plant under his
control, into inland waters of the commonwealth in vio-
lation of the order of the director, or of said court, if an
appeal is taken, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

Section 30. Whoever puts or throws into any of the Penalty for
inland waters of the commonwealth any oil, or any poisonous poisoning ssh.
substance, whether simple, mixed or compound, which may
directly or indirectly materially injure the fish therein, or
takes any such fish by such means, or whoever kills or de-
stroys fish in inland waters by the use of dynamite or other
explosives, or takes any such fish by such means, or ex-
plodes dynamite or powder in such waters, shall be punished
by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
This section shall not apply to operations of the United Exemptions.
States, or of the commonwealth or a political subdivision
thereof, nor to the use of explosives for raising the body of
a drowned person.

Section 31. The director, wardens, deputies and members Director, etc..
of the state police may seize and remove, summarily if need J^;Yot^eu1ega1
be, at the expense of the owner using and maintaining the obstructions to
same, all illegal obstructions, except dams, mills or ma- saft w^ater^^ °
chinery, to the passage of salt water fish coming into fresh ^^^' ®*''^-
water to spawn. The director may examine all dams or May examine
obstructions upon brooks, rivers and streams where the law fnds'rT^^
requires fish ways to be maintained, or where in his judg- orders,
ment fish ways are needed, and he shall determine whether
the fish ways, if any, are suitable and sufficient for the
passage of such fish in such brooks, rivers and streams or

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Court en-
forcement.

Forfeiture for
not keeping
fish way open.

Director may
improve or con-
struct fish
ways, etc.

Recovery of
damages for
land taken.

Screening of
ponds, brooks
and streams.

Great ponds
public.

Director may
control certain
ponds.

whether a fish way is needed for the passage of such fish
over such dam or obstruction; and shall prescribe by written
order what changes or repairs, if any, shall be made therein,
and where, how and when a new fish way shall be built,
and at what times the same shall be kept open, and shall
serve a copy of such order upon the owner of the dam or
obstruction. A certificate of the director that service has
been so made shall be sufficient proof thereof. The su-
preme judicial or superior court shall, on petition of the
director, have jurisdiction in equity or otherwise to enforce
any such order and to restrain any violation thereof.

Section 32. Any owner of such a dam or obstruction who
refuses or neglects to keep open or maintain a fish way at
the times prescribed by the director shall forfeit fifty dollars
for each day of such refusal or neglect.

Section 33. If the director deems that a passage for fish
should be provided or if he finds that there is no fish way or
an insufficient fish way in or around a dam where a fish
way is required by law to be maintained, he may enter with
workmen and materials upon the premises of the person
required to maintain a fish way there and may, at the ex-
pense of the commonwealth, if in his opinion the person
required by law to construct or maintain such fish way is
unable to afford such expense, otherwise at the expense of
the owner of such dam, improve an existing fish way, or
cause one to be constructed if none exists, and may, if
necessary, take the land of any other person who is not
obliged by law to maintain said fish way; and if a fish way
has been constructed in accordance with this section, he
shall not require the owner of the dam to alter such fish way
within five years after its completion.

Section 3%. All damages caused by taking land under
the preceding section shall, upon the application of either
party, be recovered from the commonwealth under chapter
seventy-nine. The amount so recovered shall be a charge
against the person required by law to construct and main-
tain such fish way and shall be recovered in contract in the
name of the commonwealth, with costs and with interest
at the rate of twelve per cent per annum.

Section 35. The director may screen such ponds, brooks
and streams of the commonwealth not used as sources of
water supply by towns as he deems necessary for the pro-
tection of fish therein. This section shall not affect any
right existing on April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty,
to use such waters for mercantile or manufacturing purposes.

Section 36. A great pond shall be public, except as here-
after provided, for the purpose of fishing, hunting and boat-
ing thereon and all persons shall be allowed reasonable means
of access thereto for such purpose.

Section 37. The director may occupy, manage and
control not more than six great ponds for the purpose of
propagating fish and of distributing them within the com-
monwealth; and may occupy not more than one tenth

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 393. 439

part of each such pond with enclosures and appHances for
such cultivation; but this privilege shall not affect an.y
public rights to such ponds, other than the right of fishing,
and the appliances and enclosures shall be so placed as not
to interfere with or prevent ingress to or egress from such
ponds at proper places,

Seciio7i 88. If the director determines so to occupy Notices of such
and improve any such pond, he shall post a notice of such occupation,
purpose in a public place in each of the towns where said
pond is situated and file a like notice in the office of the clerk
of each of said towns and in the office of the state secretary.
The affidavit of an officer qualified to serve civil process
that such notice has been posted shall be deemed full proof
thereof.

Section 39. After such notice has been so filed and posted, Penalty,
any violation of any of the rights of said director under
section thirty-seven shall be punished by a fine of not less
than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars.

Section Jfi. The director may cause any great pond, stocking great
except in Dukes and Nantucket counties, to be stocked ^°^ ^^'
with such fish as he judges best suited to the waters thereof
and, on petition of the aldermen of any city or the select-
men of any town where a great pond or a part thereof is
situated, shall cause the pond to be so stocked; provided, Proviso,
that a public hearing upon the matter has previously been
given within .such city or town by the mayor and aldermen,
or by the selectmen, notice of which hearing has been
posted, at least ten days before the day of the hearing, in
three or more public places, and published in a newspaper,
if any, in such city or town. If a town at a meeting has
instructed the selectmen to file such petition, such hearing
need not be given. When a great pond is not situated wholly
within a city or town, the director shall not proceed under
this section with respect to such pond unless a majority of
the cities and towns bordering upon such pond have filed
petitions as aforesaid. In every such instance the director Regulations
shall thereupon prescribe, for a period not exceeding three gghin^'^*"
years, and enforce, such reasonable regulations relative to
fishing in the pond and its tributaries, with such penalties,
not exceeding twenty dollars for each offence, as he deems
for the public interest; but this section shall not apply to
ponds used as sources of public water supply. The director Restocking
may restock such ponds and may extend such reasonable pf"id8.
regulations, for periods not exceeding three years each, and
shall so restock and extend whenever he receives a petition
therefor as herein provided.

Section 41. The director may, except in Dukes and Directormay
Nantucket counties, and shall on petition of the aldermen tforfoKa g^reat
of any city or the selectmen of any town where a great pf'ndasa
pond not used as a source of public water supply is situated,
or, in case such pond is not wholly within a single city or
town, on petition of the aldermen or selectmen of a majority
of the cities and towns wherein such pond is situated, cause

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Penalty.

Fishing in Mill
pond, in
Yarmouth,
regulated.

State depart-
ment of public
works to meas-
ure ponds
upon request,
etc.

Exclusive fish-
ery of riparian
owners.

Stocking of
natural or
artificial ponds
with fish.

Provisos.

Acquisition of

exclusive

fishery.

not exceeding twenty-five per cent of the area of any such
pond to be set apart, for such period of j^ears as he may
determine, as a breeding area for such fish as he may judge
best suited to its waters. The provisions of the preceding
section relative to pubHc hearings and notice thereof in the
petitioning cities and towns shall apply to proceedings under
this section. Whoever fishes in a breeding area while set
apart as aforesaid shall forfeit his license and shall be pun-
ished as provided in section seventy-two.

Section 1^.2. The director may occupy and control Mill
pond, in Yarmouth, for the purpose of cultivating fish for
distribution within the commonwealth. Whoever, without
his written consent, fishes in said pond in any other manner
than by anghng, shall be punished as provided in section
seventy-two.

Section JfS. The state department of public works shall
annually, in July, upon the request and at the expense of
any person claiming to be interested in a pond, cause a
measurement thereof to be made which shall be recorded
in the office of the city or town clerk of each city or town
withili the limits of which any part of such pond is situated;
and no arm or branch shall be included as a part of such a
pond unless such arm or branch is at least fifty feet in
width and one foot in depth.

Section 1^.1^. Except as provided in the following section
and in section fifty-one, the riparian proprietors of any pond,
other than a great pond, and the proprietors of any pond
or parts of a pond created by artificial flowing, shall have
exclusive control of the fisheries therein.

Section 1^5. The director may cause any natural or
artificial pond, other than a great pond, or any brook or
stream, to be stocked with such fish as he judges best suited
to the waters thereof; provided, that in respect to all
privately owned ponds such stocking shall only be with the
written consent of the owner or lessee thereof, and shall not
prevent such owner or lessee from drawing down or making
such use of said waters for commercial or other purposes as
appear to him to be advisable; and provided, further, that
such stocking shall not prohibit such owner or lessee from
excluding the public from such waters if and when this
action appears to him necessary for the proper control and
utilization thereof.

Section 46. A pond other than a great pond, bounded in
part by land belonging to the commonwealth or to a county,
city or town, shall become the exclusive property of the other
proprietors as to the fisheries therein only upon payment to
the state treasurer, or to the county, city or town treasurer,
as the case may be, of a just compensation for their respective
rights therein, to be determined by three arbitrators, of
whom one shall be appointed by the director, one shall be an
individual riparian proprietor of said pond or an officer of a
corporation which is such proprietor, and one shall be the

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 393. 441

chairman of the county commissioners of the county where
the pond, or the largest part of the area thereof, is situated,
if the riparian proprietors include the commonwealth, or one
or more counties, or two or more cities or towns, or one or
more cities and one or more towns, or the mayor or chair-
man of the board of selectmen, respectivelj', if only one
city or town is such part proprietor.

Section J^! . Whoever, without the written consent of faklng^ssh'^in
the proprietor or lessee of a natural pond which is not a certain ponds.
great pond, or of an artificial pond of any size, where fish
are lawfully propagated or maintained, takes any fish
therefrom, shall be punished as provided in section seventy-
two.

Section 4S. Except as permitted by law, whoever draws, Use of nets in
sets, stretches or uses a fish trap, gill net, drag net, set net, regulat^"! ^'^^
purse net, seine or trawl or sets or uses more than ten hooks
for fishing in any inland water, or aids in so doing, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than
fifty dollars. This section shall not affect any rights con-
ferred by section forty-four or the corporate rights of any
fishing company.

Section 1^9. Whoever, except as otherwise permitted by Restrictions
law, takes any fish which at any season frequent fresh water, fish^frequenting
in any other manner than by angling, shall be punished ^''^^^' ^■^^^'■' ^^'^■
by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars;
but towns may permit the use of nets and seines for taking
herring and alewives or of pots for the taking of eels. This
section shall not prohibit spearing eels, carp or those species
of fish commonly known as "suckers". The possession by Possession

• 1 1 , j.i_ 1, 1 r prima facie

any person m or upon mland waters or upon the banks oi evidence of
the same, except as allowed by law, of any net, trap, trawl, nidation.
or other device adapted for taking fish shall be prima facie
evidence of a violation of this section. This section shall
not apply to ponds or waters now or hereafter held under
lease from the department.

Section 50. Whoever uses a sweep seine or combination Fishing with

„ ... ' . . , sweep seines.

of sweep semes m such a manner as at any moment to
close or seriously obstruct more than two thirds of the
width of a brook or stream at the place where used, or de-
lays or stops in paying out or hauling a sweep seine, or
hauls a sweep seine within one half mile of a point where
such seine has been hauled within an hour, shall be punished
by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars;
but this section shall not apply to seines lawfully used in
the smelt fisheries, or to the fisheries for shad or alewives in
the Taunton Great river, or to the fisheries in North river
in Plymouth county.

Section 51. The director, upon written application to Permits for

1 • • ■ , , J. i_ • • possession, etc.,

him, may issue a permit to any person to have in possession, of fish arti-
buy, sell or otherwise dispose of, at any season of the year, aglted.'^'^"^'
fish artificially propagated and maintained, under such
rules and regulations, approved by the governor and council,
as may be made by the director.

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Enclosure of
non-navigable
brooks or
streams.

Ownership of
fish artificially
propagated.

Penalty for
taking fish in
certain ponds.

Owners of
certain streams
to control
fisheries.

Obstruction of
passage for salt
water fish
prohibited.

Buying, selling,
etc., of certain
fish prohibited.

Sale of white
perch not
prohibited.

Permits as to
black bass.

Taking of trout
from Deerfield
river within
common we;ilth
regulated.

Section 52. A riparian proprietor of a non-navigable
brook or stream may, within the limits of his own premises,
enclose the waters thereof for the propagation of fish if he
furnishes a suitable passage for salt water fish naturally
frequenting such waters to spawn.

Section 53. Fish artificially propagated or maintained
shall be the property of the person propagating or maintaining
them. A person legally engaged in their culture and main-
tenance may take them in his own waters at pleasure or
authorize others so to do.

Section 54- Whoever, without the permission of the
proprietors, fishes in that portion of a pond, stream or other
water where fish are lawfully cultivated or maintained shall
be punished as provided in section seventy-two.

Section 55. The riparian proprietor on a non-navigable
tidal brook or stream, enclosed or unenclosed, in which fish
are lawfully cultivated or maintained shall have the control
of the fishery thereof within his own premises and opposite
thereto to the middle of the stream, and a riparian pro-
prietor at the mouth of such stream shall also have control
of the fishery thereof beyond and around the mouth of the
stream so far as the tide ebbs, if it does not ebb more than
eighty rods; and whoever fishes within such hmits without
permission of the owner shall be punished as provided in
section seventy-two.

No such proprietor shall obstruct, or permit the obstruc-
tion of, a suitable passage for salt water fish through so much
of any such stream as is within his control.

Section 56. No person shall buy, sell, ofi^er or expose for
sale, or have in possession for the purpose of sale, any trout,
black bass, horned pout, yellow perch, pickerel, white perch,
great northern pike or muscallonge, or wall-eyed pike or
pike perch, taken from the waters of this commonwealth.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the
sale of white perch taken from the coastal waters of the
commonwealth or from the waters of Dukes or Nantucket
counties, or from waters now or hereafter held under lease
from the department. Nothing in this section shall be
deemed to prohibit the director from issuing permits as to
black bass under section fifty-one, or to penalize any person
acting under authority of any license so issued.

Section 57. Except as provided in section fifty-one, no
person shall take or have in possession trout between July
thirty-first in any year and April fifteenth of the year follow-
ing, or between September first and May twenty-ninth of
the year following, if taken from the Deerfield river within
the commonwealth, nor shall any person have in possession
at any time a trout less than six inches in length, or trout
less than twelve inches in length if taken from the Deerfield
river or its diverted waters within the commonwealth, unless
taken by a person lawfully fishing and immediately returned
alive to the water whence it was taken.

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Section oS. No person shall take trout at any other time Provisions as
than between one hour before sunrise and two hours after forlwl?
sunset.

Section 59. No person shall in any one day take from the Taking of
waters of the commonwealth a total of more than fifteen ofTateh™'*
trout, nor shall any person in any one day take more than five Application to
trout from the Deerfield river within the commonwealth. Decrfieid river.

Section 60. For the purpose of breeding and developing Restricted area
trout, the director may establish restricted areas in the rlV^'^^^jthln
Deerfield river within the commonwealth, and, subject to state for pur-
approval bj^ the governor and council, make rules and m|^tr°out!^^^ '
regulations for the taking of fish within such area.

Section 61. The director may, with the approval of the Director may
governor and council, make such rules and regulations as l^ons^fofteking
he may deem expedient for the taking of any species of of salmon.
salmon in the rivers and coastal waters and great ponds of
the commonw^ealth and in any private waters which have
been stocked by the commonwealth under an agreement
with the owner. The director shall conspicuously post
such rules and regulations on the shores of such waters and
shall file with the town clerk of each town which borders on
such waters a copy thereof for public inspection. Whoever Penalty.
violates any provision of said rules and regulations shall be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than
fifty dollars.

Section 62. No person shall take pickerel between March ciose season
first and May first in any year, or have in possession pickerel '°'" p^'''^^''®'-
taken in this commonwealth during said period unless taken
by a person lawfully fishing and immediately returned alive
to the water whence it was taken. The possession of a pick-
erel during said period shall be prima facie evidence of such
unlawful taking.

Section 63. No person shall take from the waters of the Restrictions as
commonwealth a pickerel less than twelve inches in length of ptckefeL**'"
or have in possession any such pickerel; nor shall any
person take or have in possession more than ten pickerel
taken from the waters of the commonwealth in any one
day. In prosecutions under this section the possession of
pickerel less than twelve inches in length shall be prima
facie evidence of such unlawful taking.

Section 64- No person shall take from any inland water Restrictions as
of the commonwealth any white perch between March first of wMte^plrch
and June first in any year, or have in possession a white
perch so taken between said dates, nor shall he take from
any such inland water any white perch less than seven
inches in length or have the same in possession, nor shall he
take therefrom a total of more than fifteen white perch in
any one day. This section shall not apply to Dukes or Not applicable
Nantucket counties, nor to waters now or hereafter held *°unt[cs"
under lease from the department.

Section 65. No person shall take from the waters of this Restriction
commonwealth or have in possession a wall-eyed pike, *° *^*kmg, etc

s as

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of wall-eyed
pike or pike
perch.

Restrictions as
to taking, etc.,
of great
northern pike
or miiscallonge.

Restrictions as
to taking, etc.,
of black bass.

Restrictions as
to taking, etc.,
of horned pout
or yellow perch,

Penalty for
fishing with
floats.

Proviso.

"Float"
defined.

Penalty for
introduction of
fish into
state waters.

Shiners may
be taken
for bait.

sometimes called a pike perch so taken, between March first
and April thirtieth, both dates inclusive, or at any time
take from said waters or have in possession a wall-eyed
pike or pike perch less than twelve inches in length so taken
unless taken by a person lawfully fishing and immediately
returned alive to the water whence it was taken; nor shall
any person take or have in possession more than five wall-
eyed pike or pike perch taken from the waters of the com-
monwealth in any one day.

Section 66. No person shall, between February first and
May first following, take from the waters of the common-
wealth, or have in possession, a great northern pike or
muscallonge; nor shall any person at any time take or have
in possession a great northern pike or muscallonge less than
twenty inches in length so taken unless taken by a person
lawfully fishing and immediately returned alive to the
water whence it was taken.

Section 67. No person shall take or have in possession a
black bass between February first and June thirtieth, both
dates inclusive, of any year, or at any time have in pos-
session a black bass less than ten inches in length unless
such bass was taken by a person lawfully fishing and is
immediately returned alive to the water whence it was taken;
nor shall any person take or have in possession more than
six black bass taken from the waters of the commonwealth
in any one day.

Section 68. No person shall take or have in possession
more than thirty horned pout or thirty yellow perch taken
from the waters of the commonwealth in any period of
twenty-four consecutive hours, nor shall he take from said
waters or have in possession horned pout between March
first and June fifteenth in any year or yellow perch between
March first and April first in any year.

Section 69. Whoever fishes with floats, otherwise known
as toggle fishing, in any inland water of the commonwealth
shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more
than fifty dollars; provided, that this section shall not pro-
hibit the use of traps for ice fishing in accordance with law.
For the purposes of this section, a "float" shall mean any
device floating with a line and hook attached, baited with
natural or artificial bait and not under the direct control of
the hands of the person fishing.

Section 70. Whoever puts into any of the inland waters
of the commonwealth other than ponds not great ponds
any species of fish, or spawn thereof, except those species
naturally frequenting such waters, without having first
secured the written approval of the director, shall be pun-
ished b}^ a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty
dollars.

Section 71. Shiners may be taken for bait in any of the
inland waters of the commonwealth by means of a circular
or hoop net not exceeding six feet in diameter, or by means
of a rectangular net other than a seine, containing not more

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than thirty-six square feet of net surface, and shiners and
suckers may be taken for bait in any of said waters by means
of a net containing not more than two hundred square feet
of net surface if each person engaged in operating such net is
thereto authorized by a permit issued by the division, which
permit the division is hereb}^ authorized to issue upon receipt
of a fee of five dollars, which shall be paid into the treasury
of the commonwealth; provided, that any fish taken by any Proviso.
such net, other than those permitted by this section to be
taken thereby, are immediately returned alive to the water.
Permits granted under this section shall expire on the thirty- Duration of
first daj^ of December in the year of issue. permits.

Section 72. Unless the context otherwise requires, a vio- Penalty for
lation of any provision of sections fourteen to seventy-one, JectfonTu to
inclusive, or of any rule or regulation made under authority ^|- inclusive,
thereof, for which no other penalty is provided, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-
five dollars for each fish in respect to which such violation
occurs or each provision, rule or regulation in respect to which
such violation occurs.

Section 73. Sections five to seventy-one, inclusive, shall fn^iusi^ve^ *° '^^'
not affect any provisions or penalties contained, or any not to affect
privileges granted, in any special statute relating to fisheries visions or"'
in any particular place. penalties.

Hunting and Trapping.

Section 7Jf.. No unnaturalized foreign born person, unless Certain un-
he has resided within the commonwealth for ten consecutive "o^re'ign born
days next preceding the doing of any of the acts referred to hlbHed^from'
in this section, owns real estate in the commonwealth assessed hunting, etc.
for taxation at not less than five hundred dollars, and has
received a license under sections five to twelve, inclusive,
authorizing him so to do, shall hunt any bird or mammal of
any description, except in defence of the person, nor shall he
have in possession any such bird or mammal or, within the
commonwealth, own or have in his possession or under his
control a firearm; and any firearm owned by him or in his
possession or under his control in violation of this section
shall be forfeited to the commonwealth. Violation of any Penalty.
provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of fifty
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or
both. If, in any prosecution for violation of any provision Burden of
of this section, the defendant alleges that he has been natural- prosecutions.
ized, or that he owns real estate in the commonwealth to the
value of five hundred dollars or more, the burden of proving
the same shall be upon him.

Section 75. Notice of the seizure of any firearm owned by Director to be
or found in the possession or under the control of any person ure'cf^fir^e-^^'^'
violating any provision of the preceding section, together '^™^' ^^*^-
with the firearm itself, shall be sent to the director by the
officer making the seizure immediately after the guilt of such
person shall be established by a final adjudication in any

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Arrests with-
out warrant.

Penalty for
hunting, etc.,
wild or un-
domesticated
birds, except,
etc.

Exemption of
persons having
certain cer-
tificates.

Taking of
wood code,
ruffed grouse
and quail for
scientific
purposes.

prosecution brought against him for such violation, and any
firearm so seized shall be sold at the discretion of the director,
who shall pay the proceeds to the commonwealth.

Section 76. The director, wardens, deputies, members of
the state police, and all other officers qualified to serve
criminal process shall arrest, without warrant, any person
found with a firearm in his possession if they have reason to
believe that he is a foreign born person described in section
seventy-four. If the arrest be made upon Sunday, or upon
a legal holiday, the person so arrested may be committed for
.safe keeping to a jail or lockup for that day; but he shall be
taken before a magistrate and proceeded against on the next
day which is not Sunday or a legal holiday; and any such
officer may, if he has reason to believe that a firearm is being
concealed by a foreign born person described in said section
seventy-four, apply to any court having jurisdiction of the
offence, and the court, upon receipt of proof, made by affi-
davit, of probable cause for believing that there is such con-
cealment by such person, shall issue a search warrant and
cause a search to be made in any place where such firearm
may be concealed; and to that end the said officer may,
after demand and refusal, cause any building, room or en-
closure to be broken open and entered, and any receptacle
to be opened and its contents examined.

Section 77. Whoever, except as provided in section
eighty-four, eighty-five, eighty-seven or ninety, hunts or has
in his possession a wild or undomesticated bird except an
Enghsh sparrow, crow blackbird, crow, jay, starling, birds
not found wild within the commonwealth or the following
named birds of prey, — sharp-shinned hawk, cooper's hawk,
goshawk, red-tailed hawk, red-shouldered hawk, duck hawk,
pigeon hawk, barred owl and great horned owl, — or wilfully
destroys, disturbs or takes a nest or eggs of any wild or un-
domesticated bird, except such as are not protected by this
section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty
nor more than fifty dollars for each bird taken, killed or had
in possession or for each nest or egg disturbed, destroyed or
taken; but a person who has a certificate from the director
that he is engaged in the scientific study of ornithology or
is collecting in the interests of a scientific institution may at
any season take or kill, or take the nests or eggs of, a wild
or undomesticated bird, except woodcock, ruffed grouse and
quail; but this section shall not authorize a person to enter
upon private grounds without the consent of the owner
thereof for the purpose of taking nests or eggs or killing birds.

Section 78. Upon request of the governing board of any
educational institution within the commonwealth having
power to grant the degree of M.D., Ph.D. or D.S. the director
may issue written instructions to wardens to take, for the
sole purpose of scientific investigation of diseases, woodcock,
ruffed grouse and quail. Such instructions shall specify the
number of such birds that may be taken, the times and
places of taking, the persons to whom the same shall be

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delivered for such investigation and the manner in whicii the
carcasses shall be finally disposed of.

Section 79. Whoever, except as provided in section Penalty for
seventy-seven, has in possession the body or feathers of a of'^bodyTr' ^*'^'
bird, the taking or killing of which is prohibited by said sec- feathers of
tion seventy-seven, whether taken in the commonwealth or '^^^ "'" "^ ^'
elsewhere, or wears such feathers for the purpose of dress or
ornament, shall be punished as provided in section one hun-
dred and thirty-six; but this section shall not apply to non- Not applicable
residents of the commonwealth passing through it or tempo- reskients
rarily dwelling therein.

Section 80. No person, except the owner, shall detain. Protection of
hunt, injure or in any way interfere with a homing or carrier doming pigeons,
pigeon, or remove any identification mark, band or other
thing from it.

Section 81. Whenever it shall appear to the governor that Governor, etc.,
by reason of extreme drought there is danger of fires resulting of extreme
from hunting, trapping, fishing or other cause, he may, with pend^openl'ng
the advice and consent of the council, by proclamation sus- °r continuance

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pend the opening or contmuance of any or all open seasons sons, and
established by this chapter, or any authorized extension cio°8e s™son on
thereof, and proclaim a close season on any or all birds, fish any or aii birds,
or mammals, for such time as he may therein designate, and mai^^ °^^'"'
may therein prohibit hunting, trapping, fishing and the pos-
session of firearms on property of another during the same
time, and he may, by the same or another proclamation and
with like advice and consent, proclaim that any or all sections May proclaim
of the woodlands in the commonwealth where danger of fire be''ciosed'to°^^
might exist shall be closed for such time as he may therein certain persons,
designate to hunters, trappers, fishermen and such other
persons as he deems proper under the circumstances, except
the owners or tenants of such property and their agents and
employees, or persons holding written permission from any
such owner or tenant to enter thereon for any lawful purpose
other than hunting, trapping or fishing. As soon as the fire when Sre
hazard is deemed to be over the governor, for the purpose of may^'extlnd*''^'
providing just and reasonable facilities, for hunting, trapping open seasons,
and fishing, in like manner and with hke advice and consent,
may extend any such open season for a period or periods not
exceeding, in the aggregate, the time of such suspension, and
if by reason of any such extension such open season in whole
or in part coincides with any other open season in such
manner as to cause any conflict in the laws relating thereto,
he may in like manner and with like advice and consent
postpone such other open season for such time as may be
necessary to avoid such conflict.

Every such proclamation shall take effect as therein Proclamations,
stated. A proclamation issued under this section shall be effect? pubilcf-
published in such newspapers or posted in such places and ^tc"' P°^'^"'e,
in such manner under the direction of the department as
the governor may order; but failure to comply with the
provisions of this paragraph shall not in any way invalidate
any proclamation made under authority of this section.

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Api)lication of
section.

During close
seasons so pro-
claimed, close
season laws to
be in force.

Penalty.

Sunday to be
close season.

Close season for
ruffed grouse.

Close season
for quail.

Hunting quail
in certain coun-
ties forbidden.

Bag limit for
ruffed grouse.

Restrictions as
to hunting, etc.
of any shore
birds, rails,
ducks, geese,
etc.

Open season.

Proviso.

Hunting of any
species of the
anatidae not
prohibited at
certain times.

Director may
issue permit to
bring any live
game bird or
any live fur-

This section shall not apply to hunting on coastal waters.

Section 82. During a close season on any birds, fish or
mammals proclaimed as aforesaid, all laws relating to the
close season established thereon by statute shall be in force,
and whoever violates any provision of such laws shall be
subject to the penalty prescribed for such violation. Who-
ever violates any provision of a proclamation issued under
authority of and in accordance with the preceding section
shall, if no penalty is otherwise provided, be punished by a
fine of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred
dollars.

Section 83. Sunday shall be close season on all wild
birds and mammals. No person on Sunday shall set traps
or hunt any bird or mammal of any kind or carry on that
day upon his person a rifle or shotgun in any place where
birds or mammals might be found, except that mammals
caught in traps may be removed.

Section 84- Except as provided in section seventy-eight
or section ninety-two, no person, except between the twen-
tieth of October and the twentieth of November, both
inclusive, shall hunt a ruffed grouse, commonly called
partridge.

Section 85. Except as provided in section seventy-eight,
no person, except between the twentieth of October and the
twentieth of November, both inclusive, shall hunt a quail,
nor shall any person hunt a quail at any time in Essex,
Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk or
Worcester county.

Section 86. Except as provided in section seventy-eight
or section ninety-two, no person shall take or kill more than
three ruffed grouse in one day, or more than fifteen in one
year; or more than four quail in one day, or more than
twenty in one year.

Section 87. No person shall hunt anj^ species of the
limicolae, commonly known as shore birds or woodcock, or
any species of the rallidae, commonly know^n as rails, coots
or gallinules, or of the anatidae, commonly known as ducks,
geese, brants or swans, or have in possession any of said
species, except as provided in this chapter. The director
shall declare from time to time an open season on any such
species, subject to such rules or regulations as he may pre-
scribe; provided, that such open seasons and such rules and
regulations shall at all times conform to the federal laws
and regulations relative thereto.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the
hunting of any species of the anatidae between one half
hour before sunrise and one half hour after sunset of any
day during any open season on such species, nor to permit
the director to make or issue any rule or regulation pro-
hibiting such hunting.

Section 88. No person shall bring or cause to be brought
into the commonwealth any live game bird or any live fur-
bearing or game mammal unless he first obtains a permit so

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to do from the director, nor shall any person liberate any bearing or game
bird or mammal, other than birds used as decoys at the "tate.'"^
time of such liberation, except in accordance with the pro-
visions of an outstanding permit issued to him. The di-
rector may, in his discretion, issue such a permit and may
include therein reasonable conditions as to the importation,
inspection and liberation of birds or mammals; and he may
at any time revoke such a permit. He may make reasonable Rules and
rules and regulations relative to the issue of such permits ''^suiations.
and to the importation, inspection and liberation of birds
and mammals. Whoever violates any condition of a permit Penalty.
granted hereunder shall be punished as provided in section
one hundred and thirty-six.

Any such bird or mammal which is brought into the Confiscation

i.i. •!;• cji- 1 • I'l- of diseased

commonwealth m violation ot this section, or which is so birds or
brought under authority of a permit granted hereunder and m^^mmais.
is found upon inspection to be diseased, may be confiscated
by any officer empowered to enforce this chapter and shall
be forfeited and be disposed of as the director deems best.

Section 89. No person shall hunt a pheasant of any Pheasants.
kind, except as provided in the two following sections.

Section 90. The director may declare an open season on Open season

1 , • J. 1 1 on pheasants.

pheasants in any county where such open season seems
advisable, and may make such rules and regulations relating
to bag limit, time and length of open season and varieties
to be taken, and all other matters connected with such
open season as he may deem necessary or expedient.

Section 91. A person may hunt, upon land owned or Pheasants doing
occupied by him, a pheasant which he finds in the act of beicliied.
doing damage to any crop on cultivated land, or may au-
thorize a member of his family or person permanently em-
ployed by him on such land so to do. The person by whom Reportasto
or under whose direction a pheasant is so hunted shall within kilfeT" ^
twenty-four hours thereafter make a written report to the
director, stating the time, place and the number of pheasants
so killed. Failure to make such report shall be punished as Penalty.
provided in section one hundred and thirty-six.

Section 92. A board, consisting of the commissioner of Board to deter-

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conservation, the commissioner ot agriculture and the di- limits of dis-
rector of the division of ornithology, acting in person or permitl^to'^hunt
through their duly authorized agents, together with a rep- ruffed grouse
resentative of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association, ^^^
Inc., and of The Massachusetts Fish and Game Association,
may from time to time determine and define the limits of
districts within the commonwealth wherein permits to hunt
ruffed grouse, as hereinafter provided, may be used. Said Nocompen-
board shall serve without compensation and shall not incur ^^ "'°' ^ °'
any expense on account of the commonwealth. Upon Granting of
appUcation to the director, upon blank forms furnished by fur^etc*" '''*^'
the division, by the owner or occupant of land in a district jofn'^dama^
wherein a permit as aforesaid may be used, the director may to fruit trees.
grant to him a permit authorizing him, or a member of his
family authorized by him so to do or a person permanently

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No fee.

Report as to
grouse killed

employed by him on such land if authorized as aforesaid,
to hunt on such land, but only for such period between
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 so hunted shall,
within twenty-four hours thereafter, make a written report
to the director, stating the time, place and the number of
grouse so killed. Such person shall retain possession 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. The holder of any permit
granted under this section who violates any provision thereof
or any provision of this section shall forfeit such permit.

Section 93. No person shall, except between October
twentieth and November twentieth, both inclusive, hunt a
gray squirrel, or take or kill more than five gray squirrels
in one day or more than fifteen in one year, or take or kill
at any time a gray squirrel by means of a trap or net, or for
the purpose of taking or killing a gray squirrel construct or
set a trap or net. This section shall not apply to the owner
or occupant of any dwelling house or other building finding
any gray squirrel doing damage to the same or to any fruit
tree, or to grain or other growing cultivated crop.

Section 94- No person, except as provided in section
ninety-six, shall hunt a hare or rabbit except between October
twentieth and February fifteenth, both dates inclusive, or
during the open season kill more than two northern varying
hares, otherwise known as Canada hares, snow-shoe rabbits
or white rabbits, or more than five rabbits in any one day.
This section shall not apply to European hares in the county
of Berkshire, which may be taken or killed at any time.

Section 95. 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 pro-
vided in the following section, no person shall take or kill a
hare or a rabbit by a trap or net, or for that purpose con-
struct 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 for hunting hares or rabbits. No
person shall have in possession a ferret in a place where hares
or rabbits might be taken or killed. Ferrets used or had
in possession in violation hereof shall be confiscated.

Section 96. An owner or tenant of land, or, if authorized

rabbits or hares by such owucr or tcuaut, any member of his family or person

t'ofruitt^eir permanently employed thereon, may, upon such land, hunt,

etc- or take by means of a box trap, a rabbit or hare which such

owner or tenant, or member or person so authorized, has

reasonable cause to believe has damaged or is about to

Forfeiture for
violation.

Close season
for gray
squirrels.

Exception.

Close season
for hares
or rabbits.

Exception.

Hares or
rabbits not to
be trapped, etc

Use of ferret
forbidden
without per-
mit, etc.

Hunting or
trapping of

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damage any vegetable, crop, fruit tree or other valuable

growth on such land. An owner or tenant by whom or by Report as to

whose authority hares or rabbits are so hunted or trapped t "ken""^ '^''''''"^

shall, within twenty-four hours thereafter, make a written

report to the director, stating the time and place and the

number of hares and rabbits so taken and the disposition

made of them. Failure to make such a report as aforesaid Penalty.

shall be punished as provided in section one hundred and

thirty-six.

Section 97. No person shall, except as provided in section protection of
ninety-nine, hunt or trap, or have in possession the living or """skrats"etc.
dead bodies of, minks, otters, muskrats, skunks or raccoons,
except that such animals may be taken by shooting or trap-
ping between November first and March first, both dates
inclusive, and that raccoons may also be taken with the aid
or by the use of dogs or guns in October, but not more than
twenty raccoons shall be taken by one person in one season.

Section 98. No person shall, between March second and Restrictions as
November first, set, tend, use or maintain a trap adapted for *■" •''^"'"^ ^■"''p''-
trapping fur-bearing mammals, and no person shall set or
maintain any trap on the improved or enclosed land of
another, or on land posted as provided in section one hundred
and twenty-three, without the written consent of the owner
or occupant, nor shall any trap be placed in a public way, cart
road or path commonly used as a passageway for human
beings or domestic animals. No trap shall be placed within
ten feet of a muskrat house, nor shall a muskrat house be
torn open, disturbed or destroyed. Every trap shall be
marked with the name of the person using the same, in such
a manner that it shall be legible at all times. Any trap set
in violation of law shall be confiscated by any officer em-
powered to enforce this chapter and shall be declared for-
feited and sold by the director, or at his order, and the pro-
ceeds shall be paid to the commonwealth.

Section 99. Owners of property which has been damaged Setting traps
or injured or which the owners reasonably believe is likely pn!^Trty.*
to be injured by any mammal, except deer, may, at any time
and in such manner as may be necessary to protect said prop-
erty from said mammals, place or authorize the placing of
traps, for the purpose of taking said mammals, of the size
and kind not forbidden bj^ section one hundred and five, on
the said land; provided, that the carcasses and skins of all Proviso,
protected mammals so taken during other than the open
season shall not be sold. A written report shall be sent by Report as to
every such owner to the director on or before January thirty- ^ken""'^
first in each year, stating the number and kinds of mammals
taken under authority of this section.

Section 100. Violation of any provision of sections ninety- Penalties for
seven to ninety-nine, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine gec'fonToy^to
of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars, 99. inclusive.
in addition to any other penalty or forfeiture which may be
imposed for taking, killing or having in possession any birds
or mammals at times or by means contrary to law.

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Penalty for
discharging
firearms upon
state highway.

Birds not to
be taken by
snares, etc.

Poison not to
be used in kill-
ing mammals.

Proviso.

Snares not to
be used in
killing
mammals.

Certain traps
not to be used.

Penalty for
failure to
visit trap.

Scented bait
not to be used.

Section 101. Whoever, for the purpose of hunting, taking
or kilhng any bird or mammal, discharges any firearm upon
any state highway, or within fifty yards of any such highway,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more
than fifty dollars.

Section 102. Whoever constructs, sets, places, maintains
or tends a trap, net or snare for the purpose of taking or
killing a bird, or takes a bird by such means, or whoever hunts
any bird with a swivel or pivot gun, or by the use of a torch,
jack or artificial light, or by the aid or use of any vehicle,
boat or floating device propelled by sail, steam, naphtha,
gasoline, electricity, compressed air or similar motive power,
or whoever, for the purpose of taking or killing a wild bird,
places or causes to be placed upon the shores or foreshores
of, or in or upon, any waters within the commonwealth grain
of any kind shall be punished as provided in section one
hundred and thirty-six.

Section 103. Whoever places poison in any form what-
soever for the purpose of killing any mammal shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than
five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than
three months nor more than one year, or both; provided,
that this section shall not prohibit any person from placing
in his orchard or in or near his house, barn or other buildings
poison for the purpose of destroying rats, woodchucks or
other pests of like nature, or from placing with like intent
under the surface of his lands carbon disulphide in any of its
forms or any other poison applied in a manner similar to
that in which carbon disulphide is applied. Possession of the
raw fur of any mammal killed by poison, except rats, wood-
chucks or other pests of like nature, shall be prima facie
evidence that the person having such possession has violated
this section.

Section 104- Whoever constructs, erects, sets, repairs or
tends any snare for the purpose of catching or killing any
mammal, or takes a mammal by such means, shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hun-
dred dollars. The construction, erection, setting, repairing
or tending of any snare by any person shall be prima facie
evidence of a violation by him of this section.

Section 105. Whoever sets, places, maintains or tends a
trap, commonly called a steel or jaw trap, with a spread of
more than six inches, or a trap with teeth jaws, or a "stop-
thief", "dead-fall" or choke trap with an opening of more
than six inches, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 106. Whoever fails to visit at least once in twenty-
four hours a trap set or maintained bv him shall be punished
by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred
dollars.

Section 107. Whoever sets, places, locates, maintains or
tends a trap of any kind with a scent or scented bait upon
the premises of another shall be punished by a fine of not

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less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars or by imprison-
ment for not more than one month, or both. Nothing in
this section shall be construed to prevent the using as bait
of fruit, vegetables, fish, birds or mammals, or parts thereof,
provided nothing is added thereto and that such bait is used
in its natural state.

Section 108. Whoever, except as provided in this and the Penalty for
following section, hunts a deer shall be punished by a fine of ex^cepT.^etc.^'^'
one hundred dollars; provided, that any person may, on proviso.
land owned or occupied by him, or, with the consent of the
owner, upon land adjacent thereto, hunt any deer which he
has reasonable cause to believe has damaged or is about to
damage crops, fruit or ornamental trees, except grass growing
on uncultivated land; and he may authorize any member
of his familj^, or any person employed by him so to hunt a
deer under the circumstances above specified. In the event
of the wounding or killing of a deer as aforesaid, the person
by whom or under whose direction the deer was wounded or
killed shall, within twenty-four hours thereafter, send to the
director a written report, signed by him, of the facts relative
to the said wounding or killing, including the time and place
thereof, and the kind of tree or crop injured or destroyed, or
about to be injured or destroyed by the deer.

Section 109. Any person duly authorized to hunt in the Open season
commonwealth may, except in Nantucket county, between ^'^'■'^®^''-
one half hour before sunrise and one half hour after sunset of
each day beginning with the first Monday in December and
ending with the following Saturday, or, in Berkshire, Frank-
lin, Hampden or Hampshire county, between one half hour
before sunrise and one half hour after sunset of each day,
beginning with the first Monday in December and ending
with the second following Saturday, hunt, by the use of a
shotgun or bow and arrow, a deer, subject to the following
restrictions and provisions: No person shall, except as pro- Restrictions,
vided in the preceding section, kill more than one deer. No ^^^'
deer shall be hunted on land posted in accordance with section
one hundred and twenty-three, or on land under control of
the metropolitan district commission, or in any state reserva-
tion subject to section one hundred and fourteen except as
provided therein. No person shall make, set or use any trap,
torch light or jack light, salt lick or other device for the pur-
pose of ensnaring, enticing, taking, injuring or killing a deer.
No person shall carry on his person an arrow adapted for
hunting purposes unless it is plainly marked with his name
and permanent address. Whoever wounds or kills a deer Report as to
shall make a written report, signed by him, and send it orkiiTe°d!"'^^**
within twenty-four hours of such wounding or killing, to the
director, stating the facts relative to the wounding or killing.
Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be pun- Penalty.
ished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hun-
dred dollars.

Section 110. Whoever hunts a moose shall be punished by Penalty for
a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars. ^""^'"^ ™°°''-

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Dogs chas-
ing deer.

Hunting of
birds or mam-
mals with
rifle, revolver
or pistol, or
by aid of a
dog, regulated.

Payment by
commonwealth
of damages
caused by deer
or moose.

Section 111. The director, wardens, deputies, any mem-
ber of the state poKce, or any officer qiiahfied to serve criminal
process, may kill a dog found chasing or hunting deer at any
time, if the dog is so chasing or hunting with the knowledge
and consent of his owner or keeper, and the owner or keeper
shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more
than fifty dollars. If a dog has twice been found chasing or
hunting deer, and the owner or keeper of the dog has been
notified on each occasion by the director, and the same dog is
thereafter found chasing or hunting deer, it shall be prima
facie evidence that such chasing or hunting was with the
knowledge and consent of the said owner or keeper.

Section 112. No person shall between one half hour
before sunrise on the first Monday in December and one
half hour after sunset on the following Saturday, or, in
Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire or Hampden county, be-
tween one half hour before sunrise on the first Monday in
December and one half hour after sunset on the second
following Saturday, hunt a bird or mammal with a rifle,
revolver or pistol or by the aid of a dog, or have in his
possession, or under his control, in any wood or field, a rifle,
revolver or pistol, or a dog adapted to the hunting or pur-
suing of birds or mammals, or, while in pursuit of birds or
mammals, have in his possession, or under his control, on
any highwaj'-, any such firearm or dog.

Section 113. Whoever suffers loss by the eating, browsing
or trampling of his fruit or ornamental trees, vegetables,
produce or crops by deer or moose, if the damage is done
in a city may inform the officer of police thereof who shall
be designated to receive such information by the mayor, and
if the damage is done in a town may inform the chairman
of the selectmen of such town, declaring the amount of such
damage as nearly as he can determine the same. If the
amount so declared does not exceed twenty dollars, the
officer or chairman shall proceed to the premises and de-
termine whether the damage was inflicted by such deer or
moose, and, if so, appraise the amount thereof and within
ten days after such appraisal is made return to the director
a certificate of the damages fixed by such appraisal. If the
amount of said damage is declared by the owner of the dam-
aged property to exceed twenty dollars, said owner shall
notify the director of said damage. The director, within
eight days after receiving such notice, shall determine
whether the damage was inflicted by such deer or moose,
and, if so, he shall at once proceed to have an appraisal made
under oath by three persons, one of whom shall be desig-
nated by the owner of the damaged property, one by the
director and the third by the trustees for county aid to
agriculture or for the county agricultural school of the
county in which the damage occurred. Within ten days
after such appraisal is made, the appraiser designated by
the director as aforesaid shall return to the director a cer-
tificate of the damages fixed by such appraisal. The di-

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rector shall, within thirty days after receiving such certificate,
if he finds the claim to be just and the appraisal correct,
endorse his approval thereon and transmit the same, with
the cost of appraisal added, to the comptroller, and the
amount so certified shall be paid by the commonwealth;
provided, that if any doubt exists, the director may summon Proviso.
the appraisers and all parties interested and make such
examination as he thinks proper and may cause the ap-
praisers to review their appraisal or cause a new appraisal
or appraisals to be made as aforesaid by other appraisers
designated and proceeding in the same manner as the original
appraisers. Each appraiser, except when a paid official or Appraiser's
employee of the commonwealth or of a county, shall receive and traveUng
compensation from the commonwealth at the rate of sixty- expenses.
five cents per hour for not more than eight hours in any one
day while acting as such and ten cents a mile for his necessary
travel.

Any tree appraised in the manner above referred to as Director to
having been totally damaged, and for which compensation ag™d trees^."^
has been paid by the commonwealth under this section, may
thereafter be removed by the director without further com-
pensation therefor.

Section 114- No person shall hunt, or in any manner Hunting of
molest or destroy any bird or mammal within the boundaries mlis^wkhin'"'
of any state reservation, park, common or any land owned pubHc^iands^
or leased by the commonwealth or any political subdivision regulated.
thereof or any land held in trust for public use, except that
the authorities or persons having the control and charge of
such reservations, parks, commons or other lands may,
with such limitations as they may deem advisable, authorize
persons to hunt within said boundaries any of the birds
named in section seventy-seven, or the fur-bearing mammals,
except muskrats, mentioned in section ninety-seven, or foxes,
weasels or wildcats, and except that deer may be hunted in
any state forest reservation subject to this section during
the open season for deer, if the commissioner with the ap-
proval of the governor and council declares such open season
effective therein. Such authorizations, except for hunting Licenses.
deer on state forest reservations as aforesaid, shall be by
written license, revocable at the pleasure of the authorities
or persons granting it. The boards, officials and persons Enforcement.
having charge of such reservations, parks, commons or
lands owned or leased or held for public use shall enforce
this section.

This section shall not apply to state forests acquired under Not applicable
section thirty or section thirty-three of chapter one hundred statrforests.
and thirty-two.

Section 115. For the purpose of protecting any species Commissioner
of useful birds, mammals or fish, and for aiding the propaga- ^"ild iTfe'^sanc-
tion thereof, the commissioner may acquire in fee by pur- tuanes.
chase, gift or devise, or may lease, or, with the consent of
the owners, may control any land, water or shore or the
right to use the same, including the right of the public in

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May receive
in trast grants
of land, etc.

Proviso.

Rules and
regulations for
reservations
and sanc-
tuaries.

Penalty.

Authorization
for hunting or
trapping harm-
ful mammals
or birds.

Publication
and posting of
order establish-
ing a wild life
sanctuary, etc.

Effective upon
posting.

such land or on such Water or shore, as a wild life sanctuary.
The commissioner, with the approval of the governor and
council, may receive in trust for the commonwealth any
grant or devise of land or any gift or bequest of personal
property for the purpose of aiding in the propagation and
protection of any useful birds, mammals or fish; provided,
that, unless approved by the general court, no obligation
shall be imposed on the commonwealth to expend in the
carrying out of any trust more than the income of the trust
property, or more than the income and principal thereof if
by the terms of the trust the principal may be expended.
Any such gift or bequest of money or securities shall be
transferred forthwith to the state treasurer, who shall ad-
minister it as provided by section sixteen of chapter ten.

Section 116. In respect to any territory mentioned in
the two preceding sections, the director may make such use
of the land, water or shore within the territory as he deems
best for the purpose of improving the feeding and nesting
environment of birds or mammals, and may from time to
time make such rules and regulations relating to such
territory as he deems proper, and such rules and regulations,
when approved by the governor and council, shall have the
force of law. The director may liberate birds within the
limits of the said territories, and, when in his opinion such
action is advisable, co-operate with land owners within such
territory in experiments in the propagation of birds or
mammals. Whoever violates any provision of such rules
or regulations shall be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment for not more than two months, or both.

Section 117. The director may authorize in writing any
warden or deputy or the owner or occupant of any land
within any such territory or any other responsible person
to hunt or trap within the said territory and under the di-
rection of the director any mammals or birds which he may
consider harmful to other birds and mammals or to agri-
culture, or to take or remove the nests or eggs of any such
first mentioned birds.

Section 118. If an order is made by the director estab-
lishing a close season or a wild life sanctuary, as provided
in section one hundred and fifteen or one hundred and
sixteen, he shall cause a copy of the order to be published
once a week for two successive weeks in one or more news-
papers published in the counties embracing the territory, and
shall cause copies of the order to be posted in conspicuous
places within the towns where the territory is situated, and
also within the limits of the territory itself. If a great pond
or any part thereof, or any seashore, is included within the
territory as to which a close season is ordered as aforesaid, a
copy of the order shall be filed in the office of the clerk of
any town bordering upon the pond or seashore, and also
in the office of the state secretary. An order made by the
director in accordance herewith shall take effect when posted

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as above provided, and shall contain a full description of the
territorj^ so established and the period for which it is closed.

Section 119. Whenever such wild life sanctuary has been Hunting or
established or a close season has been established upon a ormamma'is^^
territory by an order as above provided, no person, except ganp^".,^'''' ''^®
as provided in section one hundred and seventeen, shall forbidden.
hunt or trap any bird or mammal within the said territory,
or disturb or injure any nest, eggs or young of such bird or
mammal, or remove the eggs or young from the nest. Who- Penalty.
ever violates any provision of this section shall be punished
by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months,
or both.

Section 120. No person shall enter with a firearm or any Penalty for
device adapted for killing or injuring birds or mammals or firSrmL°°et°i.,
with a trap or snare upon any territory established in ac- "^°bi-®"j°''^
cordance with section one hundred and fifteen as a wild a wild life
hfe sanctuary or upon which a close season has been estab- ^^"''*"^''y-
lished. Whoever violates any provision of this section
shall be punished as provided in the preceding section.

Section 121. No person shall transport or cause to be Birds illegally
transported out of the commonwealth any bird or mammal be sTOt'out°
protected by this chapter which has illegally been taken or of state.
killed therein.

Section 122. Officers in charge of public buildings in ^^£^^5'"}^*'°°
cities and such officers as the selectmen designate and ap- sparrow.
point in towns may take such reasonable means and use
such apphances, except poison, as in their judgment will effec-
tively exterminate the English sparrow and starling in such
cities and towns, but nothing herein shall authorize an officer
to enter on private property without the consent of the owner
or occupant thereof. Whoever wilfully resists such officers Penalty for in-
while engaged in such duties or knowingly interferes with ^erference, etc.
the means used by them for such purpose shall be punished
by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars.

Section 123. Whoever fishes, hunts or traps on private Penalty for
land without permission of the owner or tenant thereof, after ing.'etc., on*^'
such owner or tenant has conspicuously posted thereon p°^*®'^ ''^°'^-
notices, bearing thereon the name of such owner or tenant,
stating that fishing or hunting thereon is prohibited, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.

Section 124- No person, except as provided in section one Saie, etc., of
hundred and twenty-five, one hundred and twenty-six, one forbtdden^ ^
hundred and twenty-seven, one hundred and twenty-nine
or one hundred and thirty, shall buy, sell, barter, exchange,
or in any way deal in or trade with respect to, the dead or
living bodies of birds or mammals, protected by the law
in this commonwealth, whenever and wherever taken or
killed. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall Penalty.
be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one
hundred dollars.

Section 125. Hares or rabbits lawfully taken without Hfforrab-

,1 ,, , ,, -111 1 "'^^ taken

the commonwealth may be sold: provided, that the sale without state

may be sold.

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Proviso.

Buying, selling,
etc., of skins of
minks, otters,
muskrats, etc.

Permit to pos-
sess within an
enclosure a
protected live
bird or
mammal.

Birds t9 be
tagged if sold
for food.

Packages to
be labelled.

Penalty.

Section, how
construed.

Forfeiture of
licenses.

Sale under
license of
certain birds.

thereof is lawful in the state or country in which they are
taken.

Section 126. The skins of minks, otters, muskrats, skunks
and raccoons which have been legally taken or legally propa-
gated in the commonwealth or legally taken and transported
from any other state or country which does not prohibit
their sale or export may be bought or sold at all times, but
the burden of proof that such skins were lawfully taken
shall be upon the person possessing them.

Section 127. Except as otherwise provided, no person
shall have in his possession at any time a live bird or mammal
which is protected by this chapter; but a permit to possess
within an enclosure such a bird or mammal may be issued
by the director in his discretion to any person. Birds and
mammals had in possession under any such permit may be
sold at any time, except that if sold for food they shall be
killed, and shall be tagged as follows: To the carcass of each
bird and to each quarter of each mammal shall be affixed
a numbered tag, to be supplied by the director at a cost of
five cents each; and an accurate account of birds and
mammals so killed and tagged shall be kept by the licensee
and submitted to the director on or before December thirty-
first of each year, together with the names of any persons to
whom they were sold or transported. Every package con-
taining birds or mammals killed under this section shall be
plainly labelled with the name of the licensee by whom such
birds or mammals were killed, with the name of the con-
signee, and with a statement of the number and kind of
birds or mammals contained therein. All carcasses or parts
thereof shall remain entire and unplucked until the time
when they are prepared for consumption as food. The
sale of any carcass, or part thereof, not having at the time
affixed thereto the tag required by this section, shall be
punished as provided in section one hundred and thirty-six.

Nothing herein shall be construed to permit the possession
of a bird or mammal by a person purchasing or receiving such
bird or mammal from a holder of a permit unless such pur-
chaser or receiver shall also hold a permit under this chapter
or be otherwise authorized by this chapter to so possess.

Section 128. Any person holding a license under section
one hundred and twenty-seven or one hundred and thirty,
convicted of any violation of this chapter or of corresponding
provisions of earlier law, shall forfeit such license and be
debarred from securing a new license for a period of one
year from the date of conviction, in addition to being sub-
ject to the penalties provided in section one hundred and
thirty-six. No person shall be eligible to hold such a license
if he has been convicted of any violation of this chapter or of
corresponding provisions of earlier law within one year
prior to application therefor.

Section 129. Any person licensed under section one
hundred and thirty may have in possession and sell the
unplucked entire bodies of the following species of birds

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imported from without the United States, namely, pheasants,
mallard ducks, Scotch grouse, European black game, Euro-
pean black plover, European or gray partridge, red-legged
partridge, and Egj^ptian or migratory quail; provided, that Proviso.
such birds were legally killed in the country whence they
were imported. Any such person may buy, sell and have in Buying, seii-
possession deer, moose, caribou and elk legally killed out- ce?ta1n''de°Jr,
side of the commonwealth and legally transported therein; moose, etc.
provided, that there is attached to some part of the body Provisos.
of such deer, moose, caribou or elk the game warden's tag
allowing the same to be shipped from the state or country
in which it was killed; and provided, further, that before
any such bird or mammal is sold in the commonwealth,
there shall be affixed to each carcass or body, or part thereof,
a numbered tag, to be supplied at a cost of five cents each
by the director, and said tag shall be affixed to said body or
carcass upon its entry into the commonwealth and be kept
thereon while the same is within the commonwealth.

Section 130. The director may in his discretion grant to Dealer's
any person a dealer's license authorizing the holder thereof ^''=«'"*«-
to engage in the business of selling and offering for sale the
dead bodies of birds or mammals protected by this chapter
and tagged in accordance with section one hundred and
twenty-seven or imported under section one hundred and
twenty-nine; but a person holding a license issued under
authority of said section one hundred and twenty-seven may
sell or offer for sale birds or mammals, alive or dead, in
accordance with said section without procuring a license
hereunder. No license shall be required of any person
purchasing any such dead body, or part thereof, from a
person holding a license hereunder.

Section 131. Whoever violates any provision of sections Penalties for
one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and thirty, s'ectfonTi2,5 to
inclusive, or any rule or regulation made thereunder, or i3o, inclusive.
counterfeits or uses again any tags used as therein provided,
shall for the first offence be punished as provided in section
one hundred and thirty-six and for a subsequent offence by
imprisonment for not more than three months.

Section 132. Section one hundred and twenty-four shall Museums, etc.,

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not apply to natural history associations and museums nor section 124.
to holders of the certificates provided for in section seventy- Application of
seven, and sections one hundred and twenty-four to one '^^^^^^^ sections.
hundred and thirty, inclusive, shall not apply to the sale of
feathers or fur.

Section 133. Whoever in any town kills a wildcat, Canada Payment of
lynx or loupcervier not being in captivity shall, upon pro- kniinro/^
ducing satisfactory evidence of such killing, be entitled to ci'nadai n.or
receive from the treasury of the town the sum of ten dollars; loupcervier.
and all sums so paid out shall be repaid to the town treasurer
by the treasurer of the county where the town is situated;
provided, that a sworn statement thereof shall be trans- Proviso.
mitted by the town treasurer to the county treasurer.

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Gunning stand
or blind to be
registered, etc.

Penalty.

Director may
issue certificate
of registration
of a gunning
stand or blind.

Fee.

Duration of
certificate.

Not transfer-
able, etc.

Revocation.

Training of
hunting dogs
not prohibited.

Proviso.

Penalty for
violation of
sections 74 to
135, inclusive,
etc.

When act
takes effect.

Section 134- No person shall conduct or maintain a
gunning stand or blind unless it is registered as hereinafter
provided. For the purposes of this section, a gunning
stand or blind shall mean any building or blind, so called,
conducted and maintained for the purpose of taking anatidae
by the use of live duck and goose decoys on the shore of
any body of water or on any tidal marshes, flats or beaches.
Whoever violates any provision of this paragraph shall be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than one
hundred dollars.

The director shall, upon application of any person, issue a
certificate of registration of a gunning stand or blind. Such
application shall be signed by the applicant, or, if the appli-
cant is an association or corporation, by all the members
thereof, shall be made upon a blank furnished by the director,
shall contain such information as may be required by the
director and shall be accompanied by a fee of two dollars
and seventy-five cents. The certificate of registration shall
bear the name and address of the person conducting or main-
taining such stand or blind and its location. Said cer-
tificate shall be valid for use to and including the following
December thirty-first, shall not be transferable and shall
be produced for examination upon the demand of any au-
thorized person. The director may, after a hearing, revoke
any such certificate of registration if it appears to him that
there has been any violation of this chapter upon the regis-
tered premises, and shall not restore such a license for a
period of one year following its revocation.

Section 135. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed
to prohibit the training of hunting dogs, so called, between
September first in any year and the following April first;
provided, that no firearms may be carried, except during
the open seasons provided by this chapter, by the person so
training such dogs.

Section 136. Unless the context otherwise requires, a
violation of any provision of sections seventy-four to one
hundred and thirty-five, inclusive, or of any rule or regu-
lation made under authority thereof, for which no other
penalty is provided, shall be punished by a fine of not less
than twenty nor more than fifty dollars for each bird or
mammal in respect to which such violation occurs or each
provision, rule or regulation in respect to which such viola-
tion occurs.

Section 3. This act, except subsection eight of section
two and except so much of subsection six of said section two
as relates to the issuance of licenses by the director of the
division of fisheries and game, shall take effect on August
first in the current year, and the balance of this act shall take
effect on January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one.

Approved May 28, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 394. 461

An Act providing for the elimination of the crossing Qhaj:) 394

AT grade at governor SQUARE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON '

BY STREET RAILWAY CARS USING THE BOYLSTON STREET
SUBWAY,

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1, Chapter three hundred and forty-one of the i925, 341. § 2.
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five is hereby amended '""^° ^
by striking out section two and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 2. The transit department of the city Transit de-
of Boston may make such alterations in and extensions to the the dtTof°^
Boylston street subway as it may deem necessary for the n,°keait^ra
purpose of eliminating the crossing at grade of Governor tions in and
square by cars using said subway, for the improvement of Biyfston street
street car service on Commonwealth avenue and Beacon ^J-J^j^^tin'^
street, for the purpose of providing means for a convenient crossing at
interchange of passengers between cars or trains operated in Irnor °qu^rJ"
said subway and those operated on surface lines connecting ga^jf^^b";^^;!"^
therewith and for improving the transportation facilities etc
furnished in said subway, and to that end shall have the To have certain
powers conferred upon the Boston transit commission by FeTeTupTn
chapter seven hundred and forty-one of the acts of nineteen Boston transit
hundred and eleven and amendments thereof. Said altera-
tions and extensions shall be so designed and constructed
that cars from both Beacon street and Commonwealth
avenue can be operated through said Bojdston street subway.
To meet the cost of such alterations and extensions, the city City of Boston
of Boston may issue bonds (hereinafter called subway bonds) bonds to meet
to an amount not exceeding three million one hundred thou- ''°^*' ^*''"
sand dollars increased by such amount, if any, as may be
agreed upon by said transit department and the Boston
Elevated Railway Company, hereinafter called the company,
in the event that alterations in the plan originally approved
are agreed upon and approved as hereinafter provided, in the
same manner as bonds issued to meet the original cost of the
Boylston street subway, and all rentals or other payments Rentals.

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received by said city under this act shall be used so far as
necessary for the payment of interest on said bonds and the
balance shall be used for the payment of the principal
thereof.

To meet any additional cost of such alterations and exten- to meet any
sions over and above the amount of subway bonds hereinbefore city'trMsurTr*"'
authorized to be issued, the treasurer of the city of Boston, ggij^bonds'^of
without any other authority than that contained in this act, city, etc.
shall from time to time on request of the transit department
issue and sell at public or private sale bonds of the city to an
amount sufficient to provide funds for the payment of such
additional cost, which bonds shall be outside the statutory
limit of indebtedness. Each authorized issue of bonds shall
constitute a separate loan. The bonds shall be designated s"'ua™im-
on their face. Governor Square Improvement Bonds, Act of provement
1930; shall be in such form of coupon bonds or registered ofTm'^'*

462

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 394.

No work until
approval of
plan by depart-
ment of public
utilities and
until city of
Boston and
Boston Ele-
vated Railway
Company exe-
cute a con-
tract, etc.

Form of
contract.

Determination
of net cost.

Rental payable
annually.

Alterations,
etc., to be
deemed part
of subway.

Contract to
provide for
annual rental
payable to city
of Boston, etc.

Proviso.

bonds without coupons or coupon bonds exchangeable for
registered bonds as the treasurer of the city shall determine;
shall be for such terms not exceeding fifty years from the
dates of issue as the mayor and treasurer of the city shall
determine; shall bear interest in accordance with the pro-
visions of chapter fifty-two of the Special Acts of nineteen
hundred and eighteen, and shall be payable by such annual
payment as will extinguish the same at maturity and so that
the first of said annual payments on account of any loan shall
be made not later than one year after the date of the bonds
issued therefor and that the amount of said payments in any
j^ear on account of such loan shall not be less than the amount
of the principal of the loan payable in any subsequent year.
The said annual amounts, together with the interest on the
loan, shall without further action be assessed until the debt
is extinguished.

No such work shall be done, however, unless and until a
plan therefor shall be approved by the department of public
utilities, and unless and until a contract between the city of
Boston and the company shall have been executed for the sole
and exclusive use by the company of such alterations and
extensions for a term ending upon the termination of the
lease of said subway. Any plan so approved may be altered
at any time by a new plan approved in like manner except
that after the execution of said contract for use no such
alteration shall be made without the consent thereto of the
company in writing. The contract shall be in the same
general form as those authorized by said chapter seven
hundred and forty-one, except in so far as any other provisions
may be agreed upon by said transit department and the
company as specially apphcable to the demised premises.
The net cost of such alterations and extensions shall be de-
termined in the manner provided in said chapter seven hun-
dred and forty-one but for the purposes of determining the
rental shall not be deemed to exceed three million one hundred
thousand dollars, increased by any sum which may be agreed
upon by said transit department and the company in the
event that alterations of the plan originally approved are
later agreed upon by them and approved as aforesaid. The
rental shall be payable annually on the twenty-fifth day of
July in each year. Any alteration or extension made under
this act shall be deemed a part of the Boylston street subway.
Such contract for use shall provide that the company shall
pay to the city of Boston for each full year ending with the
last day of June, and ratably for any portion of a year, an
annual rental, which shall be sufficient to provide an amount
equal to one half of one per cent of the net cost of such altera-
tions and extensions in addition to the annual amount of
interest on the subway bonds issued to pay for said net cost,
but not less than four and one half per cent of said net cost
in any event; provided, however, that said annual rental
shall be payable by the company in any year only if and to
the extent that the reserve fund provided for by section five

Acts, 1930. — CnAr. 394. 4G3

of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine of the Special Acts of
nineteen hundred and eighteen exceeds on the last day of
June the amount originally established, such excess to be
determined and obligation to pay such rental to accrue in
priority to any reimbursement of the commonwealth under
sections eleven and thirteen of said chapter one hundred and
fifty-nine. If by virtue of the foregoing proviso the company commonwealth
does not make the full rental payments as above provided, of any amount^
the commonwealth shall, during the term of said contract unpaid by
and until the subway bonds issued by the city of Boston under
this section shall have been paid, or a sinking fund accumu-
lated sufficient to pay the same at maturity, pay to the city
of Boston on or before August first in each year one half of any
amounts so unpaid, and the city of Boston shall place the
other half in its next ensuing tax levy.

On application of the city of Boston, the department of Determination
public utilities shall determine the amount so to be paid by department of
the commonwealth. In order to provide for any such pay- p'^^'"' utilities.
ment, the state treasurer may borrow as provided in section
eleven of said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine. In case Assessment
the commonwealth shall be called upon to make any pay- c^°p"and''"
ments hereunder, the amount thereof, with interest or other towns.
charges incurred in borrowing money for the purpose, shall
be assessed upon the cities and towns which paid assessments
under the last preceding assessment under section fourteen
of said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine in proportion to the
amounts paid, and shall be assessed and collected in the
manner provided in said section fourteen.

Section 2. Said chapter three hundred and forty-one is 1925, 311, § 3,
hereby further amended by striking out section three and ''™®'^'^®
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 3. If, Excess of re-
as of the last day of June in any year during the period of trbe applied
public operation of the company under the provisions of said ^^^e for"*^^^
chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, the reserve fund pro- amounts paid
vided for in said chapter shall, after deducting the amount of Boston under
the annual rental herein provided for, exceed the amount ^J°t^on°2"^ °^
originally established, the trustees of the Boston Elevated
Railway Company shall apply the excess, so far as necessary,
to reimburse the commonwealth for all amounts paid by the
commonwealth to the city of Boston under the provisions of
section two of this act, and in priority to any reimbursement
of the commonwealth under sections eleven and thirteen of
said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine.

Section 3. Said chapter three hundred and forty-one 1925, 341, new
is hereby further amended by adding at the end thereof the
three following new sections: — Section A. Upon and after Reserve fund,

.,. ■ , ■ r IT 1- cj^i 1 how to be used

the termination of public operation 01 the company under upon and after
said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, the reserve fund of pub^ii""^*'""
established under the provisions of section five of said chapter operation of
shall, except as provided in section thirteen of said chapter ''""P''"^'
and in this act, be used only for the purpose of making good
any deficiency in income if the same is insufficient to meet
the cost of the service as defined in said chapter, and when-

464

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 395.

Company to
report annually
to state treas-
urer amount
by which re-
serve fund,
after deducting
amount of
annual rental,
exceeded
amount origi-
nally estab-
lished, etc.

Reimburse-
ment.

Petition for
determination
of excess,
if, etc.

Balance to be
paid to state,
if, etc.

Distribution
among cities
and towns
assessed.

Effective upon
certain ac-
ceptances.

Proviso.

ever, on the other hand, such income is more than suJERcient
to meet the said cost of the service, the excess shall be trans-
ferred to and become a part of the reserve fund.

Section 5. Upon and after such termination of public
operation, the company shall, on or before the thirty-first day
of July in each year, report to the state treasurer the amount,
if any, by which said reserve fund on the preceding thirtieth
day of June, after deducting the amount of the annual rental
herein provided for, exceeded the amount originally estab-
lished, and the company shall thereupon pay over such excess
in so far as necessary to reimburse the commonwealth for all
amounts paid after such termination of public operation,
by the commonwealth to the city of Boston under the pro-
visions of section two of this act. If the state treasurer or the
attorney general is not satisfied as to the correctness of said
report, either may, at any time within sixty days after its
receipt, petition the department of pubhc utilities for a
determination of such excess and said department shall de-
termine the same. If the amount of such excess, so deter-
mined, is greater than the amount originally reported, the
balance shall be paid by the company to the commonwealth
within twenty days from the date of such determination.

Section 6. Any amounts reimbursed to the common-
wealth under the provisions of this act shall be distributed
among the cities and towns assessed under this act in propor-
tion to the amounts so assessed.

Section 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
both by vote of the city council of the city of Boston, ap-
proved by the mayor, and by the Boston Elevated Railway
Company by vote of its board of directors, and upon the
filing of certificates of such acceptances with the state secre-
tary; provided, that such acceptances, approval and fifing
occur during the current year. For the purpose of such ac-
ceptances, this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved May 28, 1930.

Chap

G. L. 164, § 85,
amended.

Departnient of
public utilities
may examine
books, etc., of
gas and elec-
tric companies
and affiliated
companies.

.395 An Act extending the jurisdiction of the department
OF public utilities in respect to the examination
of gas and electric companies to corporations and
others affiliated with such companies.

Be it enacted, etc., as folloivs:

Chapter one hundred and sixty-four of the General Laws
is hereby amended by striking out section eighty-five and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 85. The
officers and employees of the department may be authorized
by it to examine the books, contracts, records, documents
and memoranda or the physical property of any company
subject to this chapter, and of any affihated company with
respect to any relations, transactions or dealings, direct or
indirect, between such affiliated company and any company
so subject, and, for any examination so authorized, shall be

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 396. 465

entitled to full access to the subject matter thereof. No
such officer or emploj^ee shall divulge any fact or informa-
tion coming to his knowledge during the course of such an
examination unless directed by the department or by the
court, or authorized bj' law.

For the purposes of this section, the words "affiliated a^ed'^^o'^^'^ny..
company" shall include any corporation, society, trust, to include, etc.
association, partnership or individual (a controlling a com-
pany subject to this chapter, either directly, by ownership of
a majority of its voting stock or of such minority thereof
as to give it substantial control of such company, or indi-
rectly, by ownership of such a majority or minority of the
voting stock of another corporation or association so con-
trolling such company; or (h) so controlled by a corporation,
society, trust, association, partnership or individual con-
trolling as aforesaid, directly or indirectly, a company sub-
ject to this chapter; or (c) standing in such a relation to a
company subject to this chapter that there is an absence of
equal bargaining power between the corporation, society,
trust, association, partnership or individual and the com-
pany so subject, in respect to their dealings and transactions.

Approved May 28, 1930.

An Act subjecting to the approval of the department C/ia7?.396

OF PUBLIC UTILITIES CERTAIN CONTRACTS OF GAS AND
ELECTRIC COMPANIES FOR SERVICES RENDERED.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and sLxtv-four of the General Laws G- l. m, new

, , 111- J • " tj J • • 1 c A section after

IS hereby amended by inserting alter section nmety-iour A, § 91 a.
inserted by chapter two hundred and ninety-eight of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, the following new
section: — Section 9Jf.B. No gas or electric company shall, fr|ct*s'of''gas
without the approval of the department, hereafter enter and electric
into a contract with a company related to it as an affiliated se^fces'^^ °^
company, as defined in section eighty-five, covering a period ject^tra'^pprovai
in excess of two years, by virtue of which any compensation of deptirtment
is to be paid by the said gas or electric company in whole utilities!'
or in part for services rendered by such affiliated company,
unless such contract contains a provision subjecting the
amount of compensation to be paid thereunder to review
and determination by the department in any proceeding
brought under section ninety-three or ninety-four. In any
such proceeding the department may review and determine
the amount of compensation to be thereafter paid under a
contract containing such provision for review, and, if it
appears that the amount agreed on is excessive, the depart-
ment may declare the said contract to be terminated forth-
with, even if no bad faith be found. Any contract covering
a period in excess of two years, subject to approval as afore-
said, and which is not so approved or which does not con-
tain such provision, for review, shall be null and void.

Approved May 28, 1930.

466

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 397, 398.

G. L. 142, § 6,
etc., amended.

Deferred re-
newal of
plumbers'
licenses.

Chap. Z97 An Act providing for the deferred renewal of

plumbers' licenses.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section six of chapter one hundred and forty-
two of the General Laws, as amended by section one of
chapter seventy-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by adding at the
end thereof the following: — In case of failure to renew a
license as aforesaid on or before May first in any year, the
person named therein may, upon payment of the said fee
and a deferred renewal fee of ten dollars, increased by such
additional fees as would have been payable had such license
been continuously renewed, at any time within two years
following its expiration, receive a deferred renewal thereof
which shall expire on the ensuing thirtieth day of April;
provided, that such renewed license shall not constitute its
holder a licensee for any period preceding its issue.

Section 2. This act shall apply to any license issued
under said chapter one hundred and forty-two which ex-
pired without renewal in the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine or nine-
teen hundred and thirtj^ as well as to any such license
hereafter expiring. Approved May 28, 1930.

Application
of act.

C/iap. 398 An Act providing for the town of braintree a sewer
connection with the south metropolitan sewerage

SYSTEM.

1910, 546, § 2,
amended.

Outlet to be
provided at
the Braintree
town line for
the sewerage
thereof.

1010, 546, § 4,
amended.

State treas-
urer to issue
bonds, etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter five hundred and forty-six of the
acts of nineteen hundred and ten is hereby amended b}' strik-
ing out section two and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing : — Section 2. The metropolitan district commission
shall provide an outlet at the Braintree town line, or within
the limits of said town, for the sewerage thereof, and, acting
on behalf of the commonwealth, shall construct a main trunk
sewer or sewers through such parts of the city of Quincy and
the towns of Weymouth and Braintree to such point in the
south metropolitan sewerage system as said commission may
determine to be necessaiy in order to make connection with
the high level sewer of said sewerage system. The location
of such main trunk sewer or sewers shall be subject to the
approval of the department of public health.

Section 2. Said chapter five hundred and forty-six is
hereby further amended by striking out section four and
inserting in place thereof the following : — Section /{.. To meet
the expenditures necessary in carrying out the provisions of
this act, the state treasurer shall from time to time, upon
request of the commission and subject to the approval of
the governor and council, issue bonds in the name of the
commonwealth to an amount not exceeding six hundred

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 399. 467

thousand dollars, in addition to the amount of such bonds
heretofore authorized for the construction of the south met-
ropolitan sewerage system. Such bonds shall be issued as
coupon or registered bonds for such term of years as may
be recommended by the governor in accordance 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.

Approved May 28, 1930.

An Act providing a uniform system op fire prevention QJidy 399

THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by o. l. us, etc.
striking out chapter one hundred and forty-eight, as amended, amended.
and inserting in place thereof the following: —

Chapter 148.
fire prevention.

Section 1. In this chapter the following words, unless a Dofinitions.
different meaning is required by the context or is specifically
prescribed, shall have the following meanings: —

"Commissioner", the commissioner of public safety of the 'Commis-
commonwealth. ^'°'^""-

"Department", the department of public safety. "Department"

"Division", the division of fire prevention of the depart- "Division".
ment of public safety.

"Head of the fire department", the fire commissioner, "Head of the
board of fire commissioners or fire engineers, or commissioner ment"^ ^"^^^
of public safety in those cities and towns having such an
officer or officers; the chief executive officer of the fire de-
partment of each other city, town or fire district; and, in
towns not having a fire department, the chief engineer, if
any, otherwise the chairman of the board of selectmen.

"Inspector", an inspector or police officer of the depart- "inspector",
ment of public safety.

"Local licensing authority", in towns, the board of select- "Local licensing
men; in Boston, the board of street commissioners; in other "^""^ '°"'^ '
cities, the board of aldermen, or the licensing board or com-
mission in cities wherein such a board or commission is
authorized to grant licenses under this chapter. In case the
board of aldermen or city council constitute such authority,
any hearing required by this chapter may be held before a
committee thereof.

" Marshal", the state fire marshal. -Marshal" .

Section 2. Heads of fire departments in cities, towns or investigation
fire districts shall investigate the cause and circumstances tlin'^^fficiais^'^"
of every fire in their respective jurisdictions by which prop-
erty has been destroyed or damaged, especially to ascertain
whether it was caused by carelessness or design. They shall

468

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 399.

Marshal to
investigate
fires of sus-
picious origin.

Powers of
marshal, in-
spectors, etc.

Buildings, etc.,
may be entered
by certain
public officials
for investiga-

begin such investigation forthwith after such fire, and if it
appears to the official making such investigation that the
fire is of suspicious origin or is the result of a violation of
law, or if he is unable to determine the cause, he shall im-
mediately notify the marshal. All other fires by which a
loss is sustained shall, within forty-eight hours, excluding
Sundays and holidays, be reported in writing to the marshal.
Reports required by this section shall be on forms furnished
by the department, and shall contain a statement of all facts
relating to the cause and origin of the fire that can be ascer-
tained, the extent of damage thereof, the insurance upon the
property damaged, and such other information as may be
required. The marshal shall keep in his office a record of all
fires occurring in the commonwealth, with the results of such
investigations, and such records shall be open to public
inspection.

Section 3. The marshal shall investigate or cause to be
investigated the circumstances of all fires of suspicious
origin of which he has notice, and may investigate or cause
to be investigated the circumstances of any fire. For such
purpose the marshal, or some person designated by the
commissioner, may summon and examine on oath, ad-
ministered by the marshal or such person, any person sup-
posed to know or have means of knowing any material facts
touching the subject of investigation. Such witnesses may
be kept apart and examined separately, and such examination
shall be reduced to writing, and false testimony therein
shall be perjury. Any justice of a district court or of the
superior court, upon application of the marshal or person
so designated, may compel the attendance of such witnesses
and the giving of such testimony in the same manner and
to the same extent as before said court. If, upon such
investigation, the marshal or person so designated believes
that the evidence is sufficient to charge any person with
crime, he shall make a complaint therefor, and shall furnish
the proper officers with the evidence and names of witnesses
obtained by him. He shall, when required, report to the
commissioner of insurance his proceedings and the progress
in prosecutions instituted hereunder.

Section 4- The marshal, an inspector, the head of the
fire department, or any person to whom the marshal or the
head of the fire department may delegate the authority,
may, in the performance of the duties imposed by this chap-
ter, or in furtherance of the purpose of any provision of any
law, ordinance or by-law relating to the subject matter of
this chapter, or of any rule or regulation of the department,
or any order of the marshal or head of the fire department,
enter at any reasonable hour any building or other premises,
or any ship or vessel, to make inspection or investigation,
without being held or deemed to be guilty of trespass.

Section 5. The marshal, the head of the fire department
or any person to whom the marshal or the head of the fire
department may delegate his authority in writing, may,

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 399. 469

and upon complaint of a person having an interest in any tion as to
building or premises or property adjacent thereto, shall, at comutions'^
any reasonable hour, enter into buildings and upon premises, |i|'^g^^°g
which term for the purposes of the remainder of this section
shall include alleys adjacent thereto, within their jurisdiction
and make an investigation as to the existence of conditions
hkely to cause fire. They shall, in writing, order such Conditions to
conditions to be remedied, and whenever such officers or ^^ejemedied.
persons find in any building or upon any premises any ^^^^^ ^^^ _.^
accumulation of combustible rubbish, including waste paper, movai of com-
rags, cardboard, string, packing material, sawdust, shavings, ^edais!^ ™'''
sticks, waste leather or rubber, broken boxes or barrels or
other refuse that is or may become dangerous as a fire menace
or as an obstacle to easy ingress into or egress from such
buildings or premises, they shall, in writing, order the same
to be removed or such conditions to be remedied. Notice Notice of order,
of such order shall be served upon the owner, occupant or owner! etc?"
his authorized agent. If said order is not complied with Removal of
within twenty-four hours, the person making such order, expenleof
or any person designated by him, may enter into such build- owner, etc.

!• 1 1-1-1-"!, 1-j. upon failure

mg or upon such premises and remove such rubbish or abate to comply with
such condition at the expense of such owner or occupant. °''^^''-
Any expense so incurred by or on behalf of the common- ue^u"pon''° ^^
wealth or of any city or town, shall be a lien upon such building, etc.
building or premises, effective upon the filing in the proper
registry of deeds of a claim thereof signed by such person
and setting forth the amount for which the lien is claimed;
and the lien shall be enforced within the time and in the
manner provided for the collection of taxes upon real estate.
Any such owner or occupant who fails or refuses to comply Penalty.
with said order shall be punished by a fine of not more than
fifty dollars for each consecutive forty-eight hours during
which such failure or refusal to comply continues. Neither Entry into
this section nor section four shall authorize entry into a fngs^uuau-" "
one-family or two-family dwelling without the consent of ^'o^ized.
the occupant.

Section 6. Any city, town or district officer who wilfully Penalty,
neglects or refuses to comply with any duty or requirement
imposed upon him by the preceding sections shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than
two hundred dollars.

Section 7. The marshal shall submit annually, before Report
February fifteenth, a detailed report of all official action in °^ ^^^^'
relation to fires to the commissioner of insurance, who shall
embody the material portions thereof in his annual report.

Section 8. The marshal shall report to insurance com- Report to
panics, to owners of property, or to other persons interested compan^ls, etc.
in the subject matter of an investigation of the cause and
circumstances of a fire any information obtained by such
investigation which may in his opinion require attention
from or by such insurance companies, owners of property or
other persons. He may also report to the head of the fire
department the results of any investigation into fires of

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 399.

Rules and
regulations
for explosives.

Cities and
towns may
make and en-
force ordi-
nances, etc.,
relative to
fireworks.

Rules and
regulations,
effective upon
approval, etc.

Appropriation
for expert as-
sistance and
for a labora-
tory.

Manufacture
of fireworks or
firecrackers.

License.' for
storing, manu-
facturing, etc.,
explosives, etc.

suspicious origin reported to him by such head as required
by section two.

Section 9. The department shall make rules and regula-
tions for the keeping, storage, use, manufacture, sale, han-
dhng, transportation or other disposition of gunpowder, dyna-
mite, crude petroleum or any of its products, or explosive or
inflammable fluids or compounds, tablets, torpedoes or any
explosives of a like nature, or any other explosives, fireworks,
firecrackers, or any substance having such properties that
it may spontaneously, or acting under the influence of any
contiguous substance, or of any chemical or physical agency,
ignite, or inflame or generate inflammable or explosive vapors
or gases to a dangerous extent, and may prescribe the loca-
tion, materials and construction of buildings to be used for
any of the said purposes, except that cities and towns may
by ordinances or by-laws prohibit the sale or use of fireworks
or firecrackers within the city or town, or may limit the time
within which firecrackers and torpedoes may be used. Such
rules and regulations shall require persons keeping, storing,
using, selling, manufacturing, handling or transporting dyna-
mite or other high explosives to make reports to the depart-
ment in such particulars and in such detail that the quantity
and location thereof will always be a matter of authentic
record in the department. Cities and towns may also make
and enforce ordinances and by-laws, not inconsistent with
said rules and regulations, relative to the subject matter of
this section, in addition to such as it may make as aforesaid
relative to fireworks and firecrackers.

Section 10. The marshal shall submit to the commissioner
rules and regulations required to be made by the department
under any of the provisions of this chapter and shall, upon
request of the commissioner, so submit rules and regulations
which the department is authorized to make hereunder, and
the same shall take effect, subject to section thirty-seven of
chapter thirty, when approved by the commissioner and by
the governor and council, and on such dates as the governor
and council may fix.

Section 11. The commissioner may expend the amount
annually appropriated for the employment of expert assist-
ance, and also for maintaining a laboratory to aid in the en-
forcement of the laws relative to explosives and inflammable
fluids and compounds. Expert assistants employed under
this section shall aid in the enforcement of all laws, rules
and regulations which it is the duty of the department to
administer and enforce, and shall perform such other duties as
the commissioner may prescribe. Said expert assistants shall
be exempt from chapter thirty-one and the rules and regula-
tions made thereunder.

Section 12. No building shall be used for the manufacture
of fireworks or firecrackers without a license from the local
licensing authority and a permit from the marshal.

Section 13. No building or other structure shall, except
as provided in section fourteen, be used for the keeping.

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storage, manufacture or sale of any of the articles named in
section nine, except fireworks, firecrackers and torpedoes,
unless the local hcensing authority shall have granted a license
therefor after a public hearing, notice of the time and place of ^^^^j^ e^""^'
which hearing shall have been given, at the expense of the
applicant, by the clerk of the city or of the local licensing
authority, by publication, not less than seven days prior
thereto, in a newspaper published in the representative dis-
trict, if there is any published in the English language therein,
otherwise in the city or town, wherein the land on which such
license is to be exercised is situated, and also by the applicant
by registered mail, not less than seven days prior to such
hearing, to all owners of real estate abutting on said land,
and unless the application for such hcense shall have endorsed ^pprov';"i*or°^
thereon the certificate of approval or disapproval of the head disapproval.
of the fire department; provided, that any building or other Provisos.
structure once used under a license 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, on or
before April thirtieth, while such use continues, file for regis-
tration with the clerk of the city or town where such build-
ing or other structure is situated, or in Boston, with the fire
commissioner, a certificate reciting such use and occupancy;
and provided, further, that any building used as a garage
for storing not more than three vehicles, when once used
under such a license, or lawfully used for such purpose, may
be continued in such use from year to year without such
annual registration, and continuous use and occupancy
thereof for such purpose shall be presumed. The department Regulation for
may by regulation prescribe the amount of ammunition, pfos^v"el°itcr
crude petroleum or any of its products or of any other in- ^ftf^Y/j! "'^^
flammable fluid or compound, that may be kept for private cense, etc.
use in a building or other structure without a license and
registration, or either of them. Every license issued here- Expiration of
under shall expire on April thirtieth following the date of ^'censes.
issue, and registrations hereunder shall be effected on or
before April thirtieth to take effect on May first following.
Such fee as may be established from time to time by ordi- Fee.
nance or by-law may be charged for any such license, regis-
tration or certificate of the head of the fire department,
respectively; provided, that the fee for such registration Proviso,
shall be not more than one half of the amount of the fee for
such a license.

The right to use a building or other structure for any of ^^jghts'^^etc" °^
said purposes may be revoked for cause, after notice and a
hearing given to such owner or occupant, by the local licens-
ing authority, or by the marshal. Such building or structure
shall always be subject to such alterations in construction
and to such regulations of its use in respect to protection
again.st fire or explosion as the department may prescribe.

Any person aggrieved by the granting of a license hereunder Appeal to
on the ground that the exercise thereof would constitute a fire Invocation'

of license.

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Inflammable
fluids in motor
vehicles.

Proviso.

Penalty for
violation of any
regulation
relative to
transportation
of gunpowder,
etc.

Penalty for
violation of
any regulation,
etc., relative
to storing,
manufacturing,
selling, etc.,
explosives.

Powers
of courts.

Inspectors of
petroleum.

Duties.

Compensation.
Fees.

or explosion hazard may, within ten days after the granting
thereof, appeal to the marshal who, after notice and hearing,
shall finally determine whether such a hazard would result.
If, in his opinion, such a hazard would result he shall notify
the authority granting the license, who shall forthwith revoke
the same.

Section 14- Gasoline or any other volatile inflammable
fluid which emits a vapor at a temperature below one hun-
dred degrees Fahrenheit when tested in the open air shall,
when in any motor vehicle which is in a building or other
structure, be deemed to be kept in such building or other
structure within the meaning of the preceding section; pro-
vided, that this section shall not apply to any building in
existence on July first, nineteen hundred and eleven, in which
not more than two automobiles or motor vehicles are kept,
if such building or part thereof is not used either for human
habitation or for holding gatherings of more than twenty
persons, or for giving entertainments, instruction or em-
ployment to more than that number.

Section 15. Whoever knowingly violates or knowingly
causes or permits the violation of any regulation adopted and
prescribed for the transportation of gunpowder and other
explosives or explosive or inflammable fluids or compounds
shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or
both.

Section 16. Whoever keeps, stores, uses, manufactures,
sells, handles or otherwise disposes of any of the articles
mentioned in section nine, in violation of section twelve or
thirteen or of any regulation, ordinance or by-law made
under section nine, or whoever violates any regulation made
under section thirteen, shall, except as provided in sections
fifteen and thirty-five and in section one hundred and two A
of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, be punished by a fine
of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for
not more than one month, or both.

Section 17. The supreme judicial or superior court may
restrain the erection, occupation or use of a building in
violation of section thirteen or of any regulation made
thereunder.

Section 18. The m.ayor of a city and the selectmen of a
town shall annually appoint one or more inspectors of petro-
leum, who, before entering upon their official duties, shall be
sworn, and who shall not be interested in the manufacture,
sale or distribution of petroleum or any products thereof.
Said inspectors shall enforce in their respective cities and
towns the rules and regulations of the department relative
to the selling or keeping for sale, for illuminating, heating,
power or cooking purposes, of kerosene, petroleum or any
product thereof. Their compensation shall be fixed in cities
by the aldermen and in towns by the selectmen, and shall
be paid by the city or town. Cities and towns maj^ estabhsh
reasonable fees for inspections required by said rules or

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regulations, paj'able into the city or town treasury unless
otherwise provided by ordinance or by-law.

Section 19. Before the issue of a permit to use an explo- Blasting bond,
sive in the blasting of rock or any other substance as pre-
scribed by the department, the applicant for the permit shall
file with the clerk of the city or town where the blasting is
to be done a bond running to the city or town, with sureties
approved by the treasurer thereof, for such penal sum, not
exceeding ten thousand dollars, as the marshal or the officer
granting the permit shall determine to be necessary in order
to cover the risk of damage that might ensue from the blast-
ing or its keeping therefor; provided, that the marshal or the Proviso,
officer granting the permit may determine that a single and
blanket bond in a penal sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars is sufficient to cover the risk of damage from all blast-
ing operations of the applicant, either under the permit so
issued or under future permits to use explosives in blasting
operations. The bond shall be conditioned upon the pay-
ment of any loss, damage or injury resulting to persons or
property by reason of such blasting or keeping.

Section 20. Action on a bond filed under the preceding Action on
section may be brought by any person to whom loss, dam- '^°'^'^"
age or injury has resulted by reason of such blasting or
keeping, and shall be brought in the name of, and for the
use and at the cost and expense of, such person; but in no
event shall action be brought on the bond for personal injury
of an employee of the person receiving the permit. If
claims on any bond are established to an amount greater
than the penal sum thereof, such claims shall be paid pro
rata to the amount of the penal sum, and executions shall
issue accordingly.

Section 21. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in Powerof
equity, upon the petition of the commonwealth or of a city ^°"'^*^-
or town, to enforce the laws of the commonwealth and the
regulations of the department relative to the blasting of
rock, stone or other substance with any explosive.

Section 22. Whoever suffers injury by the explosion of j^^^f^®®^"'
an explosive which is being kept or transported contrary to etc'ofes-
the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations of the p'o^'^e^-
department may recover damages therefor in tort against
the persons who so violate said provisions or regulations.

Section 23. No volatile inflammable fluid except an Regubtingthe
amount not exceeding one quart contained in an approved and^storage"^
safety can and no non-volatile inflammable fluid except an fl!^^,j^^'ijfj'^'
amount not exceeding ten gallons for domestic use shall be fluids, etc.
kept, used or stored in any part of any building used for
habitation, and no volatile inflammable fluid in quantity
exceeding one gallon contained in an approved safety can,
and no non-volatile inflammable fluid in quantity exceeding
thirty gallons, shall be kept, used or stored, except in the
tank of an automobile, motor boat or stationary engine,
within fifty feet of any building used for habitation, unless
a permit has first been obtained therefor from the head of

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Storage, keep-
ing or han-
dling of com-
bustible
material.

Use of sala-
manders.

Certain build-
ings to be
equipped with
automatic
sprinklers.

Proviso.

Penalty.

Rules and
regulations
as to fires,
fire prevention
and fire hazard.

the fire department under such terms and conditions as he
may prescribe.

Section 24- No part of any building used for habitation
nor that part of any lot within fifty feet of any building
so used shall, except as permitted by section twenty-three,
be used for the storage, keeping or handling of any article
or material that is or may become dangerous to the public
safety as a fire menace, and no part of any such building
shall be used as a carpenter shop or paint shop, nor for the
storage, keeping or handling of excelsior, shavings, sawdust,
cotton, paper stock, feathers or rags, except under such
terms and conditions as the head of the fire department may
prescribe in writing.

Section 25. No salamander or stove for drying any
construction material shall be used in any building except
under such conditions as may be prescribed by the marshal;
and no such salamander or stove shall be set upon a wooden
floor unless it is raised above the floor at least four inches
and set upon brick or other incombustible material in a
bed of sand at least two inches thick, spread upon the floor
and covering an area of at least two feet in all directions
larger than the area of the salamander or stove.

Section 26. Any building used in whole or in part for the
business of woodworking, or for the business of manufacturing
or working upon wooden, basket, rattan or cane goods or
articles, or tow, shavings, excelsior, oakum, rope, twine,
string, thread, bagging, paper, paper stock, cardboard, rags,
cotton or linen, or cotton or linen garments or goods, or
rubber, feathers, paint, grease, soap, oil, varnish, petroleum,
gasoline, kerosene, benzine, naphtha or other inflammable
fluids or compounds, and any building used in whole or in
part for the business of keeping or storing any such goods
or articles except in such small quantities as are usual for
domestic use or for use in connection with and as incident
to some business other than such keeping or storing, shall,
upon the order of the marshal, be equipped with automatic
sprinklers; provided, that no such order shall apply to
any building unless four or more persons live or are usually
employed thei'ein above the second floor.

Section 27. Any owner of a building who, within six
months after having received an order from the marshal
under the preceding section, fails to comply with the re-
quirement of such order shall be punished by a fine of not
more than one thousand dollars.

Section 28. The department shall make such regulations,
and the head of the fire department shall make such orders
or rules not inconsistent therewith, as may be necessary for
the purpose of remedying any condition found to exist in
or about any building or other premises or on any ship or
vessel in respect to fires, the prevention of fire and fire
hazard, but limited, except as otherwise provided, to the
following subjects: —

A. Requiring the keeping of portable fire extinguishers,

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buckets of water or other portable fire extinguishing devices
on any premises by the occupant thereof, and prescribing
the number and situation of such devices.

B. Causing obstacles that may interfere with the means
of access or exit or with the operations of the fire department
in case of fire to be removed from floors, halls, stairways
and fire escapes.

C. The removal of any vessel moored to or anchored
near any dock or pier if such vessel is in danger of catching
fire, or is by reason of its condition or the nature of its
cargo a menace to shipping or other property.

D. The cleaning of chimney flues and smoke and vent
pipes and incinerators, and the installation of spark arresters
in incinerators and in chimneys connected with permanent
wood-burning furnaces.

E. The keeping of covered metal containers as re-
ceptacles for waste paper, oily rags and oily waste, and
metal containers for ashes.

F. The use of self-closing safety cans of a type approved
by the marshal for the keeping of volatile inflammable
hquids.

G. Prohibiting or regulating the storage in any lot,
building, shed, enclosure or other structure, of any empty
packing boxes, cases, or barrels in such quantity as to amount
to a fire hazard, and regulating the height of piles of lumber
in lumber yards.

H. Prohibiting the fumigation of warehouses, factories or
commercial buildings by the use of any volatile inflammable
liquid, or any material requiring flame, without a permit
from the marshal or the head of the fire department.

I. Prohibiting or regulating smoking in factories, work-
shops, mercantile establishments, docks, wharves and ware-
houses.

J. Requiring and regulating fire drills for employees of
hospitals, theatres and other places of public amusement,
and in public and private schools.

K. Requiring proper safeguards to be placed and main-
tained about or over roof skylights and about outer or inner
courts or shafts at the roof line.

L. Prohibiting or regulating inflammable decorations in
stores, halls and places of public assembly.

Section 29. If buildings or other premises are owned by Orders to
one person and occupied by another under lease or other- Crwvner.
wise, the orders of the marshal or head of the fire department
shall apply to the occupant alone, except where the rules or
orders require the making of additions to or changes in the
premises themselves, such as would immediately become
real estate and be the property' of the owner of the premises.
In such cases the rules or orders shall affect the owner and
not the occupant; and unless it is otherwise agreed between
the owner and the occupant, the occupant whose use of the
premises has caused the making of such additions or changes,
in addition to his rent or other payments, shall, after the

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Penalty for
refusal or
neglect to
obey any law-
ful rule, order
or regulation
of marshal.

Appeal to
marshal.

Reports by
fire insurance
companies.

Marshal to
study fire
hazard and
fire preven-
tion, etc.

additions or changes are made, pay a reasonable per cent
of the cost thereof annually to the owner of the premises.
No rule or order shall be made or enforced which requires
an expenditure by the owner or occupant of more than five
per cent of the last annual assessed valuation of the buildings
to which such rule or order relates.

Section 30. If any city or town, or any head of a fire
department, or any officer, servant or agent of the common-
wealth or of any city or town refuses or unreasonably neglects
to obey any lawful rule, order or regulation of the marshal,
such city or town, upon information presented by him, shall
be liable to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, and
such head of a fire department or other person shall be
punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and the
rule or order may, upon application of the marshal, be
enforced by the supreme judicial or superior court by writ
of mandamus or otherwise. Violation or unreasonable
neglect of such rules or orders by any person other than as
aforesaid shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten
dollars for each day during which such violation continues
after notice to the person violating such rule or order. Such
notice may be given by personal service or by posting the
same in a conspicuous place on the premises affected thereby.

Section 31. Any person aggrieved bj'' any act, order or
decision of the head of a fire department, or other person
or persons acting or purporting to act under authority de-
rived from this chapter, except section five, or any rule or
regulation thereunder, may appeal to the marshal, who shall
make all necessary and proper orders thereon, but only in
so far as the appeal presents a direct question of fire or
explosion hazard. Such appeal shall be filed with the
marshal not later than ten days following the act, order or
decision appealed from.

Section 32. The marshal may require every fire insurance
company authorized to transact business in the common-
wealth to report to him, through the secretary or some other
officer of the company designated by the board of directors,
such information as he may deem desirable concerning all
fire losses on property insured in such company. Every
insurance company adjusting a fire loss shall forward forth-
with to the marshal a written statement of the amount of
such adjustment on building and contents.

Section 33. The marshal shall study fire hazard and fire
prevention and all matters relating thereto, hear suggestions
and complaints from all persons and from all cities and towns,
advise with the officers of such cities and towns and make
suggestions to the general court and to the cities and towns
looking to the improvement of the laws, ordinances and bj""-
laws relating to fire departments, construction of buildings,
building or fire limits, use and occupation of buildings and
other premises, protection of existing buildings, fire escapes
and other life-saving devices, segregation and licensing of

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trades dangerous by reason of fire hazard, and all other
matters relating to fire prevention and fire hazard.

The marshal may order the head of a fire department to May order as-
assist, in his jurisdiction, in carrying out the provisions of tllTof&hve

this chapter. department.

Section 34- Except as otherwise provided, any person Penalty for
violating any provision of this chapter shall be liable to a any^'provision
fine of fifty dollars, or, in case of a continuing offence after of chapter.
notice of such violation, to a fine of not more than ten dollars
for every day during which the violation continues.

Section 35. No person shall have in his possession or Possession of
under his control any bomb or other high explosive, as defined o°her irgh
by the rules and regulations made under section nine, con- explosives.
trary to the provisions of this chapter or of any rule or regula-
tion made thereunder. Whoever violates this section shall Penalty.
be punished b}^ a fine of not more than one thousand dollars,
or by imprisonment for not more than two and one half
years, or both, and any bomb or explosive found in his pos-
session or under his control on such violation shall be for-
feited to the commonwealth. Any officer quahfied to serve
criminal process may arrest without a warrant any person
violating this section.

Section 36. Notice of the seizure of any bomb or explosive Notice of
found in the possession or under the control of any person in ^^'^^''®-
violation of the preceding section shall immediately be sent
to the marshal by the officer making the seizure, and, upon
final conviction of such person, such bomb or explosive shall
be adjudged forfeited to the commonwealth and delivered
to the marshal or his authorized representative and disposed
of at his discretion.

Section 37. No person shall construct, maintain or use Permits for
any tank or container of more than ten thousand gallons' and^maint°e"
capacity, for the storage of any fluid other than water, unless "a.^ce of cor-
the same is located underground, without first securing a
permit therefor from the commissioner. The commissioner
may, after notice and hearing, revoke any such permit for
cause. Whoever violates this section or a rule or regulation Penalty.
made under the following section shall be punished by a fine
of not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars.

Section 38. The department shall make rules and regula- Rules and regu-
tions governing the construction, use and maintenance of constTuction,
tanks to which the preceding section applies. Such rules and t^nkg"^ ^"°'^
regulations shall not take effect until approved by the gover-
nor and council, and filed in the office of the state secretary.

Section 39. No person shall sell or keep for sale any blank Blank car-
cartridge, toy pistol, toy gun or toy cannon that can be used saie^ltc.?''"
to fire a blank cartridge; or sell or keep for sale, or fire, ex- prohibited,
plode 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 picrates, or any fire-
cracker exceeding two inches in length and three eighths of
an inch in diameter or of a greater explosive power than a

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Proviso.

Persons storing
fireworks in
quantities or
manufacturing
fireworks to
file a bond
with city or
town clerk, etc.

Action on
bond, how
brought, etc.

Proviso.

Persons dis-
charjiing, etc.,
fireworks at
public exhibi-
tions to file a
bond with state
treasurer, etc.

firecracker of such size containing black gunpowder only;
provided, that this section shall not apply to illuminating
fireworks set off between the hours of six and twelve o'clock
post meridian, 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
experiments at a factory for explosives, or to the firing of
salutes with cannon 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
organization authorized by law to parade in public a color
guard armed with firearms, or in teaching the use of firearms
by experts.

Section J^O. No person shall store fireworks in quantities
except such as may be permitted by the rules and regulations
of the department outside the premises of a fireworks manu-
factory in any building or other structure located within one
thousand feet of any church, theatre, hall, place of pubhc
assembly, factory or any inhabited building, nor shall any
person manufacture fireworks, unless he has previously filed
with the clerk of the city or town in which the said fireworks
are to be manufactured or stored a bond running to the
treasurer of the said city or town with a surety or sureties
approved by the said treasurer, in such penal sum, not less
than ten thousand dollars, as the mayor of the city or the
selectmen of the town, with the approval of the marshal,
shall determine to be necessary to cover the losses, damages
or injuries that might ensue from the said manufacture or
storage. The bond shall be conditioned upon the payment
of any judgment obtained in an action against said person
so manufacturing or storing fireworks for or on account of any
loss, damage or injury resulting to persons or property by
reason of the said manufacture or wholesale storage.

Section 41- Action on a bond filed under section forty or
forty-two may be brought by any person holding a judgment
to secure the payment of which the bond was filed and may
be brought by such person in the name of the city or town
treasurer, or of the state treasurer, as the case may be, but
for the use and benefit, and at the cost and expense, of the
person so bringing the said action; provided, that such a
judgment was recovered in an action brought within twelve
months of the time when the cause of action accrued.

Section 42- No person engaged in the business of dis-
playing or exhibiting fireworks shall, by himself or his agents,
discharge, fire off, explode or display fireworks unless he has
on file with the state treasurer a bond running to the state
treasurer with a surety or sureties approved by him for the
penal sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and for such additional
penal sum as the marshal shall determine to be necessary to

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cover the losses, damages or injuries that might ensue to
persons or property by reason thereof. The bond shall be
conditioned upon the payment of any judgment obtained in
an action brought against said person so discharging, firing
off, exploding or displaj^ing fireworks, for or on account of
any loss, damage or injury resulting to persons or property
by reason of the said discharging, firing off, exploding or dis-
playing of said fireworks.

Section 43. No action for injury to an employee of a per- no action to
son required to give a bond under section forty or forty-two bo:!d°for'in-°"
shall be brought on such bond if such injury arises out of and juries arising
in the course of the employment. If claims under any bond employment.
filed under either of said sections are established to an amount Payment of
greater than the penal sum of the bond, such claims shall fn'^amounTthan
be paid pro rata to the amount of the penal sum and execu- penal sum of
tions shall issue accordingly. Nothing in the three preceding °^ ' ^ "'
sections shall deprive a person suffering loss, damage or
injury of any other right or remedy provided by law.

Section 44- Firecrackers and pyrotechnical ship or rail- ^"s^orageM^^^
way signals shall be included and classed as fireworks, but discharge of
the provisions of the four preceding sections shall not apply ^hi^p o^ri^i-^
to the storage of pyrotechnical ship or railway signals nor "^^ signals.
to the discharge, firing or exploding of the said signals when
used for the protection of life and property.

Section 45. Whoever violates any provision of the five Penalty.
preceding sections 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 46- No person shall manufacture, store, keep for Explosive
sale, sell or transport any compound for use as a stove polish '**°^''' polish,
containing any liquid or compound whatsoever which will
emit a gas that will flash at a temperature of less than one
hundred and forty degrees Fahrenheit, except that foundry
paste which contains inflammable compound, if packed in
metal containers, sealed by fusion and weighing in gross not
less than five pounds, and if such container is labeled " Dan-
gerous — Inflammable compound — Keep away from fire,
heat and lights" may be manufactured, stored, kept for sale,
sold or transported for use only by stove foundries, stove
manufacturers and stove dealers on their own premises under
regulations prescribed by the marshal. The flash point of
said compound shall be ascertained by use of some standard
closed cup instrument or other method approved by the
marshal.

Section 47. Violation of any provision of section thirty- Penalty.
nine or forty-six shall be punished by a fine of not more than
one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than
one month, or both.

Section 48. Whoever mixes for sale napKtha and illumi- fangerous°^
nating oils or naphtha and oils to be used for fuel in dwellings illuminating
or other buildings whereby human life is endangered or regulated.*
exposed, or sells or offers for sale such mixture, or oils for
illuminating, heating or cooking purposes so mixed with

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Penalty.

Forfeiture,
etc., of oil
unlawfully
sold, etc.

Certain il-
luminating or
fuel oils to
be deemed to
be mixed with
naphtha, etc.

Search warrant
for explosives
illegally kept.

Forfeiture of
explosives il-
legally kept.

Keeping of
matches.

Fire balloons.

any other substance as to render their use for such purposes
a menace to human life, or sells or offers for sale, except for
remanufacture, illuminating or fuel oils made from coal or
petroleum which will evaporate a gas that will flash at a
temperature of less than one hundred and fifteen degrees
Fahrenheit or ignite at a temperature of less than one
hundred and twenty-five degrees Fahrenheit, to be ascer-
tained by the application of some standard approved instru-
ment, or whoever sells or keeps or offers for sale naphtha
under a name which tends to conceal its inflammable char-
acter, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one
hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one
month, or both, and shall also be liable for any damage suf-
fered by any person from the explosion or ignition of such
oil thus unlawfully sold or kept or offered for sale. Such
oil thus unlawfully sold or kept or offered for sale, and the
casks or packages containing the same, shall be forfeited
and sold, and the proceeds shall be paid to the common-
wealth.

Section 1^9. For the purposes of the preceding section,
illuminating or fuel oils made from coal or petroleum and
having an igniting point of less than one hundred and twenty-
five degrees Fahrenheit, to be determined as therein pro-
vided, shall be deemed to be mixed with naphtha, and shall
be branded unsafe for illuminating purposes or for use as fuel.

Section 50. Upon complaint made to a court or justice
authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases that the
complainant has probable cause to suspect and does suspect
that gunpowder, dynamite or any other explosives, crude
petroleum or any of its products, or explosive or inflammable
fluids are kept or are to be found in any place contrary to
this chapter or regulations made hereunder, such court or
justice may issue a search warrant in conformity with
chapter two hundred and seventy-six, so far as applicable,
commanding the officer to whom the warrant is directed
to enter any shop, building, manufactory, vehicle or vessel
specified in the warrant, and there make diligent search for
the articles specified in the warrant, and make return of his
doings forthwith to the court or justice having jurisdiction
thereof. Such warrants may be directed to an inspector or
to the head of the fire department.

Section 51. Articles seized under the preceding section
may, after due notice and hearing, be adjudged to be for-
feited, and may be ordered to be sold or destroyed in such
manner as the court or magistrate may direct, and the
proceeds, if any, paid into the county treasury.

Section 52. Whoever keeps matches for sale or use in
any store unless the same are in unbroken cases or in a metal
or other fireproof receptacle with the cover closed, except
when it is necessary to obtain access thereto, shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Section 53. Whoever liberates or flies a fire balloon shall
be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars

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or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or
both.

Section 51^. Whoever drops or throws from any vehicle Penalty for
while the same is upon a public or private way running throwing.' etc..
along or near forest land, or, except as permitted by law, etfes'^tt'c^'in
drops, throws, deposits or otherwise places in or upon forest or upon forest
land, any lighted cigarette, cigar, match, live ashes or other ''*°'^' '^^^'
flaming or glowing substance, or any substance or thing
which in and of itself is likely to cause a fire, shall be pun-
ished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.

Section 55. Whoever manufactures or sells or knowingly Explosive
uses, or has in possession for the purpose of sale, any golf eoifb^"^.
ball containing any acid, fluid, gas or other substance tend-
ing to cause the ball to explode and to inflict bodily injury
shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not more
than five hundred dollars, and for any subsequent offence
by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by im-
prisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 56. In any city or town which accepts the pro- Licensing of
visions of this section no person shall engage in the business f^f^'^JL?^''*''
of conductmg or mamtammg an open-air parking space
without a license therefor granted by the licensing authority,
approved in all cases by the head of the fire department.
The license shall specify all the premises to be occupied by
the licensee for the purpose of conducting the licensed
business. The fee for each such hcense shall be such amount Fee.
as may be established by the authority granting the license,
and said authority may reasonably classify said licenses and
fees. Licenses granted hereunder shall expire on April Expiration.
thirtieth following the date of issue, or on such date as may
be specified therein, and may be suspended or revoked by
such authority and by the head of the fire department.
Whoever, not being licensed, engages in a business required Penalty.
by this section to be licensed, or is concerned therein, or,
being licensed, engages in such business, or is concerned
therein, in any other place than that designated in his
license or after notice to him that his license has been sus-
pended or revoked, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than one hundred dollars.

Section 2. Section twenty-one of chapter forty-eight g. l. 48, § 21,
of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the '*™®'^'^®''-
last sentence.

Section 3. Section one hundred and twenty of chapter g. l. ho, § 120,
one hundred and forty of the General Laws is hereby repealed, ""^p^'^*^-

Section 4. Chapter two hundred and seventy-two of f^^^^JJ^' ^ ^®^'
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section ^'^^^ ^
eighty-six E, inserted by section two of chapter four hundred
and seventy-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 86E. The chief of the fire department or any Entry into
person designated by him may, at all reasonable hours, fertifn officials
enter into buildings within their jurisdiction where horses for law en-
or mules are stabled, or upon premises adjacent thereto, for "'"'^^'^^'^ ■

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To remedy
conditions
likely to
cause fire.

G. L. 147, § 5.
etc., amended.

Appeal from
certain orders,
etc.

Proviso.

Superior court
may annul or
enforce orders,
etc.

Department of
public safety
to consider
ways, etc.,
for raising
revenue re-
quired, etc.

Report to
general court,
etc.

When
operative.

the purpose of enforcing sections eighty-six A to eighty-six
D, inckisive, and if any such official or person so authorized
finds the existence of conditions likely to cause a fire in
such buildings or on such premises, he shall order such con-
ditions to be remedied. Such order shall be served by de-
livering the same in hand or by posting the same in a con-
spicuous place on the building or premises affected thereby.

Section 5. Chapter one hundred and forty-seven of the
General Laws, as amended in section five by chapter three
hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight, is hereby further amended by striking out
said section and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 5. Any person affected by an order of the de-
partment or of a division or office thereof, except one made
by the state fire marshal under chapter one hundred and
forty-eight, may, within such time as the commissioner may
fix, which shall not be less than ten days after notice of
such order, appeal to the commissioner, who shall there-
upon grant a hearing, and after such hearing may amend,
suspend or revoke such order. Any person aggrieved by an
order approved by the commissioner, or by an order made
by the state fire marshal as aforesaid, may appeal to the
superior court; provided, that such appeal is taken within
fifteen days from the date when such order is approved or
made. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity
upon such appeal to annul such order if found to exceed
the authority of the department or of the marshal, as the
case may be, or upon petition of the commissioner to enforce
all valid orders issued by the department. Nothing herein
contained shall be construed to deprive any person of the
right to pursue any other lawful remedy.

Section 6. The department of public safety is hereby
directed to consider ways and means for the raising of
revenue required, in whole or in part, to cover the cost of the
service authorized by the provisions of this act, by the
establishment of a schedule of fees or otherwise, and shall
report to the general court its findings and recommendations,
together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry its
recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the house of representatives not -later than the
first Wednesday in December of the current year.

Section 7. This act shall become operative on De-
cember first of the current year.

Approved May 28, 1930.

ChapAOO An Act relative to the compensation of certain
officers and employees whose compensation is paid
in whole from county funds, and of registers and
assistant registers of probate.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter thirty-four of the General Laws, as
amended in section five by section one of chapter three hun-

G. L. 34, § 5,
etc., amended.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 400. 483

dred and twenty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by striking out said
section five and inserting in phice thereof the following: —
Section 5. The salaries of county commissioners, payable Sakrieaof
by their respective counties in full for all services performed mi^kfnerJ"'
by said commissioners except as otherwise provided, shall be
as follows : —

Dukes County .....

. $400

Barnstable, Franklin, Hampshire .

. 1,500

Berkshire, Plymouth ....

. 2,100

Norfolk, Hampden, Bristol .

. 3,000

Worcester, Essex .....

. 3,600

Middlesex ......

. 4,200

Section 2. Section six of said chapter thirty-four is g. l. 34, § 6,
hereby repealed. revB^\^d.

Section 3. Said chapter thirty-four is hereby further g. l. 34, § 7,
amended by striking out section seven and inserting in place ^'"®"^*''^-
thereof the following: — Section 7. An associate commis- Compensation
sioner shall be paid by the county not less than five dollars commlsston-
for each day of actual service, not exceeding five hundred ®'"^' «*"•
dollars in any year, and ten cents a mile for travel each way.
The commissioners of Middlesex county, when acting in
relation to Revere or Winthrop, shall be paid therefor by
said city and town, or either of them, in such proportions as
the commissioners may direct, at the rate of ten dollars a
day and five cents a mile for travel for each commissioner in
attendance.

Section 4. Chapter thirty-five of the General Laws is g. l. 35, new
hereby amended by inserting after section twenty-seven the §^27!°° ^^^^"^
following new section: — Section 27 A. The county treasurer county treas-
of each county shall act as the treasurer and custodian of the "rers to act

c ^ c • j_-± j_- • 1- 1 1 •• as treasurers

lunds or every mstitution, organization, board, commission and custodians
or other public body to the use of which funds of his county funds!'"ete.
are contributed, provided that in case any such public body Proviso
serves a district comprising more than one county, the county
treasurer of the county in which such public body is chiefly
located or has its headquarters, as determined by the
director of accounts, shall so act.

Section 5. Said chapter thirty-five is hereby further g. l. 35, new
amended by adding thereto, under the caption, County sections added.
Personnel Board and Classification of County Sala-
ries, Offices and Positions, the nine following new sections:
— Section 48. There is hereby established a county per- County per-
sonnel board, in this and the eight following sections called estabiLhe'd.''
the board, consisting of three county commissioners, one to Membership.
be elected by and from the county commissioners of Berk-
shire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties; one to
be elected by and from the county commissioners of Essex,
Middlesex and Worcester counties; and one to be elected
by and from the county commissioners of Barnstable, Bristol,
Norfolk and Plymouth counties, provided that in the election Proviso.
of such member from the last named counties, the chairman

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Terms.

Vacancies,
how filled.

Compensation.

Reimbursement
for expenses.

Proviso.

Offices and
positions
whereof salaries
are payable
from treasury
of one or more
counties, etc.,
except certain
offices, to be
classified
by board.

Offices and
positions in
service of cer-
tain depart-
ments, scfiools
or hospitals
subject to
classification.

Duties of
director of
accounts.

of the county commissioners of each of the counties of Nan-
tucket and Dukes County shall be entitled to one vote. The
commissioner first elected from the county commissioners of
Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties shall
serve for a term of one year, the commissioner first elected
from the county commissioners of Essex, Middlesex and
Worcester counties shall serve for a term of two years, and
the commissioner first elected from the county commissioners
of Barnstable, Bristol, Norfolk and Plymouth counties shall
serve for a term of three years. The members first elected
as aforesaid shall be elected not later than the first day of
September, nineteen hundred and thirty, and their several
terms shall run from said date. Their successors shall be
chosen in the same manner and shall serve for terms of three
years from the first day of September in the year when
elected. The retirement of any member of the board as a
county commissioner shall thereupon create a vacancy in
the board. All vacancies in the board shall be filled in the
same manner as the original election for the unexpired term,
and all commissioners elected to said board shall serve until
the qualification of their respective successors. Each mem-
ber of the board shall receive as compensation the sum of ten
dollars for each day's attendance on board meetings, in
addition to his salary as county commissioner, and shall be
reimbursed for expenses actually incurred in the transaction
of the business of the board; provided, that the total amount
paid for compensation as aforesaid shall not exceed one
thousand dollars annually.

Section J^-O. Every office and position whereof the salary
is wholly payable from the treasury of one or more counties,
or from funds administered by and through county officials,
except the offices of county commissioners and associate
county commissioners, justices, special justices, clerks and
assistant clerks of the district courts, trial justices, offices
and positions filled by appointment of the governor with the
advice and consent of the council, and probation officers,
shall be classified by the board in the manner provided by
sections forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive, and every such
office and position, now existing or hereafter established, shall
be allocated by the board to its proper place in such classi-
fication. Offices and positions in the service of any depart-
ment, board, school or hospital principally supported by the
funds of the county or counties, or in the service of a hospital
district established under sections seventy-eight to ninety-
one, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eleven, shall like-
wise be subject to classification as aforesaid.

Section 50. The director of accounts shall (a) prepare
and submit to the board classification and compensation
plans, together with such rules for the administration thereof
as he may deem proper; (6) recommend to the board such
amendments thereto as he deems expedient, and also advise
and report to the board relative to amendments proposed
under section fifty-three; (c) keep an official roster of the

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officers and employees subject to sections forty-eight to
fifty-six, inclusive, with such other relevant information as
he may deem advisable, furnishing for each county a dupli-
cate roster of such officers and eniploj^ees of the county for
filing in the office of the county commissioners; (d) advise
and assist the several countj^ commissioners and the board
in carrying out the purposes of said sections; (e) perform
such other duties as may be requested by the county commis-
sioners of any county or the board in carrying out said pur-
poses; (/) make a continuing study of personnel problems,
emplojaiient conditions and economic changes as affecting
offices and positions subject to said sections; and (g) investi-
gate and make report to the board on appeals as provided in
section fiftj'-two.

The director may employ a person skilled and experienced f^^^^ f^H^
in public classification and compensation work to assist in the skilled in pub-
performance of the duties imposed upon him by said sections ficatfe!!!'
forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive. Such employment shall
not be subject to chapter thirty-one. All expenses incurred ^aJ^®b®®%a°t''^
by the director under this section and the compensation and
expenses payable under section forty-eight shall be paid in
the first instance by the commonwealth, from such funds as
may be appropriated by the general court; and the several ]^"^^""^
counties, excluding Suffolk, shall reimburse the common-
wealth therefor in proportion to their taxable valuations as
determined by the director.

Section 51. The board shall (a) pass upon and finally Duties of
adopt and put into effect, with such modifications, changes ^°'"'*^'
and additions as it shall deem proper, the classification and
compensation plans and rules for their administration
proposed by the director of accounts under section fifty;
(6) pass upon, finally adopt and put into effect, with such
modifications as it may deem proper, amendments to the
classification and compensation plans and the rules for their
administration as may be proposed from time to time
under the provisions of section fifty or fifty-three; provided. Proviso.
that no such amendment not proposed by the director of
accounts under section fifty shall be adopted except after
a report which shall be made by said director within thirty
days after submission to him; (c) pass upon and finally
determine appeals relative to classification, as provided in
section fifty-two; and (d) perform such other functions and
duties as may be imposed upon it by said sections forty-
eight to fifty-six, inclusive.

Section 62. The classification and allocation of offices classification
and positions required to be classified and allocated by of"offices and"
section forty-nine shall be according to their respective [^elccTrdi*^^ to
duties and responsibilities. The classification shall be es- their duties
tablished by specifications defining for each office or position sibiiitles,°etc.
or class of offices or positions the title, duties and respon-
sibilities thereof. The titles used in such classification shall
be used for pay rolls, in the records of county commissioners,
county treasurers, the director of accounts and of the

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Incumbents to
perform duties
prescribed for
class to which
they are as-
signed, etc.

Aggrieved in-
cumbent may
appeal to
board, etc.

Duties of
county com-
missioners.

Newly elected
employees,
etc., to receive
minimum
rate, etc.

Provisos.

Recommenda-
tions for pro-
motions, trana-

board, and in all budget and appropriation records, but for
working and administrative purposes within a department
and for public convenience other titles may be used. In-
cumbents of offices and positions so classified shall perform,
as far as practicable, the duties prescribed for the class
to which they are assigned, but nothing in sections forty-
eight to fifty-six, inclusive, shall be construed to limit or to
restrict the county commissioners or other administrative
authorities having charge of a department in assigning other
work to such incumbents.

Any incumbent aggrieved by the allocation or classifica-
tion of his office or position may, in writing, appeal to the
board. Such appeal shall be filed with the appellant's
board of county commissioners, who shall forward the appeal
to the board, accompanied by a report and their recom-
mendations thereon. The board shall refer the appeal to
the director of accounts, who shall investigate the merits
thereof and report to the board. The board shall then
finally determine the appeal after hearing all persons in-
terested.

Section 53. The county commissioners of the several
counties shall (1) keep on file in their respective offices the
duplicate roster of officers and employees of their county,
furnished by the director under section fifty; (2) receive and
forward to the board, with their report and recommenda-
tions thereon, appeals, as provided in section fifty-two; (3)
receive and act upon recommendations for salary increases,
as provided in section fifty-four, and (4) perform such other
functions and duties as may be imposed upon them by said
sections forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive. They may also
recommend to the board amendments to the classification
and compensation plans and to the rules relating thereto.
They shall be entitled to be heard in the determination of
questions of classification and allocation on appeal to the
board, or otherwise.

Section oJf.. Newly elected or appointed officers or em-
ployees shall receive the minimum rate in the scale for the
class to which the office or position has been allocated; pro-
vided (1) that where a person already in the service is trans-
ferred or demoted, or a former officer or employee is rein-
stated to an office or position in the class, he shall enter the
office or position at the rate which he last received, except
that, if the rate received in the former office or position is
higher than the maximum of the class, he shall receive the
maximum rate; and provided (2) that the board, upon
recommendation of the proper county commissioners, sup-
ported by evidence of special fitness and exceptional cir-
cumstances satisfactory to them, may approve an entrance
rate greater than the minimum rate; and provided (3)
that less than the minimum rate may be paid in cases
found by the board to be exceptional.

Recommendations for promotions, transfers and salary
increases, supported by such data as the case may require,

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shall be submitted to the county commissioners of the fers and salary
various counties by the proper authority, and such recom- 8ubm>"ttl(i°to^
mendations, if conforming to the classification and com- ;;';'."">y com-

cj luissioiiGrs etc,

pensation plans and rules provided for in section fifty-one,
may, in their discretion, be granted by the county com-
missioners; except that all cases involving more than one
increment in the salary scale, an original appointment at a
rate higher than a minimum rate, the creation of a new
class, or other departure from the normal procedure as out-
lined in the classification and compensation plans and rules
shall in each instance be referred by the county commis-
sioners to the board, and the action by the board in relation
thereto shall be final. Salary increases in counties, other
than Suffolk, shall not become effective unless and until an
appropriation sufficient to cover the same has been granted
by the general court.

Section 55. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all Salaries to be
salaries established under the authority of sections forty- p°ensatio°rfor
eight to fiftj'-six, inclusive, shall be in full compensation for rendered'^L-
all services rendered, and every officer or employee shall cept, etc'
pay all fees and other moneys received directly or indirectly
in the course of his public employment, into the county
treasury; provided, that nothing contained in said sections Proviso.
shall prevent the reimbursement of actual and other ex-
penses necessary for the transaction of public business or
the payment of overtime approved by the county com-
missioners, upon evidence of necessity therefor.

Section 56. For Suffolk county, the duties prescribed Suffolk county,
for the board by section fifty-one, except clause (c) thereof, v.irSus duties
shall be performed by the city council of the city of Boston, Pertahi^'s^e'^ti^ns
subject to the provisions of the charter of said city; the shall be per-
duties prescribed by sections forty-nine to fifty-five, inclu- ^'^™^'^-
sive, for the director of accounts shall be performed by the
budget commissioner of said city, and all other duties pre-
scribed and powers conferred by said sections forty- nine to
fifty-five shall be performed by the mayor of said city. Any Establishment
other county is hereby authorized, subject in all respects to "ur'ose of ^°^
the approval of the governor and council, to establish agencies establishing
for the purpose of establishing and administering classifica- fng'dasTifi'Ja-^'^'
tion and compensation plans in accordance with the provisions *'q°" '''e°*^ation
of sections forty-nine to fifty-five, inclusive, and agencies plans, etc
so established shall have the powers granted by said sections
to the board and the director of accounts. Upon the estab-
lishment of such agency, such county shall cease to be rep-
resented in the board or to participate in the election of its
members, and its obligation to contribute toward the ex-
penses incurred bj'- the board and by the director under
section fifty shall terminate.

Section 6. Section forty-five of chapter thirty of the g.l. 30, §45,
General Laws, as amended by section forty-eight of chapter ^'°' '^"'^" ^
three hundred and sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-three, is hereby further amended by in-
serting after the word "office" in the fifth line the words: — ,

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Classification
of certain state
offices and
positions, in-
cluding registers
and assistant
registers of
probate.

Director of
accounts to use
certain plans
as a general
basis for the
initial classi-
fication and
compensation
plans.

Effective date
of initial classi-
fication and
compensation
plans.

Adjustments of
rates of pay of
officers and em-
ployees subject
to act in effect
immediately
prior to effec-
tive date of
classification,
etc.

Certain rights
of incumbents
of elective
county offices
not affected.

but including registers and assistant registers of probate and
their assistants, — so that the first sentence will read as
follows: — Section 4-5 ■ All appointive offices and positions
in the government of the commonwealth, except those in
the judicial branch and those in the legislative branch other
than the additional clerical and other assistants in the
sergeant-at-arms' office, but including registers and assistant
registers of probate and their assistants, shall be classified
by the division of personnel and standardization, subject to
the approval of the governor and council, in services, groups
and grades according to the duties pertaining to each office
or position.

Section 7. The director of accounts shall use as a
general basis for the initial classification and compensation
plans which he is required to submit to the county personnel
board under section fifty of chapter thirty-five of the Gen-
eral Laws, inserted therein by section five of this act, the
plans set forth in appendix A of senate document numbered
two hundred and seventy for the current year, formulated
by the special commission on county salaries established by
chapter thirty-three of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine.

Section 8. The initial classification and compensation
plans and rates thereunder, provided for by this act, shall
be put into effect for the financial year beginning January
first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one; and the salaries and
compensations of all offices and positions subject to classi-
fication under this act, as established immediately prior
to the effective date of this act, shall continue without change
until said initial classification becomes effective as aforesaid.

Section 9. Rates of pay of officers and employees sub-
ject to this act in effect immediately prior to the effective
date of classification hereunder shall be adjusted to the
classified rates of compensation provided under the authority
of this act in accordance with the following plan: (o) the
rate of pay of an officer or employee receiving on said date
more than the maximum prescribed for the class to which he
is allocated shall not be reduced so long as he is filling the
same office or position and performing the duties thereof;
(6) the rate of pay of an officer or employee who, on said
date, is paid a rate between the minimum and the maximum
of his class which does not correspond with any intermediate
rate shall be adjusted as early as fiscal requirements permit
to the next higher rate; and (c) the rate of pay of an officer
or employee receiving on said date less than the minimum
prescribed for a class may be increased in the discretion of
the county commissioners of his county to the minimum
rate of the class. The right of the incumbent of an elective
county office to continue to receive compensation under the
provisions of this section shall not be affected by his re-
election. Approved May 28, 19S0.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 401, 402. 489

An Act relative to the setting of fires in the open air. Chav 401
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter forty-eight of the General Laws, as g. l. 48, § is,
most recently amended in section thirteen by chapter one ®*''' ai^ended.
hundred and sixty of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by striking out said
section thirteen and inserting in place thereof the following:
— Section 13. No person shall set, maintain or increase Setting, etc.,
a fire in the open air at any time unless the ground is sub- fk rJguhftld.
stantially covered with snow, except by written permission,
covering a period not exceeding ten days from the date
thereof, granted by the forest warden or chief of the fire
department in cities and towns, or, in cities having such an
official, the fire commissioner; provided, that debris from Provisos,
fields, gardens and orchards, and leaves and rubbish from
yards, may be burned on ploughed fields by the owners
thereof, their agents or lessees, if such fire is at least two hun-
dred feet distant from any sprout or forest land and at least
fifty feet distant from any building and is properly attended
until extinguished; and provided, further, that persons
above the age of eighteen may set or maintain a fire for a
reasonable purpose upon sandy land, or upon salt marshes
or sandy or rocky beaches bordering on tide water, if the fire
is enclosed within rocks, metal or other non-inflammable
material. The forester may make rules and regulations Rules and
relating to the granting and revocation of such permits bind- stft''e'for°e"ter?'
ing throughout the commonwealth. Such rules and regula-
tions shall take effect subject to section thirty-seven of
chapter thirty, when approved by the governor and council.
The forest wardens in towns and officials performing the Notice and
duties of forest wardens in cities shall cause public notice to oftew^™^"*
be given of the provisions of this section and shall enforce
the same. Whoever violates any provision of this section Penalty.
shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred
dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month,
or both.

Section 2. Section fourteen of said chapter forty-eight, 2„ '";i^LL''i'
as amended by section one of chapter two hundred and " " °"°° °
eighty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is
hereby repealed. Approved May 28, 1930.

etc., repealed.

An Act providing for adequate assistance to certain (Jhav 402

AGED citizens AND FOR A REPORT BY THE COMMISSIONER
OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION AS TO WAYS AND MEANS
FOR RAISING THE REQUIRED REVENUE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by g. l., new
inserting after chapter one hundred and eighteen, under the chapter iis^*^
title. Adequate Assistance to Certain Aged Citizens, the
following new chapter : —

490

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 402.

Chapter 118A.

Adequate as-
sistance to
certain ngcd
citiziens under
supervision
of department
of public
welfare.

Bureau of Old
Age Assistance
to be estab-
lished by each
board of public
welfare.

Cities and
towns to be
reimbursed by
commonwealth
for assistance
given, etc.

Duties of
department.

Commissioner
of corporations
and taxation

ADEQUATE ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN AGED CITIZENS.

Section 1. Adequate assistance to deserving citizens in
need of relief and support seventy years of age or over who
shall have resided in the commonwealth not less than twenty
years immediately preceding arrival at such age, subject to
such reasonable exceptions as to continuity of residence as the
department of public welfare, in this chapter called the de-
partment, may determine by rules hereinafter authorized,
shall be granted under the supervision of the department.
Such assistance shall, wherever practicable, be given to the
aged person in his own home or in lodgings or in a boarding
home, and it shall be sufficient to provide such suitable and
dignified care. No person receiving assistance hereunder
shall be deemed to be a pauper by reason thereof.

Section 2. Each board of public welfare shall, for the
purpose of granting adequate assistance and service to such
aged persons, establish a division thereof to be designated as
the Bureau of Old Age Assistance. In determining the need
for financial assistance, said bureaus shall give consideration
to the resources of the aged person and to the ability of chil-
dren and others to support such aged person. Separate
records of all such aged persons who are aided shall be kept
and reports returned in the manner prescribed by section
thirty-four of chapter forty-one and b}^ sections thirty-two
and thirty-three of chapter one hundred and seventeen.

Section 3. In respect to all aged persons in receipt of
assistance under this chapter, the town rendering the assist-
ance shall, after and subject to approval of the bills by the
department and subject otherwise to the provisions of section
forty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty-one, be reim-
bursed by the commonwealth for one third of the amount of
assistance given, or, if the person so aided has no settlement
in the commonwealth, for the total amount thereof. If the
person so aided has a legal settlement in another town, two
thirds of the amount of such assistance given may be re-
covered in contract against the town liable therefor in accord-
ance with chapter one hundred and seventeen.

Section 4- The department shall supervise the work done
and measures taken by the boards of public welfare of the
several towns in respect to persons aided and service given
under this chapter; and for this purpose may make such
rules relative to notice and reimbursement, and such other
rules relating to the administration of this chapter, as it
deems necessary, and may visit any person aided, and shall
have access to any records and other data kept by the boards
of public welfare or their representatives relating to such
assistance, and may require the production of books and
papers and the testimony of witnesses under oath.

Section 2. The commissioner of corporations and taxa-
tion is hereby directed to consider ways and means for raising

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 403. 491

the revenue required by the commonwealth and by the cities to consider

and towns thereof to carry out the terms of this act from mkuns^fol

sources which, so far as may be, will not constitute an addi- re'^u-'r^e^^e®""®

tional burden on real estate, and shall especially consider

some form of taxation on amusements, proprietary articles

and luxuries, and shall report to the general court his findings Report to gen-

and recommendations, together with drafts of legislation court, etc.

necessary to carry his recommendations into effect, by filing

the same with the clerk of the house of representatives not

later than the first Wednesday in December of the current

year.

Section 3. Section one of this act shall not become section i, when
operative until July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one. °P«'''^*'^e.

Approved May 28, 1930.

An Act establishing the metropolitan state hospital fhr,^ 403

FOR THE CARE OF THE INSANE. ^'

Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs:

Section 1. There is hereby established in the city of Metropolitan
Waltham and the towns of Belmont and Lexington, for the established for
care of the insane, the Metropohtan state hospital. Said thefnslnl
hospital shall be subject to all provisions of law applicable to
state hospitals under the control of the department of mental
diseases, except as hereinafter otherwise provided.

Section 2. Section five of chapter nineteen of the General g. l. 19, § 5,

T i .1 1 1 i_ i- j> 1 i etc., amended.

Laws, as most recently amended by section one 01 chapter
two hundred and ninety-three of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twent3^-five, is hereby further amended by inserting after
the word "hospital" the first time it occurs in the seventh
line, the words: — Metropolitan state hospital, — and by
striking out, in the seventh and eighth lines, the words : —
Norfolk state hospital, — so as to read as follows: — Section Boards of
5. The boards of trustees of the following public institutions certafn^ubiic
shall serve in the department : Belchertown state school, institutions to
Boston psychopathic hospital, Boston state hospital, Danvers ment 0° mMtaf
state hospital, Foxborough state hospital, Gardner state
colony, Grafton state hospital, Walter E. Fernald state
school, Medfield state hospital. Metropolitan state hospital,
Monson state hospital, Northampton state hospital, Taun-
ton state hospital, Westborough state hospital, Worcester
state hospital and Wrentham state school.

Section 3. Chapter one hundred and twenty-three of the g. l. 123, § 25,
General Laws, as most recently amended in section twenty- ^*''- *™^'''* •
five by section three of said chapter two hundred and ninety-
three, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
twenty-five and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 25. The state institutions under the control of the List of state
department shall be Worcester state hospital, Taunton state under'^coTtroi
hospital, Noiihampton state hospital, Danvers state hospital, °[ mTntar^"*^
Grafton state hospital, Westborough state hospital, Fo.x- diseases.
borough state hospital, Medfield state hospital, Monson

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 403.

Certain pro-
visions of law
not to take
effect, as to the
metropolitan
state hospital,
until, etc.

Trustees, ap-
pointment,
terms.

Until appoint-
ment and quali-
fication of
trustees, hospi-
tal to be under
control of de-
partment of
mental dis-
eases, etc.

Powers.

Superin-
tendent.

Treasurer.

Section 2,
when effective.

state hospital, Gardner state colony, Wrentham state school,
Boston state hospital, Walter E. Fernald state school, Boston
psychopathic hospital, Belchertown state school. Metro-
politan state hospital, and such others as may hereafter be
added by authority of law.

Section 4. The provisions of law relative to the commit-
ment and admission of insane persons to, the custody, care,
treatment and support of such persons at, and the discharge
of such persons from, state hospitals under the control of the
department of mental diseases shall not take effect, as to the
metropolitan state hospital established hereby, until it is
ready for the reception of patients and such time shall be
fixed by proclamation of the governor in accordance with a
notification from the said department; but, until the appoint-
ment of the trustees of such hospital under section five of this
act and their qualification, such provisions shall be effective
as to such hospital subject to the provisions of section six
of this act.

Section 5. Of the appointments of trustees of the metro-
politan state hospital which shall be originally made by the
governor, with the advice and consent of the council, under
authority of this act, in January, nineteen hundred and
thirty-three, one shall be for a term of one year, one for a
term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a
term of four years, one for a term of five years, one for a
term of six years and one for a term of seven years, from the
first Wednesday in February, nineteen hundred and thirty-
three, subject, however, to the provisions of section six of
chapter nineteen of the General Laws.

Section 6. Until the appointment and quahfication of
trustees as aforesaid,

(1) The Metropolitan state hospital shall be directly under
the control of the department of mental diseases in accordance
with the provisions of section three of chapter one hundred
and twenty-three;

(2) Said department shall have and exercise all the powers
and duties in respect to said hospital which the trustees of the
several state hospitals under the control of the department
of mental diseases have and exercise in respect thereto, and,
in respect to such hospital, shall be subject to all provisions
of law appHcable to trustees of such state hospitals; and

(3) Said department shall appoint to and may remove
from the service of such hospital: (a) A superintendent, who
shall be a physician and shall reside at the hospital, and, with
the approval of said department, shall appoint and may
remove assistant physicians and necessary subordinate officers
and other persons; and (6) a treasurer, who shall give bond
for the faithful performance of his duties.

Section 7. Section two of this act shall not take effect
until the appointment and quahfication of the trustees of
said hospital as aforesaid. Approved May 28, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 404, 405. 493

An Act establishing the salary of the court officer ^i .^.
OF the land court. 0/iap.4U4

Be it entxted, etc., as folloivs:

Section fourteen of chapter one hundred and eighty-five g. l. i85, § u,
of the General Laws, as amended by section thirty-two of «*"•■ ^""^nded.
chapter four hundred and eighty-six of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twentj^-one, by chapter three hundred and
eighty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three
and b}^ section three of chapter two hundred and seventy-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in the tenth and
eleventh lines, the words "twenty-three hundred dollars,"
and inserting in place thereof the following : — twenty-four
hundred and eighty-four dollars and such salary shall be,
— so as to read as follows: — Section 14- The judge and 3"^^??'^'? .
associate judges of the land court shall each receive a salary of land court,
of ten thousand dollars, and each shall annually receive, ^^*'^"«^' ^^c
upon the certificate of the judge, the amount of the expenses
incurred by him in the discharge of his duties, to be paid
by the commonwealth. The recorder shall receive a sal- Recorder,
ary of sixty-five hundred dollars. The compensation and j^^J^l^
salaries of examiners of title and all assistants and messengers title, etc.,
shall be fixed by the governor and council. The salary of the ^■*'""®s-
officer in attendance upon the court in Suffolk county shall h,°suffo^r'^
be twenty-four hundred and eighty-four dollars and such salary.
salary shall be in full for all services performed by him.
All salaries and expenses of the court shall be paid by the Salaries and
commonwealth, except the salaries of the assistant recorders who^m paid^
and the expenses incurred by them under this chapter, which
shall be paid by the respective counties. All fees collected fo'^.f^i^g o{°
by the assistant recorders, except those received upon the certain fees.
filing of petitions, which shall be transmitted with the
petitions to the recorder, shall be paid to their respective
counties. Approved May 28, 1930.

An Act to provide for the improvement of a certain QIki^ 405

PART OF the TAUNTON RIVER.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The department of public works may expend, from such Department of
appropriation as may hereafter be made, a sum not exceed- may 'expend^
ing seventy thousand dollars, in addition to the sum of forThe'lm-''"
thirty thousand dollars hereinafter referred to, for the im- provementof
provement for navigation of that part of the Taunton SfTL'^TaSn-''
river extending from the city of Fall River to Weir village *°" "^®''' »*•'•
in the city of Taunton, and for payment for land purchased
or taken, for land damages and other rights, and for the
privilege of depositing material on land and flats of and
adjoining said river; provided, that no part of said sums Provisos. •
shall be available or expended until the congress of the

494

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 406, 407.

United States shall approve a project, and make appropri-
ation therefor, to improve that part of said river extending
as aforesaid, by the construction therein of a continuous
channel to a depth of at least twelve feet at mean low water;
and provided, further, that no expense shall be incurred
hereunder until said city of Taunton shall have contributed
the sum of thirty thousand dollars toward the cost of the
improvement herein authorized and shall have paid such
sum into the state treasury, nor until said city of Taunton
shall have agreed wdth said department to construct and/or
maintain, as directed and approved by said department, a
suitable wharf or terminal in connection with such improve-
ment. Approved May 28, 1930.

ChapAOQ An Act transferring the care of the bridge over the

ACUSHNET RIVER BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW BEDFORD
AND THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The charge of the bridge over the Acushnet
river between the city of New Bedford and the town of
Fairhaven, called the New Bedford and Fairhaven bridge,
is hereby placed in the state department of pubHc works.

Section 2. The said bridge shall be a state highway and
the provisions of chapter eighty-one of the General Laws
shall, so far as applicable, apply thereto in the same manner
and to the same extent as if the said bridge were a land and
not a water way.

Section 3. The expense of keeping the bridge in good
repair for travel and of operating the draw in the bridge
and of maintaining the bridge shall be paid by the common-
wealth. Approved May 28, 1930.

Care of certain
bridge over
Acushnet river
transferred to
state depart-
ment of public
works.

Bridge to be
a state
highway.

Expense of
repairing, etc.,
to be paid
by state.

Chap. 407 An Act to apportion and assess a state tax of seven

MILLION dollars.

Emergency
preamble.

State tax
apportioned
and assessed.

Whereas, A delay in the taking effect of this act would
cause great inconvenience in the collection of the state tax,
therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law,
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Each city and town in the commonwealth
shall be assessed and pay the sum with which it stands
charged in the following schedule, that is to say : —

Abington, seven thousand dollars .... $7,000 00

Acton, thirty-five hundred dollars .... 3,500 00

Acushnet, forty-one hundred and thirty dollars . . 4,130 00
Adams, fourteen thousand four himdred and twenty

doUars . . . . . . . . . 14,420 00

Agawam, eighty-eight hundred and ninety dollars . 8,890 00

Alford, three hundred and fifty dollars . . . 350 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 407.

495

Amesbury, thirteen thousand six hundred and fifty

dollars .........

Amherst, ten thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars .
Andover, twenty thousand four hundred and forty dollars
Arlington, fiftj'-two thousand eight hundred and fifty

dollars .......

Ashburnham, two thousand and thirty dollars

Ashby, eleven hundred and twenty dollars .

Ashfield, fourteen hundred dollars

Ashland, twenty-eight hundred dollars

Athol, twelve thousand one hundred and ten dollars

Attleboro, twenty-six thousand nine hundred and fiftj'

dollars .......

Aubiu-n, six thousand and ninety dollars
Avon, twenty-three hundred and eighty dollars
Ayer, thirty-eight hundred and fifty dollars
Barnstable, nineteen thousand six hundred and seventy

dollars ........

Barre, forty-three hundred and forty dollars

Becket, eight hundred and forty dollars

Bedford, twenty-five hundred and ninety dollars .

Belchertown, two thousand and thirty dollars

Bellingham, twenty-nine hundred and forty dollars

Belmont, thirty-three thousand and forty dollars .

Berkley, nine hundred and eighty dollars

Berhn, one thousand and fifty dollars .

Bernardston, nine hundred and eighty dollars

Beverly, forty-four thousand seven hundred and thirty

dollars ........

Billerica, ten thousand and eighty dollars
Blackstone, thirty-two hundred and ninety dollars
Blandford, one thousand and fifty dollars
Bolton, eleven hundred and ninety dollars .
Boston, one million eight hundred sixteen thousand two

hundred and ninety dollars
Bourne, eighty-four hundred and seventy dollars
Boxborough, three hundred and fifty dollars
Boxford, eleven hundred and ninety dollars
Boylston, nine hundred and ten dollars
Braintree, twenty-two thousand six hundred and ten

dollars ........

Brewster, seventeen hundred and fifty dollars
Bridgewater, seventj^-five hundred and sixty dollars
Brimfield, fourteen hundred dollars
Brockton, eighty thousand two hundred and ninety

dollars .......

Brookfield, sixteen hundred and ten dollars .
Brookline, one hundred forty-three thousand two hun-
dred and twenty dollars .....

Buckland, three thousand and ten dollars
Burlington, twenty-two hundred and forty dollars
Cambridge, one hundred eighty-four thousand three

hundred and ten dollars ....
Canton, ninety-five hundred and ninety dollars
CarUsle, eight hundred and forty dollars
Carver, twenty-eight hundred dollars .
Charlemont, twelve hundred and sixty dollars
Charlton, twenty-one hundred and seventy dollars
Chatham, forty-seven hundred and sixty dollars .
Chelmsford, ninety-one hundred and seventy dollars
Chelsea, sixty thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars
Cheshire, eighteen hundred and twenty dollars
Chester, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars
Chesterfield, five hundred and sixty dollars .
Chicopee, fifty-five thousand seven hundred and twenty

dollars .........

$13,650 00 Stntetax

52,850 00

2,030 00

1,120 00

1,400 00

2,800 00

12,110 00

26,950 00

6,090 00

2,380 00

3,850 00

19,670 00
4,340 00

840 00

2.590 00

2,030 00

2,940 00

33,040 00

980 00
1,050 00

980 00

44,730 00
10,080 00

3,290 00

1,050 00

1,190 00

1,816,290 00
8,470 00

350 00
1,190 00

910 00

22,610 00
1,750 00
7,560 00
1,400 00

80,290 00
1,610 00

143,220 00
3,010 00
2,240 00

184,310 00

9,590 00

840 00

2,800 00

1,260 00

2,170 00

4,760 00

9,170 00

60,970 00

1,820 00

1,680 00

560 00

55,720 00

496

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 407.

State tax
apportioned
and assessed.

Chilmark, five hundred and sixty dollars . . . $560 00

Clarksburg, eleven hundred and ninety dollars . . 1,190 00
Clinton, seventeen thousand two hundred and ninety

dollars 17,290 00

Cohasset, ninety-one hundred and seventy dollars . 9,170 00

Colrain, eighteen hundred and twenty dollars . . 1,820 00

Concord, eighty-eight hundred and ninety dollars . 8,890 00

Conway, nine hundred and eighty dollars . . . 980 00

Cummington, five hundred and sixty dollars . . 560 00

Dalton, sixty-eight hundred and sixty dollars . . 6,860 00

Dana, seven hundred and seventy dollars . . . 770 00

Danvers, twelve thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars 12,950 00
Dartmouth, eleven thousand eight hundred and thirty

dollars 11,830 00

Dedham, twenty-three thousand three hundred and

eighty dollars 23,380 00

Deerfield, forty-nine hundred dollars .... 4,900 00

Dennis, thirty-one hundred and fifty dollars . . 3,150 00

Dighton, fortj'-seven hundred and sixty dollars . . 4,760 00

Douglas, twenty-one hundred and seventy dollars . 2,170 00

Dover, thirty-four hundred and thirty dollars . . 3,430 00

Dracut, fifty-five hundred and thirty dollars . . 5,530 00

Dudley, forty-nine hundred dollars .... 4,900 00

Dunstable, four hundred and ninety dollars . . 490 00

Duxbury, fifty-nine hundred and fifty dollars . . 5,950 00

East Bridgewater, fifty-six hundred dollars . . . 5,600 00

East Brookfield, eleven hundred and ninety dollars . 1,190 00

East Longmeadow, thirty-six hundred and forty dollars 3,640 00

Eastham, eleven hundred and twenty dollars . . 1,120 00
Easthampton, fourteen thousand nine hundred and

eighty dollars 14,980 00

Easton, sixty-five hundred and ten dollars . . . 6,510 00

Edgartown, forty-two hundred dollars . . . 4,200 00

Egremont, nine hundred and ten dollars . . . 910 00

Enfield, seven hundred dollars ..... 700 00

Erving, twenty-eight hundred dollars .... 2,800 00

Essex, sixteen hundred and ten dollars . . . 1,610 00
Everett, sixty-eight thousand one hundred and ten

dollars 68,110 00

Fairhaven, twelve thousand seven hundred and forty

dollars 12,740 00

Fall River, one hundred fifty thousand nine hundred and

twenty dollars 150,920 00

Falmouth, eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty

dollars 18,480 00

Fitchburg, fifty-nine thousand and eighty dollars . . 59,080 00

Florida, fourteen hundred dollars .... 1,400 00

Foxborough, fifty-nine hundred and fifty dollars . . 5,950 00
Framingham, thirty-four thousand six hundred and fifty

dollars 34,650 00

Franklin, ninety-five hundred and ninety dollars . . 9,590 00

Freetown, twenty-one hundred dollars . . . 2,100 00
Gardner, twenty-six thousand seven hundred and forty

dollars 26,740 00

Gay Head, one hundred and forty dollars . . . 140 00

Georgetown, two thousand and thirty dollars . . 2,030 00

Gill, nine hundred and eighty dollars .... 980 00
Gloucester, thirty-six thousand five hundred and forty

dollars 36,540 00

Goshen, four hundred and twenty dollars . . . 420 00

Gosnold, eleven hundred and twenty dollars . . 1,120 00

Grafton, fifty-four hundred and sixty dollars . . 5,460 00

Granby, eleven hundred and twenty dollars . . 1,120 00

Granville, seven hundred and seventy dollars . . 770 00
Great Harrington, eleven thousand four hundred and ten

dollars 11,410 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 407.

497

Greenfield, twenty-eight thousand four hundred and

twenty dollars ......

Greenwich, four hundred and ninety dollars
Groton, forty-four hundred and ten dollars .
Groveland, twenty-one hundred and seventy dollars
Hadley, thirtj'-two hinidrcd and twentj^ dollars
Halifax, fourteen hundred dollars
Hamilton, fifty-one hundred and ten dollars
Hampden, seven hundred dollars
Hancock, six hundred and thirty dollars
Hanover, thirty-five hundred and seventy dollars
Hanson, twenty-seven hundred and thirty dollars
Hardwick, thirty-four hundred and thirty dollars
Harvard, twenty-three hundred and eighty dollars
Hanvich, forty-eight hundred and thirty dollars .
Hatfield, thirty-one hundred and fifty dollars
Haverhill, sixty-five thousand three hundred and ten

dollars ........

Hawley, two hundred and eighty dollars

Heath, four hundred and ninety dollars

Hingham, thirteen thousand one hundred and sixty

dollars ........

Hinsdale, eleven hundred and twenty dollars
Holbrook, thirty-nine hundred and twenty dollars
Holden, thirty-seven hundred and eighty dollars .
Holland, two hundred and ten dollars
HoUiston, thirty-six hundred and forty dollars
Holyoke, one hundred twelve thousand eight hundred

and forty dollars ......

Hopedale, fifty-six hundred and seventy dollars
Hopkinton, twenty-nine hundred and forty dollars
Hubbardston, nine hundred and eighty dollars
Hudson, eighty-seven hundred and fifty dollars
Hull, fourteen thousand eight hundred and forty dollars
Huntington, fifteen hundred and forty dollars
Ipswich, seventy-eight hundred and forty dollars .
Kingston, forty-one hundred and thirty dollars
Lakeville, sixteen hundred and ten dollars .
Lancaster, thirty-two hundred and twenty dollars
Lanesborough, fourteen hundred dollars
Lawrence, one hundred thirty-one thousand three hun

dred and twenty dollars .....
Lee, fifty-eight hundred and eighty dollars .
Leicester, forty-four hundred and eighty dollars .
Lenox, sixty-one hundred and sixty dollars .
Leominster, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty

dollars ........

Leverett, six hundred and thirty dollars

Lexington, seventeen thousand two hundred and ninety

dollars ........

Leyden, three hundred and fifty dollars
Lincoln, twenty-six hundred and sixty dollars
Littleton, twenty-five hundred and twenty dollars
Longmeadow, ninety-four hundred and fifty dollars
Lowell, one hundred thirty thousand seven hundred and

sixty dollars .......

Ludlow, ten thousand two hundred and ninety dollars
Lunenburg, twenty-three hundred and eighty dollars
Lynn, one hundred thirty-six thousand and eighty dollars
Lynnfield, twenty-nine hundred and forty dollars
Maiden, sixty-nine thousand and ninety dollars .
Manchester, eleven thousand four hundred and ten dol-
lars ........

Mansfield, eighty-four hundred dollars

Marblehead, seventeen thousand seven hundred and ten

dollars .........

$28,420 00 State tax
40n nn apportioned

4,410 00 ''^^^^^^•i-

2,170 00

3,220 00

1,400 00

5,110 00

700 00

630 00

3,570 00

2,730 00

3,430 00

2,380 00

4,830 00

3,150 00

65,310 00
280 00
490 00

13,160 00
1,120 00
3,920 00
3,780 00
210 00
3,640 00

112,840 00
5,670 00
2,940 00
980 00
8,750 00
14,840 00
1,540 00
7,840 00
4,130 00
1,610 00
3,220 00
1,400 00

131,320 00
5,880 00
4,480 00
6,160 00

27,650 00
630 00

17,290 00

350 00

2,660 00

2,520 00

9,450 00

130,760 00

10,290 00

2,380 00

136,080 00

2,940 00

69,090 00

11,410 00
8,400 00

17,710 00

498

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 407.

State tax
apportioned
and assessed.

Marion, forty-three hundred and forty dollars
Marlborough, eighteen thousand five hundred and fifty

dollars ........

Marshfield, fifty-seven hundred and forty dollars .
Mashpee^ nine hundred and ten dollars
Mattapoisett, thirty-four hundred and thirty doUars
Maynard, eight thousand and fifty dollars .
Medfield, thirty-one hundred and fifty dollars
Medford, seventy-one thousand six hundred and ten dol

lars ........

Medway, thirty-five hundred dollars .
Melrose, thirty-three thousand six hundred dollars
Mendon, thirteen hundred and thirty dollars
Merrimac, twenty-five hundred and twenty dollars
Methuen, twenty-two thousand nine hundred and sixty

dollars ........

Middleborough, ninety-seven hundred and thirty dollars

Middlefield, three hundred and fifty dollars

Middleton, sixteen hundred and ten dollars .

Milford, fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars

Millbury, sixty-three hundred dollars .

Millis, thirty-one hundred and fifty dollars .

MUlville, nineteen hundred and sixty dollars

Milton, thirty-four thousand and twenty dollars .

Monroe, twelve hundred and sixty dollars .

Monson, four thousand and sixty dollars

Montague, thirteen thousand seven hundred and ninety

dollars ........

Monterey, eight hundred and forty dollars .
Montgomery, two hundred and eighty doUars
Mount Washington, two hundred and ten dollars
Nahant, forty-five hundred and fifty dollars
Nantucket, ninety-eight hundred dollars
Natick, sixteen thousand five hundred and ninety

dollars ........

Needham, eighteen thousand nine hundred and seventy

dollars ........

New Ashford, one hundred and forty dollars

New Bedford, one hundred eighty thousand nine hundred

and fifty dollars ......

New Braintree, five hundred and sixty dollars
New Marlborough, fifteen hundred and forty dollars
New Salem, six hundred and thirty dollars .
Newbury, twenty-three hundred and ten dollars .
Newburyport, fourteen thousand nine hundred and ten

dollars ........

Newton, one hundred thirty-six thousand seven hundred

and eighty dollars ......

Norfolk, seventeen hundred and fifty dollars

North Adams, thirty thousand four hundred and fifty

dollars .........

North Andover, ninety-seven hundred and thirty dollars
North Attleborough, eleven thousand three hundred and

forty dollars ........

North Brookfield, thirty-one hundred and fifty dollars .
North Reading, twenty-two hundred and forty dollars .
Northampton, thirty-one thousand and ten dollars
Northborough, twenty-one hundred and seventy dollars
Northbridge, twelve thousand one hundred and eighty

dollars .........

Northfield, twenty-five hundred and twenty dollars
Norton, twenty-eight hundred dollars . . . .

Norwell, two thousand and thirty dollars

Norwood, twenty-six thousand six hundred and seventy

dollars .........

Oak Bluffs, forty-two hundred dollars

$4,340 00

18,550 00
5,740 00
910 00
3,430 00
8,050 00
3,150 00

71,610 00
3,500 00

33,600 00
1,330 00
2,520 00

22,960 00

9,730 00

350 00

1,610 00

15,750 00
6,300 00
3,150 00
1,960 00

34,020 00
1,260 00
4,060 00

13,790 00

840 00

280 00

210 00

4,550 00

9,800 00

16,590 00

18,970 00
140 00

180,950 00

560 00

1,540 00

630 00

2,310 00

14,910 00

136,780 00
1,750 00

30,450 00
9,730 00

11,340 00
3,150 00
2,240 00

31,010 00
2,170 00

12,180 00
2,520 00
2,800 00
2,030 00

26,670 00
4,200 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 407.

499

Oakham, five hundred and sixty dollars

Orange, sixty-three hundred and seventy dollars .

Orleans, thirty-three hundred and sixty dollars

Otis, five hundred and sixty dollars

Oxford, thirty-nine hundred and twenty dollars .

Palmer, twelve thousand two hundred and fifty dollars

Paxton, nine hundred and eighty dollars

Peabody, twenty-five thousand eight hundred and thirty

dollars ........

Pelham, seven hundred and seventy dollars
Pembroke, twenty-six hundred and sixty dollars
Pepperell, thirty-five hundred and seventy dollars
Peru, three hundred and fifty dollars .
Petersham, seventeen hundred and fifty dollars
Phillipston, four hundred and twenty dollars
Pittsfield, sixty-six thousand three hundred and sixty

dollars .......

Plainfield, four hundred and twenty dollars .
Plainville, seventeen hundred and fifty dollars
PljTiiouth, twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and

thirty dollars ......

Plympton, seven hundred dollars
Prescott, one hundred and forty dollars
Princeton, fourteen hundred dollars
Provincetown, forty-five hundred and fifty dollars
Quincy, one hundred twenty-three thousand and sixty

dollars .......

Randolph, six thousand and twenty dollars .

Raynham, twenty-one hundred dollars

Reading, fourteen thousand eight hundred and forty

dollars .......

Rehoboth, twenty-three hundred and ten dollars
Revere, thirty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars
Richmond, seven hundred and seventy dollars
Rochester, fourteen hundred and seventy dollars
Rockland, ninety-five hundred and twenty dollars
Rockport, fifty-five hundred and thirty dollars
Rowe, eight hundred and forty dollars
Rowley, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars
Royalston, eleven hundred and ninety dollars
Russell, forty-four hundred and ten dollars .
Rutland, fifteen hundred and forty dollars .
Salem, fifty-six thousand five hundred and sixty dollars
Salisbury, thirty-five hundred dollars .
Sandisfield, seven hundred dollars
Sandwich, twenty-five hundred and twenty dollars
Saugus, thirteen thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars
Savoy, three hundred and fifty dollars
Scituate, eleven thousand and sixty dollars .
Seekonk, forty-five hundred and fifty dollars
Sharon, fifty-eight hundred and eighty dollars
Sheffield, sixteen hundred and ten dollars
Shelburne, twenty-nine hundred and forty dollars
Sherborn, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars
Shirley, twenty-three hundred and eighty dollars
Shrewsbury, seventy-seven hundred and seventy dollars
Shutesbury, four hundred and twenty dollars
Somerset, eleven thousand two hundred and seventy

dollars .........

Somerville, one hundred twenty thousand nine hundred

and sixty dollars .......

South Hadley, ten thousand and eighty dollars
Southampton, nine hundred and ten dollars
Southborough, thirty-five hundred and seventy dollars .
Southbridge, fifteen thousand two hundred and sixty

dollars .........

$560 00 State tax
A Q7n fin apportioned
0,6IU UU and assessed.
3,360 00

560 00

3,920 00

12,250 00

980 00

25,830 00

770 00
2,660 00
3,570 00

350 00
1,750 00

420 00

66,360 00

420 00

1,750 00

27,930 00

700 00

140 00

1,400 00

4,550 00

123,060 00
6,020 00
2,100 00

14,840 00

2,310 00

39,900 00

770 00

1,470 00

9,520 00

5,530 00
840 00

1,680 00

1,190 00

4,410 00

1,540 00
56,560 00

3,500 00
700 00

2,520 00

13,930 GO

350 00

11,060 00

4,550 00

5,880 00

1,610 00

2,940 00

1,680 00

2,380 00

7,770 00
420 00

11,270 00

120,960 00

10,080 00

910 00

3,570 00

15,260 00

500

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 407.

State tax
apportioned
and assessed.

Southwick, eighteen hundred and ninety dollars .
Spencer, fifty-one hundred and eighty dollars
Springfield, two hundred ninety-two thousand six hun

dred dollars .......

Sterling, nineteen hundred and sixty dollars
Stockbridge, forty-nine hundred dollars
Stoneham, twelve thousand six hundred dollars
Stoughton, ninety-nine hundred and forty dollars
Stow, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars
Sturbridge, fourteen hundred dollars .
Sudbury, twenty-six hundred and sixty dollars
Sunderland, fourteen hundred and seventy dollars
Sutton, two thousand and thirty dollars
Swampscott, twenty-three thousand three hundred and

ten dollars .......

Swansea, forty-four hundred and ten dollars

Taunton, forty-three thousand one hundred and twenty

dollars ........

Templeton, thirty-seven hundred and eighty dollars
Tewksbury, thirty-five hundred dollars
Tisbury, five thousand and forty dollars
Tolland, three hundred and fifty dollars
Topsfield, twenty-seven hundred and thirty dollars
Townsend, twenty-three hundred and eighty dollars
Truro, nine hundred and eighty dollars
Tyngsborough, eleven hundred and ninety dollars
Tyringham, four hundred and ninety dollars
Upton, sixteen hundred and eighty dollars .
Uxbridge, eighty-two hundred and sixty dollars .
Wakefield, twenty-two thousand six hundred and ten

dollars ........

Wales, foui" hundred and ninety dollars

Walpole, fourteen thousand four hundred and twenty

dollars ........

Waltham, fifty-four thousand nine hundred and fifty

dollars ........

Ware, eighty-one hundred and ninety dollars
Wareham, eleven thousand seven hundred and sixty

dollars ........

Warren, forty-five hundred and fifty dollars
Warwick, five hundred and sixty dollars
Washington, two hundred and ten dollars
Watertown, fifty-two thousand and ten dollars
Wayland, five thousand and forty dollars
Webster, thirteen thousand four hundred and forty

dollars ........

Wellesley, twenty-eight thousand five hundred and sixty

dollars ........

Wellfleet, fourteen hundred dollars
Wendell, nine hundred and eighty dollars
Wenham, thirty-two hundred and twenty dollars .
West Boylston, eighteen hundred and ninety dollars
West Bridgewater, thirty-two hundred and twenty

dollars ........

West Brookfield, sixteen hundred and ten dollars .
West Newbury, twelve hundred and sixty dollars .
West Springfield, twenty-eight thousand four hundred

and ninety dollars ......

West Stockbridge, thirteen hundred and thirty dollars
West Tisbury, seven hundred and seventy dollars
Westborough, forty-five hundred and fifty dollars
Westfield, twenty-three thousand five hundred and ninety

dollars ........

Westford, forty-seven hundred and sixty dollars .
Westhampton, four hundred and twenty dollars ,
Westminster, fifteen hundred and forty dollars

$1,890 00
5,180 00

292,600 00
1,960 00
4,900 00
12,600 00
9,940 00
1,680 00
1,400 00
2,660 00
1,470 00
2,030 00

23,310 00
4,410 00

43,120 00
3,780 00
3,500 00
5,040 00

350 00
2,730 00
2,380 00

980 00
1,190 00

490 00
1,680 00
8,260 00

22,610 00
490 00

14,420 00

54,950 00
8,190 00

11,760 00

4,550 00

560 00

210 00

52,010 00

5,040 00

13,440 00

28,560 00

1,400 00

980 00

3,220 00

1,890 00

3,220 00
1,610 00
1,260 00

28,490 00

1,330 00

770 00

4,550 00

23,590 00

4,760 00

420 00

1,540 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 407.

501

Weston, seventy-nine liundred and ten dollars
Westjiort, sixty-one hundred and sixty dollars
Westwood, thirty-nine hundred and ninety dollars
We\'mouth, forty thousand one hundred and eighty
dollars ........

Whately, fourteen hundred and seventy dollars
Whitman, ninety-one hundred dollars .
Wilbraham, thirty-five hundred dollars
Williamsburg, eighteen hundred and ninety dollars
Williamstown, seven thousand dollars
Wilmington, thirty-nine hundred and twenty dollars
Winchendon, sixty-nine hundred and thirty dollars
Winchester, twenty-seven thousand three hundred dol-
lars ........

Windsor, four hundred and ninety dollars
Winthrop, twenty-four thousand and ten dollars .
Woburn, twenty-one thousand five hundred and sixty
dollars ........

Worcester, three hundred thirty-two thousand and eighty
dollars ........

Worthington, six hundred and thirty dollars
Wrentham, thirty-two hundred and ninety dollars
Yarmouth, four thousand one hundred and thirty dollars

$7,910 00 state tax
fi ir.n nn apportioned

40,180 00
1,470 00
9,100 00
3,500 00
1,890 00
7,000 00
3,920 00
0,930 00

27,300 00

490 00

24,010 00

21,560 00

332,080 00

630 00

3,290 00

4,130 00

$7,000,000 00

Section 2. The state treasurer shall forthwith send his state treas-
warrant, according to the provisions of section twenty of ^gguVwar-
chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws to the selectmen or rant,
assessors of each city and town taxed as aforesaid, requiring
them respectively 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 re- Payment of
quire the selectmen or assessors to pay, or issue severally bydt'i^s a^nd
their warrant or warrants requiring the treasurers of their towns.
several cities and towns to pay to the state treasurer, on or
before November twentieth in the year nineteen hundred
and thirty, the sums set against said cities and towns in
the schedule aforesaid; and the selectmen or assessors, re-
spectively, 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 thirty.

Section 4. If the amount due from any city or town, as Notice to treas-
provided in this act, is not paid to the state treasurer q[f/nt°citie3"'
within the time specified, then the state treasurer shall notify and towns.
the treasurer 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 delinquency from and after November
twentieth in the year nineteen hundred and thirty; and if
the same remains unpaid after December first in the year
nineteen hundred and thirty, an information may be filed
by the state treasurer in the supreme judicial court, or before
any justice thereof, against such deUnquent city or town;

502

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 408, 409.

Warrant of
distress, when
may issue.

Deduction of
tax from money
due from com-
monwealth.

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 commonwealth to the delinquent city or
town, the whole or any part of said tax, with the interest
accrued thereon, which shall remain unpaid.

Approved May 28, 1930.

ChapAOS An Act relative to the board of boiler rules in the

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

G. L. 22, § 10,
amended.

Board of
boiler rules,
organization,
etc.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section ten of chapter twenty-two of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after the word "inspections"
in the second line the words: — , or a boiler inspector of the
division of inspection designated by the commissioner, —
so as to read as follows: — Section 10. The commissioner
shall appoint a board of boiler rules, consisting of the chief
of inspections, or a boiler inspector of the division of in-
spection designated by the commissioner, as chairman and
four associate members, one of whom shall be an operating
engineer and three shall represent users, manufacturers and
insurers of boilers, respectively. Upon the expiration of the
term of office of an associate member, his successor shall be
appointed for three years by the commissioner. The as-
sociate members shall receive as compensation for service
and reimbursement for expenses such sums as the governor
and council shall determine, not exceeding in all one thousand
dollars a year. Such clerical and other assistants as may
be required by the board shall be assigned to it by the
commissioner. Approved May 28, 1930.

ChapAOQ An Act authorizing the town of marshfield to supply

WATER TO THE SCITUATE WATER COMPANY.

Town of Marsh-
field may
supply water
to the Scituate
Water Com-
pany.

Condition of

authority
granted by
section 1.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section two, the
town of Marshfield may furnish and sell water by meter to
the Scituate Water Company, for the use of the people of
that section of the town of Scituate known as Humarock, at
a fixed and determined point as near as may be to the
boundary line between said towns at a rate to be agreed
upon by said town of Marshfield and said company, but
said rate shall not be less than the actual cost of the water
to said town of Marshfield.

Section 2. The authority granted by section one is
hereby conditioned upon the payment by the Scituate Water

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 410. 503

Company to the Humarock Beach Water Company of such
amount as may be determined to be the fair value of the
tangible property of said Humarock Beach Water Company
permanently located within the town of Scituate. Said °''^fXnt 0°"
amount to be thus paid shall bo finally determined by a payment by
board of three appraisers, within thirty days from the prafs'ers, efc.
passage of this act, one to be named by each company and
the two thus chosen to select a third.

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

Approved May 29, 1930.

An Act establishing in the department of labor and (JJi^jf ^\(^

INDUSTRIES A DIVISION ON THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE, ^'

AND VESTING THE DIRECTOR OF SAID DIVISION WITH
CERTAIN POWERS IN THE EVENT OF A FUEL EMERGENCY.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would in part p^'^^^biT^
defeat its purpose to continue with as little interruption as
possible the work of the special commission on the necessaries
of life, which expired by hmitation on the first day of May
in the current year, therefore it is hereby declared to be an
emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section three of chapter twenty-three of the o. l. 23, § 3.
General Laws, as amended by section two of chapter three ^^''■' ^""^nded.
hundred and six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
one, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word
"standards" in the eighth line the words: — , a division on
the necessaries of life, — so as to read as follows: — Section 3. I^f^j^^i.^l'^^^'"
The commissioner shall be the executive and administrative industries,
head of the department. He shall have charge of the ad- '^"*'®^-
ministration and enforcement of all laws, rules and regula-
tions which it is the duty of the department to administer
and enforce, and shall direct all inspections and investigations
except as otherwise provided. He shall organize in the to organize a
department a division of standards, a division on the neces- .^tandarfs!a
saries of life and such other divisions as he may from time division on the
to time determine, and may assign the officers and employees of ufe, etc.
of the department thereto. He shall prepare for the con- Rules and regu-
sideration of the assistant commissioner and the associate '^*^i°"S' ^^<=-
commissioners rules and regulations for the conduct of the
department and all other rules and regulations which the
department is authorized by law to make, and they shall,
except as otherwise provided, take effect when approved
by the associate commissioners and the assistant commis-
sioner, or upon such date as they determine. The com-
missioner may designate the assistant commissioner or an
associate commissioner to discharge the duties of the com- •
missioner during his absence or disability.

Section 2. Section four of said chapter twenty-three, ^^;. ^_:^^^;Jdtd
as most recently amended by chapter two hundred and

504

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 410.

Department of
labor and in-
dustries, direc-
tors, appoint-
ment, salaries,
etc.

Experts.

Inspectors,
investigators,
clerks, etc.

G. L. 23, new
sections
after § 9C.

Director of the
division on the
necessaries of
life, duties.

Division to

study and in-
vestigate cir-
cumstances
affecting prices
of fuel, gasoline
and refined
petroleum prod-
ucts, etc.

seventy-five of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
fourth hne, the word "five" and inserting in place thereof
the word: — six, — and by inserting after the word "stand-
ards" in the seventh hne the following: — , and one of them,
to be known as the director of the division on the necessaries
of life, shall have charge of said division, — so as to read
as follows: — Section 4. The commissioner, assistant com-
missioner and associate commissioners may, with the ap-
proval of the governor and council, appoint, and fix the
salaries of, not more than six directors, and may, with like
approval, remove them. One of them, to be known as the
director of standards, shall have charge of the division of
standards, and one of them, to be known as the director of
the division on the necessaries of life, shall have charge of
said division, and each of the others shall be assigned to take
charge of a division. The commissioner may employ, for
periods not exceeding ninety days, such experts as may
be necessary to assist the department in the performance of
any duty imposed upon it by law, and such employment
shall be exempt from chapter thirty-one. Except as other-
wise provided in section eleven, the commissioner may em-
ploy and remove such inspectors, investigators, clerks and
other assistants as the work of the department may require,
and fix their compensation. Such number of inspectors
as the commissioner may deem necessary shall be men who,
before their employment as such, have had at least three
years' experience as building construction workmen. The
commissioner may require that certain inspectors in the
department, not more than seven in number, shall be per-
sons qualified by training and experience in matters relating
to health and sanitation.

Section 3. Said chapter twenty-three is hereby further
amended by inserting after section nine C, inserted by sec-
tion one of chapter three hundred and fifty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, under the head-
ing "DIVISION ON THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE",
the following five new sections: — Section 9D. The director
of the division on the necessaries of life shall, in addition
to the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon him
by law, perform such other duties as may be assigned to
him by the commissioner.

Section 9E. The division shall study and investigate
the circumstances affecting the prices of fuel, gasoline and
refined petroleum products and other commodities which
are necessaries of life. It may inquire into all matters
relating to the production, transportation, distribution and
sale of the said commodities, and into all facts and circum-
stances relating to the cost of production, wholesale and re-
tail 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 com-
modities, or of any business which relates to or affects the

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 410. 505

same. It shall also study and investigate the circum- To study and
stances affecting the charges for rent of property used for clmllfncea^^'^'
living quarters, and in such investigation may inquire into affecting

•/ i oiKirsGs tor rsnt

all matters relating to charges for rent. of property, etc.

Section 9F. The division shall have authority to give xogivehear-
hearings, to administer oaths, to require the attendance wftness"s,™tr
and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and
documents and other papers, and to employ counsel. Wit-
ness summonses may be issued by the director or by any
assistant by him designated and shall be served in the same
manner as summonses for witnesses in criminal cases issued
on behalf of the commonwealth, and all provisions of law
relative to summonses issued in such cases shall apply to
summonses issued hereunder, so far as they are appHcable.
Any justice of the supreme judicial court or of the superior Court may

, T ,. r xu T X 1 xu compel attend-

court may, upon application oi the director, compel the ance of wit-
attendance of witnesses and the giving of testimony before "^sses, etc.
the division in the same manner and to the same extent as
before the said courts.

Section 9G. The division shall investigate all complaints Division to
made to it, and may publish its findings. It shall keep in compiimtl. etc.
touch with the work of federal and municipal and other
agencies dealing with the necessaries of life, and give them
such assistance as it deems advisable; and may invoke the
aid of said agencies and of civic and other organizations.

Section 9H. Whenever the governor shall determine that Director to
a fuel emergency exists, he may, with the approval of the gency fuel ad-
council, by a writing signed by him, designate the director mmistrator, etc.
of the division on the necessaries of life to act as an emer-
gency fuel administrator, and thereupon the director shall
have, with respect to fuel, all the powers and authority
granted 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 gov-
ernor under section twelve of said chapter three hundred
and forty-two; and the governor may revoke such written
authority at any time. The provisions of said chapter
three hundred and forty-two are hereby made operative to
such extent as the provisions of this section may from time
to time require.

Section 4. Section fourteen of chapter one hundred and fj^.^^jeti' ^ ^*'
forty-nine of the General Laws is hereby amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following : — The commissioner Annual
shall also include in his report such data as to the work of the '^®p°''*-
division on the necessaries of life as he may deem advisable.

Section 5. The unexpended balance of any sum here- unexpended
tofore appropriated for the use 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, and from time to time extended, shall be avail-
able for expenditure by the division on the necessaries of
life hereby established, which shall in all respects be the

506

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 411.

lawful successor of said special commission and shall be
entitled to receive all books, papers, documents, records and
other data in the possession of said commission at the time
its existence is terminated. Approved May 29, 1930.

Chap.

411 An Act to provide for the construction of a memorial

ON the summit of mount GREYLOCK in memory of MASSA-
CHUSETTS MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED THEIR
COUNTRY IN TIME OF WAR AND FOR FURTHER STUDY AND
INVESTIGATION IN RESPECT TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF
ANOTHER SUITABLE MEMORIAL IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Emergency
preamble.

Mount Grey-
lock War Me-
morial Com-
mission es-
tablished.

Chairman.
Vacancy.

Memorial
beacon on
summit of
Mount Grey-
lock in memory
of Massa-
chusetts men
and women
who served
their country
in time of war.

Proviso.

Massachusetts
War Memorial
Investigating
Commission
established.

Chairman.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend
to defeat its purpose of providing for the commencing of
work in the current year, on a project already too long de-
layed, in connection with the holding of the national con-
vention of The American Legion, 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. An unpaid special commission of three citi-
zens of the commonwealth, known as the Mount Greylock
War Memorial Commission, hereinafter called the Greylock
commission, two of whom shall be appointed by the governor,
with the advice and consent of the council, and the third of
whom shall be the chairman of the Greylock reservation
commission, is hereby established and the members thereof
shall serve until the completion of said memorial, but for a
period not to exceed two years. The governor shall designate
the chairman. Any vacancy in the appointed members of
said commission or in the chairmanship thereof shall be filled
by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council.

Section 2. The Greylock commission is hereby author-
ized and directed to erect a memorial beacon on the summit
of Mount Greylock in memory of the men and women of
Massachusetts who gave their lives in all wars in which
Massachusetts has participated at a cost, including travel,
expert and clerical expenses, not to exceed one hundred
thousand dollars in the aggregate, after an appropriation
has been made therefor, provided, however, that no contracts
shall be let and no work shall be authorized until the plans
and specifications have been approved by the governor.

Section 3. There is hereby established a special com-
mission of nine members, five of whom shall be appointed by
the governor, with the advice and consent of the council,
one of whom shall be a member of the senate appointed by the
president thereof, and three of whom shall be members of the
house of representatives appointed by the speaker thereof.
The governor shall name the chairman. Said commission,
which shall be known as the Massachusetts War Memorial
Investigating Commission, is hereinafter called the investi-
gating commission.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 412. 507

Section 4. The investigating commission shall consider To consider
and report on a further appropriate site for another fitting to conTtrucfkin
memorial to the men and women of Massachusetts who served abfe"mmnoriai*'
in all wars in which Massachusetts has participated, and as in common-
to the type and design of said memorial, and shall cause '''®^'*''-
to be prepared drawings and estimates of the cost of said
memorial, including the cost of the site, grading and other
incidentals.

Section 5. The investigating commission shall be pro- Quarters in
vided with quarters in the state house, shall hold one or more ^^^^ ^°"^®-
public hearings, and for traveling and other expenses and for Hearings,
expert, clerical and other assistance may expend, subject to Expenditure.
the approval of the governor and council, such sum not ex-
ceeding fifteen thousand dollars as the general court may
hereafter appropriate. The investigating commission shall ^^f court ^etc"
report to the general court its findings and recommendations,
together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry its
recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the
clerk of the house of representatives not later than the first
Wednesday of December of the current year, and at the same
time shall file a copj^ thereof with the budget commissioner.

Approved May 29, 1930.

ChapA12

An Act relative to plants or furnaces for burning

FUEL and waste MATERIAL AS AFFECTING THE EMISSION
OF SMOKE.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Within the district defined in section one of Regulation of
chapter six hundred and fifty-one of the acts of nineteen ies^for bum-
hundred and ten, as most recently amended by section one of wa^ste m.Xnai
chapter three hundred and one of the acts of nineteen hun- as .■iffecting the
dred and twenty-eight, no new power plant, blast furnace, smokTwithin
incinerator, or heating plant designed to heat one or more fnlgio* elf "^'^
buildings having a floor area above the basement in excess of § i. etc.
five thousand square feet intended to burn fuel or waste
material, and no new chimney connected with any such
plant, shall be erected or used, and no such plant existing on
the effective date of this act or thereafter built shall be sub-
stantially reconstructed, until plans and specifications of
the same, so far as they affect the emission of smoke, shall
have been filed with the division of smoke inspection of the
department of public utilities and approved by the director
of said division and a permit issued by him for the erection,
construction or reconstruction and the use thereof. Such
plans and specifications shall show the capacity of the plant
or furnace and the provisions to be made for the purpose of
securing combustion of the fuel to be used therein and for
the purpose of minimizing smoke, and shall also show
whether the plant or furnace to be so erected, constructed or
reconstructed will do the work for which it was planned and
that it can be so operated, when erected, constructed or

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Penalty.

When
operative.

reconstructed in accordance with said plans and specifications,
that no more smoke than is reasonably unavoidable will be
emitted, and shall contain a statement of the fuel to be used.
Upon approval of such plans and specifications a duplicate
set thereof shall be filed with the division and said director
shall issue a permit as aforesaid which shall specify the fuel
or fuels to be used. The director shall see that the work
authorized by such permit is executed in conformity with
the permit and the plans and specifications so approved, with
special reference to the provisions for minimizing smoke.
Any person violating any provision of this act shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each
day whereon such violation occurs.

Section 2. This act shall become operative January
first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one.

Approved May 29, 1930.

ChapAlS An Act relative to the retirement of certain officers

OF CERTAIN COUNTY PENAL INSTITUTIONS AND TO PAYMENTS
TO FAMILIES OF SUCH OFFICERS WHO DIE FROM INJURIES
RECEIVED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

G. L. 32, § 22,
amended.

Disability re-
tirement of
certain officers
of certain
county penal
institutions.

Re-exami-
nations.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section twenty-two of chapter thirt3^-two of the General
Laws is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the
following five new paragraphs: —

(6) Any officer of a jail or house of correction who is a
member and who is found by the board, after examination
by one or more physicians selected by the board, to have
been permanently incapacitated, mentally or physically, by
injuries sustained through no fault of his own while in the
actual performance of his duty, from the further performance
of such duty, may be retired, irrespective of age and of his
period of service, and shall receive yearly payments as fol-
lows: (a) an annuity at his age nearest birthday, as provided
by section twenty-five (2) B; and (b) such a pension from
the county that the sum of the annuity under section twenty-
five (2) B (a) and the pension shall equal one half the annual
salary received by him at the time when the injuries were
received. Except as otherwise provided, a person retired
under this paragraph shall not receive from the county any
other sum by way of annuity, pension or compensation.
AppHcation for disability retirement hereunder shall be made
in writing within two years after the date of the said injuries,
and the pension and annuity payments granted under this
paragraph shall be payable only from the date of receipt by
the board of such apphcation. The board may require re-
examinations from time to time, and the county commis-
sioners shall require re-examinations at least annually, of any
member pensioned under this paragraph. Re-examinations
under authority of this paragraph shall be by one or more
physicians selected by the board or by the county commis-
sioners, as the case may be.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 413. 509

(7) The term "officer", as used in paragraph (6), shall be Term "officer-
deemed to mean and include an.y person who is employed to, tome^nTnd'
and who as a regular part of his duty does, have charge either include, etc.
of all or of a definite number of persons committed to the jail

or house of correction by legal process.

(8) Upon the completion of any re-examination provided whe^her^bene-
for by paragraph (6) the plwsician or physicians making the ficiary is still
same shall report and certify to the board, or to the county ITp'^on compL
commissioners, as the case may be, whether said beneficiary eL°am*iLa^on
is still incapacitated mentally or physically for service in the
institution where he was employed and of the rank or rating

held by him when retired for disabihty.

If such physician or physicians shall find that the disability when retire-
for which the member was retired under said paragraph (6) ^Mc^le^'^'^^
has ceased, or if the member fails to submit to said re-exami-
nation, his retirement allowance shall cease. Should the Restoration to
finding be that disability for which a member was so retired ^^tive duty, etc.
has ceased, he shall, if he so desires, be restored to active duty
with the same rank and salary which he had when he was
retired. Should the retirement allowance of any disability
beneficiary cease as provided in this paragraph without his
restoration to service, there shall be refunded to him such
sum, if any, as the board shall find remaining to his credit in
the annuity fund. Should a disability beneficiary be restored
as aforesaid to active service, he shall then become again a
member of the retirement system and shall be credited with
such sum, if any, as the board shall find remaining to his
credit in the annuity fund. When next retired his retire-
ment allowance shall be based upon his service period pre-
ceding his first retirement together with the service period
from the date of his restoration to service to the date of his
final retirement.

(9) If any such member is found by the board to have died ^^ml^of *°
from injuries received while in the discharge of his duty, leav- members who
ing a widow, or, if no widow, any child or children under the juriesTecLlved
age of sixteen, a pension equal to the retirement allowance to o^duTy.^'^^^
which such member would have been entitled under para-
graph (6) had he been permanently incapacitated shall be

paid to such widow so long as she remains unmarried, or for
the benefit of such child or children so long as he or any of
them continues under the age of sixteen. A person receiving
a pension under this paragraph shall not receive from the
county any other sum by way of annuity, pension or com-
pensation. Payments under this paragraph shall not be
made as of a date earlier than that of the receipt by the board
of written application therefor, except that payments to a
child of a deceased member shall date from the day as of
which payments to his widow shall terminate.

(10) The word "injuries", as used in paragraphs (6) and ^injy^gjM
(9) shall mean any injury which is a natural and proximate shaiimean.
result of an accident occurring in the performance and within

the scope of duty and without fault of the member. The Special ex-
county commissioners may employ special examiners when- ^™»°«''s-

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Fee.

Decision of
board, etc.,
final.

ever, in their judgment, it is necessary to assist in determining
the degree of disability under said paragraphs. The fee of
each such examiner, not exceeding ten dollars in any one case,
shall be paid by the county. The decision of the board, or
of the county commissioners, as the case may be, on the
question of disability or retirement under paragraph (6) or
(8) shall be final. Approved Mmj 29, 1930.

ChapA14:

Emergency
preamble.

G. L. 130, new
sections
after § 90.

Taking of crabs
regulated.

Taking of crabs
for bait pur-
poses per-
mitted.

Licenses to
catch or take
crabs from
certain waters
of common-
wealth.

Expiration.
Fee.

An Act regulating the taking of crabs.

Whereas, 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 convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter one hundred and thirty of the General Laws is
hereby amended by inserting after section ninety, under
the caption, CRABS, the following four new sections : —
Section 90 A. No person, either as principal, agent or em-
ployee, shall at any time catch crabs in, or take them from,
any waters within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth,
or place, set, keep, maintain, supervise, lift, raise or draw
in| or from the said waters, or cause to be placed, set,
kept, maintained, supervised, lifted, raised or drawn in or
from the said waters any pot, trap or other contrivance
designed for, or adapted to, the taking of crabs, unless
licensed so to do as provided in the following section, nor
unless he is a citizen of the commonwealth or is an alien
residing in the commonwealth who, prior to June first, nine-
teen hundred and thirty, has filed his declaration of intention
to become a citizen of the United States; provided, that if
any such alien shall not become a citizen of the United States
within the term of five years and ninety days next subsequent
to such filing he shall not thereafter be entitled to receive or
to act under a license issued under authority of the following
section. Nothing in this or the following section shall be
construed to prohibit or regulate the taking of crabs solely
for bait purposes. Section 90B. The clerk of any town in
Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Plymouth, Barnstable,
Bristol, Dukes or Nantucket county, situated on the shores
of the commonwealth, shall grant licenses in the form pre-
scribed and upon a blank furnished by the supervisor, to
catch or take crabs from the waters of the commonwealth
within three miles of the shores of the county where the town
lies. Licenses hereunder shall expire on December thirty-
first next succeeding the granting of the same unless sooner
made void as provided in the following section. The town
clerk granting a license shall collect therefor a fee of five
dollars, which, less fifteen cents to be retained by him, shall
be forwarded to the supervisor on the first Monday of the
following month, together with coupons to be provided by
the supervisor for a description of the licensee and his buoys,

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 415. 511

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 supervisor on January first of each
year. Each applicant for a license shall state the color scheme Marking
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 sur-
face of the buoy. A licensee under this section shall at all Exhibition of
times, while acting in pursuance of the license, exhibit his demand!''""
license upon demand of any officer qualified to serve criminal
process. Section 90C. If a licensee under the preceding Surrender of
section is convicted a second or subsequent time within a s'^^o^nj of°°
period of three years of violation of the same or any other subsequent
provision of the fish and game laws he shall immediately violation of°
surrender his Hcense to the officer who secured the second or g|me"aws.
subsequent conviction, and the license shall be void, and the
licensee shall not receive another such hcense until after the
expiration of one year from the date of the second or sub-
sequent conviction. Section 90D. Violation of any pro- Penalty for
vision of section ninety A or ninety B shall be punished by a ['qoa or"§°90B.
fine of not less than ten dollars. Approved Mmj 29, 1930.

An Act establishing the salaries of the chief justice (Jhnj) 415

AND the associate JUSTICES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT '

OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section seventy-five of chapter two hundred g. l. 218, § 75,
and eighteen of the General Laws, as most recently amended ^ °" ^^^'^
by section three of chapter three hundred and thirty-four of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby
further amended by striking out, in the third line, the words
"eighty-five hundred" and inserting in place thereof the
words: — ten thousand, — by striking out, in the fourth
and fifth fines, the words "eight thousand" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — nine thousand, — and by
inserting after the word "court" in the eighth fine the
words: — as estabfished on January first, nineteen hundred
and thirty, — so as to read as follows : — Section 75. The Municipal
salary of the chief justice of the municipal court of the city city'^of°Bo^ston.
of Boston shall be ten thousand dollars, and the salary of ?^g*-^gs°^
each of the associate justices shall be nine thousand dollars, salaries of
The salaries of the clerk and assistant clerks of said cierk and as-
court, for civil and for criminal business, shall be as follows: fof cryifand"
clerks, seventy per cent of the salary of an associate b'ugfneTs"'''
justice of said court as established on January first,
nineteen hundred and thirty; first assistant clerks, seventy
per cent of the salary of the clerk; second, third and
fourth assistant clerks, sixty per cent of the salary of
the clerk; fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth assistant clerks,
fifty per cent of the salary of the clerk; and the salaries of

512

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Salary of
messenger.

Salaries of
court officers.

the ninth and tenth assistant clerks for civil business shall
be twenty-four hundred dollars each.

The salary of the messenger of said court shall be twenty-
eight hundred dollars.

The salary of the chief court officer and of the assistant
chief court officer of the municipal court of the city of Bos-
ton 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
during the current year by vote of the city council of the
city of Boston, subject to the provisions of its charter, but
not otherwise. Approved May 29, 1930.

ChapAlQ An Act creating a board of tax appeals and defining

ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The General Laws are hereby amended by
inserting after chapter fifty-eight the following new chap-
ter: —

Chapter 58A,

Submission to
city council,
etc.

G. L., new
chapter after
chapter 58.

Board of tax
appeals, estab-
lishment, mem-
bership, terms.

Chairman.

Compensation.

Members not
to act as attor-
ney, etc., in
contested mat-
ters of taxation
before depart-
ment of cor-
porations and
taxation, etc.

Quorum.

Vacancy.
Seal.

BOARD OF TAX APPEALS.

Sectiofi 1. There shall be in the department of the state
treasurer, but in no manner subject to his control, a board of
tax appeals, in this chapter referred to as the board, con-
sisting of three members appointed by the governor, with the
advice and consent of the council, who shall be designated
in their initial appointments to serve respectively for two,
four and six years from December first in the year of ap-
pointment. The governor shall designate one of the mem-
bers as chairman. Upon the expiration of the term of office
of a member, his successor shall be appointed in the manner
aforesaid for six years. The chairman shall receive a salary
of seventy-five hundred dollars and each other member shall
receive a salary of seven thousand dollars.

No member of the board shall, while he remains a mem-
ber, act as attorney, counsellor or accountant in any contested
matter of taxation before the department of corporations
and taxation, before any board of assessors or before the
courts of the commonwealth; but the foregoing shall not
be construed to prevent a member of the board from acting
as attorney, counsellor or accountant in any tax matters
other than those dealing with taxes levied by the com-
monwealth or by a subdivision thereof. The majority of
the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of its business. A vacancy in the board shall not
impair its powers nor affect its duties. The board shall have
a seal which shall be judicially noticed.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 416. 513

Section 2. The principal office of the board shall be in Principal office.
Boston but it may sit at any place within the common-
wealth. The time and place of its meetings shall be pre- Meetings.
scribed by the chairman. The county commissioners shall Hearings out-
provide the board with suitable rooms in courthouses or Boston%tc.
other buildings when necessary for hearings outside the city
of Boston. Adequate offices and a hearing room in the
state house or elsewhere in said city shall be provided for the
board.

Section 3. The board shall provide for the publication Reports and
and sale or distribution of such of its reports and opinions Hcation^and "
as are of public interest, in such form and manner as it may »'^'«' ^*^<=-
deem best adapted for public convenience and use, upon
such terms and conditions as may be approved by the
governor and council.

Section 4- The board shall make to the general court an Annual report
annual report containing such suggestions and recommenda- court?e'tc'.
tions for the amendment, alteration and modification of
existing laws relative to taxation and related matters, as it
may deem desirable, and shall include in such report a state-
ment of the number and type of matters handled by it dur-
ing the preceding state fiscal year and the number of matters
pending at the end of the year.

Section 5. The members and employees of the board Traveling, etc.,

... ..'^•^ iji- expenses.

shall receive their necessary traveling expenses and their
expenses actually incurred for subsistence while traveling
outside the city of Boston in the performance of their duties.
The board may, subject to the approval of the governor and ^^^^^^^f^^
council, appoint and fix the compensation of such employees, expenditures.'
including a clerk, and make such expenditures, including ^^'^'
expenditures for law books and publications, as may be
necessary in order to execute efficiently the functions vested
in said board. All expenditures of the board shall be al-
lowed and paid out of moneys appropriated for the purposes
of the board, upon presentation of itemized vouchers there-
for, signed by the chairman or a person designated by the
board for the purpose.

Section 6. The board shall have jurisdiction to decide Board to have
appeals under the provisions of sections eleven, fourteen jfecfdi'l^ppVis
and twenty-five of chapter fifty-eight; of clauses seventeenth under certain
and twenty-second of section five of chapter fifty-nine; of of law, etc.
sections seven, thirty-nine, sixty-four, sixty-five, seventy-
three and eighty-one of said chapter fifty-nine; of section
two of chapter sixty A; of sections forty-five and fifty-one
of chapter sixty-two; of sections two, five, eighteen A,
twenty-eight, fifty-one, sixty and seventy-one of chapter
sLxty-three; of section six of chapter sixty-four; of sections
five and ten of chapter sixty-four A; of sections twenty-
five and twenty-six of chapter sixty-five; of section four of
chapter sixty-five A; and under any other provision of law
wherein such jurisdiction is or may be expressly conferred.
Except as otherwise provided by law, no appeal to the board

shall stay the collection of any tax or excise. Whenever the whenever com-
missioner of

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 416.

corporations
and taxation
or a board of
assessors fails
to act upon
petition for
abatement of a
tax within
certain time,
petition to be
deemed to be
denied, and
taxpayer to
have right to
take appeal
to board of
tax appeals.

Petition to be
filed with clerk
of board of tax
appeals, and
copy to be
served upon
appellee.

Petition to
state certain
facts.

Abatement of
tax in whole
or in part, etc.

Hearings, etc.

commissioner of corporations and taxation, in this chapter
called the commissioner, or a board of assessors before whom
or which a petition for the abatement of a tax is or shall be
pending fails to act upon said petition, except with the
written consent of the petitioner, within four months of the
date of the fihng of such petition for abatement, the petition
shall be deemed to be denied, and the taxpayer shall have the
right to take any appeal from such decision to which he
may be entitled by law, in the same manner as though the
commissioner or board of assessors had in fact denied the said
petition. The period limited in any statute for taking an
appeal to the board of tax appeals shall not begin to run
until such a petition for abatement of a tax is in fact denied
by the commissioner or board of assessors.

Section 7. Any party taking an appeal to the board from
a decision or determination of the commissioner or of a
board of assessors, hereinafter referred to as the appellee,
shall file a petition with the clerk of the board of tax appeals
and serve upon said appellee in the manner provided in sec-
tion nine a copy thereof. The commissioner shall forth-
with furnish a copy of each such petition served upon him
to the attorney general. The petition upon such appeal
shall set forth specifically the facts upon which the party
taking an appeal, hereinafter called the appellant, relies,
together with a statement of the contentions of law which
the appellant desires to raise. The appellant shall state
upon the petition the address at which service of any plead-
ing, motion, order, notice or process in connection with the
appeal can be made upon him. Within twenty days of the
date of the fihng of such petition upon appeal, the appellee
may abate the tax appealed from in whole or in part or
change his or its determination. If the portion of the tax
in issue is abated only in part, or if abatement is refused, or
if the determination in issue is not changed to the satisfac-
tion of the appellant, the appellee shall, unless the appeal is
withdrawn by the appellant, file with the board an answer
stating fully each finding of fact and ruling of law made with
respect to the tax or determination in issue and denying or
admitting each and every allegation of fact contained in the
petition. A copy of the answer shall be served upon the
appellant, in the manner provided in section nine. Within
ten days of the filing of the answer, the party taking the
appeal shall pay to the clerk of the board an entry fee of ten
dollars. The board shall not consider, unless equity and
good conscience so require, any issue of fact or contention
of law not specifically set out in the petition upon appeal or
raised in the answer.

Section 8. A hearing shall be granted if any party to an
appeal so requests, and, upon motion of any party to an
appeal or by direction of the board, any appeal may be set
down for a hearing. Hearings before the board shall be
open to the public and such hearings and all proceedings
before the board shall be conducted in accordance with

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 416. 515

such rules of practice and procedure as the board may make
and promulgate.

Section 9. The mailing by registered mail, postage pre- whatshaii be
paid, to the address of any appellant as given on the petition cienTservic^' of
upon appeal, or to the address of his attorney or agent of 'i^'o^ti^lf'etg"^'
record, if any, or to the usual place of business of the com-
missioner or of the board of assessors, shall be deemed suffi-
cient service of any pleading, motion, order, notice or process
so served in respect to proceedings before the board. The
board may order that further notice be given in any case.

Section 10. At the request of any party or on its own stenographic
motion, the board shall order that all proceedings in a pend- proceedrngs.
ing appeal be stenographically reported. The board may
contract for the reporting of such hearings at the expense of
the commonwealth and in such contract may fix the terms
and conditions upon which transcripts will be supplied to the
board and to other persons and agencies by the stenographer.

Section 11. Any member of the board, or any employee Administration
of the board designated in writing for the purpose by the mo°n?n^g*'an'd"'
chairman, may administer oaths, and any member of the examination of
board may summon and examine witnesses and require, by
subpoena signed by the member, the production of all
returns, books, papers, documents, correspondence and
other evidence, pertinent to the matter under inquiry, at
any designated place of hearing, and may require the taking
of a deposition before any person competent to administer
oaths, either within or without the commonwealth. In the Deposition,
case of a deposition, the testimony shall be reduced to
writing by the person taking the deposition or under his
direction and shall then be subscribed by the deponent.

Either party may summon witnesses or may require the Either party
production of papers in the same manner in which witnesses wrtne^sses^ltc
may be summoned and papers may be required to be pro-
duced for the purpose of trials in the courts. Any witness Fees and
summoned or whose deposition is taken shall receive the '"'•^age.
same fees and mileage as witnesses in the courts.

Section 12. Witness fees and expenses of service of witness fees
process, together with the entry fee of ten dollars required SLervfcTor
in section seven, may be taxed as costs against the unsuc- mayTe faxed
cessful party to the appeal, in the discretion of the board, as costs against
In the event that the commonwealth, or any official thereof, fuf p'rly^t^the
is the unsuccessful party to an appeal, the costs shall be ^pp^^'- ^**^-
paid from the state treasury upon certificate of a member
of the board in such form as the board may prescribe by
regulation. In the event that a subdivision of the common-
wealth, or any official thereof, is the unsuccessful party to
an appeal, the costs shall be paid from the treasury of such
subdivision by the treasurer thereof upon certificate of a
member of the board in such form as the board may pre-
scribe by regulation. In the event that costs are taxed
against an unsuccessful taxpayer, a member of the board
shall certify the amount of the same and they may be recov-
ered in an action of contract by the state treasurer, in the

516 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 416.

case of a tax assessed by the commissioner, or by the treas-
urer of the subdivision of the commonwealth in behalf of
which the tax aJDpealed from was assessed.
Report of find- SectioH 13. The board shall make jfindings of fact and a
and decision, dccisiou in cach case before it, and report thereon in writing,
except that the findings of fact and report thereon may be
omitted in case of a decision dismissing any proceeding upon
motion of the appellant. Such report may, in the dis-
cretion of the board, contain an opinion in writing, in addi-
To ^^e open to ^[qj^ ^q h^q findings of fact and decision. All reports, find-
tion. ings and opinions of the board and all evidence received by

the board, including a transcript of the stenographic record
of the proceedings, shall be open to the inspection of the
public ; except that the originals of books, documents, records,
models, diagrams and other exhibits introduced in evidence
before the board may be withdrawn from the custody of
the board in such manner and upon such terms as the board
Decision final may in its discretion prescribe. The decision of the board
of facf."'*'"^'^ shall be final as to findings of fact. From any decision of
Appeal as to the board upon an appeal from a decision or determination of
matters ofiaw ^hc commissiouer, or of a board of assessors, except de-
to full court cisions of the board under sections twenty-five and twenty-
dici^?co'?rV!e'tc. six of chapter sixty-five, an appeal as to matters of law
may be taken directly to the full court of the supreme ju-
dicial court by any party to the proceedings before the board
of tax appeals. A claim of appeal shall be filed with the clerk
of such court within twenty days of the date of the de-
cision of the board and a copy of the record before the board
shall be filed with said clerk within twenty days thereafter,
unless further time be allowed by the court or a justice
thereof. The record in such an appeal to the full court shall
include copies of the original assessment, the tax returns, if
any, filed by the taxpayer with respect to the tax in issue,
or copies of the original determination in issue, the request
for abatement or other petition filed with the commissioner,
or with the board of assessors, the petition upon appeal to the
board of tax appeals, the answer to the appeal, the report
and findings of the board including any opinions filed, all
requests for rulings of law and findings of fact and the dis-
position of each by the board, the claim of appeal to the full
court and such portion of the stenographic transcript of the
evidence before the board as may be necessary for the con-
sideration of any question of law raised before the board,
which it is alleged that the board has erroneously decided.
Each claim of appeal shall set out separately and particularly
each error of law asserted to have been made by the board,
with precise references to the portions and particulars of the
proceedings before the board in which it is alleged that error
of law occurred. The court shall not consider any issue of
law which does not appear to have been raised in the pro-
Court order, cccdings beforc the board. The court upon determination
of the appeal may make such order as justice and equity
may require including an order for costs. The appeal to

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 416. 517

the full court under this section shall be the exclusive method cwTTtJbl^ex-
of reviewing any action of the board, except action under elusive method
sections twenty-five and twenty-six of chapter sixty-five. actbn'oTboard,

Section 2. Section twenty-one of chapter six of the Gen- except, etc.
eral Laws; sections sixty-six, sixty-seven and si.xty-eight of oLsg^^/^e
chapter fiftj^-nine of the General Laws; section sixty-eight A er'and^es; '
of said chapter fifty-nine, inserted by chapter three hundred ^tcV a'L.^e^at'
and twelve of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six g^l^63'§77
and amended b}^ chapter two hundred and twelve of the acts etc , .and o. i.
of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine; section forty-seven of repLied.^^''"
chapter sixty-two of the General Laws, as most recently
amended by section three of chapter two hundred and eighty-
seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six; section
seventy-seven of chapter sixt3'-three of the General Laws, as
amended by section fourteen of chapter five hundred and
twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two; and
section seventy-eight of said chapter sixty-three, as amended
by section fifty-six of chapter three hundred and sixty-two of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, are hereby
repealed.

Section 3. Section eleven of chapter fifty-eight of the g. l. ss, § ii,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the ''*™®'''^®^-
fourteenth and fifteenth lines, the words "appeal from de-
cisions of the commissioner" and inserting in place thereof
the words: — tax appeals, — so as to read as follows: — Section One third of
11. The commissioner, from the returns made by assessors emptio"n'to''be
under section eighty-five of chapter fifty-nine, or otherwise, "u^'^'^lnd"
shall determine the total amount of taxes exempted through- towns making
out the commonwealth under clauses twenty-second and aga!ns'tau''cftlM
twenty-third of section five of said chapter, and shall appor- ^nd towns.
tion one third of such taxes among the towns according to the
basis determined by him for an apportionment of the state
tax under section nine of this chapter, and the amount so
apportioned to each town shall be a charge against it. He
shall also determine the amount of taxes so exempted in each
town, and one third thereof shall be a credit to the town
making the exemption. He shall forthwith give written notice Appeal to
by mail or at their office to the assessors of each town thereby app^e^b.^ *^^
affected of the amounts so charged against and credited to
it, and they may within ten days after the date of the notice
appeal from his determination to the board of tax appeals.

Section 4. Section twelve of said chapter fifty-eight is g. l. 58, § 12,
hereby amended by striking out, in the third line, the word ^"i®"^^^-
"appeal" the first time it appears and inserting in place
thereof the words: — tax appeals, — so as to read as fol-
lows: — Section 12. The commissioner, at the expiration of to^^rtif^'""^"^
ten days after notice under the preceding section or upon charges and
being informed of the decision of the board of tax appeals, if an trlfsure",
appeal is taken, shall certify to the state treasurer the amount h<!id w^"" ^^^^
of charges against and credits to each town as determined allow them.
thereunder, and the treasurer shall thereupon withhold out
of any sums payable by the commonwealth to each town
against which a charge is certified, and shall allow or pay

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G. L. 58, § 14,
etc., amended.

Notice of de-
termination of
value of certain
state and
county lands
to assessors.

Application
for correction
to board of tax
appeals, etc.

G. L. 58, § 15,
etc., amended.

Effect of val-
uation deter-
mined, etc.

Valuation of
newly ac-
quired land.

Proviso.

G. L. 58,

§17A,

amended.

over to each town to which a credit is certified, as the case
may be, the amount so certified.

Section 5. Said chapter fifty-eight, as amended in section
fourteen by section two of chapter two hundred and seventy-
one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is
hereby further amended by striking out said section fourteen
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section I4.
The commissioner, not later than June tenth of each year in
which he makes such determination, shall notify the assessors
of each town where the commonwealth owns, or the county
commissioners hold, land for the purposes named in the pre-
ceding section, of his determination of the value of such land
in such town. A board of assessors aggrieved by said deter-
mination may, within ten days after the date of the notice,
apply for a correction thereof to the board of tax appeals.
Said board shall give a hearing to such assessors not later
than July fifteenth following, and shall seasonably notify
them and the commissioner of the time and place of the hear-
ing. After the hearing said board shall notify said board of
assessors and the commissioner of its finding as to the value
of the land in question, and its decision shall be conclusive.

Section 6. Said chapter fifty-eight, as amended in sec-
tion fifteen by section one of chapter two hundred and eighty-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-one and by
section three of chapter two hundred and seventy-one of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, is hereby further
amended by striking out said section fifteen and inserting in
place thereof the following: — Section 15. The valuation
determined under the two preceding sections shall be in
effect for the purposes of sections seventeen and seventeen A
during the year in which such valuation is made and the four
succeeding years, and until another valuation is made under
sections thirteen and fourteen, except that whenever land is
acquired by the commonwealth or by county commissioners
for the purposes set forth in section thirteen the commissioner
shall adopt the assessed valuation of said land made in the
year last preceding such acquisition, and such assessed
valuation shall be the valuation of the land for the purposes
of sections seventeen and seventeen A, until a new valuation
is made by the commissioner or by the board of tax appeals
under section thirteen or fourteen; provided, that as to land
used for a state forest such assessed valuation shall be re-
duced by deducting therefrom the value of all forest products
removed from such land between April first on which it was
last assessed and April first in the year for which the reim-
bursement is to be made, the amount thereof to be certified
annually before May first to the commissioner by the state
forester.

Section 7. Section seventeen A of said chapter fifty-
eight, inserted by section four of chapter two hundred and
seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
three, is hereby amended by striking out, in the fifth line,

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the word "appeal" and inserting in place thereof the words:
— tax appeals, — so as to read as follows: — Section 17 A. onwU'heid""
The assessors of any town in which county commissioners for county tu-
hold land for the purposes set forth in section thirteen shall pHaia"**'^
assess such land to the county in the annual valuation and
tax list at the value determined by the commissioner or the
board of tax appeals under section thirteen or fourteen, or
adopted by the commissioner as provided in section fifteen,
and at the tax rate of the town for that year. If notification
as provided in said section fourteen is not received by the
assessors in time to make the assessment in the manner above
provided, the land shall be assessed at said value under the
provisions of section seventj^-five of chapter fifty-nine. The
tax bill for land so assessed shall be sent to the county treas-
urer who shall pay the same from funds available for carrying
out the provisions of section eighty-five of said chapter one
hundred and eleven, and such pa>Tiient shall be deemed a
part of the cost of hospital maintenance for said year within
the meaning of said section eighty-five.

Section 8. Section twenty-five of said chapter fifty-eight, g- l. 58, § 25,
as most recently amended by section two of chapter two
hundred and six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, is hereby further amended by striking out the word
"appeal" the second time it occurs in the twelfth line, and
inserting in place thereof the words : — tax appeals, — so
as to read as follows : — Section 25. The commissioner shall Distribution

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ascertain and determine the amount due to each town under taxes,
sections twenty to twenty-four A, inclusive, notify the treas-
urer of each town thereof, and certify the amount as deter-
mined 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 Appeal to
made by the commissioner under sections twenty-one to app^^is.^ ^^
twenty-four A, inclusive, shall be subject to appeal to the
board of tax appeals.

Section 9. Clause seventeenth of section five of chapter g. l. 59 § 5
fifty-nine of the General Laws, as most recently amended by etc., amended. '
chapter two hundred and forty-seven of the acts of the cur-
rent year, is hereby further amended by striking out the last
sentence and inserting in place thereof the following : — A bounty com-
person aggrieved by any such judgment may appeal to the missioners or
county commissioners or to the board of tax appeals within tax appals.
the time and in the manner allowed by section sixty-four or
sixty-five, as the case may be.

Section 10. Clause twenty-second of said section five of ^twenV-^'
said chapter fifty-nine is hereby amended by striking out the second,
last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following: — ^™^° ^
A person aggrieved by the judgment of the assessors may Appeal to
appeal to the county commissioners or to the board of tax mi^sioners°or

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to the board of
tax appeals.

G. L. 59, § 7,
amended.

Assessors to
determine value
of property
held for water
or sewage dis-

Eosal purposes
y another city
or town, etc.

Appeal to
board of tax
appeals.

Land valua-
tion for annual
payment, how
determined,
etc.

Application of
this and pre-
ceding section.

G. L. 59, § 39,
amended.

Valuation of
machinery,
poles, wire.i,
etc., of tele-
phone and
telegraph
companies.

Appeal to
board of tax
appeals.

appeals within the time and in the manner allowed by section
sixty-four or sixty- five, as the case may be.

Section 11. Said chapter fifty- nine is hereby further
amended by striking out section seven and inserting in place
thereof the following : — Section 7. The assessors of a city
or town where land is acquired by such other city, town or
district for water supply or sewage disposal shall, within one
year after such acquisition, determine the average valuation
of such land under the preceding section, and certify the
amount so determined to such other city, town or district.
The mayor or selectmen, the commissioners or prudential
committee of a district, or the metropolitan district commis-
sion, within six months after receipt of said certificate, may
appeal from such determination to the board of tax appeals;
and said board shall determine the valuation in the manner
provided in the preceding section, and section sixty-five, so
far as applicable, shall govern such appeal.

If land within any city or town shall have been taken
from it for said purposes, and for any one of the three years
prior to the taking shall have been used for any public
purpose, and for that reason no taxes shall have- been col-
lected thereon, the city or town and the board or officer
having charge of the land so taken may within six years
after the taking agree as to the value of the land upon which
the annual payment is to be made as aforesaid from the time
of the taking, and if they cannot agree the board or officer
shall notify the city or town thereof, and thereupon the value
shall be determined by the board of tax appeals under said
section sixty-five, and said notice shall be deemed to be the
notice referred to in said section sixty-five. This and the
preceding section shall apply to property held for the pur-
poses of the metropolitan water supply, except property
situated in Ashland, Boylston, Holden, Hopkinton, Sterling
or West Boylston.

Section 12. Said chapter fifty-nine is hereby furthet
amended by striking out section thirty-nine and inserting
in place thereof the following : — Section 39. The valuation
at which the machinery, poles, wires and underground con-
duits, wires and pipes of all telephone and telegraph com-
panies shall be assessed by the assessors of the respective
towns where such property is subject to taxation shall be
determined annually by the commissioner, subject to appeal
to the board of tax appeals, as hereinafter provided, and
shall by him be certified to the assessors on or before June
fifteenth. A board of assessors aggrieved by a valuation
made by the commissioner under this section may, within
ten days after notice of his valuation, apply to said board
of tax appeals. Said board shall hear and decide the sub-
ject matter of such appeal and give notice of its decision to
the commissioner and to the assessors; and its decision as
to the valuation of the property shall be final and conclu-
sive, except as provided in section seventy-three, relative to
abatements. The assessors shall, in the manner provided

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by law, assess the machinery, poles, wires and underground
conduits, wires and pipes of all telephone and telegraph com-
panies as certified and at the value determined by the com-
missioner or by the board of tax appeals, and such assess-
ment by a board of assessors shall be deemed to be a full
compliance with the oath of office of each assessor and a
full performance of his official duty with relation to the
assessment of such property, except as provided in the follow-
ing section.

Section 13. Section sixty-four of said chapter fifty- g. l. 59 § 64,
nine is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the ^'""^^ ^
following new paragraph : —

Upon the filing of a complaint under this section the clerk Certified copy
of the county commissioners or of the board authorized to to bTtnins"
hear and determine the same shall forthwith transmit a ^seslors? etc.
certified copy of such complaint to the assessors and the Notice that
assessors or the city solicitor or town counsel may within town elects to

.1 . , 1 J., • i /• • 1 • -ij^ 1- J nave complaint

thirty days after receipt of said copy give written notice to heard and
said clerk and to the complainant that the town elects to board"oTtfx^^
have the same heard and determined by the board of tax appeals.
appeals. Thereupon, the clerk of the county commissioners
or of the board authorized to hear and determine such
complaints shall forward all papers with respect to such
complaint then in the file of the county commissioners to the
clerk of the board of tax appeals and proceedings with
respect to such complaint shall thenceforth be continued
as provided in chapter fifty-eight A. If upon hearing the Board may
board finds that the complainant has complied with all the ment.lf'.^ete.
provisions of law it may grant him such reasonable abate-
ment as justice may require and shall enter an order direct-
ing the treasurer of the town to refund said amount, if
the tax sought to be abated has been paid, together with
all charges and interest on the amount of the abatement
from the date of the payment of the tax. The board may Costs.
make such order with respect to the payment of costs as
justice may require.

Section 14. Said chapter fifty-nine is hereby further g. l. 59, § 65,
amended by striking out section sixty-five and inserting in ^™^°'^®'^-
place thereof the following : — Section 65. A person ag- App^^ t°
grieved as aforesaid may, instead of pursuing the remedy taTappeais.
provided in section sixty-four, but subject to the same con-
ditions, appeal to the board of tax appeals by filing a petition
with such board within thirty days of the giving of the notice
required by section sixty-three. Such appeal shall be heard Jnd'^dete"'^
and determined by said board in the manner provided by mined in man-
chapter fifty-eight A. The board may enter such order as chapte^ssA, ^
justice may require in the manner provided in the preceding ^^■
section with respect to complaints removed from the county
commissioners.

Section 15. Chapter sixty A of the General Laws is g.l.60a,§2,
hereby amended by striking out section two, as inserted by ^^-'''^^^
section one of chapter three hundred and seventy-nine of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight and as amended

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Local boards
of assessors to
assess excise
tax, etc.

Registrar of
motor vehicles
to transmit to
commissioner
notice of
registrations of
motor vehicles
subject to
tax, etc.

Commissioner
to transmit
registrations to
local boards
of assessors.

When tax
shall be due.

Notification to
owner of tax
assessed, etc.

Application
for abatement.

Appeal from
decision.

Refund of

overpayment,

etc.

Rate of in-
terest in case
of neglect
to pay tax.

G. L. 62, § 45,
etc., amended.

by section two of chapter two hundred and forty-four of the
acts of the current year, and inserting in place thereof the
following: — Section 2. The local boards of assessors shall
assess the tax imposed by section one, and commit the same
to the collector of taxes with their warrant for the collection
thereof. The tax shall be assessed to the owner of the motor
vehicle registering the same, and the registrar of motor
vehicles shall promptly transmit to the commissioner a notice
of each registration of a motor vehicle subject to this tax,
giving the name and home address of the owner, if an individ-
ual, or the name and principal place of business in this com-
monwealth, if a corporation, partnership or voluntary
association, the municipality in which the vehicle is custom-
arily to be kept, the name of the maker, the year of manu-
facture and the model and type of vehicle. The commissioner
may require from the owner such further information as may
be necessary for the purposes of this chapter. The commis-
sioner shall, as soon as may be, transmit to the local boards of
assessors the registrations sent to him by the registrar of
motor vehicles, and, under such provisions as he deems best,
make available to the local assessors information showing the
values as determined under section one. The tax hereunder
shall be due and payable at the expiration of thirty days from
the date upon which the notice was issued by the collector
pursuant to this section. The local tax collector shall season-
ably notify the owner of the tax assessed and the due date,
but failure to receive notice shall not affect the validity of
the tax. The owner may within six months of the date of the
issuing of the notice of assessment or of the date of sale or
transfer, but not later than January thirty-first of the suc-
ceeding year, apply to the local assessors for abatement,
and, from their decision upon such apphcation, an appeal
may be taken to the county commissioners or to the board of
tax appeals, all in accordance with the provisions of section
sixty-four or sixty-five of chapter fifty-nine. If an abatement
is granted, any overpayment with interest thereon at the
rate of six per cent per annum from the date of payment shall
be refunded by the city or town treasurer from any available
funds, upon certification by the tax collector and approval
for payment as required by section fifty-two of chapter
forty-one, without any appropriation therefor by the munic-
ipality. Owners who neglect to pay taxes assessed under this
chapter shall pay interest at the rate of six per cent per
annum from the time when such taxes were payable until
paid, if such payment is made before the commencement of
proceedings for recovery thereof, and twelve per cent if made
after the commencement thereof. The notice issued pur-
suant to this section shall bear on its face a statement of the
time within which petitions for abatement of the tax may
be filed.

Section 16. Chapter sixty-two of the General Laws, as
amended in section forty-five by section one of chapter three
hundred and thirty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 416. 523

twenty-two and by section two of chapter two hundred and
eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
six, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
forty- five and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section J^o. Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Taxation of
commissioner to abate, in whole or in part, under section peaTfrom^d^
forty-three, a tax assessed under this chapter, may appeal ^^^^glJ,)^^ '"""r
therefrom, within thirty days after the mailing of notice of abatements,
the decision of the commissioner, by filing a petition with the ®'^'^'
clerk of the board of tax appeals. If, on hearing, said board
finds that the person making the appeal was entitled to an
abatement under section forty-three from the tax assessed
on him, it shall make such abatement as it sees fit. The de- Decision of
cision of the board of tax appeals shall, except as otherwise ^°^'^^ ^°'^'' ®**'-
provided herein, be final and conclusive, and shall be com-
municated in writing to the petitioner and the commissioner
within five days thereafter. Any taxes assessed under this Abatement of
chapter or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, which unconectible
are unpaid and uncollectible, may be abated by the board of taxes.
tax appeals, on the recommendation of the attorney general
and the commissioner at any time after the expiration of five
years from the date when the same became payable.

Section 17. Said chapter sixty-two is hereby further g. l. 62, § 51,
amended by striking out section fifty-one and inserting in amended.
place thereof the following: — Section 51. Any taxpayer Appeal to
aggrieved by the assessment of a tax under section forty-nine fXTassess-^'^
may appeal to the commissioner within thirty days after the mentof taxon
receipt of the tax bill therefor, or other actual notice of the erty.'" ^^^'
assessment. In case of an adverse determination by the Appeal to
commissioner, the taxpayer may appeal to the board of tax ^aTapp^is
appeals as provided in section forty-five, and if the taxpayer in case of
shall prove that the income of the property was duly returned Lrmfntti^.
or that it was not taxable or that there was reasonable excuse
for not making the return, the tax shall be abated, and, if it
has previously been paid, the amount abated shall be repaid
by the town to the taxpayer, with interest from the time of
such payment.

Section 18. Chapter sixty-three of the General Laws is g. l. 63, § 2,
hereby amended by striking out section two, as appearing in ®'^°' amended,
section one of chapter three hundred and forty-three of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five and as amended by
section two of chapter two hundred and twenty of the acts
of the current year, and inserting in place thereof the follow-
ing:— Section 2. Every bank shall pay annually a tax Banks and
measured by its net income, as defined in section one, at the panfes^^"^
rate assessed upon other financial corporations; provided, measured by
that such rate shall not be higher than the highest of the rates "^ '"'=°°^®-
assessed under this chapter upon mercantile and business J' ^'.
corporations doing business in the commonwealth. The '"°^'^°'

•• uiijj. • J.L X uf tii2j^ Commissioner

commissioner shall determine the rate on or before July first to determine
of each year after giving a hearing thereon, and at or prior ^^*®'
to such hearing he shall make available to all banks requesting
the same a statement showing the aggregates of the income

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Notice.

Appeal by
banks from
determination
of commis-
sioner.

G. L. 63, § 5.
etc., amended.

Di.stribution
to cities and
towns of part
of bank tax.

Retention by
state of
remainder.

Notice to as-
sessors of
charges and
credits.

Appeal to
board of
tax appeals.

G. L. 63, § 6,
amended.

Certification
to state treas-
urer of charges
against, and
credits to, each
city and town,
etc.

G. L. 63. §
amended.

18A

returnable during the preceding calendar year and 'taxable
under this chapter and the aggregates of the taxes under
this chapter of such j^ear, with respect to the following classes
of corporations: (1) domestic financial corporations, (2)
foreign financial corporations, (3) domestic manufacturing
corporations as defined in section thirty-eight C, (4) foreign
manufacturing corporations as defined in section forty-two
B, (5) domestic business corporations as defined in section
thirty, (6) foreign corporations as defined in said section
thirty. The commissioner shall seasonably notify the banks
of his determination. Appeal by a bank from the determina-
tion of the commissioner may be taken to the board of tax
appeals within ten days after the giving of such notice.

Section 19. Section five of said chapter sixtj^-three, as
appearing in section one of chapter three hundred and forty-
three of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-five and as
amended by section five of chapter two hundred and twenty-
two of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is
hereby further amended by striking out, in the seventeenth
line, the word "appeal" and inserting in place thereof the
words : — tax appeals, — so as to read as follows : — Sec-
tion 5. Such proportion of the tax paid by each bank
under the foregoing sections, after deducting any refund and
any interest or costs paid on account thereof, as corresponds
to the proportion of its stock owned by persons residing in
this commonwealth shall be determined by the commissioner
and be distributed, credited and paid to the several towns in
which from returns or other evidence it appears that such
persons resided on April first preceding, according to the
number of shares so held in such towns respectively, and the
remainder of such tax shall be retained by the commonwealth.
The commissioner shall forthwith upon such determination
give written notice by mail or at their office to the assessors
of each town thereby affected of the aggregate amount so
charged against and credited to it; and they may within ten
days after notice of such determination appeal therefrom to
the board of tax appeals.

Section 20. Section six of said chapter sixty-three, as
appearing as aforesaid, is hereby amended by striking out
said section and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 6. At the expiration of ten days after said notice,
if no appeal is taken or upon being informed of the decision
of the board of tax appeals, the commissioner shall certify
to the state treasurer the aggregate amount of charges
against, and credits to, each town, as so determined; and
the treasurer shall thereupon withhold, out of any sums
payable by the commonwealth to any town against which
a charge is certified, the amount of such charge, and shall
allow or pay over to each town to which a credit is certified
the amount of such credit.

Section 21. Said chapter sixty-three is hereby amended
by striking out section eighteen A, inserted by section one
of chapter two hundred and twenty-five of the acts of nine-

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 416. 525

teen hundred and twenty-seven, and inserting in place
thereof the following: — Section 18 A. A bank or company Notice of tax
taxable under section eleven, seventeen or eighteen shall comm^stonen
be notified by the commissioner of the tax assessed as soon Application
as may be, and within sixty days after the date of notifica- for correction.
tion may apply to the commissioner for a correction of the Appeal to
assessment, and in default of settlement may, within thirty appeals.
days of the date of the notice of the commissioner's decision,
appeal therefrom to the board of tax appeals. If abatement Abatement
of a tax paid is granted, the overpayment with interest ° *^^' ^''''
thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date
of pajTnent shall be refunded to the bank or company by
the state treasurer without any appropriation therefor by
the general court.

Section 22. Section twenty-eight of said chapter sixty- g. l. 63, § 28,
three, as most recently amended by section two of chapter ^*°' ^'"^"'i^^-
two hundred and twenty-five of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven, is hereby further amended by striking
out, in the eighteenth line, the word "appeal" and insert-
ing in place thereof the words : — tax appeals, — so as
to read as follows: — Section 28. The commissioner, from Taxation of
such returns, and from such other evidence as he may companlL.
obtain, shall assess upon all insurance companies subject to
this chapter the taxes imposed by sections twenty to twenty-
three, inclusive, and shall forthwith upon making such assess- Notice of as-
ment give to every such company notice of the amount s^^^^^ent.
thereof. Such taxes shall become due and paj^able to the Taxes, when
commissioner thirty days after the date of such notice but payalbil
not later than July first. All such taxes shall bear interest interest,
at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date payable
until July first and, whether assessed before or after July
first, shall bear interest at the rate of twelve per cent per
annum from July first until they are paid. Within sixty Application
days after the date of such notice the company may apply °'''"°"«'"°"-
to the commissioner for a correction of said excise, and in boTrdof ^
default of settlement may, upon application within thirty t^x appeals.
days of the date of notification of the commissioner's de-
cision, be heard thereon by the board of tax appeals. If tiux^tc!'
abatement of a tax paid is granted, the overpayment with
interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum from
the date of payment shall be refunded to the corporation
by the state treasurer without any appropriation therefor
by the general court.

Section 23. Said chapter sixty-three, as amended in g.l.63,§60.
section sixty by section nine of chapter five hundred and ®^''*™^"
twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-two and
by section four of chapter two hundred and twenty-five of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section sixty and in-
serting in place thereof the following: — Section 60. The Taxation of
commissioner shall annually, as soon as may be after the fr°aM'hrs^.
first Monday of August, give notice to the treasurer of Notice of tax.
every corporation, company or association liable to any

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When due
and payable.

Application for
correction.

Appeal to
board of
tax appeals.

Abatement of
ta.x, etc.

G. L. 63, § 71,
etc., amended.

Taxation of
corporations,
appeal from
decisions of
commissioner.

Overpayments
to be reim-
bursed.

Abatement of
unp.Tid and
uncollectible
taxes, ex-
cises, etc.

G. L. 61, § 6,
amended.

Refunding of
loss by stamps
erroneously af-
fixed.

tax under section fifty-eight, of the amount thereof, the
time when due, the right to apply for correction, and the
right of appeal, all as herein provided. Said tax shall be
due and payable to the commissioner within thirty days
after the date of such notice, but not before October twen-
tieth. The taxpayer may apply to the commissioner, within
sixty days after the date of the notice, for the correction of
the tax, and in default of settlement may, within thirty days
of the date of notification of the commissioner's decision,
appeal therefrom to the board of tax appeals. If abate-
ment of a tax paid is granted the overpayment with interest
thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date
of payment shall be refunded to the taxpayer by the state
treasurer without any appropriation therefor by the general
court even though such sum is not deductible from a tax
or taxes to be distributed to the several towns.

Section 24. Said chapter sixty-three, as most recently
amended in section seventy-one by section six of chapter
two hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by striking
out said section seventy-one and inserting in place thereof
the following: — Section 71. Except as otherwise provided,
any party aggrieved by any decision of the commissioner
upon any matter arising under this chapter from which an
appeal is given, may appeal to the board of tax appeals
within thirty days after notice of his decision. Any over-
payment of tax determined by decision of said board of tax
appeals shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth with
interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the time
of payment. Taxes, excises, costs or expenses of any kind
assessed upon any corporation, company or association,
except a municipal corporation, under the provisions of
this chapter or corresponding provisions of earlier laws,
which are unpaid and are uncollectible, may be abated by
the board of tax appeals on the recommendation of the
attorney general and commissioner at any time after the
expiration of five years from the date when the same became
payable.

Section 25. Chapter sixty-four of the General Laws is
hereby amended by striking out section six and inserting in
place thereof the following : — Section 6. If any stamps
have been erroneously affixed, the commissioner, upon
presentation of a claim for the amount of such stamps,
and upon the production of evidence satisfactory to him
that such stamps were affixed erroneously so as to cause
loss to the persons making the claim by said amount, or
such part thereof as he may allow, shall certify to the comp-
troller the amount so erroneously paid, and the state treas-
urer shall pay said amount without any appropriation
therefor by the general court. Such claims shall be pre-
sented to the commissioner in writing duly verified, shall
state the full name and address of the claimant, the date of
the erroneous affixing, and the face value of the stamps, shall

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describe the document to which the stamps were affixed, and
shall contain such evidence as may be available upon which
the demand for repayment is based. Such claims shall be
presented within ninety days after the alleged erroneous
affixing. If the commissioner rejects a claim or any part Appeal to board
thereof, the claimant may, within thirty days after the date °^ '^'^ ^p^^''-
of the rejection, apply to the board of tax appeals, which
shall thereupon review the facts in the case, and shall forth-
with give a written decision to the claimant and to the
commissioner; and if the board grants any repaj^ment to
the claimant, the amount of the repayment shall be certified
and paid as herein provided.

Section 26. Section one of chapter sixty-four A, in- g. l. 6\a, § i,
serted by section one of chapter three hundred and sixteen 'I'^ended.
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, is hereby
amended by striking out subsection (g) and inserting in place
thereof the following : —

(g) "Board of tax appeals", the board established by Definition.
section one of chapter fifty-eight A. aTO°eaif"°^ ^^^

Section 27. Said chapter sixty-four A is hereby further g. l. 6ia, § 5,
amended by striking out section five and inserting in place ^™euded.
thereof the following: — Section 5. If a distributor, having Determination
failed to file a return, or, having filed an incorrect or in- excise°upon°^
sufficient return without reasonable excuse, fails to file an failure of dis-

• • 1 iji J.1 • -ii- tnbutor of

original or corrected return, as the case may require, withm gasoline to aie
twenty days after the giving of notice to him by the com- return, etc.
missioner of his delinquency, the commissioner shall de-
termine the amount due, at any time within one year after
the making of the earliest sale included in such determina-
tion. The distributor may appeal from his decision within Appeal,
ten days thereafter to the board of tax appeals, whose de-
cision shall be final. The commissioner, or, in the case of Notice to de-
appeal, the board of tax appeals, having made such de- distributor.
termination, shall give notice to the delinquent distributor
of the amount determined to be due, and the distributor
shall within thirty days after the giving of such notice pay
to the commissioner the amount so determined.

Section 28. Said chapter sixty-four A is hereby further g. l. 64a,
amended by striking out section ten and inserting in place ^ ^^' amended,
thereof the following: — Section 10. Sums due to the com- Recovery of
monwealth under this chapter as excise or as penalties or ti^'eTetc^^"'^''
forfeitures may be recovered by the attorney general in an
action brought in the name of the commissioner. The Suspension of
commissioner may suspend the license of a distributor for licenses*"'^^'
violation of any provision of this chapter, but the dis-
tributor may appeal from his decision within ten days Appeal,
thereafter to the board of tax appeals, whose decision shall
be final.

Section 29. Said chapter sixty-four A is hereby further g. l. 64a,
amended by striking out section twelve and inserting in ^ ^^' ^'"^°^«<^-
place thereof the following: — Section 12. The supreme Supreme judi-
judicial court shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain the ?estrl°i"cou''^
collection, upon any sale exempted by the constitution and lection of excise

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upon certain ex-
empted sales.

G. L. 65, § 25,
etc., amended.

Taxation of
legacies and
successions.

Determination
of value of
property by
commissioner,
etc.

Appeal to board
of tax appeals.

Return to be
final, except,
etc.

G. L. 65, § 26,
amended.

Alteration of
valuations.

Certain un-
determined
appeals to be
transferred to
board of tax

Certain unde-
termined pro-
ceedings may

laws of the United States, of the excise imposed by this
chapter. Said bill shall be brought against the commissioner,
whether the question of the collection of the excise is in the
hands of the attorney general or pending before the board of
tax appeals or is still in the hands of the commissioner.

Section 30. Chapter sixty-five of the General Laws, as
amended in section twenty-five by section three of chapter
three hundred of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four, is hereby further amended by striking out said section
twenty-five and inserting in place thereof the following: —
Section 25. The value of the property upon which the tax
is computed shall be determined by the commissioner and
notified by him to the 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 pro-
vided. At any time within three months after such deter-
mination, any party interested in the succession, or the
executor, administrator or trustee, may appeal from the
decision to the board of tax appeals. Said board shall ap-
praise such property at its value as of the date of the death
of the decedent, shall give notice of its decision to the com-
missioner and to the appellant, and shall make return thereof
to the probate court. Such return, when accepted by said
court, shall be final except that any party aggrieved by such
appraisal shall have an appeal on matters of law.

Section 31. Said chapter sixtj^-five is hereby further
amended by striking out section twenty-six and inserting in
place thereof the following : — Section 26. At any time
within three months after the date of the determination of
value of any estate made by the commissioner under the
preceding section, the commissioner n\ixy, at the request or
with the consent of the persons by whom the tax is paj--
able, alter such determination of value. If any such altera-
tion is made, the commissioner shall notify the persons by
whom the tax is payable of the alteration, and the period
within which an appeal to the board of tax appeals may be
taken as provided by said section shall be three months
from the date of said alteration of value by the commis-
sioner. In all proceedings before the board of tax appeals
or in the probate court under this or the preceding section the
commissioner shall receive notice thereof and may be heard.

Section 32. All appeals from decisions of the commis-
sioner of corporations and taxation pending before the board
of appeal as constituted prior to December first of the current
year, if undetermined on said December first, shall forthwith
be transferred to the board of tax appeals. All appeals to the
county commissioners or other board as aforesaid from re-
fusals to abate local taxes, pending before said commissioners
or other board, if undetermined on said December first, shall
be transferred to the board of tax appeals, on motion of either
party to such appeal.

Section 33. Any proceeding under any of the sections of
the General Laws, as existing prior to said December first,

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referred to in section six of chapter fifty-eight A, inserted by be transferred
section one of this act, or under any section of said General tex^rpplalL
Laws, as existing prior to said date, repealed by section two
of this act, pending on December first of the current year in
any court of this commonwealth, may, if undetermined, be
transferred to the board of tax appeals, if the court so directs;
otherwise any such pending proceeding shall be completed in
accordance with the provisions of said sections as in force
prior to said December first.

Section 34. This act shall become operative on Decern- when opera-
ber first of the current year, except that for the purposes of ^^^'^' ®'^°"
the appointment of the members of the board of tax appeals
created hereby and the organization of such board it shall
become operative on November first of the current year.

Approved May 29, 1930.

An Act expediting and regulating the abolition of (JfiQ'n 417

GRADE CROSSINGS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Chapter one hundred and fifty-nine of the g. l. 159. § es,
General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section amended,
sixtj^-five and inserting in place thereof the following : —
Section 65. The department of public works shall proceed investigation
to make an investigation of crossings where a public or private crossings'by
way and a railroad cross each other at grade, in sections '^Xfc works'^
sixty-five to eighty-two, inclusive, referred to as grade cross-
ings. Said department shall annually on or before October Annual list of
first file with the department of public utilities lists of grade f^^gested iLr^**
crossings the abolition of which it suggests for early considera- abolition.
tion. Such lists shall state the names of the grade crossings,
the names of the corporations operating the railroads crossed
and the counties, cities and towns in which such crossings are
located. The department of public works shall receive all Petitions for
petitions for the abolition of grade crossings from the alder- gra°de Mos°sings.
men of the city, the selectmen of the town, or the county
commissioners of the county, where such a crossing exists, or
the board of directors of the railroad corporation operating
the railroad crossed, and after a hearing, due notice of which Hearing.
shall have been given to said railroad corporation, city or Notice.
town and county, may in its discretion place said crossing
on one of said lists. The department of public utilities, after Department of
due notice to the department of public works, the counties fo" hoTd^pubifc^
and municipalities in which such crossings are located and hearings, etc.
the railroad corporations operating the railroads crossed,
shall proceed to hold public hearings upon such lists and such
additional grade crossings as the department of public works
shall have notified it to include. Upon the completion of such t° ^^^J's"^*^
hearings the department of public utilities by order shall program of
designate a program of grade crossings the abolition of which fbou'ti^n.'^^'"^
shall be considered ; provided, that such program order may Proviso.
be amended or revised from time to time by the department
of public utilities on request of the department of public

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To consider
security and
convenience of
public, etc.

Program order
to state certain
information.

Copy to be
filed, etc.

G. L. 159, §§ 66
to 69, inclusive,
and §§ 71 and
81, repealed.

G. L. 159, § 70,
amended.

Department
of public works
to consider the
abolition of
grade crossings
in order estab-
lished by pro-
gram orders.

Public
hearings.

To determine
manner and
limits of grade
crossing
abolition, etc.

Proviso.

Railroad cor-
poration to pay
fifty per cent

works. In establishing such program the department of
public utilities shall take into consideration the relative
security and convenience of the pubhc likely to result from
the abolition of each particular grade crossing included therein
as compared with the abolition of other grade crossings.
Such program order shall state with respect to each grade
crossing the name of the crossing, the name of the railroad
corporation operating the railroad crossed, and the names of
the counties, cities and towns in which the crossing is located.
A copy of such program order and amendments and revisions
thereof shall be filed in the office of the department of public
utilities and of the department of public works.

Section 2. Sections sixty-six to sbity-nine, inclusive,
and sections seventy-one and eighty-one of said chapter one
hundred and fifty-nine are hereby repealed.

Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine is
hereby further amended by striking out section seventy and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 70. The
department of public works shall proceed to consider the
abolition of grade crossings in the order established by the
program orders as adopted and amended or revised under
section sixty-five, and shall hold public hearings on each
such grade crossing abolition, due notice of which shall be
given to such railroad corporations, counties, cities and towns
as may be required by law to bear part of the cost of abolition.
After hearing as aforesaid, it shall by order determine the
manner and hmits of the grade crossing abolition, what part,
if any, of an existing public or private way shall be discon-
tinued, and whether or not a new way shall be substituted
therefor, the grade for the railroad and the way, the changes
to be made in the location and grades of a street railway hav-
ing a location in the part of such public way where the cross-
ing exists or in ways connecting therewith, the general
method of construction, and what land or other property it
considers necessary to be taken, including, in its discretion,
an easement in land adjoining the location of a public or
private way, or of a railroad, consisting of a right to have the
land of the location protected by having the surface of such
adjoining land slope from the boundary of the location in a
manner specified by it; provided, that so much of any such
order as relates to the foregoing shall not be effective unless
the consent of the department of public utilities thereto shall
first be obtained, but no consent shall be given by said de-
partment to an order requiring a change in the grade of a
railroad or street railway until the carrier interested, if it so
requests, has been given an opportunity to be heard before
said department on the sole question of such change. The
department of public works shall determine in such order
when the work shall be commenced, who shall do the work
and how much shall be done by each. All such work not
done in whole or in part by the department of public works
shall be done under its general supervision. Except as other-
wise provided in this section and section eighty, the railroad

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 417. 531

corporation shall pay fifty per cent of the total actual cost of total actual
of the alterations aforesaid, including therein, in addition aUons, except,
to the cost of construction, all damages on account thereof, ^^''■
but excluding the actual cost to a street railway company of
changing its railway and location to conform to the order of
abohtion, which shall be borne by it. The remainder of said Remainder to

1111 • 11 •!! ic IT be apportioned

total cost shall be apportioned by said department oi public between state
works between the commonwealth and the city or town where town where
the crossing is situated, and in making said apportionment g-"t°uated 'etc
said department shall take into account the benefits to the
city or town and shall assess upon the city or town such per-
centage of the total cost, not more than ten per cent nor less
than five per cent thereof, as may in the judgment of said
department be just; provided, that if less than ten per cent Provisos.
of such total cost is assessed upon the city or town, the
difference between the amount so assessed and said ten per
cent shall be assessed upon the county in which such crossing
exists; and provided, further, that if in the judgment of said
department it shall be deemed just, the forty per cent of said
total cost thereby due to be apportioned to the commonwealth
may be reduced by an amount equal to not more than five
per cent of the said total cost, which amount shall be assessed
upon said county and shall be in addition to any amount
which may be assessed upon it as hereinbefore provided. If Total cost, by

, • • r -1 1 1 • J. 1 • whom paid if

the crossing is oi a railroad and a private way, and no crossing crossing is of a
of a public way is abolished in connection therewith, the total pHvat^way,*
cost as aforesaid shall be paid by the parties affected by the ^'^'=-
abolition in such proportion as said department may estab-
lish. Said department shall equitably apportion the amount
assessed as herein provided to be paid by the railroad cor-
porations between the several railroads which are affected
by the abolition. Said department may require the railroad pran'"'lsti° °^
corporation or corporations and the cities, towns and counties mates, etc , of

fv , 1 1 1 1 • 1 T,- c xi cost of abolition

affected by any such grade crossing abolition, or any oi them, by railroad cor-
to cause to be prepared and submitted to it plans, specifica- P^^tion, etc.
tions and estimates of the cost of such abolition. A copy
of any order made under this section, after so much thereof
as is required hereby to be consented to by the department
of public utilities has been consented to as hereinbefore pro-
vided, shall be filed in the office of the department of public
works and of the department of public utilities, and a copy
thereof shall be served on the state comptroller, the railroad
corporation or corporations, the county and city or town
affected by such abolition. The department of public works Department of
shall include in its budget estimate in each year a sum suffi- fndudeTOst of
cient to meet the cost of such portion of any abolition or gra°delfros°ing3
abohtions of grade crossings, to be undertaken during the in budget
following year, as is to be paid by the commonwealth, coun- ^^ '™* ^'
ties and municipalities.

Section 4. Said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine is g. l. 159, § 72,
hereby further amended by striking out section seventy-two ^"^° " "
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 72. Abolition of

,, v 1 • • 1 T 1 1 1-1 grade crossings

VV nenever a grade crossing is abolished upon a state highway, upon state

highways, etc.

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G. L. 159, § 73,
amended.

Expenditure
by street rail-
way company
toward cost of
abolishing a
grade crossing
to be deemed
part of value
of property, etc.

G. L. 159, § 74,
amended.

Order of taking
of land to be
included in
order of
abolition, etj.

Order to estab-
lish changed
location.

Removal or
relocation of
surface street
railway tracks,
conduits, pipes,
wires, etc.

county way, or way which has been petitioned for as a state
highway, the said highway or way shall be so constructed
that there shall be a clear view in each direction for at least
one hundred and fifty feet from the center of said highway
or other way where the same passes over or under the rail-
road, except in any particular case, when compliance with
said requirement is deemed by the department of public
works to be unnecessary and unreasonable under all the
circumstances.

Section 5. Said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine is
hereby further amended by striking out section seventy-
three and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section
73. The amount of any expenditure under section eighty
by a street railway company toward the cost of abohshing a
grade crossing shall be deemed and taken in all proceedings
thereafter as a part of the value of its property for street
railway purposes; and such company may issue stock or
bonds to such amount as the department of public utilities
shall, subject to the laws relating to the issue of stocks and
bonds by street railway companies, approve as reasonably
necessary to provide for the payment of such expenditure.

Section 6. Said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine is
hereby further amended by striking out section seventy-four
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 74-
If in an order of abolition under section seventy it is deter-
mined that the location of the railroad or of the public or
private way shall be changed, such order when a copy thereof
is filed with the department of public utilities shall establish
the location as thus changed, and if it is necessary to take
land or an easement therein to provide such new location,
the department of public works shall take the same bj^ emi-
nent domain under chapter seventy-nine, and in such case
the order of taking shall be included in said order of abolition
under section seventy. Said taking shall be on behalf of the
commonwealth if the land or easement is to be used for or in
connection with a state highway or on behalf of the city or
town if the land or easement is to be used for or in connection
with any other public way, or on behalf of the railroad cor-
poration if the land or easement is to be used for or in connec-
tion with a private way or by the railroad corporation.

If in an order of abolition under section seventy it is deter-
mined that the location of a street railway shall be changed,
such order when a copy thereof is filed with the department
of pubHc utilities shall estabhsh the location as thus changed.

The department of public works may in any order entered
under said section seventy, or from time to time thereafter
with the approval of the department of public utilities, order
the removal or relocation of any surface street railway tracks,
and of any conduits, pipes, wires, poles or other property
located in public ways or places which it deems to interfere
with any such grade crossing abolition or the work or works
required therefor, and may grant new locations for any such
structures so removed or relocated. Such orders, to the extent

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specified therein, shall be deemed a revocation of the right
or license to maintain such tracks, conduits, pipes, wires,
poles or other property in such public ways or places, and
the owner of any such structures shall comply with said
orders without expense to the commonwealth or any party
which said department of public works has determined shall
do the whole or any part of the work. If any such owner shall Removal by
fail to comply with the order of the department of public public wo?ks°
works within a reasonable time, to be fixed in the order, said owne/to ""^^ °^
department may discontinue and remove such tracks, con- comply, etc.
duits, pipes, wires, poles or other property or may relocate
the same, and the cost of such discontinuance, removal or
relocation shall be repaid by the owner, and if not repaid
may be recovered by the commonwealth in an action of con-
tract. No such discontinuance, removal or relocation shall
entitle the owner of the property thus affected to any dam-
ages on account thereof. Any structures in or upon private Removal and
lands may be removed and relocated by the department of st Jucture^'a in
public works as a part of the cost of the abolition, or if re- or upon
moved and relocated by the owner thereof the reasonable p"^'^*^ ''^"'^^•
expense shall be paid to him by the commonwealth as a part
of the cost of the abolition. If in any order hereunder or
under said section seventy any location shall be changed,
such order when a copy thereof is filed with the department
of pubhc utilities shall establish the location as thus changed.
In this section and in sections seventy-five, seventy-seven, "state high-
seventy-eight and eighty, the words "state highway" shall oTworcS!"^^
include any public way and part thereof in direct continua-
tion of a state highway and not more than one hundred feet
from the end thereof.

Section 7. Said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine is G- l. iss, § 75,
hereby further amended by striking out section seventy-five ^°^^"
and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 75. 1'^°^%^^^^^
All damages sustained by any person in his property by the paid',
taking of land for or by the alterations of the grade of a
public way, or by an abutter thereon by the discontinuance
of such public way, to the same extent as damages are re-
coverable by abutters on ways discontinued by towns, or by
the taking of an easement in land adjoining a public way,
shall primarily be paid by the city or town, or, in case such
public way is a state highway, by the commonwealth; and
all damages caused by the taking of land for the railroad or
by the change or discontinuance of a private way, or by the
taking of an easement in land adjoining a private way or a
railroad location shall primarily be paid by the railroad
corporation. Any amount paid by way of damages by the
commonw^ealth or the city or town or the railroad corporation
primarily Hable therefor shall be subject to investigation by
the department of pubhc works, unless such settlements are
assented to in writing by all parties in the proceeding. If the
parties interested cannot agree upon said damages, any party
may have the damages determined under chapter seventy-
nine. All expense resulting from the necessary relocating or

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Expense of re-
locating or
changing
streams, etc.,
by whom paid.

G. L. 159, § 77,
amended.

Maintenance
of crossing and
approaches.

G. L. 159, § 78,
amended.

Audit by de-
partment of
public works.

To investigate
settlements for
damages upon
request.

changing of streams and watercourses forming the natural
drainage channels of the territory where alterations of grades
are authorized, and of sewers, drains and pipes therein owned
and operated by a city or town, shall be primarily paid by
said city or town, and shall be a part of the actual cost of
the alterations specified in section seventy.

Section 8. Said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine is
hereby further amended by striking out section seventy-
seven and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section
77. After the completion of the work, the expense of main-
tenance and repair shall be paid as follows : if the public way
crosses the railroad by an overhead bridge, the superstructure
and subflooring of the bridge and its abutments or other sup-
ports shall be maintained and kept in repair by the railroad
corporation, but the approaches of the bridge and the pave-
ment or wearing surface over the subflooring shall be main-
tained and kept in repair by the city or town where situated,
or, in case such public way is a state highway, by the com-
monwealth; if the pubhc way passes under the railroad, the
bridge and its abutments or supports shall be maintained and
kept in repair by the railroad corporation, and the pubhc way
and its approaches shall be maintained and kept in repair
by the city or town where situated, or, in case such public
way is a state highway, by the commonwealth; if several
raih'oads cross a public way at or near a given point, the
department of pubhc works shall apportion and award in
what manner and proportion each of said railroad corpora-
tions shall maintain and keep in repair the superstructure
and subflooring of the bridge and its abutments or supports
if the public way crosses the railroad by an overhead bridge,
and the bridge and its abutments or supports if the public
way passes under said railroads.

Section 9. Said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine is
hereby further amended by striking out section seventy-eight
and inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 78.
All accounts of expense incurred by the railroad corporations
or the city or town shall from time to time be submitted to
the department of public works which shall audit the same,
including any expense incurred by the commonwealth for or
in connection with a state highway, and report thereon to the
state comptroller. Said department shall upon request of
any of the parties to the proceeding investigate the amounts
presented for allowance by the commonwealth or any city
or town or any railroad corporation as expended in the pay-
ment of damages for land taken or affected by reason of the
proposed alteration, which have been paid by the party
primarily liable therefor, as provided in section seventy-five,
unless it appears that all the parties to the proceeding for
the abolition of the grade crossing have assented in writing
to the payment or settlement so made by the party primarily
liable; and if said department determines that the amount
so paid is in excess of what in its opinion should have been
properly paid therefor, it shall allow only such portion of the

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amount so paid as it may deem to be just and reasonable.
In case of any dispute as to the propriety or reasonableness of
the whole or a part of any account of expense, the department
of public utilities, upon application of any party to the pro-
ceedings, shall determine the amount thereof, if any, to be
allowed, and its determination shall be final. The depart- To issue ordera
ment of public works shall, from time to time, issue its orders o°n part'^F el^ch
for payments on the part of each railroad corporation, not p*oratro1i*'etc.
exceeding the amount apportioned to it by said department,
and for the payment by the commonwealth of a sum not
exceeding the amounts apportioned to it and to the county
and cit}^ or town; and such county and city or town shall
repay to the commonwealth the amount apportioned to it,
with interest thereon at the rate of four per cent per annum
in such instalments and at such times within ten years there-
after as said department, with the approval of the state
comptroller, having regard to the financial condition of the
countj^, city or town, shall determine.

Section 10. Said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine is g. l. 159, § 79,
hereby further amended by striking out section seventy-nine amended.
and inserting in place thereof the folio v^^ing: — Section 79. Enforcement
The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce °
compliance with sections sixty-five to eighty-two, inclusive,
and with the orders and agreements made thereunder. The
supreme judicial court shall have jurisdiction in equity to
review, modify, amend or annul any order of the department
of public works or the department of public utilities made
under authority of said sections, but only to the extent of the
unlawfulness of such order.

Section 11. Said chapter one hundred and fifty-nine is g. l. 159, § so,
hereby further amended by striking out section eighty and '^'"*'°''^^-
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section 80. If Proceedings
the board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town ment as to
where a pubhc way and a railroad cross each other and the ''*'*^''a*'i°"s-
directors of the railroad corporation deem it necessary for the
security and convenience of the public that alterations should
be made in such crossing, in the approaches thereto, in the
location of the railroad or public way or in the grades thereof,
or in a bridge at such crossing, or that such crossing should be
discontinued with or without building a new way in substitu-
tion therefor, and they agree as to the alterations to be made,
a written instrument signed, in behalf of a city, by the mayor,
authorized b}' the board of aldermen, or in behalf of a town,
by the chairman of the selectmen, authorized by vote of the
town, and by the president of the railroad corporation, au-
thorized by its directors, specifying the manner and limits
within which the alterations shall be made, and by which
party the work shall be done, or how it shall be apportioned
between the city or town and the railroad corporation, the
general method of construction, the grades for the railroad
and the public way, and also what land or other property it
is necessary to take, and what portion, if any, of an existing
public way is to be discontinued, and how the cost thereof

536 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 417.

shall be apportioned between the city or town and the rail-
road corporation, shall be valid and binding on the City or
town and the railroad corporation, respectively, and have
the same force and effect as an order of the department of
public works under section seventy, if the department of pub-
lic utilities, after notice to all parties interested by advertise-
ment and a public hearing, approves of the alterations set
forth in the agreement as necessary for the convenience and
Proviso. security of the public; provided, that the department of

public works, acting on behalf of the commonwealth, may,
if in its judgment it seems advisable, join in such an agree-
ment to abolish any grade crossing, thereby engaging the
commonwealth to pay to the parties entitled thereto under
the agreement, such amount, not exceeding, in case of an
abolition of a crossing of a railroad and a public way other
than a state highway, forty per cent of the total cost of the
alterations, as defined in section seventy, as said depart-
ment deems just, and such an agreement in which the com-
monwealth so joins shall be valid and binding on the com-
monwealth as well as the other parties thereto, and shall have
the same force and effect as an order of said department
under said section seventy, after approval as aforesaid by the
department of public utilities. Said agreement, when ap-
proved by the department of public utilities and filed in its
office, shall establish the locations as thus altered, and if it is
necessary to take land or an easement therein to provide such
new locations, the department of public works, in case of the
abolition of a grade crossing to the cost of which the com-
monwealth is to contribute, otherwise the department of
public utilities, shall take the same by eminent domain on
behalf of the commonwealth, of the city or town, and of the
railroad corporation, respectively, under chapter seventy-
nine. Except as otherwise provided in this section, so much
of section seventy-four as relates to the taking of land, and so
much of section seventy-five as relates to the right of any
person to recover damages sustained in consequence of such
taking or of the alterations made in pursuance of said order
shall apply to the taking of land and to damages sustained
under an agreement made pursuant to this section. The
crossing and approaches shall be maintained and kept in
repair as provided in section seventy-seven. If the agreement
provides for the abolition of a grade crossing to the cost of
which the commonwealth is to contribute, the department
of public works shall keep itself informed of the progress and
character of the work and of the amounts reasonably ex-
pended for work done or for damages, so far as rendered
necessary for the abolition of the grade crossing; and for
that purpose it may employ any necessary agents, and, from
time to time, as it may consider proper, shall issue certified
statements of the amount legally and properly expended for
Any p-^rty guch abolitiou of a grade crossing. A street railway com-
aitmation of pany or county or other party which would be affected by

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 417. 537

the alteration of a crossing as aforesaid may join in any agree- a crossing.
ment under this section. agreement"

Sectiox 12. Section three of chapter seventy-nine of the g. l. 79, § 3,
General Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and ten ^^^■' amended.
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and by
chapter one hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-six, is hereby further amended by strik-
ing out, in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth lines, the words
" , one hundred and sixty or one hundred and sixty-one, by
commissioners appointed thereunder to abolish grade cross-
ings" and inserting in place thereof the words: — in connec-
tion with proceedings thereunder to abolish grade crossings
by the department of public works, — so that the first para-
graph will read as follows : — Section 3. The board of ^/'P'j.fn °-'^^^
officers by whom an order of taking has been adopted under eminent do-
section one shall within thirty daj's thereafter cause a copy f^gj^tohe^^'^'
thereof, signed by them or certified by their secretary or recorded in
clerk, or, in case of a taking by or on behalf of a city by a de'eds, etc.
board of officers having no secretary or clerk, certified by the
city clerk, to be recorded in the registry of deeds of every
county or district in which the property taken or any of it ,
lies. The copy of an order of taking made under chapter No fee for re-
one hundred and fifty-nine in connection with proceedings oKiersfe'tc^*'*'"
thereunder to abolish grade crossings by the department of
public works, or by the department of. public utilities, may be
filed and recorded without the payment of any fee therefor.
Upon the recording of an order of taking under this section, Title to fee of
title to the fee of the property taken or to such other interest et?.f when'to^"'
therein as has been designated in such order shall vest in the '^est.
body politic or corporate on behalf of which the taking was
made; and the right to damages for such taking shall there- Right to
upon vest in the persons entitled thereto unless otherwise d^^^^ses.
provided by law; provided, however, that when a taking is Proviso.
made for the purpose of a highway or town way or for ditches
or drains for draining the same, the right to damages shall
not vest until such way, drain or ditch has been entered upon
or possession thereof has been taken for the purpose of con-
structing the same, and if such entry is not made or possession
taken within two years of the date of the order, the taking
shall be void.

Section 13. All provisions of law in effect prior to the Certain pro-
effective date hereof providing for the raising of money for TnopeTatiVe!^
abohtion of crossings of railroads and ways at grade by the ^*^'=-
issue and sale of bonds of the commonwealth shall be inopera-
tive in the case of any such abolition undertaken under the
provisions of this act; provided, that nothing herein shall be Proviso.
construed to affect any bonds issued prior to said effective
date.

Section 14. This act shall become operative on Septem- when
ber first, nineteen hundred and thirty; provided, that it shall °p«''^t''^^-
not apply to any grade crossing on which any actual work of P'^'^'^o-
abohtion has been commenced prior to said September first,

538

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 418.

and proceedings for the abolition of such a crossing shall,
unless all parties to such abolition elect to proceed under sec-
tions sixty-five to eighty-two, inclusive, of chapter one hun-
dred and fifty-nine of the General Laws, as amended by this
act, be in accordance with the provisions of law apphcable
prior to said September first, which are hereby continued in
effect for that purpose only. Approved May 29, 1930.

ChapAlS An Act providing for deputy recorders in the land

COURT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS TO THE ASSISTANT
RECORDERS OF SAID COURT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section six of chapter one hundred and
eighty-five of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding
at the end thereof the following sentence: — Subject to the
approval of the governor and council, the judge may appoint
deputy recorders, who shall perform such duties as the court
shall assign to them.

Section 2. Section eight of said chapter one hundred and
eighty-five is hereby amended by inserting after the word
"recorder" in the first line the following: — and any deputy
recorder, — and by striking out, in the second line, the word
" he ", — so as to read as follows : — Section 8. The recorder
and any deputy recorder may act in any county, and after
land has been registered, may make ail memoranda affecting
the title and enter and issue certificates of title as provided
in this chapter.

Section 3. Said chapter one hundred and eighty-five
is hereby amended by inserting after section ten the follow-
ing new section: — Section 10 A. The assistant recorder in
any registiy district may, with the approval of the judge,
appoint one or more technical assistants whose compensation
shall be fixed by the judge, subject to the provisions of sec-
tions forty-eight to fifty-six, inclusive, of chapter thirty-five.
Said assistants shall perform such duties as the court may
from time to time assign to them.

Section 4. Said chapter one hundred and eighty-five,
as most recently amended in section fourteen by chapter four
hundred and four of the acts of the current year, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section fourteen and
inserting in place thereof the following: — 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 incurred 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. Each deputy recorder
shall receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the judge,
subject to the approval of the governor and council. Except
as provided in section ten A, the compensation and salaries
of examiners of title and all assistants and messengers shall

G. L. 185, § 6,
amended.

Deputy
recorders of
land court.

G. L. 185, § 8,
amended.

Recorders and
deputy record-
ers may act in
any county.

G. L. 185, new
section
after § 10.

Technical as-
sistants, com-
pensation,
duties.

G. L. 185, § 14.
etc., amended.

Judge and as-
sociate judges
of land court,
salaries, etc.

Recorder,
salary.

Deputy re-
corder, com-
pensation.

Examiners of
title, etc.,
salaries.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 419. 539

be fixed bj^ the governor and council. The salary of the officer Court officer in
in attendance upon the court in Suffolk county shall be ®"*^"'^' '^'^'^•
twenty-four hundred and eighty-four dollars, in full for all
services performed by him. All salaries and expenses of the Sniaries and
court shall be paid by the commonwealth , except the salaries wiwnf paid?'
of the assistant recorders and the expenses incurred by them
under this chapter and the compensation and expenses of
their technical assistants appointed under section ten A,
which shall be paid by the respective counties. All fees Payment to
collected by the assistant recorders, except those received certain fe°es.
upon the filing of petitions, which shall be transmitted with
the petitions to the recorder, shall be paid to their respective
counties. Approved May 29, 1930.

kT<i Act providing for the admission of the town of ni^f.^ a-\ q

W^EYMOUTH TO THE SOUTH METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE ^*

DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. The territor}^ comprising the town of Wey- Town of Wey-
mouth is hereby admitted to the south metropolitan sewerage mitted to'the
district, as defined in section one of chapter ninety-two of ^°^^ metro-
the General Laws and as enlarged by chapter five hundred age'cfistrfcT'^'
and forty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and ten, by
chapter fifty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
four and by chapter three hundred and eighty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight. In becoming a part
of said district, said town shall conform to the requirements
of the provisions of said chapter ninetj^-two, relative to the
south metropolitan sewerage system, and shall be subject to
said provisions, except as otherwise provided herein. Any
general authority granted to other municipalities by said
chapter ninety-two shall also be vested in said town in com-
mon with such other municipalities.

Section 2. The metropolitan district commission, in Metropolitan
this act called the commission, shall provide an outlet in the mfssion to^'ro-
town of Weymouth for the sewage of said town, and, acting yide an outlet
on behalf of the commonwealth, shall construct a main trunk moutTfor sew^'
sewer or sewers and other sewerage works through or in such trnvn^to'^n-
parts of the city of Quincy and the towns of Braintree and struct a main
Weymouth as the commission may determine to be necessary, etc" ^^"^"'
to receive sewage from the towns of Weymouth and Brain-
tree and carry said sewerage works to a connection with the
high-level sewer of the south metropolitan sewerage system.
The location of such main trunk sewer, or sewers, shall be
subject to the approval of the department of pubhc health.

Section 3. For the purpose of constructing, maintaining To have and
and operating such additional main trunk sewer or sewers authoHtyfete'."
and otherwise carrying out the purposes of this act, the com-
mission, acting on behalf of the commonwealth, shall have
and exercise all the authority conferred upon it by said
chapter ninety-two, and all provisions of said chapter are
made applicable to the additional construction, maintenance

540 Acts, 1930. — Chap. 420.

and operation hereby authorized, except as is otherwise
provided herein.
Expenditure of SECTION 4. The commission may expend such part of the
ceedsofcer- proceeds of bonds authorized for issue under chapter five
andnoto^ hundred and forty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and
ten, as amended by chapter three hundred and ninety-eight
of the acts of the current year, and of notes authorized by
chapter two hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-eight as may be necessary to provide for
combining with the works authorized by said chapters, the
additional works necessary to carry out the provisions of this
act.
petermination SECTION 5, The towu of Wcymouth shall, in addition

by commission , , , , , „ '' , • i i c •

of proportion of to the yearly payment ot assessments as provided lor m sec-
ofsfnkTng^Fund tlous fivc to ciglit of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws,
ro ^oiitan'^lwer- P^^ ^^^° ^^^ trcasury of the commonwealth, for the sinking
agesys'tem, fuud of the south metropolitan sewerage system, such pro-
by town^of^^^'^ portion of the total amount of said sinking fund as existing
ad!iitk?n to '° ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ April ill the year of its acceptance of this
yearly payment act, and of all siukiug fuud bouds and serial bonds paid prior
ofjissessments, ^^ ^^-^ date, 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 apportion-
ment of assessments. Such proportion shall be determined
by the commission and shall be certified by said commission
to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall determine
the total amount so to be paid by said town on account of its
admission to the said system, and for the pajanent thereof
shall add one tenth of said total amount to the yearly sum
payable by said town on account of its share of the interest,
sinking fund and serial bond requirements of said system in
each of the ten years next succeeding. No assessment on ac-
count of the cost of maintenance and operation of the afore-
said system shall be made upon said town until the commis-
sion shall have certified to said town that the work herein
provided for has been so far completed as to furnish an outlet
to receive sewage from said town,
accl^tance.^e'tc. SECTION 6. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance
by a majority of the town meeting members of the town of
Weymouth present and voting thereon at a meeting legally
called for the purpose, not later than May first, nineteen
hundred and thirty-one. Approved May 29, 1930.

ChapA20 An Act authorizing certain highway and other im-
provements IN CERTAIN cities AND TOWNS WITHIN THE
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Part I.

^uburwoTks"^ Section 1. The department of public works, hereinafter
to lay out and Called the department, is hereby directed to lay out and
8tete*highway coustruct 3 statc highway under the provisions of chapter

t

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 420. 541

eighty-one of the General Laws, except as otherwise pro- through certain

vided in section twelve of this act, substantially in the towns'of can-

following location: — Beginning at the intersection of Blue DedhIm!N'e^-

Hill street and Washington street in the town of Canton; ham and

thence over public and private lands and public and private ^ °'*^^'

ways, using portions of Royall street and Greenlodge street

in said Canton; thence along or near said Greenlodge street

and over public and private lands and public and private

ways in the town of Westwood, crossing at other than grade

the tracks of the Providence division of the New York, New

Haven and Hartford railroad in said town, and crossing at

other than grade the tracks of the Midland division and

crossing the Islington branch of said railroad in said town

and /or in the town of Dedham; thence in Dedham over

public and private lands and pubhc and private ways, with

suitable connections with High street and West street in

said last-mentioned town; thence passing along or near

Greendale avenue and over public and private lands and

public and private ways and crossing at other than grade

the tracks of the Needham and Woonsocket branches of

said railroad in the town of Needham; thence over public

and private lands and public and private ways in the town of

Wellesley, to Worcester street in the vicinity of its junction

with Reservoir street in said Wellesley.

Section 2. Said department is hereby further directed Jnd^construct
to lay out and construct a highway in the city of Boston, a highway in
beginning at a point on Washington street in the West Rox- beginning^t a
bury district of said city, near its intersection with the on'^wa'linngton
AVest Roxbury parkway: thence over public and private ?^''^®^Ao*5®
lands and public and private ways, including portions of districtfet"'^^
Poplar street and Canterbury street, and including a crossing
at other than grade of the Boston and Providence division
of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com-
pany, to Blue Hill avenue, at its intersection with Canter-
bury street.

Section 3. The department is hereby further directed ^r Tslate^ ''^"'^
to proceed under chapter eighty-one of the General Laws to highway in

.1 • ± 1 • iuj. x- r Milton, etc.

acqun-e by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine oi
the General Laws, or by purchase or gift or otherwise, land
for a state highway to be located as follows: — Beginning at
a point in the town of Milton near the intersection of Milton
street and Brush Hill road; thence over public and private
lands and public and private ways along the general course of
the Neponset river in said Milton and in the Hyde Park dis-
trict of the city of Boston to a point on said Brush Hill road
near Cheever street in said Milton and along the general
course of said Brush Hill road to its intersection with Blue
Hill parkway in said Milton.

Section 4. The department is hereby further directed Jj'nstnict'i""'^
to lay out and construct a parkway or boulevard beginning parkway or
at a point in the West Roxbury parkway in the city of gi^fng at a^'
Boston, northerly of Weld street; thence over public and the^Wes^^RoV-"
private lands and public and private ways in said city of bury parkway

542

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 420.

in city of
Boston, etc.

Abolition of
railroad cross-
ings at grade,
etc., to be in
accordance with
applicable pro-
visions of
general law.

To construct an
overpass or
underpass for
vehicular trafRc
on Revere
Beach parkway,
etc.

May take or
acquire public
or private
lands, ceme-
teries, public
parks, etc.

Proviso.

What shall be
deemed to be
the cost of
the work.

Proviso.

Boston and the town of Brookline to a point on Corey street
near its intersection with Brook Farm road; thence over
public and private lands and pubHc and private ways,
crossing the tracks of the Needham branch of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad at other than grade, to
Spring street near its crossing over the Charles river in said
city.

Section 4A. The abolition of any railroad crossing at
grade or the alteration of any such crossing, or the con-
struction of any way across a railroad previously constructed,
under the provisions of this act, shall be in accordance with
and subject to the applicable provisions of general law.

Section 5. The department is hereb}'- further di-
rected to construct an overpass or underpass for vehicular
traffic on the Revere Beach parkway at or near the junction
of said parkway with Broadway in the city of Revere, with
such connecting roadways between Broadway and the
parkway as the department may deem necessary.

Section 6. The department may, on behalf of the
commonwealth, take by eminent domain under chapter
seventy-nine of the General Laws, or acquire by purchase
or otherwise, such public or private lands, cemeteries, public
parks or reservations, or parts thereof or rights therein, and
lands or rights therein under the control of the metropolitan
district commission and/or pubHc ways, as it may deem
necessary for carrying out the provisions of sections one to
five, inclusive, including such land or rights in land as may
be necessary for the construction of any necessary drainage
outlets; provided, that no damages shall be paid for public
lands or parks, parkways or reservations so taken.

Section 7. The cost of lajang out, constructing and/or
improving said proposed highwaj^s and boulevards or park-
ways, and of laying out and constructing said proposed over-
pass or underpass, or of land takings for the same, including
any damages awarded or paid on account of any taking of
land or property therefor, or any injury to the same, and any
sums paid for lands or rights purchased, including also the
interest on any money borrowed by the state treasurer on
the credit of the commonwealth under section thirteen, and
all other expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of
sections one to five, inclusive, shall be deemed to be the
cost of the work therein respectively authorized; provided,
that such cost shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the follow-
ing amounts:

For the highway authorized by section one, the sum of one
million four hundred thousand dollars.

For the highway authorized by section two, the sum of
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

For the land taking authorized by section three, the sum
of two hundred thousand dollars.

For the parkway or boulevard authorized by section four,
the sum of seven hundred thousand dollars.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 420. 543

For the overpass or underpass authorized by section five,
the sum of one hundred and eighty thousand dollars.

Section 8. The cost of the work authorized by sections Cost of work
one and three shall be paid in the first instance by the com- section'ri'^and 3
monwealth from such appropriation as may hereafter be gJ.gt^iPJ'4'^„j,g
made, not exceedinp; three hundred and fifty thousand dollars by state, etc.
being paid from the highway fund of nineteen hundred and
thirty, not exceeding seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars from the highway fund of nineteen hundred and
thirtj'-one, and the balance from the highway fund of nine-
teen hundred and thirty-two.

Section 9. Fifty per cent of the cost of the work au- Cost of work
thorized by section two shall be paid by the commonwealth section 2! by^
from such appropriations as may hereafter be made, not '''^°'" p^**^-
exceeding one hundred thousand dollars being paid from
the highwaj^ fund of nineteen hundred and thirty, and the
balance from the highway fund of nineteen hundred and
thiilA'-one; fifteen per cent of the cost of such work shall be
paid by the municipalities of the metropoHtan parks district,
including the city of Boston, in proportion to the respective
taxable valuations of the property of said municipalities as
defined by section fifty-nine of chapter ninety-two of the
General Laws; thirty-five per cent of the cost of such work
shall be paid by the city of Boston.

Section 10. Fifty per cent of the cost of the work au- Cost of work
thorized by section four shall be paid by the commonwealth se^pt^on 4!l5y^
from such appropriations as may hereafter be made, not ^^^"^ p^^'^-
exceeding one hundred thousand dollars being paid from the
highwa}' fund of nineteen hundred and thirty, and the balance
from the highway fund of nineteen hundred and thirty-one.
The remaining fifty per cent of the cost of such work shall be
paid by the municipalities of the metropolitan parks district
in proportion to the respective taxable valuations of the
property of said municipalities as defined by section fifty-nine
of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws, the payments
being made in accordance with the pi'ovisions of section
thirteen.

Section 1L Fifty per cent of the cost of the work author- Cost of work
ized by section five shall be paid by the commonwealth, from sMt"ion s! by^
such appropriations as may hereafter be made, from the high- '*^'^°™ p^'"^-
way fund; thirty per cent of the cost of such work shall be
paid by the municipalities of the metropolitan parks district,
including Chelsea, Lynn and Revere, in proportion to the
respective taxable valuations of the property of said munic-
ipalities, as defined in section fifty-nine of chapter ninety-
two of the General Laws; of the remaining twenty per cent
of the cost of such work, five thousand dollars shall be paid
by the city of Chelsea, five thousand dollars shall be paid by
the city of Lynn and the balance shall be paid by the city of
Revere; provided, that such amount as may be payable Proviso,
hereunder by the city of Revere shall be reduced by such
amount as the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Com-

544

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 420.

Cost of land
takings author-
ized in section
1, including
damages, etc.,
by whom paid.

Cost of certain
work authorized
by certain sec-
tions to be paid
in first instance
by state.

Certification to
state treasurer
of amount ex-
pended under
sections 1 to 5,
inclusive, and
amount due
from each
municipality.

Assessment and
collection.

State treasurer
to issue notes,
etc.

pany may contribute to such cost, and said company is
hereby authorized to contribute thereto such amounts as its
board of trustees may approve.

Section 12. So much of the cost of the work authorized
in section one, as represents the cost of land takings for the
same, including any damages awarded or paid on account of
any taking of land or property therefor, or any injury to the
same, and any sums paid for lands or rights purchased, shall
be paid by the municipality wherein such land is situated.

Section 13. So much of the cost of the work authorized
by sections one to four, inclusive, as is to be paid ultimately
by certain cities and towns in which said highways, parkways
and boulevards are or are to be located, and the part of the
cost of the work authorized by section five which is provided
to be paid ultimately by the city of Revere, otherwise than
as a member of the metropolitan parks district, under section
eleven, and the part of the cost of the work authorized by
said section five which is provided to be paid ultimately by
the cities of Chelsea and Lynn, and the part of the cost of the
work authorized by sections one to five, inclusive, to be paid
ultimately by all the municipalities of the metropolitan parks
district, under sections nine to eleven, inclusive, shall, in the
first instance, be paid by the commonwealth. On or before
June tenth of the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and
of each subsequent year until the work is completed and the
entire cost thereof ascertained, the department shall ascertain
and certify to the state treasurer the amount expended for
the work authorized under any or all of sections one to five,
inclusive, since the beginning of work or since the last certifi-
cate of cost was filed by the department, including interest
paid by the commonwealth on temporary loans, and shall
also ascertain and certify to the state treasurer the amount
due from each municipality aforesaid to meet its share of the
amount then certified. The amount due as aforesaid from
each municipality shall be assessed and collected by the state
treasurer in the apportionment and assessment of the annual
state tax, and shall be applied to the payment of principal
and interest of the notes issued as hereinafter provided to
meet the cost of the work authorized by said last mentioned
sections.

The state treasurer shall, upon request of the department
and subject to the approval of the governor and council, issue
and sell at public or private sale temporary notes of the com-
monwealth, to an amount to be specified from time to time
by the department, sufficient to provide means for the pay-
ment in the first instance of that part of the cost of the work
which is to be borne ultimately by said municipalities as
members of the metropolitan parks district and otherwise.
All such temporary notes shall be issued, and may be renewed,
for such maximum term of years as the governor may recom-
mend to the general court in accordance with section three of
Article LXII of the amendments to the constitution of the

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 420. 545

commonwealth, and shall bear interest at such rate as shall
be fixed by the state treasurer, with the approval of the
governor and council. The total amount of all notes issued
hereunder shall not exceed the sum of eight hundred and
fifteen thousand dollars.

Section 14. To meet the part of the cost of the work to to meet cost
be borne ultimately by the cities and towns in which the high- and tow^'^may
ways, parkways and boulevards authorized by sections one borrow outside
to four, inclusive, are or are to be located, and also any sums dXtedness'
to be paid by any of such cities and towns under the provi- *^^^® ^°"'^^' ^**'-
sions of section twelve, but not including the proportionate
part of such cost payable on account of their membership
in the metropolitan parks district, such cities and towns may
borrow outside their respective limits of indebtedness as
fixed by law such sums as may be necessary, and may issue
bonds or notes therefor which shall be payable in not more
than ten years; and such indebtedness shall, except as herein
provided, be subject to chapter forty-four of the General
Laws, exclusive of the limitation contained in the first para-
graph of section seven thereof, as revised by chapter three
hundred and twenty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight.

Section 15. To meet that portion of the cost of the work To meet cost of
hereinbefore authorized, to be borne ultimately by the city ReveVe'^ay^
of Revere, other than the proportionate part of such cost borrow outside
payable on account of its membership in the metropolitan edness. is"ue
parks district, said municipality may borrow outside its limit '^°"'^^' ^^'^^
of indebtedness as fixed by law such sums as may be neces-
sary, and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall be
payable in not more than ten years; and such indebtedness
shall, except as herein provided, be subject to chapter forty-
four of the General Laws, exclusive of the limitation con-
tained in the first paragraph of section seven thereof, as
revised by chapter three hundred and twenty-four of the acts
of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

Section 16. When the work authorized by section two Uponcom-
shall have been completed, said highway shall become a city aithoHz^edTy'^
way and shall be kept in good condition and repair by the section 2, high-
city of Boston and the provisions of section twenty-five of Tcfty^wayTSc.
chapter eighty-one of the General Laws shall apply thereto.
The department is hereby authorized, on behalf of the com-
monwealth, to transfer to said city, the title to all lands and/
or rights therein taken or acquired for the laying out and/or
construction of said highway.

Section 17. When the work authorized by section one Transfer to city
shall have been completed, the title to or control of such acquired°lnd''^
lands and/or rights therein taken or acquired therefor as in «« |?"|er
the opinion of the department are no longer needed for state hflhway pur-
highway purposes may be transferred by the department to ^°^^^'
the city or town in which the land lies.

Section 18. When the work authorized under sections Transfer to
four and five shall have been completed, the overpass or distrkriim-

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mission of
overpass or
underpass, etc.,
and parkways
and boulevards,
authorized
under sections
4 and 5.

Metropolitan
district com-
mission to take,
etc., land for
highway im-
provements at
certain point on
Memorial drive
in city of
Cambridge.

To construct a
trafhc circle at
certain point in
city of Medford.

To take or ac-
quire necessary
land for exten-
sion of Furnace
Brook park-
way, etc.

Certain roads
to become
metropolitan
parkways.

To take or
acquire neces-
sary land for
a parkway or
boulevard.

I/Ocation.

Cost of work
authorized by
sections 19, 20,
21 and 22.

underpass with approaches thereto and the parkways and/or
boulevards authorized therein shall be transferred to the
control of the metropolitan district commission and shall be
kept in good condition and repair by said commission.

Part II.

Section 19. The metropolitan district commission, here-
inafter called the commission, is hereby directed, on behalf of
the commonwealth, to take by eminent domain under chapter
seventy-nine of the General Laws, or to acquire by purchase
or otherwise, such lands or rights in land as it shall deem
necessary for highway improvements at the intersection of
Memorial drive and Boylston street, in the city of Cambridge.

Section 20. The commission is hereby further directed
to construct a traffic circle at the intersection of the Revere
Beach parkway and the Middlesex Fells parkway, in the city
of Medford.

Section 21. The commission is hereby further directed,
on behalf of the commonwealth, to take by eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or to acquire
by purchase or otherwise, such land or rights in land as it
shall deem necessary for an extension of the Furnace Brook
parkway in a location to be selected by the commission,
beginning on said parkway in the city of Quincy westerly
of the point where it passes under the Granite division of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, thence pro-
ceeding in a general westerly and northwesterly direction
over public and private land and public and private ways to
the intersection of Reedsdale road and Pleasant street, in the
town of Milton, thence continuing along Reedsdale road
and Brook road to the intersection of Brook road and Blue
Hill parkway, including as a portion of such extension such
widening of said ways as the commission shall deem necessary.

The portions of Reedsdale road and Brook road included
in the above description shall, upon this act taking effect,
become metropohtan parkways but open to all classes of
traffic.

Section 22. Said commission is hereby further directed,
on behalf of the commonwealth, to take by eminent domain
under chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws, or to ac-
quire by purchase or otherwise, such land or rights in land
as it shall deem necessary for a parkway or boulevard to be
located as follows : — Beginning at the Newburyport Turn-
pike at a point at or north of the easterly terminus of the new
Lynn Fells parkway and extending to a suitable point in the
Lynn woods to connect with the proposed parkway to said
woods.

Section 23. The cost of the work authorized by section
nineteen shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars; the
cost of the work authorized by section twenty shall not ex-
ceed forty thousand dollars; the cost of the work authorized
by section twenty-one shall not exceed ninety thousand

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 420. 547

dollars; and the cost of the work authorized by section
twenty-two shall not exceed ten thousand dollars.

Section 24. Fifty per cent of the expenditures made Expenditures
under authority of section nineteen shall be paid from the ^fthoHty^of
highway fund; thirty per cent shall be paid by the cities ^o^" ^^^j-^j''^
and towns of the metropolitan parks district, including
Cambridge, in proportion to the respective taxable valuations
of the propertj^ of said cities and towns as defined by section
fifty-nine of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws; and
twenty per cent shall be paid by the city of Cambridge. The
amount to be paid as aforesaid by the city of Cambridge
shall be assessed and collected by the state treasurer in
addition to the quota of the state tax payable by said city
in the year when said amount becomes due.

Section 25. One half of the expenditures made under Expenditures
authority of sections twenty to twenty-two, inclusive, shall ™uihoHt"y'^of
be paid by the cities and towns of the metropolitan parks sections 20 to
district in proportion to the respective taxable valuations whompald^' ^
of the property of said cities and towns as defined by section
fifty-nine of chapter ninety-two of the General Laws; and
the remaining half shall be paid from the highway fund.

Part IIL

Section 26. The park department of the city of Boston Park depart-
may, with the approval of the mayor of said city, lay out BoJtonmay °^
and construct or order constructed a parkway beginning at cons°trucTa^
Centre street in the West Roxbury district between Walter parkway begin-
and Weld streets, thence over land now owned by the city "eJt^arn point
of Boston or other lands to the West Roxbury parkway at f" ^^s^rox-^*
the easterly terminus of the parkway or boulevard authorized bury district.
under section four.

Section 27. To carry out the work authorized by the May use public
preceding section, said park department may use public ^^^'^^' ®^°"
lands or may take private lands or interests therein by right
of eminent domain.

Section 28. For the purpose of meeting the cost of the city treasurer
work authorized in section twenty-six, not exceeding, how- seifbondTof
ever, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, the treasurer ^'^^y- ^tc
of the city of Boston without any other authority than that
herein contained shall, from time to time, on request of the
mayor of the city, issue and sell at public or private sale
serial bonds of the city to an amount necessary to meet said
cost. Said bonds shall be outside the statutory limit of
indebtedness of said city. Each authorized issue of bonds
shall constitute a separate loan. The bonds shall be desig- city of Boston,
nated on their face. City of Boston, West Roxbury Parkway PaTkw^°/Lo'an,
Loan, Act of 1930, and shall be in such form of coupon or Act of 1930.
registered bonds as said treasurer shall determine; shall be
for such terms not exceeding ten years from the date of issue
as the mayor of the city shall designate; shall bear interest
in accordance with the provisions of chapter fifty-two of the
Special Acts of nineteen hundred and eighteen; and shall be

548

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 421.

Temporary
loan, etc.

payable by such annual payments as will extinguish the same
at maturity. The first of said annual payments on account
of any loan shall be made not later than one year after the
date of the bonds issued therefor. The amount of said pay-
ments in any one year on account of such loan shall not be
less than the amount of the principal of the loan payable in
any subsequent year. Said annual amounts, together with
the interest on the loan, shall without further action be
assessed until the debt is extinguished. Said treasurer shall
hold the proceeds of said bonds in the treasury of the city,
and shall pay therefrom the sums necessary to meet said
cost and assessment. Any premiums received from the sale
of said bonds less the cost of preparing and issuing the same
shall be applied to the payment of the principal of the first
bond or bonds to mature. The said treasurer may, with
the approval of the mayor of said city, make a temporary
loan for a period of not more than one year in anticipation
of the money to be derived from the sale of any issue of said
bonds, and may issue notes of the city therefor, and such
notes may be refunded by the issue of new notes maturing
with said year; but the period of permanent loan herein
authorized shall not be extended by reason of the temporary
loan. Approved May 29, 1930.

Chap

G. L. 92, § 65,
amended.

Weekly half
holidays for
laborers and
mechanics in
service of
metropolitan
district
commission,
except, etc.

When
operative.

421 An Act providing for weekly half holidays for engi-
neers AND firemen and OTHER EMPLOYEES IN PUMP-
ING STATIONS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT COMMISSION.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section sixty-five of chapter ninety-two of
the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in the
second line, the words "in the pumping stations and", —
so as to read as follows: — Section 65. Laborers and me-
chanics in the service of the commission, except those em-
ployed at the bath houses under the control of the commis-
sion, shall be given a half holiday each week without loss of
pay, and, if practicable, the half holiday shall be on Saturday.
If, however, the public service so requires, the commission
may at any time during the year give to the laborers and
m.echanics in its service, in lieu of the said half holidays, days
off duty, without loss of pay, equivalent in time to the half
holidays which would otherwise be given under this section.

Section 2. This act shall become operative on Decem-
ber first, nineteen hundred and thirty.

Approved May 29, 1930.

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 422. 549

An Act relative to the taxation of foreign and (jhnrt 422

DOMESTIC business CORPORATIONS IN CASE EXISTING ^'

STATUTES APPLICABLE THERETO ARE DECLARED UNCON-
STITUTIONAL OR INOPERATIVE.

^yhcr€aSy The deferred operation of this act would tend ^^'^^^^bfe^*'
to defeat its purpose, therefore it is hereby declared to be
an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public convenience.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter sixty-three of the General Laws, as amended in g. l. 63, § 52,
section fifty-two by chapter two hundred and nineteen of ^tc, amended.
the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-six, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section and inserting in
place thereof the following : — Section 62. If the provisions Taxation of
of section thirty-two imposing an excise on domestic business businLs'and
corporations and, by reference in section thirty-eight C, on manufacturing
domestic manufacturing corporations as therein defined are corporations
declared unconstitutional or inoperative by a final judgment, p'l-ovfslons of
order or decree of the supreme court of the United States !','l7„t1;?r®*°^
or of the supreme judicial court of the commonwealth, such thereon are
portion of the law relating to business corporations, and con3titutk)n"ai
domestic manufacturing corporations as so defined, as set or inoperative.
forth in sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, as relates
solely to domestic business corporations, and domestic
manufacturing corporations as so defined, shall be null and
void, and such portion of said law as relates in part to do-
mestic business corporations, and domestic manufacturing
corporations as so defined, shall become inapplicable to such
corporations. In such event, all laws applicable to domestic
business corporations, including domestic manufacturing
corporations as so defined, which were repealed or were
made inoperative as to, or inapplicable to, such corporations
by chapter three hundred and fifty-five of the General Acts
of nineteen hundred and nineteen shall thereupon be re-
vived and become operative and applicable in respect to
such corporations and shall be continued in full force and
effect from the first day of January antedating by three years
the first day of January of the calendar year in which such
final judgment, order or decree is entered, to the same ex-
tent as if said chapter three hundred and fifty-five had not
been enacted. If the provisions of section thirty-nine im- Taxation of
posing an excise on foreign corporations and, by reference In'd'tee'igr"^^^
in section forty-two B, on foreign manufacturing corpora- nianufacturing
tions as therein defined are declared unconstitutional or fn ^seT '""^^
inoperative by any such final judgment, order or decree, fawYmpoling
such portion of the law relating to business corporations, and ^^ excise

J.. r , • 1 • -I n 1 , thereon are

foreign manufacturing corporations as so defined, as set declared un-
forth in sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, as relates or'inoperati^i
solely to foreign corporations and foreign manufacturing
corporations as so defined shall be null and void, and such

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Acts, 1930. — Chap. 423.

Assessment of
taxes under
laws revived,
etc.

Extension of
time for
assessing
taxes, etc.

Credit for cer-
tain invalid
excises paid
and unre-
funded.

Proviso.

Unconstitution-
ality, etc., of
certain pro-
visions of law
not to affect
certain other
provisions, etc.

portion of said law as relates in part to foreign corporations
and foreign manufacturing corporations as so defined shall
become inapplicable to such corporations. In such event,
all laws apphcable to foreign corporations, including foreign
manufacturing corporations as so defined, which were re-
pealed, or were made inoperative as to, or inapplicable to,
such corporations or to the property thereof by said chapter
three hundred and fifty-five shall thereupon be revived and
become operative and applicable in respect to such corpora-
tions and the property thereof and shall be continued in full
force and effect from the first day of January antedating by
three years the first day of January of the calendar year in
which such final judgment, order or decree is entered, to
the same extent as if said chapter three hundred and fifty-
five had not been enacted. The commissioner and the local
assessors shall as soon as may be assess all taxes for which
liability has been incurred under the laws revived, made
operative or applicable or continued in force by the fore-
going provisions or any of them. The time for assessing
such taxes shall be extended for a period of one year from
the date of entry of such final judgment, order or decree
and, for performing any duty subsequent to assessment, the
time shall be extended for a further period after such assess-
ment commensurate with the period which would have
obtained under the laws hereby revived and again made
operative, applicable and continued in force. Privileges and
rights granted shall be correspondingly extended. Excises
declared invalid by reason of the foregoing premises, which
were assessed on or after the date when the laws repealed
or made inoperative or inapplicable by said chapter three
hundred and fifty-five are revived, made operative or ap-
plicable or continued in force as herein provided, shall, to
the extent that such excises have been paid and are unre-
funded, be credited against the taxes assessed for the same
period under the laws revived and again made operative,
applicable and continued in force; provided, that if such
credit exceeds the taxes due, the excess shall be refunded
upon warrant of the commissioner to the state treasurer.
There shall be no further or other recovery of the amounts
thus credited or refunded. If any part, section or subdivision
of said sections thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, other than the
provisions in section thirty-two, thirty-eight C, thirty-nine
or forty-two B imposing an excise, shall be declared uncon-
stitutional or inoperative, the remaining parts of said sections
thirty to fifty-one, inclusive, shall not be affected thereby.

Approved May 29, 1930.

ChapA2S An Act relative to physical requirements for pro-
motion IN POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

?ection\i{ieT^ Chapter thirty-one of the General Laws is hereby amended
§ 13. by inserting after section thirteen the following new section:

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 424. 551

— Section ISA. A police officer or .fireman holding an office physical
classified under the civil service rules who has completed fo?p'romotion
five 3'ears of service in the department of which he is a jp po'ice and
member, and who is an applicant for promotion and has n^lnts!'^'^ '
filed with the commission a certificate of a registered physician
approved by the commission, stating that he has examined
the police officer or fireman, and that in his opinion the police
officer or fireman is afflicted with no disability which will
interfere with his performance of the duties of the position
for which he is an applicant, shall not be required to pass
any further physical examination for promotion in such
department. Approved May 29, 1930.

An Act establishing the salaries of the sergeant-at- (Jhav 424

ARMS AND OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE SERGEANT-AT-
ARMS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. Section fifteen of chapter three of the Gen- g.l. 3, §15,
eral Laws, as amended by section two of chapter three hun- ®*° ' '*'"®"'^^^-
dred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven, is hereby further amended by striking out, in the
third line, the words "thirty-seven hundred" and inserting
in place thereof the words: — four thousand, — so as to
read as follows: — Section 15. The general court shall Sergeant-at-
annually in January choose a sergeant-at-arms at a salary rlSoVli.Ytc'.
of four thousand dollars who shall hold office until removed
or until another is chosen. He may be removed by the
general court or, during its recess, may be suspended by the
governor and council. If a vacancy or suspension occurs
during such recess, the governor and council may appoint
a person to perform the duties of the office until a new elec-
tion.

Section 2. Said chapter three, as most recently amended g. l. 3, § is,
in section eighteen by section two of chapter three hundred ^*«'- *^'"®"<^®'^-
and eighty-nine of the acts of the current year, is hereby
further amended by striking out said section eighteen and
inserting in place thereof the following: — Section ^5. Certain em-
There shall be a doorkeeper for each branch, each at a salary geant-at-arms'
of twenty-seven hundred and fifty dollars, and such assistant IglabShed
doorkeepers as it may direct, each at a salar}'- of twenty-two
hundred dollars; a postmaster at a salary of twenty-five
hundred dollars; an assistant postmaster at a salary of
fifteen hundred dollars; a porter in the lobby of the house
of representatives at a salary of sixteen hundred and fifty
dollars; general court officers, each at a salary of two thou-
sand dollars; pages whose compensation shall be seven
hundred dollars each for the regular annual session and a
sum not exceeding three dollars for each day's service after
such session; a clerk to take charge of the legislative docu-
ment room at a salaiy of twenty-seven hundred and fifty
dollars, an assistant clerk of said room at a salary of twenty-
one hundred dollars, and such assistants therein as may be

552

Acts, 1930. — Chaps. 425, 426.

necessary, for whose fitness and good conduct the sergeant-
at-arms shall be responsible.
Iff^t.*^" ^^^^ Section 3. The increases in salaries provided for by this
act shall not take effect until an appropriation has been made
sufficient to cover the same and then as of January first in
the current year. Approved May 29, 1930.

ChapA25 An Act relative 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 bonds which the state treas-
urer is authorized to issue under chapter three hundred and
ninety-eight of the acts of the present year, providing for the
town of Braintree a sewer connection with the south metro-
politan sewerage system, and under chapter four hundred
and nineteen of the acts of the present year, providing for the
admission of the town of Weymouth to the south metropoli-
tan sewerage district, shall not exceed twenty years, as
recommended by the governor in a message to the general
court dated May twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and thirty,
in pursuance of section three of Article LXII of the amend-
ments to the constitution.

Section 2. The term of the notes which the state treas-
urer is authorized to issue under chapter four hundred and
twenty of the acts of the present year, authorizing certain
highway and other improvements in certain cities and towns
within the metropolitan district, shall not exceed three years,
as recommended by the governor in a message to the general
court dated May twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and thirty,
in pursuance of section three of Article LXII of the amend-
ments to the constitution. Approved May 29, 1930.

Chap. 426 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 follows:

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 par-
ticular purposes and subject to the conditions stated therein,
are hereby appropriated from the general fund or ordinary
revenue of the commonwealth, unless some other source of
revenue is expressed, subject to the provisions of law regu-
lating the disbursement of pubHc funds and the approval
thereof.

Section 2.

Service of the Legislative Department.

Term of state
bonds to
provide for the
town of Brain-
tree a sewer
connection
with the south
metropolitan
sewerage
system, and
for admission
of town of
Weymouth
to the south
metropolitan
sewerage
district.

Term of state
notes for
certain high-
way and other
improvements
in certain
cities and
towns within
the metro-
politan
district.

Appropriations
to supplement
certain items
contained in
general appro-
priation act,
and for certain
new activities
and projects.

Legislative
Department.

Counsel to the
house of repre-
sentatives, etc.

Item
19

For personal services of the counsel to the house of
representatives and assistants, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-seven hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose ....

$2,700 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

553

Item

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 one thousancl
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose .

22o For expenses of a stenographer at hearings before
a legislative committee, held in April, nineteen
hundred and thirty, a sum not exceeding seven
hundred fortj'-two dollars and fifty cents .

24 For printing, binding and paper ordered by the
senate and house of representatives, or by con-
current order of the two branches, with the
approval of the clerks of the respective branches,
a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....

27 For office and other expenses of the committee on
rules on the part of the senate, a sum not exceed-
ing two hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose .......

31 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 one thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

31a For expenses relative to the observance of the ter-
centenary of the first general court in Massachu-
setts, as authorized by an order of the general
court, a sum not exceeding seventy-five hundred
dollars . . ^ .

316 For reprinting the latest edition of the state house
guide book, a sum not exceeding five hundred and
ten dollars . . . . . .

31c For the purchase of a portrait of the Reverend
Edward A. Horton, D.D., chaplain emeritus of
the senate, as authorized by chapter forty-seven
of the resolves of the present year, a sum not
exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars

3 Id For expenses of the revision and rearrangement of
the general statutes of the commonwealth, as
authorized by chapter fifty-eight of the resolves
of the present year, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose ........

Total

Traveling, etc.
expenses of
committees of
general court.

$1,000 00

742 50

Expenses of
stenographer
at certain
hearings.

Printing, bind-
ing and paper.

6,000 00

Committee
on rules.

200 00

Contingent
expenses.

1,000 00

Observance of
tercentenary of
first general
court.

7,500 00

510 00

2,500 00

Reprinting
state house
guide book.

Purchase of
portrait of
Reverend
Edward A.
Horton, D.D.

Revision and
rearrangement
of general
statutes.

5,000 00
$27,152 50

Service of Special Legislative Investigations.

32 For expenses of an investigation by an unpaid
special commission of laws relative to depend-
ent, delinquent and neglected children, as au-
thorized by chapter twelve of the resolves of
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, a sum not
exceeding three thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .....

Investigation
of laws as to
dependent, etc.,
children.

$3,000 00

554

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

Investigation
as to control of
domestic cor-
porations
engaged in
manufacture
or distribution
of gas,

electricity or
power.

Commission
to study
laws relative
to marine
fisheries.

Investigation
as to filling of
navigable
waters in a part
of Fort Point
Channel, etc.

Investigation
as to construc-
tion of a fish
pier in Glouces-
ter harbor.

Commission to
study future
policy in
respect to
future acquisi-
tion and
maintenance
of parks, etc.,
for recreational
uses.

Commission
to inquire
into use of
habit-forming
drugs.

Survey and
study of laws
governing
conduct of
professional
boxing, etc.

Commission
relative to
operation of
representative
town meeting
system.

Commission
to study
problem of
retirement
allowances.

Item

32o

32b

32c

32d

32e

32/

32?

32/1

32i

For expenses of an investigation by an unpaid
special commission relative to the control of
domestic corporations engaged in the manufac-
ture or distribution of gas, electricity or power,
as authorized by chapter fifty-five of the resolves
of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, a sum not
exceeding sixteen hundred forty-seven dollars
and seventy-one cents, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose . ... . . . $1,647 71

For expenses of an unpaid special commission for a
survey and studj^ of the laws of the common-
wealth relative to marine fisheries, as authorized
by chapter twenty-eight of the resolves of the
present year, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars . . . . . . 2,500 00

For expenses of a further investigation by an un-
paid special commission relative to the filling of
navigable waters in a part of Fort Point Channel
and South Bay, as authorized by chapter twenty-
nine of the resolves of the present 3'ear, a sum
not exceeding two thousand dollars . . . 2,000 00

For expenses of a special unpaid commission to in-
vestigate relative to the advisability of the con-
struction by the commonwealth of a fish pier in
Gloucester harbor, as authorized by chapter
thirty-two of the resolves of the present year, a
sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . . 5,000 00

For expenses of an unpaid special commission to
study the future policy for the commonwealth
in respect to the future acquisition and main-
tenance of parks or reservations for recreational
uses, as authorized by chapter thirty-three of the
resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding
fifteen hundred dollars ..... 1,500 00

For expenses of an unpaid special commission to
inquire into the use within the commonwealth of
habit-forming drugs and other potent medicinal
substances, as authorized by chapter thirty-six
of the resolves of the present year, a sum not ex-
ceeding seventy-five hundred dollars . . 7,500 00

For expenses of an unpaid special commission to
make a survey and study of laws governing the
conduct of professional boxing and wrestling, as
authorized by chapter forty-three of the resolves
of the present year, a sum not exceeding three
thousand dollars . . . . . . 3,000 00

For expenses of a special unpaid commission rela-
tive to the operation of the representative town
meeting system, as authorized by chapter forty-
four of the resolves of the present year, a sum
not exceeding two thousand dollars . . 2,000 00

For expenses of a special unpaid commission to
study the problem of retirement allowances
provided for employees of the commonwealth
and of the metropolitan district commission
under the state retirement system, as authorized
by chapter fort.y-nine of the resolves of the
present year, a sum not exceeding seventy-five
hundred dollars 7,500 00

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555

Item
32j

32A:

321

43

48

50

51

108

For expenses of a special commission to study the
question of providing space in a suitable building
on land owned b}' the commonwealth, at the
corner of Derne and Bowdoin streets in the city
of Boston, for certain activities of the common-
wealth, as authorized bj' chapter fifty-four of the
resolves of the present j^ear, a sum not exceeding
fifteen thousand dollars .....

For expenses of the department of public utilities
for a study and survey of the laws relative to the
promotion and sale of securities, as authorized
by chapter fifty-six of the resolves of the present
year, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars .

For expenses of a special unpaid commission to
continue the study of taxation, as authorized by
chapter fifty-seven of the resolves of the present
year, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars

Total

Service of the Judicial Department.

Reporter of Decisions:
For clerk hire and office supplies, services and
equipment, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

Superior Court:
For clerical work, inspection of records and doings
of persons authorized to admit to biil, for an
executive 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 any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....

Justices of District Courts:

For compensation of justices of district courts
while sitting in the superior court, a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .....

For expenses of justices of district courts while
sitting in the superior court, a sum not exceed-
ing five hundred dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose .......

Total

Service of the Militia.

For certain allowances for national guard officers,
as authorized by paragraph ((/) of section one
hundred and forty-five of chapter thirty-three
of the General Laws, as appearing in chapter
four hundred and sixty-five of the acts of nine-
teen hundred and twenty-four, as amended,
said paragraph {d) having been inserted by
section one of chapter three hundred and sev-
enty-three of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-six, a sum not exceeding three hundred
and fifty dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose .......

Commission to
study question
of providing
space in
building for
certain
activities
of state.

$15,000 00

Study and
survey of laws
relative to
promotion
and sale of
5,000 00 securities.

Commission to
continue study
of taxation.

3,000 00
58,647 71

$2,500 00

Judicial
Department.

Reporter
of Decisions.

Superior
Court.

1,500 00

Justices of
district courts
sitting in
superior court.

1,000 00

500 00

$5,500 00

Militia.

$350 00

556

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

State Quarter-
master.

Item

129

Armory 150o

Commissioners .

158a

Expenses on
Account of
Wars.

Monument on
Bennington
battlefield on
Woloomsac
heights in
state of New
York.

Superintendent 173
of Buildings.

Massachusetts
Bay Colony
Tercentenary
Commission.

184

Commission to
arrange for a
public demon-
stration of
activities and
work of govern-
ment of
commonwealth .

Secretary of
the Common-
wealth.

184a

188

191

Service of the Slate Quartermaster.

For the salaries of armorers and assistant armorers
of first class armories, and superintendent of
armories, a sum not exceeding three hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose $300 00

Service of the Armory Commissioners.

For the construction of a new armory in the city of
North Adams, at a cost not exceeding one hun-
dred forty thousand dollars, of which amount
seventy thousand dollars is hereby appropriated
in anticipation of a further sum of seventy thou-
sand dollars to be appropriated in nineteen
hundred and thirty-one $70,000 00

For Expenses on Account of Wars.

For the expense of a monument to be erected on
the Bennington battlefield on Woloomsac
heights in the state of New York, as authorized
by chapter nine of the resolves of the present
year, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars $1,000 00

Service of the Superintendent of Buildings.

For other personal services incidental to the care
and maintenance of the state house, a sum not
exceeding twelve hundred dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ..... $1,200 00

Service of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary
Commission.

For expenses of the commission, as authorized by
chapter thirty-five of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose $25,000 00

Service of a Special Commission.

For expenses of the special commission to arrange
for a public demonstration of the activities and
work of the government of the commonwealth,
as authorized by chapter eighteen of the resolves
of the present year, a sum not exceeding sev-
enty-five thousand dollars ....

Service of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

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 five hundred "dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose .....

For the purchase of certain supplies and equip-
ment, and for other things necessary in con-
nection with the reproduction of the manuscript
collection designated ' ' M assachusetts Archives ' ' ,
a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....

$75,000 00

$500 00

500 00

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Item

200

210

213

214

219

225

227a

2276

247a

For printing and binding public documents, a sum
not exceeding six hundred and thirty dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose . . $630 00

Total $1,630 00

Service of the Treasurer and Receiver-General.

For services other than personal, traveling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding twenty-four hundred and twenty-
five dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose $2,425 00

PajTnents to Soldiers:

For expenses of administering certain /aws re-
lating to payments in recognition of military
service in the world war, a sum not exceeding
three hundred dollars, to be paid from the re-
ceipts from taxes levied under authority of
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 ap-
propriated for the purpose .... 300 00

For making payments to soldiers in recognition
of service during the world war, as provided by
law, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars,
to be paid from receipts from taxes levied as
specified in item two hundred and thirteen, and
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 2,000 00

To .meet in part the appropriation required for
serial bonds maturing during the present year,
the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars
shall be taken from the balance of the receipts
of the sale of the Boston dry dock.

Total $4,725 00

Service of the Attorney General's Department.

For the compensation of assistants in his office,
and for such other legal and personal services
as may be required, a sum not exceeding twenty
thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose .....

For settlement in full for services of a special
attorney employed in a certain inheritance tax
case, a sum not exceeding thirteen thousand five
hundred dollars ......

For the publication of certain opinions of the
attorney general, as authorized by chapter
twelve of the resolves of the present year, a sum
not exceeding four thousand dollars

Total

Service of the Department of Agriculture.

For the cost of work of inspecting certain orchards
of the commonwealth to provide for effective
apple pest control, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars $5,000 00

Treasurer and
Receiver-
General.

Payments
to Soldiers.

Attorney
General.

$20,500 00

Inheritance
tax.

13,500 00

Publication

of opinions.

4,000 00

$38,000 00

Department
of Agriculture.

558

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

State Reclama-
tion Board.

Item

248

Service of State Reclamation Board.

For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding
seventy-five hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

$7,500 00

Department of 256
Conservation.

Division of
Forestry.

262

263a

Service of the Department of Conservation.

Division of Forestry:

For the personal services of the state fire warden
and his assistants, and for other services, in-
cluding traveling expenses of the state fire
warden and his assistants, necessary supplies and
equipment and materials used in new construc-
tion in the forest fire prevention service, a sum
not exceeding thirty-three hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any funds allotted
to Massachusetts by the federal authorities and
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose $3,300 00

For reimbursement to certain towns, as author-
ized by section twenty-four of chapter forty-
eight of the General Laws, as amended, a sum
not exceeding one thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose .' . . . 1,000 00

For certain repairs to the Standish monument, as
authorized by chapter thirty-five of the resolves
of the present year, a sum not exceeding eighty-
five hundred dollars 8,500 00

Total $12,800 00

Mt. Everett
State Reserva-
tion
Commission.

Division of
Fisheries and
Game.

Enforcement
of laws.

Biological
work.

Service of the Mt. Everett State Reservation Commission.

264a For the purchase of certain land, as authorized by
chapter three hundred and fifteen of the acts of
the present j^ear, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five hundred dollars $2,500 00

Service of the Division of Fisheries and Game.

265 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding

two hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be in
addition to anv amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose $250 00

266 For personal services of office assistants, a sum

not exceeding five hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 500 00

Enforcement of laws :

270 For traveling expenses of fish and game wardens,

and for other expen.ses necessary for the enforce-
ment of the laws, a sum not exceeding one
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose 1,000 00

Biological work:

271 For personal services to carry on biological work,

a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose . . . 500 00

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559

Item

275

275a

Special :

For improvements and additions at fish hatcheries
and game farms, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose .......

For the cost of construction of certain fish ways
on Parker river, as authorized by chapter one
hundred and forty-seven of the acts of the
present year, a sum not exceeding seventy-
five hundred dollars .....

Total

Special.

$10,000 00

7,500 00
119,750 00

Serince of the Division of Animal Industry.

287 For personal services of veterinarians and agents

engaged in the work of extermination of con-
tagious diseases among domestic animals, a
sum not exceeding five thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for the purpose

288 For the traveling expenses of veterinarians and

agents, including the cost of any motor vehicles
purchased for their use, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose . . . . . .

290 For reimbursement of owners of tubercular cattle
killed, as authorized by section twelve A of chap-
ter one hundred and twenty-nine of the General
Laws, inserted by section one of chapter three
hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, and in accordance with certain
provisions of law and agreements made under
authority of section thirty-three of said chapter
one hundred and twenty-nine, as amended, dur-
ing the present and previous year, a sum not
exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose, and any unex-
pended balance remaining at the end of the
current fiscal year may be used in the succeeding
year ........

Division of

Animal

Industry.

$5,000 00

2,500 00

Total

200,000 00
. $207,500 00

Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.

Division of Insurance :
298 For other personal services of the division, includ-
ing expenses of the board of appeal and certain
other costs of supervising motor vehicle liability
insurance, a sum not exceeding eight hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose .

Department of
Banking and
Insurance.

Division of
Insurance.

$800 00

Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.

Corporation and Tax Divisions:
307 For traveUng expenses, a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose .......

Department of
Corporations
and Taxation.

$500 00 C-P--/-

Divisions.

560

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

Item
Department of 32O
Education.

Division of
the Blind.

Special.

Massachusetts

Nautical

School.

348

352a

355

Department of
Civil Service
and Registra-
tion.

Division of
Civil Service.

Department
of Industrial
Accidents.

386

413

414

416

Department
of Labor and
Industries.

Service of the Department of Education.

For services other than personal, necessary office
supplies, and for printing the annual report and
bulletins as provided by law, a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose , $500 00

Division of the Blind:
For aiding the adult blind, subject to the conditions
provided by law, a sum not exceeding eighty-five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ....... 8,500 00

Special :
For assistance to the children of certain soldiers,
as authorized by chapter two hundred and sixty-
three of the acts of the present year, a sum not
exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars . . 2,500 00

Massachusetts Nautical School:
For the maintenance of the school and ship, 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 $16,500 00

Service of the Department of Civil Service and Registration.

Division of Civil Service :
For other services and for printing the annual re-
port, and for office supplies and equipment neces-
sary for the administration of the civil service
law, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... $600 00

Service of the Department of Industrial Accidents.

For personal services of members of the board, a
sum not exceeding seventeen hundred and fifty
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose .

For personal services of secretaries, medical ad-
viser, inspectors, clerks and office assistants, a
sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose ....

For traveling expenses, a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose ....... 500 00

Total $2,750 00

Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.

The sum of eight hundred dollars is hereby trans-
ferred from the appropriation made in item four
hundred and twenty-five of the general appro-
priation act of the present year, and the same
amount added to item four hundred and thirty-
one.

$1,750 00

500 00

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561

Item
432

434a

435

445

469a

512a

524a

537

For other services, printing, traveling expenses and
office supplies and equipment for the division of
standards, a sum not exceeding seven thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . $7,000 00

Special:
For the expense of an investigation relative to the
practice of co-operative shoe shops in selling stock
to their employees, as authorized by chapter
thirty of the resolves of the present year, a sum
not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars . . 1,500 00

Total $8,500 00

Service of the Department of Mental Diseases.

The commissioner of mental diseases may make
transfers from item four hundred and forty-
three of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the
acts of the present year, for the maintenance of
the new Metropolitan hospital, to maintenance
items for other hospitals in the department,
with the approval of the comptroller, upon
presentation of satisfactory evidence that the
transfer of patients from other hospitals to the
new Metropolitan hospital has not proceeded
as rapidly as was expected at the time the gen-
eral appropriation act was enacted.

For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose ..... $500 00

For the maintenance of the Boston psychopathic
hospital, a sum not exceeding twenty-six hun-
dred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose 2,600 00

The unexpended balance remaining in item four
hundred and forty-eight of chapter one hundred
and twenty-seven of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-eight is hereby reappropriated.

For the purchase of power equipment for the
Grafton state hospital, a sum not exceeding
twenty-seven hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose .....

For the purchase of schoolhouse equipment for
the Belchertown state school, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-nine hundred dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose ....

For tne purchase of electrical equipment for the
Walter E. Fernald state school, a sum not ex-
ceeding, six thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose .....

Total

Service of the Department of Correction.

For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, necessary office supplies
and equipment, a sum not exceeding five hun-
dred and ninety dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose ..... $590 00

Special.

Department
of Mental
Diseases.

Commissioner.

Boston psycho-
pathic hospital.

Grafton state
hospital.

2,700

00

Belchertown
state school.

2,900 00

Walter E.
Fernald state
school.

6,000

00

$14,700 00

Department
of Correction.

562

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

Institutions
under control
of Department
of Correction.

State farm.

Item

542

State prison. 544

544a

Massachusetts 545
reformatory.

547a

Reformatory 549
for women.

State prison
colony.

554

555

Department
of Public
Welfare.

Administration.

556

558

For the maintenance of and for certain im-
provements at the following institutions under
the control of the Department of Correc-
tion:

State farm, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose $5,000 00

State prison, a sum not exceeding six thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the pur-
pose . . . . . . . . 6,000 00

For expenses of fire prevention work at the state
prison, a sum not exceeding twenty-five thou-
sand dollars 25,000 00

Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceeding
eighty-five hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose, and authority is hereby given
to pay certain expenses, not exceeding two
hundred and eleven dollars, on account of in-
jury suffered in line of duty, to officer O'Connell 8,500 00

For expenses of fire prevention work at the
Massachusetts reformatory, a sum not exceed-
ing eighty-seven hundred and fifty dollars . 8,750 00

Reformatory for women, a sum not exceeding four
hundred and seventy-five dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose .... 475 00

The unexpended balance of the appropriation made
in chapter one hundred and twenty-seven of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight for
hay and horse barns at the reformatory for
women is hereby reappropriated.

State prison colony, a sum not exceeding sixteen
thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ..... 16,500 00

For continuing the work at the state prison colony
of construction of buildings and purchase of
certain land, for grading, and for any necessary
expenditure in connection with the develop-
ment of said colony, a sum not exceeding fifty-
five thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose, and authority is hereby granted to
proceed with further development in anticipa-
tion of an appropriation to be made in nine-
teen hundred and thirty-one of not exceeding
one hundred thousand dollars . . . 55,000 00

Total $125,815 00

Service of the Department of Public Welfare.

Administration :

For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose ..... $500 00

For services other than personal, printing the
annual report, traveling expenses, including ex-
penses of auxiliary visitors, office supplies and
expenses, and contingent expenses for the super-
vision of homesteads and planning boards, a
sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose .... 1,000 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

563

Item

The appropriation made in item five himdred and
fiftj'-nine of chapter one hundred and fifteen of
the acts of the present year is hereby made avail-
able for the department until the general appro-
priation act for nineteen hundred and thirty-one
is enacted, and the report upon said investigation
shall be filed with the clerk of the house of repre-
sentatives on or before December first of the
present year and printed as a legislative docu-
ment.

Trustees of Massachusetts Training Schools:
Authoritj^ is hereby granted to proceed with the
reconstruction authorized by item five hundred
and fortj'-four of chapter one hundred and
twenty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and
twenty-eight after plans have been approved by
the governor.

Massachusetts Hospital School:
586 For the maintenance of the Massachusetts hospital
school, to be expended with the approval of the
trustees thereof, a sum not exceeding twelve
hundred and fifty dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ......

State Infirmary:
588 For the maintenance of the state infirmary, to be
expended with the approval of the trustees
thereof, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose

Total

Service of the Department of Public Health.

Administration :
599 For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses, office sup-
plies and equipment, a sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

Service of Maternal and Child Hygiene:
605 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 one thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .....

Antitoxin and Vaccine Laboratories:
614 For other services, supplies, materials and equip-
ment necessary for the production of antitoxin
and other materials, a sum not exceeding eight
hundred and seventy-five dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose .....

Inspection of Food and Drugs :
616 For other services, including traveling expenses,
supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose ....

Trustees of
Massachusetts
Training
Schools.

Massachusetts

Hospital

School.

$1,250 00

State
Infirmary.

20,000 00
$22,750 00

Department of
Public Health.

Administration.

$500 00

Maternal and
Child Hygiene.

1,000 00

Antitoxin and
Vaccine Labor-
atories.

875 00

Inspection of
Food and
Drugs.

250 00

564

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

Water Supply
and Disposal
of Sewage,
Engineering
Division.

Division of
Tuberculosis.

Item

619

620

628

640

Department of
Public Safety.

Administration.

655

Division of g5g

State Police.

Fire Prevention gyy

District

Service.

Department of ggg
Public Works.

Highways.

Water Supply and Disposal of Sewage, Engineer-
ing Division:

For personal services of the director, engineers,
clerks and other assistants, a sum not exceeding
four thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose . . . . . . . $4,000 00

For other services, including traveling expenses,
supplies, materials and equipment, a sum not
exceeding two thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ..... 2,000 00

Division of Tuberculosis:

For the maintenance of the Lakeville state sana-
torium, a sum not exceeding forty-nine hundred
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 4,900 00

For the maintenance of the Rutland state sana-
torium, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol-
lars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 1,000 00

The sum of one thousand dollars is hereby trans-
ferred from the appropriation made in item six
hundred and fifty-one of the general appropria-
tion act of the present year, and the same amount
added to item six hundred and fifty-two.

Total S14,525 00

Service of the Department of Public Safety.

Administration :
For personal services of clerks and stenographers,
a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, the
same to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... $500 00

Division of State Police :
For personal services of civilian employees, a sum
not exceeding two hundred and ninety-five
dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 295 00

Fire Prevention District Service (the mainte-
nance of this service, as provided in the follow-
ing item, is to be assessed upon certain cities
and towns making up the fire prevention
district, as provided by law) :
For other services, office rent and necessary office
supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding
nineteen hundred dollars, the same to be in
addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for the purpose ...... 1,900 00

Total $2,695 00

Service of the Department of Public Works.

Functions of the department relating to highways
(the following appropriations, except as other-
wise provided, are made from the Highway
Fund) :
For the construction and repair of town and county
ways, a sum not exceeding six hundred fifty
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose $650,000 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

565

Item

689

692

693

700

708a

709

For the purpose of enabling the department of pub-
lic works to secure federal aid for the construction
of highways, a sum not exceeding one hundred
fifty thousand dollars, the same to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose $150,000 00

Registration of Motor Vehicles:

For personal services, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand dollars, to be paid from the Highway
Fund, and to be in addition to any amount here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose . . . 10,000 00

For services other than personal, including travel-
ing expenses, purchase of necessary supplies and
materials, including cartage and storage of the
same, and for work incidental to the registration
and licensing of owners and operators of motor
vehicles, a sum not exceeding fifty-nine thousand
dollars, to be paid from the Highway Fund, and
to be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose .... 59,000 00

The sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby
transferred from the appropriation made in item
six hundred and eighty-seven of the general ap-
propriation act of the present year, and the same
amount is added to item six hundred and eighty-
six.

Functions of the department relating to water-
ways and public lands:
For the improvement, development and protection
of rivers and harbors, tide waters and foreshores
within the commonwealth, as authorized by
section eleven of chapter ninety-one of the
General Laws, and of great ponds, a sum not ex-
ceeding fifty thousand dollars, to be in addition
to any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose, and any unexpended balance of the
appropriation remaining at the end of the current
fiscal year may be expended in the succeeding
fiscal year for the same purposes; provided, that
all expenditures made for the protection of shores
shall be upon condition that at least fifty per cent
of the cost is covered by contributions from
municipalities or other organizations and indi-
viduals, and that in the case of dredging channels
for harbor improvements at least twenty-five
per cent of the cost shall be so covered . . 50,000 00

Specials :

For the cost of constructing a dike on province
lands in the town of Provincetown, as authorized
by chapter three hundred of the acts of the
present year, a sum not exceeding twenty thou-
sand dollars . . . . . . . 20,000 00

For dredging channels and filling flats, a sum not
exceeding ninety thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, and to be paid from the
receipts from the Port of Boston or general fund 90,000 00

Registration
of Motor
Vehicles.

Waterways
and public
lands.

Specials.

Total

$1,029,000 00

566

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

Department of
Public Utilities.

Item
730a

Service of the'^Department of Public Utilities.

For the cost of making a report upon the codifica-
tion and revision of the laws affecting motor
vehicles carrying passengers for hire, as author-
ized by chapter thirty-eight of the resolves of
the present year, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five hundred dollars .....

$2,500 00

Metropolitan 733
District Com-
mission
( Highway
Fund).

Maintenance
of boulevards
and parkways. 734a

737

Metropolitan District Commission {Highicay Fund).

The following items are to be paid from the High-
way Fund:

For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, with
the approval of the metropolitan district commis-
sion, a sum not exceeding sixty-two hundred
and fifty dollars, the same to be in addition to
any amount heretofore appropriated for the
purpose .......

For maintenance of boulevards and parkways,
with the approval of the metropolitan district
commission, to provide for the payment of cer-
tain deficiencies incurred on account of the con-
struction of the Neponset bridge, so-called, the
sum of seventy dollars and twenty-five cents, rep-
resenting the state's portion or one quarter of the
total deficiencies, and to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose

For the cost of reconstructing a section of boule-
vard in the Middlesex Fells reservation, a sum
not exceeding one hundred thirty thousand
dollars .......

$6,250 00

70 25

Total

130,000 00
$136,320 25

Compensation
of certain
public em-
ployees for
injuries
sustained in
course of
employment.

Certain
annuities and
pensions.

Claims.

Heirs-at-law
of John
Roumian.

Unclassified Accounts and Claims.

744 For the compensation of certain public employ-

ees for injuries sustained in the course of their
employment, as provided by section sixty-nine
of chapter one hundred and fifty-two of the
General Laws, as amended, a sum not exceeding
five thousand dollars, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose $5,000 00

745 For the payment of certain annuities and pensions

of soldiers and others under the provisions of
certain acts and resolves, a sum not exceeding
one hundred and sixty-five dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose .... 165 00

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 com-
monwealth in respect thereto:
751 For the heirs-at-law of John Roumian, under the
direction of the attorney general, as author-
ized by chapter nineteen of the resolves of the
present year, the sum of three hundred forty-
six dollars and forty-four cents . . . 346 44

I

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

567

Item
751a

7516

751c
751d
751e
751/
75 1^

751/1

751i

For Katherine Burke of New Bedford, for dam-
ages to a certain automobile, as authorized by
chapter twenty of the resolves of the present
year, the sum of one hundred and ten dollars

For Clara Boyce of Warren, Rhode Island, the
sum of four thousand and ninety-eight dollars,
and for Frank A. Boj'ce of Seekonk, Massa-
chusetts, the sum of forty-eight hundred sixty-
six dollars and fifty cents, both in compensation
for injuries sustained in an automobile accident,
as authorized by chapter twenty-one of the re-
solves of the present year, and to be paid from
the Highway Fund .....

For the heirs-at-law of Stefan Dzieciatko, as
authorized by chapter twenty-five of the re-
solves of the present year, the sum of six hun-
dred four dollars and ninety cents .

For the parents of Alfred E. Norton, as author-
ized by chapter twenty-six of the resolves of the
present year, the sum of two hundred seventy-
three dollars ......

For the heirs-at-law of Essaf George, as author-
ized by chapter twenty-seven of the resolves of
the present year, the sum of one hundred ninety-
three dollars and ninetj^ cents

For the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company,
in settlement of a certain claim, as authorized by
chapter thirty-four of the resolves of the present
j^ear, the sum of three thousand dollars .

For Giles E. Hopkins of Arlington, the sum of nine
hundred sixty-seven dollars and sixty-six cents,
for Arnold A. Goodwin of said town, the sum of
fifteen hundred ninety-seven dollars and thirty-
two cents, and for Roswell Eldridge of Lexing-
ton, the sum of nineteen hundred forty-eight
dollars, severally in compensation for injuries
sustained in an automobile accident, as author-
ized by chapter thirty-nine of the resolves of
the present year, and to be paid from the
Highway Fund ......

For the parents of John F. Grant, as authorized
by chapter forty of the resolves of the present
year, the sum of three thousand dollars, to be
paid from the Highway Fund

For the widow of John F. Alontague, as authorized
by chapter fifty-nine of the resolves of the
present year, the sum of five thousand dollars

Total .......

Katherine
Burke.

$110 00

Clara Boyce.

8,964 50

Heirs-at-law
of Stefan
Dzieciatko.

604 90

Alfred E.
Norton.

273 00

Heirs-at-law of
Essaf George.

193 90

3,000 00

American-
Hawaiian
Steamship
Company.

Giles E.
Hopkins,
Arnold A.
Goodwin and
Roswell
Eldridge.

4,512 98

John F. Grant.

3,000 00

John F. Mon-
tague.

5,000 00
31,170 72

Deficiencies.

For deficiencies in certain appropriations of pre-
vious years, in certain items, as follows :

Deficiencies.

Service of the Judicial Department.

Probate and Insolvency Courts:
For the compensation of judges of probate when
acting outside their own counties for other
judges of probate, the sum of three hundred
and seventy dollars .....

Judicial
Department.

Probate and
$370 00 Courte.""^

568

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

Item

Justices of
District Courts.

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, the sum of
four hundred seventy-nine dollars and eighteen
cents ........

$479 IS

Judicial
Council.

Judicial CouncU:
For expenses of the judicial council, as authorized
by section thirty-four C of chapter two hundred
and twenty-one of the General Laws, inserted
by chapter two hundred and forty-four of the
acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, as
amended, the sum of forty-four dollars and
twenty cents ......

44 20

Attorney
General.

Service of the Attorney General's Department.

For services other than personal, traveling ex-
penses, office supplies and equipment, the sum
of sixty-four dollars and seventy-one cents

64 71

Department of

Mental

Diseases.

Service of the Department of Mental Diseases.

For the maintenance of the Danvers state hos-
pital, the sum of one hundred fifty dollars and
one cent .......

150 01

Department
of Correction.

Service of the Department of Correction.

For services other than personal, including print-
ing the annual report, necessary office supplies
and equipment, the sum of one hundred eighteen
dollars and twenty-five cents ....

For the maintenance of the state prison colony, the
sum of twenty-one dollars and five cents .

118 25
21 05

Department
of Public
WorliS.

Service of the Department of Public Works.

For the maintenance and repair of state highways,
including care of snow on highways, expenses of
traffic signs and lights, and payment of damages
caused by defects in state highways with the
approval of the attorney general, and for care
and repair of road-building machinery, the sum
of six hundred seventy-four dollars and eighteen
cents, to be paid from the Highway Fund . 674 18

For the purpose of enabling the department of
public works to secure federal aid for the con-
struction of highways, the sum of twelve hun-
dred fifty-one dollars and thirty-nine cents, to
be paid from the Highway Fund . . . 1,251 39

For the maintenance and improvement of com-
monwealth property under the control of the
department in connection with its functions
relating to waterways and public lands, the
sum of eighty-seven dollars and ninety-six
cents, to be paid from the Port of Boston re-
ceipts ........ 87 96

Total

$3,260 93

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

569

Item

753

7o3a

754

754a

7546

757

759

761

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 direction and with the approval of
the metropolitan district commission:

The appropriation made in item seven hundred
and twelve b of chapter four hundred and five
of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-
eight, to carry out the provisions of chapter
three hundred and five of the acts of said year,
is hereby reappropriated and made available
for the purposes of said chapter three hundred
and five.

For maintenance of park reservations, a sum not
exceeding sixteen thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the piu-pose .... $16,000 00

For the purchase of a certain parcel of land in the
city of Quincy known as Moswetusett Hum-
mock, as authorized by chapter three hundred
and thirty-seven of the acts of the present year,
a sum not exceeding nine thousand dollars, the
same to be assessed upon the metropolitan
parks district as a part of the expense of mainte-
nance of reservations ..... 9,000 00

For the expense of holding band concerts, a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 5,000 00

For the cost of an investigation by the metro-
politan district commission relative to the
future development of certain sections of the
Mystic and Maiden rivers, as authorized by
chapter twenty-two of the resolves of the
present year, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars, the same to be assessed upon
the metropolitan parks district as a part of the
expense of maintenance of reservations . . 15,000 00

For the construction and equipment of a bath
house on Mystic lake, as authorized by chapter
two hundred and fifty-four of the acts of the
present year, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand,
dollars, to be paid from the Metropolitan Parks
Expense Fund . . . . . . 50,000 00

For the construction and equipment of a bath
house at the Nantasket beach reservation, a
sum not exceeding eighty thousand dollars, to
be paid from the Metropolitan Parks Expense
Fund and to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose . . 80,000 00

For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, a
sum not exceeding sixty-two hundred and fifty
dollars, the same to be in addition to the
amount appropriated in item seven hundred
and thirty-three and to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose .... 6,250 00

For maintenance of boulevards and parkways, to
provide for the payment of certain deficiencies
incurred on account of the construction of the
Neponset bridge, so-called, a sum not exceed-
ing two hundred ten dollars and seventy-five
cents, the same to be in addition to the amount
appropriated in item seven hundred and thirty-
four a and to any amount heretofore ap-
propriated for the purpose .... 210 75

Metropolitan

District

Commission.

Park reserva-
tions.

Moswetusett
Hummock
in city of
Quincy.

Band concerts.

Investigation
as to future
development
of certain
sections of
Mystic and
Maiden

Bath house on
Mystic lake.

Bath house at
Nantasket
beach
reservation.

Maintenance
of boulevards
and parkways.

570

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

Reconstruction
of section of
boulevard in
Middlesex Fells
reservation.

Investigation
as to discharge
of sewage into
Boston harbor.

Item

765

767a

Other Appro-
priations.

Judicial
Department.

Justices of
District Courts.

Probate and

Insolvency

Courts.

Investigation
as to causes
and remedies
of existing un-
employment.

Commission to
co-operate in
plans for recog-
nition of
bicentenary of
birth of George
Washington.

Investigation
as to main-
tenance by
state of bridges.

50

61

32m

32n

32o

Printing certain 158c
volumes of
records of
Massachusetts
soldiers in civil
war.

For the cost of reconstructing a section of boiile-
vard in the Middlesex Fells reservation, a sum
not exceeding one hundred thirty thousand
dollars, the same to be in addition to the amount
appropriated in item seven hundred and thirty-
seven . •.-.•. • • . • . ■ $130,000 OO

For the cost of an investigation by an unpaid special
commission of the general subject of the dis-
charge of sewage into Boston harbor, as author-
ized by chapter twenty-nine of the resolves of
nineteen hundred and twentj^-nine, a sum not
exceeding thirty thousand dollars, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose, and to be assessed in
accordance with said resolve .... 30,000 00

Total $341,460 75

Other Appropriations.

Service of the Judicial De-partment.

Justices of District Courts :
For compensation of justices of district courts
while sitting in the superior court, a sum not
exceeding forty-five hundred dollars, as required
by chapter three hundred and sixty-seven of the
acts of the present year, the same to be in addi-
tion to any amount heretofore appropriated for
the purpose $4,500 00

Probate and Insolvency Courts:
For the salaries of assistant registers, a sum not
exceeding thirteen hundred and fifty dollars, as
required by chapter three hundred and seventy-
one of the acts of the present year, the same to
be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for the purpose ..... 1,350 00

Service of Legislative Investigations.

For expenses of an investigation by the department
of labor and industries as to the causes and reme-
dies of existing unemployment, as authorized
by chapter sixty of the resolves of the present
year, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars . $5,000 00

For expenses of a special unpaid commission for the
purpose of co-operating with the congressional
commission engaged in formulating plans for
national recognition of the bicentenary of the
birth of George Washington, as authorized by
chapter sixty-two of the resolves of the present
year, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars 500 00

For expenses of an investigation relative to the
future policy of the commonwealth with regard
to the maintenance by the commonwealth of
bridges, as authorized by chapter sixty-three of
the resolves of the present year, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, to be paid
from the Highway Fund .... 2,500 00

For Expenses on Account of Wars.

For expenses of printing certain volumes of the
records of Massachusetts soldiers in the civil
war, as authorized by chapter sixty-four of the
resolves of the present year, a sum not exceeding
twenty thousand dollars .... $20,000 00

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

571

Item

315a

754c

84

728

686o

753

Service of the Department of Corporations and Taxation.

Division of Accounts:
For the administrative expenses required under the
provisions of chai)ter four hundred of the acts of
the present year, a sum not exceeding five thou-
sand dollars .......

Metropolitan District Com7nission.

For the cost of providing improved bathing facili-
ties on the Charles river, as authorized by cha-)ter
three hundred and eighty-five of the acts of the
present year, a sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars, the same to be assessed upon the metro-
politan parks chstrict as a part of the cost of
maintenance thereof .....

Service of the Land Court.

For the salaries of the judge, associate judges, the
recorder and court officer, a sum not exceeding
ninety-two dollars, as required bj^ chapter four
hundred and four of the acts of the present year,
the same to be in addition to any amount here-
tofore appropriated for the purpose .

Service of the Department of Public Utilities.

Smoke Abatement:
For services and expenses in connection with the
abatement of smoke in Boston and vicinity,
under the direction and with the approval of the
department of public utilities, a sum not exceed-
ing seven thousand 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,
as amended, and to be in addition to any amount
heretofore appropriated for the purpose. The
unexpended balance of appropriations made
under this item is hereby made available for the
purposes of chapter three hundred and eighty of
the acts of the present year upon its effective
date ........

Service of the Department of Public Works.

For expenses on account of the removal of certain
, highway bridges over the former location of the
Hampden Railroad Corporation, as authorized
by chapter three hundred and eighty-eight of the
acts of the present year, a sum not exceeding
thirty thousand dollars, to be paid from the High-
way Fund .......

The expenses required to carry out the provisions
of chapter four hundred and six of the acts of the
present year may be paid out of item six hundred
and eightj^-eight of chapter one hundred and
fifteen of the acts of the present year.

Metropolitan District Commission.

For an annuity to the widow of Michael F.
Cadegan, Jr., as authorized by chapter sixty-
five of tne resolves of the present year, a sum
not exceeding four hundred and fifty dollars,
the same to be assessed upon the metropolitan
parks district as a part of the maintenance of
reservations thereof .....

$5,000

Department of
Corporations
and Taxation.

00 Division of
Accounts.

Metropolitan

District

Commission.

Bathing
facilities on
Charles xiver.

$10,000 00

Land Court.

$92 00

Department
of Public

Utilities.

Smoke Abate-
ment.

$7,000 00

Department
of Public
Works.

Removal of
certain bridges.

$30,000 00

$450 00

Metropolitan

District

Commission.

Annuity to
widow of
Michael F.
Cadegan, Jr.

572

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

Mount Grey-
lock war memo-
rial
commission.

Item

1586

Massachusetts 15866
war memo-
rial investigat-
ing
comnaission.

Massachusetts
Bay Colony
Tercentenary
Commission.

Unclassified
Accounts and
Claims.

Berkshire
county.

Department
of Labor and
Industries.

Division on
necessaries of
life.

Massachusetts

Industrial

Commission.

184o

750a

432a

433

Legislative
Department.

9
12

13

For Expenses on Account of Wars.

For expenses of the Mount Greylock war me-
morial commission, as authorized by chapter
four hundred and eleven of the acts of the
present year, a sum not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars $100,000 00

For expenses of the Massachusetts war memorial
investigating commission, as authorized by
chapter four hundred and eleven of the acts of
the present year, a sum not exceeding fifteen
thousand dollars 15,000 00

Service of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary
Commission.

For certain expenses approved by the Massa-
chusetts Bay Colony tercentenary commission,
as authorized by chapter sixty-eight of the
resolves of the present year, a sum not exceed-
ing seventy-five thousand dollars . . . $75,000 00

Unclassified Accounts and Claims.
For the county of Berkshire, as authorized by

chapter sixty-nine of the resolves of the present
year, the sum of tliirty-two hundred dollars

$3,200 00

Service of the Department of Labor and Industries.

For expenses of the division on necessaries of life,
as authorized by chapter four hundred and ten
of the acts of the present year, a sum not
exceeding nine thousand dollars . . . $9,000 00

Massachusetts Industrial Commission:
For personal services, including the employment
of experts for services authorized under section
nine B of chapter twenty-three of the General
Laws, inserted by section one of chapter three
hundred and fifty-seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine, and for completing the
investigation authorized by chapter fifty-four
of the resolves of nineteen hundred and twenty-
nine, a sum not exceeding three thousand dol-
lars, to carry on the work required by chapter
sixty-six of the resolves of the present year, and
to be in addition to any amount heretofore
appropriated for the purpose . . . 3,000 00

Service of the Legislative Department.

The following appropriations are in addition to
any amounts heretofore appropriated for said
purposes, and are authorized by chapter four
hundred and twenty-four of the acts of the
present year:
For the salary of the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not

exceeding two hundred seventy-five dollars . $275 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 four hundred fifty-eight dollars
and thirty-four cents ..... 458 34

For the salaries of assistant doorkeepers and mes-
sengers to the senate and house of representa-
tives, with the approval of the sergeant-at-arms,
a sum not exceeding forty-five hundred eighty-
three dollars and twenty-five cents . . . 4,583 25

Acts, 1930. — Chap. 426.

573

Item
14

15

16

686

689

693a

737a

765a

For compensation of the pages of the senate and
lioiise of representatives, with the approval of
the sergeant-at-arms, a sum not exceeding six
hundred and fifty dollars . . . . $650 00

For the salaries of clerks employed in the legis-
lative document room, a sum not exceeding four
hundred twelve dollars and fifty-one cents . 412 51

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 one hundred thirty-seven dollars
and fifty cents ...... 137 50

Service of the Department of Public Works.

Functions of the department relating to high-
ways (the following appropriations, except as
otherwise provided, are made from the High-
way Fund) :

For the construction and repair of town and
county ways, a sum not exceeding fifty thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose $50,000 00
For the purpose of enabling the department of
public works to secure federal aid for the con-
struction of highways, a sum not exceeding one
hundred fifty thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropri-
ated for the purpose 150,000 00

For expenditures authorized by chapter four
hundred and twenty of the acts of the pres-
ent year, the following amounts are hereby
appropriated, to be paid from the Highway
Fund:

For authorized expenditures by the department
of public works, a sum not exceeding six hun-
dred forty thousand dollars .... 640,000 00
For authorized expenditures by the metropolitan
district commission, a sum not exceeding eighty
thousand dollars 80,000 00

Metropolitan District Assessment:
For authorized expenditures under the provisions
of said chapter four hundred and twenty by the
metropolitan district commission, a sum not
exceeding seventy-six thousand dollars, the same
to be assessed upon the cities and towns in the
metropolitan parks district in accordance with
law 76,000 00

Department
of Public
Works.

Highways.

Authorized
expenditures
for certain
highways.

Metropolitan

District

Assessment.

General and Highway Funds
Metropolitan District Commission

$3,183,600 71
. 427,910 75

Section 3. No payment shall be made or obligation No payment
incurred under authority of any special appropriation made con^tructfon of
by this act for construction of public buildings or other public build-

• *... • ino's GtC until

improvements at state institutions until plans and specifi- plan's have been
cations have been approved by the governor, unless other- governor^ ^^
wise provided by such rules and regulations as the governor
may make.

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

Approved May 29, 1930.

RESOLVES.

Resolve reviving and continuing the special com- Chap. ]

MISSION ESTABLISHED TO CONSIDER AND REPORT AS TO
APPROPRIATE SITES FOR A MEMORIAL TO THE MEN AND
WOMEN OF MASSACHUSETTS WHO SERVED IN THE WORLD
WAR, AND ENLARGING THE SCOPE OF ITS DUTIES.

Resolved, That the unpaid special commission estabHshed, ,^']sg|oiTo™'
under chapter twenty-six of the resolves of nineteen hun- consider and
dred and twenty-nine, to consider and report upon the site appropriate
and tvpe of a suitable memorial to the men and women of ^'*®®i°Lt+„

"fj , i-i 11 -11 memorial to

Massachusetts who served m the world war, is hereby re- men and
vived and continued. The scope of said resolve is hereby MaTsacimsetts
enlarged to include consideration and report by said com- >''^° ^'^T'^^^

.^ , . c 1 -1 1 '"^ world war,

mission as to the site and type oi such a memorial to the revived and

continued,
scope

men and women of Massachusetts who served in any war. and
The final report of said commission, together with drafts of 'duties

-,.,.'^ .'° ,. . enlarged.

01 legislation necessary to carry its recommendations into pi„<^ij.e ^rt
effect, shall be filed with the clerk of the house of repre- filing, etc.
sentatives on or before February first of the current year.

Approved January 24, 1930.

Chap.

Resolve reviving and continuing the special commis-
sion ESTABLISHED TO INVESTIGATE THE LAWS RELATIVE
TO dependent, DELINQUENT AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN,
AND CHILDREN OTHERWISE REQUIRING SPECIAL CARE.

Resolved, That the special unpaid commission, established ^'issi^onuT"
by chapter twelve of the resolves of nineteen hundred and investigate

, ,. i>ii c • ,• A- J^ ^ 1 laws relntive

twenty-nme tor the purpose oi investigating the laws rela- to dependent,
tive to dependent, dehnquent and neglected children, and negiectTd^cho-'^
children otherwise requiring special care, is hereby revived dren, etc.,
and continued, and the final report of said commission, continued.
together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry its pinai report,
recommendations into effect, shall be filed with the clerk of ^^'"^' ^^'^^
the house of representatives on or before December first in
the current year. Approved January 27, 1930.

Chap.

Resolve validating the acts of certain persons done

UNDER color OF A COMMISSION AS A NOTARY PUBLIC OR
A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Resolved, That the acts of each of the following named ^Jrtlin^
persons, performed as a notary public or a justice of the sons done
peace between certain dates, as hereinafter specified, are o"a*commis-
hereby confirmed and made valid to the same extent as if no°af^^ubiic
during the time so specified the person named had been or a justice
qualified to discharge the duties of such ofl&ce: vludlteT.''^

576

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 4, 5.

Morris M.
Goldberg
of Boston.

Howard G.
Noble of
West field.

Francis X.
Mass6 of
Cambridge.

Benjamin L.
Cohen of
Chelsea.

Benjamin B.
Snow of
Worcester.

Chesterfield
H. Greene
of Boston.

(a) Morris M. Goldberg of Boston; notary public;
October fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two to Octo-
ber fourth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, both dates
inclusive ;

(6) Howard G. Noble of Westfield; notary public;
November twenty-second, nineteen hundred and twenty-
two to November twenty-second, nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, both dates inclusive;

(c) Francis X. Masse of Cambridge; notar}^ public;
September fifteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two to
October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, both
dates inclusive;

(d) Benjamin L. Cohen of Chelsea; justice of the peace;
May twelfth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two to May
twelfth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, both dates
inclusive ;

(e) Benjamin B. Snow of Worcester; notary public;
May fifth, nineteen hundred and twenty-two to October
first, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, both dates
inclusive ;

(/) Chesterfield H. Greene of Boston; notary public;
September twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-
two to June eighteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine,
both dates inclusive. Approved February 6, 1930.

Chap.

Investigation
by attorney
general of
circumstances
surrounding
the pension
awarded to
Oliver B.
Garrett as
a member of
the police de-
partment of
city of
Boston.

Report to
general court,
etc.

4 Resolve providing for an investigation by the at-
torney GENERAL OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING
THE PENSION AW^ARDED TO OLIVER B. GARRETT AS A MEM-
BER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

Resolved, That the attorney general be directed to make
a thorough investigation of the circumstances surrounding
the pension awarded to Oliver B. Garrett as a member of
the police department of the city of Boston, and all other
related matters dealing with the service of the said Oliver
B. Garrett during his term of employment as a member of
said police department. For the purposes of this resolve,
the attorney general may hold public hearings, may require
the attendance and testimony of witnesses under oath, and
the production of books and papers pertinent to the matters
under investigation. He is hereby further directed to
report to the general court his findings, by filing the same
with the clerk of the house of representatives, on or before
April first in the current year.

Approved February 21, 1930.

Chap. 5 Resolve establishing the name borden mountain for

A CERTAIN UNNAMED EMINENCE IN THE SAVOY STATE
FOREST, AND THE NAME WALLING MOUNTAIN FOR A CER-
TAIN UNNAMED EMINENCE IN THE OCTOBER MOUNTAIN
STATE FOREST.

Resolved, That, in order to commemorate the one hun-
estabiished for drcdth anniversary of the authorization by chapter fifty-

Name Borden
mountain

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 6, 7. 577

eight of the resolves of eighteen hundred and thirty of the " certain un-
state triangulation survey, and to perpetuate the memory of "mhfencein
the distinguished engineer, Simeon Borden, who conducted s[atffo°est,
such survey and brought the resulting map to completion, '^^'^i name '
and of his successor, Henry F. Walling, who subsequently mountfiin
perfected and extended the survey, a certain unnamed emi- unnameT'"
nence, twenty-five hundred and sixty feet in elevation, situ- "["'q'^'^^j,'"
ated within the boundaries of the Savoy state forest in the mountain'^'^
town of Savo}^ in latitude forty-two degrees, thirty-six ^^^^^ ^°''*^*-
minutes, five seconds and in longitude seventy-three de-
grees, one minute, forty-two seconds, shall hereafter be
known as Borden mountain, and a certain other unnamed
eminence, twenty-two hundred and seventy-two feet in
elevation, situated in the town of Becket northerly of the
Becket mountain triangulation station, in the October
mountain state forest, in latitude forty-two degrees, eighteen
minutes, thirty-six seconds and in longitude seventy-three
degrees, nine minutes, twenty-eight seconds, shall hereafter
be known as Walling mountain. Said mountains shall be
designated as herein provided on all topographical and other
maps published by the commonwealth.

Approved March 4, 1930.

Resolve providing for an investigation by the judicial Qfid^n Q

COUNCIL relative TO INTERSTATE RENDITION AND EXTRA-
DITION of FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, SUPPLEMENTARY
PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS, ADMISSION TO THE BAR
AND UNIFORMITY IN JUDICIAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE,
AND RELATED MATTERS.

Resolved, That the judicial council be requested to investi- u"''''y\'ff*}°"
gate so much of the address of his excellency the governor to coundi relative
both branches of the general court, printed as current senate rendi'tlon^and
document number one, as relates to uniform laws on the extradition
rendition of fugitives from justice, so much of the last report from justice,
of the attorney general as relates to the need for a uniform pro^eedingsT/
method of interstate rendition and as relates to a uniform ^X|i'^''*o'°'\^(;
law regarding extradition, and, in addition, the subject matter the bar, etc.
of current house documents numbered sixty-eight, ninety,
ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, one hundred and thirty-
seven, two hundred and fifty-four and three hundred and
seventy-six, and of current senate document number one
hundred and fourteen, including, in each case, such matters
related thereto as may be pertinent; and to include its con- Recommenda-
clusions and recommendations in relation thereto, with drafts in^Tuded'^n
of such legislation as may be necessary to give effect to the annual report,
same, in its annual report for the current year.

Approved March 7, 1930.

Resolve authorizing the conveyance of certain land phrjj. 7

AND RIGHTS IN LAND OF THE MASSACHUSETTS AGRICUL- ^ P' '
TURAL COLLEGE TO THE AMHERST WATER COMPANY.

Resolved, That the trustees of the Massachusetts Agricul- ^f^^ertahT*^^
tural College on behalf of the commonwealth are hereby land and

578

Resolves, 1930. — Chap. 8.

rights in
land of the
Massachusetts
Agricultural
College to
the Amherst
Water
Company,
authorized.

authorized to convey to the Amherst Water Company, a
corporation estabhshed under the laws of Massachusetts and
having a place of business at Amherst, a certain tract of land
containing approximately ten thousand square feet abutting
on East Pleasant street in the town of Amherst, for the pur-
pose of erecting thereon a stand pipe with all necessary appur-
tenances, together with the right to lay and maintain a water
main in and over the land of said college from the corner of
said East Pleasant street, and the old Clark road, so called,
thence westerly along said Clark road and Plant House road
to Stockridge road. Said conveyance shall be made for such
considerations and upon such terms and conditions as may
be approved by the governor, and the same shall be set forth
in the deed of conveyance which shall be prepared by the
attorney general. Approved March 10, 1930.

Chap. 8

1927 (R), 37,
amended.

Publication
and distrihu-
tion of gold
star record of
Massnchiisetts
in the world
war.

Resolve relative to the distribution of the gold star
record of massachusetts in the world war.

Chapter thirty-seven of the resolves of nineteen hundred
and twenty-seven is hereby amended by inserting after the
word "record" in the fourteenth line the following: — , or,
if there is no surviving parent or widow, to such heir-at-law
of the decedent making written application therefor as may
be designated by the state secretary, — so as to read as
follows : — Resolved, That the unpaid special commission to
provide for the preparation of a suitable history of Massa-
chusetts' 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 cause to
be printed and bound an edition not to exceed seventy-five
hundred copies of the gold star record authorized by chap-
ter three hundred and sixty-seven of the acts of nineteen
hundred and twenty-four. Copies of said gold star record
shall be distributed by the state secretary as follows: upon
written application to the surviving parent or one of them
or to the widow of any deceased soldier, sailor, army nurse
or other citizen of the commonwealth whose name appears
in the said gold star record, or, if there is no surviving parent
or widow, to such heir-at-law of the decedent making
written application therefor as may be designated by the
state secretary, one copy suitably inscribed; to each free
pubUc library, one copy; and, at the discretion of the
state secretary, to each historical, antiquarian, or military
society situated within the commonwealth which maintains
a hbrary, one copy; to the library of congress, two copies;
to the adjutant general of each state and territory within the
United States, one copy; to the president of the United
States, and to the library of the war department and of the
navy department of the United States, two copies each; to
posts or local organizations of any society composed of
veterans of the world war in the commonwealth, one copy
each; to the state library for its own use, three copies, and

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 9, 10. 579

for distribution in particular cases, fifty copies; and to the
adjutant general of the commonwealth, twenty copies.
The remaining copies shall be held by the state secretary
subject to future calls, but said remaining copies may be
sold by the state secretary at a price not less than the cost
thereof.

Said special commission is hereby authorized to complete Compilation
the compilation of its report which shall include the suitable Massachusetts'
history of Massachusetts' part in the world war directed ^ar* etc^°'^^^
to be prepared and published by said chapter four hundred
and eight, with a view to the publication of said report in
the year nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

For said purposes, including editorial and clerical work Expenditures,
necessary in completing and pubhshing the said gold star ®*^''"
record, there may be expended, subject to appropriation, a
sum not exceeding twenty-three thousand dollars, of which
amount not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars shall be
expended for purposes relative to the pubhcation and dis-
tribution of said gold star record.

Approved March 14, 1930.

Resolve authorizing the art commission for the nhr,^ q

COMMONW^EALTH TO ERECT A MONUMENT ON THE BEN- ' '

NINGTON BATTLEFIELD ON WOLOOMSAC HEIGHTS IN THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.

Resolved, That the art commission for the commonwealth, Art commis-
with the approval of the governor and council, is hereby Irect™^^
authorized and directed to cause a monument to be erected "n°"h"Ben-
on the Bennington battlefield on Woloomsac heights in the nington
state of New York and to cause to be attached to said on"vobJ>rasac
monument a tablet commemorating the notable participation ^^^fg^lff ^"^
of the patriots of Massachusetts in the battle. For such New York.
purpose, the commission may expend, after an appropri- Expenditure.
ation has been made, a sum not exceeding one thousand
dollars. Approved March 15, 1930.

Resolve authorizing the department of public works nhrj^t in
TO erect signs and markers at historic places. ^ *

Resolved, The department of public works is hereby au- Department
thorized to prepare and erect suitable signs and markers, works'^may
including such as may be submitted by the Massachusetts erect signs
Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, with suitable in- arhi^oric*"^^
scriptions thereon, indicating the ancient ways, of the p'^''''^-
Puritan times and the structures or places relating to or
associated with the early settlements within the common-
wealth. After erection, these signs and markers shall be
maintained by said department from appropriations made
for the maintenance of highways. For such purpose said Expenditure,
department may expend a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand
dollars to be paid from item six hundred and eighty-eight
of the general appropriation act of the current year.

Approved March 26, 1930.

580

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 11, 12, 13.

Chap. 11 Resolve validating the acts of j. davis smith of lynn

AS A notary public.

Resolved, That the acts of J. Davis Smith of Lynn as a
notary pubhc, between October eleventh, nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine and February twenty-first, nineteen hun-
dred and thirty, both dates inchisive, are hereby confirmed
and made vaHd to the same extent as if during that time
he had been quahfied to discharge the duties of said office.

Approved March 26, 1930.

Acts of J.
Davis Smith
as a notary
public
validated.

Chap. 12 Resolve authorizing the publication of an additional

VOLUME OF OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Publication
of an addi-
tional volume
of opinions
of the attorney
general.

Distribution
by state
secretary.

Remaining
copies to
be placed
on sale, etc.

Resolved, That the attorney general is hereby authorized
to collect and cause to be published in a volume properly
indexed and digested such of the official opinions heretofore
published as an appendix to the annual reports of the at-
torneys general during the years nineteen hundred and
twenty-six to nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, inclusive,
as he may deem to be of public interest or useful for refer-
ence. One thousand copies of said volume shall be printed
under the direction of the attorney general, and shall be
distributed by the state secretary as follows: — to the at-
torney general for distribution at his discretion, fift}^ copies;
to such free public libraries, and branches thereof, in the
commonwealth as the state secretary may designate, and to
county law libraries, and incorporated law hbraries, and
branches thereof, in the commonwealth, one copy each; to
the state library, twenty-five copies.

After making the foregoing distribution or making pro-
vision therefor, the state secretary shall place the remaining
copies on sale at such price per copy, not less than the cost
of printing and binding, as shall be fixed by him.

Approved March 26, 1930.

Chap.

13 Resolve relative to the investigation by the attorney
general of the circumstances surrounding the pen-
sion awarded to oliver b. garrett as a member of
the police department of the city of boston and
extending the scope of said investigation.

Investigation
by attorney
general of
circumstances
surrounding
the pension
awarded to
Oliver B.
Garrett as a
member of
the police
department
of the city
of Boston,
and extending
the scope of
said inve.s-
tigation.

Resolved, That, for the purposes of the investigation
directed to be made by the attorney general under chapter
four of the resolves of the current year, the scope of which
is hereby extended to include investigation of all matters
dealing with the service of Oliver B. Garrett during his term
of employment as a member of the police department of
the city of Boston, the attorney general may require by
summons the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the
production of books and papers before him relating to any
matter investigated by him in pursuance of said chapter

Resolves, 1930. — Chap. 14. 581

four or of this resolve. Such a summons may be issued by May summons
the attorney general or by any of his assistants and shall be "" "^®^^^'
served in the same manner as summonses for witnesses in
criminal cases issued in behalf of the commonwealth, and
all provisions of law relative to summonses issued in such
cases shall apply to summonses issued under authority of
said chapter four or of this resolve, so far as they are ap-
plicable. Such witnesses shall, before testifying, be sworn
by the attorney general or by one of his assistants. Any Attendance
justice of the supreme judicial or of the superior court may, may'bl*'^^^^
upon application of the attorney general, compel the at- compelled, etc.
tendance of witnesses summoned as aforesaid and the giving
of testimony before the attorney general in furtherance of
any investigation under said chapter four or this resolve, in
the same manner and to the same extent as before said
courts. No person shall be excused from attending and l^cJ^gld from
testifying in the course of such investigation, or from pro- testifying, etc.,
ducing any books, papers or documents, on the ground that thatTe^ti-
his testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, may ™°^fn^e^
tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or for- him, etc.
feiture; but he shall not be prosecuted or subjected to pen- Noprosecu-
alty or forfeiture for or on account of any action, matter or excepUor
thing concerning which he may be required to testify or perjury.
produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, in the course
of such investigation, except for perjury committed in such
testimony.

The time within which the attorney general is required ^/'tf^e*'"
to report to the general court his findings on such investiga- for fiUng
tion is hereby extended to May first of the current year. '^^^"'^ '

For the purposes of such investigation, there may be Additional
expended, in addition to expenditures already incurred, a ^^^^" '^""^^
further sum, subject to appropriation, not exceeding ten
thousand dollars. Approved March 26, 1930.

Resolve providing for an investigation by the armory Phnj) 14

COMMISSIONERS RELATIVE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
NEW STATE ARMORY IN THE CITY OF WORCESTER.

Resolved, That the armory commissioners are hereby di- ^s lo^clfn-*^*'"
rected to investigate relative to the desirability, necessity structionof
and expediency of the construction by the commonwealth armwy hi^city
in the city of Worcester of a new state armory for the use of °^ Worcester.
the militia, to replace the existing state armory therein, and
to the location and probable cost of the proposed state
armory, including the cost of acquiring such land as may
be necessary. Said commissioners are hereby further di- ^n^raV**
rected to report to the general court their conclusions and court, etc.
recommendations, if any, with drafts of legislation necessary
to carry such recommendations into effect, by filing the same
with the clerk of the senate not later than December first
in the current year. Approved April 1, 1930.

582

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 15, 16, 17.

Chap. 15 Resolve providing for additional band concerts dur-
ing THE current year IN CONNECTION WITH TERCEN-
TENARY CELEBRATIONS IN PLACES UNDER THE CONTROL
OF THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.

Resolved, That the metropohtan district commission, in
connection with tercentenary celebrations, is hereby au-
thorized and directed to provide band concerts in such
parks, parkways or other places under its control, and at
such times during the current year as it may select. For
the purposes of this resolve, said commission may expend
such sum not exceeding five thousand dollars as may here-
after be appropriated, the same to be in addition to any
other appropriations made for band concerts in places under
its control. Approved April 2, 1930.

Additional
band concerts
in connection
with tercen-
tenary cele-
brations, etc.

Expenditure.

Chap. 16 Resolve enlarging the authority of the special

COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO INVESTIGATE THE LAWS
RELATIVE TO DEPENDENT, DELINQUENT AND NEGLECTED
CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OTHERWISE REQUIRING SPECIAL
CARE.

Authority of
special com-
mission to
investigate
laws relative
to dependent,
etc., children,
enlarged.

Expenditure.

Resolved, That the special unpaid commission to investi-
gate the laws relative to dependent, delinquent and neglected
children, and children otherwise requiring special care,
established by chapter twelve of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine and revived and continued by
chapter two of the resolves of the current j^ear, is hereby
further authorized to obtain data for and otherwise co-
operate with the White House Conference on Child Health
and Protection, and for said purposes may expend such
sums as may hereafter be appropriated therefor by the
general court. Approved April 2, 1930.

Chap. 17 Resolve providing for an investigation relative to

THE TIME OF PAYMENT OF LOCAL TAXES.

Investigation
as to time of
payment of
local taxes.

Report to
general
court, etc.

Resolved, That the commissioner of corporations and tax-
ation is hereby directed to investigate relative to the advis-
ability and expediency of requiring the payment of local
taxes on real and personal property to be made in two or
more instalments, with a view to reducing interest charges
on municipal loans made in anticipation of revenue, and to
report the results of his investigation to the general court
by filing his recommendations, together with drafts of legis-
lation necessary to effect the same, with the clerk of the
senate on or before the first Wednesday in December of the
current year. Approved April 8, 1930.

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 18, 19. 583

Resolve to provide, during the tercentenary observ- QJidj) JQ

ANCES, FOR A PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF THE FORMS, AC-
TIVITIES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FIELDS OF OPERATION
OF THE EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE WORK OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Resolved, That an unpaid commission of three state PubUc
officials, to be designated by the governor, be estabhshed, offo°ms,'"''^'°''
for the purpose of pubhc demonstration of the forms, ac- activities, etc.,
tivities, aceomphshments and fields of operation of the etc., work of
several departments and of the executive and administra- of comnion-
tive work of the commonwealth, to the end that its citizens wealth.
and its visitors, during the tercentenary observances, may
be informed of the results attained in these fields of govern-
mental administration and service.

The commission may expend out of such amount, not Expenditure.
exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars, as may be ap-
propriated by the general court, such sums as shall be
approved by the governor and council.

The commission shall cause to be collected, assembled, ^la^'^charta
constructed, provided and suitablj^ displayed and arranged maps! etc.
for public observation, plans, charts, maps, models, ma-
terials, illustrations, structures, designs, printed or pictorial
representations demonstrating developments, methods and
results of the administration and operation of such state
departments: such displays to be held in Boston, in Spring-
field, by arrangement, if feasible, with the Eastern States
Industrial and Agricultural Exposition, and, in the dis-
cretion of the commission, elsewhere in the commonwealth.

The demonstrations and displays herein referred to Open to pub-
shall be directed and conducted by the commission as fee,"'e'tc!°"*
aforesaid, and after their assembling and arrangement,
shall be open to the public, without fee or charge, for an
aggregate time of not less than two nor more than four
weeks between the fifteenth days of August and of October
in the current year.

The commission is hereby further authorized and directed oascriptions

, , -IP •,!•,• 1 and explana-

to arrange and provide lor appropriate descriptions and tions, etc.,
explanations, by lectures or otherwise, of such displays and bylecfur^es
demonstrations by officials or employees of the common- or otherwise.
wealth. Approved April 15, 1930.

Resolve in favor of the heirs of john roumian. Chap. 19

Resolved, That, subject to appropriation, there be allowed f^j.^^^"*,"^
and paid from the treasury of the commonwealth, under to heirs of
the direction of the attorney general, to the United States Ro^umian.
consul general at Beirut, Lebanon, for transmission to Mrs.
Tahouhy Roumian, mother of John Roumian, who died in
the city of Chelsea, in the year nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, the sum of three hundred forty-six dollars and forty-
four cents, which was found by the attorney general to have

584

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 20, 21, 22.

been paid into said treasury as the balance of the assets
belonging to the estate of said John Roumian under the
provisions of section ten of chapter one hundred and ninety-
four of the General Laws, notwithstanding the expiration
of the time limited by said section for the recovery of such
sum. Approved April 16, 1930.

Payment in
favor of
Katherine
Burke of
New Bedford.

Chap. 20 Resolve in favor of katherine burke of new Bedford.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging the moral
obligation of the commonwealth in the premises, there be
allowed and paid out of item number two hundred and
seventy-four of the general appropriation act of the current
year to Katherine Burke of New Bedford the sum of one
hundred and ten dollars to compensate her for damages to
her automobile caused by a wild deer on or about November
sixteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, on a public
highway. Approved April 17^ 1930.

Payments in
favor of
Clara Boyce
and Frank A.
Boyce.

Chap. 21 Resolve in favor of clara boyce and frank a. boyce.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made from
the Highway Fund, there be allowed and paid out of the
treasury of the commonwealth to Clara Boyce of Warren,
Rhode Island, the sum of four thousand and ninety-eight
dollars, and to Frank A. Boyce of Seekonk, Massachusetts,
the sum of forty-eight hundred sixty-six dollars and fifty
cents, on account of injuries sustained by them by reason
of an accident on the Brightman street bridge connecting
Fall River and Somerset, on the night of October sixteenth,
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, in which the automobile
in which they were riding was caught between the leaves of
the drawbridge and the fixed part of the structure. Pay-
ments under authoritj^ of this resolve shall be made only
upon the filing with the comptroller of satisfactory releases
or other evidence that said payments are accepted as full
compensation on the part of the commonwealth on account
of said injuries. Approved April 17, 1930.

Chap. 22 Resolve providing for an investigation relative to

THE ADVISABILITY OF DEVELOPING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF
THE MYSTIC AND MALDEN RIVERS FOR RECREATIONAL
AND OTHER USES, THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN OVERPASS
OR AN UNDERPASS AT THE JUNCTION OF MYSTIC VALLEY
PARKWAY AND MAIN STREET IN THE CITY OF MEDFORD,
AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE
OVER SAID MYSTIC RIVER IN SAID CITY.

Investigation
as to advis-
ability of
developing
certain sections
of the Mystic
and Maiden
rivers for recre-

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission and
the state department of public health, acting as a joint
board, are hereby authorized and directed to examine the
beds, shores and waters of the Mystic and Maiden rivers
and the marshes adjacent thereto so far as they are af-

Resolves, 1930. — Chap. 22. 585

fected by the tides, and to consider methods whereby said ationai and

1 1 lii- IP j-i other uses.

rivers and marshes can best be nnprovcd tor recreational or
other uses, whether by dredging or filHng the same, or by
constructing a dam on the Mystic river at some point in
the vicinity of Welhngton bridge or of the mouth of the
Maiden river. Said board shall consider the practicability
and desirability of such an improvement, its effect upon
health conditions in the region about said rivers and upon
navigation, and the desirability and practicability of re-
building Wellington bridge or any portion thereof in con-
nection with such improvement.

Said board is hereby also authorized and directed to investigation
examine into the subject matter of current house document gtruct^on'of
number jBve hundred and forty-seven, relative to the con- an overpass

, , ■ <. 1 . 11 J rr or underpass

struction oi an overpass or underpass to carry the trainc on to carry traffic
Mystic Valle^'^ parkway across Main street in the city of vaiiey^park-
Medford, and also of current senate document number one way across
hundred and fifty-one, relative to the laying out and con- in'cityof^
struction in the city of Medford of a highway and a bridge con*^t?uction^
over the Mystic river. of a highway

Said board may employ such engineering and other as- over Mys^tlc
sistants as it may deem necessary to carry out the pur- "'^'®'"-
poses of this resolve, and may, subject to the approval of ^mp'ioyTn^
the governor and council, fix the compensation of such as- gineering
sistants. Offices and positions created under authority of assistants, etc.
this resolve shall not be subject to classification under sections
forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of chapter thirty of the General
Laws; nor shall chapter thirty-one of the General Laws,
or the rules and regulations made thereunder, apply to such
assistants, but upon request of said board the division of
civil service shall hold special examinations of candidates
for such offices and positions.

Said board may expend, for the purposes of this resolve. Expenditure.
such sum, not exceeding, in the aggregate, fifteen thousand
dollars, as may be appropriated by the general court, the
same to be assessed upon the cities and towns of the metro-
politan parks district in proportion to their respective tax-
able valuations, as defined in section fifty-nine of chapter
ninety-two of the General Laws.

Said board shall report to the general court the results Report
of its several investigations and its recommendations, if cou^rl;?ete.
any, with plans of the territory involved and of any dam,
drainage system or other works which it may recommend,
including estimates of the cost of any proposed improvements,
together with drafts of legislation to carry such recommen-
dations into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the
house of representatives on or before the first Wednesday
of December in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one,
and shall at the same time file a copy of said report with the
budget commissioner. Approved April 18, 1930.

586

Resola^es, 1930. — Chaps. 23, 24, 25.

Chap. 23 Resolve providing for an investigation relative to the

CONSTRUCTION OF A BREAKWATER AND CERTAIN MARINE
IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT PART OF THE TOWN OF WINTHROP
KNOWN AS WINTHROP HIGHLANDS.

Resolved, That the department of pubHc works is hereby-
directed to investigate and report on the subject matter of
current senate document numbered three, relative to the
construction of a breakwater and the dredging of an anchor-
age basin off the shore of that part of the town of Winthrop
known as Winthrop Highlands. Said department shall
report to the general court the results of its investigation
hereunder, and such further information and such recom-
mendations relative to the subject matter aforesaid as it
deems necessary or advisable, together with estimates of
cost of any construction recommended and drafts of legis-
lation necessary to carry any recommendations into effect,
by filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or before
December first in the current year, and shall file, at the
same time, a copy of said report with the budget commis-
sioner. Approved April 22, 1930.

Investigation
as to con-
struction of a
breakwater
and certain
marine im-
provements
in Winthrop
Highlands.

Report
to general
court, etc.

Chav. 24 Resolve providing for an investigation by the de-
partment OF PUBLIC works RELATIVE TO THE DISPOSAL
OF CERTAIN USED MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE LICENSING
OF MOTOR VEHICLE JUNK YARDS.

Investigation
as to disposal
of certain used
motor vehicles
and the
licensing of
motor vehicle
junk yards.

Report
to general
court, etc.

Resolved, That the department of public works is hereby
directed to consider the subject matter of current house
document numbered ninety-seven, relative to the disposal
of abandoned, junked or used motor vehicles or parts thereof,
and of current house document, numbered ninety-eight,
relative to the licensing of motor vehicle junk yards, and to
report to the general court its recommendations, if any,
together with drafts of such legislation as may be necessary
to carry such recommendations into effect, by filing the
same with the clerk of the senate on or before the first
Wednesday in December in the current year.

Approved April 28, 1930.

Payment
to heirs of
Stefan
Dzieciatko.

Chav. 25 Resolve in favor of the heirs of stefan dzieciatko.

Resolved, That, subject to appropriation, there be allowed
and paid from the treasury of the commonwealth, under the
direction of the attorney general, to the Consulate General
of Poland at New York, for transmission to the heirs at law
or next of kin of Stefan Dzieciatko, alias John Smith, alias
Joseph Schmidt, a Pohsh citizen who died in the city of
Springfield, March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and thir-
teen, or to their lawful representatives, such sum as may be
found by the attorney general to have been paid into said
treasury as the balance of the assets belonging to the estate

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 26, 27, 28. 587

of the said Dzieciatko, alias Smith, alias Schmidt, under the
provisions of section ten of chapter one hundred and ninety-
four of the General Laws, notwithstanding the expiration
of the time limited by said section ten for the recovery of
such sum. Approved May 1, 1930.

Resolve in favor of the parents of alfred e. Norton Qh^j) Ofi
OF vineyard haven. ^'

Resolved, That, for the purpose of discharging a moral Payment
obligation, there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of parent's' of
the commonwealth to the parents of Alfred E. Norton of Norton^'
Vinej-ard Haven, a minor, the sum of two hundred and
seventy-three dollars, to reimburse them for expenses of
medical and hospital care incurred by them on account of
injuries received by him while employed at the fire obser-
vation tower operated and maintained at Martha's Vine-
yard by the division of forestry of the department of con-
servation. Approved May 1, 1930.

Resolve in favor of the heirs of essaf george. Chap. 27
Resolved, That, subject to appropriation, there be allowed Payment
and paid from the treasury of the commonwealth, under the Essa/oeorge.
direction of the attorney general, to the heirs at law or
next of kin of Essaf George, who died in the city of Boston,
November twelfth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, or to their
lawful representatives, such sum as may be found by the
attorney general to have been paid into said treasury as
the balance of the assets belonging to the estate of said
Essaf George, under the provisions of section ten of chapter
one hundred and ninety-four of the General Laws, notwith-
standing the expiration of the time limited by said section
ten for the recovery of such sum.

Approved May 1, 1930.

Resolve to provide for a survey and revision by a spe- (Jhav 28

CIAL commission OF THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
RELATING TO MARINE FISH AND FISHERIES, INCLUDING
SHELLFISH.

Resolved, That a special commission, to consist of one survey and
member of the senate to be designated by the president a^^^^lai^^
thereof, two members of the house of representatives to be commission
designated by the speaker thereof, two persons to be ap- com^momveaith
pointed by the governor, the attorney general or an assist- miHire^fis°h
ant attorney general to be designated by the attorney and fisheries,
general, and either the state supervisor of marine fisheries shellfish.^
or some other representative of the division of fisheries and
game as designated by the director of said division, shall
make a survey and study of the laws of the commonwealth
relating to marine fish and fisheries, including shellfish, with
a view to the revision, codification and simplification of said

588

Resolves, 1930. — Chap. 29.

Hearings.

Headquarters
in state
house, etc.

Expenditure.

Report
to general
court, etc.

laws, and the making of any other improvements therein
that may seem advisable. Said commission shall hold hear-
ings and may call upon officers of the department of con-
servation and other state officers and officers of the sev-
eral counties and municipahties for such information as
may be needed in the course of its work. Said commission
shall be provided with headquarters in the state house or
elsewhere and may expend for expert, clerical and other
services such sums, not exceeding in the aggregate twenty-
five hundred dollars, as may hereafter be appropriated.
Said commission shall make a report to the general court by
fihng its recommendations with the clerk of the house of
representatives not later than December first in the current
year, with drafts of such legislation as may be necessary to
effect the same. A'pproved May 1, 1930.

Chap. 29 Resolve providing for further investigation by a

SPECIAL commission OF THE ADVISABILITY OF FILLING IN
PART OF FORT POINT CHANNEL AND SOUTH BAY IN BOSTON
HARBOR.

Further
investigation
as to the
advisability of
filling in
part of Fort
Point channel
and South
bay in Boston
harbor.

Employment
of engineers,
etc.

Expenditure.

Reimbursement
of state by city
of Boston.

Report to
general court,
etc.

Resolved, That a special unpaid commission, to consist of
one member of the senate to be designated by the president
thereof, two members of the house of representatives to be
designated by the speaker thereof, the state commissioner
of public works, the commissioner of pubhc health, the
chairman of the division of metropolitan planning, the
chairman of the Boston city planning board and the com-
missioner of public works of the city of Boston, is hereby
established to continue the investigation authorized by
chapter forty-eight of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, relative to the filling of the present navigable
waters of that part of Fort Point channel and South bay
lying above Dorchester avenue bridge, and other matters
set forth in said chapter. Said commission may employ
such engineers, experts and others as it may deem necessarj'-,
and may expend for the purposes of this resolve such sum,
not exceeding two thousand dollars, as may be appropriated
by the general court, in addition to the unexpended balance
of the amount appropriated for such investigation by item
six hundred and fifty-six h of chapter three hundred and
eighty-six of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
The city of Boston shall reimburse the commonwealth for
one half of the expense incurred under said appropriations,
and the same shall be assessed, collected and paid over to
the state treasurer by said city in the same manner and at
the same time as state taxes. Said commission shall report
to the general court the results of its investigation and its
recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation
to carry the same into effect, by filing the same with the clerk
of the house of representatives on or before the first Wednes-
day of December in the current year.

Approved May 1, 1930.

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 30, 31, 32. 589

Resolve providing for a study and investigation by fhfj^ on

THE department OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES OF THE "*

general question OF THE PURCHASE OF STOCK BY EM-
PLOYEES IN THE CO-OPERATIVE SHOE SHOPS, SO-CALLED.

Resolved, That the department of labor and industries is study and
herebj^ directed to study and investigate the general question b"v depStment
of the relation of emplover and employee in the co-operative pf jaborand

iriQustriPs oi

shoe shops, so-called. Said department shall in the course the general
of its study and investigation consider the circumstances purchas'eof*^^
attending the purchase of stock by the employee as a con- g^^'^o^^egin
dition precedent to his employment; the nature and extent theco-
of the representations made by the employer to the em- shorshops,
ployee; the remedies open to the employee where stock has so-caiied.
no market value; and the desirability of permitting this
practice to continue. Said department in the course of its
study and investigation may call upon such departments
as it finds necessary for such information as it shall need in
the course of its investigation. It may expend for the pur- Expenditure,
poses of this resolve such sum, not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars, as may hereafter be appropriated. Said Report to
department shall report to the general court the results of etc.^"^
its study and investigation and its recommendations,
together with drafts of legislation necessary to give effect
to the same, by filing the same with the clerk of the house
of representatives on or before December first of the current
year. Approved May 2, 1930.

Resolve providing for the partial reimbursement of nhrjj. qi

THE TOWN of SAVOY FOR MONEY EXPENDED IN THE CARE ^'
AND TREATMENT OF A CERTAIN TUBERCULAR PATIENT.

Resolved, That the department of public health is hereby Partial
authorized to approve the payment to the town of Savoy, oTtown'^ol'"^"*
out of the appropriation made by item six hundred and savoyfor
twenty-five of chapter one hundred and fifteen of the acts expended in
of the current year, the sum of four hundred fifty-two dollars t^^tm^nt of
and eighty-six cents, as a partial reimbursement to said a certain
town for money expended for the care and treatment of pati*ent!
Winifred Haskins at the Hampshire County Sanatorium.

Approved May 2, 1930.

Resolve providing for an investigation by a special Cfiav. 32

COMMISSION relative TO THE ADVISABILITY OF THE CON-
STRUCTION BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF A FISH PIER IN
THE CITY OF GLOUCESTER.

Resolved, That a special unpaid commission, to consist of ^a I^t^fe**'""
one member of the senate to be designated by the president, advisability of
three members of the house of representatives to be desig- ti^on^bythr"
nated by the speaker, and the commissioner and associate commonwealth

• • • 01 n tisfi Dicr

comrmssioners of the department of public works, is hereby in the city of

Gloucester.

590

Resolves, 1930. — Chap. 33.

Expenditure.

Report to
general court,
etc.

established to investigate the advisabihty and expediency
of the construction by the commonwealth of a fish pier in
Gloucester harbor for the promotion of the fish industry.
Said commission shall also cause preliminary studies to be
made sufficient for reliable estimates as to the probable cost
of such construction and the probable revenue which might
be received from the rental of such pier. It may expend,
with the approval of the governor and council, for expert,
clerical and other services and expenses such sum, not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars, as may be hereafter appropri-
ated. Said commission shall report to the general court the
results of its investigation and its recommendations, together
with drafts of legislation necessary to give effect to the same,
by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representa-
tives on or before December first in the current year, and
at the same time shall file a copy thereof with the budget
commissioner. Approved May 2, 1930.

Chap. 33 Resolve providing for a special unpaid commission to

MAKE A STUDY RELATIVE TO THE FUTURE ACQUISITION
AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKS OR RESERVATIONS FOR
RECREATIONAL OR OTHER PURPOSES WITHIN THE COM-
MONWEALTH.

Special commis-
sion to make
a study
relative to
future ac-
quisition and
maintenance
of parks or
reservations
for recreational
or other pur-
poses within
the common-
wealth.

To consider
certain
matters, etc.

Public
hearings.

Report to
general court,
etc.

Expenditure.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission to consist
of the commissioner of conservation, the chairman of the
metropolitan district commission, one member of the senate
to be appointed by the president, and two members of the
house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker, is
hereby established to make a study as to the matter of
future acquisition and maintenance of parks or reservations
for recreational or other purposes within the commonwealth,
with a view to the establishment of a definite policy for the
commonwealth in respect to such matter.

In connection with such study, said commission is directed
to consider, among other things, the allocation or distribu-
tion of the cost of acquisition and maintenance upon or
between the commonwealth, and the several counties, cities
and towns or districts which may enjoy special benefits
therefrom, and also to consider the subject matter of house
document one thousand and thirty-one of the current year.

Said commission may hold public hearings. It shall, not
later than the first Wednesday in December in the current
year, report to the general court by filing with the clerk of the
house of representatives the results of its investigations with
its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legis-
lation necessary to carry such recommendations into effect.
For the purposes of this resolve, such commission may ex-
pend out of such amounts as may be appropriated by the
general court such sums as may be approved by the gov-
ernor and council. Approved May 2, 1930.

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 34, 35, 36. 591

Resolve to reimburse the american-hawaiian steam- ni.^j. oa

SHIP COMPANY FOR DAMAGE TO CERTAIN PROPERTY IN P- O

ITS CUSTODY AND LOCATED ON PROPERTY OF THE COM-
MONWEALTH.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made, Reimbursement
there be allowed and paid out of the* treasury of the com- Hatv"iHan^'^'
mon wealth to the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company Q^'^j^.'^^'Pf
the sum of three thousand dollars to reimburse said company damsfglfto °^
for payments by it of claims for damage caused to property fn?tl'?u^stody*^
in its custody on commonwealth pier by the bursting of a 'i"d located
water main at said pier on October nineteenth, nineteen oFcommon^
hundred and twenty-seven. Approved May 6, 1930. wealth.

Resolve relative to the standish monument in the nhnj) 35

TOWN OF DUXBURY. ^'

Resolved, That the department of conservation is hereby Granite figure
directed to provide and cause to be placed upon the Stand- ons'tfrldish
ish Monument at Duxbury, a granite figure, and to make Monument at
certain necessary incidental repairs to said monument.
Said department may expend for the aforesaid purposes Expenditure.
such sum, not exceeding eighty-five hundred dollars, as
may hereafter be appropriated. Approved May 8, 1930.

Resolve providing for the appointment of a special (Jhnnj Qg
commission to investigate relative to the preva- ^'

LENCE of addiction TO HABIT-FORMING DRUGS.

Resolved, That there be established an unpaid commission investigation
of seven persons, to be appointed by the governor, with the "f addicftionTo^^
advice and consent of the council, for the purpose of inquir- habit-forming
ing into the use, within the commonwealth, of habit-forming ^^^^'
drugs and other potent medicinal substances, with a view
to the formulation and adoption of such measures as will
most effectively protect the people of the commonwealth
from the terrible consequences of drug addiction. The Hearings,
commission shall be provided with quarters in the state house
and may hold public hearings. The commission may expend Expenditure,
for necessary expenses incurred in the conduct of such
inquiry, from such appropriation as may be made, such
sum, not exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars, as the
governor and council may approve. The commission shall Report to

* • > sGriGrs-l court

report to the next general court the results of its inquiry^ etc.
with its recommendations, if any, and drafts of such legis-
lation as may be necessary to give effect to such recommen-
dations, by filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or
before the first Wednesday of December in the current year.

Approved May 13, 1930.

592

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 37, 38.

Chap. 37 Resolve providing for an investigation relative to

THE ADEQUACY OF THE TERMINAL FACILITIES OF THE PORT
OF BOSTON AND TO THE ADVISABILITY OF THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF A GRAIN ELEVATOR ON HARBOR-FRONT PROPERTY
OF THE COMMONWEALTH AT SOUTH BOSTON.

Investigation
as to the
adequacy of
the terminal
facilities of the
port of Boston
and to the
advisability of
the construc-
tion of a grain
elevator on
harbor-front
property of the
commonweiiith
at South
Boston.

Report to
general court,
etc.

Resolved, That the •department of pubhc works and the
Boston Port Authority, estabhshed by section one of chapter
two hundred and twenty-nine of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-nine, be constituted a joint board for the
purpose of inquiring into the adequacy of the terminal
facilities of the port of Boston, with special reference to
facilities for the efficient and economical handling of its
exports of grain. The said joint board is especially directed
to inquire into the expediency and desirability of promoting
such facilities by the construction of a modern grain elevator
on the harbor-front property of the commonwealth at South
Boston. Said joint board shall make a study in sufficient
detail to form a basis for reliable estimates as to the cost of
such elevator, and shall include an estimate of the probable
income which might be received as rentals for the use of
such structure, and shall also consider the possibility of
negotiating a lease of such elevator to the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, and if found pos-
sible, upon what terms and for what length of time such
lease could be negotiated. It shall report to the general
court its findings and recommendations, together with
drafts of legislation necessary to carry its recommendations
into effect, by fihng the same with the clerk of the house
of representatives not later than the first Wednesday in
December of the current year, and at the same time shall
file a copy thereof with the budget commissioner.

Approved May 14, 1930.

Chap. 38 Resolve relative to the laws and regulations af-
fecting MOTOR vehicles CARRYING PASSENGERS FOR
HIRE.

Department
of public
utilities to
prepare and
submit to
general court
a revision
and codification
of laws
affecting
motor vehicles
carrying

Eassengers for
ire.

Expenditure.

Resolved, That the department of public utilities is hereby
authorized and directed to prepare and submit to the general
court a revision and codification of the laws affecting motor
vehicles carrying passengers for hire, not including taxi-
cabs, and in connection therewith to consider the expedi-
ency of additional legislation relating thereto. The de-
partment shall make a report to the general court indicating
therein such changes as are recommended in existing laws,
by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representa-
tives not later than December fifteenth in the current year.
For the purpose aforesaid the department may expend, after
an appropriation has been made, such sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars as shall be approved by the
governor and council. Approved May 14, 1930.

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 39, 40, 41, 42. 593

Resolve in favor of giles e. hopkins and Arnold a. Chan. 39

GOODWIN, both of THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON, AND ROS-
WELL ELDRIDGE OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made, Paymentin
there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the com- E.^Hopkhi'sr
monwealth from the Highway Fund to Giles E. Hopkins Q^"l^{'^•g^J^^
of the town of Arlington, the sum of nine hundred sixty- Rosweii
seven dollars and sixty-six cents, to Arnold A. Goodwin ^''^'''^ee.
also of said town, the sum of fifteen hundred ninety-seven
dollars and thirty-two cents, and to Roswell Eldridge of
the town of Lexington, the sum of nineteen hundred and
forty-eight dollars, on account of injuries sustained by
them in the town of Sturbridge on December twenty-fourth,
nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, by reason of being struck
by a motor truck owned by the commonwealth and operated
by an employee of the state department of public works.

Approved May 14, 1930.

Resolve in favor of the parents of john f. grant of ni^rj^^ 40

ARLINGTON. ' ^'

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the Payment of
treasury of the commonwealth from the Highway Fund to to'^^lreX'^f
Fred A. Grant and Edith F. Grant, both of Arlington, Jotn f. Grant.
parents of John F. Grant, who was killed June seventeenth,
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, by being struck and
run over by a motor truck owned by the commonwealth and
operated by an employee of the state department of public
works, such sum, not exceeding three thousand dollars, as
may hereafter be appropriated. Approved May 14, 1930.

Resolve authorizing the payment of an annuity to (JJid^n 41
bertha m. guenther of dracut. ^'

Resolved, That, subject to appropriation, there be allowed fn^"'™i\°^
and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth to Bertha to Bertha
M. Guenther of Dracut, beginning with the first day of ofOracSt''^'^
January in the year nineteen hundred and thirty, an annuity
of one hundred and eighty dollars for the term of five years,
payable in equal quarterly instalments, and to cease upon
her death or remarriage. The said annuity is granted on
account of the death of her husband, which resulted from a
wound caused by a rifle bullet fired by a member of the
state militia while engaged in target practice in the town of
Dracut in June, nineteen hundred and one.

Approved May I4, 1930.

Resolve providing for the acceptance by the com- nhnj) 42

MONWEALTH OF A TABLET COMMEMORATING THE COMING ^'

of JOHN WINTHROP AND HIS ASSOCIATES WITH THE COLONY
CHARTER IN THE YEAR SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY.

Resolved, That a memorial tablet commemorating the Acceptance by
coming to Massachusetts Bay in sixteen hundred and thirty "oiTt^u^t^^^^

594

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 43, 44.

commemorating of John Winthrop and his associates in the ship Arbella with
ec ming ^^^ charter of the governor and company of the Massachu-
setts Bay in New England, proposed to be presented to the
commonwealth by the Massachusetts Society of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, be accepted and placed in
some appropriate location, within or without the state house
or on the state house grounds, to be designated by the art
commission for the commonwealth, with the approval of
the governor and council; provided, that said tablet be
approved by said art commission.

Approved May 16, 1930.

John Winthrop
and his

associates with
the colony
charter in the
year 1630.

Proviso.

Chap. 43 Resolve providing for an investigation by a special

COMMISSION relative TO PROFESSIONAL BOXING AND

Investigation
as to laws,
rules and
regulations
relative to
professional
boxing and
wrestling.

Hearings.
Expenditure.

Report to
general court,
etc.

WRESTLING.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of one member of the senate to be designated by the pi'esident
thereof, three members of the house of representatives to be
designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons to be
appointed by the governor, shall make a survey and study
of the laws and rules and regulations of this and other states
governing the conduct of professional boxing, with a view
to recommending such changes in or additions to the laws,
rules and regulations aforesaid now in effect in the common-
wealth as may appear necessary or desirable to provide a
more effective method of regulating professional boxing in
the commonwealth; it shall also consider and report as to
the advisability of placing professional wrestling under state
regulation and whether such regulation should be similar to
that provided for professional boxing or otherwise. Said
commission shall hold hearings. It may expend, after an
appropriation has been made, for clerical and other services
and expenses, such sums, not exceeding three thousand
dollars, as may be approved by the governor and council.
Said commission shall report to the general court the result
of its investigation and its recommendations, if an}^, together
with drafts of legislation necessary to carry its recommenda-
tions into effect, by fihng the same with the clerk of the
house of representatives not later than December first in the
current year. Approved May 19, 1930.

Chav. 44 Resolve providing for an investigation relative to
the operation of the representative town meeting

Investigation
as to the
operation of
the representa-
tive town
meeting
system and
the establish-
ment of
standard

SYSTEM AND
THEREOF.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARD FORMS

Resolved, That a special unpaid commission to consist of
one senator to be designated by the president of the senate,
three representatives to be designated by the speaker of the
house of representatives and three citizens to be appointed
by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council,
is hereby established for the purpose of inquiring into the

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 45, 46. 595

operation of the representative town meeting system and ^^'^^^
other modified forms of town government in the various
towns in which the same have been estabhshed by law and
as to the expediency of including in the General Laws a
group of plans embodying the said representative town
meeting system and such other modified forms as may be
deemed advisable, any of which plans a town might by
statute be authorized to accept in accordance with the
provisions of the constitution of the commonwealth. If
such inclusion is found to be expedient, said commission is
hereby directed to formulate said plans. The commission
is further authorized to investigate and make recommenda-
tions relative to any related phase of town government. The Hearings.
commission shall be furnished with quarters in the state Expenditure,
house, may hold hearings, and may expend for clerical and
other assistance from such appropriation as may hereafter
be made such sums, not exceeding, in the aggregate, two
thousand dollars as the governor and council may approve.
Said commission shall report to the general court the results Report to
of its investigation and its recommendations, if any, together general court,
with drafts of legislation necessary to give effect thereto, by
filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or before the
first Wednesday of December in the current year.

Approved May 21, 1930.

Resolve providing for an investigation by the armory QJkuj 45
commissioners relative to the construction of a
new state armory in the city of westfield.

Resolved, That the armory commissioners are hereby investigation
directed to investigate relative to the desirability, necessity ?fon°oTrnew'''
and expediency of the construction by the commonwealth statearmory

. in citv 01

in the city of Westfield of a new state armory for the use of Westfieid.
the militia, and to the location and probable cost of the
proposed state armory, including the cost of acquiring such
land as may be necessary. Said commissioners are hereby Report to
further directed to report to the general court their conclu- general court,
sions and recommendations, if any, with drafts of legislation
necessary to carry such recommendations into effect, by
filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives
not later than December first in the current year.

Approved May 21, 1930.

Resolve in favor of the widow of the late frank a. QJiar) 46

BRAINERD.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the public Payment in
good and in consideration of his long and meritorious service ^iXw of the
in the general court of this commonwealth, there be allowed lateFrankA.
and paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth to the
widow of Frank A. Brainerd of South Hadley, who died
while a member of the present house of representatives, the
balance of the salary to which he would have been entitled
had he lived and served until the end of the current session.

Approved May 22, 1930.

596

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 47, 48.

Chap. 47 Resolve providing for the painting of a portrait of

THE REVEREND EDWARD A. HORTON, D.D., CHAPLAIN EMER-
ITUS OF THE SENATE, AND AUTHORIZING THE PLACING OF
SAID PORTRAIT IN A ROOM ASSIGNED TO THE USE OF THE
SENATE.

Expenditure
for painting
of a portrait
of the
Reverend
Edward A.
Horton, D.D.,
and the
placing of said
portrait in a
room

assigned to
use of the
senate.

Resolved, That there may be expended under the direction
of the art commission for the commonwealth, after an
appropriation has been made, a sum not exceeding twenty-
five hundred dollars for the purpose of procuring a portrait
of the Reverend Edward A. Horton, D.D., chaplain emeritus
of the senate, and its active chaplain from January four-
teenth, nineteen hundred and four, to February sixth, nine-
teen hundred and twenty-eight. Said portrait shall be placed
in such one of the rooms assigned to the use of the senate as
the senate may, by order, determine.

Approved May 22, 1930.

Chav. 48 Resolve providing for an investigation by the depart-

MENT OF PUBLIC WORKS RELATIVE TO THE IMPROVEMENT
OF HIGHWAY CONDITIONS IN CERTAIN CITIES AND TOWNS
WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.

Investigation
by department
of public works
as to improve-
ment of
highway
conditions in
certain cities
and towns
within the
metropolitan
district, by
the construction
of certain
highways,
bridges,
underpasses,
overpasses or
traffic circles.

Resolved, That the department of public works is hereby
directed to consider the advisability, feasibility and probable
cost of improving highway conditions by the construction of
highways, bridges, underpasses, overpasses or traffic circles
as follows : —

1. An overpass carrying the Revere Beach parkway over
Broadway and Main street, in the city of Everett, or, as a
substitute for the same, an overpass carrying said highways
either separately or together over said parkway, with all
suitable connections.

2. An overpass or underpass carrying the Northern ar-
tery, so called, over or under Washington street in the city
of Somerville; to be a combined overpass or underpass for
vehicular traffic and street railways.

3. A highway, and underpass under the Harvard bridge,
in the city of Boston; said highway to begin at the inter-
section of Beacon and Hereford streets in said city and to
pass along said Hereford street and on a fill in the Charles
river basin, under said Harvard bridge and along Charles-
gate East to the intersection of said Charlesgate East and
Beacon street.

4. An overpass or underpass carrying Memorial drive
over or under the approach to the Cottage Farm bridge, so
called, in the city of Cambridge.

5. A state highway beginning in the town of Arlington
near the intersection of Mystic street and Summer street,
thence along the line of Summer street to the place where
Summer street is now a state highway; beginning again on
Lowell street, in the town of Lexington, near its intersection

Resolves, 1930. — Chap. 48. 597

with Maple street, thence along Lowell street to a point
near its intersection with East street, thence over public
and private ways and public and private lands to a suit-
able point on Bedford street, in said town of Lexington, in-
cluding the improvement of those parts of Summer and
Lowell streets that are now state highways; to be constructed
subject to the condition that the department of public works
shall not lay out and construct the proposed state highway
above described until the town of Lexington has agreed with
the department to convey to the commonwealth, without
cost, all of the necessary lands in said town and to construct
at a time and in accordance with plans approved by the
department a highway cut-off from Lowell street to Maple
street, and until the town of Arlington has agreed with the
department to convey to the commonwealth, without cost,
all of the necessary lands in said town of Arlington and to
reconstruct and resurface at a time and in accordance with
plans approved by the department, Warren street for its
entire length, and to extend said Warren street from its
northwesterly terminus at Medford street to Mystic street.

6. A parkway or boulevard, beginning on Massachusetts
avenue, in the city of Cambridge, at its intersection with the
Alewife Brook parkway, thence along the line of the Alewife
Brook parkway to Broadway; thence along existing park-
ways to the intersection of River street and the Mystic
Valley parkway, or, as an alternative to the same, along
a new parkway constructed over public and private lands
and public and private ways from Broadway to said inter-
section of River street with the Mystic Valley parkway;
thence along said Mystic Valley parkway to its terminus at
Summer street, including also a cut-off from the corner of
Broadway and the Alewife Brook parkway to the Powder
House boulevard near its intersection with North street, in
the city of Somerville, including a connection from the
Mystic Valley parkway east of Medford street to the park-
way leading to the town of Winchester on the westerly side
of said Medford street; or following any other alternate
route substantially similar.

7. Overpasses, underpasses and/or traffic circles at or
near the termini of the several bridges over the Charles river,
westerly of the Cottage Farm bridge, so called, and to and
including the Larz Anderson bridge, so called.

8. An extension of the Fresh Pond parkway across the
Charles river at or near Gerry's Landing, so called, in the city
of Cambridge, by means of a bridge and suitable approaches,
to a point on the Soldier's Field parkway in the city of Boston.

9. Overpasses, underpasses or traffic circles at the inter-
section of Fresh Pond parkway with Huron avenue. Mount
Auburn street and Brattle street, all in the city of Cambridge.

10. An extension of Squire road in the city of Revere
from Broadway to the Revere Beach parkway.

Said department shall report to the general court its Report to
findings and its recommendations, if any, together with |enerai court,

598

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 49, 50.

drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommenda-
tions into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the
senate on or before the first Wednesday of December in the
current year, and shall at the same time file a copy of said
report with the budget commissioner.

Approved May 22, 1930.

Chap. 49 Resolve establishing a special commission to investi-
gate THE SUBJECT OF RETIREMENT ALLOWANCES FOR
employees of THE COMMONWEALTH AND OF THE METRO-
POLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION.

Investigation
as to retirement
allowances for
employees of
the com-
monwealth
and of the
metropolitan
district
commission.

Quarters in
state house,
etc.

Expenditure.

Report to
general court,
etc.

Resolved, That a special unpaid commission, to consist of
five persons to be appointed by the governor, is hereby
established for the purpose of considering the entire prob-
lem of retirement allowances provided for employees of
the commonwealth and of the metropolitan district com-
mission under the state retirement system. The special
commission shall study and compare the retirement allow-
ances provided under said system with those provided under
other contributory retirement systems for public employees
now in operation in this country. The special commission
shall consider what changes, if any, should be made in the
present state retirement laws to provide larger service or
disabihty retirement allowances. It shall ascertain the
total cost to date of administering the state retirement
system, the probable future cost thereof under the present
laws and the additional cost to the commonwealth on ac-
count of any increases which may be recommended by it.
Said commission shall be provided with quarters in the state
house, may employ clerical, actuarial and other expert
assistance, and may expend from such amount, not exceed-
ing seventy-five hundred dollars, as may be appropriated
by the general court, such sums as may be approved by the
governor and council. Said commission shall report to the
general court its findings and recommendations on the
aforesaid matters, with drafts of any legislation that may
be necessary to carry such recommendations into effect, by
filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives
on or before December first in the current year.

Approved May 23, 1930.

Chap. 50 Resolve authorizing an investigation by a special

COMMISSION relative TO THE FUTURE POLICY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH AS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTE-
NANCE OF WILD LIFE SANCTUARIES.

Investigation
relative to
future policy
of the

commonwealth
as to the
establishment
and mainte-
nance of
wild life
sanctuaries.

Resolved, That, the commission created by chapter thirty-
three of the resolves of the current year to consider the future
policy of the commonwealth relative to the acquisition and
maintenance of parks or reservations for recreational or
other purposes is hereby authorized and directed to include
as a part of its duties under said resolve the consideration

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 51, 52. 599

of the subject matter of senate document numbered one
hundred and three of the current year, rehitive to the estab-
hshment and maintenance of wild hfe sanctuaries, and, in
connection therewith, to consider especially the advisability
of acceptance by the commonwealth of gifts of small par-
cels of land or other property which may not be adapted
to an economical and efficient program for the development
of wild life sanctuaries. Approved May 23, 1930.

Resolve providing for an investigation by the attor- fhnjy 51

NEY general relative TO THE CLAIM OF JAMES P. SULLI- ^'

VAN OF BELCHERTOW^N ON ACCOUNT OF LOSSES SUSTAINED
THROUGH THE SLAUGHTERING OF CATTLE.

Resolved, That the attorney general is hereby requested b"^atto^n*'°°
to further investigate the claim of James P. Sullivan of general
Belchertown, referred to in house document numbered three cb?m^oV°
hundred and ninety-six of the current year, and to examine ^^fjf^^of
the law and facts in relation thereto. For the purpose of Belchertown
the investigation herein requested, the attorney general, or C"cwtarn*
an assistant attorney general designated by him, shall hold i°sses.
one or more public hearings, of which the claimant and the
commissioner of conservation shall be notified, and may
take evidence, administer oaths and issue subpoenas. The Report to
attorney general is hereby further requested to make a |«^^'''*^ <'°^*'
report of such investigation and examination to the general
court by filing such report with the clerk of the house of
representatives not later than the first Wednesday in De-
cember of the current year, and at the same time to file a
copy thereof with the budget commissioner.

Approved May 23, 1930.

Resolve providing for an investigation relative to nhn'r) 59

THE construction BY THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COM- ^'

MISSION OF A PARKWAY OR BOULEVARD ALONG THE EAST
BOSTON WATERFRONT.

Resolved, That the metropolitan district commission be investigation
directed to inquire into the subject-matter of current house tfolfofrparT-
document numbered eight hundred and ninety-eight, rela- ^^^1°^^ ^
five to the laying out and construction by said commission along the
of a parkway or boulevard along the East Boston waterfront, waterfront.'^
Said commission shall report to the general court its findings Report to
and recommendations, and estimates of cost, together with general court,
drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommenda-
tions into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the
senate not later than the first Wednesday of December in
the current year, and shall, at the same time, file a copy
thereof with the budget commissioner.

Approved May 23, 1930.

600

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 53, 54.

Chap. 53 Resolve authorizing additional leases to the city of

BOSTON FOR AIRPORT PURPOSES OF CERTAIN LANDS OF THE
commonwealth in east BOSTON AND PROVIDING FOR CER-
TAIN RESERVATIONS TO PROTECT THE COMMONWEALTH'S
INTERESTS.

Department of
public works
may lease
additional land
in East
Boston to the
city of Boston
for airport
purposes.

Proviso.

Certain
provisions to
be included
in lease.

To contain
certain reserva-
tions and
restrictions.

Resolved, That the department of pubHc works, subject
to such terms, conditions and restrictions as the governor
and council may approve, is hereby authorized to lease,
from time to time, to the city of Boston for airport and sea-
plane purposes for a term expiring simultaneously with
the lease executed under authority of chapter sixty-four of
the resolves of nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, addi-
tional land of the commonwealth in the control of said
department in that part of said city called East Boston;
provided, that said lease shall reserve to the commonwealth
such use of said land for military purposes as it may require.
Said department is hereby authorized to include in said lease
a provision binding the commonwealth, at the end of the
term thereof, to reimburse said city for expenditures made
by it for filling and grading said land and also to pay such
sum as shall represent the fair value, if any, to the com-
monwealth, for the then intended use of such runways,
buildings and other structures as shall have been built on
said land by and at the expense of said city. Any lease
executed hereunder shall contain such reservations and
restrictions as may be necessary to permit the use by the
commonwealth of a strip of land five hundred feet in width
adjacent to and lying northerly of the bulkhead extending
easterly from Jeffries Point toward Governor's Island in
East Boston as a means of access to other lands of the com-
monwealth and to the area intended to be developed for an
airport, and to prohibit the erection of structures on said
strip of land; and shall provide, without expense to the
commonwealth, for the reservation of suitable space on any
land leased to said city hereunder or under said chapter
sixty-four on which the commonwealth may erect such
hangars and other buildings as it may deem necessary for
aviation purposes. Approved May 24, 1930.

Chap.

54 Resolve providing for a special commission to study
and report upon accommodations and facilities for
housing the supreme judicial court, the land court
and the reporter of decisions and others.

Special com-
mission to
study and
report upon
accommoda-
tions and
facilities for
housing the
supreme ju-
dicial court,
the land court
and the re-

Resolved, That a special commission, to consist of one
senator to be designated by the president of the senate,
three representatives to be designated by the speaker of the
house of representatives, and five persons to be appointed
by the governor, is hereby established to study the question
of providing accommodations and facilities to house the
supreme judicial court, the land court and the reporter of

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 55, 56. 601

decisions, and providing space for such other activities of ^j^-on^g "nd^
the commonwealth as can be housed in a suitable building, others.
or wing of the present state house, located on land owned
by the commonwealth at the corner of Derne and Bowdoin
streets in the city of Boston, Said commission as parts
of its study shall consider the need of easy access to the
state library, and what additional library facilities within
said building or wing would be required for the special use
of said courts. Said commission shall cause preliminary
sketches or plans to be prepared in sufficient detail to show
the accommodations which will be provided and to form
a basis for reliable estimates as to the cost of such building.
Said commission may employ expert and other assistants
and may expend, subject to the approval of the governor
and council, such sum, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars,
as may hereafter be appropriated. It shall report to the Report to gen-
general court its findings and recommendations, together '^''^' ''°"'"*" ®*'''
with drafts of legislation necessary to carry its recommen-
dations into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the
house of representatives not later than the first Wednesday
in December of the current year, and at the same time
shall file a copy thereof with the budget commissioner.

Approved May 26, 1930.

Resolve validating the acts of Arthur b. holmes of Chny 55

WORCESTER AS A NOTARY PUBLIC. '

Resolved, That the acts of Arthur B. Holmes of Worcester Acts of Arthur
as a notary public, between May tenth, nineteen hundred notary '^ubUc ^
and twenty-three and May tenth, nineteen hundred and validated.
thirty, 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, 1930.

Resolve providing for a survey and study by the (Jhnnj 55

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OF THE LAWS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH RELATING TO THE PROMOTION AND SALE
OF SECURITIES.

Resolved, That the department of public utilities make a Survey and
survey and study of the laws of the commonwealth regu- pa"rtme''iu oF
lating or otherwise pertaining to the promotion and sale ^"{f^^awsor
of securities with a view to the revision, codification and the common-
simplification of said laws and the making of any other To'^the^Jromo"^
improvements therein that may seem advisable. The de- tion and sale of
partment shall hold hearings, may call upon the attorney
general and all other departments, commissions and offi-
cers of the commonwealth for such information as may
be helpful in the course of its study and survey and may,
for the purpose of ascertaining to what extent, if any, the
provisions of said laws do not sufficiently regulate the pro-
motion and sale of securities, require, by summons, the

602

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 57, 58.

Expenditure.

Findings and
recommenda-
tions to be in-
cluded in an-
nual report,
etc.

attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production
of books and papers relating to any matter within the scope
of this resolve, and may administer oaths to witnesses
testifying before it. The department may expend, with the
approval of the governor and council, for the purposes of
this resolve such sums, not exceeding, in the aggregate,
five thousand dollars, as may hereafter be appropriated.
It shall include in its annual report to the general court its
findings and recommendations with relation to the sub-
ject matter of this resolve, together with drafts of legislation
necessary to carry its recommendations into effect.

Approved May 27, 1930.

Chap. 57 Resolve providing for an investigation of certain

PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE TAX LAWS OF THE COMMON-
WEALTH AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO.

Investigation
of certain pro-
posed changes
in the tax laws
of the com-
monwealth and
other matters
related thereto.

Expenditure.

Report to
general court,
etc.

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, consisting
of one member of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, three members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and three persons
to be appointed by the governor, shall investigate and
study the general subject of state, county and local taxation,
and particularly the proposed changes embodied in current
house document number thirteen hundred and twenty-four
and the subject matter thereof. Said commission shall hold
hearings, and shall consider such changes as might better
and more equitably distribute the burden among the several
sources of taxation. Said commission may call upon the
commissioner of corporations and taxation and other de-
partments, commissions and officers of the commonwealth
and of the several counties and municipalities for such
information as may be needed in the course of its investi-
gation. Said commission may expend for expert, clerical
and other services and expenses such sum, not exceeding
three thousand dollars, as may hereafter be appropriated.
Said commission shall make a report to the general court by
filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives
not later than the first Wednesday in December in the current
year, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry
its recommendations into effect.

Approved May 27, 1930.

Chap. 58 Resolve relative to the publication of the new ter-
centenary EDITION of the GENERAL LAWS.

Publication of
the new tercen-
tenary edition
of the General
Laws.

Resolved, That the time within which the counsel to the
senate and the counsel to the house of representatives are
required by chapter thirty-nine of the resolves of nineteen
hundred and twenty-nine to make their final report there-
under is hereby extended to the first Wednesday of January,
nineteen hundred and thirty-two, and the amendments and
additions to the General Laws to be included in the new
edition of the General Laws, provided for by said chapter

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 59, 60. 603

thirty-nine, shall include those enacted during the regular
session of the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one, as well
as of nineteen hundred and thirty. Said counsel may sub-
mit to the general court of nineteen hundred and thirty-one
such supplementary recommendations for the correction of
errors, omissions, inconsistencies and imperfections as may
appear necessary, with drafts of legislation to carry the same
into effect. AVith the approval of the president of the sen- Expenditure,
ate and the speaker of the house of representatives, said
counsel may expend for the purposes of this resolve and of
said chapter thirty-nine, in the years nineteen hundred and
thirty and nineteen hundred and thirty-one, such sums, in
addition to the unexpended balance of the appropriation
made in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, as the
general court may appropriate. Approved May 27, 1930.

Resolve in favor of the widow of john f. montague. Qhap. 59

Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the public Payment of
good and subject to appropriation, there be paid from the "'^the^wiXw
treasury of the commonwealth to the widow of John F. j^/^tagu^'
Montague, late of Boston, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars on account of the death of said Montague which
occurred on May twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, in consequence of injuries sustained by him
on the preceding day in the course of a physical test for
promotion in the police department of the city of Boston,
said test having been prescribed by a rule adopted under
authority of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws

Approved May 28, 1930.

Resolve providing for an investigation by the depart- pj^q^j^ aq

MENT of labor AND INDUSTRIES AS TO THE CAUSES OF ^'

existing UNEMPLOYMENT AND TO REMEDIES THEREFOR.

Resolved, That the department of labor and industries is investigation
hereby authorized and directed to investigate as to the exist- oTiabor a^^f"*
ence of unemployment, more especially among men and jo'^h'e^jaus^s
women over forty-five years of age, and, if such condition of existing un-
is found to exist, to ascertain and report to what extent it and tT^m^
results from the working of laws relative to workmen's com- dies therefor.
pensation or to group insurance, from removal of industries
from the commonwealth on account of excessive taxes or
otherwise, from consolidations and mergers of employers
of labor, from the use of labor saving machines and devices,
from the existence of a surplus of labor owing to immigration,
or from other causes. In connection with such investigation
said department shall investigate as to the best methods of
remedving any existing condition of unemployment. It shall Report to

1 1 i ,1 M !• • 1 • ,• 1- 1 general court,

report to the general court the results oi its mvestigation and etc.
its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legisla-
tion necessary to carry the same into effect, by including the
same as a part of its annual report for the current year. For Expenditure,
the purpose of this resolve, said department may expend,

604

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 61, 62, 63.

after an appropriation has been made, such sums, not ex-
ceeding five thousand dollars, as may be approved by the
governor and council. Approved May 28, 1930.

Chap. 61 Resolve permitting civic and fraternal organizations

TO PARADE WITH MUSIC ON THE LORd's DAY DURING THE

Civic and fra-
ternal organiza-
tions may pa-
rade with
music on the
Lord's day
during the
current year.

Proviso.

CURRENT YEAR.

Resolved, That, in connection with the celebration through-
out the commonwealth of the three hundredth anniversary
of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, incorpo-
rated civic and fraternal organizations may, during the cur-
rent year, parade with music on the Lord's day for the pur-
pose of attending divine service, holding commemorative
exercises or dedicating memorials; provided, that the music
shall be suspended while passing within two hundred feet of
any place of public worship where services are being held.

Approved May 28, 1930.

Chap. 62 Resolve establishing the george Washington bicen-
tennial COMMISSION.

George Wash-
ington Bi-
centennial
Commission
established.

Expenditure.

Resolved, That a special unpaid commission composed of
such members as the governor may appoint is hereby estab-
lished, to be known as the George Washington Bicentennial
Commission, for the purpose of co-operating with the con-
gressional commission engaged in formulating plans for the
proper national recognition in nineteen hundred and thirty-
two of the bicentenary of the birth of George Washington.
The commission may expend, for the purposes of this resolve,
from such appropriation as may be made by the general
court, such sum, not exceeding five hundred dollars, as may
be approved by the governor and council.

Approved May 28, 1930.

Chap. 63 Resolve providing for an investigation by a special

COMMISSION AS TO THE FUTURE POLICY OF THE COMMON-
WEALTH RELATIVE TO THE TAKING OVER AND MAINTE-
NANCE BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF BRIDGES ON MAIN
THROUGH ROUTES OF TRAVEL, AND RELATIVE TO THE CON-
STRUCTION OF A BRIDGE ACROSS WEYMOUTH FORE RIVER
AND A BRIDGE OR BRIDGES FROM THE TOWN OF HULL
ACROSS BOSTON HARBOR TO SOUTH BOSTON, HOUGHS NECK
OR SQUANTUM, AND CERTAIN RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.

Investigation
as to future
policy of com-
monwealth
relative to the
taking over and
maintenance
by the common-
wealth of
bridges on
main through
routes of travel
and relative to
the construction
of a bridge

Resolved, That an unpaid special commission, to consist
of two members of the senate to be designated by the presi-
dent thereof, five members of the house of representatives
to be designated by the speaker thereof, and four persons
to be appointed by the governor, is hereby established to
consider the future policy of the commonwealth relative
to the taking over and maintenance by the commonwealth
of all important bridges therein on main through routes of
travel. Said commission shall include, among other things,

Resolves, 1930. — Chap. 64. 605

in its consideration of said future policy, the desirability of mo^th^'ore
constructing a new bridge over Weymouth Fore river, to Hyeranda
replace a bridge commonly known as the Fore River bridge, bridges7rom
and shall investigate the subject matter of current senate hu1uT?o^
document numbered two hundred and thirty-seven, relative Boston harbor
to the construction of a bridge or bridges from the town of ton,°Hough?'
Hull or its vicinity, across Boston harbor to South Boston, ^q^uantum,
Houghs Neck or Squantum, and related highway improve- and certain re-
ments, and also the subject matter of current house docu- pro'veJ^ents.
ment numbered four hundred and sixty-six, and shall in-
clude in its report an estimate of the cost of any construction
recommended by it and also an equitable allotment of said
cost among the different units of government. The com-
mission shall be entitled to such assistance from the de-
partment of public works, the metropolitan district com-
mission and other departments, commissions and officers of
the commonwealth as may be needed in the course of its
investigations. Said commission shall be furnished with Hearings,
quarters in the state house, may hold public hearings and Report to
shall report to the general court the result of its investiga- ^^'"''^^ *'°"'"'''
tions, and its recommendations, if any, together with plans
and estimates and drafts of legislation necessary to carry
such recommendations into effect, by filing the same with
the clerk of the house of representatives on or before the
first Wednesday of December in the current year. For the Expenditure,
purposes of this resolve, said commission may expend, with
the approval of the governor and council, such sums, not
exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars, as may hereafter be
appropriated, to be paid from the Highway Fund.

Approved May 28, 1930.

Resolve to provide for the printing and distribution (Jhnri QA

OF THE RECORDS OF THE SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES
WHO SERVED TO THE CREDIT OF MASSACHUSETTS IN THE
WAR FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE UNION.

Resolved, That, after an appropriation has been made, Printing and
there shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the K'ecordTof
commonwealth the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be the soldiers,

11 1 1 1 • • c 1 1 • 1 c 1 sailors and

expended under the direction oi the adjutant general, for the marines who
printing and binding of the first two volumes of an edition, credft'^oY'Massa-
not to exceed as to each such volume two thousand copies, chusetts in the
ot the records oi the Massachusetts troops and oihcers, preservation
sailors and marines in the war of the rebelHon, as compiled °^ ^^^ ''"'°'^"
under the provisions of chapter four hundred and seventy-
five of the acts of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. Copies Distribution.
of each of said volumes shall be distributed by the state
secretary as follows: to the adjutant general of the com-
monwealth, one hundred and fifty copies, for distribution
to the adjutants general of the various states and territories
within the United States, the library of the war department
and of the navy department of the United States, and for
purposes of exchange and additional distribution at his

606

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 65, 66.

Remaining
copies to be
placed on
sale, etc.

discretion; to the state librarian, fifty copies, for distribu-
tion at his discretion; to the hbrary of congress, two copies;
to the headquarters of the department of Massachusetts,
Grand Army of the Repubhc, one copy; and, at the dis-
cretion of the state secretary, one copy of each such vokime
to the hbrary of each state and territory within the United
States, one copy to each free pubHc hbrary, and branch
thereof, in the commonwealth, and, upon written applica-
tion, one copy to each incorporated historical and anti-
quarian society in the commonwealth. After making the
foregoing distribution, or making provision therefor, the state
secretary shall place the remaining copies on sale to the gen-
eral public, at a price not less than the cost of the printing
and binding thereof. Approved May 28, 1930.

Chap. 65 Resolve providing for an annuity to the widow of

MICHAEL F. CADEGAN, JR.

Payment of
annuity to the
widow of
Michael F.
Cadegan, Jr.

Resolved, That, for the purpose of promoting the public
good, there shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of
the commonwealth to Eleanor V. Cadegan, widow of Michael
F. Cadegan, Jr., who was permanently disabled as a result
of injuries sustained while in the performance of duty as a
member of the metropohtan district police force on June
fourth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and who died on
September twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven, as the result of said injuries, an annuity of nine hun-
dred dollars, payable in equal monthly instalments, so long
as she remains a widow. If said widow dies, said annuity
shall be paid in equal shares to or for the benefit of such
children of said Michael F. Cadegan, Jr. as are under the
age of sixteen, during such time as such children are under
said age. Approved May 28, 1930.

Chap. 66 Resolve providing for a continuation of the investiga-
tion BY THE MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
OF THE CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY
AND OF THE PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THAT AND
OTHER INDUSTRIES.

Continuation
of investigation
of the condi-
tions affecting
the textile in-
dustry, etc.

Report to gen-
eral court, etc.

Resolved, That the Massachusetts industrial commission,
established by chapter three hundred and fifty-seven of
the acts of nineteen hundred and twentj^-nine, is hereby
authorized and directed to continue the investigation of
conditions affecting the textile industry and of the problem
of unemployment in that and other industries as provided
by chapter fifty-four of the resolves of nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine. The commission shall make a final report of
its investigation and its recommendations, together with
drafts of legislation necessary to carry the same into effect,
by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representa-
tives on or before December first in the current year.

Approved May 28, 1930.

Resolves, 1930. — Chaps. 67, 68, 69. 607

Resolve providing for an investigation by the attorney Chnri "^ 67

GENERAL RELATIVE TO THE CLAIM OF MYRTIE M. FITZGERALD ^'—

OF NATICK ON ACCOUNT OF THE PAYMENT OF A CERTAIN
INCOME TAX.

Resolved, That the attorney general is hereby requested ^"^.ttt(fn*^'°°
to investigate the ehiim of Myrtie M. Fitzgerald of Natiek general as to
referred to in house document numbered eight hundred and M^'Fiteg^,^d'^
forty-one of the current year, and to examine the law and °^goy^'/'^f°"
facts in relation thereto. For the purpose of the investiga- payment of a
tion herein requested, the attorney general, or an assistant come'tax"'
attorney general designated by him, shall hold one or more
public hearings, of which the claimant and the commis-
sioner of corporations and taxation shall be notified, and
may take evidence, administer oaths and issue subpoenas.
The attorney general is hereby further requested to make a Report to
report of such investigation and examination to the gen- H^^^^^ °°"*'
eral court by filing such report with the clerk of the house
of representatives not later than the first Wednesday in
December in the current year, and at the same time to file
a copy thereof with the budget commissioner.

Approved May 28, 1930.

Resolve authorizing additional expenditures by the (JJiar) 68

MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY TERCENTENARY COMMISSION.

Resolved, That there may be expended by the Massachu- Additional ex-
setts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, with the ap- th" Ma^Iachu-
proval of the governor and council, after an appropriation setts Bay Coi-
has been made there! or, a sum not exceeding seventy-five nary Com-
thousand dollars, said sum to be so expended in aid and pro- ^'^sion.
motion of observances and celebrations by cities and towns
in the commonwealth relating to the establishment and de-
velopment of its institutions of government from the time
of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; provided, Proviso,
that no such aid shall be granted to any city or town which
has not fully availed itself of the appropriating power granted
by chapter twenty-four of the acts of the current year.

Approved May 29, 1930.

Resolve authorizing the payment to the county of QJiQ^nj gg

BERKSHIRE OF THE SUM RECEIVED FOR INSURANCE ON A ^'

BUILDING LOCATED ON MOUNT GREYLOCK AND DESTROYED
BY FIRE.

Resolved, That after "an appropriation has been made, Payment to
there be allowed and paid from the treasury of the common- ^trnty 'of sum
wealth to the county of Berkshire the sum of thirty-two received for

, 111 11 i-i-ii J r ■ 1 insurance on a

hundred dollars, which is the amount oi insurance col- building located
lected and paid into the treasury of the commonwealth on °o"ifand d^'*^^'
account of a building located on Mount Greylock, and stroyed by fire.
which was destroyed by fire in September, nineteen hundred
and twenty-nine. Approved May 29, 1930.

608

Amendment to Constitution.

Ci)e CommonUJealtl) of ^assacljusetm

In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-
eight.

Proposed
amendment to
the constitu-
tion relative to
the apportion-
ment of sena-
torial, repre-
sentative and
councillor
districts.

Proposal for a legislative amendment of the con-
stitution RELATIVE TO THE APPORTIONMENT OF SENA-
TORIAL, representative AND COUNCILLOR DISTRICTS.

A joint session of the senate and house of representatives
hereby declares it to be expedient to alter the constitution
by the adoption of the following articles of amendment, to the
end that they may become a part of the constitution, if simi-
larly agreed to in a joint session of the next general court and
approved by the people at the state election next following:

Proviso.

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT.

Article XXI of the articles of amendment is hereby an-
nulled and the following is adopted in place thereof:

Article XXI. In the j^ear nineteen hundred and thirty-
five and every tenth year thereafter a census of the in-
habitants of each city and town shall be taken and a special
enumeration shall be made of the legal voters therein.
Said special enumeration shall also specify the number of
legal voters residing in each precinct of each town containing
twelve thousand or more inhabitants according to said
census and in each ward of each city. Each special enumer-
ation shall be the basis for determining the representative
districts for the ten year period beginning with the first
Wednesday in the fourth January following said special
enumeration; provided, that such districts as established
in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six shall continue
in effect until the first Wednesday in Januarj'- in the year
nineteen hundred and thirty-nine.

The house of representatives shall consist of two hundred
and forty members, which shall be apportioned by the
general court, at its first regular session after the return
of each special enumeration, to the several counties of the
commonwealth, equally, as nearly as may be, according to
their relative numbers of legal voters, as ascertained by said
special enumeration; and the town of Cohasset, in the
county of Norfolk, shall, for this purpose, as well as in the
formation of districts as hereinafter provided, be considered
a part of the county of Plymouth; and it shall be the duty

Amendment to Constitution. 609

of the secretary of the commonwealth to certify, as soon as
may be after it is determined by the general court, the
number of representatives to which each county shall be
entitled, to the board authorized to divide such county into
representative districts. The county commissioners or
other body acting as such or, in lieu thereof, such board of
special commissioners in each county as may for that pur-
pose be provided by law, shall, within thirty days after
such certification by the secretary of the commonwealth
or within such other period as the general court may by law
provide, assemble at a shire town of their respective coun-
ties, and proceed, as soon as may be, to divide the same
into representative districts of contiguous territory and
assign representatives thereto, so that each representative
in such county will represent an equal number of legal
voters, as nearly as may be; and such districts shall be so
formed that no town containing less than twelve thousand
inhabitants according to said census, no precinct of any
other town and no ward of a city shall be divided therefor,
nor shall any district be made which shall be entitled to elect
more than three representatives. The general court may
by law limit the time within which judicial proceedings may
be instituted calHng in question any such apportionment,
division or assignment. Every representative, for one year
at least mimediately preceding his election, shall have been an
inhabitant of the district for which he is chosen, and shall
cease to represent such district when he shall cease to be
an inhabitant of the commonwealth. The districts in each
county shall be numbered by the board creating the same,
and a description of each, with the numbers thereof and the
number of legal voters therein, shall be returned by the board,
to the secretary of the commonwealth, the county treasurer
of such county, and to the clerk of every city or town in
such county, to be filed and kept in their respective offices.
The manner of calling and conducting the elections for the
choice of representatives, and of ascertaining their election,
shall be prescribed by law.

Article XXII of the articles of amendment is hereby
annulled and the following is adopted in place thereof:

Article XXII. Each special enumeration of legal voters
required in the preceding article of amendment shall likewise
be the basis for determining the senatorial districts and also
the councillor districts for the ten year period beginning
with the first Wednesday in the fourth January following
such enumeration; provided, that such districts as estab- proviso,
lished in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six shall
continue in effect until the first Wednesday in January in
the year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine. The senate
shall consist of forty members. The general court shall, at
its first regular session after the return of each special
enumeration, divide the commonwealth into forty districts
of contiguous territory, each district to contain, as nearly
as may be, an equal number of legal voters, according to

610

Amendment to Constitution.

said special enumeration; provided, however, that no
town or ward of a city shall be divided therefor; and such
districts shall be formed, as nearly as may be, without
uniting two counties, or parts of two or more counties, into
one district. The general court may by law limit the time
within which judicial proceedings may be instituted caihng
in question such division. Each district shall elect one
senator, who shall have been an inhabitant of this com-
monwealth five years at least immediately preceding his
election, and at the time of his election shall be an inhabitant
of the district for which he is chosen; and he shall cease
to represent such senatorial district when he shall cease
to be an inhabitant of the commonwealth.

Certified to
the secretary
of the com-
monwealth for
submission to
the people at
the next state
election.

In Joint Session, May 17, 1928.

The foregoing legislative amendment of the Constitution
is agreed to in joint session of the two houses of the General
Court, the said amendment having received the affirmative
votes of a majority of all the members elected; and it is
referred to the next General Court in accordance with a
provision of the Constitution.

WILLIAM H. SANGER,

Clerk of the Joint Session.

In Joint Session, May 26, 1930.

The foregoing legislative amendment is agreed to in
joint session of the two houses, the said amendment having
received the affirmative votes of a majority of all the mem-
bers elected ; and this fact is hereby certified to the Secretary
of the Commonwealth, in accordance with a provision of
the Constitution.

WILLIAM H. SANGER,

Clerk of the Joint Sessio7i.

Initiative Petition. 611

C!)e CommonUiealtf) of ^a^sacijugettg

Office of the Secretary,

Boston, July 15, 1930.

Pursuant to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the initiative
Amendments to the Constitution, "The Initiative. II. relative to the
Initiative Petitions. Section 3" (Article 79 of the Rear- t™^;;^^^^*"^^'
rangement of the Constitution), an initiative petition was import and
filed in this office September 5, 1929, signed by ten qualified spiHtuous or
voters together with the certification of the Attorney Gen- Irquor^'and^
eral that the measure was in proper form for submission to pertain non-
the people, and the remainder of more than the required b"e*wrage3°^
number of quahfied voters (28,133) was filed December 3,
1929, representing that there was need for legislation, either
by the general court or by the people, for the repeal of
section two A of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight of
the General Laws, inserted by chapter three hundred and
seventy, Acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-three, rela-
tive to the manufacture, transport, import and export of
spirituous or intoxicating liquor and certain non-intoxicating
beverages, accompanied by a Bill entitled, "An Act to re-
peal Section Two A of Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-
eight of the General Laws, inserted by Chapter Three Hun-
dred and Seventy of the Acts of Nineteen Hundred and
Twenty-three."

Under date of January 1, 1930, said petition was trans-
mitted by this office to the Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives and was thereby deemed to be introduced and
pending in the general court.

The general court at its session of 1930, after due consid-
eration of the petition and its accompanying Bill (House
document No. 203) failed to enact the law in the form in
which it appeared with the petition, or a law in any form.
The committee on legal affairs of the general court filed a
report which was printed as House document No. 1213 for
the year 1930.

Said petition was completed by the acceptance in this f"^"'fg'°°
office July 9, 1930, of a sufficient number (8,170) of additional
signatures of qualified voters of the Commonwealth and said
law will be submitted for approval or disapproval by the
people at the state election, November 4, 1930.

FREDERIC W. COOK,

Secretary of the Commonwealth.

612

Initiative Petition.

Cl)e Commontoealti) of ^a00ac|busetts

Initiative
petition filed
relative to the
use of traps for
the capture of
fur-bearing
animals.

Submission
to voters.

Office of the Secretary,

Boston, August 7, 1930.

Pursuant to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the
Amendments to the Constitution, ''The Initiative. II.
Initiative Petitions. Section 3" (Article 79 of the Rear-
rangement of the Constitution), an initiative petition was
filed in this office September 24, 1929, signed by ten quah-
fied voters together with the certification of the Attorney
General that the measure was in proper form for submission
to the people, and the remainder of more than the required
number of qualified voters (31,269) was filed December 3,
1929, representing that there was need for legislation, either
by the general court or by the people, to amend chapter one
hundred and thirty-one of the General Laws, forbidding
the use of any trap or other device for the capture of fur-
bearing animals, etc., accompanied by a Bill entitled, "An
Act to amend Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-one of the
General Laws."

Under date of January 1, 1930, said petition was trans-
mitted by this office to the Clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives and was thereby deemed to be introduced and
pending in the general court.

The general court at its session of 1930, after due consid-
eration of the petition and its accompanying Bill (House
document No. 201) failed to enact the law in the form in
which it appeared with the petition, or a law in any form.
The committee on conservation of the general court filed
a majority and minority report which was printed as Senate
document No. 325 for the year 1930.

Said petition was completed by the acceptance in this
office August 4, 1930, of a sufficient number (9,836) of addi-
tional signatures of qualified voters of the Commonwealth
and said law will be submitted for approval or disapproval by
the people at the state election, November 4, 1930.

FREDERIC W. COOK,

Secretary of the Commonxcealth.

Initiative Petition. 613

Cf)e Commontoealtf) of Q^a00aci)U0ett0

Office of the Secretary,

Boston, August 7, 1930.

Pursuant to the provisions of Article XLVIII of the initiative
Amendments to the Constitution, "The Initiative. II. pu*i^o°rting to
Initiative Petitions. Section 3" (Article 79 of the Rear- e^tabiwh a^
rangement of the Constitution), an initiative petition was vehicle insur-
filed in this office November 1, 1929, signed by ten qualified ^'^o^ f""^' «*"•
voters together with the certification of the Attorney Gen-
eral that the measure was in proper form for submission to
the people, and the remainder of more than the required
number of qualified voters (25,393) was filed December 2,
1929, representing that there was need for legislation, either
by the general court or by the people, for the estabhshment
of a state motor vehicle insurance fund to provide com-
pensation for injuries and deaths due to motor vehicle
accidents, accompanied by a Bill entitled, "An Act to
Create a Motor Vehicle Insurance Fund for the Purpose of
Providing Compensation for Injuries and Deaths due to
Motor Vehicle Accidents."

Under date of January 1, 1930, said petition was trans-
mitted by this office to the Clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives and was thereby deemed to be introduced and
pending in the general court.

The committee on insurance of the General Court asked
to be discharged from the further consideration of the docu-
ment which purports to be an initiative petition of Frank
A. Goodwin and others for the establishment of a state motor
vehicle insurance fund to provide compensation for injuries
and deaths due to motor vehicle accidents (House, No.
202), on the ground that the said petition does not con-
stitute a legal initiative petition within the terms of Article
XLVIII of the Amendments to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth, in view of the opinions of the Honorable the
Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court (printed as Senate
document No. 395) that said petition does not comply with
the mandatory requirements of said Article XLVIII.

This report was accepted in the Senate April 22, 1930, Acceptance,
and sent down for concurrence to the House of Represent-
atives, which accepted the report, in concurrence, April 24,
1930.

FREDERIC W. COOK,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

614 Acts and Resolves Approved, etc.

NUMBER OF ACTS AND EESOLVES APPROVED, LIST OF ACTS
VETOED, ACT DECLARED EMERGENCY LAW BY THE GOV-
ERNOR UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE CONSTITUTION, AND
PROPOSAL FOR LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTI-
TUTION.

The general court, during its second annual session held in
1930, passed 426 Acts and 69 Resolves, which received execu-
tive approval.

Ten (10) Acts entitled, respectively, "An Act Relative to
Suspension from and Reinstatement to an Office or Employ-
ment under the Classified Civil Service", "An Act Relative
to the Review by District Courts of Removals and Other
Action Adversely Affecting Certain Persons in the Classified
Civil Service", "An Act Relative to the Exemption from
Local Taxation of Certain Personal Property", "An Act to
Increase the Maximum Amount of State Reimbursement of
Cities and Towns for Care of Certain Sick Poor Persons",
"An Act Relative to Witness Fees for Certain State Officers
and Employees", "An Act Regulating Certification and
Appointment to Positions in the Classified Civil Service",
"An Act Relative to Physical Examinations for the Classified
Labor Service in Cities and Towns", "An Act Dispensing
with Physical Strength Tests in Examinations for Promotion
in the Classified Civil Service", "An Act Regulating Exami-
nations for Promotion in Police and Fire Departments" and
"An Act Relative to the Salaries of Certain Justices, Clerks
and Assistant Clerks of District Courts" were passed and
laid before the governor for his approval; were returned by
the governor 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.

One (1) Act passed by the general court at its second annual
session held in 1930, entitled "An Act Authorizing Municipal
Expenditures in Connection with the Holding of Conventions
and the Entertainment of Distinguished Guests" (Chapter
277) was declared to be an emergency law by the governor
in accordance with the provisions of the forty-eighth amend-
ment to the Constitution "The Referendum. II. Emer-
gency Measures". Said Chapter 277 thereby took effect at
thirty minutes past three o'clock p.m. on May 7, 1930.

The general court at a joint session of the two Houses held
May 26, 1930, passed a "Proposal for a Legislative Amend-
ment of the Constitution Relative to the Apportionment of

Acts and Resolves Approved, etc. 615

Senatorial, Representative and Councillor Districts", which
proposal, having been agreed to in joint session of the general
court held May 17, 1928, has been certified by the clerk of
the joint session to the secretary of the commonwealth, who
will submit the amendment to the People at the next state
election to be held November 4, 1930.

The general court was prorogued on Thursday, May 29,
1930, at fifty-eight minutes past nine o'clock a.m., the session
having occupied 149 days.

APPENDIX

The following table and the index to the Acts and Resolves of the
current year have been prepared by William E. Dorman, Esq., and
Henhy T Wiggin, Esq., counsel, respectively, to the Senate and
House t Representatives, in accordance with section fifty-one of
c! apter three of the General Laws.

TABLE

WHAT GENERAL LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH

HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SUBSEQUENT

LEGISLATION

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; of land in Northampton, 1926, 386; of additional
lands in Haverhill, 1928. 370.

Jurisdiction over certain tracts of land in Boston, Quincy, Scituate,
Chatham and Nantucket ceded to United States, 1930, 333.

Tract of state land at Provincetown ceded to the United States for a coast
guard station, 1930, 386.

Chapter 2. — Arms, Great Seal and Other Emblems of the Commonwealth.
Sect. 7 amended, 1925, 112.

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; 1926, 268.

For salary of the present clerk and assistant clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives, see 1928, 322.

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; 1926, 107 § 1; amended, 1928, 297.

Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 51; revised, 1924, 170 § 2.

Sect. 7 revised, 1924, 170 § 3; 1926, 107 § 2.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 498 § 1; 1924, 502 § 1; 1929, 333 § 1.

Sect. 15 amended, 1927, 340 § 2; 1930, 424 § 1.

Sect. 17, sentence added at end, 1930, 389 § 1.

Sect. 18 amended, 1921, 367 § 1; revised, 1922, 366 § 1; 1923, 400 § 1;
amended, 1924, 401 § 1; revised, 1927, 340 § 1; amended, 1930, 389 § 2;
revised, 1930, 424 § 2. (See 1921, 384.)

Sect. 19 amended, 1923, 228 § 1 ; revised, 1930, 389 § 3.

Sect. 20 amended, 1921, 498 § 2; 1922, 8; 1923, 229 § 1; 1924, 502 § 2;
1928,201 § 1; 1930,389 §4.

Sect. 24 revised, 1921, 486 § 41.

Sect. 25 repealed, 1929, 41.

620 Changes in the [Chaps. 4-6.

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; 1927, 68; 1930, 6 § 1.

Chapter 4. — Statutes.

Sect. 6, paragraph Sixth amended, 1926, 187 § 2.

Sect. 7, cl. Fourth repealed, 1921, 486 § 1. CI. Seventh, see 1921,
430 § 1, changing title of police courts to district courts. Cl. Eighteenth
amended, 1928, 235. Cl. Twenty-sixth amended, 1928, 192 § 3. Cl.
Twenty-ninth amended, 1929, 107 § 1; stricken out, 1929, 377 § 1. 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 fidehty bonds).

Sect. 7A added, 1922, 151 (relative to the filing and recording in the
office of the State Secretary of certain certificates, articles and affidavits).

Sect. 8 amended, 1926, 56.

Sect. 9A added, 1929, 377 § 2 (unsealed instruments given the effect of
sealed instruments in certain cases).

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 the publication of the Tercentenary edition of the General Laws,
see 1929, Resolve 39.

As to state pruiting, 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; 1927, 264.

Sect. 18 revised, 1929, 176 § 1.

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; 1925,273; 1927,263;
1929, 269. Powers and duties transferred to Division on the Necessaries
of Life, in the Department of Labor and Industries, 1930, 380.

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. 12A added, 1923, 210 (relative to the observance of Armistice
Day).

Chaps. 7, S.] GENERAL LawS. 621

Sect. 14A added, 1927, 58 (relative to the observance of Spanish War
Memorial Day and Maine Memorial Day).

Sect. 17 revised, 1928, 383 § 1. (See 1922, 545 § 2; 1923, 362 § 1 sub-
sect. 2.)

Sect. 20 revised, 1922, 298; amended, 1924, 242.

Sect. 21 repealed, 1930, 416 § 2. (See 1930, 416 § 33.)

Sect. 22 amended, 1923, 368 § 1.

Sect. 24 revised, 1929, 194.

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 191.

Sect. 26 revised, 1924, 200 § 1.

Sect. 27 amended, 1924, 200 § 2.

Sects. 28A to 28D added, 1928, 383 § 2 (establisliing a public bequest
commission and a public bequest fund).

Sect. 35 revised, 1929, 277.

Sect. 36 revised, 1922, 15; amended, 1925, 185.

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.]

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; revised, 1928, 175.

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).

622 Changes in the [Chaps. 9-12.

Chapter 9. — Department of the State Secretary.

Sect. 1 amended, 1929, 318 § 1.

Sect. 2 revised, 1922, 370 § 1; 1928, 232 § 1.

Sect. 4 revised, 1928, 232 § 2.

Sects. 6 to 9 repealed and new sections 6 to 9 inserted, 1924, 453 § 1.

Sect. 7 (inserted by 1924, 453 § 1) amended, 1925, 85.

Sect. 9 (inserted by 1924, 453 § 1) revised, 1928, 232 § 3.

Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 375; revised, 1928, 232 § 4.

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, 645 §§ 1, 9-12; 1923, 362 § 1 subsect. 22, § 52.

Sect. 18 repealed, 1923, 146 § 1.

Chapter 10. — Department of the State Treasurer.

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.

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. 15 revised, 1927, 241 § 2.

Sect. 16 revised, 1923, 301 § 2, 376 § 2.

Sect. 18 revised, 1927, 325.

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. 2 amended, 1930, 102.

Sect, 3A added, 1924, 395 (relative to the settlement of certain small
claims against the commonwealth).

Chaps. 13-15.] GENERAL LaWS. 623

Sect. 12 amended, 1922, 459.

Sect. 14 amended, 1922, 304 § 1; 1923, 211 § 1; 1924, 265 § 1; first
two paragraphs revised, 1925, 285 § 1; amended, 1926, 384 § 1.

Sect. 15 revised, 1923, 398 § 1.

Sect. 16 amended, 1922, 304 § 2; revised, 1923, 211 § 2, 398 § 2; amended,
1924, 265 § 2; par. included in lines 4 and 5 revised, 1925, 285 § 2; section
revised, 1925, 337; amended, 1926, 377 § 1; par. included in lines 5-8
amended, 1926, 384 § 2; same par. revised, 1927, 305 § 1; section amended,
1928, 367 § 1.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 304 § 3, 333 § 1; 1923, 362 § 17; repealed,
1923, 398 § 3.

Sect. 18 amended, 1922, 334; 1924, 466. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 19 amended, 1921, 235 § 1; 1924, 346 § 1. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5,
7-9.)

Sect. 20 amended, 1925, 71.

Sect. 20A added, 1927, 244 § 1 (providing for a special assistant district
attorney for the Suffolk district) .

Sect. 22. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 23 amended, 1930, 210 § 1.

Sect. 24 amended, 1930, 210 § 2. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 25 A added, 1929, 143 (authorizing county treasurers to advance
money to district attorneys when necessary in the performance of their duty).

Chapter 13. — Department of Civil Service and Registration.

Sect. 8 amended, 1926, 185.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 426.

Sect. 15 amended, 1929, 174.

Sect. 21 amended, 1924, 483 § 1.

Sect. 22 amended, 1927, 81.

Sect. 24 amended, 1928, 296 § 1.

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 441.

Sect. 29 amended, 1925, 348 § 1.

Sects. 33-35 added, 1923, 470 § 1 (relative to the board of registration
of certified public accountants).

Sects. 36-38 added, 1925, 348 § 2 (relative to a new board of state
examiners of plumbers, serving in the department of civil service and
registration).

Sect. 36 amended, 1926, 319.

Chapter 14. — Department of Corporations and Taxation.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 520 § 1.

Sect. 4, seventh par. amended, 1921, 486 § 2; section amended, 1922,
330; second and third pars, revised, 1928. 302; fifth par. amended, 1927, 129.
Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 21.

Chapter 15. — Department of Education.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 442.
Sect. 4 amended, 1926, 322.

Sect. 6A added, 1921, 462 § 2 (state board for vocational education
established).

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 121.

624 Changes in the [Chaps. I6-22.

Sect. 12 amended, 1921, 449 § 1; 1927, 7.

Sects. 13 and 14 stricken out and new sect. 13 inserted, 1925, 286 § 1.
Sect. 15 revised, 1925, 286 § 2.
Sect. 19 amended, 1928, 135 § 1.
Sect. 21 revised, 1928, 135 § 2.

Sect. 24 added, 1928, 135 § 3 (relative to the trustees of the Lowell
textile institute).

Chapter 16. — Department of Public Works.

Sect. 1 repealed, 1927, 297 § 1.

Sect. 2 amended, 1927, 297 § 2.

Sect. 3 repealed, 1927, 297 § 1.

Sect. 4 revised, 1927, 297 § 3.

Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 534 § 2; revised, 1927, 297 § 4.

Chapter 17. — Department of Public Health.

Sect. 8 amended, 1924, 477 § 2. (See 1924, 477.)
Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 481; repealed, 1925, 348 § 5.

Chapter 18. — Department of Public Welfare.
Sect. 2 amended, 1930, 374 § 1.

Chapter 19. — Department of Mental Diseases.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 443; 1930, 376 § 1.

Sect. 4A added, 1922, 519 § 1 (establishing a division of mental hygiene
in the department of mental diseases).

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 410 § 2; 1925, 293 § 1; 1930, 403 § 2. (See
1930, 403 § 7.)

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 449 § 2; 1922, 410 § 3; 1925, 293 § 2.

Chapter 20. — Department of Agriculture.

Sect. 2 amended, 1925, 287.

Chapter 21. — Department of Conservation.

Sect. 2 amended, 1923, 369 § 1.
Sect. 6 amended, 1930, 344.
Sect. 7 amended, 1923, 144; 1928, 170.

Sect. 8 A added, 1929, 372 § 1 (establishing the state supervisor of
marine fisheries).

Sect. 9 amended, 1929, 253 § 1.

Chapter 22. — Department of Public Safety.

Sect. 2 amended, 1923, 330.
Sect. 5 amended, 1930, 256.
Sect. 6 amended, 1925, 322 § 1.

Chaps. 23-25.] GENERAL LaWS. 625

Sect. 7 A added, 1924, 504 § 1 (authorizing the payment of reasonable
hospital, medical and surgical expenses of oflBcers or inspectors of the de-
partment injured while on police duty).

Sect. 8 revised, 1922, 9.

Sect. 9A added, 1921, 461 (additional appointments in the division of
state police, "state constabulary", so called); amended, 1922, 331 § 1;
1927, 238 § 1; 1928, 303; 1929, 343 § 1.

Sect. 9B added, 1929, 343 § 3 (providing for the apportionment to the
Highway Fund of part of the appropriations of the division of state police).

Sect.* 10 amended, 1930, 408.

Sect. 11 amended, 1925, 221.

Chapter 23. — Department of Labor and Industries.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 306 § 1.

Sect. 3 amended, 1921, 306 § 2; 1930, 410 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 306 § 3; 1922, 196; 1924, 258 § 1; 1927, 275;
1930, 410 § 2.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 306 § 4.

Sect. 9 revised, 1924, 258 § 2.

Sects. 9A-9C added, under caption "The Massachusetts Industrial
Commission", 1929, 357 § 1 (establishing said commission and defining its
purposes).

Sects. 9D-9H added, under caption "Division on the Necessaries
OF Life", 1930, 410 § 3 (powers and duties of the division and the director).

Sects. 10 and 11 repealed, 1929, 357 § 2.

Chapter 24. — Department of Industrial Accidents.

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 537 § 1; 1923, 477 § 1; 1930, 373 § 1.
Sect. 3 revised, 1923, 151.

Sect. 3 A added, 1930, 224 (requiring the reviewing board to hold hearings
in Springfield).

Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 477 § 2; 1930, 257.

Sect. 7 amended, 1930, 258.

Sects. 8 and 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.

Sect. 12 revised, 1928, 139 § 2.

Sects. 12 A and 12B added, under caption "Securities Division",
1929, 287 § 1 (establishing a securities division in the department of public
utilities, and providing for the more effective enforcement of the "sale of
securities act", so called).

Sects. 12C to 12F added, under caption "Division of Smoke Inspec-
tion", 1930, 380 § 1 (establishing the division of smoke inspection in the
department of public utilities).

Sects. 13-16 repealed, 1928, 139 § 1.

626 Changes in the [Chaps. 2&-29.

Chapter 26. — Department of Banking and Insurance.

Sect. 3 amended, 1922, 513.
Sect. 7 amended, 1924, 261.

Sect. 8A added, 1925, 346 § 3 (board of appeal on motor vehicle liability
policies and bonds); amended, 1926, 272; 1928, 381 § 1.

Chapter 27. — Departnaent of Correction.

Sect. 4 revised, 1923, 231 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 312; 1924, 439; revised, 1929, 384.

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, 1923, 399 § 3.

Sects. 5 and 6 added, 1923, 399 § 1 (establishing the division of metropoli-
tan planning within the metropolitan district commission) ; sect. 5 amended,
1925, 129; 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; revised, 1925, 156. (See 1922, 545
§§ 1, 5, 6.)

Sect. 5A 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. 9A added, 1928, 251 § 1 (relative to reimbursement by the cities
and towns of the several metropolitan districts of sums paid on their
account by the commonwealth under the state retirement law).
Sect 10 See 1922 545 § 28.

Sect! 18 amended, 1923, 362 §24; 1927, 222 § 4. (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; revised, 1930, 5.
Sect. 29 amended, 1923, 362 § 30. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 31, sentence added at end, 1928, 183 § 1. (See 1928, 183 § 2.)
Sect. 33 amended, 1923, 362 § 31. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)
Sect. 34 amended, 1922, 10.

Chap. 30.] GENERAL LaWS. 627

Sect. 38 revised, 1926, 197 § 1.

Skct. 43 repealed, 1926, 143.

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, Cona-
missions, Officers and Employees.

Reclassification by the commission on administration and finance of
certain appointive offices and positions in the government of the com-
monwealth and an investigation of certain statutory and other salaries,
1926, Resolve 45.

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. 6A added, 1930, 56 (authorizing the designation of persons to
perform the duties of members, ex officiis, of permanent state boards and
commissions).

Sect. 7 revised, 1923, 362 § 38.

Sect. 7 A added, 1921, 449 § 3 (rendering women eligible to hold state
office); amended, 1922, 371 § 1.

Sect. 13 amended, 1927, 74; revised, 1930, 212.

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. 33 A added, 1930, 6 § 2 (requiring state officers and departments to
include in their annual reports recommendations for the avoidance of special
legislation).

Sect. 35 amended, 1923, 362 § 44. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 4, 17.)

Sect. 35 A added, 1930, 222 (providing for the furnishing of information
to municipalities in the several metropolitan districts relative to the amount
of assessments recommended to be made upon said municipalities for certain
new state projects and undertakings).

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; 1929, 111.

Sect. 42 amended, 1923, 362 § 47. (See 1922, 358, 545 §§ 1, 9-13.)

Sect. 44A added, 1927, 135 (providing for the conveyance or transfer
of control of any state land needed for the laying out or relocation of a
highway).

Sect. 45 amended, 1923, 362 § 48; first sentence amended, 1930, 400 § 6.
(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.

628 Changes in the [Chaps. 31, 32.

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. 2 amended, 1930, 167 § 2.

Sect. 3, paragraph added at end, 1930, 227.

Sect. 4 amended, 1924, 197; new paragraph added at end, 1929, 134;
new paragraph added at end, 1930, 34.

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 130.

Sect. 13 amended, 1930, 242.

Sect. 13A added, 1930, 423 (relative to physical requirements for pro-
motion in police and fire departments).

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 36; revised, 1929, 306.

Sect. 20 A added, 1930, 160 (relative to appointments to the regular
police forces in certain cities and towns).

Sect. 21 amended, 1924, 155.

Sect. 23 revised, 1922, 463.

Sect. 26 amended, 1924, 181; repealed, 1925, 220 § 1.

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 toTVTis); Sect. 42 A
amended, 1925, 220 § 2.

Sect. 44 repealed, 1923, 242 § 2.

Sect. 45 revised, 1925, 220 § 3.

Sect. 46 amended, 1925, 220 § 4.

Sect. 46A added, 1930, 243 (limiting the time within which petitions for
writs of mandamus may be brought to compel reinstatement of certain
persons to positions in the classified civil service).

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 and amendments.

As to salaries and retirement allowances of 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. (4) amended, 1925, 12; par. (8) revised, 1928, 248 § 1; par. (9) revised,
1921, 487 § 4; par. (10) added, 1921, 487 § 5; par. (11) added, 1928, 248
§2.

Sect. 3, par. (4) amended, 1922, 341 § 2.

Sect. 4, {2) B, par. (e) added, 1921, 487 § 6; section revised, 1926,
300 § 1; par. {2) A (a) revised, 1929, 366.

Sect. 5 (par. included within lines 51-64) revised, 1926, 300 § 2; (par.
included within lines 78-83) revised, 1922, 341 § 3; par. {2) A (b) stricken
out and pars. (^) A (b) and (;^) A (c) substituted, 1925, 244 § 1; par.

Chap. 32.] GENERAL LaWS. 629

(2) A (6), as appearing in 1925, 244 § 1, revised, 1930, 335 § 1; par. (2)
B (6) revised, 1923, 205 § 1, 1925, 244 § 2, 1930, 335 § 2; par. {2) C (d)
added, 1927, 101 (regulating the crediting of interest to certain members of
the State retirement association for periods between interest compounding
days); par. {2) E amended, 1922, 341 § 4, revised, 1923, 205 § 2, 1929, 367;
par. (2) F added, 1930, 335 § 3.

Sects. 6-19 not applicable to supervisors of attendance, 1928, 184 § 3.

Sect. 6, (par. contained in lines 20-23) amended, 1924, 281 § 1; (par.
contained in lines 31-33) revised, 1925, 228 § 1.

Sect. 7, par. (3) amended, 1924,263 § 1; 1927, 173; par. (4) amended,
1929, 365 § 1.

Sect. 8, subsection (4) repealed, 1930, 238 § 2.

Sect, 9, par. (2) amended, 1929, 365 § 2; new sentence added, 1930, 238

§1.

Sect. 10 extended, 1921, 460; par. (5) amended, 1929, 365 § 3; affected,
1929, 365 § 6; par. (19) added, 1929, 365 § 4.

Sect. 11, par. (1) amended, 1923, 381 § 1; par. (5) added, 1926, 212.

Sect. 16, par. (1) amended, 1922, 521 § 33; revised, 1924, 250.

Sect. 18 revised, 1923, 381 § 2.

Sect. 19 amended, 1929, 365 § 5.

Sects. 20-25 affected, 1921, 413; 1923, 479 § 3.

Sect, 20 (par. contained in lines 9 and 10) amended, 1924, 281 § 2;
revised, 1926, 378 § 1.

Sect. 22, paragraphs (6)-(10) added, 1930, 413.

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, 33 amended, 1930, 335 § 4.

Sect. 34 amended, 1930, 238 § 3.

Sect. 46 amended, 1921, 402; 1926, 343 § 7.

Sect. 49 amended, 1921, 279.

Sects. 49-60. See 1922, 521 § 32.

Sect, 56 amended, 1922, 261,

Sect, 57 amended, 1923, 386,

Sect. 60A added, "under caption ARMY NURSES", 1930, 161 (con-
ferring upon certain army nurses in the public service the retirement rights
now enjoyed by certain veterans).

Sect. 61 amended, 1921, 486 § 3. (See 1923, 375; 1926, 380 § 6.)

Sect. 62. See 1923, 375; 1926, 380 § 6.

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; revised, 1928, 402 § 2; 1929, 308 § 2;
affected, 1929, 308 §§ 3, 4; amended, 1930, 241 § 2; affected, 1930, 241 § 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; 1930, 70.

Sect. 81 amended, 1928, 252.

Sect. 85A added, 1921, 337 § 2 (relative to retirement of members of
fire departments in towns).

Sect. 87 amended, 1923, 178; 1924, 371; revised, 1928, 402 § 3; re-
pealed, 1930, 182 § 5.

630 Changes in the [Chap. 33.

Sect. 87A added, 1924, 504 § 2 (providing annuity payments to families
of certain deceased members of the department of public safety) ; repealed,

1928, 402 § 4.

Sect. 88, new sentence added at end, 1928, 402 § 5; section revised,
1930, 182 § 2.
Sect. 89 revised, 1924, 504 § 3; 1928, 402 § 1; 1929, 308 § 1; affected.

1929, 308 §§ 3, 4; amended, 1930, 182 § 1; revised, 1930, 241 § 1; affected.

1930, 241 § 3. (See 1928, 402 §§ 7, 8; 1930, 182 § 4.)
Sect. 92 revised, 1926, 289.

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.

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. Time limit for fil-
ing applications abolished, 1927, 206. (See 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; 1925, 310.

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. See also 1927, Resolve 37; 1928, Resolve 23.
The following references are to the original Chapter 33.
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.

Chaps. 34, 35.] GENERAL LawS. 631

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, pars, (b) and (c) repealed, 1922, 445 § 1; par. (a) revised,
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 33 repealed and superseded by 1924, 465.

The following references are to new Chapter 33, inserted by 1924, 465.

Sect. 22, par. contained in lines 18-23 amended, 1927, 19.

Sect. 48, subsect. (d) amended, 1925, 230.

Sect. 60 amended, 1927, 120; 1930, 72.

Sect. 67 revised, 1930, 157.

Sect. 69 amended, 1927, 291.

Sect. 83, second sentence amended, 1930, 226.

Sect. 138, par. (c) revised, 1926, 286.

Sect. 145, paragraph (d) added, 1926, 373 § 1; revised, 1930, 148 § 1.
(See 1926, 396.)

Sect. 151 revised, 1925, 270.

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.

Sect. 3A added, 1921, 449 § 4 (rendering women eligible to county
offices); amended, 1922, 371 § 2.

Sect. 5, schedule revised, 1927, 327 § 1; section revised, 1930, 400 § 1.

Sect. 6 repealed, 1930, 400 § 2.

Sect. 7 revised, 1930, 400 § 3.

Sects. 9A-9E added, 1922, 123 (defining the records of county commis-
sioners).

Sect. U amended, 1922, 423 § 3; 1930, 299. (See 1930, 400 §§5, 7-9.)

Sect. 17 revised, 1922, 383.

Chapter 35. — County Treasiurers, 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, 1921, 38.

Sect. 3 amended, 1924, 404 § 2.

Sects. 4 and 5. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 6 revised, 1921, 300. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 7. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 22 amended, 1927, 96 § 1.

Sect. 23 revised, 1927, 96 § 2.

Sect. 23A added, 1929, 42 (relative to the disposition of unclaimed ac-
counts carried on the books of certain county officers).

Sect. 26 amended, 1923, 334 § 1.

632 Changes in the [Chaps. 36-38.

Sect. 27A added, 1930, 400 § 4 (requiring funds of institutions, boards
and other public bodies to the use of which county funds are contributed to
be in the custody of the county treasurer).

Sect. 28 amended, 1921, 336; 1926, 58.

Sect. 30 amended, 1922, 127.

Sect. 36A added, 1925, 74 (authorizing the borrowing of money by
counties to meet extra ordinarj'' expenditures in cases of emergency).

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. 42. See 1930, 400 §§5, 7-9.

Sect. 43A added, 1924, 404 § 3 (requiring surety company bonds from
certain county officers and employees).

Sects. 44-47. See 1921, 486 § 2.

Sects. 48-56 added, under caption "County Personnel Board and
Classification of County Salaries, Offices and Positions ", 1930, 400
§5.

Sect. 50. See 1930, 400 § 7.

Chapter 36. — Registers of Deeds.

Sect. 6 revised, 1926, 98 § 1.

Sect. 8. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 13 revised, 1926, 130; 1930, 267.

Sect. 13A added, 1927, 150 (relative to the filing of plans in registries
of deeds).

Sect. 19 revised, 1929, 61.

Sect. 24 amended, 1927, 63 § 1; revised, 1928, 386 § 1.

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; 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 34 revised, 1921, 422 § 1; 1928, 247. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 35 amended, 1924, 349 § 1. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 36 revised, 1922, 301. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 38. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Chapter 37. — Sheriffs.

Sect. 2 amended, 1924, 404 § 4.
Sect. 6 repealed, 1924, 404 § 5.
Sect. 7 amended, 1924, 404 § 6.
Sects. 17 and 18. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 19 revised, 1924, 372 § 1; 1925, 131 § 1; 1927, 183 § 1. (See
1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)
Sect. 20. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Chapter 38. — Medical Examiners.

Sect. 1 (par. included within lines 38-43) amended, 1926, 12.
Sect. 3 amended 1924 404 § 7.

Sect! 5 amended', 1923', 439 § 1; 1927, 200 § 1; revised, 1927, 277 § 1.
(See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)
Sect. 11 amended, 1923, 362 § 53.

Chaps. 39, 40.] GENERAL LaWS. 633

Chapter 39. — Municipal Government.

Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 486 § 5; revised, 1925, 66.

Sect. 16 revised, 1923, 388; new paragraph added at end, 1929, 276.

Chapter 40. — Powers and Duties of Cities and Towns.

For the repeal of certain special acts authorizing the incurring of
liabilities by municipal officers without appropriation, see 1928, 396 § 2.
Sect. 4 amended, 1926, 67; 1928, 155 § 1; revised, 1929, 323.
Sect. 5, cl. (1) amended, 1924, 404 § 8; cl. (12) revised, 1921, 486 § 6;

1923, 202, 401; amended, 1927, 16; 1928, 9; 1929, 9; revised, 1929, 108;
cl. (21) revised, 1921, 371 § 1; cl. (21 A) added, ■'.921, 371 § 2 (authorizing
towns to appropriate money for purchase, etc., of ambulances); cl. (26) re-
vised, 1930, 46; cl. (31) added, 1924, 248 § 1 (for establishment and mainte-
nance of children's health camps); amended, 1925, 17 § 1; cl. (32) added,

1924, 504 § 4 (for payment of hospital, medical and surgical expenses of
certain persons doing police duty); cl. (33) added, 1926, 116 (for acquiring
land for public parking places and maintaining the same); cl. (34) added,
1928, 36 (for certain traveling and other expenses of municipal officers and
employees); cl. (35) added, 1928, 350 § 1 (for airport purposes); cl. (36)
added, 1929, 288 § 6 (for improvement of low lands and swamps and eradi-
cation of mosquitoes); revised, 1930, 96; cl. (37) added, 1930, 277 (in
connection with the holding of conventions and the entertainment of dis-
tinguished guests).

Sect. 6A added, 1930, 223 (for municipal advertising).

Sect. 6B added, 1930, 351 (for the purchase of uniforms for members of
police and fire departments).

Sect. 7A added, 1930, 365 (relative to the appropriation of money by
cities and towns for the prevention of automobile accidents).

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. 12A added, 1928, 51 (authorizing cities and towns to establish
and maintain plants for the purpose of purifying shellfish taken therein).

Sect. 13A added, 1923, 234 (authorizing cities and towns to establish
insurance funds to pay workmen's compensation).

Sect. 13B added, 1925, 303 § 1 (authorizing small towns to appropriate
money for free residence quarters for school physicians).

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 486 § 7; 1923, 266; 1925, 272.

Sect. 21, par. (14) added, 1928, 319.

Sect. 22 amended, 1928, 357 § 6.

Sects. 25-33. See 1924, 488; 1925,219; 1926,350; 1927,220; 1928,70,
137 § 2; 1929,88; 1930, 347, for special zoning provisions for Boston.

Sect. 25 amended, 1925, 116 § 1.

Sect. 27 amended, 1925, 116 § 2.

Sect. 27A added, 1924, 133 (relative to appeals under ordinances or
by-laws limiting buildings to specified zones or districts).

Sect. 29 amended, 1925, 116 § 3.

634 Changes in the [Chap. 41.

Sect. 30 amended, 1922, 40; revised, 1926, 59; amended, 1926, 216;
revised, 1929, 39.

Sect. 30A added, 1927, 247 (relative to the effect on prior permits of the
adoption or modification of zoning ordinances and by-laws).

Sect. 32 A added, 1929, 369 (relative to the publication of ordinances and
proposed ordinances in certain cities).

Sect. 40 revised, 1926, 318.

Sects. 42A-42F added, 1923, 391 (relative to the collection of water

Sect. 42 A amended, 1924, 107; 1927, 56.
Sect. 42B amended, 1924, 413.

Chapter 41. — Officers and Employees of Cities, Towns and Districts.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 66; par. included in 30th and 31st lines revised,
1925, 178. (See 1921, 65, rendering women eligible to elective municipal
office in Boston.)

Sect. 4A added, 1929, 36 (relative to the appointment by town boards
of their members to hold other town offices or positions).

Sect. 15 amended, 1924, 109.

Sect. 15A added, 1922, 86 (relative to the certification of appropriation
orders by city and town clerks); amended, 1923, 17.

Sect. 21 amended, 1921, 130.

Sect. 24A added, 1921, 208 (election or appointment of assistant as-
sessors in cities); revised, 1928, 287.

Sect. 25 A added, 1921, 14 (authorizing assessors in towns to appoint
assistant assessors).

Sect. 32A added, 1925, 303 § 2 (authorizing school physicians in certain
small towns to be agents of selectmen acting as overseers of the poor).

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).
(See 1927, 165.)

Sect. 35 revised, 1926, 65 § 1.

Sect. 38A added, 1924, 16 (relative to the collection by collectors of
taxes of accounts due to cities and towTis) ; amended, 1926, 269 § 3.

Sect. 50 amended, 1924, 33 § 1.

Sect. 53 amended, 1924, 33 § 2.

Sect. 54A 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. 61 A added, 1928, 207 (providing for the appointment of a tempo-
rary auditor, treasurer or accountant in a municipality in certain cases);
section, with caption, stricken out, and new section, with new caption,
inserted, 1930, 172.

Sect. 76 amended, 1922, 297.

Sect. 77 amended, 1921, 486 § 9.

Sect. 91A added, 1924, 82 § 1 (relative to the appointment of constables
by selectmen).

Sect. 100 revised, 1927, 157; new sentence added at end, 1929, 192.

Sect. 102A added, 1925, 303 § 3 (authorizing selectmen in certain small
towns to appoint school physician as inspector of health).

Chaps. 42-44.] GENERAL LaWS. 635

Sect. 106A added, 1925, 303 § 4 (authorizing selectmen in certain small
towns to appoint school physician as town physician).

Sect. 107 amended, 1927, 18; revised, 1929, 130.

Sect. 108. See 1929, 36.

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; 1927, 131.

Sect. Ill A added, 1929, 206 (providing for vacations for members of
the regular or permanent police and fire forces in towns).

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; between Fitchburg and Leominster, 1925, 65;
between Dover and Walpole, 1927, 176; between Norfolk and Walpole
(portion), 1927, 179; between Marshfield and Scituate (portion), 1928,
159; between the counties of Plymouth and Norfolk (portion) and be-
tween Hingham and Cohasset (portion), 1928, 160; between Lawrence and
Methuen, 1930, 261 § 1.

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. 9 re\4sed, 1925, 188.

Sect. 15 revised, 1922, 237 § 3.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 237 § 4.

Sect. 28 amended, 1928, 300 § 1.

Sect. 29 amended, 1928, 300 § 2.

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. (See 1930, 349 § 2.)

Sect. 68 revised, 1922, 237 § 10.

Sect. 82 revised, 1922, 237 § 11.

Sect. 88 amended, 1929, 309.

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.

636 Changes in the [Chap. 44.

Temporary act, in force until July first, 1932, relative to investigations
by the director of accounts of municipal accounts and financial trans-
actions, 1926, 210; 1929, 335.

For the repeal of certain special acts authorizing the incurring of in-
debtedness or the pavment of debt otherwise than as authorized by the
General Laws, see 1928, 396 § 2.

Sect. 2 amended, 1928, 396 § 1.

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; cl. (17) affected, 1928, 64; section revised,
1928, 324; cl. (12) added, 1928, 350 § 2 (authorizing cities and towns to
borrow money for airport purposes).

Sect. 8, els. {So) and (Sb) added, 1923, 303 § 1 (authorizing cities and
towns to incur debt outside the debt limit for certain purposes); cl. (Sb)
revised, 1926, 317; cl. (Sc) added, 1926, 45 (authorizing cities and towTis
to incur debt outside the statutory limit for constructing and laying aque-
ducts and large water mains); cl. (5) amended, 1921, 486 § 11; section
revised, 1928, 291.

Sect. 10 amended, 1928, 379 § 2.

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.)

Sect. 20 amended, 1928, 224.

Sect. 22. As to rate of interest on securities issued by city of Boston,
see 1918, Sp. Acts 52.

Sect. 24 amended, 1929, 28.

Sect. 24A added, 1921, 294 (relative to the form of notes issued by
towns and districts).

Sect. 29. As to tax Hmit 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; 1925, 271; 1926, 117; 1927, 243; 1928,
200; 1929, 140; 1930, 105.

Sects. 29 and 30. As to the inclusion of the value of motor vehicles
taxable under the excise tax law in ascertaining the amount of taxes assess-
able and the amount of departmental appropriations in certain cases, see
1930, 244 § 3.

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. 40 amended, 1926, 158.

Sect. 47. As to Boston, see 1909, 486 § 26; 1910, 437; 1911, 165.

Sect. 50 repealed, 1921, 486 § 12.

Sect. 53 amended, 1926, 205.

Sect. 55 amended, 1921, 486 § 13.

Sect. 55A added, 1929, 81 (relieving certain municipal officers from
liability to their municipalities for the loss of public moneys by reason of
the liquidation of certain depositories thereof).

Chaps. 45-48.] GENERAL LawS. 637

Sect. 56 amended, 1926, 111.

Sect. 62 added, 1922, 253 (providing penalties for violation of the laws
relative to municipal finance) ; amended, 1926, 248.

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.
Sect. 14, new sentence added at end, 1928, 191.
Sect. 21 revised, 1927, 212.

Sects. 23A-23C added, 1926, 387 (relative to the establishment and
maintenance of shore reservations in certain towns).

Chapter 46. — Return and Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths.

Sect. 3 amended, 1925, 281 § 1.

Sect. 10 revised, 1926, 243 § 1.

Sect. 13 revised, 1925, 281 § 2; 1930, 169.

Sect. 26 amended, 1929, 273.

Chapter 47. — Infirmaries (former title, Workhouses and Almshouses).
Chapter repealed and new chapter inserted by 1927, 203 § 1.

Chapter 48. — Fires, Fire Departments and Fire Districts.

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 274.

Sect. 13 amended, 1922, 515; 1927, 160; revised, 1930, 401 § 1.

Sect. 14 amended, 1927, 280 § 1; repealed, 1930, 401 § 2.

Sect. 15 revised, 1927, 280 § 2.

Sect. 20A added, 1922, 252 (relative to the operation of portable saw-
mills).

Sect. 21, last sentence stricken out, 1930, 399 § 2.

Sect. 24 amended, 1923, 214; 1927, 280 § 3.

Sect. 28 A added, 1929, 284 (providing for a state fire patrol in certain
counties).

Sect. 28B added, 1930, 309 (providing state aid to small towns in the pre-
vention of forest fires).

Sect. 31 amended, 1925, 250 § 2.

Sect. 36 amended, 1923, 109.

Sect. 59 A added, 1925, 250 § 1 (relative to the response of fire depart-
ments to calls for aid from other cities, etc.) ; new par. added, 1927, 199.

Sects. 59B-59D (and heading) added, 1928, 218 (providing for the estab-
lishment of reserve forces in the fire departments of cities).

Sect. 63 amended, 1928, 5.

Sect. 83 amended, 1923, 362 § 54; new sentence added at end, 1928,
402 § 6; sentence added by 1928, 402 § 6, revised, 1930, 182 § 3.

Sect. 87 added, 1924, 343 (relative to rules and regulations of the depart-
ment of public safety in respect to certain fire department equipment).

638 Changes in the [Chaps, so, 51.

Chapter 50. — General Provisions relative to Primaries, Caucuses and

Elections.

Sect. 1, new par. added, 1923, 131 § 3; par. contained in lines 50-55
revised, 1928, 212 § 1.

Chapter 51. — 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; 1927,
99; 1930, 390; 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; listing board and registration of
voters in Revere, 1925, 84; 1930, 42; election commissioners in Somer-
ville, 1928, 82; 1929, 178 § 1.

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; 1925, 146.

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. 14A added, 1925, 183 (relative to the assessment of poll taxes
and the making of certain lists in cities).

Sect. 15 revised, 1921, 102 § 1.

Sect. 16 revised, 1921, 102 § 2.

Sect. 22 amended, 1921, 156.

Sect. 26 amended, 1924, 204 § 1; revised, 1928, 103 § 1; amended,
1930, 326 § 1. (See 1929, 2.)

Sect. 27 amended, 1924, 204 § 2; revised, 1928, 103 § 2.

Sect. 28 revised, 1924, 204 § 3.

Sect. 29 A added, 1930, 113 (providing for sessions of registrars of voters
prior to special primaries).

Sect. 30 amended, 1928, 103 § 3.

Sect. 34 revised, 1930, 326 § 2.

Sect. 35 amended, 1923, 131 § 11.

Sect. 36 amended, 1921, 209 § 1.

Sect. 37 amended, 1921, 209 § 2; 1923, 131 § 12; revised, 1929, 280 § 1.

Sect. 39 amended, 1923, 131 § 13.

Sect. 42 amended, 1923, 131 § 14.

Sect. 43 amended, 1923, 131 § 15.

Sect. 44 amended, 1922, 166.

Sect. 50 revised, 1929, 128.

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.

Chaps. 52-54.] GENERAL LaWS. 639

Chapter 62. — Political Committees.

Sect. 1 revised, 1927, 25 § 1 ; amended, 1927, 295.

Sect. 2 amended, 1925, 114 § 1; 1927, 25 § 2.

Sect. 4 A added, 192S, 188 (remedying the evils resulting from the fail-
ure of election of a ward or town committee and the failure of such a com-
mittee to organize).

Sect. 5 amended, 1928, 212 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1928, 212 § 3.

Sect. 7 revised, 1925, 114 § 2; new par. added at end, 1928, 212 § 4.

Sect. 9 amended, 1926, 100.

Chapter 53. — Nominations, Questions to be submitted to the Voters,

Primaries and Caucuses.

Sect. 3 amended, 1927, 24 § 1.

Sect. 6 rev-ised, 1924, 201.

Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 214 § 1; 1923, 124.

Sect. 10, first paragraph amended, 1921, 387; 1930, 114.

Sect. 11 amended, 1927, 24 § 2. (See 1909, 486 § 56; 1914, 730 § 6;
1921, 288 § 2; 1926, 105 § 3, as to time of filing objections to nomination
papers of candidates for municipal ofiice in Boston.)

Sect. 13. See 1909, 486 § 56; 1914, 730 § 6; 1921, 288 § 2_; 1926, 105 § 3,
as to time of withdrawal of nominations to municipal office in Boston.

Sect. 14 revised, 1929, 283.

Sect. 19 revised, 1925, 97.

Sect. 22A added, 1924, 302 § 1 (relative to fraudulent or invalid signatures
appended to initiative and referendum petitions).

Sect. 28 amended, 1926, 96.

Sect. 34 amended, 1923, 302 § 1; revised, 1925, 312 § 1.

Sect. 35 amended, 1923, 302 § 2; revised, 1925, 312 § 2.

Sect. 37 amended, 1928, 89 § 1. (See 1924, 252 §§ 1, 2.)

Sect. 38 amended, 1927, 110. (See 1924, 252 §§ 1, 2.)

Sect. 44 amended, 1929, 135.

Sect. 46 amended, 1922, 214 § 2.

Sect. 48. See 1925, 76.

Sect. 51 revised, 1925, 29.

Sect. 53A added, 1927, 24 § 3 (relative to objections to nominations at
state primaries and to withdrawals by persons nominated thereat).

Sect. 59. See 1921, 65, enabling women to sign nomination papers for
candidates for municipal ofiice in Boston.

Sect. 61 amended, 1922, 214 § 3. (See 1909, 486 § 56; 1914, 730 § 6;
1921, 288 § 2; 1926, 105 § 3, as to certificates, etc., of nomination papers
of candidates for municipal office in Boston.)

Sect. 62, new sentence added at end, 1928, 321 § 1.

Sect. 76 amended, 1924, 252 § 2.

Sect. 117 amended, 1923, 186.

Chapter 54. — Elections.

Temporary act relative to statements of presidential preference of voters,
1928, 158.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 220 § 1. (See 1913, 835 § 217; 1918, 74; 1920,
636, as to division of city of Boston into voting precincts.)

640 Changes in the [Chap. 55.

Sect. 4 amended, 1924, 139; 1925, 135 § 1.

Sect. 11 amended, 1923, 204 § 1; 1925, 91; 1928, 149 § 1.

Sect. 12 amended, 1928, 149 § 2.

Sect. 13 amended, 1923, 204 § 2.

Sect. 14 revised, 1923, 204 § 3.

Sect. 25A added, 1930, 149 (relative to the display of the national flag
at polling places).

Sect. 41, third par. amended, 1926, 175 § 1; last par. amended, 1927,
24 §4.

Sect. 43 amended, 1925, 36.

Sect. 53 amended, 1926, 196.

Sect. 58. See 1909, 486 § 54; 1914, 730 § 5; 1921, 340; 1926, 105 § 2,
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. 1924, 171, 468.

Sect. 67A added, 1930, 63 (authorizing the use of additional ballot boxes
in towns).

Sect. 68 amended, 1930, 204 § 1.

Sect. 86 amended, 1925, 101 § 1.

Sect. 87, par. (6) revised, 1926, 38; 1929, 93.

Sect. 89 amended, 1925, 101 § 2.

Sect. 100 amended, 1925, 101 § 3.

Sect. 105 amended, 1921, 209 § 5; new paragraph added at end, 1930,
204 § 2. (See 1925, 29.)

Sect. 109 amended, 1928, 89 § 2.

Sect. 115 revised, 1925, 118 § 2.

Sect. 116 amended, 1925, 118 § 3.

Sect. 118 amended, 1926, 144.

Sect. 132 amended, 1921, 209 § 6.

Sect. 133 amended, 1921, 209 § 7.

Sect. 135 revised, 1925, 118 § 1.

Sect. 139 revised, 1922, 57.

Sect. 141 amended, 1922, 142.

Sect. 154. See 1922, 459.

Sect. 161 amended, 1924, 424 § 1.

Chapter 55. — Corrupt Practices and Election Inquests.

Sect. 1 revised, 1923, 110.

Sect. 4 revised, 1928, 212 § 5; affected, 1928, 212 § 13.

Sect. 6 revised, 1928, 212 § 6.

Sect. 16 revised, 1928, 212 § 7; 1930, 36.

Sect. 17 revised, 1925, 57.

Sect. 22 revised, 1928, 212 § 8.

Sect. 23 amended, 1928, 212 § 9.

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);
amended, 1926, 101.

Sect. 36 amended, 1922, 269 § 2.

Sect. 38 amended, 1928, 212 § 10.

Chaps. 56-58.] GENERAL LaWS. 641

Chapter 66. — 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; 1925, 84 § 10.

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 131 § 21; 1925, 84 § 11.

Sect. 13 revised, 1923, 183.

Sect. 18 revised, 1930, 204 § 3.

Sect. 57 repealed, 1928, 212 § 11.

Sect. 62A added, 1923, 98 § 2 (penalizing members of organizations for
illegal use of names of political parties).

Sect. 64A added, 1922, 269 § 3 (penalty for making false statements in
relation to candidates for nomination or election to public office).

Sect. 66 amended, 1928, 212 § 12. (See 1928, 212 § 13.)

Sect. 69 amended, 1927, 207.

Chapter 67. — Congressional, Councillor and Senatorial Districts, and
Apportionment of Representatives.

Sect. 1 revised, 1926, 372 § 1.
Sect. 2 revised, 1926, 372 § 2.
Sect. 3 revised, 1926, 372 § 3.
Sect. 4 revised, 1926, 372 § 4.
Sect. 5 amended, 1924, 424 § 2.

Chapter 58. — General Provisions relative to Taxation.

Sect. 8 amended, 1922, 34; 1923, 283.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 379 § 1; 1928, 330 § 2.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 379 § 2; 1925, 343 § 12 (but see 1925, 343 § 13
as revised by 1926, 222); 1930, 220 § 8.

Sect. lOA added, 1921, 375 § 2 (allowance as oflPset to amounts due
commonwealth from cities and towns of percentage of corporation taxes
to be distributed); repealed, 1924, 206 § 1.

Sect. 11 amended, 1930, 416 § 3. (See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Sect. 12 amended, 1930, 416 § 4.

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; 1930, 416 § 5. (See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Sect. 15 amended, 1921, 282 § 1; revised, 1923, 271 § 3; 1930, 416 § 6.

Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 54 § 1.

Sect. 17A added, 1923, 271 § 4 (relative to the taxation of land held
for county tuberculosis hospitals); amended, 1930, 416 § 7.

Sect. 18 amended, 1922, 54 § 2; second paragraph amended, 1924, 222
§ 1; revised, 1927, 222 § 1. (See 1922, 194.)

Sect. 20 revised, 1922, 362 § 1; 1927, 222 § 2; amended, 1930, 220 § 9.

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); amended, 1927, 222 § 3.

642 Changes in the [Chaps. 5SA, 59.

Sect. 25 amended, 1921, 375 § 3; revised, 1922, 362 § 2; 1924, 206 § 2;
amended, 1930, 416 § 8. (See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Sect. 27 revised, 1922, 382; amended, 1926, 287 § 1.

Chapter 58A. — Board of Tax Appeals.
New chapter added by 1930, 416 § 1.

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; 1925, 271; 1926, 117; 1927, 243; 1928, 200; 1929, 140; 1930,
105.

Collection of certain taxes assessed under authority of special law trans-
ferred to the commissioner of corporations and taxation, see 1923, 133.

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. 3 A added, 1928, 111 § 1 (relative to the taxation of real estate of
a municipality used or occupied for other than a public purpose).

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; amended,
1926, 279 § 1; revised, 1928, 379 § 3; amended, 1930, 220 § 10; cl. Seven-
teenth amended, 1924, 17 § 1; 1927, 11; 1930, 247; last sentence revised,
1930, 416 § 9; (see 1930, 416 §§ 32, 33); cl. Twentieth amended, 1928, 77
§ 1; cl. Twenty-second, last sentence revised, 1930, 416 § 10; (see 1930, 416
§§ 32, 33); cl. Twenty-third amended, 1930, 189; cl. Thirty-first amended,
1929, 15 § 1; 1930, 220 § 11; cl. Thirty-third amended, 1921, 202; cl.
Thirty-third stricken out and new els. Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth
added, 1925, 343 § 8 (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as revised by 1926, 222); cl.
Thirty-fifth added, 1928, 379 § 4.

Sect. 7 revised, 1930, 416 § 11. (See 1930, 416 § 33.)

Sect. 8 amended, 1928, 143 § 1. (See 1922, 329.)

Sect. 18, cl. First revised, 1929, 40 § 1; cl. Second revised, 1924, 321
§ 2; amended, 1930, 220 § 12; cl. Sixth revised, 1925, 64; 1929, 40 § 1; cl.
Seventh amended, 1928, 143 § 2; revised, 1929, 40 § 1.

Sect. 22 repealed, 1925, 343 § 9 (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as revised by
1926, 222).

Sect. 23 amended, 1921, 348; 1928, 379 § 5. (See 1928, 379 § 9.)

Sects. 23A 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. 39 revised, 1930, 416 § 12. (See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Sect. 43 amended, 1928, 14 § 1.

Sect. 45 amended, 1925, 343 § 11 (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as revised by
1926,222); 1928, 14 §2.

Sect. 46 amended, 1928, 14 § 3.

Chap. GO.] GENERAL LaWS. 643

Sect. 47, subs. Sixth amended, 1925, 343 § 10 (but see 1925, 343 § 13
as revised by 1926, 222); section amended, 1928, 14 § 4.

Sect. 51 revised, 1923, 421.

Sect. 52 revised, 1928, 14 § 5.

Sect. 54 revised, 1926, 65 § 5.

Sect. 57 amended, 1926, 269 § 2.

Sect. 59 amended, 1926, 71 § 2.

Sect. 60 amended, 1923, 18.

Sect. 04, new paragraph added at end, 1930, 416 § 13. (See 1930, 416
§ 32.)

Sect. 65 revised, 1930, 416 § 14. (See 1930, 416 § 33.)

Sects. 66-68 repealed, 1930, 416 § 2. (See 1930, 416 § 33.)

Sect. 68A added, 1926, 312 (relative to appeals from the refusal of
assessors to abate taxes); amended, 1929, 212; repealed, 1930, 416 § 2.
(See 1930, 416 § 33.)

5ect. 71 amended, 1928, 1.

Sect. 73 amended, 1926, 71 § 3. (See 1930, 416 §§ 32, 33.)

Sect. 74 amended. 1926, 279 § 2; 1928, 379 § 6.

Sect. 81. See 1930, 416 §§ 32, 33.

Sect. 83 amended, 1926, 279 § 3; 1928, 379 § 7.

Sect. 88 repealed, 1926, 29.

Chapter 60. — Collection of Local Taxes.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 124; 1926, 65 § 3.

Sect. 3 amended, 1926, 71 § 1, 269 § 1.

Sect. 8 amended, 1926, 65 § 4.

Sect. 9 revised, 1923, 128 § 1.

Sects. 10 and 11 repealed, 1923, 128 § 2.

Sect. 12 amended, 1923, 128 § 3.

Sect. 13 revised, 1926, 65 § 2.

Sect. 17 revised, 1923, 128 § 4.

Sect. 31 revised, 1927, 334 § 5.

Sect. 32 amended, 1928, 12.

Sect. 43 revised, 1923, 377 § 7.

Sect. 48 amended, 1927, 126 § 1.

Sect. 50 amended, 1927, 126 § 2.

Sect. 52 amended, 1927, 126 § 3.

Sect. 54 amended, 1925, 241 § 4.

Sect. 55 amended, 1927, 126 § 4.

Sect. 62 amended, 1924, 3; 1925, 51; revised, 1925, 77; amended, 1925,
241 § 5; 1928, 10.

Sect. 68 revised, 1929, 207 § 1.

Sect. 79 amended, 1925, 241 § 6.

Sect. 80 revised, 1925, 241 § 7.

Sect. 81 repealed, 1925, 241 § 8.

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.

644 Changes in the [Chaps. 60A-63.

Chapter 60A. — Excise Tax on Registered Motor Vehicles in Lieu of Local

Tax.

New chapter added by 1928, 379 § 1.

Sect. 1, third paragraph amended, 1930, 220 § 13; section revised, 1930,
244 § 1.

Sect. 2 revised, 1930, 244 § 2, 416 § 15. (See 1930, 416 §§ 32, 33.)

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.

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. (b) amended, 1923, 487 § 3; revised, 1925, 343 § 7 (but see
1925, 343 § 13 as revised by 1926, 222); subsect. (c) cl. First amended,
1925, 223; 1920. 160.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 265.

Sect. 5, cl. (6) amended, 1923, 287 § 2; cl. (c) amended, 1921, 376 § 1;
1922, 449 § 1; 1928, 217 § 1.

Sect. 6, cl. (6) amended, 1922, 329 § 1; cl. (g) amended, 1922, 329 § 2;
cl. (//) amended. 1922. 489.

Sect. 7 amended. 1928, 217 § 2.

Sect. 8, subsect. (a) revised, 1924, 351 § 1.

Sept. 9 amended, 1925, 242 § 1.

Sect. 22 amended. 1924. 15 § 2.

Sect. 24 revised, 1929, 361 § 1.

Sect. 25 revised, 1929, 361 § 2.

Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 290.

Sect. 34 amended, 1923, 362 § 55; 1927, 28.

Sect, 37 amended, 1922, 143.

Sect. 39 amended, 1929, 361 § 3.

Sect. 41 amended, 1923, 287 § 3; revised, 1925, 186.

Sect. 45 amended, 1922, 339 § 1; 1926, 287 § 2; revised, 1930, 416 § 16.
(See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Sect. 47 amended, 1921, 113 § 1; 1923, 287 § 4; 1926, 287 § 3; repealed,
1930, 416 § 2. (See 1930, 416 § 33.)

Sect. 48 amended, 1921, 113 § 2.

Sect. 51 revised, 1930, 416 § 17. (See 1930, 416 §§ 32, 33.)

Sect. 58 amended, 1923, 402 § 1.

Chapter 63. — Taxation of Corporations.

Refunding of certain illegal or excessive bank taxes, 1930, 214.

Secth. 1 to lOB, as added or amended bv 1923, 378 § 2, 1923, 487
§§ 1, 2. 1924, 233 § 1 and 1925, 262 § 1, stricken out and new §§ 1 to 7
inserted by 1925. 343 § 1 (but in case of unconstitutionality of new sec-
tions see 1925, 343 § 13 as revised by 1926, 222).

Sect. 1 (inserted bv 1925, 343 § 1) paragraph defining "Net income"
revised, 1930, 220 § 1.'

Chap. 63.] GENERAL LaWS. 645

Sect. 2 (inserted by 1925, 343 § 1) revised, 1930, 220 § 2; 1930, 416 § 18.
(See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Sect. 5 (inserted by 1925, 343 § 1) amended, 1927, 222 § 5; 1930, 410
§ 19. (See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Sect. 6 (inserted bv 1925, 343 § 1) revised, 1930, 416 § 20.

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. 18A added, 1927, 225 § 1 (relative to the abatement of certain
corporation taxes); revised, 1930, 416 § 21. (See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Sect. 28 amended, 1922, 520 § 5; 1923, 378 § 4; 1926, 287 § 4; 1927,
225 § 2; 1930, 416 § 22. (See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Sect. 29 amended, 1922, 520 § 6; 1923, 378 § 5.

Sects. 30-51. See 1922, 362 § 1.

Sect. 30, par. 5 amended, 1922, 302; 1925, 265 § 1; revised, 1925, 343
§ lA (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as revised by 1926, 222); par. contained in
first two lines amended, 1923, 254 § 3; said par. and pars. 1 and 2 amended,
1923, 438 § 5; par. contained in first four lines, as appearing in 1923, 438
§ 5, revised, 1924, 26 § 2; par. 3 (o) amended, 1925, 301 § 1; 1926, 279
§ 4; par. 4 (a) affected, 1925, 301 § 1; amended, 1926, 279 § 5; pars. 3
and 4 revised, 1927, 258 § 1; pars. 1, 2 and 5 revised, 1930, 220 § 3.

Sect. 31 revised, 1927, 258 § 2.

Sect. 32 amended, 1923, 424 § 1; revised, 1926, 338 § 6; 1927, 258 § 3;
amended, 1929, 359 § 2.

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. 34 A added, 1923, 254 § 1 (relative to the taxation of subsidiary
companies controlled by domestic business corporations); repealed, 1924,
26 §1.

Sect. 36 revised, 1927, 148.

Sect. 37, subdiv. (a) revised, 1925, 343 § IB (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as
revised by 1926; 222).

Sect. 38, par. 10 repealed, 1926, 338 § 1.

Sect. 38A added, 1926, 338 § 2 (computation of net taxable income of
domestic business corporation); revised, 1930, 220 § 4.

Sect. 38B added, 1929, 359 § 1 (relative to taxation of certain domestic
business corporations dealing exclusively in securities).

Sect. 38C added, 1930, 220 § 5 (classifying domestic manufacturing
corporations and providing for their taxation).

Sect. 39 amended, 1923, 424 § 3; par. contained in first twelve lines, as
appearing in 1923, 424 § 3, amended, 1924, 26 § 3; revised, 1927, 258 § 4;
par. (2) revised, 1926, 338 § 7.

Sect. 39 A 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. 41 revised, 1925, 343 § 2; 1926, 338 § 3.

646 Changes in the [Chap. 63.

Sect. 42 revised, 1926, 338 § 4.

Sect. 42A added, 1926, 338 § 5 (computation of net taxable income of
foreign corporation); revised, 1930, 220 § 6.

Sect. 42B added, 1930, 220 § 7 (classifying foreign manufacturing corpo-
rations and providing for their taxation).

Sect. 45 amended, 1922, 520 § 7.

Sect. 48 amended, 1922, 520 § 8.

Sect. 51 revised, 1926, 287 § 5; amended, 1927, 225 § 3. (See 1930, 416
§32.)

Sect. 52 revised, 1926, 219; 1930, 422.

Sect. 53, first par. amended, 1925, 343 § 3 (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as
revised by 1926, 222); 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); new par. added at end,
1925, 301 § 2; section amended, 1926, 279 § 6.

Sect. 56 amended, 1923, 378 § 6; repealed, 1925, 343 § 4 (but see 1925,
343 § 13 as revised by 1926, 222). (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. 57 affected, 1925, 301 § 2; amended, 1926, 279 § 7; 1927, 258 § 5;
repealed, 1928, 13 § 2.

Sect. 58 revised, 1921, 394; affected, 1924, 247 § 1; amended, 1925,
343 § 5 (but see 1925, 343 § 13 as revised by 1926, 222).

Sect. 58 A added, 1924, 247 § 1 (placing upon an equal basis the taxation
of trust companies and national banks); repealed, 1925, 343 § 6 (but see
1925, 343 § 13 as revised by 1926, 222).

Sect. 60 amended, 1922, 520 § 9; 1927, -225 § 4; revised, 1930, 416 § 23.
(See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Sects. 61-66 repealed, 1928, 138.

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. 67 revised, 1928, 143 § 3.

Sect. 68A added, 1928, 13 § 1 (remedy when assessors' valuation ex-
ceeds commissioner's extended to additional classes of corporations).

Sect. 70 amended, 1922, 520 § 10. (See 1921, 375 § 1.)

Sect. 71 amended, 1921, 123; 1922, 339 § 2; 1926, 287 § 6; revised,
1930, 416 § 24. (See 1930, 416 § 32.)

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.

Sect. 73 amended, 1922, 520 § 12.

Sect. 75 amended, 1922, 520 § 13.

Sect. 76 amended, 1923, 140.

Sect. 77 amended, 1922, 520 § 14; repealed, 1930, 416 § 2. (See 1930,
416 §33.)

Sect. 78 amended, 1923, 362 § 56; repealed, 1930, 416 § 2. (See 1930,
416 § 33.)

Sect. 81 added, 1928, 379 § 8 (definition of " local taxation ", for pur-
poses of certain sections of chapter 63).

Chaps. 64-G5A.] GENERAL LaWS. 647

Chapter 64. — Taxation of Stock Transfers.
Sect. 6 revised, 1930, 416 § 25. (See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Chapter 64A. — Taxation of Sales of Gasoline and Certain Other Motor

Vehicle Fuel.

New chapter added by 1928, 316 § 1.

Sect. 1, subsection (g) revised, 1930, 416 § 26.

Sect. 5 revised, 1930, 416 § 27. (See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Sect. 10 revised, 1930, 416 § 28. (See 1930, 416 § 32.)

Sect. 12 revised, 1930, 416 § 29.

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.

Temporary act, imposing tax upon transfer of estates of certain residents
of IMassachusetts dying after February 26, 1926, and before June 1, 1927,
1926, 355.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 347, 403 § 1; new paragraphs added, 1924, 128;
1925, 338 § 1; first and last paragraphs amended, 1926, 148 §§ 1, 2; section
amended, 1927, 156 § 1; first paragraph amended, 1929, 292 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1922, 403 § 2; repealed, 1927, 156 § 2.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 403 § 3; repealed, 1925, 338 § 2.

Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 520 § 15.

Sect. 8 amended, 1922, 520 § 16; repealed, 1927, 156 § 2.

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; revised, 1930, 416 § 30. (See 1930,
416 § 33.)

Sect. 26 revised, 1930, 416 § 31. (See 1930, 416 § 33.)

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 65A. — Taxation of Transfers of Certain Estates.

New chapter added by 1927, 178 § 1. (For temporary provisions, see
1926, 355; 1930, 301 § 2.)
Sect. 4. See 1930, 416 § 33.
Sect. 7 revised, 1930, 301 § 1.

648 Changes in the [Chaps. G6-70.

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. 3 amended, 1928, 192 § 1.
Sect. 4 amended, 1928, 192 § 2.
Sect. 10. See 1923, 337.

Chapter 67. — Parishes and Religious Societies.

Certificates of organization of parishes and rehgious societies filed in the
office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Chapter 68. — Donations and Conveyances for Pious and Charitable Uses.

Sect. 9 amended, 1929, 94.

Sect. 15 (requiring certain unincorporated trustees of charitable trusts
to file annual reports with the department of public welfare) added, 1930,
209.

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.

Sect. 3 revised, 1923, 301 § 3.

Sect. 7 amended, 1925, 266.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 484.

Sect. 12 revised, 1925, 286 § 3.

Sect. 13 amended, 1925, 286 § 4.

Sect. 14 revised, 1924, 499 § 1; amended, 1925, 286 § 5.

Sect. 15 revised, 1925, 286 § 6.

Sect. 16 revised, 1925, 286 § 7.

Sect. 19 amended, 1924, 453 § 2.

Sect. 24 revised, 1925, 286 § 8.

Sect. 25 revised, 1921, 486 § 17; amended, 1923, 362 § 58. (See 1922,
545 §§ 10-12.)

Sect. 26 revised, .1929, 268.

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; 1926, 333 § 1.

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; revised, 1926,
333 § 2.

Sect. 12 revised, 1926, 333 § 2.

Sect. 13 revised, 1926, 333 § 2.

Chaps. 71-74.] GENERAL LaWS. 649

Sect. 14 amended, 1924, 455 § 1; revised, 1926, 333 § 2.
Sect. 14A added, 1926, 333 § 3 (providing for a further distribution of
the Massachusetts School Fund to certain towns in certain cases).
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. 4 amended, 1928, 31.

Sect. 6 revised, 1921, 296 § 1; first paragraph revised, 1930, 48.

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. 46A added, 1930, 368 (making special provisions for the education
of crippled children).

Sect. 48A added, 1930, 314 (authorizing the purchase of traffic belts for
school children engaged in directing traffic.)

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. 61 amended, 1926, 313 § 1.

Sect. 65 amended, 1926, 313 § 2.

Sect. 70 amended, 1921, 486 § 18.

Sect. 71 amended, 1923, 50.

Chapter 72. — School Registers and Returns.

Sect. 2 amended, 1926, 188 § 1.

Sect. 3, paragraph First amended, 1925, 78 § 1.

Chapter 73. — State Normal Schools.

Sect. 1 amended, 1926, 6.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 486 § 19; 1923, 362 § 60.

Section 4A added, 1930, 158 (providing for the granting to certain
teachers in the state normal schools of lea\e of absence for study or re-
search).

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. 7A added, 1927, 85 (relative to the tuition of state and city wards
in certain approved vocational schools).

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); revised, 1927, 201.

650 Changes in the [Chaps. 75-79.

Sect. 10 revised, 1923, 364.

Sect. 20 revised, 1921, 462 § 3.

Sect. 21 amended, 1921, 462 § 4.

Sect. 22 amended, 1921, 462 § 5.

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. 42 revised, 1928, 135 § 4.

Sect. 46A added, 1921, 385 (authorizing state textile schools to make
certain tests).

Sect. 47 stricken out and new heading and sects. 47 to 47G added,
1928, 135 § 5 (relative to the Lowell textile institute).

Sect. 48 amended, 1928, 135 § 6.

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.

Attendance officers changed to supervisors of attendance, 1928, 184.
Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 463. (See 1922, 376.)

Sect. 2A added, 1928, 227 (further providing for the education of deaf
children).

Sect. 3 revised, 1926, 188 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1925, 94.

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 272; revised, 1930, 290.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 214.

Sect. 13 amended, 1925, 79.

Chapter 77. — School OSenders and County Training Schools.

Attendance officers changed to supervisors of attendance, 1928, 184.
Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 173.
Sect. 12 amended, 1928, 184 § 1.

Chapter 78. — Libraries.
Sect. 15 revised, 1924, 114.

Chapter 79. — Eminent Domain.

Sect. 3, new paragrapli added, 1924, 110; section amended, 1926, 124;
first paragraph amended, 1930, 417 § 12.
Sect. 45 amended, 1929, 380 § 2.

Chaps. 80-83.] GENERAL LaWS. 651

Chapter 80. — Betterments.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 377 § 1.
Sect. 2 amended, 1928, 120.
Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 377 § 2; 1927, 3.
Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 377 § 3.
Sect. 12 amended, 1923, 377 § 4.
Sect. 13 revised, 1923, 377 § 5.
Sect. 14 repealed, 1923, 377 § 6.
Sect. 17 amended, 1929, 380 § 3.

Chapter 80A. — Eminent Dcmain Takings and Betterment Assessments
by Judicial Proceedings.

New chapter added by 1929, 380 § 1. (See also 1929, 380 § 4.)

Chapter 81. — State Highways.

Division of highways of department of public works abolished. 1927, 297.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 57 § 1; revised, 1926, 176; 1928, 357 § 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; amended, 1927, 105. (See 1921, 427 § 1.)

Sect. 19 revised, 1923, 482 § 1; 1927, 273.

Sect. 19A added, 1924, 428 § 1 (requiring warning signs or lights at certain
dangerous places on state highways); repealed, 1928, 357 § 7.

Sect. 23 repealed, 1925, 288 § 2.

Sect. 25 revised, 1921, 428.

Sect. 26 amended, 1922, 281; revised, 1926, 315 § 1; 1930, 171.

Sect. 26A added, 1921, 120 § 1 (providing for the participation of the
county in the improvement of public ways).

Sect. 29 revised, 1926, 315 § 2.

Chapter 82. — The Laying Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance
of Public Ways, and Specific Repairs thereon.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 251 § 1.
Sect. 6 revised, 1929, 331 § 1.
Sect. 7 revised, 1928, 199; 1929, 331 § 2.
Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 401.
Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 251 § 2
Sect. 24 amended, 1927, 23.

Sect. 32A added, 1924, 289 (relative to the discontinuance of certain
ways as public ways).
Sect. 37 revised, 1925, 130.

Chapter 83. — Sewers, Drains and Sidewalks.

Sect. 27 amended, 1921, 486 § 20.

652 Changes in the [Chaps. 84-90.

Chapter 84. — Repair of Ways and Bridges.

Sect. 11 revised, 1923, 482 §2.

Sect. 11 A added, 1921, 120 § 2 (providing for the participation of the
county in the improvement of public ways).
Sect. 21 revised, 1922, 241; 1930, 98 § 1.

Chapter 85. — Regulations and By-laws relative to Ways and Bridges.

Sect. 1 revised, 1928, 357 § 2.

Sect. 2 revised, 1928, 357 § 3.

Sects. 3A and 3B added, 1927, 71 (relative to the renaming of certain
unaccepted ways).

Sect. 10 A added, 1924, 296 (relative to the regulation of coasting on
public wavs).

Sect. 13 revised, 1921, 377.

Sect. 14A added, 1929, 347 (regulating the use of public ways by funeral
processions).

Sect. 17A added, 1930, 139 (prohibiting certain interruptions of traffic
upon state highways).

Sect. 30 revised, 1922, 526; amended, 1925, 180 § 2, 342 § 2; revised,
1930, 353 § 1.

Sect. 34 revised, 1923, 313 § 1.

Sect. 35 added, 1923, 313 § 2 (relative to the protection of highway
bridges from heavy loads).

Chapter 87. — Shade Trees.

Sect. 12 revised, 1926, 311.

Chapter 88. — Ferries, Canals and Public Landings.
Sect. 14 revised, 1930, 164.

Chapter 89. — Law of the Road.

Sect. 6A added, 1925, 306 § 1 (regulating the stopping of street cars
during the passage of fire apparatus).

Sect, 7A added, 1925, 306 § 2 (regulating the movement and stopping
of vehicles during fires or the passage of fire apparatus) ; amended, 1926, 278.

Sect. 8 amended, 1926, 330 § 1; revised, 1928, 357 § 4; 1929, 147 § 1.

Sect. 9 added, 1926, 330 § 2 (designation of certain state highways as
through ways and regulation of traffic at their intersections with other
ways); revised, 1928, 357 § 5; 1929, 147 § 2.

Sect. 10 added, 1930, 57 § 1 (relative to the violation of one-way street
regulations, so called, as affecting civil liability).

Chapter 90. — Motor Vehicles and Aircraft.

Division of highways of department of public works abolished, 1927, 297.

Provision for an aircraft landing field, see 1922, 404; 1924, 368, 383;
1926, 275.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 464 § 1; tenth par. amended, 1924, 189; par.
contained in lines 13 and 14 (as appearing in 1923, 464 § 1) revised, 1928,

Chap. 90.] GENERAL LaWS. 653

381 § 2; par. contained in lines 27 to 33 (as appearing in 1923, 464 § 1)
amended, 192S, 316 § 2; par. defining "motor vehicles", as appearing in
1928, 316 § 2, amended, 1929, 203; same par. amended, 1930, 332 § 1.

Sect. 1A added, 1925, 346 § 1 (prohibiting registration of certain motor
vehicles unless security for owners' civil liability for personal injuries caused
therebv is furnished); revised, 1926, 368 § 1; sentence added at end, 1930,
332 § 2.

Sect. 2, seventh par. amended, 1922, 303 § 1; sixth par. amended, 1923,
362 § 64; fourth par. amended, 1924, 427; eighth par. amended, 1924,
224; section revised, 1928, 316 § 3; sixth par. amended, 1930, 272; seventh
par. amended, 1930, 332 § 3.

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) ; sects, stricken out and new sects. 3 A to 3F inserted,
1928, 344 (permitting the service of process on the registrar of motor ve-
hicles in motor vehicle accident cases).

Sect. 3D affected, 1928, 390.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 303 § 2; revised, 1923, 464 § 2; 1928, 316 § 4;
amended, 1929, 238 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 342 § 1.

Sect. 7 revised, 1921, 189, 434, 483; amended, 1922, 342 § 2; 1923,
335; revised, 1928, 328 § 1; affected, 1928, 328 § 2; amended, 1929, 43.

Sect.' 7 A added, 1929, 252 (providing for the periodic inspection of
motor vehicles, motor cycles and trailers).

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 403 § 1; 1923, 464 § 3; 1925, 283.

Sect. 9 amended, 1922, 303 § 3; sentence added at end, 1928, 187 § 1;
section revised, 1928, 381 § 3; amended, 1929, 180.

Sect. 9 A added, 1930, 354 § 1 (requiring certain automobiles used for
the carriage of passengers for hire to be equipped with non-scatterable
glass wind shields). (See 1930, 354 §§ 2, 3.)

Sect. 10 amended, 1923, 464 § 4; revised, 1929, 262; last sentence re-
vised, 1930, 332 § 4.

Sect. 11 amended, 1929, 101.

Sect. 12 amended, 1923, 464 § 5; 1925, 201 § 1.

Sect. 14 revised, 1925, 305; amended, 1928, 166.

Sect. 18 amended, 1928, 357 § 8.

Sect. 19 revised, 1925, 180 § 1; 1927, 72; 1929, 313; new sentence added
at end, 1930, 297.

Sect. 20 amended, 1922, 130.

Sect. 21 revised, 1921, 349.

Sect. 22 amended, 1923, 464 § 6.

Sects. 23-25. See 1922, 36.

Sect. 23 amended, 1921, 304; 1925, 201 § 2; 1926, 267 § 2; affected,
1926, 296.

Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 183; 1925, 201 § 3; revised, 1925, 297 § 1;
amended, 1926, 253; affected, 1926, 296; amended, 1928, 213 § 1; revised,
1928, 281 § 1; amended, 1929, 274.

Sect. 24A added, 1926, 361 § 1 (relative to motor vehicles used in the
commission of certain crimes).

Sect. 28 amended, 1922, 202; 1923, 362 § 65.

Sect. 29 amended, 1923, 464 § 7; 1924, 364; revised, 1924, 498; 1929,
230.

654 Changes in the [Chap. 91.

Sect. 30 amended, 1923, 464 § 8.

Sect. 31. See 1922, 36.

Sect. 31A added, 1924, 457 (regulating the transportation of personal
property over public ways by motor vehicles).

Sect. 32 revised, 1924, 379.

Sect. 32A added, 1925, 237 § 1 (authorizing the restoration or substitu-
tion of serial numbers on motor vehicles in certain cases).

Sect. 32B added, 1928, 25 (relative to keeping of records of motor ve-
hicles leased upon a mileage basis).

Sect. 33 amended, 1921, 403 § 2; revised, 1923, 464 § 9; 1925, 342 § 1;
(paragraph included in hues 4 to 9) amended, 1926, 244; (paragraph in-
cluded in lines 10 to 24) amended, 1926, 349 § 1 ; (paragraph included in
lines 87 to 89) revised, 1926, 277; 1927, 134; section revised, 1928, 316 § 5;
new paragraph inserted, 1930, 332 § 5; fifteenth and sixteenth paragraphs
amended, 1930, 391.

Sect. 34 revised, 1921, 112 § 1; 1925, 288 § 1; 1928, 316 § 6; clause (h)
added at end, 1929, 343 § 4.

Sects. 34A to 341 added, 1925, 346 § 2 (relative to the manner of furnish-
ing security for the recovery of damages for personal injuries caused by
certain motor vehicles and to the recovery of the same); section 34 A
amended, 1926, 368 § 2; section 34B revised, 1927, 127 § 1; section 34H
revised, 1926, 368 § 3; sections 34 A to 341 stricken out and new sections
34 A to 34J inserted, 1928, 381 § 4; new section 34A, third and fourth para-
graphs revised, 1930, 340 § 1; new section 34D amended, 1930, 340 § 2.
(See 1930, 340 § 5.)

Sects. 35-43 superseded and new sections 35-59 inserted, 1922, 534 § 1.

Sect. 35 revised, 1928, 388 § 1.

Sect. 36 revised, 1928, 388 § 2.

Sect. 38 amended, 1928, 388 § 3.

Sect. 39 amended, 1928, 388 § 4.

Sect. 41 amended, 1925, 189 § 1; revised, 1928, 388 § 5.

Sect. 45 amended, 1928, 388 § 6.

Sect. 47 revised, 1928, 388 § 7; amended, 1930, 33 § 1.

Sect. 49 revised, 1928, 388 § 8; amended, 1930, 33 § 2.

Sect. 50 revised, 1930, 33 § 3.

Sect. 53 amended, 1925, 189 § 2; 1928, 388 § 9.

Sect. 55 amended, 1928, 388 § 10.

Sect. 57 revised, 1928, 388 § 11.

Sect. 58 amended, 1928, 388 § 12.

Sect. 59 amended, 1925, 189 § 3; 1928, 388 § 13.

Sect. 60 added, 1928, 388 § 14 (relative to jurisdiction of superior court
in equity to enforce sects. 35-59).

Chapter 91. — Waterways.

Division of waterways and public lands of department of pubhc works
abolished, 1927, 297.

Sect. 1 amended, 1927, 106 § 1.

Sect. 2 A added, 1925, 264 § 1 (relative to the control of property ac-
quired in connection with the Pilgrim Tercentenary).

Sects. 10, 12 to 22, inclusive. See 1927, 106 § 1.

Sect. 12 revised, 1922, 262 § 1.

Sect. 14 revised, 1930, 99 § 1.

Chaps. 92, 93.] GENERAL LaWS. 655

Sect. 15 amended, 1927, 39 § 1.

Sect. 18A added, 1923, 453 (providing access for the public to great
ponds).

Sect. 24 revised, 1925, 196 § 1.

Sect. 28. See 1927, 106 § 1.

Sect. 33 amended, 1923, 57 § 2.

Sect. 34 amended, 1980, 99 § 2. (See 1927, 106 § 1.)

Sect. 49 revised, 1928, 122.

Sect. 52 amended. 1925, 196 § 2.

Skct. 59 added, 1929, 181 (prohibiting the discharge of oils and their
products into or on certain waters and flats).

Chapter 92. — Metropolitan Sewers, Water and Parks.

Act providiniT for the admission of the town of Needham to the south
metropolitan sewerage system, 1924, 59.

Act admitting the towns of Canton, Norwood, Stoughton and Walpole
to the south metropolitan sewerage district, 1928, 384.

Act providing for the town of Braintree a sewer connection with the
south metropolitan sewerage system under the provisions of 1910, 546,
1930, 398.

Act admitting the town of Weymouth to the south metropolitan sewerage
district, 1930, 419. •

Sect. 10, first par. amended, 1928, 189.

Sect. 17 revised 1926, 316 § 1.

Sect. 26, second par. amended, 1925, 308.

Sect. 36 revised, 1923, 230.

Sect. 37 amended, 1926, 316 § 2.

Sect. 38 amended, 1926, 316 § 3.

Sect. 43 revised, 1924, 390 § 1; amended, 1925, 83 § 1.

Sect. 44 revised, 1924, 390 § 2; amended, 1925, 83 § 2; revised, 1926, 33.

Sect. 46 amended, 1924, 390 § 3.

Sect. 47 amended, 1924, 390 § 4.

Sect. 48 amended, 1922, 14.

Sect. 56 amended, 1921, 112 § 3; 1925, 288 § 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. 65 amended, 1930, 421 § 1.

Sect. 74 A added, 1929, 371 § 11 (licensing of certain recreational facilities
for use in connection with the Charles river basin).

Sects. 76A-76E added, 1928, 238 (authorizing the metropolitan district
commission to permit certain municipalities bordering on the Charles
river Imsin to take water therefrom for fire protection and certain other
purposes)

Sect. 99 amended, 1923, 362 § 66.

Chapter 83. — 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; 1925,273; 1927,263;
1929, 269. Powers and duties transferred to Division on the Necessaries
of Life, in the Department of Labor and Industries, 1930, 380.

656 Changes in the [Chap. 94.

Sect. 10 amended, 1921, 486 § 21.
Sects. 24 to 28. See 1930, 302 § 3.
Sect. 25 revised, 1930, 302 § 1.
Sect. 26 revised, 1930, 302 § 2.
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.
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; 1925,273; 1927,263;
1929, 269. Powers and duties transferred to Division on the Necessaries of
Life, in the Department of Labor and Industries, 1930, 380.

Sect. 1, par. contained in lines 30 to 32 amended, 1925, 117; five pars,
added at end, 1927, 274 § 1; four pars, added at end, 1928, 307 § 1.

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. lOA-lOE added, 1921, 303 (regulating the manufacture and
bottling of certain non-alcoholic beverages).

Sect. 12 revised, 1929, 267 § 1.

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); amended, 1925, 120.

Sect. 21 revised, 1929, 267 § 2.

Sect. 25 amended, 1929, 279 § 1.

Sect. 26 amended, 1929, 279 § 2.

Sect. 27 amended, 1929, 279 § 3.

Sect. 29 revised, 1929, 279 § 4.

Sect. 29A added, 1929, 279 § 5 (relative to the methods and frequency
of making tests for determining the composition of milk or cream).

Sect. 30 revised, 1929, 279 § 6.

Sect. 31 revised, 1929, 279 § 7.

Sect. 41, sentence added at end, 1929, 171 § 1.

Sect. 42A added, 1929, 171 § 2 (requiring certain licensed milk dealers
to submit financial reports to the commissioner of agriculture).

Sect. 43 amended, 1924, 122.

Sect. 48A added, 1927, 259 (relative to the licensing of establishments
for the pasteurization of milk).

Sect. 49 amended, 1928, 130 § 1.

Sect. 51 amended, 1923, 84.

Sect. 55 revised, 1928, 130 § 2.

Chap. 94.] GENERAL LaWS. 657

Sects. 64 and 05 stricken out and new sections 64-65F inserted, 1927,
278 § 1 (establishinjjj a standard for ice cream and regulating its manufacture
and sale) ; sections 65C and G5D repealed, 1928, 229 § 2.

Sect. 74 revised, 1922, 17 § 1.

Sect. 76 revised, 1922, 17 § 2.

Sect. 81 revised, 1922, 338 § 1.

Sect. 82 revised, 1922, 338 § 2; 1928, 40 § 1.

Sect. 8SA added, 1929, 210 (requiring the marking of containers of
scallops with designation of source).

Sect. 92 A added, 1921, 486 § 23 (sale of decayed eggs).

Sects. 93-95 repealed, 1928, 362.

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. 101 revised, 1926, 264 § 1; amended, 1928, 180 § 1.

Sect. 102 amended, 1924, 119 § 1.

Sect. 103 amended, 1926, 264 § 2; revised, 1928, 180 § 2.

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; 1926, 264 § 3.

Sect. 106 amended, 1924, 119 § 5; repealed, 1926, 264 § 4.

Sect. 108 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sect. Ill amended, 1926, 264 § 5.

Sect. 112 amended, 1926, 35; revised, 1926, 264 § 6.

Sect. 113 revised, 1926, 264 § 7.

Sects. 117A-117F added, 1922, 438 § 1 (providing for the grading and
inspection of onions); stricken out and new sections 117A-117F inserted,
1927, 270 (providing for establishing grades and standards for farm products).

Sect. 117A amended, 1928, 57.

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. 143 revised, 1930, 318.

Sect. 143A added, 1923, 425 § 2 (relative to the sale of vegetable
sausages).

Sect. 147A added, 1929, 106 (authorizing the department of public
health to make regulations relative to game, poultry and certain other
meat intended for food purposes).

Sect. 150 amended, 1927, 46; 1928, 40 § 2. ^

Sect. 150A added, 1921, 486 § 24 (penalizing the sale of unwholesome
food or drink, etc.).

Sect. 156 revised, 1929, 103.

Sect. 158 revised, 1926, 122 § 1.

Sect. 159 revised, 1926, 122 § 2.

Sect. 163 revised, 1922, 524.

Sect. 164 revised, 1922, 206.

Sect. 173 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Sect. 177 amended, 1923, 155 § 3.

658 Changes in the [Chap. 91.

Sect. 184A added, 1921, 486 § 25 (marking of packages, etc., of foods or
medicines containing certain drugs).

Sect. 185 repealed, 1921, 486 § 26.

Sect. 185A added, 1927, 278 § 2 (providing that sections 186-195 shall
not apply to ice cream).

Sect. 186, cl. Seventh added, 1923, 166 (prohibiting the inflation of
meat with gas or air).

Sect. 189 amended, 1925, 42.

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; 1925,
273 § 3; 1927, 263; 1929, 269. Powers and duties of fuel administrator
transferred to Division on the Necessaries of Life in the Department of
Labor and Industries, 1930, 380.

Sect. 239A added, 1926, 382 (authorizing the estabhshment of a legal
standard of sizes for anthracite coal).

Sect. 240 amended, 1921, 95 § 2; 1923, 196 § 2.

Sect. 241 amended, 1921, 95 § 1; revised, 1923, 196 § 1; 1926, 217.

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).

Sects. 261A-261L added, 1927, 274 § 2 (regulating the sale of agricultural
seeds ) .

Sect. 270 revised, 1923, 226 § 1; 1928, 307 § 2.

Sect. 271 amended, 1923, 226 § 2; 1928, 307 § 3.

Sect. 272 amended, 1923, 226 § 3; 1928, 307 § 4.

Sect. 273 revised, 1923, 226 § 4; amended, 1928, 307 § 5.

Sect. 277 revised, 1923, 226 § 5.

Sect. 298 revised, 1921, 251 § 1.

Sect. 299 revised, 1921, 251 § 2.

Sect. 304 amended, 1921, 486 § 27.

Sect. 305A added, 1924, 50 (relative to sanitary food, so called).

Sect. 305B added, 1928, 229 § 1 (relative to the examination of persons
engaged in the handling of food).

Chaps. Oii-K):}.] GENERAL LaWS. 659

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.

Chapter 98. — Weights and Measures.

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; 1925, 72.

Sect. 41 amended, 1923, 32 § 1.

Sect. 42 amended, 1923, 32 § 2; 1927, 95 § 1.

Sect. 56 revised, 1927, 95 § 2.

Sect. 58 repealed, 1922, 355 § 8.

Chapter 100. — Auctioneers.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 127.

Sects. 14-17 added, 1925, 331 (relative to the licensing and regulation
of proprietors of establishments for the sale at auction of certain personal
property).

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; 1926, 120 § 1.
Sect. 3 amended, 1926, 120 § 2.
Sect. 15 amended, 1929, 349 § 1.
Sect. 16 revised, 1929, 349 § 2.

Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 285; revised, 1927, 185 § 1; 1929, 349 § 3.
Sect. 19 amended, 1929, .349 § 4.
Sect. 22 revised, 1929, 349 § 5.

Sect. 23 amended, 1927, 185 § 2; revised, 1929, 349 § 6.
Sect. 25 amended, 1927, 119; revised, 1929, 349 § 7.
Sect. 27 revised, 1929, 349 § 8.

Sect. 30 amended, 1923, 154; revised, 1928, 214; amended, 1929,
349 § 9.

Chapter 102. — Shipping and Seamen, Harbors and Harbor Masters.
Sect. 5 amended, 1926, 241 § 2; 1928, 155 § 2.

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.

660 Changes in the [Chaps. 108A-110A.

Chapter 108 A. — Partnerships.
New chapter added by 1922, 486.

Chapter 109. — Limited Partnerships.

Certificates and affidavits of limited partnerships filed in the office 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); revised, 1925, 194.

Chapter 109A. — Fraudulent Transfers of Real and Personal Property.

New chapter added by 1924, 147.

Chapter 110. — Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration thereof.

Sect. 4A added, 1927, 62 § 1 (regulating the use of the word " corpora-
tion" or "incorporated" or any abbreviated form thereof as a part of a
name or title under which business is transacted).

Sect. 6 amended, 1929, 6 § 2.

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. 18 amended, 1930, 155.

Sect. 21 revised, 1924, 37 § 1.

Sect. 22 revised, 1924, 37 § 2.

Sect. 23 amended, 1924, 37 § 3.

Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 37 § 4.

Sect. 25 amended, 1924, 37 § 5.

Sect. 26 amended, 1927, 62 § 2.

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. (a) amended, 1929, 287 § 2; subdiv. (g) amended, 1924,
487 § 1.

Sect. 3, subdiv. ((/) amended, 1930, 316; subdiv. (g) amended, 1930, 289.

Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 47; 1924, 487 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1922, 435 § 1; 1924, 487 § 3.

Sect. 6A added, 1929, 287 § 3 (enlarging the authority of the body ad-
ministering the "sale of securities act", so called, to require the submission
of statements).

Sect. 7 amended, 1922, 435 § 2.

Sect. 8 amended, 1922, 317 § 1; revised, 1922, 435 § 3; amended,
1923, 48; revised, 1924, 487 § 4; amended, 1926, 211.

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.

Chap. 111.] GENERAL LawS. 661

Chapter 111. — Public Health.

Sect. 5 amended, 1921, 322; 1929, 161.

Sect, 25 amended, 1922, 200.

Sect. 27A added, 1929, 77 (authorizing the appointment of health
officers by unions of two or more towns).

Sect. 31 revised, 1924, 180.

Sect. 31A added, 1921, 358 (providing for registration of collectors of
garbage, etc.).

Sect. 39 amended, 1921, 315 § 1.

Sects. 44 and 45 repealed, 1928, 229 § 2.

Sect. 48 affected, 1921, 315 § 1.

Sect. 57 revised, 1924, 256.

Sects. 62A-62G added, 1924, 248 § 2 (relative to children's health camps).

Sect. 62H added, 1925, 17 § 2 (providing for care and treatment of
underweight and undernourished children of school age by contract).

Sect. 63 amended, 1924, 477 § 3. (See 1924, 477.)

Sect. 65A 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; 1927, 139.

Sect. 68 repealed, 1924, 477 § 4.

Sect. 69A added, 1927, 236 (relative to patients at the Pondville Hospital
at Norfolk); sect, stricken out and new sects. 69A to 09D inserted, 1928,
336 (relative to admissions and charges at the Pondville Hospital). (See
1926,391; 1927,328.)

Sect. 70 amended, 1923, 337; 1926, 149.

Sect. 76 amended, 1926, 284.

Sects. 78-91 affected, 1924, 443, 500, 501. (See 1928, 385, providing for
temporary care and treatment of adult residents of certain counties suffer-
ing from pulmonary tuberculosis.)

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 bv county of Essex for a tuberculosis hospital) ;
1924, 443 § 7.

Sect. 85 amended, 1923, 113 § 2; 1927, 73 § 2; revised, 1928, 354 § 2.

Sect. 85A added, 1923, 113 § 3 (authorizing county commissioners to
make temporary loans to provide funds for the care, maintenance and
repair of county tuberculosis hospitals).

Sect. 85B added, 1927, 73 § 1 (relative to county preventoria for the
treatment of children predisposed or susceptible to tuberculosis); revised,
1928, 354 § 1.

Sect. 86 amended, 1922, 393 § 2.

Sect. 87. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 91 amended, 1924, 443 § 2; revised, 1924, 501 § 2; amended,
1930, 339.

Sect. 92 amended, 1924, 501 § 3.

Sect. 112 amended, 1925, 215.

Sect. 116 amended, 1926, 241 § 3; revised, 1927, 91.

Sect. 121 amended, 1928, 155 § 3.

662 Changes in the [Chaps. 112-115.

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. 6 amended, 1927, 137.

Sect. 9 A added, 1922, 426 (providing for the registration of medical stu-
dents for the limited practice of medicine).

Sect. 12A added, 1927, 69 (relative to reports of treatment of certain
wounds caused by firearms).

Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 53.

Sect. 34 amended, 1923, 233 § 8.

Sect. 35. See 1927, 224.

Sect. 38 amended, 1921, 318.

Sect. 44 revised, 1927, 147; amended, 1929, 70.

Sect. 45A added, 1921, 365 (providing for registration of dental
internes).

Sect. 46 revised, 1926, 215.

Sect. 48 revised, 1922, 221.

Sect. 51 amended, 1924, 103.

Sect. 61 revised, 1921, 478 § 1.

Sect. 65 revised, 1921, 478 § 2.

Sect. 68 revised, 1926, 321 § 1.

Sect. 72 amended, 1926, 321 § 2.

Sect. 73 amended, 1926, 321 § 3.

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 office of the State
Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 45 revised, 1922, 176 § 1; amended, 1926, 243 § 2; 1927, 48.

Sect. 46 amended, 1926, 243 § 3.

Sect. 47 revised, 1921, 333; second paragraph revised, 1926. 243 § 4.

Sect. 49 revised, 1926, 242 § 1. (See 1926, 242 § 2.)

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.

Chaps. IKi, 117.] GENERAL LaWS. 663

Provision for allowances to certain organizations of persons who served
in the world war for the expenses of certain military funerals or burials in
which they participate, see 1923, 396.

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, 1927, 206. (See 1924, 452.) 1921, 354, en-
titling 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".

Provisions relative to military aid affected by 1930, 195 (making certain
Massachusetts veterans receiving hospital treatment outside the common-
wealth eligible to receive military aid).

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; (paragraphs included
within lines 45-62) stricken out and new paragraph inserted, 1926, 301;
(paragraph appearing in said chapter 301) amended, 1927, 219,

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 222 § 3; 1922,229; 1924,280; revised, 1928, 255;
amended, 1930, 233 § 1.

Sect. 9 amended, 1930, 186.

Sect. 10, second par. amended, 1921, 222 § 4; 1928, 155 § 4; third par.
amended, 1928, 155 § 5.

Sect. 12 amended, 1928, 155 § 6.

Sect. 15 amended, 1923, 362 § 67.

Sect. 17 revised, 1927, 308; second paragraph revised, 1929, 160; first
paragraph revised, 1930, 110; section revised, 1930, 192.

Sect. 18 revised, 1925, 137.

Sect. 19 revised, 1924, 262; amended, 1926, 155; 1930, 233 § 2.

Sect. 20 amended, 1923, 362 § 68; 1924, 266; 1927, 226; 1928, 155 § 7.

Sect. 25 added, under caption "Hospital or Home Care", 1929, 340.

Chapter 116. — Settlement (former title, Settlement of Paupers).

Title amended, 1928, 155 § 8.

Sect. 1, cl. Fifth amended, 1922, 177.

Sect. 2 amended, 1928, 155 § 9.

Sect. 3 amended, 1925, 187 § 2; repealed, 1928, 155 § 10.

Sect. 4 amended, 1925, 187 § 1; first sentence stricken out, 1928, 155 § 11.

Sect. 5 revised, 1922, 479; amended, 1925, 34; revised, 1926, 292.

Chapter 117. — Support by Cities and Towns (former title, Support of
Paupers by Cities and Towns).

Title amended, 1928, 155 § 12.

Sect. 3 revised, 1928, 155 § 13.

Sect. 5 amended, 1928, 155 § 14.

Sect. 6, last sentence stricken out, 1928, 155 § 15.

Sect. 7 amended, 1928, 155 § 16.

Sect. 8 amended, 1928, 155 § 17.

Sect. 9 amended, 1928, 155 § 18.

664 Changes in the [Chaps. 118-121.

Sect. 11 amended, 1928, 155 § 19.

Sect. 13 amended, 1928, 155 § 20.

Sect. 15 amended, 1928, 155 § 21.

Sect. 16 amended, 1928, 155 § 22.

Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 298; 1926, 241 § 4; 1928, 155 § 23.

Sect. 18 revised, 1924, 221; amended, 1926, 241 § 5; 1928, 155 § 24.

Sect. 23 amended, 1928, 155 § 25.

Sect. 24 amended, 1928, 155 § 26.

Sect. 26 amended, 1927, 80; revised, 1928, 155 § 27.

Sect. 29 amended, 1928, 155 § 28.

Sect. 30 amended, 1928, 155 § 29.

Sect. 32 amended, 1928, 155 § 30.

Sect. 35 amended, 1928, 155 § 31.

Sect. 36 amended, 1928, 155 § 32.

Sect. 37 amended, 1928, 155 § 33.

Sect. 38 repealed, 1928, 155 § 58.

Chapter 118. — Aid to Mothers with Dependent Children.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 376; sentence added at end, 1930, 381.
Sect. 6 amended, 1926, 241 § 6.

Chapter 118A. — Adequate Assistance to Certain Aged Citizens.
New chapter added by 1930, 402 § 1. (See 1930, 402 §§ 2, 3.)

Chapter 119. — Protection and Care of Children, and Proceedings against

Them.

Sect. 36A added, 1927, 168 (authorizing the appointment of certain
charitable corporations as guardians of minor children).
Sect. 56 revised, 1927, 181 § 1.
Sect. 64 amended, 1929, 179 § 3.
Sect. 67 amended, 1927, 221.

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.

Sect. 23A added, 1927, 241 § 1 (providing for the payment into the state
treasury of unclaimed money held by the trustees of the Massachusetts
training schools for the benefit of former wards).

Chapter 121. — Powers and Duties of the Department of Public Welfare,
and the Massachusetts Hospital School.

Sect. 1 amended, 1927, 45.

Sect. 7 amended, 1928, 155 § 34.

Sect. 8 revised, 1928, 155 § 35.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 486 § 28; revised, 1928, 155 § 36.

Sect. 10 amended, 1928, 155 § 37.

Chaps. 122, 123.] GENERAL LawS. 665

Sect. 12 amended, 1928, 155 § 38.

Sect. 22 A added, under caption " Boarding Homes for Aged Per-
sons," 1929, 305 (relative to boarding homes for aged persons and to the
licensing and supervision of the same by the department of public welfare).

Sect. 29 revised, 1922, 306.

Sect. 31 amended, 1924, 344; 1928, 155 § 39.

Sect. 39 amended, 1928, 155 § 40.

Sect. 41 amended, 1928, 155 § 41.

Sect. 42 added, 1926, 241 § 1 (relative to the approval and payment
of accounts against the commonwealth on account of certain poor, sick
and dependent persons).

Chapter 122. — State Infirmary (former title, State Infirmary and State

Paupers).

Title amended, 1928, 155 § 42.
Sect. 1 amended, 1924, 259 § 1.

Sect. 2A added, 1928, 231 (relative to the powers and duties of the trus-
tees of the state infirmary with respect to gifts).
Sect. 3 revised, 1928, 155 § 43.
Sect. 4 amended, 1923, 362 § 71.
Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 362 § 72; revised, 1924, 259 § 2.
Sect. 7 revised, 1928, 155 § 44.
Sect. 8 amended, 1928, 155 § 45.
Sect. 10 amended, 1928, 155 § 46.
Sect. 11 amended, 1928, 155 § 47.
Sect. 12 amended, 1928, 155 § 48; repealed, 1930, 06.
Sect. 14 amended, 1928, 155 § 49.

Sect. 15 amended, 1923, 177; 1926, 241 § 7; 1928, 155 § 50.
Sect. 16 amended, 1928, 155 § 51.
Sect. 18 amended, 1926, 241 § 8.

Sect. 19 amended, 1923, 362 § 73; repealed, 1926, 241 § 9.
Sect. 21 amended, 1928, 155 § 52.
Sect. 22 repealed, 1928, 155 § 53.
Sect. 24 amended, 1921, 430 § 2.
Sect. 25 amended, 1921, 430 § 3.

Chapter 123. — Commitment and Care of the Insane and Other Mental

Defectives.

Sect. 3 amended, 1928, 155 § 54.

Sect. 3 A added, 1922, 519 § 2 (relative to the powers and duties of the
department of mental diseases concerning the mental health of citizens).

Sect. 6 amended, 1928, 338.

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. 16A added, 1930, 338 (relative to the care outside of institutions,
with provision for occupational therapy, of certain patients under the
control of the department of mental diseases).

Sect. 17 amended, 1923, 362 § 74. (See 1922, 545 §§ 1, 5.)

Sect. 20 amended, 1921, 317 § 2; 1922, 410 § 4; 1923, 245 § 1.

666 Changes in the [Chap 123.

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; 1925, 293 § 3; revised, 1930, 403 § 3
(but see 1930, 403 §§ 4-6).

Sect. 32 amended, 1922, 193; 1923, 362 § 75.

Sect. 33 amended, 1926, 229 § 1.

Sect. 34 amended. 1926, 229 § 2.

Sect. 34 A added, 1924, 287 § 3 (relative to licensing physicians to have
charge of federal ins-titutions for the care of insane veterans).

Sect. 39A added, 1930, 176 (providing for payment to the state treasurer
of unclaimed funds, known as "patients' funds", at certain state hospitals).

Sect. 45 amended 1922, 410 § 6; 1925, 293 § 4.

Sect. 46 amended, 1922, 410 § 7; 1925, 293 § 5.

Sect. 51 amended, 1922, 410 § 8; 1925, 293 § 6.

Sect. 62 amended, 1922, 535 § 4.

Sect. 66 amended, 1922, 410 § 9; 1925, 293 § 7.

Sect. 66A added, 1921, 441 § 1 (commitment of feeble-minded persons
to supervision of deoartment of mental diseases, etc.); revised, 1924, 88 § 1.

Sect. 67 amended, 1922, 410 § 10; 1925, 293 § 8.

Sect. 74 revised, 1926, 104.

Sect. 77 amended, 1924, 19; 1929, 136.

Sect. 79 revised, 1929, 222.

Sect. 80 revised, 1922, 535 § 5.

Sect. 86 amended, 1926, 132.

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; 1925, 293 § 9.

Sect. 93 amended, 1922, 410 § 12; 1925, 293 § 10.

Sect. 96, first par. amended, 1921, 317 § 3; revised, 1925, 314; 1926, 274.

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; 1925, 169;
1927,59 § 1; 1929, 105.

Sect. 101 amended, 1923, 467 § 3.

Sect. 102 revised, 1929, 213 § 1.

Sect. 103 revised, 1929, 213 § 2.

Sect. 104 revised, 1929, 213 § 3.

Sect. 105 amended, 1923, 467 § 4; revised, 1929, 213 § 4.

Sect. 113 revised, 1921, 270 § 1; 1922, 535 § 7; 1928, 333.

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. 125-127.] GENERAL LaWS. 667

Chapter 125. — 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. 2 amended, 1927,' 289 § 2.
Sect. 3 amended, 1923, 362 § 76; 1927, 289 § 3.
Sect. 4 amended, 1927, 289 § 4.
Sect. 5 amended, 1923, 362 § 77.
Sect. 10 revised, 1929, 170 § 1.
Sect. 13 amended, 1926, 343 § 1.
Sect. 14 amended, 1924, 260.
Sect. 15 amended, 1926, 343 § 5.
Sect. 22 revised, 1926, 343 § 2; 1929, 332 § 1.
Sect. 23 amended, 1928, 28 § 2.
Sect. 24 amended, 1926, 343 § 3.
Sect. 25 revised, 1930, 360 § 3.
Sect. 26 amended, 1923, 362 § 78.
Sect. 29 revised, 1926, 343 § 4; 1929, 332 § 2.
Sect. 34 revised, 1923, 362 § 79.

Sects. 41A-41E added, 1927, 289 § 1 (relative to the state prison colony).
Sect. 42 repealed, 1921, 486 § 29.
Sect. 49 amended, 1923, 362 § 80; 1927, 289 § 5.
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 126. — Jails, Houses of Correction and Reformation, and County

Industrial Farms.

Sects. 14, 16, 18-20. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.
Sect. 30 amended, 1925, 173.
Sect. 36. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.
Sect. 38 re\nsed, 1925, 222.

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. 11 amended, 1926, 343 § 6.

Sect. 12 amended, 1929, 170 § 2.

Sect. 16 amended, 1924, 309 § 1.

Sect. 17 revised, 1924, 309 § 2; amended, 1929, 179 § 4.

Sect. 18 amended, 1924, 309 § 3.

Sect. 48A added, 1928, 387 (improving the administration of prison
industries and abolishing gratuities to prisoners in certain institutions).

Sects. 51-78. See 1922, 545 §§ 10-12.

Sect. 51 amended, 1927, 289 § 6.

Sect. 52. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 57 revised, 1923, 362 § 83.

Sect. 68. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 71 amended, 1923, 362 § 84; 1927, 302.

668 Changes in the [Chaps. 128, 129.

■ Sect. 90A added, 1923, 52 (allowing inmates of penal institutions to
attend the funerals of their spouses and next of kin).
Sect. 96 amended, 1928, 155 § 55.
Sect. 127 amended, 1923, 150.
Sect. 128 amended, 1930, 60 § 1.
Sect. 149 amended, 1930, 60 § 2.
Sect. 151 amended, 1928, 155 § 56.
Sect. 160 amended, 1924, 299.
Sect. 161 amended, 1923, 362 § 85.
Sect. 162 amended, 1928, 132.

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.

Sect. 2, cl. (/) revised, 1921, 206.

Sect. 8 revised, 1922, 438 § 2.

Sect. 14 amended, 1924, 94 § 1.

Sect. 22 revised, 1925, 58 § 1; 1929, 91 § 1.

Sect. 23 amended, 1923, 362 § 86.

Sect. 25 amended, 1925, 58 § 2; revised, 1929, 91 § 2.

Sect. 27 amended, 1926, 31 § 1.

Sect. 28 amended, 1925, 58 § 3.

Sect. 29 re\ised, 1926, 31 § 2.

Sect. 30 amended, 1923, 147 § 1 ; revised, 1927, 67.

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. 38 amended, 1926, 23.

Sect. 39. See 1921, Resolve 5 (providing for preparation and publica-
tion of a report on the birds of Massachusetts); 1924, Resolve 36; 1926,
Resolves 4, 31; 1927, Resolves 24, 25; 1929, Resolve 5.

Sect. 43. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Chapter 129. — Animal Industry.

Sect. 2 amended, 1930, 203.

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 353 § 1.

Sect. 12 revised, 1922, 353 § 2 (repealed by 1922, 353 § 4 from and
after August 1, 1923).

Sect. 12A added, 1924, 304 § 1 (relative to compensation by the common-
wealth in certain cases where cattle affected with tuberculosis are killed).

Sect. 17 amended, 1929, 48.

Sect. 26A added, 1924, 495 (relative to the admission into the common-
wealth of cattle to be used for dairy purposes).

Sect. 31A added, 1927, 215 (relative to the dehvery, receipt and use of
tuberculin).

Sect. 32 amended, 1927, 335 § 2.

Sect. 33 revised, 1922, 353 § 3; 1927, 303; amended, 1927, 335 § 3;
1928, 332 § 1; revised, 1930, 341.

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.

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Chap. 130.] GENERAL LaWS. 669

Sect. 33B added, 1927, 335 § 1 (providing for the application in certain
cases of test for bovine tuberculosis to all cattle in a town); revised, 1930,
123 § 1.

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.

NOTE : A considerable portion of the subject-matter of the sections
of original chapter 130 repealed by 1930, 393 § 1 is included in the new
chapter 131 inserted by 1930, 393 § 2.

Sect. 1, two paragraphs added at end, 1922, 187 § 1; new par. inserted,

1929, 372 § 2.

Sect. 2 revised, 1929, 372 § 3; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 3 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1929, 372 § 4; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1929, 372 § 5; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1924, 184; 1929, 372 § 6; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 7 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 8 amended, 1929, 372 § 7; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 9 repealed, 1927, 280 § 4.

Sects. 10 and 11 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 11 A added, 1929, 372 § 8 (relative to the preparation of certain
publications and the conduct of certain biological research by the supervisor
of marine fisheries).

Sect. 12 amended, 1929, 372 § 9; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 13 amended, 1930, 101 § 1; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 14 amended, 1929, 372 § 10; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sects. 15 to 21 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 22 revised, 1922, 124; amended, 1929, 372 § 11; repealed, 1930,
393 § 1.

Sect. 23 revised, 1921, 467 § 9; 1925, 295 § 1; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sects. 24 to 28 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 28 A added, 1924, 191 (relative to the establishment of breeding
areas in certain great ponds); repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sects. 29 to 34 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 35 revised, 1926, 195 § 2; amended, 1928, 8; repealed, 1930, 393
§1.

Sects. 36 to 38 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sects. 40 to 43 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 49 revised, 1923, 269; amended, 1926, 19 § 1; 1927,5; 1928, 74 §1;
repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 50 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 51 amended, 1926, 19 § 2; 1928, 74 § 2; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 52 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 53 revised, 1926, 19 § 4; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 54 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 54A added, 1926, 19 § 3 (authorizing a trout breeding area in a
certain section of the Deerfield river); amended, 1928, 74 § 3; repealed,

1930, 393 § 1.

Sects. 55 to 57 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 58 revised, 1923, 268 § 1; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

670 Changes in the [Chap. i30.

Sects. 58-60. See 1921, 224 (imposing temporary restrictions on taking
of pickerel).

Sect. 59 revised, 1923, 268 § 2; amended, 1926, 27; repealed, 1930,
393 § 1.

Sect. 60 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 61 amended, 1922, 148; revised, 1923, 268 § 3; repealed, 1930,
393 § 1. (See 1929, 321.)

Sect. 62 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1. ^

Sect. 62A added, 1923, 212 (relative to the taking, possession and sale
of pike perch); repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 62B added, 1929, 82 (relative to the taking, possession or sale of
great northern pike or muscallonge) ; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 64 amended, 1921, 197; revised, 1922, 444; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sects. 65 and 66 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 74 amended, 1929, 372 § 12.

Sect. 75 revised, 1926, 195 § 1; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sects. 76 and 77 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 77A added, 1922, 108 (relative to fishing with floats in fresh water
ponds); repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 78 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Sect. 78A added, 1921, 188 (imposing restrictions on the taking of fresh
water fish); revised, 1923, 268 § 4; 1927, 6; 1929, 47; repealed, 1930, 393

§1.

Sect. 79 amended, 1929, 372 § 13.

Sect. 80 revised, 1928, 113 § 1.

Sect. 82 amended, 1929, 372 § 14.

Sect. 84 amended, 1928, 113 § 2; revised, 1929, 304; last sentence re-
vised, 1929, 372 § 28. (See 1930, 53 § 7.) ^

Sect. 84A added, 1922, 80 (issuing of permits for the taking of shellfish
by unnaturalized foreign-born persons).

Sects. 90A-90D added, under caption "Crabs", 1930, 414 § 1.

Sect. 92 revised, 1928, 263 § 1; amended, 1929, 372 § 15.

Sect. 93 revised, 1928, 263 § 2; amended, 1929, 372 § 16.

Sect. 98 amended, 1928, 131; 1929, 372 § 17.

Sect. 101 amended, 1929, 372 § 18.

Sect. 102 amended, 1929, 372 § 19.

Sect. 104 revised, 1921, 116 § 1; amended, 1922, 161; 1924, 96 § 1; 1928,
263 § 3; 1929, 372 § 20. (See 1928, 263 § 5.)

Sect. 105 revised, 1928, 21.

Sect. 106 amended, 1929, 372 § 21.

Sect. 109 amended, 1929, 372 § 22.

Sect. 112 amended, 1929, 372 § 23.

Sect. 129 amended, 1929, 372 § 24.

Sects. 137-142 repealed and new sections 137-139 added, 1926, 370 § 1.

Sect. 138 (inserted by 1926, 370 § 1) revised, 1928, 266 § 1; 1929, 372
§25.

Sect. 139 (inserted by 1926, 370 § 1) revised, 1928, 266 § 2.

Sects. 142A and 142B added, 1928, 323 (regulating the taking of shell-
fish from contaminated waters and relative to the purification of such
shellfish) .

Sect. 142A revised, 1930, 235.

Sect. 142B amended, 1929, 372 § 26.

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Chap. 131.] GENERAL LaWS. 671

Sect. 144A added, 1928, 209 (regulating the importation and sale of
diellfish taken from grounds outside the commonwealth).
Sect. 145 revised, 1921, 24.
Sect. 148 amended, 1929, 372 § 27.

Sect. 150 amended, 1926, 195 § 3; repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.
Sects. 151, 153 and 154 repealed, 1930, 393 § 1.

Chapter 131. — Powers and Duties of the Division of Fisheries and Game.
Game and Inland Fisheries. [Old title, 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; 1926, Resolves 4, 31;
1927, Resolves 24, 25; 1929, Resolve 5.

Taking of quail in the counties of Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Middle-
sex, Norfolk, Worcester and Nantucket prohibited until the year 1930,
1925, 103; 1928, 177.

Possession of protected birds and quadrupeds permitted under certain
conditions if lawfully taken or killed in this commonwealth or elsewhere,
1922, 187 § 2.

Close season on ruffed grouse, except as to Dukes County, until the year
1930, 1928, 178; 1929, 209.

Entire chapter repealed, and new chapter 131 (with new title) inserted,
1930, 393 § 2.

The following references are to the original chapter 131 :

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 187 § 2.

Sect. 3 revised, 1921, 467 § 1; amended, 1925, 295 § 2; 1926, 352 § 1.

Sect. 4 revised, 1921, 467 § 2; 1925, 295 § 3.

Sect. 5 repealed, 1925, 295 § 4.

Sect. 6 revised, 1921, 467 § 3; 1925, 295 § 5; 1926, 352 § 2.

Sect. 7 revised, 1921, 467 § 4; repealed, 1925, 295 § 6.

Sect. 8 revised, 1921, 467 § 5; repealed, 1925, 295 § 7.

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 467 § 6; revised, 1925. 295 § 8; 1926, 352 § 3.

Sect. 10 amended, 1924, 325; revised, 1925, 295 § 9.

Sect. 11 revised, 1925, 295 § 10.

Sect. 12 revised, 1925, 295 § 11.

Sect. 13 revised, 1921, 467 § 7; 1925, 295 § 12.

Sect. 14 revised, 1921, 467 § 8; amended, 1925, 295 § 13.

Sect. 16 amended, 1923, 68; revised, 1925, 295 § 14.

Sect. 19 amended, 1921, 75; 1926, 151 § 1.

Sect. 20 amended, 1926, 151 § 2.

Sect. 26 amended, 1928, 20.

Sect. 29 revised, 1921, 107 § 1; 1925, 249 § 1.

Sect. 30 revised, 1921, 107 § 2; 1925, 249 § 2.

Sect. 33 amended, 1924, 211 § 1; 1926, 151 § 3.

Sect. 34 amended, 1926, 151 § 4; 1928, 72.

Sect. 35 A added, 1926, 151 § 5 (providing for supplying of woodcock,
etc., to educational institutions for scientific purposes).

Sect. 36 amended, 1926, 151 § 6.

Sect. 37 amended, 1922, 171 § 1; revised, 1923, 307 § 1; amended, 1930,
193 § 2.

Sect. 39 revised, 1923, 307 § 2; 1928, 271.

Sect. 41 revised, 1929, 44.

672 Changes in the [Chap. 132,

Sect. 44A added, 1924, 211 § 2 (relative to the killing, etc., of ruffed
grouse). See also 1924, 211 § 1.

Sect. 45 amended, 1923, 99 § 1.

Sect. 46 amended, 1921, 152; 1922, 117 § 2; re\ased, 1922, 160; 1925,
179; amended, 1926, 88.

Sect. 46A 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. 49 revised 1926 181.

Sect! 51 revised,' 1921,' 121; amended, 1925, 104; revised, 1925, 320 § 2.

Sect. 51A added, 1923, 185 (requiring annual reports to the division of
fisheries and game relative to fur-bearing animals caught or killed in this
commonwealth).

Sect. 53 repealed, 1927, 142.

Sect. 57 revised, 1928, 24.

Sect. 57A added, 1930, 193 § 1 (prohibiting graining of wild birds for
certain purposes).

Sect. 58 amended, 1923, 99 § 3; revised, 1925, 334; amended, 1928, 220;

1929, 83.

Sect. 58A added, 1925, 334 (penalizing use, etc., of snares for catching
or killing any animal).

Sect. 61 revised, 1922, 183.

Sect. 63 amended, 1925, 320 § 3; 1926, 66 § 2; 1928, 215. (See 1929,
138.)

Sect. 66 revised, 1922, 128.

Sect. 67 revised, 1921, 257 § 1; amended, 1927, 194; revised, 1928, 361.

Sect. 68 amended, 1925, 320 § 1; 1926, 66 § 1.

Sect. 69 amended, 1923, 301 § 1.

Sect. 72 amended, 1921, 55.

Sect. 81 amended, 1922, 171 § 2; 1923, 307 § 3.

Sect. 82 A added, 1921, 90 (relative to the release of wild birds or animals).

Sect. 85 amended, 1921, 159.

Sect. 90 amended, 1925, 199.

Chapter 132. — Forestry.

Mohawk Trail State Forest established, 1921, 344.

Bash Bish Falls State Forest established, 1924, 159.

Willard Brook State Forest established, 1929, 355.

Sect. 2 revised, 1924, 284 § 1.

Sect. 9 amended, 1926, 164.

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, sentence added at end, 1921, 238; amended, 1923, 288 § 2;

1930, 274.

Sect. 34 amended, 1928, 87.

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).

Chaps. 135-139.1 GENERAL LaWS. 673

Chapter 135. — Unclaimed and Abandoned Property.

Sect. 7 amended, 1927, 30.
Sects. 8-11 affected, 1927, 30.
Sect. 8 revised, 1927, 163.

Chapter 136. — Observance of the Lord's Day.

"Sunday professional sports initiative act", so called, 1928, 406.

Sect. 2 amended, 1928. 406 § 1.

Sect. 4 amended, 1926, 326.

Sect. 6 amended, 1927, 175; 1928, 234; 1929, 118; 1930, 143; revised,
1930, 179.

Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 119; revised, 1930, 90.

Sects. 21-28 stricken out and new sections 21-25 inserted, 1928, 406 § 2.
(See 1928, 406 § 3.)

Chapter 137. — Gaming.
Sect. 4 amended, 1926, 353.

Chapter 138. — Intoxicating Liquors and Certain Non-Intoxicating

Beverages.

Sect. 2A added, 1923, 370 (relative to the manufacture, transportation,
importation or exportation of intoxicating liquors and certain non-intoxi-
cating beverages).

Sect. 4. See 1921, 356, 450; 1926, 92.

Sects. 5-9. See 1921, 356, 450.

Sect. 8 affected, 1921, 356, 450.

Sect. 11 A added, 1925, 33 (dispensing with the vote at city and town
elections on the question of granting liquor licenses for such period as sales
thereunder would be unlawful).

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. 37 revised, 1927, 169.

Sect. 43 amended, 1923, 291.

Sect. 54 revised, 1921, 495; amended, 1922, 22.

Sect. 68 amended, 1929, 329 § 1.

Sect. 69 revised, 1923, 329.

Sect. 71, new sentence added, 1929, 329 § 2.

Sect. 75 amended, 1923, 435.

Sect. 76 repealed, 1926, 108 § 2.

Sect. 87 amended, 1923, 233 § 6.

Sect. 88 amended, 1923, 233 § 7.

Chapter 139. — Common Nuisances.
Sect. 16 A added, 1928, 125 (relative to liquor nuisances).

674 Changes IN THE [Chaps. 140, 141.

Chapter 140. — Licenses.

For definition of "licensing authorities", as used in this chapter, see
1926, 92.

Sect. 1 revised, 1926, 92 § 1.

Sect. 10 amended, 1924, 129.

Sects. 21A-21D added, 1922, 392 (authorizing cities and towns to pro-
vide for Hcensing the sale of certain beverages).

Sect. 23 revised, 1921, 59.

Sect. 41 amended, 1930, 117.

Sect. 50 A added, 1929, 187 (relative to the holding of religious meetings
and political meetings or rallies in public ways and places).

Sect. 57 amended, 1929, 238 § 2.

Sect. 58 revised, 1923, 30.

Sect. 66 revised, 1923, 218.

Sect. 94 revised, 1925, 143.

Sect. 120 repealed, 1930, 399 § 3.

Sect. 121 amended, 1922, 485 § 1; revised, 1927, 326 § 1.

Sect. 122 revised, 1922, 485 § 2.

Sect. 122A added, 1922, 485 § 3 (relative to the recording of licenses to
sell, rent or lease firearms).

Sect. 123 revised, 1922, 485 § 4; 1925, 284 § 1; 1926, 395 § 1; 1927,
326 § 2.

Sect. 125 amended, 1922, 485 § 5.

Sect. 127 amended, 1922, 485 § 6.

Sect. 128 revised, 1925, 284 § 2; amended, 1926, 395 § 2.

Sect. 129 amended, 1925, 284 § 3.

Sect. 129A added, 1922, 485 § 7 (unnaturalized foreign-born persons re-
stricted as to firearms).

Sect. 130 amended, 1922, 485 § 8; revised, 1927, 172.

Sect. 131 revised, 1922, 485 § 9; 1925, 284 § 4; amended, 1927, 326 § 3.

Sect. 131A added, 1926, 395 § 3 (providing for the issue of permits to
purchase, etc., pistols or revolvers).

Sect. 131B added, 1926, 395 § 3 (prohibiting loans on pistols or revolvers) ;
amended, 1927, 326 § 4.

Sect. 148 revised, 1925, 295 § 15.

Sect. 157 amended, 1924, 113.

Sect. 182 amended, 1926, 299 § 2.

Sect. 182 A added, 1924, 497 § 1 (tickets to theatres and other places of
public amusement to have price printed on face).

Sects. 183A-183C added, 1926, 299 § 1 (requiring innholders, etc.,
conducting certain amusements in connection with their business to be
licensed).

Sects. 185A-185G added, 1924, 497 § 2 (regulating the sale and resale
of tickets to theatres and other places of public amusement).

Sect. 202 amended, 1926, 28.

Chapter 141. — Supervision of Electricians.
Sect. 3, cl. (3) revised, 1921, 221 § 1; cl. (5) amended, 1921, 221 § 2.

Chaps. 142-148.1 GENERAL LaWS. 675

Chapter 142. — Supervision of Plumbing.

Sect. 1 amended, 1925, 348 § 3.
Sect. 5 revised, 1925, 348 § 4; 1927, 154.

Sect. 6 revised, 1928, 76 § 1; new sentence added at end, 1930, 397 § 1.
(See 1930, 397 § 2.)
Sect. 7 amended, 1928, 76 § 2.
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, 370; 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; 1925, 219;
1926, 182, 350; 1927, 42, 342; 1928, 137; 1930, 146.

Sect. 72 amended, 1923, 478 § 1.

Sect. 85 revised, 1927, 82.

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. 22 amended, 1926, 291.
Sect. 28 repealed, 1924, 461.
Sect. 57 revised, 1927, 298.
Sect. 60 revised, 1927, 296 § 1.
Sect. 63 amended, 1927, 296 § 2.

Chapter 147. — State and Other Police, and Certain Powers and Duties of
the Department of Public Safety.

Sect. 2 revised, 1921, 164; amended, 1925, 322 § 2; 1926, 199.

Sect. 5 amended, 1928, 320; revised, 1930, 399 § 5.

Sects. 6A-6D added, 1926, 225 (relative to the disposition of property
recovered by the department of public safety).

Sect. 10 revised, 1924, 218.

Sect. 13A (and caption) added, 1930, 15 (providing by general law for
the establishment of reserve police forces in certain towns).

Sects. 16 and 17 affected, 1927, 304. (See 1929, 63.)

Sect. 16 amended, 1930, 58.

Chapter 148. — Fire Prevention.

Chapter repealed and new chapter 148 inserted, 1930, 399 § 1.

The following references are to the original chapter 148 :

Sect. 2 revised, 1921, 485 § 1; amended, 1928, 277 § 1; 1929, 205 § 2.

Sect. 6 revised, 1928, 277 § 2; new sentence added at end, 1929, 205 § 3.

676

Changes in the

[Chap. 1^9.

Sect. 7A added, 1928, 277 § 3 (increasing the powers of state and local
authorities as to fire prevention outside the metropolitan fire prevention
district).

Sect. 10 revised, 1921, 273, 485 § 2.

Sect. 12 revised, 1921, 255; amended, 1924, 398.

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 485 § 3; revised, 1924, 254; 1925, 335 § 1;
1928, 260 § 1, 325 § 1.

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. 30 amended, 1928, 274; revised, 1929, 205 § 1.

Sect. 31 amended, 1921, 485 § 5.

Sect. 32 revised, 1928, 325 § 2.

Sect. 33 revised, 1928, 325 § 3.

Sect. 39, els. H and I revised, 1928, 325 § 4; els. N and O added at end.
1928, 325 § 5.

Sect. 40 revised, 1928, 325 § 6.

Sect. 54 amended, 1921, 104.

Sect. 57 amended, 1924, 80; 1925, 95.

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. 58 amended, 1928, 325 § 7.

Sect. 60 revised, 1925, 335 § 2.

Sect. 61 amended, 1925, 335 § 3.

Sect. 62 revised, 1921, 485 § 6.

Sect. 66 amended, 1921, 485 § 7.

Chapter 149. — Labor and Industries.

Attendance officers changed to supervisors of attendance, 1928, 184.

Sect. 1, par. contained in lines 19 to 22 amended, 1925, 151.

Sect. 7 amended, 1921, 306 § 5.

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 306 § 6.

Sect. 14, sentence added at end, 1930, 410 § 4.

Sect. 15 amended, 1921, 306 § 7.

Sect. 17 amended, 1921, 306 § 8.

Sect. 29 amended, 1929, 110.

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. 88, second paragraph amended, 1925, 47.

Sect. 89. See 1922, 401.

Sect. 94 amended, 1921, 351 § 3.

Sect. 95 amended, 1921, 341; revised, 1926, 188 § 3.

Sect. 117 revised, 1926, 159.

Sect. 120 revised, 1921, 50.

Chaps. 152, 154.] GENERAL LaWS. 677

Sect. 141 amended, 1921, 53.

Sect. 148 amended, 1921, 51; 1923, 136; revised, 1924, 145; amended,
1925, 165; last sentence revised, 1929, 117.

Sect. 174 revised, 1927, 292 § 1; repealed, 1929, 357 § 2.

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.

Special commission to investigate the operation of the Workmen's
Compensation Law, 1926, Resolve 36.

Sect. 3 repealed, 1921, 462 § 8.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 462 § 7.

Sect. 8A added, 1930, 320 § 1 (providing judicial relief in case of failure
to claim a review within the time limited by the workmen's compensation
law). (See 1930, 320 § 2.)

Sect. 9 A added, 1929, 242 (relative to the fees of physicians appearing
before the department of industrial accidents on behalf of injured employees
in certain cases); amended, 1930, 330.

Sect. 10 amended, 1930, 208.

Sect. 12, paragraph added at end, 1929, 246.

Sect. 15 revised, 1929, 326 § 1.

Sect. 20 amended, 1927, 309 § 1.

Sect. 24 amended, 1927, 309 § 2.

Sect. 26 amended, 1927, 309 § 3; sentence added at end, 1930, 205.

Sect. 29 amended, 1923, 163; 1924, 207; 1927, 309 § 4.

Sect. 30 amended, 1927, 309 § 5.

Sect. 31 revised, 1922, 402; 1927, 309 § 6; 1930, 293.

Sect. 32 amended, 1926, 190.

Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 368.

Sect. 34 amended, 1927, 309 § 7.

Sect. 35 amended, 1927, 309 § 8.

Sect. 36 revised, 1928, 356; paragraph (k) stricken out and paragraphs
(k) and {k}4) inserted, 1930, 336.

Sect. 41 amended, 1929, 326 § 2.

Sect. 45 revised, 1921, 310.

Sect. 46 amended, 1927, 309 § 9.

Sect. 48 amended, 1927, 309 § 10; revised, 1930, 181.

Sect. 49 amended, 1923, 125.

Sect. 52 amended, 1925, 267 § 14; revised, 1927, 284 § 15, 309 § 11.

Sect. 54 repealed, 1923, 139 § 1.

Sect. 55 amended, 1923, 139 § 2.

Sect. 57 revised, 1930, 129 § 1.

Sects. 59 and 60 stricken out, and new sects. 59 to 60D inserted, 1930,
129 § 2.

Sect. 69 revised, 1924, 434; amended, 1927, 309 § 12.

Sect. 74 amended, 1930, 159.

Chapter 154. — Assignment of Wages.
Sect. 3 revised, 1929, 159.

678 Changes in the [Chaps. 155-158.

Chapter 155. — General Provisions relative to Corporations.

Sect. 3 A added, 1924, 166 (requiring certain public service corporations
to make certain deposits of funds in national banks and trust companies).

Sect. 5 A added, 1921, 268 § 1 (relative to provision for depreciation by
companies under the supervision of the department of public utilities).

Sect. 10 revised, 1926, 379 § 3; amended, 1929, 24 § 7. (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. 18 amended, 1925, 184 § 1.

Sect. 19 amended, 1925, 184 § 2.

Sect. 22 amended, 1923, 172.

Sect. 50 amended, 1928, 50.

Sect. 56 added, 1930, 45 (providing for the revival of certain corporations
dissolved by statute).

Chapter 156. — Business Corporations.

Certificates, articles of organization and amendment and aflfidavits 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.

Sect. 33 revised, 1926, 129; 1929, 102; 1929, 375 § 1. (See 1929, 375

§2-)

Sect. 41 A added, 1930, 325 (relative to the changing by corporations of

shares without par value into a greater number of similar shares).

Sect. 53 revised, 1928, 360 § 1.

Sect. 54 revised, 1928, 360 § 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.

Sect. 37 amended, 1926, 26. '

Sect. 39 amended, 1929, 97. ^

Sects. 41, 42. See 1924, 44 § 1.

Sect. 43 revised, 1924, 44 § 3. I

Sects. 46-54. See 1922, 488 § 2.

Chaps. 159-1()1 ] GENERAL LaWS. 679

Chapter 159. — Common Carriers.

Sect. 42 repealed, 1922, 259 § 2.

Sect. 45 revised, 1925, 280 § 1; aflfected, 1925, 280 § 4; amended, 1926,
163; revised, 1926, 392 § 1; amended, 1927, 276.

Sect. 46 amended, 1925, 346 § 7; revised, 1926, 368 § 6, 392 § 2; 1927,
268 § 1.

Sect. 47 amended, 1925, 176; revised, 1927, 268 § 2.

Sects. 48A and 48B added, 1925, 280 § 2 (further regulating operation
of motor vehicles as common carriers of passengers).

Sect. 49 revised, 1925, 280 § 3.

Sect. 49A added, 1928, 115 (providing penalty for evasion of payment of
fare on motor vehicles of common carriers of passengers).

Sect. 56 amended, 1925, 195.

Sect. 59 amended, 1923, 351 § 1.

Sect. 61 amended, 1923, 351 § 2.

Sect. 62 amended, 1923, 351 § 3.

Sects. 65 to 82. See 1930, 417 § 14.

Sect. 65 revised, 1930, 417 § 1.

Sects. 66-69 repealed, 1930, 417 § 2.

Sect. 70 revised, 1930, 417 § 3.

Sect. 71 repealed, 1930, 417 § 2.

Sect. 72 revised, 1930, 417 § 4.

Sect. 73 revised, 1930, 417 § 5.

Sect. 74 revised, 1930, 417 § 6.

Sect. 75 revised, 1930, 417 § 7.

Sect. 77 revised, 1930, 417 § 8.

Sect. 78 revised, 1930, 417 § 9.

Sect. 79 revised, 1930, 417 § 10.

Sect. 80 revised, 1930, 417 § 11.

Sect. 81 repealed, 1930, 417 § 2.

Sect. 86. (Certificates of organization of certain relief corporations
filed in the office of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.)

Chapter 160. — Railroads.

Certificates relative to railroad corporations filed in the office of the State
Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.

Sect. 70 amended, 1925, 125 § 2; revised, 1929, 76.

Sect. 70A added, 1925, 125 § 1 (relative to the operation by railroad
corporations of motor vehicles).

Sect. 128 amended, 1922, 116.

Sect. 142 amended, 1926, 270.

Sect. 163 revised, 1930, 211 § 1.

Sect. 164 repealed, 1930, 211 § 2.

Sect. 198A added, 1925, 216 (relative to the sale of certain tickets issued
by railroad corporations).

Chapter 161. — Street Railways.

Boston Elevated Railway Company, public operation of, 1918, Sp. Acts
159; 1919, Sp. Acts 244, 245, 250, 251; 1920, 613. 637; 1921. 108; 1925,
Resolve 38; formation of metropolitan transit district, 1929, 383.

680 Changes in the [Chaps. 162-164,

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; 1928. 298._

Act to assure the continued operation of the lines of the Berkshire Street
Railway Company, 1921, 479. See 1924, 293; 1927, 146; 1930, 217.

Certificates relative to street railway companies filed in the oflSce 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. 82 amended, 1925, 236.

Sect. 85 revised, 1923, 482 § 3.

Sect. 98 amended, 1922, 430.

Sect. 108 affected, 1927, 9 § 1; amended, 1928, 222.

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 raih'oads 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.

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; 1925, 184 § 3.

Sect. 8 revised, 1922, 354 § 2; amended, 1924, 44 § 1. (See 1924, 44 § 4.)

Sect. 9 amended, 1921, 269; 1925, 150; revised, 1925, 184 § 4.

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.

Sect. 22. See 1924, 44 § 4.

Sect. 33 revised, 1924, 44 § 2.

Sect. 42 revised, 1929, 379 § 1.

Sect. 43 revised, 1929, 379 § 2.

Sect. 44 repealed, 1929, 379 § 3.

Sect. 45 amended, 1929, 379 § 4.

Sect. 46 amended, 1929, 379 § 5.

Sect. 47 amended, 1929, 379 § 6.

Sects. 48-50 repealed, 1929, 379 § 7.

Sect. 56 revised, 1929, 266.

I

Chaps. 165, 166.] GENERAL LawS. 681

Sect. 57A added, 1922, 184 (relative to appropriations for the mainte-
nance of municipal light plants).

Sect. 58 stricken out and new sections 58 and 58A inserted, 1927, 269.

Sect. 63 amended, 1923, 85; 1926, 99.

Sect. 68 amended, 1930, 369 § 1. (See 1930, 369 § 2.)

Sect. 70A added, 1925, 145 (authorizing the department of public
utilities to approve connecting locations of gas mains).

Sect. 72 re^^sed, 1924, 433; amended, 1925, 98; 1926, 256.

Sect. 72A added, 1927, 66 (providing for entry on private land by electric
companies for the purpose of making surveys preliminary to eminent do-
main proceedings).

Sect. 73 revised, 1926, 257.

Sect. 77 amended, 1921, 48.

Sect. 84 amended, 1923, 90.

Sect. 85 revised, 1930, 395.

Sect. 92 amended, 1925, 153.

Sect. 92A added, 1930, 383 (relative to the compulsory supply of gas
and electricity in bulk).

Sect. 93 revised, 1927, 316 § 1.

Sect. 94 revised, 1927, 316 § 2.

Sect. 94A added, 1926, 298 (pro\'iding for approval by the department
of public utilities of certain contracts of electric companies); revised, 1930,
342.

Sect. 94B added, 1930, 396 (subjecting to the approval of the depart-
ment of public utilities certain contracts of gas and electric companies for
services rendered).

Sect. 97 amended, 1924, 146.

Sect. 103 amended, 1928, 139 § 3.

Sect. 105 amended, 1928, 139 § 4.

Sect. 107 amended, 1925, 234.

Sect. 108 amended, 1928, 139 § 5. •

Sect. 114 amended, 1928, 139 § 6.

Sect. 116 amended, 1923, 162.

Sect. 119 amended, 1921, 404.

Sect. 125A added, 1928, 265 (relative to the supply of gas and electricity
to cities and towns in certain cases).

Chapter 165. — Water and Aqueduct Companies.

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.

Sect. 21 amended, 1927, 106 § 2.

Sect. 22, second and third paragraphs amended, 1925, 166.

Sect. 34 revised, 1926,252.

682 Changes in the [Chaps. 167, 168.

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. 22, second paragraph revised, 1930, 329 § 2.

Sect. 24 amended, 1922, 488 § 1.

Sect. 31 amended, 1921, 471.

Sect. 35 revised, 1925, 240.

Sect. 37. See 1922, 114.

Sect. 45A added, 1928, 128 § 1 (authorizing certain foreign banking
associations and corporations to act as fiduciaries); amended, 1929, 243.

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; amended, 1925, 16 § 1.

Sect. 31 amended, 1924, 67 § 1; 1927, 109 § 1; 1928, 60; revised, 1928,
156 § 2.

Sect. 31A added, 1923, 40 § 1 (limiting the restriction on joint accounts
in banks to those in savings banks); amended, 1924, 67 § 2; 1927, 109 § 2.

Sect. 32A added, 1921, 79 (authorizing savings banks to establish and
maintain safe deposit vaults).

Sect. 33A added, 1923, 37 (permitting savings banks to transmit money
to another state or country); amended, 1926, 162.

Sect. 43 amended, 1923, 362 § 87.

Sect. 51 amended, 1921, 292 § 1; revised, 1922, 468 § 1.

Sect. 51 A added, 1922, 468 § 2 (requiring savings banks to make loans
to depositors on deposit books).

Sect. 54, cl. Second, subdiv. (a) revised, 1925, 209 § 1; subdiv. (e) re-
vised, 1925, 209 § 2; subdiv. (/) re\nsed, 1925, 209 § 3; cl. Third amended,
1926, 283; cl. Fifth, first par. revised, 1925, 208; last par. amended, 1928,
42; cl. Sixth amended, 1921, 229; 1922, 159 § 1; cl. Sixth A added, 1926,
351 § 1 (authorizing investment by savings banks in securities of certain
additional public service companies); cl. Seventh, first par. revised, 1929,
315 § 1; 1930, 140; (see 1929, 315 § 2); cl. Ninth (c) amended, 1922,
159 § 2; 1926, 351 § 2; cl. Ninth (c) (3) amended, 1922, 159 § 3; 1924,
68; cl. Fifteenth revised, 1926, 351 § 3; amended, 1928, 27. (See 1927,
102, relative to loans by savings banks and savings departments of trust
companies secured by adjusted service certificates.)

Sect. 55 added, 1930, 329 § 1 (relative to the liquidation, consolidation or
merger of savings banks).

Chaps. 1G9-171.] GENERAL LaWS. 683

Chapter 169. — Deposits with Others Than Banks.

Sect. 1 revised, 1923, 473 § 1; 1929, 182 § 1.
Sect. 2 revised, 1923, 473 § 2; 1929, 182 § 2.
Sect. 3 revised, 1923, 473 § 3; 1929, 182 § 3.
Sect. 10 revised, 1929, 182 § 4.

Sect. 12 revised, 1923, 473 § 4; repealed, 1929, 182 § 5.
Sect. 13 repealed, 1929, 182 § 5.

Sect. 15A added, 1923, 473 § 5 (regulating the dealing in foreign ex-
change by foreign bankers, so called); repealed, 1929, 182 § 5.
Sect. 16 revised, 1923, 473 § 6; 1929, 182 § 6.
Sect. 18 revised, 1923, 473 § 7; 1929, 182 § 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; 1926, 150 § 1.

Sect. 9 amended, 1925, 16 § 2; 1930, 49.

Sect. 10 revised, 1926, 150 § 2.

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. 44 amended, 1928, 44.

Sect. 47 amended, 1922, 256; revised, 1928, 292.

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.

Chapter 171 stricken out, and new Chapter 171 inserted, by 1926,
273 § 1.

The following references are to the original Chapter 171 :

Sect. 2 amended, 1922, 147 § 1; 1923, 38.

Sect. 4A 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.

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.

The following references are to the new Chapter 171:

Sect. 3, new paragraph added at end, 1930, 180.

Sect. 18 amended, 1930, 100.

684 Changes in the [Chaps. 172, 175.

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; revised, 1929, 201 § 2.

Sect. 16 amended, 1928, 262.

Sect. 18 revised, 1926, 239; 1929, 201 § 1.

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. 33 amended, 1929, 120.

Sect. 39 amended, 1922, 264.

Sect. 40 amended, 1921, 194.

Sect. 41 revised, 1922, 321; 1929, 116.

Sect. 44 amended, 1922, 292.

Sect. 45 revised, 1928, 285.

Sect. 46 revised, 1922, 396.

Sect. 52 amended, 1928, 128 § 2.

Sect. 65 amended, 1922, 365.

Sect. 66 amended, 1921, 292 § 2; revised, 1922, 468 § 3.

Sect. 66 A added, 1922, 468 § 4 (requiring savings departments of trust
companies to make loans to depositors on deposit books).

Sect. 73 amended, 1922, 294.

Sect. 74 revised, 1930, 27.

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. 2 A added, 1921, 277 § 1 (relative to contracts of reinsurance).

Sect. 3 amended, 1924, 406 § 1; 1929, 24 § 2.

Sect. 3A added, 1924, 406 § 2 (relative to administration of certain
insurance laws by commissioner of insurance) ; amended, 1929, 24 § 3.

Sect. 4, second paragraph amended, 1926, 156; new paragraph added,
1928, 133 § 1; two new paragraphs added, 1930, 79 § 1.

Sect. 5 revised, 1927, 284 § 2.

Sect. 6 amended, 1925, 154 § 3, 267 § 1; last sentence re\nsed, 1926,
114 § 2; section revised, 1927, 284 § 3; par. added at end, 1928, 171 § 2.

Chap. 175.] GENERAL LaWS. 685

Sect. 7 repealed, 1925, 154 § 6.

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.

Sect. 11, first par. amended, 1927, 284 § 4.

Sect. 13 repealed, 1923, 39 § 3.

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 166; revised, 1924, 450 § 1; 1925, 124 § 1;
amended, 1926, 174 § 1.

Sect. 16 amended, 1924, 450 § 2.

Sect. 18, first par. amended, 1924, 285 § 2; revised, 1925, 164 § 2; 1928,
80 § 2.

Sect. 19A added, 1921, 172 (relative to the merger of insurance com-
panies); revised, 1923, 192.

Sect. 20 amended, 1921, 277 § 2; second par. amended, 1926, 74.

Sect. 22 amended, 1924, 406 § 18.

Sect. 22A added, 1928, 106 § 4 (relative to the form of policies cover-
ing more than one class of insurance).

Sect. 22B added, 1928, 205 § 1 (waivers of provisions of chapter 175
prohibited unless expressly authorized thereby).

Sect. 23 revised, 1925, 154 § 1.

Sect. 23A added, 1925, 154 § 2 (requiring certain insurance companies
to notifv the commissioner of insurance in certain cases); revised, 1925,
267 § 2-, 1926, 5; 1927, 284 § 5; first par. amended, 1928, 169 § 1.

Sect. 24 revised, 1929, 235.

Sect. 25, Form A, Item 32 (b) revised, 1921, 165 § 2; first par. amended,
1923, 86; Forms B and C, heading and following paragraph stricken out
and new heading and following paragraph inserted, 1929, 24 § 4.

Sect. 26 amended, 1924, 406 § 4.

Sect. 28 revised, 1928, 133 § 2.

Sect. 29 amended, 1929, 24 § 5.

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; 1930, 136 § 2.

Sect. 37 amended, 1921, 144.

Sects. 38-43 repealed, 1923, 120.

Sect. 46 revised, 1928, 171 § 1.

Sect. 46 A added, 1922, 407 (giving preference to certain claims against
insolvent domestic liability insurance companies); revised, 1928, 171 § 3.

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, els. First and Eighth revised, 1927, 49; cl. Second amended,
1921, 198; 1927, 53 § 1; els. Fourth and Sixth affected, 1925, 345; cl. Sixth
revised, 1927, 284 § 6; cl. Fourteenth added, 1921, 215 § 1 (authorizing
writing of insurance in foreign countries); cl. Fifteenth added, 1921, 277 § 3
(relating to reinsurance) ; section amended, 1925, 267 §3; section revised,
1928, 106 § 1; cl. Sixteenth added, 1930, 136 § 1 (providing for incorporation
of life insurance companies under general law).

Sect. 48 amended, 1921, 215 § 2, 277 § 4; 1923, 39 § 1; 1924, 406 § 5;
cl. contained in lines 25-29 amended, 1926, 114 § 1 ; first paragraph revised,
and new paragraph added at end, 1930, 136 § 3.

686 Changes in the [Chap. i75.

Sect. 48A added, 1924, 406 § 6 (relative to the organization of mutual
insurance companies); section revised, 1925, 267 § 4; 1927, 284 § 7; cl.
(6) revised, 1928, 225 § 1; section revised, 1930, 136 § 4.

Sect. 49, second paragraph amended, 1921, 277 § 5; section revised,
1924, 406 § 7; last sentence stricken out and new paragraph added, 1924,
450 § 3; second paragraph stricken out, and two new paragraphs inserted,
1930, 136 § 5.
Sect. 50 revised, 1924, 253; amended, 1924, 450 § 4.
Sect. 51, cl. (a) amended, 1923, 39 § 2; 1927, 53 § 2; revised, 1928,
106 § 2; cl. (d) revised, 1930, 136 § 6; cl. (g) revised, 1924, 298 § 1 ; amended,
1924, 450 § 5; new par. added at end, 1928, 106 § 2.
Sect. 52 repealed, 1928, 106 § 5.
Sect 53 repealed 1922 76.

Sect! 54,c1. (6) revised,'l923, 153; cl. (^) revised, 1924,298 §2; amended,

1924 450 § 6; first par. and els. (a) to (/) stricken out, and first par.

and els. (a) to (e) inserted, 1925, 267 §'5; cl. (a) revised, 1928, 225 § 2;

els. (c) and (e) revised, 1927, 284 § 8; new par. added at end, 1928, 106 § 3.

Sect. 55. See 1921, 486 § 30.

Sect. 56 amended, 1924, 450 § 7; revised, 1929, 24 § 6.
Sect. 60, last par. revised, 1926, 14 § 1. (See 1922, 77.)
Sect. 61 amended, 1928, 185.
r Sect. 63, cl. 7 (a) added, 1921, 215 § 3; section revised, 1923, 297 § 1;
first paragraph amended, 1930, 136 § 9.
Sect. 65 amended, 1923, 297 § 2.
Sect. 66 revised, 1923, 297 § 3.
Sect. 70 amended, 1924, 450 § 8.
Sect. 71 amended, 1924, 450 § 9; revised, 1927, 248.
Sect. 73 amended, 1926, 53 § 1; revised, 1927, 284 § 9.
Sect. 76, par. contained in lines 9 to 11 revised, 1929, 156.
Sect. SO amended, 1921, 160; first par. revised, 1929, 34 § 1; second
par. revised, 1926, 115.

Sect. 81 affected, 1921, 372; amended, 1927, 284 § 10.
Sect. 90 revised, 1925, 154 § 4, 267 § 6; 1927, 284 § 11; first par.
amended, 1929, 34 § 3.

Sects. 90A and 90B added, 1925, 267 § 7 (regulating issue of policies
by certain mutual insurance companies) ; sect. 90A amended, 1926, 53 § 2.
Sect. 91 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.
Sect. 92 amended, 1925, 154 § 5, 267 § 8.

Sect. 93 amended, 1921, 486 § 30; 1925, 267 § 9; revised, 1927, 284 § 1.
Sects. 93A to 93D added, 1925, 267 § 10 (regulating the transaction of
business by certain mutual insurance companies); sect. 93B revised, 1926,
53 § 3; sect. 93D revised, 1927, 284 § 12.

Sect. 93E added (regulating the issuance of policies by domestic mutual
life insurance companies), 1930, 136 § 7.

Sect. 94 amended, 1922, 77; revised, 1930, 136 § 8.
Sect. 99, cl. First revised, 1923, 137; first par. amended, 1924, 285 § 3.
Sect. 100 amended, 1923, 152, 198 § 1; revised, 1924, 406 § 8; section
stricken out and new sections 100-lOOB inserted, 1927, 285 § 1.
Sect. 101 revised, 1927, 285 § 2.

Sects. lOlA-lOlG added, 1927, 285 § 3 (relative t© reference proceedings
under the standard fire policy). See also 1927, 285 §§ 1, 2.

Sects. 102 A 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).

Chap. 175.] GENERAL LaWS. 687

Sect. 103 repealed, 1923, 336 § 2.

Sect. 105 amended, 1924, 406 § 9; 1925, 267 § 11 ; affected, 1925, 345.
(See 1924, 406 § 19.)

Sect. 110 amended, 1921, 136; revised, 1930, 64.

Sects. lUA and lllB added, 1925, 164 § 1 (permitting certain insurance
companies to issue a single policy of liability insurance on which they are
severally or jointly and severally liable).

Sect. Ill A, provisions (3) and (4) revised, 1928, 80 § 3.

Sect. 112 revised, 1923, 149 § 1; 1930, 340 § 3.

Sect. 113 revised, 1923, 149 § 2.

Sects. 113A to 113D added, 1925, 346 § 4 (relative to the form of com-
pulsory motor vehicle liability policies and bonds, so called, to premium
charges and classifications in connection therewith, and to proceedings to
enable owners of certain motor vehicles to compel the issue or execution
thereof) .

Sect. 113A, pro\'ision (2) revised, 1926, 368 § 4; new par. added, 1926,
368 § 5; provision (4) amended, 1928, 187 § 2; section revised, 1928, 381 § 5.

Sect. 113B revised, 1927, 182; 1928, 381 § 6; new par. added at end,
1929, 34 § 2; section revised, 1929, 166; new par. added, 1930, 343. (See
1928, 381 § 11.)

Sect. 113D revised, 1928, 381 § 7.

Sect. 114 revised, 1924, 406 § 10; 1925, 73; 1928., 157.

Sect. 115 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.

Sect. 116, last par. revised, 1926, 114 § 3.

Sect. 116A added, 1928, 168 (relative to the rights and obligations of
foreign title insurance companies admitted to transact business in Massa-
chusetts); revised, 1930, 83.

Sect. 117A added, 1928, 80 § 1 (authorizing two or more fire insurance
companies to join in the issue of a single sprinkler leakage insurance policy).

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; amended, 1925, 100; revised, 1925, 197 § 1;
last par. amended, 1927, 93 § 1.

Sect. 125 revised, 1928, 176 § 1.

Sect. 126 amended, 1928, 176 § 2.

Sect. 132, first par. revised, 1925, 197 § 2; amended, 1927, 93 § 2; pro-
vision 2 revised, 1922, 75; amended, 1923, 195; provision 7 amended, 1924,
75 § 1; 1927, 65 § 1; provision 11 amended, 1924, 75 § 2; 1927, 65 § 2.

Sect. 133 amended, 1921, 141; revised, 1928, 244 § 1; 1929, 121.

Sect. 134, new par. added at end, 1928, 244 § 2.

Sect. 139 revised, 1926, 93 § 1.

Sect. 140 amended, 1928, 147.

Sect. 142 amended, 1924, 75 § 3; 1927, 65 § 3.

Sect. 144, last par. amended, 1925, 197 § 3; 1927, 93 § 3.

Sect. 147A added, 1928, 148 § 1 (relative to the contents of industrial
life and endowment policies issued by domestic life companies).

Sect. 148 repealed (except as to existing pohcies), 1928, 148 § 2.

Sect. 149, new par. added at end, 1928, 182.

Sect. 150 amended, 1921, 372; second par. stricken out, 1927, 284 § 13.

Sect. 151 revised, 1925, 267 § 12; els. Second and Fifth amended, 1926,
44 § 1; revised, 1927, 284 § 14; subdivision (3) (e) of cl. Second stricken out
and new subdivisions (3) (e) and (3) (/) added, 1928, 225 § 3.

688 Changes in the [Chap. i76.

Sect. 152 amended, 1924, 406 § 11; revised, 1925, 267 § 13; last sen-
tence stricken out, 1928, 106 § 6.
Sect. 153 revised, 1926, 44 § 2.

Sect. 154 amended, 1924, 406 § 12; revised, 1925, 124 § 2.
Sect. 156 amended, 1922, 81.

Sect. 156A added, 1928, 169 § 2 (requiring certain foreign insurance
companies to cease transacting business in certain cases).
Sect. 159 amended, 1922, 417 § 2.
Sect. 161 repealed, 1929, 6 § 1.

Sect. 163 amended, 1924, 450 § 10; 1926, 231; 1928, 315.
Sect. 166 amended, 1924, 450 § 11; 1925, 124 j 3; 1926, 174 § 2.
Sect. 167A added, 1924, 450 § 12 (exempting certain veterans from
payment of fees for certain licenses); revised, 1929, 232.

Sect. 168 amended, 1924, 450 § 13; 1926, 64; revised, 1927, 29.
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; 1926, 70 § 1;
affected, 1926, 70 § 2.

Sect. 174 A 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. 177 revised, 1928, 205 § 2.
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. 182 amended, 1925, 346 § 5; 1928, 381 § 8.
Sect. 183 amended, 1925, 346 § 6; 1928, 381 § 9.
Sect. 184 amended, 1926, 93 § 2; 1930, 18.
Sect. 187 amended, 1925, 54.

Sect. 187 A 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).

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.

Administration of certain insurance laws by commissioner of insurance,
see 1924, 406 § 2 (inserting § 3A in chapter 175).

Sect. 16 amended, 1926, 207.

Sect. 17 revised, 1926, 206; 1928, 186.

Sect. 18 revised, 1928, 156 § 1.

Sect. 23 revised, 1927, 21.

Chaps. 177-lSO.] GENERAL LaWS. 689

Sect. 24 amended, 1928, 179.

Sect. 36 revised, 1930, 31 § 1.

Sect. 37, new paragraph added at end, 1930, 79 § 2.

Sect. 39A added, 1921, 295 (relative to the valuation of securities held
by fraternal benefit societies).

Sect. 40 amended, 1927, 189.

Sect. 41 amended, 1930, 31 § 2.

Sect. 43 revised, 1930, 31 § 3.

Sect. 44, last paragraph stricken out, 1930, 31 § 4.

Sect. 45 amended, 1922, 90; revised, 1925, 80 § 2; amended, 1926, 77.

Sect. 46 revised, 1921, 155 § 1; amended, 1922, 494; revised, 1925, 80
§ 3; amended, 1928, 284; first paragraph amended, 1929, 142; third para-
graph amended, 1929, 7.

Sect. 46A added, 1921, 155 § 2 (relative to the payment of disability
benefits by subordinate lodges).

Sect. 47 revised, 1925, 80 § 4.

Sect. 47A added, 1925, 80 § 1 (relative to the validity of certain con-
tracts and certificates of fraternal benefit societies).

Sect. 49 revised, 1925, 80 § 5.

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.

Administration of certain insurance laws by commissioner of insurance,
see 1924, 406 § 2 (inserting § 3 A in chapter 175).

Sect. 13 amended, 1924, 384.

Sect. 15 repealed, 1924, 406 § 17.

Chapter repealed, 1929, 24 § 1.

Chapter 178. — Savings Bank Life Insurance.

Sect. 10 revised, 1929, 37.

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 79 § 1.

Sect. 12 amended, 1927, 92.

Sect. 17 revised, 1927, 188; 1929, 162.

Sect. 21 revised, 1921, 416; amended, 1922, 79 § 2.

Sect. 28, new paragraph added at end, 1930, 79 § 3.

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 oflSce of the State Secretary deemed recorded, see 1922, 151.
Sect. 3 amended, 1925, 226.
Sect. 4 revised, 1927, 133 § 1.
Sect. 5 re\ised, 1926, 379 § 1.
Sect. 9 revised, 1930, 38.

690 Changes in the [Chaps. 181-185.

Sect. 9 A added, 1926, 204 (providing for the maintenance of burial
grounds by religious corporations).

Sect. 11 amended, 1926, 379 § 2.

Sect. 12 amended, 1930, 170 § 1.

Sect. 12A added, 1930, 170 § 2 (requiring the registration of foreign
charitable corporations before acting in the commonwealth, and relative
to reports by such corporations).

Sect. 20 amended, 1923, 252 § 1.

Sect. 23 amended, 1923, 252 § 2.

Sect. 26 revised, 1926, 247.

Sect. 27 revised, 1926, 108 § 1.

Sect. 29 added, 1926, 347 (enabling cities and towns to regulate certain
diversions and amusements conducted by corporations created for club
purposes).

Chapter 181. — Foreign Corporations.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 486 § 31.
Sect. 3 amended, 1926, 258.

Sect. 3A added, 1928, 98 § 1 (relative to the service of process on un-
registered foreign corporations).
Sect. 6 amended, 1923, 28.
Sect. 10. See 1923, 290 § 4.
Sect. 23 amended, 1926, 189.

Chapter 182. — Voluntary Associations.

Sect. 1 amended, 1926, 290 § 1.

Sect. 2 revised. 1922, 272; amended, 1926, 290 § 2.

Sect. 2A added, 1929, 45 (regulating the use of names by certain associa-
tions and trusts).

Sect. 3 amended, 1926, 290 § 3.

Sect. 4 amended, 1926, 290 § 4.

Sect. 5 repealed, 1924, 190 § 1.

Sect. 6 amended, 1926, 290 § 5; new paragraph added at end, 1929,
107 § 2.

Sect. 7 amended, 1926, 290 § 6.

Chapter 183. — Alienation of Land.

Sect. 5A added, 1924, 227 (recording of certain affidavits relative to the
title of land).

Sect. 21 amended, 1927, 104 § 1.
Sect. 24 amended, 1927, 104 § 2.
Sect. 49 amended, 1923, 71.
Sect. 52 amended, 1923, 96.

Chapter 184. — General Provisions Relative to Real Property.
Sect. 13 amended, 1929, 261.

Chapter 186. — The Land Court and Registration of Title to Land.

Sect. 2 revised, 1924, 271 § 1.

Sect. 5 amended, 1924, 271 § 2.

Sect. 6, sentence added at end, 1930, 418 § 1.

Chaps. 186-190.] GENERAL LaWS. 691

Sect. 8 amended, 1930, 418 § 2.

Sect. 10 amended, 1923, 374 § 1.
• Sect. lOA added, 1930, 418 § 3 (relative to technical assistants).

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; 1930, 404; revised, 1930, 418 § 4. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 38, form of notice revised, 1928, 129 § 1.

Sect. 45 amended, 1923, 374 § 3.

Sect. 46, cl. Fifth amended, 1924, 31.

Sect. 48 amended, 1928, 272 § 1.

Sect. 53 amended, 1921, 117.

Sect. 68 amended, 1928, 272 § 2.

Sect. 69 amended,, 1928, 272 § 3.

Sect. 71 amended, 1928, 272 § 4.

Sect. 78 amended, 1928, 386 § 2.

Sect. 97 amended, 1926, 90 § 1.

Sect. 103 amended, 1923, 362 § 89.

Sect. Ill amended, 1926, 90 § 2.

Sect. 113 amended, 1928, 272 § 5.

Chapter 186. — Estates for Years and at Will.

For provisions relative to granting discretionary stay of proceedings in
certain actions of summary process, and relative to abolishing fictitious
costs, so called, in such actions, see chapter 239, sections 9 to 13.

Sect. 12. See section 13 and note.

Sect. 13 added, 1927, 339 § 1 (relative to the termination of certain ten-
ancies at will). For previous temporary legislation, see 1919, 257; 1920,
538; 1921, 489; 1922, 357 § 1; 1923, 11; 1924, 72 § 3; 1925, 86; 1926, 173.

Sect. 14 added, 1927, 339 § 1 (relative to the violation of certain rights
of certain tenants). For previous temporary legislation, see 1920, 555;
1921, 491; 1922, 357 § 2; 1923, 6; 1924, 72 § 1; 1925, 192; 1926, 172.

Chapter 188. — Homesteads.

Sect. 7 amended, 1924, 56 § 4. (See 1924, 56 § 5.)
Sect. 7A 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.)

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.

Sect. 7 amended, 1925, 281 § 3.

692 Changes in the [Chaps. 191-198.

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.

Sect. 20 revised, 1925, 155 § 1.

Sect. 21 repealed, 1925, 155 § 2.

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. 1 amended, 1928, 216 § 1.

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.

Sect. 1 amended, 1929, 85.

Sect. 5 revised, 1929, 264 § 1.

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.

Sect. 6 revised, 1930, 213 § 1.

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. — Payment of Debts, Legacies and Distributive Shares.

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 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. 199-204.] GENERAL LaWS. 693

Transfer of Suffolk county files to custody of State Secretary, 1928, 161.

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. — Settlement 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.

Sect. 1 amended, 1926. 3.

Sect. 8 revised, 1929, 264 § 2.

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. 2 amended, 1930, 384 § 1.

Sect. 3 revised, 1922, 461.

Sect. 7 revised, 1930, 384 § 2.

Sect. 17 amended, 1930, 384 § 3.

Sect. 38 amended, 1930, 138 § 1.

Sect. 45 amended, 1924. 8.

Sect. 48A added, 1930, 237 (authorizing certain guardians and conserva-
tors to make provision for the burial expenses of their wards).

Chapter 202. — Sales, Mortgages and Leases of Real Estate by Executors,
Adnainistrators, 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.

Sect. 21 revised, 1926, 226.

Chapter 204. — General Provisions relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases,
Conapromises, 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.

694 Changes in the [Chaps. 205-208.

Sect. 1 revised, 1929, 342 § 2.

Sect. 13 amended, 1925, 67 § 1.

Sect. 14 amended, 1925, 67 § 2.

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.

Sect. 1. See 1922, 512.

Sect. 6A added, 1923, 259 (relative to bonds required of national banks
as fiduciaries).

Sect. 7 A added, 1922, 512 (relative to certain fiduciary bonds in the
probate court).

Sect. 9 amended, 1930, 384 § 4.

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. 7, sentence added at end, 1930, 384 § 5.

Sect. 23 A added, 1922, 59 (issuing of citations on probate accounts).

Chapter 207. — Marriage.

Sect. 19 amended, 1930, 141.

Sect. 25 amended, 1922, 98; 1923, 305 § 1.

Sect. 28 revised, 1930, 51 § 1.

Sect. 33 amended, 1923, 305 § 2.

Sect. 38 revised, 1929, 169.

Sect. 39 amended, 1926, 102.

Sect. 57 revised, 1930, 51 § 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); second paragraph amended,
1926, 363 § 3.

Chaps. 209-212.] GENERAL LawS. 695

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 60; 1924, 193.

Sect. 9A added, 1921, 466 § 2 (transfer from the superior to the probate
court of uncontested divorce Hbels); 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 210. — Adoption of Children and Change of Names,

Sect. 2 revised, 1929, 221 § 1.

Sect. 3 amended, 1928, 155 § 57.

Sect. 4 revised, 1929, 221 § 2.

Sect. 13 revised, 1930, 153 § 1.

Chapter 211. — The Supreme Judicial Court.

Provision for the pubHcation and sale of advance sheets of the opinions
and decisions of the supreme judicial court, see 1923, Resolve 30; 1926,
Resolve 40; 1927, Resolve 1; 1929, Resolve 10.

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. 7 revised, 1926, 329 § 8.

Sect. 12 revised, 1926, 329 § 9.

Sect. 15 amended, 1925, 279 § 5; revised, 1926. 329 § 10.

Sect. 22 revised, 1928, 295 § 1. (See 1923, 375.)

Sect. 23 revised, 1922, 228 § 2.

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 December 31, 1932, providing for the
more prompt disposition of criminal cases in the superior court, see 1923,
469 as amended by 1924, 485; 1926, 285; 1927, 282; 1928, 353; 1929, 291;
1930, 367.

Temporary act, inoperative on and after the first Monday of January,
1933 (except as to cases then in course of trial), relative to sittings and
sessions of the superior court, see 1927, 306; amended in part, 1928, 228.

Act conferring upon district courts jurisdiction concurrent with the su-
perior court of actions of contract, tort, replevin and summary process,
1929, 316.

Sect. 1 amended, 1922, 532 § 3; 1925, 304 § 1.

Sect. 3 amended, 1922, 532 § 4. (See 1922, 532 § 5.)

Sect. 11 amended, 1925, 279 § 4; repealed, 1929, 265 § 4.

Sect. 14 amended, 1921, 35, 327.

696 Changes in the [Chaps. 213-215.

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. 24 amended, 1926, 228; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 27 revised, 1928, 295 § 2.

Sect. 28 revised, 1924, 188.

Chapter 213. — Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts.

Temporary act, inoperative on and after the first Monday of January,
1933 (except as to cases then in course of trial), relative to sittings and
sessions of the superior court, see 1927, 306; amended in part, 1928, 228.

Sect. 3, cl. Tenth A added, 1929, 186 § 1 (relative to judicial interpre-
tation of written instruments without other relief).

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; 1930, 340 § 4; cl. (11) added, 1929, 126 § 1 (relative to enforcement
of the purposes of public gifts and conveyances).

Sect. 6 revised, 1926, 138.

Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 431 § 1.

Sect. 19 amended, 1929, 265 § 5.

Sect. 25A added, 1926, 177 (regulating practice as to exceptions in suits
in equity).

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. 6 revised, 1929, 342 § 1.

Sect. 6A added, 1927, 94 § 1 (authorizing equitable attachments in the
probate court in proceedings within its jurisdiction).

Sect. 8A added, 1925, 159 (providing for a change of venue of proceed-
ings in probate courts).

Sect. 10 amended, 1929, 265 § 6.

Sect. 18 revised, 1923, 392; 1924, 194 § 1. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 24 revised, 1926, 214.

Sect. 36 revised, 1929, 189 § 1; 1929, 328 § 1.

I

Chaps. 217, 218.] GENERAL LawS. 697

Sect. 48 amended, 1930, 213 § 2.

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; paragraph con-
tained in lines 43-47, as printed in the General Laws, revised, 1929, 112;
paragraph contained in line 61, as so printed, revised, 1929, 183; paragraph
contained in lines 33-36, as so printed, revised, 1930, 112 § 1.

Chapter 217. — Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency.

Sect. 3 amended, 1924, 375; 1926, 97 § 1.

Sect. 23 amended, 1923, 164 § 1.

Sect. 24 amended, 1923, 164 § 2; 1928, 223 § 1; 1930, 371 § 1.

Sect. 24A added, 1927, 209 § 1 (providing for a third assistant register
of probate for Suffolk county).

Sect. 25 amended, 1923, 164 § 3; 1927, 198 § 1.

Sect. 27A added, 1924, 194 § 2 (authorizing the appointment of a per-
manent officer for the probate court for Suffolk county). (See 1930, 400
§§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 28 amended, 1925, 246.

Sect. 33 revised, 1921, 42 § 1; amended, 1923, 362 § 90.

Sect. 34 amended, 1923, 383 § 1; revised, 1926, 380 § 1.

Sect. 35 revised, 1926, 380 § 2; amended, 1927, 198 § 2. (See 1930,
400 § 6.)

Sect. 36 amended, 1922, 333 § 4; 1923, 362 § 91; repealed, 1926, 380 § 3.

Sect. 37 re\ased, 1921, 364; amended, 1923, 383 § 2; repealed, 1926,
380 § 4.

Sect. 38 revised, 1926, 380 § 5; 1927, 209 § 2. (See 1930, 400 § 6.)

Sect. 39 amended, 1921, 42 § 2; revised, 1924, 415 § 1. (See 1930, 400
§§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 40 amended, 1923, 384; 1924, 376.

Sect. 41 amended, 1926, 97 § 2.

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.

Act enlarging the jurisdiction of district courts for civil business, 1929,
316.

Police courts to be known as district courts, 1921, 430 § 1,

Temporary act, inoperative after December 31, 1932, providing that
certain justices of district courts sit in criminal cases in the superior court,
see 1923, 469 as amended by 1924, 485; 1926, 285; 1927, 282; 1928, 353;
1929, 291; 1930,367.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 430 § 1 ; pars, contained in lines 131-137 amended,
1923, 243 § 1; par. contained in hnes 55 and 56 amended, 1924, 229 § 1;
par. contained in lines 4 and 5 amended, 1927, 159 § 1; par. contained in
lines 186 and 187 amended, 1927, 262 § 1; pars, contained in lines 9-12
and in lines 19 and 20 amended, 1928, 136; par. contained in lines 80-82
amended, 1930, 132 § 1. (See 1930, 132 § 2).

Sect. 6, first par. amended, 1924, 229 § 2; 1925, 88 § 1; 1930, 144.

Sect. 8 revised, 1927, 227 § 1.

Sect. 10 revised, 1921, 287 § 1; 1922, 63 § 1; amended, 1923, 164 § 4;
revised, 1923, 314 § 1; amended, 1923, 379 § 1; revised, 1925, 257 § 1;

698 Changes in the [Chap. 218.

1926, 69 § 1, 366 § 1, 389 § 1; amended, 1928, 162; 1929, 95 § 1; revised,
1929, 254 § 1; amended, 1930, 152 § 1.

Sect. 11 amended, 1922, 156.

Sect. 12 amended, 1927, 52.

Sect. 16 revised, 1926, 191 § 1.

Sect. 19 revised, 1922, 532 § 12A; 1924, 57 § 1; 1929, 316 § 1.

Sect. 20 amended, 1924, 57 § 2; 1929, 316 § 2.

Sect. 21 amended, 1922, 99 § 1; 1928, 144 § 1.

Sect. 23 amended, 1925, 132 § 1.

Sect. 27 revised, 1924, 149.

Sect. 30 amended, 1929, 216 § 1.

Sect. 36 revised, 1924, 58.

Sect. 38 amended, 1926, 271 § 4; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 39 amended, 1927, 245.

Sect. 43 amended, 1922, 532 § 9.

Sect. 43 A added, 1922, 532 § 10 (establishing an administrative com-
mittee of district courts).

Sect. 47 amended, 1926, 191 § 2; 1930, 183 § 1.

Sect. 50 amended, 1928, 334 § 1.

Sect. 53 amended, 1922, 309 § 1; 1923, 323 § 1; 1924, 36; 1928, 334 § 2.

Sect. 55 revised, 1921, 486 § 33. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 62 amended, 1921,284 § 1; revised, 1922, 299 § 1; 1923, 448 § 1;
amended, 1924, 86 § 1; 1928, 198 § 1; 1929, 208 § 1.

Sect. 65 amended, 1924, 86 § 2. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 67. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 68 amended, 1925, 255 § 1. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 69 amended, 1921, 430 § 1; revised, 1922, 399 § 1. (See 1930,
400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 70 amended, 1921, 430 § 1; revised, 1922, 399 § 2. (See 1930,
400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 71 revised, 1921, 465 § 1; repealed, 1922, 399 § 3.

Sect. 71 A 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.

Sect. 71 D 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. 74 revised, 1928, 140.

Sect. 75 amended, 1921, 284 § 2; 1922, 309 § 2; revised, 1923, 323 § 2;
amended, 1923, 448 § 2; revised, 1924, 500 § 1; 1928, 233 § 1, 334 § 3;
amended, 1930, 415 § 1. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 76 amended, 1921, 355 § 1; 1924, 484 § 1; revised, 1924, 505 § 1;
amended, 1927, 294 § 1; 1928, 256 § 1.

Sect. 77 revised, 1923, 326 § 1 ; 1927, 227 § 2.

Sect. 78 amended, 1923, 479 § 1.

Sect. 79 amended, 1923, 379 § 2; revised, 1926, 366 § 2.

Sect. 80 revised, 1921, 355 § 2; amended, 1924, 484 § 2; revised, 1924,
503 § 1; amended, 1927, 294 § 2.

Sect. 81 revised, 1925, 38.

Chaps. 219, 221.] GENERAL LawS. 699

Sect. S3 amended, 1921, 321 § 1; revised, 1923, 322 § 1; 1925, 256 § 1.
(See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)
Sect. 84. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Chapter 219. — Trial Justices.

Sect. 2 amended, 1924, 229 § 3.
Sect. 15 revised, 1930, 183 § 2.
Sect. 17 amended, 1922, 364 § 1; 1924, 229 § 4.

Sect. 17A added, 1926, 288 (providing for clerical assistance for the trial
justice in the town of Ludlow). (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)
Sect. 20 amended, 1929, 216 § 2.

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; 1925, 108.

Sect. 14 amended, 1922, 423 § 2.

Sect. 20 amended, 1922, 53; revised, 1924, 392.

Sect. 24 revised, 1924, 131; 1927, 64; 1928, 163.

Sect. 32 amended, 1930, 331 § 1. (See 1930, 331 § 2.)

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);
section 34 A amended, 1930, 142; section 34C revised, 1927, 293 § 1.

Sect. 37 amended, 1921, 290 § 1; 1925, 11. (See 1922, 493 and 1924,
316, permitting 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. 47 amended, 1925, 346 § 8.

Sect. 55 amended, 1921, 163.

Sect. 62 amended, 1929, 285 § 1.

Sect. 62A added, 1929, 285 § 2 (relative to compensation for services
rendered by incapacitated or deceased auditors or special masters in certain
cases) .

Sect. 68 revised, 1930, 89.

Sect. 69 amended, 1923, 407 § 1.

Sect. 70 amended, 1923, 324 § 1.

Sect. 71 amended, 1923, 352 § 1. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 72 amended, 1923, 407 § 2.

Sect. 74 amended, 1924, 417 § 1. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 75 amended, 1921, 423; revised, 1925, 138. (See 1930, 400
§§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 76. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 82 revised, 1927, 332 § 1.

Sect. 83 revised, 1927, 332 § 2.

Sects. 84 and 85 repealed, 1927, 332 § 3.

Sect. 87 revised, 1927, 332 § 4.

700 Changes in the [Chaps. 222-224.

Sect. 88 revised, 1927, 332 § 5.

Sect. 89 revised, 1927, 332 § 6.

Sect. 90 repealed, 1922, 228 § 1.

Sect. 90A added, 1927, 332 § 7 (providing for the reimbursement of the
county for which a salaried official stenographer is appointed by any other
county in which such stenographer renders service).

Sect. 91 revised, 1927, 332 § 8. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 92 revised, 1926, 294. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 93 amended, 1922, 487 § 2; revised, 1930, 275.

Sect. 94. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 95 amended, 1923, 206 § 2; 1927, 235 § 1. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 96 amended, 1921, 486 § 34. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 97 amended, 1927, 235 § 2. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 98 amended, 1924, 350 § 1. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 100. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 102. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Chapter 222. — Justices of the Peace, Notaries Public and Commissioners.

Sect. 2 repealed, 1923, 164 § 7.

Sect. 3, new sentence added, 1929, 318 § 2.

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. 37 amended, 1926, 255.

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); revised,
1925, 164 § 3; 1928, 80 § 4.

Sect. 45A added, 1921, 425 § 1 (security for officers making attachments).

Sect. 65 amended, 1929, 131 § 2.

Sect. 66 revised, 1929, 131 § 1.

Sect. 86A added, 1925, 170 § 1 (relative to relief in the nature of equi-
table attachments in certain proceedings in the supreme judicial and superior
courts).

Sect. 115A added, 1924, 10 (dissolution of attachment of real property
if no service upon defendant).

Sect. 122 amended, 1926, 89.

Sect. 129A added, 1921, 425 § 2 (release by officer of personal property
attached upon filing of bond).

Chapter 224. — Arrest on Civil Process.

Sect. 2, els. Third and Fifth revised, 1927, 334 § 1.

Sects. 6 to 70, inclusive, as amended, stricken out and new sections 6 to
30, inclusive, inserted, 1927, 334 § 2.

The following references are to the original sections:

Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 33.

Sect. 18A added, 1921, 425 § 3 (security to officers arresting on civil
process) .

Sect. 59 amended, 1923, 34.

Chaps. 225-233.] GENERAL LaWS. 701

Chapter 225. —Process after Judgment for Necessaries or Labor.
Chapter repealed, 1927, 334 § 6.

Chapter 229. — Actions for Death and Injuries resulting in Death.

Sect. 1 amended, 1929, 119 § 1.

Sect. 2 amended, 1921, 486 § 35.

Sect. 4 revised, 1929, 119 § 2.

Sect. 5 amended, 1922, 439; 1925, 346 § 9.

Sect. 9 amended, 1927, 213 § 1.

Chapter 231. — Pleading and Practice.

Sect. 18 amended, 1921, 431 § 2.

Sect. 30 amended, 1927, 164.

Sect. 59A added, 1922, 509 § 1 (relating to the speedy trial of cases in
the supreme judicial and superior courts).

Sect. 59B added, 1929, 172 § 1 (relative to expediting the collection of
debts).

Sect. 60A added, 1929, 173 § 1 (providing for prompt informal trials in
the superior court).

Sect. 61 revised, 1929, 303 § 1.

Sect. 63 revised, 1922, 314.

Sect. 69 revised, 1926, 381 § 1.

Sect. 85A added, 1928, 317 § 1 (relative to pleadings and evidence in
motor vehicle accident cases).

Sect. 96 amended, 1928, 306 § 2.

Sect. 97 amended, 1922, 532 § 12.

Sect. 103 amended, 1921, 486 § 36.

Sects. 104-110 affected, 1921, 486 § 36.

Sect. 104 revised, 1929, 316 § 3; affected, 1929, 316 § 4.

Sect. 109 revised, 1929, 265 § 2.

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. 1 lOA amended, 1925, 132 § 2.

Sect. HOB, third sentence revised, 1930, 54 § 1.

Sect. HOC amended, 1927, 240. (See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.)

Sect. 115 revised, 1923, 5.

Sect. 121 amended, 1927, 332 § 9.

Sect. 133 revised, 1927, 332 § 10.

Sect. 135 revised, 1929, 265 § 1.

Sect. 141 amended, 1928, 317 § 2; 1929, 265 § 3; 1930, 65 § 1.

Sect. 142 amended, 1928, 39.

Sect. 144 amended, 1928, 306 § 1.

Sect. 146 amended, 1926, 381 § 2.

Chapter 233. — Witnesses and Evidence.

Sect. 1 amended, 1923, 263.

Sect. 5 re\nsed, 1926, 230; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 8 revised, 1930, 62.

702 Changes in the [Chaps. 234r-250.

Sect. 70 revised, 1926, 168 § 1.
Sects. 71 and 72 repealed, 1926, 168 § 2.
Sect. 78 revised, 1930, 87 § 1.
Sect. 80 revised, 1927, 332 § 11.

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).

Sect. 4 revised, 1924, 311 § 2.

Sect. 8 amended, 1926, 193; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 23 revised, 1924, 311 § 3.

Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 311 § 4.

Sect. 29 amended, 1926, 192; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 37 amended, 1924, 311 § 5.

Chapter 235. — Judgment and Execution.

Sect. 8 amended, 1924, 38.
Sect. 17 amended, 1925, 217 § 1.
Sect. 23 revised, 1925, 217 § 2.

Sect. 35 revised, 1921, 425 § 4 (security for officers taking property on
execution).

Chapter 236. — Levy of Executions on Land.

Sect. 47 amended, 1925, 217 § 3; 1927, 167 § 1; affected, 1927, 167 § 2.

Chapter 239. — Summary Process for Possession of Land.

For provisions relative to termination of tenancies at will, see chapter
186, sections 12 and 13.

Sects. 9-13 added, 1927, 339 § 2 (relative to granting discretionary stay
of proceedings in certain actions of summary process, and relative to abolish-
ing fictitious costs, so called, in such actions). [For previous temporary
legislation, see 1920, 577; 1921,490; 1922, 357 § 3; 1923, 36 §§ 1, 2; 1924,
72 § 2; 1925, 111; 1926, 183.]

Chapter 240. — Proceedings for Settlement of Title to Land.
Sect. 15 amended, 1924, 20.

Chapter 246. — Trustee Process.

Sect. 4 A added, 1921, 417 (relative to trustee suits in district courts).

Sect. 6 amended, 1921, 486 § 37.

Sect. 10 amended, 1922, 93.

Sect. 11 revised, 1927, 216.

Sect. 32, cl. First revised, 1924, 151.

Sect. 45 amended, 1925, 217 § 4.

Chapter 250. — Writs of Error.
Sect. 11 amended, 1925, 279 § 3; 1926, 329 § 7.

*

Chaps. 251-255.] GENERAL LaWS. 703

Chapter 251. — Arbitration.

Sect. 2 revised, 1925, 294 § 1.
Sect. 7 amended, 1925, 294 § 2.
Sect. 11 amended, 1925, 294 § 3.
Sect. 13 revised, 1925, 294 § 4.

Sects. 14-22 added, 1925, 294 § 5 (relative to the arbitration by parties
to contracts of controversies subsequently arising between them).

Chapter 252. — Improvement of Low Land and Swamps.

Sects. 1-14, as amended by 1922, 349 §§ 1-9, and section 14 A, 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, 467 § 1 :

Sect. 1 amended, 1920, 393 § 1; revised, 1929, 288 § 1.

Sect. 2 revised, 1926, 393 § 2.

Sect. 4 A added, 1929, 288 § 2 (authorizing the commonwealth, or any
political subdivision thereof, to undertake improvements under §§ 1-14B,
and regulating such procedure).

Sect. 5 revised, 1926, 393 § 3.

Sect. 5 A added, 1929, 288 § 3 (authorizing the undertaking of improve-
ments under §§ 1-14B without the formation of a district, and regulating
such procedure).

Sect. 6, first par. revised, 1924, 93 § 1 ; 1926, 393 § 4; last par. revised,
1924, 93 § 2.

Sect. 7, first sentence amended, 1924, 93 § 3; section amended, 1926,
393 § 5.

Sect. 8 revised, 1926, 393 § 6; last sentence stricken out, 1929, 288 § 4.

Sect. 9 revised, 1926, 393 § 7.

Sect. 10 revised, 1926, 393 § 8.

Sect. 11 revised, 1926, 393 § 9.

Sect. 14 revised, 1926, 393 § 10.

Sect. 14A amended, 1926, 393 § 11.

Sect. 14C added, 1929, 288 § 5 (penalizing the obstruction or injury of
improvements made under §§ 1-14B).

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 Perional
Property, and Liens thereon.

Sect. 1 amended, 1921, 233.

Sects. 31A and 31B added, 1925, 175 § 1 (relative to the lien of spinners
and others to secure charges for work, labor and materials in respect of
certain goods).

Sect. 31C added, 1927, 210 § 1 (relative to the lien to secure charges for
work and for materials furnished in respect to watches, clocks, silverware
and jewelry).

704 Changes in the [Chaps. 260-264.

Chapter 260. — Limitation of Actions.

Sect. 1 amended, 1926, 281.

Sect. 4 amended, 1921, 319 § 1; 1925, 346 § 10; revised, 1929, 29 § 1;
affected, 1929, 29 § 2.

Chapter 261. — Costs in Civil Actions.

Sect. 4 amended, 1925, 132 § 3. (See 1925, 132 § 4.)
Sect. 23 revised, 1924, 108 § 1.
Sect. 25 revised, 1924, 108 § 2.

Sect. 25A 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 Oflacers.

Sect. 1 amended, 1925, 81.

Sect. 3 amended, 1926, 128.

Sect. 4 amended, 1926, 363 § 1; par. contained in lines 19 to 26, in-
clusive, revised, 1927, 334 § 3.

Sect. 8 amended, 1921, 259.

Sect. 14 revised, 1927, 334 § 4.

Sect. 21 revised, 1930, 370.

Sect. 25 amended, 1924, 111.

Sect. 29 revised, 1929, 298 § 1.

Sect. 36 revised, 1928, 360 § 3.

Sect. 38, par. contained in lines 28 and 29 amended, 1927, 63 § 2; stricken
out, 1928, 386 § 3; par. contained in lines 4 to 13 revised, 1930, 253 § 1;
pars, contained in lines 24 to 27 revised, 1930, 253 § 2.

Sect. 39 revised, 1923, 374 § 4; par. contained in lines 68-72 amended,
1928, 386 § 4.

Sect. 40 revised, 1926, 363 § 2.

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. 6 amended, 1929, 185 § 1.

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. 6 amended, 1928, 154.

Sect. 10 A added, 1924, 219 (to prevent the abuse of the uniform of the
naval and other forces of the United States).

Chaps. 265-270.] GENERAL LaWS. 705

Chapter 265. — Crimes against the Person.

Sect. 14 amended, 1923, 280.

Sect. 15 A added, 1927, 187 § 1 (providing penalty for assault and battery
with a dangerous weapon).

Sect. 24A added, 1923, 339 (relative to the venue of certain specific
crimes).

Chapter 266. — Crimes against Property.

Sect. 1 amended, 1930, 382.

Sect. 22 amended, 1930, 185.

Sect. 27A added, 1923, 347 § 1 (penalizing the removal or concealment
of automobiles with intent to defraud the insurers).

Sect. 28 revised, 192G, 267 § 1; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 29 amended, 1923, 347 § 2.

Sect. 38A added, 1928, 351 (penalizing the misuse of proceeds of con-
struction loans).

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.

Sect. 63 amended, 1926, 203; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 82 amended, 1929, 329 § 3.

Sect. 102A added, 1930, 317 (relative to infernal machines).

Sect. Ill A added, 1926, 198 (relative to fraudulent claims under policies
of fire insurance).

Sect. 120 amended, 1929, 109.

Sect. 139 added, 1925, 237 § 2 (penalty for wrongfully tampering with
"serial number" of motor vehicle); sentence added, 1930, 353 § 2.

Chapter 268. — Crimes against Public Justice.

Sect. 1A added, 1926, 187 § 1 (relative to dispensing with the oath as a
method of verifying certain written instruments).
Sect. 8 amended, 1923, 451.

Sect. 8A added, 1923, 241 (relative to bribing police officers).
Sect. 10 amended, 1925, 53.
Sect. 19 revised, 1929, 170 § 3.
Sect. 31 revised, 1929, 170 § 4.
Sect. 33 amended, 1922, 52; revised, 1930, 21.

Chapter 269. — Crimes against Public Peace.

Sect. 9 repealed, 1923, 248 § 2.

Sect. 10 revised, 1923, 248 § 1; 1925, 284 § 5; amended, 1927, 326 § 5.
Sect. lOA added, 1926, 261 (prohibiting the sale and use of silencers
for firearms).

Sect. 12 amended, 1922, 485 § 10.

Chapter 270. — Crimes against Public Health.

Sect. 2A added, 1927, 224 § 1 (relative to safeguarding the distribution
and sale of certain dangerous caustic or corrosive substances in packages for
household use).

Sect. 4 revised, 1929, 299.

706 Changes in the [Chaps. 271-276.

Chapter 271. — Crimes against Public Policy.
Sect. 17 revised, 1922, 315.

Chapter 272. — Crimes against Chastity, Morality, Decency and Good

Order.

Sect. 28 revised, 1930, 162.

Sect. 55 repealed, 1928, 155 § 58.

Sects. 80A and SOB added, 1928, 347 § 1 (relative to the cropping of
the ears of dogs). (See 1928, 347 § 2.)

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).

Sect. 86E revised, 1930, 399 § 4.

Sect. 88 amended, 1926, 76 § 1.

Sect. 89 amended, 1926, 76 § 2.

Chapter 273. — Desertion, Non-Support and Bastardy.

Sect. 1, sentence added at end, 1925, 126; sentence added at end, 1929,
258 § 1.

Sect. 4 revised, 1922, 397.
Sect. 5 amended, 1925, 182.
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; amended, 1926,
320 § 1.

Sect. 58 amended, 1929, 216 § 3.

Sect. 60 amended, 1923, 436 § 2.

Sect. 61 revised, 1922, 465 § 1; new paragraph added at end, 1926,
340 § 3; paragraph added by 1926, 340 § 3 revised, 1930, 240 § 2.

Sects. 61A and 61B added, 1922, 465 § 2 (relating to bail in criminal
cases); sect. 61B revised, 1926, 340 § 1; amended, 1929, 30; revised, 1930,
240 § 1.

Sect. 63 revised, 1922, 465 § 3; amended, 1924, 18.

Sect. 65, new sentence added at end, 1930, 154 § 1.

Sect. 74 revised, 1926, 340 § 2.

Sect. 81 amended, 1922, 361 § 1.

Sect. 85 revised, 1926, 320 § 2; amended, 1929, 179 § 2.

Sect. 87 amended, 1926, 271 § 1 ; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 88. See 1930, 400 §§ 5, 7-9.

Sect. 94 amended, 1927, 166; revised, 1929, 231.

i

Chaps. 277-279.] GENERAL LawS. 707

Sects. 98 and 99 revised, 1929, 179 § 1.

Sect. 100 amended, 1926, 320 § 3; revised, 1929, 179 § 1.

Sects. 101-103 revised, 1929, 179 § 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. (See 1927, 306.)

Sect. 2 A added, 1922, 466 (providing for special grand juries).

Sect. 35A added, 1926, 227 (authorizing amendments of indictments
and complaints in certain cases); affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 57 A added, 1923, 340 (relative to the venue of crimes in general).

Sects. 70A and 70B added, 1922, 458 (regulating the disposition with-
out trial of criminal cases).

Chapter 278. — Trials and Proceedings before Judgment.

Sect. 2 amended, 1929, 185 § 2.

Sect. 13 amended, 1921, 262.

Sect. 16A added, 1923, 251 (protecting witnesses under the age of seven-
teen at trials for certain crimes).

Sect. 18 amended, 1929, 216 § 4.

Sect. 29 revised, 1922, 508 § 1.

Sect. 31 amended, 1925, 279 § 2; 1926, 329 § 6.

Sect. 33 revised, 1929, 265 § 7.

Sects. 33A-33G added, 1925, 279 § 1 (relative to certain appeals in
murder and manslaughter cases and to the elimination of delay therein).

Sect. 33A amended, 1926, 329 § 1.

Sect. 33B amended, 1926, 329 § 2.

Sect. 33C amended, 1926, 329 § 3.

Sect. 33E revised, 1926, 329 § 4.

Sect. 33F revised, 1926, 329 § 5.

Chapter 279. — Judgment and Execution.

Sect. 1 amended, 1924, 175 § 1; 1925, 297 § 2; 1926, 271 § 2; affected,
1926,296.

Sect. 1A added, 1924, 175 § 2 (relative to the suspension of execution of
sentences of both fine and imprisonment); amended, 1926, 271 § 3; affected,
1926, 296.

Sect. 3 amended, 1926, 266; 1927, 140 § 1; affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 3 A added, 1926, 245 (to expedite sentence in certain criminal cases) ;
affected, 1926, 296.

Sect. 4A added, 1926, 320 § 4 (requiring courts to obtain criminal records
of defendants in certain cases before disposition thereof).

Sect. 8 A added, 1924, 165 (relative to the time of the taking effect of
a "from and after" sentence).

Sect. 24 amended, 1924, 152.

Sect. 31 amended, 1928, 28 § 1.

Sect. 45 amended, 1929, 133 § 2. ^

Sect. 49 A added, 1929, 133 § 1 (relative to the stay of execution in
capital cases pending the decision of judicial questions).

708 Changes in the General Laws. [Chaps. 281, 282.

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.

®l|^ (3Inmm0ttmraltI| of M^BBntl}usHt&

Office of the Secretary, Boston, October 3, 1930.

I certify that the acts and resolves contained in this volume are true
copies of the originals on file in this department.

I further certify that the table of changes in general laws has been
prepared, and is printed as an appendix to this edition of the laws, by
direction of the Joint Committee on Rules of the General Court, in
accordance with the provisions of section 51, chapter 3 of the General
Laws, as amended by chapter 197, Acts of 1922.

FREDERIC W. COOK,

Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Ollfp (Spttpral OInurt of maaaarljuartta

EXTRA SESSION

OF THE YEAK

1930

CONVENED ON MONDAY, THE TWENTIETH OF OCTOBER,
FOR TERCENTENARY PURPOSES ONLY

PREPARED BY THE

SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

BOSTON
WRIGHT & POTTER PRINTING CO., LEGISLATIVE PRINTERS

1930

No Acts or Resolves were enacted at the extra session of
the General Court, October 20, 1930.

INDEX

A.

Abatement of taxes (see Taxation).

A. B. C. Street Railway, so-called, Attleboio, city of, in, sale of
propertj' of, etc. .......

Abington, town of (see Cities and towns).

Absentee voting, appropriation ......

Academy, Hopkins, Trustees of, additional real and personal estate,
holding by ........

Acceptance of statutes (see Statutes).

Accident or health insurance, blanket policies of, issuance of
Accidents, aircraft involved in, reports of, to registrar of motor
vehicles .........

automobile, insurance covering (see Motor vehicles, insurance
in relation to),
prevention of, appropriations by cities and to^vns for
industrial, department of (see Industrial accidents, department

of),
workmen, to, compensation for (see "Workmen's compensation
law).
Accountants, public, registration of, appropriation
Account books, entries in, etc., admissibility in evidence
Accounts, cities and towns, of (see Municipal finance).

claims, and, unclassified, appropriation .....

supplementary ........

counties, of (see County finance).

director and division of (see Corporations and taxation, depart-
ment of),
public (see County finance; Municipal finance; State finance).
Actions, civil, debts, collection of, for, certain procedure for ex-
pediting, made applicable in district courts
defective condition of premises or ways when caused by snow or

ice, for, against abutting owners, giving of notice in
judgments in (see Judgments in ci^^l actions),
limitation (see Limitation of actions).

supplementary proceedings in, investigation relative to, by
judicial council . . . . . _ . Resolve

See also Equity; Evidence; Practice in civil actions.
Acts and resolves, iDlue book edition of, appropriation
cumulative index of, appropriation
number passed by general court
pamphlet edition of, appropriation
vetoed by governor .....

See also Laws; Statutes.

Acushnet river, bridge over, between city of New Bedford and town

of Fairhaven, care of, transferred to state department of

public works ........

appropriation .........

Adams, tovni of (see Cities and towns).
Adjutant general (see Militia).

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, COMMISSION ON:
in general, appropriation . . . . . .

comptroller, grade crossings, abolition of, powers and duties as to
"patients' funds", unclaimed funds at certain state hospitals

known as, claims for, powers and duties as to .
payments by commonwealth to Clara Bqyce and Frank
A. Boyce, releases, etc., in connection with, filing
with ....... Resolve

division of personnel and standardization, registers and assistant
registers of probate and their assistants, classification by .
Advertising, municipal, appropriations and expenditures for
Aged citizens, adequate assistance to certain, provision for
Aged persons, taxation, local, of certain property of, exemption from
Agents, insurance (see Insurance).

Agricultural College, Massachusetts (see Massachusetts Agri-
cultural College).
Agriculture (see Gardens).

Chap.

Item or
Section.

207

1-4

115

205

95

64

33

3

365

146

87

115

426

65

98

404, 405
1, 2

739-743

744-751i;

750a, Page

672

1. 2
1, 2

. 115

198

. 115

25

. Page 614

. 115

197

. Page 614

406 1-3

426 Page 571

115

417

176

21

144-147
3, 9

400

6

223

402

1-3

247

714

Index.

AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, appropriation ....
supplementary .....
divisions, etc., of:

dairying and animal husbandry, appropriation
markets, appropriation _ ....

ornithology, appropriation .

I lant pest control, appropriation
reclamation, soil survey and fairs, appropriation
Aid, aged citizens, certain, to, provision for

mothers with dependent children, furnishing to

needy persons, certain, to, method of reimbursing cities and

towns for, method changed . . • . •
state and military (see State and military aid),
state, and pensions, commissioner of (see State aid and pensions,
commissioner of).
Aid and relief, division of (see Public welfare, department of).
Aircraft, accidents, involved in, reports of, to registrar of motor vehicles
operation of, after damage thereto, restrictions as to
pilots' license or right to operate, revocation of . . .

unregistered, restrictions as to .

Airport, East Boston, state land in, additional leases of, to city of
Boston for purposes of ... . Resolve

Aldermen, grade crossings, abolition of, powers and duties as to
Aliens, licenses for taking of crabs, granting to certain
Alms, soliciting of, etc., from occupants of vehicles on state highways,
etc., prohibited ........

Ambulances, etc., inclusion within certain provisions of motor
vehicle laws ........

American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, reimbursement of,
for damage to certain property in its custody and located
on state property ..... Resolve

appropriation .........

Americanization, immigration and, division of (see Education,

department of).
American Legion, The, exemption of, from provisions of law re-
quiring registration of and filing of reports by foreign
charitable corporations ......

firearms, drilling and parading with, by posts of.
national convention of, appropriations by cities and towns to
provide facilities for public entertainment in connection
with . . . . . . ...

state convention of, appropriation of money by town of Williams-
town to provide facilities for holding of, in said town
American National Red Cross, The, property of, exempted from
taxation .........

American Tissue Mills, maintenance by, of bridge over Appleton
street in city of Holyoke ......

Amherst Water Company, land, certain, etc., of Massachusetts
Agricultural College, conveyance to . . Resolve

Anatidee (see Birds).
Animal husbandry, dairying and, division of (see Agriculture,

department of).
Animal industry, division of (see Conservation, department of).
Animals, cattle, diseased, elimination from certain areas

disease-free herds of, rules, regulations and orders relative to,

making and enforcement by director of animal industry .

fines, penalties and forfeitures recovered in certain prosecutions

under laws relative to, etc., disposition of
fur-bearing, capture of, use of traps, etc., for, initiative petition
relative to ........

inspectors of, reimbursement of certain towns for, appropriation
tuberculin test, reacting to, slaughtering of, payment by com-
monwealth of compensation for, time limit for
See also Game.
Annexation, Methuen, town of, part of, to city of Lawrence
Annuities, Morgan Memorial Co-operative Industries and Stores,
Inc., making by, of contracts to pay, etc.
policemen and firemen killed in performance of duty, dependents
of, payment to, etc. .......

soldiers and others, of, appropriation .....

supplementary ...
state employees, of, appropriation . . .

See also Insurance; Retirement systems and pensions.
Apiaries, inspection of, appropriation ......

Item or

Chap.

Section.

. 115

228-247

. 426

247a

. 115

234, 235

. 115

240, 241

. 115

238, 239

. 115

236. 237

. 115

242-244

. 402

1-3

. 381

66

33
33
33
33

53

417
414

139

332

34

426

1, 11
1

751f

170

72

2

67

218

1. 2

86

1. 2

215

1-4

7

123

1, 2

203

101

1, 2

Page 612
116

291

341

261

1,2

296
182
241
115
426
115 218,

1, 2
1-6
1-3

745

745

739-745

115

233

115

163

115

300

115

298

426

298

416

1-34

213

1-3

245

1. 2

115

1-8

426

1-4

Index. 715

Item or
Chap. Section.

APPEAL, BOARDS OF:

building and zoning boards of appeals in cities and towns, sum-
moning and swearing of witnesses by . . . . 62

commissioner of corporations and taxation, from decisions of,
appropriation ........

fire insurance rates, on, appropriation . . . _•

motor vehicle liability policies and bonds, on, appropriation
supplementary . . . . . .

tax appeals, board of, establishment, powers, duties, etc. .
Appeals (see District courts, in general, appellate divisions of).
Appraisers, estates of deceased persons, of, appointment, etc. .
Appropriations, cities and towns, by (see Municipal finance).

counties, for maintenance of certain, etc. ....

state departments, boards, commissions, institutions, etc., for
maintenance of, etc. .......

See also State finance; and specific titles of departments, boards,
commissions, institutions, etc.
Arbitration, conciliation and, board of (see Labor and industries,

department of).
Archives, Massachusetts, reproduction of manuscript collection,
appropriation ........

supplementary ........

Arlington, town of (see Cities and towns).

Armories, appropriation ........

superintendent of, appropriation ......

supplementary ........

See also Militia.
ARMORY COMMISSIONERS:

appropriation .........

supplementary . . . . . ...

Westfield, city of, construction of new state armory in, investiga-
tion relative to, by . . . . . _ Resolve

Worcester, city of, construction of new state armory in, investi-
gation relative to, by . . . . . Resolve

See also Militia.
Armory, state, Westfield, city of, in, construction of, investigation
relative to ...... Resolve

Worcester, city of, in, construction of, investigation relative
to . . . . . . . . Resolve

Army nurses, public service, in, certain, conferring of certain retire-
ment rights upon .......

state aid, amount of, payable to certain, increased . .

Arrest, criminal cases, in, bail, admission to, upon (see Bail).
Arrow (see Bow and arrow).
Arsenal, superintendent of, appropriation . ....

salary of, subjected to classification .....

Arson, penalties for .........

ART COMMISSION:

appropriation .........

deficiency .........

Bennington battlefield on Woloomsac heights in state of New

York, monument on, erection by . . • Resolve

appropriation . . . . . ...

colony charter, coming of John Winthrop and his associates with,
in year 1630, tablet commemorating, placing of, in state
bouse, etc., powers as to . . . ■ Resolve 42

Horton, Edward A., D.D., Reverend, chaplain emeritus of senate,
portrait of, expenditure for procuring of, under direction
of ....... . Resolve 47

appropriation . . . . . . . . 426 31c

Art, Massachusetts school of (see Massachusetts school of art).
ASSESSORS OF TAXES:

appeals from decisions of (see Tax appeals, board of),
corporations, business, taxation of, in case existing statutes appli-
cable thereto are declared unconstitutional, etc., duties as

to .422

motor vehicles, registered, excise tax on, powers and duties as to . 244 1-4

Assistance, aged persons, certain, to, provision for . . . 402 1-3

Associations, gas and electric companies, affiliated with, examina-
tion by department of public utilities .... 395

Attendance, supervisors of, cities and certain towns, in, placed

under civil service laws ...... 34

Attleboro, city of (see Cities and towns).

115
426

191
191

115
115
426

134,

127,

, 135

, 129

129

115

426

148

-150
150a

45

14

45

14

161
186

115
226
382

127

115

115

159
Page 133

9
426

]

L58a

716

Index.

ATTORNEY GENERAL:

appropriation ......•••

deficiency .........

supplementary ........

bank taxes, certain illegal or excessive, refunding of, powers and

duties as to .

cashier in department of, giving of bond by ... .

charitable corporations, foreign, registration of and filing of re-
ports by certain, law requiring, enforcement of, powers
and duties as to . . . . . .

charitable trusts, unincorporated trustees of, filing of annual
reports by certain, with department of public welfare,
powers and duties as to .
Dzieciatko, Stefan, heirs of, payment of sum of money to Con-
sulate General of Poland at New York for transmission
to, under direction of . . . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

Fitzgerald, Myrtie M., of Natick, claim of, on account of pay-
ment of certain income tax, investigation by . Resolve
Garrett, Oliver B., matters dealing with service of, etc., as mem-
ber of poUce department of city of Boston, investigation
by . . . . . . . • Resolves

George, Essaf, heirs of, payment by commonwealth of sum of
money to, under direction of . . . Resolve

appropriation . . . _ . . .

Governor square in Boston, elimination of crossing at grade at,
by street railway cars using Boylston street subway, etc.,
certain powers as to .
insurance companies, domestic, issuing policies of workmen's
compensation insurance, deposits by, in trust to secure
satisfaction of claims thereunder, law requiring, etc., in-
formation to enforce .......

marine fish and fisheries, including shellfish, laws relative to,
special commission to survey and revise, to be or to
designate a member of ... ■ Resolve

Massachusetts Agricultural College, certain land and rights in
land of, conveyance of, to Amherst Water Company,
deed of, preparation by ... . Resolve

opinions of, additional volume of, authorized . . Resolve

appropriation ........

Roumian, John, heirs of, payment of sum of money by common-
wealth for transmission to, under direction of . Resolve
appropriation ........

securities, promotion and sale of, laws as to, survey and study of,
by department of public utilities, information in connec-
tion with, to said department by . . . Resolve
Sullivan, James P., of Belchertown, claim of, on account of losses
sustained through slaughtering of cattle, investigation
by ....... . Resolve

tax appeals, board of, petitions in connection with appeals to,
copy of, furnishing to ......

Attorneys at law, admission of, etc., investigation relative to, by
judicial council ...... Resolve

Auburn, town of (see Cities and towns).

Audit, municipal accounts, of (see Municipal finance).

AUDITOR, STATE:

appropriation .........

Automobiles (see Motor vehicles).

Aviation (see Aircraft).

Ayer, town of (see Cities and towns).

B.

"Baby Volstead" act, so-called, initiative petition for repeal of .
Bail, criminal cases, in, bondsmen, professional, lawrelative to, clarified

See also Recognizances.
Ballot boxes, additional, use in towns ......

Ballot law commission, appropriation .....

Ballots (see Elections).

Band concerts, additional, during current year in connection with
tercentenary celebrations in places under control of metro-
politan district commission, provision for . Resolve
appropriation .........

supplementary ........

appropriations by cities and towns for .....

Chap.

115

426
426

214
102

Item or
Section.

224-227
Page 568
225-227b

170
209

25
426

67

4, 13

751c

27
426

751e

394

3

129

2

28

7

12

426

227b

19
426

751

56

51

416

1, Subs. 7

6

115

221-223

Page 611
240

1-3

63
115

160,

161

15
115
426

46

754
754

Index. 717

Item or
Chap. Section.

Bank incorporation, board of (see Banking and insurance, depart-
ment of).
BANKING AND INSURANCE, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, appropriation . . . . . . .115 292-304

supplementary ........ 42G 298

banks and loan agencies, division of, in general, appropriation 115 292-296

bank incorporation, board of, Cape Cod Trust Company,
maintenance of branch office in town of Orleans by, sub-
ject to approval of ...... . 166 1, 2

commissioner of banks, co-operative banks, schedule or blanket

bonds covering officers and employees of, approval by . 49
credit tmions, examination of, fee for, payment upon notice

from 180

Equitable Co-operative Bank, investment of additional sum

of money in real estate for banking purposes, approval by 312 1, 2

savings banks, liquidation, consolidation or merger of,

powers and duties as to . . . _. . . 329 1

Troy Co-operative Bank, investment of additional sum of
money in real estate for banking purposes, approval by .
super\asor of loan agencies, appropriation ....

insurance, division of , in general, appropriation
supplementary . . . _ .

commissioner of insurance, examinations of insurance com-
panies and fraternal benefit societies, certain powers in
connection with .......

fraternal benefit societies, certain powers and duties as to
life insurance companies, incorporation of, under general

law, powers and duties as to .

retirement system for teachers, certain duties in relation to,
imposed upon ... . . . .

workmen's compensation insurance, domestic insurance
companies issuing policies of, deposits by, in trust to secure
satisfaction of claims thereunder, powers and duties as to .
savings bank life insurance, division of, appropriation
BANKS AND BANKING:
in general:

banks, trust companies and certain other corporations, taxation
of . . . . . . . .

taxes, bank, certain illegal or excessive, refunding of
co-operative banks, bonds, schedule or blanket, covering

officers and employees of, approval, etc. ... 49

Equitable Co-operative Bank, investment by, of additional
sum of money in real estate in city of Lynn for banking
purposes . . . . . . .

Troy Co-operative Bank, investment by, of additionai sum of
money in real estate in city of Fall River for banking
purposes .........

credit unions, directors of, permitted to borrow under certain
restrictions ........

examination of, fee for .......

national banks, stock of, investment in, by savings banks
savings banks, deposits, unclaimed, state reimbursement for
funds deposited on account of, appropriation .
guardians and conservators, deposits by certain, in, to make
provision for burial expenses of their wards . . .

investment by, in stock of national banks and trust companies
liquidation, consolidation or merger of ...
savings and insurance banks (see Savings bank life insurance).
trust companies, Cape Cod Trust Company, branch office in
town of Orleans, maintenance by .
reserves of, composition of .

savings departments of, deposits in, by certain guardians and
conservators to make provision for burial expenses of their
wards .........

stock of, investment in, by savings banks ....

See also, supra, in general.
Banks and loan agencies, division of (see Banking and insurance,

department of).
Banks, commissioner of (see Banking and insurance, department

of)..
Bar, admission to, investigation relative to, by judicial coun-
cil ....... . Resolve 6

BAR EXAMINERS, BOARD OF:

appropriation ......... 115 89, 90

26
115
115

426

1. 2
295, 296
297-299

298

79
31

1, 2

1-4

136

2, 5

238

3

129

115

1.2
301-304

220
416
214

1-14
18

312

1,2

26

1. 2

100
180
140

115

750

237
140
329

1.2

166
27

1, 2

237
140

718

Index.

1

BARNSTABLE COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance of, etc. .....

cattle, diseased, elimination from ......

mosquito control project comprising towTis of, establishment, etc.
prisoners, certain, held in jail in Nantucket or Dukes county,

removal to a jail in Bristol county or in .
Sandwich, town of, certain land in, held by commonwealth, con-
veyance to ........

tax levy ..........

Barnstable, town of (see Cities and towns).
Bass (see Fish and fisheries).
Bays (see Waters and waterways).

Beaches, Charles river, on, construction of certain, and construction
and maintenance of bath houses thereat by metropolitan
district commission .......

appropriation .........

Becket, town of (see Cities and towns).

Beirut, Lebanon, United States consul general at, payment of sum
of money by commonwealth to, for transmission to heira
of John Roumian ..... Resolve

appropriation .........

Belchertown, state school, appropriation .....

supplementary ........

town of (see Cities and towns).
Belmont, town of (see Cities and towns).
Benefit societies (see Fraternal benefit societies).
Bennington battlefield, Woloomsac heights, on, in state of New
York, monument on, erection by art commission Resolve
appropriation .........

Bequest fund, public, advertising of, appropriation
BERKSHIRE COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance of, etc. . . . . _ .

industrial accidents occurring in, or employees living therein,

hearings by reviewing board in department of industrial

accidents relating to, holding of, in city of Springfield

Mount Greylock, building located on, and destroyed by fire, sum

received for insurance on, payment to . . Resolve

appropriation ........

tax levy ..........

Berkshire Street Railway Company, exempted from certain re-
quirements of law .......

Bemardston, Fire and Water District, established

town of (see Cities and towns).
Berry, Charles E., temporary reinstatement of, as member of police
department of city of Lynn .....

Beverages, non-intoxicating, manufacture, transportation, etc., of
certain, initiative petition relative to .
registered vessels used for sale of, etc., property rights in, protec-
tion of ........ .

Beverly, Ministerial Fund of the First Parish in, Trustees of
the, powers of ....... .

Billerica, town of (see Cities and towns).

Birds, fines, penalties and forfeitures recovered in certain prosecu-
tions under laws relative to, etc., disposition of
sanctuaries for protection of, future policy of commonwealth as
to establishment and maintenance of, investigation rela-
tive to ...... . Resolve

wild, grain, placing of, upon shores, etc., for purpose of taking or
killing, penalty ........

hunting, possession, etc., of ..... .

See also Game.
Birth records, illegitimate children, certain, of, correcting, amend-
ing or supplementing of, etc. .....

Blackstone, town of (see Cities and towns).
Blast furnaces (see Furnaces).

Blind, division of the (see Education, department of).
Blind persons, adult, instruction, aid, etc., appropriation
supplementary . . . . _ .

deaf and blind pupils, education of, appropriation
Blue book, so-called, appropriation ....

Blue sky law, so-called, administration of, appropriation

corporations licensed to make small loans, securities of, subjected

to

holding corporations, securities issued by certain, subjected to .

survey and study of, by department of public utilities Resolve

appropriation ........

Chap.

245
123
379

128

358
245

Item or
Section.

1,2

2

1. 2

1. 2
2

385

426 754c, Page 571

19
426
115
426

426
115

245

224
69

751

506-518

512a

158a
187

1. 2

426 750a Page 572
245 2

217
93

81
Page 611
155

20

101

50

193
193

169

1-14

1. 2

1. 2

1
1. 2

115

346. 348

426

348

115

329

115

198

115

729, 730

289

316

56

426

32k

302

1-3

115

219

426

219

425

1

49

384

4

115

746

Index. 719

Item or
Chap. Section.

BOARDS, STATE:

in general, members, ex officiis, of, designation of persons to per-
form duties of, when absent, etc. ..... 56

appeal (see Appeal, boards of).

bank incorporation (see Banking and insurance, department of),
bar examiners (see Bar examiners, board of),
boiler rules (see Public safety, department of),
conciliation and arbitration (see Labor and industries, depart-
ment of),
elevator regulations (see Public safety, department of),
parole (see Correction, department of),
probation (see Probation, board of).
reclamation (see Reclamation board, state).
retirement (see Retirement systems and pensions, common-
wealth, of),
teachers' retirement (see Retirement systems and pensions,

teachers, of).
See also Boston Port Authority; Commissioners, state; Com-
missions, state; Departments, state; Divisions, state
departments, of.
Boats, motor, etc., in Hingham harbor, noise from, relative to 43 1-3

regulation of speed of . . . . . . . .44 1-3

Boiler rules, board of (see Public safety, department of).

Boilers, inspection of, appropriation ...... 115 666, 667

Bombs (see Explosives and inflammable fluids).
Bonds, collection agencies, required to be filed by, with state treas-
urer, relative to.
commonwealth, of, serial, certain, appropriation

supplementary ........

terms of certain ........

co-operative bank officers and employees, covering, approval of,
etc. ..........

guardians and conservators, of ..... .

officials', premiums on, reimbursement, appropriation
See also Securities; Security.
Bondsmen, professional, law relative to, clarified . . . 240 1-3

Bonus, soldiers', so-called (see Soldiers' bonus).
Books, account (see Account books).

obscene, etc., possession, sale, etc., penalty . . . . 162

Bootblack, business of, carrying on of, on Lord's day, local option

relative to ........ 143

Borden mountain, name of, established for certain unnamed emi-
nence in Savoy state forest .... Resolve 5

Boston, and Maine Railroad, Holyoke, city of, bridge over Appleton
street in, maintenance by American Tissue Mills, as
affecting ......... 215 I

Stony Brook grade crossing of, on Boston Post road in town of

Weston, abolition of . . . . . . . 356 1-5

Tyngsborough, town of, location in, of, construction of new

bridge over Merrimack river and ..... 303 1-3

and Worcester Turnpike, so-called, proposed widening, etc.,
of, acquisition of land by Worcester county in connection

with 319 1-3

City Hospital, death of Rachel S. Watson, caused by negligent
administering of medicine to her while an inmate of, pay-
ment of compensation on account of . . . . 295 1, 2

city of (see Cities and towns).

Dispensary, The Boston Floating Hospital, and Trustees of
Tufts College, authorized to form an alliance for purpose
of establishing, etc., in common a medical center . . 40 1-3

Elevated Railway Company, Boylston street subway, altera-
tions and extensions to, to eliminate crossing at grade at
Governor square by cars using said subway, etc., as
affecting .........

Floating Hospital, The, Boston Dispensary and Trustees of

Tufts College, authorized to form an alliance for purpose

of establishing, etc., in common a medical center

harbor, bridge across, from town of Hull to South Boston, Houghs

Neck or Squantum, etc., construction of, investigation

as to . . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

Fort Point Channel and South Bay in, filling in part of, fiu-ther
investigation as to . . . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

394

1-4

40

1-3

63
426 32o,

Page 570

29
426

32c

720

Index.

Boston, harbor, sewage, discharge into, and its tributary waters, in-
vestigation as to, appropriation . . .
municipal court of the city of (see District courts).
Port Authority, employees and other assistants of, exempted from
civil service laws . •.,-,.,.•. ,• ," , • '
port of Boston, adequacy of termmal facilities of, and advis-
ability of constructing a grain elevator on harbor-front
property of commonwealth at South Boston, investigation

as to, by, etc Resolve

psychopathic hospital, appropriation

supplementary ........

state hospital, appropriation _. ,,;,,•,• tt •'

Young Men's Christian Association, Northeastern University
of the, degrees, granting by .
Bottles, registered, and other containers, property rights in, protec-
tion of .••••••• •

Boulevards and parkways, in general, appropriation .

supplementary ........

Bourne, town of (see Cities and towns).
Bovine animals (see Cattle). .

Bow and arrow, hunting deer by use of, authorized . . .

Boxing and wrestling, professional, investigation relative
to ...•••• • Resolve

appropriation . . . * , * , * 'A

Boxing commission, state (see Public safety, department of).
Boyce, Clara and Frank A., payment by commonwealth of sums of
money to, on account of certain injuries sustained by

them Resolve

appropriation . . . . : . , W '■,-•'

Boylston street subway, Governor square in city of Boston, elimi-
nation of crossing at grade at, by street railway cars
using . . • . •

Boys, industrial school for, appropriation

Lyman school for, appropriation . . . _ . _

parole of, in department of public welfare, appropriation
deficiency .......

Bradford Durfee Textile School, appropriation
Brainerd, Frank A., former member of present house of representa
tives, widow of, payment by commonwealth of compen-
sation to . . _ Resolve

Brain tree , town of (see Cities and towns) .

Brant (see Birds). ,.,,., , ,x • i x

Breaking, entering, etc., unlawful, of places where poultry is kept,

penalty for . . • • ,■ • _ •

Brickley, David J., claim, certain, of, against city of Quincy, set-
tlement and payment of ..... .

BRIDGES:

Barnstable, town of, connecting Grand Island with Dead Neck
beach in, construction and maintenance by Oyster Har-
bor, Inc. .........

Boston harbor, across, from town of Hull to South Boston,
Houghs Neck or Squantum, etc., construction of, investi-
gation as to Resolve

appropriation ........

Charles river, over, Fresh Pond parkway, extension of, to carry,
etc., construction of, investigation relative to Resolve
westerly of Cottage Farm bridge, to and including Larz An-
derson bridge, overpasses, underpasses and /or traffic cir-
cles at or near termini of, construction of, investigation

relative to Resolve

Charlestown, harbor lines on southerly side of Charles river at,
in city of Boston, relocation of certain ....

Cottage Farm, approach to, overpass or underpass carrying
Memorial drive over or under, in city of Cambridge, con-
struction of, investigation relative to . . Resolve
Harvard, highway to begin at Beacon and Hereford streets
in city of Boston and to pass on a fill in Charles river ba-
sin under, etc., construction of, investigation relative
to ....... • Resolve

highways, carrying, over location of Southern New England
Railroad Corporation, repair of, etc. . . . .

Chap.

Item or
Section.

426

767a

236

1,2

37
115
426
115

22

155
115

426

393

43
426

21
426

394
115
115
115
115
115

46

185
255

82

63
426

48

48
239

48

48
308

445
445

446-448a

733-735,
759-762

733-737,
759, 765

2, Subs. 109
32g

751b

1-4

580

582-585

574-576

Page 136

• 374

1, 2

32o, Page 570

1, 2

2,3

Index. 721

Item or
Chap. Section.

BRIDGES — Conchidcd.

highways, carrying, over former location of The Hampden Rail-
road Corporation in certain towns, removal of . . 388 1-3
appropriation ........ 426 686a, Page 571

Holyoke, city of, over Appleton street in, maintenance by

American Tissue Mills ...... 215 1-4

main through routes of travel, on, taking over and maintenance
of, by commonwealth, future policy of commonwealth
relative to, investigation as to . . . Resolve 63

appropriation . . . . . ■ . . . 426 32o, Page 570

Merrimack river, over, in town of Tyngsborough, construction

of, etc. . 303 1-3

Mystic river, over, in city of Medford, construction of, investi-
gation as to . . . . . . Resolve 22

appropriation ........ 426 754a

New Bedford and Fairhaven, over Acushnet river, care of, trans-
ferred to state department of public works . . . 406 1-3
appropriation ........ 426 Page 571

Wellington, appropriation . . . . . . .115 738, 758

rebuilding of, etc., investigation as to . . . Resolve 22

appropriation ........ 426 754a

Weymouth Fore river, over, to replace Fore River bridge, con-
struction of, investigation as to . . . Resolve 63
appropriation ........ 426 32o, Page 570

Bridgewater normal school, appropriation . . . .115 356, 357

Bridgman, Frank E., clerk of house, salary, appropriation . . 115 5

BRISTOL COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance of, etc. ..... 245 1, 2

district courts, second and third, of, jurisdiction of offences un-
der act providing for protection of shellfish in town of

Westport 53 6

prisoners, certain, held in jail in Nantucket or Dukes county,

removal to a jail in Barnstable county or in . . . 128 1, 2

tax levy . . _ _ 245 2

Brockton, city of (see Cities and towns).

Co-operative Association, corporate existence further extended

for purpose of convej'ing certain real estate . . . 145 1, 2

Brookfield, town of (see Cities and towns).
Brookline, town of (see Cities and towns).
Brocks (see Waters and waterways).
Buckland, town of (see Cities and towns).

Budget, state, appropriation acts ......

Building inspection service, department of public safety, appro-
priation .........

Buildings, Boston, in, plumbing laws applicable to, relative to
use, bulk and occupancy of, etc., further regulated
burning of, penalties for .......

zones for, boards of appeals in connection with, summoning and
swearing of witnesses by ..... .

Buildings, superintendent of (see Superintendent of buildings).
Bulletin of committee hearings, general court, appropriation
Bunker Hill monument, maintenance, etc., appropriation
Burials, veterans' wives and widows, certain, of .

wards, of, expenses of, guardians and conservators authorized to
make provision for .......

Burke, Katharine, New Bedford, of, payment by commonwealth
of sum of money to . . . . . Resolve

_ appropriation .........

Burning, dwelling houses, etc., of, penalties for ....

fuel and waste material, of, plants or furnaces for, relative to, as

affecting emission of smoke ...... 412 1,2

See also Fires.
Buses, motor (see Motor vehicles, passengers, carrying, for hire).
Business, corporations (see Corporations).

entries in account books, etc., made in course of, applicability in

evidence of ........ 87 1, 2

rii5

\426

1-8
1-4

115
146
347

382

664, 665
1, 2
1-4

62

115
115
233

25

731, 732

2

237

20
426
382

751a

722

Index.

C.

Cables, conduits and pipe lines, beyond established harbor lines,
licensing of ....... .

Cadegan, Michael F., Jr., widow of, payment by commonwealth of
annuity to ...... Resolve

appropriation .........

Cambridge, city of (see Cities and toTras).

Episcopal Society in, relative to ..... .

Cancer, hospital for treatment of persons afflicted with (see Pond-

ville hospital at Norfolk).
Candidates (see Elections).
Canton, town of (see Cities and towns).

Cape Cod, Bay, flounders, taking in certain waters of, regulated
Mosquito Control Project, establishment, etc. .
Trust Company, branch office in town of Orleans, mainte
nance by .
Capital stock (see Corporations; Securities; Stock, corporate

shares of).
Carriers, common (see Motor vehicles; Railroads; Street railways)
Cars, railroad, equipment of, with tools and other safety devices
Cattle, diseased, elimination from certain areas

disease-free herds of, rules, regulations and orders relative to

making and enforcement by director of animal industry
tubercular, slaughtering of, payment by commonwealth of com
pensation for, time limit for .....

Cemetery, Harbor View, acquisition by town of Marblehead for
public cemetery purposes .....

Census, decennial, appropriation .....

Central Vermont Railway, Inc., interest held by, as lessee in the
railroads, franchises and other property of New London
Northern Railroad Company, relative to
Certified public accountants, registration of, appropriation
Change of name, decrees of probate courts for
Chaplains, general court (see General court).
Charitable, etc., corporations, dissolution of certain .

foreign charitable corporations, registration of, before acting in

commonwealth, and reports by such corporations .
property holding powers of .
Charitable trusts, unincorporated trustees of, certain, filing of

annual reports by, with department of public welfare
Charlemont, town of (see Cities and towns).

Charles river, beaches, certain, on, in Faneuil and North Brighton
districts of Boston, construction of, and construction and
maintenance of bath houses thereat by metropolitan dis-
trict commission .......

appropriation . . . . . . ...

bridges over, westerly of Cottage Farm bridge, to and including
Larz Anderson bridge, overpasses, underpasses and/or
traffic circles at or near termini of, construction of, inves-
tigation relative to .... . Resolve

Fresh Pond parkway, extension of, across, at or near Gerry's
Landing in city of Cambridge by means of a bridge, etc.,
investigation relative to ... . Resolve

harbor lines on southerly side of, at Charlestown bridge in city
of Boston, relocation of certain .....

Charles river basin, improvements in, appropriation

maintenance, appropriation .......

Charlestown bridge, harbor lines on southerly side of Charles river

at, in city of Boston, relocation of certain
Charters (see City charters; Corporations).

Chase, Louis, conveyance by, of certain land to city of Worcester
for street purposes .......

Chatham, town of (see Cities and towns).

Chelsea, city of (see Cities and towns).

Chickens (see Poultry).

Chicopee, city of (see Cities and towns).

Child guardianship, division of (see Public welfare, department

of).
Children, crippled, education of .

dependent, delinquent and neglected, and other children requir-
ing special care, laws relative to, continuation of investi-
gation of, by special commission . . Resolves
appropriation ........

supplementary ........

Chap

Item or
Section.

99

1.2

65
426

753,

Page 571

29

41
379

166

1, 2
1. 2

211
123

1.2
1. 2

203

341

80
115

1, 2
195

191
115
153

1,2

409. 410

1. 2

292

1-5

170

38

1. 2

209

385

426 754c, Page 571

48

48

239
115
115

1,2

736, 764

752

239

1. 2

288

1. 2

368

2, 16

115

32

426

32

Index. 723

Item or
Chap. Section.

Children, illegitimate, birth records of certain, correcting, amending

or supplementing of, etc. . . . . . .169

mothers with dependent, furnishing of aid to . . . . 381

policemen and firemen killed in performance of duty, of, payment f 183 1-6

of compensation to . . . . . • . \ 241 1-3

Chilmark, town of (see Cities and towns).

Chimneys, connected with plants or furnaces for burning fuel and

waste material, relative to, as affecting emission of srnoke . 412 1, 2

Chinese relief expedition, veterans of, granting to, of certain tax

e.xemptions . . . . . . . • 189

wives and widows of, eligibility of, to receive state aid . . 233 1

See also Veterans.
CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES:

Congregational Society in the Town of Seekonk, relative to . 30
Eames Ministerial Fund in Hoiliston, Trustees of the, name
changed to Endowment Committee of the First Congre-
gational Church of Hoiliston and change of manner of
electing members thereof ...... 216 1, 2

Episcopal Society in Cambridge, relative to . . . .29

First Congregational Church of Hoiliston, members of, to elect

trustees of certain corporation, etc. . . . . 216 2

First Universal Christian Society in Shirley (otherwise called
First Universahst Society of Shirley), Orthodox Congre-
gational Society of Shirley and The United Church of
Shirley, consolidation of . . . . . .76 1-5

Ministerial Fund of the First Parish in Beverly, Trustees of,

powers of . . . . . . . .20

Cifi^arettes and cigars, lighted, etc., throwing upon forest land, etc.,

penalty 399 1, Subs. 54

Cincinnati, Massachusetts Society of the, annual meetings of . 7 1, 2

CITIES AND TOWNS:
in general:

accidents, automobile, prevention of, appropriations for, by . 365

accounts of (see Municipal finance).

advertising, municipal, appropriations and expenditures for . 223

aged persons, assistance to, providing by . . . . 402 1-3

aid and relief, certain, by, reimbursement, appropriation . 115 563-567

aid to certain needj' persons having no legal settlement, reim-
bursement for, method changed . . • . . ■. .66
American Legion, The, national convention of, facilities for
public entertainment in connection with, appropriations
for, by ......... 67

appeals, building and zoning boards of, summoning and

swearing of witnesses by . . . . ■ .62

appropriations by, American Legion, national convention of,
facilities for public entertainments in connection with, to
provide ......... 67

automobile accidents, prevention of, for .... 365

band concerts, for . . . . ... 46

conventions, holding of, and entertainment of distinguished

guests, expenditures in connection with, for . . . 277

mosquitoes, eradication of, for ..... 96

municipal advertising, for ...... 223

public landing places, to provide, and to maintain docks,
piers, etc. ......... 164

tercentenary of founding of Massachusetts Bay colony,
observance of, for ....... 24

uniforms for members of police and fire departments, pur-
chase of, for ........ 351

See also Municipal finance,
army nurses in service of, certain, conferring of certain retire-
ment rights upon ....... 161

assessors (see Assessors of taxes) .

attendance, supervisors of, in cities and in certain towns placed

under civil service laws . . . . . .34

auditor, temporary, appointment in certain cases ... 172
automobile accidents, prevention of, appropriations for, by . 365
band concerts, appropriations for, by . . . . . 46

bootblack, business of, carrying on of, on Lord's day, prohibi-
tion by ordinance or by-law in .... . 143

building and zoning boards of appeals in, summoning and

swearing of witnesses by . . . . . .62

by-laws (see Ordinances and by-laws).

cattle, diseased, ehmination from ..... 123 1, 2

101
182
241

1,2
1-6
1.3

399
149

1-7

309

401
369

383

1
1.2

724 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.
in general — Continued.

clerks of (see City and town clerks).

collector of taxes, temporary, appointment in certain cases . 172

conventions, holding of, expenditures in connection with, by . 277

docks, piers, wharves, etc., maintenance by . . . . 164

elections (see Elections).

employees of (see Municipal officers and employees).

English speaking classes for adults, state reimbursement,

appropriation . . . . . . . .115 335

entertainment, public, in connection with holding of conven-
tions, entertainment of distinguished guests, etc., ex-
penditures for, by ...... . 277

finances of (see Municipal finance).

fines, penalties and forfeitures recovered under fish and game
laws, portion of, payment to .... .

fire departments, members of, killed in performance of duty, !
payment of compensation to dependents of . . . ,\

See also Fire departments.

fire prevention, uniform system of, throughout commonwealth,
as affecting ........

flag, national, display at polling places in ... .

forest wardens of, duties of, as to patrol of forests for preven-
tion of fires ........

fires in open air, setting of, permits for, granting by

gas and electric plants, sale of, further restricted .
supply of gas and electricity, compulsory, by _ .

guests, distinguished, entertainment of, expenditures in con-
nection with, by ....... 277

health, boards of (see Health, local boards of).

labor service, classified, preference in employment in, to per-
sons with dependents . _._ . . . . .111

landing places, public, appropriations for, by . . . 164

licenses and permits (see Licenses and permits).

lighting plants, municipal, sale of, further restricted . . 369 , 1, 2

supply of gas or electricity in bulk, compulsory, by . . 383

Massachusetts Bay Colony, tercentenary of founding of, ob-
servance of, expenditures for, by . . . .24
observances and celebrations in connection with, by, etc.,
expenditures for, by Massachusetts Bay Colony Ter-
centenary Commission .... Resolve 68
appropriation ........ 426 184a, Page 572

metropolitan districts, in (see Metropolitan districts).

military aid, state reimbursement, appropriation . . .115 154

mosquitoes, eradication of, appropriations for, by . . 96

motor vehicles owned by, etc., inclusion witliin certain pro-
visions of motor vehicle laws ..... 332 . 1-6

music furnished for public celebrations, appropriations for, by 46

needy persons, certain, having no legal settlement, support of,

reimbursement for, method changed . . . .66

officers of (see Municipal officers and employees; and specific
titles of officers).

ordinances and by-laws (see Ordinances and by-laws).

park boards, motor vehicles used by, etc., inclusion within

certain provisions of motor vehicle laws . . . 332 1-6

parking spaces, open-air, licensing by . . . . . 399 1, Subs. 56

permits by (see Licenses and permits).

petroleum, inspectors of, in, appointment, etc.

piers, wharves, etc., maintenance by .

pohce officers, killed in performance of duty,
compensation to dependents of
one. day off in every eight days, acceptance of
ing, to ..... .

See also Police officers.

polling places in, display of national flag at

primaries, special (see Elections).

public welfare, boards of (see Public welfare, local boards of).

railroad grade crossings, abolition of, provisions for, as affect-
ing, etc. . ■ . 417 1-14

registrars of voters (see Registrars of voters).

schools, school committees, etc. (see Schools, public).

shellfish, plants for purification of, powers of city councils and

Belectmen as to ....... 235

. 399 1, Subs. 18
. 164

payment of / 182 1, 2, 4-6

. \241 1,3

law grant-

. 58

. 149

Index.

725

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.
in general — Concluded.

state reimbursements, aid and relief, certain, appropriation
pensions paid to school teachers, appropriation
schools, public, for (see Schools, public),
state and military aid, appropriation

support of certain needy persons having no legal settlement
method changed ......

taxes, loss of certain, appropriation
supervisors of attendance in cities and in certain towns placed
under civil service laws .....

taxation, local (see Taxation).

tax, state, upon .......

teachers, pensions paid to, state reimbursement for, appro
priation ........

temporary municipal officers, certain, appointment in certain
cases ........

tercentenary of founding of Massachusetts Bay colony, ob
servance of, expenditures for, by .
observances and celebrations in connection with, by, etc.,
expenditures for, by Massachusetts Bay Colony Ter-
centenary Commission .... Resolve

appropriation ......

transportation of high school pupils, expenditures for, by
treasurers of (see City and town treasurers),
wharves, piers, etc., maintenance by .
witnesses, summoning and swearing of, by building and zon
ing boards of appeals in . . . . .

zoning boards of appeals in, summoning and swearing of wit-
nesses by .

cities, departments of, officers having charge of, temporary
appointment in certain cases ....

firemen in certain, pensioning of ....

tax limit, having, etc., certain determinations in connection
with, as affected by excise tax on registered motor vehicles
tuberculosis hospital districts, included within, status of cer-
tain, established .......

towns, accountant, temporary, appointment in certain cases .
animals, inspection of, state reimbursement, appropriation
ballot boxes, additional, use in . . . . . .

Barnstable county, of, mosquito control project comprising,
establishment, etc. . . . . . . _ .

forest fires, extinguishing of, equipment for, etc., state aid in
purchasing, appropriation . . . . .

expenses, certain, in, state reimbursement, appropriation
supplementary .......

prevention of, patrol of forests for, state reimbursement
of cost of, etc. ........

public ways in small, improvement of, state appropriations for
representative town meeting system for, operation of, and
establishment of standard forms thereof, etc., investi-
gation relative to . . . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

reserve police force, establishment in certain
voting lists in, dividing of, if additional ballot boxes used
special provisions relative to particular cities:

Attleboro, A. B. C. Street Railway, so-called, owned by, etc.,
sale of property of, etc. . . _ .

municipal council of, payment of salaries to members of
preliminary elections for nomination of candidates for elec-
tive municipal office in ..... .

Boston, airport purposes, additional leases of state land in East
Boston for, to . . . . . . Resolve

appropriations by, municipal purposes, for

school purposes, for, regulated .....

sewerage works, for .......

appropriations, school committee, by ... .

boards, municipal, of, members of, law subjecting appoint-
ment of, to approval by civil service commission, repealed

Boston harbor (see Boston harbor).

Boylston street subway in, alterations and extensions to, to
eliminate crossing at grade at Governor square by cars
using said subway, etc. ......

Chap,

Item or
Section.

115
115

563-567
352

115

154

66
115

316

34

407

1^

115

352

172

24

68
426 184a, Page 572

48

164
62

62

172
70

244

3

339

172

115

63

291

379

1.2

115
115

426

255
262
262

309
171

44

426

15

63

32h

207
137

1-4
1,2

234

53
105
283
178
283
313

1, 2
1-5

1,2
1, 2
1,2

167

394

1-3

1-4

726 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued.
Boston, budget commissioner, certain duties of, as to classifi-
cation of county salaries and positions in Suffolk county . 400 5, Subs. 56
buildings in, plumbing laws applicable to, relative to . . 146 1, 2

use, bulk and occupancy of, etc., further regulated . . 347 1-4

Canterbury street in, portion of, included in highway to be
constructed from Washington street in West Roxbury
district to Blue Hill avenue, etc. ..... 420 2

Causeway street in, use of, by Union Freight Railroad

Company . . . . . . . . .92

Centre street in West Roxbury district, parkway from, to

West Roxbury parkway, construction by, etc. . . 420 26-28

Charles river, beaches, certain, on, in Faneuil and North
Brighton districts of, construction, etc., by metro-
politan district commission ..... 385

appropriation ....... 426 754c, Page 571

harbor lines on southerly side of, at Charlestown bridge

in, relocation of certain ...... 239 1, 2

Charlestown bridge in, hai-bor lines on southerly side of

Charles river at, relocation of certain .... 239 1, 2

child welfare division of institutions department of, tuition

and transportation rates for certain cliildren under care of 290
city council, classification of county salaries and positions in

Suffolk county, certain duties as to . . . . 400 5, Subs. 56

salaries of members of ..... . 348 1, 2

City Hospital, death of Rachel S. Watson caused by negligent
administering of medicine to her while an inmate of, pay-
ment of compensation on account of . . . . 295 1, 2

commonwealth, government of the, public demonstration of
forms, activities, accomplishments and fields of oper-
ation of executive and administrative work of, pubhc
demonstration of, during tercentenary observances,
holding of, in . . . . . Resolve 18

appropriation . . . . . . . 426 184a

department heads, etc., in, law subjecting appointment of,

to approval by civil service commission, repealed . . 167 1-3

Dillaway house, so-called, relocation, restoration, preserva-
tion and maintenance by . . . . . .291 1, 2

Dorchester district, municipal court of (see District courts).
East Boston, state land in, additional leases of, for airport

purposes to . . . . . . Resolve 53

waterfront of, parkway or boulevard along, construction

of, investigation relative to . . . Resolve 52

express roads, major traffic streets, etc., system of, establish-
ment and maintenance by . . . . . . 168 1-3

Faneuil district of, construction of beach on Charles river in,
and construction and maintenance of bath house
thereat by metropolitan district commission . . 385

appropriation ....... 426 754c, Page 571

Fort Point Channel, filling in part of, further investigation

as to, part of expense of, payment by . . Resolve 29

Garrett, Oliver B., matters dealing with service of, etc., as
member of police department of, etc., investigation of, by
attorney general . . . . . Resolves 4, 13

Gately, Olive P., claim of, against, relative to payment of . 359
Governor square in, crossing at grade at, by street railway

cars using Boylston street subway, elimination of . . 394 1-4

grain elevator, construction of, on harbor-front property of
commonwealth in South Boston district of, investigation
relative to ...... Resolve 37

hackney stands and hacknej' carriages in, regulation and

limitation of 392 1-10

harbor (see Boston harbor).

harbor lines, Charles river, on southerly side of, at Charles-
town bridge in, relocation of certain .... 239 1, 2
Harvard bridge in, highway to begin at Beacon and Hereford
streets and to pass on a fill in Charles river basin under,
etc., construction of, investigation relative to . Resolve 48
Hereford and Beacon streets in, intersection of, highway to
begin at, and to pass along said Hereford street and on a
fill under Harvard bridge and along Charlesgate East,
etc., construction of, investigation as to . . Resolve 48
Hyde Park district of, state highway in, etc., taking of land / 420 3, 6-8, 13, 14
for 1425 2

Index. 727

Item or
Chap. Section.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Contimiod.

special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued.
Boston, institutions department of, tuition and transportation
rates for certain children under care of child welfare di-
vision of ........ . 290

Kelley, Michael, reinstatement of, as member of fire depart-
ment of 323 1, 2

L and Summer streets in South Boston district of, widening

and construction of . . . . . . . 264 1—4

Leverett pond and Muddy river in town of Brookline and,

dredging of . . . . . . . .97 1, 2

library department, transfer of portion of Mission Hill play-
ground in Roxbury district from park department to . 357 1, 2
Lowell street in, use by Union Freight Railroad Company,
discontinuance of ....... 92

mayor, appointees of, approval by civil service commission,

repeal of law requiring ...... 167 1-3

appropriations by school committee, certain powers as to

certain ......... 313 1

classification of county salaries and positions in Suffolk

county, certain duties as to . . . . . 400 5, Subs. 56

Dillaway house, so-called, relocation, restoration, preser-
vation and maintenance of, powers as to . . .291 1,2
Leverett pond and Muddy river in Brookline and Boston,

dredging of, approval by ...... 97 1

official thoroughfare plan, establishment and maintenance

by the city, powers and duties as to . . . . 168 1—3

parkway from Centre street in West Roxbury district to

West Roxbury parkway, construction of, approval by, etc. 420 26, 28

police department, pensioning of certain members of,
approval by ....... .

sewerage works, sums to be appropriated for, approval by

Summer and L streets in South Boston district, widening

and construction of, approval by ... .

Mission Hill playground in Roxbury district of, portion of,

transfer from park department to library department
Muddy river and Leverett pond in town of Brookline and,
dredging of ....... .

municipal court (see District courts).

North Brighton district of, construction of beach on Charles

river in, and construction and maintenance of bath

house thereat by metropolitan district commission .

appropriation .......

park commissioners, board of, Leverett pond and Muddy
river in Brookline and Boston, dredging of, powers and
duties as to . . . . . . . .97 1

official thoroughfare plan, establishment and maintenance

by the city, powers and duties as to . . . _ . 168 1-3

park department. Centre street in West Roxbury district,
parkway from, to West Roxbury parkway, construction

by, etc .420 26-28

transfer of portion of Mission Hill playground in Roxbury

district to library department from .... 357 1, 2

parkways, major traffic, etc., system of, establishment and

maintenance by . . . . . . . . 168 1-3

pensions of certain members of police department of . . 387 1-4

planning board, city, chairman of, to be member of com-
mission to further investigate as to filling in part
of Fort Point Channel and South Bay in Boston har-
bor . . . . . . . Resolve 29

powers and duties as to establishment and maintenance

by the city of an official thoroughfare plan . . .168 1-3

plumbing laws of, relative to . . . . . . 146 1, 2

police commissioner, hackney stands and hackney car-
riages, powers and duties as to . . . . . 392 1-10

pensioning of certain members of police department,

powers and duties as to . . . . . . 387 1, 2

police department, Garrett, Oliver B., service of, as mem-
ber of, matters dealing with, etc., investigation of, by
attorney general ..... Resolves 4, 13

Montague, John F., former member of, widow of,
payment by commonwealth of sum of money
to . . . . . . . Resolve 59

appropriation ....... 426 75li

pensioning of certain members of .... 387 1-4

387
178

1
1

264

1

357

1.2

97

1.2

385

426 754c, Page 571

728

Index.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued.
Boston, Poplar street in, portion of, included in liighway to be
constructed from Washington street in West Roxbury dis-
trict to Blue Hill avenue, etc. .....

Port Authority, Boston, port of Boston, adequacy of termi-
nal facilities of, and advisability of constructing a
grain elevator on harbor-front property of common-
wealth at South Boston, investigation relative to, by,
etc. ....... Resolve

employees and assistants of, exempted from civil service
laws .........

public works, commissioner of, Fort Point Channel and
South Bay in Boston harbor, filling in part of, commis-
sion to investigate as to, to be member of . Resolve
sewerage works, sums to be appropriated for, recommen-
dation by ...... .

retirement of certain members of police department of
school buildings, department of, superintendent of con
struction of, and his deputies, relative to

school committee, appropriations by . . .

Dillaway house, so-called, relocation, restoration, preser-
vation and maintenance of, powers as to .
school loan authorized ......

Chap.

420

Item or
Section.

school purposes, appropriations for, by .

sewerage works of, relative to . . . _ .

sewers, sanitary and surface drainage, construction of, bor-
rowing of money for, by .... .

Soldier's Field parkway in, extension of Fresh Pond park-
way across Charles river to a point on, investigation
relative to . . . . . . Resolve

South Boston, bridge or bridges from town of Hull to, etc.,

construction of, investigation as to . Resolve

appropriation . . . . . . .

grain elevator on state property in, construction of, in-
vestigation as to . . . . . Resolve

Summer and L streets in, widening and construction of .

Spring street in, parkway or boulevard from West Roxbury
parkway to, construction of .....

street commissioners, board of, official thoroughfare plan,
establishment and maintenance by the city, powers
and duties as to .
Summer and L streets in South Boston district, widening,
etc., by .

streets, laying out and construction of, borrowing of money
for, by . . . _ .

reconstruction of, borrowing of money for, by
use of certain, by Union Freight Railroad Company

Summer and L streets in South Boston district of, widening
and construction of ...... .

taxicabs in, stands for, etc. ......

tax limit, municipal purposes, for .....
school purposes, for .......

Thomas, General John, house used by, as his headquarters
during siege of Boston, relocation, restoration, preserva-
tion and maintenance by .

thoroughfare plan, official, establishment and maintenance
by

Toner, Alfred P., reinstatement of, as a member of fire de-
partment of ....... .

traffic streets and parkways, major, system of, establish-
ment and maintenance by . . . . . _ .

transit department of, Boylston street subway, alterations
and extensions to, by, to eliminate crossing at grade at
Governor square by cars using said subway, etc.

treasurer of, parkway from Centre street in West Roxbury
district to West Roxbury parkway, construction of, powers
and duties as to . . . . . .

tuition and transportation rates for certain children under
care of child welfare division of institutions department
of

37
236

29

178
387

259
283
313

291
313

/283

\313

178

304

48

1, 2

1
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37

264

420
425

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4
10

4A
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1-3

264

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306

305

92

1-3

1, 2

264
392
105
283

1-4

1-10

1, 2

4

291

1, 2

168

1-3

322

1, 2

168

1-3

394

1^

420

28

290

Index. 729

Item or
Chap. Section.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued.
Boston, Union Freight Railroad Company, use by, of certain

streets in . . . . . . . . .92

United States, cession of jurisdiction to, of certain tract of

land in 333 1-3

wards of institutions department of, tuition and transporta-
tion rates for certain ....... 290

Washington street in West Roxbury district of, highway [ . „„ f 2, 4A, 6, 7,
from, to Blue Hill avenue at its intersection with Canter- 1 ^■^^\ 9, 13, 14, ig
bury street, construction of . . . . . \ 425 2

Watson, Rachel S., husband of, payment of sum of money to,

by . . 295 1, 2

West Roxbury district of, Centre street in, parkway from,

to West Roxbury parkway, construction of . . 420 26-28

Washington street in, highway from, to Blue Hill avenue [ 49^,/ 2, 4A, 6, 7,

at its intersection with Canterbury street, construction-^ '*-'^\ 9, 13, 14, 16

of . . . [425 2

West Roxbury parkway in, parkway from Centre street in

West Roxbury district to, construction of . . . 420 26-28

parkway or boulevard from, through town of Brookline to I 420 1 ^q j^q' ^^ jg
Spring street in said city, construction of . . .1 ^95 2

Brockton, city council of, payment of salaries to members of . 174 1,2

water supply bJ^ to town of Pembroke .... 280 1

Cambridge, athletic clothing for equipment of athletic organi-

_ zations composed of school pupils, appropriations for, by . 321 1, 2

city council of, salaries of members of ... . 349 1-3

district court, third, of eastern Middlesex, accommodations

for, in, providing by Middlesex county .... 163 1-4

Fresh Pond parkway, extension of, across Charles river at or
near Gerry's landing in, etc., investigation relative
to . . . . . . . Resolve 48

intersection of, with Huron avenue. Mount Auburn street
and Brattle street in, overpasses, underpasses or traffic
circles at, investigation relative to . . Resolve 48

licensing in, of open air parking spaces and establishments

letting motor vehicles for hire . . . . .121 1, 2

listing of voters in . . . . . . . . 390 1,2

mayor, salary of, ordinance relative to, validated, etc. . 106 1, 2

Memorial drive and Boylston street in, highway improve-
ments at intersection of, taking of land for, etc. . . 420 19, 23, 24
Memorial drive in, overpass or underpass carrying, over or
under approach to Cottage Farm bridge, construction of,
investigation relative to ... . Resolve 48

parkway or boulevard in, along Alewife Brook parkway to
Mystic Valley parkway, etc., construction of, investigation
relative to ...... Resolve

school committee of, expenditures by, regulated
Chelsea, city solicitor of, appointment of ... .

Revere Beach parkway, overpass or underpass on, at its
junction with Broadway in city of Revere, part of cost of
construction of, payment by .... . 420 11, 13

tuberculosis hospital district comprising Revere, Winthrop
and, residents of, suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis,
temporary care and treatment of . . . . .52

Chicopee, taxes, over-assessment of, refunding to Simon J.

Przybyla, Joseph Perlack and Martin Piela by . . 266 1,2

Everett, biennial municipal elections in, provision for . . 361 1-6

Revere Beach parkway, overpass carrying, over Broadway
and Main street in, construction of, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve 48

school loan authorized ....... 230 1, 2

Fall river, laborers in employ of, pensioning of ... 71 1,2

Taunton river, part of, extending from, to city of Taunton,
improvement of ....... 405

Fitchburg, department of soldiers' relief and state and military

aid in, establishment, etc. ...... 116 1-3

Gloucester, appropriation of money by, in connection with
reunion therein of one hundred and fourth United States
infantry veterans association, American expeditionary
forces ......... 124 1, 2

fish pier in, construction by commonwealth, investigation

relative to . . . . . . Resolve 32

appropriation ....... 426 32d

48

372

1.2

84

1.2

730

Index.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued

Gloucester, water, sale and conveyance to town of Rockport by

Holyoke, bridge over Appleton street in, maintenance by

American Tissue Mills .....

probate court, sessions of , at . . . .

Lawrence, Methuen, town of, part of, annexation to

Lowell, claims, certain, legally unenforceable by reason of

failure to comply with certain provisions of law, payment

by

laborers in employ of, pensioning of . . . .

Lynch, Cornelius P., payment of certain compensation to

by . . . .

sidewalk assessments in .

Lynn, Berry, Charles E., temporary reinstatement of, as mem

ber of police department of .

claim, certain, for bleachers furnished for its stadium, pay

ment by . . . . . . . .

public golf course in Lynn Woods reservation, establishment
by, etc. ........_

Revere Beach parkway, overpass or underpass on, at its

junction with Broadway in city of Revere, construction

of, part of cost of, payment by . . . _ .

surface water drainage works outside harbor line in Lynn

harbor, construction and maintenance by

water, furnishing of, to town of Marblehead by .

Marlborough, Artemas Ward Park, portion of, use for school
purposes by ...... .

school loan authorized ......

Medford, biennial municipal elections in, to be held in odd
numbered years and date of said elections established
license commissioners, board of, in, establishment, etc.
Mystic Valley parkway and Main street, junction of, in,
construction of overpass or underpass at, investiga-
tion as to . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation .......

Revere Beach parkway and Middlesex Fells parkway, inter-
section of, in, traffic circle at, construction of .

school loans authorized .......

Melrose, board of aldermen of, payment of salaries to members
of . . . . . . .

New Bedford, bridge over Acushnet river between town of
Fairhaven and, care of, transferred to state department
of public works .......

appropriation ........

Newton, city hall purposes, borrowing of money for, by .

district court of Newton in, adequate accommodations for,

providing by Middlesex county commissioners
retirement allowances payable to certain employees of, in-
creased .........

North Adams, armory, new, in, appropriation
Northampton, biennial municipal elections in, date of, changed
court house accommodations in, providing of adequate, in-
crease of amount that may be borrowed by Hampshire
county for . . . . ...

Pittsfield, biennial municipal elections in, change of date of .
mayor, salary of ....... .

water, supplying to additional part of town of Lenox by
Quincy, Braintree, town of, sewer connection for, with south
metropolitan sewerage system, construction work in con-
nection with, through parts of .... .

claim of August H. Morton and H. F. Marden against,
settlement and payment of certain ....

claim of David J. Brickley against, settlement and payment
of certain .........

Furnace Brook parkway in, extension of, taking of land for,
etc. . . . . . .

land, certain, in, cession of jurisdiction of, to United States .

Moswetusett Hummock in, acquisition by metropolitan

district commission as an addition to Quincy shore

reservation ........

appropriation ........

Chap.

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Section.

1, 2

215
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261

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61

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107

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125

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327

328

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278

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1, 2

126

1-4

109
426
104

150a
1> 2

9
173
281
250

1. 2
1. 2

398

1

249

255

420
333

21,

23, 25
1-3

337
426

753a

Index.

731

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular cities — Continued

Quincy, Squantum or Houghs Neck in, bridge or bridges from

town of Hull to, etc., investigation as to . Resolve

appropriation ........

taxes, amount of, erroneously assessed upon and collected

from estate of Charles B. Perkins, refunding by . .

Weymouth, town of. admission of, to south metropolitan

sewerage district, construction work in connection with,

through parts of ....

Revere, assessors of. tenure of office .
city council of, salaries of members of
claims, certain, payment by .
listing of voters in ....

overpass or underpass for vehicular traffic on Revere Beach
parkway at its intersection with Broadway, etc.. con-
struction of. payment of part of cost by . . .
school loan authorized .......

Squire road in, extension of. from Broadway to Revere

Beach parkway, investigation relative to . Resolve

tuberculosis hospital district comprising Chelsea. Winthrop

and, residents of. suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis,

temporary care and treatment of ....

Salem, Collins Cove, certain fiats and lands in or adjacent to,
acquisition by ....... .

Marblehead, town of, conveyance of water to, from city of
Lynn, provisions for, as affecting ....

Somerville, board of aldermen and school committee of, quali-
fications of members of ..... .

boulevard or parkway, certain, construction of, in, etc., in-
vestigation relative to .... Resolve

Northern art«ry, so-called, overpass or underpass carrying,
over or under Washington street in, construction of, in-
vestigation relative to .... Resolve

retirement allowances based on annuity and pension con-
tributions for employees of .
Springfield, appropriation of money in connection with state
convention in, of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States .........

probate court, sessions of, at . . _ . . .

public demonstration of forms, activities, accomplishments

and fields of operation of executive and administrative

work of the government of the commonwealth, holding

of, during tercentenary observances, in . Resolve

appropriation .....

reviewing board in state department of industrial accidents
to hold hearings in ... .

Taunton, nomination of candidates at preliminary elections
or caucuses in .
Taunton river, improvement of certain part of. cost of, con
tribution toward, etc., by .
Waltham, Metropolitan state hospital in Belmont, Lexing
ton and, establishment of . . .

Stony Brook grade crossing on Boston Post road in town
of Weston, abolition of, as affecting
Westfield, biennial municipal elections in, to be held in odd
numbered years instead of even-numbered years
state armory, new, construction of, in, investigation rela-
tive to, by armory commissioners . . Resolve
Woburn, city hall, police station and court room purposes,

erection of building for, borrowing of money for, by
Worcester, easement in certain strip of land on Main street in,
granting to United States for federal building purposes .
George H. Ward Post No. 10 Grand Army of the Republic,
Department of Massachusetts, certain property of, taking
over, maintenance and management of, by .
land to be conveyed to commonwealth as site for new nor-
mal school building, purchase by .
Main street, re-establishment of westerly line of portion of,
acquisition of certain land for purposes of, by . .

municipal memorial auditorium, construction of, borrowing
of money for, by .... •

Saturday half holidays for laborers, workmen and mechan-
ics employed by .......

Chap.

63

Item or
Section.

426

32o,

Page 570

260

419

2

94

1, 2

350

1, 2

85

1. 2

42

420

/5
1

-7,11.13.
15. 18

425

2

200

1. 2

48

52

198

328

50

48

48
184

270
112

18
426

224

187

405

403

356

103

45

276

362

282

286

288

55

01

1-4
1, 2
1, 2

1-22

1, 2
1. 2

184a

1-3

1-7

1. 2. 5

1-3

1-3

1-6
1, 2
1. 2
1. 2
1, 2

732 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular cities— Concluded.
Worcester, state armory, new, in, construction of, investigation

relative to, by armory commissioners . . Resolve 14

special provisions relative to particular tovros:

Abington, water supply by, to town of Pembroke . . . 280 1

Adams, W. B. Plunkett Memorial Hospital, maintenance of, as
a public hospital by, and election of trustees of said hos-
pital by inhabitants of said town . . . _. .32 1-3
Arlington, state highway, certain, construction of, in, investi-
gation relative to .... . Resolve 48
Auburn, additional water loan authorized .... 197

(3 12

346 1 2

Barnstable, bridge, certain, over tide water in, construction

and maintenance by Oyster Harbor, Inc. . . .82 1,2

Becket, October mountain state forest in, certain unnamed

eminence in, name of Walling mountain established

I or . . . . . . . . Resolve 5

Belchertown, highway bridges over former location of The

Hampden Railroad Corporation, removal of, payment of

part of cost of, by, etc. ...... 388 1-3

Belmont, Metropolitan state hospital in Waltham, Lexington

and, establishment of . . . . . . . 403 1-7

Bernardston, Bernardston Fire and Water District established

in 93 1-14

Billerica, selectmen of, to act as board of public works exer-
cising powers of certain other boards and town officers,

etc. 221 1-4

Blackstone, Millerville Fire and Water District established in . 88 1-14

Bourne, wharves and piers, construction of, etc., and certain

other harbor improvements, borrowing of money for, by . 228 1, 2

Braintree, electric light department of, certain poles, lines

and other equipment of , relative to . . . . 150 1,2

sewer connection for, with south metropolitan sewerage f 398 1,2

system . . . . . . . . . \ 425 1

sewers, system of, construction and operation by . .17 1-15

Weymouth, admission of, to south metropolitan sewerage
district, construction work in connection with, through

parts of 419 2

Brookfield, water loan authorized ... . . 246 1,2

Brookline, Leverett pond and Muddy river in city of Boston

and, dredging of . . . . . . .97 1, 2

f f 4 4A 6 7

parkway or boulevard from West Roxbury parkway in Bos- I 420 s jq ^g' ^4' jg

ton to Spring street in Boston through, construction of [ 425 2

Buckland, Shelburne Falls Fire District in, taking of water by,

from additional sources . . . . . .69 1, 2

[420/ 1. 4A, 6-8.
Canton, state highway in, etc., construction of . . • ■{ I 12-14, 17

[425 2

Charlemont, Shelburne Falls Fire District, taking of water by,

from sources in, etc. . . . . . . . 69 1, 2

Chatham, land, certain, in, cession to United States of juris-
diction of . . . . . . . . . 333 1-3

Chilmark, highway in town of West Tisbury and, construction
of, contribution toward cost of, borrowing of money for, by
Dukes County . . . . . . . .122 1,2

Colrain, Shelburne Falls Fire District, taking of water by,

from sources in, etc. . . . . . . .69 1,2

Concord, electric light department of, certain lines, poles and

other equipment of, relative to . . . . . 324 1, 2

town house, remodeling of, for district court purposes, bor-
rowing of money for, by . . . . . . 131 1-3

Danvers, representative town government by limited town

meetings, established in ..... . 294 1-15

[ r 1, 4A, 6-8,

Dedham, state highway in, etc., construction of . . . \ \ 12-14, 17

[425 2

town meeting members of, relative to .... 8 1-3

Duxbury, Standish Monument in, placing of granite figure

upon, etc., by state department of conservation Resolve 35
appropriation ........ 426 263a

311

1, 2

280

1

39

1-10

12

1, 2

44

1-3

43

1-3

Index. 733

Item or
Chap. Section.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Contimied.

special provisions relative to particular towns — Continued.
Fairhaven, bridge over Acushnet river between city of New
Bedford and, care of, transferred to state department
of public works ....... 40fi 1-3

appropriation . . . . . . . . 420 Page 571

representative town government by limited town meetings,

establishment in ....... 285 1-15

Falmouth, park land, certain, erection of bath house on, by _ . 287 1,2

Framingham, appropriation of money by, to provide facilities
for holding state convention therein of United Spanish

War Veterans 118 1,2

sewage disposal contract, reformatory for women, appro-
priation ......... 115 550

Georgetown, water loan, additional, authorized . . . 177 1, 2

water supply purposes, borrowing of money for, by, hold-
ing of special town meeting in said town in relation to . 355 1, 2
Green6eld, water, furnishing to Bernardston Fire and Water

District by 93 2, 11

Hadley, Hadley Water Supply District in, water loan by,
authorized ........

Hanover, water supply by, to town of Pembroke .

water supply for, and its inhabitants ....

Harwich, appropriations by, for public amusements
Hingham, motor and other boats in harbor of, regulation of
speed of ........ .

motor boats in harbor of, noise from, relative to
Holliston, Eames Ministerial Fund in Holliston, Trustees of
the, in, change of name of, and manner of electing mem-
bers thereof '. .216 1,2

Hull, bridge or bridges from, across Boston Harbor to South
Boston, Houghs Neck or Squantum, etc., construction
of, investigation relative to . . . Resolve 63

appropriation ........ 426 32o, Page 570

Lee, Lee fire district, properties and obligations of, taking

over and assumption by . . . . . .16 1—4

schoolhouse accommodations in, relative to . . . 252 1, 2
Lenox, water, supplying to additional part of, by city of Pitts-
field ... . .250

Lexington, Metropolitan state hospital in Waltham, Belmont

and, establishment of . . . . . . . 403 1-7

state highway, certain, construction of, in, investigation
relative to ...... Resolve

tenement house law, acceptance of, authorized to revoke .
Ludlow, highway bridges over former location of The Hamp-
den Railroad Corporation, removal of, payment of part
of cost of, by, etc. .......

Manchester, reserve police force, establishment in
Mansfield, school loan authorized .....

selectmen, payment of salaries to .
Marblehead, cemetery purposes, acquisition of certain lands
for, by ........ .

Doliber, Benjamin F., 2nd, reinstatement of, as member of
police department of .

water, purchase of, from city of Lynn by, etc. .

Marshfield, dredging and filling certain shore areas in, for
purpose of improving Green Harbor and providing land
for an aviation field .......

water supply by, to Scituate Water Company .
Medfield, water, purchase from commonwealth by
Methuen, anne.xation of part of, to city of Lawrence

town hall, remodeling of, borrowing of money for, by
Millis, park land, certain, sale and conveyance by

school loan authorized .......

Milton, board of survey in, powers of ....

Furnace Brook parkway, extension of, taking of land for,
in, etc. .........

Reedsdale road and Brook road in, traffic on .

state highway in, taking of land for, etc. .

Nantucket, land, certain, in, cession to United States of juris-
diction of 333 1-3

Needham, fire and police station, construction, etc., of,

borrowing of money for, by ..... 201 1, 2

48

23

388

1-3

11

1-4

363

1, 2

73

1. 2

80

1.2

378

1, 2

f327
1328

1, 2

1-4

199

1. 2

409

1-3

364

1, 2

261

1.2

194

1. 2

14

1, 2

134

1. 2

273

1-6

420

21, 23, 25

420

21

/420 3,
\425

6-8, 13, 14

2

734

Index.

CITIES AND TOWNS — Continued.

special provisions relative to particular towns — Continued.

Needham, Memorial Park in, part of, use for an athletic field

school loan authorized .......

state highway in, etc., construction of ... .

Northborough, land in, acquisition by Worcester county in
connection with proposed widening of Boston and Worces-
ter Turnpike, so-called ......

Northbridge, Northbridge Athletic Field Commission in, es-
tablishment, powers, etc. .....

Norwood, sewer assessments in .

Orleans, Cape Cod Trust Company, maintenance by, of
branch office in .

Palmer, highway bridges over former location of The Hamp-
den Railroad Corporation, removal of, payment of part
of cost of, by, etc. . . . .

Pembroke, water supply for, and its inhabitants .

Provincetown, province lands in, mosquito-breeding preven
tion in, provision for .....

appropriation . .....

state land in, tract of, conveyance to United States for use
as a coast guard station, and cession of jurisdiction in
and over such tract .....

Randolph, school loan authorized ....

Rockland, water supply by, to town of Pembroke

Rockport, water, sale and conveyance to, by city of Gloucester

Royalston, Doane's Falls reservation, establishment in, etc

Sandwich, land, certain, in, held by commonwealth, convey
ance to county of Barnstable ....

Saugus, school loan authorized .....

Savoy, partial reimbursement of, by commonwealth for money

expended in care and treatment of Winifred Haskins at

Hampshire county sanatorium . . . Resolve

Savoy state forest in, certain unnamed eminence in, name

of Borden mountain established for . . Resolve

Scituate, Humarock section of, water for use of people of,
furnishing by Scituate Water Company
land, certain, in, cession to United States of jurisdiction of .

Seekonk, South Seekonk Water District of Seekonk established
in . . . ......

Shelburne, Shelburne Falls Fire District in, taking of water by,
from additional sources ......

Shrewsbury, lands in, acquisition by Worcester county in con-
nection with proposed widening of Boston and Worcester
Turnpike, so-called .......

Southborough, lands in, acquisition by Worcester county in
connection with proposed widening of Boston and Worces-
ter Turnpike, so-called ......

Southborough Fire and Water District in, establishment,
etc. . . ......

water supply for, or a certain part thereof ....

Southbridge, Gregoire, Gedeon, over-assessment of taxes upon,
refunding by ....... .

South Hadley, district court of Hampshire, sittings at
Stoneham, Greeley, June Marie, mother of, payment of sum
of money to, by .......

Sudbury, town hall purposes, borrowing of money for, by
Swampscott, Marblehead, town of, conveyance of water to,
from city of Lynn, provisions for, as affecting .
park land, certain, use for school purposes by .
school loan authorized .......

Tyngsborough, improvements, certain, in, laying out and con-
struction of, including construction of new bridge over
Merrimack river .......

Wakefield, Lake Quannapowitt in, control of . . .

Walpole, system of sewers, construction and operation by
Wareham, appropriations by, for public amusements
Wellesley, planning board of, to act as board of survey .

Chap.

Item or
Section.

37 1, 2
202 1, 2
1, 4A, 6-8.
12-14, 17
425 2

420 <

319

271
196

166

1-3

1-6
1-4

1.2

388
280

1-3
1-10

300
426

708a

386
298
280
345
334

1,2

1

1,2

1-5

358
265

1. 2

31

5

409
333

1-3
1-3

225

1-15

69

1, 2

319

1-3

319

133^

133

1-3

'1-13. Part II.
1 Part III
' 1-12, Part I.
1-13, Part II,
[ Part III

119
132

1, 2
1, 2

25
269

1, 2
1, 2

328
310
262

1. 2
1,2
1, 2

303
35

120
19
68

1-3
1-5
1-14
1. 2
1. 2

Index. 735

Item or

Chap. Section.
CITIES AND TOWNS — Concluded.

special provisions relative to particular towns — Concluded.

[.^ f 1,4A. 6-8,

Wellesley, state highway in, etc., construction of . . . { *~^\ 12-14, 17

1425 2
Westborough, lands in, acquisition by Worcester county in
connection with proposed widening of Boston and Worces-
ter Turnpike, so-called 319 1-3

West Boylston, school loan authorized .... 219 1, 2
Weston, Stony Brook grade crossing on Boston Post road in,

abolition of 356 1-5

Westport, shellfish in, protection of . . . . .53 1-7
West Tisbury, highway in town of Chilmark and, construction
of, contribution toward cost of, borrowing of money for, by

Dukes County 122 1,2

f.„„r 1,4A, 6-8,

Westwood, state highway in, etc., construction of . . -i I 12-14,17

[425 2

f 1-5, Part I,

water supply for, and its inhabitants .... 248 \ 1-9, Part II,

[ Part III

Weymouth, board of water commi.'5sioners of, powers of . . 377 1,2
Braintree, town of, sewer connection for, with south metro-
politan sewerage system, construction work in connection

with, through parts of . . ... 398 1

Hunt, John Quincy, late, dependents of, payment of com-
pensation to, by ....... 352 1, 2

representative town meetings in, relative to . . .13 1-3

south metropolitan sewerage district, admission to . . | ^05 1

Williamstown, appropriation of money by, to provide facilities
for holding state convention of The American Legion

therein 218 1, 2

Winchester, upper Mystic lake in, public bath house on south-
erly shore of, construction and maintenance by metro-
politan district commission ..... 254

appropriation ........ 426 54b

Winthrop, construction of breakwater and certain marine
improvements in that part of, known as Winthrop High-
lands, investigation as to, by department of public
works . . . . . , . Resolve 23

tuberculosis hospital district comprising Chelsea, Revere
and, residents of, suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis,
temporary care and treatment of . . . . .52

Yarmouth, school and municipal building loan authorized .2 1,2

City and town auditors, temporary, appointment in certain cases . 172
CITY AND TOWN CLERKS:
provisions common to both:

birth records of certain illegitimate children, correcting, amend-
ing or supplementing of, etc., powers and duties as to . 169
bottles, etc., registered with, property rights in, protection of . 155
crabs, licenses to take, etc., granting by ... . 414 1

elections and primaries, state of polls at, making of statements

as to, powers as to . . . . . . . 204 2

filing and recording of instruments with:

political expenses of candidates, statements of . . .36

vital statistics, records of . . . . . .169

marriage, certificates of intention of, delivery by, and return of

unused certificates to said clerks . , . . .51 1, 2

notices of intention and certificates of, filing with and
issuance by, computation of certain period and deter-
mination of certain day in connection with . .141
sporting and trapping licenses, issuance by, etc. . . . 393 2, Subs. 5-13

town clerks, temporary, appointment in certain cases . .172

CITY AND TOWN TREASURERS:

policemen and firemen killed in performance of duty, payment j 182 1

of compensation to dependents of, duties as to . . \ 241 1

temporary, appointment in certain cases .... 172

CITY COUNCILS:

landing places, public, maintenance, etc., powers and duties as to 164
shellfish, plants for purification of, powers as to . . . 235

See also Mayor and city council.

736

Index.

Civic and fraternal organizations, parades with music on Lord's
day by, during current year, permitted . Resolve

Civil actions (see Actions, civil; Practice in civil actions).
CIVIL SERVICE AND REGISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF

in general, appropriation

deficiency .....

supplementary ....

civil service, division of, appropriation
supplementary ....

board, rules and regulations and changes therein, hearings
relative to, holding by ......

Boston, city of, department heads and others in, law sub-
jecting appointment of, to approval by civil service
commission, repealed .......

commissioner, labor service, classified, of cities and towns,
giving of preference in employment in, to persons with
dependents, duties as to . . . . . _ .

police forces, regular, in certain cities and towns, appoint-
ments to, certification by .
Manchester, town of, appointments to regular police force
in, subject to rules and regulations by ...

metropolitan district commission and department of public
health acting as a joint board for investigation of certain
construction projects, candidates for employment by, ex-
aminations of, holding by . . . . Resolve

registration, division of, in general, appropriation
deficiency .......

dental examiners, board of, appropriation .
electricians, state examiners of, appropriation
embalming, board of registration in, appropriation
medicine, board of registration in, appropriation .
deficiency .......

nurses, board of registration of, appropriation
optometry, board of registration in, appropriation
pharmacy, board of registration in, appropriation
plumbers, state examiners of, appropriation

licenses issued by, deferred renewal of, provision for
public accountants, board of registration of, appropriation
veterinary medicine, board of registration in, appropriation
Civil service, division of (see Civil service and registration, de-
partment of).
CIVIL SERVICE LAWS:

Boston, department of school buildings of, deputy superin-
tendents of, appointments of, not subject to .
Boston Port Authority, employees and other assistants of, ex-
empted from civil service laws .....

labor service, cities and towns, of, preference in employment in,
to persons with dependents .....

Manchester, reserve police force in, appointments to, subject to

metropolitan district commission and department of public

health acting as a joint board for investigation of certain

construction projects, assistants employed by, not subject

to ....... . Resolve

police and fire departments, promotion in, physical require-
ments for, under .......

police and prison service, classified, under, applicants for posi-
tions in, requirement of information from, as to certain
offences, prohibited .......

police forces, regular, subject to, in cities and towns having re-
serve police forces, appointments to .
reinstatement of certain persons to positions under, petitions
for writs of mandamus to compel, limitation of time
within which may be brought .....

rules and regulations under, and changes therein, approval of .

supervisors of attendance in cities and in certain towns placed

under .........

Civil war, records of, printing and distribution of . . Resolve

appropriation .........

veterans of, care of, and their wives and widows, appropriation .
records of, publication of, appropriation ....

state service, formerly in, compensation, appropriation .
See also Soldiers, sailors and marines; Veterans.
Claims, accounts and, unclassified, appropriation ....

supplementary ...... . .

Chap.
61

115
115
426
115
426

227

167

Item or

Section.

383-412
Page 135

386
384-387

386

1-3

111

1 f\{\

iOU

11

3

22

115

388-412

115

Page 135

115

394-396

115

408

115

402, 403

115

391-393

115

Page 135

115

400, 401

115

404, 405

115

397-399

115

411, 412

397

1. 2

115

409. 410

115

406, 407

259

1

236

1, 2

111
11

1. 3

22

423

242

160

243
227

34

64
426 158c, Page 570
115 155
115 104
115 739

115

426
I

739-743

744-7511;

750a, Page

572

Index.

737

Clams (see Shellfish).

Clerk, house of representatives, of (see General court).

senate, of (see General court).
Clerks, citv and town (see City and town clerks).
CLERKS "OF COURTS:

district courts, of (see District courts),
naturalization fees, disposition by .

supreme judicial court, of, for commonwealth, expenditures in
connection with office of ..... .

Cohen, Benjamin L., acts as a justice of the peace vali-
dated ....... Resolve

Collection agencies, bonds required to be filed with state treasurer

by, relative to .
Collection of debts, procedure, certain, for expediting, made appli-
cable in district courts ......

Collectors of taxes, excise tax on registered motor vehicles, powers
and duties as to .......

temporary, appointment in certain cases .....

COLLEGES:

Eastern Nazarene College, Trustees for, degree of Bachelor of
Arts, granting by ...... .

insurance, accident or health, blanket policies of, issuance to, etc.
Massachusetts Agricultural College, appropriation .

deficiency .........

land and rights in land of, conveyance of certain, to Amherst
Water Company ..... Resolve

Northeastern University of the Boston Young Men's Christian

Association, degrees, granting by .
RadclifTe College, additional property, holding by .
Tufts College, Trustees of, formation of alliance by, and certain
other corporations for purpose of establishing, etc., in
common a medical center ......

world war, Massachusetts men who died in military or naval
service of United States during or as a result of such serv-
ice, children of, as students at, reimbursement of, for
certain expenses .......

appropriation ........

Colony, Massachusetts Bay (see Massachusetts Bay Colony).
Colrain, town of (see Cities and towns).

Commission, notary public or justice of the peace, as, fee to be paid
for, increased in certain cases .....

COMMISSIONERS, STATE:

agriculture, of (see Agriculture, department of).

armory (see Armory commissioners).

banks, of (see Banking and insurance, department of).

conservation, of (see Conservation, department of).

corporations and taxation, of (see Corporations and taxation,

department of).
correction, of (see Correction, department of),
education, of (see Education, department of).
firemen's relief, on (see Firemen's relief, commissioners on),
insurance, of (see Banking and insurance, department of),
labor and industries, of (see Labor and industries, department of),
mental diseases, of (see Mental diseases, department of),
public health, of (see Public health, department of),
public safety, of (see Public safety, department of),
public utilities, of (see Public utilities, department of),
public works, of (see Public works, department of),
state aid and pensions, of (see State aid and pensions, commis-
sioner of),
uniform state laws, on (see Uniform state laws, commissioners
on).
COMMISSIONS, STATE:

in general, members, ex officiis, of, designation of persons to per-
form duties of, when absent, etc. _. _
administration and finance (see Administration and finance,

commission on).
art (see Art commission),
boxing (see Public safety, department of).

Massachusetts industrial (see Labor and industries, depart-
ment of),
metropolitan district (see Metropolitan district commission).
Mount Everett reservation, purchase of additional land by

appropriation ........

necessaries of life (see Necessaries of life, commission on).

Chap.

Item or
Section.

331

275

3

302

1-3

65

1.2

244
172

2

108

64

115

115

377-382
Page 135

7

22
28

40

263

426

212

1-3

1-4
352a

56

315
426

2P4a

738

Index.

COMMISSIONS, STATE - Continued.

special, amount of assessments recommended to be made upon
municipalities in moTropolitan districts for new state proj-
ects and undertakings recommended by, furnishing of
information relative to, to said municipalities .
Boston harbor and its tributary waters, discharge of sewage
into, to investigate as to, appropriation ....

boxing and wrestling, professional, to investigate relative
to ....... . Resolve

appropriation . . . . . .

bridges on main through routes of travel, taking over and

maintenance of, by commonwealth and construction of

certain bridges, to investigate relative to . Resolve

appropriation ........

children, dependent, delinquent and neglected, etc., laws rela-
tive to, to investigate, revived and continued and en-
largement of its authority . . . Resolves
appropriation ........

supplem.entary . . . . . . _ .

drugs, habit-forming, prevalence of addiction to, to investigate
relative to ...... Resolve

appropriation . . . . . . . .

Fort Point Channel and South Bay in Boston harbor, filling in

part of, to further investigiite as to . . Resolve

appropriation . _ . _ . . .

George Washington Bicentennial Commission, establishment,

etc. ........ Resolve

appropriation ........

Gloucester, city of, fish pier in, construction by commonwealth,
advisability of, to investigate . . . Resolve

appropriation . . . . . . _ .

marine fish and fisheries, including shellfish, laws relating to, to
survey and revise ..... Resolve

appropriation . . . . . . _ _ .

Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, ap-
propriation ........

supplementarj' ........

expenditures, additional, by. authorized . . Resolve

signs and markers for historic places, submission to depart-
ment of public works by . . . . Resolve
Massachusetts War Memorial Investigating Commission, es-
tablishment, powers, duties, etc. .....

appropriation ........

memorial to men and women of Massachusetts who served

in world war, site and type of, to consider, revived and

continued, and scope of its duties enlarged . Resolve

Mount Greylock War Memorial Commission, establishment,

powers, duties, etc. .......

appropriation ........

parks or reservations, fxiture acquisition and maintenance of,

for recreational or other purposes within commonwealth,

to make a study relative to, etc. . . Resolves

appropriation . ......

public demonstration, during tercentenary observances, of

forms, activities, accomplishments and fields of operation

of executive and admimslrative work of the government

of the commonwealth, to provide . . Resolve

appropriation . ......

public utilities, control and conduct of, to investigate as to,
appropriation .......

representative town meeting sysfem, operation of, and estab-
lishment of standard forma thereof, to investigate as
to . . . .... Resolve

appropriation .......

retirement allowances for emp'oyees of commonwealth and of
metropolitan district commission, to investigate subject
of ....... . Resolve

appropriation . . . . . . .

supreme judicial court, land court, reporter of decisions and
others, accommodations and facilities for housing, to
study and report upon .... Resolve

appropriation ... ....

tax laws, proposed changes in, etc., to investigate Resolve
appropriation ........

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43
426

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63
426 32o, Page 570

2, 16

115

426

36
426

29
426

62
426 32n, Page 570

32d

32
32

32f

32c

32
426

28
426

115

426-
68

10

411
426

32b

184

184; 184a,

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3-5

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672

411

426 15Sb, Pag

1, 2
e572

33,50
426

32e

18
426

184a

426

32a

44
426

32h

49

426

32i

54
426

57
426

32j
321

Index. 739

Item or
Chap. Section.

COMMISSIONS, STATE — Concluded.

special, United States Geographic Boarti, to co-operate with, in
preparation of official gazetteer of United States, appro-
priation . . . . . . . .115 100

wild life sanctuaries, future policy of commonwealth as to
establishment and maintenance of, to inA'estigate relative
to ....... . Resolve 50

Commitments (see Mittimuse.s).

Committees, legislative (see General court).

Common carriers (see Motor vehicles; Railroads; Street railways).

Common landing places, appropriations by cities and towns to

provide, etc. ........ 164

COMMONWEALTH:

army nurses, certain, in service of, conferring of certain retire-
ment rights upon ....... 161

colony charter, coming of John Winthrop and his associates
with, in year 1630, tablet commemorating, acceptance
by ....... . Resolve 42

departments, boards, commissions, etc., of, appropriations for f 115 1-8

maintenance of, etc. . . . . . . . \ 426 1-4

public demonstration, during tercentenary observances, of
forms, activities, accomplishments and fields of opera-
tion of, etc., provision for . . . Resolve IS
appropriation ........ 426 184a

reports of, amount of assessments recommended to be made
upon municipalities in metropolitan districts for new
state projects and undertakings recommended in, fur-
nishing of information relative to, to said municipalities 222
special legislation, avoidance of, recommendations for changes

in or additions to the General Laws for, making by certain 6 2

See also Boards, state; Commissioners, state; Commissions,
state; Departments, state; Divisions, state depart-
ments, of.
educational institutions of, children of Massachusetts men who
died in military or naval service of United States during
world war, or as a result of such service, as students at,
reimbursement of, for certain expenses .... 263 1-4

appropriation ......... 426 352a

finances of (see State finance).

officers and employees of, bonds of, premiums on, reimburse-
ment for, appropriation . . . . . .115 746

officers, special legislation, avoidance of, duties as to . . 6 2

organized militia, organized reserve of tlie army of the United
States or the United States naval reserve forces, in service
of, to receive pay without loss of ordinary remuneration,

etc. . . • . .157

retirement of (see Retirement systems and pensions),
teachers in state normal schools, granting to certain, of leave

of absence for study or research ..... 158

pier five, reimbursement of American-Hawaiian Steamship Com-
pany for damage to certain property in its custody and
located on ...... Resolve 34

appropriation ........ 426 751f

supervision and operation of, appropriation . . . .115 703

public demonstration, during tercentenary observances, of forms,
activities, accomplishments and fields of operation of
executive and administrative work of the government of
the, provision for ..... Resolve 18

appropriation ........ 426 184a

f 333 2

United States, lands ceded to, concurrent jurisdiction over, etc. . < ogg

See also Massachusetts.
Commonwealth Defence Act of 1917, certain provisions of, made

operative, etc 410 3, Subs. 9 H

Communicable diseases, division of (see Public health, depart-

mient of).
Companies, insurance (see Insurance),
surety (see Surety companies),
trust (see Banks and banking).
See also Corporations.
Compensation for injured employees (see Workmen's compensa-
tion law).
Complaints, recognizances of persons held to answer to, before cer-
tain district courts ....... 154 1, 2

Comptroller (see Administration and finance, commission on).

740 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

Concerts, band, additional, during current year in connection with
tercentenary celebrations in places under control of metro-
politan district commission, provision for . Resolve 15
appropriation . . . . . . . . .115 754

supplementary ........ 426 754

appropriations by cities and towns for . . . . _ . 46

Conciliation and arbitration, board of (see Labor and industries,

deijartment of).
Concord, town of (see Cities and towns).
Concrete mixers, inclusion within certain provisions of motor vehicle

laws 332 1-6

Conduits, pipe lines and cables, beyond established harbor lines,

lirensin<? of 99 1,2

Congregational Society in the Town of Seekonk, relative to . 30
Consequential damages, motor vehicle liability insurance, com-
pulsory, laws relative to, coverage under, extended to
include certain ........ 340 1—5

CONSERVATION, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, appropriation . . . . . . .115 249-291

supplementary . . . . . . . .426 256-290

special commission to survey and revise laws relating to
marine fish and fisheries, furnishing of information to,

by Resolve 28

Standish Monument at Duxbury, placing of granite figure upon,

etc., by ...... . Resolve 35

appropriation ........ 426 263a

commissioner, land, certain, in town of Sandwich, conveyance

to Barnstable county by • . . .• • .• • • ^^^

parks or reservations, future acquisition and maintenance of,
for recreational or other purposes within commonwealth,
special commission to make study relative to, to be mem-
ber of ...... . Resolve 33

state forests, lands for, purchase, etc., by .... 274

Sullivan, .James P., claim of, for losses sustained through
slaughtering of cattle, hearings by attorney general rela-
tive to, notice of, to . . . . . Resolve 51

divisions of:

animal industry, appropriation ......

supplementary . . . . . . .

director, cattle, diseased, elimination from certain areas,
powers as to . . . . . . .

disease-free herds of , rules, regulations and orders relative
to, making and enforcement by ... .

fisheries and game, appropriation .....

supplementary ........

director, fishing grounds, public, providing, powers as to
game and inland fish, general powers and duties as to
gunning stands or blinds, registration by
marine fish and fisheries, laws relating to, special commis-
sion to survey and revise, one member of, designation
by ....... Resolve 28

Parker river in Essex county, construction of fish ways
on, by .

appropriation .......

salary of, established .......

game and inland fisheries, powers and duties as to
Lake Quannapowitt in town of Wakefield, rules and regu-
lations as to fishing in, approval by . _ .
marine fisheries, supervisor of, in, crabs, taking of, powers

and duties as to . . . _ . . .

state supervisor of marine fisheries, appropriation

special commission to survey and revise laws relating to
marine fish and fisheries, as a member of . Resolve
Tisbury Great Pond, leasing of, by, for cultivation of fish
forestry, appropriation .......

supplementary . . ...

fire observation tower operated and maintained at Martha's
Vineyard by, payment of sum of money to parents of
Alfred E. Norton on account of injuries received by him
while employed at . . . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

state fire warden, appropriation .....

supplementary .......

state forester, patrol of forests for prevention of fires,

powers and duties as to . . . . . . 309

115

284-291

426

287-290

123

1. 2

203

115

265-283

426

265-2 75a

393

2, Subs. 25

393

1-3

393

2, Subs. 134

147
426
344
393

275a
1-3

35

2

414
115

1

278, 279

28
135
115
426

1, 2

251-264

256-263a

26
426
115
426

751d
256
256

Index.

741

CONSERVATION, DEPARTMENT OF — Concluded.
divisions of — Concluded.

. state reservations and parks, establishment of, considera-
tion by special commission . . . Resolve
appropriation .......

Conservators (see Guardians and conservators).
Constables, general court officers to have powers of, for service of
certain process, etc. .......

Constabulary, state, so-called (see Public safety, department of:

divisions of: state police).
Constitution, proposed amendment to, relative to the apportion-
ment of senatorial, representative and councillor districts
Consumption (see Tuberculosis).

Containers, bottles and other, registered, property rights in, pro-
tection of . . . . . . . . .

Contract, actions of, debt, to recover, etc., expediting of, certain

procedure for, made applicable in district courts
Contracts, gas and electric companies, by, certain, subjected to ap-
proval of department of public utilities ....

insurance, of (see Insurance).

state highways, for construction of, certain, making by depart-
ment of public works in anticipation of appropriations
Contributions, soliciting of, etc., from occupants of vehicles upon
state highways, etc., prohibited .....

Conventions, municipal expenditures in connection with holding of .

Conveyances of real estate, certified copies of certain, recording of

recording of, fees for ........

Convicts (see Penal and reformatory institutions; Prisoners).
Cook-Taylor Co., Inc., revived . ......

Co-operative banks (see Banks and banking).
Co-operative shoe shops, so-called, purchase of stock by em-
ployees in, general question of, study and investigation
of ....... . Resolve

appropriation ........

CORPORATIONS:

in general, dissolved, reviving of certain, by general law, provi
sion for ........

See also, infra, reviving of certain,
dissolution of certain ......

property holding powers of certain ....

reviving of certain .......

general law, by, provision for .....
taxation of (see Taxation, corporations, of),
banking (see Banks and banking),
business, dissolution of certain .....

reviving of certain .......

general law, by, provision for . . .

shares of, without par value, changing of, into greater number

of similar shares without increasing capital
taxation of (see Taxation).
See also, supra, in general,
charitable and certain other purposes, for, dissolution of certain
foreign charitable corporations, registration of, before acting

in commonwealth, and reports by such corporations
property holding powers of .... .

churches (see Churches and religious societies),
co-operative banks (see Banks and banking),
credit unions (see Banks and banking),
electric (see Gas and electric companies),
fraternal benefit societies (see Fraternal benefit societies),
gas and electric (see Gas and electric companies),
holding, securities issued by certain, subjected to the sale of
securities act ........

insurance companies (see Insurance).

loans, small, licensed to make, securities of, subjected to the
sale of securities act .......

manufacturing, classification of, for purposes of taxation .

See also, supra, business,
national banks (see Banks and banking).

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389

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Section.

32e
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Pages 608, 614

155

65
342
396

139

277
267
253

188

30
426

45

292

38

4

77

188

45

292
4

77

188

45

325

292

170
38

316

289
220

1. 2

1. 3
1, 2

434a

1-5
1, 2

1-5
1. 2

1-5
1, 2

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742 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

CORPORATIONS — Continued,
power (see Power companies),
public service, dissolution of certain ..... 292 1-5

railroad (see Railroads).

religious societies (see Churches and religious societies),
savings banks (see Banks and banking),
street railway (see Street railways),
taxation of (see Taxation, corporations, of),
trust companies (see Banks and banking).
special provisions relative to particular corporations:
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, reimbursement of,
for damage to certain property in its custody and
located on state property . . . Resolve 34

appropriation . . . . . . . . 426 75 If

American Legion, The, national convention of, appropriations
by cities and towns to provide facilities for public enter-
tainment in connection with ..... 67

American National Red Cross, The, property of, exempted

from taxation . . . . . . . .86 1,2

American Tissue Mills, maintenance by, of bridge over Ap-

pleton street in city of Holyoke ..... 215 1-4

Amherst Water Company, conveyance to, of certain land
and rights in land of Massachusetts Agricultural Col-
lege . . . . . . . . Resolve 7

Berkshire Street Railway Company, exempted from certain

requirements of law . . . . . . .217

Boston and Maine Railroad, bridge over Appleton street
in city of Holyoke, maintenance by American Tissue

Mills, as afTecting _. . 215 1

Stony Brook grade crossing of, on Boston Post road in town

of Weston, abolition of ..... . 356 1-5

Tyngsborough, town of, location in, of, construction of new

bridge over Merrimack river and . . . . 303 1-3

Boston Dispensary, formation of alliance by, and certain
other corporations for purpose of establishing, etc., in
common a medical center ...... 40 1-3

Boston Elevated Railway Company, Boylston street subway,
alterations and extensions to, to eliminate crossing at
grade at Governor square by cars using said subway, etc.,
as affecting ........ 394 1-4

Boston Floating Hospital, The, formation of alliance by, and
certain other corporations for purpose of establishing,
etc., in common a medical center . . . .40 1-3

Brockton Co-operative Association, corporate existence fur-
ther extended for purpose of conveying certain real

estate 145 1, 2

Cape Cod Trust Company, branch ofRce in town of Orleans,

maintenance by ....... 166 1, 2

Central Vermont Railway, Inc., interest held by, as lessee in
the railroads, franchises and other property of New Lon-
don Northern Railroad Company, relative to . . 191 1, 2
Congregational Society in the Town of Seekonk, relative to . 30
Cook-Taylor Co., Inc., revived ...... 188 1, 2

f 5 Part I

Dedham Water Company, franchise, property, etc., of, pur- J j Part II'

chase by town of Westwood ..... 248 | ' p^^j.^ jjj

( 1-5, Part I,
furnishing of water by, to town of Westwood . . . 248-^ 1, Part II,

[ Part III

E. M. Loew's, Inc., revived ...... 4

Eames Ministerial Fund in Holliston, Trustees of the, change

of name of, and manner of electing members thereof . 216 1, 2

Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, Revere
Beach parkway, overpass or underpass on, at its junction
with Broadway in city of Revere, construction of, contri-
bution to cost of, by . . . . . . . 420 11

Eastern Nazarene College, Trustees for, degree of Bachelor of

Arts, granting by . . . . . . .108

Endowment Committee of the First Congregational Church

of Holliston, name of certain corporation changed to, etc. 216 1, 2

Episcopal Society in Cambridge, relative to . . . .29

Equitable Co-operative Bank, investment by, of additional
sum of money in real estate in city of Lynn for banking
purposes ......... 312 1, 2

Index. 743

Item or
Chap. Section.

CORPORATIONS — Coiuiiiued.

special provisions relativa to particular corporations —

Continued.

First Congregational Church of HoUiston, members of, to elect

trustees of certain cor|)f)ration, etc. .... 216 2

•First Univer.sal Christian .Society in Shirley (otherwise called
First Universalist Society of Shirley), consolidation of, and
certain other corporations ...... 76 1—5

Fraternal Benefit Association of St. Stanislaw Kostka Church
of Adams, Massachusetts, real estate, authorized to hold,
and confirmation of title to its present holdings . . 307 1-3

Groton School, Trustees of, additional property, holding by . 165

Hampden Railroad Corporation, The, highway bridges over

former location of, in certain towns, removal of, etc. 388 1-3

appropriation ........ 426 686a, Page 571

Hopkins .-Vcademy, Trustees of, real and personal estate, addi-
tional, holding by ....... 95

Humarock Beach Water Company, paynient to, by Scituate
Water Company of amount determined to be fair value of
its property, etc. ....... 409 2

Independent Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic St. Stephen's
Society of Westfield, real estate, authorized to hold, and
confirmation of title to its present holdings ... 75 1-3

Interstate Street Railway Company, sale of property of A. B. C.

Street Railway to, etc. 207 1-4

Italian Society of Mutual Relief and Benevolence, Humbert II
of Marlboro', Massachusetts, Incorporated, real estate,
authorized to hold, and confirmation of title to its present
holdings . . ... . . . .74 1-3

J. H. Sparks Company, certain claim of, against city of Lowell,

payment of . . 127 1,2

Massachusetts Agricultural College, appropriation . .115 377-382

deficiency . . . . . . . . 115 Page 135

land and rights in land of, conveyance of certain, to Amherst
Water Company ..... Resolve 7

Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, annual meetings of . 7 1,2

Ministerial Fund of the First Parish in Beverly, Trustees of

the, powers of . . . . . . . .20

Morgan Memorial Co-operative Industries and Stores, Inc.,

contracts to pay annuities, making by, etc. . . . 296 1, 2

New London Northern Railroad Company, interest held by
Central Vermont Railway, Inc., in the railroads, fran-
chises and other property of, relative to . . . . 191 1, 2

Newton Police Benefit Association, Incorporated, powers of . 151 1, 2

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, grain
elevator, proposed, on state property at South Boston,
leasing of, to, investigation relative to . . Resolve 37

highways crossing tracks of, construction of certain . . 420 1,2,4

powers of, as affected by its interests in certain subsidiary

companies ........ 190 1-3

Northeastern University of the Boston Young Men's Christian

Association, degrees, granting by . . . . .22

Odd Fellows Home of Massachusetts, real and personal estate,

additional, holding by ...... 47

Orthodox Congregational Society of Shirley, consolidation of,

and certain other corporations ..... 76 1-5

Oj^ster Harbor, Inc., con.struction and maintenance by, of

certain bridge over tide water in town of Barnstable .82 1,2

Portuguese Continental Union of the United States of America,
incorporation and certain acts and proceedings of, vali-
dated 206

R. A. Fife Corporation, claim, certain, of, for bleachers fur-
nished for Lynn stadium, payment by city of Lynn . 156 1, 2

Radcliffe College, additional property, holding by . .28

Scituate Water Company, water supply to, by town of Marsh-
field 409 1-3

Society of Mutual Aid of Roccadevandro, Italy, real estate,

holding by . . . . . . . .78

Southern New England Railroad Corporation, corporate pow-
ers of, confirmation, extension and revival of certain . 308 1-3

Springfield Hospital, real and personal estate, additional, hold-
ing by . 1

Troy Co-operative Bank, investment by, of additional sum

of money in real estate for banking purposes . .26 1, 2

744

Index.

CORPORATIONS — Concluded.

special provisions relative to particular corporations —

Concluded.

Tufts College, Trustees of, formation of alliance by, and cer-
tain other corporations for purpose of establishing, etc.,
in common a medical center . .

Union Color and Chemical Company, revived

Union Freight Railroad Company, streets, certain, in city of
Boston, use by . . . . . . . .

United Church of Shirley, The, consolidation of, and certain
other corporations . . . . .

Worcester Firemen's Relief Association, validation of certain
acts of, and the membership of certain persons therein .

See also Dissolution, corporations, certain, of.
CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION, DEPARTMENT OF:
in general:

appropriation .........

supplementary ........

commissioner:

aged persons, law providing for adequate assistance to cer-
tain, ways and means for raising revenue for carrying
out provisions of, consideration by ... .

appeals from decisions of (see Tax appeals, board of),
bank taxes, certain illegal or excessive, refunding of, powers
and duties as to . _ . . . . .

corporations, business, taxation of, powers and duties as to .

dissolved by statute, revival of, powers as to .

taxation of, powers and duties as to

Fitzgerald, Myrtie M., claim of, on account of payment of

certain income tax, investigation of, by attorney general,

hearings in connection with, notice to . . Resolve

laws relative to taxation, special commission to investigate

proposed changes in, etc., information to, by Resolve

local taxes, time of payment of, investigation relative to,

by ....... . Resolve

divisions of:

accounts, appropriation ......

supplementary .......

director, county reserve funds, transfers from, to other

accounts, approval by . . .

county salaries and positions, classification of, powers

and duties as to .

county treasurers acting as treasurer and custodian of

funds of public bodies to the use of which county funds

are contributed, certain powers as to

income tax, appropriation ......

CORRECTION, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, appropriation ......

deficiency ........

supplementary .......

commissioner, prisoners, certain, held in jail in Nantucket or
Dukes county, removal to a jail in Barnstable or Bristol
county by . . . .

pardons, advisory board of, appropriation

parole, board of, appropriation .....

permits for prisoners to be at liberty and certain orders relative
thereto, issuance by .
Correction, houses of (see Penal and reformatory institutions,

counties, of).
Corrupt practices in elections (see Elections).
Cottage Farm bridge, approach to, overpass or underpass carrying
Memorial drive over or under, in city of Cambridge, con-
struction of, investigation relative to . . Resolve
Council and councillors (see Governor and council).
Councillor districts, apportionment of, proposed amendment to
constitution relative to ..... .

Counsel, senate and house of representatives, to, appropriation
supplementary . . . . . . . .

General Laws, new edition of, publication of, powers and duties
as to ....... Resolve

appropriation .........

special legislation, avoidance of, duties as to .

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Section.

1-3

92

284

1-5
1, 2

115 305-316
307; 315a,
Page 571

426

402

214

422

45

220

67
57
17

1-14

115 312-315
426 315a, Page 571

1
5, 7

4
309-311

535-555
Page 135
Page 568

537-555

245
400

400
115

115
115

426
'426

128
115
115

60

48

Pages 608, 614
115 18,19,28,30
426 19

1, 2
536
536

1, 2

58

426

6

31d
1

263
426

1-4
352a

299

417
400

1-14
1-9

Index. 745

Item or
Chap. Section.

COUNTIES:

appropriations for maintenance, etc., of certain . . . 245 1, 2

classification of county salaries and positions .... 400 5—9

clerks of courts of (see Clerks of courts).

commissioners (see County commissioners).

educational institutions of, children of Massachusetts men who

died in military or naval service of United States during

world war, or as a result of such service, as students at,

reimbursement of, for certain expenses ....

appropriation . . . . . . _ .

employees of, county commissioners, in offices of, appointment,
etc. ..........

finances of (see County finance).

grade crossings, railroad, provisions for, as affecting, etc. .

officers and employees of, salaries and classification of

See also specific titles of officers,
penal and reformatory institutions of (see Penal and reformatory

institutions).
personnel board, county, and classification of county salaries and

positions ......... 400 5-9

public bodies to use of which funds of, are contributed, county

treasurer to be treasurer and custodian of . . . 400 4

retirement of employees of (see Retirement systems and pen-
sions),
tax, county, granting for certain ...... 245 2

treasurers of (see County treasurers).
See also names of specific counties.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:

in general, appeals to, from refusals to abate local taxes, pending,
etc., transfer of, to board of tax appeals, etc. .
clerical assistants in offices of, appointment, etc. .
county personnel board and classification of county salaries

and positions, powers and duties as to .
grade crossings, abolition of, powers and duties as to .
reserve funds, county, transfers from, to other accounts upon
request of . . . . . . ...

retirement of certain officers of certain county penal institu-
tions, etc., powers and duties as to
salaries of . . . . . . . . .

tax appeals, board of, rooms for, providing by, etc.

tax, county, levy by certain ......

Dukes County, highway in towns of West Tisbury and Chilmark,
construction of, contribution toward cost of, borrowing of
money for, approval by, etc. . . . _ . . 122 1, 2

Hampshire, court house accommodations, adequate, in city of
Northampton, providing by, increase of amount that may
be borrowed for . . . . _ . . . 9

Middlesex, district court, fourth, of eastern Middlesex, accom-
modations for, in city of Woburn, leases for, execution by,
etc. . . . . . . . . ■

Newton, of, adequate accommodations for, providing by .
third, of eastern Middlesex, necessary accommodations for,
providing by . . . . . . .

tuberculosis hospital for Middlesex county tuberculosis hospi-
tal district, raising and expending of additional funds for,

by ...

Tyngsborough, town of, laying out and construction of certain
improvements in, including construction of new bridge
over Merrimack river, powers and duties as to .

Norfolk, Norfolk county tuberculosis hospital, certain improve-
ments at, powers and duties as to .
Worcester, Boston and Worcester Turnpike, so-called, proposed
widening, etc., of, acquisition of land in connection with,

by

Doane's Falls reservation, establishment of, powers and duties
as to .........

Worcester county tuberculosis hospital district, hospital for,
increase of amount that may be raised and expended for,

by 375 1, 2

See also Counties.
COUNTY FINANCE:

appropriations for maintenance of certain counties, etc. . . 245 1, 2

district attorneys, certain expenses of, payment of . . . 210 2

416
299

32

400
417

5,9

1

245

1

413
400
416
245

1-3

1, Subs. 2
2

276
126

1-3

1-4

163

1-4

175

1,2

303

1-3

10

1-3

319

1-3

334

1-5

Chap.

Item or
Section.

400

5, Subs. 55

400
331

4

183

1, 2

245

1

746 Index.

COUNTY FINANCE — Concluded.

fees and other moneys received by county officers and employees,
payment into county treasury, etc. ....

funds of public bodies to use of which county funds are con-
tributed, county treasurer to be treasurer and custodian of
naturalization fees, disposition by clerks of courts .
payments, certain, by county treasurers to clerks of district courts

and to trial justices for payment of certain fees
reserve funds, transfers from, to other accounts, when may be
made .........

See also County treasurers.
County tax, granting for certain counties ..... 245 2

County treasurers, funds of public bodies to use of which county
funds are contributed, to be treasurer and custodian of,

etc _ . . . _ . 400 4

payments, certain, by, to clerks of district courts and to trial

justices for payment of certain fees . . . . 183 1,2
records of, classification of county offices and positions, as affect-
ing 400 5, Subs. 52

Covirt officer, land court, of, salary established . . ... 404

COURTS:

clerks of (see Clerks of courts; District courts),
district courts (see District courts),
insolvency (see Insolvency, court of),
land court (see Land court),
probate courts (see Probate courts),
superior court (see Supreme judicial and superior courts),
supreme judicial court (see Supreme judicial and superior courts).
See also Judicial council.
Cows (see Cattle).
Crabs, taking of, regulated . . . . . . . 414 1

Credit unions, directors of, permitted to borrow under certain re-
strictions ......... 100

examination of, fee for ........ ISO

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE:

bondsmen, professional, law relative to, clarified . . . 240 1-3

extradition proceedings, certain expen.ses incurred in, payment of 210 1, 2

lines, penalties and forfeitures recovered in certain prosecutions
under laws relative to fisheries, birds, animals and game,
disposition of . . . . . . . . 101 1, 2

interstate rendition and extradition of fugitives from justice, in-
vestigation relative to, by judicial council . Resolve
mittimuses, service of, allowance to officers in .
recognizances for appearance before certain district courts .
uniformity in, investigation relative to, by judicial coun-
cil ....... . Resolve

Crippled children, education of ...
Crossings, grade, abolition of . . ...

Cumulative index, acts and resolves, of, appropriation .

D.

Dairying and animal husbandry, division of (see Agriculture,
department of).

Damages, consequential, motor vehicle liability insurance, com-
pulsory, laws relative to, coverage under, extended to
include 340 1-5

Danvers, state hospital, appropriation . . . . .115 451-454

deficiency ......... 428 Page 568

town of (see Cities and towns).

Daughters of the American Revolution, Massachusetts So-
ciety of the (see Massachusetts Society of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution).

Dead Neck beach, bridge connecting Grand Island with, in town
of Barnstable, construction and maintenance of Oyster
Harbor, Inc 82 1, 2

Deaf and blind pupils, education of, appropriation . .115 329

Death, aircraft accidents resulting in, reports of, to registrar of

motor vehicles ........ 33 3

Deaths, policemen and firemen killed in performance of duty, pay- ! 182 1-6

ment of compensation to dependents of . . . \ 241 1-3

records of (see Vital statistics).

6

370

154

1, 2

6

368

417

1-14

115

25

Index. 747

Item or
Chap. Section.

Deaths, workmen, of, compensation for (see Workmen's compensa-
tion law).
Debts, collection of, certain procedure for expediting, made appli-
cable to district courts ...... 65 1,2

commonwealth, of (see State finance).
Deceased persons, estates of (see Estates of deceased persons).
Decennial census, appropriation . . . . . .115 195

Dedham, town of (see Cities and towns).

Water Company, franchise, property, etc., of, purchase by town f 5, Part I,

of Westwood 248 ^ 1, Part II,

Part III

1-5, Part I,

furnishing of water by, to town of Westwood . . . 248 ■{ 1, Part II,

Part III
Deeds, certified copies of certain, recording of ... . 267

recording of, fees for ........ 253 1, 3

registers and registries of (see Registers and registries of deeds).
Deer, damages caused by, payment by commonwealth of . . 393 2, Subs. 113

appropriation . . . . . . . . .115 274

hunting, etc 393 { 2- ^ubs. 108,

bow and arrow, with 393 2, Subs. 109

Defective condition of premises and ways, caused by snow or
ice, actions against abutting owners for, giving of notice

in 98 1, 2

Deficiency appropriations f 115 Pages 134-136

I 426 Pages 567, 568
Definitions (see Words and phrases).
Degrees, Eastern Nazarene College, Trustees for, granting by, of

certain ......... 108

Northeastern University of the Boston Young Men's Christian

Association, granting by . . . . . .22

Delinquent children, laws relative to, continuation of investiga-
tion of ...... . Resolves 2, 16

appropriation ......... 115 32

supplementary ........ 426 32

Dental examiners, board of (see Civil ser\'ice and registration,

department of).
DEPARTMENTS, STATE:

See Commonwealth, departments, boards, commissions, etc., of;
also specific titles as follows: —
Agriculture, Department of.
Attorney Gerveral.
Auditor, State.

Banking and Insurance, Department of.
Civil Service and Registration, Department of.
Conservation, Department of.
Corporations and Taxation, Department of.
Correction, Department of.
Education, Department of.
Industrial Accidents, Department of.
Labor and Industries, Department of.
Mental Diseases, Department of.
Metropolitan District Commission.
Public Health, Department of.
Public Safety, Department of.
Public Utilities, Department of.
Public Welfare, Department of.
Public Works, Department of.
Secretary, State.
Treasurer, State.
Dependent children, laws relative to, continuation of investiga-
tion of ...... . Resolves 2, 16

appropriation .........

supplementary ........

mothers with, furnishing of aid to .
Dependents, policemen and firemen killed in performance of duty,

of, payment of compensation to .
Dillaway house, so-called, relocation, restoration, preservation
and maintenance by city of Boston ....

Diseased cattle, elimination from certain areas ....

Diseases, communicable, division of (see Public health, department
of),
mental, department of (see Mental diseases, department of).

115

32

426

32

381

182

1-6

241

1-3

291

1.2

123

1.2

748

Index.

Dissolution, corporations, certain, of .
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS:

in general:

appropriation .........

expenses of . . . . . . .

southern district, prisoners, certain, held in jail in Nantucket or
Dukes county, removal to a jail in Barnstable or Bristol
county, powers as to .
DISTRICT COURTS:
in general:

administrative committee of, appropriation
appellate divisions of, other than municipal court of city of
Boston, reports to, time for filing requests for, extended
clerks of, payments, certain, to, by county treasurers for pay-
ment of certain fees ......

reports to certain appellate divisions, requests for, filing
with . . . . . . _ .

justices of, special, services of certain, reimbursement of coun
ties, appropriation .....

deficiency .......

third, for certain, appointment of . . .

superior court, sitting in, compensation and expenses of
appropriation ......

supplementary ......

compensation of, established ....

procedure, certain, for expediting collection of debts, mad
applicable in . . . . .

recognizances for appearance before certain
special provisions for particular courts:

Boston, municipal court of the city of, chief justice and asso
ciate justices of, salaries of, established
representation of, on judicial council ...

Bristol, second and third district courts of, jurisdiction of
offences under act providing for protection of shellfish in
town of Westport
Dorchester district, municipal court of, office of second as
sistant clerk in, established .....

Hampshire, district court of, sittings of . . .

Middlesex, district court, fourth, of eastern, accommoda-
tions for, erection of building by city of Woburn for, etc
district court of central, remodeling of town house by town
of Concord for use of, borrowing of money by said town
for . . . . . . . .

district court, third, of eastern, accommodations for .
Newton, district court of, adequate accommodations for, pro
viding by Middlesex county commissioners .
DISTRICTS:

in general, army nurses in service of, certain, conferring of cer

tain retirement rights upon
fire, Lee Fire District, properties and obligations of, taking c
and assumption by town of Lee ....

Shelburne Falls Fire District, water from additional sources

taking by .
See also, infra, water,
metropolitan (see Metropolitan districts).

tuberculosis hospital, cities, certain, included within, establish
ment of status of ..... .

See also Middlesex county tuberculosis hospital district
Worcester county tuberculosis hospital district.
water, Bernardston Fire and Water District, established .

Fayville Fire and Water District, property, etc., of, purchase

and taking over of, by town of Southborough
Hadley Water Supply District, water loan authorized .
Millerville Fire and Water District, established .

Southborough Fire and Water District, establishment, etc.

South Seekonk Water District of Seekonk, established .
DIVISIONS, STATE DEPARTMENTS, OF:

See Commonwealth, departments, boards, commissions, etc., of;
Departments, state; and specific titles as follows: —
Accounts (see Corporations and Taxation, Department of).

Chap.
292

115
210

128

53

152

132

276

131
163

126

339

Item or
Section.

1-5

75-83
1. 2

115

55

54

1, 2

183

1

54

1, 2

115
426
144

52
Page 568

115

426 {
367

50-52

50, 51; 50,

Page 570

65
154

1, 2
1.2

415
142

1. 2

1, 2
1, 2

1-3

1-3
1-4

1-4

161

16

1-4

69

1, 2

93

1-14

133 {

2, 8, 12,
Part I

311

1.2

88

1-14

1-13,

133

Part II.

Part III

225

1-15

Index. 749

Item or
Chap. Section.

DIVISIONS, STATE DEPARTMENTS, OP— Concluded.

See Coininonw.'alth, dop irtmonts, bo:ird-;, commissions, etc., of;
Departments, state; and specific titles as follows — Con-
cluded.
Aid and Relief (see Public Welfare, Department of).
Animal Industry (see Conservation, Department of).
Banks and Loan Agencies (see Banking and Insurance, De-
partment of).
Blind (see Education, Department of).
Child Guardianship (see Public Welfare, Department of).
Civil Service (see Civil Service and Registration, Depart-
ment of).
Dairying and Animal Husbandry (see Agriculture, Depart-
ment of).
Fire Prevention (see Public Safety, Department of).
Fisheries and Game (see Conservation, Department of).
Forestry (see Conservation, Department of)-
Immigration and Americanization (see Education, Depart-
ment of).
Income Tax (see Corporations and Taxation, Department of).
Inspection (see Public Safety, Department of).
Insurance (see Banking and Insurance, Department of).
Juvenile Training (see Public Welfare, Department of).
Libraries, Public (see Education, Department of).
Markets (see Agriculture, Department of).
Necessaries of Life (see Labor and Industries, Department of).
Ornithologj' (see Agriculture, Department of).
Plant Pest Control (see Agriculture, Department of).
Reclamation, Soil Survey and Fairs (see Agriculture, Depart-
ment of).
Registration (see Civil Service and Registration, Department

of).
Savings Bank Life Insurance (see Banking and Insurance,

Department of).
Securities (see Public Utilities, Department of).
Smoke Inspection (see Public Utilities, Department of).
Standards (see Labor and Industries, Department of).
State Police (see Public Safety, Department of).
Doane's Falls reservation, establishment of . . . . 334 1-5

Docks, piers, wharves, etc., maintenance by cities and towns . lG-1
Doliber, Benjamin F., 2nd, reinstatement of, as member of police

department of town of Marblehead .... 378 1, 2

Domestic corporations (see Corporations).
Doorkeepers (see General court).

Dorchester, brook, storm and sewage overflows and drainage dis-
charging into, investigation as to . . Resolve
appropriation .........

district of city of Boston, municipal court of, office of second
assistant clerk in, established .....

Drills, firearms, with, by certain war veterans' organizations .
Drugs, food and, inspection in department of public health, appro-
priation .........

supplementary ........

habit-forming, prevalence of addiction to, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve

appropriation ........

Ducks (see Birds).
DUKES COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance of, etc. ..... 245 1, 2

highway in towns of West Tisbury and Chilmark, construction
of, contribution toward cost of, borrowing of money for,

by 122 1, 2

prisoners, certain, held in jail in, removal to a jail in Barnstable
or Bristol county ......

tax le^-y .........

Tisbury Great Pond in, leasing of, for cultivation of fish .
Duxbury, town of (see Cities and towns).
Dwelling houses, burning of, etc., penalties for . . . . 382

Dynamite (see Explosives and inflammable fluids).
Dzieciatko, Stefan, heirs of, payment of sum of money to Consu-
late General of Poland at New York for transmission
to ....... . Resolve 25

appropriation ......... 426 751o

29

426

32c

152

72

1. 2

115
426

615, 616
616

36

426

32f

128

1, 2

245

2

135

1. 2

750 Index.

-^' Item or

Chap. Section.

Eames Ministerial Fund in HoUiston, Trustees of the, change

of name of, and manner of electing members thereof . 216 1, 2

East Boston, pier one at, appropriation . . .115 704

state land in, additional leases of, to city of Boston for airport

purposes ....... Resolve 53

waterfront of, parkway or boulevard along, construction of, in-
vestigation relative to .... Resolve 52

Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, Revere Beach
parkway, overpass or underpass on, at its junction with
Broadway in city of Revere, construction of, contribu-
tion to cost of, by . . . . . . . 420 11

Eastern Nazarene College, Trustees for, degree of Bachelor of

Arts, granting by ...... . 108

Eastern States Industrial and Agricultural Exposition, public
demonstration, during tercentenary observances, of forms,
activities, accomplishments and fields of operation of ex-
ecutive and administrative work of the government of
the commonwealth, holding of, in city of Springfield by
arrangement with ..... Resolve 18

East Providence, state of Rhode Island, in, contract with, by South

Seekonk Water District of Seekonk for water supply, etc. 225 2

Education, crippled children, of ...... 368

See also Degrees; Schools.

Educational corporations, property holding powers of . .38

Educational opportunities, higher, providing of, for children of

Alassachusetts men who died in military or naval service

of United States during world war, or as a result of such

service .........

appropriation .........

EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, appropriation .......

deficiency .........

supplementary ........

crippled children, education of, powers and duties as to
teachers in state normal schools, certain, granting to, of leave
of absence for study or research, powers and duties as to
transportation of high school pupils, powers as to
world war, children of Massachusetts men who died in mili-
tary or naval service of United States during, or as a
result of such service, providing of higher educational
opportunities for, powers and duties as to .
appropriation ........

board, teachers' retirement, appropriation
See also Retirement systems and pensions.
commissioner, state normal schools, certain teachers in, leave

of absence for study or research, granting to, by . . 158

divisions of:

blind, appropriation ......

deficiency .......

supplementary ......

immigration and Americanization, appropriation .
libraries, public, appropriation ....

Eldridge, Roswell, payment by commonwealth of sum of money

to, on account of certain injuries sustained . Resolve

appropriation .........

Election ofhcers (see Elections).
ELECTIONS:

absentee voting, appropriation ......

appropriation .........

Attleboro, preliminary elections for nomination of candidates
for elective municipal office in .... .

ballot boxes, additional, use in towns .....

ballot law commission, appropriation .....

ballots, preparing, printing and distribution of, appropriation .
Cambridge, listing of voters in ..... .

candidates, statements of expenses, filing by .
corrupt practices, statements of expenses incurred by candi-
dates, filing of ....... .

Danvers, representative town meetings, etc., in . . .

districts, senatorial, representative and councillor, apportion-
ment of, proposed amendment to constitution relative to
election officers, statements by, as to state of polls at elections

and primaries ........ 204 1-3

263
426

1-4
352a

115

115

426
368

317-382
Page 135
320-355

158

48

263
426
115

1-4

352a

349, 350

115
115
426
115
115

342-348

Page 135

348

338, 339

340, 341

39
426

751g

115
115

205
201-206

234
63
115
115
390
36

160, 161
201
1,2

36
294

1-15

Pages

608,614

Index.

751

ELECTIONS — Concluded.

Everett, biennial nninicipai elections in, provision for
expenses incurred by candidates, filing of statements of .
Fairhaven, representative town meetings, etc., in .
flag, national, display at polling places ....

Medford, biennial municipal elections in, to be held in odd

numbered years and date of said elections established
nomination of candidates, expenses of candidates, filing of state
ments of ....... .

nomination papers, by, time for filing, bj' all candidates for
ofTices to be filled at a state election
Northampton, biennial municipal elections in, date of, changed
Pittsfield, biennial municipal elections in, date of, changed
polling places, display of national flag at ...

polls, state of, at elections and primaries, statements as to
making by election officers .....

primaries, special, sessions of registrars of voters prior to .

state of polls at, statements as to, making by election officers

registration of voters, sessions of registrars for, prior to special

primaries ........

time of ........ .

Revere, listing of voters in .

Somerville, board of aldermen and school committee of, election

of members of .
state, nomination papers of candidates for offices to be filled at
time for filing of ......

state of polls at, statements as to, making by election officers
Taunton, nomination of candidates at preliminary elections or
caucuses in .......

voters, registration of, cessation of ....

prior to special primaries .....

votescast for candidates, etc., number of, public announcement of

voting lists, dividing of, in towns in which additional ballot

boxes are used .......

Westfield, biennial municipal elections in, to be held in odd
numbered years instead of even-numbered years .
Electric companies (see Gas and electric companies).
Electricians, state examiners of (see Civil service and registration,

department of).
Electricity, purchase of, by electric companies, contracts for, ap-
proval by department of public utilities
supply of, in bulk, compulsory ......

See also Gas and electric companies; Municipal lighting plants.
Elevator regulations, board of (see Public safety, department of).
Embalming, board of registration in (see Civil service and reg-
istration, department of).
Emergency law, certain act declared by governor to be a
E. M. Loew's, Inc., revived .......

Employees, commonwealth, of (see Commonwealth, officers and
employees of),
counties, of (see Counties).

injured, compensation for (see Workmen's compensation law),
municipal (see Municipal officers and employees),
public, compensation for injuries sustained by, appropriation .
supplementary ........

EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES:

co-operative shoe shops, so-called, in, general question of rela-
tion of, study and investigation of . . Resolve
appropriation ........

injuries received by any employee while operating or using a
motor or other vehicle with general authorization or
approval of emploj-er, payment of compensation under
workmen's compensation law for .....

Employment, classified labor service of cities and towns, in, giv-
ing of preference in, to persons with dependents .
offices, state, free, appropriation ...
seamen, of, intelligence offices providing information relative
to, licensing of .
Endowment Committee of the First Congregational Church
of Holliston, name of Trustees of the Eames Ministerial
Fund in Holliston changed to, etc. ....

English speaking classes, adults, for, appropriation .
Entering, unlawful, of places where poultry is kept, penalty for
Entries, book, etc., made in course of business, admissibility in
evidence .........

Chap.

361
36

285
149

279

36

Item or
Section.

1-6
1-15

63
103

342
383

Page 614
4

115
426

30
426

205

111
115

117

1-4

114
104
173
149

1, 2
1. 2

204
113
204

1-3
1-3

113
326

42

1. 2

50

1, 2

114
204

1-3

187
326
113
204

1-3
1. 2

1-3

1-3

744

744

434a

422, 429

216

1.2

115

333-335

185

87

1.2

245
147
426
245

1. 2

275a
2

213
301

1-3

1, 2

335

1-4

237
301

1, 2

752 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

Episcopal Society in Cambridge, relative to . . . . 29
Equitable Co-operative Bank, investment by, of additional sum
of money in real estate in city of Lynn for banking pur-
poses 312 1, 2

Equity jurisdiction, supreme judicial court for Suffolk county, of,
insurance companies, domestic, issuing policies of work-
men's compensation insurance, deposits by, in trust to
secure satisfaction of claims thereunder, law requiring,
to enforce . . . . . . . . .129 2

supreme judicial and superior courts, of, foreign charitable cor-
porations, registration of and reports by certain, law re-
quiring, to enforce ....... 170 2

grade crossings, abolition of, as to . . . . . 417 10

supreme judicial court, of, Dedham Water Company, franchise,
property, etc., of, purchase by town of Westwood, in con-
nection with ........ 248 5, Part I

ESSEX COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance of, etc. .....

Parker river in, construction of fish ways on .

appropriation . . . . . . . .

tax levy ..........

ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS:

appraisal of .........

estate tax, refunds in connection with .....

refunding of contributions of members and prospective members

of state retirement association in case of their decease .

wards, burial expenses of, certain deposits of money to provide

for, disposition of balance of .... .

Estate tax, refunds in connection with f . . . .

Everett, city of (see Cities and towns).

Evidence, entries made in course of business, admissibility in .87 1, 2

reports of official examinations, admissibility as, in certain judi-
cial proceedings relating to insurance companies, fraternal

benefit societies and savings and insurance banks . . 79 1-3

Excavators, power, inclusion within certain provisions of motor

vehicle laws ........ 332 1-6

f 220 13

244 1-4

, 416 15

See also Taxation.
Executive council, salaries and expenses, appropriation . . 115 93,95,97

See also Governor and council.
Executive department, appropriation . . . . 115 91-102

See also Executive council; Governor; Governor and council.
Executors and administrators, inventories of, appraisers of prop-
erty comprised in, appointment, etc. .... 213 1-3

wards, of, payment to, of money deposited by certain guardians

and con.servators for burial expenses of said wards . . 237

Explosives and inflammable fluids, inspectors of petroleum, ap-
pointment, powers, duties, etc. ..... 399 1, Subs. 18

keeping, use, manufacture, sale, etc., of . . . . . 399 i 9-94*35-55

See also Infernal machines.
Extradition, fugitives from justice, of, investigation relative to, by

judicial council ...... Resolve 6

proceedings, expenses incurred in, certain, payment of . . 210 1, 2

F.

Fairhaven, town of (.sec Cities and town.';).

Fairs, reclamation, soil survey and, division of (see Agriculture,

department of).
Fall River, city of (see Cities and towns).
Falmouth, town of (see Cities and towns).
False impersonation, examiners or investigators appointed by

registrar of motor vehicles, of, penalty for ... 21
Farms (.see Gardens).
Farm, state (see State farm).
Fayville Fire and Water District, property, etc., of, purchase and 1 ^^3! 2, 8, 12,

taking over of, by town of Southborough . . . J \ Part I

Excise tax, motor vehicles, registered, on . . . . . ■) 244 1-4

Index.

753

FEES:

corporations, dissolved by statute, revival of
crabs, licenses to take, etc.
credit unions, examination of, for .
deeds, registers of, of ... .

fire prevention, cost of, as source of revenue to cover, investiga

tion as to .
gunning stands or blinds, registration of .
medical examiners, of, appropriation
mittimuses, service of .
motor vehicles, cancellation of registration of, rebates in connec
tion with .....

transfer of registration of, reduced
naturalization, disposition by clerks of courts
notary public or justice of the peace, commission as, for, in

creased in certain cases
parking spaces, open-air, licenses for
petroleum, inspections of . . .

physicians, of, appearing before department of industrial acci

dents on behalf of injured employees
plumbers' licenses, deferred renewal of
registers of deeds, of .
sporting and trapping licenses
tax appeals, board of, proceedings of
Femald, Walter E., state school, appropriation
supplementary ....

Fiduciaries (see Guardians and conservators).

Fife, R. A., Corporation, claim, certain, of, for bleachers furnished

for Lynn stadium, payment by city of Lynn .
Finance, cities, towns and districts, of (see Municipal finance),
commonwealth, of (see State finance),
counties, of (see County finance).
Finance, administration and, commission on (see Administra-
tion and finance, commission on).
Fines, penalties and forfeitures, fish and game laws, under, dis-
position of ........

Firearms, discharging of, upon state highway or within fifty yards
thereof for purpose of hunting, etc., penalty .
drilling and parading with, by certain war veterans' organizations
FIRE DEPARTMENTS:

in general, chiefs of, permits for setting of fires in open air, grant-
ing by ........ .

engines and apparatus of, etc., inclusion within certain pro-
visions of motor vehicle laws .....

firemen killed in performance of duty, payment of compensa-
tion to dependents of .
heads of, powers and duties as to uniform system of fire pre-
vention throughout commonwealth ....

pensioning of firemen in certain cities .....

promotion in, physical requirements for . .

uniforms for members of, purchase of, appropriations by cities
and towns for ........

Boston, Kelley, Michael, reinstatement of, as member of .

Toner, Alfred P., reinstatement of, as member of .
Weymouth, Hunt, John Quincy, late chief of, dependents of, pay-
ment of compensation to .
Fire districts (see Districts).

Fire engines and apparatus, inclusion within certain provisions of
motor vehicle laws .......

Fire insurance (.see Insurance).

Fire marshal, state (see Public safety, department of).

Firemen, claims arising from deaths of, appropriation

killed in performance of duty, payment of compensation to de-
pendents of ....... .

pensioning of, in certain cities ......

See also Fire departments.
Firemen's relief, commissioners on, appropriation

no payments by, on account of death of member of fire depart-
ment of any city or town in respect to which compensation
is payable under other provisions of law
Fire prevention, division of (see Public safety, department of).

uniform system of, throughout commonwealth
Fires, forest, patrol of forests for prevention of ... .

open air, in, setting of ... . ....

See also Arson.

Chap.

45
414
180
253

399
393
115
370

272
391
331

212
399
399

330
397
253
393
416
115
426

156

101

393

72

401

352

332

115

182

399
309
401

Item or
Section.

1

1-3

6

2, Subs. 134

207

1, Subs. 56
1, Subs. 18

1, 2
1-3

2, Subs. 8

1, Subs. 7, 12

519-526

524a

1, 2

1, 2
2, Subs. 101

332
/ 182
\ 241

1-6
1-6
1,3

399

70

423

1, 4, 7

351
323
322

1, 2
1, 2

1, 2

1-6

115

747

182

1-6

241

1. 3

70

211, 212

3

1-7
1. 2

754 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

Fire warden, state (see Conservation, department of).
Fireworks (see Explosives and inflammable fluids).
First Congregational Church of Holliston, members of, to elect
trustees of Endowment Committee of the First Congre-
gational Church of Holliston 216 2

First Universal Christian Society in Shirley (otherwise called
First Universalist Society of Shirley), consolidation of,
and certa-'n other corporaticns ..... 76 1-5

FISH AND FISHERIES:

bass, black, taking, etc. .......

crabs, taking, etc. . . . . _ . _ . . _ .

fines, penalties and forfeitures recovered in certain prosecutions

under laws relative to fisheries, etc., disposition of

flounders, taldng of, in certain waters of Cape Cod bay, regulated

Gloucester, city of, fish pier in, construction by commonwealth,

investigation relative to advisability of . Resolve

appropriation . _ . . . . . . .

laws relative to game and inland fish, revision and recodifica-
tion of ........ .

licenses to fish and to hunt .......

marine fish and fisheries, including shellfish, laws relating to,

survey and revision of, by special commission Resolve

appropriation ........

Parker river in Essex county, construction of fish ways on

appropriation ........

393 2,

414

Subs. 56, 67

1

101

41

1, 2

32
426

32d

393
393 2,

, Subs.

1-3
5-13

28
426
147
426

32b
275a

perch, taking, etc. ........ 393

2, Subs. 56,
64, 65, 68
2. Subs. 56,
02, 63

pickerel, taking, etc. ........ 393

pike, great northern, or muscallonge, taking, etc. . . . 393 2, Subs. 56, 66

pout, horned, taking, etc. ....... 393 2, Subs. 56, 68

salmon, taking, etc. ........ 393 2, Subs. 61

shellfish, laws relating to, survey and revision of . Resolve 28

appropriation ........ 426 32b

purification of, taken from contaminated areas, plants for,

approval of ....... . 235

Westport, town of, in, protection of . . . . .53 1-7

Tisbury Great Pond, leasing of, for cultivation of fish . . 135 1, 2

trout, taking, etc 393 2, Subs. 56-60

Fisheries and game, division of (see Conservation, department of).
Fitchburg, city of (see Cities and towns).

normal school, appropriation . . . . . .115 358-360

Fitzgerald, Myrtie M., claim of, on account of payment of certain

income tax, investigation of . . . Resolve 67

Flag, national, display at polling places ..... 149

Flounders, taking of, in certain waters of Cape Cod Bay regulated 41
Food, drugs, and, inspection in department of public health, appro-
priation ......... 115 615, 616

supplementary ........ 426 616

sausages and sausage meat, manufacture and sale of . . 318

Fore River bridge, new bridge over Weymouth Fore river to re-
place, construction of, investigation as to . Resolve 63
appropriation ......... 426 32o, Page 570

Forest fires (see Forests and forestry).

Forestry, division of (see Conservation, department of).

FORESTS AND FORESTRY:

cigarettes and cigars, lighted, etc., throwing upon forest land,
etc., penalty ........

fire patrol, appropriation .......

fires, patrol of forests for prevention of .

forest wardens, duties of, as to patrol of forests for prevention
of fires therein ........

fires in open air, setting of, permits for, granting by
state forests, lands for, purchase, etc. .....

Mount Grace state forest, maintenance of, appropriation
October mountain state forest, certain unnamed eminence in,
name of Walling mountain established for . Resolve
planting, purchasing, etc., appropriation ....

Savoy state forest, certain unnamed eminence in, name of
Borden mountain established for . . . Resolve

Forfeiture, infernal machines, etc., of .

See also Fines, penalties and forfeitures.
Fort Point channel, filling in part of, further investigation as

to Resolve 29

appropriation ......... 426 3i

Fowl (see Poultry).

399
115
309

1, Subs. 54
263

309
401
274
115

1

261

5
115

258-261

5
317

Index.

755

Poxborough state hospital, appropriation ....

deficiency .........

Framingham, normal sohool, appropriation ....

town of (see Cities and towns).
FRANKLIN COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenanee of, etc. .....

industrial accidents occurring in, or employees living therein,
hearings by reviewing board in department of in lustrial
accidents relating to, holding of, in city of Springfield
tax levy ..........

Fraternal and civic organizations, parades with music on Lord's

day by, during current year, permitted . Resolve

Fraternal Benefit Association of St. Stanislaw Kostka Church

of Adams, Massachusetts, real estate, authorized to

hold, and confirmntion of tit'e to its present holdings

FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES:

e.xamination of and certain proceedings against, etc. .

re'ative to ......... .

reports of official examinations, admissibility in evidence of cer-
tain, in certain judicial proceedings relating to
See also Fraternal Benefit Association of St. Stanislaw Kostka
Church of Adams, Massachusetts; Independent Slovak
Roman and Greek Catholic St. Stephen's Society of West-
field; Italian Society of Mutual Relief and Benevolence,
Humbert II of Marlboro', Massachusetts, Incorporated;
Newton Police Benefit Association, Incorporated; Portu-
guese Continental Union of the United States of America;
Society of Mutual Aid of Roccadevandro, Italy; Worces-
ter Firemen's Relief Association.
Free employment offices, appropriation .....

Fuel, plants and furnaces for burning, etc., relative to, as affecting
emission of smoke .......

Fuel administrator, emergency, director of division on necessaries

of life to act as, designation by governor, etc. .
Fugitives from justice, extradition of, certain expenses incurred in,
payment of ....... .

interstate rendition and extradition of, investigation relative to,
by judicial council ..... Resolve

Funerals (see Burials).

Fur-bearing animals, capture of, use of traps, etc., foi, initiative
petition relative to . . . . .

Furnace Brook parkway, Quincy, in, extension of, taking of land
for, etc. .........

Furnaces, burning fuel and waste material, for, relative to, as affect-
ing emission of smoke ...

Chap.

Item or
Section.

115
115
115

455-461
Page 135
361, 362

245

224
245

61

307

31
31

79

1. 2

1-3

1-4
1-4

115 422,429

412 1, 2

410 3, Subs. 9 H

210 1, 2
6

Page 612

420 21, 23, 25

412 1, 2

G.

GAME:

in general, fines, penalties and forfeitures recovered in certain
prosecutions under laws relative to, etc., disposition of
gunning stands or blinds, registration, etc. ....

laws relating to game and inland fish, revision and recodifica-
tion of ........ .

wild life sanctuaries, future policy of commonwealth as to
establishment and maintenance of, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve

animals, deer, damages caused by, payment by commonwealth
of .
appropriation
hunting, etc. .......

bow and arrow, with ......

fur-bearing, capture of, use of traps, etc., for, initiative peti

tion relative to .
moose, damages caused by, appropriation
birds, grain, placing of, upon shores, etc., for purpose of taking
or killing, penality ......

hunting, possession, etc., of .... .

Game, fisheries and, division of (see Conservation, department of)
Garages, licenses and permits for .....

Gardens, private, work in or about, etc., on Lord's day, authorized
Gardner state colony, appropriation . ...

Garrett, Oliver B., matters dealing with service of, etc., as member
of police department of city of Boston, investigation of,
by attorney general ..... Resolves

101 1, 2

393 2, Subs. 134

393

50

1-3

393 2, Subs. 113
115 274
393 2, Subs. 108,
109
393 2, Subs. 109

Page
115

612

274

193
193

1
1, 2

399
179
115

1,

Subs. 13
462-468

4.13

756

Index.

Gas, purchase of, by gas companies, contracts for, approval by depart-
ment of public utilities ......

supply of, in bulk, compulsory ......

GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANIES:

in general, contracts, certain, of, approval by department of pub-
lic utilities . . . . . .

corporations and others affiliated with, examination by depart-
ment of public utilities ......

supply of gas and electricity in bulk, compulsory, by
Gas and electric plants, municipal, sale of, further restricted

supply of gas and electricity in bulk, compulsory, by
Gasoline (see Explosives and inflammable fluids).
Gately, Olive P., claim of, against city of Boston, relative to pay-
ment of ........ .

Geese, wild, (see Wild birds).
GENERAL COURT:

in general, acts and resolves, number passed by .
appropriations by (see Appropriations; State finance),
bulletin of committee hearings, appropriation
chaplains, appropriation .....

clerks, appropriation .....

assistant, appropriation .....

committees, expenses, appropriation .

supplementary ......

contingent expenses, appropriation

supplementary ......

counsel to, appropriation .....

supplementary ......

General Laws, new edition of, publication of, powers and
duties as to . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation ......

special legislation, avoidance of, duties as to
doorkeepers and assistant doorkeepers, appropriation

supplementary ......

powers and duties of, extended

salaries of, established .....

extra session of, in current year, statement as to .
general court officers, messengers to be known as, and exten
sion of their powers and duties
salaries of, established .....

hearings, advertising, appropriation .

bulletin of, appropriation . . .

legislative document room, clerks, appropriation .
supplementary ......

salaries of, established .....

members, civil service rules and regulations and changes
therein, hearings relative to, notice of, sendmg to
compensation of, appropriation

supplementary .....

criminal offences committed against, etc., powers of gen
eral court officers as to
messengers, appropriation .....

supplementary ......

general court officers, to be known as, and extension of thei
powers and duties .....

pages, appropriation .....

supplementary ......

salaries of, established .....

postmaster, appropriation .....

supplementary ......

printing, binding and paper, appropriation .

supplementary ......

prorogation of, statement as to .
sergeant-at-arms, powers and duties of, extended
salary, clerical assistance, etc., appropriation

supplementary .....

salary, establishment of .
special legislation, avoidance of, relative to .
stationery, appropriation .....
tercentenary of first general court in Massachusetts, observ

ance of, appropriation .

traveling expenses, appropriation
vetoes of acts passed by .

Chap.

Item or
Section.

342
383

/342

1396

395
383
369
383

1, 2

359

Page 614

115

25

115

17

115

5, 7, 8

115

6

115

20-23. 27

426

22, 22a, 27

115

31

426

31

115

18,

19, 28, 30

426

19

58

426

31d

6

1

115

11-13

426

! 12

, 13, Page
572

389

1

424

2, 3

Page

7i:

389

1-4

424

2,3

115

23

115

25

115

15

426

15,

Page 573

424

2, 3

227

115

1-4

386

la, 3a

389 1

115 11, 13
426 13, Page 572

389
115
426
424
115
426
115
426

1-4

11, 14

14. Page 573

2, 3

12

12, Page 572

24

24

Page 615

389

115

4

126 I

424

6

115

9-16, 31

9-16, Pages

572, 573

1, 3

1. 2

26, 29

426 31a
115 2,4,11,22
Page 614

Chap.

Item or

Section.

46
115
424
115

5,6
2,3
5, 6

47
426

31c

Pages 618-708

6

58
426

1, 2
31d

27
426

751e

Index. 757

GENERAL COURT — Confluded.

house of representatives, Brainerd, Frank A., former mem-
ber of present, widow of, payment by commonwealth of
compensation to ..... Resolve

clerk and assistant clerk of, salaries, appropriation

porter in lobby of, salary of, established ....

senate, clerk and assistant clerk of, salaries, appropriation
Horton, Edward A., D.D., Reverend, chaplain emeritus of,
portrait of, procuring of, and placing thereof in a room
assigned to use of senate .... Resolve

appropriation ........

General court officers (see General court).

General Laws, changes in, table of ..... .

changes in or additions to, to avoid necessity of special legislation,

making of recommendations for, by certain officials, etc. .

new edition of, and index, provision for . . . Resolve

appropriation .........

George, Essaf, heirs of, payment by commonwealth of sum of
money to . . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation .........

George H. Ward Post No. 10 Grand Army of the Republic,
Department of Massachusetts, property, certain, of,
taking over, maintenance and management of, by city

of Worcester 282 1-6

Georgetown, town of (see Cities and towns).

George Washington Bicentennial Commission, establishment,

etc. ........ Resolve 62

appropriation ......... 426 32n, Page 570

Girls, industrial school for, appropriation . . . . .115 581

parole of, department of public welfare, appropriation . .115 577, 578

Gloucester, city of (see Cities and towns).

Goldberg, Morris M., acts as a notary public validated Resolve 3
Gold star record of Massachusetts in world war, distribution

of ....... . Resolve 8

Goodwin, Arnold A., payment by commonwealth of sum of money

to, on account of certain injuries sustained . Resolve 39
appropriation ......... 426 751g

GOVERNOR:

in general, act, certain, declared to be emergency law by . Page 614

budget of, general appropriation acts based on . . . i ^26 1-4

salary and expenses, appropriation ..... 115 91, 96, 97

vetoes by ......... Page 614

appointments by, boxing and wrestling, professional, special
commission to investigate relative to, three members
of ....... . Resolve 43

bridges on main through routes of travel, taking over and
maintenance of, by commonwealth and construction of
certain bridges, special commission to investigate relative
to, four members of . . . . . Resolve 63

district courts, third special justices for certain . _ . . 144

drugs, habit-forming, prevalence of addiction to, special com-
mission to investigate relative to, members of Resolve 36

George Washington Bicentennial Commission, members

of Resolve 62

marine fish and fisheries, laws relating to, special commission

to survey and revise, two members of . . Resolve 28

Massachusetts War Memorial Investigating Commission, five
members of ....... .

Metropolitan state hospital, trustees of ... .

Mount Greylock War Memorial Commission, two members of

public demonstration, during tercentenary observances, of
forms, activities, accomplishments and fields of operation
of executive and administrative work of the government
of the commonwealth, special commission to provide,
members of ..... . Resolve 18

representative town meeting system, operation of, and estab-
lishment of standard forms thereof, special commission
to investigate as to, three members of . . Resolve 44

retirement allowances for employees of commonwealth and of
metropolitan district commission, special commission to
investigate subject of, members of . . Resolve 49

smoke inspection, division of, members of advisory council of . 380

supreme judicial court, land court, reporter of decisions and
others, accommodations and facilities for housing, special
commission to study and report upon, five members
of ....... . Resolve 54

411

3

403

5

411

1

758 Index.

Item or

Chap. Section.

GOVERNOR— Concluded.

appointments by, tax appeals, board of, members of . . 416 1, Subs. 1

ta.xation, laws relative to, special commission to investigate

proposed changes in, etc., three members of . Resolve 57
powers and duties, Massachusetts Agricultural College, certain
land and rights in land of, conveyance to Amherst Water
Company, approval by ... . Resolve 7

Metropolitan state hospital, reception of patients at, time for,

to be fi.xed by proclamation of . . . . . 403 4

Mount Greylock, war memorial on summit of, construction of,

as to 411 1,2

necessaries of life, director of division on, to act as emergency

fuel administrator, designation of . .... 410 3, Subs. 9 H

smoke inspection, division of, director of, removal by . . 380 1

See also Governor and council.
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL:

in general, salaries and expenses, appropriation . . . 115 j g^ nj

powers and duties, Bennington battlefield on Woloomsac
heights in state of New York, monument on, erection by
art commission, approval by . . . Resolve 9

cattle, diseased, elimination from certain areas, rules and regu-
lations as to, approval by . . . . . . 123 1

civil service rules and regulations and changes therein, hearings

relative to, before submission for approval by . . 227

classification of county salaries and positions, as to . . 400 5, Subs. 56

colony charter, coming of John Winthrop and his associates
with, in year 1630, tablet commemorating, placing of, in
state house, etc., approval by . . . Resolve 42

East Boston, state land in, additional leases of, to city of Bos-
ton for airport purposes, approval by . . Resolve 53
industrial accident board, salaries of members of, to fix . . 373 1
Medfield, town of, purchase of water from commonwealth by,

as to ......... 364 1

mental diseases, commissioner of, salary of, to fix . . . 376 1

Provincetown, town of, tract of state land in, conveyance to

United States, approval by ..... 386

public welfare, conmiissioner of, salary of, to fix . . . 374 1

Sandwich, town of, certain state land in, conveyance to county

of Barnstable, approval by . . . . . . 358

smoke inspection, division of, director of, appointment and

removal of, approval by ..... . 380 1

state highways, contracts for construction of, certain, making
by department of public works in anticipation of appro-
priations, approval by ...... 5

tax appeals, board of, as to . . . . . . 416 1, Subs. 3, 5

Governor's council (see Governor and council).

Governor square in Boston, crossing at grade at, by street railway

cars using Boylston street subway, elimination of . . 394 1—1

Grade crossings, abolition of ...... . 417 1-14

Stony Brook, on Boston Post road in town of Weston, abolition of 356 1-5

Graders, power, inclusion within certain provisions of motor veliicle

laws 332 1-6

Grafton state hospital appropriation . . . .115 469-473

supplementary ........ 426 409a

Grain, placing, etc., of, upon shores, etc., for purpose of taking or

killing a wild bird, penalty ..... 193 1

Grain elevator, construction of, on harbor-front property of com-
monwealth at South Boston, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve 37

Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Massachusetts,
George H. Ward Post No. 10, property, certain, of, tak-
ing over, maintenance and management of, by city of

Worcester 282 1-6

exemption of, from provisions of law requiring registration of

and filing of reports by foreign charitable corporations .170 2

firearms, drilling and parading with, by posts of . . .72

Grand Island, bridge connecting Dead Neck beach with, in town
of Barnstable, construction and maintenance by Oyster

Harbor, Inc S2 1,2

Grant, John F., parents of, payment by commonwealth of sum of

money to . . . . . . . Resolve 40

appropriation ......... 426 751h

Greeley, Alice M., payment of sum of money to, by town of Stone-
ham 25 1, 2

Index. 759

Item or
Chap. Section.

Greene, Chesterfield H., arts as a notary public validated Resolve 3
Greenfield, town of (sec Cities and towns).
Green Harbor, dredging and filling certain shore areas in town of

Marshfield for purpose of improving, etc. . . . 199 1,2

Gregoire, Gedeon, refund to, by town of Southbridge of an over-

af^.^ossnient of taxes ....... 119 1, 2

Greylcck, Mount, building located on, and destroyed by fire, sum
received for insurance on, payment to Berkshire
county ....... Resolve 69

appropriation . . . . . . . . . 426 750a, Page 572

memorial beacon on summit of, in memory of Massachusetts
men and women who have served their country in time of
war, construction of . . . . . . .411 1,2

appropriation ......... 426 15Sb, Page 572

reservation commission, chairman of, to be member of Mount

Greylock War Memorial Commission .... 411 1

Groton School, Trustees of, additional property, holding by . 165
Grove, Lawrence R., assistant clerk of house of representatives,

salarj', appropriation ....... 115 6

Guardians and conservators, burial expenses of wards of, author-
ization to make provision for ..... 237

sale of real estate by, license and application for, to state whether

■ward is married or single ...... 138 1, 2

United States veterans' bureau, Certain beneficiaries of, of,

appointment of, etc., relative to . . . . . 384 1—5

Guenther, Bertha M., payment by commonwealth of an annuity

to . . . . . . . . Resolve 41

Guests, distinguished, municipal expenditures for entertainment of,

etc 277

Gunning stands or blinds, registration, etc. .... 393 2, Subs. 134
Giuipowder (see Explosives and inflammable fluids).

H.

Hackney stands and hackney carriages, Boston, city of, in, regu-
lation and limitation of ..... . 392 1-10

Hadley, to^vn of (see Cities and towns).

Water Supply District, water loan authorized . . . . 311 1,2

HAMPDEN COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance of, etc. ..... 245 1, 2

Hampden Railroad Corporation, The, highway bridges over
former location of, in towns of Palmer and Ludlow, re-
moval of, payment of part of cost of, by, etc. . . . 388 1—3

industrial accidents occurring in, or employees living therein,
hearings by reviewing board in department of industrial
accidents relating to, holding of, in city of Springfield . 224
probate court, sessions of, in . . . . . . .112 1,2

tax levy 245 2

Hampden Raih'oad Corporation, The, highway bridges over

former location of, in certain towns, removal of, etc. . . 388 1-3

appropriation ......... 426 686a, Page 571

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance of, etc. ..... 245 1, 2

county sanatorium, care and treatment of Winifred Haskins at,
partial reimbursement by commonwealth of town of Savoy
for money expended in ... . Resolve 31

court house accommodations in city of Northampton, providing
of adequate, increase of amount that may be borrowed
for, by ......... 9

district court of Hampshire, sittings of . . . . . 132 1,2

Hampden Railroad Corporation, The, highway bridges over
former location of, in town of Belchertown, removal of,
payment of part of cost of, by, etc. .... 388 1-3

industrial accidents occurring in, or employees living therein,
hearings by reviewing board in department of industrial
accidents relating to, holding of, in city of Springfield . 224

tax levy 245 2

Hanover, town of (see Cities and towns).

Harbor lines, Charles river, southerly side of, on, at Charlestown

bridge in city of Boston, relocation of certain . . . 239 1, 2

pipe lines, conduits and cables beyond established, licensing of .99 1,2

Harbors (see Waters and waterways).
Harbor View cemetery, acquisition by town of Marblehead for

public cemetery purposes . . . . . .80 1, 2

760

Index.

Harvard bridge, highway to begin at Beacon and Hereford streets
in city of Boston and to pass on a fill in Charles river
basin under, etc., construction of, investigation rela-
tive to ...... . Resolve

Harwich, town of (see Cities and towns).

Haskins, Winifred, care and treatment of, at Hampshire County

Sanatoriuip, partial reimbursement by commonwealth of

town of Savoy for money expended in . . Resolve

Hayden, Irving N., assistant clerk of senate, salary, appropriation .

Health, insurance (see Insurance).

local boards of, mosquitoes, eradication by certain, municipal
appropriations for .......

public, department of (see Public health, department of).
Hearings, legislative, appropriation ......

supplementary ........

Heating and power plants, relative to, as affecting emission of
smoke .........

Hens (see Poultry).
High schools (see Schools, public).
Highways (see Ways).

Hingham, bay, sanitary condition of, improvement of, by construc-
tion of embankment from Squantum to town of Hull, and
construction of roadway on such embankment, investi-
gation as to . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation . . . . . .

harbor, motor and other boats in, regulation of speed of

motor boats in, noise from, relative to .
town of (see Cities and towns).
Historic places, signs and markers at, erection by department of
public works ...... Resolve

Holding corporations, securities issued by certain, subjected to the
sale of securities act .......

Holliston, town of (see Cities and towns).

Holmes, Arthur B., acts as a notary public validated . Resolve
Holyoke, city of (see Cities and towns).

Hopkins Academy, Trustees of, real and personal estate, additional,
holding by ........

Hopkins, Giles E., payment by commonwealth of sum of money to,

on account of certain injuries sustained . . Resolve

appropriation .........

Horton, Edward A., D.D., Reverend, chaplain emeritus of senate,
portrait of, procuring of, and placing thereof in a room
assigned to use of senate .... Resolve

appropriation .........

Hospital Cottages for Children, appropriation ....

HOSPITALS:

Boston City Hospital, death of Rachel S. Watson caused by
negligent administering of medicine to her while an in-
mate of, payment of compensation on account of
Boston Dispensary, formation of alliance by, and certain other
corporations for purpose of establishing, etc., in common
a medical center . . . ' .

Boston Floating Hospital, The, formation of alliance by, and
certain other corporations for purpose of establishing, etc.,
in common a medical center .....

Middlesex county tuberculosis hospital district, hospital for,

additional funds for providing a .
Norfolk county tuberculosis hospital, improvements at, pro-
vision for certain .......

Plunkett, W. B., Memorial Hospital, maintenance of, as a public
hospital by town of Adams and election of trustees of said
hospital by inhabitants of said town ....

Pondville hospital at Norfolk, appropriation ....

prison camp and hospital, appropriation .....

Springfield Hospital, real and personal estate, additional, holding

by . . .

state hospitals for insane, etc., in general, funds, unclaimed,
known as "patients' funds", at certain, payment to state
treasurer, etc.
patients, certain, in, placing of, at board in private homes, etc
Boston, appropriation

psychopathic, appropriation
supplementary
Danvers, appropriation
deficiency .

Chap.

48

31
115

96

115

426

412

Item or
Section.

23, 25
22a

1, 2

63

426 32o, Page 570

44 1-3

43 1-3

10

316

55

95

39
426

751g

47
426
115

31c
439

295

1. 2

40

1-3

40

1-3

175

1. 2

10

1-3

32
115
115

1-3
650-653

548

. 176

2. 338

. 115

446-448a

. 115

445

. 420

445

. 115

451-454

. 426

Page 568

Index.

761

Item or

Chap.

Section.

. 115

455-461

. 115

Page 135

. 115

462-468

. 115

469-473

. 426

469a

. 115

474-477

. 115

443. 444

. 403

1-7

. 115

499-505a

. 115

479-483

. 115

484-489

. 115

490-495

. 115

496-498

, included within,

. 339

Dnof . . . 400

5, Subs. 49

HOSPITALS — Concluded.

Fo.\borough, appropriation

deficiency .....

Gardner state colony, appropriation .
Grafton, appropriation

supplementary ....

Medfield, appropriation
Metropolitan, appropriation

establishment of .
Monson, appropriation
Northampton, appropriation
Taunton, appropriation
Westborough, appropriation
Worcester, appropriation . .

tuberculosis hospital districts, cities, certain
status of, established ; • .• .

oflBces and positions in service of, classification of
United States naval hospital at Newport, Rhode Island, Massa-
chusetts veterans receiving hospital treatment at, etc.,
made eligible to receive military aid . . . . 195

Worcester county tuberculosis hospital district, hospital for,

increase of amount that may be expended for providing .

Hospital School, Massachusetts, appropriation ....

supplementary ........

Houghs Neck, bridge or bridges from town of Hull to, etc., con-
struction of, investigation as to . . . Resolve
appropriation .........

House of Representatives (see General court).

Massachusetts Bay, of, journals of, purchase and distiibution of
copies of, appropriation ......

Houses (see Buildings; Dwelling houses).

Houses of correction (see Penal and reformatory institutions,

counties, of).
Hull, bay, sanitary condition of, improvement of, by construction of
embankment from Squantum to town of Hull, and con-
struction of roadway on such embankment, investigation
as to ....... Resolve

appropriation . . . . .

town of (see Cities and towns).
Humarock Beach Water Company, payment to, by Scituate Water
Company of amount determined to be fair value of its
property, etc. ........

Hunting, licenses for .........

trapping and, in general, relative to .... .

See also Game.
Hunt, John Quincy, dependents of, payment of compensation to,

by town of Weymouth . . . . . . 352

Husbands, needy, having no legal settlement, support of certain,

reimbursement of cities and towns for, method changed . 66
Hyannis normal school, appropriation . . . .115

Hygiene, division of (see Public health, department of).

375

1. 2

115

586, 587

426

586

63
426 32o, Page 570

115 192

63
426 32o, Page 570

409 2

393 2, Subs. 5-13
QQQ / 2, Subs.

•iy^ <, 74-136

1, 2

363. 364

I.

Ice (see Snow and ice).

Illegitimate children, birth records of certain, correcting, amend-
ing or supplementing of, etc. ..... 169

Immigration and Americanization, division of (see Education,

department of).
Incinerators, relative to, as affecting emission of smoke . . . 412 1,2

Income tax, division of (see Corporations and taxation, depart-
ment of).
Indebtedness, commonwealth, of (see State finance),
county (see County finance),
municipal and district (see Municipal finance).
Indecent literatvu"e, books, etc., possession, sale, etc., penalty . 162
Independent Slovak Roman and Greek Catholic St. Stephen's
Society of Westfield, real estate, authorized to hold, and

confirmation of title to its present holdings . . .75 1-3

Index, cumulative, acts and resolves, of, printing of, appropriation 115 25

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, DEPARTMENT OF:

appropriation ......... 115 413-417

deficiency . . . . . . . . .115 Page 135

supplementary ........ 426 413-416

762 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, DEPARTMENT OF — Concluded,
award, lump sum, under workmen's compensation law, making

of, in the case of a minor, powers and duties as to . . ISl

domestic insurance companies issuing policies of workmen's
compensation insurance, deposits by, in trust to secure

satisfaction of claims thereunder, powers and duties as to . 129 1, 2

industrial accident board, salaries of members of . . . 373 1,2

medical adviser in, salarj' of, subjected to classification . . 258

physicians appearing before, on behalf of injured employees,

fees for . . . . . _ • • • • 330

reviewing board in, expenses, certain, of reviews by, payment of . 208
hearings in city of Springfield, holding by . . . . 224

secretary of, salarj' of, subjected to classification . . . 257

See a'so AA'oiknien's compensation law.
Industrial school, boys, for, appropriation .... 115 580

gills, for, appropriation . . . •.-..• • ^^^ ^^^

Industries, unemploymmt in, problem of, investigation as

to ....... . Resolve 66

apprcpriation ......... 426 433, Page 572

See also Textile industry.
Industries, labor and, department of (see Labor and industries,

department of).
Infernal machines, penalty for possessing, etc. .... 317

Infirmary, state (see State infirmary).

Inflammable fluids (.see Explosives and inflammable fluids).
Inheritance tax (see Taxation. leg.Tfies and successions, of).
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM:

initiative petition, relative to the establishment of a state motor
vehicle insurance fund to provide compensation for inju-
ries and deaths due to motor vehicle accidents . . Page 613
relative to the manufacture, transport, import and export of
spirituous or intoxicating liquor and certain non-intoxi-
cating beverages ....... Page 611

relative to the use of traps, etc., for the capture of fur-bearing

animals, etc. ........ Page 612

Injuries (see Personal injuries).

Ink, purchase of, appropriation ....... 115 193

Insane persons, beneficiaries of United States veterans' bureau, as,

relative to . . . . ... . 384 2-5

burial expenses of, provision for, making by their guardians, etc. 237
See also Hospitals, state hospitals for insane, etc.
Insolvency, judges of (see Probate and insolvency, judges).

registers of (see Probate and insolvency, registers).
Inspection, division of (see Public safety, department of).
INSURANCE:
in general:

agents, foreign title insurance companies, of, persons acting as,

not required to be licensed . . . . _ . .83

fraternal benefit societies (see Fraternal benefit societies).
classes of insurance :

accident and health, blanket policies of, issuance of . .64

life, savings banks, by (see Savings bank life insurance),
motor vehicle liability, compulsory, law as to, classifications
of risks and schedules of premium charges under, rela-
tive to, when delayed in becoming effective . . 343
consequential damages consisting of expenses incurred
by a husband, wife, parent or guardian for medical,
nursing, hospital or surgical services, etc., inclusion of,
within coverage under ...... 340 1-5

See also State motor vehicle insurance fund.
See also, infra, contracts of insurance.
companies:
domestic and foreign mutual and stock companies:

fire, reports to state fire marshal by . . . . . 399 1, Subs. 32

motor vehicle liability insurance law, compulsory, classifi-
cations of risks and schedules of premium charges under,
for policies issued by, relative to, when delayed in becom-
ing effective . . . . . ... 343

rebates of premiums, etc., by, law prohibiting, application of IS
reports of official examinations, admissibility in evidence of

certain, in certain judicial proceeding.s relating to . . 79 1

domestic mutual and stock companies:

life, incorporation of, under general law .... 136 1-9

workmen's compensation insurance, issuing policies of, de-
posits by, in trust to secure satisfaction of claims thereunder 129 1, 2

Index. 763

Item or
Chap. Section.

INSURANCE — Concluded.
companies — Concluded
foreign stock companies:

title, transaction of business of, by unlicensed agents . . 83

contracts of insurance :

accident or health, blanket policies of, issuance of . . .64

fire, rates, board of appeal on, appropriation . . .115 300

rebates of premiums on, provisions of law prohibiting, appli-
cation of . . . . . . . . .18

See also, supra, classes of insurance.
policies (see, supra, contracts of insurance).
premiums:

rebates of, on policies of insurance, etc., law prohibiting, appli-
cation of ......... IS

See also Workmen's compensation law.
Insurance, banking and, department of (see Banking and in-
surance, department of).
Insurance, commissioner of (see Banking and insurance, depart-
ment of).
Insurance, division of (see Banking and insurance, department of).
Intelligence offices, providing information relative to employment

of seamen, licensing of . . . . . .117

Interstate rendition, investigation relative to, by judicial

council ....... Resolve 6

Interstate Street Railway Company, sale of property of A. B. C.

Street Railway in city of Attleboro to, etc. . . . 207 1-4

Intoxicating liquors (see Liquors).
Inventories (see Executors and administrators).
Italian Society of Mutual Relief and Benevolence, Humbert II
of Marlboro', Massachusetts, Incorporated, real es-
tate, authorized to hold, and confirmation of title to its
present holdings ....... 74 1-3

Jails (see Penal and reformatory institutions, counties, of).

Journals, house of representatives of Massachusetts Bay, of, pur-
chase and distribution of copies of, appropriation . . 115 192

Judge advocate, state, appropriation ..... 115 143

Judges and justices (see District courts; Probate and insolvency,
judges; Supreme judicial and superior courts; Trial
justices).

Judgments in civil actions, debts, to recover, etc., procedure in
district courts ........

Judicial council, appropriation ......

deficiency .........

investigation by, relative to interstate rendition and extradition
of fugitives from justice, supplementary proceedings in
civil actions, admission to the bar and uniformity in judi-
cial practice and procedure, and related matters Resolve 6
representation of municipal court of city of Boston on . . 142

Judicial practice and procedure, investigation relative to, by

judicial coimcil ...... Resolve 6

Junk yards, motor vehicle, licensing of, investigation relative

to ....... . Resolve 24

Justice of the peace, commission as a, fee to be paid for, increased

in certain ca.scs ........ 212

Juvenile training, division of (see Public welfare, department of).

K.

Kelley, Michael, reinstatement of, as member of fire department

of city of Boston ....... 323 1, 2

Kerosene (see Explosives and inflammable fluids).

Labor, labor service, classified, of cities and towns, preference in

employment in, to persons with dependents . . . Ill

penal and reformatory institutions, inmates of, performing, pro-
visions of workmen's compensation law not to apply to . 159
unemployment of, existing, causes of, and remedies therefor, in-
vestigation as to . . . . . Resolve 60

appropriation ........ 426 32m, Page 570

See also Intelligence offices; Work; Workmen's compensation law.

65

1, 2

115

53, 54

426

Page 568

764

Index.

LABOR AND INDUSTRIES, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, appropriation .......

supplementary ........

co-operative shoe shops, so-called, purchase of stock by em-
ployees in, general question of, study and investigation
of, by . . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation . . . . . . . .

unemployment, existing, causes of, and remedies therefor, in-
vestigation as to, by . . . . Resolve

appropriation . . •. . . • • • • . •

commissioner, necessaries of life, division on, powers and duties
as to .........

conciliation and arbitration, board of, appropriation
Massachusetts industrial commission, appropriation

supplementary ........

textile industry, conditions affecting, and problem of unem-
ployment in that and other industries, investigation as
to, by . . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation .......

necessaries of life, division on, appropriation .

establishment, powers, duties, etc. ....

standards, division of, appropriation ....

supplementary .......

Laboratories, division of (see Public health, department of).
Lake Quannapowitt, Wakefield, in, control of .
Lakeville state sanatorium, appropriation

supplementary .......

Land, instruments, certain, relating to, certified copies of, recording
of . . . ....

registration of title to (see Registration of title to land),
taxation of (see Taxation, local taxes).
LAND COURT:

accommodations and facilities for housing, etc., investigation
relative to ...... Resolve

appropriation ........

appropriation .........

supplementary . . . . . . . .

certified copies of certain instruments relating to land, recording
in ......... .

deputy recorders in, and technical assistants to assistant record-
ers of said court, provision for .....

officer in attendance upon, in Suffolk county, salary of, estab-
lished . . . . . .

Landing places, public, appropriations by cities and towns to
provide, etc. ........

L and Summer streets. South Boston district of city of Boston, in,
widening and construction of .... .

Larceny, poultry, of, breaking, entering, etc., for, penalty
Lawrence, city of (see Cities and towns).

Laws, boxing and wrestling, professional, relative to, investigation
as to ....... Resolve

appropriation ........

children, dependent, delinquent and neglected, etc., relative to,

continuation of investigation as to . . Resolves

appropriation ........

supplementary ........

game and inland fish, relating to, revision and recodification of

marine fish and fisheries, including shellfish, relative to, survey

and revision of . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation
motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire, affecting, revision,
codification, etc., of
appropriation
securities, promotion and sale of, relating to,
of . .

appropriation
special, avoidance of, relative to
taxation, relating to, proposed changes
of . .

appropriation
See also Acts and resolves; General Laws; Statutes.
Laws, state, uniform, commissioners on, appropriation

Chap.
115
426

30
426

Item or

Section.

418-434

432, 434a;

432a, 433,

Page 572

434a

60
426 32m, Page 570

410 1-4

115 423,430

115 433, 4.34

426 433, Page 572

66

. 426 433,
. 426 432a
. 410
. 115
. 426

Page 572

Page 572

1-5

426, 432
432

35
. 115
. 426

1-5

628-633

628

267

54
426
115

426

32j

84-86

84, Page 571

267

418

1-4

404

164

264

185

1-4

43
426

32g

2, 16
115
426
393

32

32

1-3

Resolve

survey and study
Resolve

in.

investigation
Resolve

426

38
426

56

426

6

57
426

115

32b

730a

32k
1. 2

321
162

Index. 765

Item or
Chap. Section.

Lawyers (see Attorneys at law).

Lee, fire district, properties and obligations of, taking over and as-
sumption by town of Lee ...... 16 1-4

town of (see Cities and towns).
Legacies and successions, taxation of (see Taxation, legacies and

succes-sions, of).
Legion, American, The (see American Legion, The).
Legislative document room (see General court).
Legislature (see General court).
Lenox, town of (see Cities and towns).
Leverett pond. Muddy river and, in town of Brookline and city of

Boston, dredging of ....... 97 1, 2

Lexington, town of (see Cities and towns).
Liability insurance (sec Insurance).

Libraries, public, division of (see Education, department of).
Library, state (see State library).
LICENSES AND PERMITS:
aircraft pilots', revocation of .
crabs, taking of ........ .

fires in open air . . ...

fisheries and game, director of division of, issued by, suspension
or revocation of .......

fishing and hunting ........

gunning stands or blinds .......

hunting and fishing ........

intelligence offices providing information relative to employment
of seamen .........

motor vehicle junk yards, investigation relative to . Resolve
parking spaces, open-air .......

pipe lines, conduits and cables beyond established harbor lines .

plants or furnaces for burning fuel and waste material as affecting

emission of smoke .......

plumbers', deferred renewal of, provision for ....

sporting licenses .........

trapping ..........

Lieutenant governor, salary and expenses, appropriation

Life insurance companies, incorporation of, under general law

See also Insurance.
Lighting plants, municipal, sale of, further restricted .
supply of gas or electricity in bulk, compulsory, by .
Limitation of actions, mandamus, writs of, petitions for, to compel
reinstatement of certain persons to positions in classified
ci\'il service ........ 243

Limited town meetings (see Town meetings).

Liquors, spirituous or intoxicating, manufacture, transportation,

etc., of, initiative petition relative to . . . . Page 611

Literature, obscene, possession, sale, etc., penalty . . . 162

Loan agencies, banks and, division of (see Banking and insurance,
department of).
supervisor of (see Banking and insurance, department of).
Loans, municipal (see Mimicipal finance).

small, corporations licensed to make, securities of, subjected to
the sale of securities act ......

Loew's, E. M., Inc., revived .......

Lord's day, bootblack, business of, carrying on of, on, local option
relative to ........

parades with music on, civic and fraternal organizations, by,

during current year, permitted . . . Resolve

war veterans' organizations, by, permitted ....

work, certain, in or about private gardens or private grounds
adjacent to a dwelling house on, authorized
Lowell, city of (see Cities and towns).

normal school, appropriation ......

textile institute, appropriation ......

Ludlow, town of (see Cities and towns).

Lyman school for boys, appropriation .....

Lynch, Cornelius P., payment of certain compensation to, by city

of Lowell 366 1, 2

Lynn, city of (see Cities and town.?).

harbor, surface water drainage works outside harbor line in, con-
struction and maintenance by city of Lynn . . .59 1,2
Woods reservation, parkway or boulevard from Newburyport

Turnpike to, taking of land for, etc 420 22, 23, 2.5

public golf course in, establishment by city of Lynn, etc. . 125 1, 2

33

2

414

1

401

1, 2

393

2, Subs. 2

393

2,

Subs. 5-13

393

2, Subs. 134

393

2,

Subs. 5-13

117

24

399

1, Subs. 56

99

1, 2

412

1.2

397

1,2

393

2,

Subs. 5-13

393

2,

Subs. 5-13

115

92, 95

136

1-9

369

1.2

383

289
4

143

61
90

179

115
115

365
375

115

582-585

766 Index.

M.

Item or
Chap. Section.

Machines, infernal, penalty for possessing, etc. . . . .317

Maiden river, development of, for recreational and other uses,

investigation as to . . . . . Resolve 22

appropriation ......... 426 754a

Manchester, town of (see Cities and towns).

Mandamus, writs of, reinstatement of certain persons to positions
in classified civil service, to comijel, limitation of time for
bringing petitions for ....... 243

Mansfield, town of (see Cities and towns).

Manufacturing corporations, classification of, for purposes of

taxation 220 3-14

Marblehead, town of (see Cities and towns).

Marden, H. F., claim, certain, of, and August H. Morton against

city of Quincy, settlement and payment of . . . 249

Marine fish and fisheries, laws relating to, survey and revision

of Resolve 28

appropriation ......... 426 32b

Marine fisheries, state supervisor of, division of fisheries and

game, in, appropriation _. . . . . .115 278, 279

Marines (see Soldiers, sailors and marines).

Markers and signs, historic places, at, erection by department of

public works ...... Resolve 10

Markets, division of (see Agriculture, department of).

Marlborough, city of (see Cities and towns).

Marriage, certificates of intention of, delivery of, and return of un-
used certificates ....... 51 1. 2

notices of intention and certificates of, computation of certain
period and determination of certain day in connection
with 141

Marriages, records relating to (see Vital statistics).

Marshal, state fire (see Public safety, department of).

Marshfield, town of (see Cities and towns).

Massachusetts, Agricultural College, appropriation . . .115 377-382

deficiency . . . . . . . . .115 Page 135

land and rights in land of, conveyance of certain, to Amherst

Water Company . . . . . Resolve 7

archives, reproduction of manuscript collection, appropriation . 115 191

supplementary ........ 426 191

Bay colony, charter of, coming of John Winthrop and his asso-
ciates with, in year 1630, tablet commemorating, accept-
ance by commonwealth and placing thereof in state
house, etc. ...... Resolve 42

Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, appropriation . .115 184

184; 184a,
Page 572

supplementary ........ 426

expenditures, additional, by, authorized . . Resolve 68

appropriation ........ 426 184a, Page 572

signs and markers for historic places, submission to depart-
ment of public works, by . . . . Resolve 10

Bay Colony, tercentenary of founding of, band concerts in con-
nection with celebrations of, in places under control of
metropolitan district commission, provision for Resolve 15
municipal expenditures for observance of .■ . . .24

municipal observances and celebrations in connection with,
expenditures in aid of, by Massachusetts Bay Colony
Tercentenary Commission .... Resolve 68

appropriation ........ 426 184a, Page 572

parades with music on Lord's day by civic and fraternal or-
ganizations in connection with celebration of, permit-
ted ........ Resolve 61

public demonstration during ob.servances of. of forms, activi-
ties, accomplishments and fields of operation of executive
and administrative work of the government of the com-
monwealth, provision for .... Resolve 18

appropriation ........ 426 184a

Bay, house of representatives of, journals of, purchase and dis-
tribution of copies of, appropriation . . . .115 192

civil war, soldiers, sailors and marines vvh(.i served in, to credit of,

records of, printing and distribution of . . Resolve 64

appropriation ....,.., 426 158c, Page 570

Index.

767

Chap.
Massachusetts, gold star record of, in world war, distribution

of ....... . Resolve 8

hospital school, appropriation . . . . . .115

supplementary ........ 426

industrial commission, appropriation . . . . .115

textile industry, conditions affecting, and problem of unem-
ployment in that and other industries, investigation
as to, by ...... Resolve 66

appropriation . . . . . . . .

memorial to men and women of, who served in world war, site

and type of, special commission to consider, revived and

continued, and scope of its duties enlarged . Resolve

who served their country in time of war, construction of, on

summit of Mount Greylock .....

appropriation . . . . .

investigation by special commission as to site and type of
another .........

appropriation ........

men of, who died in military or naval service of United States
during world war or as a result of such service, providing
of higher educational opportunities for children of
appropriation ......

nautical school, appropriation ....

supplementary ......

reformatory, appropriation .....

supplementary ......

senior physician, chaplain and parole clerk of, salaries of
school of art, appropriation .....

Society of the Cincinnati, annual meetings of .
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, tablet
commemorating the coming of John Winthrop and his
associates with the colony charter in j'ear 16.S0 to be pre-
sented to the commonwealth by, placing in state house,
etc. ........ Resolve

Soldiers' Home in (see Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts).

training schools, trustees of, appropriation

deficiency .........

volunteer militia (see Militia).

War Memorial Investigating Commission, establishment, powers,
duties, etc. ........

appropriation ........

See also Commonwealth.
MasEe, Francis X., acts as a notary public validated . Resolve 3
Matcfties, lighted, throwing upon forest land, etc., penalty . . 399

Mayor and city council, municipal advertising, expenditures for,

under direction of ...... . 223

policemen and firemen killed in performance of duty, payment of f 182
compensation to dependents of, powers as to . . . \ 241

Mayors, American Legion, The, national convention of, money
appropriated to provide public entertainment in connec-
tion with, to be expended under direction of . . .67
automobile accidents, prevention of, appropriations for, ex-
penditure of, under direction of . . . . . 365

civil service rules and regulations and changes therein, hearings

relative to, notice of, sending to . . . . . 227

grade crossings, abolition of. duties as to ..... 417

officers, municipal, temporary, appointment in certain cases by . 172
petroleum, inspectors of, appointm^ent by ... . 399

Meat, sausage, manufacture and sale of .... . 318

Medfleld, state hospital, appropriation . . . . .115

town of (see Cities and towns).
Medford, city of (see Cities and towns).

Medical center, formation of an alliance by the Boston Dispensary,
The Boston Floating Hospital and the Trustees of Tufts
College for purpose of estab'ishing, etc., in common a . 40
Medical examiners, fees of, appropriation . . . . .115

Medicinal substances (.see Drugs).

Medicine, board of registration in (see Civil service and registra-
tion, department of).
Melrose, city of (see Cities and towns).

Memorial drive, Cambridge, in, overpass or underpass carrying,
over or under approach to Cottage Farm bridge, construc-
tion of, investigation relative to . . . Resolve 48

Item or
Section.

586, 587

586

433, 434

426 433, Page 572

411

1, 2

426 1c

Sb, Page 572

411

3-5

426 /

158bb. Page
572

263

1-4

426

352a

115

353-355

426

355

115

545-547

426

545, 547a

360

1-3

115

373

7

1,2

42

115
426
115

572-585
Page 563
Page 136

3-5

411

4.,,, f 15Sbb, Page

^^^ { 572

1, Subs. 54

11

1, Subs. 18
474-477

1-3

207

768

Index.

Chap.

Item or
Section.

158a

MEMORIALS:

Bennington battlefield on Woloomsac heights in state of New

York, monument on, erection by art commission Resolve 9
appropriation . . . . ._ . _ . . 426

colony charter, coming of John Winthrop and his associates with,
in year 1630, tablet commemorating, acceptance by com-
monwealth, etc. ..... Resolve 42

men and women of Massachusetts, to, who served in any war,

site and type of, special commission to consider Resolve 1

who served their country in time of war, construction of, on

summit of Mount Greylock . . . . .411 1,2

appropriation ....... 426 158b, Page 572

investigation by special commission as to site and type of
another ........

appropriation .......

Mount Greylock, on summit of, in memory of Massachusetts
men and women who have served their country in time of
war, construction of. . . . . . .411 1,2

appropriation ........ 426 158b, Page 572

world war, men and women of Massachusetts who served in, to,
site and type of, to consider, revived and continued, and
scope of its duties enlarged .... Resolve 1

Mental Diseases (gee Insane persons; Mental diseases, depart-
ment of).
MENTAL DISEASES, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, appropriation ......

411
4

26 {1

.3-5

5Sbb, Page

572

deficiency

supplementary .......

Medfield, town of, purchase of water from commonwealth by

powers and duties as to .
Metropolitan state hospital to be under control of, etc., estab
lishment of .......

patients, certain, under control of, placing of, at board in
private homes, etc. . . . ._ . .

"patients' funds", unclaimed funds at certain state hospital
known as, payment to state treasurer, etc., as affecting
commissioner, salary of ..... .

Merrimack river, new bridge over, in town of Tyngsborough, con
struction of, etc. .......

Messengers, general court, of (see General court).
Methuen, town of (see Cities and towns).
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION:

in general, appropriation ......

supplementary

band concerts, additional, during current year in connection
with tercentenary celebrations, providing by Resolve

Braintree, town of, sewer connection for, with south metro-
politan sewerage system, providing by .

bridges over main through routes of travel, taking over and
maintenance of, by commonwealth, special commission
to investigate as to, assistance to, by . . Resolve

Charles River, beaches on, construction of certain, and con-
struction and maintenance of bath houses thereat by .
appropriation ........

East Boston waterfront, parkway or boulevard along, con-
struction of, investigation as to, by . . Resolve

employees of, retirement allowances for, investigation rela-
tive to . . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

highway and other improvements in certain cities and towns
within metropolitan district, powers and duties as to .

appropriation . . .' .

lands or rights therein, under control of, taking, etc., by de-
partment of public works in connection with certain high-
way and other improvements within metropolitan district

115
115
,426
426

364

403

338

176

435-534
Page 135
Page 568
435-524a

1, 2

1-7

376

1, 2

303

1-3

115

f 731-738,
I 752-771

733-737,

753-765;

753,

426

Page 571;

754c, Page

571; 737a.

765a,

Page 573

15

[398

1, 2

\425

1

63

385

426 754c, Page 571

52

49
426

420
426

420

32i

6, 18-25

693a-765a.

Page 573

Index.

769

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION — Concluded.
in general, Moswetusett Hummock in city of Quincy, acquisi-
tion by .
appropriation . . . . ...

Mystic and Maiden rivers, development of certain sections of,
for recreational and other uses, investigation as to, by,
etc. ....... Resolve

appropriation . . . . . . .

Mystic lake, upper, southerly shore of, in town of Winchester,

public bath house on, construction and maintenance by

appropriation ........

Mj'stic river, highway and bridge over, in city of Medford,

construction of, investigation as to, by, etc. Resolve

appropriation ........

Mystic Valley parkway and Main street in city of Medford,
junction of, construction of overpass or underpass at,
investigation as to, by, etc. . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

police department of, Cadegan, Michael F., Jr., former mem-
ber of, payment by commonwealth of annuity to
widow of ..... . Resolve

appropriation ........

members of, killed in performance of duty, payment of com-
pensation to dependents of .
pumping stations under control of, engineers and firemen and

other employees in, weekly half holidays for .
Revere Beach parkway, overpass or underpass to be con-
structed on, at its junction with Broadway in city of Re-
vere, transfer to control of, etc. .....

sewerage district, south metropolitan, admission of town of

Weymouth to, powers and duties as to
Southborough, town of, or Southborough Fire and Water Dis-
trict, water supply for, from Sudbury reservoir, powers as

to

chairman, parka or reservations, future acquisition and main-
tenance of, for recreational or other purposes within com-
monwealth, special commission to make study relative to,
to be member of ..... Resolve

metropolitan planning, division of, appropriation

chairman of. Fort Point Channel and South Bay in Boston
harbor, filling in part of, commission to investigate as to,
to be member of ..... Resolve

METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS:

in general, municipalities in, furnishing of information to, rela-
tive to amount of assessments recommended to be made
upon said municipalities for certain new state projects and
undertakings .......

fire prevention district, state fire marshal (see Public safety

department of).
sewer districts, north district, appropriation .

south district, appropriation .....

Braintree, town of, sewage of, conducting to sewerage
system of ...... .

sewer connection for, with sewerage system of

Walpole, town of, sewage from, conduct to and into system of

Weymouth, town of, admission to .

water district, appropriation .....

Sudbury reservoir of, water supply from, for town of South-
borough or Southborough Fire and Water District .
Metropolitan planning, division of (see Metropolitan district

commission).
Metropolitan state hospital, appropriation

establishment of .
Metropolitan water district (see Metropolitan districts, water

district).
Mexican border service, certificates of honor, appropriation .
MIDDLESEX COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance of, etc. ....
district court, fourth, of eastern Middlesex, accommodations

for, erection of building by city of Woburn for, etc.

district court of central Middlesex, remodeling of town house by

town of Concord for use of, borrowing of money by said

town for ........

Chap.

Item or
Section.

337
426

753a

22
426

754a

254

426

754b

22
426

754a

22
426

754a

65
426 753

, Page 571

241

2,3

421

1. 2

420
/419

1425

18
2-5

1

}l33{

8, Part I,
13, Part II

33
115

755

29

222

115
115

17
f 398
\425

120
f419
1425

115

}l33{

115
403

115
245
276

131

766
767

1

1. 2

1

1

1-6

1

768-771

8, Part I,

13, Part II

443, 444
1-7

124
1, 2
1-3

1-3

770

Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Concluded.

district court, third, of eastern Middlesex, accommodations for . 163 1-4
Newton, district court of, adequate accommodations for, provid-
ing by 126 1-4

tax levy .......... 245 2

tuberculosis hospital district, hospital for, additional funds for

providing a . . . . . 175 1, 2

residents of cities and towns in, suffering from pulmonary tu-
berculosis, temporary care and treatment of . . .52
Tyngsborough, town of, laying out and construction of certain
improvements in, by, including construction of new bridge
over Merrimack river ...... 303 1-3

Middlesex Fells parkway, traffic circle at intersection of Revere

Beach parkway and, in city of Medford, construction of . 420 20, 23, 25

Military, aid (see State and military aid).

expenses, special, appropriation . . . . . .115 124-126

instruction, organizations for, issuance to, of blanket policies of

health or accident insurance, etc. ..... 64

naval, and, service of the United States (see Soldiers, sailors and
marines; Veterans).
MILITIA:

in general, appropriation . . . . . . .115 107-143

deficiency . . . . . . . . .115 Page 135

supplementary . . . . . . . . 426 108, 129

aero squadron, organization and maintenance, appropriation . 115 121

armories, appropriation . . . . . . .115 134, 135

horses, maintenance, etc., appropriation .... 115 117

adjutant general, appropriation . . . . . .115 103-106

records of soldiers, sailors and marines who served to credit of
Massachusetts in war of the rebellion, expenditures for
printing, etc., of, under direction of . . Resolve 64

appropriation . . . . . . . . 426 158c, Page 570

armory commissioners (see Armory commissioners).

armory, new, Westfield, city of, in, construction of, investigation

relative to ...... Resolve 45

Worcester, city of, in, construction of, investigation relative

to ....... . Resolve 14

judge advocate, state, appropriation . . . . .115

property and disbursing officer, appropriation . . . .115

quartermaster, state, appropriation . . . . .115

supplementary . . . . . . . . 426

state and municipal employees in service of, etc., to receive pay

without loss of ordinary remuneration, etc. . . .157

superintendent, armories, of, appropriation . . . .115

supplementary ........ 426

arsenal, of, appropriation . . . ... . . 115

salary of, subjected to classification ..... 226

surgeon, state, appropriation . ...... 115

warrant officers of national guard, annual allowances for uniforms

to 148

Millerville Fire and Water District, established .... 88

Minis, town of (see Cities and towns).
Milton, town of (see Cities and towns).

Minimum wage service, department of labor and industries, appro-
priation . . . . . . . . .115

Ministerial Fund of the First Parish in Beverly, Trustees of the,

powers of . . . . . . . . .20

Minors, fatherless, taxation, local, of certain property of certain,

exemption from ....... 247

workmen's compensation law, lump sum award under, period

during which may be made in the case of . . . 181

Mittimuses, service of, allowances to officers in . . . . 370

Mohawk Trail, comfort station on state highway known as, con-
struction of, appropriation . . . . . .115

Monson state hospital, appropriation . . .115

Montague, John F., widow of, payment by commonwealth of sum

of money to ..... . Resolve 59

appropriation ......... 426

Moose, wild, damages caused by, appropriation . . . .115

Morgan Memorial Co-operative Industries and Stores, Inc.,

contracts to pay annuities, making by, etc. . . . 296 1, 2

Mortgages, real property, of, recording of, fees for .... 253 1, 3

Morton, August H., claim, certain, of, and H. F. Marden against

city of Quincy, settlement and payment of . . . 249

143

130

127-139

129

127, 129
129
127

140-142

1. 2
1-14

424, 431

264
499-505a

751i
274

1

Index.

771

Mosquito control project, comprising towns of Barnstable county,
establishment, etc. .......

Mosquitoes, eradication of, municipal appropriations for

prevention of breeding of, in province lands in town of Province-
town, provision for .......

appropriation ........

Moswetusett Hummock, Quincy, city of, in, acquisition by met-
ropolitan district commission as an addition to Quincy
shore reservation ......

appropriation ........

Mothers, dependent children, with, furnishing of aid to
Motor boats in Hingham harbor, noise from, relative to

regulation of speed of .
MOTOR VEHICLES:

accidents involving, prevention of, appropriations by cities and
towns for .........

aircraft (see Aircraft).

ambulances, fire engines and apparatus, police patrol wagons, etc.,

inclusion of, within certain provisions of laws relating to
buses (see, infra, passengers, carrying, for hire),
cancellation of registration of, rebates in connection with
common carriers, as (see, infra, passengers, carrying, for hire),
definition of .........

examiners or investigators appointed by registrar of motor ve-
hicles, false impersonation of, penalty for

excise tax on registered .......

insurance in relation to, compulsory, law as to, board of appeal
as to (see Appeal, boards of),
classifications of risks and schedules of premium charges
under, relative to, when delayed in becoming effective .
consequen.tial damages consisting of expenses incurred by a
husband, wife, parent or guardian for medical, nursing,
hospital or surgical services, etc., inclusion of, within cov-
erage under . .
state motor vehicle insurance fund to provide compensation
for injuries and deaths due to motor vehicle accidents,
establishment of, initiative petition relative to
junked, etc., disposal of, and licensing of motor vehicle junk
yards, investigation as to . . . . Resolve

municipalities, owned by, etc., inclusion within certain provi-
sions of motor vehicle laws ......

one-way street regulations, so-called, violation by operators of,
as affecting civil liability ......

operation of, one-way street regulations, so-called, in violation
of, as affecting civil liability .....

trailers and other vehicles, to draw, regulated
parking spaces, open-air, for, licensing of ... .

passengers, carrying, for hire, laws and regulations affecting, re-
vision, codification, etc., of . . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

non-scatterable glass wind shields, equipment with
rebates in connection with cancellation of registration of .
registrar and registry of (see Public works, department of),
registration of, appropriation ......

supplementary ........

cancellation of, rebates in connection with ....

transferring of, fee for, reduced ......

vehicles, certain, heretofore excluded from provisions of motor
vehicle laws ........

road rollers, street sprinklers, power excavators, power graders
and concrete mixers, etc., inclusion within certain provi-
sions of motor vehicle laws ......

serial numbers of trailers, semi-trailers and semi-trailer units,
protection of ....... .

tax, excise, on registered .......

trafEc upon state highways, interruption of, by stopping vehicles
or accosting occupants of stopped vehicles for soliciting
any alms, contribution or subscription or for selling mer-
chandise, etc., prohibited ......

trailers and other vehicles, drawing of , by .

Chap.

379
96

:;()!)

426

337

426

381

43

44

365

Item or
Section.

1, 2

753a

1-3
1-3

332

1-6

272

332

1

21
220
244
416

13

1-4

15

343

340

1-5

Page 613

24

332

1-6

57

1, 2

57
297
399

1, 2
1, Subs. 56

38
426
354

272

730a
1-3

115
426
272
391

692-694
692, 693

332

332

353
220
244
416

139
297

1-6

1-6.

2

13

1-4

15

772 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

353
391

2

24

297

353

I

354

1-3

205
315
426
115

264a
261

69
426 750a, Page 572

411 1,2

426 158b, Page 572

97
223

1, 2

MOTOR VEHICLES — Concluded.

trailers, semi-trailers and semi-trailer units, serial numbers of,
protection of ....... .

transfer ot registration of, fee for, reduced ....

used, certain, dispo.sal of, and licensing of motor vehicle junk
yards, investigation as to . . . . Resolve

vehicles, other, drawing of, by .

ways for, etc. (see Ways, public)

weight of, operated on public ways, further regulated

wind shields of, used for carriage of passengers for hire, glass of,

to be of type known as non-scatterable glass, etc. .
workmen's compensation law, payment of compensation under,
for injuries receiver by employees operating or using
Mount Everett state reservation, purchase of additional land for
appropriation .........

Motmt Grace State Forest, -Maintenance of, appropriation .
Mount Greylo ;k, building locrted on, and destroj'ed by fire, sum
received for insurance on, paj'ment to Berkshire
county ....... Re.solve

appropriation ........

memorial beacon on sumr it of, in memory of Massachusetts
naen and women who have served their country in time
of war, construction of ..... .

appropriation .........

Muddy river, Leverett pond and, in town of Brookline and citj' of
Boston, dredging of ...... .

Municipal advertising, appropriations and expenditures for .
Municipal courts (see District courts).
MUNICIPAL FINANCE:

accounts, auditing and installing of, appropriation . . . 115 314,315

appropriations, American Legion, national convention of, facili-
ties for public entertainments in connection with, to provide 67
automobile accidents, prevention of, foi . . . . 365

band concerts, for ........ 46

conventions, holding of, and entertainment of distinguished

guests, expenditures in connection with, for . . . 277

mosquitoes, eradication of, for ...... 96

municipal advertising, for ....... 223

public landing places, to provide, and to maintain docks, piers, etc. 164
tercentenary of foundmg of Massachusetts Baj' colony, observ-
ance of, for ........ 24

uniforms for members of police and fire departments, purchase

of, for .351

assessments, amount of, to be made upon municipalities in metro-
politan districts for certain new state projects and under-
takings, furnishing of information relative to, to said
municipalities ........ 222

Massachusetts Bay colony, tercentenary of founding of, munic-
ipal expenditures for observance of . . . .24

school committees, expenditures by, for safety of pupils in cross-
ing public ways ........ 314

tax limit, etc., cities having, certain determinations in connection

with, as affected by excise tax on registered motor vehicles 244 3

See also City and town treasurers.
Municipal lighting plants, sale of, further restricted . . . 369 1,2

supply of gas or electricity in bulk, compul.sorv, by . . . 383

MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES:
accounts of (see Municipal finance),
army nurses in service of cities, to\\Tis or districts, conferring of

certain retirement rights upon ..... 161

organized militia, organized reserve of the army of the United
States or United States naval reserve forces, in service of,
to receive pay without loss of ordinary remuneration, etc. 157
temporary officers, certain, appointment in certain cases . . 172

See also specific titles of officers, etc.
Municipal ordinances and by-laws (see Ordinances and by-laws).
Music, parades with, on Lord's day, civic and fraternal organizations,

by, during current year, permitted . . Resolve 61

war veterans' organizations, by, permitted ... 90

public celebrations, for, appropriations by cities and towns for 46
Mutual insurance companies (see Insurance, companies).
Mystic lake, upper, public bath house on southerly shore of, in town
of Winchester, construction and maintenance by metro-
politan district commission ...... 254

appropriation ......... 426 754b

Item or

Chap.

Section.

22

426

754a

22

426

754a

22

426

754a

153

1, 2

115

756, 757

426

757

Index. 773

Mystic river, development of, for rccreationul and otlier uses, inves-
tigation as to . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation .........

highway and bridge over, in city of Medford, construction of,
investigation as to . . . . . Resolve

appropriation .........

Mystic Valley parkway, junction of, and Main street in city of
Medford, construction of overpass or underpass at, in-
vestigation as to . . . . . Resolve

appropriation .........

N.

Names of persons, decrees of probate courts changing

Nantasket beach reservation, appropriation ....

supplenicntarv ........

NANTUCKET COUNTY:

deer, hunting in, prohibited 393 2, Subs. 109

prisoners, certain, held in jail in, removal to a jail in Barnstable

or Bristol county 128 1, 2

Nantucket, town of (see Cities and towns).

Naphtha (see Explosives and inflammable fluids).

National banks (see Banks and banking).

National flag, display at polling places ..... 149

National guard (see Militia).

Natiu^alization fees, disposition by clerks of courts . . . 331

Nautical school, Massachusetts (see Massachusetts nautical

school).
Naval service, military and, of the United States (see Soldiers,

sailors and marines; Veterans).
Necessaries of lif 3, commission on, appropriation . . .115 183

division on, establishment of, in department of labor and indus-
tries, and director of said di\'ision vested with certain

powers in event of a fuel emergency . . . .410 1-5

Needham, town of (see Cities and towns).

Needy persons, aged, adequate assistance to certain, provision for 402 1-3

support of certain, having no legal settlement, method of
reimbursing cities and towns for, changed ... 66
Neglected children, laws relative to, continuation of investigation

of Resolves 2, 16

appropriation .........

supplementary ........

New Bedford, and Fairhaven bridge, care of, transferred to state
department of public works .....

appropriation .........

city of (see Cities and towns).

state pier, appropriation .......

te.xtile school, appropriation .......

Newburyport Turnpike, parkway or boulevard from, to Lynn

woods, taking of land for, etc 420 22, 23, 25

New England railroad committee, joint, expenses of work of,

appropriation . . . . . . . .115 102

New London Northern Railroad Company, interest held by
Central Vermont Railway, Inc., in the railroads, fran-
chises and other property of , relative to . . . . 191 1,2

Newport, Rhode Island, United States naval ho-spital at, Massa-
chusetts veterans receiving hospital treatment at, etc.,
made eligible to receive military aid .... 195

Newton, city of (see Cities and towns).

district court of, adequate accommodations for, providing by
Middlesex county commissioners .....

Police Benefit Association, Incorporated, powers of .
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, grain
elevator, proposed, on state property at South Boston,
leasing of, to, investigation relative to . . Resolve

highways crossing tracks of, construction of certain .
powers of, as affected by its interests in certain subsidiary com-
panies .........

New York, state of, Bennington battlefield on Woloomsac heights

in, monument on, erection by art commission Resolve

appropriation .........

Noble, Howard G., acts as a notary public validated . Resolve
Nomination of candidates (see Elections).
Non-intoxicating beverages (see Beverages).

115

426

32
32

406
426

1-3

Page 571

115
115

706
376

126
151

1-4
1, 2

37
420

1, 2, 4

190

1-3

9

426

3

158a

774

Index.

Chap.
NORFOLK COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance of, etc. ..... 245

register of probate, second assistant, for, appointment of . . 371

registry of deeds for, recording in, of certain certifications of

board of survey in town of Milton .... 273

tax levy .......... 245

tuberculosis hospital, improvements at, provision for certain . 10
NORMAL SCHOOLS:

in general, appropriation . . . . . . .115

teachers in, granting to certain, of leave of absence for study or

research . . . . . . . . .158

Bridgewater, appropriation . . . . . . .115

Fitchburg, appropriation . . . . . . .115

Framingham, appropriation . . . . . . .115

Hyannis, appropriation . . . . . . .115

Lowell, appropriation .. . . . . . .115

North Adams, appropriation . . . . . .115

Salem, appropriation . . . . . . . .115

Westfield, appropriation ....... 115

Worcester, appropriation . . . . . . .115

new building for, land as a site for, to be conveyed to common-
wealth, purchase by city of Worcester .... 286

North Adams, city of (see Cities and towns).

normal school, appropriation . . . . . .115

Northampton, city of (see Cities and towns).

state hospital, appropriation . . . . . .115

Northborough, town of (see Cities and towns).

Northbridge , Athletic Field Commission, establishment, powers,

etc. . _ 271

town of (see Cities and towns).

Northeastern University of the Boston Yoiing Men's Chris-
tian Association, degrees, granting by . . .22

Northern artery, so-called, overpass or underpass carrying, over
or under Washington street in city of Somerville, con-
struction of, investigation relative to . . Resolve 48

North metropolitan sewerage system (see Metropolitan districts,
sewer districts).

North Reading state sanatorium, appropriation . .115

Norton, Alfred E., parents of, payment by commonwealth of sum

of money to ..... . Resolve 26

appropriation ......... 426

Norwood, town of (see Cities and towns).

Notary public, commission as a, fee to be paid for, increased in

certain cases . . . . . . . .212

Notes, commonwealth, of, terms of certain ..... 425

Notice (see titles of specific proceedings).

Nurses, army, public service, in, certain, conferring of certain re-
tirement rights upon ....... 161

state aid, amount of, payable to certain, increased . . . 186

Nurses, board of registration of (see Civil service and registration,
department of).

0.

Obscene literature, books, etc., possession, sale, etc., penalty 162

October mountain state forest, name of Walling mountain es-
tablished for certain unnamed eminence in . Resolve 5
Odd Fellows Home of Massachusetts, real and personal estate,

additional, holding by ...... 47

Officers, county (see Counties; also specific titles of officers),
court (see Court officers),
general court (see General court),
municipal (see Municipal officers and employees),
police (see Police officers),
serving criminal process (see Mittimuses),
state (see Commonwealth, officers and employees of).
Old age assistance, provision for ..... . 402

Old provincial state house, appropriation .115

One hundred and fourth United States infantry veterans
association, American expeditionary forces, reunion
of, in city of Gloucester, appropriation of money bj^ said
city in connection with . . . . . .124

Item or
Section.

1, 2
1, 2

4

2

1-3

356-373

356, 357
358-360
361, 362
363, 364

365
366, 367

368
369, 369^

370
371, 37U

372

1, 2
366, 367
479-483

1-6

634-639
751d

1-3

182

1. 2

Index.

775

One-way street regulations, so-called, violation of, as affecting
civil liability ........

Open-air parking spaces for motor vehicles, licensing of .

Optometry, board of registration in (see Civil service and regis-
tration, department of).

ORDINANCES AND BY-LAWS:

bootblack, business of, carrying on of, on Loi'd's day, prohibi-
tion by ........ .

Organizations (see Churches and religious societies; Corporations;
Fraternal benefit societies).

Orleans, town of (see Cities and tox^ais).

Ornithology, division of (see Agriculture, department of).

Orthodox Congregational Society of Shirley, consolidation of,
and certain other corporations .....

Oyster Harbor, Inc., construction and maintenance by, of certain
bridge over tide water in town of Barnstable

Oysters (see Shellfish).

Chap.

57
399

143

76

82

Item or
Section.

1, 2
1, Subs. 56

1-5
1. 2

P.

5, general court (see General court).
Palmer, town of (see Cities and towns).
Pamphlet edition, acts and resolves, appropriation
Pamphlets, obscene, etc., possession, sale, etc., penalty
Paper, purchase of, appropriation ......

Parades, firearms, with, by certain war veterans' organizations

Lord's day, on, with music, civic and fraternal organizations, by,

during current year, permitted . . Resolve

war veterans' organizations, by, permitted ....

Pardons, advisory board of (see Correction, department of).
Parent and child, mothers with dependent children, furnishing of
aid to ........ .

Parker river, Essex county, in, construction of fish ways on

appropriation .........

Parking spaces, open-air, for motor vehicles, licensing of
Park reservations, future acquisition and maintenance of, for recre-
ational or other purposes within commonwealth, special
commission to make study relative to, etc. . Resolves 33, 50
appropriation .........

maintenance, appropriation .......

supplementary ........

Parkways (see Boulevards and parkways).

Parole, boys', department of public welfare, appropriation

deficiency .........

girls', department of public welfare, appropriation
Parole, board of (see Correction, department of).
Partnerships, gas and electric companies, affiliated with, examina-
tion by department of public utilities ....

"Patients' funds", unclaimed funds at certain state hospitals

known as, payment to state treasurer, etc.
Pembroke, town of (see Cities and towns).
PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS:

in general, prisoners in, liberty permits for, and cei'tain orders
relative thereto, issuance of ... .

prison service, classified, under civil service laws, applicants
for positions in, requirement of information from, as to
certain offences, prohibited .....

workmen's compensation law, provisions of, not to apply to
inmates of, performing labor, etc. ....

commonwealth, of, Massachusetts reformatory, appropria
tion .........

supplementary .......

senior physician, chaplain and parole clerk of, salaries of
pri.son camp and hospital, appropriation
reformatory for women, appropriation

supplementary .......

state farm, appropriation ......

supplementary .......

state prison, appropriation .....

supplementary .......

state prison colony, appropriation ....

deficiency ........

supplementary .......

115
162
115

72

197
147

61
90

381
147
426
399

275a
1, Subs. 56

, 50
426
115
426

32e
753
753

115
115
115

574-576
Page 136
577, 578

395
176

60

242
159

1, 2

115

545-547

426

545, 547a

360

1-3

115

548

115

549-553

426

549

115

542, 543

426

542

115

544

426

544, 544a

115

554, 555

426

Page 568

426

554, 555

776 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

115 744

426 744

PENAL AND REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS — Concluded.

counties, of, jails and houses of correction, retirement of certain

officers of, and payments to families of such officers who

die from injuries received in line of duty . . 413

Nantucket or Dukes county, certain prisoners held in jail in,

removal to a jail in Barnstable or Bristol county . . 128 1,2

Penalties (see Fines, penalties and forfeitures).
Pensions (see Retirement systems and pensions).
Pensions, state aid and, commissioner of (see State aid and pen-
sions, commissioner of).
Perch (see Fish and fisheries).
Perkins, Charles B., estate of, amount of taxes erroneously assessed

upon and collected from, refunding by city of Quincy . 260
Perlak, Joseph, refunding to, and others by city of Chicopee of an

over-assessment of taxes ...... 266 1, 2

Permits (see Licenses and permits).
Permits for prisoners to be at liberty (see Prisoners).
Personal injuries, compensation of certain public employees for,
appropriation ........

supplementary . . • • • • • , , "

defective condition of premises or adjoining ways, caused by,

actions against abutting owners for, giving of notice in . 98 1,2

motor vehicles, caused by, security for ci\'il liability for (see

Motor vehicles, insurance in relation to).
See also Workmen's compensation law.
Personal property, corporations, charitable, etc., capacity to hold . 38
Petroleum (see Explosives and inflammable fluids).
Pharmacy, board of registration in (see Civil service and regis-
tration, department of).
Philippine insurrection, persons who served as army nurses in, and
are in public service, certain retirement rights conferred
upon ....._•••• 161

veterans of, granting to, of certain tax exemptions . . . 189

wives and widows of, eligibility of, to certain benefits . . 233 1,2

See also Veterans.
Phrases (see Words and phrases).
Physicians, department of industrial accidents, appearing before,

on behalf of injured employees, fees for .... 330

Pickerel (see Fish and fisheries).

Pictures, obscene, etc., possession, sale, etc., penalty . . . 162

Piela, Martin, refunding to, and others by city of Chicopee of an

over-assessment of taxes . _ . . . . - 266 1, 2

Piers, wharves, etc., maintenance by cities and towns . . . 164

Pipe lines, conduits and cables, beyond established harbor lines,

licensing of ..-.•••• 9^ 1> 2

Pittsfield, city of (see Cities and towns).

Plant pest control, division of (see Agriculture, departhient of).

Plumbers, licenses of, deferred renewal of, provision for . . 397 1, 2

state examiners of (see Civil service and registration, depart-
ment of).
Plunkett, W. B., Memorial Hospital, maintenance of, as a pub-
lic hospital by town of Adams and election of trustees of

said hospital by inhabitants of said town ... 32 1-3

PLYMOUTH COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance of, etc. ..... 245 1, 2

tax le\^ .......••• 245 2

Poland, Consulate General of. New York, at, payment of sum of
money to, for transmission to heirs of Stefan Dzieci-
atko ....... Resolve 25

appropriation ......-•• 426 751c

Police departments, in general, police patrol wagons and other ve-
hicles used by, etc., inclusion within certain provisions of
motor vehicle laws . . ... • ■ • 332 1-6

promotion in, physical requirements for . . . . 423

uniforms for members of, purchase of, appropriations by cities

and towns for ........ 351

Boston, Garrett, Oliver B., service of, as member of, matters
dealing with, etc., investigation of, by attorney gen-
eral ........ Resolves 4, 13

Montague, John F., former member of, widow of, payment by

commonwealth of sum of money to . . Resolve 59

appropriation ........ 426 751i

pensioning certain members of . . . . . . 387 1-4

Lynn, temporary reinstatement of Charles E. Berry as member

of 81 1, 2

389

1

182

1. 2, 4-6

241

1-3

58

423

15

115

742

Index. 777

Item or
Ghap. Section.

Police departments, Manchester, reserve police force, establish-
ment in . . . . . . . . .11 1-4

Marblehead, reinstatement of Benjamin F. Doliber, 2nd, as a

member of . . . . . . 378 1, 2

Police officers, appointments to regular police forces in cities and
towns in which police forces are within classified civil
service and reserve police forces are established . . 160

classified police service under civil service laws, applicants for
positions in, requirement of information from, as to cer-
tain offences, prohibited . . . . _ . . 242

general court officers to have and exercise powers of, in certain
cases .........

killed in performance of duty, payment of compensation to de-
pendents of . . . . . . .

one day off in every eight days, local acceptance of provisions of
general law granting .......

promotion of, under civil service rules, physical requirements for

reserve police force, establishment in certain towns .

state, retired, compensation, appropriation ....

See also Public safety, department of.
Police patrol, state (see Public safety, department of: divisions of:

state police).
Police patrol wagons, etc., inclusion within certain provisions of

motor vehicle laws ....... 332 1-6

Police, state, division of (see Public safety, department of).

Policies of insurance (see Insurance).

Polling places, display of national flag at . . . . , 149

See also Elections.
Ponds (see Waters and waterways).

Pondville hospital at Norfolk, appropriation . . .115 650-653

Poor debtors, supplementary proceedings in civil actions under law
relating to, investigation relative to, by judicial coun-
cil ....... . Resolve 6

Port authority, Boston, employees and other assistants of, ex-
empted from civil service laws ..... 236 1, 2

port of Boston, adequacy of terminal facilities of, etc., investi-
gation relative to, by, etc. .... Resolve 37

Porters, state house (see State house).

Portuguese Continental Union of the United States of Amer-
ica, incorporation and certain acts and proceedings of,

validated 206

Postmaster, general court (see General court).

Poultry, places where kept, penalty for unlawfully entering, etc. . 185
Power companies, control of, etc., investigation as to, appropria-
tion 426 32a

Power excavators and graders, inclusion within certain provisions
of motor vehicle laws .......

Power plants, relative to, as affecting emission of smoke
PRACTICE IN CIVIL ACTIONS:

debts, collection of, certain procedure for expediting, made ap-
plicable in district courts ......

district courts, appellate divisions of, other than municipal court
of city of Boston, reports to, time for filing requests for,
extended . . . . . . . .

mandamus, writs of, to compel reinstatement of certain persons
to positions in classified civil service, limitation of time
for bringing petitions for ......

notice, giving of, in snow and ice cases .....

supplementary proceedings in civil actions, investigation rela-
tive to, by judicial council . . . . • . . Resolve 6

uniformity in, investigation relative to, by judicial coun-
cil ....... . Resolve 6

See also Actions, civil; Bail; Equity jurisdiction; Evidence.
Premises (see Real property).
Premiums, officials' bonds, on, reimbursement, appropriation . 115 746

See also Insurance; Motor vehicles, insurance in relation to.
Primaries (see Elections).
Prison camp and hospital, appropriation . . . . .115 548

Prisoners, bail, admission to (see Bail).

labor, performing, etc., pro\dsions of workmen's compensation

law not to apply to, etc. ...... 159

Nantucket or Dukes county, held in jail in, removal of certain,

to a jail in Barnstable or Bristol county . . . 128 1, 2

penal institutions, in, liberty permits for and certain orders rela-
tive thereto, issuance by board of parole . . .60 1, 2

332

412

1-6
1, 2

65

1.2

54

1,2

243
98

1. 2

778

Index.

Prisoners, psychiatric examination of, appropriation

See also Mittimuses.
Prison of&cers and instructors, retired, compensation, appro-
priation . . . . . . ■ _ •

Prison service, classified, under civil service laws, applicants for
positions in, requirement of information from, as to certain
offences, prohibited .......

Prison, state (see State prison).

Private gardens or private grotmds, work, certain, in or about cer-
tain, on Lord's day, authorized .....

Probate and Insolvency, judges, appraisers, appointment by, etc. .
burial expenses of wards, making provision for, by certain

guardians and conservators, powers as to
Norfolk county, in, second assistant register, appointment by .
registers, appraisers, appointment by . '.

appropriation .........

supplementary . . . .

classification of, and of assistant registers, etc.
Norfolk county, second assistant register for, appointment of .
United States veterans' bureau, certain incompetent bene-
ficiaries of, duties as to, etc. .....

See also Probate courts.
PROBATE COURTS:

appraisers, appointment bJ^ etc. ......

appropriation .........

deficiency . . . . . . . . . {

burial expenses of wards, making provision for, by certain guard-
ians and conservators, powers as to
decrees of, changing names of persons .....

Hampden county, sessions in . . . . . _ .

"patients' funds", unclaimed funds at certain state hospitals

known as, establishment of right to, by petition to .
registers (see Probate and insolvency, registers).
United States veterans' bureau, certain incompetent beneficiaries
of, proceedings and duties relative to, etc.
Probate judges (see Probate and insolvency, judges).
PROBATION, BOARD OF:

appropriation .........

Process, service of (see Service of process).
Professional bondsmen, law relative to, clarified .
Professional boxing and wrestling, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve

appropriation .........

Property, personal (see Personal property),
real (see Real property),
taxation of (see Taxation).
Prorogation of general court, statement as to .
Prosecutions (see Criminal procedure and practice).
Province lands, care and maintenance of , appropriation .
mosquito-breeding prevention in, provision for

appropriation .........

tract of land within limits of, conveyance to United States for use
as a coast guard station, and cession of jurisdiction in and
over such tract ........

Provincetown, town of (see Cities and towns).
Przybyla, Simon J., refunding to, and others by city of Chicopee of
an over-assessment of taxes ......

Psychiatric examinations of prisoners, appropriation
Public accountants, registration of, appropriation .
Public bequest fund, advertising of, appropriation
Public employees, compensation for injuries sustained by, appro-
priation .........

supplementary ........

PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, appropriation .......

supplementary . . _ .

Braintree, town of, construction and operation by, of system
of sewers, powers and duties as to .
sewer connection for, with south metropolitan sewerage
system, approval by .
Hanover, town of, water supply for, approval by .

Chap.

Item or
Section.

115

442

115

741

242

179
213

1-3

237
371
213
115
426
400
371

1, 2

1-3

60-74

61, Page 570

6

1, 2

384

213

115

115
426

237
153
112

176

384

115

240

43
426

1-5

1-3

/ 56-74;

\ 61, Page 570
Page 134
Page 567

Page 615

115

300
426

386

1, 2
1, 2

1-5

87, 88
1-3

32g

698
708a

266
115
115
115

1, 2

442

409, 410

187

115
426

744
744

115

426

597-653
599-640

17

1. 13

398
39

1
2

Index.

779

PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF — Concluded.

in general, My-stic and Maiden rivers, development of certain

sections of, for recreational and other uses, investigation

as to, by metropolitan district commission and Resolve

appropriation ........

Mystic river, highway and bridge over, in city of Medford,
construction of, investigation as to, by metropolitan dis-
trict commission and ..... Resolve
appropriation ........

Mystic Valley parkway and Main street in city of Medford,
junction of, construction of overpass or underpass at,
investigation as to, by metropolitan district commission
and ........ Resolve

appropriation ........

Norfolk county tuberculosis hospital, certain improvements
at, approval by .

Pembroke, town of, water supply for, approval by .

Pittsfiteld, city of, water supply by, to additional part of town
of Lenox, terms and conditions of, determination by, if, etc.

Savoy, town of, certain payment to, as partial reimbursement
for money expended in care and treatment of certain
tubercular patient, approval by . . . Resolve

Shelburne Falls Fire District, taking by, of water from addi-
tional sources, approval of .

Southborough Fire and Water District, water supply for, ap-
proval by .

Southborough, town of, water supply for, approval by

South Seekonk Water District of Seekonk, water supply for,
approval by ....... .

tuberculosis, pulmonary, temporary care and treatment at
certain institutions of certain persons suffering from,
powers as to .

Walpole, town of, system of sewers, construction and opera-
tion by, powers and duties as to .

Westwood, town of, water supply for, etc., approval by

W^eymouth, town of, admission to metropolitan sewerage dis-
trict, location of certain sewers in connection with, ap-
proval by .
commissioner, Fort Point Channel and South Bay in Boston
harbor, filling in part of, commission to further investigate
as to, to be member of ... . Resolve

shellfish, plants for purification of, approval by
communicable diseases, division of, appropriation
engineering division, appropriation

supplementary
hygiene, division of, appropriation

supplementary
laboratories, division of, appropriation
tuberculosis, division of, appropriation
supplementary
Public institutions (see titles of specific institutions).
Public landing places, appropriations by cities and towns to pro
vide, etc. .........

Public libraries, division of (see Education, department of).
Public moneys (see County finance; Municipal finance; State

finance).
Public records, supervisor of, appropriation . . . .115

vital statistics, of, relative to . . . . . . 169

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, appropriation . . . . . .115

supplementary ........ 426

fire prevention, uniform system of, throughout common-
wealth, powers and duties as to . . . . . 399

members of, doing police duty, killed, etc., payment of com-
pensation to dependents of . . . . .241

appropriation . . . . . . . .115

secretary of, salary of, subjected to classification . . . 256

boards, etc., in:

boiler rules, appropriation . . . . . . .115

membership of ....... , 408

Chap.

Item or
Section.

22
426

754a

22
426

754a

22
426

754a

10

280

1

2

250

31

69
1 133

133
225

52

120

248

419

164

1, 2

2, 13,

Part II

3, 8,

Parti

13

2, Part I

2, Part II

29

235

115

607,

608

115

619,

620

426

619,

620

115

603-

-606

426

605

115

621,

622

115

623-

-649

426

628,

640

194

654-679
655-677

1,5-7

1,3

748

670, 671

780

Index.

PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OP — Concluded.
boards, etc., in — Concluded.

boxing commission, appropriation . _ .
elevator regulations, board of, appropriation
commissioner:

boiler rules, board of, boiler inspector of division of inspection

as a member of, designation by .
fire prevention, uniform system of, throughout common

wealth, powers and duties as to .
infernal machines, seizure of, notice to, etc.
members of department doing police duty, killed, etc., pay-
ment of compensation to dependents of, powers and
duties as to
divisions of:

fire prevention, appropriation .....

supplementary . . .

state fire marshal, appropriation ....

supplementary ......

fire prevention, uniform system of, throughout common'
wealth, powers and duties as to
inspection, appropriation ......

boiler inspector of, as a member of board of boiler rules
state police, appropriation .....

supplementary .......

Public schools (see Schools, public).

Public service corporations, dissolution of certain

See also Gas and electric companies; Railroads; Street railways
Public utilities, control and conduct of, in this commonwealth, in-
vestigation as to, appropriation ....

PUBLIC UTILITIES, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, appropriation ......

supplementary .......

Bernardston Fire and Water District, certain powers and
duties as to

Boylston street subway, alterations and extensions to, to
eliminate crossing at grade at Governor square in Bos-
ton by cars using said subway, etc., certain powers as to

Braintree, town of, construction, etc., by, of drains or sewers
within railroad locations, approval by, when

Central Vermont Railway, Inc., interest held by, as lessee in
the railroads, franchises and other property of the New
London Northern Railroad Company, transactions in
connection with, approval by .... .

Dedham Water Company, furnishing of water by, to town of
Westwood, approval of rates by .

gas and electric companies, contracts, certain, of, approval by

corporations and others affiliated with, examination by

gas and electricity, supply of, in bulk, compulsory, powers and
duties as to .

Gloucester, city of, sale and conveyance of water by, to town
of Rockport, terms and conditions for, approval by, if,
etc. ..........

grade crossings, abolition of, powers and duties as to .

Hanover, town of, construction, etc., by, within raih-oad loca-
tions for water supply purposes, approval by, when .

Marblehead, town of, construction, etc., by, within railroad
locations, approval by, when .....

Millerville Fire and Water District, construction, etc., by,
within railroad locations for water supply purposes, ap-
proval by, when . . . .

motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire, laws and regula-
tions affecting, revision, codification, etc., of,
by ....... Resolve

appropriation ........

municipal lighting plants, sale of, powers as to

New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, cer-
tain restrictions imposed upon, in connection with its
interests in certain subsidiary companies, certain powers
as to .........

Pembroke, town of, water supply for, certain powers and
duties as to . . . . .

railroad trains and cars, equipment of, with tools and other
safety devices, orders for, by .... .

Chap.

115
115

408

399
317

241

Item or
Section.

678, 679
669

1. 5, 7

115

673-677

426

677

115

673-677

426

677

399

1. 3,5, 7

115

663-668

408

115

657-662, 672

426

658

292

1-5

426

32a

115

426 {

712-730

730a; 728,

Page 571

93

2, 3

394

1, 3

17

4

191

1, 2

248
/.342
1396

395

3, Part I

383

345
417

1

1-14

39

2

328

2

8S

38
426
369

730a
1, 2

190

2, 3

280

1. 2

211

1.2

Index. 781

Item or
Chap. Section.

PUBLIC UTILITIES, DEPARTMENT OP— Concluded.

in general, securities, promotion unci sale of, laws relating to,

survey and study of, by . . . . Resolve 50

appropriation . . . . . . . . 426 32k

Shelburne Falls Fire District, construction, etc., by, within
railroad locations for water supply purposes, approval
by, when ......... 69 1,2

Southborough Fire and Water District, construction, etc., by,
within railroad locations for water supply purposes, ap-
proval by, when .133 2, Part II

Southborough, town of, construction, etc., by, within railroad

locations for water supply purposes, approval by, when . 133 3, Part I

South Seekonk Water District of Seekonk, construction, etc.,
by, within railroad locations for water supply purposes,
approval by, when ....... 225 2

Stony Brook grade crossing on Boston Post road in town of

Weston, abolition of, plans in connection with, approval by 356 2

Walpole, town of, construction, etc., by, of drains or sewers

within railroad locations, approval by, when . . . 120 5

Westwood, town of, construction, etc., by, within railroad

locations for water supply purposes, approval by, when . 248 2, Part II

commission, director of division of smoke inspection, appoint-
ment, etc., by ....... . 380 1

smoke inspection, division of, establishment, powers, duties,

etc 380 1-3

plants or furnaces for burning fuel and waste material, as

afTecting emission of smoke, powers and duties as to . 412 1,2

telephone and telegraph division, appropriation . . 115 716

Public ways (see Ways, public).
PUBLIC WELFARE, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, aged citizens, adequate assistance to certain, provid-
ing of, powers and duties as to . . . . . 402 1

appropriation . . . . . . . . .115 556-596

deficiency . . . . . . . . .115 Page 136

supplementary ........ 426 556-588

foreign charitable corporations, registration of, before acting in
commonwealth, and reports by such corporations, powers
and duties as to . . . . . . . .170 2

tuition and transportation rates for certain public charges,

payment by ....... . 290

unincorporated trustees of charitable trusts, certain, filing of

annual reports by, with ...... 209

commissioner, crippled children, education of, powers and

duties as to . . . . . . . . 368

foreign charitable corporations, registration of and filing of

reports by certain, powers as to . . . . .170 2

salary of ......... . 374 1, 2

divisions of:

aid and relief, appropriation . . . . . .115 560-567

child guardianship, appropriation . . . . .115 568-571

., ^ . . . ^. /115 572-585

juvenile trammg, appropriation . . . . . . ^ ^26 Page 563

deficiency . . . . . . . . .115 Page 136

Massachusetts training schools, trustees of, in (see Massa-
chusetts training schools).
Public welfare, local boards of, aged citizens, adequate assistance

to certain, providing of, powers and duties as to . . 402 1

mothers with dependent children, aid to, furnishing by . .381

Public works, state, new, etc., amount of assessments recommended
to be made upon municipalities in metropolitan districts
for certain, furnishing of information to said municipali-
ties relative to ....... . 222

PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF:

in general, airport purposes, additional leases of state land in

East Boston to city of Boston for, by . . Resolve 53

appropriation ......... 115 680-711

1 c ■ (115 Page 136

d«fi"e°^y 1 426 Paie 568

1686-709;
686a,
Page 571 ;
686-693a,
Page 573
automobiles used for carriage of passengers for hire, type of

glass of wind shields of, approval by . . . . 354 1

782 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF — Continued.

in general, Boston and Worcester Turnpike, so-called, proposed
widening of, lands taken by Worcester county in connec-
tion with, entry by ...... . 319 1

bridges on main through routes of travel, taking over and
maintenance of, by commonwealth, special commission to
investigate as to, assistance to, by . . Resolve 63

grade crossings, abolition of, powers and duties as to . . 417 1-14

Hampden Railroad Corporation, The, highway bridges over

former location of, in certain towns, removal by . 388 1-3

appropriation ........ 426 686a, Page 571

highway and other improvements in certain cities and towns f 420 1-18

within metropolitan district, powers and duties as to . \ 425 2

f 693a— 765a
appropriation . • ; 426 | p^ge 573

highway conditions in certain cities and towns within metro-
politan district, investigation as to, by . . Resolve 48

highway. West Tisbury and Chilmark, in, construction by,
contribution toward cost of, borrowing of money for,
by Dukes County 122 1, 2

historic places, signs and markers at, erection by . Resolve 10

Lake Quannapowitt in town of Wakefield, certain regulations

as to, approval by, etc. ...... 35 2, 5

Lynn harbor, surface water drainage works outside harbor
line in, construction and maintenance by city of Lynn,
plans, etc., as to, approval by ..... 59 1

Marblehead, town of, digging up of state highways bj% for

water supply purposes, approval by . . . . 328 2

Marshfield, town of, dredging and filling certain shore areas
in, by, for purpose of improving Green Harbor and pro-
viding land for an aviation field ..... 199 1, 2

motor vehicles, certain used, disposal of, and licensing of motor

vehicle junk yards, investigation as to, by . Resolve 24

New Bedford and Fairhaven bridge, care of, transferred to . 406 1-3

appropriation ........ 426 Page 571

pipe lines, conduits and cables beyond established harbor lines,

licensing, etc., by ....... 99 1, 2

ponds, measurement by ...... . 393 2, Subs. 43

port of Boston, adequacy of terminal facilities of, and advisa-
bility of constructing a grain elevator on harbor-front
property of commonwealth at South Boston, investiga-
tion as to, by, etc. ..... Resolve 37

province lands in town of Provincetown, mosquito-breeding

prevention in, powers and duties as to . . . 300

appropriation ........ 426 708a

Provincetown, town of, tract of state land in, conveyance to

United States by, etc. 386

Southern New England Railroad Corporation, bridges carry-
ing public highways over its location within common-
wealth, repair and maintenance of, powers and duties as to 308 2

state highways, contracts for construction of, certain, making

by, in anticipation of appropriations .... 5

Stony Brook grade crossing on Boston Post road in town of

Weston, powers and duties as to . . . . 356 1-5

Taunton river, improvement of certain part of, powers and

duties as to ....... . 405

Tj'ngsborough, town of, laying out and construction of cer-
tain improvements in, by Middlesex county, lands taken
for, entry upon, by, etc. ...... 303 1

Winthrop, toviTi of, part of, known as Win throp Highlands,
construction of breakwater and certain marine improve-
ments in, investigation as to, by . . Resolve 23
commissioner, Fort Point Channel and South Bay in Boston
harbor, filling in part of, commission to further investigate
as to, to be member of ... . Resolve 29
commissioner and associate commissioners, Gloucester,
city of, fish pier in, construction by commonwealth, spe-
cial commission to investigate relative to advisability of,
to be members of .... . Resolve 32
highways, functions relating to, appropriation . . . 115 683-695
, f, . / 115 Page 136

^'-^fi^^^^y 1 426 Page 568

f 686, 689;

supplementary 426 ^ 686-693a.

(. Page 573

Index. 783

Item or
Chap. Section.

PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENT OF — Concluded.

registrar of motor vehicles, aircraft, powers and duties as to 33 1-3

appropriation 115 692-694

supplementary _ . • . ■ 426 692, 693

examiners or investigators appointed by, false impersonation

of, penalty for ....... 21

See also Motor vehicles.
waterways and public lands, functions relating to, appro-
priation 115 696-711

deficiency 426 Page 568

supplementary . . . . . . . .426 700-709

Pumping stations, metropolitan district commission, under con-
trol of, engineers and firemen and other employees in,
weekly half holidays for . , . . . .421 1,2

Q-

Quahaugs (see Shellfish).

Quannapowitt, Lake, Wakefield, in, control of . . . .35 1-5

Quartermaster, state, appropriation ...... 115 127-139

supplementary . . . . . . . . 426 129

Quincy, bay, sanitary condition of, improvement of, by construction
of embankment from Squantum to town of Hull, and
construction of roadway on such embankment, investiga-
tion as to . . . . . . . Resolve 63

appropriation 426 32o, Page 570

city of (see Cities and towns).

shore reservation, Moswetusett Hummock in city of Quincy, ac-
quisition by metropolitan district commission as an ad-
dition to ........ • 337

appropriation ........ 426 753a

R.

Race Run, dike across, construction of, for mosquito-breeding pre-
vention in province lands in town of Provincetown . . 300
appropriation ......... 426 708a

RadclUSe College, additional property, holding by . . .28
Railroad committee, New England, expenses of work of, appro-
priation 115 100

Railroads, grade crossings, abolition of .... . 417 1-14

trains and cars of, equipment of, with certain tools and other

safety devices . . . . . . . . 211 1, 2

See also Boston and Maine Railroad; Central Vermont Railway,
Inc.; Hampden Railroad Corporation, The; New Lon-
don Northern Railroad Company; New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company; Southern New
England Railroad Corporation; Union Freight Railroad
Company.
Railways, street (see Street railways).
Randolph, town of (see Cities and towns).
Real property, alienation of, conveyance by deed, certified copies of

certain deeds, recording of . . . . . • 267

recording of, fee for ... . . . • . 253 1, 3

corporations, charitable, etc., capacity to hold . . . . 38

defective condition of, caused by snow or ice, giving of notice in

actions for ........ 98 1, 2

mortgages of, recording of, fees for . . . . . . 253 1, 3

sale of, by guardians and conservators, license and application for,

to state whether ward is married or single . . . 138 1,2

title to, registration of (see Registration of title to land).
Rebellion, war of the (see Civil war).
Reclamation board, state, appropriation . . . . ,115 248

supplementary . . . . . . ■ . 426 248

mosquito control project comprising towns of Barnstable county,

powers and duties as to . . ... . 379 1,2

province lands in town of Provincetown, mosquito-breeding pre-
vention in, consultation by department of public works as

to, with 300

Reclamation, soil survey and fairs, division of (see Agriculture,

department of).
Recognizances, appearance before certain district courts, for . . 154 1, 2

784

Index.

Records, business, made in course of, certain, admissibility of, in
evidence .........

gold star record of Massachusetts in world war, distribution
of ....••• • Resolve

public (see Public records).

vital statistics, of, relative to . . _ .

war, civil, preparation of, appropriation .....

printing and distribution of ... . Resolve

appropriation ........

Red Cross, American National (see American National Red Cross,

The).
Referendum (see Initiative and referendum).
Reformatory for women, appropriation .....

supplementaiy . . . . .• . _ . _

Reformatory institutions (see Penal and reformatory institutions).
Reformatory, Massachusetts (see Massachusetts reforrhatory).
Registered bottles and other containers, property rights in, pro-
tection of .
REGISTERS AND REGISTRIES OF DEEDS:

Norfolk county, registry of deeds for, recording in, of certain

certifications of board of survey in town of Milton .
recording, filing, etc., of instruments with:

deeds and other writings affecting land, certain, recording of
certified copies of ...... .

fees for .......•■•

Registers and registries of probate and insolvency (see Probate

and insolvency, registers).
Registrar of motor vehicles (see Public works, department of).
Registrars of voters, cessation of registration by .

sessions of, prior to special primaries . . .

Registration (see Licenses and permits; also specific titles).
Registration, civil service and, department of (see Civil service

and registration, department of).
Registration, division of (see Civil service and registration, depart-
ment of).
Registration of title to land, deeds, etc., certain, certified copies

of, recording of, in connection with
Rehabilitation, vocational, and co-operative with federal govern-
ment, appropriation .......

Relief, aid and, division of (see Public welfare, department of).
Religious societies (see Churches and religious societies).
Rendition, interstate, investigation relative to, by judicial
council ....... Resolve

Reporter of decisions of supreme judicial court, accommoda-
tions and facilities for housing, etc., investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve

appropriation ......

appropriation .......

deficiency .......

supplementary
office expenses of ......

Representative districts, apportionment of, proposed amendment

to constitution relative to .
Pi,epresentatives, house of (see General court).
Representative town meetings (see Town meetings).
Reservation, Doane's Falls, establishment of

state, Mount Everett, purchase of additional land for
appropriation ......

Reservations, park, appropriation ....

supplementary . . . . . .

future acquisition and maintenance of, for recreational or other
purposes within commonwealth, special commission to
make study relative to, etc. .... Resolves 33, 50

Chap.

Item or
Section.

87

1, 2

8

169

115 104

64
426 158c, Page 570

115
426

549-553
549

155

267
253

326
113

267
115

54
426
115
115

426
89

1-3

1, 2

327, 328

32j

42, 43

Page 134

43

Pages 608, 614

334
315
426
115
426

appropriation ........

Reserve police forces, Manchester, establishment in .

towns, establishment in certain ......

Reservoirs (see Waters and waterways).

Resolves (see Acts and resolves; Statutes).

Retirement, state board of (see Retirement systems and pensions,

commonwealth, of).
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS:

in general, policemen and firemen killed in performance of duty,
payment of certain compensation to dependents of, as
alternative to benefits under, etc.

426
11
15

182
241

1-5

264a
753
753

32e
1-4

1, 4
1

Index.

785

RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND PENSIONS — Concluded,
pensions, army nurses, certain, in public service, for

Jioston, city of, police department of, certain members of, for .

Fall River, city of, laborers in employ of, for

firemen in certain cities, for ......

Garrett, Oliver B., awarded to, as member of police depart-
ment of city of Boston, circumstances surrounding, inves-
tigation of, by attorney general . . . Resolves

judges, certain, appropriation

Lowell, city of, laborers in employ of

Lynn, police department of, temporary reinstatement in, of
Charles E. Berry for purpose of retirement

police officers, state, appropriation

prison officers and instructors, appropriation

state employees, appropriation ....

teachers, appropriation .....
See also, ii'fra, retirement systems.

veterans, certain, appropriation ....
supplementary ......

retirement systems, commonwealth, of, appropriation

board of retirement, appropriation .

refunding of contributions of members and prospective

members of, in case of their decease

retirement allowances provided under, investigation relative

to . . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation .......

counties, of, retirement of certain officers of certain county

penal institutions and payments to families of such officers

who die from injuries received in line of duty .

Newton, city of, for employees of, retirement allowances under,

increased .........

Somerville, city of, employees of, for, provision for
teachers, of, deficiencies in annuity fund for active or retired
members of, to be made good by commonwealth, and im-
position upon commissioner of insurance of certain duties
in relation to such system ......

retirement board, appropriation .....

Revere, Beach parkway, overpass carrying, over Broadway and
Main street in city of Everett, construction of, investiga-
tion relative to . . . . . . Resolve

overpass or underpass for vehicular traffic on, at its junction
with Broadway in city of Revere, etc., construction of .

Squire road in city of Revere, extension of, from Broadway to,
investigation relative to ... . Resolve

traffic circle at intersection of Middlesex Fells parkway and,
in city of Medford, construction of ... .

city of (see Cities and towns).
Rivers (see Waters and waterways).

Road rollers, inclusion within certain provisions of motor veliicle
laws .........

Roads (see Ways).

Rockland, town of (see Cities and towns).
Rockport, town of (see Cities and towns).

Roumian, John, heirs of, payment by commonwealth of sum of
money for transmission to . . . . Resolve

appropriation ....

Rozbtiry canal, storm and sewage overflows
ing into, investigation as to .
appropriation .
Royalston, town of (see Cities and towns).
Rutland state sanatorium, appropriation
supplementary

Chap.

161

387
71
70

Item or
Section.

1-4
1, 2

4, 13

115

61

81
115
115
115
115

115
426

115 •

115

335

49
426

413

35, 49, 57
1, 2

1, 2

742

741

218, 739-745

351, 352

739, 740, 745

745

216-218,

739-743

216-218

1-4

32i

109
184

1-22

238
115

1-4
349-352

48
420 1
425

5-7, 11,

13, 15, 18

2

48

420

20, 23, 25

and drainage discharg-
Resolve

332

19
426

29
426

115
426

1-6

751

32c

640-643
640

S.

Safety, activities, program of, designed to prevent automobile acci-
dents, appropriations by cities and towais for .
devices, railroad trains and cars, equipment of, with .
pupils, of, in crossing public ways, expenditures by school com-
mittees for ........

Safety, public, department of (see Public safety, department of).

365
211

314

1, 2

786

Index.

Sailors (see Soldiers, sailors and marines).
Salaries (see titles of specific officers, etc.)-
Salem, city of (see Cities and towns).

normal school, ajjpropriation .......

Sale of securities act (see Securities, sale, etc., of).
Sales, merchandise, etc., of, stopping of vehicles on state highways or
accosting occupants of vehicles stopped thereon for pur-
pose of making, etc., prohibited . . . . .

See also names of specific articles of personal property.
Salmon (see Fish and fisheries).
SANATORIA, STATE:

in general, appropriation

supplementary
Lakeville, appropriation

supplementary . _ .
North Reading, appropriation
Rutland, appropriation

supplementary
Westfield, appropriation
Sanctuaries, wild life, future policy of commonwealth as to es-
tablishment and maintenance of, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve

Sandwich, town of (see Cities and towns).
Sanger, William H., clerk of senate, salary, appropriation
Saugus, town of (see Cities and towns).
Sausages and sausage meat, manufacture and sale of .
Savings and insurance banks (see Savings bank life insurance).
Savings bank life insurance, division of (see Banking and insur-
ance, department of),
savings and insurance banks, reports of official examinations,
admissibility in evidence of certain, in certain judicial
proceedings relating to ..... .

Savings banks (see Banks and banldng).

Savoy, state forest, name of Borden mountain established for certain
unnamed eminence in . . . . . Resolve

town of (see Cities and towns).
Scallops (see Shellfish).

Scholarships, providing of certain, for children of Massachusetts
men who died in military or naval service of United States
during world war, or as a result of such service
appropriation .........

School children (see Schools).
SCHOOLS:

in general, higher educational opportunities, providing of, for
children of Massachusetts men who died in military or
naval service of United States during world war, or as a
result of such service .......

appropriation ........

insurance, accident or health, blanket policies of, issuance to, etc.

public, attendance, supervisors of, in cities and in certain towns

placed under civil service laws .....

high school pupils, transportation of .
normal schools, state (see Normal schools),
safety of pupils of, in crossing public ways, expenditures by
school committees for .......

school committees, crippled children, education of, powers and
duties as to . . . .

expenditures by, for safety of pupils in crossing public ways

state aid and reimbursement for, appropriation

deficiency ........

teachers in, institutes, expenses of holding, appropriation
retirement of (see Retirement sj^stems and pensions),
vocational schools, for, training of, appropriation

traffic belts, so-called, to be used by pupils aiding in direction
of traffic as means of providing safeguards for pupils in
crossing public ways, expenditures for ....

transportation of high school pupils .....

tuition and transportation rates for certain public charges
placed in, payment by commonwealth or city of Boston .

vocational schools, teachers for, training of, appropriation

Chap.

115

139

Item or
Section.

368

115

628-649

426

628, 640

115

628-633

426

628

115

634-639

115

640-643

426

640

115

640-649

50

115

5

318

79
5

263
426

263

426

64

34

48

314

368
314

1-4
352a

1-4
352a

u{

323-326,
335 579

115 Pages 135, 136
115 330

115

314

48

290
115

332

332

Index.

787

SCHOOLS —Concluded.

special provisions relative to particular schools:

Belchertown state school, appropriation

supplementary ......

Bradford Durfee Textile School, appropriation

Bridge water normal school, appropriation

Fernald, Walter E., state school, appropriation
supplementary ......

Fitchburg normal school, appropriation

Framingham normal school, appropriation .

Groton School, Trustees of, additional property, holding by

Hyannis normal school, appropriation .

industrial school for boj^s, appropriation

industrial school for girls, appropriation

Lowell normal school, appropriation

Lyman school for boys, appropriation .

Massachusetts hospital school, appropriation
supplementary .....

Massachusetts nautical school, appropriation
supplementary .....

Massachusetts school of art, appropriation .

Massachusetts training schools (see Massachu.setts training
schools).

New Bedford textile school, appropriation

North Adams normal school, appropriation

Salem normal school, appropriation

Westfield normal school, appropriation

Worcester normal school, appropriation

new building for, land as a site for, to be conveyed to com
monwealth, purchase by city of Worcester

Wrentham state school, appropriation ....
Scituate, town of (see Cities and towns).

Water Company, water supply to, by town of Marshfield .
Seals, bounties on, appropriation .....

Seamen, intelligence offices providing information relative to employ

ment of, licensing of .
SECRETARY, STATE:

in general, appropriation

supplementary . . . .

powers and duties, attorney general, opinions of, additional

volume of, distribution by . . . . Resolve

ballot boxes, additional, for use in towns, providing by .

birth records of certain illegitimate children, correcting, amend-
ing or supplementing of, etc., as to

bottles and other containers registered in office of, property
rights in, protection of ..... .

civil war, records of soldiers, sailors and marines who served to
credit of Massachusetts in, distribution by . Resolve

gold star record of Massachusetts in world war, distribution
by . . . . . . . . Resolve

notary public or justice of the peace, commission as, increase
of fee to be paid in certain cases for, to .
recording and filing of instruments with:

corporations, revival of certain, certificates as to .

Dan vers, town of, voting precincts in, establishment or revision
of, notice of ....... .

Fairhaven, town of, voting precincts in, establishment or re-
vision of, notice of ...... .

Governor square in Boston, elimination of crossing at grade at,
by street railway cars using Boylston street subway, act
providing for, certificates of acceptance of . . .

lands, certain, jurisdiction of, ceded to United States, plans of

nomination papers of all candidates for offices to be filled at a
state election ........

political expenses of candidates, statements of . . .

Southern New England Railroad Corporation, certain instru-
ments in relation to .

South Seekonk Water District of Seekonk, addition of real
estate to, copy of petition and vote as to

vital statistics, records of .

Chap.

115
426
115
115
115
426
115
115
165
115
115
115
115
115
115
426
115
426
115

115
115
115

115 369,
115 371,

286
115

409
115

117

115

426

12
63

169

155

64

212

45

294

285

394
/333
1386

114
36

308

225
169

Item or
Section.

506-518

512a

374

356, 357

519-526

524a

358-360

361, 362

363, 364
580
581
365

582-585

586, 587

.586

353-355

355

373

376
366, 367

368
3691, 370
3711,372

1. 2
527-533

1-3
283

185-207
188-200

2
14

788

Index.

Securities, sale, etc., of, law as to, administration of, appropriation .
corporations licensed to make small loans, securities of, sub-
jected to ....-■•• .

holding corporations, certain, securities issued by, sub-
jected to ....-..• ■

survey and study of, by department of public utili-
ties . . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation . . . . .

See also Bonds; County finance; Municipal finance; State
finance; Stock, corporate, shares of.
Security, motor vehicle liability, certain, against, requirement of

(see Motor vehicles, insurance in relation to).
Seekonk, Congregational Society in the Town of, relative to

town of (see Cities and towns).
Seizures, infernal machines, of ...... .

SELECTMEN:

American Legion, The, national convention of, money appro-
priated to provide public entertainment in connection with,
to be expended under direction of .
automobile accidents, prevention of, appropriations for, expendi-
ture of, under direction of .
ballot boxes, additional, for use in towns, powers and duties as to
civil service rules and regulations and changes therein, hearings

relative to, notice of, sending to .
grade crossings, powers and duties as to .

landing places, public, maintenance, etc., powers and duties as to
municipal advertising, expenditures for, under direction of
officers, municipal, temporary, appointment in certain cases by .
petroleum, inspectors of, appointment by ... .

policemen and firemen killed in performance of duty, payment of

compensation to dependents of, powers as to .
shellfish, plants for purification of, powers as to
Semi-trailers and semi-trailer units (see Motor vehicles).
Senate (see General court).

Senatorial districts, apportionment of, proposed amendment to
constitution relative to ..... .

Sergeant-at-arms (see General court).

Service of process, general court officers, by . . . . .

mittimuses, service of, allowance to officers in .
Sewer districts, metropolitan (see Metropolitan districts, sewer

districts).
Shares of stock (see Corporations; Stock, corporate, shares of).
Shelburne, Falls Fire District, water from additional sources, taking

by .

town of (see Cities and towns).
Shellfish, crabs, taking of, regulated . .

laws relating to, etc., survey and revision of . . Resolve

appropriation .......

purification of, taken from contaminated areas, plants for, ap

proval of .
Westport, town of, in, protection of ... .

See also Fish and fisheries.
Shirley, First Universal Christian Society in, (otherwise called
First Universalist Society of Shirley), Orthodox Congre-
gational Society of Shirley and The United Church of
Shirley, consolidation of ..... .

Shoe shops, co-operative, etc., purchase of stock by employees in,

general question of, study and investigation of Resolve

appropriation .........

Slirewsbury, town of (see Cities and towns).
Sight-saving classes, children, for, appropriation

deficiency . . . . . . .

Signs and markers, historic places, at, erection by department of
public works ...... Resolve

Small loans, corporations licensed to make, securities of, subjected
to the sale of securities act ......

Smith, J. Davis, acts as a notary public validated . . Resolve

Smoke, abatement of, appropriation ......

supplementary ........

powers and duties of division of smoke inspection as to .
emission of, plants or furnaces for burning fuel and waste ma-
terial, as affecting, relative to . . . . .

Smoke inspection, division of (see Public utilities, department of).
Snow and ice, actions against abutting owners for defective condi-
tion of their premises or of adjoining ways when caused by,
giving of notice in ...... .

Chap.
115

Item or
Section.

729, 730

289

316

56
426

32k

30

317

67

365
63

227
417
164
223
172
399
182
241
235

1. 11

1, Subs. 18
1
1

Pages 608, 614

389
370

69

1. 2

. 414
e 28
. 426

1
32b

. 235
53

1-7

76

1-5

30
426

434a

115
115

347
Page 135

10

289

11

115

728

426 728, Page 571
380 1-3

412

98

1, 2

1, 2

Index.

789

Snow, Benjamin B., acts as a notary public validated . Resolve
Social purposes, corporations for, property holding powers of
Societies (see Churches and religious societies; Fraternal benefit

societies).
Society of Mutual Aid of Roccadevandro, Italy, real estate, hold-
ing by ........ .

Soil survey, reclamation, and fairs, division of (see Agriculture,

department of).
Soldiers' bonus, so-called, appropriation .....

supplementary ........

Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, appropriation

deficiency .........

Soldiers' relief (see State and military aid).
SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES:

aid for, state and military, reimbursement of cities and towns,
appropriation ........

annuities and pensions of certain soldiers, appropriation

supplementary ........

bonus (see Soldiers' bonus, so-called).

educational opportunities, higher, providing of, for children of
Massachusetts men who died in military or naval service of
United States during world war, or as a result of such
service .........

appropriation ........

gold star record of Massachusetts in world war, distribution
of ....... . Resolve

memorial to men and women of Massachusetts who served in
world war, site and type of, special commission to con-
sider, revived and continued, and scope of its duties en-
larged ....... Resolve

who served their country in time of war, construction of, on
summit of Mount Greylock . . ...

appropriation .......

investigation by special commission as to site and type of
another ........

appropriation .......

Mexican border, service on, certificates of honor, appropriation

records of, who served to credit of Massachusetts in war of the

rebellion, printing and distribution of . . Resolve

appropriation ........

state aid, amount of, payable to, etc., increased

state pay to, appropriation .......

supplementary ........

tax exemptions, certain, granting to certain, and their wives and
widows .........

testimonials to certain, of world war, appropriation , . .

See also Army nurses; Civil war; Mexican border service;
Militia; Spanish war; State and military aid; Veterans;
World war.
Somerville, city of (see Cities and towns).

South Bay in Boston Harbor, filling in part of, further investiga-
tion as to . . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation .........

Southborough, Fire and Water District, establishment, etc. .

town of (see Cities and towns).
South Boston, bridge or bridges from town of Hull to Houghs
Neck, Squantum or, construction of, investigation as
to ....... . Resolve

appropriation .........

grain elevator, construction of, on harbor-front property of com-
monwealth at, investigation relative to . . Resolve
Summer and L streets in, widening and construction of
Southbridge, town of (see Cities and towns).
Southern New England Railroad Corporation, corporate powers

of, confirmation, extension and revival of certain
South Hadley, town of (see Cities and towns).
South metropolitan sewerage district (see Metropolitan districts).
South Seekonk Water District of Seekonk, established
Spanish war, persons who served as army nurses in, and are in pub-
lic service, certain retirement rights conferred upon
soldiers and sailors in volunteer service of United States during,
certain payments to, appropriation ....

Chap.
3

38

Item or
Section.

78

115
426
115
115

115
115

426

263
426

213, 214

213, 214

156-158

Page 136

154
745
745

1-4
352a

411 1, 2
426 158b, Page 572

411 3-5

426 { ISSbb.Page

115 124

64
426 158c, Page 570
186

115 213,214

426 213, 214

189
115

29
426

133

63

125

32c

1-13,

Part II

Part III

426

32o,

Page

>570

37

264

1-4

308

1-3

225

1-15

161

115

215

Item or

Chap.

Section.

189

233

1, 2

790 Index.

Spanish war, veterans of, granting to, of certain tax exemptions

wives and widows of, eligibility of, to certain benefits

See also Veterans.

Spanish War Veterans, United (see United Spanish War Veterans).

Sparks, J. H., Company, claim, certain, of, against city of Lowell,

payment of . . . . . . . .127 1,2

Special conimissions (see Commissions, state).

Special justices (see District courts).

Special legislation, avoidance of, relative to . . . .6 1,2

Spendthrifts, burial expenses of, provision for, making by their

guardians, etc. ........ 237

Sporting licenses, hunting and fishing, for . . . . . 393 2, Subs. 5-13

Springfield, city of (see Cities and towns).

Hospital, real and personal estate, additional, holding by . . 1

Sprinklers, street, inclusion within certain provisions of motor

vehicle laws ........ 332 1-6

Squantum, bridge or bridges from town of Hull to, etc., construc-
tion of, investigation as to . . . . Resolve

appropriation .........

Standards, director and division of (see Labor and industries,

department of).
Standish monument, placing of granite figure upon, and making of
certain repairs to said monument, pro^dsion for Resolve
appropriation .........

reservation, maintenance of, etc., appropriation
STATE AID AND PENSIONS, COMMISSIONER OF:

appropriation . . _ .

State and military aid, burial of wives and widows of certain
veterans .........

cities and towns, by, state reimbursement, appropriation .

military aid, Massachusetts veterans, certain, receiving hospital

treatment outside commonwealth, made eligible to receive

soldiers' relief, children, certain, of certain veterans made eligible

to receive .........

payment of . . . . . . . .

state aid, amount of, payable to certain veterans or their depend-
ent relatives, and to certain nurses, increased .
eligibility of wives and widows of certain veterans to
State auditor (see Auditor, state).

State boards, members, ex officiis, of, designation of persons to per-
form duties of, when absent, etc. ..... 56

See also list under Boards, state.
State commissions and commissioners (see Commissioners, state;

Commissions, state).
State constabulary, so-called (see Public safety, department of:

divisions of; state police).
State debt (see State finance).
State departments and divisions thereof (see Departments,

state; Divisions, state departments, of).
State elections (see Elections).

State employees (see Commonwealth, officers and employees of).
State farm, appropriation ........

.supplementary ........

STATE FINANCE:

appropriation acts, general .......

appropriations, contracts for construction of state highways,
certain, making by department of public works in antici-
pation of .
improvement of public ways in small towns, for

assessments, amount of, to be made upon municipalities in met-
ropolitan districts for certain new state projects and
undertakings, furnishing of information relative to, to said
municipalities ........

bonds and notes, terms of certain ......

debt, direct, reduction of, and payment of interest thereon,
appropriation ........

district attorneys, certain expenses of, payment of .

interest on direct debt and temporary loans, appropriation

loans, temporary, payment of interest on, appropriation

"patients' funds", unclaimed funds at certain state hospitals
known as, payment to state treasurer, etc.

sinking fund requirements, appropriation ....

63
426 32o,

Page 570

35
426
115

263a
260

115

151-153

233
115

2
154

195

192
110

186
233

1

115
426

542, 543
542

115
426

1-8
1-4

5
171

222
425

1, 2

115

210
115
115

220

1

220

220

176
115

219

Index.

791

STATE FINANCE — Concludod.

state highways, contracts for construction of, certain, making
by department of public works in anticipation of appro-
priations .........

state tax, apportioned and assessed .....

State fire marshal (see Public safety, department of).

State fire warden (see Conservation, department of).

State forests (see Forests and forestrj').

State highways (see Waj-s, public).

STATE HOSPITALS FOR INSANE, ETC.:

in general, funds, unclaimed, known as "patients' funds", at
certain, payment to state treasurer, etc.
patients, certain, in, placing of, at board in private homes, etc.
Boston, appropriation .
Boston psychopathic, appropriation

supplementary
Danvers, appropriation

deficiency
Foxborough, appropriation

deficiency
Gardner state colony, appropriation
Grafton, appropriation

supplementary
Medfield, appropriation
Metropolitan, appropriation

establishment of
Monson, appropriation
Northampton, appropriation
Taunton, appropriation
Westborough, appropriation
Worcester, appropriation
See also Insane persons; Mental diseases, department of.
STATE HOUSE:

colony charter, coming of John Winthrop and his associates with,
in year 1030, tablet commemorating, placing of, in,
etc. ........ Resolve

criminal offenses committed in, etc., powers of general court
officers as to . . . . .

engineer's department, appropriation

guide book, reprinting latest edition of, appropriation

maintenance of, etc., appropriation

supplementary ......

old provincial, appropriation ....

porters, appropriation ......

telephone service, appropriation ....

watchmen, appropriation .....

women formerly employed in cleaning, and now retired, com
pensation, appropriation
State infirmary, appropriation .

supplementary
State judge advocate, appropriation
State library, appropriation
State motor vehicle insurance fund, establishment of, to provide
compensation for injuries and deaths due to motor vehicle
accidents, initiative petition relative to . . .

State normal schools (see Normal schools).
State officers (see Commonwealth, officers and employees of).
State police, patrol (see Public safety, department of: divisions of:
state police),
retired, compensation, appropriation .....

See also Police officers.
State police, division of (see Public safety, department of).
State primaries (see Elections).
State prison, appropriation
supplementary
colony, appropriation .
deficiency
supplementary

State projects and iindertakings, new, amount of assessments
recommended to be made upon municipalities in metro-
politan districts for certain, furnishing of information to
said municipalities relative to .... .

State quartermaster, appropriation ......

supplementary ........

Chap.

5

407

42

Item or
Section.

1-4

176

338

115

446-448a

115

445

426

445

115

451-454

426

Page 568

115

455-461

115

Page 135

115

462-468

115

469-473

426

469a

115

• 474-477

115

443, 444

403

1-7

115

499-505a

115

479-483

115

484-489

115

490-495

115

496-498

. 389

1

. 115

170

. 426

31b

. 115

169-180

. 426

173

. 115

182

. 115

172

. 115

176

. 115

171

. 115

743

. 115

588-596

. 426

588

. 115

143

. 115

164-168

Page 613

115

742

115

426
115
426
426

222
115
426

544
544, 544a

554, 555
Page 568

554, 555

127-139
129

792

Index.

state reclamation board, appropriation . . .

supplementary ........

mosquito control project comprising towns of Barnstable county,

powers and duties as to .

province lands in town of Provincetown, mosquito-breeding
prevention in, consultation by department of public works
as to, with ........

State reservation, Moimt Everett, purchase of additional land for .

appropriation . . • . . :

State reservations and parks, division of, conservation, depart-
ment of, in, establishment of, consideration by special
commission ...... Resolve

appropriation .........

State retirement board, appropriation .....

State retirement system, retirement allowances under, investiga-
tion relative to . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation . . ...

See also Retirement systems and pensions.
State sanatoria (see Sanatoria, state).
State secretary (see Secretary, state).
State surgeon, appropriation . .

State tax, apportioned and assessed ......

State teachers' retirement association (see Teachers' retirement

'system and association).
State treasurer (see Treasurer, state).
State wards, tuition and transportation rates for certain
Stationery, general court, appropriation .....

Statistical service, department of labor and industries, appropriation
STATUTES:

local acceptance of particular:

army nurses, certain, in public service, conferring of certain

retirement rights upon
mimicipal advertising, appropriations and expenditures for
municipal employees in service of organized militia, etc., to
receive pay without loss of ordinary remuneration, etc. .
parking spaces, open-air, licensing of .
police officers, one day off in every eight days, granting to
polling places, display of national flag at ... .

reserve police force in towns, establishment of . . .

supervisors of attendance in certain towns, placing of, under

civil service laws .......

uniforms for members of police and fire departments, purchase
of, appropriations by cities and towns for
uniform (see Uniform state laws, commissioners on).
See also Acts and resolves; General Laws; Laws.
Steel traps (see Traps).
STOCK, CORPORATE, SHARES OF:

co-operative shoe shops, so-called, in, purchase of, by employees,

general question of, study and investigation of Resolve

appropriation . . . . . . . .

national banks and trust companies, of, investment in, by savings
banks .........

par value, without, changing of, into greater number of similar
shares without increasing capital .....

See also Securities.
Stoneham, town of (see Cities and towns).

Stony Brook grade crossing, Boston Post road, on, in town of
Weston, abolition of . . . . . _ _ .

Street railways, railroad grade crossings, abolition of, provisions for,
as affecting . . . . . . _ .

See also A. B. C. Street Railway; Berkshire Street Railway Com-
pany; Boston Elevated Railway Company; Eastern
Massachusetts Street Railway Company; Interstate
Street Railway Company.
Streets (see Ways).

Street sprinklers, inclusion within certain provisions of motor
vehicle laws ........

St. Stauislaw Kostka Chtu-ch of Adams, Massachusetts, Fra-
ternal Benefit Association of, real estate, authorized to
hold, and confirmation of title to its present holdings
Subscriptions, soliciting of, etc., from occupants of vehicles on state

highways, etc., prohibited . _.
Subway, Boylston street. Governor square in Boston, elimination of

crossing at grade at, by street railway cars using
Succession tax (see Taxation, legacies and successions, of)

Item or

Chap.

Section.

115

248

426

248

379

1, 2

300
315
426

264a

33

426
115

32e
216-218

49
426

32i

115
407

140-142
1-4

290
115

115

26, 29
421, 428

161
223

157

399
58

149
15

1, Subs. 56

34

351

30
426

434a

140

325

356

1-5

417

3, 5,6, 11

332

1-6

307

1-3

139

394

1-4

Index.

793

Sudbury, reservoir, water supply from, for town of Southborough or 1
Southborough Fire and Water District . . . /

town of (see Cities and towns).
SUFFOLK COUNTY:

classification of county salaries and positions, certain provisions

providing for, as affecting . . . _ .

land court in, officer in attendance upon, salary of, established
superior court for, workmen's compensation laws, claim for re-
view under, late filing of, petitions for, granting by, etc.
supreme judicial court for (see Supreme judicial and superior
courts).
Suits, civiL(see Actions, civil).

Sullivan, James P., claim of, on account of losses sustained through
slaughtering of cattle, investigation of, by attorney
general ....... Resolve

Summer and L streets, South Boston district of city of Boston, in,
widening and construction of .... .

Sunday (see Lord's day).
SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS:

appropriation .........

supplementary ........

Superior court (see Supreme judicial and superior courts).
Supervisors of attendance, cities and certain towns, in, placed
under civil serAnce laws ......

Supplementary proceedings in civil actions, investigation rela-
tive to, by judicial council .... Resolve

SUPREME JUDICIAL AND SUPERIOR COURTS:
provisions common to both:
clerks of (see Clerks of courts),
eciuity, jurisdiction in (see Equity jurisdiction),
justices of, Garrett, Oliver B., investigation by attorney general
of matters dealing with service of, as member of Boston
police department, attendance of witnesses at, to com-
pel ........ Resolve

necessaries of life, division on, witnesses before, may compel
attendance of, etc. ....

supreme judicial courtj accommodations and
housing, etc., investigation relative .to .
appropriation .....

appeals to, from decisions of board of tax appeals
appropriation . . . . .

deficiency . . .

supplementary .....

chief justice of, expenditures, certain, in connection with office
of the clerk of the supreme judicial court for the common-
wealth, approval by ...... .

civil service, classified, petitions for writs of mandamus to
compel reinstatement of certain persons to positions in,
powers as to . . . . . ...

clerk of, for commonwealth, expenditures in connection with
office of ........ .

Hampden Railroad Corporation, The, highway bridges over
former location of, in certain towns, cost of removal of,
enforcement of payment of, by certain counties and
towns, proceedings for, in . . . . .

reporter of decisions of, accommodations and
housing, etc., investigation relative to
appropriation
appropriation

deficiency ....

supplementary .
ofiice expenses of .
reports of decisions of, printing of, appropriation
savings banks, liquidation of, payment of certain claims in
connection with, order for, by .... .

Suffolk county, for, insurance companies, domestic, issuing
policies of workmen's compensation insurance, deposits

Chap.
133 (

400
404

320

51

264

115

426

34

6

Item or
Section.

8, Part I
13, Part II

5, Subs. 56

1, 2

1-4

169-180
173

13

. 410

3, Subs. 9F

facilities

for

Resolve 54

. 426

32j

. 416

1, Subs. 13

. 115

33-44

. 115

Page 134

. 426

43

275

243
275

388

facilities for

Resolve 54

. 426

32j

. 115

42,43

. 115

Page 134

. 426

43

. 89

. 115

199

by, in trust to secure satisfaction of
jurisdiction as to
superior court, appropriation

deficiency .....

supplementary ....

laims thereunder,

329

129
115
426

426

2

45-52

Page 568

48-51;

50, Page 570

794

Index.

SUPREME JUDICIAL AND SUPERIOR COURTS — Concluded.
superior court, bondsmen, professional, in criminal cases, ap-
proval, registration, etc., by, law relative to, clarified
district court judges sitting in, appropriation

deficiency .........

supplementary ........

compensation of, established ......

justices of, bondsmen, professional, in criminal cases, approval,
registration, etc., by, law relative to, clarified .
chief justice, bail out of court, persons taking, monthly state-
ments as to, transmission to .... .

prisoners, certain, held in jail in Nantucket or Dukes county,
removed to a jail in Barnstable or Bristol county, return
of, upon request of a justice of .... .

shellfish in town of Westport, protection of, jurisdiction of
offences under act providing for .....

workmen's compensation laws, claim for review under, late
filing of, petitions for, granting by, etc. ....

Sureties, criminal cases, in (see Bail in criminal cases).

Surety bonds, security, as, for civil liability for personal injuries

caused by motor vehicles, requirement of (see Motor

vehicles, insurance in relation to).

Surety companies, collection agencies, bonds required to be filed

by, to be surety on ...... .

Surgeon, state, appropriation .......

Swampscott, town of (see Cities and towns) .

T.

Table of changes in General Laws ......

Taunton, city of (see Cities and towns).

river, improvement of certain part of .... .

state hospital, appropriation .......

Tax appeals, board of, establishment, powers, duties, etc.
TAXATION:

in general, form of taxation for raising revenue for carrying out

terms of act providing for adequate assistance to certain

aged citizens, consideration of .

laws relative to, investigation of certain proposed changes in,

etc. ....... Resolve

appropriation . . . . . .

tax appeals, board of, establishment, powers, duties, etc.
corporations, of, banks, refunding to, of certain illegal or ex-
cessive taxes assessed .......

banks, trust companies and certain other corporations .

business corporations, foreign and domestic, in case existing
statutes applicable thereto are declared unconstitutional
or inoperative ........

See also, supra, in general,
dissolved corporations, certain ......

manufacturing corporations, classification of, for purposes of
taxation .........

county tax, granting for certain counties ....

estate tax (see, infra, legacies and successions, of).

excise tax, motor vehicles, registered, on ... .

legacies and successions, of, refunds in connection with .
local taxes, assessment of, abatements, refusal of, appeals from
(see Tax appeals, board of).

motor vehicles, registered, excise tax on .

assessors (see Assessors of taxes).

collection of, excise tax on registered motor vehicles

See also Collectors of taxes,
exemptions, American National Red Cross, The, property of .
state institutions, etc., land used for, reimbursement of cities

and towns for loss of taxes on account of, appropriation .
veterans, certain, and their wives and widows, granting to,

of certain .........

widows, fatherless minors, and persons over seventy-five

years of age, certain property of .

Chap.

Item or
Section.

240
115
426

1-.3

50-52

Page 568

426 { ^0.51;

367

50, Page 570

240
240

128

53

320

302
115

1-3
2, 3

1

6

1. 2

2
140-142

Pages 618-708

405
115
416

402

57
426
416

214
r220
\416

422
292

484-489
1-34

321
1-34

1-14
18

220
245

3-14

2

f 220

\ 244

[ 416

301

13
1-4

15
1. 2

f 220
• 244
. 416

13

1-4

15

/244
t 416

2, 4
15

86

1. 2

115

316

189

(247
\416

9

Item or

Chap.

Section.

f 220

13

■ 244

1-4

416

15

17

407

1-4

Index. 795

TAXATION — Concluded.

local taxes, motor vehicles, registered, excise tax on . . j

time of payment of, investigation relative to . Resolve

state tax, apportioned and as.sessetl .....

Taxation, corporations and, department of (see Corporations

and taxation, department of).
Taxicabs, Boston, in, stands for, etc. ...... 392 1-10

Teachers (see Normal schools; Schools, public).
Teachers' retirement board (see Education, department of; Re-
tirement systems and pensions).
Teachers' retirement system (see Retirement systems and pen-
sions).
Teal (see Birds).
Telephone and telegraph division (see Public utilities, department

of).
Telephones, state house, appropriation . . . . .115 176

Tercentenary, Massachusetts Bay colonJ^ founding of, of (see
Massachusetts Bay colony).
Commission (see Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Com-
mission).
Testimonials, soldiers and sailors of world war, to, appropriation . 115 125

Textile industries, conditions affecting, and problem of unemploy-
ment therein, investigation as to . . . Resolve 66
appropriation ......... 426 433, Page 572

TEXTILE SCHOOLS:

Bradford Durfee, appropriation . . . . . .115 374

Lowell, appropriation . . . . . . . .115 375

New Bedford, appropriation . . . . . . 115 376

Thomas, General John, house used by, as his headquarters during
siege of Boston, relocation, restoration, presei'vation and
maintenance by city of Boston . . . . .291 1,2

Thoroughfare plan, ofiicial, establishment and maintenance by

city of Boston ........ 168 1-3

Tide waters (see Waters and waterways).

Tisbury Great Pond, leasing of , for cultivation of fish . . . 135 1,2

Title insurance companies, foreign, transaction of business of, by

unlicensed agents . . . . . . .83

Toner, Alfred P., reinstatement of, as member of fire department of
city of Boston . . . . . _ .

Tools, equipment of railroad trains and cars with certain .
Town meetings, representative, etc., Danvers, in

Dedham, in .........

Fairhaven, in ........ .

system of, operation of, and establishment of standard forms
thereof, etc., investigation relative to, by special commis-
sion ........ Resolve

appropriation ........

Weymouth, in ........ .

Town officers (see Municipal officers and employees; and specific

titles).
Towns (see Cities and towns).

Traffic, state highways, upon, interruption of, by stopping vehicles
or accosting occupants of stopped vehicles for soliciting
any alms, contribution or subscription or for selling mer-
chandise, etc., prohibited ...... 139

See also Motor vehicles.
Trailers (see Motor vehicles).
Training schools, Massachusetts (see Massachusetts training

schools).
Trains and cars, railroad, equipment of, with tools and other safety

devices 211 1,2

Transportation (see Carriers, common ; Railroads; Street railways).

Trapping, hunting and, in general, relative to .... 393 < Td-i'if

322

1.2

211

1,2

294

1-15

8

1-3

285

1-15

44

426

32h

13

1-3

j 2, Subs.

\ 5-13

I _ 74-1 36

licenses for .......... 393

Traps, use of, etc., for capture of fur-bearing animals, initiative peti-
tion relative to . . . . . . . . Page 612

Treasurers, city and town (see City and town treasurers).

county (see County treasurers).
TREASURER, STATE:

appropriation 115 208-220

supplementary ........ 426 210-219

796 Index.

Item or

Chap. Section.

TREASURER, STATE — Concluded.

Boylston street subway, alterations and extensions to, to elimi-
nate crossing at grade at Governor square in Boston by

cars using said subway, etc., powers and duties as to . 394 1,3

Braintree, town of, sewer connection for, with south metropolitan f 398 2

sewerage system, bonds for, issue by, etc. . . . \ 425 1

collection agencies, bonds required to be filed by, with, relative to 302 1-3

estate tax, refunds in connection with, by . . . _. 301 1,2

Fort Point Channel and South Bay in Boston harbor, filling in
part of, further investigation as to, part of expense of,
payment by city of Boston to . . . Resolve 29

Hampden Railroad Corporation, The, highway bridges over
former location of, in certain towns, removal of, powers
and duties as to . . . . . . . . 388 2

highway and other improvements in certain cities and towns ] .c,^ 7 l"^ 24

within metropolitan district, powers and duties as to cer- r aZk ' ' o

tain . . . . _ . . ._ . . • J

insurance companies, domestic, issuing policies of workmen's
compensation insurance, deposits by, in trust to secure

satisfaction of claims thereunder, powers and duties as to . 129 1, 2

mosquito control project comprising towns of Barnstable county,

duties as to . . . . . . . . 379 1

Mystic lake, upper, public bath house on southerly shore of, in
town of Winchester to be constructed and maintained by
metropolitan district commission, certain receipts in con-
nection with, payment to, etc. ..... 254

"patients' funds", unclaimed funds at certain state hospitals

known as, payment to, etc. ...... 176

smoke inspection, division of, expenses, etc., of, apportionment,

etc., by 380 1

Southern New England Railroad Corporation, payment of money

by, to, etc. ........ 308 2

tax appeals, board of, in department of, establishment, powers,

duties, etc . .416 1-34

tax, state, apportionment and assessment of, duties as to . . 407 2-4

Weymouth, town of, admission to south metropolitan sewerage f 419 5

district, powers and duties in connection with . . . \ 425 1

Trial justices, payments, certain, to, by county treasurers for pay-
ment of certain fees ....... 183 1, 2

Trials, criminal (see Criminal procedure and practice).

Trout (see Fish and fisheries).

Troy Co-operative Bank, investment by, of additional sum of

money in real estate for banking purposes . . .26 1,2

Trucks, motor (see Motor vehicles).
Trust companies (see Banks and banking).
Trustees, unincorporated, of charitable trusts, certain, filing of

annual reports by, with department of public welfare . 209
Trusts, charitable (see Charitable trusts).

gas and electric companies, afiiliated with, examination by de-
partment of public utilities ...... 395

Tubercular, animals, slaughtering of, payment by commonwealth

of compensation for, time limit for . . . .341

cattle, elimination from certain areas . . . . .123 1,2

Tuberculosis, division of (see Public health, department of).

hospital districts, cities, certain, included within, establi-shment

of status of ....... . 339

offices and positions in service of, classification of . . . 400 5, Subs. 49

See also Middlesex county tuberculosis hospital district; Nor-
folk county tuberculosis hospital district; Worcester
county tuberculosis hospital district,
pulmonary, residents of certain counties suffering from, temporary

care and treatment of certain, provision for . . ^ . 52

Tufts College, Trustees of, Boston Dispensary and The Boston
Floating Hospital, authoi'ized to form an alliance for pur-
pose of establishing, etc., in common a medical center . 40 1-3
Tuition, rates of, for certain state and city of Boston wards, etc. . 290
T3Tigsborough, town of (see Cities and towns).

Index. 797

U.

Item or
Chap. Section.

Unemployment, existing, causes of, and remedies therefor, investi-
gation as to . . . . . ■ Resolve 60

appropriation . . . . . •.-.•. • 426 32m, Page 570

textile and other industries, in, problem of, investigation as

to ...... • Resolve 66

appropriation ......... 426 433, Page 572

Uniforms, police and fire departments, members of, for, purchase of,

appropriations by cities and towns for .... 351

■warrant officers of national guard, annual allowances to, for . 148 1, 2

Uniform state laws, commissioners on, appropriation . .115 162

Unincorporated trustees, charitable trusts, of, filing of annual re-
ports by certain, with department of pubhc welfare . . 209
Union Color and Chemical Company, revived .... 77

Union Freight Railroad Company, streets, certain, in city of Bos-
ton, use by ........ 92

United Church of Shirley, The, consolidation of, and certain other

corporations ........ 76 1-5

United Spanish War Veterans, exemption of, from provisions of
law requiring registration of and filing of reports bj^ foreign
charitable corporations ...... 170 2

firearms, drilling and parading with, by camps of . . . 72

state convention of, appropriation of money by town of Framing-
ham to provide facilities for holding of, in said town .118 1, 2
UNITED STATES:

cession of jurisdiction to, over certain tracts of land, Boston,

Quincy, Scituate, Chatham and Nantucket, in . . 333 1-3

Provincetown, in . . . . . . . . 386

consul general, at Beirut, Lebanon, payment by commonwealth
of sum of money to, for transmission to heirs of John
Roumian ....... Resolve 19

appropriation ........ 426 751

flag, display at polling places . . . . . . . 149

Geographic Board, commission appomted by governor to co-
operate with, in preparation of official gazetteer of United
States, appropriation . . . . . . . 115 100

military and naval service of (see Soldiers, sailors and marines;

Veterans).
naval hospital, at Newport, Rhode Island, Massachusetts veter-
ans receiving hospital treatment at, etc., made eligible to
receive military aid . . . . . . .195

organized reserve of the armyof, or United States naval reserve
forces, state and municipal employees in service of, to
receive pay without loss of ordinary remuneration, etc. . 157
Provincetown, town of, tract of state land in, conveyance to, for
use as a coast guard station, and cession of jurisdiction in
and over such tract . ... . . . 386

veterans' bureau, incompetent beneficiaries, certain, of, pro-
ceedings of probate courts and duties of said courts and of
registers of probate relative to . . . . . 384 1-5

Massachusetts veterans ^ecei^'ing hospital treatment under
order of, at United States naval hospital at Newport,
Rhode Island, made eligible to receive militaiy aid . . 195

Worcester, city of, easement in certain strip of land on Main

street in, granting of, for federal building purposes to . 362
Universities (see Colleges).
University extension courses, appropriation .... 115 336,337

Utilities, public, department of (see Public utilities, department
of).

V.

Vehicles, drawing of other, by motor vehicles regulated . ' . . 297

one-way street regulations, so-called, violation by operators or

drivers of, as affecting civil liability .... 57 1, 2

state highways, upon, soliciting of alms, contributions or sub-
scriptions from occupants of, etc., prohibited . . . 139
weight of, operated on public ways, further regulated . . 353 1
workmen's compensation law, payment of compensation under,

for injuries received by employees operating or using . 205
See also Aircraft; Motor vehicles.

798 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

Vessels, registered, used for sale, etc., of beverages, property rights

in, protection of . . . • . • • IS.')

Veterans, burial of wives and widows of certain .... 233 2

children of Massachusetts men who died in military or naval
service of United States during world war, or as a result
of such service, providing of higher educational oppor-
tunities for ....... . 263 1-4

appropriation ........ 426 352a

hospital treatment, receiving, outside commonwealth, made

eligible to receive military aid ..... 195

labor service, classified, of cities and towns, giving of preference

in employment in, to . . . . . . .111

memorial to men and women of Massachusetts, who served in
world war, site and type of, special commission to con-
sider, reAdved and continued, and scope of its duties en-
larged ....... Resolve 1

who served their country in time of war, construction of,

on summit of Mount Greylock . . . . .411 1,2

appropriation . . . . . . . . 42G 158b, Page 572

investigation by special commission as to site and type of

another . . . . . . . .411 3-5

appropriation {426 158bb. Page

organizations of, parades by, with music on Lord's day, per-
mitted . . . 90 ^

retirement from state service of certain, appropriation . .115 739,740,745

supplementary ........ 426 745

state aid, eligibility to, of wives and wddows of certain . . 233 1

increase of amount of, payable to certain, or their dependent

relatives ......... 186

taxation, certain exemptions from, granting to certain, and

their wives and widows . . . ... 189

See also American Legion, The; Army nurses; Chinese relief
expedition; Civil War; Grand Army of the Republic;
Mexican border service; One hundred and fourth infantry
veterans association, American expeditionary forces;
Philippine insurrection; Spanish war; State and military
aid; United Spanish War Veterans; United States
veterans' bureau ; Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States; World war.
Veterans' bureau. United States (see United States).
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, exemption of,
from provisions of law requiring registration of and filing

of reports by foreign charitable corporations ... 170 2

firearms, drilling and parading with, by posts of . ._ . 72

state convention of, in city of Springfield, appropriation of

money by said city in connection with .... 270 1, 2

Veterinary medicine, board of registration in (see Ci\'il ser\dce

and registration, department of).
Vital statistics, records of, relative to . . . . . . 169

Vocational rehabilitation and co-operation with federal govern-
ment, appropriation . . . . . . .115 327, 328

Vocational schools, teachers for, training of, appropriation . .115 332

Volstead act (see "Baby Volstead" act, so-called).
Volunteer militia (see Militia).
Voters (see Elections).

registrars of (see Registrars of voters).

w.

Wage, boards, appropriation . . . . .115 425
minimum, service, department of labor and industries, appro-
priation 115 424, 431

Wakefield, town of (see Cities and towns).

Walling mountain, name of, established for certain unnamed

eminence in October mountain state forest . Resolve 5

Walpole, town of (see Cities and towns).

Walter E. Fernald state school, appropriation .... 115 519-526

supplementary ........ 426 524a

Waltham, city of (see Cities and towns).

Wardens, forest (see Forests and forestry).

Ward, George H., Post No. 10 Grand Army of the Republic,
Department of Massachusetts, property, certain, of,
taking over, maintenance and management of, by city of
Worcester 282 1-6

Index.

799

Wards, burial expenses of, guardians and conservators authorized
to make provision for .......

state and city of Boston, tuition and transportation rates for
certain .........

See also Guardians and conservators.
Wareham, town of (see Cities and towns).
War memorials (see Memorials).
Wars, expenses on account of, appropriation .....

deficiency .........

supplementary ........

See also Chinese relief expedition; Civil war; Mexican border
service; Philippine insurrection; Soldiers, sailors and
marines; Spanish war; Veterans; World war.
War veterans (see Veterans).

Washington, George, Bicentennial Commission, estabUshment,
etc. ........ Resolve

appropriation .........

Waste material, discharge into certain inland waters, prohibition or
regulation, etc. ........

plants and furnaces for burning, relative to, as affecting emission
of smoke .........

Watchmen, state house (see State house).
Water districts (see Districts).
WATERS AND WATERWAYS:
in general:

grain, placing, etc., upon shores, etc., for purpose of taking or
killing a wild bird, penalty ......

basin:

Charles river (see Charles river basin).
brook :

Dorchester, discharge into, of storm and sewage overflows and

drainage, investigation as to . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

canal :

Roxbury, discharge into, of storm and sewage overflows and

drainage, investigation as to . ■ . . Resolve

appropriation ........

cove:

Collins, certain flats and lands in or adjacent to, acquisition by
city of Salem ........

harbors and bays:

Boston harbor, bridge across, from town of Hull to South Bos-
ton, Houghs Neck or Squantum, etc., construction of,
investigation as to . . . . . Resolve

appropriation .......

discharge of sewage into, and its tributary waters, investi

gation as to, appropriation ...
Fort Point Channel and South Bay in, filling in part of,
further investigation as to . . . Resolve

appropriation .......

Cape Cod bay, taking of flounders in certain waters of, regu
lated ........

Green Harbor, dredging and filling certain shore areas in town

of Marshfield for purpose of improving, etc.
harbor lines, established, pipe lines, conduits and cables be
yond, licensing of ..... .

Hingham harbor, motor and other boats in, regulation of
speed of ....... .

motor boats in, noise from, relative to . .

Lynn harbor, surface water drainage works outside harbor

line in, construction and maintenance by city of Lynn
Quincy, Hingham, Hull and Weymouth bays, sanitary con-
ditions of, improvement of, by construction of embank-
ment from Squantum to town of Hull, etc., investiga-
tion as to . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

South bay in Boston harbor, filling in part of, further investi-
gation as to . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

inland waters:

waste material, etc., discharge into certain, prohibition or
regulation, etc. ........

Chap.
237

290

Item or
Section.

115
115

426

154-158

Page 136

158a; 158b,

158bb, Page

572; 158c,

i Page 570

62

426 32n, Page 570

393 2, Subs. 29

412 1, 2

193

29

426

32c

29
426

32c

198

1-4

63

426 32o. Page 570

426

29
426

41

199

99

44
43

59

G3

767a
32c

1, 2

1. 2

1-3
1-3

1, 2

426 32o, Page 570

29

426

I 393 I

32c

2, Subs.
29, 30

800 Index.

Item or
Chap. Section.

WATERS AND WATERWAYS — Concluded,
ponds and lakes:

Lake Quannapowtt in town of Wakefield, control of . .35 1-5

Leverett pond in town of Brookline and city of Boston, dredg-
ing of . . .■ . ... . . .97 1,2

measurement of, by department of public works . . . 393 2, Subs. 43

Mystic lake, upper, southerly shore of, in town of Winchester,
public bath house on, construction and maintenance by
metropolitan district commission .... 254

appropriation ........ 426 754b

Tisbury Great Pond, leasmg of, for cultivation of fish . . 135 1,2

reservoir:

Sudbury, water supply from, for town of Southborough or \ . „„ [ 8, Part I,
Southborough Fire and Water District . . . . J ^"^"^ \ 13, Part II

rivers :

Acushnet, New Bedford and Fairhaven bridge over, care of,

transferred to state department of public works . . 406 1-3

appropriation . . . . . . . . 426 Page 571

Charles, beaches, certain, on, construction of, and construction
and maintenance of bath houses thereat by metropolitan
district commission ...... 385

appropriation . . . . . . . . 426 754c, Page 571

bridges over (see Charles river) .

harbor lines on southerly side of, at Charlestown bridge in

city of Boston, relocation of certain .... 239 1, 2

Charles river basin (see Charles river basin).
Maiden, development of, for recreational and other uses, in-
vestigation as to . . . . . Resolve 22

appropriation ........ 426 754a

Merrimack, new bridge over, in town of Tyngsborough, con-
struction of, etc. . . . . . . • . 303 1-3

Muddy, in town of Brookline and city of Boston, dredging of .97 1,2

Mystic, development of, for recreational and other uses, in-
vestigation as to . . . . . Resolve 22

appropriation . . . . . . . . 426 754a

highway and bridge over, in city of Medford, construction

of, investigation as to . . . . Resolve 22

appropriation ........ 426 754a

Parker, in Essex county, construction of fish ways on . . 147

appropriation ........ 426 275a

Taunton, improvement of certain part of . . . . 405

Weymouth Fore, new bridge over, to replace Fore River bridge,

construction of, investigation as to . . Resolve 63

appropriation 426 32o, Page 570

tide waters:

Barnstable, town of, in, bridge over certain, construction and

maintenance by Oyster Harbor, Inc. . . . .82 1,2

pipe lines, conduits and cables under, beyond established har-
bor lines, licensing of . . . . . . .99 1,2

See also Docks, piers, wharves, etc. ; Fish and fisheries.
WATER SUPPLY:

Abington, by, to Pembroke ....... 280 1

Amherst Water Company, conveyance to, of certain land, etc.,
of Massachusetts Agricultural College for purposes

of

Auburn, additional water loan authorized
Bernardston Fire and Water District, established
Brockton, by, to Pembroke ....
Brookfield, water loan authorized

Resolve 7
197

93 1-14

280 1

246 1, 2

1 f 5 Part I

Dedham Water Company, franchise, property, etc., of, purchase 1248 I 1 Part II'

by town of Westwood . . . . . . J i ' p^j-t III

f 1-5. Part I,

furnishing of water by, to town of Westwood . . . 248'^ 1, Part II,

I Part III

Fayville Fire and Water District, property, etc., of, purchase and \ loo | 2, S, 12,

taking over of, by town of Southborough . . • / 1 Part I

Georgetown, additional water loan authorized . . . . 177 1, 2

borrowing of money by, for purposes of, holding of special

town meeting in said town in relation to . . . 355 1, 2

Gloucester, by, to Rockport ....... 345 1, 2

Greenfield, by, to Bernardston Fire and Water District . .93 2, 11

Hadley Water Supply District, water loan authorized . .311 1,2

Index.

801

WATER SUPPLY — Concluded.

Hanover, by, to Pembroke ......

for. established .......

Lee Fire District, properties and obligations of, taking over and
assumption by toyn\ of Lee .....

Lenox, additional part of, for, by city of Pittsfield

Lynn, by, to town of Marblehead .....

Marblehead, purchase of water by, from Lynn, etc. .

Marshfield. by, to Scituate Water Company
Medfield, purchase of water from commonwealth by .
metropolitan (see Metropolitan districts, water district).
Millerviile Fire and Water District, established
Pembroke, for, and its inhabitants .....

Pittsfield, by, to additional part of town of Leno.x
Rockland, bj', to Pembroke ......

Rockport, to, by Gloucester ......

Scituate Water Company, to, by town of Marshfield .
Shelburne Falls Fire District, water from additional sources
taking by .

Southborough Fire and Water District, establishment, etc.

Southborough, for, or a certain part thereof .

South Seekonk Water District of Seekonk, established

Westwood, for, and its inhabitants ....

Watson, Rachel S., husband of, payment of sum of money to, by
city of Boston .......

Ways, in general, defective condition of, caused by snow or ice, ac

tions against abutting owners for, giving of notice in

one-way traffic, so-called, on, regulations as to, violation of, as

affecting civil liability .....

railroad grade crossings upon, abolition of .
public, bridges carrying, over former location of The Hampden
Railroad Corporation in certain towns, removal of
appropriation .......

over location of Southern New England Railroad Corpora-
tion within commonwealth, repair and maintenance of
bridges on main through routes of travel, taking over and
maintenance of, by commonwealth, investigation as
to . . . . . . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

highway and other improvements in certain cities and towns
within metropolitan district authorized

appropriation ........

highway conditions in certain cities and towns within metro-
politan district, improvement of, investigation relative
to, by department of public works . . Resolve

one-way traffic, so-called, on, regulations as to, violation of, as
affecting civil liability . . . . . _ .

safety of pupils in crossing, expenditures by school committees
for . . . . . . . ...

state highways, contracts for construction of, certain, making
by department of public works in anticipation of appro-
priations .........

traffic upon, interruption of, by stopping vehicles or accost-
ing occupants of stopped vehicles for soliciting any alms,
contribution or subscription or for selling merchandise, etc.,
prohibited ........

towns, small, in, state appropriations for improvement of
vehicles operated on, w-eight of certain, further regulated
weight of certain vehicles operated on, further regulated .
See also Motor vehicles.
W. B. Plvinkett Memorial Hospital (see Plunkett, W. B., Me-
morial Hospital).
Welfare, public, department of (see Public welfare, department

of).
Wellesley, town of (see Cities and towns).

Item or

Chap.

Section.

280

1

39

1-10

16

1-4

2.50

327

1, 2

.328

1-4

327

1, 2

328

1-4

409

1-3

364

1, 2

88

1-14

280

1-10

250

280

1

345

1, 2

409

1-3

69 1, 2

,„„ f 1-13, Part II,
^•^•^ 1 Part III

f 1-12, Part I,
133 ■! 1-13, Part IL

1 Part III

225 1-15

f 1-5, Part I,
248 ■! 1-9, Part II.

[ Part III

295
98

57

417

1, 2

1, 2

1, 2
1-14

388 1—3

426 686a, Page 571

308

2, 3

63
426 32o, Page 570
420 1-28
425 2

693a-765a,
Page 573

26 I

426

48

57

314

1, 2

139

171

353

1

353

1

802

Index.

Chap.

115

22

426

115

Wellington bridge, appropriation ......

rebuilding of, etc., investigation as to . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

Westborough, state hospital, appropriation .....

town of (see Cities and towns).
West Boylston, town of (see Cities and towns).
Westfield, city of (see Cities and towns).

normal school, appropriation . . . . . .115

state sanatorium, appropriation ...... 115

Weston, town of (see Cities and towns).
Westport, town of (see Cities and towns).
West Tisbury, town of (see Cities and towns).
Westwood, town of (see Cities and towns).

Weymouth, bay, sanitary condition of, improvement of, by con-
struction of embankment from Squantum to town of Hull,
and construction of roadway on such embankment, in-
vestigation as to . . . . . Resolve

appropriation ........

Fore river, new bridge over, to replace Fore River bridge, con-
struction of, investigation as to . . . Resolve
appropriation ........

town of (see Cities and towns).
Wharves, piers, etc., maintenance by cities and to^^^ls .
White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, co-
operation with, by special commission established to in-
vestigate laws relative to dependent, delinquent and neg-
lected children and children otherwise requiring special
care ........ Resolve

Widows, policemen and firemen killed in performance of duty, of,
payment of compensation to .... .

taxation, local, of certain property of, exemption from
Wife -settlement law, so-called, repeal of .

Wild birds, grain, placing of, upon shores, etc., for purpose of taking
or killing, penalty .......

hunting, possession, etc., of .
Wild life sanctuaries, future policy of commonwealth as to estab-
lishment and maintenance of, investigation relative
to ....... . Resolve

Williamstown, town of (see Cities and towns).

Winchester, town of (see Cities and towns).

Wind shields, non-scatterable glass, certain automobiles used for

carriage of passengers for hire to be equipped with .
Winthrop, John, coming of, and his associates with the colony
charter in year 1630, tablet commemorating, acceptance
by commonwealth and placing thereof in state house,
etc. ........ Resolve

Winthrop, town of (see Cities and towns).

Witnesses, building and zoning boards of appeals, summoning and
swearing by, of .
necessaries of life, division on, before .....

tax appeals, board of, before ......

Woburn, city of (see Cities and towns).

Woloomsac heights in state of New York, Bennington battlefield

on, monument on, erection by art commission Resolve

appropriation .........

Women, reformatory for (see Reformatory for women).

Woodlands (see Forests and forestry).

Woonsocket, city of, in state of Rhode Island, purchase of water

from, by Millerville Fire and Water District .
Worcester, Boston and, Turnpike, so-called, proposed widening, etc.,
of, acquisition of land by Worcester county in connection
with .........

city of (see Cities and towns).

Firemen's Relief Association, validation of certain acts of, and

the membership of certain persons therein
normal school, appropriation ...

new building for, land as a site for, to be conveyed to common-
wealth, purchase by city of Worcester .
state hospital, appropriation ....

WORCESTER COUNTY:

appropriations for maintenance of, etc. . .
Boston and Worcester Turnpike, so-called, proposed widening,
etc., of, in certain towns, acquisition of land in connection
with, by 319

Item or
Section.

738, 758

754a
490-495

369,3691,370
640-649

63

426

63
426

164

16

182

241

247

66

193
193

50

354

42

62
410
416

9
426

88

319

284
115

286
115

245

32o, Page 570
32o, Page 570

1-6
1-3

1
1, 2

1-3

3, Subs. 9 F
1, Subs. 11, 12

158a

2

1-3

1, 2
371,3711,372

1, 2
496-498

1, 2
1-3

Index.

803

as to
vate gardens or private

WORCESTER COUNTY — Concluded.

Doane's Falls reservation, establishment by, etc
tax \e\^' . . . . ■ . .

tuberculosis hospital district, hospital for, increase of amount

that may be expended for providing

residents of cities and towns in, suffering from pulmonary

tuberculosis, temporary care and treatment of

WORDS AND PHRASES:

infernal machine ....

motor vehicle liability bond .
motor vehicle liability policy
motor vehicles ....

non-scatterable glass, motor vehicle law.
Work, Lord's day, on, certain, in or about pr

grounds adjacent to a dwelling house, authorized
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION LAW:

award, lump sum, under, period during which may be made in the

case of a minor .
clarification of, as affecting application thereof to certain class of
workmen .......

death of employee, payment of compensation in case of
domestic insurance companies issuing policies under, deposits

by, in trust to secure satisfaction of claims thereunder
institutions, penal and reformatory, inmates of, performing labor

provisions not applicable to
payment of compensation under, for injuries received by employ-
ees while operating or using motor or other vehicles .
physicians appearing before department of industrial accidents

on behalf of injured employees under, fees for .
reviewing board under, hearings in city of Springfield, holding

by .

reviews in cases under, expenses, certain, of, payment, etc.

failure to make claim for, within time limited, etc., judicial re

lief in case of .

specific injuries, certain, amount of compensation payable for

under ....

unemployment, existing, resulting from working of, investigation
relative to, etc. ...... Resolve

appropriation ...

World war, army nurses, persons who served as, in, and are in public
service, certain retirement rights conferred upon
children of Massachusetts men who died in military or naval
service of United States during, or as a result of such
service, providing of higher educational opportunities
for ..........

appropriation . . . .

gold star record of Massachusetts in, distribution of . Resolve
memorial to men and women of Massachusetts who served in,
site and type of, special commission to consider, revived
and continued, and scope of its duties enlarged Resolve
testimonials to soldiers and sailors of, appropriation .
veterans of, bonus to (see Soldiers' bonus).

See also Soldiers, sailors and marines; State and military aid;
Veterans.
Wrentham state school, appropriation .....

Wrestling and boxing, professional, investigation relative to Resolve
appropriation . . . . . . . . .

Writings, business, made in course of, certain, admissibility of, in
evidence .........

Writs, mandamus, of (see Mandamus, writs of).
Written instruments, land, relating to, recording of certified copies
of certain .........

Chap.

334

245

375

52

317
340
340
332
354

179

181

Item or
Section.

1-5
2

1,2

159
293

129

1,2

159

205

330

224

208

320

li2

336

60
426 32m, Page 570

161

263

426
8

1-4
352a

1

115

125

115

43

426

527-533
32g

87

1. 2

267

Y.

Yarmouth, town of (see Cities and towns).

z.

Zones, buildings, etc., for, boards of appeals in connection with,

summoning and swearing of witnesses by . . .62